The Sun. — London, England, 1827-10-06 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Our readers will se e b y an extract from the ,Piedmontese Gazette, slated Rome the 20th salt., that an important treaty for the settlement of ecclesiastical interests in Belgium, has been concluded between his Holiness the Pope, and his Majesty the King of the Netherlands. The conditions of this Concordat are in few words— That when an Archbishopric or Bishopric be comes vacant, the power of electing a new prelate shall vest in the chapter, and that of con .. firming the election in the Pope. It is further agreed, that candidates for the sacerdotal office in the Catholic Church shall not for the future be .compellet to frequent the schools 9,f the Philosophical College; but shall, in respect of the course of their education, conform to the orders of the prelacy. In this last provision, though for some time contested by the King of the Netherlands, there appears to us to be no . thing inconsistent with the political interests of a free state, unless the establishment of a Catho lic Hierarchy itself ought to be so considered. If Popish priests are to be permitted atid sup ported, it is better that they should be prepared by their education to discharge unexceptionably the professional duties imposed upon them, than that they should be educated so as, in the sequel, to despise or neglect those duties, If the Ca tholic Hierarchy is- to be abolished, well and good—let no man receive an education bad enough to qualify him for its functions ; but if such a church is still to he tolerated, it must be suffered to stand upon its own principleson the authority of Popes and Councils, not on rea son. To apprentice a young priest in a "school of philosophy," is to teach him a different busi ness from that by which he must earn his bread. It will of necessity render him a hypocrite or an outcast. Better let him obey the orders of his" diocesan, and learn to be an honest bigot. With regard to what is described as the 3d article of the Concordat, viz. that which assigns to the Pope and Chapter their respective rights in the choice and appointment of Bishops,—there seems to be no thing contended for on either side but what is within the natural relations of the Head of the Church and its inferior functionaries. The Pope is, indeed, allowed the privilege of rejecting the first choice of the Belgic Chapters, And send ing them to a new election ; but, besides that his objections must be strictly on canonical grounds, it is perfectly well known in practice that such a power can . be only nominal, and has, in the several States of Europe, been for centu ries more a form than a substantial veto upon the choice of the native authorities. It is at the same time worth remarking, that the Protestant King of the Netherlands, though with sufficient inducements to suspect a large proportion of his Catholic Flemish subjects of partialities to a powerful foreign State, has not felt it at all de sirable to interpose his own Royal and tempo ral prerogative in the appointment of the Belgic Bishops. There has been no stumbling-block placed on this occasion before the parties in the' nature of a Royal veto; and we believe it might be taken for granted, that if Romish Prelates had no popular grievances, no reasonable discon- ' tents, or inflammatory topics to work upon in the minds of their laity, it would matter very little with whom the creation of such mitred Po tentates was to rest. Nothing is more striking in this solemn document than the unambiguous and emphatic esteem and deference with which the Holy Father expresses himself towards the person of " King William I." There is nothing in any of the phrases employed by his Holiness, when speaking of his Belgic Majesty, from which it would be possible to infer that he was looked upon at Rome as a heretic and enemy of the church, to be persecuted or anathematized, or stripped by a bull of the honour and, allegiance of his people. Had King William been the most obedient of the feudatories of St. Peter, he could not have been describsd_by the Holy See in more affectionate and benignant terms—a proof, for those who want it (though we do not), that a practical and effectual, as well as formal revolution, has been wrought in the very central point of immobility—the sanctuary of the Vati can itself, and wrought upon it insensibly by the general progress of man rind, as remote in time present character with which it has inspired the whole frame of Popery, from the spirit which it breathed even a century ago, as are the laws of modern war from those which governed the Ro man legions, or the morals of Christian society from the licensed corruptions and savage cruel ties of Olympus. This Concordat, we sincerely trust, will become the instrument of peace and confidence between the King of the Netherlands and his ecclesiastical subjects : elsewhere, like wise, we should rejoice to think that if its details could not serve absolutely for a model in prin ciple and temper, it might be looked to as a sa lutary guide.— Times. The subjoined reioliition has been transmitted to us by post, as the act of a worshipful posse of Yorkshire Justices, who met in Quarter Ses sions at Beverley, on the 9th of last July. if our informant speak the truth (and for that we must let the ensuing six days determine), the re solve of these grave personages is in danger of being confirmed so very speedily, that we publish it as a warning to the whole of Yorkshire, in the hope that some power may yet be found within the precincts of that great county, not wholly in- Flipable of averting so dismal a consummation. Weare aware that the terms of the " order" (if, as we have already hinted, it be a , genuine order for which our Beverley correspondent must be 1 . answerable) give no further notice than that the resolution will be " considered." Now, with a certain class of versonages, every body knows, that to " consider a foolish or mischievou s pro position is a preliminary to its irretrievable adop tion. And this seems more especially the case, when time projected plan is one which extend s the authority of the parties about to " cons id er " it, and flatters their insolence or conceit. The Quarter Sessions of I3ceerley, must, of course; exhibit a fuller attendance of those Justices who dwell in the immediate neighbourhOed of the town ) than of the mote distant Magistrates of the Riding. A resolution, therefore, which confines to a majority of a Meeting where the majority is constituted by Beverley men; the choice of Ma' gistrates for the whole East Riding of York shire, is one which invests this knot of indivi duals with a most odious patronage, and with monopoly of magisterial influence the most ala rming . If t h e ' country gent l emen o f the Riding in general, choose to submit themselv4 to an abuse of power so vexatious in its opera hon upon themselves, we have no concern bu with 'the precedent, which every subject of th realm ought to protest against, or it may end ia the estab l ishment of a licen s i ng ' system for Ju4 flees of the Peace, not a whit more defensible i argument, and te n times less to be endured i practice, than that which inflicts upon the corn r munity the t ras h called porter, might pain of havins no malt liq uor at all; for thi s be to rendei justice itself a system of combination, monopyl?, and favouritism, like that of the bad poiter served out to the lieges by'the annual votes of it " majority of licensing Magistrates," or to visit the people at large with the alternative of having no unpaid Magistrates to appeal to ; yea, to strip the country gentlemen themselves of the means whereby they •are now enabled to take summary vengeance on a poacher. We repeat, that ere the 9th inst., some efforts must be made throughout the East Riding to defeat this un'- couth enterprise of their Beverley wor ships, or the thing may be too late ; but at the same time we conclude as we set out, with the proviso that this case has been fairly represented to us. EAST RIDING OF COUNTY OF YORK At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace of our Sove reign Lord the King, held at the New Sessions House in Beverley, in and for the said Riding, on Monday the 9th day of July, 1827, before' Richard Bethell, Esq., Chairman, the Rev. John Gilhy, Clerk, and other Jus tices there, the following Order was made:—Ordered that the following Order, moved by William Beverley, Esq., and seconded by the Rev. John Gilby, be taken into consideration on the first day of the next Michael mas General Quarter Sessions, and that a copy of this Order be sent by the Deputy Clerk of the Peace to each acting Magistrate. Ordered, 'that no recommendation of the Magistrates of this Riding assembled in Quarter Sessions, be made to the Custos Rotulorum, for the insertion of any person's name in the Commission of the Peace, sinless such person shall have been proposed by two of the Magistrates of the divi sion or neighbourhood for which it is intended he shall act, nor unless he shall be appointed upon a ballot by three fourths of the Magistrates present on the first day of some General Quarter Sessions. B y the Court, HENRY JOIIN SHEPHERD; (Ibid.) Deputy Clerk of the Peace for the said Riding. We have now gone attentively through the whole :of the evidence taken by the Emigration Committee, and are more and more convinced .Of the impossibility of improving, Ireland with her present redundant population—of the impos sibility of consolidating farms, and preventing the still further increase of the population. The experimental emigration proposed by the Com mittee will only serve to give a, stimulus to po pulation ; it will be beneficial to the individuals removed, but will not be felt in the way of di minishing the redundancy. Sir Henry Parnell, on whose opinion we place the utmost reliance, when asked what was his opinion of the proba bility of the existing evil of a surplus population increasing in Ireland, answered, " I think there is every probability of the actual distress greatly increasing, and all the consequences belonging to it. I see no reason for supposing that the po pulation is not increasing now as rapidly as it has increased dutilig the last thirty years ; 1 be lieve it has doubled in that period. . . And when I have recourse to my own observation of facts, I have no doubt that the population is now increasing at the rate of doubling in 30 years ; for this reason I think the misery of the people must become every day greater, that the tempta tion and disposition to violate the laws will be come more general, and that the difficulty of preserving tranquillity in the country will be greatly increased ; I also think that the emigra tion to England will be so much greater than it has ever yet been, that it must produce a gene ral deterioration to the comforts, habits, and character of the labouring classes in this country." Sir Henry thinks " the progress of clearing estates will be slow, from the general re sistance of the occupying tenants to that prac tice, and the means they possess of deterring landlords from carrying their intentions into effect." Mr. Spring Rice observes that " those proprietors who, in the first instance, perceived the necessity of acting upon the, principle of clearing their estates, were enabled to act' upon it'without much inconvenience ; for so long as there was but one person, or a few persons, who wished to consolidate many small farms into one, and to reduce the number of the surplus popu lation upon their estates, adjacent estates, which were not directed by the same principles, affbrded to the population quitting their former residences a facility of settlement ; but now, when almost all the proprietors are disposed to act upon the same principle, and even if they have not the means of removing the excess:of population from their own property, of taking the best care to prevent the settling of strangers among them, there is scarcely any means by which a poor man, who loses his former habitation and farm, can ac quire a settlement elsewhere." We cannot conceive the possibility of a general dislodgement. It is easy, as Mr. Spring Rice observes, to clear one or.two properties in the outset, when the persons removed can find shelter elsewhere ; but it is otherwise when the inevitable consequences arc famine and death. The towns have been gor ged with vagrants, and disease has been making sad havoc ; for, last year, out of a population of 200,000 in Dublin, 60,000 passed through the Hospitals in contagious fever. But long before any great increase can be made to the mortality, the country must be in a state .distressing in the extreme to :all classes. You cannot kill off the lower orders by famine and conta gious disease without carrying disease into the other classes. Sir H. Parnell says the distress of the lower classes is so great that there is a growing indisposition in the higher to reside in the country. " I have received letters of late which induce me to believe, not only that it con tributes to produce an indisposition among ab sentees to return to Ireland to reside there, but that it contributes very much to induce those gentlemen who are now resident to be come absentees . . I have received a letter from a Nobleman who has always been residing on his estate, in which he says 4 What can we do ? Landlords will not surrender their rents, and, of course, a contest will ensue between' them and the people. . Government must take their choice between in surrection and emigration ; one cannot look forward without dismay ; a residence in Ire land is becoming a burthe n too great to be borne ; it is bad enough living in the midst of distress ; any attempt to relieve the people only brings shoals of wretched beings from other places ; what must it be in districts ( and this will soon be the case every where), in which in addition to this, the gentry are living in daily apprehension of their houses being at tacked, and their families destroyed? We must leave Ireland to Police Magistrates, and peihaps return in some years, when famine and disease - and (if trade improves) a great emi gration into England have improved the c'ondi ton of the country." Thus, then, we see a servile war, and famine and, disease are looked forward to, as the means of purifying the atmo 7 sphere of Ireland. But the rebellion of 1798, and all the burning of cottages, and outrages in its train, (lid not materially diminish the popui. lation, or sensibly affect the regular rate of mill crease. Before any material effect could be pro , duced in the way of thinning the population by the sword, all Europe would be filled with hor ror at our proceedings. Thus then, we see the mort *portentous results announced as inevitable ; we see Ireland proceeding in a career which fa mine and contagion can alone impede, and'Eng land gradtially approaching to the state of Ireland', which it must ultimately teach. The Emigratiot? Committee have proposed no remedy to me 4 the evil. They have, however, done great good hi exhibiting the evil to the country in all its bideo4 magnitude. Whether this awful proSpect before will stimulate the country to any corresponding exertions remains to be seen. England Could easily be set right herself, were it not for the Sister-Island.--Morning Chronicle. There are few persons probably to whom the country are under greater obligations than to Mr. Mac Adam. Without inquiring whether he was actually the inventor of the system which goes by his name, that he is the person through whose spirit and intelligence it has been brought into action, there can be no doubt ; and, there fore, as far as the public are concerned, he is the author, and the fit object of their gratitude at all events. Travelling, which on most of our roads was heretofore fatigue 'and labotit to man and horse, is now a pleasure to the one, and a matter of comparative ease to the other ; while the fa cilities of communication between place and place are such as forward the interests of commerce, of science, and personal convenience, far beyond what, only 20 years ago, would not be thought or dreamt of. But from the state of some of the roads in and about the metropolis, we think there is an evident danger of the benefits of this system being in some degree lost to the public, and its credit materially injured, by its falling into incompetent hands, or into hands which un dertake too much, and thus mar the means com mitted to their care. As a small specimen of what we mean, we would only point to the thalf• mile of road between Hyde Park corner and Knightsbridge, which is fast falling back into the state from which it was only a few years ago reclaimed. This, we believe, is part of the dis trict which is nnder the surveillance of Lord Lowther's new Board of Commissioners ; who, if they do not exercise their trukt better else where than they do on this spot, so short yet so important, both as to the road itself, and the watering, watching, and lighting it, the public will almost begin to wish even the old Commis sioners back, with all their jobbing propensities to boot. While upon this subject, we cannot help adverting ' to the old and undiminished nuisance of turnpike-gates in and about the me tropolis and other large towns. If there is any .advantage more than another that the inhabitants of London had a right to expect from these new Commissioners, it was, we should have thought, the removal of these barriers to comfort and lo comotion. If it is not done because the Commis sioners cannot afford to relinquish the revenue, let that be shown, and some other means perhaps might be devised for finding it—such as a con tribution from the County Rate, or some more equal general assessment. But that a man can not live ire, or stir out of some of the principal streets of the metropolis, without being stopt either to pay money or produce a ticket, and that generally byTellows who set good manners and common decency at clefiance, is an evil and a nuisance which every one more or less feels, and which ought long since to have been put an end to.—Morning Herald. We laidbefore our readers in Tuesday's paper the presentment of the, Grand Jury empanncled at the late Sessions, to which we alluded a few days previously. It is a document marked by great good sense ; and, without any of that un necessary verbiage and pretence which find their way now-a-days into almost every thing, details, in plain, intelligible language, a series :id facts entitled to the highest consideration. Yet this statement waB to be withheld, because it was not delivered in till the Jury had been discharged. Among other alarming and extraordinary facts, the Grand Jury tell th Court that nearly 700 bills of indictment came before them during their sitting—a fact quite sufficient of itself, we should imagine, to show how necessary the recommen dation was which we made a long while ago— viz., that two • Grand Juries should be ern pamieled at the same time, the one to take the serious offences, the other the minor cases of as-. sault, &c. ; for of these - 700 bills 200 or 300 probably Were of the latter description. What human mind, judgment, or patience, we would ask, is adequate to the - due consideration of such a succession of objects as this formidable array presents? ' Supposing the Grand Jury to have sat ten days, and to have been engaged at their labours ten hours in each day, that time would not give an average of much more than eight minutes to each case ;, and considering the time that stnne of them would necessarily take, others must of necessity have been despatched with more of " haste than good speed." The anoma lous state of criminal justice in the metropolis calls for immediate consideration and reform, whether we consider the labours thus thrown upon Grand Juries, their absence from judicial aid, and the sort of Judges before whom so many even of the capital cases are tried, the whole being different from what it is in , any other part of the kingdom ; and, strange to say, most lax and imperfect, where it ought to be in all respects a model for the rest. The Grand Jury next observe, and very properly, upon the practice of making peace-officers unnecessarily witnesses—a practice which might be easily re pressed by Magistrates; and if not remedied by them, might soon be put a stop to by those who try the cases withholding their expences fiom parties so situated. They next notice the age and decrepitude of watchmen ; and it is fair to infer, that if the weak and aged guardians of the night who came before theta had yet accom plished something in the way of p o li ce , h ow much more must have been left u n d one b y the suburbs. B u t still greater number of similar people, whom th e l i wise .managers of such matters place as the guar diansirop er property its of one half, at the least,of the persons the metropolis acid by far the most valuable part of this state ment i o that which relates to the state of the pri sons, a part which we need not recapitulate, but of which it may be truly said, that the one visit of these Jurors is of more real value than all the parade and fuss, but the actual nothingness, which accompanies the visiting Justices in their multifarious movements. In short, 'it may be fairly said of these gentlemen that they have set an eidlevle well worthy of adoption by all who follow diem in their office. Let the Grand Jury but learn their duty and do it, and they Rill soon find that it does not merely consist in deciding upon indictments, but that matters of highe r and more general moment devolve upon them, which they would essentially serve the public interest; welfare, and security, by attending to, as, the Jury upon whose presentment we have offered these remarks.bas thus set them the example of doing.—lbid. It was very naturally to be expected, that when the Bank of England entered upon the plan of establishin g Branches in the principal t o wns throughout England, the Country Bankers, whom this formidable competitor threatened in all cases to press hard upon, and in some to destroy, would not sit down contented in their • . altered'conditiOn. If we believe the- statement of one of contemporaries, they are very thoroughly rimed to the consequences which these Branch Banks have produced, and those which they are likely 'to produce, and are deter mined to try. the effect of their combined effortS against a, giant, who can safely despise them singly. Our contemporary even goes so far as . to say that they have expressed a determination to suspend attention to their own private affairs, until they have brought on a fair trial of strength with the overgrown corporation of the capital. We are sorry for this determination, for two reasons. In the first place, as the trial of strength must be a protracted one, such a resolu tion may possibly leave them nothing to attend to ere it be finished ; and, in the second place, we think that it is only by attending sedulously to their own affairs, that they have any chance of effecting their object. The Country Bankers, in those towns where Branch Banks happen to be established, either possess credit i❑ their district, or they do not. In the former case, why should they fear competition? What poSsible inducement can a merchant have to leave men with whom he has long had dealings, for men whom he knows nothing about ? In the latter case, they have no claim to consideration. In respect of the public, the Country Banker has one mani fest advantage over. the Branch Bank—he has a perfect knowledge of every one around him ; and besides; he manages his business in person. The Bank has not only greater -risks to run with re-. Bard to its customers, but also with regard to its agents. We do not see what possible advantage the Bank can derive from a competition with a respectable Country Banker, while we see much chance of loss ; and we see great advantage to the public from a Branch Bank, where the Country Banker is wavering, speculative, or monopolising. There ,is, we admit, a lack of reciprocity on the part of the Bank ; it goes down to the coun try to compete with the Country Banker, but it does not allow him to come up to London to compete with it. But by what combination can the Country Bankers mend their condition in this respect ? There seems no legal doubt of the power of the Bank to establish Branches when and where it pleases; and its perfect monopoly of London and its vicinity has been so recently ac knowledged, that unless it choose voluntarily to give it up, no one will call on it to do so. It has been said that the monopoly of the Bank is unjust ; but that is nothing to the purpose ; the question is, is it legal? If so, what can. the Country Bankers do ? But supposing the monopoly broken, we very much question if any advantage, would flow to them. In the first place, who in London would take their notes, when he could get those of the Bank of England ?. What probability is there that the longest established and most respectable Banker in England could compete with it here? But might not'the breaking up of that monopoly induce the Bank to set about more energetically to compete with him ? The cry against mono poly is always popular ; but a monopoly from which no 9ne suffers, is, at worst, a bearable evil. In the dispute between the. Coun try Banks and the Bank of England, the most important party seems to be left wholly out of consideration. What has the public to complain of the, Board in Threadneedle-street ? A Sun day contemporary lately directed the attention of his readers to the curious fact, that in Scotland a Banker charged five per cent. for exchanging against a piece of paper signed by three good men and true, a few pieces of paper signed by himself; while the Bank of England gave solid gold in exchange for the merchants' paper, and charged only four per cent. So much for free trade versus monopoly. Would a Bank of England branch effect nothing in Edinburgh ? Would Our northern brethren, with all their affection for " notes," pay a pound a hundred more for them than for sovereigns ? We are not defending monopoly in the abstract, but., like every thing else, we would have it judged of by the fruits it yielas. The miseries caused by numerous failures of private banks, in. 1825 and 1826, were, beyond example, great, and they are yet felt in the altered fortunes or tens of thou sands. Any plan which tends to give them greater security is, therefore, well deserving of being entertained and acted on.—New Times. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY.--TURSDAY, OCT. 9.-...(At the Court of Commissioners, Basinghall.street.) Davis, J., Lower Brook- Smith, H.,LawrencePount street Foam, G., Nottingham ll Gaillard, P., Liverpool ll Fenwick, G., Grosvenor. Rivenall, A., Turnmill-st ll mews COUNTRY DIARY.—ToEsoar, OCT. 9. Alexander, J., Coniebrough—Commercial inn, Sheffield l2 Andrews W., Louth—King's head, Louth 7 Barnes, 1., Ledbury—Feathers, Ledbury ll Billin9e, T., jun., Liverpool—Clarendon.buildings, Liver pool 1 Braithwaite, J., Leeds—Royal hotel, Birmingham 1 Clegg and Co., Etna iron works, Lancashire—Clarendon buildings, Liverpool .... 1 Frinder, J., Oxford—Cross inn, Oxford Goodman, 1., Kiddersminter—Hart, Hartlebury ll Hill, W.,Cheltenham—lmperial hotel, Cheltenham Millzr, ~ Cummersdale—Mitre, Carlisle ll Morgan, ',C., Clifton, Gloucestershire—Commercial rooms, Bristol , - I Pollard J Burnley—Bull, Burnley ..,.. ll ... 3y- Scott, G. , Newcastle-on.Tyne — GeOrgi inn, Newcastle-on Tyne ll Willertou, R., Bolingbroke—Bull, Horneastle GRAND IMPERIAL SHIP CANAL.—About thirty Surveyors are at present employed on different parts of the line of this Canal, under the direction of Mr. Cundy, the Engineer. FORGED NOTES.—John Crawford, a native Of Irt'dand, residing at Arnehloy, in the parish of Monteath, and county of Perth, was apprehended at Laggan, Locha her,' and was on Thursday last committed to gaol here, charged with having issued or uttered, about Fort Au gustus, several forged guinea notes of Sir William Forbes and Co.'s Bank, and with having in his possession 16 simi lar notes when apprehended. He states in his declaration, that he is a " dealer in cattle, horses, swine, butter, cheese, and other country produce." He admits having given several guinea notes to 'the persons to whom he is accused of baying given forged ones ; and being sliewn the notes, he says' that they are not those he gave to them, " but are like them." He denies having had in his possession, when apprehended, 16 forged guinea notes, but says that they were found under a table in the room when he was appre hended.—Aberdeen Chronicle. Sir George Cayley, the President of the York Whig Club, has tendered his resignation in a letter to the Secretary. The following observa tions arc made in the letter : " 'Acre never was so favourable a time as the present for oltiterating all the old party feelings that have often held good men separate in their political acts. The dis tinctions between \Vhig and Tory are nearly worn out : and when so firm and so noble an example is set by hi Majesty, as the most powerful guardian of the united in terests of his subjects, by supporting with an equal hand th e honest, the liberal, an d th e en li g htened men of all par tiei, it would well become us to do away obsolete distinc tions, and to throw down those barriers which ancient party names only serve to foster and perpetuate. The York Tory Club no longer exists ; and I would most sttongly recommend' the Whig Clug to dissolve and rr model itself, under suc h a t i t l e an d regu l a ti o n s as w ill a d m it all persona who are h onest suppor t ers o f c i v il a nd religiode cordially to unit e un d er i ts b anner ." " The Whig Club of Ch es hi re a nd th e a d' It peen cou nties will h o ld t h e i r seventh annual meet i n g on nhethste 9th of O c t o b er , at the Roy a l er../tianchestc r G uar di an . Hotel, C POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—Yesterday henry Gunston, who was the other day charged with having committed a forgery upon the house of Messrs. Grote and Co., Thread needle-street, to the amount of 1201, was prought up for re-examination. Dodd,' the boy who, upon ,the first examination, swore that the prisoner gave him the cheque, and requested that he would get notes and sovereigns for it at the banking-house, was strictly 'questioned by Mr. Harmer, who appeared for the prisoner, upon the subject of identity. The witness persisted in his former statement, and the prisoner was fully committed for trial. Two men, named Boys add Wood, were brought up charged with having stolen silver spoons and other pro perty in a house in Hampstead.—They were remanded. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Louifu Reid, a girl of the town, although she had not much the appearance of being such, was yesterday brought from the watchhouse of St. Ann's parish, Soho, before Mr. CON ANT, the Magis trate, charged, under Lord EllenhOrough's Act, with cutting and intending to maim a young man, named James Egan, who resides at No. 12, Portland-street, St. James's. The complainant, a respectable-looking young man, stated, that between twelve and one o'clock on the preced ing night be was on his way home, when in passing through Dean-street, Soho, he met the prisoner, who accosted him, and invited him to accompany her to her house, giving him at the same time to understand that she was a servant maid, on her way home also; and, believing her to be that character, and rather calculating on an affair of gallantry in some reputable house than on what afterwards befel him, he, after having several times refused her solicitations, at last consented, and, fully believing her story, he submitted to her guidance, until she led him to a house, No. 9, in Meard's-court, Dean-street, where they entered, and she conducted him up stairs to an apartment, where there was r a, light burning, and a supper table ready for its owner's use. On his now casting a glance, by the light of the candle, upon his fair companion, and around her apartment he clearly perceived that he was neither within the house of a noblemanor any other respectable person, and strongly sus pecting that the lady herself was no better -than she should .be, all his dreams of gallantry vanished, and he begged leave at once to withdraw ; this however, the prisoner endeavoured to dissuade him from doing, and invited him to partake of some supper, but which he politely refused. She then re quested that he would stop for a short time while she should eat her supper, and that then she would light him down stairs, as she feared if lie went down in the dark some accident might happen to him.. • He did accordingly stop a short time, until, thinking that he had waited long enough for her accommodation, he rose up to take his de parture, when now, for the first time, the lady began to show herself in her true colours, by demanding, in .a peremptory manner, to know what he intended to give her for the pleasure of her society, and, as she said, occupying th l e o li f her time for so long a period. He replied, tkat he certainly did not mean to give her any thing, for that he did not oc cupy her time, or solicit her society ; . on the contrary, that she had detained him longer than he wished to have stayed, and that he considered himself under no. obligation to her whatever. She, however, insisted that he should give her some money, and to avoid any 'fitrth& argument upon the subject, lie was making towards - the door to re tire, when the prisoner exclaimed, " Then, your eyes, seizingeon could guard ni fe hfirmosmelf,thsehe stsupperrukviolence, h table, im a d e r s ua r e a d t e buponl(blow hint with e w u i t th op tl e l n e p h o i i s ot the afancde, which c r cheek he in a dreadful manner, and the knife resisted it, co an nti d nu it e( a l d its course glancing off the bone which hone the back to the car, which it also alit open, point struck against the strongest part of the bone in the first instance, in all probability, from the force with which the blow was given, it would have penetrated some vital iai m i okasrtikiiieferyoolcuiottuiesbefore you go ;" and part. He was in an instant covered with blood, and in that state rushed down stairs and into the street, where he met the watchman, to whom he .commtinicated his mis fortune. hou T s he e i n question, watchman saw ee rtehde withco mplai blood, complainant come andon hearing of t the cause, lie immediately entered, and took the prisoner into custody, and conveyed her to the watchhouse, where he also took the complainant until a surgeon was sent for, who dressed his wounds. The Magistrate inquired if the proprietor of.the house in which this transaction occurred was present, and being answered in the negative, be ordered the prisoner to be re manded on the capital charge until the owner of the house can attend. QUEEN-SQUARE. —Yesterday John Webb, formerly a private in the 88th regiment of Foot, was broughtbefore the sitting Magistrate, W. A. A. WHITE, Esq., by Richard Maybank, a Chelsea constable, charged with marrying Eli zabeth Vaughan, his former wife being still living. Elizabeth Vaughan lived in Marygold-street, Rother hithe. A short time since she rented a house in George, street, Chelsea, when the prisoner came to lodge at her house. On the 7th of May last she was married to the prisoner at St. Martin's Church, (near Charing-cross. It was only yesterday, when she went with him to Oxford market to receive his pension,, that she discovered lie was a married man ; for there was his wife waiting for him. He had completely deceived her, and she was now in the family. way by him. Mr. WHITE—I suppose his smooth tongue completely overpowered you ? Complainant.—lndeed it did, your worship._ Mr. WHITE—How long hail you known him ? Corn plainant.—A few weeks. Mr. WHITE—Had you ever been married before ? Complainant.—Yes, your worship, 22 years, and had eight children, and now I am with child again. Mr. Wirtra—So, you both agreed to give him in charge? Complainant. —I gave him in charge, your worship. Catharine Webb was married to the prisoner on the 25th of Jute, 1819, at Edinburgh, by the Rev. Mr. Peedy, a dissenting minister; about seven months ago be left her in Edinburgh, and she was taken ill and confined for near four months in the hospital there. On her recovery, she came to London to try and find him out; and knowing it to be the pension-day, she thought she should find him at Oxford-market. He was very much surprised, and the other witness said she was willing to give him up, as she had had enough of him. Mr. WHITE.—At what place were you married? Wit ness—At the Clergyman's own house. Here the witness handed to Mr. White her certificate, who, after examining it, asked the. prisoner what he had to say to the charge ? Prisoner—Your Worship, I have this to say—that I do not think in my own breast that it was a lawful marriage in Edinburgh, according to the laws of England ; we went to no church ; there was no ring nor book used ; and no thing said but a few words. Mr. WHITE—What do you think of the laws of Scot land, then? Prisoner—l really don't knoW. Mr. WrirrE—A Jury must decide upon your objection, and see what they think of it. The prisoner was fully committed. is winter a. t natural a la alliancet C r p torpid These insects ought not The more spiders' webs the SPlDERS.—Spiders betweent state, be e t l hoes extirpatedemd ai theirthe r nd fewer flies. „,, . HA . w ,, NG .—ints ancient and noble sport was, last week, revived in Euston-park, in this county. On Thursday, his Grace the Duke of Grafton, with the Ladies Fitzroy, and a gay train of fifty, took the field with ten gallant falcons. Each bird had three fine flights; and proved his pure breed and good training, by regularly striking his quarry, and remaining with it till both were taken up. The hawks (eyases) were brought from Ger many, and trained by the famous falconer, Epps, of Hert fordshire. We understand it is his Grace's intention to follow the sport regularly during the season, at least twice a week.—Suffolk NINE PINS.—The late Earl of Lonsdale was so extensive a proprietor and patron of boroughs, that he returned nine members every Parliament, who were facetiously called " Lord Lonsdale's nine pine." One of the members thus designated having made a very ex travagant speech, was answered by Mr. Burke in a vein of the happiest sarcasm, which eliqited from the house loud and continued cheers. Mr. Fox entering the house just as Mr. Burke was sitting down, inquired of Sheridan what the house was cheering? "0, nothing of consequence," replied Sheridan, " only Burke has knocked down one of Lord Lonsdale's nine pins." and N o e y ve a r fa w it i . th at in p m eter em bo o rau ry g vv :ll 4: 3 thonerTeuessodaythanrdoilvigeedd nesday last, the great " Bridge fair." The crowds of well dressed visitors in the streets rendered it almost impossible t o pass on b u siness. Notwithstanding these outward appearances, it has been a general remark amongst the own horse• forea sT.s theretl i e trade that there was "no mosey stirring." The stock fair was nut large, but store beasts were very dull of sale, and many were driven away without exchanging Owners. The show of cart-foals was small, and the few good ones sold well• There was the usual excellent show of rams, which let pretty readily. The supply of wood of all kinds was extreniely large, and not above half of it was sold. Onions mete never known to be so cheap ; good ones sold at Is. 9d. to 2s. 6d. a bushel. There was a plentiful sup ply of cheese, and it met with a slack sale.—Lincoln Mer -1 cart'. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London *en, Price current of Friday). RUM, BRA.NDY and HOLLANIIs.-The Government contract for 50,000 gulls. Rum was yesterday taken sr 2s 3K —The sales of Rum this week are not so exten sive ; 200-Puns. Jamaica sold at 4s 4d, the other sales were' inconsiderable. In Brandy or Geneva there is no alteration , There have been no sales of Rum since the contract ; fbt low price at which it is taken appears .to have checked the Market. Immo.—The India House Sale cummesccd on Wetl nesday, it consists of 6789 chests ; the good, mid. and flay have sold irregularly from 6d to is 6.1 per lb. under the last sale; the average reduction is Is per lb. No low' Indigo has yet been sold. At the close of the day the sales, 1518 chests, Bengali 5s Gd a 13s; 6d to is Gd per lb. under last Sale.-27 5 ' chests Madras 3s lld a Is 11 d, good sit last sale prices ,. the mid. and ord. rather lower.-126 Oude at last sal 6 prices. By public sale on Tuesdly 'lOl swims Guatimals Indigo, consisting of ord and mid Mites 'to fine S o br e s, all sold from 2s 8d to 9s id, at a shade u nder our previous prices. LUSH PROVISIONS.-There is little dtoing in Beef or Pork. Bacon still in demand. Butter; are heavy oir account of the large stock and the fine w tattier. PIMENTO.—By public sale this foreno nn 138 bags good 10d a 104 d. COTTON.—The Cotton Market has been very dull.—" The sales for the week ending last night is iclusive, consist of 350 Bengal 360 Surat lid a 4id 50 Pernaml mcco BP 920 Egyptian 64d a lid. By public sale this f‘orenoon 38 bales Boweds, fair SA-d a HEMP, FLAX AND TALLOW.-The dem; sad for Tallo' this week has been general and .rather ex tensive l frog' 37s Gd the Market has regularly advanced too ur quotationb and the request continues rather brisk.—ln I.lemp or Fla%' there is little alteration. ToaAcco.—Two cargoes of Tobacco are sold , one at tie and 22s 6d Kentucky, the other , refused. Virgi . nia, at 20 4 per IQO lbs manifest weight. The New Tobacco appears to be dingy and rather grecrif although highly cured and in good condition. The re' ceived opinion is that the crop in general is us inferior quality to the preceding, but that there is a greater' pro portion of dark and rich export qualities, which from the nature of the Tobacco already sampled, appears likely. MONTREAL TOBACCO.-.—TwO small importations of this new growth have appeared in the Market. In strength and quality of leaf it is pretty good, but rather moist a rgl flabby, and resembles Kentucky ; but in flavour more 01 York River. It appears nut improbable, that upon ft' . improved cultivation and method of cure, that it may g 0 into consumption by the trade for particular purposes, the home duty being 3d less than on American Tobacco. N e price yet made. FRUIT. —We give the particulars of the sale of the fill t cargo of new Spanish Fruit. Several more arrivals ar e announced. The supply this season is uncommonly ea rly , .By public sale this forenoon 27 butts, 1 carroteel Cur rants ; received coastwise front Bristol, sold at 86s a 90e' Prunes, 58 packages, sold at 48s a 50s ; plums, 972 pack ages, 60s a 68a; Imperial, 638 packages, Si 12s a 7l ls. Olts.—The Oil Market continues very dull, but eve cannot state any material alteration in the prices. COCHINEAL.-By public sale on Tuesday 1$ woos Cochineal sold, for fine bold Silvers 13s Ild a 14s Id o re , to mid. 12s 3d. a 12s 6d. SALTPETRE.—The sales at 245. 6d. have been exteo five, but we think it would be difficult to purchase at that rate, and indeed the stock is so much reduced that large parcels could not be procured at any price near the prese t quotation. WITT TECH APEI. HAY 31A RKET.—Oct. 4. 73:. Oil. to 103, Od. II ('lover 90s. Oil. to 1265.."" titraw s 4k: Od. to 38s. Od. PIXICES o F Old DillityOlPaiScl ( a i t ie x r C rn iv . t oo .) — O. OC t . 5. Kent rockets Sussex Ditto 3/. 14s. 41. Cs. to 41. tio. Essex. Ditto' ---------- 31. 6s. 31. 12s. to 4/. CS . •3 1 . 41. Os. to 41. 4'• PRICE OF oil Rape Oil, brown 291. 6s. Refined X:32 0 Linseed Oil 24 u Linseed Oil Cake at the Per thousand 1 , 2 0 , Rape Cake, per ton 6 • PRICE OF POTATOES.-0473, ---- New Ware 31. Os. to 31. per ton LEATHER. Per lb. Per lb. Butts 50 to 561 b.,.. Tanned Horse Hides.. Ditto--,-60 to 661 b.— Spanish Ditto Dressing 16 Per dozen. rave Coach Hide 5..,..., P 4 Ca 8tin5....31i to 401 b. Crop Elides, 35 to 4010. IS 151 Ditto to 50W. 16 IS Ditto 70 to 501 b. 21 14 Ditto lB 20 Small Seals. Greet land 171 PRICES OF d. tv d. d. toe. IL t 6 18 23 RAW HIDCS. Per Stone. s. d. to s. d. Per Stone. F. d. tog. $ Best Heifers& Steers 210 3 4 Ordinary 2 0 " Middlings 2 6- 2 8 Market Calf-. 7 0 SHEEP SKINS. Downs..,—. Os. Od. to Os. Od. Lambs... Is. 91. to 2s. 96 ' Polled Is. 9d. to 2s. 3d. PRICE OF TALLOW, s, Town Tallow 48s. Od. Yellow Russia 40s. Od. 41a. Od. Soap 3Ss. 6d. Melted 365. Od. Ditto Od. , AP, &c. per 1121b.—Oct. 5. Yellow Soap °- G ray Good 54. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of filb.—Oct. 5. ..., Price by Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) t6' PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as follows Candles, per doz. 7s. Od. to Os. Od. I Ifoalds, per dozen Qs. 0"" COAUMAR Burdon - 351.0(1. Heaton 38 9 Hebburn Main —.... 31 3 34 9 Killingworth 6 0 Old Walker 34 6 Ord's Redhugh 32 0 Pelaw 33 6 Pontop Windsor ---. 32 9 Tanfield 34 6 34 0 Wylam x,.34 6 WallsEndßewieke&Co. , 40 0 Ditto Bell Robson & Co. 37 6 Ditto Brown's 36 0 Ditto Carr and Co.. B 6 Ditto Clarke and Co. 16 3 Ditto t !Ma Ditto 16 0 Ditto Northumberland 36 6 Ditto Peareth 36 0 Ships at market, 833--Shil KET.—Oct. 5. Walls End Newmarch— Ditto Riddell's—. SS Ditto Russell's 40 ,a u Ditto Walkqr 39 Tanfiel t , Trader—. 34 Ditto Nutt 25 !,; Lambton small _ ,19 u, Londonderry small—. 20 ( 1. Old Et herlsy, small coal 20 Ellison small t Cowpeu.. ...... `;= Hartley 33 '; inverkeithing Splint 33 Walls End Elgin 35 Bowes Main 30 t, Fawcett Main.-- 33 „• Nesham Main 39 . 6 Walit End Hetton—...., 40 Ditto Lambton 40 ' Ditt o Lyon. - ,38 ° A Ditto Springwell 33 Ditto Stewart'; 40 ' ps sold, 618 4--Unsold, 614- COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURIN - G THE WEO_C_:, . , Wheat. Barley. Oats. Been'' Pe r Qltatter. i .................. 6 2 37 40 2 6 32 5 8 6 22 BB' 3 H C G BAEDDD:h : lo u ee o lleriverasl u ht : c:tniege e z tozhyla —gee ei . ....-- —ti : r re t ±r 1-711 6553' 04- -5155 °6:2361 a °(( ;66 : 66651 0 1:35228 3333''. .21' : i 0111) 3 63 53-3:: 8- :43 234 26:- :2212 23689021 1 3 .22 8-273 73°33: :I': 6 °-64454:4: 86224: : e :16 61; . . ;556 63 665g6b Leicester.- .......,....- 58 ! 6 ., 36 39 43 45 75 .70 Mansfield 58 38 42 28 32 46 3° -...........- :A1 .. , Romsey -------- 55 60 29 30 21 23 a 4 5 6- 5 5 56 08 1 2 3— ( 2 i 3 6 33 52 3 2 2 8— 3 3 5 3 (il 5 8 . - 1 - 6 " 6 15: 88STihhaecatIPfnft'tlinabntl-1 .7311.--et : 56 60 .28 32 16 32 40 a y eo ,o Per Bushel. s. d. s.d. s. d. s.d. Is. d. s.d. i. d. t., p Shrewsbury .....,,...... '7 6 80 0 0 00, 60 S6 U 0 2 , ...e . 1 BIRTHS:. On the 3d inst. at Geldeatone Hall, Norfolk, the litdY of John Kerrick, Esq. of a daughter. On the 2d inst. at Cheltenham, the lady of Hurt Sit' well, Esq. of a son and heir. On the 4th inst. the lady of Alfred Wigan, Esq. age House, East :Mailing, of a son MARRIED. On the 29th Sept. by the Rev. IL C. Wilson, A•i d i Vicar, Samuel Horrocks, jun. Esq. only son of S t arv e Horrocks, Esq. of Laikhill, late M.P. for Preston, to EliI P second daughter of Thomas Miller, Esq. Mayor of the Borough. On the 2d inst. at Stonehouse, near Plymouth, De voo' Richard Thomas, of Tickenham-house, county of So o ' set, Esq. to Gratiana, youngest daughter of the late Lieor General Williams. On the 2d inst. William Nicholson Phillips, Esq.: _ A d Rottndhay,'in the county of York, to Martha, young' . daughter of Abraham Rhodes, Esq. of Roundhay Lodge. On the 4th inst. at Wells, by the Rev. F. G. Crossne I. M. Paget, Esq. of Newbery-house, Somerset, to Elite' both J eldest daughter of the Rev. I. F. Doveton, B Jane, - for of Wells and Leigh upon Mendip, in that county. __,i • DIED. On the 3d inst. suddenly, at Cheihunt, J o h n neTIO Fenoulhet, Esq. late district surgeon of Birmingham. „ On the 4th 'inst. at his house in D or set - place, Claphlo', road, after a protracted illness, Michael Samson, Escp f oe merly of Spital-square, in the 75th year of his age. 1. On the Ist inst. at his house in Han way -street, 0%100 street, Mr. Jacob' llewlings, in his 49th year. °lfi On the 3d inst . in Cursitor-street, Chancery-lane, Q,iincey, Esq. Surgeon to the Forces, aged 38 yealZ o i • PILINTBD and PUBLISHE D by M. YOUNG, at the Surr-01riczy No. 112, Strand.- In Sy ENGLI " In the anti manufactures, Gentlemen may may travel to it homes, except c " This text i the author of tli s peculating au! "'others, that sn Italians." Panted for Hi Shortly will be FIRIVAT COURT, c ess de Lam!' Cer rim . NUN - "' l l t rY- 3vc • '` Why bast VICISSITU " 1 -ER, written STO " Finn' w They spar: raey are t 7i hat slum 60 DR :et : I • • Thi HIS . TREAT: Seminal Weakn sullects are ill a " n s d " , to Z'cther the 8 Q ouh app il one it will the other hav e i state of debility; in Impotence; while Consump Nervous Compl of this most des which a mo de O 1111 Practice, an adopted by, the evils resulting fi Prirtcil 13 y C. IL COU Printed for tl land, No. 9, Cat Patemoster-row Walker, 90, Hi Marsh, 137; Brook, Opera. A in town and cot " Amongst ti of the day, we c Syphilis, aud otl of the highest E attention of all .appen :to be afl subject of this 'v►ews taken of Warnings against "nd we may athl written with mu Literary Review It ! .• TING INDIE: ‘ 4I ANGE ST Officers, , Cade t : n lea proceedii "' tiro ' f e their Military 8 46 , ' t ared stock of 4 441 ' -hand Tab ~r 4 and Bulk - 'ravelling Eq A N ASSOIVI :Yh the n e c e ss ai I niates ' likewii ,t t icies, Knives ° ad ; Militar] A FASHION ab Zgetri, Phsetor a ZTY description t . 704 W . est Indies, 'rem their • ri And urchin i p the Article a c ii i th t excellent e yed 'to, of as b a aten 11 °YAL MA THE folio from the 1 7 ,1 (Sundays e 41 141 -1 and E . BlmptonstonllMlNGH) ,11,,Y Stratford CARLISLE a ' ,, arat an - TFR e, e ,d ei EX e a FAL-MOUTH HOLYHEAD and Bangor. LI VERPOOL MANC REST MILFORD H ford-Weat. • NORWICH 1 The following time specified :- 11101 Weymouth, th Norwich, thro Nottingham al Six. Windsor and Birmingham, Eight. Liverpool, thr( Canterbury an Southampton, Eight. Exeter, Faint° Brighton, at It AFTE Cambridge, tl pa,t Two. Canterbury ar Carlisle and I before Five. throu{ before Five. Edinburgh an a Quarter before Manchester, tl fore Five• Nottingham, Five. • Bristoland Bat Milford Haver Past Four. Taunton, thrc Four. Windsor and Liverpool, thr , Norwich, thro five. Derby, throw{; befor e Six. Edinburgh ao befor e Six. Manchester, ti Nottingham, t Birmingham a Quarter before S: Holyhead and Manchest er tl before Seven. Canterbury an, N.B. Po s . / . tiring Town i n Caravan every A Eigs'" The Prof accountable for a°3' Passeng e r' s 1 °1 " 1 the same L :le of The deny n g*r't Luggage, . NV. NV