The Sun. — London, England, 1827-12-21 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The abortive issue of Lord Harrowby's visit to Windsor, if we had not made it known before, would have been shrewdly divined from Lord Gode rich's attendance on his Majesty at the same place yesterday. His Lordship returned at about four in the afternoon ; and a Cabinet Council was imme diately held. No other particulars have as yet transpired. In the mean time, councils and debates are not wanting on the other side. —A meeting of Lords Eldon, Westmoreland, Melville, Mr. Peel, and even Sir J. .Beckett, is said to have been held at Lord Eldon's house on Thursday. The resolutions proposed or taken there are of course concealed. We may add, that this worthy conclave may save themselves the trouble of putting themselves in readiness : nobody is likely to send for them.—Times. Afte . r the breaking up of the Cabinet Council on Wednesday evening, the result of the deliberations was sent off to the King, at the Royal Lodge in Windsor Park ; and his Majesty's sentiments upon the same were communicated in London yesterday. The consultation of Lord Viscount Goderich with the King yesterday scarcely lasted an hour. This was the first personal interview which the Noble Viscount had with his Majesty for eight days past; the last audience which his Lordship had of the King was yesterday se'nnight, when his Majesty held a Council, and when it was said the Minister ten dered his resignation. After the return of the Noble Viscount to town last evening from Windsor, it was generally reported that the differences which had existed had amicably terminated, and that his Lord ship would continue in office. On Wednesday Mr. Huskisson sent an express to bring Mr. Sturges Bourne to town, from his seat in Hampshire.— Morning Herald. The infamous practice of stopping up or divert ing .ancient roads and footpaths, by country Jus tices, continues to increase; so much so, that we have seen sonic provincial journals lately, in which co lamn after column is filled with nothing but notices of such things being done. We call it an infamous prac tice, because, though there certainly may be, and are, some few instances in which roads have become use less, and, therefore, might f►irly be dispensed with, yet, in nine cases out of ten, these stoppings up and diversions are solely for the benefit of individuals, are corrupt jobs on the part of the Magistrates, who are, in fact, often little better than virtually perjured, and, therefore, doubly disgraced by lending themselves to such iniquitous proceedings. Considering how much the population has of late years increased every where, and how much locomotion has become im peded by enclosures, canals, and other obstacles, one can hardly imagine that there can be many instances where roads and footpaths exist which can have be come wholly useless, or which are not liable, by change of circumstances, to be again required for the public use. But, to judge of the matter by the fre quency of these jobs, one would be led to imagine that half the roads of the kingdom are useless, and that, in proportion as their whole number is dimi nished, that of those supposed useless ones increases. It is a pity that gentlemen of education, as they are presumed to be, when they undertake the important duties of Magistrates, do not recollect that it is the interest of the King's subjects at large—those of the many, not of the few—which it is their duty to consult. Instead of which, in the practice we are discussing, they generally are either the dupes of private misreffesentations, or unblushingly lend them selves to serve private interest at the expense of the public. It is the privacy with which these jobs are at first done that forms one of the main objections to them. The practice at present is to meet in se cret the convenient hands to do the job, coming sometimes from a distance, and, after hearing one side of the question only, order the road or footpath to be stopped up, or diverted as the case m9v be; after which a notice is given of the thing being dori.? and that any one who objects to it may appear at the next Quarter Sessions (fifty miles off, perhaps) and oppose it. Is not this, in its very nature, the greatest mockery and injustice? Take the case of the poor labouring man, who has, day after day, been in Ole habit of traversing the condemned road or footpath, going to and returning from his labour— and who, perhaps, that he may not in future walk in sight of my Lord's lodge or plantations, is condemned to walk every day half a mile out of his way—is there no injustice done to this man, and to the many hun dreds who, in the course of the week, perhaps travel the same road ? And is it not worse than a farce that grave Magistrates, gentlemen acting under the so lemn obligation of an oath—and combining, as they ought, but often only think they do, integrity and good sense—to tell this man that there is no wrong without a remedy ; and that his wrong may be remedied, if, without sixpence in his pocket, and a starving family, he will travel to the Quarter Sessions, spend a week there, and fee lawyers, if lawyers are to be found who will be feed with moonshine ? Now the error here evidently is in two individuals being armed with such a power, and being permitted to exercise it in so objectionable a manner. If the thing is to be done at all, we see no reason why a Jury of the imme diate neighbourhood should not be called together to pronounce their judgment upon it. At any rate, it is the first proceeding of which public notice should be given—not the last ; and, whether the forms of the law: require it or not (which we have heard it said that they do), an honourable man will shrink, for the sake of private ends, to deal with public rights and accommodation, without giving those in terested a full opportunity, on the spot, of showing cause against a project which, let it be remembered, is in all cases prima facie wrong.—Thid. Our readers will find in another column an sea count of a Meeting held yesterday, at Stockwell, for the purpose of adopting measures to counteract a Bill which is about to be introduced into Parliament for dividing, allotting, and enclosing the commons, common fields, and waste grounds, &c. of Battersea, Wanthavorth, and Clapham. The gentlemen op posed to the measure observe, that the dividing of all commons and waste grounds is highly objection able with reference to the comfort and welfare of the body of the people, who are thereby deprived of pleasant walks and sports on which they can re create themselves in the open air, and driven into public houses. Thirty or forty years ago there was hardly a village in this part of England which had not its common. Through a dirty spirit of avarice, the landholders have availed themselves of their power as legislators to divide nearly all these spots, and thereby gained an additional income at the ex- 1 pence of the health and happiness of the people. Within our recollection, the public have been ex cluded in this way from numberless places in the neighbourhood of the metropolis. We consider the principle on which these spoliations proceed, to be highly objectionable in every sense of the word, and to argue a lamentable disregard, on the part of the Legislature, of the weli-being of the people, who are considered but as dust in the ba lance. Can we wonder that fanaticism and sour, mess of disposition should gain the upper hand among the lower orders, when such an incessant war is waged by the rich against those exercises and re creations which keep the body healthful and the mind cheerful ? A diseased body is the parent of fanaticism ; and both body and mind must be diseased, where occasional exercise and re creation in the open air are not to be obtained. To a foreigner who sees London for the first time on a Sunday, the view of-the multitudes of bilious looking people, with a sinister or gloomy, expression of countenance,l who issue from their various Ebe 11ezer or Si on Ch a p e l s , i s almost enough t o th row hi m into despair. But the opponents to this contem plated measure stated another objection, namely, that the effect o f dividing commons has been every where to create redundant ,, population . and_t r o e r i v ai r s ) e the poor rates. a With respect . (said M . ar chard) to the proposal, that no building of s hie than 10001, thm be ift, erected on the c.omimoei(ii, ii wa s well known, monall commonse lices; 1 soon b e into it wouli and what w a proprietor from bwasinclosed to Prevent wading whatever sort of house he pleased upon his portion? He called upon the meeting to reflect upon the consequence of erect ing wall houses. All small portions of land were devoted to building—the most profitable mode of disposing of them. An immense population of poor would become parishioners, and the parish rates would necessarily sustain an alarming increase. In Bromley an inclosure of common was some time ago carried into effect, and the consequence was, that many of those who were induced to vote for it, had so much reason to regret the redundancy of a poor population which the measure drew together, as to declare, that they would give 1,0001. each for a repeal of it. There was a similar case at Bexley, and in Chelsea, where but a very small portion of land was inclosed, the rates at once rose from nine pence to fourteen-pence. At Hornsey and Norwood the annoyance and inconveniences were likewise in tolerable from the same cause. . . . . He instanced the eases of some gentlemen who had taken houses upon the impression that no inclosure would take place ; but who were scarcely set tled in their habitations, when they were sur rounded by miserable 'receptacles." We may thus see the working of the Poor Laws with re ference to the population. Whenever the population becomes any where redundant, the increase of the rates necessarily draws the attention of the persons of property to the circumstance, and sets them on devising means for arresting the progress of the evil. The experience of one place, too, is made to serve as an example to another, and avarice, one of the most powerful of the passions which agitate the hu man breast, is brought, in the case of the rate-payers, into collision with the avarice of the dividers of the wastes. The Poor Laws present thus a ready means for arresting the evil of a redundant population, and supply a motive to parishes which are in a sound state for preserving themselves so. A slight altera tion in these laws is, however, required. It often happens, at present, that proprietors of small pieces of ground set at defiance the rest of the parish, by building cottages, by which they increase their own incomes, while they diminish the incomes of their neighbours, through the increase of rates caused by a redundant population. This evil must be met by giving a power to parishes to tax cottages. If pro perty is made responsible for the maintenance of all who have a settlement in a parish, it is necessary that property should have a power of guarding , against the abuse of improper creation of settle ments. It is highly proper that those parishes which have made sacrifices for freeing themselves from their redundancy, should be protected against the abuse to which we have alluded. That in the next Ses sion a measure will be proposed and carried for the improvement of the Law of Settlement, by render . - ing it more strict, and by giving Proprietors a dis cretionary power to tax cottages is, we think, ex ceedingly probable.—Morning Chronicle. We have at present nothing to add to the state ments which we have already been enabled to lay before our readers upon the subject of the happy state of our precious and most hopeful Administra tion. Lord Goderich, as we yesterday announced, will continue Prime Minister for a few weeks longer. His Lordship went to Windsor yesterday to lay before the King the result of the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday; and on his return to town, another Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office.—Morning Post. In the columns of one of our contemporaries we find the followieg remarks : " Should Lord Goderich and the whole of the present Ministry remain in power, it appears to us likely that at the ensuing Session of Parliament, they will be hard run by the present opposition, on the Navarin affair—the Ca tholic Question—the Corn Question, and on that of re ceiving so many goods from foreign countries, with little or no tax attached—for instance, cotton, which only pays a halfpenny a pound, when it may as well pay sixpence— wool in a similar proportion—silk only threepence, when it ought to be at least sixpence or one shilling ; and some of the newspapers are goading on the Ministry to a free trade in corn, that is, to levy no tax on the importation of corn, when the tax ought to be at least 30 per cent., or even perhaps 50 per cent., considering the different state of this country, with respect to interest of debt and government expenditure, to other countries." If the only questions on which the present Mini stry can safely be attacked, are such as stated in the latter part of our contemporary's remarks, no one we think can entertain a doubt of the prolonged existence of the present Government, since sure are, that it would be diffieolt to find ten Members of the House of Commons, or even two men in their senses any where, who hold the same opinion as that expressed by our contemporary, when he says that the conduct of Ministers is likely to be called in question, " for receiving so many goods from fo reign countries, with little or no tax attached," and instances cotton as an article on which the duty (which is 6/. per cent. and not a id. per lb.) " might as well" be raised to about 90 per cent., and sheep's " wool and silk in a similar proportion." That it is the duty of Ministers to afford every facility to the introduction into this country of such articles, upon which depends the employment of so numerous a class of the population as the manufacturers, no one can for a moment doubt, even though it could only be effected by the sacrifice of some part of the revenue derived from that source; but, in the present in stance, has such been the result ? On the contrary, a reduction in the duty on any article has invariably been followed by an increase in the consumption, to an extent in many .crises, equal to supplying the de ficiency—as in wines. And if we may judge by the Revenue Accounts published this year, it would seem that, notwithstanding all the reductions that have taken place, the amount of duties received has not been less than heretofore, Our contemporary of course, is not aware that an increase in the price of cotton to the extent of one half of duty proposed to be levied by him, has invariably had the effect of checking the consumption in a great degree. And be it remembered that in placing our own manufac turers in a worse situation than those of foreign coun tries, we in a great measure deprive the mercantile interests of an article of commerce as important to them, as it is advantageous to the country at large!-- which will be the more manifest when we remind our readers, that any thing which derives its princi pal value from the labour bestowed on its manufac ture must be doubly profitable both to the artisan, who is thus enabled to obtain employment, and to the merchant, who barters such goods for luxuries, to the consumption of which the manufacturer in his turn contributed, and which luxuries (highly taxed as they are) are the much more legitimate articles from which to obtain a revenue. These remarks apply equally to sheep's wool and silk.— The allusion to the Corn Question also, is sin gularly unfortunate on the part of our contem, porary, as we think he would find some diffi culty in pointing out a Journal which has ad vocated the admission of corn entirely without a protecting duty. Arid, with regard to the share which the present Ministry have had in the Corn Question, we would inform our contemporary (for he appears profoundly ignorant of the fact), that tire Cern Bill, which was unsuccessful in its pro, gress through Parliament last Session, and from which there is little chance of deviation in the next, provided that whenever the price of corn was not greater than to afford the agricukarist a fair return for bic capital embarked, a duty of more yharr 100 per cent. shonld be levied, and not " 30, or even, perhaps, 50," which this 'writer has so judiciously recommended. If any proof were wanting to make good the above assertion, we need only state that the present price of the best foreign wheat in the market is not higher than 35 shillings a quarter, freight and all charges of landing included, while the duty on such wheat is at this time forty shillings and eightpence.—New Times. MOUNT RADFORD PARK.—The whole of these extensive grounds, lately purchased from Sir THOMAS BARING, and which for many years have formed a useless park, attached to a generally uninhabited mansion, will shortly he appropriated, with the exception of one or two spots, to private residences..-- Taunton Courier. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.---A young man, of respectable appearance, named Darney, was charged with forgery. The prisoner was formerly a clerk in the house of a ship broker of high respectability, and for a short tine carried on business himself as a ship-broker, and has exceedingly re spectable connections. Mr. Hobler, jun. conducted the prosecution. The first charge was, that the prisoner had uttered a forged cheque for 61., which bore the name of Mr. Philip Lazarus, a merchant, residing in Mincing-lane. The second was, that he had uttered a forged bill of exchange, drawn upon Mr. Lazarus, for the sum of 40/. 7s. Gd., as if from Captain Rumbeet, of the ship London, which is in the Haxnburgh trade, and purporting to be accepted by :11r. Lazarus. The first cheque was presented at Messrs. Towgood's house, where it was made payable by the waiter of the Swan Tavern, Fish-street-hill, who had received it from the prisoner on the previous evening, after he had dined there with a gentleman named Coxe.—The second cheque the pri soner himself presented; it was immediately discovered to be a forgery, and lie was therefore given into custody. Mr. Coxe, who is a person of respectable appearance, and brother-in-law to the prisoner, having been with him at the Swan Tavern when the cheque was given to the waiter, was placed under the painful necessity of giving evidence against him. He said that the prisoner had re presented to witness and his sister, that he had recently got into employment as a traveller, but was in want of money until the first quarter's salary became due. Under this pretence he had borrowed money from them : on the day before he was apprehended, he stated to the witness that he had got a cheque which he should get cashed that day, and he premised witness payment of one small sum borrowed, if the latter met him in the city. This he did in the afternoon, and they dined together at the Swan. The prisoner told him after dinner, that he believed he bad lost or mislaid the cheque he first had, but lie could pro cure another. He went out and returned with one. Wit ness had not brought any silver out with him, as he ex pected receiving some money from the prisoner. The let ter had no money, and as it was past banking hours, the witness, who was somewhat angry at having been placed in such a situation by the failure of the prisoner to make good his payment, compelled him to deposit the cheque with the landlord. The prisoner was committed for trial. GUILDHALL—This, Sir, is Mr. Sharp, the unfortu nate husband of the woman you committed on Tuesday, for assaulting him, after he Lad discovered her in an extraor dinary situation (said Mr. Payne, the second Clerk, ad dressing the sitting Magistrate, yesterday morning). I see it is (replied Alderman GARRATT.) He now applies (continued Mr. Payne) to have Lis wife enlarged without giving bail. I am astonished that he should make such an applica tion—can it be, that he has so soon forgotten the in jury he has suffered, and which he seemed to feel so acutely the day before yesterday, inquired the ALDERMAN? Sharp said, his wife sent to him to grant her an i4ter view, and when he saw her in the Compter, she intreated him to try and get her out, and if he did she would go to service and never trouble him again. She could not look him in the face. He was still resolved never to live with her again, and he had " got an attorney at work." He meant to allow her ss. a week and give her half his property. Give her half your property ! replied the ALDERMAN, in a tone of surprise. There is some mystery in this. It is not yet 48 hours since you were standing there with a most dejected countenance, sobbing aloud and wiping the tears from your cheeks, declaring you were broken hearted, and complaining that she had not only deeply injured your feelings by the misconduct you de scribed, but had afterwards assaulted you. And now you not only seek to get her discharged, but tell me you mean to give her half your property. Sharp—She has been an industrious young woman, Sir, and I feel sorry for her. She has promised she will never trouble me again. The ALDERMAN replied, that if his conscience told him he had not treated his wife properly, he did right in en deavouring to prevent her from suffering for what she had done.—Sharp said his conscience was perfectly at ease on that head. Then I canaot comprehend, rejoined the MAGISTRATE, why you interest yourself for a woman who so shamefully abandoned her duty to her husband and her child; but I will do what you wish.—The ALDERMAN then signed a liberate. The person against whom the action for Crirn. Con. has been commenced, it is said, holds an official situation, is in possession of thirty houses, and has a wife and five children. BOW-STREET.—IImnr OF SEARCH.--A man named Pearkes, the proprietor of oyster-rooms in Vinegar-yard, Brydges. street, near Drury-lane theatre, came yesterday before Mr. Mnisuur.r. and Mr. HALLS, and preferred a complaint against Herring, one of the inspectors of patrol. He.stated, that his rooms were frequented by respectable company, who required refreshment after spending the evening at the winter . the.atres. On Wednesday night, a n - eiore -- oiletrelo - cl, a gentleman named Ell ar was i n his rooms taking supp er , w h en H err i ng an d a patrol named Priest, came into his hou se , an d w i t h out any cere mony went up stairs, and marched about his rooms.— Herring treated the gentleman with extraordinary ranxin arity, considering he was unknown to the officer. Mr. MINSHULL.—In what way the gen tleman? what ao you mean by familiarity ? _ _ Pearkes.—He went up to the gentleman, and said— " how do you do, Sir? I hope you are well ; glad to see you, Sir ;" and then took up the gentleman's pint pot. Herring.—How do you know that I did so? you were not in the room, and, what you state must be entirely hearsay. Pearkes—When the gentleman came down stairs he said that the officers who had entered the room had grossly in sulted him, and described their conduct in the same lan guage as be had done to the Magistrates. Herring said, that he had received orders from Mr. Halls to go round with the patrol, under his authority, to the different Oyster and Coffee-houses, for the purpose of ascertaining what sort of persons frequented them, what liquor was drunk there, and to report what he saw to the Office, that information might be laid against those who sold ex ciseable articles without being duly licensed. He certainly did take up the pint pot to ascertain what it contained, but he found it empty. Mr. MINSHIJLL said that the officer was certainly au thorised to go into such houses for the purposes which he had mentioned, and if the gentleman had been insulted, he should have come forward in his own person and made his complaint, and he would have been attended to. Pearkes said, that such treatment of a customer must be calculated to destroy his business entirely. He thought it hard that officers should come into his house and act in so offensive a manner, and he assured the Magistrate that no bad women were ever allowed to enter his house. Mr. HALLS said, that though the" right of search" was taken from the police as regarded licensed public-houses, yet they were authorised by Act of Parliament to search coffee-shops, oyster-rooms, and such like places, which were unlicensed ; and he thought it would be very hard if the proprietors of oyster-rooms could sell liquor at a profit at a time when public-houses, who had heavy charges for licenses, &c. to meet, were compelled to have their houses closed, Pearkes stated, that he should not attempt to deny that the gentleman gave his girl fivepence to buy him a pint of ale to drink with his supper. Mr. Its.t.t.s.—That is an admission upon which we shall order an information to be laid against you, for selling liquor without a license.—Mr. Pearkes withdrew. Mr. Thomas, the constable of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, who, it appears, has consented to remain in office until the expiration of his term, applied to Mr. Halms yesterday, to know whether be would be justified in taking into cus tody persons of the descr;ption of cads, a great number of whom were at night collectedinßow..atreet, Covent -garden, Great Russell-street, Charles-street, and the several avenues leading to the two principal theatres, to the great annoy ance of many respectable householders, and also to the tas sengers, who were often grossly insulted by those persons. Mr. Thomas added, that, under the pretence Of being at tached to ha, key-coaches, he was convinced their object was plunder, and that many of them were experienced pickpockets in disguise. Mr. I can say upon the subject, Mr. Thomas, is this, that I think you would be quite justified, if the persons you complain of obstruct the thoroughfares, or i n a;) y way molest or annoy the passengers, to remove them by force ; and if they resist, take them into custody, to effect which , you nsay be a43sc.red that every assistance we can afford you shall be readily granted. Mr. Thomas thanked the Magistrate, and retired. MARYLEBONE. William Brooks, a hackney coach man, and a man named William Parkham, were yester day charged with feloniously applying to their own use and benefit Bank-notes to the value of 1001. the property of John Esq. Mr. Edwards, ,who resides at 37, W ,W il i l g i rl ' or E e d"a -street, , stated that on Sunday evening, the 16th of November, having dined in the City, he hired Brooks in Holborn, to take him to his father's house, in Conduit-street, and alter he had discharged his coach he missed from his pocket several Bank-notes, amounting in value to 100/. He immediately gave information of his loss at the Bank, and one of the 101. notes Was traced to Mr. John Ash, a dealer in second-hand clothes, in David.. street, York-place, who said that the prisoners had given it to hint in payment for some clothes, and they were in con sequence apprehended. Brooks, in his defence, said he found the note in Ith , coach, and therefore imagined that he was entitled to it ; and Parkhill said that Brooks told him that he had recently had a legacy left him, and offered to make him a present of a suit of clothes.---They were remanded. Sarah Young was charged on suspicion of murdering her infant child. She was apprehended at Hatfield, Herts. It appeared that she was delivered of an illegitimate child on Sunday, the 2d inst., and on the 1I th inst., between three and four o'clock in the afternoon a parcel, containing the child, was found lying at the steps of a door, 26, Baker -street, Portman-square, in a dying state, and it ex pired at eleven o'clock next morning in convulsions. A witness identified the child to be the prisoner's from the clothes. The prisoner admitted that distress drove her to abandon the child, and that she filled its belly first.—She was re manded. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—On Wednesday even ing, Mrs. Seffert, the wife of a riding-master in Grove street, Camden Town, applied to Mr. CONANT for a war rant against her husband, which was granted. Mr. Seffert has appeared at this office on two occasions in the charac ter of a defendant. A few weeks ago he was charged by a Mrs. Geary, living in Park-street, Grosvenor-square, with having endeavoured to obtain admittance into her house, disguised as a female. Mrs. Seffert (who is a handsome young woman) consented, when she charged him on a former occasion with ill-using her, that he should be liberated on his entering into his own recog nizance not to assault her again ; but she said that she new found it necessary to again seek the protection of the Ma gistrates. Clements, in whose hands the warrant was placed, informed Mr. ROE that he had been to Mr. Sef fert's stables, in Portland-road, for the purpose of serving it, and on arriving there he saw Mr. S. through one of the windows, who declared his resolution not to be taken, as he could not obtain justice, at Marlborough-street.—A Mr. Pinero was in the stables with Mr. Seffert, and 'the latter exclaimed, " What am I to do, Pinero ?" The doors of the stables were at that time all closed, and find ing that SefThrt and Pinero would not open them, he call ed in the assistance of Avis, another officer, who char ged Mr. Pinero " to aid and assist them (the officers) in taking Seffert into custody." Clements told Mr. Pinero, that he must he aware of the force of a warrant, and it was absolutely necessary that Mr. Seffert should at tend at the Office. Mr. Pinero made no . reply, and did not open the doors. After waiting an hour outside the house, in the hope of being admitted, another officer, named Schofield, arrived with a crow-bar, to force the door, and they were on the point of breaking them open, when the outer door was unfastened, and they entered. Mr. Seffert, however, had previously effected his escape by running along the roofs of the stables, and jumping down a wall twelve feet high, where they found the marks of his shoes, and although they instantly pursued him, he escaped. Mr. ROE said, he should require Mr. Pinero to explain his conduct when the case came before him, and the officers again departed in search of Mr. Seifert. SHORT STAGE COACIIES.-Mr. Merry, the proprietor of several Camberwell stages, was fined on five informa tions, 25/., for travelling further than his license authorized him. He drove his coach to Oxford-street, being licensed to go only front Camberwell to Charing -Dross. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, DEC. 20. IN RE THE CORPORATION' OF WARWICK. The argument in this case being concluded, the LORD CHANCELLOR said he would consider the matter, and determine before to-morrow whether he could give judgment on the evidence at present before the Court, or whether he should direct some further course of inquiry. IN THE MATTER OF AN INFANT. Mr. JONES applied, in support of the petition of the mother of a young man whose name was not mentioned, that he might be permitted to sell out a commission purchased for him, with the sanction of the Court, in the 12th Lancers. The urgent nature of the circumstances induced him to hope that the Lord Chancellor would permit the matter to be mentioned out of its course. The infant, now only 17 years of age, would, on his coming to years of maturity, be entitled to a property of 30,000/., subject only to his mother's jointure of 600/. per aunum. The infant having expressed a strong predilection for the military profession, a re ference was made to the Master, who approved of the proposal, and -a commission in the 12th Lancers was accordingly purchased, for which 1,3001. was paid. The young person soon afterwards got deeply into debt, and now owed upwards of 1,0001. Other circumstances had taken place, in consequence of which the commanding officer would be compelled to take such notice of the lad's conduct as would lead to a very disagreeable result. The petition therefore was, that his Lordship would permit the while there was an opportu nity of doing so. --- - The LORD CHANCELLOR asked if the petition was opposed, and finding it was not, he granted the prayer. At half-past three o'clock his Lordship rose to attend the meeting and prorogation of Parliament, which took place to-day. ROLLS' COURT, DECEMBER 20. The MASTER of the ROLLS was occupied all the evening on petitions and consent causes. FISHER V. POLLOCK. This was a petition praying a reference to the Master, to approve of a proper person to carry on the business of the late Mr. Mawman, the bookseller, of Ludgate-street.—Order made. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEc. 20. CORBETT V. GERMAYNF. This was an action for assault and battery. The defendant pleaded not guilty, but the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 201. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. MEETING AT STOCKWELL. CONTEMPLATED MEASURE FOR ENCLOSING BATTERSEA, WANDSWORTH, AND CLAPHAM COMMONS, AND OTHER OPEN LANDS. Yesterday a very numerous Meeting of the most respectable resident Gentry of Battersea, Wands worth, and Clapham Commons, assembled at the Swan Tavern, Stockwell, for the purpose of adopt ing measures to counteract a Bill about to be intro duced into Parliament, for dividing, allotting, and enclosing all the commons, open and common fields, meadow, pasture, and commonable lands, and waste grotmds, within the manor and parishes aforesaid. Several gentlemen, whose property was not at all likely to be affected by a measure of the kind, at tended from public feeling, which is now in very active operation against the tremendous system of which the projected Bill is considered a part. DEACON, Esq. in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN briefly stated, that the object o: the meeting was to oppose a Bill about to be brought into Parliament by Lord Spencer—a Bill calculated to do very extensive mischief. Mr. BARCIIARD rose to state the circumstances under which they were called together. A rumour had been afloat, that it was the intention of his Lordship and other persons who had an interest as copyholders, to bring in a bill for the above-men tioned purpose. The rumour increased, and he and about a dozen other gentlemen met at his house to consider a subject of such importance to their inte rests. They determined to write a strong but re spectful letter, urging their objections to the propo sition, and requesting a conference. His Lordship granted a conference to a deputation of the joint parishes, on the 26th of November, and upon that occasion admitted the strength of some of the objec tions, if such objections had any foundation at all; but thought that they could be easily removed if they really did exist. His Lordship added, that if his project could be proved to deteriorate property to any extent, he would cease to proceed (hear, hear), and he directed his steward to give a sketch of the bill, which, he thought, would effectually re move all possible objections. In a correspondence between the deputation and Mr. Lefevre, upon the part of his Lordship, that gentl e m an submitted the following propositions by way of modifications : " That that part of Clapham Common which was within the manor of Battersea, should remain in its present state; that the avenue on the east side of Wandsworth or Battersea Common should remain in its present state; that the remainder of the com mons and wastes of Battersea and Wandsworth be enclosed ; but that no buildings be erected thereupon except dwelling-houses, of the value of 1,0001. each at least, buildings (not dwelling-houses) requisite for the cultivation of land, and buildings for parochial and charitable purposes ; that the open fields be en closed, but no dwelling-houses of less value than 2001. be erected thereupon ; that Lachneere-common (about 18 acres) be appropriated to the benefit of the Battersea poor, in such a manner as shall appear most beneficial : and that an appropriation of a si milar extent be made for the Wandsworth poor.— The deputation replied to this communication, that the propositions did not appear to them calculated to obviate the objections, and a public meeting of the inhabitants was called. Now, with respect t o the alledged modifications, the offer of his Lordship not to enclose a certain part of the common was certainly no great favour, for it happened not to be possible to do so, as a writ had been on a former without y' Lordship e o ff cc e a c s t i . on s e s x u t e , d ittowadsetbetrimt prudent dthenetboi in d h a i s r to leave the avenue in the same state, as any alte ration there would certainly prejudice his Lordship's property. With respect to the proposal that no building of less value than 1,0001. should be erected on the common, it was well known that if the common was enclosed, it would be soon cut into small slices ; and what was to prevent a proprietor from building whatever sort of house he pleased upon his portion ? As for buildings requisite for the cultivation of land, a pigstye, or any sort of wretched cabin, was included under that head. He called upon the meeting to reflect upon the consequence of the erection of small houses. All small portions a them. of land were devoted to buil profit able mode of disposing An immense po pulation of poor would become di ng --the most me parishioners, and the parish-rates would necessarily sustain an alarming increase.—(Hear, hear.)--In Bromley an enclosure of common was some time ago carried into effect, and the consequence was, that many of those who were induced to vote for it had so much reason to regret the redundancy of a poor population, which the measure drew together, as to declare that they would give 1,0001. each for a repeal of it. There was a similar case at Bexley ; and in Chelsea, where but a very small portion of land was enclosed, the rates at once rose from 9d. to 14d. At Hornsey and Norwood the annoyance andinconveniences were likewise intolerable, from the same cause. Mr. Bar chard then spoke of the great advantages of the situation and extent of Clapham-common and its vicinity to the metropolis, and argued with consider able force against any intention to destroy those public and private advantages. The poor inhabitants would sustain great injury if the measure were carried into effect. They laid claim for their cattle to the pas turage of the common, which they had enjoyed so long, that it was, if not an actual right, something very like a right; and their means in that respect would not only be quite destroyed, but they would be driven into public-houses, mere roads not being the most agreeable of walks. Mr. Barchard then called upon thelleeting, with every respect for the character and conduct of Lord Spencer, to adopt such resolutions as would show the determination of the inhabitants to resist the bill, and concluded by stating that his Lordship had expressed that he was ashamed to see the Common in such a state as it was in, and yet had refused either to impr ove i ts ; o n • dition himself, or allow others to do so. Resolutions, which were the echo of the speech were then proposed. tdhehbeen waited upon, he would have agreed to such modifications as would set the matter at rest. rn Alderman SCHOLEY second e d th e reso l ut i ons . Mr. GUDE (of the Cr own Offi ce, we un d ers tood) asked whether Lord Sp encer was appr i se d of this meeting ? Alderman SCHOLEse en said, that pat Mr. Lcipe of the meeting, but declined attending from a point of delicacy. A PARISHIONER understood Lord Spen cer was most willing to hear from them on the subj ect of fur ther modifications. wasenxe aware ex tremely modifying.e ee Mr. y oG feux this e Ei p s n i o a e n s e a t b i nl satisfied b but and something if Lord Spencer was principle eitvre be knew done A PARISHIONER was of the same opinion. Mr. KEYE said, that if the measure proved suc cessful, the whole of the waste grounds would be filled in such a manner as to cause the expulsion of every respectabl e man . H e h a d g i ven a hi g h pr i ce for his house under the impression that the enclo sures now meditated would not tare place. Some years ago, when the common vas in a very bad state, he asked Lord Spencer vihether he would allow him to drain it, and told bin he would plant trees in it also at his own expenc!. His Lordship referred him to Mr. Harrison, win approved highly of the suggestion, and in the course of conversation said that Lord Spencer would mt attempt to ob tain an Enclosure Bill, as hi had failed in that object while First Lord of the Admi ralty. But although no objec.ion was made, no answer was ever returned to the application. At Enfield Chase, when it was theintention of the Commissioners of Woods and Fcrests to enclose some lands, the inhabitants opposid the measure, principally on the ground of the liar of rend er i ng it, the place unhealthy by confininglnd the measure was withdrawn. Here the principlewas of stronger operation, for the Common was in the immediate vicinity of the town. What w as t l e fact'? They were driving thieves and vagabonds out of Field lane, and other places of the kind, and was it not likely that Clapham, if converted into inclosed land, LIVERPOOL. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 19.—High water 29 minutes past eleven o'clock. —Wind S.W.—Arrived the Clansman, Snowden, from Calcutta, with saltpetre, &e.—Boode, Gray, from Demerara in thirty days, with sugar, &c.— Christopher Scott, Dougttl, from Demerara, with sugar— Cessnock, Thomson, from Newfoundland, with fish—Mary Howland, Tomkins, from New Orleans, with cotton-171- verstone, Corner, from Pernambuco, in 31 days, with co tt o n ; Canadian, Hamilton, from Quebec, sailed Nov. 26, with ashes and staves—Brothers, Forbes, from Seville, with oranges—Mary , APlntosh, from Waterford, with wheat___ Betsy, Bell, from Waterford, with wheat, &c.—Henry B row n, Reigh, from Waterford, with wheat—Peggy, Carr, from Wexford, with malt and beans--Chieftain, Owens (steamer), from Belfast, with sundries—Birming ham, Head (steamer), from Dublin, with sundries—Coun tess of Lonsdale, Marshall (steamer), with sundries, from Whitehaven. CLEARED OuTivAans--The Wasp, Skirling, for Gi braltar—Jamaica, Allen, for Jamaica. A mother and her infant were found drowned in the neighbourhood of Gilchriest, county Galway, last week. An inquest was held, and a verdict of " Wilful Murder" returned against the monster, her husband, who is in custody. Dublin Freeman's Journal. MELANCHOLY DEATH.—On Thursday, at the house of her father, in Fitswilliam-square, IsABELLA JANE, only daughter of DAVID REID, Esq., of Mill-bank, near Fermoy, county of Cork, aged 23 years. The cir cumstances of Miss RE;n's death form one of the most melancholy tales which it has ever been our painful task to record. The morning of last Tuesday had been ap pointed for the marriage of this amiable young lady, to JAMEs HADDEN, Esq., Captain in the third Dragoon Guards ; an union in which the characters and situation youngnigh t the lady, of the parties held out a prospect of worldly happiness, resting upon the fairest and most solid foundations. On Monday family, with the exception of the mother of the had retired to rest. Airs. REC D re mained in the drawing-room. A little after eleven o'clock, s h e was alarmed by the cries of distress, and on rising to leave the apartment, she was met at the door by her be loved daughter in h er n i g h t d ress , i n a flame of fire. By the exertions of Mrs. Rain, and a maid servant W h o fol lowed, Miss Rain was wrapped in the curtain of the draw ing-room and the fire extinguished, but not until its ra vages had produced effects upon her delicate frame, which no human skill could relieve. The best medical aid was promptlyyrocured, and every human remedy resorted to, but in Yam.... Cork Paper. would by and by be the place of refuge of pergolofi this kind ?—(Cheers.) Mr. GUDE here read part of an advertiserneo4ol' commending the project of a new bridge, ant, it as an argument to show that a great improvv4 of property was about to take place on the ST', side the water. . A PARISHIONER said, that no modification ever could obviate the powerful objections e f. bill. If Lord Spencer w as waited upon wit s o resolutions, he would most probably give u p measure altogether.—(Cheers.) Cht i n r e . e K ry E s i u 'E—r suit for le elvefrayctlititsle this sttabgiell tchalks that raised upon the ground. res° Mr. HENRY B ARCHARD o bj ec t e d to the - f from his sense of the injury it would entail upoe country all round. After some more strong remar ks upon th e, table consequences of the o b nox i ous measure lli or templation by his Lordship, the resolution. A agreed to with no more than three dissentie: oo lv committee was then a pp o i n t e d t o carry t he no - 0 tions into effect. Such w a s th e alacrity u rn leg part of the members of the assembly, til lt o tate 4 than five minutes a ft er th e comm i ttee vriel a Pr oos itiO the subscriptions t o carry on a reso l u te °Pr amounted to between 1,1001. and 1,2001. ,tlt Thanks having been voted to the Chair o " Meeting separated. THE MARKETS HAILSHAM MARKET.—Dee. 19 nA. to Beef 4s. Od . to 4s. Bd. os. L.. 0 Mutton—,..... 3 8 48 I Pork A moderate supply, and a very dull trade. STEYNING MA RKET.—Dec. 17. t o 0 6 1 Beef 4s. 4d. to 4s. 10d. I Os. `"'" 6 JI Mutton 4 2 4 10 4 0 vi A limited supply, but most of th e b utc h ers having/a purchased their Christmas stock, the t ra d e was very " ARUNDEL MARKET.—Dec. tov'l 4s. 44. to ss. Od. Veal (}4 ' 4 I ~. 4 4 410 Pork= 4 Supply moderate, aid trade rather duP• R00f.,..,,,, Mutton 19 CHICHESTER MARKET.—Dcc. t° 01. 4 Beef 4s. Od. to 4s. 10d. I di tr adi Mutton 4 4 4 10 u ', l „,,ana; - Supply not to say great, but fully e qua l t o the '''" rather dulL TO Vi"s. HD COUNTRY OORN MARKETS DURING s os Wheat. Barley. Oats. t" s. to '2 Per Quarter. s. t o s . s . to S. Blandford 56 —. 20 R 5 45 0 Brigg... 44 48 21 26 20 25 83 28 -- 20 45 Chard 56 76 32 38 24 3 0 . 44.4 1 30 32 22 F 2 4i Long 5utt0n......... 39 53 _.17 74 38 gi Louth 42 48 24 28 14 2 0 40 l a Lynn , 34 57 27 31 15 24 44 Newark 47 54 27 37 19 xv 54 Nottingham --. 55 61 36 42 30 40 Peterborough 40 50 28 32 24 80 Plymouth 56 66 37 38 25 8 1 . Pontefract — 51 it— r , 2 4 ' / Sherborne 52 64 26 31 23 4 f,, 55 Uppingham —...... 42 50 24 31 20 40 Wisbech 4O 44 20 30 20 24 • LEEDS CORN MARKET.—Dec. lEt al ' There was a good supply of. Wheat and Barley, 0 fair quantity of other Grain ; Wheat was dull at last o li prices. Norfolk and Suffolk Barley, of good Vs"' Of on rather lower terms ; Yorkshire and Li n cobasho l to or leys were almost unsaleable, though offered at 11 • :re itti dullpe per quarter Wheat,sale, andeach he or decline. k Oa ts , d sr uabtlkr i,lower. 6 Shelling, olb. . . .. .... .a . nd . . .. Beans , w tc2 t 1 York. and Linc ft oln. 601 b...................• to . 4 E 4 * t° 34. 0 32 .. 30 ,' Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk • ---- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding 451 to 560. , Beans 63lb. ms s , to Nils, Oats, Potatoe —Mealing, Foreign 12 d. to 13d....Euglish Did. Shelling Pel,. pri' Rapeseed, English, 221. to 241. Foreign, —.:/. t0::j.j....../-- MANCHESTER SMITHFIELD.-...Dec. 19. At per lb. sinking the offal. to y 3,765 Sheep sd. to 60. I 22 *l. - - D/ 532 Cattle 4 6 I 243 Pigs 4 pnt b a l to A r ZC 4. H . E od S . TE 44 I . I 2 P d O , l a ' n A d To 44 E . ed D . lA pe ß r K lO LT aii .7 f D l2 %. o 6 ' id e 121bs. ; New ditto, Os. Od., Os. Od., and Os. per ditto ; ss. 6d., ss. 9d. and 6s. Od. per load of 16 pecks; Onions, 1 " - 1-1.5., and 16.. Od. per 12 score. MANCHESTER YAR No. d. d. Throstle Twist, 20 ..,104 to II 30..12 124 40..15 18 Mule cop Twist/ 30 11 i g for warp 40 14 15 50 17 11) 10...19 20 70 ... 22 24 80 26 2S MARK P.—Dec. ll 0 to 1 40 Is 0 50,... ,0 ' is yl 60 1 9 o 70 Bo - 100 2 ' 3 7 IVO 3 4 1 0 ...11.14 14 18 24 10 Mule Cop,Weft,. Weft from waste GLASGOW RETAIL Beef per lb. N. sd. togs. 9d. Mutton 0 4 0 6 Veal 0 5 0 9 Hams 0 7 0 9 Lamb per r. 1 6 3 0 quartern Loaf... 0 9 0 0 I. lour, per stone 2 0 2 8 Rye 1 6 1 8 MARKETS.—Dec. 0 0.4 Oatmeal, per 2t . Is. 6 d. t 4 . 1 Peasemeal ..... . 2 0 0 Pot Barley, curt.l2 0 L 0 Pearl ditt0......20 0 aij 0 Grey Pease ... ... 12 0 a 0 White ditto ..... 13 0 Blue ditt0........ IS 0 HOP INTELLIGENCE. ne ock ° Woacirria, DEC. 19.—0 n Saturday 2-4 bris l4 were weighed in our market ; the sale was a n6 ;,, t . and there was a n a d vance o f f rom 2s. to S C . Per MEETINGS OF CREDITO] 44. COUNTRY DlARY.—Morinar, ~'~,,,. ..••• ...... 11 Bryce, D., Liverpool—Clarendon, Liverpool . ........... Burnand, J., Chesterfield—Mr. Hardy, S heffield ........ na 11 - Darwin and Co., Ecelesfield—Coach and Horses iari. peltown ...... Simpson, R., Manc.nester.-011ice of Mr. Payne, D. tiOei t On the 20th inst. at MARRIE St. Mary Magdalen, „inno, by the Rev. Dr. Harrison, T. W. Chaldicott, Esq. St. Mary Axe, to Miss Mary Doggett, of Southwark' b of On the 18th inst. at Stepney, Mr. Richard Leftwl e • Liverpool, to Ann, fou r th daughter of the late Mr. Be" min Walker, of Mile-end-road. On the 20th inst. at St. Marylebone Rectory Ch - ,J, Thomas Francis Steward, Esq. of Great Deares47l. Westminster, to Anne, second daughter of Thomas ?'" Burgoyne, Esq. of Stratford-place. Of On the 20th inst. at St. George's, Hanover-squa re ', the Rev. R. D. Hampden, the Rev. Thomas Cooke, A.'": o At the residence of his Britannic Majesty's A Vicar of Brigstock with Stanion, and Domestic Ch11131:1 to the Earl of Malmesbury, to Jane, eldest daughter of late Hon. Charles Fincb. at Paris, on the Bth inst. William Star Fitzgerald, Esq. I d regiment, to Frances, eldest daughter of the late Mir Leodiss, of the Northumberland Militia. $ 0 At Cork, Edward Foote, Esq. to Eliza, relict of the 1 mbassal Richard Gash, Esq. ---•"/ ______--- DIED.' f p K ris i o n n i's- m ba u l e l h , 1117resi gpli si tli 0 4 On the p l h l il t l h ip i s n cr st. Edward Torpoint, near Bury, Suffolk, farmer, aged 55. He bad b ae lreb'' 33 years, an d was interred in Old St. Paner ia . a - y ye ar. V he was the son of the Rev. Dr. Cropleyf 111 ,. - ba rlottg the celebrated artist in portrait painting. fig. Vicar of West Ham, Essex, and brother to bliss `" the 18th inst. in Arundel-street, Joshua RoWe, op io ley th , e EBq. Fle et of Cornwall, aged 56. h Or On the 19th inst. at Enfield, in the 63d year of — e Mary, relict of the late Rev. William Thomas. j o bo At his house in Bedford-street, aged 40, m a jor th at late C r c o o p on l f e y, William Dunn, H. 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