The Sun. — London, England, 1827-09-19 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. A letter on the subject of Greece has been placed in our hands for insertion. It bears the signature of Mr. Blaquiere, who has already shown zeal and activity in the cause of the Greek people, and with the solicitude which he mani fests in this letter for the final success of their struggle against the Turkish power, we are sure that every Englishman will most deeply sympa thise. At the same time it does not appear to us very evident, what steps the author of the present address would recommend to be taken in favour of the unfortunate Greeks. If he means another loan, it will be necessary to satisfy the public with regard to the honour as well as the discretion of those by whom the funds so raised are to be administered. The last loan, without being of the slightest benefit to Greece, was, to England and other Christian countries, a dis grace which can hardly ever be obliterated. And in what hands could the proceeds of another contribution be vested, with the joint concur rence of the British creditors and of the Greeks who borrow? There are no Greeks, either civil or military, in whom, whatever may be Mr. Bla quiere's feelings, any man of business in this country would repose confidence for the value of a ten-pound note ; nor, from the jealousies, in trigues, and animosities of which every part of Greece affords such lamentable proof, can we persuade ourselves that there are any British subjects whom the body of the Greek nation would agree to name as trustees of a fund, for the amount of which they and their children must be responsible hereafter. Lord Cochrane and General Church, devoted as they have been to the cause of liberty and to the Greek service, are loaded with the foulest abuse that corrupt and envious faction can, disseminate. They would, probably, be rejected as trustees—nor alight they to accept the office. However willing, we might be, therefore, to submit the proposi tion of further voluntary and individual succour, to ptomote any warlike enterprise of our own gallant cnuntrymen, we must be excused from xecon3mending another attempt at borrowing a um, of money on behalf of Greece, under the notion of a single farthing of principal or interest being repaid within any definite period. The intervention of the great Allied Powers must be the real and only hope of ultimate safety for the Greek nation. If the treaty of intervention be immediately and vigorously acted upon, nothing can impede the success of Greece, or endanger her independence--at least her independence of the Turkish sway. If that treaty be but a noisy menace, nothing else that has yet been suggested can save'her. With regard to the final object of the treaty, in its effects upon the Turkish empire, should the Divan yield with a good g race, it may probably be to secure for a time the dominion of the Porte over the rest of her Eu ropean provinces by the sacrifice of Greece, which, governed as it has been, is perhaps the least substantially profitable among them. If the Porte thoula:do more than bluster, and make actual resistanes to the Allies, the loss of Greece may prove that pottion of her calamities which she will think it least worth while to mourn.— Times. The disturbances in Spain have at length be come the subject of official consideration. In the Patis Papers of Sunday, we have a circular from the Spanish Minister of War to the Cap tain-General of Catalonia, containing a history of the Catalonian insurrection, and an account of the objects and pretexts of those who are con cerned in it. The extent of the danger has com pelled the Goverment to break silence. Kings very frequently allow themselves to be persuaded that they know much better what is good for each one of their subjects than he does himself, and thus, in their paternal care, they prescribe to him in what manner he shall prosecute his trade or calling, what books he shall read and what not, what opinions he shall entertain, and so forth. it is not to be expected, however, that Kings should have a monopoly either of self-conceit or benevolence, and accordingly it is found, that subjects take it into their heads oc casionally that they know better what is good for Kings than Kings themselves do, and wish to enlighten them as to the delusions under which they labour, and to free them from the false friends by whom they are surrounded. It is delightful to see so much benevoience in the world. Kings enlightening their subjects by fire and faggots, and subjects making war on Kings for their own sake, and even bringing them to the block, from their ferveiit regard to loyalty. The King of Spain seems a good deal at a loss how to deal with subjects so benevolently inclined towards him. For " the conspirators," it is said in this circu lar, " issued proclamations, in which they dared, with unexampled temerity, to manifest the de sign of tearing the King from the captivity in avhich he is held ; they did not fear to point to she approaching annihilation of Royalty, if not ipported by their efforts." Again :—" The excess of audacity which characterises these de signs, is to pretend that his Majesty is the slave of the faithful servants who surround him—au impious and odious artifice, not less derogatory from the Royal authority than from the Royal dignity, a nd which can have no other object for result, than the sowing division among loyal Spaniards, and weakening the Royal authority in the midst of civil war, and de vin prig it of the energy and the means by which it resisted the efforts of the revolutionists who really oppressed his Majesty from 1820 to 1823." This is not such a izew piece of tactics as his Spanish iVja hesty's Mini sters would have u s to believe it is ; for istory informs us that most rebellions in modern times-have been uodertaken out of pure friend ship for Kings, their rebellious subjects being al ways better judges of the friends and advisers fit ting for them than they themselves are. It would be veryfoolish in any men to assign evil intentions to wards their Sovereign as a motive, when the assign ing. of good intentions will serve them better ; for there are always people in the world so veryfoolish as to be the dupes of pretexts, and to lay aside dis guise might risk the loss of such fools. It seems, accordingly, to be an understood matter in the world now, that there are no enemies. Wherever a man turns he finds persons anxious for his good ; the Magistrate sends the rogue Co the tread-mill for his good ; and even the Inqui sition burns the sinner's body merely for the good of his soul. Our own Sovereign has, like others, experienced the zeal of friends , anx i o us, above all things, to serve him, by surrounding n it with Counsellora who have the interest o f o op y nly at heart ; and who only take the friendsaef violating his privacy---and libelling his have in si3 r a zthe exce s s o f their loyalty. We principle.of.pregnant proof of the folly of that rogate to a. C omxitte Holy Alliance which would'ar . • guardianship of e of Sovereigns an universal foreign interfereneeilTstins The tenancy , of always mischievous. When a nation is left to each other as to itself, th e parties, after doing _chief as possible, come, in time, to a sort of compromise; and the in9ile ration of the party in authority is ensured by the dread of having the party not in authority on their hands. Philanthropists may talk as much. as they like about benevolence, but mankind owe much more to their fear than their love of each other. But when Foreign Governments inter fere, they of course espouse the side of one party, and the reliance placed by such party on this assistance deprives 'it of the moderation engendered by fear, and necessarily creates dis affection by creating and aggravating abuses. The experience of all ages and countries bears testimony to the truth of this position. In the East Indies the native Governments rub on tolerably well, till we take the Princes under our protection ; but the moment a Prince knows that he is backed by the British power, he lays aside all discretion in his oppression, his country be comes a desert, and we are at last obliged, to save the territory from utter destruction, to incor porate it with the rest of our territories. To take an illustration nearer home—the oppression of the Irish has only been carried to that dis graceful height that makes Ireland the reproach of the British name throughout the world, from England freeing the Irish Squirearchy and Orangemen from all dread of the consequences of their oppression. So long as England chooses to amuse itself by paying soldiers t o a ll ow th e Irish Squire to oppress with impunity, so long will he oppress. But the impudent swaggering tyrant, i f left to hims e lf, wou ld soon b e tamed into better manners, and forced to respect those who could retaliate. The Holy Alliance allowed themselves to be hurried away by an exaggerated fear of de mocratical revolutions to the adoption of a policy which inevitably leads to revolution. —Nations, so far from being disposed to revolution, are, on the contrary, disposed to bear with their evils too patiently. The great security of Governments, is the dread of an in dustrious population of the losses and sufferings which would ensue from an interruption of the general tranquillity. In England, when the mass of the people were ignorant and dependent, a few discontented Barons or Priests could at any time excite a rebellion ; but, let any evil-disposed persons in the present day attempt to disturb the peace, and every man who has a house over his head, and a wife and children to protect, will in stantly range himself on the side of authority.— If a people, therefore, be at all protected in their persons and property, they will never rise against their Government. The King of Prussia, th most absolute Sovereign in Europe, is hardly to be distinguished in his capital from any of his subjects, and the military force consists prin cipally of armed citizens. Denmark is another absolute Government, but it is impossible for any Government to rest on a more secure foun dation, The dread of democratical rebellion is of all chimeras the wildest. Spain was not dis turbed, because democratical doctrines were ad dressed to the people ; but democratical doctrines were addressed to the people because the country was disturbed. The elements of discord had long existed, and will continue to exist long in the country. " The social system was falling to pieces, and the people were every where in that state, which invites to revolt, for their situation could not be made worse ; and a mass of igno rance called forth as usual the unprincipled to take advantage of it. Had the holy advisers been able to read as they ought, the signs of the times, they would have seen, that so far from strengthening either Spain or themselves by their interference, they would weaken both. They would weaken Spain by aggravating the evils of misrule, and preventing a natural remedy ; and weaken themselves by exhibiting to the world their own gross ignorance of the principles of government. As to -Trance, the immediate agent in this grand course prescribed by the Holy Alliance, there is no saying what the con sequences yet may be to her. She has entangled herself in such a manner that she can neither ad vance with safety nor recede with honour. As to the idea of occupying Spain permanently, we will do the French statesmen the justice to be lieve that this vision never entered their heads. The expence of occupying Spain permanently against the will of the inhabitants—that is, of governing and administering it as a dependency of France, would be so great, as in twenty years to involve the French finances in ruin—and fi nancial difficulties are the parents of revolution. But with what decency, can France, which in vaded Spain under the colour of restoring tran quillity, withdraw her troops at a moment when civil war is raging? Irshe then takes a part in the war, the evil will still be aggravated, and from step to step, she may be led involuntarily to take possession of the country, and thus endanger her own safety.--Morning Chronicle. Among the improvements required in Lon don, we know of none more obvious than the one pointed out in a Paris letter in our Paper of yesterday—viz., the providing one more spa cious places of sepulture in the outskirts of the town, in lieu of the present reprehensible prac tice of burying nearly all who die in the metro polis within the very heart of it. The disgust ing exhumation which is now taking place near St. Martin's Church, and the many other simi lar violations of the dead, which necessary changes in various parts of the metropolis have occasioned, would all have been avoided, had general burial-places on the outskirts of the town been, as they ought to have been, long since re sorted to, Of cQ4rse, as the population in creases, the method we advari iR becomes every day doubly necessary ; and we wonder it has never occurred to the successive Bishops of London, weir called upon to consecrate vari ous small spaces as additional burial-grounds, how much more desirable it would be to see the burials removed altogether to separate and en larged spaces, where neither rPligzon nor hu manity would be outraged by the disturbance which now takes place; while, above all, the health of the metropolis would be preserved against t i lie pestilence which now " walketh at noon-day." We are iiot prepared to enter into the details of the matter, Which we are aware admita of various suggestions, and which would not be wanting were plans called for and encou raged by Government. On the whole, we should say that the plan p ursue d i n P ar i s appears to b e the best, and that this is one of those improve with great propriety copy . ments which we might from our neighbours. If their living hells are not beneath our imitation, surely their mode of disposing of the dead is at least as worthy of our regard.—Monzing Herald, It is proposed to put in force more strictly the laws in respect to public hous es , an d t h e Lord - Mayor is highly praised for his - activity in that respect. We grant the purity of the - Lord Mayor's motives, and we contend that he is at the same time the greatest friend to those houses that they ever found. lie is, in fact, giving a monopoly of night business. Let not the pub lic be so silly as to imagine that penalties will ever put them down. Penalties will only ay a per tentage to their bills—they will calculate on fines, and charge accordingly. Forfeit their li censes, it will be equally' n vain. So long as there are funds to purchase wine, wine will be sold after el even o'clock as readily aibefore .; all the difference possible is, that it will cost more ; and by the limitation of the number of those who 1 sell, and the increasing of the hazard of selling, ' the trade will fall into less scrupulous and more disreputable hands. It is precisely the same with gaming houses. They encourage cheating, because, under the penalties annexed to them, they will not otherwise pay. It is folly to sup pose that men will not game if they feel inclin ed, because the law declares against gaming houses. There is more money, we believe, lost by gaming in England in one year, than in France in half-a-dozen, although in the former it is carried on in defiance of the law, and in the latter under its sanction. We desire not to be mistaken. We are as heartily opposed to drunk enness, and gaming, as the most zealous of our contemporaries, and as desirous of seeing those vices put down, but we look for that consumma tion not to enactments, but to manners. Both of them are vices of ignorance, and its conse quent—with all who are above the necessity of manual labour—idleness. Both have prevailed in the country, at former periods, to a much greater extent, and we look confidently to the general diffusion of education, and to the taste it gives for the purest stimulus—intellectual recreation — for their ultimate extinction. In the mean time, whatever be adopted in respect of gaming houses, we should wish that places of enter tainment should be allowed to regulate their hours of shutting up by the requirements of their customers, and that while men will drink they should be allowed to drink, under the protection of honest landlords. The crime against which the fears of the respectable part of the community are chiefly directed, is theft in all its forms, the besetting sin of the poor. The grand cause of this crime is poverty, to which there is no remedy to propose, but the grand en couragement is the facility which pawnbroking offers to the disposal of plunder. The fence drives a hazardous trade, and he must be ensured at a high premium. The thief makes little by dealing with him ; and the young thief seldom knows where to seek him, when he is inclined to ask his assistance ; but the pawnbroker's shop stares him in the face at every turn. Many of these are kept by men of respectable character and unimpeachable honesty, to whom, in fact, the public owe much gratitude, for scarcely a day passes over that thefts are not discovered by their means. Many of them also are kept by men who as richly deserve hanging as the most practised robber. These melters of spoons and metamorphosers of watches, encourage more vice than all the gin-shops and vulgar hells in town. We would not propose the suppression of pawnbroking; for though we consider time good it affords infinitely less than the evil it in flicts, we know the system to be too deeply fixed to admit of present remedy. We would . , however, suggest a plan by which it might be converted into an active and useful instrument of police, to which plan, though it might impose a small additional labour, we should hope respect able pawnbrokers would not object. We would call on every pawnbroker to deliver, every morn ing, to the clerk of the police office of his dis trict, a correct list of the goods pawned during the previous twenty-four hours, described in such a way as might lead to their identification, which list, on complaint being made of a theft, might be immediately referred to. It is true that this might seem hard, inasmuch as when it led to she restoration of, stolen goods, the pawnbroker would be made the author of his own loss ; but that consideration would not weigh, we are as sured, with the honest part, and the rest have no right to have their interests consulted in such cases. To give effect to such a regulation would require some details, but these do not appear to us to present any difficulty worthy of particular notice. The value of this plan is, that while it bids fairer to prevent theft, or, where perpetrated, to crush it in the bud, than any remodelling of the watching system, it leaves the freedom of the community entire, on which a stricter police could not possibly fail to trench. While attend ing to the preventive portion of the police, - we would also observe on its powers of punishing. We consider the plan of sending every case of theft, however paltry, to the Sessions, as involv ing two evils. It converts boys comparatively innocent, into matured villains, by the previous imprisonment which it inflicts, and it burdens the Sessions with such a number of cases, that the more grave do not obtain that deliberate at tention which they merit. Wherever, therefore, a petty larceny is not accompanied with aggra vated circumstances, and where the article stolen does not exceed a few shillings in value, we can see no possible harm in giving two Magistrates a summary jurisdiction ; and, in respect of boys not exceeding a certain age, we should most strenuously recommend the restoration of the punishment of private whipping. That punish ment was abrogated in consequence of the most nonsensical and unfounded clamour that ever was raised. We are persuaded that a sound flog g ing under the inspection of a Magistrate, w ou ld do more to deter a young rogue from diving into his master's till, or his pocket, than all the tread mills that ever revolved.—New Times. We understand that the receipts of the Lei cester Musical Festival have been 4;647/. 3s. 11d. The expenses, as far as they can be at present aseertained, appear to be about 3,500/. ; thus probably leaving a balance of 1,1001. in favour of the c harities.—Leicester Chronicle. On Monday morning, about two o'clock, a respectable stock-broke r, who resides at the west end of the town, baying sacrifieed too freely at t h h is e w sl a ir y in iom e l of wa s endeavourin g t o fi n d e St. James's Park, when, being overcome by the narc otic p ot ations in which he had indulged, he sat d own on one of the ben c h es , rec lining himself on his ri g h t s id e, in order to enjoy a comfortable snoose. He could not have been in this situation long before Thomas Grist,. one of the Bow-street patrol, happened to pass, and his attention was parti cularly attracted by seeing a female, most fa shionably dressed in black silk, sitting alongside of the gentleman, whose left waistcoat and trow sers pockets he perceived were turned inside out ; he instantly questioned the female, who replied, , that s h e was ta ki ng car© o f th e gentle man s property for him ; she had got his silver spectacles, handkerchief, and some other articles. Grist immediately awoke the gentleman, who was extremely surprised at the appearance of his fair guardian, whom he had never seen before in his life. Fortunately he had reclined on his right side, which contained a considerable sum of money, and which he found was all right, or it might have very possibly turned out a bear account. The gentleman having got back his property, wa4soCll safe home by the officer. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. • BOW-STREET.—Yesterday, a woman, decent in her appearance, although evidently in reduced circumstances, whose name it appears is Catherine•Malion, applied to Sir RICHARD BIRNIE, complaining that Sir Gregor Nl' Gre gor, with whose name the public _are so familiar, had detained her box, 'containing a variety of articles and 2501. in money. The poor woman made a long and, rather unconnected Statement, from which, however, we are enabled to supply the following afflicting and somewhat romantic narrative. It appears that her husband was a colour-sergeant in the sth Regiment of Foot, and had seen a good deal of ser vice in the Peninsular war. He left the army soon after the general peace, and having amassed some little property, he commenced business as a publican, in the city of Lime rick, of which place lie was a native, the applicant herself having been born in Dublin. Business went on extremely well with them, until, unfortunately, her husband was seized with a desire of joining the South American pa triots, and the fame of General McGregor having spread far and wide, in an evil hour he was induced to dispose of a thriving business and enrol himself with many of his townsmen, in a regiment which was then raising in Lime rick, under the immediate command of a Colonel Eyre, who was said to be the accredited agent of the Prince of Poyais. The inducements held out to those who joined the patriotic cause were most flattering. Commissions were sold for comparatively trifling sums, and the agent of M'Gregor guaranteed to the purchasers, that on reaching St. Domingo, the General would ratify their commissions, and forward them at once to the main army, where fortune and glory were sure to await them. On the faith of these promises, her husband embarked his all, converting every thing to money, and taking with him herself and their two children. The regiment having soon completed its num ber, they set sail for the land of promise ; and having reached St. Domingo, found General Sir Gregor M'Gre gor there waiting to receive them with three more ships, containing men also. Having delayed some time for a sup ply of ammunition and provisions, the expedition, which was entirely under the• command of M'Gregor, set sail for the South American coast, in order to attack a fortified town, then in the hands of the Royalists, and the capture of which was an object of great desire to the General. (The applicant forgot, she said, the name of this place.) The troops were landed, and the town was soon besieged. Several smart skirmishes took place, and the fire kept up by the Royalists caused considerable havoc amongst the besiegers. General M'Gregor planned each attack, but, according to the applicant's state. ment, he was particularly careful of his own person, and took the precaution, whenever the fire from the batteries commenced, to row as fast as possible to the ships in a light canoe, which he kept for that purpose, lest a stray shot Should deprive the army of its precious head. 1 The men were indignant at such conduct, and even," said the applicant, "the women who remained for safety on shipboard, cried shame upon the General, and declared they would duck him." The town was attacked three times, and on each occasion the General took refuge in the ships. At last it was carried by storm, and a general pillage commenced, in which Sir Gregor was particularly active, reserving to himself a considerable portion of the spoils, and placing sentinels over those places where the richest property was hid, in order to reserve it for himself. This, and his subsequent conduct, raised a considerable prejudice against him. Ou that night the town was recaptured, and those who could fly were forced to do so at a moment's notice, and at the peril of their lives. The applicant's husband was killed, and she herself escaped, she said, concealed in a box which was put on board a galley, attached to which was a small boat, in which were her two children. Having sailed a short die tance from the coast, she left her hiding place just in time to rescue one of her children from a watery grave, the little boat in which they both were having nearly upset owing to the roughness of the sea. Before she left the town, being unable to save any thing except her own life and those of her children, she left her box, containing, as she be fore stated, a good deal of property and money to the amount of 2501.—she could swear to that sum,—in the hands of General M'Gregor, who promised faithfully to preserve it for her. She was then conveyed to a place which she called Barra C.antara Vittoria, where she suf fered the greatest possible distress, being literally without a friend or a shelter for herself and children. She was far advanced in pregnancy. at the time, and soon after gave birth to a child in the open fields, and without a single comfort. Pier destitute condition at length excited the compassion of some humane persons who resided at the place which she named ; and through their kind exertions, after burying the infant to which she had given birth, it having died six weeks after, she was provided with a passage in a ship bound to Jamaica, at which place she arrived in safety with her two children, and a part of her unfortunate companions, who, with herself, had survived the ill-fated expedition in which so many had perished. The applicant then stated, that she re turned to Ireland, and lived for some time in Dublin, where, through the kindness of Colonel Thornton and sonic other gentlemen whom she named, her two boys were ad mitted, into the Hibernian School, where they now were. Having thus provided for her children, she came to Eng land, and resided for some time in Gloucester. She was now living, she said, at a Mrs. Mann's, near the Blue Anchor, in Greenwich, nearly opposite the Hospital, where she endeavours to earn a subsistence by needle-work. She produced a variety of ,letters and certificates' of cha racter, all which bore marks of being authentic. She had been, she said, to the South American Consul, but without success ; and she had endea voured, but in vain, to discover the residence of General M'Gregor, in order to have her property restored to hei; and hearing that he had lately been to this office, she came for the purpose of stating her case to the Ma gistrates, in order to obtain their advice and assistam:v.— She could swear to the 'money which the box contained, besides which, she said, she lent the General two guineas, which he never returned. Sir RICHARD BIRNIE.—What, the great Cacique borrow two guineas? . . _ Applicant.—l assure you it is a fact, Sir. Sir RICHARD BIRNIE regretted that it was not in his power to interfere.. He advised the poor woman to wait upon Mr. Mocatta, and represent her case to him. From beginning to end, it was a cruel and heartless piece of business. The applicant having been furnished with Mr. Mocatta's address, withdrew, having thanked the Magiitrate for the advice he had given her. A man, named Reuben Josephs, of Monmouth-street, corner of Stacey-street, a Jew dealer, was brought in custody of White and Forrester, two city officers, on a private information received by them, charging him with having received, knowing it to be stolen, a quantity of bombasins, silks, &e., robbed from the warehouse of Mr. Wilkinson, a wholesale draper, residing at 129, Wood street, between the night of Saturday the 25th, and Mon (lay the 27th of August. The property in question was not found at the prisoner's residence, but a great quantity of cloth, supposed to be stolen from the warehouse of Mathew, Waller, and Co., of Cateaton-street, and a vast variety of valuable plate and jewellery, were secured by the officers Amongst the latter were two valuable gold watches, one of them made by Grant, and the other by Smith. Several diamond pins, a silver tea-pot, cream-jug, sugar-basin, and a great number of silver-spoons, with different initials, were 'also found at the prisoner's resi dence, together with a tray of rings, seals, &c., all of them supposed to have been stolen. The property lies at the office for inspection, and the prisoner will undergo a re-examination this day. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.—A case was brought be fore the Magisfratet, from the workhouse, which excited deep commiseration. Catherine Whittaker, a very young woman, was examined as to the state of her mind, agreeably to the Act 59 Geo. 111., cap. 177, for the purpose of being removed to a lunatic asylum. She lived seven years in the service of a family, who left her a month or six weeks ago alone to take care of a house in Portman-place, Paddington, while they were in the country. The neighbours one day observed that the shutters remained close, and thinking some accident had happened to the girl, they broke open the door, and found her bereft of reason ; but how the change was produced cannot be ascertained. Her disorder is of the melancholy kind, and the following short conversation took place : Mr. GRIFFITH (with great mildness) —Tell me, are you not well ? Girl—" Well in health," laying a peculiar stress upon the last word. Mr. GRIFFITH—What, then, is the matter with you ? Gi r l—l am afraid I have sold myself to the devil. Mr. GRIFFITH—Has any body put that into your head ? Gi r l—l am afraid I have done many things that are wrong, but I will endeavour to do better. Mr. GRIFFITH—Where did you go to chapel ?—Girl. To Bentinck-chapel, and afterwards to Paddin g ton-chapel. Mr. GR1FF1TH......-The4 you heard Mr. Basil Wood. I am sure he never t a lk ed of these things. I have no doubt your soul is very sa f e : you must not enterta i n such a thought, and I hav e no doubt, where you are go i ng they will make you better. WORSHIP-ST REET.—Yesterday two youths, named James Lexley and Thomas Browne, were brought before Mr. TwYFoRn, for fi na l exam i nation, under the following circumstances :—.Last Saturday, about 12 o'clock, the pre mises of Mr. Johu Cuudale, Ralston, bad been entered by the prisoners, and a valuable parrot, which was amusing itself outside the cage, was seized by the prisoner Lexley, and run away with. The moment the bird was so roughly seized, it gave such a scream as alarmed the servants, who instantly hurried •to its assistance; and, seeing the pri soners running away with the bird, one of the female do mestics, who was much attached to the animal, and whose voice was perfectly familiar to it, vociferously exclaimed, .c Stop thief—Stop thief !" to which the parrot instantly responded, " Stop thief—Stop thief!" and so continued until they were met by a constable, named James Sears, who took the party into custody, and who received a severe bite on the finger from the parrot, for his civility and in terference. The bird, (whioh was a beautiful one of the African kind), with its cage, was placed on the table before the Magistrate, when Mr. Cundale proved the proprietor ship of it, and rated the value as only 30s. although he would not take 10 guineas for it. He also said it could speak as clearly and as distinctly as any person in the haveOffi tcee narrative n d only t from s William Jones an officer at Hackney, said he had had possession of the bird since last Saturday, and that it could talk as plain as any of his children. The Magistrate fined both prisoners 5/. each, in addi tion to the value proved, or four months to the House of Correction. The money not being forthcoming, they were committed. MARY WITTENBACK. Although this wretched 'culprit stated in her " Confession" that she expected no other fate than that which has befallen her, it appears that she all along entertained the strongest expectations of an acquittal. On the morning of her trial, a few hours before she was arraigned, she expressed the fullest confidence that she should be with her daughters in the evening. Between the time of her commitment to Newgate and that of her trial, she frequently adverted to the case of Sheen, and seemed to think that in her case there would be a discrepancy in the evidence with respect to the Christian name of her late husband, and that the prosecution against her would fail. • She had ' had seven children by her husband, three only of whom are now living. The eldest (Mary), is married ; the second (Frances), who is 19, years of age, is living as a servant in a respect able family in Tunbridge-place, New-road ; and the third (Charlotte), who was sixteen years old on the day her father was poisoned, gets her livelihood by fancy needle-work. 'After the birth of these and four other children, the husband and wife separated, hav ing previously lived very unhappily together. Wittenback, it is said, during the first eight or ten years of his marriage used to ill-treat his wife, and generally misconducted himself. They uh se r t r fromsaerpda- hard-working separations koni g o w t hwietortaenisabenva,ecrkaa and hda d times, and sup ported h co lal a d b i e d \u d ' u er di s w n t r g i i a t )ti a other women. The wif e was th en herself and her children solely by her own exertions, she working as a laundress. From the time of the last separation until the horrible deed was perpetrated, they had lived together about five years. During that time Wittenback had conducted himself well towards his wife, and was very attentive to his work, and regular in his habits. He was employed as a labourer by Mr. Parker, a builder, in Maiden-lane, Battle-bridge, for whom he had worked many years, He lat terly bore a good character, and was considered a very quiet, inoffensive man ; the wife, it is be lieved, had been acquainted with some women of bad character in the neighbourhood of Vlington, where she formerly resided. She was seldom at home to get her husband's meals ready, and used to pawn her clothes and those of her friends (which she borrowed), and spend her money in drink. She was constantly complaining of her husband to Mrs. Davies, the woman who lodged in the house with her, and used to say that she hated the very sight of him." She frequently spoke of the circumstances connected with their separation, and of his various acts of cruelty towards her in former times ; and she appeared to entertain the strongest conviction that he was still carrying on an intercourse with other women. At the latter end of June, or begin ning of July last, he had disappointed her of a walk. This appeared to affect her a good deal. She said to Mrs. Davies, " I had prepared my self to go out with Wittenback, who had pro mised me a walk, and he now refuses to go ; but no matter, lie shall deceive me no more ; this shall be the last disappointment." She would frequently say to Mrs. Davies that she should like to see him a corpse, and inquired how much money' it would cost to bury him, saying she should receive 15/. from his club. The poor man, while labouring under the effects of the poison, appeared fully conscious that his wife was the person who had infused it into the pud ding. In answer to a question whether he sus pected any one, he said, " It is my cruel wife." To his eldest daughter, who was with him in his last moments, he said, " Oh, Mary, Mary, this is mur der !" He added, he freely forgave her cruel mother—he hoped they would all forgive her, and that God also would forgive her. The miserable woman appeared quite callous to his sufferings, and it was not until after her trial that she exhibited the least symptoms of remorse. BERWICK, SEPT. -B.—On Saturday after noon, John Chisholm, apprentice to a butcher in this town, was sent to the Magdalen-fields to bring in a sheep for slaughter. He caught it near the Redoubt, where .the beach is very precipitous. The animal feeling a dislike at being deprived of its liberty, began struggling, and being on the verge of the precipice, not less than 40 or 50 feet high, both tumbled over. Fortunately . for the lad, the sheep was undermost, and was killed on the spot. The lad was completely stunned by the fall, and received some severe contusions. He •—as carried home in a state of in- sensibility by some soldiers who happened to be near the spot. For the first two or three days little hope was enter tained that his life could be preserved, but he is now in a fair way of recovery.—Edinburgh Paper. HENRY-STREET OFFICE, DUBLIN.---A poor countryman complained at this office yesterday (Friday) against a very healthy-looking, though ragged fellow, for refusing to pay him for the maintenance of his infant child. He stated that he had taken the child at half the usual charge, and that lie had never laid an eye en the father for upwards of 13 months until a few minutes before, when lie handed him into the Police-office without using the slightest ceremony. Magistrate—Why don't you pay this poor man, his money 1 Prison er —Because I have no money to pay him. Where do you live ?—I don't live anywhere. Where do you sleep ?—I never get any sleep at all. How do you eat ?—I scarcely ever eat any thing. You look very rosy ?—lt is only the heat of sickness that is flying up in my face. Where do you work ?—I never work. How do you live ? I hope that you won't tell me that you don't live at all ?—So and so, up and down, here and there, pretty bobbish. As you neither eat or sleep, I suppose you drink a little ? You have it at last—l drink all I get. You certainly give a pretty account of yourself. I regret extremely that it is not in my power to do any thing in this case but recommend the complainant to apply at the Court of Conscience. --Irish Paper. On the Bth of August last, the Right Hon. George Earl of Aberdeen was unan i mous l y e l ecte d Ch ance llor, of King's College and University of Aberdeen, in the room of his Grace the Duke of Gordon, deceased; and on the 28th of the same monih, the Right Hon. John Viscount Arbuth not was unanimously chosen Lord Rector.-- Aber(leen Paper. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of Tuesday). Russ, BRANDY, and HOLLANDS.—The purchases of Rum since Tuesday last are very considerable, under proofs sold at 2s. 4d., and Demerara, 3 over, 2s. sd. and 2s. 6d. and 2s. 9d. The chief purchases were in - Leewards.--• Jamaica 30 and 31 over, 4s. and 4s. 2d., 27 and 28 over Ss. 10d. and Ss. 11d. Brandy is held with firmness, but the sales are limited. In Geneva there is no alteration. At a late hour this afternoon the Rum Market continued very firm, hut few purchases are reported. In Brandy or Geneva there is no alteration. TEA.—The Tea sale finished yesterday. We are fa ured with the following particulars by a correspondent. Boheas are of rather better quality than usual, and about 2d. per lb. cheaper. Ordinary. Congous in half chests and Congou 'packages are a fair average sample, and sold considerably lower than last sale. Common Congous were never better bought, and may be quoted at 3d. per lb. less ; but those of the finer kinds of mid. and strong black leaf are full 2d. dearer, and from the very limited supply will no doubt maintain their prices. Common Hysons are 6d., and the finest kind 4d. per lb. dearer. In the Private Trade some good purchases Lave been made. The 20th break of Twankay has already fetched id. per lb. profit, being considered by many of the trade to have sold considerably under its value. COFFEE.-The fine coloury descriptions of Jamaica, continue to go off with much spirit, and obtain very full prices, while the ordinary descriptions with which the market appears glutted, are scarcely saleable. St. Do mingo taken in at public sale to-day 429. 6d. ; Havan nails, 429. 6d. Sercxs.—East India Spices still neglected ; some good Pimento sold to-day at 104 d. The sale declared for the Government of Ceylon, Sth proximo, consists of Cin namon— 200 bales, let quality taxed at 6s. 6d. 350 2d 50 Sd 250 Saurerrax.—The demand for Saltpetre continues con siderable, the nearest price 245. By public sale this forenoon 353 bags Saltpetre all sold with briskness at Us. Tobacco.—The late sales of Tobacco are 150 hhds. Virginia for export at rather lower . prices, 2,1 d. a 3d. Immoo.—The Indigo Market remains heavy. Asmtg.—By public sale on Friday, "Ist sort Quebec Pearls, 295. a 305.; lit Pots 28s. a 28s. 6d. Oits.—There are further , accounts from the fisheries, but no decisive statements as to the quantity to be expected. There is little alteration in the currency. laisn Paovxmoxs.—ln Beef or Pork there is little alteration. The arrivals of Butter from Ireland last week are t 3,450 firkins, and Foreign 8434. The prices of the former have given way 29.—Bacon continues in demand with little alteration, as to prices. . Hots.—The estimated Hop . Duty has varied from, 130,000/. to 120,0001. the latter is now the nearest esti mate. About 500 pockets have been at Market ; the sales are chiefly 755. a 90s.—The picking is now general, and the quality of the Hops very fine. COTTON.--The Cotton Market is heavy, the prices little varied.—The purchases for the week ending last night in clusive, are about 2000 bags, chiefly Boweds and Surats for export. Hater, FLAX, AND TALLOW„—The letters from St. Petersburgh are to the Ist inst. Exchange 10d. 7-16 a nd 10d. 15-32. Tallow 99 to 100 rubles. Hemp in great request 95 to 98. The Tallow here has varied consider ably, having advanced to 38s. and brisk, falling to 37 9 .6 d. and:again in good demand. The deliveries for consump tion last week were 8,500 (tasks. Hemp in more demand. Flax little varied. FOR DELIVERY, per cwt. Tallow, delivery last 3 months 0 37 9 to per ton. Shipment on or before 31st August 0 37 6 to S 7 9 free on board , 0 31 0 to Hemp, Shipment on or before Slat Aug. ' SS 10 0 to COUNTRY CORN MARK . Wheat. Per Quarter. s. to s. Boston . 43 56 Grantham 50 133 Grimsby ' 54 58 Horncastle 45 51 Hull, 53 57 Lincoln 54 58 Maidstone 53 63 Spilsby 5O 54 Stamford. , 52 64 CS DURING THE WEEK. s. to s. s. to s 30 36 18 21 33 34 26 35 30 32 24 25 30 36 20 25 30 34 24 28 31 37 28 34 28 37 21 27 36 40 33 37 17 33 Barley. Oats. 1_ Beans S. to s. - GS b 0 60 56 5 8 :3s 59 56 80 58 '7O NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Sept 15. The last few days being extremely favourable for• secur ing the harvest kept our farmers at home to day, and we had small supplies of both Wheat and Oats at market, the sale of which was ready at an advance of 2s. per quarter on Wheat, and Is. to 2s. on Oats. Scarcely any sales el' fected in Old Wheats. •Little yet doing in Barley. Fine Malt good sale. The arrivals of Rye being large, the finest parcels declined Is. to 2s. per quarter, and the mid" dling and inferior totally unsaleable. Beans and Pease 0 5 otir last. Per quarter. Wheat, Northumberland, white...6os. 625... red 48s. s'7 o ' - Norfolk & Suffblk...s6s. 60s....Berwick & Scotch 565. Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk, new 37s 39 0 ' Grinding 30s. 3-ts' Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk 60s. 60' Beans, Small —s. —s.... Tick a ..-9. Pease, White, Boiler. 44s. 465.... Grey 4os. 4 2 5•. Oats, Northum. Potatne 34s. 365.... Feed 265. 2 95 ' Flour, Fine (per sack) 42s. 435. COTTON WOOL, LIST OF IMPORTS AND MCP IRTS. IMPORTED. Same pc. This riod last year. year. 1 Bags, &c. Bags, &c. Liverpool 650,835 477,023 London 52,861 53,&05 Glasgow 153;600 Total .xported in lE 19;649 EXPORTED. Previous ly this year. Bags, Sic. Bags, &C• 367 15,855 2,810 33,125 120 52,2'77. HOP INTELLIGENCE. MAinsxoNE.—The picking partially commenced in this neighbourhood during the last week, and will be general in the course of the present. In some grounds we hear the hops come down very light, but it is supposed that in the plantations generally, they will equal the expectations that have been formed, respecting the crop. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. F11,411i5c"... Whitney... l. Burchall, 10 Hilton, G., Manchester—Star, Manchester.,,., ........ 1 Lake, G. Heaton Norris—Red Lion, Heato n Pearce arid Co., Penzance—Union, Penzance ll Whitehead, W. Minchinh ampton—York hotel, Cheltenham 11 Whittenbury, J., Man c h ester—White's, Manchester lO W c 0 ., G E V ., i ft a m Y _DsltaApllteYff.—a INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED. Petitions to be heard at Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, SUPT. 24, AT NINE. Andrews, G. Bentleet Harrison, T., Beverley Ash, C., Bedford-row I Maw s on, J., Wortley Cline, J., Hammersmith Pas Commercial-road minster Denhead, N., Abbey.st., Ber-Patrick, j., :J., Tufton-st. West mondsey BIRTHS. On the 18th instant, in Bernard• street, Ruseell-square, Mrs. John Davis, of a son, On the 9th instant, at Peckham, the lady of Colouei Strover, of a son. M ARRIED. On the 11th instant, at Cold Ashton, by the Rev. Wm• Davies, the Rev. Henry Thomas Ellicombe, of Bitten, to Ann, fourth daughter of George Bridges, Esq., ,of Ashton Lodge, Gloucestershire. DIED. On the 17th instant, Miss Rachel Gurney, of Earlhato and Norwich.' On the 22d ult., at Lucerne, W. F. Hustler, Esq. , second son of the late W. Hustler, P4q., of Underdig, near Bradford, Yorkshire. On the 13th instant, suddenly, of an apoplectic lit, at Ratcliffe, Lincolnshire, the Rev. George Lawrance, of Nelson-terrace, City-road, Lecturer of Allhallows the Great and Less. aged 63, Paul Brookes, DK , JohnLO a n tmre t i h yi ! t ,a 1 tn 7 f t s h Lt .iepniteteannihtsa,hiuii -street. .82d year of his age, M r' Holland as gaged d much respected by most Zoologists , as CU indefatigabl e traveller in the pursuit of Natural Histo ry. For the J' thirty years, with the exception of two or mo re t h at h e re' aided in searches Africa, also in North a nd South America. Having sold his house, he became an annual v o y ager to both the caP i; thein France, New-road, he a ss g , Germany, Portugal, ain zoological re" tals of the Russian Empire, viz. St. Petersburgh aD d 1110soow, as well as occasionally t o Sweden, Lithuania, lit" even Lapland ! 1,,, n0 0p and Pus/alum by M. YOUNQ, At i " 4411 Zi"00,0Y, NO, UR, Strgld. T Sul di vice, FERI INKS and ( PAD, Articl inithrt 9th 1. 1 Bart. before expla 2.. Hon. price and c Jaeol, with Aver Couu the 1 linpu a tier and earlit plete eessa Lain Bart, E&t LAN Rig Pros ROI &e. 4 the and C. RE? th e I Edit Rtl and Stl Filtl ST4 By' the. E. GI GE Cc tL„ ill Ii ti ' tii