The Sun. — London, England, 1827-02-02 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. There are many besides ourselves who will probably be grieved as well as disgusted by a fact which has been com municated to us by the best authority—viz. that among the most furious people in Portugal, who exclaim against the Constitution, and, so far as misrepresentation and abuse can be available, busy themselves in caballing against the cause which unites Great Britain and her ally, are a set of Irishmen,--some visitors at Lisbon, others resident there, —some laymen, more friars; but all, no doubt, right worthy and pious Catholics, in whom the zeal for Holy Church far outweighs the mere sublunary sympathy of British subjects with a nation struggling to be free. The lay proportion of the Irish community at Lisbon, it must be observed, fall naturally under the dominion of their compatriot Priesthood, and re-echo the curses of their spi (ritual fathers upon the foul demon of independence which animates the Charter and undermines the supremacy of the infallible Church. Yet these men, whom we pity more than blame, ought to recollect that the whole Apostolic influence of the priests, as exercised at home in Ireland, has for some time past been thrown into the scale of con stitutional liberty. If they read the Irish newspapers, they may find out that nothing is talked of by any Catholic as sembly in Dublin or elsewhere, but the horrible injustice of denying men their imprescriptible rights—of ruling large bodies of men by laws to the enactment of which they are hot parties—of levying upon the people large sums of itioney without their own consent,--of affixing upon the subjects of the. King bf England all the burdens and re traints of Civil Government, without an adequate portion of its hleosings. These, we must remind the Irish Catho lics rnw Portugal, are the complaints resorted to by '.weir brethren at home, when they would describe their unfortunate political condition, when they would eninne 2eate their reasons for professing themselves disatisfied and and disaff:icted towards the Government under which they live. it is true that .Messrs. O'Connell and Company hav e undertaken two offices not altOgether consistent in the eyes of reflecting men,—to wit, the most unmeasured defence of the wildest doctrines of democratic ascendancy within the pale of the British empire, and beyond its limits the Most indignant and contemptuous reprobation of every thing like resistance to the Church of Rome, which now, in all the Catholic States of Europe, stands forth as the avowed and inexorable champion of arbitrary Government, under its most odious aspects; and, enforc ing from its vassals a blind obedience to temporal autho a. rity, no matter how obtained or exercised, nicknames this operation of audacity upon weakness " the cause of the •7 living God I" This double and discordant course of action • has never been more strikingly exemplified - than in the COntrast between the Irislitatholics of Dublin, crying loildly for an extension of their own political privileges, and the affiliated Irish Catholics at Lisbon moving Hea ven and earth to prevent the people of Portugal from en `lajoing the gift when in their hands. It would yield us, as !e(raocates for truth and justice everywhere, far more ge nuine delight to see the Irish residents on the Tagus ap ply towards the support of liberty in Portugal that same spirit and manly energy, of which they might borrow so liberal a share from the discourses of their Dublin friends, than to Witness the mind of the people of England " either alarined or exasperated against the great question of eman cipation, because he who appealed to them as fellow citizens and brother Christians, where his own personal interest was at stake, displayed the cloven foot of despo tism and priestcraft, when it was his duty to promote the extension of liberty to others. Some persons have dwelt on it as an unlucky coincidence, that the question of a dis puted principle of Government should' be agitated at the same time with that of a disputed succession. But this - seems to arise from a confusion of causes and effects. It is undoubtedly possible that two classes of enemies to the constitution of Portugal may - have been created; instead of one, by the invention of this claim to the sovereignty for Don Miguel. In fact, however, the title of this Prince Would never have been started, had it not been for the pre-existing feud between freedom and arbitrary power. The grant of a Charter, or at least the tendency of Pedro's friends and Ministers to govern on a principle of greater liberality than could be expected from. the Queen's fac tion, that it was which raised the question of Don Mi guel's title, the defence of which was not simultaneous with the stand of tyranny in the annals of this contest, but derivative question, suggested by the latter, and built ntion it, for the sake of putting a more decent cover upon that hideous conspiracy which had the support of despo tism in Church and State for its object. Had Pedro commissioned the Princess Regent to govern Portugal as Ferdinand rules the Spaniards, in the spirit of darkness, and with a scourge for a sceptre, Miguel would have dropped into easy oblivion, and the frontiers of Portugal Would have remained unmolested until now.—Tintes. At length thd Lord Chancellor has pronounced his sen tence in the case of Wellesley v. the Duke of Beaufort. A decision more pregnant with cause of alarm never, per haps, was pronounced in any Court of this Country. The Lord Chancellor stated in the outset, when treating of his jurisdiction, " that it was impossible that the Court could interfere with all the children in the kingdom, and the juris diction could only be usefully and practically exercised where this Court possessed the means of applying pro perty usefully and practically for the advantage of the in fants concerned." But with this limitation, the law, as laid down, will have a most extensive operation. The number of individuals possessed of property, and able to give property, for the sake of laying a foundation for the exercise of the jurisdiction of the Court, is, in a country like this, very great indeed. And be it remarked, a very small sum of money conveyed to the children of the most wealthy and exalted individuals in the land, lays the foun dation for an action. In the case of Shelley, for instance, who, had he lived, would have been in possession of an estate of many thousands a year, the bequest by a relative of his deceased wife, of a few thousands, took his children from him ; and supposing him to have resisted this, the conse quence of the decision might have been to deprive these children of the property to which their birth entitled them to look forward. The Lord Chancellor, after going over the evi dence, gives the, following as the result of the whole on his mind :—" I have no doubt of the connection of Mr. Wellesley with Mrs. Bligh, from the time of the transac tions at Florence; I have no doubt .but that the same conduct was continued on the journey to Paris, at Paris, and up to the period-when the present application to the Court was . made ; I have no doubt bnt that Mr. Welles ley conducted himself improperly to his wife, and in addi tion to that, and his connection with Mrs. Bligh, I have no doubt but Mr. Wellesley conducted himself with the most gross impropriety towards his children. Never, then, shall I consign the care and custody of these chil dren, and the charge of their moral .and religious edu cation, to a man connected with a woman so abandoned as Mrs. Bligh. I cannot bring myself to separate the boys from the girl; and Mr. Wellesley himself admits, that this would be a hardship; and by reason of Mr. Wel lesley's connection, with Mrs. Bligh, it is impossible to give up to him the charge of the girl ; and on that ac count, also, I cannot order the boys to be delivered up to him." There is altogether a strange confusion of ideas in this summary. First, Mr. Wellesley conducted him self with gro ss impropriety towards his children; and what is the conclusion? that the care and custody of children ought not to be consigned to him, who has proved him-, self unfit for it, by the gross im , popl't r'et with which he had already conducted himself towards his children ? No. " Never, then, shall I consian the care and cus tody of these children, . an d the ' charge ' of their moral and religious education, to a man connected with a woman so abandoned as Mrs. Bligh." -:The connection with Mrs. Bligh, then, and not the gross misconduct towards the children, is the cattse . of the refusal to consig n the children to his care. Again, secondly—" I cannot bring myself to separate the boys from the girl; and, by reason of Mr. Wellesley's connection with Mrs. Bligh, it is impossible to give up to him the charge of the girl; and, on that ac count, also, I cannot order the boys to be delivered up to him." Then, if there were no girl, Mr. Wellesley would ~_. be allowed to have the boys, and therefore he is a very proper person to have the care of the boys; but not being a proper person to have the girl as . well as the boys, though proper for the boys, he is not to have them be cause the boys and the girl cannot be separated. The whole hinges on 'Mrs. Bligh. Principle in this decision there is none. If Mrs. Bligh had died two days before the decision, the whole pretext for the result would have been cut away from under his Lordship's feet. For it is the connection with Mrs. B. up to the present period, and the presumption from that circumstance that the connec tion would be continued, that determines his Lordship to refuse to deliver up the girl, and also the boys, as the boys and the girl ought not to be separated. There is in this, as in all the decisions of his Lordship which have come to our knowledge, a most perplexing absence of logic. He evades the conclusion from his premises, —and, instead of saying, I will not entrust these children to a man who has misconducted himself in the relations of husband and fa ther—he says, I cannot give the girl to a man who is now connected with a certain female, and not being able to give the girl, I will not give the bo:, - 1, because I cannot sepa rate the boys from the girl. It is not then the badness of the past life, but the badness of the current life that he thrusts forward. If his Lordship had gone on logically, concluding from hiS premises that he could not be allowed to have his children, the public would have distinctly un derstood that adultery, coupled with swearing before children,and these acts of gross improprietv,would deprive a father of his children; but all that the public can know is, that if a man is a bad husband, and a bad father, and lives with the lady whom he has seduced,if he have only boys he may have them, but if he have both boys and girls he can have neither. Did the Lord Chancellor tremble at the consequences, and having determined on the course he should take, purposely rim into this confusion, in order that the public might be at fault? By hinging the whole on the existence of a girl as well as boys, and the continuing to live with a female, and the necessity of not separating the boys and the girl, did he think that he would defy the pub lic to make any thing of the decision ? If lie thought so he is grievously mistaken. Every man who has an adver sary, who thinks it worth his while to expend a little money on his annoyance, has a ready means of vengeance in the Court of Chancery. Whether he succeed or fail, he may inflict the most deadly wounds, by opening up transactions calculated to give pain both to the party and his connec tions. The time consumed in the investigation of one case is a sufficient argument against entertaining inquiries of the kind. Twenty Courts of Chancery would be insufficient for a tithe of the cases which; in a country like this, might be brought, if a whole life must be gone into. In this case, the whole inquiry was useless, because his Lordship did not decide on the facts elicited in the inquiry, blit on the fact of present cohabitation with Mrs. Bligh. When there is something determinate to guide the decision—as mad ness, or from other incapacity—a Court may be adequate to an inquiry; but nothing more monstrous can be con ceived than inquiries into a man's whole life, for the pur pose of the Chancellor's setting his virtues and vices against each other, and striking a balance.—Morning Chronicle. Seeing the new and important state of things which our unexpected involvement in the affairs of the Peninsula was likely to produce, we have omitted no means within our power to give a right direction to the public mind upon the question. Instead of giving statements from doubtful, from interested, or suspicious sources, .we lost no time, after the delivery of Mr. Canning's celebrated speech, in despatching a gentleman every way qualified for the task to Lisbon, who might transmit us from the spot such an honest, impartial, and correct view of things, as would enable the public to form a similar judgment, un influenced by those persons, whether Jew or Christian, who govern the columns of some other journals. If, for instance, either the person whom we sent, or his em ployers, were holders of those bits of paper called Spa nish, Portuguese, or Brazilian Bonds—or were they under the controul of persons who enrich themselves in any other way on the Stock Exchangethe public would soon see (as they probably have already done else where) the bias—not to say utter distortion of facts, which such all controlling motives must produce. The communi cations which we have given, prove, we trust, the purity and integrity of our resources; and we may confidently hope are daily and hourly giving a right direction to public opinion on a question, on which its passions and its judg ment were alike assailed and carried away by storm ; and on which the too ardent mind of a hitherto distinguished Statesman seems to have thrown away its energies, in a manner more uncalled for and infatuated than has ever occurred in the history of Europe. Though we can ad mire, as a matter of detail, the promptitude and vigour with which, to the credit of every branch of the public service, the Portuguese expedition was despatched, we think it would have been more to Mr. Canning's credit, if, instead of deciding first and then coining to the House of Commons, in the shape _of a fervid ha rangue, to obtain its sanction of his measures—he had, considering that Parliament was sitting, come first to that bedy; and, in a calm and unimpassioned manner asked its judgment for his guidance. Had this been done, which might have been done without delay or inconveni ence, the awful responsibility of involving the country in the chance of a new war, would have devolved upon that Assembly from which a Constitutional Minister will al ways take the tone and direction of all his policy. In stead of this safe and prudent course, Parliament is only ap pealed to when it is too late to decide, and that too, in a manner more calculated to mislead than to direct the judg ment, could its judgment have averted the crisis in which the country has been thus involved. For the present, it seems as if the storm would blow over; and this country be spared from further sacrifice upon thankless and unpro fitable objects; for whether the new or the old Constitu tion be established in Portugal, matters, we think, very little to the British nation, except as far as its good wishes must ever extend to the amelioration and happiness of the human race. It is quite clear, however, that the peace of Europe depends, as it generally heretofore has done, upon the Governments of France and England, between which there is now an evidently greater ten dency to unanimity than has ever before existed. On this point we think Mr. Canning's conduct and policy entitled to the highest praise. It is evident that he has laboured, and hitherto successfully, to maintain and im prove a good understanding between two Courts; the Statesmen of both of which have heretofore been but too ready to fall into the ridiculous and absurd notion, worthy only of the least informed of the subjects of both coun tries, that a national rivalry, and indeed hatred, was natu ral to them. To the honour of both countries, this sense less, vulgar antipathy, which the former Governments of both have not been ashamed to countenance, is fast dying away; and though there is evidently a party in France, and a more insignificant one here, who would be glad to blow np expiring embers into a flame, by far the great ma jority, however, of the right-judging part of both coun tries have long since begun to see the folly of a rivalry so mischievous and absurd as that to which we have alluded; and it is certainly highly to the credit of Mr. Canning's foreign administration that he has laboured, and thus far effectually, to promote and cultivate more liberal and en lightened views between the two nations and their Go vernments. It is on a continuance of the same wise policy that the peace of Europe depends ; and the best answer that Mr. Canning can give to those who blame his interfe rence in the affairs of Portugal as unnecessary or premature, is, that it has been, and continues to be, in complete ac cordance with the views and designs of the French Go vernment. Let there be but a cordial and honest under standing between France and England, and a rampart will be formed against aggressions elsewhere, which will effec tually preclude their producing any material effect upon the general tranquillity of other countries. This is the true policy of both countries, and such as wise and honest statesmen in each are called upon to adopt. —Morning Herald. The question which, of late, has occupied KO much of the attention of the public, concerning the claim of Mr. Long Wellesley to the care and custody of his children, 1 has been decided. The matter has been again and again argued : the final argument, after lasting seven days, was concluded on Monday ; and yesterday the Lord . Chancel , lor pronounced his judgment. This decision was, that, in his present circumstances, Mr. Long Wellesley shall not have the custody of his children, but that they shall be entrusted to the care of guardians appointed by the Court. We say, in his present circumstances ; because we think it impossible not to see that the Chancellor, in coming to this conclusion, proceeded infinitely more on the ac tual existence, at this moment, of immoral relations be tween Mr. Wellesley and another individual, than upon any general imputations which have been thrown, or at tempted to be thrown, upon that gentleman's character. It is a matter of regret, that a name, which is so inti mately connected with the glories of the country, should be involved in such a proceeding. The example, we hope, will not be without its benefit. It holds out a warning, even to the highest, that their domestic immoralities may, if pushed beyond certain limits, recoil upon themselves in such a way, as to brand them with ignominy, and to inflict a severe injury on their dearest interests, and their most cherished feelings. It is in cases like this, that the in estimable benefit of a great Judge, like Lord Eldon, is most strongly seen. It is in cases like this, that, when he shall cease to fill the judgment -seat, the want of him will be most deeply felt. The deliiiery of his judgment oc cupied nearly four hours. If such' was the period requi site merely for the exposition of the results of his exami nation of the evidence, and consideration 'of the views, which had been pressed upon him, we leave it to any man to guess what the quantity of labour must have been, through which lie must have gone, in making himself master of all the minute details comprehended in the immense mass of affidavits and documents through which he had to travel ? It puts ns, in some measure, in better humour with human nature, to see such a man as Lord Eldon, at such an age, capable of putting forth so much intellectual vigour, and of sustaining sOnuch intellecttial labour. It is an excellence of no ordinary kind, to be able to keep the mind long intent on one and the same subject, and to survey it in every possible view. It is much plea santer to fly from one matter to another, and to remain satisfied with the first coherent view of a set of circum stances, which may be presented to the imagination. To examine and re-examine the same facts—to consider and reconsider the reasonings on the same points —are self denying habits, which require a great sacrifice from an active mind; but they are habits essential to the perfec tion of the judicial character. They have sometimes brought upon Lord Eldon the reproaches of the ignorant and the superficial ; but they have secured to him the con fidence of the suitors in a degree never possessed by any other Jude. Ask any man throughout the kingdom, who believes himself to he in the right on a disputed question of property, where he would wish to have his cause heard? The universal answer would be—" Before the Lord Chancellor." Some of our contemporaries have questioned the right of the Court of Chancery to interfere between the parent and the child, in such a case as Mr. Welles ley's. Upon that point the Lord Chancellor entertained not a shadow of doubt. " I - find myself," said he, "in this seat, as representing my Sovereign, bound by the settled law of the Court to interpose its authority, if I have area- , sonable ground to believe that, otherwise, the interest of these infants will be endangered. lam not at liberty to retire from the discharge of the duty thus imposed on me. I dare not violate the principles which grow out of the settled law of the Court. My duty is to apply those principles honestly; to look diligently at all the cir cumstances of the case; and with judicial integrity, an integrity which: should' be of the purest nature, man fully to do that which the obligations of my great office require." Upon the law of the case, .the opinion of the Chancellor will he admitted to be conclusive. But some of our innovators say, that the law ought to be altered, and that Parliament ought immediately to be ap plied to, in order to prevent so monstrous an evil as the in terference of a Judge in Equity to protect infants from the effects of the misconduct of their father. We are glad to be able to oppose to such notions the opinion of Lord Eldon, who has, probably, seen more of human life and human character than any other man now living. His Lordship thinks " that it is not merely useful, but abso lutely necessary, that such a jurisdiction should exist, sub ject to the check of an appeal, and to the most scrupulous conviction of the judge, that he must look at every case of this kind with the most extreme anxiety to protect himself from error." -" If this Court," he adds, will not interfere, what provision has the law made for the protection of those who are unable to protect them selves ? The Courts of Common Law can enforce the rights of the father; but they are not equal to enforce the performance of his duties, or to cause that to be done, which ought to be done, but which he does not do."— This is, in fact, the basis of the whole question. The rights of the father are accompanied with co-relative rights on the part of the children: he has duties to perform to wards them, as well as powers over them ; and it is, in deed, chiefly to enable him to perform the duties that he is clothed with the powers. Where the duties are not performed, it is fitting that his rights and powers should be restricted, and that system of jurisprudence would be grossly defective, which, while it furnished ample means of enforcing the father's rights, made no provision for the performance of his most sacred duties.--New Times. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Tnu R MAY, FEB. 1. FRACTIOE OF THE COURT. The following notice was posted in Court this morning " Notice is hereby given, that his Honour will in future require, when any application is made to him to advance causes, further directions, excepting pleas,. demurrers, or petitions, or to have any of them put into the paper to be spoke to, an affidavit that notice has been given to the other side, that such an applica tion is intended to be made ; and his Honour has directed the Re gistrars not to put any such causes, further directions, excep tions, pleas, "demurrers, and petitions, into the paper without such affidavit being first produced to them." COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WESTMINSTER, FEB. I. THE KING V. JAMES WHITEHEAD. Mr. SCARLETT, during - MichaelMas Term, obtained a rule, calling on the defendant to show cause why a criminal informa tion should not be filed against him for having written a letter to the Rev. H. Campbell, a Clergyman of the Church of England, and a Magistrate of the county of Gloucester, reflecting on his character awl conduct of a Justice of the Peace. The COMMON SF.RGEANT now appeared on behalf of Mr. Whitehead, who, he said, was ready to admit that the letter in question was wholly without foundation, and perfectly unjusti fiable. Mr. ScAnLarr, on behalf of the prosecutor—As the defendant had given so ample a denial of the imputations contained in the letter, would accept his apology on payment of costs. At the cam e time he must remind his Learned Friend, that a similar rule had been obtained by Mr. Campbell against Mr. Hadley, the Edi tor of the Cheltenham Journal and Gloucestershire Gazette, for a libel of a similar description. The COMMON SERGEANT on behalf of Mr. Hadley, was in structed to offer the same apology. Mr. SCARLET; on such .conditions should not oppose the dis charge of the rules. Rules discharged accordingly, on payment of costs. HARNETT V. THWAITES. This was an action by the plaintiff, an attorney, against the defendant, the Editor of the Morning Herald, for a libel pub lished in that paper. The COURT directed that the trial should be postponed until the next Middlesex adjourned sittings. COURT OF COAIMON PLEAS, GUILDHALL, FEB. 1. TINSLEY' V. NASSAU, ESQ. This was an action brought against the defendant, who was Sheriff for the county of Essex, to recover damages for a levy which the plaintiff alleged had been improperly made upon him. The Loan CHIEF JusTica directed the plaintiff to be nonsuit ed, at the same time giving him leave to move to set it aside. nuawrr v. DIXON. This was an action of trespass, for an assault which the defend ant had committed upon the plaintiff. The defendant pleaded the general issue. Mr. Sergeant SP A N IC IE stated, that the plaintiff i n thi s case was a person carrying on business as a cheesenaonger, in the Wal worth-road. The defendant was well known in • the city, from the exhibitions he had made in the Common Conned. William March, shopman to the plaintiff, remembered the de fendant's coming into his shop on the Bth of July last, about eight o'clock in the evening. Mr. Burnby was outside the shop, serving bacon to the customers at the window. The defendant came in to speak about a padlock which he said was lest : he made a great noise about it, and said one of our boys had it. Plaintiff came in and requested him very mildly to quit his shop. Defendant im mediately gave him a blow, and said, " There, take that ; I am an old man —you are a young one." He then put himself in a fighting attitude, saying," I am as good a man as you at any time." Mr. Burnby refused to fight ; and Mr. Dixon finding that the case, after much noise and uproar, left the shop. Cross-examined.—He was not aware that the boy was apt to tease and annoy Mr. Dixon. He believed Mr. Dixon was about '76 years of age, Mr. Burnby about 40. Mr. Dixon had been in the habit of dealing at Mr. Burnby 's shop for several years, and had occasionally done so since the assault complained of, but not regularly ; they had never booked him since. —(A laugh.) The nephew was then ealled, who confirmed the evidence of the last witness. Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN addressed the Jury for the defendant. Mr. Dixon was represented as a man who had arrived at seventy six years : be would inquire of the Jury whether they thought a person of this age would strike another without some provocation. The plaintiff was stated to be about 40 years of age : the difference in years was therefore very considerable ; not that he meant to say Mr. Dixon was at all impaired by years, or that he was unable to cope with the defendant; be knew that his " - age, is as a lusty winter, " Frosty but kindly ;" and although he had been in the habit of frequenting the civic feasts he, neverreel rebellious apply ors in his blood • - ; 1 7 1 et and b • " Nor did not with un b as hf u l forehead woo' " The means of weakness and debility." It was evident also, that he bore no to the plaintiff, with whom it appeared he had continued his custom. It must have been some provocation to him when he inquired of the boy for the lock, to be told a direct lie, which was a thing Mr. Dixon had a complete horror of—(a laugh)—he had never told a lie for 78 years.—(Continued laughter.)—Ho thought it was altogether an improbable story: he should call no witnesses, and was aware that the verdict must be for the plaintiff, but trusted it would . be for very moderate-damages. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 30 guineas. THE CIRCUITS. The Judges met yesterday morning at Westminster, and chose Circuits in the following order : NORFOLK-Lord Chief Justice Abbot and Mr. Justice Gazelee. MIDLAND-Lord Chief Justice Best and Mr, Justice Holroyd.. HOME-Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Justice Littledale. NORTHERN-Mr. Justice Bayley and Mr. Baron Hullock. WESTERN-Mr. Justice Park and Mr. Justice Burrough. OxFoun—Mr. Baron °arrow. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.--Yesterday Mr. John Joseph Stockdale, the publisher of Itarriette 'Wilson's Memoirs, was summoned by the overseers of Acton, to appear before the Ma gistrates at this office, in consequence of his refusing to pay the poor-rate charged upon his residence in that village. Mr. John Williamson, the assistant overseer, supported the claim of the parish, by proving that two rates are in arrear, one due at Michaelmas, and the other at Christmas last, amounting to gether to the sum of 51. 13e. 10d.; and Mr. RAWLDISON called upon Mr. Stockdale for his answer. " There can be no question," said Mr. Stockdale, " that I am brought here, not by the overseers, but by my landlord ; be has obtained unjust possession of my house, and the very day after a new trial is granted, lam summoned to appear before you, Sir, for no other purpose than to annoy me." Mr. RAwLitisoN said, the parish had nothing to with the dis pute between Mr. Stockdale and his landlord, and ordered him to pay the rate. - Mr. Stockdale requested the indulgence of a month, which was granted. Others met with the same indulgence from the parish, and some did not appear. Among the latter stood the name of Dr. Bevill. Mr. RAWLINSON asked if the notices had been duly served? ___.... Mr. Williamson replied that they had, excepting as it regards the Doctor, " for," said he, " he keeps such a ferocious dog, your Worship, that nobody can get upon his premises." However, Williamson made it appear, that by consummate prudence and good fortune, he had outwitted - the dog, and made a good service after some delay. QUEEN-SQUARE.--A young female, almost in a dying state, was brought before R. W. MARRIOTT, Esq., having deli vered herself up, on the previous evening, to the custody of the watchman, unable, from poverty and disease, to walk any further.. The poor child (she might be called) is not more than 15 years of age, and from her statement it appeared, that her father, who keeps a pastry-cook's shop, at the foot of Westminster-bridge, of the name of Francies, had turned her out of doors, likewise her brother and sister, about eight months ago, and since then she had subsisted by prostitution. Hall, the officer, said that her father was in respectable cir cumstances, and the girl's name was Jemima Francies. _ Mr. MARRIOTT questioned the girl as to who had turn h ed er her out of doors, when she replied that it was more her mother-in law's she might d father k la n w o ' w s w fault hat than her as h e a r b f oo a father's e : r Im e motherxeas alwaysw living clro n ; k n a d n h d d e t r d i rraddressed said he had four children by the present woman.. worthy the m in e eort St. Bartholomew's Hos :nattrsdtel e d a b rn ee t t o toi n take her theme in a coach, übnenfoarteurtahlecmonadgnisettraotfe be fore, unat unfortunate Magistrate, an d o i nn her most p would get her into the MT. MARRIOTT then wrote orde magdakea,rni:ebsteirdeseesshiievree tratrotatisn-etnefdoe unfeelingfi i n t find l parents.trie, the tit v u a t t i c o h n m a a f n t after the acr l, and l do nothing for her. UNION-HALL.—Yeaterday two stout boys, named Ford and Brackley r were brought before the sitting. magistrate, M. SwA mix, Esq., charged with having assaulted Mr. Walkin p afosrAes h ,n e bu w, o - rfit as heee t ti m .. n fs a an b tib l d e e,r t t o hwa w L a t l lh k de . Walkington, the schoolmaster of Rotherhithe parish. The magistrate committed theca for three weeks each to the house of correction. THAMES POLICE-OFFlCE. —Michael Quest, a Prussian sailor, was put to the bar under the following circumstances : A gentleman, whose name we were unable to learn, attended on I the part of the consignee of the Columbia, of New York, who, among other goods, which formed a part of her cargo, also had 44 kegs of specie, each containing 2,000 dollars. On her arrival in the London Docks, and in discharging her cargo, one keg of the dollars were missed, there being only 43 forthcoming. The gen tleman stated, that he could not possibly account how the mistake occurred; however, on searching the ship, 250 dollars were found in possession of the prisoner. The Captain gave the prisoner an excellent character. _ of __ her Mr. BALLANTINE inquired was th e vesse l en ti re ly cleared cargo? The gentleman attending replied hi the negative. Mr. BALLANTINR should remand the prisoner for a - week, until the vessel was delivered of her cargo, so that a search might he made to see, if possible, if the dollars could be discovered, for it was evident that a robbery had been committed, and there was little doubt but that the money was concealed on board. As to the supposition that a mistake had occurred when the property was coming on hoard, and they received a keg short of the num ber, he could not conceive how that could happen. He, there fore, under all the circumstances of the ease, would remand the prisoner; and if the vessel was not cleared out before the week had expired, he would discharge him, and detain his 250 dollars. In the mean time an officer should remain on board. The prisoner was then removed, and all parties left the office. FORGERY AT THE BANK.—During the last week a person obtained dividends to the amount of 1,000/. at the Bank, by forging the signature of the person i n w h ese name s t oc k, t o the exact amount of the dividends, stood. The whole of the above sum was paid him, at his own request, in sovereigns; and this it is said, w h at a f terwar d s create d suspi cion c ii which chi the nmindbec ov eof the clerk wh o h a d pa id hi m . Th e precau tions 'as person took to p reven t a l mos t th e probability of t t a his detection were of a curious nature. He purchased from a porter, who plied in the vicinity of the Bank, a bag for holding the sovereigns, and was then dressed in a suit of black; desiring the porter to call a coach to be in readiness to convey him home, as soon as possible. He then slipped on an outside coat, and put on a pair of spectacles, in which dress he presented himself, and obtained the amount of the dividends. Before he came to the coach he had resumed his original appearance, and immediately drove off. The porter, not having nay suspicions, neglected to notice the number of the coach, and thus all immediate attempts at discovery were cut off; but a clue has, it appears, been since obtained, and two active mad intelligent police-officers have left town in pursuit of the supposed delinquent. MEETINGS OP CREDITORS., LONDON DIARY.-.-SATURMAY, FEB ! 3.—(./t the Coin of Commissioners, Basinghall-street.) Berry, J. Hans-place, wine-merchant-1 1 COUNTRY DIARY, MONDAY, Fan. 5. Appleton, R., Manchester—Star, Manchester.-10 Brown, G., Kidderminster—White Hart, Hartlebbry-11" Chubb, W., Bristol—Commercial rooms, Bristol—l Denny, W., Lancaster_King's Arms, Lancaster—ll Drosicr, T., Blakeney—Fcathera t Holt-5 Fletcher, J., Liverpool—St a r and Garter, Liverpool-1 Gill, S., Stourport—White Hart, Sartlebury-10 Harvey, 1., Goole—Booth Ferry, Ho N vden-5 Jackson, T , Liverpool—George, Liverpool- 1 Latham, R., Bath—Angel, Bath—ll Lax, E., Manchester Clay anti Co., Mandiester- 10 Monk, R., Bispham—Rishton and Co., Prey ton-11 Musgrave and Garrett, Wincanton, Somersetsiiii.v—Wite nor"' *it - wanton-11 Smith, S., Manchester—Star, Manchester-11 Twemlow, J., Oldham—Star, Manaester-0 rzn. 6. Anderson, W., Portsea—King's Arms, Portsea—P Appleton, R., Manchester—Star, Manchester-10 R., Ledbury—Feathers, Le4lbury-1 I Baggott, Bennett, C., Liverpool George, Liverpool—.l Bright, P., Handley—Tontine, Sheffield-2 Bunting, J., Liverpool—Commercial inn, Sheffield-12 Cavenagh and Co., Bath—York-horse, Bath-11 Chadwick, J., Manchester—White's, Manchester-2 Cox, R., Nottingham—Hotel, Newark—ll Drosier, T., Blakeney—Feathers, Holt-10 Fisher, R., Bury St. Edmund's—Six Bells, Bury-1 , 2 , Fletcher, J., Liverpool.—Star and Garter, MITI-poet-1 Frost, J., Manchester—White's, Manchester-9 karvey, J., Goole—Booth ferry, Howden-10 Hopkins, J., Bristol—Rummer, Bristol -x-12 j o h nso g, F., Nottingham—Ram, Nottingham-11 R ine Wolstanton-•--Swan, Hanley'--12 Latham, li., Bath —Angel, Bath-11 Musgrave fthfc parrett, Wiocanton, Somerset. —White Horse. Wincanton—l I Nichol, J., Preston--Red Lion, Preston—l 2 Pierce, J., Martlen—.-George, Cranbrook-1 1 Poole, T., Calwall, ifercfordabira—Plume of Feathers inn, Ledhury-1 I Russell, A., March—Crown, St, Ives—ll Slater and Co., Bradshaw, Boltod-le-meors—Star inn, Man chester-2 Smith, S., Manchester--Star, Manchester---I 1 Spencer, J., Belper, Derbyshire—Plume 0.. f Feathers inn, Led' bury-11 Swaim% J., Chatteris—Crown, St. Ice s -6 Thomas, W., Ledbury—Feathers, Ledbury.-:-1 I Todd, J., Sheffield—Tontine, Sheffield-12 Turner, T., Pemberton, Lancashire—Royal Hotel, Wigan-6 Weall, D., Preston—Red Lion, Preston-11 Wheadon, Id., Beal - nix:lsta, DorsetAhire--Rummer Tavern , Bristol-11 Williams, W., Bristol—Rummer tavern, Bristol-1 INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED. Petitions to be heard at Portugahstreet3 pEn. 6, AT ?UNE. I3urbidge, T., Hampstead, carpenter Clapon, J., Hazlehurst, Lancashire, butcher Crutch, J., Regent's -park basin, coal-menhaut Curtis, T., Limehouse, miller Gascoyne, J., Tutbnry, farmer Hammant, S., Whitechapel, victualler Hoare, G., Somer's Town, cheesemonger Irvine, W., Windsor, gent. Mitchell, T., Hackney, builder Mortram, Z., Westminster, artist Padget, W., Keighley, Yorkshire, farmer Rawlinson, R., Bethnal-green, painter Sims, J., Cheltenham, builder Sykes, S., Lepton, fancy-manufacturer W o ol, J., Wexham, builder COUNTRY.—At the Shire-hall, Carmarthen,. Fehruhry 6th, at Ten o'clock. Treharne, T., Danrgraig, farmer THE MARKETS. the best 16 Ve al i b of . meat there vo ll 6 w d. e . u b t es o t ff v b ea r l is 4 ll . y pe o r n o il w u ev tt e o l : SOUTHALL MARKET. —Jan • 31. This day's market was, on the whole, well supplied, b u t no t there, and primest fat Calies l.2o , d_ very numerously attended by buyers ; South Dawn we' proved terms ; bu u t . i 2 n d. th to e u ples . little if any alteration. The following were the market price° Melton 3 4 • s .. a..re best per stone of Bibs. to sink the offals:—. Supply but moderatVll4",rakln----trlde-lull. 4 4 5. 441. to 5;. Prices of 'Veal and Pork as last the stock left the market • unsold. EYNING MARKET— belq3eu'yleo'otedfhid..f—orinh; q uotations h u469 ls : d t a l.o y tn se 7 n night. . 4 0 4 8 Pork____ Beet , —. Mutton 03. Od. to O.• od' 40 4 6 —____ ---- _- ARUNDEL MARKET.—Jan. 30. Mutton .........._. 4 9 4 8 P or k 4 0 4-, Bu PP I Y good, and buyers rather nurnerout, but trade dull. _ CHICHESTER MARKET.—Jan. 31. Mutt" 8 04 3s 8d O. Oki.' to Os. . .to 4s. 10d. I Veal 4 0 ' 4 In lean st oc k scarcely any thing doi ng . Supply 7 fat stock rathe r large, and t ra d e with it very dull. 4 6 Prk-4 Beef, RUMFORD MARKET.--latt. I. . a. d. to E. d. a. d. to a. d . c , Mutton , Boef 3lO 410 I Veal ' 4 4 A„' 3 6 4 2 Pork Suckling Calves from 14a. to 365. ; Quarter old Pigs 91. toll.. each. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. 1 Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. &Ans. P Per Quarter. s. to P. 8. to N. P. to s. 8. to s. r. Blandibrd 48 56 36 38 SI 58 Brigg 32 56 34 40 28 34 44 50 44 54 34 f 5 45 Chard Huntingdon......,—. 50 5.6 29 35 9i 32 36 59 Louth _ .... 50 51 27 40 29 25 50 54 Lynn _ 4.4 58 34 40 24 36 46 52 Newark 58 59 40 46 34 42 53 60 56 Norwich 52 b 9 3C SR 96 93 42 46 42 Nottingham —.—. 54 61 41 46 33 88 56 63 Peterborough 50 56 A 8 4 4 2 24 Plymouth 36 GO 36 • 38 28 52 Sherborue 50 56 32 39 30 36 56 64 Uppingham 34 59 38 46 30 3l 52 62 Wisbech 49 57 30 44, 49 York 5O 60 36 42 96 94 43 55 _ LEEDS CORN MARKET, Jan. 30. There was a large supply of Wheat, hat little of other G. fine dry Wheat fully supported last week's prices, but mid samples were very dull sale. 'Barley of the best quality Iva Pease. P. to 4 - 4 ° _ .... ... _-__ . ss 66 4t tb LEEDS CORN MARKET, Jan. SO. There was a large supply of Wheat, bat little of other Gitlin fine dry Wheat fully supported lest week's prices, but middling samples were very dull sale. 'Barley of the hest quality was / 5 ' per quarter dearer, but the depland limited. In Oats, Shelling. and Beans, there was little . doing, and prices were much the same. No alteration in Rapeseed. , Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, C01b.... 58s. to 575.... one, Mo. to 5P5. ..d - York. and Lincoln. 601 b..., 555. to 583..., fine, Ws. to 575. 3 Barley, Norfolk and Suffhlk - Yorkshire and Lincolnshire - Grinding Beans 63lb. 545. to 545. Oars, Potatoe 36s. to S9s. ' "Healing, Foreign 160. to lid. ...... English 17id. to 1811. per Stone. Shelling Rapeseed, English, 20/. to UM ' ' Foreign, al/. to M. per Lz.a. t• EDINBURGH MEA_ AIARKET.—Jtin. 20. We had a middling anpply of Oatmeal at this day's market, which sold readily, at last week's prices. Per Sack of 2801 u. Imp. Per Stone of 11th. Imp First Oatmeal £2 15 0 Oatmeal X 0 2 10 Second ditto 2 13 0 Barleymesl Berlayrneal Paaaemeal 1 10 0 r Pot Barley—No. 1, per cwt. 14a.—! Itss.-3d, 20.t.—Pearl ditto 2P - BIRTH. On the 21st tilt. the Lady of B. G. Hodges, Esq. of Church' street, Lambeth, of a daughter. DIED On the 25th ult., of a decline, Edward Crookshank Kesney Esq., Solicitor of the Inner Temple, and formerly of Dnhlin. On the 21st alt., at her honee in Woburn-place, RuAsell-square , Mrs. Rouse, widow of the late Benjamin Rouse, Esq. o f New Bridge-street. On the 29th ult. at Dasvlish, Devon, aged, 53, Lient.-Oencrel Alexander Cosby Jackson. . On the 28th ult., at Islington, Mr. Owthwaite, in the 60th year of his age. _ On the 24th uh., in her 19th year, Caroline, eldest daughter' of Mr. Thomas Summers, Little Britain. On the 30th tilt., at Bruton, Somerset, in her 88th year, Eli sabeth, relict of the late Mr. Ward, of the same place. In Dublin, the 'Venerable Dr. Plunkett, Titular Bishop of Meath, aged 89. Printed awl Pab by AL L YOUNG, h t the sy44o,t,ioE. NO: 1 I es, STRAND*