The Sun. — London, England, 1828-07-25 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Our City article speaks of the new American tariff and the affairs of Portugal. On the for m,!r - subject, we must say that we think the Americans are acting indiscreetly, and that it would be better for them to join with us in f nting the:trade of 'the world, than to take this opportunity of separating themselves from us, and of drawing nice distinctions on the origin and fabrication of manufactured articles. How,. ever, they must please themselves : we can get raw cotton without going to America for it. But let the landed interest of England consider, that this war of customs has sprung from the monopoly which they claim, against the law of nature, of supplying all Englishmen with bread; and that this same interest claims another mono poly equally against the law of natture.--=that of supplying all Englishmen with clothing a lso. It is from their rapacity that we are now in a state of commercial war with America, from whence we had a little flour ; and that the same prin ciple would involve us in war with all the Euro pean States from whence we have a little wool. If this is not unjust and illiberal, we know not what is. The French, it oppears, never acknow ledged the legality of the blockade of Oporto. No more ought we! The blockade 9f an usurper, declared under a false title, that of Regent, after he had affected absolute Kingship,—a blockade, if he were Regent, of one of his Sovereign's own ports, to the detriment of his lawful Lord's sub ject,3,—never ought to have been acknowledged by any regular Government. However, we are ready to allow that our friends the French have reason to be less scrupulous than ourselves in the observation of blockades. But still neither they nor we ought to have recognized the block. ade of Oporto. The injurious dregs, of this blockade on the Constitutional cause will be lelrned from the letter signed " S.,'' of which snoke yesterday, and which we insert to-day. —Times. ft would be difficult to determine; from the speeches of Lord Bexley , and the Duke of Wel lington, which of them 'spoke the greatest non • sense on the subject of the Sinking Fund. Lord Bexley began by admitting that the only effective Sinking Fund was an excess of revenue over ex penditure ; and yet he held forth on the im mense services performed by the Sinking Fund during the war, when the annual expenditure greatly exceeded the annual receipts: "In 1813 (quoth he), we had to provide no less a sum than 105,000,000/., besides the sums ap plicable to the National Debt. We were obliged, in the following years also to make great exer tions, and to provide, in 1814, 406,000,000/. ; and in 1815, 92 millions, making, in the three years, a sum of 303 millions, which, had all beet, provided for, without any additional taxes, by the funds accumulated in the hands of the Commis sioners of the Sinking Fund." What mystifica tion ! What arrant stuff! What he 'calls money in the hands of Cominiisioners of the Sinking Fund is merely a manner of 'Stating ac counts. A certain sum is stated as paid for the interest of debt, and a certain sum-as paid to the Commissioners ; and a certain sum is borrowed; the money borrowed in all eases, had there been no Sinking Fund, would have been minus the sum alleged to be paid to the Commissioners., lii one thing, however, he was not, we believe, far from the mark. " Unless the machinery for the redemption of the National Debt were kept' out of the view of Parliament, be: was afraid there would be no redemption. If the Sinking Fund was every year to be made the subeet , ol a debate, he could not believe t h at any effectual progress would be made in redeeming the debt.' Reasons of expediency would never lie wanting to throw doubts on the utility of so applying the money and diverting it to some other Or pose." This is the , only good argument for, taking a definite sum as the Sinking Fund, near the surplus, and it is on that principle that we believe three millions have now-been fixed. We can understand why there should be ajealousy of Parliamentary rapacity, and: castle-building. The Great Untaught also thought that a surplus of revenue over expenditure was the only, Sink ing Fund, and yet that wonders had been: wrought by a Sinking Fund when the revenUe . was greatly less than the expenditure. The. Duke's speech was not long, but it was still too long for his reputation. He should utter a few intelligible sentences and shake his bead, and he would pass for an oracle. What a pair of finan ciers !—Morning Chronicle. It is astonishing how people can confound the high 'or low rate of wages and profits with the policy and impolicy of the changes in the silk trade, effected under the counsels of Mr. Ma-. kisson and Mr. Grant. The rate of wages and the rate of profits depend on circumstances of fecting all trades indifferently, and are about . 1o.: material to the question oldie silk duties as the argument of the wittol, who- insisted, at, the meeting held at the Old City of London Tavern on Wednesday, that Mr. Grant's statements were no t t o be trusted,, liecause he had measured the increased consumption of silk by weight, and not by length. The real point at issue la, whether the home manufacture has or has not been able to sustain itself in that partial rivalry with the foreign which has been permitted. And this question has been determined, beyond all possibility of farther controversy, by Mr. , Grant's clear and convincing statement, founded on the irrefragable evidence of returns; Rho riling the quantity of silk actually taken out of the s, warehouses to be worked up. It is not therefore, by vague statements of diminished general declamation on the hardshi profits, or ps' endured by the work-people, that the country will be ins, tified in withholding from the authors of the liberal sy3tem that. recognition of its soundness and advantages which they may so justly elann as the meed of their political - wisdom and moral courage in proposing and enforcing its adoption. —Subjoined is a correct copyof the returns q uoted by Mr. Grant • • A Statement showing the Constimption,of Silk' throughout the United Kin g dom during`eich of tLi last Five,Ye.ars, and the first Quarter of the current Year, kesieo6ely. from Returns of the Quantity taken out of the:Wite houses. ......... ......... 1 R b a 5. w2,81074 75 e 7 8 . ii . k 1 1 Z3 ° 6 " 8 Vtt 1824 . ......................... 4 d 271 1825 ... .... . .................. 3,044,416 5 5 9 :642 1826 ........................... , 289,825 18°7 ........................... 3, 158,138 •••—• • 4 54,015 1828, Qr. ending sth April, 1,131,17 1 112,3c,3 —lbid. In the House of Lords last night, on the third reading of the National Debt Bill, Lord Bexley delivered, a very able and interesting speech upon the subject of the Sinking Fund, tracing with great clearness and accuracy its beneficial effects upon the public interests throughout all the successive changes it has nil!. dergone, and proving, in a manner the most satisfactory and conclusive, the ability of the country to persevere in the honourable and ad vantageous course into which ik,was first im pelled by the genius and patriotism of the ' immortal Pitt. The Noble Lord proved by official documents, and principally by such as are embodied in the Fourth Report of the Finance Committee, that notivithatanding the stupendous efforts made by the nation during the last war, and the great:increase of, the national debt,, : the clear annual income of the country r after deduct ing the interest and charges of the debt thus increased, was at the conclusion of the war, and is at this moment, three times as much as it was when the war began. He proved fur ther, upon the same irrefragable authority, that this immense increase of Revenue is not wrung from an impoverished, but yielded from the pro gressive enjoyments of a prosperous, people. — He proved this by showing that the . consump tion of all articles which come under the de scription of luxuries rather than of necessaries (tea, sugar, coffee, tobacco, spirits, wine), had increased in a much 'greater ratio in the forty years from 1787 to 1827, than the numbers of the people. Taking one and a half per cent. per annum as the mean rate of the increase of population, he showed that the consumption of the articles we have enumerated, taking them ' collectively, had doubled during the last forty years, or in other words, had increased at the rate of two and a half per cent. per annum. In how great a degree the Sinking Fund of Mr. Pitt contributed to this astounding combination of immense sacrifices with progressive pros perity and enjoyment, may be collected from the statement by which our Illustrious Premier fol lowed up and completed the details and reason ings of Lord Bexley. To the Sinking Fund the Duke of Wellington very justly ascribed the fact so important to the interests and so gratifying to the pride of England, that at a period' when other nations could not borrow money unless at a rate of interest the most exorbitant, or, to speak more correctly, could not borrow „it at all, without the guarantee of the national faith of England, the British Government negotiated' loans to an amount •which baffles the imagination of mankind, atid tasks the power of arithmetic to the utmost, at a rate of interest very little exceeding, upon the whole, five per cent. ! There is something in this which must extremely puzzle thOse who set up for Statesmen, upon the more conceit that they are skilled in arithmetic.' To this dot-and carry. one school of Statesmen, it is very evident the Duke of Wellington has not the misfortune or disgrace to belong. He perceives. that there is something in the moral effect of the measures of a Government with which the mere science of numbers can haVe nothing to do ; and he ac cordingly expresses his determination, that so long as he is Prime Minister of England, he will never abandon that system of Finance which has produced such incalculable effects, and which is stamped by the name and authority of the il lustrious Pitt.—Morning Post. TLIE LITERARY MANIA FOR THE CURE OF CONSUMPTIVE DISEASES. %%Tr give the following for the benefit of those few who can understand it : we mit-selves are not, unfortunately, among the number. of the select.] TO THE• •EDITOR Or THE SUN. Veritatis simplex oratio est." It accords little with our boasted scientific improve ment* or Morality—when Journalists fearlessly call public .attention to a species of quackery and knavery, I had almost said unparalleled in the annals of charlatanism. What doeathe;Editor or. Experimentalist really mean by 44 consumptive diseases," for all our maladies are , con sumptive," or consuming at, any rate ! . His reports, for I must not dignify them with the name of cases—are asthmatical, and not consumptive; and I ean'tell him what he seems not to be aware,ol, that asthma even,• is not remediable without suitable air and regimen. Now, pray, what is asthma? for it is vitally important that we should distinguish between it and pulmonary con sutnption : the latter obviously an organical (and I main gain. incurable) affection of the lungs. Let us have done, then, with the writer's stuff and nonsense, (a sort of substi- Ante for advertisement, to the detriment of the public Re venue, at the same time)—aheut " lucky thoughts," "trivial objects," and " important consequences," so far, at least, as they are said to be connected—it is meant that the pub l i - lic shoultrunderstand, with the cure of pulmonary con stunption. The hit' ikmost admirable : for not a given number of patients, under the sun, are so liable to be imposed upon as the asthmatic; 'and if the' reader will have patience with nie, I will tell'nim why and wherefore. Astlnna, generally speaking, is a functional affection : and functional derangements usually get better or worse, as the exciting causes,irom time to time, are found to act upon the predispositions of body of the afflicted. The reader will, naturally, inquire what these predispo sitions of habit and exciting causes are; and having made bold to admonish, I am in duty bound to be explicit to wards him. Predisposition, then, implies a liability to a derangement of circulation somewhere in the system. In asthma, the " derangement" is seated chiefly in the bronchial vessels (the larynx, i. e. the organ of voice and breathing, and circulation of lungs, themselves), being primarily affected by sympathy merely. Under such circum stances, it is very manifest that the mere difficulty of breath ing, cough, or expectoration, can form no positive crite rion pf the lung's organical affection. It is the fever, call it hectic if you will—and the progressive (rather than recurrent or spasmodic) increase of difficulty of breath ing—in a word, the predisposition to deranged circulation of lungs—on which we must form our judgment as to the approaches to, or actual progress of, pulmonary consumption. With regard to " cough" I repeat—it is ever a falla cious ovniptom, and most liable to mislead the inexpe rienced, on account of its being incidental, alike, to func tional and organical derangement of the lungs. The skilful physician, therefore, will have due regard to these symp toms, for symptoms vitally important, at times, they are— and neither delay, nor tamper with the derangement (mem branous or parenchymatous) manifestly the source of them. The Editor's prosings relative to the treatment of con sumptive diseases—doing no sort of harm, should it fail to do good—is neither more nor less than a gratuitous and sinister e;...post'; of its absurdity and failure; for merits are out of the question. But, on the other hand, I affirm—be the " treatment" what it may—that, failing to cure, it must necessarily aggra vate ibe malady ! Again---0 delays are dangerous"—and, especially so, under functional derangement of vital organs : seeing that their organic affection is, almost without exception, in •curable, I advert to " exciting ceases," and most respect -1 cults and disinterestedly take my leave of the reader. . I nemerl wo4i4 prerail upon the " asthmatic"..-(whose malady, assuretkly„ie . i a bl e, by judicious treatment—a pure 4 " 4 " 4 " 6 "" a4 ' , suitable .regimen)neither to tamper with n os t rum e ft, become dupes to needy charlatan pre tenders. with,rnspect tome predisposed , to pulmonary cousump• ter, is hot hopeless, provided the tion—their cure , believe wugo, already, have not :satain e si organ i ca l i n j u r y ; f or , air and ratimen,. killy ( asl ai m r io an l d ate re red 'i ; ined aided ley. j u di c i ous me di c i ne, will ltlpberfortn much; *'mud) indeed, for theta. Without a prhper s ubjection jcinv, a t im d to ure the il f , o t r iut mer mo , however, a will prove ineffectual. • .i$ Virttis in action ennaistit'!: , , . North Shields, June, Is- • . • MEDICUS. geptleman finish e d A BAD EXCEPTION. — A an eulogiuni on a lady with these words :—" Ab, s;i r nothing beats a good wife."—" I beg r ut. pardon (r e .., joined a byestander) a bad husband doe s . I' I t FLOATING LIGH Tile floating-li g ht ship, stationed off this Spuru, has come into this port for repairs, and now lies in the dry dock in Lime-street, where she had been visited by numbers of persons, who have de rived much gratification from the inspection of her appara tus and fittings up. When on her station, she is provided with a crew consisting of a dozen hands, half of whom re main on shore, while the other half continue on hoard, re lieving each other every month. She seldom has any communication with the land; but tI4 pilots sometimes board her, to present the captain with a newspaper, or to perform other little offices of civility. The lowborn, we are given to understand, Weighs about tOll. —Hid? Pada( , TURKEY. (OFFICIAL.) I , , " The strengthening of the bon& of good under standing and of friendship which the Porte has so long maintained towards the Court of France being the object of the unceasing endeavours of the two empires, the departure and absence of the French legation from Constantinople was never desired nor agreeable ; and if the 'departure of your Excellency, (agreeably to fate's decrees) has excited our lively regret, the continuation of your absence has scarcely caused us less pain : however, the state of things evidently proves,that in the Interchange of the good intentions and favourable dispositions with which the Sublime Porte was always animated, the Court of France has, on its side, always sincerely desired the maintenanc e of the most perfect harmony. The advice of the return of . your Excellency to Corfu being a certain proof . and further evidence of the sincerity and pure intention of France, gratifies us, and occasions us to take the first step to open the way to negociatiOns, conformably to a good under standing, to renew our relations; since your friendly declarations, made before and since, show the desire of France—that its aim, full of good faith, is the will to maintain the dignity and prosperity of its ancient friend the Sublime Ottoman Porte, as well as the preservation of its sovereignty and absolute power, so the system and conduct of the Sublime Porte have at all tittles been based by right and justice; and it is notorious that she has been constantly a faithful ally; conforming all her actions to the Holy Law, and never permitting the in fraction of treaties, nor the violation of a sincere friendship. This separation, therefore, though it cannot appear conformable to the friendly relations of the two Powers, yet cannot affect the ancient and loyal friendship which subsists between them—the pleasure, besides, that friends experience in meeting after a separation, contributes at all times to cement more closely their attachment, and consolidate their ties. So the first and only desire and pure inten tion of the Sublime Porte is to pursue the path of ' justice, and to obtain the general tranquillity of its subjects--expecting that. the good and equitable views of the Court of France, the ancient and af fectionate friend of the Ottoman Government, tend equally to the like object. " hi case your Excellency should return to Con stantinople, so that the affairs which have been dis cussed between us, according to the pure intentions and friendly dispositions of the two empires, may ar rive at a happy termination through these amicable conferences, depend that your Excellency will receive on the part of the Sublime Porte, every honour and consideration. "After this explanation, we wait with impatience the return of your Excellimey to Constantinople, and we address a similar 'ncite to the Ambassador of England. " It is for your especial information, and to ex press the high consideration we entertain for your person, that we address you the present. Your friend, the undersigned, hopes that if it please God, when you receive it and know its contents, that your earnest zeal will be used to consolidate the basis of a good understanding, according to the contents of the above." SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney Gazettes to the Bth March, and Hobart Town Couriers to the 17th February, have been received by the Gallo, Captain Hudson, at the North and South Ame rican Coffee-house, from which we lament to observe, that nothing but disasters attend our new settlements, and no news is ever brought from any one of them which does not convince us of the folly of persevering in those mad schemes. Some of the miseries, and only some which have lately been experienced at Melville Island, have been made known ; the waste of money which those settlements cause is bad enough, but when it comes to the loss of lives, it is wickedness to persevere in the vain attempt ; the hardships sustained by the unfortunate people who have been selected to assist in founding these Colonies may, or may not, be attributed to the climate, hut with the energies of even Englishmen, it is asked, would Van Dieman's Land, had it depended only on New South Wales, in a quarter of a cen tury been what it is? The local Government, it is observed, cannot make exertions beyond their power, but they may describe the insufficiency of their means, and delay proceeding with them until they are better pro vided, and until the parent Administration choose to put in requisition their own resources. The brig Governor Phillips was to he despatched to Melville Island immediately, to convey medical men and comforts to that settlement and Raffles Bay. Dr. Nesbit and Dr. Moran, late of the Colonial Staff, are the two candidates to fill up the vacant situations of the two gentlemen who lately held those offices. The health of Mr. Justice Stephens, we regret to state, is considered as very preca rious. The Lady of the Judge Advocate, Sir M. Wylde, and the Misses .Bannister, take the opportunity of visiting the Cape in the Woodlark. The Roogly, Capt. Reeves, is arrived with convicts ; and the Cape Packet, from London. The Greenock was hourly expected,' having reached HObart Town. James Dowling, Esq., appointed as Assistant-Judge, is arrived in the former vessel; he was saluted with five guns, on his landing to take the oath., from Davis's Battery, which seems to have astonished the inhabitants of Sydney, who ran in crowds to get a peep at his Honour. He has taken his seat on the Bench, and commenced acting. We are concerned to announce the premature death of Colonel Mills, Registrar of the Supreme Court. Ile shot himself with a pistol. He seems to have been much respected and regretted. Mr. John Stephens, son of Mr. Justice Stephens, has been appointed his successor, but some difficulties seem to base intervened, when the Court met to have the commission recorded.— Brother Jonathan may also learn we are more independent of his exertions in supplying the article of tobacco. This herb is now in extensive cultivation in the Colony, and much benefit is likely to accrue from it; the favourable samples already produced shew the clinoate of New South Wales to be particularly favourable to its growth. The Bank of Australia, for the last half year, had declared a dividend of nine per cent., while that on the Bank of New South Wales only amounted to six per cent. This seems rather extraordinary, when it is stated the real capi tal of the former does not amount to half that of the Bank of New South Wales. In allusion to the disaster at Mel ville Island, we learn that the colonial schooner Mermaid had brought distressing accounts of the hardships and mor tality suffered at that settlement (Port Ebrington). Among the deaths are those of Dr. Wood, Staff-surgeon of Rallies Bay; the surgeon of Melville Island (Mr. Green), had also been murdered by the natives. This vessel brings a considerable number of persons who are afflicted with scurvy and agues. There was therefore no medical man, and that duty was performed by a Lieutenant of the navy. The demand for lodgings was so great at Sydney, that hars!ly a house of anylcind . could be procured. SYDNEY MAlMETS.—A'verage price of wheat 9s. 3d. per bushel, Maize Bs. 6d. ditto, Oat s 4 s . 6d. ditt o , ti ne Flour 20s. sterling per cwt., Seconds 18s. per cwt., Pollard 2e. per bushel, Bran Is. 6d., Butter 2s. 3(1. per lb., Salt ditto, 2s. per lb., Potatoes 20s. per cwt., Assize Bread .sd. per loaf; Beef 2s. 3d., to 2s. 10d. per stone. •Mutton 3s. 6d. to 4s..ditto, Pork 4i, 6d. to 4s. 11d. ditto ; .M 1111,1444, Prandy, 20a., Hollands 12s. per gallon. A gentleman who arrived, in the Hosyly has informed the Editor of the „Sydney Gazette, that the Principal Secretary of State for .the Colonies had given notice that, unless the Papers of the, colony are conducted in a more temperate and less violent mattner, a censorship would be imposed forthwith.. .This caution is stated to have come theyfear too late, op the part of the Right Hon, Secretary of state. Fron► Hobart Town we learn, a manufactory for coarse woollens is succeeding well, and an• article is manufactured fit for coarse jackets and trousers. It is recommended to subscribe sums for the purpose of usi►►g the coarse wools in the colony. Wheat hail fallen to Ss. per bushel, and in some instances from 6s. 6d. to is. 9d. per bushel. EXTRAORDINARY CRUELTY.--A Lltort time since we recorded an act of atrocious cruelty com mitted by aswonaan upon a rat. In that case, however, something like a motive was furnished, although supersti tion was the cause ; in the one we are about to relate, how ever—even this excuse is wanting. We have been in formed_that on Wednesday evening last, a journeyman me chanic of this town, after fastening n cord round the neck of a cat, actually threw the poor animal into a vessel of boiling lead, from whence her tortures caused her to im mediately jump out ; but the inhuman brute, not content with thus qualifying his savage propensiti es , actua ll y re peated the operation five or six times, until th e su ff er i ng animal was quite deprived of life. Such a barbarous deed requires no continent, —Rolm Gazelle, SUMMER ASSIZES. CHELMSFORD, JULY 24. John Walks and Lucy Bartlett were charged with having assaulted John Wien on the King's highway, and taken from his person a purse containing 355. The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Robert Franks, a substantial farmer at Waltham Abbey, surrendered to take his trial on an indictment charging him with having riotously assembled, with divers other persons, and assaulted Philip Taber. Verdict—Guilty. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE sentenced him to be imprisoned for six months, and at the end of that period to find sureties to keep the peace. SALISBURY, Jur.y 23. MURDER OF A SHERIFF'S OFFICER IN TIIE DISCHARGE OF HIS DUTY. Robert Brown, aged 45, was put to the bar, charged upon the verdict of the coroner's inquisition with the wilful murder of Thomas Sherwood, an as sistant of a sheriff's officer, at Littleton Drew, in this county, on the 11th of April last. Mr. BINGHAM conducted the case for the prose cution, and before he called evidence to support the charge, stated that the prisoner had, about eleven years ago, obtained possession of a house and pre mises which were the property of a Mr. Lee, but which the prisoner had refused to surrender to the owner, although he neither paid rent for the house nor rendered any service or acknowledgment what ever to the landlord. Mr. Lee at last commenced against the prisoner an action of ejectment, which ended in the suing out of a writ of possession, which was addressed to the sheriff of Wiltshire, and by him consigned to his officers for execution, on the day when the deceased came by his death. The first witness called for the prosecution was Mr. John Bushe; who deposed to the facts above mentioned. He said that the declaration in eject ment was dated on the I7th of September last year. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant MEREIVETIIER —Before the commencement of the proceedings in ejectment, I, as Mr. Lee's attorney, had served the prisoner with notice to quit, which notice would have expired on the following (last) Lady-day. On the 11th of last April I went to the prisoner's house with a Sheriff's officer named Harding. There were also at the place Thos. Thompson, Mr. Lee, and some others. I went to see a writ of possession executed. The door had been fastened, and we were obliged to break it with a crow-bar. I saw the prisoner's goods remov ed. I then went away, leaving the officer and his assistants, with Lee, Thompson, and the rest, upon the premises. Brown, the prisoner, was there imme diately before I went away. This was between six and seven o'clock. During all the time that the goods were being removed, the prisoner was in and out through the house, and gave no opposition. There was nobody belonging to the prisoner in the house except his wife and three young children. The warrant under which the Sheriff's officer had acted was then put in and read, and the officer him self, William Harding, was called.—H e stated several facts already mentioned in Mr. Bushe's evidence, and added, that Thos. Sherwood (the deceased) was one of his assistants upon the occasion. After the goods were put out of the house, I, with the assist ants, turned the prisoner's wife and children out of doors. After they were put out the next thing I saw was Brown aiming a blow at Sherwood, who immediately after came to me into the house, and said that be had been stabbed by the prisoner. He showed me a stab in his breast, which he said the prisoner had given him. I then gave the prisoner into custody. James Clarke was present, and saw the prisoner take out of his pocket a bayonet, with which he wounded first a man named Thompson (one of the witnesses), ar►d then the deceased. Brown had one of the children in his arms, whilst his wife and the others were turned out. It was a wet night. 'One of the children was lying upon the floor, but it was not trodden under foot. By the COURT—No violence had been offered by the prisoner during the time in which the furniture was moved out, which was about two hours. Thomas Thompson deposed that he had been on the premises at the time, and was stabbed two or three times by Brown before the latter struck at the deceased. The weapon was about the size of a butcher's steel. John Daniel, the constable, who had been upon the premises at the time of the murder, deposed that Brown had afterwards confessed that he had done it with a Spanish bayonet, which he had dropped in proceeding to the place of confinement. The surgeon who had examined the deceased de posed that the bayonet had penetrated six inches into the lungs of the deceased. He had no doubt that the death of Sherwood had been produced by the wound which Brown had inflicted upon him. Mr. Justice PARK then summed up the evidence to the Jury, who found the prisoner Guilty. His Lordship then, after a very long and affecting ad dress, sentenced him to be hanged on Friday next, at the place of public execution. Nicholas Baker, aged 71, was then put to the bar, charged on the verdict of the coroner's inqui sition, with the wilful murder of Sarah Baker, his wife, at Laycock, in this county, on the 3d of July instant. The prisoner is a most wretched-looking man, with a slight expression of wildness in his countenance. He was dressed in a jacket and trou sers of the coarsest materials, and was extremely emaciated. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. AUDREY, who said that the case would be an extremely short and simple one, and would entirely rest upon the confessions of the prisoner himself, made to several persons immediately after the commission of the murder. Mr. Audrey then proceeded to intimate that the prisoner had been excited to the commis sion of the murder by some suspicions which he had formed of the fidelity of his wife. It would also appear that he had effected his purpose with a stick, and the Jury would perhaps, upon this point, hear from the Learned Judge to what extent a hus band may legally proceed in chastising his wife. lie then called— Sarah 'luck, who deposed as follows :—I know the prisoner; he lives next door to me, in the parish of Laycock. On the third of this month I saw the prisoner about two o'clock at my door : he came to tell me he had had a bad misfortune; he had been to beat his wife, and thought she was dead. I sa w blood upon le fore part of his clothes. 1 then went up to the prisoner's house, and there I saw the deceased sitting up in a great chair,:ivith nothing on but a clean chemise and stockings ; her neck was very much bruised; it looked . litre a piece of liver. It seemed as if she had been washed, and then a clean shift put on her. tier hair was very much pulled about. .She was, I think, about -66 years old. She was dead when I saw hers James Boscombe.--On the 3d of July I went to prisoner's house, and saw a woman lying dead upon two sacks, with the prisoner having a handkerchief ty i n g up her jaws. lie asked me to help him. I said I would not. " How came you to commit this f ou l and bloody murder, and want me to . help you. to draw me into it as well as yourself ?" He sighed n od said she had been dead an hour and a half. I then went out to get assistance, and the old man followed me; and when we had got four or five steps upon the road, he said, " Jem, thee'll be called upon. Thee must say the woman was alive when thee's come into the house." I said, " I won't : you'll be hanged if you had 100 necks." After I had left the house, I met Mr. Spencer, the parish doctor, and brought him into the prisoner's house. Dr. Spencer took up a stick and asked the prisoner if that was the stick with which the murder had been commit ted. Baker went into the pantry, and brought ario• Hier stick, and said it was with that stick that he had done it. I heard him say at another time that he was jealous of hi s wife, and that another man had committed adultery with her. Edward Spencer—l am a surgeon, living at Lay cock. On entering the prisoner's house,on the 3d of July, I saw his wife lying dead on two sacks, and the man sitting OR the chair. I asked him why he had done it. He said it was in a fit of passion; that he was jealous of her: that he had overheard a woman say that about twelve months before a far mer had lain with his.wife. I asked if she made any resistance to the beating ? lie said she had not. — The surgeon then said that this beating had produ ced such internal consequences as were the imme diate cause of her death. This was the case for the prosecution. The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, said that he was very sorry for what he had done. • Mr. Justice PARK, in summing up the evidence to the Jury, told them, that with regard to what had been stated by the Learned Counsel, as to the power of a husband to inflict moderate chastisement upon his wife, he (Mr. Justice Park) must say, that he knew of no such law; and he recollected well, that. when he was a yonng man, the Learned Person to whom such an opinion had been imputed, had told him (Mr. Justice Park) that he had never expressed, and did not entertain it: - Hirt Lordship, in conclu sion, observed, that although it were the law of England that a man may chastise his wife (f law, which his Lordship again declared to be contrary to his own opinion), yet still such a doctrine must al ways be understood as giving no licence for immo derate or unreasonable chastisement. The Jury immediately found the prisoner Guilty, and the Judge, after a very feeling address, sentenced him to be executed on Friday next (this day). The unhappy man did not appear to be at all af fected by the terrible situation in which he was placed. This terminated the Assizes here. The commis sion will be opened at Dorchester on Saturday next. BEDFORD, JULY 23. MASH AGAINST PENNING EON. This cause, though, not perhaps, possessing any very interesting features, seemed to excite great ex pectation amongst th a t large and wealthy body of men, the owners of stage coaches, and all persons connected with them, as it was believed that the law of partnership applicable to stages world be decided. Mr. Sergeant STORKS (with whom was Mr. SMITH ) stated the case. The plaintiff and defendant were both largely concerned in stage-coaches, each being a proprietor of, he believed, several. The plaintiff lived at Lutterworth, the defendant was re sident in their own county, at Market-street. ' The present action was brought to recover a balance amounting to 55/. Bs. 6d., remaining due to the plaintiff from the defendant, as one of the company of proprietors of the Paul Pry coach, which formerly ran between London and Litchfield, and in which concern the plaintiff was likewise a partner. The circumstances attending the origin,_ progress, and final stoppage of the unfortunate P au l Pry were ra ther singular ; the concern, notwithstanding the very taking and popular name it had assumed, havingbeen a losing one from its commencement till the time of its final withdrawal from the road. It began to run on the 10th of October, 1826, and continued till April, 1827, when it ceased altogether; and during the period of its brief existence there were seven or eight partners, amongst whom were the present plaintiff and , Mr. Pennington, the defendant. In these concerns, it was the practice for the various partners to horse the coach for different stages; each received money on the joint account, and pe riodically the whole accounts were balanced; and the partner who had received a . larger sum than his share of receipts amounted to, was to pay over the surplus to him who had received less than his share. Mr. Horne, the great coach-owner, and who was a partner in the Paul Pry, kept the accounts in London, Mr. Mash keeping them at Lichfield, and by them the payments were all made. On the stopping of the coach, in April, there was due from the defendants to the plaintiff under this arrange ment 5.51. Bs. 6d., which sum Mr. Pennington, with his eyes open, and all the accounts before him, ad mitted to be due, and promised to pay. Stephen Mash, examined by Mr. the brother of the plaintiff. Is an attorney. .On the Ist of August last, by desiie of the plaintiff, called on the defendant at Market -street, for 44 the Paul Pry money" due to the plaintiff. Defendant said he was sorry plaintiff had been kept out of his money so long, but there was a mistake in the accounts, he having been charged for more money than he had re, ceived ; and he requested to have the IVay-bills for examination. In October called again on de fendant for the way-bills. The plaintiff, witness, and defendant examined . them with defendant, who produced his own books. Defendant said the hills were quite correct, that the money lie had been charged with was right; he was sorry plaintiff had been kept out of it, and he would send it in a few days. The F. um claimed was 55/. Bs. 6d. Plain tiff, defendant, two other Mashes, Cherry, Morris, Horne, and others, were partners in the Paul Pry. . Cross examined by Mr. KELLY.—Is not the plain tiff's attorney, nor liable to the costs. Cannot say if the writ was issued in his name. May have bad communications with the attoruies about it. Knows nothing of the terms on which defendant be came a partner. Horne was the active partner in London, and was in the habit of making out the ac counts monthly. The monthly accounts fur nished to defendant were on the table at the October interview. Defendant went through the way-bills, and said they were correct. None of the other partners were present. Believes Mr. William Mash has agreed to the accounts, but that he stopped some balances due from Horne, on account of the Paul Pry accounts. After some further evidence had been adduced, and Mr. KELLY had replied for the defendant, the CHIEF BARON summed up, and the Jury, after a short consultation, found for the defendant. The Grand Jury have, at a late hour to-day, re turned a true bill against Eaststaff, for mtirder; there are forty witnesses for the prosecution, and the trial (which excites the most lively interest) is fixed for to-morrow. NORTHAMPTON, JULY 23. Abraham Hobson was indicted for forging, or ut tering with a knowledge that it was forged, an ac ceptance to a bill of exchange. There not being sufficient proof to negative the fact that any such person resided at Chelsea, as the party whose n ame appeared as acceptor to the bill, or to prove that it was in the prisoner's hand-writing, he was acquitted. There are other similar charges against him, but he has been admitted to bail. The Assizes, which only commenced yesterday, terminated at an early hour to-day. The commis sion will be opened at Lincoln on Saturday. YORK, JULY 23. Henry Walton, of Halifax, in the West Rid;ng of York, was charged upon the Coroner's inquisi tion with killing and slaying James Turner, The prisoner was drinking on the 26th of March last, at a. public-house in Stansfield, called the New Inn, when the deceased, who was intoxicated at the time, entered the room, and declared that he did not care for any man , in it. The prisoner said, "Do you not care for me ?" Deceased then challenged the prisoner to fight. Prisoner at first refused, but deceased kept repeating the 'challenge until prisoner consented to fight. A fight then took place, in the course of which prisoner knocked the deceased down, and whilst he was in that position prisoner jumped upon him twice, and puihed his knees upon his breast. The deceased was then taken up by the bystanders roo an io d .re!nAov.seurdgt surgeon. . settle was which was stand ings but be fore he arrived the deceased b e c a me insensible, and soon afterwards expired. Verdiet—uilty. The sentence of the Court upon the prisoner was, othat Correction o s e h t o i o u i l i d fo b r t h e confined in of them calendarW ak Wakefield l d blouse months, and be there kept to hard labour. STAFFORD, JULY 24. Mr"lllStiCe GASELEE opened the commission here this day. The business is heavy, and there is one case of the utmost importance in which a gentleman standing very high in the county is charged with, forging a deed of importance which was p ro d uc ed on ' the trial of a cause at a former Assize. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICkS OF MOTIONS FOR, THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Robert Grant—Two Petitions from Robert:Cowis t on behalf of certain bferchasits of London, Claimants against the French' Government in respect of pro petty confiscated during the Revolution 2—Similar Peti tions from Mrs. Samuels, widow ; and from Nodes Dickinson, on behalf of certain inhabitants of the Co lony of St. Martin—and to move an Addree to the Crown thereupon. 2. Mr. Wilmot Horton—To move Resolutions on the sub ject of Slavery, in furtherance and explanatory of the Resolutions in 1823. FRENCH LOTTERY IN' ENGLAND.: PARIS, JULY 18.-:-The Lottery has this year bean againer, as compared with.the six months 1827, of the enormous sum of 2,504;000 franes(loo2oo ) .) the greater part of w hi c h ha s ` been extracte d from • the pockets of the labouring population. It is expected, however,-that. next :year .this odious tax will be abolished, tor which ciieuniataneethe country will be indebted to the .influence 'and • exertions of the Duke and Duchess of Angouleme. Talking of Lotteries, it may be proper to caution the public against a new system of gambling, which a set of in dividuals are attempting to introduce into' England, and which is neither more nor less than re-introducing Lotteries, notwithstanding the Act of Parliament which prohibits, them; the folloe ing is the plan to be • pursued, and is said to be the invention of the Rev. Mr. - - -. Agency offices for the purchase • of French lottery tickets are to be established in va rious parts of the town, and, if possible, ci-devant lottery contractors, whose names are well known to the public, are to manage them, under the ambi guous name of " agents for the purchase of French property." It may be necessary here to explain the nature of a French lottery. Ninety numbers are put into an urn, and only five of them are drawn out.— Should any of those numbers selected by the player be. drawn, they are paid in the proportion of, for one number only coming out, seventy-two times the amount staked ; for two numbers, 270 times -the amount; for - three, 1,700; and so on, increasing in an immense ratio. Now your readers will easily see what great odds are against the players, and that any one venturing Often 'at such a game must be ruined. in order to' escape the provisions' of the Act, no ne , tual sale of lottery tickets will be effected; the per son wishing to purchase will go to the agent's, and desire him to buy a ticket in Paris, for, let , us sup pose, one sovereign ; the numbers be selects are 40 and 57—in the event of these numbers coming out prizes, the amount to be received would be 270/. A regular advertisement would appear in • all the English Papers to this effect:--u Paris Lottery, July 18. Winning numbera 17, •S; 28; 74." As soon as the individual finds, by the papers, that he is a winner; he applies to the agent for the money. The latter tells him that his ticket is in Paris, but that, for a commission of five per cent. he will .get hi:n the money by return of post ; in six days the money is paid to the winner, deducting the commission ; it is unnecessary to add, that no ticket had:been pur chased, but that the agents or contractors bad placed themselves in the situation of the French Govern ment, and received the benefit of the great odds /in their favour. This, however, they . would only do when the amount staked did not exceed from five ' shillings to five pounds; but, in other eases, where, we will say, 100/. has been staked on a number, the agents would, in reality, purchase a ticket in Paris, and,• if the number was a winning one, they would still be gainers of five per cent, commission. The very act of mentioning this new scheme will put people upon their guard; and •we doubt xot • that when the circumstance becomes known, the Govern ment Officers will be upon the alert to pounce upon the offenders, if they act contrary to the laws against lotteries. BIRTHS. On the 23d instant, at Putney, the lady of Sir Robert Graham, Bart., of "a son. ' On the 11th instant, at Florence, the lady of Capt. G. J. Hope Johnstone, MN., of a daughter. 'On the:2Bd instant, •in Finsbury-circus, Mrs. Feederic Cobb, of a daughter. . . On the 24th instant, at Portland-.place, Stockwell-corn •• mon, Mrs. Frederick G. God e ell, of a son. On the 22d. instant, at Putney-beith, the lady of Robert GOsling, Esq., of a son, which only survived a fe w hours. • On the 22d i ns t an t, at Watsash House, the lady of John Digby Murray, EN., of a daughter, still born. On the 28d instant, at Sandhuist, Lady Harriet Paget, of,a son. • • • MARRIED. - On the23d . instant,:at- Amershini, , Afr. Maishall, solici tor, so Miss Craft. Op tbe . 22d instant, at Withcote, in the county of Lei cester, Edward Dawson, of Whation•Houie, in that county, Esq., to Mary Finch, the eldest daughter of the late ! John Finch Simpson, of La'unde Abbey, in the same county, Esq. Oa the 18th instant, at Cowbridge, Henry D. Herne% Esq.:of the Royal Engineers, to Caroline Susanna, second daughter of Thomas Edmondes, Esq., of Cowbridge, G lam organshi re. ' On the 10th instant, at Aberdeen, Mr. A. Cowie, schoolmaster, Albany -street, Regent's-park, London, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of ,the late Mr. Garden, in Bandley, Alford. DIED. On the' 29th Jan.- at Bowbak, "George toms; second son of Mr. George t, , Tate,: merchanNsw Shorebain: - On the 214th instant, at Shaftesbury-house, Bayswater, MiQs Eliza Mercy Grace,,iq,the 19th. year:of her a ge . Lately, at Battersea, Margaret Ann Kennedy, aged I I , only child of the late Dr. Kennedy, R.N. On the 21it instaut, aged 25, Maria, youngest daughter of Mrs. Heaketh, of Grove-house, Hounslow. On the. 18th instant, at. Watexford, ,on his way from Newfoundland, Assist.-coramissary-General Manvell. On the 21st instant, in his seventh year, Wm. Henry;.' only son of Mr. Collingwood, of, Homerton. On the 20th instant, in Southampton-place, Mrs. Davies, wife of W.' L. Davies, Esq.,' aged 76. On the 24th instant, at his house in Meeklenburgli square, George Henry Parihy, Esq., in the 34th year of his age. • .. • 'EAST INDIA. AIARRIED. At Berhampore, Feb. 15, Sam. St. Leger Lightfqqt,,, Assist-Surgeon of his Majesty's 47th Foot, to. Louisa Harriet, second daughter of Chas. Ckirfield, Bsq..knowle Lodge. Taunton. At Poonab, • Jan.. 31, • Capt. H. D. Robertson, to Miss J. V. Dunlop. . the A N t i P za o l n u tic s is e e r r y ri e , e l: by the Venerable Archdeaeort 'e to b. M 4 i , ss Ca ce p o t r . g. E ia t n l a w. H t I n o o t r te ia t, F o n f i ll iofi . e lf id . , 6 6apt. W. W. Cockell to Miss E. youngest daughter of the late Ernest W. Fallotield, of the 11. C. C. Service at Madras. • co A rr t ie, C a l t ic t i l l e tta c , at l h ? ed eb r . o 2 , Baysen. At Madras, Feb. 9, Francis Dickson, Esq. Payinaister 11. M. 41st Regiment,. to Margaret,. only daughter of the late W. Bainbridge, Esq. Calcutta. , , At TellioberrY, Jan. 21s Mr. G. Wilkinson 'to Miss Ann Vaughan- ..• .. _ - , , At Calciitta, March 1, at the Cathedral, T. Eastman, Esq. to Miis Helen Gordon, daughter of the late Capt. W. G or d on , of the Country S erv i ce . At Bombay,"Feb. 4, Capt. Henry Wyndham, H.C.M. to Mrs. .Jane Vernon. -• DIED. . . At Calcutta, Feb. 22, Mr. W. Maggs, 'chief officer of ‘• the brig Phmnix, aged 22. • At Calcutta, Feb. 23, Thomas , Gillanders, Esq., aged • ~, j j, 59 years. - ~ ~,. At Asseerghur, Nov. 25, Lieut. and Adjutant E. Ramr ? 17• l say, ,of the 23d Regiment, N.I. ~ 0 At Rangoon, Jan. 23, Capt. Thos. i%leik. 1. , - -:.•. •I t 'r ,• . At Bombay, Feb. 12, Bappoo Sunkerset, brother of I ,„. Jago nnat hj ee S un k erse t, Chi e f o f the Rutlikar Caste is - , Bombay.. _ - •.. . - • `. . '. . ‘l • _ _ At Calcutta, Feb. 2k, Mr. Henry Fawcett, first officer .„ of the Virginia, who was accidentally drowned. At Madras, Feb. 5, Jane, the belovetj wife of Capt. K. Coyle, of the 28th Regt. Madras At Perumbore, Feb. 11, Mr, G. C. Bird, Examiner the Accountant-General's Office. At Bombay, Feb. 2, at Mr. Grant's Bungalow, on the Esplanade, Lieut. W. Reynolds, of the 12th Rte. N. 1., aged 28 years. At Colaba, Jan. 17, Capt. W. Smith, Commander of the Earl Keine. PRINTED and Fontanel) by M. YOUNti, at the SUN OF/ICN,, No. 112, Strand, *Auden. (. on ' to r Five TWI Tevi ditk and an , l on II Ofi, V iCi Cu l t and tesp, en h tor n _ day .1 9th exce l R ing, Thui near stree Stra Cart New Long and ; For] Wi tl Colo Fc Jc MET] Conl for I AcE . 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