The Sun. — London, England, 1827-12-08 00:00:00

-- SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JObRNALS. We did not mean to have recurred to the painful subject of their Lordships the Bishops of Norwich and Chester, having declared in our last number that the contradiction therein given of our previous statement must be considered as final; an adjoining paragraph, however, still relating to the Bishop a Norwich's cards, might seem to revoke our acknow- ledgment of error. We have now, however; heard more on the subject, and have to express our regret at the mistake into which we have been led, We have the highest authority possible in six+ case for stating, " that there was not a shadow of founda tion tor the paragraphs in our papers of Saturday and Monday last, no such letter as that of which we spoke having ever been received by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, nor had any allusion -whatever been made by the Bishop of Chester to the Bishop of Norwich's playing at cards." We have likewise the best authority, as well as the highest, for adding, that the Bishop of Chester's letter " did not contain the remotest allusion to any of the Bishop of Norwich's pur suits or amusements." We hope this will prove satisfactory ; we can, offer no more than our s abso lute negation, of what we had before stated; and must again express our regret at the insertion of the unfounded paragraphs. We are sure that after this the Bishop of Chester's character will stand as _ _ high with his countrymen as it did before this affair..—Times. In our Paper of the sth we stated the plain and simple truth ►vith respect to the conduct of Austria. This statement seems to have given great offence lo the Courier, which appears to wish to draw us into a controversy as to whether Austria has or has not acted the part we assigned to her; but we are not disposed to undertake any such task, beci►use at moment we do not,deeth it either expedient or prudent to enter into further detail. We have no hesitation, however, in affirming, that what we as- serted is perfectly correct ; namely, that Austria has done 'every thing to preserve the peace of Europe, though she would not be, a party to the alliance. Without entering on the question, how far nations suffering ftom the mode in which belligerents con duct their operations, or from the disorders incident to a protracted warfare between a Government en- ileavolning to maintain its sway, and. a people struggling to recover their independence, are en titled to do themselves justice, it is certain, that as we have chosen to consider the Turks a people with whom relations of friendship may be maintained—as we have always sent Ambassadors to them—as we have formed what may be considered as amount ing to • offensive and defensive alliances with them, under which we entered the field together against the. French, and called on them to make peace with Russia at a critical conjunc ture, we cannot, with much consistency, having so availed ourselves of their friendship, turn suddenly round on them, and say, you are not to be treated as an independent nation. The Treaty, therefore, between Russia, France, and Eng land, not solely ',for purposes of protection from the Belligerents,but to compel the Turks to come to cer tain terms With the people struggling to emancipate themselves from their sway, however humane and praiseworthy its object, is certainly not easily recon cileable with the notions of the treatment independ- ent nations are entitled to from each other, accord• ing to international law. It will be difficult, there fore, to say that Austria, in refusing to be a party to this Treaty, was not ie the right; and we fear, that whenever the question of this Alliance shall be agi tated in Parliament, it will fail to receive that sup port which the Crown' may be inclined to claim for it. However strong the sympathy may have been with the 'Greeks, we question very much whether the Nation, any more than Parliament, are prepared to embrace the consequences to which the Treaty had a necessary tendency to lead. In the present state of our finances, a measure of which the ten dency was to produce the war with which we are now threatened, and from which we cannot with ho nour recede, is certainly of a very questionable cha racter; and we rather think that upon tine conside ration of the matter, John Bull will be more inclined to believe that more wisdom was displayed by the Powers that did not sign the Treaty than by those that did.—Morning Chronicle. The Administration is driven to the last refuge of meanness and folly. Its most favoured and con fidential 'advocates descend so low as to implore the people of England not to desert it in this its, hour of distress, upon the plea, alike fraudulent and igno minious that it was the voice of the people them selves which urged the Government into the imbe cile and unprincipled course of policy, the natural termination of which it now trembles to anticipate. This it is to be blessed with a liberal Government. A Government invested with the high attributes of liberality, is it seems elevated above responsibility, and having assisted mainly to excite a strong popu lar delusion, has nothing more to do than to plead that delusion in vindication of its crimes. We do not hesitate to say, that this apology for the errors of Ministers is the !most humiliating that has ever been put forward on behalf of any British Adminis tration. This we should say, were we even com pelled to admit the fact which it assumes ; but dis tinctly denying that fact, we maintain, and shall shew, that the apology is not more degrading to the Government than it is calumnious towards the people. There was a time, it must be admitted, when the majority of tbe people of England felt and expressed a lively sympathy with the Greeks, be lieved them to be capable of national freedom, con sidered their cause as identified with the names of humanity, and social improvement, and pure re ligion, and would, we believe, have gone hand in hand with the Government in any interference to secure the triumph and the independence of Greece which they could have believed the law of nations, or the express obligations of England, to warrant. But during this whole period, England possessed the advantage of a Government a little wiser and better informed than the great mass of the people. That Government determined to maintain, and so lon g as it existed did maintain, a rigorous neutrality. But unfortunately for the nation, the wisdom and prudence of the Earl of Liverpool having been lost to the Councils of Britain, the crude notions and the fleshy hypocrisies of a spurious liberality acquired, w h a t we yet trust will prove only a temporary ascen dancy; and it happened by a strange coincidence, that folly and injustice atchioved their greatest triumph in the Councils of the King just about the time when the delusion under which the nation at large had laboured began to disperse, and fuller information, and more mature reflection upon the situation and character of the contending parties had opened the eyes of the better portion of the community to a more accurate perception of the wise and the just. The people of England, the intelligent, and virtuous, and patriotic part of them we mean, had already become alienated from a cause, which in a struggle of five years bad produced—no hero—no patriot—no shadow of a Government, unless an organised c onfederacy of pirates can deserve that name; and then it was that the new Administration adopted it, and in defiance of the law of nations, and in utter disregard of some of the most important interests of England, em barked in its defence. The new Ministers proved themselves to be as much below the nation, as their predeeessors had shewn themselves above it. It is said, we know, that Russia could no longer be re strained fro m interference. Russia had, however, been restrained, or had in fact abstained from inter ference, till time and events had completed the evidence of the Ater incapability of Greece to form Tor herself a national and independent Government, or even to supply `th e materials out of which such a Government m ight b e constructed. The fullness and perfection of this s ignal for the impatience evidence constituted the s ignal .°ll tussia to become ungo vernable ;—the succession of e - i? ---tltastances was such as to strip the motives of Russia of every disguise her impatience was revealed MA manifest to all the world, as an impatience stimulated not by huiinanity; but bfambition. -The English PovernMent kould not but see what were her real objects; arid n'atiiing but the most itnbetire ttlWatdice could have re strained it -from denouncing and resisting them.— There is too much reason to apprehend that, the triumph of Russian policy will soon be .cornplitei and that England will have the taisraction of knowing that the Orand Seignor and his advisers are suf&iently punished for their contumacy in withstanding the insolent and arbitrary dictates of the Allied Powers. The partizans of Ministers seem to delight in the prospect of this infliction; but they abstain very wisely from informing the people of England in what it is to consist. It is fit, how ever, that the English nation should know what the advocates of the present Administration look forward to as the consummation of its - glory. One of them tells, us, that " it is presumed there can be little dif ference or opinion upon the line which policy as well as all higher considerations require the Allies to pursue ; and the Sultan and his Councillors will then have tbemselve's to blame for the results, should thee be, to advance the, armies of Russia tipoh Constantinople, while our forces annoy and blockade it by sea. The English share in such hostility must," he continues, "necessarily be confined to a limited scale of operations, and a proportionably moderate one of expense."— So the Russian armies are to advance upon Con- - - stantinople—an operation not to be performed certainly without some severe fighting, and very considerable loss even to the victorious party— and then, perhaps having first administered the pu nishment of the knout to the Grand Seignor and the Members of his Divan, are again to withdraw within their original boundaries. Is this the kind of pu nishment for Turkish obstinacy which our Ministers and their adherents contemplate with so much . _ delight ? If it be, their expectation implies a very imperfect knowledge of their good Ally, and a degree of simplicity indeed altogether infantine. We rather. incline to think that victorious Russia will claim, after the general manner of victors, compensation for the past and security for the future, and that her army, once at Constantinople, she will not be slow to announce her determinatien to let them remain here. The natural result of a Treaty, which, as its authors pretended, was founded in motives of humanity, but which had its true foundation in the grossest folly and hypocrisy, thus appears to be, the transfer of European Turkey and of Greece to the mild sceptre of Russia—to the mildness of which sceptre, by the bye, foreigners in the Russian dominions can just at this moment bear the most valid and seasonable testimony. The cause of Greece is in fact already forgotten, scarcely mentioned even among coffee-house politicians— ' among Statesmen, never mentioned at all. The threatened dismemberment or annihilation of the Turkish empire, and the aggrandisement of the power of Russia, are the topics which now occupy the 'exclusive attention of the European Cabinets. It was sure to be thus; and it is impossible to frame any satisfactory apology for men pretending to the character and assuming the station of Statesmen, who could not or would not perceive in July last, what the most uninstructed persons can so clearly perceive now, viz. that the quarrel of Greece is of no importance to Europe, otherwise than as the pretext and the instrument of Russian ambition. It is now universally admitted, that the conduct of the English Government in becoming a party to the Treaty of Intervention was extremely foolish. In our view of it, this censure is much too mild. We do not scruple to pronounce the conduct of the British Ministers in this affair base, dastardly, hypo critical, and unprincipled.-11forning Post. We have not of late met with any instance of libel against an individual so promptly and so satis factorily refuted as that which 'was published a few days ago by one ofour contemporaries on the Bishop of Chester. In gen . eral, charges such as that which was brought against the Learned and Reverend Bishop contain such a mixture, if not of truth, at least of plausibility, as is necessary to afford to the libeller, when compelled to sneak out of the scrape, something approaching to an excuse for the audacity which brought him into it. In the case in question however, unluckily for our contemporary, there was nothing like a foundation in fact or in verisimilitudei the statement had not, to use a vulgar phrase, a leg to stand on. We are happy to find that our con- temporary, after gravely and repeatedly asserting what no man in his senses was ever induced to be lieve, has seen fit to retract what he so boldly avowed. The following is the amendc—a paltry one, we must confess, but quite sufficient to justify all, and more than was said, in reprobation of his con duct:-- 44 We are authorised by a respectable gentleman, who is also, we have every reason to believe, a confidential agent of the Bishop of Chester, now out of town, to contradict, in the most positive terms, the statement which we pre sented to the public, that his Lordship had appealed, or ap plied, to the Archbishop of Canterbury on the subject of the venerable Bishop of Norwich's occasional rubber at whist. The contradiction is given by us on that authority; and, if nothing more be subsequently stated by us on the subject, must be considered a final acknowledgment that we were in error." We have no particular wish to remark on the above. We do not know that any remark which we could make would place the conduct of our contem porary in a clearer point of view than his own decla ration, given above, has already done. As we can not suppose for a moment that our contemporary would hazard assertions so false and so libellous as those of the statement which he now admits to have been erroneous, on any authority which did not at the moment appear to be most respectable, we hope that be will follow up his recantation, by holding up to the scorn of his readers the calumniator who abused his unwary confidence. This is the very least that Dr. Blomfield has a right to expect after such an attempt to traduce his character, and to pa ralyse his labours as a Christian Minister. Our contemporary adds : " In reference to this subject we may state, that in a letter which the Bishop of Norwich has recently written, his Lordship says, that 'he is too old to quarrel with any one; he is too blind to read by candle-light, therefore his only resource on a winter's evening was a game at cards; and that he would frankly own it was his intention not to give them up.' " Justly did a Saint of old pray to be delivered from his friends. Of all enemies, if we may be al lowed to use an Iricism, they are the most to be eschewed. What reference there subsists between the libel on Dr. Blomfield and the resolution of a man whose eyes are dimmed with age not to forego a frivolous amusement, when called by one of the three sufficient warnings to something more suitable to a person tottering on the verge of eternity, we do not pretend to understand. Rut much do we wish, for the sake of the aged Prelate, whose excel lent understanding time may in some measure have weakened, that he had chosen a more judicious cor respondent—one who would, out of tenderness, have suppressed the expression of resolutions which savour more of determination than of judgment, and which, at the risk of being accused of bigotry, we could not look on as very reputable in a young, but much less in an aged Christian Minister.-2Vezo Times. Some of the Ministerial writers begin already to take alarm, lest, in their measures towards Turkey, our wise rulers may not have been rather playing the game of Russia than our own. If, say they, in con sequence of the Porte's resistance to the terms of the triple alliance between England, France, and Russia, the last Power should be induced to proceed to extremities which the others have never Contem plated, she must take the consequences. In a literal sense this will certainly be the case; but not in the sense in which these writers mean to express them selves. The fact is, that Russia is the only one of the three contracting Powers which can be ulti- I mately benefited by driving the Ottoman Power out of Europe ; and it Is the short-si glitedness which has led to such a ,consequence which, next to its manifest injustice; crowns the impolicy of our present proceedings; and . should France, in addi tion to this, ittdemnifY herself by the seizure of Egypt, the dilemma and misjudgment of the British Government will have been complete. No states man possessing the Cool head and sober mind which ought to belong to One can have cast his eye over the map, of the world, and not have perceived that the Porte was the natural ally of this country ; and that any man calling himself a statesman can have suffered his mind to be blinded to this obvious truth, by what we must be allowed to call his nonsensical " classical recollections," is a specimen of school boyism which would deserve to be laughed at for its absurdity, were it not still more seriously mis chievous. That the present Ministers would give their heads and ears (ominous tokens, by-the-by, at Constantinople !) to be out of the scrape into which the indiscretion of their predecerser has involved them, we can readily imagine. It is with no feel ing of factious satisfaction that we view the scrape in which they have involved the country—far from it ; we hOld its honour, its character, and its interests, quite as dear as they can do ; and if they can bring us out of the situation in which their short-sighted temerity has involved us, we shall as readily yield them our applause as we now reluctantly withhold it. The truth is, the terms of the Treaty of London were formed too hastily and inconsiderately. There is, perhaps, no object in which the Great Powers of Europe could with more propriety combine than in keeping peace among the rest ; and were those who have the dominion of the sea to sweep from the face of it, in all quarters of the globe, all annoyances which infest it, they would incur a debt of gratitude, on the score of commerce, humanity, and civilization. But the Mini ter who, on the part of Great Britain, negotiated the Treaty of London, instead , of looking to great and general principles, must bring, forsooth, only his Philhellenism to bear upon the question ; and weakly imagining that; because Greece was once the cradle .of freedom, the moderti Greeks are, there fore, born .to be free,' he lends himself, not to an equitable adjustment of differences, but as a power ful auxiliary to subjects in open rebellion against their rulers—those rulers, too, the natural allies of his own country, and the sure barrier against the ambitious designs of one of his confederates. This appears, to us, at least, to be the real state of the case; and, being so, we do not wonder that even the candid part of the Ministerial Press should begin thus early to take alarm at the consequence of such strange, unstatesman-like misdoings. We say no thing at this moment as to the obvious impolicy, in a general point of view, of involving this country un necessarily in war, when all her interests pointed to a continuance of peace. How the Whig Journals would have rung with fire and fury, impeachment, and we know not what, bad such strange doings oc curred under any other auspices! But now, good easy:souls, the whole is right : and the nummos in arca renders, to their convertible vision, that white, 'which, a year or two ago, would have been "black as Erebus. "--Morning Herald. Letters of administration to the property_ o the late Mr. him WARD, of Stamford, have been taken out by CHARLOTTE EDcsox, claiming to be the niece and next of kin of the deceased ;--but a caveat has been en tered; and it is confidently expected that the grandsons of the deceased will ultimately, by the bounty of the Crown, share in the beneficial interest. —Lincoln Mercury. It is difficult to describe the impression which the conduct of the Lord Chancellor has produced upon the Bar and the Public. Indeed, we think we begin to perceive the light of liberality shining on the faces of some of our younger friends•in the ball of the Four Courts, who .thought that their only passport to business or to favour, was, by following the cuckoo cry of Ascendancy, which has been prevalent for the last twenty years in the profes sion. On the other hand, the old stagers are looking sour and discontented—and the misery is, they can show no cause of complaint against the Lord Chancellor.--DgUin Evening Post. -7 FREEDOM OF DISCUSSION.--At a meeting of the Macclesfield weavers, on Thursday, it was an nounced, " that every man should be heard quietly, and be at liberty to declare his sentiments freely, and without in terruption." Encouraged by this assurance, a weaver rose from the cart, and said " that he thought Mr. Ilaat's weavers should have finished their work before they struck." The orator had no sooner uttered these words, than the %overt; of the freedom of discussion pulled him from the carte which constituted the rostrum, and rolled him in the mud. —Manchester Herald. t. The College of St. Jodard (Department of the Loire) has been burnt to asheF. The fire commenced on the 27th ult., between five and six o'clock in the morn ing. In a moment the roof, store rooms, and dormitories, were iu flames. Had it broken out during the night, 5?00 pupils, the professors, and all others residing in the Col lege, would have been buried in the ruins ; but fortunately the pupils were all in the students' ball, and no one pe rished. They have now all dispersed and returned to their parents; deprived of every thing but the dresses they had on at the time. About three Sundays ago the clerk of a parish church not one hundred miles from Lincoln, who possesses an unhappy predilection for " boozing," proceeded to church for the purpose of attending in his official capacity, not in that state of mind which tke solemn duties in such a sacred place require, but " half seas over." Being en gaged before service commenced at the altar-piece, the leader of the singers asked him what hymns were appointed for the day, when he stammered out, " Sing what ye like: sing them all (meaning all the hymns in the book), or any you like, only doant bother me."--.2Stamford News. A GRAMMATICAL PUPIL.—A country schoolmaster in the neighbourhood of Cuckney, the other day, after giving one of his pupils a sound drubbing, for speaking bad grammar, sent him to the other end of the room to inform another boy that he wished to speak to him, and at the same time promising to repeat the dose if he spoke to him ungrammatically ; the youngster being quite satisfied with what he bad got, determined to be exact, and thus addressed his fellow pupil--‘. There is a common sub stantive, of the masculine gender, singular number, nomi native case, and in an angry mood, that sits perched upon the eminence at the other end of the room, wishes to articu late a few sentences to you in the present tense."—Leeds Intelliyencer. - HIS MAJESTY'S POST-OFFICE STEAM PACKETS TO AND FROM GUERNSEY AND JER,SEY..—It iS usual to dispatch a packet on Wednesday and Saturday evenings, and its return is looked for early on Sunday and Wednesday mornings. The Ivanhoe, Captain R. WHITE, due on Sunday morning the 2d inst. arrived on Monday night, at 11 o'clock (all well.) It appears that the N.W. gales lately experienced at Weymouth, were still more violent on the opposite coast, the Commander accordingly, with good discretion, did not quit Jersey till the power of the wind had somewhat abated, thereby evincing, although the usual speed is the object looked for by the public, that still, under particular circumstances, iu bad weather (as on the present occasion) the Commander's discretion is material, as well as praiseworthy and creditable to the Post-office department. The coach proprietors are using every means to afford ac commodation to those who may have occasion to travel to and from Weymouth. The Watcrsivite, Capt. FREDERICK Witire, arrived in due time, at 10 o'clock on Tuesday night.—Dorset Chronicle. PORTRAIT OF THE EARL OF HAREWOOD. —We need scarcely remind our readers that on the retire ment of the Earl of HA.B.EWOOD from the representation of Yorkshire, in 1818, the Noblemen and principal Gentry of the county unanimously resolved to present the Countess with a portrait of his Lordship, in grateful token of the important services which he had rendered to all interests among his constituents. The number of subscribers to this object amounted to 300, including every name of con sequence in the three ridings, not politically adverse to the Noble Lord ; and it was determined that besides the ori ginal picture an engraving of the portrait should be made. Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE was commissioned to paint a full l e ngth portrait of his Lordship in the best style, and it is superfluous to observe, the Artist has executed it with the utmost success. The Noble Lord is represented standing uncovered, with a view of Harewood House and Park in the back ground, and attired in a plain walking dress-- but the vivid transcript of expression in the Earl's coun tenance, and the gentlemanly grace in the person and atti tude, exhibit the exquisite tact and truth of the President's matchless pencil. The picture now, we understand, cupies its proper place in the centre of the gallery at Hare wood House, and the engraving is just completed, and will be ready for delivery forthwith to the subscribers..•—Leeds Intelligencer. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—Sir RICHARD BIRIIIE, Mr. HALLS, and Mr. MALLARD, a county Magistrate, were yesterday engaged until near three o'clock, in a priVate investiga tion. Nothing, of course, transpired, but it is supposed that the' inquiry had reference to the restoration of the Warwick notes. • MAAYLEBONE-OFFlCE—YesterdayEliz. Collins, a widow of respectable appearance, was charged on suspicion of stealing a ivatch. John Webster, a fruiterer, at No. 4, Portman-street, Portman-square, formerly a Bow-street patrol, at half-past 10 on Thursday night, as he returned home from a party of Scotch bakers held at a public-house in Shepherd-street, neither drunk nor sober, was accosted by the defendant, who walked 10 or 20 yards along Oxford-street by his side, and then, missing his watch, he supposed she had stolen it, and he sent her to Marylebone watch-house. There was another female in her company, but she made her escape. It appeared by the evidence of the watchman, that Mrs. Collins did not accost the prisoner first, thatsehe had no female with her, and that nothing of a suspicious nature was found upon her when searched. Mr. RAWLINSON told Mr. Webster it wag a shocking thing for a respectable woman' to be locked up all night in a watchhouse, at the risk of her health and character, by a drunken man, without the shadow of ground for suspicion, and if he did not make her compensations • he would advise her to seek redress elsewhere. Mr. Webster settled the business by giving the female a sovereign. Richard Parrot, owner and driver of the hackney coach No. 453, was tined 40s. and costs for demanding and receiving more for the hire and use of his coach than is allowed by law, and otherwise misconducted himself. HATTON-GARDEN.—Mr. Scott, one of the over seeri of the parish of Clerkenwell, was yesterday summoned before Mr. Sergeant Sitt.r.on, by Sarah Sadlier, a female of very prepossessing appearance, of easy 'unassuming man ners, and of feelings and sentiments suitable to a better condition of life, for having refused to grant her parish relief. The female, who carried in her arms an infant child of about six months old, is a native of Devonshire, and her father, as she stated, a highly respectable and wealthy far mer of that county. It was her misfortune some short time since, whilst at home with her own family, to form an intimate acquaintance with a Mr. F—, who, about twelve months ago, opened an exhibition .of -curiously wrought glass in Regent-street, with whom she eloped from her parents, and. came up to London. This man, who it appears is the father , of her infant, treated her, whilst under his protection, with the coldest inlifference, till at length he " Whistled her off, and let her down the wind, To prey at fortune," having taken his-departure from this country, and with drawn to the continent, leaving her in a state of pregnancy. Soon after, in consequence of associations which originated from her circumstances, she began to lead an idle dissipat ed life, was Awn up on a charge of felony, and commit ted to the House of Correction, in Clerkenwell, where ,the Child she now carried at her breast was born. When the imprisonment ab n so t hi h t .: l d y e u x , p lwr ir o e:l . te bu nn tal o l f r h e e je r ute lm d unwor thy y e she f t returned ui t ) o_ seek an asylum with her parents, and among her friends, port. She then applied to the parish authorities of the a maintenance for berftelf ant of her nativity for her child, which they refused to give, and sent her back again to London, telling her she should claim support for her child only where the child was born. She had but just come to town yesterday morning, and made application to Mr. Scott aforesaid, who expressed great surprise and asto nishment at the ignorance of the parish officers in Devon shire. "Do they not know," said Mr. Scott, " that a child born in any public institution, such as this child has tieen in the prison of the House of Correction, belongs to and always follows the settlement of the parents ? Neither the mother or the child has any claim upon us." Serjeant SELLow.—Few persons know the law in this particular case ; but, however, we who know our duties as men must not suffer our needy fellow-creatures to be made the helpless victims of the neglect or ignorance of others. You must either support this woman and her child, or send them down again to their parish in the country. Mr. Scott.—We have no right to do either. Mr. Serjeant SELLON.-The same apology and the same excuses would be made by the authorities of every parish in London were she to apply to them, for the purpose of re jecting her claim. And as you have been selected in the first instance, you have no alternative but to relieve the woman to-day, and send her to her own parish to-morrow. As I myself am an old Clerkenwellian, I am anxious that charity should begin with us. Mr. Scott.—But I hope it will not end with us. Mr. Sergeant 5EL1,017.-No : let as but relieve her for this night, and to-morrow let us send her into Yeovil, in Somersctshire, to the parish where she served her appren ticeship, as her friends in Devonshire seem to have made her an outcast. And, in order to set the parish an ex ample, here I will contribute 2s. towards her support till to-morrow, said the worthy Magistrate, putting his hand into his pocket, and looking cheerfully. Mr. Scott immediately assented, and withdrew. UNION-HALL.—Yesterday a man named Thomas Payne was brought up in custody before the Sitting Ma gistrate, J. T. Horns, Esq., charged with having unlaw fully killed three brace of pheasants. A Bow-street patrol, on the preceding night, met the prisoner in the Kent-road, at New-cross, carrying a bag, in which were deposited three brace of pheasants. The patrol, suspecting that he was a poacher, examined his clothes, and inside his coat discovered the stock and other apparatus belonging to an air-gull. In his pockets were also found several wire snares for catching hares and rabbits. MAGISTRATE-This is a clear case against you, Payne ; the engines of destruction are actually found in your pos session. The penalty is 51. on each of the birds, making the fine in the whole 301. Can you pay that sum ? Payne, in his defence, declared that he had not killed the birds; they were given to him. He hoped the penalty would be mitigated, as he had a wife and family dependent on him for support. The MAGISTRATE observed that the law was imperative and unless the fine of 301. was paid before three o'clock, he (the prisoner) should be removed to Maidstone gaol. Payne was ultimately sent to gaol. DEWSBURY WATCH AND WARD.-011C hundred and twenty persons in Dewsbury, chiefly respect able householders, have united to patrol the streets every night, from half past ten o'clock till five o'clock in the morning. Eight to be on duty each night. The patrol commenced on Saturday night last. Would not this mode of protecting private property be beneficial in the neigh bourhood of Heckmondwike, and also in that of Keighley? —Leeds Intelligencer. On the night of Tuesday last, the shopping of Messrs. HEN RV' MILWARD and Sons, Redditch, was broken open, and 48 packets of bright needles in :an unfinished state, and 107,000 finished needles were stolen. For the discovery of the offenders, 50/. reward has been offered by Messrs. Muwaan and Sons, and 10/. by the Redditch Association.— Worcester Journal. On Wednesday last, two fellows were taken before the Magistrates, (under Mr. Mutinies Act) for putting nut shells into the ears of a poor donkey, standing in the market. They were highly delighted in witnessing the agony of the poor animal. They were tined 51. each, but mitigated to 505., which was paid by th e ir friends.— Brighton Gazette. MORE SHEEP-STEALING.—This diabolical system does not seem at all to be suspended in the neigh.. bourhood of Lincoln, for on Thursday evening last Mr. JOHN TAYLOR, of WashinbQrough, had, two fat ewe sheep slaughtered upon his premises, the carcases of which were taken away, and the skins, heads, and entrails left behind. It is almost needless to say the villains have not yet been heard of. —Stamford News. The sheep-stealers continue to exercise their vocation in the neighbourhood of Sutton Ct. Mary's, with considerable hardihood and daring.—On the night of Mon day the 26th ult., five sheep were slaughtered in a close occupied by Mr. ROBERT WROOTE, of Long Sutton, and the carcases taken away. (A short time previously Mr. W. had four sheep stolen in one night.) The same even ing Joiriv REED, Esq., of Sutton Marsh, W ean a sheep slaughtered, and the carcass taken away. On esday night Mr. .louN MOMBY and Mr. Citantv had each of them a sheep stolen from their farms in Sutton Marsh..— Stamford News. On Thursday night last, WILLIAM TUCKER, gamekeeper to JAMES ROBERTS WEST, Esq., at Alder minster, in this county, was waylaid b y seven ruffians, who, after taking from him his gun , beat him in a most cruel manner, and left him senseless on the spot. Mr. WEST has offered a reward of bOl. to any persoa who will give such information as will lead to their conviction.—Two of Lord Baum's keepers had a serious rencontre with a g ang of upwards of ten poachers, at Bagot's Bromley, on Monday night. One of the keepeie was greatly injured. A reward of 501. is z ffered for the apprehension of the offenderc.-- , Worcester Journal. OM BAILEY, DEC. 7. James Brownwell, convicted at the July sessions, of stealing a large quantity of valuable plants, but in whose case there was a point of law reserved, was now brought up for judgment, and sentenced to he transported for, seven years. James Herring was indicted for assaulting Thomas Mason in the King's highway, and robbing him of a watch, chain, seals, and key.—Guilty. • Edward Wood was indicted for the manslaughter of Isaac Boddy. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recommended him to mercy on account of his excellent character. NEW COURT. The following case came on at a very late hour on Thursday, and cdtitinued until midnight. John Morton, a good-looking young man, was in dicted for endeavouring to obtain from Richard Anthony Salisbury the sum of .50/., by threatening to accuse him of a nameleds offence. The Jury re tired at twenty minutes past 11 o'clock, and at 12 o'clock returned into Court, when the foreman, ad dressing the Court, said, "We find the prisoner Guilty. Having discharged that part of our duty, which we hope we have done conscientiously, we proceed to the more pleasing part of our duty, and that is, most strongly to recommend the prisoner to mercy, on account of the debased character exhibited by the prosecutor?' MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, DEC. 7. Mary Evans was indicted for assaulting Sarah Walters. On this case being called on, the Chairman (C. W. MARRIOTT, Esq), who had received information that a most impudent fraud had been practised upon the defendant by one of those fellows who are constantly lurking about the avenues of this Court; and tendering their services to conduct the cases of its suitors, called upon her to state who she'had employed, and what she had paid him. She stated, that she had employed a man named John Hodsoll, whom she pointed out in Court : that he had told her he was a licensed person, and could do her busineSs cheaper, than an attorney. She bad paid him in all 4/. ss. Among the items forming that sum were 17s. 10d. for putting in bail, and pleading to the indictment; 7s. for stopping a Bench warrant, which had been issued against her ; 1/. Bs. fora certiorari to remove the cause into the King's ' Bench ; 12s. 6cl. for the Jury's fee, or, as the wit ness called it, for buying the Jury; 12s. 6d. for set ing down the cause for trial, and 2s. for subpoenas. Of these charges, the Clerk of the Court (Mr. 1 Allen) stated that the 'only ones really incurred were thoie for putting in bail and pleading to the indict ment, and for setting down the cause for trial. ,No Bench warrant had ever been issued against the ,de fendant ; no certiorari obtained; uo,fee paid, to the Jury ; and the subpoenas issued- were' not those of the Court, but had been filled up by the defendant on the printed forms used in the. King's Bench, and Mrs. which, Thomas i v n ai t t h i: c ri i sa r ., c b . ,h l u a: eo k n:fi s a t r a sm t o e e , nd : t o e h r re e ah s c o ec l io. d bu na i it n l , g t ai l shop: n i i hba dy six for a penny. seen the money paid to llodsoll. The CHAIRMAN inquired of Hodsoll whether be, had any'queStions to put to the witnesses, or any explanation to offer. He replied, that he was taken quite by surprise. He had certainly received the money, but then he had rendered full service for . it. lie would Usk March a few questions. Accordingly, he asked him whether he was not in the habit of standing at Ser geant's-inn, and offering himself as bni),Eind whether hn bad not received a share of the money paid by Mrs. Walters; With of which questions he answered in the negative. .The CHAIRMAN ordered Hodsoll into the custody of the officers of the Court, and instructions were given for his prosecution at the county's expence. SURREY SESSIONS, DEC. 7. Abraham and Joseph Lane, brothers, were in dicted for feloniously enticing away a boy named John Walsh, aged seven years, with intent to steal from him his wearing apparel. The Jury returned a verdict of acquittal. CHAIRMAN.--Lanes, let this be a warning to you not to entice boys away. You had this boy several days in your custody away from his parents. WINTER ASSIZES. CHELMSFORD, DEC. 6. Jane Burns, an interesting-looking and respecta bly-dressed female, of only 22, was indicted for stealing, on the 14th Sept. at Wanstead, she then being servant to one Abel Chapman, an enormous quantity of articles of wearing apparel, household linen, and trinkets, enumerated in the indictment, the property of her master and of different members of his family. The prisoner said nothing in her defence. Her cousin, Mr. Turnbull, a tailor, residing in Arundel-street, Haymarket, London, gave the pri soner an excellent character. The Jury, without hesitation, found her" Guilty," and the learned Judge, after briefly commenting upon the enormity of her conduct, sentenced her to be transported for 14 years. The case excited very considerable interest, and not the less from the circumstance of the celebrated Mrs. Fry, who is a particular friend of Mr. Chap man and his family, being present, and listening to the evidence with the deepest attention. Mary Dowsett was convicted, upon the clearest evidence, of stealing ss. 6d. of the monies of her master, Mr. Lamprell, a linen-draper at Chelmsford. Mrs. Fry, who was still in Court , g the learned Jude, that she could procure the pri sugested to soner to be received into the Refuge for the Desti tute, and Mr. Jepp undertook to pay the expence of sending her thither; and in order to meet this arrangement, his Lordship sentenced the prisoner to be detained in gaol till Monday next, and then to be forwarded to London, to be provided for cording to Mrs. Fry's humane proposal. On Monday last an inquest was taken at Barrow, Suffolk, on a man unknown, who was found in a barn at some distance from the turnpike-road, on Saturday morning. On the Tuesday previous he had been:relieved at Saxharn, and walafterwarde seen on his way towards the barn ; but no person having occasion to go there until Saturday, he probably had remained without food during the whole interval, as when found he was just able to reply " No," to an inquiry whether he had had any victuals.— Verdict, died from want and exhaustion.-- Cambridge paper. GLASGOW SUGAR MARKET, DEC. 4.—The importers having submitted to a small reduction in the price demanded last week, there has been a fair business transact ed yesterday and to-day, amounting to 420 casks. By the annexed monthly statement, it will appear the stock of sugar in the bonded warehouses is 1500 hlls. less than the corresponding period last year. At the end of October, the Stock of Sugar in the hands of the Im porters was 3,205 Mids. 198 trs, And the Imports during Novem ber were 2,051 132 5,256 330 The Sales during November were 2,804 76 Stock in Importers' hands, 30th Novonber, 1827 Ditto at same time, 1826 Decrease of Stock in Importers' hands in 1827 The Stock in Bond at this time is 49,397 cwt. And at the same time, 1826, there 83,590 were Showing a Decrease this year 0f... 34,193 During first 11 months in 1827, there were delivered And during the same time 1826 351,809 Increase in the delivery, 1827...,.. 2,264 Hay—...-- 51. 58 50 62 43 63 50 64 50 56 46 56 51 56 43 63 45 63 44 63 54 hs 56 60 46 60 52 60 49 51 55 00.. 47 50 43 58 60 62 s. d. s. cL 80 90 ~~ ✓' ~'` EAST THE CC EN .GLAND Ti give Notice, That th e Qt said Com pAN Leatienhall-stree rntue SPECII PR° PRIETCoi the Court of 111 .0AIA8 Bui they, o , bay grounde there i s The 4 9 t o 4 ' l ?gether With ti . haa been fog vroptietors at ti DI:1:---5L-44 1 14‘3 AmsterrlE 11 .7ft " i ( )tf 1 T o i e ill": 11 eB n bi: s l°" t 1 1 Illralre i 'ntc d inPr e ler' IPB4I MOSTI i t tti e. assort :f'alj , lCCli leil' fbiS'i°llyi:Cin i liiC a gilli , b o .. Very e , car pet b l r t ntg and I n , ~ te of bru(Te 1 : 44". -- -TWI ar e _ of th theY are velY T L „I,, e 4 ecid . e, Y , Pere Xid der Y , or urinate Draper's t IL street 4 •GLE *-- 4 coux. Dlg T, I' 4l E, 1)] vdluce of Att.' tuifilked the li Th e ; Co . %Le y o unger- ordi, The i7j o rat A ) ,t f ! Asuira e n , Gies ; 4e a, fur Lb, Itiskcr rvCarrivot ( s sl ' th e w or e;fifths of A"lteitit.t how c 3C :l l, : 4l 'i t il !; le a a n i d ° E ky:ieian"" a W 1%1 21 6314°11 th or wie , 2s/ 4:0 4. t ti t . "tha t tret e ,. a Wi n d sor ' " 1 'lira' . Liverpool Souh kelt. t an3l) 14nBLton C!anaerhur Al (.:.,. e4l „ t erbur bet e — "lo at ver our. re f th C l e era fe re Zotv, Dd ea „' fore F au " r e 4 t Fo ur tt ' g Brist o l a 'Milford Taunton Willit s ; Livorpoc Two. Norwich tyk,,, LONDON -MARKETS• tH WHITECHAPEL HAY • MARKE'r,--Dec• 725. Od. to P 54. Od. ittoier 90s. od• Vb. Od• to 365. Od. PRICES OF HOPS (per Cwt.)—Dec. Kent 4/. N. 44 161. to Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto Farnham Dittos Fine 314 0 1 7 : . 184° 4 44 7 11 1.1114 i: . tt tiS sll ib - Seconds —, O/. N. 6/. 5$ to 7 , 1 i 'W. 12s. 41. Se. to 0 Si. 3s. 3/. 10s. to I; lC -3/. 10s. 47 . 45 . to . - ' •"‘t 140.000. Kent Digs— Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto. PRICE OF OIL. 0 5 I Rape Oil,' brown 331. 05...,..,.,.,. Refined 15 Linseed Oil ••••• •• • ••• nr• • •••• • • or, or, i 3 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand slr Rape Cake, per ton-- PRICE OF POTATOES.—Dec 31. lOs. to 4/. 3/. 10s. to 41. 31. 155. to 41. 21. 105. to 31. Scotch Reds Marsh Champion 4-, Oxnobles and Shams Os' yet o , ' Os. ditto. 3s. ditto • i LEATIIErt. (I.'ll Per lb. • 1 4 Tanned Horse Hide"" . yl Spanish Ditto , gl I'er dozen. IS 0 Calf Skim— 36 to 4ifi v. Ditto 50 to 11)/ e, Ditto 70 to „gll , Small Seals, anvil, IIDES. _ . t°, 4 Per Stone. (l e d Ordinary Market Calf. PRICES OF Per lb. d. to d. 8utt5.........-50 to 561 b... 204 224 Ditto,, —..-60 to 661 h.— 224 .234 Dressing" Hides—.. 134 17 Fine Coach Hides 17 19 CrOp Hides. 35 to 401 b. 14 154 Ditto to 501 b. 164 184 Ditto • _ 184 204 UAW Per Stone. r. d. to s. d. Best Heifers& Steers 8 0 3 6 2 8 210 1 , fil. SHEEP SKINS. ... Is. 6d. to2s. 2d. I Lambs.* t - S - 0,1• OP Polled ....................,,. 3s. ltd. to 4s. Od. + 1) 014 •PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b.- Oot i own Tallow ..................,. 465. Od. Yellow 50ap......--.. ,,,, " 11. fe Yellow Russia---,....—... .. 395. Od. Mottled White .. - ----„,-,-.' 00, Soap Ditto _ :ISs. Od. aft/vs ----------"? Melted Stuff., . Ms. Od. Good Dregs— , ---.. Ditto Rough _ Down! PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stane.qf Priceby,Tallow, (as stated by the' allow .1111e1ter..—..,,,, PRICE OF CDLS. 4 ,116 0 „ . The price of Store Candles; in e g retth ail hops, is:: : . , ,)r Candles, per doz. is. Od. to Os.od. I Moalds, per dozen .4 -- COAL MARKET. , —Dec. 7. • ' 315. 9d. Walls End NewO r 35 9 Ditto Hotspur.,.. ro . , "7„d P 44 6 Ditto Northuber,_ t .. 3t 0 Ditto Peareth.... , " , 6 38 0 Ditto P 34 0 .Ditto Russell's Ditto Walker t Hetton's small IS 6 Londonderry tl LambtOn small 0, 0 Culm 0 Marquis Main e Hartley P Eden Main New. Park Floekt.ow:, 7 6 Eden's Eden T, 0 Nesharn Main Russell's High 4, 0 sWalls End kietton ,, l„ t Walls End Lanablon• — _,,T, 6 Ditto $ Ditto Stewart's Russell's Hetton s v`• • 501d,76%—..—..tha501`9 Beaumont Burdon Bandon.-- Felling Main Heaton Hepburn Main Holy Lidc'•cll's Ord's Redhugh 35 0 33 6 32 6 33 6 - 35 0 3 t 6 37 6 A% 0 Pelaw Tanfield Moor, Townley—.—. Usworth—.— Willington Wylam Walls End Bell and Ce. 37 6 Ditto Bell Robson & Co. S 7 Ditto Bewicke and Co— 39 0 Ditto 36 A) Ditto Burraten 37 '3 Ditto Clarke and C 0.... 36 0 Ditto Carr and 35 9 Ditto Cramlington--- 34 9 Ditto Hilda 35 9 Ships at market, 96%—Shi 35 0 MANCHESTER SDI At per lb. sin] 2,691 Sheep sd. to 7d. 713 Cattle —:— .4 6 5 , ! lITFIFIELD.—Dec• sing the offal. 152 Pigs wwwowoosow COUNTRY CORN • MARIKE'rS DURING TO Wheat. Barley Per Quarter. Ashburn---- Basingstoke Bath Rridgewater Bristol - 31 38 27 31 26 31 31 26 32 32 38 35 36 SO at 28 37 28 32 30 31 Li 32 27 33 3l 33 XJ 28 30 Oats , Chesterfield Derby Devizes Doncaster D orc hester.--* Gloucester. , Hungerford Mansfield Ramsey Shaftesbury Shepton Sleaford Taunton Yeovil St 37 25 3 2 28 32 30 32 8. d. 5. d. 46 50 Per 13-ushel, Shrewsbury .—,,.. we % - 41; . 40 0 4 0 fs 22 3° 24 19 32 18 16 2 2 17 3 °. 23 22 32 19 13 23 6 20 22 2 29 -- 22 30 27 30 26 29 18 22 •-•- 28 25 28 20 21 20 , 32 24 3 0 s. d. s. d• 59 64 g /, SCOTCH MARKETS. 5. EDINBURGH CORN MARKKF.--Dee•is, ' f i / We had a fair supply of all sorts of Grain to-_,u':' Pease, and Beans, sold readily at last week's Ptip, price of Wheat is 2s. higher. Barley a large 017:- , prices in general considerably lower. ' fees 3 Wheat. 1 Barley. Oats. 1 Pease. 9, t First 72s Cd 32s Oct 28s Od. 425 Od 9 l First Second R;C:S S' OI ,°:I PROV I I B S S LO OI NS, .It 34 C. s r tki a . OO Third Beef, per lb. Os. 4d. to Os.fid. Fresh Butter,lb.o.l?, 4 °,,, Mutton —...---..„ 0 4 0 6 Salt Ditto o ij 0, v o Veal ,0 7 0 9 Ditto, per os t. SO - 9 " it ; Pork— 0 5 0 6 Eggs, per dos. I '0 Lamb, per qr. 1 6 0 0 OatStraw(kpl.)lo 0 6 4 1 Tallow, per lb. 0 4 `?. 441 Wheat Ditto-- 0 6 O 1 Quartern Loaf 0 0 . 0 9 Barley Ditto ~.. 710 Potatoes, 131 b. 0 0 0 4 Hay, per st—„..„ 0 EDINBURGH MEAL MARKE'T' 4 '• o lf . 1 We had a middling supply of Oatmeal at _,DeC• 'll/ this • , 0 ket, which sold heavily at last week's prices- ~ 1 0 ' it/ Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. Per Stone of 14 1- * , p i , 1 i First Oatmeal Second ditto 1 15 0 Second ditto .......... ~.; I, r B ar leymcal llO 0 Barleymeal ....... • .... o P ea semeal 1 10 0 Peasemeal .......... :::re Pot Barley—No. I, per cwt. 12s.—Pd, 118.-3 d, 1 18 ' .5 GLASGOW CORN MARKET.—Det o rati o.- ~ 1 A steady demand for Grain, with little t' . the previous rates Wheat, per 2101 b. British, old new Canada, free.. ..... Irish Barley, per 3201 b. English Scottish' Irish. dip s. d. s. d. Data , per fall , . isO t / 30 0t032 0I Irish ...,0 1 94 0 23 o B ritish 29 0 31 0 Beans, lice 2601 b• ,0 Of 23 0 ..`1 . 7 0 I English I Scottish ...... t 91 I ...._ ......,. 28 0 30 0 Pease, Scottish ••• jOO 25 0 27 6 Oatmeal, per 1401 b. 4/ 0 23 0 2d 0 Flour, per 280 lb. MEETINGS OF CREDITOO' co LONDON DIARY.--Tussmor, DEC. 11.—At Comin i„ s i o nenr, Basingball-street. Barnard, L. Leman-s treet 12 Browne, T., Little Billinge, J. Warn r o rd-court 12 cheap .......................... Bryy, F.. SL P a ncras lO Carter, A. Walworth" .. Cannon, D., Lothbury ll Darby, A., Pimlico .. COUNTRY DlARY.—Tunsruiv, DEC. 11 ' ..... ." Bayle), J., ]Manchester--Star, Manchester ............... ... ...... Bee, J., Chesterfield—Angel, Chesterfield ............ ..... Charles, R., Liverpool—Mr. Ripley, Liverpoo n i ' Crowther, C. Frodsham—Mr. Bartley, Livertipshaln•"*':: Haynes, M. Birmingham—Royal hotel, Btr°' .... •••••••• llorrocks, Wigan—Eagle,_Wigan ........... ....... • ........... Jones, T., Leicester—White Hart, Frout, J., Bath White Lion, Bristol ...... " I. ;e ......... Simpson, W., Sponden—Ring's Der /, •• ........... Watson. J., North Shields--orge, liewen atle . Leicester. .................. Il u i r i , INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO EU DliCrIA ir Petitions to be heard at Portugal.street, Dec. 11, at Nine o'clock. Bailey, J., Lisson.grove Henry► j., Chelsea Catton, J., Huddersfield Hill, 8., Bristol Clark, W., Somers -town Kerrison, J. Clapten Crocker, S., Southwark Minifiet J., Walwortl,lo Crossley, CI., Holloway Rich ard son, U. Che..iii Dawes, R., Abingdon Vincent, J. Sherborr Deaver, E., Shrewsbury Worsfold, (5.. Ox.fo: Edgar, J., Mary lebone ~ Lincelreejbui BIRTHS. On the 6th inst. the lady of Michael Pearson , Lansdowne-place,. of it son. 110 il l 11 On the 3d inst. at Devonport, the la d y of 0 0 John Briggs, Chaplain of his Majesty'a .hip j Castle, of a sorh -----''' A MARRIED. ' On the 6th inst. at St. Bride's, Fleet-streetf , L .: Longhorn, Bride - lane, to Jane , second daugh ter Seymour, of Walworth. 1 / On'the 6th inst : at Cheshunt, by the Rev . Ebenezer Sheldon, Esq. Mount-street, Grosvell°- to Dorothy, only sister of the Rev. J. Barrett, 111 Iferts. I ° On the 6th inst. Mr. Joseph Wm. Mountain , ; o r inersmith, to Miss Marian Shepherd We lch, of nJ Commons. On the 6th inst. at St. Ann's Church: by th e ~,e O l , Morgan, Major Power , formerly of th e 28th re V, Susannah, relict of the late Surgeon Montague, Derby i f tVe Six. is L Edinburj 'iefo rt six. 1 Al anc h ea utf 'te Six. Notting' Binning, Quarte r be HOlyl,„ eur (;ar ubri t bgh B DIED. s ic , . I efor e six, On the Bth October, at Kingston, Jamaic a ' _.,0 Wisbeac Barlow, Esq. Paymaster of the 22d Regimen t. Jr ' ll 411 d Ly nn, On the 6th inst. in New-street, Spring-garden* Man c h e Burn, Esq. aged 87. , iit i cle ti fi eka On the 2d inst. at Canadcb-town Mr. Abrahaei I I % Gl asgo% aged 82. Thompson, f of before Sev On the 27th ult. 'at Castle-Saunderson, countY ° 11# Canter' Ireland, Francis Sauadereon, Egg' ag ed 75 ' 06 N ' l34 1 On the 29th alt, in the 60th ye ir of hie ages_ for ' turing Tc county of Lancaster. fer 'I °a the lat inst. aged 41, Mary, wife of gr. ICCOuntak Esq. one of the Deputy-Lieutena ns " Warmer, of Great Bell-alley, Coleman-street. 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