The Sun. — London, England, 1827-04-30 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. . The long and tantalizing delays which occurred before Mr. Canning could accomplish the for- mation of a Ministry, such as might give some reasonable assurance to the public that England had actually and effectually shaken off a Tory nightmare of 20 years, have at length, as we an nounced on Saturday, been terminated by an 1..- corporation of Mr. Canning and his most deserv ing colleagues of the Liverpool Cabinet, with die more enlightened and distinguished of the Whigs. If those delays produced, as indeed was natural, a disposition to wonder at, and to remonstrate with, the authors of them, in the minds of up right and reasonable men, who acknowledged no scruple, and indulged no anxiety, but for the good of the whole nation, the result, it may be confessed, has amply repaid whatever uneasy forebodings had mixed themselves with the pro gress or vicissitudes of the question entertained between Mr. Canning and Lord Lansdown. In admitting that it was not Mr. Canning who pro crastinated—that his course throughout the nego tiation was promptly chostn, and pursued with alacrity and vigour—we lay no blame at the door of the noble parties with whom, in this instance, the Right lion. Gentleman was engaged. Mr. Canning had no difficulty, because his position was one which left him no alternative. He was too wise to think of mainifacturing an Administration out of a coterie this private friends, and too spi rited to fall - ht the feet of those of his ancient colleagyss who had already affected to spurn him. It was therefore for Mr. Canning, an honour able alliance with the Whigs, or an ignominious surrender to his enemies and theirs,—the Whigs. with whom he agreed on every great principle of state policy at home and abroad—the Tories,. with whom he had scarcely one principle in common. Mr. Canning's decision and ce lerity, therefore, were prescribed to him by a clear understanding of his ground, while the .de liberation and tardiness of the great Whig leaders were equally imposed upon them likewise by regard to the character which they were consci ous of holding among their countrymen ; and we may add, by the highest sentiments of delicacy, integrity, and honour. Mr. Canning had to offer place—an action which, in relati on t o th e Whigs, inferred nothing ambiguous or mortify ing on his part—nothing which, let the proposal be received as it might, could put him in a situ ation to humble him. Lord Lansdown and his friends, on the contrary, were to be the parties accepting this good from the hands of another ; and it was a thing of inestimable price to them, that no shade of just suspicion should be cast from any respectable quarter on the motives which induced them to accede—that no ques tion should be raised as to the dignity of the terms which they acquiesced in, or as to the force or existence of any previous obligations by which their freedom of choice might be affected, or the le gitimate high road to office obstructed, whether touching the opinions of his Majesty, or the extent to which Mr. Canning was authorized to go in repre senting them. It was no unbecoming scruple of the `Whig leaders, which made them watch narrowly their own feelings, as well as their capacity of pro moting the King's and country's service—that they might yield nothing from a selfish desire for power, and in nothing overrate the public benefit to be de rived from a coalition with Mr. Canning. And here it is but fair to remark on the striking contrast be tween two classes of coalitions; one of which has no material to bind it but a mutual guarantee of place between mesa of opposite politics, or of none: another—and on that we 'now congratulate the country—which seeks an official co-operation, for the sake of enforcing objects of high natienal im portance, equally prized by both the coalescing., parties, and exposed to imminent risk of destruc tion if they do not coalesce against a common ene my. In fact, the union just formed is but a remedy for-that unnatural state into which the public men of England had been latterly distributed, where friends were separated, and enemies crammed toge ther. This false rule of dispersion and combinauon had the inevitable consequence of impairing what ever ought ,to have been most powerful in our public councils—of placing the imbecile as drags upon the strong, the silly as distractors of the wise, and a narrow and prejudiced oligarchy—in their na ture and by circumstances indivisible —masters, by mere brute weight and force, of all the element of the national prosperity, isolated from each other by the unlucky separation of liberal and instructed statesmen. It is a fixed part of the existing arrange ment, that Lord Lansdown, with several other Whigs, shall take seats in the Cabinet before the close of the session. That Mr. Brougham, distin guished as he is among his party, does not const - t.ite one of the number, is expressly at his own earnest and considerate suggestion, for the sake of facilitating by every means the general adjustment of an Admi nistration on which the hopes of the country are fastened.—Times. Mr. Abercrombie is, it is now said, to be Judge Advocate, and not Sir James Macintosh. If this be the case, it certainly shows great disinterestedness on the part of Mr. Abercrombie, as he must give up great professional emolument. The junction of Lord Lansdown and his friends, to which we have alluded in the preceding article, will certainly take place in a few weeks.—lbid. The only new arrangements since we last ad dressed our readers are, that Mr. Abercrombv has consented to accept the office of Judge Advo cate, and Sir James Macintosh that of a Mem ber of the Board of Controul. Mr. Hart suc ceeds the Vice-Chancellor. The reasons which prevent Lord Lansdown from taking office for a month or six weeks, are understood to be of a nature peculiar to . himself. But of course Mr. Tierney, Lord Carlisle, &c. delay also until his Lordship joins. However, it is known, that they 1611 all act with Government as if they took office immediately. Some of the appointments are understood to be merely temporary, as, for instance, those of Lord Dudley and Mr. Sturges Bourne, and have been made with a view to the changes which the entrance of Lord Lansdown into the Administration will ren tier necessary. There is , we believe, but one opinion among professional men as to the merits of Sir John Leach, who, in all that con stitutes judicial fitness, was allowed by those who were entitled to a voice on the subject to be greatly superior to the late Chancellor. It is true that nothing escaped the memory of the lat ter, and that he was familiar even with the minu test parts of form. But we may allow that the late Chancellor possessed very rare qualifications, without admitting that he was a good Judge. In truth, from his want of grasp, his judicial merits were of a very secondary character. Viewing all matters so much in detail as he did, it must have been peculiarly difficult for him to extricate himself from the labyrinth of c i rcums tances in which he entangled himself;and to come to a de cision. The reluctance with which he delivered an opinion had its source in the structure of his mind,and this is the best apology which can be of fered for his dilatoriness in deciding, though it forms no excuse for his retaining so long a si tuation which he held at the expcnce of so much misery to suitors. Sir John Leach, on the other hand, possesses a clear logical head, which enables him to seize promptly the distinguishing features of a case ; and having a clear micep tion of the case within his own mind, he has no difficulty in conveying his impression to others. —lf, intent only on the substantial merits of the case, he may occasionally overlook some minor matters (For perfection is not given to man) this is a trifling fault in a Judge, compared with that of Lord Eldon. The principal of his decisions, too, can always be understood, which is of nmense consequence with regard to the state of the law. The other judicial appointment, namely, that of Mr. Hart, is also hi•hly satisfactory to the profession, from his professional experience, sound knowledge, and coolness of judgment. The approaching meeting of the two Houses is looked forward to with some interest. The strength of the Government, both with regard to talent and Parliamentary influence, places Ministers in such a state of superiority, that apprehension for them is entirely out of the question. Indeed, as far as talents are concerned, we are quite at a loss to see how an opposition can well be got up. Mr. Peel professes neutrality; and who is there beside him to head an attack in the Commons ? In the House of Lords, matters are still worse. The Duke of Wellington will find leading a Parliamentary Opposition a very different matter from fighting battles in the tented field.—Morning Chronicle. We trust that a beneficial consequence of the re cent change will be the placing Scotland in direct communication with the Government. All inde pendent Scotchmen are eager•that the lee system should not be renewed.—lbid. The last fortnight has been a period of more than ordinary political excitement ; report has succeeded report like waves upon the troubled ocean ; and the public mind has been kept in much the same state as that of voyagers through the stormy Bay of Biscay. The storm has for a moment subsided (ready, probably, to assail the vessel again as she passes the Line) ; and the Administration for the time being having been somehow or other put together, the public will be apt, we should imagine, to employ the short interval of repose in asking what the country has lost or gained by the change of Ministers.— In helping our readers to a solution of this in quiry, we cannot do otherwise than run through a hasty comparison between the present and past occupants of the principal public offices. In stead of Lord Liverpool and Mr. Robinson, we have got Mr. Canning as First Lord of the Trea sury and Chancellor of the Exchequer—a man in those capacities, we conceive, inferior to either, and, therefore, doubly inferior to both. What there is in the character or pretensions of the new Premier, which peculiarly qualifies him for the double station he has chosen, we have yet to learn. Will he either master or diminish the debt.? Will he increase public confidence at home or abroad ? Has he got in his forth coming budget a panacea for our finan cial difficulties ? If he has, we can only say, that he used his late colleagues very ill in not imparting it to them. Instead of Lord Eldon, we have got Lord Lyndhurst—a man of whom, perhaps, it may, at least, be said, that he is unknown as a politician—unknown as an Equity Lawyer—and unknown as a .fudge in the highest Court of Appeal. Instead of Mr. Peel, we have Mr. Sturges Bourne—a gentle man of unexceptionable character, both public and private—and whose highest praise, perhaps, it is, that though he is the long and tried per sonal friend of Mr. Canning, he is pretty well known to have set his face against much of the tergiversation and inconsistency of the latter's political life. But allowing-Mr. Sturges Bourne every fair claim on the ground of personal and political merit, who is it, let us ask, that he-Stie ceeds ? Why, the man of all others On whom the confidence of the nation were reposed ; and who, to great integrity, had opened to the country a scene of advantage, and to himself a career of political honour and renown scarcely ever equalled. Without any disparagement, therefore, to Mr. Bourne, it may be said, that he takes office under fearful odds. In the Fo reign Secretaryship, Mr. Canning himself is succeeded by Lord Dudley, a Nobleman, who, in early life, gave evident token of superior talent; and who, for aught we know, may be qua lified to take office under any Administration. Mr. Robinson, under the title of Lord Goderich, takes in the House of Peers the place and office of Lord Bathurst, as Secretary of State for the Colonies — a change at which no one can reasonably complain, except that it takes from the country a clear, a use ful, an accurate, and honourable Chancellor of the Exchequer, in whom the public, we believe, had a just and wellLfounded confidence. In the minor offices, no very material changes have taken place, except so far as by a partial junction with the Whigs, Mr. Canning's ambition has led him to sacrifice all the earlier prepossessions of his political life. Thus started through the first storm, we shall be curious. to see how the vessel steers her course on the re mainder of her voyage. She is deeply laden—has a valuable cargo on hoard—and her passengers are of a description not to be slighted or trifled with. The whole world are, as it were, standing on the shore, viewing her progress; and it cannot be denied that not a few among both the passengers and the spectators have no vast confidence in the Comman der. That she may run aground, or strike upon some sunken rocks, we have our apprehensions— that she will become a wreck we have none. For should her difficulties, from any of these causes, be come such as to endanger her safety, it will be no difficult matter to put other hands on board, who will bring her safely into port.—Morning Herald. The Marquis of Lansdown and his friends, the moderation of whose politics is so well known, will unite with ,Nr. Canning in carrying on the Government which he has formed, under the sanction of his Majesty. The Noble Marquis does not, at present, accept of any appointment, but it is understood, we believe, that this ar rangement has been made with reference to a special case, and that at no distant period he will hold an important office in the new Govern ment. Meanwhile, the acceptance by the Duke of Devonshire, of the place of Lord Chamber lain of the Household, is, of itself, a decisive proof of the support that will be given to Mr. Canning by the friends of his Grace and of the Marquis of Lansdown. This day, all that re mains to be done, with regard to the formal com pletion ofthese arrangements,will be gone through. His Majesty will hold a Court at two o'clock, to receive the Noblemen and Gentlemen who have joined the Ministry, and who have changed their places in it ; the Seals of the respective Offices which have been vacated, either by re tirement or by these changes, will be delivered into-the King's hands, who will immediately transfer them to the actual occupants of the seve ral departments. Several of the new Alembers of the Cabinet will afterwards be sworn in of the Privy Council. To-morrow the House of Com mons will meet, and various rumours are afloat as to what will be said and done. The House of Lords will re-assemble on Wednesday. W e hear of some extraordinary statements that are to be made in both Houses, but we cannot be lieve thiit all which is talked of will take place. It i s not probable, however, that the Ministerial crisis we have passed through will subside with out an attempt on the part of those who pro duced it to set themselves right in public opinion, so far as they may consider it prac ticable to do so. But, while we are prepared for explanations, we are utterly at a loss to conjecture their nature Qr extent. As yet, not the slightest endeavour has been made by the se ceders to justify the extraordinary step they took.— We are prepared to expect a singular scene in the House to-morrow night, when Mr. Canning appears at the table to take the oaths, in consequence of his re r election. His reception, it is said, will be triumphant. We speak only of what is the current rumour, and abstain fre•" specifying what we have heard, that we may not be suspected of throwi..g out a sug, c _ -,stion while repeating only a report. But the House of Lords still be the chief arena, probably for the talked of explanations ; for with the exception of Air. Peel—whose retirement is no way identified with the secession of his colleagues —all the principal Ex-ministers are Members of that House. Upon the whole, we may look forward, we think, to two or three debates of extraordinary interest.--.lran Times. A Morning Paper, which has lately distin guished itself for sagacious discoveries of all kinds, informed its readers on Saturday, as a piece of authentic and important intelligence, that " Lord Mountcharles, the son of the Mar chioness of Conyngham," was appointed, in the Gazette of the preceding evening, " one of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury." Our contemporary certainly need not have waited for the appearance of Friday's Gazette to announce this news. The Court Calendar would have enabled it to enlighten its readers long ago upon the subject, Lord Mountcharles has been a Lord of the Treasury these ten months, his Lord ship's appointment bearing date the 13th June, 1826. The same Paper was equally felicitous in another piece of information. " Mr. Canning's dis tribution of his law patronage," it observed, "seems to be taking place in the oddest way that can be imagined. The late Attorney-General, who had given him no offence, he turns adrift." It so hap pens that the late Attorney-General voluntarily, and of his own notion, sent in his resignation on the 14th inst. So much for " turning adrift." We may add, further, that, in all the arrangements which have been made, various, extensive, and im portant, as they are, not one individual, high or low, of those who no longer hold office, has been depri ved of his situation. The whole of the resignations were the spontaneous acts of the persons who re tired.—lbid. Sir John Leach has quitted the office of Vice- Chancellor, in order to take the Mastership of the Rolls. He has a right to this promotion, and to much more ; for never had the country a more zealous and efficient servant ; and, indeed, it is the general conviction, among those- Who have the best means of judging, that the loss of his labours would leave a void in the administra tion of Equity, which it would be impossible to fill up. The rapidity of his apprehension—his capacity of strenuous and exclusive attention to the matter before him—the extreme logical ac curacy of his deductions:—the quickness with which he separates the essence of a case from matter merely collateral, subordinate, or extra neous—the promptitude and firmness with which be acts on the conclusions to which he has come —the extreme regularity of the arrangements into which his ideas dispose themselves, and the perspicuity of the language in which he clothes them—(rendering it impossible for and• person to inisapprehend either the full import of the decision, or the grounds on which it proceeded) —his extensive knowledge of the system of equity, of the principles on which it is founded, its limits, its doctrines, its authorities—his readiness in applying these doctrines and authorities—his long practical acquaintance with conscientious devotion to his judicial duties—his ar dent love of justice, and fearless hatred of injustice —these qualities, acquirements, and virtues, have rendered him one of the most practically useful Judges that we have ever had. For ten years he has laboured, day after day, in the office of Vice- Chancellor, struggling to get through the enormous mass of business which rushed into his Court. We rejoice that he should be removed to a station of greater dignity and less toil ; yet, at the same time, we scarcely know how he can be spared from that Court which he made the most effective of our tri bunals, doing in it a quantity of business through which one can scarcely conceive how a single man could get, and doing it, too, effectively and well.— Ibid. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OxFoxy, APRIL 28.—0 n 'Wednesday the 18th inst. Mr. William James Coplestone, B.A. of Corpus Christi College, was elected Fellow of Oriel. On Wednesday last, in f 411 Convocation, the Rer. Charles Thomas Longley, M.A. Student of Christ Churcii, the Senior Proctor, and the Rev. Andrew Edwards, M.A. Fellow of Magdalen, Junior Proctor, were admitted by the Vice-Chancellor to their re spective offices. The Senior Proctor was presented by the Very Rev. the Dean of Christ Church ; the Junior by the Rev. George Grantham, B.D. Fellow of Magdalen. The Pro-Proctors nominated for the ensuing year are the Rev. Charles Carr Clerke, M.A. and the Rev. Daniel Veysie, M.A. Students of Christ Church ; the Rev. Robert Meadows White, M.A. Fellow of Magdalen, and the Rev. William Sibthorpe Cole, M.A. of Worcester. On Thursday the following Degrees were confer red : MASTERS Or ARTS. Rev. David Twopeny, Oriel. Joseph Charles Philpot, Worcester. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Edward Gillam White, Exhibitioncr of Lincoln. John Wells, St. Alban Hall. Evan Morgan, Jesus. John Alexander Blackett, Christ Church. It may not be amiss to state, although for the second time, that the Degree Days in the present Term are the 3d, 10th, and 17th of May, and the 2d of June. We understand that the Jacksonian Prize has this year been awarded by the Royal College of Sur geons, to Mr. R. A. Stafford, of Argyle-street, London, for the best treatise on the injuries and diseases of the spine. ICCLESIASTICAL PREFiRMENTS. It is understood that the King has given the Deanery of Durham to Dr. Jenkinson, Bishop of St. David's, as a mark of his respect and kind feeling towards the Earl of Liverpool. The Rev. J. G. Copleston, B.A. of Oriel Col lege, in this University, to the Vicarage of Kingsey. Bucks ; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, has pre sented the Rev. George Deane, M.A. to the Rec tory of Bighton, Hants, vacant by the death of the Rev. T. Bromley. The Rev. George Darby St. Quintin, 8.A., has been presented by Arabella St. Quintin to the Rec tory of Broughton, with the Chapel of Bossington annexed, in Hants, vacant by the death of the Rev. A. Thistlethwayte. Thursday the very Rev. Sub-Dean Keene was installed into the prebend of Wiveliscombe in Wells Cathedral, to which he was lately collated by the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells. The Rev. G. Rashleigh, A.M., Vicar of Horton Kirby, Kent, to the Rectory of Lower Hardres, in that county ; patron, the Lord Chancellor. The Rev. Peter Glubb, Rector of Little Torring ton, to hold the Rectory of Clannaborough, Devon. The Venerable and Rev. John Timbrell, D.D., Archdeacon of Gloucestes, will hold his Visitation this year on Wednesday, May 9, at Gloucester; Thursday, 10, at Dursley ; Friday, 11, at Deer hurst ; Monday, 14, at Stroud ; Tuesday, 15, at Cirencester; Wednesday, 16, at Stow; Thursday, 17, at Chipping Campden ; Friday, 18, at -Tewkeep bury; Monday, 21, at Chipping Sodbury ; day, 22, at Bristol. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—.Tunes Augustus Gleeson, the attorney's clerk, was again put to the bar for exami nation before Sir PETER LAURIE, on Saturday. As he stepped up into the dock, and made a graceful obeisance to the Magistrate, it was evident he was himself again, full of confidence and good humour. A solicitor attended on his behalf. Sir P. LAURIE, addressing the prisoner, said, " Your late master, 'lr. Dodd, ' who has the worst opinion of you, declines proceeding with the charge of embezzlement, because he is afraid the transaction is so mixed up with others, that it would be impos sible to establish his case clearly as to that particular sum." Gleeson.—He cannot proceed against me. Here (handing up some accounts) are papers to show. Soliciter.—As there is no charge, there is no need of a defence. Sir PETER.—You must find bail for the assault upon your wife, and as you are by profession a lawyer, it is rather surprising that you should have committed yourself in so many instances; but I know that people deeply versed in law often know little of human nature. The singular manner in which you spent your honeymoon has attracted much notice, and I trust it will be received as a warning to other single ladies not to marry a man only half their own age.—(Laughter.) " Oh dear me, Sir," cried Mrs. Gleeson,pressing into the front, " at that rate I must be 53, and I am but 40."—(More laughter.) Sir PETER.—WeII, be that as it may, there is very evidently a disparity of age on the wrong side; but I heard that you were 48, and he but 24. Mrs. Gleeson (with some warmth) —That's false. I am not 40 yet, and he is 25; I was forced into the marriage.—(Laughter.) Sir PETER—Then here is a new charge, a charge of abduction to combat with,Mr.Solicitor. (A laugh.) Solicitor—W e will answer any thing that is stated, and I will say that Mrs. Gleason is not the discreet . est woman that God ever formed. Gleeson then revived the charge of his wife being an Atheist, and striking at him with a poker and tongs, which, he said, no man with common sense would allow.—(Laughter.) Sir PETER—It is plain you must have married the woman for her property, and then you treated her like a brute ; a poor creatuse united to a ruffian like you, is justified in defending herself with any weapon she can put her hands upon. You stand committed and must give 24 hours' notice of bail. • Emma Battern, whO resides in Gleeson's house, was then re-sworn to the assault upon her while she was scraping her shoes at the door. Gleeson—There is a sham distress put in my house for three quarters' rent, when only one is due, and the man in possession is here, I see. Your Worship, he has taken possession, not only of my goods, but my wife also. (A laugh, in which Gleeson joined heartily.) But it is no joke--it is a hard case ;he tried to shove me from behind my own counter, then sat down to tea with my wife, and I was packed off to the Comptes ; when I was sent there before by her, my wife never brought me a clean shirt for the whole ten days. Mrs. Gleeson persisted that she did. Gleeson—The man in possession is welcome to you. I should like to mike an end of this if I can. —(Laughter.)—Let me go, your Worship, and I will agree under my hand and seal never to go near her again. Here (exhibiting a closely written sheet) are articles of separation which I have drawn up, and I will sign them immediately in your presence. —( Laughter.) Sir PETER—It rests with your wife. If she con sents to your liberation, I am content. Mrs. Gleeson—l have twice forgiven him, and I can never trust him again. Sir PETER--Then, Sir, you must defend your self elsewhere, which you well understand how - to do, being in the professi2n.. You can draw your The prisoner made two or three attempts to obtain a release from the charges made against him by signing the articles of separation, but he failed, and was removed to durance vile. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—It will be re collected that a few days ago, a Coroner's Inquest was held upon the body of a man who was found dead, under very mysterious circumstances, is an apartment which he had hired only about a week before, at a house in Wentworth-street, Spitalfields. The man when discovered bad, it appeared,' been dead in the room three or four days, although he came to the house in perfect health, and the body, when discovered, was formally laid out on the bed ; and it appeared that the deceased had teen accom panied to the lodgings by a woman, who continued to reside there until the very day before the discovery of the body, when she quitted the house, and did not again return. No means were found of tracing out who the deceased was, and the woman having ab sconded with a perfect knowledge that she had left the man dead in the room, and without giving any intimation of the fact to the people of the house, strong suspicions were naturally entertained that she had practised some foul play towards him. A vigi lant search has been set on foot to discover who the woman was, or the place of her retreat; but in vain until Friday evening last, when one of the beadles of St. Giles's parish accidentally met with a woman whom, from particular circumstances that came to his knowledge, he had every reason to sus pect was the female after whom search was being made, and he accordingly took her into custody; and on intimating to her his supicions, she at once admitted that she was the woman alluded to ; and at the sitting of the Magistrate on the same evening, at this office, she was brought before him, and placed at the bar. She is a stout and rather a good-looking woman, about 35 years of age, and gave as her name Iphigenia Morse. On being ques tioned by Mr. Dyer, the Magistrate, she acknow ledged that she was the woman who had lived with the deceased in Wentworth-street, as above de scribed, and gave the following account of the transac tion :—The name of the deceased was Jeremiah Murphy. She had lived with him for some time past as his wife, although not married to him ; and on the Saturday previous to his death, he hired the apartment in Wentworth-street for their use, and she went to join him there on the next day (Sunday) ; he was then, she said, in perfect health ; and on that day (Sunday) she made an .Irish stew for their dinner, of which the deceased partook very heartily, and went to bed about ten o'clock that night. On the next morning (Monday) he was taken suddenly ill, and in the course of the same day he died. She then laid him out decently on the bed, and continued to occupy the room, and visit him backwards and forwards for three or four (lays, until at last she thought it no use her staying any longer, as she could do him no good ; and having no means of burying him, she went away. Mr. DYER asked her why she did not mention the man's death to the people of the house, or some body else before her departure, or why she abscond ed at all until the cause of his death had been inves tigated ? She replied, that she did not wish to speak of -his death to the people of the house, or to tell them that she was going away, because there was some rent due to them, which she had not the means of paying, and she wished to leave the de ceased to be buried by the parish, as she was not able to defray the expenses herself. After she quit ted the house, however, she said, and indeed before, she did mention to several persons of her acquaint ance that the deceased was dead in the room, and that the reason of her absconding was on account of the rent. The Magistrates asked her the names of any of those persons to whom she had so mentioned it. The prisoner gave some names, and was remanded. The George IV. Dublin steam packet, hav ing on board a valuable outer-bound cargo, un fortunately took fire on Wednesday evening, whilst lying in the Brunswick Dock, Liverpool, and was completely destroyed. This packet was nearly new, and one of the finest vessels on the otatiou, her burthen being nearly 400 too. SINGULAR DISCOVERY. The following rather singular, and, at the same time, romantic occurrence, took place at the watch house of St. Giles's, on Thursday night. About half-past eleven o'clock, Griffin Jones, one of the watchmen belonging to the parish, brought a youth, apparently about nineteen years of age, charged with stealing a shawl from a hackney-coachman of the name of George Felts. The prisoner, on being asked his name, said it was William Vincent. On being charged, Mr. Radclyffe, the constable, ordered Pond, the bzadle, to search the prisoner, when, on unbuttoning his waistcoat, he discoVered the sup posed youth to be a female; on the discovery being Made she burst into tears, and to the questions of Mr. Radclyffe, she stated that her name was Julia Kendowleng, and that her family resided in the West of England. Owing to being constantly, treated by a mother-in-law, she took an opportunity to effect her escape, and came to London, but hay ing no friends in town, to whom she could go, and knowing the danger she was in, she resolved to dis guise herself in men's apparel, in which disguise she had continued for five years ; during the above pe riod she had lived in various places, principally at public-houses ; for some time she lived at the Coach and Horses, Charles -street, and at the Crown, Drury-lane. Mr. Radclyffe, on ascertaining where she had lived, went and inquired if ever they had a youth of the name of William Vincent living with them, when he was answered in the affirma tive, and they spoke in high terms of his cha racter. On his return, a gentleman came forward to give evidence, but hearing of the discovery, he refused to say a word. The prosecutor, however, swore that he did not care who or what she was, for he was determined to prosecnte, and the charge was accordingly entered. She afterwards stated that she had not slept in a bed for two nights, being compelled to walk about the streets; and that she had not taken any sustenance during that time. Mr. Radclyffe instantly had a bed made for her and sent for some refreshment, but owing to the weak state she was in she could only take a little porter; in about half an hour after she went to bed, a young woman came to the watch-house to enquire if Wm. Vincent was in custody; on being answered in the affirmative, she said she wished to see him, as he was her brother. She was then closely questioned, when she replied, that he was not her brother, but a young man whom she had known for some years, and to whom she was very much attached; she was then" informed of the discovery, which, if possible, surprised her more than other parties, and she left the watch-house quite dejected. In the course of of Friday she was taken to Marlborough-street, be fore Mr. Conant, the Magistrate, who was equally as much surprised as every person in the Office. On being placed at the bar, she burst into tears, and continued crying the whole time the investigation lasted. As soon as the cariosity of the persons had somewhat subsided, she was 'desired to stand up, when Mr. Conant asked her, how she came to wear boy's clothes, when she replied to prevent detection. Mr. CONANT—What is your name ?—Girl. JaneTilney. Mr. CONANT—Where does your mother live ?—Girl. At Portsmouth. Mr. Col:ANT—How old are you ?—Girl. Ido not know my age. Mr. CoNANT—Did any of the persons with whom you 'ived ever discover you to be a female ? Girl. Never. Mr. CONANT—Where do you lodge ?—Girl. At Mrs. George=street. Mr. CONANT—Have you kept the secret of your sex there?—Girl. Yes, Sir. Felts then deposed that he was returning home on Thursday night, when feeling himself warm, he took a shawl off his neck, and put it into his pocket, when proceeding down Monmouth-street he missed it, he turned round, and seeing it in the prisoner's .hand he called out to stop him, when a watchman crossed over, and took the prisoner into custody. Jones deposed, that about eleven o'clock, hearing a cry of stop him, and seeing the prisoner, he cros sed - crecw,,erne---tbolr.iiseir-4sow. aastody- -She then _ _ dropped a shawl on the left hand side. The girl in her defence declared solemnly that she saw the shawl lying on the pavement and picked it up. The Magistrate said, the case was sworn to, and he had no alternative; she must be committed.— She was committed to Newgate accordingly. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY..—..TUE.SDAT, .MAY . I.-(At the Court of Commissioners, Basingliall.street.) Muggeride, J., sen., Brix- Ryland and Co., Savage ton-road lO gardens More, H., and Co., Fen.. Schlesinger, M.Upper Stem church-street lO ford-street ll Neely, S., Regent-street ... 10 Scott, W., Brook-street l2 Nelson and Co., Bow-lane... 0 Smith and Co., Hatton- Parkinson, W._, Greek-5t.... 9 garden ll Pearson, J., Walworth ll Tayloe, E., Stonehonse ll Read, J., Regent-street lO Taylor, J., Exchange-build- Rees, T., Shoreditch ll ings ll Reynard, R., Bond-street... 10 Trevett, R.., Finsbury-place 10 Ross, J. Wyradebury Rutt, N., Coleman-street 0 Watts, W., Wood.street ... 10 Wortham, J., Leamington 11 COUNTRY DIARY.--IVEDNEsDAY, MAT 2. S 11_,.1.:, Nottingham — n—bowl, - o b t o e mi l l , P l l} o 'n t i tg t h h atii ...... ll B BA E r r t' c lh h ol , enY) ;., Downharc-market—Crown, Ring's Lynn. 8 Chamberlayne, W., Leamington Priors—Crown, Leaming ton Priors lO Cooke, W., Liverpool—George, Liverpool Gear, J., Nottingham—Punch-bo w l, Nottingham ll Edmondson, W., Outhwaite, Lancashire—Green Dragon, Kirkby Lonsdale Hampton and Co., Liverpool—George, Liverpool Neale, J., Plymouth—Royal Hot e l, Plymouth ll Hine, R., Sutton—Angel, Macclesfield 2 Longton and Co. Liverpool—York hotel, Liverpool 1 Poole, T., ColwAl—Feathers, Ledbury ll Robinson ' P., Claypole—Hotel, Newark H Robbins, F. Deritend—Royal hotel, Birmingham lO Silvester, T., Withington, Worcestershire—Golden Lion, Worcester ............................ Smith and Co., Hanley—S wan , Hanley 2 Taylor, S., Milnthorpe-Landside--Cornmercial inn, Kendal 2 Terrill, W., Cambourne—Elliott's, Devonport ll Tutin, R., Birmingham—Hen, Birmingham l2 Walter, J.,Bristol—Bevan and Co., Bristol Watson, T., Lower Shuckburgh, Warwick—Craven Arnie, Southern DOVER, APRIL 26.—Amongst the passengers who arrived to-day, from France, by the Spitfire packet, were—Lord Milton and suite, Mr. Cosway, Mr. Emmett, and Mrs. W. Wakefield, the wife of Mr. W. Wakefield, who is now con fined in Lancaster Castle for aiding in the abduc tion of Miss Turner. She is a lady of much beauty, and highly interesting appearance, but appears to be in a very bad state of health. She was accompanied by a gentleman and some ser vants, one of whom, a nurse, carried an infant, and of which Mrs. Wakefield was confied just before her husband's trial. They proceeded to Wright and Mattison's Hotel, and left Dover this morning for Canterbury. This lady is a n ative of this county, and the daughter of Sir John Sidney, Bart., of Penshurst-place, near Sevenoaks, and her brother married the eldest daughter of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence. She was here with her husband last year when he was apprehended, and is now on her way to Lancaster. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 28.—The stock of British Plantation sugar in this port being reduced to a very small compass, the Grocers have been more anxious to purchase, and have bought up all that were offering suitable for the scale. The total quantity sold is, however, not more than 600 hhds. ; and the stock now remaining in first hands is only 800 hhds., nearly all of which are brown. The holders of Bengal Sugar have been pressing sales this week ; prices have in consequence given way Is. per cwt., at which reduction 600 bags have been sold. A small lot of good white Pernambuco Sugar has been sold at 365., also of yellow Ha vannah at 335. per cwt. The Coffee Market wears a more steady appearance; about 180 tees. clean Jamaica (mostly good and fine ordinary) were taken readily by the Grocers at full prices, and 600 bags Havannah, ordinary and good ordinary, have been bought for shipment at 435. 6d. to 475. 6d. per cwt. A sm a ll parcel of Para Cocoa ha s been dis posed of at 345. per cwt., also of Pimento at Bad. ;per lb. In Ginger nothing done ; and in Rum the busi- ness has been limited ; prices remain steady. The demand for Cotton has been considerably checked this week, owing to the arrivals, which consist of 17,424 bags. The prices of most descriptions have' declined about ith per lb. The sales amount to 8,600' bags. 4,080 Bowed, NA. to 7d. chiefly at 60. to 6fid.• for fair to good fair ; 1,580 Orleans 6id. to Bd., chiefly at 64d. to 7d. for fair to good fair ; 650 Mobile and Ala-. barna 6id. to 74-d.; 220 Sea Island at 100. to' 17d.; 70 Stained Ditto at 6d. to 6.1-d; 400 Per nambuco at 9d. to 9:1. ; 230 Maranham at sad. to B:kd.; 160 Bahia at Bd. to Bd.; 800 Egyptian at 64(1. to 81-d.; chiefly at 7d.; 140 De merara at 8(1. to 10d.; 20 Bahama at 6;l i d. to 61414 70 Carthagena at 54d.; 10 Manilla at W.; 130 Surat at 4-id. to s:id.; 30 Bengal at 4id. Imported into Liverpool from the 21st to the 27eli April, 18'27, inclusive, by 6 vessels from New' York, 1 Charleston, 1 Philadelphia, 1 Savannah, 10 New Orleans, 1 Callao, 6 Odessa, 1 Cha rente, 1 Harlingen, 1 Brahestadt, 1 Rostock, 2 ' Rotterdam, 1 Dort, 1 Wismar, 1 Alexandria, and 1 Lisbon : Brandy, 300 casks ; Geneva, 80 ditto ; Foreign Wheat, 6,660 qrs.; Tar, 746 brls.; Turpentine , 1,252; West India Cotton, 54 bales ; New Orleans and Mobile ditto, 9,533 bales ; Rest United States ditto, 6,118 bales ; Egyptian ditto, 1,719 ; To bacco, 74 hhds.; Flour, :3,850 brls.; Flax Seed, 98 tcs.; Tallow, 2,405 casks ; Bark, 61 casks ; Mad der, 216 casks ; Cow and Ox Hides, 8,980. There has been nothing done in RDugh Turpen tine this week. In Tar only one small parcel of Ca rolina has been sold at I4s. 6d. per barrel ; a cargl of 750 barrels Stockholm, just arrived, will be offer by auction on Monday. Rosin is steady at 6s. 6 61 " and rather more inquired for. There continues a moderate demand for Pet Aches, but no appearance of improvement in prices; about 250 barrels Montreal Pot have been taken at 235. 3d. to 235. 6d. Pearls are less inquired for : the sales only 20 barrels at 21s. per c w t. Of States' Ashes a small parcel of 17 barrels Boston has been sold at 275. per cwt. which is the only business in this description. The transactions in Dyewoods are very limited; of Logwood 70 tons Campeachy have been sold at 71. 155.; 25 tons Spanish Fustic at 71. 10s. per ton; 40 tons solid Nicaragua Wood of middling quality - at 171. to 171. 13s. • and 22 tons small at 81. 10s. per ton ; 10 tons Gahm' Barwood sold at 71. and eight tons Camwood at 14/. 10 5 . for partially oiled, and 16/. to 161. 10s. for a fine parcel. Nothing has been done in Quercitron Bark. Up; wards of 1,200 tons Foreign Oak Bark for tanners use have been imported this week, of which 500 tons • were offered on Thursday by Auction, the whore j was withdrawn, the trade not being willing to give the prices demanded, 30 tons ordinary Dutch have since been sold by private at 51. 13s. and 60 tong prime at 61. 10s. to 61. 15s. per ton. In Valonia 1 1 °: t sales effected. tl A small parcel of Sicily Barilla has been sold f 4 161. per ton. One hundred baleS French Madder Roots offered by auction on Wednesday, were not sold. Ten tons Munjeet have been sold at 20/. per ton, duty paid; and 38 casks fair Ombro' Madderi• at 51s. a .525. per cwt. Galls are quite neglected , and the price quite nominal. The finer description s of East India Safflower are in request; 15 bales have brought 61. 10s. per cwt. Sicily Shumae js lower ; 750 bags fine new sold at 10s. 6d. and a small parcel of Verona at Bs. per cwt. Little doing i n Saltpetre at the prices quoted. S ow i ng Fl ax Se' , has declined considerably ; on Wednesday 627 hhds. new Baltimore (brand 1827) were offered by auctiolip 279 hhds. were sold at 545. a 555. per hhd.; the re mainder withdrawn, and now held for 60s. per lilid. No sales of Clover Seed reported this week. The sales of Olive Oil arc trifling at 46/. for Gal lipoli, and 421. for Sicily. For Lihseed Oil there is a fair demand. Fish Oils remain very dull, a nd to effect sales rather lower prices have been submitted to. Palm Oil is steady at 211. to 271. 10s. with fair , Innand. There is a good inquiry for Oil 01 Turpentine. Carolina Rice is dull of sale, and the prices rather lower ; the transactions of the week are only 65 casks at 19s. 6d. to 21s. per cwt. T he Hide market continues more depressed then vas expected, very few have latterly been taken by the I trade; the only sales reported this week are 270 dry, ;I Odessa Ox and Cow at 61d., and 360 dry salted:) . Brazil at 64d. per lb. In Hemp there is very lit tle business doing. Tallow is not quite so saleable this I. week, the imports from Odessa have thrown a very ample supply into the market, which has occasione d a decline of 6d. per cwt., about 300 casks have bee n sold at 395. to 395. 6d. for Odessa, 40s. for ne w ' Y. C., 395. for old Y. C., and 38s. 6d. for old Siberia. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURIVG LAST Vt REX:. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Seano• _ Per Quarter. S. to s. N. to s. 30 43 45 35 43 16 38 36 4L 40 44 s. to s. 28 :10 to Carlisle. Ilexharn Morpeth . 52 60 49 56 51 61 48 56 58 CI 32 40 28 32 25 32 30 38 Nevi = castle Itontsey Sttnderlalid- Winchester - - 4t4 5t Per Bushel. Birmingham Coventry Newcastle (Stair) Northallerton Penrith Stafford s. d. s. d. 80 88 70 79 98 99 70 76 00 0 90 94 70 7 8 72 79 s. d. s. d. 53 59 52 6 0 70 76 50 56 00 52 70 76 53 59 52 63 s. d. 53 56 52 60 52 60 50 43 4 00 60 :0 50 56 48 56 8.6- ss o74 n 8 0 7 " 6 7 0 1 ° 7 6 00 6 10 0 ig 0 76 y 0 83 Warwick Worcester*,.,—. Per Noll. Barnardeastle Darlington ...-- Durliatn Stanhope 12 0 15 6 140 160 IX 0 150 12 6 13 9 12 6 139 il3 6 15 0 00 110 106 00 106 113 00 100 00 00 11 0 11 6 70 - 96 70 IQ 0 80 86 70 00 70 8 0 90 106 _o 1! 120 " • 100 1 2 0 , o 00 "„ n o 0 Wolsingham SCOTCH MARKETS. HADDINGTON CORN MARKET.—ApriI 27. We had a good supply of all kinds of Grain to-day, ~ Wheat, with a quick sale. Oats are higher on the av erage, kit other articles are lower. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First (S3s Od 44s Od 42s Od Second s9s Od 38s Od 40: Od Third There were 378 qrs. of Wheat in market, wi 8 ...at B.s.s Od. 37 ...at ;59, Od. 7 21 93 Pease. 1 54s Od 52s Od 50s Od Sereof34 B4( 17d ...at , 15 1 —l5 Grey Bows. 536 Od 516 Od 506 Od Id thus ▪ 565. Od • 55 0 • 54 0 DALKEITH CORN MARKS' The supply of Wheat and Barley was 1 heavily at last week's prices. Wheat. Barley. Oats.' First 32s Od I 34s Od I 30s Od Second Third 21 Lrge ; the h former sold Pease. I Bean& 295 Od 2gs Od 27s Od 275 Od 25s Od I 25s Od GLASGOW CORN We have had a fair demand ft week ; not so much business doh same. Barley scarce, and forme still in request. No alteration it Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s.d. British, old 3l 0t0320 -new 3OO 320 Canada, free 3O 0 32 0 Irish Barley, per 3201 b. English 35 (I 86 6 Scottish Irish. 34 0 35 6 50 0 33 0 MARKET.—ApriI 25. Or Wheat, at the prices of l e t ing in Oats, but prices nearly the er rates fully supported. realic n Beans. Oats, per 2611 h. s• d• s. d. Irish 240t02/16 British 0 ° Beans, per 2601 b. English Scottish IFlS:ner,ea:p7rol4ht?..i.b 34 2 094 0 ) 53 2495 0: MINING INT Quantity of Copper Ore sold at lii Average Produce Quantity of fine Copper Amount of Sale, IS/1911. 13s. 6d - ............................................. Tons. .............. 3, 1 Cwt. 07 ' ... : Ave rage Standard, 109/. 9s. 0(1. BIRTHS. On the 28th instant, in N or thumberland-street, Strand, Mrs. Burckhardt, of a son. On the 28th instant, at 63, Russel-square, Mrs. Henri Pownalf, of a daughter. MARRIED. by the Rev. Morgan Hughes, Henry Dawes, ESC!. of th e Bengal Civil S , ervi ee, to Maria Only child of the late NO limn Noble, Esq. of toley-place. du the 28th instant, at St. George's, Hanover-squar e ' by the Rev. Evan Nepean, A.M., Mr. Jones, surgeon, e t Mr. 2 8 28th Handy, instant,of F a a t k St. en h a G ni e , o George's, e o ' Alcester, Warwickshire, to Charlotte, youngest daughter 0 ' '9 Hanover-squar o p o On the 24th inst., at Edinburgh, Viscount Sarlock, t Philadelphia, eldest daughter of C. G. S. Monteath, Eol ., of Closeburn. ~ rcestershire. tbeOlnatethe On the 27th instant, at D l l 4 E , 9 l"ark-Place) Re g ent's-Pa'( ei after two days' illness, Hans Sotheby, Eeg v second s°ll Win. Sotheby, Esq. of Sewardstone, Essex. ..elO - PRINI3IO and Pursuslasp by M. YOUNG, at IP Sex-Orries, No. 112, airmail.