The Sun. — London, England, 1827-04-10 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, The Second Report of the Emigration Com mittee contains the full-acknowledgement of that fact upon which we have before spoken—namely the application of a sum of Money from the Manufacturers Relief Committee, for the pur pose of emigration. The t erms are t h ese — t h a t the " Reli e f Committee" shall advance 25,0001. out of the funds raised for theiradministratian, on condition that 50,0001. be supplied from some other quarter- The Emigration Committee, !of course, recommend a grant to that amount. W e persevere in our opposition to the measure.-1-- What can you do for your manufacturing poor in Canada and Nova Scotia, that you cannot do for them here, if you really intend to afford them relief? Physicians send their patients to Bath 'and Brighton, and Clifton and Lisbon, when they want to get them off their hands, for no other purpose than that they may not see them die : and the emigration project is one of a si milar principle. Let us relieve, by all means, our manufacturing poor ; but let us relieve them !at home, by affording them, through public econoniy, the means of supporting themselves, which, if it be pretended cannot be done now, might very easily hare been done some time ago, and may still be done to a very great extent. The following extract from the Report of the Emigration Committee pre sents a lamentable instance of the manner in which the rents of farms have been run up in the maim facturing districts, and of the methods by which the landlord has been enabled, even directly, to take the earnings of the poor weaver and cotton-spinner :--- Recurring to the persons whom it is proposed to make the immediate objects of this offer of removal, it is neces sary to acquaint the House, that in the districts above alluded to, and snore especially in Lancashire, there app4ar to be among the Land-loom weavers, two classes almost wholly distinct from each other : the one, who though We) take in work in their own houses or cellars, are congre gated in the large manufacturing towns ; and the otl4r, scattered in small hamlets or single houses, in variclth directions throughout the ;manufacturing country. Itt ii to the situatio n o f this letter class, though both are ill g state extremely de'",;:orable, that your Committee tecnild chiefly wish to direct the attention of the House. !II aPPetts that pereoni of this description, for many years past, hale beea occupiers of small farms of a f ew acrts, whichthey haie - held at high rents ' • and combining tte business, of a hand-loom weaver w ith that of a workijig farmer, have assisted to raise the rent of their land frdm the profits of their loom. Upon this class it is, that tine distresses of the times have fallen with peculiar ha - / ship. While th e d ec li ne o f t h e i r manufacturing bu i- I teas has utterly di sa bl e d t h em f rom supply i ng th se rents which were due from them as agriculturists, they have found themselves called upon to give eupport, as liable to the rates, to those of their fellow weavers who were engaged in manufacture alone: and a remnant of honest pride and shams has prevented many of those in the extremest distress from applying for parish relief; while others, being-from their remote situation less immedia4ly under the eyes of the regular authorities, have lingered on, till found accidentally, as has been proved in eviden4e, in the last stages of misery and disease. This scene of misery, we must again observe, its not of our painting—it is from the Report of the Emigration Committee.—Times., Lord King followed up two or three questions respecting the duration of the present Ministe rial interregnum ; which, " seeing half a dozen of his Majesty's Ministers present, such as they were, he wished to ask them"—by some very galling observations on the subject of the com osition of a n Ad m i n i s t rat i on . " Wh et h er t h e rilmistri were complete or not," he observed, wz:s to him a most unimportant matter ; for, of the animals in the Ministerial Menagerie, the Prime Minister was the most unnecessary. He stated this advisedly, and on the highest autho rity. In 1800, an experiment had been made, of what sort of a thing it was possible to make a Minister ; and by the experiment it had been ascertained, that you might make a Jack-boots _a Prim e Minister. ° Noir an eipiiiineritii , as trq iug, if the country could not go on without any Minister. First it had been proved, that any person would make a Minister, and now it seem ed to be ascertained, that no Minister at all was wanted." In vain, however, his Lord ship applied the spur to the half-dozen of Ministers present. They were as silent as the Senators of Venice in the Play. Their business ?s to vote in the Cabinet (to draw their salaries Ind exercise the patronage of their respective offices being always implied) and not to render reasons or to repel attacks in Parliament. Till some one draught ,,cl from the Commons takes his place among them, they must bear up with the blows they receive the best way they can. The prevailing report last night was, that the arrangements are at length completed. \Ve know not, however, what credit is due to the statement current. It was said that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is to be created a Peer, and to be made President of the Council, that Lord Ilarrowby goes to Paris as Ambassador, and Lord Granville takes the Foreign Office; that Mr. Canning is to be Chancellor of the Exchequer and First Lord of the Treasury, with the usual patronage, &c. W e have been led to understand that the King has all along'refused to interfere in the arrangements, which has added very much to the embarrassment of Ministers. Se• veral versions are given of the object of the Duke of Rut land's late visit to his Majesty. Whatever may be the ar rangements, if the measures of the new Ministry do not prove acceptable to the nation, it will be difficult for them to place this to the account of a factions spirit. Faction may be said to have been for some time extinct in this country ; and, therefore, we are almost warranted to infer, from this fairness and candour on the part of the people, that if justice be done to them, they will not be insensible to it. In fact, the people have erred on the side of over_ liberality, for they have often given Ministers credit for goad intentions, when their actions were objectionable.— .If)rxing Chroxicle. The Second Reformation is going on apace in England as well as Ireland. It appears that we have not yet freed ourselves from some of the inconvenient restraints on Christian liberty imposed by the Church of Rome, and more par.; titularly that a foolish impediment in the way of the free trade in Church livings still exists in the laws against simony. We are, however, getting fast rid of the prejudices in which such laws had their origin. Even so late as the times of Bishop Burnet, they were still retained by scrupulous persons, for that Prelate protests against parents buying livings for their children, and buying and selling benefices in general," and calls on Patronsi not to lay altogether aside the fear of God, anci not to enter into " that filthy merchandize of the souls of men ; and reproaches the Church of England with still labouring under a shameful profanation of holy things, from which the Church of Rome has freed herself. Yesterday, however, a commencement was given to an at tempt to perfect the edifice of Christian liberty. Our readers will see that a case was decided by appeal in the House of Lords, in which a Clergy man, having been presented to the Living of Ket tering, in Northamptonshire, by Lord Sondes, on condition of his resigning it to a son of his Lordship when ready for it, or paying 10,0001. this bond was set aside as simoniacal by the existing law. But both the Lord Chancellor and the Archbishop of Canterbury seemed to think the law one of great severity, and that those worthy persons who have been concerned in the trade of buying and selling livings ought to be protected from consequences to which they have rendered themselves liable. The Archbishop of Canterbury immediately brought in a bill to tranquillize that numerous class of persona wh o had not the fear of the laws relating to simony before their eyes, which will of course pass through both Houses without opposition. It was observed by the Irish Attorney:General, in the course of the debate on the Catholic Question, that religion itself is, in these days, dependent en churchproperty.; and it follows, therefore, that whatever renders church property more va luable, must give additional security to religion. Simony, therefore, as well as pluralities, giving additional value to church property, ought rather to be cherished than pro scribed by all friends to religion ; and we ought to chew ourselves above the prejudices of Papists, who persist in condemning both. We may consider, therefore, the bill of the Archbishop of Canterburi as a legitimate extension of the principle of free trade to religion, and as a most im portant step in the Second Reformation.—Eid. At the German Universities a warm contro-. versy is carried on by rival Professors of Juris prudence with respect to the object of punish ment. All allow that certain acts should subject the actors to death, imprisonment, forced labour, fines, &c., so that the differences do not extend beyond the region of Metaphysics. But a theory was started last night in the House of Lords, which would seem to involve a most important, departure from the practice of nations hitherto in the awarding of punishment. We are not fond of pronouncing decidedly on any theory on its first announcement, and therefore, we merely call attention to that started by Lord Ellenborough last night. " The object of set ting spring guns (said his Lordship) was not personal injury to any one, but to deter from the commission of theft ; and that object was as completely obtained by hitting an innocent man as a guilty one." When we give his Lordship credit for originality, we are not sure that we may not be doing injustice to the Turks ; for we have a sort of vague recollection, that it is stated by some travellers in Turkey, that the Turks have adopted his Lordship's theory, and when a robbery has been committed, for instance, seize the first men they can catch, and hang them, by way of deterring from the commission of it in future. They think, as his Lordship, no doubt, does, that the end being to deter, the more certain the punishment the more efficacious the example. Now, it is sot al ways possible to discover guilt, though it is always possible to punish, if the distinction between guilt and innocence is disregarded; and, therefore, as punishment must be more certain if it may be made to fall on innocence as well as guilt, to limit punish ment to individuals against whom guilt is proved is to diminish the certainty of it, and consequently to defeat the end which punishment is intended to answer. The new theory (new at least in this part of Europe) of his Lordship is pregnant with the most important conse quences. It may lead, for one thing, to a most material diminution of the County Rates, which have been pro digiously increased of late years, by an attempt to make the discovery of guilt precede the punishment. Perhaps his Lordship would have, no objection, by way of demonstrat ing the efficacy of his theory, to allow himself to be dis posed of by that important personage who gives to the Law its chief efficacy, without the formality of a proof of guilt, in order to reconcile the country to the indiscrimi nate slaughter of innocence and guilt. The Laws have always been distinguished for originality ; and we see his Lordship is determined that the family characteristic shall not be obliterated in him..-- Ibid. If Mr. Canning possesses, as we have no doubt he does, the high and honourable mind, which the author of " De Vere" is supposed to 'attribute to him, he 'must readily see through and despise the fulsome, interested adulation to which a part of the Press is just now subjecting him. To suppose him to be a party to, or even so much as sanctioning the sort of advocacy which he is thus receiving, would be to admit at once that he is unworthy of the honour and distinction which these very friends are contend ing for. The truth, however, is, that such praise as some part of the Press is loading Mr. Can ning with, 'is, in fact, no better than " satire in disguise ;" and we do not know of any stronger argument that could be used against the eleva tion of Mr. Canning to the office of Prime Mi nister, than the possibility of its affording him the means,, if he was_waakexmi:posaeas Wei inclination, of rewarding the hungry and un worthy sycophants and hangers-on, for their ser vile flattery, with the extensive patronage the first Lordship' of the Treasury would confer. Powerful as the Press is, it cannot be denied that by far too great a share of its influence is in the hands of some of Mr. Canning's coun trymen, who, without either his talent or inte grity, would, if they could, convert him into an liish Bute, conferring upon mere nationality that influence and patronage whi c h, to a mind such as Mr. Canning must possess, we need not say would be a species of prostitution to which such a mind can never descend. It is to put the public 'on its guard that we throw out these observations—to Mr. Canning himself no such caution can be necessary. He must know, . "as we do, that his influence has only to kick the beam, and away goes to his successor and competitor, be he who he may, all the very same applause which is now so liberally and 'disinterestedly showered upon him. The most ra tional idea which we have seen thrown out upon the subject of Mr. Canning's situation in the new Mi nistry is one which appeared in our;City article a few days since. Why, it was there asked, should not Mr. Canning's ambition be satisfied with that which satisfied Mr. Fox, who was virtually at the head of the Administration of 1806, but who himself held the situation of Foreign Secretary, which Mr. Can.. ning now h o ld s ? Th er e i s a very tr i te and true saying, which speaks of " letting well alone ;" and is, we think, peculiarly applicable to Mr. Canning's') present situation. In the office of Foreign Secretary he appears to be precisely where he ought to be; while in the joint offices of First Lord of the Trea sury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, which re 7 port assigns him, he will not only not have the same chance of distinguishing himself, and serving hie country, but in the latter office he will displace one who is on all hands allowed to have shown more clearness, temper, and integrity than have, for many years, if ever, been exhibited in a Finance Minister. What pretensions, we would ask, has Mr. Can ning► to displace Mr. Robinson ? What knowledge of figures has he ever shown ? Or what is there in his previous habits to lead the world to suppose that at this, the eleventh hour of his natural life, as it may be called, he is likely to equal, still less to excel, the man who, we will venture to say, has done more to wards simplifying the intricate subject of the public ac counte than all his predecessors ? We trust that our read ors will perceive that we are not penning a single line in any unkind feeling towards Mr. Canning. We acknow- ledge his talents ; - we admire many, if not most, of his principles; but why the melancholy accident which has befallen Lord Liverpool should also deprive us of an ex cellent Foreign Secretary we do not understand, and still less (lo we comprehend why it should drive from the Chan celloralaip of the Exchequer a man so eminently qualified for that situation as Mr. Robinson has proved himself to be. If it be only that Mr. Canning may haye the power of nominating to bishoprics, and appointing Custom-house Officers—that he may have the whole tribe of borough- patrons and independent County Members, constantly suing to him for the price of their own subserviency; tr if it be that he may be better able to bring about a measure to which the sense of the country is opposed—all that we can say is, that not one of these reasons ought to weigh a • feather in the scale ; or if they are entitled to have any weight at all, it should he in the opposite scale to that which they are intend to occupy.—Morning Herald. The country has now, for some weeks, been daily amused, or perplexed, with one of the silliest clamours that was ever raised. " Give us," say our quidnuncs., " a united Administra tion ; our Ministers, of late years, have been distracted by opposition of sentiments, and con trariety of political views ; their energy is thus destroyed, respect abroad is lost, and confidence at home weakened : give us, therefore," they continue, " an Administration, composed of men who shall be zealous in mutual co-operation, in stead of checking, thwarting, and counteracting each other." The demand would be reasonable, were it not that we have all along had, that for which they call up on us to pr a y. The founda tion of the complaint is laid on circumstances, which never had any reality—in an alleged evil, which never existed—in the supposed want of an advantage, of which we have all along had the full enjoyment. When was there ever an 'admi-, nistration more free i from internal disunion or distrust, than that of which Lord Liverpool was the head ? When was there ever an administration, which, in all its great and leading measures, and in its general course of policy, exhibited more unity and consistency of purpose, or a spirit of more complete har mony ? Few periods in the history of any Government, have been more replete with combinations of political circumstances, preg nant with the most important results, and requiring both decision and caution than the last four years of our own history.—Tke affairs which were to be managed—the " manures which were to be adopted, were such, that very opposite views of them might be taken ; and the interests at stake were so great, that each man would naturally cling, with no small pertinacity, to that course which appeared to him the wisest and the best. But where, in the vast variety of impor tant measures which the Cabinet has adopted or re jected, could the least trace of dissension, the slightest symptom of disunion be found ? Were they not united m their abstinence from interference when France invaded Spain ? Were they not equally harmonious in resolving to put the strength of the country into action when Spain presumed to foment rebellion in Portugal ? During the last four years, numerous changes and improvements have been made in our internal legislation, and in the re gulation and administration of our finances. The system of our Navigation Laws has been entirely altered, and the whole course of our commercial policy placed upon a sounder footing. Which of all these measures is it that has not been supported with the full strength of the Cabinet ? To agree in walking in the old road, is, for the most part, as far as the harmony of Statesmen ex tends to : but to agree in quitting the old road, and choosing a new path, is the most complete proof of political concord that could be desired. New com mercial treaties have been concluded with divers European States; a prudent and firm course has been followed in our relations with the United States. In none of these proceedings does any thing but the most perfect union among our Ministers ap pear. We take the lead in recognizing certain new States in South America; and this recognition is not promiscuous and undistinguishing, but is guided by a regard to the specific circumstances of each coun try. We recognize Mexico, Colombia, and the Republic of the Rio de la Plata, because in these we find an independent political organization, with which' another State may form engagements, with a reasonable probability for their permanence. We do not formally recognize Peru, Guatemala, or Chile, because they are either dependent on their neigh bours, or in a condition of such constant political instability, that it would be a farce to attempt to enter into treaties with the things which, in these countries, may happen, on this day or that, to call themselves a Government. Thus, there has been, in our Cabinet, the most perfect union, both in 'what 'it has done, and - in what it has not done. " But," say our wiseacres, who imagine that it is only when the Ministers agree with themselves, that they agree with, one another—" but, see how long it was, be fore we recognised the . South American States; recogni tion was called for many y ears b e fore it took pace; but Mr. Canning was resisted in his liberal views, and it was only at the eleventh hour, that he was enabled to do what he wished to have done long before." Unluckily, we can not believe these men, unless we disbelieve Mr. Canning himself. Mr. Canning, and, we think, with great good reason, has always placed the merit of the system he has followed towards South America, not so much in the thing done, as in the choice of the time in which such thing was done; and the selection of the time was his own. Nu stood by the,Morning Chronicle and the Times than by Mr. Canning: but there would he no great modesty in ad mitting, that Mr. Canning is better acquainted than they are with what he himself has done, and with what has passed between himself and his colleagues ; and be tells us, that he has always met with the most encouraging co operation. We have had, of late years, as united a Mi nistry as ever governed any country; and we are sure that England desires nothing more earnestly, than that the la mented removal of Lord Liverpool from public life may produce no change in our foreign or domestic policy.— New Times. Spain, if any faith is to be placed in the con curring testimony of the latest communications from that country, is at the very threshold of a great change. The Government has all the worst qualities, without any of the redeeming energies of a despotism : and as its tyranny is more of a speculative than an active character, it is at once an object of hatred and contempt. — Whilst from its vexatious proceedings it has pro voked the intense abhorrence of one portion of its subjects, its weakness and indecision have in spired the other with incurable distrust ; and in stead of riding on the highest wave, it is tossed in all directions by the violence of the troubled waters. A more able tyrant would make use of one :faction in order to crush the other, and as long as it stood in need of its services, would load it with caresses, and treat it, at least in ap pearance, with unlimited confidence. When it had served the purpose for which it was wanted, it would be afterwards humbled in its turn ; and the nation might thus find repose, which after so many convulsions would be of itself an inesti mable blessing, under the wing of a firm and powerful despotism ; whereas the present Go vernment can only be compared to a nightmare, squatted on the bosom of the country, disturbing her rest by frightful visions, and rendering the glare of day and the gloom of night alike hideous and hateful. No one, therefore, will be surprized at her readiness to adopt any remedy, however des perate, which promises to relieve her from so un sufferable a state of feverish anxiety. In this respect, all parties agree; whilst upon every other point they arc as remote from one another as the poles, arid irreconcilable as the most jarring elements. The "Apostolicals" want a change, because they are anxious to make their triumph complete, which, from the feeble and vacillating character of the Go vernment, they have hitherto been unable to effect. They are also afraid, that, from the same cause, victory may pass over again to the ranks of their opponents ; and thus fear, revenge, and ambition, unite their maddening influence to work up their minds to the highest state of irritation ; whilst Fanaticism, in the cowl and habit of a Monk, bran dishes her flaming torch, in order Co excite their fury. All that is revolting in bigotry, and all that is insupportable in a spirit of exclusive domination, are found combined in the Catholic Clergy of Spain as a body; and though individually many of them are distinguished by their piety and learning, they constitute collectively the most narrow-minded, in tolerant, and domineering order of men, that is to be met with in any civilized country. To them may likewise be ascribed nearly all the woes and distractions to which that country has been so long a prey; and she will probably owe her deliverance also to the insatiable spirit of exaction and domi nation which distinguishes their body. The Con stitutional Faction is neither inert nor desponding at this moment; but, on the contrary, stands erect in hope, and is preparing with incredible activity, and even boldness, for another trial of strength with its opponents. It is an incontestible fact, that notwithstanding the purifying sys tem, it has numerous partizans in the new a rmy, an d, what may appear more astonishing, in the inferior ranks of the provincial Magistracy. The weakness of the Govern went, and particularly its indecision, have probably con verted many to the principles of the Constitutionalists, who, under other circumstances, would hav e adhered t o the opposite party. These new converts, looking upon a poli- tical re-action as unavoidable, merely want to obtain favour with the party they expect to see triumphant. If the Spanish Monarch had the spirit of some of his prede cessors, or if lie loved the name and glitter less, and the substance of tyranny more, he would not see his adherents fall off from him in this manner, to swell the ranks of his most bitter and uncompromising enemies. However a feeble • Sovereign is a perfect solecism, and wherever there is sovereign rule there - should be vigour and decision, as indispensable accompaniments. Without these attributes the possessor becomes the football of fac tion and frequently its victim ; whilst the people, despis ing the weak and unskilful hands that hold the reins of Government, become unmanageable, and plunge headlong into every species of excess. The situation o Spain at this moment strikingly illustrates our remark ; and, what with the poverty of her treasury, the rage of her conflict ing ketions, the bad spirit of her army, the fanaticism of her clergy, and the utter incapacity of her Government to contend against these evils, it may be said that a miracle alone can save her from the imminent dangers with which she is menaced.— Morning Post. LENT ASSIZES. OXFORD CIRCUIT, MONMOUTH, Aram 7, CROWN SIDE. Charles Daniel and George Long, both young men under 20, were indicted for assaulting William Lewis, on the 6th of March, at Llanfoist, with intent to rob him. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against Daniel, and acquitted Long. The prosecutor, Mr. Lewis, who is a very respectable looking man, beyond the middle age, stepped forward, and recommended Daniel to mercy. Mr. BosAnQueT—Prisoner, the sentence is, that you be imprisoned two years, and kept to hard labour. Charles Webb and Richard Mayo were indicted for highway robbery upon Matthew Davis, on the night of the 10th of August, in St. Aryan's, near Chepstow, and steal ing from him a pocket-book containing three 1/. notes, and a purse containing a quantity of silver. The Jury, after a short deliberation, acquitted the pri soners. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN having disposed of the civil bu siness, tried prisoners in the Nisi Prius Court. William Watkins, Thomas Jenkins, Henry Evans, and John Prosser, were indicted for a riot, and for com mitting an assault upon . Mary Nicholas, an old woman, at Abergavenny. Mr. MAULS.—The defendants are charged with an offence which does not appear on the indictment to be of a very unusual description, bat it was committed under circumstances very rare, and I hope of late years quite unprecedented. They are charged with assembling in a riotous manner, and with assaulting the prosecutrix. She is a poor decrepit old woman, upwards of ninety years of age, and she has been most inhumanly treated, un der the absurd notion that she was a witch. She lives with her daughter, Mary Phillips, in Abergavenny, and receives relief from the parish. Watkins is a farmer at Llanfoist, in good circumstances, Jenkins is his servant, Evans is a blacksmith, and Prosser a shoemaker. On the 10th of March last Watkins and Jenkins seized this poor old woman, and dragged her away; she contrived to escape into a house; they pursued her, and, to the disgrace of the bystanders, were 'allowed to take her away. They seized her, a mob gathered, and they pulled her the dis tance of a mile to the farm and fold-yard of the defen dant Watson, and then she was obliged to kneel down at the heels of a colt, with the tail in her hands, and compelled to speak some prayers. In her terror she made a mistake in the words ; this exasperated them ; they beat her about, tore her clothes, and dragged the branch of a wild briar plucked from a hedge, and full of prickly thorns, over her arm, and covered it with blood. This they did several times. You may have heard of an old, and I had hoped, a worn-out super stition respecting old women as witches enchanting cattle,' and disenchanting them by certain prayers—a subject of pity, if the superstition had been shown in an innocent manner, but when Superstition is theught an excuse for barbarity, it aggravates the offence, because there is no se. curity against the ill-conduct of people -.•':o suffer them- selves to he actuated by such motives. One might have supposed that the very infirm age and sex of the sufferer would have protected her, but they kept her kneeling a great length of time, and fancying a witch was furnished with an unnatural teat, they stripped her down to the waist and searched for it. It was not until some humane per sons interposed, with considerable risk to themselves, that her release was obtained, and that was not done until her white hair was pulled off her head to see whether they would burn. Hcme she at last was taken by her daughter, 'Hi the most deplorable situation : and wonderful it was that she survived her ill-treatment. The prisoners may thank her excellent constitution that they are not capitally indicted, for it was not their want of malice that saved the old woman's life, and had she died, they would have been this day tried for their lives, with which they would pro bably have expiated their inhumanity. Mary Nicholas.—(Witness was accompanied by her daughter, a respectable-looking old woman, and was exa mined through an interpreter.)—l am 91 next August, and buried my husband 10 years ago. Last Saturday three weeks saw 'Watkins and his servant Jenkins opposite the Bull public-house in Abergavenny. They came out of the public-house and took hold of me under enrl• arm, and dragged me down the road towards Abergavenny bridge, and pushed me with sticks. Watkins kept hold of me. There was a great many pushing me, but I was stunned, and could not tell who they were. They pulled me to Llanfoist, to Watkins's farm, to an outhouse, and put me on my knees. I saw some part of a colt, but not the whole, somewhere near a rick of hay. They make me kneel down close behind the colt ; they requested me to bless the colt. Watkins held me, but there were three or four about me. Watkins put his servant to hold my arm, and he dragged a rough stick with thorns over my arm several times. They wanted to drag me to a pool. Ido not know wherefore, excepting to drown me, My arm was all over blood. They stripped me down to my waist,. They searched with their hands under• my arms, and all over. They pulled my cap off, and took my hair from my head. I felt them cutting it. They pushed me about as much as they could, and hurt me. Witness, from the heat of the court and her great age, was here taken ill. Mr. Baron VA uu RAN inquired if there was any salts, and directed the windows to be opened. Cross-examined by Mr. Russar.s.--I never told Davis's daughter I would make her walk upon her back if she did not give me some bacon. I never said I would bewitch her; and if any body said I did, they will go to hell. Evan saw Mary Nicholas walking with Watkins and Jenkins towards Llanfoist. There were about 50 people about her then, and snore came afterwards. They were using her roughly, pushing and dragging her by the arm. In the lane leading to the fold-yard, Watkins roughly turned her round by the shoulder, and, pointing to three dead cattle, said, " look; there's some of your work, now." They forced her to the fold-yard, and put her upon her knees to a colt's tail in the rick-yard. Wat kins made her say " God bless the colt." There were from 80 to 100 people present. Evans and Prosser were there. Evans was cursing and swearing at her. Wat kins compelled her to say again, God Almighty, that is in heaven, pray bless the colt." I saw Watkins take a wild rose briar out of the hedge, and draw it over her arm. I saw it done once by Watkins some one held her, but I did net notice who. The old woman was on her knees at the tail of the colt. They took her clothes off and searched her, and said they would find her teat. She said, if they would he quiet, she would strip herself; they would not allow her, but took her to the beast-house. They left her shift, but took all her upper garments off. _ _ _ Mr. RUSSELL.—There is no — one in this Court who regrets more sincerely than I do, that the last days of this very old woman should have been embittered by these foolish people, but we must not allow our feelings to re present the case worse than it is ; and my friend must have been much excited by hie instructions, when he said the prisoners might have bad to have answered for their offence with their lives. I regret that the compensation offered before their trial was not accepted. There is one circumstance of mitigation—the prisoners were sincere, for absurd as it was, the delusien was honest. Wat kins having lost three of his cattle, and his colt having been taken ill, did believe they were bewitched by this old woman. There is a story that a witch's hair will not burn, that you cannot draw her blood, and that she will not drown. All this accounts for the violent behaviour of the mob. The existence of so absurd a superstition is a melancholy thing. I had hoped the march of intellect hail got into the hills of .Monmouthshire, but it should be re membered that the time is not far gone by when one of our most able and learned Judges, Sir Matthew Hale, hung seven persons as witches at one time. I admit the assault, but desire to draw the distinction between that and a riot, and in fairness you will not allow my friend to persuade you it was a riot. The Jury found the prisoners all guilty of the assault, but nut of the riot. His Lordship postponed giving judgment till Monday. Mr. Campbell is to be in Glasgow on Non day, an d w ill be installed Lord Rector on Thursday at three o'clock; a fter which he will dine with the Collegs. Edinburgh Observer. : • • ; POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE,—Harriet. Guppy, a married woman, was charged by Mr. Thomas Williams, of No. 82, Glasshouse-yard, Minories, in whose house she has lodged for abottt three years, with conduct of the most infaMout and disorderly nature. He was sworn, and stated, that the prisoner was in the habit of bringing into her room, five or six soldiers daily, for purposes which were obvious. When he remonstrated with her, she abused him grossly, avowed her prostitution, and called his wife the most inde licate names. On Saturday and Sunday, persons of the description he had given came to her, when the witnese refused to admit them, and they immediately created a riot in the street, which alarmed the whole neighbourhood. Mrs. Mary Williams corroborated the testimony of her husband as to the prisoner's conduct, and declared that she had no donbt of the object for which these soldiers cam e home with her. The prisoner called one of the soldiers as a witness, and he was immediately put at the bar beside her. On his re monstrating with the officers, because he had committed no offence, - The LORD MAYOR asked him—Did lie consider the conduct imputed to him no offence ? and the fellow replied, with the utmost nonchalance, "By no means." The Loan Mayon declared his intention olcommitting the female prisoner, unless she procured bail to answer for the misdemeanor at the sessions. The prisoner immediately applied to Mr. Williams, to intercede with the Lord Mayor for her, for the sake of her children, and declared she would never g o near the house again. The LORD MAYOR.--I shall take care that you shall not either go there, to commit such infamous conduct, or any where else, unless you procure bail for your good conduct; in default of which let her stand committed. The soldier was suffered to depart. GUILDHALL.-- George. Humphries, the driver of a hackney-coach, was brought before Sir PETER LAURIE, yesterday, charged with stealing la in Bank of England and other notes. Mr. Loadsman said he could produce a witness who heard the prisoner boasting of having found 201., and to afford him an opportunity of doing so, the prisoner was reman ded till the following day. Matthew Burk Noble, who stated himself to be a mi nister of the gospel, was brought up on suspicion of being in the inn-yard at the Swan-with-Two-Necks, with intent to commit felony. The Rev. Gentleman complained that during the three hours he had been locked up in the Compter he had been denied the use of pens, ink, and paper ; and that after he had been regularly discharged from the Compter, as he was walking along Cheapside, he thought he would turn into Wood-street, when he was most rudely seized upon by a man (pointing to Scourfield the turnkey), and taken into custody anew upon the old charge. Sir PETER LAURIE said one part of his complaint Was very serious in his opinion, for it was the order of the ma gistrates that every prisoner should be furnished with the meant of communicating with his friends if he desired :t. Scourfield said paper, ink, and a pen were given to every one that applied to a turnkey for them, and it turned out, that Noble had not inquired of any but fel low-prisoners. The Alderman further observed, that the prisoner was mistaken in supposing he was discharged at the Compter. The officer was bringing him up for examination, and of course could not let him go where he pleased. The evidence proved that the prisoner was observed in the yard from half-past six in the morning, bustling among the crowd at the unloading of every mail as it came in, and about eight o'clock a porter was sorting the parcels in his delivery upon •a board in the yard, when having oc casion to leave the spot for five minutes, on his return he saw the -prisoner with a parcel in his hand, but he laid it down as he approached. The parcel was produced, ad dilessed to Messrs. Sweetmari and Robins, in the Old Change. , The prisoner said he was going to breakfast at the hotel, (though his appearance certainly bespoke him a fitter guest for the tap-room), and he was amusing himself in the yard until it was ready. He laid hold of a parcel or two, and read the directions merely from curiosity. Mr. Burgess, au attorney, said several parcels had dis appeared within a fortnight, and they were always stolen in the unloading. The prisoner, however, was not known to havi been lurking about the yard before yesterday morning.- _ _ Sir P/liElt thought a case had not been made out to war rant the detention of the prisoner, and therefore discharged him, with a caution not to be detected under such circum stances again. UNION-HALL.--Yesterday a respectable-looking young man, named John Silcox Cheyne, who described himself as having been in the timber trade, was brought before the sitting Magistrate, R. J. CHAMBERS, Esq.; by the parish officers of St. Saviour's, for deserting his wife, and leaving her chargeable to that parish. One of tbe overseers btated that the defendant deserted his wife about three weeks ago, leaving her in a very de plorable condition, without the means of obtaining food, although she was confined to a bed of sickness. The defendant said, -that he was destitute even of the means of supporting himself. It was here stated, that he was now, and had been for some length of time previously, residing at the house of his grandfather, ivho was in opulent circumstances. • The grandfather stepped forward, and said, " The young man has been inveigled into a marriage; his wife and her friends imagined that ke was possessed of property, and got him' into a snare—they catched him." Mr. Ciramazas---The defendant has married her, and he is therefore bound to support her; and if he does not I shall commit him to gaol. With respect to the term " cached," used by the defendant's grandfather, I think it was no. great catch indeed for the _poor woman, and the great probability is that they catched each other.---(A laugh: )—The Magistrate then asked agaitiif he was willing to maintain his wife? The defendant replied that be was not in circumstances to do so. Grandfather—lt ie out of my power to do any thing in the business. I must leave him to his fate. Mr. CHAMBERS-Then if that is the case, he shall he committed for one month to Brixton to hard labour.—Hi s commitment was accordingly made out. On Saturday last Hepburn, one of the beadles of Lam beth parish, in passing along the Bishop's-walk, observed the cloak and bonnet of a female lying close at the side of the river. In the bonnet he found a letter, which de scribed that the writer intended to destroy herself, and con cluded by giving the following name and address, " Ca therine Levy, Bedford -court, C a therine-street, Strand." Soon after the discovery of the above articles of dress, th at part of the Thames near the spot was dragged, and the body of the above-named unfortunate woman was brought on shore and deposited in the bone-house. On subsequent inquiry, it was ascertained that on Thursday last the de ceased and her husband had a violent quarrel, after which she left home, and did not return. The following day, it appeared that she had visited four of her children, who were in service, with whom she took a❑ affectionate fare well, without, however, giving the slightest intimation of her intention. The husband became alarmed at her long absence, but heard no tidings of her until the beadle brought him the intelligence of her death under the cir cumstances above-mentioned. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS• COUNTRY DlARY.—WFouonar, A r ai° 11. Bayley, J., Ipswich—Sea-horse, Ipswich Bromley, .1., Staffb r d_st a r, Stafford Cl a rke, J., Worcester—Messrs. France a nd Co. Worcester lO Coleman and Co., Ludlow—Crown, Ludlow Ellis, G., York—Bay Horse, York ........ .............. 1)., Swansea—Built, Bristol ...... fivdalners , M., Norbury—White's, Manchester .. 7 ............... Gill, T., and Co., Coventry—King's Head, Coventry Partridge, Hartreavcs, 6., Liverpool—Star, Manchester Hollick and Co., Carnbridge—Eagle, Cairbridge... Hutchinson and Co. Stockton—Black Lion, Stockton ll Longsdon a,id Co., Manchester—White's, Manchester Owen, w., Carrt.arvon—Goat, Carnarvon 1 Radcliffe and ,.: ft, Birmingham—Royal Hotel, Birmingham ! 4entner, .1., Bristol —Bush, Bristol ''. Manchester lO Co., Stockport—White's, HODGES, THE CULPRIT.---For this unfor tunate individual, who was condemned at our last Assizes, no reprieve had arrived at a late hour last night, although considerable exertions had been made to obtain one. The Rev. Mr. Buckeridge, the chaplain, and Mr. Brutton, the governor, had, since the trial, been solicitously engaged in preparing the wretched man for the solemn event which awaited him, and we have satisfaction in having it in our power to add, not without success. Although the poor fellow maintained generally an astonishing degree of firm ness, and see! , d to look forward with fortitude to his fi na l hour, yet on an occasion or two, whilst in conversa tion with the gentlemen already mentioned, he appeared deeply affected, and wept. There is every reason to be lieve that to a suspicion of the Jew having been on terms of too close an intimacy with his wife (whether well founded or not is not proved), must be attributed the guilty deed, for which justice demands the sacrifice of life. The unfortunate man will, most probably, have suffered the awful punishment of the law before these observations will be rerd, eight o'clock this morning being the hour 6%cd upon for the execution..—Statordehire suffered death, pursuant to his sentence, at the hour above mentioned, on Saturday morning. OLD tArLtv, APRIL 9. POST-OFFICE ROBBERY. Owen Daintre, a young man of respeetable.ar pearance, was placed at the bar on an indictment f t secreting a letter, containing a 51. Bank of rogr i . note, and'addressed to Messrs. Anderson ax t. of the Isle of Man, which had come into his hallv" as a sorter of letters in the Post-office. • The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty, and put in affidavit, stating the absence of a witness name Townsend, who could prove when and where 1 0 received the note named in the indictment. _ Mr. ANDREWS moved the Court to put off thf trial until next session, in order to obtain the at , tendance of that witness; and after some oppOsitioo by Mr. GURNEY, who was retained for the prosecui tion, the Court granted the application. • Joanna Griffin was indicted for passing counterfeit coin , It appear . ed, that on the 7th March last, she purchased , at the Three Compasses public house, Covent-Garden, 9 pot of beer, for which she gave sixpence, she return' ed shortly afterwards, and got a quartern of gin , for which she gave another sixpence ; she returned a third time and bought another quartern of gin, for which she gave a shilling ; she came back a fourth time, but the interval all the money she gave was diacovered to b e counterfeit; she was' challenged for passing it, but 01 turned and stoutly denied having paid any money at all at the house - during that day ; a constable was then called , who took her in custody. She was found guilty, and as this was like the former, b double o f fence, she was sentenced to undergo the Na t punishment. Joanna Jeferies, was convicted of passing is. 6cl• counterfeit money, to Joseph Turner, Duke-street, Blooms' bury, but as this was only the single offence, she was sev tented to be confined f o r o nly s ix mon th s in th e house , correction. :orian, CET.—April 9. Walls End Riddell'a,_, Mo. 9,/ , Ditto Carr and Co. 35 0 Tanfield Trader 3O 6 Pelaw Trader 32 3 Russell's Lambton small N 0 Blyth 23 0 Hartley 3l 6 Nesham Main Walls End 3 6 Ditto Larnbton 33 3 Ditto Lyons r .o Ditto Stewart's 33 3 Russell's Hetton's W.E. 38 0 a sold, 31%--Unsold, Pl%. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the bletrodolis is MO, for ' 411). Loaf. There are others who sell from 34d. to 234 d. lOW that price. PRICE OF SEEDS.-April 9. New English Red Clovbr Seed (per Cwt.) 725. '74s. fine 755. WV' Old Ditto Ditto S2s. 445. tine 50s. 6 9 ^ New Foreign Ditto , . 408. 60s. fine 635. 6 65- Old Ditto Ditto:- . 28s. 40s. fine 425. 4 54- New White Clover -- New Trefoil .5 6 1 01 a. 3 ( 4 6 6 s 2: fi fineflnn e e 37 50 8 . 1 19 ." 5 5 - 9 S Old Ditt02,...1 8. Old Ditto '76. 225: fine 105. Rib Grass -. 24. 28s. fine 325. 2`- English Carraway . -s. 375. SS,. fine - 4 - a .:40a. 325. tine -- - s. 28s. 30s. new ass. 40 ' 3 ' -8. -s. -s. fine 2.55. 30s. new 365. 408. :365. 425. new 40s. -s. 38s. 40s. fine 458. -‘. 31.8. 38s. fine 39 5 . 100 s. fine 115 s. --s• ;a Ditto St. Foin Rye Urals Pace) , Ditto Linseed, for feeding Ditto, for crushing — Canary Seed, New.,,, Ditto Old .(per --e 1 ..--s. White Mustard Seed..-..(per jit, , shel) l2s., 14s. fine Brown Ditto l 6 /. 20s. fine 20. • . . Turnip Seeds, Rounds .—s 365. 425. fine — 4, Green and Red Ditto —s. 44e. 465. fine --...!. Tare:, ' Old— 7s. Od. Bs, 6d. fine OS. ua• Ditto New —s. —s. fine 12s. 1 38 • Rape Seed, English, fine (per Last) 201. 23/...,...... Foreign 201. 221. • , PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown 32/, Os. Refined 6 Linseed Oil —,. - 24 0 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand, . l5 15 R a pe Cake, per ton WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET—ApriI 7. BSs• Od. to 115 a. Od, I Clover 90s. Od. to 155 a. Od. to 425. Od. PRICKS OF HOPS (per Cwt.)—April9. Kent Pockets 41. les. 51. ss. to 61. Sussex Ditto 4/. es. 41;124. to 5/. Os- EASOX Ditto 41. 10s. 5/. Os. to Si. 15s- Farnham Ditto, Fine Os. 91. Os. to 91 06 - - Seconds ..—...--- Cl. Os. 71. Os. to SI. 0s- Kent Bap .-..... 3/. les. 41.:10s. to 51. 06 - Sussex Ditto 3/.los. 4/, 06„ to 4/, 10s• Essex Ditto _ 31. 12s. 4/. 44. to 41. 155- PRICE OF POTATOES.--April 9. Yorkshire Kidneys 6/. 101. to 0/. Os. per Ton. Scotch Reds' Oxnobles and Shaws . 31. 10s. to 31. 15s. ditto. Blarsh Champions s 41. 10s. to 51. Os. ditto. LEATHER. Per lb. d. to d. Tanned Horse Hides.. 13 1 5 Spanish Ditto 14 2 0 Per dozen. Calf Skins... 36 to 401 b. 16 2j, Ditto 50 to 701 b. 23 Ditto -..70 to 801 b. 21 YS Small Seals, Greenland 18 PRICES OF Per lb. d. to d. Butts 50 to 5614.... 20 21 Ditto—.6o to f%lb.— 22 23 Dressing Hides—.... 13/ 15 Fine Coach Hides —l5 17 Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b. 14 15 , Ditto .45 to 501 b. 15/ 171 Ditto 174 19 RAW HIDES. Per Stone. s. d: to s. d. Ordinaryd. 1 10 11 Middlings 2 6 2 8 Market Calf . 7 0 eacli. Downs SHEEP N. 6cl. to 3s. Od. Felled SKINS. Od. to Os. A;• al. 6d. to 48. 8d COAL MAR A dairs 33s. 6d. Eighton 31 0 E H l ea liso to n 33 6 37 6 Hebbum Main 37 0 Holywell. __ 34 0 Killingworth ,37 0 Pelaw 32 3 Pontop Windsor*. 30 9 Tanfield Moor— 31 0 Townley 32 6 Wylam 33 3 WallsEndßewicke&Co, 38 0 Ditto Burraton 37 0 Ships at Market, 3334—Uhij IRISH MA: DUBLIN MARKET NO .RKETB, From ' 3/5 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 31 0 384 Bere 16 stone 17. 0 134 16stone 19 0 1,1348 Oats l4 stone 15 0 9,443 Cwt. 9 stone' 12 0 204 Oatmeal 11 stone 17 0 Sold to Bakers only, 6,942 Cwt. Flour..—. • Average price of , av, April 6. To 36 6 33 0 ,, 18 0 17 4, 22 0 20 0 20 0 16 6 , 4 26 0 0, 0 22 0 17 II 1 26 0 18 134 f Wheat and Flour. Od. per sack. Receipts of Flour, 12, Sales of Do. 9, Firsts, from Zs 04. )OO 7x, 00- ; Seep/cis, from 16s. od. to 222 . Od• Thirds,......~from 12s. Od. to 145.. Od• PRICE OF BREAD. Quartern Loaf, 41b. Half-quartern, 211 x. 20z.-44c4 Wheat, Barley. Oats. Flour, per cwt. per barrel per barrel per barrel 20 stone. 10 stone. 11, stone. Ist. 2d. s. d. as. d. s.d. a s.d. s.d. as. d. s. d. as. d. s. d. as. 8 7, Cork .M.—_—_ 27 0-3 0 9 16 0-19 0 15 8-17 6 18 o—'2o 0 16 0.--1 S , Limerick 20 8-27 616 8-17 015 2-15 5 1(1 0-18 015 O.—JO (' Waterford 26 0- 28 6 15 6 -18 6 14 3-16 0 16 6-17 6 13 0 .-15 ~ Belfast— 28 1-30 0 13 0-19 4 14 9-17 9 22 0— 0 0 20 0-- 0 ° Clonmel 0-28 5 18 6 -19 0 15 2-15 9 17 0-15' 6 14 13.-15 0 Tralee--- 25 6-27 6 17 4 -- 0 0 14 0-15 2 20 0— 0 0 18 0— 0 Carlow 28 0--32 016 0-19 014 0-17 000—0 0 17 0 0 0 Galway —2l 0-- 0 0 0 0-15 0 14 0— 0 0 0 0-- 0 0 0 0-- 0 0 Beef, I Mutton, Pork, Butter. Per lb. per lb. per cwt. Ist. 2d. 3d. 4th. 0 1 d. a (1. d. d d. s. d. aE. d. s. d. s. d. s. ( 1. s. d. i (1 ' Cork -- 5 —84, fi 22 0-28 091088 0 68 0 oio 0 0 Limerick_ ak 5 21 0-28 090 084 074 064 052 Waterford 0 —(1 0 0 24 0-37 698 o. 0 0 0 Belfast— 11—.610 5 —o 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clonmel 3 _l4, 4 330 0 0 86 0 76 072 0-- 0 Tralee -- 3 —4i —5 22 0-23 088076062 0 52 0 14 Carlow.-- 4—5 4 —o 00966750 60 0-0 GalwaY..— o—oo 0 0 -- 0 o, 0 7 0 0 " SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. O a t s . B e ans. Oatmcail Aberdeen r 27 31 26 31 50 Berwick 39 42 26 '2B 25 29 50 56 Coldstream 10 42 27 28 26 28 -- Cupar 27 29 25 '2B Dumfries -- 73 76 48 50 40 49 _ Dundee..* 28 30 26 28 26 33 24 26 F.lkirk --- 27 28 32 38 24 3O 2 8 30 4 4 3 52 Kelso ---.. 40 42 27 '29 27 30 Kirke.hly--- 27 31 25 31 '2B 30 32 Perth -- 29 30 26 28 26 30 25 27 At Dumfries th e pr i ce i s g i ven per bushel. T h e ot h e r )1 Ice& above are per boll, except Oatmeal, which is per sack of 28e1uz" i er prices jl2SOlbB. BIRTH S. On the sth i nst., at Edinburgh, the lady of Sir James Miles Riddell, Bart., of a daughter. On the Bth inst., in York-street, Portman-square, Mrs. Frederick Mouutague, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the sth inst., at Hull, by the Rev. C. H. Lutwidge, the Rev. Charles Dodgson, Student of Christ Ch u rch, Oxford, eldest son of the l a t e Captain Dodg: ") of th e 4tll , second da ug ht e r of Charles Lutwidge, Esq., Collector of the C us t oms, H u ll. On the sth inst., at Wixoe , b y th e Rev. 'Wm. nicks , Rector of Whittington, Glouce stershi re , the Rev. William Mavd, Vicar of Ewell, Su rre y , to Emily Matilda, elde st Dragoon Guards, to Frances Jane , daughter of J. K. Jardine, Esq., of Wixoe, in the County of Suffolk. DIED. On the 9th inst., in II impolc- s t rect, E mma , yo ungest daughter of Lady Bridget Bouverie. sth inst., at 13 essels-green, K e nt, the infant so n of Captain H. Napier, R.N . On the 6 th inst., i n t h e 73d year of her age, much by all her friend s , M rs . I sa b e ll a Emery, sci clow of Mr. M ac ki e Emery On the and mother of the late cel! - hrated Comedian, J o h n E m e ry. Mrs. Emery , till withi n these few y ears, had long been professionally engaged, and tilled a respectable station iu the Drama, on the boards of Covent G ar d en Theatre. PRINTED and PuaLisnin by M. YOUNG, at the five-Orincit, No. 112, Strad.