The Sun. — London, England, 1828-01-10 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Ministry ! This is a fearful subject at the present time, for it is one the aspect of which changes every moment; so that though what has actually happened cannot be rendered undone, yet that which is happening may be so thoroughly unwoven, that it will appear afterwards as if the work were never begun. Hence, those whose duty it is to describe passing occurrences on this subject, and who have all the means at their disposal necessary for the task, may be thought to have stated that which was never the fact, simply because an operation which was be gun was never consummated. With a demand for indulgence sprin g i ng f ro m such a s t a t e , we procee d to communicate what we know about the Ministry. The Duke of Wellington and the Lord Chancellor both went to Windsor y es t er d ay . L or d G o d er i c h , isit known, had been there the day before : the ob ject of his visit is better understood, and its issue more defined. We believe that his Lordship's re lat perhaps, his brother,—who had for some time endeavoured to support his tot tering power and cheer his spirit under the weighs e . administration, at last became con vinced of his feebleness, and counselled his re treat. This step, on his Lordship's part, be came the more immediately necessary from dissen sions in the Cabinet. A disagreement had sprung:up between Mr. Huskisson and Mr. Herries : the for mer, as leader of the House of Commons, proposed to tioesinate Lord Althorp as Chairman of the Pi bailee Committee—a nomination which all England 'will agree did honour to its author, and must throw obloquy on him by whom it was opposed. Mr. Herries had not been consulted in the first instance, and Mr. Herries opposed the appointment of Lord Althorp, as well as other projects, of which we :,hall speak hereafter. Lord Goderich, therefore, waited on his Majesty, to state, that he could not control these discordant elements, and, in truth, that the Ministry was broken up. His Majesty, though very ill, saw his Lordship, and dismissed him, say ing, " As Huskisson resigns, there is no Govern merit." This mention of Mr. Huskisson's resigna tion brings us to another point of difference between that gentleman and Mr. Herries. Mr. Huskisson had, we have been assured, prepared such a plan of finance and retrenchment as he thought necessary for the security of the country : to this also Mr. Heisies, it is said, had objected; upon which Mr. tluskisson declared, that either himself or Mr. Her ries must retire from the Cabinet ; and with this conditional resignation of Mr. Huskisson his Ma jesty must have been, of course, acquainted when he saw Lord Goderich. It was impossible, a plan of finance being proposed, which one Minister had, with much labour, concocted and another opposed, that those two Ministers could remain in the same Cabinet. In truth, Mr. Herries never ought to have been admitted as a Minister after the death of Mr. Canning, who could have controulled hint. His conduct in his new station reminds us of that of a certain new Duchess. A lady of real rank, after much repugnance, determined to admit her Grace to her parties, in hopes that the distinction might do her good; but no sooner did the parvenue find herself among her betters, than recurring to her ancient habits, she began to " blow them up" for supposed neglects; and this is the manner in which Mr. Herries has treated the Ministry to which he was improperly admitted : he has blown it up. And what does he mean ? Has he a plan of finance to propose to the country in lieu of Mr. Huskisson's (supposing that gentleman not to remain) ? or - can he carry on the concerns of the country without re trenchment ? Has he any plan which will expose and render useless in future, all the trickery prac tised in the making up of the public accounts ? that twill quietly sweep away that pantomime ma chinery, at once diminishing the expenditure, ren dering its items intelligible, and economising both the collection and the application of revenue ? The Ministry of Lord Goderich being thus disunited, the visits of Lord Lyndhurst, arid that of the Duke of Wellington, must of course have had refer ence to its re-construction. The Chancellor, we believe, went first down on Tuesday even ing, and remained with his Majesty till yesterday morning at two o'clock. His Lordship returned to Windsor yesterday with the Duke of Wellington, as we before said, but was present at a Cabinet Council in town at five o'clock. We do not see how a Tory Government can stand, and believe it would not even be attempted without a dissolution of Parliament ; and besides, the King knows and feels too acutely how that faction or party has treated him lately. With the Tories, also, the re mains of Mr. Canning's party are equally irritated, and must, therefore, be still more identified with the Wigs. To Lord Althorp, we believe, there has been recently attaching itself a party of considerable weight, and daily increasing numbers, neither bound to support nor to oppose what may almost be called the late Ministry; but rather inclined to watch and weigh its measures, and determined to promote or resist them, as they appear wise or the re-verse. The Lords Milton and Tavistock are also leaders in this hand, already consisting of at least 40 distinguished persons; which must still, if it remains united, possess great influence among parties equally matched, or nearly so in Parliament. --Times. The following is the substance of intelligence re reived after the preceding remarks were written : The Lord Chancellor returned from Windsor in time for the Cabinet, which met at foul. The Duke came back at six. The King is understood to have desired his Grace's opinion, as to the steps proper to take respecting the state of the Ministry, and the Duke, having desired time to consider, is commanded to report to the Lord Chancellor. There is, however, no actual resignation, up to this mo ment. It seems quite certain that Mr. Herries is the principal cause of these embarrassments. He objects, as we have already stated, to Lord Althorp as Chairman of the Finance Committee, and Mr. Huskisson, being honest and firm in the discharge of this most important duty of public economy, it is understood that one or other must retire. It will be passing strange if the Government shall be dis solved because a Clerk of the Treasury, made Chancellor of the Exchequer, chooses to set himself up as a dictator. Can the House meet without asking why he is to have such influence ? What the Duke of Wellington will propose, is of course not yet known ; we take it for granted that his Grace will not dream of forming a Government of Ultra Tories.—/bid. With the part of our city despatch which relates to 3linisterial chang es w e shall not here meddle; but the concluding part of the article hints at a puo position of such horrible iniquity, that we were half disposed to ()wit the mention of it. The proposi tion is to this cifeet,—that Scotland is to be allowed to circulate small notes after th ey s h a ll have ceased in England, upon a certain tricky condition—ten dered, or said to be tendered, b y t h e scotti,h bankers— o f depositing Excheque r bills to the amount of all such their petty issues. A modest request this, on the part of the Scottish banker=, supposing them capable of having made it, th a t to them should be conceded a monopoly of all the pa per allowed to cir cu l ate i n t h e i s l an d, b e t ween one pound and four pound s n i neteen s hillings in c l us i ve ! We would have all people, therefore, fully to under stand, that it is not the security, but the extinction, o f a small paper circulation that the country looks to as a source of good,—as a means of diminishing the cost of articles of daily consumption, and equaliz ing to a degre e ( no t w holly, but to an use f u l dege) the prices of the necessaries of life here with those on the Continent ; and the difficulty of this extinction we have no doubt has been nearly vanquished, there being now no small notes of the Bank of England circulation, and comparatively but few of privat e bankers, and those recurring incessantly to the bands of those who issued them ; so that no interest can b e derived from their circulation. With respect to the comparative convenience of sm a ll notes an d go ld , there is not a doubt that it preponderates in favour of the lighter article. There is not a tradesman in London, from the great brewers and distillers down to the pettiest huckster, that would not, in his or-. dinary business, greatly prefer such notes to sove reigns at this moment, if he could have them : there is no trouble in weighing the notes (as in the case of cash)—no loss from light weight ; and the risks from forged notes are not greater than those from false coin. Yet all these troubles and inconve niences have been, and are, cheerfully borne here in England, for the sake of obtaining the other advan tages which it is supposed will result to the public from the substitution of gold in the place of such notes; and now it is proposed, or insinuated, that the Scotch bankers—not the Scotch people—should be allowed to prevent us from finishing a work just concluded, and oblige us to leave a loop loose, by which the whole web of our security may be unra velled, and all our past difficulties so readily encoun tered, rendered useless.—lbid. Our Readers must have been prepared by what they have lately seen in our pages, for some Mini sterial Changes. We understand that, on Tuesday, Lord Goderich went down to Windsor, to lay be fore his Majesty some circumstances of an embar rassing nature in the conducting the Government, when his Majesty observed, that, under existing cir cumstances, he deemed it necessary. to form a new Government, and desired that he might see the Lord Chancellor that evening, though it might he late. The Lord Chancellor accordingly went down that evening, and the King requested that he would come down again yesterday morning with the Duke of 'Wellington. We understand the Noble Lord and the Duke saw his Majesty, and that it was arranged that his Grace should go down this morning to deliberate with his Majesty on the sub ject of the proposition then made to him, he having expressed a wish, tinder circumstances of so much moment, to give his Majesty the advice required from him, only after the .most mature consideration. Thus matters stand at present, and it remains to he seen what the result will be. We will not venture to give an opinion, whether a mixed Government, or whether a purely Tory one, or a purely Whig one, will be recommended to his Majesty. We may, however, safely add, that what we have stated is all that can be known - at present, and that we will state as soon as we are informed, who is Minister of this Empire.—Morning Chronicle. A Cabinet Council was - held yesterday afternoon, for the purpose, it is supposed, of communicating the King's intention to form a new Government.— We have been informed that neither Lord Lans downe nor the Chancellor of the Exchequer were present, but we do not vouch for the truth of our information as to this point.—lbid. We have seated all the positive information which has reached us as to the subject which almost ex clusively occupies the public at present. We do not think it either necessary or expedient to indulge in any speculations as to what the embarrassments are that have led to this change of the Government; but when the time for disclosure comes, and circum stances shall be allowed to escape, we will then en deavour to obtain the facts from quarters on which we can depend, for a plain and simple narrative of them.—lbid. The state of the Administration has been for some time past, we understand, in a very unsettled state, but particularly so the last two days. Whe ther Lord Goderich's visit to the King on Tues day was by his Majesty's command or not we are not informed. On his Lordship's return to London he had an interview with the Lord Chancellor for about an hour, which prevented the Learned Lord from attending the Duke of Clarence's dinner party. Yesterday morning the Lord Chancellor and the Duke of Wellington attended the King at the Royal Lodge. Both these distinguished personages waited on his Majesty, it is understood, by command. The j..ord Chancellor arrived in London between four and five o'clock, and proceeded to attend a meeting of the Cabinet Council, which had been sitting nearly an hour previous to the arrival in town of the Learned Lord. The Cabinet Council was very thinly attended by its members, there being only about half the number of the members present; viz.: eight, and the Cabinet is composed of fifteen. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was one of the absentees, although the Right Hon. Gentleman was in the office opposite to where the Cabinet Council was sitting. The Marquis of Lansdowne did not come to town to attend the meeting of the Cabinet Council. We give it as a rumour in the official circles, at the breaking up of the Cabinet Council, that the Ministry would not meet any more in Ca binet—and, in fact, that it was dissolved.—Morn ing Herald. The Irish Catholics, by forcing their petition into the hands of th e M arqu i s of - Lansdowne, have placed that Nobleman, who happens at the present moment to be a Minister of the Crown, iv a situa tion which he cannot but feel to be rather an awk ward one. There is no one of the present Admini stration who can be desirous of playing a very con spicuous part so far as the Catholic Question is con• cerned during the approaching Session ; but if we were to select one from the motley corps to whom such a part must be peculiarly inconvenient, that one would certainly be the Marquis of Lansdowne. If the Noble Marquis should have ceased to be a Minister of the King ere the time shall arrive for the presentation of this petition, of course all the difficulty will be removed. In this certainly not very improbable case, he will speak upon the ques tion as he has hitherto uniformly spoken; but will he so speak, in case (the less probable case of the two we admit) of his still remaining a member of the Administration ? This is the question which excites a very lively curiosity among political specu lators generally, and a feeling of more intense in terest among the smaller number of persons, who look upon the Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire as a Statesman of some importance. Merely advocating the claims of the Catholics as well founded in justice, or urging the expediency of conceding them as the preferable course for the Legislature to adopt, will not be sufficient on the part of the Marquis of Lans downe. He must say, as he has said before a hun dred times, that to grant the Catholics a full equality of political power is a measure not only just, not only wise, but that it is a measure of urgent and immediate necessity; that it is a measure upon which the peace and safety of the empire, not . _ from century to ce n t u ry, but f rom ho u r to hoar, essentially depend. Will the Marquis of Lans downe then, as a Cabinet Minister, now that the valuable privilege of silence is denied him, and that he is forced into the most conspicuous position as an advocate of emancipation by the Catholic clients, whose confidence he has courted and won, will he, in the approaching Ses sion, for the question is in every body's mouth, place unreserved concession to the Catholics upon the same high ground of pressing and indispensable necessity as be has heretofore chosen to place it? if he does less than this the Catholics will feel, and in this instance the whole country will feel with them, that the former advocate of emancipation, in be coming a Minister of the Crown, has not only abated the fervour, but that he has entirely surren dered the honesty of his advocacy—that what he now does is no more than a cold, heartless, reluc tant, worthless half-tribute to his own personal con sistency. Nor are the difficulties less perplexing which will beset the Noble Marquis in the event of his resolving to adhere manfully to the opinions he has so often expressed. It will be something quite new in the British Parliament to hear a Minister of th e Crown declar e his conviction that the safety an d welfare of the empire depend imme diately upon the adoption of a measure, which neither he nor any one of his Colleagues is at liberty in his capacity of Minister to propose. It will naturally occur to all men of unsophisticated in tegrity, to enquire how it has been possible for an individual holding such opinions to become a pro minent Member of an Administration which is pre cluded from taking any step whatever, or exercising even the smallest portion of its influence in favour of the measure in question. It will naturally occur to every Constitutional Senator to inquire who are in effect to be responsible to the country for its safety and welfare, if the Ministers of the Crown are to be suffered one by one to repudiate that responsibi lity, by declaring that the safety and welfare of the State can only be secured by a measure in favour of which the influence and authority of their stations are not to be exerted. The Catholics, by compel ling the Noble Marquis to come forward conspicu ously, as the bearer of their petition, have placed him in a dilemma from which there is no chance of escape. If instead of speaking as he has spoken heretofore of the measure of Emancipation as paramount and indispensible, he should veer and trim and talk as others have talked of the coherency of time and circumstances, and of his • hopes that the sense of the . English Nation will one day become more propiti . tious to the cause—he will be for ever ruined as a Statesman—sunk and degraded as a mail ; the place-hunting Marquis will become a c ommon by , word and term of reproach among all classes of so ciety. If, on the other hand, he should speak as he has been wont to speak, and represent the salve. tion of the country as merely contingent upon the prompt surrender of all that the Catholics demand, he convicts himself as an unconstitutional Mini ster—as a Minister who shrinks from the responsi bility of his station—who sacrifices every principle to the love of place—who so far disregards the sal vation of his country, as to form part of an Admi nistration which will do nothing, or nothing except to save appearances and in mockery, in furtherance of the measure upon which in his opinion the sal vation of the country immediately depends. — Morning Post. The Times of yesterday notices, as a rumour, that Lord Mandeville, who intended to proceed to India as Secretary to Lord William Bentinek, will not go out, because the Right Honourable Secretary is suspected of Christianity. We know nothing further of this rumour than what our contemporary has seen fit to divulge, and therefore we cannot vouch for its accuracy. If true, we must say, " 'Tis pity 'tis true." We are far from imputing to our aristocracy a greater neglect of religion than other ranks of the community; but it is somewhat of a novel thing, even in our days of novelty, to find it charged against a Nobleman, otherwise unexcep tionable, that he is attentive to religious duty. There may be a zeal of proselytism which outruns discre tion; but assuredly it is no common vice. For one who endangers the welfare of the community from an honest desire, however misdirected, to be nefit his neighbours, there will generally be found a thousand who put it to hazard with the view of benefitting themselves. We know it was said that the missionaries had endangered the peace of some of our West India settlements, but we know also, that nothing of the kind was ever proved, and as little have we ever heard of any thing like proof being tentkred of any mischief arising from the missionaries in the East. It is true, as our Contemporary observes, that the hour has been hid from our knowledge when the gospel shall over spread the earth ; but it has been hid, according to our reading of the prophecy, not as an encourage ment to sloth, but as an incitement to labour. The hour and the time when the individual salvation of the Christian shall be complete, are also hidden ; but he is not the less called on to work it Gut with fear and trembling. The Christian religion does not send forth its votaries as the delusion of Mahomet does, with the sword in the one hand and the book of life in the other; but its commands to spread the truth in all lands, to teach all men to be for that purpose instant in season and out of season,— to abandon the very charities of life, to leave father and mother when its all-engrossing duties require it, are not the less imperative that they are conceived in the meek spirit of its eternal founder. (here may be wisdom in abstaining from the propagation of Christianity where there is a prospect of its claims being more effectually urged at some future period; but the prospect ought to be one of moral certainty that will justify delay in such a service. In Christianity there is no middle course; he that is not with it is against it; and he who holds.back from warning his fellow of the error of his way, is very little less guilty than he who leads him into it. True, the blessing is from Heaven—unless a higher power keep safe the city, the watchmen keep watch in vain. But was not this truth as obvious eighteen hundred years ago as it is now ? Yet was human agency considered ne cessary in the days of the Apostles; and through human agency must we look for success in the days of their descendants. That any danger is to be ap prehended from the preaching of Christianity in India has been proved to be utterly false, by the ex perience of the last twenty years, in which it has been preached honestly and zealously by men, who though sectaries, may in this respect be quoted as examples to the Christian Church at large. It is utterly false that those men are disturbers of so ciety; but were even that accusation justly pre ferred against them and their labours, it ought not to be brought forward against one who is an holiest and upright member of our English Church. No man, however, averse from the introduction of Christianity among the Africans or the Hindoos, has dared to insinuate of her Mis sionaries, or of her schools, that they have been found inimical to the peace of any community. It is charged against Lord Mandeville that in his baggage was discovered an immense mass of tracts. This overhauling of his Lordship's trunks, as well as his creed, is one of our contemporary's pleasant exaggerations we suppose. It is added that the best description of these tracts is, that they were not bought at Carlile's. We are not very extensively read in tracts, but we have occasionally dipped into them, and, with a very few exceptions, we have found them written, looking to their object and their intended readers, with much care and much ability, and exhibiting, in many instances, specimens of sound argument and devout eloquence, which our Contemporary would find it difficult to rival or to equal. Of his lucubrations, indeed, when he chooses religion for his theme, to use his own words, the best description is, that they were certainly not bought at Carlile's in Fleet-street.—New Times. A very poor, and very miserable young man, clad in the tattered remains of what had once been de cent, and even fashionable clothing, applied at Bow-street yesterday, for the means of reaching Exeter or Cheltenham, where his friends resided. He said he had been a surgeon-dentist in Exeter, and had unluckily failed in business ; be came to town with a view to obtain some employment, but found none. lie was pennyless, friendless, and houseless ; and for the last meal which he had en joyed, which was two days previously, he had been compelled to pawn the shirt from off his back, His eyes, it appeared, had always been weak, and the extreme cold of the preceding night, which he had spent in the open air, and want'of food, had so in jured them, that he was obliged to have recourse to the arm of a casual stranger to guide him to the presence of the Magistrate. What did the Magis trate in this case ? We often hear of his poor-box, and of the donations and fines that slip-into it. Was no part of its contents appropriated to th e poo r man's immediate wants ? Sir Richard gave the miserable applicant a lecture on his improvidence on coming to• London, told him the story of the boy who thought the streets of London were paved with gold, from the last edition of Whittington Cat, and dismissed the poor blind petitioner to find his way to Queen-square, and to get relief there if he could.—lbid. and his THE DESTITUTE 10011.—The Annual Meeting of the Association for the Relief of the Poor of the city of London and parts adjacent, was held at the London Coffee-house, last night, the Rev. J. SAUNDERS in the Chair. The object of this Association is to furnish the poor with'coals and potatoes at reduced prices, w hi c h is effected by means of tickets distributed to subscribers, whereby benevolent individuals become almoners of their own bounty. By this means thousands of bushels of co a l s , and many tons of potatoes are bestowed every " as " , not gratuitously to the idle and worthless, but at a s ma ll charge (viz., one bushel of coals and 141 b. of potatoes for Is.) to the deserving and industrious poor. The Report of the Committee was read to the Meeting, and hoving been approved of, the Meeting proceeded to :elect office bearers for the ensuing year, and afterwards separated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—The Stewards of a Benefit Society, called " Adam's Lodge," meeting in Batholomew-close, attended before Aldermen VENABLES and LAURIE yester day, upon a summons for refusing to pay the widow of a deceased member, Benjamin Cassie, the stipulated benefit. One of the articles exaited some laughter—namely, that a member was entitled to 51. upon the death of his wife ; but if he married again, he was expected to take better care of his second wife, for nothing would be allowed at her death. There was another peculiarity, which the Alder men seemed pleased with,—that whatever weekly or other benefits a member received in his lifetime should be de ducted from the death-money paid to the widow, provided it was not thereby reduced below 101. Esther Cassie proved, that by the articles she was en titled. to 20/. subject to the above deductions . ; and that her husband entered the society in 1792, and died in 1826. The stewards produced an additional article, which was unanimously sanctioned by the society, and by the decea• sed among the rest, —that the death-money should be re duced to 10/. certain, in consequence of the rapid decline of the funds. The ALDERUIN, however, paid no regard to this, as it had not been enrolled, and decided that the widow was entitled to 201. minus whatever the deceased was indebted to the society—viz. 51. paid on the death of his first wife, 245. sick-money, and 13s. 4d. contributions in arrear. One steward said, that many widows had waived their claim to the 201. who would mow enforce it, and swallow up their stock (1,1001.) " Now," said he, " put the boot on the other leg,—there are 14 or 15 poor old pensioners, whose allowances must cease. "—(Laugh ter. ) " But remember," replied Alderman VENA IMES, " that the deceased waited 34 years before you had to put the hoot on his leg, in all which time be drew but 245. as al lowance while under sickness." The order was made for 131. 2s. Bd. BOW-STREET.—Mr. Thos. Robinson, an assistant surgeon in the army, and under orders for foreign service, was yesterday brought from St. Martin's watch-house, charged with being riotous and disorderly in the Adelpk Theatre. The Treasurer of the theatre preferred the charge. He stated that the defendant came to the theatre drunk, and used offensive language to the servants of the establishment. On untering the saloon, his conduct was more outrageous than before. The sight of the ladies seemed to endue him with a new spirit, and he commenced hauling them about quite in an indecent manner. Finding that fair words and persuasive arguments had no effect upon him, the con stables of the theatre were obliged to be summoned, but he threw himself into a fighting attitude before them, and seemed to bid defiance to their united force. It was with great difficulty, and not without experiencing some proofs of talents RS an amateur pugilist, .that he was at last over come and conveyed to the watch-house. The Treasurer added, that it was the anxious desire of the proprietors to keep the house respectable, and to prevent the recurrence of such irregular proceedings, and they were determined to do so by adopting the most effectual means. Mr. ilAr.r.s-13ut surely you had the power of preventing these disorders in your own hands. You ought not to re ceive money from drunken persons, from whom you cannot expect propriety of conduct. The Treasurer, in reply observed, that it would be totally impossible for the money-takers to discriminate in a crowd between the drunken and the sober. Mr. HALLS wondered why it was that tipsy gentlemen had always such a predilection for the Adelphi Theatre. " Probably," answered the treasurer, "it is because the officers who are stationed there do not handle folks suffi ciently rough. They have been rather too forbearing." " May it not be attributed, also, to the extreme good nature of the ladies who frequent the saloon ?" asked Mr. lIA LLS. The Treasurer smiled, and admitted that there might be something in that circumstance. Mr. HALLS then asked the defendant what he had to say to the charge. Mr. Robinson said, he was quite willing to admit every thing that had been urged against him. The fact was, that seven or eight gentlemen, who, like himself, were under orders for a foreign station, had dined together the day before, and he supposed he had exceeded that quantum ,of wine at which a wise man stops. lie was extremely sorry for what had passed. Mr. Robinson's landlord here came forward, and said that his lodger was one of the quietest and most abstemious gentlemen he had ever the good fortune to have in his house. The Treasurer said, he had no desire to press the charge under these circumstances ; but he wished to observe, that although Tom and Jerry had been a favourite entertain inent at this theatre, the proprietors were determined not to sanction the performance of any of its detached scenes, before the curtain, by persons who were not attached to the dramatis person(e. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Two persons, whose names appeared in the watch-book of St. Pancras parish as Colonel Morphew and Richard Cooper, were yesterday brought from the watch-house of the above parish, where they had lain all the previous night in default of bail. William Snell, a waiter at the Symonds Inn, Coffee house, in Chancery-lane, stated, that these two persons came to the Coffee-room about ten o'clock the night before, and ordered a supper, which was supplied to them, and of which they partook very plentifully. After they had finished regaling themselves, he observed that his customers seemed very fidgetty and uneasy in their seats, and occa sionally cast some longing glances towards the street-door, which led him to suspect that they had a design in bolting without the ceremony of paying their bill, and he accord ingly presented them with that document, and demanded its discharge. The prisoners gave no denial then to the demand, but ordered a cabriolet to be sent for to convey them home to Kentish-town, where they said they resided. The cabriolet having arrived at the door, and the waiter seeing no pre paration on the part of his customers to pay the bill, again reminded them of the subject, when they told him that they had no money, but to charge the amount to a Mr. Hawkes, who sometimes comes to the house, and who, they said, was their friend, and was to have met them there at supper, and paid the bill. The waiter replied, that although he did know a little of a Mr. Hawkes, yet that he knew nothing of them, and that their reference to Mr. Hawkes would not satisfy his de mand, and was proceeding to insist on immediate payment, when the prisoners jumped into the cabriolet, and desired the driver to set off with all speed to Kentish -town, which he accordingly did, pursued in full chase by the waiter. The race continued at great odds against the waiter up Chanmy.lane, along Holborn, Tottenham-court-road, and to the first turnpike on the Hampstead-road, where there was a dead stop want of the travellers having the means of paying the toll; and the driver beginning by this time to think that he had got " rum " sort of customers to deal with, refused to pay it for them ; and thus the waiter had time to come up, although nearly breathless, and gave the prisoners in charge to the watchman for " bilking " him of his demand. Richard Box, driver of the cabriolet No. 32, confirmed the waiter's evidence as to the pursuit and stoppage at the turnpike. The person who gave his name at the watch-house as Colonel Morphew, but who now gave it as Charles Murphy to the magistrate, was proceeding with much loquacity to attempt some explanation about the supper and Mr. Hawkes, when Mr. DYER said, that in the case of the waiter a magis trate had no power to interfere, as it was a debt ; but the driver's fare must be paid, as there was an act of Parlia ment which dealt very summarily with persons refusing to do so. It appears also that Morphew was drunk, and for this he was fined 55., making in the whole, with the cabrio let fare of 45., a demand of 95., upon perfectly empty pockets ; and the Magistrate was about to commit the two prisoners to gaol under the act, in default of payment, when a baker of Kentish-town, for whom it seems they had sent to assist them, entered the office very opportunely, and having paid the driver's fare, and the fine for " Cap tain Morphew," as he called him, the prisoners were dis charged leaving the poor waiter to get his aupper-bill paid as he may. WORSHIP-STREET. —Three boys were yesterday examined on a charge of stealing a lock and key from the gate of a field near Islington. Evidence was brought for ward to prove the case, and the magistrates (Messrs. 11E NETT and TwrroaD) were about to commit them for trial, when the father of one of the boys having said he could prove that his son was with him at the time the alleged felony was committed, it was agreed to postpone the case till this day, to give time to the father to produce his witnesses. A case came on of alleged clandestine removal of goods early in the morning before daylight ; but in consequence of objections taken to the form of the information, it was dismissed, giving the parties liberty to bring the case on again. The following anecdote is related of LESSING, the German author, who in his old age was subject to ex traordinary fits of abstraction. On his return home one evening, after he had knocked at the door, his servant looked out of the window to see who was there. Not recognizing his master in the dark, and ►mistaking him for a stranger, he called out, " The Professor is not at home." Oh, well," replied LESSING, " no matter, I will call another time," and he very composedly walked anay..rilthenccion• LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 9. CRESSER V. GARRATI. This was an action by the plaintiff, a teacher of foreign languages, against the defendant, a school master of Saint John's-wood, Marylebene, to'recover the amount of a quarter's salary, which the former claimed to he due to him in respect of an engage ment as teacher in the defendant's school. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated the plaintiff's case.—lii March, 1826, the plaintiff was engaged by the defendant as an assistant in his school, at a salary of 40 guineas per annum. He s continued in the defendant's service until the 9th October fol lowing, when, without any previous notice, he was dismissed by the defendant, who tendered him a pound for his services, from the end of the last pre ceding quarter to the time of his discharge, but re fused to pay him for the entire quarter which had been broken into. It was attempted to be proved, that it was customary between schoolmasters and their assistants, to give a quarter's notice of an in tention to vacate a yearly engagement, unless any express stipulation was made to the contrary, but the evidence failed. Mr. BROUGHA➢r had no doubt of being able to show that the plaintiff had not been dismissed with out good cause. He should prove that the plaintiff, who was a person of a most irascible temper, had in many instances violated the rules of the school, by inflicting corporal punishment on the boys, and that in one instance he had done so after distinct notice given to him by the defendant, that unless he desisted from such conduct, he would be dismissed from his situation. The following witnesses were then called : George Bindley, an usher in the defendant's school, stated, that it was contrary to the known practice of the school for the assistants to strike the boys; their punishment was by tasks. Witness was present when the plaintiff beat a boy of the name of Edwards. He was about 10 years of age. Plaintiff beat him very violently with his fist, and knocked his head against the desk. This was in September 1826. After he had repeated his blows several times, he took the boy by the side of the neckcloth and knocked the lower part of his jaw against the front of the desk. On the defendant's being in formed of this, he told the plaintiff that he would not allow him to strike any one in the house. Cross-examined—The defendant was never ab sent from the school more than ten minutes without the plaintiff's beating the boys. He was of a very violent temper. Thomas Smirden, an assistant-teacher in the de fendant's school, confirmed the testimony of Bindley, as to the beating of Edwards. Cross-examined—There were upwards of 60 boys in the school, and there were four ushers. The beating of Edwards was occasioned by a quarrel be tween-him and the plaintiff, distinct from his (Ed wards's) lesson. William Smirden, an apprentice of the defendant's, saw the plaintiff strike Master Freeman. The plaintiff was dismissed on the evening of the same day. The defendant on dismissing the plaintiff, of fered to pay him 1/. in full for his salary, but the plaintiff refused to take it. , Cross-examined.—On the plaintiff's return, after leaving the school, the defendant remonstrated with him, and said he would knock his head off.— 'Witness thinks this was not without provocation, for the plaintiff told the defendant that he was as ig norant as a cart-horse. On being told to go away, he said he had no objection to do so, but he said he should expect to be paid a quarter's salary. The ATTORNM.GENERAL, in reply, contended that no case had been made out to justify the plain tiff's diSmissal without notice, and that the plaintiff was therefore entitled to a verdict for the amount of at least a quarter's salary. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Dama ges 10 guineas. While the cause was going on, a person went up to the student's box, and inquired of one of the gen tlemen there what fee he would take to keep the case out of the newspapers. The gentleman told the person he supposed he was ignorant under what circumstances he was id that box, or he would not have presumed to insult him by asking such a ques tion. ADMIRALTY COURT, Jar/. 9. This was the default day, after Term. The Court sat for a short time (Dr. BURNAI3Y as locum tenens), but no business of public interest occurred. LONDON SESSIONS, JAN. 9. esterday, these Sessions commenced before the LORD MAYOR, the Recorder, and a bench of Alder men. Three women, named Deacon, Gale, and Herbert, and a man, named Irright, were charged with having kept a common brothel at No. 7, Tower Royal, in the parish of St. Thomas Apostle. J. Wakeley, clerk to Mr. L. Price,. the solicitor, produced extracts from an agreement of rather a curious kind, which had been drawn up between the two first women. It stated, that they should keep the house in question as a " company house," and that they should be mistresses of the house alternate weeks, and pocket each the profits of her owe weeks. That at 12 o'clock on every Sunday night, the reign of one should be over, and the reign of the other should commence. That they should both bear the expenses of the establishment, pay the taxes, and pay the expenses of all prosecutions which might b e in stituted against their " company concern."—(Loud laughter accompanied the reading of this document.) The RECORDER (smiling) asked what was meant by a " company house." He did not think the phrase sufficiently explanatory of the offence with which the defendants were charged. " Why," said his Lordship, " my house comes under that deno mination, for I see company."—(A laugh.) The witness here described scenes which he wit nessed upon going into the house with other persons who were employed by the parish to watch tke nuisance, for the purpose of indicting it. Hiekiss, a constable, had been employed in the house on several short jobs. He had seen the three women receive money for accommodation as to rooms. The business became so extensive at last, that the whole neighbourhood was dreadfully an noyed ; and witness's house, within two doors of the house in question, was sometimes entered by couples.—(Laughter.)—The women who entered No. 7 were evidently ladies of the town. Many of the gentlemen looked like Counsellors.—(Laughter.) —One of them, he well recollected, wore a %wig like one of those before him. Mr. ADowtus, in cross-examining the witness, expressed his indignation at the libel just uttered against the bar, and sharply questioned Hickiss. " Upon your oath," said the Learned Counsel, " how many persons who looked like counsellors did you see ?" ? Witness.—•l can't swear to more than one who wore a wig; but I ob s erved a great many g entleme n with very grave countenances, and I consider th at they looked like gentlemen of the ba r. saw3Tar.pAerDsoonu)witiuths.—a ) Learned Frie n d' s (Mr. C. Phillips.)Will you wig like s, wear that you ever Witness.—l have seen one go in with just such another wig. (Expressions of surprise and laughter.) The RECORDER. —What ! with tails ? (Loud laughter.) Witness.—l don't know exactly wh et h er t h e w ig had t a il s or not; but I recollect the wig, and marked it for its peculiarity. Mr. ADOLPDUS.—Why do you say the persons looked like counsellors ? Witness. —Because they were elderly grave men. Mr. ADOLPHES. — WeII, all my Learned Friends in this Court are, at all events, free from the impu tation, for they are young men. I'll tell you why you said so ; you said so from a blackguard feeling of offence. The three female prisoners, after some further evidence, withdrew their plea of " not guilty," and pleaded " guilty." The male prisoner was acquitted. LAW NOTICES. COURTS SITTING AT DOCTORS' COMMONS. COURT OF ARCHES. BEFORE SIR J. NICHOLL. Ist Session, Monday, Jan. 21 4th Session, Thursday, Feb. 14. 2d Session, Monday, Jan. 28. By-day, Friday, Feb. 22. - 3d Session, Wednesday, Feb. 6. COURT OF ADMIRALTY. BEFORE LORD STOWELL. Ist Session, Tuesday, Jan. 22, it h Session, Saturday, Feb. 16 2d Session, Tuesday, Jan." 29. By-day, Saturday, Feb. 23. 3d Session, Thursday, I eb. 7. Default-day, Friday, March 21. PREROGATIVE COURT.- BEFORE SIR J. NICHOLL. I Ist Session, Thursday, Jan. 24. 4th Session, Monday, Feb. 18. 2d Session, Friday, Feb. 1. By-day, Thursday, Feb. 2ti. 3d Session, Saturday, Feb. 9. Caveat-day, Thursday, Mar. 20. COURT OF DELEGATES. :23dd Session, Session, i,n: Tuesday,Surda , Feb.re 122.. BEFORE THE SURROGATES. Ist Session, Friday, Jan. 9 5. Ith Session, Thursday-, Feb. IP. I By-day, Wednesday, Feb. 27. CONSISTORY COURT. BEFORE SIR CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON. Ist Session, Saturday, Jan. 26. 4th Session, Wednesday, Feb. 20. 2d Session, Tuesday, Feb. 5. By-day, Thursday, Feb. 28. 3d Session, 'Wednesday,Feb.l3. The Courts of Arches, Prerogative, Delegates, and Consistory, to sit at 10, and the Court of Admiralty at 11, each day. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DI ARY.—Fttinnv, JAN. 11.-. At the Court of Commissioners, Basinghall.street. Ansell and Co., Wimbledon, calico-printers ll Barber, H. Upper Clapton, plumber ll Baxter, W., Norwich, linen-draper ... ll Beswick, S., Kennington, bricklayer l'2 Collett and Jones, Leeds, Yorkshire, merchants Dyett, IL, Clement's-lane, merchant Graham, J., Waterloo.place, upholder l2 COUNTRY DIA RY.—SATORDAY, JAN. 12. Bottomley, J., Weakey—White Bear, Manchester 2 Heron, J. Portsmouth—White Horse, Chichester Fallen, S., Knaresbrough—Commercial room, Bristol ...... Sanders, J., Bristol—Commercial rooms, Bristol INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO RE DISCHARGED, Petitions to be heard at Pottugaistreet, Lincohes Inn Fields. Jan. 15 at Nine o'clock. Akhurst, J., Sandridge, Kent, baker Carr, It. and Ti., Barnsley, Yorkshire, linen-manufacturer Channer, J., York-place, Kent-road, broker Dewsnap, 3., Sheffield, farmer El'worth, H., Berners-street, coal-merchant Fairhurst, J., Great St. Thomas Apostle, tailor Gawar, 'l., Ni holas-lane, Lombard-street, clerk Gay, J., Lower East Smithfield, carpenter Godfree, J., Arnwell-street, Pentonville, baker Hopkins, G., Ludgate-bill, coach-maker Moore, M., Judd-street, Brunswick-square, victualler Parnham. 8., Gilbert-street, Clare-market, appraiser Staples, C., Draper's-buildings, fruiterer Trust, H., Waterioo-roed, musician Tupper, J., Fenchurch.street, schoolmaster COUNTRY.-- At the Shirehall, Beaumaris, January 15, at Ten o'clock. Price, J., Bangor-ferry, Bangor, mariner THE MARKETS. COAL MAIII Beaumont 33%. Od. Bunton ---- 37 6 Heaton ----„--- 39 3 Hebburn Main -- 38 0 Killingworth as ]l 12 6 Ord's Redhugh ---- 13 0 Percy 12 6 Pontop Windsor --„ 12 6 • Tanfield Moor. 14 0 15 9 «'illington 38 6 Walls End Bew ic ke& Co. 40 0 Ditto Brown's----- 33 0 Ditto Clarke and Co. :37 6 Ditto Ellison 39 6 Ditto lfilda Ditto Hotspur---..., 37 0 Ditto Northumberland 38 0 Ditto Peareth 37 0 Ditto Perkins and Co. 40 0 Ditto It idth 39 9 Ditto Russell's Ships at market, 171—Ship! K ET.—Jan. 9 . Walls End Newmarch.,, 395. 6 ,1, Ditto Walker 39 6 Hetton's small 1 , 3 0 Lambton small 21 6 Londonderry small— 21 0 Russell's Hetton's small 19 0 Iletton, double-sceened 20 0 Cowpoi 33 Culm C0x ,.,.,. 29 0 Hartley 34 6 Henderson 33 0 Milford Coal .36 0 Eden Main 37 9 Lambton's Primrose « 37 3 Neshano Blain 37 0 Pelaw Primrose 35 0 Russell's High 38 Is Walls End Hetton 41 6 Walls End Lambton....., 41 0 Walls End 1,3 ons 0 Ditto Ravensworth 23 6 Ditto Stewart's 41 ' 6 Russell's Hetton sW.E. 40 6 s sold. 651 4--Unsold, 85N. COUNTRY QORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. 1 Barley Oats. Beans. Per guarte.r. Abingdon--- Andover. Birmingham-- Bridport --- Cirencester -- Faringdon--- Guildtbrd Henley--- Hereford --- Maidenhead —.— Newbury. Oakingham Reading . _ Salisbury. Southampton Stroud ----- Tewkesbury Uxbridge ---.. Warminster Worcester--..,. S. to S. t tki 56 6 t 48 62 52 56 48 58 48 M 44 64 50 66 Gt 66 60 68 SO 62 56 60 48 67 49 1 58 52 56 56 60 54 60 66 74 55 70 45 60 56 62 ti 2 64 S. to s. 35 42 :It 39 30 34 :12 39 30 36 :38 36 45 32 43 46 50 38 42 21 29 :30 40 20 33 29 32 37 40 36 40 40 42 30 34 3'3 45 28 28 33 s. to s. 35 42 30 36 24 40 26 28 24 27 24 34 26 37 26 34 42 28 38 18 36 28 36 IS 35 21 26 30 32 92 _ 4,2 33 38 24 32 :30 40 20 27 22 30 32 40 r. r• - 0 - ... CHELTENHAM Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Wheat 6 0 6 6 Beef Barley Oats Beans 7 9 8 0 Lamb Pease 5 0 8 0 Pork' ........ . . Hay 4/. 10s. to 5/. pet ton. MARKET. —Jan. S. Per lb. 6° , -_ i~~ d. to it 6 8 64 'a 6 6 Si ..... LEWES MARKET.—jan. 8. White Wheat (per quarter) £2 14 0 to .£2 16 0 Red ditto 2 8 0 2 13 6 Barley Oats, New 1 0 0 1 5 6 Pease 9 0 0 2 2 a, Oil Cake, New l3 10 0 per thousand. In most of the churchyards in Norway, a l mo st every grave is covered with a bed of flowers, which i n aur a' mer has a very pleasing appearance. How differ en t thin from letting the herbage of the churchyards, as in E ng l a nd, c. to it a tie ne l ighbouring butcher, to be violated by th e h oofs 01 • The firemen belonging to the London 'ma' ance Companies have received orders from their respective offices, to send in their names, ages, height, and full de' scription of their persons, in order that the same may be immediately forwarded to the Admiralty, that protections may be granted to them, to prevent the liability of their being pressed to serve in his Majesty's naval forces, i n the expected war. The following singular address appeared on th e back of a letter which passed through the Post-office of Stirling, within the last day or two :—" The wonoo who is going to keep a stoneware shop—Keeps pr esen t'' , lodgers—also has three sons, and WILLIAM has a very sore f o ot, being cut with a hatchet; she is on the road direst east of the new pier about 200 yards—leading from the, new pier on the north s id e t h e street , town of Kincardine.' BIRTH. Hanover, o e f of a daughter lB thult.,th . e lady of John Taylor, Es q ., of MARRIED• On the 25th of Sept at the Consulate, Monte-Video by the Rev. Mr. Hall, chaplain of his Majesty' s ship Thetis, S. C. Clewley, Esq., Captain of tke 13r as iliao Navy, to Miss Eleanor Tucker, youngest daughter of the late Walter Tucker, Esq., of Glamorganskire. On the Bth inst. at Alverstoke Church, Hants., by 0 0 Rev. E. Barnard, Thomas illinchin, Esq., of Furnivarr Exeter, Charle° ',ndaeataurgAshitopeuirltiino, g f wti t oc h nk e : Di 4 1 e a aa t r e : ts. William Davison Ein'n'O; : itootfh3eAi S aBs c il' o tylhi t 'a t n , iond:s E lt') ; q, of II ar t• street, Bloomsbury, to Joe youngest daughter Farrant, daughter of the late Joseph Bidwill, Esq., Ex e ter , On the 9th inst., at St. Pancras New Church, Th o rns) :qCu;n a a n n, of Windsor' b l y :; the Rev. George Huxley, hun., Esq., of the Middle Temple, to M try A nn e, Lieuten an t - Colonel West Bowes Farm, Middlesex. On the Bth inst., at Windsor, by the Rev. John Char man, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, J. P. E Sophia,s O . I , i o t f be l ei f is t e i n st ittiedrinusstgtr.e,e titert , at I ( 3 ,G t f •t r t se n ei s i.n. n i r jv ii i k ,i i d Abraham hackney,ke C n n al dt 'o ' y t e e llaod T tfees h \t o; or a nl s v oi Greenhill, t o Ann Portman-square, wine -merchant, to Susann° ). irtst•, at Chester, Mr. Edmund Coates, o f On the Bth inh " Maria, eldest Majesty . ° In Septem , . r l .daughteret,aot f t R h e ob c e a r p t e l% 0 1 i f d d G I e o t o o d n , R E oepcie . , th e Rey'• B il e a o l l: s i t u re c et r ' oft Go . otbso . n, M.A.., C haplain to his same place. o n the Bth inst., in Dublin, Joseph Allen, E sq , of Gloucester-place, Dorset-square, to Mariann; second U p per Gloucester-place, F a q t . b ' e O ' l d au ghter of Samuel Scott, Esq., of Lower Gardiner-streatt Forces, to Ellen, eldest daughtet of Horne, E l. of th , Dublin. (i :A ; fi l l Cott,aitoerf:Rl:ie( TsNt, Rugby,L a t Atu ig a i. t s ni iii Ctiteehaoril.ef;..tecfhcoeotttiintil,eat DIED. On the 4th inst., in Air-street, Piccadilly, in hie 60 0 year. Thomas Harrison Macleod, Esq., late o f Brea d, street, Cheapside, and Blackheath, Kent. On the 7th inst., at Sandgate, William Glennie, LL.P late of Dulwich. On the Bth inst., Arthur Babington, the infant Bon et the Rev. Benjamin Pelle, of Hatfield, Herts. On the 9th inst., at the house of his son in Finsburt circus, Charles Lukin, Esq. aged 76. PRINTED and PUBLISHED by M. YOUNG, M Il3s SUN OFFICE, NO. 112, Stand. T.H TO TE GA nit.fprd Mr. 7tLT * le diat %INT Q eftti by event- wt sitOr t i y. 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