The Sun. — London, England, 1834-08-23 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Our indefatigable Irish contemporary, the Standard, continues his commentaries on the politics and Church questions of Ireland. The present alarm-bell of the Standard is a prediction of the -near advent of a Move ment Ministry, embracing Mr. O'Connell. This dreaded event, and the Dublin Orange Meeting, con stitute the stock in trade—the Welch text—of the political sermons of our contemporary. Last night the Standard m anufactured a communication from Lord Grey, on his retirement, to the. King, not one word of which is true. We revert, however, to the symptoms of public opinion in Ireland. Mr. O'Con nell exhibits sagacity and judgment in his present policy. We rejoice to know that employment was never so abundant in Ireland—that the harvest wears a golden appearance—that English capital is banking in Ireland (see our advertisement and report of a Waterford meeting)—that crime has diminished—that tithe is practically extinguished—that Mr. O'Con nell does not imitate his enemies—that the people of Ireland discern an honest intention in Ministers to do justice to that misgoverned country. But we re turn to the expiring Orange faction. We shall soon have to pen its obituary. The Catholics, we are glad to find, laugh at the threats of the speakers at the " great Protestant meeting ;" and, if we may credit the accounts which we have received from Ireland, more importance has been attached to the meeting here, than the character and situation of the speakers ought to have obtained for it. 'We have received the following communication on the subject from an Irish source of great respectability ; and on the principle of impartiality we willingly insert it, though it makes light of a matter which we were led .to view as very serious:— " I,Ve have not as vet learned that the ' great' Protes tant meeting in Ireland has produced any very remark able results, beyond extracting five hundred pounds from the plethoric purse of Lord Winchilsea. It is, indeed, more than probable, that if this Noble Lord had not been brought down to star it, there would have been but empty benches, and the dulcet tones of the gentle Ro- DEN would have come back in refracted dulness upon himself. The truth is, there is no sympa thy in Ireland with such proceedings, if we ex cept the sympathy that exhibits itself amongst that small party whd have a direct personal inte rest in the sustainment of unjust power and as cendancy in that country. It would have been but consistent in the orators at that Meeting, when assailing ' the ignorant Government' —as that very illuminated person, Lord RODEN, designat ed the present Ministry—to have added to the list of crimes which the Government have perpetrated against the Protestants of Ireland, a deliberate design to murder them all—upon the obvious principle of the poet, that you take away one's life if you do take the means whereby lie lives ! This is the . true motive of all these meetings, and all this opposition to the Government : self-inte reSt—pelf, are the instigating agents of this hostility to improvement and reform. Religion is merely the pretext, and has nothing to do with the real question. .I'he actors at this meeting have been chronicled with a fidelity so intense as not to permit one person with a decent coat on his back to go unnoticed ; and who are they ? With the exception of the Noble Lords whose names we have mentioned—one of whom aspires to be a leader of his very insignificant party, and the other having no permanent connection with the county, being merely a performer by particular desire, and for " this occasion only," as the qffiches of other farces express it—there was no Nobleman present of any importance or weight derived from high character, intelligence, or superior fortune. We should certainly have excepted one name that escaped our recollection, on account of the little association of ideas in our mind with such proceedings, that the name of this No bleman could call up—we mean Lord Downshire. In the example of this Nobleman, the Irish Orangemen may learn a secret, which, if turned to account by the peculiar means of producing conviction, which they cultivated in his case, may soon do wonders in multi plying supporters for the good cause. This Nobleman within a few days being required, as the Irish news papers say, in his character of a Magistrate, to enforce a statute prohibiting the insulting party-processions that periodically take place in Ireland, was assaulted in the streets of his own town by a gang of infuriated Orangemen, felled to the ground by a blow , forced down upon his knees, and compelled, by the admoni tory bludgeons that were hanging over him, to ask the pardon of " the injured ° Protestants" who be leaguered him!! Will it be believed that this No bleman—with the recollection, as one would ima gine, of this transaction fresh in his mind, with the blow still tingling in his ears (if the newspapers be correct), with the mud that he ,ntracted in his genuflexion scarcely brushed off—turns round (no doubt convinced by the process of reasoning to which he had been subjected), and proclaims, to the best of his small ability, the injuries that the Government have inflicted upon the Irish Protestants ? Shame, where is thy blush ? We have said that the .neeting was not distinguished by the importance of the persons who were present. We were quite right. As to the two or three representatives in Parliament for Orange counties, they were present of course ; there was, besides, a country gentleman or two, who, being disappointed in their counties with the elections, felt naturally irritated, and availed themselves of this occasion to evince their spleen ; but with these few instances, which serve to prove the accuracy of our • statement, the meeting was nothing more than a beg garly account of empty boxes. To read the pro gramme of the meeting, one would suppose that the Baronetage of the United ° Kingdoin had concen trated itself in ' the great room' (everything about this meeting was ' great') ; but, upon a near acquaintance, we discover that these great men are the corporate nobility—retailers of small wares, who, by the lucky accident of being mayors or she riffs when a Lord Lieutenant entered upon office, or having fitted to a nicety a Viceroy in his inexpressi bles, were, according to the custom, knighted, or be nighted (the terms are convertible in Dublin), as a proof of Viceregal approbation ! Where were the great landed proprietors ?—where the opulent mer chants, the bankers, the virtuous citizens, for which the capital of Ireland is eminent ?—where were they, we • ask ? With the exception of those we have enume rated, we ask to how many persons of those who have been chronicled in The Evening JVlhil would a bank lend money on their notes of hand, or which of them would a fastidious gentleman trouble with an invitation to dinner ? In this enumeration we do not notice the crowd of Protestant clergymen, who were naturally solicitous to hear what plan Lord Roden and his Noble Friend would propose for their re lief, after the sentence of present starvation and ultimate ruin that they had legislatively passed upon the Established Church ; neither do we refer to the one- or two of the noisy clerical agitators of the meeting, who, considering their former religious opinions and their milesian patronymics, felt themselves called upon to make themselves appear protestantibus ipsis protestantiores. In this hasty analysis of the materials of this meeting, we have shown that when the smoke and uproar of that party in Ireland that sets itself up in opposition to a reform ing Government clear away, and that in the calm at mosphere of truth and deliberate judgment there is time for reconnoitring its force, whether morally or ph y sically considered, ther e i s ever y i n d uc ement to a . wise Government to persevere in a course of steady and inflexible reform in the institutions of that part of the empire. The Irish Orangemen hold out the threat of separation from this country if there be full justice done to Ireland. On the contrar y , do we say, let there be full justice done , a nd there is no danger' of any dis union between the countries. The people of Ireland a are like all other people, and their conditi on s h ou ld be subject to the same immutable rules of good go vernment. Indeed Sir John Davies, himself an Eng lishman, has recorded his opinion of Ireland in one en during sentence, in which he says that there is no p eop l e in the world so fond of justice as the Irish. We are glad to perceive that already has the conduct of the :t esttntGovernment wrought a remarkable change on ..s':„ _4 ii\Keiety. There is a total surrender of agita tion ~47 , k2r H e of the popular party ; and our private let 't.:::. -7 r INter - s'lpt s that this quietness will remain unbroken. -.. • ~. , i ., . , • . ,• , , - -, - -ef-- ,Tht e of Ireland have latterly placed confidence ee- \- e - , ,..; e)s-- -- isj ettr,..: ment, and they look forward with great -1.,,e- . ?'"•• Ai:".) - i . 4 ,,,, 1, 1 . • . , 1 . 4 4 ) . ) .es 44 \L:l l ' I t N hope to the proceedings of the next Session of Par liament. " With the people of Ireland at their side, a reforming Government may laugh to scorn the puny hostility of party, which, by its violence and its in justice, greatly assists the fulfilment of the objects - which it designs to prevent." No people yet ever tolerated an alien religion. 'We do not assert that the I Church question is the root of Irish grievances ; but - it is the spark which ignites the fuel of other and more deep-seated combustion. We shall hereafter discuss the real causes of the miseries of the Irish population. They are as ancient as the time of James I. Lord Bacon, in his " Considerations touching the Planta tion in Ireland," eloquently states, in 1606, the capa bilities and natural advantages of Ireland—a land " endowed with so many dowries of nature (consider. ing the fruitfulness of the soil, the ports, the rivers, the fishings, the quarries, the woods, and other mate rials ; and especially the race and generation of men, valiant, hard, and active) as it is not easy, no not upon the Continent, to find such confluence of commodities, if the hand of man did not join with the hand of nature." Lord Bacon—the great master spirit of his age—wisely counselled his Sovereign to adopt the policy of concilition. " The harp of Ireland puts me in mind of that glorious emblem or allegory, wherein the wkdom of antiquity did figure and shadow out the works of this nature. For the poets feigned that Orpheus, by the virtue and sweetness of his harp, did call and assemble the beasts and birds, of their nature wild and savage, to stand about him, as in a theatre ; forgetting their affections, of fierceness, of lust, and of prey ; and listening to the tunes and harmonics of the harp ; and soon after called likewise the stones and woods to remove, and stand in order about him ; which fable was afterwards inter preted of the reducing and plantation of kingdoms ; when people of barbarous manners are brought to give over and discontinue their customs of revenge and blood, and of dissolute life, and of theft, and of ra pine ; and to give ear to the wisdom of laws and go vernments." Would to God that the harp of Orpheus may triumph over the Harpies of Corruption—the Church of Ireland in a Catholic country and the Beres ford Family !—Morning Chronicle. A correspondent, who signs himself " A Trades man," whose letter we inserted in yesterday's paper, is anxious to know what part we take in the disputes which have so long existed, and are still unhappily raging, between the master builders of the metropolis and their workmen. To this inquiry-we unhesitatingly answer,"none"-" none whatever," if by " part" is meant a thick-and-thin advocacy of the one side or the other. If one party were decidedly in the .right, or the other unequivocally in the wrong, we should feel no difficulty, were it then incumbent upon us, which side to take. But while we have remained, as we mean to continue to do, unbiassed, unpledged, and unfettered upon the subject, we have not 'been in attentive observers of the conflict, in which, from its commencement to the present moment, botn parties have proved themselves too much in the wrong to elicit our approbation or call for our support. Of the recent unions among the operatives generally, we may say that there has been by far too strong a tone and appearance of defiance and intimidation about them to deserve the support of any of the friends of peace and good order ; and, however unpalatable the avowal may sound in the ears of many of themselves and of their advocates, we feel convinced that the working men of the metropolis did themselves and their cause much harm, when they made that show of physical strength in the metropolis on a day in the month of April last, which will not soon be forgotten. To say nothing of the effect of such displays on the timid, we believe that numbers with strong nerves and sound judgment looked at that novel exhibi tion as one which could have no effect in obtain ing legitimate objects, and, on the contrary, that it seemed a prelude to a reign of terror, which every good citizen was called upon to disclaim and to re press. Since that time, however, the alarm which that display occasioned has happily been dying, away ; and though the Trades Unions were not dis solved, we have no doubt but that both their influence and their numbers were much abated. The master builders of the metropolis, seem however, in an evil hour, to have determined to arrest this temporary calm, and, flushed by the success of the master tailors, to have determined to impose upon their workmen a test, which, if it he right, should, we apprehend, be imposed upon them by law, or not at all. It does not seem, that, as a body these combining masters will take much by their motion. In setting the example of that which .they deprecate in the workmen, they add but little to the justice of their cause ; while, by opening the door to such a display of their own proceedings as is given in the letter of our correspondent, " A Tradesman," they exhibit the hateful system of centralization in one of its worst features as can regard a great trading community like that of England. We have thus stated, we hope, enough to show why we are on'neither side in this dispute. To both parties we would coun sel a spirit of amity and mutual forbearance. They are, in every sense, important members of the same body, of which the union should be general, not exclu sive.—Morning Herald. • The. time of the next Session of Parliament is bespoken in the 102 notices of motion to which we have already adverted. It will be said that every member has a right to exercise his discretion as to what he should propose, and the right we do not dis pute ; but constituents have also the right to exercise their judgment upon the discretion which their repre sentatives have evinced in their prOpositions, and the season of them. The practice of giving notice in one Session of motions to be made in another seems of questionable convenience. The discussion of a sub ject which may appear vety proper in the circumstances of one year may be very much out of place, and occupy time that might be devoted to the consideration of mat ters of more pressing importance in the altered circum stances of another year ; but the Member is apt to consider himself pledged by his notice, and all those who happen to be interested in it will solicit his perse verance, and endeavour to make it a point of honour. In the list beforc us we see several motions which are well aimed, supposing them to be well timed, which no mortal can now divine. There are others which would be frivolous and impertinent in any season. Colonel Williams bears away the palm of absurdity in his pro posed resolutions—" That the petitions on the part of the people to this House for cheap bread ought to be met by the suppression of the practice of converting human food into useless and destructive drink. That from a time to be fixed the distillation of ardent spirits from grain should be at once and entirely prohibited in Great Britain and Ireland." It has never occurred to the Colonel that man cannot live by bread alone, or he gravely holds with the waggish baker, that bread is to be eaten " with the gin it." It would seem hardly possible for any one to witness the hardships to which the labouring classes are exposed in wet and severe weather without confessing the necessity of some sti mulants, however much it may be desired that .they should be used in moderation. As for the argument against the waste of grain by its conversion to spirit, it might be met by a c ounterproposition against convert ing meat into gouty gravies. The agricultural labourers don't eat meat more than once a week, while Colonel Wil liams swallows the juices of half-a-dozen pounds of meat in the soup, which is hardly considered as more than a for mality in the repast, a thing not to be counted, a skirmish before the general engagement. In the hors-d'eetivres, then, what conversion of masses of animal food into ex tracts called sauces. And all this while thousands of industrious bard working people only know meat as a weekly luxury. If Colonel Williams thinks it wise to propose sumptuary laws, let him .begin with laws re trenching the luxuries of the rich for the benefit of the poor, and then we will give him credit for sincerity, if for nothing else. Why does he not cut_the throats of his hoises r Is it not shocking, according to his ab surd train of reasoning, that horses should consume what the people of Scotland would live on ? He could walk on foot as easily and comfortably at least as the poor could forego their glass of liquor. It is a very dangerous thing to begin laying down rules as to the things without which other people could do. The poor m a y some d ay t hi n k o f re t or ting these tender cares, and apply to stopping the ,waste and cutting off the superfluities of the rich, and all from a zeal to cure their betters of the gout, which is so apt to trou ble them, In this world it is a grievous thing to be THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1834 . taken care of by other people, who not being of the same condition, have not the knowledge of the wants and necessaries, nor of the value of the little gratifications and indulgences. It was probably with an understand ing of this fact that Isaac Walton, in directing the impaling of the frog, says, " Treat him as though you loved him ;" and this is the way in which the preci sians would treat the poor—may we add, and for bait too ? Notices of three Sabbath Bills follow Colonel Williams's spiritual crusade, one by Mr. F. 'Shaw (Pshaw ! would be a literal emendation) ; another by Mr. Poulter ; and Sir AndreW Agnew has no less than a brace, a double-barrel, one aimed at England and the other at Scotland—perhaps to prevent the birds from singing on the Sabbath. We wish, by the way, that he would bring in a Bill to prevent the dust from flying on the Sunday in certain quarters of the town, where the water-carts are not allowed to pursue their customary avocation. There ought not to be one law for the water-carts and another for the dust. But the same spirit which prohibits the laying of the Sunday dust would forbid men to moisten their clay. What a high-dried world we should live in if these folks had the ordering of it ! what a race of crusty curmudgeons we should be !—Tinzes. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. G UILDHALL. Yesterday, a lad, named George Martin, who is em ployed by the drovers in Smithfield, was brought before Mr. Alderman KELLY, for wantonly and cruelly ill-treat ing an ox. The prisoner was given into custody at the time he com mitted the offence, by Mr. Cramp and Mr. Wm. Scales, two extensive butchers in Whitechapel Market. Mr. Cramp stated that while he was conversing with Mr. Scales, in Smithfield, about seven o'clock that morning, the prisoner drove two beasts along. As he passed, he struck one of the poor animals on one of its legs with brutal vio lence, and tl.en to " set it right," as it is termed, or pre vent it from limping, he struck it upon the other leg. The blows were given without the least occasion, and from sheer wantonness and an appetite for torture. The prisoner said the beasts were running about. Mr. Cramp declared this was untrue. Mr. Scales corroborated this statement. The blows were unnecessary and cruel, and the effect of the injuries would be, that if any one purchased the animal to fatten, it would derive no benefit from all the food it would take for a month to come. Mr. Alderman KELLY said the complainants could have no object but the prevention of unnecessary cruelty, and he should convict the defendant in the penalty of 40s. The defendant, who said he was not able to pay such a fine, was committed to hard labour for two`nonths. MARYLEBONE. SERIOUS ACCIDENTS FROM THE CAB NUlSANCE.—Yes terday Henry Conley, the driver of the cab No. 1,515, ap peared on a summons before the sitting Magistrate, Mr. SHUTT, charged with having driven over and severely in jured police constable John Purvis, of the division No. 58. The Complainant, on being sworn, stated that about nine o'clock on Monday night, the 11th instant, he was pro ceeding along High-street, Marylebone, with a section of the division to which he belonged, who were going on duty. They were marching single file, the Complainant being the last man in the rank, when all on a sudden the Defendant, without calling to them, turned the corner with his vehicle so sharply into Bowling-street, that he (Complainant) was knocked down by the shaft before he had time to get out of the way. He was picked up by his brother officers bleed ing profusely, and in a state of insensibility, who conveyed him to the nearest surgeon's, where his wounds were dressed. He was, however, so much injured that he was compelled to keep his bed for the four following days, and he had not as yet completely recovered. A certificate to the above effect from the medical man who attended him was here handed to the Magistrate. William Ireland, 107 D. said that he was marching next the Complainant at the time in question, and so narrowly escaped that he had a button torn from his coat by the wheel of the cab, which came so sudden upon them that it was impossible to get out of the way. The defendant, in answer to the charge, said that be was proceeding at a very moderate pace at the time, and that the policeman alone was to blame, who fell so re markably easy that it was impossible he could have been injured to the extent he had described. He called out to the complainant to get out of the way, and could bring the gentleman who was in the cab forward (if time were al lowed) to prove the fact. Mr. SIIUTT adjudged him to pay a fine of 205., and to give the complainant 10s. as a compensation for the injuries inflicted besides defraying the expenses. A fellow of ruffianly aspect, named George Hall, driver of the cab No. 168, was brought before Mr. SHuTT, charged with furiously driving against the carriage of Mrs. Henshaw, a lady.residing at No. 26, Wimpole-street, and damaging the same to the amount of 10/. Stephen Alchin, coachman to Mrs. Henshaw, deposed that, on Tuesday evening last, as he was driving along the Hampstead-road towards London, he observed two cabs coming along at a furious rate racing together, and before he (witness) could get out of the way the defendant, who was driving one of them, in endeavouring to pa ss b etween the carriage and the other cab, came in violen t collision with his mistress's vehicle, bursting one of the p ann e l s , de facing it in various parts, and throwing down one of the horses. Mr. Redding, a coachmaker, was here called , who proved that the damage done to the carriage was full 1 01. Mr. Aldridge, the proprietor of the cab, having consented to pay that sum, together with all expenses, the defendant .was liberated, after a severe admonition. . __ Charles Lucas, owner and driver of the cab No. 836, was charged with being drunk, and carelessly driving his vehicle. Thomas Duggan, a horse patrol, doing duty in the Har row-road, deposed, that on the previous evening, a b out eight o'clock, he observed the defendant, who was quite drunk, driving in a random and highly dangerous manner, the reins hanging loosely from his hands. A gentleman who came up offered to drive the defendant home, but he refused to let him, when he (witness), to prevent accidents, was compelled to take the defendant to the station-house. The defendant, who denied being intoxicated, was fined 20s. for the offence, together with the costs. Margaret Lucy charged Jonathan Williams with having assaulted her, and, moreover, committed a riot before her house ; and her husband, .lohn Lucy, was likewise charged with having assaulted Jane Morris, a neighbour. As the warrants were what are' termed cross -warrants, and both assaults arose out of the same proceedings, the Magistrates, Messrs. Dyer and Chambers, heard them together. The defendant Williams, it appeared, was a " quondam" lodger of the Lucys, and as he was not approved of for a tenant, due notice was served upon him to quit the front attic by a stated time. The defendant Williams did not choose to give up possession of his room, and in order to prepare for the worst", had contrived to remove his goods and chattels without opposition. At the expiry of his notice a broker was duly put in, but the functionary's duties were of a very light description, as all that he found in the room to distrain upon was a Awoken backed chair and-a couple of useful earthenware utensils,-without handles. There was, however, a collection of canary birds, which the defendant particularly valued, and which he had not found means to remove. He was, therefore, obliged to resort to the curious expedient of fastening the cage to a string, and, on the approach of the broker, lettinr , it down out of the window to the room of a lodger c beneath, and when the broker went there to seize the cage, hauling it up again. The landlord finding he had got a trou blesome customer, set himself resolutely to work to ac complish his ejectment. He tried the effect of choking him out with brimstone smoke, by lighting some sulphur in the chimney, and covering over the chimney-pot ; but having nearly suffocated himself in the experiment, he gave up the attempt. Finding the garrison hold out in spite of his exertions, he turned the siege into a blockade, by bar- ricading the door and the passage, so that all communica tion from the street was cut off. Having placed his wife as sentry at the door, he retired to a neighbouring public house to refresh himself with a pint of beer. The pro ceedings which had occurred having attracted a consider able crowd, the complainant, Jane Morris, sympathising 'with the defendant Williams, determined to raise the siege by a ruse de guerre. Her first movement was to desire Williams to let down a string of sufficient length, to which she proposed to attach some refreshments. While in the act of throwing in these seasonable supplies, the defendant Lucy having been informed of what was going forward, rushed out of the public-hou'se and attacked her briskly in the rear with his fist. The defendant Williams finding all succour hopeless, surrendered at discretion, and Lucy walked into the garret to celebrate his epimeion. The assaults on both sides having occurred during these proceedings, the Magistrates settled the matter by fining Lucy .5/., and directing Williams to find sureties to keep the peace. Q UEEN- S QUARE. Yesterday a female, respectably attired in black, was brought before Mr. BURRELL by a police constable of the I. division, No. 94, charged with being drunk and disor derly in the public streets on the previous evening. Magistrate—What is your name ? Defendant—What's that to you ? I'll see you before I tell my name to such a parcel of vagabonds. The constable stated that on the previous evening ho found the defendant in the London-road, Lambeth, very drunk and disorderly. A number of persons were present, and the language of the defendant was the most blackguard he had ever heard. Defendant—You are a liar. Speak the truth, you vaga bond. I was not drunk. It was my spirit and my temper. A man was ill-using a poor woman, and I took her part, and this vagabond said I was drunk, and dragged me to the station-house. Another police constable, No. 86, confirmed the above statement, when the unknown defendant, after a torrent of abuie, seized him by the collar, and struck him several blows. A scuffle now took place in the office, the unknown let flysight and left at every person that came in her way. With great difficulty she was at last secured, but her vio knee was. so great that the officers were compelled to hand cuff her. In about two hours time her passion had some what cooled, and she was again brought into the office care fully guarded, and placed in the dock before Messrs. Bun- RELL and GREGORIE, when she was charged with assault ing the constable before the Magistrate. The constable stated the case. Magistrate—What are you ? Defendant—What am I ! A respectable woman, And get my living in the laundressing line at Clapham. I was no more drunk than you are, blow you ; my spirit was only up to see a poor woman abused, and these cowardly vagabonds swear I was drunk ; but I'll mark them both, if it is for a twelvemonth to come. I wish I could get at them now. Mr. BURRELL, after consulting with his colleague, told her that she must pay a fine to the King of 60s. for as saulting the constable in the office. Defendant—l'll see you all first before you rob me of sixty shillings. Mr. BURRELL—In default of payment you will be com mitted for one month to the House of Correction. Defendant—l'll lay as many months as you please in prison ; but you get no 60s. out of me. The defendant was then removed, venting curses on the police. John Smith, Thonzas Powell, and John Buxton, three professional gentlemen, as they termed themselves, were charged by a police-constable with making a noise in the streets, and being very disorderly, as they were returning to their domicile in St. Ann's-lane. The constable stated that the defendants were making the most extraordinary noise he ever heard in his life ; he could not tell what it was like. Defendant—Your worship, we were going quietly home, rehearsint , our parts. Mr. BURRELL—Pray what are you? Defendant.— Why, we are. hactors. . Mr. BURRELL—Actors! Defendant—Yes, hactors. I plays tunes on my cheeks, and makes better music than any one on their chins. I calls myself a cheek melodist. The constable here produced a wooden doll, some cups and balls, &c. Defendant.—Thems the things wot we performs with, just a little of the hanky-panky business at public-houses. There did not appear to be any thing like high treason in the articles found on the defendants, and they were dis charged, with a recommendation to rehearse their parts at home for , the future. A poor old woman, named Caffray, was charged, by a police-constable of the B division, with exposing a board, containing fruit and vegetables, on the carriage and foot way pavements in Strutton-ground, Westminster. The poor woman, in her defence, said that she had no other mode of getting her living. She had a husband, up wards of 70 years of age, who was unable to work from his infirmities, and whom she supported without applying to the parish for relief, and she hoped for his sake she might go, and she would never place her board on the pavement again. Glass, the messenger of St. Margaret's workhouse, who was in the office, confirmed the defendant's statement as to the state of her husband. Mr. GREGORIE said that she must pay a penalty of 40s. and her goods must be confiscated. The defendant declared that she had not any money, and begged to be let off. The money not being forthcoming, she was committed for l 4 days to the House of Correction. HATTON-GARDEN. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.-Illary Daley, a fashionably attired and handsome-looking female, about twenty-five years of age, was charged with having stolen two 51. Bank of England notes, sixteen sovereigns, one gold watch, two silver watches, one tortoiseshell box, containing a quantity of jewellery ; one China crape shawl, some ostrich feathers, twelve yards of silk, and a great many other articles, the property of an elderly widow lady, named Mary Stalker. The prosecutrix deposed that she occupied the first floor of No. 22, Lower -street, Islington. Seven weeks ago the Prisoner took a furnished parlour in the same house ; a few days afterwards witness invited her to tea, when she was so delighted with her lady-like manners and interesting conver sation that ever afterwards while she was at home, she sought her society. In fact, such was the confidence she reposed in her that she was led to make known to her all the secrets, even as to the property she possessed in the Funds, and other places. She, however, had been grossly deceived in the accused, for, on Saturday last, while witness was out, she broke into her apartments, opened her trunks and drawers, and stole nearly every valuable they contained, with which she decamped. She gave information of her loss to the po lice, who fortunately succeeded in finding out her retreat. George Havill, a police sergeant, No. 9 N division, said, after much trouble he traced the prisoner to No. 2, Pem broke-square, Kensington, where she had taken elegantly furnished apartments. She at first- denied that her name was Daley, and said she had never been in Islington, but afterwards confessed that she was the person of whom he was in search. With the exception of three sovereigns witness had recovered the whole of the prosecutrix's property. The Magistrate said the constable deserved great praise. The prisoner, who declined making any defence, was fully committed to Newgate. Yesterday James Hart, a young man residing at No. 31, Britannia-row, Islington, was brought before Mr. SEL- Low, charged on suspicion of being privy to the death of Joseph Hart, who has disappeared in a mysterious manner. From the evidence of Mrs. Jane Hart, of No. 14, Fox court, Gray's-Inn-lane, it appeared that the missing man, who was her husband, left his home in company of the pri soner at an early hour in the morning of the 3d of August last year, and she had not since heard of him. The pri soner returned to his lodgings at a late hour on the follow ing night, and when asked by witness what had become of hor husband, he answered, " Joe will be back no more." Mr. Sergeant SELLON said it was an extraordinary charge, and asked the prosecutrix the reason why she had given the prisoner into custody ? She replied, that she thought he was concerned in his death. Mr. Sergeant SELLON—This is a very serious offence, and before you make such a charge you should be prepared with evidence to support it. Prosecutrix—l am sure the prisoner knows something about my husband. If he was living I should hear from him ; he would never desert me. . Mr. Sergeant SELLON inquired of the prisoner whether he was desirous of saying anything. Prisoner—l am unable to tell what has become of her husband. He went out with me, it is true, but I did not stay with him many minutes. I parted with him to go to my work, and I supposed he was go ing to his. I never said to Mrs. Hart that Joe would be back no more. Prosecutrix—Oh yes, you did ; your wife heard you. Mr. Sergeant SELLON being informed that the prisoners' wife was in attendance, ordered her to be sworn. She was then questioned by the Magistrate, but nothing was elicited to unravel the mystery. She most positively denied that her husband made use of the expression attributed to him. The Magistrate said there was not the slightest ground for apprehending the prisoner, whom he discharged. WORSHIP-STREET. TIIE ALLEGED MURDER OF A TRADES' UNIONIST. Patrick Carey, otherwise Cadogan, was again placed at the bar, before Mr. Broughton, to undergo another examination previous to his committal to Newgate on the Coroner's warrant to take his trial, on a charge of having caused the death of a man named Timothy Brien, by suddenly striking bim a mortal blow on his head. The MAGISTRATE informed the prisoner that he had been found guilty of manslaughter, and committed him for trial. Yesterday two children, of the name of Wilson, one a littld girl not eight years of age, and the other, her brother, twelve years only, were brought before Mr. TWYFORD, the sitting Magistrate, charged with obtaining a number of children's chaises. Sergeant Holland, of the N division, informed t'he Ma gistrate that on Wednesday last he was sent for by a Mr. Morris, who informed hi m th at t h e younges t pr i sone r had just obtained a child's chaise from him on hire at the rate of 2d. an hour. She said she lived in Brick-lane, Spital fields, and that she was sent by her mother. Mr. Morris asked her if she had the money to leave for the hire, and, finding she had not, sent her home for it, when, in a short time, she returned with it. The time she took in going to Brick-lane being so short, the complainant questioned her if she really had been home ; in answer to which she said yes, but had run all the way, upon which she received the chaise. Strongly suspecting, however, that he might have been imposed upon, notwithstanding that her behaviour and appearance were all in her favour, he despatched a boy after her to watch her. Thomas Webb, the boy, said that he afterwards saw the prisoner, when out of sight of the complainant, give the chaise up to her brother. Witness immediately took it from them, and accompanied them to where they said their mother lived, but on arriving at the house no such person, resided there. Witness, in consequence, informed the officer, Holland, of the circumstance, who took them into custody. Holland told the Magistrate that he had already thirty charges against them, all for obtaining' chaises in a similar manner. From inquiry which he had made, he had ascer tained that the prisoners had no residence in that.district, but lived with their mother in'Gray's Inn-lane, and also that most of the chaises, which cost from 20s. to 80s. each, had, on being obtained, been sold by them for a mere trifle. A broker, named Williams, deposed to having purchased one of them for ss. He had no idea it had been stolen. Mr. TWYFORI)--YOU ought to go to prison yourself. To the prisoners —Have you a father ? Prisoner—L-No ; le is dead. Holland—The father, I am told, *was a very respeetabl man, and a shipowner. Mr. TWYFORD said he should send the prisoners for trial, but ordered them to be brought up again for further exa mination, to give the other parties an opportunity of coming forward against them. THAMES POLICE. YeSterday Captain William Tisdell, the master of the Star Gravesend steamer, was brought befOre the sitting magistrate, in custody of Blaby, an officer, charged with navigating his vessel at a gre a t er rate or speed than five miles an hour between London Bride and the eastern limits of Limehouse Reach, by which he had incurred a penalty of .51. The prosecution was instituted by the Waterman's Com pany, at the request of Mr. Tubb's, a country magistrate. Mr. Straight, a solicitor, said the manner in which the Sift?' was navigated was such, as to attract the attention of the Thames police officers, and also the notice of a magi strate, Mr. Stubbs, - who was present. The defendant at tended on Saturday last, in pursuance of a summons exhi bited against him, but the presiding magistrate, Mr. 800- DERIP, having occasion to retire for a minute, the defend ant left the office, and had behaved in a most contemptu ous manner towards the bench. Mr. COMBE—Never mind that ; I care not for the con tempt he has exhibited for the magistrates. Prove your case. Mr. Straight said he would do so. The Watermen's Company, had, notwithstandi n c, the trouble and e x pe nse , taken up this prosecution on public grounds. George Walker Judge, a surveyor of Thames Police, stated that on the morning of the day named he was on his way to that office in a Thames police galley with Mr. Tubbs, the magistrate. He steered the boat, and so soon as he opened the Upper Pool off the Custom-house, he saw the Star coming up at a rapid rate. He observed to the magistrate that she was going very fast, but that she would stop when she saw the police galley. She did not, however, slacken her speed, but passed them off Iron gate-stairs, and left such a heavy swell behind her, that he was obliged to put the galley's head to it, to prevent her from being swamped. He had been used to the water for twenty years, and he had no hesitation in swearing that the Star was proceeding at the rate of eight miles an hour at least. Mr. TUBBS said he was a Magistrate of the county of Middlesex, and recollected being on the river in the police galley on Monday week. The last witness pointed his at tention to the velocity of the steamer, and after she had passed, he noticed the state of the water, which was greatly agitated, and but for the exertions of the watermen, the galley would have been capsized. The swell was likely to prove dangerous to small boats, and he was of opinion, that if a light wherry had been passing, nothing would have saved it from going down. Mr. Straight—At what pace was the Star going ? Mr. TUBBS—I am not so well qualified to give an opinion as the officers who are conversant with the navigation of the river, but I have no hesitation in'saying that she was going at the rate of aboire five miles an hour. Mr. Straight then called Joseph Tindall, a cousin of the defendant, and Charles Wrig, Thames police constables, who were in the boat, and they said the steamer was going at the rate of at least eight miles an hour, and left a very heavy sea behind her. Tisdall further stated that the de fendant had since told him that he did not consider he was going above seven miles an hour. The Defendant —I deny that. I never said any such thing. Mr. COMBE said the witnesses were .respectable, and men of experience, and he believed them. M r . H. S. Gibbs, the agent of the Star Steam-packet Company, said he came from Gravesend on the day in question in the Star, and he wished to state his most decided feeling that every care and caution was used by the defendant. He was on the larboard paddle-box, and on entering Limehouse Reach he heard tile defendant call out to the engineer to put the vessel at half speed. Three minutes afterwards he gave orders for the vessel not to go too fast, and his impression was that the Star was going below five miles an hour. The Star performed the voyage from Gravesend to London, including a few stoppages, on the 11th of Auo e' mst, in two hours and fifty- seven m inutes against tide- The distance was twenty-six miles. Several witnesses said the distance was thirty-two miles. Mr. COMBE asked when the half-speed was put on ? Mr. Gibbs replied at the eastern limits of Limehouse Reach, about two miles and a half from London Bridge. The agent was again contradicted, and it was stated that the distance by measurement was somewhat above three miles and a half. Mr. COMBE said there was some fallacy in the conclu sions which Mr. Gibbs had come to, and he could not give credence to his statements, which were, a matter of judg ment after all in opposition to the evidence of experienced At the same time he was willing to make every al lowance for Mr. Gibbs, who as an agent of the Company must feel interested. men. Mr. Banyon, the clerk, and Messrs. White, Randall, and Thompson, rulers of the Watermen's Company, said they had no wish to stop the progress of steam navigation, but to compel the masters of steamers to moderate their speed. They related some accidents which had recently occurred from the velocity of the steamers in the Pool. Mr. COMBS said that there was no doubt that the Star was proceeding at the rate of above five miles an hour ; but as it had not been proved that any actual injury was done lie should mitigate the penalty to 3/. and costs. UNION-HALL. Yesterday Thomas Burt, the driver of a Peckham om nibus, was brought before Mr. TRAILL, charged with furi ous driving and endangerinc, the lives of the public. Two young ladies, the endangering of Mr. Capper, of the Alien-office, got into the omnibus of which the defendant was the driver at Peckham, with the intention of coming to town. When the vehicle reached the Kent-road another omnibus happened to come up, and the drivers of both commenced racing one against the other, evidently with the view of seeing which would reach the Bricklayers' Arms soonest. During the race, and when the vehicles arrived at a place called Kent -terrace, the drivers of them suddenly pulled up, and here a contention arose between the conduc tors as to which of them was entitled to have two female passengers who were proceeding to town. The Misses Capper were desirous of leaving the vehicle altogether, in consequence of the danger they were exposed to, owing to the furious manner in which they were driven, but they were prevented by the conductor, who expressed his deter mination not to allow any of the passengers (they were all ladies) to alight before they got to Westminster, unless they paid the full fare. It was further stated, that the ladies in the defendant's omnibus at the time were so alarmed at the rapidity with which they were driven, that they screamed aloud, but no notice was taken of their condition.by either the defendant or the conductor of the omnibus. Edward Riley, a policeman of the R division, stated that he was on duty in the Kent-road, when he saw the defendant, who was on the box of an omnibus, driving along at a most furious rate towards town, both horses being in a full gallop. When the vehicle arrived nearly opposite to where he (the policeman) was standing, he heard a lady call out to open the door, saying that she was in danger of her life. At this time the omnibus pulled up to take in other passengers, and he heard the conductor say that he would be —if any of the passengers should alight unless they paid the full fare to Westminster. The conductor then desired the defendant to drive on, and the hint was immediately taken, and he commenced lashing the horses, which set off at as full speed as before, until at length he was compelled to slacken his pace on reaching the Brick layers' Arms, in consequence of the number of coaches and other vehicles in front of that house. Here the ladies alighted altogether from the omnibus, and as there was no gentleman in the vehicle during the journey, the policeman was called upon to notice the circumstance, and to be pre pared to give his evidence in case it should be required. Mr. Capper described the difficulty of getting'hold of the omnibus and cab drivers who misconduct themselves, and said that in consequence of the defendant's discharge from his situation, owing to his conduct on the present occasion, it was some time before he was taken ; but he (Mr. Cap per), for the sake of public justice, determined upon follow ing it up for the purpose of having the offender punished. Mr. TRAIL said that it was one of those cases which was very properly brought before a Magistrate ; and if the drivers of those vehicles who misconducted themselves were oftener complained against, it would have the effect of in suring more safety to the public than they hitherto have had. The defendant admitted that he drove very fast on the day mentioned, and said that it was owing to the opposition on the road. The Magistrate inflicted'a penalty of 40s. and costs on the defendant, who refused to pay the fine,, and he was therefore committed for six weeks to the House of Cor rection. A gentleman who employs a great many hands in a manufactory in the west of England, in order to encourage his work people in a due attendance at church on a fast day, told them that if they went to church they would receive their wages for that day in the same manner as if they lid been at work upon which a deputation was appointed to acquaint their employer that if he would pay them for over hours, they would attend likewise at the Methodist chapel in the evening. BANKRUPTCY COURT. --Acs'. 93, (Before Mr. CoMinissioner FANE.) MAJOR RUSSELL'S BANKRUr TCY. 001 A meeting of the creditors under the fiat of han g ; a t itc• awarded against Major V. Russell, of Brighton O f gent-street, of i dealer, was held to-day for the further cleats and the declaration of a dividend. The ba l .'" b ' t i o n, 1:1111 entered largely into building operations in linf t of 'here he held much property but against whom a l ' a de bo bankruptcy was issued about two ' years since. r rh, e , „ - ble• and engagements of the bankrupt were very con elOl for Mr. SWEET, the Solicitor, appeared to enter a el ai t - , f o r 1,057/. under the following circumstances whom he appeared was a Mr. Henry Carpenter, ° , l 6 ,11er. cester, but who formerly was in business as a tallow-eual. to ) , Mr. Carpenter sold a business, lease of house, &e" in ' Laver, and the bankrupt, Major Russell, became slireooev, a bond for the amount of 1,4801. for the purchase ine accept Subsequently Mr. Laver induced Mr. Carpenter to ' s ;b• a re-assignment of the lease, but before possession ices tained a fiat of bankruptcy was issued, and the C P re ' ter arpe D was taken possession of by the assignees. • ••,-• • ', es tate' had received five shillings in the pound from Laveir,", and he now sought to claim against Major thee ' b ond In 1,0571. 11s. 10d., being the balance due on which the banruecame able. The COMMI k SSIO pt NE b li R had considerable hesitation tillpt lowing the claim to be entered at all. Here the fs transpired about two years, and now, for the first tita,e' ,' lo t this claim brought forward, and without notice. 1 eo r ever been his practice . to order the p a yment of as se l o pteJ as soon as possible. It was time some prac tice was 3 11Ll ight to prevent such claims from locking upmoney ,whic. be divided. Mr. SWEET said if the claim were opposed, lie oa lJ - once tender a proof ; and if that was rejected, lie - t appeal to he Court of Revi ew deci A tlYi After some discussion, the C.OMMISSIONF,R the claim should' be allowed to be ente re I conditional' that, if it was not converted into a proof ( by the nest ing, it should be expunged. This course was acceded to by Mr. Sweet. esta te, The total amount of the debts proved ag ainst w :Die" , is 12,798/. A dividend was orderd to be declare will amount to about Is. 6d. in the pound. to Some conversation arose during the proceedinb'ita as rr" the right of the messenger of the Court to certain C-0 for attending the sale of the household furnitere - bankrupt, of which there were several houses fall . d id The COMMISSIONER decided that such a dutY:lcretfr form part of the messenger's office ; as, howe ver, tors had been materially served by the messeng er Preeiolil ing the goods from being sold at a great sacrifice, be oor sanction any sum being given to the me3senget til nees thought fit. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE• 1 0 ' NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—L ANC4BrEIt, (Before Mr. Baron GURNEY.) C o• IMPORTANT TO BROKERS—WALKINSHAW 1) Oi BUCHANAN AND CO . This was an action brought by the plaintif s '. e rbl o ` East India merchants, against the defendants, 11.`bii. i spectable brokers in Liverpool, to recover a son °,1,1(0,1,1. A question of the highest commercial imnolt a * l 4 .; :11* volved in the result of this trial. The plai'i t " — I' c i r e f - principals of a highly respectable house at Boinb a te also a house at Glasgow, and about two years since established a branch of their house at Liverpool ` l f, e 5131 firm of John Skinner and Co. The business of t'oe4, ' lishment was under the superintendence of l‘ fr. ,t , o l , Adam, one of the present plaintiffs. It is the cu ens'' Liverpool for merchants in the import trade t i ° 0 0 '; brokers to sell their goods. Those brokers. There are also .buying berokers. :I,":9lAtt'r selling broker effects a sale to a buying broker, t he P.d gives the name of the parties for whom he ul5 •s chase. The selling broker then sends in to 1 ' 1 , 1 5 roll e i , what is called a contract note, with the price 30 %01j the broker who purchased the goods and, t h is whom they were bought. The note in question i s °. s B l / sent in within forty-eight hours after tbe too, , effected (the goods being generally s old b ) , ` in order that the merchanthave t ` l , may e 'L li of rescinding the sale, or of enforcing the or r , ; which are generally cash or approved bills en though usually, when the parties are approved of, I d : is not demanded for ten days or the invoice furni•tbe,ooY, articles of sale by auction are more protective °flat wise, and therefore not generally enforced, W il e '', th e :e event of the purchaser not being approved of. t ' i i i l3rt v of May last the defendants, Messrs. Buchanan 3n ,,,,tt 09 : sold for the plaintiffs 'a quantity of cassia an:l;ol,4'.' auction, to the house of Messrs. Ohmann at'u Liverpool, and to the amount of 8001., which w'ol: diately delivered. On the 21st of May and Kemp stopped payment, and the plaintiffs, • - i c t el to.t l4 settlement for their cassia and cotton, now s° t*l ' l 1 ' )) ' the defendants, Messrs. .Buchanan and nr °wrie ;)6 l upon the grounds that the note of contract Onta.i names of the purchasers was not furnished t°, forty 1i the usual time, as by custom established ; an d ' I they known that their goods had got into tbegAt Messrs. Ohmann and Kemp they would not bave;rdfr, order for their delivery until they had been PP n- On the part of the plaintiffs; by the evineateY chief and managing clerk, Mr. Hardman, it aPPeoce the note of contract was not delivered at th e ° e r ) the 27th or 28th 'May, being three or four c l 5 Y 5 koorbF failure of Messrs. Ohmann and Kemp, nor did ica' b , e ,, c ltl; name of the purchasers until it was conunun,,clo by one of the defendants, and that was o n the of the failure. o er c c r By the evidence of several most respectable:, prs and brokers, it appeared that it is the uny' lli' to 4 : l ,Ji for the selling broker, within forty - eight boos, his principal the name of the party for whom , t , lle ;tv it yl purchased. The order for their delivery h'1:01',(le"' until it receives his sanction, the delivery hems broker. • For the defendants it was contended, that 'forl''V' note of contract was not delivered exactly hours ; still the custom was not strict to a ti c l e '; 'e ni t •was delivered in proper time, and in quite - s n ' — guard against the apprehension of a failure. i. , 0 1: 6; ,, Several most respectable merchants and 'l4'7 called, who all said that the limit of the tir n ,j, of contract was not so strict and punc t u al a 5 by the plaintiff's witnesses, and f re quent tJ t re r e o . i t y' the note was not for three or four days after," t i llel l 'Al invariably the goods were delivered before 3 demanded. And as to informing the princeAeri.i',9' b goods were sold, the respectability of the br ; made that unnecessary, as the choice of a Ifel' ,00 0: 0 1 confided to their discretion. There era ` fof dictory evidence as to the delivery of the n°`;:tV and also as to the knowledge which the P l ' ll-' ff be ,'t ri l Messrs.Ohmann and Kemp were the purchasel: ce .) Mr. Baron GURNEY. summed up the ecr:te;'( derable length, and the Jury, after a few 1 , ,,1i n- the tion, found a verdict for the plaintiffs O r 4 4 / co- 0 7 claimed, 817/. 16s. 10d. A t ; t i The case excited conside ra bl e i n terest , an' crowded, not only as witnesses but as al- 1(1401'5' hers of the first merchants in Liverpool. _,7; • BIR THS. 1744. , ~.i On the 20th inst., the lady of John Butler, ' Lo 8' house, Berks, of a daughter. fi' ,f On the 22d inst., in Whi'ehall place th e lady ° r. , - ~ Esq.,of a daughter. Av Ot On the 20th inst., in Tavistock-square, the la "' j", Esq. O , of a son.Charlton' i n the 21st inst., at Kennington, Mrs. ,„. _cc ~ daughter. On the 2 inst., the lady of Joseph Delpra.2_dlt!2. street., Portland-place, of a daughter. MARRIED. char, On the 31st of J u ly, i n t h e New P ro testant - a . by the Rev. J. S. Pering, Chaplain to the Fer e el' L. Edridge, of th e R oya l A rt ille ry, to Mary Au.' of Thomas Grain, Esq iel‘ Fre aer lo it On the 19th inst at . Ormesby, Norfolk, Lieutenant of the Hon . East India Compl.o'.9oli,t°' second son of John Ensor, of Rollesby Hall, 1 -` l3l. ri rP daughter of the late Gerard Montagu, Esq. fir. di On the 15th inst., at Ugborough, the Rev' Vicar of Morebath and Perpetual Curate of Montague Baker Bere, Esq., of Morebath Mary Emily, daughter of the Rev. John Spry, a, V er On the 29th May, at St. James's, ClerkenWeasalit Grenfell, Esq., to Charlotte Adelaide, John Elliot, Esq. gea On the 19th inst., at Cheltenham, the . li c tec A.M., of Catherine Hall, Cambridge , V ice daog ilest William's College, Isle of Man, to Eliza, " t. Thomas Willmott, Esq., of Sherborne, Der'evawart On the 21st inst., at Ewell, Surrey, Mr._ .... .f iter 0 , 4 , Trowbridge, Wilts, to Mary Amt, eldest '13'114 31r;obo Willeter, of Kiuswood, Surrey. f J° On the 21St inst., at St. George's, Soutl,‘o, ton, of Islington, to Emma, eldest daughter the Old Kent -road. 1 31 •: fourth 004, On the !Sth inst., in his ith il' ye j a i t : , the 13 ,,. e1 t,00 3P1 : sl''' I' ' head master of the-Derby Free Grammar '''.. d t Osmaston, near Derby. his O i‘ n ia t j h e e sty l9 ,s th o u is lt to ., ms a, Pictou, Cot t a ~# Tar' # On the 22d inst., in Mark-lane, in her 77th 3 0 , 1 rOO .l Nova Scoti a, , A, I Mr. Luke Her.vorth, of the South Sca-hous". of 6„ On the 26th ult., at Almeria, in the province 1 1 3 9 0 '` Edward M‘Donnell, Esq., fourth sou of th e late r ill ''' Esq., of Dublin. inn, relict 0 On the 211 inst., at South L bth ,r , the wife Franc At the Dingle Bank, near Liverpo:,l, le 11 , r a bter S o t f o E ne d , w r a e r c d :to c r roofpCreoil.,d Norton Essc oil yea( t lay, Esq. lalil tw On the 12th inst., Wm. 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