The Sun. — London, England, 1827-11-02 00:00:00

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Th e sound falls so deadly upon the heart that the plaintiff at that moment is almost tempted t o wish she (or he, as the case may be) had no character at all. In such a dilemms the consolation of friends only embitters the chagrin it is meant Co alleviate. We do allude to th e not, of course, i n these observations, present c ase ; it s t an d s u p on i ts ow n the merit s . W e only glance at what We hare seen repeatedly in Court, where the Jud g e has been heard to say, in an under tone, that it was « a foolish proceeding altogether, and O nly made matters worse ;" and this, we think, the Plaintiff's themselves too often say, when a "anal verdict assures them it is too late. But the unfortunate prevalence of actions for alleged Libel at length begins to work its own cure. aPcte see the he drift of the thing, and J ur i es People s ingldA man of no cha racter cannot purchase much for a farthing, and a man of character will not readil y hazard his . reputation fond shilling- W e leave not space, _uor,,if we had, are we dis posed to enter into the mass of matter- involved in tip; ‘• question between the Commissioners and LEAVA LoN T, nor between Mr. BEAUMONT an da Mr. LYE—the first being in course of in vestigation, and the other resting between the Parties interested. Mr. BEAUMONT wrote three letters, and Mr. LYE one in answer, and for t he publication of these the present action was brought. But the great novelty o f the case consists in bringing an action f or co pyi ng the alleged libel from the Report of the Com mittee of the House of Commons—a document as accessible to the public as the Statutes at Lam , be If the Committee produced a libellous R e port, ort, the .Hous e of Commons were wrong in Satietioning it by their approval, and still more so by ordering it to be printed. That Report when " Ce Printed and circulated to the Public, was t P h 4blie Property, and free to be dealt with as such by p e e New s Papers a s an y o th er o f t h e P ar li a m e nt ar y :Pr s . But M r . B ROUGHAM says , rat h er un chisedly, we hope, that the Newspapers are not to publish ari apart without the whole, that is, to perform • ilu such Ns sibility, for w h at pa p er cou ld con tain • a voluminous d ocumen t a s four or six hun dred folio pages ? He might as well say that a 11144 tati w ho had a b ee f stea k f or di nner oug h t to it h e , 'Mole t carcase, in order to do justice to anim a l .a bother But Mr. BROUGHAM t o uched chord still more tender in the harp of Public liberty he said that the publication C °n e •of his own speec h es i n the House of or,— uvons, on presenting a certain petition, is a 4 -4b e l • --if so, we shall be deprived of many splen did tie S pecimens of the Hen. and Learned Gen elman's intellectu a l v i gour and overwhelming os • ittehee. But we hope that this calamity will not - -we to pass • in our day, and posterity will i: e r eason to thank us if we do n o t b equeat h Present monstrosity of the Law of Libel. FUNDS - (THIS DAY in the CITY, Twzr,vp, o' CLocx. this abaen ce of any foreign news having arrived the w nit)ri ling, o ccas i one d b y t h e b o i sterous state of or e ather an d a strong Nort h -east w i nd, nothing to the l east imp ortance h as transp i re d i n t h e City . .‘ tl ay, and many of the speculators in the English TNis are awaiting the next arrivals from the tkish capital, which are expected to be very im 13'ttent on the points at issue between that Govern b4l, leta n d the Allied Powers; no twithstandin g which,' oa ever , there has been a pretty fair sprinkling of 41118jaess this morning; Consols opened at S7i for for account, being the closing ; , °4 Y, and 87-i t they have since been done at 87 "ee _ of yesterday ; i74,lblit went back again to 87i 4-, and are now t o t. a, looking rather heavy. The premium on India T he at 979; and on Exchequer Bills 60 1. :„" Pore; Market has been extremely uninte tb,"g all thegnniorning, and the only thing done has ,e t , 0 1 , b argain or two in Mexican Bo n d s , a t 541; scar quo tations i n o ther Foreign Securities have nig eel Y varied since yesterday, and are nearly nomi e e same observation applies to th Share Th I tit '° ll e both:as to prices and business. e ditto for . the Ac- . esti4C'' Pet' Cent. Consols , 87i• . 1; %71 .7 9 pm . ; Exchequer s, go , India Bonds, 9 r0,,, t Pm. 1.1 .----Draailian, 611 t ; Buell(/' Ayres, 50 2 ; „ Greoc'i 6; Colombian, 1824,27 i t ; Danish , Per Ce nt . lei ; Mexican, 5 p er C ent., 42 3 ; a ' , ittn . o 4 1 1i; Peruvian, 25 6; P or t ugu ese, ia 4 2 •A' 4; Spanish, 9 10g. P.m.; lael:,;ANdo Mexican, 65 21 dig. ; B raz ili an , 24 6 l d. te4i 4 dia. ; Colombian, 4 6 per share ; Unit e d Atiti, ""u. 231 5 2 ? . . valpuxalma, 90 70 dis. ; die The Consul Afar_. _. Two o' CLocr. 1 been in a state of panic, andthe ' price has been as ket has for the last two hours 878"ir as 87 sellers, rallied again to 87i'i, and is now . for Account. The - d cause is a difference i n th C abinet e repor ted e relative to Russia. Indi a B on Fade to-d a ,, inare 100 pm. No sales have bee n . There has tha t th 'trains nn ~ Exch equer I. been an opinion entertained he Bank Bills, an d the price re have b een l atter l y se lli ng, but we n ~Ire reason to on for suc h a believe there is not the least founds, statement. Co THREE 0' CL 0 X. al] is °e- having come in the market unexpectedly, 4:llre rate of posting, throughout the county, is N •tten..p ei , ee per m il e , and any att em pt t o c h ar ge ght to heres - isted. At Preston, posting is charged by t 'r i tkeePer not more than a shilling. Liverpool Courier. b etp : "e line of telegraphs which has been erected F.da 1„ t - een this port and Holyhead, began to work on n tele y . I „' L t !_loagh not yet' quite complete. On that AT fr o '"ie Informatio n Was ived at Bidston, in 15 minutes oR Itolyhead, that -the packet-ship the Napoleon was ead..Liverpooi Courier. d eelar nt ASONS FOR HATING A PAPIST.— " TOst,'' said M r . a gentleman of Cork, to these 'lead Who happened to be standi ng b eside him, " I hate any de a n d I d on ' t know why." "I h a t e them toe, I ear fellow, " replied his compa n i on , " and for the very 44e reasoi." LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat at•a quar ter past ten o'clock, and proceeded on the bankrupt paper. EX-PARTE PRITCHARD, IN THE MATTER OF ski.I.ToN AND OTIIERS• Mr. HFALD stated that, in point of fact, this peti tion came on, on the subject of costs only. A corn mission of bankriiptcy issued against Elizabeth Batts Skelton and her two daughters ; Mr. Hollis, an at torney and the sub-distributor of stamps, presented a petition, praying that the commission might be superseded, to enable him to take the pro perty of the • bankrupts under an extent issued by the Crown, and under that petition the com mission was superseded. The matter came be fore the Court again, upon a statement that Mr. Hollis had committed a fraud on the Great Seal, in the manner in which he had obtained the writ of supersedeas, and on that occasion the late Lord Chancellor directed a procedendo to issue, restoring the commission. A petition was next presented, praying that Mr. Hollis might be struck off the rolls, and pay all costs. This petition was discus sed, as well as the validity of the commission fully gone into. The Court then, after mature consi deration, again superseded the commission, but re fused at that time to do more. This "result gave Mr. Hollis an impression that he was entitled to have the costs of the proceedings paid to him, and for that purpose the matter now came be fore his Lordship, though in point of form it was denominated the rehearing of the petition for the removal of Mr. Hollis, from the Rolls. Mr. KNIGHT was with Mr. HEALD. Mr. HORNE and Mr. `VHIT➢tARSH appeared on he other tide. The LORD CHANCELLOR'S opinion, as to striking Mr. Hollis off the Rolls was, that there was no foun dation wlAte. - cr for making any such order, and therefore the Court dismissed the petition presented for that purp ose , b ut un d er a ll the circumstances re fused to give any costs to any party. LEE V. JACOBS AND OTHERS. Mr. ROSE applied for leave to give notice of i!mo _ion in this ca s e for Monday, to dissolve an injunc tion that was granted yesterday on the ex-parte ap plication of Mr. Heald, on behalf of the plaintiff, against the defendants. He (Mr. R.) appeared for the defendants, who had not had the slightest inti mation of what had transpired until, to their litter astonishment, they read an elaborate report of the case in an Evening Newspaper (THE SuN). They were most anxious, therefore, from the publicity that had in this way been given to the statements made in Court, to have the immediate opportunity of be ing heard, feeling satisfied of their ability to repel those statements, and to persuade the Court to dis solve the injunction it had issued.—Leave granted. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. Mr. StIA»IVELL took his seat at ten o'clock to day as Vice-Chancellor. FOWEL V. ENDERBY. This case came on upon demurrer to the plaintiff's bill, which prayed various accounts respecting a ship that had been engaged in the South Sea fishery. His HONOUR allowed the demurrer, and upon ap plication to him on the part of the plaintiff, that she might be permitted to amend her bill, said " I do not think that I ought to grant this request ; indeed I am convinced that the most merciful thing I can do for this lady, is to give her no assistance whatever in prosecuting this suit. Out of kindness therefore 'to her, I must refuse the application." WILES V. DINYS: When these cases, which have excited so much interest, were called on, Mr. RAY said, that they involved the same ques tion as a case lately argued before Sir Anthony Hart, and that, therefore, the better course would be to await the decision upon that case before they pro ceeded with the present. The VICv-CHANCELLOR assented to the propriety of such a course. COURT OF KING'S BENCH—(Tuts DAY.) THE KING V. MALKIN AND OTHERS. This was an indictment against Mrs. Elizabeth Malkin, .the widow of a Major in the army, Mr. Hammersley, her brother, Mr. Vance, a, surgical gentleman, and Mr. Atcheson, an attorney, for conspiring together, as the in dictment alleged, to separate the Rev. Mr. Bray, from his wife ; and also forcibly to expel him from his dwelling at Brompton, where he was then living with her on affec tionate terms. Mr. PLATT opened the pleadings, and Mr. Joi; Wre- Lusts stated the case. He said that the prosecutor, Mr. Bray, was a Clergyman of the Church of England, aged about 26 years, and the son of an officer in the army.— In the month of April, 1825, he married the daughter of the defendant, Mrs. Malkin. The young lady was 19 years of age, and possessed a fortune of 20,000/. Mr. Bray, it appeared, had no fortune, though he was a young man of considerable expectations, and before the marriage a settle ment was executed, by which Mrs. Bray became entitled to the interest of her fortune for her own use. Soon after the marriaga certain circumstances took place, between the prosecutor and the mother and uncle of his wife, which created meat surprise in the mind of Mr. Bray, and would be related by him in evidence. Mrs. Malkin had no par ticular residence, but Mr. Harnmersley's seat was at Ash lodge, near Farnham, and Mr. Bray and his lady pro ceeded there on a visit. On this occasion the conduct of Mr. Hammersley was such as to induce Mr. Bray to notice it, and object to living any longer in the house of Mr. Hammersley. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to relate the circumstances, which were afterwards more fully stated by the witnesses. Lord TRISTERDEN inquired whether there was no hope of a reconciliation between the parties ? Mr. WILLIAMS said there was no objection on the part of the plaintiff. ThEATTORNEY-GENKRAL,WhO with Messrs.BROUGHAII and GURNEY appeared for the defendants, said that Mr.' Bray must take the consequences of the course be had adopted. The case was then proceeded with. The Rev. Mr. Bray being sworn, said,-1 am a younger son of Col. Bray, of Tavistock, county of Devon. In 1824. I became acquainted with Saba Eliza Malkin, who is now my wife. Elizabeth Malkin, the defendant, is my wife's mother. Mr. Spoles, who is now called Mr. Hammersley, is my wife's uncle. They all lived together. I paid myl addresses to Miss Malkin. I was favourably received. Mrs. Malkin and I conversed about my circumstances before my marriage.* Mrs Malkin wrote to me, to say that her daughter would have 10,0001. upon her marriage, and 10,0001. more upon an expected acquisition of fortune.— I told Mrs. Malkin that I had nothing but my hopes of preferment in the church. I offered to settle Miss Malkin's fortune on herself, to show that I married her for love, and not for money ; but I expected a life interest in her fortune, and never dreamt that the interest of her fortune was to be exclusively for her own benefit. Miss Malkin and I were married at Chelten ham, in April, 1825. We went to Maldon for a fortnight after otsr marriage, and then returned to Cheltenham. The first morning after we arrived at Cheltenham, Mr. Ham mersley brought up my wife's breakfast, which I thought very strange. He and my wife were lounging about a sofa, and she was sitting on his knee, and they both conducted themselves in a manner which I considered extremely in decent. I told my wife in private what I thought of her conduct with Mr. Hammersley, and she replied that he was only her uncle. Froni this period I was constantly insulted, and endeavours were constantly making to alienate the affections of my wife. Mts. Malkin was constantly ridiculing me about being a little man, and upon my replying that it was better to be little and good than large and un worthy, this - led to an unpleasant quarrel with Mr. Hammersley. We were afterwards reconciled, however, and proceeded to Ashgrove. near Farnham, which was the seat of Mr. Hammersley. Here a variety of unpleasant scenes occurred. I found that Mr. Hammersley was con stantly in my wife's chamber even when I was not admitted. I was never left to enjoy the company of my wife by herself, and Mrs. Malkin has sa id t h at s h e did not know what a man and wife wanted alone ; it was quite fulsome. After living some time at Ashgrove, I discovered that Mr. Ham mersley was living in a state of adultery, and supporting the man whose wife he was having children by. I also found that this woman, who was living with Mr. Hammersley, slept in the next room to my wife. I told Mrs. Malkin of the discovery I . had made, upon which she flew into a violent passion, and struck me, saying, that " she had licked many a better' man than me, and that she would knock me as flat as affloun der," those were her words.--(A laugh.)—Afterwards we went info Staffordshire, and Mrs. Malkin still took every opportunity of annoying me. • She told my wife not to mind any thing I said, but to do as she liked, and added, that she ought to serve me as a certain General's daughter did her husband, and that there were many ways by which a woman might get rid of a bad husband without commit ting herself. I told Mrs. Malkin about this time, that though I had promised before marriage not to separate' her and Mrs. Bray, yet as her temper was so violent, and Mr. Hammersley's conduct so intolerable, I should not live with her any longer, but that my wife and I would live by ourselves. At this time Mrs. Bray was pregnant, and shortly after we went to Clifton ; Mrs. Malkin Was with us, and told roe that the medical gentleman who was attending my wik, had desired that we should have se parate apartments. To this I agreed. Mrs. Malkin then :isked me to go into Devonshire until after my wife's rte.. couchement, "vnd that Mr. Hammerslcy should come: but this I resolutely refused, saying, that at such a period I thought a husband was the only man who ought to be in the way. My wife was delivered in February, 1826, and for a short time afterwards she and I lived alone and had no violent quarrels. Mrs. Malkin and Mr. Hammersley then came and lodged near us, for I would not live in the same house with them. Mrs. Malkin, however, came to me and said she would take Mrs. Bray into Stafford shire, to consult Dr. Apsley, the family physician; but that, after we returned, we should live in London alone. Upon coming to London, we went to live at Brompton row, and I was asked to travel, and that I should be al- lowed 500/. a-year. This I refused to do without my wife. I then received a formal notice to quit the house, which I was swilling to do, but 'aid I would take my wife with me. I suffered various indignities in this house. Mr. Ateheson, Ai rs. • Malkin's attorney, met me, and wanted me to quit the house without my wife. This I refused to do. He then served M e with a citation to appear in the Ecclesiastical Court. I took no notice of this, and found Place and ano ther officer in the house one day, and they told me that must not remain there. Subsequently I was fastened in a room and kept without food for several days, and at length, was violently expelled from the house. Cross-examined by the ATTORN EY-.GE liRRA got a living in Devonshire very lately, I hold it under the Duchy of Cornwall. I wish to have the authority of a husband ever my wife. Ido not wish to live with her again, nor have not for a considerable time. I found her mind ex tremely vitiated, but hoped to reform her, and cherished those hopes until I was expelled from the house in Brompton in January last. I have said that I discovered on the night of our marriage, that my wife was not what I expected she should he. I have said this before the birth of our child. I have also said, before and after the birth of the child, that I believed it was not my child, but her uncle's. I have accused my wife of incest with her uncle. His cha racter was so abandoned, and the infatuation between him and Mrs. Bray seemed so great, that i was warranted in suspecting that he was capable of any crime. I might have said that I had discovered that my wife had been seduced by her uncle at 15 years of age, but I do not recol lect. I knew my wife was in delicate health when we married. I have heard that her father died when she was only two years old, and that she was brought up by her soother, who lived with her brother, the defendant, Mr. Hanunersley. Several persons have spoken to me about my wife's state of health, and recommended me not to do any thing to offimd her, and I acceded to those re commendations, thinking• that else would not live; and that I should not have any feelings of re morse, I did more, and bore more, than I ought to have done on this consideration. I have applied for a Habeas Corpus to get possession of my wife, and. I understand it was not granted on account of my wife's ill health. I don't think this prosecution will injure her. All that Mr. Dance has done to me was to advise me to leave my wife, and to tell me that it was necessary we should part. Ido not think myself infamous tbr desiring to live as a husband with a woman whom I considered as vitiated in mind and polluted in body. Elizabeth Bettridge lived two years in the service of Mrs. Malkin. Mr. Bray lived in the same house, and always treated his wife affectionately. Witness often heard Mrs. Malkin speak disrespectfully of Mr. Bray, but sloes not remember her precise language. Cress-examined.—Remembered seeing Mr. Bray. with a poker in his hand, threatening to strike Mr. Hammersley. This was three weeks after Mrs. Bray's accouchement. Isabella Yates was cook-maid at Mrs. Malkin's when she resided at Clifton. Remembered one day hearing a cry of murder, and ran up to the drawing-room. Mr. Bray's nose was bleeding, and Mr. Hammersley had him by the collar and was thumping bins. Mr.. Bray then released himself, and took up the poker. Mrs. Bray and her infant were lying on the sofa. _ Two other female"servants were examined to prove that Mr. Bray uniformly treated his wife with affection and kindness: John Davis was a servant at Mrs. Malkin's, and de posed to the same effect as the female witnesses, as to Mr. Bray's conduct to his wife. He added that the quar rels between Mr. Hammersley and Mr. Bray were fre quent. Mr. Bra% always conducted himself like a free and familiar gentletnan.—(A laugh.) Cross-examined.—He did not communicate his jealousy to me, but I have heard him say, " Give one my wife and a cottage, with bread and water, and comfort in preference to my situation here." Mr. Bray was treated with great contempt and ill-temper, both by Mrs. Malkin and Mrs. Bray, but he took no notice of it. Mary Allen was nurse to Mrs. Bray's child. Had lived with Mrs. Malkin for two years. Never saw Mr. Bray act unkindly towards his wife. Cross-examined..---Mrs. Malkin was extremely fond of Mrs. Bray,• who was an only child. Witness never saw any thing improper between Mrs. Bray and her uncle ; there was nothing between them but what might be expected to pass between affectionate relations, Mrs. Bray always appeared to me to be a modest discreet young woman. I was with Mrs. Bray when they lived at Clifton ; Mrs. Bray seemed very unhappy there ; she some times complained that Mr. Bray left her of an evening ; understood be performed evening service. Robert Webb was in the service of Mrs. Malkin in Jan. last ; described the transaction in Brompton-row, when Place the officer was present, and Mr. Bray was locked up in his room. Mr. Bray wait often treated with great disrespect; he was sometimes refused his breakfast. He always acted with great mildness. He w as o ft en re f use d meat and vegetables at dinner. The case the prosecution having closed, the AT- ToRNEy-GENEICAL addressed the Jury for the defendants. He believed that this was the first occasion where the solicitude of a tender mother, and the kindness of an affec tionate uncle towards a young woman; sinking prematurely to the grave, was made the subject of criminal charge. He hoped these prosecutions would not be common. A writ had been instituted by the friends of Mrs. Bray against the prosecutor for cruelty, upon the assumption that his wife's life was actually in jeopardy from the treatment she re ceived. The Learned Gentleman then observed, that the con duct of the prosecutor was unlike a clergyman, a gentle man, or a man honour. His wife was a woman of unexceptionable character. Her life now appeared to be drawing to a close, and what other feeling but indignation could be felt towards a !nail who embittered her last mammas as this wretched man had done by the present Prosecution. As to the result of that prosecution be should only trouble the Jury with a few words. To sustain such a prosecution, it was necessary the jury should believe that the prosecutor and his wife desired to live together, but that they were prevented from doing so by the ma chinations of the defendants. Mrs. Bray, however, as might he supposed, greatly dreaded to return to cohabita tion with such a man as the prosecutor. The separation was e ntirely at her desire, and therefore this malignant and disgraceful prosecution must fall to the ground ; but the s h a me and dishonour of it would recoil on the head of the• prosecutor. The Attorney-General concluded by stating, that Mrs. Bray's state of health woe too precarious to admit of her being examined iu Court, but, under an order from Lord Tenterden, her exa mination had been taken . on oath, and would be read in evidence. Lord TENTERDEN said, that if the Jury thought the se paration was at Mrs. Bray's own desire, and that her friends had not improperly interfered, they must acquit the defendants. In his_ opinion, no woman of education or feeling could wish to return to cohabitation wit such a man as Mr. Bray. The deposition of Mrs. Bray was then given in evi_ deuce, from which it appeared that her sepaution from the prosecutor was entirely at her own desire, and that she was not induced to adopt the course she had taken by the influence of her friends, but entirely from the sugges tion of her own feeliegs. The Jury, without a moment's hesitation, returned a verdict of Not Guilta. HUDDERSFIELD, OCT. 30.—N0 improve ment in our market since last week. ELOPEMENT.—On Wednesday evening all elopement touk place from Uppingham which has excited a considerable degree of intsrest. The gentleman is a sporting character well known in the Cottesmore hunt, and the lady the daughter of a gentleman of the Bar.— Lidcoln Paper. .~~, .; _ THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There is a small supply of all kinds of Grain this week, except Oats, of which the quantity is considerable. There is also a good arrival of Flour coastwise. Wheat finds a free sale at last Monday's quotations for the bestdeecriptions —other sorts still sell heavily. In Barley there is not much doing, and prices are unaltered. Beans and Pease are without variation. Oats find a slow sale, and remain at the terms of the beginning of this week. In Flour no al teration. ARRIVALS. Wheat. 1 Barley. 1 Oats. I Flour. 2,5 , ,50 qrs. I 3,100 qrs.l 5,300 qrs. 7,300 sacks. EngHs , ' Irish Flircign 4,650 4,500 TGENERAE AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Oct. 2fi, 1527, made up from the Returns cf the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat,--- 525. (id. Oats 235. Od. Beans-- ils. 10d. B a rley----. 295. 10d. I Rye I 325. 11d. Pease— 4is. 3d. IstPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGIIS Of the Six WERKS PRECEDING. Wheat.-- 535. id. I Oats ....r.... 235. 235. Od. 8ean5.,—.....425. 9d. 31s. ld. Rye 325. 10d. Pease 4d. ---- • Per Winchester Quarter. Ild. 1 Oats 225. 4d. 1 Being- 40s. 7d. 28i. I Id.l Rye --31 s. ltd.' Pease ---- :is. 9d. Duty on Wheat (this week) imported prior to July 1 is 3(s. Sd. SMITHFIELD MARKET. This day's market having been, for that of a Friday, ra ther largely supplied, each kind of meat met with i very t d u ll s ale, Beef, Mutton, and Veal, at abou4d., Pork 2d. per stone beneath Monday's quotationi. riot:Es rim STONE OF 81.55. TO SINK THE ( - WEALS. s. (I, to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 8 3 0 Large Lambs second quality ditto 3 2 310 Prime small ditto 0 0 0 0 Primelarge Oxen... 4 0 4 4 Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, &c..... 4 4 4 8 i'rime small ditto 5 0 5 4 Inferior Sheep 2lO 3 2' Large Hogs 4 4 4 S. Second quality ditto 323 6I Small Porkers 5 9 5 6 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 0 4 4 Suckling Calves 12s. to4os. each. SouthdownWethers 4 4 4 81 Quarter old Pigs 12e. to 18s. each. SUPPLY, AS EER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts. !Sheep and Lambs. Calves. I Pigs. 1,036 '7,800 235 140 An useful abort horns MI6 Cow, with her small calf; was worth from 201. to 221. There were very few, if any, Lambs in the market. , NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS, At per stone, by the Carcass. e. d. toe. d. I $. d. to s. d Beef _ .. 2 8 4 0I Veal Nfutton 2.6 4 0 Pork Lamb Is. Bd. to 4s. Bd. FISH-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE. There was no great variety of fish in the market this morning, but it was furnished with an exceedingly large quantity of Cod-fish, Turbot, and Soles, which sold briskly, at considerably lower prices than those last quoted.—The following were the prices : Prime Turbot, each hs. Od. to 10s. Od. Red Mullets, per dozen `?-1 0 30 0 Fine Cod-fish, each Ditto small, per (1 ,, Fine Whitings, per b) 1 6 1. 0 Fine Soles, per three pairs 1 6 7 (i Live Flounders, per quartern Live Eels', per 51b. Fresh Herrings, per hundred Fine Prawns, per lb. . 2 0 3 0 Shrimps, per gallon - 0 Fine Yarmouth Red Herrings, per hundred 7 0 8 0 Scotch ditto - - 'l 0 6 0 Best Common oyteri, per bushel Natives 2B 0 SO 0 No alteration in the prices of other kinds of fish. CITY MARKETS. PLANTATION SUGA itS.-There has been a good deal of business done this week, in some instances at an advance of Is. per cwt. The deficiency in the Stock, compared with the corresponding week last year, has this week increased to 11,363 casks; up to this afternoon, about 3,400 hhds. had been sold, also by pnblie sale yesterday ,(.;83 bags Mauritius (which may be considered as fully equal to 900 hhds. more) the whole of which went off very briskly at full prices. Delivered last week from the West India Docks, 2,764 hhds. 313 trs. Stock on hand in the West India Docks on 29th ult. .49,089 bhds. 4,549 tea. Stock on band in the West India Docks on Oct. 31, 1826, 62,396 lilids. 5,405 trs. FOREIGN Sc GA Rs.—There are some inquiries for brown and yellow Brazils and Hava.nnalls, but at present ;there appears to have been very little done. REFINED SUGARS. --Although the accounts received this week from Ifamburgh have been again unfavourable, low Lumps continue to be sought after, and are taken quietly out of the market at an advance of 6d. per cwt. ; the business done in Crashed has lately been so trifling. that the middling descriptions, which are chiefly taken for Crashing, havofbeen a very dull sale, and at prices very much out of proportion to those of the lower qualities ; in the Grocery descriptions there has been rather more doing, but upon a very cautious system. CorrEr.—The public sales of Plantation brought for ward this week (altogether about 620 casks) have gone off at rather low prices; they consisted of very irregular par cels, chiefly the ordinary to fine ordinary descriptions of Jamaica, for which at present there is nut a limited de mand. Some lots of middling qualities were also o'J-red, but the prices obtained were barely equal to those of pre- vious sales. The public sale of 1652 bags St. Domingo, on Friday last, attracted much attention, and went of; with briskness at from 38s. 6d. for ordinary pale to 40s. 6d. a 41s. for good coloury quality. There has been no public sale of Foreign since, but pri vately there have been many inquiries, and some parcels of fair St. Domingo have been sold at 40s. ; 395. and 395. 6d. has been bid for some very ordinary samples, but refused. Delivered last week from the West India Docks, 614 casks, 1,0:35 bags. _ _ . Stock on hand in the West India Docks on the 29th ult. y,512 casks, :72,300 bags. Stock on, hand in the West India Docks on the 31st of October, 1826, 12,547 casks, 8 0 ,182 bags. Faurr.—The first cargo of new Currants has been taken by the trade ; butts a 925., and caroteels at 945., quality fine : another cargo, per Express, is arrived in the Downs. In old Currants there is scarcely anything doing: nearly the whole of the quantity of new pulled Figs, Sul tana Raisins, Sze. offered by public sale on Monday last, we re bought in, but the following arc the prices at which they are now on delivery, viz.: new Turkey pulled Figs 655. a 70s. ; flat ditto 60s ; new Sultana Raisins 755. ; new Red Smyrna ditto 565.: and new Carabournas ditto a 58s. ; also new large Valentia Raisins in boxes and half boxes a 60s. ; and new Denias in baskets a 425. The demand for Fruit generally is rather improving, but the system which is at present adopted, of forcing it off by public sale, tends to render the buyers more cautious, and they are fearful of buying more than they have orders for, lest what they buy one day should be at a discount the next. COTTOK.-The market to-day remains without much animation, and during the whole of the week the sales have not been extensive. A declaration of about 700 bales of Surat, by the East India Company, is expected to be announced for the end of the present umnth. The prices this morning are, Bengal ;n bond from 4(1. to Surat, good, from 4d. to lid. Pernambuco, good fair, S. The export of Cotton goods has for the last month or six weeks been extremely great to nearly all parts of the world. The advises from some of the manufacturing districts are however less favourable than latterly. SPICES meet with an increased demand, and during the week a good deal of business has been done in Nutmegs, Mace, and Cloves ; but more particularly in the first men tioned, at an advance of from 2d. to 3d. per lb. .Pepper Rum.—The notice given from the Victualling d redthe market contract of a large quantity of Rum, has ren e week considerable parcels is merely a shade higher, the enquiries fo r it being o l ffi nn c i e te fo d r . more, firm. During the of Jamaica have been purchased. This morning the N L vh ee ic w h ar h d av l e sla o n n d ly u i n n d a er fe p w ro i o n r - s s h t o a l n d c e e r s s as b e k e n a d s r b ninctted submitted to. s' may be quoted at 2 s. s d. The total q uantit y im p orted th is year, is less than that in the last ye ar, amount ing to 54,144 puncheons. S ALTPE TRE continues in demand at a shade above th e former price, viz. at 2 5 per cwt. i e SILKS.—The demand for raw silks has been rather flat since the conclusion of the East India sale, not the effect of any falling off in the manufactures, but the indisposition felt by the trade to give the high prices asked by the holders. The stock of East India Silks in the warehouse is comparatively small, and without further considerable arrivals before the next sale, will be inadequate to the probable demand. The coarser sorts of silks are much sought after. The imports from France in the last week, both of thrown and raw, have been considerable. INDIGO meets with a ready sale for vportation, and the advance noticed in cur last is fully maintained. Oms.—The market latterly has been in a very drooping state, and sales have been forced to some extent of Whale Oils, but Seed Oil is steady. The speculators for a rise in the former have lost large sums, as they purchased largely on the prospect of a bad fishing season. Although the deliveries of Hemp have been considerable of late, the demand continues extremely brisk, at 381. per ton. Bristles are rather heavy, but at no material reduc tion in price. • FOURTH OF NOVEMBER.---WC arc glad to perceive that in some parts of the North, the Magistrates !iave exerted themselves to prevent processions on the ap proaching 4th of November.—Dublin Evenins v,PoBt. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(TI-Ili DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Nov. I.—Wind N.W.—Arrived fron the River and sailed, the Renewal, Creir.:;.rtie, for Ea rbadoe ; Cecrops, Misson, for Jamaica. The Rochester, from the South S ei m in coming into the Downs, got foul (?fa naval store ship at anchor, and lost her foremast and ?art of her bowsprit, and remains. CLYDE, Our. 31.—Arrived the Romulus, Ankl, from Miramichi ; Phoenix, Cuthbert, from Bay Claleur ; and Jane, Hutchinson, from Faro. Sll lELDS, OCT. 31.—Arrived the Grenville. Bois, from 7avis's Straits ; and Marmion, Struthers, froni Stettin. HotyrrEAD, OCT. 31.--The Benjamin Nicholson, ogait, from - Newport to Glasgow, ran upas a rock in :oming in, and remained until the following tide, when she ,:ot in without damage. A small boat, marked Diligence, of Newport, Llewellyn, :;riffiths, master, was washed on shore about three miles , 7rom Dungarvon, the 26th ult. PUBLIC SALES.-(THIS DAY.) BY MR. POSTAN, AT GARRAWAY'S. . - A Leasehold Estate, situate at No. 39, Easton-street, Spa-fields, consisting of a Dwelling-hcuae with six rooms, Wash-house, Yard, &c. ; let at 301. per annum, held for S7i years, at a ground -rent of Si. per annum ; net rent, ; produced-2451. A Leasehold House and double bow fronted Shop, the corner of,Gee-street, Goswell-street, held for 12 years, at 60/. a year-751. Four Shares in the New Turnpike-road leading from Battle-bridge to Holloway-101. BY MR.' SOUTHEY, AT THE MART. A Leasehold House with Shop, the corner of Waterloo and the Westminster-roads, let at 45/. a-year, held for 56 years, at a rent of 151.-300/. A ditto adjoining, in Westminster-road, let and held for the same term at the like rent-3001. _ A ditto adjoining, being No. 2, WatErloo-road, l e t a t -311., held for the same term, at 121.-2201. A ditto, No. 3, ditto-2201. A ditto, No. 4, let at 301., held as the above, at 10/.- 1951. Two Tenements in Duke-street, in the real• of the above, let at 6s. per week each, held as the foregoing, at 91. 10s. per annum-1501. SPORTING INTELLIGBNCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. THURSDAY., NOV. 1. Match—T. Y. C. Mr. Forth's brother to St. Leger, fist. 1 I lb. 1 Mr. Pettit's Latimer, Sat. 21b. Won by a length. Handicap Sweepstakes, for three-yr-olds and upwards. T. Y. C. Mr. Turner's Royal Oak, Bst. 10lb. Mr. Vansittart's The Deer, Sst. 121 b. Mr, Payne's Helenus, 9st. 41b 3 Col. Udny's Tarandus, 9s. 21b. Lord Orford's Orion, Sst. 21b 0 Mr. Rush's Carthago, Sst. 10th. Lord Jersey's Dragon, Sat. 21b. Two paid.—A fine race, and won by a neck. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two-yr-old colts, Sat. 716. fillies, Bst. 41b. T.Y.C. Lord Lowther's Zoe, by Orville—Nina Mr, Bloss's b. f. by Gustavus Mr. Stevenson's b. c. by Skim 0 Mr. Payne's ch. f. by Cervantes 0 Lord Wharncliffe's f. by Whisker Mr. Hunter's f. by Gustavus - 0 Lord Verulam's f. by Mr. Lowe Won by a length. Match-200 sovs. Sir J. Shelley's Maresfield, Bst. 21b 0 Mr. Payne's Babel, Sat. 91b 0 Won by a neck. His Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral held a levee yesterday at the Admiralty. The Princess AUGUSTA, w•e are happy to state, was considered to be a little better yesterday. The Duke of CLARENCE' and the Princess SOPHIA visited her Royal Highness. Sir . HE/sTRY HALFORD attended the Princess yesterday. The Duchess of KENT, accompanied by the. Princess Vrrroara and the Princess Fronoax, and attend ed by the Baroness de SPAEDTII and the Baroness Len- ZEN, arrived at her apartments in the King's Palace at Kensington yesterday, from the seat of Prince Lrorot,n at Claremont, where the Royal Duchess had been staying, on a visit to her brother, for some weeks past. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER left town yesterday for his seat at Montreal. The Earl of DUDLEY had an interview yes. terday with Viscount Gonznicn at-his residence in Down. ing-street. The Duke of CLARENCE left his residence in the Admiralty yesterday for his seat in Bushy-park. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.—The Duke of Wellington, yesterday, at Apsley House, from Strathfield sayei Lady Fitzroy Somerset, in Pall-mall, from Kent ; Hon. Major Keppel, son of the Earl of Albemarle, in Pall-mall ; Major and Mrs. Carnac, in Upper Harley street, from a tour ; Lady Carr, in Oxford-street, from a tour; Mrs. Dampier, in Chandos-street, Cavendish square, from Sussex; Mrs. Davies, on Cornwall-terrace, from Kent ; Colonel and Mrs. Baillie, in Cavendish square, from Devonshire ; Miss Way, on Ulster-terrace, in the Regent's Park, from a tour; Major Ayre, in Park street, from Brussels; Mrs. and Miss St. Albans, in Green-street, Park-lane, from Milan ; M►s. Samuel Hib bert, in Harley-street; Colonel and Mrs. Young, in Brook-street, from the Netherlands ; the Rev. M. Perce val, in Wigmore-street; Captain Barlow, in Park-street, from Sweden; Mrs. Norris, in Grosvenor-place, from West Cowes, in the Isle of Wight; Mrs. Taylor, in Harley-street ; Colonel Porter, in Regent-street, from Malta ; Colonel Leslie, in Upper Harley-street ; Sir Henry Halford, on Wednesday, from his seat, Wistow Hall, Lei cestershire ; Captain and Mrs. Cowper, in Hill-street, Berkeley-square, from Worthing ; Captain Hughes, in Brook-street, from the Continent; Lord Farnham,. at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, from Ireland ; Lord Va lentia, at ditto, from Ireland ; the Hon. T. Fiennes, at ditto, from Belvedere, Kent ; Mr. and Mrs. Dudding, at ditto, from Lincolnshire ; Thomas Page, Esq. at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from his seat, Cobham, Surrey ; J. Lee, Esq. at ditto, from Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. Parkin son, at the British Hotel, Jerrnyn-street, from a tour; Vaughan, Esq. at ditto, from Cheltenhem. DEPARTURES.—The Hon. Agar and Lady Georgina Ellis, from Roehampton, to Lord Spencer's seat, Woolbeding, Sussex ; Lord and Lady Holland, for their seat, Ampthill, Bedfordshire ; E. Beaumont, Esq. from the Royal Hotel, for his seat in Yorkshire ; J. Plunkett, Esq. from ditto, for Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. Buemridge, from the British Hotel, for their seat in Ox fordshire; Captain Hawkins, from ditto, on a tour; Wil liam Gavin, Esq., lady, and friends, from Warne's Ho tel, Conduit-street. LEEDS CATTLE FAIR.—As we were the first to suggest the late change of the day for holding this fair, from that originally appointed to the one now adopted, we feel particular gratification iu finding that the alteration has, hitherto, been attended with the hest success. Incon sequence of the great number of sheep brought for sale yes terday week, additional pens hare become necessary, and measures are taking to have the free market paved and ren dered in every respect comfortable to those who attend it, as well as suitable for the purposes to which it is assigned. We fear, however, that we should be only misleading our readers if we taught them to expect that the state of the Leeds Fortnight Cattle Fair, at this season, presents a fair average for the whole year.—The principal supply is now afforded, we understand, from the west country, and con sists of sheep and beasts fed on pastures, which till the corresponding season to the present next year, will be able to furnish very few of either fit for the butcher. But still we have every confidence that if it prove a ready and profit able market, in the first instance, from whatever acciden tal circumstance, the interest of graziers and cattle-dealers will not fail to keep up a supply afterwards.—Leeds In telligencer, The St. Katharine Dock Company have put forth a notice, contradicting the exaggerated accounts of the damage done to the works by the late irruption of the water of the River into the excavation. No damage is said to have been done to the coffer-dam or buildings, and the only inconvenience to be apprehended 'is from the delay of some works in the engineer's department. HARROGATE.—It is not, perhaps, generally known to the Sporting World, that Harrogate forms one of the best situations for hunting in . the kingdom: it lays in the centre of five packs of hounds—namely, the Mar quis of CLEVELAND'S fox-bounds, the Earl of HAsa• woon's, the York and Ainsty, the York City harriers, and the idoreughbridge hounds.—Leeds Intelligences. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Press of matter has hitherto precluded us .om referring to the Wateilbrd Chronicle of Le 23d ult., which records another of those de- plorable instances in which the working of the Established Church of Ireland, and of the tithe fund which supports it, upon a half-barbarous population of Catholics, has been rendered, by arts familiar to the itinerant orators and dema gogues of that country, an instrument for inflam ing, against the Church and State, the angry passions of the multitude. A clergyman of the name of Morgan had—if we trust any, statement made on such authority as that of Mr. Shiel ; and of Mr. Shiel employed as counsel— , -obtained from the Ecclesiastical Court of the diotess Ferns, monitions against certain of his pa: , rishioners for arrears of tithe ; and founded on these proceedings, in the Diocesan Court, a num ber of actions by civil bill at the Sessions. - Vist defence was,. or ought to have been, that the tithes had been actually paid, and that Morgan's demand was iniquitous. Evidence of this fact was offered by Mr. Shiel, but the Chairman of the Sessions refused to hear it, on the ground that they had no jurisdiction over a case already decided by the Ecclesiastical tribunal—the Act of Parliament having made " the monition con clusive evidence of the sum due." The pa rishioners, therefore, were left without relief— taking for granted that their counsel's allegations were well-founded, which there seems, neverthe- less, considerable reason to doubt. This is a short description of the case, so far as law and fact are concerned : but the characteristic of the whole proceeding which strikes a dispassionate reader a% most worthy of attention from the Government. is the unfortunate relation into which the Protes tant Church is thrown towards the people of Ireland, not merely by the nature of the funds which it subsists upon, but by the suspi cious constitution of those tribunals where the conflicting claims of p arson an d par i s hi oner are tried—where one clergyman_sits, in the last it , sort, upon tithe questions, i n w hi c h, anu t et ti, enutandis, he himself may be looked upon as a party, and where a pregnant occasion is afforded to the aggravators of wrong and incendiaries of faction throughout the country, to work up every dispute between man and man into an engine of political and religious animosity. Shiers speed: for the defence, in this case of Morgan, was a continued appeal to the fury of the peasantry against the whole body of the Established Church. But it is not so much for the particu lar example that we think it worth while to notice this man's turbulence, as because of its illus trating the mischief which must always result from political relations like tbose now subsisting between Protestant and Catholic in every county of Ireland. So obvious, and of such a plasti: nature, are the elements of popular excitement throughout the southern counties, that it is hardly possible for an ingenious babbler to re frain from sticking; them on every question that ar i se s, whether .of interest or even of opinion between man and man ; and where the difference can be traced to any, no matter what, enforce ment, or transgression, or construction of the statute-book, to incorporate some public griev ance with the subject, and work up both into matter of disaffection. This unnatural posture of the Irish nation does not seem susceptible of any useful change, until the great question of equa lity as to civil rights between the now hostile parties shall have been carried. If Ireland be kept in a constant - ferment, and England in a state of unrelaxed suspicion and anxiety, it is that the Catholic gentleman, the priest, and the peasant, are leagued together by a single wrong, to forget their mutual and pre-existing jealousies, and to shake off a common oppression. Give the Catholic landed proprietor that Constitutional eminence which is the general badge of property in this kingdom, his new sympathies will be those of a proprietor, not of a Papist: He will cease to court the mob, or to 'excite them, for he can have no end to gain by it. He may be a party man, liberal, or Tory, Ministerialist, or opponent of the Minister, but he will be all or any of this under the influence of precisely the same order of opinions, tastes, caprices, or other motives, as would actuate a Protestant landlord, lawyer, or merchant. The Catholics hitherto have been like so much bonded corn, of much intrinsic value, but prohibited at home. The public interest requires that the lock should be. removed, and the sound and wholesome article thrown into consumption. Take off the brand which now sears the Catholic and disgraces him, and five .years hence his creed will be discover thatwhole discover able only by his going to mass. If emancipation d Lik crushe a thund e rbolt bu in deed operates as an hardship any where, it w ill b e on thelriitshwidlleifnaallgoupguoe: an. sy and blustering race. Where then will O'Connell find an audience ? Whom will he seek to make his instruments, and for what ? What national purpose can then offer itself to the fancy of Mr. Shiel, as worth the crime of positive falsehood in his representation of a fact officially recorded, or as a sufficient coun terpoise to the meanness of excusing himself when detected, by the plea of "a rhetorical figure ?" What becomes of the Association ? —of the rent ?—of the transitory worship, which for a temporal good is now professed by the Irish agitators to the Priesthood ? All vanishes within one short hour from the passi • • ng of the Catholic Bill. The Priests of that communion we have seen abundant reason to distrust ; but strip them of the laity, make the laity ours, n ot theirs, and where is the formidable hierarchy to any mischievous object ? Grant the Priests, as moral teachers, a decent maintenance' from the State : and, better than to neutralize their:powers of evil, we render them the aciiva dissermualois of peaceful and loyal feeling- It is not long since a question arose in Belgium, between the See of Rome and the Protestant Government of the House of Orange. In Belgium the Catholic Church is by law established; bu t, by the same law, the Catholic laity legislate in common with Dutch Protestants for the whole nation. The Court of Rome was, no doubt, desirous to force a measure which could give the Jesuits a footing in the Netherlands. The King, being equally wise and pious, resisted the Church, and defeat ed the Jesuitical project, What part, then, have the Catholic laity taken in this dissension between the Protestant House of Orange and the Church of Rome ? Have they associated, and disclaimed, and threatened, and stirred up disaf fection like the Irish Catholic? No, but the reverse of any such proceedings. They value their own dignity and freedom too well to be tools of an ambitious priesthood. They have supported vigorously the spirit of the Ad ministration ; and, one and a ll , th ey bless King their Protestant • g for tins, the most popular act of his liberal and enlightened Government. So much for the difference of character between Ca t h olics emancipated and enslaved. One word more : it has never ceased to strike us with wonder, that in a state like