The Sun. — London, England, 1827-03-21 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE 'PUBLIC JOURNALS. Mr. Grattan on Monday last presented to the House of Commons, a petition from the Roman Catholic Bishops of .Ireland, complaining that the body to which the pe titioners;belonged have derived no benefit from the sums of money granted by Parliament for the education of the Irish poor—but that those grants, which last year amount ed.to 32,000/., went to the support of certain societies, which had not so much the interests of general education, as the conversion of thelower order of Catholics to the established mode of worship, for their object. This ap ;sear! to us to be one more illustration of the frightful state of Ireland, under the tutelary system of the penal laws. Where religion has been made a pretence for the punishment of those who profess it, we need not wonder if every other good becomes likewise a source of discord , and distraction to the whole community. Distrust is the necessary consequence of injustice. The wrong-doer can place no reliance on the injured ---nor the injured man on him. Thus the zealot of Kildare-street. dreads the dif fusion of knowledge as he would of wealth or power, or military discipline, among a people whose minds were early impregnated with a conscioeeness that they have grounds for resentment against the ascendancy faction, and seeks to neutralize the danger by rendering the course of instruction which he proffers, ati instrument for alienating the heart of his pupil from the former habits of his life, and the natural objects of his confi dence and attachment. 4v, the Catholic parents and priests look with jealousy at this undertaking of Pro testants to educate the Catholic poor. They know that the Catholic, in his ;tank state, has not much reason to be grateful to the "x;rotestant for liberal or disinterested kind. ness. T' _oey cannot easily imagine that he who tramples father, from apprehension or contempt, will, from Motives of patriotism or humanity, cherish that father's offspring; and hence we are sure, that, although the Kil dare-atreet Society and its affiliations throughout Ireland, may liaye acted on a scheme of at least negatively encou raging. conversion, by winking at all attempts to proselyte on the part of its subaltern officers, the minds of the Ca tholic party are prone to exaggerate the amount of this de scription of error in their adversaries, and to affirm that there is nothing right, because much of what exists is reprehensible. The result then we are afraid has been, that education, at once the child and nurse of religion, has; like religion itself, become, in Ireland, an instrument of aggravating the general misery; as with a body diseased in all its parts, the most wholesome aliment will turn to the deadliest poison. Until the late avowals in Parlia ment, we did not credit the reports of the Irish news papers, that the scheme of making proselytes from Popery had been entertained by men in their right senses, as an ellit-.:ent engine for improving immediately the temporal <77,iidition of Ireland. That it must be the wish of every sincere Christian to see all men redeemed from the errors of a faith which he considers unfounded, we shoUld be the last to deny. But that statesmen, or those who - have the ear of statesmen, should reckon on proselytism as a useful portion of that active and effective policy, by which alone the progress of Ireland towards destruction can be outstripped and checked within the life-time of any man now breathing, is what from unassisted common sense •ve never could have anticipated. If we take a proselyte per day, as the outside of what Protestant Missionaries have - accomplished, since what is termed the second re volution began, see what in the end it amounts to. , In 20 yeari we should have acquired 7,300 converts; in a thou sand years we should have gained over 365,000 Catholics from an original .population of about 6,000,000; while, judging from the occurrences of the last century, an equal number of our Protestant countrymen would, in the like period, have abandoned the Established Church, and en= tered the ranks of its rival. Now, when we had succeeded' in " bottling off the Atlantic Ocean," we might attempt an enterprise no less arduous—namely, that of curing the political evils which rage through and ravage the un happy land, by commencing a war of controversy with a fierce and exasperated priesthood, in the presence of a multitude whose passions it has wielded, ever since the degradation of their common country furnished food for the excitement of those passions. What preaching and vituperating can never effect, it is equally plain from the long and well-known wretChedness of which Ireland has been the scene from the 12th century down wards, that a deliberate system of coercion and inti midation must inevitably fail to accomplish. Have we or have we not ruled Leland by force ? Have we ruled her as Englandlias been governed ? Have we not been suffi ciently iigarous and penal ? Has not the policy of ex cessive harshness been carried as far as in tire nature of things was practicable—and, with regard to human nature, to a point equally fruitless and shameful? Then let us ask the enemies of emancipation what ought to be our next experiment ? What alternative now remains to be tried? AA , hat is the actual condition of the miserable island under our notice ? It isTthii—that no country in Europe can be named,so desolated by the indirect consequences of tyran nical Governmeut, as what is called in ridicule, our " Sister" Island. There is no imaginable evil to be ex pected from a change of policy, which does not exist in hideous amplitude, as Ireland stands at this moment. The rich and poor are enemies—the Catholic and Protestant are deadly enemies—the established Clergy and their pa rishioners are at least in the ostensible relation of plun derers and victims to each ether. Rents and tithes are equally considered as extortions. Attempts to instruct the ignorant are made grounds of reproach to the teacher—al e tempts to preserve the peace arc looked upon as an exer cise of oppression. The Magistrates arc called jobbers in iniquity—the, laws are hated as weapons against the weak. England, which might haVe enjoyed the inflw. once of a parent, combined with that of a Sovereign, by merely practising the parental virtues, is felt we say not how justly—to be the spring of poverty and misfortune to the blighted land. Could all this have been; if some.canker had not buried itself in the very core of ,the nation ? That canker is and has been, the principle`or the Government, which in every stage of .history since the conquest, sacrificed the native interests of Ireland, to inte rests which were altogether foreign : of those foreign in terests—the Protestant ascendancy, the growth of the last 130 years, is now the type, and the most tuonstrom and melancholy specimen. , Now, we do not expect that there ever willsbe,or can be, the slightest tendency to composure and social order in Ireland, until the upper classes of native Irishmen—the Catholic aristocracy, whether of land or comnierce—be rendered content with their condition.— Until that moment shall arrive, they never will cease to communicate their own irritated and resentful feelings to the body - of the people of Ireland. The priests, the only portion of the body whom it would be bopeless to conci liate, except by paying them, and whe, so long as they re main urrid, will foster views alike hostile to the Pro testant Church,- and distinct from those of their own Ca tholieleity=the Priests, we say, can never be stripped of the poWetthey now exercise over the public welfare, until the laity shall be detached from them,by being incorporated with the British constitution. We terminate these remarks, by: repeating to his Majesty's Ministers—" You have re *led Catholic EmanCipation: then look your country in the face, arid tell her, if you dare, that you will do nothing *the tranquillity of Ireland. If otherwise, what is it that ~ ypu will do? There is no time to lose." —Times . A meeting of Catholics took place on Monday at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, his Grace the Duke of Nor folk in the chair. The f ollowing passages we think it right to extract, from the resolutions proposed to this most respectable assembly of English Noblemen and Gentlemen, alike illustrious for their descent, and esti mable, many of them, for their virtues, but no less objects of deep compassion, for the heavy sufferings inflicted on them, by ignorance, prejudice, and obstinate blindness, .?.isgraceful to an enlightened age, and to a people who justify their own hatred of Popery, on the spirit of in tolerance and persecution of which their forefathers ac cused it. Risovrzn..—.That we most solemnly appeal to the justice and intelligence of our fellow-countrymen, we call upon them enspha tically to proclaim, whether they doeire to disqualify us in our civil capacities, for offering up our prayers to God according to the mode of worship transmitted to us from our ancestors ; wbe ther, in the present unparalleled distress of the nation, they still desire that Ireland should be a source of weakness, instead of strength ; whether they are anxious to retain that country fOr ever in a state of discontent ..and military subjection; and in fine, whether they are resolved that, among the nations of Europe, England shall afford a perpetual example of bigotry, which must be bailed by her enemies as an omen of weakness, and regarded by her friends as a blot upon her fame. Resoeven.—That we most sincerely and most cordially sym pathize with our fellow-sufferers in Ireland, under this new and grievous affliction ; we are firmly persuaded, that if the passions were calmed, and the interests of every class were amalgamated by equal laws, the present lamentable discord would cease, and persons of every religious denomination would be linked together in the bonds of peace and good-will. Resoevin—That we cannot too forcibly impress on the minds of our Protestant countrymen the cruel and humiliating degradas tions to which we, 89 professors of the' Catholic religion, are con stantly reduced under the existing penal laws; reproached with idolatry in our worship, superstition in our tenets, and slavery in our principles; our solemn oaths and declarations disregarded; yet sharing, in common with our Protestant countrymen, the burdens of the State, and the dangers of the field ; whilst the ave nues to honourable ambition and profit are closed against us. Never has there been presented to our observation a more moving picture of grievous distress--or an appeal to the justice, honour, and generosity of Englishmen more irresistible, than that short and comprehensive recital, contained in the last sentence which we have quoted—of what our Catholic fellow subjects at this moment endure under the penal Code of this United Kingdom. " Re proached with slavery in their principles"—well might the Catholics be thought deserving of such an imputation— were they to bow in base and prostrate acquiescence before the rod which scourges them—yet their enemies, who load them with so humbling a -reproach-=who refuse them liberty, because they are in love with bondage—raise a fresh charge against these unhappy and injured 'pen for the restless and almost convulsive impatience, with w hich they he•lrly clank *their chains, and apostrophize their in,- tractable oppressors. The Catholics in the above affect ing peroration of what may be considered their memorial to the people of England, complain that they are calum niated as a race, not merely of servile Principles, but as one whose . " solemn Baths and declarations" ought to be " dis regarded." On this point, it does appear to. us, that the Catholics have been; and 'continue to be, treated with a mixture of stubborn malice and inconsistency, which is not more revolting to the heart, than utterly confounding to the reason. If the morality of Catholics be such that they hold themselves released from the obligation of keeping faith with heretics—that is to say, if they merit so little confidence from their fellow-subjects, that their oath of allegiance ' which 'they are all willing to take, ought to go for nothing as •a security against their subsequent trea 7 son, why, we ask, should they be more unwilling to take the oaths of abjuration and supremacy, than the said oath of allegiance? If the Pope, or the conscience of a Ca tholic gentleman, can absolve him from the force of an oath, can it not, also, from two ? Then see (for the hundredth time) how stands the proposition. The Catholic disregards an oath ; the Catholic is dying with eagerness to enjoy all his rights as a citizen. To enjoy these rights in their fullest amplitude, there is nothing necessary but an oath, which, were he regardless of its obligations, he would take as a matter of course.— Yet, still we see that he will not swear the oath which his enemies accuse him of despising. What,. then, is the in evitable conclusion from these premises, but one or other of the two which follow :-Ist, That all the-Catholics in the empire are idiots, for not taking so short a cut to emancipation; or 2d, that those who charge them with contempt for" their oaths are guilty of an obvious and most wicked falsehood. It may, moreover, be with justice re marked, that an WA 'Of- perjury, committed at this mo ment by a Catholic for - the sake of passing himself off as a Protestant, and so getting smuggled into the Legislature, Would be one. to which ,he is Li:educed by double the amount of temptations which would act upon him after being lawfully introduced into Parliament as a Catholic member. A perjury now would give him the means of acquiring the power which he might afterwards abuse, and of acquiring it without conditions by his mete personation of a Protestant. A perjury, after being adMitted in his Popish character, would be a gratuitous and useless trouble, for what could he obtain by it ? The happiness and horiour'of betraying the country wherein lie acted as a legislator and , a .leader -.,-the country which embraced within it_his fortune s his children, and his children's for tunes, every source of worldly enjoyment, every object of personal ambition, every real tie and motive which touch and' impel the heart of man. He' would gain, we say, the happiness of sacrificing all these—to whom or for what ? to the Pope of Rome—for a consecrated rosary or relique ! As we shall find or make abundant opportunities for recurring' to the Catholic Question —while it remains—which we suspect it will not long reinniii—a litigated question—we need not open another branch-0 the subject at present, but conclude with stating plainly, that those of our Protestant countrymen whose imaginations teem with terrors drawn from the fourteenth awl fifteenth centuries, ought to be convinced of the perfect facility with which any Catholics who clioSe• to perjure themselves, might, from the reign of William and. Mary to that of George IV., have sat in either - House of Parliament, and defeated the most rigorous laws enacted for their ex- There is, in the nature of things, no test but that of his own conscience, by which we can now have the least security for a Catholic not being a Member of Parliament, on Protestant conditions alone.—lbid. Lord Wharncliffe's Bill for the Improvement of the Game Laws was read a second time last night. It seemed to he pretty generally avowed by their Lordships, that the existing Game Laws had provoked such universal indig nation, that it would be impossible to enforce them longer, and that it was therefore well to make a virtue of necessity. One avowal, we own, gave us some satisfac tion, however much we may regret the demoralization— namely, the statement made by Lord Redesdale, that the gamekeepers were the greatest poachers; and that their conflicts with the professional poachers were not the re sult of any zeal for their masters, but of a wish to put down interlopers in their own trade. So that these village tyrants, by grasping at impossibilities, have so surrounded themselves with dishonesty, that they know not whom to trust. A man must have a strange intellect indeed to suppose, that in a country like this, it is possible to have the exclusive possession of game ! Bless their feudal noddles ! The insolence of such an assumption of right, on the part of men who, according to Sir James Graham, are in general only receivers of rents for others, is really surprising. That rich men would not consent to be ex cluded from game, or any thing else, in which the belly rejoices, might have been foretold to a certainty ; and that gamekeepers would allow professional poachers to have the exclusive sale of the game, was not very likely. Let Lords take a warning from this, and suffer themselves to be persuaded that they cannot effect impossibilities any more than other people, even by the aid of Acts of Parlia ment. We were glad to hear from Lord Roseberry the refreshing declaration, that " the absence of Landowners from their estates could not, in many cases, be considered by him as au evil, when he reflected upon the strife and ill-will and malice which were engendered between them and their poorer neighbours and tenantry, when they hap,- pened to take up their residence at their country seats; for (added he), if you allow the fundholder to eat game, you must look with indifference upon daily and hourly breaches of the law, attended with the commission of dreadful crimes, and the infliction of misery to an extent unknown in any civilized country." The sharing with the game-keepers and the poachers in the proceeds of the game, seems to tickle the fancy of their Lordships exceed ingly. It is pretty generally understood that several of them have not waited the legal permission for a sale ; but there are, no doubt, many great land-owners who would scruple to violate the law.--11/orning Chronicle. In reference to a letter which appeared in our paper a short time since, relative to a new local Church Act for the parish of Mary-le-bone, we now find it stated else- where thit one of the-objects of the Bill at present before Parliament is to do away with Easter offerings, arid to raise a stipend for the Clergy in lieu thereof by a rate upon the inhabitants. Should the Bill in question reach the Upper House, we shall be curious to know what the Bench of Bishops will say to such a proposal, which ap pears to us to embrace, under a semblance of what may be called " Equitable adjustment," one of the most formida ble inroads upon Church property we have ever heard of. If Easter offerings can be commuted for by a rate, there can be no - reason - why tithes should not be dealt with in the same manner : and thus, by a small beginning, a more formidable encroachment may be made upon the revenues of the Church Establishment than the so-much-dreaded advances of Popery are ever likely to inflict. But our alarms at the project on this head neither are, nor need be very intense; for if they. have any foundation, the never-sleeping watchfulness of those whose duty it is to guard the -rights of the Church will, we have no doubt, be sufficiently awake without our interference. — Our objections to it are, we are free to confess, of a very different nature, and are grounded upon that being con verted into a Parliamentary tax which has hitherto been a mere personal payment, recoverable (if recoverable at all) in the Ecclesiastical Courts. The demand—which is it self, by the bye, a'relic of Popery —amounts, we believe, to twopence a-bead upon all persons in a.family above 16 years of age, or of an age to communicate. The strict and legal amount, therefore, must vary almost every year in every house; so that a law to make it a certain annual payment must, in its very nature, be unjust. We should like to know what sort of rate can be made upon a house from which one, or at most two, twopences are payable. —Or is it meant, as we suspect to be the case, that the amount is to' be doubled or perhaps quadrupled upon the inhabitants ? But, without dwelling longer upon the de tails, our main 'objection to such a measure in theahape of a local Bill is this, that if it be right in, principle it - oughtt6 he a general and not a partial measure; and if wrong, then that it should not take place -at all. The abolition of Easter offerings altogether would be, perhaps, a wise and prudent step, well becoming the Reformed Church; but if such a measure would be such an inroad upon ecclesiastical rights as we have hinted at, they ought, if they remain at all, to remain .untouched, and: the ren dering theme Parliamentary iMpost in , one particular jo., rish, while they retain their ancient character elsewhere, would be an anomaly which we should imagine that Par liament will be slow to institute.—Morning Herald. We are not prone to join in, the vague clamour of those who inveigh, by wholesale, against the jurisdiction of our Courts of Equity : nor are we apt . to conclude that every hardship felt by individual suitors necessarily establishes a case of abuse in the system by which these Courts are re r gulated. We cannot, however, shut our eyes to glaring defects; ind, surely, if ever there existed one, it is to be found in a case which came before the Master of the Rolls yesterday. Twenty-five yearS ago a bill was filed, pray ing an account ; an order was made in the cause by some former Master of the Rolls;, and yesterday it came before - the Court for further directiinis ! What a tale is told in these few words ! •Mr: Sugden ObServed; that the case.was well worth the attention of persons in authority elsewhere—end he pronounced it a disgrace to ,the Court itself. In conse quenee-of the litigation which has been so ruinously pro traded, the' tenant for life was obliged to come before the Court everyday for his daily bread, asking a. pittance out:of his own estate; aid the trifle he was able toprocure out of his own property, " was obtained at a more enormous expence than. it would ever have entered into the head of the most extortionate usurer to charge." The-Master of the Rolls said, the " expences in : the-case had been most `horrible: If the faCts connected with it were to go forth to the world, they would certainly create a poiverful sen sation in the public mind, with regard to the administra-, don of justice in Courts of Equity." Now we do not stop to inquire where the true cause of this monstrous evil - liel-%-i.whether in the-forrns of- the Court—the obsti nacy of the parties—or the chicanery of the profession. We only contend, that there must be, somewhere, a most pernicious power of doing Wrong, when the decision of a Court of Justice 'can be delayed for five-and-twenty years. —New Times. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. FROM LLOYD'S. "'DEAL, MARCH 19.—Arrived the Lycurgus, Crawehaw, from Charleston, with loss of mizen-mast, and other damage. Sailed for London the Lord • Lowther, Stewart, ftom China ; and the Lyra, for the South Seas. Pontsstourn, MAactu I 9.—Wind S. to S.W.—Arri ve d f rom London the Governor Ready, Young, for New South Wales; and the Miranda, for Grenada. PLystourii, MAncn 18.—Sailed, the David, Rogers, for To bago ; the Waterloo, Manning, for Madras and China; the Clyde, Thompson, for Malta; the Olive Branch, Enderson, for the Cape; the Jane, Hawksworth, for Malta ; General Kyd, Nairne, for Calcutta; Janette, Chambers, for St. Vincent's ; the Farquhar son, Cruikshanks ° for Madras and Chi na; th e C ana d a , Si nc l a i r , for. Rio; and the Premium, Young, for Cadiz. FALMOUTH; MARCH DLNIE:.Sailed the Rosina, Hall, for Lisbon; Troper, Brandford, for •Barbadoes ; -Blues, Blues, for Rio; Albion,, Miles, for New York ; and sritish Mer chant, Stephens, for Teneriffe. ' NEWHAVEN.—Upwards 'of 20 vessels 'are reported to have cut their cables yesterday; on the East side of Dungeness ; several lost both anchors and cables. A vessel, supposed a brig, had sunk, only the masts were above water. A schooner belonging to Scot land, and bound to Oporto, was riding without any person on board, having drove foul of a brig, which cut and went to_ sea, it is supposed with the crew of the former. Dov ER, MA RCH 19.—The Eliza, Lyall, coal-laden, has been brought in by three Smacks; having been fallen in with near Dungeness; without, anyperson" on board. The Lord Nelson, from Neath to Dartmouth, was driven on :here at Padatow on Saturday, and it was feared would go to pieces. The Thistle, Thyrie, from Rotterdam to Hull, was driven on shore within the Spurm, on Saturday, but expected to be got off altar discharging. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY, DIA RY.—FftwAr t MAJICI! 2a - —.- --- . ---- -. Ashcroft, H. and Co., Manchester—Hayward's Hotel, Manchester 1 Beeston, J., Mugginton=Ripg's Arms, Derby ll Browne, T., WymandharavANorfolk Hotel Norwich 4 Burrow, T. Worcester—Sfar and Garter, Worcester l2 Cope, M., Derby—King's Arms,Derlyy ll Davall, G., Birmingham—Royal Hotel, Birmingham ll Davy, W., Norwich—Norfolk Hotel, Norwich 4 Dunk, D., Brighton—New inn, Brighton Fleming, J.,Pendleton—Hayward's Hotel, Manchester 2 Gill, G., Billinghay—Bull, Tattershall ll Glover, T., Derby—King's Arms, Derby ll Gooch, R., Southampton—Crown, Southampton l2 Goodrich, R.., Cheltenham—George, Stroud 5 Greenland, S. Frome Sclwood—White Hart, Bath l2 Herbert, E. Leamington Priors—Royal Hotel, Birmingham ... Hoyle and Co., _Baocup—Royal Hotel, Manchester 9 Johnson, J., Congleton—Bull's Head, Congleton ll Mogg, W., Wincanton—ShiP, Mere lO Mouat, 51., Weymouth—Luce's Hotel, Weymouth Oakden and Co., Derby—King's Arms, Derby ll Okey, J., Grantchester—Eagle, Cambridge 6 Ray, J., Isle of Man—George, Liverpool 1 Robinson, T., Birkby—Court-house, Leeds Sharp and Co, Newcastle—Half Moon, Newcastle Shillito,M.Featherstone—Sessions.house, Wakefield ll Smith, J., Matlock—Angel, Chesterfield ...................................... 11 Taylor, J., Halifax—Magistrate's office, Halifax ll Trobridge, J. , Exeter—Globe , Exeter INSOLVENTS APPLYIN( petitions to be heard at Portug MARCH 26, Baddeley, J., Clerkenwell Ball, Walworth B aB Brow n , u r t c l ehy, H , J. ,t . H., S trand p tr t an rdd Walwor t h Burrows R., Southwark Cappel, k., St. Pancras Chiestie, A., Stepney Collett, W., Commercial-road Contenein, J., Lamb e th Dolbell, J., Queen-square DISCHARGED, 1 Tt Gordon, 8., .Brighton G rove , S., Birmingham Jaques , W. ! lipxton A - T i r : e NIN E. Lord, J., Pimlico Lovelace_, J.,_Chard, Somersetsh. Miller, If., Hackney Pierce, D., Old-street Simmonds, J., Hounslow Smith, T., Barnet Stidston, J., Artillery Ground COUNTRY.—At the Court-house Lyon, J., Snmeraham Martin, H., Alconbury At Bedford, AL Mallows, Vf untingdon, March f 3, at Ten, :Wilkin, R., Wiaton m gh V, at Ten T., Bedford. The large turf-bog, called Grogan Moss, in the co unty Antrim, bas experience d recently an extrao r di nay convul sion. The turf hank s , co mprehending fifty or sixty acre s, were forced to a consider a bl e di s t an ce, and large fir trees w hi c h h a d been buried to a considerabl e depth, were thrown to the surface by the action of water,....,Oubiin Patriot. POLICE. INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. —Maria Hodges, a genteel female about 23 .years of age, was re-examined charged with assisting a felon to escape. The prisoner, it seems, was formerly in partnership with her sister's husband, one Thomas Nelmes, and upon opening in bugi ness, 30/. worth of "goods was credited to them by Mr. Marsh, a glover, in Maiden-lane, Wood-street. The bill given in payment for these goods was dishonoured ; Nelmes was in consequence arrested, and Miss Hedges'retired to Bath, where she engaged as an assistant in the millinery line. Nelmes. on his liberation, waited on Mr. Marsh, and so worked upon his feelings with a tale of having through the arrest lost an excellent situation, that he took him at once into his own employ as town traveller. This was on the let ult., and on . the 12th inst. the man absented hiM self. Mr. Marsh soon discovered that 20 dozen of gloves, entered as delivered by Nelmes to customers, had been carried by him to a pawnbroker's shop as early as a fortnight after coming into Mr. Marsh's employ, and he is fearful that it will turn out upon inquiry he his been robbed to the amount of 100/. Mr. Marsh accidentally discovered that Nelmes had a lodging in Pleasant place, Lambeth, and sent an officer to apprehend him. The prisoner, who was living with him there as his wife, opened the door, but denied all knowledge of such a person, although at that very time Nelmes was escaping by the gardens in the rear. The officer went a second night, and Nelmes escaped in the same way. On searching the premises, a letter was found directed to " Misi Hodges, Milsoru-street, Bath," couched in the amorous style that might be supposed to pass between a fond couple on the eve of marriage, entreating her to come to town,. Mrs. Nelmes, who: carries on the millinery bUsiness, at a shop in the Walworth-road, opposite,the Elephant and Castle, was affected beyond description upon being informed that her husband had been keeping a mistress at the lodging in Pleasant-place, and that that mistress was her own sister, whom she supposed to be still living at Bath. There was also found on the premises some silk, and some duplicates re biting to silk, and other articles, which it is supposed Nelmes hid stolen from his former employer, Mr. Howe, who has missed goods .to the amount of 2001. from his stock, and requested Mr. Marsh to apply, that ha may have time to ascertain whether he can identify the propeity pledged. The prisoner, in her defence, urged that she had subsequently offered to facilitate the capture of Nelmes, and that the silk goods alluded to she had received in part of payment of her wages at Bath. She looked pale and wept, but still seemed not to feel the disgraceful situation in which she stands, Mr. Marsh said Mrs. Nelmes continued in hysteric fits nearly 'the whole of Monday. night, and that she was previously in such -pecuniary distress, that she slept under her counter, in order to let out the whole of her house in lodgings. Sir PETER LAURIE strongly expressed the disgust he felt at the prisoner's conduct, in associating with her own sister's husband, and remanded her for further examination on Friday next. BOW-STREET.—Yesterday Captain Fermin Noguerz and Commanilant Bonifeado Illaregui, both officers in the Spanish army, were brought in custody to this office, charged by Nicolas de Santiago y de Rotalde, with an attempt to provoke him to fight a duel. The defendants 'declined either to defend or explain the part which they had taken, and Sir RICHARD BIRHID said that he felt himself called upon to require them to enter into sufficient sureties to keep the peace. In the evening bail was found. QUEEN-SQUARE.—Yesterday this office was crowded to excess, in Consequence of several informations having been laid by persons employed by the Select Committee of 6fi, who have esta blished themselves in Westminster, for the "Due observance of the Sabbath." A few minutes after twelve o'clock, the Rev. George Mutter, Minister or the Episcopal Chapel, Broadway, Westminster, atten ded by a phalanx of his committee, entered the office in fbrtnidable array, and took the field apparently confident of success. Shortly aferwards, the delinquents, Daniel Finney, of Prince's street, greengrocer, and dealer in coals,; Ralph Gallon, Orchard street, chandler ; and others, entered the office, attended by their witnesses,. and Mr. Riley, Clement's-inn, solicitor, to conduct their defence.. Previous to the proceedings commencing, the4tev. Mr. Mutter left the office, and the first ease called on was against Daniel Fin ney, who was informed that this was an information laid by Carnaby Ansdell, for exercising his worldly calling en Sunday, the '1 1 th inst. John Willoughby, York-street, Westminster, Was one of the, committee established for the due observance of the "Sabbath. On' Sunday week last he went round as appointed by the committee. Mr. Price, of Tothill-street, who was.also appointed, did not go round. Witness did not go for the purpose of laying informa tions, but only to caution the shopkeepers against serving. • - - Mr: - Warie—Very good, Sir ; now tell me what you observed. Mr. Willoughby—About ten o'clock, or a little after, I .saw a person come out of the defendant's shop with a basket of coals. Mr. WHITE—Was it a man or a woman ? Mr. Willoughby (after some hesitation. )—I think it was a woman, but I am not. positive; being Very much surprised at seeing this, I went into the shop, and there saw Mrs. Finney standing on the coals, and a boy close by as'if waiting to be served. The - defendant denied having served any person on the Sabbath day, in consequence of having been summoned on a previous day ; his wife was merely taking some coals to put on their own fire. Mr. Riley contended there was no case proved. Mr. WHITE said (addressing Finney), that. he perfectly agreed with Mr. Riley, that the case was not borne out, and he should dismiss it. The heit case was against Ralph Gallon, a chandler. Mr, WHlTE—There is a, complaint against you for serving oh Sunday last. , A Mr. James Gowan, Castle-lane, Westminster, said,-lait-Stin— day. week, as I was walking through the streets as I have been in the habit of doing for. some time, I saw the shops decently shut tip, with the exception of Mr. 'Gallon'S. Between eight and nine o'clock, I saw five perions come out of, the shop, and Mr. Gallon serving bread at that tune. I entered the shop and saw four per sons inside. I said to Mr. Gallon, "Do you. not know that you are doing wrong by serving on the Lord's day ?" Gallon replied, Who says so ?" upon which I told him to • look at the Bible. GallOn then said, " I suppose Mr. Mutter wants 9s. 6d. more, and I must pay him:" passed again in the evening, about six o'clock, when I saw the defendant sell one candle, some bread, and tea, and sugar- , Mr. Riley here took .a legal objection, inasmuch as there was no 'preof of any money having passed, and it might have been an act of necessity or charity, which the act allowed. " 11r. WHITE asked if there were any witnesses in attendance to prove it an act of necessity ?--.Gallon had brought witnesses on a fo rmer occas i o n, who were not allowed to be heard. Mr. Riley strongly contended, that the onus lay with the com plainants to prove that it was .not an act of necessity. Mr. WHITE - was -of a different opinion, and must convict the defendant. Gallon Ito the witness)—Who employs you ? Mr. WHITE.—He is not bound to answer that question. Mr. Riley for particular .reasons , wished to know who the in former was? a n u g t h too ri d o t y with that Mr. WHITE said, his request should be granted. Carnaby Ansdell was now ushered forward, and stated, that he resided at N0,•58, Upper Rathbone-place, Oxford -street. could not catch his - name, Mr. Wurri—Are you the informer in this ease? Anadell— No ; I am not. Mr. Witut-(Vrith surprise)—ls W it e these informations have been laid. or have you permitted your name to be used ? Carnaby it. I came here with Mr. ---- Aui d e u.:-.l w h i :tve y n our othi but it was something Mr. WHITE—Then you .diffavow having any thi ng to d o w i t h these informations ? Carnaby Ansdell—l ha ve nothing , at all to do with them. • lik e Roebut, or Robers . Mr. WHITE now animadverted in the s t rongest terms on t h e a in' t:S o ::p ti oonba practise dt improper conduct ; h e wou ld never a ll ow an y information to be la id exce p t the person would come forward and avow himself; he s hould dismi ss the'case. Mr. Riley.—l hope with costs, Sir. , Mr. WHlTE.—Certainly. The other ca ses were also dismissed. Carnaby shortly after wards underw ent an int errogation before the worthy magistra te s when he adm itted he was brought to the o ffi ce by the Rev. Mr. reprobated such upon him ;declari ng t h at h e h a d b een m i s l e d, Mutter. The gentlemen left the office, evidently chagrined at the result of the proceedings. The select Society at present consists of 60 members, with a fund of 2001., which is to be employed for the due observance of the Sabbath in Westminster. • Soon after the Irish Members were admitted into the British House of Commons, at the Union in 1801, one of them, in the midst of his maiden harangue, and in the national warmth of his heart, thus addressed the chair :—" And now, my dear Mr. Speaker, &e." which created a loud laugh from all parts of the _House. As soon as their mirth had subsided, M r . Sheridan gave it another fillip, by observing, " that the Honoura ble Member was perfectly in order ; for thanks to the Ministers, now-a-days every thing is dear 1"--Wartvich Adverticer. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, AliscH 20. wYNNE AND OTHERS ArIAINST VVYNKL. In this case a Bill had been filed about 20 years ago, praying an account. The cause had advanced to a certain extent in the time of Sir Wm. Grant ; but has, until very lately, made very little progress. It came on this evening, before the Court, on further directions. In arranging the details, a question was raised between the Counsel about the payMent of certain costs. Mr. SUGDEN here observed, that this case was well deserving the attention of persons in authority elsewhere. lie (Mr. Sug den) had often declared on the floor of that Court, and he would now repeat the declaration, that the very existence of such a cause was a disgrace to the Court. Here was a Bill filed about 25 years ago, and having originally no other object but the settle ment of an account ; whilst, in consequence of the litigation which had been so ruinously protracted, the tenant for life was compelled to come to the Court to he fed, and out of his own estate to ask,for his daily support a pittance, which lae obtained at an expense greater than could be demanded. for the loan of the same sum by the most extortionate usurer in existence. These trustees have, upon every such demand by the tenant for life, come in to oppose him, and appeared by two solicitors and two sets of Counsel, and hake as effectually destroyed the property of this man as if they bad thrown it into the Thames. Some suggestions having been made se to the best method of expediting the cause, The MASTER of the ROLLS said he must endeavour, by some means or other, to put an end to this suit. If it continues much longer, there will be no property left to quarrel about. Mr. SUGDEN.—The continuance of such a suit for such a time is absolutely disgraceful to the Court itself. The MAsTea of the Rou,s.—An intelligent person would be able to settle the whole matter in a fortnight. Mr. SUGDEN proposed, with a view to saving of expense, that the trustees' may, in future proceedings, be restrained from ap pearing by such an array of Solicitors and Counsel as had already swallowed up the greater part of the unlucky eetate. The MASTER of the Roms.---The expenses of the case have been most horrible. If the facts connected- with it were to be given to the world, they would certainly excite a strong sensation in the public mind in regard to the administration of justice in the Courts of Equity. After some further discussion, some disputed points were ar ranged between the Counsel in Court, and others referred to the Master for investigation. THE MARKETS. (From ths New London Price 64rrent of Tuesday.) Commerce continues in a state of great depression, arising from the high duties imposed on foreign grain by the Bill now in pro gress through the Commons. SUGAR.—The Sugar market has been languid since Tuesday se'nnight, with little variation in the prices. The deliveries from the West India Warehouses were about 300 casks less than the corresponding week of last year ; the stock is further affected by much larger imports than at the same period last year ; the com parative stock is now only 1,400 casks less. The buyers did not, come forward to purchase till a late hour to-day, and the' sales altogether did not exceed 350 hhds. ; there was no altera tion in the . prices. In Refined Goode. last week the purchases for export were considerable. The quantity taken for the home cansemption was trivial. There was no alteration in the prices. Molasses were steady at 255. This morning there is no altera tion ; the demand for low goods still continues, but few arc on sale, and the buyers will not offer higher prices. The wholesale grocers still Molasses puch are on a n In E se v al t e f l o u r d t ja he s h u o g m ar e S con sumption.the purchases were too inconside r able for enumeration, and the stock of Foreign Sugar here being limited, precludes all business. _ r u ‘7lr r i y e d l i m ited COFFEE. —The Coffee market last week was in a very depressed state. Goad quality St. Domingo was withdrawn from sale at 4/7s. 6d. and 48s. no buyers ; good ordinary coloury Brazil at 48s. The only sales of Coffee were small parcels for home con sumption, chiefly middling to good middling Jamaica, 755. a 801. The good and fine ordinary Jamaica, and all the British Planta tion descriptions of these qualities sold Is. a 2s. lower; good or dinary 525. a 545; fine ordinary at 60s. There were two public sales of Coffee this forenoon, 127 casks Jamaica, and 1,007 bags Brazil ; the latter establishes the ,market prices; the ordinary. offfin fine a ordinary, r d t . n e a r y ed 4 u 9 c t s io . th weg wholeha have '501d.45 6d. .r stated ; 78s. ; ordinary middling, 655. ; fine ordinary, h a e 47l. ; Jamaica the c good, offee 4wBes. went 60s. ; some few lots inferior quality sold very low ; good ordi nary Jamaica, 495. ; fine ordinary, dull at 535. The result of the sale is favourable for foreign Coffee, the whole having .sold with briskneas at full prices. - Woot..—The importation of Foreign wool continues very limit ed, and the stock in consequence is much reduced, but there ap pears 'no disposition on the part of the manufacturers to give ad vanced prices, or purchase more than they require for immediate consumption. Ru at, BRANDI - , AND HoLLANDS.—The Rum Illarket has again given way, but the sales are still limited, as a great proportion of the holders refuse to sell at any reduction, yet we must quote the market for Leewards Id. per gallon lower, as several offers are made of proof Leewards at the very lowest rate, without in:. clueing buyers to come forward. Jamaica Rums are, held at the former prices. The purchases of Brandy are small parcels. for shipping ; the prices are without any material alteration. The Geneva arriving is held 'about 2s. 7rl. mist_ PROVISIONS.—The Provision Market remained dull till yesterday, when several buyers, both of Beef and Pork, appeared, particularly for the latter. Bacon is brisk on account of the small quantity in London. Butters are exceedingly scarce, and higher rates continue to be realised. ConoN.—The Cotton Market has been with ou t interest, and tb,l sales for the week ending last night t r i v i a l ; it is probabl e there will be litle business till after the . East India House sale on Friday next; in the meantime the holders alio* some firmness, awl will submit to no further reduct;on in the prices. OILS.—The Oil Market generally continues heavy, and pur chases could be made a shade lower. Sperm Oil, which has lately maintained a high price, is also dull on account of the considerable , arrivals. TOBACCO.—The demand for Tobacco continues steady and considerable, the chief purchases lately are for Ireland. —The par ticulars of the public sale at Rotterdam last week were received to-day through France ; the quantity was between 600 and 700 Mids., and as the Tobaccos were the last remaining parcels of. a former large bolder, the sale excited- much interest; the whole was sold averaging 41 stivers, or about 3d here. The price was certainly low, but the parcel was rather of inferior quality, and as the stocks on the Continent are now exceedingly low, it will pro bably lead to a revival in th e d em a n d f or T o b acco . TEA. —The sale finished on Fridey; -and upon the whole may be considered as a fav oura bl e one to . the tra d e . St rong C ongous cannot fail to mai n t a i n t h e i r pr i ce; an d mus t be much wante d to aid the lighte r d escr i pt i ons, of wh i ch t h ere wa s a t the last sale an unusual quantit y; as also the Peko kinds. Itintoo.--The Indigo Market continues firm. Last week about 300 chests changed hands at full prices, say about 9d. advance on the late India House sale. The Market since has been languid, only about 30 cheats being taken yesterday. SPICES.—East India Spices continue neglected; the 50 bags White Pepper, and 70 bags good Black, offered at public sale on .but the rumour obt aine d no Friday were all taken in, the former at Si. the latter at 4id. and 4id. It Ms reported 60 0 bilge Black had been sold by private 6 li d c .2-'The remainder taken in. Ham, FLAX, last week .90 brls. Pearls so ld a t 2438 co cred ntr i zet at sp. in Con3panY's' ba g g, A . 7 I". potsßy26ps . public FLAX AND TALI,Ow.—The Tallow M ar k et cont i nue s steady in price, but rat her dull.—The p ri ce at St. Petersburgh by the last account s, 96 rubles. Ex change 9d. ,31-32.—1 n 20 Hemp or Flax there is little alteration. FOR DELIVERY. TALLOW, April and May delivery...... 037 6to per Cwt. A ug ust 5 hi pment............ 0 37 0 to H im? , Shipment on or before Aug. 31, 37 0 oto per. Ton. ____ . •-•- - - : . LIVERTOOL, AIARCIt 19 . —Although there is no Ile in our C o tton Market to-day, yet th e sa l es ' are est i ma t e d at 2,000 bags a t nearly the same prices whi c h were o bt a i ne d arthe close of last week. In other articles, little or nothing doing., MARRIED. On the 16th inst., at the New Church, at Chelsea, William Gardner, Esq. , _of St. John-street, to Margaret Curt, of Frank lin's-place, Chelsea. ingo', of a v i o l ent attack of On the 18th i ns t., a t Cliftris D croup, Elizab e th, th e infant daughteeof"John Smith Barry, Esq. On the 14th inst., at Greenwich, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Sam worth, of Greenwich Hospital. On the 20th inst., Willi a m Francis, th e i n f ant son of William Woodgate, Esq., of Guildford-street, Russell-square. On the 20th inst., Charles Nevinson, the infant son of Dr. Nevinson, M.D., of Montagu-square. Printed and Published by M. 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