The Sun. — London, England, 1827-09-18 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. If it ire the system of the Administration vhich is just formed to .admit men of every shade of political opinion, provided they possess talent and reputation generally and in the abstract, but more especially provided their talents be appropriate to the situations which they are called upon to fill, we should etquiesce in such a principle with pleasure t and we do not see that any man of judgment can be opposed to it, except it be a proof of judgment to recom mend to place and preferment the blind fialittt nts of party, even to its lowest dregs, however dull and unfit for office, or however unknown and obscure in reputation. We beseech, indeed, the public, the Ministers, and even his Majesty, to consider what the effect of this latter proceeding would be. It would hurl upon a Sovereign who, more than any of his predecessors of the same dynasty, has been justly famed for fostering] talents and patronizing genius, the sinister repu tation of promoting dulness in his 'service, and that of the state he governs. 'lt has been said, that where there are patrons there will be poets, —where th ere are . Mcecenases, there will be I Virgils. The apophthegm, however, is not universally true : for though talent vtould be sure to meet with its reward, it is certainly not in the . power of the present time to show forth many eminent statesmen, since the fall of the Pitts and Foxes, and some of their contemporaries. His, Majesty cannot, if he would, employ a host of great men : but it mightily imports to the cha racter of his reign, that posterity should find whatever there is of talent and reputation among . us selected for, and engaged in, the public ser vice. These remarks are drawn from us by the various rumours afloat, respecting the future Solicitor-General. We have heard of aspirants to that office whom a parish vestry would hardly select as its agent. The dignities of the state will not, we trust, be thus tarnished.—Tinies. - An amusing controversy has commenced be tween the thief weekly and the ablest daily or .gan of the disgraced faction which lately did justice to the country, by conspiring to retire from the administration of its affairs. These worthies have hitherto by a concerted movement direeted their impotent rage against the existing Administration, as composed of Whigs or of Tories converted to WM& principles. But lo ! the weekly oracle all at once changes its tone, pronouncing the Adminiistration to be Tory, and therefore entitled to Tory support. "If Lord Cleveland," says de , " supports the present Mi nistry, he rests---for the present Administration, is, to all itatents and purposes, a Tory Administra tion, Into which two Whigs have made their way. A Tory Administration has been formed, and actually exists. The intrusion of the Whigs no more makes the present Administration a Whig Administration, than the circumstance of two vipers wriggling themselves into a cistern would .make all the eels in the preserve, snakes." Hold cries the other oracle—you know not the drift of your lying responses. You are surrendering your principles,—you are deserting your ousted friends—you are supporting your triumphant ad versaries, and all for the plea.s...ire, at this sporting season, of having a shot at the Marquis of Cleve land. " The AdmiP.;stration" (crieslhe, with em phasis)" the Afilministration isnot a Tory Admi nistration, c is, on the contrary, Whig, —more ab solutel-i Whig than the Administration of 1806." These contradictory assertions, though both may loe false, cannot be both true. Such champions, though intent on mischief can do little hat-fn.-- Leaving them to direct their fire against each other at pleasure, or to settle on some future oc casion a common point of attack, we accept of the admission by one of them, that the Admi nistration is Whig.—lbid. If the Marquis of Lansdowne is seriously bent upon reforming the Police of the metropolis, and an object more laudable or more loudly called for cannot obtain the attention of a statesman, the sooner he sets about it the better; and if those to whose hands the working of the present ricketty and defective machine is confided do not wish the world to think it worse than it really is, they wcold do well to show us, by a little timely energy and vigour, that the system, bad as it is, is not quite so bad as their supine ness leads the world to imagine. We are aware that no thorough and effectual reform can take place on the moment, but necessarily be preceded by a Parliamentary inquiry, ending in new powers and arrangements. But though a man may some day or ano . .her be intending to set up a new carriage, it does not follow that he should therefore neglect to repair the wheels and springs of his olrijone ; or that he should suffer himself to be ri ut out from ever enjoying the one, by sufering the other to break his neck. Most of the present defects in the Police arise from the mere sleepy routineism of those who have the charge of it. If Police Magistrates imagine, as we fear they do, that they have nothing to do but to sit a stated number of hours at their re spective offices and dispose of what may be brought before them, they widely mistake the nature of the claims which the country has upon their time and services. But this we fear will always be the case till a greater activity is in fused into them, and some common point of , union and of action be established which shall keep their attention constantly on the qui vine. But though this must be the work of a new:arratigement, it does not follow that they should be allowed to sit with their arms folded while nurseries of thieves exist, thrive, and are nurtured under their very noses, which they take no steps to put down—as if, forsooth, thief takers like rat-catchers, found it necessary t o spread the evil they are employed to defeat. The theatres have doubtless something to do with the matter, but it cannot be wholly owing to them that the neighbourhood of the Chief Police Of fice is, and always has been, the resort of a more than ordinary share of those very flash houses,, and receptacles of all kinds of villainy and infamy, which the police is appointed to put down. Th e other Police Offices are, we believe, more or less i similarly situated—for which we know • of no reason nor apology but that it has always been so. Now, were we at the Marquis of Lans downe's elbow, we would say, " put an end at once to this part of the abuse—awake these ~vrorthy, gentlemen and their myrmidons from their: stbargy, by telling them, that they must either be alte re d b y them, or you will find those whc will do it." The very words " turn out" would act as an immediate charm, and would run likel wildfire throu g h the ranks. A little energy and ea rnestness on the part of the Home Secretary; would work wonder s , we have no doubt. At any rate, there couldbe no great harm in trying th 4 expenment. As the wint er approac h es , t h e ne . cessity for some such exertion becomes more im minent ; fur if, during the summer imo l ai., pet), pie cannot walk the streets, or sleep in their houses in safety, what Intist be the prospect when darkness adds its attractions to the impunity with which the career of plunder is now carried Morning Herald. We seldom receive :in Irish. Paper which does not 101.11,ain accounts of the most glaring misconduct on the part of the Magistracy of • Ireland. We extra c t f ro m th e Dhlilhi an account of a the teandalous endeavour t o defeat justice;tin the county of Fermanagh. At the Dnblin Commission, on Tuesday last, Lord Plunkett stated, , that justice had bet &feated by three County Magystrk , s taking bail for felony, the titt's'OU hailed not appearing to take his frig; .and to mend the matter, it was stated on the following day, that the recommendation to take bail, on which these MagistrattS !feted, ~ ante from the Head Magisliate of the Dublin Police. Thn lifdges of the Superior -Courts are generally spoken of in the most respectful terms ; but Magistrates, Grand and Petty Juries, Sheriffs and Sub-Sheriffs, seem to lie MI As bdii as it is well possible to be; Whbn England was in a state of batharisin a-kin to that of Ireland, the JUstices of Peace were not taken indiscrimi nately from the Squirearchy as at present, and the Justices of the Quorum were always hien . versed in the Law and of the Very best repute. This state of thin has long ceased to exist, a nomination to the Magistracy having been for many years a matter of course. The evil, how ever, is, in some manner, corrected in England, by the opinion of an enlightened middle class, which serves to ketpMagistrates in check. But, in Ireland, the composition of the Magistracy is ' still worse than in England, without having any, thing like th e p u bli c op i n i on of England; to keep them in check. Nothing could make - a Justice of Peace Magistracy at all sup portable, but the multi-mil of an enlightened public. ' But in Ireland they have the evil in its worst form, without any corrective, The very men who require most to be kept in cheek, are the men to whom power is confided. The fol lowing extract from the Dublin Evening Post of Thursday last gives a forcible, but, we believe,- by no means an exaggerated description of the agency of the Irish Squirearchy, in their charac ter of Justices and Grand Jurors:— " Vie may add here, however, as a general axiom, that people will not continue to do public business without some remuneration expressed or implied.. Even - the unpaid Magistrates do not work for nothing. Independently of the little fees to clerks and retainers, it is a matter of no small importance to a Country Gentleman to have the power of summoning his serfs about him, and sending a poor devil to gaol. In the county of Louth, as we had al ready occasion to state to your Lordship, one-half of the unfortunate creature; who crowded the prison of Dundalk, were crammed in without sufficient cause, and after being detained from one month to six, as the case might he, were dismissed for want of prosecution. It is an odious attri bute of our nature, but it is one, this love of power for its own sake, this proud consciousness of being not only able to inflict an injury, but of unjustly inflicting it. We are satisfied that the pleasure of exercising power, and of show ing authority, is at the bottom of the motives of nine tenths of your very active Magistrates.. " It may be said that the taxing power with which Mr. Daivson and our author would invest this Grand Jury Committee—this Baronial Representation—this County Parliament—may be equally potent in the bosoms of the Squirearchy as the abstract love of authority in matters criminal, and only applicable to the thieves and rioters of the country. We admit that there is some force in this observation. But your Lordship will be pleased to recol lect, that there is no difficulty in sending a man to gaol— that the mittimus is quickly made out and signed, and the bailiff in attendance to carry the high behest of his Worship into effect. It is done, and there is an end on't. The Squire returns to his parlour, to port or punch, as the case may be, and the poor peasant is trotted off to the County GaoL inibp tae of levying Ja...."-..- tention is more on the stretch—the work is more operoso, and attended with a greater variety of difficulties. He has to investigate and inquire, to hear and to meet objections has to struggle with contrary interests, and—giving him credit for good intentions, a very liberal credit, on our parts, your Lordship will allow—he has to decide among conflicting opinions, and contrary, perhaps, to a large mi nority of his Parliament. No man, certainly not an Irish 'Squire, such as they are left by the Union, will un dertake all this trouble for nothing, or for the love he bears the public weal. He must have some interest, independent of mere patriotism, for absenting himself, day after day, from his ordinary occupations, and attending the public business. In short, he must have some little job to carry on, some nice little road to be made up to his domicile, or maws his turbary—some little cutting and carving of the money of the County, which he vows goes into the hands of his labouring tenant, but which he keeps in his pocket, giving such credit as he pleases, in the mean time, to the aforesaid tenant, at the foot of his account current for rent." The voluminous Report on the mode in which the duty of Sheriffs is executed in Ireland exhi bits abuses still more odious. Justice, in fact, is poisoned at its source. It is much easier, however, to describe the evil than to point to a remedy. The truth is, the offenders in Ireland form part of the Government of this country, which is merely a Committee of the Aristocracy. A Government of this description cannot be 'ex pected to act in contradiction with itself; and however much an English Nobleman or Gentle man may blush for the disgrace entailed on his order in Ireland, he will, notwithstanding, make common cause with the evil doers. Time often brings about what human foresight cannot dis cover. As there is a strong tendency in roan kind to improve under even the worst descrip tion of government, it is possible, that, torn and divided and oppressed as Ireland is, industry and its consequence, an intelligent middle class, may in time spring up, when the Aristocracy may be kept in some check as in England. A .Jury trial is at present, and always has been, a farce in Ireland. With a poyulation of serfs, trem bling at every mod of their superiors, Jurors and County Elections, can have no independence. The jurymen of Monaghan, according to Sir John Davis, resisted all attempts to make them, return verdicts of guilty where there was no doubt of the guilt ; for, as they feelingly ob served, who shall protect us from those we have offended when you are gone ? What Jury at this day would dare to convict an Orange Magi strate, or Orangeman of any description, in any county of the North of Ireland ?—Morning Chronicle. AN AMERICAN DELICACY.—TERRAPIN. —There is now in the possession of Mr. S. Swift, a large Terrapin, taken from an island in the Pacific Ocean, anti brought to Nantucket by the Alexande r . ship It is so powerful, that, bear ing a man weighing 2501b5. it moves without the least apparent difficulty. The terrapin is a curi ous animal. None are more familiar with its habits and history, or have derived greater ad vantages from it as food, than the whalemen. It has often been known to live a year without ali ment, and even then to be luxurious food. Se veral islands of the Pacific abound with.it ; and the fishermen, after having been confined to their homely and monotonous food, have enjoyed, in a high degree, the meat of the terrapin. Hun dreds have often been taken on board a single ship (in some instances weighing a ton each), and daily been served up to the crew—. a luxury which epicures would « delight to honour. " Luxuries pall upon the taste—but the terra pin is an exception. Never has the terrapin, although served up day after day for months, been rejected. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-110)USE.--John ,Stotlter and Walter God frey, two, lads, Were charged , with oouriehing, a ;ii'ord- Stiek in CheaOide, o Batiiidak Lout a quarter tiericre ten o'clock. It appeared that these two youths were quite valiant at the time, and annoyed • every person passing, when they were taken into custody ; previous to whi c h th e y oun g er prisoprisoner ( Godfrey) prodlleed sword-skid ; Rita declared ner If any ()nicer, Watchman, or any other man, dared to strike him, or take him into custody, he would riin that through his guts. The LORD Mayon-- . r Piay tell ite Who and what Yon are? —.lent a at the.Londoil thApital. the LORD MA YOR-Then, Sir, you will pay five shillings for being drunk, and your companion may be discharged, as I think imprisonment since Saturday has partly atoned for your offence. James Allen was charged with attempting to bkeak into N O2 ? hh prisoner is one of those, regular thieves who get their living by robbing counting-houses, &c. in the City, and on Saturday afternoon, about three o'clock, he was trying to make his way into a set of chambers in Copthall court, when Elizabeth Ramsay, the young woman who had care 44 the clunbetre, detected Min, doted the }Moil Una ka.i,e an alarin, which caused a clerk of Messrs. Grimaldi and Stables to come to her assistance. H e im mediately seized the prisoner, and searched him, and on him found several skeleton keys, and other implements used in housebreaking. The prisoner, in his defence, said, Rik, I think the least I say shout this matter the better for myself." The Loan MA T01L..-4 think so too; therefore, as no actual felony has been committed, I direct you to be sent, under the Aet of Parliament, for three months, to the tread-mill. A very ittiportant question here arose ; because the Act tart that ail property found upon a person thus convicted ";shall be forfeited for the nse of his Majesty ;" and Mr. Hobler very naturally asked his Lordship hew his Majesty would Make use of skeleton keys and other articles of housebreaking The Loan Marort laughed heartily, and admitted that he really did not know to what purpose his Majesty might consign them ; but one thing was certain, and that was, that his Majesty had for three months got rid of a very bad subject. GUILDIIALL.—Joseph Henry George, an appraiser residing in Thorlow place, East-Jane, Walwortl), was brought bcfbre Sir PETER. LA URIE yesterday, charged with conspiring with others to defraud Patrick Desmond of a horse. Patrick it appeared, after living as servant with a gentle man seven years, at , his death purchased the horse in ques tion of the executors, and was now desirous of turning it into cash again. A Mr. Byers, an egg and cheese.mer chant; living at Walworth, took a liking to Patrick's horse; and they met on Saturday afternoon to conclude the busi ness. The complainant, Patrick, was accompanied by a neighbournamed Harrington, and Mr. Byers by two friends, the prisoner George, and a Mr. Child. They went to the Hole-in-the-wall, ChaaCery-lane, where the bargain was struck. The price agreed upon was 251., and the com plainant expected to receive ready money, but was tendered a bill of exchange for . 28/. 18s. 6d., and accepted it, under the assurances of Child and George that it was as good as money. The bill was drawn by Nicholas Byers on Wm. Palmer, of No. 49, Crescent-place, Euston-square, at two months from the 13th ult. Child . presented himself as clerk to Mr. Palmer, and handed the bill to Byers, who gave it to George ; and George paid it to the complainant, warranting its goodness. Patrick had been so plied with liquor, that he was stupidly drunk at this time, and being unable to write or read, made his cross to a receipt pre pared by one of the party, and gave Byers 31. 18s. 6d. as the difference between the bill and the horse. After all this had been done, Harrington took the alarm that the bill might not be worth a farthing, and alarmed his friend Patrick. Byers instantly ran out of the house, told Patrick's boy, who had charge of the horse at the door, that he had settled with hii father, pulled the boy off, mounted himself, and would have started, had not Harrison followed at his heels, and opportunely seized the bridle. The prisoner had followed Harrington out, and now, with a glass in one hand, and a measure of gin in the other, sadly importuned him to drink. Child and Patrick next came out of the house, and Patrick declaring himself dissatisfied with the bill, Mr. Byers said it would not matter to him if he paid in money, and throwing a little pocket-book to George, cried eut, " There, go in and settle it." The book was supposed to contain money, and Mr. Byers was allowed to gallop off, but it proved to contain nothing of the sort, and Mt'- S i-rcu into clurroay oriror the gang of swindlers. Child had pri.vionsly made good his retreat. The horse was seized next day in harness. In George's pocket-book was found several bills of ex change for small sums, some overdue ; and there were me morandums which established that he and Byers had been acquaintances at least since April. After a long investigation, Sir PETER remanded Child, George, and Byers, until Wednesday, directing inquiry to be made in the mean time respecting the bill. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE. —Mary Morgan, a vulgar fat prostitute of the lowest description, was charged by Mr. Charles Rainsford, of 79, St. Paul's Church-yard, with the following extraordinary attempt to extort money— At half-past four on Sunday afternoon, as Mr. Rainsford passed along opposite St. Giles's Church, the prisoner asked him to give her something to drink, and finding her re quest unnoticed, she followed him along Oxford -street, for more than a mile, threatening to send him to the watch house if he did not give her a shilling. At length, near the end of Marylebone-lane, he asked two gentlemen who witnessed her conduct, what he had better do to get rid of her, and they, advised him to give her in eharge, which he did, and she was locked up in the watch-house. After hearing the statement, Mr. RawraNsom said to Mr. Rainsford, " I think I need not ask whether she has any demand upon you?" (looking at the 'respectability of his appearance and the disgusting nature of hers.) " I never saw her in my life till then," replied Mr. Rainsford, " and I assure you I was afraid of her." Mr. Rawrarrsem asked—Did she say any thing else to you? Mr. Bainsford—When she found I did-not give her a shilling, she said she would let me off for sixpence. Mr. RA rruNsoN—Let you off for sixpence! I never heard of each audacious conduct in my life. (To the prisoner.)—Where do you live ? Prisoner—ln Crown street, St. Giles's. Mr. RawuNsoN—And why did you single out this young man to insult him ? Prisoner—l am very sorry for having offended the gentleman. Mr. RAwmesox—l wish I could punish you more than it is in my power to do. Mr. Rainsford—l do not wish to press the charge further, Sir. Mr. RAWLINSOIi-I will take her out of your hands, and fur the sake of the public send her to the tread-mill. She was committed fur a mouth. MARL BOROUG IT-ST R EET. —Da yid Milan, James Cummings, and Richard Briggs, three guardians of the night, were charged with stealing from the premises which they were bound to protect front robbery. The first was a private watchman and the Litter two belong to St. Giles's parish. Blr. Richard Andrews, clerk to Messrs. Coombe, the opulent brewers, stated that he resided on his employers' premises in Store-street, Bedford-square, and that he is in the custom of going tound the premises several times in the night to see that all is right. Yesterday morning, be tween two and three o'clock, as he was going his rounds, he saw Milan (who is hired by Messrs. Coombe as a private watchman of their extensive premises) open the iron-gate, descend into the cellar, and bring up a bucket of porter, at least, two gallons. This the prisoner Milan took to the far end of the yard and concealed it behind som e Milan then let in the other two prisoners, who began to enjoy themselves with frequent potations from the bucket. Witness went in search of a watchman, but none could be found, as the two stationed in Store-street Were the two prisoners, Cummings and Briggs. Witness, however, succeeded after some delay in finding the patrol, and gave all three into his charge, and they were conveyed to the watch-house. The Magistrate committed Milan for trial for stealing the beer, and Cummings and Briggs he ordered to find bail for being found upon the premises with a felonious in tent. They were sent to prison for want of bail. The wretched woman who goes by the title of Lady Barrymore, was brought to this office for the 101st time, charged with being disorderly. She was committed, and Pepper, the gaoler, had come difficulty in conveying her to the lock-up. The person charged with the murder of the old man, Edward Gregson, of Preston, as stated in our last week's paper, has been apprehended, It appears that he never left the town.—Leeds Mcroitry. It gives us great pleasure to state, that the manufacturers of Whalley advanced 3d. p er cut on the price of weaving on Wedn es d ay l as t. The workmen have now 2s. 3d. per cut for the same fabric they were paid ls. for in September, 1826.—Blackburn Mail. GRAND TIGER HUNTS. MEERUT, FEB. 1, 1827.—0 n the 27th 3anttary, a nal of men belonging to the corps, • I '• . , 1. wmie cutting ret - boa. in tne jungicsi, at not half an hour's distance from the Canto - haat; missed one of their number on mustering thel party in the evening, according to their usual efistomi and 'hearing no reply to their calls, they siispected a tiger had Orrled off their comrade, no unusual occurrence h this Valid': hey .aceOrilinOy cautious search the t , aii et tit 4 iutd j ust leti thin sobii liscdveted the traces of their unhappy comrade, found his hatchet, lotah, and kookry, -pieces of his dress, clots of blood, and the fresh ifiarks of a, tiger in the sand, and at,no great distance &r -ib& rib ; the iiiangled hotly of the poor sepoy. Knowing that the tiger would be easily found on the next morning, when sluggish and gorged from feasting on his victim during the night, they immediately returned to. cantonments to give nbtice, and prepare for the morning's campaign ; accordingly, on the thorithig. df the 28th, 150 men of the battalion, accompanied by three Fu. ropean gentlemen of the station, sallied forth variously armed, to attack the tiger (on foot), and by disposing of the party in small detach ments on various sides of the steep jungly ravine, so as to command every part of it, they closed in gradually from all quarters towards the centre, and soon started the enemy, whose waling and growling, in such difficult ground as the ravine in question presented, was not particularly grati fying to those unaccustomed to such sport, espe cially as, from the great height and thickness of the jungle, it was impossible to see the animal ,even at three feet distance. About 3 p.m. the party luckily succeeded in beating him almost to the end of the ravine, where, from the absence of jungle, he was obliged to pass over a bare space of ground, which gave us a fine view of him in endeavouring to escape. Several shots having then hit him, called up all his energies for self-defence, and being greatly irritated from several wounds, he gallantly charged several parties in turn, and though again wounded, and pretty severely too, in many places, he continued his charge with determined resolu tion, and had almost 'succeeded in laying hold of the Hon. Mr. Shore, who had just fired both his barrels, but stood his ground, trusting to his double barrel pistol, which had previously dropt from his belt, but of which he at the time was not aware. The animal being close upon him, he was compelled to retreat, and was only , saved by a Sepoy's stumbling between him and the tiger, whom the beast seized by the arm and cruelly lacerated. A general ally then took place, headed by Mr. Shore and his companions, who, with great precision and steadiness, fired their pieces right and left with such effect as brought the monster to the ground, and saved the Sepoy from further injury, who indeed had contrived to disentangle himself from the enemy just before, and having been dressed in a quilted jacket, fortunately suf fered less than might have been anticipated, and I am happy to say he is now doing well, and ra pidly recovering. The tiger, now being appa rently dead, the whole party closed round him, when, to their astonishment, he again got up, and charged furiously ; though even at his last effort, even then he might have done much mischief, the whole party being un prepared, and without a single loaded barrel among them : but the gallant little Surmorees, to -their tirtlweirw, fell uponllAtit cn-mnssr, - and cut him to pieces. Such was the result of our first day's amusement ; when our further sport, owing to the fatigue we had undergone, and the lateness of the hour, was unanimously postponed till. the following morning. This enormous animal, measuring the unusual length of nine feet and seven inches, was dissected the following morning by our Doctor, who disco vered in his stomach some of the bones of the feet and part of the bowels of the man he had killed, also something like a cow's udder, the hoof of a deer, and a silver bangle, which, from some device upon it, was rec ,gnised by Hona • Deerah, Jemidar of the Third Company, to have been the property of a beautiful young woman, named Soondree, who had disappeared some time ago, as was supposed, with her paramour. Next morning the whole corps, including the rest of the European officers, invested the same ravine, and had not entered the jungle five minutes before the alarm was given that two tigers were seen approaching the line, one crouching, in the act of springing on a gentleman of the party, when, several shots being fired, they killed him on the spot ; the second, in endea vouring to escape by passing through the heavy jungle in front of the line, was repeatedly shot at, but only slightly wounded ; when thus irri tated, he suddenly wheeled round and charged • the extreme file of the right flank, when an old Havildar, one of the best shots in the corps, stept forward and shot him through the heart.— ! Shortly after, a great uproar was heard on the left and the upper part of the ravine, where a third large male tiger was announced, who singled out for the object of his attack our little sergeant-major, who, in no way appalled, though at the time almost alone and unsupported, gal lantly came down to " prepare to receive caval ry," and reserved fire till the animal, in the act of springing, not three yards distant, received his shot in the chest, which turned him, and threw him under a low branch of a tree, from which he could not extricate himself, and where he was immediately cut to pieces by the tuiwars and kookries of those who had conic up. Tiger-hunting on foot is certainly a very in judicious amusement, from the dangerous con sequences it involves ; but in this instance, every other means had been resorted to for the de struction of those monsters, who had within three months back killed no fewer than ten or twelve people, including two of the corps, besides bullocks, cows, &c. without number. — Indeed, so bold have those animals become of late, at and ill the vicinity of Derrah, that their destruction was absolutely indispensable, as even the grounds of the few European officers at Derrah, the lines of the battalion, and hamlets in the vi c i n ity, have been almost nightly visited by them, t o th e g reat annoyance, and no small risk of all of us. There is not an elepha nt in the Doon to assist in such object of public utili ty ; and when.men of the corps are so re peatedly cruel earr fateiedo'"Pr them enjoyi n g th e honourable revenge due to the it surely would be hard to pre v ent of their companions. The sepoy carried off on this occasion has left a mother, widow, and five children, to lament his unhappy fate.—lndian Paper. Mons. 8., a merchant of Hamburgh, had had the misfortune to lose one of his eyes. A gentleman, who had also b similar deficiency in his optical organs, called one day to make a private communication to him, and ex preseed his wishes in this respect in the ordinary German phrase, whisk signifies literally, to speak under four eyes. " Well, then," replied the Ilanburgher, " I must call in my wife." WITITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.—Sept. 15. 755. Od. to 110 s. Od. 1l lover 90s. Od. to 140. i. Od Od. tb 40s. Od. OLD BAILEY SLSSIONS, 1/. John Sheean Was indicted for stealing a silver watch, the property of James Donaghue. James Donaghue, who is the beau-ideal of a vulgar iri§htfian, deposed as follows :—I live in Buckeridge sirek; On the evening of Tuesday, the 7th of August fait; NtAnt about half-past nine o'clock to a club at. thelfdra and Hounds public house, of which I am a member. 1 Wao quite sober; but rather sleepy, having been up for two frights' at the wake of my sister who was dead. I met the prisotief tit the bar in the house; I told him I was very sleepy ; lint that I should not go home then, as in't *ire A r al . still at the wake. Ile told me to lay my head ddvrii rind go to' sleep ; and he would see all rightified. I laid my head ddwri on his knee, and went to sleep for three quarters of an how.: I then had my watch ; when I woke, I found both the watch and the prisoner gone. Cross-examined by Mr. C. PHILLIPS—I saw Sheean noin that same night. He asked me if I had said that he had stolen my Watch ? I told him that my witness had seen him with it in his hand. I saw him the next day on the subject, when he asked me the same question again. I replied, "-I know you did steal it, John Sheean." Mr. C. PHILLIPS--And then you shook hands with him ? Witness—Of course. Mr. C. Pfin,Livs—Of course ! Why so ? Wit ness—l don't know. Mr. C. PHILLIPS—And then, perhaps, you asked him also of course to take some porter with you ? Witness—Why, yes, I asked him to drink a drop, and he did. (A laugh.) Mr. C. PHILLIP3—WeII, but you got your box back again 7—Witness—Yes. • Barney Kilrooney gave it me the next day. Mr. C. PHILLIPS—And your watch P—Witness —No. He did not give it, or I should not have been here to-day. Jack Sheean twice offered to o with me before a magistrate, but I did not take him, be catuie I was not an officer. John Burke, a young lad about 10 years old, went to the Hare and Hounds at 11 o'clock on the even ing in question to get some beer for his father. As he was going out, the prisoner rushed past•him in a great hurry, and spilled his beer. He followed him to know why he had done so. He saw John Her ring, the prisoner's partner, come up to him just by the Rat's Castle public house. They spoke together, and he heard Herring ask the prisoner whether all was right. The prisoner replied it was, pulling out a silver watch. He knew Donaghue's watch to be a silver watch, both from having seen it several times, and from having heard from his father that it was so. The prisoner was perfectly innocent of the charge preferred against him, and called witnesses to prove that the prosecutor had charged another individual with the commission of the felony of which he was now accused. He called the following witnesses in his defence : William Sullivan—l was chairman of the Free and-easy club, at the Hare and Hounds, on the Tues day night in question. I was moved out of the. chair at a quarter before 11, and another chairman was crowned in my place. I then went into another room, with Jack Sheean, and two other persons. Whilst we were taking a drop of porter together, Donaghuc came in to us, and said that he had lost his watch. lie then went to the bar, and we heard him accusing Barney Kilrooney of having taken it. I have known the prisoner all my life as a hard working honest man. He is by trade a stenciller. Edward Hutton, a plasterer, who had employed the prisoner for seven years, gave him an excellent character. The Jury immediately acquitted the prisoner. As soon as his' acquittal was known in the street, his countrymen assembled there gave, a loud cheer, which it was evident that they suppressed with dif ficulty even in court. LONDON MARKETS. — Thi - Tirgnegt pliEe - o P f it itr e afa c ift tetroctolis ii rigl7'eM-e -41b. Loaf. There are others who toll from yid, to 2%el below that price. PRICES OF lIOPS (per Cert.)--iept. 17. Kent Pockets 31. 10;. 41. 44. to Sussex Ditto 31. 51, N. 16.. to Essex Ditto.... Farnham DIM 3/. ss. 3/. 15s. to 0/. Os. 41. Os. to 01. Os. 0/. Oa. to 3/. Os. 3/. 10s. to Pl. 108. 3/. as. to 4/. 15a. 3/. 10s. to Old Duty laid at £130.000. seconds Kent Sussex 01. N. 01. N. 01. N. 31 12s. 01. Oc. W. Os. 01. N. 01. SOs. PRICE OF POTATOES.—Sept. 17. New Ware Si. N. to 31. 15s. per ton PRICES OF LEATHER. Per lb. d. to d. Per lb, Butte 50 to 561 b..... Tanned Horse Hides.. Ditto 60 to 8616. Spanish Ditto Dressing 131 Per dozen. Fine Coach Hides 14 18 Calf Skins... 36 to 401 b. 20 24, Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b. 14 17 Ditto to 701 b. 23 26 to 501 b. 17 19 Ditto 70 to 801 b. 20 224 Ditto — Small Seals, Orcenland 18 19 d. to d. 12 15 15 40 Per Stone. s. Beet Heifers & Steers 8 Alidillings w 2 Downs RAW .IDES. d. to a. d. v Per Stone. E. d. to a. d. 03 4 I Ordinary 20 2 4 6 2 8 Market Calf 7 0 teach. SHEEP SKINS. 06.0 d. to Os. Od. 64. to Ss. Bd. Shearlings.,..—.... Is. 10d. to Os. (Id. COAL MAIIF Adair's . 331. 6d. 32 0 Forrest Heaton Hebburn Main —..--.. 36 0 Holywell 33 0 Killingworth 3 Liddell's 9 Ord's Itodhugh 31 0 Pelaw Percy Eastr 32 0 Pontop Windsor 31 9 Shipcote 3l 9 Tantield Moor. 33 6 31 0 Willington 25 3 Wylam 31 3 WallsEndßewicke&Co. 37 3 Ditto Brown's 35 0 Ditto Burraten 35 0 Ditto Carr and St 0 Ditto Clarke and C 0..., 33 6 Ditto Cramlington—. 93 0 Ditto Hilda 3L Ditto Hotspur--.... 32 9 Ships at market, 197 :ET.—Sept. 17. Walls End Newmarch— 365. Od. Ditto Northumberland 34 0 , Ditto Peareth at. 6 Ditto 36 3 Ditto Russell's --.—.... 37 6 Ditto Walker 37 0 Tarifiel.i Trader 33 0 Londonderry small -- 11) 6 Old Etherlsy, small coal 17 6 Walker small lB 6 Cowpen 32 0 Hartley 33 0 Milford 60 0 Stone Coal Christie...—, 39 0 Walls End Old Etherley 34 0 Walls End Elgin 34 9 Eden Main 34 6 Fawcett Main. .-- 39 0 Nesham Maih 35 0 Walls End 13etton 38 0 Ditto Lambten . 38 0 Ditto Lyons — . 35 0 Russell's Lyon's.. :18 0 Russell's lietton's W. E. 37 0 iPs sold, 11 5 X--Unsold, 72, IRISH M DUBLIN MARKET N' ,RKETS. 0 M. P. From 3 T 0 21. 1 !,i - 9 e in 0 10 41,4 11 0 16 0 13 9,4 --. :7 0 lB 0 11 :54 2 1 5 0 24 0 0 /TE.—.FRIDAN, 1 10 0 /0 0 11 4 Sept. 14. 4,999 Wheat, per barrel YO stone 'l3B Bere 16 stone .„---... 282 Barley 16 stone 6,198 Oats 14 stone 10,05 - 1, Cwt. 9 stone '.288 Oat/nerd 11 stone Sold to Bakers only. 6,914 Cwt. Flour average price of Wheat ant s ß a e l c es ei o p f ts of I p lo o. ur, 10,931 Firsts, 10,05 E PRICE OF Quartern lib. s cz-s ,, 83.0. I 1 5 0 I 21 o I 18 1!<, Flour VA. Oct. per sack. from 201:. Ott. to 245. Od. LS, from 16s. M. to 19s. Pd. from 7s. Od. to 12s. Od. BREAD. nalt.quartern, 211, Wheat, Barley, " pals. Flour, pir Cwt. per barrel per barrel per barrel r------ 20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. Ist. 2d. s. (I. as. d. s. d. as. d. s. d. as. d. s. d. as. d. s. d. as, d. Cork 16 0-25 9 11 0-14 8 10 0-12 0 r 6-20 0 16 0-17 0 Limerick Z4._.901 10 _ 00 91-00180-00 00-00 Waterford 20 n ~- 23 9 12 0-14 0 10 0-11 1 17 0-17 8 0 0— 0 0 Cloumel 26 0_ 0012 0— 0 0 94—0 0 13 0-17 0 00—(1 0 Tralee Derry -- o—. 00148— 0 0 11 1-12 9 0 0— 0 00— 0 0 2 3 9-26 3 15 0— 0 0 16 7 0 0 IS 0-21 0 0 0— 0 0 Belfast.-- 0 0 oo — 0 0 0 0— 0 0 0 0— 0 0 Carlow.-- 24 0— 00 12 0-- 0 0 86—0 0 17 0-- 0 00— 0 0 ---- 00— 0 0 0 0-- per t. per ce i per d. ad.d. .a d. ,g. d. av.d.s.d. s. d. d. g. d. g. d. Cork.. 5—75 — 7 00 — 0082 0 '7B 074072 0 70 0 Liraeriek— 4 —si 4 0 0—0 0 84 o'l6 070 066 002 0 B e u i t li n r : Waterford 4 —6i 00- 0 0 85 0 84 0 0 0 0 Clonmel 4—6 5 —si 00— 00836—0 0 0 0 Belfast ......4 —4 --0 00— 0850 84 0 543 0400 0 Derry ....... 6 —0 6 —0 00— 00 —o—o 0 0 Carlow— 61 , - 7 6 i 7 23 0— 0 090 080 076 0.56 0 46 0 Tralee o— o 0 —0 00— 0084 6 0 01— 0— 0 SCOTCH MARKETS . Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Oatmeal. Berwick... 32 45 20 25 18 24 42 44 Co ld s tream ... 42 4 5 26 28 18 21 Aberdeen «•• 56 (s.} ig 23 36 42 Curia" 29 3 0 22 25 Durl"----'""' 29 330 27 28 24 26 26 26 "g in ''''"--""" 30 32 29 31 1313 ' Invrness—. 30 30 30 56 158 ZCelso 2 1 32 47 28 19 33 21 26 18 23 28 sr— -3242 Perth 26 30 22 26 20 25 25 26 At Barwick, Coldstream, Kelso. a nd Wheat at Aberdeen, the Price is given per quarter. The ether prime are per boll, except 011)131e6 1 , wh ich iF per '44 oflElOlPh BOULOGNE-SUR-MEli, SEPT. 5. MR. MARTIN OF GALWAY. It is absolutely necessary for the preservation , of the time and temper of his Britannic Majesty' subjects,.tbat some material alteration should be made in the present mode of obtaining passports at the French Ambassador's in London. Every one complains of the system, es being fraught With inconvenience to the public, without being attended with the slightest beneficial result to any person whatever. An Englishman wishing to make a journey to Prance must have a pass port, as is well known. He is required to go in the first instance to the Ambassador's, and leave his name, between certain hours in the day ;: and then he is told to call the next for his passport. • The double visit is altogether super-. fluous. The best proof that it is so, is this : The applicant writes his name in a list on the first day. When he comes on the following, he expects that the Ambassador's secretary will care fully look at the list to see if his name be upon it. No such thing. The Secretary never ap plies to the list ; and it is a fact that many of the experienced travellers never take the trouble of setting down their names, but proceed unex pectedly to the office , and make one business of next inconvenience is one 'of still greater magnitude. When "an individual, in compliance with the common custom, goes to the AmbasSador's to give his name, the porter informs him that he must call between efts hours of one and three the next day for his passport. He goes away accordingly, with the impression that if he return on thesseeondday, at anymoivent within these hours—say five minutes befoNTs three o'clock—he can have his passport only for' the asking it. He soon discovers his mistake. He may thank his stars if he can obtain it before half -past five o'clock. The reason of this delay is one which seems so glaring as to excite asto nishment at its continuance.—There are on the average between fifty and seventy applicants for passports every day. There is one clerk to fill up the passport of each person. The present possessor ofthat office is perfectly Unobjectionable: he is as expeditious, and as courteous withal, as any functionary in any station. whatever ; but es he is not endowed with the miraculous quality of discharging more than one man's share of duty - , be is necessarily incompetent to the demands of the travelling public. On the singularities in the course of making this place peculiar, I may 'mention Mr. Richard. Martin, the late Member for Galway—the terror of Smithfield drovers. He is still the same amiable patron of donkeys—as inimical to spurs and whips, arid to the non-controllers of those' implements of annoyance, as ever. The sands. • at low water being the chief resort of the eques trians, Mr. Martin is seen regularly proceeding, at the time of assembling, to that place, and in no instance does he fail to interpose, when any thing like an unfair advantage is taken' 'of the mute,animal by his unthinking master. A few days since lie accosted a young horseman, who' treated his unfortunate animal in a way which he would not have done in cane the said animal had , the power of remonstrance or resistance. " Do. you know, Sir," said Mr. Martin, " that you k have no more right to torment that poor horse than you have to tormen t tin ii e ,, F i ' r do you will don: know you shall do as I pl e ase with my horse, was the reply. " Why, h you please with him, just whisper in his ear that, he has got a bad master." " Sir, this is • language that I am not accustomed to, and you must apologise ;"and the youth presented his card to the late Member for Galway. " P o h, my little lad, don't be throwing your•eards about; in this way; you'll find some other use for them —my name is Colonel Martin, and &you want to know any thing more aboUt me, any body in Boulogne will do you the favour of telling where I live." The young man went his way. Mr. Martin, knowing that he rode a hired horse, proceeded to the ewner, who happened to be an English butcher at Boulogne, and to whom the custom of that gentleman was a matter of some 1 consideration. " By this and by that, S if ever you let that brat on your horse again, I'll have you disgraced for ever." Regularly e ver y day Mr. Martin returns t o the butcher's— " Well, did you give him the horse since r No, Colonel." " That's a good fellow." The Roman poet informs us, -that the blessed spirits in Elysium are wont to pursue those employ ments with which they were delighted in this world. Mr. Martin, transformed from a Legis lator into an hile, knows no happiness but in protecting the mute creation. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY.---THURIMAY, SEPT. 20. Bayley, P., Cheddar—Bush, Bristol I Harries, J.,_Narberth—White Hart, Narberth lO Lake, G., Heaton Norris—Red Lion, Heaton Ogden, T., Manchester—Star, :Manchester u Stallard, J., Shepton Mallet—Crown, Shepton Mallet — Whitehead, W. Mi ne hinhampton—York hotel, Cheltenham 1 INSOLVENTS APPLYIN( Petitions to be heard at Pollux SEPT. V), Driver, A., Walworth Day, M., Melton Mowbray,l Leicestershire Gordon, J., City-toad Smith, J., Stroud G TO BE DISCHARGED. ral-street, Lineoht's Inn Fields, AT NINE. IGr . cre t G., Lconard-st., Shore- ditch Howlett, J., Thome, Suffolk inarabridge, W., Norwich ' Ben:itun, T., Newington cause- Carter, W,, High-street, Mary lebone Pinkerton, J., Salisbury-street, Strand Bowater, J., Adorn-street, Man chester-square wa♦ Pickton, T., Holborn Nichols, W., Bristol Pearson, A., St. George's-east Jordan, J., Henrietta-street, Brunswick square 818 On the 15th instant, Mre a son. King, Mortlake, Surrey, of On the 15th instant, at Wandsworth, the lady of the Rey. Richard Baker, of Ifsroburgh, of a daughter. On the 17th instant, in Russell-square, the lady of Bury flutehinhon, Esq. of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 4th instant, at the British Ambassador's, Paris, by the Rev. J. W. Middelton, the Rev. W. Augustus Shir ley, of Shirley, in the county of Derby, Fellow of New College, Oxford, to Maria, only daughter of the late W. Waddington, Esq., of St. Remy, in Normandy. On the lbth instant, at Hareheld, Middlesex, by the Rev. Win. Mills, rector of Shillingford, Berks, Edward Ind, Esq., of Eastbury-lodge, Romford, to Eliza, second daughter of Win. Flower, Esq., of Harefield-grove. On the IStll instant, at Uphall, Linlithgowshire, Mr. Robert Jones, of the New Kent-road, to Miss Ramsey, of Dove-hill, near Edinburgh. DIED. On the 14th instant, at his house in Fitzroy-square, Edward Russell Howe, Esq. Lately, at the George Hotel, Bridlington Quay, after a short illness, Adolphus Moffat Bayard, Esq., late of the 15th Hussars. On Tuesday the 11th instant, at Castle Ward, the Right Hon. Nicholas Viscount Bangor, in the 78th year of hie age, he is succeeded in his title and estate, by Edward Southwell Ward, Esq., eldest son of the late 808. Ed ward Ward, nest brother of the late Viseount. On the 13th instant, Mr. Martin John Hay, aged 25, eldest son of Mrs. Hay, widow, of Errol-house, Camberwell. On the 115th instant, at his father's house, iu the 24th year of his age, Mr. William Basset Harrison, eldest eon of Mr. John Orton Harrison, of Wardonr-street, Soho. Putman and Pentunzo by M. YOUNG, at t he s vw _o rri ls, Na 112, Stres4l. Of tleme of th of till Belts, facto► Wash Mule of Tr I THITI to rec suppl MEA 10,0( eusuii SOO rnitte at lei aPPoi by tv the l' amou same, Ti his bi WES 'CITA AP with clima Artie abroa Tand every and tion 1 ship, All and tl adl►er whiel Sever Collu BI S tont Gars! E 3 chest* FA II( and T LI MI ford-i N( Th time w Na Ala Six. 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