The Sun. — London, England, 1820-12-21 00:00:00

THE LONDON J O URNALS. [VAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS.I j,Torning Chronicle.] The Right Honourable tied te Canning has resigned the voice i 4 President of the Board of Control, and it is ac , 10v/edited by the Ministerial Papers that he. retires " he yuse he could mot, with honour to himself, remain in Ad thinistratioo, atter theArii i s 'which the taneen's business has t;ft,en, aril thr:. Patli , "orscnral y , discussions likely to ensue upon e, tneir, 'tal'e the demonstration of a design the tinblic have long suspected, that Ministers still mean cer.i I tit , O- perscrotion of hey Majesty, after the :than tof th e ir unconstitutional proceeding ; and althoo i gh t t , ! e) are aware that their perseverance in this u n manl y course , 71, ;: , t that agitation which now distracts the country. l'tr resteirath.M id Mr. Canning upon this ground is highly . t,,,,0ur,:b1e to his feelings, and will entitle hint to the grafi tc.de of everrycne , oils heat t. Era a certain Evening Paper s tusve spaced its insinuations, that the:Whigs would i.n:k to the accession of Mr. Cannin g to the syste m which t lecomme.rl fur the deliverance .of the Empire from its calamities, as no inducement could .prevail on them cootittrianee the violent acts which he and his Colleagues have .recently _imposed un _ the - people. Mr. Canning may ci,..tsovctionsly (hirer front the rest of the King's Ministers tti . ,_s delicate - point, and we, believe he differs slid with , LOra Castlereagh, at least on the plan of his external policy; but we cannot forget, and ought nut to forget, the part be took in the six despotic Statutes of the last Parliament. This coantry can only be relieved from the distress which has been brOnght upon, it, by a return to the policy or conciliation— bv identifying the interests of the people with the glory of the erown, and thereby restoring the reciprocal affection that ought to subsist between them. This can only he dune by an etiasetual reform of all i he abuses that have made our brirtbens Loo heavy for endurance. In the meantime the resignation Mr. Canning sounds an alaruni to the friends of the Con s;;tation. Tbe Bill of Pains and Penalties has failed (though .rlitii'ters have pia the precedent upon record —a measure to v.tlich his Royal Highness the .Duke of York, and every mem ber of the illustrious House of Brunswick, ought to give their serious thoug,hts, since it implies that an obstacle m a y maylie set up to a Prince's succession to the Throne fora min mevinor coo:milted while a subject) but 'the odious measure ruay be renewed, or the ea; post f acts persecution may be fol lowed up in another way. If the nation is thus tribe kept in,a ferment, and all public business is to yield tothis intemperate was tare, it behoves the community at large. to bestir th,o selves, and to submit to his Majesty the just alarm for the tranquillity of the United Kingdom which the obstinacy of his Ministers excites in their breasts. r 'Morning Post.] The Right Hon. Gedrge Canning has at length resigned his I'Vlinistetial situation of President of the Board of Control•-• an event wnich,thongla we have long anticipated,we most sin cerely regret. Mr. Canning is a Gentleman of such vast and carn,us acquirements, that it would be difficult, if not-impos .. lopoint. out ato , Man superior to him in official capa ; antl deeply, of course, do we deplore the necessity of t' e retirement of so'high and estiniahle a. character front the c,ooeils of his Majesty. It' was impossible, however, not to have foreseen the event ; for though closely and indissolubly u7r;ted with his colleagues on all matters of Foreign and Do c.:estic.policy, the turn which the question respecting the (d',een has taken, and the Parliamentary discussions likely to cr;,oe upon that unpleasant subject, rendered it impossible for biro to remain in AdmitriStration, either with honour to hirr.rif tar ii,lv,antage to the Government. The A-Mar - les ul fi?.ction and licentionSness will dotibtless be highly' re:,uiced at this unavoidable' occurrence (for unavoid able it . early became from circumstances which it is now. unnecessary to state ;) but if either the Revoln tii.diivs or the entertain any hope' that their falling fnitutis will be sustained by the accession of Mr. Canning to tnedr cause, they will find' themselves grievously disap. pnitited. Reared and educated it the virtuous and enlight ened sclitnil of Pitt, the night Hon. Gentleman loathes their pirlities, detests their practices", is as alien as ever to all their fykterns and all ibeir objects; and in the same proportion, arid with the sane inteusly, 'that he abhOrs their pi inciples, will Ire continue. attached to the principles•and the system of his late eulleiqiires. There is hut 'uric point of difference be t VvCr then!—t point which bai no relation to the prime grit ~iirle of the disgusting question, Ina merely to that of pr,ticy; and which we hope and trust a very short time will efeeluelly renioie. In the mean tune, 31t. - Canning will re .pair to the Continent,. there to remain in tranquil retire ment with has' interesting family for sonic time; and not in any public or official capacity whatever.. Mr, Peel is tneru tiotret{ ~s his probable successor in the office of President of the Board of Control. Th.e sviseaci - es of the Common Council (that is, the. factious Tort of that once kespeLtable body) entered into some mu ittions yesteriloy upoo the subject of his Majesty's dignified - -reprehension of their late factious and mischievous Address to the Throne. It is really disgusting to hear such an As semrdy saying (as thdy did in the insolent Address alluded toOlgat they shor Id be guilty of ," dereliction of duty" to the 14 ins; and Country if they restrained their indignation, .8.:c.; and we must repeat, that• if what they uttered were judicious, true, and useful, instead of being inept, fallacious, and mis chievous, there was no " duty" in the matter incuhtbent upon them. Let those factious men look to the Charter of the Coi porittion, and they will find that they were not elected to any interference in the gencral affairs of the lsingdotn. So far, therefore, is such int er!erence from being a duty with them, 'that tt is not ecoo a right, except in the.senSe in which it. is .enjoyed liy, every EngliShman, whether he be sitting in Com mon Council or it; a common tavern. , They are quacks when 017 pretend to he invested with any such duty. Their duties are'ro conduct themselves peaceably as individnals, and to be watchful over the police and privileges of their district, (a very small part even of the eaStein division of London) as • Common 'Coniteilmen. - Their predecessors, in times' when •the Common Council of London included the wealthiest pot ' t.ion of its traders, slid not pretend to any other duty, and were of moderate as the present race are intemperate in the :exercise of a right,shared with the rest of the conic:minty.— (E•id.) [Morning Herald.] Mr. Canning has resigned. No doubtis entertained, that The Queen's case is the ,point upon which he differed with his • eiAleagues. It is generally understood that future proceed - .ings in this case, when Parliament shall have met, have been determined on in the Cabinet. In consequence Mr. Catini;T has retired. He goes nff immediately to the Continent. It is said his successor Will he Mr. Peel, the late Chief Secretary for Ireland. • / [British Press.] . s Our statetneil of Mr. Can.ning's resignation is confirmed. Mr. Prvi is mentioned as his'suceessor in the Presidency of the Board of Control. A Treasury Journal of last evening 53P, the Bight Hon. Gentleman will in a few days set off for the Continent, where he will reside for souse time, but in no public or official capacity. We are now in posseSsionof tolerably complete details re garding the revolution, slightly noticed in our last, which has occurred in the affairs of the infant kingdom of Hayti.— ChriStophe perished by' his own hand, and his death has added at - lather to the list of mushroom and. ephemeral dynasties, of which the last quarter of a century has seen the rise and ex tinction. Like many 'other absolute Sovereigns, who have sought to reign by mere brute force alone, Christophe:s power declined ~.when,. overtaken by bodily infirmity, he edold no ' longer:by his personal e xertions; terrify his s laves into sub mission. While suffering under a paralytic e disorder, his troops were cautiously. 'forming plans fur throwing off his yolse, and on the 6th October thhse at Cape Henry revolted, and in a body marched out of the town and took up a station at the distance of a few . miles from it. Christophe's body guards, who still retained a Show of fidelity to wards him, were th er eupon ordered - to . march against the rebels, and encou raged by the:distribution of, money amongst them, and per- Ntission to plunder Cape- Henry. On the Bth some slight -skirmishing between the two parties, hut it ended in the tatter joitring thecause ofindependence ; on hearing which Christophe, feeling; his desperate 'situation, shot himself 1111.11;0 the heart in his residence at Sans &mei. The next step taken:by the insurgents was 'to seize his coffers, which were well filled, and to imprison those of his minions who had aided .him in his work of tyranny. The members of hii fa y were, at the same time, placed under arrest. About the period ;it. which these events were occurring at Cape Henry, the military at St'. Mare's bad risen up, and having killed the Governor, sent proposals tn President Boyer, who immedi ately advanced with a large body of his troops from the south ere p'o'rtion of the island, and took possession of the town. Vrhat thight be his ulterior" views and operations remains. to be k flown ; appears probable. that the population of the 'northern part would resist rativ attempt t;; bring them udder IBOyer's government, and would endeavour to form a separate government, on similar principles, however under a leader of their Own. A General Romaine, at the date of • latest ad-. vices from Cape Henry, had abeatly been placed tt the head of a Proviiionat Administration, and the Sciteute o a regular Constitution was daily expected to appear. A ~ntsiderahle improvement in - trade was anticipated to flow froni.the recent change, and the greatest cordiality prevails 1 atnungst all classes of the people.—(lbid.) [The Public Ledger.] It is now ascertained, positively, that Mr. Canning retires from the Presidency , of the Boma of Controtil, and will, in a few days, set off for the. Continent, where he will reside for a short time, hot in no public capacity. He, however, continues attached, to the pi inciples and the system of his Colleagues. It is said there is hot one point of difference between them. Mr. Peel is mentioned as Mr. Canning's :luccesott. 'll\e one point. of ilitfetence may easily he inferred, front the following observation; in a Ministerial Evening Paper, with regard to Mr. Canning:—" We 'confess that we do not see haw he could remain in Administration, after the turn which the Queen's business has taken; and the Parliamentary discussions likely to ensue al-on it, with honour to himself or with advantage to his Colleagues." It is now understood that souse new attempt is to he made to derogate from the dignity - of her Majesty, and to abridge her rights as Queen Consort. Mr. Peel, with whose introduction into office ,\linisters were threatened last spring, when they expressed their reluctance to bring forward the 13111 of Pains .and Penalties, come'. in now to " screw their coinage to the sticking place." What the new measure which is in embryo is, we have not yet heard; bit if it he nn accompanied With a renewal of the investigation into her Ma jesty's conduct, it tonst.be one, in its principle,. still Illelre il legal. unconstitutional, and Ahorrent from the feelings of the community at large than that which, in acknowledged de ference to those feelings, has been abandoned. With the known sentiments of Mr. Canning respecting her Majesty, it is not to he supposed that be could hare remained in Office, under such circumstances, with ;core " honour to himself, or l• advantage to his Colleagues," titan during the late inquiry. [The Times.] A Ministerial Paper of last night annonnces; as frnin thority, that Mr. Canning has actually resigned. To the par; tisaus. of the. pi e.ent Ministry this circumstance must be a subject of nnleigtied affliction and alarm. Never having pro fessed much 'attachment to the Right Hort. Gentleman, but: having on more than one 'occasion spoken of him in terms of free and not unprovoked reprehension, we are e ntitled to the greater credit for sincerity when we state, that his conduct on the question relating to her Majesty was an honourable exception to that of his mere associates, and has fairly wen us to,respect hint. Interested, therefore, as we think all Mutest nit'n must .have been, for the full vindication of .l r _. Canning's motives in this the most popular act of his life, from every -shade pf doubt or suspicion, we iejoice beyond measure that , he has maintained his consistency and proved -his integrity by resigning. How, -indeed, would it have been possible fur the Right. Honourable Gentle man to, stand up in the House of Commons, and defend from rept oach, dismissal, or impeacisment,• the Qireen's accusers, with whom in that capacity he disclaimed all connexion— pronouncing her whom they persecuted AS. a nuisance to so ciety to be its " grace, and ornament, and honouy?" How could Mr. Canning have identiied himself with colleagues who still felt offer to be tenable, whtln the base conditon, on the performance of which they had staked it, and which his more manly sentiments had reputbated, was found tube unten able? Alnice all things, could he have co•operated with the present cabinet in continuing, as they do every loan- of - their lives, to persecute her whom he had refused to prosecute — nay, to perst•cute her in the teeth of a baffletrand abandoned prosecution? For his own sake, therefore. if there were no other reason; we should rejoice that Mr. Canning has left his tutwottliy , colleagues to their fate. • But there is a further consideration, and 01 much more eNtensiec bearing, which induces ti to hail this event. with pleasure—and that is, the moral certainty we feel of Mr. Canning's retirement frOm the Cabinet being, in fact, the prelude to its total and speedy dissolution. It is not s t hat in the I louse of Conmions lie was by far their ablest, indeed their only powerful speaker, hut that we are sure the clear-siptteit part of the nation will join us in regarding the Cabinet of which he was a member as an edifice leo frail and rutted to endure the operation of ltrealiing away from it even a sin g le plank: It is yeported that Mr. Peri is 10 supply the vacancy. •Perhaps in the wildness cf indiscreet ambition. be ma y " screw up his " courage to the sticking place ;" bu t he nerve his arm to the Queen's destruction ?"(still coolly meditotl, though it has hitherto miscarried) ; fur that is ,the task to be required of him. Or will he lower the pretensions which he pit forth so formally, but two short years ago, and act in the House of Commons under Lord Castlercagh F Whom he then, with sober gravity, described .as a person to whom be '• would never be subordinate?" It was donhtless pru dent. of this young politician to conceal his . sentiments, and his face to boot, while the cruel persecution was Carrying on against her Majesty; for we believe it is a fact,that he was neither seen.. nor heard of in London until the moment when • the Bill was lost. But should Mr. Peel mount the post of danger to which he is apparently designated, prudence and taciturnity will avail .'hint naught. He must speak without reserve : he must discharge his Ministerial ,ditty—slander and insult and rep.robate the Queen ;—sharing brief power, and lung disgrace, with her open, and his own secret, enemies. [New Times.] -We have, for some time past, anticipated with sentiments of painful convielion, the retirement of Mr. Canning from Office. The event: has 'now taken place; and it will be viewed by.every enlightened friend of his country, though with little surprise, yet certainly with extreme regret. — The delicate situation , in which the Right Honourable Gen tleman seas placed,. and the high sense of honour by which he was actuated, rendered it difficult, if not impossible for him long to conciliate h is sense of duty to his King, as a Mi nister, with those ties by which he was hound to the Queen as bet former confidential Adviser. Other Members of the present,. Administration had been, many years ago, consulted by kr Majesty professionally, or had been attached to her interests by the slighter connections of mere acquain tance ; but be had been honoured (at a time when to be num bered among the-Queen's Councillors was an honour) with her Majesty's peculiar confidence; and lament able as has been the• change in her subsequent conduct, Mr. Canning seems to have considered that he could not take part even in a jast and lawful prosecution against her, without violence to his feelines as a man and a gentleman. He has therefore hi-en under the 'necessity of withdrawing front an association with. Colleagues whom lie esteemed, and by whom his splen did talents, his amenity, his statesmanlike views, and his habits of business, were held in high and deser red admiration. His secession from the Cabinet is a great public loss ; and yet we strauld'be sorry to witatss a time when British States men shonid be guided by a less refined and scrupulous sense of honour, than that which he has displayed upon the pre sent occasion. It has been surmised by •a vulgar writer in the most vulgar of all our Journals, that because Mr. Can ning had iu the warmth and fervour of his noble ebullience ' lavished. on the Queen expressions which some perhaps may think far beyond her Majesty's deserts, even in her ' tutdegraded and uniiolluted days, therefore it was to be in ferred that he had in view: the base, 30851r,-and sontemptible project of ratting to the Radical standard, and enrolling himself among Oa miserable banditti that surround the standard ' of Brandenbrirg House. They had the egregious stupidity to believe that he would be the Falstaff of a raggil regiment of Scblavinis, Humes, Moores, Woods, and Vassaris ! Little did they kiiow ot the elevated sentiments, and clear po litical views of that illustrious orator, who, by one single speech at Liverpool,scatt eyed all the miserable sophistries of the Reformers, as the light chaff is scattered before the whirl- ' wind. No doubt a much higher station would be at Mr. ' c ann ing's c ommand rf he thought fit to accept it. He might be the Leader of a Consti,vtional Opposition, and " AU the Talents" would he - hut too happy and too proud in serving under hint. To this project, however, there are two iosoper• able objections; first, that in the present state of the House of Commons no such party is to be found. The few remaint• ing specimens of the old Foxite Whigs are lost in a motley crowd, whose principles are almost as various as their faces ; there is no such thing as order or degree amongst them; and Mr. Tierney himself is listened to with little more reverence than Cam Hohbouse, or Grey Bennet, Secondly, and which is still more material, Mr. Canning has what few of these Gentlemen possess, a steady and consistent system of politi cal principles, and those principles are utterly inconsistent with the revolutionary tendencies which for the last thirty years have been the disgrace and ruin of the modern Whigs. Such has been the peculiar mildness of the season for some time past in this neighbourhood, that primroses and violets in many places may be seen ready to burst into flower. At Laira Green, near this town, there are peas in blossom, and beans which have blossoined, and produced pods, now ripe for gathering. Another garden in this town has'piiiks opening into flewer.--(Pigmoth Telegraph.) FOR TILE SUN. TO THE QUEEN'S. FRIENDS. 'MY FELt.ow CouNraYsigisl.—l am well convinced, that yo. so warmly stand up in behalf of the Queen, only because you sincetely believe her to be an innocent and persecuted woman; for tdo nut think that Englishmen will ever defend a cause that they are not persuaded is right. You hare in fact been told again and again,that a foul Conspiracy has long been at work to blast her character; and she is painted to you as " pure as unsunned snow; " and you are now, there fore, exalting at her escape from the Bill of Degradation, as a triumph of virtuous innocence over the malice of persecu tion. I have no pleasure in saying hard things - of her with out, necessity ; but the .cause of virtue and the peace of the country loudly demand that the truth stoat-1 not be disguis ed. Let use then ask you a few plain quesnons ; anti judge for yourselves. Can you believe a woman to be pure and in nocent, who has slept privately in the same chamber with. her footman for five weeks together ? Yet this the Queen's own Counsel have been obliged to admit, that she did. With her attendant Bergami on her voyage from ,iiitta; for it was proved by one of her own witnesses. They have laboured, it is true, to gloss over this flag rant breach of female modesty, pretending that he slept by her for her prOtection. But can you be satisfied with this pretence; when none of her wit nesses could say, that any such protection was necessary, or that a guard outside of her tent would not have beets equally effectual. If your wife had made a five week's excursion with a man servant, and taken him every nightintO her bedscham• her, would you be simple enough to be imposed upon by such a pretence ? Again, let me ask you, what would you think, if site had been seen on another occasion stealing from that servant's bed-chamber - to her own, in her bight dress, with a inflow snider her arm ? Yet this also is virtually / admitted in the case of the. Queen—l say admitted; for what may be easily disproved, if false, must reasonably be considered as an 'admitted fact, if not disproved. If, as a juryman, you beard a witness swear, that he had seen the prisoner at the bar steal a sack of corn, and at the sante time declare that one of the prisoner's own friends saw the saute thiug ; and that friend, though at hand. should nut be brought forward to deny it, would you not feel yourself constrained to give a verdict of guilty? Now the Queen is alledged on oath to have gone in the state just described from Bergaini's chamber to the Counts s, Oldi's ; why then wasuot this Countess Oldi,who was ready at hand, hi ought forward to contradict the allegation Truth never can dread cross-examination; the more it is starched and probed to the bottom, the more it confirms and clears itself. Can you then disbelieve that the fact was even so ? And if so, can you believe the Queen pure and Mao cent ? But further, many instances of improper familiarity (affording but too clear a continent on the vulture of the in terconrse subsisting between Ole Queen and Bergami) were sworn to by witnesses of the most respectable appearance and unimpeached veracity. Why was not their testimony contra dicted ? CA) you suppose that it would have gitne uncontras dieted, if it had been false? To be brief, the admitted or uncotstradicted state of the case stands simply thus: about six years ago the Queen hued Bergami as a menial servant ; in the course of a few months she advanced him to the place of her chamberlain, admitted him to her table, made him her constant companion anti con fidant, purchased for him an estate and titles, and loaded him with honours and favours; and having disengaged herself of her English suite, took his Sister to be her maid of honour, though she could hold .no iutercourse with her by words, front their mtitnal ignorance of each oath's language, and at length almost tilled her household with his relations, with the striking exception of his wife. Still you will perhaps say, that all thiS slid not necessarily imply criminality. But un happily this is not all. She made him her constant compan- UM, not only by day but by night 'also. For several weeks together she slept in the same tent with him, and wherever she travelled had his bed-chamber so near to her own, as to attrait, of.easy communication ; nay, could not even re frain, upon some occasions, froth shoving her attachment to him, more openly by indecorous ,familiariiies; All this, I repeat, is confirmed or uncontradicted even by her own witnesses. Can any one, then, of a pure and unprejudiced mind think her innocent, or worthy to preside at the .head of the female society of this 'country? But here you will perhaps ask in your turn, was she not virtually acquitted by the Molise of Lords, when the Bill of Pains and Penal ties was withdrawn ! - 171116 C., have been led to consider , as the 'triumph of her innocence. But let not your good sense be thus imposed upon by misrepresenta tion. The Bill was not withdrawn because any donbt was entertained of her guilt ; but because some thought it an unconstitutional way of punishing her, others did not like to go the full length of, the punishment proposed, and others again thought it right to yield to the opposition made to it out of doors. So far in fact was the House front acquit ting her. that they almost unanimously gave a verdict of guilty when they passed the Preamble of the Bill, without a division: for this preamble contained the charge against het, and in passing it they expressly tonftrmed that charge. But you may judge of what even the Whigs think of her, by the gross and barefaced declaration, which came ont of the mouth of one of them last summer—" We all know her to be a -- hut we must have a revolution." This hardy and disgusting avowal speaks volumes. It sufficiently spews, that they care no more for the Queen than they believe in her innocence ; and that they defend her cause merely for the sinister pur pose of bringing obloquy on the present Ministry, and there by raising themselves to power. This is the whole secret of their movements. You have head much of a pretended conspiracy against the Queen ; but here you have -a real conspiracy. But, my fellow countryinen, there is a still darker and more malignant conspiracy at work, against which you have much more reason to stand on your guard, because it puts on the most plausible and deceitful aspect, assuming the masts of purity and disinterestedness, and affecting to make war on both Whigs and Tories, as being alike corrupt, alike enemies of the people. " A Radical," say they, (you all know) " means one, who wishes to eradicate or destroy cor ruption, root and branch." But beware how you take their word fur this rest assured, amidst all this cant, plunder, universal plunder, is the true object they are aiming at. This is the ultimate object, the secret motive of all their affected and clamorous real in the cause of the Queen—a cause which they know full well how to take advantage of, as giving them a hold of your unsuspecting. generosity and sympathy.- This is the true secret of the abusive and threatening letter writ ten to the King, under the cloak of the Queen's'name—of the whole apparatus of inflammatory addresses, and equally in flammatory answers—of all the expensive and ostentatious processions, even of that impious one to St. Paul's, arid of all the forced illuminations and rejoicings throughout the coun try. This is the true spring of all the virulent abuse, which you have heard thrown nut against his Majesty's Govern ment, and of the still more virulent abuse, which they are now beginning to vent against the 'Whigs; for they see that the Whigs are endeavouring to turn to their own account all the ferment which they (the Radicals) have excited at so much cost and exertion, and they are filled with rage and spleen at being disappointed of their prey, when they. flattered them selVes it was almost within their grasp. Can you really be 'neve that the Radicals care for the Queen ; or that if they will not brook the government of a Mat, • they will submit to that of a woman ? One word more of caution, and I have done. Englishmen' enjoy the privilege of a fire press in a degree possessed by rot other nation under heaven ; and it is a noble and invaluable privilege but always keep in mind that it imposes an ardu ous and-indispensable duty on all Englishmen of weighing well the tendency of all that is addressed to them through the press. It is an engine that may be converted to the worst as well as the best of purposes; and nothing is easier than to give the fairest appearance to the foulest cause. The sacred name of Liberty was the rallying word to Anarchy at the commencement of the French Revolution; and the Goddess of Reason was the Idol set up by the votaries of vice and pro fligacy. The same arts of seduction have ever since been at work; and now the rallying word is Reform, and the Idol set up is the Queen. Look well Ito 'youtselVes. Be on your guard against all false pretences. Beware lest with honest inten- titu tions you stand up as a dvoca t es for adultery and pros titan ; and unconsciously lend a helping band to treason and rebellion. Sluchton. VERUAS STREET Ronanty.—Between eight and nine o'clock on Tuesday evening, Mrs. Payne, an elderly widow lady, residing in White Lion street, Islington, was stopped in the street a few doors from her own house by two fellows, who robbed her of her cloak and umbrella. On her giving the alarm, Cadby and two other consta bles followed the villains, and apprehended a man of notorious character whom they suspected to. be one of the party, and took him to the watch-house, but Mrs. Payne not being able to identify him ; he was iu consequence discharied. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, DEC. 20, THE TIMBER IN BLENHEINI PARK. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AT THE RELATIoN or THE MARQUES! Ur RLANDroRD v. HIS GRACE THE DUKE or MARLBOROUGH. . Mr. HEALD stated, that he had in the course of the morn ing made an application to his Honour the Vice-Chancellor. on the part of tl*Noble relator, that a writ of sequestration might issue against the Noble defendant, for cutting dawn timber in Blenheim Park;contrary to the order for an injursc tion to restrain him from doing so, which was wade by his Lordship, and at the same time he moved before his Honour for an order to commit the wood-cutlets who hail cut down the timber, to the custody of the Warden of the Fleet prison, His motion was met by a petition on the behalf of the Noble Duke, praying that it might be scut to the Master to inquirc and report whether the Dube ought nut to be allowed morC liberty as to the cutting down - of the timber in Blenheim Park, titan was expressed in Isis Lordship's order granting the its' junction. Ills Honour was of opinion that the application ought to be made to his Lordship, as although he could girt an order for carrying into effect any order made by his Lord , ship, he could not alter his order, for which reason he stet them to his Lordship. The LORD CHANcELLoR—" His Honour is ri/; , lit ; the Act of Parliament constituting Vice-Chancellor, does not give him the power of alteriug an order of the Lord Chanvellors or of the Master of the Rolls, but it authorises me to give him the power when necessary." • Mr. RAE, Counsel for the Noble Defendant, said the peti tion that was presented by his, client, only ashed that it might he referred to the Master, to ascertain how far his Grace was limited in cutting timber iu Blenheim Park. Thu Loan CHANCELEon—" If the Petition is in the nature of an appeal, I cannot authorise the 'Vice-Chancellor to heat it ; and if Lato obliged to hear it, I cammt . do so until after the Lunatic petitions are disposed of." Mr. ltAe said, he was not pressing his Lordship to hear it-. Mr. H LAU.) said, he believed it was not the wish of hit Learned Friend that it should be speedily heard; but be had quite a different feeling, fur if the application of the Nub3o Relator was not immediately heard, and the affidavit in sup -port of it were gone through, a stick would not be left its BlenheiM Park its a few days. He did not see any thing isr the proceedings that could come under the denomination of an appeal. The Loan CHANCELLOR —" Make my respectful compliment; to the Vice-Chancellor, and inform him, if there is nothin4 winch stands its his way so as to prevent him from heariog it except Isis being called on to alter my order, that I will givt hint the necessary authority to hear it. The Defendant in this ease ought to know whether an order of injunction right or wriing,while it is in existence he is bound to obey Referred hack to the Vice-Chancellor. The first Seal before Term will be on the 15th January- COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. O. The Court was occupied during the day is trying ConsuK 2 Jury'causes of no importance. COURT OF_COMMON PLEAS, DEC. CO. COBB V. MAGNAY. This was an issue from the Court of Chancery directed Is/ his Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR, to try whether an instil— ance against fire had been fraudulently effected. .Ir. Serjeant LENS stated the case. It was a questian of some importance, he said, not only with respect to property, the sum at issue being four or 5,000/.4 but it involved a coo— sideration of still deeper importance, namely, the honour alai character of the defendants, one of n:boin was of rank, ami e likely to njoy the highest honour the. City could confer, Messrs. Magnay and Pickering were proprietors and directors of the Globe Insurance Office. In 1809, they did business witts a paper-maker, of the name of Pym. at Exwiek, in Devon— . shire ; anti, in the course of their dealing, Magnay and Picket— ing advanced sums of money, for which they took sects— rities. Pym having insured his mill and property in this , Globe, the premises were burnt down, and he obtained hiss claim for the loss. The plaintiffs, who are directors of tho Globe, charged the defendants with urging the paynitlit erg the claim to promote their own private beneat ; with emu:eat-- Mg their knowledge of, the disboneSt character of Pyat„ anti using their influence as• Directors to get the money paid t the Company. It was stated that Pyin had insured futireaiff double the amount of his property. the opening speech, • seVeral witnesses were ealled•te.- prove the ,ose, but the whitle tailed, and SerjeanV LENS gave up the cause, declaring the evidence did noVsar port the charge. The Jury found a verdict fns itie Dereoa...ae_tind thejtltY o intimated that the honour and character of Messrs. Itiagna , f and Pickering remained unsullied. The Jury also declared: that the character of the Defendants stas not in the stightesU degree tarnished. DESPERATE POACHERS.-About one o'clock oa Friday morning, John Cooper, Gamekeeper. UP; Col. ADEANE, of Babraham, Cambridgeshire, ac- , companied - by Stubbins, W. Wisby, and L. Bunting, went round the plantations for the pur pose of detecting poachers. About three o:clo s ck.' they heard the report of a gun, upon which they' separated into two parties, each taking a separate. direction towards the place from whence the sound proceeded. Wisby' and Stubbins soon perceived two desperate poachers, named AYH-. liam Bonnett, of Stapteford, and John Pratt, and. immediately called out to them to stop, but thief ran off. Wisby and his companion soon overtoo them, when a desperate scuffle ensued. The Gamekeeper was now fast approaching, anti within a few yards of them, when Bonnett, level ling his gun at Wisby, shot him in the right side; when he fell, and almost immediately expired. Cooper rushed on the murderer, succeeded in overpowering him, and bound his hands ; but. is the confusion the prisoners effected their escape, and have not since been heard of. The deceased has left a widow and three children. ALARMING FIRE. es morning, about two o'clock, a fire broke out in one-of the h o use; adjacent to Kensington Palace, adjoining to that in which Mr. Sicard resides, which caused g reat confusion in the Palate. • There is no accountiof for the origin of the :fire ; it was discovered' i. 51 one of the upper apartments shortly after it coo" menced, when the parish engines arrived, ina rendered every assistance. The military soon called out, and proceeded to the. Palace, and'continued until the fire was at an end, which lasted several hours, but the flames were got wi der by the arrival of the engines from London.--* During the time the fire continued it burned with great fury. Every exertion was made to save the property, which proved successful ; but the roofs of two houses, that of Mr. Sicard's and the one adjoining,' were completely destroyed. We are not informed of any other accident. MARRIED. - - Yesterday, Mr. William Beszant, of the New Kent road, t': Caroline, youngest daughter of Mrs. Ann Pratt, and niece of Thomas Pratt, Esq., of the same place. DIED. At Alexandriaour th , 12th of August last, of a bilious fe ver, Nathaniel Pearce, Esq., the celebrated Abyssinian tra veller. of On Friday, the 15th instant, aged 64, John Holt, Eso•. Wordsiev. near Stourbridge, Staffordshire, greatly regretted by his fa mily . and friends. 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