The Sun. — London, England, 1834-01-10 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, It requires the .skill and knowledge of a sci entific and ingenious man to make a watch, but a child can take it to pieces--a savage can dash it on the ground and destroy it ; so did it task the wisdom and ability of some of the ablest statesmen that England ever saw to contrive the navigation laws, which created for this country her unrivalled defensive marine, extended her commerce to the extremities of the earth, and gave her the supremacy of the seas. But pre tenders to political science, whose puerile am bition mistook destruction for improvement, broke down in an evil hour what they never had talent to construct—the bulwarks of our naval dominion. They have signalised themselves by the exploit in the same way that the destroyers of nob!e works of intellect have in all ages been signalized. Their names, if they li ve , will only survive in the memory of the mischief which they have achieved. They have saved themselves from obscurity to deserve execration. Ihe report of the Shipowners' Society, which we published the other day, bears ample testi mony to the truth of the statements which we have made, from time to time, of the distress of the shipping interests, as well as to the accuracy of the view which we have always taken of the melancholy consequences of break ing down the navigation laws, which were pecu liarly adapted to our insular position, and under the practical operation of which England rose to a degree of maritime grandeur and commercial prosperity of which the history of nations had afforded no example. Having repeatedly ex posed the fallacies of those Doctrinaire politi cians and journalists who were accessory to the destruction of the navigation laws, and who still, in the teeth of bitter experience to the contrary, contend that the abrogation of those laws was beneficial to the shipowners, we will not insult the understandings of sensible people by sup posing it necessary to refute those fallacies again, although we see them daily put forth, in desperate hardihood, by the Doctrinaire logi cians, whom the astounding truths of the ship owners' report have excited into a fretful activity, which might appear ridiculous enough if the subject did not carry sadness to the heart of every real lover of his country. Every one re collects that some years ago the Doctrinaires used boldly to take up their stand upon the broad ground of having actually improved the condition of the shipping interests by the demo lition of the navigation laws. With an un blushing coolness, which Ferdinand Mindez Pinto might envy, they used to assert that taking away the legislative protection from the shipowners, while their legislative burdens remained untouched, had increased their busi ness, and that they were, in consequence of it, in a state of progressive prosperity. Every one recollects the documentary evidence to prove the flourishing state of our shipping interests which u se d t o b e pro d uce d i n t h e H ouse o f . 2ommons, and which used to satisfy the shallow capacities of the majority of the people's repre sentatives, that the sweeping away of the pro tecting statutes had absolutely opened th e s l u i ces which let in a new current of prosperity upon ...le State. The House used to ring with cheers at the imposing calculations that demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Doctrinaires the increase of the trade of the shipowners, while their ships were rotting in our harbours or navigated at a loss. It could not be otherwise, for under the taxation which presses upon our shipowners, and the peculiar burdens they have to bear, they can not enter into competition with the shipowners of cheaper countries without engaging in such com petition at a ruinous loss, notwithstanding the existence of "reciprocity treaties,"which treaties do not remove the disabling inequality that the enormous weight of our taxation creates. The abolitionists of the navigation laws being now unable to resist the overwhelming mass of evidence of distress—a continued and progressive distress which the Shipowners' Society has adduced— take another course, and tell those whom their foolish theories have ruined, that they would have been in a still worse condition if the na vigation laws had not been swept away. That is, they would have been in a worse condition by the removal of that legislative protection which was necessary to counterbalance the in jurious effects of their legislative burdens—that legislative protection beneath which the navy of England rose from a contested dominion with that of the little State of Holland to the magni ficent and undisputed Sovereignty of the Ocean, while the commercial marine became the carrier for the world, and so augmented our national resources that, when contrasted with the small ness of this island, they made all which historians have related, or even poets have fabled, of the grandeur and power of other commercial nations, ancient or modern, shrink into comparative in significance. All this commercial greatness and power has been rapidly coming to an end since the Doctrinaire politicians tried their rash and absurd experiments on the sources of our commercial prosperity. We entreat all who wish really to know what results those ignorant experiments have produced to read the report of the Shipowners' Society. If it be right to judge of the free trade by its fruits, they will not re quire other arguments to convince them that those measures must have their origin in the most consummate folly which have inflicted on a great nation such dreadful consequences.— Morning Herald. In 1828—so says the Times of the Ist ult. —in 1828 England did commit the baseness of leaving ,the Turkish Empire to the tender mercies of Nicholas, the Duke of Wellington being fairly overreached. In our paper of Monday last we made some remarks upon the monstrous effrontery with which the most pro fligate of profligate journals attributes to the Tories the policy which was in fact the policy of the Whigs, and asserts the sagacity of the Duke of Wellington to have been overreached by the artifices which were only sufficient to overreach the stolidity of Lord Holland. We exhibited the Duke of Wellington earnestly in voking peace—Lord Holland furiously de nouncing war ; the Duke of Wellington af firming that the existence of Turkey as an independent Power is "essential to the pre servation of that balance which it is the interest of this country to preserve"—Lord Hol land hoping that England will not interfere " to save the wasteful and disgusting empire of Turkey from ruin." The Times does not say one word in defence of the political discernment of Lord Holland. We are going to try whether it will be readier to answer for itself than it has been for its patron. We shall show that the Times in 1828 was " overreached" as Lord Holland was " overreached ;'although the Noble Lord does not share with the consistent Journal. ist the ingenuity which impeaches others of •the ignorance of which itself was so signally guilty. Let us in the first place briefly recapitulate the events to which the passages we are about to cite from the columns of the Times principally refer. The Duke of Wellington negotiated the Convention of April, 1826, with the Emperor of Russia. In his management of that negotiation the Duke of Wellington states " he was abso lutely forbidden to make any arrangements with respect to Greece, if' measures of force or violence were the means by which that object was to be carried into execution." Mr. Canning nego tiated the Treaty of July, 1827, with France and Russia. In that Treaty the forcible inter. ference of th e th ree Powers, for the termination of the struggle between Turkey and Greece was first contemplated as a possible event. In three months after the signature of Mr. Canning's Treaty the Turkish navy was destroyed at the battle of Navarino. In nine the Russian armies crossed the Pruth. We trust at the outset protest that the Treaty of Mr. Canning, which contemplated forcible interference, did not necessarily spring from the Convention of the Duke of Wellington, in which the preser vation of peace was " the sine qua non of any arrangement that might be entered into." But for our present argument it is not necessary to discuss this point. We are willing to concede for the present to the Times and to the Whigs that the Treaty of 1827, which the Times and the Whigs applauded, followed naturally from the Convention of 1826, which the Times and the Whigs had applauded before. And now let us revert to the accusation made by the Times against the Duke of Wellington. " England," says the Times, " committed the baseness of leaving the Turkish Empire to the tender mer cies of Nicholas, the Duke of Wellington being fairly overreached." We assert deliberately that the Times itself, from January, 1828, when the Duke of Wellington returned to office, to June, 1828, when the Russian troops were known to have passed the Pruth, in stead of expressing distrust of the ambition of Russia, professed devout confidence in her moderation—instead of demonstrating the im portance of the independence of Turkey, exhibited the utmost indifference at the near prospect of her ruin—instead of exhorting the Duke of Wellington to take up arms in support of the Grand Seignor, laboured to invite him to aid by military co-operation the efforts of the Empe ror. If we prove the truth of this assertion, the Times will probably think it prudent to pre serve upon the matter in question its present laudable silence. On the 29th of March, 1828, the Times announces the publication by Russia of her declaration, and proceeds to comment upon it in these terms : " Russia declares that ; while she will right her own grievances, she will prosecute with us, her allies, the negotiations which the Treaty of London requires; that is, she will respect—nay, she will do more—she will pro cure the independence of the Greeks, not only against Turkey, but against herself and every other Power. While Russia does this, we, the other allies (France and England), may act with honour detachedly from her ; but we shall have no cause to complain of her conduct, or to apprehend her aggrandizement." On the sth of April, 1828, the Times, after an indignant invective against the abduction of some Greek captives by Ibrahim Pacha, urges, in explicit terms, an immediate recourse to hos tilities for the infliction of vengeance on the per fidious barbarian : " If England threatenld Ibrahim, she is bound to punish him ; if she tendered protection to Greece, she is bound to repair the injuries which she failed to avert." On the Bth of April, 1828, the Times no tices the offer of an armistice for three months by the Grand Seignor to the Greeks ; and de clares that if the Allies shall be, or appear to be, satisfied with so contemptible a concession, " The inference with all reasonable men must he that the Treaty of London is not any longer to be executed, and that the whole policy of the British Government under Mr. Canning has been abandoned by the Wellington Administration." On the 9th of April, 1828, the Times pro claims that the negotiations for the joint execu tion of the Treaty of the 6th of July having failed, the three Powers are in consequence at liberty to pursue separately all measures which each may think best calculated to meet, " or perhaps turn to account," the innumerable difficulties attending the question. And- it pro ceeds to state, in language sufficiently distinct, the measures which under these circumstances it behoves this country to pursue We are quite sure that England will be the slowest in resorting to desperate measures, as she will be the last to flinch from the contest. She will use, as we know she is using, all honourable means to arrange a quarrel which is pregnant with consequences far beyond the mere ' ignorant present.' But if, after a reasonable time spent for such a laudable object. her efforts should fail, she knows how to assume the dignity of her national character." On the 17th of April, 1828, the Times thus modestly asserts the unifortn correctness of its statements, and the invariable consistency of its opinions upon the affairs of Eastern Europe : " The public will do us the favour to observe, that, amidst the varying reports on the affairs of Eastern Europe, we have strictly persevered in recommending the same line of policy, and have published statements, now acknow ledged to be correct, evincing the adoption of that policy. We have said that England has no cause of jealousy against France, and Europe nothing to fear from Russia." On the 23d of April, 1828, the Times al ludes to a report published by a German paper, that on the crossing of the Pruth or the Danube by Russian troops, Austria, France, and Eng land will publish a declaration of neutrality ; and proceeds to prove that so long as the sti pulations of the Treaty of London remain unfulfilled we must necessarily be friendly to Russia, and unfriendly to Turkey. " If the three powers cannot bring the Sultan to see his own interests in offeting such terms to Russia as may induce her to suspend her hostile operations, they must be the more forward to admit the right of the latter to settle separately her own quarrel. They are not hound, indeed, to assist Russia in the separate vindication of her own honour or in demanding reparation for her separate wrongs, merely because two of them, France and Eng land, composed part of an alliance formed by a treaty to which her antagonist refused to accede. The relations of three two to the Porte are now, to he sure, different ; but as they profess to adhere separately to the policy which dicta'ed the Treaty of Loudon, they cannot, of course, be considered as neutrals in the ensuing contest till the ob ject of that Treaty is accomplished. In other words, they cannot be equally friendly to the Porte, from which they have withdrawn their Ambassadors, and with which they have broken cif all diplomatic intercourse ; and with Russia, with which they still continue the most amicable relations." On the 2d of May, 1828, the Times thus speaks of a rumoured preparation of an English armament for the coast of Turkey : " The Turks have exhibited such a brutal obstinacy in resisting the really kind and long sighted counsels of those of the Allied Powers, whose chief solicitude was to pre vent the total destruction of the Ottoman empire, that it is not at all surprising if England and France should have at last resolved to despatch to the coast of Turkey an armament so irresistible, provided with instructions so comprehensive and so peremptory for a ibrcible execution of the treaty of July 6, that nothing but utter madness can induce the Grand Seignor to stand out for another moment." On the sth of May, 1828, the Times thus avows its confidence i►► the faith of Russia, and its indignation at the pertinacity of Turkey : " We have always as'erted and approved the rectitude of our opinion, that there was nothing to apprehend from Russia. Had that Power been such as has been repre sented, her troops would h4vs long ago been at Copoan- tinopie, both by the Bosphorus and by the route of the principalities. The absurd obstinacy of Turkey has afforded sufficient pretexts." On the 12th of May, 1828, the Times makes known the commencement of hostilities between Russia and Turkey, and speaks of the Em peror as " Forced by imperious circumstances into a war, to which be will put an end as soon as the honour of his country and the dignity of his Crown are satisfied." We might make further citations in proof of the assertion with which we began. But we will stop h ere . S ome o f our readers will think he have already wasted too much time and toil upon the matter. For ourselves, we consider no time or toil ill applied which is devoted to the exposure of the unprecedented mendacity of a Journal whose means to do mischief some honourable men even now do not blush to extend. The Duke of Wellington, fettered as he was by the conditions of Mr. Canning's Treaty, laboured to preserve the in dependence of Turkey. Had he readily sacri ficed it, was it for the Times to impute to his counsels the " baseness" of the surrender ? The Duke of Wellington, harassed as he was by the declamations of Whig Lords about Greece and freedom, saw clearly the perils with which the admission of Russian ilterference was neces sarily attended. Had he been utterly blind to them, was it for the Times to reproach him for being "fairly overreached ? " Let those who have fairly examined ourcitations from the Times answer these two questions.—Morning Post. Sir Stratford Canning has resigned the British Embassy to St. Petersburgh. And Sir Strat ford had one excellent reason for this resigna tion. The Emperor had announced that he would not receive Sir Stratford Canning as British Ambassador at St. Petersburgh. Lord Palmerston by this time is used to these little rebuffs, and receives them with a patient equanimity which we do not know how suffi ciently to commend. Like an experienced salesman, finding one piece of goods returned by his fastidious customer, he has been already studying the selection of a more palatable article. Would it not be droll if Lord Mulgrave should go from Jamaica to St. Petersburgh, from frying to freezing, from hurricanes to snowstorms, from apprentices in linen jerkins to serfs in fur cloaks ? Thenceforth, when we should hear talk of his Lordship's Contrast, we should not know whether his literary or his political exploit were meant ; his novel, or his appointment. We know that a Whig is skilled to blow hot and cold with the same breath. We readily believe that Lord Mulgrave will manage hot and cold with the same ability.--Morning Post. A GAY LOTIIARIO. For some time past several families, residing in e neighbourhood of Peckham, have been exceed ngly annoyed by the conduct of a well dressed young man, who has been in the habit of address ing letters, filled with fulsome adulation, to the young ladies of the respective families. When he aster. tained the name of the daughter of any gentleman, he commenced writing letters in the most rhodo_ montade style, expressive of his love and admiration for her, and these epistles he did not send through the post, but was uniformly the bearer himself, and either pushed them under the hall door, or else dropped them down into the area, in the expecta tion that the servants would put them into the hands of those for whom they were intended. Al though the writer of the love letters frequently ex perienced very rough usage from the male branches of some of the families whom he had annoyed in the manner described, yet it did not damp his ar dour. On Tuesday afternoon he again made his appearance in the vicinity of Peckham, and was observed parading up arid down before the resi dence of a highly respectable banker, into whose hands some of his letters had previously fallen, and who, annoyed by the impudent familiarity with which sore of the female members of his family had been addressed, employed a policeman to watch for the writer when he again attempted to renew the correspondence. The policeman concealed himself from view, and had not been long there when the person alluded to approached the banker's house, and taking a letter from his pocket dropped it into the area, and was then in the act of retreating, when the policeman walked up and took him off to the station-house, where the letter which he had dropped was produced. The following is a copy of the epistle which he had addressed to a lady on the present occa sion, and which will exhibit the peculiarity of writing, a style which it will be perceived is not unlike that of a celebrated master of the ceremo nies at a certain place of amusement, whose episto lary productions created so strong a sensation in the world not long ago. The letter was addressed to Miss Sophia Mills, Manor House, Peckham, and ra thus : "For the beautiful and ever-adored Miss Siphia of Hanover House, Peckham.—ln your compliments of this evening I regret that I should have occasion for saying that your displeasure has been created by a casual faux-pus which I ha•l inadvertently made in the dusk of the afternoon, and for which I have to beg your accept ance of an apology, hut how far short of forgiveness I may come of course I do not know, though I hope for the best. Alas, it is long since we met on the borders of the verdant_grassy and velvet_bosomed rye. Upon that indeed I do rant wonder at the keen bleak winds of Eurolydon ; that is the mischief which etiquette sometimes occasions, my beloved Cleopatra. I should gladly write you some epic rhyme if I could; but any heart is sleeping, and yet your charms cannot be with stood. I grant it is easy enough to request a pretty note, but writing unheeded professions of reverential esteem and adoration which reward such charms as yours, so blended with splendid magnificence, cannot be feigned ; for, was I a Hector, that ❑ob'e victor who chid a victim by a Grecian's skill, or was I a Pyrrhuse, whose deeds were various as an arbitrator on Ida's bill, I'd range through Asia, likewise Arabia or Pennsylvania, seeking for you through the dreary regions of sage Or. pheus, fur one embrace of you, my lovely dear. A pere. grination to foreign nations determinating, and may prove true in hopes to find a maid more kind thin the blooming fair one, thou lovely dear. If I received a return of affection it would be some encouragement to me to write raptures of amorous anticipation, but I am apprehensive you derive but little enjoyment from the sudden and spontaneous ebullitions of my soul. Do, for heaven's sake, lovely fair one, deign to answer this, and until then " I remain, with fervent adoration, most devotedly, most fervently, and most affectionately, ever your " RICHARD BALFOUR." When the writer of the above classical production was introduced to the station-house he became ex- ceedingly alarmed, and request e d that t h e letter might be committed to the flames, promising the banker at the same time that he should from hence- forth never approach the portal of his dwelling. He then gave a written document to that effect, and was suffered to depart. MR. HEBER'S WILL..—It is with much pleasure we are enabled to state upon good authority that the will of the late Mr. Heber has at length been found. From tha circumstance of the original draft of a will being found, as also from that of a domestic having signed a document some year or two back which Mr. Heber then stated to be his will, there could be very little doubt that such an instrument had been in existence. Every possible search was therefore made among the book', and papers of the deceased at Paris and other places on the Continent, as also in London, which search ending unsuccessfully many of his friends concluded that he had destroyed it. Upnn a more minute examination among his books in London we understand, however, that the long looked-for document has at last been discovered, carelessly placed between two volumes in the library. HIGH COURT OF DELEGATES, JAN. 9 IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. Mr. Justice PARK, Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE, and Baron VAUGHAN, assisted by Drs. BARNABY, DAU BENEY, and CURTEIS, sat to hear an appeal from the decision of the late Sir C. Robinson, Judge of the Admiralty, promoted by Sir F. Collier, Commander of his Majesty's ship Sybille, against the Lords of the Treasury. Sir F. Collier, who commanded on the African station in 1829, despatched from Fer nando Po a boat belonging to the Sybille, in com mand of Lieutenant E. Harvey, to detain all vessels trafficking in slaves, and to bring the Paul Pry boat, which the Commodore had purchased as a tender to the Sybille, from Sierra Leone. Mr. Brown, an officer of the Sybille, while in charge of the Paul Pry, had captured the Donna Barbara, bound to the Brazils, with 357 slaves, and he gave the vessel into the custody of Lieutenant Harvey. The vessel was condemned by a mixed British and Brazilian Commission, and the slaves were emancipated. Sir C. Robinson had decreed that the Commander, officers, and crew of the Sybille, were not entitled to a moiety of the proceeds of the slave ship, or to the bounties on the slaves. Sir F. Collier now ap pealed against this decision. Dr. ADDAMS (with whom was Dr. NICIIOLL and Mr. BUTT) contended, that every encouragement should be given for putting a stop to the slave trade, and that as the capture was made by a boat belong ing to the Sybille, the officers and crew were enti. tied to a reward. The practice of allowing boats belonging to ships of war to go in quest of slave vessels had been productive of the best results. During the seven years prior to the adoption of this plan the whole squadron captured only 9,769 slaves, while in three years after the adoption of the plan 12,470 slaves were seized and emancipated. The KING'S ADVOCATE (with whom was Dr. DODSON) said the Paul Pry was 1,500 miles from the Sybille when the capture took place; he had never been near the ship of war of which the ap pellant was Commander, nor was there any autho rity for stating she was a tender to the Sybille under these circumstances; and as the Paul Pry was not part of the squadron, trusted the Court would pro nounce against the appeal. Their LORDSHIPS pronounced for the Appeal, reversed the sentence of the Court below, retained the principal cause, and decreed a moiety of the proceeds of the Donna Barbara, her tackle, &c., and also the bounties for the slaves on board her, to be paid to Sir F. A. Collier, Commander of his Majesty's ship Sybille, to be distributed amongst the said Commander, officers, and crew of the POLICE INTELLIGENCE. G UILDHALL. Yesterday a genteelly-dressed woman, named Ellen Lewis, was brought before Sir PETER LAU RIE, charged with breaking the peace on the pre mises of Mr. Torkington, a solicitor, in New Bridge street. Mr. Torkington applied to be indulged with a private hearing, but Mrs. Lewis objecting, the Alderman heard the case in public. Mr. Torkington said Mrs. Lewis had on many occasions lately walked into his office, and insisted on stopping there till he paid her a quarterly allow ance on behalf of a gentleman who had ordered him to discontinue the payment. Sometimes she stopped five or six hours, arid it required the assistance of four men to eject her, as she threw herself on the floor, and screamed if any attempt was made to turn her out. This was a serious interruption to his business, and he begged that she might be bound to be of good behaviour for the future. Sir P. LAURIE asked the prisoner what claim she had to the allowance?—Site said she was the wife lof Mr. Heneage, of Lincolnshire, who granted the allowance. Mr. Torkington had told her lie was dead; but she did not believe it. She saw him as lately as May last getting into his carriage at his house in Portland-place. Sir PET ER asked if she was married to him ? Prisoner said she was. She had been his wife 21 years. He formerly allowed her 5001. a year, but latterly only 1201. ; but she was assured that in the event of his death she would continue to receive 1501. a year for her life. Sir PETER remarked, that this might be easily ascertained by referring to the will of the deceased in the Commons. He asked Mrs. Lewis how she became acquainted with the deceased ? She said she was in humble circumstances at the time in the family of Colonel Higgins. Mr. Torkington said the connection was kept from his family; but in March, 1832, Mr. Heneage consulted him professionally, and it was found neces sary to break the matter to the family. He met Mr. Heneage's sons, and it was agreed that Mrs. Lewis should be allowed 1001. a year, her eldest son 601. a year, and that her youngest son should be placed at a boarding-school. Subsequently, the eldest son having attained about his twentieth year, it was thought lie ought to find some employment. He, however, would listen to nothing of the kind, and wanted to go to the Bar. His allowance was on this account discontinued, and his mother's was increased to 1201. Mr. Heneage died on the 16th of June last, his death being much accelerated by the beha viour of the prisoner, who was not his wife, and who paraded up and down the street where lie resided, gossiping with the servants and police from morning till night for a week together. This ill-behaviour irritated the family, who determined to discontinue her allowance, but continued to pay for the educa tion of the youngest child, and would in due time put him out to some profession. If she had not misconduc:ed herself it was intended to continue her allowance. Sir PETER LAURIE asked who enjoyed the pro. perty of the deceased ? Mr. Torkington replied— Mr.Heneage, his son. Sir PETER LAURIE—Who is he ? Mr. Torking ton—The Member for Lincoln. Sir PETER LAURIE—HOW old is he ? Mr. TOE kington—About thirty. Sir PETER LAURIE, said Mrs. Lewis could not have done a more foolish thing than to force this exposure. While the affair was a secret the family might be disposed to make sacrifices to purchase it; but if she obtained anything now from them it would not be given from the dread of an ex posure (for she had already done her worst), but from mere charity. He assured Mrs. Lewis that she had no legal claim whatever to the allowance under the circumstances stated to him. She must, therefore, be very circumspect in her conduct, and he hoped that a respect for the memory of his father would induce Mr.l - Lneage to make her some allowance. He would beg Mr. Torkington to write to him on the subject, but in the meantime she must promise to abstain from all further an. noyance. Mrs. Lewis said she could not promise that, and began to complain of the bruises she had received at Mr. Torkington's office. Mr. Torkinitort said all the bruises resulted from her own extreme violence. He had already written to Mr. Heneage on the subject mentioned by Sir Peter, but he would not listen to it. Sir PETER said he should nevertheless wish him to write again, and as Mrs. Lewis would not pro mise to keep the peace she must find sureties. She was committed in default of bail. MAR YLEB ONE. A BEGGING -LETTER IMPOSTER.—Yesterday a man of shabby genteel appearance, who gave his name James Campbell, was placed at the bar before Mr. HOSKINS, charged with attempting to impose on Miss Elope, N 0.6, Ulster-terrace, New-road. John McCulloch, servant to Miss Hope, stated, that on the previous evening his mistress received a letter per post, signed James Campbell, requesting pecuniary relief, and stating that he ( the writer) was recommended to her notice by Mr. Dudgen, corn dealer, 18, Bedford -street. Witness was sent to make inquiries of Mr. Dudgen, who gave him a note to convey to Miss Hope, denying all know ledge of the prisoner. About ten o'clock yesterday morning the prisoner knocked at the door, and said lie had come for an answer to the letter he had sent the previous evening. Witness told him to call again in half an hour; and in the meantime be got the assistance of a policeman, who, on the prisoner's return, took him into custody. Mr. ITostaNs (to prisoner)— What have you to say ? Prisoner—l can plead nothing but severe distress. Mr. Hostipts—What is your real name ? Pri soner (hesitating)—WilliamDennison. I am a native of Hampshire. .. _ Mr. flosmNs, thinking that the prisoner might he known to the Mendicity Society, ordered him to be brought up again on Saturday, that inquiries might be made in the mean time respecting him. SECOND E SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock, THE LONMIN GAZETTE THIS EVENING. WAR-OFFICE, JAL 10. 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet G. J. Walker to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Benson, who retires ; T. B. Jackson, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase,vice Walker, Jan. 10. 16th Light Dragoons—G. T. W. Pippon, Gent., to be Cor net, by purchase, vice Ellis, promoted, Jan. 10. 3d Regiment of Foot—Staff-Assistant-Surgeon D. Dyce, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice A. Gibson, whose appoint ment has not taken place, Dec. 10. pl3th Foot—Surgeon D. Murray, M.D., from the 46th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Paterson, who exchanges, June 2, 1833. 19th Foot—Captain C. Kenney, from half-pay 12th Foot, to be Captain, vice H. F. Hawker, who exchanges, Jan. 10. 46th Foot—Surgeon J. Paterson, M.D., from the 13th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Murray, who exchanges, June 2, 1833. 49th Foot—Captain W. Elliott, from half-pay Unattached, to he Captain, vice W. Pitman, who exchanges, receiving the difference, Jan. 10. 52d Foot—Lieut. W. A. Hale to be Adjutant, vice Butler, who resigns the Adjutancy only, Jan. 10. HOSPITAL STAFF.—T. R. Jameson, M.D., to be As sistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Dyce, appointed to the 3d Foot, Jan. 10. BREVET.—Lieut. H. Browne, Adjutant of the Honourable East India Company's Depot at Chatam, to hare the rank of Captain in the army while so employed, Jan. 10. MEMORANDA. The date of Ensign Pearson's appointment to the 49th Foot is dated 13th July 1833, and not 21st May 1833, as stated in th, Gazette of the 31st ultimo. It was Major John Winkler, upon half-pay Unattached, who was allowed to retire from the service, on 31st ultimo, and not Captain John Winkler, as stated in the Gazette of that date. , -. ...... --- The date of the appointment of Mr. Gideon Dolmage to be Assistant. Surgeon to the Forces, is 10th December 1833, and not lath November 1833, as formerly stated. The half-pay of the undermentioned Officers has been can.. celled from the 10th instant, inclusive, they having accepted a commnted allowance for their commissions : Lieut. J. Mee, half-pay sth Garrison Battalion. Lieut. P. Legh, half-pay Unattached. Lient. T. W. Edwards, half-pay Royal Vest India Rangers. Ensign G. 14. Higgins, half.pay Unattached. Ensign F. Freudenthal, halt-pay 4th Line Battalion King's German Legion. Lieut. C. Norman, half-pay Bth West India Regiment. Lieut. F. W. Craven, half-pay Unattached. WHITEHALL, Nov. 26. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Ellis Cunliffe , of Man chester, in the county of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, DEC. 30. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Robert Clark Paul, the younger, of Tetbury, in the county of Gloucester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has also appointed Thomas Fowke Andrew Barnaby, of Newark-upon-Trent, in the county of Nottingham, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Bourt of Chancery. WHITEHALL, JAN. 9. The King has been pleased to present the Rev. Richard Keats, 8.A., to the vicarage of Northfleet, in the county of Kent, and of the peculiar jurisdiction of Canterbury, the same being void by the death of Dr. Gilbert Buchanan. WHITEHALL, JAN. 7, The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Henry New man, of the town and county of the town of Southampton, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. CIRCUITS OF THE GOMMISSIONERS FOR RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. SPRING CIRCUITS, 1834. SOUTHERN CIRCUIT, 11. R. REYNOLDS, Esq., Chief Commissioner. Hampshire —At Winchester, Wednesday, Feb. 26. At the Town of Southampton —Thursday, Feb. 27. Wiltshire—At Salisbury, Saturday, March 1. Dorsetshire— At Dorchester, Tuesday, March 4. Cornwall—At Bodmin, Saturday, March 8. Devonshire—At Plymouth, Monday, March 10. Devonshire—At Exeter and City, Wednesday, March 12. Somersetshire—• At Wells, Saturday, March 15. Somersetshire—At Bath, Monday, March 17. At the City of Bristol—Tuesday, March 18. Monmouthshire—At Monmouth, Friday, March 21. Herefordshire—At Hereford, Saturday, March 22. Worcestershire—At Worcester and City, Tuesday, March 25. Gloucestershire--At Gloucester and City, Thursday, March 27 Oxfordshire--At Oxford, Saturday, March 29. Berkshire—At Reading, Tuesday, April 1. Sussex—At Horsham, Thursday, April 3, Kent—At Dover, Monday, April 7. At the City of Canterbury, Tuesday, April 8. Kent—At Maidstone, Wednesday, April 9. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. T. B. BOWEN, Esq., Commissioner, Rutlandsnire—At Oakham, Saturday, Feb. 15. Lincolnshire—At Lincoln and City, Monday, Feb. 17. Nottinghamshire—At Nottingham and Town, Wednesday, Feb. 19. Derbyshire—At Derby, Friday, Feb. 21. Yorkshire—At Wakefield, Monday, Feb. 21. At the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull—Monday, March 3. Yorkshire—At York and City, Wednesday, March 5. Yorkshire—At Richmond, Saturday, March S. Durham—At Durham, Monday, March 10. Northumberland—At Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Town, Wed nesday, March 12. Cumberland—At Carlisle, Saturday, March 15. Westmorland—At Appleby and Kendal, Monday, March 17. Lancashire—At Lancaster, Wednesday, March 19. Lancashire—At Preston, Thursday, March 27. Lancashire—At Liverpool, Saturday, March :O. Cheshire—At Cheshire and City, Wednesday, April 2. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. - W. J. Law, Esq., Commissioner. Hertfordshire—At Hertford, Monday, March 17. Essex—At Chelmsford, Wednesday, March 19. Essex—At Colchester, Thursday, March 20. Suffolk—At Ipswich, Friday, March 21. Norfolk—At Yarmouth, Monday, March 24, Norfolk—At Norwich and City, Tuesday, March 25, Norfolk—At Lynn. Friday, March 28. Northamptonshire—At Peterborough, Monday, March 31. Leicestershire—At Leicester, Tuesday, April 1. At the City of Lichfield—Wednesday, April 2. Staffordshire—At Stafford, Thursday, April 3. Shropshire—At Shrewsbury, Saturday, April 5. Warwickshire—At Birmingham, Tuesday, April 8. Warwickshire—At Warwick, Thursday, April 10. At the City of Coventry—Friday, April 11. Northamptonshire —At Northampton, Monday, April 14. Badfordshire— At Bedford, Tuesday, April 15. Huntingdonshire —At Huntingdon, Wednesday, April 16. Cambridgeshire --At Ely, Thursday, April 17. Suffolk—At Bury St. Edmunds, Friday, April 18. Cambridgeshire--At Cambridge, Saturday, April, 19. Buckinghamshire—At Aylesbury, Monday, April 21. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. JAMES WANSELL, dealer in musical instruments, How land-street, Fitzroy-square. ALEXANDER WILLIAM MILLS, law-stitioner, Ca. rey-street. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. RICHARD LLOYD, brewer, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS, WILLIAM SHARP, Russia-broker, Threadneedle -street, to surrender Jan. 17, and Feb. 9.1, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Leigh, George-street, Mansion-house ; Canaan, Lothbury, official assignee. RALPH EARNSHA W, farmer, Hancocks, West Brad ford, Yorkshire, Jan. 31, and Feb. 21, at twelve, at the Town Hall, Preston, Lancashire. Willis and Co., Tokenhouse yard, London ; Oddie, Clitheroe, Lancashire. EDWARD WALK INSH AW, merclant, Liverpool, Jan. 25, and Feb. 21, at eleven, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Towne, Broad - street-buildings, London ; Minshull, Liverpool. ROBERT GREENIIAM, merchant, Liverpool, Jan. 25 and Feb. 21, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Pritt, Clay, and Swift, Liverpool; Blackstock and Bunce. 18, Ser. jeant's Inn, Fleet.street, London. THOMAS PEARSON and ROBERT GORDON RO BERTS, timber-merchants, Liverpool, Jan. 28 and Feb. 21, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Whitley, Liverpool ; Lowe, Garey, and Sweeting, Southampton-buildings, Chan. cery-ane, London. THE MARKETS. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Jan. 3, 1834, made up fromt he Returns of the Inspectors in the different Claes and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. 1 2 1d. d.! R O y at e s 1101dd:I Pea5e.,,,,..,,,, Z . 5 6d d: BW p a i hr P le n eay it "-- Hs 1. c 24 : 9 lt s.' E • a ATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS PRECEDING. 495. 6d.i Oats 19s. 444 345. 2d, 01,1 Rye 335. 5,1 29i. BJ. DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. 8d.1 .1 Oats 18s. 3d.1 18s. 3d, Barley... 18s. 4(lRye 19s. Ils. Od. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEER .1 Wheat. Barley. Oats. Per Quarter. Illandford Brigg Chard s. to s. 53 40 58 s. g. 27 36 40 28 24 26 24 23 Huntingdon...,,,.... Long Sutton.--- Louth 42 56 58 63 56 64 48 54 50 60 57 60 45 5t 38 48 5 0 64 Newark 28 32 22 25 2.-) 40 20 34 25 !.I9 30 34 Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth P0ntefract.,,,.,,.,,,,,_ Sleafonl .................. Uppingham Wisbech 65 42 47 48 62 36 38 28 32 20 33 S. to s. 22 15 22 16 16 20 16 21 17 22 18 22 16 20 16 22 19 23 13 21 20 23 22 28 22 26 14 22 beans. 8. to 8. 30 3.5 34 39 26 33 32 35 40 42 32 3E 37 40 35 39 2R 36 - 43 41 43 36 38 30 35 LEEDS CORN MARKET..—Jan. 7. Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b. .--- York. and Lincoln. 601 b. 1.55. to 545. n Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk .... . .......... ... Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding Beans 63lb. ...................... 238. to 355. ri" Oats, Potatoe - --Alealing, For. 12d. to 13d Eng. 9d. to 1034 d. per st. Shelling SOUTHALL MARKET.—Jan. In this day's market, which was but moderately supplied throughout, and not very numerously attended by London or country buyers, particulaily the latter, each kind of meat met with a sluggish sale, at the following prices per stone of Sib, to sink the offals Beef 3s. 4d. to 43.4 d, 4s. 4(1. to ss. 4d. Mutton -- 4 0 410 P0rk..,,.,..,,.,, 3 6 4 4 The foregoing quotations are Veal 4d.. and Mutton and Pork 2d. per stone cheaper than on this day se'nnight; prices of Beef stationary. Beasts, 315; Sheep, 2 ,526; Calves, 37; Pigs, 76. A considerable portion of the supply left the market unsold, HA' LSHA3I MARKET,—Jan, 8. 3s. 6d. to 4s. 4d. 4s. od. to 4s. 4d. 4 4 5 2 I Pork 3 8 4 2 Supply moderate, and trade dull. ARUNDEL MA RKET —Jan. 7. Beef., 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. 4s. 4d. to ss. Ott. Mutton 4 2 5 2 3 6 4 2 Supply moderately good; trade with prime Beef and Mutton somewhat brisk, with other meat dulL CHICHESTER MARKET.—Jan. 8. Beef ........„,.......... 3s. 2d. to 4s, 2d. f Vea1..............—...... 4s. 4d. to ss. Od, Mutton ...--- 4 0 410 f Pork ...--......„ 3 6 4 0 Supply of fat Beasts moderately good, of fat small stock li mited ; trade rather dull. In lean stock little doing. RUMFORD MARKET.—Jan. 8. s. d. to s. d. v. d. s.d. Beef .. 3 0 4 4 Veal Mutton 3lO 410 Pork .... 3 5 4 4 Suckling Calves, 12s. to 30s. ' • Quarter old Store Pi gs , 12 s. t o 20 s. Mitch Cows, with their small Calf, 10/. to 181. Supply moderate, and trade very dull. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET. (From the London Gazette,) TO-MORROW, JAN. 11. w. J. Leech, tavern-keeper, Fleet-street F. Wymer, victualler, Star street, Wapping-wall H. H. Fraguiere, coffee-house-keeper, Strand 1 12 DIVIDENDS. J. Ramsay, master-mariner, Devonport-street, Commer cial-road at 11 H. Lee, saddler, Dover-street, Piccadilly W. Bourne, linen-draper, Coleman.street Two large steamboats have been contracted for by the agents of Donna Maria in this country, which will be immediately armed and manned by British sailors. Three vessels are arming at Amsterdam for Don Miguel, manned by Dutch seamen, which will be placed under the orders of Captain Elliott. A little before midnight on Sunday last, Mrs. Hobbs, the wife of Mr. Hobbs, fishmonger, of Thornry, observed a light proceeding from a stack on the premises of Mr. Dodman, which quick!) , burst into a blaze, and communicated to a cow hovel belonging to Mr. Om ham adjoining. Alarm was immediately given, and al though assistance was speedily rendered, it was not suffi • ciently early to rescue a cow, and which, in consequence, with the hovel and stacks, were entirely consumed. Nu merous individuals rendered prompt assistance, hundreds of persons having in a short time arrived, and prevented the further extension of the fire. Had there been a defi ciency of water, had the wind, which was blowing very strongly from the west, been in a contrary direction, or had the alarm been given later, it is impossible to say' where the fire would have terminated ; it is probable the whole coiner of the town, from eight to ten houses, with stables, hovels, stacks, &c., would have been totally con sumed. The watchman, strange to say, was at least six or seven minutes longer in ignorance of the fire than several persons who had been asleep in bed. A young man is in custody on suspicion of being the incendiary.— Stamford News. On Monday evening a most horrible attempt was made at Thirsk, in the North Riding of this county, to murder a young man named John Rose, of Sheffield, cabinet-maker. Rose is a native of Thirsk, and was on a visit at his father's house during the Christ Mas festival. On Monday last he went to the village of Sowerby, about a quarter of a mile from Thirsk, to see hie former master, Mr. Kirby. After tea, young Kirby and another man accompanied him to the Golden Lion Inn, kept by Ann Flower, to whom Rose bad paid his addresses during tba time he worked at Sowerby. She had, however, during his absence encouraged the addresses of another young man, named Grainger. Whilst Rose and the young woman were conversing together in a private room, Grainger went in, and became very much irritated. He then went into the drinking-room, and was there beard to make use of threatening expressions towards Rose and others. At 12 o'clock he left the house, and Rose de parted about an hour afterwards. On going from Sowerby to Thirsk he ha'' to pass across two fields, called the Flats. On his arriving near to those fields a gun or pistol was fired at him, the contents of which entered his b.ck between his shoulders ; 54 shots had gone through bis braces alone. Rose was soon afterwards found almost exhausted. Medical aid was procured, and be is still alive, but in a very weak state. Grainger was immediately ap. preheated, and was committed to York Castle to take his trial at the next assizes. He is the son of a farmer, near Thirsk.— Sheffield Iris. BIBTBS. On the Bth inst., the lady of Mr. E. J. Sydney, solicitor, of New London street, Fenchurch-street, of a son. On the 6th inst., at the Rectory, Appleby, Leicestershire, the wife of the Rev. John Manuel Echalaz, of a son. On the Bth inst., at Leamington, the lady of C. S. Hadow, Esq., of a son. On the Bth inst., the lady of Sudlow Roots, Esq., of a son, On the 9th inst., in Baker-street, the lady of Jas. Bannerman, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 7th inst., at Great Witchingh am, th e Rev. Charles Holloway, rector of Stamford I)ingley, Berks, to Catherine Juliana, eldest daughter of Charles Thompson, Esq., of Gre a t Witchingham-hall, Norfolk. On the 9th inst., at St. James's Church, Henry William At kinson, Esq., late of the 7th Dragoon Guards, to Laura, fourth daughter of the late James Taylor, Esq., of Wimpole-street. On the Bth inst., George Kitching, Esq., surgeon, of Alders. gate-street, London, t o Mi ss Mary Ann Betts, o f G o sw e ll. street. On t s h t e d 9 a t u h g i h n t s e t r . , of ft Peter e l:la i r , e y t ' i s . , d H e , o Es rn s q e . y, of Assen, Holland. , Henry, second son of John Craven, E sq., of Craven-l o d ge , St a mtord-hill, to Au re li a, youngest On the 9th inst., at Paddington Church, B. H. Guinness Esq., third son of the Rev. Dr. Guinness, Chancellor of St' Patrick's, D u bli n, to Anna, four th daughter of the late Rev. John Shepherd, many years Minister of the same parish. On the 9th inst., at St. Andrew's Church, Holborn, Mr. Wm. Johnston, to Miss Drew, of High Holborn. DIED. On the Bth inst., at Leamington, Mrs. Pedder, wife of Robt Pedder, Esq., of Brighton. On the Bth inst., George, eldest son of M r. Edward Staple, of Walthamstow, aged 122.. On the 9th ins., t Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr. New man, soho.square. On the 6th inst., Mary Isabella, the eldest child of Henry William Vincent, Esq., aged 2 years and 8 months. On the 31st ult , at Lewisham, in his 3d year, Henry Tibbats Stainton, On the Bth inst., in Bridgewater-square, Mr. John Jackson, aged 48. In Broa d - street-buildings, Mrs. Hyde, widow of the late Charles Hyde, Esq , of Lambeth. On the 9th inst., Mary Ann, wife of Richard Nash, Esq. , of the Lea-bridge-road, Clapton, and of King-street, Cheapside, aged 38. a en o r t r:n t . . h w Ae all, Augustus Stephens, Twisleton Alston, Esq., of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Esq., one o 6 f t 6th iisn Majesty's, i nu C urzon-street,- rwn f t a ts i o r f , fox a r g itn e hg d a, 7 o 4 n ,O l oc y ; s e o trth n ik: o o4 f :f3td S iti i hi r inen C ssot t t. i .t r ae l i e trn s ,siu . , k trse l s s lae t vsx o ; n srs , ,ytr ß ,Cei t s c ß , o e u C n n i c ' Edge, Esq., aged and Filaser for the counties of Essex and Monmouth. PRINTED AND VUBLIFIIED BY MURDO YOUNG, AT TIM SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND.