The Sun. — London, England, 1827-02-13 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS• We are sorry to find from yesterday's proceedings it the House, of Commons, that Mr. Car!ning's progress to• wards recovery is so slow, as to have induced Sir Francis Burdett to postpone his motion on the Catholic question, from the 22d inst. to the. Ist of March, with a view tc ensure, if possible, the advantage of the Right Hon. Gen tleman's presence and co-operation in that most important debate. It is u nderstood that the motion intended by the Hon. Baronet will be in the shape of a resolution, expres sing the urgency cf the concessions to the C a th o li cs , on the grounds of justice and expediency. If passed, this resolution will next be communicated formally to the House of Lords for their concurrence. The same course was pursued with regard to the great question of the slave trade, in 1806—a question. which, so long as he remained in office, was blinked by Mr. Pitt, just as the Catholic ques tion was always blinked by that Right lion. Gentleman, and has ever since been evaded by his humble servants, who are still in office, but who, like him, talk largely about Catholic emancipation. Indeed, when we see men whose apititiOn is personal, not moral, placed between two that of losing a measure essential only to the i»- tzests of 21,000,000 -of their fellow-subjects, and that of shortening the tenure by -which they (the Ministers) hold some half dozen offices in their own persons, we do not wonder at the choice they make, no at the consequent succession of defeats which has befallen the hopes of all friends to equal liberty. The Whigs, to their credit, car ried at once, and without difficulty, the abolition of the slave trade, which Mr. Pitt pretended that he wished, but was unable, to carry ; and it would seem that our Pitt prinaple men of 1827, who studied liberality awl sincerity in die school of Oft much-talked-of and once admired Master, Meditate the bequest of a similar honour to whom soever may Che day succeed them in the Administration, .whether those successors be Radicals or Whigs, by class ing the measure of Catholic emancipation among things eossible to a Tory Cabinet, and leaving it, like Mr. rites abolition of the slave trade, to adorn the accession of s rival Ministry to power. What ('Sect may be pro duced upon the fate of the Catholic q'testion by this paltry p roggcution of one of the demagogues, for words uttered oy him to a Catholic audience, all smarting under the sense of political oppression—tantalized by the frequent excite ment of their hopes, and stung by their repeated and mor tifying overthrows—it is difficult now to determine. The generous feelings of Parliament will of course enlist them selves on the side of the weak and injured, forgetting, what it would be unworthy of a legislative body to contemplate, the rashness and acrimony of those individuals who chance to occupy, for one fleeting moment, the front of the Irish scene.--Times. We yesterday observed that we were much mistaken if the tricks to which Mr. Plunkett has had recourse, in 'ircler to entrap Mr. Sheil, would be found to answer his purpose ; and that not merely men of good feeling of all Mrlet in the House of Commons must scout such unfair proceedings, but even the Orangemen themselves would look on them with contempt. Our anticipations with re spect to the Orangemen have already been proved to be correct. The Dublin - Mail, the organ and especial fa vourite of that faction, has declared, in no very unequivo cal terms, its disapprobation of the unfair conduct of Mr. Plunkett. That gentleman has under-estimated, as usual, the portion of good in the dispositions of his fellow-citi zens, who, though .divided. into parties, bearing towards each other the most bitter animosity, have yet a dislike of foul play. -Mr. Plunkett may not be able to conceive why a man should renounce any advantage he has once gained over adversaries ;- and yet he has had some severe lessons in his time, and among others the feeling expressed at the manner in which he discharged his duty towards Emmet, at whose father's table he had so often been hospitably received. The Mail thus expresses itself on the subject of the tricks in question : " Independently of the proceedings instituted against Mr. Shiel, the Morning Register has been entrapped into something, out of which it is said a prosecution is to grow. We have no language sufficiently strong to express the political hate and detestation in which we hold the Register, and the principles it advocates : but even to an enemy we would show fair play—and constituted a' the la4tr of libel at present is, Heaven knows the unfortunate Pro prictors of Newspapers have enough to contend against without having additional arid extraneous auxiliaries brought into array against them. The speech, upon which it is said the Attorney- General means to proceed" was not inserted originally in the Registes;; - brie appeared 'in Lord Wellegley's own paper, before it wareapiiict into that against which the prosecution is insti tuted. We know not what the public will, say to,this. _There are those we know, who will call it the 'even-handed' admini stration of justice:" Whenever - an enemy is thus roused by foul play into sympathy, it cannot he a matter of surprise if the impartial should feel deeply indignant at it. Our leanings, as may easily be supposed, would have been in favour of Mr. Sheil, independently of this unfair endeavour to run him down, because we conceive much allowance ou g ht t o b e made for the Irish, and for those who, as their advocates, proclaim their wrongs to the people of England. Even, therefore, if Mr. Shell had, in the heat of the moment, given utterance to sentiments not strictly justifiable, to have been a little unmeasured in his expressions, we should have deemed it cruel to place him at the bar of the country on that account. The system, according to which Ireland. is, and always has been governed, necessarily produces exasperation and bitter animosity on the part of the oppressed, and while we continue the cause we must prepare ourselves for the effect. The same appeals to feeling would be received with indifference in this coun= try, because the feeling to which the orators of the Asso ciation' address themselves does not exist in this country. It is the feeling then which is the evil, and not the fervid harasiguas in the Association, which are merely the symp tonwof-thediseeie. We should then have been disposed to pardearinuch in . the case of Mr. Sheil. But really, on lookitigintildse ineeeh Which has so much kindled the ire of Air: Plunkett; we see no reason for the display of any particuldr" ftirbe .. The tendency of the speech seems to us . decidedly commend a bl e . Mr. Plunkett and Dr. Magee might dislike to be reminded of their old intimacy with not merely an United Irishman and a Rebel, but a Rebel of the first magnitude; but we are at a loss to see how a speech, tending obviously to promote the object Mr. Plunkett himself professes to have in view, namely, the pacification of Ireland, should be deemed a fit subject for prosecution, because it may sug gest unpleasant recollections to the Irish Attorney- General. Mr. Shell, in his speech in question, has only said what was said in both Houses of Parliament this very Session, When the Message respecting Portugal was dis cussed. He said that, were we at war with a great Power, : and Ireland to be continued in her present state, she consequences might be serious. He called attention le the circumstances disclosed in the Journal, left behind him by.-_the celebrated Wolfe Tone, which had recently arrived-frain America, which proved the imminent danger in which Ireland.was when the number of Catholics was not oneshalfet what it now is—when the French were i nIP erfectly acqUAinted with the country, and when the invention -6 rsttiam-yessels, which would give a new cha racter to an iniasi ou 'was unknown. It is the duty of a good citizen to awaken h i s countrymen to a due sense of the danger Which await* them, iri order that a remedy may he provided while it is time. yet ti e are utterly at a loss on what ,principle - such au endeavouras can be deemed fit matter for a stale prosecution. If Mr. Shell had, been endeavouring to incite the Catholics disobeyto tbe laws, and breakout into rebellion, there might have been some ground for the prosecution ; but his object is not to in flame the Catholics, btjt to warn his countrymen in gene ral of the advantage which,, under certain circumstances, might be taken by enemies of their discontent. Had the winds been favourable, Wolfe Tone would have succeeded ' in his object; but a subsequent invention, it is said, would now enable an enemy to disregard the winds. "It would be wise on the part of Government," said M s . Shell, "to snatch.the dice from the bands of such m en, and, if I'may so say, to leave them no. table for their despe rate gaine..lhave not introduced the name of Wolfe Tone I will go farther, an d for the purp ose o f peuegyric—nay, hope to content his old friend and companion, the A ttorney- General,when I say that I regard his project with strong and unaffected condemnation. In any convulsion which may take place in Ireland, it is likely that the individuals who are most active in Catholic affairs would be amongst the first victims. Any man who has the least stake in the country (and I hope I have one without a spike at the end of it), must look with alarm at the events which are not produced by their anticipation, and lam not one of those prophets who are able to verify their own prognos tications. The humblest man amongst us is substantially interested in arresting those disasters, of which we have had already some sort of experience. But while my ar dent wishes are offered up for the peace and tranquillity of my country, I own that my apprehensions are differently directed. If I refer to the past, it is because I consider it an image of the future." Alluding to the Declaration of of the most eminent Hierarch of the Catholic Church of Ireland (Dr. Doyle), that the Clergy would not now, as in 1796, excommunicate their flocks for their disloyalty, Mr. Shiel observes, that a French General " will not have to vault over the altar on his arrival in Ireland.— Things are a good deal changed since 1796. Steam and religion have made a difference." No man can read the speech, without discovering in every sentence of it, that the speaker was firmly persuaded that a continuance of the present state of things was pregnant with danger, and deeply anxious to guard against it while it was yet time. And this brings us to the consideration of the State rea sons for the prosecution► of such a speech. There is either ground for the alarm felt and expressed by Mr. Shiel, or there is not. If there is no ground, the best course would be to show, that should we be at war with a first rate power, we have no cause for apprehension, either in the increased number of the Catholics, their increased intel ligence, the altered feeling of the priests, and the invention of steam-vessels. AVe have heard it observed by a friend, conversant in naval affairs that from the distance at which steam-vessels can be perceived at sea, the nation in posses sion of a superior navy could always be directed in time to the point of landing, and disturb the disembarkation. We leave the matter, however, for competent judges of these affairs, which we are not. If, on the other hand, there is really ground for the alarm, and yet we are de termined not to take the warning in good part, but to hazard the consequenees, we do not exactly see the ad vantage of drawing the attention of Europe to our vulner able point. This is telling our enemies that we are not only open to attack in this quarter, but we are determined to be always open to attack. We protest against the doc trine, that a subject of this country is not to be allowed freely to draw the attention of his fellow-citizens to what ever is of public concernment. If he see danger to his country from the disposition of a part of the population produced by a certain system, it is net merely allowable to him, but it his positive duty to endeavour to enlighten his countrymen on the subject. Who, for instance, dur ing the disaffection of the Scotch Jacobites which explod ed in rebellion, in 174.5, would have thought of prosecuting an orator for endeavouring to shew that the relations be tween landlords and vassals were pregnant with danger to the existing Government, and for suggesting the expedi ency of securing the Government, by promoting the inde pendence of the vassals ? What absurdity can be greater, than the pretending that all public matters are fair sub jects for discussion, and yet withdrawing from discussion a subject of such paramount importance, that it involves the very existence of all that we hold dear. This would be mockery indeed ! Surely we are not come to that pass, that we exist only through the ignorance of the French, or other Continental nations of our weakness. While, then, there is danger, and a remedy for it, he is the best friend of his country who warns of the danger, and points to the remedy.—Moruing Chronicle. The Lord Chancellor, who bore without flinching the effect of the miserable arrangements on a late melancholy occasion at Windsor, which have proved so fatal to other less hardy plants, complains nevertheless of the miserable atmosphere of his Court ; and that a place on which modern architecture has just been employed, at an unlimited ex pence, to attain, if it could be attained, almost perfection. There is nothing in which the present age is so miserably behind all which have gone before it as in the science —or, at any rate, the application, of architecture to the common wants and conveniences of life. As far as frippery and meretricious ornament go, we have abundance. Our taste in that way is much the same as we might expect from the natives of some island in the Pacific Ocean, into whose hands the same means were intrusted; bat as far as utility and comfort are concerned, this science has actually retro graded, and we are every day pulling down public build ings as well as private houses, for the purpose of erecting in their stead some showy gew-gaw palaces or mansions, not half so habitable in point of comfort as many of those which jack-daws and bats have taken possession of ; and all this occurs in an age when we boast of our mathema tical knowledge, and when atone of our Universities in par ticular that branch of science is more deeply cultivated than ever, while its application becomes less apparent. No one can view the vast creations of former times, which have descended hallowed and unimpaired to ours, without feeling ashamed of the ignorance and presumption of a pe riod which can venture to throw the terms dark and bar barian back upon an s,ra so far superior in every respect to our own. Let stay man but view the cathedrals, the churches, the halls, and other edifices of our ancestors, and then select the best of our modern struc tures, and he must view with shame the empty boastings of an age whose efforts are as pigmy as those of the other were gi g antic. But, on this occasion, let him take West minster Hall alone, without a glance at the Abbey, and under this one roof lie will find all that is mean, con temptible, and useless, covered and surrounded by all that is magnificent and praiseworthy. We admit that, in the erection of the new Courts, the architect was limited in his space. That may be a reason why so little accommo dation is to be found for the public in any of them; but it is no reason why the sense of hearing is almost useless in some of them—,still less is it a reason why the Lord Chancellor should sit frozen in his chair; and why an at tendance in these places should often endanger the health and life of every man who is called to them in any ca pacity. These objections arc not confined to these Courts, ' but .extend, more or less, pretty nearly to every public bUilding of any note of which we have of late years wit nessed the completion. It is worthy of inquiry how it happens that these things are so; and that that which has hitherto been esteemed a science is no longer worthy of such distinction among us. At any rate, if such matters cannot be improved, and the glaring fanits of such a system developed, let us hear no more of Committees of Taste, and those numberless other worthies who fatten upon this source of public disgust. Surely it would be better to discard at once the whole race of modern archi tects, and betake ourselves to plain builders and carpen ters, than see the public money and convenience sacrificed to the practical insufficiency of a race, whose whole skill seems to be confined to plans and draughts upon paper, but who are utterly ignorant of the grand, the sublime, or the useful . ; and who are themselves the first to wonder at the total failure in practice of what in theory and on paper looked so we11.—.21/oraing Herald. KEAN, AND KNOWLES'S ALFRED.-111 a recent Edinburgh Journal there is the following paragraph .—" We have just observed, with much astonishment, the following announce ment in a London Paper. "In consequence of Mr. Kean's re fusal to perform the hero of Mr. Knowles's tragedy, Alfred, the intended representation of it at Drury-lane is abandoned for the present." We cannot believe this information to be correct ; we cannot - believe that a mere actor, let his reputation be what it may, (and there have been actors of greater reputation than Kean), would thus venture to pia genius to the sleev e of his coat, to be taken off, and to be worn as his humour may suggest. Are the works of Knowles, one of the first Dramatists of the day, to de • pend upon the caprice and petty jealousies of any self-conceited servant of the public, who " struts and frets his hour upon the stage?" Macready was the friend of Knowles, and Kean, for sooth, does not choose to play Macready's parts! Kean ought to know his place and powers better. We repeat again, that • we do not believe this scandal of Kean ; but, should it prove to be true, he shall hear more of it."—London Free . Press. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FIB. • 12. THE KING V. THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN or Lor.ooN. On a former day the Solicitor General obtained a rule, calling upon the defendants, ana upon Mr., Wilde, who had been de clared to be duly elected•as Alderman for the Ward of Vintry, to sl ow cause why a writ of mandamus, commanding the defendants to swear in Mr. Sheriff Winchester as the Alderman of the said Ward, should not issue. Upon the motion of the Solicitor- General this day, that the rule be enlarged until next Term, Mr. ScAnLir l r stated, that be was instructed to show cause on behalf of Mr. Wilde. He thought, upon the face of the affida vits, upon which the rule had been obtained, there was sufficient to discharge it. Upon those affidavits there did not appear any allegation that the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, are, according to the custom of the City, the proper persons to swear in an Alderman. After some discussion upon -this objection, The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.—Let the Rule he enlarged until next Term, with liberty to the persons who have obtained the Rule, to file an affidavit, stating, that by the custom of the city of London, the Mayor and Aldermen are the proper persons to swear in an Alderman.—Rule enlarged. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Frs. 12. SIR JACOB ASTLF.Y, BART. V. GARTH. Mr. Sergeant TADDY sheaved cause against the rule which had been obtained in this cause for the postponement of the trial. The affidavit on which this application had been grounded was made by the defendant himself. The COURT said they should refuse this application, because the affidavits were insufficient. Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN observed, that by refusing this ap plication, the Court would merely compel the defendant to go to the expence of another application. He should be obliged to come again on the day of the trial, and to obtain his application on more satisfactory affidavits.—Rule discharged. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.--Samuel Strange, the coachman to Mr. Goodchild, of Mecklenburgh-square, one of the Magistrates for Middlesex, was charged with negligently driving over a poor old woman, named Elizabeth Curran, as she was crossing between Snow-hill and Fleet-market, about four o'clock on Saturday after noon. Mr. Alderman Lucas said; the man had probably been drink ing and wasting his time, and was driving fast to make up for it ; but rchen a coachman eu a poor oh! creature bobbling aercsi, it was his duty to stop, and not halloo, and take it fur granted that the party could hear him, and was able to get out of the way ; but none of us were infallible, and he durst say the prisoner felt much sorrow at what had happened. The necessary recognizance% then were entered into, and the prisoner liberated. BOW-STREET.—Charles Preacot, alias The Jumper, was yesterday charged with the following robbery : Mr. Trotter, a gentleman residing at No. 25, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury, deposed that on the night of Tuesday last, after dining with some friends, he was returning home through Belton-street, Long-acre, when he was taken suddenly ill, owing to his having taken too much wine, and becoming- insensible, he was for some time unconscious of what passed. On coming to his senses, he found that he had lost his watch, chain, and seals, his purse containing a sovereign and some silver, a gold pencil case, his hat and umbrella. He knew nothing whatever of the circumstances under which lie lost his property, and had no re collection of the prisoner at the bar. Jane Ryan saw the prosecutor on the night deposed to, in a state of insensibility in Belton-street, and endeavoured to assist in put ting him to rights. In a few - moments the prisoner came up and untied the prosecutor's neckcloth; after which he went for a coach. Witness knew the prisoner by the name of The Jumper, and sus pecting his design, she was determined to see that the gentleman was properly disposed of. The prisoner returned in a short time with a coach ; a strange man was on the box with the coachman, and he and the prisoner got round the prosecutor and opened his clothes, as if with a view to bring him round. The gentleman had a friend with him, who was himself, however, too much in toxicated to render him any assistance. The prisoner and the other man were soon after joined by a third person, and all three assisted in lifting the prosecutor into the coach. The prisoner then jumped into the coach along with the gentleman ; but his friend was for five minutes prevented from following him.by the two men, who kept him in conversation while the prisoner and the prosecutor remained together in the coach; after which the coach drove away with the two gentlemen and the prisoner. The prisoner was remanded until Wednesday, in order to give time to produce a watchman, whose evidence was material, and also the coachman, against whom a suspicion of connivance is en tertained. UNION-HALL—Yesterday, a young man, named Hugh Shaw, was brought up to this office, charged with extinguishing the gallery lamps in the Coburg Theatre, on Saturday night. The defendant was fined 20s. and costs. CARLISLE POLICE. (From the Carlisle Journal.) A head constable arrived hither on Saturday last, in the per son of Mr. Benjamin Batty, of Manchester, to superintend the newly formed police of this city; and his superior tact in the in tricacies and manoeuvrings of police government bids fair, we un derstand, quickly to quell our causes of complaint, without being too ready to set the town in a blase. He has had rather an un pleasant beginning. On Saturday and Monday he was engaged in dividing the town into different departments or• districts, and completed the formation of a greater part ; the town to be divided into 15, and the neighbourhood of Caldovgate into three. On Tuesday he was proceeding in his plans in Shaddongate, being accompanied by George Palmer, the constable, who went with him to show him the town, when, just as he was proceeding down Milburn's-buildings, a few stones were sent after them by some boys. Mr. Batty turning round, and observing them ready for another fire, good-humouredly begged them to desist, " for (said he) we have only come to look at the place, nothing more." A mob very soon collected, and at the earnest desire of Mr. Story, grocer, Mr. Batty and George Palmer, (the latter having received very severe blows on the back part of his head and other parts of his body), took refuge in that gentleman's house. Hundreds •of " Shaddongaters" (the very term) soon collected together, in short, for • two hours business was at a stand, and the town in complete dismay. At this time the whole neighbourhood was in a blaze of fearful expectation ; the mili tary were ordered out,and an awful suspense indeed pervaded the mul titude. At length a party of the sth Dragoons came, with swords drawn ; these were followed by a detachment of the 90th Foot, followed by six or seven artillerymen, the whole under the com mand of Colonel Birrell, of the 90th. They proceeded into Shaddongate, and the moment the crowd found this determined course was pursued, they fled, and Mr. Batty, thinking it high time to come to some conclusion, walked out of Mr. Story's. In a short time the military returned to their several homes. Since Tuesday, special constables have been sworn in, in abundance. Scarcely a respectable individual in the town but is now on the alert. And the simple fact that warrants were out against the ringleaders, but could not be executed, savours of rebellion. A watch is kept by the military in Caldewgate; and nine pri vates, sergeant, corporal, and a bugleman, are placed nightly as a guard. FRIDAY.—Last evening upwards of a hundred special consta bles were sworn in, in the presence of Dr. Heysham. In Caldew gate, and on the bridges, four of the 'cavalry are stationed, toge ther with a detachment of the 90th Foot, three of whom are placed as sentinels, to prevent the escape of the ringleaders. FOR. O'CLOC K , P.xt.—The following seven, -all young men, j havejust been taken prisoners by the superintendent of Police, assisted by special constables, and all lodged hi the House of Cor rection for examination. They were - captured without much dif ficulty :—Robert Armstrong, James Heslop, John Shelley, Thomas Matthews, John Cromwell, William Meridham, and Francis Doran. The military remain on their stations. FORTH SR PAR TICULARS.—HaIf-past Four.—There are now four dragoons and thirty privates of the 90th 'Foot, and some ar tillerymen, on duty in Caldewgate, besides one sergeant, two cor porals, and a Lieutenant. The neighbourhood appears peaceable at present. The military were provided with between 30 and 40 rounds of ball cartridg e ; and the Colonel was there to give orders to the bugleman, i n - cas e . o f necessity, to sound to a rms , as a signal to the rest of the infantry, who were in readiness under arms in the Castle. QUARTER TO Ftvz.l n addition to the above, the following five have just been taken into custody Daniel M'Crory, J o h n Murray, Thomas Wittey, William Frill; and George Balaton. Mac EXTRAORDINARY EGG.-- r. D. queen, of "M 55, Upper Frederic-street, St. James's has sent to our office (inhere it is on inspection) an egg, three inches' ong,' and three ounces weight, which was laid by a young pullet.—Bolton. Ex press. LENT A SSIZES. OXFORD CIRCUIT. Before Mr. Baron GARROW. Berkshire—Friday, March 2, at Reading. Oxfordshire—Tuesday, March 6, at Oxford. Worcestershire—Saturday, March 10, at Worcester. City of Worcester—Same day, at the City of ditto. Staffordshire—Thursday, March 15, at Stafford. Shropshire—Thursday, March 22, at Shrewsbury. Herefordshire—Saturday, March 31, at Hereford. Afonmouthshire—Thursday, April 5, at Monmouth. Gloucestershire—Monday, April 9, at Gloucester. City of Gloucester—Same day, at the City of ditto. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. Before Lord Chief Justice BEST and Mr. Justice Hor.noTD. Northamptonshire—Saturday, March 3, at Northampton. Rutlandshire—Friday, March 9, at Oakham. Lincolnshire and City=Saturday, March 10, at Lincoln.', Nottinghamshire and Town—Saturday, Mardi 15, at Nottingham. Derbyshire—Saturday, March 17, at Derby. Leicestershire and Borough—Wednesday, March 21, at Leicester. Warwickshire.—Saturday, Mardi 24, at Coventry. NORFOLK CIRCUIT. Before Lord Chief Justice ABBOTT and Mr. Justice Gagelee. Buckinghamshire—Tuesday, .March 6, at Aylesbury. Bedfordshire—Tuesday, March 13, at Bedford. Huntingdonshire—Saturday, March 17, at Huntingdon. Cambridgeshire—Tuesday, March 20, at Cambridge. Norfolk—Saturday, March 24, at Thetford. Suffolk—Saturday, March 31, at Bury St. Edmund's. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY, FRIDAY, FES. 16. Alexander, A., Huddersfield—Mr. Jacob, Huddetefield-2 Beardmore, G., Burslem—Legs of Man, Butslem-12 Bennett, J., Whitecroft—George, Gloucester-10 Charlton, F., Myth, Ncrthumberland—George, Newcastle-on- Tyne-11 Cook, W., Newton-upon-Ouse, Yorkshire—Court-house, Wake- field-11 Cox, W., Burton—Crown, Burton-3 Croasdill, H., St. Stephen—Guildhall, Canterbury-11 Darwin, W., Wentworth—Tontine, Sheffield-12 Eastwood and Kay, Meltham—George, Huddersfield-3 Griffiths W., Carmarthen—Commercial rooms, Bristol-1 Hodges, 8., Bristol—Rummer, Bristol-12 Humberteon and Co., Kingston-upon-Hull—Dog and Duck, Kingston-upon-Hull-1 1 Hart, J., Birmingham—Royal Hotel, Birmingham-1 Leicester, P., Liverpool—George, Liverpool-1 Levett, J., Rowley Regis, Staffordshire—Royal Hotel, Birming ham-12 Ledgard, W., Brighouse—Swan, Huddersfield-6 Johnson, R., Burslem—Castle, Newcastle-11 Noakes, J., Louth—Crown and Woolpack, Louth-11 Moon, J., Manchester—Star, Manchester-2 Stones and Ashworth, York—White Swan, York-11 Waite, R., Spileby—White Horse, SpiMy-3 INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED. COUNTRY.—At the Court-house, Nottingham, February 16, at Ten o'clock. - Aldridge, G., Nottingham, baker Anderson, W., Nottingham, lace-maker Barber, J., jun., Nottingham, bobbin carriage maker Boden, G., Cromford, Derbyshire, swailer Bradley, J., Nottingham, farmer Carver, E., Great Leake, blacksmith Critchley, E., Nottingham, boat builder Foster, N., Nottingham, cordwainer Frost, A., Nottingham, lace maker Fryer, R., Ratcliffe, corn dealer Green, G., Alfreton, Derbyshire, currier Hart, J., Nottingham,-warper Inger, J., Heanor, Derbyshire, frame work knitter Lawson, E., Nottingham, shoemaker Loversuch, W., Nottingham, turner Mellard, T. Nottingham, 'cluck-maker Morris, J., Nottingham, maltster Moss, J., Ilkeston, Derbyshire, boatman Oldham, S., Bulwell, carpenter Pearson, A., Sutton in Ashfield, widow Pickering, B. and T., Stacey, Kingston-upon-Hull, lace-dealers Rouse, J., Radford, joiner Saxton, W., Fiskerton, carpenter Turner, J., Nottingham, beer-retailer Wentworth, IL, Nottingham, lace-maker In the vicinity of Ulverston there resides an elderly and eccentric bachelor, who keeps no fewer than about '7O cats, which he feeds and attends with great regularity. In this har monious society, instead of that of a wife and children, his hap piness seems to consist ; and their delightful caterwauling, which by others would be deemed rather unmusical, is by him esteemed as a "concord of sweet sounds."--Curlisie Journal. EDINBURGH, Feb. 7.---Last night at the Duin biedikes, a vast sensation was produced by a report that a wo man had hanged her husband. The woman, who is addicted to drinking, had taken the opportunity .of her husband being asleep, to put a noose round his neck, and suspend him from a hook in in the ceiling of the room. His d a ughter-in-law came to the place, and rescued him from the fate which was intended for him. The man is a lath-splitter, of excellent character ; his age is 68, and that of his wife 66. They have had a family of nine chil dren. The wretched woman is in custody. Yates, the comic actor, could not, after all, -with stand the pressing solicitations of Lord Granville, to give his Reminiscences in Paris, en Tuesday evening, to one of the most distinguished audiences, in point of rank, that ever were assem bled in that gay capital. Nearly all the Ambassadors, several Members of the Chambers of Peers and Deputies, besides most of the respectable English res idents, were p resent, and unequivo callysreancet e as t., o f i,e peculiar art o imitations. y ates, excitedTbe rapid expressed their ad miration of the versatilit y of Yates's comicchan asto nishment amongst his distinguished visitors. The place w as crowded to excess. e t an! of talents, n n t , a t n a n m d e a t n h d e ccllioa DON MIGUEL.--At employersfirSte,ltahiodenfo therhi soccasionbescape.o%.overcome. mu t t h et e he S T i l i e veiras were anxious to get the young Prince out of the clutches of the Baron Emperor ae f ,,l Austria, j,,an fo a u n n d d p t l o a n s volunteerlv e were A second ob taining of passports was a difficulty too great to spies in Austria reported that it would be very difficult to abide the Police, as the young Prince read no public Journals, received no letters, and was surrounded only by German servants. The scheme, therefore, was abandoned last summer, when the vigi lance of the Austrian Government increased, as the Prince's sen timents on the affairs of his native country had been ascertained. The Emperor of Austria, indeed, acts in the interests of his bro ther, Don Pedro, being well aware, that from the influence the Queen Dowager has over the mind of Miguel, as well as his im petuosity of temper, nothing short of a civil war would be the re sult 'of his escape to Portugal. A plan was laid to send him over to Brazil, and a vessel of war has for this purpose been ordered to Leghorn, to take him on board; but even if it arrives, Miguel will not be trusted on the sea, as by promises and seduction he might easily gain over the crew and officers, and land in Portugal. The privacy with which he has been kept seems to have given a stimulus to his mind ; and-he - looks, although he does not utter, what h e would do, if he could only extricate himself. I am'con fident ha will never be trusted on the high seas, unless in a British man* of war, and against this there is an objection. * Till he is more matured and better schooled, I am therefore very confident he will not see the sight of salt water, or be allowed to eat fresh grapes on the banks of the Douro. His name, however, in Por tugal,-has not been such a talisman as was expected, and another plan has been concerted. The scheme henceforward will _be to root out the Constitution, without interfering with the rights of Don Pedro. _Morning Paper. • SHOCKING SUICIDE.—Just before ten o'clock on Saturday evening, the following melancholy occurrence took place at the Smithfield Coffee-house, in Smithfield Bars. Mr. Pickman, the respectable proprietor, having been from home for the previous two or three hours, enjoying the company of a friend, entered into some dispute with an old acquaintance sit pointiti g way thed triflingaeaeh in sisting much irritated, and taking a carving-knife from a side-board ebat C erl de w e ir m m , uch in warmththe courseo both o f w declared he would as soon stab himself as be argued out of his on their correctness. Mr. Pickman at. length became senses, and at the same instant plunged the knife into his side, and fell to the ground. ' Several of his horror-stricken family were witnesses of this dreadful catastrophe, and he was removed to his chamber weltering in his'blood, and surgical assistance pro cured, but without avail, as-he died within an hour after the rash occurrence took place. The knife had penetrated nearly three inches, and inflicted a severe wound in the liver. The body awaits the result of a Coroner's inquest. Printed and Published by M. YOUNG, at she ini m s_o rn. No. 112, STRAND. • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—Fra. 12. The betting yesterday was not by any means so important as last week, nor did any of the horses change the places stated•he our last account. In the course of the day, Web was backed at 7 to I, but at the close the offers of these odds were not taken. Maria fell back a little at first, but 11 to 2 was the closing price. The odds left off as under : RIDDLItSWORTH. 12 to 1 aget Cressida* Web is the favourite for this Stakes, but the odds are indefinite. DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Glenartney 10 to 1 agst Tatler 13 to 1 agst Defence 1.1 to 1 agst Espagnolle 20 to 1 agst Gaberlunzie 20 to 1 agst Dahlia* 22 to 1 agst Mamehike.* 22 to 1 agst Spondee Gustavus taken for Derby and 22 to 1 agst Trumpeter 23 to 1 agst Gustavus 24 to 1 art Catherine 30 to 1 agst Augusta 30 to 1 agst Lord Ailesbury's'' 30 to 1 agst GameHut* 35 to 1 agst Cressida 12000 to 8 agst the three 'winners St. Leger ; and Maria for Oaks. OAKS. 11 to 2 agst Maria 1 2 to 1 agst Totteridge 13 to 1 agst Ilrocvn Duchess 16 to 1 agst Souvenir 16 to 1 agst Translation 18 to'l agst Pantina* 20 to I agst Lunacy 20 to 1 agst Calypso 23 to 1 agst Hampden 25 to 1 agst Scornful 30 to 1 agst Shoveller 13 to 1 agst Reviexer 17 to 1 agst Sanrho 18 to 1 agst Olivera 20 to 1 agst Jupiter 20 to I apt Popsy 9.0 to 1 agst Granby Those -marked th 22 to I agst Matilda 22 to 1 &get Moonshine 28 to I agst Emma 30 to 1 agst Nivalis 35 to 1 agst Pelican 40 to 1 agst Justitia% us (*) were taken. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 9&d. for the 4.1 b. Loaf—There are others who sell from a halfpenny to two— pence halfpenny bekrw that price. PRICE OF SEEDS. —Feb. 13. New English Red Clover Seed (per 836. ^"a"..^ :33s :it's. 23e 55g 32s 28s New Foreign Ditto-- Old Ditto Ditto New White Clover Old Ditto--- New Trefoil Old Ditto- Rib Grass English Carraway Seed Foreign Ditto Coriander 136. fine 71s. 76e. 44e. fine 51s. 645. 605. fine 635. 665. 40s, tine 425. 455. 595. fine 624. 695. 45e. fine 486. M. 355. fine 326. 365. 12s. fine 10s. 244. 28e. fine 326. 356. 371. 395. fine -s. 30s. 325. fine -s. 30s. new 333. 40s. —. 245. -20 s. —s. —s. 365. -6. -9. .(per Quarter) St. Fuin Rye Grass Paccy Ditto Linseed, for feeding Ditto, for crushing Canary Seed, 103 s. tine 1105. —;...01d White Mustard Seed Brown Ditto ---,---... 4.25: its. fine --s. 30s. sew 355. 40s. 42a. new 40a. 4.51. 38a. 41s. fine 4.15. 345. 395. fine 2195. --s. —s. fine —s. 12s. 14s. fine —s. lfis 20s fi ne Ws . . Turnip Seeds, his. 425. fine —s Green and Red Tares, Old--75. Od. Ps. 6d. fine Os. Od. Os. tine 12s. 13s. Rare Seed, English, fine (per Last) 21/. to 2C!. Foreign 2YI, to 261. PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown 31/. 03. - Refined 6 Linseed Oil - Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand Rape Cake, per ton ~4 14 66 WHITECHAPEL HAY MARICET.—Feb. 10. Hay 1.55. Od. to 10.i.5. Od. Stralv— w . 325. Od. to 365..0d. Clover —.......—. 110 s. Od. to 1265. Od. I PRICES OF HOPS (per Cwt.)—Feb. 12. Pockets. Bags. Kent 41. 10s. N. ss. to 61. Os. Kent 31. 16s. 4/. 10s. Sussex 41. 63. 4/. Ps. to Si. Os. :Sussex 3/. 10s. 4/. N. Essax— 4/. 10s. 54.53. to Si. 15s. Essex..,, 3/. 12s. 4/. 4s. Farnham, fine (Pockets) 8/. Os. to 91 Os.—Seconds. 71. Os . to 5/. Os to 4/. Ms, to 4/. 15s. to 81. 113. PRICE OF POTATOES.—Feb. 12. Yorkshire Kidneys 5/. Os. to 0/. Os. per Ton. Scotch Reds 4/. 10s. to 0/. Os. ditto. Oxnobles and Shaves Marsh Champions- .. 41. Os. to 41. 10s. ditto. PRICES OF Per lb. d. But to 20 Ditto—...so to 661 b.— 22 Dressing Hides r. 13 Fine Coach Hides 15 Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b. 14 Ditto.---45 to 501 b.... 15 Ditto 17 LEATHER. Per lb. Tanned Horse Hides- Spanish Ditto _ Per dozen. Calf Skins.- 36 to 401 b. Ditto 50 to '7olb. Ditto --. 70 to 80th. Small Seals, Greenland.. d. 41 12 to 15 13 to 20 le to 24 22 to 97 91 to 93 18 to 20 ll Per Stone. 1. d . 8. d. —.------......... 2 0 to 2 4 Butt m HIDES. 2 6 to 2 8 Market Calf 7 0 each. Middlings n e g P i Heifers s S t a o w n d e' Steers 3 W. d i Ordinary SNEEP SKINS. Downs2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. I Lambs—Os. Od. to Os. Od. Pelled-,. ss. Od. to 56. 6d , AL DIARKET.—Feb. Bunion 33 0 Forebt a; 35 6 Holywell 33 0 Killingworth 34 9 LiddelPm Mein— 28 0 Percy 31 0 PontopWindsor— 28 0 Shipcote— 29 0 Tanfield M00r,..... 33 0 fownley 33 0 Ships at Market, 6. d, W►llington ?6 0 WallsEndßewicken6 9 W. E Brown's— 33 6 W. E. Carr & Co. 34 0 W. E. Green's...... 33 0 W. E. Hilda .....—.. 33 0 W. E. Newmarch 36 0 W. E. Northumb. 35 3 W. E. Peareth...... 33 0 W. E. Riddell's «. 36 6 77%—Uhips sold, IRISH MARK: DUBLIN MARKET NOTE .-FR] From 9-2 1,1 Wheat, per barrel 20 atone —... 28 0 16 stone .-- 17 0 '4D9 Bete 16 stone 11 stone 10,969 Cwt. Flour 9 stone 521 Oatmeal Sold to Bakers only. 7,887 Cwt. Flour - I 15 0 I 26 0 Average price of Wheat and Flour 455. Od. per sack Rees ceipof Do. 10ts of Flour, 11,91.7 Firsts, from 265. Od. to - 1 Seconds, from 15s. Od. to I 5a1,969 Thirds, from Ss. Od. to I 675 Barley _2,907 Oats 18 0 1I 0 '7 0 13 0 g, j 0 ID 0 260 23 0 PRICE OF BREAD. Quartern Loaf, 41b. soz. -B;id. Halfequartern Loaf, 21b. • e. d. W. E. Walker— 35 6 Dean's Primrose unsereetie - d - --- 30 6 I'elaw Trader.,,,,., 31 0 'fanfield Trader..,. 32 9 Hartley 33 0 Stone Coal Christieto 0 Eden Main...--- 33 0 W. E. Larnbton 37 6 Walls End Lyons 35 0 —Unsold, 57%. [DAY, Feb. 9. M. P. 31 17 19 7}6 16 9ji 0 0 17 1 To 33 6 18 0 17 8 ?oz. —Nd. Ws. Od. las. Od. Wheat, Barley. Oats. 1 Flour, per cwt. per barrel per barrel per barrel!, o 20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. • Ist. 2d. 3d. -- s. d. a s.d. s. d. a s.d. s. d. as. d. s. d. as. d. s. d. as. d. s. d. as. d. Cork 25 0-28 3 17 6-19 6 15 o*l6B 17 6-200 16 0-17 6 80-.43 rs Limerick 126 8-28 4 17 8-18 0 15 2-15 5 16 0-18 0 15 0-16 6, 8 o—ie ni Waterford' 27 0-29 0 15 0-18 0 14&-15 6 16 6-17 6 13 0-150 110-430 Belfast.,—.2B 1-300 18 0-19 4 14 9-17 9 220 00 206 00 170— 00 Clonmel 30 0-30 5 18 6-19 0 15 2-15 9 17 0-17 6 14 6-15 0 106-110 Tralee-, 25 6-27 t; 17 t— 0 0 14 0-15 2 100— 00 180— 00 120-- 00 Carlow.-- 28 0-30 0 16 0-18 0 14 0-16 6 170— 00 00— 00 00-0 , 0 Galway ,-. oo— 00 00— 00 00— 00 0 0--. 00 00— 00 00— 00 Beef, Mutton, Veal, Pork, Butter. per lb. per lb. per lb. per cwt. Ist. 2d. 3d. 4th. sth. ----- ---- ......._ d. a d. d. a d. d. a d. s. d. a s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Cork . r ...... 0 —0 0 —0 0 —0 ' 23 0-27 085 080 066 056 0 48.0 1 0 0 04 0 ... 52 0 ... 40 0 0 Limerick— 31 —5l 4 5 o— o :A 0-28 0180 0'72 062 0520 42 0 Waterford 0 —0 0 0 0— 0 22 0-30 092 0— 0 —O-- 0 Belfast ~3*-.. 0 —5 o—s 0 --' 00—0 0 -- 0 Clonmel 3 3 4 o—o 33 0— 00 78 0'76 072 -- 0— 0 1 4 5 0 —0 22 0 0 1 Tralee-- 3 Carlow,., 0 4 - - 0 5 , 0 4 -- 0 6 0 0 —OO -- 2 3 0 0 ° 190 4 ° O 7 7 6 ° Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease, Oatmeal. 2e 25 29 4S SO SCOTCH NI—AOR—IC::S7 ° ° ° -- 0 o Berwick 39 40 26 29 25 30 — 3, ~, _ Aberdeen ------2654 28 . ----- 2528 -- ------.... _ ------ 3., 38 ---:::;:" Coldstream 30 40 Cupar --- '25 29 25 ...... '''' 6 28 25 30 24 25 24 ts ..... Dundee..... 28 30 2 Falkirk 26 28 30 32 2 .! 31) 28 30 28 30 46 52 39 40 27 28 2, 31 _. ..... ... 40 ..... ..... Kelso —.— Dumfries 7 0 7 9 4 6 .Z ° o 4 - 0 4 6 Perth -- 27 29 26 . 125 26 25 26 At Dumfries the price is given per Bushel. The other prices above are per 8011, except Oatmeal, which is per Sack of2BClbs. Kirkaldy..,— 26 SI 26 28 28 2 2( 5 ; 4 , 1 _ ._ ..... _ BIRTHS. On tke 12th inst., in Portland-plaee, the Hon. Mrs. Liddell, of a eon. On the 12th inst., at N o t t i ng h am-place, the lady o f Charles Richard Pole, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the llth inst., at St. Antholin's Church, Watling-street, by the Rev. Mr. Bailey, Mr. Frederick Dalton, to Ann Eli za _ beth, eldest daughter of Mr. Richard Luck, of Watling-street. j w o i i f i e e n o a f W w f l e l i a o m f T P h r o a t Esq., of D rax , YOrkshire, . DIED. On the 1 Ith i nst., after a long an d se vere ill ness , J ane, the On the 9th i nst ., at t h e Grove; Richmond, York s hi re, 'M ar i a se cond dau g ht er o f Si r R o b er t Gerard, of Gareswood, Li neas hi re . nß:issell-square. '113E8Si:1:P1e:of ST. L ETS. (I. to 21 to 23 to IS to 18 to 15 to 17 to 19