The Sun. — London, England, 1828-01-04 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It is not now the communication of any new fact, to inform our readers that the Ambassadors have left Constantinople : the information has come out pied-meal before ; a4a.l we cannot see that it has been attended with any particular effect—warlike, civil, or financial. lithe Allies are dettlinined that the Turks shall no longer beat the Greeks, nor the (;reeks the Turks, this cours e may , Ter h aps , b e as effectually adopted witivout as with public Ministers at Constantinople. The only difficulty will be, to make up matters at last by any political arrange ment. Will Russia, meanwhile, act as a belligerent against Turkey ? We almost hope not; at least un less the latter Power shall be so absurd as to proceed to some hostile act. With respect to England and France also, our Ambassadors have left Constanti nople, as well as that of Russia : NVIII. the TUl'liish GovernMent in uonsequenee attempt to annoy or capture our vessels on passing the Dardanelles, Co, the purpose of - going to Odessa,- or otherwise navi gating the 'Black Sea ? If so, our course is plain, and the consequence scarcely less so.—Times. In the French Papers of Tuesday, which ar rived last night, we find no news respecting Turkey beyond the paragraphs published in a part of our impression of yesterday. Tuesday being New Year's Day r the courts and public bodies proceeded to the Tuileries to pay their homage to-the King, while the Opposition journals paid theirs to his Mi nisters. The latter, as an introduction to their com pliments, enumerate all the acts by•which the Ad ministration has merited their confidence for the last twelve months, and express a hope that its mem bers will retire without acquiring any further claim to their gratitude. - They allow, however, that the levees of the President of the Council and his colleagues were nearly as crowded as on former occasions, when their power was reckoned more stable and their popularity was less damaged. It may appear useless, and therefore childish, to make any remark on the innocent custom which prevails among our neighbours, of sending their public bodies to the Palace 'to bandy compliments with their Sovereign on the occasion of the new year. The annual ode of our Laureat was bad enough, (and therefore we suppose that he now gets his butt of sack to be silent) ; but if short, and set to tolerable music, it was more endurable than the grave and formal prose' of judges, bishops, and academicians, who have for days before tortured their language and racked their invention for some new turn of compliment, or some far fetched topic of eulogy. Nothing can be more lu dicrous than to see successive trains of official per sons (each whit an orator at its head) parading the state rooms of the palace, and presenting themselves formally before his Majesty, to open upon him their batteries of panegyric, for no other reason than be cauSe he happens to have survived another year. Being precluded from talking party politics, and having no other topic pn which to frame their ad dress but the additional year in the Royal life, the attempts which they make at variety; often result in extravagance and bombast.—Bid. We know not well what to make of a charge preferred against Mr. Peel at a late Meeting of Magistrates of the county of Kerry, called to ex press an opinion on the conduct of Sir Richard Wilcox, while Inspector-General of Police of the province of Munster. It was stated at that meet ing_ by a Captain Smylie, the local Inspector of P , !:ice, on the authority of Sir Richard, that his evidence before a Parliamentary Committee was in the. Report falsified, so as to convey a chargeagainst the Catholic Clergy never made by him, and that Sir. Richard waited on Mr. Peel to complain of the misrepresentation, and to request that Minister would cause it. to be corrected„ and thatizo, only - rested satisfied 0 a0" 1 . 4 11 promise to do . so. This - is attributing to Mr. Peel not merely hoStilitY to the Catholics, but a disposition to re sort to dishonourable means in manifesting this hos tility. We trust that the Right Honourable Gen tleman will see the propriety of explaining the cir cumstances alluded to. We confess we are on willipg to believe in this charge against Mr. Peel.— Morning chronicle. ,According to accounts from 'Vienna, the Ambas sadors of the Allied Powers have left Constanti nople ; and England and Turkey, who haVe been so long in intimate alliance, are now virtually at war. We dO not regret this on account of any injury which the Turks may indict on us, for their means of offence are comparatively nothing; but we regret it, and in no ordinary degree, because it.affords the Russians a pretence for seizing Walachia and Mol davia, and gives her an additional step to the great object of her ambition—the capture of Constanti nople. It may be stipulated, in the Treaty of the eth of July, that no accession of new territory sh a ll be made by any of the three Powers, and that the Turkish_empire, with the exception of Greece, shall be left entire. But what are treaties when opposed to power, interest, and necessity ? and how easy is it, undertmforesecn - circumstances, to make feasible pretext, by chicanery and political intrigue, for evad ing the most positive engagements ? From the very construction of the Russian army, the Emp e ror, how ever pacific he may be, will be under the necessity of yielding, in some measure, to their wishes. Their pay, when in their . own country, is less, p er h aps, than that of any other army; but as soon as they pass the frontiers it is doubled, and they are allow ed to make up any deficiencies by plundering their enemies. A large army has been watching for a long time on the - biniks of . the Prutli, anxi ously looking for hostilities with Turkey, and, most probably, counting upon the pillage of Constantinople. War is at length declared—they expect to receive the rewards of their long watching and fatigues-; and the Government, perhaps the Sovereign himself, would be placed in the most critical situation, if they should .be disappointed of the prize when almost within their reach. As a matter of necessity, there. fore, they must have some remuneration, such as that obtained from Persia, both territory and money, and that these can be obtained without a powerful attack on sonic vital part of the empire the obstinacy of the Turks leaves us little ground to hope. When we compare the resources of Russia and Turkey, the balanc e of power is evidently in favour of the former SV,te, and w ill be a further inducement for her to evade the Treaty of the 6th of July. Turkey alone for six year;; could hardly make any impression on a few rebellious Greeks. What resistance then can she make to powerful veteran armies, commanded by Generals who, in many instances, outwitted and defeated those of Bonaparte, accustomed to Euro pean tactics, • enured to all the hardships of war, and thirsting for the - plunder of the South ? She has no great finances, it is true, but her armies Can sub sist on little; they Will find supplies in the enemy's country, and a successful battle or two would enable her to raise money sufficient to complete her operations. her interest, too, no less than her power and necessity', must urge her to acquire additional territory in the South; and her policy for many years has evidently been di rected to this point. She has at present in the Black Sea a powerful fleet—much more powerful, we believe, than is generally known—built at Od6sa and other sea-ports, and prepared, no doubt, for assisting . in an attack on Constantinople, and opening their way to the Mediterranean. This fleet, like the army, has been long watching the operations in Greece, and are equally desirous of the contest. How they are to be resisted 710 one can foresee. Turkey, after the destruction of her fleet, and in her present debilitated state, is quit unfit to meet them. She must trust, if she trusts to any thing but obstinacy, to England and France ; and if Russia is to be resisted by these Powers, we are afraid that England at last must bear all the burden. France probably is secretly pleased at the success of the Russians in Persia, and for the same reason will be little inclined to spend her treasures in opposin g her progress in Turkey—inasmuch as both will lay Open our possessiOns in the East, which have long been the envy of France and all European nations. These are the views which occur to us of the present state of affairs; and certainly, judging of them im partially, it is not too much to say that England has not been in such a critical situation since Bonaparte was in the zenith of his power; and if Ministers can get us out of the difficulty with consistency and honour; they will merit the sincere thanks of every friend of his country.—Morning Herald. The crisis has at length arrived—Of its probable consequences we shall speedily have much to say. For the present we cannot help expressing our deep regret, that 'owing to the gross misconduct of our Ministers, England has to enter upon a war alto gether indefensible, in whatever point of view it is considered; whilst the results may prove such as to disturb the general peace of Europe and of the world. Russia, actuated by the most unprincipled and un justifiable motives, will lose no time in putting her armies _in motion against the Turkish, Empire; and it would be worse than folly to suppose that Austria will stand tamely by, and see the balance of Euro pean Power thus outrageously destroyed, without any effort on her part to avert so , dreadful a n d so extensive an evil.' The war thus about to com mence, we repeat, is founded not more Upon injus tice towards the Porte, on the part of all the Allies, than upon fraud and hatred on the part of each of them towards every other. Acting upon the good old principles of the English Government, we should be decidedly oppizsed to the dangerous views of Russia, rather than be aiding her in the accomplish ment of her iniquitous purposes. In a war against Russian aggrandizement, we should have been united in a zealous and sincere alliance with Turkey, for purposes at once definite, honourable, and beneficial ; and not, as in the present case, be engaged in a contest pregnant with the seeds of future and more terrible conflicts. It is cer- taro, moreover, and this is perhaps a more important distinction than any of the others, that the British people would have understood and sympathised with their Governmeti, during a war carried on against Russia for the protection or Turkey, while they are destitute of that degree of refinement which is necessary to perceive the merits of a policy which involves England in a war with Turkey, the highest object of England being all the while the preservation of the Turkish p6Wer. For England to be powerful in war, it ►s necessary that the object of the war should be national, and should be understood by the nation ; and it is further neces sary that the war should tend to the accomplishment of that object, not through the intricacies of Machiavelian manoeuvres, but directly, and in a way which a high spirited and honourable nation may not disdain to understand. Failing in these essential conditions of her power, England will not be found so formidable as she has hitherto proved. Our hopeful Ministers appear studiously to have culti vated national weakness, or that which in Eng land means the same thing, national indifference, for the moment when we shall have to contend. honestly and without a mask for British interests in the East of Europe; and it is in this that they have yielded to Russian policy the greatest and most valuable of its recent triumphs.—lllorning Port. The Whigs and Radicals connected with the Ad ministration are endeavouring to keep up the spirits of their party in the country, by asserting the pro bability of Lord Holland being speedily called to the Councils of the King, and of the retirement or dismissal of Mr. Herries. These rumours, spread abroad by the adherents of Ministers, intimate no thing but the feverish restlessness of those from whom they proceed, and convey really no information to the country; for of the consciousness of Ministers that they cannot go on as they are, the country was fully aware before. The reason alleged for the ele vation of Lord Holland is, that his accession to office will secure the Parliamentary support of a few powerful Whig families now wavering between Mi- ;.1.1.e.:01.-ancl.:bppositiont•palities; and •the- reason' would be a good one, if this accession of influence could be calculated upon as so much clear gain; for the Ministers feel sensibly enough, no doubt, that as respects Parlianientary support .they are in great need of reinfprcement. But it would not be clear gain; for as the addition of Lord Holland to the Ministry without other and more important changes would not materially alter its character, but .would leave its predominant Rrinciples as vague and mysterious as ever, that event could only be viewed in the light of an example of the corrupt barter of official rank in exchange for Parliamentary suffrages, and would therefore excite more enmity towards the Admini stration in some quarters, than it would appease in others. When the adherents of the Whigs pro ceed to. speak of the retirement or dismissal of Mr. Herries; they are guilty certainly' of a very singular piece of indiscretion. Do they imagine the country or the Sovereign can so soon have for gotten the conduct of their party on the yet recent appointment of that Gentleman—their insolent bouncings and threats—their atrocious slanders— the mock tender of his resignation by their silly and pompous leader—that they thus strive to recall the incidents of that disgraceful transaction to the na tion's memory ? They may disgust Mr. Herries to a degree which will render office intolerable to him, and make him repent that he yielded to the wishes of his Sovereign by accepting it; but they cannot deprive him of the claim to the gratitude and protec tion Of: that Sovereign which he acquired at the same moment, and by the same circumstances in which he acquired a right to hate and despise them, and in which they began without any right to hate him. It is considered a breach of decorum we believe i n society even to mention the name of Mr. Herries in the presence of a Whig, so humiliating and painful are the recollections that name excites; and yet that portion of the Press which the Whig Leaders animate and controul cannot resist the temptation of setting forth, from time to time, rumours the most unfounded, of his retirement from an office which he holds in defiance of them, and which we hope he will never relinquish for their gratification. They at least might wait more patiently ; for Mr. Herries is not likely to find the post be occupies a very easy or agreeable one, when it imposes . upon him the duty of providing for the decrease of na tional income, and the augmentation of expendi ture, which Whig policy will in all probability have produced. As to any distinct and imme diate accessions or removals in the Ministry, no body can affirm, few persons are qualified rationally or even plausibly to conjecture any thing. Thus much only is certain, for it is admitted on all hands, that the Ministry cannot remain as it is. What will be the first change, what the second, and what the third, nobody, not the Ministers, not even the King himself, can confidently pronounce. But there is no doubt whatever that a constant succes sion of changes, a perpetuity of confusion and uncer. taints, must vex and harass, and perplex the country, till its patience is utterly exhausted, and its most im portant interests seriously and irreparably injured, un less these calamitous but inevitable consequences of in terminable change and everlasting doubt should be averted by the formation of an intelligible, unequi vocal; cordial, and consistent Administration. In the meanwhile, the public, Nrhich the present un settled state of things keeps intently upon the watch for every the slightest indication fro m w hi c h a n in ference may be -lurawn as to the nature of the poll ticul atmosphere—remarks perhaps with some sur prise, but certainly with no dissatisfaction, that the Ai hig Members of the Administration have been exc luded from the Royal festivities in honour of the Portuguese Prince, not only at Windsor, but at the Admiralty, with .the si ng l e . except i on o f Lord Car lisle, w h o by his alliance with the Devonshire family, has acquired some claim to be reckoned among th e pe rsonal friends of the King.—lbid. The Gaz e tt e de France of 'Wednesday, which reached us at a late hour yeste r d ay morn i ng , an d from which w e gave a few ext racts , stated, on t h e a uthority of the Augsburgh Gazette of date Dec. 24, that the Russian Ambassador, M. de Ribeaupierre, had left Constantinople on the 4th, and that Mr. Stratford Canning and Count Guilleminot followed on the Bth. This news, which was to be antici pated from all that had occurred for several weeks before, is fully confirmed by the Government de spatches received at a late beim on Wednesday ' night. M. de Ribeaupierre has gone to, Odessa; Mr. Canning to Smyrna, in the first instance, with the intention to proceed thence to Corfu; Count Guilleminot is said to have gone to Toulon. So far as the settlement of the Greek question depended on the extraordinary mission of the three Plenipo tentiaries, every hope is at an end. Whether,the Ambassadors of the Three Powers at London (on whom this event, which was provided for in the Treaty of the 6th July, devolves the future arrange ment of the Allies' proceedings) may deem any fur ther attempt at negociation advisable; or whether they may counsel an instant appeal to the only argu ment to which the foolish and obdurate Court, with which they have to do, seems likely to listen, is a question which we do not possess the means of an swering; hut, judging from probabilities, we should he inclined to say that the die is cast, and that Turkey must now abide the hazard. The nature of those arguments—by which the weakest State in Europe, one at whose heart's-core a civil war lies smothering, and seeks but such an occasion to burst forth into a conflagration, has been induced to brave the united force of the three most powerful nations in the world—can only be explained by the igno rance, pride, and obstinacy of the party; byall those qualities, which, refusing instruction from precept or experience, goaded on the unhappy Greeks to begin the contest, and still compel them to maintain it. A more important question, however, occurs—How are the Allies to prosecute the war into which Turkey may force them ? It is amusing to hear a few wiseacres, who never heard a shot fired, unless perhaps, at a pigeon trap, deciding gravely on the way in which Russia and the other Powers are to compel the Porte to hearken to reason, as if that were not a purely military question, and as if it did not ask the highest military knowledge for its solu tion. For our own parts, we possess no such know ledge, and pretend not to it; but, judging by the practice in analogous cases, and by the principles al most universally acted on by belligerents, we should say, that the nearer to head quarters the enemy is assailed, the sooner will he give in. It is not by nibbling at his extremities, by skirmishes with his outposts, but by a straight forward assault upon his main defences, that an enemy is to be made aware of the relative powers of his assailant and himself. As to the fears of Russia departing from those grin , ciples of honourable action by which she has so re peatedly declared that she will be governed, and to the observance of which she is bound by the solemni ties of a Treaty, yet but a few months old—they are a foul and scandalous libel on that nation and on the character of its Monarch. A country like Russia, whose Government and policy derive, in so marked a degree, their " form and pressure " from the per sonal character of the reigning Monarch, presents, with such a Sovereign as Nicholas, no ground of fear to reasonable and honourable minds. It is gratifying to notice that the intelligence of the Ambassadors' departure from Constantinople has produced so little effect on the Public Securities. We had been re peatedly told that at the very aspect of war these would fall to nothing, whereas yesterday they rather rose on the news being confirmed. This is, among others, an indication that, in the public mind, a war with Turkey in behalf of Greece is one which pre sents no ground of dread to the merchant, while it affords every occasion of gratulation to the philan thropist—that it promises not only to yield an abun dant harvest of honour, but one which will be easily reaped.—Nciv Times. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—Yesterday Mr. .Gilbert, the proprietor of the Blossoms-inn, Lawrence-lane, was sum moned before the LORD MAYOR, to answer a complaint pre ferred against him by Mr. Sohnnons, of the Old 'Change, for demanding two-pence for bookitg a parcel. Mr. Gilbert did not attend; but sent-the vu.tci. trbo . delivered the parcel. The LORD MAYOR, in order to put a stop to this fre quent attempt to obtain this additional charge on parcels, directed that a second summons should be served upon Mr. Gilbert to attend, and ordered that the weigh-bill, which was produced by the porter, should be detained till the matter was fully investigated. The proprietor of the Half Moon Inn was charged by John Jones, of Chain-gate, in the Borough, with having overcharged him for the carriage of eight barrels of oysters to Wakefield. Mr. Jones said that the charge made by the defendant was most exorbitant; that he demanded and received 4s. Eld. per barrel, when the regulated charge was only 2s. 2d. The LORD MAyOR said that it was too bad that the pub lic should be subject to such extortions when there was an Act of Parliament for the puipose of preventing those positions. He asked Mr. Jones what was the value of each barrel. Mr. Jones.—Five shillings. The LORD MAros. addressed the defendant; and said that those attempts 'to impose upon the public were generally practised at this season of the year with success. His Lord ship then referred to the regulations of the York sessions, where the carriage for all such articles, to any place within the West Riding of Yorkshire, are regulated ; and it appeared that the charge for any article not weighing more than one stone, was only Is. 10d. to Northallerton, and Wakefield was 40 miles nearer to London. Mr. Jones said that a barrel of oysters only weighed 131 b. The defendant said that he was not aware of such regula tions ; that he agreed to receive 4s. Bd., and thought it very hard that a man could not make such an agreement with out being subject to a penalty. The LOAD MAYOR said that there was an Act of Parlia ment to regulate those fares, and he felt it his duty to fine the defendant in the penalty of BOW-STREET.—Yesterday .Henry Fallon, a person lately in the service of Mr. Warren, the blacking manu facturer in the Strand, as a chalker, or perambulating ad vertiser, was brought before Mr. MiNsuum. for re-exami nation upon a charge of committing a rape upon Margaret Gains, a child only nine years old. There being a deficiency of proof with respect to the com mission of the capital offence, Mr. MiNsn um. intimated his intention to commit the prisoner for trial for the assault, with the intent to commit a rape, and in order to make the ease complete, he remanded the prisoner until Saturday, in order to have produced a copy of her baptism. Last night, William Bedford, a dog-fancier, and one of a gang of the same profession, who resort to a public-house in Belton-street, Long-acre, was charged with assaulting and fracturing the leg of a young man named Joseph Law rence. The surgeon has declared that the limb must be amputated, and cannot as yet say whether the accident may not be attended with worse consequences. Under these circumstances, Mr. MlNsituil, refused to admit the prisoner to bail, and he was committed to prison until the state of the wounded man is finally ascertained. Nothing transpired during the whole of yesterday and up to the closing of the office last night, respecting the murder in Montague-place, beyond what the public has already been aware of through the medium of the press. Mr. HALLS and the officers engaged in the transaction are, however, unceasing in their exertions to find out the murderer. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Yesterday, Monsieur Anthony Barnard alias Legendrd was brought up for re examination, before . F. A. ROE, Esq. charged with having stolen from the Gloucester Coffee-house, Piccadilly, four 54 notes, a purse containing five sovereigns, one five-franc gold piece, a pocket-book, containing a draft on Messrs. Salt and Stevenson, of Lombard-street, for 8001., the property of Francis Joseph Leine, Esq., a French gentle man of fortune. The prisoner, a fashionably- dressed person, arrived about four months ago at the Gloucester Coffee-house, from Salisbury, and represented himself as a man of fortune... — Whilst remaining at the coffee-house, he formed a n ac quaintance with M. Lain 6, whom he ultimately robbed of the above property, and was in a few days afterwards brought to the office by Goddard ; but is consequen c e of M. Lain 6 having left London two (lays after the robbe r y for Paris, the case was postponed. In the mean w hi le, b y order of the Magistrate (Mr. Roe) Mr. Dale, the proprietor of the Gloucester Coffee-house, wrote to Mr. Lain,:, w h o , knowin g the prisoner's real name, made inquiries at P a ris respecting him, when be found he was most resp ec t a bly connected ; that his father was an eminent merchant, a nd bad been obliged on account of his evil propensities to se nd him to sea : on his return, his father procured him a situ ation as a travelling clerk, and in a short time after he robbed his father of some thousand francs, and afterwards forged an order for a large sum, for which offence be was obliged to leave France very p re cipitately, and which cir cumstance explained a singular letter found on his p erson by Goddard ; the writer of which advises him to disfigure his person, and to be extremely cautious how lie returned to France, as the gensd'armes were all on the look out for him. Several fictitious letters to eminent mercantile houses in Lirerpool i purporting to be from their correspondents in London, were also found on hint. The following evidence was then adduced : Mr. Francis Joseph Laine deposed—l am at present re siding at the Gloucester Coffee-house; in November, 1527, I was.there, at which time the prisoner was also residing there. By his being a countryman of mine, we were fre quently in the habit of being together. On the morning of the 13th of November I was unwell, when the prisoner came into my room three times, and inquired after my health ; during those visits my pocket-book, containing four Si. Bank notes, an order for 800/. which I had re ceived from Mr. Rothschild, and which was to be paid me either at Messrs. Salt,and Co.'s, or at Paris, and a purse containing about five sovereigns, were within his reach. Having occasion to leave the room, I was absent three minutes, and on my return I found my property gone. I instantly informed Mr. Dale of the robbery. At the time having no suspicion of the prisoner, but not seeing him by the 15th, I began to think it was he; from that time until the present I have not seen the prisoner. The pocket book and the Si. note now produced are my property, and part of what was stolen from me. Thomas Ewins, waiter at the Gate-house, Highgate, de posed—The prisoner came to may mistress's house on a Thursday in November, 1827. On the following day I saw him, when he said he should want to sleep there that night ; he then said he had come by Mr. Hale's coach.— Acoordingly, I showed him his room, and took up his trunks ; be then came down, and ordered dinner, and about seven o'clock he called for his bill, which he paid and retired to bed ; he stated his reasons for coming were, that he had been staying at Gott's hotel, but all the houses in London smoked, and it rendered it impossible for him to sleep there. On the following Monday, he said he wanted change for a Si. note, which he gave me, and my mistress changed it. On that night he went to town, and returned about eleven o'clock on the following day, when nothing passed until the Thursday evening. On that evening he remained in the coffee-room a long time, and observed 'he wanted some money, and that he must go to Messrs. Salt and Stevenson's bank for some, as he wanted to go to Paris, as London was so cold for him. He then showed me the order now pro duced, and said, " This is but a small piece of paper, but it is worth 8001., and on getting it cashed I shall go the day following to Paris." In about half an hour after wards, he said, " Do you ever go to London ?" when I " Very seldom." He then said, " I should wish you to go for sue to-morrow, for the weather is so very cold I cannot go out myself: we have no cold weather in Paris." I told him, to oblige him I would go. Ile then desired me to bring him a sheet of paper, when he wrote a note, which he read to me; in the course of which he mentioned the name of Um; twice, and signed it in time name of Lain& He then enclosed the order, and sealed the letter with a seal which I lent him. He then put it in the pocket-book which he pulled out of his pocket, and gave them to me, and then told me his name was Lain 6, and told me to be at Messrs. Salt andiCo.'s by twelve o'clock on the following day. On presenting the letter to Messrs. Salt and Stevenson's, Lombard-street, I was desired to wait, and two or three clerks came and questioned me about Mr. Laine. In the course of twenty minutes Mr. Salt came in, and I was then called into the counting-house, and, after some conversation, Mr. Salt asked sue whether I would go with him before the Lord Mayor, as the letter was a forgery. I said I would; and we afterwards went up to the Gloucester Coffee-house, 4nd I returned home about two or three o'clock. The prisoner was then gone away, but from information which I had received, I dis covered bins at the Bull and Last, in Kentish-town, talk ing in the bar to the landlord and landlady. instantly took hold of his'arm, and said, "I charge you with felony ;" when he said, " A felon ! a felon ! a felon !" Here some links of the evidence were wanted, when Mr. ROE ordered the further proceedings of the case to stand over until Monday. The witnesses who had given evidence were bound over to prosecute. Mr. ROE asked the prisoner what name he intended to give, when he replied Barnard. He at the same time de clined saying any thing, and was accordingly remanded. MARYLEBONE.—On the 26th of October, Ann Pearson, a sturdy Irishwoman, 27 years of age, was brought before the Magistrates at this office by T. Read, the messenger of Marylebone parish, to obtain an order of affiliation upon the father of her male bastard child. She had sworn before a country magistrate, that it was been in Paddington -street (upon the foot-pavement oppo site the iron gates of the burial-ground), in the latter end of July, and that John Hudson, a young grocer, in a lead ing thoroughfare, was the real and true father. of it. The MAGISTRATES, thinking her statement doubtful, sent Read to No. 15, York -court, where the prisoner said she lodged at the time of her delivery. The woman of the house-said her story was true, and Mr. Hudson was ordered to pay 3s. a weekl'or the child's support. Yesterday, Read, the messenger, brought Selina Kirby, - an Irish girl, to the office, who, upon oath, stated, that Ann Pearson was delivered of the above child at her father's house, in Ireland, last summer, and the witness was there two days afterwards. Ann Pearson has a hus hand, a soldier, and told the witness the child was his ; she had lately returned to her father's house from England in a pregnant state. Other questions were put to Selina Kirby, respecting Ann Pearson's circumstances, which. she appeared unable to answer, but said, with great simplicity, •" She can tell you herself if she gets lave to spake." Mr. Stocker, an officer belonging to the workhouse, asked *Mr. Gatrrynts and Mr. RAwLticsoti what was best to be done? They advised him to lay the case before the Vestry for their determination, and afterwards the order must be abandoned, for as the child was not born in illarylebone parish, 11Iarylebone parish had no claim upon its father. HATTON-GARDEN.—James Robinson, a hawker of cheese, bacon, &c., about the vicinity of London, was placed at the bar before Mr. Sergeant SELLON, charged with having robbed Robert Scullard, a shoe-maker, living at No. 43, Primrose-street, Bishopsgate-street-without, of his watch, a bundle containing several pairs of boots, and an umbrella. He was brought up in charge of the Foundling watch house-keeper, and : at his entrance into the office, Reid, the chief-officer, addressed him and said—" My friend, where did you come from ?" "From my mother!" replied the prisoner with an air full of caution. " 'Tis as likely you came from your father," rejoined Reid, " though perhaps you cannot rightly tell who he is." "If you, Sir," said the prisoner, "abstain from further interrogatories, we shall be both less impertinent to one another." Upon his being brought in before the Magistrate, Ange lious Batrion, the constable who took him into custody, stated, that about five o'clock on Wednesday evening, he saw the prisoner in company with two others in Oxford street, whom he suspected from their manner of an intent to commit a felony. He closely watched their movements, and followed their footsteps, till they came to the corner of King-street, where the prisoner, separating himself from his companions, first came up to the prosecutor, Scullard, who appeared drunk, and taking him by the arm, led him into Red Lion-square, where he took the bundle from him, then. into Guildford-street, where he possessed himself of the umbrella; and next into Wells-street, Gray's-inn-lane, where he rifled him of his watch, and murderously at tempted to throw him into an open area of some new houses there, in an unfinished state. As soon as the con stable perceived the'etruggle with the prisoner and Seul lard, he rushed upon him, aid seized bold of him by the collar. At this moment the prisoner struck the constable several blows, and endeavoured to wrest himself from his gripe, but to no purpose, for Roberts, and a man named James Catchpole, coachman to Mr. Wiggs, No. 22, Meek lenburgh-square, coming up, they finally succeeded in se curing him. Mr. Sergeant SELLON ordered him to be fully commit ted to take his trial at the next Sessions. • WORSHIP-STREET . —Thomas o'4ryan, an athle tic young Irishman, was charged before Mr. TWYFOILD with stealing 100 sovereigns, the property of an elderly couple, named Murphy. The Murphy. keep a lodging-house in the neighbour hood of Petticoat-lane, in which the prisoner and 14 or 15 others, his countrymen, have sleeping apartments, and there is one common apartment called the kitchen, of which the whole of the inmates have the entree. On " boxing night," it appears, the O'Bryans, the O'Fla hertys, and all the O's and Mac's then and there as sembled, went together by the ears, and a general fight ensued, the effects of which were still visible on the broken heads and disfigured countenances of the parties to this examination. Old Mrs. Murphy now stated, that in a cupboard in her bed-room she had deposited a bag containing 100 sovereigns, and 9s. in silver ' • that on th e n i g ht of th e row s h e met t h e prisone r co ming from her cupboard and saw the said bag of sovereigns in his hand. Sbe called out that she was robbed, but she was knocked down and the bag of sovereigns carried off. The prisoner, with his sister, and another female, Were detained for further inquiry. A short time since the guard of a stage coach desired some poachers, of Mere, to procure him a large basket of game, which they did, and received one sovereign for it; but on its arrival in London, the honest guard found that the basket was packed only with hay and stratu....,,Bath Chronicle. MR. D. GORDON'S NEW STEAM-COACH, (From the Register of Arts and Journal of Paten Inventions.) In the historical sketch of locomotive ma chines, given in our last number, we, expressed a hope of being able to insert in the present a de scription of Mr. David Gordon's new patent steam-carriage : we have now the gratification of fulfilling that obligation to our readers, and of being the medium of conveying intelligence to the public at large, highly important in a national point of view, and exceedingly interesting as de scriptive of a very complete and beautiful piece of machinery. Mr. Gordon's patent for this invention was sealed in December, 1824, at which time a small model was made of the machine, from which we made our drawing which was published in the month of June following, in our 45th number. Since that period, the inventor's extensive avo cations as an engineer (especially as relates to the great undertaking and successful prosecution of the portable gas-works), have prevented until the present time the completion of the steam carriage. These facts we have thought it proper to state, as a very general misapprehen sion exists respecting the first projector of the peculiar application of " propellers" herein described. Mr. Gurney's patent (inserted in our last) was sealed in May 1825, or 17 months after Mr. Gordon's ; but the accounts given in most of the periodical journals of Mr. Gurney's carriage would lead the public to suppose that the priority was on the side of the last-mentioned gentleman, which is the reverse of the fact. Mr. Brunton, of Butterly iron -works, was the first person who proposed the use of a substitute for horses' feet ; and had it not been for a la mentable accident, consequent upon the bursting of a cast-iron boiler, it is probable he might have prosecuted the idea to a more profitable end. Mr. Gordon's application of this contrivance was essentially different to Mr. Brunton's in se veral respects, the chief of which relates to his attaching a continuous series of propellers to revolving cranks, instead of using only a pair with a reciprocating parallel motion. The ad vantages of this variation are too evident to need explanation : it is in this, therefore, that Mr. Gordon's patent right consists : yet it would appear, by Mr. Gurney adopting a similar mode of applying the propellers, that he is trespassing upon Mr. Gordon's claims. This point, however, it is not our intention to discuss; but there is one reflection arising out of the fact, that we think worthy of notice. It is stated that Mr. Gurney has found these pro pellers necessary in going up hill, which circum• stance gives a character of utility to Mr. Cor don's invention, much stronger than theory can impress, and shows clearly that we were correct in our 45th number, when we observed that " another serious difficulty was found in the wheels of the carriage slipping round upon the road without advancing, whenever a slight ascent, or a heavy load, made the friction upon the axis greater than the friction between the peripheries of the wheels and the ground ; the power of the engine being thus solely employed in turning round the wheels without advancing the carriage a foot." Havin g in the paper just , quoted stated the prominent obstacles that have hitherto prevented the success of steam-carriages on the common road, we shall not enlarge upon that subject here, but proceed to notice the improved modi fications introduced by Mr. Gordon since lie took out his patent. These chiefly consist in placing the propellers in the fore part of the carriage instead of behind it : in raising from the ground by means of a light revolting crank (having six throws, that being the number of propellers employed), which effects the operation with undeviating regularity, and with much simpler arrangements than by the eccentrics pm vionsly used. The machinery generally is much simplified, and its adaptations improved. The ex ternal form of the carriage is to be materially dif ferent ; and, instead oft he caravan form, there are to be accommodations for the outside passengers, si milar to those in our ordinary stage coaches ; but the inside passengers are to sit in a row facing the fore-part, in an apartment much resembling that in front of a French diligence. The carriage runs upon only three wheels-- one in front, and two behind ; and each of them has a separate axle. The latter circumstance affords a great advantage in the hind part of the carriage, where the two wheels are opposite to each other ; there being no cross axle, an in creased capacity is obtained in the body of the carriage, exceedingly useful in the stowing of heavy goods in ordinary cases ; but as now em ployed for locomotion by steam, the utmost value as a depository for fuel and water. The wheels roll perpendicularly on their axes, between strong parallel bars, which become the bearings Of the axes; a considerable degree of friction is thus avoided : while the single wheel in front gives a greater facility of turning, and in a less space, than coaches having two fore wheels. The peculiar construction of the body of a carriage is a distinct patent of Mr. Gordon's, fully de scribed in the 27th number of the Register of Arts, with engravings antecedent to the patent for the propelling apparatus now under con sideration. The engines and other machinery rest entirely upon the springs of the carriage, to preserve them from the injurious effects of the concussions made by the wheels upon looso stones, or other obstacles lying on the surface of the road. In the body of the carriage, connected w ith the piston-rods of the engines, if; a six-thr ow crank ; to these throws or arms are attached the propellers, which, by the revolution of the crank, are successively forced out against the ground in a backward direction, then drawn up again, pre cisely in the manner of the hind legs of a horse. The rods are formed of iron tubes filled with wood, to combine lightness with great strength. to the ends of the rods are attached what may be considered as substitute for horses' feet, although their form, being the segments of circles, is very different. They press g rolling kind of motion, causing a -ro und by a sufficient adhe sion to the surface without digging it up, and against the adapt themselves to any turn of the carriage, Ihe under part of these feet are formed into short strong brushes, supported by , iron t eet h , that would t a k e e ff ec t in the event of the other part failing. In going down a hill these propellers are lifted off th e groun d by the guide at pleasure, so th a t the c arriag e proceeds entirely by its own gravity : if the descent should be steep, or the motion too rapid, the guide then makes use of a break, by which the motion can be retarded or entirely stopped. If the carriage is proceeding upon a level, the lifting . of the propellers alone stops the carriage gradually, but quickly if ascending an inclined plane. This application of the propel lers affords also a very facile means of making a turn in the road, simply by lifting them on one side, and allowing them to Act on the other, TO' T which is done by the mere pulling of a cord : the guide has also the power of producing the same effect by turning a lever in front of him, which, •C by means of a pinion, operates upon a toothed P sector on the circular frame that surrounds the -11 . en front wheel ; either of these modes may be em- out fli t ployed, or both of them in conjunction ; thus air. It' very great facilities are afforded for making quick t he di and sudden turns in the road. COIJN . In countries where sledges are used for tra-. , Occur yelling over SIIOIV, the machine may be placed . "eat ci upon skates, and the f eet o f t h e prope ll ers b e 'barfly shod with suitable iron teeth. the p o6 exprpa. THE MARKETS Positior elude s 1 SOUTHALL MAR KET.—Jan. 2. the (lett This day's supply h av i ng b e en rather limited, and the the ro ta buyers in attendanc e somew h a t nu merous, eac h ki n d o f of Durli yost meat sold, though tardily, a t th e f o llowing p r i ces per ' stone of 81b..t0 sink the o ff a l s : , Beef 4s. Od. to 5 8 .2 d. Veal 4s. Sd. to 6s. Od. Mr. Rt Mutton I 0 5 2 Pork 1, 10 6 0 and 111 The foregoing quotations are Beef and Pork from 2d. to 4d., Mutton 2d., and Veal 4d. to 60. per stone beyond tho se o f this choice day se'nnight. A good many Sheep and Beasts remained unsold , at the close of the market. tify SO f HAILSHAM MARKET.—Jan. 2. zealous Beef 4s. 2d. to 4s. 6d. Os. Od. to Os. Od. res s, A Mutton. I • 4 0 5 0 Pork 0 0 o 0 Supply limited, and trade dulL are 'so 0 0 0 0 • t f 8e11:9181° sTEYNING MARKET.—Dec. 31. 8eef........,. -- on 445. 6d. 0 to 5 45. 10d 0 . ? IT:L .= Os. Od. to Os. 0 Supply rather limited, and trade dull. lever be • ARUNDEL MARKET.—Jan. I. Wert% Roef is. 0,1. to 4s. &I. I Os. Od. to Os, 0(1. j Mutton —4 0 410 Pork 4 2 4 6 our CoCm A moderate supply, and sluggish trade. and ex ' CHICHESTER MARKET.—Jan. 2. Russell Beef 3s. lOci. to 4s. &l. I Os. Od. to Os. 0,1, Mutton 4 0 410 4 0 4 4 "Wilk} In lean stnck but little doing. Supply tolerably good, and trade rather dull. RUMFORD MARKET.—Jan. 2. -- . aPPear 3 a. d. to s. d. 1 Veal 5 . d • to s • d. Beef 4 0 5 2 14 illat ( ' 4 8 6 4 g Mutton 4O 5 ? Pe C I ..'" Suckling Calves from 14s. to 405.; Quarter old PigslOs. tol6s. each Supply tolerably good, and,tradc brisk. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. f it :re:tit - , It s. t0:1; a59., 40 46 ' . ' - af; Titter s, 45 4g the 22d c 43 50 37 3 9 . ' TriCg 38 ' '42 • 36 40: , Res 42 70 L t h .., ..., the Oyst - 6° ' '4e , 50 the same 36 75, arisin g d i __ , 38' 40 ~... m• TI, LEEDS CORN MARKET.-Jan. 1. We had a good supply of Wheat and Barley, and mi l . the J e ue d o r. ra wr to ea ts t b e s r - is ! dling of other Grain. Wheats of good quality sold upon as , v _,, a much the same terres as last week. -Fine heavy Norfo lk with e tii ii e b( and Su ff olk Barley supported prices, but all Other descrir A te "itUries Lions were very dull sale, and rather lower. In Oats an. • 111, z Shelling there was scarcely any thing doing, and the va1 ... ne ,,, of each nominally the same. Beans were very dull, SP. nee, full Is. per qr. cheaper. ' ha bitants , Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b. -- York. and Lincoln. 601 b. 465. to 565. $ the Ird ia b - i Barley, Norfolk and Suffblk ' 32s. to 345. -- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire , al - Grinding Beans 63lb. - c 1 , Oats, I'otatoe 325. to 345. ' tto -Mealing, Foreign 121 d. to 13d....English Ilid. to 12d. per ,l " Fishe r y , Shelling 29s. to 30s. per load, _. 13'am, Rapeseed, English, 221. to 214 Foreign, "'"""'''' and 14616 6 -- ( 1. .......... ,..... : . -46d.1.5.Pet0r S} as ha i v i th l an ei ' . : d ra r t r oie h h i r aj , rota m to 4 e zcit s. E od s . TE 4 l . l. 6d r . o . i i :A nd To 6 E ad l4 . lA pe ß , K u tT ec - o pe n c s . co 29 r . e 00 - V • 121bs. ; New ditto, Os. Od., (Ts. Od , and Os. pe :::_00 r tiz,............................T...........; d ........... i ec tt . 0 3 ; .3428:11879.4ii T ur n ,: . :; zuvui:lls,; zeet,..„no ße4l_ :rtylittill Y iejter ' egex o e: T rpec f reed b t se ha il.i 5 5 . Od., ss. 6d. and ss. 9d. per load of lapecks; Onions; 128: 4, Population 145. Od., and 15s. per 12 score, 30 •••••.r....-.)0 to 7 st la! 80 ' .w.... 22 % th e e Select 1 an dPolitiet Weftfrom l legito 134 A waste .., 18 ........... 0 , 24 ....... 10 ' ......, , a di ,i. e tonee I MARKETS.-,Dec. 31. op • ). Oatmeal, per st. is. 6d. to'S v.' Preßsio n i PeasemeAl ..-..... 2.0 ' h 6 ,. Whom their lf Pot Barley, cwt.l2 0 17 • 1 , Pearl ditt0......20 0 24 v• ' 'll. TI Per Quarter. Blandford s. to s. 8. to s. I. to s. 25 19 25 43 48 20 25 Chard --. 56 76 Huntingdon--. Lony, Sutton Louth 32 39 30 31 2t 30 22 25 17 24 14 20 15 22' 17 29 30 40 24 30 2 0 24 42 53 42 48 33 56 42 51 33 s 1 40 50 34 64 Newark 25 28 26 31 25 36 36 42 28 32 28 30 Nottingham Peterborough Plymieuth --- Pontetract—,-, 5herb0rne,,,,......"... Uppingham —..— Wisbech----..... 50 56 44 54' 40 St 25 29 24 30 20 30 24 23 24 36 20 24 MANCHESTER SMITHFIELD.—Jan. 2. At per lb. sinking the ottid. 2,50.4 Sheep sd. to Gid. I 6 Calv 541 Cattle --- 4 6 (242 Pigs MANCHESTER YAM NO. d. d. Twist,Thfororswtlaerp3o 11 12 s 2O IN to 11 —l2 12-k 40 Mule copTwistl -.15 16 40 14 • 15 - 50 —l7 19 60,-19 20 70-.22 '24 80 26 28 MARK: Mule Cop Weft GLASGOW RETAIL Beef per lb. 0,;. sd. toOs. 9d. Mutton 0 4 0 Veal ' 0 5 0 9 Hams 0 7 0 9 II a o privilege, a 1 La_ mb..,..per'qr. 16 , 3 0 Gr e y Pease : 2 3 0 ° . 1 1 ° ,t ; u. ,' - ' eAvav t i ' li ll inn i ,eilild r oi.tr r ztoiedi7 yiuotturrte,rpernLoaaofn. 2 0 2 0 0 B W o h e it d e i d tt i o tto l3 0 t he SE Rye !;(..,3 I,„ I t ' i Pe s Ctfi l l of atn HOP INTELLIGENCE. ' Won CESTER, JAN. 2.—On Saturday 83 C were under re g o i po Lts weighed in our market ; very little business is doing, pO r ; v hich a - , . . . is their any variation in the prices. oy a, Jury same footin have • • 0 r PrN , ep l3 h o a i n t t o , n Pontefract. , - jl re Brice,Ball, i , lo j jn. . ,. , ,aMn ß Pde oi nt t Bolton—Bridge, Pontefract-Elephant, t r . "( d g E e l Haynes —Pa Manchester A P ciVi u ßh h eeY l vs i .t c a g—e r ri o 7 o :e m NY s ° AYI Swansea A. 7. ~.. ~,,,1 1 1 : 9 41 , t lehdsp it C"4 l.eeuo,3eg :h r nl ien Vv a a ,iti i ct eir ie e , l e nnt e t hO ,bd i r tgli tn r i. : l l,3l,: l a) lo yto l ,i li t '. it c ( l , Hunt, J.,Blakenham—Bear and Crown , a Parsons, W., Melksham—Bear, Melksham Taylor, J., Agecroft—Star, Manchester Taylor, J., 8., sen. and jun., Stockport—Warren;Bulkeley, Stockport y for th( Wells, G., Norwich—Swan; Norwich rules and d INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO litE DISCHAROEM it n e Petitions to be heard at Portuga j L on stree es. t ;v l-.1 .,, n u :o iw i h n irso ' h s rad l rn nu Fields. Arnott, J., Battersea the ' r, 4ar Y '. emu , Wakefield Regent-street sign such p. cndeavourin vile and Sherwin, T., Walworth DB B ua ec rl t tic Beckett, HG N: . ; , E.o C xt h lfl r rs l at o i t ,e te ter - te t e e t rr a a t c eNi.eis:vßni.pie,asscbrtoriee'eoryciu,l;:,Mc:\_ o'clock. Ennis, H. Portsea halford Harvey, GticY I', StrandLaulb Jan. 8 . , Stow, J., Clapham at°red with iffII...=IIf_NIMINIMI h o p in g uo d ind uce the learn that a steam-boat of adeq N u .— ate W p Horn, T -T E ' A s A P I i I s , b N, Y A V 1 G ' A T . I 0 ' to ply twice a week betwixt Dumfries and Whitsharen, 10 11 I I eries , of Man and Liverpool, has been already built, and will lY' Conduct Thomas fixed), and will thus, we hope, put on, as soon as the season will permit. This vessel is in' we s 1 are obl4 L e a r, re an h d ap in i t)e y nd t e o d . tended to touch'tveekly at some ports in Galloway (not le, t; ee t Body realize the expectations °` Miles ‘ra i it m l i ) 3 .l verati o habitants ar our recent correspondence on the subject of Steam Navigr o f t i . I ' S, 1 tion;---.Dumfries Courier. BIRTH. That . tha w. rneanß 1 On the Slat ult., in Chapel-street, Grosvenor-squall , and o f h i ,,''' the Hop. Mrs. Charles Roulton, of a son. es_ St s . tr G ee e t o , rg t e o , in which ou mrolyifiooby. o .uban n olegrrthk t ,th h ;Ee semlaslgest.: Esq., MARRIED. Down-street, Piccadilly. Hanover-square, JAI Pettis,ii nonfsSCt,iaaadrtgtFoston, by his Grace the Archbishop Caroline, daughter ° cries of th and more / Nathaniel Hibbert, Esq., eldest son of Georg of Portland-place, to Emily,. younges t MaYor and Georg e without rec daughter of the Rev. Sydney Smith, rector of Foston. o nly tw o 1 On the 3d inst., at St. Thomas's, Southwark, by the limits of this Rev. J. H. Mapleton, Rector of Christchurch, SurreP daughter fleott, Eisqh.' of Harrow-on-the-Rill, to Rosette , it he t o the 8 onlyh o mas Richard Whitfield, Esq., of St. Thomas's the expe nce Hospital. the poverty On the 3d i ns t., at S t . M ary ' s , Lambeth, M r . H. 1:' utterl y unab' Nuppnau, of G racec h urc h- stree t, to Emma, second laugh' those wh o o ter of Mr. J osep h N e \ vton , o f Prince's-pla ce , Kennington' X I. Thai On the 3d i nst ., - at Christchurch, M ary l e b one , Cyre ' due to Joh r Jay, of G ray ' s- i nn, T E sq ., son of the Rev. Win. Jay, of Parliament, Bath, to Anne, third daughter of the late Robert Spear, of our tolicitati 31illbank-house, Cheshire, Esq., deceased. bitan t 4 of th DIED. Ina,e. d i n 0 lias a o Ur On the Ist inst. universally lamented, of a consumption, man 'Nut at his Ldrdship's residence, 5, Pelh am C resce nt, Bri g ht o n ' A the ry f of us f the second daughter of Lord and Lady Graves, age.. duct t"(3rati° 16 years. whi r% teach 0 ' I On. the Sd inst., at .his house in Portland-place, Joh° li r chi pres erver Vivian, E'rl•f of Claverton, Somersetsbire, aged 73. xi ! of On the 2d inst., at Hastings, Thomas Pinkard Bing' • Th are c h l ,, a ha, Esq., of Tunbridge Wells. add r „ ' to In France, after a few days illness, Win. Howard, Esq., M a i, 8 On , s t„ surgeon, late of Park-street, Grosvenor-square. Pilus u 'e S • On the lit ifist.,, after a most afflictive and protracted c our : N. , z illness, Mary William Wood, second daughter of Joseph in so " 4 1, for i Wood, Esq., of Manadon, Devon. Pp o )( 11 rt of On the 2d inst., sincerely regretted by her friends, o f th 1 . Tin Elizabeth, widow of Francis Boddy, Esq., distiller, Wav rett e : i 4 0n.re wick-lane. • ca t Yams WaOlwor t n the Sd inst., Mr. Thoma s S m ith, of .Citseen's.roWt )(t,.'f tThhe f g aged 79. the • a On the Ist inst., at Boulogne, Win. Nroornfield, Esq., such tiel) e 'al be late Major of the 19th Regiment of Foot. Ptilt • ' thei r 'cal, Do t , • rem________ : _____________ --r—_l 0; er, l'iniTUP and PUBLIpiED by 111. YOUNQ, at she ailed) SUN ()mac, No. 11; Sit And. - MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. DOI , I