The Sun. — London, England, 1828-01-28 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. A Supplement to Me Gazette of Friday last con tains those appointments of the new Cabinet which had, through' some delay in point of form, been re-tutted in the regular publication of that day. There arc occasions on which it seems to be natural fur the public to decide at once upon the character of a Ministry, with no other evidence than that of the Gazelle wherein their names are registered. A Cabinet which displayer but one colour of party af fords a fair ground of such early and-confident anti cipation. If tae new Government be altogether Tory, the !tag is that of a public enemy, and the people of 'England do not hesitate to throw in their fire. Let an Administration of known Liberals be: forreeed, we recognize at a glance the friendly atandard, and ask no other guarantee for - our willing and active support. It is enly under circumstances like those which have Marked the construction of the Duke of Wellington's mixed and speckled Ca binet, that a strict though watchful forbearance on the part of the nation becomes a duty of discretion as well as of justice ; because in fact the precise ex tent of comprontise on either side, between the op posite ingredients resorted to by the Prime Minis ter, must remain until after to-morrow at least, a "quantity" altogether unknown. In another ar ticle we. have spoken more at large Upon the position in which the head of the Governme n t has thought fit to place himself. It will be sufEcient to repeat that the acceptance of the Chief Comniissionership of the Treasury by the Duke of Wellington is, on the face of it, as inexpedient now, as it was described to be all but impossible iu May last, by the per son who has since obtained • it. But " the sur render of the command in chief of the army !" if it be a true, and not a sham surrender ? If the Duke of Wellington means bona fide to divest him self of the power of managing the army, with a view to the interests of his political administration; let him reject with disdain the - subterfuge of appoint ing two or three of his own fernier staff Accra under the name off - a commitsion, to take the respon sibility while they leave him the substantial power. There is unquestionably in the Duke's situation much which hie - country will call upset him clearly to explain ; aatl•for that explanation, vhieh cannot be long aaetporied, we shall wait, no t without re liance an his Grace's character that ;t will not be quite uesatisfactOry. We believe there is little doubt of Mr. Cantiiitg'ahaving, in the course of last spring, addressed a letter to the Duke of Wellington, in avalcal be combatted, on constitutional grounds, the Minster, of his Grace's accepting the office of. Prime Ninister s and defended on the same principles his own resolution to decline nerving in aCalsinet. so.'ar ranged. - Mr. Huskisaon, we belleva, not only knew of this letter, - but approved of it. If so, it is addi tionally hieuntberit'oti hint to declare the motives of his co-operation with the present Ministry; and,above all things, it is essential that Mr. Husktsson Should assure the country for how much of his own policy, financial and commercial, he has stipulated as the price of his continuance_ in the Cabinet.—Tance. A letter from an " Old Assistant Surgeon" in 'the army, contains a sort of indirect petition to the Duke of Wellington, which we hardly know how to recommend to his Grace's notice, inasmuch as what ever inclination the Noble Duke may feel to relieve, at the public expense, the distresses - of any portion of his brother officers, there is nothing in the Board of Treasury, as at present constituted, ao restrain him. A pretty cheek, indeed, will the Board of Treasury, as at present constituted, impose upon the protagality of the Horse Guards—the Army Pay office—the Ordnance—raid- the other scenes of military favouritism and jobbing! A blessed chance will any officer now have of promotioß or indulgence if. his claims be not supported by Parliamentary in- - &settee or aristocratic favour ! The Connnander-in- Chief of - days not long - since past, the unambitious Duke of York, used to make it his honest boast, that he kept the King's Ministers at a distance, — that he distributed the patronage of the army on considerations of military service and character, to the exclusion of political -7-that is, of corrupt inter ference ; and the country was protected by an effi cient and well-regulated army. But the Duke of v es t s was enabled to govern the army on aariteciples, by his official independence of the Minis ters of the Crown. It mattered little to his Royal Highness who might fill those departments of the State with which he had nu connexion, but it concerned lam much to ascertain whether lie was beloved or detested by the army in which he had concentrated all the cares of his existence. How is it, - on the contrary, with the actual sue tessor of" his Royal Highness ? Can any one be avealc enough to imagine that the wants and claims, the merits and pretensions of military min, will • be:decided by a Treasury Commander-in-Chief on f e eli n gs altogether distinct from the political rela tions of the candidates ? Will even the Duke of .Wellington, ifslie should continue Prime MiniSter, have nerve enough - to tell a borough patron, that his job for son or cousin, or electieneentig agent, must wait until the services of some poor friendless officer .had their.-just reward? It is monstrous to tuppose, and an' insult- to the people of England to affirm, that the Duke of 'Wellington, as Comman der-in-Chief, will have the magnanimity to forget his simultaneous interest as First Lord of the Treasury, -By this Unconstitutional appointment, therefore, not only does the British army bid fair to be destroyed, but the satin of the army will become an instrument for upholding. what ever be most .reprelaansible in the political system of a. Government directed by a. soldier. isior, can, as we before. remarked, any ihange of farms, or substitution of subaltern names, he admitted : sea a palliation of what is really dange rous iii the - es"Sence of this new absorption of the civil by the - military power. What signifies it whether Lord Fitzroy .Somerset shall distribute pro motion as Military Secretary of the Duke of Wel lington, or in the character which report says he is to assumes—of one of the "Commissioners' for ex ercising the °Pace of Commander-in-Chiefy Will , his Lordship' be less under the Duke's control when commissioned by him as delegate, and consulting him tub rota, than while openly taking his commands as Secretary, acording to his daily custom at present ? A masked battery is not the least formidable.--Ibid. We are almost afraid to trust ourselves with' so tender,-, a subject as that of the new Administration. it has long.been held to be one of the peculiar duties of th e s y s t e m of Parliament ar y Representa tion of this country, that it was variegated, nicely variegated—that 'all claSses of men, from the Peer ages ,down to m o st ex tretne R a a i dic , a e l o s their h e a ci d u organs in the iietts- of Con , woes, l that there was ao ,body i n the co unty} witho u t i ts aciyocatcs to watch over its interests in that assent- . We know, indeed, that it had 'been objected to this vaiiegatedaystem, that the predominating in. terest was not that of the great body of the people, nail that the will of. the predominating interest is the will elfa-the -assembly. However, there are e feettes into which we shall- ea -sautes at present. It used-formula arm be, alas aPaikaaed -practice to tonstruct Cabiaets tar the principle-that they should represent only" , the l .priiidornhiatimg. interest in Par liament—that is, the 'interest opposed to that of the people. Whether the -7 people have become gene tally more antelligent, and. are less easily cajoled, and those opposed to the people have less confi dence in their poWers of coercion, we know not, but it has beenuhe fashion for some time past to have also a nicely variegated Adwinistration—m sheroan exact counterpart in that respect of the Parliament. The beauty of this system is, that the Cabinet itself is a non-entity—that nuone can eitherpraiseor dispraise it, but that one person praises one.individual in it, and abuses another; while a different person holds by the individual so abused as the very sheet anchor of the nation. A weekly contemporary (The Exa miner) seems to think that we are indebted to the practice of medicine for the suggestion of •this novel mode of mixing up a Cabinet. " Being re luctant to abandon the favourable opinion we have lately formed of his Majesty's judgment, we are strongly disposed to consider the present pranks as merely a piece. of mauvaise .plaisanterie, intended . for the laughable exhibition of human infirmity in 'the conjunction of extraordinary conceit and extra ordinary imbecility ; but there are others who view the burlesque as a real tragedy, and who trace its causes not to the King's desire to treat Don Miguel with such a pantomime as neither' Prince nor Pea sant ever saw or imagined before, but to a certain Apothecary's equally extreme and natural hostility to liberality in every form and degree. According to this last version, we are under the rule not of the Crown and Sceptre, but of the Pestle and Mortar, and all sorts of abominable mixtures are conse quently thrust down our throats. In compliment to its alleged respectable origin, the present mess should be called the Assa Ftetida Administration — the title, or label rather, is somewhat long, and therefore for shortness the first syllable may alone be used as sufficiently significant for the rest. The Ass. is the cue-word, as the actors would express it. We Ivould suggest the subject to the caricatu rists. ' K****i n braying fools in a mortar, to make an Administration,' would be a taking title ; and we might see the busy, bustling, meddling quack, with all his vile trash about him, pouring in this and that insipid ingredient or nauseous drug, and . endeavouring to grind the various incom patibles into consistency, using in the nasty pro cess the Crown for his mortar, and the Sceptre for his pestle." In the old prescriptions, there used to be.many ingredients, that no man could well tell what the effect of a mixture would be in Which action and counteraction were combined in the most per plexing variety. The present Cabinet does seem in its combinations to be equally calculated to defy conjecture as to its working. Thus, for instance, some Liberals have flattered themselves with the idea that Messrs. Huskisson and Grant, and Lord Dudley, would he able to give a liberil character to its acts. On the other hand, John Bull thinks the Duke of Wellington, aided by Mr. Peel, will suc ceed in giving us the Austrian system, and acquiring for our .Cabinet the admiration of that great States man and Diplomatist. "We know too well," says John," to be told, the joy and delight of the country in having the Duke of Wellingtotiat the head of an Administration which embraces the talents, the firm ness, and integrity of Mr. Peel ; and we are quite aware that, possessing these advantages, the people are little disposed to examine the minor points con nected with the Government. The Duke is, unques tionably, the fittest man in the world to be Premier At this crisis—the decison of his character, so well known and thoroughly understood by the Continen tal Governments, will give a death-blow to diplomatic intrigue. The rivalry which existed between Austria and Great Britain, in the persons of Prince Metter nich and Mr. Canning,will cease to be. Russia, the Porte, America herself, will feel the alteration of mea sures whichthis change of men can not fail to effect; and England, rallying from the mischiefs of overstrained liberality and fine-spun policy, shall, please God, be herself again.' " John admires the Duke of Wel lington and Lord Bathurst, but laments that the places of Lord Dudley and Messrs. Huskisson and Grant are notfilled by those great Statesmen the Earl of Eldon, the Earl of Westmorland, Mr. Arbuthnot, and Lord Lowther. " Ultra Toryism," says he, ." raised this country to the highest pitch of Glory— a relaxation from the principles of Ultra Toryism has in a few months lowered and involved her, and no- thing but Ultra Toryism will replace her in her for mer position." John evidently calculates on the predominancy of the Wellington and Peel element, and the union of the Duke of Wellington, Mr. Peel, Mt. Goulburn, and Lord Bathurst, with their kin died elements of Eldon, Westmorland, Arbuthnot, and Lowther ; and he predicts that " many weeks will not elapse without some other changes—changes too, which would be highly beneficial to the Government and country at large." However, taking things as they are—leaving the Ultra Tories to 'regret the - absence of Lords Lowther, and Eldon, and Westmorland, and the Liberals to regret the presence of the Duke, and Lord Bathurst, and Mr. Goulburn, what will be the result of this variegated agency ? But here we are met, in the very outset by some perplexing ingredients, which the skilful compounder of this Cabinet has thrown in with the view, no doubt, of rendering all analysis impos sible, and preventing all anticipation of results. Here again we must borrow from our Sunday contem porary, John Bull.—" The arrangement which has caused this exclusion (the exclusion of Lord Eldon and Lord Westmorland, two Ministers of Mr. Pitt's own Cabinet) brings into the Government Lord Aberdeen and Lord Ellenborough, Noble Lords of talent and accomplishments, but of whose powers of Parliamentary oratory we are left•to judge chiefly by their attacks upon each other; in Lord Ellen borough's political career, he has been principally remarkable for speaking is favour of measures and voting against them, and vice versa. If this con duct arise from a consciousness of the effect likely to be produced by his advocacy or opposition, it is a strong proof of modesty and good sense; it will, however, be found to have been his Lordship's general principle, and one upon which he has acted up to the very last, for one of his Lordship's most memorable acts was speaking against the late Queen Caroline, and voting in her favour." Now sup posing this representation to be any thing like cor rect, we are presented in limbie with the difficulty, in an attempt to estimate the working of the Cabi net, of not knowing whether to class his Lordship according to his speeches or his votes. We should like to submit to Dr. Foyle, or any other gentleman deeply versed in the science of casuistry, whether in such a case we should estimate a man's principles by his former votes, or his former speeches. But sup posing even this difficulty got over, and we have succeeded in classifying his Lordship, we have still another. If his Lordship follow the practice for which he is indebted for the reputation which has elevated him to the Cabinet, who knows what the effect of his eloquence in the Cabi net may be on his Colleagues ? His Lord for instance, might vote for one of Mr. Peel's Criminal Reform Bills, should he propose any such, but then who knows whether he may not succeed in persuading Mr. Peel in the Cabinet that it is of no consequence whether you hang the guilty or the innocent, provided only you hang a sufficient number ? His Lordship is a smooth-tongued man ; and though his arguments may nut have power to influence his own vote, they may be too strong for Mr. Peel's principles. Many a man succeeds in convincing others who cannot convince himself; and there are men so pleased with themselves, that the moment yon agree with them, they wheel about and support the opinion you have abandoned, We have the less hesitation in stating . these difficulties with regard to his Lordship, as we are persuaded his good opinion of himself is not to be shaken, and we can therefore deliberate freely for the public good, without any danger of hurting his Lordship's feel ing's. How Mr.'Brougham will be able to attack an Administration like this (for we presume he will be an assailant) without knowing its character or how it will act in any given case, it will be difficult to saY• To be sure, ,Mr. liuskisson would at once silenc e all opposition, were he to get up and tell the LearnedQeittleman that he need not be in the least uneasy—that his Colleagues had made him an assign ment of their opinion on all given subjects before he would consent to act with them, and that there would be but one Minister, divided, for form's sake, into or thirt een p ersonF .—Morning N tw elve larv:g glad to find that the parish of St. Mary le-Butte have resolved to petition Parliament for the abolition of the Select Vestry. It consists of some 'twelve or thirteen persons, who have absolute con trol over the parish funds, to the exclusion of the body of the inhabitants, who ate only allowed the privilege of being taxed to whatever amount the " select," in the exercise of their "purity and wis dom," may command. It is extraordinary how long the people of this country have conceded to little •self-created authorities that prerogative which they ' deny, and with great reason, to their Kings—we mean' the power of taring without representation. The power which the Select Vestries exercise every *day is the very same, in principle, as that which formed the heaviest of the charges against Charles the First—that of levying taxes without the consent of Parliament. It was in vain .that (Merles de-' dared he .did so by prescriptive right, inherited from his Royal Predecessors on the Throne of England. It was declared that no prescription or ancient usage could justify a proceeding so control) , to the spirit of a free C o nstitution=—that to tax people without allowing them to be heard by their representatives was of the essence of tyranny, and consequently, a departure from the original cotr, pact between the Throne and the public, which con stituted the basis of a limited monarchy. It is cu rious enough to observe how little parish oligarchies can now do in this country what Kings dare not at tempt. The spirit of resistance to those petty oli garchies is, now, however, awakened, and is spread ing wider every day. It is true that some of the " things" called Select Vestries are constituted by old Acts of Parliament, which some crafty parish jobbers contrived to get passed in former days, at times, when one might suppose the great body of the parishioners were fast asleep—for how, in their waking senses, they could allow their rights to be di vested out of themselves, Iv:about a struggle, by a few designing persons we cannot conceive. But others of these" Select Vestries" have no title to show but what arises from usurpation, a title which, however ancient it may be, can have no force when pleaded against common right. All the parishes where . such things" domineer and dispose of the money of the parishioners as they please, should be proceeded against without applying to. Parliament at all, and they must soon lay down their usurped dictatorship, as the -" select thing" of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, did. But, of course, where there are Acts of Par liament by which the Select Vestries have been created or modified, the Legislature must be ap, plied to; though we believe there are none of them who do not exceed the powers with which such Acts of Parliament originally, and most improperly, invested them. The' most impudent, as well as mischievous sort of " job" of which those oligar chies have been guilty is, the involving parishes in debt to remote generations by raising loans to defray the charges of their present extravagance. In some of the parishes in London loans are as regularly ad vertised for as they were some time ago by the South American States, and with about much the same - prospect of their speedy liquidation.—Morning Herald. There is something in the tone of the answers returned by the new Bishop of Winchester to the different public bodies who have addressed him from the capital of his diocese, on his enthronement and first appearance among them, •which delights us ex ceedingly. It would.really seem as if Dr. Sumner looked to something more than the mere emolu ments of his . See, and as if he thought that a Chris tian Prelate ought to have some other object than merely " adding house to house, and field to field." Perhaps there is in the universe no character so truly amiable and enviable as a Christian Minister strenuously bent on fulfilling the objects of his call ing, and blessed with the means of so doing. That the Reformed Church has presented many such in stances cannot be denied; nor has our own age been destitute of them; but it is truly lamentable to observe how much the history of religion abounds with its corruptions, and how often the revenues of episcopacy—and those misapplied—have been the sole. objects of those on whom have devolved duties and pursuits of so opposite a nature. In reply to one of the bodies who have addressed him, after ex pressing in manly but mod6t terms his sense of the reception he has experienced, the Bishop thus ex presses himself : " Such demonstrations of regard," says S he, " afford new motives for exertion in that sphere • of duty which has been recently opened to me in this See. I must not forget, however, that these motives, powerful and encouraging as they are in their proper place, should be considered only as - secondary to a still higher principle. My earnest prayer is, that by God's grace I may be influenced primarily, not, by the favour or fear of man, but by the remembrance of that solemn account I must one day give of the care which has been taken of the spiritual interest of the diocese com mitted to my charge." 'A heart which thus feels, and a mind which thus de livers itself, is far beyond the reac h of any flattery which we could offer it, were any such our object.— As zealous friends to the Church Establishment, we do feel, however, peculiar pride and gratification is pointing out such sentiments to the homage and respect which they so highly merit. Let such prin ciples as these but influence the conduct of the new diocesan in the extensive career of usefulness which is now open to the Bishop of Winchester, and•we augur from it not only the most beneficial results to that• part of the Clergy, on whom its more immediate effects will devolve ; but that others, taking the tone from such an example, will speedily adopt it, and the cause of religion throughout the whole kingdom will be ultimately benefitted in a way in which—with out disparagement be it spoken—few similar instart ces• or opportunities in our time, have Occurred.— Ibid. From the various accounts that are circalatedre, speeting the Thames Tnnnel, we very much fear that further progress in that great work will be long impeded. It is now said, that nearly the whole remaining part of the borings, if carried forward at all, must be carried through loose strata of sand and alluvial deposits, which must require the formation of a new soil over them, or the employment of fresh machines, by which additional expence will be created. It would be,_ however, a national shame to abandon such an undertaking, the ultimate suc cess of which is certain, provided there are funds to pay for the assistance Nvhich art and science can supply. When remarking on this subject at the time of the accident, we suggested that the present Tunnel should be bricked up, and the work com menced from the north shore. We are still of opinion that this would be the best way to proceed, and to encourage fresh subscrip tions. We should be disposed to recommend, in addition, that but one archway should be formed at once ;. if the present mode of building will not ad mit of this, it may, without difficulty, be changed. By diminishing the size, we necessarily diminish the pressure of the superincumbent - mass, and in the event of accident, the repair would he much less ex pensive, and much sooner made; There- are two things which cannot but be regretted, though now regret is useless--lst, that the Tunnel was not ten or twelve feet lower, as the superior safety would have infinitely outweighed the increased expenee of longer approaches : 2d, that more accurate bor►ngs should not have been made, before the work was begun. If ever any similar work shOuld be attempted this most essential preliminary must be attended to. In a stream like the names, whose bottom is neces sarily unequal, it is Hot at all impossible, that by go ing up or down a few hundred yards, a sound and tenacious sub-st►atum might have been discovered. — New Times. THE DOG.—LEONARD SOLIKOFFE it, a Swiss nobleman, who went to Patis on the conclusion of the Swiss union as ambassador, had a large dog, whom on his departure he had ordered to be shut up for eight days. The dog was so, 'yet at the end of eight days traced his way to Paris, (400 milei,) and on the day of audience made his way all covered with mud, and leaped up mad for joy upon his master. In the family castle at Thuringia, there is a painting of the story. The dog is the only ani mal that dreams; he and the elephant the only animals that nnclrstand looks : the dog is the only quadruped that has'bee n brought to speak. LEIBNITZ .bears witness, in his "History of the Academy of Sciences at Paris," to a hound in Saxony, that he could speak distinctly thirty words. A friend came to Men.tur, the famous French surgeon, and entreated him as a mark of friendship to attend his hound who had broken his leg. 31oaatri cured him, and in about four weeks after, as he was at breakfast, heard a whining and"scratching at his door, and on opening it be held his old patient with another dog, who had broken his leg ; making; signs to be healed. Dogs are put to an - amazing variety of uses. In Otabeite they are fattened on bread-fruit for eating; in Karnschatka they are used' for drawing sledges; in Upper India for beasts of burden, as mules and packhorses; by the Jesso islanders for fiShing• 13I,UMENBACH rather thinks that all the varieties of dogs do oat come from one original sort. —London Medical Gazette, Jan. 26. • • POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—On Saturday Mr. Geo. Cock burn, stationer,' of Aldgate, was charged with having as saulted Miss Mary Anne Timothy, who resides next door, • with her brother. The LORD MAYOR bound over the defendant in recog nizances. SfVeral persons were summoned to pay church-rates duo to the rector of the parish of Bishopsgate, the Lord Bishop of Chester. One of the defendants, an Irishwoman, who rents a house in tl►e parish; declared that she was so poor she could not pay tke Right Reverend Gentleman, who, she hoped, would take her poverty into consideration, and be satisfied with her good wishes. Upon being informed that she must pay the rates, she begged to know what benefit she was to derive from discharging the amount? The LORD MA von told her, that she would have, amongst other things, the benefit of seeing and .hearing the worthy Bishop preach in the church every Sunday. The defendant said that she was a Roman Catholic, and obliged to contribute to the support of her pastor, who had no other means of maintenance than that which the liberality of his flock afforded. Besides, the benefit which had been just described could not be received by her with out more payment. If she thought fit to go to the church, she must pay for her seat, so that the demand made now upon her was not at all to he justified. She hoped that the worthy and humane Lord Bishop of Chester would reflect upon all this, and remit the rate in her instance. The LORD MAYOR said that it was his ditty, in com pliance with the Act of Parliament, to make the order.— His Lordship allowed- the defendant a preparation to pay of three months. GUILDHALL. —Mr. Colk, of 29, Fleet-street, chymist, waited upon the sitting Magistrate, Mr. Alderman CROW DER, on Saturday, to mention a circumstance which had occurred to him, in the hope that by publicity some clue might be obtained to unravel what at present appeared to him a matter of some mystery. About six o'clock on Thursday evening, a small bullet from an air-gun was fired through the fan-light over the middle of the shop. window, and perforated a pound of hair-powder which was within a glass-case on the west side of the shop. That there was not an intention to kill any person belonging to the premises he inferred from the facility which a correct aim might have been taken, standing immediately facing the shop-window, which was opposite St. Dunstan's clock; whereaa'the air-gun must have been fired by a per son at the south-east corner of the roof of the church. He judged that this must have been the case, from the di rection the ball had taken, for it entered the Window close to the ceiling, and struck the glass-case midway between the floor and ceiling, at about a yard from the shop-door. He could only conjecture the object of the individual who fired it to have been to murder some person who was rid ing by on the top of a stage-coach. . The ALDERMAN said it was certainly a strange circum stance, and he hoped this mention of it would lead to some explauation:..._ He thought Mr. Colk had better advertise a reward for the.discovery. Mr. Colk felt no .alarm for himself, but he did think that the life .of some person had been attempted. Having thanked the Alderman for his advice, he retired. BOW-STREET:—On - Saturday, two grave matronly looking women, stewardesses of a club calling themselves " The Female Britons' Friendly Society," were summoned to shew cause why they withheld from Mary Shenton, a sick member of the society, the usual weekly allowance of Ss. The claim was resisted on the ground that the funds of the society were exhausted. The MAGISTRATE, how ever, would not admit the excuse, and an amicable ar rangement was effected under his directions. The society have their meetings at the Plough, in Beau fort-buildings, and although they seem to dispute the su premacy of man, they are nearly all of them married women. and sworn to " love, honour, and obey." Daniel Dennis was charged with committing a felony in the house of Dr. Jenkins, No. 8, Great Castle-street, Regent-street, on the 3d of December last. The prisoner was ordered to be brought up again next Friday. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—On Saturday, a man named Keeley, was charged with assaulting a female named Harrington, and with having murdered her infant. The complainant deposed, that on the 28th of December she went into Drury-lane to look after her husband, . who was drinking in one of the public-houses, and among the houses she entered was sine known by the name of the Com passes. There she met the prisoner, who said, "Oh ! you are one of the gang," and he then kicked her several times in the stomach, although within three weeks of ler ac couchement. On the 14th inst., sbe was delivered of the child of which she was pregnant when ill-treated by the prisoner, but such injuries had the infant received that it presented a most horrid spectacle, and was quite dead. Mr. DYER commented in strong terms on his brutal conduct, and ordered him to find bail for his appearance at the sessions. UNION-HALL.—A man named Jackson, who lets ou horses for hire, was brought before Mr. Horre, oa Satur day, charged with defrauding the collectors of the Surrey post-horse duty. Mr. Spearing, the collector of the above duties, stated, that in July last, the defendant was licensed to let post horses. On the 22d of August, he brought in his Weekly account, and swore to the truth of it. The witness added, that subsequent to the examination of the account, - he dis covered that the defendant had let a horse, for three succes sive days, to a man named Peters, which hiring the former had altogether omitted in his return. Peters proved that he had been in the service of the de fendant, from whom he hired a horse for three days, to proceed into the conritry, and that on that occasion he de sired him to tell the turnpike-people, if they should ask him, that the horse and vehicle were his own property. The above issertitm Was eontradiated by the defendant, who declared that Peters had invented a-falsehood in con sequence of his (defendant's) determination to bring a charge of felony against him. Mr. HoNe--This case has been proved to my satisfac: tiou, and I will fine you 51. and costs. The defendant was then told, if he had any charge to prefer against Peters, it would be beard. Jackson - then proceeded to describe, that while Peters was in his service he robbed him of various articles, which were non; in the hands of the constable. Several paltry things were here produced, of no value, which Jackson was about to identify, when Peter's wife, a remarkably well=loolting young woman,' dashed forward through the crowd, and casting a look of ineffable con tempt on Jackson, exclaimed, " You base man, do you want to take away the life of, My husband, after the favours I have granted you? You know you made me a present of those articles, that you now want to swear were stolen by my hUsband." Jackson (in great warmth)—l. deny the insinuation ; I never knew you man from woman in my life, and know not what sex you are at this moment, except by your dresit. Mrs. Peters expressed a desire to be sworn to the truth of that which she alleged respecting the intimacy between her and Jackson, and began to describe very minutely the various 'times and places at which she was in the habit of meeting Jackson for the purpose of dishonouring her own husband, when elm . was stopped by the Magiritrate, who expresield his indignation and astonishment at the _gross profligacy of morale exhibited by the parties. He believed the statement of the 'woman (Peters), though at the same time she should not be permitted to swear to the truth of her assertions. Under these circumstances, he (the Ma gistrate) should dismiss the charge of felony preferred against Peters, on the ground that the property was presented to his wife by Jackson, who was threatened with an action for perjury before he quitted the Office. --- DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY, AND HEROIC 11.EsisrANcE.—In the middle of the night of Friday last,-an attempt was made to rob the house of 11r. LEwis, a highly respectable. inhabitant of the village of Downbeat), about six miles from Frome t on the road to Shepton. Mallet, under circumstances of a very atrocious nature. About one o'clock, Mrs. LEWIS happening to be fortunately awake, observed that some one appeared 'to be attempting to force the spring-lock of the bed-room door ; she immediately awoke her husband, who, al though sixty-two years of age, instantly arose, and arming himself with a hay-knife which happened to be in the room, determined to 'give the intruder or intruders a warm reception. Ile called out to know who was there, but received no answer, and the door was at length burst open, when, a rush-light having been left burning in the apartment, Mr. L. Was enabled to observe two men, one of them armed with a spade, and both their faces covered with crape. A desperate conflict now ensued, in the course of which Mrs. LEWIS received severe wounds on the head and arms. A daughter of Mr. LEWIS, however, being dreadfully frightened, jumped out of her bed-room window, 12 feet high, and having alarmed the neighbourhood, the vil lains were obliged to sheer off, but not before one or both of them had been severely wounded by their spirited antagonist, as marks of blood were left on the walls of the house, and could be traced to some distance. The old spade, a pair of woman's shoes, and part of the disguise head dress, were laid behind Miss LEwts, we are happy to state, received only a sight injury on her knee. A reward of 20 guineas 'is offered for the apprehension of the villains.—Bath Herald. CORONER'S INQUEST. On Saturday, at three o'clock, J. W. Unwin, the district Coroner, and a respectable Jury, assembled at the Marquis Cornwallis public-house, Curtain road, Shoreditch, to inquire into the circumstances attendant on the death of Mr. Henry Featherstone, late a. member of the Society of Friends, and a neat relative of a respectable family of the same name. When the Jury were empannelled, they proceeded to view the body, which presented external injuries of a very equivocal natpre. It lay in a shell at his lodgings in Union-place, and the face and frame ex hibited marks of severe personal injury. The chest and loins were bruised and discoloured; and On the latter there was a deep incised wound. On their return to the inquest room, the following was the evidence submitted for their consideration. Mrs. Mary Clarke examined.--I am the wife of John Clarke, a cooper, and reside at No. 1, Union place, Curtain-road. The deceased lodged with us about four months, and expired on Thursday morning. I did not know of any previous complaint under which he laboured, with the exception of his being an habitual drunkard. He did not leave the house since Monday evening ; nor can I tell the particulars of his death. He was about 57 years of age. Anne Croucher said, I reside next door to where the deceased lodged. On Wednesday morning was called 'on by a neighbour to visit him. I did so, and went up stairs, and saw him in bed; his face appeared much inflamed, and I asked him if he had burnt it; he replied that he had; and I next asked him if he would take a'little tea or gruel ? he said he would, and that he would prefer the latter, as he had taken nothing since the foregoing Monday. I accordingly made some gruel for him, which I took to him, together with some spermaceti oil to anoint his face with. I called again in the course of the evening, when I found the last witness and her husband with the deceased. They were then giv ing him some tent wine, and he appeared to me to be quite sensible. I called for the last time on him on Thursday morning, and on my approaching his bed-side, he stretched out his hand, and said, "he had been cruelly used." He shortly afterwards ex pired, while leaning on my arm. Juror.—Did you hear that the deceased had had a fall ? Witness—Yes, Sir, I heard he fell from the first landing down stairs, and was taken up by Mr. Clarke. _ _ A Juror here observed that no part of Mrs. Clarke's testimony tended to give any explanation of this fall. In consequence of which, she - teas re called and examined. Juror.—Have you any knowledge of the deceased falling down stairs ? Mrs. Clarke.—l saw him force his feet through the balusters of the first landing, but I had not power at the time to prevent him ; I called out to him, and warned him of his danger, but he did not attend to me, and having forced his body through, fell on the second lower step. Mr: John Jones, was assistant to Mr. Parkinson, a surgeon, of Hoxton-square ; 'he opened the body of the deceased, and found the stomach and internal parts in a healthy state; externally, there appeared several discoloured marks, which seemed produced , by violence. Coroner. —Might not those be produced by a fall ?---Witness.—A fall, such as has been described would not, I think, have caused so many injuries ; there are no less than four or five on the face. The Jury here manifested a strong desire to re examine the body, and on their departing for that purpose, a Quaker gentleman, who had paid an un divided attention to the proceedings, addressing the coroner, said that the deceased was most respectably connected, but for the last 25 years had become completely abandoned, and gave himself up to every kind of dissipation. The trustees of the parish bad directions from his uncle not to let him want for any of the necessary comforts of life, or even for any sum be might require, provided he applied it to a proper purpose; but such was his passion for low company and drink, that notwithstanding every in dulgence, accompanied- by the most constant and friendly admonitions, he still remained obdurate and irreclaimable. On the death of his uncle he left him 150/. per annum for life, which he was to receive at stated days in the week, lest his extravagance should precipitate him into absolute, want. The Jury having again returned, obersiernvceedd tothe r vey that, .upon a review of the body , and the external marks, as s describedconclusion thbayt Mth re. deceased Jones, thehyadhanp had come e cruel treatment. The evidence closed here, and by the • desire a the jury, the room being cleared of strangers, they returned, after a consultation of nearly an hour, a verdict of " Accidental death." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. SATURDAY, JAN. 26'.—High water seven p.m. Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Dolphin, Smithett, from Dublin, with the mail—Mount Vernon, —.—_, f rom Savannah, with cotton—Chatham, Bragg, from New Or leans, with cotton—Argo, --, from Limerick, with sundries—Apthorp, --, from Boston, with ashes— Jessie, —. from St. John's, N. 8., with timber— Sarah, ---, from, Newfoundland, with fish—Lion, Tulloch, from Palermo, - with fruit. Two brigs off at Ave o'clock. The Rover, from Pernambuco to Liverpool, put into Newry, damaged. Eight bales of cotton were found north of Holyhead Bay yesterday, marked B. The Dyson, from Liverpool, at Rio do Janeiro, in 52 days. The Grampus, Mathewson, from Liverpool, for Charles.. ton, • was spoken, Dec. 27, in lat. 31 14; long. 7 5 . The Clyde, Scott, from Liverpool, at Bombay, md was to sail Oct. 10. The Lochiel, from Liverpool a nd Jamaica, at Honduras. C L EARED OUTWARDS..--The tbeona, Warren , for Leghorn—Lady Digby and Henry 'Puke, for New Orleans —Thomas, for Charleston—Wilhelm, fur Genoa—Endy.. tnion, for Bombay—William Wise, for Monte Video—and Memnon, for Demerara. Telegraph, Jan. 26. Jan. 24.—At five p.m. arrived at Holyhead, the Jane, from Waterford, with grain. Jan. 25.—Sided'the Solway (steamer) for Watirford. Wind W.S.W. The ship Chatham passed Holyhead, homeward bound ; was boarded by a pilot. • • • • • • A large • ship passed Holyhead hotheward bound ; lost her main-top Wind W., blowing fresh,._ 5 p.m' risast T • • Point Lynas.—wo pilotboats oft: he Speedy, for Malaga, passed Holyh ea d Head, natotjGnhaornnoiang ff. t , 2 6° w :rin i — nd lrs West, blowing very fresh at intervals--at -- n i ne a. In. still blowing fresh. The Essex,, for. Savannah, was off this port this afternoon. THE. BEAR.—Saw an embryo bear, most delicately formed. Bears seldom attack a man, and when they do seldom bite, but use their paws, and squeeze and buffet, and very commonly, by a most ingenious manaluvre, completely scalp their adversary. One does net unfre quently meat a Kamschatkan thus scalped. Smorgonia, in Lithuania, is the great place where bears are taught to dance. Bears have, nest to apestin many respects more than apes, a resernblance to man. BLustEsuacH told us a most amusing story of a show, in which a n an i mal was adver t tised of an u nknown species, but which BUFFOtit who was asserted to have seen it, pronounced to be a Inertna . nce to have his bre eches taken o ff. BLUJIENBACJi Went, if This was rathe r believed b y the owner, a nd from his repug sa w by the aide a heated s t o ve, although it was hot weathe r, a stran g e figure, w ith a board before as if for support, in a hussar's dress, with enormous ru ffl es , and under pretence of his biting , a g reat mu ffl e a b ou t his mouth. Burrow immediately p erceived that it was a beat, but in examining his breast found it white and hairless. In short, it was a shaved bear. Burrow 'whispered ti) the man, frightened him, aad procured in the evening to see him in his nakedness, he was taken out of his clothes, not his clothes from him, his cloak having been nailed to the wall behind him, in order to keep him upright, and BurroN was astonished to see the likeness in the habitue totalis to man.--London Medical Gazette, Jan. 26. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. .. , LONDON IMARY....TUESDAIi, JAN. 29.—At the Court 01 • Commissioners, Basinghall.street. Packwood, G., Borough, shoc.maker Pegg, J., Woburn Bucks, paper-maker . I II Noakes, W., Southend, Lewisham, miller .........—.— 1 t Price, R., Bcrriew, lime-burner ll S m ie os cl e T , bu L rg , , H a a . r , r, N m l i fli s t io ing pr,c a i l i e e . r lane, victualler 4.-- Stevens, It., Soulbury, dairytnan ........, _ ....................... 10 I Mitchell, J., Crescent, Minories, merchant ....... 1 Underwood, J. Woolwich, linen-draper .........—..........---.-- 1 , Walter, T., Woodford, Essex, victua11er............----•,—...... 1. I I Melanscheg; G., Strand, furrier 11/ Milne and Co, Poplar, ship-owners WWII:, J., Aldbourn, , Wilts, corn-dealer , Were, T., Bucklerbury, stationer ... ... _ __ .._ ll COUNTRY DIA RY.—Werc'et,SDAY. JAN. 30. Allsop, G., Nottingham—Flying Horse, Nottinglarn French, J. sen., From Selwood—Castle and Ball, Rath...... Godwin, C., East Stower, Dorsetshire—GrOsvertor Arms, Shaftesbury IY t Hopwood, T., Thornos—Sessions-housc, 'Wakefield , Lloyd, D. and Co., Uley—Old Bell , 1 „r Loder, A., Bath—White Lion, Bath Il 1 ; Lunn, E. and Co., Halifax—Union Cross, Reynolds, H., Cheltenham—Fleece, Gloucester it Tootal and Co. Wakefield—Ses , ions.house, Wakefield Snowdon, J., Norwich—Nerfolk hotel, INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGEM Petitions to be hoard at Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Jan. 31, at Nine o'clock. Benjamin, J.,NVhitechapel, pen-manufacturer Carey, H. ed-Cross.street, trinrning-ntanufacturer De Latombs, F., Walworth, dealer Facon, P.. Fleet-market, ivory -turner Hall, J., Kentish-town, carman Hubbard, A., ( anterbury, tailor Jacobs, A. Middlesex, whitesinith Jennings, .1., Canterbury, hair-dresser • ,-,• W - Lone, C., Golden-lane, coal-dealer " * Myers, D., Wbitechapel, butcher :‘, rl, ;_i Pavitt, T.,' Little Britain, porter Penny, W., Pancras, eabinet.makeri Price, It, Vauxhall-road, grocer Tegg, J., Wells-strect, woollen-draper COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Per Quarter. Carlisle Penrith Sheffield Winchester s. to s. 56 61 41 58 44 48 49 48 60 s.d. s d. 60 68 64 76 80 83 63 76 90 86 66 66 64 74 Per Bushel. Coventry Newcastle (Staff.) Northallerton Stafford Swansea Warwick "Cr Roll. 1 Rarnardeastle ...—... It 6 13 6 Darlington 10 6 15 0 Durham 10 0 13 6 Wolsingham 11 6 14 0 I* - - The size of the measure P. to a. 27 30 27 31 2"3 30 3'7 2 - 2 30 s. it. s. d. 39 40 36 4 3 30 33 40 43 10 48 39 40 36 43 90 100 90 10 0 80 33 80 96 varies turf Oats: -- 2. to a. 21 24 18 27 17 22 21 21 30 21 'l2 s. d. B.d. 16 2 3 36 s 0 36 40 26 30 34 36 23 26 36 50 50 90 44 76 60 6 6 60 70 >ughout the Beans• s. to 3'2 lA' bo 40 Set 18 9 ' 2 ; ..- s.d. 00 0t 50 8 0 $ 1 43 76 8(Y, 00 0 50 Ses 130 14 9R 11 A . 10 0 12 6 00 et r eeuntr7, WAKEFIELD, Jan. 15. The supply of Wheat fresh up here to-day is small, hul , several vessels with this grain are detained a few miles be' low, - by . a temporary stoppage, samples of which are market, and altogether make a good show : fine do , qualities obtain the rates of !sit Friday, but all rnidellinlif damp sorts are very dull sale. There is very little dohs% in Oats, the demand westward being chiefly supplied I! , Y Irish from Liverpool. Good fresh heavy Barley is in fait demand at Friday's prices, but middling descriptit.nr hag on hand. The supply of Beans is large, and they a" very dull, at a decline of Is. per quarter. Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, Red s3s. to 565. fine sfi White.... 575. to Ms. tine 63.1: ---- New, Red 49s. to 525. fine Sols,• White - Foreign, Red 49s. to 525. fine 53 , ' Barley, Norfolk and Sufiblk 34e. to 375. fine ....S. - Lincolnshire 3os. to 31s. fine , Yorkshire Wold Beans, Old -- New 435. to 455. fine 465. Oats, Poland and Potato 2os. to 275. fine 2%. Frierland and Small lB3. to 245. fine - -- lo4d. to 13d. per Stone , Shelling 2Bs. to 30s. -s. to -4. per I..ekast- Malt 33s. 41s. tine 435. per Loa-. Rapeseed 221. Os. 261. Os. 261. 10s. per Last. WAKEFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—Jan. Owing to the late bad weather, our stock of sheep has been uncommonly small, which met a ready sale, at an ad vance of ),d. per lb. The supply of beasts was good , and maintained last fair's prices. —Mutton, 6(1. to 7d. p O. lb.—Beef, 6s. 3d. to 7s. per stone of 1121bs. SCOTCH MARKETS. ... ,p IIAI)DINGTON CORN MARKET.—Jan. 25. Barley and Oats went off readily to-day ; 128 quartet l were sold ; top up ls., average down 6d. The juantitY of Oats offered was 206 quarters, and 119 sold ; tor price ls., and average 6d. above last day. The Wheat market was rather dull, anti prices have declined tonsil 1 derably ; Old average 2s. 6d. and the new average 2*—Sd* down. Pease down, Beans up. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. Burrs. First 67s Od 34s Oct tes Od 305 Od 3 . 36 Od Second s6s Od 31s Od 24s Cd Za Od 3),‘ Od Third 1 4 ' h . e .. r a e t r .. ! 67 459 8. qr5 0a . , 0t 2 it T . h .. e a a t t in m S a i r t kc od t, , 396 36 ,7l4 .. e .a reof t... ,.w .. acca . o w li t ' 3 ............ 66, 0 20 ..... ...... 50 0 !9 44 P 5 62 0 39 49 0 4 42 6 • 5 6O 0 22 4B 0 22 4l 0 11 10 42 ....... ..... 52 0 _ _ 63 Uwold.-0 Grey. 2/. 7s 13d. Avera; 11.12ths - DALKEITH CORN MARKET.—Jan. 24. ‘Vheat. Barley. Oats. reale. Beaiss_,- First 5S $ Od 33s 4d i6s Isd 34s Od 34e. OS 52s Od 30s Od 24s Od 303 Orl sos; Os. Third 44s Od Od 21s Od 26s Od ' }166 Oat CORNW.A.L.L. MARK MTS. Tauito.-.Wheat (average) 20s. 2t1.-Barl, -Oats, 'ls. li d HELaTON—Wheat, los. 6d --Barley, 9s . Sr. AusTELL-Wheat, 19 s. to 225. -Barley, 9s. to lot.-Oat. , Ss. to gs. t ej Bonmth-Wheat (average) 21 s. Od.--Barlev, 95.-o a t, - is . rot. LAU tic EsToN-W h eat (aver a g e ) 21 s. Od.--tarley, lo s. id . ....ctatti a. Od.--Beef, 6d.-Motton, LisKEARD--Wheat, 18s. to 19s. W.-Barley, lbs. 6d,-f)ats , to 01. Od. Sr. Cold/me-Wheat, 20s. to 225.-Barley, g s , t a jo e. _,Beefi and Mutton, 4- td._ to 3c1.-Veal and Limb, Od to di. PENZANCE--Wheat, 19s. to 2 15.-Barley, lie. to 128.-4041_,1' Os. to is. 6d.-Beef and Mutton, 4d. to 6d.-.Pork to Ott - Butter, 12d. per lb. . MINING I NTEI4,IG — ENCIi. T0n0..0 14 ' . . Quantity tit Copr Ore sold at R e d rut h last ue!4y 2,311 Average Produce pe nrs v , Quantity of fine Copper OOO , a g Amount of Sale„ 15,9114 Is. W.—Average Standard, 1131. ys."` BIRTHS.. On the 25th inst. in Bernard-street, Russell-SOO' Mrs. Edward Williams, of a son. On the 25th inst. in York-street, Portman-square, the lady of Charles H. C. Plowdett, Esq. of a son. On the 23d inst. at the Priory, Downham-marlet, th e lady of the Rev. Edward Bellatity, - Of a son. In Montague-street, Porttnan-square, the lady of HentY Currie, Esq. of a son. At Long Stowe Hall, the lady of James Pym, of a 'o_o,', MARRIED. On .the 26th inst. 0 Bishopsgate Church, Mr. Willies' liaig, late' of the Leith and Berwick Wharf, to Ellie' .daughter of the late . Hay Howden, E sq . H ac k ne y-road. :: On the 26th inst..at Bermond se y, Mr. Woodford, of S t ' Margaret's, Westminster, to Miss H. E. Moon, of the salt place. On the sth inst. a t S tap l e h urs h Kent, Thomas Lloyd' Esq. of the 4th Li g h t D ragoons , to Maria, eldest del t gbt° of William B. J ames , Esq. of Staplehunt , and' of place, Lond on . t 1" of A sh t efh the eid, Co l el ie d g e i s a t soteCnhoufrc j h o , hn Ja vir m i e l s lia F m arr vr el rig l Wright, of E Hall, D er by s hi re , o G eor giana, youngest slaught er of AF' and grand-daughter of fly pf William Tudor, Esq. o f IV l W ate hi ß ttc o n b b er ur t y m , rr o ig f h L t e: Es ens g h . ulrn e t of Longstone Hall, Derbyshire , o llexa sbu n ry cle , r P A oo nd l i e .e ,:.: v . ood , to 8 E . 7 1 : , At Hackney, the Re B V I - 0 .; d , b m e e t Ar b t , to t o h s. e t, el o der c , o t r d g a e ur; Ipswich, Suffolk, to Anne, eld e s t daughb W. A_slimore, Esq. of the same place. Esq. M.D. or ~3th inst. at Ham,ell, near Tunbridge Wel l„ ......—,------ __- DIED. Jane Thwaites, the wife of Henry ThWaites, EstP, A 'Z'l.trission-squire, London, and of t o h n e la t t h e e _ of 'hum'', near Titnbrio WellS, in the 68th year of her age. A for days sinee,'Commander John Price, R oya l Na' -formerly Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin, Portsmouth. . On • the' 25th inst. in' Lower Seymour street, Fsei -Sophia, - the infant daughter of Dr..Harrington t aged r months. - • . . On the 23d inst. at Plymouth, after a•lingeiing illo d ,; Eliza, wife of IL M. Gibson, Esq. solicitor, and, daugb''d il ofThomas that port. Miller, Esq. his Majesty' s A ge n t If i et i m iler On the 20th inst. at Macclesfield, in the 7 3 d year !)f l' age, the licv.•Dr. Davis, D.D. • 0' On the `?6th instant, Mary Eli za , eldest daug hter of ' - late Alr. John Pipe r. 1r On the 23d inst. Mrs. Vorley, of Straeban-terrac e, lingt , m, wife of Mr. Vurley, salesman, aged 49. On the 27th inst. at his residence, Charterhount after a lingering illness, Samuel Peacock, Esq. age 4 ' PRINTED and PUBLISHED by M. YOUN SUN OFFICE, No. 112, Strand. ' I T" I of the r. .the SU the sev( Carts fc the 151 Conditi tive Di cation Seale for Wal Twelre Aletrop r TERS pearata to the They •overin. the feel made o the cur the aft noveltit be raid 111 inufi A TE and Ni SKI. The fel Biro with 0 Market ney str C4;venti ham, t, Shelton awl Ho Birrc coach In nick, and s te early tl] Barn North Clitunh Bath borougl noon al London Bost4 Huntin Spilsby sev en , Cam' • and Ro quarter' Carli and WI pleby, Riehrric clster, Stilton, direct ( Ches porley, Cove througl Vireedof DOVi Don alacksv Salishu five an( Dart Brixlia - 1 Stet Charm( Inn, Sa water, Glaa l ikownl well, at Holy and Sal Hull caster, ona oaa rurton New Afternc Plyn burton, Rang Broadst ing at Shel Anther Soul kinobi watier, Coach a eieligl ey, a Stan thelto t Chapel, War ven try, Well Coaehe W e y eater, bury, at a qul Well With, 11 Won Woodst u t gn, iaroad u eo n , E tierefor 1 : 0 411 p, port dirL uid (Alt; ; •ord, t early S, A ••rlen4 9 for any °f Inor~ 4 hiela at th t Leiidol;