The Sun. — London, England, 1828-03-13 00:00:00

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PUBLIC IN- luire ints the of the United se House what roper, in their Fectual control stody, and ap ther measures public expen ice, have pro erred to them, heir inquiries, the Commis )), the Act for of the National disadvantage to call the ire ency of repeal- six orders for :ipally with the allowances of large staff al. 'tad—the sums cavalry expen also accounts the Preventive in barracks in men employed accounts were despatch, and an, Sir Henry red the Ca is residence in ter given to hio Ant tg caw, . VIACES OF STOCKS THIS tank `nook 3 per dent. Red. 3 rev Cent. Cons 52%,“ li per Cent. shut Ditto Red, shut 4 m Cent. New ...NO 99N 180 Ditto, 180 Bank L. Ann. shut tadia Stock shut Ditto Bonds B7 89 pm. IPItICES OF F011.1E10)1 FUNDS Awtrlan Bonds, 5 percent. -- 1 bet.setitin Bonds blerios Ayres Bond. , "Abaft Bonds, 6 per et — 4 Coiornbian Bonds • Ditto, 1914. Danish 3 per cent. MN Greek Bonds :825 tinatingala Mexican Bonds. . 1142.5 31,7/s PRICES OP SHALES TIM Brazilian Mining Co. (ise. at 51. Columbian Mining Co. (les. at 51. Hibernian Mining Co. Prosintial Bank of Ireland PRICES OP IRISH bTOCK": )3ank —l Consols, 3 per cent. Gni% Stock, 314 por cent.— Al % D.'dto, New 4 per Cent. 100y 2 Gov. Deb. 3N per cent. Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock — City Deb. 4 per cent 96 Ballast Offiee Deb. 4 p. ct , efF•tet; y gl r LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1829. Nothing is yet positively known as to the contents of the docuMent received by the Russian Ambassa lador. Whether it be a manifesto—a declaration of war, or an appeal,, our Government urging the necessity of proceeding to extremities, still remains a secret. Russia may have reasons of her own for crossing the Pruth—if it were only as a demonstration to frighten the Turks into a more speedy . compliance with the Treaty of the 6th July, or she may have good cause to avenge her private wrongs, independent of the stipu lations of the Greek Treaty which cannot be sup posed to have a universal application to all the con tingencies that may arise—and it would, there fore, be ridiculous.. to take alarm at every demonstration of hostilities which her armies, always in motion may make on her own frontiers. We shall not be surprised to hear that the Russians have crossed the Pruth, but in the absence of all authentic intelligence we at present withhold our belief. The French Papers of Monday, with the Gazette dc France of Tuesday, contain the long-expected Address of the Chamber of Deputies to the KING, with his MAJESTY'S equivocal, if not insulting, reply. The majority of the Chamber have declared the system pursued by the late Administration as deplorable, while the real benefits arising out of his MAJESTY'S reign have been rendered illusory by the misconduct of his Ministers. We think that his MAJE STY has acted unadvisedly- in receiving the Deputation from the Chamber so disrespectfully. It can answer no good purpose, as CHARLES will find if he persevere in a course so fraught with dis appointment to the great and most enlightened body of the French nation. We are happy to perceive that the Chamber begins to see the true interests of the nation, by advocating a liberal system of commerce. Their appeal to his MAJESTY is in the true spirit of an enlightened policy. " Attentive to the progress of commerce and industry, your Majesty desires to favour the development of them, by the creation of a new Ministry. You wish to hear more accurately of wants so closely unites to those of agri culture. Their tit* want is liberty. Every thing which unnecessarily checks the freedom of our connections does to commerce an injury, the reaction of which affects the most distant interest." We received late this afternoon, by Express, the Gazette de France, dated yesterday. Private letters say, that the Russians have marched to take possession of the Principalities. The French Funds closed on Monday at 69f. 60c. ST. PZTEItSVIAGii, FEB. 23. —I-1 is Majesty has ex pressed great satisfaction to the Civil Governors of Viatla, Auklewsky, Tabolak, and other towns, for their prompti tude in terminating the recruiting. The Grand Duke Constantine has set off for Strellna, from thence to return to W a rsaw. The Journal of Cadiz, of the 26th Feb. states, we have received a letter from the Havannah, 15th January, at that period, the proscribed Spaniards, from Mexico, co ntinued to arrive in crowds, the decree of expulsion had heels extended to all the original inhabitants of the m etropolis, and we learn by the came conveyance that the Spanish flag was flying in the province of Cumana. The Colombian brig Pinchincha, of 22 guns, surrendered to the a uthorities of Porto Rico. Admiral Laborde was in the latter port, and received most satisfac tory news of the disposition of the Colombians in favour of their legitimate King, Ferdinand. The crisis, adds the letter, is imminent. The prices on Tuesday were, Three per Cents. lief. 90c. Five per Cents. •102 f. The French Papers, received this morning, con tain advices from the frontiers of Poland, of the 23d February, which state that the Poles arc exhibiting the greatest ardonr for the opening of the campaign. The great landholders offer to furnish men at their own expence, and others will supply the army with provisions at low prices. Frankfort Papers of the 6th instant present a gloomy picture of .the misery and distress existing in Constantinople. Every body is on the move, and it is said that between 30 and 40,000 Christians have actually been exiled from the capital : FRANKFORT,: MARC'S 5. EITRA.CT 01 'A anTER. FROM cONSTANTINOPLE, DATED era. 5. " This capital still presents a gloomy picture of misery and distress. At Vera every body is preparing to depart, because it is feared that the troops which are expected from Asia will take possession of the houses of the banished Ar menians, which .have not yet been. occupied.,toaTtnadhkeethtehir re monstrances of the Catholic Armenian ipribesutts offer to attend the church of the Patriacces, have been in_ according to the Roman effectual, and a more rigorous order than t u li f e tb p e r i e r cedin t does not even permit them to share t..e . con gregation, but separates them from theirflock,a,staund frF orbids d them to go to Asia—so that these venerable to go by land to Italy, in small separate detlachnsents It may be easily imagined to what risks these unfortunate. n- It is dieiduals are exposed in the provinces. impos sible to form an idea of the misery to which the Christian emigrants are reduced ; but it may be sa id, , to the honour of th e T ur k s , t h at many o f t h em moved with comp ass i on , g i ve to these unhappy persons ev ery mark of kind ness an d all poss ib le assistance. These a cts of charity are exercised especially in Asia, where t h e Christians of all nations fear to risk their own safety by a ffording them succour, and where they receive none ex opt from the Mussulmen. ,‘ Nothing more is to be expected from the intervention o f the Foreign Ministers. France and Austria, according to the existing treaties, are naturally the protectors of the Catholics, but in the present zrisis the question respecting Greece absorbs every other. In the situation of affairs at present despair is imprinted on every countenance, and o ur only consolation is the thought that, considering the distress which prevails among the Turks themselves, this state of things cannot be of long duration. The number o f Christians of all nations who have been exiled up to this moment it estimated at between 30 and 40,000. M. D'Ottenfels is preparing to return to Vienna. We b ea r that DI. Hussar has had another conference with the Reis Effendi, which has not led to any change in the mea sures of the Government. The tranquillity of the capital has been hitherto preserved in a surprising manner, but great fears are entertained for the arrival of the Asiatics, who will be joined by the discontented of all classes. The letters from the Provinces still arrive regularly. The Allgemeine Zeitung of the 6th instant, Con tains the following : TRIESTE, FEB. 2s. We have no positive information respecting the engage ment which has taken place in the Island of Scio, between the Greeks and a Turkish carps that came over from Asia ; but it is supposed that the Greeks were defeated. In the storms in which the brig comsnanded by Lord C'ochrane's nephew was wrecked, the fire-ship of Canaris was obliged to cut away its masts : the corvette and other vessels sought refuge in Syra, A short time ago Miaulis came to Syra with the Hellas frigate, and having procured provi sions, and six thousand dollars, sailed to Scio. Count Capo d'lstria has been received at Egina with extraordinary ceremony, and is engaged in restoring order in all the branches of the Administration. The English ship of the line in which he came is said to be placed at his disposal. It is said that Carabusa was taken by the English alone, who had two frigates, two brigs, and two corvettes. The Cambrian, Commodore Hamilton, was run on the rocks and wsecked for want of knowledge of the coast. A letter from Sy ra, of the 15th of Feb. says, " The English landed 500 soldiers who took possession of the island and put a garrison into:the fort. All the pirates ex cept one, were in the port. Two French brigantines, bound from Smyrna to Salonichi, have been wrecked in the gulf of Vol°, and a Swedish ship, with corn from Odessa to Genoa, has met with the same fate, on the coast of Negropont. According to a notice of the Greek Government, the plague has manifested itself in Negropont. 1,200 Turks have made a sally from the fort of Scio, and done conside • rable injury to the Greeks. 'We have no details here at Svra respecting this affair, but it must have been of some importance, as several harks have arrived here and at Egina with persons who have left the island. Ca!Ain John Ralik, the 19th November inclu sive have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. His Majesty's yacht Herald sailed from Madras for Calcutta on the 19th October, and on its arrival there Lord AsnwEßsT and family will embark in her for England. It is expected the Herald will not be detained in Bengal river longer than a fortnight, as the Governor-Ge neral is ready to take his departure. By these papers we are happy to notice the safe arrival of the Hon. East India Company's ship Warren Hastings at Madras, on the 30th October, for whose safety considerable apprehensions have been entertained.— Insurances have been done on her at 25 and 30 guineas per cent. She had on board fifty-three pas sengers, besides a detachment of troops, amounting to nearly four hundred together. Mr. WHITMORE'S Bill for regulating Salmel Fisheries will be taken into consideration this even. ing ; and we have, in another part of our Paper, given the letter of a Correspondent, who is accu rately acquainted with the subject, but with whom we cannot agree in his view that atake•nets are cal culated to destroy the breed of Salmon. The fact is, a knowledge of this subject is principally confined to interested parties, who can scarcely take an.unpre judiced view of the case; and it is in consequence of exemption from this bias, and by reason of being • somewhat familiar with the circumstances of the Scots Fisheries, that we offer the few following ob- serrations :---- The history of the case is very short. Salmon fishing in Scotland is a Royalty, and must be con ferred on a subject by express charter from the Crown, to enable any one's taking fish, even in a river, of which the land on both sides is his exclu sive property. This privilege was granted to many baronies and minor holdings, centuries ago, and every engine then known for the destruction of Salmon is specified with great minuteness. and with the dent purpose or conferring the most unqualified property in, and power of taking, those fish. Amongst these engines were yairs, which, made of wicker-work, extend into the tide-way in friths or estuaries, and at certain seasons of the year do incal- culable mischief by the destruction of fry, which is often taken out of them in cart-loads to manure the adjoining fields. Some few years ago, the" march of intellect" sug gested the substitution of nets for the wickerwork of the old yairs, and these stake nets were resisted by the Upper Heritors on the plea of their being a novum opus—interfering with their vested rights. Volumes of pleadings before the Courts of Law have left the question much where it was, some Judges .thinking that stake nets are altogether illegal, and others that they should be erected only in the (Ilium mare, not in friths and estuaries. Then comes a separate question, in the case of every river, where does the frith end, and the sea commence ? On the other hand, the Upper Heritors, who have raised this outcry, come into Court with any thing but clean hands. The law of Scotland esta blishes regulations for having cruives of a certain width, and opening these formidable barriers once a week. But practice has limited the right of inter ference to those who have a share of the fishing, and such Upper Heritors as have an exclusive right of fishing scourge the stream from morning to night, and from night to morning, one net being scarcely ashore when another is started; cruives are constructed which will not allow a trout to pass; and Sunday shines no Sabbath day to the persecuted Salmon, though the law of the land positively en joins, that these cruives be kept open from Satur day night to Monday morning. Every species of poaching is practised, and yet these men raise an outcry against the stake nets proprietors, as if they themselves confined their operations to the sporting occupation of angling. In short,' the Legislature have every right to in terfere, for as it was very well put a few days ago, by Mr. Sergeant SPANKIE, the lower proprietors have as much right to say that their vested rights are interfered with, by the cruives used in rivers, as the upper proprietors have to use this mawkish and hitherto most profitable argument against the erection of stake-nets. For will they pretend to say that no improvements (in destruc tiveness) have taken place in river fishing since th e grant of these charters ; or if they have not been stationary in all that period, why are the others to be prevented from improving with the age, and killing fish in maturity by means of stake-nets, far greater numbers of which they formerly destroyed as fry in the wickerwork yairs? To administer equal justice between conflicting interests, and to ensure to the community a perma nent su pply of an alm ost i n di s p ensa bl e l uxur y, it ap pears to us that the Legislature should confine their attention to the enlargement of the meshes in all nets, whether used in stake -nets or on rivers. For the greater number of Salmon are taken when half-grown, and at a season of the year, when London is empty, and the weather is worst calculated for their keeping well. It would be greatly to the advantage of all parties if they were prevented from killing fish under six pounds weight, especially after the month of June, as the grilse or young Salmon become a perfect drug, instead of being spared till the following spring, when they would be incomparably more valuable. Stake nets should of course be under the strictest regulations ;7as to their cleanliness, the size of the meshes, and the length to which they can run into the tide-way, always leaving one third at least of the channel free for the passage of fish. Over them also the water bailiffs should have a summary juris diction, with especial instructions to prevent the killing of black fish, when spawning, by torch light, a source of incalculable mischief. But if the size of the meshes and of the cruives were so regulated that no fish under 61b. weight could be killed, and if the cruives were opened at least once a week, we are satisfied that the community have no further interest in the question, and that the proprietors of estates having Salmon-fishings:attached to them, should be allowed to kill them opposite to their own lands, under regu lations applicable alike to one party and to the other. It is said in the City, that the State Paper which Prince LiEvEN:has received from his Government is not an actual Declaration of War, but a reply to the Turkish Manifesto, which is considered by the British Cabinet tantamount to hostile proceedings on the part of the Russians. The last despatch from the Court of St. Petersburgh is the third ap plication to our Government, urging in strenuous terms that no longer delay should take place in pass ing the Pruth, as well as in a combined operation on the part of England and France. On the other hand, it is stated by the well informed, that the Russian Armies cannot proceed on their march for nearly a month to come, caused by the breaking up of the: roads after the frost, which will render it impossible for them to bring up their artillery, which has always proved the most essential and de structive Weapon to the Ottomans, anti in the ma neenvring of which the Russians are so much supe rior. In this delay some hopes may still be enter tained that the PORTE, seeing the fate which inevit ably awaits a further perseverance iii refusing to comply with the Treaty of the 6th July, will even tually accede to the same, or may be induced to seek the mediation of some European Power. In other quarters, it is said that the Russian State Papers complain of the infraction of the Treaty of Ackermann, and do not in the remotest degree advert to that of the 6th of July. We call the attention of the commercial world to the Banking Case mentioned in our Law Report, we are sure that the law wants some amendment in this respect. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TivELYE •'G'Loca. The English Stock Exchange has been this morning the scene of the greatest agitation and excitement, from the now almost certainty which exists that Russia, if not actually having declared war against the Ottoman Porte, has issued such a declaration that leaves not the smallest doubt of its being her full intention to resort to arms ; indeed, after reading the Turkish Manifesto, or Declaration, little hopes could be entertained of preventing this measure, which was too well calculated, from its personal invectives, to call for no other than feelings of an angry nature. Consols opened at 92 1, at the same moment some heavy sales were made by a leading Broker at the lowest and intermediate prices, and such was the confusion for a time that the actual state of the market could scarcely be ascertained; after a short period a few of the Bears who have operated extensively came in to realise, and by this means supported the market better than could have been expected, this produced a re action to 821 -11, at the highest price of which the Com missioners made their purchase ; it may perhaps be worthy of remark, that the sales made appear to be principally by Brokers acting for the public, and not those usually em ployed by speculators ; the supply of money stock is quite equal to the demand, and the heavy stocks are drooping ; at present the business doing is but trifling, but in the early part of the day the bargains effected were to an immense amount. India Bonds have not declined, being 88 90 pm. ; and Exchequer Bills, 58 60 pm: The Foreign Securities arc miserably depressod, not withstanding the efforts of the Hebrew and Bull party ; and it appears they are considerable losers by the public ridding themselves of foreign investments, from the danger which attends deriving an income from this source in a time of war ; this is more immediately applicable to Russian Bonds, which have fallen to 854, but are now 851 86. The South American securities, being without the pale of European politics, must be operated upon by other circumstances. Brazilian Bonds are 611 4 ; Colombian, 234 24 ; Mexican Six per Cents, 321 ; Greek, 164 174. Shares are not thought of in this bustle; Brazilian Mines are 49 50 premium. Three per Cent. Consols, 524; Ditto, for the Account, 82 4 ; Four per Cent., 100 994 ; India Bonds, SS 20 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 58 9 pm. bl 2; Buenos Ayres, 34. 6; Chilian, 24 5 ; Colombian, 251 4 ; Danish, SO 4 ; Greek, 161- 171 ; Mexican, 6 per Cent., 32 ; Peru vian, 22 3 ; Russian, 85 1 ; Spanish, 10 lillNEs.—Anglo Mexican, 65 60 dis. ; - Brazilian, 49 b 0 pm. ; Colombian, 171 184 per share ; United Mexi can, 22 1 die. ; General Mining Association, 101 114 per share. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols appear heavy again, and have dropped to 824. It is reported that several men-of-war are going to the Mediterranean. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. A purchase having been made of 50,000/. Consols, has caused them to reach 82i ; but it comes from rather a suspicious quarter, and, to use a homely phrase, is throwing a sprat to catch a herring, or, in other words, to get cut. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. sauth Sea Stoek Old Anna Hies shut New Ditto Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2,1.5 S 37 pm. Ditto 5OO 2d. 58 57 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial Pm. Bank for Account India for Account .. . .. 2 IS Cons. for Ac. 816; 2 %,,1,04 THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, DNA Peruvian Bonds 0 , 274 Portuguese /Sends — Prussian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New 99 2% Russian, New 95% 5% Spanish, 1821 ---- 189 — French Rentes, sp. c. . —f —c. ---,-- Exchange...... —t —C. ..—.--- 3 per cent....... —r --c. --- Exchange...... —f —c. DAY AT ONZ o'cLOCK... Patel. Per Share. pm.) £2O /5 74 75 - .pm.) X24‘j B 19 1S 25 S4', 251.4 MARCH 11. St. Patrick Insur. (per sh.) royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Prorincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine i Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings THE ARMY. A Detachment of the Depot of the 15th, or York East Riding Regiment of Infantry, is under orders to proceed from Clare Castle, Ennis, to join the Service Companies stationed at Kingston, Upper Canada. A Detachment of the Depot of the 66th, or Berkshire Regiment of Infantry, is under orders to proceed from Templemore, to join the Service Companies at Quebec. A Detachment of the Depot of the 79th (or Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Infantry, is under orders to proceed from Belfast, to join the head-quarters of the corps at Quebec. The Recruiting Parties and Detachments of the 68th or Durham Regiment of Infantry, and of the 81st now stationed at Coventry, will proceed to Kenilworth, to re main during the Assizes to be held at Coventry. The Detachments of the 60th, 64th and 89th Regi ments, and of the Royal Marines, now stationed at Glou cester, will march to Stroud, to remain during the Assizes at Gloucester ; and the Detachment of the Sd Foot Guards will proceed to Cheltenham. The Duke of CLARENCE held a levee as Lord High Admiral yesterday, at the Admiralty. His Royal Highness gave a grand dinner in the evening to a large party of naval officers, among whom were—Admirals the Honourable Sir HENRY HOTIIAM, Sir Wm. HosTr, Sir GEORGE MARTIN, and MAITLAND, Captains T. N. CAMPBELL, C. 8., CHADS, C. 8., BULLER, C. 8., Hon. W. WALOEGRAYE, DE STARCK, WEMYSS, ANDERSON, ATOURT, W. SIMPSON, LARKAM, DELAFOasE, FAIR, R. STUART, and JOHN iimtver. The Duke and Duchess of GLOCESTER en tertained a select party to dinner yesterday, at Glocestcr house, Park-lane. The Duchess of KENT entertained a select party to dinner at her apartments in the King's Palace, at Kensington, or. Tuesday. Another Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office, Downing-street, which was attended by the same Cabinet Ministers as were present at the Councils held on Monday and Tuesday. The Mi nisters assembled about half-past two o'clock, and continued their sitting till past five o'clock. General Lord HILL held a levee at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the office of the Commander in -Chief, in the Horse-Guarder. V The LORD CHANCELLOR will hold his last levee, at his house in George-street, on Saturday evening. We understand that Mr. SHAW, the archi tect, of No. 28, Gower-street, Bedford-square, is autho rised to treat for the letting of Uxbridge }louse, during the able Ace of the Marquis of AliGuszA in lielazd. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MARCH 12.—Wind S.—Sailed the Eliza, for New York ; Ellen, for St. John's ; Laura, for Boston ; and Nassau, for St. Michael's. PIN-mount, MARCH 11.-Wind S.E.—Arrived the Iris, Smith, from Figueras. Sailed the New Eagle, Macey, for St. John's. FAL3IOUTIf, MARCH - IL—Wiwi S. to S.E.—Arrived the Calista, Pilot, from Honduras ; Lord Sandwich packet, from Lisbon ; Duke of York packet, from Jamaica ; and Eclipse packet, from the Brazils. The Thomas King, Williamson, from Demerara, has arrived off Dartmouth. The Sachem, Cotlin, from Siam, was driven on shore near Cuxhaven, the sth inst., and was discharging. The Warren Hastings (mission ship) has arrived at Madras. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. JACKSON V. BOURNE. In this case, which stood for judgment upon the question of costs, His Loans]lie said that he had on a previous day given his judgment, except as to the costs ; for that purpose he had looked over with great attention all the depositions, and also the decree Nisi, and he thought it would he better not to state what the inclination of his mind was upon those depositions, a to the costs, until after the Master had made his report. PREROGATIVE COURT. I/wit-v..4 V. WYATT. The facts of this case have already been before the public. An instrument propounded as the last will of a gentleman of the naTi;:e of Ingram, of Clapton, who died in 1823, was opposed by his sister, Miss Barbara Ingram, on the distinct grounds of fraud and circumvention prac tised by the parties claiming benefit under the in strument, and extreme mental imbecility on the part of the testator. The arguments of Dre. Lush ington and Dodson against the will, were heard on previous Court day s ; and Dr. Jenner replied on behalf of Mr. Henry Wyatt, on whom the deceased, by the instrument in question, had left the bulk of a very considerable for tune. The further hearing of the case was delayed for some days, owing to the indisposition of Dr. Phillimore. The Learned Doctor addressed the Court this morning, and contended with much ability and at great length for the probability of the instrument, the mental competency of the deceased, and the high respectability of the profes sional gentleman who was employed to prepare the will. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. His HONOUR. entered upon the cause paper today, and was occupied with hearing arguments in " Lawson v. Brocksopp" during the greater part of the day. The case is quite devoid of interest. MARCH 12. IMPORTANT TO BANKERS AND THEIR CI.7S- TOIIIERS. EX-TARTE ROBINSON AND ANOTHER, IN TIIE MATTER OF SYKES AND CO. BANKERS. Mr. PE3IRFRTON stated this to be a petition, praying that Exchequer Bills of the ♦alue of 2,0001., found in the iron chest of the bankrupts, might he ordered to be delivered up by the assignees to his clients. Several years ago a distil lery house at Vauxhall assigned over their effects to the petitioners, who in their character as trustees deposited two Exchequer BRIJ of 1,0001. each with the bankrupts, who were bankers in the city, and some years since one of their partners in that house sold the bills. The partner ship about six weeks previous to the stoppage of payment, without the knowledge of the trustees, purchased two other Exchequer Bills, and entered them in their ledger bill book in columns, containing the number, date, and amount, and name of the owners—" Sir G. Robinson and Mr. Win. Sykes's trustee account,"—and deposited them in their iron chest ; after their stoppage and payment, and tefore the bankruptcy, they inclosed there bills in a sealed envelope, and indorsed that in the names of the trustees. The ques tion for his Honour to decide was whether the bills were the property of the trustees, or of the bankrupt's estate. Mr. KNIGHT, on the part of the assignees, contended on the authority of the case of Dwaynes. v. Noble, in Camp bell's Reports, afterwards confirmed by the Court of King's Bench, that there had been no appropriation of the new Exchequer Bills, because the trustees were ignorant of the sale of the first bills, and the purchase of the second. VICE-CHANCELLOR — Let me see that case. Mr. KwxGni. read it, whereby it appeared that Dwaynes and Co. the bankrupts, being bankers, told 15,0001. stock behinging to Mr. Noble, one of their customers, several years before their failure, and at the time of such sale, en closed several valuable bonds in a sealed envelope with this memorandum, " Borrowed of - Noble, Esq. 15,0001. of Navy Fives, which w. hereby promis. replace, and as a security we also undertake to assign the enclosed bonds to him upon request, signed by one of the bankers." The day before Dwaynes and Co.'s bankruptcy, they sent this envelope to Mr. Noble, who retained the bonds. Their assignees brought an action of trover to recover them, and Lord Ellenborough held that as the sale of the stock, and the other circumstances, were without the knowledge of Mr. Noble, there was no legal appropriation of the bonds, and therefore they formed part of the bankrupt's estate, and Mr. Noble must give them up and prove his debt as a creditor. Mr. KNIGHT therefore contended, that as the trustees were ignorant of the sale of the first, and the purchase of the second Exchequer Bills, that they could claim no title therein. Mr. PEMBERTON in reply said, that very fortunately Mr. W. Sykes, one of the partners in the banking-house, was also one of the trustees, and therefore as Mr. Sykes knew of the transaction the case cited did not apply. Mr. Kmosiir—lle knew it as a banker, not as a trustee. The VICE-CHANCELLOR ordered the Exchequer Bills to be delivered up to the trustees, as it appeared to him, Mr. Sykes one of them, was acquainted with the entire transac tion, but if he had not been so, then the Bills would have been the property of the bankrupts. THE MARKETS. -(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) ST. JAMES'S. X. s. X. s X. s. X. s. 1 Jawland Mead. Hay 3 sto 4 5 Clover May • 4 oto 5 15 Upland Ditto 4 0 5 0 Oat Straw Rye-grass Hay 4 0 5 0 Wheat Ditto ll6 2 0 New Meadow Hay 315 410 A full average supply, and a THFI E steady trade at Tuesday's prices. SMILD. X. s. X. s. £. s. X. s. Lowland Mead. Hay 3 sto 4 0 Cloy. Haygenerally 4 10 to .5 15 Upland Ditto 4 0 5 0 Do. extra line 0 0 6 0 Rye-grass Hay 4 0 5 0 Oat Straw llO 112 New Meadow Hay 315 4 5 Wheat Ditto.... 112 116 Supply short, trade dull, and prices as last quoted. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE—March 11. The supplies to this day's market have been increased by considerable arrivals of Wheat and Oats front Ireland, and of Malt from Suffolk, and notwithstanding a large display of samples on the stands, they were almost cleared of fine mealing Oats at an advance of ia. to Id. per 451 b. very extensive sales having been made of this article to speculators and to the trade generally ; for Wheat there was also a better demand. but at no decided increase in prices, although in some. instances, both on Wheat and Oats of the. finest qualities, the highest quotations were a little ex ceeded. In other articles sales were nude to a moderate extent at the prices last noted. Wil 1 , , AT, per 701 b. e. d. s. d. Fine Sweet Old English & Welsh, white and red 8 6 to 9 0 ...---- New (crop 1827) Fine Old Scotch and Manx 7 6 8 2 Irish, Old - New red...6e. 6d. to 7s. 2d sup. white 7 6 7 9 Canadian, fine qualities F or eign (duty paid) superior white ...—--------- fine high.mixed .-------- red .------------- Russian and midd. qualities 610 7 3 Foreign (in bond), imported since July 1, 1827 4 3 5 0 OATS, per 451 b. ' id P ) e , r ditto Fine sweet English, Scotch, &c ------ Irish, 184 0 0 0 0 Middling and ordinary ditto and Welsh . 5 2 9 Irish, (crop 1821) Foreign yrce), French, &c. 32 0 35 8 -- Grinding, per 601bs. Imperial quarter. 3 10 4 2 40 4 4 PEASE, white boiling, per Imperial quarter ---, grey I, , Orei gn, nominal 4O 0 42 0 Beaus, Fine English, per Imperial quarter 4,2 0 48 0 ___,.....-- Scotch, Irish, Dutch, &c. F o Fine i. c i g M a X (d t A i u n ß t g L y E p l 40 0 41 0 —............. Egyptian and inferior Foreign 3B 0 44 0 Mat-r, Fine Norfolk and Suffolk, per Imp. qr 5B 0 62 0 ----. Middling and inferior qualities ----- Irish ................. .. n ou s, English, ine and superfine, per 2801 b 4l 0 42 0 --- Irish ditto ditto 35 n 40 0 - Amer., supf. sweet (its bond) per bane 22 0 25 0 ---- Dantzic ditto ditto ... 16 0 21 0 ----- Canadian (ditty paid) ........................... 33 0 32 0 - Foreign, sou r 3O 0 33 0 OATMEAL, English (2401b5.) 245. to 255....... Old 21 0 22 0 yellow rial and red ____,.......... Scotch ....... ...... ots. to ?ss. Old 21 0 22 0 ____....... Irish IMPORTC white,oP G quarter,tApiemrq for ____________R R e A e n , sPasigrpimperE.onp4Boishiband..F...o.r.c..i ..... 20 32 0 0 3 30 4 f o l 23 0 30 0 Irish, per last l9l. 0 201. 0 the \WM ending March 10. Wheat. Oats. Barley. Malt. IBeans. !Pease. Rye. 10atml. Qrs. Qrs. Or:. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Loads. Immo ( 10,689 11,278 621 2,934 77f) 129 212 3,128 Flour, 4,776 sacks, 0 barrels. ezeOßTs. Plh Ws 5 0 0....4341th 0...130115, 20 qrs.—Flour, 099 brio. ASSIZES,(RECEIVED THIS DAY.) MIDLAND CIRCUIT-LINCOLN, MAktii 11. John Mil/gate, cordwainer, aged 24, was put to the bar, charged with committing a rape upon the body of Mary Brown, an infant of the age of nine years, on the 26th of July, 1825. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mary Brotbn, tin interesting !ankh* girl, 11'101 put into the witness-box.—She said she was turned 12 years of age, that she was the daughter of William Brown, of Hogs thorpe, and was living with him in 1825. She knew the prisoner, be was also living at her father's house in July 1825—he served her father in the ca p a city of a journey man shoe-maker —there was a feast in the village:in July, 1825, and on one Tuesday she was left alone iu the house • —the house adjoined the shop, in w hich the prisoner worked—she had occasion t o go into his rlpattriiefit where the prisoner sat at work, for the purpose of blacking her shoes, and whilst in the act of reaching towards a shelf the prisoner took hold of her by the waist, and effected his I purpose—she did not cry out, but struggled to obtain her liberty. When the prisoner had finished, he said the wit ness " was not to tell any body," she therefore complied with his request until about a yo.i: afterwards, when she made the horrible disclosure to her mothei . , Cross-examined by Mr. Bat,GuY—The prisoner had been in her father's employ sonic years before July, 1825, as an apprentice, and after his apprenticeship had expired he lived with her father as journeyman, and worked as such during the space of a year after the above occurrence took place. She remembered the fact of the prisoner leaving her father to work for a Mr. Ostler, a shoemaker in the same village. No complaint was male to a magis trate by her friends until the prisoner left her father's ser vice, and - he was working. with Mr. Ostler at the time the charge was first made against him. Ostler was a rival shoemaker. There was another house near her father's, Which was two or three yards from the shop, where the act was committed. The door of the shop opened into the garden, which lay immediately to the street. The window of the shop also looked into the street. It was about three o'clock in the afternoon when the crime was com mitted, but whether or not the window was open she did not recollect. There were many people in the village walking about at the time. The Jury, after consulting together a few minutes, re turned a verdict of " Not Guilty." WESTERN CIRCUIT.-SALISBURY, MARCH 11. YIGES AND ANOTIIEK V. FOOTNEII. Mr. Sergeant WILDE, with whom was Mr. C. F. WIL LIAMS, Mr. Pommi, and Mr. FOLLETT, stated that this was an issue out of the Court of Chancery,to try whether a certain agreement first came lawfully into the hands of Messrs. Figes and Longcroft, brewers, at Romsey, in the adjoining county, and secondly, whether certain words at the end of that agreement were there at the time it was ex ecuted. The question was by no means a complicated one. Mr. Newman, one of the parties, carried on the business of a brewer, which he sold to Figes and Longcroft; the property consisted chiefly of public houses, these were very old, and consequently caused great expense in keeping them in repair. An agreement was entered into between the parties, for Figcs and Longcroft to hold for three years. Some time after he (Newman) knowing the nature of the property, talked of granting an extension of the term, which he should be able to show by several witnesses. Newman is since dead. During his life lie was a man of rather penurious habit, and after his disposing of the busi ness he was in the habit of drinking, of which circum stance he understood his Learned Friends intended to take advantage, but he should be able to show, that at the time of the executing the agreement, the subject of the present inquiry, he was not in liquor, but was perfectly sober. Their next and principal reliance will be, that the whole agreement was not written at one time. He should eall a witness of the name of Kemp, who was present at the time, and he would most positively swear, that the two last lines were there at the time of the execution. This he believed to be the strength of the defendant's case.—Mr. Sergeant Wilde then called evidence in support of his case. The Hon. T. ERSKINE , was heard on behalf of the de fendent, after which The Jury found a verdict to the effect that the two last lines had been added after the execution, but that the agreement came lawfully into the hatrids of the plaintiffs. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LANCASTER, MARCH Edward Howard, aged 26, stood indicted for having burglariously broben and entered the dwelling-house of Mr. Robt.Consterdine, at Middleton, near Bury,in this county, and stealing therein various articles of property. Mrs. Sarah Consterdine stated, that she and her husband lived in a lone house at Middleton, near Bury. There is no house near it within 500 yards. About twelve o'clock on the night of the 14th January, she was in bed, and was alarmed by the barking of the dog. She got out of bed, and on looking out at the back window, she saw a gang of six men underneath_ Shit asked_ them what. they wanted, and they said they wanted coals. Witness was much alarmed, and said, " Tell me your names, and you shall have some in the morning." One of them then said, " send that man of your's to the window, and we sviV - tell him our names." Witness. told them that he was very ill at his mother's. They then said, " Let tie into the holm." Witness said she would not, and the next moment she heard the back window under that at which she was stand ing, smashed to pieces, by which they could effect an entrance into the interior of the house. She recognised the prisoner amongst the gang. She had known him three or four years. She opened the front window,-and shouted out " Murder ! Thieves'." as loud as she was able, but could make no person bear, as the only house near was the " Bull," and that is 500 yards off. Witness finding no person come to her assistance, got out of the window and concealed herself in a pear-tree,immediately underneath, but a man pelted her with clods, and threatened violence to her. if she did not go back. She felt very much alarmed, and returned to her bed-room by the window. Her husband was very sick, and she carried him into a lumber room and lucked themselves in. Just as they had done so, one of the robbers knocked at the door, and desi red them to come out ; she said they would if they would not kill them. She opened the door upon a promise to that effect being made, and she then saw the prisoner by the light from the candle. The man that knocked at the door had his face covered with crape. Witness told them that all the money she had was in her pocket in her bed room. Two of them, with their faces disfigured, then said, " Conic then, and show us where it is." She led them into her bed-room,and gave them her pocket, of the contents of which they possessed themselves. One of them, then, with a crow-bar, broke her husband's desk to shivers, and rummaged that and all the drawers in the room, in her presence. They then broke open an old oak chest, and took out a gown-piece, which was found in the forecourt next morning. They then quitted the room and left the house, and witness went down to fasten the door (after she bad removed her husband again from the lumber-room, to his bed-chamber) ; but before she could do so, the gang returned. She reared herself behind the door, whilst tkey passed in, and as soon as they all had passed her, she crept out, and ran along the turnpike road, intending to alarm the peoplo at the Bull, but she had not got more than one hundred yards when she was overtaken by a man who seized her by the neck, and turned her violently round.— She screamed out " Murder, murder, oh, spars me, spare me." The man then drggged her back to the house, and took her into the wash-house, and held her behind the door for a long time, at length one of the gang came with some candles in his hand, and by the light that they spread upon the man's face that held her, she discovered it to be that of the prisoner Howard. Witness saw the prisoner next day at the Boar's Head in the custody of Smithers, a constable, he then had on a dif ferent waistcoat, which she immediately discovered; the constable withdrew with him, and on his coming into her presence again he had on the very waistcoat she had the night before taken so ninth notice of. Thomas Smithers, constable, corroborated the latter part of this witness's testimony. John Skellern, an innkeeper at Oldham, stated that the prisoner with two other men and a woman were at his house drinking at about 10 o'clock on the night of the 14th January ; he had on a dark striped waistcoat (the one noel produced) ; they left about eleven and went towards the new road to Middleton. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, sentence of death recorded. A numerous deputation of gentlemen and merchants, interested in the West India Islands, waited cm the Duke of WELLINGTON at eleven o'clock yesterday morning, at the Treasury, for the purpose of having a con ference with his Grace. Mr. HUSKISSON, as Secretary of State for the Colonies, and Mr. C. GRANT, as President of the Board of Trade, assisted at the interview. Tht Marquis of SLIGO, Mr. limp:, and Mr. lIIEBERT, were among the deputation. The conference lasted upwards oi an hour. Prince POLIGNAC, the French Ambassador, had an interview yesterday with the Duke vi zLLI GToN Prince LILVEN, the Russian Ambassador, and Prince Pomosac, the French Ambassador, had a con ference with Earl DuNLEY yesterday, at the Foreign-office, The Right Hon. STItATFORD CANNING was engaged yesterday for a considerable time at the Fo reign and Colonial-offices, transacting official business. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, It will be seen by or report of the Parliamentary proceedings of last night, as well as by our yester day's statement, that the labours of the Finance' Committee have already resulted in a proposition to repeal an Act, under the operation of which the pub lic is losing at the rate of nearly a PiM. per week, "or abotit 400R00/. a-year, by the conversion of per manent into life at - Militias. This Act was passed in the year 1808, under the financial administration of Mr. Perceval, who introduced the project in a long and elaborate speech on the 13th of May in that year. 'he professed object of the Minister was, fo pay off a portion of the national debt, at a chcapea rate than that at which the Commissionet a of the Sinking Fed could redeem it, on the contingency of a rise in the funds which he confidently antici pated. This object was to be accomplished by enabling persons possessing stork in the Three per Centa. to transfer that stock to the Commissionera on obtaining in its stead equivalent life annuities.-- At that time, although the nation was contracting debt at the rate of 20,000,0001. a year, it was esteemed the height of financial wisdom to hire a Minister a n d th e f a shionable buysseitnkoifncgomFmunisdsiolnicecrosrtdoing up the said debt to amountthe of 10,00 0 , 0001 .; and this notable scheme was to assist them in their u s e ful labours. The had the i;, st p a f t e t m he en d t ay o! the two objects, which seemed unaccounta; :;" at va riance with each other, namely, one to provide for the final redemption of the debt (in which case it was the interest of the country that the Commissioners should buy stock as cheaply as possible), and another to keep up the price of stock, that Government might borrow as advantageously as possible ; and this annuity project was introduced to combine the benefits of both without the losses of e Perceval, „ it t her. oiticr ` It will set will naturally tend," slid Mr. the price of stocks, and it will at the same time se cure the tedemption, at a low price, of so much stock as may be transferred antecedent to the rise produced." The Three pet Cents. were then at 68, and the Minister anticipated a rise. The con version was of course to be made at the current price of the day. In the debate which ensued, se veral objections were started to the plan of the Fi nance Minister ; but none of its opponents antici pated its injurious effect on the pecuniary interests of the public. The most plausible was that of Mr. Tierney, who inferred that the holder of stock, being apprised by the Minister of its probable rise, would not part with an improving capital for a limited unimprovable annuity. Accordingly, for some time the conversions of stock were by no means considerable. In the first year we are told that only about 50,0001. of annuities were created on the new plan. The fundholders, how evor, seemed gradually to have perceived its :ad vantages. In 1826, we find that the life an nuities created in consequence of Perceval's Act, amounted to 562,6681.; and this year they •are stated at 810,000/. It is singular that the author of the measure, who deemed it 30 well adapted to obviate the disadvantages of the usual process of redeeming our debt by a sinking fund, did not per ceive, that if it operated in favour of the public by limiting the amount of our incumbrauccs before a vise of stock, it was equally against us in case of a fluetua tion the other way. It is still more extraordinary, that after the losses which it was occasioning to the public had been established by undeniable demon stration, the two Chancellors of the Exchequer who succeeded Mr. Perceval, who have both received peerages, and one of them a peerage and a pension, for managing our affairs, should never have thought it worth their while to re-examine a project, by which some hundred thousands of pounds were annually added to our hardens. Why did not Lord Bexley and Lord Goderich—on whom the conside ration of the subject was pressed, and whose duty it was to have instituted an exact inquiry, if they themselves could not make the calculation—do what the Finance Committee has now done? If, as Lord Althorp stated, the attention of Lord Bexley was called to this subject se long ago as 1819, it is incon ceivable on what ground his Lordship can be entitled to a pension of 3,0001. a year for kis services. Is it a public service, to have, after warning, persisted in a scheme which has produced such serious loss to the country ?—Tintes. It is understood that despatches have been recei ved by the Russian Ambassador here from his Go vernnient, which leave no doubt as to its intentions, and that the subject of these despatches formed yester day, the subject of the deliberations of a Cabinet Coun cil. We can only repeat what we advanced on Tuesday, that we trust our Government will not be so foolish as to involve the nation in a war with Russia, for an object in which neither principle nor advantage is concerned. The popular feeling throughout Europe too, front a variety of causes, is decidedly hostile to all attempts to protect the Turks. In deed we do not see how it is possible to benefit them by any interference in their behalf ; for 1 VCIL C any State to propose such a course as might have the effect of rescuing them from the consequence. friended. No of hostilities with Russia, they would obstinately re ject it. They will not allow themselves to be onehe will question r l i i e l a t o ' l e e f d s instead o ß f State to do itself justice, by force of arms, when a third party. ‘ t v l h ic ich m i e s di another State refuses to observe Treaties. The most that can be expected in such a case i s , th a t proceeding to do itself justice, express a willingness I t t h o e ac t e t e a p ti t m o i f But Turkey will neither accept of any mediation, nor would she abide by its arbitration. The question then becomes entirely one of expediency with Rus sia, whether she will put herself to the expence of obtaining justice by force of arms. A war between two States becomes of importance to other States, chiefly in two respects—First, the cause of the war. If one State attacks another without a just cause, other States have ground for alarm, es pecially if the assailing State happens at the time to be formidable from its power. The security of na tions depends greatly on the prevalence of the be lief, that no unoffending State shall be liable to be tvantonly attacked by another.—Secondly, the con sequences of the war. A State may have just cause for invading another, and yet the invasion might alarm neighbouring States from the supposed change in the relations between nations, which the occupa tion of a particular country by a particular power might produce. These arc matters as to which no rules can be laid down of universal application. The Holy Alliance was a sort of substitute for the Tri buual of the Abbe St. Pierre, for ensuring perpetual peace ; and the five Powers of the Alliance, posses sing of themselves nearly all the military force of Europe, could, no doubt, awe the minor Powers into compliance with their injunctions. But when the Members of the Alliance themselves have dif ferences with each other , or w hen they are afraid of the consequences which may result from a contest between one of the number and another Power, what is to be done Will, in this last case, the remaining Members insist on supplying in common an army of execution, to reduce the refractory State to order, • that the consequences to be apprehended from a war with a particular Power may he obviated ? It is only on the ground of the relative position of other States to Russia being liable to be changed by the results of a war with Turkey, that we can have any pretext for interference. We cannot say that a state shall not be at liberty' to do itself justice by force of arms, when all other means of obtaining justice prove unavailing. But it becomes a delicate point for one nation to say to another, you shall not make war on a third, though it refuses to do you justice, because in having recourse to war, you may acquire posses sion of what we wish you should not possess. But would the occupation of part of Turkey by Russia be of that consequence to us, that we should, either by ourselves or in conjunction with France, take so offensive a step as to say to Russia, you shall not do yourselves justice, because of the consequences with regard to us. We say that it would not. We have tke satisfaction, too, of knowing that one ce . the very ablest, and cer tainly the best informed of all our 'Statesmen(we mean Lord Grenville), at a Meeting