The Sun. — London, England, 1827-11-28 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The battle of Navarin took place on the 20th. of last month, and the news, or, which is more agreeable, the no-news from Constantinople, which reached us by the way of Vienna, and'of which we gave an account yesterday, was dated on the sth of the present month. In the fifteen or sixteen days, therefore, which intervened be tween the battle and the departure of the messen ger from Constantinople, there wP.:s more than ample time for the Turks to have received the account of their disester,:and tr..) have vented their rage upon the Funks--that is, upon the British and French residents within their reach—if such an act of barbarian violence had been contem- plated. But, as we before stated, our Euro pean friends were secure against a sudden attack by their situation ; and we apprehend further, that since the dissolution of thebody of Janissaries, the Sultan is too much master of the proceedings in his capit a l t o suffer any sudden ebullition of fury, and not , to feel himself responsible, by his nisters, if any outrage on the rights of accredited persons should take place. It is also a singular proof of the greater activity of Christian agency, that the account'of the battle reached the Envoys of the Allied Powers at the Sublime Porte two days .earlier than it reached the Ottoman Govern- mcnt. We sincerely hope that what has taken place may accelerate an amicable arrangement be tween the Turks and Greeks, in conformity to the treaty of July. last.— Times. The election for a President of the Royal Society takes place on Friday- . --that is, the day after to-Morrow : there is, therefore, no long time to intervene. 'With respect to the candi dates also,—if we may , apply that term to men who decline, or affect to decline, . the honour of the station,—no one. thinks but of two, Mr. Davies Gilbert. and Mr. Peel. According to the song which was sung about the streets sorne time ago, one has got learning, and the other has got leather." Mr. Peel possesses no great learning, but cP.'n feed the philosophers can give theni good, dinners. Mr. Gilbert is a man of science, •but will not diverge from his usual ha6ts, which are retired and unostentatious. "Vet, if what we have heard of Mr. Gilbert be true, he will do much more than feed and flitter praters and dabblers : he will support and pro mote scientific knowledge and useful discoveries. He is willing to • expend money to almost any amount in the pursuit of knowledge, the aecon;- plishrneut of experiments, or the investi&ation of truth. What would the real friends of stienee desire more ?---/bid. , It was not to be expected that a peat and en lightened people like, the French, who, whatever may have. been its errors and excesses, cleared themselves by their revolution from a load of po litical shackles, would quietly return to the adoption of similar restraints, or, having once adopted free institutions, would be so enamoured of past recollections, as to bid adieu to rights so dearly bought, and so recently • established. An evident irrelinetion, however, to abridge pri pular rights, and to repress,'public, opinion, has more or less marked the conduct of 01e Mini - ters of the old dynasty wince its restoration ; an id few things, we Wieve, have astonished t people of this country more than the strikin contrast whin has been exhibited between the unnecessp:fy warmth and fervour of the Revo lution, and the apathy with which, one after ariP:t,her, many of its advantages hate been tiuietly surrendered. In France, as in Spain, this has been more or less the work Of the Catholic. Priesthood i SO true is it that civil libcity, and a degraded and corrupt su perstition, can never exist - together. The people of France, however, seem no longer in clined to succumb to the too successful efforts of this influence ; and the period of the flee tious, when itwas expected by its advocates that tine old regime would have acquired new strength, has turned out. to be one in which public opi nion has evinced itself in a way that cannot be misunderstood, and which, we trust, will not. be Yost upon the rulers. We are far from looking to the events which are now passing in France as likely to lead to any serious consequences in that country; and still less are we inclined to attach to the blind fury of a mob either merit or discrimin a tio n .. We know too well what mobs and riots are among ourselves to wish to see them respected or otherwise treated than by the prompt and strong aria of the law. But, how ever one may despise the materials of which even mobs are composed, they seldom act from im pulges,altogether wrong ; and, though it is the duty of every Government to put down such • headlong proceedings without parley or com-, promise, they must be unwise indeed if they do not adopt the maxim of our great Lord Bacon, who says, " The surest way to prevent seditions is to take away' the matter of them." As far as we can judge at this distance, from the accounts which we receive, we should say that the violence of the Paris mob has been met by too much violence on the part of the Government, which, or rather its agents, seem to have mistaken the vigour of the 'carbine and the sabre for that of the law. But lesson which the Government has to learn is not so much to be derived from the . riotous excesses of a mob, as from the violent tokens of public opinion which have produced' this ebullition of popular feeling—the result of the pending election's. This result has told the Government everywhere, in a language which Cannot be misunderstood, that the people of France expect to . see that Government advance with the spirit of the age, not recede under the • shadow of past darkness. We cannot persuade ' ourselves that a warning so intelligible and so reasonable can be lost upon any Government ; and, while we deplore any excesses to which its demonstration may.have led, such events are not to be put in the scale for a moment with the benefits which will be derived. to the whole na-, tion, and to the cause of civil liberty throughout Europe, should the French. rulers take, and promptly act upon, the- seasonable warnings which they haVe thus received.--MerniizL Herald. , , We have already clearly shown that the un fortunate and lamentable affair at Navarin (arising out of their own imbecility and mis conduct) has thrown our precious Ministry into the most embarrassing situation. We were at the same time enabled confidently to state, that: the honours conferred upon Admiral Sir Edw. Codrington immediately upon the receipt of the intelligen ce of the battle, were not bestowed with . the genera l concurrence of his' Majesty sCon stitutional advisers. 'We can now go further, and say, that owin g to erroneous conduct in cer tain subordinate dep axtments of the Government, the principal Ministers were not aware of what had taken place until th ey had seen the official com munication s i n the Gazel le. The circum stances were briefly . as follo w Lord Hi g h 1 ---The Illustrious Admiral, animated by that ardent ich so honourably disting u i s h es him, zeal tvh for hich h e i s so .the glory of the p rofession of properly placed at the head ) hastened to obtain from the King those testimonials of the ,Royal approbation of the achievement performed by the gallant Axlmiral. Codrington and the br4ve Officers kif his Fleet. The notification of these honours was sent in the proper and usual cause from the Admiralty to the Office k){ * the Secre tary for the Home Department, in order to its insertion in the Gazettt% So far there was not the slightest degree of irregularity. It was the immediate business of the Home Se cretary to communicate to the Prime Mini ster what was about to be done, and to re ceive his approbation, before the final and irrevocable act of publication had taken place. This duty, however, was not performed. The Marquis of Lansdowne was not in town ; and the Under Secretary, instead of sending to the Noble Marquis, iimnediately on receiving the notification, transmitted it to the Gazette Office for publication. Nothing can exceed the embarrassment which this precipitation on the part of the Under Secretary - for the Home De partment has occasioned among the Members of Administration, many of whom, as we have be fore statM, and as we now confidently teport, were not by any means prepared to approve of Admiral Codriugton's conduct, arising from their own imbecility; although they may now think that the most convenient mode to extricate themselves from the very disagreeable dilemma in which they are placed is to abstain from any direct censure of that Officer. The incident is certainly not very creditable to the discipline of the Official Departments under the present Ad ministration. It is quite different from every thing witnessed in the same particular Office, when filled by more discreet and able States men ; and we hope it will at least have the good effect of teaching certain persons a lesson of which they are evidently Much in need ; that other and higher qualities are necessary to render men useful or even harmless Subalterns of Ad ministration than those of idle bustle, or thought less promptitude,. regardless of all the indispens able rules of official discretion.—Morning Post. We call the attention of our readers to a let ter in another column, detailing the result of an application to the Home - Secretary, on the sub ject of the conduct of the Magistrates of Bristol, who have, it seems, assumed . the power of ex cluding the public from their proceedings, even in cases of final. adjudication. The instance spe cified, where the sentence, had it been carried into execution, would have been one of extraordinary severity—namely, consigning a than to serve on the coast of Africa for five years—is certainly one which forcibly shows the very unconstitutional nature ofthe power assumed by the Bristol Ma gistracy. There may be stages of criminal pro cedure, where, for the sake of the ends of justice, secresy may be at times deemed necessary, but in no case of final adjudication ought the public .to be . excluded. Publicity of procedure forms the only security against oppression ; and it is the boast of this country that the Courts.are open to all. ; The public have, therefore, a strong in terest in checking every attempt to administer jus tice in secret. Publicity is, essential to the due ad ministration ofjustice, and indeed the highest tri bunals are always °pee • but.it is of infinitely more importance that the inferior Courts, such as Ma gistrates Of Boroughs, &c. be Open, than the supreme Courts, because the Judges of the for mer are men of education and distinction, who are under the constant inspection of an en lightened Bar ; but the latter are generally low bred men, with little knowledge, and moreover with all the purse-proud consequence, and over hearingnese of disposition, which persons who have raised themselves to opulence from low beginnings Usually possess. The public, we repeat, have a strong interest in checking all at tempts on the part of Magistrates, and espe cially inferior Magistrates, to decide finally in private. The public have an interest ! But who is there to attend to the public interest ? Mr:A - alai - id, the gentleman who applies to the HOnie Secretary, is but an individual witnessing a bad pradtice—there is no reason why he or any other individual, who do not suffer per sonally from the violation of law, should put themselves to the expellee of prosecuting the Magistrates. • , It is by union that men are Strong ; but . , it would seem that, under the boasted Constitution of England, the struggle against combinations of wrong-doers devolves on individuals. If Magistrates, therefore, take' the precaution of violating the law only in the cases of poor men, who cannot - challenge them, from ina bility to bear the charges of a prosecution in the Supreme 'Courts, and steer clear of rich men, they may be said to be safe. No one represents the.public. There is no public officer, whose function it is to interfere in behalf of the public when they are injured by violations of law. The Home Secretary considers the superintendence of the Magistracy to form no part of his duty. There is, in fact, no representative of the public. The principle would seem to be, that as the pub lic is composed of individuals, every wrong must affect some individual ; and if he is unable to do himself justice, there is no great harm done : for justice ought to aid only the powerful, leav ing the poor to their fate. The besetting sin of the English Judicial System is, that it surrounds those with protection who are already too strong, and leaves unprotected those who most require the protection of law—namely, the weak. Every thing with us favours Aristocracy, and an Aristocracy of the basest kind—that of wealth. In former days, the Courts were instruments in the hands of the King, for destroying or weaken ing the power of the Landholders; but since the . Aristocracy defeated the Stuarts, and secured the ascendancy at the Revolution, the Courts use all their influence to strengthen that branch of their power, which they derive from uniting territorial influence with the administration of justice. The dog soon finds out who has the rule in the kitchen. Hence it may truly be said that the people are abandoned to a set of men who know no law hut their own discretion : who use their power for the basest of purposes, that of tyran nising Over the poor in their neighbourhoods, and jobbing (witness the use that has been made of the power to license public houses), and who make it even their boast that Magistrates ought to know nothing of law. It is vain, however, we fear, to expect a remedy. The same men who would starve the people for the. sake of their corn monopoly, will exclude them from the be nefits of a regular administration of justice. Wh e n money and acres constitute the qualifica tion for deciding between than and man, we can only console ourselves for . the national disgrace, by exclaiming with the virtuous Chancellor De Hopital— cem n s c esse s . . • • nuns turpis e t i n fi mus or d o , Temporibus postquam c pit ir( sc Omnibus, et pueris, passim pr)obimigu ueu tati Qui viz prima tenent elementA doeente magistro ; Qui tardi atquehebetes• be"e Plena dummodo zona• Mornin g Chronicle, 'rile contemporary who so unjustly attacked Admiial Codrington continues to pour out his • *a 4 - anger upo n Greeks.thGreeks. .. 7 l his is the wiser course ; for however it may litittOnto Contenipt a Journal Ads defended the cause of that much oppressed 'people with more than ordinary zeal. at 'a time when their, sofferings had excited. nei ther the degree nor the universality of . -Sympathy which they deserved, it will not bring it into danger. Our contemporary describes his opi nions on the Greek. question to have changed as soon as the Treaty of the 6th July had been concluded. We well remember the change. Among the records of political tergiversation we believe it would he i'difficult tas': to find its parallel. It took place on the 12th July. On the 1 1th our contemporary declared that nothing but the intervention of the Allies could save Greece. On the 12th he declared the inter vention of England to be " illll/nee—we pre sume by twenty-four hours. Our contemporary would fain have it understood that he all along advocated the cause of the Greeks in such a way as to exclude the idea of an interposition' like that stipulated' by the Treaty of the 6th July. IF so, what was the meaning of his words when he called on England so repeatedly to in terpose—when he regretted that France should be the first to do so---i-when he declared that the recognition .of the Greek blockade was virtually an acknowledgment of their independence—and when he expressed a wish that Russia should in terfere with her arms since her notes were useless ? But it is unnecessary to allude to particular ex pressions —it is not, by quotations that '.the ques tion of our contemporary's consistency is to be settled. 'We can refer to the whole drift and ob ject of his reasonings for five or six years on this subject—his leading subject during the whole of that period—to his prose, to his poetry, to his selections, to his correspondence—to his whole tone and temper whenever Greece or Turkey was directly or indirectly introduced. We shall, however, for the sake of argument, piit the question in his own way. He does not deny that lie advocated the cause of the Greeks, from the commencement down to the memorable 12th July, with a warmth which 'colder tem pered writers , might sometimes imagine mis placed, and with a degree of strength which very strongly contrasts with the pitiful lameness of argument with which he has saw-es-attempted to refute hiS own positions. This, we say, he does not and dares not deny. His sorrows are recorded more permanently than the wish of the Man of Uz:aspired to ; they arc not only 'writ ten, they are printed. Now, we put to our con temporary this plain question :—He says, that all armed interference on the part of England, or of France, or. of RusSia, singly or united, is a breach of the law of nations—an act which should call down an impeachment on the Ministry of the first of these Powers : What did he, what does he, wish to be done for his proteges? Will he say, " negotiate ?" Does he pretend that every resource of negotiation had not been tried long before the Treaty was entered into ? Does he pretend that during the last twelve months, and more, while he was daily. calling for. greater exertions--4or more earnest endeavours—for in terference more energetic—in behalf of the GreekS ; while he was appealing, by turns, to the feelings of humanityto the sanction of reli gion —and, when the report was spread abroad that America intended, 'on condition of a settle ment in the Mediterranean, to give aid td the Greeks—when he addressed the fears and the interests of the Monarchs of Europe on the sub ject which then appeared to be nearest his h ear s, will he say, that while thus stimulating Christen dom in behalf of the " slaves of Turkey," as he has since termed them; there were not negocia ! - tions of the most earnest; pressing, continuous, no - 16 ?—that note upoinri7riiiirrelientintet upon representation, from the Ambassadors of England, of Russia, and France, singly and con jointly, were not presented ? If negyciation were all he asked, all he wished, why were his exhorta tions resumed from day to day, when ail he sought for, all he wanted, was granted to satiety ? We are aware it is no justification of the "treaty of the 6th July, that our contemporary has unsaid, Within these last five months, all' that he had said for five years before, and thus striven to pull down the edifice which, in his happier moments, he had so solidly constructed—nor do we mean it as such. The just and orderly defence of that Treaty we have already entered on at length, and with the deliberation it deserved. What we would effect at present, is, if we can, to in duce our contemporary, if he would retain the respect of the public, to choose some other topic for Vituperation, than that on which he has long exhausted all the varied forms of panegyric. ? -- New Times. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY.—FRIDAY, Nov. 30. . Bateson, J., •Leeds—Court-house, Leeds 12 Crossman, T., Bristol—Swan, Bristol Davies, H., Hampton Bishop—New inn, Hereford Fletcher, G., Worksop—Horse, Nottingham l2 Gilbert, G., Burgh—Red Lion, Partney .... 11 Kerrison, T., Norwich--Norfolk hotel, Norwich Mullen, S., Nottingham—Black's head, Nottingham Rendall, J., Bridport—Greyhound, Bridport ll Rodway, M., Swell's.hill, Rodborough—Fleece inn, Rod . CI bormigh Tucker, J., (church's-mill, Woodchester—Fleece inn, Rod borough Williamson, T. Sutton in Holderness—George, Kingston upon-Hull INSOLVENTS APPLYIN COUNTRY.—At the Court-hi • . G TO BF DISCHARGED, ouse, Lancaster, November 30, o'clock. Whitehurat, T., Manchester Simpson, M., Preston M‘lntyre, J., Manchester, . Bramball, J., Huyton Gray, T., Manchester Winder, S., Salford Redhead, W , Broughton Snape, W., M a nchester Salthouse, J. Manchester Moorby, T., Settle at Teri Pickup, J.„ Bury Holt, J., Salford Crowder, J., Bolton Boardman, R., Bolton Heaps, J., Preston Brown, H., Manchester Dobson, U., Leyland Helsby, S., Liverpool Livesley, J., Salford Marshall, J., Salford Christopher, P., Horwich A POLITE QUADRUPED.—Sir EVERARD Homx, in a communication'read to the Royal Society at its first meeting on Thursday ee'nnight, stated that the giraffe at Windsor would lick a lady's hand, but would not touch that of a man. IMPUDENT THEFT.—Saturday morning last, an elderly man, dressed in .black, entered the tap-room of the Royal Standard public-house, Upper Dorset -street, Bryanstone-square, and called for half a pint of porter, with which he was served, and he stood and drank it. The ser vant, who was cooking dinner for a party, had very shortly before put a large piece of beef, weighing 16 pounds, in the pot.; but during her absence the fellow contrived to take the meat out of the pot, and, wrapping it up in a large'towel, walked off with it, unperceived by any one. The servant almost immediately afterwards proceeded to the tap-room, and plunging her fork into the pot to ascer tain how the " joint was getting on," discovered the theft, and ran to the bar in a state 'of alarm to inform her master. A gentleman who at that moment entered the house, said that be met an old lean, carrying a large bundle under his arm, not far from the house, and steam was issuing from it. He was pursued, and was overtaken with the pro perty in his possession, " smoking hot !" He was brought back to the house of Mr. RAMSAT, the Royal Standard, and . the meat was restored to the pot. The thief begged for mercy, stating it to be.his first offence—that he resided win York-street, Marylebone, with a wife and family, who Were in distress, which bad driven him to the commission of the offence. His statement, on inquiry, was found to be true, and after a severe lecOtre he was allowed to depart. LIVERPOOL, NOVEMBER 26. , - The. followhig is the answer received by the Chairman of the Liverpool Portugal and Brazil 4s sociatinn, to a memorial forwarded to his Majesty's Ministry : . • " FOreigh Office, Nov.. 22, 1827. " SIR, —I have the honour to acknowledge, by Lord Dudley's directions, the receipt through Mr. Huskisson, of the . mcmorial signed by you on behalf of the merchants composing the Liverpool Portugal and Brazil Association, praying that his Majesty's Government will adopt measures for relieving British trade from the inconveniences to which it is exposed by the protracted blockade of the River Plate; and that his Majesty's • mediation between the Govern ments of Brazil and Buenos Ayres may he conti nued, in the hope of promoting peace between. those countries. " Lord Dudley directs me to acquaint you, for the information of the parties interested, that his Ma jesty's Government have long been deeply sensible of the evils resulting to British commerce from the measures of the hostile parties in the -River Plate. They 'have for a long time past exerted every effort of friendly'counsel and mediation to put an end to that calamitous warfare. • .And' although their en deavours have hitherto unhappily been without - avail, his Majesty's Government do not despair that the renewed efforts which they are now making, under more propitious circumstances, to affect an accom modation between the contending parties, will at length lead to a result not less desirable to the bel ligerents themselves, than to the interests of his Ma jesty's subjects trading to the River Plate. " With respect to the specific measures .suggested in the memorial for the partial,relief of the British trade with Buenos Ayres, even pending the hostili ties in the River Plate. I am instructed by Lord Dudley to assure you, that involving as they do, questions of considerable delicacy and difficulty, they will be taken into the serious consideration of his Majesty's Government, with the view of effec ting every practicable relief in the event of a further protraction of the war. I am, Sir, your most obedient humble Servant, - "To - Dyson, Esq. ' J. BACKHOUSE." THE A.P.MY. Detaehmenti of invalids belongihg to the Royal Artillery, the 36th, 49th, 80th, 95th, Regiments of Foot, and the Rifle erigatic,. under the command of Ensign Collard, of the 95th Regiment, arrived on Monday, on board the Cato transport, at Portsmouth, from Malta. The Cato sailed from Malta Oct. 8. The Hope transport has arrived, with detac h ments of Lvalids, from Lisbon. • The Depot of the 88th Regiment of Infantry hai received orders to march from Tcmplemore, for Birr. The Depot of the 17th Ilegimept of Infantry has received orders to move from Birr to Templemore.i A detachment belonging to the 28th Regiment of Foot, Arrived in town yesterday from LiverpOol, on , route to Portsmouth. Detachments belonging to the 3d, 40th, and 57th Regi ments of Foot, and the East India Company's service, arrived in town yesterday from Bristol, on route to Chatham. ROBBERY OF A WATCH-MAKER'S Sil°l'" Yesterday morning, as soon as the INlagisi rr ;,; bad arrived at Bow-street, information was by Messrs. Grimaldi and Johnson, watch 311 1 chronometer-makers, No. 431, in the Strand the corner of Castle-court), Of a burglary i ; t to most extensive robbery having been corny' h , upon their premises on the preceding nig ne This burglary, both as regards bold ss9 nuity, 'and amount of booty, is nearly wit h°l) parallel. The shop of Messrs. Grimaldi ape Johnson wr,s closed on Monday night befor e 6 o'clock, and there being always a great qntis; of valuable property upon the premises, the,'lto telling of the doors, there being one leadi ii r l re Castle-court and another into the Strand, of the most approved description, aild ever/ / is v ; was considered perfectly safe. The hous e j o ck ( v ) e p r e y n g rg e in t o o t] lane, as a . nd a tle ._ co p i o u r t tn of ,ioiiasbieteant totte . e° ffee years a well known and respectable ffee. and chop house, called the Casa° ,her e house, kept by Mr. Grimaldi's mother' 'ff e r is a door communicating from the e ° 0, 1 ( 11 house with the house. where Messrs. Gri ° o and JOhnson's shop is situate, whieb a n rn Li fastened on the side next the coflFee-roo ng , iron bar and a padlock. Yeste' day fo rnl ,r e at when the family came down stairs, to their g; o fl surprise they found the cellar door open, ofo' also . the door leading into the hack coffee -1 _ 1 , 1 ° 1f; and from thence into Castle-court. The S on this circumstance created, was only pxceedet:i. l vg discovering that the padlock of the door 1 " f a ts into into the front shop, had been picked with 3 i n to key, and the iron bar removed. On gal t he the shop, they found it ransacked of 8 ,4 0 0 s valuable property left therein on the Pr e i nic . night, which, consisting of - spring clocks) t ' - eo l' pieces,. chronometers, gold keys, chains, 51 and and jewellery, of the value of between SL / A o ff; Seven Thousand Pounds, had ,been carv e " t he and merely a wreck of property, scattered ure e fbe 'floor, of scarcely any value, left behind• d i et glass cases, drawers, boxes, shelves, and °;tefl, places where the property had been der's's;c, were all cleared of their contents. The watches' o ff exhibited for sale in the window, were tak e l n t he the hooks on which they were suspen de d le night before, and only a few articles we re te rs. strewed on the window shelf and the cool '-;f11 The robbers, it is believed, were provide sacks to carry away the property, and it is r°o3ch dered more than probable that a liackner ° , o o. was even at hand, into which the thieves " ow e veyed the booty, and drove away with it to sit is fence, or receiving-house for stolen goods. 6 11. considered very extraordinary where the man could be all the time, because it 05 ,.. 0 0. posSible the stolen property, could have bel l ' of .veyed from the house without the assistalleerir several persons. Bishop and Salmon, the P o , cipal officers ere sent by Sir R. Birnie t o s to amine the premises, and to ,use their e%erLknall discover the robbers. They found a the them and a crow-bar on the premises, le by robbers. They were of opinion that (P e w ad thieves had concealed himself in the ee pre' joining one of the coffee-rooms during die retired ceding evening, and after the family h ad i, tlie to rest, had let in his companions, thro n g ra nge door leaching into Castle-court- Some st u r 3 o o persons took refreshment at the coffee i o ,which the a la y r t ob i e t b ve l e v i r:y i s n ‘ g a ; c a c s a o n e m ir d p e l e i t fr s e h o d e r d t b h i t y : l e ' e n e co f oi t c r : d c : r i s n e r ; t 4 l s l ;l ; l o sa n tis M fic o d lid tl thieves—that it must have been Lion for a considerable period; and 10° 1)3111Y the watchman was inveigled from his beat a t time the property was removed, or had wqbe called sleepy dust'.' thrown in his .eyes. watchman declares that be t u h s a u t al l , ie a d n i d d discover ° that the door lea into Castle-court was un fastened, it having V eil hielotsa‘vwbeuntt it arsoisinto(llsorigge fotro the e ei A r d a m pp u r .a e l h ty en , si a c: i ' is d h...eo : o o t t yesterday on the a lert, watching several reee i l i vi e to houses, and, as an inducement to the rj b ' e b e rs. left a-jar by the thie I v i es ° . tb S il a w. linon and Dishoeur exert themselves in discovering the T re p Messrs. Grimaldi and Johnson have nis e- l'he loss would have bean much greater, '1„ fen' f Messrs. Grimaldi. and Johnson fortunatn: to, 3 returned ool. reward day s ag o o several noblemen d an gentlemen, ato gir valuable chrohol n d to re,„,.e eters, which- tney na ev . late, ffic. A s tolen: A t mongst the' property three pounds' worth of new sixpeneer'• late hour last night no due had been'ob' or [I likely to le a d to ' t..e recovery of the prope r to the discovery of the thieve& THE MARKETS. • COUNTRY CORN MARK E n DURING THE Nyfj oats. ` " 4 42 1- 43 54 41 40 44 40 5 6 5 0 t 5 !) 4 0 7 - , 56 60 Wheat. f Barley. F. to s. 1 s to 5. 5. to 5. 26 54 26 3 16 24 45 58 28 35 Si 3 ° 50 52 30 31 23 27 4 4 48 20 l)3 22 42 54 26 S 3 16 33 24 30 44 33 SO 44 48 2° •„ 16 20 40 59 27 34 22 3 3 44 56 25 36 21 30 Per Quarter. Boston Grantham Grimsby,..---- Horncastic Hull Lincoln Spilaby Stamford POLICE INTEL LIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—A gentlenaan named Walsh, who stated himself to be one of the churchwardens of Camber well parish, applied to Sir Iticuaan BIRICIE yesterday, re lative to the charges demanded by. police-officers for their time and assistance. The applicant stated that the parish of Camberwell usually applied to the public-office at Union-hall when in want of the services of the ciVil power. On such occa sions the Magistrates very readily afforded the required aid but the parish had to pay rather dearly for it, as the offi cers charged 141. a-day for attendance On the occasion of Peckham fair, the applicant said it was deemed advis able to apply for a strong body of police, as serious riots were apprehended. An application was accordingly for warded to the Secretary of State, and a detachment of the Bow-street patrol, 'under'the direction of two inspectors, was ordered to attend to the neighbourhood of Peckham, fOr the purpose of quelling any disturbance that might arise. When their attendance was no longer reqUired, the inspectors were desired to furnish a bill of the expences in curred, as was usual in such cases. A bill was accordingly made out, in which there appeared a charge of only 3s. 6d. a day 'for each man, exclusive, however, of the two in spectors, who contended that they ought not to be placed upon a footing with the common men. Now the applicant said, he•could see no reason why the officers of Union-ball should charge l 4-s. a day for their attendance, while the patrol of .11ow-street were content with a much smaller allowance ; and be wished to be informed if the pay of police-officers Continued while Peridrming duty of this de scription, as that might account perhaps for the charge of the Union-hall officers,although in that case the BoW-street patrol would he very inadequately paid if 3s. 6d, a day was meant to recompense them. • • Sir RICHARD BIRNIIC said, that the fact of the . officers at Union-ball charging 14s. a day for their attendance might very easily be accounted for. There were only eight principal officers attached to the several police offices, and the magistrate. not having any other disposable force at for ward etrEyfoto,frf theirerilneen r,ge.ahtontwze,dvacailin.:deaittihetechyoerbdseieiilrvnggli)cr;proi fncthep Thereal pub lie,--he fiba their command, had only those eight officers to send cers, l s ailt7—ayistea meant the Ifow . -street patrol,—whose assistance ruight,be procured at 3s. Gd. a-day. -M.. Welsh—la. that allowance meant to be in lieu of their Government pay? Sir ItrcilAeo BIRNIE—No. Their pay goes on as usual. Mr. Walsh—That being the case, I think the officers at Union-hall were somewhat exorbitant in charging I 4s. Sir ttic , 110,14.13 151 R.. 1 .4—The difference of commod ities, you know, makes a difference in price. I can tell you, that there is not one of the principal officers attached to this establishment who would have served you for less than a guinea a-day, besides charging at least 14s. a-day for ex penses, so that on the whole you may co sidec yourself tole] ably well off. Mr. Walsh—l am informed that the Bow-street patrol have only 255. a-week. - Sir R. ThaNix r -Our principal officers have no more, but it may be considered in the light of a retaining fee ; they are not, of course,, depending - upon that allowance.— Soine people (continued Sir . R. Birnie) are for paying officers too high, and others too low. I remember an old gentleman, and you may remember him also, Mr. Walsh— I mean Mr. Coutts, the banker,—who once applied to me for an officer to protect his g rand -children on the occasion of their being presented at Court. I sent him an officer, and he paid him for his trouble according to the regular rate of payment ; but, not content with that the old gen tleman called upon me in a day or two after, to consult -with me as to the amount of remuneration he ought to give the officer over and above his regular allowance. I told him that it was quite unnecessary to think of such a thing, as "the man hiniself considered he was sufficiently paid alieady. But no, Mr. Coutts would have it that lie was his debtor, .and he actually named 20/. as the sum which he intended to give him. I had great difficnity (added Sir Richard) to induce Mr. Coutts to reduce this sum to 101., which he paid into the hands of the officer himself, who, as you may guess, was agreeably surprised with such a pre sent for an attendance for a few hours only.. Mr. Walsh soon after retired, Sir RICHARD BIRNIN as suring him that he might a lways have the assistance of the BOw-street patrol on the terms mentioned. The widow of the unfortunate man Lowe, who was con victed of colouring base money, and executed pursuant to his sentence last 'Thursday, applied on Monday evening for parish relief. She was in a beastly state of intoxication at the time, and the magistrate ordered her to be turned out. It appears that the friends of the deceased having obtained possession of his body, proceeded to wake it after the Irish fashion, in a room in Little George-street, St. Giles's. In the course of the night, which was ushered in with the most boisterous carousing, a regular row took place. The lights were knocked out, and the flame of one of the candles that surrounded the coffin having communicated to the winding sheet, it is said that the right arm of the corpse was nearly burned from the body. One of the combatants applied at this office the next morning for a warrant against some of the rioters. He complained of a cut head, and both of his eyes were in mourning. On Saturday night, about eleven o'clock, a row took place at the Yorkshire Grey public-house, in Barrack-street, Colchester, which terminated in the death of the landlord, who, during the riot, left the house to pro cure a constable, and was followed by the party, one of whom struck him a blow on the head which caused his death. The man who is suspected to have given the deadly blow, directly absconded ; BLAND, the town ser geant, and another person, were here on Sunday in pursuit, but the person they sought was in the mean t►me appre hended at the Bird-in-Hand, Coggeshall. An inquest was to'be held upon the body yesterday. Some accounts state that the blow was given with a pale, pulled from a fence, with a nail in it, .which being driven into the temple, caused instantaneous death.—Essex Herald. DESTRUCTIV E F I RE IN , LAMBETH Mmitsll.—Al) ,, tit four o'clock yesterday morning, a most alarming fire broke out in Gibson-street, Lambeth Marsh, behind the Olive Bra nc h public-house, the opposite cor ner to the Theatre. Th e pre mises, occupying up war d s o f half an acre of gr oun d, we re enveloped in on e genera l bl a ze. The furniture was all scattered about, and the whole of the Marsh appeared like a broker's shop. The progress of the devouring element was not checked until seven o'clock. The fire not only threatened the inhabi tants of Gibson.street and Lambeth Marsh, but the te nants of the houses in W;lliam-street (in a line between the above named places), were also placed in a s tate of the greatest alarm, as the backs of their premises also took fire, and are slightly injured. CITY BUSINESS. Yesterday the Loin MAYOR held hia first Court of Al dermen, which was fully attended. Thanks were unanimously voted to the late Lord Mayor for his excellent conduct throughout the late Mayoralty, which were ordered to be advertised. The Court appointed their several Committees for the year ensuing. Commissioners of the Court of Requests for the month of January next were appointed. The Inquest of Cheap Wa►d attended with a presentment of sundry ruinous premises, upon which the Court directed the measures prescribed by the Act of Parliament to be im mediately taken. ' . . . . The inquests of Bishogsgate Ward and St. Andrew's, . - Holborn, presented several persons for carrying on trade not being free of the city, which were referred to the Chamber lain. The Court ordered precepts for holding the several Wardmotes on St. Thomas's -day Next, for the election of Ward officers for the year ensuing, to be issued as usual. The Chamberlain reported the surplus of the Orphans' Fund for the last quarter, upon which the Court directed him to take the necessary measures for the discharge of 16,7001., part of the remaining debt. The annual return of the state of the several prisons of the city, as prepared by the Gaol Committee, was agreed to, and ordered to be transmitted to the Secretary of State. The Sheriffs made their returns of the present number of prisoners, and the general state of health of the prisoners. W. E. Burnaby, Esq., who was recently elected one of the common pleaders of the city, was admitted and sworn into that office. Several persons were sworn, and others allowed to be ad mitted brokers. Licences were granted to coal-undertakers. The consideration of the petition of Messrs. Saul to he admitted to the freedom was adjourned for the next Court. The Court confirmed a report from the Police Commit tee for making some appointments. The several new year's gifts at St. James's were ordered to be paid. Orders against beggars and disorderly persons infesting the city were directed to he issued. Several bills and accounts were'ordered for payment. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 27. DOE ON VEIN DEMISE OT JAMES SUTTON COOKE V. Tril MAYOR AND BURGESSES OF STAFFORD. Mr. Sergeant TADDY moved for a rule to show cause why judgment should not be entered for the plaintiff in this case as for want of a plea. The ac tion was one of ejectment, and was instituted by the lessor of the plaintitt, to recover possession of cer tain lands, which he claimed to hold by the tenure of borough-English, in the borough of Stafford. The affidavit upon which he was instructed to make this application stated that the defendants undertook to represent the tenant of the lands claimed, and, in Trinity term last, filed a plea, in which they de scribed themselves as " the Mayor and Burgesses of Stafford," a title which the plaintiff alleged they had no right to adopt, as, in the Easter term pre ceding, a motion, in the shape of a quo warranto, was made in the Court of King's Bench against a Nlr. Francis Hughes, for acting as Mayor ; and upon that motion judgment was issued against him as at o th f e E tm a i ste e r term, and the Corporation was 'in a measure dissolved. It would therefore app ear th a t. of the fil • to be the facts contained in the affidavit, and the n j es of ext e te P ti l . ea, These such appearedbody . d as a Mayor and Bur gem Learned sergeant thought, that as it was quite el i dent that no such body as the ,defendants descril ,ed themselves to be was in existence, the Court would grant him the rule he prayed for. Mr. - Justice GASELEE thought there must be some mistake in the affidavit with respect to the time when the judgment was issued by the Court of King's Bench, for he had read a report in the news papers (and those reports, though riot given in de tail, were generally correct in substance), that a rule, of a similar kind to that mentioned in the affi davit, was granted in the Court of King's Bench only a few days ago, but he believed his Learned Brother Russell could confirm the Court on that point. Mr: Sergeant RUSSELL said, .that it certainly was so—such a rule was moved for arid granted. Under these circumstances, the Court expressed great unwillingness to grant the rule. They there fore left it to the discretion of Mr. Sergeant Teddy, to say whether he would not take a rule to show Cause, why the defendants should not give security for costs. To this proposition the Learned Sergeant appear ed to consent. ARNOLD V. THE BISHOP or BATH AND WELLS. Mr. Sergeant E. LAvvEs moved to discharge a rule obtained by Mr. Sergeant Wilde on a former day, calling upon the plaintiff to file his declaration in this action on or before the last'day of term. He stated that the rule was obtained only on Saturday last, and served on Sunday. Mr. Justice PARk.—Served on a Sunday, and upon a bishop too ! I hope not. Mr. Sergeant WILDE said it was served by letter. He had no objection to enlarge the rule to the first day of next term, provided the plaintiff Peremptorily undertook to declare in the mean time. Mr. Sergeant LAWES had no instructions to ac cede to any such proposal ; but the Court, think ing it very reasonable, ordered a rule to be drawn up accordingly, CONSISTORY COURT, Nov. 21 HARRIS V. HARRIS. In this suit, which is for a divorce on the ground of adultery, instituted by Mrs. Harris against Capt. Harris,,, her husband, the proctor for the former ap plied for an allowance on account, till the question of alimony could be settled. From the answers of Captain Harris in the Registry, it appeared that his income amounted to between 5001. and 6001. Mrs. Harris had received a weekly allowance, equal to 801. per annum, from June till August last, when it ceased, and she now received no allowance whatever from her husband. • The Proctor on the other side stated, that the in come of Captain Harris was but 1601. per arnium : a public situation which he lately held, yielding 1101., had ceased. He was willing to allow 501. or 601. for alimony, but was not prepared to offer any sutil on account. The COURT directed 301. to be paid, till the al mony was settled. • COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 27 TROTTER. v. HARRIS. This was an action of trespass, brought by Mr. Hartwell, a respectable gentleman, residing in Surrey, in the name of his tenant, Richard Trotter; against the defendant, for an invasion of his right to a ferry on the river Thames, at Lalehain. _ _ Mr. JEKvts(who 'was assisted by Mr.TEIESIGER) called evidence which proved Mr. Flartwell's pos session ever since 1810, Mr. TatterSall's:Previous possession, and the former judgment recovered by him against, the present defendant. Mr. Tainvi:ort, who, with Mr. COMYN, appeared for the defendant; contended that there was no evi dence to establish the plaintiff's exclusive right to a ferry on this part of the river. The Jury returned a verdict • for the plaintiff— Damages Is., costs 40s. • • This cause occupied the Nisi Prius court during the whole of the day. COTT" WOOL, LIST OF IMPORTS AND IMPORTS. D' lot reig .° -- -1 ..----"' vie' r• - • 10 ,bir 11 _ .. 3:4, ------- o° ll o Bags, &e.. Bags, & sz7 e. Bags, • t., Liverpool 716,730 462,382 331 91,1 L o ndon . GlabgOW - Total exported in 18.21 IM PO. TED. Same pc- This riod last year. year. BIRTHS. t •O 4 On the 26th inst., in Welbeck-street, the l ad y of Waddilove, Esq., of Chaddleworth-house, Berke, oflijaa," On the 23d inst. , Mrs. W. H. Vickers, of St. ISI Hill, of a son. • Pit , On the 24th inst., the lady ofthe Rev. Vi lis"l . 1 f O chinson, of a daughter. Pd ). t' n the 22d inst., at.Wokefield-park, Berke, 111 e Bernard Brocas, Esq. of a son. ~, MARRIED. 1 V e 'l On the 27th inat.; at St. Ann's, Soho, Cololo con, of the Madras Native Infantry, 'to Joan Au P ,l , daughter of the late Thomas Day, Esq., of W a tfor"' n. t" On the 26th inst., Louis Angel D'Albicore, .i lhe i Henrietta, eldest daughter of John Belson, Esq'f ;ere b e Royal Marines, formerly of Woodside. Herts, an d li ,t °).' the late James Bindley , Esq., Senior Commissione 'ciTioelb Stamp Office, M.A., and F.S.A., and Admiral 'r of Redgrave Hall, Suffolk. DIED. ' ve ry reo On the 2'7th instant, at Kimbolton,' to the grief of all her family and friends, Miss Anne Welso,ll.od, On the 26th inst. veo , most highly respecte d and .otizef. and most deeply and universally regre tted, the Rigllmil Dr. William Poynter, Bishop of H alia, and Vic o: tolie in the London District. .1 1° •On the 26th inst., in Castle -street, Holborrli f?, Jopson, Esq.,• aged 66. - „ 0 1 t On the 27th inst, aged 9 y ears, John Boas `; eo t, I, eldest son of Mr. John Fr iedmann, of Ilurton-creg re st. On the 24th inst. , a t S outh Cla p ton, deeply re' 1 Mlog.nA.tihaery22Sdiatienrs't.:l;e2rs.ey, suddenly, Robert Shee,:' E ....................___ 5q., late ofC__ ... !E .__ lMLnberr 1 a th; Pativrzn and Pusnsrutn by M. 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