The Sun. — London, England, 1831-05-24 00:00:00

though wary and calculating when unruffled, are easily provoked to violence and reckless of conse quences when once excited. The great defect of the Scotch is want of temper ; the English might, per haps, be improved by a little more excitability. In No. 83 of the Qtarterly Review, there is an article on Vtcairn's Ancient Criminal Trials of Scotland, attributed to Sir Walter Scott, in which the dark part of the Scotch character is w.. 11 handled : " fire Northern Legislature itself," says the Reviewer, " seems to have been fully sensible of the atrocity of the nation d temper, and accordingly their laws concerning homicide were far more rigorous than those of the Sister Kingdom, which their Jurists gravely defended, by alleging the necessity of restraining the perferviduln ingenium Scotorum. The traces of this still r emain. The Scottish law has been so framed as to discountenance all approaches to personal encounter, that even marked aggressions will not vindicate the person who receives them. Nor even at this hour do the Judges receive openly or avowedly the distinction so broadly marked in the English law, between the homicide, whose guilt arises out of some sudden strife, and unpreir.editated quarrel, and the deliberate and afore thought murderer. Yet not only did this affectation of judging with extreme severity the first provocation to vio lence fail of producing the desired effect in the elder time, but at this hour many of their own authors are forced to recognize the remnants of the fierce and vindictive propen sitiea of their fathers among a nation otherwise proverbially moderate in their passions, and moral in their deportment. If we consider the criminal calendars of England and Scot land in a comparative view, we must, of course, first make allowance for the population and the wealth of the principal nation. While our northern provinces are for the most part thereby peopled, and by a simple race, removed from the general temptations of higher civilization—a great part of England is, on the contrary, densely inhabited by a manu facturing population, sometimes wallowing in opulence, which they waste in sensual enjoyment, sometimes reduced to the most sordid distress—either condition, unhappily, the fruitful mother of vices which cannot so readidily oc cur in a country still mainly pastoral and agricultural. To this must be added the great effect produced upon the Scot tish nation by their excellent system of parochial schools and general education. Such instruction, almost univer sally diffused, has hail potent influence:in ameliorating men's minds and taming their strong passions. It has taught them reflection and modtration, as its necessary conse quence ; it reminds them, that as sure as the day is fol lowed by the night, so sure must the actions of the day be accounted for, and the indulgence of passion, of whatever kind, repaid by distress, remorse, or punishment. • • a • • • Still, all this being granted—all deduction being made on the one hand, for the infinite concatenation of crime, con nected with the mercantile and manufacturing system— and, on the other, for such superiority of general educa tion as the under ranks of the Scotch can justly pretend to ;—it is, at least, the common opinion, that Scotland is even at this day remarkably fertile in producing the darker kinds of crime, arising out of deep passion, matured re venge, long-hatboured spite, family feuds, disputes among neighbours, and casual quarrels, which the good-natured Englishman forgets, before the sun has gone down upon his wrath." As one of the hundred instances which may be gisen of the singular contrast afforded by English mobs, we take the following characteristic account of the Popr-burning mobs of London in 1680-1- 9 , from Roger North's " Examiner." " Whether," he says, "this Pope-burning frolic was originally an express contrivance, or rose up by accident, dolt not clearly appear ; the former is most likely, because it is certain all kind of invention was at work to excite the rabble, upon all occasions, to make their musters as formidable as the managers durst appear to encourage them ; and the pretence of celebrating the 17th of No vember (Queen Elizabeth's Birth-night) was apt enough for the purpose. For the Reformation being settled in her reign, the -term Pcotestant went off well with it, like matter and form, insignificant asunder, but joined make a figure ; and such an one as might best endiablee the rabble, and set them a bawling against Popery. Others fancied it was rather accident that lighted this fire; as having no other ori g inal than some tavern caprice , encourag in g a s mall mob, put in the way by the sth of November doings not long before, to make a bonfire, by which the disposi• tion was observed ; and then the faction run into it, as a kind opportunity proffered to tumultuate the people, for that was a necessary operation it, the conjunction then reigning. It is certain the whole party in and about Lon don, engaged by all practicable ways and means to exaspe rate the rabble upon this occasion, and carried the humour so high as seemed to shake the English Government; so much, that foreigners concluded the streets would be a lt bloody and strewed with carcases, so fierce and minatory were the agitations ! Eut the English are in that sin gular from all other rations, especially those towards the hotter climes, where men seldom tumultuate without blood ; but the English will bawl and crowd terribly, but do not love the cry of murder." Yet the nation had not long recovered from a long and bluntly civil war, and bad been constantly aft, r wards agitated by tumours of plots anti conspiracies. It is pretty clear that when our Northern neighbours take any matter up, they take it up in good eatnest —that they do riot understand joking. We rejoice exceedingly that the majority of England and Ire land will be so great as to secure the passing of the Bill ; because, if after having their expectations raised with regard to Reform, they were to have seen a strong Anti-Reform Opposition in the house of Commons, the peace of the country might have been in some danger. Though the English pos sess great temper and forbearance, they have more than once been entangled by the violence of their Northern neighbours. Reform in our days would be as powerful an incentive as Presbytery in a former. But, thank God, the danger is past. The good sense of the English people taught them that the support of the Government on this trying occasion could alone be a guarantee for order and tranquillity, and their exertions have indeed been wonderful. When this great exciting cause has once been dis posed of, we may consider the peace of the country as permanently secured. Our moral and religious neighbours of the North will, it is to be hoped, on receiving the extended franchise, abandon the savage practice of murdering those whose votes they disapprove, and furnish their heads with arguments for speeches, instead of filling their pockets and aprons with stones.-11Iorning Chronicle. The anniversary dinner for celebrating the triumph of the purity of election in Westminster was held yesterday, in the usual place. The assembly was more numerous titan it has been for many years. Mr. Sturch, who proposed Sir Francis Burdett, entered on what may be termed the business of the night, by reading the hand-bill, which he had him self assisted in drawing up 24 years ago, inviting the electors of Westminster to choose their Mem bers without being canvassed, and thereby set a noble example to the country. That example then set by the electors of Westminster led to most im portant consequences. By degrees the people of England became ashamed of allowing themselves to be dragged to the husti n g s as retainers for this or that candidate; and we have seen that during the present election they have in general taken the business into their own hands. The nation owes much to the small band who first, in Westminster, t tight the people the secret of their own strength.— allorning Chronicle. In adverting again to the ca;es of the two con victs who are ordered for execution to-morrow morning, we wish it distinctly to be understood that we did not and do not object to the infliction of death in these instances on the ground of a partial or injudicious selection having, been made out of a calend ar o f e ight ee n condemned persons, who might all have been at swept from the face of the ear th to gether, if Government so pleased, in accord ance with the latter and the spirit of sanguinary law s— our objection is made, if these I t: any selection for the scaffold being well the worst cases in the calendar —and we are execution,convinced that, if the sentences are carried intoit will be under cir cumstances that do ne the shedding cf blood either on moral grounds justify y r those of public Pht--;rB„(t_he Courier) says, necessity. An Evening abstracting w t p e uld probably in allusion to our rema a r b k s s % questions i as have been found that, tle fitness of the law under w g hi h ch are sentenced, the selection was well m " a e d s e e , ln ft el d l we hope it will be admitted that, whilst c' p " punishments for other crimes than murder sha a el7e l considered necessary, the Government will, in the selection of offenders to whom it is intendard to ed to ex tend the mercy of the Gown, have reg the Here is a doe genersl character o f the convicted." trine avowed which is not more abhorrent to huma nity than to every idea of sound and dispassionate policy. What ! if the crime for which a man hris been tried and convicted does not in any view of it deserve death, is he to be hanged because on a se cret investigation it does not appear to those who are the dispensers of his fate his character is that of an upright and virtuous man ? If men were to be hanged for bad characters we might dispense with the bulks, and transportation, and imprison ment, and the tread-mill, and secondary punish news altogether. Again, if it be inhuman and un just to hang men for certain offences, of which they have been legally convicted according to the rules of evidence in open Court, and in judicial manner, is it right or just to hang them for allegations of bad character not proved accord ing to the rules of evidence in open Court, not coming under the cognizance of the Jury who re turned the verdict, and only inquired into by a mode of proceeding arbitrary, inquisitorial,' and extra judicial ? The Evening Paper to which we have alluded also says, " With respect to the law, we fully agree with our contemporary that there is something inhuman in the destruction of life for offences of such a character ; and we also feel that the practice of destroying life for other offences than murder, or robberies committed under circumstances of brutal atrocity, is attended with no good result in the way of example. The proof of this is, that the crimes in question have not increased with the comparative rarity of executions. This fact alone ought to make capital punishments even less fre quent than they have been of late years, and to in duce the Legislature to amend the law." There is as much admitted here as we can require in favour of the view which we have taken of the subject. It is the instinctive testimony which the better feelingsof the writer bear to the injustice as well as the in expediency of the system, the practical applica tion of which he had in the former passage a'- tempted to defend. He condemns both the law and the practice, and we do no more. He says it is in human to destroy life for offences of such a descrip tion as Widget and Broach are sentenced to be ex ecuted for to-morrow morning, and we say the He says that the practice of taking life for other offences than murder, or robberies committed u•uler circumstances of brutal atrocity, is attended with no good result in the way of example, and we say the same. He says the crimes in question have not increased with the comparative rarity of execu tions, and we say the same. He says this ought to make capital punishments even less frequent than they 1 ave been of late years; and here also our opinions coincide. Now is it clear, from all this, that the two convicts, who have neither committed murder, nor robberies of brutal atrocity, nor any acts of violence whatever, should perish on the scaffold for their offences, or that they should not ? If our contemporary answers the question in the affirmative, he certainly draws a most extraordinary conclusion from such premises. It is, in fact, one of the most re markable instances of the non-sequitur in argument which has ever fallen under our observation. If, same. indeed, sanguinary laws may be carried into exe. cution, simply because they happen to remain on the statute-book, although public opinion and all en lightened legislators have long since pronounced their condemnation, and called for their repeal, then would a Government be justified in drawing forth an obso lete statute of blood, either through motives of caprice or cruelty, as a snare to human life. Object to it, and the answer is, it is the existing law, and, therefore, the Executive Government may make it an instrument of inhuman destruction, if they be so minded. But will an enlightened Government rea son in this way ? or, if any Government reasons in such a way, will an enlightened public approve of their argument, or respect their decision ? As to sheep-stealing, it no more deserves death, in either a moral or social point of view, than stealing an ass or a pig, neither of which are capital offences by our law; and yet asses and pigs are as well protected from depredation as, in the circumstances of things, it is possible for such animals to be. But the man who is to suffer has stolen a few sheep. True ; but if be had stolen twice us many asses, or three times as many pigs, his punishment though severe, would not cut him off in his sins, nor deprive him of the chance of becoming afterwards a useful and industrious mem• her of society. Our contemporary speaks of the other man as a burglar. We understood he had been convicted under the Act which makes it death to steal to the amount of five pounds in a dwelling home. This is a very different offence from burglary —but if we were misinformed, and the man has been found guilty as a burglar, his offence must have been one of those constructive burglaries in which no actual violence is committed, and to say that " he only wanted the physical energies of the common burglar to become a murderer," is one of the strangest modes possible of constructing an imaginary foundation on which to build a saeguinary inference. Is the doctrine of constructive burglary or constructive murder a whit better than that of con structive treason, so justly exploded from our law ? Our contemporary says, as a reason why sheep stealing is not punished with death in France, that there is in that country a " horror of crime against unprotected property." What has created it ? is it sanguinary laws, or mild ones ? And what has de moralised the people of this country so as to make property so very insecure ? Our contemporary will know how to answer both questions when we tell him that the English criminal laws punished up wards of 320 offences with death, while under the Code Napoleon there were but six capital crimes. What argument, then, of morals or policy, is there for the sanguinary spectacle of to-morrow morning? Morning Herald. A Morning Paper, noted for pandering to the ignorance and the passions of the multitude, took occasion yesterday to pour out some of its venom against the Pitt Clubs. The anonymous slanderer seems to forget of whom the Pitt Clubs are com posed ; that they comprise a large mass of the wealth, learning, intelligence, and loyalty of the kingdom ; that to these Clubs belong, as classes, the Peer, tile Member of Parliament, the divine, the country gentleman, the lawyer, the soldier, the merchant, hundreds of whom assemble annually through the country to perpetuate the memory of the Pilot that weathered the storm—of one tvho, - by his undaunted firmness and his unrivalled talents, preserved Old England from becoming a mere provioce of France. The writer carefully omit ted to remind his readers of .what be must well know, that under this anniversary banner tie soundest principles in Church and State have been for years -past fostered and stimu lated; and he as usual misled his ignorant readers by quoting Mr. Pitt's speech in favour of Reform at a time when the tranquil state of affairs was such that no mischief could reasonably be ap prehended from moderate Reform, conveniently for getting to add that Mr. Pitt, as an experienced State man (with the example of the horrors of the French Revolution before his eyes), afterwards formally abjured the " green fancies of his youth" for Reform. lie was one who profited by expe rience : he did not consider history as an old alma nack. The writer adopts the stale device of put ting a number of silly questions and remarks about Mr. Fitt into the mouth of a foreigner. No foreigner who has sojourned in England for a fortnight but what would be ashamed of owning himself so ignorant of the history of William Pitt and the eventful periods in which he lived as this writer represents the imaginary personage to be. The foreigner might not know, but this Journalist knows full well, that the war in which Great Britain was engaged during the time of William Pitt was one either of safety or extermi nation to her ; be knows well enough that all the respectable portion of the Whigs were at first cla morous for the war, and joined the Administration ; but that, soon after their secession from office with the Prime Minister, having unfortunately for the co f a t t i l e ry obtained a th e w h o le power in consequence .. lately so basely death of that great man , deserted, t h ey ma d e whom they had i repeated efforts, in the true spirit o f pusillanimity and cowardice, to conclude a base and inglorious peace with France ; be must be well aware that Mr. Pitt, with unshaken firmness, scorned this unworthy course so long as be lived ; and that after the overthrow.of the Whigs, those who succeeded to office, in the genuine principles of Pitt, and guided by the same foresight, brought that con test to a glorious cause, and saved Great Britain, aye, and all Europe, from the ruinous effects of Gallic •domination. Away, then, with this gross misrepresentation of the principles on which the Pitt Clubs were forme I ! Amidst the pernicious principles of the day, let the Pitt Clubs shine forth is containing within themselves the bond of union so much called for at this portentous crisis—let all former differences be sunk in oblivion amongst the adherents to these Clubs—let all those who have weight and influence fail not to attend the meeting on Saturday next. The evil days are fast approach ing—be united, be firm—remember that the cause of sound religion, of true•loyalty tied attachment to the liberties and institutions indigenous to our soil, may for a time by supineness be endangered, b u t that with firmness and constancy the good cause must ultimately triumph, malgre the temporary prevalence of bad feeling and the partial success of the Revolutionary enemies of the State.—Morn ing Post. The irruption of the Russians and Poles into the Austrian territory was no doubt a breach of the neu trality of the latter power; and the only proceed ing which it remained for Austria to take in the matter was, either to disarm both parties, and send them back la• force into the territory which they had quitted, er to disarm them and receive them as friends. The former would not have been a very hospitable course r of proceeding—the latter would have been kind and Justifiable on every ground. The Government of Austria, however, hates the Poles, because it hates insurrection, disturbance, and national independence—it fears Russia, and loves her principles, because they are equally opposed with her own to the spread of free dom and the independence of nations. A dif ferent course was therefore resolved upon, and in stead of treating the trespassing parties either as friends or enemies, the avowed, and hitherto ob served, neutrality of Austria was given up—the Poles only were disarmed—the Russians allowed a free passage with all their arms, baggage, and ammuni tion—and what is still more astounding, the arms of the Poles given up to them as theirs by right ! Now, whatever the writers on international law may say, we do think that this is a proceeding which demands the attention of the different European powers, and which is wholly at variance with the professed neutrality of Austria. She had a right to disarm the Poles; but she had no right to disarm them alone, unless she was determined to make her self a party in the contest now waging between Poland and Russia—still less had she a right, after receiving their arms, to deliver them up to the Russians, and to retain the Poles prisoners of war. It is true, indeed, that Poland has not yet been re cognized by the PO'wers of Europe as an indepen dent nation; but Austria, according to all recog nised law, had no right to ascertain who or what the persons were who had violated her territory, for the purpose of making distinctions. She had not taken the part of the Poles—she had not taken the part of the Russians : in the capacity of a neutral both had the same claims upon her hospitality—the same grounds to expect that they would be dis armed and sent out of her territory. Had she been a belli g erent partisan of either, the case would have been different, and no one would have had any fair ground for accusing her of partiality in disarming either, and delivering up the arms of the one party to the other ; but Austria has been neuter, and she has now committed a grass breach of neutrality, of which it behoves both the Govern ments of France and England to take notice. Lord Grey, indeed, must have greatly altered his senti ments respecting Poland, and greatly forgotten the principles of international law, if he does not re monstrate with Austria on the subject ; and with regard to France, if she forgets the Poles in this nstance, ten thousand curses are not too many to FA upon her.—Morning Advertiser. IRELAND. (From the Dublin Morning Register.) COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MA r 20. CRIM. CON.-INTERESTING SPECIAL JURY CASE, SIR 11. CARDEN, BART. V. LIEUT. C. TROLLOP. Mr. STOKER opened the pleadings in this case. ,t was an action of trespass for criminal conver sation with the plaintiff's wife. The damages were laid at 10,0001. The defendant pleaded the general issue. Mr. BENNETT, K.C., stated the plaintiff's case. He was a Baronet of the highest respectability, of character, of connexions, and of conduct. The de fendant was a Lieutenant in the 36th Regiment of Foot, allied and connected with an English family of high respectability and opulence. The father of the unfortunate lady was a gentleman whom he, and perhaps many of the Jury, hew—Mr. Thomp son, late the Deputy Chief Remembrances for Ire land—a man whom he had intimiitely known and highly esteemed. In 1818 Sir Henry Carden w as married to Miss Thompson, with the entire consent and approbation of their friends. Sir Henry's re sidence was at a place called the Priory, near Templemore, and that of Mr. Thompson at Merrion square, Dublin, at this period ; but the latter, on his daughter's marriage, removed with his family to Borris Castle, near Dorris-in-Ossory, a few miles from Sir Herhy Carden's seat. Sir Henry and his lady lived happily together for a period of ten years, during which they had eight children, the last of whom was born in 1828. They were much esteemed, and consequently much associated with by the mo s t respectable families in the county Tipperary and Queen's County. The first indication of any change in the lady's feelings towards her husband was in November, 1821, though the circumstance excited no suspicion at the time. Their eldest son was at school, at a place called Wartield (he thought), about twenty or thirty miles from London, and Si r Henry proposed, as the Christma s vacation lasted but a month, and the neighbourhood where the child waF, w4s a geed sporting country, that he should g o over alone and enjoy his son's soc'ety, and his sports at the same time, as it was not worth while to Lring him over for such a short interv al ; she ap peared pleased with the proposal, and said, " You can take your hunters over and amuse y ourself?' However, Sir Henry changed his mind, and men tioned to her afterwards that he did not intend to go, on which she seemed displeased, and urged him to go by saying that he should not bring the child over for so short a time, particularly as he had only recovered lately from the measles, and she never had that disease. This satisfied Sir Henry at the time, and lie did go to England. On his way there she accompanied him to Dublin, where they stopped at the Hilton Hotel, and he left her, recommending her to the care of his brother-in-law, Mr. Wade , who was then in town u and having made arrange ments for her departure to the country immediately, to her father's house, at Borris-in-Ossory. Whe n site got home, it appeared she declared to Mr. Thompson, her father, that she did not wish to live with her husband in future, but this was con cealed from Sir Henry's knowledge, and her father endeavoured to dissuade her from such a resolution. Sir Henry at length returned, and was received with a coldness of manner by his lady which made him uneasy, but no suspicions of any thing criminal arose in his mind. About a fortnight afterwards, she left Sir Henry's house, and proceeded to her father's, and said publicly, for the fist time, that she would no longer reside with he: husband. She seemed restless and uneasy in her mind, which was attributed to ill-health, astd it was at one time proposed to consult medical advice on the subject, hut it was abandoned. Sir Henry, however, took the advice of some of his friends, and sent a Mr. Butler, his brother-in -law, to ascertain her reasons for leav ing him. She said she would no longer live with him, and that her father approved of her resolution ; but her father contradicted this in her presence, on which she became enraged, and left her father's house for her husband's. He enquired why she re turned, and she complained of her father's conduct to her as the reason. Her unaccountable conduct induced him to make enquiries, which led him to suspect that not only had he lost her affections, but that they were transferred to another. A governess, and other upper servants, were desired to make obser v.itions, from which it was learned that when Lady C. was at her father's, she had mixed with the families in the neighbourhood,and had been observed to be fami liar with some military men,amongst the rest one par- Ccularofficer,whom she had on two or three occasions taken into her carriage, when driving to and from the town of Roscrea, a few miles from her father's, where the regiment was quartered. He sent a gen tleman to this officer, who gave such an explanation as satisfied him there was nothing exactly criminal in their intercourse. This took place in the month of June, 1829; and instead of submitting to reproof for her conduct on the occasion, the lady refused to remain longer under her husband's roof. She re turned to her father's house. The defendant's re giment was at this time quartered in Roserea, and he was about two or three-and-twenty years of age, the lady was two-and-thirty. It was not known how her familiarity with him commenced; but in the month of May, 1830, his regiment having been or dered to Fermoy, he obtained leave of absence, on which he proceeded to Dublin, and stopped at the Bilton Hotel. She had meanwhile left her father's, accompanied by a Miss Kendal, as companion, a confidential servant of her father's, named Mrs. Greer, her own maid, and a postillion, who drove her carriage, to reside, as she said, a short time in Dublin. She lodged at the house of a Mr. Norman, a respectable attorney in Saekville-street, and on the 9th of June she eloped with the defendant. Lieu tenant Trollop engaged in person the chaise which conveyed them to nowth, from whence they sailed to Holyhead, where they stopped all night, arid passed as man and wife; they proceeded next day to Beaummis, where they lodged some time, and re presented themselves as a new married couple. They were recognised and identified by persons in the employment of Sir Henry Carden. On the 16th of July they returned to Dublin, and stopped at Elvidge's hotel, in South Frederick -street, where the defendant was served with a writ, on which the present action was brought. Lieutenant Trollop now joined his regimint at Fermoy, where the lady accompanied him, and they lived together without any attempt to conceal their intercourse. They lodged first at the house of a person named Kings ton, who finding they bore different names, (she still retaining that of her husbend) was led to make en quiries, and finally to desire them to quit his lodg ings. They removed to the house of a man named Barry, where they remained during the stay of the regiment in Fermoy. When the regiment was or dered to the West Indies, Lieutenant Trollop went out with it, and Lady Carden embarked shortly after for England, went to Falmouth, and from thence to Barbadoes, where the regiment was stationed. Mr. Bennett concluded by stating that he had studiously abstained from using any harsh language on the conduct of the offending parties, but felt assured that his client would receive such ample damages at the hands of the Jury as would vindicate his charac ter and recompense his feelings. Evidence was adduced in proof of the above facts, after which the Jury returned a verdict of 2501. damages, and 6d. costs. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Portsmouth Herald of Sunday.) Potcrsmourn, MAY 21.—His Majesty's ship Blonde, 46, Captain Sir T. Pasley (Act.) arrived on Friday from the Mediterranean, her time of ser vice having expired. The Blonde left Malta on the Bth of March and arrived at Leghorn on the Bth of April, where she received on board the body of the late Hon. K. Erskine, for conveyance to England. She arrived at Messina April 10th, and Naples on the 12th, where his Neapolitan Majesty was making himself extremely popular, by giving public dinners and riding and walking about in public without any guards, &c. There were two Neapolitan frigates lying there, whose crews were repairing the ships belonging to their navy. A number of gun-boats had Litely been fitted, and great attention was paid to the exercising the men at their guns, the boats being constantly in the bay practising. On the Blonde's passage from Naples to Gibraltar, she pas and spoke Commodore Riddle, in the American frigate Brandywine, the finest frigate in their service, but whose sailing qualities could not compete with the Blonde's in any one way. The Commodore paid Sir T. Pasley some very handsome compliments on the appearance and sailing qualities of the Blonde, and on parting company his band played the national anthem, which was answered by the Blonde manning yards and giving.three hearty cheers, which were returned in a like manner by the American Commo dore's ship's company. The Blonde arrived at Gibraltar on the 6th of May, and on the 7th his Majesty's ship Actwon arrived from England. The Blonde left Gibraltar on the 9th, and beat through the Gut in forty-five tacks, being the only instance of the kind, with one exception, on record. She arrived at Tangiers on the 10th, and exchanged the usual salutes with the Emperor, and sailed on the following day, when she spoke the mail on its passage out, and a French corvette with sealed orders, from Toulon. She passed the Galatea off the Eddystone Light-house on Thursday evening. A monument was being erected at Malta, to the memory of the late Captain Spencer, late of his Majesty's ship Ma dagascar, at the expense of that ship's company; the pillar was in the form of Cleopatra's Needle, standing upon a much larger base, and surrounded by an amphitheatre; its situation was at the head of Valetta harbour. At the request of his Majesty William the Fourth. the bastion called St. Michael's, is now called Spencer's bastion. The Blonde has brought home an extensive assortment of antiques, amongst them two very fine mummies; she has brought also a valuable Arabian horse for Captain Malcolm. The following passengers came home in the Blonde : s Corn. Boyce, R.N. Lieut. Stace, R.E. Mr. Kemble, of the celebrated Mr. C. Kemble, Don Calderon, son of the late Spanish Prime Minister, and about twenty invalided marines and seamen. The disposi tion of the Fleet in the Mediterranean, at a later date than the sailing of the Blonde, will be found in a subsequent article. By a letter from his Majesty's ship Philornel, which arrived at Toulon on the 7th inst., we learn that the following was the disposition of the Medi tetranean fleet on the 30th of April :—At Malta — his Majesty's ship Britannia, 120, Captain W. .1. H. Johnstone, with Admital Malcolm's flag flying; G ange s, 84, Captain G. Burdett ; Kent, 78, Captain S. Pytn, and Melville, 74,Captain C. J. W. Nesham. In the Archipelago—his Majesty's ship Madagascar, 46, Captain E. Lyons; Alligator, 28, Captain Sir C. P. Yorke; Raleigh, 18, Com. A. M. Hawkins; Pelican, 18, Com. J. Gape ; Ferret, 10, Corn. E. Wodebouse; Mastiff, 6, Lieut.-Com. J. Wolfe, and Meteor, 8, Corn. R. Copeland. At Tripoli—his Majesty's ship Scylla, 18, Corn. J. Hindmarsh. At Naples—his Majesty's brig Rapid, 10, Corn. W. Swinbourne. At Cotfu—his Majesty's ship Rain bow, 28, Captain Sir J. Franklin ; and Procris, 10, Com. W. J. Griffiths, (Act.) At Constantinople —Hind cutter. The Russian squadron was at Poros. His Majesty's brig Wasp, 10, Cons. 13. Popham, sailed from Malta, on the 20th April, for England. His Maj e sty' s s hi p Wellesley, 74, Capt. S. C. Rowley, was towed out of harbour on Monday by the Columbia ste am vesse l, a n d his Majesty's ship Asia, 84, Captain Hyd e P ar ker, will also proceed to Spithead, the latter end of next week. These ships ate destined to form pact of the fleet ordered to assemble at thi s p ot t , to proceed on a special service. His Majesty's steam-vessel Alban, Limiter' tut Davis, proceeded f or C or k on S u nday, to tow his Majesty's ship Semiramis, 24, Captain M. T. F. Berkeley, to Plymouth, under orders to be paid off into Ordinary at that port. His Majesty's ship Hyperion, 42, Captain W. J. Mingaye (late guard-ship at Newhaven), will be paid off into Ordinary on Wednesday. His Majesty's ship Victor, 18, was re-commissioned on Thursday by Commander Alex. Ellice. Her late crew, on being paid off, subscribed the sum of 41. 15s. 6d. including a donation of 1/. from Com mander Keane, in aid of the funds of the Seaman's Hoßpital-ship Grampus. The William Glen Anderson, male convict ship, having sailed from Gravesend for this port, may be hourly looked for to receive convicts for New South \Vales. The Dutch brig of war Flyin g Fish, of 14 guns, Captain Tuning, anchored off Ryde on Wednesday, and saluted the Admiral's flag with seventeen guns, which was returned with a like number. She is from Flushing, on a cruize in search of a Dutch pilot boat. She sailed again on Friday. In Harbour—Asia, Royal George, Hyperion, Rattlesnake, Pearl, Victor, Recruit, and Brisk; Columbia steam-'vessel; Raven and Hightly.r, tenders. His Majesty's steam-vessel Messenger, I.)eute pant Aplin, cime in on Monday from Sheerness, having on board the sum of 25,0001. in silver, for Bermuda, which she transferred to his Majesty's ship Pallas, 42, Captain Manley H. Dixon, for con veyance to that port, and returned to the eastward the same day. The following steam-vessels are established and registered on the list of the Royal Navy, and their respective armaments are determined as against each expressed. The Dee, long guns, mounted on Commatider Marshall's principle, four thirty-two pounders ; carronades, four thirty-two pounders. The Hermes, long guns, four thirty-two-pounders ; carronades, four thirty-two-pounders. The Mes senger, long guns, four thirty-two-pounders ; car ronades, four thirty-two-pounders. The Colombia, long guns, four twenty-four-pounders ; carronades, four twenty-four pounders. The Confiance, lung ' guns, four eighteen-pounders ; carronades, two eighteen-pounders. The Carron, long guns, four eighteen-pounders; earronades two eighteen pounders. The Echo, long guns, four eighteen pounders ; carronades, two eighteen-pounders. The Meteor, long guns, four twelve-pounders ; earronades, tvvo twelve-pounders. The Alban, long guns, four eighteen-pounders ; carron ades, two eighteen-pounders. The Comet, long guns, four nine-pounders; no carronades. All the above-enumerated long guns are to be mounted on Commander Marshall's principle. These vessels are to be forthwith prepared for the reception of the guns as specified above. The Spartiate, 76, in ordinary at this port, has been ordered to be commissioned pro tem pore for the express purpose of receiving the flag of our Commander-in-Chief, during the time that his Ma jesty's ship Asia shall be detached on particular service, under the orders of Sir Edward Codring ton. The absence of the Asia being temporary, it is not the intention of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, influenced by motives of economy, to appoint a full complement of officers to the Spar tiate. She will be commissioned by Commander Osborne Foley, of the Asia, who will be transferred from the latter ship, and who will be the only officer on board, in addition to the three warrant officers already in charge. On the return of the Asia, the probable period of her absence being variously stated at from one to two months, Sir Thomas Foley's flag will be immediately hoisted in her, and the Spartiate will take her place in the ordinary, Com. Foley rejoining the Asia. His Majesty's ship Orestes, 18, Commander W. N. Glascock, having been paid advance wages, went out of Plymouth harbour on the 12th instant, and sailed on Sunday last for North Shields, to relieve his Majesty's ship Samarang. PROMOTIONS, APPOINTMENTS, &C.—Commander Alexander Ellice is appointed to his Majesty's ship Victor; Lieutenants Edward Charles Miller, Su pernumerary Lieutenant of his Majesty's ship Hy perion, and George Vaughan Hart, are also ap pointed to her, as well as Mr. Henry Smith, Purser. Commander Edward Blanckley, is appointed to his Majesty's ship Pylades ; Lieutenants Richard Ro binson and James V. Baker (both re-appointed) are also appointed to her, as well as Mr. Wm. Drake, Purser. Com. Allan Bertram, of his Majesty's ship Revenge, is appointed to his Majesty's ship Tweed ; Lieutenant Thomas Lyell is also appointed to her, as well as Mr. Thomas M‘Knight, Purser, late of his Majesty's ship Trinculo. Com. the Hon. John F. F. De Roos is appointed to his Majesty's ship Algerine, vice Talbot (Charles), promoted and appointed to his Majesty's ship Warspite. Com mander John Thomas Talbot is appointed to his Majesty's ship Procris, vice Griffiths, - acting. Lieutenant Alexander Buchanan is appointed to conmand the Pluto steam-vessel, building. Lieut. Richard B Crawford, of his Majesty's ship Donegal, is appointed to command his Majesty's gun-brig Charybdis. Lieutenant Edward Joseph Bird is ap pointed to his Majesty's ship Galatea, vice Parry, sick at Haslar. Lieut. H. 0. Nolloth, is appointed to his IVlajesty's ship Galatea, vice Cotton. Lieut. Horatio Blair, of his Majesty's ship Savage, is ap pointed to his Majesty's ship Pallas, vice Treva nion. Lieutenant John V. • Fletcher is appointed Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Parker. Lord C. E. Paget, Mate of the Warspite, and Mr. Oven Stanley, of his Majesty's ship Rainbow, are pro moted . to the rank of Lieutenant. Commander James Brasier is appointed Supernumerary Com mander of his Majesty's ship Wellesley. Mr. Henry Williams, Assistant-Surgeon of his Majesty's gun brig Manley, is appointed Supernumerary Assistant- Surgeon of his Majesty's ship Asia. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS IN THE CORPS OF ROYAL MARINES.—First Lieutenant J. E. Jones of this division, is promoted to the rank of Captain, and appoiwed to the Chatham division, vice O'Neill, who retires on full pay. First Lieutenant John Rogers, of the Chatham division, has been placed on the reserved half-pay list. Second Lieut- J. Woods of the Chatham division, is promoted to the rank of Lirst Lieutenant, and re-appointed to that division. First Lieutenant H. Parker, of the Woolwich division, is appointed to this division, vice Jones promoted. Mr. F. E. L. Craig is ap pointed a second Lieutenant in the corps at the Ply mouth division. Second Lieutenant E. W. Churchill, of the Plymouth division, is promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant, and appointed to the Woolwich division, vice Parker. The duties heretofore performed by the Clerk of the Cheque and Storekeeper in his Majesty's Vic tualling Yards are to be henceforth consolidated un der the title of Storekeeper. In conformity with this arrangement, Mr. Anthony Brady, Clerk of the Cheque at Deptford Victualling Yard, is appointed Storekeeper at Cremill, Point, Stonehouse, to per form the duties hitherto performed by Messrs. Bul cock and James ; and Mr. T. T. Grant, Clerk of the Cheque at Weevil Victuallin g Yard, is appointed Storekeeper at the same Yard, to perform the duties hitherto performed by himself and Mr. Mends. The salary of tine Clerk of the Cheque, at Weevil was 4001. and 501. for house tent. The salary of the same officer, at Deptford, 400/. but no house rent. This alteration will, therefore, effect a saving to the extent of 8501. annually. LORD OLIPHANT.—We understand t; new claimant for this dormant title is about to appear in the person of Mr. OLIPHANT, a respectable apothecary at Leyden. He is said to be lineally descended from a branch of this ancient baronial house, who fled to the continent in the days of persecution. The individual from whom the present applicant is sprung was, we are told, one of the baillies of Dundee. Ile embarked with his family f,Jr 1101 l aid, but never reached the shore, having p er i s !,,,,i by shipwreck on the coast of Frallee. Several of the passen gers, and among the m the only son of the his eary pro i dentially esc , ped. This boy, after spending ly years in Brabant, finally s ettled at Leyden, where he died of extieine old age, July, 1797. The descendants of se veral of our noble Scottish families are still to be found in Holland. We may mention, en passant, that one of the ! representatives o: BALFOUR of Burleigh, an officer of high rank in the Dutch service, has le intention of pref le er- ring his claim to the title of Lor BURLEICHL donian lifercury, hat a LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 10% d. fot the Ilb. Loaf. There are others who sell from ,4d. to igd. below :hat price. PRICE OF SEEDS.-May 23. New English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) -s. 70s. Old Ditto New Foreign Ditto - 525. 70s Old Ditto --.. New White Clover-- Old Ditto New Trefoil --- Old Ditto _ Rib Grass English Carraway Seed -s. -s. 503. fine 5r... Foreign Ditto ...-. -s. -s. 565. fine 58s. coriander _ . -s. 60s. fine -a. 635. St. Foin Quarter).-.- -s. 755. fine 803. 82s. ltye Grass Pacey Ditto 4os. 455. new -s. -s. Linseed, for feeding -s. 50s. fine 565. Ditto, for crushing 44s. 465. -s. fine -s. Canary Seed, New,....... -s. 70s. fine -s. 955. "itto Old -s. -s. -s. fine -s. White Mustard Seed --(per 8u5he1)....,- -s. Bs. ills. fine Brown Ditto -s. Bs. 17s. finc -s, Turnip Seeds, Rounds-- -s. -s. -s. tine 14s. Green and Red Ditto -s. -s. tine 183. Taros, Old ----.... -.5. 255. 365. fine --6 • Ditto New ........» Rare Seed, English, tine (per Last) 361. 381. Foreign fine —s.loss. fine —s. —s. fine —s.llos. fine —s. --9. 40s. 60s. fine —s. 703. —s. 50s. fine 651. —s. 20s. fine —s. 40,;. —s: 155. tine —s 20s. PRICES OF HOPS.—May 23. 81 Os. 9/. 123. to 13'. 133. Kent Pockets, Sussex Ditto Wssex Faintiain Ditto, Fine Seconds Kent 71. 154. St. 10s. to 91. O. 01. Cs. IW. Os. to 181. Os. 0/. Os. 61. Os. to 10/. Os. 31. Os. 71. 7s. to 91. 03. Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto., 71. 163. to 81. 03. 71. os. St Os. to 91. 04. Duty laid at 100,000/. PRICE OF OIL. Ripe Oil, brown 6s. Refined 6 L'nseed Oil 23 0 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand II 0 Rape Cake, per ton WIIITECHAPEL lIAY MARKET.—May 21. Hay 545. Od. to 1345. Od. I ('lover Od. to 110 s. Od. 345. Od. to 38i. Od. PRICE OF POTATOES.—May 23. Kidneys .................. 01. Os. to 41. Os. per ton. Scotch Reds—. 3?. ss. to Si. 15s. ditto. Marsh Champions Ol. Os. to 4/. IN. ditto. Oxnobles and Shaws ..--.......... 31. ss. to Si. 10s. ditto. TtAW HIDES. Per Stone. s. el. to fr. d. Per Stone. s. d. to s. d• Best Ileifvrs& Stoers2 6 2 8 Ordinary 110 2 v Nliddlings - ° 4 Market Calt 6 6 each. SHEEP Long Wool Os. Od. to Os. Ott. SKINS. Short Wool—. 3s. Cd. to As. Od• Is. 6J. to 2s. 4:1. PRICES OF Perth. d. to d. 8utt5—.......50 to 561 h..... 16 2.2 Ditto 60 to 661 b..... 17 23 Dressing Ilides 14 16 Fine Coach Hides 17 181 Crop Hides, 35 to 401 h. 13 111 to 451 b. 14 151 Ditto l5 17 LEATHER, Per lb. d. to (I. Tanned Horse Hides— 15 Of Spanish Ditto 18 ;22 Per dozen. Calf Skins.,, 36 to 401 b, 15 18 Ditto 50 to 701 b, 20 24 Ditto ...ft-70 to 801 b. 19 2 1 Small Seals, Greenland 21} 221 K gr.—May 23. 293.x' 31 6 Cowpen Hartley :Slew Flockton, Milne and Co. 27 0 Wall's End Elgin ....—. 0 Walls End Selby--... 21 0 Ousten Main unscreen. heap 20 0 South Holywell Trader '2l 0 'cantle Trader----.... 22 Is Tanfield Moor Trader.- 24 6 Walls End Greenwell Bean small--- 15 0 Dewly small 16 0 Hebburn small 16 0 ips sold, a-, - Thigoltl. 24 COAL MAR Ord's Reilhogh 265. Od ['ontop 23 0 ran field I.Vylain 26 0 %Valls End Bell and Co. 36 0 WallsEndliewieke&Co. 40 0 Walls End Brown's--. 36 0 Ditto Northumberland 34 0 Beamish South Moor 21 6 Lambton Primrose 34 0 South Moor Main 21 6 Walls End Stobart's—... 27 0 Walls End Tees 34 0 Norwood's Eaton 31 6 W. E. Cleveland--.. 31 6 Barnsley New» 26 0 ..I,,ps at market, 492—Sh! ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST wlc z K . 2 : :, . ~t 4 9 q ' 7 5 From Whence. 6 i 77-,, F i'' t FO ,54 1. ..:: V' ---, ers. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. I Qrs. Scli,,,',. Aldbormigh 143 50 D'i Alemouth — . 700 —' Boston Bridlington - -- -- 340 -- -- Chichester 401 Clay -- __ -- -- 44,14 Colchester ll6 18 977 7 159 10 r,, liarwlch ;1? 2 Leigh • 345 58 21 '2O -",, :.4 AI aldon 419 380 353 16 5 ',;1 Gainsborough — 3 Hastings — 15 •"" Hull — 2816 -,,. Ipswich l5 20 650 -- -- -- (t Kent 914 74 210 226 320 -- lz. , Louth — 840 -"4. Lynn — 991 195 49 I" Milford — 192 •-' Newhaven Poole --_ 200 —5O -:, i Re Sc y arborough Southampton __ 100 lY' Southwold l3l 102 310 -• Spalding __ __ 220 -- d Well — 810 -- -- -' Wisbaach 425 -- -- 2686 369 -- '54 W o odb r idge 27 -- 30 -- , 20 lv Yarmouth 662 2140 -- ._ 12 0 Aberdeen................ / Banfl' — 1272 -- -- 1,0 Iserwick — 535 • flundee — 23 ;' li.verness / , 1 2193 1723 623 - 4 15327 1575 82 sv l IRBIL . D u bli n Galway — ' 760 —. d FOREIGN. Aar h u i s —— 450 I \ —— d Aaalborg.... Bremen 95 d D an t zic Griefswalde l4) 280 1855 Groningen - -- 350 d H am b u rg 2525 2310 45 d M a lt a 784 /7 New York 1346 -- -- -- - Neustadt 375 - Pillau 1440 / Randers — 875 d Rotterdam — 895 Stettin — 1326 Stralsund — 1440 14 Stubbekiobing — 705 Coastways — 400 ----, —-- 4 Total 10398 i 5118 6234 ;2! , 255 1575 96 =l' T0ta1...110398 j 5118 AGGREGATE QUANTITY 0 ye, 3:2o—Tares, o—Linseed, Mustard, 0--Seel 6224 OTH '705-1 ;T:255 lER RI Rapese ds. 65. 1575 1 96 DS or ruLs 1, 0--Brank, 1 -9 1 15:5i c ce! FARMERS AND LABOURERS.-TO rem o. l the alarm (says our Wiltshire correspondent, in a lett e i which we have just received from him) which my 11 `, communication must necessarily have excited in the pu b 'P mind, I hasten to inform you, that the fires whici!ii short time, previously had recommenced in this couel j have now happily ceased,—l trust, never to be rene' But the demon of malevolence has not yet been exorci from the poor man's bosom. Under the cover of midnig ij he still walks abroad to do mischief ; the sharp thorn hunger pierces his vitals, and goads him on to eel reckless desperation. With misclsievous ingenuity he trives and executes schemes to injure and rob his stn ployer. In the immediate neighbourhood whence I svr l f we every day hear of the farmers' property having b ee ti i made the prey of the midnight plunderer. On one nil, we hear of plough-tackle and other husbandry gear beii; destroyed ; then again we hear of sheep being stolen ; f r . firmer alone was list week robbed of thirty in one N. xt we hear of large quantities of corn being purloi°l from the farmers' barns by these fearless depredators• fr handbill, now lying before me, offers a reward of 50 1 . : i the apprehension of persons having committed, or o , e concerned in, extensive robberies of wheat from the bsr o of numerous farmers,—robberies which all occurred vvill'ft a few days of each other. Hitherto, however, I I° f i t not heard of the discovery of a single offender : so faith r ' t are the confederates in the work of plun der, th a t, p° 4 ward, however considerable, can induce them to impe 6 ' —Ballot. THS. On the 23d inst. the wife BI of R J. Burder, Esq., of Par stree On t, of a son. the 22,1 inst. at Hornsey, Mrs. Burchett, of Burton"' cent, On of a son. the 21st inst. at Lower Clayton ; the wife of It. Han t° Esq , of a son. l e i t 2l t Bombay ins MARRIED. • rl l Re o g n irn u e , t.a tIo Nativele, A I Inacjaonrt Infantry, DI. Wool, N b Nio a o r t y l , A ll i . , 11;1 ; I y . o — u . n e daughter of J. Durant, of the former pl.ace. gr, On the 2Gth ult. at Ghent, S. R. Ens, , r, Esq., to •---.,e Sophie Melanie, daughter of J. Vandermale, Esq., and n , `" the Baron de Vrier and the Countess de Nieuport. 0 On the 21st inst. a t Islington, Mr. 11. G. Renshaw to .: o e second daughter of J. G. Renshaw, Esq , of Ellingto o ' Itamigate. ' C• 1 On the 18th inst. at Great Wigstori, Leicestershire, , Illddeley, Esq., Captain in the Hon. East India'CompanY.°(tl vice, Madras Establishment, to Ann, youngest daughter 0' late J. Clarke, Esq. of the former place. DIED. V.,0 On the Eld inst. in Craven-street, Strand, J. Humphries,A of Serle-street, Lincoln's Imi , aged 60 , for many, years IV solicitor to her late Royal Highness Charlotte princess of ~,,r and Saxe Coburg, his Royal Highness the late Duke of ' , b t l e i ° e t), r kni l ; Y stt h i ri and also solicitor to the Ist Regiment of Foot Guards. I jl On the 15th inst. at Drogheda, where he was on a-vis" 1 1 Rev. Austin Martin , of Tarbert, in the county of KerrY.,o! Cavendish -share. loss will not only be ameuted by his family, but will be se,' ;, F felt by the poor of his parish, whom he protected with e e a e n 2,:list inst. Mary, the wife of A. Chatfield, Esq. of ' ~,f 4 tiare. f• ' the 21st inst. at Warmswerth Hall, near Doncaster , p Edmunds, Esc] ,of N'N'rsborongli, Yorkshire, aged 58. lieP On the 2:3d inst. in Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn - , Mr. James Nunn, bookseller, aged 76. Pi" On the Ist inst. a t lli vo li , on hi s way t o Fl orenc e, Cal s ) Bury, Royal Navy. ll'' On the 20th inst. at Ballydonelan, John Donelan, Escl- , ,/ Sheriff of the county of Galway. o'4 • On the 15th inst. at Shannon-bridge, where lie comra 3 . 0 detachment of his re g i me nt (the 68th), Lieut. Richard f1...40 - _ PRINTED AND PußLislirD lIY MURDO YOUNG, AT SUN OFF►c6, I It?, STRAND, LONDL,N. To tte OEI GENT] T HE been expressed ) have guide) you for thi perfectly u The trio You have for thirty-f servedly po place Lord public con which we to detract Our Myers been owing the day of siderable er ledge; and duceil by it cumstance hustings, taken any His the decisio have expre misunderst, pursue the as we are, nothing to tant rneasu improveme but bolding found e d...... ] eountrymei probation. I li Northan THE m BIEWS,.O The FO STITUTII This Ul AV By T. and 1 street. NOVE By BENI 01 )f M " The h By the Atr " The r Literary G T H ."'Y the Aui and Cheapi "A love Gazette. By the " A cvoi equals."--' Or, the SE Edition. " Oh th tnirahle fie fI ONN 52, and DEC/1 Without th, arrests the and sound invited to Artifici 52, Flee PASTENI TEET TI DILLY, TRONAG Professions Uopolig, bi Public in S POPE E t&INERA mended b ratio n is l out the Sl allays the for many bISEASI NE RAL a PLE TE !.OIJRAT 'neuraran nnqvve r tIASTIQ 7 1 Leade I' ATROi C:4l