The Sun. — London, England, 1831-06-24 00:00:00

"P[RIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The proceedings in the House of Lords last night. c hough they were of a desultory character, —though They appeared, as Lord Brougham said, more like a conversation round a fire-side than the solem n deli beration of a branch of the Legislature, and occu pied scarcely an hour in duration,_were more inte resting and instructive than many regular anti lengthened debates. The observations of their Lordships related chiefly to three topics t---Ist, Th, attack on Lord Plunkett, in the House of Commons, on Tuesday night; 2d l y, The operation of the Beer Act; and, 3tlly, The announced or n tendedd projects for the relief of existing dis tress among agricultural labourers —for the removal of an alleged superabundance of population, arid the means of preventing the recurrence of the sup posed evil. 'fhe vindication of Lord Plunkett was introduced by himself in a manner whi c h evinced the strongest indignation against tht slenderer, and created the most perfect conviction of the falsehood of the charge. An Honourable Baronet (Sir Robert Bateson) was reporti in all the newspapers to have accused the Lord Chancelli r of Ireland of having, at the late general election, no. only interfered with the rights of the voters by ad vice or intimidation, but of tra ffi cking in th e gro ssest corruption—offering to barter judicial appointments and clerical patronage for efeetioneering influence, and promising to exalt to the beech, or to promote in the church, men whose only qualifications were the -venality of their friends or patrons. The Noble Lord, in giving the lie to those neeeertions, could not, lye course, consider them as the falsehoods of a Mem ber of Parliament, but spoke of them as the fabrica tions of the newspapers. A Noble Marquis, forget ful of this necessary distinction, seemed seriously to think it possible that the Lord Chancellor of Ire land could accuse en Irish Baronet of tittering falsehoods, and began to offer explanations which he had received from the Member supposed to be the calumniator. The Noble Lord upon the wool sack interposed, and put the Noble Marquis right by stating, " that if any Member in the House of Commons uttered in his place arty thing relative to a Peer,—no matter how gross, base, and groundless it might be,—the House could take 110 notice of it—they could neither convict nor acquit him ; but if any persem published out of doors reflections on the character of a Peer which had been uttered by a Member of the House of Commons, he might be called to account by their Lordships." The distinction thus pointed out was admitted, with a slight, but necessary, correction by Lord Ellenborough—that no Editor of a newspaper could be questioned by their Lordships, for publish ing reflections on acts of a Peer, " unless the acts were performed in the House of Lords." Thus then the matter stands at present. AU the newspapers of London have, it would appear, entered into a conspiracy to libel the Lord Chancellor of Ireland —to publish concerning him charges " foul," " false," and " scandalous," " gross," " base," and " groundless." This bend of conspirators against the character and reputation of Lord Plunkett, have the effrontery to place their fabrications tinder the name of an Honourable Member of the other House—to make them appear to be a part of the solemn proceedings of One Legislature—and to pass them 0' as a kind of impeachment in the history of the country. Truly, these are grave charges against the newspapers, and to follow the rule in such cases" made and provided," we might all have expected to have been called to the bar and sent to Newgate ; but from that fate we rejoice to be relieved by the distinction so opportunely intro duced, that the plot which was formed against the Noble Lord's character related to something alleged to be done in Ireland, arid not in his place in the House of Lords. That, however, does not rescue us from the charge of libel, which may be brought before a competent tribunal ; and a, most likely every journal in Great Britain and Ireland will be in the same predicament with the original culprits, the Courts will have work enough for some time, to punish a tissue of calumnies purporting to be a re port of what passed in a debate in the House of Commons 2dly. Great doubts are expressed of the beneficial effect of the late Act for per mitting the sale of beer on excise licences ; but it ought to be recollected that the objections against it are made chiefly by those Peers who opposed its enactment, and who then uttered prophecies which their character for sagacity requires them to support. The new law has not been tried so long as to warrant any certain conclu sion on its ultimate operation. Every change from high to low price, in an article like beer, must en courage consumption for some time beyond the point at which it may, in the long run, be fixed ; and perhaps the desire to reduce the price, so as to meet the excessive competition in a new trade, may lead to the deterioration of the article. But there can be little doubt that all these disadvantages will disappear on further trial ; and that police re gulations may prevent tisose alleged dangers to the morals of the labouring classes which arise from an excessive indulgence in cheap beer. idly. Connected —and iniimaiely connected—with this only great legislative attempt lately made to improve the con dition of the poorer classes, were the observations subsequently hazarded by different Noble Lords on the necessity of proposing measures during the present Session to give employment to the poor, or to relieve the agricultural parishes from the mainte nance of surplus labourers. Nearly all their Lord ships seemed to take the fact for granted that there is a redundancy of population beyond the means of subsistence and the power of commanding employ ment ;and making this assumption the basis of their reasoning, each proceeded to advance his nostrum for the cure of the evil. For this, some of them recommended emigration; others, internal coloniza tion ; and a third party, a new and improved edition of the poor laws. All of them confessed the diffi culty of the attempt, but none seemed to doubt of the success of his own individual scheme, if fairly tried. The Lord Chancellor hinted at some general and comprehensive project which was the result of his long studies since 1817,—which he had lately submitted to his colleagues in office,—which had re ceived their approbation, and which he would, as a Member of the Cabinet, intro Luce in the present Session or the next. With neither the details nor the principle of this most important plan did his Lordship make the House acquainted. — He evidently, however, takes for granted the fact yf iedundancy, and looks upon emigration as one of the means of relieving the country from its pletho ric habit. Now, notwithstanding all the examina tions which have taken place before the committees on e migration,—notwithstanding all the depositions of all the witnesses heard before agricultural and Irish commissions, we think that the principle of a superabundant population is still very disputable. If it is meant to say, that wherever you tinil an idle people,—a people without the means of employment on the existing system, there is a surplus population, then we might declare that Spain and Portugal have a redundant populat ion,—t hen the Lazzaroni of Naples are a redundant population,—then all the poor who were fed at the dams of monasteries in Catholic countries could respectively maintain, in comfort and affluence, double, trip le , or quadruple the number of inhabitant s which cover their soil with the evi dences of its want and wretchedness. Connected with this subject, we call attention to the announce ment of a motion for a repeal of the coin laws by Lord Milton. By stimulating i n d ustry and allowing an exchange of its fruits among different nations, this measure would produce a more beneficial effect than all the other proposed specifics for our agricul t urel distress.. Even Poland had a redundant popu lation when our corn law prevented us from enj o yi ng her produce, and paying for it with our manufactures. The proceedings in the House of Commons last night propose an interesting subject for our discus sion, whllst,at the same time, they forbid our taking it up. At the melancholy affray at Newtownbarry, on the borders of the two counties of Wicklow and Wexford, much blood was shed in an attempt to y a distress for tithe. Lord .Milton, who had been at the place the day before the mischief oc curred, strongly recommended a suspension of opi nion till the whole of the affair was completely Irefore the House. Some gentlemen spoke in favour if the character of the clergyman, from whose .nforcement of his right the mischief sprang up. One seemed to indicate that he had not been she. 4erher amiable. Neither of these considerations weigh much in a dry point of law. It is easy for person in a certein situation of lite to precure high 'estimenies to character ; and, amiable or not ami- tole, a man has a right to his riT,, , las. As to Ire land ever being any thing else than a constituent part of one empire, of which England and Scotland united are the other, the idea is absurd. What would Ireland be without Great Britain? A deso late island in the vast Atlantic, unknown to, or for otten by, the rest of the world. We obstruct her ntercourse with the continent of Europe locally; tnd she is at too grtat a distance from the United States of Atnerica to be any subject to them. She must, therefore, be England's, but only et England is her's, two parts making tip one whole. But to return from these considerations to the affray at Newtownbarry. Let it be minutely investigated ; some general information or principles will be de luced from isolated facts, which may direct the future measures of the Legislature.—Tittles. We have copied from the Glasgow Chronicle a paragraph, indicative of the intense interest taken by the people in the Reform Bill. A plan has been devised of communicating rapidly the news of the success or defeat of the Bill in the House of Lords, something like the fiery cross by which the Highland Clans used to be gathered. Delegates are to be chosen by the towns and villages round Glasgow, who are to receive the news from a person, who will meet the mail, on horseback at a distance, and receiving the news, each delegate will start off .o his respective Preses (President), who is to be supplied with a black and white flag, and if the news proclaim a defeat, the black flag will be hoisted on some prominent situation ; " and by this system of telegraphic despatch," says the paragraph, " the whole of the inhabitants of Glasgow, and to a distance of five or six miles in the country, will be furnished with the result in half an hour after the mail arrives in town." The whole paragraph is eminently deserving of attention. A Council of Emergency, in case of the failure of the Bill, is to he formed, for the purpose of devising some mea sures to prevent anarchy and confusion, &c. This is all very prudent and proper in the Reformers of Scotland. It is well to be provided against the worst. But the quarter of which they are in dread can read the signs of the times. We can almost assure them that they will have no occasion for their black flags, and Councils of Emergency. The Members of the House of Lords have too much at stake to hazard the peace of the country, by an absurd resistance to a measure called for by the whole nation. We have no apprehension of the House of Lords now ; though we should have had apprehensions, if the result of the elections had only given Ministers a small majority.—Morning, C'hron. The dreadful affair at Newtownbarry was alluded to last night in the House of Commons. Mr. Max well (son of Lord Farnham) said the clergyman was a most humane and excellent man. Than Cap tain Graham, the Magistrate of Newtownbarry, there was not, he would venture to say, a more humane man in existence. The people had nothing to complain of, as the parish was under the Tithe Composition Act. The yeomanry and police were fired on by the mob, and were obliged in their de fence to kill many of the mob. According to Lord Milten, the firing of the mob was throwing stones. To throw stones is, no doubt, very unjustifiable ; but there is a difference surely between throwing stones and firing. But, good God, allowing the conduct of the mob to have been as bad as it has been represented, is that an excuse for a wholesale slaughter of them 1 . There does certainly appear some mystery in these butcheries in Ireland. Mr.' Lambert said— " He was much surprised at the disturbances which hail taken place in Wexford, for he knew the people of that county to be both loyal and peaceable ; he believed that there had been some strong exciting cause fur these disturbances, and he feared that latterly there had been something of a disposition manifested to bring an a rebel lion in Ireland ; lives had been sacrificed without any apparent necessity for the sacrifice, and causes of irrita tion seemed rather readily to be sought for. If that were really the case, he cautioned those who acted in such a manner, to remember that the days of rebellion had gone by, and the age of revolution had come.—(Shouts of cheering from both sides of the House.) He warned those persons to remember this as a caution for their future conduct. The people ought not wantonly to be driven to a point at which resistance became a duty, and At which a passive obedience was little better than a base betrayal of that duty. Again he wattled such persons; and he repeated that connected as he was %% Ali that county, lie was quite sure there could be none in which the people were of themselves more peaceably and loyally disposed." We trust it will turn out that the black designs alluded to by Mr. Lambert are not really enter tained. But Government have despatched an able and honourable gentleman (Mr. Green) to institute an inquiry into the cause of that melancholy occur rence. It is melancholy to see how much the Clergy of this country seek to add to the heart burninas in Ireland by their uncharitable bigotry. The Rev. Mr. Melville, of Camberwell, in a sermon preached on June 13th, for the relief of the distress in Ireland, in St. John's Chapel, Bedford-row, printed in the Preacher, No. 46, exclaims in a spirit of true sectarian bitterness, _ . • " Alas ! alas ! the frown of the Almighty seeing to . • _ rest upon Ireland. Nature hath done much for her— there is fertility in her soil, and majesty in her scenery— the navies of an empire may ride in her harbours—the commerce of the world might float on her rivets and her lakes—yet despite those advantages, which appear to mark her out as worthy to share with England the diadem of the waters, Ireland is still but a degraded and half civi lized territory, and there is no bringing out or develope ment of her internal resources, and violence is the atmos phere in which her children live, and human life too often but her play-thing." " God forbid I should hesitate to state, that I believe the prevalence of the Roman Catholic religion lies at the root of all this wretchedness. There is nothing of bigotry in affirming that it is the very genius of this reli gion to keep a rude population still rude, just because it keeps them still ignorant—and whilst the Irish population continues unhumanized, and unhumanized it must con tinue until a moral influence isas been introduced among-t its tribes, the landlord will have his excuse for absenteeism, that curse and drain of the land ; and the cipitaliat will have his excuse for not embarking his property in schemes for the improvement of the country ; and thus the springs of national prosperity will remain choaked and dried up; and all for want of that moral influence amongst the people, which can only be produced by diffusing the know ledge of the true religion of Jesus." What would the Rev. Mr. Melville say, were he to be informed that the most priest-ridden province of Spain and of all Europe, perhaps Catalonia, is cultivated like a garden, and a model in point of or der ! Mr. Inglis, in his amusing and instructive Travels in Spain, in 1830, says, " We were now in Catalonia, which in its accommodations, in the in dustry of its inhabitants, and in the perfect security with which it may be travelled in every parr, has the advantage over all the other provinces of Spain, with the exception, perhaps, of Biscay. Catalo nian industry does not arise from any superior edu cation, by which men obtain a clearer insight into their moral duties and higher views of the hum in character; on the contrary, no Spanish peasant is more ignorant than a Catalonian boor ; none are more enslaved by the priesthood; and in no other province have the inhabitants shown so much their veneration for the Apostolical party, both in Church arid State. The sweat of Catalonian industry is the labourersi ne valley of f t t S hte w h i ee t a z r e t r h l al cultivate, and the world Switzerland—se. s a a n m A e l as th a t w hi c h h as covere d w ith f er tility many to the in the land w hi c h would become o ne wide cu nsetelfr-einstt,earesptr.opGerivve extended garden. The labours land upon which the C a t a l on i an lab his own or held by him upon a leas o e is either for lives, sometimes in yerpetuity, with a s° fi rnetimeh fine upon succession or alienation ; but, at all events, for so ;long a period as to invest the tenant with a real in terest in the property which he cultivates." The cause of the misery of Ireland lies deeper than Mr. 'Melville supposes. We will answer for it, if the Catalonian peasantry were starved in the midst of abundance, they would be as unruly as the Irish.— A.forning Chronicle. Having been among the first and most urgent to call upon the Government to adopt the most prompt, effectual, and determined means to avert, if possible, from our shores the deadly scourge which has vi sited so large a portion of the world, we must, of necessity applaud every step which is taken in fur therance of an object of such vital national interest. Yet, with every inclination to look, not only favour ably, but with gratitude, to the efforts of Govern. ment upon the occasion, we are very much inclined to doubt the wisdom and propriety, as well as the utility and necessity, of introducing the subject into the King's Speech on the opening of Parliament ; and for this plain reason—that such mention of it seems only calculated to spread alarm, without prc ducing any practical benefit. Knowing how sensi tive people are upon such topics, and likewise how much influence fear, working upon nervous minds, often has in increasing danger, the true wisdom and policy of rulers should be to provide every possible protection, security, and caution against the threatened calamity, making as little parade and ostentation about it as the object in question will admit of. While on this subject ive cannot help adverting to what appears to us to he a singular discrepancy be tween the acts of the Lords of the Council and the opinions of the College of Physicians. The former, it appears, had given authority to exempt steam. vessels from quarantine, under an impression that they imported passengers only, and not merchandise; and as soon as their Lordships discover (which, if they allowed their eyes and ears to be used out of Downing-s . reet, they might have known before) — as soon as they discover that steam-vessels carry goods us well as passengers, they recall their former order, and subject these vessels to pralique—the learned body to whom we before alluded having given it as their solemn opinion that the disease is communicable by persons and not by merchandise— , a state of things which, as we apprehend, fixes their Lordships on the horns of a dilemma from which they cannot very easily escape. We would again urge that whatever is done in the way of prevention should be done promptly. The establishment of a Board of Health is a very wise awl proper measure on the part of Government ; but then such a Board should not separate at its first meeting without promulgating a set of rules and precautions for the public guidance and safety. Why are not peremptory orders given, for instance, to parochial boards and authorities to see to the cleans. ing of the by-streets and houses of the metropolis and the suburbs ? Why are not theJmuses in such situations whitewashed, where the owners or tenants cannot afford it, at the public expense ? Why are not the water-plugs in every street opened, to at least an hour every morning and afternoon, to assist in cleansing houses, and Washing away impurities And why, when we are every day shipping off mo ney and provisions to the starving people of Ireland, are squalid groups of them allowed almost to perish of hunger in our own streets and fields ? These and many other suggestions of a similar tendency must naturally occur, we should think, to a Board of Health, if, as we have no doubt it must be, the salus populi be the object of its prompt and earnest solicitude.—Morning Herald. The Reform Bill is to be brought forward this evening. In the contest about to ensue much will depend upon the firm adhesion of the conservative party in the House of Commons. They should es tablish amongst themselves a definite understanding as to the line of conduct they are to pursue; they should resolve to act upon all occasions in perfect union; there should be an agreement in all matters of Parliamentary taciics ; they should arrange to follow implicitly some recognised and well-qualified leader; they ought to act as if they felt that upon the success of their efforts depends the salvation of the country ; and all differences that have unhappily long existed amongst the Tories should be forgotten at once and for ever. Notwithstanding the vaunting of the Whigs and Radicals as to the result of the late elections, there is really no cause to despair even in the House of Commons. Many of the Reform ing Members will differ amongst themselves as to what Reform shall be. Many Members are no doubt inclined in their hearts to the conservative principle, but, considering the excitement and delusion of the people during the elections, deemed it prudent to conceal the . r inclinations. Many Members, after hearing the measure fairly discussed in the House, may be convinced of its dangerous tendency, and will not hesitate to disappoint their constituents rather than vote for a project which they clearly see would have an injurious effect upon the country. Mr. Fox has said that the wishes of the people are frequently contrary to their interests,. that they are incapable of judging either of their true interests or their trite happiness—arid that it is the duty of Parliament to promote the interests of the people in preference to their wishes. The prac tice that has prevailed during the late elections of fett( ring Members by pledges to support a particular measure is unconstitutional and unreasonable; it is destructive of the independence of Parliament, and converts the Members from deliberative orators and legislators into mob delegates. The present system, however imperfect in the eyes of theorists, has ne ver been proved to be practically injurious to the country ; no good reason has been given for the Re form Bill, though the motive is clear enough, viz. to enable the Whigs and Radicals to maintain them selves in power. Those who support the Bill are un able to show that any practical benefits would be likely to result front it. The Bill is in truth a delusion arid a mockery—a fraud upon the nation. The people have been taught to believe that this Reform will make food cheap, clothes cheap, wages higher, and labour less; but the people have been deceived, for the Bill will do none of these things ; and when the people shall discover this, their exasperation and disappointment will be in proportion to the expectations that they have been led to form. A House of Commons elected under the proposed Bill could do nothing for the people which a House of Commons as at present elected could not effect. It is the duty of Ministers to bring forward some measure which they think will benefit the country, instead of changing the Constitution without being able to show how that change will benefit the country. On the con trary, it has been clearly proved that the change Ministers propose will shake every great interest in the empire ; that it will let into the, State a demo cratic power, which will lead to the destruction of the Church, the Monarchy, and the Aristocracy — the same power that has destroyed the Church, the Monarchy, and Aristocracy of France —a power which has never gained an ascendancy in any State where a Monarchy and Aristo cracy existed without leading to revolution. All history teaches us this truth, and the state of France ought to be a warning to the King and Aristocracy of England. Revolutions are caused by the weakness and concessions of legitimate Go vernments by making concessions to the people they part with the power of resisting popular de mands and popular violence. Now is the time for the Aristocracy of this country, on the other hand, to stand firm, to discharge the sacred duty they owe to their country, and to resist the popular madness. Whatever may be the consequences of rejecting this or any other measure of Reform which would lead to a considerable increase of democratic power, those consequences cannot be so bad as the conse quences of passing such a measure. No sensible man can believe that the Radicals would be satisfied with it ; to pass it would only encourage them to make further demands; the struggles between the Aristocracy and the people would continue so long as any thing remained for the Aristocracy to concede. All that has been said by the Ministerial Press and the supporters of the measure about tumults and insurrec tions amongst the people if the measure be rejected is put forth to frighten the Legislature into passing t 1 e measure. "There will be no disturbances upon the rejection of the Bill ; the nation is ready to ac quiesce in the decision of Parliament; for the truth is, the great body of the people desire no sweeping change. They have been roused up to clamour for it by the Ministers and their supporters, but this artificial excitement is already subsiding, and will soon disappear altogether. The feeling in favour of Reform is at best not really so strong as that mani fested against Catholic Emancipation ; yet was that measure carried without popular disorder. It is ab surd to hear Reformers talk about restoring the Con stitution, for it is a fact that cannot be denied that the popular influence in the House of Commons is greater now than it ever was at any former period ; it is already so great that a Tory or Conservative Ministry cannot, without great difficulty, carry on the Government of the country.-211orning Post. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. G UILDHALL. illarien Shuissie;, the French servant charged with attempting to assassinate his master in the dome of St. Paul's, was brought up yesterday with the view to his being liberated, according to the sug gestions of Mr. Alderman ANSLEY, in such a way that the personal security of his master should be provided for. Mr. Alderman WINCHESTER took the chair, and (either not understanding or not approving of the plan of the master paying the prisoner's passage to Calais, and giving him up his baggage, &c.) treated the case as one for further examination, sking if there was any fresh evidence, and requiring that which had been already taken to be read. As Mr. Alderman ANSLEY speaks French, he did not require the statements of the prosecutor and the prisoner to be translated into English, and as they were not so translated, the clerk was unable to take any minutes. To remedy this, Mr. Lawrence, a so licitor in Bucklersbury, who was accidentally present at the first examination, was now sworn, and he gave the Magistrate a short account of the prosecutor's evidence. _ . . Mr. Alderman WINCHESTER inquired whether the blows were inflicted with a sharp instrument ?—Pro secutor said, although his head was cut, it appeared to him that the blows were from a stone, because they stunned him so much. The Alderman asked if any body could tell him whether loose stones were to be found about the staircases or galleries of the dome. Mr. Munton (who had given evidence before) saw nothing of the kind. Another gentleman said if the blows were given with a stone, that showed the crime was premedi• tated, for the stone must have been carried in front the street. With great deference, he begged to say that an attempt at.assassination in such a place as a public cathedral was an enormous crime, and he did hope there was no intention to liberate the offender. Mr. Alderman WINCHESTER could not submit to by-standers interfering and giving him advice in that manner. He asked if the surgeon who dressed the wounds was now in attendance ?—The constable said he was not, and there was no further evidence. It was suggested that the surgeon (Mr. Hurlock, of St. Paul's Church-yard) was a very respectable man, and would attend directly if he was sent for. The Alderman made no remark on this, but asked the officer whether the surgeon said any thing about the:nature of the wounds ?—The officer said " Yes: Mr. Hurlock stated that they were caused by some sharp instrument." The Alderman was shown the prisoner's hat, and seemed to arrive at the conclusion that the hole had been made by forcing two fingers through it from the inside. The Alderman asked if the prisoner had any pocket-handkerchief about him when he was searched ?—The officer said he had none. (It was supposed at the moment of the prisoner's apprehension, that as he had no handkerchief he might have wiped the blood from his hands on it, and thrown it away ; and the staircases were searched, but it could not be found.) Mr. Alderman WINCHESTER then questioned the prosecutor as to the possibility of the attack being committed by a third person. Prosecutor was quite sure that no other person was near him. He could see distinctly, and the staircases were so narrow no person could pass him unperceived. When his hat was knocked off he tuned round to the prisoner, who was close behind him, and said " Why did you do that ? I shall lose my hat ;" and the prisoner replied, " I did nothing." He descended four steps, and on stoop ing felt himself seized by the back of the neck. The prisoner protested his innocence, and said if he had meant to rob him, he could have done it better in Paris, where he had the care of his master's property. Mr. Alderman WINCHENTER said if there had been legal proof that the mischief had been done with a sharp instrument, he should have committed the prisoner for a serious offence, but no such instru ment had been found. However, he should not hesitate to detain the prisoner till the sessions for having committed an aggravated assault. No person being bound to prosecute, the prisoner will be discharged as soon as the London Grand Jury have got through the bills—probably next Sa turday week. The complainant sails from Graves end next Monday in the Perseverance, Captain Scarlett, for Rio. UNION-HALL. Yesterday two respectable-looking young females, named Mary Ott and Louisa Blexley, were brought before Mr. CHAMBERS, charged with shoplifting. John Davis, shopman to Mr. Brown, silk-mercer, of Blackman-stree,, stated that the two prisoners entered his master's shop, and asked to look at some ribands. Several drawers, containing various pat terns of the article, were placed on the counter before them ; and although &re was a great assortment, Blexley, who carried a small basket, requested to see more. The shopman turned, in order to open another drawer; and turning round suddenly, he observed Ott in the act of concealing a roll of the riband under her arm ; he desired her to restore the article she had stolen, upon which she burst into tears, and immediately delivered it up. Her companion, who carried the basket, appeared very much agitated, and seemed desirous of quitting the shop on discovery of the theft ; and when it was intimated that she was also suspected, and that she must submit to be searched, she directly rushed out of the shop and ran down the street with great swiftness. Instant pursuit was given to her, and she was secured with the basket, which contained several other rolls of riband. They were both given into custody. The prisoners, in their defence, expressed great contrition, and declared it was the first. offence they had ever committed. The Magistrate perceiving their bonnets decked out with a profusion of riband, observed that it was their love for finery and their anxiety to keep pace in the fashion with their betters that prompted them to the commission of an offence which subjected them to transportation. The case was clear against them, and he had no alternative but to commit them for trial. The prisoners, who wept very much during the e xamination, were then committed. A man named Lawrence was charged with ill treating a horse, the property of his master. The defendant, wlio attempted to justify his con ductl by saying the horse was unruly, was fined 31 and costs. TOWN--HALL. Sarah Carter, a poor woman from Kent -street, was summoned on an information, lodged by Skin ner, the elder, for hawking brooms without a licence. The case being proved, the defendant was con victed in the penalty of 10/., and committed in de fault. THAMES POLICE. The i►►vestigation into the circumstances attend ing the death of a seaman named Thomas Elliott, quarter-master of the Sir David Scott East India man, who, it was alleged, had been murdered on board that vessel in January, 1825, off Canton, was yesterday resumed before Mr. BALLANTINE. Several witnesses were examined; and the result was, that the stalcment of Russell, who lit ought forward the charge, was contradicted in all its ma terial points. It appeared, that the spirit•room in which the prisoners were confined was supposed to have been cleared, but that some had been left in it by mistake, and that the drinking of this brandy had caused the death of Elliott. Mr. BALLANTINE finally dismissed the ease, ot serving that the inquiry had ieft no imputation whatever on the character of Captain Ward. MARYLRB ONE. Ye;terday a young woman, about twenty-two years of age, and far advanced in pregnancy, came into this office with Mr. Thomas Read, the parochial messenger of Marylebone, to depose to an order of affiliation made on Viscount Laborde, late secretary to Prince Talleyrand, as French Ambassador to the Court of Great Britain. She stated that her name was Mary Ann Met calf, and that Viscount Laborde was the father of the child of which she was pregnant. She under stood that the Viscount had left the Ambassador's service a week ago, and was packing up to return to France. About an hour afterwards Read reurned to the office with Viscount Laborde and a friend of his.— The Noble Viscount did not attempt to dispute the paternity of the forthcoming child, and was ordered to give security to the parochial authorities. Yesterday a discarded waiter, of the name of George Whybrow, who had been about three months ' ago discharged fiom Green's Hotel, Lincoln's-inn- ' fields, was charged with robbing his late employer of silver plate and other property to the value of about 1501, by concealing himself in the pi emiseF. Whybrow was fully committed to Newgate for trial. On Tuesday Mrs. Anne Williams, au old woman above sixty, was charged before Mr. RA WLINSON, with being attacked with a severe epileptic fit on Tuesday evening. Some of the D division of the new police, hav ing observed a crowd collected round a gentleman's door, in Chapel-street, Lisson-grove, about seven o'clock on Tuesday evening, went up to ascertain the cause, when they found the old WOllllll working in, apparently, a severe fit. They immediately carried her to a doctor's close by ; but, so good a proficient was Mrs. Williams in playing the Epileptic, that even the son of Esculapius was imposed upon, and recommended the officers to convey her with all speed to the infirmary. While on their way to the in firmary they were met, unfortunately for the old woman, by Serjeant Tate, of the same division, who immediately recognized her as '' an old hand." lie stated that it was rather a singular peculiarity in her tits that she was never attacked except in some respectable neighbourhood ; and the only efficient restorative was a dose of brandy, or even at times, the fit would condescend to go utf with an appli cation of vulgar gin. The serjeant ordered the constable to set her down, when the fit became more violent than ever. The serjeant indented his thumb-nail into the top of bee little finger. Mrs. Williams immediately opened her eyes, and looked in the serjeant's face. " Well, old girl," exclaimed Ser jeant 'fate, " haven't I easily cured you?" "No wonder," responded Mrs. Williams, looking about despairingly for the brandy .bottle, " when you've almost pulled my fingeor off!' Mr. RAWLINSON congratulated the new police on the possession of so much medical science, as displayed by Serjeant Tate. Ile considered him quite an original in the treatment of disease, it being the first time in his life he heard of au epileptic fit being cured in the manner re sorted to by the serjeant. Serjeant Tate added that on their way back they called at the doctor's, and told bins by what a simple irecess Mrs. Williams was recovered ; and the doctor said she was an arrant impostor, well deserving of punishment. Mr. RAwLINSON did not look upon the doctor's indig nation as at all wonderful, considering that the old lady had imposed upon him, and was afterwards so speedily cured by one who did not profess ever to have " walked the hospitals." The old woman would fain rob Serjeant 'rate's science of its due :need of fame, and make the Magistrate believe that the doctor was right in the opinion lie primarily entertained of the prognosis of her disease ; however nothing could shake Mr. Rawlinson's estimate of the Serjeant's skill, and the old warr.an was committed in default of bail. THE IRISH CHURCH. (From the Dublin Freeman's Journal.) The extraordinary document respecting the dispo sition of Irish church revenue, will not require our drawing the reader's attention to it. The most in dolent, the most inattentive, cannot pass by without notice this stupendous mass of corruption. It rears its head far above all the enormous evils of civil or ecclesiastical policy in the empire. There is a diffi culty in approaching it, for one fears he will not use words sufficiently copious, indignant, and compre hensive to equal this gigantic abuse, aitd the emo tions:of the reader on the bare perusal. Those vast revenues are wrung, by a most op pressive system, from one of the poorest populations in Europe, and for what purpose—to promote learn ing or piety ? Far from it. To pamper a few fa milies into unmerited wealth and arrogance, to cor rupt religion by corrupting its ministers, and to shoc k justice by lavishing on unworthy objects the reward of merit. Cast your eye over the list of names, and with two or three exceptions amidst that number, show one of high character for great or useful qua lities. Show one by whom any branch of science has been explored, any department of literature graced, or any great public principle has been sup ported. On the contrary, you will find in evil plenty the names of men who have been connected with every oppression of Ireland, who have not only instruments of every wrong, but been t he active of calamity, and who have been a reproach to hu manity as they were a ruin to their country. The present return is quite inaccurate, and inten• tionally so. The Clergy are adepts in the art of concealing the real amount o f their revenues. This is particularly apparent in the assigned value of the Bishoprics. For instance, the quantity of see lands Armaghi in is 63,270 acres; n Derry, 94,836 : in Elphin, 31,832 ! But even this does not convey a just idea of the value of a Bishopric. The Arch bishop of Dublin, in his examination before the Lords, feelingly lamented the misrepresentations on the subject of his own revenue. He said it had been grossly overrated at fourteen thousand pounds a year, whereas it did not exceed between seven and eight thousand pounds. Now even this was no trifle. It was nearly as much as the Chief Justice of the English King's Bench receives for the heavy labours and harassing responsibility of his station. It is as much as the Lord Chancellor of Ireland receives. It is nearly double the salary of an Irish Chief Justice. Need we institute any comparison between the services rendered ! But indeed the Archbishop was not wronged. In forming an esti mate of his revenue, why should not his patronage be considered ? Why should riot the livings, the vicarages, rectories, prebends, and so forth, he gives all the Magees be taken into account ? Why should the fortune he is able to give his daughters, or the munificent provisions for his sons be omitted ? Are not these a part of his salary ? In stating a Judge's salary, the expense of providing for his children is not deducted and the residue stated as the sum of his salary, yet this is what is done in the case ()I Bishops. One would imagine that their children are supported out of the specified revenue, thought this notoriously is not the case, for the first object of a Bishop is to provide for his sons , sons -in-law, brothers-in-law, &c. &c. Why should they not follow the example of the late Archbishop of Can terbury, who had eleven daughters, most of whom married clergymen, and who were of course pro vided for ? One of his sons-in-law, Hugh Percy, obtained eight different preferments worth 10,000/ a year, four of them being in one year. Another son-in-law, James Crofts, is archdeacon of Canter bury, Prebendary of Canterbury, Curate of Hythe, Rector of Cliffe-at-Hone, and Rector of &Atwood: all these preferments being the gift of his father-in law. A brother-in-law, Richard Lockwood, ob tained from the Archbishop three Vicarages, and a prebendal stall in Peterborough. A son obtained a Chaplaincy to the House of Commo n s, and a nephew several livings. In short, with every Bishop comes a cloud of locusts and settlers on the diocese. This is the honest mode of estimating a andit will then be seen that BthieshAopr'es revenue,hbishops revenue was not under-stated at 14,0001. a year. INQUEST AT MERTHYR-TYDVIL. Minutes of evidence taken before EVAN THOMAS, Esq., at the Castle Inn, Merthyr-Tydvil, ou Friday last, one of his 1113jesty's Justices of the Peace, acting in and for the county of Glamorgan, on an inquiry concerning the death of John Hughes and others, on Friday, the 3d day of June instant : William Thomas, Esq., Comb, surgeon—ln about an hour after the mob had dispersed from the front of the Castle Inn, eight bodies were removed by his direction into the coach-house, behind the inn, and nearly at the same time William Roberts came to him and told him there was a wounded man in his house, which was close by. He went there instantly, and found a man, whom he knew to be John Hughes, in Roberts's house. He examined him, and found n ball had entered the centre of his back, and come out rather above the navel. He died between ten and eleven o'clock that night; he has no doubt his death was caused by that gun-shot wound. In about an hour and a half before he died, when the man knew that he was dying, he asked bin how he came to be shot. He said he was tote ning away with a soldier's musket, but before he could do so he was shot. He said he had been an old soldier, arid in six engagements, and never was wcunded before, and that he ought to have died a better death. Witness was present when the firing at the Casio commenced by the soldiers of his Ma jesty's 93d Regiment. He came to the Castle Inn just as the soldiers halted on their arrival. A large mab accompanied them. A large proportion of the men were armed with bludgeons, some with the handles of mandrels, others with parts of miner's pickaxes; a man amongst them hada red flag on a long pole. The soldiers halted in the middle of the street, rather above the house. The mob got close around them in a dense mass, so that it was almost impos sible for them to use their irrms. Some bread and cheese were then brought out to them, after which they were moved to the pavement in front of the Casle Itin, and near to the house. Here they were hemmed in again. Before this movement the She riff read the Riot Act. He saw a man called Lewis the Huntsmsn get up to the lamp-iron, and support himself with the assistance of the mob below. He addressed them, saying, " We are met here to have our wages raise], instead of which the masters have brought the soldiers against us ; now, boys, if you are of the same opinion as I am, let us fall upon them and take their arms away." He then dropped down. His speech was in Welsh. In a minute or two witness observed a movement in the crowd, when a rush was made on the soldiers. Several of them were disarmed. At this moment witness came out to the front door of the house, and there saw the mob, three or four upon a soldier wrestling for their muskets. Four or five of the soldiers were upon the ground, and at the same instant a volley of stones, cinders, sticks, &c., were sent against the windows. No firing had taken place at this mo ment. There was a conflict on the steps, the mob three or four times making their way into the house, and being as often repulsed by two soldiers in the passage, arid the special constables behind them.— The soldiers in the passage had been able to bring down their muskets to the charge; a firing commenced from the windows above, but, not till several of the soldiers had been struck down; some onein the passage then gave the alarm that the mob were coming in at the rear of the house; hearing this, witness led an officer and three soldiers into the yard behind ; the yard is very narrow; the mob had then advanced half way up the yard, and were within a very few yards of the back door; they fell back a lit le, and then assailed the soldiers with a shower cf stories and brickbats ; the soldiers fired, two or three of the mob fell, and then drew back, and were driven through the stable-yard into the street by the end of the house; it war then said the mob were approaching by the field; witness went round to see; met Lewis, the huntsman, re turning by the river side with a musket in his hand. Heard him call out to the others to stop and stand their ground. Witness then went home by a cir cuitous way through Ynisgoy. The soldiers were firing in the street, and the mob were firing f r om the cinder bank in the rear of the house. He thinks there was firing from thence before Lewis could have got there. Several other witnesses were examined, and de posed to the mob having attacked and deprived some soldiers of their arms before a single shot was fired by the military. The Major who commanded the detachment was severely cut. Nothing could exceed the exertions of the officers to prevent the unnecessary shedding of blood. They called out to the soldiers to cease firing, even whilst the mob were firing upon them. The Jury brought in the following verdict " We unanimously find that John Hughes came to his death by a musket-shot wound, fired by a soldier of his Majesty's 93d Regiment, whose name is to the Jury unknown, and that it was a justifiable ho micide." THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK W heat. S. to s. 55 63 - 71 60 70 58 70 60 70 55 63 60 68 60 70 76 81 60 70 6‘2 70 65 70 60 61; 60 70 Per Quarter. Blandford Brigg Cambridge-. Chard ----.... s. to s. s. to 8. 46 34 3 8 - 37 38 4 4 36 3 9 as 3 9 35 :39 36 39 4( 4 3 42 44 36 4' 2 38 5 0 - 43 41 43 32 40 36 3S 20 24 Huntingdon Long Sutton M., Louth.. 22 26 24, 29 20 26 18 22 24 30 24 30 24 31 24 27 24 29 Newark Nottingham —... Peterborough Plymouth Pontefract--... Sleafinal Uppingham 22 28 24 32 24 27 LEEDS CORN MARKET.--June 21. Wheat, Norfolk and Sul%lk, 601 b. York. and Lincoln. 601 b. sos. to 68s. 3 Barley, Norfolk and Sufibik -- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire - Grinding Bean , . 63lb. 16s. to 44e. % Oats, Potatoe —dealing, For. 14d. to 1434 d. Eng. 14d. to LA per st• Shelling Rapeseed, English, 161. to 241. Foreign, —l. to —l. per lat• LI VERPOOI. CORN EXCHANGE—June 21. WHEAT, English, White, per 70Ih. Red ---.. Scotch, Welch, and Manx Irish, White 7 10 8 —.— Red 8 - 0 • s 3 Foreign 9 9 10 3 OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b 4 0 4 4 Irish Foreign BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 4O 0 46 0 ---- Scotch and Irish, per 6011 is. ---- Feeding 3 10 4 3 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 43 0 47 0 ---- Irish, &c. -- Foreign PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 42 0 44 0 ---- Foreign FLOUR, English, per 2801 b -- Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs 10 0 34 0 INnIAM CORN, per 4401 b. Rim, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter IMPORT OF GRAIN for the Week ending June2o. Wheat. Oats. I Barley Flour. Oatmeal'Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. (Foreign, Brls.llrish,&c. Sas.' Loads. 14,412 3, 8 49 , :`L'. 35 , 810 I 676 I ?AO ' __......• BIRTHS. On the 9.lst inst. at Bordean House, Hants, the Lady Mari S . Saunderson, of a daughter. At Killermont, North Britain, the lady of J. Colquhoa' Esq., of a son. In St. James's-place, the wife of Archdeacon King, of $ daughter. 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