The Sun. — London, England, 1827-11-13 00:00:00

PIRIT OF' THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We have but few (or no) incidents to add to , the account published in the Gazette of Satur day, of the great naval action, in the harbour of Navarin. It was really honourable so far as courage goes, to all the parties engaged, to the defeated as well as to the conquerors. In naval skill there was no doubt a great inequality. The justice.and propriety of the measure will be subjected to a severe criticism by future as well as present civiliansand writers on public law. On the supposition that the battle sprung from acci dental causes, originating in the too great proxi mity of the Allied and the 'Turkish fleets, the Governments on neither side are implicated; the act is that of the commanders. We are in clined to think that the fact agrees with our sup , position ; for it will be observed, that both the French and English Commanders, in writing to . their ,respective Governments, coincide in the same statement, that . the first provocation sprang from the Turks ; and that not in the -way in which naval battles are generally com menced, by a, discharge of cannon or a broadside, but a fatal discharge of musketry from a Turkish fire-vessel ; next by the kill ing of the pilot of the Asia, sent by the Com mander-in-Chief to express his desire to avoid bloodshed ; and, lastly, by a cannon-shot, fired first by the enemy, but, as Sir Edward Codring ton states, " whether with or without orders he knows not." We are inclined to think that all these ; acts proceeded from the Turksh crews ; . prepared, for. mischief', and inflamed with hatred against the Christian name, but without the ex press orders of their Commanders. They were acts, however,. which could only be repressed in one way—the.fatal way that was adopted. Had they been suffered for a moment, greater out rages would. have. followed; . and perhaps the means of finally repressing, them would have been impaired. The next subjects of inquiry are what right we had in. the port of Navarin.?— And what right had we to take up an hostile or menacing position there ? In answer to these questions, it is apprehended that if the port were a Greek port, that people being considered either as at war with Turkey, or as tributary to Turkey, •we had a right to admission as the friends of Greece. If the port of Navarin • belonged, to the Sultan, the. Allies were, up to the moment of entry, in amity with him ; their Am bassadors being still at his Court, and negotiating. Upon that ground, therefore, their entrance is defensible. 'I he hostile position, if it were otherwise than defensively hostile, constitutes a different and more ambi guous case. The Adnirals thus speak in that joint instrument which bean all their signatures, and in which they .specify the ,various possible modes of acting ; of. which mode's this, which they chose, is the last.;—" The proceeding to take a position with the. squadrons in Navarin, in order to renew to -Ibrahim propositions which, entering into the spirit of the treaty, were evi- • dently to the advantage of the Porte itself," These latter expressions turn our attention to the treaty which was formed between the three con tracting Powers—France, Russia, and Eng land—for the purpose of effecting a reconcilia tion between Greece and Turkey. That treaty was signed on the 6th of . July. last, and was, as its terms express, to be immediately com municated to the Sublime Porte. Its tenour cannot have been mistaken. In the preamble, it is stated, "that the Contracting 'Powers, penetrated 'by the necessity of putting an end to the sanguinary contest, have resolved to unite their efforts, with a view of re-esta blishing-imam between the contending parties, by m can s .of an aisaul a ti ce ,.. w hi c h: i s-ca n ed for as much by humanity :wilily thilinterosvaf Europe:' The first article of the treaty '‘‘ demands from both the parties an immediate armistice, as a preliminary condition, indispensable to the open mg of a negotiation ;" and the secret article which, as it imports, was to be communicated to, the Turkish Government in case of its declining the mediation of the 'high contracting Powers, will have informed that . , Groverm' nent that in structions would thereupon be sent out to the Admirals of France, Russia, and England, " in the seas of the Levant, to prevent all collision between the contending parties." An unavail ing armistice takes place and terminates; yet nothing is effected towards - the conclusion of a peace between the Greeks •and Turks. , The Admirals of the contracting Powers are alarmed and affected by 'the accounts which - they 01s cially receive of the 'horrible..war waging even against their unarmed 'Christian brethren— against women and children: They meet with the fleet which has conveyed the barbarians to the scene Of their devastation and cruel ties, and protects them there. After repeated remonstrances on the -one side, and evasions on the other, a battle, in which the Turks are. the aggressors, entues." • Can the''Turkiah Government be astonished at such a result? and was it not. sufficiently apprised of the measures that would be adopted if it rejected all media tion,—if it resumed and- protracted a contest, " which produces daily fresh-impediments to the commerce of European States, and gaVe occasion to piracies, which not only exposed the subjects of the high contracting parties to considerable losses, but besides rendered necessary burdensome measures of protection and repression ?" Preamble to reaty,—We' are, however of opi nion,.that the battle may beconsidered as having sprung.out of accidental causes, and to the want of strict discipline in the Ottoman fleet; in -which case, aftera:severe but useful lessen given and received, the. Governments may still carry on the work of negotiation. Perhaps,. also; the loss sustained by the Egyptian part of the conquered fleet, may in some degree console the Sublime Porte for the injury inflicted on the rest.---Times. Were a man in private life, encumbered with debts, and a large family to maintain, instead of diminishing the one or taking care of the other, to set about repairing and adding a wing to his neighbour's house, and quarrelling with the friend whose estate has hitherto proved a barrier and protection to his own, the world would be apt to set such a man down as little better either than a simpleton, or something worse. This, nevertheless, is, we apprehend, very much the parallel case with this country in its recent con duct relative to Portugal and Turkey : and while a few persons are subscribing to raise a monu ment to the author of these ill-judged measures, the greater part of the country looks with fearful anxiety to results which . bid fair to involve us in new difficulties, without, in either case, any the most remote chance of advantage. The interest relativ e to the former seems now almost lost and absorbed in • the - recent and mdre vital conse quences attached 'to the latter. Whatever may be our 'opinion of the • recent Action i n the tte! cy which has led to the iTanean, it is impos bible for the most phlegmatic spirit to view the rece nt operatio ns th ere with other feelings than those of national pride and satisfactio n The con duct 0f Sir E. Codrinedon in th • 0 2 Veeuliarly trying and difficult situation- in which he was placed, is beyond all praise ; nor are the French and Rus sian Admirals entitled to less applause for the cordial alacrity with which they placed them selves and their forces, without a shadow of jea lousy or rivalry, under his sole command, while they contributed by their judgment and prowess, and those of their crews, to the splendid triumph's of the day. A victory gained by the combined squadrons of England, France, and Russia, will be an entirely new theme for the historian, who only a few years—we might almost say months ago, would have ridiculed the very idea of such a combination. But proud as the country doubtless is, and may justly be, of this additional wreath to her Naval .glory, she will still be in duced to ask what the cause is in which so much glory has been acquired, and her best blood shed ? That the conduct of the cOmbi ' Ded fleets was alike unavoidable and splendid, in the situation in which they were placed, cannot for ' a moment be doubted ; but there are those who will ' doubt—and we profess ourselves to be among the number—both the justice and the policy of • England especially having recourse to the strong measures which her Government has adopted to wards an old ally, whose friendship has become • more than ever valuable, just at the period when we hav9 chosen to bring about so violent and uncalled-for an abniption of it. It is almost in • vain, at this early season, to speculate on what the result of this victory may be. Judging from past experience, the Turk is not certain of being cowed into subjection by defeat ; though, con sidering the overwhelming power of his present assailants, and relying on their unanimity, we see no probable chance of his gaining any thing by holding out. His policy was to temporise. The English Admiral and his colleagues have judged more wisely. The promptitude and energy of their decision cannot be too highly ex tolled ; but that, after twelve years of peace, the first shot fired in auger by Great Britain should be against a Power with whose subjects she had no right to interfere, and whose friendship had become more and more valuable, we cannot help thinking is an illustration of one of those posi tions in private life to which we at first alluded. At any rate, we trust that, now so decisive a blow has been struck against the oppressors of Greece, Greece herself will not be allowed to reward hen deliverers with a continuance of the open and flagitious piracy, by means of which, instead of claiming the sympathy, she has, in fact, declared war against the peaceful subjects of every mercantile state.—Morning Herald. The intense anxiety of the country is at this moment directed towards Constantinople, and hope and fear alternately prevail as to the manner in which the Porte may have received the intel ligence of the destruction of the Turkish fleet. It is impossible to reflect without profound soli citude on what may be the first impulses of irre gular vengeance in the mind of a Barbarian Power goaded to desperation. We hope and trust that the apprehensions so naturally enter tained upon this subject will be speedily dissi pated by the arrival of intelligence that the Sultan has so far subdued and regulated his just feelings of indignation upon an aggression, as ' new in the annals of nations as it is unprincipled, as not to confound the innocent with the and visit the crimes of Governments upon the heads of unoffending individuals. Without hazarding any conjectures as to the probable conduct and decision of the Ottoman Govern '', ment, in the new circumstances in which the disastrous occurrence in the Port of Nayarit' has placed it, we may be permitted to state what appease to us to be the necessary con sequences upon the interests of our country of this. sanguinary and dearly bought-triumph of its arms, in each of tba various cos,- tingencies dependent upon the conduct and resolutions of the Porte. If the Porte should be so infatuated as to wreak a savage and barba rous vengeance upon the Franks at Constanti nople,R iis.sia will acquire what she has long wanted a plausible pretext at least—perhaps even just ground—of insisting upon the entire extinction of the Ottoman Einpare, Will England, or France, or 'Austria, in these circumstances, if unfortunately they should arise, conqir in this sentence which Russia will be prompt to pro nounce ;. and if they do not concur in it, will they • permit or impede its . execution ? If they permit its execution, Russia will be aggrandized, end the • Ottoman Empire abolished without a strugole, to. the permanent and manifest danger and injury. of each of them. If any of them attempt to impede its execution, they come-the effective allies of Turkey ; and Eng land 'and France, if they should, as their perma nent interests imperiously dictate, become parties to the attempt, will have the honour and satisfac,- tion of .reflecting that they had just before been wasting the blood of their subjects to no other effect, - than that of weakening both morally and physically the cause in which they will then have embarked. Upon another supposition, which' we trust is a more probable one than the former, of the Porte abstaining from all acts of vengeance which the laws or feelings of civilised nations would denounce, but still resting upon its rights of independent sovereignty, and refus ing to treat with the Allies ; what way reason ably be expected to ensue ? Or how far in this case will the true interest or glory of England be. promoted by the recent success of her arms ? It is absurd to suppose that the war between the Turks and the Greeks can be forcibly terminated merely by naval operations. If the Allies do no more than they have done, and the Porte should remain inflexible in its determination, the only . effect of the treaty pc mediation will have been to place the two conflicting parties more upon an equality in respect to strength than they were before--,or, in other words, to prolong the con test instead of terminating it. Having mediated ineffectually by means of a fleet, the next mode of " friend] ‘ y mediation for the advantage of the 'Turks themselves," must necessarily be by means of an army. We entertain no doubt • • whatever that such a decision on the part of the Porte as we are now supposing, would be the signal for the immediate advance of the powerful Russian army which has been collected and held in readiness for the purpose.— Ttie signal to advance, given from Con stantinople, will be gladly and promptly obeyed. But when the work is done which the treaty prescribes, will the signal to retreat, given from London or Paris, be obeyed with equal promps titude ? We pity sincerely the folly of those who can believe' so. What, then, will be the probable consequenceswhat, but that after hav ing expended our blood and our treasure for the destruction of the Ottoman Empire, we shall have to expend more treasure and more blood to create that Empire anew. If the'affair should take either of the two courses we have men tioned, it appears inevitable, that before its final conclusi on England will be the Ally. of the Porte, and will then have reason deeply to re gret the recent destruction of its maritime force --to regret it not the less deeply because it was accomplished mainly by English valour and at the cost of English blood. The only supposi tion which remains to be considered is, that the Porte may now be intimidated into compliance with the terms proposed by the Allies. In this way peace may perhaps for some time longer be secured—the dismemberment of the Turkish Empire and the creation of a tributary Govern ment in Greece accomplished—Russian ambi tion deprived for the moment of its pretexts, and foiled in its devices, and England spared for a brief season. the necessary consequences of her wayward, unsettled, timid, and un just policy. But these . advantages and escapes are, even upon this the most favourable an ticipation, as uncertain as they would he transitory. The fixed purposes of Russia may rby this means be postponed ; but they will not be abandoned. The 'policy which raised the vexatious questions respecting Wallachia and Moldavia, which excited the Greek insurrection, and which occasioned the Treaty of Intervention —a policy which has been hitherto not foiled by resistance, but eluded by indulgence—which has been disappointed solely by the wilful blindness of other nations to its machinations, and their interference with the Porte to obtain compliance with all its demands—this is a policy which will not be thus eluded and disappointed much longer. New claims, and new pretexts, and new machin ations will arise in succession, until Russia and Turkey are at war : Russia, eager and insatiable in its desire of conquest—Turkey struggling, and if unaided, struggling vainly in self-defence. This is a crisis of which Russia has shown her self most desirous. It is one which all the tameness of compliance, and all the evasions and procrastinations of diplomacy, will be un able to avert. And when this crisis shall arrive, what course will the interest and duty of Eng land prescribe to her ?—To stand - quietly by and patiently witness the annexation of the provinces of Turkey to the already overgrown and truly formidable dominions of Russia? The States men who have now been employing the force of England to annihilate the Turkish navy, must, to preserve a consistency of conduct, however iniquitous and unjust, be prepared to answer this question in the affirmative. A wise and honest English Statesman would answer it at once with an indignant negative, which would be applauded and re-echoed by the unanimous voice of the British people.—Mori zing Post. In the absence of additional official intelli gence, the consequences of the important blow struck at Navarin must remain - matter of specu lation, as far as the determination of the Porte is concerned. It will be influenced by so many considerations, that it is hardly possible to anti cipate its nature. The Sultan, if, as it has been stated, he had ordered hostilities to continue, must have calculated on the chances of defeat, and will besides find it sweetened by the destruc tion of the alarming power of his overgrown vas sal, the Pacha of Egypt. In his heart, there fore, he will not repine deeply at the catastrophe which has relieved him from one of his principal sources of future fear. , But the- Sultan will, in this instance, not be able to follow his own wishes and convictions. He must and will be guided by the feelings of the people, and those feelings will probably break out with too large a portion of their accustomed violence to allow of their being restrained even by the descend ant of the Prophet. Did the Janissaries still exist, the question would have been instantly settled. The Seraglio would have been storm ed, the reigning Monarch sacrificed, and the son's throne erected on the bleeding body of his father. Fortunately for Mahmoild he has de stroyed the destroyers of Sultans, and the troops whom he has raised in their stead. have imbibed xiegitfe.-ole *bloc - tree taught them, to a certain extent, the passiveness of Christian soldiers. From them he needs therefore, to ap prehend no danger. But it will not be the same from the people, Here all his sternness and all , his power will not be able to repress exaspera tion or to disarm fury, and though his life and his diadem may be secure, yet, to obtain inter nal peace and submission, he must obey the public voice, and not make those concessions to his conquerors which policy would demand, which his own judgment may think necessary, but which the peculiarities of his position to wards his own subjects forbid. We are there fore far from imagining that the first blow, how ever decisive and tremendous, is also the last, or that the contest is terminated because it is begun. The chief advantage, (leaving the important . questions of Greek rescue and independence out of view) is, that it will force a disclosure of the real state of the relations of the Porte with other Powers, That Austria has supplied her with ;deice in her negotiations, with encouragement in her despondency—with officers to marshal her troops, and with transports . to convey them—is already well and generally known, it must now be seen, whether she has gone beyond this—whether she has bound herself to defend and to avenge, as well as to advise and to cherish—and whether,having abetted for years, by her policy, the cause of a barbarian and infidel Power, she will now take part with him openly, and stand forth in arms by his side, a bold and unblushing renegade.— If the battle of Navarin, instead of restoring the certainty of peace, has thrown open all the chances of ~`!P extensive European war, its effects may be .considered most decisive and salutary with respect to the salvation of Greece. There its results are not doubtful. Ibrahim Pacha may rage, anti for a short time burn, rend, and de stroy ; but his hour is fixed and he cannot escape. c The very numbers whom he , ae b s a t s r . ce4 With he himan will hasten his ruin. His fleet re ceive no supplies to feed his troops, and the de solation which he has spread around him will bring retaliatory famine to his camp and to his. garrisons, till the proud Egyptian perishes in the desert he has made, or, after weeks of wasting Starvation, sues for life, and obtains mercy by an unconditional and humiliating surrender.— New Times. The late rage for building small houses and tenements begins to be severely felt in Southampton, the applications for family mansions and roomy establishments this week are unprecedented, which is to be attributed to the fact of numerous families having lately felt desirous to make this town their residence for the winter season. Hants Advertiser. The whole of the cargo of the sloop Happy Return, of Penzance, the ill-fated vessel in which the la mented Mr. WAVELL lost his life, has been saved. It con sisted of blocks and casks of tin, hides, &c., in weight about 57 tons, and valued at 5,0001. Great credit is due to Mr. DAVIS, of the firm of WIENTIOLT, DAVIS, and Co., of Cowes, for the skill and perseverance which he has so s uccessfully displayed in the charge committed to him.— The vessel sunk in 31 fathoms of water, and at that depth many of the blocks of tin were raised by means of a screw, an ingenious contrivance of Mr. DAVIS. The casks were got out by means of tongs ; each block and cask averaging Si to 4 cwt. Some lighters from Portsmouth Dock-yard were brought down some days after the vessel sunk, and ul timately raised by two vessels belonging to Cowes , on Sa turday her nearer t h e s hore ;but she was ul aken the re b e t ween them on Sunday morn in a Succeeded wherelastinshg and g etting to w Hants Telegraph. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.--Yesterday the new ton'D MAYOR sat for the first time since his appointment to the office. He had scarcely taken the chair in the Justice room when a foreigner requested that he would peruse a letter. His Lordship did so, and found that it contained the symptoms of a very flattering reliance upon the genero • sity of the new Chief Magistrate. It stated, that " his Lordship's correspondent had ac quired a very accurate and classical knowledge of the English language and English trade, and requested, that as trade could not be carried on without capital, his Lordship would he kind enough to advance the sum of 300/. upon the, humane experiment." The Loan MAYOR intimated to his correspondent that he was very much obliged by a communication, which showed that so high an opinion was entertained of his bounty, hut he begged leave to decline the office of distin guishing his Mayoralty by an act of singular benefi cence. If he should conduct himself during the time he should be in office, upon 'the principle recommended in the letter, he would probably have to step from the Man sion-house to the work-house when his year was up.—(A laugh. EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF A ROBBERY.-...A poor dis eased-looking man, named Harvey, was charged before the LORD MAYOR with having, in conjunction with two other persons, robbed the house of Mrs. Newberry, who keeps an oyster shop at the corner of Jerusalem-court. Henry Tibb, the shopman of Mrs. Newberry, stated, that on Sunday, at about half-past five o'clock, a man of gentle manlike appearance called at the shop in the absence of Mrs. Newberry, and asked for a few oysters. Witness opened some oysters for the gentleman, who soon after called in two other persons, who appeared to be passing by, and they all began to eat oysters faster than he was able to open them ; one of them then asked him whether his mistress was not gone to see her mother ? to which he replied in the affirmative ; they then seized him and pulled him into the inner room, two of them put pistols to his head, while the third threatened to cut him open with a sword: he called out for assistance ; upon which they dragged him to the kitchen, which is detached from the shop, and tied him up hand and foot ; one of them went up stairs and ransacked the drawers for the property; the sum of 5/. 10s. which was in the bed-room of Witness's mistress, was taken away the witness contrived to cut the cords with which he was tied, having succeeded iri getting hold of a knife which lay upon the chair. The witness, on going with a barrel of oysters yesterday to the Saracen's Head, Snow-hill, saw the prisoner, and recognized him as one of.the thieves. It was ascertained that the poor prisoner had only left the hospital, after six weeks' confinement, an hour before the witness met him. He was of course discharged. GUILDHALL. --John Crow, the principal clerk at a banking-house at the west end of the town, was finally ex amined before Sir PRYER LAURIE yesterday, charged, as we understood, with embezzling a considerable sum of money. The examination occupied above an hour, and it was rumoured at the conclusion that the accused had been committed ; but even that fact was not publicly announced. 111ARYLEBONE-OFFICE.—A respectable female asked Mr. Rawlinson's advice respecting a bag of sovereigns of which she gave the following particulars :—Early in October, her daughter went with some friends to Drury lane, and after the performance, as they returned" through Russell -court, Miss Craig, one of the party, whose father keeps the Royal Oak public-house in Whitechapel-road, kicked against a bag upon the payment which she thought contained old iron, and she passed on. The applicant's daughter, who was at that time behind, possessing greater curiosity, put her hand to it, and boding it full of money, it was taken up, and carried to Mr. Craig's house in White chapel-road, who put it into his cash-box, and " keeps it close." Mr. RAWLINSON inquired what kind of money the bag contained P—Genuine sovereigns, 400 or 500, but Mr. Craig refused to count them. Mr. RAWLINSON—Has no person come forward to claim them ?—No, Sir. Mr. RAWLINSON-It is a most extraordinary circum stance. Nave you advertised it?.—Once in the Times. Mr. RAwLixsoN—What kind of bag was it in ?—_A brown canvass one. Mr. RAWLINSON—I would advise you to advertise it more largely.—Mr. Craig does not choose to advertise it ; he keeps it close ; and if we interfere, we get insulted. A lady then inquired whether her daughter was not en titled N a reward. Mr. RAwmaipoN said the finder ought to receive a re muneration ; bst if there was no owner, there could be no reward, and again advised her to advertiie it freely. HATTON-GARDEN.--On Saturday evening last, Mr. S---, a gentleman of respectability, residing at Camden-town, was brought to this office by Robert Teas dale, the watchhouse•keeper of Somers -town, before A. S. LAING, Es q , the sitting Magistrate, on a charge made by the said Robert Teasdale, of riding his horse on the foot pavement, thereby endangering the lives of his Majesty's subjects, and fer using brutal and unnecessary violence to the horse. One of the street-keepers corroborated the statement of his brother officer•. The gentleman said, he was riding his own horse in the New-road, hetwk.n four and five o'clock on Saturday after noon; that the animal suddenly became restive, and went on the pavement, that he was endeavouring to get him back into the New-road when this watchhouse-keeper came up, and after using the most insulting language, lie seized the horse violently by the head, and backed him into the road, and producing a staff from his pocket proclaimed himself an officer. He insisted on Mr. S. dismounting, and going to the watchhouse in his custody. By the advice of a gentle man on the spot, he did dismount, and Teasdale took him to the watchhouse, where he was kept in custody till his bail arrived. Mr. Stubbs, a merchant in the city, and Mr. Cooper, surgeon, in Seymour-street; EnstOn-square, came forward, and stated, that they haPpened to be on ' the spot at the time, and saw the whole transaction.: These gentle men swore, that Mr. S. did not use any:brutal or unne cessary violence to the horse, and th?..t, as to riding on the irely fSro. m evincedaccident; great d ey fo s e o a r s a w n o ce e , t p h a a v t em t h e e n t it . a d r u o e s t e o en f t whilst that of the watchhouse-keeper displayed intem perance. The Magistrate instantly dismissed the charge. Mr. S. was attended by several gentlemen and his solicitor, whom be has instructed to proceed by action and indictment. It was highly creditable to Mr. Withers, one of the Commissioners of Somers'-town, in voluntarily coming forward to bail Mr. S., and recom mending him to bring the . .eenduct of Teasdale before the board. It is hoped that tllis step will be taken, for it is really high time that some check should be given to watch house-keepers, night-constables, and their deputies. This case is a hard one, whel'e'a:gentleman is taken through the streets in custody ; but . what is it compared to that of a poor woman, in a. state of pregnancy, who was dragged to the watchhouse on Saturday night, on a charge of felony, made by a butcher of notoriety in the neighbourhood, and there kept till Monday morning follow ing, when it did not suit the convenience of the butcher :to attend to substantiate the charge. The poor creature was then discharged, after 48 hours' false imprisonment —torn from the bosom of her family, and had not the means of indicting or bringing an action against the brutal author of her sufferings. Amongst the night charges from Clerkenwell watch house yesterday, there was one preferred by a Paddington coachman against a gentleman, whose name did not transpire. The night constable stated that the gentleman bad been bailed on Saturday evening by a constable of the name of Cadby ; but he was not forthcoming, and the constable's recognizances were returned to the Magistrate. Cursitor, the Paddington coachman, stated that the gen tleman whom he bad given in charge on Saturday was a passenger in the coach from the city, and when he was set down, he offered but one chilling for the fare instead of one shilling and sixpence, which was the regular fare. The gentleman refused to pay the additional sixpence, and he (the coachman) was under the necessity of giving him in charge. He understood that the accused was a very re spectable person, and lived near Prospect-cottage, Highbury. Cadby, the constable, said the gentleman promised to at tend at this office at twelve o'clock, to anstver the charge, and he had no doubt but he would be in attendance in the course of the day.--[Here the constable banded in the card of the gentleman to,Mr. Laing; the Magistrate:] Mr. LAING said be could not interfere as to the question respecting the fare of a stage coach ; but,he was determined where bail was given, and the parties were not in attend ance, that he would return the recognizances, in every case, to the Exchequer. The defendant, who is said to be one of the trustees of the parish of Islington, did not attend during the day, and it was understood that the case was allowed to stand over until (Tuesday) this day. Several applications were recently made at this office, to the Magistrates, to receive voluntary affidavits, but the Magistrates refused to take them, and Mr. Rogers, on one occasion, observed that no voluntary affidavits would in future be received by him, or any of the other Magistrates, in consequence of the diclaration made in the course of last term, by Lord Chief Justice Best, that such a proceeding would be" irregular, unless the taking of such affidavit should he rendered necessary by some Statute. Mr. Rogers, at the same time, recommended the party to try the Lord Mayor. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.----Richard oung, late butler to Mr. Gahagan, 68, Lower Grosvenor-street, was charged With obtaining money from his master, under false pretences. Mr. Gahagan said that the prisoner had beets in his service for eight or nine years, as his confiden tial servant. In June last, the prisoner robbed him of plate, to the amount of 80/. ; but he (Mr. G.) did not take any proceedings against him, and forgave him. He had lately discovered that the prisoner had appropriated to his own use different suns of money, which lie had received to dis charge the weekly bills. Two acts of fraud were proved against the prisoner, in having received the sum of 4/. 2s. 3d. and 3/. 4s.—He was committed for trial. WORSHIP-STREET.—An information was laid some days back by a Mr. White against Mr. Smith, a coal merchant, for deficiency of measure, but as the evidence of the witnesses referred to a date different from that set forth in the information, Mr. Humphreys, the defendant's soli citor, urged this discrepancy as a fatal objection. Mr. 13 s Err, the Magistrate, was satisfied of the validity of the plea, but at the instance of Mr. Harmer, the attorney on the other side, • he consented to defer his decision for a day or two. On Saturday he pronounced in favour of the de fendant, on the strength of Mr. Humphreys's objection. Yesterday Mr. Wooler, on behalf of Mr. Harmer, at tended to support a new information, in which the error, as to date, MS rectified. Mr. Humphreys submitted that this information also must be dismissed, on the legal principle that two proceed ings cannot be carried on at one and the same time, for one and the same offence. Had Mr. Harmer waited until his former information was disposed of, the present objection would not avail. But he had anticipated the Magistrate's decision, and on the day before judgment was given on the former informationnamely, on Friday—he laid a second information for the same offence. The Magistrates, Mr. BROUGHTON and Mr. BittmrT, recognised this as a sound objection, and Mr. Wooler did not offer much opposition to it. This information wag therefore dismissed. TOWN-HALL.—A young man, named W. Higgons, was convicted by Sir J. PERRINO in the penalty of 51. on two separate informations for selling fireworks on the sth November just. The prosecution was instituted by the parish of St. George, where the offence happened ; and the purchase of two bundles of cracke►;s, on the defendant's premises, proved by the informers; and two of the parish officers. Mr. Wooler attended on the behalf of Mr. Harmer, as the defendant's solicitor, and did all he could to serve his client ; but the fact was distinctly swore to, and there, could not in consequence be any mitigation. On defendant's observing he had no money to pay the fine, nor goods to be Ilistrained on, having only rented a little shop, without having anything to do-with the house, the ALDERMAN told him that he must go to the tread-mill. He inquired in a very mournful tone for how long ?- and was told a month ; and there being no cash forthcoming at the conclusion of the Office business, he was locked up. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY.—.-TiIIJRSDAY, Nov. 15.--(At the Court of Commissioners, Basinghall-street.) Bennett, J. Warwick-5q.... 10 Grain, G., Cambridge lO Browne, J.:Canterbury lO Haynes, J., Gutter-lane ... lo Cole, T., Plymouth lO Hobson, E., ShOreilitell lO COUNTRY DlARY.—Tamtspar, Nor. 15. Anderson, R., Manchester—Star, Manchester Hutchinson and Co., Stocktonßlack Lion, Stockton ll INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED, Petitions to be heard at Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, Nov. 15, AT NINE. Anderton, T, Cumberland-st.,lHouse, W., Oxford-street Middlesex-hospital Lewis, C., Drury-lane Bowles, G., Brighton Nodes, J., Camden town Casper, L., Woolwich Richards, W„ Leicester-square Chance, J., Bristol Sturdy, W., Kensington Eaglestone, M., Greenwich Thomas, G., Limehouse Gilbert, E., Burton-crescent Venus, J., Shadwell Hall, T., Kingsland-road Walters, C., Wapping COUNTRY.—At the Court-house, at Carmarthen, Nov. 17, at Ten o'clock. Jones, D., Rhosmaen, Ltandilofawr Reep, William, Llanelly At Bury St. Edmund's, Nov. 17, at Ten. Clarke, W., Thurston IPendle, N., Fornham Three Hewson, J., Thetford I Kings At Durham, Nov. 16, at Ten. Chapman, G., Barnard Castle Robson, J., Durham Engledow, C., Durham Shotten, J., Sunderland Goodchild J., Di illfield Smith, ~ Durham Groves, J., Darlington Southeron, 8., Durham Nioholson, J., Stanhope Spooner, R., Shields Pearson, J., Cornforth Stamp, T, Weannonth Potts, .1., Sunderland ST. KATHARINE'S DOCK.—The works at St. Katharine's New Dock are now proceeding very fa vourably. The water (by the constant playing of the two steam engines) is greatly reduced in quantity. The workmen are all actively employed ; the breach, where the extraordinary eruption of water took place, is now ef fectually stopped. 'the wooden railings, &c. which were swept away by the impetuosity of the tide, are now re placed, and the foot passengers to and from the neighbour hood of Wapping, may walk along without having the fear of falling some twenty or thirty feet. In a very short time, all the damage done to the dock by the unprecedented high tide, will be effectually repaired. The Leeds Fortnight Cattle Fair is rising ra pidly into consequence, since the change of the day.— Though fresh pens had been provided for upwards of 500 additional sheep since the last fair, ;there was still a defi ciency on Wednesday, and, instead of about 300 sheep, which was the number exhibited at one of our former fortnight fairs, we had, last Wednesday, upwards of 1,500. Tile cattle were more numerous on Wednesday, the 24th ult. than on Wednesday last, but that was probably owing to the Leeds *inter Fair happening on the following day. —Leeds Mercury. The inhabitants of Swansea and Math have been much interested during the last three weeks, by the presence of two extraordinary foreigners, whom we believe to be genuine natives of New Zealand ; one of them is stated to be a chief of considerable importance in his own country, and is about forty-two years of age ; the other is his nephew, a young man, about twenty; both are well formed, athletic, and powerful. The Chief, whose name is Finite, is magnificently tattooed, and is said to have fought seventeen battles ; the young man, who is called Halm; or HAIDIC-NAITOR, has not arrived at the distinction of the tattoo, but simply paints the upper part of his face, when he assumes his native costume as a warrior. These persons are accompanied by Mr. JOHNSON, an Englishman, who has for some time resided in New Zealand as a trader ; and, we understand, all the three came away suddenly from that country, in consequence of the outrages committed by SnuNci, a powerful and ambitious Chief, who, a few months ago, not only drove the Wesleyan Missionaries from their station at Wangaroa, but also carried devastation among the natives wherever he came. Both the Chief and his nephew are capable of con versing a little in broken and very imperfect Euglisb, and manifest great acuteness in their observations ; their pro fessed object in travelling through our country is the very laudable one of acquiring such information as may be useful to themselves and to their nativeland.-- Cambrian. TRADE OF THE WEST RIDING.--Novem her and Decembir are generally felt as a time of depression in the Yorkshire trade, and this season does not form an exception. In Leeds, however, all the manufactories are at work, and all working full time. The demand for pa rochial relief is rather less than at the corresponding period of last year ; and the guardians of the poor in Leeds do not contemplate any increased demand upon their funds, as it is their intention to recommend to the Vestry Meeting, when the November assessment is laid, to reduce the pours' rate from 6s. on buildings, and 9s. on land, to ss. on the former, and 7s. 6d. on the latter. In the neighbouring. villages, where the domestic manufacturers principally re side, trade is very flat, owing principally to the absorbing tendency of the factory system. We know not how more justly to describe the state of trade in the other manufac turing towns of this Riding than in the language of a correspondent, well acquainted with the subject, who has this week visited each of those places:-" The blanket trade of Heckmondwike and Dewsbury has not, he says, undergone any change for the worse during the last month. The rnannfacturers, however, complain of want of. profits. The carpet trade at those places has improved, and there are few carpet weavers out of em ployment. At Huddersfield, the demand for woollen cloth has diminished considerably during the last month, but this is a matter of course, and there is quite as much to do at , present as is usual at this season. The fancy trade (waist • coat pieces, &c.) is in a state of depression as compared with its situation during the last summer, but much better than it was last winter. The coarse woollens which form the principal manufacture of Ellaud and Greetland, are in steady demand, and the work people are fully employed.— In the stuffline at Halifax and Bradford there has been a considerable depression within the last two months, but there are still a great many goods sold though at low prices, which is generally the case at the approach of Christmas, principally bought by l arge ca pit a li s t s , for foreign consumption, are nsumption, and rem a i n d ormant t ill t h e spr i ng . partial suspension of th e wor k s a Messrs. JERE m n and W M. THomesoN, o f R aw d en , w h o were grea t, Since o s hi e consumers of foreign wool of the Middle kind,. that article has lowered in the market at least 5 per cent. ; combing and other wools remain pretty steady in price, though the tendency is downwards ; and English clothing wools are almost unsaleable."..—Leeds Mercury. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metrodolis is Oci• 41b. Loaf. The are others who sell from ,jd. to 14 that price. WHITF.CHAPEI. HAY MARKET.—Nov• 70s. Od. to 1006. Od. I lover —. 90s. Odit_li Straw 30s Od. to 265. Od. PAVES OF HOPS (per Cwt.)—Nov. al Kent Pockets -----41. O. 4/. 1 0 s. to 11," Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto Farnham Ditto, Fine Seconds 3 g l / i .. 1 6 05 045. .. :7111.1 144 11: : t tt o °° Kent Bags 1 8 0: : 4 4/ 1: 4s. 10 7/1 Sussex Ditto ss. 3/. 10 s . to a Essex Ditto O 5. to Old Duty laid at £l=lo,ooo. PRICE OF OIL. )5 43 Rape Oil, brown 311. Os. Refined Linseed 0i1.,„.,, If i d , Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per th ousan d . Rape Cake, &r ton. 31. Os. to 3/. 15s. per t°°— PRICE 0/. POTATOES.—Nov. 12. 'Ware —.— Yorkshire Kidneys—. 41. Os. to 4/. ss. PRICES OF Per lb. d. to d. 8utt5,,.,„,, .50 to 561 b.— 20i 221 Ditto—..—.6o to 661 b.— 221 2.4 Dressing Hides 131 17 Fine Coach Hides —l7 19 Crop Hides, :15 to 401 h. /4 151 Ditto 45 to 54.111). 165 181 Ditto --- . 14 201 LEATHEit. ---- &P 1 Per lb. I , Tanned Horse Hide s " . Spanish Ditto 0 Per dozen. 10 0 Calf 5kin5....;36 to 401 b. 0 Ditto 50 to „,, 7 u"'„,' 0 Ditto i 0 to Small Seals, OreeP.----•'' • z I, - ' ------ RAW HIDES. • 'O l 4 i Per Stone. s. d. to s. d. P er Stone s ' .0 % Best Heifers& Steers 210 34 1 Ordinaryr....--,... e 0 Middlings 2 6 2 8 M ar k e t C a lt, - -.... i" SHEIZP SKINS. • o °' Downs--- )s. 4d. to Is. 10d. Lanibs—____ Os. 0 Polled COAL MARI Adair's Beaumont 33 3 Charlotte Heaton 36 9 34 0 KET.—Nov. 12. Walls End Newt - rura l, 3 1 1 Ditto Peareth Ditto Perkins and Cs , , Ditto ; Ditto Russell's r•-•—•:!'" . 90 Ditto Walker , Ditto H e nderson.---... 10 Peiaw Trader Eden small ; Lantbton small Walker small , Peltori Main small 0 ; Russell's Hetton's , Cowpoi 91, ; Marquis Main 511 , i Hartley New Park Flockton- ,, Eden Main Fawcett 4 0 N es ham Main I Walls End HettOtt.— , '"' 0 I Walls End Lambton,•-' o Ditto Lyons.--••••••• 40 Ditto Stewart's 90' lips sold, 55.—....up501t.. P!olywell,: Kelton West 33 , K illingwortli Liddell's ➢tail Newburu Ord's Redhugh Tanfield Moor.. P.~~l~~~ :..t3 6 31 9 33 3 34 0 Townley, Willington - 36 0 Wylam ' • 34 6 Walls End Bell and Co. 36 6 Ditto Bell Robson 8: Co. 35 0 Ditto Beiiicke and C 0..., 39 6 Ditto Brown's 35 6 Ditto Burraton 35 6 Ditto Carr and Co.—..— 35 6 Ditto Crarnlington....-- 34 0 Ditto Haalerigg....— 34 6 Ditto Hilda 34 9 Ditto Hotspur 35 0 Ditto Northumberland 35 3 Ships at market, 14N—Sh .RKETS. • )TE—FaIDA‘.. N • From, To • g4. l s 1,407 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 22 0 28 , 0 ' • 571 Beie ' 16 - stone 'll 0 13 0 15 et 1,292 Barley 7,667 Oats l4 stone 80. 12 0 6 10,692 Cwt. Flour : 9 stone •5 0 24, 0 la 765 Oatmeal ll stone •- 7 0 14 0 ,• 6) Sold to Bakers only. • 15 • 8,957 A C y w e t r . ag Fl e o p u r r ic — e — , •13 0 , 24 0 00. IRISH MA' DUBLIN MARKET N( Receipts of Floury 12, Sales of Do. H, Wheat and Flour Bd. per „ Firsts, --...... ffromtOs. _• Seconds , , from 14s. Ott Thirds-. from ss. PRICE OF BREAM )z.-734 d. I Half.qt JC V ' Quartern Loaf, 41b: soz. 7Nd. I Half.quartern, 21b. 2 : , , t , 1 Wheat, Barley. Oats. F10ur,_ .. , °. / t per barrel per barrel per barrel 9 3 •/ 20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. Ist. ......e" 4. --.. ---...:—.----- o s. d. a s . d. s. d. as. d: s. d. a s.d. s. d. as. ti• tote' t 06 Cork .--.. 22 0-24 6 110-15 3 8 6-10 8 16 0-17, 0 ; 0 0. , 1 Limerick 22 6-23 410 2 0 . 0 89— 0 0 .14 0..45 t o r o t Waterford 216-24 6 12 0-15 0 9 0-10 3 15 0-1 6 6 0 ye. Clonmel 25 0— 0 0 12 0— 00 100— 00 13 0-16 6 6e d o Belfast.... 22 6.-23 912 0-114 0110—0 0 20 6-- 21 ° 0 a" 9° Derry —,— 00— 0 0 128— 00 11 1-12 9 oo—oo oy a o Car10w...... 22 0— 00120— 00 90 — 00 15 0— 09, 0 V Tralee -- 00— 0 0 00— 0 0 00— 0 0 0 0— 0,, u tter Beef, Mutton, Pork, ,`-' ,4 per lb. per lb. per cwt: I s t. 2d. ' 1 0...•••• . • i ———- --• d. s. d. ad.d.ad.s.d.as.d. s. d. s. d. ' 21, Cork 31-5 —...... Limerick— 3 _5 4 51 22. 0-26 0182 076 ...... OV" 7450: Cork _ Waterford 4 Clonmel 3.-4 Belfast.— 4 —5l Derry --.. 6 —0 Carlow...-. 5 —0 0 —0 - 0- 6- Ist., d. s. d. a 8. d: s. d. 6 ' 3 0-26 0182 0 4 •• 2 0-26 0182 0 1 .... 6 00-- 0084 0, 5 00— 008001 O 00— 0082 0 O 00— 00 0 O 23 0— 0 080 0 O 00— 0084 6 2 — CC : 3 ‘ 4 0 s. d• • et 77 or 0 76 , BO „ 74 u ' 0 -'"1 St" 9 0 74 0 —.. 0 ol Non •"" (d 16159.7 KILKENNY "MARKET, .Nov. 6.--Butter, 859' wbeat' per cwt. ; Bacon Pigs, -30 s. to 318. per ditto; q. t ° 179. to 235. per barrel; Marley, 9s. to 103. ; ° 3 o t* , e. 10s. ; Flour, 12s. to 288. per, bag ; Beef and opb-ii,ol. to 6d. per lb. ; Potatoes, lid. 3d. per stone; Is. 2d. per cwt. Aberdeen Coldstream Cupar Dundee Elgin-- Inverness— Kelso Kirkaldy_ Perth --,,.,,. SCOTCH MARKETS, Wheat, 22 32 28 45 34 45 26" 31 25 32 26 28 - 30 . 32 48 25 32 25 33 At Berwick, Coldstri price is given per quarts Oatmeal, which is per Barley. Oats. I Beans- —si .....------• 20 si ----- 25 28 1: 2-1 - 3 8 I 1 19 23 17 19 , -** / 20 22 17 25' '''' . . - 0 I 20 22 18 ' 0 ,,,' ';:" .436 —• , 16 22 17 .4.5 3 -- —.— lu 25 27 24 - 2 9 /, 29 --... 19 28 31 20 24 ~i' 26 32 3j / 27 30 13 18 21 26 ~ ;( 2 1 ::‘0rKfb2,307 , 2 0...h .,, 5 .113. . s e nd r prreletseaatreatpeArbboerg:7lo2s, on the 23d tili':o _....---- which has suk7 l bel t LARGO.-The storin been severely felt here. A number of workmeal;or covered c b o y n t t i h n e ued wa u v n t :ated betv ilf :oo - t 1:: of the waves. I: cll with such violence upon some of the houses situr to , el upon the beach, that their inmates were eompello re thel spirdeeseranbtlebudsaymagrepeaifrrionmg the e prey, fu r k car }:a y r . (l, H n ad ow th COV S them, removing with them every article of ftiroi tu o atlie: tide, some of them would undoubtedly have been u e— : . ' Or d The sea, within these few years, has been makingl ° ,l• ll o_l encroachments, that many persons remember of tP: tbr a could carry . houses and the sea • , and particularly of a storm , '. e, i ivm similar in its effects to the late o Cirri one, which II j from the above yard, two pease stacks, w h ' e iviP 7 so compactly built, th a t th ey were f oun d in thei r o r : dir erect position, at a distance of about two wiles ft° former station.—Fife Herald. ............__-•••""'-----/ d BIRTHS. • Dm . On the 10th inst. the lady of Gabriel Coo ke, ' a son. 0 4 ' On the 12th inst. the lady of Williani Br o ckade. , Caroline-street, Bedford-square, of a daug, :;hte•lin 144 ; of On the 12th i ns t an t, i n M ar k-lao fir"'' ° ft a son, ftliih e t h e lady of Capt. . On the 29th ult. at Grenada , Barrack Master he 10th iof that Island, f a son. el ° On tnst. in Johnson-street, Claret' aon - sq ft g Mrs; Dickens, of a son. of a ea On the 10th inst. at k lanwell Park, th e la d y Baillie, Esq: Of'staton... , d ate On the 11th ist- in Charlotte -street, Bedfora—'l.o; King Hunt, Esq: of a son still -b° the lady of Jackson MARRIED. plr' . . , . _ 'us i ".. We On the 10th inst. at St. George's, Hanover-sclup s %;l o G arre tt; of to H anna h, re lict of t - 0.1r• Henry Bond , of Bond -street, and second daugh ter ° Isaac Carter Curtiss, of Woodstock-street. oo tler' Oa the 10th inst. Mr. Robert Emblet on, to MO - of Ilford, E ssex . e t ' °On the 10th i ns t. Mr. Richa r d Dyson, of Brew er " . of the Golden-squa re , t o Margaret Ask c y, eldest daugh ter late Mr. E. Gadd, of St. Margaret's, 'Westminster. 'tit, At St. Pancras Church, 0. J. Lumley, of Card eme r 0 Lincoln's Inn-fields, to Elizabeth Ann, eldest &Nee George Johnson, Esq. of Heathcote-street, MeV ° square. o 11°9" 1 The Rev. G. P. Buxt on , o f H o lf or d, Cheshire , t f94 ° youngest daughter of the late Charles Shefiberat Cobham, Surrey. f she On the 31st ult. at Southsea, Mrs.. Miller, relict ° late Mr. Thomas Miller, of OVerton, Hants. s b On the 4th inst. at Bishop Stortford, in his o' o f Mr. George Weatherley, h t ea On the 10th, inst. in Sloane-street, in the b b tc, her age, Caroline, the wife of Thomas Osborne, l'See`f On the 11t14 inst. at hie house at Bow, Mr. Ralf ham, self. of Shoreditch. • '6' 0 14 '5 On the 12th inst. at her house iu Uppe r J o s e l street, Russell-square, Martha, widow of the Is - to 6 9 ' Devey, Esq. Permis-house, Fawkhans, Kent, ill 50 0 year of her age. nick° On the Sth inst. at Croydon, Mr. Edsvard aged 71. e el b ; On the 11th inst. at his house at York-gate' to - John Allan Gilmour, Esq. many years ••Treasflrer • lkir y Hon. East India Company. •f e v er, ' Leo O n n ar t d he c th p • e i r ns , man t., ate,ti,eSotetttbPrt, of typhus r.,eit On the 10th inst. at. his house, in Woodstock , Henry Francis MavoF,ESq• W be l On the 29th July, in the 22d year of his 5ge2.4,4 c T a ero vap ple iri: P : o rs c rd ocr ago lc: dn Trf ,rn. ir t P rutq l S. SUN-Orn*, N o , 112, stritnd. rj Lieutenant Guezon.bpy o;o!kny, •, Ikt - 81 ‘4 NICTUA THE C, AlajeAy e a T.tr u i soAy Pe adY to receive fl 4. th- :supply Ise of }Us Maj Ilendar Months tiler until Si x nainafion o f th Ti m c ondi , Each T end " and 'be deliverbe! and. must t eponsible Perq Party tenderin. performance of The Person ° his behalf; ira VICTIJ A H E CI I , Majesty' 4 Rims to ullr, tt receive Teri t ' 2 1 4,(0n se IttStr A /16 _ t tr's Sli eive Month eam~bet t Chath am n Cork ~ bovi ns " K i n Falmouth Greenock 111 ' 1 Yllead Kingstow n , 4 : 4 l l po Yna ;h u i si tt r :t i fi e bYtt an dl i a , " beal ; ito °Ms at eatii Each T elif and be deliver :ad mu st b e • ai lY tender' i n . th e penal Pk% in the °f the respec The Pers ' behalf, ii 10.tuitz: TR o ti —rdr, bySELL, MONDAY th Zi e lv tlY, a c St orek h a 1 7% • ee P e r'' ulat. tain ed, by: 131 fiCe o' s, .4