The Sun. — London, England, 1827-04-20 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE , PUBLIC JOURNALS. We believe we may confidently assure our readers, that not only have steps been taken to wards promoting that union in his Majesty's Cabinet, which the great mass of the thinking pUblic at this moment so anxiously desire, viz. the accession of the 'Marquis of Lanadown to the Ministry which •Mr. Canning is authorised to form, but we may add further, that those steps have been taken in a spirit of frankness and candour worthy of the characters of both the distinguished individuals concerned. The issue is up to this moment uncertain. Without pre tending to a knowledge of the details of such a negociation while it is yet pending, we have heard enough to justify us in saying, that the rumours so industriously propagated in certain quarters, of preliminary stipulations as to the discussion of the Catholic Question having been insisted upon by the Noble Marquis, arc altoge ther unfounded. That noble person appreciates too highly the importance of the great gain to the public interests of the country, with which that 'question is wound' up, in the recent seces sions from his Majesty's Government, _to urge any such preliminary impediment to the gratifi cation of the country's wishes. Neither, we will venture to affirm, will it be found that any difficulties arising out of personal objects and arrangements are suffered to stand in the way. Never, we believe, was more disinterested pa. triotism carried into any negociation. Under these circumstances, are we not warranted in hoping that a happy result may be, ere long, communicated to the public ? We can, how ever, imagine grave considerations that may cause the progress of the negociation to be more pro tracted, and we fear we must add, more arduous, than the public impatience can easily reconcile itself to.---We believe, however, that we shall have something important to communicate to morrow.-- Times. The Whigs would unquestionably support Mr. Canning in all those measures which the changes of opinion in this country and the in creased intelligence of the age demand from the Legislature. This is a point on which there could never be a doubt. They have all along, supported the late Administration in their at tempts to remove the restrictions which oppres sed the industry of the country, and to remedy the imperfections of the law ; and without de viating from their own principles, they could not have acted otherwise. But the question assumes another aspect, when negociations for forming a part of the Administration are opened with the Whigs. In the first place, men who have pled ged themselves not to take office, except the Emancipation of the Catholics be made a Cabi net measure, may feel a reluctance to form part of a Cabinet which should not be at liberty to approach this subject, even though conscious that by their acceptance of office they might even smooth the way to the ultimate success of the question. This, as we already observed, is a delicate point, and the feelings of the parties must best enable them to decide it satisfactorily to themselves. But, supposing this difficulty got over, there is obviously another of no light nature. The men who have quitted office deri ved nearly all their importance from office, and are of little weight in the country in themselveS. --The Old Tories would, in a month after the Administration of Mr. Canning was fairly in motion, dwindle down to some dozen Peers at most, and perhaps double the number of Com moners. The influence of the Governmerit would draw towards itself the great body of the Tories, as a matter of course. In losing them, therefore, Ministers may be said to have lost little, and, on the other hand, to have got rid of associates, of whose unpopularity they were obliged to share the odium. But the 'Whigs form a powerful party of themselves throughout the country. They may be said to constitute alone at least one-third of the House of Peer 4, and to possess a still greater share of the property of that House, being strongest in the highest titles. They can always divide in both Houses, in questions which they make party ones, a larg+ proportion of the Legislature ; and when aided by events, they have often balanced the Mini l e sterial votes. Under such circumstances, an arL rangement between Mr Canning and them b 4 comes, as we have observed, a matter of consi derable difficulty. Mr. Canning and his asso ciates would naturally wish to strengthen them selves by the accession of the Whigs, between whom' and the moderate Tories there is really no difference in principle ; but then he would merely take a detachment from them to con. plete his number. Now, though the influenc e o f Mr. Canning is at present confessedly high in the country and throughout Europe, yet it is difficult fol• the Whigs to forget that, setting apart the influence of Government; their own independent influence 4 infinitely greater than that of Minister's. It cat' only be from the hopes of the clifficalties to whirl we have alluded being of a very stubborn naturcy that the Old Tories can hold up their heads at all Their day is gone by. They have no support it the nation; and substantively are next to nothing, Mr. Canning truly desiribed them, in the speech in which he so happily alluded to Turgot and Ga= lilei, as a faction inconsiderable in point of numbers and influence. They will also have no successors; for the lamentation poured out some time ago in Blackwood's Magazine, an organ of the party, that they could get no young men to range themselves under their colours, was perfectly true. Young men would as soon think of appearing with the bag wigs and queues of a former generation, as of damn ing themselves to perpetual ridicule by espousing the absurdities of theold stagers, of whom the nation has got rid. There is, therefore, in the very nature of things, an insurmountable obstacle to the re-ac quisition of power by the caballers. Mr. Peel was even obliged to disavow them, from a feeling of the d amage which he would have done to himself by allowing the public to confound him with the Anti- Galileans. But still we should be sorry to think that they should derive even a temporary advantage from the want of proper management on the part of Cuthing.--Morning Chronicle. After the surprise which has seized everybody shall have a little subsided with respect to the late earthquake in the Cabinet, the people R ill begin to consider whether they will get any thing by the explosion—whether their situation will be bettered—whether there is likely to be any relief from taxation, tithes, poor-rates, &c. From the nauseous, sickening, disgusting flat tery which has been poured forth by the Press on the new idol of the day—Mr. Canning, most people would. suppose that he is the man who is to relieve us from the several burdens of taxes; poor-rates, &c.—that he is to be the grand ame liorator. Now, we do not believe that he will be any thing of the kind ; it will be found that when the new Ministry are appointed, every thing will go on in the old way, and that there will not be the least alteration made in the taxes, tithes, poor-rates, or any other burdens undo e which•Ns country labours. It is a questiori whether even the change of Ministry will make I difference in favour of the gatholics. There is Sir John Copley—he succeeds Lord .Eldon i Every body must recollect Sir John's famoui speech against the Catholics, which stung Mr. Canning to the quick, and made him angry, even in the House of Commons. Then there is the Marquis of Anglesea ; he is to take the place, of one of the seceders. We all remember the Mar quis's furious tirade on the Catholic Question last year. Here, in two instances, the Catholics will gain nothing, except Sir John Copley and the Marquis of Anglesea veer round, and join Mr. Canning on the Emancipation Question. As for the people, or the tax-payers, we cannot see that, let Mr. Canning be possessed of the greatest skill, their situation can be altered. The Debt is held sacred-30 millions a year is want ed for that. As to the expences of the Army, Navy, &c.—nothing less than 20 millions will suffice. Here are 50 millions required. On the other side of the question, from the state ments lately shown, it is ascertained that includ ing the one million and a half which will be de rived from Lord Bexley's hocus pocus, the Re venue will not exceed 50 millions. So that, as far as the finances are concerned, the present taxation will only just meet the expenditure, net leaving one farthing for a Sinking Fund. There can, therefore, be no paying off the debt ; that will remain just a: it is. But if the Portuguese affair proceed, and we send more troops to that country, which we must do if we mean to preserve Mr. Canning and Sir Chas. Stuart's Constitution, it is very likely there will be, by and by, to be added to the expenditure of the coun try three, four, or five millions a year on Mr. Canning's Portuguese Constitution account. If the Revenue, therefore, should not increase in the same proportion, but should remain as it is, where, financially speaking, shall we be ? Shall re not be, every year, as many millions minus as the Portuguese Constitution will cost ? And how must that be made good but by the old ini quitous Pitt system—of borrowing and invent- . ing new taxes, to pay interest on loans raised from the Stock Exchange people—those who never part with a farthing but on the principle of good interest, and a bonus on every 1001.—the same men who, in the days of Mr. Pitt lauded themselves and him to the skies, and had the assur ance to call themselves the Saviours of their country, while, for every 601. drawn from their pocket, they took care to take a bond from the nation of the amount of 1001.—thus clearing 40 per cent. as a bonus, besides obtaining an in terest of five per cent. on the money advanced ? These are the men who cried up themselves and Mr. Pitt, and they would cry up themselves and Mr. Canning in like manner, if they could only get him into a Continental war, and into an extra expenditure of 50 or 100 millions a-year. That the late dispersion of the Ministry has been brought about by fair means, we cannot bring our minds to believe. If the influence that we have alluded to had not been had recourse to, we should think that the explosion has been brought about something in this way. On the ill ness of Lord Liverpool a vacancy occurred, and we should think that the Cabinet Council met to deliberate as to who should be Lord Liverpool's successor in that department. After many deli berations, we think it was settled that Lord Bathurst should succeed, and it is very likely that the Cabinet dispersed with such an understand ing—probably out-voting Mr. Canning and his party ; ~.. place him at the head of the Ministry, so that they might carry their plans the easier into execu.- tion,both with respect to Corn—Catholics—Chan cery—Constitutions for the Portuguese, and pro bably Spaniards—FreeTrade,Greece,&c. After the probably out-voting Mr. Canning and his party, it is likely that Mr. Canning afterwards had an interview with the King. Then, we think, came the explosion—then the commands of the King to Mr. Canning, to make a Ministry, of which himself, Air. Canning, should be the head. And it is not improbable that Lord Mountcharles was to have had a snug place in the new Ministry. The Kingwas also pleasedat the proposition probably on the part of Mr. Canning, that the Duke of Clarence should be at the head of the Navy ; and in case of the Duke of 'Wellington not agreeing to this new arrangement, which probably Mr. Canning contem plated, that the Duke of Cumberland or Cambridge should be Commander-in-Chief of the Army. When the Cabinet found, as it is probable they soon did find, that their conferences and resolutions had ended in nothing, and that their friend Canning had bolted through their formal proceedings, and had turned every thing topsy-turvy—findingthemselves to have been probably so out-generalled, it is easy to sup pose that, in dudgeon and disgust, they all threw up their situations. This, we are inclined to think, was about the working of the thing. On any other principle we cannot account for so many in every department, both high and low, all together, and at the same time, throwing up good places of from one to 20,0001. a year, besides - the patronage, or the power of putting their own families, relatives, and friends into good births in Church and State. There must have been some bold manoeuvring to have caused such an universal secession. It ought always to be bonie in mind that Mr. Canning and Lord Castlereagh pulled together after the duel ; and we should recollect Mr. Canning's getting out of the way fn the Queen's business. But where is Sir John Leach that he should not be the Chancellor ? He who has been accustomed to the Equity busi ness, which Sir John Copley has not. By the by, we would recommend the latter to be wary in his forthcoming decisions, because, if an appeal be brought to the Lords in any instance, there will be the subtle, searching, laborious, and, probably, mor tified Lord Eldon to scrutinise Sir John's decisions. There would be also Lord Redesdale to assist Lord Eldon ; and Lord Redesdale, it is well known, is a great admirer of Lord Eldon ; and if two or three only of Sir John's decisions should be upset in the House of Lords, the suitors would be for sending their causes there. Hitherto an appeal from Lord Eldon in the Court of Chancery , to the House of Lords, has been to Lord Eldon himself; but now an appeal would be from Sir John Copley to Lord Eldon, Lord Redesdale, &c., from an inexperienced Equity Judge, to one of the most subtle and soundest Equity lawyers that this country ever produced.— Morning Herald. Ths new Ministerial arrangements are now in such a state of forwardness, that we confidently hope to be enabled very shortly to announce an official confirmation of all the appointments, ne cessary to the full completion of the Administra tion, which we have already stated to have taken place. The unavoidable delay in the official promulgation of these arrangements has given rise to the thoughtless insinuation that difficulties have been experienced, or that embarrassments have arisen. To this insinuation we are fully warranted in giving the most explicit and une quivocal contradiction. It is indeed an idea which could only have sprung up in minds ignorant or forgetful of the complicated nature of the ar rangements to be made, and of the forms which, under the circumstances of the case, must neces sarily precede their final completion. Fairly considered, it would surely be a more rational ground of wonder that so much has already been accomplished, than that something yet remains to be done. All the energy and promptitude which the stimulating circumstances of his situa tion were calculated to excite in the vigorous and lofty mind of Mr: Canning, were naturally to be expected from him at such a crisis ; nor has he, ' or will he, disappoint: so _just an expectation. :But it must - be recollected, - that he - has to' work with natural means, and by . human instruments; and that it is his bounden duty to be studiona of utility rather than of effect If an Adminis tration perfect in all its parts had sprung up in stantaneously at his bidding, the vulgar would have been struck by the wonder-working power of the magician ; the 'judicious,' inferring the train from the explosion, would perhaps have admired, but would certainly have lamented the success of the dextrous intriguer. Mr. Canning is not ambitious of either of these distinctions ; —he may well be satisfied with the title, to which his conduct on this important occasion will be found to have given him new claims, of a bold, vigorous, and sagacious Statesman. Some offi cial announcement upon this subject may pro bably be made this day ; but still further delay must necessarily occur before the whole of the Ministerial appointments can be published. In the mean time, however, we have the satisfaction to state, that if any necessity existed for such a measure, a perfect Administration, altogether agreeable to the wishes of his Majesty, and fully entitled to the respect and confidence of the country, might be immediately announced ; and that the present delay is solely to be ascribed to the desire of leaving an opportunity for any mo difications of the existing arrangements which may be thought expedient, when the views and wishes of certain distinguished individuals dis tant from the seat of Government shall have been duly communicated.—Morning Post. MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. An appalling instance of the murder of a child by its own mother, who afterwards attempted to destroy herself, occurred yesterday in Newington. The fol lowing are the particulars of the circumstances at ' tending the tragical event,,as correctly as we could ascertain from our inquiries on the spot, after • the perpetration of the murder :—lt appeared, that be tween the hours of seven and eight on the morning in question, the neighbourhood of East-lane was thrown into a state of the greatest possible agita tion, in consequence of a rumour that a woman named Mary Brooks, residing in Dean's-buildings, had murdered her female infant, aged about seven months, and subsequently attempted to destroy her self. The report of the shocking affair having been conveyed to Messrs. Swift and Howett,the surgeons, resident near the place, they immediately proceeded to the house, and on entering the back room on the second floor, they were shocked on beholding an in fant lying on a table in the centre of the room, with its throat cut in a frightful manner, and the blood gushing from the recently-inflicted wound. Observ ing that the little innocent was completely lifeless, their attention was drawn to a female, the mother of the murdered child; she was lying on the floor Nivith her :throat cut, and two females were holding her down by force in order to prevent her finally putting a period to her existence, which she then seemed bent upon. The unhappy woman appeared to be in a high state of mental excitement, and frequently ejaculated, " Oh, my child, my poor child. The medical gentlemen having examined the wound in the mother's throat, discovered, although it was of a most dangerous description, yet the windpipe escaped injury. The hemorrhage that had taken place was suppressed by the application of liga tures, and the wound was subsequently sewed up. She was then placed in an easy position, and two females, attracted to the house by the event, watched -alver_her_to urearent r the_nossibility kkfamy_farth... tempt on her own life. There was found in the room a razor covered with blood, with which it appeared she had murdered the child, and afterwards at tempted to destroy herself. There has been no cause yet assigned as to what to attribute the dread ful crime, as it seemed the unfortunate woman did not exhibit any symptons of insanity prior to the cir cumstances above detailed. She was married to her present husband about seven years ago, during which period they quarrelled and separated several times—he having accused her of infidelity. About a month ago, however, a reconciliation took place between them,.and they were living compara tively happy. On the night preceding the catas trophe they both retired to rest together, and in the morning about six o'clock, the hu.sband awoke in consequence of hearing his wife exelaim several times, " shall cut my throat." He did not pay much re gard to the threat, having heard her frequently use the same expression on former occasions in a joke. He, therefore, began to doze again, but was aroused a second time on hearing her foot about the room, when, on looking towards the window, he observed her standing before the glass, with a razor in her hand, exclaiming, " I shall cut it," and drawing the instrument across her throat as if in the act. He instantly jumped out of bed, and seizing the razor, took it away from her, without her having inflicted any injury at that time upon herself. During this period the infant was in the same bed with its pa rents. The husband having remonstrated with her on the folly of her conduct, induced her to return into bed, after having placed the razor which he took from her hands under his pillow. He then fell asleep, neyer suspecting that she would attempt her own life, much more that of her child. In about half an hour afterwards, he was again awakened on hearing his wife exclaim, " I shall murder myself now, for I have murdered my child," and on rising up in the bed his feelings received a shock that cannot be de scribed, on beholding the little infant at a short dis tance from him, in the bed, with its throat cut from ear to ear, and the unfortunate mother standing in the middle of the room with the razor in her hand, in the act of cutting her own throat. He sprang out of bed, and seizing the fatal instrument from her hands, called out " murder," and held her in his arms, the wound in her throat bleeding profusely until fhe arrival of some of the neighbours, who as sisted in preventing her from destroying herself, sub sequent to the razor having been taken out of her grasp, and the arrival of the two medical gentlemen above-named. Soon after the perpetration of the murder, Snow, the beadle of Newington, was sent for, and the wounds in the unfortunate woman's throat having been dressed, she was given into his custody, and he conveyed her to Horsemonger-lane gaol. In the course of the day the prisoner was taken from thence to Union-hall Police-office in a coach, and underwent a short examination before the sitting Magistrate, M. Swabey, Esq., on the charge of murder. She is rather a well-looking woman, appa rently about 30 years of age; the whole front of her dress exhibited spots ofblood. During the investigation she appeared to belabouring under pain, particularly when she coughed, owing to the nature of the in juries which she inflicted upon herself. Her husband, who, we understand, holds a respectable situation in a mercantile house in the city, was also present; he seemed to be struggling with the most agonised feelings, while describing the circumstances, and frequently burst out into tears during his statement. The constable who conveyed her from Dean's buildings to the gaol, stated that on the road thither she frequently expressed her determination to destroy herself before the close of the day, exclaiming. " This shall be a fatal day to me." Mr. Swift, the surgeon, described the nature of the wound in th e throat," of which the child died. The trachea, he observed, was divided, and the left external jugular vein completely severed ; life must have been extinct almost immediately after the wound was inflicted. The Magistrate remanded the prisoner, and gave strict orders that she should be _placed in the infir mary of the gaol and every care taken of her. At the conclusion of the examination, she stretched out her hand to her husband, saying, emphathudly, "Oh! Brooks, it was you provoked me to this." Miss Love is going to charm the good folk' of Plymouth, Taunton, and Bridgewater with her hiatrioni and vocal talents. POLICE _INTELLIGENCE. ,ivrANsrommusE.—Mr. Careless was sum d „ incite npon nn information laid by John Edmonds, Who Charged litit With having purchased a pheasant Of . hiin=(tbe said John Edmonds), contrary to Act of Parliament. The LORD MAYOR—I suppose he pleads guilty. Mr. Hobler, jun., who attended for the prosecu tion—l apprehend that he intends to do so, my Lord. The defendant—l do plead guilty, my Lord; but I hope that you will make the penalty as small as possible. Mr. Hobler said that the penalty was 5/. without mitigation. The LORD MAYOR--SO it appears that Mr. Edmonds receives absolution by this.—(A laugh.) Well, I am only to administer the laws as I find them. I don't presume to blame any persons for taking such steps to secure themselves. At the same time I must say that this law is suite an anomaly. The penalty of 5/. was then paid to the chief clerk, who immediately handed one-half of it to Mr. Edmonds, whose loss was thus reduced one-half. A 'Bow-street patrol, whose name, as appeared from the Mansion-house list, is Tomlinson, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with hav ing exceeded his duty in a most offensive manner. A lad of good character, it was stated in evidence, was going along in the neighbourhood of Watling street, with a bag containing chaff on his shoulder. The patrol, upon seeing him, went up and asked him what he had in the bag, but as the person did not appear to the lad to be authorized to make such inquiry, the answer returned was not quite so satis factory as the dignity of the interrogator required. Indignant at not having met with a submissive ex planation, the patrol seized the boy, shoved him into a shop, said that he knew him to be a bad charac ter, and insisted upon knowing the contents of the bag. Some persons who observed the con duct of the defendant, who was evidently intoxi cated, expostulated with him, and asked him by what authority he treated the lad with such in dignity ? He immediately threw down his staff, and said, "By that !" This important personage then shoved some people about, and acted with the greatest insolence. It, therefore, became necessary to stop him in his career, and he was brought to answer . for his blackguard behaviour to the Chief Magistrate. The LORD MAYOR asked whether the defendant was a Bow street officer ? An answer was given in the affirmative. His Lordship then asked the patrol what he had to say for himself. " Why," said he, with his arms folded, " I was going down Watling-street, and I saw this boy with a bag. He looked like a bad one I have seen at Islington, and I took him for the same, and asked him what was in the bag. ' What's that to you ?' said he. So I took him into the shop to see whe ther my suspicions were correct." The defendant added, that the language he had been subjected to was such as to cause him to retaliate. The LORD MAYOR—Let the City Solicitor be instructed to prosecute this person. If the people of the city of London are to be assaulted by drunken police-officers, I don't know what we shall come to by-and-by. There must be 24 hours' notice of bail. Police-officers are extremely useful ; but if they mis conduct themselves, and abuse the power they are entitled to exercise, no persons can do more mischief. Two officers of the establishment of Bow-street stated that they attended by direction of the Ma gistrates, to ascertain the nature of the charge against the defendant, who had been an officer only si;days. The LORD MAYOR was glad to hear that so much interest was' felt with respect to the conduct of the police. WOR S H IP-S TREE T.— Thornas Johnson was brought before Mr. BROUGHTON for re-examination on a charge of uttering a forged 51. note. Richard Rush, of Great Burstead, Essex, on Wed nesday week was at Romford-market, and had a pony to sell, for which he asked 5/. The prisoner was there, and offered to purchase it; but he re fused to give so much as Si. saying it was more than the animal was worth. They were occupied about three hours before they struck the bargain, and at length the witness agreed to give him back le. out of the Si. The prisoner then gave the witness the note produced as a Bank of England note for 51. and he, gave it to his, friend, Samuel Peck, whom he called up as a witness to the transaction. The horse was then in the yard of the King's Arm's Inn, and was delivered into the pri soner's possession the moment that he paid the .51. note. He immediately mounted and gallopped off. Peck returned the note to the witness, and said it was a bad Si. Bank of England note. The witness went into the King's Arms and asked Mr. Lord, the landlord, for change, but he could not give it.— The witness and Peck then went to the Romford Bank, and asked for change, stating the circum stances under which the note had been received, but the clerk at the Bank, returned it saying it was forged. Mr. BROUGHTON.—As you can't read, how do you know the note returned to you was the same you had presented ? The witness could swear it was the same note, for it was never out of his sight. The clerk merely took it in his hand, and laid it on the counter, saying it was a very bad one. The witness then returned to the King's Arms, and inquired of Mr. Lord about the man to whom he had sold the horse. Mr. Lord had seen them to gether in his house, as they went in to drink, when they were concluding the bargain; but before the note was paid, he told the witness the prisoner's name, and gave him a direction to a constable named Pye, at Cheshunt, to whom the prisoner was well known. The witness and Pye came to London in search of the prisoner, but did not meet with him, and returned back toßurstead. On Saturday, how ever, Mr. Pye informed him that Johnson was in custody. The note had remained in his possession ever since, until yesterday morning, when he deli vered it to the constable, Pye. He had never seen the prisoner before the time in question. He did not then ask his name or address, and did not know either until told his name by Mr. Lord. Mr. Isaacs, the prisoner's attorney, cross-examined Rush, but without eliciting any thing in favour of his client. Thomas Pye, the constable, said, the prosecutor Rush, came to him at Cheshunt with a letter, describ ing the prisoner. He knew him from that and Rush's description, and came to. London in search of him. He afterwards gave information to Joshua Arm' strong, of this office, who took him into custody.-- The prosecutor gave the note to him yesterday morning. It is numbered 31,567, and signed " Clough." The witness knew the prisoner at Ches. hunt. His father,' he believes, is a doctor (a vete rinary surgeon.) Mr. Fish, an inspect or of the Bank of England, produced the note in question, and declared it a forgery in every particular. It was presented at the Bank on the 12th of April, stamped " forged," and returned to the individual who presented it. Mr. BROUGHTON—I s there a person at the Bank named Clough, authorised to sign notes ? The inspector replied " Yes, ' Mr. Clough is one of their cashiers." Mr. BROUGHTON—And is it customary with the Bank to return forged notes after they have been presented The inspector said it. was their invariable custom. Mr. BROUGIITON—You presented the note at the Bank, did you not; Rush ?—Yes, Sir. And what did . they do with it ?—They forged it j and then gave it back to me. [The countryman's mistake in alleging that the Bank clerk had forged the note, caused a genciq laugh, in which the inspector heartily joined.] Rush explained, that he meant they bad stamped the word " forged'rcin4s - nOte. Samuel Peck was iwoin, and stated that what Rush had deposed - wasilrus, so far as he was con cerned. Mr. IsAAcs, in very confident terms, asserted that his client had . fies guilt* knowledge that the note was a forgery. Mr'. BRouGHTazi would remand the prisoner for a week, for it was necessai that they should have the evidence of Mr. Lord, and of the clerk at the Romford bank. ;rm. Powell was re-examined, on a charge of having been concerned in robbing a Hertfordshire farmer, named Jonathan Rundell, of 36 sovereigns. The prisoner said, that for several years he had held situations as steward in the Navy, and in the East India Company's service also. He had been employed under Capt. Parry, and should still have been with him, had he not been disabled by rheu matism; and within the last two months had kept an eating-house at Liverpool. He was remanded. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, APRIL 19. John Buck naster and. James Hornsby were in dicted for assaulting W. H. Pyall. The prosecutor; it appeared, is a constable, employed by a society of Paddington coach proprietors (called " the regulars" we believe), to prevent the improper interference of " cads" and others in procuring passengers in the New-road. On the day in question he was sta tioned at the top of Baker-street, and a passenger being about to mount a " regular" coach, the de fendant Hornsby attempted to pull him away to the coach of the other defendant, who is the owner and driver of an " irregular" coach, which passes through Paddington to Bayswater, upon which the prose cutor interfered to prevent him, when the cad shook his fist in his face, _and Buckmaster jumping off his box, seized him by the collar and assaulted him. The Jury found both guilty; and the Chairman sentenced the master to pay a fine of 101., and the cad a fine of 6s. Bd. to the King. LORD HIGH ADMIRAL. The office of Lord High Admiral is one of great antiquity. Before the time of Edward I. this officer was called " Custos Marilyn)," but in the reign of that. Monarch the title of " Admiral of the Seas of the King of England" was conferred for the first time. The office was next split into three or four offices, the holders of which had separate maritime jurisdictions, and there were besides Admirals of the Cinque Ports. We find that there was a regular succession of Admirals from the time of Edward IL, but the highest Naval officer was not always called Admiral. He had sometimes the title of " the King's Lieut.-General of the Seas," and frequently too the office was divided into two jurisdictions:— But in the reign of Henry IV. the office of Lord High Admiral being conferred on that King's bro ther, was constituted in that permanent form in which it afterwards existed. It was, in fact, almost a sinecure, and granted as a mere honorary distinction. until the year 1632, when it was put into commission. It remained in commission until Charles the Dd.'s reign. The Duke of York, afterwards James 11., held the office for several years, and had the merit of introducing a number of naval regulations of great use and importance to the service. Since the acces sion of that Monarch, the powers of Lord High Ad miral have been in commission to the present time, with the exception of a short interval, during which they were exercised by P►ince George of Denmark, and another short interval when they were vested in the Earl of Pembroke. According to the terms of his patent, the Lord High Admiral is empowered " to preserve all public streams, ports, rivers, fresh waters, and creeks what soever, within his jurisdiction, as well for the pre servation of the ships as of the fisheries, to reform too strait nets and unlawful engines, and to punish offenders, to arrest ships, mariners, pilots, masters, gunners;bombardiers, and any other persons what soever, able and fit for the service of ships, as often as occasion shall require, and wheresoever they shall be met with ; to appoint Vice-Admirals, Judges, and other officers durante bene plc-wit° ; to remove, suspend, or expel them, and put others in their places; to take cognizance of civil and maritime laws, and of death, murder, or maim." The jurisdiction of the Lord High Admiral is confined to the sea. For instance, if a man be killed in any ship riding in great rivers, beneath the lowest bridge towards the sea, he has legal cognizance; but if a man be killed above the lowest bridge, or upon any arm of the sea where the land can be seen on both sides, the Coroner of the county is the proper person to inquire into it; and where a Coroner may inquire the Admiral has no juris diction. Between high and low water mark also, the common law and the Admiralty have jurisdic tion by turns : one upon the water, the other on land. The Lord High Admiral is empowered to grant commissions to inferior Admirals, enabling them to enforce obedience in all branches of the service, to institute Courts Martial, to take cognizance of all maritime transgressions, &c. The perquisites given to this office by the patent, consist of " treasure, deodands, derelicts found within his jurisdiction; all goods picked up at sea, all fines, forfeitures, ransoms, recogmzances, and pecuniary punishments : all sturgeons, whales, porpoises, dolphins, rigs and grampusses, and all such large fishes, all ships and goods of the enemy coming into any creek, road or port by str ess o f weat h er, m i sta k e or i gn orance of the war e all ships seized a t sea , salvage, &c. together shares of p r i zes ." This officer anciently carried a g o ld w hi st l e set w i t h precious stones, at the end of a go ld chain,_ and the office itself is of so with th great power, - honour , and profit, that. it has been con ferred mostly on princes of the blood. THE ARMY• The 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Infantry, W hi c h has recently arrived in Dublin; from England, has received orders to march from that City, for Mullingar. The 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot, has received orders to ourch from Mullingar, for Galway. The 15th (York East Riding) Regiment, has received orders to march from Galway, for Dublin. Col onnsetlabKle Kearney, of ey, Manchester T hee s pre-th e will convey to the Officers, Non-com m i ss i one d Offi cers , and Privates of the Second Dragoon G uar d s , t h e hi g h sense they entertain o f the im portant services rendered to the sent and neighbourhood by this distinguished Corps, at a irorcooumgphlrimee compliments and Co time of extreme peril and danger. They cannot suffer them to depart without expressing their opinion of the propriety and good conduct of the Re giment during its stay in Manchester ; and, with every f ee ling of respect a n d t h anks for the past, and the b est w i s h es for their future Welf are an d prosper i ty , t h e y mos t cordially bid them adieu. To Col. Kearney, Second Dragoon Guards. Liverpool, April 7. Cot. Kearn e y h as received with much satisfaction the highly Battering sentiments of the Boroughreeve and Con stables of Manchester, expressive of the high discipline and good conduct of the corps under his command at that quar ter. Such a testimonial, emanating from so highly a re spectable and constituted a body, as the Civil Authorities of Manchester, cannot fail to be duly appreciated by every in dividual under Col. Kearney's command, and he will have much pleasure in availing himself of the earliest opportu nity of communicating the same to the Officers, Non-com missioned Officers, and Soldiers of his Regiment. To the Boroughreeve and Constables of Manchester. The file of carriages at the funeral of Beetho ven, at Vienna, was said to be endless. A little more at tention to him, on the part of the owners, while living, a t 4 t o last, a her poor misery, young ü b a y g o girl, self-destruction. She was w o uld have been more to the purpose. SEDUCTIONON AND A.TTEAIPTED SUICIDE.— On Saturday an end aged 17, attempted to put discovered by an inhabitant o f t hi s town, w h o providen -oally was passing an out-building in which he saw the poor creature suspended by the neck, apd intmedi t itely cut her clawal3,efo - re life had become extinct. , It appears : apple from a consider a bl e distance Nv,iol a. young had J. 44.,, apd4h,enkt s lier ,wyetcpedpasa amid waP., by which shewatchivell , sban; 4ce:fd:co ttrap, .i4he leca.m, , tsPigc4 in this state attempted' to cleitroy herself.._ Jeurnal. that she SAINT LUKE'S PARISH. • Yesterday evening, at five o'clock, the arduous contest in the above Parish, for the situation of Vestry Clerk, ter' initiated. An immense concourse of the inhabitants as sembled, in the immediatevicinity of the Church, anxinullr waiting for the result of the ballot. Not the least doubt' existed as to the success of Mr. Wall. The expence in curred by Mr. Wall and Mr. Wilks has been very great.-- - The ballotting glasses were closed at five o'clock, and deli vered to the Scrutineers, who were engaged until s ever' o'clock in counting the number of votes for each Candi date ; all of which, except Mr. Wall and Mr. Wilks, bad resigned the contest. At the hour above stated, the doors of the Church were re .opened, and the proper Officer declared the numbers to be as follows For Mr. Wall, 544 ; Mr. Wilks, 311—Majority, 233• The result was received with immense cheering. Mr. WALL, attended by his friends, then proceeded to the Saint Luke's Tavern, where he briefly returned thanks for the honour done him. He hoped that the parishioners would have no cause to regret his election.—(Cheers.) Mr. PM.LISTER said, that if any man had supposed, five years ago, that they should have obtained a triumph over Mr. Wilks, they would have been laughed at, and consi dered fit for St. Luke's. Principle had prevailed over long purse ; and, having gained an advantage, he hoped they would keep it. A Veetry will be held this day formally to declare the numbers. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY.—MONDAT, Ants 43.—(At the Court 01 Commissioners, Basinghallatreet.) 11 Gibbs, E., Brighton, carpenter COUNTRY DIARY.—MoNnav, APRIL 23. Brierley and Co., Manchester—White's, Manchester ...... Draper ? A. Gloucester—Spread Eagle, Gloucester Loud, t., Dover—Guildhall, Canterbury...... Roach, J., Bristol—Commercial rooms, Bristol Tinling, H., Salford—White's, Manchester INSOLVENTS APPLYIN , Petitions to be hoard at Portug APRIL 21, Beacham, J., Stroudwater Bird, J., Slioreditch Brooke, J., Westport Burrey, C., Bristol Deane, S., Vere-street Elliott, It., St. Martin's lane Emerson, Edgeware-road Fortnam, W., Horton Forsyth, J., City road Jones, A., Drury lane Keatez ' W„ Pivehead Liddell, C., Deptford Marchal, J., Green-street, Lei cester-square Newton, 1., St. Luke's rG TO BE DISCHARGED , gal-street, Lincoln's-Ism-Fields , , or NINE. O'Keefe J., Hoxton Parker, iV., Manchester Paterson, J., Lambeth Poole, R., Holborn Price, S., Camberwell Scott, G., Pimlico Smith, G., Peckham Sterling, M., Bethnal-green Thomas, G., Cannon.street Venable*, J., East-street, Ma chester-square White, A., Holborn . Willington, R., Long Acre Wingfield, R., Billericay COUNTRY.—At the Guildhal April 23, at Davies, 0., Swansea Hussey, M., Swansea Morgan, M., Pengwern Morris, R.; Merthyr Tidvil ' Price, J., Cardiff Li, Cowbridge, Glamorganshir e r Ten o'clock. Roe, J., Swansea 'Rowland', L., Merthyr "Ildvil Thomas, D., Merthyr Tidvl l ' Thomas, J., Swansea Vaughan, T., Merthyr TWO THE MARKETS. SOUTHALL MARKET.—ApriI IS. At this day's market, which exhibited, perhaps, th e shortes t supply of Beasts ever witnessed in it, with but a limited numb e t r of Sheep, Lambs, Calves, and Pigs, and was numerously 3 ; tended by buyers, each kind of meat Commanded a brisk sale, 1 " the following prices per stone of tilbs. to sink the orals : Beef Mutton s is• 0 4d. to 6 35• Bd 4 • I V 'o ea rk l _ , 445• lOd . to ? . " 43.' _ . . Lamb 6s. 6d. to is. 6d. The foregoing quotations are beef and lamb from fld. to MI mutton Bd. to ls., ve a l 2d. to (kl., and pork 2d. per :stone bern those of this day se'nnight. The stock was nearly all sold. LEWES MARKET.—ApriI 17. 13 M e u e t i tOn "--- -- 4 44. Lamb 4 4d. to 5 55. `2 2 d. I P V . e r a k l 4s. Sd. to 5.6. 0 Supply moderately brisk, and trade tolerably brisk. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK• 1 Wheat. Barley. . Osts. Beans. Per Quarter. a. to s. s. to s. s. to s. a. to Blandford 50 60 32 38 30 36 Brigg _ 55 58 35 40 34 40 47 Camhridge— 53 36 25 41 Chard 56 78 28 41, 24 32 44 49 Ilitntingdon.-- 50 55 35 37 25 30 .47 5g Louth 52 56 38 40 30 36 50 Lynn 4B 62 38 40 28 40 48 1 Newark 55 60 38 45 SO 36 56 6 ,1 Norwich 52 60 30 40 .20 33 42 to Nottingham 56 59 90 41 40 43 59 Peterborough 50 58 38 42 •32 36 Plymouth 52 60 38 40 28 32 Sberborne 50 56 32 98 30 36 56 Uppinghank 52 56 38 44 32 44 54 O \Visbech 50 60 24 31 48 50 York 52 62 36 44 26 40 52 IN LEEDS CORN MARKET, April 17. , There was a good supply of Wheat, an d a fair quant i t y , _ II Barley, but not much of other Grain • Wheat was in very I, mited demand, and to effect sales rather lower prices were 1 11 ,'",, mitted to. Barley was very dull sale at last week's prices. =- Oats and Shelling there was little doing, and no material alter s in the value of either. Beans were rather cheaper. Ra r seed was offered I/. per last • decline, but witho u t e ff ec t, there e" ing scarcely a buyer at market. Wheat, Norfolk and Sufiblk, 601 b. - York. and Lincoln. 601 b. . s6s. to 58s. 3 Barley, Norfolk and Suflblk - Yorkshire and Lincolnshire - Grinding Beans Oats, Potatoe -Mealing, Foreign 160. to 17d....English 17d. to ISd. per 6 r . Shelling 4ls. to 435. per to t , Rapeseed, English, 20/. to 211 . MANCHESTER CORN MARKET.—ApriI 14. con' Unties Corn trade in this and the neighbouring markets still O , n, Unties in the same inert state as reported in our last, and the ness done is confined to immediatewants. To-day the attendan%, at the Corn Exchange was small, b ut t h e qu a nt it y of goods c r offer larger than usual. Wheat and Oats are dull sale, at a ‘ l, cline on each of one penny p er b us hel . All ot h er articles Par 4,, cipate in the genqral depre ss i on, an d l ower pr i ces mus t been submitted to, in order to effect any respectable sales. d , Customary Bushel. Pease (Imp. Q r .) 8 . d. tol ;, 9 Wheat (701 b.) s. d. to s. d. Blue, 7 6 0 Red 8 10 9 1 Beans, Irish, White.--- 811 0 3 English English, New 9 4 9 9 White—(do.).--......„ Red-- 8 7 8 11 Irish and Fore Canada 3 9 3 Per bag of 2 , 1301 b. Foreign 811 9 5 Flour, Fine Notta...A al 0 5 0 0 Barley (601 b.) --- Yorks., fine„.44 0 0 For grinding.-- 5 4 510 --- Irish, fine„„44 0 46 0 Oats (431 b.) Seconds--- 42 40 0 0 English & Scotch—. 0 0 0 0 Barrel Flour Swee' 0 f , 0 Welsh -_--- 50ur,..28 0 Foreign - 4 5 4 7 Per load of 2401 b. Irish, Kiln-dried 4 7 4 S Oatmeal, Eng. &c. 0 AA 42 0 —undried— rish 0 -1' 0 Per load of 6 Impl . bushel. ----- Old(foed)— 0 0 0 Malt, Nev, --47 0 49 0 T ares (Imp.,Qr.)--. 0 0 5 0 0 Bran(broad) per 201 b. 1 3 Inferior —37 0 44 0 o VI 0 52" I MANCHESTER YAK No. d. Throstle Twist, 20.,- 12 to 12j 30w13 14 . Mule ~,,181 14 copTwistl 30- 12 13 for warp" 40 14 lb 50.,.171$ 60 _ 2 O 21 70—,24 26 80..,28 31 '.—April 10. . 2 1 30.......,.12 to 40 12i 5 50 ~- 16 GO 171 2 2 Xul 20 80 24 20 100 2 0 sg 120 34 10 10.* Si 1 0 Weft from 11 9 11 waste « IS 10 ig 24 konwrlll 11 MAR: Mule Cop Weft: HOP INTELLIGENCE. WoacEnza, APRIL IS.-On Saturday, 155 Pockets 0 1 Hops were weighed ; prices, 90s. to 966.—The plants are reported to be springing very favourably. Those who are interested in the culture of Hops, should narrowly watch the attempts made by the United State! of America, to supply this country with that valuable O. expensive article. Lord Teynham has moved for re turcl i of the quantity imported, and for other papers to illustrate this subject. The Hop districts will find that nothing short of a prohibition of the foreign article, and a dirninw tion of the duty on our own, will protect their expensi ve and precarious production ; and the present Session should not be allowed to elapse, without a general petitioning to this effect.—Farmers' Journal. On 'Sunday morning, at about half-past three o'clock, one of the sons of a Mr. Hummel, of- New Sne in ' his father and brother, when, up ton, who had been out in the country, upon returning home, found that the cellar light had been broken open ' he immediately concluded that thieves bad , entered the house. He got in through the cellar-light and called uli on off syching further the but in his way to 'the_ found a fellow in the kitch e n; quietly regaling hi mse if with some cold meat which he bad fonnd there. He was taken into custody and conducted to the lock-up at Sneinton• No property was found upon him, look-up he dropped an instrument, formed of the blade of a knife, with a lump of lead attached, and which seems to be peculiarly adapted for h o use-breaking parposes........Not tinghant Herald. , BIRTH. On the 17th inst., at Bath, the lady of Thou. Haynes Bayley, E s q., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 18th inst. at St. Mary's Church, Manchester, Mr. Nathaniel Hetherington Andrews, to Miss Mary Smit l4 both of Manchester. On the 17th inst., at Lichfield, Mr. John Simkin, Redcross-street, Cripplegate, to Eliza, second daughter co the late James Smith, Esq., of that city. t4►e infant 30Edse9mpauhntwdhelkolloa7dshtoieadiniilEjst.sicL. F.:73 D r I yi E ick : g . Thenio.nias,... . 1:01 On the 18th inst. at Kensington-gore, Anne, wife of P ,by; PiaeLls Hip -, by; M. 'T6,1.440, ~at 114 s:" D • 8 1 4‘.:6 1 : F zijr, Nip. 1 it,efiuld:'