The Sun. — London, England, 1827-02-07 00:00:00

• SPIRIT OF - THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. 1 their wigs a n d gowns %" —This single question turned the whole m a tt er i nto r idi cule—a burst of laughter was heard A meeting took pl ace at Carlisle t h e I s t i nstan t, for i on all sides, and Mr. Sheil never o p ene d hi s li ps aga i n . _ considering th e , expediency o f a rev i s i on o f the Corn about the melo-dramatic assembly, and • the costumes and Laws. The room was full—the persons present consist i "order :l of allo ca ti on ." S o i t was w i th the " steam inva ing almo s t exc l us i ve l y o f master manu f ac t urers an d t h e i r . son speech—ridicule had killed what a state prosecution .e l i t i gation orni winch takes p l ace car d er the distressed jou rne y men . As we give below the re so l ut i ons ; ma p revive.— na Herald. adopted-by th e meeting on the specific subject for w hi c h I The excessive it was ce ll e d, it w ill not be necessary to do more than : Poor Laws, is a proof that the laws are either very de state, that in the course of a discussion as animated as was ' fective in themselves, or very badly administered. We consistent - with a pretty unanimous concurrenc e in the , i are i nc li ne d to t hi n k t h at b ot h propos i t i ons are partly true, same opinions, upon the mischievous eff ec t o f t h e existing 1 and that the imperfections which we have from time to Corn Laws,the usual and now well-known arguments were time pointed out in the system are greatly aggravated by employed against it. The resolution s app ear t o furnish a 1 its mode of execution. A principal cause of the litigious tolerable summary of the 'most urgent grounds for its abo- I spirit with which parishes squander the funds collected for lition, although among them a certaid painful class of evi- I the relief of the poor upon those who work the ma deuce to the magnitude ,of the evil, which was presented ' chinery of justice, arises from the admission which Judges by the meeting, itself, will not be discovered—namely, the have given to nice and technical points of pleading and pallid and hunger-worn countenances of the wretched argument, where they ought to be more ready to regu weavers' and their families, who crowded the lower end late their decision according to the real merits of the case. of the room—and who, it seems, were born but to starve The County Magistrates, naturally enough, imitate the for the imagined benefit of some of their wealthier fellow- example of their superiors ; they favour objections of mere creatures. A foolish and b o i s t erous a t tenipt was made by form, in prefer ence to d o i ng su b stant i a l justice. The con e working weaves:, who addreeaed the Chair, to mix tip sequence is, that a great proportion of parochial appeals the question of universal auffrage with that of a free trade heard at Quarter Sessions are disposed of without any in corn. - Thi s sc i on of the Jack Cade school interlarded decision on the merits at all. This causes the party that his discourse With denunciations against men of large pro- has failed to come into Court again to have the merits perty, and succeeded in carrying by dint of numbers a re- investigated, without which, the question cannot be set solution for pegliament ar y re f orm ; b ut as many respect - at rest. The expence at all times is great enough, even able gent.l'enrien declared their u n w illi ngness t o s i gn a pet i- w h ere the cause is most speedily determined; but those tion ethich touched on any subject beyond that for the decisions which decide nothing cause justi ce t o b e so ld a t considerati on o f w hi c h t h e meet i ng h a d b een ca ll e d , i t was a most exorbitant price. We' are not advocating an abo finally settled, that the two petition! should be separated, lition of legal forms—we know that justice cannot be and each receive the signatures of those who approved it. satisfactorily administered without some paeliminary forms The following are the resolutioas : , to give the judicial power a regular possession of the " 1., That this meeting continues to hold the same opinion of case, and there must be .also certain regulations ap tlfe extreme impolicy of the present Corn Laws, which has been plicable to the conduct of it, for the purpose of pre expressed at public meetings in this city on former occasions; and is o f opi n i on t h at t h e stagnat i on of trade, and the venting disorde r a n d con f us i on; b ut w h at we ob j ect to extreme distress is, the little and a b sur d bi gotry to mere tec h n i cal points ; ag g r a v a t e d, by t h e exclasion of foreign corn. in th e manufacturing districts, hav e b een i n part caused, and m uc h whichi mak es f orma li ty t h e paramount cons i deration, and ' "2. That the distress complained of by the agricultural inte- substance only secondary. This inversion of the rules of Teat, is attributed by this mee ti ng , i n a - great measure, to the r i g h t reason, as well as sound justice, is too prevalent in Inctuations occasion e d b y t h e ex i st i ng corn laws; which have all the departments of our law, but the mischief which it also been gradually undermi n i ng the commerce a ru l manu f actures occas i ons in cases relat i ve to the maintenance of the poor of th e ce*itry, is a peculiar burden to the community. When England, ' .3.. That the effect of our exclusive laws has been to destroy indeed, was in her " high and palmy" state, with respect ile. tonsiderahle demand for the manufactures of this city which to resources, this evil was not much felt, but now, encum- 'ekiated in the-United States of .America, and seriously to reduce bered as all the classes of the country are by enormous 1 it in bthei'quarters of the world. taxation, which it is necessary to keep up to p a y th e in ''' 4:that the regular admission o f f ore i gn gra i n i nto th i s k i ng _ taxation, of the Debt, the unn ec es sar y i ncrease o f t h e P oor dam under such r egu l at i ons as may be equit a bl e t o a ll i nterests, would be a gradual, but derided relief to the depressed trade of the . Rates is a matter of serious importance. It is full time to brin g the subject of the mode of administering the law country. : " 5. That by thus enabling other countries to exchange .the at Sessions, or parish appeals, before the Legislature, that surplus p ro d uce o f t h e i r i n d ustry f ur that of our own, this country it may be simplified, and that the expensive subtleties and world encourage a mutually beneficial intercourse with every formal objections on which cases of this nature are now so country in the world, to the unspeakable benefit of commerce and frequently decided may not be allowed to exclude the manufactures, advantageous to agriculture itself, and favourable to merits. We hope to see much of the curious jargon the beat interests of mankind. called special pleading cut away from the process of law in 6'. That petitions to both Houses of Parliament, founded general. It would make the administration of justice ;I l ion the preceding resolutions, be forthwith prepared, and left for sitititures with th e b oo k se ll ers , t ill t hi s d ay week, when they more certain, mor e c h ea p, an d i n every way more sat i sfac- Shalt be for war d e d to t h e Lord Lieutenant of the county-, and the tory public at large, than it is at p resen t. N or M r embers of the City, f or presentation."— Times. would - the to the profession of he law lose 110 much by th e change as it is a t p resent appre h en d ed, fora great portion It excited no little s u r p r i se , t h at a mot i on lately made of society now abandon their ri g ht s , rat h er t h an i ncur the at the Middles ex S ess i ons , " to a d m i t the public during expenses of seeking redress under a system which makes the diseussions apOn the County business," should have the success of the best case uncertain, on account of the been negatived by- an overwhelming majority. No argu- multiplicity of technical forms, in which the substance of meats were died against it, that were worthy a moment's the pleadings must be enveloped, and a mistake in any of "a:Ons ti idertition ; and all the Members of the Bench, distill- which may close the doors of justice against the most de kiiitaed either for talent, liberal opinions, or who were in serving claimant. But as the vice and evil of this system circumstances wholly superior to influence, supported it; in parochial cases are the most urgent, the reform ought still, it was lost, upon a division, by an overwhelming ma- to begin with that branch of our civil jurisprudence, and jority I To be sure, it may be a very convenient thing to we are convinced the beneficial consequences of the ex have a rental of five millions a year, subject to your taxa tion, without controul. Wh at a fi e ld f or pro f use ex pertinent would so on i n d uce en li g h tene d l eg i slators to pendi- make this amendment of the practical dispensation of Ma ture, jobs, &c. &e. ?—all to come out of the Ceunty Rate, tice universal.—lbid. without inquiry—ewithout any knowledge, on the part of the taxed of-the necessity of th e l evy; or , i n d ee d , of the Both Houses o f P ar li ament re - assem bl e to-morrow. Of fact of its having been made, until the Collector calls for the various Notices of Motions, and Orders, which stand his money, and threatens a distress in case of denial! It in the Order-book of the house of Commons, that of Mr. iias bccurred, that there must be something rotten some- Canning, for taking into consideration the Laws relating avhere, to account for this extraordinary decision at this day : wh en , e ven hi s M a j esty ' s Mi n i sters, upon many im- to the Importati on o f F ore i gn C orn, is, unquestionably, portant points, are di s p ose d to carry re f orms i nto execs- the most important. Thi s i nqu i ry, w hi c h was to have lion--a p a ph in a Morni ng P aper o f M onday, the taken place o n M on d ay next , w ill b e postponed, as our ragra subject of whi c h i s now under investi ga ti on , perhaps gives readers are already aware , t ill t h e M on d ay or T uesday fol- C clue to th e w h o l e — w ill i t not g i ve a hint to Mr. Peel; lowing; probably i n consequence o f t h e present i ndispo- Or, if not, will not some pu bli c-sp i r i ted Member of the sition lowing; Probably the Right Ho noura bl e S ecretary, w hi c h m i ght have rendered it u nsa f e f or hi m , t h us ear l y, t o un d ergo the Muse Of Comm ons i n t ro d uce a Bill to admit the public mental awl bodily f a ti gue o f suc h a d e b ate, or rat h er ser i es opon th ese occas i ons, w h en the i r interests are so nearly concerned, seei ng i n w h at h an d s t h ey may chance to be of debates ; for, d ou b t l ess , t h e di scuss i on w ill b e extended confided.-21forning Chronicle. through several evenings. We shall not indulge in any conjectures as to what may be the precise measures con- If it be really intended by the Irish Government to pro- templated by his Majesty's Ministers. For obvious rea smite Mr. Shia for his speech relative to the extrava- sons, they have carefully kept their own secret; nor do ;gam and guilty enterprises of Theobald Wolfe Tone, it we believe that any thing will be positively known, till does net say much for th e dignity or wisdom of that Go- the moment when the details are formally submitted vertnnent- State prosecutions ought never to be resorted to to Parliament. We feel, in common with every one but when they are absolutely necessary to maintain the who has thought, or written, or spoken, upon this sub peace of society and vindicate the security of the Crown ject, that it is one of extreme difficulty, not so much against the dangerous excitements or seductive example I with respect to any abstract consideration of its true bear of daring and ambitious men. But how could danger to ings, as with regard to the conflicting interests of the the Throne or State be apprehended from such a speech parties who are anxiously looking to its decision ; and as the one in question. If it was Mr. Shiel's intention still more, their vehement prejudices and excited passions. to excite the people to acts of treason, we do not know We look forward, with confidence, however, to the tran that he could have adopted a better way of defeating his quillizing result of the measures., about to be proposed. own propose than by making that speech. A wilder They will have undergone the ;calm and mature con flourish of glittering verbiage and puerile declamation, suieration of Ministers; and when once before the coun never appeared on the records of Hiberno-Gallic eloquence. try, they will further undergo that practical scrutiny, blt seemed to us rather a b ur l esque upon a French invasion, within, and beyond, th e wa ll s of. Parliament, which oth is than any thing else. It was unnecessary for Mr. Shiel, best calculated to give them a wholesome and healing in after making that speech, to deny that he had any treason- fluence, when they come into full operation. Our distin tible designs ; we could easily believe him; and it would guished Home Secretary is silently and indefatigably pur be a less tax upon our credulity to adopt the opinion, suing his laborious but splendid career o f re f orm i ng t h e that he sp o ke r a ther with a view to ser ve th e G ove r n- Criminal Code. Among the greatest benefactors of his ment, than to injure it. A few more speeches of this na- country, whom past or present times have produced, pos ture must have extinguished himself and the Catholic As- terity will proudly record the name of Peel. Not only the sociationifor ever. Ardent as the Irish population are, living, but each succeeding generation, will derive meal they have some shrewdness ; an d it d oes no t a pp ear t o us , culable benefit in their persons, their property, and their that the men who could make such speeches, or those who I lives, from the stu p en d ous la b ours of this gifted States could listen to th em , wou ld long be considered as politi- I roan. The noble and elevated principles of English lay, cians by any great portion even of that excitable commu- cleansed from the accumulated impurities of ages, will nity. We are convinced th a t t h e G overnment could riot shine out with renovated lustre; the chann e ls o f justice, take a better mode of bringing the " Catholic Association" cleared of those obstructions which the tide of time, in its into neglect and certain extinction than by letting them rolling course, had silently and imperceptibly created, will alone. The thing was wearing -itself out. The endless be open to their source; the antiquated rust, and half re repetitious of the same stories, told almost in the Caine nerable dilapidations, which obscured and defaced the words, cannot be endured for ever, either in a theatre matchless edifice of British jurisprudence, will be re or a debating-roora. It was clear that the Association was moved and repaired ; and the whole structure will gradually dying the death of things in public life ~hat want variety— develope itself in the simple dignity of its harmonious pro it is variety that is the great public attraction. And we see portions. This, we predict, will be the result of Mr. a strong illustration of this truth continually furnished by Peel's labours, if he have life and health, and official in the history of the stage---there even the first-rate actors, fluence, to complete them. In addition to the merely after a few years, pall upon the public taste, and they are local measure of improving the police of parishes in the im_ under th e necessity of disappearing from the public view mediate vicinity of the metropolis, we find he has announ for a time, by ma ki ng trips to other countries, in order to ced his intention of bringing tinder the notice of Pasha regain the s wee t welcome of popular applause. But in the mein this Session, as part of his great undertaking, the Asso c iations t h e actors an d the drama were both fast following subjects:-1. Bill for consolidating and amend- Wearing out—th e y wante d th e stimulus of n ove l ty . Is ing the Laws relative to Larceny, and offences connected the Government resolved to supply it ? Some time ago therewith. 2. Bill for consolidating and amending the Mr. Sheil felt so much the want of this novelty, that he Laws relative to malicious Injuries to Property. 3. Bill suggested a " plau t f or giving a fillip to public attention ; for consolidating and amending the Laws relative to and this was, to collect th e Roman Catholic Prelates, remedies against the Hundred. 4. Bill for consoli- Priests, Friars, Barristers, Attorneys, Merchants, in Dub- datin g an d amending the Laws relative to Embezzle !in, in one grand tnelo-dramatie display, at a particular ments of Journeymen Manufacturers, and disputes be time, dressed in their_ appr o p r i ate costumes, and rang - c.l, tween Journey men an d their Masters. • 5. Bill for Re es he expressed it, in their order of allocation." This pealing such Statutes as will be superseded by the Frenchified exhibition was to take place, if we remember preceding Bills. Next in importance to these great na right, in the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Chapel; and tional questions- may be reckoned Mr. Wilmot Horton's he described the effect of it in strain s of the most lofty and notice, which stands for to-morrow week, for the appoint poetic prediction. . He even went so far , as to say that it ment of a Committee on Emigration. The Report of the would make " Lord EldOn start from his seat," and carry former Committee, presented a mass of information upon alarm and dismay into the British Cabinet. But how this interesting question, of rare and undisputed value.--.. was this absurd and theatrical piece of m ummery put an There remains, however, much to be done, before any end to, as an orator of the Association s aid, " even be- legislative measures can be engrafted upon it; and we are fore it. was begun?" . Was it by a state prosecution ? justified in anticipating that every thing which is neceee No ;—that would have given the thing solemnity and im- sary will be done, under the superintendence of the en portanc,e. At-the conclusion of Mr. Shell's speech, and lightened individUal into whose hands the matter has for while his words yet " startled the imagination" of his tunately fallen, It is a sudden and whirling descent to hearers, M r . L aw l es s rose, and gravely asked ""if the p a i s f rom matters l ik e t h ose we h ave enumerated, and Members of th e B a r were to appear on the occasion in from the individuals with whose names they are connec- ted, to some half dozen of other topics which we,, find ' standing in the Order-book. It is Napoleon's (or rather . Tom Paine's, for the words are his), hat-one step "from GUILDHALL.,-.Sarah Emma Harwood was brought before Mr. Alderman VEN ABLES yes t er da y , f or fi nal examination, upon the sublim e t o t h e r idi cu lou s. " We find, for example, that Col. Torr ens i nten d s charge of shooting a t, w ith i ntent to_ d o some grievous bodily . to make a. moti on f o r " the pacifi-s- the bairn, to more firm the . roal-m . erchant, inßriday 7 street. She cation of Ireland I ."—that Mr. Maberley contemplates his t oi l e , e e n u le n d firm than at the last hearing; but imprisonment, and annual attack upon the Assessed Taxes—that Mr. Daniel certainty as to her ultimate fate, had ioduced some altere- Whittle Harvey has an embryo bill in his pocket to "re- tion for theworse in her appearance. P gulate the formation, and to define the liability ; of .Joint • Stock Comp an i es "— t h at M r. Mi c h ael An .Mr. Alderman VENABLES said, altbough . the p r i soner had been Angelo Taylor meditates an o th er skirmishing inroad upon the Court of sity of repressing, God forbid that she should not have justice. It Chancery, his rear being supported by Mr. John Williams, appeared to him that the fact that had been most relied upon at with the heavy brigade of " all motions heard before the the former hearin g , as es t a bli s hi ng t he pre-existing malicious in- Lord Chan ce ll or , d ur i ng t h e l ast fi ve years, of all Appeals, ' tention (he meant the evidence of Mrs. Broadwater, that the pd. Causes, Exceptions, Further Directions, Bankrupt and soner had the neighbourhoodpubliclyavoedlierlth ie intentionvir trials t i o ais sh o c f ot sk t I l r in lia fir n i d ng al ) l ; Cause Petiti ons , h ear d b e f ore hi s L or d ship, and now pend- arid alarmed ing for judgment, with the times when they were respec- went far to show the absence of the real intention to do harm. It seemed tt f ) him that the prisoner . was a hi girl of the town, and with Lively heard, and the days on which the same have been on d a e l s , i i i e a w bi o e t p u e ze .m uLi a e t g e a sh e c onn e e n x d i e o a n vo w ure ic d h 3 •. Randall thought it the Paper for judgment ;" and that Sir John Newport after rta f and makes e o s th a e i r l intends to give us, for the last time, his First Fruit Fund ways, to alarm him. She fires pistols in ' the yard, of Ireland, again. We must bear these visitations with the stir eho can,. in the Lope that it will reach his ears; then she what fortitude we can. Dr. Johnson defends the inequali- loiters about his, house, and draws the pistol from 'her Muff before ties of Milton, in his " Paradise Lost," b y t h e emp h at i c his eyes, but makes, no attempt to fire at him. When she did pull observation, that a " palace must have passages." So, a the trigger, she was probably aware that it was levelled too high House of Commons must have its Daniel Whittle liar- to do any mischief. He really could not discover the ,existence of vet's, its Michael Angelo Taylors, its Sir John Newports, the malicious intention which was the.very essence of the charge; its Williamses, and its Torrens es , an d i ts Maberleys, as'well hut it ought to be known th a t fi r i ng a t a person :without ball w as as its' Canning', its Peels, and its Huskissons. It se p !fence within the statute. Mr. Alderman. VENABLYS observed to -the priso ner , th a t al useless to repine at inevitabl e ce ) am i t i es. The better though he had taken a l en i en t v i ew o f t h e matter, i f he had seat —New Times, part of wisdom consists i n b ear i ng t h em as well as we car it - to a Jury, they might h ave . come t o &very differe n t conc l us i on. He should not set her at large until she had given bail, herself in 100/., and two sureties in 50/. each, to keep s the peace towards Mr. Randall for two years ; and 24. hours' notice of bail must be given to Mr. Harmer. • ' Mr. Alexander's clerk said, the prisoner had never been a woman of the class mentioned, and the prisoner herself also dis claimed the. imputation, and begged the Alderman to satisfy him self upon that subject by examining her respectable friends who were then in the room. The Alderman,. hoWever, declined going into this investigation s and the prisoner was removed. BOW-STREET. —Yesterday Sir RICUA BIRNIE address ing Bond, the officer, who for time years directed the police at Drury-lane Theatre, and • whose son hiss lately obtained that ap pointment, told him that he had heard several complaints respect ing the want of due attention on the-part of those officers who should attend the different entrances to the pit and boxes, to pro tect the public from the.depredations of thieves. He had heard that the officera appointed to that duty at Drury lane, instead of rendering the public their protection and Resistance, were placed as watchers over the check-takers, a ditty which if was never in , tended they should perform, and which lie R. Birilie) - hail ' determined to put a stop to. Bond, in reply, said he would lose no time in communicating' with his son on the subject. He added, that when he Was at the theatre, attempts had been made to place the - officers under his directions over the door-keepers and check-takers, and Mr. Winton, a gentleman connected with the management, had more than once told him that the public might take care of themselves, and that the police were at the disposal of the managers, whose interests they were bound in the first instance to protect. Sir RICHARD BIRNIE repeated his determination to remedy the evil complained of, by causing the officers in attendance at Drury lane Theatre to be placed at those places where they could best dis charge their duty to the public. Smith and Barnes, the two young men who stand charged with highway-robbery in the neighbourhood of Finchley, un derwent a re-examination, after which they were fully committed for trial. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, FEB 6. Wl:Am:mom V. CARTER. This cause again occupied a very considerable portion of the time of the Court this morning, and after Counsel had been heard, The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he would give judgment in the case as soon as possible. DONN V. WATSON. His LORDSHIP said this was an appeal from an order made by his Honor the Vice-Chancellor. The gravartein of the case was, that the Court below had declared, that a certain small real estate should be sold if there was a deficiency of personal estate to pay all parties. The ground of objection to the rule was, that a claim ought to be realised -against the estate of the late Sir Salis bury Cotton, and that if that demand were recovered, there would be ample personal estate to pay all the creditors. On the other hand, it was said that nothing could he obtained from the Salisbury estate; and that, this objection to the nature of the de tree below, namely, the chance of getting in the debt alluded to, had neither been taken at the original hearing, nor upon further directions. The opinion, however, of his Lordship was, that the estate ought to be sold, and therefore this branch of the Court confirmed the decree. FRENCH GOVERNMENT. HILL V. REARDON; His Loansmr stated, that two things were to be considered here, first, whether the commissioners between this country and France, acting upon the convention, made between the two go vernments, to indemnify the subjects of this country, were be considered conclusive, as between the subjects of this country and the French Government ; and next, whether the declarations of the commissioners in favor of A. 8., for instance, destroyed all demands both in law and in equity, as against that A. B. if he received the money awarded to him, otherwise than the convention. Upon these points the Court had made np its mind, and would, to-morrow, state the grounds of its judgment. Its judgment was, that the convention was to have no such effect, and his Lordship thought it would be a surprise upon parties to the making of the convention, if it were to be held to have such an effect. LAMBETH-STREET.—It may be remembered, that on Sa turday last a young female made application to Mr. WrATT, the Magistrate, to issue his warrant for the apprehension of a respect able master butcher in the Hackney-road, for an alleged violation of her person on the evening after Christmas-day, which applica tion was then refused, on the grounds of the long interval that had elapsed between the commission of the effence and any complaint being made. Yesterday Mr. Mann, the tradesman alluded to, came to the office for the purpose of rebutting the accusation, and disproving the charge. advanced against him. On his being introduced to Mr. Wyatt, he announced his name as Mann, and wag at once re cognized as the person whose conduct came under discussion on Saturday. The facts stated by the complainant were distorted and untrue, and his object in attending before his worship was to give them the fullest refutation, a refutation which he hoped would meet the eye of the public through the same medium as did the charge. Mr. WYATT. —I have seen the report ; and as to what transpired before me, it is critically correct. Mr. Mann then went on to state, that he had known his accuser for some time, as living at one time in his neighbourhood. On the day on which the violation was said to have taken place, so far from meeting her in Rosemary-lane, and inviting her to the play, she called at his shop, and an agreement was then made to go to Sadler's Wells, and after coming from thence to pass the night together. They met in Hoxton-square, according to ap pointment, and took a coach in Old-street-road : after entering which, familiarities, lie would admit, passed between them, but not attended with that violence which she had stated, or any screams or clamour whatever. When she get out of the coach, perceiving that he dress was disarranged, particularly her bonnet, she refused fulfilling her intention of going to Sadler's 'Wells. They parted, and he heard nothing more of her until Thursday last, when he received a letter from her friends, requesting him t o. call and pay 20 s . as a remunerat i on f or the injuries done to her bonnet and a locket said to have been broken. He did call as demands,they an but et w li ehe became n most go t to e exorbitant their l,t a nt house i t t h hy increased eeir exactions,in their which not being weak enough to comply with, they adopted the alterna tive of applying at this office. Mr. Wyarr said, that if the applicant thought that the object of the parties was to exact money, he had done right in not Sub mitting to them. Mr. Mann again assured the bench that such was his belief, and that neither did violence or violation take place. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, FEB. G. waricwritGnt V. JONES AND FARAIDAT• This was a bill, filed by the plaintiff, praying that the Court wonld dismiss the defendants from the management of a partnership concern, en the ground of their participation in the falsification of the accounts of the concern. His HONOUR, in giving judgment, declared that the bill had been most improperly filed. There was not the least colour for the imputation of fraud against the defendants. The bill must be dismissed with costs. His HONOUR, on rising, signified his intention of going on with the seal to-morrow. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WESTMINSTER, FEE. 6. CRIMINAL INFORNIATION.-THE LING V. RICHARD HEARN. Mr. Sergeant Wzr,ne moved for a rule calling on the defendant, the Mayor of the borough of Fowey, to show cause why a cri minal information should not be filed against him. An applica tion had been made for a criminal information against the defend ant and several others daring a former term, when the rule was made absolute with regard to some of the defendants, hut dis charged as against the others. On that occasion, in showing cause against the rule, the affidavit of a person of the name of Bennett, the deputy Mayor of Fowey, had been Sled, and in con sequence of the allegations therein contained, he had been indicted for perjury, and a warrant had been granted for his apprehension, directing that he should appear in this Court on the Bth of No vember last. The defendant was accordingly arrested on the 6th of September last last, when lie sent for Hearn to his house, and it was finally agreed that he should enter into his own recog nizances for 1001., with two sureties of 501. each, to appear on the Bth of November. When that period arrived, the de fendant not appearing, it was discovered that Hearn had nut re turned the recognizance into the Crown-office. An application was then made to him for it, but instead of returning it in the proper course, he gave it to the attorney for Bennett, who re tained it till it was too late to found any proceedings upon it, and on inspection, although it bore the same date, it was found to be wholly different from the recognizance which the defendant had entered into on being arrested; the recognizance not being for his appearance on the Bth of November, but to appear generally to the indictment when called upon.—Rule granted. THE KING V. RICHARD HEARN AND -- BENNETT- Mr. Sergeant WiLDE now moved for criminal informations against the same defendants, as Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the borough of Fowey, for refusing to grant summonses against cer tain defaulters to the poor rates in that borough. The COURT granted a role to show cause why one or more cri minal informations should not be Sled against the defendants. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, FEB. 6. SINGULAR PLEA OF WAGER 01 , LAW. Jobs Gascoyne,Aate of Tutbury, in the county of Stafford, licensed victualler, was opposed by Mr. rioLLocs for Mr. Sa. muel Allen Wheeler, a wine -merchant, upon a debt of 161. and costs of action brought for the recovery of the same. Edward Roe, clerk to Messrs. Tooke and Carr, of Gray's-inn, the agents to Mr. Burnish, an attorney at Birmingham, produced the proceedings in the action " Wheeler v. Gascoyne." It appeared by these documents, that in Hilary vacation, 1825, the plaintiff issued a Staffordshire latitat against the defendant (the present insolvent), whereupon he was arrested, and bail was given to the Sheriff in the usual way. In the following Easter Term, special bail was put in, and in the same term the plaintiff declared, upon which the defendant put in the following singular plea: -- - After the usual preamble it ran verbatim thus :—" And the said defendant; in his proper person, comes and defends the wrong and injury, and says that he does not owe the said plaintiff the said several sums of money in the ~aid declaration mentioned, or any of them, or any part thereof, in manner and form as the plaintiff has above complained against him ; and this he, the de fendant, is ready to verify in proof, however the Court of our Lord the King, before the King now here, shall consider." It was intimated to the Court, that this plea was intended to be conformable with an obsolete defence termed " wager of law." Mr. HEAT H sa id t h at M r. ' Chitty ought to b e h ere to explain it. The CHIEF C OMMISSIONER (alluding, we suppose , to Ab raham Thornton's case of wager of battle) replied, that Mr. Chitty had been employed in a memorable case of wager, in connexion with the same county (Stafford). The witness (R oe ) proceeded to state the stages of the action subsequent to the pl ea , w hi ch, it appears, was a b an d one d, i n con sequence of the plaintiff being informed that the insolvent intended to apply for relief to this Court. The extra costs were about three gu:neas._ The Cmar COMIISSIONEa said that the sum was very trifling, and the Court would not be warranted, upon that ground alone, to remand the insolvent. The Attorney's Clerk said that the plea put in was a complete puzzler to the gentlemen learned in the law. Owing to a matter unconnected with the opposition, upon the (Mr. Heath), the insolvent's case was ordered to stand adjourn e d t o a f uture d a y. application of his Counsel A person advertises in a Sunday Paper for a wife, possessing 10,0001. and a good figure ! Surely the addition is unnecessary, the second qualification being implied in the first. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY, SATURDAY, FEB. 10. Anthony, R., Plymouth—Royal Hotel, Plymouth -_1 1 Brumwell, W., Natland, Kirkby—King's Arms, Kirkby in Kendal-6 Eveleigh, J., Manchester—Star, Manehester--2 Flicker, W., Bradford —Angel, Mere, Wilts-10 Gannt, W., A ri nley—Court-hous e , Leeds-10 Holgate, W., Staintun Coates, Yorkshire—Golden Lion inn, Settle—.s Levine, IL, Merthyr Tidvil—Rummer, Bristol-1 Thomas, T., Swansea, Glamorganshire—Oftice of Mr. Franklin, Bristol—•l Walker, T., North Shields—George, Newcastle-12 INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED. Petitions to be beard at Portugal-street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, FEB. 12, AT NINE. Allen, M., Islington, dead-horse-dealer Allen, J., Wantage, sack manufacturer Bennett, G., Chelsea, comedian Carter, J., Basinghall-strcet, factor Garnons, J., Long-lane, jeweller Giles, W., Oxley, Herts, corn-dealer Gorsuch, NV., Fore-street, tailor Green, C., Wandsworth, victualler Hale, S., Edgware-road, tailor • Harvey, NV., Helper, tailor Haydon, J., Wandsworth, general dealer Hurly, C., Spa-fietds, law-stationer Lightwood, J., Birmingham, grocer Mason, J., Leominster, victualler Nickolls, J, Newington, ebeesemonger Pugh, J., B,rmondsey, currier Reeve, G., Blackheath, music-seller Smith, L., Sheerness, grocer Watson, J., Hexham, draper Watt, G., Bermondsey, stem-packet steward ON A GOOD FOOTING.—In the fourteenth century long shoes were the characteristic of high birth and dignity in Francs and other countries in Europe. Kings and Princes wore shoes three feet and a half long ; and from this fashion arose the phrase common to almost all the languages of Europe—" to live or a good fo2ting,"—i/ eat our un bon pied.—Literary Chronicle. The county of Cumberland, particularly the western part, has been long famed for the longevity of its inhabitants, and the following circumstanc e tends to corroborate the fact :—A few days ago, in a barber's shop at Harrington, there were assembled together seven persons, who successively underwent the operation of shaving, and whose united ages amounted to 573 years ; making an average of 82 years each. THE MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of Tuesday.) SUGAR.—The demand for Muscovades during the last week was general and extensive ; the average sales were nearly 1,000 hhds each day—the prices advanced generally ls. per cwt., and the strong qualities from 60e. a 635. were rery scarce ; they C - on-' tinue to rate high in proportion to other Sugars. The stock compared with 1826 is now only 1,700 casks more; the ries from the warehouse's last week were 700 Casks more than the corresponding one of last year. - The market opened this morning firm at the advance we have stated.; but the rise in the prices, and the extensive public sale of Mauritius Sugar prevented any ptir.:* chases of Mnscorades on any extensive sale till a late hour, when we estimated the purchases to-day at I*,loo casks. The advance we have stated is filly maintained, and the market still improve-' ing ; the public sale 2,857 bags Mauritiva l'iaB of an ordinary de scription and washed ; they sold, in consequence, about Is. lowet than the market prices. In the Refined Market last Week the -te quest for low goods continued extensive ; all Lumps offering sold' freely at fully Is. higher, and such was the request, that all goods were cleared oil the market; the buyers offered for parcels to he • ready three weeks hence, which the refiners generally refused, in the anticipation of higher prices. The wholesale"'grocer/4 'purl chased freely the goods for home consumption, at rather higher • rates; in crushed there was not so much doing. Molasses wee -• unvaried. The Relined market this forenoon was steady at the advance, and, were adequate supplies of goods on sale, the busi ness would be very extensive. The advance we have stated was • fully maintained ; the wholesale grocers show an increasing die position to buy for the home consumption. Molasses are 'Jura- • tied. In Foreign Sugars no sales were reported ; a large parcel of White Bengal sold chiefly'about 355. a 365. • WEST INDIA •MOLA SSE 5..--:.The quantity of West India Molasses in warehouse is 1,300 casks, and entries were yesterday made fot several parcels newly , arrived. 3'he quotation is at present 275. a 295. COFFEE.—The public sales last week went off with some 'spi rit ; the Dutch and Jamaica generally Is. a• 2s. higher., with the exception of some good and fine ord., of the latter which sold at a small decline. The Foreign Coffee was neglected. The public sale to-day consisted of 62 casks British Plantation, 166 bls. and 350 bags Foreign ; the former sold at higli prices for the home consumption ; all the Foreign was taken in St. Domingo fair quality at 495., coloury Brazil at 425., and there appeared to he' no offer' made above 475. The Market is uncommonly heavy for Foreign Coffee. Txa.—The Market is dull, particularly Twankays, which have 'gone back a little, as the delivery this quarter is not so great as . expected. Rum, But. Nor, and Ifor.LaNns.—The contract with Govern ment for 100,000 ge. Rum was taken last week about 2s. sid. by one house; some reports make it under that price, but it was cer tainly not above it, as all contracts offered by other houses above that price, were refused ; the contract has had an unfavourable ef. • feet on the market, the previous (nominal) prices have given Way fully Id. per gallon, and one parcel is reported to he forced off ara more considerable reduction; prods offer freely at a reduced qito.: tation, and there are few or no buyers. Brandy is heavy and May be purchased on lower terms; but (he holders evince some firm ness. —At a late hour it transpired that among the other private sales 500 puns Demerara Rum sold, four and five over, about 2s. 6d. Deliveries,P . O . R c T o s m .— pa T red lier x e ri i t s h a t d h e o fi s c e ie o n f ey l B i 2 n s t , h o e f la 4 st ,, y 2 e 7 ar t' nHome 8,910 pipes; but as compared with 1824, there appears an in crease of 790 tuns, or 1,438 pipes. The stork on hand is 750 tuns, or 1,859 pipes more than at this time last yeah, which is not a material addition. With respect to the vintage of 1826, opinions (as usual) differ; but from the best information it would seem there must be many good Wines, thotigh not equal in qua lity, it is thought, to the 1820, 1821, or 1822—the quantity is presumed to be one-third less than the previous year, which i t i s to be recollected was unusually abundant. Th e stoc k , therefore, of inferior Wine, in Oporto, must be very he avy , an d consider-. able supplies of this description may consequently he expected a t low prices. HEmr, FLAX, and TALLOW,—The extensive deliveriee of Tal low last week, 2,300 casks, (considerably more than it the same period in preceding years) had the effect of raising the prices of Tallow about 3d. to 6(1. per cwt. and making the market rather firm at the improvement. Hemp is little varied. The purchases of Flax continue considerable; the late advance is not only main tained, but in some instances prices 10s. higher have been- obtained. NAVAL STORES-The occasion of the great advance in Tur pentine, and the extensive speculations, is the facility of extraeting gas from Turpentine. Rosin has also advanced 15 to 20 per cent. on account of some experiments for extracting Oil. INDIGO—The request for Indigo by private contract has again revived, and rather large purchases have been made, generally at 6d. per lb. on the India House sale prices. The SOO packages Caraccas Indigo at public sale last week went off freely at high prices, and the principal part has been re-sold by private contract at a further advance of 6d. to Is. per lb. Tonacco.—The export demand has been confined to small parcels about 50 Mids. for the Mediterranean ; the other purchases are inconsiderable parcels to the trade. OrLs.—Oils are particularly heavy. Greenland from the late highest point has fallen 5/. per ton, and about 8/. since this day week. At the public sale on Friday, -801. only was offered for Greenland. Cod Oil has fallen about 6/. from the late highest prices ; the Galipoli here is chiefly in the hands of the trade. The heavy arrival of Spermaceti has also lowered the price, but the reduction in the latter is trivial. COTTON.--The Cotton market is steady, but - without briskness. The purchases for the week ending la r st night inclusive, consist o f 300 Bengals at 4i . d. a 5d..; 900 Surat, 41d. a 4 d. ; so Bowed, 6id., in bond; 100 Egyptian, 7V. duty paid. Srtcxs.—Spices are very heavy, and might be purchased on lower terms, but there is no demand. The public Sale on Fri day, 420 bags fully half heavy Pepper met with no offers; and the whole was withdrawn at 5d., which was fully id. above the market currency. FRIIIT.-Fruit is heavy, and there is little doing except in Red Smyrna Raisins, which continue is request. larsn PnovisioNs.—The demand for Beef is not quite se brisk. Pork has been more inquired after. Bacon is dull.__ Butters, which were giving way, have again become more firm, on account of the return of frost. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS OCRING THE WEEK. Beans. a. to S. 48 42 48 64 56 48 58 M 56 43 58 14 SG .50 62 Pease . : 8. bo , ~~ _ - , _ 4 - 6 - :; i _1 Wlimt. Barley. I Oats. Per Quarter. Bostnn--, s. to s. s. to s. SO 37 .50 61 53 44 50 59 40 45 51 SR 50 54 52 57 44 60 .5g 54 50 57 Canterbury Grantham rinatiby Horncastle-- Lincoln Maidetone*—. Spill+by 8. tO - YG 34 SO ST 33 34 - 38 44 26 94 40 4R 30 32 35 41 2.1 40 41 82 34 40 45 27 88 COTTON WOOL. LIST Or IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. r.......___AIMPORLED. r.................4.EXP0RTED. This , nod las t Pr --.. evious yet- • year. yr. ly , y this. ear. ----- - ---- --- ----,_, - Begs, &c. B ags , & c. B ags, &c. B ------- ass, c, 31,403 . 31,051 52 1 171 t,iverpool London' 1,510 1,050 • 500 . 800 5,03(1 2,692 --.• Glasgolt 2,523. Total exported in 1827 COTTON WOOL-GLASGOW. _ _ ... - The sales d ur i ng th e week amounted to 817 balm 1;5 Sea Islands 260 Bowels 117 Orleans - a a xd . 8 1 ,id. 233 Egyptians 22 Demeraras d. a tki. 70 Surats . Id. a (Nd. AY AUCTION. 171 Damaged S.'ea Islands id. 10d. 55 Do. Do. stained 2O. a 5%d . .409 Do. Itoweds lid. a eqd. 1452 baleg. Imported from Demerara ......... . .................... 49 D o. - Bombay ................................ . 1201 1250 bales. MARRIED. On the 6th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, by the Rev. Charles Simeon, the Rev. Joseph. Wolff, to Lady O. M. Walpole. On the bth inst., at Christ Church, .Surrey, Mr. T. Biggs, of Leicester, to Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr. Oldham, of Higham, Derbyshire. . DIED. On Monday, the sth inst., at Rochester, in the 88th year of his age, the Rey. Dr. Law, Archdeacon of Rochester, and Rec_ tor of Westmill, Hertz;, and of Easton Magna, E ssex. ' Ori'Manday, th e sth inst., Ann, wife o f Ri c h ar d M oorby, Esq., Maeclet 4 field street, S o h o . On the sth inst., at Champion-hill, Sophia, wife of Mr. W. Rai rand, of the Custom-house. Printed and Publiohed by M. YOUNG, at the Sun:Omer, No. 112, ST/LAN D.