The Sun. — London, England, 1827-09-15 00:00:00

MOUT 0? THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. In another part of the Paper we have inserted from an evening journal, the Globe, of yesterday,l a compendious and well-executed narrative of certain transactions which took place at the last election for Leicester, and which were the means of sending into Parliament the present repres sentatives of that borough. It would appear, from letters and other documents thus brought to light, that the Corporation of Leicester, hav ing at their disposal the chartered revenues of the borough, granted for purposes among which the payment of fees for honorary freemen, and the general expences of election contests, un doubtedly were not enumerated—first, beat up for anti-Catholic candidates, and next made a bargain by which they bound themselves to pay, for one of these candidates, whatever might be the surplus' expences of the contest above a par ticular sum. In the end it seems that this vir tuous and truly Orange Corporation, remember ing their political character of anti-Catholics, but omitting to remember their legal, municipal, and moral character of trustees—that is to say, hav ing before their eyes a loyal fear of the Pope, but not the more homely fear of the Devil—did ex pend very large sums of money, not less, as is re presented, than 24,0001., in prosecution of the contest for Sir Charles Hastings, whom they had invited to stand, in the name and on behalf of the " glorious memory, &c." In spring last, 3/1 - r, Burbidge, Town Clerk of the Corporation, whose fonds are said to have been severely dipped by this enterprise, made a demand upon Mr. Otway Cave, the colleague of Sir Charles Hastings, for part payment of the Cerporation expences. The Hon. Gentleman replies, through his agents, that he had already paid rather more than enough-16,0001. is his alleged contribu tion to the Orange pic-nic),—and his friend.. especially object to a charge of one thousand pounds for " secret service money !" which Mr. Burbidge has had the naive coolness to admit was disbursed in payment of the admis sion fees of a number of honorary, non-resident, occasional, " tree-blue," otherwise anti-Catholic voters. There, except that the worshipful Corpora tors, we read, are to he brought to a reckoning for their " loyal and constitutional" administration of the trust funds confided to them,—the matter at present rests. Between Mr. Otway Cave and the Corporation there is no moral difference but this—that one party has committed what we arc oil-fashioned enough to look upon as a heinous crime, and the other has been a particeps cri minis. It is otherwise, however, between the Cor poration and the inhabitants of Leicestenotherwise between the Corporation and the Constitution of England. It is true that language has been held in a grave assembly, and by an individual who ought to be ex officio the gravest authority in the kingdom, calculated, if not intended, to en courage the doctrine, that a corporation reventie is the private property of the Corporation—that is, of the members of the Corporation pro tem ple, not for definite and wholesome purposes of a beneficial nature to the inhabitants or neigh bourhood at large, but for any end which may suit the caprice, the improvidence, or selfishness of the managers claiming under the charter : nay, that the property may be converted, as in. this case, to ends altogether destructive of the rights and privileges which the charter contemplated, and for the sacred maintenance of which the corporate body was instituted, viz.—to the crea tion of stranger votes, composed of non-resi— dents who know nothing about the place or itslocal intereste—of certain classes or orders of non-resi dents, as, for instance, 104 clergymen, Rho seal( to force, and succeed in forcing, a representative of their own party spirit, instead of a representa tive of the spirit predominating in the borough for which they vote ; and thus transfer to them selves the charter origina,Ny bestowed upon the resident or native freemen, who are virtually disfranchised, by this corrupt perversion of trust, professedly established as their security. If the doctrine which prevailed in the House of Lords het Session should be once recognized for con stitutional and valid, we do not see what is to prevent a corporation from making, bye-laws— which, indeed, many of them have done—for vesting in themselves and their personal repre sentatives, the whole profitable interest in the estates of their respective trusts. 'What should binder the chief of any strong interest in a given corporation from spending, on his own return to Parliament—as well as on that of a Sir Charles Hastings—the 20,0001. or 30,0001. above re ferred to ? 1 hat such things are done both here and in Ireland, is notorious : it wanted but a hint from a Lord Chancellor or so, to make the practice perpetual ; unless, indeed, a remedy be found, which is already, we believe, in exten sive action, and which, by reducing the greater part of the corporaiions throughout the kingdom to beggary, will leave them no materials for pre datory or fraudulent enterprises. This cure, however effectual to one object, would, no doubt, be fatal to another, the public benefits designed by the several charters, as local improvemeßts , charities, &c., perishing with the power which despoiled them.—Times. We are glad to see that the subject of Bail b eg i n s to occupy the attention of the public. We long ago pointed out the practice of exact ing it in trumpery cases of assault, &c., as th© cause of unspeakable suffering to the lower or ders. The Commlilee for the Improvement of Prison Discipline have, in their last valuable Rei)ort, taken up the questio, in a manner which must be of great service, in awak:ning the pub lic to a due sense of the magnitude of the evil. There are many philanthropical individuals in F,ngland, who would 'willingly benefit their fel kow.creatures if they kn ew how. For want of t h e r equisite k nowledge, it too often happens that their benevolent efforts lead to little practi cal good. Hence th e slow progress made in the remedying the most obvious evils. Th ey wonder that the " Classical Land of Liberty" should be the Land of Prisons, and never suspect that these prisons are wantonly and unnecessarily crowded with persons who, were it not for the most lamentable defects of our laws, would never have been deprived of their liberty. They !:Par pith astonishment of millions being now de mended for county rates, but never think of ana lysing the lists of commitments with a view o f ascertaining how far they are called for, and how far they 'grow out of abuse. A very clever fo reigner, who resided long in England, and paid' particular attention to the working of our legal seetem, observed, slimy years ago, ss There neve r was a country in ;Which personal liberty 'is so much sported with , is in England the number of imprisonments amounts annually above. a hundred thousand, not in execution, but on .reere presumption of debt or crime. • • - .• • If an offence is not very grave, the Magistrat e only sets the accused at liberty w h e n two suretlea have been offered. The rich easily find surety, and the.poor await their sen tence in prison. Such itCtlie - celebrated equality of English justice.,. . e . It has been _ calculated that men arrived at the age of twenty one have nearly thirty-fiv i e years to live. Eng land, with a population of twelve millions, has two millions and a half above twenty-one, and, consequently, subject to imprisonment. The number of imprisonments in thirty-five years being above the number of majors, all the males born in this country of freedom ought to be in prison once in their lives, if the females had not the charity to share the burden with them. Thus the English seem all doomed to expiate the original sin of being prisoners born. '— • The statement we gave the other day of the pri soners in Clerkenwell proves that the greater I , number of the prisoners are in gaol for want of bail. A poor man finds the greatest diffi culty in persuading men to come forward to bail him, not merely on account of the loss of time, but the dread of the trouble frequently entailed on sureties, in consequence of neglects of for malities of one kind or another. The obvious and only remedy is the constitution of Courts, in sufficient number, for the cognizance of such causes as come before the Tribunals of Correc tional Police in France. Summary justice in those cases is the only justice. A Contempo rary ( The Globe) observed, with respect to the analysis of the prisoners in Clerkenwell— " 'We allow it is probable, that the great majo rity of these prisoners are guilty—that is, of some offence, for which, if tried at the instant, they ,would deserve to be fined half-a-crown ; but surely, it is a practice, to the absurdity of which nothing but habit could blind us, to imprison before trial on such charges, because they do not give such security for their appearance, as from 1 their station in life it is impossible they should obtain. The reasonable way of proceeding would be, to give them notice of the time when their trial would take place ; then, if they did not attend, it would be at their own peril, for sentence should be passed in their absence, and they should be subjected to such punishment as their cases de served." But in the present state of our popu lation, it might be dangerous to benefit the lower orders, reckless as they have become, with this liberty. The 'great point both for plaintiff and defendant is, to have the case decided at once. In this busy commercial country, there are in every great town numbers who wish to leave it in a day or two on business. As things go now a defendant is held to bail to appear at the Ses sions, when, after a considerable interval, the parties and their witnesses must attend the trial. What a direful hardship is thus imposed on numbers ! Many men are thus forced to put up with injuries rather than subject themselves to such an inconvenience. The defendant, in like manner, may often, for a case involving a half-a-crown punishment, lose opportunities worth every tlung to him. The whole system ought to be changed; and if men of any influence in the country would but think of the sufferings of the lower orders, the evil might be remedied. The subject ought to be forced on the attention of Ministers. It is a great mistake to suppose it is affronting a Minister to importune Inns on matters of this kind. It, on the contrary, forms a justification for his activity, and frees him from the odium often attached to originating reforms, which shock the stupid prejudices of the rich.— Morning chronicle. • The nomination of Mr. Stanley, the Member for Preston, to succeed Mr. Wilmot Horton as Under Secretary of State in the Colonial De partment, reflects much credit upon Mr. Hus kisson and whoever else may have been instru mental in the appointment. Without reference to what particular. party_iu.politica Mr. Stanley may .beloug, it. will be a sufficient reconunenda tiou of him in the eyes of the country, that he is one of the few young men of the present age, who, besides possessing distinguished talents, has shown a disposition to apply them usefully to the public service. Instead of wasting his early years in the hells of Newmarket or St. James's street, Mr. Stanley has shown a strong disposi tion to acquire knowledge of all kinds at the fountain-head, and especially in reference to that department to which he is now attached. It is no small recommendation with us, too, that. Mr. Stanley is a member of an ancient family ; for though it is a great advantage that men may in this country rise from the very lowest grades of society to the highest, yet, from the mixed nature of the Government, it is extremely desirable that those of the second rank in the state should fur nish a succession of talent sufficient to maintain for their order its due share of weight and influence in it. Of this we have of late years witnessed but too little ; nor is the present prospect, generally speaking, much more inviting. While knowledge is spreading so generally among their inferiors, it would be well if the sons of the Aristocracy were taught that " knowledge is power;' and that if they wish to maintain their • due station in soeiety, they should be anxious to excel in those qualities which are, after all, of more lasting and important distinction than any which mere rank or statioo can bestow. — Morning Herald. That vaccination is one of the greatest and most useful discoveries of the present age cannot be denied. After undergoing a long and severe test, the proofs of its efficacy if not in destroying, at least in greatly mitigating the ravages of that cruel and desolating distemper the small-pox have been placed beyond all question ; yet a practice still prevails to a great extent in , this country, by which the latter disease is wilfully perpetuated. A great number ' of persons, actuated by a most extraordinary and obstinate prejudice, have their children inoculated with the variolus natter in preference to the vaccine. The consequence is, that they not only, in a their own %yv e c ( l ik l ,t d o r children n ri pee t ili o ._, great many instances, cause fall sacrifices to their folly, but spread death a;lil deformity by means of this minor pestilence throughout large and populons neighbourhoods.' To the " philosophers" of the " Malthus school," this must be the most pleasing intelli gence; but as we have not suflici,ent sagacity to comprehend how the diminution of I:taman btp prac tice.oue. :l: elt N ee N in.t r fi l e i i yerpeesosl small-pox, iea u tli l ll s t it iai si.eiPring can operate to the disadvantage qf t ' i n i f e z 11 plague' mankind, e w: would d wish as a as stop litle put a t to the possible n c y ap in n o c r e e o t r ha ig n no im ra i l i i o ce rt , p tl e ie opl f e ree b - e ag a e l i l i o e act ao as to endanger the lives of their neighbours, or to impair their health, th e law properly calls such conduct a nuisance, and punishes it ac cozll r ingly. It was always an in dictable offence at Common Law, for a person to expose a child sick of the ania ll-p ox so as to infect others ; but as tnortila,tion with the Qirus of that distemper was ,sPsideretl rather salutary than Othi;;TiSe before time discovery ofvaccina tion, the practice, 1:1c other surgical operations, was held to be legal. Now, however, instead of answering any good purpose, it serves to prevent the extirpation of one of the greatest physical evils that ever afflicted humanity. But besides ignorant prejudices ; there is a sordid self-interest arrayed against vaccination. The inferior sort of surgeons and apothecaries have what they, no doubt, consider a " vested interest" in the pro fitable devastations of the small-pox. They wish to keep in active operation as long as they can this source of domestic affliction and professional gain. They keep up, therefore, the prejudice among ignorant people against vaccination. — Some of them have even been detected in using 21 . : improper virus instead of the genuine vaccine, in order to bring the latter into disrepute. Under these circumstances the inoculation with the small-pox will go on until, like the exposure of a plague-sore, it is made an in#table offence. —lbid. .El.l The following have been the Alftng prices of Mexican Bonds for the last three days :—Wed nesday, 66 ; Thursday, 61i ; Friday, 55. Mere we have a fall of no less than 11k on 66k, or 18-i per cent. in the brief space of seventy-two hours ! The quantity of money lost, and the quantity of misery inflicted, by such a fluctua tion, we have no means of guessing ; but as suredly neither has been small. To-day it is probable that a still farther depression will take place. In another column will be found a no tice signed Viscount Rocafuerte, which states, that no funds have been received for the pay ment of the dividends due on the Ist October. The Viscount expresses at the same time an opinion, in which we concur, that there is no reason for doubting that th e St a t e o f M e xico, whose researches are boundl ess i n exten t, an d who asks only time to render them available, will pay all the demands upon it with usury. But, in the mean time, the deferred hopes of the holders of the securities are exposed to a severe trial, and many, whose circumstances ren der it impossible to hold them, are ruined. The question that suggests itself to our minds at the present moment with irresistible force, is— " Has any means been used to soften the calamity produced by the present fluctuation ?" When, we should like to learn, did the in formation communicated in M. Rocafuerte's advertisement arrive ? Such a piece of intelli gence, if kept from the Bondholders one minute later than the forms necessary for its publication required, was kept a minute too long. Had Messrs. Baring, who are so deeply interested in the dividends of the Mexican Loan, no intima tion of the insolvency of the Government before yesterday evening ? If they had, how came it that they did not impart their knowledge ? The announcement of the payment of the dividends, pursuant to the usual practice, was to have been made this day. This day, for the first time, it is stated that no dividends are forthcoming. The suddenness of a blow is a great addition to its weight. If ten days ago an intimation, similar to that of this day, had been made, we cannot suppose that so great a depression in these Stocks would have took place. We accuse neither M. Rocafuerte, nor Messrs. Baring, but we cannot help, notwithstanding, deeply lamenting the consequences of the tardy publication of the fact whether that tardiness arose from ignorance, or any other cause. While we thus express our selves, we cannot, for a moment, allow that the panic in relation to these securities, though not ungrounded, is not exaggerated beyond what the case merits. It would be ab surd to place the debts of a state like Mexico on a par with the debts of such a king dom as Spain, with which some, in their despondence, have already begun to compare them. The circumstances of the two States are RS different ~ike their_ anvernm....A.- - case of Mexico, there is no shadow of room for the paltry quibble behind which Spain hitherto attempted to shelter her dishonour. Even in respect of Spain, we feel assured, that for those who faint notAhere is yet a harvest in store. That country can never lift her head among the nations until she acquit herself of obligations le gaily entered into, and of which she has reaped the full benefit. But whatever be done by Spain, it would be most irrational that conclu sions drawn from her misconduct, should be for a moment applied to her emancipated provinces. Their apparent lack of faith has been forced upon them by circumstances which they had no means of controuling. They are honest debtors who delay payment, not from unwillingness to pay, nor from want of assets, but because, from the posture of their affairs, they find it impos sible to render their assets at the moment avail able.—New Times. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—There appeared in the Tines newspaper of the 13th inst., the following advertisement: " To Clerks.—Wanted, a clerk, an apprentice, and a shopmau. Letters post paid, or personal applications from I 1 to 3 o'clock, will be attended to fur the next week. — Apply to Robertson and Co., Bird-in-hand-coart, Cheap side." This advertisement, as might be expected from the state of things at the present time, gathered together a rest number of poor out-of-place clerks and adventurers. — Upwards of 250 unfortunate candidates appeared in the neighbourhood, and eyed each other with some jealousy, but the feeling did not last long. They found that the object of the advertiser was to humbug them out of any little money which they might have to keep them from starving. • The landlord of a neighbouring tavern, upon hearing of the nature of the concern, advised the candidates to ga to the Lord Mayor and state to his Lordship what had taken place. It appeared that the personal applications, which were so numerous as to cause the greatest bustle in the neigh bourhood, began at an early hour, and that the candidates were severally told by a sort of clerk (the principal, as he is called, never appeared), that the gentlemen must, 'before they received any intelligence, put down the sum of ss. each, and give cceurity to pay 7} per cent. upon their sala ries for the first year. One'of 'the candidates, it seemed, told the clerk of this concern that he would, th e moment the promised situation was procured for him, p ay the sum of 51. to the proprietor ; but he said that it was (rite im possible for him to advance a farthing. " Oh, then," said the clerk, it is aga inst OUT system to act with out receiv ing the fee." candidate who hadphaerLteodawnithilfitYlonr(;naesykeltsast presentiiether any .l It was stated that there was no dope Present. The LORD MA YOft was glad to hear that the complain ants had not been fools enough to pay their money. It was mentioned that it was no doubt the intention of the owners of the concern to get as many Pounds as they could, and to decamp as soon as they should be blown upon. His LORDSHIP said that if the taking of money had been proved against this respectable firm, be should deal with the masters without much ceremony. His Lordship hoped that the matter 7.70011), eiros24.l V... 4 to prevz:lt any poor man from being iMposed upon.' GUILDHALL—A boy, only 12 years alit named John Haickins, was committed for trial for stealing a gold watch. From the evidence, it appeared that on Thursday even ing, the prisoner, with one or two othe4 boys who were older than himself, went three times into the shop of Mr. Light, Birmingham and Sheffield warehouseman, in Skinner street. First he purchased a comb-case and a pin-cushion; nemt he wished to change the pin -cushion, that he might buy two of p4terp, 1•7. r his sisters in the country ; and the third time he asked to be shorn Lome cheap ien,knives. The prigoner was now alone, and while Mrs. Light, who was attending to him, went into an inner room to get some knives, the prisoner opened the glass case and ran a way with the watch. Mr. Light's errand-boy, who was in another pert of the shop, saw the act, and started in pur suit, but was knocked down by the prisoner's ai;sTociates. Bush, a watchman of the parish, saw the boy chasing the prisoner, and secured the latter, suipecting something was amiss, as soon as he saw the boy knocked down. Upon searching the prisoner, it was found be had already given the property to his accomplices, who had escaped. The prisoner said his parents keep a chandler's shop ia Whitecitapel, but declined saying anything in his defence, and denied that be knew anything of any other boys. Mr. Light said his windows bad been cut by boys three or four times this year. Bush, the watchman, stated that the prisoner's person was familiar to him, as frequenting the neighbourhood. The other boys were, like the prisoner, all genteelly dressed. Mr. Alderman ANSLEY thought that, from the daring manner in which the offence was committed, the little cul „Fit was irreclaimable, and therefore committed him to Islevrgate. BOW-STREET.—A fat little man, a journeyman plumber, was brought up from the watch-house, charged with having committed an assault upon Mr. Cross, of Exeter 'Change. One of Mr. Cross's elephant keepers stated, that as his master and a number of his men were the night before bringing home an elephant be bad hired, they met the defendant in the Strand, who being rather tipsy, began to amuse himself by playing with the ele phant's tail. Mr. Cross warned him of his danger, but instead of desisting he threatened, thrust his fist into Mr. Cross's face, and pulled the elephant's tail so roughly, that the angry animal determined to avenge himself and his master at the same time, and gave the poor plumber a stroke of his trunk across the back, that drove him like a shuttle-cock to a distance of many yards, which the keeper said, he thought must have broke half the bones in his skin. The plumber,-however, escaped any fractures, and was given in charge to a watchman. Mr. Cross's man stated, that his master was perfectly ,satisfied with the punishment the elephant had inflicted on the defendant, and did net wish to pros any charge against him. The defendant, in consequence, was discharged, with a cau tion from Sir R. Brame, never again to play with an elephant's tail; to which he responded that he should never again touch a hair of an elephant's tail to the end of his days. Thomas Delany was charged by a gentleman, named Johnson, with a daring street robbery. Mr. Jehnson stated, that as he came out of the Haymarket Theatre the night before, the prisoner made a snatch at his watch, the chain broke, but the prisoner made off with the seals and key, which were of the value of 10/. The complainant pursued and overtook him, but the property was not found on hint. The prisoner was committed for trial. HATTON-GARDEN.— Thomas Knight, driver of the hackney-coach 117, was charged with robbing a French gentleman, who stated, that on Mende) , last, he landed at the Custom-house, and took the defendant's coach to a lodging that had been provided for him at Pentonville. After leaving his trunk at the lodging, he returned by the coach to the Royal Exchange, where he paid the defendant and dismissed him. On returning to his lodging in the evening he was surprised to find that the defendant had been there and had taken away his trunk. The landlady of the house stated, that the prisoner had returned to the house, and told her he was sent by the gentleman he had brought there to pay her a week's lodg ing and take away his trunk. Not doubting the truth of this statement she took the money and gave the trunk. She added, that the prisoner, when carrying the trunk into her house, asked the gentleman, in a jocular way (it being very weighty), if it was filled with doubloons? to which the gentleman answered with a smile, "Yes."—The prisoner was remanded, to give time for further evidence. MARLBOROUGH. STREET.—Sir Gao. FARAANT, the Sitting Magistrate, was yesterday occupied at this Of- j fice for some time, in the investigation of the following curious case of robbery, alleged to have been committed at the shop of Mr. Dunford, haberdasher and shoe-mercer, in little Newport-street, Newport-market, and who is Liao the proprietor of two other extensive shops in the same line, in the Minories, and in Cheapside. It appeared by the evidence of Mr. Heckt, who has the management of Mr. Dunford's business at the shop in New port-street, that about nine o'clock on Thursday morning last, while his brother, a youth about 15 years of age, was alone in charge of the shop, two or three persons en tered and made some trifling purchases; and that imme diately after their departure, a quantity of weaving silk, which was laid in a parcel on the counter, was missed ; and, satisfied that it must have been just then stolen, he (Mr. Hecks) went round instantly to all the dealers in that line in the neighbourhood, and describing the silk to them, requested that they would stop any person who might offer it for sale, and send notice to him. Yesterday morning Mr. Laing, a hairdresser, in Saint Ann's-court, Dean-street, entered one of those shops where notice had been left by Mr. Heck* of the robbery, and of fered for sale 2ilbs. of such silk as Mr. Hecks had deseri laarrtsi,opriCr Ironsiaeitawadhettoted Mr. e Laing until the arrival of Mr. Hecha, whom they also sent for. Mr. Laing, conscious of his own innocence, did not he sitate a moment in detailing how the silk had come into his possession, and stated that a Mr. John Russell, a dealer in curiosities, &c. also residing in St. Ann's-court, of the Jewish persuasion, called upon him that morning, and asked him to buy this silk, but although he (Mr. Laing) does occasionally use in snaking wigs, &c. a good deal of silk of this description, he declined purchasing this, as the quantity was more than he then had use for. Mr. RAMA then requested him to carry the silk out to some dealer that he knew in that article, and sell it for as much as he could get, and any stun he received above the rate of 225. per lb. be should be allowed 2s. in the pound for his trouble; and in pursuance of that request it was he took the silk for sale to the shop where he was detained. Mr. Laing having given this account of the transaction, as far as he was concerned, to Mr. Hecks and the con stable, all three went forward to the house of Mr. Russell, who at once acknowledged that the account given of the silk by Mr. Laing was perfectly correct, and added that the silk was his (Mr. Russell's) own property, and not that of either Mr. Dunford or Mr. Hecks. The latter, how ever, not feeling quite satisfied upon this point, gave Mr. Russell into custody of the constable, on a charge of either stealing the silk or receiving it knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Russell now, on being called upon to account for the possession of this silk, which was produced, said, that it had been in his hands for several days before the day on whiCh tide alleged robbery was said to have taken place at Mr. Dunford's, and that it had been sent to him from Sheerness by a brother of his, who is a large dealer in the silk business at that place ; and besides, he said it was quite ridiculous for any person to pretend to be able to swear to the identity of any silk in skeins such as this. Mr. Necks, on the other hand, positively swore that the silk produced was a part of the same that was stolen on Thursday last from Mr. Dunford's shop, nor was there, he said, the smallest difficulty in proving its identity, as it happened to be a particular silk that bad been spun and twitted in a certain manner, for the sole use of Mr. Dun ford's establishment ; and besides, this silk was worth, at the very least, 40s. per lb. in the trade, although Mr. Rus sell authorized Mr. Laing to sell it for 225. if be could get no Mr. Russell still persisted hi his story. Mt. Laing said, that he understood Mr. Russell, when he gave the silk to sell, as saying that it was sent to him, not from Sheerness, but from Manchester ; but Mr. Rus sel denied having said this, and the Magistrate ordered the whole case to stand over to Thursday next; but said that Mr , Russell must 'put in good bail for his appearance on that day. An application was made a day or two ago by Sir P— B—, Knt. to the Magistrates at this Office, for the assistance of an officer in the recovery of Sir P.'s three daughters, who had absented themselves from his protec tion without his consent. _ . The circu ms tances to this affair have been kept with the gre a t es t secres y, and the investigation which sub sequently took place was heard in the Magistrates' private room. As many strange arm exaggerated reports have been in circulation, arising, in a great measure, mystery o b se r ve d upo n th e occasion, we have made inquiry into th e p ar ti cu l ars , a n d we b e liev e the following to be the corr ec t s t a t e of the f a cts : f ro m the Sir le_ B—, some few months ago, placed his three daughters to board and lodge at the house of a Mr. W---_, in a street leadieg out of ci.leveudish-square, and considered, at the time, that they would there obtain all the , parental cars and attention necessary for young ladies of their stati on i n lif e , an d wou ld a l so , as b e w as led to expect, receive the ad van t age o f m i x i ng i n goo d s ociety. With n the last few days, however, circumstances, had cone to his morality of th e family, and in consequence he was de_ , knowledge whi c h a l tere d hi s op i n i on w ith regard to the propriety of hi s d a n g ht er S con ti nu i ng i n the family nie hided to; in fact, h e (Sir P.) doubted very much the stri c t sirous of m ov i ng hi s t h ree d aug ht ers to a ,ore suit, able reside nce . B ut unon rocking application for the purpose, they positively refused to leave the house; and to slthsequeut applications made by their father, they were denied being in the bones., In consequence, Sir P. applied for legal assistance at this office, .and an officer was sent to bring forward the young ladies. The olicer returned in company with one of them, but the other two had made their escape, and positively were ric= termined to continue in their present situation. Mr. W---, the proprietor of the house in question, en tered into a recriminatory conversation, and stated that if his (Sir P.'s) daughters had sustained any demoralisation, it arose from the father's own conduct to them. Other particulars have come to our knowledge, but as they are in a great measure unsubstantiated by facts, we decline giving them publicity. In this situation the affair rests for the present, the two young ladies remaining still in seclusion. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.— Thomas Ilarding anti James Jackson, chimney-sweeping lads, werecharged with stealing two silver table spoons from the house of Mr. Quartermaine, No. S, Great Quebec-street. They introduced themselves as belonging to a respecta ble master in the neighbourhood, and were admitted at five o'clock vcsterday morning to sweep the kitchen chim ney. While Jackson was up the flue, Harding endea voured to send away the young woman who was watch ing them, by asking her for seine table-beer, and other things, but did not succeed. When the job was finished, Harding asked her to lit them out : she went up stairs, Harding followed, and Jackson staying behind, under a pretence of looking up his tools, which gave him an op portunity to steal the spoons; and they were afterwards found in his possession. Jackson declined saying any thing in his defence; Hard ing said he knew nothing of the business, and they were about to be fully committed, when Mr. Padmore, of Craw ford-street, informed Mr. Hoskins that they were old offenders, and had committed a similar robbery in his house a short time before. For the purpose of obtaining the evidence of Mr. Pad more'a servant, who has since left him, and of giving others who may have like charges an opportunity to bring them forward, Mr. Hoskiss remanded the prisoners for a week. OLD BAILEY.-SEPT. 14. John Donovan, aged 27, was indicted for assault ing Ephraim Dawkins, a watchman, and inflicting a mortal wound upon him, by throwing a stone, on the morning of July 24, whereof he died. Hannah Gray stated, that the prisoner accosted her about one o'clock on the morning in question, in Whitechapel-road. After some conversation be tween them, the witness applied to the watchman (the deceased), who desired the prisoner to let the poor woman alone. The watchman accompanied the witness a little way, when a stone was thrown, which knocked the watchman down, and killed him. The prisoner, who was beside the watchman, ran away. On her cross-examination, the witness said the whole began and ended in less than 10 minutes; the prisoner was not in liquor, but as sober as a Judge. James Henry Dolman, a silk-weaver, saw the woman, the watchman, and the prisoner; the woman was first, the watchman next, and the prisoner be hind. They stopped near the workhouse, and wit ness stopped also, in advance of them. The watch man then said to the woman, " You had better follow that man" (meaning the witness), " and then you will be safe." The woman said to the prisoner, "Go about your. business." The pri 'Boner said the watchman should not follow her. Both the prisoner's hands were behind; he brought forward his left, and threw a stone at the deceased, who was two yards distant, which struck him above the ear, and he fell on his face. The prisoner di rectly ran away, and witness followed him. The prisoner was taken to the watch-house; he was sober; the deceased, who never spoke, was con veyed to the hospital. The Jury found him, " not guilty of murder," but " guilty of manslaughter." The prisoner was called up for judgment, and the REC0111;•ER sentenced him to be transported for life. Mary Ann White, alias Dove, and Elizabeth Dove were indicted for stealing, on the sth of August, a quantity of woollen cloth and other articles, value 1001., the property of G. D. Hobson and John Hobson, tailors and woollen-drapers, 26, Cornhill. The Jury acquitted both prisoners. It would be worthy the attention of the city to exercise some controul over the behaviour of the door-keepers at the entrance to the Old Court. One of them yesterday displayed a degree of violence and insolence at the door which leads to the body of the Court and to the reporters' gallery, which was entirely uncalled-for, and disgraceful to a Court of Justice. Mary .Arsts .ire. Ely was indicted for etesling seven yards of printed cotton, the property of Robert Roberts, and a veil, the property of Caroline Jane Monk. Witnesses were called to speak in behalf of her character, which they represented so favourably, that the Jury, after finding her guilty, recommended her to mercy. John - Tomlinion was charged with having stolen 50s. iu copper, the property of Charles Richardson. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty, but recom mended him to mercy. Osborne! Panton was indicted for embezzling six sovereigns, six shillings, and five 5/. Bank of Eng land notes, the property of Mr. Robert Stone, his employer.—The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. Mr. CL.taxsox called witnesses who gave the pri soner an excellent character. Caroline Brown, a very respectable and interest ing young woman, was charged with pawning some articles of bedding from her furnished lodgings in the house of Mrs. H. Rowell, situate in Somers- Town. The facts adduced in evidence appeared to bring conviction home to the prisoner in a satisfactory manner; but before the Judge (Mr. Sergeant ARA BIN) summed it up, Mr. BODKIN, on the part of the prisoner, submit ted to the Court, that he had an objection to make to the form of the indictment. The indictment involved a doubt relative to the construction of one of Mr. Peel's late Acts for im proving the Criminal Law, a name which deserved honourable mention. The learned gentleman . then contended, that the offence charged against the prisoner was not a lar ceny at common law, but was created by the statute of William and Mary, chap. 9, which statute was wholly repealed by Mr. Peel's act, and that there fore the operation of the common law revived. The question, therefore, for consideration, was, whether the words in Mr. Peel's new act were sufficient to make the present charge a felony. The words to which he (Mr. Bodkin) alluded were as follows : " If any person shall steal any chattel, &c. &c., from a lodging, such person shall he guilty of felony, &c. &c." Now here (said the learned gentleman) is a presumption that felony has already been com mitted, for no person can come within the meaning of the clause until he has stolen the articles. The learned gentleman proceeded to argue (citing as he went along several legal authorities), that according to the wording of the act, a conviction could not be sustained. Mr. Sergeant ARAI3IN dif f ered from the learned gentleman who had raised the objection, and argued it so ingeniously on behalf of the prisoner. As the point was, however, ne w (and he, for one, was glad that it had been ra i se d), h e wou ld reser ve it, and mention it to th e J u d ges, an d if t h ey th o ught the objection good, the prisoner would have the be nefit of it.---A verdict of " Guilty" was then re corded, and the prisoner was removed from the bar. A long bar and the bench, between the various members discussion then took place between the whereof we understood considerable difference of opinion to exist. It was finally settled, that as the point was of importance, an early intimation of the objecti on s h ou ld b e made to the Judg es . t 'l ie h : e ob p j o e i e n t t io -i n should s'indeed' an import an t one ; b ecause if l bedeeni e d valid, it will affect several other provisions of Mr. Peel's Acts which are similarly worded, and as, in some instances, sen tence has been passed, no little confusion will be created. mEETINGS OF CREDITORS. Gosport—Crown, G,sport COUNTRY DlARY.—Tonsniv, Sr.e 18. Atkinson and Spark, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—Crown and , Newcastle Thistle. L . White •• 000000000 11 ..-” 8 Walcot--White Hart, Bath Brook, '. , 12 Asht on-under-Lyne. , —White's, Manchester tialf , r:d. T. , C ,."elllrY—liing's head, Coventry f+ garrison, 1-1., \ netsforcl• , -Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool I ilayea and Co., Torquay—Half Moon, Exeter H iyolgate and Co., Blanchester —White's, Blanchester MoeelYs W., Manchester•••-Spread Eagle, Manchester Si Thompson, Ir --., Manchester—White's, Manchester ll Fintettocnii,erJ,., J., SUMMER A SSIZEI NORTFIERN CIRCUIT.-LANCASTER, SISPT. 12, SCOTT V. BROTHERTON. This was an action for servant's wages. Mr. Sergeant JONES said the defendant was a pro prietor of the Liverpool stage coach, formerly called the Champion, but now the Alliance, and horsed it . between Rainhill and Warrington. The plaintiff was hired by the defendant to drive this coach, a nd had been in his service from March, 1826, to Fe bruary last. His wages were 12s. a week, exclusive of what the passengers might give him. His demand was 28/. 45., for 47 week, and as be should prove the service, he was entitled to a verdict for that amount. He had, indeed, heard that it was the de fendant's intention to claim a set-off for an accident to the horses whilst under the plaintiff's care; but for that he believed the plaintiff was not blameable, and at all events it was not the subject of a set-off, but of a cross-action. Thomas Wakefield examined by Mr. COLTMAN— Witness was formerly guard of the champion coach. It was afterwards called the Alliance. The defend ant was a proprietor. Witness left the coach in the spring of 1826 ; the plaintiff was then the driver of it. His wages were 12s. a week. Witness had seen the defendant's book-keeper pay him a month's wages at that rate. Cross-examined.—Witness was turned away by the defendant.--He did not lose a banker's parcel. The defendant never told him that he had. He could not tell how long the plaintiff was in the de fendant's service. He never knew that the plaintiff had killed two of the defendant's horses. An acci dent did happen in April, 1826, at Knotty-ash. The opposition coach crossed the road and jammed theti against a cart. The plaintiff did not flog his horses to pass that coach. He was only trotting. It was the other coachman who cracked his whip and flogged his horses. All the London coachmen in the defendant's service were paid 12s. a-week, ex clusive of perquisites. Re-examined.—The mare was named Silvertail; she only received a cut under her eye. She was blistered, and turned out. She was then put into the Sovereign coach, in which she broke her legs. The time allowed between Liverpool and Warring ton was two hours and five minutes. For every minute over that time the proprietor who horsed the coach between those places forfeited 6d. Benjamin Hollingsworth proved that the plaintiff was in the defendant's service up to last February. Mr. HALL, for the defendant, said, that the evi dence of a discarded servant like Wakefield was subject to great suspicion. James Hawksworth, the defendant's bookkeeper — . Witness told the plaintiff that the defendant was convinced that it was owing to his racing that the horses were killed, and he must stop them out of his wages, and that their value was 461. The. plaintiff said he was very sorry, but hoped if he was to pay for them, that his master' would take less, and begged witness to speak to him. Witness did so, and the defendant said he would only charge 30/., which the plaintiff agreed to. Samuel Scott.—Witness was driver of the Ex press coach. When the accident hapened at Knotty ash, the plaintiff was driving at the rate of 10 or 11 miles an hour. His proper rate was about eight miles and a quarter. John Pair kept the defendant's stables ; plaintiff told witness in the spring of last year, when he drove . up at Rainhill, that he had been larking with Sant Scott the night before, and begged him to look at the horses and to get them bled. The horses were. then much exhausted. Mr. Sergeant JONES said he had never witnessed from a master a more harsh and ill-supported attempt to take from a servant his hard-earned wages. Could. the Jury believe that the plaintiff, on entering into his master's service, had agreed to be answerable for every accident that might happen to the horses he: was daily to drive, leaving to his master the power of assessing what damages he pleased ? There wag no proof of any such absurd agreement. A man en tering into such slavery for such paltry wages might, after the labour of years maa_with an accident that • iren-n or tai, End more than all, that his industry had earned. • Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages M. 4s. SUSPENSION BRIDGE AT RUNCORN.—The long-contemplated erection of a bridge across the river :Mersey, at Runcorn Gap, is now likely, it is stated, to he accomplished. An Act was obtained in the last session of Parliament for the further improvement of the road from Lon don to Holyhead, and of the road from London to Liverpool,. in which power is given, we understand to effect this deside— ratum. Mr. Telford, the celebrated engineer, has been: recently making observations on the river, with a view to the commencement of this great undertaking. The bridge.. we are informed, will be built on the suspension principle•„ but differing in some respects from the splendid monument of Mr. Telford's genius, which unites the counties of Car narron and Anglesey. BIRTHS. On the 14th inst., Mrs. Haydon, Connaught-terrace, of a son. On the 14th inst., at her house in Grosvenor-streery Lady Charlotte Jane Fox, daughter of the Duke of Le e d , ,', of a son and heir. On the sth inst., at Plageberg, near Itzehoe, Holstein, Mrs. W. A. Warre, of a son. MARRIED. This morning, the 15th instant, at St. Pancras New - Church, Mr. William Plumpton, linen-draper, of White chapel-road, to Miss Harriet Merredew, of Croydon. On the 13th inst., at Lambeth Church, Mr. Joseph Radford, of Piccadilly, to Elizabeth, third daughter of the late E. Scarborough, Kent-road, Esq. On the 12th inst., at St. Olave's, Southwark, by the , Rev. Dr. Kenney, Mr. John Jones, of Swansea, to Louisa, youngest daughter of the late Win. Carter, Esq. On the 11th inst., at St. George's, Everton, near Liver- . pool, by the Rev. R. P. Buddicam, John Henry Cooper, of Bricignorth, banker, to Emma, youngest daughter of William Perry, of Everton, En. On the 10th inst., at Warrington, by the Rev. James J- Hornhy, Rector of Winwiek, John Campbell Colquhoun. Esq., of Killermont, near Glasgow, to the Hon. Henrietta Maria Powys, eldest daughter of the late Lord Lilford. At St. George's, Camberwell, by the Rev. Char lea Dillnott Hill, Mr. Edward Moseley, of Camberwell, son of the late Litchfield Moseley, Esq., of Somersham Park, Huntingdonshire, to Sarah, only daughter of Thome* Beeby, Esq., of the Albany-road, Camberwell. DIED. On the 14th inst., after a long and painful illness, which he bore with Christian fortitude, George Weatherstone, Esq., at his house, Bengal-place, Kent-road, in the 63d year of his age. Hie loss will be sincerely regretted by hie wife and a numerous circle of friends, who esteemed him for his private as well as for his public worth. On the Ist instant, at Southend, Esser, Mr. William Bownas, aged 66, formerly of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. On the 13th inst., et Church-row, Islington, Alfred, second son of the late Mr. John Owthwaite, in the 20th year of his age. On the 12th inst., at Lewisham, Mr. Henry Woody aged 74. On the 13th inst., at his house in Kennington-cross; ill the 40th year of his age, Mr. Samuel Puddioombe, after a long and painful illness. On the 11th inst., at Fronfraith, near Aberystwith, Mr. David Lewis, of the firm of Lewis and Alston , jewellers, Bishopsgate-street-within. On the 18th March, aged 26, at Mhow, in the Pre sidency of Bombay, Jane Rebecca, wife of Captain Worthf. of the 18th Regiment Native Infantry, and eldest deur: Li ter of Joseph Thane, Esq., of Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy square. On the 14th inst., Mr. William Wright, of Great B u sh-. lane, Cannon-street, aged 38. On the 13th inst., Amabel, youngest daughter of Loot Grantham, aged ten years and eleven monthe. On the 6th inst., Mary Elizabeth, wife of Mork° Davies, Esq., of Pembroke. On the 11th inst., at her house, in King-street, Fort' man-square, Jacqueline Charlotte, Countess de Hombot On the 11 th inst., deeply lamented, at South [louse, Somersetshire, aged 55, Thomas Cheetham St°", e l Esq., Colonel of the East Somerset Regiment of Li Militia, a Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate f or Sooe rse and one of the Vice-Presidents of the Bath and West England Agricultural Society. PRINTan and PUBLISHED by IL YOUNG/ 81 the Sux-OFricic, No. 112, Stilled- V ENGL That en THE the For also be the Ch, EC Sit THOI Lanced° Stephen Esq. Robert Thomal Main I AvDrrc PHYSIC SURIIII ACTUA] AD VA PRX ably loi Titre eventua Polic whole t vote at abloluti Full with ev T. WEST 'CHAT Olc tietuen of the of their Belts, factored Mule a of Tsai AN, With th climate Article abroad ; A FI Tanden every d , and We tion fi . c ship, ar Au t and the adhered which i ROI T" Seven ( BA'I Collura BIRi Stoney BM, CAF Garetu EXI *heater. 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