The Sun. — London, England, 1827-04-11 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We believe that we may with confidence an nounce that a step has been taken in settling the Government ; but whether that step be progres sive or retrograde it is difficult to say. Mr. Canning has been desired to form an Adminis tration ! So far so good ; but he has likewise been directed to assimilate it (in some inexpli cable manner) to the late Ministry, of which Lord Liverpool was chief. This condition, we apprehend, has sprung from the Lord Chancel lor. What can it mean ? That Mr. Canning i s s imply to put into Lord Liverpool's place some one professing his Lordship's opinion upon the Catholic question ? We really do not know who that could be, except it were the Chancel lor himself: or does the injunction wean gene rally, that Mr. Canning should form a divided Administration upon the most essential points of national policy, as was the last? If so, it is a happy condition, certainly, to insist upon, in constituting that body which is to govern the nation, and instil into it unanimit♦ and concord ! We begin now to suspect that Mr. Canning's enemies predominate, either through power or guile; and that their ob ject is to weary out his patience, by pressing him to form a Ministry, whilst they annex impossible conditions to the execution of the task : then, should he retire in disgust, they will charge him with de serting the King in his difficulties; they will swear that he might have formed an Administration to his mind, had it not been for his own petulence.— Times. Mr. Robinson, it will be seen, has stated to Parliament, that an idea " had been" entertained of encroaching on St. James's-park, by advan cing a new line of houses into Bird-cage-walk ; but that the mischievous and obnoxious project is now abandoned. So far we are ready to con gratulate the people of London. But it further appears, from the Right Hon. Gentleman, that a piece of " waste and shabby-looking ground," between the Barracks and the Palace, is still to be covered with houses. Now, it is this very pestilent spirit of covering every bit of ground that can be laid hold of with " houses" which we have always felt to be deserving of the most pointed reprobation. We know the spot alluded to, and an ugly article it is ; but why not plant it, and sow it with grass, or gravel it neatly, in stead of cramming it with houses ? Why not beautify this dirty surface, instead of besmearing it with mortar, and adding more smoke to the mass which already smothers us ? The inha bitants of Westminster. noblemen and gentlemen, and respectable persons in every rank, have opened a powerful battery upon a knot of persons who take their money for spoiling their drink. Let the wes tern division of the metropolis make an equally vi gorous push for the other grand element of health and longevity—let them fight for what remains of clear atmosphere, as well as for what is attainable of pure water,—and they will succeed in both. If our fellow citizens are wise, they will not consent to one inch of space which now is open in any quarter to the free circulation of air, being closed up with brick and mortar. London is enormously overgrown,— it is intolerably swollen; there are already many thousands of inhabitation, congregated to this one point, beyond what con►enience or salubrity, or morality, or any great national interest would sanc tion. The Egyptians were spared an eighth inflic tion, little short of any which they actually endured, when that of edification was omitted. It ought to be added to the above observations, that as to the cutting down of trees on both sides of St. James's Park, the Chancellor of the Exchequer thought fit to maintain a prudent silence.—/bid. We insert, as readily as we did the charge, a letter exculpatory of Alderman Thompson, on 8 , 1 • - panies, from which so much misery has emanated. We hope, however, that our present cor respondent is not attempting to bring the Al derman-candidate off, upon a quibble between the two tenses present and past—is and was ! We fear the morality of an act is the same, whe ther it was done or is now doing. The question is, whether the Alderman was or was not impli cated i n seve ral of those bubble co m p an i es a t the same time ? If, indeed, he were never a Director of the Equitable Loan Company, or of the Hope Insurance, then is our first corre spondent in a culpable error. But if he were in both, then is our present correspondent, who attaches " is not" to both those speculations, guilty of something like equivocation. The backing out is sometimes a more reprehensible act than the prancing in. But the fact is, that we have actually seen Alderman Thompson's name in the prospectus to the Equitable Loan Company ; and he stands in the Red Book, as g, Director of the Hope Insurance, which is lately merged into another Company. And be sides the several companies, be they of what cha racter they may, which were mentioned in our first letter, and with which he was charged with being implicated, he is also, we learn, Director of the Bri tish Gas Company, ditto of the St. Catherine's Dock Company, and Auditor of the Colombian Agricultural Company !!! So that we apprehnd he has found but an . awkward defender. A totally different correspondent has, indeed, promised to favour us with a perfect list of all the Companies with which this person—now to be associated with the Directois of the Bank of England—is now, or has been, concerned.—We must also farther observe, and that without any reference to Alderman Thomp son whatever, or to any other Alderman, that we put down, on the authority of our first correspondent, above a dozen speculations, which sprung up or were flourishing at the time of the general com mercial failures; and we must say, that any single person engaged in only one half of them, is very unfit to be selected for the trust of administering the affairs of the Bank of England.—lbid. Last night a petition was presented by Mr. Hobhouse from the County Fire Office, against the illegal and unconstitutional manner in which the Commissioners of Revenue Enquiry had proceeded towards that respectable Establish ment. With every disposition to make allow ance for men intrusted with large powers to in- quire into frauds committed against the Revenue, with a view to the introduction of a better sys tem, we cannot see that Mr. Wallace and his colleagues were justified in striking at the credit of a great Commercial Establishment on such conjectural authority as he had succeeded in ob taining. It is clear that if the course followed by Mr. Wallace is justifiable, every man's pro perty is at the discretion of men in office. We shall on a future day revert to this important subject, which we can only advert to at present. Sir Francis Burdett, with his usual hatred of every thing ungenerous and vindictive, expressed himself very warmly against the disingenuous mode which had been pursued for destroying the character of a body of respectable individuals. Sir Francis generally feels correctly, but does not always reason very soundly. " Such conduct," he said, " was contrary to the principles of A e tagna Charts ; and though he was aware that it wee the fashion for modern philosophers to laugh at the wisdom of our ancestors, he confessed, for hi g p ar t, that he thought the few lines in Magna Ch arta , which denounced ,such invasions of the Constitutional rights of the subject, worth all .: 14 e rftl or pretended discoveries of these mo 2ern phi l ospphers." row, without attempting to fed rcctate Ma fia Charts, which was suited to the rude age in which it appeared, we must confess that the attempt even to plaee it in opposition to the in quiries of the present age, strikes us as exceedingly puerile. There is hardly a nation in Europe which Chas not had its Magna Chartas. That of the Hun garians is highly extolled, and, what is singular, that bf the Turks is said to be by far the best. An edi tion of the Turkish Magna Charta has lately been published at Vienna by M. Von Hammer, the cele brated Orientalist, which fully hears out this opi- Mon, and serves at the same time to shew of how little efficacy these Charters are in affording security to persons' property. Perhaps it was fortunate that Magna Charta was so inefficacious as a check against our Kings ; for we firmly believe that we owe the prosperity of Eng land, chiefly to the subsequent encroachments of the Kings on the power of the Barons, which that Charter had it alone in view to secure. Nay, it is curious enough that, to the intelligent foreigners who visited England, it ap peared to resemble Turkey more than any other part of Europe. To the Elzevir edition of Sir Thomas Smith, there is appended an account by a Venetian Ambassador, resident here, in the time of Henry VIII., who observes, that from the time of Edward 111. downward, the Royal authority had acquired such strength, that Parliaments were rather screens for the King than a restraint on his wishes, and he states, that the Kings were as absolute as the Grand Turk.—Morning Chronicle. The times seem to be sadly out of joint. Our Ministers have betaken themselves to the extol ling Turgot and Galilei, Sir Francis Burdett has become a convert " to the wisdom of our ances tors," and our Contemporary of the Courier has indited a goodly sermon against Witchcraft. Speaking with reference to a trial in another co lumn, our Contemporary says— " A curious trial will be found in another column, of certain persons charged with having cruelly maltreated an aged female on the supposition of her being a witch, whose unholy arts had proved destructive to the cattle in her neighbourhood. The brutes concerned in this proceeding tore her garments down to her waist--wounded her flesh .with a thorny stick, tore her hair from her head, to see if it would burn, and compelled her to kneel down by a colt which she was required to bless.' " Such stupid and atrocious proceedings we hardly ex pected to hear of at this time of day, but as formin g part of the materials o f a r o mance wr it er . W e s hould have hoped that common sense and humanity would have reach ed even Abergavenny, in sufficient strength to save a poor woman of ninety from being thus inhumanly dealt with, and that, too, by persons who appear to have hare had some pretensions to respectability. The offenders were all convicted of the assault ; and the Judge, from the singu larity of the case, deferred pronouncing sentence till yester day. We look for its arrival with some curiosity." So here our contemporary not merely takes the field against " the wisdom of our ancestors," but endeavours to shake the belief in what al most all the eminent Divines of this country have conceived to be essentially interwoven with -Chris tianity. Is the Courier aware that Queen's College, Cambridge, sends every year a Doctor or Bachelor in Divinity to preach a sermon, for forty shillings a time, at All Saints' Church, in Huntingdon, on the Annunciation of the Bless ed Virgin, "against the Sin of Witchcraft, and to teach the people how they should discover and frustrate the machinations of witches and dealers with evil spirits ?" We have a printed collection of the sermons delivered within these few years in that church. Is the Courier aware that the belief in witchcraft was strenuously inculcated by the late Mr.- Wesley, and became, in conse quence, almost universal among the 'Wesleyan Methodists ? The Rev. Mr. Naylor, of Wake field, in his Tract on the Mischief of Vulgar Su perstitions, published in 1795, says, " Numbers accustomed to ascribe to this great man an al most Papal infallibility, dared not to reject what he advanced with such an air of earnestness, or to question the truth of what he appeared to sanction by his authority. Their conviction has insensibly spread itself amongst the multitudes connected n with them -by the ley, and a Jury of Wesleyan Methodists, would not have scrupled to give our contemporary the succession of Carlile in Dorchester Gaol, for the infidelity contained in the paragraph which we have quoted from him. Mr. Wesley, in his Journal pub lished down to his death, after noticing the case of a woman on whom some witch had laid her spells, observes, " When old Dr. A—r was asked what her disorder was ? He answered, It is what for merly they would have called being bewitched.' And why should they not call it so now ? Because the infidels have hooted witchcraft out of the world : and the complaisant Christians, in large numbers, have joined with them in the cry. I do not so much wonder at this; that many of these herein should • talk like infidels. But I have sometimes been inclined to wonder at the pert, saucy, indecent manner wherein some of those trample upon men far wiser than themselves : at their speaking so dogmatically against what not only the whole world, Heathen and Christian, believed in all !past ages, but thousands, learned as well as un 'learned, firmly believe at this day. I instance Dr. Smollett and Mr. Guthrie, whose manner of speaking concerning witchcraft must be extremely offensive to every sensible man who cannot give up his Bible."—We wish to respect the sincere belief of all men, and therefore we will offer no opinions which . may give offence to so large and respectable a body as the Wesleyan Methodists, who cannot yet have renounced the opinions of their great founder, who died since the break ing out of the French Revolution. We are not aware that any new light has been thrown on the subject since that time; and we would observe to our contemporary, who, like the Lord Chancellor, may be inclined to take his Christianity at short-hand from the decisions of Parlia ment, that the Act of George the Second only declares, that persons shall not be tried for witchcraft, but leaves :the question, a 9 to the existence of witchcraft, where it ;was. All we can say is, that it is well with him that he !is under a ministry, who feel as much disposed as himself :to turn their backs on the eminent divines in all past ages, and to worship a Turgot and a Galilei. How lucky it is that the belief in witchcraft forms no part of the Athanasian Creed, for then our contemporary thirst not have uttered .a whisper against it !—ln Wale,, where' this case was tried, the people are mostly Methodists. It would be cu rious to know in all these cases to what religious body the 'actors belong ?—lbid. If Mr. Canning should be ultimately ousted from the Ministry, or lose that station in it which he appears so anxious to attain, such a result will be in no small degree owing to the injudicious zeal of his Whig and Radical adhe rents both in and out of Parliament. Of no - small part of the latter we have no doubt he is himself totally unconscious ; and as far as he is aware of it, must be, as his true friends are, dis gusted. To see himself lauded in the most ful isome and extravagant terms, and that too at the ,expense of others, by those who have shown that they would to-morrow as readily join in his con. • .demnation, can excite no other feelings in an honourable mind, than those of contempt and regret, that any portion of an instrument so pow erful as the Press, should be so lost to good taste, and moral integrity, as to insult and mis lead those whom it is its duty to instruct and inform. Of the sort of puff-preliminary by which Mr. Canning has been met by his Whig friends in the House of Commons, we cannot give him credit for being equally unconscious. 'On the contrary, we suspect that it has not ' happened without some degree of pre-arrange ment. What took place on the short debate produced by Mr. Tierney, betokened strong symptoms oi'this. Now there is nothing in our estimation that will put a discreet man so muchon his guard, or so readily induce him to suspect his own judgment and conduct, as the too ready ap plause of those who have hitherto been his oppo ;nents. To silence all opposition, to conciliate all imen's judgment, and unite the good opinion both iof friends and foes, is what really falls to the lot of few men either in public or private life. In Mr. Canning's case it is not true, as it is pretty evi dent that he has by throwing himself to a certain degree into the arms of his quondam opponents, in no small degree contrived to alienate the re gard of some of those who have hitherto been among his most powerful and consistent adhe rents. And, after all, what does this prove, but that Mr. Canning, with all his splendid acquire ments, does not possess that consistency or that soundness of judgment and discretion which are qualities so essential in any aspirant to the highest office in the State ? The most disgusting part of the highflown eulogiums which are showered so profusely upon Mr. Canning is, that it is in no small degree done at the expence of others who are his colleagues in the Ministry, some of whom, at least, are as deservedly popular in their respective departments, and in their general character, as Mr. Canning can be, and who have throughout shown a dignified forbearance on this occasion, which must increase the high estimation in which they are held. by the country. In what points, we would ask, are Mr. Robinson and Mr. Peel inferior to Mr. Can ning ? We shall probably be told, in splendid over powering eloquence. If mere eloquence were all that was required in a Statesman, or the only recom mendation which Mr. Canning himself possessed, this qualification, we have no doubt, would be readily assigned him by universal consent. But if eloquence, as it sometimes does, leads a man to say that to-day which he finds it necessary to unsay to morrow ; if a fervid imagination, misled by momen tary applause, induces a man to hazard the peace and welfare of his country, in terms which he finds it necessary by means of the Press to retract, then we should say, that a little less eloquence and a little more judgment may be quite as valuable in a States man, as the mest sparkling scintillations of the one unchecked and undirected by a due portion of the other. It is one of the consequences of in judicious high-flown eulogium, to induce awkward, and otherwise uncalled-for comparisons; and when, therefore, Mr. Canning's too ardent adherents tell us that he is the only man in the country fit to wield its destinies—and for such a man as Mr. Canning to hold office under any one would be to cover himself with dis grace—we are bound to remind them, that the temporary gud of their idolatory is the very same person who has all his life held office under some one or another ; and that some of those with whom he now holds office, are at least his equals in talent and public estimation. If such com parisons as these are offensive and unpleasant, it is not those who make thctn, but those who compel them to be made, that are to blame. If Mr. Canning had been al lowed to wait patiently for the judgment of the Sovereign, he might perhaps have been called by general consent to the head of affairs, though even then his removal from his present post would have been a misfortune. But if the Premiership is, as it were, to be taken by storm and cla mour, and in doing so, men of high characters, both for talent and integrity, are to he classed ,below what their merits entitle them to, it becomes the duty of the inde pendent part of the press, as the organ of truth, to un mask and decry the deception.—Morning Herald. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—On Monday, Mr. Hobler, jun. the solicitor, applied on the'part of Mr. Stevens, Eta exten sive poulterer in Leadenliall-market, for a summons, calling upon Mr. Ilobden, of Lime -street-passage, near the mar ket, to answer for having bought a pheasant. The infor mation stated, that Mr. Stevens, who was himself the in former, had in hie possession unlawfully on the 6th of April, one pheasant, and that on the same day Mr. Hob den, the defendant, did, in Lombard-street, buy of him the pheasant, contrary to the form of the statute, by which act of buying, the penalty of 51. w as in c ur re d. _ _ . . . . . Mr. Hobden appeared yesterday to plead, and at once admitted tha't he was guilty. Some of the absurdities in the act called Mr. Bankes's act, were exhibited. upon this occasion, which was one of rather a singular nature. By th e 58th Geo. 111. cap. 715, sec. I, it is enacted, that if any person qualified or not qua lified to kill game, shall buy a hare, pheasant, partridge, Scc., every such person being convicted before one or more justices of the peace, shall, for every such offence, forfeit _ _ discovery of such person or persons as shall buy or sell any hare, &e., it is enacted, that auy person who shall buy, sell, or offer to sell, or have unlawfully in his possession, any hare, &c., and shall make discovery of any person that bath, within six months, bought or sold any such game, so as that any one shall be convicted of any such offence, by virtue of this or any other statute, such discoverer shall be discharged from all pains, forfeitures and penalties to which he may be, and shall have become, liable, before and at the time of making such discovery, and shall receive the same benefit as any other informer shall be entitled to, by virtue of this act, provided that nothing shall be held to discharge such discoverer from any pains, forfeitusee, or penalties, in respect whereof a prosecution shall be actually pending, or a conviction or judgment had against him at the time of making the discovery. Half of the penalty upon convic tion goes to the informer, and half to the poor of the parish. Thus it is evident that a poulterer may, after a game season, obtain absolution for all his crimes against this Act of Parliament, by painting out any one of his customers who may have, within six calendar months, bought of him any game. The law has given to the poulterer the power to exonerate himself from penalties, and getting out of the clutches of the common informer, and he can, of course, easily make restitution to the gentleman against whom the information is laid, in ways which were pretty well under stood. It will be observed, that by the first clause of the Act it is enacted, that if any person shall buy a hare or other game, and be convicted, he shall forfeit 51., but that net one word is said about selling game or h av i ng it in hi s possession. The seller is thus discharged from all pains and penalties. All the principal poulterers will, it is probable, proceed upon the power of exemption afforded by this Act, for the purpose of indemnifying theinselves against the con sequence of having game in their possession, as the in formers are taking advantage of the unsettled state in which the subject at present stands before Parliament, hav ing commenced prosecutions in some cases, and threatened them in others, for penalties to a serious amount. The defendant, upon being convicted, mLrely said that he thought it strange that he could not buy a pheasant without incurring a penalty of twenty times its value. The LORD 111;vos. said, that this case certainly exhi bited the great absurdity of the Game Laws. He regretted that he was under the necessity of convicting the defendant. He had no alternative. Sitting as a Magistrate, he could not do otherwise than administer the law. Mr. Hobler said, that the inconsistencies in the Act were mentioned before a Committee in the House of Com mons two or three years ago. when the Committee were told that the poulterers would escape all penalties, at which they laughed. However, upon being informed in what manner the pretended object of the Act might be de feated, they achnostledged the justice of the observation, and Lord Milton soon after moved for a repeal of the Act, which, notwithstanding, was still allowed to exist. Mr. Stevens said, that he had, before the Committee, declared that there had now been passed a more despi cable Act of Parliament than that on which they were en gaged. A Minister, upon hearing this, rose, and said he was astonished at such boldness and insolence as the con demnation that had been just uttered. This tone of cen sure, however, was soon dropped upon hearing the expla nation, which was allowed to justify the reproach he had dared to pass upon the nonsensical Act. The Loan 51AI-on—There is not a doubt that gentle men are every day offending against the game laws. The defendant paid the 5/. Poachers are reported to supply the poulterers. This is only true to a limited extent. The game is chid) , supplied by the nobility and gentry to the poulterer, avid a regular debtor and creditor account is kept. A nobleman or geb tleman sends his game to his fishmonger, who sends it to the poulterer, and between the two latter there is kept a regular debtor and creditor account. A similar arrange ment takes place between the fishmonger and the noble man, who places to many head of game against so many dishes of fish. GUILDHALL.— George Honpitr;es was brought up for final examination yesterday before Sir PETER LAURIE, upon suspicion of stealing IS/., the property of Bertram Loadsman, the owner of a Readily , coach. A point of law was involved in this case on which some difference of opinion has existed, namely, whether a person is guilty of felony, who having blind an article which some other person has lost, converts it to his own use. Coke lays it down (3 Inst. c. 47.,) that if a person " bath the possession of a thing once Nwfully, though he hath the anintumfitrandi afterwards, and carrieth it away, it is no larceny." On. the contrary, Chief Justice Gibbs held, that " it is the duty of every man who finds the property of another to use a ll diligence to discover the owner, for to conceal the property is to steal it." Evidence was now tendered that the primer had spoken, of the finding of the pocket-book at first in such a way that no one doubted he had illetrnopey safe. James Standon keeps a public-house in Piccadilly, ad joining the Running Horse-yard, where the prisoner's horses are put up. About eight o'clock on Friday evening the prisoner came in and threw down the printed bill offering 51. for the recovery of a pocket-book lost that day. Witness observed, that it was a good reward, and he did not doubt that whoever had found it, would take it back. The prisoner pulled out a pocket-Look, on which witness said, " What ! have you found it ? What notes are they ?" He said two of Si. and one of 101.—[The notes actually lost were two Bank of England Si. and four country notes, one for Si. and three for /.]—Witness said, " take my advice, carry them home, and get the reward." The pri soner said, speaking of the reward, " That won't fetch it." Prisoner.—So help me, —! I never spoke such a thing. _ _ Mr. Standon.—l swear you did. I am sure I would much rather have appeared for, than against you, but I must speak the truth. The prisoner was reminded, that when he was taken into custody on Saturday night, he said he saw the pocket book fall from the coach, and he called out to give notice. He now strongly denied having used such an expression, but his own master, the officer, and the prosecutor, swore that he did. Sir PETIR. said he felt the difficulty of applying the law to this case. Mr. Beresford, the chief clerk had no doubt an indict ment for stealing would lie, if the prisouer fraudently con verted the money to his own use after he knew to whom it belonged. Mr. Or.nualf, the Common Councilman, thought there was room for a doubt. A finder did not obtain possession of property unlawfully, and it would be hard to say it was felony to make use of any thing that is lawfully in our pos session. The City Solicitor was then called in, who, without any reasoning, said tho circumstances warranted a commit ment for stealing, and the prisoner was committed accord ingly. Sarah Haley, a middle-aged woman, was charged with a series of cruel assaults upon Mary Brown, a child nine years old, the daughter of a man with whom she cohabits. The little girl seemed to be almost in a state of idiotcy, and greatly emaciated. Carlisle, a city officer, brought the circumstances to the knowledge of the overseers of Crip pleg,ate, who caused the prisoner to be apprehended. It was stated that formerly the child used to be sent out to beg; but one night it was absent, being detained by some wretch, who gave it 4d. to pass the night with him, and the father and prisoner spent 16s. in getting drunk for joy, in the belief that the girl was lost. Since Christinas she had been kept in doors, and was strapped by the father and beaten by the prisoner nearly every morning, to the great annoyance of the neighbours. The child was be lieved to be kept generally shut up in a little dark cup board. She seemed unable to answer the MagiC:rate'e questions from mental infirmity. Mr. Alderman ANSLEY strongly expressed his indigna tion and disgust, and committed the prisoner to the ses sions. The father has absconded. The child was sent to the workhouse. LENT ASSIZES. WESTERN CIRCUIT.-TAUNTON, APRIL 9. CIVIL SIDE. BROOKES V. PICKWICK AND OTHERS. Mr. Sergeant WILDE, with whom was Mr. MANNING, stated that this action was brought by Dr. Brookes, the re spectable Rector of Norton, near Chipping Sodbury, to re cover from the defendants, proprietors of the Regulator coach, running between Bath and Exeter, the sum of 2001. the value of a trunk and its contents, consisting of linen and jewellery, which had been lost or stolen through the negligence of the defendant's servants. The Jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff, leaving the amount of damages to be settled by arbitration. MONMOUTH, APRIL 9. CROWN sIDF. Sarah Jones, spinster, aged 26, was indicted for the wilful murder of her new-born female child, at Bassalleg, in last October. Mary Jones, her moth e r, was also indicted for aiding end assisting. The Grand Jury bad ignored the bill against Thomas Jones and John Flwk. Mr. RUSSELL.-Gentlemen,-The two prisoners, with Thomas Jones, the elder prisoner's husband, lived in a cot tage at 13assalleg, near Sir Charles Morgan's seat. The appearance of the younger prisoner had attracted the notice of several of her neighbours, who communicated to her their suspicions that she was in the family way, but they met with a constant denial. 0111,Monday,delivered 23d of October, it , a female child. Nothing was heard of it for several days until it was found by Peter Potter, a gamekeeper of Sir Charles Morgan, wrapped up in a piece of sacking in one of Sir Charles's outhouses, about half a mile from the cot tage. It came there by a man of the name of Flook. Potter understanding from Flook that it was a still-born child, took it to Jones's house, where he found the mother and daughter. Potter said, " Why don't you bury it like a Christian, and not like a dog ?" The mother said she knew nothing about it ; the other prisoner was silent. Potter, however, left it there, and in the course of the evening the child was placed in a box and carried by the father and brother of the younger prisoner to the church-yard, and there they buried it. On the Sunday, however, the circumstances got to the ears of the Coroner, who thought it a fit subject for investigation, and a jury was summoned ; the box was taken up, and the infant produced; and I believe I must state to you, that the 'child was murdered. Where no violence appears, there is always considerable doubt whether the child was horn alive, but I am informed there was a wound on the throat of this child, and that the blood had actually emptied itself from the heart. You will inquire, and it is a very painful in quiry, whether either of the prisoners committed the vio lence, or were assisting in it. Ann Jones examined by Mr. TALFOURD, through an interpreter.—l am a servant at a public-house in Bassalleg, next door to the cottage where the two prisoners live. Befoie last October I observed an alteration in the size of Sarah Jones. I thought she was with child, and told her so; she denied it; she was very large before the 23d, and small afterwards; she told me she had the dropsy; I went to see her on Tuesday, 24th October; she was in bed ; I saw nothing particular in the room, but there was a bad smell ; I did not say what I thought was the cause. On Wednesday, between 10 and 11 in the morning, I saw her again ; she was then as thin as I am now. Mr. CARRINGTON objected to the witness detailing what. the prisoner said. Examination continued—Before this conversation, the prisoner constantly denied to me that she had had a child. Sarah Jones—l live at Pye-corner, next door but one from the prisoner's house; I told her several times I thought she was pregnant ; she said no, but complained she was , not well ; sometimes when I charged her with it she was silent. I have often seen Hook in her company. She was taken ill on the Monday ; I saw her in the morning of that day in the chair by the fire ; I asked her if she was not well ; she said she was not. She looked very pale ; she always looks pale ; she went into the next room, but not pp stairs. I heard no one groan. I went again at three o'clock ; she was then up stairs, in the room where she usually slept, lying in bed, with a handkerchief on her head ; but I do, not know whether she had her clothes on or not ; I asked her Low she did ; she said she was much better, she was very easy ; I saw her again at seven o'clock, in bed ; she said she was very easy. I saw her again every day afterwards, but could not observe her size, she kept her clothes so. After much pressing, the witness said : I said to her one morning, between nine and ten, before the inquest was taken, " How could you do such a thing as this with your child." She said, "No one knew any thing about it ; it came still into the world ; her father and mother did not know anything about it, nor any one else but herself and him." I asked who she meant by " him ?" She said "John Flook." I said, " Oh, the villain." Every time I went into the house the mother was there. Cross-examined—Dr. Meredith had attended the pri soner several times. I did not know that a child was born. Peter Potter, gamekeeper of Sir Charles Morgan—On Saturday, the 28th October, at ten in the morning, I found a bundle tied up in a pocket-handkerchief in the cart of the cart-house ; I untied the handkerchief, and in it was a piece of sacking sewed up on three sides with long stitches. I undid part of it, and saw the flesh of an infant; I think it was the side; I saw two streaks of blood on it ; I tied it up, put it in the same place, and went to Flook, a labourer under me in Sir Charles Morgan's employ, awl brought him to the cart ; he took the parcel. and we went together to the prisoner's house, and found the father and the two prisoners in the room down stairs. Flook laid it down on a chair, and I said to the mother, 'c Do take it, and let it be buried like a Christian, and not like a dog." She took up th e parcel, hut see med not to k no w what I m eant. I said, t 4 Take it out, And you'll know what I mean." She felt it round before opening it, and said, raising her h a nds, 4 , I never knew nothing of it before."...._ I said, 4 , If you did not, y o ur daughter did, and she ought to he a s h a med of her se lf." The parcel was l e ft w h ere Flook laid it down. The stitches in the sacking bag were half an leach long, and it was close to the body. Jehoida Brewer, surgeon> of Newport...—l attend e d the in quest on Monday, and examined the child. It appeared to have been dead four or Ave dam A found t wo c ut * in its throat; one about three inches ix length and an inch in depth. The jugular vein and carotid artery were nearly divided. The wounds were quite sufficient to produce death. The child had come to maturity. I opened it ; the lungs were perfectly inflated and of a florid red ; the heart was completely exhausted of blood ; the vessels were empty. From these appearances I think the child was born alive. I examined the prisoner, and think she had been lately de livered. Margaret Kenvin.— This witness was extremely agitated and reluctant in giving her evidence, but her solemn manner and tone made a deep impression. She was examined in English, but her conversation with the prisoner had been in Welsh. On Monday, 80th October, between 10 and 11, I saw Sarah Jones. I said, " you have done for your self. You do say nobody do know of this but yourself." She answered me " Nobody do know indeed." I said, " Who cut it's throat ?" She said " I did do it myself." I said " Did you cut your own child's throat ?" She answered me " Yes." That was all she said. Oue Blanch Harris was present. _ _ . Edmund Rees, tbo. constable, took charge of the prisoner. Made her no promise or threat. I said, " How did such an unhappy job as this happen with you ?" She said, " The child was born dead." I told the same to Mr. Brewer. She stopped a moment and then said, "It was him, he, the villain, that deceived me, and persuaded me not to let any body know of it, and to keep it secret. No good will ever come to him." I knew the prisoner before. She always passed as a single woman. The prisoners in their defence said they were innocent, and called a witness to character. The Jury retired for half au hour, and then brought in a verdict of Guilty against Sarah Jones, and acquitted Mary Jones. Mr. Sergeant BOSANQUET, after the usual forms, passed sentence upon Sarah Jones. This is an awful scene and an awful lesson to all who have brought young women into the same situation as you were brought into, but more aw ful to the individual to whom your destruction is owing. He will have to answer it to his God, but whether here he will he answerable I cannot say. It remains for me to pronounce the awful but just sentence of the law. His Lordship then passed the sentence of death, to be carried into execution on Wednesday. The prisoner, during her whole trial and sentence, and afterward, as we observed her in the dock, was serious, calm, and shed no tears. The elder prisoner was in tears. HOME CIRCUIT.-SURREY, APRIL 9. The Assizes ended to-day unexpectedly, of several long causes being either referred to arbitration, or otherwise disposed of without trial. in consequenca THE KING V. SIX EDWIN BAYNTUN SANDTS. This gentleman had been convicted at the last Assizes, before Mr. Justice Holroyd, upon an indictment, on the prosecution of Mr. Jones, the Marshal of the King's Bench prison, for escaping from the rules of that prison. The judgment was respited until the present Assizes, and now on the motion of Mr. Gurney, Mr. Justice LITTLEDA LE, after shortly stating the cir cumstances of the case, adjudged the defendant to pay to the King a fine of 501., and that he should be committed to the common gaol of this county, until the fine was paid. Sir E. 13. Sande! entreated that he might remain in the King's Bench prison until he could pay the fine, and not be sent to the county gaol. . • . Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE said be had no authority to send the defendant to the King's Bench prison ; he must go to the county gaol until the fine was paid. The defendant not being in a condition to pay the fine immediately, was taken into the gaoler's custody. The only capital convicts left for execution were, Buckley and Andrews, for coining. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—Aran 9. The betting this day was of the same see-saw character which has so long distinguished the Oaks and St. Leger. For the former fresh changes have taken place, and an other filly has been brought from the rear, making one spring from 85 to Ito2oto 1. It would be difficult to say which is first favourite in the Odds, but it is evident that in even betting between the leading fillies the Totte ridge filly has the call. Calypso is going as fast as she well can ; it is said that she has been tried and found wanting. The Shoveller filly is not so good a favourite for the Riddlesworth as she was, it being thought that she will not start ; another reason perhaps is, that it is thought Glenartney will, as may be collected from the odds. Lord Grosvenor's filly was backed for the Riddleswortb, keeping with the middling favourites, who, it will be observed, are all at long odds, owing, no doubt, to the belief that the first favourite will start. Some alterations are to be no ticed in' the Derby; Tatler is going, and Defence coming. Trumpeter is almost gone, but why it is difficult to say; indeed it would be absurd to attempt to account for all the changes in the odds at this interesting period, which are as remarkable in the St. Leger as in the other Stakes. At six o'clock the odds were as under : RIDDLESWORTH. si to 1 agst Glenartney 9 to 1 agst Shoveller (taken) to I agst Cressida 12 to 1 agst Rhoda 8 to 1 agst Mameluke 40 to 1 agst Christmas 8 to 1 agst Equivoque 6 to 1 agst Ld. Grosvenor's 2 6 to 1 was laid several times agst Cressida and Shoveller. DERBY,. 9 to 2 agst Glenartney n to 1 agst Tatter 12 to 1 agst Defence 20 to 1 agst Catherine 20 to 1 agst Trumpeter 20 to 1 agst Espagnolle 21 to I apt Spondee (taken) 22 to 1 agst Ofrid 22 to 1 apt Mameluke 22 to 1 apt Gustavus 25 to I apt Protestant 35 to 1 apt Dahlia MALTON CRAVEN MEETING, YORKSHIRE. FRlDAY.—Sweepstakes of 30 sous. each, for two-yr-olds. Half a mile. Colonel King's br. f. Bessy Bedlam 1 Mr. W. Scott's b. c. Picturesque 2 Mr. Watt's ch. f. by Whisker The Elst Riding Union Stakes of 5 soya. each. Two miles. (1 0 subscribers. ) Mr. Teesdale's bl. c. Sweep Mr. Barehead's br. h. Pindar Mr. Gilbert's ch. b. by Paul The Members' Plate of 501. for all ages. Heats, two miles. Mr. Skipsey's b. h. Don Antonio 1 0 1 Mr. Butler's ch. c. Dragoman Lord Queensberry's gr. c. Sillery • 0 2 Mr. Watson's br. c. Rough off the Needle 0 2 0 Sweepstakes of 20 sm, each, for three-yr-old fillies. Mile. Mr. Morris's b. by Tiresias .............................. 1 Mr. T. Ligard's b. by The Laird ........................• 2 Lord Milton's oh. Oriana A Maiden Plate of 50/. was won in two heats by Lord Queensberry's Sillery, beating Mr. Ligard's Charley, Mr. Wright's Sampson, Mr. Foljambe's br. f. by Filho , and W. Fox's ch. e. by Cervantes. ret49gs. ; 490 F guineas ; Fait Helen, SALE OF RACING STOCK. The following Racing Stock was yesterday sold by Iklessrs, z Ta a t ir te e rs , i a ,y ll : STI i ii m l , ly o , u b t y o P f a z rt e i p sa h n yta , out , of Jest, the dam of Dandizette an d Babel, 390 ; W.ge n k or b Partisan, out of Srnol ens k o 's darn, 53/. I ls. ; Longwz: by ist's dam, 525 gs. ; Straightwaist,24o gs. ; a b rown colt, one . ; year old, brother t o L o ngwaist, 535/. 108 Paradigni, ; by Partisan, out o f Bi za rre, 19 0 ge. Chesn u t f i lly, rising one year, by St r ephon, 311. 108 . ; a bla c k di tto, b y Whale bone, out of Wegenkorby 531 . I Is. ; a bay ditto, by Me morandum—Zaire, So/. 10s. ; a bay colt, by Little John, , 270 fr,s. ; out of Ally, a bay ditto, b y Sk i m, ou t of Metre, 90 gs. ; a * grey ditto, brother to Dandizette, 290 gs. ; y, Spondee, and in foal to Little John, 4SO gs• Se v e ral others were bought in . Metre, the darn of Prosody, THE MARKETS. (Front the New London Price Current of Friday.) SUGAR—The S ugar M ar ket last week b ecame v ery dull, and th ere was a general reduction of Is. per cwt. in th e p r i ces ; the soft grocery Sugars were particularly heavy. The deliveries last week are rather short of the corresponding one of last year, the stock is now 150 casks more than 1826. The Market this forenoon has been very heavy, the total purchases are estimated at only 400 hhds. The Re fined Market last week gave way 6d. to ls. per cwt. but there were still few transactions on account of reduced stock.—Molasses were also a shade lower. There has not been the slightest variation in the Refined Market to-day, it is very heavy. Some sales of Molasses haVe been reported at 245. On Friday 4682 bags Mauritius, of an uncommon strength, attracted much attention; we think them much superior in grain to the general run of West India Sugars ; they sold at the following prices : Brown Dry 535. a ,555. ; Yellow Fair, 565. a 58s. ; Strong 595. a 61s.—There were 306 chests of Havannah Sugars, the whole were white; fair qualit y 435. a 445., good 465. lo w :37 5 . a 40 s . 6d . The ast India Sugars 371 bags, were the strong grain Sugars we lately mentioned, they sold at 445. a 445. 6d. The inferior quantities of Mauritius S u gar are ls. lower; the low Havannah cold also at re .dueed prices. This day by Public Sale, 106 casks 33 arbadoes sold Is. a ls. 6d. lower, e3s. a 715.; ;4275 mate Man* fine yellow 5914 loyOgq.a 45.; 516 chests good white Ilavannah 435. a 47s—taken in, but chiefly disposed of afterwards at sale prices. COFFEE.—The demand for Coffee last week was :general and extensive, but it produced no advance in the prices ; on the contrary the Market was rather lower. Large parcels of St. Domingo sold ord. and broken 335. 6d. a 445. 6d.; good ord. 451. a 455. 6d. ; and fine ord. 465. There was only one small p u blic sale of Coffee this forenoon, 47 bags good ord. Ceylon sold at 435. 6d.; no sales by private contract are reported. HEMP, FLAX, and TALLOW.—The accounts yes terday from St. Petersburgli were rather unfavoura ble for Tallow, the price had fallen to 98 rubles, exchange a fraction below 10(1.; this Market was in consequence heavy and lower yesterday morning, but it has since recovered, owing to the very large deli veries for home consumption; last week 1,780 casks were delivered out of our stock of 22,000 casks. In Hemp there is little alteration. There is now little St. Petersburgh or Riga Flax left on sale ; the sales since our last are chiefly Archangel 331. to 361. PRovistoNs.—The late arrivals of Foreign Pro visions, to which we have alluded, ha►e suspended trade; the applications to prohibit these imports remain without any answer.—ln Bacon there is little alteration.—Butters have given way considerably. COTTON.—The whole of the Cottons taken in at the last East India sale have been taken off the Market; we believe 4,800 bags, the prices have not transpired ; the other purchases for the week ending last night inclusive are inconsiderable. The ac counts from Manchester state there is a fair demand for goods, but the prices still decline; from Glas gow the accounts are more' favourable, trade was rather brisk at higher prices. At a late hour it transpired, that of the large sale we have alluded to, two-thirds are taken for export ; the prices are un derstood to be rather under the withdrawing prices at the India House.—The total sales for the s week ending last night consist of-5,200 Surat 4id.a 170 Bowed 6-id. a 6f-,d.; 50 Bengal sd. INDIGO.—The sale at the India House commenced yesterday ; it consists of about 2,600 chests, of which 664 chests sold the first day much about the last prices, and about Gd. to 9d. per pound lower than the previous prices by private contract. The accounts from Calcutta, of the 27th of December► mention the quantity, compared with the same period the previous year, was 39,199 maunds less. This day the Indigo has gone off with great brisk ness, fully recovering the depression of yesterday; the prices of the ordinary, and middling in particular, are Gd. a Is. Bd. higher than yesterday; several marks are taken in for still higher prices, 1,584 chests out of 2,584 are now sold ; the currency of the market is now nearly the same as the previous rates of private contract. OlLS.—There is little alteration to notice in the demand or in the prices of Oil, except Sperm, which at public sale last week went off at 631., and 64/. fair quality. Toßecco.—The sales for the week ending last night inclusive are limited, consisting chiefly of lots of 20 and 10 hhds. to the trade ; 40 ordinary Ma ryland for export at 4d., and 60 light leafy Tobacco at 31d. to a manufacturer. FRUIT.—In auk there is little alteration to no tice. Currants are held with more firmness.—The stock of Red Smyrna Raisins is reduced to 1,200 barrels. Rum, BRANDY, and HOLLAND9.-It was reported last week, that the prices of English Gin would be be forthwith advanced 9d. per gallon, but it bad no effect on the Rum Market; small parcels of Leeward* proofs, and 1 and 2 over, sold free on board a bout 2s. 5d., or rather a shade lower; a small lot of Lee wards for consumption at 2s. 3d. Fine Jamaica, for home use, continues scarce and high ; several small parcels of Brandy have been sold chiefly for home consumption, at rather lower prices. The late sales dr Geneva are 2s. Sd. At the Excise sale about 15,000 gallons Geneva sold on an average at 2s. sd. TEAS.-The Tea Trade has become rather heavy, the deliveries for home consumption have fallen off. The Public Sale to-day consisted of Caper Tea for export ; it is not allowed sale at the India House, on account of the discovery some time ago of iron dust adhering to the leaves. HOPs.--The accounts from the Hop counties state the plant is rapidly rising. The Hop Market 19 steady, there is rather more business doing. SPICES, Sec.-By public Sale yesterday, by order of the Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, on account of the Ceylon Government :-Cinnamon, 912 bales, 152 chests, Ist quality, 300 bales; 6s. 7d. a 6s. Bd.; about one-half sold. Second quality, 262 bales, ss. 7d. a ss. Sd. Third quality, 350 bales, only one lot sold 4s. 7d. The 152 chests 2s. a ss. Pepper, 129 ba g s h a lf h e a vy so ld 3d. a nd 3d.; Oil of Cloves, 26 bottles, duty paid, 265. 6tl. Also. White Pepper, 23 bags ordinary quality, Is. Sd. a ls. 11 ' d. ; Saltpetre, 1200 bags, 21s. 6d. a 225.; Cassia Lignea, 662 chests good, 105 a. a 1075.; Rice 150 bags middling white Bengal, 13s. 6d. a 145.; Cinnamon, 156 packages, Ist, ss. 10d. a 6s. 3d.; 2d, 4s. 9d. a ss. sd. ; Sago Pearl, 1535 packages taken in, good 15s. a 175.; Pepper, 426 bags, 3 1d. a 3 d. ; Nutmegs, 13 casks for export only, good ungarbled 2s. 11d. ; Mace, 7 casks, 3s. Sd. a 4s. 4d.; Cloves, 11 bags, Is. 9d. a 2s. 2d.; Sugar, 689 bags grey strong Mauritius 275. a 30s. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 9.-There has been a g ood demand for Cotton to-day. at steady prices, and the sales are estimated at 1500 bags. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. Per Quarter. s. to s. 53 Canterbury 52 ~,A B 3 .„-- Horneastle---- 5 3 3 ' ) 59 58 54 Spilsby 56 58 53 Barley. S. to 9. 37 36 42 42 46 40 42 40 43 39 43 40 44 40 44 Oats. s• to a. 28 28 37 33 44 32 43 28 35 33 3g 27 39 34 35 35 • 39 s. to 0 . 38 44 53 6 5'7 5 ° 55 60 58 6 ° • 46 50 56 60 58 60 COTTON WOOL. LIST OF IMPORTS AND RXPOICTS. IMPO. LTED. !Same pc_ This rind last Year. year. ZXPORTED• IPrevioul ly this year. - Bags, &c. Bags, &c. Bags, ke. Bags, ba• Liverpool 16i,721 116,648 ` ) 67 5,959 London Glasgow 15,320 4,686 90 Total exported in 1627 14,201. COTTON WOOL—GLASGOW. The sales during the week amounted to 1782 hales. 71 Sea Island s l2d. a 15d. 16 Ditto Stained 74d. a Od. 20 Saw-ginned Ditto 700 Bowed, 177 Orleans 6d. a 6. k cl 125 Egyptian s 1 2 7 Demerara sa a 8 '" 8 Ditto Inferior - 21 Surats * l4 V°. BY AUCTION. Ipl. a s d. 417 Orleans (damaged) 96 Imported from Savannah 9 Do. 1518 Do. . N D e em w e ° ra r r ic a a . '''' --- 198'Z P" bales. BIRTHS. On the 9th inst., at Walthamstmv, Mrs. George Carr, of a daughter. The lady of Willi a m Hughes , Es q ., 'Upper Ormond quay, Dublin, of a son, being her fifteenth child. A RRIED. On the sth inst.' ZVilliaru Peel , Esq., of L eg horn, to Mary, daughter of E d m und Peel, Esq., of Church Bank , in the County of Lancaster. DIED. nEselt"ereha: Martin, in the 58th year of his age. lane, w G• On t 1 rith inst., at East Moulsev Surrey, —• , f his mao(o o p)n n iiiiett,t t hhh l eele e .Bls 7: htt. i i i iiinn i i n s: l i t t, ' . ' : at' Thorne, ton, relict of the late g J ien o d h 7 n l(B ll n ia n r i m n John Austin, E sq. age, at Kennington, in the 81st year o. Henry Child, Esq., of Rood" Yorkshire, Captain John Romford, Essex, aged 89. Kennington-terrace, 1111,,frEs.s4G.,raof'i PAl2cissu arid PUBLISHED by M. YOUNG, at t l ' 4 Sint-01fT101,-I`Tch 112 ? Strand.