The Sun. — London, England, 1827-01-09 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, • • The doubts respecting that course of policy which the principal members of the French Government might be disposed to adopt, upon the great question of Spain and Portugal, have been gradually clearing away since the first commotion produced by the message of the King of England. The declarations of the French Ministers—the open support given to the diplomatic efforts of Mr. Lamb at Madrid, by the French envoy, Count de Beaurepaire, whose fiank and upright character forms a noble contrast to that of his jesuitical predecessor—the Cabinet order issued from the Tuileries on Wednesday last, the 3d in s t., for the recall of the French, or rather Swiss, troops from the duty which has hitherto devolved upon them, of guard ing the Court and sacred person of King Ferdinand— and, finally, the marked coldness and discountenance ex hibited by Charles X. to the Spanish Ambassador at his recent levee,' are circumstances quite decisive us to the temperate and pacific course which the Government of France has considered it right to avow on behalf of the great country for which it is officially acting. That there may be many who deny or dispute the real harmony be= tween the feelings of the Court of France and its profes sions, is not a matter to be much surprised at, or worthy of much uneasiness. The ostensible policy of States, we admit, ought, in most cases, to be judged sincere, or other wise, according to the known interest of those who avowedly adopt it; and if a measure be plainly adverse to than there can be no confidence more rash and dangerous that, his who calculates on the bona fide execution of such a measure. This reasoning, however, proves no thing against the prudence of giving credit to the French Government for an effectual conformity e' between its de clarations and intentions. The bulk of the French na tion, and all the most enlightened leaders of public opinion throughout the country, have recognized the wisdom and justice of the policy proclaimed by the Ministers. A war for the Jesuits, the Inquisition, and the Serviles,vvould be the abhorrence of every reasonable Frenchman; and as England has abstained most conscientiously from stepping , an inch beyond the line prescribed to her at once by positive treaty, and by a regard for equity and luniversal liberty, there is not a shadow of motive in national pride, manly spirit, or any other praiseworthy and honourable spring of human action, for the French as d Government and people not indulging to its full ex tent that sentiment of sympathy with the conduct of our Ministers which is common to every inhabitant of Great Britain. What interest any clear-sighted French man can propose to himself from reducing Spain to a con-', dition more degraded than that of Turkey, we have never yet heard described, On the other hand, there is no ' State except England, a close commercial intercourse with which would be half so beneficial to France as would the Peninsula. Let Spain rise to ever such a pitch of prosperity, France is invulnerable as regards Iher efforts at molestation, On the contrary, while Spain continues poor and barbarous, what profit can a rich, a i l civilized, and industrious kingdom derive from so con temptible a neighbour ? What consequences are destined to result from the joint representations of France and England at the Court of Ferdinand, it may not be easy at the present moment to anticipate. If that ill-advised, and we fear not well. intentioned Prince, conceives that the instances of France are mere demonstrations, and that let what will happen in the progress of hostilities with Portugal, his couam of Bourbon will be sure at last to interpose, and save hiin from his justly exasperated ene mies, the- evident duty as well as declared principles of Charles X. ought to teach hit, less reliance on such a visionary prospect. The French Government has pro nounced in a formal manner, that an unjust war, end the fruits - of that war, will be left to fall upon the shoulders of Ferdinand himself; and if France should retract or violate such a pledge, which was meant not merely for the ears of Ferdinand, but for those of Great Britain and Portugal, the allies and friends of France, she commits a manifest breach of faith towards the people of England, and becomes an accomplice with the offending party, though it be at the eleventh hour. We at present un doubtedly see no ground for apprehending any connivance whatever, on the part of his Most Christian Majesty, at those criminal and faithless projects which we feel indeed not the slightest scruple in still attributing to his unworthy brother. It is rumoured that the small force of 8,000 men, which has been publicly ordered by the Court of Madrid to the Portuguese frontiers, is a mere blind, but that the real force destined for that service is nearly double that number. Where does Elie money come from?—Times. It is, we believe, understood that the Duke of Wel lington is to be placed at the bead of the army, the Duke of _Cambridge, wisely, perhaps, preferring the tranquillity he enjoys in Hanover to a situation of great influence in this country no doubt, but one also of great responsibility, and demanci;og 'considerable labour. It would be pre sumptuous in a .Ipurnalist to give any opinion of his own with respect to the ability of the Duke of Wellington. Ile can only repeat the opinhnts of professional men, and their opinions with respect to his Gime are unanimous. But, unfortunately; there is a suspicion that in another impor tant respect his Grace will be objectionable. " The bare idea," says a contemporary (The Examinee) " of the Duke of Wellington's being appointed to the Horse Guards, filled military men with dismay, for they antici pated, in this event, a reign of favouritism, his Greee be ing extremely addicted to creatures." May the conduct of his Grace tranquillize the apprehension entertained of his reign ! Another contemporary (The Globe), noticing the objections started by The Times and ourselves to the plan for-putting the office of Commander-in-Chief in Corn misaion, on the ground that the patronage would be much more likely, tinder such an arrangement, to be distributed for Miniitarial or Parliamentary purposes, than under a re sponsiblehead not immediately connected with the Cabi net, Obseeves—c“fhis is true; but the impartiality with which the army Patrot4e has been distributed has, we fear, had some pernicious consequences; it has contributed to disarm.that attention. which ;should have been directed against the increase- of army expenditure." There is, we suppose, little difference in opinion between our contem porary and ourselves, with respect to the policy of garri soning so many different points of the globe with our ea diers, and the system of division pursued in Ireland, which renders the presence of a large army constantly necessary there; to keep down the population. We have no wish to see the country oppressed by a large army.. At the same time, we apprehend, any addition of vigilance on the part of Members of Parliament, acquired by a less impartial ' distribution of the army patronage, would be a very frail security indeed against the increase of army expenditure. On the other hand, injustice to numerous individuals, who have been so unfortunate to choose the most dependent of all professions as a means of subsistence, is in itself a great evil, even if there were no danger of an increase of expenditure from its efficiency being impaired, and particularly .at head-quarters ; the consequence of which would bitilsrthe deficiency in the quality of troops would have to b e nerd , p by far as the safety of tlais :co ry uni a dditional numbers. As e xternal attack is concerned, soldiers may -be almost from most entirely dispensed with. But the state of the mount ey is very different now from What it was when the •q non respecting standing a rmies used : to be agit a t e d. W a require soldiere now, not to protect us` against foreign enemies, but to protect the possessors of property- against ther e e We have a large and a growing Population who have none. i in large towns, of which a great number ar p e r.vatei.s population, congregated employment, and exposed to all Manner of without I twin; At from a this time; for instance s as our readers may Re e extrae: we have elseaere given from a Carlisle pap er, s 'n cial order, can with difficulty be maintained in that neigh bourhood. No' man can lay his head on his pillow inse curity. In several of, the other manufacturing districts, Pillage and robbery prevail to a fearful extent. It is only the knowledge that there is an armed force spread over the country, that prevents the collection of the criminal and_ *suffering in masses, which would act with fearful eu t 'Hattlis true that, with the return of full employ ment,this evil will in a good Measure cease, and that trade begins to wear a more favourable appearance. But we must prepare ourselves for frequent returns of distress from want of occupation, and for the discontent arising from an inadequate remuneration for labour. We may toil and labour, and boast of our manufactures and our exports, and our national glory, and so forth, •as much as we please; we may tamper with our currency; pass Restriction Acts one year, and repeal them in another; but no proposition in Euclid can be truer than this, that if the food of any given country does not increase in the ratio of the ine crease of the population, a smaller share of it must fall to the share of individuals. Now, we apprehend no man will contend that the increase of food in this country has kept pace with the increase of the population; so that our ex tension of manufacturing industry merely means that the landholder shall have two pots or pans instead of one for the same quantity of food, and that the labourer shall work longer and fare worse than he did before. But however this be, it is certain that the circumstances which render force more and more necessary for the preservation of or der in this country are acquiring every day additional strength. The peace of the country can only be main tained by the bayonet.—Moriting Chronicle. When Mr. O'Connell charges the liberal . Press of London with " gross ignorance," he ought to have proved himself qualified to enlighten it by superior knowledge. We have often taken the trouble to set Mr. O'Connell right on points of history, with which, as a lawyer and po litical leader, he ought to have a more familiar acquaintance than his speeches .evince. It is only a few days since Mr. O'Connell took occasion to lecture the Press of London, and the Morning Herald in particular, on the ground of being in a state of lamentable darkness with respect to the important fact, that " all concessions which had been made by the British Government to the Roman Catholics since the enactment of the Penal Laws had been made in times of war." This is an assertion often made by the Roman Catholic declaimers; and those who are in the habit of gathering their historical information from the de bates in the Corn Exchange as firmly believe it, as they do the infallibility of the Pope. It has even been repeated by more than one of their Irish advocates in Par liament, and we wonder its untruth has not been exposed. The reason of Mr. O'Connell and his party insisting so much on this point at present, is to justify themselves for the inhuman exultation with which they contemplated the prospect of a new European war, which would have deluged countries, now only recovering from the ravages of recent and most desolating conflict, with torrents of blood. If, then, Mr. O'Connell had even read the history of the Roman Catholic claims correctly, his statement would not excuse the extravagant joy which he and others expressed, in the Catholic Asso ciation, on hearing of the circumstances which had oc curred on the Continent, and which afforded to their imaginations, the assurance of immediate hostilities. His argument would only show that the members of the Association preferred their own selfish inte- rests to all other human considerations. What else could account for the cheers with which the harangue of Mr. Shiel was received, who, amonf other things, said that " that the cannon's opening roa r ' was heard on the banks of the Tagus, as only the prelude to scenes of which the Rhine and Danube would be the bloody witnesses."— What man of Christian feeling—nay, who possessing the common instincts of humanity, would, in pronouncing such a sentence, rejoice over the picture of wholesale mi sery and destruction which it presented to the mind ? The people who were thus to perish on the banks of the Rhine and the Danube, had no part in legislating against the Roman Catholic claims, and therefore it was very like gratuitous cruelty to riot in the anticipation of the victims that were there to be mowed down by the " ca lamitous scythe of war." The announcement of such proceedings in the Roman Catholic Association has pro duced; as might have been expected, astonishment and disgust in England. Hence it is,that Mr. O'Connell comes forward to attempt to justify the feeling so expressed, by declaring that no concession was ever made by the British Government to the Roman Catholics, but when they were extorted from its fears at some alarming crisis of hostilities. To substantiate this position, he refers to the grant of the'elective franchise to the Roman Catholics of Ireland, in the year 1793, after the declaration of war against France. Now it happens, unfortunately for his argument, that this was not the beginning of concession, but the following up a spirit of toleration which had com menced some time before. It was in the year 1791, when England was at peace with all Europe, that the great Act to correct the severities of the Penal Code was passed —that Act, the 31st Geo. 111., which has been called the " Toleration Act of the Roman Catholics." By this sta tute it was provided, that all Roman Catholics who quali fied themselves by making a certain declaration, and taking a prescribed oath against the temporal authority of the Pope, the doctrine of not keeping faith with heretics, and of deposing and murdering Princes excommu nicated by the See of Rome—should not be prose cuted for being Papists, nor for attending or performing mass or other ceremonies of the Church of Rome. It was also provided, that if any person should disturb a Roman Catholic congregation, he, as in the case of disturbing a meeting of Protestant Dissenters, should be bound over to the next Sessions, and on conviction there forfeit 20/. No Roman Catholic qualified under this Act could be prose cuted for, instructing youth, or summoned to take the oaths of supremacy and the declaration against transubstantia tion ; neither could a Roman Catholic Peer so qualified he punished for coming into the presence of the King or Qoeen. There were other concessions made by this Act, but those enumerated were the most important. All persons who are aware of the extreme rigour of the Penal Laws which were passed from the time that the JesUits endeavoured to subvert the Go vernment in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, through the troubled reign of the ,Stuarts, down to the assassination plot in the time of King William, can at once perceive' What a vast advance the spirit of a more humane policy had made, as exemplified by the provisions of this Act. But the first relaxation of the Code had been made in the eighteenth year of his late Majesty, or the year 1778, and the King and his Mini s t ers were so opposed, in the libe rality of their principles to the spirit of the nationat the time, that the remedial 4et of that period led to the dreadful riots of London in 1780. When these ameliorations were proposed, there was.no spouting club under thesname of a Roman Catholic Association, either in England or Ireland, raising the war-whoop of . popular excitement against the, ,Admmistration, and threatening the British State with the vengeance of seven millions of exasperated slaves. No, there was then nothing of the - kind ; the Roman Catholics were then indeed really oppressed—they were liable to penalties that laid them continually at the mercy of that most detestable class of mankind, the common informers; they might . be punished for instructing youth—for attend ing mass—and on many other grounds; their landed pro perty could be divested from them by the most distant re lation who chose to turn Protestant ; yet under all these grievances and grinding oppressions the Roman Catholics were mute and submissive. The first relaxations of this frightful Code were not extorted by violent declaimers, from the fears of the British people, but were the spon taneous emanation of 4e Royal will, acting under advice, that did credit to the wisdom and humanity of the British Councils.—Morning Herald. We gave, yesterday, a statement of the Revenue. Some of cur contemporaries say, that every shilling that could be squeezed into the account was squeezed in. This is not improbable—for the Parliament will soon meet again, and the Minister would wish to present as favourable a state ment as he could, not only to please the Parliament and the people of Great Britain, but also to show the world, particularly France and the rest of the Holy Alliance, as i•favourable a state of our affairs as possible. The Revenue, however, has not a very pleasing appearance ; for the year 1823, the sum total was about 48i millions—the last year it Was. 461 millions. There is, therefore, a falling off of two millions. This may be accounted for by the taxation on many things having been lessened. At the same time, we remember it' was said, that though the taxes were to , he tak en o ff many t hi ngs, yet t h at t h e R evenue wou ld not I be diminished, and that in consequence of greater cheap ness, the consumption would be increased, and the Revenue would remain still the same, or even be increased. The late returns of Revenue, however, do not bear out these assertions, built on hopes. But to revert to the statement. The Revenue for 1826 appears to be about forty-six mil lions and a half, to which may be added about three mil lions and a half for extra revenue of one sort or other, and we may add about two millions, arising from the dead weight hocus pocus of Mr. Vansittart. The account will stand thus if we be correct : REVENUE OR INCOIIR. Millions. Ad per statement 464 Extra of one sort or other Si Mr. Vansittart's delusive contrivance, in order to keep up appearances Revenue or Income.. . 52 Here we have fifty-two millions of Revenue or Income. The next thi ng to be considered is the Expenditure. First we have the Debt, the interest of which, in round numbers, including the interest on what are called the Funded and Unfunded Debts is about thirty millions. The Government expenditure, we well know, has been, since the peace, as near twenty millions a year, on the average, as may be. Here we have; therefore, in expenditure : EXPENDITURE. Millions. Interest of Funded and Unfunded Debt Government 2O Expenditure 5O The expenditure, therefore, of the ordinary nature, is pro bably fifty millions, while the income amounts, probably,to fifty-two millions. Under such circumstances, therefore, there is a surplus of income beyond expenditure of two millions. This we should call the Sinking Fund. But then our readers should bear in mind, that if it had not been for Mr. Vansittart's dead weight delusion of two millions, there would, for this, last year, have been no surplus of income beyond expenditure, or Sinking Fund of two mil lions. However, an appearance of two millions of Sinking Fund is better than nothing ; but, when we consider that the expenditure to Portugal will cost at least two millions, away goes the Sinking Fund, and all our hopes of ever getting rid of the Debt of 800 millions, except by Act of Parliament, which Act of Parliament will as surely come some of those days, reducing the interest—first, half per cent. then three-fourths per cent., then one per cent., and so on—as that we write. Well, that would be only like all other things, a nine day's wonder. The interest of the Debt was created by Act of Parliament, and the taxes to pay the interest were created by Act of Parliament ; and whenever the time arrives, and it will one of these days arrive, when the taxation will not meet the interest of the Debt and the Government expenses, then will an Act of Parliament be passed to the effect that the Fundholders must take less interest. Certainly, a Property Tax would meet such an exigency, but there is not virtue enough in the country to agree to a Property Tax ; in preference, therefore, the universal cry will be—let the Fundholders, the weaker vessel of the two, go to the We stated some weeks since, that the King of France had caused it to be communicated to our Government, that he had formally apprised Ferdinand of his determi nation to recal the Swiss troops, if he persisted in a course of conduct towards Portugal, such as England and France must equally disapprove of. The policy of Ferdinand, subsequently to receiving that inti:nation, has certainly not been conformable to the just expectations of the two Powers above-named ; and it followed, as a matter of course, that what was threatened would be executed. It need not surprise us, therefore, to learn, that positive orders have been sent to Madrid, for the return of the Swiss troops immediately; or that Ferdinand, prepared for such order, has calculated, we will not say with what prudence, upon the consequences. It is evident he con siders himself strong enough to set both England and France at defiance; while every step he takes in the des perate path of resistance, will only render future adjust ment more difficult or more humiliating. Does he fear his own subjects, if he yields; or is he sustained by assu rances of foreign support ? The explanations given by the Count de Villa Real in the Portuguese - Chamber of Peers, of the part acted by some of the Diplomatic Body at Madrid, justify the latter supposition. In discussing this question, we must not lose sight of one fact, that it in velves, if not an avowed, certainly a secret, struggle be tween ultra-legitimate and moderately constitutional, doc trines. By some of the zealots of the former sect, Mr. Canning has been proclaimed " the first Jacobin in Europe ;" and there are those who would consider the defeat of Mr. Canning's policy as the triumph of sound monarchical principle. The present is the first occasion that has arisen of practically trying the strength of the t►co parties. At Laybach and at Verona, England kept herself aloof, satisfied with merely protesting against the assumption of a right, to the exercise of which she would not become a party. The Peninsula, then, is the arena , where this struggle will be carried on, and where the oc cupation of Piedmont and Naples by Austria, and that of Spain by France, will be, retrospectively as it were, brought to a solemn decision. We deceive ourselves if we believe, that, in the proud and fearless course which England is pursuing, she leads the rest of Europe willing spectators of, or participators in, her great achievement. —There are well-understood reasons why a tacit acquies cence is preferred to open resistance; but let what may be considered the fit opportunity for the latter present itself, and the genius of the Holy Alliance will not silently take her flight from the councils of the Continental So vereigns.—New Times. --- --- CORONERS' INQUESTS. Yesterday evening an inquest was held at St. Thomas's Hos pital, on the body of David Jones, a labouring man, 74 years of age, killed by one of the Dulwich coaches passing over him. Several witnesses were examined, all of whom agreed that the ,:oachman called out repeatedly to the deceased, who might have escaped injury, had he attended to it, and considered he was very deaf. Mr. Wilson Overend, dresser to Mr. Tyrrell.--When brought in the hospital, both legs of the deceased were broken ; he died of the injuries last Friday. The Coroner summed up the evidence, and dwelt strongly on the necessity of caution on the part of coachmen and others in passing through the streets; hut left it to the Jury and others to , ay, whether they considered the driver in the present instance culpable, or whether the death of the deceased was occasioned , - accidentally. The Jury considered for a few minute', and returned a verdict of—" Accidental Death, and a deodaud of Lis. on the wheel." Another inquest was held at the same Hospital on the body of John Taylor—" Scalded to- Death." Richard Cox, Lambeth-walk, shopkeeper, was in the Plough Brewery, Park-street, Kennington-cross, on Saturday last, about five o'clock, waiting for some grains; and whilst he was there, he heard a splash in the copper, and presently after saw the deceased coming from the copper, who said, "I am scalded alive ;" the copper was full of boiling wort. Witness assisted him into the yard, and stripped off his shirt ; he was so dreadfully scalded the skin came off with it. Deceased told witness he fell in owing to the pump-handle he was working on the edge of the copper coming off. Mr. John Hilton, dresser to Mr. Keene, saw the deceased when brought to the hospital ; lie was dreadfully scalded. The cuticle was completely stripped off, except on the hands and face ; he sunk rapidly, and expired at five the next morning.—Verdict, " Accidental Death." The Cheltenham Journal states that Messrs. Tur ner and Co. will not be able to pay the promised dividend of fire shillings in the pound in January; but that three shillings will b e paid. They have been compelled to this alteration in consequence of being disappointed of the payment of debts due to them to the amount of 1:,,0001. On Saturday evening last, a man brought a box to Messrs. Hargreaves, in Bridge -street, Manchester, directed "Mr. Young, Hardwareman, Edinhargb," and upon being questioned by the book-keeper he retreated back, and when near the gate bolted off like an arrow ; a police officer was sent for, the box opened, and it contained the bodies of two females, apparently 13 and 14 years of age, they were removed to the Workhouse, and an investigation took place before the Coroner, when Mr. Oilier de posing that the bodies had been disinterred for dissection in his opi nion, tile Jury found a verdict accordingly.—Bolton Express. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEBONE-OFFlCE.—Yesterday Amos Hill was ' brought before Mr. Rs wr.orsos, at the instance of the parish of St. Marylebone, upon a charge of having deserted his wife. It appeared in evidence, "that this couple, whose united ages from their appearance may be fairly estimated at 50, have been .married eight years ; they brat quarrelled, and then they separated, upon which occasion he agreed to allow her 7s. a week for her maintenance. He (lid not make good his payments: she became chargeable to the parish, and the parish obtained a warrant for his apprehension. Mr. IlAwuNsom asked the defendant how it was that he had not fulfilled his engagement? He, in reply, said, because be could not afford it. Mr. BAWLINSON-Your appearance is very respectable; pray what are you? Amos—l am nothing but a servant, Sir. _ - Mr• Itivntrisox—To whom? Amos—To Mr. Fleming, Sir. Mr. RAwuNsoN—Who is Mr. Fleming? Amoi—A gentle man, Sir. Mr. RAWLINSON—Where does he live? Amos—He lives in the country, Sir. Jane—it's not true, your Worship ; be is the keeper of a gambling-house, No. 16, Waterloo-place. Mr. HAWLINSON—I thought you *aid your master was a gen tleman, who lived in the country ? Amos—The house in Water loo-place belongs to him. He does not live there : he has lately removed from the other side of Wandsworth to Brighton. Mr. RA Irt.iNsoN—Where do' you lire ? Amos—ln Waterloo place. Mr. RAWLINION—Do you mean me to understand, that your master keeps you in a house which he does not frequent? Jane —Yes, your Worship, and two servants in livery besides. Mr. liaww.rsoN—Then I suppose it is a gambling-house? Amos—Not to my knowledge, Sir. Mr. RAWLINSON—WIIO occupies the house? Amos—My mother is housekeeper. Mr. RAWLINSON—Who have you and the two servants in li very to wait upon? Amos—You ask me a great many ques tions. Mr. RAWLINSON-Certainly I do; my object is to ascertain your circumstances, that a provision suitable to them may be made for your wife. Jane—He has U. a week and his board, your Worship. " If that is the ease," said Mr. RAWLINSON to Amu, "on less you choose to support your wife, you shall be seat to the House of Correction." Amos did not deny his wife's assertion : but declared he would go to prison. He afterwards altered his mind, and came to terms with the parish. John Smithers and William Jackson were charged on suspi cion of felony. James Purcell, a Paddington watchman, stated, that he saw the prisoners at six o'clock on Sunday morning, come up the Har row-road towards London, with a quantity of harness and a saddle. He asked them where they were going. Smithers said to Bell-street, to harness their horse, and then they were going to Maidenhead. Not believing their story, he took them and their load to the watchhouse, and brought them before the Ma gistrate. While they were in the watchhouse, Smithers sent the witness to Kensington to find his father, and afterwards to Charles-street, Lisson-grove, to find his brother, but no such persona were to be found. - Mr. John Fanc,ona, landlord of the Green Man public-house, Harlesdon-green, identified the property. lie stated, that his stable-window had been broken open on Saturday night or Sun day morning, and the harness, &c. stolen out of it. Peter Holt, the assistant watchhouse keeper, seareled the pri soners, and found a great many keys in their possession, in cluding several of the door-latch kind. After the morning be came light, a small crow- bar and some other keys were found near the watchhouse. Sintthers said he lived at Shepherd's Bush. and Jackson said he lived at Mils-end, and had been ou a visit to Smithers. In their defence they stated, (and particularly requested the magistrate to have it embodied with the depositions,) that AS they crossed a brickfield they found the harness partly covered with straw, and they took it with a view to give it up if it was advertised, and to keep it if no owner was found. They were coming to London, with an intention afterwards of going a shoot ing. They tried to deceive the first witness with the Maiden head story, to avoid being detained. Mr. RA vitassox said their defence should be sent to the Old Bailey, with the depositions, and he committed them to Newgate for trial. L AMBETH-STREET. —Two men, named Golee and Taylor, were charged with committing a burglary in the house of Charles Hailes. The prosecutor is a purveyor of cats' meat to the Lord Mayor, Ike Court of Aldermen, &c., and resides in Bethnal- Green. On Thursday last, during the absence of himself and wife from home, his house was entered by son►c thieves, who broke through the wall which separates his and the adjoining house, and several silk dresses belonging to his wife, wearing ap parel belonging to himself, and a quantity of plate and other arti cles, amounting in value to above 140/. carried off. The prose cutor added, that one of the roost singular circumstances attendant on the robbery waq, that a fierce dog was chained up opposite to the place where the thieves got in, and though they must have made a great noise, it is supposed that he remained quiet. The thieves, on quitting the house, let the animal loose. Samuel Wright said, that on the night previous to the robbery, Goke hired the empty house next to the prosecutor's, and said he would remove his goods in a few days. Three witnesses spoke to having seen a person resembling Taylor come out of the prosecu tor's house on the day the robbery was committed. The Magistrate thought that the prisoners were concerned in the robbery, but he said there was not sufficient evidence to send them for trial. As they were persons of bad character and re puted thieves, he sent them to prison until they found sureties for their good behaviour. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY, FRIDAY, JAN. 12. Annett, T., Alnmouth—White Swan, Alnwick—ll Bullock, G., Congleton—Lion and Swan, Congleton- 5 Burrell, R., jun., Wakefield—Sessions-house, Wakefield- 11 Chalenor, T., Huddersfield —Court-house, Wakefield-1 2 Champion, G., Bristol—Commercial rooms, Bristol- 1 Coulson, G., Derby—Bell, Derby-11 Critchley, 11., Gloucester—Spread Eagle, Gloucester- 5 Etheredge, P., Norwich—Swan, Norwich- 4 Evans, S., Ryetnrd Mill, Gloucestershire —Christopher inn, Bath-1 French, J., Frome Selwood—Christopher inn, Bath-11 Fryer, 8., Bristol—Commercial rooms, Bristol-1 Frost, J., Manchester—White's, Manchester-2 Grist, J., Actop—Royal Hotel, Birmingham-5 Hammerton, W., Barnsley—Court-house, Wakefield —ii Harris, J., Bristol—Commercial rooms, Bristol-1 Hocy, M., Liverpool—George, Liverpool-1 Preston-10 h ouse , Jones, T., Leicester—White Hart, Leicester-11 Mellor,Lttcas, I J., ). m Preston—Bull, 10 P a r r e a s u to i Wakefield-2 Moxon, R. W. and G., Kingston-upon-Hull —George, Kings ton-upon-Hull-10 Newton, R., Liverpool—George, Liverpool -1 Okey, J., Cambridge—Greyhound, Cambridge -152 Percy, H., Whaddon, Wilts—White Hart, Illandford-11 Prout, 1., Bath—White Lion, Bristol-12 Robinson, J., Derby—Bell, Derby-11 Spencer, J., Belper—Bell, Derby---11 Todd, W., Sheffield—Tontine, Sheffield-12 Wagstaff, W., Mottrarn in Longdendale—White's Hotel, Man chester-10 Wilde, E., Rorton—White's, Manchester-9 Williams, Bristol-11 W,, Brigol—Rummer, THE LAST OF THE HEROES OF MINDEN.7—.-Died at Dyke, parish of Symington, on the 20th ult., James Camp bell, aged 86, out-pensioner of Chelsea Hospital. For upwards of 26 years he served in the 12th regiment of foot, and fur more than a year in Dumbarton Castle. On Ist August, 1759, he fought at the battle of Minden. When the engagement com menced, the company to which he belonged had its full comple ment of men, but on the following:morning seven only were able to do duty. He was slightly wounded, but nevertheless was one of the seven who thus stood muster. In the following year, 31st July, 1760, he fought at Warbourg ; on the 15th and 16th July, 1761, at Farlinghousen ; on 24th June, 1762, at Williamstadt ; and in Germany-under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick. For 14 years and six months he was in Gibraltar, partaking, under the brave Elliot, his full share of the dangers and hardships of that memorable siege, and was one of the party that made the sortie from the garrison, and destroyed the Spanish batteries, spiking their cannon and mortars, and setting fire to seven magazines. Saving Colonel Triggie, and his aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Miles Thornton, he was the last who came in the garrison at Bayside. He lived and died neither in penury:nor affluence, and it may with truth be said of him, that a more loyal or more honest man, or a braver soldier, never partook of the royal bounty. He was highly connected, and his name will be long remembered by all those to whom he was known.— Glasgow Paper. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF REA. The highest p r i ce o f B read in t h e Metr D opolis is 91d. for the 41b. Loaf—There are others who sell from a halfpenny to two pence halfpenny below that price. PRICE OF SEEDS.—Jan. 8. New English Red Clover Seed ski• Cwt.' ti2s. 725. tine IN. 754. Old Ditto 524. 446. line 504. 0114. New Foreign Old Ditto Ditto—. New White Clover, Old Ditto. . 6s. 60s. fine Ws. &U. 28s. 40s. fine 42i. 444. yds. Stis. fine ties. 654. blew Trefoil Old Ditt0........... ..,... Rib Graas —..... , English Carraway Seed Foreign Ditto —............ . 30s. 435. tine 46.. sOs. . 98c 358. fine 395. ais. 19s. fine 10s. 945. . Us. 28s. fine &2s. . 355. 375. Ns. fine -s. . 20s. 30s. 3Vs. fine -s. I. 28s. 30s. mew 335. 44. 43.. 445. tine -I. 955. 30s. new Mc 40s. 365. 4.25. new 40s. 455. -4. 30a. 419. fine 4.4 d. -S. Sta. 383. tine 399. -s. -a. -s. fine -s. -s. 12s. 14s. tine -a. -s. 16s. 20s. fine 9gs. -s. 365. 425. fi Coriander St. Foin Rye Grass Pricey Ditto Linseed, for feeding Ditto, for crushing, — Canary Seed, New-90g. 105 s. fine 110 s. —4.—Old White Mustard Seed --(per Busbel).--___ Brown Ditto Turnip Seeds, Rounds Quarter), Freeriand Red Ditto. lue •••••S. 44a. 465. fine —s. Tares, Od. Vs. ed. fine Os. Od. --New —s. Os. fine l2s. INe. Rare Seed, English, fine (per Last) 241. to 261. Foreign 221. to 2.5/, PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown 3 , 2/. Os. Relined a Linseed Oil YB ti Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand 15 0 Rape Cake, per t on 5 WHITECHAPEL HAY IVIARKET.—Jan. 6. 725. Od. to 10.55. Od. Ws. Od,. to 365. Od. Clover --.... 84.5. Od. to 1265. 041. PRICES OF HOP; Pockets. (per Cwt.)—Jan. S. Kent —4!. 04. 4/. 15s. to 6/. Os. Sussex 31. ltis. 41. 4s. to 41. 10s. Essex— 41. Os. 41. 15s. to W. Is. Farnham, fine (Pockets) 71. Is. to 1 Kent Bags. ~3/. &. 4/. Os. to 51. Os. Sussex 3/. 3s. 31. 10s. to 31. Ids. Essex,.. 3/. 6.5. 3/. las. to 4/. 10s. Si 12 5.—Seconds. Cl. Os. to 71. N. PRICE OF POTATOES.—Jan. 8. Yorkshire Kidneys . 5/. N. to 0/. Ok. per Ton. Scotch Red5,..,,...._,, 4/. 10s. to 01. Os. ditto. Oxtiobles and Shims ............. 3/. ss. to 31. 10A. ditto. Marsh Champions,,,,. ,—.... 4/. Os. to 41. 10s. ditto. Per lb. d. d 12 to 15 IS to 18 PRICES OF LEATHER. d. d. Per lb. 20 to 153 Tanned Horse Hides,—,.. 23 to 24 Spanish 13 to IS I Per dozen. 15 to 17 Calf Skins 36 to 401 b. 16 to 24 121 to 14 1 } Ditto 50 to 7014. 23 tt; Li to 17 Ditto 70 to 301 b. 21 to 23 17 to 19 Small Seals, Greenland— 19 to 21 4titt5.....---WitObBlia.-,-- Ditto--60 to 661 b.--. Dressing Hides---- Fine Coach Hides Crop Hides, ,a; to to bulb..,, Ditto RAW HIDES. Per Stone. s. d. s. d. Per Stor.e. s. d. s. d. Best Heifers aad Steers 210 to 3 8 Ordinary 2 oto 2 2 Middlings 2 6 to 2 8 Market Calf 7 0 each. SHEEP SKINS. Downs 2a. &I. to3s. Od. l Lambs.. 05.04.1. to Od. I Palled«, 3s. W. to 4s. 6d. COAL MARKET.—Jan. 8. s. d. o d. 6 26 6 W. E. Hilda 33 0 Pelaw 31 9 Wylam.,... * 29 0 W. E. Riddell's —36 3 Sliipeote 30 0 Walls End Hetton 37 6 Skips at Market, 12816—Vhips sold, s N—Unsold, DUBLIN MARKET NOTE—FRIDAY, Jan. 5. 876 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 29 9 From .2 To 3 0 or. 11 101 Bete 16 stone 18 0 19 0 17 11% 429 -Barley 16 stone —..... 17 0 21 0 19 3% 1,347 Oats 14 atone 15 0 19 0 16 .5% 91,383 Cwt. 9 stone 8 0 2 0 234 Oatmeal 11 stone 16 0 1 9 0 16 8% Sold to Bakers only. 17,985 Cwt. Flour LI 0 26, 0 17 10% Average price of Wheat .—Fareav, Jan. 5. 876 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 29 0 From .2 To 3 0 101 Bore 16 stone 18 0 19 0 429 -Barley 16 stone 17 0 21 0 ,847 Oats 14 stone 15 0 19 0 ,383 Cwt. 9 stone 8 0 21 0 234 Oatmeal 11 stone 16 0 18 Sold to Bakers only. ',985 Cwt. /lour 15 0 26, 0 Firsts, from 265. Oct. to 00s. Oil. Average price of Wheat and Flour 455. Od. per sack. econds, ty od can .to 225. Od. Sales of Do. Thirds, from Bs. 0(1, to IBs. 01.1. /MICR OF BitLan. t Loaf, 41b. soz. ...v.... 8 % n uar errld. I Half-quartern Loaf, 21b. 2oz. —444 Receipts of Flour, 10,311 FUNERAL HYMN, BY THE LATE BISHOP }mixt. Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not deplore thee, Tho' sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb ; The Saviour bath passed thro' its portals before thee, And tke lamp of His love is thy guide thro' the gloom. Thou art gone to the grave! we no longer behold thee, Nor tread the rough paths of the world by thy side ; But the wide arms of Mercy, are spread to infold thee, And sinners may hope since the sinless bath died. Thou art gone to the grave, and its mansion forsaking, Perchance thy weak spirit in doubt linger'd long ; But the sunshine of Heaven beam'd bright on thy waking, And the sound which thou heard'st was the Seraphim's song. Thou art gone to the grave, but 'twere vain to deplore thee, When God was thy ransom, thy guardian, and guide ; He gave thee, He took thee, and He willrestore And Death bath no sting since the Saviour Lath di e d . thee, Beresford is 'Waterford Mirro r. of his C allercool: recovery. — oreFalkirk, We have great pleasure in being able to state, upon a gi v n e g ry to deep pit, near r th ap e i t d )ea ly t i a m u p ti r t o o v r i i i t i y g „ , atidattitihaet GeorgelhieiaaltflrtieonfdaLoftedel warranted in enter tainAingsthhwersttrtoinngieestsihtolepees, n nd b i e n l g o n the Carron se above to take him Company's Col bottom he discovered something w hi ch he upon reaching the as on e t h o e i f . e t , h e s, i. %ay: km en the deil, and immediately called out to those he believed to be up.—Another roan was conseque n tl y let down armed with fire arms ; he had not been long there when he succeed e d i n s h oo ti ng T the dell in the form of a Pole -eat. he men having been at work the day previous, it is difficult to conceive bow the a n i ma l co uld get to the bottom of the pit, there being no communication with the open air except by another deep pit contiguous. It is recorded that about twenty years ago, a fox, hard p resse d b y th e hounds, after coiling himself up in a cur i ous manner , prec i p i tate d himself to the bottom o f a coal-pit at Bannockburn, without being killed ; and that 30 year a pit where Rey 115(1 sago a pack of hounds were l e t d o w n i n t o found the bottom, in the above precarious manner, and after h • hunting him t , below ground, succeeded in taking hint out of the coal .................._ l evel ._. Herald. WEST -INDIES. BIRTH. In Port Royal—At Drummond Castle, on the 18th Nov. the lady of the Hon. J. Jackson, Esq. of a daughter. MARRIED. In Trelawny—At Gravesend—Oct. 26, by the Rev. W. Fra ser, A.M., Dr. W. I. Teasdale, to Mary Jane, eldest daughter of W. G. Lawrence, Esq. DIED. In Jamaica, on the 30th Oct. Robert Liamilton, sen. Esq. late of Hamilton's estate, in the parish of St. Andrew, in which vicinity he resided for nearly 40 years ; was 45 years in this island, and in the 67th year of his age.- This gentleman.served in the American war as an officer in the Royal North Carolina Regiment of Fuot, under Lord Cornwallis, and among his brother officers signalised himself in the battle at Bunker's Hill. As a Magistrate of the parish of St. Andrew, he was upright in his duty, just to the complainant and aggressor. At Stoakes Hall estate, in St. Thomas's; Nr. A. Sproull, ha the 21st year of his age. At Corwjvall estate, St. James's, on the 29th Oct., `jr. W. Evans, overseer. At New Hope, on the 17th Oct., Mrs. M. 1/N:t'son. In Jamaica, Nov. 13, John Howlett, Esq. Nov. 13, Madame Rosette de la Forestrie. Near Antonio Bay, St. George's, G. Quinla n , E N . sally regretted. univer- In Jamaica, on the 2d Nov., Thomas Murphy, E 9. in his 83d year. Nov. 6, at Port Henderson, J. Deans, Esq. BIRTHS. This morning, at the house of the Hon. George Agar Ellis, M.P., Spring-gardens, Lady Georgina Agar Ellis, of a daughter. At Dartmouth, the lady of the Rev. Philip Perring, of a son. On the 7th instant, at Enrille Hall, the lady Grey, of a son and heir. On the 23d ult. at Boath, Nairnshire, lady Dunbar, of a son. On the 2Gth ult. at TrOiehridge, the lady of Captain Hubert Gould, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 6th instant, at St. Pancras New Church, Joseph Wil liam Holder, Esq., of Burton-street, Burton-crescent, to Anne. youngest daughter of the late Wm. Tufneil, Esq., of Langley., Essex. On the 4th instant, at Hornsey Church, the Rev. Edward Os born, M.A., to Mary, second daughter of the late. Holly Bol land, Esq. On the 6th inst., at Chig DIED. well-row, Essex, aged 28, Eli za b et h , the wife of Mundeford Allen, Esq., sineerelydamented. On the 7th inst. William Green, Esq. of .Fos ty-hill, E n fi e ld , and of'Bry ans t on-square, in the 68th year of his age. 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