The Sun. — London, England, 1827-11-23 00:00:00

dusively upon the wretched occupiers, who are themselves but one degree removed from a state of actual pauperism. When the general circum stances of the occupiers of Irish lan4 are taken into c onsideration, we cannot help expressing the most unbounded admiration of their hospi tality and benevolence. However contracted his dwelling, however limited his store, the house less beggar never in vain solicits relief or shelter at the hands of the Irish tenant." A strange de- fusion has taken possession of many persons who have not attended to the subject, that the Poor Laws tend to increase the population. So far from this, they form the only effective check against a redundant population. A man in Eng land cannot live like the savage . in the woods of South .America ; he must have a house to put his head in, and fuel as well as food 'for himself and family. • .:Now, it ,is always in the . pdWei of the owners : , of land tp prevent the erection of more cottages than are necessary for the la bourers required for the cultivation of the land. Accordingly, we find, that before .the Statute of Elizabeth, cottages 'were multiplying so fast, that the Legislature passed a law to prevent the erec tion of any without a few acres of land attached to them ; but that, since the Act of Elizabeth, the other law became superfluous and a dead letter. " The impression," says the .quarterly - Reviewer, " above alluded to, that either by. the wages of labour, or by parochial allowance, they must s upport those who . are born on their land, is fixed in the minds and . perpetually regulates the conduct .of land occupiers. ,Betiveen,.lss o and 1750 there is good ground for'Supposing that the agricultural" population had suffered a considerable diminu tion ; and this position is borne out, at alr i events, by an inspection of a.variety of Parochial Regis ters in several agricultural districts. It is the diminution of the, old agricultUral districts which has led Mr. Cobbett to assert, that the popula tion of the kingdom generally has experienced a considerable decline. Our ancestors (and when we say ancestors, we mean the whole Teutonic family, ,of which the En g lish branch bad the same laws and usages with the rest) were very early alive to the importance of a good police for the poor. In the Capitularies of Charlemagne, we find the principles of the Act of 'Elizabeth dis tinctly expressed. In one of them it is distinctly laid down, that no beggar should be allowed to roam about the country ; that whoever has poor on his property, shall be obliged to support them ; and that no one shall give any assistance to poor when they do not labour: De mendicis qui per patrias discurrunt, volumus unusquisque fidelium nostrorum suum pauperern de beneficio aut de propria familia nutriat, et non perrnittat alibi ire mendicando. . Et übi tales inventi fuerint, insi manibus laborent, ..nullus eis quicquam tribuere p e s t eurnata The affairs of the poor were ordered to be taken first into consideration at Diets, and to be on no account leliyed, medical men were ordeied to.attend on them during disease.. A trade or craft of some kind or other was ordered by. Charlemagne to be taught to every youth, e computo ut °limes veraciter discoid, &c. The Irish landlords will do nothing till mastered by circumstances. • But the time is approaching when circumstances will master them. The struggle is now between them and their peasantry, ; and as, thanks to the Poor Laws of this country, they Can Only - ,rid themselves of a small number at a time (for it is only in the great towns that there is any.openiag, and there, . whenever the inarY,et is overstocked, the emigrants are re turuid),,,a4 as nam in .no. country, not even in Ireland, - will lie down and .die, the land will be worth nothing to the landlords, till improve ments are introchteecl a But we defy any man to introduce improvements without capitulating with the people. To show the way. in which ,the Poor Laws of England compelled the Landlords to attend to the improvement of their Tenantry as well as their Estates, we give the following notation from a work of an experienced Land Steward in the time of Geor_ge the First (Law rence) :—‘, Tenants in the North who rent but small farms" (thay have now the largest in the eland) " have, generally speaking, but little sub stance wherewith to make any expensive im provements. Ibis indeed is a misfortune, but 'tis such a .one as requires time to mend and alter. To alter farms and to turn several little ones into great ones, is a work of difficulty and, time ; for it , would raise too great an odium, to; ,turn poor, families into the wide world, by unitii)g . f ar y l3 at once, in order to Blake an advance of rents. "Fis much more reasonable and popular to- t he content to stay till' such farmsfall into hand.hy death, -before the tenant is either raised or turned out. I remember an instance in my surveys, of a gentleman who was for making small farms into great ones, all at once t , the conseqoence whereof soon after ,ap pearedao be this,; that the Church and yoors' assessment fell so heavy upon the remaining te nants, that the Lord of the Manor was soon brought to discover his mistake by re-admitting the pootatertants, and disposing the farms partly iu the same state they were in - before, and town tent himself to allow time to complete his desire of improving his estate in that way of making the farms larger. The true remedy, therefore, for this misfortune is, not the violent one of forcing them beyond their power, but the gentle and rational one of persuading and instructing them in all the thriving arts of making the best of their fano, that they may be able, not only to pay, but to advance their rents. I have known seve ral instances of tenants that hold their lands at an easy cild,rent, and yct, for want of being in structed in the new methods of lime, turnips, grass-seeds , . &c. , were still . poor, and, hardly ably. to pay that old rent, much, less, could they . beer any advance ; but yet, #1.4 aoon as they he ted by.thet steward to practise came better instructed ail the best and latest methods of husbandry, they presently could bear an advance of rent ; and not grew richer upon it, and only.suffered it , b ut thrived better than they did before at. the old rent." Necessity is the mother of invention. When.the Irish Landlords receive no rents (and we hope this will soon he the case), they will soon find out the good qualities of ihe Peasantry. It will be better to reside on their estates, or to sell them to those who will, than to receive no rents.—Morning Chronicle. No news of any importance, on the only sub ject which is an object of political curiosity at this moment, had arrived at a late hour last Ilight. a , We are still, therefore, unable to inform theimblic what effect the transactions at Navarin have hadetipan the counsels of the Divan. This statimeni•of ours, that no news had arrived, must be'understood as wiping away the authority of many rumours** have been in circulation : as thatahezbatteries of Navarin had fired upon the '"ealle".when'tttata—ng from the harbour, and sunklitoine;of theein s * thips. Probably, had it as :a c oicatoysuitil . d 'Purpose of those who -invented this report, they would have asserted that the ships had sunk the batteries! We can t ate ? h o wever, upon certain inf ormat i on , t h e ar- rival of a person in England, who saw our fleet corning out of the harbour. Here we cannot help remarking upon the comparative maladroit ness of the enemies of Government, in the fabri cation of ill news, or the discovery of adverse facts. When they were in the confidence of the old Administration, with what an air of authority they dealt out their portions of information to the public, or with what an air of mystery they affected to conceal them ! whilt even then we (by balancing probabilities, comparing dates, and opening channels of private communication ) were generally the first that rhade the truth known, or at least succeeded ultimately in 4or recting error and misrepresentation. But now that they are left to the resources of their own genius, industry, and talents,—though some of them are said to be Lords and ex- Ministers,—what wretched _falsehoods and ab- surdities do they sanction by their belief, and circulate with their authority ! It is a fabri cation of this class of politicians, and totally a baseless one, that Sir John Gore is sent to supersede Sir Edward Codrington, with whose conduct they . have also invented that Govern tnent is dissatisfied, because he would not let the Turks shoot his men. Sir John Gore is gone out with a confidential communication to Sir Edward, of whom he is the most intimate friend : and cannot any man of common understanding see, that the political instruction to be conveyed to Sir Edward Codrington must, at this moment, be of the most delicate kind, being contingent upon a variety of circumstances that cannot be assumed as positive, and that, therefore, the most intelligent agent is necessary ? But,--,to lay aside the appearance of mere reasoning and con jecture,—upon all these points, also, we have positive information. So -far is- Government from being displeased with Sir Edward Codring' ton, that he would certainly have been made a Peer, on the arrival of the news of his victory, but for the circumstance that there was no pre cedent of any. Commander haying received that high honour for a naval exploit before a declara tion of -war had been issued, And Sir John Gore, taking out Sir Edward Codrington's son with him, will, as won as he has had the neces sary communications with the father, assist in a totally separate service, no way interfering with that of the Admiral ; and which the latter could not undertake, except he could be in two places at once, Vs e believe that there is no just cause for any apprehension respecting the European Envoys at Constantinople, or the European resi dents at Smyrna ; for Foreign Ministers are se cured against any sudden ebullition of popular fury at. the former. place by the nature of their residence at Pera ; and the ship which conveys the news of the battle of Navarin to Smyrna will give notice of the event by previously concerted signals, which the Christians of every state will understand in time to go on board the vessels of their several countries, if they think the danger menacing.—Times. We insert a letter readily on the subject of the approaching election of a President of the Royal Society. We do not know in what way that body May proceed, but we should suppose that modesty would restrain Mr. Peel from accepting, Or offering himself for, a situation for which the second. Duke in the kingdom, a roan of science also, which is what cannot be said of Mr. Peel, is a candidate ; or by his election to which, his Grace would think himself honoured. How rarely do men born elevated station cul tivate the snusas severiores, because they can have little to hope for from them in the way of ivorldly distinction Y. flow pure, therefore, must be that love of science by whiCh they are actuated! And. when an. occasion presents itself of crown ing auch,students - with the garland of approba 'ion, how impolitic and injurious to transfer it to • others, 'whose pretensipna are founded neither on native rank nor successful studies in those de partments for which the Royal Society was insti tuted. We give the following letter from a Correspondent of The Times : Sir,—You have done an important service to the true interests of the country by inserting the notices which have been sent to you resrecting the election of the President of the Royal Society ; but you must not stop. The facts are as follows :—Sir H. Davey did not bear his faculties meek about him ; the Council and the Society were distracted by disputes and cabals ; and Sir H. Davey's health was such that he resigned, and his friends do not wish to put him up for re-election. The eiperielice the Society had as to a President who was himself one of the " irritabile genus," has led them to sigh for a King Log. They looked about amongst the aristocracy : the Duke of Somerset was not liked ; ,Lord f,ansdovvne was engaged with the birds and the beaStS at the Zoological ; and at last Mr. Peel , though very far from being of the aristocracy, was pitched upon by the Tory party,—not from any wish to serve Mr, reel, the Society, or science,—but they all exclaimed, " What a triumph it will be over the Liberals, that Mr. Peel should be elected on his mere character by one of the Most enlightened aristocratic scientific bodies in Eng land !" But this is kept in the back-ground, for fear the hint should be taken, and the watchword given by the opposite party ; but I have by accident been let into the s4,eret, having been in the enemy's camp. Depend on it, they are preparing for a grand triumph, of which we shall hear nothing till the day of the election,—and then too much. I write this to call the attention of the mem bers of the Society of the fact. Those who think Mr. p ee l a g i4a of science,' a patron of science, and one who has shown a desire to encourage the learned and ingenious men Of this country, will honestly vote for him ; but those who vote for him to show their 'hatred to the present Ministry Will act with about as much honesty and liberality as Mr. Peel did bravely, when he came to London in the week of Mr. Canning's funeral, and refused to attend it,—refused to attend the funeral of that man whose picture then was hanging up . in his drawing-root ,--0 f that man of whom he himself said openly, but a short time before his death, they differed but on one point only, and that the Catholic Question. Mr. Peel has not been very gracious on the iiubject of his election : he let it be understood they might elect him, but it must be ;Ar animous if be was to serve. I do not trouble you as to the objects of the Society,— they are now as nothing: there wants no stimulus at this time o'day to encourage science or knowledge, and the So ciety des nothing, nor has it for years : they meet, and the council squabble,—and they fritter away its funds in jobs to a few• dependents. Yones, '• B. Our City article notices the bustle which prevailed pn the Stock-Exchange yesterday. It seems to have been a movement without any precise object, and springing from no definite cause, Something is expected, and therefore the political barometer is agitated. The French •Ifunds, it was known, had fallen two per cent. ; ibut the French knew as little as we of the affairs of the East, subsequently to the battle of Nava- The declension of their funds was, there fore, said tQ ]nave sprung from a domestic cause, —the increasing opposition to Ministers and M. Villcle : and it is asserted that this gentleman will, in consequence of the adverse current of the elections, only have a majority of forty in the Chamber of Deputieß. We recollect that Lord Sidmouth, then Mr. Addington, threw down the helm of the British Government when he had a Majority of thirty-seven members in the House of Commons ; but he .eras a puny-minded silly man for so doing, and was guilty. of a desertion of his Sovereign. An Administration properly constituted would consider to whose tender mei., cies it is that they leave a master, who has 10 7! noured them by his choice, if they quit They would strengthen their party by the fearless of capabl e f r iends, and preference and promotion by acts calculated to cultivate the love of the pub lic. M. Villele has, unfortunately, the people of France against him : he has insulted their un derstandings, and striven to darken their minds by the suppression of the liberty of the press. — Yet we suspect, from his past conduct, from the pertinacity of his temper, the variety of his expe-, clients, together with the immense influence which any actual Minister possesses, that he is not one who will, even now, succumb easily.— Ibid. • A report was prevalent some time ago, that a misunderstanding existed between his Grace the Conimander-in-(Thief and another Noble Lord, officially connected with the Army. It is now said that these differences have not subsided, but hat, on the contrary, there is a probability of .heir leading to a second resignation of his Grace. We mention this report, ss 7 hich we know to be current in well-informed circles, principally with a view of expressing our hope that it is not true; for, in the present dearth of persons fit to hold important offices in the State, the country can ill afford to lose that person who, of all others, is most unquestionably adapted, at all points, for the station he fills. As for the other Noble Lord in question, without pretending to disparage his merits, or to detract from the good opinion which may be entertained of him, either by him self or his colleagues, we doubt whether the public are prepared so much as to hear of his talents and services, respectable as they may be, being put in competition, for an instant with those of his supposed competitor. Indeed he must be a bold man who puts himself in contrast with the Duke, in any way connected with that branch of the public service over which his Grace presides. The Ministers, too, we imagine, must think themselves stronger than they really are, if they venture to hazard a second breach with his Grace. It is true that, not being a Member of the Cabinet, or in any man ner identified with its measures, the Duke's retirement from, or acceptance of office, need have no immediate influence upon the policy of the Government ; - at the same time his Grace's name is " a tower of strength" to the Administration, from the confidence it gives to his peculiar department in the eyes of the country. It may be useless to reason farther upon a matter, the cause of which is so little known, and the result alluded to, we trust im probable. We trust, that if there exists any ground for the report in question, it will not turn out to hinge upon any point of money or patro nage, which are, unfortunately, the too-perva ding source of attachments and disputes now-a days between public men. " Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just;" and we feel confi dent that on this occasion, on one side at least, nothing hut honour and justice will be found.— slfornsng .fferad, The composition and conduct of the present Administration of England, is admirably calcu lated to show into what disorders and contradic tions the world would perpetually have been thrown, if there had been any truth in the half= philosophical, half-superstitious dogma, of the constant struggle and the alternate triumphs of the good and - evil principles in the moral and physical government of the universe. There is, in fact, an incessant conflict between the good and evil spirit in the Ministerial Body, and we lament to say, that the latter appears to.tssinfi nitely the Inore powerful of the two; carrying, in fact, all before it, unless now and then upon some emergency of unusual excitement, whets the loud voice of the English nation is heard to encourage and reinforce its antagonist. The conflict then becomes visible to all eyes,. and au dible to all ears, and the evil spirit, omnipotent so lo ng ,as-tii,e, A tinggle is carried on. in ; silence and obscurity, then finds itself .arrested . in the career of victory. An exploit is performed by a portion of the British Navy of a character which tarnishes the honour of England, and sullies her proud and hitherto immaculate flag with the foul stains of massacre and piracy. The evil spirit in the Government hastens, by conferring public honours upon the Commander, to nationalize the ignominious achievement ; but the voice of a virtuous and magnanimous nation is heard in the low murmuring which foretels and prepares the thunder storm, and the evil spirit is put to flight and to shame. The honours so rashly conferred are succeeded by disgrace. The laurel withers, ere it can he woven into a chap let. And the same vessel which conveys to the Commander the intelligence of the hasty honours which had been awarded him, carries out also an in q uiring superior, to let him know that the English nation neither adopts his achievement nor believes his representations. Other nations, moreover, either misled by the first act of the English Government, or desirous of overwhelm ing it with a double portion of ridicule, bestow marks of distinction upon the unfortunate Com mander in pursuance of its example, and thus place him upon a still higher pinnacle in the eyes of Europe, only to secure greater celebrity to the degradation which, upon second thoughts (and second thoughts are said to be best), his own Government has thought proper to award him. Such is the confusion to which the con flict of the good and evil principle in the Go vernment of England has, in this instance, given rise ; but to which, we are well assured, the illustrious Lord High Admiral is no party. We have, however, another, and if not perhaps quite so striking, a still more important in- Stance to adduce, of the effect of this conflict between the good and evil principle in the Government of England. Four months ago; under the influence of the evil principle, this Government entered into a Treaty with two other Powers---a Treaty palpably un just—a treaty which had for its sole basis the power of the Governments who became parties to it—a treaty which not only contemplated but proposed the 'forcible dismemberment of a State, with which, at the moment when it ?was signed, all the Confederates were in alliance. One pre tence only existed—it was a shallow and fraudu lent one—for the treaty, and the pretence was, the existence of piracy in the . Levant to an ex tent highly injurious to commerce and to. the in terests pf the Confederates, and the presumed impossibility of putting an end to piracy without compelling the Grand Seignior to forego his rightful claims to the allegiance of his Greek sub jects. The treaty and the pretence were alike emanations of the evil principle. And here a gain,.the good sense and virtue of the British people have opportunely come • in aid of that feebleness,which, we l a ment to say, is so con spicuous in all the movements of the good prin ciple, or which rather,we might say, incapacitates it from originating any- movements whatever, and has enabled it to'atchieve a signal. triumph over its antagonist, to discredit the treaty altogether, and to expose the hollow and fraudulent pretence upon which it was founded to the universal derision of mankind. Thus aided and fortified, the good principle in the English Government has determined to suppress piracy, not in the unjust, and ~tardy, and circuitous mode prescribed by the treaty, "but by, means independent altogether of the treaty, and utterly repugnant to its spirit, by proceedings which England was more free to adopt before the treaty ' was signed than she is now. The prudent and just, and, if honestly acted .upon, the effective determination of the British Government for the suppression of Pi racy is, that its cruisers shall board every armed vessel with which they may henceforth fall in, sailing under the Greek flag, and capture all such as may be found unprovided with papers attest ing satisfactorily that they sail under the express authority of the Greek Government. This measure, if honestly enforced, will no doubt put an end to piracy. But there is not one word about this measure in the treaty. It militates indeed very strongly against the spirit of the treaty, be cause the latter, with some equivocation to be sure, (for what is there in our national policy at the present moment which is free from equivo cation) recognizes Greece as an independent State, and it is notorious that no independent State acknowledges the right of search as appli cable to its vessels of war. This measure we pronounce to be a decided triumph of the good principle in our present ill-assorted and anar chical Government ; but it is one which we ima gine the good principle could hardly have at.• thieved, had it not been strongly reinforced by the remonstrances of British merchants and the rising anger of the British nation.—Morning Post. We believe M. de Villele to be a very well meaning Minister, and we should be sorry to see him displaced by any of those who have hitherto been hinted at as likely to be his suc cessor. Notwithstanding, indeed, the ,present clamour against him as an individual,' we have reason to believe that he is decidedly popular in France, and the sacrifice of one or two of his col leagues, who are more than ordinarily obnoxious to the Parisians, would probably have produced at the present elections a very different result from what is likely to follow. While, however, we express our approbation of the general cur rent of M. de Villele's administration, as one eminently advantageous to France, and while we look on him as an honest and sincere friend to England, we most pointedly condemn that un fortunate, as well as unjustifiable act of his, of which he is now reaping the consequence—we mean the revived censorship of the press. We pointed out in strong terms, not only its tyran nous character, but the absurdity which it in volved when it was last .adopted in France. From all that we have learned since it was re moved, it would appear, that not only had ar ticles really obnoxious to the Ministry been sup pressed, but the power of suppression had been exercised—as such irresponsible powers always must be, until human nature change—capri ciously as well as despotically. The enemies of M. de Villele have thus been irritated, but not sub dued, and they come forth from the bonds which he had attempted to cast around them, like the strong man refreshed from sleep, more terrible and more vindictive than before. There is an 'other unfortunate consequence of this impolitic measure. While the Journals were allowed to vublish freely, the people became, in some mea sure, inured to their exaggerations. Their ef fects,,like that of stimulating liquors, ceased to operate' upon the stomach after it hid for some time been habituated to their reception. The impoSition of . the Censorship deprived them at once of all credit. But precisely in proportion as they were not believed when trammelled, are they `received with unlimited credit now they are free ; and hence the effect they produce. No such ad vantage, be it observed, accrues to the Minis terial Journals ; because to them the public were well aware the Censorship was nominal. At this , moment, therefore, Efley command no more be lief than during its operation, while the Opposi tion. Journals command infinitely more. We hope s that one effect of the powerful opposition in the Chamber of Deputies which is mustering up against him will be, to induce M. de Villele to depend in future on the respect and credit which he may claim by fair and open means, and not on that forced, sickly, and worthless fame, which grows out of complaint, whether just or unjust, forcibly repressed, and of accusa tions removed, not by judgment, but by refusal of trial.—New Times. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—Nov. 22. Nothing was talked of to-day but Sorcery and Druid, and scarcely any thing done even on them; there is every prospect to Sorcery attaining a still more prominent sta tion in the odds.—The present betting is thus— DERBY. 61 to 2 agst Mr. Thornhill's Merchant 8 to 1 agst Hon. E. Petre's The Colonel 9 to I agst Duke of Rutland's Sorcery colt 12 to I.agst Duke of Grafton's Druid 20 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Hampden colt 20 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Shoveler 20 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Omen 25 to 1 agst Mr. Peel's c. by Filho—Lady of the Vale 25 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Brother to Defiance 25 to 1 agst any other. OAKS. 10 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Turquoise 10 to l i agst Lord Jersey's Trampoline 25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Bess filly ST. LEGER. I l to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Velocipede 12 to 1 agst Colonel King's Bessy Bedlam 12 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's The Colonel 20 to 1 agst any other. SALE OF RACERS, &c. The following is an account of the sale of Mr. Mytton's Stud : Oswetry, 6 yrs, by Filho (to Mr. Jones), sold for 185 ;Elesmere, 3 yrs, by Filho (Mr. Hall) Lechmere, 3 yrs, by Master Henry or Castrel (Mr Dickinson) 6l Bay Colt, 3 yrs, by Comus (Mr. Mott) , Lark, 3 yrs, by Rubens (Mr Carr). 66 Yearling Colt, by Sherwood or Filho (Mr. Lockley) 55 ;Brown Filly Foal, by Master Henry (Mr. Dickinson) 62 Colt Foal, by Filho (Mr. Dickinson) 45 ) IMerinna (brood mare), by Walton . 98 l !Gwernheyled Mr. Fitzherbert, by Milo 53 Warrior _ _ Little Gray Benson 35 46 Mhbourne 50 The Devil Chesterfield, 3 yrs, by Milo l5O Loraine, 3 yrs, by Mountebank l5O , . . Bay Gelding, 6 yrs 7O Grey Gelding, 6 yrs Bay Colt, 2 yrs, by Duplicate Maid of Mansfield, by Filho Chesterfield and Loraine were the property of Mr. Beardsworth. MULATTO.—We have heard it asserted, tbat an offer has been sent from Newmarket to run Lamplighter against Mulatto. The venerable and noble owner of the latter replied, that he was ready not only to run Mulatto against Lamplighter, but against any other horse in England.— No rejoinder has been received at Wentworth. We are informed that his Grace the Duke of Leeds has engaged James Robinson, the Newmarket jockey, at a sa lary of 300 guineas, for his North country engagements the ensuing season. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. —John Jasper, a young man of dolour, was charged with stealing a 501. Bank of England note, the property of his master, Captain Woodley R.N., Who resides in Regent-street. Captain Woodley was not in attendance, and it appears is unwilling to prosecute. Mr. HALLS directed that a summons should be sent to the Captain, requesting his attendance on a future day, and remanded the prisoner. Daniel Frederick Jones, who has been several times examined on various charges of fraud, was yesterday re examined. There was no further evidence gone into, and Mr. HALLS told him that upon producing two sufficient sureties in the sum of 100/. each, and entering into his pwn recognizance in the sum of 2001. to answer any charges that might he preferred against him at the ens,ling iessiOns, he would be set at liberty. The prisoner said he could find bail to any amount. He ras informed that he must give notice of his bail, and that ie would be brought up on Monday next to be discharged, his bail were accepted. MARYLEBONE.—Tames Cooper, who is a shopman lo Mr. Hebden, a pork-butcher in New-street, Dorset ;pare, was charged with wilfully and maliciously breaking 4e leg of a spotted coach-dog, belonging to Mr. George all, of New-street-mews. _ _ It appearing by evidence that the dog was a notorious reebooter, and that it had committed robbery repeatedly in he shop of the defendant's employer, Mr. GRIFFITH placed he value of the bacon and pork stolen from Mr. Hebtlen, s a set-off against the expence Mr. Ball may sustain in :uring the dog, and dismissed the charge. William Bishop, a young man, was committed to Vewgate for trial, on the charge of stealing five planes, Ind other carpenter's tools, from an unfinished house in Robert-street, New-road. • John Marchant, of Middlesex -street, Somers-town, a carpenter to whom the property belongs, left it under lodic nd key on Wednesday evening, and missed it yesterday Morning. The prisoner was apprehended in the act of 4ndeavouring to pawn it, with an apron also belonging to the prosecutor tied round his waist. Eight respectable tradesmen, living in and near Fitzroy market, were fined ss. and costs, for exercising their ordi iary callings on the Lord's day. The informations were laid by Henry Hutchins, a beadle, 4cting under instructions received front the parish-offieers of St. Pancras; who found their shops open at half-past II 4'clock on Sunday morning, and after the commencement Of divine service. HATTON-GARDEN. —Jarnes Gower, a young man 4f respectable appearance and address, was brought up yes terday before Mr. I..ntrta and Mr. Sergeant SELLori, by the dverseeer9 of Clerkenwell parish, to show cause why an order of affiliation should not be made out against him, he being the reputed father of a child which was now become a retainer upon the poor's-rates. The chief clerk suggested to the Magistrates, that it might be still in their recollection that the present case was One which had been about 12 months ago brought under their consideration. Mr. LAXNG.—I recollect the case perfectly well ; and also that it had been satisfactorily proved that the young man was in Lincolnshire at the time in which it was alleged the criminal conversation took place between himself and the female accuser. Mr. Bodkin, who attended as solicitor on the part ,of the tarish, said, that the woman had been in a place of service nee then till very lately, and having left, she applied to the parish officers for relief on behalf of herself and child ; but the parish thought it necessary to look to the reputed father of the child for its maintenance. And although the parish 1- - authorities might have their resource at the Quarter Ses iions, yet he thought it would be more respectful to bring the matter once more before the Magistrates. Mr. LAING—If such a harassing system were suffered to go on,—if once a precedent were made for it,—if cases, after having obtained the decision of the magistrates, were allowed to be brought forward to go through the ordeal of tinother hearing, after a lapse of twelve months, the cases would be interminable, and I know no man who would be safe. We had before the most satisfactory proof that the accused party had been in Lincolnshire at the time of the conception of the child ; and now, taking all the cir cumstances of the case into consideration, we do not think it proper and consistent to go into it a second time. Mr. Sergeant SELLON—We have already gone through ill the evidence, both pro. and con., that the case would admit, and upon that haiing come to a decision, we will not now have that decision brought in question here. Mr. Scott, one of the overseers, said that the reason why they did not bring it forward long before the present time was, that the woman had been engaged as wet-nurse, and - nt Th aw bp e ryo f pt a i c ei er t orn o n f ae l t. t t e: r n s o h t ot h d a d v i b n e g i a u p f: made no application for relief. er n , o w r e eas re o 4.1 ii.elelddfrft.lSset. stand g ni e de a f ti oi t vs , ' The defendant said that he had every reason to suspect the motive for bringing it forward now arose out of a pri vate pique—an envious grudge towards him on the part of the parish authorities. Mr. LAING-We will not entertain the case. Mr. Scott said, that their decision of the present case on the former occasion was grounded on a letter from a per son living in Lincolnshire; that they had afterwards written to the supposed writer of that letter, and having since received no answer, they thought it could not be re lied on. Mr. LAING-I know well there is such a person, a re spectable attorney, living in Lincolnshire, who is the avowed writer. We have taken evidence as well verbal as written. Mr. Sergeant SELLON-We abide by our former decision. Mr. Bodkin—l was not aware of what took place on the former occasion. The defendant said lie was willing to give the parish officers all the information they required, and he could afford. The mother, insisting vehemently that the defendant was the actual father of the child, was ordered by Mr Laing to be taken out, and he peremptorily refused to hear the case any farther. L AMBETH- STREET. Yesterday an ill-looking fellow, named John Mullins , was brou g ht in custod y be fore Sir DANIEL Wrra.taxs and the Rev. Mr. MATTHIAS, charged with riot and breaking the windows of Poplar work house. yffl isee,rebbneuceten,c could not g e t any. The Beadle stated that the prisoner, who for a consider able time past had been troublesome to the parish without the slightest claim, came on the preceding afternoon, and collected a mob of the lowest characters round the work house ; and after making a long harangue against the parish officers, commenced an attack on the committee-room windows, with large stones from the road, while his com panions egged him on by crying, " Go it, that's right !" A gentleman who sat in the room narrowly escaped being severely injured by a stone which passed close to his head. Four large panes of ground glass were broken, of the value of twenty shillings. The latter part of this statement woe corroborated by a respectable inhabitant, who assisted in secur l i es n ta g iadi t o h n e e p . r T is i o e n l : a r d . Sir DANIEL asked the prisoner what he had to say jiave?— Prisoner,appliedbrofko broken nss relief• a i t iftoleiree windows l utmost ast 1 indifference, he would 5 Sir DANIEL, whe by this time recognised the prisoner. asked " Pray were you not regularly passed to Ireland some short time ago ?" Prisoner—l was passed as far as Bristol your Honour. The Rev. Mr. MATTHIAS—And from thenceyou passed yourself back again. Sir DANIEL asked the prisoner if he was aware that, by returning, he subjected himself to imprisonment for six months in the Howe of Correction? Prisoner replied" No." The Beadle said that he was instructed to solicit that 'the prisoner might be held to bail. The parish officers wished to make an example of him, in order to deter others from the like offence. The prisoner was accordingly com mitted in default of bail. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—A young barrister o f respectable appearance and connections, occupying cham bers in Gray's-inn-square, appeared amongst the disorderlies from the watch-house, charged with creating a disturbance and mob round the house of a respectable-looking man, re siding in Little Charles-street, Hampstead-road. The complainant said that he was a housekeeper in Little Charles-street, Hampstead-road.—About ten o'clock the preceding night there was a loud knocking at the street-door, and upon opening it, a lady elegantly attired rushed in and craved protection in complainant's house. She was much agitated, and said that a " gentleman" had been following her, and she was desirous of getting rid of his impertinent importunities.—Knowing the lady to be respectable he granted her request. Shortly after the • defendant gave a loud knock at the door, and demanded to see the lady who lodged in complainant's house. He told the defendant there were no ladies lodged in his house, and cautioned him not to create.a disturbance at his door, or he should charge him with the watch. The defendant replied, that " he knew the law as well, as he (complainant) did, and should wait to see the lady." , Complainant shot is door;". and, in a few moments the gentlemn came again, 'created a disturb . ance, and attracted a mob round the house ; 'So that he was compelled to give him in charge to the watchman. The defendant confined himself to saying that lie had created no disturbance, and that he should bring an action fdourranfalesee,imagpariinssotnmtheenct,omfoprlatilileanfit.ve hours he bad beep f. r annoyed n nTolyi housesee do c f o b n yi l l p lp l re a le i . n spo a un i t i set likei n statedi, his sti sw t t h r,e a i ee t tfe, nadtherenadn defendant. lie e w r i e re t ws should :unit:Ws:at all future visitors as he had done the defendant. The Magistrate cautioned the complainant against sel( too hastily. In the present case, as there did not aptet to be any particular disturbance, he should direct the dr. feudant to be discharged. The young barrister paid the usual fee of Is. a nd w 3lO • away with his " legal friend" under his arm. : THAMES-POLICE.---A man in the dress o f a soti was charged with having been guilty of a petty theft. 1, others were put to the bar on a charge of havi n g bee° lur ing about at large with intent to commit depredatio ns. l The first, whose figure was the most wretched poolvbei; said he was discharged from an hospital, and being 'in, to obtain a ship, was driven by hunger to pilfer. 0e h e Oared that lie was ignorant of any quarter from whfnce could obtain relief. The six others, whose squalid appearance b es poke e t r e treme wretchedness, were sailors, found lurking ab°, 4 §t . untenanted houses about to be pulled down to fo rm .n, Catherine's Dock. The number of these objects PF:',j cently been increased in the streets, as the season i al , t o. vanced. They declared that they were seamen out °its* ployment, who had no means of supporting thenisCtio and were obliged to depend upon what they eoahl g e . o r the streets. They knew no means by which they, 0 sailors, could obtain relief, and they betook themselve!o these untenanted houses at night, which were the coin receptables of numbers similarly situated. Mr. BALLANTINH, the sitting Magistrate, 'n 4 i n disiog g i ,i;: these cases, said, that it could not be admittea ci r to 04 1r it - I. ' set of men that they did not know bow in this tain relief. It must be presumed that they ‘l'e re , u ss :fri , ,i that relief was to be had by application to the parOm• t hey; cers. He endeavoured to impress upon them thSt % were not to accustom themselves to shun a police-016F , a place where punishment alone was dealt out, but,toL.o it for relief and protection when the parish officers Fer,_iS. their claims. Under the most favourable circum,stanTilie would be the most humane course, perhaps, 'to ses'or prisoners as rogues and vagabonds to the House of ct ior tion, where they would be well taken care of and dis e " Oe ed in a condition to resume an honest course of life' co therefore sent them each to the House of Correctie this three months. He at the same time observed, __, tbs , ur t Ole was a description of persons who supplied a eon'l7ool' portion to tl•e gangs of established depredators. ~ ii i ne. could not be a doubt that these men would in a sb °r ;insil have sallied out and committed robberies, or got frooi t oo , offences to greater; and yet little care seemed t o. t O n ' , in general to check such a career at'the outset. gave orders that these untenanted premises, and sue'. 'te4 receptacles within that district, should be regularlY 1 by the officers, and all persons found lurking there tit' • ' hended. He gave general directions also, that tbe.ati 01' of that district should be upon the alert to apPr ehe _ . such characters found wandering abroad there. isio t. Yesterday Mr. Evans, the Chief Surveyor of the T u i - ict e • Police, report .d to the Sitting Magistrate (CaP t ' h y tJ' BELL) the death of a sailor who was .. rowned just "'delve stairs in front of this office, between the hours of ty'opis and one that morning. About half-past twelve, n' o f of the boatmen belonging to the establishment wer e of or paring to go on the river on duty, they hear d the e c r 4iti) • " Sculler," as if from the stairs (Wapping New '•'. aer' which are close by the office, and as if coming froioll'oi, son who vrante.l to be put off to some ship. In a fe f t heir" nutes after, when they went to the stairs to get in t° s'o boat, they perceived a man in the act of sinking. df, tor immediately made every exertion to save him'- I hi,. a very short time, they succeeded in bring on shore, and removing him to the office; 1° Vl' assistance was immediately procured, and g.i e s in son the surgeon, after trying every remedy, f al utiot ° ' restoring animation. When the deceased was brong...ooo, ffi ce the o a liquor similar to rum flawed from his ~- -1 1 in . which gave rise t o the suspicion that he had beet, ni-neposed liquor at the time. the accident occurred. It is ' W a l es"' that the manner in which he came by kis deathlnifini Wishing to be put on board his own ship, a ucl.s ° ,,ith th e. sculler at the stairs, he got into one of the li nts bet fr om view of sculling himself on board his own shill , , able to' the state of intoxication in which he was, n ot bol o elet keep his footing in the boat, he tumbled over , and t his fate. ••ove r ed the ship to which the poor fellow belonged ? . o r . svo Captain Rimini IL asked Mr. Evens if they. d' e C Mr. Evans said that they had not. The bodY_,, to ark of the ships which lay in . & tier in front of the:'"' as yet claimed, but it was supposed tha t he beloorlo,. rhea Captain RICIIBELL asked where the deeesne" th - s e s Y wets' lying ?—Mr. Evans replied at a house close by The deceased's clothes were then drying waiting for the Coroner and Jury to sit on the hodY* o f OA office. . • ' ' ft? : UNION-HALL.— Thos. Pocock, ii, e , 1.40 C a ( 'O%, White Bear, Fore-street, Lambeth, Was : I "Pr ir ' no Lee (lieu: his P. information, charging him with-leeOng the 1 lth inst. during the hours of Divine Service on . le the absence of her o k Mrs. Pocock, who attended in band, stated, that the men found in' the house by tb e ilid ficers had gained' admittance by rushing in at the time He he sta h t a e d door was opened to let o ut her son: ' t Hammond, the ofl;cer, alleged that this statelo e ! ‘ - ie it; improbable; and as no witness appeared to substot t Zo l . the Magistrate convicted. the defendant in then ' l '''. , penalty of 40s. and costs. .... fir es t ' in fror t Thos. Balance, landlord of the Cross K ey '' ' es ; street. Lambeth, was charged with a similar n'7,11):( the , pleaded dere o i v i l , 00 : , clock. Penalty 40s. and costs. ozi e l j Angell, Lambeth Ivo g r u h i eo' d that one , leis , about 13, had altered the ' clock for some object 0 , . which had deceived him. onva asirmidi larG guilty, irnefeonr,n alleging l oa information. itoi ni e. t that ale a ga This ' statement appear I • fand the )- et ,satis actory, ' tion was withdrawn on payment in ell, of costs. li es Win. Day, of the Fox, Alex. Patrick, of 0,, e ' ; Horn, and John Reynolds, of the Cock and - Ont ue t i Oar Lambeth, were convicted of the same offence, ay 40s. and costs. Bor BIRTHS. -- If illi ter- On the 21st inst., the lady of Dr. Whatley, • str o ee n t, h er 22d i i c n k s - t s „ qu a a t re mr , o nod f a fn d i a d u , ghter. • • l a dy Of t til Rev. G. R. Gray, of a son. On the 21st inst , at Maucelter, Warwickshire, the , of Richard Mansel Oliver, Esq., of l' Iv ''' . MARRIED, - D• li' On the 22d ins,., in London, by the Rev. IL 7 0 ad ir Spooner, M. A., Ns than Gray, Esq., of Marelt, oo 3B bridgeshire, to Charlotte, the youngest daughter oflP, i. Great Yarmouth ~ ,..,.be rt Bateman, Esq., M.D., or --- -- • ' lv''' On the 22d inst., a t St. Mary's, Newingtofsiage, t°' South, Esq., 8.A., of Pembroke College, CsOurowtaiq' Margaret Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the lat e ~ Smales, of Walworth. ' SheP& l On the 21st inst., at Minster Church, Isle of To ot Essex, the Kent, by the Rev. Thomas Wood, of East Churo' 0( 16,: .°l l ,Benjamin Chambers, Esq., to Mrs. Harriot Edlo ~ Bell Farm, Minster. .„, r;e r ii i, ' On the 2lst inst., at St. Ma r y's , Islington, 01 • ' .. , Cobb,. of Cobford, Essex, to Emmeline S u san/ 31 1, 11, 4,01' the youngest ße•. Nicholasson o f daughter of Mr. _Henry Banner, Formosa-place , o' P o i„Pf: Thomas St. t. George Armstrong/ -1.: ',;0 6( On the 20th inst., at Montville House, Gucr ~( of Thomas Priaulx, Esq., of that island, . V t i , , Garry Castle, ISing's a C t o ,, u . n a t ry j y o , On the 21st inst., llf I le , ,heibnreoPl:eraidac,uhltx:Artucair::::::,l, ,Al'airj',,.,,!,, Nathaniel Best, M.A., George Best, Esq., of tt! s ori, Temple, Barrister-at-Law, eldest son of George •` g !,4l, '. Best, Esq., of Welbeck-street, to Mabel Anne 11 the lif Botley's Cottage, Surrey, daughter and heiress 0 ' „ . 01 , . John Bretland Hollings, of Eaton H,all • - the 6 °`• ' „in • , if • Salop, Esq. CeOf On the 4th ult., at York, Upper Canape , h ies Baldwin, R.N., to Augusta Mary Melissa, da li g , John Mills Jackson, Esq. ,-.' t • , O S DIED. 51 ;0 if , I , On the 18th inst., suddenly, George Archer bir , ,5. the Crown and Cushion Tavern, London-wall , in ' year, universally respected and lamented. 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