The Sun. — London, England, 1834-01-25 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JCURNALS. The Tory* papers, we remark, are glorifying , themselves and their Conservative brethren, be yond measure, because of a meeting of clergy men, supported by some respectable laymen of the Church of England, which has been held at Cheltenham, for the general purpose, as it would seem, of defending that venerable , esta blishment against the attacks of " its enemies." It has been our sincere and earnest endeavour to add our mite of protection to that afforded by other disinterested friends of the Established Church, as we have proved by a number of ar ticles to which we gave the most anxious consi deration, and the largest portion of time that we were in any manner enabled to withdraw from the mass of subjects which must inevitably press upon the minds of daily journalists. In the proceedings of the clerico-lay meeting at Chel tenham, we have looked for matter whereof to avail ourselves on behalf of the common cause, —namely, the defence of whatever is tenable in the temporal fabric of the Church of England, but we have been severely disappointed. The Rev. Gentlemen who assumed the chief part in the proceedings appear to have shown extra ordinary solicitude for the frustration of pur poses which few or none amongst the whole body of church reformers entertain, and for the prevention therefore of non-existing dangers. They, generous and magnanimous Ministers, pass by those questions by which the rest of the world are agitated ; they breathe not a syllable about commutation of tithe, about abolition of church sinecures, about the exorbitancy of some preferments, and the inadequacy of others, or the enormity of some episcopal revenues, as compared with those which would best become a bishop, or the inefficiency to all religious purposes of the corporations of " dean and chapter," or the nuisance of plu ralities. No ; upon these points, which are really touched by the Ithuriel spear, and are displayed in all their native hideousness by the searching spirit of reform—upon these pcints, which with the bulk of statesmen, and of the more respectable and powerful classes of Englishmen, comprehend the main sub jects of the wished for alteration—upon these the champions of the Church at Cheltenham preserve a silence, which we would gladly, but dare not, construe into a tacit concurrence in the necessity of that approaching change. Unhap pily, the bitter and pugnacious temper which animated the majority of the persons present, deprive us of the gratification of any such con jecture. They talked fiercely and vindictively of the enemies of the Church, yet almost inva riably confined their notice of the hostile dispo sitions of those enemies to a supposed attack upon the Liturgy of the Church of England. In this there is either foolish affectation or subtle and extreme hypocrisy. Let us try. Nobody— or none of the least influence in the country — meditates any serious or destructive assault upon the Liturgy of the Established Church. Nor, on the other hand, is it by any threatened cor rections of the Liturgy, for purely religious ob jects, that the violent exclamations of w hole bodies of clergymen have ever been called forth. Such novelties they can afford to discuss in a calm and deliberative spirit. It is only, we grieve to say, where temporals bid fair to be affected, that real alarm, and acrimony, and tempestuous fury, become visible. Now it is just possible that the Cheltenham divines may have bethought them selves of making a stalking horse of the Liturgy, to frighten by that false fire the minds of un thinking enthusiasts, for the spiritual integrity of the church,—to get up resolutions and associa tions, and all the other apparatus of religious conflict, and under the old warwhoop of " the church is in danger," to organize a sweeping and wholesale resistance to every species of reform, in doctrine, discipline, finance, and ad ministration. Under such a manceuvre, before now, the most noxious grievances of both Church and State have been for a time protected. The cry of Jacobinism long saved old Sarum from purgation, as that of infidelity will now, we presume, be set up as a scarecrow to guard the perpetuity of tithes. The people of England, however, are by this time too well taught for the success of such machinations. If the cle rical gentlemen of Cheltenham or elsewhere would discover the " enemies" of the Church, let them read the list of her abuses. They are the most fatal of all foes, for they have got possession of the sanctuary; and if the more enlightened of the people of England, with the more moderate and conciliatory of the dissenters, be serious in their desire for such qualifications in the Liturgy as would insure the comfort and produce the accession of a greater number of believers, let them begin by pressing for a com plete reform in the temporal Church of England, when they may rely upon it that the worldly minded and intolerant—the factious and time serving among its Ministers—those who are ever foremost in contention where anything is to be got by it—will find that their occupation is gone, and will give the country but little trouble as to the adjustment of doctrinal or disciplinarian differences.— Times. At the Court of Common Council, on Thurs. day last, Mr. Charles Pearson presented a peti tion from the potatoe salesmen, complaining of the enormous expense attending the landing of potatoes in the port of London, which was re ferred to the Committee of General Purposes. In our report of th e p rocee di ngs o f the Common Council, we merely mentioned the presentation of the petition. We understand, however, that she statement produced a considerable sensation. The petitioners complained, first, of the metage, w hich was ls. 4d. a ton. Another item of which they complained was the excessive amount c harged by the porters for landing the potatoes, who had a monopoly from the corporation. Every porter pays 34/. Hs. for his freedom, be sides other sums, amounting in all to from 451. to 501., and for this he indemnifies himself at the expense of the community. The petition ers stated that, in Liverpool, Hull, and other outports, potatoes could be landed for ls. a ton, and there was, therefore, no reason why more should be demanded in London. As the quantity of potatoes imported into London was not less than seventy thousand tons, here was a burden on a necessary of fife of 3,7001. for metage, and 9,0001. for porterage, amounting in all to upwards of 12,0001. A scene followed the presentation of the petition which deserves some notice. Mr. R. Taylor rose and said he thought the grievance complained of by the pe titioners was one which ought to be removed, and the petition should, therefore, have support. Mr. Taylor then referred to the readiness which had been shown to afford in formation to the corporation commissioners on all matters connected with the corporation, with a view to obtain the correction of abuses, which there was no disposition in that Court ;cs protect; and, therefore, he could not but feel indignant at statements which had been made on that subject in the Morning Chronicle by several members of that Court, who ought to have known better. On this Mr. Williams arose, and requested Mr. Richard Taylor to name the members of that Court to whom he alluded. He was not the author of any of the statements in the Morning Chronicle, with the exception of one to which his name was attached, but he had read them all, and his impression was that they were all true. He wished Mr. Taylor would, however, point out any of the statements which were calumnious, that he might be able to give a positive answer. Mr. Richard Taylor, however, remained silent ; and on being further pressed to name the persons to whom he alluded, he answered, " the Editor of the Morning Chronicle." Mr. Williams animadverted on the dif ference between " several members of the Court " and " the Editor of the Morning Chronicle ;" but Mr. Richard Taylor here came to " a lame and impotent conclusion." When we find individuals in the city receiving lordly incomes from such sources as the metage of po tatoes, we need not be surprised that hitherto city patriots have carefully avoided interfering with city abuses, which have been, as it were, " tabooed." The commerce of London has already suffered greatly from many heavy charges; and though, in consequence of the notice of the subject during the discussion on the coal trade, and on some other occasions, an improvement took place, yet there is much still to be remedied. A man who receives 3,7001. a-year, must have many friends, and candidates for city honours will think twice before they come across him. There are many large incomes in the city de rived from the public ; though it requires consi derable local knowledge to ferret out the various sources from which a single income may be de rived, as the same individual fills often a variety of apparently incongruous offices. However, as an effectual demand from without has been made on the city, reform can no longer be staved off ; and it is gratifying to know that the conventional silence, on certain topics, which so long prevailed in the Common Council, is now at an end ; and that independent men have found their way, who have no other desire than to put an end to the abuses, from which two millions of inhabi tants now suffer. When we are on the subject of abuses, we cannot help reverting to the sub ject of Farringdon market, which, when it is thoroughly understood by Members of Parlia ment, will, we trust, be made a subject of serious charge against the last Ministry. Improvement is a specious word. Almost all the municipal corporations throughout the country were great patrons of improvement. We are not prepared to say that there may not be cases in which it is allowable to devote public money to improve ments, though we believe the most of the cases in which public money has hitherto been so ap plied are little better than jobs. The pretext for cutting the Caledonian canal, was finding em ployment for the Highlanders, that they might not be forced to emigrate. The pretext for ex pending millions in canals in Canada, was the military security of the colony. In Ireland large sums have been from time to time expended in public woks, to furnish relief for the poor, whom the landowners turn out to starve. But though the justification of such expenditure may be very questionable, there is still some thing like justification. But we are utterly at a loss to know what justification Government can have for advancing money for aiding the citizens of London to job a new market. We trust Mr. Hume, and other vigilant guardians of the public purse, will inquire into the history of this advance, which is curious. But before further observation, we will just state what was the ad vance of Government to the City for the Far ringdon Market, and what is the return received for the advance :-250,000/. was borrowed of Government for erecting Farringdon Market and the improvement of Farringdon-street ; which latter consisted of pulling doiin Fleet Market, repairing the sewer, and repaving the street in which it stood. This sum, within a mere trifle, was expended upon these objects. A very large portion was expended in buying up the houses which stood upon the site of the new market, and in giving compensation to the oc cupiers, for loss of trade, &c. The compensation Government is to receive for the 250,0001. is— For 27 years, from 1831, per annum £11,500 0 0 Arising from pumps or aqueducts Half the profit of the market, in 1832 ... 2 6 11 Which was represented to Government as certain to produce at least 1,500/. per annum. After the expiration of twenty-seven years, no more money is to be paid, either in the shape of interest or the principal. By this transaction the Government has sacrificed 250,0001. of the public money, on the consideration of receiving for it less than 44 per cent. interest for twenty seven years. The new FarringdonMarket produced,lin 1832 £1,430 3 8 Deduct for various expenses, repairs, and outlays 1,425 9 10 Leaving a net profit of only 4 13 10 Old Fleet Market produced in 183, which is} 3,032 0 5 an average of former years Deduct for various expenses, repairs, and outlays 714 15 10 Leaving a net profit of _ 2,317 4 7 _ _ So, then, we find the Duke of Wellington has been so liberal to the city as to make it a present of 250,0001., for an annuity of 11,5001. for 27 years, and 3501. a-year, and 21.65. Ild. Nothing is so easy as to calculate the value of an annuity of 11,5001. for 27 years, and the value of the two rents of 350/., and 21. 6s. 11d.; and whoever makes the cal culation will find that the Duke of Wellington has made a present of a large sum of public money to the city. It is no justification of his Grace that he was duped by the city jobbers. He was, no doubt, assured that the Farringdon Market would turn out a more pro fitable concern than the Manchester Railroad ; but we humbly submit that it is not the business of Government to speculate in investing money to advantage. No more money should be taken from the people than what is absolutely necessary to carry on the public business of the country and the charge on. the Debt, and what remains after paying the interest should be applied towards the discharge of the principal. But we have heard that the Corporation of London is not the only one to which questionable ad vances have been made by the late Government. We have stated merely in gross that a sum of 250,0001. has been literally thrown away. But there is a proverb, that fools throw away money, and wise men pick it up. Now though we cannot say much for the wisdom of the Duke of Wellington in making a pre sent of so large a sum to the Corporation of London, yet we should be surprised if the money did not find its way into the pockets of very shrewd people. It some times happens that the application of money throws light on the motives of projectors ; and in order that no necessary information, calculated to elucidate the subject, which we can obtain, may be wanting, we will, on a future day, lay the particulars of the application before our readers, observing, by the way, that we do not mean to blame the wise men who made hay while the sun was shining. The City of London had large revenues of its own, and the magnificence of its establishments might be justifiable so long as it was supported out of its own estates. But having exhausted its legitimate income on im provements, its magnificence is now, like many other burdens, thrown on the inhabitants of the metropolis and surrounding country. Let us inquire, for instance, into the sources for meeting the expenditure connected with London Bridge. The Bridge House Estate was mortgaged for building New London Bridge, and making the approaches thereto, for 750,000/. After this sum was expended, 1,000,0001. more was bor rowed for making the approaches, for which four per cent. interest is to be paid. The payment of both interest and principal is secured by a duty of Bs. per ton for coals brought into the port of London, which amounts to from 70,0001. to 80,0001. a year, and the levying this duty is secured by Act of Parliament. These are large sums to be at the disposal of a City Parliament. The whole population of the City does not ex ceed 100,000 ; and a majority of the Common Council was returned by three or four thousand individuals. The representatives, then, of three or four thousand individuals, have, we see, a tax levied from two millions of people at their disposal. This is a matter that demands inquiry ; and it cannot be treated with indifference. — Morning Chronicle. There are reasons for believing that Lord Howard de Walden's residence in Lisbon will not be the most agreeable, in case his Lordship should go there. Don Pedro will not venture to do as the Emperor Nicholas did with another of Lord Palmerston's envoys , but, as regards inclination, of that, we believe, there is no want. The situation of the Whig Government with Don Pedro is peculiar. The present Ministers encouraged him to undertake the conquest of Portugal for his daughter, relying on his judg ment and integrity, and, as they thought, secure of his gratitude. An expectation was entertained that this enterprise would be accomplished in two or three months at furthest, as it was sup posed that the Portuguese were ready to receive the Brazilian outcast with open arms. In Downing-street that was a.day of exultation on which Don Pedro landed at Oporto. It was hailed as the commencement of a new era in Portugal—a new connecting chain to British interests. We are now in the third year of a civil war, instigated by the folly and wickedness of the British Ministry, and not one of these anticipations has been realised. Desolation in the interval has spread its ravages over the fairest portion of the Portuguese coast, that part of the country only being quiet and prosperous, to which the foot steps of the invaders have not reached. Don Pedro has been foiled in his hopes, and those who supported him disappointed, both as re gards the achievements which he was to have performed, and the sincerity of his professions. Liberated from external influence, and left to himself, it has been discovered that Don Pedro would be a tyrant in that country, the burdens of which he pledged himself to lighten, and in the end would prove ungrateful to those who considered themselves his best friends. His public career indicated that he wished the crown for himself, and intended on the earliest opportunity, to declare the abdication of the Emperor of Brazil, in favour of his daughter, to be null and void. Alarm was felt when he was seen placing himself at the head of the Revo lutionists; and those who had abetted him up to that moment, began to entertain just apprehen sions that they might be involved in the conse quences of his tortuous course. In this di• lemma what was to be done ? After serious deliberation a plan was devised to withdraw him altogether from Portugal, and confer the Re gency upon another; but as he held the cotn• mand of the army, and in the places he occupied, was supported by public opinion to a certain extent, it became evident that this measure could not be carried into effect unless he himself be came a consenting party. The negotiation was assuredly an arduous one when it was his ac quiescence to such a proceeding that was to be obtained. The expedient of insisting upon Don Miguel's also quitting the country, and renounc ing those rights which the laws of Portugal and the consent of the people had given to him, was then hit upon. In the sequel the whole of this delectable plan, however, fell to the ground, and matters remained in statu quo. Still was the object too great and too pressing to be aban doned. To worry or shame Don Pedro into the sacrifice of his present Ministers, with a view to the introduction of M. de Palmella, Lord Palmerston's favourite bird was next employed, and in its success we have been assured that the British naval officers employed in the Tagus avowed a very lively interest. So explicit were their manifestations that theYedroite organs in Great Britain denounced them as active enemies to the existing Government. The men, how ever, whom it was wished to pull down, have stood firm, and shown themselves properly and honourably jealous of this new and underhand species of foreign interference. They have re jected with just scorn the advice and admonition sent to Lisbon. Don Pedro remains there, Silva Carvallto is in power, and Palmella still on the shelf. If Lord Howard de Walden is to renew negotiations which have at once been stupid and arrogant, or if he be not instructed even to offer some excuse or explanation, to extenuate, if it be possible, the baseness and insolence of our past diplomacy at Lisbon, how, we ask, can he expect to sit comfortably down in that capital, and transact business with men whom his employers have shown a meddling and impertinent desire to turn out?—Morning Post. Yesterday, in the Sheriffs' Court, Red Lion square, an action was brought by a tradesman, named Bacon, to recover Si., for articles supplied to Lord Louth, in November and December, 1628, at which time his Lordship was a Gentleman Commoner of St. John's Col lege, Cambridge. Mr. Dowling stated the case, and proved that in 1828 the plaintiff sold the defendant a snuff box for 11., a Merchaum pipe for six guineas, and tobacco, snuff, &c., making altogether 8/. Mr. Hill, for the de fendant, said it was singular, if the goods were supplied in 1828, that the action had nut been sooner brought. This young nobleman was then abroad in Italy, and those who represented him in England had no means of contradicting the statement ma 'e ; and the only defence they could offer was that of minority. The register of the baptism of Thomas Oliver, son of Lady and Lord Louth, at Charles ton South, August 9, 1809, was put in ; and Mr. Rich ards, clerk to Mr. Stephens, Lard Louth's solicitor, said he knew Lord Louth's christian name to be Thomas (li ver. In reply to Mr. Dowling, he said there were a great many other actions pending against Lord Louth. Mr. Appteyard, another clerk, gave similar evidence, and said that upwards of 2,000/. had been paid, through Mr. Ste phens, for debts contracted by the defendant during the six months he was at Cambridge. Mr. Dowling con tended that there was no evidence that the child, a copy of whose baptismal register was produced, was the present defendant. The Jury, after consulting about twenty mi nutes, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 8/. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. G UILDHALL. James Brunt, the driver of the omnibus No. 184, attended to answer the complaint of John Griffiths, of Oakley-street, Lambeth, for driving furiously through Newgate-street about 11 o'clock on Sunday forenoon, whereby his life had been en dangered. The complainant, it appeared, died about seven o'clock yesterday morning of the injuries he received by being driven against, and the complaint was therefore made by his son. Mr. Cronin, a surgeon in Holborn, was standing near the Post-office, when he saw the omnibus go by at a fast trot, and he also saw the old mar. Griffiths fall from being struck by the pole or the horses while crossing from Panyer-alley to St. Mar tin's-le-Grand. He fell upon his back, with his heels up in the air, just out of the line of the wheels, but his arm was lacerated by being struck by the pole, and he died yesterday morning of the injuries he sustained. Witness accompanied him home in a cab, and had attended him daily since then. The driver did not stop till he was compelled, and soon went on again, the conductor giving the usual " All right." The defendant was very deaf. He was only driving for the day. As he entered Newgate-street the conductor cried out " Hold hard," and he looked round to see what he wanted. When he turned his head again he saw the deceased close under the horses' heads, and he did his best to pull up, but he could only turn the horses towards the pavement, and almost upon it, to prevent the wheels from running over the man. The man said he was mere frightened thin hurt, and the conductor im mediately promised to make him every compensation in his power. __ Mr. Alderman VENABLES thanked Mr. Cronin for attending, and said everybody must feel that he had manifested great kindness to the poor old man. With regard to the prisoner, he should detain him till the Coroner for Surrey had held an inquest on the deceased. BOW-STREET. Robert Smith, a beer-shop keeper in Drury-lane, was fined forty shillings upon each of two informa tions, charging him with having allowed a parcel of ragged persons of both sexes to play at a newly invented game, called by the very singular name of " Cheat the Justice." The defendant attempted to show that the accusation was false, but com pletely failed in cheating the Justice upon this occasion. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. An aged man, named Whitehead, who stated that he resided at Beverley, in Yorkshire, applied to J. E. CONANT, Esq., under the following cir cumstances : Applicant stated that upwards of forty years since he was married to a young woman as near his own age as possible. She absconded from him thirty five years ago, and he had not seen her for fifteen years. He had heard of the dissolute life she was carrying on at different times, but still he did not see her. He found that she had been living with different men, and had been married to two or three, who had left her money. He had now discovered where she was living, and wanted a warrant to ap prehend her for bigamy. Mr. CONANT said that he could not have a war rant against his own wife. The other men could have a warrant. He had better go quietly if he wanted to see her, but he could not give him any assistance. MAR YLEB ONE. SINGULAR APPLICATION.—Yesterday a middle aged woman, respectably attired, and carrying a bundle of papers in her hand, entered the office, and made the following application to Mr. RAWLINSON, the sitting Magistrate : She began by stating that she was a lady of title, and was once possessed of a very considerable for tune, and not long ago kept a splendid establish ment in Harley-street, having at the time an income of 8,0001. a-year ; but she had lately been deprived of her titles and property by her relations, who thought her insane and incapable of managing her own affairs. Not long since she went to the bank ing-house of Sir Claude Scott to receive 6001. then due to her, but it was kept back by that gentle man's elde,t son, whom she did not consider to blame, he having acted under the directions of a person of greater power. Mr. RAWLINSON—What is it you wish me to do for you? Applicant—To issue summonses for the parties to attend here. Mr. RAWLINSON—What is the name of the per son whom you say is possessed of such great power ? Applicant (laughing)—l must not tell you. They will make you an Earl or a Duke to resign your seat on the Bench and not to interfere in the case. Mr. RAWLINSON—Then I cannot issue sum monses without names. Applicant—You positively shall, Mr. Rai.vlinson, if not now, at some other time. Good morning, Sir. Mr. RAwuNsoN—Good morning, Ma'am. Applicant then left the office, and Mr. RAWLIN-• SON immediately after remarked to Mr. Fell, the Chief Clerk, that she had paid him a visit at his house the day previously, and he believed her to be, from her conversation and manners, respectably connected ; but that, notwithstanding she spoke in so calm and rational a manner, she was labouring under insanity, and imagined herself to be very nearly allied to nobility. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday Ann Purchas, about forty years of age, and Alice Trig, who appeared to be about twenty-four or twenty-five, were charged with having practised the following infamous species of fraud upon Lady Sugden, Mrs. Dodson (the Secre tary of the Queen's Lying-in Hospital), Mrs. Da niels, of Russell-square, and various other humane and charitable ladies. On Wednesday, the 15th inst., the prisoner Trig, who had made herself up so as to give herself the appearance of a woman far advanced in pregnancy, called at the house of Lady Sugden shortly after her Ladyship had quitted home in her carriage, arid requested to have an interview with the Misses Sugden, who happened to be at home. The ser vant announced to them that a young woman, who was far advanced in pregnancy, wished to see them, and they immediately granted the favour, when the prisoner affected to be very ill, represented herself to be near her confinement, and requested them to assist her in procuring baby linen, as she was a dis tressed married woman with a family, and was un able to assist herself. She pretended to be actually in the pains of labour, and acted her part so well that the sympathy and the humanity of the young ladies were raised to such a pitch that they became alarmed at her condition, and afforded her relief, and entered into a subscription for her; and being on intimate terms with Mrs. Dodson, whom they knew to be Secretary to the Queen's Lying-in Charity, they advised her to call upon her at her residence, 39, Burton-crescent, and to represent her condition to her, and she would be properly relieved. The prisoner accordingly proceeded to that lady's house, and, making known the nature of her visit to the servant, she was immediately announced, and Mrs. Dodson came into the hall to see her, when she found the prisoner ap parently in the last stage of pregnancy. She was in tears, and made a most lamentable story, and in dulged in fits and starts, which caused Mrs. Dodson Thetoconcludethat is ori er, h Purchas, u s rc e w b as r w r i e l o a l in dangerous was as with tiai her, said d state. that she was her landlady ; she was a most industrious and deserving woman, and that she had the care of her other children, and that Lady Sugden had before assisted her. Mrs. Dodson, not wishing to act pre maturely or to be imposed upon, and feeling it ne cessary to satisfy herself before she parted with her property, said that she would make it her business to go directly to Lady Sugden, and if satisfied she would supply her with proper necessaries, at the same time making her a present. The prisoher Purchas affected great alarm, and Trig fell into a fainting fir, on recovering from which she was placed in an arm-chair, and the groaned and ap peered to be in great agony. Parches begged stre nuously of Mrs. D. to supply her instantly with the baby linen, as she was on the point of delivery, and the least delay would be dangerous; and the ap pearance of Trig, together with her conduct, bearing so near an affinity to reality that she became actually alarmed for her safety, and without delay she gave her a sufficiency of baby-linen pinned up in a pair of sheets, and advanced her money for her coach hire home, when they quitted the place. The prisoner Trig gave her name Parker, and said that she resided at No. 24., Luton-street, Somer's-town, and she also gave that name and address at Lady Sugden's. The prisoners, on applyi ng to t h e M isses S ug d en ma d e use of their mother's name, and said that Trig had been before relieved by her, which was partly an inducement for them to take such an active part as to her safety and comfort ; and on the circumstance being mentioned to her Ladyship she suspected something wrong, and on a conference between her and Mrs. Dodson, their suspicion s were confirmed. Her Ladyship without delay forwarded one of her servants to No. 24, Luton-street, Somer's•town, to inquire after Mrs. Parker, when it was ascertained that no such street as Luton-street was known to the oldest inhabitant, and that a gross imposition had been practised upon them. Information was immediately given at the police station-hous e to Inspector Oakley, who instituted strict inquiri es , after having received an accurate description of the persons of the prisoners, and he ultimately ascer tained that Mrs. Daniels, of .57, Russell•square, who is related to Mr. Rogers, the magistrate of this office, and upwards of one hundred ladies of distinc tion, celebrated for their humane actions, had been duped by the prisoners out of boxes of baby-linen under exactly similar circumstances, and many of them had parted with money to the amount of 4/. and 51., to the prisoners. Mrs. Daniels, it appears, acted most liberally towards them, and advancing money for Trig's coach hire, sent her servant with them to see her safely in the vehicle, but an excuse was made. The servant left them, and they kept the money. In a few days afterwards the frauds were heard of, and Mrs. Daniels's cook on passing through the street met the prisoner Trig in perfect health, on which she said, " Ah I Mrs. Parker, are you about already ?" "Oh yes," replied the prisoner, " I have just got out; my time has been very short; if you come with me you shall have the linen." She went with her, and she led her to several places in Newport Market, the Seven Dials, and other places, until she led her into an obscure alley; and, taking her up stairs, she introduced her to an old woman, saying," She will give you the linen," and she ran off; and tile witness having a valuable shawl belonging to her mistress in her possession, was afraid that she would be robbed and burked. The foregoing circumstances having been proved, Mr. ROGERS said that it was a most aggravated proceeding. and inquired of Inspector Oakley whe ther he could bring forward any other charges against the prisoners ? Inspector Oakley replied that if the prisoners were reminded he had no doubt but the office would be crowded by numerous persons who had been plundered by them. No less than one hundred applications had been made at the station-house by parties who gave a description of them as having committed similar depredations. _ _ The prisoners were then remanded for a week for the attendance of Lady Sugden and others. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS, (From the " London New Price Current" of yesterday.) SUGAR.—There has been a steady Sugar market this week; the good and finelgrocery Sugars are scarce and command high prices, generally a small advance has been obtained, but the mid, and inferior descriptions and pan Sugars are rather lower and dull ; the estimated sales for the week are 2,500 blids. and trs. In the Refined market there has been a steady demand for fine goods for the home consumption of the country; there is no alteration in prices; in Crashed there is a small advance on fine, which is now quoted at 31e. ; the inferior parcels made from Foreign Sugars are offered at lower rates without fa cilitating sales, 295. 3d. is reported. This afternoon in the Refined market the parcels entitled to the double•re fined bounty, for the Mediterranean market, scarcely any offering. The Grocery descriptions are also in demand, and full prices obtained. MAURITIUS SUGAR.—The sales this week have gone off with much briskness; the Sugars brought forward being of good quality, which are much wanted ; parcels 545. and upwards, suld 6d. to Is. per cwt. higher. This day's public sales, 5,189 bags Mauritius, sold with brisk ness at full prices, being of good quality suitable for the present demand ; in some instances prices again 6d. higher were obtained. EAST INDIA SUGAR.—East India Sugars have gone off rather higher, particularly the Slams, mid. to good white 235. 6d. to 255. 6d. ; good bright yellow Bengal 245. 6d. ; mid. to fine white, 28s. to 355. ; Manilla, soft mid. yel low, 21s. 6d. to 225. 6d. FOREIGN SUGAR.-At public sale on Tuesday, 776 boxes yellow, 57 boxes white Havannah Sugar, only a few lots of the yellow sold, about a half was soft quality, mid. brown to coloury greyish yellow, the remainder strong ; the part sold went 235. 6d. to 261. ; good strong white, 27a. 6d. to 28s. 6d; since the sale about 200 chests of yellow have sold at 245. ; a cargo of old Sugars from Per. nambdco on the voyage has been sold, the white 235., the brown at 20s. This day's public sales, 187 cases Brazil, 357 chests Havannah, were nearly allidamaged ; they sold rather lower. COFIEE.-There has been a great quantity of Coffee sold this week at very steady prices, except the Ceylon and Mocha ; the former is I s., the latter 3s. to ss. lower; all other qualities have supported the late market prices, and some Berbice sold rather higher; Ceylon, good ord. even without blacks sold 561. 61. to 575. Samarang, fine ord., at 525. 6d. ; good ord. Batavia, 545. 6d. to 555. 6d. ; light brown Java, 665. 6d. ; Mocha in large parcels, ungarbled, 635. 6d. to 645. ; green garbled, 665. 6d. to 68s. ; very good brown, 80e. 6d. to 90s. ; c,,nsiderable parcels of damaged Brazil and Havannah offered, but did not sell. The British Plantation sold was ord. Jamaica at 82s. to 845., fine fine ord., 86s. to 90s. ; mid. grey Demerara, 86s. 6d. to S7s. ; fine ord. to good mid. Berbice, 87s. to 955. This day's public sales 217 brls. and bags British Plantation, chiefly Demerara, sold at previous prices ; 198 bags Mysore, 51 bags Foreign, the latter Brazil, Havannah, and Porto Rico, all went of heavily, at a reduction of ls. a 2s. per cwt. COCOA.-The holders of Brazil Cocoa are asking higher prices ; a parcel of 947 bags offered at public sale on Tuesday, and all withdrawn, is stated to be held for 255. ; This day's public sale, 703 bags Trinidad, good gray to ord. red, 393. to 495., being a decline of 4s. to 6 per cwt. BUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-Rum continues i❑ brisk demand at advancing prices ; scarely any parcels of Leewards are now left in the importers' hands ; proofs have been sold at 2s. 2d., and are nosy held for 2s. 3d. ; five over, 2s. ; five to ❑ine over, 2s. 4d. ; extensive parcels of Jamaica have been sold, chiefly 30 over, at 3s. I❑ Brandy and Geneva there is little doing ; both are heavy. TALLOW.-There has been a steady business in Tallow, but the market is now heavy, with some appearance of a decline ; the quotation at a late hour this evening was 435. 6d. to 435. 91; but the public sale which took place afterwards put rather a damp on the market-it was damaged Tallow from a ship strati led ; it consisted of 664 casks St. Petersburg yellow Candle Tallow, and sold 40s. 3d. a 41s. 91. SPlCES.—Pepper is again rather lower; ord. half heavy has been sold at 31. to 3i 1., good he av y at 441. and 4td. Good fair quality Pimento sold at former prices, 4id. 817 chests mid. Cassia Lignea, '7ss. and 765., being steady at the previous currency. Corrox.—The C o t ton market has remained very qu i et since the public s a l es o f F riday last. The purchases b y private contra c t are only 100 Surat, 5i 1. to 6d., an d 100 Bengal, 6d. SALTPETRE..--Slitetre continues steady ; Calcu tta, 21. to 4 ref ract i on, 335. 6d. and 7 refract i on , 325. 6d. ; igadras, 9-4- to 41 refracti o n, taken in 30s. to 31 s. Th is day's s a l e , 1 ,362 bags Saltpetre, goo d so ld at 335. ; p Aladras, 114 refraction, 300. 6d. to 315., steady prices. RlCE.—Rice continues dull ; good white Bengal, 12s. 6 I. to 13s. ; ord white 9e. 6d. This day's public sales, 158 bags Java, low white, sold so low as Ba. 6(1. ; 1,143 bags Bengal, all taken in; 300 bids. Cart, fins, old and full of weavil, ail taken in at 30a. FRUIT remains much the same as last week : rather wore inquiries after the lower descriptions, and Currants. TEA.—The same depres•ion continues in the 'market. Boheas are again rather lower. I:gnu:rt.—The sale commenced on Tuesday; it con sisted of 4,359 chests, of which about 600 have ;been withdrawn; in the first two days the home cooeumiog qualities went off freely at the former East India House sale prices ; all other descriptions sould at a reduction of 4d. to 6d. per lb. Fourth Day-4,108 chests (including 687 chests withdrawn) have now passed the sale, leaving 251 chests for sale on Monday. Accounts having been received yesterday from Calcutta, dated 2d Sept., stating that the crops had been materially injured in the month of August by very heavy rains, and were not likely to ex ceed 80,000 maunds, proprietors gave additional support to their marks, and bought in freely, in many instances at fully last sale's prices; this gave some confidence to the buyers, and biddings became more animated. The quan tity bought in is about 700 chests; prices may be con sidered 2d. better than the two first days. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, cmputed from the Returns made in the week ending the 20th day of Jan., 1834, is '2.Bs. '7-.ld. per Hundred Weight, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Britain. PRICES OP HOPS.—Jan. 24. New Kent Pockets (per cwt.) —5/. Os. 51. 12s. to Choice ...--.. 6/, 6s. 0/. Os to East Kent, Choice New Snsex Pockets Farnham (fine). Ditto (seconds) 61. Os. 0 . 1 . . Os, 6/. Oe, 71. O. 6!. 109. . _ Os. 71. 10s. to 81 . 51. fis. 01. Os. to 51. 10s. 51. 153. 0/. Os. to 61. Os. 111. 1 ls. 01. Os. to 121. 123. .10/ Os. 01. Os to 11/. Os. PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown 6s. Refined /39 6 • A 27 10 13 0 6 0 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand Rape Cake, per ton PRICE OF POTATOES.—Jan. 94. ---31. Os. to 31. 10s. per ton. --N. Os. to 2/. ss. ditto. Os, to 41. 10s. ditto. —3l. 10s. to 4/. Os. ditto. .0/. Os. to 2/. Os. ditto. Shams --,........«...... Middling ...........~..... Marsh Champions Scotch Red5.,—..,.... Chats ___ ---........ WHITECH APEL HAY AI A KKET.—Jan. 23. Hay 70s. Od. to S4s. Od. 1 ('lover 75s Od. to 955. Od. Straw, • 245. Od. to 28$. Od. Per lb. PRICES OF d. to d. Butts, 14 24 Ditto, Foreign 13 20 Dressing 11 15 Ditto l2j 16 Ditto, light .•••• Crop Hides, light 12 131 Ditto« X4O to 501 b. 12 16 Ditto l4 18 LEATHER. Per lb. d. to d. English Horso Hides.. 14 19 Spanish Ditto ............. 17 26 Per dozen. Calf Skins...3o to 401 b. 14 21 Ditto 40 to 601 b. )7 23 Ditto 70 to 901 b. 20 25 Small Seals. Greenlane 174 Large ditto ..2 16 PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as follows: — Candles, per doz. 7s. Od. to Ss. Od. I Moulds, per d0zen„.....05. 6d RICE OF RAW FAT, per stone ot Ellb: ---- Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters)....... . lid. PRICE OF TALLOW, Town Tallow 4Ss. Od. Yellow 48s. Od. White —s. Od. Soap Ditto —s. Od. Melted Stuff _ 375. Od. Ditto Od. ', SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. Yellow Soap. 625. Od. Mottled - • 70s. Od. White 72v Od. Graves ...........—................ 14s. Od. Good Dregs .................. ss. Od. :ET.—Jan. 24. Per Ton. s. d. Lambton's Primrose ..... 18 6 Walls End Hetton ........... 20 0 Walls End Ly0n5........,..... 18 3 Walls End Lambton ...—. 20 0 Walls End Stewart'e....... 20 0 Walls End Stobart's —..— 15 6 Walls End Butterknowl 16 6 Walls End Adelaide,..,,... 17 0 Walls End Gordon 17 0 W. E South Durham., 17 3 it market.day, 36. COAL MAR Per Ton. 5 . d. Adair's ,„, 16 3 Chester Main l4 0 Hebburn Main l7 3 Pontop Windsor 15 6 an field Wylam Walls End Bewicke & Co. 19 6 Walls End Hilda 17 3 Walls End Newmarch.... 17 0 Ditto Northumberland,. 17 6 Walls End Riddell's - 19 3 Ships arrived since COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. ' Ashburn 50 56 32 34 19 24 38 44 Basingstoke 48 55 25 20 116 22 34 38 Bath Bridgewater 43 56 22 26 20 25 32 34 Bristol 4B 56 28 32 16 20 34 38 Chesterfield 44 54 28 36 17 25 44 48 Derby 49 52 33 35 20 24 34 42 Doncaster, 48 60 26 34 15 23 40 46 Dorchester — 53 26 21 35 38 Exeter. 4B 54 24 28 17 21 4 ( 44 Gloucester. . 4O 52 22 30 17 24 32 40 Hungerford 44 57 22 29 15 22 34 39 Leicesterw..... 53 34 24 42 gewbury--.. 8(1 56 22 29 17 30 30 40 Romsey 52 58 25 28 18 22 36 4L Shaftesbury 54 25 17 41 Shepton Mallet 44 52 24 30 20 26 36 44 Sherborne 50 54 24 27 19 24 36 40 Taunton 4B 53 24 28 18 22 32 34 Yarmouth.—....—, 46 55 24 32 2:3 25 30 32 Yeovil 50 54 24 26 20 22 14 40 Per Bushel. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 8. d. a.e. g. d. Shrewsbury 69 7 6 3 4 40; 40 50, 0 0 0 0 BIRMINGHAM C( Wheat, 62 lb. Barley, imperial quarter Do. Grinding, 49 lb. Oats, 391 b Old Beans, 66M lb New ditto New White Boiling Pease Ditto Grey ditto IRN MARKET, Jan. 23. 5.1 Bd. to 7s. N. 30 0 34 0 33 3 6 30 3 6 15 6 17 0 14 6 15 0 3 imp. bush 22 0 22 6 18 6 20 0 DEVIZES CORN CIA RK ET —Jan. 23. Per Sack . Y- - a - . - d. --- a . . - d. Per Quarter. .s. — d. s. d. Best Wheat 27 0 to 28 0 Barley 24 oto 29 0 Second 24 (1 25 6 Oats lB 0 25 0 'Thirds 2l 0 22 0 Beans (per sack) 16 0 20 0 713 Sacks of Wheat sold} 24 10 Flour (per bag).. 40 0 41 0 at the average of Bread (per gall). 1 2 0 0 MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET. (From the London Gazette.) ON MONDAY, JAN. 27. M. N. H. F. Holt, surgeon, Holywell-street, Westminster 1 at 12 J. Pullen, scrivener, Austin-friars J. and J. Wright, ship-chandlers, Limehonse-hole ...... 1 11 DIVIDENDS. a. W. H. Hampleby, plumber, Borough-market atil J. Talbot and H. Francis, brokers, Threadneedle-street ll EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The Arab, from Bengal, has arrived off Dover—sailed 21st Aug., Saugor, 26th, St. Helena, 2d Dec. Arrivals at Calcutta—The Lady Kennaway, from London and Madras, 15th Aug.; the Lowjee Family, from B imhay, 17th; and the Capricorn, from Ceylon, 18th. Departures from Calcutta--The Fifeshire, for China, 7th Aug.; the Judith and Industry, Sth, and Galatea, 9th, for the Mauritius ; the General Gascoyne, 10th, for Madras ; the Will Watch, for Penang, 11th ; the Kellie Castle, Warren Hastings, and Falcon, for China, 14th; the Research, for Madras, the William Wilson, for the Mauritius, and the Voneittart and Sylph, for China, 18th. JOSEPH ADY AGAIN I—That Prince of im postors, Ady, has lately charged his mode of procedure, and is now sending letters to the churchwardens, promis ing to furnish considerable advantages " yearly and for ever," on the receipt of 20s. We have now before us two letters from the said Joseph Ady, alias James Laurie, which is his present cognomen—they are of like import, and churchwardens will do well to refuse such, or get their postage money returned. We should not be sur prised to find that Master Joseph has claimed a pension from Government, for adding to the revenue through the Post-office. We understand that one pariah, for " the lucre of gain," we presume, absolutely sent up the 205., and that hearing in return, their Pastor called when in London, at the place specified—it is needles to say Joseph was non inventus.—Kent Herald. BIRTHS. On the 24th inst., the lady of Charles Porcher Lang, Esq.s of a daughter. On the 24th inst., at Covent—garden, the lady of Mr. George Robins, of a son. On the 24th inst, the lady of W. S. Jones, Esq., of Devon shire-place, of a daughter. On the 23d inst, at Margate, Mrs. Henry Thompson, of a son. MARRIED. On the 23d inst., at St. Mary's, Cheltenham, Wm. Pounsett, Esq., late of Stamford-hill, to Eliza Algar, of Cheltenham. On the 23d inst., at Tunstall, Suffolk, the Rev. Thomas Gerrard Ferrand, M.A., rector of Tunstall-cum-Danningworth, to Georgina, widow of the late Robert Houghton, Esq.. of Conduit-street, and daughter of the late George Darby, E.g.* of Leghorn. _._. On the 23d inst, at Henley-on-Thames, Henry Ransford, Esq., to Frances Bolton, only daughter of the late Richard Richardson, Esq., of New Orleans. On the 13th inst., at Stoke Church, James Graham, Esq., Captain 89th Regiment, to Mary Frances, daughter of Williaifl Ady, Esq., Devonnort. DIED. On the 21st inst., at Wanstead, Essex, Joshua Knowles, Esq., in his 84th year. _ . oil the 20th inst., at Croydon, Lydia, youngest daughter of the late James Russell, Esq. On the 23d inst., at Wandsworth, Mary, relict of the late William Calvert, Esq., of Keswick, Cumberland. On the 16th inst., at Bath, Mrs. Farrer, widow of Oliver Farrer, Esq., late of Bedford-square and Eltham Lodge, Kent, and daughter of the late Sir Wm. Fawcett, K.B. On the 30th ult., at Corfu, Mr. John Kettlewell, of that island, merchant, in his 30th year. On the 230 inst., at Lower Edmonton, Miss Frances Stobart, in her 37th year. On the 2Sth ult., at Hyeres, in the south of France, Hester wife of Edmund Lomax, Esq., of Parkhurst, Surrey. On the 15th inst., James Denyer, Esq., late of the island of Madeira, and of Mark-lane, London, in his 70th year. On the 17th inst., at Leamington, aged 13, Martha, second daughter of John Power, Esq., ►ate of Hinckley, and surgeon to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. On the 22d inst., Edith Mary, second daughter of John Chas• Stahlschmidt, of Lambeth, aged two years and a half. On the 22d inst., at Cheltenham, Mary, second daughter of Josiah Gist, Esq., of Wormington Grange, Gloucestershire. PRINTED AND YUBLIFIIED BY MU RDO YOUNG, AT TU $ SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND. writ tett