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SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The difficulties and embarrassments of 'Air. 'Canning's situation, as well as those of the country, appear to increase daily and hourly. — As far as the former is concerned, he is entitled to very little sympathy, his situation being en tirely of his own seeking, and that most unw sly and unnecessarily ; but that the country is to be invc!ved in fresh difficulties—her affairs, both foreign and domestic, placed in abeyance, and that to gratify the ambition of one man, himself apparently the instrument of a questionable in fluence, is a- state cf things too mischievous and alarming not to call for the s-vere animadversions of that part of the Press which aspires to any character for independence. We make this latter remark, not without f;: slings of both pain and shame et the unblushing inconsistency (we would fain hope, not venality) with whieh a cc.-s -tain part oc the Press has, on the instant, deter • ted all its former prineinles and prepossessions, and ;e as embarked in a defence of the new order n things mere nauseous and subservient than any thing we have! ever before witnessed of the kin:!. We let our readers, not long ago, into some part of the secret why these things are so. Mr. Canning knows well dnoug,h the importance of the Press to his cause, and he has those about him r•7'no know how to manage such matters.— Or, this occasion, however, the wires appear to nave been pulled too violently, and the puppets overact their parts ; and we therefore recommend to the managers of the Fantoccini a little more discretion in their movements, or the piece will decidedly fail. We do not participate in the alarm professed to be entertained he th e Ultra part of the French Press, that Mr. Can ning's elevation is likely to revclutioniae this or other countries. If we could presume for a mo ment that Mr. Canning had any intention of adopting the principles of those by whose aid he has been principally raised to his present post, we should look with some apprehension to the consequence ; but do the Radicals in ‘Vestmin star or elsewhere really believe that Mr. Canning is a convert to their opinions ;—or are even the \Vhigs or the Catholics silly enough to imagine that he intends to use their support beyond rendering it the step-ladder to his ambition ? —Mr. Canning, then, is reduced to the dilemma of being compelled to abandon either his new :allies or his old ones. The latter, it is true, have abandoned him. But here Mr. Canning will outwit them; for having left him, on account, as they sup posed, of his abandonment of their principles, they will be doomed to see him quietly resume the prin ciples which it will then have the appearance of far - •pn in them to oppose. Where, then, will have been the use or the occasion for this change of Go vernment ; or what will be the effect, in the eyes of impartial spectators at home or of foreign countries, when they see the affairs of the kingdom thrown into confusion to gratify the ambition of one indi vidual, and that by means of a species of legerde main, to which some persons will be inclined to apply even a harsher term than that ? The country called for no change in the Administration, nearly every office in which was filled to its satisfaction ; nor need, therefore, the political demise of Lord Liverpool have produced any such consequences as it has done, had net Mr. Canning, prompted by his own vanity and ambition, and by applause which a stronger mind would have disdained to be influenced by, rushed headlong to a post, in which it is ex tremely doubtful, after al!, whether he will be able to maintain himself. The country naturally looks with anxiety to the meeting of Parliament, when some of the secret springs which have influenced these ex traordinary movements must necessarily be deve loped, For ourselves, we are mainly anxious for the safety of the vessel, of her passengers, and her cargo. If the Captain and the crew are capable of Yiavi ;rating her safely, we shall be satisfied ; but a change of hands in the middle of a voyage is not what able navigators would recommend, or under-writers ap prove of, if it could be avoided; and that it could have been avoided upon this occasion there remains scarcely a shadow of doubt.—Morning Herald. The negociations, as we anticipated yester day, have terminated favourably ; and we can now communicate the gratifying intelli gence th at the Mar quess o f L ans l own y and his friends have at length formed a junction with Mr. Canning and his friends. All the leading points are now settled to the satisfaction of both parties. The Duke of Devonshire having travelled with ex traordinary celerity, arrived in town from Bow wood by two o'clock yesterday morning, and had an early interview with Mr. Canning, after which, all difficulties were understood to be at an end. The Marquess of Lansdown is to lead in the House of Lords ; and from the abilities and Parliamentary experience of the Noble Mar quess, the extent and variety of his knowledge, and more particularly his familiarity with all that relates to trade, commerce, and domestic indus try, combined with great command of temper, we anticipate for him a most successful .Mini sterial career. Lord Holland does not take office ; but he and his friends will certainly sup port the Administration. The Noble Lord, from a feeling of delicacy connected with the Catholic Question, did not conceive himself at liberty to make a part of the Ministry. Some of the Whigs, however—and those men de servedly high in the estimation of the country, from what we conceive mistaken motives, but from an elevation of feeling which it is impos sible not to respect—do not approve of what has taken place. But, for the p ur p oses o f f act i on, the late seceders will receive no aid from them ; for they will always support the Ministry in every praiseworthy object. All the hopes of the Old Tories are now therefore fairly extinguished; and they who but a few days ago dreamt they were of such consequence, that they could by striking, to use the technical word, reduce the King to their own terms, will now find themselves deserted. The new Ministry, strong in popular esteem, strong in property and iniluence, will instantly command an overwhelming majority in both Houses. We ma y take some credit to ourselve s f or h av i ng b een among the first to express ourselves sangu i ne l y with respect to the beneficial changes which Mr. Canning would effect. live years ago, we were blamed by some of our conteraporarie s for that confidence with which we predicted that Mr. Canning would exert himself as far as he could, to break up the Continental system, and to bring back the Government of the country to a course more accordant with the national glory and the national interest. We formed our conclusions, from having always perceived in Mr. Canning a strong desire of esteem, and this we knew would never allow him to remain at ease under the de gr. ,lation of his country. A man who cares little for the good opinion of others, may sink into a grovelling animal, eccupied merely with the advancement of dirty interests, and deriving gratification only from self-indulgence ; but Mr. Canning never was a man of that description ; and therefore his ambition must necessarily be directed to more elevated objects. There are always hopes of men to whom the approbation of their fellow-men is of importance ; but those who, like the late Lord Londonderry, feel no generous sympathy with their kind, are the men to be more particularly dreaded. It augurs well for the Administration, that I praiseworthy de- ferenee has been sheen to public opinion and the feeling 'of the English Bar in the case of Mr. Plunkett, The idea of Dominating that Gen man to the Rolls is relinquished. He is, how ever, to be elevated to the Peerage. Mr. Plun kett himself must have been sensible of the disadvantageous position in which the no mination would unquestionably have placed him ; and his readily relinquishing the appoint me,,t is as honourable to him individually as it is to the Ministry. From the prominent part which Mr. Brougham has taken throughout the negociation, to the successful termination of which he is understood to have greatly contributed, surprise will naturally be felt at hiN not being included in the appoint ments to office. But this was Mr. Brougham's own wish. The reasons which induced him to adopt this course are highly honourable to him, and on some future day they may be laid before the public. We shall merely observe now, that Mr. Brougham saw the paramount importance of securing the na tion against the probabilit:! of a return to power cf the men who, in a happy hour for us, chose so un accountably to ':'candor. their places, and that with a magnanimity which few are capable of imitating, he placed his own motives out of the question, by a deckration of his intentions in the outset, and di rected his endeavours to the smoothing the diffi culties in the way of an union between the mode 74re Tories and the Whigs. In our observations on Sir John Copley, in the Chronicle of Saturday, ive were under an impression that in the debate on the Catholic Question, the irritation displayed by Mr. Canning had been caused by an unexpected change of the opinions of Sir John. In this notion, however, we find we were in error; and that Sir John's sentiments, when elected at Cambridge, did not differ from those he maintained in Parliament. What remains still to be arranged are matters of minor consequence. Before another day is over we expect to be in possession of the various appoint ments which must take place. There has never, as we yesterday stated, been the smallest difficulty with respect to places, and there can be none now. We are in possession of some of the appointments, but as the arrangements are not yet definitively fixed, we shall wait till we can make a more authoritative communication.—Morning Chronicle. It is not impossible but that, before this paper goes to press, we may be able to anneunce some termination or other to the negociations which are now earl-vine , on between Mr. Canning and the Whigs. When we u se th e wor d negociation, however, we must not be misund ers t oo d as im plying that the Whigs are anxious to make terms for themselves. The contrary appears to be the fact. They are willing to give their support to a liberal system of policy ; but the proinulgator of that system wishes to engage them in it, not as approvers only, and promoters, but as co operators. If there had been any avidity of place, an arrangement might have been con cluded long ago ; but, according to Sterne's pro verb, " liberality offers with both hands open, what modesty will scarcely touch with a finger." Mr. Brougham, for example, has taken a decided part in promoting th,, negociation, by which the Whip were to come in, declining at the same time, for reasons to be hereafter explained, any office himself. As for Lord Lansdown, it is pretty evident that he has shown no great appe tite for place ; Lord Holland has expressly re fused it, and others are equally averse ; whilst there exists in all the warmest disposition to support the Government of which his Majesty has laid the corner-stone.— Times. We are not able to fulfil the promise held out in the beginning of this article so late as twelve o'clock last night nothing was settled. The ne gociation, however, is not at an end. Lord Lansdown had not returned to town last night ; but the Duke of Devonshire made that kind of communication to Mr. Canning which was con sidered as leaving the question still open. Lord Holland, Lord Carlisle, and Mr. Brougham were at Devonshire-house with the Duke, after his return from Mr. Canning, but no final reso lution was adopted. It is proper to mention, what we are sure will give great satisfaction to those who wish well to Mr. Canning and Mr. Plunkett, that the latter gentleman has retracted his acceptance of the Rolls. He accepts a peer age, but goes to the Upper House to defend the Government without any place at all.—Ezd. We have reason to know that a letter is in existence which, though it relate only to what may be called a private affair, shows strongly the feelings of the French Government towards the British nation. .The letter is addressed, we be lieve, by the French Minister of Marine to the French Ambassador in London.—(t recounts a glorious act of humanity performed by the com mander of the English brig Juno, of North Shields, Captain Hall, in saving, at great risk, the small crew of a French chasse-maree (three persons), supporting them afterwards, and put ting them, gratuitously, on shore. It states, that a gold medal, commemorative of the fact, has been struck, and is to he presented to the brave Englishman. There was once a person at the head of the French nation, under whose tyranny, if an Englishman had saved a thousand French lives, his only reward would have been to hear himself and his country reviled. " The crafty English leopard," &c., would have been the language used.—lbid. THE MINISTRY.—The negociations be tween Mr. Canning and the Marquis of Lans downe, which (as we stated in our last) termi nated to all appearance finally on Saturday, have since been renewed, in consequence of the active interference of the Duke of Devonshire, who, after a conference with Mr. Canning, set out for the seat of the Marquis of Lansdown near Rich mond, where he remained during the whole of Sunday. At an early hour yesterday, his Grace returned to town, and in the course of the morn ing had a long interview with Mr. Canning ; after which the Prime Minister waited upon the King, with whom he had a conference, which lasted an hour and an half. On the return of the Right Hon. Gentleman to Downing -street, the Duke of Devonshire had another interview with him ; and the result, we understand, was a perfect adjustment of the differences which had existed between Mr. Canning and the Marq u i s of Lansdown. We are happy to understand that the concession of the Catholic Claims was not the point upon which the negotiation had turned. The Noble Mar q uis, no less than Mr. Canning himself, was convinced, that under the existin g circum s t ances t o ma k e th e concession of those claims a sine qua non in the progress of a Mini sterial arrangement, would be neither more nor less, in effect, than an unqualified refusal of of fice ; and the moderation and good sense with which from the commencement he conceded this important point, afford the best pledge of his safe and prudent conduct in the department of the Ad ministration which is about to be allotted to him. The difficulties which during tine negociations re mained to be surmounted, are understood to have related immediately to the organization of the Irish Government ; the expressed wish of the Marquis of Lansdown being, that all the higher offices in Ire land should be tilled by persons avowedly favourable to the Catholic Claims. This in comparison with the former, is certainly a minor question ; b u t it i s nevertheless, one of very considerable importance; and we hays reason to hope, not only that Mr, Cm- ning has formed an opinion upon it perfectly in unison with that of the Sovereign and of the great majority of the United Kingdom, but that he has completely carried his point. The neutrality of the Cabinet upon the main question, will therefore, we doubt not, be an honest neutrality; for it must be evident to the 'Marquis of Lansdown, as it is to every body else, that a different course would be calculated to excite life in the minds of the claim ants, and to raise expectations which the agitators would not fail promptly to turn to their own mis chievous purposes. This question unfortunately occasions enough of ferment in Ireland already : and the Noble Marquis, therefore, fully aware of this un pleasant fact, no longer persists in wishing for an organization of the Irish Government so likely to iNerease the evil. To tantalize a numerous body of the people by tne excitement of hopes which with safety to the State can never be gratified, in order to assuage animosities produced only by a mischiev on% faction, which we ought rather to subdue than encourage, would be certainly a novel, but we appre hend, not a very happy political experiment. The probable result of the negotiations to which we have iliutled will be the following new appointments:— The Marquis of Lansdown, Secretary of State for the Home Department. —The'Earl of Carlisle, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.—The Duke of Devonshire, Lord Chamberlain.—The Marquis Alesley, Go vernor-General of India.—Morning Post. It is not a mere flight of the imagination, or a mere physical abstraction, to sty Great Bri tain is, from natural and inevitable causes, placed midway between the opinions of the old and of the new world—between despotism and demo cracy—between an obstinate adherence to an cient prejudices, and an intemperate desire for mischievous innovations, It is the perfect re presentation of every interest, and the practical admixture of every power, in our constitution, which have placed us in this most enviable, yet complicated, position. During the fearful years of the French Revolution, we alone, of the European nations, were preserved from the ex cesses of any popular fury, or the re-action of any despotic strength, by this admirable balance of the most opposite principles. Through that alarming period it was the fi rs t d u ty o f aStates man, "when the equipoise of the vessel in which h e sailed was endangered by overloading it on one side," to carry the weight of his talents and his influence " to that which might preserve its equipoise." In this principle of the great mas ter of political philosophy, Mr. Canning neces sarily united ; and by his eloquence, and by his pen, he effected as much as any man, Mr. Pitt and Mr. Burke only excepted, in carrying the vessel through those stormy seas. Those who accuse Mr. Canning of inconsistency, when they behold him opposing the moral power of Great Britain to the headstrong career of the blindest tyranny, unquestionably forget, that the science of politics is essentially progressive. Our coun try, as we have said, stands midway between the two extreme principles which diviue the world ; and it is, we conceive, the highest merit of him whe directs the energies of the nation, that the complexion of his mind, and the character of his policy, should be of this mixed and balanced nature. To run before the popular intelligence —to drag it forward in its natural desire for change and experiment—to stimulate its unavoid able jealousies of rank and property—to goad on its hatred of arhitr?ry governments— this would, indeed, be a most unwise and unstates manlike course: but, on the other hand, to per mit the intellect of the people to- be greatly in advance of that of their rulers—to deny all im provement because improvement necessarily in volves some change—to attempt "to confine power, authority, and eiistinction, to blood, and names, and titles"—to avow a sympathy with all tyranny and intolerance, in opposition to the in evitable tendencies of the human if it could he called a system of policy, would preci pitate the very evils which it blindly pretended to resist. Let any man who objects to the pre sent head of his Majesty's Government, candidly examine the political events of the last five years, and the actual position of the country, and say, if they demonstrate any of those mis chievous preferences for a democratical ascend. ancy, which we have described. " Time," says Lord Bacon, "is the great innovator." It is the part of a wise Government, to follow the march of this sound instructor. Improvements are only dangerous, when they are very far in advance of tire natural, reasonable, and univer sal demand for them. It is impossible fcr any person to contemplate the immense strides which the mind, and the resources of this country have made, since the peace, and say, that the Govern ment alone sh ,, uld be stationary. But it is the character of all improvements, to create jealousies amongst classes and individuals. The great landed proprietor, who believes that high rents and high prices are essential to the prosperity of the State, dreads the repeal of a Corn Law which amounts to a prohibition of foreign produce. The shipowner, who believes that the Navigation Laws are the foundation of ou-t- commercial prosperity, con siders that the reciprocrl trade of the world ought to remain upon the same footing as in the time of Charles 11. The lawyer, who his spent many a dreary year in mastering the intricacies and evasions of hundreds of obsolete or contradictory statutes af firms that Mr. Peel's simplification of the Penal Code is a most desperate and mischievous innovation. All these objections are natural enough; but it has been long since established, " that when men are too much confined to professional and faculty habits, they are rather disabled than qualified for whatever de pends on a comprehensiv, connected, view of the various, complicated, external, and internal interests which go to the formation of that multifarious thing called a State." We would advise those who are alarmed, or who affect to be alarmed, at the inno vating propensities, of the new Ministry, to bear in mind this axiom, that the morals and the intelligence of a people must be reflected in its government. The Ministry of the King of England must be ad vancing, because the people are advancing; the Ministry of such countries as the Papal States must be retrograding . , because the peopl e are retrograd ing. " The Cardinal Della Somaglia," (the Se cretary of State to the Pope) says R recent traveller, " is reported to have had the intention of diminish ing the public expenditure, by abolishing the charge of lamp-lighting; because, he is related to have said, in his youth, no streets were ever lighted at night, and that, nevertheless, all went on just as well." Our traveller proceeds to say, that " the Committee for Vaccination has been lately sup pressed as an innovation." The Cardinal Della Somaglia is only one of a species, who flourish, though not quite so luxuriantly, under less genial skies than those of Rome.—New Times. It is not uninstructivc to observe, with what different sentiments the triumph of Mr. Canning has been regarded by different clas ses of persons on the Continent. Every where it has excited the keenest mortifica tion and disappointment in that bigotted faction, who hate the free institutions of England, and would gladly, in order to diminish her influence, plunge the world into war. They look upon Mr. Canning as their bitterest enemy, and they are in the right to do so. Their hatred is eu logy ; and it is a eulogy which Mr. Canning has merited throughout his life. On the other hand, the partisans of innovation—the men who arc anxious to abolish what exists, for the chance of liittiq upon sorneththz better—exult in the ascend' alley of Mr. Canning, as if the triumph were their own. It is natural enough that they should wish to avail themselves of the strength of his name : but they and helave• nothing in common, except that some of the enemies of both are the same; and their praises are as far from doing him honour, as the vitu perations of the adverse faction are from lessening his fart. We are not desirous that our Statesmen should be popular in France. We would rather have them the objects of respect and fear ; and if there are ttiy whose praises we should be most loath to deserve, they are the men who are now the loudest eulogists of our Ministers.—Thid. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS', APRIL ' 9 3. BUNN V. WESTNACCTT. This was an action of libel, in which the plaintiff complained that he had been libelled by having it imputed to him that he was a writer in The Age.— The greater part of the alleged libel, which was an article in Tice Southampton Herald, was read by the °dicer of the Court, and it pretended to give a sketch of the life of the plaintiff, in the various situa tione of son of a pawnbroker, nephew of and dependant cn a nightman, clerk to a shipbroker, and finally, manager of a provincial theatre, in which, according to the phraseology of the defendant, he " bank rupted," and from whence he was represented to have been transferred to the Editorship of The Age. The only evidence given to support the case con sisted of a copy of The Southampton Herald, in which the libel appeared, and of the testimony of its Proprietor, who swore that the manuscript (a great part of which he produced) was in the hand-writing of the defendant, who had at first inserted the initials of the plaintiff, and had written his residence at full length, but that these marks of identity had been struck out at his (witness's) desire. The defence was, that the plaintiff was not so point ed out by the alleged libel as to render him known to every reader of it, and that not being so pointed out, he should have shown by the evi dence of third persons that it related to him—that in consequence of not having done this he was not entitled to claim damages, as it might refer to any other person. It also insisted that either the plain tiff was not the Editor of The Age, and could not say that the alleged libel referred to him, or he was the Editor of The Age, and then the defendant could justify the libel by proof that he had been provoked to write it in consequence of repeated libels on him, which had been published in that paper. The CHIEF Jt7sTtcE, however, held, that the de fendant could not give in evidence other libels of which he was the subject, without having specially pleaded them. His Lordship then left it to the Jury to say, whether they were satisfied that the libel in question related to the plaintiff; and if they were, they would find for him, with such damages as they thought he deserved. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages One Shilling. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, APIUL 23. Yesterday the Rev. George Hornsby, late of Glocester, (possessing two livings), came up to he heard in the matter of his petition, to be discharged. From th examination of the insolvent by the Chief Commissioner, it appeared that he nad before taken the benefit of the Act. The examination by the Court was directed principally as to his wife's pro perty, which he stated to be 200/. per annum, over which he had no controul. Previous to the Rev. Gentleman applying for the Act, it appeared that the assignees under his estate had been appointed by the Court, in consequence of which application a seques tration will follow, in order to make the " livings" available property to the creditors, which are worth about 3001. per annum, in right of the University of Oxford.. , POLICE INTELLIGENCE. G UIL DHALL.—Mr. Illman, a respectable trunk maker, in Noble -street, Falcon-square, appeared be fore Sir PETER LAURIE, Knt., yesterday, upon an information, charging him with having purchased a hare on the 24th of February. Several notices of action have been receired by various poulterers from bona fide informers, the law seeming to encourage that mode of recovering penal ties under the game-laws, by giving the informer only half the forfeiture if he proceeds before a Ma gistrate, and if he sues in a court of record award ing him the whola penalty and double costs;the poulterers are taking alarm, and informing against their customers, as, by obtaining one conviction, the Informer becomes purged " from all pains, forfeitures, and penalties, to which he shall have become liable at the time of making such discovery." Mr. Minim, jun., attended as solicitor to the in former, but the defendant pleaded "guilty as soon as the information was read. Sir P. LAURIE asked the informer, Mr. Brown, a poulterer, in Newgate-market, what was his object in suing for the penalty ? He asked this, because he saw it had been stated elsewhere, that there was some strange perversion of the spirit of the law in these proceedings. Mr. HonLEß—The object is to recover the Sir PETER—So; you sold the hare, and nom' turn informer against the gentleman who favoured you with his custom. Your solicitor says there is no manoeuvring in this prosecution, hut, perhaps, you will tell me how many head of game you have sold besides the one in question. Mr. Brown smiled, but did not open his lips. Sir PETER—I suppose you have your hand in your pocket to pay the fine for Mr. Illman. Mr. HoBLER—No, Sir, I expect Mr. Inman will pay it. Mr. Alderman ANst.Ev—Well, as he has pleaded guilty, we must convict him. The cemiction was then recorded. Sir PETER LAURIE— How came you to buy this hare, Mr. Illman ? Defendant—" My wife was in the family way, Sir, and was seized with a great longing for a bit of hare. (A laugh.) I, of course, went about in all directions, and did my best to obtain one for her, and I gave Mr. Brown ss. for one. It is a hard case for me, Sir, and I hope you will make the fine as light as you can." Mr. Illman said all this as se riously as if he believed the penalty would actually come out of his own pocket; hut he added, less seriously, " Mr. Brown cannot ex p ec t me to d ea l with him again." (A general laugh.) Sir PETER—lndeed, I think he cannot. The fine of 51. was then paid down, and Mr. Hobler observed, his client was now exonerated from all penalties during the whole game season. Mr. Payne, the clerk, who seemed to doubt whether Mr. Inman was not, after all, to be the suf ferer, said, " This is one way for a man to get rid of his sins certainly, but it is a most iniquitous mode." Gouge, the ranger of Fleet -street, brought for ward the witnesses to establish the innocence of Humphries, the hackney-coachman, who was com mitted for stealing 181. in notes out of a small pocket book lie had picked up in Fleet-street. Richard Laws, the carman, stated that he was going with his waggon up Fleet-street, on the Gth of April, between 11 and 12 in the day, and saw a hackney-coachman get off his box, facing Fetter lane, to pick up a small pocket-book which he was almost ,ure was lying open. The coachman re mounted. Witness saw a roll of papers lying near the book, and called out to him, but he did not stop. Witness picked it up and showed five of the six notes to Mr. Nichols, a licensed victualler, at the Savoy Palace, to whom he was then carrying some ale. He gave the notes the same night to his mas ter's clerk, who gave him sovereigns in exchange the following evening. .; . Mr. Noah Nicholls and Mr. Joh n► Little, clerk' to Mr. Bryant, of Prince's-square, St. George's-in-the - East, confirmed Laws' statement fully, as far as 're lated to them. He had mentioned to them 139th that he found the notes, and saw the coachman up the book, and he had told Mr. Nicholls that the book was lying open. Sir PETER asked Mr. Little, if the notes were dirty. as if they had fallen in the road. Mr. Little—The only observation I made was, that they had been much worn in the pocket. Sir PETER—How long has Laws been in Mr. Brvant's employ ? Mr. Little--Nine years, and he has au excellent character. After putting various questions to elicit whether there was any acquaintance between the coachman and the carman, and whether the notes were in the possession of the latter before the former became ap prehensive of being taken into custody, Sir PETER said, that it had been his fate to have several difficult cases before bins, and the charge against the coachman was certainly one of them.— His expression, that the reward of 5/. should not fetch the pocket-book, had as much as any thing raised the suspicion that there was money in it at the time he said so. Could any one say whether the coachman could read ? The officer said he thought he could not, because he could not tell how to spell his own name. Sir PETER.--Than the poor fellow might mistake an old lottery ticket, that still remained in the book, for something of value. Mr. Loadsman, the prose cutor, stated that it was impossible his pocket could have been pick , i, and he was positive that the tuck of the l - sok was in the loop ; in which case, it would be impossible it could have burst open by falling. Mr. Loadsman.-1 am still sure it was fast. Sir PETER.---11ut, you see you must have been mistaken. I had a prejudice that there was an un derstanding between Laws and the coachman ; but after asking every question that suggested itself to my mind, and from the very respectable appearance of the parties before me, my doubts are at an end ; and I will cause an immediate application to be made to a Judge to releaso. the poor coachman from prison. The 141. which Laws had given up to the officer was then handed over to Mr. Loadsman, who also asked for the two letters, stating that.the writers had seen the account of the coachman's commitment in the newspapers, and had also heard of the carman be ing the actual finder of the money. Sir PETER gave him the letters, noJcing at the same time the great advantage that resulted in this case from the publicity given to the police report. " Ay," replied Mr. Loadsman, " that report has been of advantage to me as well as the coachman, but for that . report, I am satisfied I should never hare heard of my money." Sir PETER ordered the City Solicitor to take the necessary steps to bring the matter before a judge. James Augustus Gleescm, a spruce young law yer's clerk, was brought up, for the second time within a fortnight, upon a charge of assaulting his wife, to whom he had been married only a month. The officer stated that the wife had gone away satistiel, the parties having agreed to separate. Sir PETER.—I suppose, if I discharge you now I shall see you here again before the week is gone, for battling with your wife. _ _ . Gleeson.—No, Sir ; 110 more. She battles with me, and sets the poker and tongs to work. (Laugh ter.) Sir PETER.—This was a strange way of spending the honey moon, but different people hare different tastes. How long were you courting her ? Gleeson—Two years, Sir. . - Sir PETER—No poker and tongs then—(A laugh.) Gleeson—Oh, no, Sir; but the other day she presented a loaded pistol at me.—(More laughing.) Sir PETER—WeII, Sir, as you have made your peace, you are discharged. BOW-STREET.—James Simpkins, the post office letter-carrier, who underwent an examination at this office on the 12th inst., on a charge of steal ing letters containing money, was yesterday brought up for re-examination. Two charges were brought against the prisoner in addition to those that were proved against him on the first examination, and he was fully committed for trial. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE. Yesterday Mr. Benjamin Hatfield, of No. 50, Lisson-Grove, was charged with having attempted to violate the person of Harriet Shepherd. The complainant is a remarkably healthy looking robust girl, between 11 and 15 years old, and she stated that she came into the defendant's service last June as a nurse-maid. It has been the practice of her mistress to go to bed before her master, and upon such an occasion, since Christmas, her master first made himself familiar with her by kissing her in the parlour; on subsequent occasions be proceeded to take greater liberties, and afterwards made several attempts to violate her person, in which, however, ac cording to her statement, he did not succeed. She resisted him by struggling when these things oc curred, but did not cry for assistance at the time, or tell any one afterwards, because she was afraid, for she knew her father was out of employment, and she did not want to lose her place. The List attempt was made on Thursday night, which came to the knowledge of her friends and led to this inquiry. Mr. RAWLINSON asked whether he had intimi dated her by threats, or endeavoured to bribe her with offers of money, to Loth of which questions she answered " No." In reply to another question from Rawlinson, she acknowledged that she came down into the parlour at the defendant's request, on Thursday night, after she bad taken the infant to her mistress, although she suspected the purpose -for which he wanted her. The defendant, a- very respectable-looking young man, denied the whole statement; charged the girl with having robbed him of 35., and insinuated that she had lived in houses of ill-famo before she came into his service. _ _ This was strenuously contradicted by the girl and her friends, ard Mr. RAWLINSON, after having re marked that with such knowledge, surely he wou ld not himself have ret a ined her in his service, held him to bail in 501., and two sureties in 251. each. .Tamer Reeves, a very young lad, was committed to Newgate upon a charge of having stolen a silk handkerchief from a child in the New-road, near Trinity Church, Regent's-Park. lie was observed to be examining the handkerchief by an officer in Portland-place, which led to his apprchension, and he was seen by a little boy to steal it from the child, upon whose evidence he WUS committed. UNION-HALL.—A man, named Cornelius Bowen, was charged with violating Elizabeth Sayer, t h e grand-daughter of a woman with whom he lodged. From the evidence, it appeared, that on the night of Easter Monday, the complainant, who is very young, slept at her grandmother's in a two-bedded room, one of which was occupied by the prisoner, and the other by the complainant and her cousin, a little boy, between five and six years of age. In the night, the prisoner entered the complainant's bed, and by the evidence of a surgeon who was examined, it appeared that the offence 'of which the prisoner stood charged was fully completed. The prisoner i was committed. In the Kent Road is to be seen the following rather ominous sign :—" A• DeTille, Under taker, from Gravesend." COMEDY AND TRAGEDY.—Baron Hol barich, in a c onversation on theatrical works, thus describes Comedy and Tragedy :—" The business of Comedy is always, a marriage, and that of a Tragedy a murder. All the intrigue turns on this question—Shall they marry or shall they not marry ?—shall they kill, or shall they not kill ? They shall marry—they shall kill— and so ends the first act ; they shall not marry — they shall not kill—concludes the second act. A new means of marrying and killing presents itself, which is the substance of the third act. A new difficulty arises, and prevents the marriage and the murder, and this forms the fourth act. At length wearied with the contest, they marry and they kill, which completes the piece."---Li terary Chronicle. . GREEK IMPOSTOR.-CAUTION. A person calling himself Joseph Mustarvey / 11/ been at Portsmouth, stating himself to be the nuot ef of a Grecian vessel called the Sylvan Ore, fro l Smyrna, with a fruit cargo bound to Liverpool, Bll l d , that he was wrecked on the 31st ult. on Helvic° Sands, near Swansea, when six of his crew were drowned, himself, mate, arid three men having 1)0, saved and obt a in e d a p assage i n a coa l vesse l boon to Lyn-e, from whence, by charitable contribution!' they had reached Portsmouth. The purport al'? application is to receive assistance from the intit)? tants to get to London, and fr-m thence a passag e home ; and he refers to a highly respectable Broke' in the City, who has been written to, stating he h been to his address from Leghorn and Genoa 1 ) e former voyages, and is well known to him, and ad d ' his signature at foot, to att es t th e t rut h o f the apr cation ; it is sufficient to state the Broker in question neither knows any such person, nor has any vessel ° I that name ever coma to his address. On reference, to the sigirtture at the foot of the letter it is n eithe' Greek nor any , other intelligible character, and 0 1 ° whole is a gross attempt to impose upon the feelinP of the charitable and humane, for whom the abe e is intended as a caution, as doubtless similar attsuiP ts will be made in other quarters. 1 4/EF.TISGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DI ARY.—THasnx Commissicncrs, B Acton, J., Copthall-court.., 10 Bally. R., Cumberland-gar dens lO Beaumont, G., Commercial road 9 Bellamy, B. Clerkenwell lO Berry, esh am 1 Bishop, E., Sheerness Borni,hi, E., Cambridge 10 ! Cole, W., New-street Cox, 3., Oxfc;d-street lO Durrant, J., Maidstone 1 Farrer, W., FritLy-street.„ 10 ilcrrison, T., Fleet-market 10 ": Hipwood, 8., Ratcliffe l2 Howard, C., Shaeklewell F l 3 dc, G., Tottenham-court iv, Aeon. '21.--At the Court of Keav, W., Southwark Maci.,herson, D., Chandose street Moore, T., Sunderland .....• ll Park, M., Old Trinity house. Perring, J., Clerken•.rell g Savill, J., Woodford Score, C., Austin friars .....• Short, M., Madras Sills, J. and Co., Upper lo Thames-street Starkey and Co., 2ultency strnt Thompson, W., Blue-Bcar it - court Wilkinson, T., Warnford court Wrcford, M., New Bond street ...... road r - 10 Jacobs, M., Charier-street, Soho 1 LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. the The I , igheit price of Bread i n th e M etro d o li s 934 d, fa . r „ o r 41b. Loaf. There are other s who sell from to D e " that price. PRICE OF SEEDS.—ApriI '23. New English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) 70s. 725. Old Ditto Ditto— O. 423. 38s. 48s. 255. 38s. 545. 60s. 308. 445. 20s. 365. 7s. 2`2s. 245. 28s. —s. 378. fine 735. 90 ' 3 ' fine 48s. ~„I ' ' fine 61s. Pr' fine 10s. fine 6 - 7 s. vv" fine 48s. 5 83 ' fine 315. 59 2; fine IN. fine 225. Zia' 395. fine 325, fine -e s ' . new 335. 401 ' —3 . —S. —S. fine 255. 30s. new 365. 401 365. 425. new 40s. 38s. 40s. fine • —s. 345. 38s. fine 100 s. fine 115 s. New Foreign Ditto. Old Ditto Ditt0...,,,,. New White Clover. Old Ditto New Trefoil -- Old Ditto th C rass English Carraway Foreign Ditto Coriander St. Foin Hye Grass —s. 30s. 28s. 30s. .(per P ce Ditto insced, Ditto. for crushing. Canary Sec.d, Ditto Old-- —s. —s. White Mustard Sced—(per Bushcl) 12s. Brown Ditto —s. 16s. —s. iris. 425. fine - 4-Is. 465. Mle ss. Od. 6s. 6d. fine Os• T: —s. fine 12s. 1 4`,. - ,,e Seed, English, fine (per Last) 201. Foreign 20 WHII'ECIIAPEL HAY MARKET.—ApriI 21. Hay m, 50s. Od. to 115 s. Od. Clover 90s. Od. to 13.5 x• Od. to 425. Od. fine" fine '''''' fine 2'2. Turnip tieeds, Rounds Green and Red Ditto Ditto'New PRICES 0?' HOPS (per Ctrt.)—April 23. Kent Pockets --. 41. 103. 51, ss. to 61. Sz.ssex Ditto 41. 6s. 41. 12s. to 51. Essax Ditto V. 10s. 51. Os. to 51. Farnham Ditto, Fine 0/. N. 8/. Os. 9/ 1, ;_• Seconds 0!. N. 71. Os. to EL , 31. Pls. 41. IN. to 1/. us' S/. 10c. 4!. Os to 41. 1 0 s• 12s. 41. 4s, to 41. 15s, Kent 13ag: Sussex Ditto Rtsex Ditto.. Lpril 43. 0/, os, per Ton. ditto. PRICE OF POTATOES.—.. Yorkshire Kidneys Scotch Reds Oxnobles and Shaws -. Marsh Champions--- 3/. 10s. to 3/. 153. ditto. 1/. 10s. to 5/. Os. ditto. PRICES OF LEATHER. Per lb. rcr lb. Butts --....50 to belb.— 20 21 , Tanned Horse Hides— Ditto--CO to 661 b.— 22 23 Spanish Ditto Dressing Hides..---- Per dozen. Fine Coach Hicle. .. 15 17 Calf Skins -36 to 401 b. Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b. 14 154 Ditto 50 to 70Ib. Ditto to 501 b. l 5 174 Ditto 70 to olb. Ditto d. to 15 41' 13 ° 16 Es 23 21 . 3 IS 2t_.' RAW HIDES. Per Stone. e.d. to s. d. Per Stone. s . d. to s. d o , He.fors Steers 210 3 2 Ordinary Middling,--- 2 6 2 8 Market Calf 7 0 eacf> SHF,EP 2s. Id. to 3s. 4.d. Lambe - 3s. &I. to 4s. 15(1 Od. to O. 0 PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown ---- 311. Os. Refined Linseed Oil Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand 11, " Rape per ton -- 6 6 COAL Max Adairs— 31,4. 8eaum0nt,.,,,,_,,, :33 0 Eighton Main— 3l Forrest Heaton Hebburn Main 36 0 Holywell Killiegworth 36 9 NewLurn Ord's —3O 3 Percy EaEt 3O 6 Polito') Wirulsor Shipeote 3l 0 Tanfichl Moor 3l 6 Townley 33 Willington Wylam 31 9 WallsEndßewicke&Co. 37 9 Ditto Brown's 35 6 Ditto Hilda —33 0 Ditto Hotspur----- 35 6 Ships at Market, 123!,‘---4 .ET.—April 23. Walls End Newmarch 364.0' Ditto Ditto p lg e o a r r t e h t u hn a Northumberland 36 6 77 Ditto Riddell's Ditto Russell's A j Ditto:Walker - Tanfield Trader.. ,„ 31 0 Russell'sHetton's small 16 6 , Larnbton small Covrpen 29 Fordel Main— 36 ° Hartley..— 30 r., Inverkeithing Splint " 36 6 Eder. Main Fawcett Main 34 „" " Russell's Lyon' s M a i n 35 ~, Nesham 35 ", Walls End lietton — 39 - Ditto Lambton 35 - Ditto Lyons„ 37 g Ditto Stewart's , ips sold, 53 1 4 —Unsold, la RKETS. IRISH MA DUBLIN MARKET NO' 'l'E.--Faiwkv, Apr: Fr To 696 Wheat, per b arrel 20 stone 32 0 m 0 38 0 20 Bere 16 stone 18 0 0 0 423 Barley.— 16 stone 19 0 22 0 3,051 Oats 14 stone 15 0 21 0 13,582 Cwt. Flour 9 stone 11 0 27 0 330 Oatmeal _ 3l stone 15 0 23 0 Sold to Bakers 12,678 Cwt. Flour l6 0 26 0 Average price of Wheat and Flour 4 a. sd. per Receipts of flour, 10,815 Firsts, from 255. Od. Seconds, . from 16s, NI. Sal" of Do. IO ~.M.Thirda, from Hs. Ocl, PRACE OF BREAD. Quartern Loaf, 41b. 50z..,.. 83d. I Half-quartern, 211 e. 2 it YO. N , 11 S. 11 .r 0 0, 1 8 111,4 Is 8 sack. o d, , to 27g. 0 0, to 2V. „ A . to 08. I, WI. 4146 per barrel per barrel perObaat.is:rell 20 stone. lb stone. It stone. Ist. ="' d s s. 0. a s.d. s. d. as. d. .s. d. a s.d. , s. d. as. 0. s. .a Cork 28 3-31 9 18 0-19 0 14 0--17 2 18 0-20 0 16 0-19 , Limerick 26 8-27 616 8-17 015 15 516 0-17 015 0-16 Waterford 26 0-31 6 15 6-18 6 14 3-19 0116 6-17 6 13 0-di le 8e1fa5t.....,. 28 1-30 0 IS 0-19 4 14 9-17 9'22 0— 0 0 20 0— , o Clonmel 26 0-28 515 6-17 015 9 -15 917 0-18 614 0 Tralee-,...- 25 6-27 6 17 4 0 0 11 0-15 2 00 0— 0 0 IS 0 — Carlow -- 28 0-32 0 16 0-19 0 14 0-17 0 0 0— 0 0,17 0— ',O Galway -210— 0 0 0-15 0140— 0 0 00— 001 0. per Beef, Mutton,' Pork, per lb. per lb. per cwt. Ist. 2d. 3d. 4th. 5 1, 0. ad. 0. a d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s d. s• Cork —.- 5 6 05° 22 0,-28 0 !JO 08606 S 0 60 2 0 Limerick- 3,-; —5-i —5 21 0-28 090 0840 74 0114 05 0 AVaterforo 0 —0 0— 0 31. 0-37 6 99 01— 0— 0 Belfast 34 —6i o—s—o 0 0 0 0 Clonmel - 3 3—4 370 n , 00 86 0'76 072 0 0 `" — 43 0 Tralee --.. 3 -4 4 22 0-23 0 0)2 0 76 0 62 0 ah 0 Carlow— —5 4 5 —0 — 0 0 8 66 75 0 60 0-0 Galway-0-0,0 —0 —o 00-0-0-010 Aberdeen ,—, Berwick Coldstream Cupar Dumfries ~ Dundee Falkirk Kelso Kirkzddy Perth -- ------v I 0 atin v _, al' At Dumfri, above are per 50 b 2 """ ..... ...g 43 '' ..... -. _ I f er Pr' ' o h 280 V. SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. 27 31 40 43 as 30 40 42 28 30 28 30 27 27 73 76 48 50 28 30 26 28 29 30 30 35 40 43 29 32 28 30 2.i 3l 27 29 28 30 the price is given oil, except Oatmeal Oats. Beans. 26 31 25 30 25 27 i 0 40 49 26 33 21 26 2.1 30 28 30 23 28 23 30 32 27 29 26 27 er bushel. The otl , which is per sack ( BIRTH. Oa Sunday, the 22d instant, in Thornton-row, Greet?' wieh, Mrs. Charles R. Parker, of a daughter.______--- MARRIED. On Thursday, the sth instant, at Christchurch, SPit3l' fields, by the Rev. West Wheldale, Thomas Grieve, FA"; of Mill-Wall , to Mary , the daughter of the late R01,61.' Lum, of Steward-street. at Mr Phipps, On the 21st inst., in Brydges -otreet Covent-garden, where she was on a visit, Mr s. fritoce4 Briggs, in the 63d year of her age. of On the 23d inst., at Totteridge-park, Edw ard Arro smith, in the Bth year of his age. O f On the 17th inst., aged 23, Elizabeth, only daug _. of Mrs. Matthew Pickford, l a te of 8att_.......,ani-wo: Panaan and Puzmanin by M. YOUNG, at al Sun-Orgies, No. 1113, Strand.