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

where the obligations of legislator and subject are so familiar to the mind, the conduct of the Catholic Question has exhibited on the part of the several stattstnen who introduced it succes sively to Parliament, so extraordinary an abdica tion of their duties. Fifteen years ago the "Pines warmly deprecated the practice of negotiating with the Catholic leaders, instead of legislating for them, as for other subjects of the realms, and requiring the obedience of all. The cus tom has been exclaimed against by Mr. Can ning in words, but-he, like his neighbours, did in substance canvass for the assent of the Catho lics to the provisions of- the Bills which he be friended. The usage was weak, unbecoming, and pernicious. The Catholics of Ireland were treated with, more like an independent power than a domutic sect, and they have been bloated into a po(ver all but laying claim to indepen dence. We have now a Ministry, of which the best members are from knowledge and principle favourers of Catholic emancipation. We trust that in all the policy of this Cabinet there will be no coquetting with Irish faction—no truck ling to demagogues—no acquiescence in outrage to the honour of England or to the laws of Ire land. We trust that intriguers and noisy chief tains, if such still exist among the Catholics, will be kept in their proper place. We trust that civil liberty will at the fit season triumph ; but that it will be a peaceful and spontaneous triumph of wisdom over prejudice, for the wel fare of coming generations, -rather than a prize to be torn by turbulence from weakness, and , held up to encourage the O'Connells of another century, as the fruit of a daring incursion upon England in the year 1828.--Times. • It is M. - Fearon, we believe, who relates the anecdote of the Negro Barber, in .New York. who was quite indignant at the idea of his being capable of siibmittinc , to the degradation of shaving Negroes. A trait hardly less charac teristic occurred in a report of a case at Bow street, in the Chronicle of yesterday. We al lude to the alarm into which poor Townshend was thrown at the idea, that the hands which had taken Earls, Marquises, and Dukes, should be dishonoured by coming in contact with Barbers. Why, Sir Richard Birnie," said the Veteran, " I beg leave to tell you, that I think it would lessen me a great deal if I were to execute a war rant upon a Barber after forty-six years' service, during which period I have had the honour of taking Earls, Marquisses, and Dukes. No, no, Sir Richard ; let the Barber fight if he likes it ; but don't let me be degraded by executing the warrant." And he then proceeded to name a number of individuals of rank, whom he had heed employed, to take. It would not occur to an individual ofelevated rank, in the situation of a Judge, that there was any mere degradation in administering justice to a Beggar than in his ad ministering it to the highest Dignitary in the land. Yet the feeling of Towushend was quite natural, that, in being employed to execute the law, makes no distinction, in letter, be tween the high and the low, against a poor Man, he was degrading himself. The Black Barber, of New York, uneasy under the load of degrada tion. which pressed on his race, was glad to escape from the reality, by laying hold of the circum stance of his being in constant contact with his despisers, to identify himself in imagination with them. the same manner, in a country in which the distinctions of rank and wealth are sharply marked, the lower orders either endea vour, like Burns, to brave the contempt which attaches to thern„by persuading themselves that " The rankia but the . guinea's stamp, The mart's the gow'd for a' that--" a sort of manifesto, by-the-bye, which is about as indicative of self-satisfaction as the Whistling aloud to bear his courage up," is of tranquillity of mind ; or they, like Towns , bend, catch hold of any little accident—such as shaving a Lord, or arresting him, or holding his horse, or holding a' bason to. him when he is sick—to escape in idea from their condition ; availing themselves of the very circumstances which mark their inferiority to prove their . ele vation. I have shaved a white man—l am a black man—l, therefore, mark the degradation of the black Men, of whom I am one, the more by refusing to shave black men. I am a low Man, but I have arrested high men ; and by re fusing to arrest low men, of whom I am one, I in like manner mark the more pointedly the de gradation of the class to which I belong. Any man who has looked around him with attention must have witnessed, in servants, waiters at inns, and others in humble stations, the aid which vanity—though what we must call a benevolent provision of nature—affords to the low, by en abling them to escape, by imaginary distinctions from what is real evil, the feeling of being an object of contempt. As distinction is every thing in the world, it is natural that men of rank should endeavour to maintain it, in as many cases as they possibly can ; and equally natural that others should endeavour to break down the barriers which constitute the distinction. It is, therefore, quite natural that men of rank should feel uneasy at the distinction which they have long enjoyed in their manner of deciding quarrels; ceasing to be over, from the lower orders adopt ing the same manner. Lord Ellenborough, we re member, gave great offence to the mercantile aris tocracy in the City, in a case where one mer chant had posted another for a coward, by ob serving, that traders would be much better employed in posting their ledgers than in posting each other. But if the innovation of merchants posting each other should have been considered dangerous, what must be the farther step of bakers and barbers posting eac h ot h er ? But then as this is an age of intellect, the diffusion of Duelling, as the Reporter indicated by the head.: ing which he gave to the case, is the result of the march of intellect. " You know, Mr. Minshull,7 said the ingenious Mr. Townshend, " that many strong arguments have been used in favour of the practice among persons of rank, and it has been asserted that it operates as a check upon those who would otherwise violate the decorum and outrage the feelings of polished society." S o far, so good, Mr. 'I ownshend ; but then you add, " for barbers and the cutters of cabbage stalks to fight duels, is the height of absurdity." But if barbers and cutters of cabbage-stalks wish to observe the decorum, and to possess the feel ings of polished society ; and it' shooting each other be an infallible specific in the case of men of -rank, for preventing all violations of decorum and'gOod feeling/is it not natural that cutters of cabbi age 4 4lks and barbers, anxious t o a tt a i n , o r at least..approximate as closely as possible, the perfection of these elevated models, should wish to recur to the same specific ? This comes of reasoning. Say itiith e duty of every man to elevate himself`as high in th e sca l e o f moral im provement. as he possiblY -can—say that barberS and cabbage cutt ers , b e i ng " in this world in a state of probation to fit . them for another, awl that, consequently, they. can never be too highly improved—Say that no man can.betoo. deco rous; or possess too much delicacy .of feeling, and you at once justify the use of the means which experience has proved to be the best ; adapted for giving these qualities. " God .: forbid," said a Court Preacher, before Louis ; XIV., K that in recommending the forgive ness of injuries, 1 should be thought to recommend that any gentleman should bear with what might tarnish his honour." But what is good for gentlemen is good for all, if all are to have the :ame object in view. There is nothing like pusN.w , an argument as far as it will go, if we wish to try its soundness. If duelling be good for giving delicacy in one ease, it will be good in another, According to this principle, the Yankees, who are constantly rifling each other, should be the most delicate and decorous Of human kind. Are they one whit better be. hayed than other people because all are duellists ? There is certainly no reason why Barbers and Cutters of Cabbages should not ; pistol each other as well as their betters ; but were they to do so generally, we believe the cir cumstance would serve wonderfully to aid the higher ranks in seeing the futility of the reasons for the nractiee. If general challenges were to be recognised, it would be seen, that so far from the practice contributing to improve behaviour, it would have the very contrary effect, for the turbulent, relying on his insensibility, would often be tempted to encroach on more valuable men than hhnself. Duelling is not abused at present, because it is had recourse to chiefly by persons of consequence, who, by behaving, ill, would lose the opinion of' those with whom they associate. It is the influence of this opinion which secures the good behaviour, and not the du elling which has a directly contrary tendency, by allowing the exhibition of bravery to diminish the disgust which offensive conduct is calculated to cause, Thus, for instance, in a Sketch of the Life of that peculiar character (we cannot call him savage, because savages are usually great observers of decorum), Lord Norbury, un derstood to be from the pen of Mr. Shiell, in the New Monthly Magazine for November, we have a striking proof of the position which we have endeavoured to enforce. " That emi nent • Statesman (Mr. Ponsonby)", says the writer, " had made a speech, recommending Catholic Emancipation, and other collateral measures, as the only means of rescuing Ireland from the ruin which impended over her. He was always remarkable for the dignified urbanity of his manners ; and in the speech to which Serjeant Toler (Lord Norbury) replied, scarcely any man but Toler could have found materials for personal vituperation. The English reader will be able to form some idea of the system on which the debates of the Irish House of Commons were carried on, and to estimate Lord Norbury's powers of minacious oratory, from the following extract from the Par liamentary Debates What was it come to, that in the Irish House of Commons they should listen to one of their own Members degrading the character of an Irish Gentleman, by language which was•fitted but for hallooing a mob ? Had he heard a man uttering out of those doors such language as that by which the Honourable Gen tleman had violated the decorum of Parliament, he would have seized the ruffian by the throat, and dragged him to the dust. What were the House made of, who could listen in patience to such abominable sentiments ? Sentiments, thank God ! which were acknowledged by no class of men in this country, except the execrable and infamous nest of traitors who were known by the name of United Irishmen, who sat brooding in Belfast over their discontents and treasons ; and from whose publications he . could trace, word for word, every expression the Honourable Gentle man had used. ' Mr. Ponsonby took no notice of the vituperation, but he was affected by it ; and if the bullying qualities of his Lordship had not been hallowed by the factitious notions of society as meritorious, would not the indignation of the members have instantly silenced him Duelling is a remnant of an age when men were obliged to do themselves justice from being un able to obtain it from any other hand. It has not polished society, but the polish of society has rendered it less noxious than it was in a more barbarous age. In France, the feeling of equality, arising out of the Revolution, has made duelling universal, and will allow no man to re-' fuse a challenge from an individual, however low, without subjecting him to dishonour. This is the consequence of the little regard formerly paid to the low; for Smollett remarks that, in his time, when two persons of the lower orders quarrelled in the streets, the persons in the houses threw pailfulls of water on them from the windows., Morning Chronicle. It is an old trick of demagogues when they wish to inflame the passions of a multitude, and to tempt their dupes into danger which they do not intend to share with them, to affect a desire to sooth and tranquillise the very people whose feelings they are endeavouring to work into a state of rabid excitement. This is the artifice which that'great master of human character and observer of nature, Shakspeare, gives so ad mirable an instance of in the speech of Mark Antony over the dead body of Cwsar. It was the object of that wily politician and profligate man to turn the extraordinary event which had just occurred to the advantage of his own ambi tion. Destitute as he was of the virtues, or per sonal dignity, that could command the support of the respectable class of his fellow-citizens, he saw that it was posSible, by managing the pre sent crisis adroitly, to excite such a commotion in Rome as might raise, him at once to supreme power on the shoulders of an infuriated populace. How did he set about it ? Not by calling on the people to rise and avenge the death of Caesar-- not by any direct appeal to their pas sions.. He took the safer, and more certain course of drawing an exaggerated picture of the virtues and liberality of the Dictator—described, with the warmest colouring of a rhetorical pen cil, the circumstances of his untimely end, and glanced with prophetic sorrow at its lamentable consequences. He saw that these topics had stirred up the feelings which he wished to arouse—and he threw oil upon the' flame by ' affecting a spirit of peace and moderation which his heart did not acknowledge. Good friends ! sweet friends ! let me not stir you up To any sudden show of mutiny-- Those who have done this deed are honourable, And will, no doubt, with reason answer you. Such was his admonition at the moment when he knew the popular spirit was stung to that de gree of excitement which could not be put down again but by its own ruin, or the overthrow of those whose destruction would make him—then a needy and desperate adventurer—the master of the Roman world. Such is the policy, but with infinitely less tact and ability, of some of the Roman Catholic agitators of Ireland. They have the selfish intention, but neither the shrewd eloquence nor executive ability of Mark An tony. .Their rhetoric is t oo blustering an d ostentatipus to be as effecti ve as the unassum ing and insinuating harangu e of the Roman Triumvir ; but they evidently consider them selves quite as clever in sowing seditious senti ments among the multitude, while they affect to advise the deluded people to preserve the peace , They describe rebellion as a necessary conse quence of their demands being resisted ; but at the same time they tell their auditory, that it would be a shocking thing for them to have any share in shedding the torrents of blood that must inevitably flow. They admonish them to be quiet, while they tell them why they ought not. They state that abstaining from violence is a duty, while they endeavour to impress upon their minds that their sufferings are beyond hu man endurance. This artifice is now too stale and threadbare to deceive any but the most simple and unthinking people. The fact is, the agitators think that a partial disturbance at least —out of the dangers of which they would take good care to keep their own persons—might do them great service, by alarming the Government into certain concessions of places and pensions to themselves ; but the fact is, the great mass of the Roman Catholic population of Ireland care so little about what are called the " Catholic Claims," which could have no Factical effect upon their condition, that it is no wonder the leaders are incessantly obliged to try and " wind up their feelings" by exciting speeches, lest, as Mr. Shiel expresses it, their grievances »tight drop out of the national memory !—Morning Herald., Our readers will see that the celebrated Bar ber Beaumont, of the County Fire Office and of Buenos Ayres Emigration Scheme celebrity, has obtained a shilling damages against us, on ac count of his character. Much good may the shilling do Barber Beaumont ! By right the Jury ought not- to have given him a farthing. They ought to have saddled him and the company to which he belongs with the costs on both sides, and not us—fOr certainly our readers will say, when they read the trial, that never did a more vindictive action take place. But we dare to say that Barber Beaumont will never forgive or forget our showing up to the public his Buenos Ayres Emigration Thing— nipping it in the bud, and preventing him or his friends from selling the Shares in that Thing at a premiu It is seldom that foreign States, or their sub jects, eulogise the Statesmen of their rivals ; and . we will venture to say, that had any of the vari ous revolutionary Governments of France, from the Directory to Buonaparte, bestowed their praises upon Mr. Pitt, the people of this coun try would have ceased to look upon that Mini ster as the formidable opponent to France and her revolutionary principles, which he all his life proved himself. Mr. Canning's case, how ever, this view of things is, in the view of some people, completely reversed, who are liberal— or, we should rather say, weak enough to consi der the applause with which his memory is re ceived in France and America as proofs of the fame he is entitled to receive at home. Now to us this is precisely that case of the " dona fe rentes" which should put those among his coun trymen, who really admire the late Statesman, upon their guard, and induce them to pause on the threshold of their own judgment. We have no doubt that there is quite as much good sense, liberality, and just discrimination to be found in foreign countries as in our own ; but the posses sion of those very qualities goes to disprove the Get that any Minister of Great Britatn, truly, zealously, and wisely consulting the interests of his own country, can possess any great share of popularity in those countries which, in the na ture of things, as rivals in power, in commerce, and in various other ways, his measures must tend to thwart and depreciate. When w e are told, then, that Mr. Canning's highest eulogy consists in having his monument subscribed for, and his medal engraved by the French liberals, and his praise set forth in an article written for an American newspaper by the President himself, we should say that the impression which such compliments and such applause have upon our minds is just the reverse of that which these in judicious 11 friends contend for. It is not with a view of encouraging national antipathies and jea lousies that we say that a truly British Minister cannot, in the nature of things, be popular in France or America, and that the very fact of his being so is, as far it goes, a proof of the very reverse of what sanguine and injudicious friends would infer upon the occasion. We would ad vise those, therefore, who really consult tie fame of the late Minister, and would build a monu ment to his memory, not to erect it upon this sandy foundation. That men live to receive the applause in private life of their adversaries is very true ; but till we live to see monuments erected in France or America to Pitt, to Nelson, or to Wellington, we should very much doubt, were we admirers of Mr. Canning, the quantum of fame which his memory receives from eulogies in such quarters.—lbid. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Nov. 1. James Macdonald stood indicted for assaulting Elizabeth Thompson, a child aged only ten years. The case was one of more than ordinary enormity. The child was the daughter by a former husband of his own wife, whose health he had ruined by his profligacy, and who had left him to reside for a time with a sister in the hope of recovering herself. On the very night following the day that she thus left him, he took the child to his bed, and committed upon her the outrage which formed the substance of the present indictment. He was labouring at the time under a loathsome disease, and Its the conse quence was the communication of this to the child, her state soon attracted the notice of the neighbours, who took her to the parish surgeon. This gentle man, after ascertaining her condition, questioned her on the subject, but at first could get no admission as to who had injured her; she constantly declaring that no liberties had been taken with her person by any body. Being, however, very closely pressed, she at last confessed that her father had ill-used her, and had stifled her cries by threatening if she were not quiet he would whip her. Verdict—" Guilty." The CHAIRMAN, after a brief observation on the abominable atrocity of the offence, sentenced him to two years' imprisonment, and to be kept to hard labour. _ _ The Court, at its rising, adjourned far a week. I Gil TO N, OCT. 30.—The Subscription Harriers mustered a brilliant field at Patcham yesterday, and much agreeable diversion followed. The Libraries , generally, have been well attended to-day. The evening Lou and Music Divertissements at Turrin's are yet conti nued with undiminished spirit. The Theatre last night, for the benefit of Mrs. WaYLETT, was again crowded in all parts. The Princess ESTERHAZY, with part of her family, is remaining here. Lord CASTLERZAUti is pro longing his sojourn at the Royal York Hotel.—An unfor tunate gentleman, who had arrived at the Albion Hotel but a day or two previously, was, from raging madness, re moved to the Lunatic Asylum, at Balsdran, yesterday. Though attended by two men, one on each side of him, and confined in a strait waistcoat, yet he contrived to break the glasses, and kick out the front pannels of the post-chaise during the short ,ijouruey. POLICE INTEL LIGNCE. GUILDHALL. —Sarah Cornell, of Edmund's-place, Aldet•sgate-street, was re-examined yesterday before Mr. Alderman BIRCH, charged with feloniously secreting a box of jewellery and money, value 300/., which a Brazilian gentleman and his lady had accidentally left under their Pillow, when removing from that to another lodging. Mr. Harmer, who attended for the prosecution, under stood Mrs. Satchell, the lodger, who at first had been ap prehended as a prisoner, wished to add something to bet former evidence. Mrs. Satchell was accordingly called into the witness's box, and•stated that she heard the dispute about the rent and the staining of the carpet between Mrs. Cornell and the foreigners on Saturday morning. After they were gone, her husband went up to see what damage had been done to the carpet, and when he came down he emphati cally struck one hand on the other and said, " I'll be bound Mrs. Cornell has found or has lost something, by the way she has behaved." In a minute Mrs. Cornell ran down stairs into the street in haste, and sent her husband's father into the house to take care of the premises. He walked about the kitchen and passage, until she returned in about ten minutes. Mrs. Cornell came in again 20 minutes afterwards, (she bad not observed that she went out), and soon after Mr. Cornell arrived. He and his wife went up into the foreigners' room, and after re maining t e n minutes, witness heard the husband go away. Understood Mrs. Cornell had been looking for her husband, but that he had dropped in n,cidentally, leaving his cart in Aldersgate-street. Directly after he was gone Mrs. Latson came again, and declared that she could swear the box had been left under the pillow. Mrs. Cornell had previously been hurrying about in great agitation, and quite red in the face. On Monday morning the American pilot came, and when he announced that he had brought a message from the foreigners, Mrs. Cornell asked him to walk up stairs. Mrs. Sp ar ks, who lives in Etinwnd-place, and is reLted to the prisonelr, led the way, and witness went up last. Mr. Anderson and Mrs. Latson had sent him to apologize for her furious behaviour on the Saturday - , and to beg that Mrs. Cornell wools! search for the box again, they having looked, in a great bustle. Mrs. Cornell answered that the officer had not looked in a bustle; and that Anderson might look, but she would not. Mrs. Cornell and Anderson went into the chamber, searched the bed and a cupboard, and the pilot was beginning to tell them that Mr. Latson declared he would never live with his wife again unless she recovered the box, when witness was called down by her husband, who came home. Mr. Alderman BIRCH here took up Anderson's depo sition, and said, " I will read all he has stated, and you will interrupt me when I come to any part that you say is false. The Alderman then read on to the part where it is stated, that Mrs. Cornell was advised by another female to give up the property ; but Mrs. Cornell replied that it had gone too far, and came to hint, and offered him 50/. to per suade the foreigners it was useless to trouble themselves any further. Mrs. Satchell swore nothing of that kind passed in het presence, but it might have occurred between Mrs. Cor nell and Mrs. Sparks after witness was called down by her husband. _ _ Mrs. Sparks was then called forward, and the pilot was desired to look at her and say it she was not the person whom he saw conversing with the prisoner. He could not at all recognise her, and his belief was that two females only went up stairs with him, and Mrs. Satchell was one of those two. Mrs. Satchell vehemently protested she had related all she knew of the affair. The ALDERMAN then announced his determination to commit the prisoner. Her solicitor applied to have her li berated on hail, by two Justices, but the Alderman said, as he had no doubt of her guilt, be could not allow tbat course to be taken. The ALDERMAN again said, she was finally committed ; but she will be brought up again this' day, to hear the de positions, which are of great length, read over to her in the shape in which they will be returned for the use of the Judge. BOW-STREET.—The arrival of Bond, jun., the officer to whom directions were given to take the party into cus tody who challenged the baker to meet bins at 12'paces with pistols, was looked for yesterday with some anxiety, and Sir R. BIRNIE more than once inquired if the officer had returned. Hie arrival put an end to the various con jectures to which the delay had given rise; and having communicated the result of his journey to Sir R. BIRNIE, the worthy Magistrate burst into a hearty laugh, which was soon communicated to the by-standers, when Bond related the following particulars : The supposed writer of the challenge is a Mr. Somer.- field, clerk in a-lead-mill at Hoxton, between whom and the baker, whose name is M'Diarmid, a dispute took place on Tuesday evening last in the parlour of a public-house to which they were both accustomed to resort. High words were exchanged by the parties, and there were those pre sent who it appears were any thing but peace-makers. The baker was known to be irascible, impatient of contradiction, and " fond of quarrel as my lady's lap-dog ;" and patience was not amongst the virtues of his opponent. They se parated with a mutual declaration of defiance, and threats of future vengeance. As soon as they retired, some of the company, more waggish than the rest, penned the challenge, which the baker received in due form a short time after he reached home. Six o'clock in the morn ing, pistols and twelve paces in the field behind the lead-mill, were the conditions of the challenge with which the baker was desired to comply, as he valued his repu tation as a gentleman and a man of courage. The baker, although he had no mind to be shot, was determined to show the party by whom he supposed he was challenged, that he was just as capable as he was• of writing a gentle manly epistle, and he accordingly sat down the next morn ing, as soon as the hour appointed for the duel had elapsed, add penned the following note, which is certainly a fair specimen, if not of the counter-check quarrelsome; at least of the reply valiant : " No. 1, Hyde-street, Hoxton, Oct. 30. " Sir,—ln reply to your vile and false accusations, I have only to say, that a man who could be guilty of suds ungentlemanly conduct—of such mean falsehood—of per version of every thing true and honourable, as was exhibited by you last night—is beneath the notice of a soldier and a gentleman. I therefore throw back into your teeth, to whom they justly belong, your foul and false epithets.— This is my apology. M for your letter, I have left it in the Yours, Etc. A. M'DIARMID.', " To Mr. Soinerfield." The baker, however,\vas not quite so careless of the chal lenge as the concluding part of his epistle would imply, and when Bond called upon the supposed challenger, he was rather surprised when informed that he was gone to the country for the benefit of his health, and knew nothing whatever of the transaction. The baker however, declares that the warrant shall be put in force whenever the party against whom it was issued returns to town. Five refractory paupers were brought from the work house of St. Clement Danes, charged by the master of the woi k.ouse and the parish authorities with being extreme ly insolent, and refusing to perform the work with which they were provided. Four of them were hale hearty able bodied men. The fifth was "a hunchback ; and on its being remarked by Sir R. Butsris that he did not appear capable of performing very heavy work, one of the officers observed, "Perhaps not, your Worship; yet, notwith stauding his appearance, it was but this morning he strip ped off his coat and offered to fight me." One of the paupers, who acted as spokesman for the rest, said, that they were half-starved, and that they were made to work all day without any compensation. The parish gentlemen in reply to this statement denied that those paupers who were made to work were inade quately fed. On working days they had each an allowance of six additional ounces of bread, making 18 ounces a-day. They were allowed, besides, six ounces of meat, and three pints of beer each. Soup was given them also, and three or four times in the week they were allowed pudding. Sir R. BIKNIE ordered them to the House of Correc tion for one month, there to be kept to hard labour. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.—AII constables and others, his Majesty's officers of the peace, being commanded to bring before some one of his Majesty's justices, the body of Mary Phillips, a queer-looking little courtesan, who lives at No. 3, in Dean-street, Lisson-green, Philip Web ster did, yesterday, in pursuance thereof, place her at the bar before Mr. GRIFFITH, to answer to all such matters and things as were then and there preferred against her by John Dickinson, who lives at No. 9, in th'same street. Mr. John Dickinson stated, that as soon as daylight disappears, and often at noon day, there is a girl placed at the door of each house, Nos. 3,4, and 8, in Dean street, to allure every man who happens to pass, and that the presence of a modest female is no check upon their importunity ; for on Tuesday night, as he walked by No. 3, in company of his wife, the prisoner accosted them, with "Do you want accommodation ?" The question re ceived the answer it merited, and she, after abusing him, spat in his face. Miss Phillips declared, upon her honour, that the charge was false. .‘ Oh, oh, upon your honour," replied Mr. GRIME*, smiling ; " I won't believe a word you say,—you shall be committed." The houses mentioned were represented to the Magistrate as being of the worst deogiption, particularly Nos. S and 4, which are opposite the walls of Christ Church), andeon' sequeutly ere not overlooked. COURT OP COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday there was held a Court of Common Council. At the usual hour, Mr. Alderman ATKINS took the chair, and observed that he had been requested to do so by the Lord Mayor; his Lordship being prevented from personally appearing, in consequence of a severe domestic calamity that had happened to him. An authority under the hand and seal of the Lord Mayor was then read, giving power and authority to all or any of the Aldermen who passed the Chair, to act pro tempore in his stead. THE NIGHTLY WATCH. Sir PETER LAURIE presented a petition from the inhabitants of Aldersgate Ward, praying that the proposed alteration in the Nightly Watch might not take place.—Petition ordered to lie on the table. Mr. SAUNDERS presented a petition from the inhabitants of Dowgate Ward, against the proposed alterations. A MEMBER presented a petition from one Henry Knight, stating that he had invented a machine to check the watchmen, so as to do away with the ne cessity of the proposed superintendants of the watch. The petition was read as follows : TO THE MGHT HON. THE LORI) MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COMMONS OF THE CITY OF LONDON, IN COMMON COUN- CIL ASSEMBLED. " The humble Petition of Henry Knight, of Birmingham, • " Showeth--That your petitioner !lath invented a ma chine for the purpose of ascertaining the attendance of watchmen to their duty ; that his machines show the pre cise time of watchmen being in given situations ; furnish ing correct registries of their progress from place to place, during the time they are on duty, and ascertaining in what part of their district they were at any period of the night. He feels assured that the use of these machines (fur which be has obtained his Majesty's Royal Letters patent) wo u ld insure punctuality on the part of watchmen, and diminish the annual expense of superintendents. " Your petitioner, therefore, humbly prays, that he may be permitted to submit his invention to this Honourable Court, and that if it be considered worthy of it, they will give their sanction to its being used in this metropolis. 46 And your petitioner will ever pray." The petition having been read, the Member who presented it said that the machine alluded to had been approved of by a number of scientific persons; the petitioner was, however compelled to leave town, but was willing to leave one of h►s machines in the care of the Hall-keeper, for the general inspection of the members of the Court. Mr. GALLOWAY suggested that the petition and machine should both be referred to the Committee for General Purposes, and after some few observa tions, that proposition was adopted. Mr. Alderman VENABLES rose to bring in the Bill, founded on the resolutions of a preceding Court, for the better regulation of the Nightly 'Watch. He regretted that on this occasion he should be com pelled to take up any of the time of the Court, as he had no new matter to bring forward ; but in con sequence of the misconceptions which he conceived had obtained possession of the minds of the inha bitants of Aldersgate and Dowgate Wards, he was compelled to say a few words. He denied the ac cusation that the plan would prove burdensome, and therefore could not consent to the exception of any particular districts ; in fact, it was the grand object of the plan itself, that it should be general, and not partial. He declared that the only difficulty that arose, was that of altering the rate of payment fixed by the Committee for the watchmen, from 2kd. to 3d. per hour. All manner of difficulties were pointed out, but the truth was, that those gentlemen who were hostile to the measure, would net make any arrangements to facilitate it. He moved that the Bill be brought up. Mr. FIGGINS opposed the motion; and as an amendment, moved that the system of watching at present in force should be the system adopted for the next year. Sir PETER LAURIE seconded the amendment: — He ridiculed the idea of changing the men every Right to prevent them from leaguing with prosti tutes,. for theyiwotald every night, if changed, meet with fresh faces, and variety in that way was more likely to seduce a man than old worn-out faces.— (A laugh.) A MEMBER observed that he highly approved of this plan, as a number of men would always• be kept in the watch-house ready to assist in any sudden emergency, instead of having to beat the ward tip for assistance. _ _ Mr. TAYLOR supported the plan. Alderman WAITHMAN said the plan fell far short from what he expected, for so much thunder had been made about it that it ought to have produced something. lie thought the conduct of the poor watchmen, now in existence, had been grossly li belled; for although he certainly had seen some acts of misconduct on their parts, yet generally speaking, he considered them praiseworthy men.— As to the charge of watchmen sleeping in their boxes, he could say that during the last Session of Parliament he had walked every night from the House home at all hours, from seven to three and tour in the morning, and he never met with one watchman asleep ; but upon the subject of robbing, he could point out one set of thieves in high life that had robbed to a greater amount in one year than all the thieves that had been tried at the Old Bailey.—(A laugh.)—After sundry other observa tions, the worthy Alderman concluded by support ing the amendment. Mr. Deputy ROUTH supported the original propo sition at some length. Mr. S. DIXON ridiculed the whole bill, and sup ported the amendment. Mr. Alderman GARRATT, in a low tone, supported the bill as a whole, although there were some parts of it with which he did not altogether agree. Mr. STEVENS supported the bill. Mr. Deputy OLDHAM supported the bill. A MEMBER claimed an exemption for the precinct of Whitefriars, on account of a privilege that liberty had been enjoyed for 2.50 years. Mr. HARMER defended the general good conduct of the watchmen, whom he thought a set of men " much more sinned against than sinning." After some few observations from various Mem bers, particularly from the Deputy of Aldersgate Ward, who strongly opposed' the bill, the cries of " Question !" and" Spoke !" became so general that nothing could be heard. The question was then put, and the CHAIRMAN declared the amendment to be carried. A division was called for, and strangers ordered . to withdraw. The numbers then were asiollow Aldermen; Commons. Tellers. Total. For the original motion 3 68 2 73 For the amendment 2 52 2 56 Majority —l7 Upon our re-admission a series of discussions took place upon the different clauses of the Bill, and much angry feeling was excited amongst the Members. A motion of adjournment was twice put, and nega tived. At length, upon the motion that the pay of the watchmen should be three-pence per hour, an amendment was moved that twopence-halfpenny should be substituted. Several Members loudly complained of pressing the Bill forward at that late hour, a number of the Members having left. However ri division ultimately took place on this clause, and the numbers were— Aldermen. Commons. Tellers. Total. For the three-peace 2 45 9 49 For twopence-halfpenny 1 35 2 38 Majority -.. 1 1. Most of the original su pporters of the B ill vo t e d for the twopence-halfpenny. The Court then adjourned, leaving the remaining clauses of the Bill undisposed of. The inhabitants of Fletching and the neigh bourhood were gratified on Thursday morning last, by the pleasing intelligence that the Countess of SHEET=Ln h 4 presented her Lora with a son and heir. The guns in the Park were fired, and the bells rang a merry peal on the oct casion. The tenantry heard the announcement with unl feigned joy, a sure sign of the respect which they feel towards the noble family, but which can only be manifested on particular occasions..—Brighton Gazcttc. THE MARKETS. SOUTHALL MARKET.—Oet. Si. This day's market having been scantily supplied'_2 rather numerously attended by buyers, each kind of In met with a ready sale, at the following prices per stogy Sib. to sink the offals 46.° Beef ---4 s. Od. to 53.04. Veal 4s. 2d. to Mutton 4HS 5 0 I Pork ----, 4 6 Lamb Os. Od. to Os. Od. ftf , The foregoing quotations are Beef, Mutton, and Teak, se'nnight. ;it, Ed 2d. to York But a small 2p proportion per rstone the pp higher of tha ‘u nt l h y leftos those ket unsold. Lamb is out of season. LEWES MARKET.—Oct. 30. Beet 4s. Od. to 4. ;od. Veal Mutton 4 0 3 0 I Pork— _ Os. Od, to et 0 4 4 Lamb -.Lt.& Od. to 10d. .„.;slt• Supply tolerably good, and trade, on the whole, h2le, rather I _, - - 11 , &II 8 I Veal 8 Pork 4 6 - • Os. Od. to Os. Od. 0 0 ; Quarter old PigslOs. to 150 ;4 , rade, on the whole, rather Y'r: RUM IFOF[DM d. to s. .3 10 4 . 3 8 4 ib .RKET.—Oct. 31. Beef itlutton I- Inl Suckling Calves froi Supply mederatcl3 In 14s. to 365, y:gocui, and COUNTRY CO RN MAR ETS DU R. ING 'FHB 'ol_fr,!' Wheat. Barley Oats. Per Quarter. Blandterd s. to e. S. to S. 29 21 28 S. to S. 42 47 21 27 Chard —.— Huntingdon Louth )(s 76 S 2 34 2S- 32 26 30 31 36 32 39 36 42 28 32 37 38 21• 30 22 25 , 16 22 19 23 26 30 :30 43) 21 :30 2.5 28 Newark 45 48 56 58 59 60 :is 61 40 50 56 66 Nottingham Pcterborm igh Plymouth Poi] t ofract Sh orb° rne -- Uppinghata Wisbech York ----- 50 1,0 48 60 40 54 44 56 26 30 36 25 32 28 vb 28 32 24 32 20 24 18 30 ''''", - ;tl' e 'LEEDS CORN MARKET.—O c t. 30. A OA Tl.,:re we i a good supply o f Wh ea t, B ar l e y, an„ . .." id g b o u o t (1 ( oia " l l i n t hi s li o n ld g at of muchother Grain ; Wh e at and the sam e pr i ces as last - 0 hut the sales were not extensive. co a t,,,, sh e ilingt_j Beans, were heavy sale, and rather lower. la.. Barr! scarcely any thing doing, and prices unaltered. s. 09,4 Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b. -- York. and Lincoln. 601 b. Barley, Norfolk and Suflblk --..-- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding Beans 63lh. 6311). Oats, Pptatoe —Healing, Foreign 13cl. to 14d.;..English 12d. to 13 1 1 1 .50 e Shelling 32q to 34 5 . l ir Rapeseed, English, 20/. to 231. Foreign, —l. to MANCHESTER SMITHFIELD.--Oct. 31 At per lb. sinking the offal. 4,852 Sheep --41 d. to 6d. 27 Calves-- 712 Cattle —,._ I 6 60 Pigs -- 61 Lambs --. at sd. to 6d. Nd . to MANCHESTER POTATOE MARKET. —Oct. ',4 Potatoes, ss. 3d., ss. 5d., and 6s. Od. per load of 12 be i e w ps 121bs. ; New ditto, Os. Od., Oct., and Os. per ditto; Os. Od., 6s. 6d. and Od. 'per load of 16 pecks ; and 20s. Oct. per 12 score. MANCHESTER YAK 1.F7 30 * te 0 .30 —.—... 1 0 a if i Mule Cop GO ---. 9 0 Weft—t 70 —,..... 2 80 __. 21 V, 100 ---, 9) F 120 31 g 10 —, ai Welt from 11....... , . 7, ri waste 18 , 1 , I. . 21 .—:-...-: 10 MAR KETS.—OcT. 2 ?•,„f5A, Oatmeal, per st. Is. 6d.'" 3 Peaserneal '2 0 ol' Pot Barley, cwt 12 0 054 A Pearl ditto.... 2O 0 0 ',; Grey Pease 12 0 0" A White ditto l4 0 0 ' Blue ditto 14 0 - No. d. d. Throstle Twist, 20.,. 101 to 111 no —l2i 13 40...16 17 MulecopTwisti 30 -11 12, for warp —... 40 - It 15 • -.17 10 - 2.0 70..1426 HO _2B 31 :N Di A ILK (GLASGOW RETAL Beef per lb. Os. sd. to Os. 9d, Mutton 0 I 0 6 Veal 0 5 0 9 Hams 0 7 0 9 L Q al ua n r b ternL l)e oa r t gr 1 0 1 6 9 3 0 0 0 Hour, per stone 2 0 2 8 Rye HOP INTELLIGENCE. tket W O RCESTEI:, OCT. 31.—The supply ill our ~,,s bp i Saturday was very large ; 921 Pockets were o ld, o r considerable quantity remained undisposed of. FLl tt il ' e iitic° plea were rather lower ; inferior were sold at $ of 3s. or 4s. MICHAELMAS TERM. Sittings appointed to be hell in Middlesex aria ~„'- o r - I°' before Lord 'f EN ICE RDEN, Chief Justice of the Lit'eg, King's 'Bench, in and after Michaelmas Term, 19 IN TL&M. 1 • LONDON. , L • . Wednesday Nov. P," Wednesday , , Nov. i'' Tuesday, Nov. 27,, , ~= AFTIER TYR3I. ' Thursday, Nov. V. I Friday, N0v.5 0 % 3 19, 4 ,0' Sit at half-past twelve oclock on the 12th, I . 4 ''' n 'ele and 21st days of November; and at half-past nin e - - o n the other days. miDLLEsEx. Monday. Nov, 12. Monday, Nov. 19 . Monday. Nov. 26. Sittings appointed in Middlesex and London , be` r ° "f e - WM. DR APFAI BEST, Knt., Lord Chief itt6tiCe dot Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, in a ll Michaelmas Term, 1827. IN TERM. LONDON• ; • Thursday, Nov: : 1 .• I Thursday, Nov, x. Tuesday, Nov. 27. AFTER TERM. Thursday, Nov. D. Friday, Nov. 30, tY The Court will sit at one o'clock , o n Novetobe/ ,lIDDLESEX. Wednesday, Nov. 11. Wednesday, Nov. 21. Monday, Nov. 2r. ____-- 4th, 15th, 21st, and 22d ; and at half-past nine on each of the other days. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS• LONDON DIARY.—MONDAY, Nov. 5.--(At the C °..- Commissioners, Basinghall-street.) Darby, E, Arabella-row, Pimlico .................................... COUNTRY DlARY.—Mosmair, Nov. 5. Drury, C., Whetstone —Whit e H art, Hartlebury Hughes and Co., Manchester—White's, Manchester ••' ~.• Linton, T., Crowle—Townball, Doncaster .''''''.......... .. Robinson, R., Hastings--Swan, s. ............ Swan, Hastings .... ......... • 1 ' ... Robinson, F., Ripley —Gr een M an , Ashbourne .......... ....•" Smith, W., Bath—Greyhound, Bath... ..........................I Stone, S., Derby—Star, Manchester ....................... Taylor, J., Manchester—King's Arms, .................. PY 0 _ INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCI', 1 14110 Petitions to be heard.at Portugal-street, Lincolnr Nov. 6, tots Chamberlain, J., City-road Herriott, H., Pref._, t oe Drago, P., King-street, Soho Nicholls, E., TurpL _ Eddison, T., Shadwell Parry, J., llRl2f,T a tgrer Elmes, 1., Richmond Philpot, J• G Dlr ing eat.'a Formiggini, Carneiy-st. Pickthall, Graves, H., Westminster Randall, T., Hancock, G., Piccadilly der, Nove, COUNTRY.—At the Court-houiet at.Dloc"e6 At Ton isi " . ot gme t, lK ß . ., Dorchester Gilbert, J., Swannage Hockley, J., Namhull r article,t i 1 tRE nocoiotE. WOOL long so , oste.p r FLANNEL, MAS I " - , ts° h A e l fn i•tdig7 enabled , gi.mpTl obv , eym h b a:s zuntt d th e te be i t ms na ase n ci d easo fo inn r h,e t i b tit is , e t s p re s : cetvii , " Lice the prices 6d, on the sevew e y Wool, to red and four-fourths, and is . per yard on the " I L, wide, sc , as to be nearly on a par with the j 0 :0 Flannel. notwithstanding their peculiar softness , f 7 O O 4 p de a n te te n d t , e, t i i i •o a t v n ivg th e the respectable Drapers in Great Britain and LISA wholesale from the Patentee, Jou); S. Rocitos , • ,lsr shrinking in washing, Each piece has the name of the Patentee, written 'l o e. attached to the head end, and none others are ° 0 BIRTHS. Sil lii i , On the 31st ult., in Northumberland-street, ,:ej lady of Charles Hertslet, Esq., of a son, which °' viik afterwards. d V ° On the 31st ult., at his house, in Bridge-roa t t y obtained ..j, ell , the lady of Robert Brookes, Esq. of a daughter. o a f On the 28th ult., at Boulogne sur filer, in Er 1 ,.. lady of H. I. Hirst, Esq.; of Yorkshire, of a d ug Co l MARRIED. ireo eis it" On the 31st ult., at Margate, Mr. Geo r g e c" , i ter, surgeon, to Mary Ann, eldest daug hteX t y Cobb, Esq., of Hawley-aquare. tsi, iii el VP On the 31st ult., at St. John's Church , Cove ' Rev. William Brooks, J. P. Dunbar, Lieutent it y V t i e s Commandant 2d Regiment Light Cavalry, Bu r° f O A blishment, to Mary Hannah, eldest daughter' ° 0 1 , Harris, Esq. vine 0 ef On the 22d ult., at Paris, Miss Harriet La $Ol q uhoun, Cha q uhoun, only daughter of Robert Colquhnob..ooo Camstradden, Dumbartonshire, toCharles Aug' cher, Esq. PAINTED and PUBLISnZP by. M.1(0 0 , Suzi-Orrics, No. 112, Stagg 1," !. T HE sion pointed Mo SEA-OFFI t ember, 182 that behalf; naeuta will surer of }lj 'ng on the f Ou.th e 5 Capt4ns, ai 0n th e E Lieutenant s On the 1 gems, and r t fi x E oh I. • Ji • Ru e. _ t o receive : Five Hu Tw enty Thirt y n j ‘,lle. Hu O ne The the Pi s , no], 1 / 4 tG4s, at r nPies )4 Poolu qi ee. e eon 24, ;11 Te "d be deli ti le pel 401alf, T H U lar k rr ltu Lead to r , the U Se oc 11;9 'tud ar , A i 3j then Unti , J ; tn inatio rt T he Col Fact ap Ti be deli must p~naibie' 1 Y tend r' P lotrnam t The Pe] 4 beh vie 14 e r,it tc , receiv e REE 'II ~ ta leer y ' s 'Wel , Ve Cay„, melttha Cort. 1)(1,;, "(1 tp — reetl och qa ivich 1-1 0 1, h " etcw Elie Cc 'Ye; or I flymoutii and Deal trams at e, Each hud be de an d must I. l 4 Ponti'ul Warty ter the Plaep s in " the re 1. .'h e behall U P6l k (4 tr „ itk N e ' t ' Peoi " s oarer ". L' 4 . 4 f 4 , v ß.a i z. 4Re R1.', 1 1. °the] I, eLt tiir Iva nistrauut ,,, , LUIIILKIL WU31111,, ... .----- cher, Esq. ' DIED. h 10 /1" ; On the 31st ult., Mr. Robert Cribb, of gig - e' in his 78d year.lesf36 ► On the 529th ult., at the C ove of Cork, Alio 0, Doughty-street. o f SC' On the 17th ult. , in his 72d year, Mr. p r ior, l ~ e e f stead-place, Wanstead, in Essex. the 0 On the 31st u lt., in Gloucester - place, Mary' George Silk, E*, of Doetors'-eommons. 'O- I° V On the 22d ult., in the house of his father-1,0 Lincoln, aged 35, Mr. Thomas Postlethwaite, 4;0001, of Clemitson and Postlethwaite, Finsbury-place' / ..t tbe I 3 I