The Sun. — London, England, 1825-07-27 00:00:00

FOR Tiff , . SUN. THE CATHOLIC COMMINATION, EXAMINED. MR. EDITOR—In the Morning Herald of the 7th of this month, was inserted a document of rather singular construction, called " The Catho lic Commination," consisting of 20 different curses ; on some of which, allow me to make short vhserTations 1. 46 Cursed is he who commits idolatry ; who prate to images or relies ) or worships them for tike most.of the others, is an impudent sy,Joble. Is it not notorious, that thousands of itoman Catholics, have a little image of Christ, 91 some favourite saints, in their pockets, or &built their persons, which, when a fit of idola trous devotion Tomes on, they pray to, entreat hig his intercession ? this is idolatry. We have tat one mediator—Christ. 2. " Cursed is every goddess worshipper, who helie%e ,the Virgin Mary to be any more than a creature ; who worships her, or puts his trust in her, more than in God ; who believes her above her Son, or that she can, in any thing,,c.ornmand him." Why is she prayed to, if she is no more than a -creature? Is it ►iot blasphemous to pray to any s.ave the ever blessed Trinity? .Doubtless. They ark liot to trust in her more than God, or. believe 'her above her Son ; :lis obliquely hinting, •she _is at all events equal to God and our Saviour, and deserving equal adoration. 3. " Cursed is he w.ho. believes the Saints in 11E4Y/en to be his Redeemers."- But they are prayed to by Roman Catholics as mediators between man and Chrish. Why do they do this, unless under the persuasion that they have influence with Christ ? and thus, if Christ attends to their mediation, they become Redeemers; for through them a soul is saved. Impious thought !! 4. " Cursed is be who worships any bread in -God ; or makes Gods of the empty elements of :bread and wine." Roman Catholics believe in transubstantiation. They believe the actual presence of Christ in the element of bread and wine. This is not denied ; hence, if they do not worship any bread in God, they EAT him !!! 6. " Cursed is he who believes that priests can forgive sins, whether the sinner repent or not, or that there is any power' on earth or heaven that can forgive sins, without a hearty repent ance, and serious purpose of amendment." How comes it, then, that one man can murder another, and forthwith receive absolution of the Pope, on the payment of a few shillings ?—Auri cular confession is an act of gross impiety. We are not to confess our sins, to any human being arhatever. 6. " Cursed is he who believes there is autho rity in the Pope, or any other person, that can give leave to commit sin." In The Sun of the Bth of last April will be found Oa a letter bearing t h e same signature as this), some extracts from a bull, once issued against England and her King by the Pope, which spew, that he has (in his own estimation it would seem), power to give leave to commit sin ; for lie there " absolves the King's subjects from their oath's of ,allegiance." The breaking of an oath is a sin. 8. " Cursed is he who contemns the word of Gad, or who hides it from the people, in order to keep them from the knowledge of their duty, sad to preserve them in ignorance and error." Why was reading the Bible ever prohibited ? lc Do preserve the people in ignorance and error." 11. " Cursed is he who omits any of the Ten Commandments, or keeps the people from a knowledge of any one of them, to the end that may,not ,have occasion Of discovering the; truth." If the people• are not kept from the knowledge of. any of the Ten Commandments, why do they make to themselves any graven images. The Eleventh Commandment, " Love one another," I am sorry to say, if not kept from the people, is hut too little attended to. " Cursed is he who prea - ches to the people iK i;A-Ictiown tongues, such 115 they understand aot." SOW part of the Romani Catholic service is, to this day, said in Latin, a tongue which few, in comparison of the whole, understand. 13. " Cursed is he who believes that the Pope can give to any, upon any occasion whatsoever, dispensations to lie or swear falsely ; or that it -is'lawfni for any, at the last 'lour, to protest him keif innocent, in case he be guilty " Though the. Pope may not arrogate to himself tine power of granting dispensations to lie or swear falsely ; yet, from the construction of the last quoted curse, it appears that it is lawful for roan ta protest: himself innocent, though he he guilty at any time, except the last hour. What a religion! .16. "-Cursed is he that teaches men they may he lawfully drunk on a Friday . ' or any other fasting days, though they must not taste the :least bit oillesh." This leaves us to infer they may be as drunk as they please, on all, except fasiGng days ! it is 043 e what goeth into n man, that defileth him, but tellat procedeth out of his mouth. By his words and actions shall lie be judged. Ja. " Caused •is lie who places religion In nothing .hut a ponipous stew, consisting only in ceremonies, and which teaches not the people to serve God in spirit and truth." Perhaps the Catholic Religion does not consist salwlly in pomp, but I suspect it does almost, which' is as had, in a moral and religious Hata ; and which vertainly cannot teach to worship God :its spirit and truth. 17. " Cursed is he that teaches people to be bloody-minded, and to lay aside the meekness of Jesus Christ." In many of these curses it %vitt be observed, that it is the Leachers of this end that who are cowed ; now, it is really merciful to leave out the actual perpefratiutis! It seems, however, that. they who lay aside the meekness-of Jesus, are cursed', there can be no - doubt, therefore,' but that (he Pope (in spite • of his infallibility)* who issued the BuJl,•to':_witich..-Ltuire:befofe-allude(l, is secwised 1 es will be seen by those Wholtaice the trouble of perusing it. The spirit of meek ness, breathes with ineffable sweetness through the following sentence, extracted therefrom ! " Ile" (the Pope) " required all Christians to make war on the King, and to seize on the persons and goods of all his subjects, anil to make slaves of them" !!! 18. 46 Cursed is he who teaches it to be lawful to do any wicked thing;-though it be for the in terest and good of the Mother Church." Is it not wicked to pray to images, as media tions between man and Christ ? Thus act Roman Catholics. 19. " Cursed are we, if among all these wicke - a principles and damnable doctrines, commonly laid at our doors, any one of them, be the faith of our Church." If it is not the faith of their Church, they, by praying to Saints, &c., act in opposition to the faith they profess. It is only by actions, faith can be shewn. What, then, are we to think ? either, that this curse contains a false ►►ssertion, or, that they practice what they do not believe!! 20. " Cursed are we, if in answering, or say ing Amen, to any of these curses, we use any equivocation or mental reservation, or do not as sent to them, in the common and obvious sense of the words." If they say, Amen, in sincerity and truth, to all, and each, of these curses, I am of opinion that, in sincerity, they are cursing the whole body of Roman Catholics. This may, or may not be• the opinion of any, save, P. V. K. FOR THE SUN. PUBLIC SINGERS. Mn. EDITOR-Every person of real taste, and -who duly respects great musical Composersi must be highly gratified in observing that you so often enter your .protest against the liberties which are taken by PunLic SIAGERS in presum ing to add their senseless flourishes to those com positions which are allowed to be perfect in their kind, and have beet) universally admired by all real judges. How often do we find that those who sing the immortal strains of the great HANDEL, and of our own admired ARNE, are not content to give the productions of those great. masters with the impressive simplicity -which the authors 'in tended, but fritter them into fantastic decora tions. Do these singers imagine that the com posers were incapable themselves of adding all that could improve the effect of their composi tions,or do they suppose that they possess greater talents than the composers, and from their own superior taste can supply what was wanting ? 1 observe that you lately noticed the improvements introduced in ARNE'S beautiful " Cuckoo'Song," so beautiful in itself that it may he deemed a kind of musical profanation to give it otherwise than as .originally composed. You alto noticed recently the additions made to the pretty air of " Pray, Goody," in Midas, and i -hope you will keep a vigilant eye, or ear, upon all future in terpolations on compositions of established merit. It is well known that at a rehearial of an Ora torio, when HANDEL presided, a female singer took the liberty of flourishing one of his songs, .upon which he took. off his wig and threw it at her. Another time, When a similar freedom was taken by a female singer, who added a very long cadence, completely out of character with the composition, he was heard at the close to say, in the hearing of the audience, with a sar castic severity, " Madam, by G—, I am glad you are come home again." I leave the singers of the present day to reflect on these anecdotes, and to conceive what living Composers must feel when they hear their productions disfigured . by the vanity which prompts the'Performers to sup. pose that their senseless embellishments are more agreeable to taste, judgment, and feeling. SIMPLICILTS. Hanover-square, July 26. Marshal 'MACDONALD is for all the world a Highlander in the outward man. In plain black clothes of a morning one might easily pass him off . for a Hibridean parson, or at least for a comfortable tacksman of Clanronald; which we believe was the status of his grandfather, one of the " seven men of [list," as they are still call ed, who first - declared themselves for Prince Charles, and etnigranted to France after Cullo den. Macdonald, though his father was born in this country, and though he himself held a corn, mission in the Irish brigade in the French ser vice prior to the Revolution, does not *speak one word of :English. Macdonald, of an evening, with three or four stars and his cordon bleu, looks very much the soldier, but he has nothing what ever of the air noble. In conversation he is plain and unaffected, and I was much entertertained with the careless frankness of one or two expres sions; as, for example, "Ah,pour ca—mais c'etait duns le terns de notre brigandage en Espagne." We suppose this is now the accepted tone of those who, having won their honours under Napoleon, are lucky enough to retain them under the auspices of the lilies. The Marshal went to mass at the Ca tholic chapel, and greatly edified the congregation with the, unaffected devotion of his looks, and the solemnity of his responses. He has lost his magnificent domains in Italy and Germany, but he had fortunately laid hands on a snug terre in France, to the value of 12,0001. per annum ; so the Marshal must, I suppose, be one of the wealthiest, as .he certainly has well deserved to be; of the set. lie is - in high favour with Ki ng Charles, who gave him the St. Esprit in a private audience a few days ago, but he excused his at tendance at Rheims on account of his domestic afflictions.—(Edinburgh Observer.) THE PLAGUE IN EGYPT.-A !PUP!' from Mar seilles says—" The two French brigs Les Cinq Scours and L'Heureux Sabine, which arrived from Alexandria on the 28th and 29th of June, having been placed under strict quarantine, and deprived of all communication in the port of Pomeque, where they closely superintended by guards posted on shore, and by two boats placed at a small distance. The access to the port of Pomeque, and to the isle of Rotarnreau has been prohibited to all'persons who are not - called (hither by their functions. The board of health at Marseilles has thought it expedient to adopt these measures On this occasion, which it has even judged serious enough to declare itself permanent, so as to be able immediately to order other measures which events may in the sequel render necessary."--:( Etoik of Monday. ) LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 26. STEAD V. POLE AND OTHERS. This was a motion for the production of certain letters and papers, which the defendants had been directed to give in, re lative to some mercantile transactions between the parties in Norway. The defendants (Sir Peter Pole, Peter Free, Edward Down, John Scott, John Everth, and C. I. Gerss, bankers)put in the letters, the chief part of which were sealed up, except . the beginning, " Dear Sir," and the end, " Your humble servant." The object of the plaintiff was to obtain an affidavit that nothing wits concealed in these sealed letters which -related to thernatters in dispute between the parties. The case was partly heard on the 17th of last month, when some animadversions passed upon the affidavit which had proceeded from Mr. Down, instead of Mr. Free, tie, person who had been principally engaged in the transactions. The Court directed the matter to stand over, in order that a more satisfactory affidavit might be produced. 31r. KNIGHT, for the plaintiff, was about tore-open the case, when .Mr. PEPYS, for the defendant, interposed, observing, that he might save the time of the Court by stating, that since the motion had been made, the other party had amended the bill to the extent of 743 folios,-in addition to 1,000 - a which it con sisted: The matter which had been added was of comprehen sive a character, that tile defendants conceived th e y s h o uld' b e obliged to produce the whole ,a the letters, instead of parts of them, as they formerly believed would have been sufficient. Mr. KNIGHT insisted that an affidavit, should accompany the papers, distinctly declaring that the letters produced were the whole of those which had been concealed. Great incaution, to say no more, had been discovered in swearing in this case.' Not only parts, but entire letters had been concealed ; and as. great difficulties had been thrown in the plaintiff's way, , he trusted that the Court would direct these letters to be.left in the hands of the defendant's clerk, in Court. After this conceal ment, which had been at variance with Mr. Down's oath, the defendants ought to he required to - swear that the..letters pro duced were the identical letters, and the whole of them which had been concealed. The defendants should also pay the costs of the application. Mr. PEpYs thottght, that after the statement he had made, his Learned Friend's remarks might have been spared. The facts, - which lie was now obliged to state, were these—the let ters were in bundles, which the defendants had not time to look through, though their solicitor had done so. When the letters were examined, it was found that there were several which did not refer to the matter of the suit ; so that instead of having less, the plaintiff had more than he required. The defendants have no wish now to conceal the letters ; and was it necessary that they should part with them ? As to .an affidavit, it was the first time he (Mr. Pepys) had heard of such an application. The schedule showed what the documents were; an affidavit was therefore suplarfluous. With respect to costs, there was no pretence for asking them. It was to prevent these repeated ap plications, that the defendants consented to adopt their present course. The . LORD CDANCELLOR.—Suppose you deposit the papers with some third person. Mr. PEPYS—They are now deposited with Messrs. Knight and Fystm, the solicitors, where they. may be seen at any time. The Lottn CHANCELLOR—..I think you may try them upon that, Mr. Knight. 111 r. KN mire observed, that he would not press this matter but for some peculiar circumstances in this case. Mr:PEPTS here remarked, that as the object of the plaintiff' had been gained, there was no need of going 'further into the subject. Mr. KNIGHT, 110WeIrk.T continued.--The affidavit of Mr. Down was made on the 3d of February, • and , no person was allowed to inspect the papers until the 25th; nearly three weeks after ; and non collated some concealment might not have taken place in the interval. PEPYS then offered any affidavit the plaintiff'desired. Mr.,KNIGIIT wished to have the affidavits of all the de fendants. Mr. PEPYS—This is the very object of the other side; they wAnt to make all these defendants read the whole of the papers. Mr. KNIGHT—I acknowledge that is my object, in order that they may know to . what they swear; and I am besides convinced, that if these respectable gentlemen did know the real circumstances of the case, the cause would be at an end. Mr. PEPYS offered the affidavit of the person who covered the concea'ed Parts of the paperS. 'The Lotto .CIIANCELLOR (to Mr. Knight)—l think you should be satisfied. with thLt for the present. I shall hear from you again, perhaps. fUr. PF.PYS then applied for further time to answer the amended bill, .offering to put in answer a month before Mi chaelmas tent). • Mr. KNIGHT objected. A former application to the same effect had been made, and was granted only conditionally. The situation of Mr. Stead was extremely cruel. lie had given bail in certain actions brought against him by the. defendants to amount of 6,000/., which prevented him from going to Norway to lodk after Ins affitirs : at the same time the defen dants, as it had been - sworti,- had possessed themselves of pro. perty of the plaintiff to the amount of 7,0001. The Court ought to discharge the bail, and allow Mr. Stead to depart, since the defendants had really got more than they were entitled to. The Lola) CHANcELLOn.—You cannot go to trial till Michaelmas Term; if they do not put in their answer before then 1 will discharge the•bail, but I cannot do it now. GIIEIG V. SOMEUVILI.E. This was an appeal to the Court to discharge an order of the Vice-Chancellor, which permitted ti creditor to go before the Master and prove his debt under the following circumstances : The applicant was the, Count de - Lieven, Ambassador from Russia on behalf of his Majesty the Emperor. Mr. Greig, his Imperial Majesty's Consul in London, died intestate in the year 1807, leaving property to a considerable amount, which was divided between his widow and family, after a bill had been filed in this Court in 1814. One of the sons, Woronzow fireig, was, and still continues, a minor. His portion, there fore, remained in Court ; the residue was paid in the year 1817. The Russian Government, on the representation of the Minis ter of Marine, finding that Consul Greig owed a halancc, to the amount of 4,4421., in his accounts, instructed the Ambassador to take steps to recover it from his estate. Count Lieven wrote to the widow (now Mrs. Somerville), but receiving no answer, applied fin payment of the claim out of the infant's fund in Court, amounting to 21,0061., and the Vice-Chancellor granted the order now appealed from. Mr. ScepEst contended that his Maiesty the Emperor of all the Russias had been extremely dilatory in his march upon this occasion that the Statute of Limitations barred him from urging his claim ; and that it was a heavy in justice to make this infant's fund pay what the others had avoided, merely from the accidental circumstance of their majority, Mr.'llAnT conceived that the Emperor of Russia had as much right to justice in a British Cou!t as the meanest of his subjects. It was not intended that the infant's fund should pay more than a ratable proportion of the debt due from the intestate's estate ; that he should, in fact, pay only what he would have been bound to pay had the ap plication pn , ceded the division. The question as to the Statute of Limitations could be considered in the Master's Office. The LonD CHANCELLOR was of opinion, that as the estate had been divided by au order of the Court, the sum now re maining, merely on account of the infancy of the owner, was exactly in the same state as the sums actually parted with.— He would, huwever, look into the case more attentively, anti give an order on Wednesday. This he might say, that if the Vice-Chancellor's order was not discharged, it must be at all .events altered. • ,„- VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, JUT.T 26. IN THE MATTER OF THE CLOTH-WORKERS' citAnITY, Mr. 'WIT said, that in this cause it had been referred to the Master to make a scheme for the appropriation of the funds arising from a certain estate, at Islington, in the possession of the cloth-workers' company. The estate in question had been bequeathed to the company in trust for charitable purposes, except one part of it, which was given to the comp a ny, unbur dened with any lien. The object of his present application was to secure to the company the enjoyment of the estate ; and for that purpose he wished to have inserted into the order, which directed the scheme to he drawn up, the words " without pre judice to the rights of the company." lie might take this op portunity of stating that the Attorney-General, by whom the information was originally filed, was perfectly satisfied with the conduct of the company, who, it appeared, had expended in charitable purposes many hundred pounds snore than were de rived from the estate. AIL PE Arm.: wr ON, on the part of the A ttorney-G enerrl, con sented to the application, which the Court granted. IN THE MATTFR OF THE HAMURTON SCHOOL. Mr. liAirr moved that the Rev. Wm. Bradley, the master of the Hamerton School, in Yorkshire, might be at liberty to inspect certain deeds relative to the charity in the possession of the trustees, with the view of proving that he was entitled to a larger salary than he at present received. Mr. Coo PE it, on the part of the trustees, contended that the plaintifFhad no right to the inspection of tile documents. His 110NOUn, however, said, that the plaintiff had an un doubted right to inspect the deeds, and therefore granted the motion. No other case of the slightest, interest occurred till four o'clock, when hiti Honour rose, stating that he would take the. reMaining motions to-morrow. POLICE INTELLIGtNCE. IMPORTANT DIFFICULTIES UNDER SIR THOS. PLOMER'S ACT. GUI I.DITALL.—The public cannot be too often reminded of the peculiar and important .restrictions contained in the statute generally known by the name of :Sir Thomas Plomer's Act, with respect to the misapplication Of bills of exchange, &c., by persons to whom they may have been entrusted for any specific purpose. A rase of this description, and which exhibits the total want of the necessary information uPon this subject, oc curred at this office yesterday, before the 'Sitting Magistrate, Mr. Alderman BRIDGES. A tradesman of respectability applied to the Alderman for his interference or assistance under the following circumstances: He had, he said, a short time since delivered a bill of exchange to a friend of his to get discounted for him, and on applying to him subsequently, to know if lie had succeeded, was informed by him that he had put it into the hands of a third person for the desired ,purpose, and who now detained it as a set-ofFagainst, a private debt due from his friend. ,Whether this story was true or not he (the applicant) had no positive knowledge; and the object of his application to the Magistrate was, that the friend to whom he 'had originally entrusted the bill should in some way or other be brought before him, as the first step towards the recovery of the property, for, as . yet, he had neither been able to obtain the bill or the value for it. Mr. Beresford, the chief clerk, asked if the applicant at the time of delivering his bill to his friend had given him instruc.; tions in writing as to the purpose for which it was so delivered, the statute requiring that there should be a written order ? The applicant replied that he had not : his instructions being merely verbal, to get it discounted. Mr. Beresford then inquired what profession his friend fol .lowed, and was answered that of a pawnbroker. Mr. , Beresfird said, he feared it was not within the authority of the Magistrate to render him any assistance !miler such cir cumstances; for even if he bad complied with the law by de livering at the same time with the bill an order•or statement in writing, expressing the special purpose' for which the bill was so delivered, yet his friend did not come within the de scription of persons enumerated as amenable to the act; who were only bankers, merchants; brokers, attornies, or agents. Mr. Alderman BTLIDGES said, that with that explanation of the statute, he could only regret that it was -not in his power to render him any assistance. A case, however, of a somewhat similar nature, occurred a day or two ago at this office, in which the Magistrate, Mr. Al derman SAtivse, by a.fittle extra-jUdicial .interference, had the satisfaction of bringing abort an accommodation, which terminated in the giving up a bill of exchange for 661., which had been detained by a wholesale silkman 'in. the' city, having come into his handy from a person who *was very consi derably indebted to him, although, as in the instance we have above stated, the party in whose hands the bill happened to be had no personal right or -intermit respecting it. On the application to the Magistrate, -he issued his summons to the party to show cause why he unlawfully detained the bill. 'This summons was obeyed ; each party was attended with his soli citor; and the Learned Gentlemen, after a short conversation, in which the facts were mutually explained, disinterestedly agreed to save their clients the trouble and expence of an action of trover (the only method by which, it seems, the bill could legally be recovered) ; and on the transient owner of, the bill, as well as the real owner of it, being sworn and examibed rela tive to their possession of it, the silkman was satisfied, and de livered up the bill to thegentleman who made the application. Although the investigation of the whole business did not oc cupy the %worthy Magistrate more than ten minutes, all the parties expressed their,grateful thanks for his having permitted this extra-judicial proceeding to take place before him, which had thus terminated amicably a dispute which would otherwise have been productive both of great trouble and expence. Mr. Alderman ,Sairrii replied, that he should be very happy to devote as many days as this business had occupied - minutes, if the results should be equally beneficial to the parties or to the public. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. 111ARLBOROUGH.STREET.—David Lillywhitc, the driver of the cart No. 109,236, belonging to T. Petit, a-Wandsworth carrier, appeared yesterday at this office before Mr. DYER, the Magistrate, on a summons to answer the complaint of Lord Charlie Spencer Churchill; under Mr. Martin's Act, for wan- , ton cruelty to a horse, which he was driving in the said cart. Lord Charles. Spencer Churchill, being sworn, stated, that he resides at present at No. 55, in the Regent's-quadrant, but on Saturday. last he resided in Margaret-street, Cavendish square ' • and about two o'clock on that day he was sitting at the window of one of the front rooms, and heard the severe blows of some weapon upon the body of some animal. He immediately opened his window, and looking into the street, saw the defendant beating the horse he was driving in a most unmerciful manner with the handle of his whip, which had no thong whatever attached to it. There appeared to be not the slightest necessity for beating the animal at all, for he was going on very steadily and quietly with his load; still the defendant continued to strike hint in a most furious man ner the whole way along Margaret-street and into Portland street. So violent was the defendant's manner of flogging the horse, that it attracted to the doors and windows all the inhabitants of the street, who cried " shame" at his brit; tality ; and at length such a crowd collected round him in Portland-street, that he was obliged to stop for some time ; indeed, the poor horse seemed in such agony, that he was unable to proceed, but still the defendant continued to be labour him. Several persons asked, " Wuold no one take -the number of the cart, and have the fellow punished ?" But they all secmed to think too much of the time .they should lose irt doing so. Be (Lord Charles) who' hal come out from his house, and followed the defendant, said, , that as he had some time to spare, he would take the duty of punishing him upon himself, and accordingly took' down th e name an d number of the cart, and came direct to this office for a summons. Many persons remonstrated with the defendant, and begged of him to desist from his critelty ; but the only notice he took of them was to say, that if they (lid not hold their tongues he would serve them in the same manner. Hearing such replies to the remonstrances of others, he (Lord Charles) said not a word to the defendant, thinking it quite useless, but took down the number of the cart at once. Several of the inhabitants of the street said, that the defendant was in the habit of passing that way almost daily, and of ill-treating his horse in the same cruel manner. dr. Dry: It here observed, that the latter circumstance, was only hearsay he could not take it as part of his Lord Ship's evidence of the offence charg,:d in the presmt information. Mr. Richard Sutton, herald-painter, of No. 50, Margaret street, fully confirmed the evidence of clis Lordship; and said, that before his Lordship came up, and a crowd had collected round the cart in Portland-street, he, the witness, was examin ing the 'cart, for the number on it; when the defendants, in a tone of ridicule, and in a jeering manner, offered him a pencil to write it down, and behaved in a most insolent way mall who spoke to WM. He (Mr. Sutton) never in his life, he said, saw such unnecessary and wanton cruelty practised towards a poor beast. The defendant said, in his defence, that the horse was of such, a stubborn temper, that without a great. deal of heating he would not go on at all; and on this occasion he took it into his head to go in a direction along the street, which, had he pur sued, he must have come against a gentleman's carriage that stood on the curb-stone. The cause of his beating him with the handle of the whip was, that some days ago the thong had been broken off, and there had not since been time to have a new one put to it. Mr. DYER said, that this was no excuse whatever; be cause, if the horse was of such a disposition as was stated, he should not be driven in a cart at all ; but while his owner thinks fit to use him for such a purpose, he must not have him beaten in this cruel manner. A man who accompanied the defendant on the part of Mr. Petit, who could not attend himself, said, that he had sold the horse in question to Mr. Petit, and he really was of such a per verse maure that he would do nothing without being as the person very unfeelingly culled it) " paid for his work"—that is, severely beaten. The defendant, he said, had also been in his service before he went to live with Mr. Petit, and a more humane or kind man to animals, even to cats or dogs, he never knew. Mr. DYER said, that his conduct on this occasion, at all events, was no great proof of his humanity. The charge at present against him was so clearly proved, that there could be no doubt of the offence having been committed against the Act The extent of the penalty went as high as 51., but this being the first offence charged against the defendant, he would mitigate the penalty to 20s. The defendant declared be could not pay the fine ; his wages from Mr. Petit was only 'los. a week, and he had a wife and children to support. The Magistrate said, that in default of payment the defen dant must be committed to riard labour in the House of Cor rection. _ When the defendant's commitment was :shout to he made out, the man who accompanied hint on the part of Mr. Petit paid the fine, with 3s. fid. costs. The Al AGIST RATE said, that the costs must be paid hack to Lord Charles Churchill, who had advanced them for the sum mons; brit his Lordship said that the Magistrate might dis. pose of it to any charity s .his Lordship's only object being the public good in making the complaint. .A t. Stortford, the thermometer stood, ohTuosday last, the 19th inst., at three . o'clock p. pi., in 'the shade; with a northetri aspe,et, at 90 deg., • and op Sunday, !Ash ,at nine o'clock p. m., hi the same place, at 46 dug. :? - • P E R U. rigs ( Prom the Gazette Extraordinary qf the Government, Fridato March 25, 1825.) UNITED LIBERATING ARM Y OF PERU. Head-quarters, La Paz, March 2, 1825. TO THE PREFECT-GENERA!. OF THE DEPARTMENT Of AUEQUIPA. Senor-General !—The troops of the Spanish army which 01'' pressed the Valle Grande have sworn attachment to the call' e of independence. The result of this event is the liberty of On provinces of Santa Cruz, Mojos, and- Chiquitos. A squadron of 200 picked men has beep in consequence . incorporated wi th the Liberating army. Gen. Aguilera entered this city yetq l " day, and in all quarters the enemy absolutely imbecile, nP" proacli the term of their oppression of the people, and their or entire ruin. In communicating to you this agreeable inteP, i '' Bence, I hope I shall give you pleasure, by assuring yob' that the war will most speedily be concluded for ever in the coal' pletest manner. God preserve you. (Signed) ANTONIO JOSE DE SUCRg• UNITED LIBERATING ARMY. Head-quariers; La Paz, March 4, 18 0 ' TO THE PREFECT-OENERAL OF THE DEPARTMEXT, 0- AREQUIPA. Senor General—The district of Chnquisadit, the cradle of liberty, swore adhesion to independence on the 22d ult., Wi th extraordinary order, which proves the general attachment ofi t ", sons to the holy cause, its honours, and patriotism. Coloi t4 Lopez having joined the people with a brilliant squadron, lb ° only one which the obstinate Olaneta possessed ceased W h t 4 long to the iniquitous faction of Spain. I hope your Ease l lency will have great satisfaction in knowing, that via now roc kon among ourselves the district which strove for its 011211- cipation sixteen years ago. ANTONIO JOSE DE SUCRS. In spire of the obstinacy of Olaneta, his duplicity, and c % traordinary efforts, the moral force of Upper Peru has disPls l.. ed its irresistible impulse. This section of America, wh icll ' placed in the vanguard of those who proclaimed liberty, sr peared by its heroic attempts to be destined to effect the tri• umph of our country, has been the last to see it established ° he soil. Its illustrious sons only awaited the approach of the liberating army to repeat the vow which they pronounce in th e year ten. The enemy's chiefs, dazzled by the splendour of the ,victory of, Ayacucho, saw behind him the immense abr z which they were about to be buried; and, fixini their eyei their country, found the safety and the consolation which Ich g denied them under the tyrannic power they supported. - T he soldiers changing front, have saluted with the tenderness of the instinct of the heart that liberty which -they had cOrnbaw against their will. All have attached themselves and swQr l3 t ‘ .7 it for ever. Olaneta, wandering with 400 men, who will sba r. '" don him without.resource, has no choice but to submit at a"" cretion, and to show the world the issue of Spanish rash° and injustice, which now occupies in the vast extent of t" New World only the narrow enclosure of Callso.--(Lirno verument Pres:, by J. Gonzales.) INDIA. (From the Supplement to the Government G az ette, Fe , - 4 1./ • STLRET, FEB: 12. - --I am happy to say, that Matters n t , be eastward are gradually assuming amore favourable asPee,t d .O . pioneers nave none wonders. Lieut e n an t Fi s h er .extend` route beyond Acquaie, to within 21 miles of Munnipore' fo' reports the country as improving daily, after you rest, which, by this thne, I. imagine the pioneers bav e ,,,! ) l9 through. Eight hundred Munnipores, with about 3,00 0 7 1 101 of different descriptions, have been sent to assist in cleaOls jungle, and preparing the road. O tt' ARRACAN.—Brigadier-General Morrison's division . w as the detained in camp at Mungdoo on the 11th instant, owing t c ' 9 4 ,01 0 great difficulties and delay experienced in getting the,..(oP across the Naaf, but, he was-to move upon Arracan on Z o ri' lowing day: The first march, would take the army to ./ o ,P o iile' gees, a fine open plain on-the-sea-shore, distant about }' of from Mungdoo, over a good road: Brigadier Richards had been detached with the 2gthg e Ga r i Native Infantry, and part of the Mug Levy, to takei.o ll .,,,' hang, which place he reached on the evening of the titlo it; found it evacuated. He returned to camp on the 9th inr o f. o " whole of the country to the northward and westward. t i o* l Mayone River; has now been abandoned by the enemy sr' ..tier A. • awaiting. he most trifling encounter , and general 0.-., it ear tranquillity prevail. On the advance f the force, it was l- ie e ° ed to leave Major Roope (62d Native Infantry) in cb ° ,7 c tio n a Mungdoo, with a sufficient detachment to insure the pr e ,:arle' of the native Arracaneso in that quarter. The chief e A ui r ecs ll to be met with between the Naaf and the Peretung, or oas t, river, are stated to be the deep and wide nullahs, necessarily, delay considerably. the' progress of the dig f eel - Up to the 7th inst.,- the latest weekly return of the sick Pr e only seven Europeans and twenty Natives of the whole f c) ,,' 0 00 The road .to Lowadhung is described as being Preq as * _and difficult in the extreme, and many of the passes sl ot s: Pass the do very few men might defend against the advance of nu fn ba t One elephant was killed by falling over a precipice , 04, other accident occurred. The stockade contains rna l l oi ls% l constructed houses, but is not described as being Pa r ' o se°' extensive or strong. Hardly a vestige of Cultivation itself in the"vicinity. From the LONDON GAZETTE, J 111115.; BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. R. Nicholson, North Shields, master mariner. • ttY BANKRUPTS. A. Still, St. Saviour's Church-yard, Southwark , 18 1 1 5;1 surrender, July 30, Aug. 6, and Sept. 6, at eleven, at bh , ; 10 Jto or Commi,sioners, London. Attornies, Messrs. Ftv° l ' Mt' IleathePricote, Coleman-stre era- et. „dew e. Abavenny, Monmouthshire, hors jaber„ Aug. 10, 11, and Sept. 6, at ten, at the Angel Inn: re aon gavenny. A ttornies Messrs. Bold and Vaughan , ,... m, a .1 1)// ! and Iklessrs. Bicknell, Roberts, and Blewitt, Lincoln ' 9 9 AP W. I)urtnall, Dover, ironmonger, Aug. 8, at sevell/ v lligt Sept. a, at eleven, at the Guildh a ll, C anter bury ! A t- Mr. Kennett, Dover ; and Messrs. Stocker and DILW II° "' Boswell -court, Lincoln's Inn, London. Aor' et , D. Cheatham, Stockport, Cheshire, cotton-spinner, cod D. and Sept. fl, at ten, at the King' s A rms Inn, M an A ttornics, Mr. Back, Verulam.huildin gs , G ra y's Inn, ii ‘ g and Messrs. Vaughan and Walker, Stockport. 6,,5 ° • T. Paine, Coventry, silk-manufacturer, July 30, Ault anal, Sept. 6. at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners, Attorney, Mr. James, Walbroalt, London. DIVIDENDS. kel t Aug. 22, A. Andrade and T. Worswick, Lanese ' s' , b a l l/St —Aug. 17, T. Field and J. Du Vivier, Kingston - up merchants—Aug. 26, .J. Perks, Alonkton Combe, S i r;; l pte;,.. shire, common-brewer—Aug. 18, C. Appleton, Noll ' 0 ,14 4 hosi.2r—Aug. 20, J. Taylor, Little Pukeney-stree t ' . s e ivi s a, square, eheasemonger—Aug. 29, E. Napper, Frorne,,,,p.r o Somersershire, surgeOn —Aug. 29, J. Oliver, ficrnli n6- Durham, cattle-dealer. (0' CERTIFICATES—Auca . 16. IfI S G. Watson, Lancaster, inulteeper—W. Willtins 6 L, n , n) erle ton, Lancashire, merchant—J. Bath, Devonpert, 1 4 ,•a 4 01 Johnston, un a Liverpool, tailor--W. •Archer, Fetter."”" chant —J. Austin, Devonport, linen-draper. PARTNERSEIIPS DISSOLVED:, ArksTlP J. and G. Dick s on, Edinbtrgh, nurserymen—r• arv!, t aa and S. G. Voids,Liverpool, publicans—J. par t l e ,"ach' it ) Tucker, Liven) :01, broltersa-J. and IL Pierce, fi, l4 b ala , s-cuaers—B. arid S. Marshall, WhalstandwO F Inf. D.rhysliire, stone-merchants—W. Shaw, .1. Acker' 011 .0 . end, Staffrdshiu, chine-manufacturers —J. Rap er 14;0 01 Ashton, w , Leeds, hites:laths-41. Parker and Brampton, D er b ys hi re, governesNes of a ladies' War' . ad t f ' —F. Brown end I'. Kent, Park-street, Grosvenor-sci t l n ber l " - 4 , , stable-ke e p ers —S . R o b ins and E. Slark, Great Cu e altbf o lt. meats, St. M ary l e b one , j o h- masters— ll. ant i T. - 0 ,40„,. 0 . Ilianc.hester, liaen-Drapers—C. Kenderdine and Trot, grocers—J. Taylor, M. Raynem t and Q. ington, Nottinghamshire, nialtsters. ~;„ 5....