The Sun. — London, England, 1828-03-05 00:00:00

SIP SPIRIT °:e TEtt rulLic JOURNALS The praceeffings in the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts are prompt, but orderly. The epect was That night agreed to. A Bill was afterwards brought in, and read a first time: it will be read a second time next Friday week withont opposition; and the debate will take place when the Bill is com• on Monday week.—Timcs• There appears in another part of the paper " A n extract from the Journal of an English Officer, serving in the Greek fleet, g iving an account of the ;ate operations." The operations, however, being those of Lord Cochrane only, with a few Greek vesscls of feeble armament, and employed in efforts Taitc (Iw-uric - AI gni insignificant, when compared eeith those in the Bay of Navarin, which have so 4tely roused the attention of all Europe, are hardly entitled to notice. How provoking is it that a far-famed seaman, like Lord Cochrane, should have thus been condemned to trifle as it were with a dis- Atiff, when scenes so well worthy of a hero's prowess , xon acting almost under his eye! What a grievous -'low to the marine of England was the sentence *hich expelled this powerful warrior from his Sove reign's favour, and from a country which beholds Mtn. with pi!y and regret —we might almost add, Alt some yearnings of compunction.—lbid. Mr. Wilmot Horton, in calling the attention of slid!' House to the subject of Emigration, adverted mare than once in the outset to the apathy enter tained by Members with regard to a subject of the greatest national importance, Milton consoled him self with the idea that he should " fit audience find though few," and Mr. W. Horton ought to bear in uiin t, that Philosophical Lectures on the subject of Redundant Populati on an d Emi gra ti o n are not likely to be to the•taste of a multitude, taken either from St. James's or St. Giles's. The extraordinary effort, in the way of attention, bestowed on the late Ministerial exiitanations, which let in such a flood 4 valuable light un the House, may well atone for an indifference on the part of the many, to subjects which merely concern the well-being of the people for the rest of the Session. The propositions with which Mr. W. Horton started will be readily admit ted by all who have paid any attention to this sub ject, " that it is established by thelaboars of the Em igration Committee, that there is a re undint popu lation in this country—a redundancy of able-bodied and active labourers, with their fam..ies, for whose labours there is no effective demand in either Ireland, Scotland, or England; that the effect of this redun dancy is to reduce the wages of the labourer much below the proper level, and to produce destitution and misery amongst great masses of the poor ; and the labourer, for whose labour no real demand existed, consumed more than he produced; and consequently, not onlv added nothi ng to t h e means 41 the community, - but decreased the national wealth." A number of other mischievous effects flow from this state of things. When labour is without its reward, industry and exertion remain without any adequate stimulus, and the demoraliza tion of the lower classes becomes inevitable. There are but two conceivable motives for labour—the hope of reward, and the application of the whip ; and when ( khe former is withdrawn, the latter must take its place. That it would be beneficial to the suffering individuals to be removed to another country, where they could turn their labour to account, and that it • would be beneficial to the community to be freed from its redundancy, may safely be admitted. But here we . are met by a difficulty. We may benefit individuals by removing them to another country, and thereby incur a heavy expellee, with out benefiting this country by diminishing the redundancy, because the redundancy may be fed by sources more abundant than the drain by emigration. Mr. W. Horton admitted that _ _ . no issue of money, should be made for the purpose of removing emigrants, until plans should be sug gested to prevent the tilling up of the vacuum pro !" duced by emigration. Unless measures were taken upon a principle and system to prevent the recur rence of a redundant population, all plans and efforts to relieve the labouring classes by emigration would be frustrated." Here, then, before we proceed further, we must see what the plans are for prevent sag the recurrence of a redundant population. But heee unfortunately, Mr. Wilmot Horton was unsatis factory. He was exceedingly full and satisfactory on that part of the subject respecting which there isthe least difficulty —that of the redundant popula tion and its effects. In saying this, we by no means wish to detract from his merits. The zeal which he has displayed in obtaining such evidence of the real state and condition of the population, front the dis- Rroportion between their numbers and the em ployment for them, as might silence all cavil on this head, in endeavouring to ascertain in what manner emigrants can be most advantageously located in our Colonies, with a view to their Own comfort, and the future benefit of the Mother Country - , and the pains he has taken to reuno'Ve; . as far as he possibly could, the obstacles opposed by our Colonial system to beneficial plans of colo nization, entitle him to the warm gratitude of the country. When we consider how seldom public men in this country have done more in the sway of discharge of duty than what they could not avoid doing to retain their situations, we are naturally the more struck et•ith the spirited exertions of Mr. Hor ton; and entertainin g this opinion of him, it would be pitiful in us not to avow it, for of all eorts of illibe rality, that which would is itbhold from public men the meed of approbation to which their labours en title them, is the most unpardonable. is as impolitic as it is unjust ; for if censure deters from deviation from duty, deserved praise must stimulate to a contitittance of the exertions- which obtained it, and stir up others to follow the example. It is ob served by Dr. Priestley, that "it is happy for the cause of truth, as well as other valuable purposes, :that man is mortal : and that while the species con tinues, the individuals go off the stage. For other wise the whole species would soon arrive at its maximum in all improvements, as individuals now do." If this proposition be true in general, it is more particularly true with regard to the House of Commons ; for the young men in that house arc Evidently of a more laborious cast, and have taken more pains to prepare themselves for the adequate discharge of their ditties than the generation about to quit the stites....,,The most besettinz sin of the old generation as the inability to analyse.; and hence they are constantly de - ill. ing in generalities, which when examined are often elate'. wi thou t meaning or pregnant with absurdity. Mr.Wilinot Horton, as we have already observed, states distinctly, that " the people of Eng land were now sensible that the constant influx of Irish paupers into their country was rapidly reduc ing the condition of.the English labourers to a state as bad as that of the poor of Ireland. He had never heard any remedy proposed for this evil, but the pal liative of the Sub-letting Act. But if the surrepti tious tenantry were removed from an Irish estate, the question was, what was to become of them." But then, having stated the evil in Its. fullest extent, the next point jp, to lay down a scheme which shall effect the freeing the country from the existing re dundancy, and secure it from a recurrence of the mischief. But here Mr. Wilmot's . heart evidently failed him. "He thou g h t if the practice of letting land adopted in this country were extended to Ire land, it would in a great 'avec tend t o p reven t the too great increase of the feipulation. He looked more to the increased intelligence and information which had been acquired by Irish proprietors upon this subject, than to any other i remedy." B ut t hi s is not grappling cr iar o J i ,o with the ev_ The parts of Eng land which are now oppressed with ith a redundant in em pulation will not be , a t any ex them, till some measure be adopted for preventing the -- filled • Now, among the an improve measi it to birth another, a some way, be defend of cottage the home our great men' (wh disci by vi ed rent pop' ,1 , ' towns. At present London, 'to which the peasantry from the Home Counties used to emigrate, is closed to them, from the numbers of necessitous Irish willing to work on lower terms than they can obtain without working from the parish. No country can be in a sound stat e , i n w hi c h t h e towns clo not afford a drain for the rustic popu lation. Restrictions on marriage will hardly keep down a rustic population, without the aid of towns, the habits of which are nut favourable to the increase of the species. Ireland then is the sore place in the political system, for England cannot be freed from redundancy till the population of Ireland fall to the level of the population of this country. Here the people of England are deeply interested, and they ought to force public men to propose that for their relief which they at present dare not pro pose. Ireland ought to be placed on a level with England with respect to her poor; and that would give tIC people of this country some security against the blind avarice of the Irish Landholders. We pro test against a shilling being laid out till either land in Ireland be charged with the poor, or some other measure equally efficacious be resorted to.—Morn ing Chronicle. By a late Parliamentary statement, it appeared that 8,000,000/. of Exchequer Bills were Funded fast year, the Stock created in respect of such fund ing amounted to 8,560,000/. Thus a debt repre sented by Exchequer Bills or Promissory Notes was got out of sight to the amount of 8,000,000/. ; but another debt to the amount of 8,560,0001. was en tered in the Bank of England books to the credit of 325 persons. The Bank of England for the transaction charged 3,2001. We wish that Mr. Hume would move for an account of the Annuities entered to the credit of the aforesaid 325 persons — whether 3,31 t ., •or 4 per Cent. Annuities ? The funding of these Exchequer Bills may. be called raising money by a Loan—and, in this instance, it amounts to this, that, for 8,000,000/. of cash re ceived, the nation incurs a debt for 8,560,000/. " Financial operation!" What would a man's cre ditors in common life say, after he had become bank rupt, if they found out that for every 800/. lent to him he had given a bond for 8561. payable with in terest on the 8561. ?—Morning Herald. Mr. Brougham's speech has done wonders ; it has set men thinking about the objects and ends of law; it has destroyed a prodigious number of foolish prejudices in favour of our English system, and has shown that all its complication and perplexed ma chinery (encouraged by those who make a profit out of the inaccessibleness and unintelligibility of our law proceedings) serve only to defeat the very pur poses of law, which ought to be truth and justice. But law and justice, in this country, are frequently as unlike one. another as knavery and honesty ; for law is the very instrument by which, too often, in- justice is dune, and justice defeated. We %wish Mr. Brougham, who understands the matter thoroughly, had preached a few simple principles. He might have said :—" The objects of law are threefold.— ' Ist. To secure to you the rights you have. 2dly. To prevent your interfering with the rights of others; and, 3dly, To restore to you the rights you have lost ;—and good laws should attain these grand objects by the sim plest and most efficacious means. They should•im pose no unnecessary expence; they should sanction no unnecessary delay; they should inflict no unne cessary annoyance; they should be alike within the reach of the rich and the poor—and especially of the poor, whose sole inheritance, whose sole privilege, is protection against the wrongs with which the powerful may visit them." We suspect there are but too many details of law proceedings which will not bear the tests we have suggested. Instead of promptitude, " the law's delay"—its lingering, list less delay ; instead of cheapness, its costly luxury; instead of simplicity, its infinite mazes of mystifica tions. These may approve themselves to those who profit by them ; but we suspect the bubble which has been blown by lawyers, and puffed about them " in middle air," is about to burst, and that the de mand for a better and wiser state of things will, ere long, be irresistible. The lawyers are crying out for their monopoly, just as. other monopolists have done before them ; but we trust the public will be thought Nothing of importance took place in the House of Lords last night. The principal business of the evening in the Commons was Mr. Wilmot Horton's motion on emigration to Canada. We shall have a better opportunity of discussing the merits of the Bills when they come before us in a printed shape. The object of emigration is to carry the superfluity of population from a densely inhabited, to supply the demand for labour in a thinly peopled country. Its ultimate effect is similar to that prodsced by trans mission of goods from a place where they are abun dant to one where they are scarce—an equalization of prices in both markets. Of the propriety of leaving the people of this country free to wander rviiithersoever they will, no one entertains the slight est doubt. The only.question is, " Ought a bounty to be given on the exportation of labour, while, not withstanding its cheapness in the home market, our manufacturers and agriculturists find the utmost dif ficulty in paying for it ?" For it ought to be clearly understood, that whether we send away few hands, er many, the abstraction, pro tanto, must raise the value of those that remain. And it may be denied by those who are to payfor the emigration proposed, that it is just or reasonable to call on them to di minish their capitals, in order to raise the price of a material, the purchase of which, at its present cost, absorbs nearly the whole of their profits. The locatingof a family in Canada will cost 601., and the passage thither about 30/. The former sum, it is proposed, shall be - repaid by instalments of 41. each, commencing the sixth year after location, and finish ing the twentieth. The passage money is not to be asked hack from the emigrants, when they are sent out by their parishes, nor is any interest of the loca. tion-money to be asked. We have hitherto been somewhat sceptical as to the chance of any repay ments, but we confess we never before were aware that such a length of. time was to be given to the settler, otherwise we might have entertained a dif ferent opinion. While, however, we propose to ex pend 90/. on some three or four thousand families, in order to clear the back-woods of Canada, it cer tainly would not be an unprofitable inquiry whether the same sum advanced to them here might not an swer our purpose equally well. We have no doubt that not thousands, but tens of thousands, may be fOund to whom such a means of getting on, even in the miserable island of Great Britain, would prove the foundation of a much larger fortune in twenty years than die application of a much greater sum could produce in double that time in Canada. The Corporation arid Test Act Bill was read a first time without any observations. The House then went into Committee on the East Retford Disfran chisement Bill, which occupied the remainder of the night.—New Times. The dangers to which the Country Bankers are exposed by the invasions of th e B an k o f E ng l an d, are admitted in all quarters, and yet, with the ex ception of an interview or two with his Majesty's Ministers, which seems to have produced no decisive result, nothing has been done to avert the threat ening evil. It is,not only allowed to increase, it is suffered to consolidate itself ; so that the conflict must shortly be, not to prevent a settlement, but to drive out a colony—not to impede the laying of a foundation, but to pull down an established edifice. •Let,therefore, the Country Bankers look to their own interests. What they now have to dois comparatively facile. If they are wanting to themselves, their future task may grow beyond their strength; or their strength may become so diminished by the inroads of their enemies as to render exertion inefficient or im possible, when the period fixed for its exercise arrives. They have tried his Majesty's Govern ment, and though its sense is in their favour, it is doubtful whether its will can be actively put forth to protect their interests. The Bank of England is too powerful a body, as its present encroachments evince, not to commamd the neutrality, if not even something more, of every Administration, whatever be its principles and its convictions. No Minister will venture, without reluctance, to incur the hosti lity of an establishment, to which events may compel him to have recourse for aid in the difficulties of the State. It is not from the Ministers, therefore, that they arc to expect assistance. It is, perhaps, enough that they will meet with no opposition from them : let them appeal to a higher authority—to the Parliament of their country. Let them not imagine, or suffer themselves to be put eff by others with the idea, that the labours of the Finance Committee will embrace their case, and that it is sufficient for them to take their turn in the general investigation. If they do that, even should their turn ever come, it must ne cessarily be on so contracted a scale as to answer none of the objects which they have in view. Their pro sperity, or rather their commercial existence, must form no part of a wide system of inquiry. It is important enough to themselves, and to the com munity itt large, who has so long benefitted by their industry and their services, to claim and to obtain a separate investigation. Let them instruct their friends in Parliament to move for a Committee to consider their case, and if Parliament fulfil its duty, protec tion will be extended to their interests, and justice done to those of the country.—lbid. void from being. filled up. !vow, a 'sures neees,sancitv?Englankij one is an it of the . Law' nt, confining rich en or - dismtteP); Tetiotitty po ~..9"f taz - ,.eottagchn vvhie -the property:iif the"p4isli i tila'y 1 . aganitt spectilatimp khe-,Ra s i e t; o is out\Of rate(;' aup r ihe ng lulation a vent An otprirlie in LENT ASSIZES. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—WINCHESTER, MARCH 3. To-day Wm. Sloane Stanley, Esq., High Sheriff of this county, accompanied by the Under Sheriff and a body of mounted javelin-men, proceeded to some distance on the London road to meet the Judges, whom he conducted into the city. Their Lordships (Mr. Justice Littledale and Mr. Justice (;aselee) arrived about four o'clock. Mr. Justice Little&le will preside in the Crown Court. There are 77 prisoners for trial, of these one is indicted for cow-stealing, two for pig-stealing, four for sheep-stealing, and seven for horse-stealing. There is one prisoner to be tried for manslaughter, and one for murder. Three men ure jointly indicted for as sault with intent to commit a rape, and one for a most horrible offence " against the order of nature." One woman stands charged with bigamy, and two with the murder of their illegitimate children. There are five cases of burglary, and two of highway rob bery. The offence of breaking into and robbing dwelling-houses in the daytime, no person being therein at the time, has of late years been much on the increase. There are five cases of this crime at the present assizes. There are three prisoners for offences against the game laws, and one for attempt ing to kill a deer in the New Forest. There are some cases of embezzlement, and one man has been committed on a charge of stealing from a clergyman two faggots of wood, value 41d. each. NORTHERN CIRCUIT—DURHAM, MAncu 1. CROWN SIDE—MANSLAUGHTER. John Campbell, aged 38, stood indicted for felo niously killing and slaying John Thompson, at Bishopwearmouth, in.this county. Richard Lewis recollected the prisoner, and the deceased fighting opposite the house of Thompson's father; saw the deceased fall by a blow from the prisoner; the blow was under the left ear, and he fell against the house side, and appeared to be dying fast ; he never afterwards spoke. The JUDGE—If I am not mistaken, the father of the deceased encouraged his son to fight ? Mr. Archbold—He did, my Lord, I understand. Many witnesses proved that the prisoner had re ceived many insults from the deceased, and that, al though irritated by him, he refused to meet him, and seemed to wish to avoid him. A number of per sons of the highest respectability gave him an unex ceptionable character, as being a quiet, inoffensive man, and a most obedient workman ; all of them had known him upwards of 20 years. The Jury pronounced the prisoner Guilty, bnt strongly recommended him to mercy, on account of hi 3 previous exemplary character. Mr. Justice BAYLEY—JciIm Campbell, you have been found guilty; the Jury could not pronounce any other verdict ; but there are circumstances in your case different to this description of crime, and favourable to you, therefore I shall not sentence you to any imprisonment, but shall order you to be dis charged upon paying a fine of 101. The fine was instantly paid, and the prisoner was set at liberty. In the Nisi .Prius side there were no cases of any public interest. CORONER'S INQUEST. On Monday afternoon an Inquest was held before T. STIRLING, Esq., at the White Horse, Parson's green, Fulham, on the body of a male infant, sup posed to be named John Walsh, who was found drowned, with marks of violence on his head, in a brook in a field contiguous to Parson's-green. Mr. Hotmes, surgeon, of Parson's-green, had ex amined the body of the infant, and found a contu sion on the right temple, but not sufficient to cause death. In his opinion; the deceased child had died from suffocation. He had sitice'qUe'stioned the fe male, who is in custody at the workhOUse, when she denied that the infant belonged to her, nor had she suckled a child for near two months. Witness examined the breasts of the female, which he found full of milk, and was satisfied that she must have given nourishment to a child within 2+ hours from the time he examined her. Juror—About what time do you suppose the in fant had been in the water ? Witness—l should imagine about twelve or four teen hours. Juror—What age should you take the infant to be ?—Witness: About a month or six weeks old. J.. -Levicke, constable at Parson's-green.—On Sunday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, was informed by Ingerfield of a child being seen in the Eel-brook; he instantly proceeded to the place, and removed the child to tht house before-mention ed. Shortly afterwards he saw a female walking near the Eel-brook, as if in search of something ; he accosted her, and inquired if she had lost anything'! she replied, "No ;' when he told her he thought she had, for he had found the body of a child, which he expected belonged to her, she denied it. On conveying her to a place of confinement, she en deavoured to escape. James Wright, a lad of 16 years of age, son of Mr. Wright, ,of the King's-road, about. six o'clock, on Saturday evening, was in a field near the brook, driving some ducks from the brook towards home. Witness saw a female on the opposite side of the brook, with a child in her arms. He observed to her, "It is a dirty night, ma'am." She replied, " It is indeed," and inquired what o'clock it was ? He told her it was six o'clock, and saw no more of her. Juror—Should you know the female again? Wit ness—Yes, I should. Juror—Did you particularly notice her ? Witness —I did ; she had on a grey cloak, and a coloured gown underneath, the ends of which I could see. Catherine Walsh, the accused, was here intro duced into the inquest room, with several other females, when Wright instantly pointed out the ac cused as the same person he had seen on Saturday evening walking near the Eel-brook. The prisoner did not appear in the slightest de gree agitated. She said, that she had lodged at a house on Saffron-hill, and mentioned some other places where she had lately lodged, none of which she particularized. She stoutly. denied that the child belonged to her; her child had been dead some weeks, and was buried in Marylehon e churchyard the remainder of her statement was the same AS mentioned by Mr. Holmes, the surgeon. The Jury, after a few minutes' consultation, unanimously returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Catherine Walsh. The Coroner immediately issued his warrant for her committal to Newgate. The prisoner is good looking, about 24 years old. NAo ck COURT OF ALDERMEN. I>RIVILEGLS OF BAPTIZLD JEWS. Yesterday the Court came to a final decision upon a subject luog considered a most important one to the citizens of Lendon:---viz., whether baptized Jews were en titled to the privilege of purchasing their freedom. A pe tition had been sent in to the Court by the Messrs. Saul, who have been now thirteen years begging and praying to be allowed to carry on business in the city. Those gen tlemen were certainly born of Jewish parents, but they know no inure of the Jewish religion than they did before they were born, having been brought up from their infancy in the Protestant faith, although, in confor. Jolty with the prejudices of their mother, the ceremony of cir cuincision was performed upon them in their infancy.— They had been from the mornerit they applied, objects of the most unrelenting persecution. An argument which tells against the religious sincerity of those who would have it that they were Jews, and therefore subject to certain disabilities—no less than 14 actions had been brought against them, and they were put to the expence of nearly 1,0001., for the crime of having had parents who were once Jews, but who bad long thrown off the errors of that' persuasion, and become strictly Christians. In 17310, the Court of Aldermen had made a standing order that bata' Cud Jews should not be admitted to the freedonvof the city ; and upon the strength of this resolution ha'ye all the succeeding Courts rejected the application of individuals who Lave renounced the forms, customs, and opiuhins of the Jews. The petitioners determined to persevere against the apparently unalterable intention of the Court, and they were encouraged by the advice of Aldermen Woad, Waithman, and Sir Peter Laurie. The accidental mention of the case, however, in the House of Commons, where the refusal to give them their freedom was represent ed as absurd in the highest degree, bad, it is admitted, a more powerful effect upon their Worships, than either argument or perseverance upon the part of the petitioners. Mr. LAW argued in favour of the petitioners. He said that to the issue of those proceedings attached a great deal of importance. The members of that Court, although in their individual character they were not responsible fur the exclusion of his clients, in their collective capacity they certainly were, and a must serious responsibility it was. Public opinion was with the petitioners, as bad been exhi bited elsewhere ; and that Court could not shut its eyes against that impression. As fur the standing order, there was nothing either in the letter or the spirit of that regu lation which could affect them, for they never were Jews; they knew nothing about that religion, and had testified' their faith in the Christian dispensation by the moat satis factory evidence. There was not a single custom of the Jews to which they conformed. How, then, could they be subject to the accusation, and why made liable to the pe nalties which Jews were compelled to pay who dared to carry on business in the city of London ? He would not insult the Court by supposing for a moment that they had any other motive for objecting to admit the petitioners to the privilege of the freedom of the city, than that which scented to them to exist in the standing order. They were not baptized Jews, unless the Court would pervert the meaning of language. They were baptized, it was true, in the year 1803, but they never were Jews ; he would defy the Court to prove that they were Jews before that period. It might as well be said, that a man was of a cer tain trade or profession because his father happened to be long to one, as to say that religious opinions must be an inevitable inheritance. He then called upon the Court to consider the circumstances under which the obnoxious standing order was made. In the journals of 1783, the, following note appeared :—" At a Court of Aldermen, held the Zed of July, Mr. Chamberlain laid before the Court a case respecting the admission of persons who had renounced Judaism, and been baptized, and also Mr. Recorder's and Mr. Common Sergeant's opinions as follow :—You are desired to give your opinion upon this matter, agreeable to the order of the Court of Aldermen made for that purpose respecting the admission of persons into the freedom of the city who have renounced Judaism, and have been baptized. " I am of opinion that Jews so circumstanced as de scribed in the order of the Court of Aldermen, and taking the customary oath, are entitled;to their freedom.—J. Adair. Question l.—Whetber Jews being baptized only, and offering to take the oaths upon the New Testament, is a complete and sufficient renunciation of Judaism ?—I am of opinion that it is.—J. Adair. "I do not find a good authority to prove that any other requisites are necessary.—Thomas Nugent. " Question 2.—Whether it will be politic or advisable in the corporation to admit such baptized Jews into the freedom of the city ?—I think the admission of such per sons politic and advisable ; but as this is a matter of dis cretion, not of law, I submit it wholly to the opinion of the Court of Aldermen.—J. Adair. " The oletermination of this question resting entirely J with the Court of Aldermen, and as from the state of this ' case it appears other Jews intend to follow the example of Galindo (the person applying), there may be so many applications of this kind, even from the lowest sort of that people, as may be attended with great inconvenience to the public; therefore the Court will well consider the pro priety of the measure before he is admitted to his freedom. —Thomas Nugent." Mr. LAW urged that the authority of the Recorder of that day ought to carry weight with it : that of the Com mon Sergeant, which was more congenial to the views of the Court, could be easily accounted for, as he had to look to a higher situation than he possessed ; whereas the Re corder could not obtain a higher, and was probably more sin cere, because more independent. The RECORDER requested that the Court would not al low the memory of his deceased friend to be calumniated. Mr. LAW continued—lf the allegations were to be as sumed to be false, and if all the circumstances therein stat ed were fraudulent, then there might be some excuse for refusing the prayer of the petitioners. He threw himself upon the judgment of the Court, and was sure that the nasty feeling of a rival butcher, who had caused those, proceedings to be persevered in, would not operate upon the Court. A discussion then took place amongst the Aldermen, and the order was, we understand, by,an unanimous vote rescinded, and the petitioners were ordered to be sworn in. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—The driver of the cabriolet, No. 51, was charged by Lord Tullarnore, son of the Earl of Char leville, with furiously driving against his Lordship's horse, in turning the corner of Half-moon-street, Piccadilly, by which means the animal was severely lacerated in the hind quarter. Richard Franklin, his Lordship's groom, the most di minutive boy we ever saw in livery, his weight being only four stone six pounds, deposed to the furious manner in which the defendant drove, and a Mr. Watson, who was in the cabriolet, having corroborated this testimony, Mr. MlNsiumr, called upon the defendant to explain, if he could, why he had endangered the lives of his Majesty's subjects, by furiously driving in a crowded thoroughfare? —The defendant was fined 20s. and costs. Mary Ann Bell, who has lately lived ae houiemaid with Lady Alice Peel, was charged with obtaining goods to the amount of 401. on the credit of her mistress, from the firm of Howell and James, linen-drapers and•haberdashers, Regent-street. The 'prisoner was remanded for further examination. HATTON-GARDEN.—Mr. Nunan, a gentleman re siding in Guildford-street, Gray's-inn-lane, yesterday ap peared before the sitting Magistrate, Mr. Sergeant SELLoN, and made the following statement and application _ . In consequence of his father's death, which occurred about ten years ago, a large and very valuable quantity of family plate had fallen into his possession ; this plate was carefully preserved in a strong box, at his residence, in Guildford-street. A few days ago it was discovered, how ever, on examining the box, the key . of which his son al ways held, that two valuable salt-tellers, bearing the arms of the family, were missing. At this circumstance he was immediately written for to Bath, and having arrived in town on Saturday last, he instituted an inquiry among his:household, the result of which was, that his house keeper, a Mrs. Davis, was found, by her own confession, to be in possession of the salts, but peremptorily refused to render them up. To account in some measure for these circumstances of her confession and refusal, Mr. Nunan stated, that her husband was for several years his agent in London, and lived at No. 15, Southamp ton-row; that it was possible the salts might have come into his possession by some means independent of the wife's agency, and that she claimed them as her husband's pro- perty. Her husband had been dead since the last summer, and she is now about to put up what property he left to public sale. She also avows her intention of selling off the salts at the same time, and in the same way. In order to ,prevent this, Mr. Nunan now applied for a s earc h- war- - rant against Mrs. Davis to recover his property. _ . Mr. Sergeant SELLON told him that he could not grant the Warrant, and desired him to apply for advice to a eeliciter. The Marquis of ANGLESEA reached Dublin last Saturday, and was escorted by the proper authorities to the Castle amid very general acclaina ions. His Excel lency appeared in good health and spirits. HOBART TOWN PAPERS, Et , . 1827. After a lapse of nearly twelve months the Legis lative Council has again assembled, and the whole talk of the town has been directed to the new Acts, in number twelve :—they are reported to be an Act to amend the late one for the retail of spirits; an Act imposing a duty of three-pence on all news papers ; an Insolvent Act; an Act compelling printers to take out a license ; an Act to in crease the duties on spirits (foreign as well as colonial) of one shilling per gallon; an Act re specting runaways ; an Act for taxing dogs ; an Act to impose a tax on windows ; another for keeping the streets clean; a further Act to compel wholesale dealers in spirits to take out annual licenses; an Act for increasing the duties on auctions, from to 5 per cent. ; and lastly, an Act which they add they cannot accurately describe. These papers contain some severe observations on the above mea sures, and more particularly on the tax on newspa pers, which it is represented cannot ever come into operation; the Aet for compelling printers to take out licenses comes in for some well directed obser vations as also that on windows which is represented to be”an Act of oppression ; the only part of this legisla tive'enactment that • meets approbation, seems the tax on dogs, these animals being stated to be an in tolerable nuisance. Rum is selling at 106.6 d. per gallon at Launceston. The natives have again made their appearance on Mr. Eddies' farm, at Blackman's River, in con siderable numbers, and endeavoured to surround some men at a distance from a hut, but failed; they afterwards, our Launceston letters state, mur dered a man within two miles of that town ; in that port wheat is selling for three shillings and sixpence per bushel. Hops are advertised, the growth of the Colony from Providence Valley, from which it is calculated that the Colonial brewers in a short time will supersede the necessity of importation from England. The official Gazette contains a notice from the Colonial Secretary's office of the 29th August, 1827, expressing the Lieutenant Guyer , nor's pleasure in observing that many of the me morials fur tickets of leave are recommended by the masters of the applicants, and with a view to the encouragement of such recommendations of de serving servants, his Excellency has directed that whenever this indulgence shall be granted on the certificate of the master, another convict shall be assigned to his service with the least possible delay, on his application. -_ The new Attorney-General Mr. M'Leland, immediately after his arrival, was taken extremely ill, and it was reported had died; he is now, however, so much recovered as to be able to walk out without assistance. It is reported the 40th Regiment is about to be removed to Sydney ; the 39th and 57th Regiments are expected to relieve them ; the 3d Regiment, at Sydney, will embark for India in a few months. A gang of nine men, who attempted to take the cutter Emma, Kemp, and afterwards took to the bush, committing several robberies, and firing at the military, had been executed agreeably to their sentence. The salubrity of the climate is proved by the fact of its being now common for our officers to visit th ese colonies for the benefit of their health. We observe that Capt. Speak, of the Mon. East India Com pany's service, who came in the Research, bas re covered and gone up to Sydney, for the purpose of getting a passage to India. Some oranges im ported into the port of Hobart Town are represent ed to have netted a profit of 7,200 per cent., having been sold for 6d. each. At Hobart Town the pro fession of a tailor has proved so lucrative, says the Paper, that they have serious inteations of not turn ing settlers, but tailors. Silver ore, the produce of Tasmania, has been found. The specimen is very compact, and appears .to be rich in metal. Limestone has Also been- found, within t , miles ofHObatt,..TOW'n; of excellent quality, and of John' Kerr has been appointed by Messi'S.Ctiri and A'dey; the two principal Commissioners, to be the third Commissioner for the management of affairs for the Van Diemen's Land Company. Liverpool Salt is so scarce in the Colony, as to be selling for I 7s. per cwt. Brandy has also been selling as high as 30s. per gallon; Salt Butter, per the Harvey, as high as Is. 9d. per lb. An important discovery has been lately made in New South \Vales by the Rev. Mr. Threlfield, at Lake Macquarie, of finding an extensive vein of coals, superior to what in England is called canal coal, lying almost on the surface of the earth. It appears a new act is in preparation for registering all deeds, grants, and conveyances, in the Colony, and to be in force within one month. A robbery has been committed at the Colonial Trea surer's Office, and a considerable booty obtained.— I Several men are in custody, charged with this offence. Further extracts from Hobart Town Gazettes : The obnoxious duty of a halfpenny a foot on cedar-wood is about to be taken off at Sydney. A Mr. Thomas Livermore was accidentally drowned, whilst crossing the river at Norfolk Plains. It is singular that he was married only the preceding Monday, when the Clergyman is said to have re commended him to make his will. On the 15th SePt. was married Major Turton, of the 40th Re giment, to Katherine, eldest: daughter of Jocelyn Thomas, Esq., Colonial Treasurer. The following is given as the cargo of the ship ,Cia:nberland, Cay.. tain Cains, 'which, sailed from • HObart Town the Saturday prior to the Ist June, 320 bales of wool, besides the cargo taken in at Sydney. Passengers : Mr. W. Emmett and two children, Mr. H. Walker, surgeon, Mr.' Commissary Clements, Mr. W. 0. Vallence, Peter Robinson, and Mead. We extremely regret, to Close thiS information by stating that unhappily no .tidifigs, have since' been heard of this vessel, - and there is every fear'to • be entertained that it has foundered;erwill be - never heard of, from the length of time which' has., elapsed siOCO she' lail ed for England. Capt. C.' wakan excellent a worthy man, and to add to the, catastrophe, his wife in England is dead, leaving two or three children to lament the irreparable loss of both parents. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY.—FRIDAY, MAsen 7. ,; . Raker, J. Brayton—Phoenix, Drayton Bell, J., St. Cuthbert, Cumbsciarid:—llush, Carlisle ll Bishop, W., Ripon—Abbot hotel, Knaresborongh ~' .... . : . , 12 Christie, D.. Liverpool—Clarenden, Liverpool' Cooke, W., Kidderminster—Oeorge, Bewdley " - "r''' .ll Crump and Hill, Kidderininster—George, Bewdley - • lO Hall, W., Liverpool-. Clarendon, Liverpool 'Harrison, J.,' Liverpool=Clarer.don, Liverpool ......... Haselden, W., Liverpool , -Mr. Marsh, Liverpool ll Hill, C., Rochdale-;AlbiOn,Roclidale.). - b Howard, W., Bridlington—Lion; , Drillield' ' . • • . 6 Hope, R., Liverpool—Clarehdon, Liveipoiil ' •'. 2 Johnson, E., Kingston—George, Kingston '•". ' ' J ll Manson, G., Birmingham—Globe, Birmingham 5 PenWigton, J., Liverpool—Mr. Leather, Liverpool l2 Reade, G., Manchester—White's; Manchester 9 Shaw, W., Liverpool—Clarendon, Liverpool 2 Willenient, W., Colchester—Swan, Norwich INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED, Petitions to be heard at 'Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields . March 10, at Nine o'clock. Barton, Anne, Grub-street, leather-cutter Cale, Thomas, City-road, chandler-shopkeeper Foster,. Wm. Lisson-grove, grocer , „ym Hare,; John, Birmingham, linen,draper Lake, S., Pentonville, green-grocer A44ssaitstes Mlicnight, Robert, Co v entry, d ra p e r' ti,,i Marshraan, R., Brixton, warehouseman " • • Massey, W., Hackney, cotton-manufacturer ..i , rtsa Pockets, Wrn., Gloucester, fishmonger Potts, Robert, Ratcliffe, master-mariner Shipman, John, Walbrook, solicitor Sloane, A., Walworth, linen-draper Smith, N., Birmingham, spirit-merchant Todd, James, Melford, carpenter Worts, M., Upper Seymour-street, baker ~.~~1 COUNTRY.---At the Court-house, Newcastle, at Ten o'clock. Reay, Wm.. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gentleman Dawson, Thomas, Newcastle, bookseller Wilkinson, George, Newcastle, bookseller Todd, Robert, Newcastle, victualler Hammond, L., Newcastle, so,. .-....,-,:Strong, porter.dcalcr j • 1 .-....,-,: Carter, Wm., Newcastle, joiner • Strong, Wm,, Newcastle, tailor .14-.- , -. 01 "' - Lewars, Wm., Sandgate, carpenter Iti n Stephenson; dw., Ouseburn, innkeeper Bre is Charles,,Geo rge, Newcastle, Wreckenton , innkeeper Durham, mason Dawson, •la 4 1 to Main, Thomas, Newcastle, innkeeper -.— enitVi Howe, S., Newcastle, slone.mason Hogdon, A., Newcastle, hatter • •nsin , '"?. tirtai Drummond, L L er Pitilia, L., Newcastle, ale-house -keeper :-•___ r ., :;:.1w. 3 Whiter, Wm., Newcastle, skinner Walter, weastle joinerl'er ,n Northumberland, grocer 34 0 Dobson. Thomas, Sunderland, butcher • ~ rl - nt is Tulley, Philip, Blythe, carpenter Potts, John, kisxhan, carpenta . ;...jotti Ws% 0, LAW INTELLIGENCY. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MA acii 4. WEST T. PAY AND HORNY. This was an action for goods sold and delivered. 03 the '7tli July, 1825, Mr. Alderman Wood having a large quantity of hope on hand, sold 142 bags to Mr. Arundel, at 5/. I Os; per cwt. Arundel afterwards employed the plaintiff to dispose of those hops, and on the flat July, plaintiff wrote to Arundel to acquaint him that he had sold the hops, for 71. per cwt. He enbsequetitly accoUnteB with Mr. Arundel for 61. 18s. per cwt., deducting 2s. per cwt., for commission, which by the custom of the hop trade the seller always pays. On the same day, on which plaintiff acquainted Arundel that he made sale of the hops for 71., he sold them to the defendants for seven guineas cwt. The defendants having afterwards discovered the plaintiff had only accounted to Arundel for !1., refused to pay the balance which remained due of 16581. 10s., on the ground that the transaction was fraudulent, and that the plaintiff only being a factor, had no right to sell the hops at a higher price than he had accounted for to his principal. Under those circumstances, a medial took place between the parties, and ultimately the de• fendants signed an acknowledgment that a balance woe owing to the plaintiff on the Bale of 1,6581. 101. The Hoe market having fallen, however, the defendants refused to accept the purchase, on the grounds before stated. On the part of the plaintiff it was argued, that there might have been an intermediate sale between the sale for which the plaintiff accounted to Arundel, and the sale actually tee& to the defendants. Thete Was tin evidence, hOireitt, tg support this suggestion. The Jury returned a verdict for the defendant. Lord TINTERDEN gave the plaintiffs Counsel leave $ move for a new trial. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING TH . WL~x. Wheat. ( 13arley. I Oats. I Built. Per QuArter. s. to s. s. to a. t. to a. f. to a. 805t0n.,..,_... 10 56 22 22 15 23 36 42 Grantham --- 49 53 26 33 18 26 40 44 Grimsby 49 54 25 28 19 29 40 41 Horncastle 44 50 44 28 1§ 13 40 42 Hull 42 54 21 0 1 5 25 3 9 41 Lincoln Bpiltby 46 50 26 SO 13 II m 2 Statnford .. 45 56 24 32 22 30 37 ..., Y0rk.,—..—...--...... 41 60 24 39 18 30 40 be RWII March I. Our market continua to bi but scantily supplied with Wheat : fine dry samples were eagerly purchased ; and all descriptions found buyers without any abatement upeo last week's prices. The supply of Barley was good ' • tke whale was taken off upon the t e r ms o f l as t mar k e t-d a y. Wear* abundantly supplied with Oats, which meet a heavy sale. as do also Beans and Peate, unless dry and bard, of which description we have very few at market. - Flour,is in good demand, but no advance in price can be obtained at prof-AL Wheat (per qr.) 503. 60e. Gls. I Beans (per qr.) 40s. Barley Oats 22s. 28s. 30s. Flour, fine (per sack) 41s. 42.. CANTERBURY, March 1. We had again a very short supply of Wheat upon out' Exchange, and a little above our quotations was realized for superior quality. The supply of Barley, Beaus, ash Pease was very abundant, and they scarcely obtiluei the currency of this day week. Oats without any dittration. Wheat, white......... 5135. to 635....... Old .41. to ..414. - red ..... 48s. to 565. Barley 3ls. to 355. 01d......... its. to 301. Oats 355. to 40s. .. 40s. to 424 so. to 401. Beans: Pease., BRITISH EXPORTS. Statement of the Quantities of the wider-mentioned Ards . , des of British Manufacture Exported from Liverpool ^ from the 23d ult. to the let inst. inclusive. Cotton 129,931 Pieces. 333,729 Yards.. Linen .. . 049 ... 393,623 ... Blanketing - ... 12,023 ... Carpeting - ... 82,387 ... Calicoes Flannel ... - ... 9,430 ... Woollen Stuffs 1,540 ... 747 Ends. Kerseymeres _ 9 ... 340 ' , • I Worsted Stuffs 9,983 ... " Baize • • 874 : • '1..... • .Cntton • Thread:':'. . • I Sail ClOth • Q 7 '9•Pls Cotton Hose Silk Hose Cotton Handkerchiefs Cotton Braces Worsted Caps Hats 2Bl ... Haberdashery Yards. Earthenware Hardware £20,506 Salt, White 152,482 Bush. Salt, Rock Slates - Pieces. Coals 0 Tons, 0 Cwt. 0 Chal. Iron GLASGOW MARKETS, MARCH 1.---Our Raw Sugar market continues exceedingly flat; the impor ters have not sold a single cask; a few second-band Trial dads, of low middling quality, and old drawn samples Were soltlat 635. ; the prices demanded are without alteration; low middling 635. 6d., middling 645. a 64e. 6d., good middling 655. a 655. 6d. ; nothing better at market. Re fined Sugars are in steady demand, without any alteration in price.—British Molasses dull and lower, nominal price 235. dd. ; a small lot of Demerara Molasses have been sold at 275., and a sale to arrive is reported at 265. 6d.— A public sale of 310 bags Demerara Coffee was brought forward, only, 70 bags sold; good ordinary. broken, at 455. to 465. dd., and middling, 635. to 635. 6d., being • Is. to 2s. lower than last sale.—Nothing done in Piplento or Ginger.—The transactions in have been very li mited ; small p arc el s of Jaruai cas were m ild at 3 1 : ,2 d . 4 t0 Ss. S Sd. for 16 O.Y. ;no sales made in Leewarde.—The deMand I for Cotton continues steady ; the total sales amount to ' 1474 packages. The sales made in Logwood ' are, lititite3 to 40 tons of small Honduras and St. Lucia, at 61.. which was taken for exportation. For Ashes there has been mcfro . demand ; 158 brls. of Montreal New Pots were Wren by a speculator and the dealers, at 325. to 33e. ; and trifling parcels of Pearls at 345. Nothing done in Tobacco; pricer' - are without alteration. The market is barely supplied with Y.C. Tallow, which has been sold at 48s. in small iiircele.. Fish Oils are more enquired after, and dearer; Whale is now held at 19/. a 20/., Cod 201., and Palifoeal, 221. per tun, old measure. There has been a fair busi ness done in all descriptions of Grain this week. tar t ha - veauffered a trifling decline in value, but prices of W and Barley remain firm. __,=, ~_, BIRTHS. On the 4th instai4i in St. James's-square, the,Latlyta. rolino Cape! ) of a daughter. $ . , On the 13th ult. tit Rome, the lady of Francis NV& Astley, Esq., of a son and heir. On the 3d instant,`llrs. Charles Dodd, of North-terrage. Camberwell, ok-a son. — On A4e*iititant, at his house in the Paragon,' Brix ton-bill, the Itllli'oe.larnes Taylor, Esq., of Furnivare-ini, of a daughter. On the 4th instant, in Bl!)omsbury-place, Mr.. Lak e J. Hansard, of a son. - , MARRIED. On the 26th ult. at Neweatitle-upoti-Tyne, Heart' o Flanks,: E 9. of London , to Jane, el at 'slaughter afjohn Watson, 'Esq. of that town. On the 4th instint , by the Rev. Robertilhead_buN ersou o , EL' in aaaa A., Mortimer Thoyts, t or c t o im un e t r y G o e f o ße rg r eke,toEmma, thi r d d aug h ter o f Th : Eaq;, of suma Bacon, Esq. On the 4th instant, W. G. Bell, jun., Esq., to Ifikyriot k e er b t r f o o k rd e , College, tommE Ozf yo ort ng and es t d aug hter of the Rev. Mr. Worsley. O n the let instant, the Rev. Charles Dup u i s , KA, Cha dang P her ia t iti o to f the th Rev. Dr. Crane. th. It F i e a ll rognruis of of Pembroke On the 28th ult., at St. Maryl e b One Ch urc h, C apta i n philip Hamilton, .N., to Caroli ne , on l y c hild of the !ate Lieut.-Col. Cook. Hertford, DIED. On the 28th ult., at Kilkenny, sifter ktai nu". Copt. George WarnefOrd Hawkins Rickeilialspny of the htte New Brunswick Fencibles. - On the 29th ult., Mr. Argos Drew, nfFolkestone,.)Cont s formerly of Bermondsey, woolstapler. On the lit instant, at Forton-lodge, near GooPoqsAell 61, Mrs. Barrow , widow of the late T. B. Barrow . .: and mother of Mrs. J. Lainson, of Bread-street. On the 3d instant, at Huntingdon, Jane, relict of Om late - Mr. Charles Negus, aged 70. The Rev. Thomas Williamson, aged 73, for forty yearn of which he held the valuable living of Stoke Anntellas svh*h is a perpetual advowann in the gift of Sir Jo' St. A L ipp, the Lprd of the Manor. Vegigele f PRarnw and PCBLISIIIID by M. *YOUNG, at tit* Stitt Onyx; No. ill, Sheol i VICI T HE Maji on TisCsnl Tenders in Five Th Fire Th Fire Th Eight T And Fiv For the ns4 To be trd, or a ion as the or before tl Patterns at this WS respects ag 'rhe Coi Office. Each Ti . and be deli and the pe: Lis behalf, ..CONTRA T HE ors deseripiior for thv Pt for, and it thr - parties Swapl 9 6 front Mov boxween rb 'Aiarneacti Ga., Jul TArele marke4 in alter wild FOR VA HE TA. 250 Ton., rior Acco: Far Fr STER, a EA United CI W.ast India " That Annual E Proprietor writing tc dates fur t Election.' The 0 give notic to the sai rectors of for the 9t fished thi mentione( THE EriGLA give Noti That t said CO: Leadeuha ?made Si &mat ion `.Deembe Direction T HOW aye Boml grounds Then together tiou has Propriet ROY, TH Seven 0 BAT] £Qllunap BAR: Telscomt BIEI sGoney ERIS CAR: C artaanl E X E chegter. 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