The Sun. — London, England, 1828-02-07 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOUVgALS. The very important event of Mr. Huskisson's re-' election to serve as Member of Parliament for Li verpool, took place on Tuesday„ and is reported at great length, as we 11,,. we hope, as with much ex actness, in this day's journal. Mr. Huskisson's ex, planation, on this occasion, may be cOnsidered as the rehearsal of the same part which he must soon perform in Parliament. The applause or disappro bation of the late auditors may suggest slight chasm ges,—may lead to the supply of omissions, the re trenchment of superfluities,--but the piece must be finbstantially t h e same . The whole performance, therefore, will be read with interest. In the first place,,, we may observe that those who criticise Mr. Huskisson's conduct most severely, seem to have tacitly imbibed an opinion, from his acting recently with Whigs, that he was of that political sect. We should be glad if the names of Whigs and Tories were suffered to die away, now that the measures which served to call forth the opposing principles of . the two parties are placed as it were on nel , ,ral ground. Mr. Huskisson is, as was his late friend Mr. Canning, an advocate for a liberal system of external and domestic policy ; but from the party called Whig, during its existence under that appel . is.tion, they were both always far remote ; nor is there any reason to suppose that the survivor has approached it more nearly of late day. He should not, there fore, be reproached with ceasing to be that which he has never been. With respect to the late Ad ministration, it is obvious from Mr. Huskisson's .Ipeech,—as well as from other information now in our possession,—what has been the cause of its dis solution : it wanted a head to hold it together. The Government of a State has often been compared to a carriage or waggon, which the Ministers are to drag along. But if the horse who is placed first, and should lead, wants the courage to advance upon any road, what can the rest do bat remain quiet ie their traces, whatever may be their activity and strength ? The State-carriage, then, could not %wive forward as it ought, with such a leader; and it became unavoidable to unharness the whole team, and yoke a fresh one. With whom, then, after this dissolution of the Ministry, was Mr. Huskisson to unite himself? He did not belong to the Whigs : he respected their integrity, consistee cy, and honour —(indeed, who could abstain from respecting such principles, represented by such men as Lords Lens downeeCarlisle, and Mr. Tierney ?)--but still he was not one of them. Such is his language: The other party were opposed, or supposed to be op posed, to those liberal views of commercial and foreign policy, to which he was as much attached as the Whigs to their Whiggism ; yet the other party applied to him for his co-operation. Upon this point hinges the whole gist of the transaction, and we solicit attention to it. Why did the Duke of Wellington apply to Mr. Huskisson for his support, thinking it in vain to apply to Lord Lansdow ne Not, we hope, because his Grace suspected the former to be more lax in his principles than the latter.—(This would indeed be an insult to MI. Huskisson.)—The Duke, we presume, ap plied to Mr. Huskisson ,simply because his . Grace thought h e cou ld himself snore easily . accommodate his own policy to that of the Right Honourable Gentleman, than to the more rigid maxims of the Whigs. 'Let Mr. Huskisson look to this in his future 'conduct. - Let him not give a sanction to the suspiciOUthat . the Duke thought him in • Man to be tampered "w i th a po i nt of honour, e nd that his Grace was not deceived. Mr. Hes - kieson had every thing to gain, or rather to retain, that is dear to a man of character, by.an invincible adherence to every, principle. and measure which he professed and supported during the.: Canning' Admi nistmtion. The Duke has little to gain or lose. Should Mr. lluskisson prove as unbending as his situation requires, nis'Gkitee will Onlilitteie tried' to, tempt one whom he thcingtOi':kkeioOrTri'6o(eli *rtiV failed; 'But - Mrvelinsltihsors, it iiiay . t&:•urOd, has' united' hirriself to thoSo,Who heePedeverykitell abuse, upon his deceased friend.' TO this we reply, that the chief traducers of nr. Canning are not, we believe, in the Cabinet. Besidee, a num maybe - heir to the principles of a departed friend, but he need not necessarily inherit his feelings under insult. This is not a political question. To the Duke's re tention of the chief military command with the si tuation of Premier, we think, it right to state that 'the people of England are decidedly adverse : and we think farther, that their aversion will be in creased by assigning the ordinary_ management of the army to a person" of inferior rank and coese quenee ; for the inquiry immediately suggests itself; with whom do the supreMo honour and power still reside ?—Tinies. Mr. Huskisson was re-elected for Liverpool on 'Tuesday, as our readers will perceive from a report in another part of our Paper. It WitS expected that, .on this occasion, the Right Hon. Gentleman would furnish to his constituents some explanation of the circumstances connected with the breaking up of the last Ministry, and his entrance into the present; and Cie proceedings were, therefore, looked forward to no small degree of anxiety. The conditions on which he had consented to serve under the Duke of Wellington ;were variously represented, and reports were confidently circulated with respect to the rela tion in which he stood towards some of his late col leagues, amounting to somewhat like an impeach ment of his good faith. Mr. Unskisson dwelt ‘w.celhtaN' l et considerable length on the subjects to w alluded. Having paid a tribute to his departed friend, Mr. Canning, in detailing the circumstances which followed the political demise of Lord Liver. pool, he animadverts with some severity on the bounding ambition of his present colleague, Mr. Peel :—" I have no hesitation in saying, that when the Administration of Lord Liverpool was brought to a close, difficulties which I shall ever deplore, and which my lamented friend had not fo resee n ; diffi culties which ought not to have been thrown in his wa y, SOMC of which may perhaps have originated in personal considerations, and some from other causes which I do not know—difficulties arose as to the formation of the new Government, and my lamented friend (Mr. Canning) was therefore placed under the necessity of departing from that which was his first in tention, and was, in fact, the command of his Sovereign, to fOllll a new Government upon the same pri nc ipl e , a nd, if possible, of the same individuals who served under the administration of Lord Liver pool." Mr. Peel would not serve under Mr. Can ning, because e was favourable to the Catholic Claims, but he would have had of course no objec tion that Canning should serve under him.— Mr. Canning was thus driven to the necessity of either withdrawi ng , or nerrociating with the Whigs, and he ch ose the latter. ' latt e r The conditions of the union were, " t h at the Jovernment was to he con ducted without any depa rture upon which the aff a i rs of the Liverpool—that country wer e conducted from tho se p rinci p les under the Earl ofthe Catholic was as to remain open a t d t hat, upon r all other points, those Gentlemen who took office, were at liberty to accede to th e Gos,'-einthent, with departure front out any thei r p c m . The s peech of Mr. Peel, in which proscribed 'Pe Mr anning on account of his liberal o • • ' t. ons CI t, there no other ground, formed a l one ,p " sunicient jos tification of the accession of Lord Lansdo wne and his Canning; it being not friends to Mr. more the duty of a public man to obtain for his co untry, if he can, the very beet G ov ernment, than . to' Prevent b y hi s exertions, if it depend 011 tthem,i his country from suf fu'ing from the substitution to the existing Govern ment of one which he believe; to be worse. T hus Carnot, who refused to serve under Bonaparte i n the days of his prosperity, rushed to his aid when the alternative was Bonaparte or the Bourbons, from the latter of whom he anticipated (no matter whether rightfully or wrongfully, if c onscientiously) the destruction of all the good effected at the ex pence of so much suffering by the Revolution. No man ever thought of accusing Carnot of inconsis tency because in a choice of evils he preferred what he thought the least; and no reasonable persons ought to blame the Whigs for rallying round Mr. Canning, when the alternative was an Administra tion not such as they could have wished, or one which they had reason to believe would he much w orse. Mr. Huskisson praises the spotless inte grity, high honour, and straight-forward policy of Lords Lansdowne, and Carlisle, and Mr. Tierney, and affirms that no part of the system of Administra tion experienced any change by the death of Mr. Canning; but " events took place in the course of the month of December, for which neither his Noble Friends above alluded to, nor himself were in any degree responsible." . The head of the Admi - - nistration had shewn himself unfit for the perfortn ancc of the great trust committed to his charge. Now comes the critical part of Mr. Huskisson's posi tion, with respett to the Whigs. He merely men tioned generally the vacillation of Lord Goderich, the project of having recourse to a temporary heati, and the abandonment of that idea iron an apprehen sion of its giving a 'character of weakness to the Ad ministratien. He disclaims all knowledge of what passed between the King and Lord Goderich, when his Majesty sent for the Duke of Wellington ; but he says nothing of the causes of the dissension in the Cabinet which preceded this event. It is generally understood, that Mr. Huskisson, early in the month of December, enforced an opinion, that the service of his Majesty and the good of the country would be best promoted by the admission of Lord Holland into the Cabinet, and by the nomination of Lord Althorp to the Chair of the Finance Committee, with a view to secure the cordial support of the Whigs. How far this implied a virtual compact to stand by the latter when the alternative was their re tirement or the serving with such an Administration as they took office to prevent the formation of, is a point on which we do not feel ourselves warranted to decide. Mr. Huskisson, after warmly eulogizing the Duke of Wellington,and bearing testimony to the com petency to the Premiership derived from all the pre vious habits of his life, proceeds to relate the appli cation to him by the Duke, his subsequent interview with Lord Lansdowne, and the different determina tions to which they came. " I wish (says Mr. Huskisson) we could forget these terms Whig and Tory ; but as I never did belong to the party which is called Whig, when Lord Carlisle retired because the Whigs retired, that could form no reason for my retirement." We come now to the question with the public. "In the progress of my interview with the Duke of 'Wellington, he says, I felt myself bound to look to two things—first, to the measures, and secondly, to the guarantees which the New Ad ministration would give that the measures would be carried into effect; and a third object, which I had as much at heart as any other, was, that nothing should be done which could be supposed to diminish my respect, attachment, and fidelity to those mea sures and those principles which I had the good for tune to vote for with Mr. Pitt and Mr. Canning in succession." He explained these propositions by . a reference to a Finance Committee and a Corn 13111, the same in principle as that of last Session. A press of matter prevents us from giving more than a brief outline of the speech of Mr. Shepherd, and from giving at all the speech of Colonel Williams, to both of which Mr. Huskisson alludes in subse quent speeches.—Morning Chronicle. In the House of Lords, last night, there was no .business of interest. In the Commons, Sir John Beckett; Mr. Herries, and the Knight of Kerry, took their seats. Mr. A. Ellis and General King presented petitions in favour of the Catholic Claims. The latter declared himself decidedly hostile to the question, although, in the course of his Parliamen tary duty, he had been called on to present a peti tion in its favour. lie animadverted with severity on the threatening declaration, of the former even ing, of Mr. A. Dawson, that there were a million of Catholics fit to bear arms. Sir John Brydges con curred with the Gallant General. Mr. Leycester lamented the conjunction which he said virtually :existed in the Duke of Wellington, of Common- Mer4n - -Chief and Premier. He was of opinion that by opposing Catholic Emancipation the Mi nistry were bringing down on this country the in 4olerable burden of a poor Irish population to de vour its prosperity_ Sir John Newport said a few swords in corroboration. _a what um. :asserted by Mr. Leycester. Sir Thoinas Lethbridge declared his conviction that the present Ministry was in all re spects the most auspicious that the country could possess, and that its internal and external policy would be equally beneficial. Mr. Spring Rice de fended the legality of the Catholic Association, while he deprecated its violence. He considered the con cession of the Catholic Claims unattended with any hazard. Mr. Fergusson expressed his assent to this statement of Mr. Rice. Mr. W. Smith, in present- ing a petition in favour of the Roman Catholics, re peated what was asserted on a former evening by Mr. r. Smith, respecting the feelings of the Dissenters towards the petitioners. Sir George Cockburn brought up the Navy Estimates. Mr. Hume present ed a petition from NIT. Robert Gourlay, respect ing emigration. Mr. Dennison, and Sir Matthew White Ridley presented petitions for the repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts. Mr. Hume con cluded a speech of considerable length, in which he dwelt on the alleged grievances of niesne process arrests, by moving for returns of the persons com mitted to the Bench, the Fleet, Whitecross-street, the Marshalsea, and Horsemonger-lane Gaols, for debt, in 1827, distinguishing the forms of the writ, and the sums for which they had been issued. Mr. Dawson moved for an account of the Net Income of the State, for the year ending sth January last, the Balances on the sth of January 1826, and those on the sth of January, 1828, and the sums applied to the reduction of the Funded and Unfunded Debt in 1827. In Committee of Supply, after some conver sation, 22,800,0001. were granted in payment of Exchequer Bills, for the services of 1826 and 1827; 734,2001. for the same purpose, for carrying on Public Works; and 5,000,000/. for the same pur pose, for the services of 1823, 9 4, 25, 26, 27. New Times. In another part of to-day's paper will be found an interesting account of the proceedings at Liverpool, on Tuesday, at the re-election of Mr. Huskisson. The Right Hon. Secretary, considering the imputa tions of inconsistency made against his political cha racter, may be said to have come cleanly and cleverly off. A show of opposition was indeed made, but it was only a show for the nomination of Lord Molyneux, made without his consent, or at least without his knowledge, and so feebly supported that only five or six hands were held up in favour of it, which opposition cannot be looked on as seriously intended. If we were to judge of Mr. Huskisson's future popularity in Liverpool, we should, perhaps, draw a more certain augury from the apparent coolness of his friends than from the warmth of his enemies. Mr. Gladstone, who seconded the nomination, declared that on some of Mr. Huskis son's measures he looked with distrust. Mr. Wallace Currie, who had been especially active in the Right Honourable Secretary's service, de clared that he had abstained f rom attending the ' two last meetings, because he would not commit himself by expressing approbation, where, in defect of satisfactory explanation, he might be compelled afterwards to condemn. He put also some ques tions respecting the Corn Bill, which, indeed, Mr. Huskisson answered, but ‘vhether to Mr. Currie's satisfaction or not, does not appear. Th e part o f 31 r . Huskisson :s speech which will he r ea d w i t h mo st interest, is that wherein he describes the ne gociations between the Duke of Wellin g t on and h i mse lf. The next . interestis that part wh ere, i n a strain of feeling and eloquence, not unw ort h y of the o ccasion, he a dverts to the circumstance of Mr. Canning's having addressed the freemen from the sa me spot. The disnate .panegyric passed on his d e p arte d f r i en d does equal credittol‘r.lius.kiss-, Huskis son's h eart an d understanding• The high l praise bestowed on his late colleagues (Mr. Tierney, Lord Lansd owne, i and Lord Carlisle) is, we doubt not, equally sincere, but ill-natured uttnhaetirshort-lived connection give it, with interpreters, some what the appearance of extravagaßee. If, indeed, the rumours of chancre that have been abroad be at all founded in act: and we rather think there must be some truth in them, as they have been formally contradicted by the friends of the parties, the Right Hon. Secretary may be acting on the principle of the "canny" Scotchman, who would not speak ill of the devil, as no one could say into whose keeping he might come. The events which led to the dissolution of Lord Goderich's Cabinet happened, Mr. Httskisson says, in December last. What these were he does not state—for theSe nei ther the Ministry nor any body else were respon sible, and, of course, the retiring Members are free from all blame respecting them. In r econstructing the Ministry his Grace the Duke of Wellington had first recourse, as was naturally to be expected, to Mr. Peel, and next, in a general way, to Mr. Hus kisson. The general application was afterwards changed to a Ppecial one, and Mr. Huskisson joined hiS Grace. Mr. H. says, whether jocularly or not we do not pretend to judge, that he was no Whig, and, therefore, nothing called on him to go out at the late dissolution of the Ministry; from which it may be inferred that that unhappy class of politi cians have, in all possible cases of Cabinet d►ffer ences, but one duty to the country to perform, namely, to walk out in peace and quietness. Whe ther those who follow their principles ought not to be compelled to follow the modesty of their example, is a question which, for want of room, rather than want of purpose, we must, at least for the present, abstain from entering upon.—lbid. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUI LDHALL..—At two o'clock yesterday, Mr. Hewlett, the Secondary of the Court of Common Pleas, attended before Sir PETER LAURIE, to state the determination of the Judges, whether they would all suffer their goods and chattels to be distrained for the poor-rate claimed upon their chambers in Serjeants'-inn, or would pay what was demanded, except as to one inhabitant, by levying upon whom the question might be put in train for discussion in a superior Court. Mr. Hopkins, the vestry clerk, and the churchwardens and overseers of St. Dunstan's, appeared on the behalf of the parish. Mr. Hewlett opened the business by begging to be allowed to ask Sir PrrEa's pleasure whether he intended to issue a warrant to enforce the payment of the rate, for, said he, the gentlemen (In not mean to pay but by compulsion. Sir PETER replied, that as a verdict had sanctioned the rate, and that verdict had not since been disturbed, he should unquestionably enforce payment. Mr. Hewlett. —Then I am to understand you will grant the warrant if the demands are not paid.—Sir PETER—Yes. Mr. Hewlett.—Then, Mr. Vestry Clerk, produce your demand. But I wish to explain distinctly what the objec tion to paying the rate is. We say that we are not within the parish, that we bear our own burdens in every par ticular, pave the inn at our own expence, and support our poor. We say we are a distinct precinct of ourselves, and have been so recognized by an Act of Parliament. Mr. Hopkins.—Let me set you right. The pavement in Chancery-lane, along the front of the building, is laid down by the city, and accordingly the inn is assessed by the city to the consolidated rate. Mr. Hewlett.—We will see to that hereafter. Sir P. LAURIE, referring to Mr. Hewlett's anxiety to have the objection of the Judges understood, said he was sure the very respectable body he represented would not have objected at all, if there had not been some clear and proper grounds for doing so. Mr. Seely, an overseer, stated the demands of the parish to amount to 1531. but this amount was cut down to 139/. 13s. 4d. by the exclusion of the sums due from Sergeants Frere and Cross. The latter had been selected to suffer a distraint, and bring his action against the Ma gistrate ; the former was at Cambridge, and had not in structed Mr. Hewlett to attend for him. If you will give me receipts on stamps for the sums due from each individual, I will give you my draught for the whole sum, said Mr. Hewlett. The parish-officers confessed that this was an unexpected demand, which, however, they said, they would prepare to meet in a few minutes; and while Mr. Hewlett was indulging in a little pleasantry upon the singularity of their applying for money without being prepared in the ordinary way to receive it, some of the gentlemen retired to an ad joining room and filled up half a dozen sixpenny stamps, and ten others of less valae. Sir PETER LAURIE inquired where or how this question could be fairly tried in a superior court, as the whole of.the Judges had been summoned, and were parties in the cause. Mr. Hewlett replied, that he supposed the parish would, as in the former instance, assent to the cause being tried in a particular, court by -.a r dructdar judge. Whey selected ••••••••• (blur men or the name of the Solicitor of the parish. An Overseer—Mr. Moorshead was our solicitor. Mr. Hewlett—No, no; I do not wish to know who was, but who is your solicitor. It is time we should communicate together. The business has hitherto pro ceeded very unprofessionally.—(A laugh.) Overseer--Really, we have no solicitor. Sir PETER—Not a lawyer ! Your pariah is a most for tunate one, then.—(A laugh.)--However, a lawyer cer tainly could not hav e managed your cause here better than you yourselves have done. _ _ _ Mr. Hewlett sarcastically inquired which of the Learned Gentlemen opposito drew up the case for Mr. Sergeant Mereweather's opinion, upon giving a receipt witk a pro best in it. The Overseers evaded the question with some confusion. Mr. Hewlett—Gentlemen, in candour you ought to give me the name of your attorney. Overseer—We have not selected any lawyer ; we do not want any law. Mr. Hewlett—l do not know whether you want it, but you will surely have it.—(Laughter.) Here Mr. Alderman ANSLEY came in, the law requir ing that the warrant of distress against Sergeant Cross should be signed by two Justices ; and Mr. Hewlett, pre vious to paying over his cheque, read a protest signed by himself, as the attorney of the parties summoned, declaring the rate was illegally made and not lawfully demandable, and tinder the compulsion of the Magistrates, and to prevent the inconvenience of their goods being removed, lie paid the sum of 1391. 13s. 4d. Mr. Alderman ANSLEY then hesitated to sign the war rant as a matter of course, and his uncertainty increased when he was informed by the City Solicitor that Magis trates were not bound to enforce the payment of the rate under such circumstances; for that the Court of King's Bench had held, upon an application for a mandamus, that a justice should net be compelled to do auy thing that would render him liable to an action. Mr. Alderman ANSLEY asked if the inn had at any former period been rated ? Sir PETER said it was rated for the first time four years ago. Mr. Hewlett required the vestry clerk to answer the Alderman's question, and the reply was, that before poor rates were made, and from that time (43d Elizabeth) until four years ago, the inn had paid 21. 13s. 4d. as a compo sition of the poor-rate. Mr. Hewlett objected to the ex pression " composition of the poor rate." It was, he said, merely a gratuity of the judges for the use of the poor. He repeated to Mr. Alderman Ansley the grounds upon which the judges had determined to disregard the verdict of 1824, and he mentioned an instance where St. Dunstan's threw the burden of an illegitimate child upon the inn. Mr. Hopkins accounted for this by stating, that:in former times overseers were not so " enlightened" as at the pre tent day. Sir PETER thought Mr. Hewlett had made a most ex traordinary avowal—that the Judges, who would be looked to as examples, had determined " to disregard" a verdict before it was disturbed. Mr. Hewlett explained that he had inadvertently used the word, but Sir PETER, by two or three questions, led him to admit that nevertheless the word was applicable to the conduct of the Judges. Mr. Alderman ANSLEY asked a number of questions, which, however, did net elicit any new points, and at last his scruples were overcome by Sir PETER LAU RIE, who maintained that as the very question now at issue had been recently settled by a jury, the magistrate ought not to coun tenance the continued opposition of the defendants, but to enforce the decision then obtained by the parish. The warrant was then signed, and the overseers promis ed to communicate to Mr. Hewlett the name of their soli citor as soon as they appointed one ; and, at all events, not to go uncourteously to the inn and carry away Sergeant oss's tables and chairs. Mr. Hewlett paid the cheque, and his protest was witness ed by the chief clerk. Sir PETER LAURIE asked whether the ease in 1821 was raised with the intervention of the magistrates. Mr. Hopkins replied that it was not. Sir PETER was the first magistrate, he dared to say, that had ever sum moned th e 12 J u d ges t o a pp ea r before him. The case of 1821 was tried upon a fiction, that such a warrant and distraint had been obtained. The parties then retired. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.—A lady who has for a long time been known and respected in St. Marylebone, was yesterday charged with fraud, under circumstances ex traordinary and romantic, and the following particulars given in evidence will describe the case : A respectable boot-maker, who lives in Paddington -street, and his family, have been acquainted with the prisoner . upwards of 22 years, She formerly lodged, together with her mother, in the next house but one to them, and after wards in High-street, and they considered her a person of property. In November last she told them she was about to become posseseed of• a • large fortune: A Chancery suit had been decided in her favour,-3,7501. stock in the Bank of England, with the accumulated dividends of 39 years, were hers,—also an ancient castle called Wellingbeach, near Andover,—and money in the War-office, which had been in the hands of the Government ever since the first Ameri can war. She said the Lord Chancellor was her friend, and frequently showed them letters apparently bearing his sig nature, filled with expressions of kindness. By these means she imposed upon the faith of her friends, and Mr. B. advanced her small sums of money, amounting to 281. 135., in consequence of alleged disappointments ; for although the Chancellor, according to her statement, was doing his best, in one letter it was said, " I regret I cannot meet you this day, for I must sit with the big wigs at Westminster." In another, " Don't blame the poor Chancellor, the Welles ley case is on this day." In another, " I cannot attend this day on Monday I will devote two or three hours, and put you in possession of your funded property, and hope is March to see you seated in your ancient castle. If you can get through the week without assistance, so much the better : if not, you may have a cheque for 100/. by coming to my office in the morning." On the 14th of January the prisoner produced a paper before the family of Mr. B. which contained the names of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Mr. Langford, of Newbury, and two others which the witnesses have forgotten, and said they were her trustees, and that they would meet her and the Lord Chancellor at the Bank that day-week, to put her in possession of the stock. In the afternoon of that day-week (Jan. 21), she said she had met the Lord Chan cellor and her trustees at the Bank, but her business was delayed, for Mr. Robson said there were dividends duelfor only 36 years instead of 39. However, she was happy to find tae mistake was rectified, by the following letter, written to her by the Lord Chancellor, which, • with a sub • sequeat one, is in the possession of the officer who took her into custody:— . " Dear Madam—You must come this evening, or the old gentleman (meaning Mr. Langford) will be highly ofended. Robson, of the Bank of England, sent me a mte an hour after we had left, to say the old gentleman was correct, therefore we shall get our business finished the first thing in the morning : remember, we shall expect yot about eight, in George-street. Yours sincerely, &c. (Signed) " J. S. LYNDHURST. " Jan. 21;" Notwithstanding the above, tisappointment followed disappointment. At last, on Tuesday Mr. B. accom panied the lady himself to the Bank, and sat an hour with her in the Rotunda, but her friends did not come to meet her, and he applied at this office for a warrant to appre hend her. _ _ The Officer brought a parcel of papers in a bag to the office, as well as the prisoner, which be found in a bureau at her lodgings. The first article pulled out by the officer, was a folio book, filled with manuscript, and Mr. Rawlin son began to read—" The Monk of Penmer Maur," (Pen men Mawr.) Chap. I. _ _ " The hour's now come, " The very minute bids thee ope thine ear, " Obey, and, be attentive."—Shakspeare. " I have also got a letter, your Worship, directed to Lord Holland," said Wall, " which I found in her pocket." Mr. Rawunsorr opened a letter, and read, "Jan. 29, 1828.—My Lord, your Lordship's known benevolence has induced me to address you, but to enter into the cause I am incapable, my mind is on the rack. If your Lordship will see me, I may make myself understood. For God's sake grant me this request, you can save my life. I will call to know your Lordship's determination by eight o'clock to-morrow morning,.-at nine my fate is fixed. Oh, see me, and may God bless you! I can say no more ; I am, wretched, I am your Lordship's humble servant, &c. " Tuesday afternoon. The duplicate contained in the letter was for an article pawned on the Ist of February for Is. Mr. RAwLursox asked the prisoner if any one could prove she bad such a cause in Chancery, and she made no reply. In answer to other questions, she said Ake bad a hus b and, but did not know where he was, and she did not intend to cheat. Mr. RAWLINSON was surprised she had succeeded by such means. Tile prisoner was remanded ; and Mr. Rawmwsol4 ordered that the other papers should be carefully examined. QUEEN -SQUARE.--Yesterday this office was crowded by the parochial officers of St. Margaret's, Westminster, in consequence of an assault warrant having bden granted against a person styling himself ,a Rev. Doctor, for an assault. on Mr, Robert Bryant, one of the overseers of that metish- The Reverend defendant made an apology, and was dis charged. WORSHIP-STREET.—On Friday last, a Mr. Booth applied to the Sitting Magistrate, Mr. BROUGHTON, for a warrant against a man named Robert Butcher Smith, of Ne. 10, Red Lion-passage, Wood-street, Spitalfields, for obtaining money from him by false pretences.—Case dis missed. Yesterday Jonathan Reynolds, charged with bigamy, was again brought up for examination. The depositions were taken up stairs by Mr. Bayles. The first marriage with Mary Aldridge, at St. John's, Clerkenwell, was clearly proved. It took place on the 13th of October, 1823. _ _ The prisoner was remanded till Saturday the 16th inst. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, I. 0. Lusltr V. RILEY AND DOW. The defendants in this case were the parties who had become hail for a person named Holdsworth, in an action brought against him by the present plain tiff, to recover a sum of 5001., which he alleged had been improperly obtained from him at play, in a gambling-house in King -street, St. James's, while Holdsworth was the dealer ; and considering him self entitled to recover the money at his hands, he brought the action already alluded to. A writ of capias ad respondendum was issued in that action, upon which Holdsworth appeared and tendered the present defendants as bail. They were accepted, and on the subsequent default of Holdsworth, be came liable to the plaintiff, and proceedings were ac cordingly instituted against them. Willing to settle the action, Riley went immediately to Mr. Hague, the attorney, who had acted for the plaintiff, and entered into an arrangement with him, in which it was agreed, that upon payment of 1001. in money, and two bills of 251. each, dated at six and twelve months, all proceedings against Riley should be stopped. The other defendant, Dow, did not at tempt any settlement of the action, and eventually his goods were seized under an execution. Mr. Sergeant NOSANQUET, on a former day, ob tained a rule, calling on Mr. Hague, the attorney, to show cause why this execution should not be set aside, upon the ground of irregularity. Mr. Sergeant WILD; on the part of Riley, also obtained a rule, calling on Mr. Hague to show cause why the money, and securities for money, which had been given him, should not be returned. Mr. Sergeant ADAms this day appeared to show cause against these rules. Having gone through the affidavits made on both sides, the Learned Ser geant contended that his client's affidavit was a sa tisfactory answer to the application, and that there fore the rule should be discharged. Rule discharged. ARCHES COURT, FEE. G. PRANKARD V. DEACLE. Sir Jolts TI tcHou gave sentence in this case, which was a su it f or b raw li ng an d sm i t i ng , p romo ted against Mr. Edward Prankard in the Archidiaconal Court of Bath and Wells, and which was invoked by the Chancellor of that Court, on the death of the Archdeacon, into the Episcopal Court of that diocese, without an express assent on the part of the defen dant, who a pp ea l e d aga i nst th e sen t ence , as thereby void. The learned Judge held that the party pro ceeded against had virtually recognized the proceed ings in the Epi sco p a l C our t; th a t as the Bishop of the diocese had concurrent jurisdiction in these mat ters with the Archdeacon, who was oculus episcopi, there had been no irregularity or illegality in the proceedings, and therefore that no injurity could ac crue to the substantial merits of the case. He con sequently rejected the appeal, remitted the cause, and condemned the appellant in costs. WILLIE V. MOTT AND !RENCR, This was a cause of perturbation of church seat, promoted by Mr. Alexander Wyllie against the churchwardens of Thames-Dittos, calling upon them to show cause why they should not reinstate him in a certain pew in the church. Dr. LUSHINGTON moved that Mr. Wyllie might be allowed to proceed no further in this case without being condemned in the costs of the churchwardens. The circumstances were these:- 7 —ln 1811 a gallery was built in the cbuteh, containing additional pews, one of which was sold to Mrs. Moss, the mother-in law of Mr. Wyllie; she occupied it till 1820, when she relinquished it to Mr. Wyllie, who occupied it till June, 1822, when, in consequence of the increase of his family,he obtained an adjoining pew, which had been occupied by Lady Sullivan, then quitting the pa rish. In 1826, Mr. W. let his house, and the church wardens alleged he had abandoned the parish; whereas he held 100 acres of land, and bad another house in it, though it was rated in the nuke of a re lation. The churchwardens, however, removed Mr. Wyllie from the pew, and put in Mr. Morgan, assigning Mr. Wyllie a pew, capable of holding four, whereas he had a wife and 11 children, and paid 100/. per annum to the parish. The expence of going on with this case, the irregularity of the - proceedings in the first instance, and the circum stances of the churchwardens having been justified in removing Mr. Wyllie, had induced him (Dr. Lushington) to consider it expedient not to proceed farther. The Court, he trusted, would see the pro priety of this; but would not, under the circum stances, give costs. Dr. TENNER, for the churchwardens, thought that the facts of the case justified a claim for costs. Sir Join( Nicnom—The proceedings in this case commenced by an error on both sides, and when the parties were satisfied as to the law, the suit ought to have been put an end to. I shall dismiss the cause, sentencing Mr. Wylie to pay 201. nomine s.zpenfarum. Charles Tebbs, Esq., Notary Public, was this day admitted, in the usual-form, one of the Procurators- General 'supernumerary) exercent in the Arches' Court of this province, by virtue of a rescript from his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. • INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, FEB. 6. Yesterday Joseph Zamira was heard upon his petition. The insolvent described himself of Bevis Marks, grocer, of Marseilles, in France, and late of 98, laishopsgate-street, out of business; and he attri buted the cause of his insolvency to the expences incurred by providing for a large family. The insolvent's schedule contained some claims made by parochial officers, which arose from orders of filiation made upon him; and it was stated that, in addition to thirteen children by his wife, he is the sire of twenty illegitimates, borne by one woman, and all of whom were living at the same time. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER said, that it appeared to him that the cause of, insolvency arose• from his having made an assignment of all his property to a person named Sowers, at a time when he (insol vent) was confined in Newgate upon a criminal charge. The insolvent was remanded, in order to allow time to make further inquiry relative to this property. BRITISH EXPORTS. Adair's Beal Statement of the Quantities of the under-mentioned Arti cles of British Manufacture Exported from Liverpool, from the 26th ult. to the 2d inst. inclusive. Cotton 156,152 Pieces. 1,754,602 Yards. Linen 1,957 ... 112,180 ... Blanketing -- ••• 15,970 ... Carpeting ____ ... 10,113 ... Calicoes ' ••• •• • Flannel -- ••• 20,206 ... Woollen Stuffs 1,309 ... l6O Ends. Kerseymeres — ... 74 ... Worsted Stuffs 4,671 ••• 59 ... Baize 905 .• • ... Inferior Woollens...—. 3,476 ..• 497 ... Cotton Yarn Cotton Thread Thread 14,316 Sail Cloth ... Cotton Hose Silk Hose Cotton handkerchiefs Cotton Braces Worsted Caps Hats 3Ol ... 11 atm. thsa.c. . , .A 1,563 Earthenware Xo,zo 4 , Hardware £19,283 Salt, White Salt, Rock — ... Slates - Pieces. Coals 359 Tons, 27 Cwt. 0 Chal. Iron 403 Tons, 708 Cwt. It is not perhaps generally understood by our readers that the Bachelor's Ball was got up in order to give the young men, who have no adequate establishment of their own, an opportunity of acknowledging the civili ties they may have received during the season.—Briyhton Guardian. About two o'clock on Thursday se'nnight, the inhabitants of the village of Blair were thrown into the utmost alarm, in consequence of a portion of Dunmyot, one of the Ochill hills, having become disengaged, and rushing down the high and precipitous mountain to the valley be neath, with a tremendous crash. The portion which fell was wholly rock, and in the course of its descent disunited into masses of several tons weight, all of which, had the season been dry, must have rolled on, from the impetus acquired front their own gravity, far beyond the base of the hill, and dealt destruction to every thing in their course. For tunately, however, the earth was so soft from the late rains, that the greater portion was arrested very soon after arriving at the bottom of the hill. The house of Mr. ARCH. SHEARER, we understand, was so exposed, that, but for the cause assigned, it must have been laid in ruins. The family had just sat down to dinner, when the thundering noise of the rushing mass struck every person with the utmost terror. The height of the mountain, and its proxi mity to the house, led them to suppose that the cause of their alarm was overhead ready to overwhelm them. As the rocky torrent advanced, the earth trembled, and the houses shook as if moved by an earthquake. Mr. SHEARER had no sooner heard the noise, than he ran out to ascertain the cause. Before, however, he could effect his object, several fragments of the rock, tons in weight, had broke through his garden wall—some of them striking with such force as to make clear breaches in the wall, of their own dimensions. One, fully a ton in weight, after laying prostrate a part of the wall which impeded its course, rolled on till it reached within a few yards of the house. Mr. SHEARER, we understand, is the principal sufferer. Besides the damage done to his wall, many of his fruit trees and bushes were broken down and destroyed.— Stirling Advertiser. SINGULAR DEATH.---E' LLIOTT PEARSON, (some time since toll-collector at Meadow-lave Bar, near Leeds, but who has lately been employed as agent in the Skipton stone trade), left his home at Leeds on Thursday week, in good health, to go to Castleford, about business, which having transacted, he called at a public-house, at the latter place, to get a little refreshment. While there AARON ROBINSON, a waterman, of Hedon, n ear Hull, was brought in, who had accidentally shot himself, under the following circumstances. As he was coming down the immediate ly went off, and river with his vessel, and when near Methley B p r u id ll ge it , u li p e osttoh b i s: npg rv ed, ed andd a ow g thn o e o , d ganu s d h n o tb t oeo o ikn f g g h a ils n o i ag e doe(n n i, e h a y r th a e t h m a o n z d z t e to he . therefore but feeling rather the advice of the host,) and out of the cabin, 'when the trigger struck against some aP little -'as °N the contents passed through his arm near to the shoulder, yards of the place where which was so much shattered, that he was brought to the above inn, to have the limb amputated.-- to assist in holding the man during the operation, brandy who r a a o t h d b e relivnasgti caster, y e he at the the time, r ( i` m as A ,: t t h o k i o e d e took to B pr r o id ce g e e d :a d n t d ol l v v a it r i c l l i a n home;ooe hundredbu t the before-ruentioned accident happened, he fell down in a fit. some of Mr. SMIRTHWAITY servants seeing him fall, When be got told their master, who on seemed to require. In or dered him (as M r . S.' s h ouse w as the nearest,) to be brought into the hous e , an d every atten tion paid to him which his situatio n about two hours he had so far recovered as to tell them where he came from, &C. and requested them to put him to bed, not doubting but he would be able to return home in the morning ; they accordingly did so , b u t be died dur in g the n i g ht.—CHRISTOPREIL J.ewlsort, Esq. Coroner, held an inquest over the body on Friday, when a verdict was re t ur ned of—" Died by the vi s it a tion of God." He has left a wife and four children. The waterm an is "as well as can be expected." It is a very singular thing that the m an whose limb was cu t o ff, wa s so little concerned that with all the sang froid imaginable, he could tell the sur geon " his needle point was very blunt," while he who , was only a bystander, lest his life from the shock his feelings received at the sight.- - York Courant. THE MARKETS. . lc ET. —Feb. 6. WalhEndßewieke&Co. 365. 9d. DIM) 1F1r0wn'5................... 34 0 Ditto Burraten --.......... 34 6 Ditto. Carr and C 0........ 31 0 Ditto. E11i50n.............. SS 0 Ditto Hilda ......--.....—. 33 0 Ditto H0t5pur................ 33 0 Ditto Peareth —...--...... SS 0 Ditto Perkins and Ce. 35 3 Walls End Lambten...... 36 6 (Walls End 1..0n5........... 34 3 Ditto_ Springweli.—.....— 31. 0 Ditto. Stewart's —.—.......... 37 A Blyth 23 0 ~ Cowpeu.--.......—..—......... 30 6 3 t 0 Hartley 32 0 Stone Coal - 30 0 Tanfiel i Trader 31 3 Londonderry small...—. 22 0 Ellison small 18 6 Beamish South M00r.,., 18 0 )s so:cl, 40%--Uusold. 142%. COAL MAR . Ng. 6d. timont 31`6. Coxlodgo B4 0 Dean's Primrose 32 6 Felling Main.... 32 0 Heaton 34 9 Hebburn Main • 34 13 32 6. Killingworth 34 6 Liddell's 31 0 Ord's Redhugh 31 0 Pontop Windsor...—. 31 3 34 0 Tow 39 6 Willington 34 9 Wylam 31 0 Nesham 33 6 Russell's Lyon's 33 6 Russell's Nigh 30 0 Stobart's Primrose —. 31 0 Walls End 37 0 Ships at market, 1843--Shi, COUNTRY OORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. .s. to s. s. to s. a. to s. r. a. Abingdon-- 51 66 35 42 35 42 62 Andover 56 CI 35 39 30 36 Birmingham,--. 48 62 SO 31 24 40 62 Bridport --. 52 56 32 39 26 28 56 Cirencester —..—.. 48 58 25 30 25 27 05 Faringdon----. 48 55 36 33 24 34 46 Guildford 44 64 36 45 26 37 58 Henley 5O 66 32 43 26 34 -- 60 Hereford 64 66 46 50 42 72 Maidenhead 60 68 38 42 28 38 60 Newbury 42 63 27 32 11 35 60 Oakingham 56 60 30 40 28 36 50 Reading . 50 67 28 34 18 35 82 Salisbury 5O 60 29 32 21 26 64 Southampton —,— 52 56 37 40 30 32 54 Stroud 35 60 36 40 32 42 62 Tewkesbury 54 60 40 42 33 38 60 Uxbridge 66 74 30 34 24 32 52 \Vantage 55 70 33 45 30 40 62 Warminster 44 62 29 I 4 io 25 eo 'Windsor 4B 64 30 34 22 30 68 Worcester 52 84 34 22 32 68 CHELTENHAM MARKET.—Feb. 5. Per Bushel. a. d. to s. d. Per lb. d. t 9 d. Wheat 6 0 7 0 Beef 6 X Barley Oats Beans 5 6 7 0 Lamb 4l 0 Pease 5 0 9 0 Pork _ 6 8 Pease 3 0 901 Pork Hay 4l. 15s. to 51. sa. per ton. HULL MARKET.—Feb. 5. This day's market has been met with a good supply of Wheat, but the condition does not at all improve : we notice no variation in prices from our last currency. The millers still continue the principal buyers, and they only purchase for their immediate wants. Old foreign same as last week. We continue to have but few transactions in Oats, either in foreign or English, for which the prices of last week are paid. We have some enquiry after seed Oats, but not many offering. Beans and Peas participate in the prevailing dulness, and but little doing at lour last currency. Barley, both from the coast and of our own growth, is extremely dull, and we render our quotations fully Is. per qr. lower ; at which reduction but little can be sold. Rapeseed:without alteration in price. Linseed continues exceedingly dull, and scarcely any inquiry for it. Wheat, Old 525. 545. 565. New 435. 465. 48s. —.--- Foreign ......... —s. 50s. 545. ln bond... Oats, Poland —s. 20s. 248. Old —a. 265. 285. -- Small or Peed —a. 16s 20s. -- Foreign —s. 21s. 235. —a. Barley, Norf. & Suf —a. 30s. 325. Line. & Weld —s. 2So. 995. Foreign Beans 40s. 425. 435. Foreign ..... —s. 445. 48s. Pease, White —a. —s. Grey —6l Stial 395. Tares —s. 50s. 588. Foreign ..... —s. Ms. 466. Rapeseed, in bond per last. none. Free —l. 25/. 2.1. SCOTCH MARKETS. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET.—Feb. 4., There were 3711 Black Cattle in this day's market, which sold at from '7s. 6d. to 9s. per stone, fully of a superiot quality to last week's. Black-faced Wedders sold at 28s. —Black-faced Eweo, 15s.—White-faced Sheep brought 32s.—An inferior lot of Black-faced Weddell was told. at 21s. DUMFRIES MARKETS.—Jan. 30. s. d. s. d. Ld. s. d. Wheat, Imp. Bush... 00to 6 6 Butter, 16or 0 8 0 9 Barley, Oats 2 1 2 8 Beef, per lb. 0 4 0 6 Flour, 14113... ........ 2 0 2 8 Mutton .... 031 0 Oatmeal 1 8 110 Veal 0 8 0 4 Potatoes, cwt.......... 1 0 0 0 Quartern Loaf o'7 0 8 CATTLE Manxer.—The total number of cattle on the Sands to-day amounted to 384, vis. 314 three-years olds; 21 two years olds; 10 highlanders ; 8 cows, and '1 bull. The three-years-olds, which it appears, formed . the greater proportion, were a most excellent show, and, we are happy to ny they w e e tb t h ink , as well " they looked. The best lot, which, consisted w of abo ut 50, was bron/bt from the Baldoon lands in Wigtewnshire, and was sold early in the day ; we did not ascertain the price, but we ean'safely say that we seldom or never saw such a fine lot of cattle exposed at this season of the year. The Other lob; though much inferior in every respect . to the One above.mentipeol, were, nevertheless a good show, and sold at about 101., in deed, by an early hour of the afternoon % we believe, there was scarcely a lot of drove cattle unsold.. The most of the cows were disposed of at last week's prices, and the bull was sold in the morning. Although we are not able to spoilt specifically as to the prices of any of the above lots, we are assured that prices were satisfactory, from the cheerful countenances which the sellers wore. PORK MARKET.-241 carts.—To-day's market unex pectedly produced the best chow we have seen this season, in point of quality. In the morning dealing commenced briskly with last week's prices ; an advance, however, soon took place, and dealing rated from ss. lid. to 6s. id., and in some instances 6s. 3d. was gives. But pork carts still eontinuiag to flock into the market, prices experienced a depression, and then rated from ss. to 6s. We think the average of the market may be etated at bi. lid. Upon the whole this was considered a pretty fair market. INIEETII , ,GS OF CREDITORS. FHB. S.---At the Court ()1 — iss T io H n u er a t7, D ß A a Y ;ingliall.street. 10 &Astable, J., Hackney, chemist Beswick, S.,Kennington, bricklayer l2 A LO rc N he p r, O F T .,TaI CA L R:m k . , Herts, innkeeper Benny - Me S., Henley, silk-manufacturer Brett, J., ' Southwark, horse-dealer ll Dyson, S., Catherine-street, picture dealer A Feklon, A., Kensington, schoolmaster H Graham, J., Waterloo-place, uph01der.......,„ .......... 12 G r ay, 'l'., Berwick-street, corn-dealer — 11 Hollis, J., Goewell-road, stone-mason ll COUNTRY D 1 A RY.—SATM2DAY, F. 9. Bailer, J., Salford—Bridge, Bolton Gibbcson, R. Lincoln—Kingston hotel, Kingston-upon-Hull 10 Horley, C., Melton Mowbrav—Star, MancheAttr lO Bcll, G. Bishop W earmouth—Bridge inn, Bishop Wear mout Pearman, T. Nun eaton—King's Head, Coventry Underhill, Eaton Maseott, Salop—Fox, Shrewsbury E Li D ne l o S in y t H in A n ß } 94l 6 ), E t oNberhSettrat APPLYIN G I'otuga 14s T tr O te t B , --- Feb. 12, at Nine o'clock. Collinson, Mary, Oldham, shopkeeper Daniels, J., jun., I p N e S ti O tio L ni V Dartford, farmer Fossett, G., Islington, commercial clerk Hall, E., Camberwell, brick-maker Hamson, J., Bethnal-green-road, drum-major fine, R., Rugeley, Staffordshire, wheelwright Jackson ' T. Stoke N e wington, coachman Mason, S., h olbeacb, Lincolnshire, farmer COUNTRY.--At the at 6 T u e i n ld o h , a c l l l o , ci ? . t Brecon, February 11, m oron , W., St. Michael Dwmdu, farmer DMTITS. On the sth inst. the lady of Hampden Gledstaneal En of a son. - On the let inst. at Bexhill, the lady of the Rev. Time. Baker, of a' son. On the 6th inst. in Grafton-street, Bond-street, the lady of Guy Lenox Prendergast, Esq. of a daughter. On the Ist inst. Mrs. Arthur Davis, of Deptford, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 6th i ns t. at St. Mary's , B ryanstone-square, by only d a ughter of the late Thoma s Gl en di n i ng , .1. of King-street' the Rev. T. F. Dibdin, DJ), William W. T. Baldwin, Wm. f—A °- '--, E eldest son o f Baldwin , Es q . ch, e•hill, Kent, to Margaret, P or tman-squar e . On the sth inst. at St. Pancras C hurch , Mr. William Blount, of Cheyue- wa lk; Chelsea, t o Mi ss Eliza CleaVer, of Upper Cleveland -street, Fitzroy -square. On the s th i n „t. at Chester, Mr. George Skilbeck, of 3lanchester, to Diary, second daughter of Mr. Alderman Williamson, of that City. On the 6th inst. at Marylebone Church, by the Rev. J. H. S te wart, Captain Melesworth, R.N. broth er of V i scount Afeiesworth, to Louisa, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Tom. kyns, of Buckenbill Park, in the county of Hereford. __...........- I DIED. On the sth instant, aged 37 , John Silvester, Esq. of Grove-end-road, Regent On the 31st Ult. at the Manse of Drumoak, Aberdeen• shire, the Rev. Dr, James Fraser, aboee 40 years Minister of that parish. 1 7 Bank, Ch es hi re , Mrs. Greenwich Hospital Pension-of fi ce, St. M ar -Ax e % y London. Samuel o o n n t e the r 4i gt h h : . inntitBat.,FraatneQesu,arwife of S. s m ith, E n . of On the sth inst. at his house at Swinbourn4l Bucks, the Rev. Richard Lowndes, ag e d 56. On the sth inst. at his father's house, Putney, Michael Turner, Esq. in his 57th year. PRINTHID and Punusnai) by M YOUNO, SUN Okrict, N 0.11 28 Sti I ( Mr:r 1 Mr; 1 Dr. 1 An E Th Dia Lu For I For t' At suppl kind prieef Beef. Mufti The day se mark( Beef Mutt( Sup brisk. Beef. Mutt Suck] Bari ,_-- Be , Mt Ve Ha La