The Sun. — London, England, 1834-09-23 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We think we have pretty well exposed (condemning them from their own mouths) the inconsistency and vivant of principle of the conductors of the Times, in the attacks upon one, to praise whom, to use its own phraseology but a little time since, " would be to re peat eulogies which are echoed by all men who are properly interested in the welfare of their country, —one who has devoted the best energies of a noble and highly-gifted mind to the national good, and who has been able to effect public improve ments which hardly lie within the reach of any other man's power."—( Times, August 17.) This individual who has, for fifteen years, been described in the Times as actuated by honourable and elevated motives—guided by fixed and enlightened principles— aspiring to power by direct and manly means—dis posed to use that power virtuously, ,and capable of using it wisely, is found all at once, and as our Corres pondent " Fair Play" observes, after the part he took in the second reading of that " cheval de beadle," the Poor-law Bill, "an epitome of all that is mean and contemptible and vile ;" or, as the Times describes him whom it patronised so " affectionately," " fraudulent, guilty of base manceuvres, intriguing, lying, fawning, betraying, undermining" ( Times, Aug. '23). And yet the Times is surprised at the warmth of the expressions of the Lord Chancellor when alluding to its attacks upon him—attacks which, had they con tained a spark of truth, would have rendered him unfit not only to retain the seals of that high office, in which he has been enabled " to carry into effect reforms, the necessity of which had been for years admitted on all sides" (Times, August 17), but would have driven him from the society of those honourable and scientific men who now so eagerly court Lord B.'s society. "We would allow" —says our contemporary, the Globe (al luding to the false imputations made by the Standard on the Chancellor), in one of its columns yesterday— " the most perfect liberty of comment on the public conduct of public men ; but we would compel their as , sailants to speak truth respecting matters of fact, and punish the writer who promoted his party ends by as serting facts which he knew to be false, or had not good reason to believe true." And our shrewd corres pondent " Fair Play," speaking of the law of libel and the liberty of the press, very justly observes—" As for myself, I will neither yield to the Times, nor to any person living, in zeal for the most extreme liberty of the press; but I cannot shut my eyes against the power it possesses of abusing that liberty nor my ears against, facts of actual abuse, nor avoid feeling anxious for the correction of them." And now let us hear what our consistent contemporary says on the same subject:—" It is strictly true that the liberty of the press by no means implies a privilege to circulate false hoods of any human being. If cases of wanton ma lice should arise, where no regard is had by an unprincipled journalist to the truth or false hood of any of his allegations, or to aught but the amount of pain and wrong which, through them, he may cause to the party selected for his victim—if when one calumny has been refuted, or two or three, and an endless series shall be risked—each lie over turned being but the preface to some more daring and outrageous slander—if, in short, fiendlike and syste matic villainy be apparent in the face of the whole pro ceeding, and the largest measure of human patience in the sufferer be overmatched by the ferocity of the yet unpunished aggressor,—why, we say, it becomes a question not of liberality, not of equity, not of human and charitable feeling, but of downright prudence and sagacity—whether the injured citizen had better sub mit in silence, or how he may best crush the scoundrel, and possess his future life in peace—whether by law or personal castigation, or by what form of either of these dissimilar remedies." We would advise the Chancellorto follow the first of these recommendations, and to leave to the Times the task of crushing itself, which it seems in a fair way of doing without his Lord ship's help.—Morning Chronicle. We have copied from the Manchester Guardian a very able article on the subject of " the reiterated and ferocious attacks" directed by the Times against Lord Brougham. The liberal press throughout the country hold uniformly the same language respecting these attacks.; and the eagerness with which they are copied into some of the Tory journals would alone be decisive as to the tendency of them, were there any doubt about the matter. It cannot be said of the writer in the Manchester Guardian that he is a flatterer of the Lora Chancellor. On the contrary, he does not hesitate .to • animadvert, with some severity, on some of his supposed failings. But he admits what no man who has paid any attention to public affairs —during the last twenty years—can deny, that the Lord Chancellor has laboured more for the improvement of the people, than any man living. The Lord Chancellor has many enemies, we know ; but it is the good which he has attempted, and is attempting, that has brought these enemies upon him. A cautious, selfish man, who takes office merely to gratify a paltry vanity, or to improve his income, will have few enemies. But all who profit by abuses in the laws and institutions of the country have a deadly hatred towards a man like the Chancellor, be cause they know that he is in earnest in the work of Reform, and his restless activity will carry him through. The attornies hate Lord Brougham ; he is hated also by a number of barristers, for reasons which ought to endear him to the people of England. And the people find that Lord Brougham is attacked not on account of his weaknesses, but on account of his services to his countrymen. The Tories, from the first, showed their tact in looking on Lord Brougham as their most formidable enemy. The High Church parsons, who have good noses, singled him out in their organ (John Bull) as a man who would never rest till he had " disturbed their ancient reign." All these enemies of his Lordship are, of course, overjoyed at the hosti lity of the Times; but it would be strange if the well disposed were to join those who are his enemies, pre cisely because he has rendered, and will continue to render, great benefits to his fellow-citizens. But whatever estimate may be formed of the Lord Chan cellor, there is but one formed of the Times. The opinion we expressed in the outset of our controversy with the Times has been subscribed to by every independent i . journalist. It never, in fact, entered into the head of any human being, that the Times, either in its praise or its abuse, was at any time guided by a regard for truth, honour, or honesty. People might not know the par ticular motive of our contemporary ; but of one thing they were sure, that the motive was dishonest. The Manchester Guardian hits off the character of the Times very happily :—" People began to speculate (says that journal) what could be the motive for that savage hostility to his Lordship which the Times had latterly displayed. Reasoning from the an cient and consistently-supported character of that paper, they at length came to the conclusion that it was not patriotism but private spleen which guided the editor's pen ; that Lord Brougham had in some way or other crossed the path of the leading journal,' and thus committed an • offence against its dignity, for which nothing less than his political annihilation could afford a com mensurate revenge. * * * * * * So far as we ourselves are concerned, the calumnies and defamation of the Times have merely given renewed strength to an opinion which more than twenty years' constant pe rusal of the Times had previously led us to form, that, with all its activity and t a l ent , wit h all its occasionally splendid , services to the public cause, it has very little real principle, is utterly unscrupulous in its conduct towards those who have offended it, and would rather commit a hundred acts o f , injusti ce t h an make an ac knowledgment of, error. In the case of the Lord Chancellor it has, however, miscalculated its force ; and the anticipated triumph has ended in shame and discomfiture.—Morning Chronicle. We fully agree with Lord Durham, that the whole state of Ireland is at present a question of the first im. portance, and we still more fully concur with his Lord ship " that on this question may be said to hinge the existence of the present Administration." For the "peace and prosperity of Ireland" we are as anxious as his Lordship, or (to use his own words) " as any Irishman can be ;" and of such vital and immense im portance do we consider this object, that for its at tainment we think the adoption of almost any means might be justified. But is it to be credited, as has been reported, and, from what we have ourselves ob- served, we fear too truly, that a part of the Cabinet are ready, if they are not now in direct connection with him, to admit into their confidence and councils that unprincipled and mischievous individual, of whom it may be fairly said he has only wanted courage to become a rebel. Even if we believed that Ireland really could be tranquilised by such a disgraceful connection, ought we to hesitate in rejecting it, when we recollect that so direct and indecent an encouragement of all but open rebellion, of such a system of selfish and das tardly political conduct, must inevitably inflict so severe a blow, not only on the character and moral influence of the present Government, but of all Governments, as would effectually counterbalance even the immense benefit to be derived from it. But we confess that we have no such confidence in the power and influence of the arch Agitator. Notwithstanding the Globe autho ritatively tells us that this individual " has the power to place three fourths of the people of Ireland in harmony with the Government," and notwithstanding a charge is made by the same Journal against Lord Grey, for hav ing " excluded him from all the Ministerial arrange ments HI" and " insulted him by making his oppo nent a Judge instead of him !" But let us pause and ask is the power of England and of the Government of Great Britain sunk so low, that it is paralysed by the machinations of a single individual ?—We cannot believe such to be the fact. All that is requisite to be done, in order to completely annihilate the influence of such a man, is to adopt a manly and just course towards Ireland, to redress real grievances, and to ex tend that protection to the peaceable and loyal portion of its inhabitants whieh they have a right to expect. That it might once have answered to have bought off (to use a political phrase) this individual, we may not deny ; but, at any price, now he would be dear, if not absolutely ruinous ; and what pledge or security could ever be obtained from such a one ? But we have heard ' it suggested, and by those who know something of what is passing with respect to Ireland, that a place in the Government might be found, and that then he would be safe. But can any person believe that the people of Great Britain would, for an instant, allow such a man to take a part in their councils—one with whom Lord Grey has so well said he would not hold even the slightest communication on any subject ; and, if we know anything of the public mind, we believe that the mere surmise of the possibility of such an event has already created, throughout the kingdom, one ge neral feeling of disgust ; and which feeling, we trust, would, on such a connexion taking place, burst forth with sufficient strength to hurl from power any Mi nisters, be they who they may, who could thus dese crate their important offices, and thus wantonly and grossly insult the understandings of the loyal and well disposed throughout both Great Britain and Ireland. —Morning Herald. The organs of the disappointed Whigs, at the beck of their employers, who are enraged at the failure of the attempt at Edinburgh to ape the glorious assem blages at Glasgow, at Dublin, and at Newton, have al ready commenced to sneer at and cast odium upon the proceedings of the Men of Kent. The avant Courier has made his appearance, and seeks with puny voice to negative the eff ec t s w hi c h the commemoration of his Majesty's glorious declaration will necessarily produce. 'Kent, forsooth, " is one of the least advanced coun ties of the kingdom." Following so closely upon the demonstrations we have referred to, the county of Kent has surely not been very backward in the career of civilization. But " Kent is deprived of flourishing woollen, worsted, and iron manufactures," and " want ing coals"—Heaven save the mark l—" has not sprung forward like the other parts of the kingdom." We will tell this manufacturing and undermining scribe what the Men of Kent are, and what are their projects in this re-union. The Men of Kent are loyal subjects of the House of Brunswick, and they revere the principles which set that house upon the throne of these realms. They are devotedly attached to our ve nerable Church, they are determined opponents of all speculative innovations, and they hate imposition and charlatanism. The Men of Kent recognize in the solemn declaration of King William the Fourth to the Bishops an unflinching resolution to support a Christian Church in union with a Christian State. The Men of Kent are resolved to stand to the last by the solemn appeal of his Most Gracious Majesty, and to uphold with their lives the institutions with which the prosperity of this country is intimately connected. The "class of people," (as the men of Kent are called by the blockhead in the Courier, who could never surely have seen the list of Stewards, consisting of seventy-five names of the highest rank, talent, and wealth of the county) who will attend at the comme moration regard with ineffable contempt and laugh to scorn the threat that their projects will be " checked." The writer who has thus dared to menace the Men of Kent, no doubt with sufficient authority, has displayed as little tact in the application of his threat as he has shown information as to the actual state of the popula tion. The Men of Kent will maintain their attitude of defiance against the enemies of Church and State, and are resolved to defend the sacred cause of law, order, and religion, in despite of the Courier and its masters. The moral example will not be lost upon other coun ties, and before it will have spent its force we shall be enabled to present abundant proofs of the existence of a re-action.—Morning Post. We have yet a few more words to say on the charge of the Bishop of London. The suggestions as to the system of instruction in the national schools seem to us liberal and judicious : " Religion ought to be made the ground-work of all educa tion ; its lessons should be interwoven with the whole tissue of instruction, and its principles should regulate the entire system of discipline, in our national schools. But I believe that the lessons of religion will not be rendered less impres sive or effectual by being interspersed with teaching of a dif ferent kind. The Bible will not be read with less interest if history, for example, and geography, and the elements of useful practical science, be suffered to take their turn in the circle of daily instruction. On the contrary, lam per suaded, that the youthful mind will recur, with increased curiosity and intelligence, to the great facts, and truths, and precepts of holy writ, if it be enlarged and enlivened by an acquaintance with other branches of knowledge. I see no reason why the education given to the poor should differ from the education of their superiors, more widely than the different circumstances and duties of their respec tive conditions in life render absolutely necessary. One thing is certain, and it is a very important consideration„ that if we teach them the methods of acquiring one kind of knowledge, they will apply them to the acquisition of other kinds ; if we sharpen their faculties for one purpose, they will be sure to use them for others.. Some information, on subjects of general interest, many of them will undoubtedly seek to ob tain ; and it is plainly desirable that they should receive it from our hands in a safe and unobjectionable form. It is desirable, also, that they should not be accustomed to consider that there is anything like an opposition between the doctrines and pre cepts of our holy religion and other legitimate object's" of intel lectual inquiry ; or that it is difficult to reconcile a due regard to the supreme importance of the one, with a certain degree of laudable curiosity about the other." The Bishop then proceeds to observe that the ex tension and improvement of the national system will pro bably decide the question whether the education of the poorer classes shall be suffered to remain where it ought to remain, in the hands of the parochial clergy, or whether an attempt will be made to place it under the control and direction of Government ; and he con cludes by saying, that if the latter experiment should go to deprive the clergy of any portion of their legitimate authority and influence in the education of the country, it would be productive of incalculable evil. The cause of the church can gain nothing by this style of reasoning ; on the contrary, under such weak assumptions its defences seem- to break down. Why should it be made to appear that the compulsory ' system of education (open to so many solid objections) is judged of with a jealous reference to the authority and influence of the clergy ? Could a more suspicious or invidious ground of objection have been presented? If the change would diminish our authority, reasons the Bishop, it would produce incalculable evil. This is a conclusion which will not be accepted in these times. The Bishop has to maintain the value of the authority which he flings into the scale against inno vation as if no conceivable benefits to society could weigh against it. Men are not now satisfied with the assurance that any projeet which would abate the authority of the clergy would be of incalculable evil. They will have the authority valued, an d t h e evil of . any deduction from it distinctly proved. The argu ments of Demetrius, the silversmith, have lost cur rency; and we know of nothing so injudicious as the introduction of them into any question in which the church is concerned. A judicious advocate of the establishment will not deal in apprehensions of injury to the clergy, but will rather show the injury to society which would result from any measure affecting the clergy, and diminishing their influence. The Bishop is so indiscreet as to make the following remark : " A conclusive argument for the disinterestedness of the great body of the clergy is to be found in the fact, that the greater part of enter upon their sacred office without any reasonable prospect of obtaining more than a scanty pittance, inferior to that which - might have been earned in almost any secular calling." Yet the wealthy bishoprics and rich livings have been defended as prizes within the possible reach of all, and operating as motives to the exertions of all, though few can grasp them. But it is not true that the pe cuniary condition of the. clergy is lower than that of any other profession. We may instance the army as worse paid than the clergy. A poor subaltern is not better off in money matters than a poor curate ; most rectors are better paid than field officers ; and there are no military appointments which equal bishoprics. A poor man who enters the army may hope to be a Ge neral, but he cannot hope to realise a fortune ; but a poor man who enters the church may hope to be a Bishop and a man of great wealth. The profession of peace has pecuniary inducements, which are wanting in the profession of arms. The honour of the service should be equally felt in both cases. Our Bishop says, however— " We plead, as we will continue to plead, for the temporal possessions and immunities which belong to the established church, because we are persuaded, and every day's experience proves it to be so, that they recommend the church, and through it the doctrines which it teaches, to the acceptance of the people at large; that they give to l its ministers advan tage ground, upon which they may male their stand, and pro claim the great truths of the Gospel, with an authority, de rived indeed from their high commission, but strengthened by the habits and prepossessions of their hearers ; and because it serves as a perennial fountain of divine truth, continually send ing forth its streams to fertilize the dry and barren places of the land, which, if left to the operation of a voluntary system, would lie for ever desolate and neglected. In some cases it is to be apprehended that wealth gives the clergy a "'vantage ground " which raises them too high above the people, among whom their mission lies. In the latter part of the passage we have quoted, the Bishop becomes ungrammatical, vague, and flowery in a commonplace. way. The argument, how ever, we collect to be this—that the clergy turn the authority of wealth to the strengthening of their com missions, but the Bishop forgets that wealth would not have had the great authority of which he would so avail himself, if the lessons of Christianity had been effectively inculcated. And in the churches of other nations, not to mention the near example of the Irish priesthood, we see that the clergy can maintain their respect and influence without drawing on the worldly worship of wealth.— Times. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1834. MERCHANT SEAMEN. A Summary of an Act, being the 4th and sth William IV, ch. 52, for the Benefit of Merchant Seamen of Great Britain and Ireland, their Widows, and Children, which is to come into operation on the Ist of January, 1835. Clause 1 repeals the Act 20 George 11, c. 38, except so much as relates to the incorporation of the president and governors for the relief and support of sick, maimed, and disabled seamen, and the widows and children of such as shall be killed, slain, or drowned in the merchant service ; and so much of the 37th George 111, c. 73, as relates to the wages of seamen dying while employed in ships trading to his Majesty's West India Colonies. 2. Enacts that seamen disabled by sickness, wounds, or other accidental misfortunes, and those who are decrepit or worn out by age, are to be relieved by pensions or other wise, as to the president and governors shall seem meet and most for the advantage of the charity, and . also to relieve the widows and children under 14 years of age, of seamen killed, slain, or drowned ; and also the widows and children of seamen who shall die after having contributed for 21 years to the corporation ; and also the widows and children of such seamen as, at the time of their death, shall have been receiving or have been entitled to receive pensions as worn-out seamen ; and then enacts what certificates of proof are to be produced. 3. Persons forging certificates to be punished. 4. President and Committee empowered generally to ap ply monies of the corporation for the objects of the charity, and to appoint the officers and salaries. 5. All masters of ships belonging to Great Britain or Ireland to pay 2s. per month out of their wages, during the time they are employed ; and provides that, in case of need, themselves or their families are to be allowed a propor tionate increase of pension. 6. All seamen to pay Is. per month, but exempts those employed in any boats in taking of fish which are brought fresh ashore, and. boats and vessels trading from place to place within any river in Great Britain or Ireland. 7. Empowers masters to deduct Is. from the seamen's wages, and pay the same over to the receivers appointed. 8. Receivers to be appointed at London and the out ports. 9. Masters to keep muster-rolls, is per schedule to the act, and deliver copies thereof to the receivers, under penalty of .51. 10. Empowers masters of vessels to deduct any forfei ture from seamen's wages, and to deliver a verified account of the same to the receiver, under penalty of 201. 11. Collectors may summon masters of vessels, and may examine them as to their muster-rolls, &c. 12. Secretaries of Admiralty, Victualling, Post-office, &c., to give h list of ships employed in their departments. 13. Duties to be paid at the port in Great Britain or Ireland where the ship or vessel discharges her cargo. No ship to be cleared inwards by the officers of the Customs until a receipt for the duty is produced. The duty from vessels not belonging to the port where the same is paid to be transmitted to the receiver at the port of London, who is to remit the same to the port to which the vessel belongs. 14. Masters not producing certificates of payment of duty, tide-waiters to be continued on board at the expense of the ship. 15. Penalties under the act, not exceeding 201., recover able before a magistrate. 16 and 17. Owners and masters of ships at the out-ports empowered to appoint trustees for such respective ports, who are to have the same powers as the president and governors have in London for carrying the intention of the Act into effect. Instrument of trust to be forwarded within 60 days of the appointment to the president and governors, to be confirmed. 18. Trustees heretofore appointed at the several out ports to be subject to the provisions of this Act. 19. The Corporation of the Merchant Venturers of Bristol appointed trustees for that port. 20. The Guild of the 'Trinity-house of Kingston-upon- Hull appointed trustees for that port. 21. The ports of Glasgow, Greenock, and Port Glasgow, to be deemed one united port, for the purposes of this Act. 22. Accounts of president and governors, together with those of the trustees at the out-ports, to be laid before the House of Commons annually. '23. Collectors appointed by trustees not to send dupli cates of muster-rolls belonging to their respective ports; to the president and governors. 24. Seamen not liable to pay duty not entitled to benefit of the Act. 25. Those who have served and paid longest, to be first provided for. 26. Maimed seamen to be provided for at the port where the accident may haPpen. 27. Decrepit or worn-out seamen to be provided Tor at the port where they have paid most for the last five years of their service at sea. 28. Shipwrecked seamen may be relieved. 29. When certificates, as pointed out by the Act, cannot be obtained, others may be admitted. 30, 31, and 32. Wages of deceased seamen to be paid to the receivers of duty at London and out-ports on ship's arrival, for the benefit of the widows and children or the executor or administrator of such deceased seamen, as the case may be ; and if not claimed within years, to be for feited to the trustees at the port where the ship belongs, for the benefit of the charity at such port. 33. Empowers the president and governors in London to pay to the Seamen's Hospital Society there a sum equiva lent to 5 per cent. on the net amount of duty received from vessels belonging to the port of London, for the benefit of that charity. 34 and 35. Relate to the recovery of penalties and limitation of actions. 36. This act to be deemed a public act. By an act also passed in this session, the 6d: per month now payable to Greenwich Hospital by merchant seamen will cease from and after the 31st of December, 1834. A TIMELY DISCOVERY.—On Wednesday last a man named Edward Luckman, who lives in Salford, was brought up at the New Bailey under the following cir cumstances ; —He had gone home a little intoxicated the preeeding evening, and went to bed about half -past eight. His wife was going to bed about two hours afterwards, when, on turning the infant in bed, she perceeived that her husband was not asleep, and to her horror, a razor slipped out from under his pillow. She immediately seized, it, ran out of the house, and took it to her relatives. Her brother immediately went to Luckman and asked him what he meant to do with the razor. He took another out of a book case, held it to his own throat and said " This." He was then apprehended, and on hearing these facts, the magistrates committed him for three months in default of bail.--Manchater Guardian: INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT-SEPT. 22. (Before the Chief Commissioner and Mr. BowEN.) Richard Ransome was opposed by Mr. WOODROFFE, on the part of Mr. Knowles, Messrs. Sharland, and Mr. Taver son ; and was supported by Mr. CooKE. The insolvent, in 1833, was in treaty for a house and premises in Soho-square, for the purpose of converting them into a bazaar ; and not having sufficient money himself to conclude the treaty, he requested Mr. Taverson, one of the opposing creditors, to accept a bill for him for 200/., and told him he would be able to take it up in a given time, as he expected money from the East Indies, part of his wife's income, which amounted to 4801. a year. The bill was dis honoured, and the opposing creditor offered to renew it for six months longer. It was then also dishonoured ; and the cause was the failure of the house of Colville and Co., through whom the property of the insolvent's wife was to have been paid. The opposing creditor, Mr. Taverson, had also given security for the rent of the premises for eighteen years, amounting to 200/. per annum. He (Mr. Taverson) had been obliged to pay the bills. The cause of opposition on the part of Mr. Knowles, who keeps the Blossoms Inn, Lawrence-lane, was the non payment-of 244/., money advanced to the insolvent upon the faith of the money to have been paid by Messrs. Colville. The debt of Messrs. Sharland was for cloth furnished to line the bazaar. Mr. Woodroffe said that, under all the circumstances, it would be uncharitable to say that the insolvent had con tracted the debts with his clients without having had reasonable expectations of paying them. He had, there fore, no case against him. Messrs. Sharland were appointed assignees, and the in solvent was pronounced entitled to the benefit of the Act. MIDDLESEX INTERMEDIATE SESSIONS. Janes Smith, a most miserable-looking wretch, was in dicted for stealing several articles of wearing apparel, the property of Henry Cookes. The property in question was taken from the ship Sarah, lying in the West India Docks ; the prisoner was seen to take it, and subsequently taken with it in his possession. The prisoner, in defence, was in the greatest distress, and his wife was lying dead at the time. In answer to a question from the Court, the policeman who apprehended him stated that the story told by him in his defence was correct. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the Court sentenced him to three months' imprisonment and hard labour, and the last six weeks to be in solitary confinement. John Watson pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a baker's basket containing several loaves. The basket was left by the prosecutor's servant near the York Column in St. James's-park, while he went to Jer myn-street, without any one to take care of it. The COURT severely censured the carelessness of the prosecutor's servant, refused to allow his expenses, and sen tenced the prisoner to two months' imprisonment. William Jones, an old offender, was convicted of stealing a great coat, the property of James Price, and sentenced to be transported for seven years. The COURT respited the recognizances of Captain Grant, of the Royal Sovereign steamer, who was convicted last sessions of running down a boat on the River Thames, in which were two gentlemen, until the next sessions. It was expected that he would have been brought up for judgment yesterday. Several pickpockets were tried in the course of the day and convicted, and sentenced to various terms of imprison ment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. John Thompsonand'John Spiers were charged before the Loan MAYOR by a silk-manufacturer. Mr. Ambrose Moore accused the prisoners under the 17th of George 111., cap. 56, with having received and pawned a quantity of silk velvet from Percy Stratford, a man in his employment, knowing that it had been stolen. The stolen property had been traced to the shop of Mr. Hyams, a pawnbroker, in Bishopsgate-street, and Thomp son acknowledged that he had pawned it, and that he had received it for that purpose from Spiers, who on his part admitted that he had commissioned Thompson so to dis pose of the goods. Stratford had been in the prosecutor's employment, and had absconded. The prisoners were remanded. Mary Hofferman, who was some years 'ago the beauty of Leadenhall-market, charged a boy, who is a basket rival, with having assaulted her. The complainant has been transformed by the mere magic of gin, from a slim, fair, and bright-eyed girl, into a swabby, yellow, and blear-eyed trollop. " You knew me, Mr. Hobler," said she, in a hoarse, half-and-h a lf vo i ce ," " when I was worth looking at, and I hope you won't for get me now, that I've given myself the regular finish' with gin." Mr. HoBLER—I am sorry to see such a change, Mrs. Hofferman ; and I'm afraid you have been taking a drop this morning. You look as if you had. Mrs. Hofferman—God bless you, my dear, I daren't take a drop. I'm so unfortunate when I touch gin, that am determined not• to take any thing but water. I had Just taken a drink, when this boy runs up to a customer of mine, as used to deal with me some time ago in something else, and pokes my friend's meat into his basket. As in duty bound' I lugged it out, and 'shoved it into my own basket, but I got a lick in the face that quite flummoxed me. The boy declared that Mrs. Hofferman has just swal lowed half-a-pint of gin at the time the conflict took place, and began to assault him. At last, she actually turned upon herself, and whopped her head and body as if she was mad, all the time crying out, " Don't murder me, you thief ; murder, murder !"—(A laugh.) The LORD MAYOR—I am afraid, Mrs. Hofferman, that you ought to be bound Over to keep the peace towards yourself. I am afraid that some enemy exchanged your favourite water for gin. Mrs. Hofferman—l don't think it possible, my Lord ; but I can tell you, if any one did so, he deserved to be kicked.--(Laughter.) • The LORD MAYOR—You see this boy didn't strike you. Mrs. Hofferman—l won't forgive him, for all that, for he tried to get my customer. BO W- STREET. Last night Joseph Lee, the driver of a cabriolet, was brought before Mr. HALLS, charged with being in liquor, assaulting one of the constables of police, and also with running over an elderly female. POlice constable No. 134, of the F division, was on duty in Great Queen-street. About seven o'clock last night his attention was drawn towards the prisoner, who was evi dently in liquor, and driving at a rapid rate ; while noticing the prisoner he saw him on the pavement, but he bad not gone above five yards before he observed one of the wheels catch the stool on which a poor woman was sitting, who gains her livelihood by selling fruit : the poor creature fell and the cabriolet passed over her. The prisoner after driving some distance turned round, and he (witness) went up and informed him of the accident. The prisoner began to abuse him, and on his attempting to take him into cus tody struck him several times. He at length succeeded in conveying him to the station-house. HALLS—What has become of the female ? Con stable—She is in Charing-cross Hospital. Mr. HALLS—What do you say to the charge ? Pri soner—The greatest part of what the constable has stated is false. On turning into Queen-street a cart, which was on my side, occasioned me to go to the opposite side ; by some accident I caught part of the stall of some person and threw it down. On ending what had occurred I turned round for the purpose of ascertaining the damage I had done, when the constable seized me and sent my cab to the green-yard. Mr. HALLS—Then you know nothing of running over the poor woman, I suppose ? Prisoner—l heard nothing of that until I was brought to the station-house. Mr. HALLS--And none of you care for running over persons. You must be remanded until Wednesday, as by that time it will be ascertained if the poor woman is in a s tate of danger or not. The prisoner was remanded. MA RLB OR 0 UGH- S TREE T. Bridget Noonan and Patrick Kelly were charged with having assaulted Jeremiah Moran, a Tipperary journeyman tailor Th e complainant said—Mishter Kelly, that's the defind ant, plaze yer W ortchip, lodged in me first flure back, and got into me dit for the rint, more than thirty shillins—bad luck to the sowl of him, and plaze your Honner. I got him sworn to the dit : but the spalpeen has perjured him self, for he hasn't paid me a skurrick. Mr. CHAMBERS—Had him sworn to the debt ! What do you mean ? Complairiant—Sure an' I had ; for when I met him, I says " Paddy, do you mane to pay me ?" and " Be me fait I do ; b r i ng me to me oath, an d I'll says be , oath it. Thin, yer Honner, I tuk him into a public-house and swore him on the newspaper. Mr. CHAMBERS—The newspaper I Why, what was the nature of the oath ? Complainant —Says he, " I hope Ould Nick will twist the neck aff me wid his tail, if I don't pay five shillins a *ake," and thin he kissed the newspaper in the same way that I've just kissed the book before yer Wortchip. Mr. C HAMBERS (laughing)—Well, come to the assault. Complainant—Whin I met Paddy Kelly, I tould him, the " divil a halfpenny I'd got of him ;" so up comes Mrs. Noonan and gave me these two black eyes, and said " Take it out of that," and then Paddy Kelly up Kid his fist and gave me two more. Mr. CHAMBERS—Did you strike the complainant, Mrs. Noonan ? Mrs. Noonan—l wish I mightn't be the mother of my three blessed babes at home if I lifted me hand to Mr. Moran. Witnesses were called on both sides, and, after much hard swearing, Mr. oHAMBEItS decided upon fining the defendants 5s each, and costs. MAR YLEB ONE. Yesterday Mr. Neville Macpherson, an artist, residing at No. 9, Cirencester-place, Portland-road, was brought up in custody and placed at the bar before the sitting Magis trates, Messrs. RAWLINSON and SHUTT,. charged with creating a disturbance and stabbing police sergeant Miller, of the E division, while in the execution of his duty. Jeremiah Lyons, police constable, of the E division, 120 about twelve o'clock on Saturday night was on duty in Ci rencester-place, when he was called by the prisoner's wife, who was standing outside the door with her infant in her arms, and requested by her to break open the street door, which was shut, adding, that her husband had come home tipsy, and when in that state she was in danger of her life. He refused to interfere in the manner she desired, and just then Sergeant Miller came up, whom witness had scarcely spoken to before the prisoner appeared at the parlour win dow, holding a knife about seven inches long in his left hand. Sergeant Miller asked him several times to open the door, which, after a few minutes, he did ; he then held a small pistol in his right hand, saying that he would scatter the brains of the first man that dared approach him. Wit ness then perceived he was tipsy, though not much so ; he said no more, but went in, and closed the door after him. Shortly after the prisoner's eldest son, a boy about twelve years of age, came out in his night clothes, appa rently followed by the prisoner, who was in the passage. Just then witness's attention was attracted by the cries of " Mamma," and on looking up he observed a younger boy at the second floor window screaming out, " My father is coming up stairs and will murder me." The child very soon after disappeared, and the prisoner came to the door again, when the child, who had followed him, rushed out ; both children were then conveyed to the house of an oppo site neighbour named Watts. The prisoner then, for the third time, opened the door, when he appeared with his coat off and a sword in his right hand, which he flourished about in a most dangerous manner, declaring that he would stab any one that attempted to put a hand upon him. At that moment about five or six of witness's brother officers arrived, and the mob having then increased to 600 persons or more, they agreed to take him into custody ; accordingly sergeant Miller, sergeant Mobbs, sergeant Wilson and witness all entered the passage abreast, and when within about two paces of the prisoner the latter made several thrusts at them, which they parried with their staves ; he then extended his arm and made a severe thrust at sergeant Miller, who immediately fell back exclaiming, " I'm stab bed." They then closed upon the prisoner, whom, after some difficulty, they secured, and having put the handcuffs on took him to the station-house. The sword was here exhibited to the Bench, ;Ind was bent nearly double by the force used in getting it from the grasp of the prisoner. Mr. John Pye and Mr. Jordan, both of Cirencester place, bore testimony to the prisoner's outrageous and ex traordinary conduct, which was of no unusual occurrence. Mr. RAWIINSON, having consulted his colleague, should commit the prisoner for trial, but as he doubted whether he would be tried on the capital charge, he' would have no objection to take good bail for his appearance. Mr. Flower inquired what bail, and was answered him self in 2001., and two housekeepers in 1001. each. The investigation occupied the best part of the day, and excited a considerable degree of interest. The office was crowded to excess. On arriving at,the station-house the prisoner was found to have upwards of 2,0001. in checks, &c.. in his possession. The witnesses were bound over to prosecute. 7'. Keene was charged with being drunk the previous night. The prisoner in defence had been to the funeral of a friend that was killed by accident, and had taken a glass too much with the undertaker. Mr. RAWLINSON—I should have thought you would have kept sober on such a melancholy occasion as that. Prisoner—l felt obliged to drink as you may say, and did not leave off till I was drunk—(Laughter.) Mr. RAWLINSON—And I feel obliged to fine you 55., and shall not let you go till it is paid. The Prisoner being deficient was locked up. QUEEN- S QUARE. Yesterday Thomas and Francis Baker, (father and son) John Saxon, Joseph Grant, and George Broady, were charged before Messrs. BURRELL and WHITE with violently assaulting several police constables of the L division in the execution of their duty. _ Mr. BURRELL, after consulting with his colleague, dis charged Broady, and fined the other prisoners 40s. each or to be imprisoned for one month. An elderly man named Charles Bryan was placed at the bar before Mr. BURREL,L, charged with rooting up the shrubs in the enclosure in St. James's Park. Dorrell, one of the constables, on Sunday afternoon, about one o'clock, observed the prisoner in the Park, and saw him go into the shrubberies and pull up some of the shrubs, and then go and knock the dirt off the roots against one of the large trees. He suspected that it was his intention to steal the plants, and he took him into custody. The constable here produced several shrubs which had been torn up by the roots. Air. BURRELL—What have you got to say to the charge ? Prisoner—Why, I believe it is very correct what the constable has stated. Mr. BURRELL—What reason had you for destroying the, plants ? Prisoner—Why, I really do think I must have been mad at the time, for I can give no reason why I did it. Mr. BURRELL — Does any person know the man ? The constable said that he was not known, but he evinced not the slightest symptom of insanity at the station-house. Mr. BURRELL — Where do you live ? Prisoner—At No. 8, New-street, Lyon-street, New Kent-road. I have been in Peckham madhouse upwards of six months. Mr. BURRELL—When did you come out ? Prisoner— Upwards of a twelvemonth ago. A gentleman who attended from the Woods and Forests, after he heard the prisoner's statement, declined pressing the charge, and he was discharged. WORSHIP-STREET. Three desperate-looking fellows, named James Clark, John Smith, and John Burton, all of whom had the appear ance of country labourers, were placed at the bar before Mr. TWYFORD, charged with hawing, during Wednesday night last, broken open a farmhouse called " Penny's Farm," at Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, and carried off property to a considerable amount. Mr. TWYFORD said the charge affected the prisoners' lives, and ordered them to be immediately conveyed back to Sawbridgeworth, where the burglary was committed, and to be taken before the magistrates of that district. The prisoners, who were handcuffed together, were then removed to the lock-up house for that purpose. THAMES POLICE. SMUGGLING.—John Moses, a Jew shopkeeper in Rat cliffe, was charged with smuggling six pounds of tobacco, which he had brought out of a ship in the docks, and with which he was stopped as he was coming out of the docks by Mr. J. C. Evans, a Thames police surveyor. Mr. COMBE sentenced him to pay a fine of 1001. to the King, and said he must arrange with the Customs. Moses—Mine Cot, I never was in such a delemma pefore. The Crown Solicitor—l have got the Board's order to release you on payment of 5/. Moses—l've not de monish.—The money was soon forth coming. UNION-HALL. Yesterday Robert Welsh, a school-master, residing at No. 2, York -street, Battersea-fields, was brought up in custody on the following charge : From the statement of a Mr. Owen, a tradesman living at Battersea, it appeared that five of his children were sent to the prisoner's school to be educated, owing to the cha racter he had borne in the neighbourhood for propriety of conduct and scholastic attainments. A short time ago the complainant missed some silver at home, and although every means had been tried to recover it, it was unattended with success. Within the last few days nearly a pound in silver was taken from one of the cupboards, and it was then discovered that the theft was committed by one of their own children, a boy about ten years of age. This boy, on being strictly questioned, admitted that he had taken the whole of the money which was missed, from time to time, from his father's house, and further said that his schoolmaster had encouraged him to rob his parents, and that he was in the habit of giving the money to him that he got in this way when he went to school. This state ment of the boy was not at first believed, but the father having recollected that he had marked some of the money, which was afterwards taken by his son, procured the assistance of a policeman and went to the prisoner, and on his being searched four of the marked shillings, and also some sixpences were found in his possession. lle at first denied that he had ever received any money from the com plainant's son, but when the marked money was identified by the father, the schoolmaster then said that he had sold the boy sweetmeats, and that in payment for them he had given the silver found in his (the prisoner's) possession. The complainant added that upon this discovery he immediately gave the prisoner into custody. The complainant's son stated that the schoolmaster was always scolding him for not bringing money with him to school, and that when he said he had got none he was told that he could get some at home. After this he (the boy) began to rob his parents, andtknowing where they kept their money, he was in the habit of purloining it from the cup board and taking it to his schoolmaster, Who occasionally gave him a piece of hardbaked sugar as an encouragemen t for him to go on in the same way. Mr. WEDGWOOD seldom or ever heard of such a.n stance as that of a schoolmaster encouraging one of his scholars to rob his parents. The prisoner was then asked what he had to sa y in en swer to the charge ? Prisoner—l deny that I ever in mY life held out any kind of inducement to my scholars to rob their parents. Mr. WEDGWOOD—What have you to say relative to the marked money found in your possession, and of which the boy admitted he robbed his parents ? Prisoner—H e chased sweatmeats of me, and paid me for them in the 311" ver taken by the police. The boy still adhered to the truth of his statement, Also the Magistrate said that he should commit the bo y and els° the prisoner for trial. i n cor; Mr. Owen trusted that his son, who was i p child ul parison 'with the prisoner, would not be Tent to take hint trial for the offence, as he was confident that the boy wo uld not have robbed them had he not been encouraged by schoolmaster. The MAGISTRATE said that, taking all the circumstanheei: into consideration, he should not commit the b o y , but at father must enter into recognizances for his appearance( e the Sessions, and an application could then be made to Court to admit him as King's evidence against the school' master, who was accordingly committed for trial. Samuel Bolton, a suasage-maker, living in Southwark, was given into custody for conveying unsou a meat to his shop. that A gentleman happened to pass by the defendant d morning in the street, carrying a load upon his sill older' covered over with a cloth, so that no part of it ceul distinguished. The smell, however, as he went a long , ; i quite overpowering, and complainant, determined en see e where where the defendant was going, followed him to a sua sa _ g _ a shop in Gravel-lane. He then saw him place big load o , ': as block, and it consisted of the carcase of a lamb, wh ich an in that condition that rendered it quite unfit for bun' a . food ; in fact, it was approaching a state of p u t r efac n The complainant, on public grounds, considered it bias pan to give the suasage-maker into custody, to preva t ' f ao sible, the sale of such putrid stuff. (The carcas e n : lamb was then in the officers' waiting-room, and the s' e et a proceeding from it made the people scamper Ott t 0 g breath of - fresh air.) The MAGISTRATE asked the defendant what b ake going to do with the lamb, and whether he was to ° up into sausage-meat. rake Defendant—No, your Worship, I'm not a goinSt°"4l3e suasages on it, lam going to boil it down for the ton l amb was as fine a lamb .as ever was clapped CYe ll far before it was slaughtered, but I allow that it was ra her gone when I bought it. The MAGISTRATE said that it looked extremely egi his cious seeing a sausage-maker taking such an animal to shop. the Defendant—We sausage-makers are forced t o p ut o ut. werry best meat in our sausages, or we should be found it to The MAGISTRATE should hold the defendant to ba a t answer any charge which might be perferred agains t 'li the Sessions. The lamb was ordered to be burnt. THE ARMY. ( From the Limerick Chronicle.) i nenti A fine draft, and in good order, of the 37th regicole, marched in here on Monday from the depot at C lue .erd c° and yesterday proceeded to Cork, on route to join the 6 anta ia companies at Jamaica, with the following officers Elliott, Lieutenants Servantes and Storey, Ensignii Manners ; two sergeants and sixty rank and file. : da y lsi t ' Colonel Roberts, Royal Artillery, arrived on Mon and took the command of that force in this garrison. Ha sse On his return to Dublin, Lieutenant-General Sir ° f the Vivian unexpectedly visited Nenagh, and took the deP ° o ut in 36th regiment stationed there by surprise, turning theol c ol a complete marching order at a moment's notice. t r i l f a ipli° B mender of the Forces expressed his satisfaction at the The's and good conduct of this splendid body of young m°, ll ; a nd i t depot having been 9uartered in Nenagh eight rtion t "; a ntici' being the second period of its service in that town, pated that it will soon leave it. 10 V / Monday, the sth depot, under the command of , T. B, ,, n r r dsbT Charles Wellesley, arrived in Cork barracks. His 4t and the officers afterwards dined with the officers of the Royal Irish Drauoon Guards. of re a- The 43d light infantry at Cork has received a let ter ,d 00 1 diness for the West Indies. The packet daily e%l l ° c " e Jamaica will determine the time of departure.. o -Anti ' The 47th regiment in Dublin have yet received no t n to embark, although the Jupiter troop ship is K in g which it was supposed they would proceed to Gibralt s %criP The 53d depot are sending a detachment to the 1 1 'I7 nean, with Lieut. Jones and Ensign O'Brien. „ s itiog The 76th depot have arrived at Mullingar, after br up the camp at Eyrecourt. n Lieut.-General Sir James Kempt has arrived in 1 -',. 11 , 0 business connected with his department. He has w— pected this month past. hat r e- The detachments for the service companies of the, - giment have arrived in Dublin, under command of Or bs 4 Wood and an escort of thirty men. The officers vc, l3 l' n erP o nsg h are Lieutenants Green and Jenkins, and Ensigns in - "s l it , and Ayre. The escort returns to Cork by steam 022 ' s th e day next. Captain Canch, at present with the depoti:ajos, officer whose gallantry is so - extolled at the siege of ..b1045 by Napier. Lieutenant Hutchinson, 7th Fusileer s, :and , with the detachment who have arrived under e° lll ' - glieu s Captain Garde, and an escort who returned to Dr° yesterday. s a p ' regiments of Foot Guards are not in future to bet, it; plied with bread by contractors. By an error in the Monthly Army List, for SepteinSd at v stated in the list of Commanding Officers of distriet s :"Cor ° ,: t tions of the Ordnance, that Colonel Trelawzty is 1 1010 111 " manding Engineer in North Britain. The officer na me e 0 of have been Colonel Wright. Lieut.-Colonel Trelawq.tra o mands the Artillery in North Britain, the hetad4lrt or? which is Leith Fort, and there are detachments of t'a let at Glasgow, Stirling, and Fort George. ot t' The Ava prize-money, now seven y ears due, Ou r .' been paid to the troops engaged in that warfare. - -Tonna' pore booty was paid almost on the instant, throng" Lord Combermere. d e tac iv i , The Royal Admiral con v i c t s hip, h av i ng on boara.% Soet j ment belonging to the 50th R eg i men t, d es ti n ed for P e voit aof Wales, has arrived in Kingstown harbour. Lieu te lceil Adjutant Tudor, and Quartermaster Freer, are the °P." the 50th who accompany this detachment. fler A branch to connect the Rochdale Canal w it t he pt' wood, wood, Lancashi re , was opene d on W e d nes day last, i° sence of about 7,000 persons. burn Es 00g.n:,......-- BIRTHS. On v of e Or On the 20th inst., in Wimpole-street, the lady Of - dirlird e Is e .. K to t h h f i eneadl2:sol :shit: inst., s E t . : 'I at 9 of o a u t s h o : h . SO the Rev. C. H. B. Bazeley, of a son. A• ' On the 21st inst., in Clifford-street, the wife o f T. urch Rectory, Essex, t h e nu on, , g Afg eid inst., in Brandon-place, Glasgow, A irs' ' of a daughter. Wit nel' 51. P., of a daughter. Ai wtOn On the 18th inst., at Brighton, the lady of J. s' e F o lk' Esq.,, i . of 12° On the 21st inst., the lady of the Rev. Peter SPe ue- ' t he ladOynofthseaml9utehl lay, Esq., of o r stone, Kent, of a son. p e on , last! ° On yin a sv, so •o n r . thy House, North f On the 19th inst., in Milton-street, Dorset-squa re ' . PO Matthew Giuseppi, Esq., surgeon, of a daughter. ~.1 1 NJ' . On the 19th inst., at Boyne-terrace, Notting-'' M. Parsons, of a daughter. ------ On the 21st inst., Mrs. William Lobb, of a 5 02 .... i.....„---- - „ e, SOP' the En _ss l qt B .c t ,e h eoti i inst. at set a_ e t ppahi C a c i r m cLas a o r nt t it h ieo e , n n ~ H itßgoah Julia,rr s y h r e r a r r ivo l th t e e r c ° o to t i of MA R R IE D . s on- f Thos. esst Carmarthen. On the 20th inst., at West Thurrock Church , ' , th ) 3 fl t : oci‘ , Esq., bank agent and solicitor, Stonehaven , W e st Harriet, Harriet, eldest daughter of Geo. Curtis, Esq., °' Joh° Essex. Co of th e On the 18th inst., at St. James's Church, ~aohter Edye, Esq., of Exeter, to Frances Elizabeth, eldest ''' * „ of Rev. John Savill, of the former place. Thom as Leet; ' , 4 7 ' e . th On the 11th inst., at Dagenham, Essex, Th° - , aol , to rs o " - Ja - b sl- Padnal's Manor and Farm, in the parish of Dage u s q., of ' - Liptrott, eldest daughter of John Liptrott Findley' Mu ir ' hall, in the same count ° f CI A al Morris,b io Y• bull, E'q'' Bas t On the 17th inst., at Edinburgh, William ofirsa at ila , dean, fatties 14 . e.r° v 3 son of the late David Turnbull, Esq., ° MarJ°r* Indies, to Sarah, youngest daughter of the late Alex. od e l l Esq., of Marjoribanks. T Tog ° ' tin- On the 16th inst., at Crawley, the Rev T. to Harriett,. . son of Jonathan Toogood, Esq., of Bridgewater, se, Ham psh l 4, daughter of George Lovell, Esq., of Rookley H° l .d p as cock , t he On the 19th inst., at Cheltenham, Wm. L 1 7., daughter o' Captain 36th Regiment of Foot, to Ellen Louisa, late W. Mullins, Esq., of Barnstaple. veal' , DIED. her 18th d On the 16th inst., at Dorfold, Cheshire, 0 n On the 20th inst., at East Hill, Wandswor h ill cha lott e ' in her 81st year. Sophi a 0 1 t Hammersmith, aged 61, two, but twe On the 19th inst., a , Frances, second daughter of the Rev. Jamest_T, ...irn.litisi.isATry winter, l ate J obs months.relict of the On the 18th inst., at Liverpool, Caroline, of t sou widow of Lord Robert Fitz-Gerald, whom she sury Leigh Philips, Esq., of Manchester. Surrey. a, s c ' ll Charles Stephenson, M.D., of Esher, 11 v Thomas Bran Rathkeale, the e • George's, London. At Beechmount, near of St. . , 04 ., of the late Rev. G. Brand, Rector S. M. Bouchett ' l i ter On the 19th inst., in his 6th year, Charles Hannan, eldest At Quebec, Marianna, wife of Robert dgrand-daug of the late Admiral Lord Gardiner. ted F r() ; Roberts, the celebra _ lie On the 16th inst., at Bridport, I). a medicine wh i c h has OW prietor of the 'Poor Man's Friend,"for Oil T t f England. eldest daughter of the Hon. Herbert Gardiner, an the Rev. John Burke,. . On the 17th inst., at Tramore, . . in Waterford. , a d ate excellent missionary . c th• Sh e n • years an exemplary and . the Widow -mi- • A re tail At Cloran, county Tipperary, unprecedented success in the IN es o of 116 years, an's eac ee - t of her ce.or• her faculties to the last moment a short illness of thr .n. tained the extraordinary advanced age existence. she was . f o ur ingly healthy, and only experienced to see her fifth generatio . days before her death. She lived ___________--,--_-----", -- --DO YOl/141-1 12 Strand . at The Sun Office, No. 1 t London : Prin—td—and -Published by AMR