The Sun. — London, England, 1827-08-06 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP TI-IE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Chief Justice Best appeared on Friday lait at Dorchester,' in the case of an action for libel h 2, 'one Lansing egainst the Sherbi;rne, Dorches ter and Tartntro Journal, in the amiable dm .racter of a Julg e not encouraging a gratuitota. persecution of the press. It is not so much by any novelty of circumstance in which the learned .Judge may have .placed himself on this occasion that our notice has been invited, as by the real dignity which belongs to the Bench, when we see it recommending . a suspension of that war fare, or a , mixture,- however alight; of discern ment with that vengeance whiCh an erroneous 'construction - by the public, of some previous ex pressions of certain Judges, had no doubt con-- 'tiilnited to excite and embitter against the whole system of newspapers. This action has. been brought against the above-named paper for hav ing (as we ourselves had clonea--innocentle enough, God knows—in a former instance) copied from another-paper, a statenient tat "'hick the plaintiff took exception. In the' l .3kehestel Case, the Bath and Cheltenham paper was the guilty party, (if miFiaike can be said to consti tute guilt.) Yet the innocent. copyist was, by the plaintiff, venally marked out for punishment, notwithstanding the mostprompt aria ample offers of reparation had been conveyed to him the moment the error was pointed out. The Jur', a of course gave only a farthing daMages ; and . Ct . -thing too much it was, inasmuch as the Judge took time to consider whether he would or would not certify, so as to save the defendant's costs. In his charge, however, Lord Chief Justice Best is ,reported--and, after a full inquiry, .we. believe the report--to have said, " that he would be-al ways ready to piotect the press against actions, not for fair redress, but for a compilation and multiplication of costs." A promise like this from Chief Juitice Best will be tt's hi,t,reeable and cheering to the public, for whose sake alone the press ought to be protected, as. it must be for midable to a certain class of attornies, who bring actions in their. clients' names., with no other ob ject but " the compilation and multiplication of costs." Since the Aare was written, we have received our report of Saturday from the Dor chester Assizes, from which'it appears that the Leatned Judge has certified for the Sherborne Jour4vii.-1 imes. The illness of Mr. Canning, however qualified by the reports of his family and mediCal attend ants, has for the last tiro days been' sufficiently serious to excite more ext e n s iv e al arm among generousand reflecting Men, than could have been caused by mere per.sonal.regard for any indi vidual, however sincerely beloved,.or by.a sensi bility to the political importance of any other Statesmati holding only the rank of a subject, who is now engaged in conducting the affairs of the civilized world. We can scarcely contemplate with unshaken minds,, the fearful. cpnsequences that might follow from any fatal result to the indis position of the Right Hon. Gentleman. When it is considered under what arduous, andwe.may add perilous circumstances, Mr. Canning dared to answer the call of his Sovereign, when that Sovereign was deserted, threatened,- and, instilted, by the creatures of his former condescending bounty and beneficence, no Englishman , can deny that both King and Miniiter so identified. in the maintenance of the Royal dignity, have had a claim indefeasible to the support of the British - Nation. The alternative; from the outset, has been an enlightened Ad ministration—the King's choice, and the people's confidence ; or the very scum and re fuse of the political community, despised and rejected by both—ambitious to usurp for ever the regal authority, because they had /already abused the royal ear, and the popular endurance —and avowedly . and audeciously 'abandoning all pretence of princiPle or policy, all consciousness that there was, a, commonwealth to be preserved, or a duty- to the State to be performed . , had boasted that their sole- object was to main tain the privileged-orders, and to keep down the . people. Mr. Canning's crime was twofold— first, that he was elected by the Sovereign ;. se cinidly, that he was chosen from the people. = The malignity with which. his name and history, his .actionkatal intentions, were hourly caluntniat ed, has no parallel. in the records of English:party. There was nothing too false or too shameless to be invented—nothing too base or preposterous to be imputed to Mr. Canning = no outrage to the understanding or free agency ofthe King too monstrous to impede the systematic attempts. upon the fame and existence of his Minister,—, Notwithstanding all this desperation, Mr. Can ning was, at no long interval after his !accession to the Government, joined by the most honour , able men in the nation, who were satified to share with him the dangerS of a crisis the most trying 'of any that has occurred in Eu rope since the . campaign of Waterloo and the vexatious . malice of the most profli gate baud of Englishmen, who, for more than 40 years, have merited, the name of faction. The course of policy, pursued by. Mr. Canning and his Whig friends, with, we say boldly, the willing and decided approbation of the Mo narch, was, justice and liberty, abroad and at home. This Government has gone far towards curing the evils, and towards extricating Great Britain from the trammels, created as well for heriasfor the • world, by the vile administration of Lord . Castlereagh, execrated . now by the Common feeling of mankind, and represented only by the Eldons, Westmorlands, and Peels. The mere establishment of the new 'Ministry gained for our Sovereign the praise among his subjects of firm and magnanimous resolution ; while his . enconragement of its enlarged and sagacious, policy ,has ',spread throughout both hemispheres his renown., as a Prince of provi dent. and enlightened views,. for the welfare of civilized society. A fatal issue, which God avert, to 'Mr.' Canning's illness, would plunge not only England but 'mankind into consterna tion, for the possible event of a 'renewed struggle between the great principles which, he has sup- Ported, and the,obnoxious and pernicious party Which lie has so recently overthrown. Every part- of the earth would change its aspect, should' the English Tories return - to power. Schemes of iniquitous aggrandisement and oppression would be prosecuted throughout every region of the East and West, with out remorse or alarm. Greece would be ex tinguished ; Turkey and Persia the common prey of Nicholas. Spain and Portugal would be come a French province ; Ireland, a • field.. of battle between the Apostolicala of the House, of Bourbon, and thebigOtted followers of London derry and of Peel, The standing army, instead of being reduced. would. of necessity be doubled; retrenchment would- be. declared -impracticable; commerce and manufacturee'would be crippled again by the re-establishment of the prohibitor) .- system. Public credit would .sink under accu mulating distress, 'and our colonies, maritime Power, and rank among nations, would succes sively vanish with it. Such is the picture which even now presents itself to the mind's eye Of sober and diainterested !men, as a definite andi 'visible portion of that calatnity, of which the full. measure extends beyond i the limits of ordinary' calculation. The King of England, George IV., becomes, then, the sole refuge and resting-plat , of that people for whoM he has 'already done and suffered a much. His Majesty Would have to .decide between the natural successors of, Mr. Canning, his own enlightened:and respectful servants, many of whom are even now in office, and thosm presumptuous, ungrateful, and selfish men, who, even when they declared their own incapacity to form an Administration,' threw down the gauntlet to their Sovereign, and told him, in effect, that he was More imbecile than they were. Between a Lansdown and an Eldon Ministry, his Majesty, were Providence to afflict him by the death of Mr. canning, WoUld have . . to pronounce an nninedtate choice ; and we would hntrib i ty convey to his Royal attention the prayers and . aspirations of his faithful people, that in deliberating for their best interests, and for those of their children, he would consult the natural dictates of that same discriminating, in dependent, and manly spirit, whicli, under, the blessing of the Providence to whom he owes it, has already enabled him to choose so wisely and so well.—lbid. If a stl'anger were to form a judgment of Eng land merely from the proceedings of Courts of Law, he would be tempted to conclude, that were it not for newspapers, the people would live together like innocent lambs, and that the con ductors of newspapers are almost the only ene mies of society. Happy ) would he say, are th e English, whose laws are so perfeCt, and whose !administration of them is so unexceptionable, that there are so few evils to be redressed, that the Courts would be without business, if .those mischief-makers, the newspaper people, did not by their aggressions on the rest of the commu nity, furnish employment to the lawyers. How 'astonished would he be to learn, that there is hardly a country.in Europe, in which the people were so destitute of the means of obtaining re- :dress for wrongs, that justice. might he said to !be literally denied to the great mass of the popu lation, and that the engrossing of time of the Courts, by actions against newspapers, resulted from the defectiveness of the law, which, while iit excluded real sufferers from redress for their !wrongs, favoured the infliction of injury on the Press, by the indemnification it afforded to all !their assailants. We rejoice to see that the very extent of the injustice to which newspapers have been exposed, is at length working a re medy. A trial at Dorchester for libel, reported in another colUmn, will serve to illustrate the observations we have been making. An fiction was brought against a Sherborne Paper for having inserted from another Paper, in the list bf persons convicted at the last Assizes for So-' inerset, an individual who had been actually Re mitted, and the Jury returned a verdict for one arthing. The Lord Chief Justice, after an ap olication had been made to him to certify, in rder to deprive the plaintiff of costs, asked if here was an action against the Bath and Chel edam' Gazette—the Paper from which the al, eged libel was copied—was answered in the . af amative, and refused to certify. In the• conclu ion of his charge he observed, " He should be he last to encourage men in attempts to bring ctions against newspapers, when they seemed to prise only from a del-;ire of multiplying costs, with the view of putting them in the attorney's' pocket." The plaintiff has, by the refusal of the Nudge to certify, been in this case deprived of his Josts. So •far so good. But we confess we ;vould have been better pleased had the Jury found altogether ' for the defendant, and disre arded the technical distinction. It is clear, by (he Jury giving only ,one farthing damages, that ihey considered the ' defendant blameless ; and !hat the idea Of holding a newspaper responsible for every statement it copies from all other newspa, ers throughout the Kingdom, would amount to a roes injustice. Why, then, as the Jury have the ower of declaring the law as well as the fact, id they not listen to the dictates of common ease, and; by their verdict, keep the defendant rom suffering ? The Paper which publishes a tatement should alone be made reSponSible for ,t ; and, except it .can be proved that there is an unfair connivance, between two newspapers, and that were the copying newspaper to be exempt ed, the plaintiff would'he without a remedy, the Jury should not merely deprive the latter. of his expenees, but compel him, 'by their verdict, to pay the expences of the party he has unneces, sarily brought into Court. In many cases, no doubt, the defendant,Would gain little by. a ver dict in his favour, because. the parties who allow themselves to be made cat's-paws to the Attor neys, have seldom any property. The Jury are no doubt always told, even by the Counsel for a defendant, that a verdict must go against him ; but they should consider, that a Counsel is bound to contend for the technical rules, but that they are the declarers of the law—Morning citron. The present state of the once-powerful and flourishing kingdom of Spain forms not only a subject of lively interest • to the world at large, but of serious contemplation to the statesman, the historian, and philosopher. Though the records of past times furnish us with almost un erring guides as to the state of things which have hitherto led to the rise and fall of nations, we do not exactly see that they can be held to establish an actual syStem of fatalism, thereby discourag ing any attempts either on the part of the rulers or of the governed to avert what would thus be deemed their inevitable destiny. On the con trary, history, rightly used, presents a series of guides and landmarks, which, by showing the rocks, the quicksands, and the precipices . on which other states have been lost, or their pros perity impeded, may teach succeeding ages wis dom,in shoWing. them the perils_ and the conse 7 quences of . the past. The present state of Spain is clearly attributable to misgovernment ; and deplorable as that state is, it . is still ca pable of being redeemed by an altered system of rule, and • by the display of greater energy and virtue among the people. The situation of France before and since the Revolution is a striking illustration of the truth of this. Accord ing to the political fatalists, France had gone through. the whole career which. their doctrines assign to any state, and was doomed to " lie fallow," as they call it, for ages ; but the people of France falsified all these' forebodings ; and though the methods which they took were such, unfortunately, as have„ left too many stains. upon their annals,. the results, at any i rate, have been to place that country in a state of renewed pros perity and vigour. So it might still be with Spain ; and that without the frightful horrors of revolution. The master-evil in Spain has been and is, the state of vassalage in which the priest hood of an odious superstition have held both the people and the Government. While this lasts, either in that country or in any Other, so long must liberty be lost to the people, and, prOperly,to the state. The military possession, Of the country by France is the great hindrance' to this desirable change ; and till the French forces are withdrawn, we , see no prospect for the Spanish people of recovering their rank among . nations.—Morning Herald. Our readers will perceive by an extract from the .Huntingdon Gazette, in another page, that Slade, the murderer, as ho may now he truly called, of Mr. Waterhouse, has confessed his guilt. It is not a little singular, if the particu lars of his confession be true, and there seems no reason why we• should doubt them, that not one of the circumstances on which the Jury founded their verdict was true. The bill was not usedthe foot-marks were not impressed ; the trousers were not soiled, as was supposed, in consequence of the murder—and Heddings's testimony was a falsehood from•beginning to end. Such cases as-that of Slade's, show how very dif ficult it is to form a correct judgment -- in eases supported solely by circumstantial evidence ;‘ and how very cautious Juries ought to he, where di rect and• tangible proof is wanting.—Nert? Times. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Arc. 4. IN RE THORNLEY, A BANKRUFT. Mr. MONTAGU appeared on a petition presented by one of the assignees of this bankrupt., praying the Court that he might be permitted' to bid for the equity of redemption in certain property of the bankrupt's abOut to be hold, and of which be (the. iissignee) was already the mortgagee. • After some discussion, it was arranged that the consent of the creditors should be first obtained; and the petition mentioned again on a future day. • CONST, &e. V. HARRIS, , Mr. Twtss appeared in support of the petition of Messrs. Willett, Harris, and Kemble, and Mr. Ro bertson, the receiver appointed by the Court, pray ing that a sum of 10,0001: Which had been paid into the hands of the Accountant-General, 'should .be paid out of Contt.' The sum was one alleged to have been improperly paid by the receiver, on ac count of expences incurred in repairing the theatre. —On the part of petitioners, it was contended that the payments had been made necessarily; and that if they had not 'been made, the theatre could ,not have been opened. Mr. HEALD was heard on the same side, and Mr. SHADWELL opposed the motion. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he was obliged to rise at half-past three, and the . remainder of the ar gument was 'postponed until Monday. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—A person named GM was brought before Mr. Alderman TITOMPSON on Saturday, charged with annoying Passengers going through' Dean's Court, Doctor's Commons, and disturbing the neighbourhood. Mr. Thomas Wilson, bookseller, No. 2, St. Paul's Col lege, stated, that from eleven to four o'clock on Friday, the prisoner was constantly walking backwards and forwards in Dean's Court, bowing to and annoying passengers. He came in contact with one person, with whom he had a quarrel, whereby a disturbance was created in the Court ; he then took tip his station against a post opposite witness's door, and leaned on it for a considerable.tirne, thereby ob structing the'Passage. Witness desired him to. go away, but "he scornfully refused, at the same time making use of very offensive language ; in short, his whole conduct was so intolerable, that witnee was obliged to give him in charge. Mr. Brickwood, proctor, and Mr. Cannon, who both live in the neighbourhood, corroborated the above statement. Mr. Humphreys, solicitor, appeared for the defendant, and referring to the Act of Parliament regarding obstruc tions in the streets, contended that the conduct of the de fendant, as it appeared from the evidence, did not come within the meaning of the Act, and, therefore, that the Ma g istrate could not interferf. adding, that the complainant, Mr. Wilson, was himself a very troublesome man, and that at hest the charge against his client was but frivolous. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON thought that the prisoner had no right to remain a whole day in 'a public passage, and annoy such respectable individuals roenow :appearettagainst him, and that he might be punished under the Act. But as he . had been . confined since four o'clock on Friday, he (the Alderman) wae'not disposed to inflict any .penalty upon him, provided he promised not to repeat such eon_ duct in future. At the same time, be. must say, that Ma- - gistrates, .must enforce the Act of Parliament against all those who block up narrow passages and alleys, becaus: very fretjuently pickpockets and rogues of every descrip tion" stand there and commit depredations upon passengers. The prisoner, after promising to behave himself for.the future, was discharged. WORSHIP-STREF,T.—CriaItGA, or ATTEMPTING TO Mu LDER.--OH Saturday, ' Antes Jonex, apparently be tween 'sixty arid seventy years of age, W3B charged with a desperate assault and attempt to kill Margaret Marriot, with whom he cohabited. The poor woman, although . maimed for life, being now considered out of danger,- the present examination was final. It appeared-from the un fortunate wotsan's deposition, taken. before Sir Peter Lau rie, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the 14th of Jane, when she believed herself to be dying, that she and the prisoner had lived together for some years, but were never married ; and during the time they had lived together, he sometimes behaved kindly to her, but at other times he used her very ill. Last Christmas they lived in the neigh bourhood of Blackfriars, and his conduct WAii then so out rageons, that his master caused him to be.confined in a ma&honse. About a month before the occurrence iu in question they took a lodging in Long-alley. For about ten weeks the prisoner had_ been in the habit of drinking _ _ to excess. On Saturday, May 26, she gave him a sove reign to go to market with, out of which he returned her 145., and on Sunday they dined together. She was in ill health, and after dinner laid down on the bed, and left him sitting, by the fire. Shortly afterwards she awoke, aHd San , the prisoner advancing towards her with a poker, with which he struck her across her eyes, and she after wards felt several blows on the head. When she reco vered, she heard footsteps down the stairs, and presently afterwards' the neighbours came to her assistance. A surgeon of St. BarthOlomew's Hospital stated, that there were two wounds on the hack of - the head, and two on the left temple. which had every appearance of excised wounds; and if he had not been told they -were inflicted with a poker, he should have thought they were inflicted with a sharp cutting instrument. There was a wound across the nose, which had ruptured the vessels of the eyes, and completely destroyed the sight of both eyes ; and two fingers of the left hand were broken. Until the Wit fortnight the patient was in a most dangerous state. Several witnesses proved, that immediately on commit- tint;the deed, the prisoner went out of the house, and that as he went out, he was heard to Pay, " she's g o t it no w, I've done for her." Early the following morning he' re turned , to the neighbourhood, and was taken into cus tody by a watchman, to whom he said that he had come to give himself up. To, questions afterwards pat to him, he acknowledged. having done it with the poker—that his wife had irritated him by refusing to let him have beer, but he did not knoW what possessed him to serve, her as he lad done. The poker, bent'double, awl with marks of blood and hair upon it, was produced at the office. Mr. Bitouc MON told the prisoner he must take his trial on the capital charge, and the consequence would, be the same as if the womon.had died. He was therilully committed to Newgate. LAMBETH-STREET.—Caurton TO STAGM 'COACH Entivras.— Cockerel', the driver of one of the Colchester roaches, appeared on an information charging him with furious driving. Before the evidence necessary to prove the case was gone into, Mr: Sherman, who Attended on the part of the de fendant, took an objection in linsine as to the jurisdiction Of the Magistrates, and contended that they had no power to adjudicate, inasmuch as the particular Art under which the information nilts laid, required that alt informations tinder it should be heard by a resident Magistrate; for that if the parties feel dissatisfied with the decision of the Mir gistrates, they must appeal at the Quarter Sessions of the county in. which that decision or conviction took place, an d not where the offence committed. Therefore, if their Worships entertained the information, and a - cOnvic-: tion followed, hii rhent Would be compelled to appeal - to the 'Middlesex Sessions, where 'the authorities, having no jurisdiCtiOn in Essei, the county where the'offinceWas al leged to have been tom - hitter], Could not entertain it.' Under such, circurustanees, he hoped their WorshiPs would not entertain the charge. - 'The .Ilgiatratea,l however, overruled the objection ; end 1 the off e uve Lich% dearly proved tiv Ilepwnith,* Est., a gentleman residing near Colchester, the defendant was convicted in the lowest penalty under the Acct, of 51. and; costs. QUEEN-SQUARE. —C e rrEN sty E ROBBERY. —On Sa-i turday, the Rev. J. ; Morison, agentleman residing in Hens.' place, Sloane-street, Chelsea, ippeared at this office, give information of an extensive rubbery hating been com - mitted in his house on Friday mornlog, which had been ransacked of nearly 5001. worth of property. It appeale,l' that Mr. Morison and.his lady had for several months past. been at the Isle of Wight, for the benefit of. their health. The dwelling-house, in Hans-place, was left in the cars or two female servants (sisters) : with theM also were the son. and daughter of Me. Morison, both childeen. On Friday afteredon Mr. and Mrs. Morison carne to town, and or reaching home, were told thet; in the morning, the house had been broken open and sobbed of silver plate to a eon- • siderehle amount. . Among the articles were a silver hag- ; gon, cover and ladle, two communion cups, and four round plates, having engraved on them the words " Trevon Chapel ;" a variety of silver table, dessert, and tea-spoons, sugar tongs, &e. &c. ; a large box of plate also, .whjelt had only arrived the day before for Mrs. Morison, from Scot land, was forced open, and the whole contents carried off. How the robbery was effected appeared a mystery to Mr. Morison, in consequence of which he minutely, but, in the most gentle planner, closely questioned his two servants, without obtaining any clue to recover the property. In formation being at length given to two active constables at Chelsea, they.'examined the premises, and were clearly, of opinion that the house had never been forcibly broken into; for, on minutely inspecting Mr. Meeison's study, - which was forced, also the secretaire and the box, they seemed done in a very clumsy way. From some circumstances that 'subsequently transpired, ;one of Ale. Morison's eervants with another female residing in Hans-place, underwent a private hearing before the Magistrates, when the result was, that the female, in the service of Mr. Morison, was ordered to be remanded for a future examination; and the officers requested to make diligent search after two or three persons who had been in their company. UNION-HALL—Cot/gum CASE.—Saturday, Mn. Sweeter, the. Sitting Magistrate, was occupied a COll - time, in the investigation of a charge of coining, in which Wm. Giles and Mary Jones were the prisoners. The following is a brief outline of the evidence:— Richard Myers, a constable of Newington, produced some mining apparatus, a quantity of counterfeit shillings, and deposed, that he, in company with Goff, Bradley, and others, apprehended the prisoners on Friday evening, at a house situate in. Cress-street, King-street, East-lane, Walworth. On entering a back-room on the ground floor, in the occu pation of the prisoners, witness saw Giles .seated on a chair by the fire, in the act of placing on the bob a mould made of plaster of Paris. Ass soon as Giles perceived witness, he rose from his seat, and the half of the mould which he held in his hands, he broke between his knees. That portion of the. mould then fell to the greyed, with a counterfeit shilling. Giles then exclaimed, " Oh, my God, lam a dead man !" ). He endeavoured to escape, bat was secured. Witness then sent to Mr. Powell,•the Solicitor to the Mint, but be wee not to be found. Witness remained in poeses sion of the room, and the female prisoner having also been secured,. they were both taken away, and lodged in a place of security. A pair of plaster of Paris moulds, having upon them the reverse and obverse sides of a shilling ; also a half mould, made of the same materials, were found close by the prisoner Giles, who had his shirt sleeves tucked up when witness and his 'party entered. Goff, and another witness, corroborated the evidence of Myers ; and stated, in addition, that they heard something fall from the person of the female prisoner; when they ap prehended her, which turned butt to be a'counterfeit shil ling. She was stooping near the other prisoner when they entered the apartment. They found 47 counterfeit shillings in a vessel in the room in a rough state, and about ten which were quite finished. The prisoners, at a late hour in the afternoon, when the depositions were taken, were both fully committed to take then' trial at the Assizes, *hie...he:commence - on Mon day at Croydon. • THE SHARPERS AT FAULT. A gentleman residing in the Eastern part of this county, being on a visit in the metropolis lately, went one morning to Smithfield Stock Market, and after examining the stock in the different pens, chanced to stand looking about him opposite the Itam Inn, when a person about .33 yeaxs of age,having the appearance of a gen tleman grazier, accosted him, claiming acquaint ance, being confident of having seen the gentle man before probably at Maidstone, which market he was in the habit of attending, and after talk ing about the price of stock, the hay harvest, &c. stated that he wag a stranger in London, 'and had Come up from Northampton, for the purpose of receiving a sum from a Smithfield butcher for, some beasts, - of which his brother was a consi-, derable .breeder, and subsequently proposed, as it was very warm in the market, to adjourn to . some inn to partake of sefreshment, which Was agreed to. Now the gentleman being aware of the many tricks which are played off by the Lon don sharks, had a suspicion that something of the kind was in hand ; therefore :resolved, as he was without property to see it out. They ac cordingly adjourned to the Rain Inn ; but as that place has been undergoing repair, the stran ger contended that it could not be an inii— being positively assured that it was one, they went in, and had not long been seated, before a third person made his appearance, and in a very broad dialect, asked them if he had seen. his Lai-dy, boasted of his having just come up florn the shires to receive a fortune of 1,5001., and after a great deal more iu the same strain, said he. could spew some gold and silver too, and immediately drew from his pocket a number of sovereigns, and threw them on the table, and also a pocket-book filled apparently with bank notes. AS the roan from the shires pretended to be a great simpleton, he said that they were no gentlemen who c ould not. chew money ; upon which the other stranger replied, that was he in some company he would be kicked out— that he could show as much money as the other, and filially proposed to the gentleman to show some, but he informed him that he had none about him, and having convinced himself' of their object, he filially took his leave of them,- He had scarcely reached the pen opposite the house before the first stranger again came up to him, who said it was a pity such a person should have so much money about . him, and that it would be a good opportunity to make a little money ; he had scarcely uttered the words before the other made his appearance, and offered to • lend them as much money as they could show ; when the other proposed to' the gentleman, as he knew where to get some money, to imMediately get it, as Such an opportunity might never occur again. - The gentleman, in order to try hiM, suggested a. 9 he had plenty of Money to lend him a portion of hiS; and then they might show to gether ; but the stranger replied that would not be just the thing, as he wanted to show all lie had,, the gentleman had better get a hundred or two, and he would take the fellow to an Inn just below and keep him in conversation till the other returned. The ' gentleman accompanied' them to the Inn in order lo know where to find : them on his return, and after partaking of some' brandy and 'water, left 'them, not with a View of o btaining Money, but to call on a friend of his, in' Fianway-street,' Oxford-street, to consult with him how the sharks might be taken into custody, and so . made a public example of. At first it wasproposed going to a police-offs, Ceand obtaining. . two or three officers, carry the scheme into exe cution, and take the men in charge ; hut Upon further consideration it was suggested that it would detain thegentlenian in town, give him a great deal of trouble, and, therefore; he had better leave them, and abandon '"the scheme, which he did, though Journal.o ghmiicti against his inclina ma COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. LIVERrooL, At.rousxl.—The sales of British Plantation! Sugar this week amount to only 500' casks, the market' being very barely supplied with the brown qualities, which are sought after ; prices remain' without alteration: 600 bags fine white Bengal Sugar have been sold at '765.. to 77s per cwt. Foreign Sugar and West India Molasses are in good request, and the market is very-bare of both articles The business done in Coffee this week- is rather consider able, consisting chiefly of 400 tees. Jamaica to the trade at former rates. Cocoa and Ginger dull. Pimento in good request, and one small parcel sold at 9d. per lb. foil middling quality: About 200 punehe. Rum have beers! sold, principally Leeward proof of 8 0. P., at 2s. 2d. tol 2s. sd. per gallon. The arrivals of Cotton have been very heavy this week, amounting to 43,230 bags; the demand has continued to he limited, but the holders have not been disposed to eel at lower prices, and our quotations generally remain with out alteration from last week. The sales amount to 8,180 bags, consisting of-2,470 Bowed, at bld. to 7id.—chietly at 61-d. to 60.—for middling fair to fair; 900 Orleans, at 60. to 811—chiefly at qd. to 70. —for middling to good ; 1,420 Mobile and Alabama at 6d. to 64d. ; 300 Sea Island, at 100. to 16d.; 60 Stained ditto, at 6d. tee 70. ; 1,330 Egyptian, at 60. to Bd. ; 200 Pernarn buco, at 9d. to 91d. ; 840 Mar:intim, at 8.0. to 80. ; 200 Bahia, at 81-d, to Bid. ; 260 Demerara, at 71(1. Bid. ; 60 West India, at 6d. ; 30 Carthagena, at bd. ; 110 Surat, at 4id. to 50. The arrivals are 43,230 bags. Imported into Liverpool, from the 28th July to the Sd August inclusive, by 1 vessel from Calcutta, 3 Jamaica, rßarbadoes, 2 Demerara, 1 Trinidad, 6 :New York, 10 Charleston, 15 Savannah, 1 Philadelphia, 2 Baltimore. 1 Wilmington, 12 New Orleans, 2 ,Mobile, 1 Quebec, 1 Bahia, 4 Africa, 1 Seville, 1 Gibraltar, 1 Sicily,' 1 Smyrna, 1 Zante, 1 Leghorn, 1 Genoa, 1 Bourdeaux, 1 Dantzic, 1 Memel, and 2 Braliestadt - - East India Sugar, 837 bags ; Jamaica do., 695 hhds., 19 tees., 83 brls. ; Bar hadocs do., 576 blids., 10 tees. ; Demerara do., 524 lihds., 5 tees., 53 brit. ; Trinidad, 304 Mids.,. 6 tees., 3 belt. ; Molaeses, 198 casks; East India Coffee, 70 bales ; West India do., 452 tees., 7 half tces., 202 brls., 2 bags ; Ginger, 5 ,bels. 777 bags ; Pi mento, 4 brie. ; Rum, 281_ puns., 23.2 hhde. ; West India Cotton, 458 bales ; East India do., 80 bales ;- New Or leans 'and Mobile do.; 11,215 hales ; Rest United States do., 29;781 bales . ; Brazil do., 1696 bales ; Tohacco, 805 hhds. ; E. I. Rice, 3,955 bags LCarolina do., 513 tees. ; American Mont-, 2,500 .brls:,__99 half-brls. ; Canada Wheat, 1,654 qrsl'; Foreign do:, 274 qrs. ; * Turpentine, 410 brls. ; Baltic Tar, 87 half-bile., 2,475 brls. ; Ameri can do., 149,br15. ; Montreal Aches, 26 brie. ; Logwood, 65 tons ; Zante Fustic, 4 tons;' Nicaragua Wood, 59 tons; Camwood, 57 tons; E. I. Indigo, 210 chests; Pahn.Oil, 1,199 casks; Lac Dye, 66 chests; Shell Lac, 65 chests; Sicily Shumac, 790 bags ; Madder Roots, 35 bales ; 'Mad der, 5 casks ; Valonia, 95 tons ; Olive Oil, 135 casks; Currants, 115 butts, 6 carroteels ; Gum Senegal, 100 do.; Saltpetre, 668 "Barilts, 12 tone; Argo!, 6 casks ; 'Wool, 338 bales ; Brazil Cow Anil Ox Hides, 4 , 53. e• Notwithstandin the light' imports of - rough turpentine, the trade appear desirous to work up their present stock, and therefore evince but little disposition to take the par eels now landing; of the 1,'700 barrels advertised for sale on--,Saturday last, only one parcel of 900 barrels was land ed ; the quality- being very fine, brought 12s. 6d. per cwt. —the 'remaining parcel of 800 barrels was offered on Toes &ay, for which I Is. 9d. only being hid, it is warehoused. Thick American Tar is much inquired for, and 500 bar rels have been sold 'at 17S. per barrel, with a further sale of 500 barrels to arrive, at seine price ; the Fake; of Stock holm are '1,200 barrels at 15s. 6d. per barrel ; there is but little Archangel Tar in the market, and the scarcity of American for sheep smearing will probably cause more in quiry for this description. Rosin is in good demand. The transactions in Able* have again been very limited the-total sales of Montreal Pot not exceeding • 100 barrels, at 245. 6d. to 251. 6d. for stained, and 265. to 269.6 d. for sound, and about SO barrels Pearl at 265. .9d. to 275., with 20 barrels New York Pot at 275. and six barrels Bec ton at 28s. 6d. The import of Ashes being very light, holders remain firm. The inquiry for Dyewoods has rot been so general this week, brain Logwood an advance of ss. per ton has been ebtaiued ; the sales are 100 tons Campeachy at 8/. to Si. 5a., and 23 tons Honduras at 71. 2s. 6d. per ton.' A few tons solid Nicaragua Wood have been sold at 16/., the quit lity middling. In Fnstie nothing done. Barwood is dull of sale. East India Safflower is in request; at improving prices; '73 bales have been sold at Si, 7s. 6d. for fair, and 71. to 71. Is. 6d. for fine quality. Saltpetre remains steady ; the sales only about 100 bags at 2bs. 6d. to 275. 6d. per cwt. Twenty bags East India Blue Galls, of or dinary quality, have brought '7os. per cwt. Iu Querci tron Bark and Brimstone no sales. Little doing in Sicily Shumac ; en import of 790 bags Malaga has just been re ceived; but not yet disposed of; Verona is now selling at 7e. to . 7s. 6d. per cwt. Argols meet a ready sale. 75 bales Turkey Madder Roots have brought 36e. per cwt. Some further busin6's has been doing in Indigo, at about the rates of last week 'for East India, and in Gtracca the sales are to the extent of about 60 serons at 6d. to Pd. per lb. in advance. 40 serons Cochineal were sold on Satur day last by auction ; the.eilver brought 12s. Id. to 13a. 6(14 - and - the Black 13s. Bd. to 14e. 3d. per lb., duty paid, being a decline of.about to 94. per lb. 100 hhds. old Dtitch Flaxseed have been sold let 38s. per hhd. There has - been less - inquiry for Olive 0j1; abOut 10 tons Gallipoli at 411., to 41/. 10s., and five tons Spanish at 36/. is the only business reported. Seed-Oils are steady, with more inquiry for Rape. Thp first accounts front the Greenland Fishery have been received, and are considered favourable, although several vessels bad proceeded on to Davis's Straits; this news has had the effect of depressing the market for Seal Oil ; holders remain steady, but there is no disposition on the part of. the buyers to owe into the market, in the expectation that prices must be lower, with the prospect of a good Whale - Fishery, Palm Oil is less inquired for, in consequence of the arrival here of two more cargoes this week ; 26/. 10s. is still obtained, in small parcels.-'there has been more business doing in East India Rice, and 560 bags sold at los. to I6s. 6d. • The sales of Carolieu are' 120 'rusks at 16s. 3d. to 19s. 6d., being a decline •of Is. per .cUrt.-The prospect of the immediate opening'of the trade .with Buenos Ayres, has caused the demand which appeared for - hicks - here, to subside. The demand for hemp is . very limited.. The stock of Tallow i s nearly exhausted here, and consists principally of Odessa, which brings 38s. fed. in small parcels. Arehangel Mats are lower, a parcel at public auction bringing Els: 9d. per dotal. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK. I Wheat. Barley. i Ca,s. l Beans. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to 8. 8 ' to 8. to s. Andover.---- 54 59 3-1 40 SO 34 Carlisle 64 72 4.3 48 35 40 Hexharo - 62 70 , 42 47 35 43 Morpeth 5 , .; (;2 38 42 29 26 48 54 Newcastle .-.., ~. 56 67 25 38 26 38. 50 :).2 Rornsey 48 56 22 34 22 27 50 55 61 67 36 46 26 36 60 64 Winchester 63 Per Bushel. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. i s. d. s. d. Birmingham 6 8 74. s'o 56 3 46'7 0 7 8 Coventry 74 80 50 52'4 6 52 74 80 - Newcastle (Stint) 10 0 10 2.7 0 7 2 5 0 5 6 9 0 10 0 Northallerton 79 86 00 00 43 4(3 70 76 Penrith St a ff o rd _ 94 00 70 76 00 00 96 100 Warwick 74 79 43 50 46 53 76 80 Worcester...--...-.. 78 80 60 63 40 , 50 78 84 Per Volt. Barnardeastie..-.. 14 0 17 3 00 106 80 10 0 -- 0 -15 0 Darlington 14 0 IS 011 0 0 0 6 0 9610 0 13 6 Durham 156 17 610 6 00 7.9 106 10 0 116 Stanhope' 12 6 13 9 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0-0 Stockton*. 14 9•- 16 3 00 00 • 7 - 4 8 4 0 0 00 Wolsingham . • • CORNWALL MARKETS. Tanao;—Wheat (average) 265. Od.—Barley, 16s.—Oats, 144. 3 d. litscsroN—Wheat, 26E. Od.—Barley, 17S. 6d. AusTmLL—Wheat, 245. to •;21,—EaxIt3'..i 15s. to 178.-04 E, 11s. to 155.• (average ) 2,55. od. — Barley; Bovxxx- , Wheat (average) 275. Od.—Bartey, 16s.—Oats, 15s. Od. Lauxestarots—Wheat 10s. Od.—Beef, 7d. ;Mutton, 6d. LtaxsAan—Wheat, 21s. 9d. to 255.—Barley, 15s. 31.—Oats, —s. to —s. Od. • ST. Cotnma—Wheat,s 2'7s. to 28s.—Barley, 13s. to 14a.—Beef, and Mutton, to 6d.—Veal and Lamb, Od to Ott. SCOTCH -MARKETS. "'ADDINGTON CORN MARKET.—Aug. 3. A small but quick oat market, 120 quarters sold ; prices down, 3s. on the top, and 64.. on the average. The Bar ley market was thinly supplied', 22 quarters ; top 28., and average 2s. 1 7d.. down. A good supply of Wheat ; top Is., and average 3d. 9-12ths below last day. -Pease are down 25., and Beans are up 2d. Wheat. Barley. - Oats. Pease. Beans. First 62s. Od • SSA 6d 39s Od .163 (Id 400 Od Second s7i• Od 36s - Od 31e Od •—8 Od 48a ed Third 52s f Oct - • 9.8v0d —s ed —s Od 'There were 361 qrs. of Wheat in market, 833 wherco were sold. 25 ...... 625. ed.' 44. ...at 58.5."0d. ...at 354 .0d 12 ............. 61 0 ' 12 11 - 2 .52 0 12............. 39 0 28 Unsold.-4 Grey. Average, 21. 187. 9d. '2 -12th per quarter. Lewes SPORTING. INTELLIGENCE. RACES T ..; Ar.g. 6 York August Newcastle (Staff.) Hereford - Salisbury Tunbridge Well 3 The Pottery Wolverhampton firichester & Chatham Huntingdon • Oxford Goodwoo,l ....... islandford Stockton Burton-upon-Trent Worcester Cantertniry Taunton Burderop rtugcley Pontefract Ef';ham Bridgwater Stoutbridge Aberdeen '0 COME. Leominster A gu. 261 Warwick Sept. 1, ' Bedford' 5 Lichfield Rotherham . ls Abingdon Northampton Isle of Thanet lg Doncaster ll Gloucester l7 Shrewshilry IS Tewkesbury 9CS Leicester 25 Carlisle Lincoln , 25 Glamorganshlre Northern, Meeting Walsall 25 Newmarket Ist October Oct. I Richmond Wrexham 2 Northallerton ' 1 Newmarket l5 Newmarket THE RING.-FIGHTS TO ,-dOME. Aug. 21.—Barney Aaron .and Frank Redman,. 501. a side. Aug. 27.—Byrne and Avery, 501. a side (Glasgow). Aug. 28.—Ned Savage and Kirkman, 101.,a side. Sept.lB.—Bill Savage and Jennings, 25/. a side. Oct. 2.—O'Neil and Jem Burns, 250/. to 2001. a side. Oet. 2,—Yoing Dutch Sam and B. Shafp, 100/. a side. Oct: 9.—Dick Curtis and 'reptlale, 1201. to 100/. Oct. 16.—Reuben Marten and'Young Gas; 100/. a side. YOUNg GAS AND REuanN MARTEN.--Articles of agreement were entered into on Thursday, between Betting) Marten and Jonathan Bissell, alias young Gas; .a fair stand-up fight, in a 24-foot roped ring, half-minute time, within 100 miles of London, on Tuesday; the 16th of October. The place of fighting to be named by Mr. D. ; and, in the event of Magisterial interruption, Mr. D. to name the time and place, when, and where, the fight shall take 'piece. • • Dia CURTIS AND TF,ASDAM-Teasdale answered the challenge Of Dick Curtis on Thursday evening, at the Castle Tavern; Holbern, in propria persniw, when articles of agreement were entered into for a fair stand-tip fight, in a 24-foot roped ring, half minute time; Dick Curtis fighting 1201. to 1001. end agreeing to come into the ring weighing not more than Bst. 121 h., and John Teasdale agreeing not to exceed • that weight. The fight to take place on Tuesday, the 9th of October, within 100 miles orLendon. Bit.r. SAVAGE AND JENNINGs..,--A sovereign a-side wag pntdoWn at the, Castle . Tavern, Llolborn, on Wednesday evening, for a match hetween'thcPe men, to light on the 18th September, within SO miles of London, for 25/. a , . Yourco DUTCH SAM AND BISHOP' SHAIIFF.—The Bishop has at length screwed Young Dutch Sans to the Sticking place" in Leadeishall7market. , Sam and his friends attended at Josh HuslAon's on Friday evening.. The Bishop and his party were absent, but :Josh was deputed to act for them, • but after some discus sion as to time and so forth, 101. a-side were put dawn fur a match for 100/. a-side, to come off on the Id of October, the same•day on which Ned O'Neil and Jens Burns fight, and in the same ring, should that affair proceed to issue. 'Sam is not so well as he ought to he, and should lose no time in getting into training. A second meeting - is to take place ,at Josh Hudson's on Tuesday evening, to sign articles and si!ttle the usual prefitilinaries. NED UNissr. AND JEM BisaNs.--.The second deposit for this fight will be made to-Morrow evening, at the Half Moon Tap; Leadenhall-macktit. BAR • F ha a t A tl w e ' will ß r 7S i e 't W u; — ade Ti g w oo s d ec t o l n si d deposit s NfoErr isAinteresting evening, at Howard's; ~C offee' House, St. James's place, Aldgate, after a sporting dinner. Both men are in active training, Barney at his old quarters, the Coach and Horses, Ilford, and'Frank at Hurley Bottom. Ne SAVAGE AND Irans:darv.- , —The second deposit for as fight was made good, at Torn. Belcher's, ,on, Monday last. The final deposit will he made good at the Coliseum Tap, Portland-road, to-morrow. DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—On • Saturday a considerable sensation was created in Hatton-garden, by a report that Mr. Slade,• a highly respectable coach-builder, residing at the corner of Hatton-garden and Back-hill, had cut his throat in a most dreadful manner, and was expiring in his parlour. This report was soon confirmed ; and it wawa ascertained that b e h a d been alone in the back parlour, but Mrs. Slade, hearing an unusual sound, ran into the room, and found her husband lying on the floor, welter ing in his blood, and a razor in his right hand, which, in endeavouring to force froth him, se verely lacerated her hand, and nearly severed one of her. fingers. The necessary applications were made, and, after considerable difficulty, the blood was staunched. ' At six o'clock it was stated that no hopes could be entertained of his recovery. • DETERMINED SUlODE.—SaturdAy. an in quisition was held at the Bald-faced Stag public house, ' orship-square, Finsbury, on the body of Mrs. Frances Gibbs, wife of Nlr. Gibbs, of Worship-square, silk-dyer. ft appeared that Mrs, Gibbs was a lady of about thirty-six years of age, and very much respected, but had latterly laboured Under a temporary aberration of mind ; and on Saturday morning, about eight o'clock, When the girl went to call her - to breakfast, she found she had left her bed-room, and on the girl endeavOuring to Open the dining-roorri door in looking for her, she found it secured inside ; she, however, forced it open, and, - shocking to relate, she saw her mistress with a crape over her face, suspended by a silk handkerchief front a hook in the ceiling to which a chandelier is hung, and over which she threw the knot of the hand kerchief; after fastening it round her neck, stand ing, as she must have - been, on a chair, off which she threw herself.—Verdict,. Insanity. DALKE' The quantity o is 'huge for ,the eei on the overage. - Wheat. First 6ss Od Second 616 Od I Thild 56s thi LTH Wheat an son of the MARKE id • Pease a ; year ; sali kt this dit es heavy, Barley. Oats. Pease. 35s Od 32s Od 504 Od 32s Od 3ba Od 48; Od 30. Od 2s Od 42s 0d r's mprliet 'and lower Beans. Sos 1 48a Pd *a (A BIRTHS. On the 4th inst., at his house in Brompt,on.square, the lady of Henry Robert Pearson, Esq. of a son. On the sth inst., in Whitehall-place, the Right 'Hon. Lady James Stuart, of a son. . he the 3d. inst., in • Montagu-square, the lady of Thos. Perry, Esq., of a daughter. On the 28th nit:, at Lancing vicarage, the lady of the Rev. Thomas Nash, of a son. On the 3d inst., at Wandsworth-common, the lady of Alexander Gordon, Esq., of a daughter. On. the 3d inst., at Friar-place, near Acton, the lady of Chat les 8.. Curtis, Esq., of sontwins—a Hal, l a ca nd in d b a l u i dggeht:hre,ri On the Sd• inst., at Hilderiam the lady of 'W Pitrker Hantund, Esq. of a son. -On the Ist inct., at South Cerney, Gloucestershire, the lady of the Rev. Arthur Moore, of a son. • MARRIED. On Saturday, at St. Bride's, by the Rev. J. M. Jones, M.A., Thomas Cotterell,. Esq. of Shoe-lane, in the City of, London, and of Oxford -street, to Elisabeth. Orton, only daughter of Mr. John Orton Harrison, of Wardour-street, Soho. On Saturday, at St. Luke's, Old -street, by the Rev. Dr. Rice, Capt. Knox Barret, of Not Strand, to the beautiful Mips Rice, daughter of the said Dr. Rice. The happy pair started ittunediatdy for siligo, in Ireland. • _ _ . _ On Saturday, at Rickmansworth, by the Rev. "E f t wal Hodgson; 111.75.,.C. P. sq. of Forty Hill, EnfieM, to Mary, eldest daughter of Wm. Walton, Esq. of ed.- ford-row. DIED. On the 29th ult. at Combe Down, near Bath, aged IS, • t T r . avt il ,ile ig r. ginson, son of Mr. T. Iligginson,. commercial On the 3d inst. at Cornwall-terrace, Regent's ; park, in her 15 tit - year, Mary Ann Webb; eldest daughter -of Mr. T. Moore. On the 28th July, at Goring, Sussex, Elizabeth Bushby, third.daughter of the late C. Bushby, Esq' of Goring. ' 0.1 the 27th February, near Madras, Lieut. Frederick porker, of the Bth Regiment Madrits'Native Infantry, and third son of the late Barnard Corker, Esq. of Nastetu-street, Soho, agedlB years. -On the did of August, at Kensington, William Brace Alexander; in the 23d year of his age, a Cornet in the 1 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons, youngest son of J. Alexander; Esq. of Kensington. On SundaY, the sth inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Yates, the wife of T. 13. Yates, of No. 21, New Millman -street, of water on -the chest, aged 52, PIUNTrII and rtintlinEn by M. YOUNG, at the Surr-Or'ricE, Na. Straiml.