The Sun. — London, England, 1827-08-30 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF TIM PUBLIC JOURNALS. A s we gave notice yesterday, Mr, 1-luskisson had his audience of the King, The Right Hon. Gentleman was admitted to his Majesty at one ss'clock, and did not take his leave until eight in the evening. If it be true that there has existed a difference of opinion between the Sovereign and some of his 'offis.'ial servants, it may be in ferred from the length of this audience, th a t there was no decided or peremptory detc:-.i-inina tion announced by his Majesty t'o ilr. Huskis son, as one from which tee would not depart ; because, had it been 80, the Right Hon. Gentle man, understariding the Constitution as every enlightened statesman must be presumed to tons strue it, would, we venture to affirm, have made his bow at once and left the Royal presence, on hearing that there was a " King's Candidate" started for no other purpose than to prove the responsibility of Ministers" a childish and con temptible delusion. The length of the inter. view, we repeat, may be regarded as auguring nothing unfavourable to the adjustment of a dif ficulty which could not have arisen except from extraordinary error or misfortune in some quar ter not yet before the public. That a misun derstanding which requires adjustment has arisen —whether that alluded to by the Tory journals or not—seems probable from the fact of his Majesty having thought it necessary to undergo the fatigue of so protracted a discussion. Mr. Huskisson is, we hear, to wait upon his Ma . testy again this day, at Windsor; and it is to be hoped that the yet imperfect health of the Right Hon. Gentleman may not suffer from such reiterated exertion. The Lord Chancellor was at yesterday's audience, but we have not heard that the presence of Lord Goderich has been thought necessary. Chief Baron Alexander is appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland : he is not, we believe, to be elevated to the Peerage.-- Times. We have yet no information as to the result of Mr. Huskissoses visit to his Majesty yester day at Windsor park. We are ourselves inclined to believe that every thing will terminate satis factzirily. It would be greatly to be regretted if th e expectations the nation were led to form from the union of men agreeing with regard to those liberal principles on which alone the Go vernment ought to be conducted, and which have hitherto led to such satisfactory results, were to be now disappointed ; and we are - sure, there fore, that the distinguished individuals, whose reputation is so intimately connected with the permanent success of the measures whch they have in common supported, will not on slight grounds expose the interests of the country to the hazard svhich would follow the dismember ment of the. Administration. Since writing the above, we observe that it is stated that Mr. Hus kisson returned yesterday evening, shortly before eight o'tiock, and afterwards had an interview with Lord Goderich.—Morning Chronicle. Of seventeen persons who received sentence of death at the last Old Bailey Sessions one has been executed ; the cases of the other sixteen were not considered of such a nature as to pre clude the exercise of the royal mercy. Nothing can prove more clearly that the punishment of death is made too cheap in our Statute-Book. It has a barbarous frequency at which civilization revolts. The sanguinary theory is condemned by the clemency of those who are appointed to carry it into practice. When laws are so fierce and vindictive as to be thus incapable of being acted upon in the majority of instances they pro duce a great deal of mischief—they confound offences of a minor description with the most enormous crimes. The moral distinction be tween different degrees of depravity is not pre served, and the novice in crime is classed with the veteran and incorrigible offender. It is no excuse for this system, to say that the mercy of the King and his Judges corrects the excessive severity of the Legislature. It is the reproach and disgrace of the system that it needs such correction. We do not deny that under the best code of laws that human wisdom could devise, there will not, occasi'rnally, occur cases where it is right that the Royal prerogative of mercy should arrest the sentence of the law, but under a judicious system of laws, such cases will be the exceptions, and not, as with us, the general rule. Such a savage thirst of human blood Bervades our Statute-Book, that it would be dreadful indeed if one-tenth, or even one-twentieth, of the persons condemned to death should actually suffer; but if the majority of capital convicts were to be ac tually executed, the heart that had any human feeling would sicken at the waste of blood. Why, then, is this mockery of sentencing crowds of human beings to death, who cannot, and dare not, be executed, persevered in ? It matters little whether sentence is pronounced in form, as in the city of London, or recorded, as upon Cir cuit, the practice in both cases makes the mind too familiar with the adaptation of that ultimate punishment to inferior offences, which ought, as well in theory as in practice, to be only . appropriated to the greatest crimes. Our Criminal Code re quires, in this respect, a thorough purgation—it must substitute for inc:iscriminate vengeance a just severity.—lllorning Herald. The Catholic Questicn opens to the Whigs two different roads out of office ; and at present it is somewhat difficult to determine through which of them they will eventually be expelled. So far as the choice may rest with them, we en tertain little doubt however that they will prefer that which is the more circuitous—that which is apparently the longest of the two—that which leads less visibly to the dreaded destination. If the Whigs act upon this question, now that they are in possession of power, in conformity w i t h the v i ews and principles they loudly p roc l a i me d when in opposition, the whole influence of Ad ministration will be employed to obtain the con sent of Parliament to the . admission of th e Roman Catholics to an equality of political power with the Protestants of the empire. This is the direct and visible road out of office which lies before the Whigs. Let ' them indicate by any means, however gentle--or by any symptoms. however slight—that they mean to adopt this course, and power will at once be snatched out of their hands by a Monarch indignant, because he will have been deceived, and amid the generous and unbounded applauses of a people, who will fully sympathize with the Monarch's feelings, because they fully participate with him in conscientious regard and ardent affection for the British Constitution. There is, we feel how ever persuaded, an instinct belonging to the Whigs which will teach them to avoid this path, unless th ey perceive that the only remaining one whirl lie before them leads though more slowly to the same end, and is moreover so rough an d uncomfortable, so beset with thorns and b ra tables, and so infested with noxi ous reptiles of all sorts, that to pursue it would be at once a mise ry a n d a dis-race should clearly perceiv e thi s we are. That most they e Orous ; it is good for them, and unquestionably yoci. for the country that they should do The other course, then, which the Whigs may pursue is that 'of• growing lukewarm upon the Catholic Ciainis—of meeting henceforth their Catholic clients and expectants with chilling looks and half-averted eyes—of attempting to moderate the desires which hitherto they have laboured so successfully to inflate—of resisting demand the jt.lStiee of which they cannot dis- Vde, the imperious and immediate necessity of granting which they cannot do otherwise than acknowledge, by temporising apologies and equi vocating delays. They may probably set, that this is a path along they cannot walk erect. Every than at least who is not a Whig, sees it plainly enough ; and if they should attempt to shuffle through it, how plentifully will they be bespattered by dirt in their ignomini ous progress ! How they will be bruised and lacerated by the rough impediments in their way, placed there by themselves in order to bruise and lacerate others ! I-tow they will be stung and annoyed by the noxious creatures that they have themselves clie ri::hed into vigour for the annoyance of honcster men ! It is plain enough that a course so op probrious can have only one termination—that it leads to their expulsion from office, as an inevi table consequence of total abasement of character. The Whigs, if they are so tenacious of office as to adopt it, will accumulate upon their own heads the hatred and resentment of the Catholics —a hatred and resentment which in this instance will be just, and which the Catholics cannot but manifest universally if they are endowed with the least spark of manly, spirited, or generous feel ing ; and while the Catholics must inevitably entertain and express these sentiments, the Pro testant part of the people, who have generally minds too intelligent not to detect, and hearts too honest not to disdain political trickery, will pour forth the frank expressions of their loathing and contempt. If the Whigs will travel this road, we have now shown them the end of their journey. Overwhelmed by the just resentment or the merited disdain of every class of the King's subjects, Catholic as well as Protestant, it is im possible that they should any longer be retained as the Ministers of a generous, high-spirited, and patriotic Monarch.—Morning Post. The Times of yesterday had an elaborate, but, at the same time, a foolish and a mischievous ar ticle, upon the subject of the Ministerial ar rangements which yet remain incomplete, but which probably, before to-morrow, will be finally settled : "It is just three days," says the Times, "since the papers of the Tory faction announced the existence of ' a King's candi date' for the only vacant office in an otherwise complete Administration. We did not think it of so much import ance to inquire what truth there might be in the state ment of these gentlemen, as to show the country what must be the consequence if such candidates were permitted to succeed—that such a victory would be nothing less than disgrace to the King's Cabinet, confusion to the systematic policy of the empire, and an utter paralysis of all the prin ciples of regular and responsible government." We wish our contemporary had told us which are the Papers of the " Tory faction." Where, indeed, is the faction itself ? The Times has never been a discreet advocate. It has a pro pensity to unconscious mischief about it, which makes it more useful as an enemy than as a friend. Why does it talk of the Whig Members of the Cabinet, and of the Tory Members ? Would it insinuate that though united for one common end, though labouring in one common cause, there are conflicting principles at work ? We can well believe it intends no such thing.—. It is merely its want of tact (to use a modern phrase, which means any thing), that leads it Into this blundering. But we have a fe-7 plain facts, which will show at once how ill-infurined the Times is, as to what is really taking place, and at the same time disabuse the public mind. The writer of the article to which we have re ferred, supposes the appointment of Mr. Herries to be the chief point of difficulty in the final ar rangement of the new Administration; and the whole gist of his argument upon that supposi tion is grounded on the assumption that Mr. Herries is the person selected by the King for the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, with out the advice of his Majesty's Minister. He even goes so far as to insinuate, in terms virtu ally amounting to assertion, that the office was tendered to Mr. Herries (and refused by him) through another channel than that of an autho rized responsible Minister. We are enabled to unravel the whole of this web of falsehood, by the single clue here afforded to us. We state, upon authority, on which our readers may rely, that there is not one word of truth in that in sinuation or assertion. Who set the Times at work to promulgate so silly, so improbable a story ? Lord Goderich was the channel (and the only channel) through which the office of Chan cellor of the Exchequer was offered to Mr. Her ries ; nay, more—it was so offered as having been agreed to by the King, on his Lordship's recommendation ; no other communication on the subject having been previously made to Mr. -ferries, directly or indirectly,t hrough any other channel whatsoever. Now we . give the Times its choice, either to confess that it knew no thing about the matter, or that it falsified what it knew. We defy it to disprove our state ment. Our contemporary is on a wrong scent. It is fooled itself, or it is playing the fool with others. We suspect its enviable situa tion is a compound of both. It has stumbled on one truth however, and it is fair it should have the benefit of it. It is quite correct in stating that the offer was in the first instance positively declined by Mr. Herries. That Right Honourable Gentleman has been no officious seeker of the honour, the emolument, or the patronage of the office. The Times affects to found its animadversions on what it calls the scandal, in the form of a boast, of the Tory Journals. "An hypothesis," it continues, "is more convenient to us than a fact." We believe it. Facts are not so pliable as hypotheses. They give a man a great deal of trouble, when it is his business. to mislead. As, however, our con temporary confesses that he prefers an hypothesis to a fact, and as the whole of his fanciful argu ment which follows, is founded upon his favourite basis, we may relieve ourselves from the trouble of a further controversy. We think the Times would have done right to follow the ex ample of our transatlantic brethren, and prefix to his lucubration the significant caution of " ( Important if true." We hope Mr. Huskisson reads the Times. We hope too he sees it early in the morning. If so, he would be prepared for his interve w w i t h hi s M a j e sty yesterday. " Supposing," says our contempo rary, " all which we say to be the truth (a mon strous supposition by the bye); is it too much to expect from Mr. Huskisson that he will ad dress his Majesty in some such l anguag e as follows ?" And then follows a very e difyi n g ha rangue in the person of the Right lion. begin n i ng Gentle man, ,, Si r ," (that is the way to speak to a Soverei-m) " I cannot advise your Majesty to appoint Mr. Herring your Chancellor of the Exchequer," and so forth. 'too much to ex pect that Mr, Huskisson did so address his 11,1a jesty ! By no means. We have not a doubt that the Right Hon. Gentleman put the Times in his pocket, and learned his speech by heart, between London and Windsor. There is no joke in all this, at least as far as the Times is concerned; for having written Mr. Huskisson's speech, it adds, in sober earnest— "This is language which it becomes Mr. Iluskisson to hold to the Sovereign whom he is sworn to advise, whether he re gards himself as a friend to the spirit of the Constitution— to the King's good name—to Mr. Canning's memory—to Mr. Canning's policy—to freedom every where—to com merce and civilization every where—or to tire rights, the interests, and the glory of Great Britain" ! ! ! There is no vacancy for a trumpeter at the office of our contemporary, whatever other va cancies may supposed to discover themselves. — What ineffable coxcombry there is in such so lemn nonsense !—New Times. There was what the sporting people, in their irreverent way of talking, would call a regular set-to between the Bench and the Bar, at Bris tol, on Tuesday. Chief Justice Best happened to make a remark on the evidence for the pro secution, in a case of no great importance, which was construed by Mr. Sergeant Wilde into the expression of a decided opinion on the merits of a case which had been but half heard, and rather unceremoniously resented by him. The Judge apologized, but the Counsel continued dogged—the angry feeling in the pleader in fected the Court, and a series of observa tions, replies, and rejoinders succeeded, not much calculated to increase the respect of the auditors for either. Such, at least, appears to have been the case from the report that has reached us. We are sorry for it, both on general principles, and from a sincere respect to the parties. Chief Justice Best is one of the most eloquent and impressive speakers on the Bench ; and he is, besides, a sound and able lawyer. He has -indeed, but one failing, and that arises, if we may so express ourselves, out of his morbid intellectual acuteness. He secs, for the most part, the bearings of a case at a glance, by that kind of intuitive perception, which the French denominate the coup d' mil. He is thus tempted to jump to his conclusion more rapidly than slower men can follow, who may be excused for supposing that to be rash, the foundations of which they do not perceive. In sonic complicated cases he may, perhaps, be what he appears,--a little hasty, though these are cases of very rare occurrence. , To this, which, though we have termed it a failing, does hardly deserve so strong a name, he adds all openness of expression that sometimes gives offence where none was thought of. We fear that both are now too deeply seated ever to be eradicated, but they are not the less to be regretted, for nothing can be more injurious to the dignity of the law, and the veneration due to its Ministers, than to find those who ought to be wholly taken up in settling the disputes of the public quarrelling with each other.—lbid. ROYAL CAMP AT ST. OMER. EXTRACT OF A LITTER. FROM ST OMER, AUG. 27. The preparations now making at this place, and in the neighbourhood, to receive his Ma jesty Charles X. and the Royal Family, the Prince of Orange, the Duke of Wellington, and many other distinguished foreigners, are of the most brilliant description. His Majesty will occupy the Maison de Vile, and most of the houses in the town are engage - d for the different individuals attached to the Court ; in fact, every bed is engaged for the 9th, on which occasion his Majesty will review at least sixteen thousand troops, cavalry and infantry ; the cavalry are cantoned in the villages adjacent, and the in fantry are encamped upon the summit of an im mense plain or heath, about four miles from this, The encampment may cover an extent of about two miles in length, and about a thousand feet in width ; the whole ranged in parallel lines, and distributed according to the number of regiments which occupy them. The utmost pains have been taken to decorate them with trophies and altars, and loyal effusions cut out of chalk, and each tent having its little garden and entrench ments very prettily laid out. The arms are piled up in little tents at regular distances in front of the line. The artillery, consisting of about 20 pieces, with their tumbrels, &c. occupy the centre ; and far in advance of the centre of the line, a neat chapel has been erected upon a raised plat form, covered with a canopy. The approaches to the chapel are likewise decorated with mili tary trophies. Yesterday being Sunday, we visited the encampment in time to witness the ceremony of mass. The different regiments formed in front of their quarters, and marched fr om thence with their bands playing to the dif ferent positions assigned to them. The move ments were so rapid, that in ten minutes at least nine thousand men were drawn up . in a grand square round the chapel. The music and cho risters close to the chapel, and the Generals and other Officers on the raised platform : the whole commanded by Count Curial. The magnifi cence of the square, the simultaneous kneeling of the troops on administering the Sacrament, and the solemn sounds of the music, all con t another they position con spired t o ren d er t h e ceremony extreme l y impos ing.sitiimonin l e 'ri di f 4 r t o u n lY t ma marched off Mass to being ako concluded,up of a platform erected for the King, and here forming into a square of about seven hundred feet every way, an exhibition, or rather rehearsal, took place, of fencing, cudgelling, dancing, rac ing, and marching on stilts, to the great delight of the soldiers and a numerous assemblage of spectators, and thus concluded one of the most magnificent spectacles it is possible t o i mag i ne. The position of the ground is admirably calcu lated for the purpose, and when all the ma noeuvres, such as storming of the entrenchments, taking of the artillery, &c., are gone through, as are expected, on the 9th, the sight cannot fail to be of the most gratifying description. AWFUL INSTANCE OF SUDDEN DEATH.— Yesterday afternoon a man was observed sitting under a clump of trees on the north sid e o f t h e Canal in St. James's Park, when he suddenly fell backwards, and remained motionless. Grist, one of the Bow-street patrole, and some other persons who were looking at the improvements in the Park, instantly went to the spot, thinking something was the matter with the man, when they found him quite dead. A medical gentle man, who chanced to be on the spot, declared, that, from the appearance of the poor man, be had no doubt but he had died from want. He had the appearance of being a corn porter. No thing was found on his person but a knife and comb. He was conveyed to St. Martin's workhouse, where the body awaits a Coroner's Inquest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—Mr. Alderman ANsLEY was engaged upwards an hour in a private investigation, whether any blame or suspicion attached to seven watchmen of the Ward of Cripplegate, relative to a robbery committed on the premises, No. 129, Wood-street, a house situated be tween the Cross Keys inn gateway and Cheapside. This house is let in three separate tenantcies, as warerooms, to Mr. Weldberry, Mr. Wilkinson, and Mr. Feaver. The latter commenced his occupancy on Saturday last, and moved in a quantity of broad cloth ; and was compelled to call in the assistance of a locksmith the same evening to pick the street-door lock, not knowing that it had been the practice with Mr. Wilkinson, or those under him, to fasten up the premises at six o'clock and carry away the key, they being ordinarily the earliest and the latest at business. Mr. Feaver quitted the house at seven o'clock on Saturday even ing, leaving the door fastened, as usual, merely by a spring lock. On Monday morning it was found that the premises had been entered by false keys, and stripped of 3001. worth of lace, and woollen, silk, and other goods of the value of 900/. snore. The goods were of sufficient bulk to fill a waggon ; and it was presumed that they must have been carried away in the night time, and this could not have taken place without the connivance of the watchman, whose box is fixed up opposite the house. On Tuesday a solicitor applied to the sitting Alderman, and stated that he appeared for the owners of the goods ; that those gentlemen had obtained the names of seven watch men, who were on duty at the above station on Saturday and Sunday night ; but that the constable of the night had refused to allow them to be questioned, and that the au thority of the Alderman alone, it seemed, could enable them to pursue their inquiry. Mr. Alderman ANSLEY' immediately directed the watch men to attend yesterday, and they appeared accordingly; but on the application of the solicitor, the inquiry was con ducted in the private room. A Common Councilman of the Ward was present. We understand no .clue whatever was obtained. The watchmen stated the time tl:ey were on duty—for here they arc relieved and shifted almost hourly through the night from one part of the ward to another—and they all persisted that they saw no vehicle waiting about, no goods removed from the house, no suspicious charac ters lurking, and they themselves were attentive to their business. Charles Herdsfield, the marshalman, stopped and searched a notorious fellow near the spot about eleven o'clock on Saturday night, but found nothing of a suspici ous nature upon him. A reward of 501. has been advertised for the discovery of the thieves and the property. It has happened that rewards have been offered for the recovery of goods that had not been lost. Of course we do not apply this observation to the present case, because here the goods stolen belonged not to one firm but to three. BOW-STREET.— George Goodrich, the servant of Mr. Price, lessee of Drury-lane Theatre, was brought to this office late on Tuesday evening, charged with having robbed his master of several articles of plate which had been intrusted to his care. Mr. Price stated, that the prisoner had been some time in his service, and from the excellent character which he brought from his former situation, added to his own good behaviour, he was induced to place every confidence in him ; indeed, so much so, that he trusted him with the payment of his bills, and considered that his property was perfectly safe while in his (the prisoner's) keeping. It was therefore with some surprise that he (Mr. Price) perceived on one or two occasions, when he gave a dinner to a few friends, that his side-board appeared to he deficient in seve ral articles of plate, but the circumstance made but little impression at the time, and the honesty of the prisoner was not questioned. " This day, however," added Mr. Price, "having invited a few friends to dinner, on proceeding to inspect my side-board, I missed, amongst other articles, a silver waiter, and I questioned the prisoner as to its disap pearance. He appeared a good deal confused, and at first said it was below stairs; I desired him to fetch it, and a maid-servant, who was present, said she would go for it, if he told her where it was. The prisoner then said that the waiter Lad been taken to my silversmith to clean, to gether with the other articles I missed. I judged imme diately that the prisoner had made away with the property and accordingly sent for this officer to take him into custody." Ledbetter said, that he searched the prisoner, and found some pawnbroker's duplicates upon his person. There was one duplicate for a silver waiter, pledged at the shop of Mr. Young, St. Martin's-lane, for 131. The pawnbroker's shopman produced the waiter, and it was identified by Mr. Price es the ene Which he missed. tjlr RICWARD TStaNix expressed his surprise that the pawnbroker should have taken in such an article witl:out well knowing who the prisoner was, and whether he had cope honestly by it. The shopman of Mr. Young explained, that in conse quence of the prisoner's appearance, and the way in which he represented himself, when questioned respecting the pro perty, no suspicion whatever was entertained but that all was correct. The prisoner came first to the shop on the 7th of July, and offered the waiter in pawn for 101. He was closely questioned on that occasion, and represented himself to be a gentleman reduced in circumstances, and obliged to seek this mode of raising a temporary loan. He said he expected a sum of money in a short time, by means of which he should be enabled not only to redeem the pledge, but purchase other articles of plate from Mr. Young, which he wanted to complete his set. The pri soner gave his own name, and said hr lived in St. Martin's lane, a few doors distant from the shop. He came after wards with other articles of plate to pawn ; and this day he came to ask for 31. snore on the waiter, in order to redeem some spoons. The prisoner being called upon to account, if he could, for pledging his master's property, burst into tears, and said, if his story was known, the Magistrate, if he could net excuse, would at least pity him. He had a wife, he said, and four children to support by his earnings, and no thing but'the greatest distress would have driven him to a dishonest action.—He was remanded. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—A case occurred at this office yesterday which shows the gross impositions which are passed off upon benevolent and charitable indi viduals, who, merely judging from appearances, are in duced to give alms to the numerous mendicants who throng the metropolis. A woman, named Mary Brown, apparently in great distress, and as she subsequently stated 76 years of age, was charged by the beadle of St. George's, Hanover-square, ,with begging in Grosvenor-square, and asking every re spectable person for relief. Lewis, the beadle, stated that upon searching her he found no less 61. Ss. bid. in silver and halfpence, secreted in vari ous parts of her apparel, besides a promissory note payable to herself for 201., and several duplicates for silver cream-jugs, spoons, &c. in all eleven duplicates. She had also in her apron a quantity of broken victuals, sufficient to supply any two persons fur a week. When placed at the bar she implored the Magistrate to restore her the money in the most piteous tones. Sir G. FAaRANT inquired of her how she became pos sessed of so large a sum of money ?—She repled that she had saved it--a halfpenny at a time. Sir G. FAILILAXT—But RI to tae promissory note Woman—Oh, I found that. Sir G. FARRANT—That is rather extraordinary, as it is made payable to yourself.—Here the prisoner implored the Magistrate to order her " (bar money" to be returned again to her. Sir G. FIRRANT used to what parish she belonged? — The beadle replied to St. Marylebone. Sir G. Panaerr—Well, they will be very glad to hear that they have got so rich a parishioner. Woman-- Oh, pray let me go, and give me my money, a nd I will not beg again. Sir G. FARRANT---4 shall send you to prison as a don't common vagrant, and the money shall be placed in the hands of the parish officers. Woman—Oh, pray send me to prison—l am '76 years of age, and was never in a prison. Pray let me go. Sir G. FARRANT—No, you must go to prison- Woman —But my money, your Worship, my money ! What is to become of my money? How am Ito maintain myself without nay money ? Sir G. FARRANT—Oh, they will take care to maintain you where you are going. After some difficulty this aged impostor was dragged from the liar, reiterating her calls for her "dear money," the loss of - which seemed to hurt her more than being sent to a prison. In London and its neighbourhood the small pox has lately been making dreadful ravages, and it will s carcely be credited that the chief agents in e xt ending the power of this horrible pestilence are the lower order of surgeon-apothecaries, who are induced, by tho paltry temp tation of sve shillings a-head, to inoculate all the children that ignorant and prejudiced parents will bring to them. In France and Germany the inoculation of the small-pox virus is prohibi te d b y th e Government, and it would be well if our Secretary fur the Hems Department, who is the patrol of the National Vaccine Establishment, would im mediately turn his attention to this subject, involving, as it does, the lives of thousands and tens of thousands. — Morning Paper. CHELTENHAM Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Wheat Barley . 5 6 6 0 Oats Beans 7 9 8 0 Posse 5 0 8 0 Hay 6. [ARKET.—ALL. 28. Per lb. d. to d. Beef 6 8 Mutton Veal Lamb sh 9 Pork 6 81 108. to 71. per ton. CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the Man in the Moon, Noble street, Goswell-street, on the body of William Gildere,who died under the following circumstances :—The deceased, who had been a gentleman's servant, went to the Man in the Moon on Sunday afternoon, between four and five o'clock, and called for a glass of shrub and water, which was given him. He returned about ten o'clock with a young man, and called for more liquor, which the land lord (not observing he was tipsy) gave him; he then ex pressed a desire of going home, and bid the landlord good night. In a few minutes, however, the young man re turned, and asked the landlord to help him in getting the deceased to bed, which he did, and they left him. In the morning a young man of the name of Taylor, on going int o th e room, found the deceased on his hands and knees quit e d ea d. The surgeon stated, on opening the body, that the deceased laboured under inflammation occa sioned by excessive drinking, which caused his death. The Jury returned a verdict to that effect. THE BENEFITS OF PERSEVERANCE.—AII Irish gentleman lately paid his addresses to a rich widow, who conceived a horrible antipathy to wards him, though, in truth, there was nothing very dismaying in his personal appearance. His suit was rejected, but he would not take " No" for an answer. To escape his persecutions, the lady fled to England, but her lover discovered her at B a th, where he was as assiduous a s ever. At Cheltenham she was equally pe rsecuted, and at length sought refuge at Brighton. She had been, however, but a few days residing at the when she observed her odious tormentor her window. He nodded to her with all I t S h at e esYn sin fam eg' iliarity of an old acquaintance, and passed on. Resolved upon a desperate remedy, the lady sent her servant to request that he would favour her with an interview. He came ; and on their being left alone, she rehearsed the various persecutions she had suffered from him, and stated, that she had sent for him on that occasion to put an end to them for ever. "Now, Sir," said she, taking a Bible which lay upon the table, and kneeling while she raised it to her lips, with the utmost solemnity, " By the virtue taking time exclaiming, " o f my oath , I will never marry you." This she of course de em ed conclusive ; but the gentleman with a mazing coolness knelt beside her, and the book from her hand, kissed it also, at the me By the virtue of my oath, Madam, I was never certain of you until this moment." Within six weeks afterwards they were married ! There is an old proverb verified in this instance—" Impudence pushes its way through the world." DREADFUL MURDER IN AMERICA. (From the New York Courier of Aug. 2.) We extract the following horrid account, which we hope, for the honour of the States generally, and Alabama in particular, is not of frequent occurrence, that in countries, professing the common principles of humanity, there should be found perpetrators of such a tragedy; and that the same should, through timidity or fear, be connived at by a Jus tice of the Peace, who witnessed the execution of the mise rable wretch, without the verdict of either a Judge or Jury, is Kiel' an act as to make us almost involuntarily start back with horror. The following is the extract alluded to : TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, JUNE 30. HORRIBLE CIRCU➢MSTANCL-Some time during the last week, one of those outrageous transactions, and we really think disgraceful to the character of civilized man, took place near the North East boundary line of Perry, ad joining Bibb and Antuaga counties. The circumstances, we are informed by a gentleman from that county, are—" That a Mr. M'Neely having lost some clothing or property of no great value, the slave of a neighbouring planter was charged with the theft ; M'Neely, in company with his brother, found the negro driving his master's waggon, they seized him, and either did, or were about to chastise him, when the negre stabbed M'Neely, so that he died in an hour afterwards ; the negro was taken before a justice of the peace, who, after serious deliberation, waived his autho rity, perhaps through fear, as the crowd from the above counties had collected to the number of 70 or 130 persons, near Mr. Pople's, the justice's house ; he acted as presi dent of the mob, and put the vote, when it was decided he should be immediately executed, by being burnt to death ; the sable culprit was led to a tree, and tied to it, and a large quantity of pine-roots collected and placed around him, and the fatal torch was applied to the pile, even against the remonstrance of several gentlemen who were present, and the miserable man was in a short time burnt to ashes. An inquest was held over the remains, and the sheriff of Perry county, with a company of twenty men, repaired to the neighbourhood where this barbarous act took place, to secure those concerned, but with what success we have not heard. This is the second negro who has been thus pot to death without judge or jury in that county." This paper calls the attention of the merchants to the article of Pot and Pearl Ashes, to the necessity of securing to the public a proper and actual importation of this article ; and it is alleged, that from the neglect of this precaution, they were likely to lose the market of Antwerp, from the weakness of the ley from which they were made, and the sand and other alloy with which they are mixed. THE MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE.—Auct. 29. We had very little fresh of any kind of Grain since Monday ; fine fresh Wheat, both Old and New, brought fully that day's prices ; there was also more demand for secondary descriptions. The arrivals of Oats have fallen off very materially; this article was brisk sale at rather better prices; Old Beans very scarce, and Is. to 2s. per quarter dearer ; White Pease better sale. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. 1,050 qrs. - qrs. Oats. I Flour. 750 qrs. I,7ooscks. English Irish Foreign 1,250 COAL MAR . 34s. Od. Eighton Main 30 0 Heaton 37 9 Killingworth 36 6 Liddell's Main—„ 32 6 Townley —. 32 3 Willington 0 Walls Did Bell and Co. 37 0 Dittoßewickeand Co.— 39 0 Ditto Brown's _ 35 0 Ditto Carr and 3t 6 Ditto Cramlington— 33 9 Ditto Jidda - '5 0 Ditto Hotspur a 1 9 Ditto Northutnberland 85 0 Ditto Rid& 37 6 Ditto Russell's 39 0 Ditto Walker 39 0 Ships at market, 95—mil .ET.—A.;g. 29. Wylam Tanfiel I Trader.- .. :33 0 Londonderry 5ma11...,.,. 20 0 Lambton small Net her wood 3O 0 Silkstone Main 21 0 Stone Coal Cox 35 0 Walls End Elgin Eden's Eden.--. 3O 0 Eden Main Russell's High and Sto bart's Primrosemixed 33 0 Walls End Hetton, 39 3 Ditto Lainbtotz 39 3 Ditto Lvons 37 0 Ditto 30 0 Ditto Stewart's 39 3 sold, 354---Unsold, 563 i. LIVERPOOL CORN E :XCHANGE.-Aug : 28. At this day's market, which was thinly attended by ei ther town or country dealers, Wheat sold very slowly, at a reduction of from 2d. to 3d. per 701 b. ; a few small parcels of Irish•mw, of inferior quality, brought 6s. 9d. to 7s. 10d. Inferior Old Oats were nearly unsaleable, but some of fair quality were disposed of at a reduction of 1 d. to 3d. per bushel ; New were reduced in value 3d. to 4d. per 451 b. In the prices of Beans or Pease no alteration. Some retail sales were effected in Barley, at our previous currency. Indian Corn was offering rather cheaper. a. OLD. s. d. g. NEW. d e. d. s \ 00,10 53a910 , 1 00 a 0 068.710 001.0000a0 0 1 0 oaoClBoa 86 0 0a 0 0 7 11 a 8 0 .oOsoo 7 0 a 8 2 . 0 0 a 0 0 ,1 3 6a 4 0 . 0 0 a 0 0' 4 4 a 4 10 , 0 Ca 0 0 3 10 a 4 6 ,10 0 a 9 0 3 10 a 4 6 O 0a 0 0,3 6a 4 3 O 0 a 0 0i56 0a GO 0 O 0a 0 013 4a 3 8 0 0a 0 0 2 Ong 4 O 0a 0 013 4a 3 8 O 0 a 0 0;62 0 a 67 0 . 0 0a 0 0148 0 a 59 0 0 0 a 0 0'32 0 a :It 0 . 0 0 a 0 028 0 a 32 0 . 0 Oa 0 0— Oa— 0 0 0 a 0 020 0 a 31 0 O 0a 0 0— 0 a 0 . 0 0 a 0 042 0 a 46 0 O 0a 0 034 0 a 36 0 O 0a 0 0 1 26 0 a2O 0 . 0 0 a 0 022 0 a 29 0 0 0 a 0 0— Oa— 0 Veex ending A ans. Pease. 1 , rs. Qrs. i. 15 0 barrels Wheat, English, per Irish (red) , Ditto (white) Scotch - Canada (free) - - Foreign (free) --- Foreign (in bond) Barley, English, per 60ibs. - - Irish - Scotch - Foreign Beans, English, per Imp. Oats, English, per 151 b. - Malt, Fine, per Imp. qr. - Middling Flour, Amer., duty paid, per sour - Canadian... Indian Corn, white, per qr. of 480th. red Pease, English white, per Imp. qr.... ltye FN....W....NW, ...OW.. Oatmeal, English, per 210 lbs. Irish ronme*ree...~....l Scotch IMPORT OF GRAIN for the V Wheat. \ Oats. I Barley. Malt. Be: Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Q 456 3,559 WI I 2 Flour, 13 sack EXPOI :orn, 400 Lug. 27. Rye. raffia il2rs. Loads. WO 131 Wheat, 170—Indian tarter! rs—F: our, 757 11 EXECUTION OF GEORGE CHAMPION AND JOHN JAMES. The above unfortunate young men, — one of whom was only 21 and the other 22 years of age, underwent the awful sentence of the law on Friday, at the New Drop of the Devon County Gaol, having been convicted at the late Assizes of robbing the house of Mr. Tucker, watchmaker, &c. of Tiverton. Up to the period when the reprieve came for Vallack and Pickup, convicted of the Kingsand rob bery, they entertained hopes that mercy would be extended towards them ; but that expectatiors having vanished with the above circumstance, they gradually resigned themselves to their fate, and awaited it with fortitude, which, on the part of Champion, almost approached to indif ference. So-little, however, did the terrific doom that awaited them impress their minds with horror, that they seemed to enjoy an extraordinary degree of tranquillity, never rejecting their food, and nightly taking their regular repose. On the morning of the day when the world was to closes upon them for ever, they received the sacrament in a most becoming manner, and seemed fully sensible of the importance of that solemn cere mony. With respect to James, the real situa tion in which he stood, evidently absorbed every other consideration, and, we think, led to sin cere repentance. Shortly after 12 o'clock they were conducted from the cells, through the Go vernor's 'house, to the press-room, the stairs leading to which they ascended with the greatest. fortitude, though by no means insensible to what passed around them, and exhibiting no sign of levity whatever. During the dreadful preparation of pinioning their arms and attach-. ing the heavy irons to their legs, Champion em phatically said, " It is a shocking thing for twd such young men as we to die like this." To which his companion, with a bursting heart, and the greatest exertion to suppress the tears rising in his eyes, replied, "0 ! it is, George." They ascended the other flight of steps to the drop with the same firmness that had characterised them through the former part of the distressing: scene, and even upon the platform it did not forsake them. They bowed repeatedly to the crowd that were assembled in the field fronting the gaol. Turning to the prisoners, who were, as is customary, arran ged to have a sight of them, they shook their heads, as if telling them to view and take warning from their fate. After the ropes were adjusted, Champion inquired for the chaplain s remarking, nearly at the same moment, that he hoped his father was not in the crowd, to see his melancholy end ; and he occasionally lifted his eyes to the beam around which the rope was placed, surveying it with the utmost compla cency, and occasionally addressing himself to the executioner, or any one near him. The feelings of James, however, appeared so completely over powered, that he did. not utter a syllable, with the exception of his reply to Champion in the press-room, but surveyed every person around him with the utmost self-possession. Previous to the usual service fin. such occasions being read, the Rev. Mr. Chave asked if they had any thing they were desirous to communicate; when Champion confessed to his having, in connection with another, who has since been transported, robbed a person of Cardiff, named Markes, a watchmaker, to a considerable amount—he wish-. ed, he said, to disclose this circumstance, it being gent ally believed that he never hid been robbed at all. James preserved an uninterrupted silence, and nothing further escaped either of them to elucidate any transaction in which they might formerly have been concerned. The Rev. Gen tleman then proceeded to read the prayers in a most impressive tone, the wretched culprits re peating them with unsubdued resolution ; and when, as the Minister drew nearly to the close, the executioner ascended the ladder to draw the caps over , their faces, Champion hastily lifted his, requesting that he might be allowed to kiss his " partner." They then joined hands, a nd the service was proceeded in, when, at a certain part of it, the bolt was withdrawn, and they were launched into eternity. They struggled a con siderable time, and many minutes elapsed before life was extinct—Champion's sufferings in death appeared great, but James's were more lengthen ed.—Exeter Alfred. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY.—FRIDAY, Aua. 31.--(At the Court of Commissiaders, Basinghall-street.) Chieslle, R., Green-street, Gibson and Foram, Trinity Grosvenor-square Darby, W. jun., Edgware- Hart, W. and Co., Holborn road ll hill Errington, G., Lower Ed. Johnson and Davies, Vaux mouton Gasley, G., Great Newport Lintott, W., Leadenhall street Franks, K., Portsea 1 Rogers, J., City-road ll '." BIRTHS. On the 26th inst., at Elmham Hall, Norfolk, the Hon. Mrs. Miles, of a daughter. On the 19th inst. at Tulloch Castle, the lady of Duncan Davidson, Esq. of Tulloch, M.P. of a 'laughter. On the 2Sth inst. in D e vonshire-street, the lady of W. T. Thornton, Esq. of a still-born child. On the 24th inst. at Clayland's-place, Kennington, Mt 6. Henry Field, of a daughter. On the 23d inst. at Dunolly, the lady of Captain Mao Dougall, R.N. of Mac Dougall, of a son an d h e i r . O the 28th inst. :in Upper Gower-street, the lady 0 1 Charles Power, Esq. of a son. At Tonbridge, on the 26th inst. Lady Hardinge, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 29th inst. at St. James's Church , by the Hoe. and Rev. W. Bentinck , Edward Lytton Bulwer, Esq. , third son of the late General Bulwer, of Heydon-hall, Norfolk, and of Mrs. Bulwer Lytton, of Knebvrorth-park, Hems, to Rmina Doyle Wheeler, of Lizard Connel, in the county of Limerick, only surviving daughter of the Lite Francis Massy Wheeler, Esq. of Lizard Connel and Bally wire, and niece to General Sir John Doyle, Bart. K.C.P. On the 23d inst. at ChelseatMr. James Bruce, to Eliza, eldest daughter of Capt. P. Barlow, of the 22d Regiment. On the 28th inst. at Edmonton Church, T. Groves, Esq, of that place, to Emma, widow of Alexander King, late of Southampton. On the 27th inst. at Chilton, Bucks, Henry, son of the late Mr. Thomas Smith, of Aldenham, Herts, to Miss Harding, of Chilton. On the 28th inst. at the District Church of St. Mary's, Marylebone, by the Rev. Dr. Dibdin, the Rev. Ralph M.A., Rector of Easthope in Shropshire, Royal Highness the D u k e of S ussex , a nd gest so , o f R. Benson, Esq., M.P., t o A me li a St. Lewin Chaplain Benson, e to nso his n , youngest George Browne, only child of John Dyer, Esq. late of the Hon. East India Service, and grand-daughter of Lieut.- General Sir George Sackville Browne, K.C.B. DIED. On the 22d inst. of apoplexy, aged 57 years, Mr. W. Bucknell, sen. of Kingsland. The deceased had, on the preceding morning, taken his usual breakfast, when he waii seized with the fit, in which he continued 27 hours, totally motionless and insensible. Exactly 12 months before, be was seized with a similar attack, that paralysed his right side, and deprived him of reason during the whole of the intervening period. On the 29th inst. Mary Ann, the wife of Luke Free-. man, Esq. of Guildford -street, Russell-square. On the Qd inst. at St. Petersburgb, Fanny Lydia, the infant daughter of Dr. F. S. Leighton. On the 28th inst. at his sister's house, at Petersham, Charles Baratty, Esq. of Fig Tree-court, Temple. YOUNG, at the -- -- PRINTED ansdvsl:ou;rmicsir mb,ylMl2., Strand. 4LACK GAZIN CorerEmrs to Sin 1 . King Otto zer IV. „.,'he Minister' r ', ,'Shl4l). 12 Bra he eP rd—lN A. The Epict Printed for Nell, Strand lia day waa Large rHEI CONTENTS 4:itnpleted ; Mi Historical at txxvi. and x Miscellaneous including Ex, Fascination ; Printed foi Cradock Duncan, I Peighton, Ca In th e Unites] Now publi 1 • PAP OI tart. A 7. p, before the C *" , 4lnisk th e s 2. ALE' Ron. Win. Price Gd. or 3. 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