The Sun. — London, England, 1827-05-28 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We sincerely congratulate the nation on the vast majority which has attended the first read ing of the Corn Bill in the House of Lords,—a majority of nearly two to one in its favour ;—a majority, also, which we have no doubt will protect the Bill, in its future stages, from the ra vages which are menaced on its principles and provisions. There is, likewise, another subject connected with this question, upon which we cannot help complimenting one portion of the community, though it be at the expence of an other:. How much greater intelligence and con sistency- has been indicated by what may be called the British public—the real English people —upon the Corn question, thin by those louts and coxcombs, united, the landlords and the po litical economists. To the Corn Bill of 1815 the English nation was justly and warmly op posed : they even endeavoured to prevent its be ing carried into effect by acts of violence ; and from that time to the present, when it is to be set aside, they never entertained but one opinion on the law. 'The same law was received by the agricultural interest with acelamations of joy in 1815 ; and was by. them forced upon the State. In 1818 and 1819 they raved against it with equal bitterness ; and now; in 1827, they op pose, with no less earnestness, and with no less good sense, its repeal. We have only, then, one short question to ask as a corollary from these facts—whether such men deserve the slightest consideration in the settlement of the question—whether they have the heads to know their own interest, or to per ceive by what means it may be best secured ? The truth is, that the poor far mers have been dragooned into all these peti tions against the new corn-bill, for the mere pur pose of keeping up rents, by those two factions of men whom we have above cited : the one duller than the earth they tread, and the cther a mere batch of fantastical coxcombs, incapable of attaining literature, or fathoming science, and therefore distorting and sophisticating common sense by every kind of paradox and extravagance. The corn-bill, therefore, will be carried ; and we have no doubt that it will be partly cotempo raneous with, and partly productive of, an improved state in our manufactures and commerce. We will not now say that it is to be considered as but a tem - poraz-y measure ; but we must hope that it is only one stage in a journey. As our manufactures im prove, and our population increases,—that is, as more corn is consumed,—the importation prices may he lowered ; for we are well assured that there is no resting place for our feet, there is no firm principle upon which our commercial pre eminence can he based, or even the landed com munity rest free from shocks, but the unrestricted and untaxed circulation of all the necessaries of life (both for man and beast) throughout the world ; and to this point we hope our steps are tending. Let the agricultural interest, therefore, to whom, in truth, the guilt of one half of our national debt may be imputed, and who, during its accumulation, swaggered and bragged that they would spend their last guinea, and shed the last drop of their blood, in the just and necessary war, now use equal efforts for its diminution,—not by robbing those who have confided in public faith, but by controlling the public expences. But upon the subject of free trade, and above all of free trade in the productions of nature, why, we ask, are foreign hops prohibited? Native hops, we believe, are now about 51. the cwt., duty included and the tax upon foreign hops is 81. 16s. the cwt. If there be one mischief greater than another, both upon the land itself and upon the morals of the farming inte rest, it. is the growth of hops in this country. The farm is robbed of all its manure for the hop ground; and the hop trade itself is neither more nor less than one great gambling concern. It is, in its effect upon rural morals, something like what that infernal mansion, now being raised in St. James's street, will be, in its effects upon the morals of the metropcdis. We must call, therefore, for the im mediate cortsideration of the duty upon foreign hops, with a view that it may be proportioned upon that of native hops. It is in vain for Government to affect the tl..owing open of the brewing trade, while the growth of hops is confined to England ; for the truth is, that the hops of this country must be and will be bought up by the great capitalists. The little brewer cannot contend with them, and is therefore obliged to use quassia and other deleterious ingredients. Admit foreign hops at first upon a reasonable duty, and the monopoly of the beer trade will be with greater facility laid open; the con sumption of the article will be increased, and its ge neral quality, carticularly in the country, improved : the present body cf the brewers and publicans will be less sensible of the change.—Times. The charge of inconsistency is among the loudest topics of accusation brought by the Tories against the existing Government. We do not know with how much grace a censure of this description can be urged against an adver sery by him who, up to the day of his dismissal from office, has, by the several means of clamour, intrigue, and party violence, exerted the most pertinacious opposition to a conciliatory measure of great national policy ; and from the moment of that dismissal, has abused the friends of the same measure, because, in the teeth of a recent vote of Pza.liarrient, they do not bring it forward again. Neither can we treat with extraordinary reverence the claims of the Tory Ministers and their partisans to the peculiar kind of praise which they look for, in a second instance. It is reeav notorious throughout the kingdom, that if they, in truth and substance, did, not in words, only two months since, endeavour to defeat the exercise of that Royal prerogative which places in the Crown, for its own security, the choice of its responsible advisers. And now within this week, as An indemnification, ,doubtless, for that right which the Constitution gives the So vereign, but of which they, the Tories, would divest him, they have ascribed to him one which the Constitution has, for the wisest and most obvious purpose, withheld—namely, that oC lay ing down pulitical doctrines, and disseminating principles through other channels than those of his responsible advisers, for the 'criminal pur pose of influencing votes in the two Houses of Lords and Commons, by representing the personal favour or displeasure of his Majesty as the consequence of rejecting or passing a parti cular law. These gentlemen would frustrate a prerogative, without which there could be no safety for the King ; and they would intro duce and enforce one, with which there could be no shadow of independence in the Par liament. The attempt which was matte in the House of Lords on Monday lost, to obtain from the Bishop of London a formal declaration of his Majesty's personal opinions with regard to the Catholic question, met, from the highest au thorities in that assembly, a prompt and consti tutional rebuke. Lord Lausdown warned the Rev. Prelate of the peril to which he would be ei pcAed by finishing the avowal, in the co urse o f which he was, fortunately for himself, interrupted. The Right Rev. Prelate is a Privy Councillor, an d h a d sense enough to shrink from the re sponsibility of holding himself forth in Parlia ment as the King's acivim ill an outrage upon the Constitution. Lord Harrowby declared, that it would be a mockery of the nation for Noble Lords to sit in Parliament with an hy pothesis hanging over them, that the King " had a previously-formed opinion upon any " measure which was about to be discussed." And how can it be otherwise ? How can the people, so long as it is understood that the So vereign, in his own person, can " do no wrong,"—how can the people know any thing authentic of the Royal sentiments on a political subject, but through the acceptance or rejection of a given measure when sent up to him from the Lords and Commons ? If the King can do or say nothing but that for which his Ministers are responsible, then can there be, constitution ally speaking, no reality in any Royal word or action but that which his Ministers avow. When Charles 11. gave authority under the sign manual to Montague, for a base demand of money from the French Court, in direct contempt and defiance of the advice of Denby, did it serve that Minister to allege the fact in exculpa tion ? No ; the wickedness which he disapprov ed was, in,. the true spirit of the Constitution, urged upon him as the result of his own councils, and the impeachment went on. What, then, must be done of necessity, anth.in self-defence, by His Majesty's present Ministers, if these unlawful prac tices are continued? Why, they must institute a state prosecution against any man who dares to allege that the King of England has authorized hint to attack the independence of Parliament. What His Majesty does not authorise his chosen Ministers to state for him, it is constitutionally impossible that he should intrust for repetition to others; and as for the Parliamentary part of the question,—we mean the employment of the King's name to influence votes by other means than reason,—it is to us the most disgraceful thing that ever happened, for Englishmen to come forward, at a period when the law and privilege of Parliament are on that point so clearly settled, and to tell the country that, be cause we are no longer ruled by Tudors or Plan tagenets, who used to keep the axe or faggot in terrorem over those who differed from them,there is therefore no sinister bias to be dreaded from the association of the King's name with promises of wealth, or threats of Royal resentment : as if modern lords and gentlemen had no hopes or terrors because their heads are safe! We presume that his Grace of Rutland will state publicly, and on Royal authority, all that passed from the lips of an illus trious Personage during the two interviews of four hours each, with which his Grace was honoured lately on two successive days. If his Grace were to choose for the time and place of his announcement an assembly of Bishops, or a Bible meeting, we guess, as the Americans say, that the exhibition would be extremely edifying and instructive; espe cially if he shall relate all the anecdotes of racing, hunting, &c., with which His Majesty condescended to amuse- his Grace on those two occasions.—lbid. It was, at one time, but too common in cer tain quarters, to ridicule the idea of diffusing useful knowledge among the people, and the phrases, " march of mind," "march of intellect," &c. were eagerly laid hold of by those who wished to deride the endeavours of all those who looked forward to the improvement of their country men. The scoffers, however, have either been converted, or shamed out of the expression of their sentiments ; for the labourers in the cause of the people are now seldom annoyed by this sort of opposition.—The possibility of commu nicating much sound and useful knowledge to the body of the people will hardly be questioned by any one who has looked around him with any degree of attention. We may observe, that per sons who are apprenticed to trades and crafts acquire a proficiency in them, with very few ex ceptions. The attention demanded of the pupil in order to his attaining the requisite skill it often greater than that demanded in the com munication of various branches of knowledge.— We see, however, not only that men regularly acquire such a proficiency in their callings as enables them to earn their living, but that the difference between workmen, though no doubt sometimes considerable, yet, upon the whole, is less than might at first be supposed. In the same manner it will be found, that every man not an idiot has faculties which enable him to become possessed of knowledge ; and that though, under any system of instruction, there will be found considerable inequalities in indivi duals, yet that, if we take a hundred men, and educate them in the same manner, the number above and below the medium of capability will not be great. When we consider the immense evils that flow from ignorance, this knowledge of the possibility of instructing our fellow creatures is highly consolatory. In fact, we look confidently forward to very important changes in the charac ter and destinies of our race.—Those who ap peal to past history, as affording proofs of the delusiveness of similar views to the above, may easily be answered. Down to nearly our own times the condition of the great mass of our spe cies in every country was that of slavery. Even in England villenage was not altogether extinct till the reign of James I. In such a state of society, instruction could belong but to few. The first great extension of education in Europe was caused b; the Reformation. The Reformers were obliged to appeal to the Scriptures against the established system, and they availed themselves of the re cently discovered art of printing to place the Scriptures in the hands of the people. But the views of the Reformers were, as might be ex pected, exceedingly confused. Popular instruc tion was, with them, altogether subsidiary to Sectarian purposes. With the emancipation of the lower orders, and the discovery of the art of printing, began a new era in the history of man kind. We can hardly be surprised that this art was not immediately productive of all the advan tages to the people which they may derive from it. The period which has elapsed since the commencement of the new era is but short, and the prejudices left to us as a legacy from pre ceding ages were many. It has been reserved to our times to make the discovery, that the preva lence of ignorance among the lower orders is in compatible with the peace of society and the establishment of good order. Wherever a mass of prejudices exist, it is impossible to calculate on the actions of the individuals entertaining them. In countries in which slavery exists the lash go verns the slave. But where the lower orders are not slaves, but free agents, it becomes of the ut most consequence that the main-spring of their actions should be properly regulated. An igno rant multitude may be stimulated by malevolence to the commission of extensive mischief, for there can be no calculation on the direction - eehich ignorance may at any time take. Know ledge, too, is tranquillising. The savage and the ignorant seek relief from the tedium of life in vio lent emotions. Hence, in proportion as men are ignorant, they are cruel and fond of inebria tion. The great pleasure of the savage and the boor k rapid and beastly intoxication. The man who has entered the threshold of knowledge finds hi mse lf exempted from this necessity, through the perpetual gratification afforded to him by the treasures successively presented to him. If of an active disposition he avails himself of t 8 information to better his situation, and to employ his energies not in purposes hostile to society ; and if he he of a quiet contemplative ' disposition, he derives means for rendering his situa tion less irksome. There are some well-meaning people, who deem the ability to read the Bible a sufficient education for the lower orders. But this is a grievous mistake. No species of knowledge can be safely isolated. We can only secure the lower orders against superstitions, and all the evils of fanaticism, by a proper mental training. When the mind is enlightened, religion is not abused. We complain of the erroneous views entertained of reli gion; but the mind must be properly trained to judge correctly of religion or any other subject. By means of improved modes of teaching, elementary knowledge can be communicated with much greater care now than formerly. But another improvement, when more generally introduced, will be of immense consequence. In some agricultural districts, move able circulating libraries have been established, so that the whole of a large district of country may be abundantly supplied by a single stock of books. This removes one of the most formidable obstacles in the way of the communication of knowledge, and enables the natives of the most solitary districts to have access to the means of improvement. In the couse of the last few years, immense progress has been made in this great work. From the soundness of the views now generally entertained respecting education, and the activity of well-intentioned men, the results must he more and more favourable. The conviction, that the more extended the knowledge of an individual is, the more likely he is to be a good and useful member of society, and that even the lowest member of society can never possess too much knowledge, is a favourable feature of our Limes.—Morning Chronicle. We understand that a Member of Parliament is likely, if not in the present session, early in the next, to bring the subject of special pleading under the notice of the House of Commons. We are glad to hear it. There is no subject more deserving the attention of the Legislature. If law is at all to keep pace with the advancement of reason—if the interests of justice are to be preferred to the barbarous ingenuity of forms— if the investigation of truth be of more conse quence than the support of technical fictions and imposture, it is impossible but the discussion of this subject must be productive of good. This system, which absolutely overlays the merits of a case by a redundancy of verbiage, as absurd as it is expensive, will not be able to bear the touch of reason. It flourishes because it has remained hitherto unmolested within its sanctuary of the Courts of law, where it would be heresy, until very lately, for any person to doubt the excellence of an invention so profitable to lawyers. Let it once be discussed abroad—let it be examined by the eve of common sense ; and people will wonder how any system so opposed to the sacred character of justice, and the wholesome administration of law, could have been ever tole rated. All pleading was originally meant to facilitate justice, and the ancient forms were very concise and clear, and consequently very effective. But this did not answer those speculators in human suffering, whose object it was, not that the law should be administered, but that litiva tion should be promoted. The simplicity of the ancient forms was departed from, in order to burden suitors with unnecessary expence and to multiply suits. It is clear that if all cases were decided upon their merits, the quantity of litigation would be much less than at present, when the best cause that ever came into a Court of Justice may be defeated by a technical inaccuracy that ought no more to break down a good cause, than a straw ought to sink a ship in full sail. Hence several trials frequently occur for one that would otherwise happen. The person who has the merits on his side is naturally dissatisfied with the decision against him, and, in the confidence of having truth on his side, he makes other attempts at success. On the other hand, the knowledge that intricacy and chicanery of special pleading may be more than a match for the strongest claims and the soundest principles, the person who has no real merits to go upon, is encouraged to con test questions which he would otherwise at once hare yielded, with the hope that not truth but tactics may obtain the victory. Special pleading, as practised at present, is to far► what hypocrisy is to religion—it assumes its name to destroy its very substance. It degrades justice into a quibbler about words and forms, and makes the end of law exac tion.—Morning Herald. It is not three months ago that we were gravely told that nothing but an Act of Parliament (and that of such a length that the engrossment of it would have probably reached the whole length of Westminster Hall) could cure the defects which exist in the Court of Chancery ; while the very same persons now declare that the whole can just as easily be remedied by the order of the Judge himself. These evident self-contradictions can only be reconciled by a knowledge of the differ ent kinds of vision which belong to men when in and out of power. To a certain degree, pro bably, both these opinions are correct ; but then what a libel is it upon Lord Eldon, and upon these persons themselves, that this remedy, so sim ple in itself ; the one had not the courage to effect, or the other to call for. Such remedies, however, can never come too late ; and we agree that it may be prudent, now that the Court itself may be said to be re-organised, to wait a reasonable time at least to see whether the most essential -if the reforms re quired may not be brought about by the fiat of the new Lord Chancellor, aided by lus two efficient colleagues, both of whom, it should be remem bered, were members of the Chancery Commis sion. It does seem a monstrous absurdity to suppose that a Judge cannot correct the abuses of his own Court ; and we have no doubt but that a great proportion of the public have long considered that " where there is a will there is a way." As to matters of bankruptcy, we are by no means prepared to come too hastily to the conclusion that the jurisdiction over them should be taken from the Great Seal, the possessor of which, with the efficient aid he now possesses, will in all probability be found quite competent to manage all the cases which ought to come before them,were the original proceedings before the Commissioners placed under more competent persons and better regulations. No man, at all acquainted with the matter, but must be aware that at least one-half the cases which come before the Courts in matters of bankruptcy,. so come owing to the haste or incompetency of the pre liminary Judges ; nor can any one, however un acquainted with the matter, doubt this fact for a moment, if he will only visit for one half hour the undignified, scrambling scene, which lie will find exhibited almost every day at the Court, or rather the hear-garden, in Basinghall-street. The public are greatly indebted to Mr. Harvey for the clear and sensible manner in which he laid bare this part of the subject. His speech upon Mr. Taylor's late motion was evfaently that of a man who knew what he was talking about; and the soreness which it produced on the minds of those who could not but know the truths which he was stating, however un palatable their exposure might be, is the best proof of their value, Much of the evil of the whole sub ject, after all, hinges upon patronage ; unless the present possessors of which consent willingly to forego a large share, Parliament must be called upon to compel its relinquishment. While this patron age was in Lord Eldon's hands, ;t was a great grievance in the eyes of those who now view the matter in a very different light. The possession of three or four hundred places to oblige one's friends and connections with, both rime find political, is that which it is not in human nature to suppose that any man will willingly forego. Let it, however, on the other hand, be remembered, that every useless place in the Court of Justice is a tax, as far as it goes, upon the necessitous, and helps to form a virtual obstruction to, and denial of justice. In short, if the Court of Chancery is to be reformed from within, the pruning-knife must be applied to the branches, and those much larger ones than those who live under the shade of them may like to see cut away.—lbid. We cordially congratulate our readers and the country, upon the decision of the House of Lords on Friday night, on the important question of the principle of the Corn Bill. While we thus express our sincere satisfaction at this vote, from its tendency to promote and secure the best in terests of the nation, we look upon it with scarcely less pleasure as a decisive practical answer to the exaggerated pretensions and presumptuous pro phesies of the enemies of the Corn Bill in the House of Lords. Let our readers remember under what circumstances this signal victory has been achieved. Even while it was, exclusively, the measure or the Government of which Lord Liverpool was the still existing head, with what denunciations was it not assailed ?—how unspa ring were the efforts to organise an effective op position to it ;—how confident the predictions with which its enemies consoled themselves after the adoption of the Bill in the House of Com mons, ofits certain rejection in the House ofLords. I,lThen we recollect all that has been said and done, with a view to its defeat, we confess we feel almost as much surprise as satisfaction at this signal triumph. With respect to the talent with which, after such noisy and mature preparation, the measure has at length been opposed in the House of Lords, we are almost afraid to express our sentiments. Let the public carefully peruse what has been uttered from the benches of the new Opposition, and judge for themselves; and we shall be much mistaken, if any Englishman of common sense—any friend to the respectability and dignity of the aristocratical branch of our well-balanced Constitution—will not feel sorrow and mortification, that such poverty of talent should be displayed amongst a body of men, to whom the nation has always looked up, and, in consideration of the result of Friday night's debate, will still look up, as eminent for intellect, as well as for rank. Friendly as we are to the present Minis try, we cannot help wishing for them an Opposi tion more worthy to be contended with.— Neu , Times. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Etoile, dated Thursday, May 24.) " CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 25.—The Greek Bishop of Imbue has arrived at the Dardanelles. He relates, that on the 24th of March 2,000 Albanians, under the command of Captain Bino, who calls himself the Lieutenant of Cara tasso, landed on several points of the island, the population of which is entirely Greek, After having plundered two villages, they summoned the Primates to give them 10,000 piastres if they would not have the four remaining villages suffer the same fate. About an hour after making this threat they plundered a third village. After several parleys, which led to no result, they embarked on the 26th in the evening, saying they would soon return for the contribution which they demanded. They carried away 15 Furks, whom they had made prisoners, out of the 150 who composed the garrison of the island ; and they carried off 57 women and girls, after having treated them extremely ill. From 'm hos they sailed to Thaxos, where, it is known, they com mitted similar excesses. The Pacha of the Dardanelles has refused the inhabitants of Imbos permission to quit their island, and has sent them a reinforcement of 60 men. " Twenty-six heads arrived from Prevesa on the 14th of April, and have been exposed. They were those of some Albanian Chiefs who kept up a correspondence with the Greeks in the Morea. " On the 20th, Saida Effendi, lately Reis Effendi, died suddenly at the Capitan He had just taken his supper, and was beginning his prayer, when he complained of pain, and expired a moment after. The physicians are of opinion that he died a natural death from apoplexy ; yet it was reported that he was poisoned. He seemed to have a presentiment of it; for the same day, going to visit the Mosque of Ejub, he had expressed a wish to be buried there. He has been interred there with much pomp, by order of the Sultan, who did not seem much to regret him, though in a former illness he manifested great solicitude about his health. The Grand Vizier is much affected at the death of Saida, who was generally beloved and esteemed. " On the 21st the Sultan visited incognito the great street of Pera. He spoke to several of the persons whom he met, and remarked the palaces of the legation. He en tered some shops, where he left marks of his generosity.— These promenades show a change in his habits ; he seems to take pleasure in them, and for some time past he has been seen visiting in this manner the streets and bazaars of Constantinople. . . . " The division of the squadron which has been anchored for some time off J3eshiktosh sailed to-day for the Darda nelles, under the command of Thair Paella. It consists of one ship of the line, one frigate, and five corvettes ; it is going to join the Riala Bey, who went before to the White Sea. As for the Capitan Bey and the Patrona Bey, they have remained constantly at sea. The former has ar rived at Alexandria, where he will concert measures with Mehemet Ali ; and the latter is at Navarino. " The son of the Prince of Walachia, who was sum moned before the Grand 'Vizir, went with the young Ar menian whom Le had married : he was ill treated and se parated from her by violence. He implored the support of the Russian Minister, and met with a refusal. He had presented a petition to the Sultan, which was equally un successful. He has been sent to Bucharest, accompanied by Muhardar, second to the Grand Vizir, who is said to have orders to bring back his brother. " The credit of the Armenian nation is exerted against all those who were suspected of having favoured him ; two are already in the bagnio, and search is making for several others. MEXICAN PAPERS. " MEXICO, MARCH 25.—The dissensions in Durango have for some days occupied the attention of the eucreme federal authorities. The following decree was yesterday approved by both chambers, and transmitted to the Exe cutive : _ . " 1. Tli Government may employ 3,000 of the local militia of the adjoining states for the pacification of Du rango. 2. The acts which may emanate from the autho rities of Durango, while they are not in the enjoyment of their liberty, shall be regarded as null. " MAacir '26.—" It appears that the finances of the Republic in London remain in statu quo, without Senor Camacho having obtained a settlement with any of the contracting houses, nor even a penny of the hundreds of thousands of pounds sterling held by the house of Barclay. Poor Mexico ! Unfortunate Federation ! Now, all exclaim what light El Sol threw a year and a half ago on the re iterated promises of Senor Esteva, that the sacred interests of the country were secured. Now, the country sees and suffers defalcations and losses on many occasions, though there are some who call the proof and demonstration thereof calumny. Now, however, the charlatans hare become dumb, and the mercenary pens are blunted, when the per sons responsible for the management and direction of the public treasures stand most in need of a defence. Has the Ex-Minister gone to Puebla to study, or to pre pare himself for meeting the charges which it is said await him in both Chambers? Or has his journey some other object ? "MARCH 31.—"1t is said that the proper committee of the Senate has presented its report on the Masonic Lodges, proposing their abolition, and certain penalties on the mem bers, as the temporary suspension of citizenship, &c. Would to Heaven that the Republic may see an end put to these dark artificers of mischief and crimes ! It is also asserted, that several Senators have proposed measures for preventing in part the scandalous abuse of the liberty of the press. How much evil has been caused by those base publica tions which daily appear in Mexico !" We conclude with a real Irish Law Precedent. Judge Kelly " always most candidly admitted his legal mistakes : I recollect my friend William Johnson o nce pressed him very fiercely to a decision in his favour, and stating as an argument (in his usual peremptory tone to Judges he was not afraid of) that there could he no doubt on the pint—precedent was imperative in the matter, as his Lordship had decided the same points the same way twice before " So, Mr. Johnson," said the Judge, looking archly, shifting his seat somewhat, and shrug ging up his right shoulder,--" so; because I decided wrong twice, Mr. Johnson, you'd have me to do so a third time. No, no, Mr. Johnson! you must excuse me., I'll decide the ether way this bat jorraild 110 /It did," POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—Mr. Cope, the City Marshal, and two of the officers, brought into the Justice Room on Siturday, a small trunk, nearly filled with plate and jewel lery, of a costly description, which they had found that morning in the house of a relative of Ikey Solomons, the receiver of stolen goods, who, on Friday, contrived to elude the vigilance of the officers as they conveyed him from New gate on a Habeas Corpus, in order to his being admitted to bail before the Court of King's Bench on the charge for which he had been committed to prison. Mr. Cepe stated that they bad searched several places after Solomons, but, as yet, unsuccessfully. The contents of the trunk were examined, among which were a beautifully chased silver tankard, and a teapot of similar material and workmanship, about thirty gold watches, varying iu value, and nearly one hundred gold seals, the greater part of which were new. The Lour) Mayon. ordered an accurate inventory of the articles to be taken, and published in all the newspapers. Mr. Cope then left the Justice Room, and in about a quarter of an hour returned, accompanied by a shopkeeper, who, on seeing the shawls, identified several of them as having belonged to a parcel of these articles, stolen from him in June last. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.—Lady Bridges was sum moned by the driver of a Hackney-coach (No. 356) for re fusing to pay him his legal fare. The coachman's demand was just, and her Ladyship paid the fare with costs. As soon as this was decided on Saturday morning, another coachman presented himself before the Magistrate, and, stroking down the hair upon his forehead, asked fur a summons. Mr. HOSKlNS—Against whom ?—Coachman—Lady Bridges. Mr. Hosicnts—For what ?—Coachman—For refusing to pay me my fare. It then appeared that her Ladyship had taken his coach over the same ground on the Itch of May, and refused to pay him more than 2s. Mr. HosuNs advised him to call upon her Ladyship, and she would no longer dispute his demand, but pay him his fire, for the ground had been measured, and the case decided against her. I had much rather have a summons, said the coachman. But I had much rather not grant one, replied Mr. Hos kins. It is unnecessary, I tell you ; go to her Ladyship, and she will pay you. Coachman.—Beg your pardon, Sir, as to that there.— I don't see why her Ladyship should not be obliged to come hem. If 40 be as I had over-charged her, she won't ha' studied my circumstances, nor my family ; she'd ha' summoned me. Mr. HOSKINS.—Go to her, and if you do not get re dress, you shall have a summons. Coachman.—l shan't give myself no trouble of that sort ; and, as lie was turning round to leave the office—lf I can't get justice here, I'll go to Bow-street. QUEEN-SQUARE. —On Saturday last, the Lord Bishop of Bristol came into this office, for the purpose of consulting one of the sitting Magistrates, G. W. Marriott, Esq., respecting an unusual case of affliction. It appeared from the statement of the Right Rev. Pre late, that he had been accosted by a famished female, with a starving infant at her breast, as he was walking from his town residence in Great George-street, Westminster, whose story so much interested his feelings that he inquired where she lived, and at length accompanied her to her miserable home, No. 7, St. Ann-street, Westminster. The poor sufferer had informed the Prelate that she was originally a Bristol woman, which representation had interested his Lordship in her case. Upon their reaching St. Ann. street, and entering the house, the excellent prelate was accosted by the poor woman's landlord, John M'Chesney, who was astonished at seeing such an unexpected visitor, and who informed his Lordship that this lodger and her infant had resided in his house about two months, as a nightly tenant, at 4d. per night, which sum, however, she had latterly been unable to pay ; but pity for the mother and child, the latter being but eighteen months old, com pelled him (M'Chesney) to lodge both, until he was un able to do it any more. After this appeal, the Bishop of Bristol repaired to the Westminster Hospital, to inquire if that institution could receive the mother and infant, when he was told that he must apply for that purpose to the sitting Magistrate at Queen-square ; when lie went there, Pace, an active and intelligent officer, was directed by Mr. Marriott to repair to St. Ann's-street, and bring the unfortunate woman, and her infant, if possible, to the office. The poor woman was examined as follows: The Bishop of Bristol.—How long have you been in this town ? Mother—About two years, your Lordship. The Bishop.—Where is the father of your child ? Mo ther—l know not, my Lord. Mr. MARazorr.—How old is the infant now present? Mother—One year and a half. Mr. MARRIOTT.-Would you consent that your child should be taken care of, while you go to another place?— Mother—Any thing you please, your worship. The Bishop—Then, my good woman, you would hare no objection to go to the Hospital while the child is taken care of? Mother—Cod bless you, gentlemen. Mr. MArtalivrx—What is the child's name? Mother— Hannah Richards. Mr. MAnaurrT—Was that surname the name of the father ? Mother—No, Sir, it was my father's name, and my maiden name. Mr. MAaarorr—Has the father ever contributed to the support of the child ? Mother—Never, Sir. The Bishop—You have mentioned that you were a Bristol woman : what was your father's trade, and where did he live ? Mother:—He was a hatter, and lived in Thomas-street, in that city. His Lordship now requested Mr. Marriott to send her to the Infirmary, and in the meantime to have the infant taken care of. Mr. MARRIOTT said that both mother and child should be attended to instantly. The Bishop—Have those poor people where you were lodging been supporting you ? Mother—Yes, your Lordship, they have for some time. The Bishop—lt is highly to their credit, considering the circumstances they are in, and ought not to be overlooked by charitable minds. M'Chesney, who held the infant in his arms during the examination, then accompanied the unfortunate mother to the Infirmary, where she was immediately taken in, and afterwards took the infant to the Overseers, who engaged that it should be provided for. His Lordship, in the most feeling manner, assured the unfortunate woman, that he should make inquiries after her. Inquiries were made made late on Saturday evening, when very faint hopes were entertained for her recovery. LAMBETH-STREET.—In consequence of an applies tion made in the early part of the day, by Ann Sheen, the wife of the wretched culprit at present in ICewgate, a warrant was issued for the apprehension of his mother, and placed for execution in the hands of Davis. In the evening of Friday, he secured her, and brought her before M. WYATT, Esq., and the following was the nature of the charge preferred against her. Ann Sheen, the wife, stated, that on Thursday after noon, a female called at her lodgings, in Rupert-street, and in formed her, that a particular friend of hers was most anxious to speak to her, and was then waiting at a public-house in the neighbourhood, whither she requested she would come. She, in consequence, accompanied her there, and after a delay of a few minutes, they were joined by the prisoner (her mother-in-law) and two other women. The former told her that if she did not wish to hang her (witness's) husband, she would not appear to prosecute at his ap proaching trial; and that if she would consent to go to her friends, near Penzance, in Cornwall, and remain there until matters were settled, she would, in the first instance, sup ply her with money for the journey, and afterwards take care that she should be well provided for. Witness, in reply to the solicitation, told her, that she was bound over to give her testimony; and if Sheen was hanged, it was not her fault, it was his own act which he had to blame, and the law which ordered his punishment. The prisoner got quite angry at this answer, upbraided her with a total want of affection, and threatened that if she per severed in her intentions to give evidence, she would have such a snob collected at the Old Bailey, on the day of trial, as would " Serve her out properly," and never permit her to return home alive. Under the influence of fear and alarm excited by this threat, and apprehensive that some personal violence would then be offered to her, she af fected to comply with the request to go to the country, and the means were to be provided accordingly ; how ever, when she got out of their company, and on re flection, she thought it right to come to his Worship, for his protection. Mrs. Sheen, the mother, when called on to answer the charge, denied it altogether, and said it was all an invention of the complainant, for the purpose of injuring her. Mr. WYATT, however, having every reason; from whet Davies told him, to believe that the threat had been held out, held the prisoner to hail, to keep the peace to her daughter-in-law for three months, herself in 401., and two sureties in 20/. each, of whose credit he required 24 hours' notice. He at the seine time gave directions that Anne Sheen, the wife, should be received into the pa: ochial work house, in order to prevent her being tampered with or abused by her husband's friends, and there to be paid curl attention to until the tiros of trial, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. itbeld S:'' PORTSMOUTH, MAY 26.—Yesterday R e ar-Admiral Thomas M. Hardy, Bart. K.C.8., re tu rn ed to Spit in the Pyramus, Captain George Rose Sartorius, with ti Experimental squadron, consisting of the Challenger, Sal phire, Wolf, Satellite, Acorn, Alert, and Columbine; Trinculo brig having parted company with the Cork 0 don• The ships were a month at sea, during which he) had . ten trials ; and it may be expected that we e b fr enabled to state their relative sailing qualities, but, so W e ' concileable are the statem en t s o f th e officers belonging t ° them, that we will not undertake to make a confident re' port upon the subject. Sir Thomas has made a confi a ! g : tial report to the Lords (5 f th e Ad m i ra lty, whose opi n '° , alone can be taken, to be implicitly relied on. Sir This was this afternoon directed t o p rocee d t o th e Admiralty „,' tP h il e have an interview with the L or d Hi g h Admiral. ' e j ships are ordered to take on hoard all the stores requilrlie for foreign service, and proceed again on a cruise. Tyne is to rejoin the squadron. The following rem from a correspondent bring the proceedings of the 8, 1" d to the close of the cruise :- 701 May 10.—Ill a trial this day of five hours on a a il ; with a moderate breeze, the Columbine had the adv ante ' e e of the whole squadron, weatheri ng Ch a ll enger a bout th i l i e quarters of a cable's length, an d S a pphi re a b ou t two sn o and a half. In the early part of this day Challenges' beaded by nearly all the squad r on, th e y h av i ng , from sn il i ;, position at starting, each suc cess i ve ly t a k en th e wind ° ,4 of her sails ; but she recovered this loss in the latter in a most extraordinary manner , l eav i ng off with the dal lumbine only three-quarters of a cable's-length to ward. The order of b e ati n g —C o l um bi ne , Challeng e ; Sapphire, Satellite, Wolf, Alert. Acorn not in Corn 10 1 3; May 15..—This day's trial was one in which a g oe press of sail was carried, with a heavy sea. Colutu to t unfortunately lost a man over -b oar d, an d f rom h e aving ° t : was not considered in the day's trial. Challenger d e l carried all the squadron, an d b o th wea th ere d a nd hel n ' t Sapphire. The thr ee c o rve tt es , A corn , W o lf, a nd Sa te lite, headed Challen ger , b u t a ft erwar d s f e ll to leeward thre! or four miles. The T r i ncu l o thi s d ay did we ll, an d is c el ' tainly to he considered as the leading ship. May 18.—A trial on a wind, with a moderate bill: when, in nine hours, the Challenger gained the rig , t 1 passing to windward of Columbine ; the othe r s hips ,4 squadron were from two to six miles to l ee w ar d ; Wolfel-0 Acorn being the two next best ship s , dist an t &built sim m cnhhgi i i l l pae e hisle s iteet ; oyanofdg S lie dte9eih a r p .enze p .asa h gedAr i hud r a ' s. trial off Alert 4, Satellite 5, and Trinsal ° in rhh o ai o ff r-aues t rt Inat w chrot i ifoei n lr d urt , hmuoonfb a g einat of two w i 9 a nhoo l lld o iemn f . n i ne eteashTideben :of o b t CI ! ing order :—Pyramus and satellite, four miles and a It, Alert, 6 ; Acorn, 5 ; Wolf, 21; and Columbine r a " -' May 23.—This was the last day of the squadron tryinj: lenger when a i b n o a u b t o t a w t o Th enb r les' length, but fallen to leeward ; Sa o phire had rather weathered on her, but dropped abou t or three cables' length. The t r i a l closed in consequet; of thick weather coming on, so that it was no t possible state the position of the other ships. The merits of the respective ships may thus be stated : Chan lenger has proved herself always the best ship on a wind, cases ; Columbine is nearly equal to her in strong winds P - ; smooth water, but l o ses th a t a d van t age a s the s e a increl l y Sapphire is a fine ship, and superior to Columbine rII the sea, but not e qua l t o Ch a ll enger; W o lf i s super i o r to , other two cor ve tt es ; T r i ncu l o (b r i g ) muc h super ior to ir e Alert (sloop).—Off the wind, Challenger and Wile( corvettes t; and Trinculo next eolu pe m s b u ine r f or the to W th o e lr Al b e e r f t. before The ramus has not been mentioned in comparison with the 0 .1 , perimental ships, but th e Al er t i s th e on l y one w ith W hle she can, with any propriety, be classed. se On Monday the Dartmouth frigate, Captain Thi'"* li s Fellows, C.B. and Manly brig, Li eu t enan t Fi e ld, went for of harbour. The Dartmouth will proceed on MondlY.,a the Mediterranean station ; the . Manly to Bermuda '- Newfoundland. The Arachne, IS, Capt. P e ttman, arr i ve d a t Vera C 7 7 1:, on March 29, in seventy d a y s f rom P or t smou th, with t . Ward, British Charge d'Affaires. Th e P r i mrose ,lB, Vernon, was waiting to ship specie for England. Remain—Pyratnus, Dartmouth, G a l a t e a, Challe n g e i f : Sapphire, Wolf, Alert, Columbine, Satellit e , Aeon:4l4°a° ' v of Capt. Norborne Thompson has taken th e corm:l i ver , the Revenge, 78, at this port.—Commander R. 11. to the Wellesley.—Lieut. Spencer Vassall, of the Ra t 's ie : the rank of Commander.—Mr. G. M. Donlery, to the rank of Li e ute nan t.—Li eu t. Si r Th o mas Pa s Bart. to the Musquit o .—M r . John Gullett to be Pu rr the Revenge.—Hampshire Telegraph. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. o f MAY 29.--(At the s asinghall-streol) Oddy and Brown, London - 1 1 wall .......... ................. 11 Osborne, J., Leigh ............ 11 Paul, J., Newport ............ Phipps, W. Shoreditoh ......lJ Robertson, A., Stepney.. ; . .. Robinson, T., Bishoplia' lv street . ..... . ............... Stickland,J.Viareharn / 11 setshire ................... ..• Watson, .1., Stepney...,.... LONDON DIARY.-TUESD• _ _ _ Commiflioners, I Hickman, \V., Great Cox well, Berks Hill, 8., East Grinstead Hill, R., Southwark 9 Hudson and Korfr, Black wall ll Hunt, C., Mark-lane... 9 Iredale, W., Doncaster II Lamb, G., Jerusalem Cot fee-house Lowe, J., Dublin...... lO Mill, W., Fore-street lO COUNTRY DIARY.—TuutteDLY, MAY 31. Briggs, 1., Barkisland—.Magistrates' office, Halifax ........... . Bulmer .J., sen. and jun., South Shields—George, Newcast' g 1 , upon Tyne . ........................... .................................. Dillon, J., Hereford—Greyhound Hereford ........................ 1. Gegg,i J. Greville, Bristol ......................... .." Hall andllaycoet, Shrewsbury—Messrs. Ratcliffe and ""' 1 , Liverpool ................................................................. „ Holbrook and Adamson, Northwich—Hotel, Newark- 11 P Q ' .10 Trent. .......................... ............................................. Hudson, W. Stamford—Crown, Stamford .......................• Kirkland, W., Ripley—Angel, Alfreton .................... 11 Richmond, R., Leicester—Crowns, Leicester... ............... I Roach, M., Bristol—Commercial rooms, Bristol .................. ELOPEMENT.-111iss Eliza Pow", li . :;" long, as it is said, f e lt a " b um pi ng a t h e r heal ', whenever she saw a n amorous swain, - a ge rit ;,,; man's gentleman in our vicinity. A remedyr ito the " bumping" she was as determined to g he was ready to apply. O n l as t F r id a y (called in the Greek, Dies Veneris) while vievWe g the orb of her t u t e l ary p l anet , an d ag i tate d by 'o alternating h o p es an d f ears o f an i nteres ting s e „ - r , timentality, the Romeo presented himself 1 - 1 1 3 ,,jv the green sward to his Juliet's vision. Alutu' i i . enchanted, there was no time to be lost. Jaunting-car destined to leave pursuers in tie distance, had been provided and received the try fond turtles, who quickly took. flight. lady's father (an honest farmer in the (4 0 , en t i e County, hard by us) felt, to be sure, not a l' t to grieved, at the loss of his gentle dove :--but, ed make matters worse, was most unpoetically 11 1 ° Y , on discovering his bein g also m inus in a coP _ siderable sum of money and other valu ables !. Instant communication with Captain Wrigl;l; who commands the Police of the district, brougf out his flying Dragoons ; who after a ch ase o about !so.o'clock fortystorm ,Ra miles, 8 t h roughCar l o w , & c . -and by divide o their services on horses , of always superior 61% d fanirlyS ran down" th e f ug i tives , at Saturday raorning.—C ar / o w .. i i i g t , Post. o BIRTHS. orl 11 ° On the 25th inst. al Stamford-hill, the lady of — c f . Rouse, Esq., of Montague-street, Russell-square' daughter. . 44 0# On the 25th inst., Mrs. Kruger, Acre-lane, Br i " of a daughter. _.—...-•"/ .1. l' Reg' MARRIED. On the' Ith inst., at Cheltenham, by the giOr Saint, A. 11. Ki nu b e r, Esq. son of Li e ut.-Colonel to ber to Susanna Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the Sir Rupert George, Bart. sa be r At Poonah, in the East Indies, on the 14th of Dece.,,,,iof last, John Warden, Esq. to Ellen Maria, daughter of A"' General Sir Lionel Smith, K. C.B. DIED. ..-- - to °f On the 24th inst., Dr. Trollope, late Head W I the Grammar School, Christ's Hospital. gr. On the 25th inst., at his residence, Peckhara Il e ' John Potter. ~ ~, Be ck, On the 21st inst., E. W., Livesey, Esq., of t..- West Derby, aged 3 1 . ~,..,,,, 0 On the 22d inst., at Brigg, Lincolnshire, Mr. ."*". Bingham, aged SO. ilia pa' On the 21st inst., sudd en l y, whilst attending 004 tieuta at his own house, C. W oo d, E s q., strge° l4 ware-road. e note' On Saturday last, i n B erner ' s - stree t, Mre. 0 0 — wife of the Lord Bishop of Carlisle. PitiNTFD and PUBIasHED by M• YOUNO) SEN'OriNS, No. 112, Strand.