The Sun. — London, England, 1827-09-01 00:00:00

l h - -, T .~ SPIRIT OP THA PUBLIC JOURNALS. it will be seen from the Court Circular, that lord Goderich, together with Mr. Huskisson, Mr. Sturges Bourne, and Mr. "terries, attended his Majesty yesterday at Windsor. We do not hear that any nomination to the office 'of Chan cellor of the Exchequer was the itsult, though it was generally expected that one or other of the two former Right Honourable Gentlemen would have been appoi►►ted. his ccnjtctured, therefore, that both Mr. Huskisson and Mr. Sturges Bourne are unwilling to leave their pre sent departments for the Exchequer. This, if true, from the Harrowed circle to which the choice of candidates must now be reduce ,will be apt to occasion a further embarrassment to the Administration. Mr. Tierney is, perhaps, the only individual unquestionably 'competent to supply the place left vacant still by the reported refusal of Messrs. Huskisson and Bourne ; but, however eminent the abilities of Mr. Tierney, the advanced period of his public life has ren ifered him, it is well known, wholly averse to undertake so laborious an office. There are strong hopes that some effectual progress hitty be made towards a settlement in the Course of the next forty-eight hours, it being rumoured at the west end of the toisti last night, that the Marquis of Lansdownt has been specially sent for by the King to uttend his Majesty. This we sincerely trust may prove true, as a more tempe rate, enit.tened, constitutional, and upright councillor the King could not resort to, on any emergency, than the Noble Marquis. One fact appears abundantly certain—viz. that the last thing in his Majesty's contemplation is to have recourse to any members of that party who, through their myrmidons and dependents at least, seem to have no other desire than that of rendering whatever perplexity such a death as Mr. Can ding's must have occasioned, a source, if possible, of discord in the Government, and of dismay throughout the country.— Times. When the communication with regard to the interference of Spain with Portugal was first made to Parliament, though we had no doubt as to the necessity of our furnishing the aid to Por tugal stipulated for by treaty, we did not the less regret that such a Treaty should ever have been entered into, - foreseeing as we did that our inter ference, though nominally directed against the forces entering from Spain, identified us in reality with one of the parties struggling for as cendency ; and that should Spain persist in its encouragement to the other party, we might ulti mately be brought into collision with France. This country has already suffered so much from the absurd notion which took possession of the heads of our Statesmen, that we were called on to controul the affairs of every continental nation, that it is high time that we should abandon this universal guardianship. 'Whatever our feelings might be, with regard to the Portuguese or Spanish Constitutionalists, and however much we might reprobate the manner in which France and Austria acted towards the Peninsula and Italy, partialities and sympathies do not justify the departure from those rules of prudence which prescribe to Statesmen the husbanding the re sources of the people, whose interests are com mitted to their care, for emergencies which threaten their existence or their honour. There ve other reasons why one nation should be ex ceedingly cautious of interfering with the inter nal affairs of another. It does not follow that the ideas of the Constitutionalists, for instance, on matters of Government, because most in ac cordance with those of the people of this coun try, are therefore acceptable to their fellow-coun trymen, and no Government can be good which is unpalatable to the . people for whom it is in tended, If the Spaniards and Portuguese give the prcfercuce to Constitutional Governments, they may gratify their inclinations if they choose; but it is not for us to set them right, or to take part with those who wish to set them right, if they hold Constitutions in aversion. The appointment of Don Miguel as Regent will have the effect of relieving us from the very unpleasant predica ment in which we were placed by the late call for our aid. We have no responsibility with re- Drd to the Constitution. It was the work of on Pedro, and not that of our Government. If Don Pedro choose to withdraw his Constitu tion, or to appoint as Regent the man of whom the - partisans of the Constitution have always been especially jealous, and in whose name its opponents rallied, that is an affair for the Portu guese themselves, and not for us. We protest against the idea that British interests call on us to mix ourselves up in any way with the Portu guese Government. Except in so far as we are bound by Treaty to assist Portugal, the less we concern ourselves with it the better. Great Bri tain, as being the most commercial nation in the world, has the greatest interest in the prosperity of all other nations, and in this sense she is in terested in the welfare of Portugal ; but she can have no interest to controul the Government of that country, or to interfere with its internal af fairs. We are taking it for granted that Sir William A'Court will be able to justify his con duct, which has been impugned by the Consti tutionalists. Though we by no means approve of taking part with the Constitutionalists, we as little approve of the taking part against them.— Sir 'William has never, certainly, been a favou rite with the Liberals of any country ; and as far as we can judge from the evidence published as to his conduct at Naples, it would be very odd if the Constitutionalists were not to suspect him. —Morning Chronicle. The generality of people—all indeed, we may say, who having no personal objects of their own to gratify, look only to an. Administration for the welfare and. prosperity, the safety and good government of the kingdom—feel naturally anxious that an end should be put to that un settled state of things in which the country has been placed for nearly the whole of the p rese n t year. Ever since the political demise of Lord Liverpool, a kind of interregnum in the Ministry injuriou s , but existed, which would be at any time but is rendered more especially so by the inte resting state of our relations both at home and_ abroad, during the period at which it has unfor tunately happened. It has become, so far as the country at large is concerned, not so much a question whether this or that particular person shall be at the head of affairs, or fill such and .such an office, as that the different departments of the State shall be permanently filled by some body, and its different high offices no longer handled about as ready-made clothes, tried on by e 4 4s , body and fitting no one. We strongly sus- Pea that if the secret history of the present year ever tomes known—which is generally stoner or later The case with public affairs, hiiwever at first app arently obscure—that much will be di vulge.d to astonish the world, reflecting, as we fear it will d o , no mighty fame upon some of the actors. Above all, we suspect will be seen that the portion of the Whigs who so readily rushed into office at the mere - beckoning of Mr. Canning, will be found to have dune 30 updn ' teems toially at variance with every principle 'Which they ever professed ; and that, being caught in their own net, they can now neither advance nor recede without disgrace. Their supposed objection to art with Mr. Herries, for instance, is puerile and fanciful in the extreme, and seems only put forth as a tub to the whale, to take off attention from the tiaiie 'rsa..ise of the disastrous retreat wins"; seems to await them. That cause is to be found in dereliction of principle. In private life we look upon an unprincipled man as the most dangerous and least trustworthy of any lwe can meet with. So, too, it is among public Men —whenever principle is sacrificed tb avarice, ambition, pique, Or zinS7 other motive, though it may lead it% a temporary attainment of its object, in the end it is sure to defeat that very object, and load the unprincipled politician with dis grace. If there was any one in particular on whose judgment the Whigs, were bound to rely, • it was on that of Lord Grey ; but his was an in convenient judgment, a nd it was therefore de spised, and its possessor treated with scorn and vituperation ; and never was contempt of timely Warning so rapidly visited with its just and fatal consequences, as the recreant 'Whigs • are now experiencing as the certain result of their indif ference to that of Lord Grey. We do not quar rel with Whig principles ; on the whole, we should prefer them to high Tory principles at any time ; but the fault of the modern Whigs has invariably been, to render their avowed prin ciples, popular as they are in the abstract, a mere stepping stone to their love of place, ready to throw them aside, and repudiate them, as soon as the one thing needful is attained. Of this, the last Session of Parliament has furnished abundant proofs. The greater part of them, snugly seated at the public table, have enjoyed their long-wished-for repast in silence ; while such of them as have deigned to open their mouths for any other purpose than to eat, have, as in the remarkable debate on the proposed re peal of the Six Acts, openly renounced the very opinions on which alone their public character was grounded. For the possessors of principles thus convenient, towards tergiversation thus pal pable, who can wonder that people in general en tertain but little respect ? If it had been the object of the bitterest foes of such men to load them with disgrace, no more effectual steps could have been taken than those which they have themselves adopted. Whether their present dif ficulties can be patched up and remedied, a short time must show. That they are, at present at least, in abeyance, seems evident, from their absence from Councils and Cabinet Meetings ; and when discord so apparent discloses itself, though a temporary reconciliation may take place, nothing like permanent union can take place : and so much for those who sacrifice prin ciples and their hold on public estimation, for the temporary sweets of power and office, which like ill-gotten gains of every kind, seldom be nefit the possessors.--Morning Herald. We are always sorry when we see any attempt made to excite the people at large against any Particular class, whether forming a part of them selves or of their superiors, but chiefly in the latter case. In every society yet planned there have been rich and poor, and we rather suspect the distinction will hold to the end. Since these must live together, the wisdom of him who would set them at variance may well be ques tioned, even where we may be disposed to admit -his purity of motive. It is true, that the rich, who are not less selfish than human nature in general, will sometimes call for more submission than they are entitled to ; and it is equally true, that the poor, who are every whit as selfish as the rich, will ' sometimes refuse that submission 1 which is due. The duty of the real friend, to either is to soften the acerbity which has arisen out of presumption on the one hand, and pride on the other, and not by appeals to the passions or prejudices of either, to whet it to greater sharpness. It is the interest of both, that no such acerbity should prevail ; but especially is it the interest of the weaker side. We need not say, in such struggles, which side that is. There is a class of people who pretend to philosophise in these matters, who would persuade us, that the machine of society never works well, but when all the springs are pressing different ways. With such persons a good patriot is a good hater, a master and his servant are natural enemies, and above all the landholders are the hereditary oppressors of the rest of the community. The moral of all this would be, that the more inti mately the interests of two parties are connected, the less should they be disposed to accommodate each other. We would endeavour to impress another doctrine on the public. We are per suaded that your good hater is not only 1)0t a good patriot, but no patriot at all—that he is a poor, miserable, discontented, disappointed thing —who, having failed in all legitimate endeavours to procure consequence, betakes himself to abuse those who have succeeded, trusting to the envy of human nature for an audience. We are also fully persuaded that, so far from the master and servant being natural enemies of each other, the former is in all cases the best friend of the latter —that he is never so well pleased as when he is paying high wages ; well knowing that high wages imply scarcity of workmen, and that work men are never scarce but when orders for goods are abundant ; and that he is always grieved when compelled to lower wages ; because he knows that such a necessity springs not less from the market being overstocked with labour, than from its being overstocked with goods. And lastly, so far from admitting that the landholders, in respect of whom the preju dices of the manufacturing classes are so very strong, are the oppressors of the community, we believe them to be as necessary to its comfort as any other class it contains. To the labourer, of all others, they certainly are not oppressors. Grant that the Corn Bill is extended, and that it really produces high prices, and let us see how that circumstance operates on the labourer. The lowest species of manual labour, that in which the least intellect is exerted, which is just raised above the level of machinery, must yet procure for him who exerts it, wherewithal to eat and to drink, and to be clothed with. It must also indirectly support him in the feeble ness of infancy and amid the decays of age. It matters not whether the money for these two purposes is saved by the individual, or whether it goes to his employer, to be afterwards re funded in the shape of poor rate. Without all these conditions, the lowest species of labour cannot be purchased, for without them it can not be produced. - Now of what earthly im portance is it, under such circumstances, whe ther wheat be 20s. or 605. a q uar t er ? If the labourer cannot be comfortable but where provi sions are cheap, how happens it that the la bourers in this country are so much more comfortable than in countries where the bugbear of high prices is unknown. We need not send an Englishman abroad, in order to estimate aright the superiority of his condition ;--let him go to Scotland. Will he exchange his com fortable cottage, his beer, his bread, and his haton, for a highland hilt, its oat cakes, and skim-milk cheese, even with the rare accompa niment of a glass of whisky ?—Or let him go to Ireland, and look to the raggedness and wretchedness of her potatoe-fed generations. Yet corn is much cheaper in the Highlands of Scotland and in Ireland, than in the manufac turing districts of England. There is therefore no necessary connection between cheap corn, and superior comfort, among the labouring classes, but the very reverse. Let us suppose the corn trade thrown completely open—the landholders swept away from the face of Eng land--and let us see what would be the conse quence. In the first place, the manufacturing labourers must be content to receive a great ad dition to their number from the labourers who at present subsist by husbandry. This addition could not fail to lower wages prodigiously ; for, without adding to the demand for goods, it would add greatly to the means of producing them. In the second place, a great demand for corn from abroad would, by raising its price, force into cultivation large tracts of land of a se cond and third fate quality, and thus. introduce, in some places, and increase in others, the rent of land. So that, should we cetise to pay rent to English gentlemen, we must pay it, whether we liked it or not, to Polish Lords. Rent does not depend on Acts of Par liament, but on the nature of things. Where ever land is not all of the first quality, and inex haustible in quantity—that is, in every country under heaven—as population increases, so must. rent ; and if it must be paid, surely, we =pm well pay it to men at home, as to men abroad— to our countrymen as to strangers, even if on no better principle, on that laid down in the pro verb, " better the devil we do know, than thi. devil we do not how." We have been led to these observations from the perusal of the speeches 'made at a meeting at Manchester, on Wednesday, where the contrary doctrines were advocated, in a tone which cannot be too much deprecated. We do not hope that our views of these matters will immediately be agreeable to the people of Manchester, but ultimately we believe they will, because, being bot tomed in common sense and undisputable fact, they cannot long be opposed by men imbued with any portion of the one, or who have the slightest regard for the other. With an immense quantity of general abuse of all above them, was mixed up, at the meeting in question, a very particular attack upon churches and tithes, gold snuff-boxes and paper-money; and a remedy was proposed for all these enormi ties—religious, diplomatic, and financial, in a full and free representation pf the people in Par liament—by universal suffrage, annual election, and vote by ballot ! We really thought that this panacea had been quietly laid to sleep in the grave of the good old Ma j or.— One of the gentlemen, in answer t o Lord Grey's famous boast, triumphantly exclaims, where would the Lords be, if the poor were swept off the face of the earth ? This is a question which we dare say it would puzzle his Lordship to answer. But if it be true, that the Peers and the poor must fall together, such a consideration ought, of all others, to dispose the one to avoid whatever is calculated to injure the other.—New Times. , OXFORD CIRCUIT. A very disiagreciabi... cur—..+..A U. , Mtll Justice Littledale, on his way from Monmouth to the Gloucester Assizes. From a scarcity of post-horses, his Lordship obtained the horses to take his carriage from Monmouth to Ross, at the King's Head, at Monmouth ; and when the post-boys arrived at Ross, they drove past the Swan Inn, to which his Lordship usually posted, to the King's Head, at Ross, which is a rival house. Before any inquiry could be made why the carriage was not taken to the usual place, fresh horses from the King's Head, and also others from the Swan, were brought out to be attached to his Lordship's carriage, and the two sets of horses being brought out from the rival inns, the post-boys, ostlers, &c. came out of the yards of both, which are situated close to each other, and a very serious conflict ensued, each party trying by force to get possession of his Lordship's carriage. The Learned Judge seemed very much annoyed by the interruption, and his Lordship's coachman descended from the box, in the hope of quelling the disturbance, but he, as is common with peace-makers, received some blows at the hands of both the parties to the conflict ; however, at length, the Learned Judge being very peremptory in his orders, that his carriage should be horsed from the Swan, as usual, the post-boys of that inn put to their horses, and proceeded with the carriage to Gloucester. There a new disappointment awaited the Learned Judge. On his arrival his Lord ship was met by the High Sheriff and his usual cortege, and repaired to the Shire-hall as usual, to open the commission for the holding of the Assize. However, on the Learned Judge taking his seat on the bench, he was informed that the commissions were not forthcoming, as they were in the charge of Mr. Baron Vaughan's Marshal, who had not arrived in Gloucester, and who was, according to the current rumour, gone on a tour down the Wye to Tintern Abbey and Chepstow Castle. Of course, as the commissions were not in Gloucester, the Learned. Judge could not have them read in his presence, and his Lord ship, evidently much chagrined at the occur rence, remained in Court near half an hour, in the hope that the commissions would arrive ; but as they did not, the Learned Judge left the Court re infecta. This being the case, consi derable apprehensions were ent ertained that if the commissions wer e not opened b e f ore mid nightabout t eightt e Assize o,cioc k awouldt night, be theselost alar ms we re dissipated by the arrival of Mr. Baron Vaughan's carriage, in which the commissions were ; and as soon as his Lordship could drive to the Shire hall, the commissions were opened with the usual formalities. THE LION OF THE NORTH.—The follow ing anecdote illustrative of the well known amenity of manners and good-natured politeness of our distinguished countryman, Sir Walter Scott, is current among our witlings. An English gentleman and his lady lately arrived in the neighbourhood of Abbotsford, and being naturally anxious to behold its owner, sent a card to him, stating that they had travelled thither from a distant part of England, solely on pur pose to see the great " Lion of the North," a nd earnestly requesting the honour of an interview, Sir Walter immediately returned for answer, that as the Lion was seen to most advantage at his feeding hour s , he would be happy to see them that day at dinner. They went accordingly; and, it is needless to add, met with the greatest attention and hospitality.--Edinburgh Mervei POLICE INIILLIGENCE, MANSION-HOUSE.—A person of shabby exterior, whose name did not appear, was charged on suspicion of having attempted to negotiate an acceptance, which there Was reason to believe had been surreptitiously obtained. Mr. Boys, a timber merchant, stated that a person named Herding, had, by failing to fulfil a contract to build some houses, become indebted to him in the sum of 2001. A day or two since, this Harding sent to request him to dis count a bill for 1,000/., for which he proposed the value of 300/. should be given him in timber, and that the debt of 2001. should be set off against the remainder. He in closed a copy of this bill, which purported to bear ,the ac ceptance of " Keats and Co." an old and well-known ~ • m in Cheapside. On inquiry at the latter house, they de clared that they hail no acceptances whatever out, and that any such, purporting to be from their house, must be for- . geries. On the next day the prisoner came with a `"letter from Harding, wherein he excused himself that he had been prevented sending the acceptance from Keats and Co., and enclosed another acceptance, which he declared to be equally good. The ',mon at the bar said be was merely the bearer of the bill, which in fact belonged to a gentleman named Charley, who was present. The bill purported to be accepted by a person named Symtnonds, of Paddington;` and to be drawn by a person named Ellis, of Old Brompton. Mr. Charley, in answer to some inquiries from the Lord Mayor, said he lived at No. 3, "Marano-place, Albany-road, and that he was a merchant, who generally traded to Hol land. He bad contracted to purchase of Harding the leases and skeletons of some houses, and had sent the bill in ques tion to him by the person at the bar, with directions to the latter not to pare with it before the leases were signed. Harding, as it appeared, had sent the bill by the hearer to Mr. Boys. He (Charley) assured his Lordship, that Mr. Symmonds, whose name was on the bill, was a man worth at least 100,0001. The Loan MAYOR. observed, that the case appeared to be one of much mystery; but he saw no reason to detain the prisoner, or the second bill. However, he hoped the case would, through the medium of the Press, ge before the public; the ei6re especially as there was reason to believe that the name of Keats and Co. had been similarly used on more than one occasion.—The charge was then dismissed. GUILP,(JALL.-- Sarah Skinner, a middle aged woman, ,afts charged with deserting her infant, which she left in the pessage to the private boxes at Mr. Reeves's, the pawnbrAz in Red Cross-street. In her defence, she said that she was in great distress, or she would never have desWed it. Her husband was an American, and being out 42 work, was en the tramp to Oxford. She was ordered tai !,e taken to the Compter, and in the mean time inquiries are to be made into the truth of her story. Samuel,Turner, an old compositor, now nearly blind, applied for a summons against the Overseers of St. Andrew's, Holborn. He was born at Dalkeith, apprenticed to the Glasgow University Printing-office, served as an officer on lard the Amphitrite, and had worked for 17 years in this country at his business. He became distressed in June last, end applying to the overseers of St. Andrews, was passed to Scotland. At Dalkeith he was told he had lost his claim tn relief; because he had been absent above three years from Scotland, but was recommended to Glasgow, where he bad rented a house. Here, however, the same reason, of having been absent above three years, was advanced against relieving him, and he was sent back to England with a walking pass, which entitled him to sums varying frota 2d. to 7d. in the various towns he passed through, and making together about ss. from Glasgow to Cambridge. The parish officers had on a former occasion promised I..im relief, but when he applied for it they threatened to send him to Bridewell. Mr. Alderman ANSLEY said he could scarcely credit this statement, and ordered the parish officers to be summoned. BOW-STREET.—Yesterday, George Gooderich was brought up for final examination, charged with stealing a silver sat.-er, and other plate, the property of Mr. Price, the Lessee of Drury-lane Theatre. The prisoner did not deny having pawned the property ; but said that he in tended to redeem it, and replace it. He said that he had supported a good character for many years, and this was his first offence. He thought he should have been able to have restored the property before his master discovered it was missing. He had a wife and family, and was greatly embarrassed, prior to his entering the prosecutor's service, in consequence of a protracted illness. Sir R. BIRNJE said that he had but one course to take, and that was to commit the prisoner for trial. Committed accordingly. CoAcx OrricEs.—A widow woman, named Welling% made a complaint against Messrs. Hall and Co., of the t.otruice- sose_,„Vieosailly, the keepers of an office for reeeiir, 'lug parcels, intended to be sent to various parts of 'the" t kingdom. It appeared that the complainant had left a pncl at tiw above office, directed to a person in the com try, and it had never arrived at the place to which it was addressed. The defence of Messrs. Hall and Co. was, that they were merely the agents of Messrs. Russell and Co., of Friday street, and that they received two-pence for booking the parcel, and had sent it to Russell and Co. Mr. Maddeford, from the firm of Russell and Co., said, that the parcel was not delivered to them by Hall and Co. and that Hall and Co. were not the authorised agents of Russell and Co. This gentleman said, that Hall and Co.'s office was not a coach-office, but what is termed a " re ceiving-office," and they were a great nuisancc. It was not the first time complaints of this sort had been made against Hall and Co. - The Magistrate asked Mr. Maddeford if Russell and Co. did not regularly call at the office in Piccadilly with their coach, for parcels, packages, Sze. ? Mr. Maddeford admit ted that they did ; and if they were not to do so, the goods would be sent by some other conveyance. The Magistrate was of opinion with Mr. Aladdefind, that " receiving-houses " were a nuisance ; but he thought, that as Russell and Co. called daily to receive the parcels left at the White Bear, it wat! an admission that Hall and Co. were their agents. He advised that Hall and Co. should pay the complainant the value of her parcel ; if they did not, she had her legal remedy against some of the parties. QUEEN- S QU A RE. —Captain Waldwin Kelly, of Chelsea, was charged with assaulting Mr. Mullet, of Bur bridge-street, Lambeth ; and also with absconding from his bail. Mr. Mullet said, that about four years ago he became bail for Captain Kelly, on an assault charge, in the sum of 201., but the Captain absconded, and was not again seen until he was brought before the Magistrates at the Mary lebone Office, and committed on a charge of bastardy. Yesterday, he (Mr. M.) met the Captain in the Park, and wished him to go before a Magistrate, but be refused. Witness then took hold of his arm, and the Captain struck him right and left, and knocked him down. The com plainant added, that the Captain had almost been his ruin; that he was unable to make up the amount of the recog nizance, and was obliged to move about from place to place to avoid being taken into custody. _ _ The Captain, in his defence, said, that when be met Mr. Mullet, at the Marylebone Office, he gave him 3!. although he had a short time before been discharged under the Insolvent Act. When Mr. Mullet met him in the Park, he took him by the collar, and he only struck him in his own defence. Mr. MARMOT said, that if Captain Kelly had been dis charged under the Insolvent Act, Mr. Mullet had no power to arrest him. The Captain instantly sent for the necessary proof of his having been discharged, and he was therefore liberated. ARYLEBONE. —Exxa AORDINARY SC EN v. --Mr. 11. Holden, of the Devonshire Arms, Devonshire-street , Lisson-grove, was charged with carrying on the business of a publican, and selling beer, &e. not being duly licensed by the Magistrates. A constable, named Wall, proved having, on the 22d inst. been supplied with some beer, by Mr. Holden ; other persons were drinking in the house at the time. Mr. GRIFFITH then called upon the defendant to produce his licence for selling beer. Mr. Harmer, who appeared for the defendant, handed to the Magistrate an Excise Licence for lending spirits, and observed, that if any other documents were necessary to prove the case, it was the duty of the informer to produce them. Mr. GRIFFITH said, be entertained a different o p ini on , and turning to Mr. Holden, said, i n a ver y loud voice— you know your conduct has been shameful. Mr. Holden—What do you mean, Sir? show you mean, Sir? Is this th e way I am to have justice ? I call upon you to explain your motive or your meaning for this attack. Mr. GRIFFITH.—Go along; you are an infamous fellow !—Mr. Holden : What do you say—an infamous fellow? You shall prove your words. Mr. GRIFFITH—You have carried on, in this house, most disgraceful transactions. yr. Holden—Carried on what? I don't know your You are attacking me unjustly. Aainrg . n GRlFFlTH—Attacking you unjustly? Why were ymee.uniot6uturned out of the army ?—.Mr. Holden—l never was turned out of the army: whoever says so, s peaks falsely. Refer to the Was ; and you will then eee that'l never was turned out of the army. I call upon you to give up your authority for saying so. Mr. GRIFFITH (turning to Mr. Harmer)—He knows that I was one of the Magistrates who refused granting him a licence, and he knows well the reason why. Mr. Holden—l do not know any reason why you re fused the licence. Mr. GRIFFITH—You are an infamous fellow. Mr. Holden—You may call me what you please. I defy you to prove any thing to my prejudice, and I dare you to bring forward my accuser. Whoever has said any thing reflecting upon my character is a liar; and I dare you to name him. Mr. GRIFFITH—I know your history. Mr. Holden—You know ncthing to my discredit ; name my accuser? I call upon you to state whatever you know to my discredit, and, before this crowded Court, dare you to ( id it. lam ashamed of you, to attack any man as you have a ;«tacked me. Mr. Harmer, who appeared surprised at this conversa tion, resumed his argument and contended that Mr. Holden was perfectly justified in carrying on his business under the licence he had from the Excise. Mr. Garryrrit said that he was bound to have the Ma gistrate's licence, and that without that he could not legally retail ale or beer ; he therefore convicted the defendant in the penalty of 201. and costs. Mr. Holden—l shall appeal, of course, from this decision. I demand to know, Sir, the meaning of the insinuations you have thrown out against me? Mr. GRIFFITH—How dare you talk to me ? I don't know what to call you. Let that fellow give good security for his appeal. Mr. Holden—How dare you apply such language to me? Mr: GRIFFITH—Go along, fellow ; I am ashamed to speak to you. Mr. Holden--I am ashamed to speak to you. Name my accuser; you dare not charge me with any thing. I, Sir, am a respectable man ; and I defy you. Mr. GRIFFITII—You are au audacious fellow ; I never met one more so. Mr. Holden--I am ashamed to sec , . you. You dare not charge me with any thing. I defy you to do it. I call upon you, again, to bring forth my accuser. Mr. Garrnrir—l know you, Sir; you were thrown headlong out of the Army; and —you know for what. Mr. Holden—l say it is false ; I know nothing about what you assert. Mr. Harmer here beckoned his client out of the office ; and thus this extraordinary scene terminated. Bail was given immediately for the defendant's appear ance at the Sessions. FEMALE FASHIONS FOR SEPTEMBER. (From Achermann's Repository of Arts„Fas7tiort's, 6*c.) SEA-SIDE COSTUME.—Dress of canary-co lour gros de Naples, with narrow stripes ; the corsage made full and rather high. The skirt has two deep flounces of the same material as the dress ; the lower set on straight and very full ; the upper in four festoons, the elevations being in front, at the sides and back : the flounces are each headed by a flat band of canary colour gros de Naples, edged with orange-co lour satin rouleaus. Pelerine of the same, drawn behind, slashed on the shoulders, and extending below the ceinture in front, by which it is con fined : it is ornamented by a band, edged on each side with orange-colour satin, correspond ing with the ceinture, &c. ; gigot sleeves of plain jaconot muslin, fastened at the wrists with black velvet bracelets. Circular embroidered collerette, tied with canary-colour ribbon. British Leg horn bat; the brim very large and circular, and ornamented within side, near the edge, by a rou leau of lilac crepe lisse, entwined with canary colour satin ribbon ; the crown rather low, and decorated with large feather-flowers, puffs of lilac cr e pe lisse, and twisted rouleau, as beneath the brim : lilac strings tied on the left side. Lilac kid gloves ; yellow morocco shoes. EVENING DAESS.—Dress of white crape over a white satin slip ; rose-colour satin bodice made close to the shape and formed like a stomacher ; narrow shoulder-straps of rose colour satin, and Farinet tucker of folded crepe fastenectin.front .bv, an antique gem -7; gigot sleeves of white crape, with deep cuffs of rose colour satin, the upper part scolloped with rou leau binding, and that next the hand embroider ed-with a wreath of the same colour. The skirt is not gored, but full in front and at the sides, though the principal fulness is placed behind ; has a deep border of rose-colour satin, scolloped at the top and terminated with a slightly wadded hem ; above is a row of alternate satin stars and roses. Large circular dress hat of rose-colour crape, with satin rouleau binding of the same colour placed rather on one side, looped up in front with folded white crape, and confining some flowers that peep through and mingle with the hair, which is arranged in large curls. The crown has. a garland of flowers, very numerous in front, and resting on the edge of the brim. Chinese ear-rings ; necklace and bracelets of rice, of curious workmanship ; white kid gloves; white satin shoes; circular shaded feather fan. LONDON MARKET& (Flom the New London Price Current of Friday). HEMP, FLAX, AND TALLOW.—The Tallow Market, which was brisk early in the week at 365. 9d. and 375., has since become heavy. In Hemp or Flax very few transactions are reported. SPlCES.—Pimento is id. per lb. higher; fair quality, which had been selling at 100., has realized 10id. in parcels, and large sales have been effected. East India Spices continue neglected. To-day, at public sale, 190 bags half heavy mixed and unsifted Pepper 31d. a 3d. SALTPETRE.—By public sale this day 1500 bags 235. and 235. 6d. refr. and no refr. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The Govern ment contract for 100,000 gallons Rum was taken fully as high as was generally anticipated, all 2s. 21d. per gallon ; it has rather a favourable effect, and proofs have since realised 2s. 3d. and 8 over 2s. 5d., and considerable transactions are reported : fine Jamaica continue in request from 4s. a 4s. 6d.— Brandy has become more firm, and several rather considerable orders sent to France at a low rate have. been returned unexecuted, the buyers are in consequence thrown upon the market here ; the prices are in consequence looking up. In Geneva there is no alteration. At a late hour some pur chases of tine Jamaica were reported ht 4s. 6d. fur 29 and 30 over, and some of inferior quality 27 and 29 over 3s. 10d. a 3s. I Id. Some sales early in the week have also transpired , under proof Leewards 2s. 2d. and 2s. 21d., but there a re no p a rcels now offering at such low rates. OILS. — The accounts received of the Davis Straits Fishery are unfavourable; the market has, in consequence improved 10s. a 20s. per tun in Fish Oils, but the sales are not extensive. In Seed and other Oils ;; there little a l terat i on. COTT ON. --- -The purchases since the India House Sale consist of only about 1,500 bags, of which 1,200 bags are in India descriptions at sale prices; 2 00 Boweds are 51d. a 6d., and 100 Pernambuco. INDIGO.—There are no sales of East India Indigo to any extent. The Market is heavy, and more In digo declared for the sale 3d October. By public sale yesterday 180 serons Caracca were sold from 3s. 10d. to 10s. 9d. per lb.; the prices of the mid. and good mid. went from 6d. to 9d. per lb. under the late sales of the same description in Liverpool. The finer sorts about the same currency. TonAcco.—The purchases by private contract are quite inconsiderable.—By public sale yesterday 84 hhds. of Leaf and Stemmed Virginias, and 46 hhds. Maryland Tobacco; nearly the whole of the Virginias taken in at for ord. leaf and stemmed 20. a 2d., better 2id. a 3d. The Marylands of good colour and some very ord. sold at for ord. 2d. a 22-4., better and coloury to yellow .50., 6d., Bd., 10d. and 12d. At a late hour to-day some low strips sold 2d. a 3d.; - low Virginia 2-P. TgA,--seyew parcels of him Congou have been forced at 1 d. to 2d. per lb. discount, on a c count ° 1 the Prompt (this day) ; other kinds maintain , ther r , value. PROVISIONS.—In Provisions there is no altelati°ll. —lrish Butters are higher. WHITECITAPEL HAY MARKET.—Aug. SO. o d 755. Od. to 110 s. Od. I Clover 9.55. Od. to 140 5 • 335. Od. to Od. PRICES OF HOPS (per Cwt.)—Aug.l3l. Kent. Pockets—..—....—. 3l. 12s. 4/. Ob. to Sussex Ditto 31. ss. 3/. I2s. to Essex Ditto 10s. :3/. 18s. to Farnham Ditto, Tine 0/. Os. 5/. 12s. to Seconds 01. Os. 4/. Is to 31. 3s. 3/. 15s. to • ...IMOVVMAOWIWYP 2/. 10s• :3/. 3s. to . 31. Os. 31. 10s. to Old Duty laid at £120,000. 41. 1 04 31. 184 41. 44 6/ 64 5/. 54 41. 2 s' Si. 10§. 31. 163. Kent Bal Sussex bitto Essex Ditto PRICE OF POTATOES.—Aug. 31. New Ware 3l. O. to 31. 15s. per tort PRICES OF LEATHER. Per lb. d. to d. Per lb. Butts„...-50 to Tanned Horse Hides,- flitto—oo to 661 b.-: Spanish Ditto _ - Dreving Hide.; 131; 16 Per dozen. Dine Coach Hides —.16,1 18 Calf Skins-36 to 401 b. 20 94 a Ctop Hides, 33 to 401 b. 14 17 Dii to —5O to 701 b. 23 Ditto ....,,,....t5 to 501 b. 17 19 Ditto 70 to 601 b. 20 Ditto — Small Seals, Greenland 18 'll, RAW HIDES. Per Stone. s. d. to s. d. Per stone. e. d. to s. Best Heifers& Stcers 3 0 3 4 Ordinary 2 4 2 10 Malice. Calf. , 7 0,.,,,; Downs SHEEP SKI NS. Os. Od. to Os. Od. I Is. 6d. to 20. Os. 12d. to Os. 16d. PRICE OF TALLOW, St Town Tallow 425. Od. Yellow Od. White 3Ps. Gd. Soap Ditto 3Bs. Od. Melted 345. Od. Ditto Pough 2ls. Od. AP, &c. per 1121b.—Aug. 31 Yellow Soap 76 1 ,."„j, Mottled* 82s. White B6s. Graves , Od Good Dregs. ss. PRICE OF RAW FAT, vet' stone of 81b.—Aug. 31. Price by Tallow (as stated by the Fallow Meters) l'l,llOE OF CANDLES. The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as follot“ • 6 4, C.:oldies, per doz. 7a. Pd. to Os. Od. I Mo.tlds, per dozen COAL MAnF Beaumont-------- 325. 3d. Burdon Charlotte 33 9 Heaton 39 6 Killingworth ---.. 35 9 Liddell's 32 0 Shipeote------.--. 31 9 Tanfield :34 0 32 9 Wiilington 36 0 Wylam •WallsEndßewiekc&Co. Y 7 9 Ditto Burraten Ditto Carr and Co.-- 33 9 Ditto Clarke and C 0..... 33 9 Ditto Cramlington--.. 33 6 Ditto Hilda 3:i 0 Ditto Hotspur ......—. 34 9 Ships at market, 8914—Shii .ET.—Aug. 31. , I+ 4 Walls rand News:nava l ., :36g- Di t to B t Ditto Russell's 36 ",, Londonderry small 20 Elgin Main . 34 Hartley 36 " Llangenneth Milford Coal. . 60 ",„ Stone Coal Cox 45 n v Yorkshire ---„-- ... 30 Eden's Edea 3O 0 Eden Main 36 2 Fawcett „ Lambton's Primrose 35 „" Walls EntlHetton .. 36 7 Ditto Lambton 38 b Ditto Lyons . 3O 6 Ditto Stewart's ... .. g a Ditto Eden's e sold, 421.i—Unsold, 46Yr COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE NVEV_C:, Wheat. I Barley. i Oats. 2Lean . 2,l 0 , 1 Per Quarter. S. to s. s.I s. s. to S. r. to e . /1 Ashburn 59 66 28 34 53 `,7 / Basingstoke 48 64 34 40 27 33 30 Ai Bath 52 61 35 40 33 93 62 "i Bridgewater --. 53 .36 21 32 Bridport 56 56 33 31 26 28 51 Bristol 54 56 36 38 20 28 41 CheStertlidd -- 58 66 28 36 56 n Derby 63 66 28 30 58 I Devizes Doncaster 61 71 32 38 22 42 59 5 Dorchester--...... 54 o 2 36 38 21 35 52 'I" Exeter. ....... 6l 70 44 23 30 Gloucester . 52 62 36 40 32 40 56 5 Guildford 44 64 36 45 26 37 48 2 Hungerfox d 53 62 32 38 24 33 56 r,j Ipswich . 58 6.5 36 42 48 ;A Leicester 65 70 40 44 38 42 65 5 Mansfield 53 55 30 31 54 5 Newbury . 52 67 32 36 20 40 40 Northampton 54 60 35 40 30 39 59 ti Reading . 37 22 36 42 . d y Salisbury 56 63 34 39 28 32 59 Sandwich 57 65 40 42 29 36 45 .0 Shaftesbury 60 40 36 Shepton Mallet 60 62 40 42 32 34 62 a Sleaford 51 58 40 44 32 35 54 5 Taunton 56 64 42 46 32 39 Uxbridge 66 74 30 34 25 37 42 5 Wantage— 50 60 32 38 22 30 144 ;, - 6 Warminster 52 63 33 40 27 40 52 yy ye, 60 64 40 •-• 28 36 66 , Per Bushel. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. a. d. s. d. s. d. °,; • Buckingham.....— 60 76 40 50 36 43 60 iff Shrewsbury . 90 10 6 00 00 70 98 00 The size of the measure varies throughout the county/. Per Bushel. Shrewsbury The size of SCOTCH MARKETS. EDINBURGH CORN MARKET.—Aug. 29. Our market was well stocked with New Oats and P r ley, which sold freely at last week's prices. A small our ply of Old Wheat, which sold at an advance of Is. on t l ,l top, and sd. on the average of last day. There were , quarters New= Wheat, usbi.la ..Td Croix' 1528. to 60s. ; 0 . 4 raw, b7s. 94.. 8-12ths per quarter. In P eas and 1344`1 no alteration from Met market day. • Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. I 1:17e0" First Second 6ss Od 314 txt -21 s Oti 49s ()et : 4 3 , 'OP Third sls Od 29s Od 2es Od 41s Oil I 4ls - 1) ",. ,. / 200 qrs. of Wheat were in market, 180 of which soli/ as uncle) 'le 4 .at 6BB. 04. 26 ..at 6ss. Od. 27 ...at 62s. 66 66 0 3 64 0 18 6O 8 20 Unsold.-8 Grey. Average 3/. 4s. Od. sLiPRICES OF PROVISIONS, AC. Beef, per lb. Os. 4d. to Os. Bd. Mutton.„„..—.— 0 5 0 7 Veal ~.-o—,. 5 0 8 0 5 0 7 Lamb, per qr. 1 0 3 0 Tallow, per lb. 0 3 1 0 4 Quartern Loaf 0 8 0 9 Potatoes, i4lb. 0 0 0 6 fresh Butter,lb.s.lod. to Salt 0 0 0 IX Ditto, per cot. 0 0 SO ~" Eggs, per doe. 0 9 0 u n OatStraw(kpl.)lo 0 12 Wheat Ditto-. 14 0 15 Barley Ditto 0 0 0 '" Hay, per st.-- 0 9 0 iv EDINBURGH MBA, We had a Idrge supply of which sold heavily, and Is. I ley Meal fell 2s. on the top p Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. First Oatmeal £2 0 0 Second ditto 1 17 0 Barleymeal 1 14 0 Peasemeal 1 12 0 Pot Barley—No. 1, per cwt. 14 MARKET.—Aug. 28. , 2 Oatmeal at this day's mar , ' lower on the top price ; 13" Ince. Per Stone of 1!!h. /nip. i First Oatmeal £0 I p Second ditto Barleymeal 0 2 0 Peasemeal .-2d, 165.-3 d, ISs.—Pea l 1 27 j GLASGOW CORN MARKET.—Aug. 29. More firmness in Wheat ; Oats rather lower ; no alte r tion in Barley ; Beans scarce and dearer ; Pease dull salt,i Wheat, per z:-.lolh. 8. d. s. d. Oats, per 1641 b. s. d. .6 . . A• 0 British, old 3O oto 31 0 Irish l7 oto 'iv p mAs , Canada, free 29 0 31 0 Beans, per 2COlb. tl Irish Barley, per nOlb. Scottish English 0 0 Pease, Scottish ... 24 0 E 0 Scottish — 0 0 Oatmeal, per 1401 b. 18 0 )'.'o Irish. 2O 0 24 0 Flour, per 2801 b.... 47 0 4_:, BIRTH. On the 26th ult. in Paris, the lady of Mr. E. W. W' G. Hanseal, of Bedford, Long Island, state of New Yorl's of a still-born son. MARRIED. On Thursday last, at St. John's Church, Newcastle' upon-Tyne, by the Reverend the Vicar, Joseph Warwie i ‘ Hetherington, Esq. of Walker, Northumberland, to Mir garet, eldest daughter of the late Edward C. Milburn, Eel' of Milburn-place, North Shields. On the 29th ult. at St. Pancras, by the Rev. Brackenbury, Mr. Alexander Russel, to Miss Harriet WraP On the 30th ult. at St. Peter-le-Poor, Lieutenant Henri Ansell, R.N., to Claudina, younger daughter of Peter Lallier, Esq. On the 30th ult. at St. Mary's, Dover, by the Rev. Manic, Archibald Barklimore, Esq. 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