The Sun. — London, England, 1834-05-30 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, At a late hour last night the question of the . . ALitustry Was still unsettled, and every man, as his" temper happened to be sanguine or dis trustful, indulged corresponding anticipations of success or failure in filling up the vacant offices. We have not heard of any further disposition to retire on the part of Lord Grey's remaining colleagues, and as all those . who continue in the Cabinet must have made up their minds to support to its . full extent the liberal policy agreed upon in relation to the Irish church question, the immediate difficulties of the noble earl at the head of the government will be em braced, it is expected, within the single work Of selecting substitutes for the four lords and gentlemen who have resigned. We can do no more than reiterate what has already been im pressed with all the earnestness of which we were capable on Lord Grey's attention— viz., the absolute and imperious necessity of resorting to men of tried talent and principle, and not of such qualifications only, but of straightforward and unflinching reso lution in their enforcement of measures of reform. Having state our confidence that the moral coui- age of Lords Grey and Brougham would be found adequate to thik tnelnentous occasion, we shall not scruple to declare the bitterness of our disappointment should it turn out, that when there is but one safe course, and that a bold one, the miserable expedients and subterfuges of ordinary periods or of timid and little minds should be visible in any of the forthcoming artangements. It will be irrecoverably fatal to the attempt at renovat ing the broken Cabinet, if any mere old stagers of office, " red-tapists," and so forth, as an evening contemporary has it, should be stuck in for hole-stoppers, to the exclusion of men of acknowledged decision and ability. On that point there have been rumours which we dis miss at once as incredible, because it is our conviction that should they be realized, the re sult would be the speedy annihilation of the Ministry —nay, almost before its first ene,ounter with the House of Commons. Should again such patchwork as is imputed to ',Ord Grey, not only by the conservative runners, but by hangers-on of the Cabinet, and other parties who palm their own fictions on the public for " the latest news from Court,"—should that he the immediate issue of his lordship's exist ing negotiations, it would so involve the honour of other members of the Cabinet, that it is im possible they should ever concur in an experi ment so unworthy and so childish. By the Lord Chancellor, for instance, it is out of the question that a flimsy attempt at the " juste milieu" system should be countenanced at a time like this. There is but one alternative— progressive and perfect, or incomplete and sus pended, reform. To the latter Lord Brougham has often declared his utter repugnance, as a fraud upon and insult to the country. He has, moreover, furnished, by the number and magni tude of those measures of reform to which he has .. already pledged himself, many o f which have been introduced into parliament, and some of which have been actually passed intolaw, such irresistible demonstrations of the truth and integrity of his processions, as well as of the zeal and ardour of his attachment to—we might say his passion for—the improvement of our national institu tions, that none but idiots can suspect that learned lord of the capability of listening to any proposal, let it come from what quarter it might, for virtually defeating the great object which has induced him to remain to this hour a mem ber of the Government, in the sole and exclu sive hope that the liberal basis of the Cabinet might thus be eventually widened, and its spirit quickened, elevated, and strengthened. Lord Brougham would be the first to reprobate a peddling or manoeuvring process in the. regenera tion of the existing Ministry, and that in such case, but in such case only, he would feel com pelled to withdraw himself from the side of Lord Grey. Were the noble and learned lord him self to advise or undertake the formation of a Ministry, there cannot be a shadow of doubt that it would be one at which the cordial and enlightened friends of constitutional reform would have no just cause to murmur.— Times. Whatever be the result of the recent secession of some of its ablest members from the Whig Cabinet, it is somewhat refreshing to find that a regard to principle has not altogether perished from among public men—that the standard of political morality has not universally fallen so low as to make the possession of place be pre ferred, in every instance, to the preservation of character. In the case of Baron Smith, the upright judge, the accomplished scholar, the veteran friend of civil and religious freedom, whom the Whig ministers were about to offer as a propitiatory sacrifice on the altar of Irish agitation, a manly and truly honourable part was taken by Sir James Graham. He not only voted against the dastardly design of the Whig Cabinet, but spoke of-the disgraceful act in a manner that must have made Mr. Littleton and others ,blush for their conduct, if, indeed, any men capable of conceiving such an act of injustice were susceptible of shame. On that occasion Mr. Stanley adopted a course which strangely contrasted with his former tone of defiance to the repeal agitators, for whose espe cial gratification Baron Smith was to - be hunted down. But Mr. Stanley has since shown that there are some principles which he holds more dear than any consideration of political am bition. If we thought him wrong as to his opinion in this matter, we should still respect him for his conduct. The fewer English states men emulate the cameleon facility with which such a politician as Talleyrand contrives always to assume the colours of the winning side, the better it will be for the nation, and for the pub lic morality of England in the nineteenth cen tury. The wisest thing ever said by the Duke of Wellington was, that " any loss is better than the loss of character, which is the founda tion of public confidence ;" but. the Duke, as a politician, has not always kept his own maxim in view. Indeed the instances of gross incon sistency in public men, with regard to vital questions, have of late years been so frequent and so numerous, that public suspicion and distrust have very generally succeeded to public confidence, and no politician is trusted farther than he is seen. How the breaches in the Ca binet are to be repaired remains yet to be seen. Whether any more secessions than those of Mr. Stanley, Sir J. Graham, the Duke of Rich mond, and the Earl of Ripon, will, as a Aiorn ing Paper intimated, take place, we do not pre tend to know ; but to supply those vacancies well Lord Grey will find to be no easy mat ter. Besides, a Cabinet that once falls to pieces from internal dissension, like a house divided against itself, can never be so reconstructed as to, last any long time. As to the nature of the intended reconstruction, the report which we mentioned on Wednesday of the probable re tilrii of torn turbam to tie cabinet has since gained a more general acceptance. The party Most hostile to the church, and whose policy, if acted upon, will produce a state of confusion in this country which may turn even reform into a calamity, as was the case in France, where the crimes committed in the name of li berty, rivalled those of the worst despotism which the world ever saw—that active and eager party are straining every nerve, and using all the influence that they can command in the press and elsewhere, to raise Lord Dur ham to the head of affairs, as the only man qualified to take the bold measures necessary to save the country. If the country is to be saved by an indiscriminate destruction of all its most ancient and venerable institutions ; if the road to national salvation is to be through con fiscation and ruin, we do not question the ta lents of Lord Durham for the purpose, though we hope he has not the courage for the task, and we should be sorry, without the best evidence, to ascribe to him the inclination ; but there is proof enough that he is thought to be a fit tool for a party to work with, who, with liberty and reform for ever on their lips, have the most selfish ambition, and care nothing for the mass of the people provided they can aggrandise themselves. Indeed all parties seem very well disposed to betray or forget the interests of the people in their anxiety to take care of them selves. We have seen Tory, Whig, and Re publican combine in the House of Commons to force upon the country that bill to appoint cen tral bashaws, and build parochial bastiles all over the kingdom; which for its violation of the principles of English freedom, and the rights of humanity, surpasses every thing that has been dared to be proposed in this country since the expulsion of the Stuarts. Thus, whoever tri umphs in the conflict of party, the people are but too often called upon to suffer. For our own part, we have long advocated reform in the church,—such a reform as would purify its abuses, but not impair the integrity of an esta blishment which is identified with the growth of religious truth and religious toleration in this country—which is identified also with the cause of civil liberty at the Revolution, which is glorified by the acts and sufferings of illus trious martyrs, and which has produced the most learned and the ablest champions that ever defended against its infidel assailants the ark of Christianity' A reform of the church requires great discretion and judgment. If intemperately undertaken, if injudiciously conducted, reform may be converted into subversion, and the infi- del and scorner may sit upon the pillars of the overturned sanctuary of our faith, like the Ro man soldier resting from the work of desolation on the ruins of the temple of Jerusalem. Now if Lord Durham have at any time displayed ability for pulling down, we have yet to learn the proof of his talents for reconstruction. Without meaning any offensive allusion to his Lordship, but merely by way of illustration, we may be allowed to observe that a Vandal can destroy what it required the genius of a Palla- dio or a Wren to construct ; besides Lord Dur ham, with all his pretensions to liberality, has shown himself to be a petulant and waspish aristocrat. His pompous embassy to the Auto crat of Russia ended in utter insignificance, and his prosecutions of the press showed a na tive intolerance of opinion, and an anxiety for the penal protection of his fame, only worthy that class of patriots who seek to mount by the ladder of a spurious popularity to the tyrannie exercise of power. But another hope of the country has also been started in the person of Mr. Spring Rice, who is said to be des ' tined to fill the office. of Chancellor of the Exchequer, as we yesterday intimated, in ' the new Whig, or ultra-Whig Cabinet, whichever it may happen to be. To. make room for him it is said Lord Althorp is to be put upon the shelf of the Colonial Office, where his incapacity will be less conspicuous than in his present station. It is certainly impossible that any change in the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer can be for the worse ; Lord Al thorp having proved himself to be the most incompetent Finance Minister that England has had, at least within living recollection. Whether his office or that of Lord Palmerston has been conducted with more ignorance and feebleness it would be difficult to determine. But is Mr. Spring Rice capable of retrieving the errors of Lord Althorp? We believe not. Our whole finance system is wrong in principle —it wants reform—a reform that would be more beneficial to the people of England than any other. Mr. Rice is not the person from whom the country is to expect such 'a reform. He is an industrious and plodding official of what is very expressively called the red-tape school—he is a mere man of detail—he has no comprehensiveness of intellect—no idea of prin ciples. He may tinker the system for a time, but his is not the master-hand that can pre serve it from tumbling about our heads—men of nobler stature both in intellect and public virtue alone can save the State, if it be saved at all.—Morning Herald. • The most intense anxiety pervades the public mind on the subject of the recent and pending ministerial changes. Circumstances have placed in the hands of Lord Grey the full power of giving effect to the amendment of the represen tation, and of - securing the support of the great majority of the middle classes and constituency of the country. But it cannot be concealed that the public confidence can only be recovered by a decisive and consistently liberal policy— that the recent measures of the fractured cabinet have been a grievous disappointment to the nation—that much has been left undone which the Reformers had a right to expect would have been willingly effected by a Whig .ministry— and that the administration about to be re formed is the last trial of the Whigs as a politi cal party. We conscientiously, though often reluctantly, gave our support to the late cabinet of Lord Grey. His lordship was called upon lin November, 1830, to fonn a cabinet under cir cumstances demanding the most generous con sideration. The Whigs as a party formed a minority of scarcely one-fourth of the unreformed House of Commons. The House of Lords for half a century had been packed by the Tories ; and doubled in its numbers and constituted with a view to the perpetuation of the oligar chical domination, the British Peerage pre sented an almost insuperable obstacle to good government. The church had been filled with Tory clergy—the provincial municipal patron age of the counties had been almost exclusively in the possession of Tory Lord-Lieutenants-- the corporations of the cities and boroughs were filled with " Conservatives," with power of self election, and devoted to official corruption—the profession of Toryism was the only ladder to legal preferment—the opulent classes of the 1 kingdom were naturally imbued with the poli-, Itical spirit of the aristocracy—and the limited I I and corrupt electoral body of the mock system of representation was the subservient instru , ment of the boroughmongers—the people alone offered any real support to Loid Grey. In the formation of his Cabinet, under these adverse and almost hopeless circumstances, Lord Grey was necessarily driven to the forma tion of a coalition ministry ; that is to say, a political union of public men who had previously professed various conflicting princi ples. but who modified or suspended their re spective opinions under the critical circum stances of the time, and for the great and para mount object of their confederation. Parlia mentary reform was imperatively demanded by the nation. The cabinet had the wisdom to devise and propose a most extensive and popu lar measure. An entirely new distribution of political power was the necessary consequence of the successful issue of the Reform Bills. No reflecting person anticipated any revolu tionary or immediate results. The power of the instrument could not be at once demon strated ; an enlightened constituency had to be created—to be educated, as it were, for the discharge of their important trust—a new for mation of public character was essential, be fore the full force of the reform could be ex perienced. A House of Commons was elected, whose only pledge was the sincere support of the " reform administration." The cabinet thus formed, thus supported—some of the mi nisters fearing the movement —presumed too much on the apparent quiescence of the public mind. The absurd fear of ultra-democratic princi ples, a dread of the ordeal of the House of Lords, probably the want of unanimity hi the Cabinet, or the apprehension of collision from irrecon cileable differences among its members —appear to have induced a negative policy which has at last terminated a connection palpably formed for a temporary purpose, and which could not long subsist after the accomplishment of its pri mary object of an organic change in the Con stitution. Ministers were partly betrayed into their misinterpretation of public opinion by the extraordinary support which they still con tinued to obtain in the House of Commons. A large majority upheld them through good and evil report, from the fear of the Tories regain ing office in a split of the Administration ; and the Tories frequently rescued the Ministry from danger, perceiving, in the impossibility of their own return to power, the expediency of support ing a moderate government, and, perhaps, occa sionally discerning the injury suffered by the Whigs from Tory countenance and votes. But a new era has arrived. The Mi nistry has been winnowed ; the Cabinet has been nearly disencumbered of its dead weight. We do not even except Mr. Stanley : we do not under-rate the advantage derived from his acknowledged ability in the House of Commons, and his business habits in office : but his honest prejudices on the ques tions of church reform, and his apparent want of comprehension of the effect of the great measure of Parliamentary reform, subsequently disqualified him as a member of a liberal ca binet. When Mr. Stanley shall have atten tively considered the working of the machinery of the constitution, we do not despair of his more correct - estimate of the force of the bodies now possessed of 'political power, and we are assured that he will not factiously oppose a more liberal administration than that from which he has seceded. The backsliding of Sir James Graham we do not profess to un derstand, and are not very anxious to be able to account for it. But Lord Grey is now left to the intrinsic support of his own original principles, and exclusive political supporters On that foundation alone can he establish or long maintain a new cabinet. We cannot conceal from the country the hostile power against' which a really liberal administra tion will have to contend. The House of Com mons yet contains a small but an organized phalanx of Tory Members, and it will doubtless have the occasional aid of a little band of trim ming members or alarmists, who, watching the political weathercock, will waver in their votes. A large majority, however, backed by an over whelming public opinion and a powerful press, will successfully support Lord Grey, if his new ministry commands the public confidence. The state of parties, and the peculiar political cir cumstances of the country, require no extreme measures. If- the people discern a sincere and courageous design progressively to purify and improve all our social institutions—if all dis abilities on account of religious opinions are boldly swept away, and equal civil rights ex tended to all classes—if the municipal system is next session honestly reformed—if the abuses of the established church are fully remedied—if Ireland, instead of being coerced to maintain an alien hierarchy, has justice rendered to her—if every practical economy is enforced—if the be nefits of a system of national education are next year secured to the people—the forthcoming Administration of Lord Grey will obtain an emblazoned page in the history of Great Bri tain' But such a great and magnificent result can only be effected by a competent Cabinet. The patchwork of party must not disfigure it ; personal jealousies and absurd fears must not exclude from the public service any noblemen or commoners eminently possessing the confi dence of the reformers. The patronage of such an administration must also be honestly be stowed. If unhappily a want of wisdom, of dis interestedness, and a lack of moral courage, should be displayed, the certain consequences will be the early and disgraceful fall of a rickety, crippled, and impotent Ministry—the utter ex tinction of the Whig party—the possible tem porary succession of an insane Tory Govern ment—a desperate conflict between the peo ple and the aristocracy, and the p ro b a bl e dissolu tion, at no di s t an t period, of the whole social system of Great Britain and IrelamL Such is the responsibility of Lord Grey, and such the precipice on which he now stands accountable to a great and excited people anxiously watch ing the determination of him who now is vested with the powers of dictator. His Cabinet must now be established and conducted on principle ; it must be comprehensive—a Reform Admmi stration.—Morning Chronicle. Various rumours continue to be afloat upon the subject of the reconstruction of the Cabi net ; and we are able to state nothing with con fidence except that the difficulties in which the Ministers are involved become daily more and more formidable. The question of Lord Dur ham's accession to or exclusion from the Cabi net is the first subject upon which a decided difference is supposed to exist ;—Lord Brougham, Lord. Palmerston, Lord Lansdowne, Mr, Spring Rice, all objecting in the strongest manner to Lord Durham's appearance in the Cabinet ; Lord Grey, Lord Altliorp, Lord Holland, Mr, Charles Grant, all insisting upon his immediate admission. It is supposed that if Lord Durhain becomes a Cabinet Minister the former indi viduals will resign their offices,—that if he does not become a Cabinet Minister the latter indi viduals will resign their offices. We learn that there is no immediate prospect of overcoming this obstacle. Since writing the above we have learned from a quarter on which we place much reliance, that the difficulty to which it alludes is for the present avoided, and that the arrange ments which for a time it prevented are now made. Our informant speaks of Lord Auck land for the Admiralty, Lord Mulgrave for the Post-office, Mr. Spring Rice for the Colonies. We have said that we place much confidence in our correspondent ; but on this occasion we suspect he has been misinformed.—Morn. Post. • COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 29. SPENCER V. PARRY. Mr. HUTCHINSON moved for leave to set aside the nonsuit in this case, and enter a verdict for 41. 10s. The cause was tried during the recent sittings in the Bail Court. The defendant was tenant to the plaintiff, having taken a house in the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, at the rent of 421., with an undertaking to pay all taxes. The land lord was to pay no taxes whatever. He continued tenant one year, and went away, leaving the taxes unpaid. In the above parish they have an Act of Parliament under which they have power to rate either the landlord or the receiver of his rents, in, case the tenant did not remain on the premises. In the present instance they rated the receiver, and issued a distress for poor rate. The receiver paid it. After the facts had been proved, it became a question whether it was money paid by the plain tiff, through his agent, to the use of the defendant. There was no account stated, and the doubt on the part of the learned judge who nonsurted the plaintiff was, whether the tenant, who had not been rated, was liable. The learned counsel submitted that the defendant was tiot liable, and that the plaintiff was entitled to recover the money paid. The COURT granted a rule to show cause. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, MAY 29. I'ATMORE V. COLBURN. This was an action for work and labour pursuant to a contract, the particulars of which have fre quently been before the public. The plaintiff en tered into an agreement in 1831, to do some lite rary works for the defendant for twelve months, at the rate of six guineas a week. In October in the same year they entered into an agreement, whereby the plaintiff undertook to devote all his time and attention to the Court Journal, except a few hours which he was to devote to the County Press. Pur suant to the latter agreement, he was to receive 10 guineas a week. After the expiration of twelve months, he brought an action to recover the amount of the first agreement, from the time that the second was entered into to the end of the year, and ob tained a verdict for 177/. A rule to show cause why that verdict should not he set aside, and a nonsuit entered having been subsequently obtained by Mr. Follett, Mr. LEE showed cause.—Rule for a nonsuit absolute. COLBURN V. PATMORE. This . Was an action to recover compensation from the defendant for negligence. 'The negligence com plained of was, in causing to be inserted in the Court Journal a libel on the Duchess of Richmond, for which a criminal information was filed against the plaintiff an proprietor of that journal, to which he pleaded guilty, and was fined 1001. He brought this action to recover the amount of the fine and' costs, and ObtainCd a verdict for 1971. A rule to show cause why jiidgment should not be arrested, having been subsequently obtained by Mr. Maule, on the •round that an• editor was not liable to the proprietor of a publication under such circumstances, Mr. FOLLETT showed cause, observing that it was an acknowledged principle of law, that when one man suffered an injury by the acts of another, that other was liable for such injury.—ltitle absolute. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, MIY 29. NEW RULE OF - ,COURT. In the course of the day a long discussion took place between the Chairman and Messrs. Adolphus and Bodkin relative to cases of misdemeanor, and the privilege of traversing from session to session, as-has been the practice heretofore, especially by defendants indicted for keeping gaming -houses and other iniquitous houses of' resort. The regulation is that, from and after the July session, all cases of misdemeanor shall be tried during the session in which the bill of indictment was " found" by the grand jury, and not traversed from time to time, as heretofore, without application to the court, and special cause shown why the defendants should not surrender and take their trials. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. QUEEN-SQUARE. COMMON INFORMERS.--:Yesterday the Earl of Belfast appeared to answer a summons taken out against him by Digby, the informer, for not having his name and place of abode affixed on one of his carts, clear of the wheel, whereby he bad incurred a penalty of any sum not exceeding 51. Digby on Saturday, the 10th of May, was at Knightsbridge, when he saw one of his lordship's carts coming from London. There was painted on the cart the words, " The Right Honourable George Hamilton Chichester, Earl of Belfast, Chertsey, Surrey," but the board on which it was painted was not fastened to the cart clear of the wheel. Mr. BURRELL asked his Lordship if there was any answer to the charge ?—The Earl of Belfast said that all he could say was that he had given particular directions to have his name painted on the cart according to the act of parliament. Mr. BURRELL then mitigated the penalty to 20s. and the costs, which were 11. ss. 6d. more. His Lordship immediately paid the money. LA MBETH.STREET. Yesterday five journeymen sawyers, named William Bailey, James Hicks, Tete Talbot, Thos. Gregory, and George Canikkl, were brought up from Stratford, Essex, charged with violently as saulting William Bird and Daniel Jeffries, two journeymen in the same trade, in the employment of Mr. Gibson, a timber merchant at Stratford. William Bird had been in the employment of Mr. Gibson for fourteen or fifteen years, and his character during that time would, he felt confident, Tuesday bear the strictest i nves ti g ation. On even ing last, while he and his mate were employed in their master's - yard, the prisoner Bailey, who, with his companions, had latterly much annoyed . came to the pit and commenced abusing him in the most shameful and scurrilous manner, and frequently called him a " rat" and a " yellow." He (witness) in consequence desired him re peatedly to go about his business, but l ie re fused to go away and continued to use impro languager and the terms " rat" and "y e ll ow, " an d threatened that if he (witness) came near him he would knock him down. Witness in s i s t e d t h at h e should go off the premises, and w as approac hi ng him for the purpose of putting him off, when lie re ceived from him a violent blow from his clenched fist, which knocked him down. He got up again, and while in the act of d e f en di ng hi mself against Bailey, the prisoners Gregory and Talbot rushed into the yard, and fell up on hi m ,. an d b eat hi m i n a most unmerciful mann er . Hi s mate, Jeffries, having c ome to his assistance, the parties, after they had been thus beating him (witness), turned on Jeffries, and ill-used him most shamefully. Having partially recovered from the state of insensibility to which he had been red uce d, h e got upon h i s legs, w h en the prisoner Hicks came up to him and struck him another blow. He then, in his own defence, took o p an adze, and with a blow from the handle knocked his assailant down. Upon seeing this, the whole five prisoners fell upon him, and, not content with striking him with their fists and knocking him down repeatedly, they more than once kicked and „umped upon while he was on the ground. Mr. HARDWICKE (to Bird)—To what cause do you attribute this violent attack upon your person' Bird—They think we work under the regular prices. Mr. I - InanwicKE convicted the prisoner Bailey in fo r the d natty o f 3/., or s i x wee k s ' i mpr i sonment i n Ilouse of Correction, and all the others in 405., or a month's imprisonment ; and in addition ordered them all to find bail to keep the peace for twelve months, and give twenty-four hours' notice of the substance of their sureties. . THAMES POLICE. Yesterday the Leet Jury of the Manor of Step ney, with their foreman at their head, waited on Mr. BRODERIP, the sitting Magistrate, to complain of a most violent and outrageous attack which had been made upon them in the execution of their official duties, and to request the Magistrates to interfere thereon. , The foreman stated that on Wednesday after noon during their perambulations the jury had oc casion to go into the sugar-house of Messrs. Emanuel Goodheart and Co. in the Horseferry-road, Lime house, for the purpose of ascertaining if their weights and scales were correct. They walked into the yard and met with a man, and asked him for the heads of the firm, but he made no answer, and seemeddisposed to obstruct them. A portion of the jury then tried one of the scales, and found a deficiency of twelve ounces, while others proceeded to another scale in the first loft, which, on the weights being removed, went down very rapidly, and appeared to be a false ba lance. They observed that both scales appeared to be very bad, on which one of the workmen said, " Yes, yes, they are," and said the firm had been fined five years ago for bad scales, and exclaimed, " Call the men out," at the same time making a signal, which appeared to be well understood, for directly afterwards the German sugar-bakers as sembled from all parts of the biulding, armed with staves and bludgeons. They immediately com menced a most furious attack on the jury, and threw several gentlemen down the ladder. He feared that some of the jury would resist this vio lence, and that something serious would happen, and he begged his brother jurors to keep their tem per, while he went out for assistance. He looked in all directions for the new police, but he was not able to find any of them, and the jury, after being maltreated in a very brutal manner, were forcibly driven from the premises. Mr. BRODERIP asked if any of the jury had done anything to provoke the Germans ? The foreman replied in the negative, and said they always did their duties with as little offence to individuals as possible. Mr. BRODERIP inquired if the jury had been re gularly sworn in by the Court Leet ? The foreman said they had. The Court formally was opened by the steward of the Lord of the Manor, and the oath was administered to them individually. Several gentlemen of the jury then deposed to various acts of violence committed by the workmen. Mr. BRODERIP would grant warrants for the apprehension of all the parties concerned in this outrage, for the most unjustifiable violence had been committed: The jury, who lrad suffered very much both in person and clothes, thanked the magistrate and retired. COURTMARTIAL ON CAPTAIN HUGH PIGOTT, R.N.-FOURTEENTH DAY. The officers on the Courtmartial to try Captain Hugh Pigott reassembled, as usual, on board his Majesty's ship Hastings, at Sheerness. The Court was very much crowded with civilians as well as naval officers. There were also several ladies present, and the deepest interest appeared to be excited amongst the auditors. The Court having been opened, Mr. Pettigrew, the second master of the Alban, was called and c.- mined. Lieutenant Walker—What was the general tenor of Captain Pigott's conduct and demeanor totrards me whilst on board ? Witness—l considered it to have been rather harsh State as particularly as you can the nature and effect of such conduct ?—I think, as Captain Pigott found fault with you in a severe manner before the ship's company, it might have tended to lower you in their estimation as a commander. Was it ever courteous or mild P—Not in my opinion. What was my conduct towards Captain Pigott on these occasions ?—On every occasion that I have observed it was respectful. Samuel Phillips, a seaman of the Alban, was called, and was examined about the manner in which Captain Pigott treated Lieut. Wafer at different times on board the Alban. Witness—He used to treat you very coolly. He didn't speak like a gentleman to you ; not as I have heard other captains speak. James Wiltshire, another seaman, was then exa mined upon the same points. His answers were— Captain Pigott behaved to you in a very cool man ner ; sometimes not giving you time to answer him. It was not such conduct as I have usually observed from a superior to an inferior officer. Alfred Waddilove and Edward Lloyd were also examined, and gave similar evidence. This charge was then postponed, Mr. Aykbone being ill, and Lieutenant Wilson (both witnesses upon it) not being in attendance. The eighth charge was then gone into, and read over by the JUDGE-ADVOCATE. " For upon several occasions questioning my vera city and that of the officers and crew, more parti cularly on or about the 27th of May, 1832, when he accused me of concealing from him the circum stance of a standard being on board the Alban, as he insisted, but which was not the fact ; on or about the Bth of June, 1832, when he had alleged that I had received a pecuniary present from the Turkish Government, and upon the same occasion falsely asserting that he had previously reproved me for receiving presents at all, and insinuating that I was not worthy of credit upon oath." Lieut. Walker was then sworn—l have to state, in reference to the first part of the charge relative to the standard, that on the evening of the 27th of May, 1832, I went on board the Barham, in obe dience to an order communicated to me by Lieut. Edwards, of the Barham. After Capt. Pigott had spoken to me upon other matters, he said that he understood I had astandard on board the Alban. (the Royal standard of England), and he desired me to send it on board the Barham, as he wished to hoist it on the following day, the King's birth day. I replied that there was not such a flag. He replied that there was, as he had been told so by Lieut. Walker, his First Lieutenant. I said that there had been such a flag on board at one time ; in fact, I had told the ambassador so myself, and that search had been made for it, in order that it might be hoisted on his Excellency's passage through the Dardanelles. It was afterwards discovered that the flag had been lent upon some previous occasion, when it was intended that the Alban should convey the Duchess of Kent from Portsmouth to the Isle of Wight. Captain Pigott said that there was a standard on board, and that he would send and search the vessel for it. The same evening an or der (relative to the number of flags in the Alban) was brought to me after I had retired to rest. A report was immediately sent, in conformity to the order, by which it appeared that after search had been made, there was no standard of the description alluded to to be found. In reference to the second part of the charge, Lieut. Walker brought in a re port he had made to Captain Pigott., by his order, of some stores, sheep, &c., which he had received from the Turkish Government, and added that, shortly afterwards, a signal was made for him to go on board the Barham. Captain Pigott had my letter in his hand ; he asked me if I had reported the presents I had received. I answered in the affirmative. He said that I had not, for I had re ceived money which I had not reported to This I denied. I also stated that I had TnYsFi t , heard that money had been sent for the Alban by J, Z 1 the Sultan himself. The Turgiman (or interpreter) who had been sent on board the Alban on both oc casions of towing the Turkish fleet, asked me how much money I had received from the Sultan. I replied none at all. The Turgiman added th a t 50 sequins had been sent and given to the kiagj a , o r principal offi cer o f th e d oc k- yar d, t o give to me, and that if he had not given it, he must have " eaten it himself" (a common Turkish mode of expression). Captain Pigott again expressed (but I can't state the words in plain terms) his disbelief, and said that he still believed I had received the money. The conversation then turned upon the other presents actually received, particu larly the sheep, for accepting which he reproved me, and stating that he had found fault with me for accepting them in the first instance. I replied that I had no recollection of his having so reproved me, when he sneeringly added, " Oh, Sir, you have a very convenient kind of recollection," or Mitiin tb that effect. I then stated that my recollection iiptai thd subject was perfect,,and that I could positively i- 1 , - sert upon my stating to him at the time I receive'' the sheep,- he approved of event' thing I had done , with the exception of regretting that I had not' stopped the Alban's progress when the Sultan-. passed, as it would have appeared a mark of re' spect, and that he had even thanked me for offer ing part of the sheep for the use of the Barham's sick. To this he replied, in the same sneering mode, " Oh, all this is very easy to say." I answered that. I was ready t o ma k e oat h o f the truth of my asses!. tion ; to which he rejoined, in the same toner " And that is easily said too ; but I should not; believe you any more on that account." I said that. I trusted I understood the obligation or sanctity of an oath, and shortly afterwards left the Radiant. By the COURT—Do you know whether the money came on board the Alban, and what became of the money ? Lieut. Walker—lt never came into my hands ; and if it had been brought oo board I should have been aware of it, as commander of the vessel. Lieutenant Walker, First Lieutenant of the Bar' ham, was then examined. Lieutenant Walker, the prosecutor—State what you know respecting the first part of the c harge , relative to Captain Pigott's questioning my veracity upon any occasion ? Witness--I recollect CaPt" ln t to a af t i ne towingp what passed h p ue a p s oT s n e u d mr2 w i,s Pigott doubting that there was not a standard on board the Alban, in consequence of a report I had made that there was one. C a S p rhheetifllu fleet e l n t, reported e recollect firstn selyfotito; occa sion telling Captain Pigott that you had received a pre sent of some sheep from the Seraskier Pacha, and offering several for the use of the Barhant's sick, which Captain Pigott thanked you for. By the Court—Did you dine with Captain Pigott on that day ? Witness—l did. I di n ed with him every day. By Captain Pigott—Did I ever, to your know ledge, insinuate that Lieutenant Walker was not to be believed on his oath ? Witness--Never, t" my recollection. Mr. Pettigrew, the Second Master of the Alban' was sworn. thing Lieutenant Walker—Do you know any about Captain Pigott relating to your veracity • Witness—l do ; after he had questioned we , r , e i specting the standard being on board, he said, cannot get the truth from any of you." Samuel Phillips and Alfred Waddilove were di:: examined upon the other points of this c harge. answer to a question put by Li eu t enan t Walker to Waddilove—" Did you ever he ar Captain rigr say anything about my oath r—The w itness rePo et " Yes ; he said lie would not believe Lietitenaac Walker on his oath." it- Nothing more mate r i a l was e li c it e d from the w nesses in addition to the eviden c e o f the first wit. nesses ; and the usual hour having arrived, the Court adjourned. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ♦E[ISELS ENTERED INWARD AT THE, COBTOIL-HOLEg, LONDON, MAY 29. . _ Britannia, Fox, Ostend, CUstom-house quay--Cooper Josephine, Lactclief, Ant wer p, Ch erry - gar d en _ De Bie; Haabet, Clemenson, Kiel, Limehouse—Dick Swift, Hopper, Mazagan, Mill-tier R o gers; Edmund, Volekmann ' Memel, Limehouse—Casten dieek; Tranby, Smith, Riga, Watson's-wharf—Smit h ; Atalanta, Millard, Smyrna, London Dock-lick° ls ; Christian Maria, Bolck, Dram, Limeliouse—li ; . Liberty, Pam, Boulogne, Brewer's-quay—Schen ld ' Pursuit, Tate, Dantzic, Surrey-canal—Seldon. ENTERED OUT FOR LOADING, IfAY 29. William Mitchell, Weun, Jamaica, 413 ton s London Merch an t, Mowl, Rotterdam, 309 ; Roy al William, F arwe ll, G uer nsey, 74; Enchantress, WoOd thorpe, Tri es t e , 189 ; City of Hamburg, Whitting hare ; Hamburg, 379 ; Elizabeth, Widd ieornbe, O p orto, 69; Sophia, Beall, H am b urg , 74 ; Sir E . Banks, Nor wood, Antwerp an d B russe ls, 112 ; Joh n and Harriet, Smith, Sierra Leone, 55 ; Levant Packet, Cundy. Genoa, 138; Th ames , Ch a ync, Malta , Corfu, and Zante, 138; Harmony, Taylor, Labrador, 231; Hero of Malown, Smith, Bombay, 482; Merchant, Marshall, Trieste and V en i ce , 132 ; London, P ears°" ' Rotterdam, 136 ; Market Maid, Storks, Antwerp; 107 ; Janet, Gibbs, Gibraltar, 82. CLEARED OUT WITH CARGO, MAT 29. Fair Ellen, Brown, Gottenburg; Lion; i`" rr „ n . Montserrat; VricndschEfc, D rew s, Amsterdam; i „°' Cook, Jamaica; Courier, Bigbie, Dunkirk; James, Corfu; Hoffnung, Hatsmen, Bremen. CLEARED OUT IN BALLAST, SLAY 29- , Symmetry, Saville, J ama i ca , 250 tons; 04 ,i et is, ' Crop " 231 Baltic, 290 • Itinerant, Arkley; 231 ; Doop Gast meer , Zee, Worcum, 5S ; Prince Frederick, Lund, Norway,, 347 ; Soeblornsteilci: Setgorve, Norway, 254 ; Boivar, M aC D°ll h a ale Archangel, 233; Resolution, Garbert, South 1\ Fishery, 429. George F. B a t es , M.A ., o f Q ueen ' s C o llege, MA R R lED. , ev. On the 27th inst., at Wateringb ur y Church, d i ' idge, Vicar of West Mailing, Kent, and of South Mims, jo ha dlesex, to Justina, youngest daughter of the lat e _ css, Fraser, Esq., of Archnagairn, ' in the county of Inv rn N. B. '„ J. 11. On the 28th inst., at Fulham Church, C_Nitai ___..,_„, to sarali NI ilio,r Ffrench, of the 46th Regiment, to Charlo n Lamb, R. Lamb, widow of the late Lieut. W. Buche,:u:a Janes Samuel On the 27th inst., at Clapham C h i t: t r ‘ 1 Jenkins, Esq., of Jenkins, Esq. son of the late S d a e 7 , t daughter of Georg , Beachley, to ' Maria Dorothea, f f Clapham-common. Lewis Hollingsworth, Tunbridge,Es,° James Rallett, Esql On the '27th inst., at , - Ardis, Ireland,a n " t t, of Nevi tovm . only son of Major Halle ~_ Civards to Rosa, youngest d ug h late of the 4th Dragoon . . . Harvey E • f Hill-tle° 1 homas, sq., o ter of the late William House, Kent. at Charlton, near Dover, the 1 1 ,e, v " On the 27th inst., of Barf-e t K to En u4 ' Thomas B. Lancaster, Ward, E . s on, Kent, third daughter of John sq., Collector of his sat Dover. Cainbrisfia, Alf• jesty's Custom . • Prime, tea-dealer, of Hoxton, to An na / lots , Benjamin w a re, Cass, second daughter of Geo. Cass, Esq., of o,inster,: On, the 27th inst., at St. .Margaret's. l' r e Ti o le, to' On the 27th inst., at St. Leonard's, Shoreditehvaria William Burgman Mathews, Esq., o f Crook of Charles- Anne, oungest daughter of Wm. Green, .E' 4l. stre On et, Trevor-square. the.27th inst., in Great Coraru-street,- Abigail, eldes to linfante, Esq., of Kingston, Jamaica , daughter of A. Q. Henriques, Esq. c haries P avies ' 1 On the 28th inst., at Hornsey Church, ird daug hter 0 Esq., of Trinity-square, to Amelia, th . a arel Alexander Grant, Esq., of Newington-grer_ ove r-sq On the 29th inst., at St. George's, a" of over-sat the Hon. and Rev. Sidney nOsborne, Godolphin d ehter IP Godolphin, to Emily, a ~, .... i d Backs, son of the Lord of Taplow House, in the si — T: Pascoe Grenfell, Esti- , county. eet, Francis Bei saqt. , D Rl .l ;,c .h E Rta D . DIED. '. year, • „ • . thi ! On..xlie ...Bth inst., aged four years and three roollaroi: osn..da,ndSFur.rAey.,s.in his Elizabeth, third daughter of Mr. Thomas Wing, of C I , a,: line-place, Guilford-street, and G ° f . s South-square, ra• t s olicitor. • ---...--e * < / "%i " On jtohhen2Bsthharipeast;l:, London: Printed and Published by mintDo yo at the'Sun Office, N. 112, Strand• Ci of 8 A,5 C Ol And to l jtel • 9e 1.1 P. 13., . . they 4)011 - `or.l 413 111:n jrlL per into Pri r , to ti A ren the Who; ' 4) l o: ~...... Ti their Of p r 018 3 . 1 g004:1 t le n t ea or 1 equa for C6i h a r e Mbar ;the... . 14 ,14. -12) Pupi o ons Le Ytear . AIIN • ct C( A W NTR te3af t N. s heet tiNt (... • , , 7 O Archangel, 233 ; Resolution, Ga r b e rt, SOL Fishery, 429. B IR THS. Ladi On the 28th inst., at the residence of his mother' of William Seymour, the lady of H enr y Seymour' I's`l' a son. 0 . j; ry , The lady of William Lowndes, Esq., of the Chesham, Buckinghamshire, of a son and heir. we barti On the 27th inst., at St. Leonard's, the lady o f Kinchant, Esq., of a son. _____-------