The Sun. — London, England, 1827-11-06 00:00:00

public or private, exists, of any character, at I which the annual charges of all kinds amount to p less than one hundred pounds, while at some they are twice as much ; and when a lad reaches the University, so little controul over expellee ex i s ts there, that he is generally most popular, a nd caressed by the " Fellows," who discharge the office of tutors, in proportion to the extrava gance and disregard of money which he is able to evince. One natural and unavoidable, but :to many parents painful conseqiience of this is, that they. are obliged to expatriate themselves and their children, for the sole purpose of educating the latter ; there being no doubt that as good an education as can he got in England is to be obtained for one-third the cost in France, Hol land, Flanders, or Germany. We would net be understood to attribute this great disproportion wholly, or indeed principally, to those in whose hands the subject is placed ; mach, we believe, is owing to monopoly—much to over-reaching avarice and neglect—but much more, probably to the high price of many of the necessaries of life. A dear country. must necessarily be dear in all things; and it would be as unreasonable to ex pect the English schoolmaster to compete with the untaxed pedagogue of the Continent, as to expect the British farmer to grow and sell corn upon equal terms with his competitor in Poland. But there can be no reason why an evil which is partly unavoidable should therefore be enhan ced : and we cannot, therefore, but look with sa tisfaction at any reasonable prospect which is held out of bringinc , down the cost of education, by means of whi c h many of our youth, who are now sent abroad, may be detained at home : and, above all, a competitipn created, Which may have the effect of hringing.down and defeating the abuses of the monopoly we have alluded to. The London University seems likely to do this ; and, if it does so, its originators and construc tors will be entitled to the gratitude and support of the whole community ; while those among the Clergy, who are so vehement in their censure of it, may as well, we should think, make a virtue of necessity, and, as there seems no prospect of their opposition or their ridicule succeeding, by themselves anticipating the removal of some part of the evil it is destined to meet, they may thus deprive it of the whole merit which it will otherwise assuredly obtain.--Mor ning Herald. The . project of a Joint Stock Bank to be established as near the Metropolis as the Charter of the Bank of England will allow, seems to become more and more the subject of conversa tion. It appears to be generally understood, that this establishment is intended, on the expiration of the Bank Charter, to become a rival to the Bank of England in London. It would be pre sumptuous to anticipate any thing in regard to the failure or success—to the utility or mischief of such an institution, till we know who are the parties likely to unite their interests with it, and to devote their attention to it. , We are not gifted, like some of our contemporaries, with the power of appreciating a Bank in the abstract, or even of conceiving the possibility of so refitted an abstraction. We know that ID a Bank there ought to be -partners possessing property, and managers possessing mercantile talent and expe rience, and we dare not, hazard an opinion upon the success or utility of a projected establishment of such a nature, without knowing very accu rately who those partners and managers are to be; and the amount of property, and the kind of talent and experience they possess. We have one or two observatice:s however to offer upon the subject,. but they shall proceed upon the assumption of, the projected establishment being quite unimpeachable, and indeed quite perfect in respect to the matters to which we have alluded. Indulging in- this assumption, then, it is plain enough that the project will answer the purpose of those who embark in it ; because, by the very terms of the proposition, they are to he persons cOnapetent to judge of the probability of failure or success. Such persons of course will not be actuated by any other feelings than those of fair enterprise. If they en ter into competition with the Bank of Eng land, itwill be in the honest spirit of competition, and not in that of acrimonious and short-sighted hostility. They will 'commence the undertaking exclusively with a view to promote their own in terests and that of their co-partners, and not prin cipally or indeed at all with the desire of injuring the Bank o f England. Such persons, if any of c them happen to be Country Bankers, will of course be very far from entertaining a desire to convert the proposed institution into a means of revenging or averting any real or supposed injury which they may have received, or with which they may be threatened in that capacity by the establishment of Branch Banks, or by any other pail of the conduct of the Bank of England. The least symptom of such a desire on their parts would be quite sufficient to deprive. them of the confidence of the public as the pro jeCtors or managers of a Metropolitan Bank, Such competent persons as we have de scribed, must further have the good sense and candour to perceive, that the business of Government will remain in the hands of the Bank of England, and that no new institution will have the least chance to enjoy the advantages .of any portion of it. Confidence and gratitude will both be on the side of the Bank of Eng land, and will give it an unquestionable title to the preference in all government employment merany other establishment, upon equal terms. And it, will scarcely be supposed that any new Bank can do the work of Government cheaper than the Bank of England can do it, if it please. Thus much with reference to the interests of the Shareholders in the projected Bank. So far as the public generally are con cerned, such a Bank could not, we think, do any hartn, and might probably do much good. If it is to he an establishment, qualified by the mag nitude of its capital, and the prudence of its management, to enter into competition with the Bank of England, it will beyond all doubt enable Government to treat with the latter much more independently and advantageously than it could otherwise do in any negotiation which may take place upon the expiration of the Bank Charter. The New Bank will, upon this approaching oc casion, be a watchful guardian of its own inte rests, which to a considerable extent will be identified with those of the public, and we may be assured that in such circumstances the Bank Charter will not be renewed unless upon condi tions eminently advantageous to the community. The Bank of England, almost ever since the period of the revolution, and through a great variety of trials and vicissitudes, political and commercial, has been intimately connected with Government, and has ever been found a zealous, faithful, and valuable servant of the State. We do not hence infer that the privileges it has ac -suired, and which have no doubt already yielded it a rich remuneratio n for it s servic es, ought to be eternal. t ut we do confidently infer froM in this, that it has notany of its recent measures meditated its own aggrandisement as a Corpora tion, independently cf any regard to the public welfare ; that, 'above all, it has not intended to .advance it 3 own interest by the ruin of any valuable class of the community.--Morning Post. In the Oriental Herald for November, we find an account of an event which cannot fail to create considerable sensation in England ; namely the suspension of a Judge in India, Courtenay Smith, Esq., brother of the Rev. Sydney Smith. The circumstances which led to this measure are thus detailed : "A case in which Bebee Kadureh, commonly called Bebee Ismut, was appellant, and Shah Ilhburrooddeen re spondent, was, in the year 1824, decided by a majority of the Judges of the Sudder •Desvanny Adawlut against the appellant, as far as her claim concerns lakhuraj, or free assessed lands. I first mention briefly the nature of her claim to those lands, and the substance of the defence on the part of the respondent. The appellant states, that the lands in question were at different periods granted to the ancestors of her husband, and to their successive heirs for ever, by the Kings of Delhi, for charitable purposes; that the late husband of the appellant, who was the legal heir and the sole representative of those grantees, departed this life, leaving her his widow; and a daughter; and that, previous to his death, he gave up to her such land as was in his possession, in consideration of a part of the sum of dower which he owed her ; several portions of these lands having been formerly disposed of in a similar manner by his predecessors. She further states, that the old respon dent is by no means entitled to any property given to the ancestors of her husband, and their successive heirs, since he can prefer no hereditary claim to such property. In his defence the respondent prefers no hereditary claim to those lands ; he simply states that the husband of the ap pellant appointed him as successor; and that the local agent in behalf of Government having approved of this nomination, he has therefore a just right to those lands, which were given for benevolent purposes, and not for the maintenance of the heirs of the grantees, or subject to their uncontrolled disposal. " The deeds of gift by the former Kings were produced before the Court, the validity of which was acknowledged by both the parties, and admitted by all the Judges. In those documents two terms are specified—first, that those lands were given to the grantees and their heirs for ever; secondly, that they should employ the produce of those lands for benevolent purposes. Judges, perhaps in refer ence to the second term, decided the case in favour of the respondent; and he was consequently put in possession of them. The consequences were, that the appellant has ap pealed to the authorities in England against the decision of of the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut; and that Court required of the respondent to produce securities to refund the sum which those lands may annually yield him until the final decision, should the King in Council reverse the decree passed by that Court. The pleader in behalf of Govern ment, on receiving instructions conveyed in a purwanah to his address, offered that Government should stand as secu rity for the respondent; and the following opinion and or der were then pronounced by Courtenay Smith, Esq. :-- " BEEBEE KADUREH, CC,: , r,MONLY BEEBEE Issiur, APPEL- LANT ; SHAH UEBUROODDEEN, RESPONDENT. " According to the orders of the 31st January of the current year, Moonshee Hussun Ulee, Government Pleader, delivered a purwanah to his address, dated the 7th Fe bruary of this year, as well as English papers, which have been perused. As suits appealed to the authorities in Eng land are decided by them, after many years, and as the period of the Honourable Company's charter will shortly expire ; and as, after the expiration of the term of the pre sent charter, it is uncertain whether it will be renowed, or the Government of the country will be assumed by his Majesty, or what other event may take place, in my opi nion, the security of the Government in such a case can not be accepted. But, as this is an uncommon circum stance, it requires the concurrence of another Judge. It is, therefore, ordered that the papers be presented at the sit ting of another Judge, for the final order as to whether the offer of the Government Pleader shall be rejected.' " I have been subsequently informed, that two other Judges having differed from Mr. Caul tenay Smith, his opinion has been overruled ; and, it is said, that his opinion has subjected him to the severe displeasure of Govern ment." We should say, that in our judgment Mr. Smith was wrong in refusing to accept the se curity of the Government, on the ground " that the Honourable East India Company's Charter will shortly expire, and that it is uncertain whe ther it will be renewed, or the government of the country will he assumed by hir Majesty, or what other event may take place." The question pro perly is, have the East India Company power, under the Charter, to give the security ; because, if the Company possess that power, it is of no consequence into whose hands the government may devolve at the termination of the Charter, for the government must be taken with all the burdens and liabilities legally created by the Company. It was not doubted that the afford ing the security rls one of the acts which the Company were entitled to exercise under their Charter. This, we own, is our opinion. Others may vices the matter differently. But admitting that the view taken by Mr. Smith is untenable, and that the two Judges who differed from him were in the right, we are yet to learn either that a Judge must be infallible, or that he is account able to the Government for the opinions he pro nounces in his Judicial character. It would seem, however, that different principles prevail in India. The following account is given by the Oriental Herald of the consequences to which Mr. Smith's judgment has led :—, " On this subject, we present a short extract of a letter which we have seen from India on this subject. The writer says : " Courtenay Smith's suspension or dismissal from his Puisne Justiceship of the Sudder (the Supreme Native Court) is referred to the Governor-General, and Holt Mackenzie, his chief adviser, who are both still in the Upper Provinces. His crime is detailed in the enclosed scrap of to-day's Bengal Chronicle, and the Editor's ironical horror at the " breach of the Press Regulations" will not escape your notice. Mr. Smith has replied, that he is sorry to offend the Government; but, acting under his oath, in the highest tribunal, and having certain legal doubts, he could not do otherwise than express them, leaving to his brother Judges to add or take away from their official weight, by pronouncing their own opinions, and thus ascertaining the views of the majority. The Go vernment is in a phrenzy about this, although it went out of its way to übtain the official knowledge of this Judges single opinion. Right or wrong, however, Mr. Smith's opinien had no practical result; and even had it been otherwise, it is surely better to endure one erroneous, or foolish, or even wicked Judge, than to run the risk of intimidating or forcing consciences, or incurring the impu tation of tampering with the integrity of the administrators of justice.' " Ay, truly ! if the Government of India were in terested in the good of its subjects, and wished to see liberty, prosperity, and justice advance under its sway. But they have no such wishes; and hence their utter disregard of all but the . gratification of their own love of power, and its accompanying passions." ' ' . . To suspend a Judge for pronouncing the opi nion which, on d consideration of the case before him, he was led to form, is certainly a strong, a very strong measure. We confess we are at a loss to see one single ground which can be urged in justification of it, which would not go to place the Judges entirely at the mercy of the Executive, and consequently to make them merely the' mouth-pieces of the Government functionaries. The tenure by which Judges hold their offices in England, is quamd;.zt se bene gesserint ; that is, so long as no improper motive can be brought home to them. The time is not very remote, to be sure, when the tenure was different—when it was expected that the opinions of a Judge should always be in accordance with the views of the Government. We were not aware that this old tenure, which expired in England with the Revolution, had been revived in India. If, however, a Judge is to be held responsible, not for his conduct, but for the accordance of his opinions with the views of Government, every thing like independence must disappear from the Bench, which must be occupied by men of sen timents suited to their degraded condition, strangers to honour or honesty. If unerring - wisdom must be the attribute of a Judge, we , know not where the Indian Government can ob tain them. The most enthusiastic - admirer of our English Judges would not, at all events, lay claim to any such perfection for them. Let any man coolly analyse the judgments pronounced day after day in our Courts, and he must be possessed of very little acuteness, indeed, if he do not find specimens in abundance of all pos sible faults in reasoning.—Morning Chronicle. We are still without any news of so positive a character from the East as to put an end to the doubts which have been floating over that quar ter for the last two or three months. It is evi dently the plan of the Porte to procrastinate, if by any means the Allies can be deluded into a sufferance of delay. It is still advised, probably to endeavour to obtain better terms by a show of firmness which it cannot feel, to await any chances which may possibly arise to sow disunion between the Powers by which the present terms are proposed. In this it will be disappointed, The understanding between the Allies i s too perfect to be interrupted, and whatever length of time they may suffer to elapse before they compel the Porte to come to a decision, or they settle the question their own way, there is no danger of their falling out among themselves. Even should the Porte grant all that is demanded, it seems evident that not only the guarantee, but in some measure the surveillance of the united Powers, will be requisite to give to the Greek Constitu tion that degree of consolidation, without which it cannot hope to fight its own battles with its former masters in the event of a future rupture. It appears quite obvious that the mere dissolution of the band, which has hither to so feebly connected the Morea and the Isles with the government of Stamboul, is the least part of the labour which the Allies have pro posed to themselves, and that the most patient, prudent, and watchful guardianship must be exercised over both parties, to prevent the half extinguished embers of hatred from being blown up again into a wasting flame. Nothing can be more amusing than the cry of certain of our contemporary journals for precedents from the law of nations to justify the interposition of the Allies, as if the sacred cause of religion and hu manity, or the more vulgar and better under stood claims of mutual safety and mutual inte rest, must not be allowed to produce a treaty between three of the most enlightened Courts of Europe, unless all the circumstances be fully and fairly laid down in Puffendorf and Grotius. Let us suppose for a moment, which,.by the bye, is not the case, that nothing of the nature con templated by the Allies is contained in the Cos mopolitan Code of the expounders of the Jus pentium—what is the inference ? That the law of nations ii not fixed any more than other laws— and that what isnot in the books must not be found in practice ? is not the interior relations of na tions changing every day—and who shall say that their exterior relations are to remain unchange able? Do not the sciolists perceive, that the establishment or destruction of a constitutional Government in any nation, changes not only the real condition of its people, bnt places them, in reference to all others, in a totally different posi tion, infuses into them new feelings, consecrates new ties, and imposes new duties e Would they persuade us that the conduct of Great Britain is not to be regulated by other principles under the family of Brunswick, than those that go verned it under the Tudors ? We are steady opponents to any uncalled for interference with the affairs of other nations; but we are of opi nion that circumstances may not only justify but command such an interference. Are W 3 to be told that the compliance by Prince William, with the requisition, not of the whole of the Eng lish nation, nor even of the majority at th e era o f our revolution, is to be designated as unjust, be cause, forsooth, the case was not noted and pro vided for in the pages of a German commentator ? Was it wrong in the great and good men of 1688 to invoke his aid to rescue their liberties and their religion from the furious and bigotted grasp of a Popish despot, until they had searched die vo lumes of the schools for a precedent ? And if the parties giving and the parties soliciting help on that memorable occasion were justified, who shall say that the Greeks, who have been waging open war with their tyrants for several years, are in a less favourable predicament for requesting aid of the Allies, whose relation is so much more disinterested than that of the Prince of Orange was ? What means the objection of " neces sity, the tyrant's plea ?" Why is necessity his plea in particular ? Is it not as much the plea of the freeman ? The pretence of necessity is only tyrannical when it is falsely pleaded, and for the gratification of the tyrant's own selfish views. Those who apply the phrase to the pre sent conduct of Great Britain, in reference to the oppressed Greeks, are base libellers of the ho nour of their country. No war, should it come to war, that ever England engaged in would be entered upon from more honourable and disinte rested motives. No act in modern times is in deed more eminently calculated to cast lustre on the age in which we live than the Treaty of July 6. Had the Allies been as selfish and interested as their traducers represent them, no plan was so well calculated to disappoint their wishes as that which :they have adopted. If Russia wished to weaken Turkey, the most effec tual way was to foment , the disunion between her and her quondam provinces, not to quash it ; and similar feelings must have dictated to France and England a similar line of policy. The Al lies themselves can be influenced by no feelings but those of the most honourable kind, for all their selfish and peculiar interests are in complete opposition to the line of conduct they are at present pursuing.— New 7rinzes. RIOT AMONG THE MILITARY.--O n the night of the 24th ult., a quarrel relative to the merits of their respective troops, arose among some soldiers belonging to the 7 th Dragoon Guards, now quartered in Coventry ; who were drinking at the Three Tuns public house, Hert ford-street. Three men were severely wounded; one is in the guard-room and two are in the hos pital.—Coventry Observer. ACCIDENT ON TIIE TAY.—The crew of a fishing boat, consisting of five men, after the day's labour at sea, put into port there to leave their lines, and take in victuals, and immediately set out again with their fish to market at Dundee. They set sail, and there being scarcely a breath of wind, sat down to take a repast, during which an instantaneously sudden gust of wind filled their sails and upset the boat. Four of the poor men were, drowned. James Gall, a young man, alone escaped to tell the mournful tidings, having saved himself by swimming.—Perth Courier. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—Airtongst the night charges at this pffice yesterday morning,--a respectable-looking man named -Lya//, a printer, 'who resides in Russell-court, Catherine street, was brought forward by Thompson, a watchman be longing to the parish of St. Mary-le-Strand. " Of what is this person accused ?" said Sir R. BIRICIE, turning to the watchman. He refused to move on, your Worship, when I desired him. " Was he talking so loud as to create a disturbance ?" asked Mr. HALLS. " No, your Worship," replied Thomp son, " I can't say he was raising a disturbance, but he re fused to move on when I ordered him, and I took him to the watchhouse." " What explanation do you offer ?" asked Sir RICH. BIRNIE, addressing the defendant. "Please your Worship," he answered " I supped last night with two or three friends, with whom I was parting within a few yards of my own house, when this watchman came up, and in a very insolent manner told me to move on. I was brought to the watchhouse of Saint Mary-le-Strand, where I found the constable of the night, who said he was act ing in his own right, in a state of intoxication. He took the charge against me, and ordered me into the black-hole, where I remained all night, although two respectable house holders of the parish came forward to bail me. Both Sir RICHARD BIRNIE and Mr. HALLS declared that the charge in the first instance was most unwarrant able, and the conduct of the constable in accepting it, and refusing to take bail, as if the accused was a common felon, rendered him wholly unfit for his office. The defendant was ordered to be discharged immediately without the payment of the usual shilling fee ; and the Ma gistrates advised him to lay a statement of the case before the watch committee, for the purpose of procuring the watchman's discharge, and also to commence an action for false imprisonment against the night constable. ' The name of this night constable, we understand, is Edwards. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.—In the middle of Sept., 1826, a person, calling himself Captain John Campbell, was charged before the Magistrates of this office, with cheating and defrauding a young gentleman named John Andrew Edwards, by representing that he would cause him to be employed as a midshipman in the Greek navy, and receiving 101. of him on account of his passage. The particulars of the case were then laid before the public, but it was not brought to a conclusion, for, during the investi gation, the defendant became a prisoner for debt, and re mained in custody of the Sheriff of London until yester day, when, having been discharged under the insolvent act, he was brought back by Drinkwater, the officer, to Marylebone. The prisoner, who, since his former examination, is re duced almost to skin and bone and crippled by fever, upon being placed at the bar, told Mr. Rawlinson that his pro secutor had abandoned the charge, and that he had received a letter to that effect from the young gentleman's father, which lie could not then produce, for it was, with other papers, in the possession of Mr. Douglas, the Under-Go vernor of Whitecross-street prison. Mr. RAWLINSON informed the prisoner that such a de claration from the lips of Mr. Edwards should be attended to, and sent Gibbs to the Comptroller's Office of Army Accounts, Westminster, in which that gentleman holds an appointment, but he did not return before the Magistrates left, and the prisoner was remanded. WORSHIP-STRET.—Yesterday morning Mr. John Wilks, late the vestry clerk of St. Luke's, addressing the Sitting Magistrate, Mr. BROUGHTON, complained that charges had there been made against him by a person named M'Hugh, and repeated in the newspapers, of having embezzled 6,0001. of the parish monies. Mr. BROUGHTON was not responsible for what was published by the press. Mr. Wilks, as we understood him, wished for the Ma gistrate's notes of what had taken place before him on the subject, to serve as a foundation for legal proceedings. The Magistrate said, no application had been made to him, and he had desired the attendance of Mr. Wall, the vestry clerk, and one or two of the trustees, in order that they might afford him sonic information on the subject. He requested Mr. Wilks to be seated till they arrived. Mr. Wall, Mr. Richmond, a solicitor, and some of the trustees, entered the office soon afterwards, and the place was crowded by parish-officers and others, who felt an in terest in the proceedings. Mr. M'Hugh shortly rc,,)t his former statement, and complained that a vast portion of the rates levied on the parishioners had been employed in making good the de ficiencies. The AIAGISTRATE, upon inquiry, was informed that Mr. M'Hugh is not a trustee, but that three of the trustees had given written authority to proceed in their name under the local Act. Mc, BROUGHTON had given a good deal of attention to the Act, and was of opinion that they could not legally proceed, unless the application Nr.re by persons deputed by the whole body of trustees. Mr. Richmond, a solicitor and trustee, produced:a report drawn up by a Committee appointed to investigate the ac counts in which the deficiencies were discovered. It was submitted to a vestry meeting, and the result was, tl-at legal proceedings were ordered against Mr. Wilks, for the recovery of the monies deficient. The MAGISTRATE did not wish to hear a long statement ; he would merely ask Mr. Wall if any legal proceedings had been ~nnenced. Mr. Wall said yes, and a bill had been filed. Mr. Wilks had ail - died to the parties to know if they could afford him evidence on the cheques which had been altered, but he could not obtain it. If they could supply hin► with evidence, and the clerk were found, it would be the greatest favour that could be conferred on him. Mr. Wilks added, that he was surrounded by gentlemen who had known him for 20 years, and although he had been unfortunate in the choice of his clerk, they would not impute personal error to him. It was said that the loss had occurred through his neglect, and that therefore thoy might recover against him ; but whether it were legally so would be for the Court of King's Bench to determine. Mr. BaouoirroN having with difficulty suppressed some expressions of angry feeling between the parties, proceeded to give his decision, in which Mr. BENETT and Mr. Bux ton., who were also on the bench, concurred. By the 50th sec. of the act, he said, a magistrate was empowered to act upon the application of three trustees, or a person appointed by them ; but they must be deputed by the whole body of trustees, to make the proceeding legal. In his opinion this was not a fit matter to be brought be fore a magistrate, but was a case for the courts of law, and it appeared that proceedings had actually been commenced, and a bill filed. He dismissed the application on two grounds--first, he could not legally proceed ; and second, even if he could, it would not forward, but defeat the ends of justice. The MAGISTRATE added, that it must be understood that Mr. Wall and Mr. Richmond were pledged to him that legal proceedings had actually been taken. A lad, named Driscoll, collector at the Cambridge-heath turnpike-gate, was brought before Mr. BROUGHTON, and convicted of conduct of the most insulting and scandalous nature towards Mrs. Warburton and another lady, who passed his gate in a chaise on the 31st ult. Mr. BROUGHTON ordered him to pay 51., or to be im prisoned two months in the House of Correction. HATTON-GARDEN.---Two respectable looking per sons, James Harley and Michael Brennan, brought yester day before Mr. Sergeant SELLON, an Irkliman of the name of Warren, charged with having used towards them the vilest language, heaped upon them every epithet that could be gleaned from the vocabulary of abuse, collected around them a great mob, and in some measure endangered their personal safety. The Magistrate bound him over in his own recognizance to keep the peace. UNION-HALL.—Yesterday, a young man, named John Priest, who described himself a performer of a pro vincial theatre, was brought before the sitting Magistrate, R. J. CHAMBERS, Esq., charged with having robbed a man named Benjamin Davis of his watch and seals. The complainant, on the preceding night, sat down on the steps of a door, in Thomas -street, Blackfriars, to wait for a friend, whom he expected to pass that way. He (complainant) candidly admitted that he had been drink ing previously, but not to such an excess as to incapacitate him from recollecting every circumstance that transpired relating to the property stolen from him. While sitting on the steps, he said, the prisoner came up to him, and supposing that he was asleep, immediately began to fumble about the waistband of his breeches. Having got bold of the chain, he drew the watch out of his fob with a sudden jerk, and then ran away. Complainant pursued the pri soner, who was ultimately stopped by a tradesman ; and when the former accused him of having robbed him of his watch, he denied the theft at first, but subsequently confessed that he did it out of a " bit of lark." The pri soner was ultimately given in custody. A witness confirmed that part of the complainant's evi dence respecting the watch being found in the prisoner's possession, and his attempt to escape when the former ac cused him of the robbery. The prisoner declared he had no intention of committing a robbery ; he perceived the man was asleep, and in order to have a " bit of fun," he suddenly jerked the watch out of his fob to frighten him, but intended to return it to him again. In the prisoner's possession was found the following note, addressed to him by the manager of the Woodstock theatre. It shows the miserable pittance, as an actor for general :business, he received weekly from the establishment above 'mentioned— Theati'e, Woodstock. Sir, —I have a vacancy for general business, &c. The 'salary is 18s. a week; if this suits, you are at liberty to join immediately. I am Sir, your obedient, H. JACKSON. P. s. —I have a vacancy for the first singing business also. The prisoner, a respectable-looking young man, was fully ;committed. Yesterday considerable sensation was excited in the ;neighbourhood of Kent-street, owing to a report having been circulated that a child bad been starved to death by 'its mother. The populace were proceeding to inflict sum mary vengeance on the unfortunate woman, when Pople, the officer, interfered, and brought her in safety to this office. On subsequent inquiry into the matter the officer discovered that the woman, whose name is M'Carthy, had removed into a wretched abode in the above street one day last week, in which there was nothing but a truss of straw, upon which the infant was found a corpse. It had a dread fully emaciated appearance, and from that circumstance was conjectured to have been starved to death. A medical man was directed by the Magistrates of this office to examine into the causes of its death; and from his report, it ap peared there were no grounds for such a report as had gone forth, but that the child died of consumption. These facts being made known to the mob, who still collected in front of the house where the child was lying, they dispersed, and the poor woman was set at liberty. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT. In the early part of yesterday, the neighbour hood of Park-street was thrown into a state of considerable alarm. A bear, of huge dimensions, which was kept at the Anatomy-house in the above street, belonging to Dr. Jacob, had, it ap peared, for some time back, been in the habit of having food occasionally brought to him by a fine little boy, the son of a poor man, residing in the same street. Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, the child happened to enter the place, and in cautiously approached the bear without the ac customed donation, but merely for the purpose of playing with him, the animal not being accus tomed to object to this familiarity, when accom panied by the more substantial offering of food. On the present occasion, however, finding him self disappointed, the savage creature instantly seizing in his rough gripe his little benefactor, prostrated him in a moment, and was proceeding in the work of destruction, when the screams of his victim brought to the spot a small boy, not much older than himself, who was usually em ployed about the house. The only weapon, or substitute for one, of which this little fellow could avail himself, was a piggin, or small pail, out of which the animal fed. Hurling this at the head of the ferocious brute, and crying out at the same time with all his might, this brought Surgeon Wilkins, who happened to be then in the house, to his assistance. This gentleman, while attempt ing to the imminent hazard of his life, unaided by any weapon, to save the now mangled child, had himself well nigh fallen a sacrifice. In his exer tions his foot chancing to slip he fell, when the bear at once relinquishing his former prey, darted with the rapidity of lightning at Mr. Wilkins, as he lay on the ground, fortunately, however, a few inches beyond the bounds to which his chain permitted him to extend his reach. A Mr. Knowd now came up, and having, on hearing the outcry, provided himself with a poker, succeeded in partially forcing back the ferocious creature, who rushed repeatedly at him, endeavouring to get him within his gripe. By this time several per sons collecting in the yard, all further danger was put an end to, and the child which the boy be lonob ina to the establishment had taken the op portunity of snatching away, was removed into the house. On examination it was discovered that both the arms and one of the thighs were shockingly lacerated. It was also much torn over one of the eyes. Thera are, howeVer, strong hopes entertained of the little sufferer's ultimate recovery. Dr. Jacob, the owner of the bear, instantly on hearing the distressing accident, directed it to be destroyed. For this purpose no less than five drachms of a poisonous acid, of a peculiarly powerful nature, were administered at short in tervals, but to the amazement of several members of the faculty present, proved perfectly harmless, the animal, after taking each successive dose, which was given him in a small portion of victuals, manifested the most perfect ease, tranquilly lick ing off his paws, the human gore with which they were thickly smeared, without betraying the slightest symptom of the deadly drug having affected him. A large crowd of persons had now surrounded the premises. outside the walls, which they threatened to scale for the purpose of taking sum mary vengeance on the animal, when Peace Offi cers Limmix and Church being called in, the former fired at him, and the ball entering his heart, he rushed some paces and reached the en trance of his den, where he fell and instantly ex pired. When death had rendered it no longer dangerous to approach the late formidable brute, he was found to exceed in fatness and sleekness of coat, any thing of the kind that had been for merly witnessed.—Dublin Morning Post. On Saturday evening, about eleven o'clock, two respectable families in Dummyha's-wynd were frighten ed to an alarming degree with what they thought an invi sible spirit. As the families were proceeding to bed, an unwelcome knock came to their doors. Being a little timid, they inquired who was there? No answer being made, one, possessed of stronger nerves than the others, slipped open the door without a light, but could not hear or see anything. In a little while after, the rapping be came truly terrific. On being repeatedly asked to state who they were, and no answer returned, the fears of the inmates can be more easily felt than described. Eight stout athletic men who belonged to the house, stood on the floor, almost immovably fixed, and, like the earth stopper, with their hair standing on end with fear. At last, two of the men became courageous, and thrust open the window and came out. On entering the lobby, to their aek_ mighty which astonishment,was sthe object theyofso much ter ror , lying upon found th e h uge b o dy of a j his back, rolling over and ever, first kicking at the one door, then at the other The lobby-d oor , by mistake, had been left open ; the ass had been strolling about, and, like Paul Pry, had just " dropp'd in." He attempted to ascend the stairs, but the task being too difficult, fell over a hV on his back.—Dundee Advertiser. BRITISH SAILORS..—We wanted to judge if the cry of " Tea ahoy " on board ship, and the long peace had produced any effect on those hardy sons of Britain, " whose home is on the mountain deep." The number of ships recently paid off at this port, has enabled us to make the necessary observations, and the result is, that Jack on shore, whatever he is on ship-board, has lost nothing of his peculiarities : so much for the wisdom of those who prog nosticated the ruin of the British navy, from the introduc tion of tea, sugar, oatmeal, and wine, instead of buckets of grog. Jack is the same strange, thoughtless, and frolick some being as ever. He bears the same measure of delight in his eye. He rolls with the same exquisite grace. Knots of tars (for they always associate in herds) may be seen moving about with lockers well stored and brimful of fun. The " jarvies" are kept in constant requisition, and Jack, as usual, .not caring a quid for the usages of society, leaves the inside of the " craft " for women and lubbers, and takes his station on deck, along side of the driver, that he may have room to flourish his sbellalah, and be able to see how the land lies. In the public-house many an old fiddle has been dragged from its rusty peg, and taught by the " forty elbow power" of its lame or blind owner "to discourse most eloquent music." In fact Jack's portrait twenty years ago requires no fresh touch from the limner's hand. He has not yet gained en the " march of intellect." He calls the handi craft scholar a " humbug," and as soon as his locker is out, which he takes - care to open at both ends, he again enters "on board the As ethusa."—Devonport Telegraph. ~~:.~~ Y r` LONDONi R.K./rA I'S. PRICE OF BREAD, f a r lt° The highest price of Bread in the Metrodolis is gd.,'" D elo 4 41b. Loaf. There are others who sell tom l /,d. to P,Ciu' that price. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.—Nov. I ,O4:OA 755. Od. to 100 s. Od. I Clover 90s. Od. ti Straw :3os Od. to 365. Od. PRICES OF HOPS (pet Cwt.)—Nov, 5. Kent Pockets 4/. Os. 41. 10s, to Sussex Ditto 31. 12s. 4/. Os. to Essex Ditto 3/. 16s. 41. 4s. to Farnham Ditto, Fine. — Seconds 01. Os. 71. 10s to . 01. Os. 64 Os. to 31. 10s. 41. 4s. to 11. ss. 31. 'Os. to 31. Bs. 4/, Os. to• it £140,000. Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto. PRICE OF OIL. • 6 Rape Oil, brown _ . 30/. Os. ..„......:- Refined .........6 m 0 Linseed Oil ' Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per th0u5and......,.....,. '5l O Rape Cake, per ton _ __ ....1..../ PRICE OF POTATOES.—Nov. 5. Ware 3/. Os. to 31. 15s. per ton Yorkshire Kidneys 4l. Os. to 41. ss. LEATH E ar lb. 41. ,L ip r i , Tanned Horse Hides.. a l Spanish Ditto Per dozen. , g Calf 5kin5.,,,36 to 40 1 b. ag i ° Ditto 50 to 7011/' 7 " a , P Ditto 70 to 801 13 : 0 Small Seals, Greenland V Kent PRICES OF Per lb. d. to d. to 561 b.... 201 221 Ditto --60 to 661 b...... 228 23f Dressing Hidea 138 17 Fine Coach Hides 17 19 Croy. hides, 35 to 401 b. 14 151 Ditto to 501 b. 16 181 Ditto RAW HIDES. d:SO„ Per Stone. s. d. to s. d. Per Stone. S. • Best Heifers& Steers 3 0 3 4 Ordinary 2 00 d , Middlings 2 6 210 Market Calf 7 Downs SHEEP SKINS. P us. Is. 2d. to Is. 9d. Lar0b5—......»..,, Os. 01. - Polled 2s. 6d. to 3s. Od. COAL MAR Adair's Heaton 38 0 Hebburn Main 37 3 35 3 Killingworth 37 0 Liddell's 32 0 Newburn --- 35 6 Old Walker 36 6 Ord's Redhugh :32 6 PontopWindsor,—,...... T 2 3 Shipcote.. . 34 6 Tanfield 33 6 35 3 Willington Wylam 34 6 WallsEndßewicke&Co. 40 3 Ditto Burraton 36 6 Ditto Carr and Co. 35 6 Ditto Clarke and C 0..,. 36 3 Ditto Cramlington....— 35 3 Ditto Hilda 36 9 Ditto Hotspur--..—. 36 0 Ditto Northumberland 36 3 Ditto Peareth 36 6 Ditto Riddell's 39 6 Ships at market, 136--St .KET.—Nov. 5. ' 0 o'9 Walls End Newmare , 4 0 Ditto Russell's 49 ; Ditto Walker $ Ditto Nutt 0 Tanfieli Ellison small rl 0. Stobart's Prim. small , ' 5 0 Walker small 19 0 Lambton small 90 Londonderry 3 9 COwpen 56 Hartley 31 p Stone Coal Christie...— . 49 Stone Coal Cox 15 I Eden Main `4 Fawcett 3 ; , Nesham Russell's Lyon's 34 / Pelaw Primrose , ! Walls End 4 9 Walls End Limbton..... , 30 / Ditto Lyons. . 42 v o DittO Stewart's Russell's Hetton'sW.x* ips sold, 63---Upsolt‘ ;H M . ....--- Is t o ay KILKENNY MARKET, OCT. 30.—Butter , 8 Whet per cwt. ; Bacon Pigs, 30s. to 325, per dit o n 16s. to 225. per barrel; Barley, 9s. to 109. ; 10s. ; Flour, 12s. to 28s. per bag; Beef and 11111,3.°00015r to Od. per lb. ; Potatoes, 21d. 3d. per stone Is. 2d. per cwt. ,RK.,ET 1 Barley. Oats. Aberdeen Berwick Coldstream ,-, Cupar Dundee Elgin Inverness,.,,.,, Kelso Kirkaldy-- Perth 21 '29 19 23 20 22 20 22 14 22 25 27 29 21 2..; 27 30 21 24 m, Kella 17 23 Berwick', Coktstre price is given per quarter Oatmeal, which is per sai r. The tit lck of 28011 13eans . 17 20 '1 17 25 3 1 18 20 9 6 17 19 24 24 26 29 2a 17 19 24 26 :7 4 26 13 18 - Aber and Wheat at er be t ter prices ar e r MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. he Coot LONDON DIARY.—THURSDAY, Novg , Commissioners, BasinghaWstreet.) Carter, C. Uxbridge lOll4lll, W., Fore-street.. ..... Curtis, W., Dockhead 101 0 Y its, TH l ' a ß n s c D h A ellr l4 .. o ''''''''''''' 1 ! e" • 1 0 0 ' Boardman, R., Bolton —Bridge, Bolton ~' It Ashton, J ., I C , 0 .: U . : :: : l w.t.r : t 1 DIARY —Tx White Manchesteril .1, Dring, T., Bristol—Messrs. Britton, Bristol ... .......... o:_,. 0 Harris, N., Shaftesbury—Grosve aor Arms, ShattesbUrr .. . # Knott and Co. Salford—White's , Manchester ........• • '•• ~ II Myers, P., Nottingham—Lion, Nottingham . ............ Iv Purdie, J. and Co., Norwich—Angel, Norwich .....••••''• Taylor, J., Gomersal—Black Bull, G ' '''''''''''''' otnersal ............. ~,,gGq r INSOLVENTS APPLYING T TO BE DlSCris; 0 4 " Petitions to be heard at Portugal.strcet, ' h ' sj" Linco i Nov. 8, AT NIN a t t Alden, 8., Coburg -street Eus E.— 'tree Hudson G., B o n " stree ton-square ' - ' Leman -- Hudson, R., „.. Beadle, J., Camberwell Hunt, E., Dub"" Bevan, J., Chelsea Jones, R. Brimt? .. .to . Claughton, T., Lancaster Pasaey, S. , Newitb,..,lo l ' Delahunt, P. Shadwell Smith, J., ' Edges" - fand Griffiths, M., Limehouse Turner, S., Stop Hilton, 8., Waltham TIIE MINING COMPANIES OF la I. ' ' A . , 13 t rc? It is truly gratifying to observe the rapidly increaob 0' laden with lead from Donegal--a-t of the Mining Companies. Tuesday, one of tilt )° , 00 11 pigs of lead for London, and blishments discharged, at Eden..quay, a boat load ° I ool) unie time shipl l ,.s for . from Roscommon; one of slates frOin Killaloe, and s ,60 0 Liverpool. —Dublin Evening i:b5t_................... 1000 pigs o f Joe"' IRTHS. .0 a Ot .ofl3 f a W rßass i ot i n l ed iam P M ar7k o:le e y nt E On the 4th inst. mend Turton Escl- r soft a ' 11 4 , heir. t ao c" On the Sd inst. at In York, the lady Bath, the lady of Lieutenan f r s t q h . e o b , 1, 3 1 Y °f Grove, R.N. of a son. ' O n the 4th inst. Mrs. Stephen Williams, of $. ,-1 obs lll conunon, of a son. 4, a daughter. ...••••-" MARRIED. • A tbg of Captain Chrystie, of Camberwell - e - The lady On the Ist inst. Arthur Webber, Esq. to Caroline, daughter of Arthur Jones , of Swansea. j e rd; At Tedwortb , in the county of Southa m p ton, c; dbte'( Themes Esq. of Hinchley, to Emma Illingworth , youngest n a , r 'd 0 : of Themes Ashton Smith, Esq. of Tedwortb, o Vagnol, in the county of Caermarthen, and L ord Lieut of the county. fie' On the Ist inst. at Farringdon Church, Berk* t h e l‘fw", John Simpson, Vicar of Alstonfield, Derbyshire, to Hawkins, second daughter of Francis Hawkins, F-44' Member of, the Board of Revenue, of Bengal. to PP' At Watford, W. Lawrence, labourer, aged 172, Harriet Wilks, aged 15 ! DIED. jS e l. On the 4th inst. at Barrosa-place, Bromptoo, Filippo Gnecco, of Genoa. i ,,, P l eb; On the 2d inst. in South Audley-street, J. 9„ f o r t - Talbot, Esq. only son of Colonel Talbot, MX' hi e county of Dublin. i 0 On the 31st ult. at Ealing, Mr. J ohn Store, ' 75th year. 13 I ,ob' On the 13th ult. at sea, of fever, Lieut. lir, '' for R.N. commander of the ship Prince Regent- i _ o nbe, On the 31st ult. at his residence El ean or-place , icioleP" Jeffry O'Donnell, Esq. late Major of the 18th Bee ~ aged 60. ordshire, Boa°1111:45 son, Esq. in the 86th year of his age. _, o 11/44 ~ , On the 31st ult. at St. Peter's, Bedford ' o£ aO9 - On the 3d inst. at Uttoxeter , Staff 2 tion, Miss Cepe, aged 2. 1 ° At Banff, Georg e Robinson, Esq. Provost of •••••••=mans•••••••••••-- PAINTED and PUBLISHED by M. YOUNG, st d SUN-OFFICE, No. 112, Strand. • 2,25443 BlDvelt:ee.B.....____Lt,lpNer barrel a l RI MARKET IRISH M N A O R T K E MARKETS. A ;DAS', Nov , 41 • 1 7 .•,; L el 2° 16 s st to on ne e kl l . o 7rom o o 30 1 1' 2 0 0 0 ri le i 1,007 Barley _l6 stone 10 0 16 0 jo 0 7,177 Oats --..----.... 14 stone 8 - 0 12 0 .... A 19,890 Cwt. Flour—...— 9 stone 4 0 24 0 0"' 1,121 Oatmeal —. 11 stone 9 0 14 0 0 14 Firsts, from 19s ua• ...-- 1 14 pri. Sold to Bakers only. 4 17,137 Cwt. Flour .....---..-- 13 0 24 0 _,i, 0 Average price of Wheat and Flour 365. Bd. per '—',,, 0' 0 Second , ft- Bs . Od• ~,'•'" 90. Receipts of F10ur,: 1 2,3 53 1 Sales of Do. 20,918 Thirds: from 45 . . Od• '''' PRICE OF BEAD.,-'543' Quartern Loaf, 41b. 50z... , 7 %c1. 1 Half-quartern, 218. St s ..../" .r O f ' Wheat, Barley. Oats. e Llouj2 . 1 .... .../ 4,--- per barrel per barrel per barrel u yl. ..... 20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. Ist. -- -----. ----, s. d. a s.d. s. d. a s.d. s. d. a s.d. s. d. as. d.„ I'. v O O Cork —lB 0-24 0 8 0-15 0 7 8-110 16 0-11' .5 v n e Limerick 22 6-23 410 2 0 0 89—0 0 14 0-15 0 0 0, 'o'6 Waterford 22 0-24 0 10 0-14 6 9 0-10 4 15 0-1 70 0 0." e 1 Clonmel.. 250 0 0 12 0— 0 0 10 0— 00 13 0-16 6 0000 8e1fa5t...,., 22 6-23 9 12 0-14 0 11 0— 0 0 20.6=21 0 o 0.. 0 0 Derry ...... 00--00128-00111-129 06-0 6 zi pool Carlow ......, 22 0— 0 0 12 0— 0 0 90— 0 0 15 0— 2 9, 0 0 , Trale_e— 00— 00 00— 00 00— 00 0 0— u " Butter' d. Be a ef d ,. d M . u a tto d n . , s. d P . or a k s ,. d. S. d. s. d. s .. 0 • „I I Cork 3i-5 5 6 23 0-26 081 077 07,.. 0 . .,1 per lb. per lb. per cwt. Ist. ........24. .......:,• ....: a.O 55.8 d il Limerick— 4 —5 31 5 22 0-26 0820 76 V ... 66 1 . 1 ito 'Waterford 4 --61 4i —6j 00— 00850 80 0 7,7 19 .. ,,,r Clonmel 3 —4 31 5 00— 0087076 0 :1 49 _ 0 Belfast 4—40 0 00—0 0 82 080 0 7 " .... u .- 11 Derry .—.... 6—o 6 —0 00—00 0 0 -... 1 0 0 :,. Carlow-- s—o 5 0 23 0— 00870 74 0 0.. Tralee --- 0 —0 0 0 00— 0084 6 ° ~.. # V ,lrklChathaviTt E A ; Silkiest •THUUDAT, 1 to receive Tel supply (on 's, PRtBH ti r Itaie4WB, Sia Twelve m o i ll ' Ca mPbelioln Cork and Ki Downy FaTrooutlt Greenock Harwi c h Holyb eio . Kingatown lu 0 1 `.6 7, !mutlt Each Tepid atxt I dinv e i t i k t hi Perso, ,„ e L ai r ra 91)vicTu 1i '" i f ,, dy to the supply toof H• ls h _ r , tra 3I ontlts I 4ii rlailatil Six il , ti ° 4 of ti k a % e ° , ldit 4,14 _Tende 4 0d 4e it 41 ivere 'Pon i • -h 't Wart y 'bie N; b t elad. • erk rri 0 . 111 4 14 I' ti r e4 o 1 14, te e . on h 4L 4L l6 ' 81 , li gb 44 I S ' 30 6' 4L 41'