The Sun. — London, England, 1827-05-08 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICU OF MOTIONS FOR TIIIS DAT.. I. Air. Williams Wynn—Thanks to the Officers and Men engaged in the late glorious successes in India. 2.. Mr. Stanley—Select Committee, to inquire into the state of the Church in Upper and Lower Canada, and the expediency of explaining and revising so much of the Act [3l Gee. 3, c. 31] as relates to the main tenance of a Protestaat Clergy in those Provinces. 3. Lord Viscount Althorp—Bill to prevent persons em ployed by Candidatea at Elections from voting at such Elections. r. Mr. Legh Keck—Motion founded on the Minutes of the Penryn Election Committee. 5. Mr. Wilmot Horton—Correspondence between Sir Ru fane Donkin and the Colonial Department, and other Papers on the subject of the Government of the Cape of Good Elepe. 6. Mr. William Lamb—Bill to amend the Laws relating to the Duties on Auctions in Ireland. 7. Mr. William Smith—Bill to give relief to Dissenters respecting their Marriages. ORDIIRS OF Tilt DAT FOR THIS DAY. 1. Stockbridge Election Petition—Ballot for Committee a half after three. Y. Names of Members absent to be set aside. 3. Defaulters at the Ballot 13d May] to attend. 4. Canada Clergy Reserves Bill—Second reading. 5. Petty Sessions (Ireland) Bill—Secoad reading. 6. Corporate Funds Bill—Committee. 7. Lianwnda (Caroarvon) Inclosure B reading. MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrtved. Due. I America 0 1 Hambirrgh 0 Brazil 0 0 Holland 0 0 Buenos Ayrcs 1 Dublin Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 0 1 France 0 Gottenburgh 1 0 Mexico 0 0 Guernsey& Jersey. 1 1 Waterford 0 - "4 .V 5) ,„ : LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1817. The debate of last night will be read with the highest satisfaction by the admirers of the new Administration. Not to talk of the negative effect produced by a second ludicrous exhibition on the part of the Marquis of LONDONDERRY', the speeches of Mr. CANNING and Mr. HUSKISSON are calculated to fill their friends with triumph and their enemies with dismay. The rise of the public Funds this morning bears testimony to the sa tisfactory nature of Mr. CANNING'S communication regarding the Revenue of the Country, and some of those who are in daily expectation of hearing that he bas resigned, must be a little astonished at his talking of introducing measures next Session of Parliament. The speech of Mr. HUSECIiSOY was an unanswer able reply to the silly attacks made upon Free Trade by the ignorant and interested both in and out of Parliament. He clearly established th'.t the diffi culties of the Shipping Interest were not created by that system, but were the unavoidable result of the termination of a war during which we had been the carriers of the whole trade of the world, and that they would have been unquestionably greater but for the liberal policy which had been adopted. With regard to the Silk Trade, the Right Ho nourable Gentleman gave the most satisfactory proofs of its prosperity, and exposed the idle pre dictions which had been made regarding it, as well as the inconsistency of the Shipowners' Petitions from different parts of the kingdom. He also gave a flat contradiction to the assertion so broadly made, that our Shipping must be decreasing, because the amount of Foreign tonnage is greater. " I admit," said the Right Hon. Gentleman, " that there has been an increase of Foreign Ship ping also, but is it no t i n t h e nature of things that such should be the case ? and are we to allow ourselves to be carried away by a feeling of jealousy, because, while our own shipping is in creasing, we see that of foreigners doing so like wise ?"—(Hear.)—But space alone would pre vent us from offering any farther remarks on this able and luminous statement, an attentive pe rusal of which we will strongly recommend to all whose minds have been poisoned by statements of an opposite nature. We cannot conclude without quoting Lord AL TRoapies satisfactory answer to the charge of incon sistency made against the Whigs for coalescing with Mr. CANNING:— " Indeed, Sir, it is impossible for us not to see that the times are now come in which we must choose between a Government actuated by liberal and enlightened principles, and ens of Toryism in its most odious forms. Beyond all doubt, from the Right Hon. Gentleman who has been placed at the head of this Government, I differ widely on two most important questions—namely, Parliamen tary Reform, and the repeal of the Test Acts. (Hear, hear, hear.) I regret to find that here is an Ad ministration with which, upon these topics, I shall not agree; but I should be worse than a madman, if on that account, I should either refuse to go along with,:or vote for the dismissal of, a Government, which, on so many other subjects I malt feel disposed to concur with, and which it is obvious we could not replace."—(Cheers.) The happiest results are likely to arise from the recent Legal Appointments. An arrangement has been already formed for the Master of the Rolls and the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer to act as Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, during the absence of the Lord Chancellor, for the purpose of proceeding with Appeals, by which arrangement the Appeals will be proceeded in two days in each week before the Lord Chancellor, one day before the Master of the Rolls, and two days before the Lord Chief Baron ; and the Chancellor will be enabled, on four days in each week, steadily to devote him :self to the business of his own Court. 'A man of the great talents and power of dispatching business which the present Chancellor possesses, can get through a great deal in four days in a week, and we have no doubt that a short period only will elapse before the complaints of arrears of business in the Chancery Court will be at an end. His Lordship has also pledged himself, as the present arrangement is only of a temporary nature, to bring forward, in the course of next Session, a permanent plan for the effectual discharge of business. Mr. CANNING last night spoke for the first time on subjects immediately relating to the duties of his new office of Chancellor of the Exchequer ; and the announcement which he made was exactly such as the manliness of the Right lion. Gentleman had led us to expect. In consequence of some observations which Mr. MABERLY made relative to the financial measures which he had intended to propose, but which, under present circumstances, he was willing to postpone, Mr. CANNING stated it to be his intention early in the next Session to propose the appointment of a Committee of the House of Commons, for the consideration and revision of the state of the Finances, adding, that Lord GODERICII had intended to make such a proposition this year, had it not been for the remarkable events which had occurred, and which induced him (Mr. CANNING) to think that the interests of the Public would be best consulted, by passing over the matter as quietly as possible for this year, particularly as the Itate of the Finances was undergoing " a gradual, slow, but perceptible amendment." We were always perfectly convinced, that the distinguished Statesman who now presides over the Administration of the country, and under whose immediate cognizance its income and expenditure are now brought, would not permit the present system of expedients to be continued, without at least ascertaining and laying before the public the grounds on which an expectation could reasonably be entertained, that such a course might be pursued with final success. Our own opinion, and we believe the opinion of every person NV h o has studied the subject of Finance, has long been made up of the danger of that system, and that nothing but manfully facing the difficulties under which the finan cial concerns of the country undoubtedly labour, could extricate it from them. This course the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has determined to pursue, not indeed in the present Session, but early in the next, the peculiar circumstances under which the Ministry is placed being the only reason for the postponement of so rational a proceeding. The mode too in which the Right Hon. Gentleman pro poses to carry on this inquiry, is the best which could be adopted, and such as has been sanctioned by for mer precedent. A Select Committee of the House will thoroughly investigate every part of the subject ; and the result of its labours, together with the in formation on which its Report will be founded, being published to the world, the good sense of the people will readily submit to any measures which may he necessary for upholding the national faith and credit of Great Britain. The further grants for the public service of the present year will be proposed in the Committee of Supply, on Friday ; and Mr. CANNING signified his intention of submitting his general financial state ment to the House before the Whitsuntide holidays. The Paris Papers of Saturday, and the Etoile, dated Sunday, reached us last night ; The alarm occasioned by the recent measure of disbanding the National Guard seems wearing off, and the Funds have again rather improved. The Etoile contains an article from the Augsburgh Gazette, which leaves no doubt of the Porte having rejected the proposals of accommodation made by Great Britain and Russia in favour of the Greeks. What this failure of the humane interference of these two Powers, in behalf of unfortunate Greece, may lead to, we will not presume to predict; but neither of them is in the habit of making proposals without the intention of having them acceded to, or being prepared to enforce the adoption of the policy which she had recommended. The Journal de Paris contains a private letter from Frankfort-on-the-Oder, according to which, the Russians are preparing to commence hostilities against the Turks, in consequence of some failure of the fulfilment of the stipulation of the Treaty of Ackermann. The Quotidienne again mentions the probability of immediate hostilities being commenced by Spain against Portugal, but its statements seem founded less on facts than on inferences drawn from its own views of the sentiments of the Court of Madrid on the recent change of Ministry in this country. FRENCH FUNDS.—Five per Cents., 1001. 65c. 60c. ; Three per Ceuta. 70f. 85c. 50c, Bank Actions, 2,025 f. Renter Nap. Cert. Falc., 77f. 95c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 57 57} ; Perp. Spanish Annuities, 43f. ; Maytian Loan, 670 f. Private Letters received this morning from Paris, mention a report that the KING was about to raise a Civic Guard, to supply the place of the National Guard. It was said, that the Duke D'ANGOCLEME is tube at the head of the new Corps, and that it is to con sist of men, not under 30 years of age, who pay taxes to the amount of 300 francs per annum. Letters have been received at the Admiralty, this morning, from Captain BEECHEY, of his Majesty's sloop Blossom, dated on the 18th Yoe ~ at San Francisco, California, to which port she had re turned, after failing to meet with Captain FRANKLIN off Icy Cape. We understand that one of the boats from the Blossom, which was despatched to look out for Capt. FRANKLIN, passed some distance round Icy Cape; but no trace of the Captain's party could be found. Letters from Madrid of the 24th April state, that a report prevailed that 10,000 French troops were expected in that capital, and that the whole of the Royal Guard were to be sent to the frontiers of Portugal. The same letters, however, mention also, that since the intelligence had reached Madrid of the appointment of Mr. CANNING, the moderate party had been more in favour with the KING, and that a change of Ministry, with the Duke of San CARLOS at the head, was expected. We received this morning the Austrian Observer to the 25th ult., with the Allgenteine Zeifung, and Frankfort Papers, to the 2d inst. The book trade and the wool trade were both very bad at Leipsic. The news from Greece confirms the accounts lately received of the success of KARAISKAKI near Athens. AUSTRIAN FUNDS, Aram C3.—Metalliyies, 90 3-16 ; Bank Shares, 1,084. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. Consols left off yesterday at 82 k, but afterwards were done, in the Alley, at 82/, buyers ; this morning the first price was 82k, but the effect of the Premier's reply to Mr. Maberly's observation, on the subject of finance, last night, caused an immediate and rapid advance. Considerable sales, it appears, had been made within a short period, under the impression that Government would he obliged to re sort to a Loan, and the effect of this was increased by the alarm which took place by the disbanding of the National Guard in France. The declaration of Mr. Canning in the House having dispelled all expectation of the former being needful, or the Sinking Fund being touched, the alarm passed over quietly; in the latter affair the Consul Market experienced considerable elasticity, and rose in a short period to 831, and is now 83k ; some considerable business has been transacted, but the market is now rather 'more calm and looks 'well ; India Bonds have fallen about 3s. per cent. being now 74 5 pm. ; Exchequer Bills remain at yesterday's price, being 47 8. The Foreign Funds have not had any material business ; Colombian Bonds are lower, being 33k ; Mexican have been 69i -a, but are now 68k. No improvement can be quoted in Shares, if any thing they are rather worse ; Tlalpuxahua being 10 20 pm. ; and Colombian Mines, 12 per Share. Three per Cent. Consols, 83 k ; Ditto for account, 83 k ; India Bonds, 74 5 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 47 8 pm. Misms.—Anglo Mexican, 40 dis. ; Brazilian, 2 dis. ; Colombian, 12 per Share ; Real del Monte, 80 pm. ; Tlal , puzahua, 10 20 pm. ; United Mexican, 131 12i dis. ; Bolanos, 60 50 dis. Two o' Clock. A slight re-action has taken place, and Consols havegone back to 82 63 ; Four per cents, 1826, 98i k ; Four per cents. 99k; India Stock, 246; ditto Bonds 75 6. Little or no variation in the prices of the Foreign Funds. THREE O' CL CK. Consols, 83, rather sellers. FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 83 Danish Bonds 61i Do. for Ac. 83 Greek Do. 1825, Brazilian Bonds 61i Mexican Do. 1825 68i Buenos Ayres Do. 58 Peruvian Do. 31i Chilian Do. Russian Do. Columbian, 1821, 33i Spanish Do. 12i The Catholic Association have this day ad journed for six weeks. Even the hope of justice has al ready produced moderation.—Dublin Patriot. COCITRAN'E AND GREECE. The following letter, received yesterday from Corfu, contains recent and interesting intelligence from Greece :___. " Coaru, APRIL 15.-1 hasten to communicate to you, for the gratification of all the friends of the cause of Greece, the important and satisfactory news which came here from Greece. Letters written by persons worthy of credit, dated Zante, the 9th of this month, state that a courier arrived there from Napoli di Romania, and brought the news that great rejoicings took place at that town, in con sequence of a great victory that the Greeks have gained over the Turks. On the 20th of last month, (•2d instant), a battle was fought at Athens between the Greeks and the Turks, the former under the command of Karaiskaki and Gennaos (Terraios), son of Coloco troni; and the latter under the command of Chiutachi Pacha. The fighting continued for many hours with great obstinacy on both sides ; but the result wa•, that the Turks were completely defeated, and obliged to retreat five hours' distance from Athens, with the loss of 3,600 men, and all their baggage and ammunition, while the Greeks have not lost more than 250 men. Consequently the above named Colocotroni's son went to the citadel, with a strong detachment, and carried to the besieged plenty of ammuni tion and provisions. Now we have every reason to be lieve that the Turks will soon be obliged to leave Greece entirely, having lost their ammunition and all the provi sions which they had at Oropos. " You must have heard that General Church has arrived in Greece, and been appointed Commander-in-Chief of all the land forces ; he is very well thought of by all the Greeks, and I believe he will succeed in organizing and dis ciplining the army. But the most important event is the arrival of Lord Cochrane ; his Lordship, after having lauded at Paros, saw a commission, or deputation, consisting of fighting men, going to him for the purpose of presenting an address, on the occasion of his arrival ; and his Lordship returned to them the following answer : " Gentlemen,—l received the letter you have dons me the honour of sending me through your respectable Commission. I feel highly flattered by the sentiments you have been kind enough to express for me. lam more so, by the respectability of your representatives— General Colocotroni, Messrs. Canaris, Botassis, -Bulgary, General Zavella, and Count Metaxa; as also by the per sons composing their suite. But I must openly confess to you I was grieved from the first at seeing the bravest and most renowned military chiefs of Greece busy ing themselves about politics and the Congress, and losing their time in disputing about the place of assembly, whilst the enemy is overrunning your country without the least op position ; that they hold three-fourths of the fortresses of Greece, and have surrounded its metropolis. " Athens is in danger of falling into the hands of the enemies. The brave Fabvier, with a handful of heroes, full of enthusiasm for independence, has advanced to the assistance of its generous defenders, whilst the chiefs of Greece are disputing about politics. " If the shade of Demosthenes could animate the bones of this great man who is interred in this land, and, just changing the names of things and the place, were to pro nounce the first philippic, von would learn from the, mouth of a patriot what you ought to do. " ' Pray read this harangue to a full Congress, make it known to every one concerned in guiding the helm of the state, and follow his advice in every thing. The words of Demosthenes are so apropos to the present circumstances, there remains nothing for me to add. " If you will follow my advice, 0 ! Athenians, dowhat you have nut done till now : give up all dissimulation, and do whatever is useful to the Republic. Let him who has money give it; let him who is able to take up arms, fly to the defence of the country ; come to yourselves again, cease to hope from your neighbours what vou will not do for yourselves; thus you will direct the affairs as God intend ed they should be directed : you will acquire what you hare lost, and you will enjoy the fruits of your labours. "' I have the honour, &c. " COCHRANE.' " Lord Cochrane has now under his command 24. ves sels, and he is ready to sail on an expedition ; and he has been confirmed First Admiral of all the Greek Naval Forces. I have no doubt but that we shall soon hear that he has gained some victory worthy of his fame and his enterpri sing spirit." - ROYAL EXHIBITION, SOMERSET-HOUSE. (Continued from our Paper of yesterday.) . . " The Landing of Mary Queen of Scots," which has already attracted a crowd, by Allan, is worthy of this artist's reputation. " The Embarkation of Cleopatra, on the Cydnus, when she first met Mark Anthony in Cilicia," by F. Denby, is a complete imitation of Claude; as far as imitation goes, it is correct, but why does not Mr. Danby stand upon his own ground? It is not equal to Etty's picture on the same sub ject, exhibited two years since. Mr. Jackson's " Portrait of the Duke of Wellington," presents a dirty, muddy, style of colouring flesh, exceedingly unlike this artist's usual brilliant imitations of Sir Joshua. We suppose, in the hurry of business, the Duke had for gotten to wash his face ; if so, the artist's rigid fidelity is alone to be blamed. The President's " Lady Normanton," is in his usual effective style ; the drapery is beautiful, flowing and easy, the expression of countenance very lady-like and smiling. " Lady Jane Grey, prevailed on to accept the Crown," by C. R. Leslie, is marked bz the beautiful surface, as well as the fine composition, for which his style is noted ; the faces, however, of the females adpear as if taken from one model : they want diversity of character ; nevertheless, even with these blemishes, the picture is one of the finest in the Exhibition; equal to his Sancho of last year. " Gillian," a Portrait, by Sir W. Beechey, is a dead :ailure. Sir Thomas Lawrence's " Portrait of the Earl of Liverpool" is painted in so masterly a style, that the spectator might ac turallv believe it real. It is the fault of most modern Por traits, that their back-grounds are not transparent,, even if painted light the very Portrait seems in cased in a thick coating of mud or mist : in the present instance this disadvantage is obviated. The " Boy firing a Cannon," by Mulreadv, has a striking force of description about it worthy of Wilkie in his best moments. " Rem ',rendes Daughter," by Turner, is a servile imitation of Rembrandt ; we wish this inimitable master of color would trust more to his own genius, and follow less slavishly in the :rick of another ; when he can produce such pictures as the" Passengers going on Board," he has surely no reason to imitate even Rembrandt. Calcott's " Heavy Weather coming on, with Vessels running into Port" is strongly marked, and true to nature. The vessel seems actually to float in a liquid element, which is beautifully transparent, and wears upon its surface that peculiar green tinge, unattainable until lately, in painting. The " Portrait of Lord F. Leveson Gower," by Sir T. Lawrence, is correct as a resemblance, but presents a strict uniformity of feature, not altogether characteristic of the original ; it gives, also, the idea of a smaller man than his Lordship. Warde's " Day Sport," a Winter scene, evinces all the chill and cold of the season ; the game is strewed in the foreground, and the sporting expression of the party who have just returned, is rigidly true to nature. The " Judith," by Etty, is, perhaps, as a piece of colour ing finer than any thing that has hitherto been exhibited, at this Academy. It has a mixture of the style of Titian and Paul Veronese, together with the chiurro °lncur) of Guer cino. The figure of Judith is, as it should be, that of an Amazon ; but the expression is so adroitly managed, that you at once acknowledge the womax as historically repre sented in the Bible. " Holofernes "is the very incarnation of drunkenness—he lies inert and moveless on his couch, and contrasts most impressively with the active and vigorous intellect of Judith. The drapery of the camp in which he reposes hangs in graceful folds over some spears; his coat of mail, shield, and armour are suspended on the left hand side of the picture, and combined with the gold chalices and grapes on the right, which catch a gleam on their surface and throw a splendour around them, add great brilliancy by contrast to the midnight. The still ness of the hour is poetically heightened by a small surface of sky seen over one side of the camp, through which glim mers a solitary star. Constable's " Chain Pier at Brighton" is marked by this artist's usual strict adherence to nature. The atmos phere possesses a characteristic humidity about it, that almost imparts a wish for an umbrella, so naturally is the illusion preserved. The town of Brighton is, however, too much neglected, the artist having thought fit to subdue it to the effect of his picture. The haekrited " Battle of Waterloo," hyJones, is a heavy, dull pies" of colouring ; every thing seems sacrificed to a light in which to enshrine Buonaparte. Among the pieces of Sculpture the two finest are by Chantrey : one a statue of the late Sir Joseph Banker, and the other of the late Stephen Babington, Esq. to he erected at Bombay. They are among the best pro ductions of the chisel that we have seen by this master. The marble statue, by Flaxman, of the late J. P. Kemble, intended to be placed in Westminster Abbey, is a very chaste conception, but we presume that the death of Mr. Flaiman has prevented the completion of the lower part.__ Psyche borne by Zephyrs, sent by Gibson from Rome, is beautifully managed ; the Zephyrs seem tripping along._. light and etherial—bearing the Goddess of Lore on their shoulders. " Maria," by Woodington, is tame, we recommend study and attention to this artist, before he next exhibits in this Academy. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.; FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MAY 7.—Wind E.N-E.—The outward-bound have sailed, with the exception of the Mountaineer. Ar rived and remain, the Resolution, Parker, from Shields to St. Helena ; Elizabeth, —, from Grenada ; Mary Ann, Adams, from Dominica; W. Manning, Smith, from St. Kitt's, after being on shore near Dover ; rudder gone, and waiting for a steam-vessel to tow her to the River. PORTSMOUTH, lIAY E.S.E.—Passed, the Mary, Lear, from St. Domingo ; and Percy, Sayer, from St. Vincent's. Sailed, the John, `Nate, for Honduras. PLY3IOUTII, MAY 6.—Wind N.W.—Off Port, the Nesbett, Sampson, from Jamaica; and Imperial, from New York. GRAVESEND, MAY 6.—Arrived, the W. Fairlie, Blair, from China ; Teniandra, Wray, from Bengal; Hassarem, Gibson, from the Cape; Rival, Wallace, from Bengal; Mary, Gray, from New Zealand; Juline CRNar, from Honduras; Euphrates, Scott, and Samuel Brown, —, from Mauritius; Austurias, Fraser, from Jamaica; C. Brooke, Bell, from St. Vincent's ; Underwood, Rem mington, from Demerara; Nassau, Tremayne, from St. Michael's; and the Brothers, Atherton; Faith, Archer; De sire, Baily ; Fanny, Taylor ; and Union, Abbot, from Lisbon. MAY 7.—Arrived, the Palmyra, Lamb, from Bengal ; Emma, Reyaolds, from the South Seas ; Union packet, Lloyd, from Pernambuco ; Hunter, Nicol, from Havau nah.; Saltown, Melville, from Dominica ; Lorton, Wal lace, from Port-au-Prince; and the Rington, —, from Oporto. VAR's, MAY 3.—The Petit Nanty, Roulet, bound to Senegal, has put hack to Bordeaux, leaky. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.--.-CAUTION TO A DVF RTISER 3. —One Beresford, who keeps a little open shop or stall for the sale of newspapers, at the corner of an obscure court on the south side of Fleet-street, was brought to this office yesterday, charged with obtaining money under false pre tences from various persons, by fraudulently representing himself to be authorised to receive advertisements for the different newspapers. 31. de VeerSt, a professor of music, was the first wit ness examined.—On the 18th March last he had an ad vertisement which he wished to have inserted in one of the morning papers ; but not knowing where to find the office of that particular paper, and seeing a number of newspapers in the prisoner's window, lie went into his shop, to ask to be directed to the office he wanted. He saw the prisoner himself, who, in answer to his inquiry, said, "Oh ! you need not give yourself the trouble of going to the office, for if you have anything to insert you may leave it here ; it will be all the same, as we take in advertisements for that paper." So, M. de Veerst gave him the advertisement, together with 7s. which he demanded for it, and was taken ire himself — for the advertisement never appeared in the newspaper ; and, upon further inquiry, he found that the prisoner was not authorised to receive advertisements for it, nei ther had he forwarded the one in 'question to the office. Master Beresford, in his defence to this charge, admitted that the gentleman's statement was correct ; but denied that he had taken his money with any fraudulent intention. " I did it," said he, "purely for the purpose of saving the gentleman the trouble of going to the office ; but unfortu nately I mislaid his advertisement ; so that I could not send it to the office ; and as I did not know the gentleman's ad dress, I could not apply to him for another ; but if he will now have the goodness to furnish me with a copy of the advertisement, I will take care that it is duly inserted. I proposed this to him, when he called upou me to complain that his advertisementhad not appeared ; but he would not be satisfied unless I returned his money ; and, as I happened not to have the seven shillings at -that time, he has re sorted to this very harsh proceeding against me." Sir Srxrxxx CLAUDIUS HUNTER, the sitting Magis trate, said, " in my opinion this offence is not cognizable before me. It is not a case in which a person goes about making false representations for the purpose of obtaining money. You go accidentally into this man's shop, and he deceives you—he tells you a lie ; but if every deception was cognizable before a Magistrate, we should have more than enough to do. Had he called upon you, and repre sented himself to be an agent of the paper in question, and by so doing, obtained your money, then it would have been a misdemeanour, and I could have punished him for it ; but as it is, I cannot take cognizance of it. I am afraid, Mr. Beresford, you are a sad cheat—and that this is not the only complaint of the kind against you." " Oh ! dear no"—said a person in the crowd—" he has cheated me of eighteen shillings !"--.. He has cheated me of ten shillings !" said another.—" He has cheated me of a guinea !" said a third ; and so on, until there was quite a clamour against poor Mr. Beresford ;—to all which he replied not one syllable. Several of those persons who as exclaimed against him, came forward to tender their evidence; and it appeared that he had obtained their money by falsely representing himself as authorized to take in advertisements for the John Bull, Sunday paper. It was said, too, that he had even put up a sign over his shop window, stating himself to be so au thorised. This led to a conversation, by which it ap peared that he really was so authorized at one time; but having made use of that authority to take in John Bull himself, John Bull had deprived him of his agency some time ago ; and since that time, as he could no longer take in John Bull, he had contented himself with taking in John Bull's advertisers, as aforesaid. Under these circumstances, the Alderman said he should take time to consider, before be pronounced his decision ; and therefore he ordered that Mr. Beresford should remain in custody until to-morrow (this day), when he will be brought up for further examination. He was afterwards told, however, that if he could give bail for his re-appear ance, he might in the meantime go at large. QUEEN-SQUARE. —John Haines was brought up in custody, charged with a burglary in the house of Mr. John Prince, a watch-maker, residing at Dorvill's-row, Hammersmith, and stealing therein a silver watch, silver coral, spoons, and a quantity of jewellery articles. John Warren, a Bow-street patrol, was on duty be tween Kensington and Hammersmith, about three o'clock on Sunday morning, when he saw the prisoner in com pany with two other men, one of whom was carrying a bundle; he called to his partner, Young, and .told the prisoners to stop; he seized the man with the bundle, desi ing to know what lie had there, when the prisoner replied " Grub, what do you think ?" and another said, bread and cheese. The prisoner then ran away, followed by Young, who took him into custody. Witness collared both the other men, who beat him, and in the scuffle they escaped, but not before he had succeeded in dragging one of their coats off, in which he found a dark lantern. On witness examining the bundle, it contained a quantity of jewellery articles, &c. He held the men about ten minutes, one of whom threatened to kill him. Young, the other officer, deposed to his apprehending the prisoner, and on searching his person he found a com plete set of house-breaking implements, consisting of stock and centre bit, skeleton keys, phosphorous box, matches, screw-driver, &c. They had examined Mr. Prince's house since the robbery, awl discovered the pannels of the shutters bored in holes, which corresponded with the centre bit, and also the windows broken.—Committed. The Duke of Clarence, after visiting the Deptford Dock-yard, where his Royal Highness was re ceived by thc_Official Gentlemen at the head of the different Works, expressed himself as being highly satisfied with the state both of the Naval and Victualling Yards. The Duchess of Kent entertained a select party to dinner yesterday, at her apartments in the King's Palace at Kensington. The Princess Sophia Matilda, Countess Bridgewater, Count and Countess Ludolf, the Bishop of London, and Archdeacon Potts were of the party. The Duchess of Gloucester visited his Ma jesty yesterday. The Princess Augusta ♦isited the Princess Sophia yesterday. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Feodore, honoured Mathews'. entertainment, his " Trip to Paris," with her presence on Saturday evening. The Marquis of Anglesea, Lord Mary borough, and Lord Farnborough, had audiences yesterday of the King. The Earl of Harewood had a numerous party to dinner yesterday, at his residence in Hanover-square. The Lord Chancellor did not return to the Cabinet Council on Sunday afternoon after ♦isiting the King. COLLEGE ELECTION.—Mr. Croker arrived in town yesterday, and remains till the Election, which is expected to take place early (perhaps Friday next). Notwithstanding the base per sonal abuse of one of our contemporaries, and the still baser steps which have been resorted to to produce infraction of faith on the part of Mr. Croker's supporters, we are happy in stating that his return is certain.—Dublin Patriot. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. APPEALS. The Earl of SuarrEsnoßY, the Bishop of OX FORD, and the LORD CHIEF BAROn, attended in the House of Lords this morning, for the purpose of hearing Scotch Appeals. Their Lordships were occupied all the morning in hearing arguments in Napier a. Scott, a case which was totally destitute of public interest. COURT OF CHANCERY. The LORD CHANCELLOR sat at five minutes past ten o'clock, and proceeded on the appeal paper. Several of the appeals were ordered to stand over till Saturday week, in consequence of Mr. Horne having had to go ir to the country last night to see his eldest daughter, whither she had gone for the benefit of her health, and who, we regret to state, he did not expect to find alive on his arrival. • LOVERIDGE V. COOPER. Mr. SHADivELL stated, that this was an appeal from a decree made by the late Sir Thomas Plutner. A Mr. Robert Johnson left 12,0501. four per cents. in trust to pay from the dividends 5001. a year to his widow as long as she lived, and then that a moiety of the principal should be divided equally among as many sons of the testator's brother as might be living at the time of the widow's death. The widow died in 1821, there being four of the sons alluded to then living, who con sequently became entitled each, in a fourth of 6,0251. Those sons having had a contingent interest in the property fr m the death of the testator till the death of the widow, Richard, one of the sons, in September, 1816, assigned over a part of his contingent interest, without leaving any deeds for it ; and in December in the same year, made a sale of the whole of his interest, without notice of the former incum. brance ; in the following year the purchaser gave notice of his purchase to the trustee ; in the next year notice of the mortgage was given to the trustee also, and the ques tion was, whether the notice to the trustee of the sale had annulled the mortgage ? The effect of the judgment of the late Master of the Rolls was in favour of this position, deciding therefore that the first incumbrance had been destroyed. The Counsel for the appellants could not for a moment conceive that this Court would permit this entirely new dicta of law to stand. There never had been such a decision made before, nor was there any case precisely in point in the books. In one case, in .leed, that had been before Mr. Justice Buller, he expressed an opinion in favour of this sort of law, but Lord Eldon Lad subsequently stated that no such opinion could be supported or established. Mr. SUGD/r.N appeared for the respondents, and con tended, that as this sort of property could only he dealt with in equity, certain rules were necessary to be laid down for the protection of those who purchased it, and that one of those rules must be, that if the assignee (for instance, as in this case) neglected to give notice to the trustee or assignee of the properly, of his claim off it, before the a,- signee had allowed another person to acquire an interest in it, the first claim must be lost. This decision of the late Master had only followed what the profession had for a very long time conceived to be the practice, though no case precisely in point had ever occurred. His Lonnsitir said, as this was an appeal, and that, too, upon a nice point, from the judgment of the Master of the Rolls, be considered himself entitled to have an opportu nity of carefully reading over the pleadings before he de cided it. He also begged to be furnished with the short hand writer's notes of the judgment that had been given. MOTIONS. His LonDsurr announced, that during the term he should hear motions on the Wednesdays. At one o'clock the effective appeals having been got through, the Court rose, after having heard a short motion of no interest. VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT. Several eases which stood in the paper for this day were postponed, in consequence of the absence of Mr. Horne. Nothing of interest occurred in the Court up to the time we went to press. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. SIR JOHN PERRINO, BART. AND OTHERS V. SAMBRE:IK AND JOHN WILES, JUN. Mr. PARK, in the absence of the Solicitor-General, on the part of Mr. Verheke, moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict for the plaintiffs should not be set aside, and a new trial granted. This was an action on a bill of exchange for 2,0001. dated Jan. 1826, at two months, drawn by John Wilks, jun. upon, and accepted by, Wilks and Verheke, who were in partnership as attorneys. The bill and signature were all in the handwriting of Mr.Wilks, and on the 4th of January he sent it to Mr. Barber, one of the plaintiffs, enclosed in a note, which stated that he (Mr. W.) " was in need of a sum of 2,0001., and in order to accomplish his purposes withcut inter firing with his other means, or selling stocks, he would feel obliged to Mr. B. to discount the enclosed bill, and that he would not require to get it renewed when due." On the same day a sum of 2,0001. was paid to the plaintiffs, on account of the Welsh Iron and Coal Joint Stock Company, to whom Mr. Wilke was indebted in a private account. The point submitted by the Chief Justice to the Jury, at the trial, was, whether under all the circumstances, it was apparent to all reasonable men, that Mr. Wilke had used the name of the firm for his own private purposes, and if they (lid so, they should find for the defendants, but after the strong csldress of hie Lordship, they found for the plaintiffs. It appeared in evidence that the plaintiffs never discounted any similar bill for Mr. Wilks, and though there was a notice left at the office of the firm when the bill was due, yet it did not appear that it came to Mr. Verbeke's knowledge. There was a letter, however, subsequently written to Mr. Ver beke, advising him of it ; but he referred to Mr. Wilks, who managed the cash-transactions of the firm. Mr. Park contended that, from all the circumstances, the plaintiffs should have known that Mr. Wilke had transgressed that authority which one partner gives to another, and therefore that thecase was deserving of further consideration. Lord TENDERDEN-Take a rule to show cause. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Nothing of public interest had transpired previous to our going to press. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. This Court sat for a short time this morning, during which some motions of course were disposed of. The LORD CHIEr BARON, at its rising, proceeded to the House of Lords. HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY. HEAD-MONEY. THE AMAZON. The KING'S ADVOCATE moved far the usual allowa: ce of head-money in the case of the piratical schooner, the Amazon, which was chased by the sloop Scout, Captain Wigston, in the Bay of Honduras, in the wonth of August 1f324. The pirate got amongst a reef of rocks, and the Scout having pursued her as near as possible, despatched an English schooner to block up the only outlet from the reefs, upon which the crew of the pirate ran their vessel ashore and escaped. A pursuit, however, was commenced, and 24 of the pirate's crew were captured and taken to Jamaica, where they were tried as pirates, but for want of sufficient evidence they were acquitted. It ap peared, however, that the Amazon had been the property of a Spanish merchant, and was captured by a pirate. Several of the crew were also identified as persons engaged in piratical exploits, but there was no insane of compelling the witnesses on these points to at tend at Jamica. The COURT granted head -money for 43 men, the sup posed crew of the Amazon. GREEK PIRATES. The KING'S ADVOCATxm;;;Ifo; head-money, in the case of a piratical vessel under Greek colours (but having no license from that Government), which had plundered several lonian vessels in the Archipelago. In consequence of these outrages, the Colombia was dispatched by Capt. Hamilton, in search of the galleon, and the crew of the latter being acquainted with this expedition left their ship, which the Colombia found moored on a detached rock, with her bottom upwards, in a small creek. The boats of the Colombia being sent to take possession of the galleon, were attacked by a smart fire from the pirates, who had established themselves on shore ; but in despite of this re sistance the boats' crew succeeded in destroying the gal leon, but all the crew escaped. The Couar granted head-money for 25 men, the sup posed crew of the galleon. The Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Portland, and the Marquess of Anglowa, visited Mr. Canning yester day, at his residence in Downing -street. THE OPPOSITION.—Various rumours are afloat as to the opposition expected in the House of Com mons ; but a certain class of people out of the House are daily becoming more enlightened —we mean those who have been long governed by prejudice. Many hundreds hare lived for years under a rooted impression, that the high price of an article is a proof of its superiority, and have discovered the error only by calling at 33k, Strand, where they have purchased for a Guinea a pair of Wellington boots, equal in quality to any in the kingdom. NAVAL INTELLIOENCt. Messrs. J. Brooman, D. Mosberry, H. Broadhoad, Robinson, Geo. Hotham, T. Graves, and C. Hopkins, bail been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. APPREHENSION OF SIR WILLOUGHBY WOOLSTAN DIXIE, BART. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT. On Thursday last, a warrant was issued for the appre' hension of the above gentleman, signed by C. G. Mundy' , Esq., Charles Loraine Smith, Esq., Richard Norman, and the Rev. W. W. Greenway, four of the Magistr!te 6 for the County of Leicester. The charge preferred against the Baronet is of a most serious and revolting nature, roar much as the warrant set forth, that he had " violently and fe' laniously made an assault upon his own daughter, Eleadl, Francis Anna Dixie, an infant under the age of ten year!. The warrant was placed in the hands of Unwin and L 10 1" bert, two experienced officers of the Borough of Leicester. The magistrates suspecting that same resistance would be offered in the execution of their fiat, ordered Unwin and Livabert, not only to arm themselves, but to select fin it other officers to assist them in the business. According l P the six individuals alluded to took a post-chaise, frona the Crowns Hotel, Leicester, two of them as outriders, an proceeded about four o'clock in the afternoon of t` 3° dayday mentioned, to Bosworth Hall, a distance of are ° miles, and arrived there about six o'clock. The outer door of the mansion was open, and three of the officer* ' with Unwin at their head, entered, and enquired of the footman where his master could be found; he replied he could not possibly be seen. Ha was then charged in the King's name to aid and assist, which he also refused, and endeavoured t° prevent the officers in the execution of their duff: —Unwin then produced his fire-arms, and expressed his determination to shoot him or any one else who interfered , The premises being very extensive, the officers perambw lated the various passages, and tried all the doors tbeY could find, two of which they broke open, and entered one room through the broken panels. lie was not, however, to be found till after the lapse of two hours, when the room they suspected was forcibly entered with the assis tance of a carpenter, and there they discovered the Barone!. He made no resistance, but insisted upon remaining 13 the house all night ; this was complied with, as the officers knew how extremely popular the prisoner was amongst his tenantry, at Bosworth. During the night he made several observations to the (ff" . cers, denying the charge in Coto ; and further added, that " if he had loaded his six-pounder and fired it off; he s hould have blown them all to together." About five o'cloc k in the morning, permission was granted that Sir Willoughby should ride to Leicester in his own carriage, in consequencl of a Doctor's certificate, whi c h stated, that the chaise wdd iu not be a proper conveyance, owing to an inflammation in the Baronet's leg, which required it to be kept in a horizontal posture. The equipage, with four grey horses, drew lir at the hall-door, but Unwin insisted that the postillion from the Crowns should drive the leaders, with two officers as outriders. They arrived in Leicester about seven, and the Baronet was safely placed in the county gaol. At first be refused to get out, unless the gaoler c a me t o rece i v e hid' with proper honours. On Saturday the Magistrates ed tered into an investigation of the affair at th e coun ty public' office, which lasted several hours, and the case stands ad journed till a future day. LONDON MARKETS. HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) ST. JAMES's. X. A. X. s. E I• X. g. ' 0 Lowland Mead.Hay3 15 to 4 15 Clover Hay 4 oto 6 4 Upland Ditto 415 510 Oat Straw 2 0 2 0 Rve-gritsg Hay 415 410 Wl:eat Ditto 2 4 3 * Meadow Hay from ss. to 16,, Clover 205.„ per load lower 1 11 • — „, last quoted ; prices of Straw stationary. A great supply, mid very dull trade. SMITHFIELD. X. 8. X. s. Lowland Mead. Hay 3 13 to 4 13 Upland Ditto 415 515 Rye-grass Hay 4 15 515 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Supply good, arid trade di fp . Cloy. Hay generally 4 15 to 6 0 Do. extra fine 0 0 4 2 Oat Straw 1 18 6 Wheat I)itto . 2 2 Ii; prices as on Saturday. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metrodolis is Nri, f" the thattlb. I price. ,oat There are others who sell from }id. to PRICE OF SEED:;.-May 7. New English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) 70s. 725. line 735. 15( ,''' Old Ditto Ditto - -30 s. 425. fine 48s. 6,,' New Foreign Ditto --...-...„ 38s. 48s. fine fils. CM . Old Ditto Ditto- -- 265. 38s. tine 40s. 435. New White Clover---._., sBs. 645. fine 71s. VA' Old Ditto - 3 ls. 3ls. 48s. fine 528. 5:. 4 , 6 : New Trefoil -.....-..-- -- . . 295. 365. fine 375. 5 7 - 4 ' Old Ditto .. 7s. 225. fine 10s. 2 04 . Rib Grass -.. 245. 28s. fine 325. 35E. .......- English Carraway -s. 375. 395. fine - -4 ' Foreign Ditto --......-, -s. 30s. 325. fine --4. Coriander -. -s. 233. 30s. new 338. 413 ''' - ------ Seed ~__.. St. Foin ( per Quarter)—.......- - s. .—.B. —s. fine -'' Rye Grass - ...... 255. 30s. new 365. 4 ,, 0 ' . ' Paccy Ditto ..—...- -- ___-...... 365. 4 , 25. new 40s• 15,.."' Linseed, for foeding :39,3 4,4)s fine 4 Ditto, for crushing,-.... Canary Seed, New— . :: — ..--- **- .........96 — :. • 1 3 005 i'' .. fi 3S' ne . I fl ls n s e . - 739: : Ditto Old- --5..-s. —s. fine --s• White Mustard Seed—(per 8u51ie1),...... —s. 12s. 14s. line ..-s• Brown Ditto —a. Ifis. 20s. fine l''' ' '' Turnip Seeds, Rounds . --s. 365. 425. fine --- 0. Green and Red Ditto —s. 44a. 465. fine , 5 ' Tares, Old.--........-------.55. Od. 6s. ed. tine oa. u"..• Ditto New.._....... - —. —s. fine 12s. 1 "" Rare Seed, English, fine (per Last) 201. 231...-... Foreign 201. _e_ .. " .....31' PRICE OF OIL. Rape O.il, brown V/. (3s. Refined Linseed Oil ° Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand 13 10 ?tape Cake, per ton - 5 0 WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.—May 7. m, 84s. Od. to 115 s. Od. Clover--- 90s. Od. to 135 x• 3Ss. Od. to Us. Od. PRICES OF HOPS (per Cwt.)—May 7. Kent 41. 10s. 51. ss. to 61. ( 2," S : tIMX Ditto 4"' /. 6 g . 41 . 12s. to 51. Essex Ditto 41. 10s. 51. Os. to 51.*s- Farnham Ditto, Fine., Ol. Os. 81. Os. to 9 1 "'" ---- Seconds 01. Os . 71. Os to pi. 00. Kent hags— ---.. 3/. les. 41. 10s. to 5 1 . (16" Sussex ditto Essex Ditto... 3/. Ms. 41. Os, to 41. lOC 3 1 . 1 25 ._ _44 5. to 41. 15s. Old I)tity laid at X 115,000. PRICE OF POTATOES.--May 7. Yorkshire Kidneys Scotch iteds Oxdobles and Shaul --.......,.. 3/. Os. to 3/. 10s. ditto. Marsh Champions.- 4/. 10s. to 51. Os. ditto. LEATHER. Per lb. Tanned Horse Hides..... Sramish Ditto .........,..... 'er dozen. 9$ Calf St s',3— 35 to 401 b. 17 Ditto 50 to 701 b. 2 4 eth Ditto 70 to SOlb. 2 0 1 2 0 Small Seals, Greenland PRICES OF Per lb. - cl. to d. Butts 50 to 5811 a.— 20 21 Ditto G 0 to 661 b.— 22 23 Dressing 131 15 Fine Coact Hides 15 17 Crop Hides, 35 to 4010. 14. 15 Ditto....—.-45 to 501 b. 15 17 Ditto 17 1.9 14 d W l ' ' 16 14 °I RAW HIDES. d. Per Stone. a. d. t o s. d . Per Stone. a. 0 Rest Heifers& Steers 210 3 Ordinary 110 - 1 , Middlings 2 A 2 6 M ar k e t Calf - T H EP SE SKINS. 2s. Od. to Sg. tld. I Lamb s nailed 6d. to 4E. 6d. lc 4d. to 11. .RKETS. OTE.---FRlosv, May 4- From To r ' 9;8 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 53 A 39 0 35 $ 3 34, 229 ~ .16 stone 17 6 19 0 ' 410 Barley, l6 stone 21 0 22 0 21 eo i 2,01 S Oats. [2,414 Cwt. Flour 9 stone 10 0 26 0 SA 11 stone IS 0 20 0 '' Sold to Bakers wnly. 0 0,901 Cwt. F10ur. .,.... m 17 0 26 0 '- Average price of Wheat and Flour 48s. 4d. per sack. Firsts, from 255. Od. to 265. y Receies pt of Flour, 11,6151 Seconds, from 16s. Od. tc 225. Sal of Do. 12,411 Thirds, from 105. Od. to 150. PRICE OF BREAD. Quartern Loaf, 419. soz. 9d. I Half.quartern, 21k. IRISH MA DUBLIN MARKET N( Mr. Pope was with Sir Godfrey Kneller 0. 118 day, when his nephew, a Guinea trader, came in' N e phew," said Sir Godfrey, " You have th: h on our of seeing th e two greatest men i n th ci world." " I don't k now h ow great you may be," s ill the Guinea-man, , g but I don't like you r loolc g ; I have often bought a man much better th at ' both of yo u t oge ther, all muscle and bone, ten guineas."—Scotsman. MARRIED. On the 3d inst., at Cheadle, by the Rev. Af. Pun 7 William, son of Jose Lane, Esq., B e l mon t, to 5 . ,...,a r " . Anne, eldest daughter of the late John Baxter, r-" 3 "' Brook Lodge, Cheshire. PRIXTID and PUBLISHED by M. YOUNG, at * e Sufi-Orrice, No. 112, 64sud. BIRTHS. On the 6th inst., at Tapioca Court, the Viscoun t - ego Kirkwall, of a son and heir. On the 6th inst., in Charlotte-street, Bedford-gr ilil° the lady of John Bayley, Esq., of a son. DIED. On the 2d inst., at Hastings, Robert, 7th Earl rel*.„ - Viscount Tarowortb, fourth Baronet of England, "'", o , F.A.S., in the 71bt year of hi, age. By his LordshiP decease the titles devolve on his only brother, the 1 4 ° ° ' Washington Shirley, now Earl Ferrers. On the 4th inst., Loui sa , th e i n f an t d a ughter °f sf. Daniel Bailey, of Holborn. On the 4th inst., Susannah, wife of Thomas As t°° ' Esq., of Ealing, Middlesex, in the 71st year of her 3g c ;. On the 6th ult., at M a d e ira, Mr. Robert Shuttle vrort° of Great Bowden, near Market Harboroug