The Sun. — London, England, 1824-12-23 00:00:00

LITERARY NOTICE. The KAKO-DEMON. By TERTIUS T. C. Kitxnu Author of The lonian Islands, &c. &c. Mr. KENDRICK, whose name appears in the title as the Author of the above Work, is not altogether a new aspirant to public notice as a candidate for literary distinction. His Journal of a Tour through the lonian Islands, and Sir Andrew Sagitarius, a Novel (our Notice of which we have no doubt lives in the recollection of our Readers), have already sufficiently established his claim to rank among the amusing writers of the day. The Work which it is now our task to notice is in a different style from his preceding publications. The world has not yet 4 ‘ suet full tOorrors," and while the play.going Public is nightly delighted by the combination of terrific extravagances in • Der Freischutz,• the literary part=of the community are indulged in the grafi litation of their appetite for the horrible by Goethe's Faust, and the Devil's Elixir of Hoff. tman, , transiations of which have recently ap peared. Mr. KENDRICK has availed himself of the present taste, and composed a Romantic Story, the materials for which he collected during his residence in Greece, in which country he lays the scene. The Plot turns upon the fortunes of a Young Greek, who, to escape the pursuit of a baud 'of ruffian invaders, whose as saults he had for some time successfully mithstood, takes shelter in the far-famed Grotto of Antiparos, in which, according to the traditions of the country, whoever enters after sun-set will have his future fortunes declared to him. In this scene all Mr. KENDRICK'S hor rible machinery is set in motion, and he presents us•with a good theatrical description of the ter rifying circumstances attendant upon the exposi tion of the destiny of his hero, who, it appears, has never undergone the ceremony of baptism, and must therefore (if the rite is not performed within a prescribed term) become the prey of the Kako. Demon. All this one would imagine quite sufficient to induce any man to become a Chris. tian ; but he is the slave of Fortune, and con. eluding it to be edream produced by his recol ' lection of the tradition,disregards the warning, and neglects the performance of the ceremony. He now forms an intimacy with a certain Basil, who leads him from the paths of virtue, and causes him to follow up vice upon vice, until the measure of his crimes is full, and at the expire - lion of the time ptescribed for his entrance into the pa le of Christianity, discovers himself as the Kako. Demon, and seizing his prey, disappears with him amid all the unearthly appearances usual on such occasions. From these materials, of which our limits have obliged us to give as brief an out line as possible, Mr. KENDRICK has constituted a very amusing story, parts of which are written with considerable vigour. The character of Vasili, the hero, h a spirited portrait, and some of the manners and customs of the Greek islanders are effectively introduced, and prove , that Mr. K ENDRICK had not lost his time while visiting the classic shores of Greece. He is an intelligent and amusing Writer, and his concep tion and execution of the present Work entitle it to a portion of the success which has of lute at tended all horrific novelties. ELECTION of COMMON COUNCILMEN LIAIE-STREET WARD. Here much interest was excited, as the contest which arose involved a question as to the right of appropriating the Ward rates to die payment of the expenses of the dinners of the Corn. Mon Counsel and others. The candidates proposed from the precinct returns were, — Mr. Deputy Price, Mr. Dyster, and Air. Shearman, the old members, and Mr. Mitchell. Mr. John Prince was now put in nomination• APPROPRIATION OP TILE WARD RATES TO TILE PAYMENT LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, DEC. 22. .7011 N BULL.-SUACKELL t 7. 14jACATT1.AY. The Counsel having observed the inclination of the Court, declined further argument in this case. The LonD Cu ANcE Lzon refused to dissolve the Commis sion, and directed theinjunction to continde. COURT OF KING'S BF:NCII,. DEC. 22. CHARGE OF PEIUU R Y. THE ICING v. JOSEPH WILFRED PARKINS, ESQ. Mr. Parkins, the defendant, when this case was culled on, took his scat among the Counsel, behind the bar. • The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE asked if the defendant appc,tr ed to defend himself in person ? Mr. Parkins answered in the affirmative. The LORD Clime JUSTICE—Then, Sir, you must take your place on thelloor—that is the proper situation for persons under such circumstances to occupy. Mr. Parkins.—My Lord, I wish to be near my Counsel. The LORD CHIEF JusricE—Counsel t• I thought you in tended to defend yourself. Mr. Perkins—.! wish to avail myself of the assistance of Mr. Williams, on points of law. The Lotus CHIEF JusTrct —Mr. Williams will be able to render you all the service you desire in the situation you ought to occupy. I must deal with this case as with all others. Mr. Parkins then took his seat on the Bench usually occupied by Attornies, in the front of the King's Counsel. Mr. M.. 1. Qum stated, that this was an indictment against the defendant for perjury, committed on the trial of a cause in which Charles Swift was plaintiff, and Henry Thwaites and others defendants. Mr. SCARLETT opened the case for the prosecution. He would not pay the defendant so bad a compliment as to sup. pose that he was unknown by reputation to the Jury. The offence with which he was charged—wilful and corrupt perjury —was one which, there was too much reason to fear, often escaped detection. So many technical difficulties were inter posed by legal form s so many chances of failure were permitted to exist, that it rarely happened that a prosecution for this crime was brought to a successful issue. And yet, if there were any crime which it was desirable to bring to light, and to visit with just and condign punishment, it was that now brought before the Jury. It was to the administration of justice what high treason was to the political government, for it struek equally at the foundation on which that system rested, which was secured only by the sanctity of oaths. A case of a more serious, and, as he thought, of a more satisfactory nature, had rarely been submitted to the consideration of' a Jury than that which he hail now to open. Mr. Parkins, from motives into which it was needless to inquire, volunteered his services to receive subscriptions for an individual who was considered by outfly as the victim of oppression, and whose sufferings were con nected with a most Melancholy and odious transaction. Be af terwards raised Obstacles to the receipt of the subscriptions by the man, and consequently was engaged in a dispute with him. AS the public attention was excited by this quarrel, Mr. P. be. came anxiousto publish his defence, and to vibtlicate the pro priety ofhis conduct. For this purpose he opened a communica tion, amongother papers, with the Morning Herald, of which Mr. H. Thwaitcs was u proprietor and conductor. In April, 11123, he sent letters for insertion in that paper, wide) it was necessary for the editor to peruse and consider before he allowed them to appear in his columns. Perkins, it appeared, was dissatisfied at the delay, and went to the office at midnight on the 17th of April to demand his papers, attended by Swift, who had been an attorney's clerk, and now was his follower. Mr. Thwaites, always a timid anti nervous man, was on this night particu larly averse to intmsion, for lie had left his wife on her death bed, and was exceedingly anxious to complete his business and return home. Mr. Parkins entered with his companion. and demanded the papers in a tone df menace which showed -that his object was to compel Mr. Thwaites to publish them. Mr. Thwaites refilled, that the papers were left at his own house, but he would send them. Parkins affected to believe they were in the office, took off his gloves, seated himself, and insulted Mr. Thwaites both by gestures and words. Mr. Thwaites re peatedly desired him to retire, but Parkins kept his ground till Mr. ,Thwaites thought it necessary to ring for help. The sound of the bell brought into the room several reporters, who were pursuing their avocation in an adjoining office, and seve ral compositors, at work on the paper. in their presence Mr. Parkins was repeatedly asked to retire; he refused; and at length Mr. Thwaites gave directions to turn out him and his companion by force. A struggle ensued; Parkins and Swift stoutl , resisted ; but at last they were turned into the street, after flinging one man from the top of the stairs to the bottom. A charge was madeesgainst them, and an indictment preferred; but Mr. Thwaites thought, on reflection, the matter not worth pursuing, and he allowed the defendants to take an acquittal, without appearing to prosecute. Mr. Parkins, however, was not satisfied with this impunity. An ac tion was brought, not in his name, because be did not choose to make himself liable for costs ; but in the name of the pauper, Swift, who had nothing to lose, against Mr. Thwaites, and two of his men, for an assault and bat teiy. A justification was pleased, allegin_g that the plain. tiff' unwarrantably entered the office—that he was repeated ly desired to withdraw—that he refused—and that uptin this refusal lie was removed with no more force than was ne cessary to accomplish the purpose. Mr. Parkins appeared as a witness for the plaintiff, and was questioned, on cross-examina don, as to those very points which were of the substance of the issue. He was asked whether Mr. Thwaites did not desire him to quit the room before he rang the bell ; he answered po sitively in the negative. He was asked whether, after the bell was rung,and before any thing was done or a band raised, Swift and he were not several times desired to leave the office; he answered that they were not. He was asked if Swift was not told, that it' he persisted in remaining, lie would be expelled by force ; and denied it. Ile was asked it he himself did not knock a man down, and resist ; and had the audacity to deny resistance or struggle. A number of witnesses contradicted him upon all these points, and in the result the jury found a verdict for the defendant. Of the falsehood, therefore, there could be no doubt ; and there could be as little as to the motive. Parkins swore he was not responsible for die costs; but could any man doubt that he paid the attorney ? Swift was a mere pauper; he had since been discharged under the Insolvent A et ; and if he should be called as a witness, he would know whether any bill had ever been sent to him. Besides this, he had shown his malice, by indicting the witnesses who appeared on behalf of defendant Loran assault; and the indictment would be given in evidence. It might be suggested on behalf of the defendant, that he was not right in his mind ; but if' cunning, a constant attention to his own interest, and an anxiety to do mischief with safety, were evidences of sanity, it would be clear that Mr. Pare kins was responsible for his actions. The Nisi Prius record of the case of " Swift v. Thwaites and others" was produced, and evidence given that Mr. Par kins was examined as a witness for the plaintiff at the trial on the 13th of February. Mr. C. F. WILLIAMS and Mr. Lawnse.ow, who assisted Mr. Parkins with their advice, compared the indictment with the documentary proofi Mr. John Cook, the shorthand-writer, produced his notes of the evidence of the defendant. He did not begin to take notes till after the examination In chief had begun. The witness then read his notes of Mr. Parkins'sevidence, which was to the effect stated by Mr. Scaled in his opening speech. Mr. Henry Thwaltes, examined by Mr. SCARLETT, said— '. am one ot'the proprietors of the Morning Herald, and was so in Aptil last year. I recollect Mr. Parkins coming to the , office, though I do not recollect the month. He came first by himself, about twelve at nignt. I had been in the office she'd an hour, and was engaged in business. Perkins sat down in a chair, and told me lie wanted some papers. In two, three, or four minutes, Swift, whom I never saw before, came in. I repeatedly desired him to quit th e room. I recollect ringing the bell; to the best of' my recollection, I desired them to re tire before I rang the bell • I have little" doubt of it. I rang the bell because of their insolent and threatening manner. The bell was rung before any act was thine, or any hand raised against them. After the hell was rung, they were desired seve ral times by several persons to quit the office. I gave directions that they should be turned out of the room. Nothing was sa id by me as to the consequences of their not retiring ; but others, to the best of my recollection, told thew it would be worse For them if they did not retire. I told Mr. Parkins I had not the papers there, but he should have them the next day. I was not at all aware of the intention of Mr. Parkins to call that evening. I was defendant in the action. Mr. C. F. NV; ra.tAsts now applied for permission for Mr. which,Paki Parkins sittth.roewr somen ea r discussion,i, i In owrasdergrtahnattedh.e might advise him r. He said, proprietor of the Ilforning Herald since 1018. Before that time, w as i n b us iness at Manchester, have4lte beenw'a s then cross-examined by Mr. Parkins.— transacted busie st ',. linenedraper. Al that time a gentleman named Radcliffe was for my father, who was a whole a s n at editor. Another gentleman wits editor afterwards. Up to the evening when you called w i th Swift we were fr i en dl y . I t hi n k itlohnehgya drietrlw:eletaseet l fore toilv b et e the paper s were returned; it might be one Papers you called for a week before; thei case of By r ne ; I do not recollect how two, or three weeks after you called. I generally went to the office about ten at night. On that. night I cannot say whether I went at ten or eleven. I do not believe it was half-past eleven. You had sent to me co mmunications before, which were inserted ; that was all the assistant,, y 0 u ever told you if you sent communications simultaneOuslygatvoesnieveirall papers, they wore the. less worthy of attention. I never asked you to write deem Cobbett.—(A laugh.)--.At first you asked me civilly for the paper; at lie Same time there was a warmth in your manner I had not oberved before. It struck me at the moment, this was because had not inserted your communi cations instanter. To the bat of my remembrance, the papers were sent, either in whole orin part, for insertion. I don't re. ; member they were to show hat you had inserted what was un true about me. There well about 20 steps in the staircase. It I niust be two or three yards iont the Editor's ch'o'ir to the door 'of the room. There must le about a - yard from eh* bell-ropit. which I rung, to the place rylteryou stood. Voitsat in * chair, as you had done beroi, be , m V You asked for the papers, and very peemptorily ant-impudently desiree me to look for them. I sail they were not there. You said you were certain they were The precise nature of the com munication Ido not remenber When you spoke peremptorily you were rising. You'lnil d t off your gloves. I think I said 1 would send the papers thit. next day. You said "I am cer tain they are in those drovers." I recollect no conversation about a book on that night, I think I did not rise to pull the bell. You put yourself it an insulting, arrogant, vagabond attitude:......(A. l au gh.) Mr. Parkins.— Did 1 not sometimes assist you in your paper ? —You have looked over the slips of your own letters : as to as sisting rime, the idea is ri(hiculons:—(4 laugh.) The cross-examination proceeded.to a considerable length; but nothing further of nay consequence occurred. At the desire of the LORD CIIIEF JUSTICE, proof was here given that the day to which the witnesses were speaking was the 17th of April. 111 r. Robert Ben was then called, and said, on the night in question I was employed in the Herald oiiice, reporting a de bate. .I sat in the front room, and the Editor's room, where Mr. Thwaites sits, is behind it. I heard a .noise in .Mr. Thwaites' room as of loud talking, and heard a desire some one would leave the room. I went in, and saw Mr. Parkins and another person, whose face I dith not see. I left directly, and afterwards the bell rung. I now knew that the man who ac companied Parkins was Charles Swift. I only just opened the door, and when I saw it was Parkins I retired. Several per sons came from the printing room above stairs, and several gen tlemen who were in the room with me. After some time, they removed Mr Parkins from the place. Before they removed, I saw some of them speaking to him. He made great resistance when they attempted to remove him. The companion of Mr. Parkins was removed with him. Cross-examined.—l am the ****** and part proprietor of the ' Weekly Dispatch (a Paper produced). That is the paper of which lam the editor, The paragraph marked with an as terisk was inserted by my desire. Mr. Harmer is the other proprietor, and he is attorney for the prosecution. lam not now employed for the Morning Herald, but I was then, at an annual salary. I was connected with the paper till the end of tho hist Session of Pplizinent. I beard Mr. Thwaites say " Quit my room" several times before the bell rang. He afterwards called to his people to remove the intruders from his room. Mr. Robeson, the printer of the Mornin g Herald, said—l saw Mr. Swift go into the editor's room about twelve or after. I went into the reporters' room, which adjoins it. Soon niter I heard a confusion of words, and went into the editor's room. On entering I saw Mr. Parkins, Mr. Swift, and Mr. Thwaites. Mr. Thwaites said he was grossly insulted by Mr. Parkins, and de• sired me to order bins out. I advised him to go out, as he was obstructing the business. He smiled indignantly, and did not appear to move. After thiseone of the reporters came in, and ordered him to retire, at the request of Mr. Thwaites. After repeatedly ordering Swift to quit, some gentleman took him round the middle and put him into the passage. Mr. Parkins was afterwards removed, struggling to get back. Parkins took a man, named Thomas Young, by the collar, and threw hint violently down stairs. Parkins and Swift were both requested to leisve the room before they were forced out of it. This witness was cross-examined at length by Mr. Parkins ; but nothing material was elicited. John Hunt, a compositor of the Morning Herald, said, that being in a room above stairs, he heard Mr. Thwaites in an ele vated tone desire some persons to go and not stay to insult him, before the bell was rung. Ile did not go into - the room at all. Three reporters connected with the Morning Herald, and four compositors, who °entered the room after the ringing of the bell, severally deposed that Mr. Parkins was desired to leave the room before any hand was raised against him, and that he made a vigorous resistance to the attempts to remove him. It was proved that Mr. Parkins had indicted several of the witnesses against Swift for an assault shortly after the trial. This was the casefer the prosecution. . Mr. Parkins then resumed his place on the floor of the Court, and addressed the Jury in a speech, of which, from its great rapidity and want of con nex i on , i t i s impossible to convey any 'sketch. He solemnly declared his innocence before God and hi s s av i our ; asserted that he was the greatest enemy of per jury and oppression on the earth i • that in his whole life he had defrauded no man, and was inde le bt i e w d op t l o e n to ot ti h n in d g er b ta u k t e h ( i t s ut o i w es n , industry for the htele - fortune which he had gained. The truth was, lie had been aeught : b y ti from which he woalti have shrunk; and attempts had been made to identify him with a set of people called radicals, who ought to be called mo ra l v ill a ins, and who h a t e d him because lie refused to assist t h e i r term in Swift's action, pl a ns. For thi s , he, who had no in: who attended to give his evidence mere ly in obedience to a stubpoona , WO accused of a crime which hs detested, and to annihilate which he would lay do w n hi s lif e at the stake. Ele ven wretches had lie saved from the effects of perjury; hundreds of letters had he written to detect perjury ; and yet he was accused of this clime, which he would rather sacrifice a thousand fortunes and a thousand lives than perpe trate. Too cl.irge wits false; as the lute Lord Ellenborough said, " false as Hell." On the night in question lie was searching for witnesses to defend an action .brought against him by some . persons of Berwick, who claimed from him expences relating to his proposed election as member for that town, to which he had never given the slightest sanc tion: As they went. down the Strand, he saw a light in the office in the Herold, -and determined to call, not for 'letters which were to be inserted in the paper, but letters from Ire land, which he had deposit:d for his own justification with the editor. [Here Mr. Parkins gave the history of Byrne and the Irish subscription.l He went into the office, civilly nsk ed for the letters, and was repulsed in the midst of uproar, hy 20 or 30 confederates, who came to swear for each other. Virould any man believe that he went among persons so so penor in force, to insult them and make a riot P It was incredible Wearer he was told to leave the room, he declared to God that h: did not hear it. He was taken to a police-office, and the Magistrates laughed at the charge; but the next day there was no account in the Herald, nor in several of those diabolical diurnals which gaVe these detestable ex-parte statements and police reports. He had laboured under disadvantage from want of Counsel : if he hail known his friend Mr. Williams a few days sooner he should have led his cause; but he confound ed him with another Williams, who talked about " unsunned snow," and such stuff, for which he had no relish-hut the gentleman he referred to was another and a better Mr. WU- Inuna.—(A laugh.)—Mr. Parkins concluded by stating, that he should call most respectable witnesses to his character, and thanking the Chief Justice for the patience with which he had heard loin. . Mr. Wm. Scudamove, Member for 'Hereford, who knew the defendant in India, said that the late Duke of Norfolk always heel the highest opinion of his character anti honour. He had the same himself, and thought him wholly incapable of the crime laid to his charge. ' Mr. Was. Stephenson, a plumber and glazier, said he had knwn the defendant since they were school-boys together. He never heard a word against his probity, veracity, and honour. On cross-examination, Mr. Stephenson said he owed Mr. Parkins money, fbr which he had given security. Mr. Toulkham said he had known Mr. Parkins first at Cal cutta as early as woo, and had only returned lately to Eng lend. He knew nothing against Mr. Parkins's character. Mr. Remington, the banker, said he had known Mr. Par kins three or four years, and thought him as honourable a man as ever lived. He kept cash in his house. Mr. SCAR LET 1.--A good account, I hope? The lefitness—Excuse me ; we never disclose the secrets of our oustome rs.--( A Jaugh. ) Mr. Wood, one of the partners in Child's banking.house, who had known the defendant for six years, said he considered him a very honourable man in all his dealings. he performed the d ut i es o f s h er iff w i t h zea l an d attention. He had not Po oty l e le tn'who had been under-sheriff' to Mr. Perkins, said made up his accounts, but he had promised to do so; and this was the only circumstance within leis knowledge which could raise a question as to his honour. The Loan CHIEF JUST ICE told the Jury that the charge was of is most grave and serious nature , and ought to be ma de out to their entire satisfaction. The material point of the case was the den 'alor Mr. Parkins that he - ha d been desired to lea ve the room before viol e nce wax used towards him. On this two questions arose_.first, was he so desired ? and second, if he was, nail he swor n t h e contrary wilfully and from corrupt motive ?It was evident t h at he was a man of hasty temper; a nd such per sons wer e not unfrequently misled without intending deliberate falsehood. If the statement of the defendant was true, be was, of course, eit itlee i ltoa io na i r niitterraol ; incorrect, it was not designedly wilfully false, lie must be dthey ; bu i t if, though still to find hi en nut .git i I ty. verdict of --A r ot Guilty. i c e o i i ri tv ii l le c ed te :ju ry consulted for fiv e minutes, and they returned a Loud, but partial, applause followed, which was imme diately repressed by the Lord Chief Justice. 'rise trial lasted from half-past nine till half past six in the evening. _____ COURT Or C " V. REID AND OTDERS. COMMON PLEAS, DEC. 2 2. This was an action to recover the value of some copper which had been furnished by them to a ship called the sine, of which the defendants were the registered owners. The plaintiffs were' copper-merchants residing at Limehouse, *and the defendants bankers at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The ship originally. be longed to a person of the name of Bulmer, who having obtain ed soMe pecuniary advances from the defendants, placed the register and title-deeds of the vessel in their hands. It was while these documents were in the defendants' possession that the copper was furnished to the vessel by order of Bulmer, who continued in her command, and the bill was in the first „Itance deliver _d to him. waS co nil on thevartof the Nfetul a n ts 4 , that the credit 4 k e en gt uhne4and not to them. . 1 'Tice Jury found a verdict for tbelefendants. or DIXNELL rxpulicna. Mr. PRINCF. said, he had been three years their representa tive in the court, and those who now opposed him would find some difficulty in openly avowing and justifying the grounds of their opposition. From what had occurred in this Virard, (a thing pretty extensively known in the City), he was determin ed not to allow any misapplication of the Ward 'rates for other purposes than those for which they were specifically raised. He had refused to sanction the payment of the expellee of the din ners eaten by his brethren out of the Ward rates, which were raised for other purposes. He had excited their oppo sition by the refusal to sanction the application, but as his refusal was well founded In law and justice, he could not recede from it, even though he incurred the displeasure of his colleagues. He wished to excite no disturbance, and was de sirous of living in good-will with all around him, but he must act honestly, and maintain independently the course which his Conscience told him was just. He did not wish to remain their representatiVe except on these terms. Mr. Deputy PuicE said, it should tint go forth that there had been any misapplication of the public money. The fact was, the dinners, and the expellees of their meetings, had always been paid in the same mode; and if they were not to be paid out of the rates, in what way were a hundred other expances to be paid ? This application of the rates was corn .mon even in other places. The Ward itself had sanctioned it ; for, at the last ward note, only two hands were held up against the motion. Ile would readily pay his share of the dinner expenee, but then it would give Mr. Prince an opportunity of sa,ying that he had produced a reform. He was not angry with Mr. Prince fur having objected to the matter, as lie had done so in a gentlemanly manner, and Mr. Mitchell, in opposing, was only actuated by a fair ambition, Mr. ,PitttlCE was desirous of having it understood, that he was by no means an enemy to civic dinners ; but a large por tion of these rates was paid by widows , by the poor and infirm ; and he could not consent that a farthing of their money should be taken for his entertainment. ffe wished to defray his share of the expences, and that others should do the like. An Inhabitant said the present Lord Mayor had disconti fillefi the practice in Bridge ward. Alderman BRIDGES said, that 'when Acts of Parliament were framed, all the provisions for matters which were after. wards found useful were not made. It did not appear to him that rates could not be legally applied to any other purpose than those for which they were specially raised by Act of Par- Ain:tent. Mr. Deputy PRICE said, that during such a disctissilon, none but inhabitants of the Ward ought to be present. He saw several strangers, and he desired they would withdraw. [The first days poll was published yesterday.] STATE OF THE SECOND DAY'S TOLL. Price ( Deputy) - - 41 Shearman - D .ter - 38 Prince - - - Mitchell* - 36 This Ward returns Four Members. FAItRINODON WITHOT TT returns Sixteen. Butterworth - 199 Griffiths - Tickner 101 Beckwith - Keens . - 181 Patten Vale - 131 Galloway* Crooke - - 130 Figgins . . - 130 Young F' ll4, itte 1211 Turner Robgnts 127 Hansard Southgate 119 Ranishaw• :Taylor „, to VINTRV WAI Whitby(Deputy) 42 Mane . Ingasil . " 37 COM - 37 Cori say • " 38 ',Marshall 38 .Those marled with a 1), returns Crooke . . Garrett - Ilarsduni bicketi* - - Woodward - aro fresll emadidates. COMBINATION. The operative cotton.spinners still continne to bold out ; and we regret to say that they, in almost every in stance, evince a most hostile spirit against the few hands which shew a disposition to come forward to work. - The system of intimidation and terror is carried to a great length, and corn pletely overawes the minds of multitudes who would work and who want work. The new hands employed are obliged to sleep in the mills where they work, and to be introduced in the most secret manner, and notwithstanding every precaution, they cannot at all times escape the vigilance of the old spinners who watch the mills, and who use every means, even to the length of threatening and actual violence, to deter them from engaging in work. One poor woman in a state of great poverty and distre,s, and consequently anxious to do something to obtain a liveli hood, was, in her attempt to go to work, brutally attacked and se verely injured by some miscreants. A proclamation has been is sued by the Sheriff, declaring, that any person found mo lesting people going to work will be apprehended and dealt with as rioters and disturbers of the public peace. Still this does not prevent attempts from being made. Several panes of glass have been broken—one female spinner was knocked down by some men, who, it is believed, can be identified. On Thurs day evening, the windows in Mr. Aitkin's mill were demolished, and farther anci.more serious mischief, only prevented by the arrival of the (iorbals Police. Yesterday, two men were appre hended in the act of offering violence to some persons entering a mill in the Calton. Two of the Police had disguised them selves in female attire, and entering the mill as spinners, they were immediately assaulted by two persons from the crowd on the watch, who were, accordingly instantly apprehended and longed in jail. The cavalry have received orders to be on the alert, and render assistance to the civil power, in case of serious riot and disorder. We do not pretend to he able to judge of, or decide upon, the merits of the case between the operative cotton-spinners and their masters ; but we deeply lament that the dispute has been carried this length, and that there is so little prospect of accommodation, particularly as a similar spirit and dis union seem to he spreading betwixt various other operations and their employers, and which we fear is to kindle discord and raise up distress, which cannot terminate without some serious evils to the whole community. Whatever be the cause of the complaints of the operatives who have left work, they can have no right whatever to use threats or violence against any who , may be inclined and willing to work. In acting thus, they are clearly contending against the laws, which will ultimately be found stronger than they. The situation of the country is at the moment by no means pleasant or satisfactory. A spirit of disunion and discord is sown and spreading between the employed and the employer in almost every branch of business, which threatens the most serious consequences to the trade and manufactures of this country, to the best interests of the community, and eventually and inevitably the most serious calamities to the labouring cies t•es themselves. They are, by their conduct, in dictating to the master now and whet . ; and where he should employ his capital and his skill, deranging the whole trade of the country, raising every thing to a pitch and a price which will utterly prevent the British merchant and manufacturer from meeting the merchant and manufacturer of foreign countries in almost every market, and consequently they are blindly taking the most effectual means they can to drive the trade away from this country, and which, when once driven away, there are so many an xious to receive and cherish it, that it will never return.— Operatives may have just cause of complaint against their masters, but wherever they have, we are confident they will find the impartial laws of this country ready and able to pro tect them and redress their wrongs. Indeed, their employers are too sensible of this to attempt, however much they may be inclined to do them any injustice. But, whatever cause of con plaint any particular class may have, or whatever differences may arise between them, nothing can justify the combination of other trades to support and assist them. This is a clear infringement of the law, and a moment's reflec tion would, we should imagine, convince the most thoughtless how dangerous and illegal it is. It is at once departing from the law, and arranging physical force, to intimidate and controul. If employed by them legally, it may also be employed against them, and what then would be the conse quences ? We would implore the different operatives to con sider what they are doing. They cannot dictate to the master, but for the moment the rate of wages he must pay. The in terest of every individual, and the immense competion that must always exist in a free community and country, with in telligence and capital like this, will always secure to them the highest possible wages that every branch of business can afford to give—more they cannot ask—more they cannot ob tain—more no force nor combination can possibly secure unto them ! No capitalist will enter into trade in a place where he cannot carry it on, without dictation and annoyance. —Where this is the case—where enterprise is checked, com petition is at an end, and a lowering of wages must en. sue, because there will be more hands than employment.— That such must be the results in this part of the country, under the present system, cannot admit of a doubt. One of our most extensive cotton-spinners told us a few days ago, if things con. tinue in the present unsettled state, or if a recurrence of such strikes takes place, that he must abandon his business, or with draw his capital to a part of the country where he could employ it to the best advantage, in security and tranquillity. If, by dictation and combination, the operatives effectually derange the trade of this country, a re-action must inevitably ensue, which must press upon them with want and poverty. Every thing tends to accelerate the former object at this mo ment, and the latter will as certainly succeed as the shadow fbllows the body. The cheapness of coals, for example, has been the creating and the support of the manufactures of Glasgow. These, by a combination of the colliers, are now raised to, or fast approaching to a price, which manufactures cannot bear, to come in competition with other parts of the kingdom. Drive business from this, and where would be the demand for coals—where even moderate instead of high wages for the colliers ? Yet we learn with surprise and astonish. ment, that in consequence of the resolution of the public to seek 1 supplies of coals elsewhere, that the colliers yesterday came to demand higher wages from their employers, and that the col. Hers in Ayrshire have struck work, or have resolved to strike ' work, if any coals were sent to Glasgow. The consequences of such proceedings may easily be foreseen—the derangement of our trade and manufactures, and the early attention and in terference of our Legislature, by strong laws, to cut up by the roots such evils, and to prevent their recurrence. There is no alternative, but from the returning good sense of the operatives and labourers, bringing them. to abandon a course, which, if persisted:in, must bnng severe calamities upon them selves, and severe losses upon their country.—(Glasgow Courier, Dec. 18.) • * - * 1 r N i t 7" MASONIC NOTICE RNI WEL% ENGLA Veb• Nirtlinoi‘ 0, 46, 74 94404 305,-3 1 21„ 407, 458: • COUNTRY. Nos. 227, 246, 320, 49 0 , 546, 578, 707. 28, LoNnwt. Nos: 86, 349. COUNTRY. Nos. 38, 67, 68, 145, 497, 471, 497, 528, 668. Wednesday, 29, Lox Lox . Lodge of Benevolence. a. . CoosTRY. N 4 05 6 . 8, 11 5 2 4 , 9, 1` 5 5, , 1 6 2 6 11, , LOgi, Morty. Tuesday, 705. T --hursday, 30, LONDON. Nos. 7, 39, 327• Oen. Corn. Fem. Sc.:. at N. COUNTRY. Nos. 70, 110, 176, 214, 453, 518, 550, 642, 679 , - 31, Lownox. COUNTRY. Nos. 53, 236, 550, 655, 709. Saturday, Jan. 1, LONDON. No. 173. COUNTRY. NOS. 358, 673. Friday, PRICE OF STOCKS TH IS Bask Stock 3 per 'e,t. Red. 94 iii , 3 per Cent. Cons. shut 34 per Cent.. 101 1001 Ditto Red. lOl loq - P er Cent ' Nevi shut. Bank hong Ann.... 22 15-16ths Imp. 3 per Cents. — India Stock shut Ditto Bonds Ms. 925. South Sea Stock ............ shut DAY ATONE ()I'Annuities .. ; ............ New Ditto .................. shut Ex. Bills 100 W. 2d. ...52 54 51 ... ,55 Ditto lid• • Ditto OOT. ....... Ditt01id....... 5O 54 Ditto Small.— ....... Ditto 1 Ad. -.54 L 2 55, Ditto Advertised ............ Bank for Act. ............... India for Acct. Cons.ifor Opening 95/ PRICES OF FOREIGN VC Austrian Bds, 5 per ct Brazilian Bds_ NOS AT ONE o'cr.ocit. Portuguese Bonds ......833 871 ----Scrip Prussian, 5 per ct. ...... looi Ditto New lO l4 Russian, New, 5 per ct 9.544 Spanish 1821, 5 per ct. ----- 1823, ditto Alliance Shares .••••••••, 8i pr. E P5i qu ia it d a iu b1 n e 1 L0an . .................... Canadian French llentes S cr ip .............. Buenos/lyres Bch -- Chi Han, lids, 6 per ct. 79. 801 Colombian lltia.6perct.... 83 Do. do. 1824 BB Danish, 5 per cent. 10411 t ;reek lids _ Mexican lids 69 thi 9fi —Scrip _ Neapolitan, 5 per cent — Scrip l4 Pm. Peruvian Bonds — FOREIGN MAILS. ARRIVED. 1 Lisbon . Gottenburgh Hamburgh - France - Dug. U 111011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE; TO-MORR OW : Miming, 24 minute , after 4: Evening, 40 minute s after THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERS FALSUM 411 UNA LONDON, • THURSDAY EVENING, DEC. 23, 11324 We are again to-day without any arrival from France, the tempestuous state of the weather in' terrupting all communication with the opposit e coast. We did expect an Express in the course o f the afternoon with a copy of the King d FRANCE'S Speech to the Chambers, which was to have been delivered yesterday morning, G ot owing to fear ot that t e l unfavourabl e cannot be re li c t e a i t to-night or to-morrow morning. tevdof inthetowivenatuintr; We received this morning Lisbon G (Julies from the 2d to the I Ith instant. They do not contain any intelligence relative to the Brazils) except that which is derived from the English Journals; and the following are the only articles of interest concerning the affairs of the motto' country : LISBON, Dm "• The Gazette contains a Royal Decreo to tho following effect : The Conde Sub-Serra, Minister of State for the Marine and Colonies, &c. having represent ed to us the advantage and the necessity °f sending intelligent and upright persons to visit the various countries of my transmarine poo°s' sions, in order that, carefully examining their present situation, a s we ll with resp ect -tn tile economical and administrative branches as to their agriculture, manufactures, commerce, an d other sourcts of public wealth, the informat ion thus obtained, with that already possessed, Inal afford the produced the best foundation for t he legl6lB. five measures which, in consequence of • the andit beingby ti s m h e e , v, nmtao me may seem thisthi most urgent; i ceptiblo measure, ( " which is of general utility, ; 5 °tie needed in the island of St. Michael , that it 4 attain the degree of prosperity of w hich It i 6 t w o t hi r c d o . f s‘itsc.terfrittiourvye being bee p a at k, L i sent uncult i vated) Cal to appoint Dr. Vicente Jose Terreira da Costa to proceed immediately to the said bln't for the purpose above mentioned. Dated Biafra, Oct. 30, 1824. it The same Ga z ette contains an Edic t, Signed the NiTaiirlquumisindateioPnaslmoenlida,ayttsmot f th p e u c h u n s e tin n of r rejoicli: nets! great r e e i nagt necessary e c x a p r carried st article,o and an n useless s t i t el c ll o tui inconvenient nioalites illumination tml sp extents consumptio n it i:ei a lac u irn sl ,o ll , r. t . edict' ''' ward be made, unl es s or d ere d by Publi c Wu. :be ancient custom. p ßc rmurit C. TO BARON DE ALBUFEIRA• f the As the money arising fro m the produ ce e) . prize made in the last war e which is • del'e sitc(- o f England, cannot be received except by mean" r On (loi ho sai lar his r ii. ,-. 11 -, :„ .. 14 .. b) Pt, sil C