The Sun. — London, England, 1827-12-14 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF TUB PUBLIC JOURNALS. We are almost. sick of re-repeating the oft-re peated story, that we have no intelligence to offer from C o nstantinople. Yet how, in truth, should we do otherwise ? Would it be wiser or more in genuous to state the departure of the Ambassadors, and to fix a date—say the 15th or the 20th—to that act, decisive of war declared either by us or against us ? But we do not know that they are departed; and we do not place any confidence in the assumed knowledge of others. The occurrence is not improbable, but it is not certain. And then, as to war by the Turks, what does it signify? We are aware of the danger that may result from the firing of the first gun : but then that danger, in the present case, must be contingent and future ; the real mischief can only arrive when the great Euro pean States begin to dispute with each other,—that is, if they should so begin. Let the Turk arm ; let him declare war : Qu'importe ? Can he march to Moscow, at this or any season of the year, as Buo naparte did ? Can lie force his way to our East India possessions ?—Can he bombard Paris ? What, in truth, can he do ? It may be said, lie will attack the Greeks with more fury. Then we suppose he has been husbanding his efforts for the last six years ! Has he ? Granted. But we (the Allies) say, " You shall not attack the Greeks ;with more fury ; and if you will remain quiet the Greeks shall not attack you." What reply can he make to this ? Submission seems his best policy, as we ll as his easiest course. In truth, when people speak of wee with the Turks, they do not mean that as a formidable or fearful thing, but their ima gination roams upon some future war springing out of this. Turkish affair, in which, for the sake of plun der, or from the jealousy of each other's aggrandize ment, the Allies are to fall each upon his neighbour. Such a result is by no means impossible; but the only reason for thinking it not impossible, or not improbable., is the experience of similar alliances in the history of the world, rather than any thing peculiar in this which the prophesiers of ill can detect or point out. The attack of Lord Coche rane upon Scio at this crisis is an unfortunate event; but should the Turk at last consent to accept of the general mediation, his Lordship, as well as General Church and Colonel Fabvier, if not immediately sent away, must be subjected, or will probably sub ject themselves, to the armistice. The dates which we yesterday gave, of the last accounts from or re specting Constantinople, are perfectly correct. No thing is know:, here of any proceedings since the night of the 11th. News of the lath is incessantly expected : one of the Ambassadors had required, and was to have a conference, which was to take place on that day. Private letters from Vienna of the let inst. have been received ; they give hopes of the renewal of negociations. If this was true, the Turk must, of course, have receded from his previous propositions, and accepted a new basis of treating; otherwise the Ambassadors would imme diately leave the Turkish capital. —Times. In this time of uncertainty with respect to the conduct of the Porte, it is natural that all manner of speculations should be entertained with regard to the consequences. There can be no question, we should suppose (whatever may have been surmised to the contrary), that Austria is deeply interested in upholding Turkey; and we have no doubt, that if the had possessed sufficient naval resources, they would have been at the service of the Porte in re ducing the Greeks to subjection. Any acquisition of territory which Austria might obtain from the partition of Turkey would in the meantime be a drain on her resources, rather than a source of in come; for what revenue could for years be ex pected from countries in so low a state of civiliza tion ? The Emperor Joseph obtained a considerable revenue from the salt mines, in his share of Poland, but he was obliged to expend large sums in endeavours- to introduce something like in dustry and civilization into the country. The provinces which Austria might gain from Turkey, being low in respect of industry, ends gseeunied by warlike tribes, would necessarily entail a heavy expence on her for years,itithe erec tion of forts, and opening communications,&e. From the acquisitions of Austria in Italy she draws a large sevenue,and these acquisitions would be in imminent dattser from Continental war ; on the .other hand, her share of Turkey would only give her territory, without revenue, in a quarter where she is already weak, and where extension would make her still weaker. Territory is only valuable as it is turned to account by cultivation, and at present Austria possesses abundance of fertile land, which is of little account from the poverty of the people, and the in adequacy of their means for properly cultivating it. Russia, however, is differently circumstanced.. To her it would be of infinite consequence to obtain an entrance into the Mediterranean. But even this ad vantage might be purchased at too high a price. Constantinople lies at an immense distance from her stores and magazines; and it would be necessary for her to derive all the stores and provisions for the army which might take and occupy Con stantinople from her own territories. When it is considered that it would be madness to think of attempting the conquest of Thrace with less than a very large army, and that communications must be kept open between that army and the old Rus sian territories, we cannot be far wrong in pronounc ing the enterprise to be greatly beyond the resources of Russia alone. The Emperor Alexander embar rassed himself very much several years ago by movs ing Torces and stores to the Turkish frontier; what, then, would an invasion of Turkey be? The system of Russia hitherto has been to occupy province after province, treating the inhabitants of the now pro vinces with great mildness and liberality, so as to gain their affections, and make them completely :Russian. When a province has thus been made completely Russian, she advances a step further.— This is, indeed, the only system compatible with her comparatively small revenue, and the inadespaey of her means for aggressive warfare. Judging from + the past, we should say that the intervening Princi palities would be more than she could manage to occupy with safety for the present. The occupation of the Principalities would bring her a stage nearer to Constantinople, and thus enable her to seize the nest favourable occasion for advancing on it. In the meantime, while she will be strengthening herself in her. snew territory, Turkey, by the separation of Greece; would be more and more crippled; sad es it would be for her interest to favour the Greeks, their co-operation wouldbe of material benefit to her in a fu ture war. There is no doubt thatßussia would not think of entering Turkey at present, in opposition to Eng land and France, to say nothing of Austria, the power most deeply interested in keeping her out.— But what if Turkey, listening only to a blind desire of revenge, should persist in her impotent intentions of hostility against the English, French, and Rus sians, and calling in fanaticism to her aid, should commit such Outrages on the subjects of the three States as would call for retaliation ? Could the Allies, in case of such outrages resulting from the carrying the Treaty into execution, content them selves with mezr! preventing the 'lurks from inter fering with the 4;eeks ?—and would they not be bound in honour to chastise the Turks ? But the only Power that possesses ,the means of chastising the Turks is Russia • for it is elovious that neithe m r the French nor ourselves can disembark a Agee ade quate to the advance from the Mediterranean, on Constantinople. We believe the Dardanelles are now so strongly fortified that ships of war can no longer pass them. Recourse, in that case, would be bad to Russia by the other Allies, to advance at the common expense. These are all loose conjec tures, but there is no harm at the present moment in ' m iming the s u bject in all its bearings.—swor „ ing •-nronie/e. The activ e readying for preparations,„,wl.i are going on i n !the, according to the latest accounts, a Dock.yard at Devonport, prove that the Minist'x i --- L which is rather o r. „'„, , .% ., 1 ; possession of intelligence 0 f t h 4? Erebus borob,et aspect. The fitting-out for the Mediterranean, showy extraordinary haste t4a_t Government think it not improbable that it may become necessary to follow up the affair of Navarin by an attack on Con stantinople. The orders to get in readiness the three line-of-battle ships—the Britannia, 69 Ocean, and the Windsor Castle—affords a commentary on the existing negotiations in the East of no very pacific nature. Still we do not hold those proceed ings to be altogether conclusive of the question of war ; as, before the final determination of the Sultan and his Divan is known, our Government may think it good policy to display an overwhelming force in the Mediterranean, and thereby intimidate the Power which, they have provoked. It would have been better, however, if this policy'had been acted upon sooner, or not at all. In our quarrel with the Porte we are either in the right or in the wrong. If we are in the wrong, we cannot too soon acknowledge our error and make reparation. It is a proof not of weakness, but of magnanimity, in individuals or nations, to retract a mistake, and offer redress to the injured party. But if we are in the right—if we have taken up this question on correct views and sound principles—if we have only vindicated the laws of nations, and not been misled by the spirit of Quixotic enterprise—we should have struck, more effectually the blow that we revelled at the power of Turkey. Instead of having just sufficient vessels in the Mediterranean to insure the victory of Navarin, we ouglil to have had a reserve of vessels of war to sail immediately after that event upon Constantinople, and terrify the Sultan into peace. Whether Government, there fore, was in the right or wrong with regard to the commencement of this quarrel, it has not acted ju diciously. On the one supposition, the blow ought not to have been struck at all; on the other, it ought to have been struck more effectually—whereby the real condition of commercial interests would have been better understood, the expenses of hostile pro ceedings curtailed, and a great deal of ruinous stock jobbing prevented.—Morning Herald. It is said that many of the more religious of the Jews are looking with peculiar earnestness towards the present aspect of affairs both in Greece and Turkey, in a persuasion that ;he time is not far dis tant, when those who have most scorned and perse cuted them will meet with retribution, and the Jewish family be again gathered into one nation, in which the ancient Theocratic Government will be restored.—lbid. If the account which has appeared in the German Papers, of the questions addressed by the Allied Ambassadors at Constantinople to the Turkish Go vernment, is at all to be depended on, it affords a remarkable confirmation of .the opinions we have re peatedly expressed upon the.subject of the battle of Navarin, and reduces to their just value the state ments of that transaction put forth by the three Allied Governments in their respective official Jour nals. These questions were addressed to the Reis Effendi by the three Ambassadors, three days after they had each received a direct communication from the Admiral of his own nation, but before the in telligence from Navarin had reached the Porte, and were intended apparently to draw from it such ma nifestations of its temper and views as might serve in some measure to guide the Ambassadors to the course most proper for them to pursue, both with reference to their own personal safety, and to the advice which would be expected from them in so critical an emergency by the Franks resident at Constantinople. The answer treats this novel and extraordinary diplomatic proceeding on the part of the Ambassadors with suitable deri sion ; and so far from exhibiting Any acerbity, and much less any ferocity of temper, it in dulges in a vein of humour which comports but little with the ustkal gravity of the Turkish character. It is evident, however, that the Ambassadors in stating to the Reis Effendi, hypothetically and with a view to experiment, the case which they knew had really occurred, would feel no disposition to add to it any circumstances of aggravation, or to suppress any which they believed to be true, and which were of a nature to justify or palliate the destruction of the Turkish fleet. In this point of view it is of importance to consider the language of the Ambassadors, addressing themselves to the Porte in the delicate circumstances in which the battle of Navarin had placed them, and fully im bued with the official narratives of that transac tion, with which they had been supplied by the •Allied-Admirals. Does the question of the Aulbas- . 1 sadors, adapted by them to the circumstances as they believed them really to have occurred, allude in any way to the battle being brought on by the aggression of the Turks ? Does it rest the merits of the case in any manner or degree upon the ques tion as to who fired the first shot ? Does it speak any language, or suggest any apologies, similar to or reconcileable with the language and apologies of Sir E. Codrington, as they appeared in the London Gazette? It does nothing of the kind., It asks, " In what light the Porte would consider hostile 'operations on the part of the three squa drons, if occasioned by Ibrphim Pacha persisting to refuse compliance with the declared will of the Allied Courts ?" This was in fact, and was no doubt intended to be, an intimation of the Porte of what had really occurred ; for al though it assumed the form of an hypothetical question, and the Porte mistook, or affected to mis take its true import, so far as to receive it in that light ; it is impossible for any man, knowing that when it was put the Ambassadors were in posses sion of the intelligence from Navarin, to doubt that their intention was to make an experiment upon the temper of the Ottoman Couft, and by a slight inti mation to_ prepare it in some degree for that more complete knowledge of the aggression which it must 'so speedily obtain. What then is the intimation ? Is it that the Allied fleets fought only in self-de fence? Is it that the battle took place by ac cident ? No ! the merits or demerits of the battle are referred by the Ambassadors to the merits or demerits of the Treaty of Intervention, or rather of dictation; and the intimation accord ingly is, that the Turkish fleet was destroyed be cause of the persevering disobedience of its Com mander to " the declared will of the Allied Courts." That Admiral Codrington acted in what he con ceived to be the spirit of the Treaty we have no doubt. That he had instructions which were not quite congenial with the spirit of the Treaty we strongly believe, That he read the Treaty when he should have read only his instructions, or that in construing the latter he referred too much and too faithfully to the former, proves in reality nothing more apiot him than that he is too honest a man for the Administration under which it has been his misfortune to serve. If the Jritish Ambassador• at Constantinople had been influenced principally by the letter of the Treaty, he would have left that ca pital before the battle of Navarin could have taken place, and thus Admiral Codrington would have escaped much of the obloquy which now Attaches to him.—Mooning Post. Thursday evening as a person, apparently About 40 years of age, was coming to this city by the South ampton coach, just at the foot of Midford hill, where he got off to walk, he complained of a pain in his side, and about half way up the bill the coachman stopped to let him resume his seat on the roof. The coach had proceeded but a very shortdistance before be uttered a deep groan, dropped his head, and died. He is supposed to be an o , ;'erseer of so me parish, ashe had the charge of a pauper family on its way to Bristol.-13nth Chronicle. A 119;i'0 scene took place on Friday morning in Church-street. It seems that one of the apprentices at Messrs. PAT.:VIER. and ToyvNER'S foundry had over-slept himself for several mornings, and the men, to cure him, went to his lodgings about,eight o'clock, with flags flying, &c. Having brought him forth, maugre all his efforts to escape from their grasp, they hound him fast on a truck, and then in triumph dragged him on his chariot down Church-street, and back to the foundry by Trafalgar-street. At the foundry gates he Was received by 'a promiscuous mob of persons, who seemed much pleased with the sp ort, although the poor apprentice appeared to have a sorry tim e of it, and would no doubt rather have gone to bed som e night and for ever forgot to awa k e, than go a second __ , B time th roug h suc h purgatorial initiation,riOton Paper, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—Mary Lindsay, a damsel about 25 years of age, appeared with the overseers of Christ Church, Newgate-street, to affiliate a female infant upon One John Creaser, a journeyman saddler, who had been summoned to attend, but who, in place of attending, had sent his wife, a respectable matronly looking woman, to arrange the busi ness with their Worships as well as she could., Mrs. Creaser explained, that her husband was not in affluent circumstances, and they had a family of three children, but her friends would raise 201. if the Magistrates would receive that sum, and discharge her husband from all 'future responsibility for the maintenance of the child ; but she was determined that her husband should not be bound to pay a weekly sum, because that would keep bhp constantly in debt, and as constantly awaken unpleasant feelings in her mind. The Magistrates (Aldermen WAITHMAN and PERRINO) endeavoured to satisfy her that they could not be parties to a compromise, although the overseers might, and that her husband must submit to their order for a weekly allow ance ; but Mrs. Creaser being a positive woman, and hav ing arranged the matter in her mind before she came into the Justice Room, the Aldermen did not succeed without difficulty. _ • . The Magistrates and the OVerseers then consulted, and the weekly maintenance was fixed at three shillings, but Mr. Alderman Warn-ma/4 announced, that he and his brother Magistrate had prevailed upon the Overseers to treat with her upon the terms she desired. The overseer said he should press for the conviction of this young woman, as the mother of a bastard t.J.tild, this being the fourth or fifth she had given birth to, and the world actually chargeable to Christ Church. She was a curse to the parish.—The Act, however, provided, that such a conviction should not take place unless the woman had been delivered one month ; and it appeared that Mary Lindsey's delivery occurred on the 18th tilt. Mary complained that her feelings of piety had been out raged by bringing her hither before she had undergone the ceremony of churching. She could not have been treated worse, she said, if she had been a criminal. " Why you are a criminal, woman," said Alderman WAITIMAN, and so thought Mrs. Creaser, who now began to turn angrily towards her, and accuse her of erring, knowing Mr. Creaser to be a married man. Mary, it appeared, was the servant at the public-house which was frequented by the saddler. Marv, by way of reply, put in a letter, which she said she had received from Creaser the week before last, and which contained an offer of several pounds, and other assistance, if she would swear the child to some other person. Sir Join; PERKING thought she was entitled to some credit for refusing to be suborned ; but Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN said he thought the Overseer did right in complaining of her repeated transgressions. Here the dis cussion dropped. BOW-STREET.-.—THREE " Nonmws AT ALL."— Robert Fitzgerald, Henry Thornton, and Geo. Brown, single young men, surpassingly exquisite in their wardrobe, were brought from St. Martin's watch-house, charged with creating a disturbance in the Adelphi Theatre on Wednes day night, and with committing an assault upon Priest and Giles, the constables of the Theatre, and extinguishing the gas-lights. It appeared that the "Three Singles" were, on the night in question, in the pit of the Adelphi, and met with a "Miss in her Teens," who offered to play her part in "Love a la Mode," but Harry Thornton, who has been for some time in the "Road to linin,"'not being able to "Raise the Wind," asked his friend Fitzgerald to supply him with the " Ways and Means ;" the latter produced his " Purse," but being a " Poor Gentleman," he could not reply " Who wants a Guinea?" and the damsel, being reduced to " Love's last Shift," acted " The Deserter ;" and was pur sued by " The Three and the Deuce," who appeared de termined, " Hit or Miss," to " Win Her and Wearlier," she turned out " Inconstant," and " The Devil to ,Pay " succeeded. The following is an account of the occurrence. in the language of the Police officers 'Priest, the constable, saw the trio in the pit of the thea tre, concerned in a sham quarrel about a girl ; he knew there were frequent pretended quarrels in the theatre, to afford an opportunity to the " divers" (viz. pickpockets) to act in their vocation ; and on this occasion, knowing that Fitzgerald was a " fancy man," and a "suspected charac ter," from his being pulled by the nose and kicked out of the theatre two nights before by a gentleman, he determined to put an end to the disturbance. The disorder increased, and the performance was for a time suspended. He at tempted to seize Brown, who struggled with him, and kicked him in a dangerous part of the body. During the time he had Brown in custody, Thornton came up, and struck him, and attempted a rescue ; and Fitzgerald put out the gas-lights. The rencontre took place in the pit lobby, and, with the assistance of Giles, a patrol, and Shaw, the " acting" constable (who acts on the stage, and is also constable of the theatre), the prisoners were secured, and conveyed to the watch-house. Fitzgerald and Thorn ton had not a penny in their pockets, though attired in so extravagant a style. Brown was bailed out at two o'ilock in the morning by his friends. Shaw, the constable, made a communication to Mr. HALLS, the Magistrate, respecting the character of Fitz gerald. Mr. Haus asked Fitzgerald who he ayes ?—He replied, very carelessly, " I am nothing at all." Mr. HALLS put the same question to Thornton, and his reply was, "I am nothing at all.' The Magistrate re peated the same question to Brown, and his answer was, " I suppose I am nothing at all." Mr. Har.r.s—Lock up these three " nothings at all" till they find good bail to answer the charge of assaulting the officers while in the execution of their duty, at the next Sessions. Two respectable gentlemen came before the Magistrate, soon after the prisoners were locked up, and said they were friends of the prisoner Brown, who was a Clerk in the City, and most respectably connected.' Mr. 1-IALLs—If that be the case, gentlemen, I have the best authority for stating that he has got into the com pany of a character of the worst description. The Gentlemen said, that they had conversed with Brown, and he had assured them that he met his two com panions accidentally at the theatre, and was never in their society before. Mr. HALLS admitted him to bail, and ordered the other two to be committed in default thereof. AT T ON-GA RDEN. Thomas Reddin alias Rior dan, a broker, No: .59, Exmouth-street, Clerkenwell, was yesterday brought up by Mr. Douglas, one of the overseers of that parish, and placed at the bar, charged before Mr. ROGERS, the sitting Magistrate, with bigamy. The prisoner is an Irishman, and was married to Ca therine Roberts, his first wife; on the 22d 'of June, 1799, at the church of St. Peter's, in the city of Cork, by the Rev. John Forsayeth, curate. After a year's cohabitation with this woman, she being then in a state of pregnancy, he left Ireland, wholly abandoning her, and came over to London, where, on the 1 7 7th of May, 1801, he was again married to Anne, Bardon, at the church of St. Paul, Co vent-garden. Five-and-twenty years he lived with this woman, by whom he had a numerous offspring, three of which only are now living. About two years ago, he re pudiated this his second wife, and took into keeping a young woman, the reputed daughter of a very distinguished character, who, for several years, has done great honour• to the ermine. Nearly four weeks ago his first wife came over from Ireland, applied to the parish of Clerkenwell, and sought for a maintenance from him here. He was then brought up to this office by the parish authorities, and an order was made by the Magistrates that he should allow her 10s. a week for her maintenance. Having ob stinately refused to pay this weekly allowance, and the second wife, with her children, also becoming chargeable to the parish, the overseers thought proper to bring against him ' the charge of bigamy. Both the wives produced their certificates of marriage, but it appears that all the witnesses are now dead, with the exception of the clerk who officiated at the latter ceremony. Mr. Rocaas (to the second wife) --You have got into a scrape, good woman.—l have, Sir, and lam sorry fin• it. Mr. ROGERS—Do you wish to prosecute your husband on this charge?.—l do, your Worship. Mr. Room; (to both the wives)—Collect what evi dence you can between this and Wednesday next, till when I shall commit the prisoner. Prisoner—Well, this is the happiest moment of my life; I feel it. For the last, six years I have lived . in a state of insufferable torture with that woman (pointing to the se cond wife), but my commitment now relievei me from it. MARYLEBONE.—CHARGE OF VIOLATION. —On Wednesday evening Mr. John R--, of Portman square, was charged with attempting to violate Martha Harris, a young female who lived in his father's family as maid servant. It appeared from the girl's statement that t h e d e f e ndant had taken improper liberties wies her against her consent ; and the Magistrate considering that it was a case which citified upon him to order the defesdant to find bail, he was bound over in sureties to answer the charge at the Sessions. The inhabitants in many of the principal streets in Wells f have into a subscription, to 'fray the ex pense during the winter Intnthe.--Bath o Chronicle. wateebnitneernpA LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, DEC. 13. IN RE THELLUISON. Mr. .SUGDEN applied, that a petition of Mr. Charles Thellusson, whose son will be entitled to the immense wealth which has accumulated under the will of Peter Thellusson, should come on to be heard shortly. It prayed that Mr. C. Thellusson, who was not very rich, and who had a very large family, might have the enjoyment of a house at pre sent held by the trustees under the will. The motion was granted, and the petition ordered to be advanced. GRANT V. GRANT. Mr. HORNE moved for the dipcbarge of a writ of ne exeat regno, which had been granted in this cause, and on the grounds afforded by the amendment of the original bill. He had not proceeded far in his arguments at 12 o'clock, when The LORD CHANCELLOR rose for the purpose of attending the Privy Council, at which the Recorder's report is to be made. VICE CHANCELLOR'S. COURT, Dic. 13. JACKSON V. MALONEY.-MALONEY V. MALONEY. The VICEXHANCELLOR.—It was at my sugges tion this case stood over, that there might be a veri fication of the letters received at a prior time from Mr. Jackson, in order that I might be satisfied the signatures to the powers of attorney and the letters were the same. Nov I have read over the affida vits, and my mind is completely satisfied as to the identity of the hand-writing, and I have not the slightest doubt that the letter of ' the 13th of January is a letter written by William Collins Burke Jackson, although it bears only the name " Burke Jackson ;" and as far as I have heard and seen, there is not the slightest doubt that that letter was written by William Collins Burke Jackson. It ap pears to me, though I do think Mr. Hoskins has formed rather too hastily an opinion of the matter, Mr. Sutcliffe could not act otherwise, and that no blame whate v er can be attributed to him, he only , havi n g discharged his duty to the Court. In point of truth and justice, Mr. Eager has in person repre sented Mr. Jackson .; and, property representing Mr. Jackson, under the authority of that power of at torney, he is entitled to the order he asks \ for. The VICE-CHANCELLOR added—My opinion is, Mr. Eagar's character has not in the slightest degree suffered by what has taken place ; but, on the con trary, it has raised it higher. HARRIS AND KEIVIBLE. This case was again brought before the Court. It appeared that, under an order of the Court, the Master had appointed a new trustee, and had placed a certificate to that effect on the file. Mr. HEALD (with whom was Mr.HoEAcE Twiss and Mr. LOWNDES) now moved that this certificate might be removed from the file. The Learned Counsel contended that the Master had no right to appoint a new trustee. Mr. SUGDEN, on the other side, contended that the conduct of the Master was in conformity with the practice of the Court. The VICE-CHANCELLOR should give no opinion upon the matter until he had inquired what the practice of the Court really was. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Dzc. 13. COCKS V. PEACHY. This was an action for a nuisance, in the erection of an iron foundery in the neighbourhood of the plaintiff's house.—Verdict for the plaintiff. Damages 4.05., costs 40s. ADMIRALTY COURT, DEC. 13. THE OSIRIS. This was an appeal from the award of the Magis trates in a case of salvage of the Osiris, of Ostend, with a cargo of sugar and cotton, which struck on the rocks of Scilly, called the Seven Stones, in the month of February last. The case contained no feature of public importance. The Court affirmed the award. THE DUNDEE. This was a case of collision, remarkable only for the length of time during which the suit has been pending, 'namely, seven years, for four of which the suit was " hung up," (to use an expressive technical phrase) by a writ of prohibition from the Court of King's Bench. The suit got back again into this Court in May last, and it now came before the Judge upon an exception to the report of the Registrar. It appeared that the sum originally awarded, together with the costs and interest, interest upon costs, and interest upon interest, amounted to considerably more than the value of the ship, its tackle, and ap purtenances. Dr. PICKARD (in the absence of Dr. Jenner) ob jected to the report on three grounds,—namely, first, that interest Upon interest was not allowable; secondly, that interest upon costs was as little so; and thirdly, that by the 53d Geo. 111. c. 159, the liability of parties in these cases was limited to the value of the ship. Dr. ARNOLD and Dr. LUSHINGTON, on the other hand, contended that where an account, as in the present case, was settled, and the party refused to pay, the interest allowed and the costs decreed became part of the principal, and that the Courts of Equity sanctioned the allowance of interest there upon. . . Lord STOWELL said he had very little doubt that he should confirm the report ; but he would hand a note of his sentence to the Registrar. The sittings of this Court for the term closed this day, and with them, it is understood, has closed the public ju licial life of the Noble and Learned Lord who has so long presided in these Courts, with a reputation which his successors will be fortunate if they succeed in equalling. Wheat: Barley. Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. Blandford 58 31 26 59 Brigg 4O 45 18 26 18 25 42 48 Cambridge.-- 54 38 19 48 Chard 56 76 32 38 24 30 45 48 24 40 4 4 2 2 Huntingdon— 30 32 20 25 44 50 Long Sutton., .. 40 54 18 24 40 42 Lynn., 22 6 38 Newark ... 47 54. 27 37 19 29 44 70 f yn u n th 8 4 6 4 6, 5 4 1 2 2g 32 30 1 1 7 8 Nottingham reterporough--.... 40 50 28 32 24 30 -- -- Plymouth 56 66 37 38 25 28 -- -- Pontefractw 51 3.3 30 60 Sherburne— 52 56 26 31 23 28 42 50 llppingharn 48 54 28 36 25 36 48 75 Wisbech 40 54 25 30 20 24 40 42 WINTER ASSIZES. HOME CIRCUIT.—KINGSTON, DEC. 13. Thomas Lucas and Edward Simmonds were in dicted for being found armed for the destruction of game in the enclosed grounds of Mr. Ball Hughes, in the parish of Walton-upon-Thames, between the hours of one and two in the morning of the Sth of October " Guilty." —six months' imprisonment and hard labour. Win. Yates, otherwise Daniel Frederick Jones, was indicted for obtaining from George Charles Pratt, commonly called the Earl of Brecknock, the sum of two pounds, by false pretences. The particulars of the case have been already stated in our police reports. The defendant was found sGuilty." He was then tried on another charge of having obtained a cheque for 2). from Colonel Wood, M.P. by false pretences, similar to those on which the last indictment was founded. On this occasion, the defendant made use of his success with Lord Brecknock, as a recommendation of his request to Colonel Wood. He enclosed a petition from the supposed Mrs. Williams, written, confidentially as the Vice-Treasurer of the Society of Ancient Britons, and after more than one epistle, prevailed on Colonel Wood to forward the cheque. The defendant was found Guilty. Mr. :Justice PARK sentenced the defendant to seven years' transportation for the first offence, and to the same time for the second, to commence at the expiration of the first seven years. The latter part of the sentence will, of course, depend on the decision of t4e point of law which is to be submitted to the Judges. The defendant, it is u nderstood, has succeeded to a great extent in his impositions on the credulity of mankind. EASTBOURNE, DEC. 11.--dhe Albion, from London, laden with rum and hemp, bound to Leg horn, unfortunately caught fire on Sunday morning, nearly off Bexhill, from a boy, as we are told, going below with a candle, which communicated to the hemp. Every effort wa s made by th e s hi p ' s crew to get the fire un d er , b u t y; and having a barrel of powder on board, deemed it prudent to take to their boats, which fortunate they did, for shortly after the powder e xploded. Th e vesse l was th e n towed on sho re b e t ween Bulverhithe and B o p ee p. No lives, we bear, Were lost.— The ship without i et was 1: c o r ue verywt su ccess and cargo were of great value; the latter only, it is said, was insured.—Brighton Paper. MANCHESTER POTATOE MARKET.—Dee. 1. I'otatoes, 4s. 6d., ss. Od., and ss. 6d. per load of 12 score and 121bs. ; New ditto, Os. Od., Os. Od., and Os. per ditto ; Turnips. 4s. Od., 4s. Od. and 4s. 3d. per load of 16 pecks ; Onions, 12s. fid., 135., and 13s. 6d. per 12 score. MANCHESTER YARN MARKET No. d. d. Throstle Twist, 20-101 to 11 30 — l2 12i 40.,.15 16' Mule cop Twist/ 30 _ll 12 for warp 40 —l4 15 50 _l7 19 (1) _2O 2 2 70 _22 24 80...26 28 Mule Cop Weft —• Weft from waste T.—Dec. 11. 30.-- 10 to 101 40.... x. 11 12 50 ---- 14 15 60—.15 16 70 ....... 19 '2O 50..-- 22 24 100,-- 28 30 120— 34 36 10-- 7 8 It -- 8 8j 18 9 9 1 ~. 24 --,. 10 10# HOP INTELLIGENCE. • WORC ESTER, DEC. 12.—0 n Saturday 239 pockets were weighed in our market ; the sale was brisk, and the prices firm, with an inclination to advance ; average 80s. to 90s. An enlightened damsel, wet() a music -sh o p by her master for some cat gut, aAunneld to pronounce the vulgar word, and to show her gentility, asked the shopman for sonic puss'e bowels. —Bath Chronicle. A craniologist once dined in company with a gentleman who was too much addicted to sacrifice to the jolly god. The philosopher, who never l os t an o pp or t un ity to prosecute his favourite science, studied the toper's head with great a ttention. The gentleman left the room, when the craniologist took occasion to observe to the wife of the bacchanalian—" Ah, madam, what a fine musician your husband is. I never saw the organ of music so fully de veloped." "Indeed, Sir," said the lady, " I don't know what organ he may have, but if he have any, I am sure it's a barrel organ."—Brighton Gazette. In the Insolvent Debtors' Court yesterday, the Rev. NATHANIEL PARKER FORTH made application for his discharge. It appeared that the insolvent was on a former occasion discharged by this Court, when the amount of his debts was 17,000/. Since that time he had been over to France, and recovered some property of which he had been deprived at the time of the Revolution, and upon his return to England, he paid the 17,0001. due to his creditors, with 111- per cent. interest, and removed his petition from the files of the Court. Considering, how ever, that he was entitled to more property, he again went over to France, but was unsuccessful, in consequence of the interference of, the Duke of ORLEANS, anti having incurred heavy elpences, he was agai n obliged to apply for relief to the Court, and was discharged. CIIILD MURDER.—Yestorday evening, an inquest was held at the Buffalo's Head, New-road, on the body of a fine male infant, unknown. It appeared, that on Tuesday morning, between three and four o'clock, the poor infant was found on the step of the house, 26, Baker street, Portman-square. It was nearly lif e l ess f rom afterwards. A ve d but ict i was t was t ax eessive cold, and had nothin g on b ut an obi bed-gown, and returned far rneil was tied in a piece of flann el. It was immediately con veyed to the watc h-house and placed before the fire ; pro per of " Wilful Murder against some person or persons un known." medicinesgone: an d di e d were so onalso COUNTRY CATTLE MEWS. ARUNDEL. A silver tankard, value 101., the gift of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, to Mr. L. Upperton, of Tbakeham, for the best fat Ox, of any description. A silver tankard, value 101., the gift of the Corporation of the Borough of Arundel, to Mr. H. Penfoki, of Wiggen holt, for the best fat Ox, bred in Sussex. A silver tankard, value 10/., the gift of the Members of the Borough, to Mr. G. Cortis, of Angmering, for the best fat Steer. A silver tankard, value 101., the gift of the tradesmen of Arundel, to Mr. W. Newland, of Tortington, for the best fat Sussex Steer. A silver tankard, value 71., the gift of the tradesmen of Arundel, to Mr. E. Searle, of Amberly, for the best fat Cow. A silver tankard, value 71., the gift of the tradesmen of Arundel, to Mr. Boxold, of Pulborough, for the beat fat open Heifer. A silver tankard, value 71., the gift of the tradesmen of Arundel, to Mr. Chatfield, of Greatham, for the best fat Welch Runt. A silver tankard, value '7l. to Mr. G. Cortis, for the best pen of ten South-down Wethers, without restriction as to feeding. A piece of plate, value 51., to Mr. W. Newland, for the best pen of ten South-down Wethers, fed on succulent food only. A piece of plate, value 51., to Mr. Elliott, of Lyiniuster, for the best pen of ten South-down Ewes. HAILSHAM. CLASS I.—A piece of plate, value 10 guineas, to Messrs. Denman and Dempster, of Williugdon, for the best fat Sussex Ox.—A piece of plate, value five guineas, to Messrs. Nsakes and Son, of Jevington, for the second best ditto. CLASS 2.—A piece of plate, value eight guineas, to Mr. Thomas Arkcoll, of Hurstmonceaux, for the best fat Sussex Steer, under five years old. A piece of plate, value four guineas, to Mr. Elphick, of Newhaven, for the second best ditto. CLASS 3.—A piece •f plate, value eight guineas, to Mr. Stephen Searles, of Folkington, for the best fat runt. CLASS 4.--A piece of plate, value JO guineas, to Messrs. Lambe, of Wilmington, for the best fat Sussex Cow, of any age.—A piece of plate value five guineas, to Messrs. Rick man, of Hellingly, for the second best ditto. CLASS 5.—A piece of plate, value eight guineas, to Messrs. Lambe, of Wilmington, for the best fat Sussex Heifer, under four years old.--A piece of pla'te, value four guineas, to Mr. James Gorringe, of Hellingly, for the second best ditto. Cuss 6.—A piece of plate, value 10 guineas, to Mr. Samuel HoHands, of Bexhill, for the best pen of ten fat South-down Wethers, 32 months old.—A piece of plate, value five guineas, to Mr. Benjamin Blackman, of Hooe, for the second best ditto. CLASS 7.—A piece of plate, value eight guineas, to Mr. Benjamin Waters, of Eastbourne, for the best pen of ten fat South-down Wethers, 20 months old. Judges,--Mr. Samuel Selmes, of Beckley; Mr. Fuller, of Selmeston ; and Mr. Humphrey Wickham, of Hastings. THE MARKETS SOUTHALL MARKET._DQe. 12. At this day's market, which, considering it exhibited the annual Christmas Show, was very indifferently sup plied, each kind of meat met with a dull sale, at the fol lowing prices per stone of Slb.tosink the offals:— Beef 3s. Sd. to ss. Od. I Veal ---- 4s, Od. to s s . 4d. Mutton - 3 10 . 5 0 I Pork 4 6 5 6 „ The foregoing quotations are the best Beef and Mutton 4d. per stow higher than those of this day se'nnight ; in prices of Veal, Pork, and inferior Mutton and Beef, no alteration. A consider. able proportion of the supply, which embraced the fewest prime beasts ever witnessed here on a similar occasion, left the mar ket unsold. LEWES MARKET.—Dec. Beet 4s. Od. to ss. 4d. Veal, ;Holton --., 4 I 4 5 6 Pork Os. Od. to Os. Ott 4 4 4, 8 Our Cattle Show, which took place to-day, exhibited a great number of exceedingly fine Sheep and Beasts, which sold at the highest figures above quoted. RUMFORD MARKET—Dec. 12. s. d. to s. d. . s. d. to s. d. Beef 4 0 5 0 Veal Mutton 4 0 5 0 Pork 4 6 5 6 suckling Calves from 14s. to 40s. ; Quarter old Pigsl Os. to 16s. each Supply tolerably numerous, but in great part of inferior qua lity ; trade somewhat brisk. COUNTRY OORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. LEEDS CORN MARKET.—Dec. 11 We had but a middling supply of Wheat, but there was a fair demand for good qualities, at full as high prices as this day week. Theie was an abundant supply of Barley, and the best samples full Is. per quarter lower, and other deicriptions were offered at a greater decline, and were nearly unsaleable. Oats and Shelling nominally the same. Beans met dull sale, and h. ...per quarter cheaper. Wheat, Norfolk and Suffblk, 601 b. - York. and Lincoln. 601 b. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk ' 3is. to 345. ~" Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding Beans Oats, Potatoe —Mealing, Foreign 12id. to I:3d.,..English 11:4 to 12d. per st. Shelling 2Bs. to 30s. per load. Rapeseed, English, '221. to 24/. GAMBLING AT PARIS. PARIS, DEC. B.—lt has been our p 3 ', duty on various occasions to transmit toi an account of th e wofnl effects produ ce gambling, and we have to add another 01c woe to the dreadful list. It bears some larity to a circumstance which took plac e about 15 months ago. Mr. —, an country gentleman, belonging to a very res} able and highly-connected family, married, al six years since, a young lady, possessed of' siderable personal attractions, and a forted 30,000/. ; it was what is generally termed a b match, the gentleman not having 501. per a n The money had been bequeathed to the distant relative, and it was settled by the l,' J o, that, in the event of h er m arr i age , s h e sh° o i ta l r become mistress of h er f or t une unt il fi'' e after the celebration of the nuptials : th 3t now arrived, and the husband and wife, lio rit( therto had been li v i ng i n comparat i ve oh l in a remote spot, near B—, procee de et London, to enj o y the pl easures o f the i ll polis. Their income of 1,2001. a year wa s found sufficient to keep pace with their'eg e , P ; and their family now c ons i s ted of four chilo they came to the reso l u ti on o f s p e nding ° bee years on the Continent,—and Nice had ; 1 3 1 . fixed upon as their res id ence ; the mild an" ill • lightful climate of, Pi e d mont , it wa s thoug ds ,, would benefit the d ec li n i ng h ea l t h o f the l3 fo They set out en their journey, and arrived 3 i e p weeks a t c, , oin Paris, where they purpo se d re" 11 onlya short time. The husband had se en ve r y bee n n of the gaieties of a town life, but he had n° t ; ate (' many days here before he became int ° :lioa with the pleasures and dissipations of -":",,e15 society. He received a g r ea t num b er o f foreig o o at his house, and man y E ng li s h o f snl icl o g character were his daily companions. i t pis be necessary here to state, 'that previous t 6 leaving England h e h a d b een injudiciouslY 01 4 vised by some over-officious friends to s ell f o , the whole of his property invested in th e bicli glish funds, and transfer it t o t h e F re nch, ''' ei t. would produce five inste a d o f f ou r Per The j money was transmitted t o a hank er ;j , Paris, but the order to purchase was def e hl r ' e , ' hate, much ch till at ni on r e a w interest :ds a that a l rather a a the parties anticip a ti ng th a t th e f un ds e towards cline in value. D a y a ft er d a y, th e banker s i ; i t gested the propri e ty o f i nves t ing th e money' t i, the inf a t uate d h us b an d cont i nue d t o r °cr i remonstrance from the worthy banker, who , m strongly recom men d e d to h i m, t h e imPr il i ti e and unfortunate .m an , i n t h e i rr it a tion °-" keif r moment, withdrew every shilli ng f ro m th e ba g 0 ,1 and placed the money in another firm• Ule not this circumstance occurred, it is pro that Mr. ---- would have been saveu , "il J e ruin, as the banker we allud e t o wou ld, perceived that the principal was being squan uel ":( away, have informed the lady or her iriends„ the fact ; but the other merchant', to whop/ b he money was confided, knowing nothing of t er par ties, -took no interest whatever in what nito l l f ,, it was disposed of. In the mean time, so , had been induced by some unworthy e s , ciates (one of whom is well-known in Lon a ° , 3 to visit the private gaming-house kept l rof female calling herself Count ess ; this ab°' h - o th infamy is frequented by numer ous sharks' : . t he English and French; and here it w as .th t dill ruin of the unfortunate Mr. -- wa s sl'nei effected. The whole amount of th e 30, 0 7 , t eLl lost ! Hundreds of individuals were aecl ua t l l iog with the fact ; the only person who knew n ° a nJ of the dreadful event was the hapless Wif e ' hers when the intelligence was communicated t ° ii der it burst upon her ear like a clap of tiit o This poor lady was in declining health , r state of pregnancy, having four infant e „, ;5 t he with her, and in a foreign country. Su e ," 11 0 , situation to which the most baneful pass' ° % e rea reduced her. A few charitable persons e e l into a subscription to defray the exr e ':_ i c a sl ip' curred at the hotel where she .reside"' p7,5' plied her with sufficient money to retu rn land, where she now has arrived. Her V- „b ;i bl e partner has disappeared, and it is veil' P pelt' has, ere this, terminated his g uilty career by destruction. MANCHESTER SMITHFIELD.—Dec. 12. At per lb. sinking the offal, 3,452 Sheep.— al. to '7d. 1 16 Calv 615 Cattle --3 6 1 160 Pigs 6,1. to 7d. 6 IVIEETINGs OF CREDITORS. , COUNTRY DIARY.—MoNnav, Disc. 11. Harrop, 8., Tamewater — White Bear , Saddleworth . ..... ' I Jellieone, J., Manchester—White's, Manche5ter............. ' I, Kinson, W., Bath—White Hart, Bath ... ................... ' ' "' ' 1 Morgan, J., Bottisham—Bird Bolt, Cambridge ......... ....... . ~ Plimer, N., Neath—Rummer, Bristol .............. - ....... ... l' Slingsby, J., Manchester—White's Hotel, Manchester ...... li Smith, J., Stafford—Clarendon, Liverpool . ...................... : I. Swithenbank, A., Bradford--Mr. Morris, Liverpool .......... •P c Taylor, J., Norwich—Mr. S taff . Norwich ........................... . • I' Turner, J., Cockerham — K in g' s Arms, Lancaster ......... . - ----- ia ° INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCPIA—„-0, J., Long Acre c P h e id ti l t e i:n A s t . o . 1 13 ,0 e r h k e . a s i t :l ee a t t , Portugal - street, e t stut.gals Matthews, t r h ee e t w , I:ivvncoln;s3irrinizTt. Dec. 18, at Nine o'clock Bertie, F., Brighton M , Sweeny, M., Strand 0, s, W. minster Perkins, E.,liaFP u Coe, J., Walworth Pitter, -I-, ro c :' Fenton, G. Fulham ercial 6 1 " Jones, J., Brompton wild street Walker' 3 - . 11 ..... L. ........„„/ Hunt, Kelly, J., Oxford.street Watson, ~ Kennington rTfehbobn; s'Orii,vv.r., Wild-street Hs. d y 0 f Dr. GoldinP of the lady of George / 1 ° ° On the 7th instant, the -l• ~ oinrgstaann,t,oifnaLdianuegohintTrnn.fida, 0.6____,.,, daughter. J l '' '' . . .s-P''''' son On Es t q h . e , 23d 0f a u so lt i . i. , at Naples , On the 12th instant, in Clarence -terrace, Regent WO .....------- ----- t i l e MARRIED. l/ 0 On the 11th instant, at St. Luke's, Middleses,'„et, i f Rev. Dr. Rice, Mr. James R. C asse ll, o f Old 11) ° Ann, third, daughter of the late Mr. W in . Watbe il ° the same place. N y l o r O u s. n n g G t , h e o o e f rge l a 2 s t o r n. A .Ades 4 f e , t3 On the 13th instant, by the Very Rev. "'", .laP Pott, at Kensington, Mr. Henry Cheswright• t,'°,l., second daughter of the late Richard Mall l P "-- l ye Jamaica. On the 11th instant, at St. Mark's, Rev. Edward Repton, George Henry Parlby, Iltii Bloomsbury-place, to Catherine, only daughter Wm. Henderson, Esq., of Kennington. DIED. te l On the 28th ult., at Bruges, of a nervous feveZer 12 years, Diana Mary Cumin, second daughter of " General earning, late of his Majesty's 47th Regt. , i‘lf' On the 6th instant, after a severe attack of far , Frederick Boardman, solicitor, Manchester, aged ~,,3 ' . 11 11 ,, v ,; On the 13th instant, Mary, the wife of Jame; Ref Job Esq., of Westbourne-lodge, Middlesex, daughter 0 Mitford, Esq., of Mitford, Northumberland. f , On the 12th instant, Louisa, eldest daughter e Orme, Charlotte-row, Walworth, aged 3.3. ni, On the 12th instant, at his house in Canonbury;slo' Kenningtoa, bi , of Islington, after twelve hours' illness, Wm. ThurlbYt in the 53d year of his age. le t 1 1 On the 11th instant, R o bert Rowley, Esq., - 0 Park-place, Greenwich, in his 75th year. A 1 ° tie ' On the 27th of Oct. last, in Cephalonia , aged 2 " , 0 1 1 only surviving son of Mr. Maitland , Quarter-masts On the 12th instant, h l l e` ilD 90th Regiment. .e relict of the late Samuel Fenn, Esq. ter r° On the Bth instant, at his house, Vansittal> in Nevrgate-street, Elizabet , ••••—•-- -------__ 11 0 1 p uma! , an d PUBLISHED by M. YOUNG, 0 1 ihrti °Enos, No. 112, litio4 4 Esq., in his 73d year. Greenwich, John Stevenson, MONO,"~ hari theirlr' h ss,7 l.l' " a: 4,,, r ro SCRIPT) Amo unt lt11:.11 l io :t e u lup n 14 y t i , leY o ' o r Nt i f o a k a a fa s e f i 1 : 0 1 . h u e , 141(IvitertY' th e °tflundti propo s .1) b e r . S hall ritttlittee t o 4I4OLEs BRls'r E A c OL "LISLE DEvaNGH. ot'ibAS 0,,,ER1R GR ' , ER tNVILL ARROWI ANSDoW 4 'REtis L YND - H1.711 XORFOLE. I'ORTLAN SANDON sTAFFOR] WELLESL WHAREC. THUS. Dyi THOMAS GEORGE ' E °. AB] ROBINSI