The Sun. — London, England, 1827-04-07 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PY' CBLIC JOURNALS. We yei;tenlay remarked, in reference to the Quarter.w Official Statement of the Revenue, whiff n although not made up till a late hour of tl-,e preceding night, we had then the satisfaction of laying before the Public, that the defalcation in the amount of the Quarter's receipt, as com pared with that of the corresponding Quarter of last year, was much less considerable than might naturally have been expected from the circum stances in which the country has been placed ; and we now repeat our confident anticipation, that the effect of that statement upon the public mind will be to counteract the efforts of those, who'se constant object it is to propagate dismay anal discontent throughout the land. If we loot back to the condition of the Revenue two years ago, that is to say, at a period when every inte rest of the community was flourishing, or seemed to flourish—when the greatsst possible Activity pervaded every department of national commerce and industry—when a high rate of wages dif fused general comfort among the labouring po pulation, and the prospect of ample profits to the employers, 'however delusive it may after wards have proved, exercised for the moment at least its natural influence to enlarge the means of gratification and swell the tide of luxury ;--if w e look back to the state of the Revenue dur ing this season of extravagant hope, of bound less confidence, and of unrestrained enjoy ment, and compare the Revenue of the Quarter just ended with that of the eorres ponding Quarter of 1825, we shall find abundant reason to congratulate the com munity on the firriness and solidity of the national resources, and ample matter of joy and of astonish ment in the very small degree of injury which the public re';•enue will appear to have sustained, during the most extensive shock to commercial credit, and the "most sweeping overthrow of private fortunes, have perhaps ever been witnessed. In the Quarter ending on the sth of April, 1825, the net produce of the Revenue was 10,6.59,028/. In a subsequent part of that year taxes were taken off to the amount of 3,146,0001.; and in the year 1826 a further repeal of taxes, (the tobacco duties) took place to the amount of at least 600,0001., making a total repeal of taxes in the interval, to the annual amount of 3,746,0001. The proportion of this for a Quarter, or in other words the sum of 936,500/., is therefore to be deducted from the receipts of the first quarter of 1825, to enable us to institute any fair comparison between them, and the receipts of the corresponding Quarter of the current y ear . — This reduces the abo:ee amount to 9,722,5281. which exceeds the amo l 7.nt of the Quarter just ended, only by the eommeatively small stun of 262,000/. This sum, there,core, expresses the whole decline of the Reveirde, for the Quarter as compared with the cor rest:onding Quarter of 1825, consideringßevenue as a criterion of the means of enjoyment and consumption pos sessed by the great mass of the people ; a decline which, considerin g the violent convulsions of the latter part of 1825, and the beginning of 1826, and the censequeut lassitude which has ever since been visible in the internal as well as the external commerce of all nations, is almost inconceivably small, being in the proportion of about one fortieth of the aggregate amount. This faithful statement of the case supplies us et least with two moat consolatory and gratifying inferences. In the first place it shows that, however severely the pressure of calamity may have beeu felt in particular districts of the country, and in particu lar departments of industry, the aggregate of national pri vation and suffering has been much less than had generally been supposed ; and it proves, in the next place, that the wreck of individual fortunes, the frustration of individual enterprize, and the - chastisement of individual imprudence, have not tipatt the whole materially injured the general capital, or enfeebled the mercantile energy of the corn munity.-211orning"Post. The public anxiety since the King's arrival in town, respecting the formation of a Ministry, has exceeded all credibility ; and Sir Thomas Leth bridge's motion last nightobject of which was to direct his Majesty in the choice of his official and responsible advisers, was hardly :•ok ed to with less interest. Our Parliamentary re port will explain all that has taken place on the latter subject ; and on the former, we have some not unimportant facts to communicate. Sir Thomas Lethbridge was applied to in vain, both by Sir Edward Knatchbull and Sir Thomas Gooch, to Nvithdraw his motion, though this was the course which he afterwards adopted on the suggestion of his own mind ; but in the mean time Mr. Canning had entered the House and spoken ; he had declared that nothing had oc curred which should supersede the necessity of making the motion ; that it would not be, as the French proverb has it, " the mustard after the beef ;" and that, therefore, if there was any rea son for giving notice of the motion, there was none for withdrawing it. We seize, with plea sure, the occasion which this position of the Mi nisterial arrangement affords us of inferring, that Mr. Canning w a s n o t a f ra id o f t h e i mport of the motion anaotinced to the House ; but that if he thought, with the Baronet, that it was desirable that the King's Ministers should be all of one mind on essential State measures, he being (if we may use the term) in treaty for the Premier ship, knew also what that mind ought to be. It was a very odd thing in Sir Thomas Lethbridge, and only to be accounted for by the character of the man's mind, or the influx of fresh information from without, that he should make a motion, the object of which was to direct an arrangement, and withdraw the motion at the only time when it, could be of use—namely, before the arrange ment was concluded. The real intention, how ever, of the motion might be to exclude Mr. Canning ; and as it became known that that Right Hon. Gentleman was already receiving his Ma jesty's communications, it was ticklish to press it. T o what must the sovereignty of Eng land be reduced, if a borough-owner can enter the King's closet, and, in the name of himself and two or three of his brethren, proscribe one of his Ministers, whom the country (whether erro neouAy or not) thinks at this time the most compe tent; and a dull squire can direct the principles of the future Administration. Now, with respect to what has actually taken place in the formation of the Ministry, soon after the King's arrival in London on Thursday night, a report was spread, originating also at head-quarters—(what creatures they are that surround the throne ! They, of course, think that whatever descends from thence must be accepted as the grateful rain that refreshes the earth, though hailstones may be mingled with the rain)—a report was spread that the whole matter was settled, and that Mr. Canning was Prime Minister. On further inquiry, indeed, it did appear, that an offer of the premiership would be made to Mr. Canning, but on condition that he should have nothing to do with the Church patronage ! ! Ye priests and prelates of Oxford, presidents, tutors, and fellows, down to Bible clerks and hell-ringers, what a reproach is this to you! The Chancellor, who knows you well, dares not trust you : " Give but the patronage of the Church to an emancipationist," says the sly old fox, " and I know they will quit me and join him." However—to look at the question more politically , —the constituting a statesman to be a Prime Minis ter, and at the same time depriving him of an im portant part of his power and influence—of the power and influence which others have enjoyed, we say not how properly,—is like commissioning a dove to fly , over sea and over land with the behests of his ulas,„ ter, and at the s a me instant te ar i ng f rom hi m one of ' l4 wings : the maimed sufferer falls at once impo tent to the earth, and with whatever vigour and energy honey flutter and shake his other pinion,be ean not advanclutinch. " Oh,"if he could speak,would he etc)sum 2 " 61 ve me back eiy other wing—rob the not of a &Aber—and Iwill carry your orders, and procure the execution of yeur wishes, over all the world." In this im pel:feet Ail*, 'then, "does the arrangement of Ministry rest at present : Mr. 'COhning ivaafor some t:me with his Majesty yester4ey, but nothing was settled. And now, with retpa to the Lord Che'Lcellor, 'whom we have men tioned above. It is gear that nothing can reinain of life to this old man, by which he can retaA, in a sensible de gree, any public treasure wlnteVer. It can only, there fore, be for his own sake, that he still lingers in place, and thereby makes every thing else linger, His retirement from office has been like the cetchision of one of his own ' suits, for ever promised; gat never arriving, till death takes away the litigating parties, their cause undteided ; and death will take him away in like rear.ner, his retirement unaccomplished. Sometime ago he talked of giving up the seals, and his resignation was alindst expected ; but then he discovered that " Copley, who los C - 6 'succeed him, was not sufficiently practised In 'Chancery business :" he must wait 'awhile eft the Master of the Rolls had greater experience, i equity law. Now another pretext is sup plied: that fellow Canning may be Prime Minister, and he will want a counterpoise." We verily believe, if the grim tyrant stared him in the Ace this night, lie would have some papers to take home with him, and would prof fer to come again with them into Court next morning.— Times. No wonder that the Chancellor of the Ex chequer betrayed such repugnance to open his mind to Parliament on the Ways and Means of the year. The murder is out, and the state of the revenue proves to be such as might well appal a Minister of more effrontery than can be laid to the charge of Mr. 'Robinson. The de falcation in the receipts of the Treasury for the last quarter, as compared with the correspond ing one of 1826, is 469,0001. ; but this is a trifle. The quarter ending April 5, 1826, was itself a disastrous one, falling short by 682,000/. of the April quarter of 1825 ; thus the actual deficit in two years amounts to 1,150,000/. ster ling. The Excise—dwelt upon, when pros perous, by his Majesty's Ministers, as the in fallible touchstone of our public prosperity--has fallen off, as compared with the April quarter of 1826, by upwards of 400,0001. ; and a touchstone it is, which renders the fact unques tionable, that in the few enjoyments of humble life, there has been a decline of about 12 per cent. within a twelvemonth. The Post-office has fallen off—another touchstone. The stamps, notwithstanding the Rundell and some other god-sends, have failed by upwards of 38,0001. The deficiency (we have done with talking about surplusses) in the Consolidated Fund is above seven millions sterling, and exceeds the deficiency of April 1826, by 1,368,0001.: here again, as in the quar ter generally, there is tumble upon tumble—like those of Milton's devils. The whole of the divi dends—the whole of the sinking fund—and a million ' more—are actually borrowed from the Bank !—a nice bone to pick for a petit maitre Tory Ministry ! In truth, we are too desponding on this subject to muster up courage enough for a serious view of it. Could we, by mor; clamourously " opposing, end" the terrible system of imprudence which indulges this course of national waste and ruin, or of narrow, coercive, and exasperating policy, which seeks pre tences in the natural feelings of mankind, for the suppression of discontent by armies, with debts and taxes in their retinue, we might appeal to the energy of the people of England : but we shall wait.—lbid. The lion of the forest, when lying under the semblance of disease or feebleness, has met with indignities from the meanest of the animal etea tion. We take no pains to bring home a paral lel case to the imagination of our political readers; but if they will be themselves at the trouble of looking over last night's debate, on the present ing of a petition against the, Catholics, and then examine in what manner Mr. Plunkett, the At torney-General for Ireland, was abused on ac ' count of his Ministerial forbearance, and by whom —th e y. VS ill > . nia. • tliaubt. - begin Le. 'suspect illat there are circumstances now on foot which may lead to the official paralysis of this great and powerful Irishman. But the animals above mentioned had better be satisfied with the sta tion which they already occupy. The Duke of Rutland may, for a single moment, succeed in a backstairs intrigue, but before an assembled Par liament, we should trust, no creature in his'service will be able to stand one touch from the spear of Mr. Plunkett. Those qualities which constitute the real force of the Irish Attorney-General, are not such as Kings or Cabinets can give or take away. Elornce, and genius, and i n t r i ns i c l- o nesty, he brou t with him, when he took his oatti . ?f office; and when, on a former occasion, he sacri ficed that officestto a sense of consistency, and of what he owed' his country, the man lost nothing by se paration froM the Attorney-General—and he would lose nothing now. However, let the riffraff Tories beware,—the victory is not yet assured to them.- Ibid. The motion of Sir Thomas Lethbridge, to which the country have been taught to look for ward as one pregnant with important conse quences, miserably disappointed the expectation, which even the fame of the Honourable Baronet led men to entertain. He seemed, on reflection, to have felt somewhat like Acres in the Play, and to have been glad of a pretext for escaping from the contest which he had provoked. The truth is, we suspect, that Sir Thomas was insti gated to give his notice by those who wished to make, what is vulgarly called, a cat's paw of him. The motion, it was probably supposed, would aid the views of those who wish to form an old Tory Administration. But Sir Thomas's heart must have died within him, when he found that the old Tories were more dependent on Mr. Canning, than Mr. Canning on them ; and that the only consequence likely to follow his motion for unanimity would be to strengthen the hands of Mr. Canning. Mr. Canning has no doubt his faults, as we all have, but the mltion looks up to him, at the present moment, as the only individual in the present Ministry entitled to preside over the Councils of the nation. The intellectual and industrious part of the nation are all with him. The Aristocracy might dispense with his services ; and we are by no means disposed to say, that the power of that body might not carry on the machine of Government for a time. But what we contend for is, that it would be wretched policy in them to attempt to govern the country without the aid of talents calculated to reconcile the nation to the ex isting system. Mr. Canning is at present the con necting link with the nation. We understand that he has resisted all the attempts to withdraw from the situation of Premier the accustomed patronage. We trust he will be successful ; we are sure it will be for the interest of the Aristocracy to fall in with his terms.—Morning Chronicle. The House of Commons is a legislative body, and we are not among those who delight to see it exercising functions of a different kind. Among its Members, no doubt, there are many in whose conduct there would be found much to blame ; and, though we do not affect to deny that it is most becoming that a senator should be free from reproach, and even from suspicion, we are not partial to the existence of a censorial power any where, and least of all do we like to see such a power exercised by a Committee of the Legislature. A body of men who, in their public capacity, are accustomed to look chiefly at what is expedient—who are strongly under the influence of party feelings--wh o have not the habits of judicial caution and impartiality—who do not act under the sanction of an oath, and cannot administer au oath to the individuals who come before them to make 'statements —cann o t form a very safe tribunal for inquiry into any species of alleged misconduct. When Mr. Alderman Waithman proposed to make the Arigna Company a subject of Parliamentary in vestigation, it struck us that the zeal of the Alderman was more remarkable than his pru dence. Did it not occur to him that it would have been quite as reasonable for any other Member to have moved for a Committee to in quire into the honesty of the means, and the fairness of the representations, by which the Alderman acqUires and disposes of shawls, and the many multifarious artitica in which he deals ; • or into the equity and propriety of the contracts into which he enters with poor, inexperienced, and dependent tradesmen ? It was suspected, he said, that some Members of Parliament, connected with the Arigna Company, had put motley into their pockets by proceedings, which a nice delicacy would not approve of, and, therefore, the nicety of the Alderman's moral sense required that an investigation should he instituted into the ways and means of the suspected indi viduals. We fear that there are to be found in our Legislature many who have both lost and won large sums at play. We can conceive nothing which can less stand the scrutiny of a severe moralist than gambling; and we therefore expect that the Alder man, bold in the virgin innocence of his mind, will soon move for a general inquiry into all the play transactions of the Members of the Commons House of Parliament. If we entertained, previously, a constitutional aversion to such investigations as those of the Arigna Company Committee, our dislike has not been lessened by the Report which that Com mittee has produced. We find in it few bare, dis tinct, clear, allegations of matter of fact : instead of simple statements, it presents a mingled tissue of allegation, observation and argument, which might have been expected from an adverse advocate, but which sounds strongly, when coining from the mouths of persons who profess to have acted in a judicial character. 'Under no circumstances should we have placed much reliance on the result of the inquiries of the Committee, because it possessed no means of thoroughly investigating the truth, and was at the mercy of such persons as might volun teer, not evidence, but statements. Independently, however, of this defect in the nature of the jurisdic tion, the Report shows that there existed in the Committee an influence which thought that it was easier to suspect and to accuse than to investigate. We do not suppose that the Arigna Company dis played ,any examples of patriarchal purity and of saintly indifference to the can sacra fames. It resembled, we imagine, the other Joint Stock Companies, which sprung up in the end of 1824, and the beginning 0f1825. But, we know that London has, within the last three years, seen schemes played off, ten thousand times more unprincipled and more injurious to the world, than all the Joint Stock Companies that were ever suggested, and, in these schemes, more than one of our patriots participated. There may be a difference of opinion with respect to the Arigna Company, and the pariicipatien of this or that in dividual in its transactions; but there has bean, there can he, no difference of opinion with respect to the Greek Loans, and the conduct which some individuals and their confederates have pursued in relation to them. The Arigna Company, or any other Joint Stock Association, was a mere private association, which could affect only the inte rests of individuals. The management of the Greek Loans was not only ruinous to families, but most injurious to a whole people, and to the cause of freedom throughout the world, and disgraceful to the reputation of England. He who proposed, and those who thought it right, that there should be a Parliamentary investigation into the proceed- ' ings of a private Joint Stock Company, cannot, with any consistency, permit such transactions as those that are con nected with the Greek Loans, to sink into oblivion, with out undergoing a similar scrutiny.—New Times. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE, Apßn, 6. FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Aram s.—Wind S.E. to E.S.E. This morn ing the wind shifted to S.E., with light bretzes..—Tho out tueletnteriStist; and ate reed?! the Foreland. Sailed the following, from London Acasta, Chadwick, for New York ; Aurora, for Gibraltar; Anastasia, for Halifax ; William Al'Gillivray, for Quebec ; Isabella, for Cadiz ; Nelly, for Quebec ; Amity, for Hon duras; and William, for Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL s.—Wind E. S.E.—Arrived, the Spartan, Snowden, from Jamaica, sailed the 20th February. Sailed, the Mary, Beachcroft, for Bombay ; Resource, Fenn, for New South 'Wales ; Lang, Leech, for ditto ; Louise, Dewberry, for Grenada ; and Monarch, Ford, for Hon duras ; also his Majesty's ships Acorn, Satellite, Colum bine, Sapphire, Tyne, Wolf, and Challenger, on an extraor dinary cruise, under orders of Commodore Sir T. Hardy, in his Majesty's ship Pyramus. FALMOUTH, Arita 4.—Wind W. S.W.—Arrived the Montecello, Harvey, from Aux Cayes, the 20th February. GR_ATESEND, APRIL s.—Arrived the Foxhound, Em mett, from the South Seas ; the Hcogly, Reeves, from Cey lon; the Susannah, Roberts, from St. Domingo; the Salamanca, Meeke, from Seville ; the Carolina, Augusta, from Virginia. Sailea the Amethyst, Thompson, from Quebec ; the Aurora, Holies, from St. John's, N. B. LIMERICK, APRIL 3.—The Duke of Richmond for Greenock, sailed hence the 17th February, h as no t s i nce been heard of. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, Amur, 6. OLD COURT. Margaret Jones, Jeremiah Robinson, and Timothy Connell, were indicted for assaulting James Swan, and tak ing from him a watch and other articles. The prosecutor deposed that he is a carrier, residing in Clerkenwell; on Monday night last, the 2d April, he was walking through Red Lion -street, Clerkenwell, about 11 o'clock at night, when he was accosted by the female pri soner, who asked where he was going? Witness made no reply, but walked on ; the prisoner still followed witness, and he desired her to go about her business, upon which she placed herself exactly before witness, and made a snatch at his watch, which she succeeded in taking from his pocket. Witness then caught her round the waist, and endeavoured to force the watch out of her hand, upon which the woman called out "Jerry," and the two prisoners came towards her from the opposite aide of the street; she then put the watch in the hands of the prisoner Robinson, and witness called out " watch," upon which two persons named Brown and Hawkias came to his assistance, and with their assistance witness contrived to secure the pri soners until the watchmen came up, when they were all taken to the watchhouse. Hawkins and Brown corroborated this statement. The latter proved that the watch passed from Robinson to COli nell, and that he afterwards picked it tip from the ground, on which it was dropped. The female prisoner stated in her defence that the pro secutor first accosted her, and said that if he had time, he should like to go home with her. She said he then took out his watch and looked at it, and dropped it by accident, and declared she had no connection with the other prisoners. The male prisoners said they heard a woman cry for help, and went to her assistance, when they unexpectedly found themselves in custody, and charged with the robbery. Some witnesses were produced who gave a good charac ter of the prisoner Connell. The Cum , JUSTICE gave it as his opinion that the case did not amount to a highway robbery, to constitute which it was necessary that some violence should have been com mitted on his person, or that he waa put in bodily fear.— If the evidence was worthy of credit, however. the prisoners were guilty of another offence namely, of stealing from the person of the prosecutor. The case of the two men differed somewhat from that of the female prisoner. If the Jury believed that these men were watching and waiting to assist the woman in any robbery which she might commit, then they were princi pals, and must be found guilty. If the men had come up without any previous concert, even though they should must be a c quitt e d. afterwards have assisted i n th e ro bb er y, they we re on l y ac ceesaries after the fact ; an d as th e present mdict. aent did not charge them with th a t o ff ence , they The consideration of this ques tion was entirely for the Jury. After a short consultation, the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against Margaret Jones, and acquitted the other two prisoners. viEw COURT. Stephen Hoperoft Was convicted of stealing a quantity of lead from the house of Henry Pige, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. James Hanson was convicted of stealing a cliair.,- , Six weeks in the House of Correction. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.--Yesterday, James Pope, soli iesidini at N 0.7, Bloomfield-street, London Wall, was charged Ity, a female of respectable appearance, named Eliza Earnshaw, a widow, residing at !baton, with having com mitted a violent assault upon her. The complainant was eubpeenaed by the defendant to at tend as a'witness in a cause where he was the solicitor.— She objected in the first instance to attend until she re ceived her expences, as her attendance was not only very inconvenient, lint very expensive. He threatened to put her in the Fleet Prison if she persisted in refusing. She accordingly attended, and his client gained his cause. After the trial was over, she applied to have her expences paid, but fOund it extremely difficult to get them. On Wednee day she Went to the defendant's office and waited for him._ Whilst waiting, some persons came in in a state of half in toxication, and asked where was the " cove." Afterwards they went away. She knew not what was meant by the term, hut after a time the defendant came in with them, and he no sooner saw her extend the receipt to him for pay ment, than he said " Now I will do for you." He flew at her, knocked her down, and kicked her; he knocked her down three times, and then turned her out of doors. The defendant declared that a more infamous piece of perjury never was exhibited in a Court of Justice. He would only call big witness. He called a permit, named George K. Edmunds, who stated that he Was present in the counting-house when the complainant came in. Her manner was extremely violent, and she said she would wait until " sixteen o'clock" before she went away, unless her demand was satisfied. When Mr. Pope came in, she was equally violent and offensive. He took her by the shoulders to put her out of the count ing -house, which she resisted. He let her go, and she fell down ; but he neither struck her, kicked her, or used abusive language to her, and she went out of the house by herself. The Loan MAYOR considered that a case of assault had been made out even by the defendant's own witness, and he ordered him to enter into his own recognizances in the sum of 501. to answer it at the Sessions. The defendant entered into the recognizances. The complainant begged to know how she could, recover the money that was due to her, but the Lord Mayor deelined giving her any advice. A man, named Norman, was remanded for further exa mination, on charges of having committed numerous frauds, by means of sham parcels, from the Hull Steam Navigation Company, on which he obtained money. BOW- STREET.—Rormeav OF Tull Dovaa MAIL.— James Nightingale, a man of short stature, dark eyes, and well-proportioned and intelligent features, attired in black, was yesterday brought before Sir R. BUMF and T. HALLS, Esq. charged with having, on the night of the 28th January last, robbed the Dover mail coach, of the Italian mail bag, containing letters, parcels, and money (the value of which is at present unknown), by cutting open the foreign mail bag (in which it was inclosed) while on its transit, between the Post-office, Dover, and Lom bard street, London. It has already been pretty generally advertised, that a gang of thieves contrived, on the night of the 28th of January last, to carry off the Italian mail bag from the Dover coach, and that their object was to have - len some very valuable jewels, which were in the Neapolitan bag, which were inclosed in the same foreign mail bag; but the Italian hag being very heavy, it is believed they took it in mistake for the former. On the discovery of the rob.. bery, when the foreign mail bag arrived in London, an application was made to this office for the assistance of some of the principal officers, to use their exertions in tracing the robbers and the property. Taunton, Ruthven, and Ellis, were employed on the occasion, and after con siderable trouble, they received some information, which led re t u e t m o f t o m apprehend n gt,h ofe prisoner st - a to ffiHcoel l examinations of the prisoner have taken place , and ,lowseavy;rai At iv t a h t e e yester day he underwent a public examination. John Ogwood, coachman of the Dover Mail, and W. Williams, the guard, proved that on the night in question they received the Foreign Mail-bag quite safe, at Dover. A short man took his place at Dover, for London, and ano ther man took his place inside for Canterbury. The for mer person got off the coach at Canterbury, and though he had paid his fare to London, he said he should go no further. At Canterbury a strange man, in a cloak, took an outside place to London, and paid 16s. The Mail-bag had been delivered at the Post-Office, Lombard-street, on the morning of the 29th of January, upwards of an hour before it was discovered that it had been cut open,. and the Italian hag stolen. (Here tke Foreign bag was brought before the Magistrates, and on each side were found two cuts in the leather, about two feet in length.) Mr. John Minter, a coach proprietor, at Canterbury, on -c- s 2 new. Lover exeseli , arrive, and observed two men, a short and a tall'one, con- versing together. A third man joined them, and they all three walked towards the market-place. Shortly after wards, one of the men, a short man, came to the coach office and took his place, by the Dover Mail, for London, and he paid 161. for his fare. The man wore a cloak, and in person very much resembled the prisoner. He believed the prisoner was the man. .1 Collett is a waiter at the Rose Tavern, at Canterbury; on the night of the 28th of January last, soon after the Dover Mail had started, two men, one short and the other tall, called at the Rose, and ordered a post chaise to be got ready as quickly as possible. One of the men had a sort of a carpet bag in his hand ; they ordered some brandy and water, and drank it in the parlour while the chaise was being got ready. He suddenly went into the room where they were, and observed them examining a number of let ters ; there were at least thirty letters on the table, and as many packets ; one of the men was holding a letter before the candle, for the purpose of seeing its contents ; the men started up, and appeared very much confused when he entered the room ; one of them paid 2s. for the brandy and water ; the short man bad a cloak on, and the tall one a drab top coat; he believed that the prisoner was the short man. (The prisoner was ordered to put his hat on). lie (witness) was convinced that he was one of the men. A. Newington, a chambermaid at the Rose Tavern, Can terbury, identified the prisoner as one of the men who took a chaise on the night in question. Sir R. BIRNIE said, that the evidence tracing the pri soner from Canterbury to London on the night in question was clear beyond all doubt ; but there was a chasm in the evidence which ought to be filled up before he committal the prisoner to take his trial, viz—evidence to connect him with the Dover mail-coach. It was stated that a little man in a cloak had rode on the coach, bid it did not ap pear that that person was the prisoner. There certainly v.-;!s one important fact proved, and he need scarcely say that he alluded to the circumstance of the prisoner being seen in the Rose Tavern, at Canterbury, with a number of letters and packets before him, holding them up to the candle, to examine their contents. Mr. PEACOCK requested that the prisoner might he re manded for another week, to bring forward a witness:who would be able to prove his being at Dover, when the Mail started. Mr. BRODERICK said the prisoner had been a month in custody, and there had been ample time to bring witnesses forward. Sir R. BIRNIE, after some discussion, ordered the pri soner to be remanded till 'Wednesday next. LAMBETH-STREET.—A communication wax re ceived at this office yesterday, through the Clerk of the Peace for Middlesex, stating that the County Magistrates, at their last meeting, had determined not to receive, after the 29th of September, any more prisoners from the Royalty of the Tower, either at the Clerkenwell or Cold Bath- fields Prisons, and that the Royalty must, for the time to come, provide a place of imprisonment for such culprits as may he amenable to justice within its boundary. The reason assigned for this resolution is, that the inhabitants of this quarter, Claiming under some old immunity, Are exempted from the payment of countY rates, and arc thus unburthened with the support of their proportion of crimi nals, and the weight thrown upon the county in general. KILKENNY FAIR.—The great Spring Fair of Kilkenny was held on Wednesday. There was a good show of horned cattle, but sheep were scarce, and Pigs were not so numerou s as usual. Fat cows sold well ; one lot from Desart brought 17/. a-head. More was given for picked beasts, bet the general run was 12/. to 16/. for lots.sprin gers ran up to 71. an d go od milk ers to 8 e were some Dutch a nd Devon heifers i n /. or Freshl. Th er the fair, but they were scarcely inquired a tter, as was, in deed, generally the ease in regard to store beasts. Th e owners of sheep stood out f or hi g h prices ; 21. los. was fine wethers ; but 4 35. to 455. r w ef as use t d be for ge n n u e e ra l l ot p o r f very ice . Th ere w ere scarcely any ewes with lambs at the i r feet in the fair. Fat Pigs were rather 'in dull demand. The sales were at S6s. to 38s. per cwt. For stores there were scarcely any inquiries. The horse fair was better supplied with handsome young stock than taus], but there were no buyers. The day was, indeed, very unfavourable, as the rain was heavy and incessant throughout; but, independent of the weather, a gloomi ness hung over the fair which seemed to write "sad times these," on almost every countenance. Among the me morabilia of the day, we may add, that we neither saw& drunken man, nor even heard of a " knock-down for love," amo ng the crowde who atteiaded the fair.—.:.Lekster Journal. LENT ASSIZES. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-,-YORK, APRIL 5, Maria Watkby, aged 21, was indicted for bigamy. The evidence proved, that the prisoner, a young woman of interesting appearance, was married in August, 1822, at Beverly, to a tailor of the name of Walkby. She had been the daughter of a very respectable merchant of Hull, and had eloped at the age of 16, without the knowledge or onsent of her parents. She had lived one year with het husband, and had subsequently left him and contracted the marriage for which she was now indicted. The prosecu tion was instigated by her first husband. Mr. Baron Hur.Locx expressed an opinion that the pro secution could not he sustained, inasmuch as the prisoner had not been of age when her first marriage had been en tered into, and had not had the consent of her parents to that marriage. Under the old marriage act, such a mar riage was declared to be null and void. Mr. COLTMAN, for the prosecution, submitted that the prisoner was liable to be found guilty under the common law. The new marriage Act had received the royal as sent in July, 1822, but its enactments were expressed not to come into operation until the first day of September in that year.. The marriage of the prisoner had taken place in the interval between those dates, when neither act had been in force.. Her marriage, therefore, which woald have been void, had the old act continued in, or the new act come into, operation, had been good at common law. Mr. Wzraawass and Mr. JoNrs, for the prisoner, argued that the intention of the Legislature must have been for the old Act to continue in force until the period specified for the commencement of the operation of the new Act. Mr. Baron HuLLocic said, that if the prisoner had not been so unfortunate as to be married between the expiration of one Act and the commencement of another, there would have been no doubt that her marriage would hive been il legal; but as it appeared that no Act of Parliament had at that time been in operation, he must hold that the mar riage had been good at Common Law. The point, how ever, he would reserve for the consideration of the twelve Judges, and he would now leave it for the Jury to say whether the first marriage of the prisoner had been entered into when she was under age, and without the consent of her parents. The Jury found that the prisoner had been under age when her first marriage took place, and that it had been contracted without the consent of her parents. The prisoner then entered into recognizances to appear and receive the judgment of the Court next Assizes. HEREFORD, TUESDAY, APRIL 3. MOITIMER V. HARRIS. Mr. CAMPBELL said this was an action for a violent and unprovoked assault. The plaintiff, on the 3d of June last, was riding home in the road from, Haverfordwest, when he met the defendant, who was also on horseback. The plaintiff was perfectly sober, but the defendant thought fit to tell him he was drunk. This the plaintiff denied, where upon the defendant attacked him with the butt-end of his whip, and beat him so violently on the head as to fracture the skull ; and it was some time before the plaintiff, with surgical aid, could recover. Philip Hancock, butcher, in the evening of the Sd of June, overtook the plaintiff, in the road from Haverfordwest to St. David's. He was on horseback, and perfectly sober. The defendant immediately afterwards passed him and over took the plaintiff. He (witness) was then about 100 yards off; saw Harris get off his horse, and hold his whip up, with the nob up. Mr. Sabern, a farmer.—On the 3(1 of June I recollect the plaintiff coming to my house near about nine o'clock. I was going to bed. I heard an alarm. Plaintiff's face and hands were all bloody. He had a deep wound on the back of his head about the size of half a crown. It was bleeding very much. - There were three cuts in his hat. I know Harris's voice. I heard the plaintiff say—" lam sadly abused by you, Mr. Harris:" I heard a voice, which I believe to be Harris's, say—" You gave me the lie; and you are drunk." The plaintiff was sober. Mr. Harris's father is a Magistrate. Mr. TA UNTON contended, that the fact of the assault was not sufficiently brought home to the defendant, and that the plaintiff had given the defendant great provocation. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 201. KINGSTON, FRIDAY, APRIL 6. EARL SPENCER V. IKARRYATT. This was an action of trespass, for digging earth and gravel on Wimbledon-common. The plaintiff is lord of the manor of Wimbledon, and the defendant is widow of the late Joseph Marryatt, Esq., and occupier of a mansion and estate at Wimbledon. The de fendant justified the alleged trespass, by pleading a right to die: loam and gravel on Wimbledon-common, fur the pur pose of refreshing her garden-ground, and repairing the garden-walks. —bane was taken on this plea. A consi derable body of evidence, extending over a period of 50 years, was produced, showing that the several occupiers of the estate in the defendant's possession had constantly ex ercised the right of digging gravel and earth on Wimbledon common, for the purposes stated in the plea. After a trial of considerable length, the Jury found their verdict for the defendant. COLLIER DOCK COMPANY. A Meeting of the Proprietors of the above undertaking was held on Thursday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of relieving those who were desirous of withdrawing from the concern to do so ; Mr. Bvisu, M.P. in the Chair. Mr. TOOKE, the Solicitor, read the Report of the Direc tors. The capital of the Company was intended to have been 600,0001., only four-fifths of which had been sub ecribed for. The Act provided that the purchase of land should take place within three years. Many of the Share holders having expressed a wish to withdraw, in conse quence of the clause, compelling colliers to resort to the dock, and not to unload in the stream, having been alr.n doned, the Directors were desirous of receiving instructions from the Shareholders on the subject. The balance-sheet was read. The deposits on calk had amounted to 8,8501. ; the expences incurred in obtaining the Act of Parliament, &c. had been 5,500/, leaving a ba lance in favour of the Company of 3,8001. The opinion of Mr. Adam was then read, which was to the effect that the Shareholders who dissented could not be allowed to retire. The Company laid in a dormant state until the whole 60,0001. had been raised. Mr. Peaßsost said, after the compulsory clause had been abandoned, it would be madness to proceed with the Docks, for no vessels would resort to them when they could unl oa d c l ose to L on d on B r id ge . He concluded b y moving a Resolution, " That the Directors take no further steps for the comp l et i on o f t h e cap it a l," thus leaving th e concern to die a natural death. The CHAIRMAN defended himself, Mr. Tooke, and Mr. Mellish, from the charge, that they had in view the in crease of the value of their land. If the whole Me of Dogs belonged to him, he would rather that it floated down to the sea than that he should be concerned in a job. After some further conversation Mr. Pearson withd rew his motion to make room for another of Mr. Freshfi e ld' s , that " the Subscribers to the Collier Docks, who are de sirous,To no of an dw should ithdrawL)g v e fr a o m release t he froall engagement, Company,&c. b e perm i tted to from of the Company." After come further discussion, the motion was carried unanimously. (This motion dissolves the Company.) . Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the Meeting adjourned. THE MARKETS. (F rom the New London Price Current of Friday.) suoaa.—The demand fur Muscuvades all the week has been very limited, and as usual, in a heavy market, lower prices have been submitted to ; there was, however, no ge neral reduction in the currency yesterday. Stock 1827 16,327 hhds. 956 tre. and brie. Stock 1826 16,102 hhds. 1566 ditto. Deliveries for last week 2958 casks. Cerrehponding week last year 2937 do. Several holders of Muscovades show a determination to make sales; the consequence is a general reduction of Is. ; low browns Jamaica 56e. other browns 545. In the Re fined market there has been a languid demand, and pur dues may be generally made about 6d. per cwt. lower ; low goods for export and crashed continue in some request. There was no alteration whatever in Refined goods this afternoon, the market was rather heavy. In Foreign Sugars no purchases by private contract are reported ; forty-five chests Brazil offered at public sale were with drawn—no offers. Pun[lc Sarats—The public sale of 70 hhds. Demerara Muscovades yesterday for export to Holland, sold 295. a 315., the former at good prices, the latter sold low in pro portion. This day 4682 bags Mauritius, of an uncommon strength, attracted much attention; they are much supe rior in grain to the general run of West India Sugars ; they sold at the following prices :—Brown Dry 535. a 555. ; Yellow Fair 565. a 581. ; Strong 595. a 61s. There were 306 chests of Havannah Sugars, the whole were white ; f a i r quality 425. a 445., good 465., low 37e. a 41s. 6d. The East India Sugars 371 bags lately mentioned, we re sold at 445. a 445. 6d. The infefforicon•dqualorditiiess St. Doming o 11 D fa om uri in t g iu: Sugars are ls. tho low Havannah sold also at re duced pric e s. C"PEE—The extensive demand for Coffee lately notic ed, had app ar ently sub s ided; the greater propor t ion of yee.. terday's sale was taken in; the was withdrawn about 455. 6d., .for vrbich we believe 4 was offered and refused. The two' public sales this fc noon consisted entirely of St. Domingo Coffee; 161'7 b consisting of very ordinary, goOd, and fine ordinary, Continental Mails this morning appear to have hroul large orders, as the whole sold with uncommon briakne ordinary and broken 435. a 44e. 6d. good ordinary 45s t j 455. 6d., and coloury 46s.—The Market prices are etea and the demand again general and extensive. Ruse, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The purchases 1 , Leeward Island Rum are still chiefly small parcels fA shipping bought free on board at about 2s. sd. ; one sms lot of 1 over was taken yesterday in the usual m an oetS 2s. 3d., which is fully id. lower than any previous sal e Fine Rums continue scarce and rate high.—Brandy is heal and rather lower ; the late arrivals, first marks, are offere housed at 3s. 9d., and off the quay at 3s. Bd.—ln Gelid there is no alteration: Al the of the market tbi afternoon a report is circulated, and we believe with so truth, that the prices of English Gin will be adVanced per gallon. This will have some effect on Rum.--T 1 " sales of Brandy lately are small parcels of 1823, at Ss.' 1824, 3s. 6d. ; 1825, 3s. 7d. ; a small parcel of Genevl sold off the quay at 2s. Bd., but we do not think it covi be obtained for a large quantity. SricEs.—Spices continue very heavy. Some Ws:el Pepper is reported to . be sold by private contract at S Pimento sells freely DP. a 10d. for the good quality. • HEMP, FLAX, .astn TaLLow.—The transactions 0 Tallow have been more considerable this week than fd some time past. The prices are about 6d. per cwt. higb6 In Hemp or Flax there is little alteration. Tnavalrrni.—By public Sale on Tuesday, 713 barn o Rough Turpentine commenced at 16s. 3d. and went doh to 15s. 9d. ; only one or two lots sold—Spirits higher, 745. was yesterday realized. Ixotoo.—The few parcels of Indigo which was ibro) on the Market by the prompt of the last sale (this day) have been taken off readily by the buyers who have bed!. watching th e M ar k et at rat h er lower prices ; there: rather more firmness since. • The Public Sale of 150 PaeV ages Guatemala Indigo, yesterday went off with brisk - net at higher prices than what had been generally anticipatepol ss. 6d. a Ile. 6d. TOBACCO.—There are no sales of tobacco this week 4° any extent; the inquiries for export aL low prices continue —but the holders refuse to sell at any reduction. At a Isle hour the only sales reported during the week were 4;0 WO' to a manufacturer, light leafy about 3 d. ; a small or ° parcel, and 40 hhds. ordinary Maryland at 4d. COTTON. -The Cotton Market has been 'very heavy the week ; the purchases are very limited, and the prices ° shade lower. The sales are about 700 bags. OILS—Weof Cannot quot e an y re d uct i on i n t h e prices - Oil, but the Market is heavy. PaovisioNs—There has been much interest excite , lately by the arrival of Provisions from Germany and fro° America, particularly by the latter, of which 1,000 barrel of Beef, and 200 barrels Pork, the latter is of a fine quality, the former was supposed not to be sufficiently salted for 01 warm climate, but on minute inspection, the best informed of the brokers are of opinion if 201bs. more salt was put is each cask, the Provisions might be shipped to any country' The persons interested in the Irish trade have been up arms, and an immediate application to Government IVO made to stop the import, and prohibit further supplies by an Order in Council ; how this could be granted under the free trade system, we cannot guess; but the application' were immediate and earnest, the Provisions were of course only for exportation; we believe no answer has yet been given. —In Irish Beef or Pork there are no sales.—Butter s h w an ew d. c a u re rr m .an o t : firm a havee 'a ga in g ii en ' away. also I;',:utT.--Tb e de man d cont i nues li m i te d ; the ho ld ers uf Red Smyrna Raisins in appear. the more detnn firmds in th ir the present in consequ e n ce o f th e small s t o ck o n appears to be only ab ou t 1 ,200 b arrels ; the holders °i scriptions th ere i s li tt l e alteration. a eo the s r to de' i‘ Ha WIIITECIIAPEL HAY hiARKET.—ApriI 5. y. . 84s. Od to 115 s. Od. I Clover 90 ~A, s. Od. to 1353. u" straw 3Bs. Od. to 425. Od. OF HOPS (per Cwt)---April 6. _ 4/. IN. W. ss. to 61. Os. 4/. 6s. 41. Its. to 5/. Os'. Essex Ditto Farnham Ditto, Fine 9/ . N. 81. Os. to 91 Os. Seconds 0 1. Os. 71. Oft to 81. Os. 31, 16s. 4/. 10s. to Si. Os. 3/, )os. 41. Os. to 41. IN. 31. 12s. 41. 48. to 41. 15s. Kent P( Sussex Di PRICE, OF POTATOES.—ApriI 6. I . k o s b h ies ire a K n.d id s n h ey a s w. ....—..... 51. 61. 11030.. t 0 00 31. 71 14 . 0: d pe it r t. T . on. Scotch Reds , 5/. s s . t o 5/. 10s. ditto. 0 - Marsh Champions • 4/. 10s. to 41. 15s. ditto. PRICES OF Per lb. d. to d. Butts 50 to 561 b... 20 21 Ditto—oo to 661 b.— 22 23, Dressing In 15 Fine Coach Hides —.. 15 17 Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b. 11 15/ ' Ditto.-- 45 to 501 b. 151 17i Ditto l7/ 191 Kent Susse: Ut. Per lb. d. to d: Tanned Ditto Hides 13 ,; Spanish Ditto _l4 20 Per dozen. Calf Skins-36 to 401 b. 16 21 ' Ditto —,— 50 to 701 b. 23 z' Ditto 70 to 80Ib. 21 Small Seals, Greenland 18 0 RAW HIDES. Per Stone. s. d. to s. d. Per Stone. s. d. to a. Best Heifars& Steers 210 3 0 Ordinary Middlings 2 4 2 8 Market C a lf: - 2 7 . 0 0 eae2h.: Downs SHEEP SKINS. 2s. 4d. to3s. 6d. I Od. to N. Oa• 'oiled ., 3s. 6d. to ss. Od PRICE OF TALLOW, S( Town Tallow 445. Od. Yellow Russia 40s. Od, White Od: Soap —s. Od. Melted Stuff' als. Od. Ditto Od. AP, &c. per I 121b.--April 6. 'Yellow Soap. 78s. uo' Mottled 84s. Od• White-- BB, od• Gram! Good Dreg: ss. a . PRICE OF Price by Tallow (as stated by Ulf PRIC OF The price of Store Candles E , in t Candles, per doz. Ss. Od. to 9s. Od. COAL MAIL Hebburn Main 375. Od. Killingworth (3 Pontop Windsor 30 (3 Tatifield Moor, 31 0 33 3 Willingten 37 0 Walls End Pell and Co. 36 9 Dittol3ewickeand Co.— 38 (3 Ditto Brown's--- 36 0 Ditto Cramlington— 34 9 Ditto Jesmond 37 6 Ditto Northumberland 36 6 Ditto Walkor 37 6 Tanfield Trader Ships at Market, 4.71,4-14hil per stone of 81b.—April 6. ie fa ll ow Melters) , 2s. o°' CANDLES. ,he retail shops, is as follows I Moulds , per doze* w 10s. 643!, C.ET.—April 6. Stobart's small Ns. 06 Stewart's small lA !', l Lambton small 19 Culrn Christie,— :10 Hariley 3 , ) Eons:tile Whitehaven 3° a Inverkeithing Splint 32 Russe,i's Lvon's Main 36 Newham Wi n 36 Wills Lod Hetton - Ditto : ambton •"' a :3 Russell's Hetton's W. E. 3, sold, 30 4 ---Unsold, COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE AVEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Per Quarter. Ashburn. Banbury Basingstoke Bath Bridgewater Bridport Bristol (lies! erfield Daventry Derby Devizes Doncaster Dorchester Eye Gloucester Guildford Henley Ilungerfurd Ipswich . Leicester — Mansfield --. Northampton Reading Salisbury - Sandwich Shaftesbury Shelton Mallet _ Sleaford Truro Taunton ---. Uxbridge Wakefield —. Wantage---, Warminster,,,,,.,,,, Yeovil _ m. to e. 60 6S 5t 58 5t 60 60 56 56 56 58 57 62 56 60 62 64 50 60 50 ryo 54 60 46 54 56 CO 4 64 50 64 42 64 52 58 60 63 50 54 52 68 5, S 59 56 67 • 50 CO 56 62 - 55 52 54 56 58 1.52 $6 6 6 74 35 62 5 5 63 50 58 54 s. d. s. d. 60 76 89 90 Per Bushel. Buckingham Shrewsbury ....,.....,. s. to s. 46 50 40 42 36 40 38 42 39 33 34 44) 44 36 41 40 44 45 48 4 2 46 38 4 32 34 36 40 36 39 46 48 3 9 42 32 43 :37 43 35 41 14 17 40 41 41 43 39 4:3 37 44 3.5 42 36 41 s. Q. 4 0 6 9 S. to s. 38 47 40 45 20 3.3 33 38 3% 26 28 24 36 32 46 35 40 40 45 32 43 26 42 30 36 24 26 32 32 44 26 3 7 27 34 30 40 42 45 33 38 30 40 31 40 25 36 30 26 20 32 30 40 2S 36 27 36 35 41 30 37 36 40 34 40 c d. s. d. 36 4 3 g 0 114 Beans. s. to s• 62 66 60 56 SO (so o v 53 54 56 60 56 6.2 58 6/ GI 6 6 56 6f? 54 LS 48 5 2 60 fLt 4 48 r a 52 0 ° 54 04 45 41 AA 7() (NI 50 B 50 6° 5.1 4t.1 6 , 2 50 t3 q 54 5° 50 53 41 56 M' 60 70 56 1 53 e. d. s. (I. 60 7 0 00 00 MARRIED. On the 3d i ns t., b y th e R ev . J o hn Hornbuekle, Mos. Waldron Ho rn b uc kl e , 8.D., President and Tutor of St. John's Coll ege , R ec t or o f Starlet]urst, Kent, an d Vi car of daughter of Norfolk. R M o a i d n i r n t gl \ e v y h , i i n n co t p h , is E c i o l u . n , t o y f , LtyonEntzabeth, only , i On the sth inst., at Paddington Church, John Camp bell, Esq., of Londonderry, to Ellen, youngest daughter of the late John Garraway, Esq., of the Island of Grenada. DIED. ::;:December 113a501t),,,7bu. n Ham i lton, lfary d el o .mn w of Robert Hughes, E • r ialgfeeOrC O n Sierra I .Btrti f a:he t el h F2e e rB4l E nttnhhe a c. s e :lndia Company's Civil Service at Madras , On the 4th inst., a ft er a short illness, George Austtehe n, of F a irfield Cottage, St. P eter ' s, Thanet, Esq., in 72d year of his age. On the 2d inst., in Upper Br oo k- s t ree t, Theodosia, the wife of Charl es T yndall, Esq. On the 3d i nst., at Pentonville, Mr. John Kentlion/ sen., a ge d 79. On the sth inst., Llarriet, wife of Mr. Thomas I °n of Rotherhithe. PAINTED and PUBLISHED by M. YOUNG, at 0 1 SUN-Orrn.; No. 112, Straw!.