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SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS The internal proceedings of the Committee of Privileges have been impenetrably secret, nor do we think that those proceedings which they have thought proper to make known admit of very easy explanation. It is clear that now these twenty gentlemen have been appointed to carry into effect a purpose enjoined to them by the house, they have no right to exercise a discretion in any manner inconsistent with that specific object. or unfavourable to its perfect attainment. Their duty is to inquire fully. fairly, impartially,—to reject no evidence that can tend to throw light upon the question which it is their task, if possibly, to solce,—not to take pains to compass a condemnation, nor ar acquittal, of the party or parties whose conduct they are bound to investigate, hut to receive arci report the whole and entire truth. Mr. Grote proposed yesterday that Mr. O'Connell's name should be added to the list of the Com mittee, as the Learned Member was a supposed friend of Mr. Sheil ; and another Member sug ge-ted that a friend of Mr. Hill should also be placed upon it. This appears to us to be ex tremely unjust on both sides, and inconsistent with all the analogies deducible from the com position and practice of other courts. The Committee are judges, and their first qualifica tion ought to be an absence of all bias in favour of, or adverse to, any of the parties implicated. Yet Mr. O'Connell has been arpointed one cat these judges, for the avowed and specific ream that he i. not unbiassed, but that he is a confi dential friend of Mr. Sheil. So with regard to Mr. Hill, who unquestionably has just the sam , rights as Mr. Sheil, viz., to a fair tribunal and ought to he subject to just the same rules, some f,iend of his will, we presume, be annexed this day to the Committee, as Mr. O'Connell was last night. Then whar sort of votes are to be expected from these two persons, each trying to vindicate or support his friend, and each of course being the advocate instead of the judge. The common sense of the thing seems to us to be, that both Mr Sheil and Mr. Hill should attend the Com mittee as parties, and that no declared partisan of either should be permitted to act otherwise than as an advising and confidential friend, but certainly not a member of the Committee. If, as there are those who already begin to conjec ture, any attempt shall be made in any quarter to stifle evidence in order to procure a neutral tint report, depend upon it that neither the House of Commons itself, nor the people of either country, will be satisfied. There is no loophole left for compromise : there must, as it strikes us, be a report decidedly favourable to one or other person implicated, or as decidedls discreditable to the Committee, and subversive of the authority of the House from which it emanates. We say this with the most unfeigned respect for the gentlemen composing the Com mittee, some of whom are among the most able and estimable that the whole kingdom can boas.. —Times. We have seldom perused any observations betraying greater want of reflection, or more replete with political ignorance, than those as cribed to a noble ex-Diplomatist, in regard to our prospective commercial relations with France, in a conversation which took place in the House of Peers on Tuesday. His Lordship is re presented as erecting it nearly into an offence, or at least as making it an extraordinary anomaly, that we should maintain friendly relations with the French Govrrnment, while France was still unwilling to gratify us by entering into an ad vantageous commercial treaty. In what stage of his diplomatic education, from what treatise on the law of nations, or at what Court, Christian or Nlahometan, did the Noble Lord learn this necessary • connexior between ail intimate political friendship and an unlimited commercial intercourse ? Was it from the relations between Prussia and this country, where even Tory landlords and Tory sup porters of our colonial interest, though zea lous friends of Prussian despotism, refuse to receive Prussian corn or Prussian timber, except at exorbitant protecting duties? Or was it from the intimate alliance between the old Bour bon dynasty after the restoration, and the Tory Government of the Sidmouths and the Castle reaghs, when new discriminating duties were imposed upon English iron and English coal, while the French ports were nearly hermetically sealed against the introduction of every other article of our national produce ? The fact is (and an ex.diplomatist should have known it) that political friendship almost never can be made, and never ought to be made, the price or purcha , e-money of a favourable change in the commercial policy of a nation. The in, timacy and confidence of such an alliance may, indeed, afford opportunities to the two Governments of mutually examining their respective systems, without preju dice to each other; and discussion, condu.::ted in such a friendly spirit, is always sure to • end in the adoption of a more liberal and less restric tive policy in commercial matters. To that ex tent we have gone hand in hand with the Go vernment of France. We have sent commissioners to examine her custom-house regulations, the effect of her tariff on her own trade and on ours, and to propose charges advantageous to both. She has reciprocated this example of liberality and wisdom, and has laid belore her lr-gislative Chambers the result of the inqui ries of her own agents and ours. Nay, more, during the stay of our commissioners in France. every facility was afforded them of survey ing the state of the country, and even of in fluencing the feelings of the people—fcilities which were zealously employed to preach the doctrines of commercial freedom ; while, on our part, every information was afforded that could be demanded. When this has been done by a Government, public opinion, and the gradual though reluctant consent of the great interests implicated in the change, must do the rest. A commercial treaty a wise Government would not desire, as on equal terms it would be unnecessary, and on unequal it could not be permanent, and therefore the communications between the two Governments, by means of their commissioners, could scarcely be said to assume the character of a negotiation. But we have shown to France the benefits certain to result to both countries from a more liberal exchange of commodities, and must leave the French Government to deal with the French people the best way it can, to persuade them to realize them. In the meantime we reap the advantages of the change in our ow n system, though not to such an extent as we might do were France to be as wise as ourselves, and to accept for her inhabitants a similar ex tension of her trade.—Times. A notice of motion for this evening in the House of Commons has been given by Mr. O'Connell, to call the attention of the House to the conduct of Mr. Baron Smith, with a view to his removal from the Bench. A motion in Parliament, with a view to the removal of a Judge, is a strong measure, and should only be resorted to upon such evidence of delinquency in the judgment-seat as would support an im peachment. If Mr. O'Connell has any charge to make against the Learned Baron which im ptigns the integrity or impartiality of his con duct on the Bench, we presume he will impeaCh him, and if he does, we know enough of the iudicial character of Baron Smith to feel con vinced that unless the sense of justice in the British Parliament should be no stronger than the Learned Agitator's gratitude for favours received, the venerable Baron will not only pass unhurt through the fiery ordeal, but that his character, as a pure and upright Judge, will derive additional lustre frOm the attempt to cover with obloquy a name so long 'Associated with whatever is most distinguished in learning, independence, and moral worth on the Bench of the sister kingdom. But from the manner in which Mr. O'Connell has worded his motion, we cannot suppose that his intention is to move an impeachment; still less can we helieve that, in whatever way he shapes his ac cusation, it is intended to be levelled against the judicial integrity of the learned Baron. If we are not mistaken, he has occupied his present station for a longer term than a quarter of a century, during which period he has always sus tained a reputation for ability, diligence, and fearless uncompromising virtue, which has made him be regarded as one of the chief ornaments t,f the Irish bench. If we recollect right, Mr. O'Connell himself was not many years ago one of the foremost in the ranks of his admirers. It is well known that Baron Smith was a friend — an avowed and unflinching friend, on principle —to the emancipation of the Roman Catho lics, when that was not the road to preferment. Had he then consulted ambition, more than the dictates of his conscience, there is little doubt that he would be, at this moment, in a more exalted—though he could not he in a more honoured, station on the Bench. He is one of those I beral Protes►ants who now reap the reward of his generous sympathies towards his Roman Catholic fellow. countrymen, in the ingratitude of those to whom in their ' adversity he extended the right hand of deliver. ante. He is one of those liberal Protestants who assisted in opening the doors of Parlia ment to Mr. O'Connell and his party, who are now eager to drag him as a culprit before that tribunal, and to immolate the splendid victim on the altar of that " religious liberty" of which he was one of the founders. What the precise ground of accusation is, we cannot tell ; but we presume the Learned Baron has incurred the displeasure of his accuser by severely animad verting, in some recent charges to grand juries, upon the lamentable effects which the conti nuance of violent political agitation in Ireland, more especially the agitation of the repeal of the Union, had upon the peace, the order, and the morals of society. We are not favourable to the introduction of political topics upon the Bench, yet during the special commissions which followed immediately the accession of the present Ministers to power, more than one English judge in charging the grand juries, entered into what might be called the political causes, or what they conceived to be the political causes, of the machine-breaking riots. It certainly does not appear to be either improper or unconstitutional, at periods of great popular excitement, for those who administer the laws to point out in their addresses to the Grand Inquest what they may consider to be the cause of the excitement which leads to disorder, and to put the people on their guard if they see advantage taken of their ignorance, and delu sions practised upon them, by which they are or may be ensnared into crime. On such occasions the addresses of Judges to Grand Juries are not unfrequently published in this country, and widely disseminated among the people. It usually happens, in times of great excitement and disturbance, that the poor and ignorant are the victims of the violent doctrines taught by more artful instigators, who leave them to their fate. Whether Baron Smith went beyond the allowable license of a Judge, in observing upon such a stare of things in Ireland, remains to be shown. Certain it is, that the quantity of crime and suffering which has been brought upon the heads of an excitable populace in that country, by inordinate and unceasing agitation ever since the passing of that great measure, which the agitators promised should tranquillise the country for ever, is enough to call forth the indignant feelings of every honest, humane, and patriotic heart—even though that heart should beat beneath the spotless purity of the judicial ermine. We impute no motives to Mr. O'Connell ; we only say that his recollection of past services is not so strong, apparently, as that of recent offence. The fame of the venerable Judge, whom he now assails, ought to be peculiarly sacred in his eyes. He ought to be the foremost to stand forward to protect in the evening of his life the distinguished man who gave to the cause of his Roman Catholic countrymen the generous sym pathies of his youth and the splendid support of his matured talents ; but Mr. O'Connell is as free to take his own course in this matter as an en lightened public are to form their own opinion of his conduct.—Morning Herald. The charge of Mr. Baron Bolland, in the case of Dicas v. Onwhyn, according to which, not merely newsvenders, but keepers of coffee houses, and all others connected with the pub lication of a newspaper, are answerable for its contents, is no doubt a correct exposition of the ex:sting law. It must strike every one that it is exceedingly hard to subject persons to a responsibility of this kind, who cannot possibly know the contents of the papers, and who are mere instruments of circulation. It has been said that a newsman ought to know something of . the character of the newspaper he circulates, though he may not know the contents of any particular number of it ; and that without making the newsman responsible, opportunity would be given for the commission of many wrongs for which no remedy could be obtained. A crise was put by Mr. Sergeant Bompas, of a newspaper established for the purpose of li belling, with a man of straw for publisher, hired for the occasion, the impression being con veyed in the night-time from a printing-oilie not connected with the paper, and imme diately distributed among the newsmen, so that no property could be taken in execution to indemnity a plaintiff—to show the necessity of extending the legal responsibility to news men. We are not prepared to say that the subject is not attended with difficulties. But it is quite clear that the law cannot be suffered to remain in its present state. For one thing, it seems quite useless to lay a case before a Jury, if the Judge before whom the cause is tried has the power of giving whatever effects he pleases to the verdict. It will depend in this case, for instance, on Mr. Baron I3olland, whe ther the plaintiff obtains his costs or not ; and as all actions of this kind are brought merely for the costs, and a Jury will never consent to give more than nominal damages, the determi nation of the Judge to certify or not is every thing. The decision of Lord Lyndhurst, in the Fudge case of Mr. Hunt and the True Sun, caused universal astonishment, and led to the belief that his Lordship, in all cases of nominal damages, would throw the plaintiff's costs on the defendant. A pettifogging attorney, once aware of a determination of this kind, might levy large contributions on newspapers and newsmen ; for what is there which may not be construed into a libel by the present law ? It is quite essential that the law he altered. But care must be taken, at the same time, to protect the public against aggression from newspapers. At present we should say, that while the ag grieved by the press are often left without re dress, the press is also left a prey to unprincipled pettifoggers. The subject must be carefully considered in all its bearings, by those who undertake to give us a new law of libel.— Morning Chronicle. We learn that Alexander Bannerman, Esq., M.P. for Aberdeen, is the gentleman who, of all the supporters of Earl Grey's Government, is the least afraid to state to his constituents his reason for supporting it ; and we learn further that Alexander Bannerman, Esq., M.P. for Aberdeen, is to take the seat of Mr. Kennedy at the Treasury. There is only one inconveni ence in this satisfactory arrangement. Mr. Bannerman, in his canvass of his intelligent and independent constituents, thought it proper, or fbund it necessary, to express his determined hostility to the continuance of any restrictions on the importation of foreign corn, and pledged himself to exert every energy of mind and body to procure the total abolition of the present odious, absurd, and unjust corn laws. The Go vernment, in its recent explanations to the honest and enlightened House of Commons, thought it right, or found it expedient to express its decided approbation of the continuance of re strictions on the importation of foreign corn,and pledged itself not to introduce, and to oppose if any Member should•introduce, any Bill for the alteration of the present popular, reasonable, and equitable corn laws. This is a difficulty. But it is not insurmountable. Mr. Bannerman must talk as he has heretofore talked to his con stituents ; he must eulogize, as he has hereto fore eulogized, free trade ;—lie must scold, as he has heretofore scolded, the Government. To all these things Lord Althorp must shut his eyes and stop his ears, as he has been accus tomed to shut his eyes and stop his ears when Mr. Poulett Thomson has acted too plainly or spoken too loudly. When Mr. Bannerman is securely Lord of the Treasury, and not less se curely Member for Aberdeen, we recommend to him the example of the warrior Queen in the lEneid:— " 11 a v.-I intacto sezetis per summa volaret Gramina ; nee teneras cursu lcesisset arislas." Which lines we venture to translate for the be nefit of Mr. Bannerman : " He touches not the grain ; ~nd, onward borne, Ne'er makes a motion on the tender corn," —Morning Post. COURT OF CHANCERY, FEB. 12. His LORDSHIP gave judgment in the following cases : TEAGUE V HANCOCK. His LORDSHIP, after recapitulating the principal facts of the case, •aid that it was quire clear that the decree of his Honour the Maser of the Rolls could not stand, and under the circumstances of the case, which he had examined most carefully, he had come to the determination of directing two issue• at law, the one to inquire what had been sold by the contract entered into between the parties, dated May, 1817, and the other to inquire what had been assigned by the assignees under the commission to the bankrupt in 1828. Mr. KNIGHT asked his Lordship whether he would not reverse his Honour's decree in toto? After some observations from the Counsel who appeared for the different parties, His LORDSHIP agreed to direct a third issue, and to postpone his final judgraent for the present. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. ST. ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE. His LORDSHIP said that the question involved in the present case was, as to whether a plea had been properly overruled by his Honour the Vice-Chan cellor. His Lordship at great length proceeded to comment on the averments and allegations contained in the information which had been filed by the At torney• General at the relation of certain inhabitants of the town of Pocklington. He said that a plea had been put in to the information by the appel- Lints which only pleaded the deed of endowment wanted to the College by Dr. Dowlan, the fouisder of the scholarships which formed the subject of the suit. That plea had been considered insufficient by his Honour the Vice-Chancellor, as it did not deny any of the allegations or averments of the informa tion. He (the Lord Chancellor) entertained quite a different opinion of the matter, as it appeared to him that the information was only a little removed from being demurrable from the circumstance that it was not necessary for every plea to deny all the allegations and averments of an information. He thought, although he dismissed the appeal, that the relators had a right to amend their information, and therefore he should give them leave to do so. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FEB. 12. WEBB V. HESTON. The plaintiff, a rohemaker in the Strand, brought this action against Mr. Renton, a saddler in Bri,lge• street, We,tmiii-ter Bridge, to recover 111/, the amount of a bill of exchange, wh , cli he had paid. The jury found a verdict for the defendant. In the course of the day several und, fended causes were tried. CONSISTOItY COURT, FEB. 12. (Before Dr. LUSHINGTON.) SERJEANT V. SERJEANT. In this case, which is a proc,•eding instituted by , Captain Setjeant against his w fe fur a sentence o f divorce on the wound of adultery, some additional articles were offered on behalf of the wile plc ding decimations made by the husoand, in which he is alleged to have confessed to the cominisswil of adubery. The admission of these ar , icles was preased upon the Court as a part of the defence of the wife by her Counsel, and opposed by the Coun sel retained by Captain Serjeant, on the ground that it was now too late to offer such averments. Dr. LUSIIINGTON considered that as the Learned Judges of that Court, his predecessors, had always held declarations made confessing adultery as of great importance, and that the lady was not to be pre vented stating any hing in her defensive allegation, he should be acting ,slth great injustice if he did not admit the articles to proof. WILSON V. WILSON. This was originally a suit fora separation pro moed by the wife against the husband, on the ground of adultery. The Court, in 1814, pro nounced for the prayer of the wife, and allotted 601. per annum as alimony. The husband has re cenily fallen in al - reins, and he appealed to show cause why the payments were not fuly made. Mr. \A ilson said his business asa Sheriff's Officer had fallen off, and he had been compelled to take the benefit of the Insolvent Act. He feared his business would be quite cut up by the doing away of imprisonment for debt, and that he should not be able to pay the alimony. Dr. LUSHINGTON said, the excuse that the hus band had taken the benefit of the Insolvent Act was not sufficient, and if 101. were not paid by next Court he should pronounce the husband in contempt. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, FEB. 12. (Before Lord LYNDHURST and a Special Jury.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL v lIALL AND ALISON. This was an information filed by the Attorney- General on behalf of the Crown, against Messrs. Hall and Alison, extensive tea-dealers, carrying on business in St. Mary Axe, on the alleged ground of having teas in their possession without a permit, and of having a fraudulent imitation of the East India Company's tea seal also in their possession, both with a view of defrauding the Crown and their customers, which would subject them to penalties of several thousand pounds. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, for the prosecution, said that the information charged the defendants with having been in,the habit of forwarding teas to their country customers short of the weight which the chests contained when delivered to them from the Company's warehouses, each chest exhibiting a deficiency of one pound weight. The information also charged, that the defen !ants were in the habit of receiving permits from the Messrs. Shankie and Co., tea-dealers, in London, to be fraudulently ap plied by them (the defendants) in sending teas out from their warehouse. With regard to the seal, the practice of the East India Company, after teas are weighed, is to seal the chests with the Company's seal; so that, if the seal be not subsequently broken, the purchaser receives the contents of the chests according to their weight when sent nut of the Company's premises. In the defendant's writing. desk was found the forged and counterfeit seal which he (the Solicitor-General) now held in his hand. It was an imitation, but not an exact copy of the Company's seal, having, like forged Bank notes, certain marks, differing from the original, by which it was discovered to be a counterfeit. The counterfeit seal varied only from the genuine im pression in two letters. It exhibited the Com pany's arms quartered, and the letters U. E. I. C. T. W., which means United East India Company's Tea Warehouses, which corresponded so far with the Company's seal ! but it had in addition, the letters" I. L," which he supposed was meant to make tip the words " United East India Company's (Inland) Tea Warehouses." It was sometimes found very convenient for a defence to have articles subject to prosecutions, differ in some particulars from the original which they were meant to imitate. This seal, however, was a forgery, and had been applied in sealing tea-chests sent from the def-nd atit's premises. The counts in the information, which were very numerous (upwards of 23), amongst oilier charges, contained one charging the defendants with haring had teas in their possession without a permit. The Learned Gentleman con cluded by crliing witnesses, after which, Sir JAMES SCARLETT addressed the jury for the defendants, who being unable to determine their verdict in the box, retired, and at nearly twelve o'clock, returned in.o Court, and declared their ver dict for the defendant on the first of the two selected counts—namely, " the abstraction of the tea from the chests," which they had not proof of; and on the second, respecting the permits, they gave their verdict for the Crown—Penalty 5001. It was understood that the Crown will not pro ceed on the other counts. The Court was densely crowded during the trial, which was on from ten o'clock in the forenoon up to the time stated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEB ONE. CHARGE OF ROBBERY.—Louisa Baxter, a young woman, was yesterday placed at the bar, charged with stealing two silver forks, the property of Wm. Abbott, Esq , Na. 11, Wyndham-place, Bi yanston square. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, that on Friday last, the prisoner was ungaged by his cook to assist her in cleaning the house. On Monday he was informed by his footman that five silver dessert spoons and two silver forks were missing from, his (prosecutor's) plate. Witness desired him to make inquiries at the different pawn- brokers, which he did, and in a short time returned, saying. that the forks had been that day pledged with Mr. Smith, pawnbroker, of the Edgware-road, for the sum of 1/. The prisoner answering the description of the person who had pledged them, witness caused her to be apprehended. John Mathews, shopman to Mr. Smith, produced the forks, and identified the prisoner as the person who pledged them. Police constable D 38 stated that on going to take the prisoner into custody at her lodgings in Grotto-passage he found her lying on a bed in the front kitchen in a beastly state of intoxication. No duplicate, or anything relating to the lost property, was found in her possession. The prisoner, who denied that she was the person who had pawned the forks, was remanded till Saturday that inquiries might in the meantime be made after the lost spoons. Caroline Burn, a young woman, about 18 years of age, very respectably attired, was placed at the bar, charged as follows : Mr. Hirry Frederick Telling, an eminent uphol sterer, residing at No. 3, Caroline-place, Regent's Park, deposed that the prisoner was in the constant habit of annoying him by knocking at his door at unseasonable hours of the night. About two o'clock that morning he was awoke by hearing a violent knocking at the door; he got up, and on looking out of t he window saw the prisoner. He called out, desiring her to go away, but she refused, arid at the same time caught up a stone, which she threw at the parlour window, and broke a pane of glass. A policeman shortly after passing, witness told him to take the prisoner into custody. The prisoner, in reply to the charge, had been seduced about two years back by the complainant, who took her away from her paren , s and home; he had since discarded her, and wishing to speak to him she, at the time stated, knocked at his door, when refusing to come down she certainly did at the moment throw a stone at the windows. She was ordered to find bail. SINGULAR APPLICATION. Yesterday a young man of genteel appearance made the following statement :—Being in want of a little ready money, he sent a very good surtout cost to the shop of a pawnbroker in the neighbourhood of Lisson-grove, for the purpose of raising a loan on it. The pawn broker, after inspecting the article, turned the sleeves inside out, and then taking a pen, wrote "rogue" on the white lining, in characters that could not be mistaken. Having performed this ope ration, he turned his attention to the other sleeve, on which he drew in ink three balls nearly of the same dimensions as those hanging over his door to typify his trade. Having done this, he returned the article to the person, who left the shop with it. Ile (applicant) had since called upon the pawn broker for an explanation, when he became very abusive, and called him a dealer Mr. RAWLINSON said it was a case in which he could not interfere. QUEEN-SQUARE. SCANDALOUS CONDUCT OP AN OMNIBUS CON DUCTOR. —Yesterday James Fuller, the conductor a Battersea omnibus, belonging to Mr. Henry Philpots, of that place, was charged before Me , srs. BURRELL and GREGORIE with thsaulting Mr. Whit field, a gentleman residmg in Weatboorne-phce, I.z,tton-square, Pimlico. Mr. Whitfield on Tuesday evening got into the defendant's omnibus at the Union Club House. On the road some gentleman ~.4 0t o u t, who gave the defendant 6d. for his fare, which he refu,ed, and demanded a shilling ; this was objected to, when the defendant took off the gentleman's hat, and he was obliged to pay him. When witness arrived at his house in West bourne-place, and got out of the omnibus, he gave the defendant a shilling, but he demanded two, which witness refused to pay him, and the de fendant followed him into his parlour, demanding another . shilling . Witness told him that if he was not satisfied he had his redress, and might summons him. The defendant then insisted upon his writing down his name and address upon a piece of paper, which he at first refused to do, and told him that his name was upon the door and he could do that himself. The defendant refused to leave the house, and he at last consented to write down his address in order to get rid of him out of the house. While writing, the defendant was very impudent to his servant girl, who was in the parlour, and he told him to go out. The defendant replied in a most insolent manner," That it would take a much bigger man than him to do it, and that he should like to have him before him an hour before breakfast." The coachman called to the defendant to come away, and came himself into the parlour. The defendant then seized witness's hat and gave it to the coach man, who instantly returned it, and wished the de fendant coachman w coac to go away,asputting but ui ng him o h e struckut of the parlour, at witness the who exclaimed, " Are you not ashamed to strike the gentleman ?" In answer to some questions by Mr. GREGORIE the complainant said that he made no agreement about the fare, nor were the prices painted on the coach. Henry Philpots, the co tehman and owner of the omnibus, stated that he drove on that day, and swore positively that Mr. Whitfield struck his con ductor first. His fares were Is. 6d. holt) Leaden hall-street to Battersea, and ls. to Chelsea. He certainly advised his conductor to come away. Mr. Whitfield, on his oath, declared again that he never struck the defendant, and the Magistrates fined the defendant 40s. and costs, or to be impri soned for twenty days. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday Ann Bevclin, a middle-aged woman, and Mary Smith, an old woman, a notorious fortune teller, were finally examined, charged by Mr. James Jarvis, solicitor, of No. 2, Gower-street, Bedford square, with having stolen a quantity of plate, under the following circumstances : It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor that about ten months ago the prisoner Bevelin, who had formerly been his father's housekeeper, applied to him for assistance when she was in a state of destitution, and he received her into his service as a general servant, and placed the most implicit confidence in her, allowing her free access to key. his The e t e p e o s n t e , r of w s mi t h h i c h she usually e vent uai leventually kept he introduced herself at the friend of the other prisoner, and re ceived his sanction to visit her occasionally, but he at length forbad her the house in const (pence of en tertaining suspicions against her; but she still persisted in paying her visits, arid was fre quently seen in the kitchen. Havin g deposited 401. in the possession of the prisoner Bevelin for household purposes, he ascertained that she had mis appropriated part of the money, and on searching his plate ci,est he discovered that the plate had been stolen ; and on questioning the prisoner she con fessed that she hail taken some of the plate, and that Smith, whose mysterious art had gained a great ascendancy over her mind, had taken part of it, and she had pledged the whole of it, and deli vered the duplicates to her. On searching Bevelin the tickets wer,i found in her possession. Ir also appeared that from August to D cember the pri soner Bevelin had run a score in the name of wit ness at Mr. Eagle's, the Red Lion, Tottenham court-road, for 52 pots of porter, 20 pints of rum, 27 (patients of gin, 10 pints of brandy and cor dials, which had, no doubt, been consumed by her and her friend the " fortune-teller." Sbe had also run ups bill of 2/. 10s. at the Gower Aims. They were both committed for trial. UNION HALL. Yesterday a poor old Irishwoman was brought before Mr. MURRAY, ch:rged with conveying a small quantity of sp , rits without a permit. The old woman was observed in the street mim ing something under her shawl, and when stopped, a bladder, containing about five pints of spirits, was discovered. When questioned by the officer who rook her into custody, she said that she was taking it to a countryman who was going to Ireland, and :hat she wanted to give it to him to comfort him on the road home. The defendant made the same plea before the magistrate, who observed that the offence was clearly proved, and, in default of paying 251. she must be committed for three months. The old woman, on hearing the decision, set up a kind of noise resembling the " ullagone," or death-song, common in Ireland ; she entreated the magistrate to have compassion on her, declaring that she would never do the like again. Mr. MURRAY said that he had no discretion in the case ; that he was bound to convict, and, in default of the defendant's paying the penalty, to commit her to gaol. The Magistrate then told her that she had better memorialize the Board of Excise, and probably the Commissioners would set her at liberty. The old woman—Och, your Worship, I don't know how to moralize—(Laughter)—those gen tlemen ; they'll pay no attention to a poor ould creator like myself. Mr. MURRAY gave directions to the Excise offi cers to instruct the old woman how to proceed in drawing up a memorial to the Commissioners. THAMES POLICE. ASSAULT ON A SAILOR-BOY.—Yesterday John Simpson, the master of a Stockton trading vessel, lying at Cotton's wharf, was brought before Mr. BALLANTINE and Mr. GARFORD, a county magistrate, charged with assaulting Joseph Mannel, an appren tice belonging to the ship. The defendant laughed heartily while the boy was giving his evidence. Mr. BALLANTINE—Why, Sir, it makes you laugh as if you were enilying the antics of a clown. If you had fractured the boy's skull you would have killed yourself with laughing. A seaman confirmed the boy's statement, and said the boy was struck with other things besides the rope. beat him as I liked if he offended me. Mr. BALLANTINE, after consulting with . Mr. GAR FORD, thought I might n t t h ( m la a u l g i paid to the King, y hi fi ng ne )— th W e — y h clld inflict would be and allowed the parties to retire in order that the defendant might make some com pensation to the boy. FO D n.p e , fe s n a d u a i An old sailor here stepped forward, and after giving his trousers a hitch, and making a nautical bow, said that he had been on board a man of war six years and four months, and had served under Captain Cl,fford and Captain Harvey, and he had never seen an officer tll use either man or boy all the time. It was more than an officer dare do in the navy to strike a boy. Mr. BALLANTINE —We know that. There is a great deal more ill usage in the merchant service than in the Royal Navy. By the last advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 43:3 per mark, which, at the English Mini price of 3/. 17s. 141. the ounce, gives an exchange of 13 9 ; and the exchance at Hamburg on Lond,n, at short, being 13 Si, it follows that gold is 1 16th per cent. dearer at liambutg than in London. The premium on gold at Paris is 7i per mille, which at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s the ounce, give• an exchange of 25 33 ; and the exchange at Paris on London, at short, being 25 30, it follows that gold is 3.25 per cent. dearer at Paris than in London. ABSENTEEISM. — it is most lamewable to observe the ex ent to which aristocratical emigration is at this particular time going. We happen to know that the le term of credit granted to English continental travellers the two provinci .1 banking houses in the we,t end 01 Lornion, exceed this year, bota in number and ‘alue, by more than half, those of any preceding year ! Quarterly Review. LONDON CORPORATION COMMISSION INQUIRY. FEB. I I. t: . Yesterd ,y the Commissionets assembled at the usual hour at Guildhall. Mr. Payne attended, and said he was prepared to sate before the Commissioners the practical effect of the systeel of exclusive work by the ticket-porters. turnsth e 'f o f t r v o n . C t l Clerk's The COMMISSIONERS appointed another time for re-_ ceiving th e intel igence, and proceeded to hear evidence o f : s ev O er ffi al ee N , Va h r e de l the duties of the ticket-porters, and the manner in NJ/h ie they performed those duties. CITY POLICE. Mr. Hicks handed into the C ,Enrni.ioners a paper &Bin within the same, during the time that the nightly o f the and morning and evening patrol were on duty number r of w o h , u,drtghloarrpiees, handed stret-t robberies, and an3dirn.ig: tach:ia;rgtitei s y lpi tt e le a r t g r a e o l o r B n:t 2 o:W ris h o i n tec fo rt r iss ijo st n r , e io e n t apnrdiso;ittictiei wexhaonsed s i i: 1 1 ' 9 11 1 .0 8 : t- g cne' t orthaelitY the Town Clerk bore testimony, a " State Men oedf,th‘e' cAibtystorafcLtoonfdotnhe Ile• nature and duties of the office of Surgeon to the of Compter. Adjourned to Wednesday. PEBRUAR r 12. The Commissioners assembled at Guildhal l, and p ros ceeded to the examination of wi , nes:es. TICKET-PORTERS AND INNKEEPERS' PORTERS* The time of the Commissioners was occupied for $ great part of the day in the examination of witnesses as O f the comparative moral respectability and physical P" le of these bodies of men. Ou r readers will readily e xcuse us for omitting the details of the inquiry. THE SEWERS COMMISSIONERS F . Mr. Deputy Da Iv (the Chair Oman of the Comeoi" sioners of Sewers) stated that the jurisdiction of the Co° . missioners was confined to Lon on. They were quit e independent of the Corporation of London, to whom they reported none of their proceedings, although they we re members of the Corporation. secur.lTY OF THE FLEET DITCH. Sir F. PALGRAVE asked whether the Commissioners of Sewers had been consulted on the construction of Net Farringdon street and the security of the Fleet Ditch., The old market bad been built over the ditch Under the idea that no heavier building should be erected upon it. , The security of the road over the ditch was a very impor tant point in the jurisdiction of the City. Mr. Kelsey explained that there were now two streams running under the New Farringdon-street. At Fleet Bridget which was very strongly co nstructed with s tone at ande expense cf the Corporation , the two streams united, le . they ran thence to the river in one stream. The he who sta te at of the works of the line of the ditch were in a sec present. THE CONSERVANCY OF THE RIVER THADits. Mr. Woodthorpe was then examined. H e said that the Charter of James the First was the result of a dispute be" tb° t , een the City and the Crown on the Thames. On occasion it was found that from time imme morial the tbe had rights, and the Act referred to was pass ed to .ettle qtostion. Tl e right was theii given to the City of the conservation of the Thames for ever from Swine. Bridg to the Medw ,y. A Commission was issued every roe' since th , statute of William and Mary , confirming Os rights of the City in that respect Mr. Woodthorpe tbell proceed d to state how the Courts of Conservancy Wry held. Ti.e MAyor could not hold a Court while the Kiel was in either county. The Commissiosmas, alter ha vin g heard some evide°l°. ' relative to the non residence of A ldermen in their aria adjourned to to-morrow (this (lay). THE MARKE IS. —.mu.-- COAL MARKET.—Feb 12. s. d' Per Tor,. s. d. Per Tdd. 19 9 Chester Main...--......-- 15 0 Walls End netton ~......... .. Dean's Primrose —...*. 15 6 Walls End Lacattov4,,.... I; 9 Hehhurn Man ....--.....—... 17 0 Nilll6 End stewart, 17 Pontop Wind50r ..,..,...,.~. 16 0 Walls End Adelaide_ 1 7 0 WYlaic ........---.--- 17 3 1 W. E Sout h Durhal".. IS 6 Walls End Bewicke& Co. 15 6 Walls End "fee% "Ir .. 6 0 Walls End 8r0wn'5,...... 17 3 Culm James and Au reY 1 7 6 Walls End Hilda ---- I' , 0 Hartley ..........--• -- """" *.w 27 9 Walls End Ne..march,....,.. 17 0 Swallow's Canne1L.......... Lambton's Primrose -- 17 3 Ships arrived since ast market -day' eg• INC; TFI E V.1"1(‘ COUN FRY CORN MARKETS 0U11 11401.^. ' A.L.,, ) '' 41. Wheat. I_ bane,. .-.....--....... .........--.....""" .......'..... to S' Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to 30 s. i s •• Abingdon---- 62 81 31 43 22 ..." Andover ..--- 50 61 24 28 -- .... 49 Birmingham-- 56 58 30 40 — l6 22 5 4 Bridport .r....,...-.. 56 74 32 36 28 so 51 Cirencester ........... 40 52 23 26 18 28 46 1.aringd0n............. 54 86 36 41) 26 34 '"' `'' 4 0 , ' Guildford ~,,w , ,,.,.,.,,,,w , ,,.,.,.48 74 23 32 26 35 4v„ ' 'etiley--.......--. 54 83130 35 20 30 " 4 . ! Hereford —..... 64 68 32 34 22 28 -:., 7. High worth —.. 62 80 32 42 28 „„ 34 36 ftt Maidenhead —.. 56 68 34 44 22 ,_,,," Nt0nm0uth........—.. 66 68 32 36 24 :4,7, '-'' 5 5 1 Readin 1 5 Salisbury ..................... 42 54 25 2 1 20 -4 ~0 ... 0 Southampton --- 54 58 33 40 28 "`" 5 2 -,.• 44 Stroud Tewkesbury ._ 43 34 30 „„ - 26 ." 4 4 Uxbridge .........—.... 48 74 26 34 %,,,,, 2 5 34 46 Wantage----.... 58 80 27 32 1, 9 5 3 4 45 Warminster ......—. 48 56 25 29 21 05 , ..... 5 5 Wind50r.....—...,—.. 59 21 28 •"'-' Worcester 49 52 126 32 .v ' LEWES MARKET..—F eb 1 0 1. 0 X° 14 it 0 White Wheat (per quarter)..,...-...£2 I- 0 2 . 0 Red ditto ....,---... 2 4 lO 0 • 1 7 „ 6 l UBarley---- Oats, New...... -... .....,.",...... 0 18 v Pease. ht 0 5 3d. Oil Cake, New .........-*--""_.......12 13 0° Per MEETINGS OF CREDITORS ' t,T, AT THE COURT, BASINGHA LL-ST 11-E (From the London Gazette.) ~. TOMORROW, FEB 14. Chess" aril W. Shepherd, manufacturer of waterproof articles, . 23 il hunt ........................ . i . a 1 W. Rolfe, manufacturer of waterproof articles, Chatri a 2 ll W. S. Castel], printer, Piccadill ................................... g „ H. H. Fraguiere, coffee-house-keeper, Strand ............. Po AV DIVIDENDS. ..... H. C. Ensell, glass-dealer, Winchester ................. :t•f t ors t 0 A. and W. Coombs, carpenter, Bennett's-hill, Du ct ...... ... / . C ommons • ............. ' ....... I P. Powell, lace-merchant, Brighton ................... street ........ .. ~ H. Allenby, boarding-house-keeper, Geo r g e- ... • BIRTHS. vA ard SC On the Bth inst., on Kew-green, the lad y of Esq., surgeon, of a son. Mrs. Charles Hay, of Phillimore-place , On the 10th inst., in C onn a u g ht-terrace, Smith Hayter, Esq., of a d a ug hter . Ke t he lady nsington 0, fofoeosbre° MARRIED. ter , ' Ofto , sa nna, daughter o f the late Robert Kakewich, Esq., ° AL M . ther.ar6ritih,gitnosnt.,BaatrtSt; o L f eo s n p a r r in d g 's L C a h w ur n c , h, H i e ie v a i r tri O r ". ' p l ac e, Heavitree. O n the 12th inst., at All Saints' Church, Northamp O y s . Hughes, Esq., solicitor, of Worcester (and one ° Ater Coroners for the county), to Caroline Elizabeth, third di th ' , of Cecil Becke, Esq., of Devonshire-street, Queen-$ (1 ' 1311 )0 On the Ist inst., at Bexley Church, Thomas Le W , in ;nt, of Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at-law, and of Elthorn , o f Charlotte, second daughter of Thomas Lewin, Esq.' Hollies Park, Bexley. F ,5 On the 3th ult., at Chudleigh, Coryton, son of J. T. O Coryton, Esq., of Pentillie Castle, " rri pa wft Harriet Sophia, only daughter of the late Montag"' Whiteway, Devon. vtev Fr ec ' n f On the 1 Ith inst., at Datchworth, Herts, the goo " Hesse, of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, LL.B., younge'._„ubtet• Hesse, Esq., of Chesfield Lodge, to Jane, youngest u'" John Green, Esq., of Bragberry End. DIED. • On the 11th inst., in Russell-place, John PO W ' , his 82d year. On the 10th inst., aged four years and six m onths' o Robert, only son of R. F. Fitzherbert, Esq. In August last, at Banda, in Bengal, Mrs. Ain-and A Montague Ainslie, of the Civil Service, age d 33, 3 di their youngest daughter, aged four years. , o ithl„gef On the 11th inst., at Mill Hill, Billericay, in Ill s the Rev. Charles Richard Landon, 8.D., Rector 0 ' , Essex, formerly Fellow of Sidney College, Carnbridge'obertilo On the 11th inst., in the Strand, Mr. Thomas ! l oose ° hat-manufacturer, aged 61, sincerely regretted by al knew his benevolent disposition. Wi re On the 27th September last, at Calcutta, M ar '' Lieut.-Colonel Ticknell, C. 8., Bengal Engineers. . .1 0r 4 On the 12th inst., at his house, Stockwell, s t ir:mow' i Taylor, Esq., for many years an eminent bookseller I° f,st , On the 11th inst., in his 86th year, Peter Dunkle/' Cowcross.street, and Riegate, Surrey. On the 12th inst., Elizabeth Ann, the wife of -1 • 6 40 VaOn ughan, of Charterhouse-square, aged 38. 'n tiO ° the 6th of October la,t, at Jessore, Benga -, 11 s. year, Robert Bransby Francis, Esq., surgeon of t."" third son of Charles Francis, Esq., of Bexley, Ne l , 4* ,,. e r, On the 11th inst., at Cheltenham, Thomas F lo " 0 late of Bombay, aged 57. On the 11th inst., Robert, second son of 'Mr. pi of Mecklenburg.square. 1 90 4 On the 9th inst., at Plymouth, the Rev. W. ll ' Mawgaii, near Helston, Cornwall. f On the 12th inst., Mrs. Arabella Elkins, wi fe Elkins, Esq., of Newman-street, and daughter of r , Esq., of Newman-street, sculptor. ----- Of* PRINTED AND PUBLWIIED BY M U Ii DO YOU ',SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND.; ; The urnve % dir jt • the .ong It 4 rtar he'g ittr w ere , 4 Deho at % i Bah Do.! Or kit Stt bee, ° Pc th e it a MR Ttia. f Edu rull' ' • : ' ' On the Bth inst., on Kew-green, the l ad y 0 OP ' ! i:sq., surgeon, of a son. ngton, o f a Mrs. Charles Hay, of Phillimore-place, Kensi A of dean On the 10th inst., in Connaught ter race, the lady imith Hayter, Esq., of a daughter. 0 ' ' MARRIED. , g eter , ..,i, ,' On the 6th inst , at St. Leonard ' s Church, near ,:-. to ~ 1. M. Farrington, Bart., of Spring Lawn, Heavitree• ....aid ~ of 0 ' 1 " a nna, daughter o f the late Robert Kakewich, Es q ., 0 ,lace, Heavitree. . On the 12th inst., at All Saints' Church, NorthamPti 0 4 . p. Hughes, Esq., solicitor, of Worcester (and one °AI Coroners for the county), to Caroline Elizabeth, thir d dill° .i.' )f Cecil Beck; Esq., of Devonshire-street, Queen-$(1 1 ° 11. 0' . On the Ist inst., at Bexley Church, Thomas LeW, ie e ' o r, O ' ' : of Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at-law, and of Elthara , ' — o f t', ,:` Charlotte, second daughter of Thomas Lewin, P g. ' ' ' F. 01.1. e Hollies Park, Bexley. hi' l '.. A . ' On the 3th ult., at Chu dleigh, Win. Coryton, son of J. T. 0 Coryton, Esq., of Pentillie Castle, CI t vf, Harriet Sophia, only daughter of the late Montag ue ' Wlnteway, Devon. v Freu - t On the 11 th iiist., at Datchworth, H er ts, the g e- • o. , soo , . ; Hesse, of Trinity Hall, C am b r id ge , LL.B., young e s " „ ü btel - : • ! Hesse, Esq., of Chesfield Lodge, to Jane, youngest du"' ~,, John Green, Esq., of Bragberry End. DIED. E 9O • • On the 1 Ith inst., in Russell-place, John roYYer ' ~• • ; ~t 0 , r: his 82d year. oaths, IV 6 On the 10th inst., aged four years and six ma ifg. '1 ' Robert, only son of R. F. Fitzherbert, Esq. lie, s ' i -. 0 In August last, at Banda, in Bengal, Mrs. Ain' o d AV ~.. Montague Ainslie, of the Civil Service, aged 33, 3 off 1:: their youngest daughter, aged four years. f i . 1 is Ol th . 00 6 IV ' On the 11th inst., at Mill Hill, Billericay, in 0-- o f the Rev. Charles Richard Landon, 8.D., Rector rtr _., , i Essex, formerly Fellow of Sidney College, Carnbrld,,.' g e ' o be i ,' On the llth inst., in the Strand, Mr. Thomas, th ose hat-manufacturer, aged 61, sincerely regretted by a ll , : Wif e 1 . knew his benevolent disposition. On the 27th September last, at Calcutta, g ar '' A i , .f'" Lieut.-Colonel Ticknell, C. 8., Bengal Engineers. ~. P . :4 ' On the 12th inst., at his house, Stockwell, surreyor. , Taylor, Esq., for many years an eminent bookseller 0 5 Es4'' On the 11th inst., in his 86th year, Peter Duill'fri' Cowcross.street, and Riegate, Surrey. ~i t. 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