The Sun. — London, England, 1834-01-18 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. A report was industriously propagated in all parts of the town yesterday morning, and found, it seems from the statement of our city corre spondent, a ready belief in a quarter which ought to have known better—we mean the mys terious divan called the Bank parlour—that the Ministry was broken up, and that, at all events, Lord Grey had resigned his office. This report was swallowed by the Conservatives, as such re ports usually are, with an eager credulity, pro portioned to its absurdity. The Tories, like some of the old fathers, believe in all incredible things—" credunt quia impossibile est." We will not pretend that there have not been subjects of discussion on which different Ministers hold (Efferent opinions ; we will not pretend that there may not yet be some topics for Cabinet discussion which, at least in the first instance, may not be decided by what is called unanimous acclamation ; but we may say, that it is impossible for any set of men to be more ready to discuss with temper and mutual confidence and cordiality the matters laid before them, and that there is not one among them who wishes to separate himself from the rest on the ground of entertaining views incom patible with the general policy' of the Adminis tration. This union of purpose and feeling will give them great strength with Parliament. Let 11S hope—indeed we do hope—that they will derive from this same source of power the courage to obtain for the people all those ad vantages which are of right expected from a Reformed Parliament, headed by a Reforming Ministry and a Reforming Sovereign. The eyes of the nation are upon the Cabinet : Eng land expects them to do their duty. Let their motto be, " Do right, and fear not. '— Times. We have slightly and rarely, for some time past, touched upon that disgusting question of the repeal of the Union, which the mountebank of the day has called in aid of his poll-tax upon the poor of Ireland, nor should we now be at the trouble to advert to it, but that some well meaning persons have thought it worth their while to write pamphlets on the subject, and have intimated a wish that we should recommend it to public notice. The repeal of the Union is a humbug on the face of it. No man would have dreamed of suggesting such a folly who was not in t.is heart a cheat, and who did not know, by an experience disgraceful to the understanding, even of a rabble like that of Ireland,what a band of insatiable dupes he had to deal with. No man would be a gainer by the repeal of the Union but O'Connell, and some few of the hungry reprobates who have fastened their expectation of " slops and rations" on his haunches; nor would they or their leader have reason to thank their house hold demons for the benefit beyond the first year of " independence." Would the repeal cure the cry for more potatoes, or for lower rents, within six months,—nay, within a twelve month of its enactment ? If not, see what must inevitably follow. Idleness and destitution being the grand evils of the country, and the repeal being promised as a specific for both, it is pretty clear that these growths of centuries could not be cut down by a single stroke of the legislative hatchet. Then the bitterness of disappointment would be added to the cravings of want, and we all can judge what that would lead to among a multitude of impetuous and revengeful barbarians, unopposed by that repressive power of the Imperial Government of which they have hitherto stood in habitual awe. O'Connell in virtual possession of that sovereignty, the prospect of which lends repeal its only charm, would at once- become a lover of " order," a "legitimate," an advocate of the " monarchical principle," a hater of mobs, a " Conservative." But so would not the legions of followers whom his frauds and falsehoods have bribed to enlist under the visionary standard of separation from Great Britain. They would rebel for pay, for work, for potatoes, pigs, and all the adjunct furniture of Irish prosperity under a " College-Green" Parliament. And who would put them down ? O'Connell may depend upon it the priests would not be with him : they know their proper business a great deal too w ell. A disturbed and beggared condition of things would never do for a clergy who live on what people can afford to them. As for the peasant multitude—why they would be the insurgents. Then, whither would the shivering revolutionist betake himself for a •' Conservative" power ? To the Irish Protes tants, to whom alone belong the means and characteristics of such a force. They have been used for centuries to conceive themselves the for ptectors of law and property in Ireland. They liave dispensed the law and enjoyed the pro perty ; their influence has declined, because England has recently been able to do without them, by her command at once of legislative and executive, of financial and physical power. But the very moment in which the separation of the countries should be decreed, the force of Great Britain withdrawn, and her authority no longer dreaded or recognized, the wretched, half-starved, and impatient multitude would rush into a desperate war against property of all denominations ; the worst scenes of 1798 would become universal throughout the island, and their purposes would be of tenfold atrocity. Now, against this servile and 'rantic assault upon society, we aver there could he, from the composition of the people, r.o defence but the men of property, in nume rical comparison with the common enemy as 1 to 200, and without the shadow of influence over the labouring classes, all fanatically impelled to the destruction of those above them, and without the remotest chance of support or suc rour but from the old Conservatives of Ireland, who had misruled the country, but had also ofantained it the body of the Protestant p o pulation. O'Connell has, in his blind and floating am bition, had the second childish ness to Address the Protestants of Ireland in favour of his repeal adventure. The self-complacent blockhead ! They laugh at him ; while some pi them listen to him greedily, and pray that he pna.y succeed in getting his act of separation, Oloroughly convinced as they are that it would to followeu up by another civil war,—an appli cation to Protestant England from her struggling brethren of the reformed church,—and in self defence a complete reconquest and military govern ment of Ireland. But we need not travel so far for reasons against this absurd an d ru i nous p l ot . What did the native Irish Parliament ever propose for the benefit of the Irish poor ? What is its whole hirour but a record o f ra p ac i t y an d o ppression l ? — :Namthat one measure bearing upoii'the interests" of lim poor, and condu c iv e to thai T welEare, has O'Connell ever even talked of dtiteitlilig -? .. The,only real, solid boon to Irish ii4 th itiegs hi its worst stages, would be a '' \ *edcpde of poor laws; and of that this di i) ,f. all the peaceful relations of mankind 4, is th eretened tmd- sworn adversary. But his reign is drawing rapidly to its close ; he whines where he used to bellow, and supplicates the Protestants whom he used to treat with menaces and scorn. In two pamphlets which have come before us, a fact is dwelt upon, which was pre viously indeed well known, that in every branch of trade and industry, from the condition of which any statistical tests can be deduced of the real operation of the Union, Ireland has for years been exhibiting the most unquestionable proofs of advancement. From one, which is entitled "Repeal or no Repeal," we take the fol lowing passages : " In 1230 a select committee of the House of Com mons was appointed to take into consideration the state of the poor in Ireland. The committee state in their report— ' The wages of labour do not appear to have fallen wry considerably. By returns made from the county trea surers throughout Ireland, the rate of day-labour ap pears to average 10J., as charged in the account of present ment work. During the last five years, it does not ap pear that the wages of labour, paid by the Board of Works, the Government Engineers, or the Directors- General of inland navigation, have fallen. A very exten sive contractor, Mr. Mullins, considers that there is rather a tendency to increase the rate of wages than other wise ;' and in comparing the present wages with what was received during the war, the same witness adds, 'that the labourers can now purchase as much provisions for 6s. as they could formerly for 12s.' Clothing,' he further states, is less than one-half cheaper ; linen is to be bad for one-half the price ; cottons,calicoes, and checks, three kinds of fabrics which the poorer class of females wear, are now to he bad for one-fourth.' Mr. Mahony observes, that the state of the peasantry has improved very much of late years ; that the country has greatly altered for the better ; that the peasantry are better clothed, and in every way seem more comfortable, and that their houses are improving.' In the county of Mayo, Mr. Livingstone, a merchant of Ballena, observes, that the habits of the peasantry, their clothing, and their houses, are all improving.' Mr. Wiggins, an English land agent, describing the south-west of Ireland, says—' A very great improvement has taken place, in all respects, during the last twenty-two years. With regard to food, there is not much change ; but in the habits of cleanliness, and order, an •I regularity, in their clothing, and sense of propriety, in all respects, I conceive, in their moral character and conduct altogether, the improvement has been very striking.' In a subsequent part of his exa mination, he adds—' I think the improvement of Ireland has been more rapid than any improvement I ever saw in Enland, in any large tract of country.' " This is a most important statement : for the last two years we have been repeatedly told that the effect of the Union has been to enrich England, at the expense of Ireland. How is this to be reconci'ed with Mr. Wiggin's statement, ' That the improvement of Ireland has been more rapid than any improvement he ever saw in England, iu any large tract of country ?' " Again, we are told how much Dublin and its neigh bourhood have suffered from the Union. But this state ment, also, is quite at variance with evidence. ' Formerly,' observes Mr. J. D. Mullins, the labourers of the county of Dublin wore a coarse kind of cloth called friese, now they uniformly wear cloth which is dearer, and is an evidence of an improved notion of comfort.' " An instance, if indeed any is requisite, bow much the welfare of the labourers is connected with the general prosperity of the country, is to be found in the evidence given to the committee by Mr. Bianconi. Speaking of the improvement of roads, and increased facilities of trans port, he mentions, that the day-cars, which were intro duced into Ireland so late as 1815, have so widely extended, as to travel over 1,600 miles daily, and that this establishment gives support to more than 100 families. "If we look to the fishermen, Mr. Barry, Inspector general of fisheries, states that the clothin g , furniture, and comforts of the fishermen, have improved decidedly within his observation, and that the progress of improve ment in Ireland during the last ten years has been exceedingly rapid.' "' The inhabitants of Liverpool are stated, by a resident in that town, to be quire aware of the altered appearance even of the Irish . reapers, who no longer come in the tattered clothes they formerly appeared in ; they are ashamed of their rags, and are apparently a different class of persons.' In the county of Armagh,' Mr. Green observes, the consumption of wheaten bread has considerably augmented, and at Lurgan, so far from there being a considerable mass of people out of employ ment, witness did not know any man able to work that cannot get work there. "/tier perusing these statements, what becomes of all the declamations about the miseries inflicted by the Union ? Is there proof of that misery to be found in the fact, that the labourers can now purchase the same provisions for 64. that they could formerly for 12s. ; yet that wages have not declined ? Is it to be found in their being able to buy better clothes? Is it to be found in the increased con sumption of wheaten bread, or in the increased demand for employment?" • • • • • "In order that we may judge more fairly of the condi tion of the people, let us see what has been the amount of the imports of various artic'es of general we since, as contrasted with those before, the Union. The quantity of loaf sugar imported on an average of three years, ending in 1800, was 8,393 cwt. ; on an average of three years, ending 1811, 24,905 cwt. ; the quantity of raw sugar imported, on the average of the former years, was 217,122 cwt. ; on the average of the latter, 330,299 cwt. " Then in the article of tea, in the average of three years, ending in 1800, the quantity imported was 2,773,070 lb. ; on an average of those ending in 1811, 3,340,334 lb. " Of tobacco, the quantity imported on the average of 3 years, ending in 1800, was 7,386,2821 b. ; in that of 3 years, ending in 1811, 8,364,1471 b. 01 coals, during the former period 364,613 tons were imported ; during the latter, 516,573 tons. Of blankets, during the former period, 14,455 ; during the latter, 73,82 G. Thus it appears, that within 11 years only, from the time of the union being passed, so important an increase had taken place in the import of these articles; and, let me add, not only in the import, but in the actual consump tion ; as I have purposely taken this statement from Wakefield, where the quantity re_exported, if any, is deducted. "If we take the returns of the year 1827, we shall find that the imports of tea bad increased to 3,887,9551 b., exhibiting an increase over those of 1800 of 961,7891 b; those of sugar had increased to 319,014 cwt., being an increase since 1800 of 87,945 cwt. ; those of coals had in creased to 921,043 tons, being an increase since 1800 of 605,698 tons."— Times. It would seem as if the Chancellorship of Oxford, which has always hitherto been esteemed a capital prize in the lottery of honours, was, on the present occasion, doomed to go a beg ging, Lords Mansfield, Carlisle, and the Duke of Beaufort having, as is rumoured, declined the proffered distinction. A strong feeling, we believe, exists in favour of the Earl of Eldon, who lost his election when Lord Grenville suc ceeded by a majority of only nine votes, occa sioned by the Duke of Beaufort being a candi date, and going to the poll, on the same interest, aided by a little too much economy, as is alleged, on the part of the Noble Earl. The only candidates in the field at present are the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel, but who, we cannot conceive, will be ultimately placed in the false position of sustaining a contest against each other. The objection to the Duke is, that he is not a Univer sity man—to Sir Robert Peel, that he is a Commoner, it being deemed essential by many Oxonians that their Chancellor should be a Peer. As a first-rate scholar, and a man of considerable public character, there can be no doubt but that Sir Robert Peel would do honour to the University ; but then there comes again the false position, in which the Right Honourable Baronet has the misfortune so often to find himself placed—that the University is called upon to elect the same man for its Chan cellor, which, a few years ago, it repu di ated as its representative. I o the Duke of Welling_ ton, we confess that we see . no valid o bj ect i on . It would be well, perhaps, if the Univ ers i t y o f Oxford presented among its own members a sufficient number of eminent persons to consti tute something like a choice. Unfortunately this does not appear to be the case ; and we do not, therefore, see what better course the electors could take, than that of placing at the head the first man of the age. The office is not one either of abstract science, or of party politics ; and if the French Scavans looked upon the Emperor Napoleon as the fittest man to place at the head of their Institute, we can see no rea son why the hero of Waterloo may not dignify a similar situation.—Morning Herald. The Tory Journals, pursuing their systematic course of destruction and sinister rumours of the last three years, have been busily occupied for two days in circulating reports of dissensions in the Cabinet and differences on foreign policy. Hopeless of regaining office by the force or " reaction" of public opinion, the Conservatives propagate every species of personal calumny and political scandal, which Tory informers in pos session of the subordinate situations of the public offices industriously communicate to them. In the present instance, as on almost all preceding occasions, the Tory Journals are either grossly imposed on, or disseminate wilful falsehoods. During the progress of the Ministerial measures of reform, the country was inun dated with these " inventions of the enemy," and a retrospective review . of the false reports spread for party purposes would astonish the public, if it did not destroy the credibility of future rumours of the same despicable nature. We will give a chronological digest some day when the public will appreciate this stale device of a reckless and shameless clan of slanderers and political gossips. The Tory Administra tions of the last thirty years have sufficiently embarrassed the foreign and domestic relations and interests of the nation, and rendered the policy of the Cabinet a frequent determination of no ordinary difficulty. It would indeed be a singular fact if the Members of any Cabinet under the present complicated difficulties of this country were not occasionally divided in per sonal opinion ; but we can state, on undoubted authority, that the reports alluded to are utterly false; and that giving the Tory journals credit for desiring their truth, in the present instance the " wish is only father to the thought." We know the quarter from whence these vulgar ru mours have been blown into circulation, but the parties must be some time longer patient before the present Cabinet is dissolved by internal dis sension ; and should it be broken up by any future causes it can only give place to a more mouvement administration ; and are the Con servatives prepared for that exchange ? The Tories have been lately indulging in a liaison with the ultra reformers, but it will be sonic time before the Duke of Wellington may be able to form a Cabinet in which Mr. Sadler will be placed according to promise. The Conservatives must be sincere converts to Radicalism before they can live with a reformed House of Com mons. We should as soon expect to see a Cabinet selected from the episcopal bench as one which enrolled among its members Mr. Croker, Lord Ellenborough, Mr. Theodore Hook, Mr. William Holmes, and other well known prose and poetical disseminators of poli tical eves-droppings and Club scandal.—Morn ing Chronicle. We believe we may positively arm ounce thatEari Grey yesterday resigned office. Upon the events which may follow this not unexpected procedure it would for the present be premature to specu late. Upon the events by which it has been occasioned it is not difficult to form a judgment. There have been differences of opinion among the members of the Cabinet upon many impor tant subjects. It was not possible but that such difference■ should exist among such men as are members of Earl Grey's Administration, engaged in deliberation upon such matters as have recently been discussed in its Councils. The immediate cause, however, of the secession of Earl Grty from political power is understood to be the difficulty he has experienced in his endeavours to secure unanimity among his colleagues upon the conduct to be adopted towards Portugal. We have no means of knowing, and we do not pretend to know, by what individual members of Earl Grey's Administration the intended loan of troops to Don Pedro has been successfully opposed ; but, whosoever they may be, their determination to save their country from an act which would combine the wildest folly with the most abominable guilt, will go far in our estimation to clear their characters from a part of the shame which the history of the last three years flings over them. That it may be convenient for Lord Palmerston to settle a question by powder and ball which he has vainly endeavoured to settle by phrases and protocols no reasonable man will deny. That a cams feederis exists, which justifies us in inter fering or which binds us to interfere in the in ternal squabbles of a foreign State, no honest man will assert. The question is then simply whether the Statesmen whose loudest cry three years ago was 4‘ non-interference" will resort to the interference they condemned merely to keep in place a most incapable, most unpopular, most unprincipled politician. We feel bit terly how little interest is felt . at the present day i n any thing which concerns the foreign Policy of our country. In this question, however, h er honour and her interest are alike deeply in volved. We cannot but believe that the good sense and right feeling of the English people will rally around any men who shall be called by the Sovereign to his Councils at this crisis, to save the purse of the nation from a superfluous burden, and her reputation from an indelible reproach.--Morning Post. LlvEltPooL.—We have still very inclement and changeable weather, the rain continuing from day to day with little appearance of improvement. LIVERPOOL COTTON -MARKET, JAN. 16.- To day we have experienced a further decline of about in our market. Sa!es only 1,500 bales, of which 600 are new Boweds at Sid. to 9d., but the chief part at Sid. This description is now offered freely by some holders, which on the 30th December would have brought 9id. per lb. Remainder as usual. • A TITHE PIG.—A short time ago a vicar, residing not 100 miles from the parish of Crowan, sent his curate (who is the son of a worthy baronet, the pate on of the living) to demand composition for the tenth of a litter of pigs, which a fruitful sow bad presented a poor parishioner. It appears that the individual who usually "officiated" on such occasions had died : and, therefore, the curate was sent to negotiate the important affair, although he was no adept in such matters—not a " pratical man." Toe parishioner was not a believer in the divine right of priests to a tenth of the produce of the skill, industry, and capital of the British farmer. However, after a long parley, the curate agreed to receive 2s. 6d. in full. The vicar, who had been long famed fur his charity and piety (no doubt vividly remembering his induction oath, the general plea for clerical extortion), could not think of receiving so small a sum for a tithe pig. The curate's agreement was immediately declared null and void, and a pig was subse quently demanded and received, instead of 2s. 6,1. About three days after, it was taken, with others, to Helston market. The turnpike toll had been considerably raised, but the difference did not, of course, deter a faithful servant from the discharge of his duty. After remaining in the market nearly the whole day, and using every exer tion, no sale of the pig in question could be effected. It was consequently taken to the vicarage again, and, of course, well fed the following week. On the succeeding Saturday, the unfortunate tenth" was a second time taken to Helston market in a cart—the turnpike being again paid—and sold for 2 1. !! York Courant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Yesterday Ann Brennan was brought up from the Compter, to which she had been sent some days ago by the LORD MAYOR, to abide the result of the Coroner's Inquest upon the body of a female child supposed to be hers. Mr. Benjamin Phillips, who was held to bail by his Lordship on the same occasion, also appeared ; as did Elizabeth Cox, a woman who had certain conversation with Ann Brennan touching the birth of the deceased child. Of the verdict of the Jury the public were informed in yesterday's paper. Mr. Humphreys, as solicitor to Mr. Phillips, sub mitted that the verdict transmitted to his Lordship by Mr. Payne, the coroner for the city of London, put an end to the case as against his client. The LORD MAYOR read the paper signed by Mr. Payne, which was as follows : ‘‘ THE VERDICT FOUND IN THE CASE OF ANN BRENNAN'S CHILD-That the deceased came by her death by the injuries described in the evidence, but whe ther those injuries were occasioned by accident or design, sufficient evidence does not appear to the Jury. .. " W. PAYNE, Coroner." His LORDsIIIP—There is not an end to the case as to the concealment, although there is as to the murder. Mr. Humphreys—According to the evidence of Elizabeth Cox before the Coroner's Jury the case as to the concealment altogether breaks down. She says that Ann Brennan told her she was delivered of a child. There is a case in Carrington and Payne's Reports exactly in point, where the parties were indicted for murder, and, the evidence failing, a trial took place on the same indictment for con cealment. The case was that of Mary Highley, who was charged with murder, but, there being no evidence to show that the child was born alive, proof was given that it was found in the father's bed amongst the feathers. It appeared that the prisoner told the surgeon that she had had a child, and that she had sent for a surgeon in her extremity, but that he was from home. It appeared also that clothes had been provided for the child, and Mr. Justice Park decided that there was no concealment. In the present case the prisoner had communicated the fact of the birth to Mrs. Cox, and in the box were found the clothes of the child. The LORD MAYOR—But the child was not found in the case you have cited in a box, and under cir cumstances similar to those which have come before me. I know nothing of the evidence given before the Coroner. The subject of the concealment could not come before him. He has discharged his duty, and I will discharge mine. Mr. Humphreys— If the facts I have stated were proved before the Coroner, they are, I contend, quite sufficient for me to argue upon as grounds for discharging Anne Brennan. The LORD MAYOR—Then you are engaged for Anne Brennan, Mr. Humphreys ? Mr. Humphreys—No, my Lord ; I am only en gaged for Mr. Phillips, but his character is involved in this investigation, and is affected by any charge of the kind against her. The LORD MAYOR—In my presence, Elizabeth Cox stated, and Mr. nobler has taken down every word she said, that Anne Brennan denied that she had been delivered of a child. That I consider a symptom of concealment of the birth. If she did not conceal the birth, pray what was done with the child ? Mr. Humphreys—lt was not for the sick woman to get out of bed to look for it. The LORD MAYOR— [here is another point which has made a strong impression upon me. When first application was made to me in this matter, Mr. Phillips's surgeon assured me most positively that Anne Brennan had been examined by him, and that she had not been delivered of a child. If, then, after all this, I find Anne Brennan's child in a box in the street, what am I, as a Magistrate, to think or to do ? Mr. Hobler here read, at the desire of the Lord Mayor, the evidence given by Elizabeth Cox before his Lordship. The moat essential part of her de position was as follows :—" I asked her if she hail a child, aad she said ' Yes.' I said, what child ? She said, ' A girl.' Oh, said I, if you speak so I must go. Oh,' said she,' did you think I was in earnest ? I was only in joke;' and she persisted in denying it." Hi; LORDSHIP desired that Mrs. Cox should be put into the witness-box, and asked her whether the statement just read was correct? Mrs. Cox—lt is, my Lord. The LORD MAYOR —Do you wish to add anything to that evidence, or to correct it in any respect. Mrs. Cox—Not at all. It is correct. The LORD MAYOR—What did you say was the matter with her at first? Mts. Cox—She did not say. When I asked her she said she was getting better. The LORD MAYOR—Did you suspect that she had been in the family way ? Mrs. Cox—Several of ►he neighbours suspected it, and I heard of their suspicions, and, therefore, when I went to see her, at the request of Mr. Phillips, I brought another ►woman with me, upon which he observed that no other person was wanting. Ann Brennan (in an almost shrieking voice)—l told you on the Saturday that it was a little girl. Oh, don't condemn me altogether. Mrs. Cox—You did not. I have spoken the truth. You denied it. The LORD MAYOR (to Mr. Humphreys)— What do you say after this statement ? Mr. Humphreys—Mr. Phillips cannot be said to be privy to any concealment. He sent for Mrs. Cox upon the occasion of the illness of Ann Brennan ; so that concealment was not his object. The LORD MAYOR—I consider that I have be fore me a prima facie case of concealment of birth. The case is distinct from that which was investi gated before the Coroner, and it will be my duty to commit Ann Brennan. I do not wish to impute any thing to Mr. Phillips, by requiring large bail for his appearance to answer any charge which the parish officers of Coleman-street may think it necessary to bring against him, but the circumstances of the case require that I should bind him over to appear at the sessions, himself in 2001., and two sureties in 1001. each. As for Mrs. Cox, I shall be satisfied with her undertaking to attend here on the last day of the examination. Mr. Phillips immediately procured bail. Ann Brennan was unable to stand during the examination, and groaned arid wept bitterly while it lasted. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DARING STREET-ROBBERY —George Davenport was yesterday placed at the bar, charged with steal ing a silk purse, containing half a sovereign and some silver, from the person of a gentleman, who was passing through Leicester-square at about half past three on Tbursday-afternoon.—Remanded for a week. MAR YLEB ONE. BURGLARY.—Last night a young man of decent appearance, who gave his name James Smith, was placed at the bar, charged with burglariously enter ing the dwelling-house of John Farrer, Esq., No. 21 , Marichester-square. The prisoner, who denied being the person, was committed. QUEEN SQUARE. Yesterday Ann Murray, who had been dis charged from the House of Correction on the pre vious day, was charged, before Mr. WHITE, by a police constable, with drunken and disorderly con duct in the public streets. Ann Murray said nothing in her defence, and was ordered to find bail for her future good be haviour. HATTON- GARDEN. Yesterday Stephen Tovey,a young man of re spec-able appearance, Was finally examined before Mr. ROGERS. The prisoner a few years ago carried on an exten sive business as a linen-draper at the west end of the town, but a strong propensity for billiard play and mixture with gay society reduced him to great necessity, and his friends, who are highly respecta ble, had procured for him situations, and had done everything in their power to assist him, but, not being able to resist the allurements which led to his distress, he at length became in a state of extreme destitution, and took lodgings at a coffee-house be longing to Mr. Gerrims, of Frederick-place, Gos well-street-road, who occasionally employed him to write letters. In the course of their intimacy the prisoner ascertained that Mrs. Gerrims had a sister who was living as servant with Mrs. Gos ling, of Harley-street, when the prisoner wrote a letter in a feigned hand, purporting to have been written by Mrs. Gerrims, and directing it to Mary Knight, her sister, requested the loan of a sove reign, and to send it by the bearer. The prisoner delivered it himself, and received the money, which he converted to his own use, and afterwards sent Mary Knight a letter stating that it was merely a debt, and he would return it with interest. His only object was to be sent out of his own country. The case was completely proved against the pri soner, who said nothing in his defence, and he wal fully committed to take his trial. The prisoner was now charged with having robbed Mr. Thomas Townshend, his brother-in-law, of Circus-road, Regent's Park, of various articles of property. - Mr. Towiishend declined prosecuting the case. Sergeant Knott, of the N division, here stated that the prisoner had been guilty of other offences, but the parties would not come forward to prosecute. Mr. ROGERS never met with a prisoner of more assurance in his life. ROBBING A CHURCII.—Ann Shropshire, an el derly woman of mean appearance, was brought up in custody of Brown, the beadle of Islington, charged by the churchwardens of Islington with having stolen several bibles and prayer books from the parish church. The prisoner in her defence said she had to sup port a sick husband, and being in distress she took the property. Slie ivas remanded for a week. UNION-HALL. Yesterday Edward Brown, one of those fellows who hawk oranges about the suburbs of the town, was brought before Mr. TRAILL, charged with stealing a basket containing plate, the property of Mr. Welsh, of Acre-lane, Brixton.—Committed. THAMES POLICE. SINGULAR APPLICATION.—A stout and very healthy middle-aged man, who was most respectably attired, and, as far as outward appea'ances went, appeared to have lived well, was yesterday ushered in before the Magistrates, Messrs. BRODERIP and COMBE, by Blaby, a land offica, as a pauper who had a complaint to make against the overseers of the hamlet of Ratefill, for refusing to relieve him. Mr. BRODERIP appeared much surprised at the application, and said if the officer had not told him the applicant was a pauper he should have taken him for a fat parish vestryman enjoying the good things of office.—(A laugh.) The applicant said that appearances were de ceiving, and that his body was filled with a less solid article than food. He was reduced by un toward circumstances to the deepest distress, and the wants of his family had compelled him to seek relief from the parish funds. Mr. BRODERIP said the person before him really did not appear to be a fit subject for the poor laws, and asked him what brought him to his present si tuation ? The applicant said he had held a situation in the Custom-house for many years, and had lately been dismissed. Mr. BRODERIP said, from what he knew of the extreme kindness of the Commissioners of Customs, he was certain they would not dismiss a man with out just cause; and he thought that such a healthy man as the applicant could get employment sufficient to support his family without burdening the parish. The poor laws were made for the relief of the aged, the infirm, and for children of tender years; and though he and his colleagues always compelled the overseers to relieve bona fide cases of distress, and extended their succour, as far as was consistent with the interests of the rate-payers, to the helpless and the houseless, he thought the overseers would have cause of complaint if they made an order upon them to relieve the applicant. The ex-Custom-house officer said he could not obtain any employ, and all lie wanted was to be sent back to Liverpool, which place he left twelve months ago. He had seven children, and he had no means of supporting them any longer. Mr. BRODERIP—I can feel for your family, but I think you can find means to get back to Liverpool without being sent there at the expense of the parish. Blaby said the Board had promised to take the case info consideration on their meeting night. Mr. BRODERIP—WeiI, I shall leave the case in their hands. I certainly do not feel justified in ex ercising my authority. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the " London New Price Current" of yesterday.). SUGAR.-There has been a steady demand for West India Sugars this week, but from the heaviness and de cline in Mauritius, rather lower prices have been sub mitted to for mid. anti inferior Muscovades, dry brown 50s. to 515., mid. 523., coloury fine Jatnaicas have been sold as high as 605., good mid. 565. to 58s. The Market this afternoon hat - again assumed great firmness; the saes for the week 2,800 to 2,900 hhds. and trs. ; the prices lately realised are at full Market rates. The Refined Market continues to improve; for fine Crashed 30s. 9d. to 31e. paid ; but the latter cannot be given as a general quota tion ; the inferior and mid. manufactured from Foreign Sugar, 295. to 30s. 3d. The wholesale Grocers are pur chasing fine goods for the home consumption rather more freely. This afternoon the demand for the Mediterranean continues, and offers for Crashed, entitled to the bounty on double-refined, at 30s. 63. are refused ; 30s. 9d. has been in some instances given for large parcels, 31s. is now demanded ; there is at present scarcely any offering in the Market; several parcels of Crashed from Foreign Sugar have been sold, low at 295., and first sorts 30s. to 30s. 3d. The Grocery descriptions are still more in demand, and obtain rather higher prices. MAURITIUS SUGAR.-About„ 8,000 bags Mauritius have been brought forward at public sale, and as the holders were anxious to sell, a further considerable fall has taken place, making the decline within a week about Is. 63. to 2s. per cwt. EAST INDIA SUGAR.-The inquiries for East India Sugar, both for export and home manufacture, have materially increased, particularly for the lower descrir dons ; Manilla, mid. to fine grey sold 225. 6d. to 2313.6 , 1•, very low brown 15s. 6d., better quality 18s., greyish yellow damp 21a. 6d., good, 225. 6d. FOREIGN SUGAR.-A parcel of 700 chests yellow ivannah has been sold privately; the price has not transpired, but it is reported 255. for mid. colour but soft quality ; for strong it is stated 265. has been refused ; 200 hhds. Porto Rico have been sold, good colour 235., mid. 225., and brown nearly dabs 20s. WEST hinta. Mor-assys.-A parcel of West India Molasses, received indirectly, has been sold at 255. ; the Market generally is quiet, and the nearest quotation of good quality is 275. COFFEE.-The British Plantation descriptions of Coffee have been rather heavy, the purchases being confined to small parcels for the immediate wants of the trade for home consumption. Foreign and East India continue steady ; for Ceylon 58s. has been paid ; very ord. Su matra 463. About 700 bags, part of a cargo of a vessel at Cowes, bound from Rio Janeiro to Hamburg, has been sold at 58.5., deliverable over the ship's side, upon the usual conditions ; another cargo is offering about the same price ; some good ord. Brazil at public sale went off at 555. 6d. and 561 ; Jamaica ord. sells at 82s. 63. and 83s. ; fine ord. clean, 88s. 6d. ; not dean, 84s. and 85s. fine ord. to mid. Dominica 88s. 6d. to 90s. ; Berbice and Demerara mid., 86s. to 87s. This day's sale 215 bags ord. Batavia sold 545. and 555. ; Sarnarang at 525. 6d. a 535., both a shade lower. COCOA.-The Government contract for 40 tons Brazil is reported to be taken at 225. 63. RUM, BRANDY, AND HoLLANns.--The Rum Markc is exceedinlgy firm ; the few sales reported in Jamaica are at a further advance of I d. per gallon ; a small parcel ord. quality 30 over has been sold at 33. The stock of Leewards is now so reduced that no purchases are reported ; no Leeward proofs could now be purchased at 2s. 13. Brandy is heavy here, notwithstanding the accounts from France state advanced prices. In Geneva no further sales are reported. The Government contract for Rum was taken this day ; it is reported above 2s. ld. Stuck of Rum in London, Jan. 4, 1834 :—Janutica 13,846 pun!• 520 hhds., Donelara 2,114 puns. 1,143 hhds., Leeward Islands 1,359 puns. 63 hhds. Tar.r.ow.—There continues to be a general and rather extensive demand for Tallow ; the price has advanced to 435. 93. which was tl.e nearest quotation, at a late hour this evening on the spot, and for February and March. SPlCES.—Pepper has been very heavy, and the feW parcels sold went off at a decline of about id. ; 4,221 bags were offered at public sale, the great proportion half heavy o f the was withdrawn at slid. and 3P., some of the good latter sold 3P. ; and 700 bags ord, half heavy sad. to 3id., very heavy 40. Pimento is an id. higher, mid• sold 4p. and 4,1 d. Cassia Lignea mid. sold 749. a 76thr former prices. The Pepper at public sale 1,011 bags this day, good Malabar sold 4 i 1 3 -d. and 44d. ; part of the So' matra sold at 3:(1. 105 casks Cloves for exportation only containing 62,000 lbs. Cloves, part sold at 121,1,, re. mainder taken in at 12d. 524 bags Ginger 335. a 335. 63.• previous prices. RICE. —.Rice is still very heavy, above 2,000 bags have been offered at public sale, the Patna kind was taken in at 16.. ; Bengal y e ll ow so ld a t 10 9 . 63. ; or d. M an ill a at 9s. 6d. This day's public sale 795 bags low to good white Patna kind I Is. 61 to 133. 6d., rather lower. INDIGO.—Th e quant i ty of Indigo now declated is 4,359 chests ; thi s i s a b out 700 or 800 chests more t h a n had been previously ant i c i pate d , and has given the trade great offence at the late d ec l arat i on, an d t h e conseque nt difficulty in valuing the s a l e w i t h proper attent i on, du ring the (leak and unfavourabl e weat h er w hi c h we have lately experienced. There are n o sa l es o f any conseque nce lately reported ; this is the promp d ay , yet no p a rcels are pressed upon the Market for cash. The accounts from Bengal are more favourable for this Market ; the estimate of the crop is now reduced to about 85,000 maunda• Rainy weather had set in at Calcutta. SALTPETRE. —Saltpetre continues steady. Tonacco.--Ther e is no alteration in Tobacco, This day's public sale 594 bags, refraction 21 and 4, sold at 335 c . 0 6 . r . rN 3.0; in fe r iorT he 3 C 2 0 4 t . t Cotton 11 to 32 1 4 a; Market has 6 e d"formerp ai r c ed es all the week in a dull state ; the purchases by private contract are quite inconsiderable. The day's public sales went Off with much more spirit than what had been anticipated , and an id. higher than was generally anticipated, b e ing nearly the previous nominal currency. They con s i s t e d of 3,500 bales Surat, and 480 Madras. The whole sold to export houses. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the week ending the I3th day of Jan., 1834, is :Ns. Sid. per Hundred Weight, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Britain. PRICES OP HOPS —Jan. 17. New Kent Pockets (per cwt.) Choice ........... East Kent—..,.,....,....... Choice •••••••••••••wwww New Sossex Pockets Superfine Ditto ..,....- 51. Os. 61 6i. 61. 03. 71. 103. 51. (I. 51. 153. W. 12s. to Ot. Os to el. 0,. to 71. 10s. to id. Os. to 01. Os. to 61. Oa. 71. O. 6/. 105. 81 .05. 51. 105. 61. 6s. Fa'rnham (fine) Ditto (seconds) ill. Ils. .10/ Os. 01. N to 121. I2s. 01. Os to 111. OS. PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown 3B/. 05............ Refined ......../39 6 Linseed Oil _ 27 10 Imiseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand l2 19 Rape Cake, per ton 5 10 .. 1 4 1- /70s. —. t j o a 4 n 1 1 1 0 7 :. ditto. PRICE OF POTA .3/. Os. to 3/. 10s. per ton. .0/. Os. to 21 . ss. ditto. 10s. to 41. Os. ditto. Os. to 21. Os. ditto. 5haw5.......4. Middling ----- Marsh Champions Scotch Iteds--- Chats .....----...—. WHITECHAPEL HAY NI ARKET.—Jatt. 16. hay 703.0 d. to S4s. Od. I Clover 751 Od. to 955. Od• 245. Od. to 28:. Od. PRICES OF Per lb. Butts, English 14 24 Ditto, Foreign 13 :20 Dressing 11 ► 15 Ditto., i2l 16 Ditto, light etop tildes, 1ight.,.,.,,,. 12 131 Dat0—..,....-40 to 50lb. 12 16 Ditto . 14 18 LEATHER. Per lb. d. to d• English Horse Hides.. 14 19 Spanish Ditto —.............. 17 `0 Per dozen. Calf Skims. 30 to 4(lb. 14 93 , Ditto ........... 40 to 601 b. 17 ` 2. & Ditto 70 to 901 b. 20 * l- . 1 Small Seals. Greenland 16 L.° Large ditto l2 to PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of Store Candles. in the retail shops, is as follows:—' Candles, per doz. 7s. Od. to As. Od. 1 Moulds, per dozen-,.....95. 6d. . RICE OF RAW FAT, perstone of 81b. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters).—.... 25.11 d. PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. ['own Tallow ......—........ 48s. Od. Yellow 50ap.,.............„.... 02s. ,0.1. Yellow Rossi , 4Bs. Od. Mottled 7os. ul" White —s. Od. White 725. Od' n fi Soap Ditto —s. Od. Graves .............................148. (ki. Meited 5tuff........„................1375 • Od. Good Dreg 5...,...,...,.,,.,. —• e d. Ditto Rough 21s. Od. :ET.—Jan. 17. g . d. Per Ton. Walls End Perkins.....-... 16 6 Walls End Hetton 21 0 n Walls End Lambto n Walls End Stewart'. 21 " Walls End Springwell 14 Walls End Adelaide IS Walls End G0rd0n.....,_. 10 " last market-day, 3. COAL MAR Per Ton_ s. d. Holywell Kenton West 16 0 Ord's Iledhugh 15 6 West Hartley 17 0 Walls End Brown's... l6 6 Walls End 17 0 Ditto Northumberland.. 17 0 Ships arrived since COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. Ashburn i5O 56 32 34 19 24 38 4* Basingstoke 48 54 26 30 18 21 33 4 0 Bath Bridgewater —... 50 60 22 26 20 25 32 21 Bristol. .. 48 56 28 32 10 20 34 90 Chesterfield 44 54 28 36 11 25 44 Derby 49 52 33 35 20 21 34 4 , - f, Doncaster 48 60 20 34 14 23 40 l a " Dorchester 53 26 21 35 0 " 48 54 24 28 18 22 36 40 Gloucester—......... 44 54 25 30 17 24 32 4 Hungerford 44 57 22 29 15 22 34 ; , r, 53 34 24 37 56 23 29 17 30 32 40 Remsey 52 58 25 28 18 36 41 Shaftesbury 54 25 17 44 Sheldon Mallet 44 52 24 30 20 26 3.5 4 0 4 5herb0rne.....,...... 50 54 24 28 20 26 38 raunton 48 53 24 28 18 23 32 ` 7 „, Yarm0uth.,,.,,..,,..,. 48 54 25 33 23 25 32 ;Y. Yeovil . 50 54 24 28 20 26 38 42 Per Bushel. s. d. s.d. s. d. s.d. s. d. s.d. 8. d. Shrewsbury 69 79, 34 40; 40 58, 00 0 BIRMINGHAM CO Wheat, 02 lb. Barley, imperial quarter Do. Grinding, 49 lb. Oats, 391 b Old Beans, 66 1 ,4 lb. New ditto New White Boiling Pease, Ditto Grey ditto )RN mARKEr, Jan. M. ss. Sd. to 7s. N. 30 0 34 0 3 3 "5 6 10 3 6 15 6 17 0 14 6 15 0 4 3 imp. bush 22 0 22 6 13 6 20 0 MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET. (From the London Gazette.) ON MONDAY, JiA. DIVIDENDS. J. Whitehead and C. Whitee hurch ;warehousemen, Lad-lane, at lu C. A. Allen, merchant, Ironmonger-lane ll ..... BIRTHS. On the 16th inst., in Belgrave-street, the lady of T. Bulkeld Esq., Ist Life Guards, of a son. On the 17th inst., Mrs. William Lawson, of St. Mary-at' Hill, of a son. On the 16th inst., at Brompton, the wife of William Fell den, jun., Esq., of a daughter. On the 16th inst., the wife of A. M. Rehoul, of Cambridge street, Connaught-square, and King-street, Hammersmith, o f a son. on the 17th inst., in Harley.street, the lady of John Forbes► Esq., of a daughter. On the 14th inst., at Crumpsall-lodge, Lancashire, the lady" of George Clarke, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On the 16th inst., at Kensington Church, John M. Brost' , of Romford, surgeon, to Mary Louisa, youngest daughter of George Dunnage, Esq., late of Hammersmith. On the 16th inst., at Abington, Northamptonshire, the Ref. Benjamin Winthrop, eldest son of the late Stephen John Bar' Vey Thursby, Esq., of Abington Abbey. On the 17th inst., at St. Giles-in-the-Fields, the Rev. Roth Taylor, B. A., M.R.C.S , to Harriet Robinson, relict of the late Thomas Robinson, Esq. On the 16th inst., at Finchley, Mr. William Hutchinsoo , son of Mr. Hutchinson, Frith-street, Soho, to Ann, second daughter of the late Thomas Hutchinson, Esq., of Lisle-street. On the 16th inst., at Marylebone Church, the Rev. F. 0. Rawlins„ only son of John Rawlins, Esq., of Clarence-terrace , Regent's-park, to Mary Elizabeth, second daughter of Thome , Chambre, Esq., of Nottingham.place, and widow of the late Charles Hesse, Esq. On the 15th inst., at Crosthwaite Church, Keswick, Cum berland, the Rev. John Wood Wader (late Chaplain to his Britannic Matesty's Mission at the Court of Copenhagen, Deli-, mark), to Edith May, eldest daughter of Robert Southey, Esq., j Poet Laureate. On the 16th inst., at Norwood, Mr. Strange, of Broadway. Westminster, to Miss ➢faria Brookes. DIED. On the 13th inst., Mr. Edward Young, aged 76, many years clerk to the late Mr. Sergeant Lens. On the 9th inst., at Cheltenham, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Williim Davenport. On the Bth inst., in Grove-road, Mile-end, Elizabeth, relict of the late Mr. John Campbell, in her 63d year. On the 16th inst., aged 52, Anna Maria, the wife of Dir• John Dobson, of St. Thomas's-street, Southwark. On the 16th inst., in John-street, Bedford-row, Samuel Lowell, Esq., aged 56. On the 12th of October, at Puebla, the wife of John Milling' t o n, Esq., late Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution of London. On the 15th inst., aged 56, Daniel Stanton, Esq., at CO House, near Bristol. 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