The Sun. — London, England, 1834-09-03 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. If the language of the respectable part of the press throughout the country may'be taken as an indication of the state of public feeling, with regard to the coarse abuse in which the Times daily indulges against Lord Brougham, we may say, without hesitation, that the people are everywhere disgusted with our contempo rary. There is not one l i beral paper of character which has approved of the conduct of the Times. We have made a few extracts from the papers received on Mon day and yesterday, from which it will be seen that in Aberdeen and Inverness measures have already been adopted by the Reformers for expressing, in a public manner, their high sense of the merits of Lord Brougham as a statesman ; and that at Edinburgh and other great towns the example is about to be followed. We were sure that the malice of the Times would defeat itself ; that the Reformers throughout the Country, so far from witnessing with pleasure the attempts to run down a man who has laboured so long and so successfully for the good of his fellow -creatures, would be induced by them to rally round him, and to prove, in an unequi vocal manner, the indignation which they feel against his calumniators. The Times is cheered by some of the Tory prints, and parades, with ostentation, day after day, the high sense which the Albion entertains of its merits as an assailant of Lord Brougham. Cob bett, too, rejoices that he has obtained the Times as an ally in his warfare against Lord Brougham and im provement. The more respectable Tory journals, while they do not dissemble their dislike to Lord Brougham for the very qualities which ought to endear him to Reformers, are not so much taken with the aban donment of the liberal cause by the Times, as to entertain any other feelingihan that of disgust for the conduct of that paper. "in manner, in temper, and in talents (says the Morning Post of 114nday last) Mr. Brougham at the bar, or in the arena of the Re formed House of Commons, possessed every requisite that could render him valuable to his party ; his very faults had merit ;" but then, it seems in the House of Lords, he is in the habitual violation of all conven tional courtesy. But our contemporary admits that " so long as the Morning Chronicle shall merely affirm the ferocity and wickedness,' the unprincipled ver satility,", the utter recklessness of principle,' the sordid selfishness,' and utter disregard of all decency,' of the Leading Journal,' we are inclined to believe that but few will dispute the correctness of the Morn ing Chronicle's conclusions." The Times is very sore at some attacks in The Companion to the Newspaper. "It is no doubt necessary (says the Times) that the Chancellor's news paper that is to be, when he has repealed the stamp duties, to open the way for it in his penny machines, should be handsomely puffed, and that all existing publications should he discontinued to pre pare the field for its success ; but we hold it not ho nest that . this necessary, though dirty work, should be done at the expense of the public. What would be thought of men who receive their hundreds a-year for the supposed application of their time and industry to the 'public service, were seen chalking the walls with Down with the Times,' and 'read Brougham's penny trumpet ?' And how does this case differ in any essential from the more stupid elaboration of the same advice in a paper under the Superintendence of the Society for the diffusion of Political Know ledge ?" We do not wonder that our contemporary does not feel quite easy under the lash of the powerful writer who has so well described its nature and its impotence in The Companion to the Newspaper. " The ignorance and the imbecility of certain news papers (says this publication)—then packed opinions and their personal animosities—their sudden loves and virulent hatreds—their utter contempt for consistency in their prejudices—are no proof to us that the public mind is not advancing in the knowledge of political principles. The people are beginning to value their facts, while they despise their opznions.' The writer takes the Poor Laws Amendment Bill as a case in point. The Times laboured under the hallucination that it could write down the measure, just as it suppo ses that it has made Henry Brougham a great man, and that it can by railing destroy him. "We have already seen (he says) what powerful effects have been produced in the instance of the amendment of the Poor Lawg, by the diffusion of the facts which were necessary for a right understanding of the complicated evils of pauperism, and of the principles which showed how these evils were to be remedied. Without this diffusion there would have been little or no advancement in this particular case. The people would have been unable to distinguish the statements and reasonings of their instructed and judicious friends, from the lies and fallacies of those who would use them to sinister purposes, and from the equally pernicious nonsense of, their weak and ignorant well-wishers.' As it is, Parliament, with the consent and approbation of the people, and in spite of clamour such as was never before raised by those whose vocation it is to make their believers rave instead of reason, has legis lated for the poor upon principles of political science. The diffusion of the science has clearly,_ in this case, removed the obstacles which prevented or retarded its advancement."—This is touching a very sore part of our contemporary. It was very inexcusable in Members to disregard the advice of the Oracle of Printing-house -square, and in Parliament to sup port Ministers by an overwhelming majority. However, our contemporary would do well to profit by some of the admonitions of the writer in the Companion :—" Those (he says) who ought to be the instructors of the people are far behind them. They too often forget the deep responSibility of all those who deal with the press, and shamefully cast aW - restraints of honour and decency by which the intercour, e--4 private life is regulated. What dif ference is there between a lie of the pen and a lie of the tongue, except that the one is ii:flniteline dangerous than the other ? It has been said - t tzi murder makes a villain—millions a hero. Upon the same principle is it that a printed lie goes by the gentle name of a figure of speech—that a dirty scandal, well circulated, is called a good joke—that foul langruage, spread over ten thousand sheets, is eloquence—that the daily threats of an anonymous bully are held for courage ?" The Times will not lay the flattering unction to its soul that this picture is not a good re semblance. So well are the features hit off, that the writer had no occasion to name the Times, and he has not once namel it. however, our contemporary seems at once to have recognised himself.—Morning Chron. In'Blacktvood's Magazine for September, there is an elaborate article on the influence of the press, which, if we are not very much mistaken, is from the pen of the Rev. George Croly. The object of the article is to show, that as there are more poor people than Lords —and publishers of newspapers, like other venders, must be anxious to please their customers—they will advocate opinions acceptable to the mass of the people rather than to Lords. " A great Conservative No bleman (he says) takes in, perhaps, three or four daily papers, and that is the whole encouragement whiZli his • 100,000/. a year gives to the Conservative Journals. Sir Walter Scott took in one, and that was the limit to his influence over the daily press. Ten radicals, subscribing together, take in as many as the noble man, and five times as many as the Great Unknown —that is, ten persons on the democratic side, whose united income is probably not 500/. a year, neu tralize one Conservative, whose income is two hundred times as great as all theirs put together, and exceed four-fold that of the greatest genius in modern times." As opinion governs the world, and newspa pers inspire the people with opinions unfavourable to the Conservatives, it becomes necessary that the Con servatives should devise means for influencing the press. A Vauban of Me Press is wanted, who shall devise the means of organizing the powers of thought in all effective and systematic manner, in defence of the Con servatives. Without money, however, there can be no Vaubans, and no Conservative fortresses. " Durincr the war (he says) each of the two services, military and naval, in Great Britain, cost 15 millions annually ; why, a hundredth part of that sum judiciously applied, would buy up the whole press of London, and turn the great majority of the national talent into the defence of order and justice ;" i. e., into the defence of the Conservatives. " Numbers now retain the great majority of the pleaders on the side of Democracy ; by a skilful direction of the weight of property, the balance might so on be cast the other way." There seems some little flaw here. It is possible to buy up all the journals, no doubt ; but it is not possible to buy up the readers also ; and new papers would start up to supply the place of those sold to the Conservatives. The writer has here a hit at the Times. " The extraordinary and unblushing effrontery with which many of the leading democratic journals of the country abandon their principles, and veer about with all the almost daily fluctuations and caprice of ~ public opinion, sufficiently demonstrates that its conductors for the most part consider it merely as a trade, and would be perfectly willing, for an ade quate consideration, to turn it to any other purposes which might present a more inviting aspect." But it might not be safe for every newspaper to imitate the Times. After all, the great desideratum, namely, to ob tain readers for conservative journals, remains to be dis covered. Mr. Croly, or whoever is the writer, has some strange notions. " The advocates of education (he says), overlooking all the dictates of experience, deaf to all the revelations of religion, insensible to all the conclusions of reason, uniformly asserted, that to make the human mind virtuous it.was sufficient to render it enlightened ; and that if the people were only taught to read, there could be no doubt that they would select only what would improve and elevate their minds. But the inherent depravity of our nature has speedily shown itself amidst these dreams of political enthusiasts." Delighting only in evil, men are only pleased to receive encouragement to do evil from news papers. Hence newspapers have an interest in cor rupting the people. This is proving a little too much. How does it happen that both in this country and America the most acceptable preachers are they who inculcate a self-denial approaching to asceticism ? How does it happen that the Press of this country is much less licentious than it was twenty or thirty years ago ? The writer is thus mktaken in supposing that the great bulk of the labour of the manufacturer is made for the higher ranks. "In every other depart ment," he says, " wealth can counterbalance, and more than counterbalance, the influence of numbers ; but in determining the character of the daily or periodical press, it has no such power. The great bulk of the labour of the manufacturer is made for the higher ranks." We refer him to Mr. M'Culloch's Dic- tionary of Commerce, or some other book of autho rity, which will show him that in all the great manufac tures of cotton, woollen, linen, iron, &c., the bulk of them is for the great mass of the people.--Morn. Chronicle. Without diving into the mysteries of Spanish finance, which beat hollow the juggling contrivances of the conjuror KATERFELTO, we may venture to suggest to the Spanish financiers to try the simple plain course of honesty, which will sooner lead them out of their diffi culties than the cleverest contrivances of a fraudulent ingenuity, and will save them a great deal of trouble, and their country a great deal of disgrace. Spain has wealth enough to enable her to pay all her debts to the full, if she has only the virtue to prefer a just and honourable course to a dishonest one. If she would erect an altar to liberty, let her erect it on the rock of politi cal rectitude—let her "be just and fear not." She wants not wealth so much as character. Of the latter she cannot afford to lose any, and she will certainly raise her character in the eyes of Europe by paying her debts. Why do her financiers and legislators perplex and en tangle the question of debt with political consideration? Were not the debts of the Cortes, and those of the des potic Government, equally contracted upon the basis of confidence in the national faith and national honour ? In each case the existing Government bound itself and the country to the payment of the moneys bor rowed on the terms contracted for. The country, as well as the Government, had the benefit of those moneys ; but it would he particularly base not to pay all that is really due on the Cortes Bonds. The moneys for which these bonds are the security were lent to enable Spain to regenerate her Constitution, and to take her stand in the attitude and power of freedom among the nations of the earth. The attempt was un • successful, not only because of the armed interference of Bourbon despotism, but because of a sad deficiency of wisdom, manly decision, and virtue, among the leaders of the movement. Let her begin her present work of political regeneration under better auspices— under the auspices of those virtues which invest with moral power and splendour the poorest nation, and exalt the glory of the greatest. If the foundation of the work of national reform be laid in national fraud how can it prosper ? The project of Toreno was a recommendation of fraudulent insolvency. The British creditors should have spoken out upon the subject ; they should have used the language of men who had been deeply and grievously wronged. But when they assembled lately to state their case they, to use a vulgar expression, minced the matter more like " mice in cheese" than spoke in the language of Englishmen, who had long neglected claims of justice to enforce, and upon whom a gross fraud was to be practised. Some of those per sons who gave its tone to the meeting of milk-and water remonstrance would be exceedingly indignant with a common swindler ; but swindling on a national scale excited none of their gall and bitterness. They enforced their claims, and wished others to do so, as if they were soliciting favours—and were almost grate ful that they were not treated worse. They moved and Carried a vote of thanks to Lord Palmerston, for doing nothing for the creditors, and we wonder they did not also propose a vote of thanks to Toreno for doing all he could against them. Intemperance is one thing, but manly decision and energy is another. The great Greek orator would not believe a client who came to complain of a serious injury, because he spoke of it as man who did not believe it himself. Now, as to Lord Palmerston, how did he earn the thanks of the holders of the Spanish bonds ? Was it by entering eta-the.Quadripartae treaty without making any stipu lation for Ilictr---payment ? Our Ministers broke through the often-proclaimed principle of non-inter vention, to intermeddle in the internal disputes of Spain touching the succession to the crown. Eng land had just as much right so to intermeddle as France had to interfere in the question of succession in this country between the House . of Stuart and that of Hanover. But, having resolved on this obtrusive intermeddling in 'a strictly national question, why did not the Whig Ministers make it a condition of their assistance to the " Liberals," or to the Government of the Queen Regent, to obtain some terms for the British creditors of Spain? Had Lord Palmerston procured the insertion of such a stipulation in the treaty he might, indeed, have been entitled to a vote of thanks from the bondholders ; but as the ease stands we must say that these bondholders have not been more cheated by Spanish Statesmen than be trayed by our 'own. The French Minister, Admiral de Rigny, is stated to have adopted a high and ener getic tone of remonstrance with the Spanish Ambas sador at Paris, and threatened to transmit him his passports if justice be not done to the French cre ditors. If this be true, justice will be done them ; but has Lord Palmerston done anything of the sort for the English creditors ?—Morning Herald. We resume the subject of the legacy duties, and proceed to the proof of the general fall in the money value of commodities. We will first, however, examine into the effect of this change upon the accumulating property of the country. The annual average capital paying duty from 1820 to 1824 was £33,555,903 The annual expenditure of the country Averige price of wheat The average annual increase of property during this period, was apparently checked, being only from 28,996,0001. to 33,550,0001., but the price of wheat fell from 775. 11d. to 555. sd. ; the corn value, there fore, of the 33.5 millions, the price of wheat being 555. was much greater than would have been, had wheat remained at 78s. Computed in wheat the increase of wealth beyond the previous five years would be as 29.9 to 46, instead of 29.9 to 33.5 according to the return ; so that under these very unfavourable circum stances we find the energy of the country rising supe rior to the temporary difficulties under which it labour ed. The next period carries us through the bubble years, viz., 1825 to 18291 The amount of capital ggr I ) I 7 - • ; wasted upon the schemes of 1824, 1825, and 1826, has been variously stated, but twenty or thirty millions is a low estimate. Let us again refer to the returns. The annual average amount of capital paying duty from 1825 to 1829 was £35,730,3 11 The average expenditure Price of wheat' 60s. 11d. Speculations, and various causes, prevented the accumulation of wealth in this period, and if we com pare the value of the capital in corn as before, the comparison will be still more unfavourable. Thus the capital in the years 1819 to 1824, was 35.5 mil lions, and wheat 555. 5d.; but in 1825 to 1829, it advanced to 35.7, and wheat 60s. 11d., making real proportion in corn as 33.5 is to 31.2, instead" the of 33.5. to 35.7. So that, in fact, there was no ac cumulation of wealth. But it is unnecessary to dwell upon this period of misfortune ; let us rather reflect upon the very extraordinary accumulation of wealth which took place from 1805, when the capital upon which duty was paid amounted only to 4,450,9341., asd compare it with the amount bequeathed in 1829, viz., 39,667,277/. Let our readers recollect, also, that the average expenditure during those twenty-four years was above 58,000,0001., besides an expensive machinery for the collection of loans ; let them also mark the public men who have been, during this pe riod, predicting ruin and bankruptcy to the country — such men knew not the resources of the country — they knew not how to appreciate its industry and energy. That the public has suffered from the waste of public money, we are most willing to admit ; but we contend, at the same time, that had not the re strictions upon trade been removed, had not monopo lies been gradually driven before the tide of sound principles, the reduction of the expenditure of the country would not alone have produced the results we have stated. But let us examine 1831, 1832, and 1833, and we shall find stronger evidence of the sound ness of our conclusion. The annual average amount of capital subject to duty in the years 1831, 1832, and 1833 £41,613,778 The average annual expenditure 47,000,000 The average price of corn 58s. The increase here is extraordinary, from 35,700,000 to 41,613,000, and the price of wheat a little lower than in the previous five years To what is this rapid increase of wealth to be attributed ? Can it depend upon any cause but the impetus which has been given to our commerce by the removal of restrictions, reduc tion of taxes, diminished expenditure, general good government, and a confidence and satisfaction, in the minds of the people generally, in the measures of the Administration, and in the result of the further im provements which the same Cabinet promises to the country ? How could a country prosper equally under an administration fostering monopolies and a large ex penditure ? How could a country accumulate wealth when its whole population were engaged in a determined at tempt to destroy boroughmongering influence, and to obtain for themselves a more direct influence in the government of the country ? But let us not be satis fied with these results. They only shew the mines of wealth which will be opened by a still further exten sion of the principles of free trade. Let us not be satisfied until we can buy of every country that which it produces at the least cost and in the greatest abun dance. If we receive the produce of foreign countries, something must be returned—no matter whether di rectly or indirectly, the result to England is the same. Let not the progress of the pure principle of free trade be retarded by the foolish notion that we ought to buy only of countries who admit our manufactures. That is not free trade. Buying of all who offer their pro duce cheap, must force a corresponding sale. It is folly for England to refuse to buy in a cheap market, because she cannot in that country sell particular wares. It is a common mistake to consider payments in gold as unprofitable to this country, and to look upon such payments in a different light to payments in manufactures. If we pay in gold, we must first buy the gold. We have then, as well as the profit on our manufactures, the profit on conveying the gold to Europe, and supplying the various markets. It matters not how we pay for goods, but it does matter that we buy every thing we want at the lowest possible price.— Morning Advertiser. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. John Card, who was about a month ago brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with having appropriated several sums of money, the property of his employer, Mr. Edmunds, a silk and crape manufacturer, of Milk-street, was finally examined. It was stated that the prisoner complicated the accounts by paying in smaller sums than he received, and for some time supplying the deficiencies thus made from the accounts paid to him in liquidation of other accounts. Mr. Adolphus and Mr. Ashurst attended for the prose cutor, and Mr. Humphreys for the prisoner. The unfortunate man has a large family, and was much respected before this charge was brought against him. The witnesses were, after Mr. Hobler read over the de positions, bound over to give evidence at the Old Bailey, and the prisoner was fully committed for trial. A woman of miserable appearance, named Ann Gregson, appeared upon an information filed against her by the Soli citor of the Customs, for having harboured a quantity of smuggled tea, tobacco, brandy, and cigars. She pleaded that, although she had let the goods into the house, she did not know what might be the conse quence. Her husband was jointly prosecuted, but did not appear. An officer of the Customs having gone to No. 2, Bark ing Churchyard, in consequence of intelligence which he had received saw the female defendant, and told her what he was, and that he wanted to search the hause. He found in one of the rooms the articles specified in the information, and seized them, and she begged that he would not deprive her of them, as it was the only way she had of getting a shilling, and she did it unknown to her husband. The LORD MAYOR—Was her husband in the house at the time? The witness answered in the negative. The Solicitor to the Defendant submitted that the infor mation was not available, as it charged the husband and wife conjointly with having harboured the contraband goods. Now the husband was not present, and in the appeal wade to the officer the woman stated that her husband was igno rant of the matter. In the case of the " King against Ransdill," in which it was dedided that smuggled spirits were found in the house in the absence of the husband, the judgment of the Magistrates was quashed in the King's Bench. Under the 83d section of the Act the Customs had the power of convicting a married woman, and upon that section they ought to have prosecuted, but the defen dant not having been proceeded against under that section the charge was not tenable. The Solicitor to the Customs said it was every-day prac tice to pro'secute husband and wife conjointly, although the former might have been absent when the seizure was made. The Loan MAYOR could not imagine how, because one party was absent, it was therefore to be presumed the other party was innocent. Mr. Hobler observed that the woman made herself a femme sole by her own statement, and was not improperly or informally prosecuted. The LORD MAYOR—I hope it is not the intention to proceed against the husband. The Solicitor for the Customs sa'd it was not, and that the Board were willing to, accept of one-fourth of the pe nalty, 10/. The LORD MAYOR then convicted the woman, and the goods were of course condemned. Another person was convicted in the penalty of 61. 10g., being one-fourth of the fine to which the Customs were entitled, for having in his possession a quantity of smuggled tobacco and cigars. The contraband trade, it appears, is carried on to a great extent, with the assistance of the numberless steamers which come into the port of London daily. A ticket-porter named Browning, was charged by a gen tleman named Arundel. The case was one of public interest. Mr. Arundel had employed the defendant to take some luggage from the Hull steamer across the gangway to the Custom-house Stairs. The time occupied could not have exceeded five minutes , and witness offered to the defendant a d shilling, iete but ly handedth e latter t e him. demanded AAs the t four he d s h e e i sings, appeared a s , which were imme gross imposition, witness determined, for the sake of the public, to inquire into it. The LORD MAYOR --I suppose the fare you had to pay from Hull, 173 miles distant, was five shillings. Mr. Arundel —Exactly. The ticket-porter seemed sur prised when I offered him the shilling, and told me that I did not understand the nature of the case, for that he was entitled to fourpence for each package ; but, h e must have called a cloak, and a parasol and a reticule a package to make out his demand, and these articles could scarcely have been meant as packages to be charged by the Legislature. The Lord Mayor said that the ticket porters could charge fourpence for each box or bag they carried, but it was ridiculous to put such a construction upon the Act as to say it comprehended every little article. The defendant said that he had been obliged to get a person to assist him ; that he had not charged sufficiently , , E i 1E lv 1834 ,—(Laughter)—and he gave a description of the herculean labour he bestowed upon the job, which was greatly in creased by the obligation upon hint to call a coach. A. Ruler of the Ticket Porters' Company---My Lord, if this man has overcharged he can be punished by our Court. But he an't overcharged. He has undercharged. The LORD MA - Yon—Then his conduct ought to be pub licly noticed, for be is the only ticket porter that ever under charged.—(Laughter.) Another Ruler—lt is, you see, my Lord, in contempola tion to make a halteration in this matter ; but, my Lord, until the halteration as in contempolation is made, why the things must remain as they be.—( Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—No doubt of it, Sir. You have a very clear notion of the business. However, whatever may be the opinion of the rulers, it never was in contemplation to charge the public at the rate you say, and it is very likely; that the alteration in contemplation will convince the ticket porters that they have been doing themselves no ser vice in the course they have pursued. It is not probable that because a man is a ticket porter he will be considered entitled to four shillings, when the business can be as well done for eighteenpence by another person. Several of the rulers stated that they were exercising their right. As Mr. Arundel's purpose was answered in publicly complaining of the ticket porters' mode of charging, and as the Chief Magistrate's condemnation of it was quite satis factory, that gentleman declined pursuing the case further. One of the rulers observed, that if a ticket porter de manded fourpence for carrying an umbrella, or a cloak, or a reticule, he was guilty of an offence for which he deserved severe punishment. BOW-STREET. Yesterday a remarkably handsome young female, dressed in the first style of fashion, and supporting herself upon crutches, came before the Rev. Mr. THunsav, who sat in the absence of Sir F. ROE, and requested that a warrant might be issued against her husband, whom she represented to be a chemist in a lucrative way of business in Clerken well, for refusing to support her, and leaving her chargeable to the parish. Mr. THURSBY asked the applicant what infirmity she la boured under that she was compelled to use crutches ? The applicant had lost a leg, under very extraordinary circumstances. She was passing along Piccadilly several months ago, when she was knocked down by one of the numerous vehicles passing, and had one of her thighs broken in two places, each a compound fracture. She was taken to an hospital, and it was deemed necessary to amputate the leg. This was done, and afterwards she was removed to her friends in the country. While there the remaining portion of the leg became violently inflamed, and a second operation with th amputating knife was considered indis pensable. When she had sufficiently recovered she came to London, and was much astonished and hurt at being re fused support by her husband. When a reason was de manded for such an extraordinary course of conduct, he said he would make her no allowance of any kind until she pro duced a certificate that the amputation of her leg was abso lutely necessary. Mr. THuasPY said this was really a most extraordinary reason for refusing to support a wife, and asked if there might not have been some other cause, either fancied or real ? The fair applicant, whose statement excited more than ordinary interest, assured his Worship that there was no other cause than that which she had mentioned. Mr. THURSBY said it appeared almost incredible ; but the manner of the applicant was sufficient to convince him that she was telling the truth. One thing was unfortunately too certain, namely, that she had lost her leg, and it could not be supposed that amputation would be practised upon such a subject merely for the sake of experiment. After some further conversation the Rev. Magistrate said that immediate communication should be had with the parish authorities, and in all probability an amicable arrange ment could be brought about. If not, the law must of course be put in operation against the husband. John Lichford, the proprietor of a coffee and chop-house, in High-street, Bloomsbury, was summoned before Sir F. A. RoE, by Digby, the informer, charged with selling spirits without a licence. John Rickman appeared as the informer's witness, and de posed that on Tuesday last, between five and six o'clock, he went into the defendant's coffee-house, and called for a cup of coffee. It was brought him by a female, who upon his saying he never took sugar in coffee, said, " You had better have some rum in it then ;" he agreed, when she brought a glass of rum, for which he afterwards paid 2d. The defendant denied the charge, and called Ann Jessop, who being sworn, stated that on Tuesday she was waitress in the defendant's lower coffee-room. Two men came in in the evening, and one of them (Digby) said he never took sugar in his coffee, and asked her to bring him some rum. She told him she must have the money for it, as she had to fetch it from the next door, which was a public-house. He gave her a shilling, when she went next door from the rum, and took him back his change. Soon after his witness, who was sitting at another table, said he also would like some spirits, for which purpose she got 2d. from him, and went to Mr. Williams's for it. She positively swore that the spirits were brought from next door, and that she got the money from the parties before she went out. She remembered the circum stance so well, because it was the first time she had ever been asked for spirits in the house. James Jessop, a brother of the last witness, was waiter to the defendant, and was in the bar at the time in question. He saw his sister go out twice for rum, and one of the times had a shilling in ber hand, on the other occasion saw some coppers with which she paid for it. In answer to questions from the informer, he said the house was much used by exiled Poles, who used rum in their tea and coffee, but they never used the room, they (the informers) were served in. Sir F. Ros decided that even if they did that was beside the case then before him. The housemaid also corroborated Miss Jessop, when Sir FREDERICK, with the concurrence of the Rev. M. TIIURSBY, who sat • with him, dismissed the case, and awarded the defendant Bs. 6d. for his costs, which was paid very reluctantly by Mr. Digby. There was another summons against the defendant, but Digby withdrew it. James Cherry was brought up by police constable F. 52 charged with being very drunk last night, and upon suspicion of stealing a very handsome greyhound. The policeman saw him in Shire-lane leading the dog with a string, on being asked how he came by the dog, he gave two or three different ac. counts of it. In answer to the Magistrate he now said that he was a painter and glazier ; about a week ago he was down at Hampton visiting his brother, when he saw the servants of the people who lived next door to the Post-office going to drown the dog, he begged it of them and they gave it him, he did not know the name of the gentleman. Sir FREDERICK remanded him till Friday ; but afterwards sent the policeman down to Hampton to make inquiries, and with orders to be back by the evening sitting. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Edward Evaqs and W. Wood were yesterday placed at the bar, charged with entering the house of Mr. Chalner, of No. 23, Grafton -street, Soho, and stealing a quantity of lock fitttings and other fixtures. The property was identified, and the prisoners were fully committed for trial. Q UEEN- S Q UA RE. Yesterday William Jollift the driver of the cabriolet No. 1,552, was brought before Messrs. BURRELL and WHITE, charged with being drunk, furiously driving a ca briolet, and killing the horse by his negligence, the property of his employer, Mr. West, of Artillery-place, Strutton ground, 'Westminster. The Magistrate said that all they could do was to punish the defendant for his negligent conduct, and be must pay a penalty of 40s. for the offence.—The defendant was then removed in custody. A middle-aged woman, named Jane Mil Janus, late of No. 2, Symond's-street, Chelsea, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a large quantity of sheets, shirts, and other linen, of the value of nearly 20/., the property of Fre derick Shaw, Esq., Recorder of Dublin, of N 0.149, Sloane street, Chelsea. The prisoner was regularly employed as a laundress at the prosecutor's house, and paid so much per week. About ten days ago she took a quantity of linen home with her to iron, with which she absconded and left her lodgings. In formation was given to the police, and yesterday morning she was met in the streets by a police constable, who took her into custody: Several pawnbrokers attended, and produced some of the prosecutor's linen which bad been pledged by the prisoner. Mr. WHITE strongly animadverted on the conduct of the pawnbrokers in taking in such property from a person like the prisoner. He was firmly of opinion that if there were no pawnbrokers' shops there would not be one-half of the robberies committed. He wished that Byers or some of his men would look after the pawnbrokers, and he would be ready to hear their informations.--Remanded. An unfortunate hen-pecked man, somewhat advanced in years, named John Pawson, of No. 6, Castle-lane, West minster, charged his better half, Lydia, a stout masculine looking woman, many years younger than himself, with threatening to murder him, and from which threat he hourly went in danger of his life. The complainant, with a heavy sigh and in a most mourn ful tone, commenced the story of his woes, from which it a ppeared that he had been a soldier in the Guards for up wards of twenty-one years, when he was blessed with one of the most amiable wives in the world, by whom he had a boy and a girl. When he left the army his boy fell off the top of a house and was killed, which had such an effect upon his first wife that she died shortly after, leaving him with one little girl, who also had an accident by tumbling out of a hay-loft, which caused her to lose one of her eyes. The Magistrates desired him to come to the point. Husband—Well, then, I thought I would have another wife to take care of my little girl, and in an unlucky hour I became acquainted with this woman and unfortunately married her ; and I can safely say that from the day I mar ried her to the present hour, which is nearly two years, I have never had a happy hour. My life is a scene of misery, morning, noon, and night, so help me G—d. Wife—l try every thing I can to be happy ; but there is no pleasing him. Husband—Then pray try everything you can to make me miserable ; you cannot be further from the mark. Wife—l try to be happy and to make you happy. What can you want more ? Husband—She is always abusing the poor girl, though she promised to be like a mother to her, knocking her about and threatening to dash her brains out. She has taken a reff t' ular spite again s t h er . Mr. BURRELL-But what has your wife done to you that you have taken out this warrant against her ? Wife—Done to him ! Why, everything to make him happy. linsband—Yes, happy •enough, knocking me about with a poker, and seizing hold of a knife to rip me up, and using such horrid language that I am forced to run out of the house. Oh, what a difference to my first poor wife ! Lydia commenced her defence by expatiating upon her own amiable qualities, her virtue, good temper, industry, and keeping the house sweet and clean, which was her chief study, and improving the mind and morals of her daughter in-law, who, she was sorry to say, did not mind one word she said, and thought nothing of calling her an old cat. The poker chastisement she entirely denied. The only thing she ever did in that way was a few days ago, when she caught him at a public-house drinking a pint of ale, and finding that he had drank plenty she drank one glass, and flung the.remainder in his face. Husband—That was only one of her pleasant methods to make me happy. Wife—YOU - deserved it, John. You know I try night and day to make you happy. Mr. BURRELL recommended them to separate. Husband—A separation is the very thing I want, but she sticks to me like a leech. Wife—l'm your best friend, and will never leave you until death. Husband—Oh dear ! that won't be long first. Mr. BURRELL dismissed the charge, and told them to adjust their matters themselves. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday James Hyland, a young man, porter in the employ of Mr. Wild, haberdasher, &c., No. 31, Rathbone place, was placed at the bar, charged with the following 'robbery : Mr. Wild stated that the prisoner had been in his em ploy as porter for some time past, and always slept in the shop. The prisoner went out on Sunday, and not return ino. on Monday witness made inquiries, when one of his shopmen informed him that he had seen the prisoner in the act of pilfering money from the till. Witness accordingly suspected that the prisoner had robbed him and stopped away, and having a key which fitted his box he opened it, when he found the ticket of a veil pledged on the 18th of August, for 10s., and also a pair of gloves, which belonged to him. The prisoner, who said he picked up the veil between Rathbone-place and Newman-street about three weeks back, was fully committed for trial. UNION-HALL. Yesterday Mary Lee and Elizabeth her daughter, a little girl eleven years of age, were brought before Mr. WEDG WOOD and Mr. TnAILL, charged with uttering counterfeit coin. The elder prisoner went into a public-house, called the Bull's Head, at Rotherhithe, and in payment for half a pint of beer, which she drank at the bar, tendered a counterfeit sixpence, which was not discovered to be so until she had left the place. Not satisfied, however, with her success in the first instance, she afterwards went into several other houses in the same neighbourhood for a similar purpose, at some of which she succeeded in passing the spurious coin, and at others the attempt was detected. She also employed the child to utter money of the same kind, and generally sent her alone, so that, in the event of detection, the girl, on being questioned, uniformly refused to give any infor mation as to the name and address of her parents, so as to bring them to punishment. On the present occasion, how ever, both the prisoners were taken into custody together immediately after an uttering had been effected, and on examining them both, although no bad money was found on the elder, in a pocket which the child had on at the time were discovered a great number of well-executed base six pences._ _ Mr. Powell, the Solicitor of the Mint, who attended the examination, stated that the whole family were common utterers, and that Mary Lee's husband and son were re cently convicted of a similar offence at Liverpool. The father and son had left London a short time ago, with a small cart drawn by dogs, for the purpose of uttering coun terfeit money, and in most instances the boy was the party who was employed to pass it off. A week, however, after their arrival they were both taken into custody, upon which occasion the remaining portion of the stock of base coin, which they had procured in London, was discovered at their lodgings. When Mary Lee, the wife, and daughter, were apprehended, the former contrived by some means or another to remove all the base coin from her apartments at Bermondsey before the officers arrived there. In the course, however, of the examination of the premises several letters were discovered from Mary Lee's husband, while confined in Lancaster Castle, to his wife, and although they were written in a guarded manner, yet the contents showed that they had been for some time engaged in the unlawful pur suit, and that the husband was in the confidence of a gang of coiners at Birmingham. whose agent was frequently mentioned in the letters. The discovery of these letters has put Mr. Powell into the possession of information which will be most useful. The prisoners were committed. LONDON ADJOURNED SESSIONS, SEPT. 2. These Sessions were held to-day pursuant to adjournment, before the RECORDER and Aldermen ANSLEY, KELLY, and Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL. The Court met for the purpose of dis posing of several appeal cases, which were adjourned in July last. The RECORDER gave judgment in the appeal of Wm. Little, a ticket porter plying for hire in the neighbourhood of Doc tors' Commons, against a convict;on for a public nuisance in obstructing the free p assage o f th e streets . T o p ersons draw ing convictions, and to the public in general, the decision is rather an important one, the question being whether, under the Act of Parliament, it was necessary to state in precise terms, in the conviction, the manner in which the nuisance was committed, or whether it was suf ficient to allege generally the offence. The Recorder in giving judgment observed that the case had been discussed at considerable length previous to the adjournment in July last, and the observations which the Court had to make in giving judgment, would be confined to the form of the con viction. Upon looking into the cases the Court was of opi nion that the form of the conviction was insufficient. In order to see better the form in which convictions of this description were couched, the Court had procured a copy of a former con viction of an individual of the same name, for the same offence, and between that conviction and the present there was consi derable distinction. The former conviction alleged the examina tion of witnesses upon oath, but it did more, for after describing the offence in thelanguage of the Act of Parliament,it specified the means and manner of committing the offence. The present conviction was different from that in that essential particular, and although it was true that in cases where the Act of Par liament was specific it was quite sufficient to pursue the lan guage of the Act in convictions, yet, if the words of the Act comprehended a class of offences, it then became necessary to enter so far upon particulars, as to state upon the conviction the specific offence charged against the individual. At the time the case was argued the impression of the Court was, that the conviction was defective, and that impression had been confirmed by looking into the authorities. The Court had directed its attention to Paley's work upon convictions, in which there were two instances in which convictions had been decided to be insufficient which applied precisely to the present case. The one was a conviction for profane cursing and swearing, and the Act of Parliament having described the offence in general terms, and the conviction having followed the Act of Parliament, and stated that the defendant had made use of profane oaths and curses, the Court thought that was not sufficient, but that the words ought to have been spe cified that were made use of. The other case was for robbing an orchard, and the Court thought the conviction bad, inas_ mach as it did not state the robbing was of the nature contem plated by the Act of Parliament. Another authority was Mr. Justice Buller, who said it was not true, in framing con victions, that it was sufficient to follow the words of the statute in all cases ; in some it might be, as where the statute gave a description of the offence, but it was otherwise where a particular offence was included under general terms. Where the Legislature spoke in general terms, the conviction must set out the particular act of the party offending, in order to meet the charge. Upon the whole, looking at the Act of Parliament, and the authorities that had been adverted to, the Court was of opinion that the conviction was too loose and vague, in consequence of its not specifying, in particular terms, the manner of committing the offence. The appeal, therefore, must be allowed, and t he conv i c ti on quas h e d. There were similar appeals on the part of persons named Gardner, Philpot, and Shultz, in which the convictions were open to the same objections, and, of course, shared the same fate. The Court then proceeded with an appeal from an order of affiliation made by Sir Peter Laurie and Mr. Alderman Ye nables, which appeared likely to occupy the Court several hours. RAILROADS IN FRANCE.—(From the Journal du Commerce.)--Fifth line from Paris to Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, with a branch road to Louviers and Rouen, by way of Chartres and Nantes. Our neighbours the French are rivalling us in this means of communication, as the extent of the above line shows, The report says—" The survey is already almost finished between Paris and Orleans ; between Orleans and Tours some slight views have been taken, but beyond Tours little of importance has yet been done." The account goes on to detail the intended route, and the particu lars of the declivities, and distances. THE EAST INDIA TRADE. A numerous attendance of merchants and others in": rested in the trade to China, &c., took place yesterday at the India House, and further discussion was entered int ° respecting the adoption of the best plan for conducting th e merchants' sales to succeed those of the East India Com pany. The sale of yesterday was appointed by adjourn ment to give time t o th e E as t I n di a merc hants to enter. ad e , upon some arrange men t res p ec ti ng some o bj e ctions m ea to the 'plan of the Committ ee , an d t o concess ions requi r by the drug trade. A few d a y s s i nce a mee ting took Plac e on this matter. Alterations h av i ng b een ma de in the con ditions for carrying on the futur e sa l es by the Committeees and having been supported by th e mee ti ng referred to , Committee appointed yesterday for an ex t e nsive sale of t7_ produce of India, in one of the sale-rooms at the I nn ?! House, the Court of Directors having. allowed the use of It to the trade. Mr. Mattie, the President of the sale, took his seat at ten o'clock. Mr. Bowring, the auctioneer, having read the ne w regulations adopted by the Meeting of East India Me' chants, some questions were put to the Chairman o f the Committee of East India Merchants as to the cours e adopted relative to the expense of the inspection of produ le r; and upon the responsibility to com pl e t e con t r acts of si' for goods sold at the merchants' sale. Mr. JOHNSON, the Registrar of Sales, said that the ex pense of inspection of East India produce would be 111 1 ° the seller, and the responsibility f or th e com pletion of the contracts on the managing brokers. dot `-b Mr. COOK (of the firm of True ma n an d C oo k) saiu'" : by the present plan there was n o au th or i se d person wi t ° whom buyers of the produce of India at their sale, in ea 'f. of failure of contract, the trade c o uld d ea l. I n the case e , the East India Company's sales there was a n authori se a body to deal with. Mr. PALMER thought that the managing broker was the responsible person for the completing of contracts. Mr. KING said another important point was the time f or is the prompt. Here th e sa l e h a d b een a dj ourne d, a nd the three months' prompt ought t o b e name d f rom the day . . - sale. Mr. THOMPSON, as managing broker for the proprietors of the East India produce now offered for sale, said it 0 5 the intention as far as possible to fpllow the East led ° Company's rules, and it could not now be expected that the conditions of sale could be altered. Mr. Cook observed that there were a number of things connected with the Company's plan of conducting husi nes e which were not at all to be acted upon as a pattern at tiles sales. In answer to a question, Mr. W EEDING ( on e of the East India merchants having produce in th e sa l e ) co uld not r_ sent to an extension of the prompt.—(L ou d cr i es of " W it draw your goods then.") Mr. Cook said in the indigo and rice trades the once ? sions required had been agreed to. The East India e' er : chants as well as the merchants of the city of London grt nerally, ought to be informed that th e Committee of f ' s f India Merchants were not disposed to meet the w ishes the trade. Mr. WEEDING, as owner of so me o f th e pro duce r' the declared for sale, could not conse n t t o an a lt era tion in r ,, prompt. The delay had been o ccas i one d b y the W e il and, they . having obtained adv a nt ages , i t was un f a ir to c" upon the importer for further sacrifices. Mr. Cook said the adjournment of the sale was the acet of the merchants, who wished to ma k e th e b u yers dea r over Tower-hill to pay the prompt i n B an k notes.—( l4cl ;e . If the wanaging broker had manif es t e d a w illi ngn ess t° ceive the money the goods would h ave b een di s p o sed ~ e Mr. WEEDING had understood it t o b e th e w ish ofiitlei, trade, in agreeing to the new pl an f or con d uc ting, that a central point of payment would be highly desio He mentioned the instance of a buyer purchasin g t we ., e t different parcels of goods, man age d by as man yditfe,:,, brokers, by which great inconvenie nce wou ld r esult 11 ; 0 the parties having to go to different places to PaY to money. He was desirous to give way as far as possible the wishes of the trade, and had no D oc k i n t eres t to se r t s io 111 r. Cook said that a gross insult had been given to toll trade, and the Committee must h ave b een erron eousqv that such a course was desired by the trade—(Hear.) he cassia lignea now offered would not be purchased by trade, unless concessions were made. las t Mr. WEEDING did not .know by what right the speaker put himself at th e h ea d o f th e tra d e i n that roolowt Tney ought not to be guided by one person, or to a l the buyers of London to be insulted. - After some further discussion, Mr. WEEDING deck."'" that he should withdraw his goods. 401 1 Mr. GREY, a managing broker, acceded to the exto l ' of the prompt for g oo d s un d er hi s con t rou l, an d the a. nouncement was received with cheers. Mr. PALMER could have no objection that a Joa n 7 t be broker should think it r i g ht t o exten d t h e t i m e °J . ;Do the prompt, but the goods must be sold according t° er s preamble. Any ar rangemen t b e t ween t h e manag ing br,° b-te and the buyers might be entered into, but the rev. — must be abided by. gad ° Mr. Cook consid ere d th a t un l ess a d ec l arat i on wag be by the President of the sale that the extension would allowed the sale could not go on. - eo t Mr. MOCATTA said, not only to the buyers at the Pi - r e sale, but to all others, it gave hint surprise to hear ns° til.e,,P,ed. mise to sal contrary to the p ream bl e , w hi c h he co must be acted upon to the letter. (Hear.) Mr. COOK asked what confidence would the public if in these sales by the me rc h an t s o f th e I n di a t r ade, conditions as published were not adhered to ?• duet Mr. PALMER said if th e sa l e was no t t o b e conu u according to the preambl e , h e s h ou ld, on hi s ow n rese o :' , b lity, direct the goods to be withdrawn offered in ° P P tion to the conditions. Mr. GREY was opposed to such a course. g ibe After some further o b s e rva ti ons , suc h pro duce 11- ve re managing brokers were willing to extend the prompt ea ter put up for sale, b u t were p r i nc i pa ll y b oug h t i n . The g r av d portion of the goods declared for sale was withdow ° ' further proceedings adjourned. —.ooe" 1318 TII S. lam et On the 2d inst., in Che s t er -t errace, Regent's Park, the Adam Duff, Esq., of aßryan daughter. O tt"' On the 2d inst., in ston-square, th e l a d y o f John _ As Esq., of a daughter. On the 30th ult., at Will es d on, Mi ddlesex, the WY of Henry Mandeville, Esq., of a daughter. • , s/ JO e ' On the 31st ult., th e l a d y o f Mr. William Rothery, " street, Buckingham P a l ace , o f a d aughter. t er On the 2d inst., Mrs. William Sant, of Orme-squate, Bb} t of a daughter. tire On the 30th ult., the lady of the Rev. Willi am sennett,l, Norton-street, of a son . " On the Ist inst., i n D oug h ty - streets the lady of JosePb 1; 13i l lock, Esq., of a son . On the 19th ult., in Argv l l-place, the lady of Geo. lib ~i Esq., of a son. On the 28th nit : , at Boulg-e, Suffolk, :Mrs. John Fit z( 9 3 a daughter, I MARRIAGES. cro ok tc t ;'‘ On the 2d inst., at Marylebone Church, Joshua S. - ",: c isag' Esq., M.P.,of Sion-hill, Yorkshire, to Mary, younge s i `i r e. f sb., of the late laud Alexander, Esq., of Ballochmyle, AYr s l,,p.l ° , On the Ist inst., at Walcot Church, Bath, John liar . ti glite • t 4 Esq., of Forest, Queen's County, to Florentina, eldest " a f John Walmesley, Esq., of the Circus, and grand-daughter 0 10 la Long, Esq., of Rood Ashton, Wilts. ieadl4ll‘ On the 24th o f J u l y at Serge Island Estate, Jae': s t Wallace Harris, Esq., o f Ki ngston, to J ane C aro li ne , el"' to ter of the late George Gordon, Esq., N.B. pi' of On the 28th ult., at Abergavenny, George Morisoniii ciesr Olive Anne, second (laughter ofalie Rev. William Powell, that place. cps. On the 30th ult., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Coe. Esq., late of the Hon. East India ompany's Service, t e ge pt• of thir daughter of Robert Ferguson, Esq., of Deptford, h P i ,tspe' On the 2d inst., at Paddington Church, Mr. Jee e ,P te Westbourne-green, to Harriett, only daughter of the ' a- ~„V Esq., of the sa me p l ace. , So uth On the 2d in s t., t h e R ev. William A. We elfin, of Sussex, to E mma, d aughter of Thomson Haukey, „ land-place. kde ) '' 1 1 ' On the 2d i nst., at St. John ' s, Wapping, Mr. J ' a Newbury, Berk s , t o Georgiana, youngest daughter of ~ Weston. ;. e tt, bter On the 26th ult., at St. James's Chu rc h, John Court T y asag of Regent -street, and Dulwich, Su rr ey, t o Elizabetlh. e i e of the late Captain John Emmerson, of Wells, N0rfe 1 ?j......./ .. , D E TH S. ~h o lotte r p, e ; e, On the 2d inst., at Brighton, in her 18th year, 1,44 tla daughter of Richard Winstanley, Esq., of Mecklenb ; u ta rg s the On the Ist inst., at Wilton-crescent, Saito Dana daughter of Sir Wm. Milner, Bart., aged 3C4 rrhos. of On the 29th ult., at Brighton, in his 4th year , - as Esq., of the Admiralty, Somerset Horse. d id On the 31st ult., at Stonor, Oxfordshire, Catherine, 1 0;f 1 1 , the late Thomas Ston er , Esq., ag,td 71. On the 27th ult., at B a db y Vi carage, Northampt?:::%eth Francis, youngest so n o f the Rev. Thomas Green. iil_!cent Sr On the 31st ult., Eli za b et h , daughter of Mr. 0r., ( Bankside, in her 15th year. her 61s" ltr On the 30th ult., Mrs. Clark, of Sh o reditch, tint , of On the 30th ult., Ali ce, w i fe of Mr. Robert n ipetc). Stamford -street, On the 30th ult., Mr. William Gregory, iroino" . Igo/ street, Chelsea. m ills, i f re On the Ist inst., Mr. F. G. Spicer, of Glo r Y - Aft , Bucks, in his 66th year. azia, Ott iet .T On the Ist inst., in Watts's-buildings, Kingslau d Allden, aged 76. 111 o f F rgus sen hc A On the 23d ult., at Herne Bay, John e t ' 3l youngest son of the Rev. John Moultrie, rector o f the i dol 1 , On the 30th ult., at Worthing, John Flowe r, !,) John Bethell, Esq., of Mecklenburg-square. , ea „, Dire' On the 29th ult., at Reading, in her 8. 30 ' , o f John l a te relict of D. Taylor, M.D., and daughter late Bencher of the Middle Temple. a dderi d g e ' ff On the 2d ult., a t M ontrea l , M r . Janata D 01 Whitechapel, woollen-draper. • ian, :54. 4i( 1113e On the 23d ult., Harriet, wife of Edward VI cliff. p air f el' quay, and daughter of John Bacon, Esq., 01 S 'd la/ Devon. youi s a, " r S- / On the 30th u l t., at Holkham Hall, 140rfe"' 1;w of . wife of Henry Do ver , E sq . , an d e ldest daug yrr DO 111141":1. London : Pri n t e d an d P u bli s hed by 3 ... - t - ra na. at The Sun Office, No. 112. T ,