The Sun. — London, England, 1827-03-24 00:00:00

PRICE OF IRISH STOCKS, MARCH 21. Bank Stock C9asols, 3 per cent Royal Irish Ditto — Gov: Stock, 3Y, per cent 33 - '7";!4 National Ditto — bitto, New 87% Patriotic Ditto — 4 ,, Per Cent. Hibernian GeV e i Bank - `3 O. Deb. 354 per cant - BS Provincial Ditto Royal CarudStock• • • • 16% Royal Irish , Mine - ' % Grand Canal Stock.. ..............--- Imperial Mine ................--- CS ty Deb. A per cent_ --.- Mining Co. of Ireland _ Ballast Crape Deb. 4 per cent Commercial Buildings - ' COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam C.F. 12 4 bitto, at sight . 1.,:. 1 Rotterdam - 2U. -12 5 „..Antsvery l2 5 I laroburgh..— ..... 2!•4 U 7 4 ., Ditto ."" 2% U. 37 ' 25 55 ua rlii 3 days' sight Ditto' 2 U 25 130 Bordeaux 25 SO. /left rrankfort on Maine Es:. M. 154 Petersb rugh, rble 3U. 1 934 Vienna, effective 8. , . 017 T rieste ...... do. 3s 10 17 tisdrld Cadiz . Balbo a 31 Barcelona Seville Clibraltar 45 ----..._ NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 47% Genoa 26 Venice Malta Naples vi Palermo per or. 114 Lisbon • 50 Oporto. 5O Rio Janeiro 39% IBahia , 42 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight I% Cork 1;-,, BULLION, PZIL OZ. X. IL d. Portugal Gold, in coin.... 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons 3 13 3 New Dollars 0 4 '9} Silver, in bars, standard 0 4 11i ;:t §lllll .1.1/4.) (58 fot LONON, SA TURDAY EVENING , MARCH 24, 1827. Th e Paris P a p ers o f W e d nes day and Thursday, and the 'Zile, dated yester d ay morn i ng , were re ceived, by express; —6l ` ni ght. The latter states that a Courier had arrived, on Thursday, dated - from Spain, with despatches from Madrid , 13th March, confirming the accounts of the Por tuguese Refugees having been disarmed by General MONET, and 4beir Leaders being sent to Valladolid. The letter :which accomp an i e d t h e express f rom P ar i s , s tates, that the 814144 / 1 1 Pe Of - the despatcbes, published by the Etoik, are eoafider e d as very important, because they remove more and more the probabilities of .war. The Etoile has also an article from Trieste of the 10th i l t 3 tst., conf i rming the defeat of the Greeks before Athens Y • ll ' Dsc nio P ACRA BOURBACKI, and two hundred of the prisoiners, we re execut e d b y order of that inhuman monster. e must re f er our Read ers to the extracts of these papers in another column; and in Paris on W ednes we subjoin the price of the Funds day and Thursday : an F( ' N ' s • -- PAttis, Aml ret{ 21.—Five per Cents. 1,990 f• ; . 30c. 15 c . ; Thr ee per Cents. 69f. 75c. 70c. ; Bank Shares, Paris Obligations, Neapo 76L7, 5f RC11 22. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 594 litan Rental, 75f. 90c. . —. Five per C ents . 99f . 25e . 15 c . ; Th ree per Cents. 69f. 75c. oc. ; B ank Stock 1,990 f. ; Rentes de Naples, 15f. 9 5 c• ; Rente d'F_.spagne Royal Spanish Loan, 52kf. Exchangee on London..o,i; Three ditto 25f onth, 26f. 45c. paper; money-- , • Cour* Authentipe. 's• paper ; 25f. 25c. money.— An account has been p-----------rinted-, by g the item s o f t h e sum ex pended, of the House, of Commons, containing pended, under the head of ci v i l Contingencies in the year 1826, which amounted to 296,0 271. 16s. 74d. ; together with an estimate of the sum req u i re d to de fray the same Contingencies in 1827, namely 290,0001 . 11 additi o n to the balance of 4 , 2 41/. 16 s . 10d. re maining from the former vote. We obser ve in the above account, several items for th e ~,..: ' imnursement of fees paid by Ministers and °fib er toifiHcers on their appointment, and on the receipt o f c e ll' salaries. We have before pointed out the folly oi iu ... . • • aintauung the system of fees (which had its origin in private abuse), for the small benefit resulting to.the nation from the amount of sums so collected and carried to the public credit ; and it must be admitted that nothing can be more absurd than to charge salaries with f e es which are to be subsequently repaid. Under the present system grants are constantly made of larger nominal amount than the sum actually to be received by the individual, for the express purpose of covering the deductions to be made on its receipt. This has ,no other effect than to swell the apparent amount of the receipts and expenditure of the country, and to mul tiply unnecessarily the public accounts. We are great admirers of Lilnplicity in business, and we should therefore recommend that the principle which has been adopted in the Acts for the Superan nuation of Public Servants, of granting net sums, clear of all deductions, should be extended to all other pay ments from the public Treasury ; and that all fees, of every denomination, be absolutely abolished. Our Readers will perceive with satisfaction that the Report of the Corn Resolutions is to be re-committed on Monday, for the purpose of adapting the scale of import duties to the Imperial instead of the Winchester measure. We stated our opinion upon this subject some days ago. It seemed to us to be monstrous to regulate the duties by a measure which it was the intention of an existing Act of Parliament to render obsolete. It never could be expected that the practical object of that Act, namely, the uniformity of weights and measures throughout the King dom, would be accomplished when the averaze price of so influential an article as corn, and the duties•upon it, were to be regulated by a measure of another description, to which, too, custom and the prejudices of the people would naturally induce a preference. If Parliament regulates the duties on the importatidn of Corn, as we trust it will, according to the Impel.ial measure, we shall hope to seethe provisions of. the Act for the uni fortuity of weights and measures carried iato more general operation than it has been at present, and some ad ditional Act passed prohibiting any option with regard to the us• of any other %► rights and measures than those of the Imp rial Standard. Sufficient time has now been allowed for_ the universal adoption of that standard. It will be seen by our RepOrt of the proceedings of the, House of Commons, that the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER said last night that he would not undertake to submit a full statement of the financial condition of the: country before the holidays. The Right Hon. Gentleman remarked, that it must be obvious that, taking into consi deration the circumstances which had affected the finances of the country during the last year, and taking also into consideration the increased expenditure, in consequence of sending an army to Portugal, it would be impossible for him to bring forward his financial statement at an early period, and to state fully and fairly the total amount of the charges and the resources out of which they were to be defrayed; and that to come down with an imperfect state ment would be a delusion and a deception on his part. In answer to some observations made by Mr. TiumE, as ,to the inutility of keeping up a Sinking Fund, when the whole of it was supplied by money borrowed, and to what had passed at the Bank Meeting, respecting a further amount being borrowed on Exchequer • the CHAN., CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he: knew nothing of what had taken place at the Bank, and that no person con-. nected with that establishment had any authority from him to say a Single word. While we cannot but regret that the CHANCELLOR of the Ecticiiimit' should have deviated this year from the course which he has 'formerly pursued, of submitting a general statement of the financial situation of the country to Parliament in ,an early stage of the. Session, and long before the time at which he brought forward what is generally styled the Budget, we are glad that the Budget is not to be brought forward till after Easter, because it 'will give the Right Hon. Gentleman, or whoever may then fill the office which he now holds, (if, as report says, he is deStined to fill another) full time to look accurately into the financial state of the Country, and to weigh well the measures which are to be adopted for supplying the deficiency. The amount of the present Quarter's Revenue -will then be ascertained, and some judgment may be formed whether the. Revenue of - the present year is likely to recover from the depression which it suffered last year, and whether it is probable that the public expences will be still further increased. We have again and again earnestly recommended that we should fairly look into our financial situation, and the system on whichparts of it have been conducted. We depre cate as much as any can possibly do, any measure which may affect the National Credit; but we are convinced that the only mode by which that Credit can be permanently se cured, is fairly to meet at once any difficulties which may now exist, and not to pursue a plan of temporary expedients which must fail at last. Brussels Papers to the 21st inst. were received last night, but furnish no news. It is mentioned that IHON THOLoN and MAucumiti are about to proceed to Vienna, to present the Duke de REICHsTADT with the effects 'left him by his late father, NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE.. German Papers of the 17th inst. have been received this morning, from which the following are extracts : DRZSDEN, MARCH 10. The third number of the " Collection of the Laws," edited by public authority by M. Eng elhard, Keeper of the. Archives, has been published this week. It contains, in 20 pages in 4t0., two long expected mandates, the first of which positively determines the Catholic spiritual jurisdiction in the kingdom, as well as the reciprocal relations of the Catholic and Protestant subjects ; and the second lays down, in the most precise manner, the formithat are to be observed in the case of persons changing from one Christian persuasion to the other. The introduction refers to the mandate published after the Treaty of Pcset!, February 16, 1807, placing the Roman Catholic worship on a tooting of perfect equality with that of the Pro testants of the Augsburg confession, and to the 16th Article of the Act of the Confederation, from which it shows the necessity of such regulations. This document, every word of which has been thoroughly weighed, and which has been six years in bringing to maturity, must be highly interesting, not merely within the nar row limits of the kingdom of Saxony, but to all Germany, and it is therefore by no means calculated for partial extracts, as it can• not be properly judged of except as a compact well-connected whole.: Only the spirit which pervades the whole may he slightly indicated. (Here follow some extracts and observations, most of whiell have already been given in anothet. paper.) Section 61 is remarkable.—" When in mixed marriages the Protestant party applies to the Catholic Consistory for a divorce, and this tribunal has passed sentence in cases in which, according to the principles of the :'rotestant Ecclesiastical law, separation a vinculo matrimonii may take place, but, according to the Catho lic Canon law only separation from bed and board, the party thus divorced may be allowed to contract another marriage (after actual sentence of divorce by the Protestant Consistory) ; but Catho lics can iu no case be allow,i to marry divorced Protestants." The f&' awing are some of the Articles of the second mandate relative to the change from one religion to the other. 1. The change from one Christian persuasion to another cannot be hindered, if the party desiring to change has completed the 21st year of his aye, and is not in such a state of mind as to disqualify him from taking any step from real conviction. Minors, in arti culo mortes, may be allowed to go over to another confession. Section 6.—A clandestine change, as soon as it becomes known not only draws with it, as well as a public one, the loss of any official or family rights positively attached to the confession aban doned by the party concerned, but in the first case, if a religious oath has been taken and violated, is attended with a special suit able punishment, and, in both cases, with the loss of the advan tages unduly enjoyed since the change of faith has taken place. Section 7.—lf a clergyman shall receive an individual into his church with the name of being still allowed to adhere outwardly to his former church, such clergyman is to be punished by de-' privation of his office. Section 9.—A1l inducements to change, by promises, threats, or attempts to depreciate the other religion, shall be punished by the competent authority, to which he who is guilty is responsible, with a fine of dollars ;in case of a repetition of the offence still more severely; and in the case of clergymen of either religion, by deprivation of their office. Section 11.—The change of one or both parents to another religion has no effect en children who are already above 14 years of age ; but they shall continue to be educated in the same religion as before, till having become of age, they shall be able to choose the church in which they will go over. With respect to children under 14 years of age, it may be left to the parents L-) agree in what religion they shall be educated, after one or both of them have gone over to another church. The Estimates for Miscellaneous Services for the year 1827, have also been printed. They are classed under four distinct divisions, viz.— X 282,971 16 11 273,135 5 0 53,755 4 4 845,557 0 0 Sir H. VIVIAN , expressed his preference to spring run' ineteall: of:keeper& The House then divided. The numbers were— For the motion, 104 Against it. 42 Majority, 62. The House then went into a Committee. The blanks of the Bill were then filled up, and it was ordered to b e read a third tune "on Monday neat. NEW SOUTH WALES. Mr. WILMO T HORTON moved that the House resolve itself into a Committee for the better regulating the Laws of New South Wales.—The motion was agreed to ; and The SPEAKER having left the Chair— Iqr:LiTTLETaN moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the Enitinuatien of the present Regulations' regarding New South Wale for one year, in order to give time to frame a new Code of Laws. Leave was given, and the Bill was read a first time. The other Orders of the flay were then disposed of, and the Rouse adsournetl at a Quarter past One. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Courier Francais.) PARIS, MARCH 20.—We find, in a private letter from Spain, that the spirit of fermentation which prevails in the army and in the Royal Guard, leads to the apprehension of the Government s eeking to re-establish the. Military Commissions. (From the Journal des Debats.) PAIUS, MARCH 20.—The Precurseur of Lyons, of the 17th, ' l t'll mentions that the King of Spain has quitted Madrid ; the following is_ what- it contains " A letter from Carcasonne, of the 13th March, announces, as We did yesterday, the departure of Ferdinand VII. for Pam l'eluns. It adds, that the movement which is taking place is in favour of Don Carlos. " These new s , which reach Ili from various parts , all a g ree : fey Prove that in all the South of France, and especially en the, woutier of Spain, there is a belief in an extraordinary agitation in the Peninsula. Let as wait for fresh details." We repeat it this strange report appeared to us from the first destitute of all foundation. (From the Etcile of Thursday, March 22.) VIENNA, MARCH W.—Yesterday afternoon, Prince Metter- I t'ich communicated to our august Monarch the melancholy news of the death of laer Majesty the Empress of 'Brazil, his daughter. Rid Majesty &ore this unexpected blow with his usual fortitude and resignat 311 to the will of God. Mourning for seven weeka has been ordered. Senor Rocca Pinto has arrived from Brazil, with an invita tion from the Emperor Don 'Pedro to the Infant Don Miguel, his brother, to gp to Rio de Jane:ro. The Prince has answered, that he wished first to receive the answer to the letter-which he l ately sent to the Emperor Don Pedro by M. de Neumann. PARIS, MARCH 21.—Our correspondent at Bayonne sends us a letter from Zamora, dated the 12th, which fully confirms what we stated respecting the disarming of the Portuguese Refugees on their return into Spain. The Duke de San Carlos is to set out for Madrid at the end of the month. A letter from Leghorn of the sth of March says—" Yesterday the Unicorn, with Lord Cochrane -on board, appeared off the , point of the Mole. It happened, oddly enough, that it passed very near the Egyptian corvette; but instead of entering the Pon, the Unicorn suddenly tacked, and to-day we see it at the distance of five or six miles. It is believed, that the only object of this ma rueuvre was to examine the corvette, in order to pursue it with greater certainty when it shall be time. The appearance of the Unicorn in those seas has excited the greatest terror in the agent of the Pacha of Egypt, M. Rosetti, who suddenly lowered all the sails of his vessel, though he was ready to depart."—Lausanne Gazette. The Austrictm Observer of the 12th March has news from Constantinople of 24th February, which states the arrival of M. de Ribeaupierre on the 11th. The remainder of this very laconic article, is taken up with the account of the defeat by Redschid Paths of a corps of 6,000 Greeks, who were going to . relieve 4 alena. The Greeks are said to have lost 1,200 men, and to have had six of their Captains made prisoners. (From the Etoilc, dated Thursday, March 23.) We have a letter from Madrid'of the 13th of March, which says--. 4 The most alarming reports have been spread for some days past at Madrid. War, it was said, was decided upon ; the army of General Sarsfield was to enter Portugal on the 25th of this month, &c. It was in the midst of these alarms which it was attempted to spread, that the news from the frontiers of Castile arrived, which have already been transmitted by express to Paris, and which have put an end to the fears and the hopes which those reports had excited." Total.. .1;455;4419 6 3 No. L comprises the following items : Public Buildings . . Port Patrick Harbour Donaghadee Harbour Royal Harbour of George the Fourth British Museum . . Privy Council Office 26,250 0 0 Windsor Castle lOO,OOO 0 0 Houses of Parliament Churches, &c. in the West Indies 9,000 0 0 Courts of Justice " .lolyhead andllowth flarbours and Roads 17,979 0 0 £282,971 16 11 No. 11. contains the following items, viz.— Officers' Salaries of Houses of Lords and Commons 21,000 0 0 Expences of houses ,of Lords and Commons 16,000 0 0 Deficiency of Fee Funds to pay Salaries, Con tingencies, Messengers', Journies, &e. in the Treasury, Seeretariecof States' Offices, and Privy Council Office 177,005 0 0 Commissioners of Revenue Enquiry 6,000 0 0 Commissioners of. Education—lreland Expellees, Court and Reeeiptof Exchequer Oxford and Cambridge Professors 958 5 0 Insolvent Debtors' Court Aliens, &c. Penitentiary £ 273,135 5 0 No. 111. contains the following items : Superannuations Emigrants Vaccine Establishment 3,000 0 0 Refuge for the Destitute American Loyalists Criminal Lunatics Protestant Refugee Clergy 5,912 7 10 X53;755 4 4 No. IV. comprises the following items :-- Secret Service Printing and Stationary for Parliament and Public Debates 183,490 0 0 Expences relating to Coinage . - • ' 75,343 0- 0 Fittings for Houies of Parliament - 0 - 0 Law Charges - - 12,000 0 0 Convicts - , i 112,746 0 0 Captured -Negroes • and Slave Commission j ` t;.,',.48,000 0 0 American Missions 50,000 0 0 C°luntis , he- rl/100,870 0 0 New South Wales . `120,000 0 0 Emig,ration Indemnification for Stares in America 60,000 0 0 - , z• - • r 71,793? t v:11.4 .F. 3:: x845 ; 5 5 1. 0 0 THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). :17." "''3 I ' 3. #"" b i" 5 “ . ' 6 31 • CITY, Twelve o' Clock. Console closed yesterday at 80 for Money, and were done immediately after hours at 823, 6uyers, for account. At the ' opening of the market this morning the first price was 821 I, both for. money and. account, and no alteration has taken place up to the present hour, excepting that they are now 'Myers at 82i, but few or no transactions have been effected ; both India Bonds and Exchequer Bills have advanced, The former being quoted at 57 9, - and the latter 38 40 pm. Colombian Bonds, 41 4, buyers; Mexican, 701 a ; Spanish, 121 13. Great anxiety begins to be expressed at the non-arrival of kis Majesty's ship Tweed, Captain Ilunn, from Vera Cruz, and also of the two New York packet . ships which are now due, for altkough the wind has been favour able for their arrival the state of the weather has been so extremely heavy that their delay may be attributed to this rather than any other cause. The intelligence by both these conveyances is looked for by the speculators in Colombian Bonds, who expect to hear some communication on the long looked for remittances to pay the dividends, whilst others not so sanguine boldly observe that no reasonable expectation can be entertained of so desirable an event taking place. In Shares no fresh quotations can be made. Three per Cent. Consols, 823, buyers ; Ditto for account, 823, buyers ; India Bonds, 57 9 pm. t Exchequer Bills, 38 40 pm. VoartcN FuNDs.—Brazilian, 651 63 ; Buenos Ayres; 51' 3; Chilian, 35 6 ; Colombian, 1824, 413 1 ; Danish, 614 ; Greek, 16 4 ; Mexican 5 per Cent. 58 9 ; Ditto, 6 per Cent., 704 4 ; Peruvian, 34 5 ; Portuguese, '76 I; Russian, 87/ 8; Spanish, 121 13. Mil : rts.—Anglo Mexican, 42 40 . die. • Brazilian,.l4 24 pm. ; Bolivar, par ; Pasco Peruvian , 17 16 la.- Potosi, SO 2 per Share; Tlalpuxabua, 15 25 pm..; United dexican, 14'13 die. — Two Clock. Consols about half an hour since fell from'B2i, buyers, to 82i, and have been done subsequently at 84 1; they have now rallied a little, and are S2l buyers. This is attributed to a report of the sudden and severe illness of a 3rcat Personage. Another cause is given, the Chancellor's observAtion in the Commons last night, relative to the cause of his not bringing out the'Budget so soon as.ll, intended._ Colombian Mines are 4 , 1 i 42. Consols, 821. O',CL 0 CK. - ; FOUR O'CLOCK--CLOSING PRICE. Consols 84 Danish Bonds 6 1 t A Do. for c. 84 Greek Do. 1825 - 16 f Brazilian Bonds 65i Mexican Do. 1825, -- Buenos Ayres Do. Peruvian Do. 34 Chili= Do. Russian Do. - - Columbian, 1824, 11/ Spanish Do. 124 Mr. Secretary Canning took an airing in his ,car riage yesterday afternoon for the first time since his indisposition. The Duke of Clarence dined with the Members of the Marine Society on Thursday, at the London Tavern. In the evening his Royal Highness left town for his seat in Bushy Park, and called at the apartments of the Duchess of Kent, in the King's Palace at Kensington, for the Duchess of Clarence, who had been paying a visit to the Duchess of Kent. , THE EARL oF LIVERPOOL . — His Lordship was, as usual, visited by Dr. Dreyer this morning, who reported that " Lord Liverpool is going on very well." It is reported that Viscount Barrington, now one of the Prebendaries of Durham, is to succeed the late Dr. Hall, as Dean of that Cathedral Church. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.—The following in teresting Works are just ready for publication, by Mr. Colburn, New Burlington -street, viz. 1. De Vere ; or, the Man of Inde pendence, by the Author of Tremaine, A Third Edition of the Tor Hill, by the Author of Brambletye House, 3 vols.-L-3. A Second Edition of the New Series of Tales, by the O'Hara Family, 3 vols.-4, Sir Jonah Barrington's Personal Sketches of His Own Times, 2 vols.-5. The Octavo Edition of Evelyn's Diary and Correspondence, 5 vols.-6. English Fa shionables Abroad; a Novel, 3 vols.-7. The Military Sketch Book, containing Reminiscences of 17 years in the Service Abroad and at Home, 2 vols.—S. Blue Stocking Hall; a Novel, S vols. post Sro.-9. The Reminiscences of Thomas Dibdin, 2 vols.— And 10. The Journal of an Of f icer in the King's German Le gion, 1 vol. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTHMA RCH 23.—Wind Southerly and Northerly, no arrivals or departures to-day.—Yesterday his Majesty's ship Romney dropped down to St. Helen's, and will sail for Lisbon the first fair wind. His Majesty's ships Sapphire and Wolf will go out of harbour on Monday if, the wind permits ; the whole of the experimental squadron will be then collected at Spithead, and will shortly afterwards proceed to sea. The Challenger and Columbine have made several short cruizes to try their time; the former is said to have sailed on a bow-line (that is, close to the wind) at the rate of ten knots and a quarter. It has been ascertained, how ever, that both ships required more ballast, which they have ac cordingly taken in. ELECTION COMMITTEE-(THIS DAY.) THE READING ELECTION. The Committee on the Reading Election terminated their la bours this day, by deciding that Mr. Fvche Palmer was duly elected, Mr. Spence having withdrawn from the contest.—The Committee sat seventeen days, the expense attending the petition is calculated at 20,0001. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. Nothing of any importance took place in this Court to-day. His LORDSHIP stated, that the House of Lords had decided to hear their causes on Mondays and Tuesdays, and that therefore he could not sit here on those days, but that he should sit on the two following days. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. BRUCE V. ALLEN. This was - a motion to discharge an order made some time since upon the personal application of the plaintiff that he be allowed to prosecute this suit, on giving with due diligence, proper security to the Master to abide by the decree of the Court. Mr. Bruce has, however, since taken no step towards giving effect to that order, and in answer to a ldtter written on the part of the defend ant, he declared that he had no .intention of employing either a clerk in Court, or.a solicitor : that in fact he would conduct the suit himself. The VICE-CIIANcELI.OII. directed that the order obtained by Mr. Bruce - be diScharged. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) BOW-STREET.—John James Hart was brought up for re-examination on a charge of burglary. It appeared by the evi dence that Mr. Lind&ld, the prosecutor, had lately left the Swan, in ChandosJstreet, and had conveyed his property to an unfur nished room at No. 3, Dorset-place. The prisoner had assisted him, and Mr. L. being ill, left town for Lewes, leaving the property in the case of the landlord. On Wednesday evening last, a person heard some one in the room, and with the landlord proposed break ing open the door, which they found unlocked, but bolted inside; at this moment they, hearing the front window opened, ran into the street. The prisoner, seeing them in the street, ran down Stairs and was afterwards taken. They found 501. worth of property packed up ►eady for removal ; about 14 locks had been broken, and the prisoner must have been in the room a day and night. lie had been regaling himself with ale and cheese, Sze..— .Remanded till Wednesday. LENT ASSIZES-(RECEIVED THIS DAY). LANCASTER, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 22. THE WAKEFIELDS. To-day was appointed for this trial, and from the illness of Mr., Scarlett (a cold and hoarseness) it has been postponed until Friday. This postponement was only known through the imme diate circles of the parties concerned on Wednesday night, and it was not a little amusing this morning to observe the crowds that were jostling each other at the doors of the 'Shire Hall, to oh thin admittance, and as many of them appeared to have taken more than common trouble to gain the object of admission, their disappointment may be supposed very great. The trial will positively come on to-morrow, Friday (Mr. Parke, (Should- Mr. Scarlett not be able to attend) will lead for the de fence. All the Wakefields have arrived ; Dr. Davies is also here, and the old Gretna Green parson, is as usual getting drunk with the " bold brandy," at his quarters on the Preston Road. His Reverence does not venture out as he was fond of doing, having been severely pelted by a mob of mischievOus boys, who recog nized him in the streets. Friday tt . splendid travelling barouche arrived at the King's Arms Tavern, with a younger brother of the Wakefield family, and a group of foreigners, some of them wearing most formidable mustachios. These persons are said to be the witnesses, whose absence at the last Assizes formed the principle ground of post- ponement. Mr. Turner and his family live very retired, and are seldom seen, but it would appear the family of the Wakefields court ob servation. Some one member or the other of the family are con • tinually promenading the streets, dressed in the most fashionable style ; Mr. Edward .Gibbon Wakefield ascends the Castle-hill above twenty times in a day, this is the principal promenade, and his way to it is directly past the residence of Mr. Turner. Mr. Scarlett is much h. 'ter to-day, and there can he 'no doubt but that he has been occupied arranging the defence, as be has not appeared in Court. The nigh Sheriff, Charles Gibson, Esq., in the most handsome manner, has attended to the application for accommodation of the Gentlemen of the London Press, and some seats are to be appro priated to their use in Court. These have been selected by Mr. Thomas Higgin, junior, Governor of the Castle, who, upon all occasions has been politely anxious to accommodate the Reporters of the London and Provincial Newspapers. The following is the indictment against the defendants, on the charge of misdemeanour, which from its peculiarity of construe• tion, is a very curious example of the care and particularity of our ancestors, in framing such indictments : A copy of the indictment against Edward Gibbon Wakefield and William Wakefield, for the abduction of Miss Ellen Turner, under the Statute of the 4th and sth of Philip and Mary. LANCASIIIIM—The Jurors for, our Lord the King upon their oath present, that before and at the time of the committing of the offences, with the several counts of this indictment mentioned, Margaret Daulby, Phoebe Daulby, Elizabeth Daulby, Anne Daulby, and Catherine Daulby, by lawful means, that is to say by the consent, direction, and appointment, of William Turner, Esquire, the father of Ellen Turner, a maid and unmarried, had the order, keeping, education, and governance, of the said Ellen Turner ; and that the residence of the said William Turner was at a place called Shrigley Park. And the Jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further present, that Edward Gibbon Wake field, late of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, gentleman, and William Wakefield, late of the same place, gentleman, on the seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, at Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, the said Edward Gibbon Wakefield, being then and there above the age of fourteen years, to wit—of the age of thirty years, and the said William Wakefield being also then and there above the age of fourteen years, to wit—of the age of twenty-five years, did unlawfully, knowingly, and injuriously, take and convey, and cause to be taken and conveyed, the said Ellen Turner, then and there being a maid, unmarried, and under and within the age of sixteen years, to wit, of the age of fifteen years, out of and from the possession of, and against the will of, the said Margaret Daulby, Phoebe Daulby, Elizabeth Daulby, Anne Daulby, and Catharine Daulhy, they, the said Margaret Daulby, Phoebe Daulby, Elizabeth Daulby, Anne Daulby, and Catharine Daulby, then and there having by such lawful means as aforesaid, the order, keeping, education, and governance, of the said Ellen Turner. And that the said Edward Gibbon Wake field, and the said William Wakefield, afterwards, to wit, on the same day, and in the year aforesaid, at Manchester aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, did unlawfully, falsely, and wickedly, repre sent and state, to the said Ellen Turner, amongst other things, in substance and effect, that the said William Wakefield had then and there seen the said William Turner, the father of the said Ellen Tur ner; and that certain sheriff's offiters were endeavouring to take him the said William Turner into custody, and that the said William Turner had declared to him, the said William Wakefield, that if she the said Ellen Turner had any love for him, the said Wil liam Turner, he the said William Turner entreated, that she, the said Ellen Turner, would not hesitate to marry, for that if she did hesitate, there would be an execution in the house at Shrigley (meaning the said residence of the said William Turner) and they would all be ruined ; but that if she went forward, and brought back to Carlisle, a certificate of the marriage of ber, the said Ellen Turner, all would be right ; and that if the certificate was shown to the sheriff's officers, they would have no further claim upon the said William Turner; and that the only way to save the said William Turner from ruin, was, that the said Ellen Turner should marry the said Edward Gibbon Wakefield. Whereas ' in truth and in fact, the said Wm. Wakefield had not then and there seen the said Wm. Turner ; and whereas in truth and in fact, cer tain sheriff's officers were not endeavouring to take him, t h e said Wm. Turner, into custody ; and wh ereas i n t ru th a n d in fact, the said Wm- Turner had not made any declaration or statement whatever, to the said Wm. Wakefield : and whereas in truth and in fact, it was not the only way to sav e th e sa id Wm. Turner from ruin, that th e said Ellen Turner should marry the said Edward Gibbon Wake field ; nor was he, the said Wm. Turner, in any danger of bola ruined. And the Jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths afo resa id, do say, that by means of the said unlawful, false, and wicked presentations and statements, and by the assent, procurement, end assistance, of the said W. Wakefield, and by a certain cere mony, which then and there took place, he, the said Edward G. Wakefield did, then and there, unlawfully contract matrimony with the said Ellen Turner, then and there bring such a maid, and within the age of sixteen, as aforesaid, unknowing of and to the said W. Turner, the father of the said Ellen Turner, he, the said W. Turner, then and there being in life, against, Ice. CROWN SIDE. TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF TWO GAMEKEEPERS FOR SHOOTING A POACHER. Thomas Tomlinson, aged 41, and Thomas Stone, aged 6 7, two gamekeepers to Robert Fletcher Bradshaw, Esq., of - Halton Hall, in this county, were indicted for maliciously shooting at William Caton, with an intent to murder him. There were other counts in the indictment varying the offence. Mr. COLTRTRNAY with whom was Mr. BROWN, stated the case for the prosecution. William Caton, the prosecutor, stated that he was out on the night of the 13th January, on Mr. 'Bradshaw's grounds, with two persons of the names of Townson. and Parkinson ; they got there about 11 o'clock, and intended to take some pheasants ; witness had a gun, as also had one of his companions ; witness discharged his gun about a dozen_ times in the course of the night ;• witness and his associates went into a wood, near Halton Hall, where ;la.x fired two or three shots, and they bad got out of the wood into ►t , e footpath, intending to go home, and had got within five or six yards from a hull (a shed for the shelter of gamekeepers), When some men rushed out and sung out, " hurrah, hurrah." Witness and'his party, on seeing them, turned round and ran away ; wit ness in jumping over a hedge, fell down on the other side, and while in the act of rising, he was shot in the back, and in falling, he received a second shot, which levelled him, to the earth, where he lay for some considerable time. When the shot was fired, he was about seven or eight yards off. There was no other cry made to them, but the one he had -stated—" Hurrah."—After they had shot him he heard some of them talking together, but could not hear what they were con versing about; -doei not know what became of his companions. After this, there was a third shot fired ; witness was then nearer the hull, and was certain it was neither Parkinson or Townson that fired. He had seen three persons pass him, and the shot was fired in the direction of his companions; witness laid about an hour in a very bad state, bleeding at the mouth, when a man came up to him, and said to another person that was with him; 4. He is dead, by G—d, Tom." Witness could not recognise the Men ; they staid about five minutes, and then went away down the wood, towards the hull; witness went out of the wood as well al he was able, and thought of getting to hull; which' nth great difficulty he reached, but found the door fastened. He then sup ported himself by leaning against a hedge; while in that situation. two men came up to him, and held some conversation, but he could not tell what they said ; they then went away in the direc tion of Halton Hall ; witness cannot tell whether they saw hint or not, but they had their faces towards him, and it was light enough for them to see him. He thea got through a gate into the field next the road, and fell into a ditch through exhaustion, where he lay in the moat excruciating agony for two hours, before any body came to him. Thomas Mangerson and Thomas Caton; his uncle, wei e the first persons who found 'him. Witness and bin party bad not offered the least resistance. He had had sense words with Tomlinson previous to the transaction, and he thought if the men had seen him, they must have looked very sharp. • Cross-examined by Mr. STAR/ClE.—Was never in the grounds of Mr. Bradshaw at Halton before, but has killed game in the parish of Bulk and elsewhere. Mr. Richardson, surgeon—Resides in the market-place of Lan . caster ; he attended William Caton, at Bulk Township, on th e the e s back, and id an e d of di t s h co e discovered a t n h d at b h a e ck h by ad been very badly%J,eainyuary h ei, iou gun-shot, which had spread six or seven inches ; the wounds were violently inflamed , and the shot wei e extricated by poultices; the shots were of small quality, and about 150 were extracted; the -nded examined en i inflammation might have been increased by laying out in the soisl all night; he attended him for nearly a month. Cross-examined—He bled him, to keep' the inflammation down; exposure to the air might produce inflammation. Mr. Justice BAlLYY—lndeed, Mr. Starkie; I was not aware of that. I heard that a great many lives were saved at yitOrloo, in consequence of being exposed to the air. Mr. Buowx—Would "lodging 150 shot in a man prods°, death ? Surgeon—Yes, I think so. John Townson corroborated the evidence of Caton, adding that he saw Caton enter the woods, and immediately after two shots were fired ; one of the shots was fired by the prisoner Stone. The witness was in a field, and saw the prisoners ; he heard three shots fired; the prisoners were in a field, and fired into the wood ; Stone fired the third shot. Robert Briscoe, about three weeks after this happened, had some conversation with Stone, who said, "I know what Johe Bolland is mad at; he is mad that . " I shot his partner, and I Will take care of him before long." Tomlinson elso said to him 'that he had seen Bolland go across a field, and Bolland said, "If I bad a rope, I would hang him up." Simon Colthard—Had some conversation with the prisoners in the market-place of Lancaster. Hirtley was then with theta. Witness said to them " You are - bonny fellows, to blow a man to pieces." Stone answered, "Served him right ;he should have stopped at home ; we will blow some more of. them to pieces, if they do not stop at home." Tnnlinson heard what, passed. A witness named Carter depo • d to the same effect. This closed the case for the prosection. The prisoners declined saying any thing in their defence ; but called the following respectable witnesses to character-:—Robert Thompson, Esq., a Magistrate of the County ; the Rev. Jolla Moreland ; the High:Sheriff, C. Gibson,fEsq. ; R. F. Bradshaw; and Mr. John Hargraves ; who spoke very highly to their genetal good behaviour. The Jury retired from Court, and in half an hour returned into Court. The Foreman stood forward, and intimated a wish to address his Lordship. The Clerk of the Crown—Are you agreed in your verdict, gentlemen ? Foreman—Oh yes, we have all agreed. Clerk of the Crown—How say you then, is the prisoner, John Tomlinson, guilty of the felony with which he is charged, or not guilty? Foreman— Guilty, but— Clerk—Stop, Sir; is Thomas Stone guilty, or not guilty? Foreman= Guilty. My Lord, it is with feelings of deep regret that the Jury have come to the conclusion ; but, my Lord, we did so because it is our duty, and we thought so, and we earnestly hope your Lordship will extend mercy to them in consideration of their good character. lam also desired, my Lord, by the Jury to express their great disapprobation and reprehension of the con duct of gentlemen suffering their gamekeepers to go out ii the night with fire-arms. Mr. Justice BAlLEY—Gentlemen, your verdict is proper. I perfectly concur in opinion with you, and I hope Mr. Bradshaw will take notice. . _ _ • The prisoners were called up to receive judgment. Mr. Justice BAILZY-Prisoners, I do not promise that your lives will be spared, but your case shall be represented to his ma jesty favourably, because there are favourable circumstancorcen nected with it. Let judgment of Death be recorded. CIVIL SIDE.—THE WAKEFIELD& Just before the rising of the Court Mr. BROUCI NA)I addret y sea recovered to take his part in the case of the King V. Wakefield in the morning, and the object of his application wa s, that r ose might stand for nine o'clock to-morrow morn in g , as 511 P arti Mr. Baron HULLOCK, and s aid, that Mr. Scarlett was suffi cientl would Hi s then o rd b e e hi r p ead ac y c comes on at nine. ;led to the request, and the cauk thereforts ,THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY. COVENT-G. DE Dr , t ma rket, and the trade wai reecrlina-considerable advance, some of The prices of Potatoes, o ranges ior . ry; thOle of most other thugs There was a good supply at this n tolerably brisk. Coleworts exper ie them having been exceedingly fine. Lemons, and dry Fruit, were stat Ipoowteatroethsa(npeornetwhti.s)d..a ), se'nnight. Cabbages (12 heads) Savoys 1 6 0 40 Horseßadish (bundle) 2 9 6 Brocoli Celery Asparagus (100) Carrots (12 bunches) • 0 3 6 Turnips or Greens 5 0 Coleworts or Greens. 0 Young Onion.; 03 9 d O5 . t C 9 27 . 1 Wage ( hal t 4. 1 6 6 - - - )81 ) ; cnrit : t 2 4 1 66: 432 8 2 !O Swe et Oranges; (10 s. d. to s. d, 0) 8 6 8 0 S ev ille Ditto ........... 8 0 15 u Lemons .............3 6 10 0 English Walnuts,,,,, . 1 8 6 SpanishChesnuts(peek) 3 0 6 0 trench ditto ...... 2 6 5 0 French Walnuts . .. Spanish liaslenuts 3 0 4 6 k ilberts (12113 a ) 8 0 lit 0 s G e r a ap i r a;i .(.... ........... s t l 1 3 0 : Radishes ' 1 6 2 Scotch Kail (junket) 1 3 p i : T urnip Greens (built )2 6 a 4 Rrocoli Sprouts 3 6 1 4 Parsnips (dozen) ST. JAMES'S . JAO MOESat's&traw HAY MA:I:3 E is TS— to 4 (A n t p c er lo Lo ver ad H of ay s6 ... Trusses.) Supply moderately good, trade rather brisk, and prices as on T • SMITHFIELD. rally f 4 15 to 6 10 Lowland Meadow HayX3 15 to 4 15 Clover Hay genzra 0 0 615 Upland Ditto ......• 415 515 Do. extraordinary fine. 116 113 • 44 15 15 6 0 Wheat Ditto ........ X . 241 410 to y l t lo New Mead o ... OW H a y .... 0 0 0 0 Wheat .I)4t . a ,__t quoted. A good supply, and a vory d trade i prices ima 415 515 Oat Straw . . ............. . ,_ 3 3 RR uplan d yy Lowl andee i : aaB D s ss M i H t m e t Ditto d aa jyr.. . . .. i 1 . . .. .. a ..