The Sun. — London, England, 1834-05-26 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. A communication from Banbury, under the head of " Trades' Unions," might provoke a smile of mingled satisfaction and contempt at the proceedings described by the writer, if both feelings were not completely superseded by that of pity for the sufferings of the miserable crea tures thus wickedly imposed upon by the false and selfish scoundrels at the head of the trades' unions, and of uneasiness at the liability of the poor ignorant multitude to be caught, duped, and betrayed, again and again, by whatever snares may at any time be thrown out for them by the same evil counsellors or their successors in the government of such disastrous confedera cies. It appears that the working people of Banbury, being seized by the like mania with their neighbours elsewhere, joined a union called the " Bradford Order of Weavers." The conse quence of which was, as a preventive measure, the dismissal of some of the most activeunionists by their masters. On the appearance, how ever, of certain missionaries a couple of smooth spoken tailors--who had been despatched for the purpose from London, the Banbury malcontents, charmed with the prospect of the promotion offer:;:a them by those grandees from and London ; fired with the ambition of being enr:mied as members of the "Grand National Trades' Union of Great Britain and Ireland," (God help them I) suffered themselves to be cabbaged out of their connexion with the petty provincial lodge of Bradford, swore themselves into an alliance with the most high and mighty blackguards of the metropolis, and soon began to fare accordingly : the first fruit of their rash ness was a payment of 6d. each, and of 10s. for some printed humbug bearing the name of instructions. They were flattered with the hope of a remittance of 1001., which these represen tatives of the system of credit without industry were kind enough to draw for upon the execu tive council in London, but of which, as may \veil be imagined, not a shilling was ever received. Under the elation of these and other delusive promises, one of which was, that the weavers should all become masters (I) by virtue of their league with the unionists of the capital, the unfortunate fellows behaved in such a way that their masters took the earliest opportunity of dismissing them ; and from the destitution and wretched. ness thus entailed upon 200 of them—for so we understand the statement from Banbury—what relief did they experience ? "Nil;" that was the return. So, when they sent deputies to London to represent their wants and disap pointments to the executive council, what was the result ? Fine words—but, alas ! no parsnips were buttered : one 5/. note was finally wrung from these seducers and betrayers of the weaving population of Banbury—one Si. note for the benefit of hundreds of starving people l There were afterwards numberless letters_of solicitation written to the potentates of the executive council, of which the latter had the effrontery to deny the receipt, until their Se tiritary exposed them by confessing the false hood. The consequence of the whole operation was, as it ever will be in such cases, the most dreadful want by the dupes of the conspiracy, and a sensible indisposition on the part of parish officers (and who can wonder at it ?) to make the poor-rates suffer for their folly. However, the thing broke up of itself ; it was starved out, as the journeymen tailors of the metropolis have been, notwithstanding all their impudence and boasting. We told these unhappy blockheads how it would end with them ; and now it seems that, after about three weeks' starvation,brought upon them by their own cruel disregard of the cries of their children for bread, they have been forced to throw themselves at the feet of the master tailors, and supplicate for work at the old prices. We are of opinion that some regu lations should be made to avert the occurrence of such an interruption to the course of trade hereafter ; and we believe, that as a condition of any employment being again given to these now mortified offenders against the rights of their peaceable and well-disposed brethren, they will be called upon to sign a paper binding themselves never more to enter themselves as members of any trades' union. A report is circulated and believed, that the accounts of the -late strike are in a state for inspection, but that certain " functionaries" of the council have pretty well feathered their own nests.—Times. The peculiar acrimony with which the Lord Chancellor was assailed on Friday night, can astonish no man who has been in the habit of looking with any degree of attention to the Church of England. The causes assigned by the bishops for their fierce onslaught are by no means sufficient to account for it. Money, and money alone, could have stirred up the right rev. fathers in God to such a display of passion. " The question of mine and thine (as is ob served by Bishop Hall) bath ever embroiled the world ;" and they who contrast the provi sions of the Lord Chancellor's bill with those of the bill brought in by the Archbishop of Canterbury two, or three years ago, will at once see that no true Christian will ever forgive the noble and learned lord. The most rev. prelate treated the abuses of the Church as Sancho Pane did his own hide, when the task of flagel lating devolved upon himself. The Lord Chan cellor laid about him in good earnest. There may be simple-minded people who believe that the bishops really mean what they say, when with sanctimonious tones they lament the existence of pluralities in the English Church. Lament • them ! Not they. Look to the " Clerical Guide," and observe what a number of livings are often held by one man, having the good fortune either to he a son of a bishop, or the husband of a bishop's daughter. It is because this bill of the Lord Chancellor will strike at the fortunes of the young masters and misses, not yet ready for sharing the spoil, that the bishops seemed absolutely frenzied. What had the abuses of the Catholic Church in former times to do with the question ? The Catholic Church purified itself from these glaring abuses, when the English Protestant Church began to exist, and it is curious that the whole career of the so-called reformed English Church should have been stained by corruptions from which the unreformed church freed itself. The Church of England is universally allowed to be the richest in Europe. The lowest estimate of its wealth is five millions a year. But what constitutes the great charm of the Church in the eyes of the aristocracy, is the distribution of this enormous income. The share actually received by the working clergy is trifling. The remainder forms a large fund for maintaining the younger branches of the aristocracy ; and pluralities are indispensable for this object. Without plu ralities the Church would lose all its attractions in the eyes of the great. When attachment to the Church is spoken of in high places, attach ment to the gross abuses of the Church is always meant. If it had been wished to free the Church from these abuses, how happens it that during the whole period of its history, extending to nearly three centuries no time should have been found for this. Where there is a will there is a way ; but the Church knew that gold " Will fight man's cause, When fathers, brethren, and the near'st of friends, Leave to assist him," and it was not for the bench bf bishops to ori ginate any such gelf-denying ordinance as the Lord Chancellor has submitted to the House of Lords. It has been more than once re marked that the Church has never failed to per secute, with the utmost bitterness, all who ever hinted at the existence of abuses requiring a remedy. Even in these latter days the disposition to persecute remains, though the power fortunately no longer subsists. Were there any doubt with respect to the disposition, the exhibition of Friday night would remove it. The united Church of England and Ire land is the great political sore of this country. Compared with this great abuse all others are trifling. In the funds belonging to this united church, means of corruption exist to an enor mous extent. If it be wished that we should enjoy the blessings of good government, we must apply ourselves to this crying evil. Lord Brougham a bill is a bitter pill for the lords spiritual and temporal, and they will avoid swallowing it if they possibly can. Whether they do or not, of one thing they are certain— they will never forgive the Lord Chancellor for subjecting them to this rough medicine.— Morning Chronicle. Mr. Lyall deserves great credit for endea vouring to relieve the merchant seamen from the tax which they are compelled to pay to Greenwich Hospital, and from which they de rive no benefit whatever. The tax, it appears, amounts to upwards of 20,0001., and we ob serve that some of the advocates for Mr. Lyall's measure propose that the sum taken from the. hospital should be made up by some other im post laid upon the public. From this proposi tion we altogether dissent. The establishment of Greenwich Hospital seems to be kept up on a scale of expense far beyond that of the bounty which it distributes. Are there no overgrown salaries that may be cut down ? No sinecure places that may be dispensed with ? If not let the country insist upon Ministers cutting down the pension list, that the men who fought and bled for their country may not be starved, while splendid paupers live on the national industry. —Morning Herald. Earl Grey has given to the Archbishop of Canterbury and to the Archbishop of York a promise in writing that the Government, of which he is at least the titular leader, will make no change in the constitution of the established church, without previous consultation with their Lordships. Lord Brougham thrusts upon the table of the House of Lords two bills, affecting most nearly the constitution of the Established Church, without any such previous consulta tion ; and he states in the first place that he has received the " full concurrence of his col leagues,"—in the second place that he had " consulted his colleagues"—in the third place, that it is " customary for members of either House of Parliament, though ministers of the crown, to bring in a measure in their capa city of members, and not of ministers." If Earl Grey is not absolutely a cipher in the Cabinet which is called Earl Grey's Cabi net,— if Earl Grey is really the Prime Minister of the Crown,—the consequence of such a procedure on the part of Lord Brougham is obvious. How did Mr. Pitt welcome the rebellion of Lord Thurlow ? How would Mr. Fox have regarded a demon stration of a mutinous spirit in Lord Erskine ? We can tell,Lord Grey that amongst all men who take part in political life, Whigs and Tories, friends and foes, there is but one voice. Lord Grey should either vindicate the faith of the Cabinet by expelling the individual who has compromised it, or he should redeem his own honour by ceasing to be a member of a body whose faith has been thus compromised. But Lord Grey is still the First Lord of the Treasury ; Lord Brougham is still the Chan cellor of England. The government has brought into the House of Commons a bill for the regulation of the temporalities of the Irish Church. That bill is framed with reference to the continued appropriation of those temporali ties to the uses of that church. It is a bill which of course must have been well consi dered, thoroughly discussed, deliberately ap proved by the Cabinet from which it emanates. Upon this continued appropriation of the exist ing temporalities to the uses of the existing church a difference arises between two members of the Cabinet—one holding the property of the Church inalienable, the other professing his opinion that it ought to be forthwith alienated. We cannot conceive a question more solemn, nor a difference more direct. Upon the first suggestion of such a quarrel, upon such a theme, one should expect that two honourable and honest men would. feel the impossibility of continued union in council with so palpable a discord in sentiment. Yet Mr. Stanley is still Colonial Secretary I. Lord John Russell is still Paymaster of the Forces 1 The adminis tration of which Lord Althorp is in the House of Commons at least the nominal leader has made, through the medium of this same Lord Althorp, a bargain with the Bank of England. A certain bill is now pending in Parliament, of which some of the provisions are, in the opinion of Lord Althorp, who made that bargain, in consistent with the terms of the bargain. Lord Althorp's view of the justice of the case is sup ported by the opinion of every man who is in the habit of weighing the provisions of similar contracts. Lord Althorp is unable to induce the House of Commons to act upon the condi tions of the contract ; to ratify the treaty which, upon his motion, that House of Commons has made. What would an honourable and inde pendent minister do ? The Duke de Broglie, as minister ot the crown, made a contract with America ;--:the chamber refused to adopt that contract ;—the duke resigned. Lord Althorp, as minister of the crown, has made a contract with the Bank of England ; the Parliament, after adopting that contract, has, in the opinion of Lord Althorp, violated its solemn engage ment.—Yet Lord Althorp is still Chan cellor of the Exchequer, and leader of the House of Commons. We hear men questioning whether the differences of the Cabinet have been adjusted? What does it matter ? Men who can differ upon such sub jects, and still meet in the same office, —sit upon the same bench,—are not likely to se parate upon any disagreement, however difficult of adjustment. Here are disputes,—not private, not things of mere rumour, but public, exposed to the common gaze,—involving considerations of political expediency,—of personal honour, —nay, even of religious sentiment. But the Cabinet is the Cabinet still. And it is re markable that in all differences and divisions the victory appears commonly to belong to the party which in talent or in rank is the inferior of the combatants. Lord Grey, the Premier, is insulted by Lord Brougham, his colleague. Mr. Stanley, a man of acknowledged ability is thwarted by Lord John Russell, a nobleman of -confessed incapacity. Lord Althorp, who leads the House of Commons, is misled in turn by every member of it. " So Fate hath ordered that in endless chain V.k, •••.6.1.• Vv. • •••.... Event from cause shall flow ; but what will be The end of this, no mortal can forsee !" Morning Post. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 24. BYWATER V. RICHARDSON. This was an action on the warranty of a horse. The case was tried before Mr. Baron Bolland at the last summer assizes at Lancaster, when it appeared that the horse had been sold by auction ; that one of the conditions upon which the sale of horses at the repository at which this horse was sold was, that if the horse was unsound it should be returned within twenty four hours. The horse was not returned till some time afterwards. The horse was warranted sound and quiet in harness. The plaintiff sold it soon after he had bought it, and the person who purchased it from him brought an action against him, and proved that the horse was neither quiet in harness nor sound. A verdict, therefore, was passed against the present plaintiff in that case, and he then brought this action, in which, when tried before Mr. Baron Bolland, a verdict was given for the plaintiff, with damages equal to the value of the horse. A motion had since been made by Mr. F. Pollock for a rule to show cause why the damages should not be increased by the amount of the costs paid by the plaintiff in the first action. Mr. Alexander, on behalf of the defendant, had ob tained another rule that a nonsuit should be entered. After counsel had been heard on both sides, the court thought, as there was no doubt in this case of the plaintiff having been aware of the condition, the effect of such knowledge was, that he was bound by the limitations which it had imposed upon him. The rule for entering a nonsuit must be made absolute. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, MAY 24. DIXON V. NUTTALL. Mr. MILNER showed cause against a rule obtained by Mr. Sergeant Bompas, calling on the defendant to show cause why the verdict for the plaintiff should not be set aside, and a nonsuit entered. It was an action on a promissory note, in these words :—" I promise to pay M. A. Dixon, or bearer, on demand, at sight." The grounds on which the rule was ob tained were, that the action was brought before the note had been presented for payment. The learned counsel contended that the words " at sight" should be rejected as surplusage. Mr. Sergeant BaMPAS, in support of the rule, maintained that this was a bill at sight, and that the defendant was entitled to three days of grace after presentment for payment.—Rule absolute. ISRAEL V. ARGENT. Mr. Sergeant BOMPAS showed cause against a rule for a new trial, obtained by Mr. Hutchinson in this case, which was an action on a bill of exchange ac: cepted by the defendant, who pleaded infancy. The jury found a verdict for the defendant. The bill was dated June 1, and the defendant was of age on the 4th of June ; but there was no evidence to show when the bill was accepted. The grounds on which the rule was obtained were misdirection by the learned judge (Mr. Baron Gurney).---Rule discharged. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A very ingenious swindler, who had practised most successfully in America, has taken up his abode in the city, and commenced a series of impositions upon the London tradesmen. The Lord Mayor has received a communication from a New York magistrate relative to this individual : _ Sir,—Not knowing your address and name, I have directed to you generally ; I pray you to consider that in so doing, if I should omit any of your rightful titles it is not from want of respect, but absolute ignorance of the etiquette usual on such occasions. The object of this letter will appear in three lines. A notorious and ingeni ous villain, of the name of —, a clothes-scourer, ran away from this city a year ago, and is now settled in Lon don. He is a light mulatto. There is no crime he will not commit—plausible, artful, deceitful, and a rogue.. I deem it my duty to put the London police on their guard. He has been frequently in our prisons, and lately run away from his bail. He has had the talent to get sound from a coterie of rogues, male and female. He is always head contriver of villanies, which he directs his agents to carry into effect, so that, though he participates in the profit of the crimes committed, he seldom puts his own head in the noose. If 'I shall be able to be of service to the city of London by the trouble I have taken I shall be amply repaid, and shall only ask in return that you will recipro cate with the magistrates of New York similar information when in your power. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " W. VAN' WYCK, Justice of Police. " New York, April 24. " The Most Worshipful the Lord Mayor of London." The LORD MAYOR immediately gave directions to Mr. Brown, the Chief Marshal, on the subject, and ob served that a system of communication of the kind commenced by his American correspondent would, no doubt, if acted upon punctually and rigorously, be ad vantageous to both countries. MARYLEBONE. Dr. Prati and George Dunbar, A. 8., the directors of a Protestant School of Science, recently established at No. 36, Castle-street East, Oxford-market, applied to the sitting magistrate, Mr. SHUTT, for protection under the following circumstances -- Mr. Dunbar stated that the above institution, which was founded upon Protestant principles, and duly li censed, had lately excited the envy and malice of a numerous body of Irish Papists, chiefly young men, students of Lincoln's Inn, who had done all in their power to frustrate the object of the institution by causing the most shameful disturbances. On Wed nesday last, while a lecture was being delivered upon political and historical science to a numerous auditory, a body of these young men, armed with formidable bludgeons, rushed into the house and threatened to break the head of the lecturer if he did not desist ; and their conduct was so violent that it became neces sary to send for the police, but none were to be found. He (Mr. D.) had received a letter threatening a re petition of this violence on Sunday morning, at which time another lecture was to be delivered, and he was fearful that a most disgraceful breach of the peace would ensue if the establishment were not protected. Mr. SHUTT—Was there any actual outrage ? Mr. Dunbar—No, but they used strong threats. Mr. Suurr—The next time you are disturbed send to the station-house for protection, and give the of fenders in charge. The parties then left the office promising to do so. HATTON-GARDEN. John Moran, an athletic Irishman, was placed at the bar for examination on the following charge of as sault : The prisoner was remanded from this office on Wed nesday last, inconsequence of the complainant being in such a dangerous state that his life was despaired of. The object of his fury, a lad ten years of age, named John Bailey, was on Saturday carried to the office to give evidence. He deposed that on Tuesday evening last, while playing in Broad-street, Blooms bury, he, by accident, splashed some water over one of the defendant's children, and he went home crying. In a few minutes afterwards Moran took him by his cars and carried him across the street into a passage, where he knocked him down and kicked him until he was insensible. When he recovered he found himself in Middlesex hospital, and head since been under the care of the surgeons of that institution. Mr. LAlNG—Where were you injured most? Wit ness--In my chest. Three of my ribs were broken. Mr. LAING—Do you find yourself better now? Witness—Yes, I am a little better. Mr. LAING asked if the poor lad was out of danger? Policeman Walker, who apprehended the prisoner, replied in the affirmative. An old woman named Hayes corroborated com plainant's statement. Mr. LAING--You are a great ruffian, and we are sorry we cannot inflict a heavier punishment than the one to which we are about to sentence you. Can you pay a fine of 5/. ? Prisoner—l have no money. Mr. LAING—TheII I shall commit you to the House of Correction for the space of two calendar months. The cowardly ruffian was committed accordingly. TOWN-HALL. A SAVAGE AND UNNATURAL PARENT.—Nathan Henry Weston, an Irishman of gigantic stature, w as charged with the following brutal assault upon his daughter, a child of eleven years of age : Alice Weston, the prisoner's daughter, stated that her father was a navigator, and on Friday she went to see one of her aunts in the Kent-road ; and on her re turn home, in Vinegar-yard, Bermondsey-street, her father used the most horrible expressions towards her, and then tied her to the bed-post. After which he took the leathern belt from his waist, having at the end of it a large brass buckle, and with this he beat her with all his might on the bare back, the prongs of the buckle [occasionally entering and lacerating her flesh. He continued beating her until she nearly fainted from pain. The complainant's aunt then showed the poor child's back to the Alderman, who, as well as all persons in the office, shuddered at beholding it. The aunt said the prisoner was, in every sense of the word, a savage. He had been bound over in Ireland, in the sum of one hundred pounds, to keep the peace, but he afterwards broke it, and was obliged to leave that country. He had behaved as barbarously to his wife as he had to his daughter, and to prevent a repetition of such cruelties the wife left him about four years ago, and had gone to America ; since then he had been living with a woman, who found fault with everything the child did ; and upon each occasion she had a severe beating. Sir J. KM—Prisoner, you have committed a most wicked and cruel assault upon your own child. You are unfit to have the management of her. I shall therefore order you to find bail for your appearance at the sessions, and to give forty-eight hours' notice to Kinsey, the officer, so that he may make inquiries as to their stability. The prisoner was then taken to gaol, and Kinsey took the child to the parish officers. COURTMARTIAL ON CAPTAIN HUGH PIGOTT, R.N.-(NINTH DAY.) During the ninth day's proceedings of the court martial on Captain Pigott, the following desultory conversation took place, after some observations be tween the Court and the prosecutor. Sir J. GORDON—It is quite wrong for the Court to condescend to talk to the prosecutor in this manner. Sir R. KlNG—This interruption is only to prolong the matter. Sir J. GORDON—The man Phillips, whose evidence is alluded to, did not himself require it. The only motive of Mr. Walker is merely to hinder the Court. I have not met with such conduct since I have held a commission. _ Lieut. v Walker—l protest most solemnly against my mouth being stopped. I protest against the Court imputing any motives to me ; they can only be known to myself, and I desire this protest to be noted in the minutes. My dearest interests are at stake—my pro spects in life have been ruined through Captain Pigott's proceedings, and I am driven to the measures which I am now compelled to adopt. I must and I will have fair play. Lieut. Walker then submitted that the examination upon his dress whilst in the Alban was irregular, and the Court was ordered to be cleared. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, MAY 24.—0 n Sunday the Raleigh, 16, Commander Hawkins, arrived from Gibraltar (having been nearly four years in commission), whence she sailed on the 4th instant, leaving on the station the Jasseur, 16, Commander Hackett. The garrison was healthy. The 53d Regiment had been removed to Malta, in the room of the 73d Regiment, removed thence to Corfu, where the 51st Regiment had em barked and sailed for Cork. The Raleigh has sailed for Chatham, to be paid off. This evening the Gazelle schooner, Gabriel Whyte, Master, from Vostizza, in the Morea, arrived here, laden with currants, bound to London ; and the barque Brankenmoor, C. Honey, Master, from Jamaica, with coffee, sugar, and logwood, for London, put in with foul winds. On Tuesday the Tyne, 28, Captain Lord Viscount Ingestre, sailed for the Mediterranean, taking dis patches for Sir J. Rowley. She was previously visited by his Lordship's father ( Earl Talbot), who was received with the usual honorary salute of a peer of the realm. The President, 52, Captain M'Kerlie, will go out of harbour on Monday, and sail at the latter end of the week, with Sir C. and Lady Campbell and suite, for Halifax, to relieve the Vernon. The Phomix steamer, Commander Oliver, arrived this morning from the river, with 50 seamen for the President. That vessel afterwards proceeded to Plymouth with the Marines paid off from the Ariadne this morning, and to bring thence the Marines of this division, paid off at that port, from the Pallas, Talbot, and Wolf. The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Sir H. Senhouse, K. C. H., was paid off yesterday. She will be taken into dock on Tuesday, for an expeditious re-equip ment. About 150 seamen have entered their names as being desirous of serving in that ship again, when re-commissioned. The Princess Charlotte, 110, was taken into the basin yesterday to fit her for active service. The Revenge, 76, Captain W. Elliot, C. 8., will take Lady Howard de Walden to Lisbon. At Spithead—William Metcalf convict ship. In Harbour—Victory, Royal George, Excellent, Revenge, President, North Star, Orestes, Pantaloon, Childers, Speedy cutter. We are informed that the West African squadron is to be reinforced by several steam-vessels, it being proved by the Pluto's success that they are best adapted to the pursuit of the vessels employed in slave trading. His Majesty's yacht Royal George, Capt. Lord A. Fitzclarence, went out of dock yesterday. She is to be fitted here, under the direction of the Lord Cham berlain, with new carpets and floor-cloths ; the after cabin is to be lined with new chintz, and all the brass fittings are to be fresh lacquered. She is to be at Woolwich on the 20th June. Lord Yarborough will accompany her Majesty, in his Falcon yacht, across the North Sea, accompanied by the most distinguished of the Royal Yacht Squadron. APPOINTMENTS.—Capt. E. Sparshott, K. H., to the Winchester, the flag-ship of Sir T. B. Capel : Capt. R. Wauchope to the Thalia, the flag-ship of Rear- Admiral P. Campbell ; Commander R. Ramsay (who was promoted to his present rank for his gallant con duct whilst in command of the Black Joke in the capture of the Manenhitto), to command the Dee ; Lieut. W. Symons, to command the Spitfire steam frigate ; Lieut. Waugh is re-appointed to the Con fiance • Lieut. J. Campbell (a) to the Coast Guard; Mr. J. Brown, Master, Wolf ; Rev. J. Mallett, Chaplain, Castor ; Mr. J. Kent, Surgeon, and Mr. D. Wilkes, Assistant Surgeon, Childers ; Mr. Gib son, Clerk of the St. Vincent, to be additional Clerk of the North Star, and Mr. V. A. Haile to be Captain's Clerk of the same ship ; Mr. Sambell, Schoolmaster, Portland. Royal Marines—Lieut. David Galloway to be Captain, vice Morris, deceased. All the young gentlemen to be entered in the navy as " Clerks' Assistant" are to be appointed by the Captains commanding ships • but the appointment must be sanctioned by the Admiralty, as in the case of first-class volunteers. Mr. W. Canaway, inspector, to be foreman of the caulkers in this Dockyard, at a salary of 1601. We understand that sixty-one Captains of the Royal Marine Corps have sent in a claim for retirement, under the recent order ; from which number fifteen only will be selected. Our gallant and respected Port-Admiral, Sir T. Williams, who has been on leave, from indisposition, will resume his command early in the ensuing month, perfectly restored to health. We state from authority that the visit of the Board of Admiralty last week to this port was not for the purpose then stated, but was connected with a report (most unfounded), that had gone abroad, of a deft. ciency of stores in this Dockyard; whereas there has not for some years been so large a quantity of every species as at present. The change of the men from the Bellerophon to the Ganges was an arrangement of -Sir F. Maitland's (the Admiral Superintendent of the Dockyard), and had nothing to do with their Lord ships' visit. We understand the several claimants in this vicinity on the funds of the Royal Naval Annuitant Society will receive their annuities of 11/. each (being the sum decided on at the late general meeting of the Society), at the Society's office in St. George's-square, on Tuesday next. PLYMOUTH, MAY 22.—We have had no arrival, the wind being fresh from the E. S. E. The Indemnity, Woodall, from Demerara, in 36 days, and the Samson, Chadwick, from New York, in 20 days, were off the port yesterday ' • the James Lawrie, Lees, came in on Saturday from Sierra Leone, in 30 days, short of pro visions ; the Portland, 50, Captain D. Price, is fitting for the Mediterranean station ; the Talbot, 28 , will be recommissioned ; the Castor and Wolf are both well spoken of by their respective Commanders, as combining the principal essentials of good ships of war. Sailed, the Mary transport, with the depot of the 22d Regiment (stationed four years in this garri son) for Hull, and to bring thence the depot of the 53d Regiment. In Hamoaze.— San Josef, Portland, Castor, Columbia, African steamer, and Goodwill. The Royal Western Yacht Club and the Royal Western Yacht Club of Ireland have united. The yachts of the latter are in fine order. They have had an accession of sixty members since last session. By permission they are to wear the white ensign. The Regatta of the R. W. Y. Club, Plymouth division, will take place in the last month of July, when the Nile, 92, and Pique, 36, it is expected, will be launched. The Irish Regattas, as at present arranged : —Kinsaleplace on the o as f welljuly ; Cork as the will takeßegatta, Sth July ; Dublin Bay Reg atta, 15th y , Jul • Shannon Bay Regatta (R. W. Y. C .), 29th Jul y ; Galwa y Ba y Regatta (R. W. Y. C.) , 15th Au g ust. H h a o r r b se ou races, a ces, COWES ' MAY 24.—The Falcon has got up her new stem, and the workmen are getting on rapidly with her alterations, which will add much to the beauty of this fine ship. Lord Yarborough has left Appuldur combe. The Ariel schooner, Mr. Blaydes, is about sailing for Malta. John Bates, Esq., is elected Secretary of the Royal Yacht Squadron, in the room of Richard Stephens, Esq., appointed Collector of the Customs at St. Ives. WOOLWICH, MAY 23.—His Majesty will attend Chapel at the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, on Sunday, the Ist of June, being the anniversary of Lord Howe's action ; and the first week in July his Majesty will spend three days at Woolwich, to attend the em barkation of her Majesty, and inspect the artillery, marines, and dockyard. A house on the Common has been taken for his Majesty. Sir James Graham, with the other Lords of the Admiralty, inspected this yard on Monday last, and went on board the Phoenix steamer. The Messenger steamer leaves here to morrow for Plymouth and Milford. Sailed the Phoenix steamer, Commander Oliver, for Sheerness, Ports mouth, and Plymouth. She will bring round the Renown, 74, from the latter port to Deptford, to be broken up. Lieut. Waugh re-commissioned the Con fiance steamer on Tuesday last. Lieut. Symons (late of the Meteor) will commission the Spitfire steamer, fitting at this port. Ships remaining—William and Mary, and the steamers Salamander, Medea, Fire brand, Confiance, Lighting, Spitfire, Meteor, Comet. COLBURN'S MODERN NOVELISTS.--The June number of this cheap New Monthly Library of Entertainment, we understand, will contain Mr. Grat tan's new series of " Highways and By-ways," com prising his celebrated stories of the " Cagot's Hut," and " the Conscript's Bride." The latter story, it will be recollected, embraces the period just preceding Bonaparte's Russian expedition;_ and the " Cart's Hut," a story full of contrasts of the most singular kind, belongs to the time during which the corfiee7i sanitaire extended across the Spanish frontibef;.Sous every day was producing some new trait of chivalrous enterprise, or of religious enthusiasm• • TENTH DAT. The officers re-assembled as usual on board his Majesty's ship Hastings, at Sheerness, to proceed with the courtmartial on Captain Hugh Pigott, R.N. . Lieutenant Walker, the prosecutor, addressed the Court, and brought in a written protest against the irregularity of some parts of the examination on the previous day, and as to the oral protest made by him on the previous day. having been overruled by the Court, and protesting generally against being brow beaten, as he considered he had been, by the Court. He stated in his protest that he stood alone • that he was unaided by professional advisers ' • that his hopes of promotion in his Majesty's service had been blighted by the reports of Captain Pigott as to the Alban whilst under his command ; and concluded a long ap peal to the Court, by expressing his conviction that, under these circumstances, he was entitled to the sympathy of the Court. He also requested that his protest might be entered on the minutes of the court martial. The JUDGE-ADVOCATE having concluded reading the protest, the Court was ordered to be cleared. Upon the court being re-opened Lieutenant Walker was informed by the JUDGE-ADVOCATE that the Court had refused to insert the contents of the protest upon its minutes and that they were of opinion that it was couched in disrespectful terms. Lieutenant Walker meant no disrespect whatever to the Court. He then stated that he wished to sum mon Mr. Maddock, the purser of the 13arhant. That gentleman had been assisting Captain Pigott in taking notes, &c., for him in court, and he (Lieutenant Walker) was sorry to deprive him of his assistance, which must be the case, as the witnesses were not al lowed to remain in court. The JUDGE-ADVOCATE ordered the point to stand over. for his consideration. Mr. Pettigrew, the second master of the Alban, was then examined at great length in corroboration of other witnesses previously examined. During this witness's examination Lieutenant Walker submitted a question to him which he stated to the . court they would doubtless deem irrelevant, as it related to the subject upon which his protest of that morning had been founded, viz., that irrelevant questions had been asked of the witnesses bearing against his charges, and that he had consequently a right to ask questions that might also be taken as irrelevant to refute it. The PRESIDENT ordered the Court to be cleared. Upon the re-opening of the Court Lieutenant Walker was informed that he might put the questions, which was accordingly done. They were not of importance. Mr. Pettigrew was then cross-examined by Captain Pigott, when an objection was made as to the line of cross-examination pursued by Captain Pigott, and the PRESIDENT ordered the Court to be again cleared. On the Court being re-opened Captain Pigott was informed that his line of cross-examination was deemed irrelevant by the Court. It was therefore discontinued. Samuel Phillips, boatswain's mate, Edward Lloyd, a stoker, and James Wiltshire, a seaman, all of the Alban, were then examined, but only in corroboration of evidence already adduced.—The Court then adjourned. - . Last week, as Mr. G. Tollit's Oxford coach (the Age) was proceeding to London, an elderly gen tleman, named Shepherd, was walking out with two of his grandchildren, by the Black Lion gate, Uxbridge road; One of the children ran into the road : the grandfather, anxious to save the child, rushed forward, and was knocked down by the leaders, which, with the shaft horses and coach, passed over his legs and killed him.—Leicester Chronicle. -------- - On Thursday last, as William Walls, a gallant of three score years and ten, who had commit ted matrimony the previous day with a buxom dame of the like age, wanting, say five years, be the same more or less, was cutting down a tree, at Brafferton, near Boroughbridge, owing to some unfortunate occurrence it fell upon his bride, who was standing by, and in jured-her so seriously as to leave but slight hopes of her recovery.— York Courant. THE ATHENJEUM GAMING-HOUSE, ST. JAMES'S.—On Saturday afternoon Mr. Noel, the so licitor employed in the prosecutions against Ephraim, Joseph, and Robert Bond, for keeping this notorious gaming establishment, attended at the Judge's Cham bers, in Serjeants' Inn, Chancery-lane, for the pur pose of opposing the bail, which Ephraim and Joseph Bond had given him the required notice of their in tention of tendering. Mr. Charles Phillips was also in attendance to support the bail. The hour fixed for receiving the bail was four o'clock ; but, up to five o'clock neither the bail nor the Bonds made their ap pearance. Mr. Phillips and Mr. Noel then retired, the latter having first obtained an assurance from Mr. Justice Patteson's clerk, that if the bail were tendered at a later hour in the evening it would not be received. On the previous Thursday Mr. Noel was put to a si milar vexatious attendance at Serjeant's Inn, from four to six o'clock in the evening, at the instance of Ephraim Bond. In all, Mr. Noel complains that he has been six times served with notices, and, op his attending at the appointed time, the bail have not been forthcoming. Up to a late hour on Saturday evening Robert Bond continued in the custody of the Sheriff of Middlesex, at Selby's lock-up house, in Chancery•lane, for the amount of three estreats of his recognizances, two being for 1601. each, and one for 80/., in all 4001. Besides these, he had previously forfeited, and paid two estreats of 401. each. The bail in which he is now held to appear and take his trial at the ensuing Middlesex sessions is for the large sum of 1,5201. One of Robert Bond's former bail has also been arrested on an estreat of his recognizance for 801., but having given fresh sureties to the sheriff .for the production of Mr. Robert Bond at the next sessions, he was immediately enlarged. The various manoeuvres of the defendants to delay or evade the trial of these long-pending indictments is said to have cost the prosecutors, Captain Forbes and Mr. Paxish, together upwards of 1,0001. Both prosecutors have been held by the magistrates on heavy personal sure ties to appear and prosecute.—Morning Herald. j WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, MAY 26. GAMING-HOUSES.—WiIIiaM Ri:SSe4 who was in dieted in conjunction with Edward Russell, John Rei 4 and Thomas Jackson, appeared to an indictmea charging him with being concerned in keeping a cola mon gaming -house, on and since the 7th of Januar last, in the parish of St. lames, Westminster. As i too often the case in prosecuticns of this kind, no pro secutor appeared, and the defendant, in the absence s any evidence to the contrary, was necessarily pro nounced Not Guilty. The name of the witness, fa there was but one on the back of the indictment, ice Henry Matthews. • John Cook, who, like the former defendaht, ;vs well-dressed, was next arraigned for keeping a ganliTe house, in the parish of St. James, sin ce the 2 0 ,t' February, 1828. The witnesses in this case w er Thomas Weston and John Ward, but neither aPP ear ing, the defendant took a verdict of Acquittal, as matter of course. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEIL, Wheat. B arley. _ _Oats._ 1 3 Per Quarter. Ashburn 47 52 29 34 18 23 3e, Basingstoke 46 56 27 31 20 24 al_ ij Bath 44 55 28 34 20 25 38 Bridgewater 48 56 22 26 20 25 3 2 Bristol . 48 56 23 32 16 20 al_ 411 Chesterfield 44 52 28 33 16 22 4 4 53 Derby .48 51 20 32 18 24 3 2 46 Doncaster 4B 60 26 34 17 25 40. 51 26 24 3 5 . _„ yg Exeter u46 52 24 26 16 18 „,„o 41 al Gloucester 4O 52 25 31 17 24 59 Hungerford 35 54 22 29 17 25 5 4 34 47 28 I 19 „„,"*" 4 0 Newbury .. 40 55 23 30 20 32 a , 39 Romsey 52 58 26 28 19 22 84 41 Shaftesbury , 51 23 17 411 Shepton Mallet 44 54 24 30 20 26 32 40 Sherborne......... 50 54 23 29 2/ 24 uqk Taunton .............. 43 51 21 26 19 22 3, 2 0 Yarmouth..._,... 47 51 24 28 20 9.4 Yeovil.... 48 52 '24 36 20 22 3 4 , Per Bushel. is. d s. d.l s. d. s. if. s. d. 6. d. 5.."„• 00 Shrewsbury —I 6 9 76 ; 4 0 4 6 5 0 (3 6, BI INGE Wheat, 62 lb. Barley, imperial Do. Grinding, 4 Oats, 391 b Old Beans, 66 1 4 New ditto New White Boil Ditto Grey ditto May 21 ss. 3 8 0 d. t 03473 :fi 0 15 6 1 7 1 14 6 15 , fling Pease, 3 imp. bush. 22 0 22 3 ig 6 2.0 u fIANI CORN MARKI quarter 'J lb. DEVIZES CORN M A imar —May 22. ~ tt „Per Sack. s. d. s. d. Per Quarter. S. (1. .11 6 Best Wheat 24 (1 to 2S 0 Barley T.6 oto :., 0 Second 23 0 23 6 Oats 2O 0 0 0 0 Thirds 2l 6 21 6 Beans (per sack) 17 0 2 0 1123 Sacks of Wheat sold/ ~3 6 flour (per bag).. 8S 0 " 0 0 at the average 0f........ Bread (per gall.) 1 2 ........., N'Vheat7lt A ed l( , E N F (!r E fo l ik p an C r?S it ii N flti l lk i . A — RK s. K L - Tto M a7fi . ne a?' Lin. and Cam. - Yorkshire ..... ... ..... —s. 425. to 455. floe 4 81 " Whitcsss. s. 475. to 525. fine . Foreign, Red s. 3Ss. to 47s tine 50 , • White —s. 405. to 50s. nne 555. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk -- Lincolnshire --- Yorkshire Wold .............. . - F ore i gn beans, Old ............................. .......... 37s to 395. fine 41s. Oats, is P0Ntaewt:....................................................................... 3.195;.. t 0 0 0 38 22:1 * . fine 4 ,..„ Poland... ..... .. ....... .. ................ —s. 17s. to 19s. fine tx,!* Friezland and Small —s. lfis to 18s. fine fu' Mealing Shelling Malt Rapeseed 231. 0,335.5:3996;11.5.t0.5.t00fi.211(;:70e.U14.0d2d055....p1f,i:vrrrr51:i t,oosali SCOTCH MARKETS. ''-' Wheat. Barley Oats. Beans -- --- Aberdeen 40 40 21 23 14 18 -- B,rwielc.- , 30 P 5 17 20 13 15 20 2 1 Coldstream —, 35 42 18 19 13 14 20 23 1' npar .- 4B 50 26 :31 18 22 22 vo, Diu1ee,......—... 50 60 30 33 20 05 30 _.,, 51 Elgin ........ . 40 (4) 24 26 16 20 23 u",,, Inverness— 38 42 25 20 15 17 23 K, i n Kelso .......... 37 31 16 19 12 14 " a Kirkaldy—. 48 61 23 29 16 20 45 I ',? , Perth 50 50 2 3 20 20 22 9..2 20 ' i.," The size of the measury varies throoehoolo.c ----- ( )attn. Beans , 21 20 21 o(i 20 2 ' 2 22 26 30 31 -- 23 23 a° id 26 23 ` 4445 - 7 4 , 3 43 25 I " . n trP !hout the and T - TiAray ,f Grain EIMNBIIIIOII CORN MARK We had a small supply of all kinds o. - the sales were rather heavy. B ,rlt Wheat. Barley. 1 O a t s . Pease. ;3 4, First s7s Od Od 22, 01 34: s i g Second s2s Od 32: 01 0-I 32' 30. (ki Third 44s Od 27s Od lls 01 30, to PRICKS OF PROVISIONS. AC. lid. • Reef, per lb. Os. SI. to 05.6.1, Ereshßutter 10 ' i ,lb S. to 0 S qutt,in -- 0 5 0 7 Salt Ditto---- „' 0 t Veal 0 4 0 8 Ditto, per CNt t.7' 1, 0 0 0 3 0 5 Eggs, per doe. 0 6 8 6 I.amb, per qr. 3 0 5 0 OatStrawtlcp , .) 6 6 S 0 Fallow, cwt.... 3 .2 6 :35 6 Wheat Ditto.. 5 0 y 0 Quarter. Leaf 0 0 0 7 Barley Ditto— 60 ' 9 ~ ,,at"es. inn, 0 0 0 0 Hay,perst.--- 0 0 0 I , ,DINRITR“I4 MEAT There was a small supply of and the sales were dull, at last s Per Sack of 2801 h. I mp. First Oatmeal `ecori ditto 1 8 0 Barleyineal 1 5 6 Peasemeal 1 6 0 Pot Barley—No. I, per cwt. 12, • MARKET —May 20 Oatmeal at this day's mar l ` el wtek's prices. Per Stone of 141 b. 1ni1 3 . 1 8 First Oatmeal ..... ti Second ditto ......... y, 1 8ar1eymea1........ ....... r I 6 Peasemeal .................. 148.-1 d . GLASGOW CORN N 1 AII K ET.—Alay 111- 300 The arrivals of Grain are good , and we note no alter in prices. i S. Wheat, per 2.401}% .. d. s. it. l Oats, per 26.111). s• 'tol7 0 3ritisli, ohl 26 oto2B 01 Irish l ,l 0 ~. 6 150 1 a ---- new Can:ida, free -og 0 29 0 Beans, per 2.6011.)... ,. ,.. 0 Iri.h Barley, per 3201 b. . Scottishls 0 • 09 0 English ' Pesse Scottish 16 0 ~ 6 0 -- I , • , , -- 6 i 3 Scottish 2O 0 2.1 0 Oatmeal, per I . 4iilti. I:3 A , 2 0 Irish • IS) 0 - 20 f Flour, per 280113.... 40 0 •. —.....d05 , - -- try. lS CORNWALL MA R.- --- „' o a t., 138. oil Sr. Ausvm—Wheat, —s. to Tatto—Wheat (average) 21s.fid.—BarleY, 11"" 7s. to tEI. Od. 0 to 12 4 -.XI ° PENZANCE—Wheat, 21s. to 22s.—Barley. -S. ,6 0 9,1" Pork, 0 os. to os. 6d.—Beef and Mutton, sd. to 5/T -- flutter, 12d. per lb. 0s•0. 1 . - " Oats, LA uscEsToN—Wheat (average) 195.6,1:—8ar1eY, - • 04 , 6s . 6.l.—Beef, 5101.—Mutton, 6d. 6 ,1...0 301 LIME naae—Wheat, —s. to IN. 01 —Barley, Os. • to 7s. 6d. i pats, 6 ' "' Bon NII st—Wheat (average) 21 — Barley, 103 . 6 ' -- ( e • HE LSTON—Wheat, 21s. Barley, ol. 10 ,.....5C Sr. Cot.oma—Wheat, 208. to 228. —Barley, 9 4 . t ° . aod Mutton, 5-id. to 6d.—Veal, Od.—Larnb, 001. Os. to 10c —va t ' _Os. —Barley, is. C'it. MINING IN CELLI GENCE. ~. xi , ~,, Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Redruth last Thurday , n u 14 Average Produce - ..........*.•••••• „,,,,, . - Quantity of fine Copper, ..-.......-••••••• , ' n ' A *ll4.fd Amount of Sale, 26.9541. 13s. tid.—Average Standard, ,`- ___--. -- - MEETINGS OF CREDITOIOOI, AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-Slll- (From the London Gazelle.) t I TO- MO RROW, MAN - '27 trcct ...... 1 3 E. Cole, corn-chandler, Wells-street, Oxford - 1 1 1 :; M. Wake, anchor , mith, War.; ing ........................... it W. Blanchard, oilman, Old Compton-street, Soh ° ..... 0 , J. W. Warren, draper, Blandford, Dorsetshire .......... DIVIDENDS.fit 1~ W. Barnard, underwrlter, Lloyd's Coffeehouse ..... ............ It. Johnston, bras,-founder, New-street-square ............ 11 J Lane, cheesernonger, Strand ........... ........... J. F. Smallman, Blackwell-hall-factor, Ba,inghall-5'r7j.....„/ thken:cirso):a: BIRTHS. On the 23d inst., at Brighton, the Hon. gre• of a son. i On the 22d inst., at Boulogne-stir - M er ' Captain Skipsey, R.N., of a son, which did not long - vive its birth. Essex, the lag On the 21st inst., at Grays Vicara_2l._... o the t O hl n ea d t ßy h e e ovf 2 .A 3 Hi d .e i nß n r s ly t o . o , scie, i 3i n bElyAs 3 qH l ß. o ,c u izio n efi t , -street, ..t h , Gißiar.:toehsrv: eno r - s cle ° Rice DaNi Chum , ot lEats o o ; nx the 2ist inst. at Walcot 1 . , Glarnorganshire , . Powell, Esq., of 'Cadoxtnit-P aoce . ii . f William Brooks Kt; Sarah Dolmage, only dal' a - t io , and granddaughter Of of Beaufort House, Bath. 0 , pagest daughter of the late ,"Cjstatilubleddington, George En o : 3 0 Esq. , o tdtoh f ame t A h g2D e .a2ott l hit s ma l i an n,asgt d :oo Lloyd, Esq• i a 0) t at Riga, John Todd, Esq., th -r d, to On the 7th ins •t„. E, ,of Bellsize Hoppe • f 111 P Nicholas Hill, EN. , Frances, seeole DIED. Pre st°s, of the late G On the 7th inst., at Vail Sir Robert . elgdeaUgolciltde'rrjofs(l. B ar t., in his 95th year. S. C °rtel b so On the '2.lth inst., in Devonshire-place, Mrs. i ii t On the 22d of January last, at Ahureclnu,,,,?lrservice,_ On the 21st inst., at Newbold, near East Indies, William Dent, of the Bombay '.l Cote, nog eldest son of the Rev. William Dent, of Cro sby Northallertor. Chest erfield 'S i t n o ll 'i cer ' late James - 90th year,Stovin, widow of the the Es o q. n , t o h f e W l h 7 i t tg h i i f il t st H ., all if Y r. o jrkohshni7f.ocr, of Batcliffe High" way, druggist. t Louisa4c On the 2,3 d inst., at Kennington-crescent/ / _,.. 4 ea he wall, Lqq., and younguo_.t. wife of Henry Cobb Corn James's, and Stamfordcottage, pso m. m ...1 Edward, eldest son of r. 1 of On the `...,3d inst., Bride-lane, agF4 instant,‘2 aged 77, Mr. Graham ThoilsrirCle On the 2 ,3 d Forsyth, Fens Gordon, and Thomson, the firm of ter of the late John Richarson,EEssq.m, Thomson, street. _.). inst., at his w n. gtop..ol On the :4—d Hastings, John Telford, Esq., in his 63d year. 110 1.1 t On the 21st., at the Deanery-house, Chiebester,,orelf of Bury-stry-:000., relict of the late John Chandler, Esq.,of Whitley, d 0• an d mother of the present Dean of iche.ter, ag_.,....,./' -----.--- 110 London: Printed and Published by MURDO - at the Sun Office, Ns. 112, Strani• et P . t I 1c4,. 14111 13 11, th,