The Sun. — London, England, 1827-10-23 00:00:00

Sions. The Grand Jury have come into colli sion with the Magistrates on a subject which has els where been agitated. "It is w i t h p a i n , however," they say, in their Report, " the Grand Jury have to observe, that they have been refused admission to that part of th e gao l appropr i ate d to females ; and their surprise has been the more ex cited, from its b e i ng reported to them from authority, that the exercise of what the Grand Jury conceive to be a duty would prove an in fringement on the rights of the Visiting Magis trates." Why should the Grand Jury be de barred from looking into all parts of the prisons, and reporting on them ? If we wish to have things well done, we can never have too few actors charged with the responsibility of them, nor too many inspectors. The reverse of this, however, is, in too many cases, the rule in Eng land, where the responsibility is generally shared by many, without any one having the power of controlling. The Magistrates of Devonshire, like the Magistrates every where else, are, it seems, fond of excluding the public from their meetings in general, but especially from those where public money is concerned. They job, it seems, into each other's hands; and are we' to be surprized that the county rates, under this secret system, _ should swell to an amount exceeding the whole public revenue at no remote period? We see, from an Ad dress to the payers of County Rates, in The De vonshire chronicle, that the Magistrates, so lemnly pledge themselves one to another not to divulge what passes at. their Conclaves. Now, we may be sure, that men are never anxious to conceal what redounds to their honour. A wish for concealment always supposes a conscious ness of improper practices. The love of con cealment will always be found strongest in Eng land where money is concerned ; for it is the jobbing with brewers and distillers, on licensing days, and the appropriating County rates in a snug way, that Magistrates are more especially fond of covering over with an impenetrable veil of secrecy. The following observations with which the Address in question concludes speaks volumes "It is the supineness of the people, to which may be traced the increase of power that is daily and hourly heaped upon the Aristocracy, and which bids fair to reduce public liberty ; it has already all but subverted the Trial by Jury, and established a despotic and arbitrary Tribpnal in its stead, subversive of that character of inditierency so essential to justice--a Tribunal which, in numberless cases, is a party in the very cause it has to decide, and against whose decision there is now, since Mr. Peel's new-fashioned Legislation has been in vogue, no appeal. " The late Mr. Pugh, the Coroner, set this supposed right at defiance—refusing to be kept out of the room, and insisting on and maintaining his right to be present. To him the Freeholders were also indebted for a noble stand against the Aristocratic influence in the County in his Election for Coroner; and it is only for a half-dozen re spectable yeomen to go to the next Sessions, determined to support their right, and they will obtain it. 4 g Why, if all is fair, do they want secrecy? Why do they all solemnly pledge themselves one to another not to divulge what passes? I should be ashamed to make such a promise. "Do they sometimes forget to send in the money they have collected for fines and penalties? One in the North of Devon some time since did so :it was " an entire mis take ;" and he gave back the money to the party, and paid the costs, when threatened with an action. "Is it the favourite jobs, and jobs of favouritek? per haps it is--one of the petitions stated that as good a bridge was built by their parish for as many shillings, as a simi lar one over the same stream bad cost pounds to the County. " If they will relieve themselves from suspicion, let them voluntarily open the courts; if not, the public will com pel them."—Morning Chronicle. In the probable event of the Grand Seignior yielding to the joint remonstrances of the Allied Powers, the next matter to be considered is— what species of Constitution, or, in other words, what form of Government, Turkey will permit to her former slaves. We shall not now enter into any reasoning to prove the truth of a posi tion which we had taken some weeks since, namely, that the Porte only existed as a king dom by the sufferance and the policy of Eng land ; and it is further unnecessary for us to do so, because it must be obvious that, whatever the resources of Turkey may be, she would not be much more than a good meal for Russia, ii England were inclined to look on quiescently. Policy has compelled us to uphold Turkey as a kingdom ; and that same policy will not now allow us to see her territory divided or improperly despoiled. The late Emperor of Russia de nounced the provincial constitution of Greece as, having-the ",revolutionary mark ;" and of course ! we presume that the present Emperor entertains, a sunilar opinion. In point of fact, it is difficult to say what form of Government would best suit the interests of that people. Some are for a fe derative republic under an elective head—others suggest the propriety of an independent sove reignty—but how an independent sovereignty could be maintained in Greece we are at a loss at present to imagine. If Greece were able to sustain such a position either from her own re sources or aided by those of England, she would undoubtedly be of essential service in the case of Russia and Turkey coming into contact ; but we are very much inclined to believe that there is a very strong inclination in Greece in favour of Russia as opposed to Turkey, which would soon manifest itself, if great care were not used in the selection of the supreme head, as well xs the minor officers of the Executive ; and we must again enter our protest against the appointment of Capo d'lstria, to the Sovereignty of Greece. As we said before, it he be not a Russian by birth—he is a Russian by habit ;-f—and if he have a particle of gratitude in his composition, he must incline to the inte rests of Russia—though in so doing, he may not altogether sacrifice the interests of the Greeks, or unpardonably offend against the feelings of England,' trance, or Turkey. We consider there is a strong tendency, to union between the Russians and the Greeks ; because nothing can more firmly knit men together than the belief in the same religion ; and the more it happens to be a religion of ceremonial and overloaded rites, the more are they captivated and ultimately led away with it. Hitherto the affair has passed off quietly enough, but when the appropriation of the spoil _or we had better say, when the distribution of influence is to take place, then we seriously ap prehend will come, the bickerings and the divi sions. However, let us not anticipate evils, but rather by opposing, end them." The British Government cannot be too cautious in their deal- ings with France and Russia; and they must constantly bear in mind that prevention is not only better but much safer than cure. France is said to be panting after something about the Mediterranean, or the Dardanelles, or the Ar chipelago, or indeed about any other place where the principles of her Government might be trans ferred, and once transferred might be thereafter perpetuated : but we say no. Charles the Tenth already rule i s . (and h ow h app il y t h e F renc h de light in telling strangers) over thirty millions of people, and in all conscience that ought to satisfy him. Besides he may now be truly said to rule in Spain —an additional thirteen or fourteen millions of people—gadwe would hope that so very paternal, enlightened, and religious a Mo narch, would not violate a commandment by co veting any more. But be this as it may, we trust our Government are fully aware of the people they have to deal with, and that in endeavouring to benefit Greece, they will not be inattentive to what is due to England. !More we neither look for nor expect. —Morning Post. By the further prorogation of Parliament till the 20th of December, Ministers have put an end to all doubt upon their alleged intention of assembling it before Christmas ; and have given an awkward sort of contradiction both to their own avowals, and those of some of their parti sans, of their intentions for making up for the deranged and inefficient state of the last Session, by an earlier commencement of the next. The state of affairs, both at home and abroad, fur nish, we should imagine, sufficient reasons for recurring to the sense of Parliament at the earliest possible period. But the Whigs, it should be remembered, are in power ; and it is a sufficient reason with them that a thing should not be done, that they have, year after year, when out of power, been advocating its being done. For our own part, we have always contended that, upon general principles, without reference to any peculiar circumstances in the state of affairs, Parliament ought to be always assembled in No vember, about the time that the Courts of Law meet, as was formerly the case. Were there no other reasons for this, the very circumstance of the House of Lords being a Court of Law, is reason enough of itself for that Court being as sembled much earlier, and a much longer time, than it is. In fact, what with the late piiiod of meeting, the recesses, the circuits, the Qu7rter Sessions, and the various other interruptions which the business of Parliament meets with in the spring, neither House probably meets more than 100 days in the year, if so many ; and if the state of appeals from Scotland, Ireland, and our own Courts, is considered, ,the limited time thus necessarily devoted to them in the House of Lords, amounts, in some measure, almost to a denial of justice. But what becomes of Mr. Canning's promised Finance Committee, if Par liament is licit to assemble till February ? Is it to be a mere tub thrown out to amuse the whale, while the leviathan of expence is to revel and wallow on unchecked and unannoyed ? Had any serious and immediate good been expected from it, it would have been the natural course to have called Parliament together, and appointed this Committee at once, so that its labours might have been brought to bear beneficially upon the next year's estimates; which must now, of neces sity, be formed without reference to it,' and the evil day of retrenchment postponed for another year, and not improbably for another Admini stration.—Morning Herald. The newest panacea for the evils of Ireland-- namely, emigration, is one of those quack medi cines which only the most superficial pretenders to statesmanship would think of prescribing as a remedy for the distresses of a country wherepopv lation has by no means yet attained the point which exceeds its natural resources. 'When the population of Ireland was not more than one half what it is at present, the wretchedness of the lower classes was quite as great as now. The increase of population has not created that misery, it has only spread it over a wider surface. Emi gration, as long as the system of society is defec"- tive, can produce no good. It is but attempting to deal with the effect without removing the cause. It is, to use the emphatic language of Scripture, ‘" a washing of the outside of the cup and platter while the inside is full of un cleanness." It has been ascertained that, there is enough of waste land in Ireland to subsist com fortably, if reclaimed, at least three millions more of people than the highest census, that can be relied on, of her present population amounts to. Ireland contains about eighteen millions of acres in all—only about twelve millions, or two-thirds of that quantity, are at present cultivated. Her population is at present about seven millions, for the statements of the Roman Catholic declaimers on this head are grossly exaggerated, with the intention of making the physical force, which they always allude to for the purpose of intimidation, appear more formidable than it really is. In fact, the number of Roman Catholics now in the country is near five mil lions, and there are about two millions of Pro estants of all classes, making altogether, as we have said, seven millions of inhabitants. Now supposing the waste land, which is one-third of the whole of the land in Ireland, to be nearly as fertile in quality as the other two-thirds already under cultivation, it is clear that such land, if reclaimed, would subsist three millions more of people than arc at present in the island. But it is well known that a great portion of the soil which is not cultivated is of a richer and more productive nature than that which is—namely, the bog-land, invariably the best land in Ireland when reclaimed. Therefore, we are safe in esti mating the additional number that could be fed, in the event of such land being reduced under the dominion of the plough, at three millions. Does it not, therefore, show the greatest igno rance on the part of the Parliamentary Commit tee of the real state of Ireland, to represent her population as redundant, compared with her na tural capabilities, and to recommend emigration as a cure for the evils of the country. But what else than error and absurdity could be expected of a Committee, who, instead of proceeding, like men of intelligence and business, to ascer tain facts, called in the whimsical theorist, Mr. Malthus, as their oracle, and mistook pedantic speculations for the dictates of wisdom ? No wonder that their " book" is more ponderous than instructive We lately stated that Viscount Goderich had promised the gentlemen deputed by the Malt sters to represent the inconvenience which they apprehended from the operation of the new Malt Act, that the subject would be taken into serious consideration by the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury. We are now enabled to produce a most satisfactory and authentic proof that the Noble Lord has redeemed his word, and that all the grounds of complaint have been removed, by the modification of the objec tionable provisions of the Act, or at least of those. which had been objected to. This proof is contained in the following official communica tion addressed yesterday by Mr. F. Lewis to the heads of the Committee of Maltsters. In this important document it i s s h own t h at t h e Act against which they had petitioned, as having been passed through Parliament without the Malting Trade having been fully cognizant of its i provisions, was amply considered in the Commit tee, and reprinted three times as amended—that during the proceedings in Parliament many depu tations of persons connected , with the Malting Trade were heard by the Lords ofthe Treasury, and their observations respecting the different clauses of the Bill examined in the most minute detail— and that the Act itself is simply a re-enactment of old regulations, with a very few new ones, the object of which is, to establish uniformity of practice throughout the United Kingdom. Notwithstandin g these facts, which completely clear both the Legislature and the Government from the charge of having lightly interfered with the proceedin gs and interests of the Malt Trade, their Lordships have consented to modify the I operations of some of the provisions of the pre sent Bill, and to make certain allowances till , the 10th of October, 1828, which will remove the possibility of any inconvenience being felt in consequence of the new regulations. They also direct the Commissioners of the Excise to instruct their officers to keep such accu rate accounts as will enable his Majesty's Treasury to judge whether it will be de sirable to prolong the indulgen ces now granted, beyond the 10th of October n ex t y ear . llor the details of those indulgences we refer our readers to the official document itself. The measures adopted are of such a nature as to satisfy the honest trader, while they afford security against the fraudulent manufacturer of malt. It never was the intention of his Majesty's Government to harrass or take advantage of the former, while it is their duty, at the same time, to guard the Revenue aga i ns t th e c l amour produced by the latter. We say clamour, for we believe there is no doubt that the present occasion has been used toiaise more difficulties than really existed. Viscount Goderich and Mr. Frankland Lewis deserve much praise for the ready attention which they have given to the subject, and the urbanity with which they have received the numerous de putations of maltsters. Mr. Frankland Lewis has showed as much gentlemanly conduct throughout as he has evinced knowledge of the' technical part of the subject, however difficult to the generality of persons not in the malting trade.—New Times. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, OUT. '-22. The sessions commenced to-day. The traverse list was unusually long, and the felonies are, we un derstand, proportionably numerous. Since the last sessions the court has undergone additional altera tions; the bar seats having been brought consider ably nearer to the bench, an alteration with which all the counsel present expressed themselves very much pleased. The Grand Jury, however;- - were not so well satisfied with the accommodation provided for them, and, stating that their room was too damp and too small, they took possession of the coat sel's robing-room. The latter gentlemen complained of this invasion to the Court; upon which_ the Chair man told them that it was done by mistake and that the Grand Jury should -be acc o mm o d a t e d in the Committee-room, until a proper room should be pro vided for them. Two constables, named Jordon and Reynolds, were indicted for an assault upon Mr. Fenton, the at torney. a a On the day named in the indictment, the prose cutor had a horse cause tried in the Court of King's Bench, in which he had the good fortune to obtain a verdict. He took his witnesses and one or two friends to dine at a house called " The St. John of Jerusalem," from which they proceeded in the even- is to Sadler's Wells Theatre. Whilst one of the party was purchasing tickets at the pit-door, the defendant Jordon came up to the prosecutor, who was standing in the passage with both hands in his breeches pockets, and pushed_ him out of the way; and.upon his remonstrating, he was seized by both Jordon and Reynolds, dragged into the race-ground of the theatre, and from thence taken to a public house. Here he was told he would be allowed to depart on paying the constables 10s., to which he replied he would not pay them tea farthings. They then carried him to the watch-house, where he was locked tip in a cell about seven yards square, with out fire or light, and' subject to other and worse in conveniences, from half-past ten o'clock at night until half-past eleven next day, when he was taken before a justice and held to bail for an alleged assault upon the constables, for which be was tried at the last sessions and acquitted. The prosecutor then preferred this indictment against the defendants, and also commenced an action against them for false im prisonment. He stated most positively, and so did the other witnesses on his behalf, that he and his party were not in the slightest degree intoxicated. The Jury found both defendants Guilty. The CHAIRMAN severely censured the gross mis conduct of the constables, and sentenced Jordon to pay a fine of 151., and Reynolds 101., to the King, SOUTHWARK SESSIONS, OCT. 22. These sessions commenced this day before the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, Mr. Alderman J. J. SMITH, and the Recorder. Thonias Penny was indieted for assaulting Mrs. Sarah Braham, the wife of David Braham, Esq., bill broker, residing in Temple-place, Blackfriars-road. The defence set up was, that the prosecutrix had committed the first violence by pushing the defend ant. This was positively denied, and the Jury finding the defendant Guilty, lie was sentenced to 1-1 , days' imprisonment in the Borough Compter, SURREY SESSIONS, OCT. 22. These sessions commenced at Newington, before R. HEDGER, Esq., Chairman, and a fell bench of Magistrates. Samuel Simpson, a builder at Kennington, was charged with assaulting Ann Simpson, on the 17th of August last. Anne Simpson, the prosecutrix, on the day above mentioned, occupying a house of the defendant, re ceived a notice to quit. She went to his house to learn the meaning of such conduct, when the de fendant commenced a volley of the grossest abuse, and ultimately took up a hand-saw and struck her several times with it, knocked her down, and while on the ground kicked her repeatedly, until the whole of the neighbourhood cried shame against the defendant. Two witnesses fully confirmed the above evidence. Mr. TRESIGER, for the defendant, called three witnesses, all of whom positively swore that the prosecutrix struck the defendant first, and her language was of the foulest description. The CHAIRMAN, in summing up, observed, th a t the contradictory evidence adduced in this case was truly disgraceful. The Jury would, by their verdict, show to whom they gave credit. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the defendant was fined 201., which being unable to pay, he was taken into custody by the Governor of the prison. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY.—WEDNESDAY, OCT. 24.—..(At the Court of Commissioners, BasinghalLstrect.) Askey, W.,. Woburn-build. 111 J B ; ( , : sfoyo y trrc - rr s eeed , :s T tii. , o.. ~L . an.u . jd. d .u. g n.. a c t ;.. e .. .. ,o h .. i .: :: fro . esir.dh..i. 1:0: ings Butler and Austin Co., friars Carmichael, G., Birming ham 1 Pellatt, 1-1., Lucas-street, Dick., J., Tottenhani.court Commercial.road .. . ......... 10 road ...... ...... 10 Trevett, K., Finsbury.plae 2 II COUNTRY DlARY.—Tutnuaukr, OCT. 25. Abbot, E, Leamington Priors—Royal hotel, Leamington Priors. ...................................... ll Buckley, 8., Whistones—St ar an d Garter, Andover ........... ll Burrow, T., Worcester —Star and Garter, Worcester ..... 12 Dods, A., Worcester—Star and Garter, Worcester . l2 Halyard and Morgan—Rummer, Bristol Moor, .1., Kirkby Stephen—King's head, Appleby ll Peele, J., Egremont—Black Lion, Whitehaven l2 Rogers, S., Bristol—White Lion, Bristol 2 INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED, COUNTRY.--At the Courthouse, at Taunton, October Jell, at Ten o'clock. Champneys, Sir T. Swymmer, lionnibull, J., Taunton Bart. Orchardleigh-park Nawell, J., ' , mine Clarke, J. Shepton Parkhouse, S., Ycovill W., Wedmore Milborne Rice, G. Frome Webb, E., Wells MOM) Yeovil C ol Dungey,mer POLICE INTELLIGENCE, MANSION-HOUSE. —Yesterday a person *.;:,led Evors was summoned before the LOAD MAYOR, .t ein stance of the parish officers of Bassishaw, to shew tease why he refused to maintain his wife. The female who claimed to be ,the wife of the defendant is about 40 years of age. • She swore that about four years ago She was duly, married to him. On her cross-examination by Mr. Harmer, she admitted that she was married about twenty years ago to a person timed Thomas Webster. He deserted her and went ahroad, in company with a young woman, about three years afterwards. She swore that since that time she had not heard of him. On behalf of the defendant, Mr. Harmer called a young woman named Ann Mallison. She was a maid-servant, the niece of the last witness. She was now out of place, and got her living by needle-work. She stated somewhat reluctantly L that she resided at No. 71, Earl-street, Lisson grove. She swore that during the time the defendant was paying his addresses to her aunt, the latter bad told her that as she was walking out with him she had met her husband, Webster, and was under the greatest fear lest he should recognise her and lay claiM to her. Witness re monstrated with her against marrying the defendant, but she said she was determined to have him. Witness had heard that Webster was subsequently living in Lock's-fields, and in consequence of something which occurred, she went to see. There she saw him and spoke to him. She learned that the complainant had also seen him, and offered him money to quit the country. In answer to some questions put by the Loan Mavort, at the instance of the parish officers, she swore positively that she had not cohabited with him. She admitted, how ever, that while she had no home to go to, she bad gone to live at his house. The LORD Mn von intimated to Mr. Harmer, that he could not rely on the unsupported testimony of this witness. Mr. Harmer should he able to produce other evidence, if an opportunity were given. The LORD Ma.ron adjournedthe case to a future d a y. _ _ . . Several females in Court with the claimant, form;d a group round the witness, Anu Mallison, and upbraided her with having been guilty of the most horrible perjury against her aunt. The latter was amongst them. The officers foresaw that there was likely to be some display of strong 'feeling, and endeavoured to separate them. As the witness was retiring, she exclaimed that she had been struck by her aunt in Court; but as no one saw a blow pass, the denial of the latter was taken. BOW-STREET.--Yesterday Admiral Sir Eliab Liarvey, one of the representatives in Parliament for Essex, ap peared at this office to charge a young woman, named Mary Bell, with robbing him of a gold medal, comme morative of the battle of Trafalgar, an Admiral's full dress suit, an order of the Bath, and several articles of wearing apparel. Admiral Harvey stated, that the prisoner was left in charge of his house, No. 8, Clifford-street, Bond-street, since July last, at' which time his family left town for his seat at Chigwell, in Essex. Last Saturday, between fire and six o'clock; he returned to town, and being invited to dine with the Lord Mayor, and intending to appear at the dinner in full dress, he went to his dressing-room fur the purpose of examining a tin box containing, as he supposed, for they were there when he last opened it, his Order of the Bath, and the medal given to him in commemoration of Trafalgar. He bad left the key of the box suspended to it by a string. On examining the box he found it open, and missed the articles he mentioned. There was also in the box a Pitt medal, but this was not removed. He im mediately called upon the prisoner to account for the loss of the articles, .but she positively denied any knowledge whatever of the circumstance. On examining hie ward robe he missed his full dress Admiral's suit, three pairs of breeches, and a full-dress waistcoat. He immediately came to Bow-street, and obtained the assistance of Taunton, by whom the prisoner was taken into custody. It appeared that several workmen were employed in paint ing and repairing Admiral Harvey's house, and that they were at work on the premises when the robbery took place. They were brought forward yesterday for the purpose, as Admiral Harvey stated, of clearing themselves front suspi cion, and also to give evidence against the prisoner. Hall, one of the workmen, deposed, that on Thursday morning, when at work at the Admiral's house, the prisoner complained that some person had been rummaging- the house. She then showed him a tin box and a red morocco case, and also some bits of paper scattered about the floor, and she said the box had been rifled. Prisoner-0 dear ! I said no such thing. am on my oath, and I say that you did. She found the morocco case, she said, on one of the shelve?, and charged some of the workmen with taking the things. I observed, in reply to this, that I saw a man in a blue coat with her in the servants' hall ; I told her also, that one of our men bad seen a man dressing himself in her bed room. She said that the man was her husband, but he was no thief. Another of the workmen, named Whittingham, on Wed nesday last saw a telescope lying on the staircase near the Admiral's dressing-room. He mentioned the circumstance to the prisoner,' who said she knew nothing about it. The Witness then said, that the prisoner called him into the Admiral's dressing-room, and, opening a tin box, she showed him a medal, which she said the Admiral wore at the battle of Trafalgar. Witness' merely saw the medal in the pri soner's hand, and took no notice of any device or inscrip tion engraven upon it. Another of the workmen also deposed to his having seen the medal in the prisoner's hand last Wednesday. Admiral Harvey had a nine months' character with the prisoner when she entered his service about five months ago. The only article for which he cared' was the Trafalgar medal, for there were non► but two of the same sort, and the less could never be supplied. He had a right, he said, to feel proud of a token that reminded him of an action in which he had taken a part. It was a singular coincidence, he said, that when on his way to Bow-street this morning he met his old friend, Sir Thomas Hardy, who was also en gaged at Trafalgar, and whom he had not seen for several years before. "If 1 thought of it," said Admiral Harvey, awning, " I could have brought him here to prove that I received the medal in question on the occasion to which I have referred." The prisoner being asked if she bad any thing to say in her defence, declared that she was totally innocent. She said, that she herself apprized Admiral Harvey of the box having been broken open, and brought it to him in his bed-. room for that purpose. She also contradicted other parts of the Admiral's statement. Admiral Harvey—lt is all a falsehood from beginning to end—a rank lie. I wish the clerk to take down her words, and my contradiction of them. Mr. MixsituLL (smiling)—We are not in the habit, Admiral, at this office, of taking down the statements made by prisoners, who cannot ha evidence against themselves. Admiral Harvey—She is the worst servant I ever had in my house. _ Prisoner—You say the same of all your servants, Ad miral ; and when I went to you for the purpose of telling you about this robbery, you called me a thief. Admiral Harvey—And so you are a thief, and the worst of thieves, to rob ine of a medal that I would not part from tin - many thouslind pounds. • Mr. IgINSHULL told the prisoner that he should remand her for another examination, and, turning to Admiral Harvey, he asked him what day it would best suit him to attend. Admiral Harvey—Why, this very day I am to prieide at a dinner given in my own house, in Chigwell, to cele brate the anniversary of the victory of Trafalgar. The company are to remain with me until Wednesday, when I shall come to town again. It was tken arranged that the prisoner should be re manded until Wednesday, and Taunton, in the mean time, received directions to make every possible inquiry, with a view to the full discovery of the guilty party. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Yesterday an elderly woman, who was either in reality deaf and dumb, or affect ed to be so, was brought before F. A. ROE, Esq., the sit ting Magistrate, upon the following charge : Green, one of the beadles of St. Giles's parish, stated that the prisoner, who professes to core every species of complaint incident to the human frame, called some days ago at the house of Kendrick, another beadle belonging to the same parish, who is at present dangerously ill, and in timated to him by writing on the table with chalk, that she could very soon set him all to rights again. The sick beadle, foolishly agreed to put himself under her care, which he had no sooner done than she produced a bottle of some stuff which she assured him would effect the cure, and or dered the patient to drink the contents with as little delay as possible, at the same time demanding 13s. 6d. for her medicine, which the sick man had the still greater folly to pay her. Fortunately, however, before he drank any part of the contents of the bottle, his friends in terfered to prevent his doing se, and had the bottle taken to a surgeon, who pronounced the contents to be made up of ingredients, that might have cost about eight pence, and that the mixt ure a lt oge ther was calculated t o do material injury to the health of any person into r s i t s o o i n na er e , h ho i w t ev rn er ig , h ca t le c u h la a t r in ce g o w n a fin eo d nt i r t a s ry w co a rtr — se, w Th h e os : e p and that her patient, if st ill a li ve , a ft er us i ng t h e fi rst bottle, might possibly su rv i ve l ong enoug h t o fi n i s h, or at l ea st pay for a second, came aga i n on S a t ur d ay even i ng l as t w ith another 13% bottle; b u t w hil e b us ily en gag e d in chalking on the table some questions to her patient as to the effects of her first bottle, she was seized by the hand of justice, and conveyed to the watch-house, where, on ar riving, she feigned sudden illness, but instead of taking any of her own medicine to effect a cure, she requested to be left alone in the most private part of the.premi4es, when she contrived to dispose of a bundle of printed papers, con. Wiling recipes for all ages, sexes, constitutions, and climates. These interesting documents were, however, subsequently picked up, and now produced before the Magistrate ; but his Worship's senses of sight and smell soon satisfied him that it would be more gratifying to all present that he should decline availing himself of any evidence they might afford, and he ordered them to be forthwith taken from his presence, but not before 'it was observed that each do cument was headed, " Most wonderful and extraordinay cures performed by Doctress Bateman." The prisoner was discharged with a suitable caution from the Magistrate. MARYLEBONE-OFFlCE.—Benjamin Barker, a pot-boy belonging to the Ship and Shovel, in Craven-street, and James Newman, a pot-boy belonging to the Butch er , in Hungerford-market, as hi s confedrate, were charged with stealing two sovereigns, the property of Charles Pope, Joseph Clark, and another, coal-heavers, in the service of Mr. Wood, of Scotland-yard.—Committed. William Las-kin was charged with robbing his master, S. Hindle, of the Manchester Arms, in Adam-street-east, of 251. —Com mitted. Augustus Stanhope, a young man of family, and a Cambridge Collegian, was charged with being drunk, and refusing to pay a hackney-coachman his fare. The youth, who is said to be nearly related to a gallant Colonel, spent a night in Marylebone watch-house time weeks ago, for disorderly conduct, and was then liberated upon paying a fine. Yesterday Mr. Rztwlinson ordered him to pay the coachman 123. 6d. for his fare, and Is. 6d. for his loss of time. Mr. Stanhope thanlad Mr. Rawlinson for his advice, and desired the coachman to call at 22, Portman-square, for payment. MEDICAL EDUCATION IN THE ME- TR9I . ) OLIS.: During the two last Saturday evenings, the theatre of Guy's Hospital was cro w d e d by gen tlemen of the medical profession, who assembled to take into consideration the contents of a paper, submitted by Dr. Hodgkin to the members of that institution, on the defective nature of the usual education given at present to those intend ed as practitioners. The meetings were nume rously attended by surgeons and physicians of both public and private practice, and a large body of the pupils of the different borough schools. From the length of the paper itself, and the extremely desultory nature of the discus sions which arose upon it, an outline only can be presented of the chief subjects considered, and the more prominent defects noticed, by the speakers. It was stated in the paper, and admitted by all the more intelligent speakers, that the medical education in the metropolis, compared with that afforded by the schools on the Continent, as well in Italy, as in France and Germany, was miserable in amount of valuable knowledge, though obtained at four times the expense. Pu pils were already beginning to go over to those schools to obtain that proficiency which even money would rarely enable them to obtain at home. The corporate regulations of the Apothecaries' cOrn pany were generally censured, so far as regards apprenticeships,. for, instead of insisting solely upon the amount of knowledge which a young man displays at his examinations, they still (although amended) required a certain number of years of drudgery to be endured by a young man before he can be permitted to undertake the duties of his profession. Both the pupils, and the more liberal of the heads of the profession, strongly animadverted on the ipconsistency of compelling a youth to pass five years in an apo thecary's shop to learn the pharmaceutical branch of his art, which he effectually acquired in one, or at most two years, while two years, or often one year, could only be allotted to the study of physiology, pathology, and all the more con nected, profound, and important sciences. It was complained that while the students in the foreign schools were aided in their medical studies by previous cultivation of natural philosophy, es pecially, and mechanics with chymistry, which seemed to us well demonstrated by Dr. Hodgkin to be important to a perfect understanding of the healing art, the English student was brought raw from his master's shop in the country to collect enough superficial knowledge to enable him to pass his examination at the Hall or at the College, and then lie returned legally qua lified to practice upon his fellow-subjects, and render their pains and sores incurable, if not to destroy them. It was made pretty clear, and not at all agreeably so to a considerable number present, that the chief object of young men in coming to London was, in general,'lnot se much to render themselves profound physiologists and anatomists, as to get their legal credentials ; which being elegantly framed, glazed, and suspended in their houses, might pass for the attributes of science during these waning days of ignorance. When in the course of discussion on the second evening, the highest possible degree of know ledge was insisted upon as needful for all classes of the profession, some physicians of the old school, with powdered heads, &c. somewhat amused the younger members by foreboding the mischief which would arise from \the apothecary having too extensive a knowledge of his art.— He, it was said in reply, who was the physi cian's drudge, and whose duty it was to prepare the medicines according to his prescription, might perchance know more than his superior, and be able to do more good to a poor man' s body for ss. than the physician could render f or ' his old-fashioned fee or a guinea. Dr. Bi r kb ec k animadverted with powerful eloquence up on t hi s feeling. Having previously offered som e re marks on the pernicious effects of appropriating the period for acquiring the elementary know ledge so essential to the formation of the intel lectual medical-practitioner, to the acquisition of pharmacy alone, he protested with considerable warmth against the opinion, expressed by one of the examiners of the Apothecaries' Company, 4 , that there was great danger that the apothecary should be over educated." " Who," Dr. Birk beck asked, " are they whose lives in periods of danger are to be placed under his protection ? Are they not human beings, to whom as well as to many surrounding dependents, life is as valu able and important as it can be to those indivi duals whose condition hi society may enable them to command the attendance of a physician or surgeon ? Why, therefore, ought not the same talent and skill to be exercised in their be half as in behalf of the wealthy ? (Considerable applause.) So far from fearing that apothe caries would be over-educated,: he contend ed strenuously that they ought to be com pelled to obtain all the knowledge relative to their profession that was attainable ; and lie rejoic e d i n th e p ro spect of sourc e s o f know ledge being so extensively opened by judicious teachers in provincial towns, and improved esta blishments for education everywhere, that medical practitioners, whatever might be their designation, or whoever might be their patients, should uni versally possess the most extensive and effectual means which science can provide, to:secure the happiness and existence of their species."— (m uc h applause.) A Dispensary physician considered a minute la anatomical knowledge as by no means " ed the successful treatment of diseases, and esee L be.l t . 50 Tops. Lyir STEM, and EUell P F aten t I) that most numerous class—fevers. Mr. Hardy, one of the few good spec I, l l' l 4 i ? ,,h c F :le ei. a iDE r f,i ; o rA , F u tNl t i , -Fine ~'lA:ArtiFßhßili. came, forward in the crowded asseinhift,, deseend e inn: 1 1 c it a n t a e t 4 olll h y P i • inmtphoerttarenaptemoefataofpaelrifedciteekasnel.lelit:. ~: one 3 ; ` ll Aceemmodatioli out it there could be no rational • mew „ d For Frei g ht or Pt no safe surgery. All medical science Was ' ° ': 'l , Co,, 59 , Old Bros upon it, and no man ever distinguisho l i to in his. profession without having most an' I_4 ()ND°N cultivated it. it. FisH_ sTru It was complained that clinical kcal, . is, lectures given upon disease at the bed - , Zit. , A.TEs, of an t; 1 ItnnT-(..0.v11N RANG tho patient, which appear to be general ae° successful on the continent, are but little for in the. Borough schools, the students t r° f ? servatoriN, 01 Ch at ac themselves only rarely about this mode ° e. I Patent French and 1(le Board s in in the best knowlede of practical i nedic ir ' tli , B r ;st Recoorn' could not be much complained ai1a.,', ° ,04 bE LlE l l eiajPriacipl teachers that they were indifferent in th;ce s 'Od Mavis. and ' (f ront si _ other A l of their duties, when not seconded bi c hel superior bv. Plated pupils. It was stated that even Dr' , p ort Brats mondeley could only get one and rarely V ° / -aP '' 37 ) ; Pat e tlarY Iltensib, k nt I to attend his clinical lectures. e lite -, .....c I,d' J. EvAN - It was retorted, verysuccessfully, 0)30' f ea Gent -- S resl f II rYwho a . surgeons and physicians Were guilty ° s ilty n'ha e ' l ' e ttl i,, ~ „ ent Will be f neglect and pre-eminently of want of pea - 10 1o: ; - "Y roquisite fi l The students complained of having ica l " 10 , i i o a ti te , iii always rear the hour together in the squares of the d o t( the It t i t i verY , and while the surgeon or physician, whose be ts' CRit. und ' e u rr i °l was to visit his patients, did 'not.cornc• 1 p Goods Of equal - tensive private practise enjoyed by Inaiiit,hif Article, from:WV; consequence of the notoriety derived from 1 m ate p' Marty Hospital appointments, much intarruPt: e o znit - t ;in " 4 0 e n th .. rrwise, performance of the latter duties . '''' ni , *6 EfTectuall - science, it appeared, was cultivated in the In ( loon. Y Cul 1 „ r o b ra ,, Ibete h e m spirit of a craft, rather than as a liberal r - a d -1 'es, constrant' sion. The whole system was saturate d „ u ee s ?vveyer s ha , " golden ointment." While men of the P. r l o l i„ • In. ": of their sion among the French added the most bri g , .....___ L ,. A , discoveries to medical science, the Englis h employed in turning all to the =um' ulatia,''.l MERCH A h°"mpney. Th e sc ho o l s extracted every a 1 1 ,, , STEREI guinea from the pockets of the pupils) a n ii. PE Y A. "„,Pend on Is -received such a kind of knowledge and tot,,, st , ei t HERS, of tp, ', l, at 'TIM() alone, as enabled them most succeSsfully 4 etS' “ B >AIATTRI tract every possillle guinea from the pock 13 E13..r e - N o ' KS, F the public. abe` 0 . ? ALDGAI The consideration of the subject wel'" Ppoute Mitre-htr adjourned. to Ihf Featt The strongest corroboration was give n c ite° bantzie Dorn, 1 statements as. to the deficiency of the ;fool star e d Iv hire , G . o " system of medical education, by the spee ° ow .Peri"' ditto ... the majority of those who addressed t he il it e „ T i 40, finest quail hers. Even upon the direct subject of t , oittyo Goose ...... there - was manifested- - a degree of ioeSeviiiet, P001try .....--- - vagueness, and infirmit7 of thinking, 'a 1t) Th e p r 0.. .: .... while it imparted no instruction, excit e co cl, Zphe prenPlirsleet4°, most painfitl misgivings for the conseque%o th e : t l'elii at a such men being placed-in situations of V IP fcle Npe lr i. th an err , power, where the lives and happiness of the o il 'l', A ,, n ullY canti and the rich are, wo oftentimes depend e nt le l Ci , 1,,, ' b y t he f t „ Esculapian oracles. 41 'Pot,, 0 % - are sold rn " . I'llasive sl to 4 ,l"turally of lOl et : it Al °ok A of 411 „ goods , or , , c _ .. I ' it t'oat n. e „ 1- Cgs t d My, it. n Wati e Ticks at tC Beds, p Op p It is with plezmure we observe the ti 6 ee . Council of this city unanimously agreed at their 13- 41)1 1) fL' t to petition Parliament for a reduction of the duty 'lrby v Insurance, and we should hope to see this also done rest of the royal burghs.— Caledonia n MercitrY•3, STRANGE MARRIAGE CEREAtOI 4 ( IO ; Houghton-le-Spring, on Monday last, by iiecat P i { Sinun to Catherine Arthur, both of Easinp : -,too - ',loo ° , fore the ceremony took place, the intend e d b r ide in one of the pews, and the bridegroom elect put a over her head, and - this was the only article she wore at her marriage. This ind e cent and i g i o rfi practice, originates in an idea that a husband wh e 1 04 40° a wife thus, is free from the payment of all her Poll. ° debts. Should, however, the creditors of his better",_ disposed to try the question, h e w ill soon find out h is ake.—Ditiham Advertiser. 11 1 14 a utz .. "der 'd boi: 2 l K a Iqv•elte dere d tick it e •• • tick e ose 21. art anted I. 7tt tes ... H ots :7 : !tastFlo, 4 froul l' tedstead lately mentioned that a gigantic h the Earl of Roslin's garden a ANOTHER GIGANTIC HYDRANGEA! measured 40 feet in circumference , an d on and in the garden a t i iit ) Dysart House, vl i eri at Dysart was g roali; to this city 'yr 6 S o o s uth ilo i v ra el le s s . which ther e _ d is roth Castle, lie was equally as tonished and delightn, the beautiful and majestic ap pearance of one of these? , On examination, it was found to measure 831 feet 0 bet curnference, and on it were found the astonishing l'llis on A th g e e s nt t l h en i l n a s n ta b n e t„ loog in g of 832 handsome flowers. There is every probabiliti jo this is by far the greatest number of flowers ever /- 0 this country, on any of these splendid plants, groom lia.qauttle car /I :041y 41 7 8 (1 1 1 „ 4 :' of th( W a ' t , - ; l " t tY, from fr ~ e li tt.:Stratfa teo l y r ii .ot hreis. AL ]vl LISLI fOl e°" "lPtun "ti t t 13 , 141 / 1 ING; PALMOTT HOLY LIE dry 4 B angor. ''IVERPC I , \ ,IANCHE AIILFORI "Itwest. fullowin open nir.—Scotonan. 0 11 M A female, name( aria Everaru, or Thursday last brought before the Magistrates of C o v oli street police-office, charged with having stabbed l '. o tY wereL( sidevi i tii ti v 0 .: i i wli w e:s h r o ovab l mh n okuien s tdr li ei ff e ebr.o l fiy i m v s lei The prisoner rice: Roadsiai m ebe e i r se I g f:Cy:l wase s h mn e ti t ela w :rgde o ° :l d a n E d n e d s t a . ...... c e► k 0 p g i eort: whale a g C l la ie d d s h h i , 1.1:: . 5 I li ce Morning Post. ill ia spectators bm uo trTe none itho o i a nf f s i t t e ti l ih i l e u e em b I Greenland aa e ve n he t yo l i ef e t the supply consisted of hadd t o h e e ks fi , sh w e h rm ic 4d. each ; large cod, codlings, ling, turbot, and eel s ' ate af sters and partons, are plenty. It is recorded of an a n : o hisi Kilkenny, of oysters, that he seldom swallowed one without nor that his throat was a mile long, and every inch of i t 00' tive. This class of epicures may get themselves occa_ fo t ally feasted at an easy rate, for excellent oysters hate sonic time been selling at is. a hundred.--Scotracts' it, brook has arrived at his mansion, Castle Dilr"v l, " A O''' . fcr a o : m t aEobaNsgel England. de. Lordshipo l f li. 2o years, ,p Lord:iirs7s nm::;:: it henceforth his summer residence. --"r- Reporter. Yesterday morning, about eh n large y s t io o nl d :M afternoon) : 1 1 1: ::: e 1: 0 11 :0 1 d itoi , . o clock, as Mr. Henryen g K a , co ir k t r Ni dsc le t 6 s. ' t ts o Kh wn e ß ilMl e g h : E nt so og sus M p rE a N eu e o s pb Gf f iei lit ii it i l , g e l s .re/ 06 : was returning from be s stopped by three &Noll D giveL"' a e s e Leeson-Hall, attempted t - h H ei a ll : t Heal ' design, he put spurs to his hor ; il" . i headed ead e d escaped.by It is supposed v the notorious Canq ' t w anh h ids o gafinrjtgau fortunately out of gaol after nine months' 01 ; prisonment, and for whom the police a re on sharp look out.—Dublin Morning R e gister. ~. _......-,% I ,, w Ynlottl orW X -, ' ottinglia x• "'unhitch ti; a4b er " V O Ol 4 C$ b a ° , l /4 'vt kt,P Past ; 1 T wo. Canterbu befCorearPal ve er blt ? before Five Edinisur a Quarter Manche! ore Five. Netting BIRTHS. tt. It Tr JaJY of the 20th instant, a. :ottenham-green, the Benjamin Godfrey Windus, Esq. of a son. I3d) On the 22d instant, at Upper Bedford-place, the of George William Wainwright, Esq, of a son. tl~e On the 20th inst. at Thornton-heath, Surrey, of Mr. Thomas Pownall, R.N. of a daughter. On the 19th inst. the lady of. H. Montgomery, ` 1 " - bell, Esq. of the Hollies, of a son. Bristola Milford Past Four. Taunton Four, MARIED. On the 17th instant, ut Ly ß nn, Mr. Henry Washho u g London, to Harriet, eld e st daught er o f S amue l Ilobs ii- Esq. of Holton, Suffolk. .0 51 On the 20th inst. at the Minster, Beverley, Pelothter Brown, Esq. 46th Regiment, to Frances, second dal!, of Edward Ashley, Esq. of Molescroft. On the 19th inst. by the Rev. J. Lewis, Wm- r .tt, Esq. of Lodway Cottage, Somerset, to Elizabeth E r e et , youngest daughter of the late Si r J o h n E ver itt, Slow rich On the 22d. inst. by the Rev. Evan Ncpean, 11$) John Foster, Esq. Castiering, county of Louth, to Ida ` ' daughter of Peter Vere, Esq. Grosvenor-place. ntle ot t.iv erpo , RirNorw• icr bet hei h Z: Edinb R ‘ befoiv Si x,tliana, geir en el N otting' }A irtnin -dtartee be Hoi y h ea L, 4 anch e - viture s ev' C anterb t ring To 1 " . saran T tab air • .. aiie ' the "u 4 P of t 114,4 PAINTED andPUBLISHED by M. YOUNG;at tbe Stat-Orncl p HQ, 112, Stran4 DIED. On the f2Oth in:it. in H ere f or d-street, John Ross , 941' late of Giraltar, in his 78th year. 76 t1 ' On the b Lith inst. at Farnborough, Hants , in h is year, the Bev. Dr. Coppard, late ileotor of that pariebi o , On the 16th i n st. a ft e r a short but severe illness, 1641, Millen, Esq. Cree Church-lane, at the advanced age of On the 22d inst. at Mornington - place, Hampstead -4°s- Miss Bache, in the 25tli year of her age.