The Sun. — London, England, 1827-10-11 00:00:00

SPIRIT O MI PURE 5 JOURNALS. We present on this clay as titlfJ, the comps tine ,statement cf the Revenue for the years 1826 and 1827, and for the last quarters of those se veral years. Front the Apparent bustle of busi ness with which-'our ports and streets have been enlivened, we should 'have expected *• greater increase on -the whole veer, and on the quarter, than the sums respectively of 325,0051. vnd C 05,787/. But the whole subject will require a More rigid investigation than we have at present tune to bestow ; a s one item in the calculation, it will lie necessary to ascertain the exact amount of the duties -►paid .;!1 the admission of foreign corn.-7 /Me's. • It will Int seen fo'm the Gazette de France, that expectations are out in some quarters, of a removal of the seat nsgociation, with re gard to Greece, from the Turkish to the .British capital. In the same Lreath, however, we are informed that the coemve measures prescribed by the triple convention sre actually carrying into execution b) the e.ornbined fleets. If so, there is no further room to negoeiate ; the only point left to decide upon wil; be in the breast of Tur key alone—viz. the precise moment at which she may wish teibe-released from the Maritime strait waistcoat. It would appear that the Turkish Ministers 1!.1.1 expressed great joy at the intelli gence of. Mr. Canning's death. "We believe that the acting inexaben: of other despotisms have felt very cordially with those` of Turkey on the same unfortunate occurrence. The surviving Minis ters of thi , counti: : ,-, therefore, have but the nobler and io,inly office to discharge._ Our Lisbon correspondence, which comes down to the end of September, affords an inte resting but melancholy picture of the state of Portugal. There is, in truth, no Goverment at all ; Constitutional Government—the Charter of Don Pedro—is wholly out of the question. But there is no such thing as constituted autho rity, acting gravely by fixed rules upon the ge neral interests of its subjects. The wantonness of childish caprice is visible in every step of the Puppet-Regent. Her women in waiting, and the old vixon at Queluz, cabal from day to day tow best to bewilder the weak, misguided, yet self-willed Princess; and the orders, mostly vin dictive and iniquitous, which she issues at the instigation of this wretched council, are executed by the Minister of Police. From an admini stration, therefore, whose spirit is that of angry despotism, and whose most efficient functionaries are spies and gaolers, the people could entertain no better hopes than those which are now in the course of being hourly realized. Instead of acting on the instructions of the .Sovereign who appointed her, and for the interests of his king dom as understood and explained by himself, the Regent has dropped into an expectant subaltern of her own presumed successor ; and when Miguel comes to take possession of the Govern ment, he will be saved the trouble of violating any pledges required of him by foreigners to maintain the Charter. His work is done for bim—the Charter is already gone. What part England has to enact under such unhappy cir cumstances, is a question not without embarrass ment. If an arbitrary system should be esta blished, and pursued on principles most likely, in appearance, to perpetuate it, the political sym pathies of Portugal, as a kingdom, are transfer red from England to another class of friends : the reigning branch of the House of l3raganza coalesces with that of tile House of Bourbon, and then sinks under the natural ascendancy of the more powerful State. Thus the extinction of Pedro's policy affects Great Britain in a sen sible quarter, and to a grievous extent. It will be a. sad falling off, if, instead of giving liberty to Spain, the crisis of the last six months shall end in enslaving the ancient ally of this country. —Bid. We lay before our Readers the Accounts o the Quarter's Revenue. • It will be seen that the increase in the quarter ending October 10, 1827, as compared with October 10, 1826, amounts to no 'less than 605,787/. The increase is chiefly on the Customs, the amount in that branch of the Revenue being no less than 335,9781. The increase on the Stamps is also coosiderable, being no less than 130,2791. On the other hand, there is a falling off in the Ex cise of 78,9231. The Revenue for the year ended 10th October, 1827, as compared with the year ended 10th October, 1820, exhibits an increase of 325,005/. If we take the quarter ended sth July 1827, and compare it with the quarter ended sth .July, 1826, we find an in. , crease in favour of the former of 45,770/. But here we are at the termination of the improve- , ment, the quarter ended sth April, 1827, being no less than 469,5401. less than the quarter ended sth April, 1826. We would fain believe that the country may now be considered to have surmounted its chief difficulties. Burdened as wc are, we must lay, our accounts for a constant struggle, and there Will'alWays, probably, be pe iods of depression in particular branches of in dustry ; but we trust that a continuance of fair average prosperity is now in store for us.— Morning Chronicle. Mr. Shell's speech at the Catholic Associa tion on Saturday last, is in many respects de serving of attention. We shall to-morrow give insertion to it, and in the mean time we insert a letter from a practical observer on the subject on which Mr. Shell principally enlarges. Mr. Sheil is an orator, and an orator is an exaggerator. — The oratory speaks to the passions of men, and it is hardly necessary to observe, that passion a l wa ys turns a deaf ear to maw ,. the present state , of the Irish population, the parson who ad dresses himself most powerfully to their feelings!. will be the most acceptable, Men like INIr . Sited will always be found in countries torn by civil dissensions. We do not address ourselves to Ireland. To the Orangemen and the Catho- i lies we should be equally unwelcome. They are:! inflamed with too violent an anitnosity towards each other to receive a dvice from neutrals. But there is in England a class anxious only to learn the truth with respect to Ireland, and to give their suffrage only in f a vour of the cause which justice would recommend, Mr, Sheil draws a gloomy picture of the present situation of Ire land ; and much of whit he says with respect to the feeling; of the peasantry, in cases of the murder of those whom they consider their op pressors, is deserving - of the most serious atten tion. p un i s h men t ee ases to have terrors for men famili ar i se d with the scenes of constant occur rence in Ireland. But wheii Sheil ceases to de scribe the phenomena of the country, and ven tures into. another field, he raves; ,‘ What shall be done ?" h e ‘ qtead our Report, and hear the Commissioners of Emigratio n exclaim, you will find the rem ed y the deportation of couple every grievance in Of . millions of the people. --(Loud cheers. ) ' 3/lalthus (and Melding Fs t he hese disciples of - grand misan shropist—the Timon- of politi ca l economy--the hater of the, human species) have struck upon the post philosophical of all e - xpedients:' Now, without 'entering into an inquiry how it happens that the population of Ireland is at present too great for the means for its employment, it is im possible to deny That such is the fact ; and it is equally - undeni:J22, that, till the means of ern ployment be in iroportion to the population, the country must:'4e disturbed. Mr. Malthus has stated no more than what every political econo mist of the present day allows; and the language used with regard to him is only discreditable to Mr. Shell himself, or rather to the system which has called forth a Mr. Shell. We shall enter more at large into this subject to-morrow.—lbid. Now that Juries have got into the habit of returning a verdict for the defendant in trumpery cases of libel, instead of v. verdict for the plain tiff, with a shilling or a farthing.damages, a great source of gain tD speculative pettifoggers is in danger of becoming as unproductive as the South American Loans. Juries have been too much in the habit, especially in cases of libel, of al lowing their common sense to be run away with by legal sophistries. They have too often, also, allowed the ipse dixttof a Judge to over-rule the impression on their own minds, not being aware that in cases of libel the Legislature has made Jurymen the sole judges of both the fact and the law, the Court being, in such cases, only authorised to give its opinion to the Jury, but not to pronounce any thing in the nature of dictation. Yet how often do we hear of Judges telling Juries, in a very perempto►y manner, that the plaintiff is beyond all doubt entitled to their verdict in point of law—although it is the duty of the Jury, as we have said, and not of the Judge, to 'decide upon the question of law, as well as of evidence, in all matters of libel. When a Jury are not aware of their right in this re spect, and hear the Judge saying—in some con temptible action that ought never to have been brought into Court, and never would but for the speculation of some low attorney on c osts — when, in such an action, the Jury hear the Judge saying, " Well, gentlemen, if you believe the evidence as to the publication, the plaintiff is clearly entitled to your verdict in point of l aw , but the amount of damages is for your ovvn.con sideration--how do the Jury usually act ? They think that it is very hard they are obliged by law to return a verdict for the plaintiff at all —but in order to give him as little advantage as possible by it, they return.a verdict for a farthing damages—for it was for a long time a common error among Jurymen, that because in some sorts of actions damages under frig shillings do not carry costs, such damages do not carry costs in cases of libel. It is right they should know that in libel even afarthing carries costs, unless the Judge chooses to certify against the plaintiff, which is a privilege he scarcely ever exercises. Well, then, what is the consequence of this verdict for the plaintiff with a farthing damages ? Why, that the defendant is mulcted in costs to the amount of '2OO/. or 3001. This is rathar a large sum to pay for touching the inviolability of a character which is estimated, in its highest value, at a farthing. For such a splendid remuneration do we often see rickety plaintiffs expose themselves to the cutting up of a Law Court, while the sly attorney who insti gated them to such foolery obtains the substan tial harvest in the way of costs 1 But Juries who are acquainted with their own rights, know that they are not bound by the dictum of the Judge as to whether the plaintiff or defendant is entitled to their verdict. An intelligent Jury, when they see an action for libel is a trumpery one, or that a plaintiff who is ridiculed has no right to complain, having made himself ridicu lous,—will, instead of giving a farthing damages for te plaintiff, return a verdict for the defend ant, and thus disappoint the mercenary specula tion of the attorney, who has now to apply to his own client fbr costs, who is most probably an insolvent—for in nine cases out of ten, the attor neys who are at the bottom of them thrust for ward insolvent persons as plaintiffs, expecting that at least they will be fortunate enough to ob tain afitrthing verdict, which will enable them to fasten their rapacious fangs on the defendant for their exorbitant costs. It is very gratifying to observe so many instances of late, in which Juries have left such plaintiffs as we have de scribed to pay the costs of their own folly, and have disappointed the legal vultures of their prey. —Morning- Herald. THE REVENUE.-The Quarterly Statement of the Revenue was not made up at a late hour yesterday ; but we have the highest satisfaction in being enabled to announce that the Account is of a most gratifying nature ; exhibiting an increase, as compared with that of the corres ponding quarter of last year, in almost every de partment of the national Revenue ; and thus realizing the most sanguine anticipations which our confidence in the energy and resources of the country had led us to indulge. The encrease in the Customs alone is little short of 000,0001. ; some portion of which is no doubt to be ascribed to the receipt of duty upon the Foreign Cons taken out of Bond, under the provisions of the Act of the last Session. The Post Office and the Stamps, two branches of the Revenue which are directly dependent upon the activity of our internal commerce, exhibit also a considerable i nc rease. We heartily congratulate the count r y upon this cheering a lteration in its circumstances and prospects —an alteration which, even at the darkest moment of t he crisis it has undergone, we foretold, as certain at no distant period, to dissipate the apprehension s o f the desponding, and to frustrate the hopes an!l anticipations of the f ae tioue,,/V/orning Post. We lay before our realsrs this day a statement of the Revenue for the Quarter, ending on the 10th instant. The picture which it exhibits of the state of our Finances is highly satisfactory. The augmentation, compared with the corre sponding Quarter last year, amounts to no less than 605,787/, More than the half of that sum is made up by the increase of the Customs, a proof that our foreign trade is rapidly recovering from its depression, and as this has been by no means a year of speculation, but rather the con trary, such an increase may be fairly .attributed, not only to an angmented, but to a healthy com merce. In the Excise there is a falling off of nearly 80,0001. However much this is to be lamented as an indication that there has been to that . amount a diminution of the enjoyments of the people, it is net morn than might naturally have been anticipated.— It is not till a very considerable time after manufacturers have re-assumed their wonted pace that the wages of labour rise to the point where the commencement of the stagnation found them ; and, until they rise the purchase of luxu ries, as all exciseable commodities, may in a greater or less degree be turned, must of neces sity be limited. Of the revival of our internal commerce there will be found an infallible proof in the marked increase of the Post-Office and of the Stamps. The facts speak so plainly that there is no necessity to indulge in any-lengthened Q - 011.1111Q11tS. We leave the Ministerial statement, in all its weight and impoitAnce, to the unbiassed judgment of the public, congratulating them veY sincerely on the cheering proofs which it ss`4PlaYs of the present, and the no less - cheering hopes it holds out of the future, condition.of the country. New Tinzes. POLICii INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—A young man, named Solomon Jacobs, was charged with having coimnitted a burglary and robbery i❑ the house of a tailor, named Whitworth. — The prmvcutor resides in Rose and Crown-court, Broad street, an:l his cousin resides with him. On Wednesday morning, between one and two o'clock, he was roused from his sleep by a noise in the house, and upon getting up, lie saw a man in the shop with a light, looking about, but who instantly ran away when the prosecutor made his ap pearance. Shortly afterwards some one was heard to tap slightly at the window shutters, and call " Jem, Jew, Harry, Harry ;" and the prosecutor and ,his cousin rushed out and secured the prisoner, who was the only person at that time on the spot. The prisoner said he knew nothing about the transaction, and was remanded. WORSHIP-STREET.—A woman had her husband, who Wit* deaf and dumb, brought up on a warrant for an assault upon her. A female friend who was in attend ance acted as interpreter, and the examination—se far as the man was concerned—was carried on in pantomime. The wife stated her grievances with much volubility, and by her skill in the use and application of the organs of speech, made ample amends for her mate's deficiency. Her husband she said, was in the constant habit of vio lently beating and ill-using her. Her hie was not sate in his hands, and she expressed herself very desirous of a sepa rate maintenance and- establishment. This the Magistrate, of course, said be had no power to enforce. The master of the man (who is a shoemaker), described him as a most excellent and industrious workman ; but ba was unable to speak as to his domestic habits. He be lieved, however, that some little jealousy was the main spring of the dissensions. The dumb man defended himself with ability, if mot with• eloquence. lie accused his wife by very significant and intelligible gestures of drunkenness and infidelity. All the money which lie was able to earn was spent by her in the indulgence of her tippling propensity. It was explained to him through the interpreter, that if he continued to beat his wife, he would be sent to prison; he readily comprehended the signs used to intimate this penalty, and through the same channel signified his willing ness to abide by the conditions. The wife was very reluctant to " take his word," as she said, for he bad often broken it before. They were, however, dismissed on these terms. Mr. Alley, the barrister, and Mr. Humphreys, the so licitor, appeared, the former on the part of the Committee of a Benefit Society, and the latter on behalf of a Greenwich pensioner, who summoned them for his weekly allowance as a member of the society. The demand was resisted, on the ground of a clause in the articles, which declared that no person residing at a greater distance than three miles from the club room should he entitled to relief in case of sickness. This defence was disallowed by the Magistrates, inas much as the pensioner did not apply for the provision for sickncas, which would be ten shillings a week, but only for the ordinary allowance of three shillings a week. Mr. Alley then raised another ground of defence—namely, that the man had obtained Lis adiniasion into the Society by misrepresentation ; that he had described himself as a weaver, being in fact an invalided seaman, and tkat he had stated himself to be of sound health and constitution, as re... quired by the articles, while, in truth, be was maimed and a cripple. The fact of his being a cripple was considered by the Magistrate as not precluding his claim, since it did not affect his bodily health, and the Society being unable to prove the other part alleged, they were adjudged to pay the three shillings a week. HATTON-GARDEN.—HeIen Magrath, a desperate looking Irishwoman, was charged with stealing two silk banderchiefs from a Bedfordef;ire lad, named J. AElHard Milliard, a boy about 13 years of age, said he had come :o town a week since, to see some relations, and intended to return to the country yesterday by the waggon. He wen' into the Queen's Head public-house, in John-street, Smith. field, and sat in the tap-room. The prisoner was in the room at the same time, but did not speak to him, and he never saw her before. In about ten minutes she sat near him, ansl contrived to steal from his bundle two handker chiefs. He called the constable, and gave the prisoner into custody. Mrs. Magrath, who was intoxicated, said the Bedford shire boy gave her the handkerchiefs, and had tapped her on the shoulder in Smithfield. Mr. ROGERS asked the boy if that was the fact ? The boy denied it, and said he never saw her before. Mrs. Magrath protested that the boy had sworn falsely. Mr. ROGERS directed the ease to be taken against her; but the boy said he was obliged to leave town by the wag gon, for Woburn, in Bedfordshire, and could not attend to prosecute the prisoner. Mr. RocEas then said he should send her to the House of Correction for one month, for being found in the house with the intention of committing a felony. Here Mrs. Magr4th exclaimed, dear gentleman, let me go to my poor children. The gaoler was directed to take her away, but she held fast the bar and would not stir, and three of the officers we4obliged to take her away by force. When she was locked up she said she would be - if she would not complain of the Magistrate and all of them to the Lord Mayor. THAMES POLICE.--Yesterday _Ralph Dixon, the Captain of the Three Sisters, West Indiaman, was brought up on a warrant before the sitting Magistrate, W. BALLANTYNE Esq., charged with severely and cruelly ill treating one of his seamen on the high seas. William Wilson (the complainant) was hired as a seaman by Captain Dixon, who on the voyage homeward from Jamaica very much ill used him. The first time he ill used bins was on the morning of the Ist of August; they were then about three weeks at sea. He had done nothing to cause the Captain to beat him with a colt, which was a thick rope with knots on it, and which the Captain had made on purpose. At another time, when complainant was pulling at a rope, the Captain came up to him, and said that he was not pulling with all his strength. He beat him with the colt in a manner which it would not be fit to strike a beast. Complainant was at the time in an ill state of health. He beat him on several other occasions; and gave bins a pair of black eyes with his fists. The last time he beat him was on an occasion when he was ap pointed cook by the Captain. He had been making what is called a ship's pudding, and this lie put en the fire to be cooked ; whilst it was on the fire he was sent aloft to do some other ditty, and the ridding, of course, was neglected and was burnt. That being the case the Captain got into a great passion, and he dragged complainant to the wind lass, to which he was bound, and having his trousers taken off, the Captain flogged him with a rope until the blood came. Complainant told him that he would have satisfac tion for this ill-treatment when he reached England. The Captain, in reply , sa i d that he ho pe d he would have an op portunity of throwing him overboard before he got there. The complainant said that he was not the only one of the mbepl had aina just s t i f roads.l eha d any the men had expe rienced his • ship's crap' who Vhs ill tre i ate v d to b k y n t e h e e Captain—almost all The complainant sai d he had, and called John Johnson, who sa id he was also a seaman on wi l‘ ii l le r s . se ß s it t L o t s a u si;v oi sT . beard Three Sisters. O n their way to Jamaica the com tztlasesksetdatethmeencot plainant was struck and ill-used several times by the Cap tain. On the last occasion he was flogged in the manner described, with a cat, for not cooking smething to the Captain's liking. James Johnson, another seaman, deposed to the same facts. Mr. Bar.LANTyNs: inquired if the Chief Mate were pre sent.—The Captain said he was. John Bourke, the Chief Mate, was then examined by Mr. BALLANTYNE. He said it was true that the com plainant was flogged ; it was because he would never cook any thing right, either the victuals for the Captain or bins, or for the crew. He also had the care of the provisions, which he allowed to go to waste, although at the time they were not too well stored with provisions. For five or six days they could not get any thing rightly cooked. Mr. BALLANTYNE asked the Mate if the sailors showed any thing like mutinous conduct on board, or were saucy to the Captain. The Mate said he could not say that there was any thing of that sort exhibited.by the men. ' Mr. BALLANTYNE then asked the Captain what he bad to say to this charge ?—The Captain said that he shipped • the complainant at Jamaica as an able seaman; but they I had not been long on the voyage before be found that be r was not an able seaman, nor half a seaman ; and that being the case, he made him perform the duties of cook. Pre - F vious to this the complainant had been ill of a fever, a nd he gave him brandy and water, and used to send him coil fee. He came to him after his illneys, and said he would be thec4sk. In that capacity he never could get him to drew any of the victuals properly—they were invariably ipoiled in the cooking, both his own food as well as the crew's. He wasted the provisions, which were to be peen thrown about the decks, and that he (the Captain) could not bear to see. Mr. BALLANTYNE said that was highly -improper, but he had not said any thing as yet to justify the flogging of the man. He should find good bail to answer for his ap pearance at the Admiralty Sessions, there to take his trial for this assault. The Captain and the parties then retired from the office. Shortly after, one of the officers of this establishment entered the office with a sailor, who, he informed the Ma gistrate, bad also a complaint to prefir against Captain Dixon for ill-treatment. _ Mr. BALLANTYNE asked the sailor what his name was? —The sailor said his name was James Graham. Mr. Bar-Laml-NE then asked hint to state what he had to say relative to Captain Dixon's conduct. Graham then said, that they had shipped five seamen at Jamaica, out of the hospital ; amongst them was one named Dick, who was not in good health. The Captain beat him with a rope on the passage, and not long afterwards he died, and he was buried in the morning they made the land. They buried three seamen on the voyage, two of whom had been ill-treated by the Captain. He (the com plainant) sewed them up himself. Dick had neither clothes nor hammock ; it was eight weeks before they made the main land of this country ; before that the Captain had beat him very much with a .colt; he appeared very bad from it; the lust time he beat him, Dick died two days after ; they found him dead ao the forecastle; just before his death he was muttering to himself, and appeared like a maniac. They also s Wpped from the hospital at Jamaica a man named Hamil.fon ; when he came on board he was covered all over with sores ; the Captain beat him many times ; he was not in good health ; after he was beat, he 'vent and laid on the main hatches for two (lays, and never spoke to anybody; his heart punted greatly ; they removed him up on the deck, where he died ; the other man they buried died of a fever. _ _ Mr. BALLAIITYNE said, that it was his duty, under all the,r,ircumstances, to call upon Dixon for good bail, to cosis , v i t of two sureties in 150/. each, and himself in the suM wi 500/. to appear at the Admiralty Sessions to answer for the assault, or any other matters which might be there preferred against him. Regular notice of the bail should be given. The Captain was then removed from the Office in custody. UNION-HALL—James Cooper, a tradesman residing in White Cross-street, Southwark, was summoned for having refused to pay 3/. the amount of poor-rates due.— It appeared that when Price, the collector, called for the poor-rate, the defendant, having no other coin in the house, offered to pay it in copper. To shew that he was not desirous of putting the collector to any inconvenience, he offered to convey them himself to the poor-house ; but the collector spurned at it, saying he was not bound to take it in copper, and took out the present summons. The Magistrates, on hearing the collector's statement, expres sed their astonishment, observing, that they could see no reason why he refused to take the copper in piiyment. It was for the relief of the poor, Ind certainly would answer the purposes for which it was intended equally as well as if paid in gold or silver. The collector was bound to take the rate in the manner in which it was tendered. The money was therefore accepted in the mauner in which it was tendered. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, OCT. 10. RAINS, &C. V. SCORRY. This was an action for goods sold and delivered, to recover 161. the value of a number of straw hats supplied by the plaintiffs. The case was one of no interest to others than the parties engaged; but pre viously to its determination the Lord Chief Justice expressed a strong opinion on a point of law in favour of the defendant. Mr. Sergeant WILDE, for the plaintiffs, was pro. ceeding in an argument of considerable length in support of his case, when he was interrupted by The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, with these words —" Brother Wilde, if you should think, on reflec tion, between this and the ensuing term, that the point you are now arguing is good, I shall have no objection to your moving the Court upon it; but it appears to me so very clear, that I really think you are wasting time by urging it." Mr. Sergeant WILDE.—My Lord, I submit, that when a Counsel is arguing a point which he con. siders material to the interests of his client, it can hardly be called a waste of time; that term is but too frequently used. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—WeII, well, I will say nothing; but I see it is quite impossible in this court to bring cases to the real point. Mr. Seijeant WILDE—I .consider, my Lord, that the case is now at point, and I wish to argue it. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE again repeated his decided opinion on the point, and said that he had only interrupted the Learned Serjeant with a view to shorten the cause, and by that means to accele rate the business of the Court. Mr. Serjeant WILDE—I admit that bearing one side only of a cause is a very effectual method of shortening it. The LORD CHIEF .JUSTICE—WeII, I will say no more; if you still persist in arguing the point, go on. I will not interrupt you. _ _ _ Mr. Sergeant WILDS then said, that he could not but feel that the interruptions to which he had of late been subjected were injurious to him and to his clients. He was so unfortunate in his manner of ex pression, that his argument was frequently, he pre sumed, misunderstood; and it was the more unfortunate that this misconstruction should be put on his words when he was arguing those points that he deemed important to the interests of those for whom he was engaged. The Learned Sergeant was then proceed ing with his argument, when The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, the case was as clear as the sun at noon-day. Mr. Sergeant WILDE—What appears clear at first, frequently proves in the end to be otherwise. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said some other words in expression of opinion, and Mr. Sergeant WILDE sat down. He was followed in an argument on a different point of the case by Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS. When the Learned Sergeant had concluded, The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, that he still maintained the same opinion on the case, and conse quently he should direct the plaintiff to be nonsuited. Mr. Sergeant WILDE then rose and asked his Lordship if he would grant him permission to move the Court on this point. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—You may do as you please. Mr. Sergeant WILDE was speaking a few words with a view of getting a more definite answer, when The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE interrupted him, and peremptorily ordered the plaintiff to be called. The plaintiff was accordingly nonsuited. CODRINGToN V. MORRIS AND ANoTHES. Mr. Sergeant LUDLOW stated, that in this action the plaintiff, a widow lady residing in the west of England, sought to recover 25i. 4s. from the de fendants, who were the executors of the will of her deceased daughter, Mary Ann Codrington, who, previous to her death, had become indebted to her for that sum for board and lodging. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE observed, that the case appeared to him a mere writ of inquiry; and the Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 25/. 4c. The remains ai i n e s e th w e e tter vault were Chapel, near Waterloo-bridge. The fu neral was ten o'clock, o f K a ttended by Mr. Anderson and Mr. Kramer (of the Kin g' s private band) as chief-mourners. The foll owin g distin -ITerloeng d in e g po t s o it the e yest d distin guished professors signified their intention of joining the mournful procession :—Mesirs. Shiel, Spagnoletti, Live ratti, F. Cramer, Moralt, Attwood, Kollman, Rovedino, Potter, Moschellei, Calkin, Blackburn, Sedlazick, and Sir George Smart. Also his friends and countrymen, Messrs. Hincke and Stompff. The absence of so many professors, who have not returned from their provincial engagements, o wi t A a se esteemedi.%novuno m e d u ledr the otuastyh n .l ia u sb ij eKo b nf e i er professors a t to s teo e a r m r et o hii limited st r aht e vewer avisno leverupvolunteered bt t e el h im a cr than doorreittph univer sallyreioi tvrhae- sistance to play for the benefit of the widow and family, should it be decided on giving a concert; also many private donations have inewproffered. THE CITY NIGHTLY WATCH. From returns recently made to the Secretary of State's Office, it appears that the number of cases of burglary which came before the courts of law in 1820, throughout all England, amounted to 4G6. In 1826 they amounted to 476. This increase appeared chiefly to have arisen in Lon don and Middlesex, where the number of bur glaries brought before the courts were in 1820, 41 ;in 1826, 66. The intermediate returns prove that the increase, though slow, is progres sive. The same returns, which have not yet been published, flew that the total of offences or cases of crime brought before the courts in all Eng land during 1820, was 13,710 ; in 1826 it bad increased to 16,147. The numbers of offences committed in London and Middlesex, as ascer tained in the same manner, appear to have been in 1820, 2,773 ; in 1826, 3,457. These figures speak for themselves as to the progress of crime in the metropolis, which is unanimously attri buted to the defective state of the police—and especially of the nightly watch—by all except those who have the control or superintendence over it. In the city the returns prove that the greatest amount of money is expended to the least purpose in maintaining the nightly watch. It is equally notorious that there is the greatest corruption in its management. The last returns gave the population of the out-parishes 286,560, but the round number, upon the progressive in crease, cannot be calculated at less than 350,000. The number of the nightly watch, including su perintendents, for that population, is 578: the to tal charge of maintaining them, 18,3281.105. Id. The number of inhabitants in London, exclusive of the Inns of Court, by'the last returns in 1821, was 123,888, and but little increase, compara tively, has taken place in that period. The number of the nightly watch, including patrols, inspectors, beadles, &c. in the city, is 758 ; the charge is 35,210/. ; but, in consider ing the numbers and the expellee, it should not be overlooked that in the latter case the space to be watched is not perhaps one-fourth that of the out-parishes. The money raised is, however, by no means to be taken as the sum expended for the maintenance of the nightly watch. A general investigation of the expenditure would produce examples of the local management that publicmon Council, a S n o d m w e t am would excite n o sm a ll degr e e of astonishment in the l e fi xp gh r l e v s srede si i e nit a i g a o ted a , speetable c iti zen , w h o b ecame a mem b er o f t h e com conscientious scruples against the appropriation of the watch -rates to defray ward dinners, and refused to partake of any of those to which the widows and the poor hard, working inhabitants of the ward contributed their mites, though a few rich influential men, the friends of the Common Councilmen, only were united to partake of them. He was man to make a public cause of the matter, but the consequence of his scrupulousness was, that the other members united, set up another candi date, and unseated the obnoxious caviller. In another ward an Alderman, distinguished for his amiable and pious character, had compunctious visitings, at the idea of the contributions of the poor in the shape of ward-rates being so appro priated. He refused to sanction the practice. A considerable ferment was raised, but he was firm, and prevailed. The expellee of the din ners has since been defrayed there by subscrip tion amongst them, by those more proper and most competent to bear it. It is observed, that many of those who are foremost in raising any disinterested cry for Parliamentary Reform, &c. give the most steady, direct, or oblique opposi tion to any approach even to reforths of a local nature. If it had been the object to make the greatest show for the sum of money, and by a minimum expenditure on the watch, obtain a maximum surplus for other purposes, that effect could not be more successfully attained than in several of the wards. A considerable outcry has been . _ raised against any increase of expence by any in novations, and it is to be regretted that the cor poration committee has so far yielded to it as to fix the remuneration at a rate which must of it- self deprive the public of any efficient establish ment, and keep the nightly watch in that low state which is admitted to be the main defect of the present system. The miserable allowance of twopence halfpenny per hour, to the watchmen, for exposing themselves during all weather, fair or foul, will produce each man 14s. 10d. per week, when fully employed. The lowest sum . . for which an able-bodied single man can live moderately in the metropolis is 11. per week. The watchmen will consequently be compelled to work in the day, which will unfit them for the performance of their duties at night ; or they must do as at present—take bribes, and obtain money by all sorts of practices. A prodigious outcry has been raised against any interference with the watchboxes or the pri vileges of the Common Councilmen to station the watchmen. This is a tender subject. The well right to fix the watchmen's stations to be a considerable source oftrOnage a s known some wards the boxes are so p laced as to en able the watchmen to give their best attentio n to the houses and property of t he Common Councilmen ,ad if and their f ri ends. The system of patrolling, which has been carr i e d in the Committee, will supersede the watchboxes. It is, we underst an d, a i in promised to be so arranged that ev ery part o f a ewaacridl quartersl all be o f traversed an iluu r and n ins pected t he duty b once in e strictly performed, there cam be little opportunity to the thieves to effect any burglary. But this alteration, though likely to be well for the public at large, cuts off a considerable amount of pri vate patronage, and is vigorously resisted from several wards, where all the of the old points system are obstinately adhered to. It heed scarcely be added, that these ward: are those which are the worst regulated, and produce the most business for the Magistrates. Had a council:of thieves been consulted, the regulations of the watch could not have been better con trived for their accommodation. The coats of the watchmen are made as large and of as white cloth as possible, to enable the thieves to discern their approach at the greatest distance ; and that there may be no mistake, the lantern is added ; they are fixed at stations, that thieves, by know. ing where they are, may infer where they are not, and do their best ; the intervals of half an Dour in going the rounds are just such as to give ex pert thieves a fair opportunity of getting a mode rate booty from a house. That they may not be taken by surprise, they have the same accommo dation, in the cry of the time that was prayed for by the rats, when they asked that bells might be hung about the necks of the cats; and lastly, that the burglars may have all possible chance, even if surprised, the watchmen mostly chosen are old, infirm, and impotent,Tirno. CORONER'S INQUEST. On Tuesday evening, at eight o'clock, an inquest was held at the Star and Garter, Sloane-square► Chelsea, before THOMAS STIRLING, Esq., on view of the body of Margaret Scurgoy, the vtife of a private soldier. The appearance of the deceased, as she lay on her wretched bed, presented a melancholy sight; abe was to all appearance about 40 years of ago, and presented the remains of an uncommon fine folio and beauty, but the traces of dissipation were evi' dent on her face. In her early life she had a! tracted the attentions of a wealthy Welch Baronet, who , although the connexion was not of a lasting nature, regularly allowed her 20s. per week, which she had always punctually received, Before the evidence was entered into Mr. Stirling addressed the jury, and said that he trusted every gentleman would dismiss from his mind any reports which might have been circulated in the neighbour' hood. Martha Dyke and Jaw Glide, two lodgers in the' same house with the deceased, deposed to her;teing brought home at six o'clock in the morning by her husband and two watchmen, in a state of intoxice: tion. She was quite senseless, and remainEd m that state until she died. Juror.—Do you know whether the husband caught her in bed with a Life Guardsman ? Wit' ness.—l only heard so. Richard Maybank, a constable of Chelsea, Id half-past twelve on Monday morning, - saw the husband of the deceased stanLing at the door of private house in the New-road the persons inside appeared to be in great confusion. The hushed said that his wife was up stairs with a Life Guards' man. They both went into the house, and in a w oo up stairs found the deceased and a Life Go/adorns!' named Shepperd, who was partly undressed, and the bed turned down, and very much tumbled. He it last persuaded them both to go home, and on the husband promising not to beat her, she consented; he accompanied them part of the wt.y home, whet' he left them ; the next morning he h7ard t h at the husband had left her in the streets alt night. She had a black eye when he first saw her. William Allen, a Sergeant of the Watch, AO one o'clock on Monday morning, saw the decease d lying in the road very drunk; opposite the Cadogil l Arms ; he passed again at three o'clock, and E lse was still lying in the street. Coroner.—Why did you not take her to the watchhouse ? Allen.—Our orders are not to take any person to the watch-house without they are given in charge. Coroner.—What ! and let a person perish in t 1 street ? Allen.—We are not warranted in lockirg up a person without he is given in charge under Igr' Peel's new Act; and are liable to an action f9 i damages. Foreman.- - 1 never knew such inhUmanity in's life. Samuel Elliot, a watchman, deposed to seeing th e deceased on Sunday'night, with a Life Guardsno * and also to Maybank going to the house with til l husband. lie saw them when they got to the door of their own house, and the husband said, " V A I/ shan't come in here to-right," and she repli iri i " ' Then I will go and sleep with Shepperd. 7 afterwards saw her lying in the streets very druo and with the assistance of Allen he moved her to th other side o f t h e way, to be out of harm's WA M' ' He also took her shawl off, and put it under her he o 4 Coroner--Did youput your great coat I' o ' her ? Elliott—No, indeed, I did not. Coroner—lt would have looked more like nity if you had. If a respectable person is in e sg streets intoxicated, what do you do ? him from one to the other. Our orders ar e to tak e' no person to the watchhouse but those who are gi*e „ in charge. Coroner—That has been contradicted ; but I o ill now tell you what my opinion is, that you guardi ' of the night, if you saw a person intoxicated, and them exposed in the streets, in a cold frosty nigh, might be charged with murder, and convicted manslaughter. After some severe remarks from the Jury Oil the conduct of the Watchman, - the Coroner said, t!t c f, from the evidence there was not the slightest prtf that the husband had beat her so as to cause dzat",,'i Verdict—" That the deceased died in a state ' apoplexy, being in a state of intoxication, and beif, exposed to the inclemency of the weather upO r of four hours." MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY.--.SATURDAY, Ger. 13. Glover, J., Newcastle.under-Lyme..-Roebuck, Newcastle' 5, under-Lyme 1 Hatton and Co., Poulton with rearuhead—Nag's Head LID* 0 1 Warrington Hornby, G., Liverpool—Mr. Woods, Liverpool ......... . ..... .•• Smith and Holmes, Bristol—Office of Messrs. Bevan and Co. , 1 Bristol Ilbbatts, R., Gloucester—George, Ledbury f Wheeldon, 8., Manchester—Star, Manchester THE MARKETS. COAL MARI Adair's 345. 6d. 33 6 Heaton 33 3 Killingworth . 37 3 Kenton West 35 6 Newburn 35 0 Ord's Redhugh . 32 6 PontopWindsor.- .. 33 0 Tanfield Moor 34 0 34 6 Wylam WallsEndßewieke&Co. 40 3 Ditto Bell Robson & Co. 37 3 Ditto Burraten .37 0 Ditto Carr and Co. WS Ditto Clarke and Co. 36 0 Ditto 35 0 Ditto Hilda 6 Ships at market, 48%--Nhir COUNTRY CORN MARK ,KET.—Oct. 10. ~ 9 (l ' Walls End Newmarch.— 0 • 7 ", *5 Ditto Hotspur---- ,„:'," 9 Ditto North umberla , iil o'' . , 5 Ditto Riddell's-- . zf o 9 Ditto Walker ~...,.....,,,.» ,‘. 3 V 6 Tan field Trader.......— : 3 ",, 6 Eden's Nutt —.---- z , 0 Hetton's Dust small—. 10 5 Russell's Hetton's small 16 6 Lambton Primrose small l9 0 Cannel (per ton).---- 45 e Cinders .nem ov ..... ,••• •...... 10 i Fordel Mai n , 350 . 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Wheat . 6 0 8 0 Barley 5 0 5 6 Oati 5 6 60 Beans 7 9 8 0 Pease 5 0 8 0 MARKET.—Oct. 2 * d Per h. d. f° 0 Beef 6 41 Mutton 6* p Veal Lamb l3i 0 Pork - 6 101. to W. per ton. _.....S BIRTHS. On the 4th inst., at Dawlish, at the house of her NI Colonel Rochfort, M.P., the lady of Edmund Wa' Meade, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED:' On the 10th inst., at St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, by Rev. James Tyler, rector, William C. Jones, Est' Guanaxuato, Mexico, to Louisa, daughter of the late J 0 Campbell, Esq., Consul-General for Denmark. On the 10th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Mary lebo ll/' by the Hon. and Rev. Gerard Noel, David Pennant, 0 3; jun., to the Lady Emma Brulenell, third daughter of Earl of Cardigan: DIED. On Monday, at Monckton Farleigh, Wilts, after a felp illness, Daniel Jones Long, Esq. ; in life esteemed' _ death regretted. v sf° On the 4th inst., at Pulteney-lodge, E n fi e id_b i gia 4 Mr. Arthur Edwards, fourth ,on of the late Thorns* wards, Esq., of Hoddesdon, Herts. 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