The Sun. — London, England, 1831-01-14 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The lvar in Ireland "marches :" Lord Anglesea has directed yet another proclamation, against cer tain weekly meetings under the form of breakfasts, h u t having substantially the same object—viz., a po litical excitement of the people—as those which had already been suppressed ; and Mr. O'Connell, with in an hour or two afterwards, commenced his system of counter-movements, by a letter to " The People of Ireland," and a speech at the " Parliamentary Office." Now, beneath the ridicule which this wordy warfare carries on the face of it, there lies a deep mass of melancholy and fearful anticipations. The question is, where will the struggle end ? If in an actual appeal to arms, what have they to answer for to whose thirst of a nation's blood a catastrophe so dreadful must be attributed ? But if hostilities can be averted, let us only ask, what, in 'that the most favourable case,—u hat alternative lies before to; ? If Mr. O'Connell be not stopped in his career, his confessor, with some others of the priest hood, push him onwards to organize the mob of Ire land into the supreme power of the country. Each new effort of the Lord Lieutenant to prevent the sovereign authority from being wrested out of his hands, is met by some new and more dexterous manoeuvre on the part of those whose object is the overthrow of the State, until at length the resources of the law as it stands are exhausted. Lord Anglesea declares, that the arts of disloyalty have otestrined the_foresight of last year's Parliamentary lef illation, and demands fresh powers to counteract the im proved machinery of this yet masked rebellion. What then ? More severe laws are passed,—that is to say, the Government is armed with still more formidable weapons for restraining the public liberty, and with more irresistible Military means of enforcing this deplorable but essential policy. Thus the constitution is hourly more and snore undermined. We approach by long strides to the absolute government of the Crown, supported by all men of property, as a less evil than the open tyranny of Mr. O'Connell, instigated by the secret one of his back-stairs cabinet of Jesuit and Dominican priests. This result, the loss of even the forms of constitutional free dom, bids fair at present to be the least disastrous issue of the O'Connell agitation. Let it not be supposed that the Government, the Parliament, the people of England, the Catholic rank and property, or the unanimous Protestant body of Ireland, if pro voked or alarmed but a little further, will shrink from the sad remedies which we have traced above, or even from sterner expedients. Already, it is un derstood, loud calls are made upon the King's Ministers to arm the bold yeomanry of the north of Ireland,—to adjure the Protestants, not only of Ire land but of Great Britain, by their zeal for the in tegrity of the empire, and by their horror of confis cation and anarchy—the precursors of a Popish yoke—that they come forward and crush their per fidious project in the cradle. Already it is known that Ministers are importuned to accompany the hills in preparation for a permanent redress of many acknowledged evils, by a suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland, which there seems little reason to doubt would be followed by a speedy dis appearance from that country of the chief disturbers of its peace. 'We offer no opinion on these measures. It is, unquestionably, more desirable, with a view to the lasting welfare of Ireland, that one or two laws should be momentarily altered or suspended, than that the whole legislative constitution should, by brutal violence, be destroyed; yet we do hope that the projectors of this calamity may consider in time the risks and wretchedness through which it must, under any circumstances, be achieved ; and which, if they persist a month longer, will be incurred by themselves and their cheated fol lowers, even with the certainty of their meeting a dreadful overthrow. The ruin to Ireland, as a pro ductive and exporting country, has been often dwelt sport by those who wish her well, and who are conscious,—as all men of common sense must be, — that if a fourth of her peasantry are now pitting for want of work, another fourth, at least, would be added to the idlers by the almost instantaneous flight of every shilling of capital which could be withdrawn from art island ruled on a system of avowed spolia t on of every form of property. If the Protestant power declares itself, and the Government exhibits a determination to support it, fear may act upon the opposite party, with whom virtue and patriotism are but empty names! anti civil war, ending in a se cure reconquest of the rebel faction, may now at the eleventh hour be, we trust, avoided. In the mean time let us treat the subject frankly. Is the Go vernment of Ireland, so far as concerns the person of the Secretary, well constituted for a moment like this ? In our opinion, the frame of the Govern ment—apart from indisiduals—is defective. The Home Office has been since, and even long before the, Union, al! but overwhelmed by business purely appertaining to Great Britain, and finds it quite im possible, by the confession of Mr. Peel himself, to pay minute attention to the course of Irish affairs. With 7,000,000 or 8,000,000 of people, and faction enough to disturb the repose of 40,000,000, it is me lancholy to witness the repeated and futile efforts made to govern Ireland by a raw subaltern from the home Department of this country. Such men as Mr. Stanley or Lord Leveson Gower, of no expe rience, whatever may be their natural endowments, are unfit managers of affairs so arduous as those hich embarrass an Irish Administration. The Irish Lord Lieutenant and the Irish Secretary, it is now admitted by most political men who converse on the subject, ought to be not merely Cabinet Ministers, but among the ablest, if not the very foremost of that responsdsle body. They ought not to be under the enfeebling necessity of an appeal to Whitehall, on every occurrence that takes place in any part of Ireland. With a grave responsibility, they should have large discretionary power. Nothing, in our humble judgment, would more tend to consolidate the Government of the two countries, or to render the motion of " repealing the Union" chimerical in the eyes of all.—limes. We understand that difficulties have been thrown in tie way of the Belgian negotiations, by an at tempt to detach the province of Luxemburg from the rest of the southern states of the Netherlands. A priori, one would imagine that the right of the Luxemburgers to choose their own Government was as obvious as that of the rest of the Belgian people; but as it is sought to involve them, in spire of their own wishes, in discussions with other Powers, it would be worth while to go over the facts of the case. Before the French revolution, and downwards from the middle of the fifteenth century, the Duchy of Luxemburg was cue of the Belgian provinces. It was united to the French republic in the year IV. (9th Vendemaire) as one of the new departments of Belgium. It was separated from France by the downfall of Napoleon in 1814., and ceded by the teith Article of the Treaty of Vienna to the King of the Netherlands, " to whom it was reserved to make such a family arrangement between Isis son as lie tray deem conformable to the interests of the monarchy, and to his paternal intentions." The Congress of Vienna conferred the Duchy of Lux- emburg on the Dutch King, as a compensation for the loss of his hereditary German States. These States were to be the heritage of Prince Fre derick, his second son, after the death of his father, and the Duchy became, in consequence, his reversionary possession. Luxemburg however, added to the Kingdom of the Ne therlands; it sent its Deputies to the States-Gene ; and, by it law of the 25th of May, 1816, the a nnual sum of 190,000 florins was granted to Prince Frederick, as as indemnity for his eventual succes sion to the Duchy ; and thus the Duchy became an integral part of the Netherlands, united in every re spect by the same laws as the rest of the • Kingdom„ The 67th Article of the Treaty of Vienna provided t h a t " the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg should be one of the States of the Germanic Confederation; that the King of the Net h e rlands should be a Mem ber of the German Diet ; and that the town of Luxemburg should be deemed one of the fortresses of the Confederation." The apprehension which Germany entertained of future invasion front France led to the establishment of the fortresses of Landau, Mentz, and Luxemburg. The two former, belong ing to Germany, became subject to the Confedere tion, and it was deemed advisable to place the latter in the same dependence, by recognizing the King of Holland as a member of the Confederation. But this interference never extended beyond the military occupation of the fortress, nor had the acts of the Diet the slightest authority on the Province itself. I There the Censorship of the Press, established by tine Diet through all the German States, never had any effect, nor, in fact, was there the most remote recognition of Sovereignty beyond the military arch of the town. It is thereforeobvirms that the Sovereignty of Luxemburg belonged to the Crown of the Nether. lands, and that as therevenunary right of the Prince Frederick has been ceded, sold, and paid for, there can be no reasonable claim on his part. It is equally clear that the claims of the Confederation cannot justly be pushed beyond the military occupation of the town, and ought not to extend to civil or poli tical jurisdiction ; and that, while the terms of the Treaty continue to be fulfilled by tine Government of Belgium, there can be no fair pretence for inter feren Tomiing Chronicle. France might by this time have made great ad vances towards a state of political improvement and regeneration, if the Government, to whom the na tion had intrusted the great and noble duty of giving effect to the revolution of July, had acted with tine wisdom and energy which so important an occasion demanded. We did not prejudge the Government which succeeded to the powers of the discarded dy nasty, on the contrary, we gave them credit for meaning to do what they promised, until facts most grievously falsified their promises. Nearly half a year has now elapsed since the revolution of July, and the question has still to be asked, What has the Government done to make the institutions of 1 France worthy of the new position which that event has enabled her to take among the nations of Eu rope ?" Ever since the Bourbons were restored by foreign bayonets to a throne which they had neither talents, virtue, nor courage to adorn or defend, France, the bravest and most enlightened nation, next to England, in the world, was gradually be coming more and more familiar with those principles of' Government under which, if not checked by the contrary impulse of a national re-action, she must have eventually relapsed into the feudal slavery and political barbarism of the dark ages. Things had come to that crisis when either the Government or the public mind must be crushed—which was it to be ? The ordinances and the events of the three days that followed their fatal publication decided that question. The expulsion of the elder branch of Bour bon left France free to elect a new line of Kings, or to raise, if she pleased, a republic on the ruins of the vacant throne. She chose the former, and, in electing a Sovereign, chose one of a junior branch of the banished family, though she :lad no reason to be enamoured of the name of Bourbon. In making this selection she was not actuated by any deference to hereditary claims, for if she were, the Duke of Bordeaux would have been her choice. She be lieved that, though the errors and misfortunes, the crimes and sufferings, of the Bourbon race had made no salutary impression on the mind of Charles X. and his imbecile son, yet there was another of the family who had not been deaf to the lessons of ad versity, and wino hail not read history in vain. She, therefore, gave her generous confidence, and with it the care of her destinies, to the Duke of Orleans. Nobly did the leaders of the republican party act on that occasion. They saw that France, with her newly-acquired freedom, stood in perilous circum stances if internal division should aid the hostile views of the alarmed and exasperated despots of Europe. They abandoned their favourite object for the sake of unanimity, and sacrificed all party-feeling on the altar of their country. At the head of these men was the gallant and enthusiastic Lafayette, now the hoary veteran of freedom, as he had been her youthful champion. He has experienced tine Royal gratitude! but he need not value much the smiles of a Court who is covered with the enduring laurels of a virtuous fame. It is quite consistent that the peculiar accomplishments of Talleyrtrnd should find favour and acceptance in tine eyes of a Government that feels the honourable pride and unsullied virtue of Lafayette inconvenient. From the time of the appointment of Talleyrand under the new regime, we were prepared for an administration of affairs that would be more distinguished by manoeuvre and in trigue than magnanimity and wisdom. We have not been disappointed. The trial of the Ex-Minis ters, it is now obvious, was delayed for several months for no other purpose than to afford Govern ment an opportunity of putting certain Cabinet stratagems in execution, while public attention was concentrated on the tenants of Vincennes; and eventually, bringing the National Guard in hostile collision with the people by means of mock plots and pretended conspiracies. We are inclined to consider the King rather as tine dupe than the author of such contrivances to " fright the land from its propriety." But these arts will not do to govern France. The King owes his power solely to the national will ; he can only preserve it by acting upon enlightened views of the national interests.— Morning Herald. The great features in the events which are now passing in Europe, is the Polish Revolution ; and it would be an utter derogation from our duty, were we not to denounce the proclamation of the Em peror of Russia, which appeared in yesterday's paper, as one of the most heartless, the most bar barous, and tine most savage, that ever appeared. It is useless to repeat what Russia has done to Poland—it is useless to say how the country was partitioned, and its inhabitants put to the sword —for, as the Ilvestnrinster Review very justly ob ,erves, every man, woman, and child, knows it as well as we do—but it is proper to say, that the savage proclamation which appeared in yesterday's paper, is a proclamation which can only benefit one, but which may cause the sacrifice of the lives of thousands! But will France be quiet inn such a state of affairs ? We say unhesitatingly, No. The King is, indeed, in favour of peace at all hazards, because it is not only his interest, but his Wish that such should be the case ; but the opinions of his Ministry are of a very different character. Soult, the Minister of War, feels that war is ine vitable, if the present dynasty is to be preserved, and even Sebastiani has been heard to declare thst nothing but a war could save France front a greater revolution than that of July. The question, there fore, of war or peace is brought within a very narrow compass. Tine King, the only advocate for peace, must yield, and a war in favour of Poland may be considered as inevitable.—Morning Advertiser. The manifesto of the Emperor of Russia on the subject of the insurrection in Poland seems to ex cite among several of our contemporaries a great deal of misapplied and unprofitable indignation. That the dominion over Poland was dishonestly ac quired is true ; that it has been rigourously and harshly exercised is too probable (although we sus pect the sway of Russia has been milder in Poland than in most other parts of her empire) ; but it is nevertheless difficult to understand why so much or indeed any invective should be launched against the Emperor of Russia for threatening to act as all mankind must have expected him to act, and roost of all those who are most lavish of their abuse, and as every other Government would equally have acted, if it believed itself sufficiently power ful, rather than suffer an important part of its ter ritory to be separated from its sway. Tine Polish peopla themselves have, it ought to be recollected, .made an appeal to arms, and h ave d one so i n the conviction (for otherwise they have committed a great crime), that their ruler was it/accessible or deaf to any pacific application. We have little doubt indeed that this opinion was well ' founded, and if tine Poles could not expect to gain the objects they have in view by peaceful p et i t i on and remonstrance before their insurrection, still l e :s surely could they expect that Russia would willingly surrender or mitigate her authority after they had defied her power by the forcible expulsion of the Emperor's brother and Vicegerent from the capital, and the establishment of a new and rival Govern ment. Had the Emperor of Russia acted in any other spirit than that which pervades his manifesto, the universal and the just conclusion would have been that he wanted confidence in his power to dicate his authority. Now whatever blemish there may be in the original title of Russia to her Polish dominions, or however she may have rendered her Government the just object of hatred to her Polish subjects, there does certainly seem much puerile in consistency in adding to the number of her crimes that she is not conscious of weakness.—Morn. Post. SPECIAL COMMISSION. AYLESBURY, JAN. 13. Charles Clement, James Chapman, William Seals, James Stapps, Charles Barnett, Henry Wetherley, Richard Wakefield, John Coleshill, and William Evans, who were tried last nighr, and found guilty of riot and assault, were called up to receive judg ment. Mr. Justice PARK told them, that having taken into consideration the length of time they had al ready been confined, the Court was inclined to deal favourably with them. They would therefore be set at liberty, upon entering into recognizances of 301. each, to keep the peace during seven years. William Briant, Robert Carey, Stephen Atkins, William Russell, William Butler, John Butler, Wil liam Moody, Henry Stratford, James Webb, Benja min Francis, Arthur Salter, John Smith, Moses Holt, and Thomas Fisher, were indicted for having on the 29th of November last, in the parish of Chipping Wycombe, unlawfully, and with force, demolished, pulled down, and destroyed the paper-machine of Zachary Allziutt, used in the manufacture of paper. The whole of the prisoners pleaded Guilty to the charge. They were left standing at the bar. Henry Walker, Edmund Wingrove, James Bar ton, John Watts, William Briant, alias Larry 0' Briant, Thomas Bowles, William Blizzard, and James Stone, were likewise placed at the bar, charged with similar offences, all committed on the same day (the 29th of November.) They also pleaded Guilty, with the exception of James Stone, who pleaded Not Guilty, and was remoYed from the bar. Mr. GURNEY (addressing the Court) said, that in the discharge of the arduous task imposed on him by Government, he had succeeded in the prosecu tion of capital offences to a certain extent, and a ver dict of Guilty had been found against twenty-one prisoners. The twenty-three prisoners who now stood at the bar had pleaded Guilty, and had thereby manifested some contrition, which, he was privately assured, they really felt for the offences they had committed. Under those circumstances, he was acting in obedience to the instructions which he had received from Government, arid in the exercise of that discretion with which he was invested, and had been desired to exercise, when he humbly prayed their Lordships that they would be pleased to direct that the sentence of death only be recorded against the prisoners at the bar. Mr. Justice PARK, after conferring with Mr. Baron BOLLAND and Mr. Justice PATTESON, addressed the prisoners at the bar. He said what had just fallen from the Learned Counsel for the Crown, must convince all men, if any wanted convincing on the point, that there was on the part of his Majesty's Government no disposition to use severity, except ing- such only as might be necessary for the general advantage of the community at large, and which, as often as it was necessary, must be resorted to. They had been prayed to record sentence of death only against the prisoners; the meaning of which was, that probably by the sentence of death being only recorded and riot passed, as it would have been it there had been any intention of carrying it into ex ecution, the prisoners' lives would be spared. On what terms, and under what conditions, his Majesty might be pleased to spare their lives, the Court could not have the slightest idea. James Stone, the prisoner who had pleaded not guilty, was then placed at the bar, and having en tered into recognizances, himself in 200/. and surely in 1001. to keep the peace for the term of his natural life, was discharged. Richard Castles, William Daniels, George Hedges, John Rat rey, William Atkins, Thomas Small, Thomas Wiggs,William Miles, Edward Bates, Thos. Woodford, Robert Kirby, Francis Bates, William Kirby, Robert Scotchiugs, George Search, Joseph Clerk, James Stanley, James Peacock, William Burgess, John Miles, and John Peacock, were in dicted for having unlawfully destroyed a threshing machine. Mr. Justice PARK ordered them to enter into re cognizances for their good conduct during the term of their natural lives, to the amount of 30/. each. John Row, Ricl:ard Scotchings, Joseph Duberry, .lohn Scot ehings, James Kirby, George Kirby, John Stanley, Jam Daniels, Alin Wales, Robert Howley, William Carter, and George Mile:, were indicted for a similar offence as the last prisoners, and on the suggestion of Mr. Gurney were al,o or dered to enter into recognizances of 30/. each, to keep the peace during the term of their natural lives. Samuel Gostellow, James Miller, George Schow ler, , Scotching:, William Duberry, John Monk, William Daniels, Richard Molt, David Red head, William Bates, Joseph Carter, John Miller, Thomas Hughes, Geo. Carter, Thomas Bates, Moses Turner, and John Moores, were indicted for having on the 27th of November, destroyed a threshing machine, the property of John Farnborough of the parish of Stone. The Jury acquitted Moores, and found all the other prisoners Guilty, at the same time strongly recommending them to mercy. Moses Turner, John Moores, William Bates, and James Gostellow, were acquitted on a charge of rubbing John Saunders of half an ounce of gun powder on the 27th of November, at Stone, no evidence being offered in support of the indictment. A like course was pursued with respect to the prisoner Turner, on a charge of stealing Mrs. Thorp's . _ _ - Turner, John Aliller, Moores, and D. Goste were acquitted on an indictment for stealing a gun from Benjamin Dickons, Mr. Gurney abstaining from pressing the indictment. John Moores was pronounced Not Guilty (for a like reason) on a charge of breaking a winnowing machine. The prisoner who is very old and deaf, was or dered to be discharged, as was James Gostellow, who had been out on bail. The Grand Jury having entered the Court in the course of the day, Mr. Justice PARK said that he could not discharge them, btearbe the Commission extended to the Ist of February, and that therefore it would be their duty to attend again, if any more disturbances should unhappily break out in the county. He, however, was glad, he said, to have it in his power to release them from any further at tendance at present; assuring them, at the same time, that the country would feel indebted to them for what they had done. D ORCHESTER, JAN. 12. Joseph Sheppard, aged 40, and George Legg, 35, were indicted for having, on the 27th day of No vember last, in the parish of Buckland Newton, with menaces and by force, feloniously demanded money of Christopher Morey, with intent to steal. The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. Christopher Morey—l am a farmer, and live at Buckland Mewton. I recollect the 27th day of last November. About eight or nine o'clock in the evening of that day, there was a knocking and ring ing at my door. My wife went to see what it was. I heard her speak sharply to some persons at the door, and shortly afterwards she called for me, and said that I was wanted. I got up in conse quence and went to the door. When I got there saw George Legg and Joseph Sheppard standing, one on each . side of the door. Joe Sheppard said to me, .6 Mr. Morey, we have got a mob of five hundred persons outside, and we want you to give us some money." I asked them how it was they came Ito me, who worked for my subsistence like them, and had no machinery ? They said they must have money, and that they would beat the house down if I did not give them some. They hallooed to the mob to come up. My wife \vas present, and being very much frightened, requested me to give them some money. One shilling was all I had in my pocket ; I offered them that sum. They said it would not do—they must have Is. 6d. My wife then went and got another shilling. I gave them the two shillings. Joe Sheppard had a hook in his hand; Legg had nothing. In the mob I saw a man ►with a sledge on his shoulder ; who it was I do not know. Mrs. Mary Morey, the wife of the last witness, corroborated this evidence. Sheppard being called on for his defence, said " I never spoke a word in the yard to Mr. Morey. It was the other man who spoke." G. Legg—" What a false man you are, Joseph!" Being called on for his defence, he said, " And please your honour, I did not say a word. I was there, I admit ; there's no use denying it ; but I was there, thinking no harm in the world. He says, I was saucy to him ; but I never said a word. I have got witnesses to my character. The clergyman of the parish will speak to it." The Rev. W. Blennerhassett, curate of Map perdown, gave Legg the character of an honest, peaceable, and industrious man. Ile has always supported his family without parish relief. He had only seven shillings a week. He had a cottage, but no fuel was allowed him. Similar evidence was given by the overseer of the parish. Several of the farmers in the parish gave Legg the character of as honest and quiet a man as any in the kingdom. An excellent character was also given to Shep pard by the curate of this parish. The Jury re turned a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN then proceeded to pass sentence on the prisoners. As to Joseph Sheppard, he must inform him, that though he should recom mend his Majesty not to transport him for life, he must make up his mind not to remain here : he would go abroad, for he had been a ringleader in these mobs, and it was only on account of his good character that he was recommended to mercy. The Learned Judge then addressed himself to George Legg—" As to you, George Legg, I never heard a better character given of any man in a Court of Jus tice in the whole course of my professional career. You will feel the full benefit of it. Men of the highest character and respectability have come forward to as sist you in this your difficulty, and it is much to your credit that they have done so. You have been con viced of an offence which is certainly of a serious nature ; but when one hears that you have a large family, and have supported them without ever apply ing for parish relief—which is in itself a proof of your frugal and industrious habits—one cannot help feeling great commiseration for you. I think that I may venture to recommend his Majesty not to send you abroad at all. What punishment may be hereafter awarded you, I cannot now say. I almost fear that I am compromising my public duty in per mitting you to escape without a heavy punishment: for these things, when they occur, must be put down by the strong arm of the law. If the state or the country should require another Special Com mission to be issued, no lenity like this can be dis played." George Legg here interrupted the Learned Judge, and said, " I would rather that your Lordship would put 21 years' transportation upon me than be placed in the condition of the prosecutor. I never said a word to him : that I declare." Mr. Baron 1 7- AuGliaN—l can assure you that you have not benefited yoiirself by that observation. It is impossible to doubt the truth of the prosecutor's evi dence ; it was give❑ •ery fairly; and your observa tion is calculated to injure yourself more than the prosecutor. The prisoners were then removed from the bar. Henry Spicer, aged 21, was indicted for robbing John Young of six half-crowns and .55., his property. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN summed up the evidence, and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against the prisoner. Sentence of death was recorded against the prisoner. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN, in pronouncing sentence, told the prisoner that he must make up his mind to leave the country, for as yet there had no mitigating circumstance appeared in his case. If there were any such he should be glad to be made acquainted with them. James Thorne, aged 30, John Legg, 22, James House, 24, John Smart, 22, James Vcw, 34 , , and John Symons, 48, were indicted for having, on the 27th day of November last, by menace and force, robbed Robert Bullet', of four shillings and one half-crown, his property.—The Jury acquitted the prisoners. George Legg, aged 35, John Mitchell, 20, Jacob Mitchell, 23, Silas Mitchell, 27, and henry Spicer, 2 1, were indicted for robbing Matthew Galpin.— The Jury acquitted them. Charles Coombs, aged 24, James New, 34, John Legg, 22, Charles Slimes, 20, Thomas Sammy:, 24, Abraham house, 22, James Thorne, 30, Wm. Durrant, 23, Adam Thorne, 21, Geo. Jackson, 44, and Geo. Sampson, were indicted for destroying a threshing-machine, the property of John Pount, in the parish of Buckland Newton, on the 27th of November last. The prisoners pleaded Not Guilty. The Jury acquitted Sam ways, and found all the other prisoners Guilty, but recommended Durrant and Jackson to the lenity of the Court.—The pri soners were then called up for judgment. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN sentenced Coombs, New, Legg, Symes, House, and the two Thornes, to transportation for seven years. He was fully alive to the recommendation to mercy made by the Jury in behalf of Durrant and Jackson ; for he had never heard a more excellent character given to men from the hour of their birth to the present time, than had been given to these two individuals. At the same time their conduct could not be passed over without punishment. The Court therefore ordered them both to be imprisoned in the House of Correction and kept to hard labour for the space of three calendar months. John Dore, aged 32, David Hatcher, 37, James Stacey, 28, John Ayles, '25, and Robert Pike, 21, were indicted for having riotously and tumultuously assembled together, and for having obtained by me naces and force money from the Rev. John Tomkins, Rector of Stower Provost. The prisoners pleaded Not Guilty. The Jury acquitted the prisoners. The same prisoners were then tried for having riotously and tumultuously assembled, with divers other persuns, at the parish of Stower Provost, on Monday, the 29th day of November last, to die terror of the people, and against the peace of our Sovereign Lord the King. The prisoners again pleaded Not Guilty. After the case against the prisoners had been opened by Mr. WILLIAMS, who condemned in very strong terms the conduct of Dore, who was a farmer and publican, and had gone about insisting that rents and tithes should be lowered, and extorting money, which was to be spent partly in his own house, and partly in the house of another publican, Mr. Baron VAUGHAN interfered, and suggested that the interest of public justice would, perhaps, be satisfied if the prisoners pleaded Guilty, and en tered into recognizances of 50/. each to appear to receive judgment when called upon, and to keep the peace for two years. After a considerable discussion between the Counsel for the prosecution and for the defence, this suggestion was at last acted upon. The pri soners pleaded Guilty to that count in the in dictment which charged them with being present at an unlawful assembly, entered into the necessary re fter.vard.; discharged. ac(l)l7.s)ihzilial(nisel leMitchell,is;hell, 1l:% were e's oo2TO ,a indicted j for b 'l r f i j o k t li o a 2 n 3 d , tumultuously assembling, against the form of the statute, &c. The prisoners pleaded Guilty, upon the under standing that the same course should be followed to wards the prisoners who had pleaded Guilty to the last indictment. James Wilkin, aged 22, and John Read, 9 4, who were convicted yesterday of robbing Henry Moyle, were then brought to the bar to receive judgment. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN ordered sentence of death to be recorded against them. In giving that order, he told Read, that, in consequence of his exemplary conduct in assisting the Marquis of Salisbury to disarm a portion of the mob in the adjoining county, he should recommend his case to the favourable con sideration of his Majesty, and that in all probability he would not be banialied the country. In conse quence of the excellent character which Wilkin had received, a similar recommendation would be made to his Majesty in his case. Samuel Zillwood was indicted for robbing James Dixon of one sovereign, his property, on the 21th j of November, in the parish of Hadley. Mr. Justice ALDERSON did not think there was enough to support the capital charge, and wider his direction the prisoners were acquitted of the felony, but found Guilty of the riot. James Thick and Robert Zilwood were indicted for robbing Benjamin Hicks of one sovereign, his property, at the parish of Handley, on the 24th of November. The Jury acquitted both prisoners. Wet. Stokes, 26, Wm Ansley, 39, Samuel Zill wood, John Read, 21, James Thick, 50, and Robert Zillwood, 23, (the two last had just been acquitted in the preceding case) were put to the bar, charged with breaking a threshing-machine, in the parish of Handley, on the 24th of November, the property of James Dixon. The Jury found Stokes, Robert Zillwood, and Read Guilty, and acquitted the others. After some other trials, which are given below, the prisoners were called up for judgment. Mr. Justice ALDERSON—Robert Stokes, the sen tence of the Court is, that you be imprisoned in the House of Correction, and kept to hard labour, for the space of one year. His Lordship then sentenced Read to a similar punishment. Robert Zillwood, in consequence of his previous very excellent character, was sentenced to only six months' imprisonment. Samuel Zillwood, who was convicted of a riot, was next placed at the bar, and discharged. James Hobbs, aged 18, and James Harris, 32, were charged with having, with several others, as saulted Robert Fowkes, a special constable, in the execution of his duty, on the Ist of December, at Stalbridge. The prisoners pleaded Guilty, and were allowed to enter into their own recognizances to appear for judgment when called on, and also to keep the peace. James Hobbs and James Harris were again put to the bar, with George Bughy and John Sansome, charged with a riot at Stalbridge on the Ist of De cember. A verdict of Guilty was recorded, and the prisoners with George Gulliver, who was charged with a similar offence, and had been out on bail, and who now pleaded Guilty, were put to the bar, and ad dressed by Mr. Justice ALDERsoN..—Trisoners, you will un derstand the lenity with which you have been treated. The counsel for the prosecution has thought that public justice will be sufficiently satis fied by not having judgment passed on you. Let me advise you to show your sense of the lenity now dealt out to you, by abstaining from joining in such riots in future. The prisoners having entered into the recogni zances to appear when called on, and also to keep the peace for two years, were discharged out of custody. They all bowed several times to the Court, and appeared •ery grateful for the merciful manner in which they had been treated by the prosecutor. Charles Foote was next given in charge for a riot at Shaftesbury, for assaulting constables in the exe cution of their duty, and for aiding in the rescue of some prisoners, on the 30th of November. The prisoner was found Guilty ; but in consequence of having been already six weeks in prison, judgment was not pressed, and he was discharged on his own recognizance, to appear when called upon.—This was the last case for trial. The Court adjourned at half-past six o'clock. " SWING" AT BOW-STREET. Yesterday morning Sir RICHARD BIRNIE received a letter from Pusey, in 'Wiltshire, enclosing a threatening letter, signed " Swing," addressed to Mrs. Chandler, Church Farm, Pusey, Wilts, and intimating that her house would be burnt to the ground, if she did not forward to the writer the sum of ten pounds, to the address " X. Y. Z., at the Nag's Head, James's-street, Covent-garden." On receiving this letter Sir R. BIRNIE immediately took measures to secure the party who should call for the reply, and a letter was accordingly made up enclosing a ten pound note, and the better to en trap the party who should call for it, the sum of 2s. 3d. was marked on it as the postage for a treble letter. It was then placed in the hands of the land lord of the Nag's Head, and Dodd, an active and experienced officer, belonging to Bow-street, re ceived directions from Sir R. BIRNIE to go to the house in question, and wait until the party who claimed the letter should arrive, and as soon as he paid the postage to take him into custody. It had had previously been ascertained that a man, who was accompanied by a recruiting serjeant du dragoon re giment, had called at the Nag's Head on Wednesday, and inquired if a letter for X. Y. Z. had been re ceived there. This man was the prisoner, and it ap peared that he had just enlisted in the 14th Dra goons, and there is good reason for believing that he has been deeply implicated in the burnings and de struction of property which have lately taken place in Wiltshire, and for which six unhappy men are now under sentence of death. Dodd having sta. tioned himself in the Nag's Head yesterday morn ing, observed the prisoner enter the house alone, and heard him inquire at the bar if a letter had been re ceived addressed to X. Y. Z. He was told that such a letter had arrived, and that 2s. 3d. postage had been paid for it. The prisoner said he had not so much money about him then, but told the land lord that he would fetch the amount. He then went away, and did not return until between three and four o'clock, when he came accompanied by the serjeant by whom he had been enlisted, and who had advanced him the money to pay the postage of the letter. As soon as the prisoner paid the money and received the letter into his possession, he went into the parlour to join the serjeant. He was however followed instantly by Dodd, who took him into custody, and conveyed him to Bow-street office some time after the public business of the day had been disposed of, and the doors had been closed. to release tdt ‘ N v ,so o a uihdl f,p_ciatr)Ol:ins,t William Clark sworn-1 am a serjeant in the 14th regiment of Light Dragoons, on tile recruiting service at Westminster. Yesterday I met the pri soner at St. James's-palace , and he went with tne to my quarters, when lerilisted him. He said he expected a letter containing money from a friend, and we went to the Nag's Head, James -street, Co vent-garden, but were told that no letter had ar rived. This day he came and told Inc that the letter had arrived, and if I would advance him the mo neya treble letter. came to the Nag's Head with was s ,aa agai n, l a a n r i i d: h t h t a . e s , t w l e V l a . i s t out o f . the room, and he returned, I think, with a letter him j oh a l d N h l i g s a a n l v l e a e u i hand, w 0 rn—l keep the Nag's Head, in inquiredCovent-gardiefn.a letter i'he p h r a is d on c e o r m c e al ad called andthis morning . dressed to X. Y. Z. I told him a letter had come so addressed, and that I had paid 2. 3d. for it. He said he would step out and bring me the money, and after a considerable time he returned and asked for the letter and put down half-a-crown, and I gave him 3d. change and the letter. He then went into the parlour to two other persons who came in with him the last time, one of whom was in uniform. The letter now produced, with the Pusey posit-mark upon it, is the same letter. William Dodd—l am a constable belonging to ACT . T0•x0440 Bow-sheet office, and I saw the prisoner this day at the Nag's Head, between twelve and one o'clock, in conversation with Mr. Alancur, the landlord. He then went away, and between three and four o'clock he came back again, and I saw him at the bar give Air. Mancur half-a-crown, and I then saw the prisoner take the letter and receive the chang e ' IL then turned round and went into the parlour to the seijeant the letter in his h an d, an d he said , I have got it." I then went up to him, arid told him he was my prisoner, and conveyed him to Oi l (Alice. On the way he said, I kn ow w h a t it is about, and in the office I took the letter from hi lt) which I now produce. The letter sent to the prisoner, by the 11 (1(10 55 X.Y. Z., was here produced in evidence, but it air peared that he had not broken the seal, and upon being asked to do so he refused. The letter sent to Mr:. Chandler, and of %%filch the prisoner dr nied all knowledge, was also produced. It ran 35 follows : r‘ MR. v 4 New y, 1 1 11 4 A n entir " k - 1 7 Nu The Eyer " Many t I ber ; e rttriou ha ve brow l e rinted f 411 Dealers Nhlish ed PiNis 801 • of BPelling " Guildford, Jan. 10, 183 1 . 2 . PIN '°MADAM, —I have to request that you will send r i i " , SP ELLINt by return o f post the sum of Mt, sr else your house ~ F.64°11s on e in, burned w i t h t h e groun d very s h ort l y, as I know th' , i . Proved, you can w e ll a ff or d to spare t h at sum for a short time to:: • The I I hive the eff ec t s t o pay i t. K eep th i s a secret, or i t m et Vo entire] be the worse for you, as I have spys about your neigh' of the tn bourhood. Direct to me, X. Y. Z., Nag's Head, Jamb' t'4 One S street, Covent-garden. " SWING." • Wl ' ic h ar Syllables 6 " P. S. Be not to rr ake no delay in sending it." ected to 66 Mrs. Chandl e r, Church Farm, PushuN Wiits." i A t,rttaini g the The prisoner, upon being ask e d if h e w i s hed t° l 9 , ce7 Engli say anything in explanation of th e c h arge , denied °` knowledge of the letters, and added, th at he shoul d I NTRo bui say nothing at present. lie was then asked to sign his name, which be did, and the hand-writing 1 0 deemed to be precisely similar to that in which O r letter signed Swing" was written. The prisoner was remanded until Monday ne t t to give time for the attendance of the prosecutri l t and other witnesses from Wiltshire. He was CO ll ' veyed to the House of Correction, Cold-bath-field' Ptibli shed i AA Ai N El the first ` I Potitioo of ' cc 41' pot °f Let I DE! PRS )`" Math ‘lael , adapt, 'EET. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGILSTR, Ari------threetic.l On Wednesday, after the business of the offie e was finished, Mr. Harrison, a pawnbroker, in W" r ; ----.., ----- dour-street, applied to the Magistrates for a wart 3 '' t h e Set,: of to apprehend a person who described himself as th e 1 PINN oc Rev. Mr. Wheatley, for obtaining jewellery to th e , e ' t ant a i n i, amount of 100/., under the following circut ir t. • le. P INN stances : , 5.).• ~ OC From the statements made it appears that also"' • S( ei lutaini: two months since an individual, who described bile; Ire p P ' t and ti ll o 4 ll l 4 :l.° o ve tli n e len ei self as a member of the church, about 50 years °I age, wearing spectacles, and highly powdered, rye ° PIN P . to Walker's Hotel, it Dean-street, Soho, and thee t a• ; i ntnd C represented himself as holding several church pre t'' t i la lifY tla d ferments. During his sojourn as above he repea t. cdly took walks in the neighbourhood, and by .° ki() % I OEY doing he chanced to pass Mr. Harrison's shop, s .f , '); cant, whose windows are exhibited a variety of articles ' J ust pub „ virtu. The Rev. Gentleman went into the s hofi "sh' saying he wished to become an extensive purchase,i' rirst iE Ilarinz looked out property to the value of 100' 1, s, eorld CL, the Rev. Gentleman requested Mr. Harrison i( keep them for a few days, as he was short e l Thi s Ed it cash; but he was in daily expectation of receivioi i"ter eati w n °Tl remittances from his different livings which ! it ' l ' ti d far n j.,„.' had in various parts of England. The Rev. Ge ' t en to coll et demurs, however, made it in his way to pay a Jai : ( ; ) , Ili l'ine h ot visit to the shop of Mr. Harrison, and at length ~/, n a °4l4 ,awski far succeeded in imposing on the shopeaan, that ':',! lilt t e 4 l, 44 bein was informed, that if he thought proper he cou" iks ea '' t ° arre have the articles sent home. The Rev. Gentleru ° made a show of declining this, bust at length e° 11 ; it's' er°e'l.zlt,..hite, sented, and in return handed a cheque for 89/, P I) ; ' 4 Z porting to be payable at Messrs. De:unisons, Fe"„ il.': Universe. church-street. Mr. Harrison, not liking chequ e , 4,7 tlie e „ presented it on Monday, when, to his surprise, :', its „ 4 , ll 'airs t ii, was informed that no such person as the Rev. 1% ':: i, lll tenee. Wheatley was knowu there. Upon hearing 01 ; Id ee r4l terl foi Mr. Harrison proceeded to Walker's H o t e l, irh e ', . he was informed that the Rey. Gentl eman h a d go" . PIN N „,„ out to dine with his particular fri e nd, Si r Georg! ' *--.........:"\'' Nayler. Mr. Harrison was, however, determin e 14 .6 d. to know a little more about hid new customer. e ...------.....___ LIER result was, he learned that the Rev. G ent l em an It ° REA not only taken his son, but also a large trunk, .."--___ ---.....__ dine with Garter King at Arms. This last circu s ' 143 - ----.... stance fully explained to him that he had be e "Caans swindled, and he immediately applied to the o& c ," , ; when Clements and Avis were sent to search li s V ALUAB Rev. Gentleman's rooms in the hotel. At first tb fr LI proprietor objected to such a proceeding, so cOll , ro 4 ' dent was he that his inmate was nothing but a g e L W ithi n , i 13 , :iciness, and observed that he had taken his Iri; : 3e Wen ' for a large amount. The search, however, t °° , o p °I clocl:,' ) : place, when a large quantity of books beloogiao HE i Mr. Taylor, publisher, in Gower-street, were"' 1 V h pfg ti ft , ER ' covered, which, upon inquiry, were found not to " - 1,, th. -4(1, with In en paid for. An ivory crucifix, of superb TO r , f ; i k i,id Eat a manship, was likewise discovered, which had he' s &„, e i. " AR ( obtained from Mr. Harrison. Mr. Walker th e 4, h undred stated that the Rev. Gentleman had spoken to h i , Pasta" canes shout a snuff-box, also obtained from Mr. Ilarris°ll; land 1 : , and but which he said had been presented by hi' i f l i d 1, The ru i lhty ' Majesty to Prince Polignac, and that he and ',),( t - f 44 cired N : Duke of Leeds were competitors for it, but chi l a - which a :.,,, what it would, the Duke should not have it, O p y i a - Pttture are mos determined to possess a relic of Prince ,',:t u t7„ e4i tivate lignac, whose conduct he eulogised i n the hig l '; f , 44 °4 th e terms. Further inquiries proved that other It - ,1 tie eil Led ne gi sous had suffered by the Rev. Gentleman, anl oll g,d a 4 7 , - ,tight sonwilso m w tailor, i N t v i a l s t a wos uit who suits of had clothes.supplied n his cor) svaq d , o , e p iv i c i l • 'l ot i te s buae t , i 4rg ; l ot i fi n ii g a. - 1 ? of some curious reports about this adopted chilu' l induced Clements to make inquiries, when he P ti o l' s 4 , UPol i etiti t i h sil that a short time since a widow woman, of thet l3 ' e t, e t4l ,dred a : of Callow, resident at No. 63, Great Chart-steer iPtisea ea ' Hoxton, had i nser t e d an a d vert i sement f o r a f i g s ,, refil c4s° liat w o l tion for her son as a foot-boy, and who would ° lii : eu r i z t vitlx •%; no objection to t r a ve l. Th e R ev . G en tl e man cal l 5 1414, - , l i°use after and engaged hi m . Up on th e b o y go ing t° e / C o ,l e 'Pez Hotel, he informed the prop r i e tor th a t, be it ' , l l ti t'a,;,:7 i, o f single person, he intended to adopt him as Ili' °,tt l°k_4lSoll(.l.-e Child, and the boy used accordingly to dine s ',,: a, sad him. The discovery has thrown the unb'N ss• ~ Bs „ t )3 „' al'G r • mother into the greatest state of alarm; -b e e'' 4-e " 1 b 10 4 , 111 , C trace of the rout of the Rer. Gentleman has „al 'W•S. • ttund. It is, however, supposed that he is gos' Paris. FO to te" 0 'ir l.,E• -.1. The Magistrates, upon hearing the above i g o al men:, immediately grant e d a w arran t, which . Thi, i SI placed in the hands of Clements. cit Nin 44f4 ~ 1 lc Pot xi Mr. Harrison also intends to apply to the 14 ", inn h i t4l " e ? Government for its aid to apprehend the otie ll I ' durationt in case he has gone above c0ur ............___„/ pri::°,4it4fies and - .3,...ir•te.0,,, 'l liti . d e It tray On the 10th inst. the wife of J. Giles, Esq., ° 4 1 1) re;: e .," 1 a ; e o f BIRTHS. 1 co re' /v hble v e Y' al ,fr - Any', ct wall -terrace, Regent's-park, of a son. , ,i,, oi On the 12th in,t. in Ca!thorpe-street, the la./ L %Id • dt ° Y th e ' ll Lc J. Lewis, Esq. barrister-at-law, of a son. MA Il HIED. Al 1 14 d ci '° 4 Walters, of Wilson-street, Finsbury, to Miss AW A ki,''. 26'4 On the 13th inst. at St. Pancras Church, .. to.'lle'' ► : A Y 11 ) :tr -W e e h t :lell Kentish-town. 1 t hir es -__ ltir ___ .. 4 * ' On the 11th inst. at Kew, Mr. T. S. Macdogg l o 'y Th t . , T rtt master of the Islington Proprietary School, t o. youngest daughter of Mr. W. Greeley, of Bright' pit,,, DIED. polo, ill p cidedl On the 12th inst. at his house at Pentonvilles epte‘iii ktetertrnotinc' Dale Bower, Esq. aged 82, deeply and deservedly 1 5° ,,,c0" Vi gottr ari.i tig On the 13th inst. at the Cherterhouse, Richard, ~ NI t° th e P i C Y NW, rti ton bed eonoonf the ee 11th inst. i C n . ,t. R a . t P T r a it ti c n h t e , t i t. , M.ij,w in the 69th Regiment of Foot, aged 40. , soli' '4 4 1, - ., e first I. Downing, . 554. ' h , , °4 t hr' I , t'ai h id .og. , On the 12th inst. at Hartley, near Croydon, eli' tpl,e.ed ii . ' E.g., of the Royal Exchange, aged 62. bee- L belt - lan On the 12th inst. R. Baggallay, Esq. of CO ii ,, "ki the as wil aged 72. ellt til ett l ' a 'ale On the 11:h inst. at Corporation-row, Clerke °- ~ 01 , 1 n o 0 1 ' „haa a , ~1 1 F. Robertson, Esq., aged 93. street, aged 61. Vs° Is t th' Y On the 9th inst. A. Gilib, Esq. of Russia' 110 ff di" s is t t hi l l 'u ln r a !)r On the 10th inst. at Stockwell-common, Mrs. 0 1 , I f J 41 1 fi aged 68. ~iit'll tae r i tiger, On the 10th inst. Eleanor, the wife of I‘lr. J. '' i Z' ...„, .. , 1 - t o .. d stgr , son, of Elinry-street, Pimlico. ____.,//,-/ji PAINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO 1(13 Int SUN oi/fiCZ, 112, STRAND, LON°42".