The Sun. — London, England, 1827-01-31 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We last night received, we believe exclusively, letter. , and papers from Lisbon to the 20th instant. It will 1 seen that the news from Portugal grows upon us in v. riety, authenticity, and importance. The first brigade the British troops began their march from Lisbon on th 18th inst. The supposition that our force was destine to be separated for the purpose of garrisoning Lisbon ElVas, Oporto, and other places of importance throughou Portugal, is altogether void of truth. After leaving ade tachment strong enough to occupy the forts at the en trance of the Tagus, and thus keep open the harbour fo. our shipping, the remainder of the British division. amounting, after the arrival of the two battalions fron: Gibraltar, to between .5,000 and 6,000 men, were to pro teed towards the frontier to support the operations of the 'native troops under Villa Flor and his military colleagues. Sir Wm. Clinton, who possesses the confidence of the Government, and has acquired the public esteem and good-will, is, we believe, to be intrusted with the general direction of the combined forces, as a mat ter, of confidential agreement, rather than of for mal or ostensible enactment, and the Portuguese officers will have positive, though not public, instruc tions from the Regent to obey him. Cqunt Villa Real has been appointed Ambassador to Paris from the Court of the Princess Regent, but comes to his post by way of London, having taken his passage in the British steam-packet, v:hich was to sail on the 19th inst. We feel ourselves justified in Correcting the erroneous impres sion which might h e produced by our private correspon dentfrom'Liston, to the prejudice of this distinguished nobleman . M. de Villa Real was an undisguised oppo t'ellit of the Constitution of 1820, which he conceived a) be founded in rebellion to his Sovereign; but hi is equally open and fervent in his support to the , sxisting tdliAtitution, emanating from the Crown itself, .ifq 'distributing with reasonable fairness the general func tions and powers of the Government and Legislature.— STO individual can stand more 'deservedly high with the most enlightened friends of the Portuguese Charter than M. de Villa . Real does at this moment, and we have no doubt that the mare matured 'information of our corres iiiident will justify this our dissent from his first opinions. An absurd '_rumour - has been sent about,. on Monkish aaiorrify, that 'England was preparing to coalesce with France and Spain, in 'a representation to Don Pedro, haVing in View an - important change in the character and pro*isions - of his Charter. ' This is utterly false.— ain indeed would gladly see England so disgraced.— nee . tnikfit join Ferdinand in urging this country to . 41.01, a project ; but it is plain, that if Mr. Canning refused' afford even , t pretext for the suspicion that this Goiern ment.had'neddled in the concoction or suggestion of the Qte.:ier; as being a manifest " interference with the rights of independent states," far less could be venture to as sume, on behalf of tyranny, that office which then tempted frrthe love of freedom herself, he had disclaimed as an un bkotning usurpation. The consequences of Count Villa Ph;t7i .ttiTair with the rebels on the 9th instant, are sup pilsed to have been more decisive than was at first appre beild'ed. considerable Minibus of the insurgents having be t4icn themselves to Spain, as the only asylum where they conld be Secure of safety. ,l'hat the conduct of Ferdinand will he, is ,a question which events must very shortly de- `:isle.. .His troops if they indeed be his, assembled near ',die- frontier, are estimated at Lisbon to approach the sobst of 30,000 men; and it is known that he still to aid and equip the rebels - with military es of` all descriptions; in the teeth of his solemn a,.. -- §peate'd "assurances' to the BritiSh Govermnent. It IF Is eqtally,indisputable; that the ' " disobedient" governors dr fe l re's:peetive Spanish provinces have been neither, re ealfeil rior reprimanded, and that - CalornardC,, ,the grand TThe of all the mischief, coritimies at the head of affairs ! he honour of Ec q pida must therefore be the, guide and measure of_ her policy. It is not that Portugal, if taken singly, would, under all imaginable circumstances, be worth a general war; but that Portugal, yea, or even a pound weight of the rock of Lisbon, if made the instrument of insult or menace to Great Britain, would become, on the instant, of value above all price. If insult be endured,' injury would soon follow it. If the idea that England may be bearded once gets afloat, her dignity will not be the only sufferev—loss of prosperity travels in the wake of sullied honour= —commerce, colonies, manufactures, industry, titiipert, national spirit, national freedom—all constitute brie Undivided freight in the hold of the British man of War : when her flag sinks, they go to the bottom with her. " The country," said Sheridan, " which has achieved such greatness, can find no safety in littleness." Let England's motto be these memorable words.—Times. We observe by an advertisement that a meeting of all the Coroners of. England and Wales is to be held on Thursday, " for the purpose of taking into consideration an application to Parliament to amend the Lex Coronatoria. It is bne of the features of modern humbug to assume lan guage and ideas unintelligible to common capacities; and as a specimen of it, on this occasion, instead of telling us in plain English (or Welsh, if they like it better) what it is they actually intend, they tell us in obscure hieroglyphic terms, they are going to discuss the Lcx Coronotaria. As we detest obscurity and humbug, we are induced to with draw the veil from it upon this occasion, and to inform our readers that the real object of the persons who call this Meeting is, we believe, neither more nor less than to apply to Parliament for an increase of their fees I—an ap plication which has been already two or three times made, and as often rejected: That it will fail upon this occasion too we feel but little doubt, as it would be preposterous to suppose that, in the present burdened state of the country, the landed interest especially will consent to such an increase of the county rates, as the acquiescence in this demand would occasion ; when it is quite notorious, that paid as it now is, the office no sooner becomes vacant in the obscurest county, than a cloud of applicants arise for it, quite as well qualified for the duties as larger fees would - make them. So valuable is the office considered in some counties, that parties are found to incur the heavy ex pences of a contest to obtain it ; and there is said. to have been an instance recently of one candidate offering another 1,0001. to resign the contest. A thousand other reasons (and many would not be wanting) could not . strengthen the unanswerable objection which these very simple ones afford to any such application. At the same time we are not prepared to say that some improvements might not be introduced into the practice pf the office of Coroner, if not into the law. It would be an improvement, for instance, if this officer could be got at with more facility than he now can be ; if less delay took place in holding inquests ; if fewer frivolous inquests were held, merely for the sake of the fees; if warrants were not so frequently issued for burying bodies before the inquests are held; if Juries were • not sometimes smuggled to 'gratify wealthy relatives ; and, alcov e all, if some of theSe ancient officers were to learn from authority that their Court is an open one, from which they cannot legally exclude the public. We have merely thrown out these hints to enable the " Coroners of Eng land and . Wales," w h en t h ey meet on Th urs d a y, to f a lsify our conjecture, by taking up these, instead of the one sole object we have imputed to them. But then, in return, we must make one bargain with them, which is, that they will -not attempt to discuss. the Let Coronatoria with closed doors, but - will admit the public to deliberations in which, from the highest to the lowest, every one is so materially interested.—Herold. We - rejoice to perceive, from a c i rcular from the Home Offiee, that Mr , Peel, with that prompt and excellent tact which distinguishes his whole public conduct, has set "on foot an inquiry into the fees demanded by Clerks' of the Peace, in different counties, on the acquittal of persons c h a riared with offences. We thought the Home Secre tary already possessed thisinformation, and th at a return of all fees payable to these offices had bee! made to and yiubllshed by Parliament. Whether that is th e cas e or not, however, matters but bale, except as far as delay is I:iticerned ; and it is, perhaps, desirable that this parti cular 'head of abuse should be brought into a distinct and tangible form. It would be a waste of words to attempt to prove the monstrous injustice of affixing a fine .upon a man who is declared innocent ; and that it should amount (as these fees do in many instances) to a much greater punishment than a Court would inflict upon him if found guilty. We trust, therefore, that the time hunt length arrived when this crying grievance will be abolished. - But these are not the only fees taken in Courts of Justice which require revision; and when this one head is dis posed of, we would strongly recommend Mr. Peel to turn his attention to the whole subject, and we doubt not but his enlightened mind will readily perceive that the mode of taxing the subject in the shape of fees is an_enormous evil, and one which is only kept alive under the old hackneyed pretence of 44 vested interests." That any man, or set of men, should possess a vested right to do a great and ma nifest wrong, is an absurdity not to be tolerated. It is these vested interests which prevent the adoption of Lord Althorp's excellent Bill for bringing cheap justice home to every man's door; and we are convinced that it would he wise to satisfy the most ravenous appetite, by buying up those rights, even at the most extravagant rate, rather than that they should remain an obstacle to a reform so obvious and so necessary as that to which we have alluded.—lbid. We have more than once noticed, whilst perusing the Lisbon Papers, that there is not so good an understanding between the House of Peers and the Chamber of Deputies on topics even connected with the threatened safety of the realm, as we could wish. To our great regret, the file received by the last packet, affords a few fresh instan ces of this want of concert ; and we do not disguise to our readers, that some letters brought by the same con veyance, and written by men of independent minds and disinterested views, equally lament the absence of a cor diality, so much the more desirable, as, without it, the Constitutional cause of Portugal, surrounded as it is by so many internal as wcll as external enemies, can never prosper: It may be unnecessary. to go back to several minor topics of disagreement between the two Houses, contained in the previous papers' from the Portuguese capital, although at the time we read them, we considered them rather ominous; but there are two recorded in the last Journals, which certainly afford ample scope for re mark. It will be remembered, that a few weeks ago we had occasion to notice that a proposal for a small loan, re quired by the exigencies of the State, originated, confor mably to the Constitution, in the Chamber of Deputies, and ended in an Act which passed the House almost unanimously. To meet the charge of this loan, certain appropriations were made, evidently the most secure and least burdensome as it was possible to devise under exist ing circumstances. The .Act was sent to the Upper House for its. sanction, and there altered in such a man ner as totally to destroy the effect of the proposed object. The Chamber of Deputies rejected the amendments pro posed by the Peers, and there the matter stood, when a reference was made to the Constitution to ascertain how the case could be decided. By the 54th Article of the Charter it is provided that " if the Chamber of Deputies should not approve the ainendments or additions of that of the Peers, or vice versa, and the Chamber so re fusing should still consider the Project as advantageous, a Committee of an equal number of Peers and Deputies shall be named, and what it may decide shall serve to form the proposal of the law, or to cause its rejection." Conformably to this provision, a Committee, composed of an equal number of Members from both Houses, was ap pointed and met, and, after a warm debate, separated, without coming to a decision, each party retaining its opi nions, with a parity of votes. The project of the loan was consequently frustrated,"though the Finance Minister is crying out for money to meet the exigencies of the war, and native capitalists had offered to advance it, on terms advantageous to the Government, not to mention applications from foreign countries. This result was cer tainly not provided for by the. Constitution, and we sin cerely hope that it will not hereafter become a topic of cavil or complaint against it. At all events, the Portu guese Peers, if they are cordially interested in the issue of the cause in which their armies are engaged, ought never to have afforded to their enemies this and Other triumphs it would not be difficult to us to mention. There is ano ther instance of that party spirit which has unfortunately shewn itself in the House of. Peers, although yet, we are glad to add, to no very great extent, which has evidently alarmed the well-wishers to the liberties of Portugal. We have before us a file of the 0 Portsviex, a new journal started in Lisbon, on an enlarged scale, and evidently conducted with great talent and judgment. The debates in the two Houses are reported in a masterly manner, and in the paper of the 13th instant, we have been particu- . larly struck by the following speech of Count Villa Real, in the House of Peers, on the 10th. We have translated it literally, and afterwards we shall state the motives of our astonishment and regret : _ _ " I avail myself of this opportunity to call the attention of the Government to the position in which many officers are placed who have been dismissed, and respecting whom no resolution what ever has been adopted. This is the more necessary, as not long ago I noticed in the Gazette the reinstatement of two officers, the one Dioclesian Cabrera, and the other Afargiochi. Ido not per sonally know either of them, but I know Margiochi by the prin ciples he sustained in the revolutionary Cortes—principles which no one, devoted to the present institutions of Portugal, can sus tain with good faith ; and I know that Cabrera withdrew to Spain, and, if he had been able, would have encouraged a civil war in Portugal ; and whether it be with liberal, despotic, or Jesuitical principles, I place all on the same scale who wish to deliver up Portugal to Spain. In the meanwhile, in the Decree passed for the reinstatement of these officers, expressions are used, injurious to the memory of King John VI., by stating 'the calamitous circumstances.' This is not speaking of the present Ministry, which was not in the exercise of its functions ; those, therefor e, are called calamitous circumstances, because a faction was thrown down, which sacrificed Portugal and Brazil, and was the origin of all our evils, &c." Now, who are these two individuals against whom the Count de Villa Flor raised his insidious voice in the House of Peers, clearly for the purpose of sowing the seeds of discord, of gratifying a pique against two of his deserv ing countrymen, merely because they once belonged to the old Constitutional cause, to which the Count hap pened to be opposed ? General Cabrera, we answer, is an artillery officer who distinguished himself during the Peninsular war, and as Governor of Algarve during the time of the late Constitution. He was always respected for his probity and firm adhesion to the political princi ples which he, and the Government to which he belonged, professed ; and when the ,Constitution was put down by the revolted army, he went to Spain, to offer his ser vices against the French. The Constitution there meet- ing with the same fate, he came over to England, where he lived as an exile, till the late events restored him to a home. Margiochi is an old Major of Engineers, long a Professor of Mathematics in the College of No bles, and highly respected for his profound learning. He was a deputy in all the legislatureS of the late Cortes, and some time President. He came over to England, and lately carried . back to his own country a large stock of practical information, acquired by an attentive examina tion of our institutions. These two meritorious indivi duals, against whom no voice could be raised in Portu gal but that of the Count de Villa Real, were a little while ago reinstated in their respective ranks. In return, let us now also ask, who is this said Count de Villa Real ? We answer, Don Jose, usually known as the Morgado de Mateos, was always attached to the Corps Diploma tique, and happened to be the Portuguese Minister in London, when the Revolution in 1820 produced a new order of things, and acted as such for some months after wards. He then took the oaths to the Constitution, and sent a congratulatory address to the new Government, on whom he then depended. He had previously been Mi nister in Spain 41819, and part of 1820, and La Chron ique Scandaleuse attributes to him certain plots at that time hatching in Madrid, on which, for the present, we are not called upon to enter. Certain it is, that as the Minister. of a Constitutional Government, in a country like. England, he was not considered very sincere or cor dial in his attachment to the new order of things, not withstanding his oath and congratulations to boot, and in the course of time his Excellency was superseded, In 1823, we find him in the new character of an active parti= san and abettor of the Marquess de Chaves, the chival rous hero of the day, and who, at that time, was engaged in a crusade similar to his present one; and for his great and distinguished services on that occasion, at the return of despotism, the Morgado de Mateos was named Count de Villa Real, in compliment to the town, which was, in February, 1823, the theatre of the great deeds he per formed—in the Cabinet we mean—during that memorable period. He had, however, too much prudence to join the Marquess de Chaves in his new attempt; and till he lately took his seat in the House of Peers, he was Envoy Ex traordinary at Madrid, and submitted to the Cortes a long exposition on the failure of his 'mission ' subsequently pub lished in the English Papers, which certainly did him honour, as a Portuguese and Peer of the realm ; and those who then admired his talents and patriotism, expected his prudence would hare extended so far—if we may be al lowed a common expression—as not to open old sores, by alluding to past times, whether they were " calamitous" or not, more particularly when many of his hearers, and at least one-half of the Members of the Lower House, as well as the enlightened portion of the community, were in exactly the same predicament as General Cabrera and Margiochi—that is, had belonged to the Constitutional system from 1820 to 1823. The term " calamitous cir cumstances," and so offensive to the Count, is one that has frequently been made use of in reference to times when the Portuguese nation was a prey to anarchy, or overawed by a mutinous soldiery. It was equally appli cable to the situation of Portugal subsequent to the over throw of the Constitution —as, for example, in April, 1821, when King John was nearly dethroned, not to say more, and his confidential attendant, the Marquess de Soule, murdered in the Palace. The Constitutional Charter ought, however, to have been the rallying signal to all Portuguese; or,. in other words, those who intend to support it ought to be divested of all party feelings; the past ought to be forgotten ; and unless this is done, and every one cordially and sincerely puts his shoulder to the wheel, it is impossible to go on. At all events, " oblivion of the pait," is a motto we strongly recom mend to the adoption of Count'dh Villa Real, in his new character of a Peer of the Portuguese Realm.—Morning Chronicle. Ferdinand, we have no doubt, is sufficiently sensible of the hazard of the hostility of England. What State of Europe ever came into warlike conflict with England without loss or disgrace ? And he is, besides, well aware, that war with us would awaken the stupified energies of Spain itself. The party which governed Spain, from 1820 to the middle of 1823, cannot be extinct. Those who could subvert the pre-existing authority, and retain the supreme power in their hands for three years and a half, and who were overwhelmed only by the invasion of a foreign force, cannot, in a few months, cease to be formi dable. Exile, and the dungeon, and the scaffold, may sup press for a time the avowal of' their sentiments and opi nions ; but the principles and feelings which animated them before must exist in their pristine force, and hosti lities with England would be the signal for the bursting forth of civil war in Spain. Ferdinand is not blind to this danger; but thereis an opposite danger on the other side. He is surrounded by fanatics, who are animated with a deadly hatred to every thing bearing the name of Constitutional Government. They would gladly rush into war. They are ten stupid, and too narrow minded, to see the danger in which it might involve them—but they can perceive that it would gratify their bigotry, and that it might give them the means of satiating their furious antipa thies and revenge. Yet these are the men whom Ferdinand looks to as the bulwarks of his throne. If he displeases them, where can he look for firm friends ? And how can he displease them more than by acceding to the requi sitions of England ? The resolutions of Ferdinand do not depend solely on his own preferences and absurd prejudices: they turn more on the balance of his fears—the fear of England, on the one hand—the fear of his own Apostoli cals, on the other. While French troops were round his person, they made him independent, so far as he might choose to be so, of the Apostolical faction ; his perional safety was assured ; and the advisers of moderate measures might, at least, speak with safety. Does, not the removal of the Swiss brigade leave him entirely at the mercy 'of the monks and bigots, to whom, and to whose influence, he can alone look for protection and assistance ? How could he now venture, even if he were inclined, to walk in the paths of policy and peace ? The hold of France over Spain remains; but her hold over the mind of Ferdinand, over his hopes and fears, is weakened. Her power of counteracting the workers of mischief is impaired : her means of assisting them continue in full vigour. We are far from saying that the evacuation of Madrid, by the French troops, had any other than apeaceable object ; but we say, that it is a measure which Machiavelian politi cians, who had war in view, might have adopted as a pro bable means of precipitating England and Spain into hos t iliti es.—Arcw Tinzes. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, JAN. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived, the King Fisher packet, Lieut. Poure, from Buenos Ayres ; sailed Nov. 7, and from Monte Video Dec. 12 ; spoke Dec. 13, in lat. 26. , long. 25. 49., the American ship Am e li a o f Gl oucester, 47 days from Boston, for Sumatra ; on the 28th, in lat. 00. 44., long. 26. 12., the John of London, for Madras and Bengal ; on Jan. 1, in lat. 48. 50., long. 9. 00., the Janina, of and for Loudon, from the Isle of France, out 100 days ; and on the 25th, in lat. 49. 21., long. 16. 13., the Friends, of Jersey, from Rio, for Ant werp, out 45 days. COAX, JAN'. 27.—Sailed, the Lord Suffield and Louisa trans ports, for Jamaica, with the 84th Regt. PENZANCE, JAN. 27.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived his Majesty's sthileip2N9tiimiof provisions, &c. ; the Keil , Lawson, ;blep,aftroiini: short .lllalt sailed 12th ult., and f rom a, Gibraltar from Lima, has arrived off, sailed 10th October. A VESEN I), A is il i i i v la e r d d, th f e rol E n lita st ,. Hare, miel a eflr,os thetbe - - . Mauritius Hutchinson, from Malaga. Hum., J.tar. 29.—The Margaret, Laurenson, from Gains bro' to Dundee, was stranded at Spurn, during a gale of wind on Friday morning, attended with snow showers; she came in con tact with the John and Susan, of Shoreham, about 15 miles from the Spurn. The Margaret's bow is e 'stove in, main-mast and bow sprit carried away. Captain Laurenson was drowned on attempt ing to get on board the John and Susan ; the mate and three men landed at Grimsby. BezNos AYRIS, Nov. 6,1826.—0 n Monday last arrived from Las Dacas a launch, which states that the privateer Repub licano Argentine had taken, at the mouth of the Guazer, a Bra zilian priVateer corvette, and also had retaken four vessels which the said launch bad captured. The Brazilian privateer was armed with a six-pounder mortar in the bows, and a two-pounder aft, 20 muskets, 18 cutlasses, and stores. The privateer is called El Atreido, and the prizes San Antonio, N. S. del Carmen, the Cur. rentina, and another name unknown.. Their cargoes were coal, wood, and salt. The British brig George Hunter arrived at Monte Video Oct. 12, 69 days from Liverpool. It seems that the Brazilians have detained her as a lawful prize : they have turned all the seamen .on shore, and only left the Captain and boy on board. The hatches are also sealed, and the sails taken on shore. The English brig Utopia, from Liverpool, was taken into Monte Video on the 17th October, and was treated in the same manner. The British schooner Coquito, from Havannah, is fitting out by the Brazilians at Monte Video as a vessel of war' Amongst the arrivals from the Continent, on Fri day last, we are glad to see that of the celebrated Moscheles and his family. A male child, named George Charles Holton, whose parents reside in Great Carter-lane, Doctors'-commons, was stolen on the 24th inst., and has not'since been heard of. It a pp ears thatn sent to the who is on l y th ree y e ars and two months old, w as e school at No. 1, W ar d ro b e -terrace, as usual, hut in th e s , course of the day a m an ca ll e d, o f about five feet sev en i n h e i g h t, and in the name of the parents requested to have the child. No s uspicions being entertai ne d, th e boy was given to th e s t ranger, who immediately decamped, and notwithstanding the most strenuous exertions, no clue had been discovered to his retreat up to a late hour last night. The child is of very delicate health. The feelings of its parents cannot be described. The ruffian who took the boy away wore a dark coat, and was of a dark com plexion. The child's complexion is fair, dark eyes, and light hair. COURT OF ALDERMEN. The LORD MAYOR held a Court of Aldermen at Guildhall, yes terday, which was fully attended. The Sheriffs presented their Report of the several Gaols. The LORD MAYOR laid before the Court, a Copy of a Rule ob tained by Mr. Sheriff Winchester, for a Mandamus to the Court to swear him into the office of Alderman for the Ward of Vintry, which was referred to the Law Officers. Mr. FENNING was admitted a Coal, and Mr. DUDDELL, It Corn Meter, in trust for the city. A Petition against a Cart stand in Bury-street, was referred to a Committee. The Loan MAvon laid before the Court the proceedings of the Court of Common Council on the Memorial of the Bailiff of Southwark, relative to the fine imposed upon him by the Magistrates of the County of Surrey, for non-attendance at the Surrey Quarter Sessions, which was referred to the City Solicitor. The Court was occupied at considerable length ,on the Petition of Mr. Shoobridge against the election of Mr. Hooper, as Com mon Councilman for Bread-street Ward, and finally declared the election to be valid, and dismissed the Petition. The Court then took into consideration the Petition of Mr. J. Bleaden against the election of Mr. Griffiths, as Common Coun cilman for the Ward of Coleman-street. Mr. Bolland and Mr. Mirehouse attended for Mr. Bleaden ; and Mr. Andrews for Mr. Griffiths. The Court declared the election void, and the Lord Mayor was requested to issue his precept for a new election. The Chamberlain reported the balance in hand of the Orphans' Fund, on which the Court directed him to take the requisite mea sures for the discharge of 13,0001. of the debt. COMMISSION OF LUNACY, JAN. 30. Yesterday morning the Commissioners and Jury re-assembled, to pursue the inquiry relative to the insanity of James King, Esq. The arguments of Counsel being concluded, the Cult? COW stlssmoszit summed up the evidence; and at half-past five in the afternoon, the Jury returned their verdict, viz. :—" That from the 31st day of December, 1823, to the 16th September, 1826, Mr. King bad been a lunatic, enjoying lucid intervals, and that from the latter period, he has been a lunatic without lucid intervals. menthe ago, her determination to shOot Mr. Randall. On g Saturday, about six weeks ago, the prisoner called in and said, " Don't be alarmed,l am going to try the pistol in the yard ;" and: she added that she would shoot Mr. Randall. She went into the yard and fired, but the pistol made very little report indeed. She came up stairs again, and said the flint was not good, awl she thought the pistol was not good ; but upon a second trial in the yard, she produced a dreadful noise, and shook the foundation of the house, and frightened the whole neighbourhood.. When the prisoner went away she said, " Now I am going to Randall's counting-house, and I'll shoot him. I shall be here to-morrow." Oh, said witness, how can you expect to be at large, if you think of committing such a rash act ? Mr. HARMER having examined all his witnesses, pressed for Es committal, and observed, that the Charge in the pistol was sufficient to have blinded the prosecutor, if it had been fired in his face. Sir JOIN PERILING asked the prisoner if she had any thing to say to the charge ? She replied,- that she was anxious to give the Ablermaisv a com plete history of her connexion with her accuser, and the motives which actuated her in what she had dons, if the Alderman 'monld permit her; but she would put herself under the advice of Mr. ALEXANDER, a Solicitor, now stepped forward, end said he had not attended on her behalf or at her request, but he had. received a notice of her apprehension from the Governor of Compter. All he knew of the prisoner was this : She had bevy recommended, to him by a friend, as a client, for whom an action: of breach of promise of marriage was to be brought. He wrote: to Mr. Randall, and, at an interview, be was informed of eircum stances which induced him to think such an action wonfd not be. advisable ; but on seeing the prisoner subsequently, he told her to , bring all her friends to him who knew any thing of her history,. which, after some time she did ; and, from their statements, he was satisfied there was ground of action, and he determined ow Friday last to commence proceedings; but a difficulty arose—ho• could not obtain Mr. Randall's two Christian names, and he di rected the prisoner 'to make inquiry in the neighbourhood of Friday street. He submitted, that the might have pulled the trigger ac cidentally in struggling with Mr. Howell to retain the pistol.. He advised the prisoner certainly to Miter into no justificatory de tail here. The prisoner was still desirous of stating her case, but yielded to the persuasions of the Alderman, Mr, Harmer, and Mr. Alex ander, and contented herself with saying, that when she accosted Mr. Randall in Friday-street, she begged to detain him a few minutes ; that he replied to her with very harsh language, and that she meant only to fire over his bead to fri,:thten him, having supplicated and done everything else to gain her point, in vain. The ALDERMAN said, he thought the charge con:olete ] Y esta blished ; but he remanded her for a week, th a t she m ight have the superior accommodation'at the Compter, instead of IV , Trgate' until the Sessions approached. MARY-LA-BONNE---ExeeNCES OF A COUNTUT FRNEAAL Yesterday a respectably dressed woman attended to prefer a cow-- plaint against a Benefit Society, for refusing to pay the expences , of her husband's funeral. The persons attending for the Bene— fit Society did not deny that the claim was just, but declared: they knew not how to set, because they had received a ball from the undertaker of a parish in Devonshire, where the. de ceased man had been buried, and if they paid the widow the' usual bequest of 201. upon the death of any member, they were' afraid she would not pay the bill, and the undertaker %caul& eventually come upon them for payment. The widow said, she' had no objection to pay any thing. reasonable, but the biro( was so exorbitant and extraordinary, she could not think of pay ing it. The bill was put in and read ; it was to the following effect Beef, Boiled Mutton, Roast Pork, and Potatoes . 8 4 0 Five Gallons of Strong Beer . Six Bottles of good Port Wine 1 7 0 Gin and Water, Fire-wood, &e. Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Bread and Butter, Sausages, &e 1 18 0 • The reading of the bill excited laughter in the Office, and the Magistrate observed, it was one of the most curious under taker's bills he had ever seen. The officers of the Benefit So ciety were ordered to pay the widow the money to which she was entitled ; the country undertaker being left to pursue his remedy against her. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DERING THE WELK, Peisse. DROITWICH PATENT SALT COMPANY. A meeting of the Shareholders of the above Company was held yesterday, at the City of London Tavern, on special affairs. The shares of this Association are held almost exclusively by Members of the Society of Friends. On the entrance of the Reporters, who attended to take notes of the proceedings, they were addressed by one of the Society, when the following dialogue ensued :.._. Quaker—Friends, what dart thee want here? Reporter—We attend for the purpose of reporting the pro ceedings. Quaker—Why, we have no particular objection to the publica tion of our business, but we would rather that thou absent thyself. We do not wish to have our proceedings published. Reporter—Then I suppose we must withdraw. Quaker—We would answer in the affirmative. The Reporters accordingly withdrew. The Shareholders appeared to be transacting their business in the most comfortable manner imaginable, passing accounts, and drinking wine, &e. The Company. is repVeseuted to be a flourishing one, and the full amount of the Shares has been paid up. A short time since the Directors offered a premium of iio/. (we believe) for the best essay on the advantages resulting from the use of salt for agricul tural purposes. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—A poor man, named William Fore man, applied for his Lordship's assistance under the following circutnstances:— About three years since, he sent a step-son of his to go on board a vessel hound from the Three Cranes Wharf, London, to Leeds. The boy went and returned; he was engaged as cabin boy. The owners of the vessel were Me:Ars. Wood and Co. The Captain's name was Carr. The boy went a second voyage in the same vessel, but never returned ; and upon application to the owners, all the information that was got, was in the following letter : " March 26, 1826. " Yours came to hand this morning—we feel for both you and your family; but we are extremely sorry that it is not in our power to give you any information respecting him. We have made several inquiries but to no purpose. If at any future time we should get any information respecting him, you may rely that we will immediately communicate to you. Your's, &c., " JOSEPH WOOD and Co." The LORD Mayoa remarked that such an answer was very far from being satisfactory, because the log book would immediately show what had become of the boy, and that book ought to be produced. His Lordship then immediately wrote a letter to Messrs. Wood, on the subject, and the poor fellow went away in some measure, satisfied. GUILDHALL —DISUPPOINTBD LOVE.--M 199 Sa fe r m eth al E e E mma Harwood, a genteelly-dressed, handsome put to t l ll y e ith ba fi r rin y g es a te p r i d s a to y l , him grievous bodily siding in Friday -street, with intent to months; .ri he had met her pro known the prisoner about sixteen was residing in the neighbour es Lewendon Randall, a She • harm. The prosecutor gave his iiain!d.taam_. m an i d sc s u t o a u te s d jy th i a n t h t e he liv ._ ed at r y street. He said he had and a connection commenced, which a t before lllr. Randall, Sir d j o oh a yno c u o n a il l- e i r n r e i i n •c g l:a n li t a , r r t e- " hood of the Coburg Theatre, it off, and on el l : , he saw Miss H. on the opposite side of the about face o'clock, her—she crossed over and followed him, and street. b l e -e ci - ne near, lie asked what she wanted? Her reply , continued some mioognothost. of..A h t is le r n es gt id h eo li ce e i o le n ter A m io in n ed day t e o ve b n r i e n a g k , when n w s hat do you want ? Ha desired her to go about her• busi ness,2 and as she appeared to be withdrawing her hands from hermuff, he began to run, having some intimation of her inten tions. Having gone a few paces, he looked round and saw her returning something to her muff. He went to Mr. Howell, a friend, at Qucenhithe, and related the circumstances ; they re turned together to Friday street, and they found her loitering there still. They followed her to Cheapside, and again to the bottom of Friday-street, where Mr.. Howell made an observation, which induced him to obtain the assistance of a constable. He also saw the prisoner draw something from her muff at this spot; and she was given in charge, to ascertain whether she had not loaded fire arms upon her person. There was an elderly female then in her company, whom they had not noticed before. There was some delay at the Bread -street watch-house, in opening the door, and while standing there the prisoner presented a pistol in the direction of his face, within two feet of him, and it snapped.— The flint struck fire, but the powder did not ignite. He bobbed his bead when he saw the flash, and Mr. Howell seized the pri soner's arm. Mr. Howell, a coal-merchant at Queenhithe, said he saw the prisoner draw the pistol from her muff, and then he went in search of an officer. While waiting at the watch-house door, the prisoner drew a pistol with her right hand from the muff, and extending her arm across witness's chest, levelled the pistol at Mr. Randall's head. Witness seized her arm with his left hand, and the barrel of the pistol with his right, and just at the instant he raised the muzzle above the line of direction to his friend's head, she pulled the trigger. He got the pistol from her with much difficulty. The pistol was loaded with powder to within an inch of the end of the barrel, but there was no bullet. There was powder round the touchhole, and the mouth of the pistol was presented within a foot of Mr. Randall ; but he thought, if, instead of snapping only, the priming had caught, the contents would have passed above his friend's head, because he had elevated the barrel at the moment. Matthew Carter, the constable, produced a full-sized duelling pistol, and the powder with which it was charged, but he had lost the wadding. He said he had tried the pistol, and it would not fire ; he took charge of the two women, and conveyed them to the watchbouse. Dlr. Howell put his hand into the prisoner's muff, and took out the pistol, saying, " Here's a pistol !" Sir JOHN PERRING—What ! he took it very quietly then? Witness—Yes. Mr. HARMER—Did you see no struggling ? Witness—None, Sir. • Mr. HARMER—Were you sober ? Witness—Yes ; AS sober as I am now• _ _ Mr. HARMER said the witness had a very confused notion of the business, seeing what did not happen, and not seeing what must have been evident The witness stated that the prisoner unloaded the pistol herself, because there was nothing handy in the watchhouse to do it. She picked out the wadding with a pin or a nail. Elizabeth Broadhurst, a laundress, living in South-street, Lambeth, said she bad heard Miss Harwood declare, about two Canterbury GrAnthara Grimsby Harneastle Lincoln Maidstone. Spilsby Per %tarter. Boston Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. e. to e 43 50 00 33 41 48 e 40 43 54 ' b6 50 54 53 50 50 59 51 51 48 SS s. to s. s. to I. 26 32 30 36 33 77 :Z3 4 40 44 23 35 30 40 24 33 46 42 28 30 39 45 26 36 COTTON WOOL. LIST OF IMPORTS Alin EXPORTS. IMPORTED. E XPOATED. t...-A...--...„ ~.....-.J4.--...---, Same pc- This 'Previous riod last ly this year. year. year. ------ ---.. -- Bags, Bre. Bags, Am. Bags, B.c. Begs, Am. tiverpool : 21,055 29,559 £63 989 London 1,294 NS MO 21* Glasgow , 5,817 1,559 ...... Total exported in 182'7 .. 1,971. s. 10 S. - 45 40 46 52 58 54 58 43 !k0 56 59 44 47 54 56 51 60 Boma s. to s. 48 56 -as MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY, SATURDAY, FRB. 3. Barlow, IL, Maccl es fi e ld—A nge l, Macclesfield-18 Bore, J. j un ., Kidderminster—Royal Hotel, Birmingham—] 1 Bridge, W., Deerhurdt, Gloucestershire—Spread - Eagle; Glou- eester-11 Chase, J. W., Essington, Gloucestershire—Ram inn, Cilou- cester-4 Elsworth, J. Bowling, Bradford—Office of Messrs. Alexander, Halifax-11 Fussell, J., Stoke•lane—Somerset Hotel, Wells—lL Giblett, S., Shepton Mallet, Somersetalzire—George, Shepton Mallet-11 - Kennedy, F., Kingston—Dog and Duck, Kingston-11 Jackson, T., Liverpool—George, Liverpool-1 Jalland, C., Mansfield—Swan, Mansfield-10 Johnson, P., Runcorn—Golden Lion, Liverpool-1 Leech, J., Barnsley—Public office, Barnsley-11 Peeling, J., Liverpool—George, Liverpool--:.11 Pooley, J., sen. and jun., Huhne—Star, Manchester—l Penny, J., Lymington, Hants—Greyhound inn, Blandford Forum-6 Shepherd and Frisker. Southampton—Crown, Southampton—l Stallard, J., Sapley Farm—crown, Shepton Mallett-12 Teague, W., Rcdrnth—Commercial rooms, Bristol--1 Wynn and Wyke, Manchester—White's, m aut th oter— l o Wesson, J., Dudley—George, Bewdley-11 Wyld, J., Leeds—Court-house, Leede-1 1 INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED. Petitions to be heard at Portugal-street, Lincoln's-lon-Field., FEB. 8, AT WINE Burton, J., Bunhill-row, bed-pillar-carver Calvert ! J., Ashby, Lincolnshire, farmer Cassidy, T., Liverpool, feather-dresser Clutterbuck, T., Cirencester, clothier Elliott, F., Cuekfield, victualler Ilanly, M., Fleet -street, clerk Lulham, T., sen., Brighton, umbrella-maker NAe, H., Brighton, umbrella-maker Reynoldson, J., Bethnal-Green, cow-keeper Russell, W., Stepney, sugar-broker Steele, W., Kingston, hatter Swan, G., Whitechapel, bcd-manufacturer Ward, J., Hoxton, carpenter Woods, W., Lincolnshire, farmer BIRTHS. On the 30th inet., the lady of B. Hooke, Esq., of Bernard street, Russell-square, of a eon. At Mr. Osborne Markham's house, in Brook-street, Mrs. Jervis, of a eon. On the SOth inst., in George-street, Hanover-square, the lady of Dr. Seymour, of a daughter. MARRIED. Lately, Mr. C. T. Taylor, King's-place, Commercial-road, to Mary Catherine, flies° of W. Hereke, Esq. DIED. On the 25th inst., John Chicheley, infant eon of C. Plowden, Esq., York-street, Portman-square. • At hie house, in Broad-street, the 29th inst., T. R. Ellerhyt Esq., aged 37. On the 27th inst., at hie residence, Castle-court, Budge-row, G. Spawfbrth, Esq., aged At her house, in Park-street, on the 28th inst., Miss Lydia Rogers White. Printed and Published by M. YOUNG, at bite fiery-Orrtur, Ne. 112, STRAND.