The Sun. — London, England, 1827-05-07 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The defeated Tories bid fair, we think, to in demnify the nation for much of the evil which is owing to their long dominion over it, by the course upon which, as an Opposition, they have already entered. There assuredly must be some familiar, in Mr. Canning's pay, at the elbows of this late colleagues, to pinch and tickle, and worry them on into a series of imprudences, which no men of the least tact, and certainly none of expe rience like theirs, could, in the natural order of political manoeuvrings, have committed. Mr. Peel's first defect seems to have been the want of a proper thickness and uniformity in the varnish which it was his game to lay over his Undoubted hostility to the new chief of the Cabinet ; un doubted now is that lir: - ,'Stility, notwithstanding the early attempts tit: , disguise it on the part of Mr. Peel. But it was to be suspected from the moment when Mr. Peel's brother-in-law and creature, Mr. Dawson, assailed the co-operation of Mr. Canning and the Whigs with such very edifying virulence. Next to the brother-in-law "slue the brother. The second of the Peels, or 'Peelers, protested broadly that he had no confi dence in Mr. Canning; that his confidence was in Cie Ministers who had resigned—in "the cooler heads and more regulated minds' of the Earl of Westmorland, for example—of Mr. Goulburn, for example ! Now this might do well enough for the younger Peel ; but what shall we say of the elder, who, while he pretends to contain and calm within his breast the fierce cauldron of his own personal animosity, has not even s o much tradesman-like skill as would en' o l e him to plug up those collateral spouts Ind conduit; by which it runs out, hissing , and bubbling, throUgh the mouths of his :.confidential dependents ? Mr. Peel himselr i , however, has given way at last. Even fo'i one short week he has been unable to kee7, down the fire that consumed him. His Lopes, if he had any, that Mr. Canning, de serted by some of his old brethren, would not have been succoured by the Whigs, have la mentably failed the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department. There has arisen a new power ; an unanimity of principle has be come a practical coalition of parties ; and the result is, a Ministry, better bottomed in the confidence and affections of the people of Eng land than any that has appeared since 1792, ere vet the talisman of Mr. Pitt's popularity was broken. This unlooked-for issue of the policy (plot we presume it would be treason to call it) which left Air. Canning naked, and seemingly des perate, through the defection of his ofEciarfriends, has manifestly filled the Tory ranks with consterna- To make a successful attack upon their enemy, they seem to feel that it must be attempted before he has entrenched himself in his position. Hence the precipitancy and want of regularity in their movements—hence the juvenile ardour of Sir Thomas Lethbridge, who was for some weeks past designated as leader of the Tory Country-Gentle men Opposition ; and who, now that Mr. Peel has taken to being a country-gentleman, we are bound to believe is rather an object of jealousy to the Ex- Secretary of State. But, however this newly ap parent violence of the Right Hon. Gentleman has shown itself, the language of Mr. Canning towards his late colleague has presented a contrast not only favourable to the character of the first Lord of the Treasury, but clearly demonstrative on which side exists the consciousness of intellectual superiority : Mr. Canning can afford to treat with gentleness a man upon whom he can look down. He need feel no mortification, and Mr. Peel must feel it ; for the more accurately this gentleman is measured, the more moderate, we begin to suspect, will his dimensions be found; and in that respect some resemblance is visible between him and his present party in both Houses; for we speak the common sense of the country in affirming, that when the dust which these old cart horses of the Government have raised, by restiveness and prancing on a road which is strange to them, shall have subsided, it will be discovered that their numbers are but few, their paces feeble, their condition miserable, and the prices which they may again be bought at, little more than what are current in a knacker's yard. If his Majesty shall be pleased not only to bestow, but to manifest that he bestows, his kindness and favour on the supporters of his Minister,---if he exhibits but half as much steadiness in the protection of those whom he has chosen, as he has of discernment in the choice, and spirit in declaring it,—there is little, indeed nothing to fear for the existing Ministry. Let Mr. Can ning be grateful to his Sovereign, and respectful to wards the people, and towards his Tory adversaries he may be as contemptuous as he lists.—Times. Lord Bobadil and Lord Prig have had a hard week of it. What an amusing scene, the congratulations of these two great personages, after the termination of their first week's work : —" Well, my dear Prig, we have done won ders ; between us that must be said. Old Eldon may come forward with his puzzling motions when he likes ; but by G— the business is done. Eldon is too fond of roundabout ways. I like to attack the enemy whenever I can get a sight of him. That is my way." " And a good way it is, my dear Bobadil. But pray what did you think of my logic ? With one blow I took the Catholics from Canning. In a trice I sent the Protestants after them. He could not pos sibly be prepared for this. I proved, as a Ca tholic advocate, to demonstration, that the Ca tholics would be irretrievably ruined by their cause being abandoned by Canning ; and then in the same breath, as a Protestant advocate, I proved that Canning was waiting to emancipate the Catholics till he thought. success certain, which was laving a mine under the feet of the Protestants, to blow them into the air. Was not that logic with a vengeance ? I plunge the Catholics into deep despair, and out of that very despair I draw matter to fill the breasts of the No Popery-men with indignation. By the bye, it must be allowed, my dear Bobadil, that I take very original views of things. That was a happy thought of mine to secure the certainty of punishment, and consequently the efficacy of example, by killing the innocent as well as the guilty, so that the interruption to the course of example by the escal:.3 of the innocent is avoided. I know it has beeß said that Pouqueville gives this as Turkish law ; but I'll swear I did not owe the thought to Pouqueville. Canning is done for, my dear Bobadil. One week of my brilliancy and logic, and of your sense and bravery, is more than lie can stand. It was a happy thought in you to tell the House of your sense, because they are so deficient in penetra tion that they never would have found it out." —" True, Prig, did you perceive what I was driving at ? I have my happy thoughts too.— I told told them plump that I was a man of sense—well, what a man of sense says must be sensible—that is logic, you know. Then I told them, once and again, that I was a man of cha racter and spirit, who would not allow myself to be put down, and that I was a sort of man who would have it all my own way, and would not bear the treatment which other Lords were pleased to put up with. Who do you think will dare to contra dict me after that ? Well, here then are my proposi tions; lam a man of sense ; whoso contradicts me says I am not a man of sense; then let him take the conse quence. By heavens ! there is not one of them dares. Thus I vanquish at once the whole of oty lion. opponents hi the House of Lords. I have an ex cellent coup They laughed at first when I told them I was a man of sense, but they found it was no laughing matter—when I told them that if they did not think what I said sensible, they should answer for it. I don't mince matters. I told the Duke of Wellington, at Vienna, in lS2i, that he was a fool to choose a successor to my lamented brother so very unlike him. I told his Majesty a piece of my mind too. I told Ministers they were all rubbish—that they would never cause this coun try to be honoured and respected abroad as lily late lamented brother did ty the by, between us be it said, was Accounted by all the foreign Princes the ft - At magnanimous Minister that ever lepresented Britain; for he ga-e them all that they asked, wishing to show them that England was far above shopkeeeping principles, and was far above at tending to her own interesta).—Zounds, who shall Aare to gainsay a word of all that I, Bobadil, have chosen to utter !"—" My dear Bobadil, the cam paign is over. I hit both Catholics and Protes tants at one blow—that is, I disposed of all the oat of-doors folks. You have knocked down the Lords, so that between us we have done the business com pletely. If both Protestants and Catholics are taken from Canning, the Jews only remain ; I will not leave him even the Jews. I have ar excellent head, and I shall task it for an argument that shall hit at mice Catholics, Protestants, and Jews." When Bobadil was at the Court of Vienna, the old Prince De Ligne used to draw him out in admirable style. But his courage increases with his years, and he can furnish a very good exhibition of himself without any assistance. He and Prig will give us a much more merry Opposition than we have been used to in the solemn Assembly to which they be long. Lord Bobadil's sense, Lord Prig's logic, and the historical research of a Winchelsea, are almost too many good things for any one Assembly.— Alorning Chronicle. Mr. Canning was at a loss to account for the personal hostility manifested towards him by several of the seceders. We have endeavoured to account for the phenomenon, on the principle of the natural hostility borne by dullness towards cleverness. Swift said, long ago, that it was a common saying with the dunces, that clever men were unfit for business. Lord Melville thinks that an Administration cannot have stability with, out beeing chiefly composed of boobies—without possessing largely in itself the vis inerticc of stupidity. We cannot blame his Lordship for laying great stress on what he naturally considers the chief requisite in an Administration. We are even disposed to think it might be of advan tage to have a heavy-headed man in the Admi nistration, on the principle on which Moliere read his plays to an ancient female servant, by way of preparing them for the difficulties with which new ideas find an entrance into the heads of a pretty numerous class in the world. When clever men associate only with clever men, they are apt to form too high an estimate of the penetration of the world in gene ral. Now Lord Melville was as good a man as could have been pitched upon for trying an idea upon; anti a Colleague could always have been sure, when he mastered it, that its currency was safe. His Lordship was much better adapted for a whet stone, on which his colleagues might exercise them selves, than Lord 'Westmorland for instance ; for the latter could never have kept to a point. But Melville's fixed eye gives sign of undivided atten tion. In truth he may be said to have had far more of the principle of stability in him than all the rest of the seceders ; but there is now no remedy.—lbid. Already suitors begin to reap the benefit of Lord Eldon's resignation. Lord Lyndhurst, on Saturday, on Mr. Ching pressing that a motion he had to submit might be heard on Monday, expressed his unwillingness, unless in cases of absolute necessity, to break into the regular busi ness of the day. His Lordship added that "he had always thought, and still continued to think, that nothing tended to cause delay and inconve nience more than the interposition of matters which interfered with the cases regularly set down for hearing." No man in Lord Eldon's time could tell what business would come on, and was certain of nothing, except that a great deal of unnecessary expence would always be incurred. Lord Lyndhurst has a clear head, and his forte is a lucid arrangement ; and by doing only one thing at a time, and the precise thing which ought to be done, and no other, he will, if we mistake not, dispose of causes at a very different rate from that of his predecessor. N% hat with talking of himself, and pecking at better men than himself—as Sir John Leach, for instance — and writing letters on more interesting business than that before him, the time really dedicated by Lord Eldon to the business of suitors was very little in deed. We shall now see a different state of things. We shall, at all event's, be very much mistaken if Lord Lyndhurst allows himself to diverge from the business before him on all manner of pretexts, or feel jealous on account of the dispatch of the Vice. We observe that Sir Anthony Hart has set himself decidedly against chicanery. On Saturday he re fused to allow certain exceptions to be taken off the file, on the ground of irregularity, observing, that by granting the application he should merely create delay, and heap expence on the parties. "If these exceptions (said his Honour) are taken off the file, it will be necessary for the excepting party to peti tion the Court for leave to file fresh exceptions ; these must then be re-engrossed, and, in the end, the parties, after all this delay and expence, will be in exactly the same position they are now." This is the way to cause the Courts of Justice to be re spected.--Ibid. The Cambridge election takes place on Wed nesday, Thursday, and Friday ; and Mr. Goul burn having resigned all pretensions to this honour, the contest now lies between the Soli citor-General and Mr. Bankes, whose partizans are evincing the influence which even the higher fruits of education sometimes have over the mind and conduct by mutually abusing each others protegee in good set terms. While one candidate is called a " convicted libeller," the other is not less courteously styled " a wolf in sheep's clothing ;" in allusion, we suppose, to the result of Mr. Buckingham's action against the one, and the somewhat equivocal avowals of the other upon the Catholic question. The contest, even divested of its ill manners, is one very little consequence ; and we strongly suspect that, notwithstanding the strenuous efforts which are making to bring up every out-lying curate to the poll, it will in the end be found that not a few of the really respectable part of the electors—we mean of those who despise both clamour and place, will abstain altogether from so much as crossing the street to vote either for one candidate or the other. In the mean time, the Term (one of the three short periods in the year dedicated to the avowed objects of the place) has commenced, and grave masters, lively tutors, lazy fellows, and the youth committed to their care, are alike involved in a ferment but little suited to what ought to be the dignified nature of the place, or the peaceful pursuits of " sound learning and religious education." In the mean time, too, that part of the Press which professes to be the exclusive organ of this body, is throwing - every degree of ridicule and contempt upon a new In stitution, which its founders absurdly enough propose to style the London University. We are not insensible to the humbug in which no small part of this undertaking is enveloped—of which its title is not the least. At the same time it must be admitted, that as a School, it may be converted to the most useful purposes, and may be made of the greatest advantage to the Metropolis ; especially if it have the good fortune, when erected, to fall into better hands than some of those engaged in its for mation. But be this as it may, surely those wild belong to, who wish well to, and who know the glaring defects which at tach to ot_q. present Universities, would be better employed in looking at home, and in correcting real evils, than in decrying imaginary ones. —lf they think that, by abuse of the new Institu tion, they can conceal or gloss over the corruption and the errors of the old ones, they arc much mis taken. What is it which, among other causes, has mainly led to the establishment, and above all to the title which has, we think, absurdly been given to the former, but the strong conviction that the enormous expellee, the dissolute habits, and the un bending exclusiveness of the latter, shut out the sons of prudent parents from any participation in them ? And is it, we would ask, by seeing Heads of Colleges heading Election Committees—is it by seeing what should be the peaceful abodes of science converted into the arena of party politics, and selfish contests for place—is it by seeing holy men as on the last of these occasions, first press the 'Word of God to their lips, and then throw it away in disdain —is it by witnessing a zeal upon such occasions, equalled only by their lukewarmness towards their real duties, that mankind will be taught to respect and value Institutions which possess within them, if rightly, honestly, and faithfully directed, the seeds and the means of accomplishing ten thousand times more real good, than the present evils, great as they are, which they unfortunately occasion ? And is the elective franchise of much use, when its result is only to eulogise and consecrate errors, which it ought to be its first object to correct ?-511orning Herald. The imputations of inconsistency and tergi, versation, which, during the last week, have been thrown out against the London Press, however well deserved by some of our Contemporaries, are in no degree applicable to us, or to those Journals which have participated in our princi ples. There are, among us, papers, whose chief aim seems to be, to invent pretexts for calum niating, and vilifying whatever is rendered by station or merit most worthy of respect. — Whether an old palace was to be demolished, or a new one erected, either event was, alike, to be made the theme fir aiming the coarsest insults and calumnies at the Throne. For such men to affect now to rally round their Sovereign, and to vociferate abuse against the individuals who op posed themselves, without any good reason, to the just exercise of the Royal Prerogative, is, we admit, ridiculous enough. Their new horn loyalty savours of the tricks of Punchi nello ; and we verily believe, that their praise is one of the chief causes of the murmurings, which arc beginning to be heard among some respectable classes, against the existing state of Ministerial arrangements. Our case is totally different. We have always enter tained, we still entertain, deserved respect for the Ex-Ministers. .The Duke of Wellington, Lord Eldon, and Mr. Peel, are men whom it is im possible to replace by persons equally qualified for their respective offices, or possessing, equally, the confidence of the country. They arc men who possess the proud distinction of being so far above all others, in their respective depart ments, that the mere idea of a competitor, who should affect to rival any of them, is ridiculous. They had served England long and well ; she had rewarded theta munificently, by that which is the best of all rewards—the esteem and confi dence of a free people ; her Sovereign had heaped honours upon them, and made those honours more valuable, by his personal friendship. Was it to be expected, that such men should have deserted their public duties for private pique, and should have attempted to make their Sove reign and his prerogative the tool of their private cabals ? We condemn such an attempt, as fatal to the dignity of the Throne, and inconsistent with the Constitution of England ; and we con demn it the more, because it is made by those whom we should have been the most reluctant to believe capable of becoming parties to such a proceeding. If, when his Majesty commanded Mr. Canning to form an Administration, the seceders had said, " We will not be your colleagues, unless the majority of the Cabinet be against the Catholic question ; we will not be members of a Ministry in which- the prepon derance of weight is thrown into the scale that is adverse to the preponderating sentiment of the country,"—if they had stated this, or any other matter of public principle, as a ground of sepa ration, they would have pursued a rational course. We should have weighed the reasons of their con duct; and, according as those reasons appeared to us well or ill founded—(and we scruple not to admit that we should have had a strong bias in favour of state reasons, deliberately adopted and acted upon by men of such sound judgment and long experience in public life)—we should have applauded or disapproved. But, no thing of this kind happens. Mr. Canning is com manded to form a Ministry ; and they, forthwith, secede. No pretext of public principle is even al leged : wilful caprice and childish jealousy are op posed to the good of the country, and to the due exercise of the Royal prerogative. In such a state of things, the same principles of loyalty to the Throne and Constitution, and of exclusion of all petty cabal from the Administration of this great em pire,which made us warm friends of Lord Liverpool's Ministry, and caused us to admire and venerate the very men who seem to us now to have deviated from the maxims of their former life, inspired us, neces sarily, with the most earnest wishes for Mr. Can ning's success. He was the selected organ for the exercise of the Royal prerogative ; and, in making such a selection, the King had followed the general voice of the country. On what pretext, therefore, can our support be refused to that Minister, whom both King and people delight to honour ? Thus, Mr. Canning unites in himself every claim to pub lic confidence which a public servant can have : and if any shall oppose him, merely because some of his former colleagues have seceded from him, they must be false to principles, though they may delude them selves with the idea of being true to individuals.— , New Times. of FERNANDO PO.-Every officer who has visited the Coast of Africa, expresses the greatest surprise at the erroneous opinion that we in England have formed of the Island of Fernando Po, situate in the 'Bight of Benin—said to be chosen as our future principal African Colony. The favourable opinion imbibed has been prin cipally formed upon au article written by a gen tleman of great experience in African matters, and inserted in a late number of the Quarterly Review. The island is described to us as being' remarkably unhealthy, profusely covered with ve getation, and liable, from the surrounding high lands, and its own altitude, to be continually visited with tornadoes, and is enveloped in un wholesome miasma. It does not contain a single harbour, and scarcely even an anchoring ground. It is inhabited by about 10,000 people, of the most savage and desperate character, who are proverbially inimical to any intrusion on their ground, on the part of Europeans, no one ever having gone beyond the beach, without having a spear thrown at him. A fort may be built by force, but the garrison must never expect to go beyond the pallisades.—Hants Telegraph. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, MAY 5. HOLROYD V. VAMPHILON. In this case Mr. ADOLPHUS made a motion of rather an unusual description. It appeared that in 1823 a notice was served in the name of the plaintiff and other persons, upon the defendant, a gentleman of independent fortune, cautioning him not to pursue game upon their premises. Similar notices were served, at the same time, upon other persons. The notices, however, thougoli served in the name of Holrcyd and others, were printed at the expense of the Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, and distributed by his servants, and the whole proceeding was intended as a com pliment to his Royal Highness, by restraining the defen dant and others lion' pursuing game over premises which were situate in the neighbourhood of Claremont. • His Royal Highness does not nut, however, appear to have pre served in the neighbourhood that esteem which had been, as it were, paid him in advance upon the credit of his future conduct. Accordingly, some years after the origi nal notice, the defendant, who was in pursuit of game, and shot a hare on some premises adjoining the forbidden ground (and which hare escaped into the premises of Mr. Holroyd), was requested by Mr. H.'s gamekeeper to come on the pre mises and take the hare away. The gamekeeper added, that the gentlemen who had made the original prohibition in favour of his Royal Highness, would continue it no longer, and that Mr. Pamphilon was at liberty to pursue game there in future. Mr. P. did accordingly, in compliance with this invitation, go at different times in pursuit of game, upon the premises in question. An action of trespass was in consequence brought against him at the late Kingston As sizes, in which Mr. Holroyd was the nominal plaintiff; but the case was conducted by Mr. Smallpiece, his Royal Highness's attorney, and the witnesses upon the trial were the bailiff and servants of the Prince. The Jury returned a verdict of damages to the amount of a farthing, and the defence was of such a nature, that the farthing damages did not entitle the plaintiff to have his costs. Notwithstanding the nature of the action, the Judge at Nisi Prins had, un asked by Counsel, certified that the plaintiff ought to re ceive his costs, and the motion which . Mr. Adolphus now submitted was, that the effect of the certificate may he pre vented, by (we believe) expunging it from the record. In support of the motion the Learned Gentleman produced an affidavit of Mr. Holroyd, in which he swore that he had consented to become the plaintiff in the action, on condition that his Royal Highness should indemnify him against the costa of the proceeding. He further said, that if he had been aware of the occurrence between Mr. Pamphilon and the gamekeeper, he,would not have consented to have be come the plaintiff under any circumstances. Mr. Adolphus submitted that the whole proceeding on one side, looked not very unlike the offence of maintenance, and that the plaintiff ought not, in any view of the case, to have his costs in an action of such a description. The COURT was of opinion that they had not the power to expunge the certificate ; but directed Mr. Adolphus to lay the affidavit, which he had produced, before the Learned Judge who had tried the action, as the propriety of granting or annulling the certificate was in his power alone. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. QUEEN-SQUARE. —On Saturday a young lad, the picture of misery and despair, named Richard Granger, was brought before GEORGE WI/ARTON MARRIOTT, Esq., by a watchman, who had found him sleeping in the streets on the previous evening. The watchman stated that he found the youth about 10 o'clock at night on the steps of a gentleman's door in Dean street, Westminster. He questioned him as to what he did there, when he told bins that he was almost starved to death, and that he was unable to proceed any further through faintness. Out of compassion he took him to the watchhouse for the night, and got him some refreshment. Mr. 111Aamorr asked the young man who and what he was ? • --•-- - Granger, with tears in his eyes, said that he was a shoe maker by trade, and had come to London from Shrews bury only two days ago, in the hope of getting employ ment ; that being without monvy or friends, and unable to get work, he was nearly starved to death, and had sat down on the step of the gentleman's door from extreme exhaustion. The watchman said be believed the poor fellow's state. ment to he true. Mr. WILLIAMS, a County Magistrate, who was on the bench, qu.itionol Granger about Shrewsbury, whose answers left little doubt but that his story was true. Mr. 111aRa1orr (addressing Granger) said, that he pitied him extremely ; . ..at he was also hound to blame him for leaving his own borne, where by the laws of this blessed country it was impossible for any one to starve, for if he had been unable to procure work, the parish must have assisted him. There was a most extraordinary epidemic mental disorder, almost approaching to insanity, among the working classes of society, who, because they could not get work at home, immediately came to London, the streets of which city they supposed to be paved with gold. They were destitute of every thing, and every person suspected them ; and oftentimes they fell into bad company, which eventually was-the foundation of their ruin. Granger said he should be very glad to get home again, but he had not the means. Mr. MARRIOTT said, that was the best thing he could possibly do. The worthy Magistrate then gave him some pecuniary assistance to enable him to return home. Granger, overcome by this mark of kindness, thanked the Magistrate, promising to return home immediately. WORSHIP-STREET. —On Saturday a person named Poole, who has lately added one more to the number of stage-coaches running between Paddington and the Bank, applied to the sitting Magistrate, Mr. Broughton, for re dress against certain other coachmen, who, he complained, had entered into a sort of combination to drive him from the road. He stated that the parties of whom he com plained are in the habit of following him closely up and down the road, stopping whenever he stops, and practising every kind of annoyance ; so that by acting in concert they effectually prevent him from picking up a passenger. Mr. BROUGHTON—Are you one of the associated coach masters ? Applicant—No, Sir. Vann, the officer in attendance, said the anlicant's was what they call a by-coach, and not one of the regulars. The other coachmen, therefore, finding it interfere with their regular hours, endeavour to prevent it by what they call "badgering " the by-coachman. Thus one coach will keep just before him and another behind, regulating their speed by his all along the road, and manage so as to pick up whatever passengers would otherwise have fallen to his lot. Mr. BROUGHTON said he did not see how the Magistrate could interfere in such a case, unless the applicant could swear that he went in danger of his life, or that a breach of the peace was cornmittetl. Applicant--They won't let me get my bread. The Magistrate said, he knew that the public good had been essentially promoted by the regulations which the as sociation of coach-masters had recently established. The public had now a regular supply of coaches, and the nui sance formerly complained of was in a great measure, if not wholly, abated. He recommended the complainant to endeavour to join the association. A solicitor, who accompanied the complainant, intimated that they would not now admit him ; but it was hard that he should be so annoyed. Mr. BROUGHTON-Thu complaint of annoyance is too indefinite : there does not appear to be any specific charge in which I could interfere. The complainant and his solicitor then left the office, ill satisfied with the r,sult of their application. MARYLEBONE.—On Saturday, Lieutenant Yates, of the Royal Navy, a gentleman residing in Great Marylebone street, was charged with having assaulted his wife, an elegantly-dressed young female, who appeared deeply affected at being obliged to swear the peace against her ow❑ husband. The complainant said that she had to complain of having frequently been beaten in the most severe manner by her husband. About seven months ago he was brought to the office for assaulting her ; hut, at her request, the Magis trate directed the warrant to stand over, notwithstanding she had not experienced better treatment from him since. That morning, having had some trifling dispute in bed, he actually pulled her out of bed by her legs, and terrified her to such a degree, that she should insist on his being bound over to keep the peace towards her. Mr. Yates, in answer to the charge, acknowledged hav ing slapped his wife's face that morning, bat then she had provoked him to it ; for as they were lying in bed, he com plained of its being extremely warm, and yet his wife in sisted on putting her arms round his neck, which induced him to slap her face. Mrs. Yates was on the point of explaining to the Ma gistrate the last circumstance stated, but Mr. Hoskins in terrupted her by saying, that if they could not come to terms, Mr. Yates must find bail,- The parties then retired, but Mrs. Yates refused to conic to any arrangement, and Mr. Yates gave bail. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• TIdE RING.—FIGHTS TO COME. May B.—David Hudson and Larkins, 501. a side. May 29.—Savage and Wallace, 1001. May 29.—M'Carthy and Crick, 251. June I.—Dodd and Hurley, 10/. June 4.--Harry Jones and Jerri Raines, 25/. June B.—Pollard and Quail, 251. June 19.—Young Dutch Sam and Dick Davie, 1001. June26.—D. Donovan and G. Thorpe, 301. July 3.—Jeri Burns and Whiteheaded Bob, 100/. MILLING IN SCOTLAND BELWEEN SIMON BYRNE, TIIE IRISH CHAMPION, ANT) ALEXANDER MACKAY, FOR, A PURSE OF Tii - EriTt-lIVE rsuNns.-This fight took place on Thursday evening et Dunoon Quay. Byrne was attended by Tom Reynolds and Bruce ; Mackay, by Crosbie and Henderson. Betting slightly in favour of Byrne. Both appeared gay, and con fident of victory. Only five rounds were fought, though the contest lasted forty-seven minutes, when Byrne was de clared the victor. BALDWIN AND JEM BURNS.—The second deposit for the second fight between these men will be made good at the Rising Sun, in Windmill-street, on Tuesday evening tiekt. Bob assigns as a reason for chusing this night, instead of Wednesday, on which day he takes a benefit, that he might otherwise be charged with renewing the match merely for the sake of his benefit—a feeling which he utterly dis claims. At his benefit, on Wednesday, Torn Belcher, Jem Burns, Ward, and in all probability, Big Brown will set-to on the occasion ; and we hope Bob will receive some con solation for his late defeat. Bub is getting quite well, and promises t better issue to this match than on the last occasion. YOUNG DUTCH SAM AND DAVIS, OF MANCHESTER. — The second deposit for this affair, which is to take place on the 19th of June, within sixty miles of London, on the Manchester road, will be made good on Tuesday night next, at Mr. Mallett's, the Magpie and Stump, Fetter-lane. JONES (THE SAILOR BOY) AND JE3I RAINES.—The second deposit of ten pounds a-side for this fight, was made good on Thursday night, at Tom Cribb's. It is agreed that this fight shall take place on Monday, the 4th of June, instead of Tuesday, the 6th of June. D. HUDSON AND LAR xi N..--The whole of the blunt for this affair was posted on Tuesday evening, at the Half- Moon Tap, in Leadenhall-market, The men will fight on Tuesday next, within twenty miles from London, probably among the sages of the East. REUBEN MARTEN AND YOUNG GAS.-Young Gas and Marten having met at Cribb's on Thursday evening, the former wished to know if Marten was prepared to make a match with him? Marten said his affair with Gybletts was not yet settled, he had not got his money from the stakeholder, and when he had, he would be ready to " join Gybletts' with Gas, as soon as he liked. GYBLETTS AND MARTEN.-Marten attended at Cribb's on 'Wednesday evening, to renew his match with Gybletts, according to the latter's proposal. The backers of Gyb letts, however, were not disposed to second his wishes, and asserted he should not fight for their money. Mar ten then offered to fight him 1201. to 1001., but this would not do—and, in short, he should not fight at all for the money down. Cribb, the stakeholder, said he thought the men should conclude the fight which they had commenced, aad, for the present, declined giving up the stakes.—One of the umpires in the fight, who was present, said he thought if Gybletts would not fight again, Marten ought to get ten pounds of the, stakes for the loss of the job. CORONER'S INQUEST. AFFLICTING AND DETERMINED SUICIDE. On Saturday evening an inquisition was taken at the sign of the Shipwrights' Arms, Bermondsey-street, on the body of Mrs. Charlotte Barlow, who committed suicide under peculiarly afflicting circumstances. Mrs. Elizabeth Whiffen, of King's Head-yard, Tooley street, was sister to the deceased, who resided with her for the last few weeks, and slept in another bed in the same room. About half past two o'clock on Thursday morning last, the witness was awoke by a heavy noise, and per ceived the deceased had fallen out of bed. She asked if anything ailed her; the deceased answered ", Nothing is the matter, my legs are cramped." She helped her into bed, and in about half an hour afterwards, the deceased faintly said, " Elizabeth, I am dying." Witness asked her, why she thought so? She replied in a faint tone, " I have taken poison." Witness became alarmed, and called for assitance ; the deceased then said, to a female that came into the room, that she had swallowed two-penny worth of laudanum, and two pennyworth of arsenic, at two o'clock. Medical assistance was procured, but ahe died in five minutes after. Co ao rac a. —What was the state of her mind previously? Mrs. Whiffen —I saw her at eleven o'clock, before she went to bed, and she appear .K 1 quite calm and composed, but I know that she has been deranged for some tirne past, in consequence of the cruel treatment of a rascal. [Here the witness became much affected.] The CORONER intimated to the witness that she had bet ter disclose all she knew, relative to tho state of the de ceased's mind. Mrs. Whiffen rcrlied, that she did not wish to conceal any thing ; but the circumstances, which she considered had led to her sister's death, were so distressing and me lancholy, that she could not help being affected at the de tail of them. She stated, that the deceased was possessed of some property, and was of the age of about thirty-five. A few months since a genteel-looking man, of very accom plished address, was introduced to her, and subsequently married her, and in a very short time dissipated all her mo ney, treating her with the greatest barbarity, and ultimately deserted her, and went away, no one knew whither. It was then ascertained that he bad another wife and family, at Oldham, in Lancashire. Upon the deceased !earning this, coupled with other misfortunes, she gave herself up to me lancholy and despair, and determined on committing suicide. The Jury immediately returned a verdict, that the de ceased had committed suicide while in a state of mental de rangement. ANECDOTE off THE NEW LORD CHAXCEL CELLoR.—The following anecdote, which we have from good authority, may be considered in teresting at the present moment. Mr. Cople'y, the painter, made great exertions to give his son an education of the highest kind ; and it so hap pened, that while he was supporting him at the University, he was unprovided for a small bill of 301. which he had given to Mr. —, an emi nent engraver, employed upon one of his works. The letter which he wrote upon the occasi o n was turned up casually the other day, within a , few hours of his sun's elevation to the Wool sack ! Its purport was to request a renewal of the acceptance at a longer date ; because, said the kind and anxious father (in substance) you know that John's expellees at College are very considerable, and drain me to the utmost. Yet he has done himself so much honour in his studies, has risen so high, and gives promise of such future eminence, that it would be a sad thing to suffer him to be impeded in his career by any want just now. Could the prophetic parent sec the full accomplishment of his hopes, he would, perhaps now, as at the period of which we speak, feel little compunction (though qui te at odds with the poor worlding's farthing prin- Ciples) for having helped to make a Lord Chan cellor by dishonouring his bill ! Gazette. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Livxa.rooL, MAY s.—The business done in British Plantation Sugar this week has been limited, owing to the want of a suitable supply for the scale, our stock being re duced to a few hundred casks only, consisting chiefly of the brown qualities. The total quantity sold does not exceed 250 hhds. ; besides which, 300 bags fine white Bengal Sugar have been taken by the grocers at 745. being a further reduction of 6d. to Is. per cwt. on that description. Cocoa, Pimento and Ginger remain dull. In Rum little doing : a small lot of common Leewards has been sold at 2s. td. per gallon. Our Cotton Market has continued very steady this week : the demand from the trade has been good, and the business done is extensive. The lower descriptions of Bowed have advanced about id. per pound, but there is no alteration in other kinds. Including 286 bales Manilla, sold on Monday by auction at 60. to 7d. per pound, the sales amo unted to 19,100 bags-9,36 0 Bowed 6id. to '7d. chiefly; at 6td. to 6id. for fully fair to good. fair- 4 , 300 Orleans 6d. to Bid. chiefly at 64-d. to 7d. fo r middlin g fair to good-1,320 Mobile and Alabama at 6}d. to 6i(1.- 380 Sea Island at 101(1. to 17d.-30 Stained ditto at 7d. to 9d.-60 Pernambuco at 9id. to 91(1.-28 0 Maran ham at Sid. to 84d.-210 Bahia at Sid. to 81d,...10 Para at 7d.-990 Egyptian at 61d. to 70.; chit* a t bid. to 7d.-80 Demerara at 7id. to 91(1. -‘it 13 , a1 ; b1 ; does at 7-0.-10 Manilla at id.--1,660 Surat' a t 4 1" - 50.-70 Bengal at 4id. to 5i -d. About 1,50 C, A mericao and 500 Surat have been taken on speculation. The si' rivals are 17,110 bags. Imported into Liverpoo l, from the 28th of April ta>s the 40 1 Deri of May, inclusive, by 1 ve ssel from Barbadoes, l e ‘ rara, 3 New York, 2 Virginia, 6 New Orleans, 1 Pel 's narnbuco, 1 Maranham, 1 Chare nte, 1 Antwerp, '1 Pit lerrno, 1 Leghorn, and I Alexandria:- Sugar, Barbadoes, 552 hhds. SS tees., 21 brls. ; :De merara, 904 hhds. ; Rum, las puns., 174 hhds. ; in, lasses, 2 1 6 casks ; Coffee , 37 casks, 264 bag., ; Cotto West India, 557 bales ; New Orleans and Mobile, 6,536 B bales ; rest United States, 4 , 156 bale s ; 4,32 1 bales ; Egyptian, 1,570 bales ; Flour, 454 lids. ; To bacco, 332 hhds. ; Ginger, 89 bags ; Brandy, '72 casks; Madder, 1 1 casks ; Shumac, 1,095 laag,s; Valonia, 2 1 tons ; Carrants, 16 butts ; Tallow, 71 brls. The stock of Rough Turpentine in ti te hands of the trade being unw considerably reduced, on,t Louse has this week taken a further supply of 1,730 bars'els at 12s. per cwt. Of the cargo of Stockholm Tar offers al on Monday by auction, 230 harr'l have been sold at His. to 185. from the quay. The total sales of t.sh es this week do not exceed 150 barrels Montreal Pot, at .225. for old, and 235. 'l.6d. forese e with a few new Montreal P.earl at 245. The sales of nv„ - woods ate (56 tons Campeachy Logwocd, at '7l- 151., 1 ' tons Cuba Fuzaie, 111. to 11.1. 10s., and a few ton' small Nicaragua Wood, of excellent quality, at'lo/. pet About 60 hhds. Philadelphia Quere..tron Bark have ;be n sold at 145., and a few bbds New York ditto, at 113. 6th " per cwt. ; 600 tons Dutch Oak Bark, for tanrvera" use, have also been disposed of front the quay, at 51. LZ.a- fd. to 61. 10s. according to quality. A small cargo of Pr inlei English Bark has brought 91. 9s. pee" ton. Small saki Sicily Shumac are effected at 10s. 6d. to I Is. Two hi in" dred and eighty-nine bags E. I. Blue Oalls offered yest el l were withtlrawn, 68s. being the highest bidding. A sari sale of Munject has been effected, at 225. per cwt,, paid. There has been snore enquiry for Saltpetre,- arai 710 bags sold at 23.. 9d. to 2.55. 6d. per eWt. Sixty-fe chests E. 1. Gino Arabic brought by aue,ion 41At 645. per cwt., in bond. Thirty bags of Ge.nlian RIP" Clover Seed sold at 58s. per. cwt., and 40 hlids. Sowief( American Flax Seed at 625. to 612. per hogshead. In Olive Oil little doing, the sales are only Gsre tts Sicily, at 12/. and two lung Gallipoli, at 461. per tune Palm Oil firm at 27/. per ton. The sales of Caroline , Ric a are only 40 casks, at 19s. 6d. to 215., and about hp , bag , East India, at 17s. 6d. per cwt. Some sale s of Paaer burgh clean Hemp have been effected at 41/. 1 0 e. to, 42 1' per ton, but the demand is not brisk. Tallow is be for higher pricey, Odessa, 40s. to 40s. 6d., Petersburg's Y. e• 1 40 s. 6d. to 41s. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DI ARY.—TuEsuAry MAT B.—(At the Coe,- Commissioners, Basinghall-street.) jt Love, R., St. Giles's M'Leod, T., Chichester ll Minchin and Co., Ports- Prudence, A., Miles-lane..• to mouth 9 Puller, T., H0rt0n............ 10 Mitchell, M~ Quadrant Mulrock, S., Farringdon 11 Strutton, W., Lambeth....•• Mynns, J., Southwark 2 Sutton, W., Beaumont.st. " Nathanson and Co. Mansell- Warner, H., Lamb's CO" j street Negus and Co., Throgrnor- Whale, G., Witham ..... ton-s t ree t - 1 0 Ord, J., Kent.road l2 coffee-house .............. .•••• Osborne, C. and Co. St Wright, IL, Howland-5t..... James's-street COUNTRY DIARY.—..WISDNESDAY, MAY 9. Appleton, M., Kr' t aresborough—Dog and Duck, Kingston • i t upon-Hull Bates, J., South Crossland, Almondbury—Packhorse, Hud dersfield Clare, J., Manchester—White's, Manchester Gibbons, T., Cheltenitarn—Rummer, Bristol Latham, J., Liverpool--Mr. Woods, Liverpool ...........:.•• •• Littlewood, J. and N., Honleywood-Nook—Packhorse, Rua" it ders field ' • Mitchell, J., Liverpool—York hotel, Liverpool . . ...... Pearce and. Co., Penzance—.Union, Penzance.. .............. Pi c kton, W., Liverool—M:%. Holden, LiverpooL Poolley, T., Norwich—Castle'And Lion, Norwich Stabb, T., Torquay—Commercial rooms, Bristol ............. Taylor, G., Greave in Nethertilong—Packhorse inn, llu a 0, dersfield ........ . ......................... 11 Wilkinson .1 Leeds—Court-hou.se, ....... . ............... MAY la Dyer, R.., Exeter—Globe, Exeter ... ! ..... . ... ... g Gibbons, T., Cheltenham—Rummer, Bristol, ... .. . ..... . .... ... 1 1 Hansford, IL, Wernouth—King's Armor, Dot,chester......l Holwhede, J., Liverpool—Office of Messrs:- Ranwb o ttom an 1 Co., Liverpool ........ ...• Lawton, J., Saddleworth—Palace inn , Manchester;,"" GEP NSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHA I, .....eds, Petitions to be heard at Portugal-street, Lincoln's-lali - r 1% MAY 10, AY NINB. . Cole, —, London-wall (Jones, J., Clerkenwell Dixon, J., Ratcliffe Pearson ' J., Northampton` Downing, T., Camden town Tether,, E., Harrunersiniti l Finch, (7., Brixton Pickles, R., Kirkgats Gilbert, V., Manchester Potter, .1., Sun-street Hetherington, F., Paddington Prout i J., Corarn-street _..,., Hickson, G., Walworth Williams, A., Birmingli aw ' Horn, J., Greek-street • . COUNTRY CORN MARKETS •. to 8. 1 ' 341 33 • 37 M 36 "'" 25 31 25 32 49 , 30 3S s. a. d. 3 56 74- 52 60 7 " 50 56 9 36 50 60 ‘.l 49 00 60 70 9 6 , 50 5 6 " 48 56 8 3 S 0 9 0 0 66 70 13 ° A 80 8 01° " 70 00 00 78 8 4 00 90 10G p 0 DURING LAST WEEK, Pcr Quarter. Andover--- a. to a. b 5 64 CarliAli liexham Morpet Newcastle Roinsey Sunderland Winchester —.— Per Bushel. Birmingham .. Coventry .--. Newcastle (St at 11) Northallerton PCD 11 Stafford --- Warwick Per poll. Barnardcastle.-- Darlington Durhata Stanhope „ Stockton NVolsingham 48 55 11 61 511 56 ,6O 5L - 5. d . s. d. 80 88 7 0 7 9 90 99 9 80 00 76 90 94 70 7 6 72 79 11 0 16 0 . 13 6 15 0 120 156 12 6 13 9 129 139 113 6 150 E. to a. St 39 35 43 3(3 3£3 36 44 40 4A s. cl. s. 53 59, 52 60' 66 70 00 00 00 50 70 76 53 59 52 63 00 106 100 00 106 00 00 100 00 00 1110 116 5 0 SCOTCH MARKETS. - HADDINGTON CORN MARKET. —May C,,, a ,30 1 1 We had a good supply of all kinds of Grain to-day, „,, OP' sale. Oats are considerably lower on the average, and nao'' one-third unsold. All other articles also are lower. „ t oo- Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. Pease. " 506 g, Od_ First 6os Od ' 44s Od 41s Od 52 s Od " Oa Second s6s Od 388 Od 38 v Od 501 1 Od 9j 0 A _, Third - Thera were 407 qrs. of Wkeat in market, whereof 348 . 0 sold i oti , 55 ...at 6os Od. 6 ...at s7s. od.l tl ...at ..... ?;," 70 112 47 Upsold-12 Grey. DALKE The supply of all at a trifling decine fi Wheat. First 3ls Od Second Third iTII CORN MARKI kinds of Grain was k 70111 138 t week's prices. Barley. Oats. :30s Od 29s Od 28s Od 2is 0d , "26s Od 24s Od M 'll _.— ay S. -----_ heal' 'e, and sol d Bea l gi Pease. 25, 283 Od 2 6, Od 26s Od 210 0 43 244 Od _____------ GLASGOW CORNMARKET.—MaY 2' r3c6Pl'il We cannot qu ote any alteration in Wheat, Barle)r.± o ot i and Pease. There has been little business doing in 1"" last week, and the' prices rather lower. , cl. ij 0 Wheat, per '2401b. s. d are s tither bats, per 9641 b. • n to , 1 British, old 3l 0 t0 32 0 Irish ................... 24 u 1; ....' -........-...... new Canada, free 3O 0 32 0 Beans, per 2601 b...... 0 '.. , 0 Irish Barley, per 3201 b. Scottish . . ... ... . .... . 4... ~ $l, English 35 6 86 6 Pease, Scottish ... 30 u 0 ,, ,, Scottish 34 0 35 6 Oatmeal, per 1401 b. 24 0 4av Irish. 3O 0 33 0 Flour, per 2901 b.... 48 0 .----- Ci t. MINING INTELLIGENCE. Toni' 0 Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Rcdruth last Thursday 3, 395 -e I Average Produce 'l 7' 1 0 Quantity of Copper • 19s &1 .—Avers S d d 113 26 1! I ' °l' Amount o . , • • . ge tan ar , MARRIED. t bs - - di, I', On Thursday last, at St. George's, Norwich, -J oleo Rev. G. D. Smith, Vicar of Bawdsey, in Suffolk, !elit, Wright, Esq: eldest son of the late Rev. James fight' Rector of East Ilarling, Norfolk, to Elizabeth, third da.?ttife of the late Rev. Morden Carthew, Vicar of Great iv° hall, in the above County. On the lst of May, at St. Martin's Church, by t-- n Dr. Richards, Charles Edward Bacon, Esq. M' i l,;ese Guildford, in Surrey, to Miss Isabella Rowe, °' castle-on-Tyne. At Brussels, George Wyndham, Esq., of Dintoo , to Margaret, (laughter of John Jay, Esq. of Brusej " Lodi"' DIED. On the 2(1 instant, at Southampton, Elio (laughter of Colonel Grove. Ida oior On the 4th instant , in Jerm y n-street, Philip F oo t, Esq. late Captain o n half- p a y of the 41st Re g t. tre e.fte On the 3 0 th u lt., at her house in Be a umont-setW a few days' illne ss, in conse q uenc e of a paralytic er-Joil sincerely and deservedl y lamented, Re becca, relict lc' Curre, Esq. of Ilton Court, Monmouth. laP je On the Ist instant, at Brighton, in his 76th reading. Hawkes, Esq. one of the old es t i n h a bitants of B eau li f On the Ist instant at Lambeth, in her 27t 11 le st ' „0 0 "; nah, wife of G. W. Dyson, Esq. of the Hous e of C - 'el On the 30th ult., Mr. G. Blakeway, of the —tr aged '7B years. P °l On the Ist inst. at Enfield, Thomas Martin, Eick' aged 35 years. t oe Pain and PUBLISHED by M. YOUNG, • SUN-OFFICZ, No. 118, Stand.