The Sun. — London, England, 1824-03-25 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts front the Morning Papers, March 25. [MORNING POST.] We are rather at a loss to say whether the re sult of the late Elections in France, which leaves an Opposition in the Chamber of Deputies of only seventeen votes, together with the bare faced disregard of every form of political de cency by which such an end has been accom plished, are more disgraceful to the Government or the people of that country. Could such a thing be brought about in this kingdom, under any modification of a Representative Constitu tion ? or could any Administration he selected who would even connive at such atrocious schemes against the rights and independence cf their fellow-subjects, and the liberty of their country, as have been recently practised by the Agents of the French Ministry ? Are we not justified then in concluding, that from the highest to the lowest the French are yet incapable of enjoying civil liberty and discharging the duties it imposes, or even doubting whether they will, for some gene rations to come, be sufficiently qualified for that enviable rank of civilization ? I t may, therefore, be a matter of comparative indifference to the people of England how their French neighbours now conduct their own affairs ; but the contrast between the principles and practice of that Go vernment and this is worth remarking. The re cent dissolution of the French Chambers is known to have originated in the success of the Spanish invasion, and to be intended as a mere prelude to further and most essential encroachments on the Charter. Here we have a characteristic specimen of the system acted on by the Ministry of France. Not content with allowing themselves to enjoy the popularity which a successful campaign, added to the general prosperity of the nation, had acquired for the King and Government, and being satisfied with its natural influence upon the Representative Assembly of Deputies, they choose the occasion to exert their whole forces against the future liberties of the country, and by strength and stratagem to establish a despotic Sovereignty ! Let our readers compare the pro ceedings with those of the British Ministry, not only at present, but at all times within recollec tion. At this moment, for instance, whether as regards our foreign or domestic policy, and the internal prosperity and content of the people, his Majesty's advisers are in possession of the most unbounded public confidence and the highest po pularity. But instead of using, or, we should say, abusing this power of attack, or circumvent the rights and liberties of the Empire, they are actually employing the opportunity to widen the basis of popular freedom, to correct the errors of past times, and render the law and the constitu tion in all respects a model of perfection. Such, in short, is the transcendant superiority of the system under which the people of England have the happiness to live, that it is uniformly relaxed in proportion to the satisfaction of the public with their rulers, and is only straitened when some unforeseen accident arouses discontent, and the turbulent passions of the multitude require to be moderated or subdued. HORNING CIIRONICLV,.] W e noticed yesterday the new light which has broken in on The Courier, on the subject of the result of the French Elections. Another Minis terial Paper, The New Times, seems also to think that the French Opposition is not exactly what it ought to be, though not for the same rea son—namely, that 17 out of 430 is too small a number, but because they are not the right sort of people, as " 17 Members of large property, and commanding talent (they always go together) Would form by no means so inefficient an opposi tion as The Courier seems to suppose." " Our real and permanent Opposition," quoth our con temporary, " is an Aristocratic body ; and the great want of France is a body of similar inde pendence among its Aristocracy. An Opposition headed by such persons as Benjamin Constant, Manuel, La Fayette, &c. &c. cannot have any real weight ; France wants Bed fords and Ilamil tons, Grosvenors and Lansdowne ; but these it will be long before she will be able to form from her impoverished Noblesse. It appears to us that the error of the Journal des Djbals and that of The Courier is the same. They calculate new Votes, without considering the personal influence of their possessors." It is personal influence then which is wanted, is it ? The Opposition should possess personal influence. Influence with whom? The people to be sure. Then the people must be something ! Our cotetnporary leaves the peo ple altogether out of his account. An impove rished Noblesse ! All would be well if the No. bility were but rich. But the Noblesse were not always impoverished. They possessed immense wealth till lately ; but what did they do with it? Dangle about Court; keep Opera-girls and Act resses, and make love to all wives but their own. The only body which displayed any thing like virtue, spirit, and independence in France before the Revolution, was—not the I\4'ol)les—but the Parliaments—men of the Long Robe, whom these rich Nobles deemed beneath their contempt.— " The common people of France (says Sir William Temple) are as little considerable in the Government as the children ; so that the Nobles and the soldiers may, in a manner, be esteemed the nation." The French nobility treated the people with contempt, because tho people were nothing, and they themselves were every thing. All that they had to do, as the same respectable writer observes, was " to have some war or other in pursuit abroad, which may amuse the nation, and keep them from reflecting upon their condition at home, hard and uneasy to all but such as are in charge, or in pay from the Court." Now, it sa happened, from various causes, that the people of England early attained consequence, and it became necessary for the Aristocracy to influence them. This at once accounts for the superi ority of the higher ranks of England to the Nobility of F ranee, or of any other nation i n which the people passed for nothing. Where merit and virtue are not necessary to success, they will seldom be possessed. W e have an ex ample of this in Ireland, where the Aristocracy, being perfectly independent of the people, and having nothing to dread from popular opinion, adopt a very convenient code of morality. " I wish to stand well with my neighbours," says an English Gentleman, " and therefore I pay my d ebts,perform my contracts,and avoid acting in such a manner as would subject me to obloquy." " I do what I please," says a❑ Irish Gentleman," I do not care what my neighbours think of me, I pay no debts, because no Sheriff either will or dare ar rest me." [NEW Timts.J The Times and Chronicle, which have been very ill off of late for matters to grumble at, raise a joint outcry against the Alien Act, which, in the same breath, they are forced to confess is in practice no evil at all. They say, however, they dissent from the principle. Now what is meant by this we profess ourselves unable to discover. If nothing more is intended than to approve of affording a ready asylum to persecuted innocence, we as warmly approve of that principle as the ob jectors themselves can do. Nay, we go much further. We would agree to allow private and peaceable individuals to find an undisturbed re treat in England, even if we considered some parts of their former political con d uct very repre hensible. We would not giv e up a single f ug iti ve to the demands of all the Continental Sovereigns united, if we were satisfied that he would really remain in harmless tranquillity amongst us. Nor do we see that in principle the Alien A c t restr i c t s this large and liberal hospitality. Still it is very conceivable that fugitives from other coun !• tries may e sort hither to c arr y on new p l o t s ne ighbouring nati ons , or even to st i r up against ii sa ff e ction among our own people. What is to be done in such a case ? What natural or social right have such persons to be left to pursue their nefarious schemes unmolested ? Does not com mon sense point out that every Government should have summary means of removing dan gerous foreigners ? It is admitted that in point of fact no power was ever so leniently, so liberally exercised as the powers of the Alien Act have been. But yet foreign incendiaries must be kept in awe of some authority. — We have often been surprised at the audacity of individuals of this description, who have pub lished libels not only on their own Government, but even on ours : we have known them circu late in private society the poison of the most per nicious principles ; but it never has fallen within our knowledge that any one of these individuals was seized and sent out of the country, which perhaps not merely political but moral considera tions would have amply justified. [BRITISH PRESS.] " Now that the contested election for the India Directorship is closed, we feel at liberty to make a few remarks upon it. Having no preference , in favour of any particular Candidate, we had no personal anxiety as to the success of . Mr. Mus- , pratt ; but we nevertheless rejoice in it, because we consider it as a triumph in behalf of inde pendence ; we rejoice in it as a breaking up of a combination which has been strengthening itself for years, headed principally by a certain East India agency-house, sending three Members to Parliament, and, though with address and skill sufficient to plan its scheme of influence, has failed in giving it effect. We have here another confirmation of that useful truth—that the battle is not always to the strong. It is true that de feat was never exemplified, that we remember, in the celebrated battles of Alexander, and yet he stretched his sceptre over the East, and sub jected all the provinces of India to his sway ; but l3ayle says of the Macedonian Conqueror, that he was "le plus extraordinaire de teas hommes," which will account for it ; and the India sovereignty moreover did riot then, as now, reside in Threadneedle-street. Had Mr. Tucker not been worsted in the late contest, the firm we advert to, united like the Theban band, had ready on their list three or four other Candidates, whom they would have started in the regular order of succession. But the Directors, some time since, very generally discovered the pro ject, and they have now given a mortifying rap to the projectors. Indeed, a very sensible individual among them—at this moment unhappily labour- log under a sudden and severe indisposition— very shrewdly remarked," that if this combination succeeded, the East India House would soon be come as close a borough as Old Sarum." Although, after what we have here said, it will be seen that we had no wish to congratulate Mr. Tucker on his success, we still cannot regard bat with the utmost indignation the mean and unmanly expedient resorted to for the purpose of throw ing him out. An Englishman has the character of being a generous enemy. The reviving, by public placards, the memory of any act, which a man's virtues have long since buried in oblivion, is an act of the most pitiful and paltry opposition. The Editors of the John Bull and the Indian Observer newspapers degrade the public press, and disgrace themselves, by resorting to a mode of attack which every gentlemanly mind would shrink frurn, and every honest man must despise. It is not only the most mischievous, but the basest species of cowardice. In an honourable contest for place or power, no man need be ashamed of having failed ; but they may well be ashamed who could act against him in a spirit at once so mean and so malicious. We hope never again to witness a proceeding so disgraceful, re sorted to for a purpose so unworthy. [MORNING HERALD.] We thought the Alien Bill was ably argued by Mr. Peel. The speeches of those in oppo sition were more feeble than usual ; besides, they were too violent—and where there is much vio lence, there is seldom much reasoning. With respect to foreigners who have lived some years in this country, we are glad to see that the pr4:- sent Act contemplates an exc: , ption. They are to enjoy the Fotection of the law in common with British subjects. The' number of such foreigners is about 10,000, or nearly half the number of fo- . reigners taken altogether. Situated as this country is, and more especially considering -that we have such a small military force to protect nil —for we believe that the regular troops of Eng land do not amount to more than 20,000 men, and this force is distributed all over the country,—we say, that considering such a circumstance of com paratively weak military protection, it behoves the Government to watch with proper solicitude the arrival and the after.residence of foreigners. We have now altogether about 26,000, of which 16,000 are temporarily resident. We should suppose that the number stated includes females and children, as well as males. If, however, the number includes males only, then the matter would have to be differently considered. During the reign of Napoleon (who, it was well known, stuck at nothing, however dishonourable to se cure the object he had in view), there can be no doubt of th e j u diciousness of the Alien Act. We know th a t h e w ould have invaded this coun try if he could, and that ha would have got possession of this country at any rate—even, we believe, during peace. He made no scruple of seizing the Duke d'Enghien and Sir George Rumbold, though they were in neutral terri tories. We also know that when he most talked of peace with any particular country, he was preparing his armies to take possession of such country. We had a glarin g instance of this in the case of Prussia. Now we will suppose for a moment, and for the purpos e of starting a ques tion, that such a man were on the t hrone of France, and that we were at peace with h i m, he probably commanding a regular military force of 500,000 men, distributed all over France, and we with a force of 20,000 men for England—supposing, for a moment, under such circumstances, that we were without an Alien Act, and that Napoleon, taking advantage of it, contrived to get over gradually into Eng land 100,000 of his troops, dressed in plain clothes, all sworn to secresy by the Catholic priesthood—without arms or ammunition, but with money to purchase both when the time might arrive—supposing that he got this one hundred thousand men within a day's march of London, and that after a time he dispatched one of his Marshals to put that force in motion, and that London should be the first point of attack, and of course that the Royal Family of Eng land were to be got possession of—we say, that in such possible, though, we should hope, not probable circumstances, what resistance should we be able to make against 100,000 men con centrated under such possible circumstances [THI TIMES.] The Alien Act is a disgrace to the law of England, and is supported in the House of Com mons by arguments as unworthy of an enlightened assembly as the measure itself is of a free peo ple. What is the professed intention of Minis ters, as declared by Mr. Peel in his speech re commending the Bill ? "To protect foreign c : cr d a o i l t in a du f l el -1 i lg w -subject : " G overomoots from clasturbance by their SU 1)-• " jests, living under the laws of En g l an d." O this pretence, if a foreig e n n Agemarhieass -psoulbitiecat of iris own privatepolitical r Sovereign, should call upon O the Home Secretary to hi m f rom. Eugland, the latter must comply with the tyrannical de mand, and a British Mi n i ster b e made the agent of a foreign 1 t.espotistn in the exercise of its odious persecutions.!`.l3ut when is it that refugees from Continental tyranny are most numerous, and plots for its overthrow most likely to be under taken ? Precisely When the foreign Government is most guilty of those barbarous acts which drive its subjects into exile, and which authorize —nay, enjoin as a sacred duty—their combined endeavours to /i"dicate their wrongs. In this broad view of the question, therefore, the natural operation of the Alien Act is--to be more severe against the sufferer as bissuffering becomes more intense, and most useful to the tyrant when his oppression becomes most intolerable. What can such a system. be called, but a shameful league be tween the British Parliament and the Holy Al liance, for destroying, by y hand of English law, every scattered remnant of that resistance to op pression, which, in its more collected and formal sta te,the con tinental members of the same confede racy have broken by armed violence! It is, we re peat, shameful that this country should be so debased ; for never before in English history had the slaves of foreign despots an acknowledged right of dictating to a British Sovereign how, and in what cases, he should enforce the law of England against individuals breathing British air, and reposing on British soil. " But," says Mr. Peel, " the law has never been put in action at " the request of any foreign Government : in ten " years no application for the removal of a fo " reigner from England has ever been officially " made !" What, then, becomes of the sole pretence on which the Alien Bill has been defended by Ministers ? A law for the protection of foreign States, and never once appealed to on their be half since the hour when it was first enacted ! Why, the effrontery of such arguments, coupled with such admissions, wore befits a state paper of Buonaparte than the speech of an English gen tleman. If the law be thus useless to the end it professes, it casts an odium, at once gratuitous and absurd, upon the Legislature which enacts it. On the other hand, we are told that the deportations under this law, originating with the Ministers themselves, have been but few in number. We say more—that few ns they were, the old law of England was fully sufficient to deal with the parties, unassisted by such foreign inventions. Count Bettera, for instance, was sent off, and justly ; hut was the Alien Act necessary to pro tect Prince Esterhazy against a desperado of that characters lie alight have been imprisoned, in de fault of bail, for his threats against the Prince's safety ; he might have been transported as a felon for his actual attempts to murder him. The Alien Act was, indeed, the power resorted to by Mr. Peel ; but it Wail-employed, to supersede the law of England —not required to fill up its defects. In all cases, however, it must he observed, that the discovery of a ma chination against foreign persons or Govern ments constitutes the ground of complaint and banishment under this act : yet, the moment in which the discovery is made, the danger of the conspiracy vanishes. ARDROSSAN HARBOUR. To the EDITOR of the AYR and WIGTONSHIRE COURIER. &e,-Since Mr. H. CAMPBELL, of London, has thought fit to reply, though only in part, to the observa tions made by me in my letter of the 23d ult., regarding the superiority of Ardrossan Harbour over that of Troon, I con sider, that, in thus taking notice of his letter, I do so, not so much to gratify his curiosity, as to show to the " commercial and nautical portion of the community," that he knows little or nothing of the subject on which he writes, and that he has not yet been able, in one single instance, to confute my posi tions. One part of my letter, which is that touching the fate of the brig Eliza of Londonderry, Mr. Campbell is pleased to overlook. This silence shows his profound wis dom, and I give him credit for letting "sleeping dogs Before, however, proceeding to answer his queries, allow me briefly to remark, that the veracity and accuracy of my statements, regarding the harbours in question, were all esta blished by circumstantial facts, which the ingenuity and so phistry of Mr. Campbell cannot overturn. He is therefore obliged to " bounce" from the subject of controversy, and com mences a story about the " Merry Don of Dover," and plays off a few of his witticisms on that most marvellous of all mar vellous ships, with whose history, I dare to say, Mr. H. C. is as well acquainted as any old wife in Christendom. But since he appears to know so much of the " Merry Don's" history, why, let me ask him, did he omit so necessary an appendage to it as that of the Jack Ass :2 He must have a hit, too, in the by going, at the Union (not the Unicorn, as he would have it) brig of Newcastle. But since he seems inclined to be merry, I by no means wish to intrude my observations on this head, but leave him in the full enjoyment of his own hallu cinations--. " Great wits to madmen nearly are allied." —He next propounds a string of questions, and calls upon me, in the name of " the nautical world, to answer them." This is assuming no small air of consequence on the part of Mr. Campbell ; and truly 1 can see no good reason for obeying the commands of such an imperious and self.important personage as Mr. C. shews himself in this very instance to be ; and were it not that others may consider me bound, and called on, to show the " nautical world" that he is wrong--perhaps, inten tionally so—to answer some sinister views of his own, I should not now think it worth while to attempt putting him right ; especially as there are so many who know, and are ready to attest, the correctness of my statement, and the fallaciousness of his. The amount of my argument was simply this--and I have had no reason to change my former opinion— that vessels, of whatever draught of water, which could enter Troon, could also, with equal facility at least, enter Ardrossan ; where— . . -- Yet there is hope, my brave seamen, And shelter in that snug bay ; And blest be the mind that formed its plan, Shall future seamen say." ride `` Wanderer i n A yrs hi re. " Let Mr. Campbell but stick to these points, and then, but not till then, will the voice of the public declare him to be an im partial, disinterested, and unpreju diced writer. He very osten tatiously takes care to let us know th at he has at his comm a ad the presume), and a n d t report at o t f h t e h e io celebrated f engineer, (M r. R enn i e, I M. sl oop D r i ver i s within his re a c h ? This, no doubt, is meant by w a y o f s h ow i ng himself of to sonic advantage, and letting th e world know of the high offi c i a l s it ua ti on he holds, of which, but for this pomp ous announcement, we should, perhaps, have remained for ever ignorant. 13ut I must now proceed to his queries— and shall answer them precisely in the order in which they are put : Query 1. The soundings at the pier head, as taken under the direction of a celebrated engineer, in the year 1813, at low water, spring ebbs, were, upon a line bearing from the pier on Lam lash, as follows : At the pier-head 16 feet, and onward the soundings progres sively increase : opposite the break-water, the soundings vary from 26 to 26 feet ; and on the same line of bearing, at the dis tance of two miles, the regular soundings are about 20 fathoms ; the bottom is sand and clay. 2. Strangers often run for Ardrossan harbour, in a gale, without chart or pilot, and without danger. But no man of common sense and prudence, would, from choice, in a gale of wind, run his vessel down upon a lee shore, to which lie was a stranger; and to propound such a question shows that Mr. C. has very little knowledge of nautical matters of this de scription. 3. The depth of water inside of the pier of Ardrossan, is about 20 feet, at full sea, neap tides. 4. The difference between spring and neap tides is 4 feet ge nerally ; but if Mr. Campbell had been as he stated, Vicially* employed to survey the coast of Ayrshire, he ought to be com pletely in the knowledge of this fact. 5. The bottom inside of the pier, is sand and clay. 6. It is well known that on this coast, during strong gales from the south and south-west, the waters do rise higher than on ordinary occasions ;—but, that I stated the depth of water at the pier of Ardrossan, at spring tides, on one of these " ex traordinary junctions of the elements in my favour," I deny. On such occasions I have known the tide rise 13 feet in Ar drossan harbour ! 7. A vessel drawing 12 feet water, can enter the harbour of Ardrossan at all times of the tide, either with a leading or beat ing. wind. 8. With respect to H. M. sloop Driver, I can only say that the commanding officer stated to a nautical friend of mine, who was requested to carry the Driver into harbour, that her draught of water was 16 feet ! 9. With regard to vessels when inside the pier of Ardrossan being safe with hemp cables, I can answer in the affirmative. At the present time the Johns of Salt-coasts, of 250 tons burden, is lying there safely moored with a hawser ; and I may here notice, that the Industry of Saltcoasts, on the 7th February, 1022, parted from both her cables and anchors in Belfast Loch, and came into Ardrossan harbour, where she lay in safety without having either a cable or anchor on board ! 10. I can very safely declare myself a disinterested writer—a declaration which, I presume, is more than Mr. C. can make in conscience, if 1 may be permitted to judge from his zeal in this matter. 11 and 12. I am no farther interested in the success of Ar drosan harbour than every individual interested in nautical af fairs ought, and have a good right to be. In proof of which, allow me to state, that although I reside in Saltcoats, I uni formly order the vessel with which I am connected to take Ardrossan harbour, on account of its intrinsic superiority alone, for the purpose of discharging timber, which we are afterwards obliged to bring round to our wood-yard at Saltcoats, at con siderable expence! 13. Mr. C. asks, whether, like him, I can " solemnly declare that I neither know nor care a fig about Lord Portland, Lord Eglinton, or a Lord in Christendom ?" No individual has a better right to answer this question in the affirmative than my self, though I trust I neither fear nor despise any man on ac count of his rank. With respect to my name, which this " Cosmopolite" seems to doubt being real, I can assure you, Mr. Editor, I have borne it these sixty years, and 1 have no desire to withdraw it from any of the statements I have made on the subject of Ar drossan harbour. I am not sure that Mr. H. Campbell feels so well satisfied with his averments. I have now given an swers, though perhaps brief enough, to each and all of Mr. Campbell's questions, without sophistry, truly and publicly, and which may in some measure serve as a rule of practice for the " nautical world" to act upon ;—and if followed, I make no doubt they will be found generally correct. I do not ex pect, however, that they will have the tendency which, by his letter, lie appears to expect, of bearing Mr. Campbell out in his original statement, but the very reverse—namely, to prove that all he has advanced in respect to Ardrossan is wholly erroneous. Before concluding, Mr. Editor, permit me just to allude to a remark of Mr. Campbell's in his first paper, wherein he sets forth, " that all that could be done at Ardros san was effected;" and in the very next sentence he admits, and very justly, " that Lord Eglinton died whilst following up his plan to an intended extent of greater utility !" Now, Sir, these intended improvements can be very easily effected, and, when finished, (which it will require no great sum of money to execute), will, I venture to say, render Ardrossan one of the best tide-harbours in Britain : and in this opinion I am happy to say lam borne out by' the most respectable authorities, in r zpite of any thing that such writers as Arr. H. Campbell can advance to riiz-cantrary. I am, with respect, your obedient servant, Saltcoats, March 1824 . WILLIAM AULD. • In a letter addressed by Mr. Campbell to the Editor of the SUN, and inserted in that Paper of the 6th inst., alongst with air. Auld's former letter to us, he states that in the MS. of his -finit letter, he wrote n ot an 07ciai turrey—snd that the error which had been commited by' the printers, in omitting the word " not," was corrected in the following day's SUN, under the head of errata.....4inaTort. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. SUSSEX, HonsHA3i, MARCH 24. CHARGE OF MURDER. Esther Gorring was put to the bar, charged on the Coroner's Inquisition with the wilful murder of Martha Ann Jewell, by drowning her at East Grinstead, on the 14th of February last. The prisoner, who had attained her fifteenth year since her commitment, was a slight interesting girl, and appeared greatly affected at her situation. - Mr. COURTIIOPE stated the case for the prosecution in the most candid and dispassionate manner, and suggested such topics as were most favourable to the prisoner. He put it to the Jury, whether the fatal event which they were assembled to inquire into was not more probably the result of pure acci dent, than any wilful or malicious feeling which might have en tered the heart ofso younga personas the prisoner, who, beyond all question, had always shewn the gre a test affection for the deceased. The parents of the deceased were not influenced hf any unkind feeling towards the prisoner ; on the contrary, they were most willing to suppose that her conduct was free front moral blame. This prosecution was conducted at the instance of the parish officers of East Grinstead, who had no other mo tive than to see justice fairly administered as well to the public as to the prisoner. The facts were simply these :—The prisoner, who was ser vant to the parents of the child, took it in her arms to the wash' house, and while dipping a kettle into the copper to fill it to wash another of the children, the child swayed back and fell into the copper, which alarmed the prisoner so much that she fell down senseless, and when recovered was in such a state that she was afraid to tell her mistress what had become of the child. The LORD CHIEF BARON summed up the evidence w;th geat feeling, suggesting that there was a total absence of any malicious motive imputable to the prisoner. Indeed it highly improbable that any such feeling could have been boured. The probability was that the poor infant lost its in the manner stated, and if the Jury were of this opinion, they would say so by their verdict. The Jury immediately found the prisoner Not Guilty. Some humane persons present kindly offered to take care sdr and provide for her. YORK ASSIZES, YORK, MAnex 2i. Mr. Justice BAYLEY and Mr. Justice HOLROYD arrived here at a late hour yesterday evening, the extreme pressure of business at Lincoln having prevented them from reaching this city on Saturday last, the day on which they had been expected to arrive. After attending divine service in the cathedral, Mr. Justice Bayley proceeded to try causes in the city of Y or k and Mr. Justice Holroyd opened the Commission and charged the Grand Jury for the county with the usual form. Mr. Justice Hor.noYD tried one person in the Crown Court: charged under Lord Ellenborough's Act with cutting and maiming with intent to kill. The case was stopped by the Learned Judge as soon as the evidence for the prosecution was gone through, it being his opinion that the evidence did not sufficiently support the indictment. The calendar is exceedingly heavy, there being 78 person* for trial, a great proportion of whom have been committed for capital charges. On the Civil Side about 100 persons hoe been already set down for trial, and it is generally supposed that a mach greater number would have been entered if doubt had not existed as to the probability of Mr. Scarlett's attendance. The Learned Gentleman was much indisposed at Lancaster, and on the last day of the proceedings there he was not able to appear in Court. lie is now sufficiently recovered to resume his professional duties at York. ExEctmori.--On Monday morning, James Clover was executed at Penenden Heath, pursuant to his sen tence on Friday last, for the barbarous murder of Elizabeth Marsh, at Sholden, near Deal. From the time of his con demnation, Clover conducted himself with great. propriety, and evinced much firmness at the scaffold : after the rope was placed round his neck, he acknowledged the justice of his sentence, and confessed that he committed the hor rid deed. He said " that he did not know whether he was going to Hell or to Heaven, but hoped his fate would be a warning to others ;" he died without much apparent suffer ing. The following is the confession made by the prisoner, on the morning of execution, to the Rev. Chaplain of the gaol " The robbery was proposed on the preceding Thursday by Stephen Shelvey. Myself and Joseph Shelvey agreed to under take it, and accordingly, on the night of the ensuing Sunday , about 11 o'clock, we left Stephen Shelvey's house. I had then made up my mind to murder the old woman, but had not com municated my intention to my companion. My motive for determining on the murder was a belief that we showd find a large property in Bank-notes, and tkat some of these being marked might le a d t o our d ectect i on. T o prevent this. , resolved on murder, as I thought then no one could identify the property. On breaking open the house, I entered first, and wag followed by Joseph Shelvey with a candle. I immediately pro ceeded towards the old woman's room, who I found sitting UP in her bed, and calling to know what was the matter. Without speaking a word. I struck her a most violent blow on the head with the road-bat, but she did not fall till after I had again struck her, when she fell backwards, and the blood streamed out of her mouth and nose. J. Shelvey, who was standing on the stair-head, and must have seen the blows, then entered tha room, which we commenced searching. Shortly after, I thought I heard the woman breathe, and I therefore again hit her on the temple with the road-bat ; after that all was silent. 00 the Monday morning I acquainted Stephen Shelvey with what I had done ; he wanted me to go back and fetch away the coals, which I was deterred from doing on account of the afflur being known." The prisoner also gave a list of 70 burglaries. robberies, and other Offences in which he had been concerned since 1819, but principally in the years 1823 and 1824. Not withstanding the unfavourableness of the morning, a consider able number of persons, among whom were many females, attended the execution. After the body had hung the usual time, it was cut down, and delivered to Mr. Whatmati, surgeon to the county gaol, to be anatomized according to 10- SUlClDE.—Tuesday afternoon an Inquest Was held in the Board Room of St. Olave's Workhouse, on the body of a female named Germain, aged 63 years. From the evidence it app eare d t h at deceased was a maiden lady, con nected with very opulent relations, and having a nepha" r i in the navy. It was h er m i s f or t une t o b ecome re d uce d, and latterly was dependent upon her relatives for support they at length withdrew their bounty, and she sunk into a state of the most abject distress, but possessed too much pride to complain. On Saturday morning her room doo r was forced, when she was found suspended from the tester of the bed. In her room were found two papers, in the fal lowing terms :—" P--11, I never will forgive, nor her two coin; panions, their tongues are the stings of adders. Vengeance will shower down in due season ;my desire is, that F—h sever enter my room, or see my body when dead. I (lie in enmity. —What miserable remnant of property remains, let Mrs: Leaky have. I cannot live much longer ; 'tis hard to starve my heart is sunk within me, never to rise again. Pray see Airs. Leaky paid ; she has been a good friend to me; I should be sorry to my heart if she lost by me ; I know she wants i; ; ease my soul by paying her." Verdict—lnsanity. COAL-MARKET, MAncli 24. Ships at Market. Ships sold Prim:. 44} Newcastle . -35 i -31 s Od to 401 0 15 Sunderland - - 13} -31 s 6d to 405.9 4 14 Scotch Coal . - 1 - -s Od to 36ita, 1 Culm - - . 1 • —s Od to 375 0" MARRIED. On Tuesday, the 23d instant, at St. George's, Southwzi' ,- - Mr. James Wastie, of Walworth, to Ann Maria, only daugl:t. of Charles Rice, Esq., of Northampton-place, Kent-road. On the 24th instant, at Marylebone Church, Sir IV. ; Rouse Boughton, Bart., of Downton Ball, Shropshire, al ( Rouse Lench, Worcestershire, to Charlotte, youngest daughicr of Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq., of Downton Castle, ficrt sordshire. DIED. At Miramichi, New Brunswick, in childbed, on the 31s t December last, Sarah, daughter of the late respected Robert Jameson, Esq., of London, and wife of William Joplin, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and St. Alban's, Miramichi. Loved in life, lamented in death, she still lives where her virtues claim a place through the merits of a Saviour, in whom she firmly trusted. On the Gth of October, 1823, at Dr. Narshman's, at Sermr pore, aged 35, Henry Allen Williams, Esq., Commercial Resident at Jungypore, and eldest son of Henry Thomas l - Hams, Esq., of Park -crescent, Portland-place. On Monday, the 22d inst., at Chiswick, aged C 9, Mrs. sicti, wife of John Sich, Esq. On the 19th inst., on Walcot Parade, Bath, at the lodgings of her brother-in-law, Giles Hibberts, Esq., Mary, second daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Slatter, Rector of Salford, and Vicar of Keynsham, in Somersetshire. Lately, at Kenwood, in the 71st year of his age, Mr. Edward Hunter, a Member of the Linna-.1 Society. He had been almost 50 years in the confidential 22,,p10y of " the great," the late, and the present Earls Of Mansfield. Printed o a y Ti ro P z u , b l l l is 2 h , e s d tr f a o n r d: h b e y Pit . o ß vh . c i_E A T n o s v A , nt at s. the Siff ,