The Sun. — London, England, 1825-12-29 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning I'apers,Dec.29, 1825. [THE Trees.] The present price of bread and meat—that is, of every branch of farm produce—at a time of profound peace, would of itself be sufficient to slew that England stands in a" false position" with respect to these essential articles. Prices have been forced up by unwholesome means, and the recent confusion in the trading world has been greatly enhanced, if not mainly caused by the difficulty, we trust the physical impossibility of continuing them at the -same high level.— B'utcher's meat at 9d., and the 41b. (not the quartern) loaf at 10Id. or 11d., are fearful phe nomena in a country which cannot exist, or flou rish at least, but through the success of its in dustry over that of rival States, and which, there fore, must command the labour of its workmen at such wages as will support a permanent corn petition with every other people. That prices of subsistence for some months past have been too, great to admit of a free or sure market for our mannfabtures at a fair profit, the overstocked condition of the warehouses in every quarter of the kingdom, and in most departments of manu facturing industry,will demonstrate. At the ex isting state of wages, there can be no adequate i foreign vent for our commodities ; and from the spirit of overtrading upon small or fictitious capi tal, manifesting itself in the efforts of desperate men to carry on a losing traffic, and gain a short livelihood on other people's resources, the failure to sell what has been bought on trust, recoils upon those who have granted credit indis creetly, and involves the fall of many solid and respectable fortunes in the bankruptcy or flight - of adventurers who never were possessed of any. Among the various and successive steps which have raised the market value of commodities within these two or three last years, well informed men do not hesitate to rec kon—The unfortunate act for authorising the country bankers to issue 1/. notes, a sort of cir culation which was accepted greedily by the secondary class'of dealers every where, and as eagerly furnished by the country bankers in the shape of accommodation to all who wanted it : The excessive issue of Bank paper, which had the effect, although we must presume that it did flow from the intention, of enabling Ministers to reduce the 5 and 4 per cents., by which, in fact, they added to the capital of a debt of 800 mil lions :--Then came the system of lending the Bank capital on mortgage—a mode of employing the funds of a Bank which can 4 never be too loudly deprecated :—Last of all, we have had our blessed Corn Laws to give force and power to the preceding causes of embarrass ment. This, indeed, is the monopoly, which, combined with an excess of paper, we must, in order to clear the-ground of our future national prosperity, prevail upon Parliament, if it repre sents the feelings of the people and understands their wants, to demolish. It has been already hinted that a league might be possible between the landlords and manufacturers, to club their respective interests, and enforce their double monopoly against the nation at large. The at tempt may be made, for there is nothing too Orlious, inconsistent, or culpable, for selfishness to drive at: but the manufacturers ought to be aware that their own acts have stopped them from such an undertaking. They have already agreed to the measures of Government for li beralizing the national commerce—they have declared their readiness fur a contest ivith fo reigners, and defied them—they cannot now re tract ; but if they murmur, as perhaps they may,. at any difficulties thereby entailed upon them, it is their business to co-operate with the public and the Ministers for a comple tion of the new system of free trade, by se curing plentiful subsistence and moderate wages on one side—and by cleating a system of fair dealing on the other, through a check to the abundance and the abuse of credit. The interest of the manufacturers, and their duty, to ad vance, not retreat, in the road on which they have entered. If not, they will have the Corn Law perpetuated, and, after the fashion of rude and barbarous times, monopoly instead of liberty, made the corner-stone of British commerce. [BRITISH PRESS.] The Greek cause, :which has been so many times on the .brink of destruction, will again, in alVprobability, be rescued from danger, and, perhaps, at the moment when success appeared the least to be expected, it may be crowned with .triumph. 'The accession of the Emperor Con stantine is an eventof the greatest importance to the Creeks at the present crisis of their struggle. From his infancy his views have been directed to that quarter. Latterly the pacific policy of the &TOljr Alliance, of which his brother Alexander iivrts , ''the author, -deprived him of all reasonable -hope of gratifying his.ambition of founding afresh ;the Christian -Empire of the East. Ile is now ,suddenly released from this restraint, and invest ed with absolute. power to carry into execution :the projects which were instilled into his child 'hood,and which it is known he.has ever since , warmly cherished. There can be no doubt, -therefore, that, with a rough and ardent temper like his, he will, -as soon as he feels himself -lirmly seated on 'the Imperial Throne, turn his "eyes - towards Constantinople. The insurrection of the Greeks, . the most favourable circum stances he -could. desire in case of , hostilities with the Tnrkish Government, was apparently so •noarly quelled, that- unless he manifested his de '-s4fns at an early period, there vas much reason to -apprehend that , he would lose the important be nofit's he - might derive from the aid and co-opera tion of the Greeks. We have therefore been look ing,to every arrival from the .East during the last two or. three 'days, .for some indication.,of the feelings of the. new Emperor with regard, to the Sublime Porte. It appears by the German Papers received yesterday„,that M: Von. I\'linziacky, the " Russian Ministers delivered a note to the Reis EfFendi• on the .4 7th of November, complaining that - the Beschli Agas, after leaving the' Princi. palittes of Moldavia and Wallachia, had shortly afterwards returned, and committed dreadful ex cesses. M. de Minziacky communicated a copy of his remonstrances to the other Christian Mi nisters, from whom it was believed strong repre sentations would be made to the Divan as to the necessity of acting with good faith in respect of the evacuation of the principalities, and a strict adherence to the other provisions of the treaty of Bucharest. The Porte, it is evident, was alarmed at the approach of the Emperor Alex ander, and had probably sent public orders to the Beschli Agas, accompanied by secret instruc tions of an opposite character. The Emperor Constantine will have no lack of pretences for any measures to which he may be disposed to have recourse, and as the notes of M. de Min ziacky will very opportunely warrant him in assuming a harsher tone than R,ussia has for many years held towards Turkey, he will only have at once to denounce the perfidy of the Mussultnans. and pour upon their enfeebled and distracted empire the overwhelming tide of his enthusiastic army. Some changes, it is stated, have lately taken place in the Turkish Cabinet. The Grand Mufti was dismissed on the 28th ult., but it was doubtful whether his removal was connected with any question of public policy. The _ news from Greece through Constantinople wasall of the most unfavourable nature. The fleet of the Capital) Pacha, it was alleged, had succeeded in re victualling Patras and Lepanto previously to its sailing for Missolonghi, against which the whole force of the Mahometans, both naval and military, was directed. The garrison, however, were un daunted, and resolved to perish under its ruins, rather than suffer it to fall into the hands of its barbarian besiegers. That this is no vain boast, the history of the first defence of Misso longhi would if necessary attest. The Samiotes who had disembarked in Candia, have, it is said, been defeated by - the Turks, who made a sally from the fortresses, and " killed them all." To this extravagant story is appended a report of a mutiny in Napoli di Romania, in which three 'members of the Government had been murdered. We give no credence whatever to these vague and unauthorised statements. We learn, however, from them that the Greeks had lost no further ground, and would he able to maintain the con test until the probable interference of the Ern . - peror Constantine would deliver them from their perilous condition. , The arrival of Lord Cochrane would also take place about the. same time, and the influence of his name would alone work won ders, even should Russia, contrary to all present expectation, adhere to the pacific policy of the late reign. MORNING HERALD.] It appears by the Foreign Papers that there is a proposition before the Supreme Council of Ge neva for the abolition of the punishment of death. Geneva, though " fallen from her high state," still retains a portion of the intelligence which did so much in former days, frequently for the truth, and always for the independence of opi nion ; and if this proposition be adopted, it will, in all probability, add one example more of the possibility and expediency of dispensing with capital punishments. Few in this country have gone the length of demanding its total abolition ; but there is only one opinion—beyond the circle within a circle to which this matter seems to be left in Parliament, that the punishment of death is denownced by the law with a mon strous prodigality, and that it is too frequently— much too frequently, inflicted. The question is particularly deserving of consideration at the present moment, when the Bank of England has returned to the issue of small notes, and when these small notes, in consequence of the failures or restricted issues of country banks, are circu lated all over the kingdom. Here, then, is the same facility—the same, or still greater tempta tion, and the increased difficulty of verifying the notes at a distance. Are the Bank of England prepared to outage public opinion and humanity again by the spectacle of wretches perishing by dozens under the hands of the executioner for an offence where the forbidden ground is so very open to the temptations of distress, and the means of commiting the crime within the reach of clumsy ignorance and poverty ? The Bank was driven be fore to an expedient in discord with English crimi nal jurisprudence, and the ends of justice in the abstract—that of encouraging prisoners to plead guilty to the minor offence, under a pledge that the capital punishment should be remitted. Surely this compromise, of which a civil, well-governed people should be ashamed, will not be resorted to again. The Bank of England is reduced to the alternative of fencing its property horn the depredation by rendering the invasion of it rea sonably difficult, or it should concert with the Government to mitigate the punishment. One of the fairest and commonest questions in criminal trials for the violation of property is, whether the prosecutor exercised due care and vigilance for the protection of the property and the prevention of the crime. [MORNING POST.] The Allgemeine Zeitung brought yesterday in telligence from Odessa to the sth inst., and from Constantinople to the'3oth of November. The former states that M. Minziacky had made fresh complaints to the Porte respecting the conduct Of its agents, the Beschli Agas, who after having retired from Moldavia and Wallachia for a few days in obedience to the public orders of the Divan, had returned and committed all sorts of excesses, in consequence, it was thought, of secret instructions from the same quarter. A copy of these remonstrances had been communicated to the other Christian Ministers, in .which the most revolting facts are said to have been enumerated, and revolting indeed they must have been if, as 'it is asserted, they succeeded in moving the inertness or partiality of Austria, and in ducing both the Ambassador of that Power, and that of France, to unite their reproving voices to that of the Russian Minister. 'Corn plaints of this natnre,on the part of M. Miuziacky, coupled with thOiine at which they were made, when the 'Erriperor Alexander was going to re view his armies on the Turkish frontier, tend .to confirm a report which has obtained some credit on the Continent, that the deceased Autocrat " could not reflect without remorse on the cala mities of Greece ; that his patience was exhaust ed ; that the Lion's sleep was drawing to an end, and that his waking would be terrible."— If this be true, and the feeling is too natural not to have been entertained by Alexander, it must increase general regret that he should have been removed from the earth at a moment when he was ready so adopt a line of policy worthy of a Christian Monarch, and to repair past errors and weaknesses, by becoming at last the cham pion of justice and the avenger of humanity.. The advices from Constantinople announce a partial revolution in the Ottoman Cabinet. The Mufti had been unexpectedly dismissed and disgraced, but the real cause remained a secret., though abundant reports were in circulation. These ac counts also state that a party of 300 Greeks from Samos, who had landed in Crete to assist the insur gents,had been cut to pieces,which is very possible; but when they tell us that Napoli di Romania had offered to capitulate at the arrival of the Ot man fleet from Alexandria, their writers forget that the Turkish did not even approach Napoli, but took a wide sweep to avoid the Greek Ad mirals, and went round to Navarino, from whence it was to sail still farther to Missolonghi. The evident groundlessness of this assertion may therefore justify a hope that the other is equally unfounded. It is however proper to add, that even at Constantinople they did the Greeks the justice to say, hat the mere proposal to capitu late had created so much indignation, that an in surrection of the people had ensued at Napoli, in which three Members of the Government. had lost their lives. [THE PUBLIC LEDGER.] We have received the Paris Papers of Mon day, and The EMIle, dated Tuesday. To judge from their contents, the death of the Emperor Alexander, and the succession of his brother, still appear to constitute the single subject of interest in that Capital., The Rentes, it is pretty broadly stated, would have felt the effects of this im portant change much more sensibly, but for the extraordinary efforts of the Speculators for a rise, who, amongst other ingenious devices, exhibited forged letters on the Bourse, from Atnster dam, Frankfort, and Vienna, in which the ambitious character of Alexander, and the exemplary moderation of Constantine, are dwelt upon with proper emphasis.. The in satiable ambition of the former has, according to the same authority, rendered his death a great and most seasonable benefit ; whilst the self command which his successor has displayed at all . times, and in all situations, promises, of course, to insure, for a long period, the repose of the world. Constantine, too, is made to write to Prince Metternich, to assure the latter, that the wish nearest his heart (amiable and considerate Prince 1) is to contribute to the • maintenance of the peace of Europe ! and the Journal des Debuts, which exposes the whole fraud, points out, at the same time, the gross absurdity of making the new Emperor, write. to a foreign subject, before he had entered.. into any communication with the leading persons of his own empire. In the mean time we are told that this pacific Monarch commenced the journey from Warsaw to St. Petersburgh on the 17th inst. and we are only astonished, seeing the favourable auspices under which his reign has been ushered in by a certain class of Parisian. Stock-jobbers, that it has created only sinister forebodings on our own Market. In proof of this, it was very currently Ma ted yesterday in the City, that a strong squadron was to be detached immediately to the Mediterranean, to reinforce the ships we have there already ; and, notwithstanding the obvious improbability of this rumour, it found hearers, such is the _ •marked discrepancy between the opinion generally entertained here, and that we have just alluded to, re specting the views of the new Russian Sovereign. Though it is _ highly probable that - Ministers par ticipate in the general impression that has been made in - this country by the change that has taken place on the Russian throne, yet it is not at all probable that they would be in such breath lesshaste to apprize all the world of their sus picions. This country is not so weak in naval force on that station, nor so unprepared to meet sudden emergencies, to render such precipitate demonstrations necessary. However eager too he may be to grasp at the Greek Crown, yet Constantine will no doubt take measures to secure that of Russia first, as otherwise he might verify the fable of the dog, who was crossing a stream with a bone in his mouth. In the interval that he is employed in securing the submission of his Russian vassals, our Government will have suffi cient time to increase our naval force in the Mediterranean to any extent that circumstances may require. Besides, the Russian force in the Black Sea is too insignificant to require prepara tions on our side upon a very large scale. It consists, we understand, of about 14 ships alto gether, of which one-half may be of that line, and the other's large frigates ; but the whole very old, and, at the same time, very imperfectly equipped and manned. [NEW TIMES. In another part of our Paper will be found the circular of Sir Peter Pole's House, With the certificate of five eminent merchants, who, as sisted by a professional accountant, have minutely examined into the debts and assets of the Firm— (See another column of Tnc.SuN).. These Gen• tlemen state their decided opinion that the assets of the House, together with the available pro perty of the individual partners, will, under pro per management, prove sufficient to pay all the Creditors to the full amount of their respective claims; and they recommend the appointment of trustees for that purpose: It was unnecessary for them to go further, or they might have safely stated that after the full payment of all debts, there would be a considerable surplus. • But alas ! how great mush be the sacrifice, how la mentable the Wreck,- when a banking-house of such extensive connexions comes to a forced -sus pension of payments If, under these , circutn- Stances, it is able to pay all its'llehts, it must, in the fair course of credit, have been' a most rich and flourishing concern. And yet all its means were suddenly paralyzed by the poisonous breath of calumny. Its character was hinted away by a single malignant paragraph.— So fatal is the power of the Press, when uncontroulled by moral or honourable principle. [MORNING CIIRONICLY.] As a financial measure, and no doubt for the purpose of relieving the exigencies of the State, the King of Spain has recently levied a forced contribution of ten millions, of rials on his subjects carrying on trade and commerce, and before us is a copy of the Instructions, containing in all nine teen articles, which his Ministers, under (late of 22d ult., have transmitted to the several Intendants of the Provinces for its assessment and collection. This contribution is to continue for successive years, and commence on Jan. 1, 1826. By the 11th article all those persons are declared liable to this contribution " who exercise the mercan tile profession, in any one of its branches or classes, the term commerce being understood to apply to the purchase and sale of goods, produce, and effects obtained through the indus try of another. The twelfth article exempts therefrom " farmers selling the produce of their own - crops ; • manufacturers purchasing articles for their own works," &c., The Boards of Trade are authorised to make the cpllection of the new revenue, and no doubt they will be induced to lend the King the advances upon it which he may require. The proportions are assessed according to the size arid importance of each mercantile town and district, and the distributions are after wards to be made by the authorities entrusted with the collection. Yesterday was another holiday at the Bank, and the business .done in the Stock Market was, in consequence, very limited ; in the transactions that did take place, however, the favourable ac counts which we have recently had the satisfac tion- to give, received further confirmation. Con sols for Account opened at 821, and gradually rose to 82-4- but left off at 824. Bank Stock was at 213, and Three-and-a-half Per Cent. Stock at 894. Exchequer Bills and India Bonds were at a par, or at so trifling a discount as not to be . worth mentioning.— Money, in fact, seemed abundant; and if the op portunity offered for profitable investment,it might have been had . to any amount. In the Foreign Stocks there was no material alteration, - and the accounts from the country continue to be satisfactory. With respect to Shares, they excite very little attention, but in some few there has been on iMproVement ; and the Real del Monte hate got up to 830 premium.—A im mense number of these speculations are never men tioned, and are only thought of with regret. I o fact, we repeat that it is imperative on the Di rectors of those which afford no prospect of pro fitable pursuits, to fall Meetings forthwith, and, by an immediate dissolution, to prevent further loss. It is astonishing what immense sums are locked up in this way, which, if distributed at the present cri sis of commercial distress, would be 'Productive of the greatest ad vantage. The remittances from the country to the town bankers yesterday were consider able, and many of those who 'hoarded their funds during the late alarm, are heard to express their regret that they (lid not take advantage of the golden opportunities which were - afforded them, but which we sincerely trust will not again recur.—(lbid.) COAT, MARKET, DEC. 29. Adair's, 36s—Bunion, ;fps 6d—Beaumont, 34s 6d—,Cox lodge, 36i 9d to 37s 3d—Eighton - Moor, 32s 6d—Forest Main, 34s 6d—Garesfield, 32s 6d—Heaton, 36s 9d, 37s 3d, to 37s 6d -Hebburn Main, 37s—Ilolywell, 35s—Kenton West, 34s Killingworth, 37s—LiddePs Main, 38s 9d—Old Walker, 34s 6tl —Pelaw, 37s—Percy East, 36s—Pontop Windsor, 32s 8d— Tan held Moor, 37s 6d--Townley, 36s—Willie ton, 37s 6d to 3i3s—Wylam, 37s 9d—Walls End Bewicke and Co. 40s—Walls End Brown's, 36s—Walls End Green's, 33s 9d to 34s—Walls End Newmarch, 38sL-Walls End Northumberland, 36s 6d Walls End Pawson anti Co. 36s—Walls Riddell's, 38s to 38s Gd —Walls End Russell's, 39s 6d—Walls End Walker, 37s 9d Walls End Metal, 35s 9d—fletton's small, 21s—Burraton Walls End re-shipped, 33s 6d—Tanfield Trader, 37s—Bar rington Main, 314 6d—Cowpen, 37s 9d—lfartley 40s 6d Stone Coal, 3'3s—Fawcett Main, Ms 6d—lledworthillain, 33s —Larnbton Priinrose, 36s—Montague, 31s—Lyon's Alain, 39s —Russell's Lyon's, 39s 3d—Russell's Hetton's Walls End, 4ls 9d—Walls End Cleveland, 30s 9d—Walls End lietton, 42s—Walls End Lambton, 42s—Walls End Springwell, 34s Gd —Walls End Stewart's, 42s—Walls End Stobert's, 34s 641. Ships at market, 154—Ships sold, 901. A French Paper states, that crime is vastly on the increase in Paris. It is said there is a band of eight hundred robbers, who carry on their de predations in all quarters of the City. A few days ago the house of a money-changer, a Mr. Joseph, was entered by• two desperadoes, at the early hour of six in the afternoon, upon the pre tense of doing business. The villains, however, robbed him of about 15,000 francs (6001. ster ling) having at the same time inflicted several wound's upon his body with a sharp instrument. Letters from Copenhagen state, that not only landed property, but houses were increasing in value: this, coupled with the gradual advance in agricultural produce, had inspired. new life amongst the Gentry, as well as the cultivators of the soil. On the llth inst. as M. de GOYEN, a Student of Theology at the. University of Leyden, was returning home from the house of a friend, where he had been spending the evening, he fell into the Canal, and was. drowned. The following CURIOUS OCCURRENCE took place last week at .the INlarshe de la Bourgain villiers, in Paris :—Some workmen employed in pulling. down the old stalls or small booths, dis covered under the floor of one of them a consi derable sum - buried in the ground. They went directly to inform the proprietor of the stalls, w ho generally lets them out by the day. It was at first supposed that the treasure might have been depo sited•there at the time of the entrance of theallied troops into Paris, by an old woman no longer living, WIM kept the stall in question. This opi nion seemed .to be confirmed by the circumstance that all the pieces of coin bore the effigy of Napoleon. The heirs of the old woman came to claim the prOperty, upon which' a vehethent dis pute arose between them and the proprietor. During the . altercation a'multitude flocked to the spot, and these gentry being of opinion that the treasure belonged to neither, a general scramble ensued, and every one carried off what he could. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday, Stephen Clothier, clerk to Mr. Robert i SPil A le l Wadeson, was brought before the LORD MAYOR, char' with having stolen the sum of 451., the property of his maste r' Edward Duke, also a cl er k t o M r . Wadeson, stated, that t h e prisoner was in May l as t i n th e serv i ce o f t h a t gentleman the capacity of clerk ; th a t l ie , w it ness , a s h or t time before t he 30th of May, delivered to the prisoner a receipt, the d a t e being left in blank, with instr u cti o n s to t i k e it to Mr. Tar ner, of Percy-street, Rathbone-place ; and if Mr. Tary i r , should not have received the money of his client, to leave receipt there ; that upon the p r i soner ' s return , he (Prisn ri t told the witness th a t h e h a d l e f t th e rece ipt accor ding to Ir. directions he had received, and that Mr. Turner would'se n f and that frequently sinc e that occasion, the witness had de sired the prisoner to ca ll u p on M r . T urner on th e buiin , , and that upon all such o cc a s ion s th e p r i soner h a d retarnea same answer. The receipt was here handed in, and the: di l e ness identified it, and swo re th at th e d ate was filled up with n i prisoner's hand-writin g , who h a d no t accoun t e d for the stun ' 451., nor any part ther e of. M r . T urner sa id, the receipt nole _ produced was brought to hi m by a c l er k o f Mr. Wadeson' S i whom lie gave a draught on his hankers, Messrs. Herries an Co., for the amount of 45)., and he had no doubt that the per son to whom he had p a id th e d raug ht was th e p r i soner . Clo tille • was then fully committed for trial. A boy, named Symonds, was charged with having robbed lady of a pocket-book; w hi c h sh e carr i e d i n h er re ti c ule. .1. 6. prisoner succeeded in getting into his possession the poe'` e a book, by means of a new manoeuvre, which the young thiel,`; often practice. Another boy, who led about a donky,,; pretence of being a costermonger , as soon as he saw the 1 7, approaching the corn er o f a narrow street , near Bishop*? street, drove the donky up close to her, so that not oniy_A. great impediment presented itself, but the lady was - conft l 7 , by fears for her own safety. While she was in this conditi on s the prisoner, without any di ff iculty, took the pocket-boo s tj " of her reticule. Daniel Forrester, the officer, howcv j erl been watching the movements of the prisoner, and seize u ,, oo 4 the moment the robbery was committed. Th e pocket.w n i r contained a sovereign, and 10s. 6d. in silver.—The was fully committed. 10%. A countryman was brought b e f ore th e Loan i"aetla charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct. and clared that lie had not been more than one night in torn' ac that he had taken but a littl e d ro p w i t h some Lola" — a id quaintances—a very little drop indeed, and therefore it h c f a ir not be the fault of the liquor. H e b e li eve d i t wa g the. 'l'he thick stupifying London air that did all the mischief.-- 0 . LORD illairott, who had fined several of the Christmas Cag e jc sers for getting drunk, said he feared it was the heaq stupifying London beer that did the mischief. his 1 . 41. ' then fined the countryman Ss. GUILDHALL. Mr. William Dngdale, a bookseller, in Ruese ll-tl,rt ; Drury.lane, appeared before M r . Ald erman J. J. Silca, for the purpose of obt a inin g a warrant f or t h e aPP_r e t he sion of a person of the name of Willi ams , car rying ull A. „. 0 0. same business, in Angel-court, St. Martin's-le-al The applicant stated that he h a d b een quest i one d by ge`, l persons in his profession, within the last day or two, resr; ing a cheap little edition of Lo r d B yron ' s -C orsa i r , , made its appearance, with his (Dugdal's) imprint to the tt, page of it. lie felt some surprise upon the subject at comes;. because he had never p u bli s h e d t h e wor k, n or plated the doing so, b u t h e was soon satisfied of ,4 truth of the information he h a d rece i ve d, f or lie found the aTo, lying upon half the stalls in th e me t ropo li s ; an d having,: tr „;pg them to have been publish e d by Mr. Williams, and tio,„'t, bought a copy of the work a t Williams's own house, • he . ZMl milted he was in a situation to claim a- -warrant under the of Geo. 111., cap. 79, which pro v id es th a t any pers on On Lae , publish any book, witho u t th e pr i nter ' s rea l name and ,14 11 w; g0 upon the first and last page thereof. shall forfeit 201. • or upon the edition of the Corsair in question, the namern n ,„ . rh first and last pages were quit e diff erent, an d , h e b e lievedq i :ii, false. That the work w a s " pr i nte d b y an d for Wm•lhlttalt of Russell-court," as stated upon the title page, was cel g ia• untrue and fictitious ; that it was p r i n t e d b y " R. Dunn,Cic x . square," as stated on the last leaf, seemed equally unf o A ln `• for the printer of that n ame , w h o f ormer l y li ve d in t 7 7,lfils square, had removed from thence a considerable timei the book was dated 1825 ; and, as far as he could ocet t made its first appearance on W e d nes d ay l ast. It wash. fl i "" matter of slight moment to a b oo k se ll er , that other pe o Iv without his consent or knowled g e, s h ou ld affix his Darn' it, pamphlet, because he bec ame li a bl e to t h e stamp duty and perhaps to penalties for a su pp ose d i ntent i on t o eitt we duty. ho e • Mr. Beresford, the Chief (clerk, said if lie sought to, " - rot penalty inflicted, the appli ca nt mus t pursue t h e usual coin and begin with filing a regularly drawn written informationxiite Mr. Dugdale conceived su c h a pre li m i nary steP walltier unnecessary in this case. On e of th e c l auses of the Ac el i c a pressly stated, that any p erson to w h om , or i n w hose 1 0 ;01 any printed book having a fictitious name or abode 1 0 ,Als thereon, shall be sold, or offered for sale, may seize and de k, the person selling or exposing to view any such and pr inted pi forthwitha vender take him to be befo seizeds s re a J o utic unceremone. Sure flyiously, then , • fivi Y: r ogs law permits person whatsoever, it would n o t b e t oo muc h or his I*.v" to send a constable to apprehend the original publisher. and The Alderman said if he had apprehended the Pary• t hiA brought him to the office, lie would have been dealt i a nd o the law directed ; but as the applicant had not done • 50, Irt ist preferred laying an inform a ti on b e f ore a M a gistrate, h' do so in the ordinary manner. rf ninet i to The applicant retired, appar e ntly by no mea ns detc-- t liei encounter the expence, and immin en t r i s k o f flaws, ittten all proceedings by written information. BOW-ST. W ' William Dann a blacksmith, E wan brought b e fore rig HALLS, by a watchman, who said he fo u nd him wellOnO ° t oo the Strand, sober, with his face blacked every where exeePter one temple.—Mr. Halls severely reprimanded the bUSY "iast action 4 man, and told him that Mr. D unn h a d a r i g ht of action him for false imprisonment.—M r . Dunn s a id, he was not S that his face was black. He had been spending the e l — ' d py, with some friends, and had fallen asleep while in their c.orn?",tp and be supposed they availed themselves of the opportallit, blacken his face. MA RYLA BONNE. A young man, named Ilarrison, was charged with 11°11 116 concealed hinoelf, on Monday evening, in the house °fob, uncle, in Cleveland-street, with the intention to commit wee ks bery. The prisoner returned from transportation a few in to since, and upon a promis e o f amen d men t, was received to p his father's house, and also visited at his uncle's house, hi l p ot one occasion he stole some trifling article. This fact 035 0 communicated to his father, who a few days after sent u,fie`9ol soner with 101. to deliver to his uncle; but he was not ri• of until Monday night. At th a t ti me th e family of th f el o soner's uncle had retired to rest, when he was alartno barking of the dog, who led him to the water-closet, SniVouse the prisoner was found. He said he had been in'the since Saturday. He was committed. WORSHIP-STREET. a 't o SWIN 0-.—Yemterday, Perkins, alias lVddi, a n .rjo o Atkinson, who were charged with having defrauded "otirt, silk-manufacturers of property to a very considerable ar Pfor were brought before the Magistrates of this Offie e • e _ die final examination. It appeared, that in almost every elieeo same mode of obtaining possession of the goods 111 1 0 00 adopted. Accounts were first opened with them by At ifeo who represented himself as in th e em pl o y of Alexan der 40 and Co.; of 76, Queen-street, and w h ere , when the e r `i o tel called, they were received by Perkins, who assu med the,jeat of Welch. In one case, a receipt was obtained by frata"./01. representations, and this the prosecutors wished to mak,, e i lietti t was a felony. The Magistr a t es w ere , however, of a " opinion, and committed the prisoners for conspiracy. BIRTH. q , Tri nr On the 28th inst., in Bolton-street, the lady of ham Smith, Bsq., of a daughter, still-born. AR . A 11 1 r; On Tuesday, the 27th M instant ßlED , at . St. James's James Radley, of Bridge-street, Blackfriars, to hiss e Ann Gould, of Jermyn-street, eldest daughter of the lat Joseph ,Gould. y r . Del On the 2Gth instant, at Much-Wenlock, Salop, ' e coo Boughton, of Finsbury-terrace, Lond o n, to Catherine, 0 daughter of the late Thomas Stirrop, Esq of Shrealb DIED. On the 25th inst., at Seven Oaks, Thomas Warne" late of the Island of Antigua. 01 311 On Monday, the 26th inst., in her 22d year, Ma t t' daughter of Mr. Hughes, Addington-place, Camberiv o .o 5 4 : On Wednesday, the 28th inst., at Camber Wel l, n h g e ploo' Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. Philip nacres Hart, - of 00' 4 India House, leaving eight .Young children to deplore ',.'S te plie" On Christmas-day, in the 49th year of 'his 'age,' Shute Rowe, Esq., late of the 64th Regiment of Foot: ,• % tinted and I'.blished for the Pnorielticu's. at l e g , Cz / ICE 1 1 / 4 0. 1 2, Stiand, by J B