The Sun. — London, England, 1834-04-09 00:00:00

01"FHE PUBLIC JOURNALS. __~..- The Conservative press of this country seems to have taken under its especial patronage two alleged notes, said, in the Belgic Courrier, to have been presented to the government of Brus sels by the ministers of the Emperor of Aus tria and the King of Prussia, •respecting some encroachments of the Belgic troops on the circle claimed to belong to the Germanic garrison of the fortress of ,Luxemburg. We yesterday stated that the arrangement which retains that fortress in the hands of the Confederation, was not affected or disturbed by the treaty for the separation of Belgium and Holland, agreed to in November, 1831. The whole Grand Duchy is at present subject to the Belgic govern ment, with the exception of that fortress and a circle described by a zadius of small extent around it. The first armistice of 1830, de termined that things should remain as they then were in that respect, till negotiations for a settlement should be tried ; and the treaty of May last, between France and England on the one part, and Holland on the other, made that armistice binding till a final ar rangement. The only doubt which could arise on the subject respected the length of the radius—whether, in short, it should be two leagues or four round the fortifications. The two chief Monarchs of the Germanic League, and the Diet itself, are said to have agreed with the King of Holland that the greater circle should be adopted as indispensable to the se curity of the garrison, and hence the misun derstanding between the latter and the Belgic authorities on the rights of sovereignty exer cised by Belgium within the prescribed limits. If there was any uncertainty on the subject, we think that the Belgic Government could sacri fice no dignity in surrendering the point, rather than risk a collision with the Germanic Confe deration, more especially as the arrangement is at present only provisional, and as the final treaty which the armistice conditionally protects will even assign a more extended boundary to the part of the Grand Duchy reserved as a state of the German empire. This is literally all that is meant by the alleged notes of the two great German Powers, and the lovers of political agitation may take the full benefit of the ad mission. It is quite true that the Germanic Confederation is bound to Belgium neither by the convention of May last, nor by the treaty of November, 1831 ; the former being made only between England and France on one side, and Holland on the other ; and the latter never having been recognized by the Diet, though sanctioned by its two chief members. It was almost unnecessary, therefore, to state so obvious a fact ; but the statement, when made, affords surely no indication of intended hostilities, though followed by the declaration that the entrance of Belgic troops within the great radius of the fortress would be repelled by force. What is said about the conduct of Ge neral Dumoulin goes for nothing, in the face of an order of the Diet, reversing his acts, com manding him promptly to liberate his Belgic captive, and authorizing him to settle the ques tion of the disputed limits with the Belgic military commandant of the district. But do these Conservatives, who still cling to the hope of future misunderstandings between the Ger manic Powers and the new kingdom of Bel gium, from the very indifferent, or rather mo derate language, of these notes (supposing them to be authentic), not reflect in what ca pital these notes were presented, and by whose hands they were delivered ? Do they not re collect that the scene is in Brussels ; and that the representatives of Austria and Prussia are the diplomatic actors ? And have they not sa gacity or penetration enough to see the im mense stride which has been made in securing the cause of Belgic independence by that recogni tion of the new Government which the presence of these ambassadors indicates to all Europe ? How can King William of Holland pretend to any right over what he still presumes to call his " rebellious provinces," when not only France and England, but Austria and Prussia also, have their representatives at the court of his successor in the Belgic Netherlands ? It is such pretensions as these which the allies should put down by a strong united effort, or an immediate settlement, and which the presence of an Austrian and Prussian envoy at the court of Leopold must so far tend to discourage, that have produced the disturbances which, as we observe with regret, have taken place in Brus sels on Sunday last. Our Brussels correspon dent described in his last letter from that capital the absurd display of Orange feeling by a few of the old women of the party in purchasing the horses of the Prince of Orange, in order to tes ffy their respect to his Royal Highness by sending them after him out of the country. The compliment was no doubt a little equivocal,and the difficulty of completing the purchase money though the required sum was extremely insigni t7cant, may be regarded as a test of the weak- Pegs o Orange loyalty in Belgium. But the disposition of the malcontent faction was shown, though not their liberality, and the populace are not always ready to treat malignant imbeci lity with passive contempt. The publication of the list of Orange subscribers, whose rebellious loyalty was knocked down for so very little at the horse mart, has, in consequence, given rise to an attack on their houses, which every lover of regulated liberty, and civil order, must deeply lament. We refer our readers to :the details of the disturbances, which will be found in another part of our journal. At the same time that we regret the violence and excesses which have been com mitted, not only because they have led to the destruction of property, and because they weaken our oonfidence in the security of order, but be cause theydishonour the cause of freedom, and furn i s h an o ,?caston for counter-revolutionary declamations against the recent political changes in Belgium (with which they have nothing to do), we are bound to say that the conduct of . the parties who provoked them deserving of the severest reprobation, if not of indicial rigour. It is perhaps not known to most of our readers, that while the great majority of the Belgic people of all classes, including nobility, clergy, landed proprietors, merchants, manufacturers, professional people, the tradesmen of towns and cities, and the cultivators of the soil, or the in habitants of the country, are in favour of the new constitutional arrangement of the throne and the kingdom, there is still a small but active faction, who were favoured by the late govern ment, or fluttered about the late court, dis posed on every. occasion to encourage disaffec tion or to provoke disorder. Several of the chamberlains, nobles, courtiers, or officers of the Dutch King who enjoy large estates in Belgium have never returned to Brussels since the late revolution, though their persons have not been proscribed nor their vroperty threatened by the new government. Iheir hotels are empty or let to strangers, and they employ all their intrigues to forward the desperate cause of their late idol. The mildness and leniency of the government seems only to encourage their machinations by the hopes of impunity ; and because confiscation is abolished, they appear to think that they may employ a part of the funds enjoyed under the existing laws and institutions of the state to weaken their authority, or to shake the stability of the throne. It is this faction which formed the subscription purse to buy the Orange stud—a kind of sweepstakes of rebellion. We should be sorry to see an attempt to put down even such a faction by the clumsy expedient of new penal statutes, which might affect others as well as themselves, but we discover sufficient reasons in their present outrageous conduct, and the dis turbances which it has provoked, to stimulate the Great Powers to demand an immediate set tlement of the Belgic question, by the delay of which only such scenes as have lately disgraced Brussels could occur.—Times. The Treasury writers seem to deduce very comfortable assurances of the amicable inten tions of Russia from the hospitality displayed by Count Pozzo di Borgo towards Lord Durham, in Paris. But who doubts the disposition of Russia to continue on amicable terms with England as long as she is allowed to carry on her ambitious projects unmolested ? Russia is too wise to court war while peace brings her all the advantages of conquest. It was not by going to war with England, but by maintaining her " amicable relations" with her, as the King's speeches have it, that Russia was enabled to annihilate Poland, to bring Persia under the yoke, and prepare Turkey to be incorporated with her vast dominions. These accessions of empire has the Russian government secured, during a few years of peace, and while England maintained with her a most friendly alliance. Why, then, should that government have any disposition to fall out with our own rulers, whose readiness to be duped by the crafty emis saries of the Autocrat has done as much for the advancement of Russian ambition as many vic tories could have done ? The quill of Count OrlofFachieved more than the sword of Diebitsch. Not only has Russia derived the advantages which we have mentioned from her friendly connection with the " liberal" Government of England, but she has actually been assisted by our Go vernment with the very " sinews of war." The millions of the people's money that were handed over to Russia by. the promoters of the Russian Dutch loan job enabled the Autocrat to make his last immense exertions to overwhelm the de voted and betrayed Poles. No doubt a portion of that very English gold went to bribe the venal Ministers of the Sultan and buy off all opposition at Constantinople to the Orloff treaty, by which the Turkish empire is assigned in mortmain to the haughty Czar. While the worthy descendant of the Northern Semiramis continues to find a peace with England so pro fitable to himself, what object could he have in disturbing it ? Was not Lord Durham smiled upon, complimented, and feasted, by the Auto crat himself, when he went on his mission to St. Petersburgh, as he is now smiled upon, complimented, and feasted, by Count Pozzo di Borgo ? Yet, though that embassy of Lord Durham's to St. Petersburgh was said to have cost about 20,0001., the results of it were not worth a pin's fee. Count Pozzo knows how to manage a vain and weak man. His dinners are more easily discussed than his diplomacy. He and Louis Philip know the uses of political hospitality.—Morning Herald. It is related in an account of the life and ad ventures of a certain mariner that, having been shipwrecked on an unknown island, and seeing a gallows erected at a short distance from the shore, he exclaimed, " Praise be to God ! we are at least in a civilized country." This story has been forcibly recalled to our recollection by an extract from the Irish Journals which we gave in our Paper of yesterday, detailing the circumstances of the case of Mr. Robert Cole Maxwell, condemned to death at the Limerick Assizes, for shooting his cousin, Mr. Holmes, in an endeavour to take possession of a certain farm, bequeathed by a relation to one or other of the parties. The point in dispute was to which party the estate was left ; and, to esta blish this, each side proceeded,—not into a court of law, as is the humdrum method in this country,—but to the field of battle,—there to decide the matter, as in the olden time, by force of arms ;—with the assembled vas sals of their respective houses ;—their ad verse banners displayed ;—shouting their war cries and clashing their arms, to the delight and edification of an admiring neigh bourhood I This scene, reader, occurred in the county of Limerick, in the province of Munster, in the year of our Lord 1834. The account of it is to be found, not in an Irish historical novel by Banim, nor in an Irish ro mantic tale by Lady Morgan. It is not the high-wrought conception of the dreaming novelist, but the dry matter-of-fact narrative of the cautious journalist ;—it is not a fancy pic ture of the days of Brian Boiruhme, but a veri table incident of the reign of William IV. Were our mariner to arrive in the county of Limerick during such a scene, might he not exclaim—sick of civilization and of cities— " Praise be to God ! the days of chivalry are come again ; here we are at least in an uncivilized land ;—if we have not a gal lows to cheer our sight, we are at least spared the law of Lord Brougham ; and if we are demolished by the clubs of the savages, we shall at least be spared the protocols of Lord Palmerston !" Yet, if Lord Brougham be not Lord Chancellor there,—Lord Plunket is ;—if we have not Lord Palmerston for Irish Secretary, we have Mr. Littleton ;—or, in other words, we have the law without its protection—and the gallows without its terrors, —we have Lord Plunket with his family—and Mr. Littleton with his father in-law ! But, seriously, let us ask our readers ' is it to be credited that this is an account of the means by which legal right is sought to be established in a Christian country—and in the nineteenth century ? Is it to be credited, we ask, that this scene should have occurred within a hundred miles of the Irish metropolis—and within a hundred yards of a police station ; and if it is to be credited,—if it be neither the ravings of terror, nor the rantings of Toryism, —if it is to be found in the columns of the Dublin Mail and of the London Times ;—if, while it furnishes comment for the one, it does not elicit contradiction from the other ;—if this, we say, be all true, is not the vaunted security of an English fireside a madman's boast ;—is not the glorious distinction of being a British subject an idiot's drivel ?—Morning Post. CAUTION TO QUACKS.—Saturday, in the Police-court, Glasgow, a person was fined in the sum of ss. for distributing an indelicate quack hand-bill.— Scotch Paper, SPAIN. ( From the Times.) The decrees lately published in the Madrid Gazette have already been described in the letters of our cor respondent, but the great importance of the two which relate to the property of rebellious ecclesiastics in duces us to insert complete translations of them : " ROYAL DECREES. " The criminal obstinacy with which some indivi duals belonging to the secular clergy have disregarded the reiterated admonitions of my Government, and, neglecting the exemplary sanctity and the meekness essential to their order, have converted themselves into partisans and accomplices of the faction which disturbs and afflicts the country, calls for the adoption of severe measures to maintain the lustre and dignity of the clerical body itself, and to provide for the safety of the state. For the purpose of accomplishing these important objects, I have resolved on the following decree : " Art. 1. Possession shall be taken of the tem poralities of all secular ecclesiastics, of whatever class or hierarchy, who, joining the ranks, or the revolu tionary juntas of the rebels, or emigrating from these kingdoms without the competent license, may have abandoned, or shall in future abandon, their churches. " ' Art. 2. As the criminal acts to which the pre ceding article refers are such as are done openly, and may easily be known by notoriety, the confiscation of the temporalities shall take effect immediately on the flight of the ecclesiastic becoming known by public report. _ _ ' Art. 3. In like manner the temporalities of the ecclesiastics who shall assist the factious by providing them with arms, ammunition, or money, to forward their iniquitous plans, shall be confiscated. " Art. 4. Moreover, the temporalities of those ec clesiastics who shall receive or conceal the rebels, or shall induce any persons to join them, or shall excite movements and seditions among the people, in order to withdraw them from the obedience due to the Go vernment, shall be confiscated. " Art 5. In order that the confiscation of the temporalities may take effect in the cases provided by the foregoing articles, it shall be only preceded by a short and summary inquisition, and' no further mea sures shall be requisite. " ' Art. 6. The Procurador Sindico of the place where the ecclesiastic whose temporalities may be con fiscated resides, shall, in virtue of his office, take care that they are transferred to the sub-delegate of Pro vincial Rents, information thereof being transmitted to me through your department. " Art. 7. If the ecclesiastic possess a benefice with the cure of souls, such an amount shall be deducted from the seized temporalities' as, according to the deci sion of the synod of the respective bishops, shall be a sufficient income to the individual appointed to fulfil that charge. " Art. 8. The fund of temporalities which may result from the application of this decree, will be des tined to the payment of the assignments which I may be pleased to grant for the drying up of the tears, and the consoling of the parents, children, and widows of the loyal who may be killed, or may die in defence of the safety of the country, and of the legitimate rights of my exalted daughter; and the remainder, if there should be any, will be applied to the extinction of the public debt. " ' Art. 9. The enforcement of the penalties pre scribed by this decree shall in nowise prejudice any judicial proceedings undertaken according to due course of law. " 6 Take notice hereof, and do what is needful for the fulfilment of the same. " ' In rubric, by the Royal Sign Manual, at Aran juez, March 26, 1834. " D. NICOLAS MARIA GARELLY.' " The asylums which religion has consecrated to re tirement and virtue cannot be converted into centres of rebellion, without prejudice and injury to institutions which are the objects of the veneration of a Catholic country. But as, unfortunately, experience has shown that some monasteries and convents have been, and are still, profaned by subversive plans and deeds, desiring equally to consult the safety of the state and the honour and sanctity of the cloisters, I have resolved on de creeing as follows : " Art. 1. Any monastery or convent, whatever its institution may be, from which any individual belong ing to the community shall fly in order to pass over to the rebels, shall be immediately suppressed, if within the space of 24 hours afterwards the prelate does not give information thereof to the nearest authority, and certify that he has commenced the necessary proceed ings against the fugitive. " Art. 2. Any monastery or convent from which the sixth part of the community shall fly to pass over to the rebels shall also be suppressed. " Art. 3. In like manner, any monastery or con vent into which warlike stores, clothing, arms, or am munition shall be received, with the connivance of the superior shall be be suppressed. " Art. 4. Moreover, any monastery or convent in which it may be proved that clandestine juntas have met with the permission or knowledge of the superior, to subvert order and conspire against the state, shall be suppressed. Art. 5. The objects consecrated to worship be longing to the monasteries or convents which may be suppressed by virtue of the present decree shall be dis tributed by the respective diocesans among the most necessitous parishes, information of the execution thereof being transmitted to me. " ' Art. 6. The moveable , and immoveable property belonging to the monasteries or convents so suppressed shall be immediately sold by public auction, according to due course of law. " Art. 7. The fund of temporalities which may result from the provisions of this my Royal decree will be applied to the payment of the pensions which I shall assign to the parents, widows, and orphans of the loyal Spaniards who may die in defence of the throne and the country ; and the remainder, if any there should be, will be destined to the extinction of the pub lic debt. " Art. 8. The application of the foregoing provi sions is to be understood as in nowise prejudicing the institution of any proceedings against those who may be guilty of conspiracy against the state. " 4 Take notice hereof, and do what is needful for its fulfilment. " In rubric, by the Royal Sign Manual, at Aran juez, March 26. " 'D. NICOLAS MARIA GARELLY.'" We also extract from the Gazette an account of the capture of the express packet : " The Captain-General of Galicia sent to this office on the 20th of March the following despatch : " Most Excellent Senor,—Having communicated to the Board for the service of the Guardacostas, to the brigantine Guadalete, and to the Commandant- General, ad interim, of Vigo, orders for the exertion of the most rigorous vigilance, in order to secure the capture of the Bilander, express packet, which, ac cording to information received this month from her Majesty's Minister in London, had sailed from Ply mouth, laden with munitions of war for the Pretender, the guarda-costas put to sea, and the brigantine Guada lete commenced a cruise along the coast. The result of these measures of precaution has been most fortunate. " On the 17th, at two in the morning, the guarda costa brigantine El Argos, Captain Don Juan Antonio Cortina, captured the express packet. Of the parti culars of this operation her Majesty will be apprised by the adjoining despatch, which I have the honour of enclosing to your Excellency. " I have taken care that the vessel should be freighted, and her cargo deposited in a secure store house with a double inventory, one of which was placed in the hands of the military commandant ad interim of the province of Tuy, and the other in the keeping of the establishment of the guarda-costas, which will form a sufficient evidence of the freight. " As Senor Vial in his communication to me has said that one or more of the Pretender's agents em barked tin board this vessel, I have instructed Colonel Cuesta, in case any Spaniards were really on board, to take means to make out a particular report respecting them, in order to the identifying their persons, and to forward the same to me without delay, for the purpose of laying it before the Military Commission, that the parties may be tried according to law. " Though the cargo is not yet formally certified, Colonel Cuesta assures me that it consists of 2,500 muskets, 200 barrels of cartridges, 180 large barrels of powder, and a quantity of shoes. " I make this communication to your Excellency for the purpose of having the fact made known to her Majesty, to whom . I cannot refrain from recommending the activity, zeal, and ability displayed by Colonel Cuesta, Commandant ad interim of the province of Tuy, who hastened the putting off of the guarda-costas and the brigantine Guadalete, without which the vessel in question would have escaped. The constant services which the guarda-costa boats render in watching the coast also merit her Majesty's consideration, and this consideration equally is clue to the Boards anti to the Captains of the vessels, who are all ready, on th e slightest intimation, to execute this important service, and in particular the Captain of the Argos, Don Juan Antonio Cortina.'" Captain Cortina, in his despatch, states that when he boarded the express packet, the master told him that he was bound to Oporto and Lis bon with provisions, but upon examination he found instead of provisions the warlike stores above mentioned. After the capture a steamer in the service of Don Miguel came up. The Portuguese Captain said that the cargo of the express packet was destined for Don Miguel, and that therefore the prize ought to be given up to him. Captain Cortina, however, insisted on keeping possession. SURREY SESSIONS. The quarter sessions for the county commenced yesterday at Riegate, before Viscount EASTNOR, chairman, and about thirty magistrates. THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S BILL FOR IMPROVING THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. Mr. DENIsoN, M.P., said he thought it his duty to trespass on the time of the Court for a few minutes, and to call their attention to the bill which had been lately brought into the House of Lords by the Lord Chancellor, and which appeared to receive the con current approbation of the whole community.— (Hear, hear.) But as the bill would materially in terfere with the jurisprudence of the county of Sur rey, and take cases from the county quarter sessions to the Old Bailey, it was his intention to move the appointment of a committee purely for the purpose of attending to those clauses in the bill which inter fered with the county of Surrey, and to suggest to the committee to be appointed under the bill such improvements as they thought should be made. He believed that the whole country approved of the measure, and his only object in moving for the com mittee was the improvement of the details of the bill.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. R. JACKSON observed that he had great pleasure in seconding the motion of the hon. member. He firmly believed that every one looked upon the measure in the most friendly manner, and entertained no feeling of hostility towards it. The following gentlemen were then appointed on the committee, viz :—Viscount Eastnor, Mr. De nison, M.P., Mr. Briscoe, M.P., Mr. Crawford, M.P., Mr. Hawes, M.P., Mr. Mangles, M.P., Col. Chalinor, Mr. Penryn, Mr. Hedger, Mr. Barnard, the Rev. G. W. Onslow, and another gentleman, whose name we did not hear. PRISON HOURS. A report was presented to the Court, recom mending an alteration in the hours allowed for pri soners at Brixton to see their friends. The time at present allowed for that purpose was from twelve to one o'clock, but the report recommended that the hour should in future be from one to two, on the ground that it would be a better division of the prisoners' hours of labour. It was agreed that the report should be approved subject to the opinions of the judges. SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. A report was presented from certain visiting magistrates, recommending the erection of addi tional cells in Brixton and Horsemonger-lane gaols, where the prisoners should be placed in solitary confinement. The report did not recommend the immediate erection of the cells in Horsemonger lane gaol, as it was considered that the measures now before Parliament would materially lessen, if not abolish, imprisonment for debt, and the cells now occupied by debtors in Horsemonger-lane could then be appropriated to the use of the felons. The report, however, recommended the erection of 36 additional cells at Brixton, which would finable the county to give a better effect to the gaol report, in placing prisoners in separate sleeping cells. Colonel CHALINOR recommended the adoption of the report, and observed that at the present time two or three prisoners were obliged to be placed in one cell, which was only three feet long, and seven feet wide. Mr. R. JACKSON said that a magistrate had not the power to place a prisoner in solitary confinement unless the law ordered that mode of punishment, or the prisoner had behaved in an improper way. Colonel CIIALINOR observed that the prison was at one time in a most disturbed state ; thay had the soldiers rioting on one side, and on the other the women were equally troublesome. Mr. R. JACKSON said that he had visited the prison at uncertain times, when he was not ex pected, and he found the prisoners employed in a way that he should wish to see his own family en gaged in. They were sitting round one prisoner, who was reading the Scriptures and other religious books. The hon. magistrate then asked the Go vernor of Brixton gaol in what manner the prisoners were engaged on Sundays. The GOVERNOR said that the prisoners were brought down from their cells at half-past seven o'clock in the morning, and washed themselves. They were then sent up to their cells again, and re mained there till chapel-time. After chapel they were sent up to their cells again, and remained there till chapel-time in the afternoon ; they were then sent up again to their cells till supper-time, and then they were locked up for the night. Mr. R. JACKSON said that it was such treatment as that he complained of. He deprecated its origin, and he now arraigned it as illegal. Several magistrates recommending the imprison ment pointed out in the report, Mr. R. JACKSON rose and said, " Having a de sire only to assist the poor unfortunate creatures confined in our prisons, and entertaining for them feelings of humanity, I now give notice of my inten tion to bring forward at the next Kingston Sessions, if I am spared till that time, the whole question as to the manner of confining prisoners, and the law and practice of the several gaols in the county." The GOVERNOR stated, in reply to a question put by Mr. Jackson, the prisoners were locked up on Good Friday and Christmas-day in the same manner as they were confined on Sunday. On the other days of the week they were locked up 'at six o'clock in the evening. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Mr. Lawson, the Clerk of the Peace, had re ceived from the Secretary of State a copy of a bill that had been introduced into Parliament to render more effectual the acts of sth and 6th George IV., relative to weights and measures. It was stated in the bill that notwithstanding the provisions of the acts, many weights and measures were made of dif ferent form and shape than the models prescribed by the law, and it was therefore proposed in the bill that, from the time of its passing into a law, any person using weights or measures not in conformity with that law should forfeit the sum of Si., and the magistrates were to have no power to reduce tjiat fine.—(" Oh, oh !") The bill also provided that the imperial standard should be kept in every market town ; and if there were no funds in such market town for procuring the weights and measures, they were to be provided by the county. Mr. CRAWFORD—And I suppose it will be ne cessary to appoint somebody in every market town to take care of them.—(A laugh.) Mr. Lawson—Yes, and a house to keep them in. Mr. CRAWFORD—And an assistant with a salary, to keep them clean. Mr: Lawson read another clause in the proposed bill, which declared the Winchester measure ille gal, and imposed a fine of five pounds, and not less than 405., on persons who bought and sold by that measure. Mr. DENISON understood that the bill had been introduced by Lord Ebrington. It concerned the country at large, and he therefore recommended that the committee appointed to watch the progress of the Lord Chancellor's bill should also be instructed to watch the progress of this bill. The names of only five prisoners appear in the calendar for trial, and the offences with which they are charged are of a very trifling nature. COURT OF CHANCERY.-ArRIL 8, LORD PORTARLINGTON V. SOUTHEY. This was a motion to dissolve an injunction granted by his Honour the Vice-Chancellor, re straining the defendants from proceeding at law against the plaintiff. The principal facts of the case were as follow :—Lord Portarlington gave a bond of 1,0001. in consideration of a gambling debt to a Mr. Aldridge, who conveyed it to a Mr. Brooks, a retail wine-merchant, and who, wishing to obtain a loan, gave it as security to Messrs. Southey, wholesale wine-merchants, for an advance of 7001. and 3001. worth of wine. The defendants endeavoured to obtain from the plaintiff the pay ment of the debt for which the bond was security ; but this demand was refused, the plaintiff alleging that the defendants had purchased it for a valuable consideration, with full notice of the n a t ure o f th e debt. Legal proceedings had been instituted against the plaintiff, and his honour had granted an injunction, restraining the defendants from proceeding at law. The present was a motion to dissolve that injunction. Mr. ROLFA and Mr. SIDEBOTTOM were heard in support of the motion. The SOLIICTOR-GENERAL was heard against it. His LORDSHIP postponed the further hearing of the arguments to to-morrow (this day). APPEALS. His LORDSHIP, at the rising of the Court, said that he had made the arrangement which he had lately mentioned relative to the hearing of appeals at the House of Lords. He had already made great progress in the Scotch appeals, and with the assistance of the Lord Chief Justice, now Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, who would devote the remainder of the vacation to them, he hoped there would be a sufficient clearance of these ap peals to enable him to carry into execution his plan of having the gentlemen of the Court of Chancery assembled under one roof at Westminster Hall, and consequently, at the commencement of Term, to proceed with the English and Irish appeals. The House of Lords had acceded to his plan, and he should at present endeavour to prevent all but Scotch appeals or writs of error from the Court of Exchequer from being taken at the House of Lords. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Yesterday Thomas Ashman, the driver of the cabriolet No. 901, was charged with stealing a travelling coat and cap, the property of a gentleman named Gunning, who had just arrived in London by a Bristol coach. Mr. Gunning alighted from the coach about eight o'clock yesterday morning at the corner of Farring don-street and Ludgate-hill, and called a cab off the rank. He immediately threw in his coat across the apron and seat, and asked the driver what he would charge to carry him to St. Clement's Churchyard. The man first required 35., and then 25., but he thought both demands were so dishonest that he would not employ him at all. He accordingly got into the next cab, and had proceeded a very few yards up Fleet-street when he remembered he had left his coat in the other cab. He returned instantly, but the fellow had already disappeared. A lad, however, came up to him and mentioned to him that the cabman had got his coat, and had galloped off towards Holborn. He was sure the prisoner was the driver of the cab.—The prisoner was committed._ MARYLEBONE. John Warren and Charles Willett, two well known thieves, were charged with attempting to pick the pocket of Rear-Admiral Sir Tremayne Rodd, of 80, Wimpole-street. The worthy knight, about six o'clock that even ing, was walking along Tichfield-street, when all of a sudden he felt a twitch at his coat-pocket ; he turned round, when the prisoners, who were behind him, took to their heels, but had not proceeded many yards before they were stopped by an officer, who took them into custody. Francis Keys, the officer, saw them go behind the prosecutor, who turned round, and the prisoners then ran away, and were passing witness, when he collared them. The prisoners, who denied the charge, were con victed as rogues and vagabonds, and committed to the House of Correction for three months. THAMES POLICE. Yesterday Diana Moore, a young woman, was charged with stabbing Elizabeth Moore, her mother, of Union-street, Shadwell. The old woman, who had received a very danger ous wound in the forehead, and whose clothes were saturated with gore, was led into the office by other females. She appeared in a very weak state. It appeared in evidence that about n i ne o ' c l oc k That morning she was sitting at breakfast with two other women and her daughter, when one of the company dropped the prisoner's cup of tea on the floor, and broke the cup. The prisoner, who was greatly provoked at the accident, which was quite unavoidable, seized the saucer belonging to the broken cup, and was about to throw it at the head Of the person who broke the cup, when her mother rose from her seat and prevented her. The pri soner, who was in a most violent passion, imme diately seized a knife which was lying on the table, and aimed a blow at her parent, which took effect in her forehead, between her eyes. The old woman fell as if dead, and the other females present en deavoured to secure the prisoner, who after a des perate struggle got away from them, rushed into the street, and commenced an attack on the parlour windows, and before she could be stopped broke nineteen panes of glass. In the meantime a police man had been sent for, who on his arrival took the prisoner into custody, and sent for a surgeon. The policeman conveyed the prosecutrix to Dr. Croucher, in Ratcliff-highway, who dressed the wound, which was a very dangerous one. In answer to questions from Mr. BALLANTINE, the prosecutrix stated that her daughter had fre quently beaten her, but had never used a knife before. She was very sorry she 'was compelled to appear against her. Mr.BALLANTINE committed the prisoner for trial. Lord Brougham might have found a case more in point for the very droll contest for precedence between Mr. Jeffery and Sir John Campbell than the case of Mr. Justice Eyre and Lord Erskine at the Old Bailey. A cheesemonger's wife having attempted, at a Lord Mayor's ball, to take precedence of a grocer's wife, the latter pulled her back, significantly observing, as she rushed by, " Nothing, Madam, after cheese." A person the other day at Bradford was com plaining of the partiality of Sir A. Agnew's Sabbath Bill, and instanced that part of it which fines a livery stable-keeper for letting out a horse for hire on the Sunday ; so that the poor man who cannot keep a horse must be content to walk, whilst the rich man who can keep a horse of his own may ride. " I think Sir Andrew perfectly right," replied another, " for if there is any truth in the saying, Set a beggar on horseback, and he'll ride to the devil,' common huma nity will keep him out of the stirrups." EXPENSE OF PROSECUTIONS.—On Mon day last several witnesses being called in a prosecu tion, all of whom spoke to precisely the same facts, Mr. Justice Alderson said it was a great waste of pub lic time, a great waste of his own time, and a most extravagant waste of public money. Many people seemed to suppose that they had a right to dip their hands as deep as they pleased into the county purse. He hoped measures would be adopted to prevent such a lavish expense.—Leeds Mercury. We have an anecdote of Miss O'Neill, at Worcester, where she lodged with a gentleman whose admiration of his native place was enthusiastic; and one day he persuaded her to a promenade, promising her a splendid view from Rainbow-hill. During the ascent he repeatedly entreated her not to turn before he gave the word ; and when they reached the point of view, expecting her, no doubt, to be lost in rapture, he exultingly exclaimed, " Now, Madam !" She turned, and nearly annihilated my friend by coolly saying to her brother, " You may tell —, the ma nager, I shall not come for less than 1001. 1" and not a single observation did she make on one of the moq beautiful views in the world.—Dres Actor's I. THE MARKETS. CoUNTLLY CORN MARKEt'S DUItIN(}'j'Hr ANFEK Wheat. Barley. I U5 ta. 1.2 3 7 e4 0 ,2--. 0 1 Per Quarter. a. to s. a . s. to • i 40 i Boston 40 50 25 32 1= 932 4 Gainsborough _. ,,a 57 34 34 ( Grantham 46 30 30 17 21 36 Urimsby, 42 48 211 28 14 „Ay ! Horncastle—......—.. 44 49 24 28 17 .to i 3 - i : 1 1 Lincoln 42 50 27 31 13 - 132 38 S Spilsby 44 48 24 28 16 39 40 45 50 26 29 16 Z I 38 46 56 24 30 15 Wheat (per qr.) 40 8ar1ey,,,,....,..,..,✓.,. 2 Oats 20: NORWICH, April 5. fru ' , 43. )s 525. 60s. Beans (per qr.) ......,••• -. O -- ' 47: Is. 265. 365. Pease, Grey.....,..... „, ..... Is. 22,. 245. Flour, fine ( pe r sack) 4 " . 43'''' CAN'rEBBUIII, Aprils. . to — 4 ' Wheat, white—.— 575. to 635. ...—. 010,................ "''-' ' 5 to , 7 ,. - red..........,......... 485. to 6 lOW, 01d............... - -4 Barley, Malting —26 t :325. ......... Grinding.• ~,,?2 , ' ', ° 0 g , 35. Oats --,—...—... 20s. to 25; 01,1.,—.,..... ,41 ''' ' _s ..... s 8ean5,...,.,.,....----. 31s to 35s ........ 01d,...... ... . toits. Pease —...,.....,--.... 30s. to 365. ..—.... Grey.v....... 3°____2:l°—:----- MANCHESTER, April 5. Wheat, per 701 b. S. Od. to Ss. 2(1. Rea is. 6i, to 3 13 '.. , 2 54. Barley, per 601 b 5 0 5 6 Oats 3 2 39 Beans, per Imperial quarter Pease, White, per Imperial bushel 5 0 a 0 Malt, per 6 imperial bushels 18 0 4 6 0 Flour, per Sack cf 280 lb 4O 0 TRISTi M 4I DUBLIN MARKET NO' R K ETS. IT E.—Fall DATII April* , a e, 0 Averl 25 0 21 0 0 8 13 6 1 ` 1 1 0 0 - IS 0 I 8' 13 0 '" Fr.mi 37:3 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 18 0 100 Bete .—. 16 stone 10 0 42 Harley----. 16 stone 10 1,300 Oats -- 12 stone 8 0 11,465 Cwt. 9 stone) 6 0 906 Oatmeal 8 stone) 9 0 sold to Liakers only. 8,156 Cwt. Flom Average price of Wheat an( Firsts Receipts of Flour, 14,1461 Second Sales of Do. 12,239 rhirds PRICE OF I .1 13 o Id Flour 18 0 I 14 ,• 4d. per sac K, , ,„, lin 17, ed. to lo • r, )m lac. 6d. to 163. ~T ) rn 63. 01 to v". Is, ...,... fri ............ ft( Quartern Loaf. BREA 0 Half Qu, CORK MARKETS.—ApriI 5. Wheat (per lust.) Bar'ey , per I6st.) Oats (per 14st.) .... 8 2 10 CI Flour (per cwt.) 5 0 15 Oatmeal (per cwt.) lO 0 II g, Beef, Ld. to 6d. • Mutton, sd. to 6d. ; Veal, 6d. to 8 0 . , Pork, 2d. to Lid. ; Fresh Butter, 10d. to 12d. per lb. PRICE OF BUTTER. To the Merchants. To the CountrY• 665. First Quality 7.ls. Second 74 Third ..... Fourth Fifth Sixth 40 ........................ CLONMELL MARKETS.—ApriI 4. Per Cwt 12 ,•-• S . d: 8. a• 0 s. d. s. d. '32 0 to --,- New Butter 72 0t073 (I Hides (t'aw) ...... .4 „ 2i) " oAtmeal 11 It 11 3 Bacon Pigs .....•••' ~4 ~ __ 0 Rendered Lard 38 0 o,Heads ............... I i u 0 Per Bag. U 28 0:--- Fourths...l4 0 ... t? Per Barrel. o Orarley ..............11 6 3 4 O 11 0 Coals ............... 3 2 5 9 0 al 01Flour, Thirds ..... 25 0 0 Per tone. O 1 3]Tallow (rough)... sfi o ii 8i 0 Bil Potatoes ON. Per Pound. 0 5 4 O 1 21Mutton 0 4 0 3 0 41Veal 10 .... _....1T.. KILK2NNY.—Butter 7(s to 78s. per cwt. ; Wheat 20s. _,, 8 0. per barrel ; Flour 13s to 295. per bag ; Oats lOs to 1 1 s. p er 4,1 I. rel ; Miley I ls. to 13s. ; Beef 3d. to 3144. per lb. ; mutna'jon to f.d. ; Potatoes 4d. per stone; Coals'ls. Id. per cwt.; Pigs 225. to 245. Od. per cwt. 1 Flour, Second .... Household— Ripeseed 20 Bere 10 Wheat. Oats 0 Fresh Butter 1 Beef 0 • h . e r d r e SCOTCH M ARKETS HAD DI NM ON C URN M A ttKET.--April 5i 400 . Wheat. Batley. I Oats. pease. ed Fir6t Od 31s 6,1 20 , :1.1 :0 , ed ,7 , Second 52.4 lid 27i. Oct I's 01 9 7 s 2g; th ere s 3 n l4 °d qrs. of 2 W s' h Ot ea l t in m l a S i s ic °d et,29 l I 1 Unsold Grey. ,orbs. W. 2s. &I. 0- 5 gfwt:er°Cuf were sold. A verrtee DA LKIE" Wheat. First s7s Od Second 59.s (Id Third .l7s Od !H COHN MARK .E . IBarley. Oats. 32, Ol 2Uj 81 28s Od 186 24s 0:1 lis 4d 9. 1%--A1 .41 " rexn 32 u° 304 O 1 26, 01 Bean'. 32 , 01 30i e d '264 (FromsnellDi selling the rr " G er a sl is gew 495. GLASGO W MARKETS_ barroew•Ltd Stl3a as.—The transactions in Raw Sugars have been lirai this week. The sales effected were without any variation !1,1. Herald 9 , Ba o rb f ado Saturday)e s i 'l l l Trinidads 51s. 6d., and good mid. Jamaicas 55s Some 010,2 parcels of Demerara Molasses have been sold at 22e. a ",'''; Refined Sugars are steady; brown loaves 701., up to 80 s, ',.',) tine; very fine 81s. a 85s. Candy 10d. a 10jd. Crush , " 1 p_rice; browns and yellows 535. a 585., mid• and good mid. u 9 '• , 635., good and tine 645. a 67, l tof the wec" • In the ear y par extensive sales were made in Treacle at 17s. ; higher prices are now demanded. COFFER - -I PIMENTO, g AND EAST INDIA Rim—No staleg. INGER, Rust xr --.---othing worthy of remark done in Rum; Jamaiess without any alteration in 16 over proof, 2s. 7d. a 2s. ati. ; Leewards 2s. Id. a 2s. 2d. ta 25s A . 6 6 7. a s. proofs. - DYEWOODheso d u ll ; rots 9.35. a 9-I s . and rel . '' remain sales made. ti.l , TALLosv.._.Y. C. Tallow is selling in small parcel: at 450. -. j ' i ..—Fish Oils steady ; Whale 16/., Pal e Seal — 26 Az . 0. ‘2.0 1,, * Cod 191. per tun, old measure. wo THE TITHE CHILD.--James the tenth child of his parents. When the boY • s In° ul was to pay her tithe to Dr. Barnard, the recta 11 d Maghera, afterwards Bishop of Limerick,an the o f known as the friend of Johnson, and a membe r wi th Club, the poor woman said, " Sir, you have thei tenth of all I possess, except my children ; it is b ut 1 11 you should have the tenth of them too ; hag, ' Oar; tenth son, take him and provide for him." ";:d se ll " ( nard took the child at her word, clothed hit° e him to school, where he ever be went by t Tithe.—Quarterly Review. f tli' We never heard the following stood' ° e hint finale of Incledon :—" Braham's success g a ud, he great uneasiness ; and when Sinclair apPe ar : Old Ay, they want to knock me up ; fi rs "briag brought a Jew's-harp against me, and now they' 50 g, a Scotch Fiddle.' The last song Incledon esr e , r ;w oo' was in the kitchen of the Rein Deer, m e alel - b 6• 4 street, Worcester. He attended the gle u ‘ c r o u r g ; usual, but he declined singing, and left the r 0 tr olle d ther depressed in spirits. By mere accident he s` ro tirt Brocp• th , r into the kitchen ; and, recovering his good b u , Soo' gathered the servants about him, and gave theta; s ing farewell, my trim-built wherry ;' and then, ,1 into gloom, he left the house. Not long af t died."—Dyer's Actor's Lift. 0 1 BIRTHS. la 3l On the sth Inst., in Albion.street, Hyde.park, the William Robinson, Esq., of a son. of J'l" On the 4th inst., at B a nk Hall, Lancashire, the WI l Wilson Patten, Esq., M.P., of a daughter. joy On the 7th inst., at Blackbrook House, Hants , the Lieut.-Colonel Francis de Blanc, of a daughter. of On the 7th inst., at Walthamstow, Mrs. John ICer , daughter. c. 1 005 0 On the Bth inst., at Blackheath, the l a dy of AA TIT Esq., of a daughter. On the Bth inst., at Mit c h am, M r. James ___.---iager, to '1 W.v 1' : MARRIED. Br Rachel Holden, b o th o f t h e same place. Can ter t r t•''' On the Bth inst., at Holy Cross, Westgate' a pins' e f 'st. James Pennethorne, Esq., of Duke street, l‘ re-I stl. , o Fanny, third daughter of Deane John Parker, t 0,4 St A lfr ephen's, near Canterbury. , ben- , fo. - f " On the Bth inst., at Christchurch, St. MarP e we Z. Palmer, Esq , to Frances Jane, widow of th e 01 l el ro Mor an, Esq. tent•'' :ta r ' On the Bth inst., at St. Pancras New Church, .- igre• ' i Ke ly, of the Hon. East India Company's Service , to . 4.1 J ° 1 lotte Gray. , V Adria° re ~,' wo 1 e On the Bth inst., at St. Marylebone, Thomas "- l a te .- of Chertsey, Surrey, to Charlotte, widow of th e Mason, of the Hon. East India Company's Servic e ' or ft' DIED. : a On the 6th inst., at Sidtnouth Devon, the * ll 1 rlt °V .01.. nold Francis Wainewright, Esq. v e ror tl 4tah le'' On the 6th inst., at Templeton House, . 0-113 . / 0 0 1 Stables, youngest and only daughter of the lat e pot' Esq. calO i" ogh ter On the 6th inst., at the house of her uncle, ,t cis epl e tal; R.N., Green Park.place, Bath, Charlotte Ann , f C 3 PO of Colonel Hamilton, aged 19. ~ife ° „iy e b' Early in November, at Bangalore, EinilY, ' ,Oil ° ,4 3 dras• Charles Boileau, of his Majesty's Rifle Briga de :ar e f ,'„ r t lsh er ' of the Right Hon. Sir Frederick Adam, Gov er o f 11°' - On the 7th inst., 4 Highgate, Anne, wife r e ° wood, Esq. wrtie Cate ' On the 23d ult., at Oris, near Milan, Joh n s op,• i'l of the late George Sparkes, Esq. I%l o ' di Jo On the Bth inst, at the house of her siste r ' s sa'. . pee r ' e u e t a Mecklenburg-square, Mrs. Mary Hindson , ag; el , o ,o Ilt er On the Bth inst., at Peckham, Mr. John Fi e ' iIY (13" g of Tokenhouse-yard, aged 72. On the 2d inst., at Edinburgh, Francis Julia' °I ~,iie of Lieut.-General Sir Roger Hale Shcaffe, Bal!..,,swicli-,lool' On the 7th inst., in Grenville-street, J 6,- ; , sl ot, James Montresor Standen, of Murston 110. 5 .00 0, 38th year. On the 7th inst., at Ramsgate, •of 5 -e nder ' t ei ,i t ., f 1 ' ' Esq., of Beel-house, Amershain, aged 6 6 . de, j o ie c On the 28th ult., at Marvin cotti . ge, RS Alexander Hume, Esq., in his 63d year. Eliza, relict London : Print e d an d Published by AIIIRDO at the Sun Office, No . 11% Strand.