The Sun. — London, England, 1834-06-02 00:00:00

31pIRIT OP Tll PUBLIC JOURNALS: . All parties seem to think- that tit compost of the ast week's accretion, : nisnarned by Lord Grey and others " a Government," ought not to have a long existence. The former Cabinet—that is, the Ca binet as it existed yesterday week—was not one at all too satisfactory in respect of the talents which it contained. Of those talents, speaking politically, the most conspicuous -and eminent have departed from it ; and what has the country acquired in their place by virtue of the late arrangements ? Mr. Spring Rice, though a clever public officer in a su bordinate department, is not esteemed throughout the country, nor will he appear in the House of Commons, an efficknt substitute for the late Cola nial Secretary. - Lord Auckland is, we are sorry to say, just Lord Auckland, and will never be anything better. aut it is not merely what the Cabinet is —the public reflects on what it might have been, and. is not. An opportunity arose of securing great effects by easy and natural proceedings. Able men, dacknowledged principles, might have been brought into the Administration, and, had time and public convenience pressed, such men would, for a short time, have been accepted in lieu of measures. It will not be so now. The persons who have been raised into the cabinet are known, it is said, for qualifications the reverse of such as ought to have recommended them to th e c h o i ce of the Prime 'Minister as accessions to his government, at an hour when it behoved him on every ground of prudence to satisfy the uneasiness of the people with regard to the settlement of this appropriation .of Irish tithe, Lord Auckland and Mr. Spring Rice are understood to be the mere echoes of Lord Lans downe's se - iltiments. What course, we should like to he r, will be pursued this evening upon the re s....imption of the adjourned debate ? The previous: questiOn Would be an acknowledged shuffle. Does any nne suppose that Lord Althorp would have succeedjl in such a motions last week before Mr. Stanley's resignation ? And much more, would such an expedient prosper now ? But something far worse, more shuffling, is threatened for this evening. The:principle of Mr. Ward's motion is, we believe, to be in words admitted—and how is it to be followed up ? Why, report says, by the grant of a " commis sion of inquiry into the ecclesiastical state of Ireland." A mere pretext for delay, and facility for juggle-La blind and screen, and baffler of the public expectations. All the facts necessary for a decision have been al ready published and laid before Parliament. This milk end-water attempt at compromise will not do. The House of Commons ought to see in it not merely materials for prompt rejection or sensible modifica tion) but ground of just alarm for the good faith with which they are to be hereafter treated on many Succeeding questions - . It would be difficult to ex aggerate the uneasiness which exists at the form as eUthed by the amended cabinet, and at the thin and tlekctive staple of its composition, as it would be delusive to affirm that no disgust has been created by the suspicion of mean and intriguing prac tices, of which the object was that very exclu sion of able, honest, and determined men from the government, now so bitterly complained of by all classes of society as a grave impediment to the re storation of general peace and confidence, and a humiliating stigma upon its conjectured authors. Four members of Parliament out of every five among the steady supporters of Lord Grey's government, demand with astonishment why such independent men as Lord Durham and Mr. Abercrombie—why the unpretending but clear intelligence and inflexible spirit and integrity of Lord Duncannon—should be postponed to the Aucklands, Carlisles, Rices, and Ellices, whose names will appear, we take. for : granted, in this clay's Extraordinary. Gazette We notice only to reprobate at once, as an atrocious and incredible calumny, the rumour circulated by some malignant enemies of Lord Brougham, that the Earl of Durham's exclusion from the King's Government at such a crisis could directly or in directly have originated in that learned lord's desire, or been the work of .his suggestions, hints, or insi nuations. The prejudices to Lord Brougham's character for fair dealing,. and.the stain upon his political honour which such a report is calculated„ and was certainly designed, to produce, must make every friend of the learned lord impatient to meet it as we do by a flat and, peremptory contradiction. This new abortion of -a Cabinet is nicknamed by our contemporaries the " Lansdowne Cabinet." If it be so, it is surely not the less on that account an abortion. People have not forgotten the utter ineffi ciency of Lord Lansdowne when he held an office of business, nor his timid submission to act a subor dinate part to such a miserable chief as Lord Goderich : how, then, can they expect anything in dicative of energy or firmness from a cabinet which begins by surrendering itself to him who by his own confession was second to Lord Goderich ? And ; yet that the cabinet has yielded to him is evident,, not only from the members forced upon it, but from the members whom his influence has excluded. One : consequence—indeed a necessary consequence—of the petty and paltry nature of this attempt is a re vulsion of opinion in the minds of those members of Parliament, to the number of above 150, who signed a late declaration of confidence in Earl Grey, and a conviction on the part of most of them, that it is requisite in self-defence to address to the noble earl another declaration, more strictly and perspi cuously expressive of their real feelings, and less liable to that dangerous_ misinterpretation which has been given to the former document—whe ther wilfully or negligently, we shall not say — the effect of which, it is feared, has been to per suade his lordship that the language of his friends was not merely a compliment earned by his former services to the country, but a carte blanche for the future, let him abuse the privilege as he liked. Upon the whole, it is .evident that the. " Lansdowne- Auckland - Cabinet" is no better than the old dish warmed up, with some of its best ingredients omit ted ; that it indicates more palpable insignificance and weakneis ; that it is regarded everywhere with dissatisfaction and disappointment ; and. that, if either from a good-natured feebleness of acqui escence in things " as they are," or by the stronger motive of fear of a speedy dissolution, Parlidinent shall express its " confidence" in this clumsily hud dled up Cabinet, it must not expect that sympathy. from its 'constituents, which all friends of 'good go vernmentjustly consider to be essential to the na tional tr a nquillity and safety. We forgot to state . that Lord 'Mulgrave and Mr. M. OTerrall are said to have declined the offices assigned to them.— Times. The proceedings of the General Assemhly•of the Church of Scotland (which has been sitting at Edin burgh fore the last ten days) have this year been more than usually interesting to our northern fel low-subjects. During the course of the last two or three years the spirit of reform which was abroad in the nation had been directed to the real or alleged grievances of the Scottish ecclesiastical establishment. It is true that there could be no complaint of pluralities, because no plurality existed. Every parish north of the Tweed bad its own clergyman, and no clergyman could have two livings at the same time any more than he could have two wives. It is likewise true that no charge of non residence could be brought against any pastor, be cause curates do not exist, and no presbytery would permit any of it s congrega ti ons t o b e l e ft w ith ou t its religious instructor. Neither could any dis satisfaction be expressed at the amount of the cle rical revenues, or the mode in which they were levied or distributed, as the average of the stipends of " the kirk" do not much exceed 2001. each, and arise from tithes or teinds, which have been con verted into a small rent charge on th e l an d e d pro perty of the country. Still, notwithstanding these favourable circumstances, and notwithstanding the general acknowledgment of competent judges that " the kirk" answered all the objects of its institu tion, probably better than any other ecclesiastical establishment in Europe, " voluntary church asso ciations" of dissenters have been formed for its over throw, and strong petitions have been sent up both . to its General Assembly and to Parliament,- pray ing for a 'considerable change in its internal consti- Aution. - All these—petitions have been directed against one object—the law of patronage, or rather against the practice of the church courts in admit ting pastors to parishes without the consent, and sometimes against the remonstrances, of the people whose religious' exercises they were nominated to :guide. A committee of the House of Commons, :which was appointed in the present session to in quire into this alleged' grievance, has not yet deli vered its report ; or rather, we believe; has sus 'pended its operations ; till it should see what measure was to be adopted on the subject by the General Assembly of " the Kirk" itself. 'On Tuesday 'last, that venerable body -adopted a decision which will probably carry reform 'on this question as far as the enemies of pa tronage would desire, and which, if found va lid without the sanction of the legislature, will render all further legislative interference unne cessary. It declared, by a majority of 184 to 138, that " it is a fundamental law of the church, that no pastor shall be intruded on any congregation contrary to the will of the people, and that in order to carry this principle into effect, the presbyteries of the church shall be instructed, that if, at tJie moderation of a call to a vacant pastoral charge, the major part of the male heads of families, mem bers of the vacant congregation, and in full com munion with the church, shall disapprove of the person in whose favour the call is proposed to be moderated, such disapproval shall be deemed suffi cient ground for the Presbytery rejecting such person, and he shall be rejected accordingly." This, be it observed, gives no poll election to the parishioners,-Lit does not necessarily introduce an electioneering canvass, which would be indecent in a national religious establishment,—it does not deprive the patron of his right of representation—it merely allows the majority of the congregation a veto on the induction of a clergyman from whose ministra tions they expeet no religious benefit., The ma jority-is- not required to give reasons for their oppo isition,—they are not erected into judges of religious doctrine or expounders of heresy,—they need not even state any objections to the moral character or personal respectability of the person whom the patron has nominated for their future pastor ; it is enough for them to declare that the presentee does not suit them,—that from the feebleness of his voice, his mode of delivery, the excessive refinement or the offensive negligence of his language—his manner of expounding the Scriptures or of en forcing Christian duties, he could not, in their con scientious conviction, be to them an useful minister. It is even anticipated that this power . of rejection will not be often exercised, because the know ledge that it exists will render the patrons of va cant benefices more careful in the detection of per sons to fill them, in order that they may meet with the support of the majority of the congregation. But, whether the latter anticipation be realized or not, it cannot be denied that the adoption of the new principle will produce a great alteration in the working of the existing system. It will compel the candidates for livings to bestow greater attention on the cultivation of popular talents (perhaps at the expense of other valuable acquirements), and thus tend either to prevent the progress of dissent, or to bring back Dissenters into the bosom of the church. This latter result is the more likely, as the great body of Scotch Dissenters adhere to the same standards of faith and follow the same rules of church government as the establishment itself, and differ from the latter chiefly from an hostility to the law of patronage. It is not a little singular that the ecclesiastical portion of the General Assembly voted last year in favour of a similar proposition brought forward by the well-known Dr. Chalmers, and were defeated chiefly by the lay elders. These lay elders are sent to the assembly by boroughs as well as by Presbyteries, and it is only in conse quence of borough reform, which has changed the auspices under which they have hitherto been elected, that the present measure has been carried. The motion was introduced and ably supported by Lord Moncrief, the son of the late Rev. Sir Henry Moncrief, one of the most distinguished ministers , of the Scottish establishment. It will have the appro bation-of all the liberal party in Scotland. By the way, we may mention as a curiosity that may not be generally known or alluded to in this part of the empire, that the King is represented in the General Assembly of " the Kirk" by a Lord High Commissioner, who acts in his name, and occupies a throne above the moderator or president. He is 'styled his " Grace," though a nobleman of inferior rank, and takes precedence during his term of office of all other peers. He holds levees every morning before the meeting of the assembly. This year these levees are held in the ancient palace of Holy rood, which communicates to the office an additional resemblance to royalty. The Lady of the Lord High Commissioner, we observe by the Scotch papers, has been carrying the mimicry of a court a little further, by holding a drawing-room in the same ancient palace of the Scottish Kings.—Times. The vote of the general assembly of the church of Scotland, by which the right of patronage in that country is virtually abolished, is the most impor tant legislative measure effected by that venerable body during the last hundr'ed years. We say that the right of patronage, as far as the decision of the . Scottish church is concerned, is virtually abolished, for the patron still retains the right of a presenta tion ; but it is a mere presentation, subject to the veto of the majority of the male heads of families of the congregation, who may give it without being called upon to assign any reason. It is not a littl e remarkable, and a pretty strong proof of the pro gress of opinion on questions of this nature, that the plea of " vested rights" was not attempted to be urged, nor any remonstrance made against the spoliation of property, although the evident effects of this measure will be, to make the value of advow sons (an article which has always fetched a good price in the Scotch market) fall to zero. When the law now passed is carried into effect, it will put an end to the indecent' mockery to which the people of Scotland are now subjected, by the fiction of every minister who may be forced upon them by the sole will and plea Sure of some aristocratic patron,being said to come among them in consequence of an "har monious call" from the congregation ; that is, a paper signed by a few individuals in the patron's interest, whith perforce- must stand for the senti ments of the'tihole parish, in spite of the Most ge-' 'neral, strong, and sometimes striking expressions of a very opposite feeling. The people will no longer be . reminded, by a tantalizing exhibition of the shadow, that they are deprived of the substance. They will know that, when they join in calling a clergyman to be their spiritual guide, nothing but his own refusal, or some positive disqualification on his part, can prevent its being an effectual one. - It is said, that if the congregation are able to bring forward substantial- objections to the minister pro posed to them, these objections will be attended to. No doubt they will, if . they amount to positive im morality, or palpable incapacity to discharge his duties. But that is not enough. In this matter, the reason for disliking the well-known Dr. Fell should be held as sufficient. If the generalhody of pa rishioners agree in dislikini a clergyman;even though they may not be very well able to tell " the rea son why ;" or if, through his intrusion, they are,cle prived of another whom they like better, the odds are sadly against their profiting by his ministry. To be sure there are instances of violent dislike being converted into esteem and affection ; but these, we believe, are rare , ; and when they do happen, it is their rarity that makes them so much talked about. In matrimony a similar phenomenon is sometimes observed, but hardly often enough to justify the general conclusion come to by Mrs. Malaprop (we think), that it_ is very good " to begin with a little aversion." In the one case as well as the other, if the parties begin with aversion, they will most likely end with it. In the one, it will probably terminate in a divorce or a separate maintenance ; in the other, with secession from the church, and a rapid growth of dissenting chapels. If the minister is a good and conscientious man, it will be misery to him to find himself deprived of the means of useful ness which, in another situation, he might have pos sessed abundantly. If he is worldly and indifferent, he will draw his stipend and make himself comfort able, consoling himself with the reflection, that it is not his fault if his parishioners will let him do no thing for them. When will the clergy of the Eng lish church unite, as their Scottish brethren have thus done, in bringing about a reform of such mag nitude in their estailishment ?—Morning Chronicle. No alterations have taken place in the ministe rial arrangements announced on Saturday, but some of them are not completed. We understand that Lord Mulgrave demurs to accept the office of Post master-General, without a seat in the cabinet. We believe, also, that the appointment of Mr. More O'Ferrall is not vet determined on, and that I Mr. Ord is not at present a new Lord of the Trea sury. A resignation of a Mr. Henry Ellis, a very gentlemanly person, who was Sir Murray Max well's right hand man at a well known Westmin ster election, but otherwise of no political conse quence, is pompously announced by the Tories— which, whether true or not, is a matter of equal indifference to the public and to ourselves. Mr. Edward Ellice and Mr. C. P. Thomson do not vacate their seats. It is generally reported that Lord King will be the new Vice-President of the Board of Trade ! The debate on the motion of Mr. Ward stands ad journed for this evening. We hear, on good autho rity, that he will not, under any circumstances, con sent to the withdrawal of his motion, unless its principle is distinctly adopted by Ministers, and pledged by a vote of the House of Commons. A meeting of his political supporters will be held this afternoon, and a circular has been issued by Lord Althorp for a meeting of members of the House of Commons in Downing-street, at two o'clock. A n answer has been given to Lord Ebrington by Lord Grey, in reply to the address of the Whig members of the House of gifamons, on which, however, for; various : reasons, we , forbear - to offer any remark at present.: The Ministerial course this evening is not ; known, and we believe is undetermined, though a binet was held yesterday afternoon. We presume it will be decided by the result of the conference this day with Lord Althorp. An intense interest exists as to the proceedings of the House of Commons this evening, which will probably mark the policy and decide the power and stability of the new Ad ministration. The Tory Peers in the House of Lords, it is expected, will not be idle ; their will to do mischief no one doubts. The new formation of the Ministry has not realized the expectations of the public. We must now wait to see whether its reputation will be redeemed by its measures, and this evening will be the touchstone. No verbal promises will satisfy the country, even if they con tent the House of Commons. A Parliamentary pledge is required on the imminent subject—the Irish Church. The Reformed House of Commons at this moment is responsible to the people, and if it fail in its duty, the consequences may be irreme diable. The country is divided into two great hos tile parties—the reformers and the anti-reformers. Backwards or forwards we must proceed; we cannot stand still. The Dissenters must be gua ranteed the full redress of all their practical griev ances in the next session of parliament. Ministers must now resort to substantial reforms as the only possible chance of safe government, and the only tenure of office. They myst support the elective or the hereditary principle' of government ; there is no middle course. If the .Peers oppose a liberal administration, and the House of Commons will not endure a Tory cabinet, we must come to a " collision." The, House of Lords must be popu larised, or the people will think that it is easier to make another than to mend it. The virtue and prudence of the Commons can alone now redeem the country and the ministry from its perilous situa tion. If ministers will not concede a searching in quiry into the state of the Irish church they are gone. Our ancestors were not nice. In 1404 the Commons declared " that there was no way of sup plying the necessities of the public, but by dimi nishing the excessive wealth of the clergy." Re-. peated proceedings in Parliament have justified the same principle. Will a reformed House. of Com mons shrink from its duty 4 - will Lord Althorp, in whose integrity and political principle the country . has placed confidence, betray his trust in such times ?—ilforning Chronicle. If the pieced and patched-up cabinet can go to work to-night; and any further attempt be made by Lord Althorp to postpone the bill for the repeal of , the house-tax, which, after numerous postponements, stands for the third reading, we trust the parishes of the metropolis will lose no time in coming for ward and convincing the government that nothing short of the total and immediate repeal of that and the window-tax will make it possible for any sup porter of ministers to attempt for the future to represent the metropolitan boroughs. To assist the election of Sir -John Campbell at Edinburgh, ministers were obliged to appear more in earnest about the repeal of the house-tax than they had previously been. The people of this great city are indebted to what passed in Edinburgh, and not to any exertions of their .own. representatives, for the apparent quickening 'of the movements of Lord Althorp, which had been until then so shuffling and dilatory, while he pushed On the " Central Bashaw Bill" with the most indecent precipitation. To repeal only the house-tax will leave the whole ex pensive machinery of collection, as to the other assessed taxes, just as it was before—so much for the economy of partial and purblind measures of financial reform.—Morning Herald. The Administration has been completed in the manner we stated before, no other changes having, we believe, taken place but those of which we have already apprised our readers. It will be seen from the report of the Court newsman, that the new. Mi nistry have already had two sittings of two hours each, one on Saturday and one yesterday. It would not be difficult to guess the subject, nor, per haps, the decision of those conferences ; but as we always prefer fact to the uncertain lights of pro phecy, we will not venture upon stating more than we actually know, notwithstanding that both the temptation and the example are in favour of the bolder side of the alternative. Patience, however, and time, go a great way towards solving most mysteries,, and the Parliamentary proceedings of this night are likely to furnish us with some data for speculation, more c4itain than our own con& *nee, even if .4ye_ i lis p il the confidence of some of our contemporaries to boast of. There is one fact already known, the inference from which, though necessarily speculative, c an scarcely be regarded as vague speculation. The fact is, the dissatisfaction felt and expressed by the Radical portion of the government supporters in consequence of the exclusion of their favourite, Lord Durham, from the new _arrangements, is great. We shall scarcely be accused of rashness for inferring from thence that there are some symptoms of weakness already in operation. How far the project for re modelling the church may serve to heal this breach we know not, but from present appearances, if the church measure be not indeed a bold one, the dis contented party will, in all probability, leave their official dependants in the lurch. However, as we have said before, a little time, perhaps another night, will put an end to all dispute on a question so completely at issue. One of the organs of the Radical party has announced another depu tation to Lord Grey, not absolutely for the purpose of counteracting the former, but in order to accompany it with a very strong qualification. This new deputation was, we understand, to have dictated very strong terms to the ministry, as the condition of its proffered support. The terms were, in one word, more Radicalism or no favour, and to those terms Lord Althorp must give his an swer to-night (if it be not given before), by the sort of amendment with which he proposes to meet. Mr. Ward's resolution. In the mean while, as the re ports in another p4rt of the paper will show, the elections are proceeding at Edinburgh and Leith, and are about to commence at Cambridge. In the two former places it does not seem as if the Whigs were likely to carry matters with so high a hand as they have all along predicted. Sir J. Campbell, after a speech in which he laboured hard for him self and his party, was worsted in the show of hands, which was declared in favour of the Radical candi ! date. It is true' he may retrieve at the poll, but the decision already passed may be .taken.as a test of his popularity with the mass of the people. The Judge-Advocate was more fortunate .at Leith. But what shall we say fif Mr. Spring Rice and Cambridge ? Sir EdwardSugden has gone down to give the new Cabinet Minister a lift ; but it is a lift out of place, and not into it.—Morning Herald. We have elsewhere stated our belief that the course to be pursued by the government upon the Irish Tithe Bill is wholly unsettled. We have now heard, however, and are able to state positively, that Lord Althorp has announced the plan by which it is hoped that the administration may for the present elude its embarrassments. Lord Althorp avows that he is for himself prepared to support Mr. Ward's resolutions ; but he confesses that as a body the Cabinet of which he is a member is opposed to them. We have then a section of the Cabinet ready to confiscate the property of the Irish Church, and a section of the Cabinet determined to maintain it. And what is the result of a difference so direct upon a question so momentous ? It is pro posed to refer the matter to a Commis sion !! ! Gracious Heaven ! Are we,—in order that an administration united only by common love of place and common consciousness of incapacity may be kept together,—are we, we ask, to be in sulted by the mockery of another job ? Is a ques tion which every pious man contemplates with fearful reverence to be stripped of its sanctity by the im pertinence of Mr. Commissioner Hogg, or the im morality of Mr. Commissioner Cockburn? We cannot believe that the House of Commons will tolerate this mummery. To what secular purposes ecclesiastical property may be best diverted may be 'indeed a question for commissioners to discuss ; but the right so to divert it is a point on which Parlia ,ment needs no instruction. Will it not be ludicrous 'to v;.ee the.ilisputes of Lord Althorp and Mr. Stan ley referred to the arbitration of our Buckles and Drinkwaters?—.2llOrning Post. . The declaration which we stated to have been prepared for presentation to Earl Grey, expressive of the continued confidence of certain Members of the House of Commons, has been presented to the noble lord, and has been answered by him. His Lordship's reply has given great disgust to many of those by whom the declaration was signed. His Lordship complains of the difficulties under which he labours in consequence of the " pressure from without," and speaks of the impossibility of carrying on the Government unless he is relieved from that pressure. He describes himself as " too full of years and of infirmities to desire a continuance of power from any personal considerations." He de clares that he only retains office in the hope that his retention of it may keep his political associates together ; and protests that he will only retain it so long as he shall continue to receive the support of the united party by which he has been hitherto assisted. The tone of the answer is throughout angrily querulous and nervously conservative.— Morning Post. COURTMARTIAL ON CAPTAIN HUGH PIGOTT, R.N.-SIXTEENTH DAY. The officers of the courtmartial on Captain Pigott reassembled at the usual hour on Saturday, on board His Majesty's ship Hastings, at Sheerness, and as soon as the court was opened it was crowded. Increased interest appeared to be excited in the proceedings. The first witness called was Lieutenant James Kennett Wilson, of the Royal Marines, formerly of His Majesty's ship Barham, and examined by the pro secutor upon the 7th charge. Lieutenant Walker—Was I in the habit of being received as a guest at the Barham's gun-room mess during the time the Alban was in the Bosphorus ? Witness—No. Lieutenant Walker—Was there anything disgrace ful in my conduct that caused my exclusion ? Wit ness—Not that I am aware of. Lieutenant Walker—Did yOu ever give me an in vitation ? Witness—No. Lieutenant Walker—Did Capt . aiu Pigot prevent you from asking me on board the.Parham? Wit ness—Certainly not. The tenth charge was then called for, and read over by the JUDGE-ADVOCATE : " For conduct injurious to the service, in refusing, dur ing the time the Alban's hold was cleared whilst she was being painted, to allow her mainmast to be lifted alongside for the purpose of clearing the after mud-holes of the Al ban's boilers, this being necessary for their preservation, and there being no spars on board the Alban with whi c h sheers might be erected." After the charge was read, the Court was ordered to be cleared, and upon being re-opened the prose cutor was informed that it could not be gone into, as we understood, from informality, no date having been mentioned in the charge. 'The JUDGE-ADVOCATE then read the 11th charge :-- " For conduct injurious to the service in not permitting me to provide, and neglecting himself to do so, my supply of coals during the period the Alban was under his orders, though well aware how rarely they were to be procured; and in preventing, till the moment of the Alban's depar ture (the 17th of July, 1832), the taking on board a quan tity of English coals which had been procured from Smyrna by order of Captain Grey, of the Acteon, which were by his, Captain Pigott's, orders placed till that period out of the second master's control, on board Turkish vessels at Constantinople, from whence a considerable portion was purloined, and coals of an inferior quality substituted, in consequence of which neglect it became necessary to obtain l a quantity of coals from the private stock of the purser of his Majesty's ship Vincent, at Nauplia, in order to enable the Alban to effect her passage to Malta." Lieutenant Walker was then sworn and deposed as follows :—ln reference to this charge, I have to state that in consequence of the great scarcity of coals at Constantinople the Alban had been lying inactive, and I had requested the Consul and British merchants there to apprise me whenever a vessel arrived with coals for sale, which they did as many as three or four times, and I communicated the same personally to Captain Pigott. Upon one of these occasions I stated that I thought the price demanded was excessive, in which opinion I believe Captain Pigott concurred, and as we had then a tolerable supply of coals on board, or at the ambassador's, and I believe also a supply from Smyrna, none were purchased ; but subsequently a considerable consumption took place upon two occa sions of towing the Turkish fleet, and a third of tow ing a ItUssian brig of war into the Black Sea by Captain Pigott's orders, and on other services. I re ported to Captain Pigott that I was apprehensive ; there were ,not sufficient coals to carry, .me back to Malta. His merely said, " Very well, when neces sary I will give the orders ;" and on one occasion he' rebuked mo, said that I was troublesome, and desired me not to interfere, or words to that effect, but I can't state the precise words. He took no steps himself until the very day of the Alban's departure when I re ceived an order to procure some. I inquired at Mr. Hardy'soffice, also at the Consul's, and was told there were no coals to be had. I had more than once repre sented to Capt. Pigott the difficulty of obtaining coals at Nauplia, if not the impossibility ; upon which he said he didn't care about getting coals there, so long obtained s I had some e o t a o carryl coals from me omtw to o T N u a r up ki lisha. vessels, I afterwards which were of a good description - , but on the Alban proceed ing to Constantinople on the 17th of July, and hauling the two vessels alongside to take the coals out, some of them were discovered to have been changed for coals of an inferior quality, not fit for the use of the vessel. The Alban being at the distance of a dozen miles at least from the vessels at the time the coals were on board, they were out of the second master's control ; the consequence was, that a great portion of them was taken away, and others of a very inferior description placed in their stead. On arriving at Nau plia, though Sir H. Hotham had procured a quantity of coals which he sent aboard by the St. Vincent's boats, there was not sufficient remaining for the con sumption on the average duration of the passage from Nauplia to Malta. On my representing this to Sir H. Hotham, he directed his purser to supply me with an additional quantity, about a day and a half's con sumption, from the stock he had brought out for the ship's use, for which the second master gave him a receipt. By the COURT—Were the coals measured? Lieut. Walker—l do not know. Sir J. GORDON—How did you ascertain that the coals had been purloined, and others substituted of an inferior quality ? Lieut. Walker—Because the coals were of a different description, and of a very inferior uality ; also in consequence of a conversation with Captain Kelly, the commander of a Turkish steamer, and a-man named Rossi, employed by the British Consul. Captain Shiffner—Did you apprehend any such trick as the change of coals you have spoken of being played on board the Turkish vessel? Lieutenant Walker—No. By Captain Pigott—By whom were the coals re moved from the Turkish to the English vessel ? Lieu tenant Walker--By the Barham's men, as reported to me. Captain Pigott--How long was it before the Alban sailed that I rebuked you about the coals? Lieutenant Walker—l imagine a month at least. Some other evidence was then adduced, after which, the usual hour having arrived, the Court adjourned. - - -- COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 31. THE KING V. -__. Mr. DUNDAS showed cause against a rule obtained for an attachment to issue against a person residing at Birmingham, for not attending the Quarter Sessions at Warwick, pursuant to his subpoena. He contended that this court could not grant such an application to enforce attendance upon a subpoena not issued from the Crown Office here, but from the Court of Quarter Sessions. The subpoena was therefore the process of an inferior court, and this court could not interpose its authority to enforce it. Mr. HILL, in support of the rule, insisted that the fact of the subpoena not issuing of the Crown Office made no difference in the case. The COURT were clearly of a different opinion. Rule discharged, but without costs. HALL V. MAULS AND ANOTHER. Mr. R. V. RICHARDS showed cause against a rule for issuing a prohibition to stay proceedings which had been taken in the Ecclesiastical Court to enforce payment of a church rate in the parish of: St. James and St. Jacob, Bristol. There had fdlnerly been a close select vestry in the parish ; but Utterly the in habitants-had, under the provisions of Sir John Hob house's Act, obtained an open select vestry. They had in 1832 proCeeded to an election of ve4trymen, and partly complied with "the provisions of that 'act, but had not pursued the election for three consecutive, days, but had adjourned over, one of the three days, at 'that day hid b een a pp o i n t e d by the Crown for a general fast 'in consequence of the prevalence of the cholera. The old select vestry insisted, therefore, that the election was illegal, and claimed still to be themselves the vestry of the parish, and had made rates, to enforce the payment of w hi c h these proceed ings iq the Ecclesiastical Court had been instituted. The other vestry had on the other hand declated that they were duly elected, and had acted as a vestry, so that there were two vestries in the same parish. Rule for a prohibition absolute. LORD MAYOR'S COURT, MAY 31. TATE AND JOHNSTON V. LORD CLANMORRIS. In this case, which excited no small curiosity, the ci m u i a n r e e n , t s saddlers ued th e i n defendant a ß n t ro Brook street, for od s sold and delivered in 1829. bip,had been attached in the city o spPi t f 2l rraBl: L i epn. o tte n sirfft d s ys. on 6o7df° f o "hsh r voi fes t on h ar:r e :rrg-dsoes debt, but was, according to the cus tom of the Mayor's. Court, given up on the production of bail for the noble lord's appearance. Mr. GuiniEv,•for the plaintiffs, stated the case. His lordship had been frequently applied to for the amount of the debt from the time at which it was contracted, but had taken no notice of the applications. James Guy, apprentice to the plaintiffs, was in their service in 1829. Lord Clanmorris first visited the shop on the 23d of September, 1829, and gave an order to witness and the foreman, which was entered on a slate by witness, and afterwards copied correctly into the order-book by Mr. Johnston. The order was sent on the 28th of October. • Martin, the carrier, took packages at the dates above stated, and directed, he believed, to Lord Clan morris, from the plaintiffs, to Cox and Hammond's quay, where he delivered them according to the di rection. Mr. Hammond, clerk to Messrs. Cox and Ham mond, produced receipts, from which he judged that he had received the goods. He transmitted them ac cording to the direction. Mr. GURNEY—Is the receipt of the goods by-Lord Clanmorris disputed ? Mr. BULLOCK—Oh, yes ; I suppose so. Mr. GURNEY-Then I shall call the agent to the Alliance Fire Insurance Office. Mr. Toplis, agent to the Alliance Insurance Office, deposed that Lord Clanrnorris insured at that esta blishment, and claimea, in Decerither last, for losses by fire at Newbolt House, in the county of Mayo. Amongst other articles set down as destroyed was a saddle, which was entered as of the value of 101. Witness was referred.by Lord Clanmorris's solicitor to Mr. Parsons Purse, fill - lordship's relation, as the per son who would give all the information he might re quire, and Mr. Purse said, in answer to the question how the saddle came to so much, that it was a Somer set saddle, which had been purchased of Tate and Johnston. Witness called on Messrs. Tate and Johnston, and learned from them they had only charged 71. is. for the saddle they had sold to his lordship. The RECORDER—Ay, perhaps a saddle becomes more valuable by time. ( A laugh.) Witness—That particular item had not been paid. The building burned down was paid for with 2,0001. Mr. BULLOCK then contended that the delivery of the goods according to the order had not been proved with sufficient distinctness. _ _ The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff -1281. ss. 6d. The RECORDER then took occasion to represent to the Jury that the privilege possessed by the citizens of London in having the power of issuing process from the Mayor's Court was a privilege of the most bene ficial nature. It originated in the facility with which foreign merchants were in the habit of avoiding re sponsibility by leaving this country, and most justly authorised the seizure of any property to which they might be entitled in liquidation of the demands of the British creditor. " Here is" his lordship said, " a noble lord, who, although in Ireland, is obliged to pay the amount of this debt by virtue of this law of attach ment. I should be extremely sorry, gentlemen, to see so valuable a privilege done away with." Mr. GURNEY—Most certainly ; we might not get the price of our goods if it were not for this law. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Saturday a brown man, from America, who stated that his name was Cox, and that he was a clothes scourer, appeared at the justice-room to complain that a person, who pretended to be a justice of peace at New York, had on Saturday se'nnight imposed upon the Lord' Mayor by a letter to his (com plainant's) very great prejudicb. The letter was sub -scribed with the name of " Van Wick, Justice of Po lice," and stated' that mulatto, who liqd been , carrying on alOng round of .deceptions in New York, had appeared in London in the capacity of a clothes scourer, and it suggested to the Lord Mayor the pro priety of watching the movements of the'individual it described, and of letting him in for a full measure of justice. Now it happened that he (complainant) was the only dark fleshed man in London who was in the trade of a clothes scourer, and it happened too that he was an American, so that, although no name•Wai men tioned, the public looked upon him as the individual alluded to in the communication to the Lord Mayor, and he found it necessary to wait upon his lordship, for the purpose of removing the impression so cruelly made to the injury of a poor foreigner. The LORD MAYOR asked the complainant whether he was aware that any one bore any ill will towards him ? The complainant answered in the affirmative. He believed that the letter addressed to his Lordship had been written in England by an enemy. The Loan MAYOR said that such was certainly not the case. It had been transmitted to him through the American consul, who was the medium of all the com munications from that country to him. The complainant assured the Lord Mayor that there was no man of the name of Wick a Justice of the Peace in New York. He had asked gentlemen in London, who were well a cquainted with the authorities of New York, whether they knew anything of such a person, to which they replied that they never heard of a person of that name. The Loan MAYOR said that, in his opinion, the paragraph in the newspapers did not allude to the complainant, and had no doubt that the conduct of the complainant would be such as to prevent the pos sibility of a charge of so serious a kind against that in dividual. MARYLEBONE. At an early hour on Saturday morning the family of Roland Alston, Esq., 48, Harley-street, C avendish square, was thrown into the greatest alarm and con fusion, in consequence of a discovery that the p uss had been entered in the course of the night, andro perty to a large amount, consisting of . various articled of costly plate, jewellery, wearing apparel, &c., car ried clean off: - What renders this robbery extremely sin gular is, the fact, that when the domestics _rose in the morning they found all the doors and windows fastened, and in the same state as when they retired to" rest o the previous night. O n p rocee di ng into the pant ry , where the plate.was deposited in chests, it was ascer tained by the butler that almost every article of vAlw had vanished, but by what mysterious agency is -un known, as the chests were found locked, and there was no trace of the depredator anywhere about the premises. The family only came to town a few days back, and the plate had just been brought home for their use from the banker's, *there it was. deposited. The police have examined the premises, but all their efforts to trace the thieves have for th e p rese nt proved abortive. The precise value of the property stolen has not been ascertained, but is said to amount to about 8001. QUEEN-SQUA RE. A very respectable-looking young man, who gave his name Henry Brown, was brought up in custoclh and placed at the b ar b e f ore Mr. Gregorie, the sitting magistrate, charged with stealing a watch, the pro perty of George Bolton, a waiter at Wright's Coffee house, Charing-cross. The prisoner went into the Coffee-h ouse , and in the course of th e even ing he enghged a bed at the house, and he was shown to a room on the second floor. The prosecutor slept in 3 room above the prisoner, and to his great surprise , when he awoke in the morning, he missed his watch. Convinced that he had it with him when he went t 4 bed, he instantly informed his master of the circum stance ' • and, as the ro bb ery must h ave b een com mittedby one of the lodgers---none of whom had Ygt come down stairs—it was determined to send for a constable and inform the lodgers of the robbery, that each might be se arc h e d. Th e pr i soner was the first lodger that came down stairs, who consented to be searched immediately. The search was nearly .coPf eluded, when the constable felt something hard in the inner part of the bend of the knee, which turned out to be the stolen waich, which was fastened very aa° curely. He was taken to the station-house ; and, ea searching him, a duplicate for another watch r found on his person.—Comrnitted. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DU RING,- LAST W KICK Wheat. Barley. i Oats : 11 " 1 " - . s. Ter Quartfr. ; S .to s . s . to s. 3. to 3 . 5 6 24 4 40 52 .22 27 16 111 N ~.- lorpeth. 36 47 21 26 15 17 " Penrith 52 •—• 25 22 4 0 Sheffield 49 i -" 44 Winchester 41 52 26 27 ,„ is 22 Per Bushel. s.ci . s.d. r.d. s. d. s.d. 1. 6 . "' d. Carmarthen...— 5 0 56 24 26 1 4 19 00 ' v Cowbriclge— 66 70 29 3 6 24 26 56 6 O Islewrastle (Stall.) 8 0 8 9 . 4 6 5 o ' , 3 0 3 4 5 0 5 tsiorthallerton—,.. 7 0 931 3 6 4 6 3 3 4 0 5 6 6 80 R n 4.0 4 8 '3 0 34 60 fig Swansea 66 69 26 2920 24 00 05 Warwick X9O 90 30 46 20 33 56 6 .0 Per 8011. Rarnardcastle.......ll2 0 140 80 86 50 60 86 10 0 Durham j9O 120 70 80 49 59 73 9 6 Richmond 11 0 16 6 8 6 90 50 64 86-.9 0 „ Stockton 100 12 0 86 90 49 48, 8 0 8 0 BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET, May .2.4. - Wheat, 62 lb. - ss. Bd. to 7s. Od. Barley, imperial quarter Do. Grinding, 491 b. . 3 3 3 6 Oats, 391 b 'I 0 3 6 Old Beans, 66 1 4 lb 15 6 17 0 New ditt , i New White Boiling Pease, 3 imp. bush.. 18 t 3 2-2 '(1 '2'2 1 Ditto Grey ditto WAKEIeIEt.D CORN MARKET.—May 30. 50 ,.. Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Sufftilk —s. 448. to 48s. do vs. -- Lin. and Cam. -------- Yorkshire --a. 49.5. to 465. n°: 55 , 6 White —s. 475. to 528 fi n ' 5 0., _ -- Foreign, Red s. - 118s. to 475. fine 55 . —.....--. White —q' 411 s. to 50 , no t ~/A1 Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk Lincolnshire --- Lincolnshire 2ss to 285 fin e ' ---- Yorkshire Wold 255. to 2 , s ••••' s Foreign - fine .111. Means, Old New M S - to a y s . fine. . ~„'' 6,,e s 0311. Oats, Potato * ,-, 01 • , 18 . ... • Poland —s. 17s. to fi n e 19S, Frieihintl.and Small —s. 16s. to l ' — er Stone. Mealing , - 9,1. to 10,4 d• P Load. Shelling 23s to 265. od. per Load. Malt 45s ncm fine 49+;. per ~s t. Rapeseed " . ' 23/. Os. 26/. Os. 971. Os. PO L'a SCOTCH MARKETS. The Aberdeen ....... 40 Wheat. 4,; 21 l arle 2 y Oats. 3 1418 clerwick-...... 30 34 17 20 IS 15 20 '2l '2' • ..... Coldstream ..... 35 42 18 .10 13 _ - 14. 20 92 ' -..." . lwar ........--- 48 50 26 31 •1I 22 22 26 ...... Pumice.* 50 00 30 . 83. 20 . 25 30 31 -.-• .....; _ Beans _ ( .... )3 : 1 ........ vr ... ,,2. :: Abe Elgin-- 40 30 . 24 '2l 16' 20 23 30 -..- ...." Inverness,....,; :,8 - 42 t.? 26 IS 17 23 26 18 ..-. -- Kelso . 37 31. 'l6 19 12 14 :- 23 --.- 1 Kirkaldy—..... 48 61 23 29 16 211 45 48 43 41 Perth ..—. 50 56 23 '26. 20 22 22 25 I --' 4- .. "- The size of the measure varies throughout the eountrY -- . ____-- EDINBURGH CORN MARKET—May 23. We had a small supply of all kinds of Grain today,Pa , the sales were rather brisk. . Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. I'le'''„'',' First s6s ad 314 Od 22s Sd 35 , rd — 0,1 a 3,; thi Second Third 4os Od 278.0 d 19s Od 3 " " PRICES OF PROVISIONS, Ite• O 4 0 9 Ditto, per cwt. a) () 0 . o Os o . 3 4 d. to 0 05. 8 7 d. s F a r i e t sh D ß o u to tt , er ,lll , O 3 0 5 Eggs, per dos. 0 6 „ 0 3 0 5 6 OatStraw(kp'.) 5 7 0 3 0 36 0 Wheat Ditto—. 6 0 6 o O 0 0 7 Barley Ditto —5 9, 0 0 6 0 0 Hay, per 5t.,...... --- EDINBURG II MEAL IVIARKET.—MaY • 7 mat, There was a middling supply of Oatmeal at this day' s n— and the sales were quicker, at last week's ' , de"' l'er Sack of 2801 b. Imp. First Oatmeal - 6 Second ditto 1 8 0 Second ditto ..... 4 .... 0 j 6 Barleymeal I 6 0 Barleymeal ..... 0. .... 0 1 l'easeraeal 1 6 0 Peasemeal ..., ................... s Pot Barley—No. I, pet cwt. 125.-2 d, 145.- 2,4 l ''' os.lV. to 1:11 71. l'er Stone of 1 , 111.) .. ..c. 1 7' j 8 Beef, per lb. Veal Nbrk.............—... Lamb, per qr. . l'allew. cwt.... 33 Qtt Mein Lout Potatoes, 1711 h. i ni w ; t; e i e a e t : , p e:x ; r i c: 2 e A 4 p , The arrivals of Grain are good, and we not e 1. ti• ii. d. .., a Oats, per id . o{ / 0 t S nl G i) --------- G: s.a V tds: CO . R . CORN 1 MARKFT.--)I3Y 8,,,0. alteration .2641 b. ..otolV`-' British, old 26 oto2B 01 Irish . . ........ - ........ 18 0 ---- new . a Canada, free 9.8 0 29 01 Beans, per`'''' .... 0 - o o Irish Barley, per 3201 h. Scottish ........ . ..... ic , 0 -.,., ' A lb L' English — 0 0 Pease, Scottish ••• 14 o 42 0 Scottish Irish 19 0 20 6 Flour, per 22411 b.... PRURO—Wheat Sr AUSTELL—Wheat, —a. to '2oi.—BarleY , " ....Oath +l7. to Bs. Od. ~. to 194- ad.... ENZANCE—Wheat, 21s. to 22+. —Barley, x, od. to . o s . to 11i. 6d.—Beef and Mutton. sd. to *l,- 4W Butter, 12.1. per In. 0 ,1.....0 0 ' 9s. • Ls. * ~.13d.NLABILKieEy'l, r is .....otaotsilis S . s .... . 9 , 0 1 . 80 6t i....0a 63 LA 6d uf i tt se w e ro f, s— i ‘n ry e t a , t ,t ( t a o v n e , r 64 ag t. e) !N.M.—RA *lO', Ltskesan—Wheat, —s. to 19s. o.l.—Batley 9s ' 6a. to 7a. 6d. OW , 9' Boom tm—Wheat ( average ) 21 s. — Barley , 10s. 6.1. --- ~,,,,4; Htu.srox—Wheat, 21s. Od.—Barley, lOs 01. . 'Ow...P ST. Cot.usta—Wheat, ‘21./.. to Vs.—Barley, 9s. `° aid Mutton. 50. to fid.—Veal.o.l.—Lamb. Od• .a . MEETINGS OF CREDITORS.,, c ..- - T, AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-ST.I7 •- I i (Frnin the London Gazette.) : so ,' • ' N IN TO-MORROW, JUNK 3. ;"2 -a ' J. Batty, victualler, Ware ... ............ ... ............ i g.: ' A. Schloss, bookseller, Strand ...... .......................... .. ..... '' 2 : .+. G. Adnam, commission-agent, -Brighton ..................... , .; J. Eve, ironmonger, Fleet-street ........................... , ..... .l t J. Harding, timber-merchant, Kensington Canal -basin... ..; 0 G. Williamson, baker, Ivanhoe, Buckinghamshire:: ...... : li!.. S. C. Boyce, oilman, Walbrook .................... ...........-:..-.. 1 11 D. L. Cohen, grocer, Great Yarmouth --.—.....- -. On the 30th ult. l‘Blis.lllcliorily Kentish-town, of a daughter. of a son. s uare, Airs. Chas. Riving' On the 30th ult., in Queen" q ton, of a son. w ife of Mrs. H. R. Hill, of Sid' On the 31st ult the " uare, of a son. mouth-street, Regents-tso la C ham-rise, the lady of Georg On the 30th ult, . P 'Smith, Grove-terrace, F. Davis, Esq.' at Little Hampton, the lady of th e Rev. Mark llen r Y of the lady of the R Dr• Brow n ' , surreY, e Rev. • At Eshe:::_______•______ hters one sti - orn. 11 b twin daug , MARRIED. T hn Gerrard, On the 31st ult., at Edmonton Church, • ,0 ,-; .Ara , testa; Esq ., of the 45th Regiment Native infantry', ;'''" i te Jas• f the a On the :26th blishment, to Louisa, youngest daughter ° 1 Cane Crove, Wilson, Esq., of Sneaton Castle, Whitby , It - St. Vincent's. flanover-square, On the 31st ult., at St. George' s ' f Sir B° bert T. Captain Ricketts, R.N., eldest O n °Gloucestershire, to Ricketts, Bart., D. C. L. of the Elres' 1 Tempest, of to u o lt f .: l vernon, Henrietta, youngest daughter of Colon e Camber well Ha On the 30thll, Yorkshire.ult., Mr. Robert Lewis'nioola of s pa,o,er , New Road, to Mary Ann, daughter of 1. Esq., of Homerton. - D IE D. a le 4 a3lll;oo4l)._iiii‘e;mt%tttrh i a lhiBe,evts ev,:i n3:oe7i: jittsii h tani I icuuuakial i mstt t lo.:l7.: , ,:atntortsaftlehewoye r:rrdsEewshsi Burnham,ciiider.eek,, Warwick-square, gelf u uoe ct sp s esh , ,sre D .N.L e ßeodg b rw o cg r e a e: h te : lo:s i o e ne e ta :: : King William-street, West f Lls'' . SEllen, the wife of the Rev. David Prothero, Vicar 0 dilo, carmarthenshire. 00 * London: Printed and Published by WIRD° 1 .. at the Sun °Mee. No. 111, &rani. • Li 11,1 0. 1) Ct t AN 1 tl t-ozu Beat q j pktr, C a *late Mai 4.0 tqc, co T - -1,,--, 8' h `‘ort t he tA" ..... Jus b t :all( N Ni pr Sun ,I) ~„e t l'r u a f3}, 110 )4i, ' 4 )41,g,