The Sun. — London, England, 1834-05-29 00:00:00

3PIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS It is by no means a ground for dissatisfaction that two more resignations of cabinet ministers— namely, the Duke of Richmond and Lord Ripon— have followed those of Mr. Stanley and Sir J. Gra ham, and have been accepted by his Majesty; nor would it be matter of surprise or regret, if one, two, or three others should be added to the list, although we are not aware that such an event is to be regarded as more than a possibility. Doubts are said to be entertained respecting the intentions of Lords Melbourne and Lansdowne, the former of which noblemen has, it is everywhere allowed, gained reputation since he came into of as Home Secretary, while the latter has either survived or exposed the fallacy of that which was once ascribed to him. If the above lords and gentlemen have been unable to comprehend the necessity of that Adjustment of church revenues which, of all others that have ever been proposed, must appear to most men of comtson sense the most desirable, and in deed etc most inevitable, of course the best stg,i, they could take for the public was to de tscend from a position where they had remained to no other purpose than the obstruction of the na tional business, and the embarrassment and punish ment of their colleagues. For the motives of two amongst them—the two first who resigned —we have the most sincere respect, because they were manifestly conscientious and honest, consistent and undisguised throughout, and founded on a reverence (however misapplied) for those principles by which all property is protected. Mr. Stanley, at the same time, has declared his resolution to give the same general support (save only o n th ese c h urc h ques tions) to Lord Grey's Government as while he ferried a part of it. r How Sir James Graham may act in that particular has not been stated on any od authority ; but we should scarcely think the right hon. baronet will take a direction opposite to that of Mr. Stanley. But what excuse can there be for the other retired or retiring ministers, who have not the same scruples with regard to Irish 'church property as those of the two whom we have mentioned, who on former oc casions have shown themselves not besieged by any such stubborn tenderness of conscience, nor declared their repugnance down to the latest mo ment ? What is their conduct but one of two descriptions —either a weakness which shrinks from responsibility, however enjoined by the gravest public duty, or a determination to join the cry and swell the ranks of the anti-liberal party, and thus to check (feeble and short-sighted as they are), the giant march of practical reform through those de pArtments of the State which suffer most cruelly from the want of it ? The secession of men capa ble of being actuated by either species of feeling, at a time like this, must be looked upon as a relief to any Government professing and designing to serve the cause of liberty. Let, however, who will aban don the service of the country at this exigent and critical season, there are at least two Ministers who we are assured will not—Lords Grey and Brougham. These two, should they be left un supported, which is by no means likely, are sufficient to constitute the nucleus of a Li beral Cabinet, of which the growth to maturity would be an easy and rapid process. With re spect to Lord Brougham, the rumours in the anti- Liberal quarters prove the soreness and alarm of that mortified faction at the prospect of the learned lord's strict adherence to his duty. They tell us he will join the band of ministerial deserters. We tell them we are sure that he will not. Such a step on the part of Lord Brougham at this moment would be an act of treason to the people of Eng land, and of suicide upon his own character. If Lord Brougham had no enlarged or upright prin ciples to decide his conduct, we should have ample security for his rectitude in the learned lord's posi tion. What would be Lord Chancellor Brougham but as a chief among the reformers of law, and church, and constitution ? What would be Lord Brougham, once stripped of that public confidence which he has achieved for himself—he, an uncon nected and unfriended individual, no otherwise known than by the application of extraordinary attainments. and perhaps by endowments more extraordinary, to the promotion of popular knowledge, of popular in terests, of equal rights, of rational freedom, and of liberal and wholesome government ? The learned lord's supposed devotion to this great cause is the vital principle of his political existence. Divest him of it, and he falls lifeless to the earth. Who ever else, therefore, may abandon the Sovereign. the Prime Minister, and we must add, the nation, at such a juncture, it is certain that the Chancellor cannot. His identification with the cause of the people has mainly rendered him what he is. His separation from it, but for a day, would destroy his fame—that is, his power—irretrievably. It is ob vious, nevertheless, that a weighty duty devolves upon Lord Grey and his abiding colleagues, viz., the selection of useful successors to those from whom they have been released. It will not do, we must tell them frankly, to fill the vacant chairs with the blind, the lame, the impotent, the help less. The new members of the Cabinet must be men of bold, robust, resolute, consistent, and straightforward characters. They must be one and all effective, or the whole will be a failure. There are so many nervous arms, so many Hercu lean sinews, under the direction of wily and in veterate spirits, at work in active hostility against all good and valuable legislation, that the people of England cannot any longer tolerate, and will not, a single faineant among the high functionaries of the state. We have never seen abroad a temper of more anxious—we fear we must say suspicious— watchfulness, in relation to the new appointments to be made by Lord Grey for the completion of his imperfect cabinet. Not one, but every one of the vacancies will be closely observed, and the nomina tion to it unceremoniously canvassed—an ordeal of scrutiny for which, we devoutly trust, the noble earl and his colleagues will show themselves pre pared by the fitness and excellence of their selec tions from the political world. We shall not follow the example of other journals which have been free enough with the names of public men on this occa sion, but shall abstain from publishing any names at all, knowing, as we do, that not one appointment nor person has yet been definitively fixed upon.— Times. The real and exclusive resignations in the Cabi net are those of Mr. Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Duke of Richmond, and the Earl of Ripon ; viz., the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Postmaster Ge neral, and the Lord Privy Seal. The King has graciously accepted these resignations ; and we be lieve we may confidently assert that Lord Grey has the full and voluntary consent of his Majesty to se lect the successors of the retiring Ministers. A more responsible or difficult duty never devolved on a British subject. The state of public opi nion—the position of parties—the dissonant charac ter of the two branches of the Legislature—all the r'lations of the country, agricultural and commercial, domestic and foreign, combine to increase the heavy responsibility of the Premier. We fervently hope that experience will not be despised. A correspon dent in the Globe of last night has boldly stated the past errors of a Cabinet wanting in unanimity of opinion and deficient of resolution in action : " Should the Government of Earl Grey be now dissolved, the cause of its dissolution will be its ina bility to move with the movin g p ower w hich it has it self created. Since the first meeting of the reformed Parliament, Ministers have sought to conciliate the Peers rather than to satisfy the people. This error arose from the influence of old associations, and from failing accurately to observe the nature and extent o f the change which the Reform Bill effected in the dis tribution of political power. By th e Constitution, the House of Commons holds the purse-strings of the nation ; and, consequently, the preponderating and prevailing power of the State must rest i mmed i ately in the House of Commons, and ultimately in the i con stituent body by which the House of Commons s re turned. Before the Reform Bill, the Peers returned a majority of the Commons, and were, in fact, the constituent body, to which, upon an ultimate gpeal, the supreme power of the State belonged. Hy the Reform Bill, a majority of the House of Commons is returned, not by the Peers, but by the 101. house holders; and therefore from the former to the latter the preponderating and controlling power of the State has been transferred. Formerly, that which was willed by the Peers became law ; now, that which is willed by the 10/. householders must become law. Against the House of Commons, while acting in harmony with the constituent body, the House of Peers is powerless ; and a Minister supported by a House of Commons thus acting could not be displaced though all the aristocracy of England were combined and arrayed against him. On the other hand, when a Minister, in seeking to strengthen himself in the House of Lords, loses the support of the House of Commons, or leads the House of Commons to lose that of the con stituent body, he undermines and destroys the founda tions of his power. This is the conduct which mini sters have latterly pursued. Influenced by early as sociations, and by the recollection of things that have passed away, Earl Grey has leant upon his order for support, forgetful that his order is not what it was. He has almost lost the substance, in grasping at what is now a shade. Let him take warning from the past, and let him take counsel from the enlightened noble man by whose aid he framed the Reform Bill, and who, of all our public men, seems most fully to com prehend its working. Lord Durham has shown, in his several public declarations, how accurately he can estimate the value of the new constituency, and how necessary it is to the peace of the country that the government should be placed in harmony with that body which returns a majority to the House of Com mons. This is the one thing needful. If the ministry be not re-constructed so as to effect this object, dissatis faction must increase, and other and sweeping organic changes will be demanded. It is no longer possible to stand still. The alternative is, the inclined plane or the_precipice—gradual improvement or revolution." Up to a late period last night no appointments or plan for the re-formation of the Cabinet had been determined. We believe that all the leading po pular members of the House of Commons, and a large majority of the representatives, are fully aware of the critical circumstances attending the dismem berment of the administration, and sensible that Lord Grey will stand in need of all the force which he can possibly combine in the existing state of parties and public opinion. Titular names and " middle men " will only form temporary jury masts, to be carried away by the first political storm. All personal and private considerations must be sus pended in the choice of the successors of the re tiring ministers. The exigencies of public affairs require the selection of public men in whom the na tional constituency and the reformed House of Com mons may place implicit confidence. All minor dif ferences of opinion—all petty jealousies and indivi dual objections, must give way to imperious necessity. A party ministry can no longer maintain itself in power or satisfy the nation. Whig, Tory, and Ra dical, are nick-names out of fashion, and no longer applicable as generic distinctions of public men. The country is divided into two sections of political sen timent—reformers and anti-reformers. A reform administration can alone hold the helm of the vessel of the state, rolling in the storm of European poli tics and rapid social changes. Five-sixths of the House of Commons are men of decidedly liberal opinions, and no member of a government of real promise and unquestionable reform character need fear his constituents, however divided and disap pointed the electors have been in the last twelve month§„ The British people are too sagacious not to discern their real interest ; their confidence has ever been liberally given when sincerely sought and really deserved. Lord Durham, Lord Radnor, Mr. Ellice, Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Lord Mulgrave, Lord Duncannon, Mr. Abercrombie, and many other eminent persons may be enlisted in the public ser vice. The selection and prominent position of such public men will alone obtain the confidence of the country under its present critical circumstances. Unless such decisive changes are made it would be far better to recall the departed Ministers; inferior successors would only insure bitter disap pointment and public odium. A numerous, power ful, well-organised, and preponderating class of the constituency—the dissenters—must be propitiated, and their reasonable claims to equal rights must be fully conceded. In this imminent political position of the country we again urge the general public conviction that a temporary, patchwork, juste milieu administration will do irreparable mischief, and come to an early and miserable end. A govern ment must now be formed re-uniting all sincere re formers, and consonant to the opinions of that de cided majority which demanded and successfully carried a reform of the representation—which re turned five-sixths of the members of the House of Commons ; and the reformers will ask throughout the country—who so capable and essential to meet the emergency of the times—to realize the objects of parliamentary reform, as Lord Durham, Lord Radnor, and other public men who have been the consistent advocates of civil freedom, and whose principles were adopted in the recent reformation of the representa tive system ? The Cabinet must have an infusion of energy and force, or under present circumstances it will be the weakest and shortest administration of modern times. There is one question which the people constantly ask—what is the use of parlia mentary reform, if men only are to be changed, and all the old abuses are to remain ? No Ministry formed upon the principle of giving this question the go-by can possibly be permanent. The Ministry must be in harmony with the nation ; and there is as little prudence and foresight in opposing the just demands of the people, as there is in a rash and precipitate overthrow of everything established merely because it is established. In fact, all history shows us that an obstinate resistance to reforms and improvements only tends to give additional impetus to innovation, whereby more extensive changes are made than wisdom would sanction, as the stream which is arrested in its course at last carries every thing before it. We have an example of this in Ireland, where blind resistance to the claims of jus tice has only precipitated the fate of the Protestant Established Church.—Morning Chronicle. " Mr. Stanley and Sir James Graham," says our contemporary of the Standard, " have resigned their respective offices, upon British and Christian principles. and set a noble example to future states men,—an example which will redeem the country, if any individual efforts of human virtue can have that effect." We adopt the sentiments and ex pressions of our learned and eloquent fellow labourer. Our approbation,—our confidence, — will not be wholly without value in the eyes of Mr. Stanley and Sir James Graham ;—for they know that we are not very ready to praise, nor very prone to trust. But, having gratified our feelings by the expression of our deep gratitude to these two men for the noble part they have played, we turn to exercise our judgment in the consideration of the results which the part so played by them will produce in the country. Hitherto the Mi nistry has been divided between two prin ciples. There have been the assailants of pro perty on the one side, the defenders of it on the other ; here were the lovers of monarchical institu tions, there the admirers of republican theories — Sir James Graham did not differ more widely from Sir Robert Peel than from Mr. Poulett Thomson ; Mr. Stanley was not more opposed to Sir Richard Vyvyan than to the " person discreditably known in the city on account of his connection with the Greek Loan." This division of opinion has often made the Ministry ridiculous, but it has more often made the Ministry powerful. The weight of public confidence which the Cabinet derived from the support of Mr. Stanley and Sir James Graham was very great. Sir James Graham, we are assured, conducts the business of an office with admirable judgment. Mr. Stanley, we know, masters the difficulties of debate with singular dexterity. But the reputation of the two friends for moderation and for integrity gave to the Cabinet a support which it could never have derived from all the in dustry of the one, or all the genius of the other. How many persons are there within - the circle which each of our readers best knows who have supported the government because of their reliance upon the worth and the wisdom of those who have now abandoned it. If a measure was denounced as revolutionary, how many were there to exclaim " Sir James Graham cannot be a friend to revolu tion." If a design was condemned as fraudulent, how many were there to reply, " Mr. Stanley can not be consenting to a fraud." But there is no longer a division of opinion in the Cabinet. In whatever manner it may be re-constructed, it is henceforth avowedly and unmixedly radical ;—in principle republican, in practice revolutionary. It would be a miserable delu sion to suppose that this question concerning the appropriation of the Irish tithe is the only question upon which one section of the Cabinet has been opposed to the other. Upon other topics of scarcely less momentous importance, we trace symp toms of equally distinct hostility. It is impossible to explain the tone used by the government upon the revision of the Pension List, upon the repeal of the Septennial Act, upon the adoption of the ballot, but by the hypothesis that upon these questions the intemperate precipitation of the one party was con trolled by the scrupulous morality of the other. The ministerial journals, for the most part, hold this language. They assert that the removal of the retiring ministers will produce an alteration not only in the course of the government upon the bill which has occasioned that removal, but in the general policy of Earl Grey's administration. At this juncture, therefore, it behoves every man who has supported hitherto this administration to consider well the grounds on which he has supported it. It behoves every man who has professed con fidence in the ministers to reflect in what individuals he has in fact confided. Many honourable and conscientious men have supported the administra tion : have they supported it in the anticipation of safe and moderate reform, or in the desire for cer tain and convulsive revolution ? Many noble and opulent individuals have placed trust in the minis ters : have they trusted Sir James Graham, in the best sense of the word a gentleman,—Mr. Stanley, in the best sense of the word an aristocrat,—or have they trusted Mr. Poulett Thomson, whom Manchester will not make a gentleman, and Lord J. Russell, whom birth has not made an aristocrat ? The choice may, must, now be made. For those who are honest enough and bold enough to leave the banners they have served under when they become unworthy of their service there can be no opportunity like the present. They have for their cause the assertion of the most solemn principle that ever was yet called into question by the temerity of political ambition. They have for their example the conduct of men wl.ose talents are universally acknowledged—whose probity is universally esteem-. ed. Those who call themselves moderate reform ers, those who deprecate violent measures, those who' shrink from causeless innovation, those, in short, who, loving liberty, value the Constitution, and, hating corruption, abhor also anarchy, can scarcely expect a fitter occasion for the profession of their faith than this, when their leader is Mr, Stan ley, and the Protestant Church their watchword.— Morning Post. Nothing certain is, we believe, yet known as to the filling up of the vacancies in the Administra tion ; many rumours are, however, afloat. To state them all would be endless and contradictory work ; we shall therefore content ourselves with noticing the arrangement which was most generally received, and which, upon the ground of rational conjecture, appears to have been most deserving of credit. To the names of Mr. Stanley and Sir James Graham, the original seceders, have since been added the Duke of Richmond and Lord Ripon. So far all is certain. But in the disposal of the vacant offices there is a great deal of doubt—at least, a great deal to justify doubt, until the authoritative announce ment shall have put an end to speculation. The following seemed to us the best guess of the day : Lord Althorp to take the Colonial-office, and Mr. Spring Rice to succeed him as Chancellor of the Ex chequer ; Lord Carlisle to be Privy Seal, in the room of Lord Ripon ; Lord Mulgrave to he Postmaster- General, in the room of the Duke of Richmond ; and Mr. Ellice or Mr. Abercron - ibie Lo he rirscLOrdoithe Admiralty, in the room of Sir James Graham. We should not wonder if the press had to congratulate itself on the accession of Lord Durham to the ministry, for his lordship's name was talked of as likely to come in. But this gives us more place men than places. So much for the prevailing rumours. Though the question which produced the rupture of the administration is of far more real importance than the patching and repairing to which it has given rise, the latter is of some im portance too, for on its strength or weakness will depend, In a great measure, the success of the question itself. Upon this, however, as we have already stated, all is mere conjecture. One thing, however, is certain, that unanimity in the cabinet with respect to the church and other questions is the object of the pending arrangement, and if that object be effected the strength of the government for good or for evil will be materially enhanced. They may be weaker in debate, but they will be stronger in purpose and in action. So much the more necessary is it that their proceedings should be narrowly sifted when they return to the helm of affairs.—Morning Herald. COURT OF CHANCERY, MAY 28. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL T. SHORE. His LORDSHIP had read the judgment which his Honour the Vice-Chancellor had delivered in this case. It appeared to have been corrected by his Honour, and it struck him, although the Unita rians said that they were entitled to participate in Lady Hewley's bequest, and although the Presby terians said that they were entitled, that he (the Lord Chancellor) and, what was of more impor tance, the House of Lords, might decide that nei ther of these sects were entitled, and that another party, might be called in. The parties ought to con sider, if they went on cutting each other's throats, that the Attorney-General might come in. If he (the Lord Chancellor)found the matter doubtful,he should call upon the Attorney-General and the heir at law of Lady Hewley. The Court had a power to adopt such a proceeding, as the House of Lords had ex ercised it in the Berkeley Peerage case, by order ing a party into Court, and by appointing the late Sir Thos. Plumer as his counsel, whose client was ultimately successful. Mr. RoLFE said that the party for whom he ap peared had been struck by the probability of the Attorney-General's coming in. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that at the times in question many very peculiar religious opinions had been entertained, and it was very probable that the present case would mainly turn upon what had been Lady Hewley's religious opinions. It was also pro bable that there might not be any such persons as the godly ministers of whom that lady had talked. He had made this observation, as it would be too late to consider the point when the matter had come to the House of Lords. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 28. THOMAS V. SAUNDERS AND ANOTHER. The Plaintiff moved in person for a rule to show cause why the Master should not review his taxa tion of costs. The action was brought by Mr. Thomas, an attorney at Carmarthen, against two magistrates of that county, for maliciously commit ting him to prison on a charge of felony, or rioting, during the last election. The circumstances of the case have been frequently before the public. The cause was removed by certiorari from Carmarthen to Gloucester, and the Jury found for the defen dants, on the ground that they had not acted mali ciously, but in error. The plaintiff having failed, the defendants, by the 7th Jac., cap. 5., w e re en titled to double costs. The Master, in his taxa tion, had doubled the costs occasioned by removal of the action from Carmarthen to Gloucester, and he submitted that the Master ought to review and greatly reduce the amount of costs. Mr. CHILTERN showed cause against the rule ob tained by Mr. Thomas.--Rule absolute. FORRE v. WAGNOR. Mr. KELLY moved to let aside the verdict in I this case, a nd en t e r a nonsuit. The action was brought by the plaintiff in forma pauperis to recove 901. A document was produced at the trial in the hand-writing of the defendant, in these terms : " Mr. Thomas Fosse—l 0 U the sum of 90/., havin borrowed that sum of you this day. "G. WAGNOR. " To be repaid in ten days." Before he (Mr. Kelly), who was counsel for the de fendant, could see the instrument, it was handed to a witness, who proved the hand-writing. In case he had seen it before it was read, he might have objected that it was a promissory note without a stamp, and therefore it could not be received. He was precluded from that objection after the contents had been read, but he now came before the court to snake the objection, and contended that the plaintiff ought to be nonsuited.—Rule refused. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAY 28. STULZ V. ANGF.RSTEIN. In this case, on Tuesday, when Mr. Sergeant STORKS was about to show cause against a rule ob tained by Mr. Sergeant SPANKIE for a new trial, the court advised that the parties should enter a stet processus. Arr. Sergeant STORKS to-day had consulted his client, who preferred having the judgment of the Court, and he begged to be heard against the rule. The Learned Sergeant contended that the jury who tried the case were adequate judges of its merits, and they, after much consideration, found a verdict for the defendant, thereby declaring that the sum which had been lodged in Court to meet the plain tiff's demand was sufficient. The sum claimed was 401., and that lodged was 161. He felt confident that the Court would protect minors, and would not countenance any tradesman who should pander to the extravagances of youth. Whatever might have been the station of society that this. young gentlenian moved in, five coats in ten weeks, were too much. The bill was extravagant in the ex treme ; two dress coats were charged at five gui neas and a half each, and two frock coats at 8/. ss. each, independently of an outside coat anda velvet waistcoat. Mr. Stulz ought to have made inquiries from the father of the defendant, who had within a very short period previous contracted debts with many of the west-end tailors. Mr. Justice BOSANQUET—I do not think five guineas and a half is too much for a dress coat. Mr. Justice PARK—Nor do I think the bill ex orbitant ; they were dress coats. Mr. Sergeant STORKS—Oh, yes, my Lords ; but Si. ss. is charged for three other coats. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE - Really, brother, the bill is not so exorbitant. Mr. Sergeant STORKS-It was left to the jury, and they found that it was, and that the sum of 161., lodged in Court, was quite ample to cover the plaintiff's demand ; therefore he hoped that the Court would not show favour to the tradesman who would pander to the extravagant follies of youth. Mr. Angerstein was a most extravagant young man. The„. LORD CHIEF JUSTlCE— B rother, who do you appear for ; is it not Mr. Angerstein ? Mr. Sergeant STORKS—It is, my lord. The LORD CHIEF JUSTlCE—Therefore don't libel your own client. Mr. Sergeant STORKS—LibeI him, my lord, I don't mean to libel him. His father will, in fact, have to pay all the costs and his debts ; besides, he is the ostensible plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant WILDE contended that the bill in question was a moderate one. What, were two dress coats and two morning coats too much for a young gentleman in the Guards, and who moved in the first circles of fashion, and those only got during the fashionable season, from the months of April to July ? He considered the present proceedings most disreputable. A young gentleman in the Guards, whose station is an introduction into society, resist.. ing his tailor's bill on the ground of minority, was not creditable. Mr. Sergeant SPAN KIE followed upon the same side. He contended that had the cause been tried by a ,ommon jury, who would have been better judges than a special jury, who did not try it on its commercial merits, but with a strong prejudice .against tailors' bills, the verdict would have been different. Mr. Justice PARK—There was, then, no tailor on _the jury? Mr. Sergeant SPANKIE—No, my lord, we had no measure of justice in that way. (Loud laughter.) Rule discharged. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Mr. Dorgan, a hatter, was brought before the LORD MAYon, a young woman, named Mary Neele, having sworn that It male baby, of which she was the mother, was his child. The girl said that she had had a mistake upon a former occasion, in consequence of the attentions of another person, but her first was dead. The de fendant, with the knowledge of that slip, made pro posals to her, which, as they were introduced with the aid of some brandy and water, she did not reject. Although she told him what would pro bably be the consequence, he seemed to disregard the danger until the mischief actually stared him in the face. He then suddenly " flared up," accused her of incontinence, swore that his judgment on the question was more accurate than hers, and re proached her with her kindness to him as a proof that she was equally indulgent to others. She, how ever, declared most solemnly that the hatter was the father, and she pointed at the goggle eyes, and little snub nose - of the child as proof positive of the fact. - The hatter said that if the child was really his, he would, with great pride and satisfaction, sup port it ; but he was convinced that there was not the slightest relationship between them. The lady had spoken of his fervent addresses to her ; but she and not he was indeed the seducer, and of her capabilities of drinking brandy and water he had witnesses in the justice-room. Here two women stepped forward, and declared that the young woman had all the accomplishments of a contraband trader in the commodity she carried in her arms. The LORD MAYOR asked one of these witnesses whether she did not keep a house where the sort of smuggling alluded to was carried on ? Witness— No, my Lord ; lam a responsible woman, as keeps a umbrella shop. The LORD MAYOR—And how did you happen to know that this young woman was so very bad? Witness—How did I know? Why I couldn't help knowing of it. Didn't she live under my roof ? The LORD MAYOR—Ay, I told you that your house was one the door of which was never shut against the stranger. Witness—Aw, your Lord ship, it's in sich a naughty neighbourhood that there's no getting of decent people to live in it, so we're obliged to take any as we can get. The LORD MAYOR—Then they have been together in your house ? Witness—Oh dear, yes, my Lord. I've opened the door for her myself when she corned to meet him, and I often told her she ought to be ashamed of herself. The Loan MAYOR—WeII, if she wanted any co nfirmation of her story, you have supplied it. I never heard a clearer case. Mr. Morgan—My Lord, I hope, as the matter is so doubtful, you will not call upon me to pay much. A shilling a-week is quite enough. The LORD MAYOR—I have no doubt upon my mind as to the strength of the case, and you must pay the expenses of the lying-in, and 3s. a-week for the support of your child. A young female of respectable appearance ap plied to the Loan MAY OR i n great di stress o f mind, and requested his Lordship's assistance under the following circumstances _ . Her husband had been for some time, she said, e mployed as a traveller for the house of Messrs. Bone and Swainson, fringe-manufacturers, of Ca teaton-street. In the month of October he went to the west of England, where he transacted business. The 25th of January, however, was the last day he bad been heard of by his employer or family. On that day he left his inn at Taunton and never re turned. It was ascertained that he had packed up his clothes as if for a long journey ; and he had ordered the waiter to prepare his bill, after which lie walked out, but did not return. In his trunks, besides his clothes, were the patterns which he took out with him to exhibit to the customers of the firm. The last communication made by him stated that he had just recovered from a severe illness. The LORD MAYOR said that all he could do in such a case was to request the assistance of the press, by means of which so many services were rendered to the cause of humanity. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday Robert Last, butler to Mr. Richard Mayne, of No. 30, Green-street, Grosvenor-square, one of the Commissioners of the Metropolitan Po lice, was brought up for final examination, charged with stealingplate belon g ing to his maste r . The prisoner declined saying anything, and was fully committed to Newgate for trial. J. Bond, who was charged on several warrants on Monday last, with keeping a common gaming house in the parish of St. James, known by the name of the Athenaeum Clubhouse, and who was committed to the New Prison, Clerkenwell, to give twenty-fours' notice of bail, was brought up, when, after some discussion between his solicitors, Mr. Taylor and Mr. Sutton, and Mr. Noel, the attor ney for the prosecution, Mr. Edward Fuller, coach builder, 77 and 78, Margaret-street, Cavendish square, and Mr. Joseph Labourn, Liveryman, New road, Sloane -street, Chelsea, were accepted, in the sum of 260/. each, for his appearance to take his trial at the ensuing Middlesex Session. The bail having been taken, Mr. Bond surren dered himself into the hands of some sheriff's officers who were waiting for him for estreats of former re cognizances. Ephraim Bond, the third brother was then brought forward on three warrants, charging him with being one of the proprietors of the said Athe naeum Club-house. Mr. Taylor, solicitor for the defendant, addressing the Magistrate, said that he thought a very great outrage had been committed on his client. Mr. Bond had that day attended at the chambers of Mr. Justice I'atteson to put in bail upon the three war rants(now produced ; but in consequence of one of the bail having described himself as a wine mer chant, without having yet received a license, he was refused, but the other was taken, Mr. Justice Pat teson remarking that he wo u ld g i ve M r. B on d t ill Friday to produce his other bail, and that during the interval he should have his (Mr. Justice Patte son's) protection, and be free from molestation. Mr. Bond had in consequence fearlessly come to the office that evening, to see his brother Joseph, when Mr. Noel, the attorney for the prosecution, who was present the whole time at the chambers of Mr. Jus tiacde P sa a i t d t , es p on ro , dhuacde,deotnhterarlyvatrro warrants s at t t a he ca g l e i n ar tl d e , m a a h n h officer of this establishment, and caused Mr. Bond to be detained. Mr. Noel with some warmth denied what Mr. Taylor had stated, and said that Mr. Justice Patte son gave orders merely that Mr. Bond should not be molested Nthile going in and out of his apartments. Mr. Taylor was then sworn as to the truth of what he had asserted ; after which Mr. Rawlinson declined interfering, and Mr. Bond and his friends left the office. THAMES POLICE. Yesterday Charles Collins, an Irish coal-whipper, was brought before Mr. BALLANTINE and Mr. COME, charged with attempting to murder a young waterman, named William Munns, belonging to New Crane-wharf, Shadwell, under very extra ordinary circumstances. It will no doubt be in the recollection of our readers that a few weeks since the prosecutor was attacked by a gang of Irish coalwhippers at the plying-place, who beat and kicked him in a most brutal manner, and left him for dead on the ground. For several weeks his life was despaired of, and on his discharge from the London Hospital three of the ruffians were committed to the C1er k...T....11 cession., ....hero the:• were after-mart:lz tried, convicted, and sentenced to two years' imprison ment. Since the trial the life of the prosecutor has been repeatedly threatened, and he has more than once been compelled to seek the protection of the magistrates and police. A good deal of the ill-feeling which prevails against Munns on the part of the coal whippers arises from a very general opinion that two of the parties whom he swore were concerned in the outrage took no part in it, and are suffering innocently. Previous to that affair, how ever, he had been very frequently ill-used by the coalwhippers, who, on several occasions, had evinced the most deadly hatred towards him. On Thursday night last he was on his way to New Crane-stairs between 11 and 12 o'clock, when, on passing through Newmarket -street, Wapping, he heard two men conversing. One of them said, "Is that Munn ?" and the other said it was, and ex-, claimed, " knife the —." He turned round and saw the prisoner with a clasp-knife in his hand, and he made a thrust at his breast, which he endea voured to avoid by striking out at him. The knife, however, penetrated his jacket, waistcoat, and shirt, and slightly grazed his skin. The knife was with drawn, and in doing so his breast was scratched, and his clothes were cut. He still kept hitting out, on which the other man came behind him and knocked him down, and while he was down he received a kick in the back, which took his breath away. He recollected no more until he was found by two men, who conveyed him to the station-house, and after wards to the hospital, where, in consequence of the severe injuries he had received, he was cupped. The contusions he received were very severe. Mr. Young confirmed the statement of Munns as to his being brought to the station-house, by two men. He put in a certificate from the hospital surgeons, stating that Munns had received many se vere contusions, and that there were some scratches on his breast when he was brought into the in stitution. Munns here stated that the policeman to whom he gave the prisoner in charge found a clasp-knife upon him. It corresponded with the one which he attempted to murder him with. Mr. BALLANTINE directed Munns to come on the bench, and show him where the knife had pe netrated his clothes. Munns did as he was ordered, and his jacket and waistcoat appeared to be cut. The scar on his breast was also visible. The Magistrate said he had had a very narrow escape of his life. _ The prisoner declared he was innocent, and that he could bring witnesses to prove he was somewhere else on the night in question. Munns was swear ing at random, as he always did. Munns, on being questioned by the magistrates, swore positively to the prisoner. Mr. BALLANTINE—Now, don't throw the dis credit on this man if you are not quite certain he made the thrust. As you hope for. mercy in heaven, is he the man or not? Munns—l have no doubt he is the man. Mr. BALLANTINE (to the prisoner)—You hear what he says, and I shall send the case to the ses sions, and let a jury decide whether you have done this atrocious act or not. If they find you guilty, you may expect the worst. You Irishmen often get'angry, and know how to forgive, but] will not. Munns said his life was in danger, and be was every night threatened with assassination. Mr. BALLANTINE—YOU had better get away from this neighbourhod, or I have no doubt you will be murdered. Mr. ComßE—Yes, they seem determined to take your life. The prisoner was then committed to Newgate on the capital charge. The following colloquy occurred at a meet ing held in the A bany-street district. It illustrates curiously Mr. Learmouth's idea of an abstract q" 5- tion :—" Had you been in Parliament, would you have supported the Wellington Administration ?" swk? d a : gentleman. " That," replied the ex-Provost, .1s abstract question, which I beg to declin e answersn g. —Scotsman. Per Quarter. Abingdon Andover aridport Cirencester Guildford licrefEird Ilighwortli Nlontnoutli— Readin-, Southampton Stroud rewkesbnry Uxbridge Warminster Windsor - Worcester-. 8. to S. 62 81 48 55 56 58 56 74 44 52 54 86 48 74 54 83 53 62 62 8u 56 68 62 64 40 66 42 54 54 58 64 78 48 74 58 80 44 52 48 5. S. to S. S. to S. 31 43 22 30 21; 31 28 30 40 16 22 32 36 26 30 23 26 18 25 36 40 26 34 23 32 26 35 35 al 20 30 26 32 26 32 32 42 28 34 34 44 22 30 30 32 130 32 22 36 14 26 26 23 19 21 33 40 128 32 37 38 22 32 34 — i 30 38 26 34 20 26 27 32 17 23 24 32 22 21 21 22 32 36 24 26 LEWES MAR K ur.- May 27. White Wheat (per quarter)--- £2 9 oto £2 12 0 Red 2 6 0 2 8 0 Barley--; Oats, !dew,..,,,, Pea5e.,....,. Oil Cake, New, CHELTENHAM Per Bushel. a . d. to s. d Wheat Par ey 3O 39 atts 26 33 Bans Pease Hay 3/. ills 1 10 0 18 1 16 12 0 it 0 01 1 0 0 0 0 per thnijosd• MA It Ik ET. —May 27. 0. to i t. Pei lb. tit 7, Beef 7 • . Mutton Veal Pork .. 0 7 Lamb to 3/. lss. nd. peg tw____L___• NULL M A ILK E'f.—May a Wheat, Ohl 0- 47 1 . —s. 403. 445. Nuw ...... --s. 4 5...... -- Foreign —s. 51 , 5. 545. ln bond... —s. —s ' Oats, Poland Small or Feel.... —i. leis. 2.0 s Foreign —s. Pis. 18s —s —s. "74' Barley, Norf. & SW... —s 28s. 30s. lane. & %Vold —S. '2ss ts. Foreign Beans 30s. 325. ass Foreign Tease, White s 325. 1745. Grey —. 275. 308. Faros -S. -s. --.11 Foreign —B. —B. —g• Rapeseed. in item' none. NORWICH, May 24. Wheat (per qr.) ... 4ns 52g. tills. Beans (per qr.) ......3'ls 345. Mirley -.- 2.15. 265. 365. )'ease, Grey.......--. 36* 41s. )ats --,--- 20s 92, *24s Flour. fine (per gaek) 41. 41s CANTEIIIti lit, May 2i. Wheat, white--. 575. to 635. to red— 48s. to 6 s Old —s. to Barley, Malting 263 to :325. Grinding.. to 21s. Oats `2l)s. to ::5s —. Old.— thus. to 28s. Beam. 31s to 35a ...owe. . to ••••S• I ease to 365. •••••••• Grey 30s. to 348. MANCHESTER, May 24. Wheat, per 701 b. Bs. Od. to Bs. 9.d. Red 7s. 9.1. to S , : 34 ' Barley, per 60lb 5 0 5 6 Oats 3" 3 2 !leans, per Imperial quartcr Pease, White, per Imperial bushel 5 0 5 7, .Halt, per I i Imperial bushels 3B 0 4:1 „- Hour, per Sack ...f 12801 b..... 4O 0 46 ' 11K ETS. ri E.—FRIDAY, May ~ r 3 From •I•oAveragoe 349 Wheat, per barrel 2ft stone 20 0 29 0 25 0 0 Rene..,.....---- 111 stone 0 -- 0 0 Hi stone 13 6 -- 0 1.379 Oats 12 stone 11 0 j 5 0 13 0 16,091 Cwt. stonel 6 0 18 0 2 95'i Oatmeal—. 8 stone 10 0 14 0 .- so!d to lZakers only. A U v w er L ag l e l lTiCe of Wheat and 1?"1 3 otir 0 38.• 4 • l7 ..l' ie e r d sa t c o lks isa. s ()d. First. from 16b• • • Ott • i s ti 3 ; e e s l3 Vs of M o n 1 1 6 4,59 )4 6 sec : o a;••••-• -- , from 1 3 . , • f)11. to ios ta• Thirds, -- from to. • • IRISH MA DUBLIN MARKET No PRICE OF /MEAD dd. —744.1. I Half tl Quarter CORK MARKETS.—May N. - 9d Wheat (per 9.05 t.) Ilar:ev per I6st.) Oats (per 14st.) Flour per cwt.) 6 0 16 6 Oatmeal (per cwt.) lO o 11 0 Beef, 50. to litl.; Mutton, sd. to 60. ; Veal, &l. to Pd.; Pork, 20. to ~.10. ; Fresh Butter, 10d. to 12d. per lb. PRICE OF BUTTER. _ _ Quartern Loaf. To the Merchants. To the Country. First Ctiullty.. Second 'I bird Fourth Fifth Sixth CLON ME LL MA HKETS —May 23. Per Cwt • d s. 0. s. d. s. 0 . b. 0 New Butter 72 0t073 0 Hides (raw) S o oto - 6 Oatmeal 11 0 11 13 Bacon Pigs ......... 2.4 0 e. 0 %tendered Lard 36 0 II I 'cad ' 17 0 --- Per Bag. 0 O 3,011.1 our, Thirds 25 0 -- --' 0 1) 20 4 ';--- Fourtlis 14 0 Per Barrel. _, 0 R apesee d 20 0 0 Barley ......... .. —.ll 6 -, . 4 Bere 10 0 11 0 Coals 3'2 Per Stone. 5 9 O 1 3T a llow (rough)... 5 6 ~ , et 0 S li Potatoes O3l 0 Per Pound. O 1 21Allitt011 ... 6 3 0 41Vea l Flour, Second .. - -- Household— Wheat Oats Fresh Butter 1 Beef U KILKENNV.—Buttet itii to 78s. per cwt. ; per barrel ; Flour 13s to 0 9s. per bag; Oats 10s to Ifs par bar rel ; Barley 11s, to 13s. ; 13cef3d. to aid. per lb.; Mutton to ; Potatoes 4d. per stone; Coals Is, Id. Wheat s 20s. to 245. per cwt.; Bat,vo sl'iF 112 s. to ::4s. Od, ref cwt. ----- MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL•STREET. (From the London Gazette.) T bier JJD Hunter, 0,1 7 m; b : k r ii ! m s : 1 1 1 1 ci e7 n : i , 1 e 1 ef.0..: ..................Co.. ....Co.. ...... .................. ..... ..... W. A. Jarrin, confectioner, Quadrant, Regent-street 5 I M. Wertheim, foreign warehouseman, kriday-street.:,..,, Binstead, cigar-dealer, Southampton-bi.ildings, ri' m 11 born ........................................ ................. ............. srN DS. 0. H. F. Mul ett, merchant, St . D Mary-Axelll E N ................. ..................... 13 W. P. Meeke, merchant, Basinghall-streetv; .............. ........ J. Simpson and W. G. Fairman, factors, Old ............. 3 J. Rolfe, maltster, Bishop's Stottford ....... • .................... T. Mair, merchant, Broad-street-buiidi Lo ngs , ; ( l• o ;; .................................. H. M. Bird and B. Savage, merchants, J. Cowie, insurance-broker, Warnford.courl .... ; ................... H. Emanuel and Co., iurriers, Leman-street, . it fields .......... ............... .. ......................................... G. Beehy, dealer, London-wall ............................... BIRTHS'. te o oze , On the 22d inst., at the Rectory Kingstone ..- , a ,- .& n f 11 , Berk', the lady of the Rev. James Forbes Josvottt - daughter. r F atici ° On the 25th inst., in Waterloo-place, 31P * - Rivington, of a son. f Do' On the 27th inst., at Ilighbury-terrace, the lady 0- jamin Laurence, Esq., of a (laughter. norset - On the 26th inst. Mrs. Thomas Whi tmo re, of place, Clapham-roal of a daughter. of On the 23d inst., , the lady of the Rev. J. Wasoot Doddington, Kent, of a daughter. lad} ° f On the 28th inst., in Bruns‘sick-sq u re, the John Cortazzi, Esq., of a son On the 28th inst., at B et- lED.' Lukegsston, Jamaica, solici- ThomaS Farquhar Hill, Esq.. S ' 01. tient' of Richard Simpson , tor, to Anna Maria, won lau g h vood• Esq., of Elm-grove, Nor,,_ n i e y, the Rev. Edward \Talc(' On the 27E11 inst., at "" e j Vaux, Esq., of Upper Mon; M.A., eldest son of Edwar to Emily, fourth daughter of tagu-street, Russell-squarme,e, Rector of Shenley, and Vi ce the Rev. Thomas Nev"-° of Tottenham. at Foot's Cray Church, Arthur a°s" On the 28th inst., ust s ' f the Royal Horse Artillery, to AuvarY sett, Esq., 0 - - Thomas Morgan, Esq., o ' f St • daughter of the Church, Norwood, Cray, Kent. lED. Henr yp oring, On the 25th inst., in the Circus, Bath, .. 85 , h year. E s q., of the Lee, Great Missenden, Bucks, in hit o ly son of O n the 27th inst., at Clifton, Arthur Job' s a nd two William Buckler Astley, Esq., aged ten Y mo nths. t Chas. Norton, On the 25th inst., at Hawkhurst, Ken ' - 3lecklenburgh- Esq., of Great Winchester-stree t an square, London. , lianover-squartet On the 27th inst., at St. George 5, Earl of Belmor, e, 0 Viscount Corry, eldest son of the - lcri cl ' herd, Esq., of Bradbourne, 'Kent. . ton 1r" Isling , On the 28th inst., in York-place, Emily Louise, youngest daughter of the late VC Thorowgood, Esq. ' agaetdh4e7r.son's house, at Wingua , a 0 1 hirYt On the 25th inst.,. thtlav, Mrs. Miller, of Canter:t" the eve of her 82d bt! Mr' ' l:;conard Miller. She wa - y e widow of the late Of whom General Miller, of th e mother of eight sons, is the youngest. 'bi t ' ruvian service,.. t L - - - Lewi s .° On the 27th inst., a ores ; Sussex, Mrs. 1 i formerly of Ashford, Kent, in her 77th year. Lo g, le , • • on the 26th inst., at Earl's -court, Brompton , 311. ' a ged 76. i wife ef On the 27th inst., in Sackville- street; Parnco William Reader, Esq., of Banghurst-house, tiaras. illiam Shep- Londont Printed And Publielted by MUIID O It ° at the Son Office, No. 112, Strand* THE MARKETS. CA s. d. A'lair'x 17 0 B.shop's Main„-- 14 6 Dean's rtinirose 15 0 Ncrcy 14 6 Ellison Low Alain 14 9 I'clling Main--...- 15 0 11 , ,1y wen 15 0 Pontop Windsor 16 6 I at, West Hartley.. 16 0 Willington Wylain -----... 17 6 walls End BewickeSt Co. IS 0 Walls Erd 16 3 W.4ls End carr and Ca. 16 3 W.E. Clarke an 15 3 Walla End Hilda- 16 6 Ships arrived - since 1, May 1."8. Per Tun s. Walls End 16 3 Walls End Killingworth I 6 6 Walt End Newnn. »» 16 6 Walls End Peareth.--... 13 0 Walls End l'erkins....... 16 (1 %%ails End Riddell% --. 17 ti Walls Ehd Braddyll's...... 18 3 Wals End Htifdti 18 9 Walls End Lambton « l Wall, End stewart' , .....—.. Dixon's Butterknowl-- 16 n Walls End Adelaide.--» 16 9 W. E South Durham.. 1 6 9 Walls End 'fees 18 0 Hartley 15 North Hartley ----- 14 0 Silkstone Wilson ........,..» 15 6 market-day, tit COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat, Barley, l'ill S. beaus. e. tt , I. 33 -- __ as 5! , 38 37 - 41 - 51 36 - 39 Av 734 44 3 1, 45 35