The Sun. — London, England, 1827-06-15 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The people of England are fully aware of the factious nature of the conspiracy by which the measure of the Corn Bill, humanely introduced for their relief and support, has been frustrated. It was merely to spite Mr. Canning that the nation is wounded—is made to suffer much, in fact and in reality, and exposed or rendered liable to the greatest excess of misery. A notable ob ject, indeed ! and obtained by a truly feeling and benevolent process ! This we have no he sitation in calling faction, in the worst sense of the word. And what will be the effect of the present disappointment of the public hopes and wishes, in respect to the Corn Bill ? Why, that the people must of necessity attach themselves yet more to Mr. Canning and his Ministrys:, measure of a most beneficent tendency has been devised, and in part executed by him : in step his old colleagues, and defeat that soothing mea sure. Which of these two parties must the people love ? and which must they hate ? Lei reason and common sense answer. Was there no other way of piercing Canning's side, but, by driving the sword through the very vitals of the people ?. And by whom has this parricidal act been committed ?—(We do not mean to in clude in 'our sweeping condemnation all those eminent noblemen, such as Earl Fitzwilliam, and the Duke of Bedford, Src., who, as we think, have nevertheless shown an unnecessary fear for the interests of the agricultural party—but)—we answer, chiefly by the scum of the Whigs, joined and unnaturally combining with the sweepings of the Tories. With respect to the latter, they knew, when in office, all the provisions of the Bill, those provisions having formed the subject of frequent deliberations and discussions in the late Mi nistry : it, was . then acknowledged by them that they were wisely planned, and would be useful to the country. How could they, being out of office, oppose, and (worse than oppose) nullify, that which, being in office, they had stated to be for the good of the community, except that they themselves had not the'good of the community at heart ? And with respect to the apostate 'higs, it is clear that eNey only consider the people as instruments to obtain power, or annoy those who possess it ; for now they sacrifice, without scruple, and condemn to the risk of ex treme want, the whole labouring population of England, agricultural as well as manufacturing, for so insignificant a purpose as that of obtaining a mere personal triumph over the man whom his - Majesty has chosen to place at the head of the Administration. The people will learn to value them accordingly ! And at what time is it that this petty victory over Mr. Canning is sought, and so dearly obtained, by the Rump of Whig- Mery ? Not at a time when Mr. Canning is in ull blaze of Toryism—not when he is giving the reins to his fervid eloquence, arid endeavour ing to overbear the rights of the people ; but at a time when he is striving to alleviate their dis tresses—at a time when he is promoting and has promoted the cause of liberty over all the world, —at a time when 'the servile adherents of despo tism are raising their cry against him. The cause of the people, therefore, or of liberty, cannot be made the pretext for this disinge nuous act against the Premier ; for—and long may he so continue—he is with the people and: for liberty. Wheat, as we stated yesterday, has risen greatly in consequence of the rejection of the Corn Bill ; and if it does not continue to arise, it is only because .the people look with confi dence to some exertion of the Executive power, under the responsibility of Ministers, to prevent its reaching. att.una,ttaioat4 price. But what an inver sion of the right and constitutional order of things, that the national representatives, being over powered by the aristocracy, must now be over-, ILlOked in the prospect of national calamity, and the eyes of the people turned to thwservanta of the c rown , as their -best and surest refuge when the storm com es on ! What, above all things, shows: the extreme ;:iasetieSs of certain of the renegade: Whigs, is, that tliz'y are urging the Ministry to pro tect them from the, ►erited hatred and contempt of the people, by carrying through the Bill. "Pray, ' say they, " do not oppose us to the public indigna tion as having stopped the measure. Do not with draw the Bill ; it is your withdrawing the Bill that, shovis the people who are their enemies. Why do you withdraw it ?" Why do they withdraw it ? Because it is totally altered from that benevolent measure which the Ministers first proposed. It is not now their proposition, - but, in lieu of it, one svhich we cannot reprobate in terms sufficiently A ti o ug. Let tliOe 'who have thus injured the people bear the consequences of their own deed. Can any thing exceed the meanness of that man—if such a man there be—who, having: , first joined in converting the just propositiot: of the Ministry into the reverse, would then sneak under the wings of the same Mi. nistry for shelter and prot ,;ction, 'demanding of them to father his act, and even cally it on to its comple tion, M order that he may be ereened from the .odium attending' it.—Tinges. . - Public credit is so far from suffering i 37 the loss of the Corn Bill, that the funds have ad.: van ad to-day, thus clearly proving that the event does not, in the general opinion, at all affect the stability of the present Administration. The merchants connected with the north of Europe express satisfaction rather than otherwise at the failure of the measure, because they seen' to have adopted the belief,--whether on just grounds or not it is impossible to determine, — that the stock of grain in the country is not enough to last over the harvest, and that the rise in price will be so considerable, that they will obtain the admissisn oi foreign grain on better terms than those proposed by the Bill. The contempt expressed in the city at the conduct of those members of the Upper House who have thus destroyed the principle of their measure, for No other imaginable motive than that of causing pe rplexity to their successors in office, is univer f_al. Their unpopularity will experience no small addition, both here and throughout the country, should the expectations of a scanty supply of w h eat t l 2e realized. A favourite argument is afloat, that the it.'ss of the Corn Bill has a tendency to increase the value of stock, by securing us from the contingency of a fall in the exchanges, and thus preventing a s ; . idden contraction of the is sues of Bank notes w:2ich the Bank of England might be driven to by t Le exportation of gold. The reasoning is fallacious, irosmuch as the im portation of corn under the proposed Bill must 'have been extremely gradual, had the price of wheat regularly advanced : the danger is much greater now, presuming that scarcity is actually threatened, since the importation of foreign grain, which will be its natural consequence, will neces sarily be sudden and extensive, and by that sud denness its influence be felt in the fo reian exchanges. It is apprehended, and on no slight grounds, by another class of ca pitalists, tha t the defeat of the Corn Bill will produce gre at distress among tile mer chants and manufacturers in . the mating au _ on which has destroy. tutu). The factious oppositi ed this benevolent measure could not be . anticip ate d eve n by those most versed in tckenesr t6rd t ics : for who could suppose that a Whig would join with the refu se of the Tories, and risk OW starvation of myriads of his fellow -countrymen? in order to turn out a Constitutional Administra tion? In the full belief, therefore, that the Corn Bill would be carried, merchants have been induced to give employment to our languishing manufac turers, and have, with the fruits of English la bour, purchased large quantities of colonial produce, to be exchanged for foreign. corn, as soon as the act should come into operation. This produce, in the usual way of trade, was consigned, among other places, to Amsterdam, the great entrepot between Great Britain and the Continent. As soon, how ever, as it was known at Amsterdam that the Duke of Wellington's amendment had been carried by a majority, though of only four, colonial produce fell 15 per cent. When it is learned that the gallant Duke has since succeeded in destroying the Bill, a still greater fall may be expected. In other words, the market for that portion of colonial produce ap propriated to the purchase of foreign corn will cease altogether : the merchant will not be able to pay his bills either to the foreign grower, or to the do- Mestie manufacturer; a sudden stoppage will ensue to 'credit and employment, which will renew the dreadful distress of last winter. And this calamity is to be inflicted on the country, because the Duke Of Wellington and Earl Grey have, by some curious Coincidence, both conceived at the same moment a determined dislike to Mr. Canning, and rather than riot overthrow him, will risk the welfare of the people and at once their own reputation.—lbid. Among those accidental occurrences which are formed to try the temper and discretion of public men, and the feelings of the people to wards them, we may refer to the dinner given by the East India Company to Sir J. Malcolm, on occasion of .the appointment of that gallant .officer and distinguised Oriental historian and statesman to the situation of Governor of Bom bay. At the table were assembled personages -so little associated in any other point of view but as partakers of the same hospitality, that we i should have almost feared their appetite to feed upon each other would have defied the ablest efforts of the most recherche' , cook in London to divert them from the barbarous repast. On Mr. Canning's health being given in conjunc tion with that of his official colleagues—a toast which drew forth tumultuous and long-conti nued applause—the Right Hon. Gentleman tied himself down, with becoming taste and prudence, to a simple assurance of what indeed ' is the fact—that he and his brethren have no claim to support but " in so far as their exer tions may contribute to the general advan tage and happiness of the peopl e ." , Thi s , we repeat, 'is the precise fact—and one preg nant with warning as well as with encou ragement both to Mr. Canning and to us the people of England,—that the Right Hon. Gentle man has no friends but the nation, and no tenure of the place which he fills —no, not for one short hour, —except in the prosecution of such measures, and the maintenance of such a sound, straight-forward, loyal, and generous policy, as shall convince the great body of his countrymen that he relies on real services to the state, and on them alone, for the pro tection against the tyrants over principle, King, and people. The Duke of Wellington also made a speech, in which he showed sense enough to abstain from any profession of a thirst for popular attach ment, or of a design to court it " by contributing to the general advantage and happiness." His Grace, on entering his carriage to go away, was saluted with hisses and groans by the crowd,—that plebeian multitude whose military relatives nourished with their hearts' best blood the laurelled fortunes of the leader who now provokes their natural hatred by denying them bread to eat. Mr. Canning, on the contrary, was cheered and hailed by the citizens. Long may he deserve to be so ! And Mr. Canning may be persuaded,—as the Duke of "Wellington is, we dare say, half convinced while we are thus indi rectly addressing him,—that the people of England " can tell a hawk from •a hand-saw."—lbid. The recent conduct of the landholders affords a striking proof of the truth of the position that though in every body individuals will be found actuated by higher motives than a desire to promote their own vulgar interests, yet the ma jority of every body will be actuated by no such refined and disinterested motives. The Mem bers of the Upper House, from the defective ness of their education, and the absence of mo tives for application, may, generally speaking, be more ignorant with regard to politics and legisla tion than men placed in circumstances -which de mand from them diligence -and application ; but it will hardly be contended that they are also more selfish than other people. They may possess less than an average share of talents, but in re gard to honour and integrity it would be absurd to suppose that they do not possess their fair share of these virtues. Now we have seen ex emplified in a very striking manner, in that as sembly, the dominion of the most vulgar inte rests. When Ministers were pursuing their plans for freeing the industry and commerce of the country from the shackles which oppressed them, from every quarter of the country by turns, they were assailed with complaints. The House of Lords, however, treated the apprehensions of the enemies of Free Trade as groundless, and courageously backed Ministers. All went on smoothly, till Ministers at length _came, as in ho nour And consistency they were bound to do, to apply their principles to the manufacture of food. Then a new light suddenly burst on our great landholders. They were as firm as rocks, while the free-trade principles were carrying consterna tion into the ranks of the silk-weavers. Ministers then deserved the warm approbation of the coun try. They could hear, unmoved, the tales of the Spitalfields weavers, which experience has since refuted, that the removal of the prohibitory du ties would plunge hundreds of thousands of human beings into the most dreadful distress. But the moment it was proposed to open the Ports to foreign Corn, the same liberal Ministers, who, when operating on other classes, had in their eyes merited so much from their country men, were assailed as projectors, as political eco nomists, as innovators, and every Lordling who had the ability dealt out his sarcasms against them. The bare possibility of a lowering of price, which might lead to a lowering of rents, was quite enough to determine them to abandon their admiration of free trade. It was quite im possible that those principles should not be de testable, which tended in the remotest degree to diminish the nominal incomes of that important class, the glory of the country and the bulwark of the Constitution, the great Proprietors of the Soil. In all this the Lords have merely acted as other men would have acted in their situation. Had the Spitalfields Weavers or the Shipowners had the arrangement of the free trade system, they would both, no doubt, have set free the trade in Corn ; but the one would have deemed the exclusion of foreign silks indispensible, and the other would have excluded all foreign ships from our ports. In all these classes, liberal and disinterested men would have proposed a higher and noble course ; but exceptions only serve to prove the rule. It is always well that the truth should be known. When more is expected from men than ,experience warrants us in expecting, the conse puence will be disappointment. But it is not in compatible with devotion to gross and vulgar in terest (mistaken, no doubt), which has been so con spicuously manifested by the Members of the House of Lords, that though not to be restrained by con siderationa of a high, and elevated character, that it should yield somewhat to prudential considerations. —The people of England are, it is said, making a wonderful progress in intellectual improvement; and one of the first objects on which men exercise their intellects, is the belly. Now, nothing is more certain, than that the labouring classes of England have, year after year, been more and more straitened in their supplies of food. Now, while manufac turers and labourers of every description have been gradually deteriorating in their condition, the owners of the soil (who, having the power, as has been seen, are responsible for the acts of Govern ment) have been constantly increasing in import ance. Now, it is delightful to have the power of legislating—to have the power of enriching ourselves at the expence of others; but it is a drawback from this delight to reflect, that millions suffering the extremity of want may view us as the authors of their calamity.—Morning Chronicle. The correspondence which has just been pub lished as having passed between his late Majesty and Mr. Pitt, previous to the latter's retirement from the Administration in 1801, throws most important light upon the history of that period, and places the character both of the King and the Minister in the most favourable point of view. The warmth of the King's attachment towards Mr. Pitt is not less remarkable than his firm conscientious scruples upon the Catholic Question ; while the least anxiety on the part of the Minister is that which now appears to in fluence some who profess to be his followers_ viz., the preservation of his place and power upon any terms. It is rarely now-a-days that the public are let into the secrets of the portfolios of Monarchs or Statesmen ; and it is doubly grati fying when the disclosure of the real sentiments of public men, as in this ease, instead of pre senting a picture of intrigue and insincerity, show such men as George the Third and Mr. Pitt dealing with each other as common men —or, at least, with that openness and candour which men in all ranks of life ought to possess. We are, however, somewhat at a loss to conceive with whatparticular object the publication has been made just at this moment. If it were to convince the world of the ir revocable firmness of the King, that required no corroboration; while it does away,one would think, past argument, with the doubt which has been at tempted to be cast upon Mr. Pitt's sentiments upon the subject. That the sentiments of the Monarch were sincere there cannot be a doubt ; and when, on the other hand, Mr. Pitt assures his Majesty that he is, " on full consideration," convinced that " the admission of Catholics and Dissenters to offices, and of the Catholics to Parliament, would, under certain conditions to be specified, be highly advisable, with a view to the tranquillity and improvement of Ireland, and to the general interests of the United King dom," there can be as little doubt, that a con viction so formed and avowed, was one, from which, in after life, he never swerved, however Lord Eldon may persuade himself, and endea vour to convince the world to the contrary.— We do not think, therefore, although this publi cation has been put forth by one of the most emi nent, as well as vehement, of the opponents of the Catholics, that it is calculated, materially to af fect their cause. We do not believe, that strongly and conscientiously as a majority of .the people of this country are opposed to the Catholic Claims, that the Coronation Oath is looked upon as the main, or indeed with most of them, any obstacle at all. Of course, it cannot be supposed that the Ca tholic Claims, if ever ceded, can be granted with out the institution of proper guards for the mainte nance of the principles of the Reformation both in Church and State ; and we agree with a correspon dent, whose letter we published a short time since, that if there be any thing in the objection as to the Coronation Oath, it would apply just as strongly, if not more so, to passing the annual Indemnity Bill, which is, as our correspondent expressed it, " A letter of licence to all Dissenters." On the other hand, the friends of the measure have now Mr. Pitt's sentiments upon the subject recorded in a concise and authentic form, with the addition of his opinion in favour of the Dissenters, more strongly expressed than he was before known to have enter tained them. Upon the whole, then—though, as historical documents, this correspondence is of the highest value and importance—we are inclined to think that it leaves the question pretty nearly as it found it ;, and that, upon the balance, the argu ments on each side will be found to be nearly equal. —Morning Herald. We do not remember a more glaring impos ture having been attempted to be foisted upon the public, than that which has been of late years carried on by persons composing what are called Pitt Clubs, in using Mr. Pitt's name as hostile to the Catholic Claims. The thing was a pal paple falsehood upon the face of it, and wanted no corroboration as such, in the eyes of impartial or dispassionate people. The publication, how ever, of Mr. Pitt's correspondence with the late King, has now set the matter at rest. The most bigotted of his soi-disant followers, can now no longer keep up the delusion, but must tacitly at least, if not openly, acknowledge that they have been the conscious or unconscious libellers of the fair fame of the man whose memory they profess to venerate. The characters of public men, we have often remarked, are the property of the country ; and it is due to them, as well as to the truth of history, that people should not be allowed to distort facts and vilify the memory of public men with impunity. We say this with out reference either to what may be our own, or the opinion ofother people upon the Catholic Ques tion ; which is probably at this moment as far from being amicably adjusted, as it was in the time of Mr. Pitt. But when we hear of bodies of respectable men, calling themselves Pitt Clubs, and putting a lie into Mr. Pitt's mouth for the purpose of justifying their own deviation, whether right or wrong, from his principles, it is fit, be our own sentiments upon the subject what they may, that such duplicity should be unmasked and exposed. The Catholics—at least the Irish Catholics—have themselves alone to thank for the situation in which the question is now placed; and they must also have themselves in a great degree to thank, if it assume a more promising aspect. Not only will a recurrence to the intemperate speeches and proceedings of the Association profit them nothing; but they are mistaken if they think that the qnestion will ever pass unconditionally. It is clear that Mr. Pitt, one of the warmest and most sincere advocates of their cause, always looked to the subject as one of mutual concession. Of late years, we know not why, this point appears to have been lost sight of: but, if we mistake not, that is the point to which it must return, before it can assume the slightest prospect of success. The concession required would probably, in the eyes of reasonable Catholics, be more imaginary than real : but to receive all and yield nothing, is not the footing, we are convinced, upon which the claims can ever be effectually advocated, either by the Catholics or their Protestant friends ; and it is with reference to this point that Mr. Pitt's recently-published letters are of the greatest value.— Ibid. Mr. Western, last night, gave notice in the House of Commons, that he would, on Monday the subject of the Coln Laws inde r a consideration of Parliament, by next, i g t a h n: bring moving for leave to introduce a Bill to amend the 3d Geo. IV. cap. 60. We confess we are not very much surprised that tlie good people of Southwark, at their Meeting on the Corn Laws some months ago, should not have been able to say what w 1.4 the tennur of the laws against which they met to petition ; for, in addition to its never having been practically known, a more perfect specimen of the studied obscure, than the Act in question, we do not recollect ever to have met with. It is only by dint of repeated perusals that we have arrived at what seems its meaning, though that is a point on which we cannot positively pledge ourselves. By the Act which it is the object of that under consideration to amend (55 Geo. 111. c. 26.) the following, we believe, were the prices at which grain was admissible for home consumption : If imported from any country except British possessions in North America— Wheat wag admissible when the prices rose to 80s. Rye, Pea,,e, and Beans, when they rose to Barley Oats If imported from the places above excepted, the importation prices were, for— _ wheat Rye, Pease, and Beans Barley Oats The peculiarity of the Act of Amendment is, that it retains the foregoing scale of importation prices in the first instance. It does not open the flood gates until wheat has amounted to 80s., but, having once opened them, it allows them to remain so until wheat shall sink again to 70s.— Thus, having, in the first place, established 80s. as a remunerating price, it proceeds, in the se cond place, to negative its own declaration, and admit 70s. to be a remunerating price. There is another marked difference between the origi nal and the amended Act. The former did not recognise any thing in the shape of duty. It is said, 80s. is as much as the people of England can afford to pay for a quarter of wheat, and while wheat remains at 80s., or above, corn may be freely imported. The Amendment Act keeps the former, but rejects the latter part of this con dition. It does not allow importation at all until the prices have risen to the point of the scale laid down in the original Act, but even when they have so risen, it loads importation with a heavy duty. The markets having been opened to importation, agreeably to the scale of prices we have given above, the following duties are exigible. During the first three months that the ports are open : On wheat, if under 80s. and above '708.-11s. Od. duty. On rye, &c.... On barley 409 359.... Bs. 6d. On oats . After the first three months the duties are di minished by ss. on wheat, 3s. 6d. on rye, &c., 2s. 6d. on barley, and 2s. on oats respectively. When the price of wheat is above 80s. and below 855., the duty for the first three months is 10s., and after the first three months ss. A corre sponding rise in the priceS of other grains is ac companied by a corresponding decrease in the duties. When the prices rise to 855., 565., 425. 6d., and 30s. for wheat, rye, barley, and pats, respectively, the duty is nominal only. Such are the duties by the amended Act in respect to grain imported from other ports than those of Bri tish America. These duties in respect of the latter are proportionately lower. It is very evident that no amendment of its amendments can, by possibility, place such an Act on an equality with the Bill which has just been abandoned. That Bill im posed only a nominal duty when wheat rose to 70s. The Act of 1822 does not admit importation at all below 70s; and it imposes a duty, varying from 17s, to 12s. at that price. By the Bill, 625. is assumed as the protecting price of wheat; and even its op ponents were most willing to accept of 665. By the Act, 80s. is fixed as the protecting price, for, until wheat rise to 80s., no importation can take place. This it is proposed to alter, but we GO not see Lov. that alteration can assimilate it to a Bill to which it is equally opposed in principle and in detail.---Neu Trines. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—Yesterday Benjamin White, a man about SO years of age, having the appearance of a horse-dealer, was brought before THOMAS HALLS, Esq., and Sir Jolts DASHWOOD KING, the Sitting Magistrates, charged with stealing two valuable bay cob geldings, and two saddles and two bridles, the property of the Rev. Henry Hasker, of Heckfield, Hampshire. The prisoner was also charged with stealing at the same time a chesnut mare belonging to Mr. Henry Burgess, of the same place. The prisoner, in his defence, said he bought the saddles, &c. at a sale. The Magistrates committed him fully for trial, for steal ing the horses and saddles. MARLBOROUGH-STREET..--Yesterday a young fellow, named William Harris, was brought before Sir GEORGE FARRANT, charged with a daring robbery at the house of the Earl of Harewood, in Hanover-square. He was fully committed. HATT ON-G ARDEN. —A desperate-looking virago, with only one eye, named Catherine Kane, daughter to a woman who was executed for murdering a man in the neighbourhood of Gray's-inn-lane about sixteen months ago, was brought in custody to this office, by Waddington the officer, charged with attempting to murder a young woman named Catherine Fitzgibbon, the servant of Mr. Ireland, the keeper of the Castle wine -vaults, in Tuthel street, Gray's-inn-lane. Catherine Fitzgibbon, who was dreadfully disfigured about the face, deposed, that on the evening of the 4th of the present month, while serving round liquor for her master, she was waylaid by the prisoner in Gray's-inn-lane, who, without the slightest provocation, knocked her down, kicked her, and leaped on her until she became quite in sensible. When she recovered her senses, which was about two hours after, she found herself in her own bed, out of which she was unable to get for three or four days. Mr. Ireland stated, that he found the last witness quite in a state of insensibility, lying on her back, literally in a sea of blood. The prisoner said, that if she had not done her job on that occasion, she would take care to do it on the next. Another woman, named Sheen, a companion of the prisoner, desired her to serve the last witness in the same way her mother had the Irishman. The prisoner was, in fact, a most ferocious character, and he had no doubt, if the Magistrates suffered her to go at large, she would put her threat into execution. Waddington said be had been after the prisoner for some days, and it was by the greatest chance he succeded in ap prehending her that day. The prisoner, in her defence, said that the prosecutrix was always in the habit of casting her mother's death in her teeth every time she met her, which so incensed her on the evening in question, that she gave her one or two blows, but did nothing more. Catherine Fitzgibbon declared that she never did what the prisoner charged her with ; indeed, she was not aware of the circumstance until that moment. Mr. Ireland said, he believed the real cause of the gross assault committed on the last witness was because she ob tained the situation vacant in his house, which some rela tive of the prisoner's expected to get. The prisoner was committed to prison in default of bail. On Monday last a man named Cullen, a baker, re siding in Chalton-street, Somers-town, was placed at the bar of this office, upon a charge of having obtained up holstery to the amount of S 3/. from a Mr. J. Walker, of 96, High Holborn, under a false pretence. The case stands over till Saturday. SHIPWRECK.—The Rob Roy, from Belfast, with 150 settlers, stranded on the night of the 80th ult. on the shoals of l'lslet, in the St. Lawrence. The people were much exhausted by their sufferings during the night. Some remained on the vessel, others took to the boats..—. Those who were left on board were only landed on the Ist about three o'clock in the afternoon. Of these sonic were dead and others dying. There are at this moment seven teen dead bodies in one house, men, women, and children, but chiefly of the latter; these will be interred to-morrotv. At another house there are seven other bodies. If these unfortunate settlers had disembarked at low water, when the vessel first went ashore, none of them would have perished. One woman had lost her five children, and she and her husband are in a state of delirium. --American Paper. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 14. MILBURNE AGAINST CODD AND ANOTHER. The Comstoti SERGEANT stated that this was an action by an attorney of the Court to recover 481., the amount of his bill of costs for professional business done for the de fendants. The plaintiff and the defendants had been all connected with the Carriers' Company, and that might be urged as a ground of defence; but the plaintiff was not ap plied to for his professional assistance until after that Com pany was dissolved. The defendants were arrested for lia bilities contracted by them as members of the Company, they sent for the plaintiff to put in bail for them, and em ployed him to defend the actions. For the business thus done he has been forced to bring the action. Lord TENTERIDEN.-If the Jury thought the defendants had employed the plaintiff, they would give a verdict for that portion of the plaintiff's bill of costs which related to the defence of the actions brought, but not for the charges, for taking counsel's opinion, or for any thing done before putting in bail. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff...—Damages 34/. 16e. 2d. MILBURNE V. CODD. Mr. J. WILLIams said, that this action, which was brought against Major Codd alone, was for business done pending the existence of the Company. Lord TENTERDEN. —That may make a difference. I recommend to both parties to let the master inquire both as to the liability and to the amount ; and the bill of costs in the other action can be taxed at the same time. Verdict accordingly for the plaintiff, subject to the reference. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JUNK 14. LAST DAYS OF LORD BYRON.-(LIEEL.) PARRY V. HUNT. (Concluded from Tux SUN of yesterday.) Martha Gill examined by Mr. PLATT.—I am a widow. My husband went to Greece at the same time that Parry went. 1 knew Parry as a shipwright before he went away ; he was not a master shipwright. I have seen him in, his working dress, and he has told me that that was his trade. I have seen him affected by liquor. I consi dered it was his habit, for I generally saw him co. By Mr. J. TADDY.-.-I lived in the house with him. I have not been taking notes to-day.—(Laughter.) By the COURT. —fnever knew him work as a caulker. My husband was engaged by the Greek Committee, and was an engineer. Mr. Bowriug sworn—By Mr. TADDY.-.-I acted as Secretary for the Greek Committee. Parry was recalled by a vote of the Committee. I have seen the book now produced, and should think him unable to write it without assistance. I have never seen him absolutely drunk, but having taken more than he ought to have done. I saw him on one occasion with what he called materials for making a book. By Mr. J. TADDY. —I corresponded with him while in India. He was recalled in June. A letter of the 11th May, 1824, put into my hand is an official communication. Charles Knight examined by Mr. TADDY..—I am a publisher. Early in the spring of 1825, Parry applied to me. He introduced himself to me as a Captain Parry, with a sort of postman's bag, or wallet, across his breast. —He said he had been at Greece, and wished to publish something relating to Lord Byron; he left his materials; I examined them immediately; I returned them after wards in a few days; they consisted of a few official do cuments, containing technical particular terms of war, estimates of ammunition, and so forth; there were also several Greek Newspapers, &c. ten folio sheets, purport ing to be a Journal of Capt. Parry ; the documents were very few ; I cannot recollect the very words he used ; I have read his book, and towards the end of it, in the ap pendix, is comprised all I saw; there is not a line in the body of the book that was in the papers brought to me ; the Journal was evidently the production of a man who went out in a military capacity, or rather the capacity of an engineer ; the details related to some appoint ments by the Greek Committee. Wherever he had occasion to use the name of Lord Byron, he , invariably said, "the Right Hon. Lord George Gordon Noel Byron." It was. the production of an unlearned man. I should not think this book the production of that man. By Mr. J. TA DDY.—I was never in Parry's company but twice. I very soon made up my mind not to publish it. Knight and Lacy published the book for the plaintiff. Cross-examined by Mr. TARDY—Mr. P. was introduced by a friend of witness's. The sale of the book fell off after the libel had been published. The gentleman who intro duced him is named Hodgkin, who is iu the kabit of writing. The papers were put into Mr. Hodgkin's hands to arrange them. The par ts_ of the book which Mr. Sergeant Wilds pleaded in i nstiu4ation were now put in and read, and ex cited considerable merriment in the Court, particularly that part of the book which related the manner by which a corps of 307 unincumbered women were collected by the Italian wife of a Greek tailor, to assist the army, and the part where he describes the running after Mr. Bentham down Fleet-street, and of the author's partiality for " Billy Shakspear," as he termed him. Edward Henderson, butcher, knew plaintiff, lived next door to him, he is a married man ; never saw him intoxi cated; if he had been a sottish man witness must have known it ; did not know if he had ever been a caulker. Thomas Boston, gaoler, had known Mr. Parry nine years, and he had never seen him intoxicated. Several other witnesses had known the plaintiff from his boyhood, and had always thought him a sober man ; he had built two steam-vessels, the North Star and the London Engineer; he had been for three years a clerk in the laboratory at Woolwich, and was then sober, in dustrious., zealous, and honest. He was with Sir W. Congreve in most of his experiments; the latter had sent him on military experiments to Marlborough Downs. A letter was here put in and read by Mr. TARDY ; it was from Mr. Bowring, as the Secretary of the Greek Committee, to the plaintiff, in which the former expressed great respect for his talent, and sanguine hopes for the Greek cause from the execution of it. Mr. Sergeant WILDE, in his reply upon the evidence, contended that the charge of drunkenness was fully jus tified by the evidence, and the same by the other charge of the libel. Mr. Sergeant TADDY, in his final reply, contended that the injury which the libel had inflicted had been aggra vated by the instructions which had been given to the de fendant's Counsel to ransack the plaintiff's book for every word and every expression which could hurt his character, or wound his feelings. He then read some abstracts from the plaintiff's letters to Mr. Bowring, to refute the charge that he could not write ten words of English. This letter was written on the 11 th May, 1824, officially from Mr. Bowring, and commencing " Dear Mr. Parry;" and said the Greek Committee placed the greatest confidence in his talents and his exertions. He con tended, that instead of being full of slanders on every body, not even excepting Lord Byron himself, he had al ways evinced towards him the greatest kindness of disposi tion, and the warmest attachment : but he had given, as a true historian ought to do, those moments of weakness from which the strongest man was never free, but giving at the same time that nobleness of mind, attachment to his native country, and all the other great and noble qualities which adorned Lord Byron. With regard to Lady Byron, he (Mr. Teddy) would never have brought forward her name or that of any female in such a case as this, and he considered that it was a portion of the malignant spirit that gave rise to this libel, which now endeavoured to raise the question of Lord and Lady Byron's( private differ encea, with which this cause had nothing to do. The Learned Gentleman, then read several passages of the book, which he contended proved that Parry was the author of that book, or at all events, the greater part of it. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, in summing up, observed that he was a strong advocate for the Liberty of the Press, and he was certain that if they always were to publish the truth, and nothing but the truth, they would always have the twelve Judges as well as the Jury for their supporters. On that subject, one of the greatest men who ever lived had said, " Quid vis verum discere, nihil non verum dis cere audeat," and with that sentiment he perfectly coin cided. His Lordship, after elaborately summing up the evidence, declared it as his opinion that the justification bad failed. ___ __....... The Jury retired for half an hour, and returned a ver dict for the plaintiff—damages 50/.—saying that the ex pression which had called forth that verdict was, that they had not said the worst of him. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, JUNE 14. Charles Pitt was indicted for assaulting Thomas Ste phens, the district surveyor of St. Paul's parish, Covent garden, whilst in the execution of his duty. This was a prosecution arising out of the attempt to hold a Meeting in Covent-garden, on the 14th of May, for the purpose of ad dressing his Majesty in terms of congratulation upon the recent change in the Ministry. Mr. Pitt, who, as usual, was his own advocate, spoke l o ng and well of the rights of British subjects, and called three witnesses to disprove the assault. • • The Jury, however, found him " Guilty," and The CHAIRMAN, in consideration of the defendant hay ing evidently acted under a misconception of the law on the subject, only eentenced him to pay a fine of 201. to the King. LORD AMITERST. TIGER and ELEPHANT FIGHTS, at LUCKNO On the 4th December, the day previous that appointed f o r th e G overnor G e nerals d parture from Lucknow, his Lordship, in con s quence of an invitation from the King, proeeedi to breakfast with his Majesty at the Palace Pearls (Motee Muhul) accom p an i e d by su j , suite in full uniform, an d escor t e d by the 13 7 Guard. The King cam e o u t t o mee t the u ° ' vernor General about 100 yards from the Pala ce ; His Majesty's elephant carriages were drawn ' t i p . before the gates of th e M o t ee M w h u l, to add to : the show. They w e re th ree i n number; thy; largest was a very handsome four -wheeled carri 1 :1 Ivoo about 12 or 13 feet long, with a sort of m i st canopy, supported by light pillars, and drawn 11 four young elephants handso me ly ca p ar i so ned, $ ll ` having their headsand trunks painted and curl°. figures and quaint devices. The two other cal were smaller, but of elegant con s t ruc ti on , a nd e tt i drawn by two elephants. Passing through ,4i arch of the handsome gatew a y o f th e N 1 4;; IVluhul, the processi on en t ere d an e xterl ll, !' square, in which was erected a circular enclos LAt e : ' constructed of interwoven b a mb oos , a b o ut tm; feet in height—in which, as we approached7 t o observed about six large buff a l oes , an d ses t ,ii cages with tigers bad been a tt ac h e d, a t difre7:: places, on the outside of the bamboo enclosin each having a small door opening into tbe.arti in which the buffaloes were impatiently oil'. to give them battle. The enclosure was quickly surrounded llt ild -, elephants of the spectators and by crowds Of P ; tives—the uproar waxed exceeding great, the frightened buffaloes charged the ban 1 7 4 , 0,. with alarming fury ; but, fbrtunately, they . 7 ;11 proof against their formidable horns. A fef., his Lordship's party had previously been li 1 nesses of a tiger fight, and expectation was to to the high es t pit c h, w h en two t i gers were h 4, • upon the raging buffaloes.. But, alas for il 1 :o foresight ! in this, as on most occasions, re eti .' s was fully disappointed by an ti c i pat i on ! *r; i tigers crept trembling alo ng th e s id e o f th ... .„e ' '' ' closure, and made no attempt t o d e f en d tar: .4 e selves, or to avoid the blow, w h en t h e buffiti. carrying their heads close to the ground, dial: ~ down upon th e m, a nd pi nne d t h em to t h e o* - $$ boos. A pugnacious bear was then let in, e l the champion of the f a llen ti gers , an d exPar la a t his ample arms to embrace hi s no bl e ibe -- dis b ; Bruin's self-complacency was considerably o i turbed by suddenly finding hims e lf e levated 0 feet above his ordinary level, with a small re or two in his comfortable fur jaCket. Bruin had, doubtless, read Falstqff's histd or, may be, he was that worthy .personage 111 ; ‘ , self in a state of transmigration. At any f!' 10 he fully concurred with that valiant Knight , 0 1 , deeming discretion to be the better part of ; and, accordingly, turning his back of ' the buffaloes, he proceeded quietly to clim b eg the bamboos, till, arrivin g a t th e t o p, his ‘' lle , was arrested by a net, in which he presently ao came so entangled, that he was un a ble to, Pi l i ii e il . backwards or forwards, and therefore rem a ow l quietly where he wasi, basking in the stilly .• t i e looking clown upon the field of battle allilt enemy, with much apparent self-satisfact io n ' . the ingenuity of his escape. , ' '. 0 f tl t The party then proceeded to a part 0 a n d Palace, called the Moobaruk Mural .w. breakfast had been prepared in a spaei ° .: Os remarkably elegant saloon. After W e ,,. ': o w party adjourned to the - veranda, whic h ess , looked- the Goorntee, for the purpose Of wit & ing combats; between Elephants ' a nd RP.- ceruses, and other amusement s th at had be en re prepared for the occa s i on . T wo e l ep hanto w e re arrayed against each other on th e ba sis opposite , of the River Goomte e , w hi c h, a t th i s $.l )° "A j deep and narrow. Th e e xhibiti on suc ce . e f ue bt little better than the tiger fight, f or , after a l y struggle, the sagacious animals' seemed to ur cover cover their respective strength,, and .the Yo der turned tail, and strode off to the-jungle- 4' e le , considerable delay, and fi ring of squibs, the re, phants were again brought tog ether, and ire veiled on to renew the combat. The fug, l, mustered all his vigour for one - desperate 1 .7 0 ; gle, and succeeded, for a moment;. in lifthig. h i e antagonist from his fore legs, .but, as if se 05 2, that he had exhausted his poWeis'in the ePv4 t he again fled the field. The king being ti , from well, the entertainment soon-after broke . f,', and the Rhinoceros' fights did not take plac e ' . Calcutta Government Gazette. lit MEETINGS OF CREDITORS• COUNTRY DIARY.—MONDAY, Jtjrug 18. / I Cooke, W., Exeter—King John, Exeter ... . ................ ,1 0 Demaine, J., Preston—Blackfriars, Manchester .................. ,1l Fryer, P., Manchester—White's, Hitching., T., Oxford—King's Arms, Oxford ............. . ....... Hollingwosth, E., Stayley—White's, Manchester .......... •.. I l Homer, T. and R., Dudley—George, Bewdley. ............ .•••••• . ; KemE, J., Cowlinge—Rose and Crown, Sudbury..... ........... Lee, J., Leicester—White Hart, Leicester . ..... ..; .. • .......... "I Pollard, T., Manchester—White's, Manchester ....... . .•.. Richard., G. Argoed, Bedwelty—Commercial . room., 1 3 , 0 °, 4 .. 4 1 Robinson, E., Newcastle .upon-Tyne—George inn. castle-upon-Tyne .............. ........................... ;.. ; ...... • Sharp and Co., Birkenshaw.bottoms, near Leeds—SW OP .. 0 Manchester .......... ........... ....................................... Smith, H. Mold—Palace, Manchester ............... .............. ; Weston, J., Dudley—George, Bewdley.. . ; .......................... Wright, S., Knutsford—G' Knutsford„ ............... ... reorge, ............ • O INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHA— RO .0k Petitions to be heard at PortugaLstreet, Lincolril Inn - C i Julia 19, 4.1` NINE. • al Ol6 Ashburne, J., Cripplegate Chave, H., Southampton Clothier T., Long-acre - Dick, J., Dundee R P r ed,sr o c i ma s n South xr ersetjhire.lo o' mes Dick, J., Commercial ro a d Walker, J., Kensington Gadderer, C., Arundel-street Watson, A., Cheshunt Hawker T. Cheltenham Wetherhead, A. Covent,' Holliday, T., Bethnal green NVillcock, C., Conglt °n Light, li., Lyndlinch 4 Dorset Raistrick, T., jil, J ae , at Wakefie ld ' ___ _ ___ .'clocit. Cooper, J., Sheffield Moore, J. p a ddock , ci Downing, G., Sheffield Morley, _ wakefie,c o olaa Druce, J., Sheffield Oldfield, }I, south Fearnley, J., Hopton Oldroyd, M., Shelley Id Fenton, W., Paddock Perkington, j . shei. Foulston, T., Doncaster isodseY va , Hargreaves, W., Batley Rtilfearn, T.. Little„":ouri - Hewitt, T., Leeds Roebuck, M., 1.11 11 ,t, Hinckcliffe, G., Meltham Scholefield,,J., 11° , -- Hirst, T., Greave in Nether- Smith, J Shetfie." J. nialif o thong Sunderland, J., act ~,,f Horsfall, T., Huddersfield Stewart, S., Pontefre,,,„,, rs Knight, G., Hey Mallinson, J., Hi Thornton, S., Sheeptwa Lawson, J., Bradford dersfield i d Lee, J., Gawthorpe Turner I. Waktfie, Midgley, T., Mettrick, 8., Horsforth Hoi)perholme Timmy:lion N.,.1. mfirth Tyne, H., h e it l eld_ iehig a Waterhouse, J.0 1 ,7,' Mimes, E. Wakefield White, R. Sheffield Mitchel, 1). and J., Sowerby, Woodcock, --, 0 "` Halifax MARRIED. a° L' all Esq" fil. On the 11th inst., at Liverpool, R. Mot P i„te d el , Richardson, Esq , of Liverpool. h 'Ps b- Joseph R o o On the 6th inst., at Liverpool, Capta in , citor, of Ellesmere, to Margaret, daught er of the IY °I to Miss Amelia Nuttall, of th a t town, form er dale. COUNTRY. --- At the Court at Ten DIED. A Joh ° On the 12th inst., in Surrey-street, Strso-,,,,uti Yates, Esq., aged 62, upwards of fort y years v`r Philazer of the Court of King's Bench. 1 . ~,007 On the Bth inst. , at Leeds , M r. Robert IVO'-iiiip' painter, aged 44, an excellen t artist in subjects 0' ping and naval scenery. r On the Sd inst., at Bridgenorth, Mr. John Fugb'-bflig own er, agppotieel to be the heaviest nun ha sbrf a r ed 66, au ~ shire. He weighed at the latest per i o d twenty scor e P o nie The funeral, from the extraordinary size and we ight, e et coffin, (said to exceed 12 cwt., and wa s borne by eill men), attracted an inirn. ense crowd of ,spectators 7 v TN`G; at the Paull= and PUBLISHED by M. d. • 1r— Sux-Orercx, Dio. 112, Stran