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SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Yesterday the Session of Parliament was closed, by a Speech in the King's name, read by the Lord Chancellor as chief of the Commis sion. These documents are usually barren of intel ligence, and the present does not in that respect deviate from its predecessors. Indeed, occur rences of a strictly Parliamentary nature have not been many or important during the Session; the change of Ministry being rather an affair of the Executive than of the Legislative Bodies ; and it would not have been modest in his Ma jesty's presen t servants to compliment him on the prudence and firmness which he displayed in the selection of them to conduct the affairs of State. The Speech at the close of the Session mentions, in almost the same words with that at the opening, the efforts which his Majesty is making in conjunction with his Allies, " to ter minate the existing hostilities and maintain a general peace ;" but 110 hope, we regret to say, is even yet expressed that those efforts will be successful in putting an end to the miseries of Greece. Our anticipations, therefore, of yester day assume a more substantial form. Has not the treaty for the preservation of Greece been signed? And if not, what is the cause of the delay ? The part of the Speech addressed ex clusively to the House of Commons states, that directions have been given for a careful revi sion of the financial state of the country, with a view to the diminution of expenditure." Were this the first time that we had been pro mised a " diminution of expenditure," the pub lie might have received the proffered boon with confidence and joy ; but, alas ! we have had too many flattering professions of this nature al ready ; they have now almost lost the power of affecting the mind. However, the present pledge is tendered by new men ; may it be redeemed in a new method! But the time when honest re trenchment might have sufficed, we fear, is almost past. The " gradual revival of employment in the manufacturing districts" is noticed ; and the permanent settlement of the Corn question is to form the subject of deliberation on the opening of the next Session. Upon this question, no doubt, the comparative strength of Ministers and their opponents will be first tried.—Times. In the case of " Hemming v. Rothschild" a singuLar question is raised by the Court ; which is, whether it be legal " for any subject, without the " express consent and authority of the King, " to advance a loan to any foreign Power." We recollect that we asserted some time ago, that this Government was in no degree pledged to rec over, at the point of the sword, the debts of foreign Powers due to its subjects,—that is, that the people of England were under no liability to be saddled with the miseries and expences of a war for the purpose of recovering money due to certain loan-contractors; and we fear some of our friends in the city were not very well content -with our opinion. But what will they say now, to the doubt raised in the Court of Common Pleas respecting the original legality of the loans ?—lbid. The Parliament, after a Session, during one half of which nothing was done because there was no Administration, and during the other half nothing was done, because the House of Lords were determined to thwart the Adminis tration when one had been obtained, is now fairly dispersed. We believe the nation will feel 1 little regret at the cessz,tion of its labours. House of Lords in pas si s t; J ar has pressed like an incubus on the intellect of the nation, and the separation of so heavy a mass of stupidity, ignorance, conceit, and arrogance - 111::9 -11,-- ments, must be felt generally as a relief from a heavy burden. Some of our Parliaments ha:re received titles from the character of those who composed them. Thus we had once what we shall never have again—a Parliament without awyers, which thence received the title of Poliamentum indoctunz. There is an unre pealed law, which awards banishment to those who may be instrumental in bringing either House of Parliament into contempt, and there fore we shall be careful not to say that the Par liament, now dismissed for a season, might be styled, from the character of its proceedings, Par/is/men:am contemtissimunz ; but if other people were to apply that term, we do not think that we should glve ourselves the trouble to contradict them. It is o wing, perhaps, to the circumstance of the Houss , of Lords having been drawn out more this Session than usual, from the belief entertained by the Members that their incomes were at stake, that the pubic have be come aware of the circumstance (which, so long as the debates were confined to four or five s ralsers distinguished for ta lents, the y could onot discover), namely, the extraordinary in compeSency of a very large proportion of the Members for the discharge of either Legisla tive or Judicial functions. The amazement caused by the display of ignorance, imbecility, and prejudice, to a degree so much beyond what the public were prepared for, tended in a great degree to deaden the feeling of irritation, which the sacrifice of the best interests of the nation would otherwise have produced. It is most certain that the impression produced on the public mind by the proceedings of the Lords during the last Session, is a very powerful one, and we are much mistaken if that impression be soon eradicated from the minds of the people. It was observed some time ago by Mr. Brougham, that the diffusion of knowledge among: , mechanics would compel the higher classes to make corresponding advances in knowledge in self-defence. But if the ignorance of the higher classes should not be removed, while the lower are making rapid advances in knowledge; and if the latter perceive that they suffer greatly from that ignorance, svtlat must be the c onsequence? Can any laws ensure men against the contempt with which ignorance must always be viewed by knowledge ? But all power rests on opinion, and contempt, therefore, must necessarily undermine it. A writer in the Lon don Magazine for July quotes the following passage from Niebuhr's Romaii History, which " may be useful (he says) to some other people, at the pressmt !moment." The passage is—, " Every Oligarchyis envious, oppressive, 'and deaf to moderation and ,prudence ; not that this peculiarity adheres n serely to all order designated by a particular name. It is the sassie spirit of oligarchy, under the canvas frock of the peasan t of Uri, who not only denies id neighbours, how long soccer their forefathers have been settled in the Canton, the higher privikges of participation in the Government, but robs them of the ordinary rights which they have long enjoyed, and under the satin tdar of the Vene tian nobile." Now, that our Oligarchy have been deaf to moderation and prudence, is a. which Boone would dream of contradict position whi ing. In fact, so little moderation and prudence have been displayed in .thwarting the well-metuilt en deavours of the Government to promote the gineral interests, and to protect, as much as possiblN the industry of the nation amidst the difficulties with which it is beset on every side, that the people have, for some time, placed their hopes in the Monarchi cal part of the Government, and instead of viewing the Parliament as a preservative of our liberties against the encroachments of the Crown, they view the Parliament as an obstacle in the way of the ex ertions of the Crown for the benefit of the people. The Legislative endeavours of the Parliament have been very trivial indeed. We have made no advances in any thing. Our Criminal Law is precisely where it was; and even with respect to Corn, the all-en grossing subject of discussion this Session, we must begin dc novo next Session. A heavy arrear re mains, for all classes, even the Unitarians, have been put off. Wishing well to our Constitution, and feel ing uneasy under the opinion which the ignorance displayed by the House of Lords has produced in the people, and having great faith in the salutary ef fects of instruction, we would throw out a hint to our Legislators by nature, from which they may pro fit. It is impossible that instruction can altogether cure natural incapacity : but nature has made men more nearly equal than is generally supposed. Now_ the House of Lords, if it wishes well to itself , s hould avail itself as much as possible of means to, counteract the evils of which we have alluded. We would in sober earnestness recommend the passing a Standing Order (equivalent to the by-laws in other Corpora tions), to exclude from voting and deliberating all persons who have not undergone a course of study in certain branches of knowledge, so as to prevent the body from suffering in general estimation by the display of gross ignorance.--Morning Chronicle. The Ministry is evidently not yet settled, not withstanding the breathless haste with which the Premier obtained his nomination on the 11th of April, in order that a new writ might be moved for in the House of Commons on that day.— Almost every day now produces its resignation of some public office, and some alteration of the arrangements. Mr. M'Naghten, it is said, has either resigned or been dismissed from his seat at the Board of Treasury : and Mr. Vesey Fitz gerald is about to be removed from his place in the Army Pay Office. Lord Courtowu is re ported to have resigned his office on Saturday. Lord Lansdowne, according to a new arrange ment, is expected to be appointed Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, in the room of Lord Dudley and Ward ; and the Duke of Portland is to resign the Privy Seal in favour of Lord Holland. Lord Palmerston is likewise expected to resign, and to be appointed Gover nor of Jamaica ; and Mr. Calcraft is mentioned as his Lordship's successor in the office of Secretary at War, and under the happy circumstances of the moment, to have the patronage of the Army.— This last arrangement will give much satisfaction not only to the Army, hut to the Theatre ! The Home Secretaryship, it is also expected, will shortly pass into other hands. It has not yet been arranged to what office the Earl of Morley will be appointed ; but it is understood that a high situation in the Household is allotted to him. The Lord Mayor and Commons of the City of London (for, to their credit be it said, there were no Aldermen present) were certainly rather hasty in congratulating his Majesty in the beginning of May last, upon having formed a new Administration • and the Minister o vally indiscreet (notwithstanding the delay of n early two months in receiving the precious Ad dress), in advising his Majesty on the 30th of June to answer that same Address in terms of exultation, that his Majesty's difficulties in forming an Admi nistration had been met and overcome.—Morning Post. We are glad to see it stated that Mr. Peel exhibited a total indifference to the vociferous applause with which he was greeted at the late Oxford Commemoration. If Mr. Peel possesses, as we have no doubt he does, one half the good sense which the words giver I,ixrx v....ait far, iv. must have felt, any thing but gratification at the indications of insubordination and vulgarity which he must ba_ve witnessed lipaa_thaLoccasion.__We can make every allowance for an exuberance of feeling among young men ; nor do we expect to see old heads upon young shoulders ; but we d o expect young men who ought to be educated as gent,:lemen, to conduct themselves as such, which has nOt been the case with the conduct we have heard degeribed as E having takend the place Oxford both at the last Cambridge Election ari Commemoration. On both these occasions it seems to have been the al* object of a large party of the young men to insult, and on one occasion to assail with brutal violence, some of the persons put in authority 6-yer them. We readily hope and believe that the nlajority are not so minded ; for what sort of Statesmen, what sort of Clergy, or what sort of subjects, are young men likely to make, who thus set out in life in a career of vulgar, cowardly blackguardism, which would disgrace any place and any men, but is more especially disgraceful in those places where the sciences are cultivated, the effect of which, we are told, is to be found in the " Emollit mores, nee sinit ease feros !" Justly proud, then, as Mr. Peel may well be, of the station he holds in public estimation —a pride which may be fairly and honourably en hanced by representing the seat of learning in Which he was himself educated—he has done himself no small honour by his indifference to that spurious kind of reputation wL,i4ll the applause of a vulgar banditti, who had just assailed the Vice-Chancellor with hootings and howlings, offered to load him with. We shall be glad if Mr. Peei's indifference on the occasion teaches these young men and their successors more decency of deportment for the ,time to come; and that to render either their applause or their censure valuable, it should be shown in a wad somewhat more consistent with the character ol scholars and of gentlemen. — Morning Herald. The prorogation of Parliament took place yesterday by Commission. It was very generally expected that the speech of the Lords Colnus sioners would contain some more pointed allu sion to the state of Greece than merely to de clare that his Majesty's efforts and those of his allies were unceasingly directed to the termina tion of existing hostilities. Yet we do not see how any thing more positi7e could easily have been made. I.t ought .to be ,;e,f2ollected that Turkey is one of the allies of Great Britain, and that towards her, as well as towards Greece, we have, up to this moment, observed the strictest, neutrality, notwithstanding provocations, espe— cially from the Greeks, which might well have justified our departure 5.0 m it. It would not be easy to reconcile a declaration ,of favour to one of the belligerents with that courac which we have deliberately chosen and. pursued. All that was consistent with neutrality has been recorded in the expression of his Majesty's desire to ter minate a struggle which has, unfortußately for the cause of humanity, as well as of freedom, been too long waged. That portion! of the speech which relates more i.ranrediatelyi to ourselves, cannot fail to impart the most u.mixed satisfaction. A careful revision of the financial state of the country—a work of much labour and impe . rtance—which was pro mised early in the Session the Chancellor of the Exeirever, is now guaranteed by word of his Royal Master. From that revision, ,we ; anticipate the happiest results, and one, not cer-' tainly the least, will, we have every reason to expect, be a reduction in the public expenditure ; effected, not by diminishing what is necessary for the service of the State, but by lopping off superfluities, and by the introduction of a simpler and more lucid order into our public accounts. The resolution of Ministers to come forward next Session, with a permanent measure on the Corn Laws, as indicated at the close of the speech, is also most satisfactory. We have no doubt, that long ere that time, the e bullitions of passion, which have in the Session just termi nated, derogated in no small degree from the dignity and decorum of Parliamentary debate, will be calmed down ; that much of the bitterness of personal and of party dislike will be removed, and that the Government will have settled into more consistency than can possibly be long to a newly modelled Cabinet. Their oppo nents also must be content to yield much of the ad vantages which they have casually derived from the late changes, and we shall have, we trust, an Op position ,acting on sound English principles ; care ful to watch the plans of Ministers, but despising, by cavil or cabal, to impede the public business of the country, for the sake of embarrassing their op ponents. The question of the Corn Laws, with such au Opposition, we may expect to see discussed in a spirit consistent with its importance, and with reference to the effect which its failure or success shall produce on the great mass of the community ; not on any class—much less on any party—in the tate.—New Times. We thought we had cause, on Saturday, for complaining of the unfairness of our Contem porary, the Morning Chronicle, but its conduct yesterday makes an ample antende. With the most exemplary candour, it not only waxes witty at the exposure of its own ignorance, but quotes grave authority to show that the laugh is justly applied. So far as the practice of the Church of Scotland is concerned, it is, perhaps, of little importance whether our Contemporary or our selves were right, except that truth is better than error even in small matters. We stated, that banns must be proclaimed in the Established Church in order to be legal. The Chronicle, on Friday, said they might be legally proclaimed any where ; and to-day, as we have said, it quotes the " Justice of the Peace," to prove that they must be proclaimed in the parish church. We did not say that they might not be pro claimed in private conventicles also ; there is no law to prevent, and neither is there any law to authorise this supererogatory act of publication. Mr. Irving, and the rest of the Scotch preachevs in London, m a y, if they see fit, announce the intentions of all those of their respective flocks who are de sirous of entering into the holy state of matri mony, and were Sir Richard Birnie compiling . a vade-mecum for Police Magistrates, he might, in that case, say that banns were published in the Established Church, and also in the Caledonian, but the Marriage Act would not suffer we pre sume, from the practice of its commemoration. Hutchison says, that banns must be proclaimed in Episcopal 'Meetings, if the Ministers of that persuasion marry the parties, and should be pro claimed in Dissenting Meetings similarly. With out positively asserting that in respect of their own flocks, there may not exist a rule to that effect in Scottish Episcopal Communities, we have no hesitation in saying, that departures from it are very common, for several of the Episcopal Clergymen are among the most no torious buckle-beggars in Scotland. In stating the law and custom in that country, we meant those at present acted upon. When we said that there was no particular form of marriage used in Scotland, we spoke of course, of the present prac tice, which is one covvernom viety as is the celebration of marriage in a Irriva.e house. But we are weary of this minute criticism, and g o on to - a -- frocet;on of more monuant.. Our contemporary appears to think the Dissenters' Mar riage Act of little importance. Considered merely in itself it may seem so, but considered as an attack on the integrity of the Church, it is by no means a light matter Hae ludicra in seria ducunt." If one set of Dissenters must have the marriage ceremony abrogated, in order to accommodate their views, another set may insist on the abrogation of something else. It is as an inroad on the Church that we view it, and as such we think we have a right to view it, as : a question of very great importance. The claim of the Unitarians is, moreover, unjust. What right to indulgence have they—the smallest, the least eimportant, the least Christian of all our Dis senters, more than others ? Why should the Ritual of the Church be marred to suit their fancies more than to please the Presbyterian, who looks on it as super stitious—or the Catholic, who regards it as heretical ? The cases of the Quakers and Jews are not in point. The Quakers and Jews are content that their mar riages should be deemed legal by those of their own way of thinking; to the opinions of aliens to their respective faiths they pay no respect, and feel none. The law has yielded to these opinions for an obvious reason—it could not overcome them. If the Unita rians choose to put on the vis inertia' o f the one, or the ris pugnax of the other sect, they may, perhaps, compass their point as they have done, .and in the greatsame way. vaye of . Their conciliation has present goowlncdh m t b e e n t o t o o tolerate, we pan look on in no other light than as one of a series o f covert attacks on the Established Church, the end and object of which is her utter enerde struction. We hope, ho wev er, that the sam e gy which would doubtlesc be exhibited in repelling an attempt to batter down her bulwarks , will b e shewn ;n resisting those who seek to undermine their fours dationa,—Bid. Ly. With a view of increasing the respec tability and comfort of that valuable class of men the petty officers of the Navy, the Lord High Ad miral has, amongst other regulations, o rdered that no petty officers, whilst so rated, shall be liable to corporal punishment, (except by sen tepee of a court-martial) and that when a s hip is paid ciff, such of the petty officers as sh a ll desire it are to be received into the flag ships with the ir former rati-ngs and pay, and after bein g a ll owe d a reasonable leay.e o f absence to visit their families, shall then be removed into such sea-going ships as may have vacancies for them. They are a lso to wear a mark of distinction on their left arms, viz.--second class petty officers, an anch or re presented in white cloth, and those of the first .class, a siMilar anchor s,urTn o unted by a crow n. The adyantages.:lNAleh may be , expcpte4 t o resu lt from these arran,gementa . are very great., as w dl to the seamen themselves 3 the . n4yai $ to ser vice in general. The petty officers, such as Quarter Masters, Captains of the Forecastle, Captains a- the Tops, Boatswains Mates, &c. are to the N - 3,7y what Non-commis sioned Officers are to the Arms 9!- - , 1 whom it is well known the discipline and o f e 7 ..cieney o f the 1 troops so much ,_e pend. Their admission on board the flag ships immediately upon their being paid 4 from others, will have the beneficial e ffe ct of keeping a numb, - ppc . the best seampii and most valuable men in the service, 0,0 thus s their term of servitude will be uninterrupted, 4ntil entitled to retire on pensions. The ad ditional respectability which a uniform, an d the sa greater which the exemption from cor poral punishment, ,except by sentence of a cour t martial), will confer 011 them, cannot fail to ()prate as a powerful stimulus* to ' seamen to render themselves worthy of promotion.—Soutk ampton Herald, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 2. SANDY/HAN V. BREACH. This was an action against the owner of a Clap ton stage-coach, for a breach of contract, in neglect ing to carry the plaintiff and his wife from Clapton to London, for hire and reward, pursuant to his un dertaking. The defendant having neglected to call 'poll the plaintiff and his wife, they took a post chaise to carry them to London, which cost them thirteen shillings. For this sum the Jury, under the Learned Judge's directions, found for the plaintiff. In Easter Term, a Rule Nisi was granted, to enter a non-suit, on the ground that the alleged contract in question was void, and could not be enforced, by operation of the Statutes, 3 Carl. 1. c. 1., and 29 Car. 2. c. 7, which were enacted for the due observance of the Lord's Day, and preventing persons from exercising their worldly calling on Sunday. The COURT took time to consider of the case, and said they would deliver their judgment on ano ther day. THE KING V. BETTISS AND WILLIAMS. Lord TENTERDEN--Mr. Whately, will you move ? Mr. WHATELY—In a case of the King against George Bettiss and Williams Williams, Mr. Brougham moved for a rule to show cause why a criminal in formation should not be filed against them. Mr. Richards was on the other side. Mr. RICHARDs—My Lords, in this case, on the part of my clients, I must say they have published a libel on Colonel Hughes, of a most serious and im proper description, at a period when a considerable degree of feeling was excited on the part of the sup porters and opposers of this Bill, imputing to Col. Hughes that he had sided with their adversaries. Since they have published this libel they have ex pressed their sincere regret that they ever lent t hemselves to such a publication ; and they admit, as they are bound to admit, that the circumstances imputed to Colonel Hughes have no foundation whatever. The libel imputes to Colonel Hughes misconduct as a Member of Parliament, and general misconduct in a particular transaction; and these imputations my clients most unequivocally retract. Mr. BROUGHAM.—On the part of Col. Hughes, my Lords, he is perfectly satisfied with this apology. At the same time I must observe, that the costs are of no manner of importance to him—they cannot be an object to him. It appeared, however, to his Coun sel, that the defendants ought to pay them; and that they, on the part of Colonel Hughes, owed it to the public, for the sake of example, not to con sent to this rule being discharged, except upon pay ment of costs. Lord TENTERDEN.-1 think Colonel Hughes has acted perfectly right. Then the rule will be dis charged on payment of costs—Rule discharged. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—JuLy 2. SCOTT AND WIFE V. I. W. CLEMENT, ESQ. Mr. Sergeant WILDE moved for a rule to show cause why the attorney of the plaintiffs in this ac tion should not render an account to the defendant, the proprietor of the Morning Chronicle and the Observer newspapers, of the place of abode of his clients. _ _ . Mr. Sergeant WILDE proceeded to detail the circum stances of the case. It was an action for libel brough in consequence of the publication of certain affidavits, which had been read and filed in the Court of Chan cery, which contained charges of the grossest mis conduct against the female plaintiff. Pleas of justi fication had been filed, and one of the issues to be tried would be, whether the female plaintiff was or was not guilty of the various acts of misconduct imquted to her. In order to establish these al legations, it would be necessary that she should be seen by the witnesses, that the question of her indentity might be put beyond all possible doubt. By the affidavits filed in this action, it appeared that the place of abode of Scott and his wife was at No. 3, Grove-street, Lisson-grove ; but when ap vlication was made at that house, the owner stated, they bacrremovedOrCrErYUtli brWfliti th 'fffi not since returned. There was reason to believe that the female plaintiff was residing in Paris. It was deposed that her identity very materially affec ted the nature of the issues to be tried; for it was upon her character that the imputations of miscon duct complained of had been made. As respected her husband, inquiries had been made during the last two months, and the deponents had been infor med, and believed, that he was passing under a false name, and they were consequently unable to trace him. The name under which he was believed to be living was that of Johnson. He thought that these facts afforded sufficient ground for the present motion, and he trusted the Court would be of the same opinion, and would grant the rule. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, that the ground of application he understood to be, that the defen dant should have an opportunity afforded him of identifying the female plaintiff, and for that purpose he wished that she might be seen by his witnesses; but would not that object be attained by serving notices on the plaintiffs to appear in Court at the trial. One difficulty which presented itself in this application was, that the parties being known, might be arrested. His Lordship wished to know if there was any objection to shaping the rule, so as that when it was made absolute, it would only have th e effect of causing the female plaintiff to shew her self. She could not be arrested, she being a mar ried woman. Mr. Serjeant WILDE readily assented to that course.—Rule granted. SCOTT AND WIFE V. LAWSON AND OTHERS. Mr. Serjeant WILDE made a similar application to the Court on behalf of the defendants, the proprie tors of The Times newspaper. The Court granted the rule. COCKER V. SIDNEY. Mr. Serjeant TARDY showed cause against a rule obtained on a former day by Mr. Sergeant Wilde, calling upon the defendant to show cause why the venue in the cause should not be removed from Stafford to Surrey or to some other county. The facts were these :—The plaintiff, an officer of the Court, had been assaulted by the defendant, who resides at Stafford, while in the act of serving a notice of ejectment upon him, at the suit of Mr. James Stamp Sutton Cooke, and the plaintiff stated in his affidavit that he was pursued through the town by persons hired by the defendant, who were armed with pitchforks, and such was the extra ordinary excitation created in Stafford by the inha bitants being sued with ejectments, that it was im possible to obtain a fair trial in that county. Mr. Sergeant TARDY, in showing cause against the rule, said that the affidavit of his client corn pletely negatived the plaintiff's statement. Mr. Sergeant WIL;ou replied, that the Coroner of the county and the Under Sheriff, who was also the defendant's attorney, had themselves been served with ejectments, and the Court would see the justice of the case required that interested persons should not stri;.e the Jury to try the cause. !After some conversation, the Court changed the venue to Warwick. THE B.IRONY OF STAFFORD. Mr. James Stamp Sutton Coolie, the brother of Mr. Stafford Cooke, the claimant f the Barony of Stafford, appeared on the floor of the Court, with a her of affidavits in his hand, and moved " for judg merit against the casual ejectors" in about 30 causes. Ile stated, that - he had discovered that Stafford was held by tenure Borough English, and as the next brother to •Mr. Stafford Cooke, the Baron, he had heen advised to assert his right to the property at Stafford. :Upon serving :;00 notices of ejectment upon the inhabitants and householders, the officer of the Court had been as,sattite'di: and ' the reason why he applied in person to ino.ke the present motions was because he had not the means of engaging Counsel. The Court granted rules to show cause. HE3I.IIINGS V. ROTHSCHILD. The Court gave its judgment in this cause. On a former day it had been argued at some length, It was an action'brought by the plaintiff against Mr. Rothschild, to recover the amount of certain certifi cates of Neapolitan Stock, which had been subscribed for by a person named Lowe, and which the plaintiff, Hemmings, had purchased of him. It appeared that the whole amount of the Stock was not paid up by Lowe, it being reduced; but after it rose, Ole plaintiff claimed the whole amount of the certificates at the market price. This was resisted by Mr. Rothschild, and the Court had now to decide upon a special case, as to his liability. Judgment for the plaintiff. EX-PARTE STONE, WIDOW, V. JOHN DAY, GENT. ONE, &C. Mr. Sergeant LUDLOW this day moved for a rule to show cause why the defendant should not be or dered to render an account of various sums of money which he had received and paid in the arrangement of the affairs of John Longdon and Richard Long don, late of Rittisford, in the county of Somerset, Esqrs., deceased. Mr. Justice PARK—Take a rule to show cause. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—The City watch had a bard time of it between Saturday sun-down and its rising on Monday morning ; for, within that space they captured no less than three dozen and odd felons, drunkards, misdemeanants, and simple disorderlies, in the western half of the City alone—. not to mention those captured in the more disorderly eastern half, and carried to their account before the Lord Mayor. The three dozen and odd were brought before Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN at the Justice Roots, Guild hall ; but, notwithstanding their number, they were all examined and disposed of in less than three hours—that is to say, at the average rate of five minutes each. The following are a few of the most weighty charges : .Mr. Edward Humphries, a tall, thin, elderly, in a suit of rusty black, was charged with having wantonly de molished a transparent sun and punch-howl, the property of Mr. George Hawkins, a publican in Long-lane. In his defence be pleaded firstly that he was very lame ; secondly that he was very tipsy ; thirdly, and lastly, that he was a Welshman ! The publican estimated his transparent sun and punch bowl at fifteen shillings; and the defendant having under taken to pay that sum, he was discharged. John Barnard and James Donovan, a couple of stout young Irishmen in new blue coats and white continua tions, were charged with having assaulted Mr. Webley, of No. 8, Chancery-lane, law stationer.—" I was walking along Holborn with my wife under my arm," said Mr. Webley, " when these two gentlemen came up and col lared me, and tore my shirt; but as I find they are hard-working men, and very sorry, I don't wish to hurt them." It app e a r ed by the evidence of their friends, that they were but recently imported from Cork, and had trans gressed in sheer ignorance of the usages of this country. For shemselves they pleaded penitence ; and they were discharged, with an admonition to go back to Cork as soon as possible. John Cunningham was charged by Mr. Denniz O'Keefe, a watchman of St. Andrews, with having been " bastely drunk" and " extramely rebellious." " Plaze yore Honour," said Mr. Dennis O'Keefe, " Sunday mornin, hard upon four, he was bastely drunk at the earner of Field-lane, an' bekase it was meself orther'd him on out of that, he thritten'd to bate me, if I wouldn't let him alone ; so I tuck him off to the watehus." John Cunningham denied that he was drunk at all—he was " sober as a Judge" he said ; and was only speak ing to a friend whom he accidentally met, when Mr. Dennis O'Keefe perempturily ordered him to move on out of that. " Plaze yure Honour," said Mr. Dennis O'Keefe, "I've said nothing to ye, worth spaking of; but t'other watch man's here to the fore, and he'll make it all clear to yure Honour!" T'other watchman said, " Dennis O'Keefe tould me the man was raisin a larrum upon the street ;—so we tuck him to the watchus, bekase he thought not to go in if we wouldn't bring him in forcible." And, as this evidence mystified the matter instead of making it all clear, the prisoner was discharged. Mr. Timothy Mg Carty, and Mr. Bartholomew 0' Toole, were found fighting with each other in Shoe-lane, on Sun day afternoon ; and as they would not be peaceable they were locked up. In their defence they admitted having thumped each other a bit—" But," said Mr. Timothy M'Carty, " I've no call to Eat O'Toole;" and Mr. Bartholomew O'Toole declared he " had no charge to Tim Carty ; and so they ItrWreoftifietraillega tllelliiniteTrea l entu r iP etiti° " MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.--Yesterday Andrew Mowatt, a young man, was charged with stealing a quan tity of wearing apparel, a fowling-piece, &c. from a cottage belonging to the Grand Junction Company's engine -house, at Paddington. It appeared by the evidence of Mrs. Rosina Gingell and others, that on Sunday morning, between 11 and 12 o'clock, the prisoner got into Mrs. Gingell's bed room by the window, and took the property from thence, with which he endeavoured to escape; but in attempting to get over some pales, he fell backwards with the bundle, and was apprehended by Thomas Alexander, who had watched his actions from a window at No. 5, Conduit place. He was committed to Newgate for trial. A lad named William Mack was charged with stealing a copper coal scuttle and other things, the property of William Brummell, Esq., and fully committed. He was found at 20 minutes before six yesterday morning in the area of that gentleman's house, No. 46, Connaught-terrace, by the watchman, with the coal-scuttle tied in a handker chief, and some shoe-brushes at his feet, and a bottle of blacking in his pocket. The prisoner said his cap fell down the area, and he went after it. Mr. RAwmissort observed, that his cap could not tie up the scuttle, nor put the blacking in his pocket, therefore his case must go before a jury. John Brown, a shoemaker, living at No. 24, Totten ham-street, Fitzroy-square, was charged with cruelty to wards Matthew Clark, his apprentice. Mrs. Jane Gilman, who has lodged in the same house five years, stated, that although the boy earns for him from 12s. to 15s. a week by boot closing, his master compels him to sit up every Saturday during the whole night to wash his linen and scour the rooms. He cohabited with the boy's mother after his father's death, and has three children by her. She died in October, and since that time she has had occasion frequently to interfere when she heard the boy scream murder. Brown was in the habit of com ing home intoxicated in the middle of the night, and then he dragged the boy out of the bed and beat and kicked him most unmercifully, the marks of which still remain. She (Mrs. Gillman) did net know, until after her death, that the prisoner was not married to the boy's mother. Evidence of cruelty was given by other witnesses, and Mr. RAwuNsoN held him to bail in 501., and two sure ties of 251. each, for the parish of St. Pancras to prosecute. The prisoner not being provided with bail was com mitted, and the boy was taken to the workhouse. WORSHIP-STREET.—A young man, named James Gayton, was charged with having attempted to seduce the son of Vann (one of the officers of this Establishment), a youth of seventeen, to the commission of crime. The youth, who is apprenticed to a coach-maker, stated that on Thursday evening he went into the grounds of the Rum Puncheon public-house, in Old-street, and while looking at the skittle-playing, the prisoner entered into conversation with him, described the pleasures and profits of a life of plunder, and at length proposed to him to become his comrade in picking pockets, &c. The lad said, that having heard all this, he left the prisoner in the street and went home instantly, but did not inform his father of the circumstance until Saturday.—The prisoner denied the charge; but as he was known to have been before in custody, he was ordered to find sureties for his good behaviour. UNION-HALL.—Yesterday, two unfortunate-looking Italians, named Guiseppe Velluti and Giovanni Akan tari, who have just arrived in this country from a small town to the east of Leghorn, were brought up in custody by Dickenson, a constable of Camberwell; who charged them with exhibiting a species of bird that annoyed the public. The Constable stated, that it was at the particular re quest of tl - ie inhabitants of Camberwell he apprehended the defendants that morning in the parish : one of them played a hand-organ, while his companion was employed in exhi biting a large bird which be (the constable) did not know the name of, with eyes as large as saucers. The women particularly were much alarmed at the sight of so disgusting an object, and he therefore brought bird, owners, music, and all, before the Magistrate, in order that he might dis pose of the lot as he should deem fit. Mr. CHAMBIERS having expressed a wish to have a sight of a bird which - was described as of so forbidding an aspect, the Italian immediately unslung from his shoulders a box, which on being placed on the floor, out jumped a very fine buzzard, that began to caper about the office, highly de lighted, whilst its master hummed over a waltz, with which it seemed well acquainted, and to which it kept time by the flapping of its wings. " Well," said the Magistrate, addressing the constable, " what do you want me to do with these poor fellows ? What charge have you to make against them. I cannot see, for my part, that there is any thing hideous in the ap: pearance of the bird." Dickenson—Your Worship, look what a pair of eyes he has got. Why, if a lady in the family way happened to get a sight of such a ferocious looking bird, there's no knowing what might be the consequences. Her offspring might be brought into the world with a pair of saucer eyes. and a hook nose, enough to frighten Old Nick himself. I think, your Worship, added the Constable, that the de fendants were committing acts of vagrancy, in exhibiting such a frightful bird in the public highways. Mr. CHAMBERS—I repeat that I cannot distinguish any thing revolting in the exhibition of such a bird ; he has as beautiful a pair of eyes as I ever saw. I certainly shall not detain these poor creatures. You might just as well apprehend the man who gains his livelihood, and is well known on the bridges, for exhibiting a variety of cats, dogs, monkeys, mice, and rats, all of which he has trained, and domesticated in such a surprising manner, that they live in one cage and mingle together without any danger. Copstable—l have only done my duty in bringing the men before your Worship, agreeably to the wishes of several of the inhabitants. Mr. CHAMBERS.-" I don't blame you." The Ma gistrate then told the defendants they were discharged : upon which the buzzard, as if gifted with knowledge, flapped his wings with exultation, and making a spring off, the floor was perched on his master's head in a moment, in which position it was conveyed out of the Office, to the no small amusement of the auditory. A woman named Spinks was charged with giving her husband a black eye, and smashing six panes of glass in his parlour widow. Poor Mr. Spinks told a most piteous tale of his domestic calamities. " Here lam again, your Worship," said he, " for the sixth time within the last six weeks, before you, to complain of this wicked woman, my wife, for beating the life almost out of me. She says she will be the death's of me, and I know she will." The Magistrate having already had a vast deal of trouble with this precious couple, asked, " what was the matter now ?" Spinks.—Your Worship, you may recollect we parted with mutual consent, abc,,t seven months ago, each pro mising not to annoy the other on this side the grave. I have kept my promise to the very letter : not so my plaguy wife. She came large in the family-way, about six weeks ago, by another man, and wanted to saddle me with the expeaces of rearing her bastard, and because I refused to admit her, she gave me a punch in the eye, and afterwards broke my parlour-windows. Mr. CHAMBERII.—I have had much trouble with you both. If my recollection serves me, you are equally to blame as your wife. You are cohabiting with a young woman. The Wife (eagerly)—Yes, your Worship, he is ; it's only tit for tat ; he turned me adrift, and took up with another woman. There was no use in complaining, and as there is no use in telling any falsehoods about the matter, I did the same thing, and went to live with an Irish porter, who uses me well. All I wanted of Spinks was the duplicate of my clothes, my Irishman promising to take them out ; but he refused, and threatened to kick me out. We scuffled together, and iu the midst of it he knocked his eye against the door-post. Spinks.—lf she promises to keep away from my house, that is all I want. Mr. CHAMBERS.-You are a very abandoned pair, and if you persevere in this riotous conduct to each other, I shall hold you both to bail. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY.—FRIDAY, JULY 6. Abbott, J., Bristol—White Lion, Bath 2 Allison, E. and T., Leeds—Star, Manchester lO Anderson, W., Portsea—King's Arms, Portsea lt Bancks, E., Latebrook, Woolstanton—Sarah Bailey's, Whis ton cross Bailey, J., Horncastle--George, Horncastle ll Berthon, J., Liverpool—White's, Manchester I Bracewell, J., Liverpool—Neptune, Liverpool I I Burden, T. and E., Stourbridge—Wheatsheaf, Bewdley Chawner and uesbury—King's Arms, Derby Child, A.,jun., Co.,? Walcot—Angel, Bath ll Cooke, W., Exeter—King John, Exeter Demaine, J., Preston—Blackfriars, Manchester lO Fisher, R., Bury—Six Bells, Bury Fox and Co., Vauxhall—Feathers, Ledbury l2 Fryer, 8., Bristol—Commercial rooms, B r i s tol 1 Harrison and Co., Sheffield—Tontine, Sheffield ll Hill, S., Kidderminster—White Hart, Hartlebury li Hollins, J., Nether Knutsford—Star, Manchester lO Latham, J., Liverpool—York hotel, Liverpool 1 Leaker, G., Bristol—Commercial rooms, Bristol 1 M'Donald, C., Liverpool—Mr. Williams, Liverpool lt Phillips, G., Brighton—White Horse, Brighton ll Pullan,S., Knaresborough—George, Liverpool II Robinson, IL, Hastings—Swan, Hastings ll Robson, E., Newcastle—George, N ewcas tl e ll Schofield, W., Wardleworth—hite's, Manchester 2 Smithers, J., Liverpool—George, Liverpool . Willett and Co. Thetib.-a--A.,....i, 2,,,,,, ll ....... ___, .., .......3.—Court-house Leeds lO 1 NVliiciier, G., Petworth—Half-moon, Petworth ll INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED, Petition to be heard at Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, JULY 7, AT NINE. Barker, Wm., Shelton, victualler COUNTRY.---At the Court- Ten o' -house, Hertford, July 6, at Guest, H., Barnet Same day, at T: Benyon, R., Bridgwater Clark, R., Bath Clothier, G., Stowey Cuzner, T., Frome Daily, E., Stoke Edwards, I'., Somerton Foster, J., Bridgwater Humphries, T., Lyneombe Lane, R., Taunton Meech, J., Pitney 'Kent, R., Sandon tunton. at Nine. Pow, J., Walcot Ross, R., Yeovil Serjent, J., Congressbary Singers, T., Farnborough Smith, J., Chipstable Spear, A., West Harptree Thomas, A., Walcot Tulley, G., Bath West, D., Ilchester At Lancaster, Ashworth, G., Oldham Ashworth, J., Newchurch Aspden, J., Flax-moss Booth, J., Laund-house, near Haslingden Clark, J., Liverpool Dawson, W., Chorlton-row Foxcroft, T., Hanging-ditch Greaves, J., Failsworth Hatton, G., Preston Heyworth, J., Heightside Higginbotham, 0., Stayley bridge Hobson, H., Salford July '7, at Ten. James, A., Manchester Lewis, H., Liverpool Longworth, S., Farnworth • Marsden, W., Ardwick Roose, T., Liverpool Rowlands, D., Liverpool Slater, A., Whalley Southward, J., Ashton Taylor, H., Manchester Tillotson, J., Marsden Webster, R., Deansgate . Whitaker, W., Blakeley Worsley, P., Blakely At Chelmsford, Bristow, J., High-beach, Wal-1 July 7, at Nine. Rumsey, J. jun., East Han ningfield Snow, S., Elsenham Whitaker, J., Roch ford tham-abbey Dale, T., Pitsea Dowsett, H. Upminster Payne, J., Waltham The improved state of trade and manufactures in this neighbourhood still continues to give full employment to the working classes in the su burbs, the streets" of which, during the day, are remarkably quiet, and very few idlers to be seen. It would appear that this circumstance, com bined with the long period of privations which they have lately suffered, and their laudable an xiety to replace some of those comforts and new cessaries which they were obliged to part with in the day of their distress, has had the effect of considerably lessening that class of crimes or offences which come under the'cognizance of the Police. In Calton no Police Court was held either this day or yesterday, there not having been a single case brought to the office for two days and two nights.—Glasgow Chronicle. BIRTHS. On the Ist inst., in Finsbury-place, the lady of George Bishop, Esq., of a son. On the 30th ult„ the lady of William Batts Bell, Esq., of a daughter, still-born. On the 2d inst., at G r osvenor-place, Camberwell, Mrs. D. Gibson, of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Stamford-hill, Mrs. Powles, of a daughter. On the 30th ult., at Liverpool, the lady of F. L. Heintz, Esq.," of a son. MARRIED. On the 30th ult., at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Mr. Edward James Lutwyche, of Great Russell-street, to Ann, the fifth daughter of Mr. Faxon, Hampstead. On the 2d inst., at St. George's, Bloomsbury, the Rev. James Galloway, A.M., only son of James Galloway, Esq., of Jam a i ca , t o M arga ret, B. G., third daughter of George Shedden, Esq., of Bedford -square, and Paulerspury-park, Northampton. DIED. On the Bth of December last, at Allahahay in the East I n di es , ci emmt i na , the beloved wife of the Hon. James Ruthven Elphinstone, senior Member of the Board of Re venue. On the 30th ult., Willi•:m Kingsley, Esq., of Sitting bourne, Kent, formerly of the Bank of England, in the 68th year of his age. On the Ist inst., in S u ffolk-street, Emma Darlington, youngest daughter of the late Benjamin Kent, of Cashio bridge, Watford, Herts, and Clifford's Inn, Esq. On the Ist inst., Mrs. Ann Savage, of Poland-street, late of Holles-street, Cavendish-square. On th e 30th ult., at the house of his father at Enfield, William Gerrard Leifchild, aged 20 years. PRINTED and PUBLISHED by M. YOUNG, at the SUN-OFFICE, No. 112, Strand• , Al WI cor Su