The Sun. — London, England, 1827-09-27 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Lisbon . mail which arrived yesterday brought us papers and letters from that capital to the I6th instant. If the most valuable inte rests of a nation were not involved in the childish proceedings of the Regent's Court, the capri cious play of her Government and the rapid change of her astonished servants would excite ridicule. Every packet now brings us some two or three new dismissals and appointments, ap parently without motive or object. A Ministet has scarcely time to look into the tecitA-tts of his office, or to learn the details Or its simplest busi ness, when the Princess sends for some of his colleagues, and desires him to look for a succes sor. The Gazette; therefore, is filled with nothing but decrees for the formation of a Cabi net, which is generally changed before the change of the moon. Sometimes the decrees suCceed each other so rapidly, that new Ministers can not be found, and therefore several portfolios are accumulated in the same hand, or pro . visiOnal seat-warmers are appointed on condition of sign,- ing their names to papers preferred by the eierks, till a fresh recruit is found. In sueli a state things there can be no Government. 'The atek 'ward squad called a Cabinet is so often changed, that it never acquires regularity in its move ments, or confidence in its strength. Had the Princess really i:atended to prepare the way for the return of her brother, and with that return for the irverthrow of the Charter, she could not have proceeded more Aireetly to her object, or employed means better calculated to accom plish her purpose. A suspicion of her honesty must naturally insinuate itself into ottr minds, when simple folly cannot account for the mischie vous tendency of her conduct. Though alarmed at the idea of Republicans', she could not, with- Put absolute madness, have destroyed all the Liberal newspapers—have displaced all her Con stitutional servants, and formed renewed inter course with the partisans of her mother, unless she had intended to make her subjects desirous of seeing the return of her brother. The bold ness which the Prince's party now displays is not so alarming to those who know of his in tended accession to power as the principles which they profess, and which of course they expect him to favour. We have copied part of an article from the new paper called The Trombeta, sent - us by one of our correspondents, which,. professing to be written in Don Miguel's interest, breathes a fiercer spirit of fanaticism, and urges to projects of more murderous vengeance, than any thing we remember to have heard from the Trumpets of Jacobinical or anti-Jacobinical fury. If such are the first sounds rung in the ears of the Prince on his arrival at Lisbon by those who surround his person, it will require all the philosophy which he call have acquired ..at Vienna, and more than all the liberality for which he gets credit at the Palace of Queluz, to remain a friend to the Charter. We recommend the letters of our two native correspondents, and the extract above alluded to, as presenting a me lancholy picture of the state of affairs at Lisbon. Let us hope better things from the now inevitable return of the Prince.—Times. Under the political changes of the time, and the consequent fluctuations and excitements of feeling which they would naturally generate, it was not to be expected that the Catholic body should alone be silent amidst the uproar, and heedless of results on which their friends, and, in a more conspicuous manner, their foes, are hourly exhibiting the most sensitive and impor tunate anxiety. At a meeting of Catholics in Dublin, on the 22d inst., the frequent and in teresting question was debated,—whether they ought to press or to relax their efforts in the'cause of emancipation against the ensuing session of Parliament. This question has been differently viewed on the opposite sides of the channel.— The English advocates of emancipation, witness ing the ebb and flow of public sentiment here, where alone the measure can, through such • means as the Constitution furnishes, be success ful, lean more to the side of patience and temper in the policy which they recommend. The Irish are for the most part governed by an opposite and more unruly spirit, as being, in the first place, the aggrieved party ; and, in the next, as being Irishmen. Our own disposition, we con fess, has been to let . the subject win its way in this country by presenting our Irish brethren as Bpellants to th e ki n d ness an d generos i ty o f t h e ritish nation, for relief from the petty tyranny as well as legal disabilities which they experienced at home ; and with that predilection it has been our conscientious endeavour to advise at all times a course of forbearance, though not of tameness or indifference, to the Catholics.— . At the meeting of last Saturday, the disputed point—a suspension or an acceleration of activity • —was discussed by Mr. Shiel, in a striking speech, of which good temper was the most useful characteristic ; yet we must add, that the learned gentleman grappled with the ques tion like a man who had studied and under stood it. The matter stands thus :—Do the Catholics run a more serious risk by irritating occasionally the feelings of Englishmen, or by suffering, through a'disuse of the means and powers of popular excitement among themselves, .the mind of Ireland to stagnate? It appears to us, that after - a fair statement of the premises, .Mr. Shiers conclusion was just,- . --that - the Ca tholics ought, in good and sober policy, to keep the subject so far alive in Ireland, as to produce a sort of prospective uneasiness here, and to pro voke more or less of a gradually declining oppo sition, rather than either be swallowed up in ob livion or suffer their apparent acquiescence Un 'der injury to be alleged (and it has often been _so misconstrued) as an argument " that they have nothing to " complain of." To • this ex tent, then, we agree with the Catholic orators— ,that they ought not to let their question sleep : but we do not concur with any of them in ima gining that they ought at the same time to rouse the angry passions of Enaland. In a fit key, and write, and murmur, the more they speak, and reason, and remonstrate, the better for them ; but a single jarring note is a note too many. .Mr. Shiel is manifestly wrong when he assumes that any Minister friendly to emancipation would deprecate even the most indiscreet exertions of the Catholics, merely because they might: mo lest" him, or " ruffle the pillow of office. The fear of every wise and honest friend of the Ca *tholics is, that they may frustrate or retard the fulfilment of their own expectations, not that -they can inflict any personal annoyance on their political allies. As for a diScussion, ever so .early, or otherwise inconvenient, of the Catholic clann in Parliament being likely to endanger the existence of a Cabinet, three-fourths of whose members, who n they accepted office, were avow edlyadvocates for the prineiple and grant of emancipation, it ence, but would m a y d o to alarm a n Irish audi don.—Thid. scarcely b e li s t ene d t o i n L o n- It is observed, we believe, by Hume, that those men who would have go back t o for mer " vs 191 P"l_,C__49.llui vii itigitutitinh unknown in the present day, are. either very ig norant or very designing. We are ; for our own parts, thoroughly c onvi n c e d that there is not a single coun4 in Enrope which is not in every respect in a more improved state now than it. was in a hund re d y ea r s a ge. ,S o l a t e as the reign of Queen Elizabeth, spoliatiolis were effected through the instrumentality of Courts of Law, which WtAid not be tolerated in Spain at the tvesent moment. For instance, in the Se cret Memoirs of the Earl of Leicester, it is stated—" N9w for the Change of lands, I think I have been reasonably plainefore, yet, for your further satisfiretion ytits shall understand his further ‘dealing therein to be of this sort :—Be sides the good lands, and of ancient possession of the Crown procured of her Majesty's hands, and used as before is declared, he useth the `same trick for Ms worst lands he possesseth any way, Whether they come unto him by extort Means and plain oppression, be through mainte nance or broken titles, or by couzening of single gentlemen to make him their heir, or by what hard title or unhonest means soever (for he prac tiseth store of such, and' thinketh little of the rec k on i ng ), after he hath tried them, likewise to the uttermost touch, and let them out to such as shall gain but little by the bargain ; then goeth he and. changeth the same with her Majesty for the best lands he can pick but of the Crown, to the end that thereby he may both enforce her Majesty to the defence of his bad titles, and himself fill his coffers with the fines, and utmost commodity of both the lands .• . . And his license of alienation of lands, which as in part I have opened before, served) him not only to excessive gain, but also for an eXtreme scourge to plague, whom he listeth, in the realm ; for seeing that without this his license no man can buy or sell, pass or alienate any land, that any ways may be drawn to that tenure, as holden in chiefof the Prince, as com monly now most lands may, he called' into question whatsoever liketh him best, be it never so clear. And under this colour, not only en rieheth himself without measure, but revengeth himself also where he will without all order." If we go back a little farther, to the time of Edward VI., we find Bishop Latimer charging IVlagi stratus with selling. justice openly ; Allowing murderers and thieves to escape for money. Take any fifty years of our history, and it will be found that things which were done with out challenge at the commencement of the pe riod, could no longer be done at the end of it. That the youth of the present day are better in formed than those of a former generation, could be easily show ; and we, have no hesitation in stating, that Pitt, Fox, and Sheridan would not, on the stock of knowledge they possessed, enjoy the reputation now they possessed in their day. When Sir Francis Burdett stated, a little more than a year ago, that one single clause in Magna Ghana was worth all the pretended discoveries of modern Philosophers, he was partly pitied and partly laughed at ; but the same sort of vague assertion, which the most devoted of his Westminster Constituents would hardly stomach new, would have been received with cheers at the hustings in Palace-yard twenty years before. In other countries the same change for the better is constantly going on. The Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Dis cipline inform us, in their last Report, that " the criminal codes throughput the cantons of Switzerland need considerable reform ; nor do the institutions of that country in general appear to partake of that enlightened spirit for which the people of England have long been disposed to give them credit. In confirmation of this re mark, the Committee cannot refrain from the rela tion of a fact which will excite surprize, if not indignation. There was lately in the . prison of Friburg a robber, who, by the decree of Legis lative and Executive Authorities, underwent. three several times the punishment of torture." That formerly the people of England should have supposed an enlightened spirit to pervade the in stitutions of a set of Highlanders, who, from the nature of their country, can only communi cate with each other with great difficulty, and of whom, in consequence, the characteristic must necessarily be a blind and obstinate attachment to all old customs and practices, is a proof of the improvement of which we have been speaking, for Englishmen of the present day would display more discernMent and more judgment. But Switzerland is improving, though slowly. The instance of torture occurs in Friburg,. one of the most benighted of all the Cantons. But, in the Canton of Glaruz, the inhabitants of which are chiefly Protestants, and are noted for their in dustry and enterprise, a woman was judicially burnt for . a witch so late as 1783 ; an event which could not take place •in the wildest of the Forest Cantons in the present day.— Though the inhabitants of the Peninsula may not have been generally prepared for the political re forms which have been attempted these during the last 20 years, it is beyond question that, even in these regions the people are advancing. If Spain is now in a disordered state, it is, even, in the midst of the present convulsions, less dis ordered than it was habitually, at no remote pe riod. The celebrated French Missionary, Father Labat, who visited Spain. in 1705, informs us, that the garrison of Cadiz " went through their Exercise in their cloaks, mounted guard in their doaks,.stood sentry in their cloaks, and the Officers who commanded them had all the same dress ; for, without the aid of the cloak, they. would have been allowing to be seen what de cency required to be concealed." It may easily be imagined that troops so ill clothed would be at least equally ill paid. In other States they would have deserted, but three reasons prevented the Spaniards from deserting. The first is, the point of honour, for they themselves say they are too honest tO quit a military life when they have] once embraced it. The second is, that for want,' of pay they rob with impunity wherever they can find any thing to take : and when they are de tected, and happen to be the weaker party, they claim the privilege of the Gipsies, and 'are let ofU on giving back th€ir prey. The third is, that when they can find nothing to take, they beg. The officers as well as soldiers, begged publicly' at Cadiz, and in all the environs which I visited while waiting the departure of our vessel. I should have been surprised had I not seen the Spanish troops in garrison in Flanders follow the same practice. I believe notwithstanding these : , three reasons which cause them to remain in the service without being paid, and force them to., beg,- they are still better off in the service than they would otherwise be, for they would still be obliged to beg, and would not have the quality of soldier or officer, which is no small advantage for them in the way of pretext. Whenever the Peres de la Mercy and myself happened to be taking the air, we were sure to be accosted by officers, who, after asking the news and a pinch of snuff, regularly demanded alms. I some times expressed my astonishment that an officer should descend to such meanness, and I told , them that such a thing would in France cause altar to be cashiered, and would ruin him in reputation for ever. They answered me that every country had its usages, but that they were persuaded there was no dishonour in asking alms, as in that they only imitated our Saviour Jesus Christ, Who- set them an example of beg ging when he was on earth. It is true our Lord was poor, and that the holy women mentioned in the Scriptures assisted him in hii necessities— Ministrabant ci dedracuitatibus sztis The Governor assembled the principal Merchants and Consuls, and told them, that the garrison had not been paid for a long time, and that it was to be feared they would proceed to some excesses, and pillage their houses, and that the only way to avoid this disorder was to contri bute thirty-five or forty thousand crowns, to pre vent the Soldiers from breaking out. As these hints are quite frequent in Cadiz, the merchants ate used to them, and never dispute either the necessity or the justice or the demand. On this occasion they made the best bargain they could, and got off for 14,000 crowns and a present of a thousand pistoles to the Governor. In con sequence of this, the soldiers no longer went in bands through the streets robbing in the markets in open day. They confined themselves to rob bing as usual during the night ; for in this country, without being Well armed and well ac companied, whoever leaves his houee.a, little late, or even about twilight, are sure to find valets to spare them the trouble of undressing for bed." It is observed, in an able article on Revolutions, in the Hermes (of Leipsic) for August, 1827, " that if we compare the condition of the coun tries of Europe from century to century, it not to be questioned, that from the foundation of modern States to the present period, the ad ministration of justice has at the end of every section been incomparably better than some ge nerations before, if we exclude extraordinary periods from the comparison—that is, particular reigns and the times of great wars and convul sions. . ..... About the middle of last century the feeling for right had been ex cited in the nations of Europe but at the same time the abuses derived from a former period, and absurd laws, deeply wounded that feel ing. In most countries, England and a few of the States of Germany excepted, there pre vailed about that period an arbitrariness in men in office, of the possibility of which we have now no idea. Imprisonments for a time, or for life ' without trial, were common in other countries as well as France ; there was a peculiar technical expression for them—Prisoners of State, by which it was understood that there was no room for trial. In very many tribunals nothing could be done without connexions or presents. Cer tain descriptions of property, that of minors, for instance, were considered a fair booty of the Judge; whoever complained of the injustice done him to a superior tribunal, was at once called a turbulent person, who ought to be taught his duty by imprisonment, caning, or other means ; and, if he still persisted, delivered over to foreign crimps. In many countries, no man in office ever thought of yielding obedience to the commands of Authorities, if he did not know that the President or influential Councillor was interested ; and, if a Commission was nameill, to inquire into abuses when they became too glaring, the business began with guttling ; and, when the eyes of the Commissioners were not duly opened by wine, all other means were put in motion to discover their weak sides, and turn them to account. How matters proceeded in the administration of Criminal Law, that much torture and cudgelling were put in requisition is universally known." So much for the hopes of improvement, which we contend must constantly be going on, and which no government can pre vent. The lovers of darkness in this country hold Mr. Brongham in peculiar abhorrence, be cause he has laboured so much and so effectually for the improvement of the people. But Mr. BrOugliam appeared at the time when a Mr. Brougham was required. He belongs to this age ; and those who come after us will willingly acknowledge that the country owes far more to his labours for education, than it owes to a Pitt, a Fox, or a Burke.—Morning Chronicle. Our relations with Turkey have assumed a serious aspect, and we shall soon discover whe ther the policy which our Governmeht has adop ted is not much more chivalrous than prudent. Three of the greatest Powers in Europe have allied for the ostensible purpose of bringing the contest in Greece to a conclusion ;but the Porte appears firmly resolved not to acquiesce in their demands, and though resistance may be altoge ther unavailing on the part of Turkey, yet no man can tell bow far Great Britain may be in volved when once an appeal is made to arms.— It is quite obvious that the same motives which have induced our Ministers to interfere, do not actuate the Cabinets of Russia and France. We believe that Mr. Canning never contemplated any thing nlore than to obtain for Greece, a sort of modified independence, which should secure her from Turkish aggression, without at the same time releasing her from her allegiance to the Sultan ; but Count Nesselrode and M. Villele, though apparently concurring in the views of the British Minister, would fain take from the Turks not only the revolted States in the Archipelago, but every inch of ground they possess on the European side of the Bosphorus. They would do so with the view of aggrandizing their respec tive countries at the expellee of a State 'which, however barbarous, has still the strongest claim on the protection of England, offering as it does a powerful though inert support to our possessions in the East. The immense regions which Russia already holds under her despotic sway are not suffi cient for her ambition; she has long entertained the design of expelling the Saracens from the Lower Empire, and of becoming as absolute at Con is always t in t eMpoos power o e w r . of F E r n a l e aen , d, and j s e ta a ri lo t u m s ol o A f e t a h s e sl m ie a desirous to extend her own, would gladly see our flag excluded from the Dardanelles, or allow ed to float there only with the permission of Russia, having herself nothing to apprehend from the further aggrandizement of that vast Empire.. In the meantime Austria and Prussia, though apparently silent spectators of the scene now go ing forward, still cannot be supposed to be either' uninterested] or inactive. Austria in particular, from her geographical situation, must naturally feel the deepest interest in the result, and we may , readily imagine that so cautious and vigilant a Statesman as Prince Metternich does not sleep at his post. If Turkey is destined to become a' political spoil, he will take care that his Imperial' master shall come in for a god share of it. We' may, perhaps, find it necessary to send a much larger fleet to the Dardanelles than is stipulated for by the late treaty, and for a very different: purpose.—Morni ng Herald. All the writer s who have treated of Turkey,, speak of it as the garden of Europe. The nu-i merous ridges of hills with which the surface.ofl the land is broken, contribute, even in the midst of summer, to keep up a degree of coolness in the air s whiCh moderates the otherwise powerful influence of the sun ; and the same diversity of hill and. valley, by the shelter it affords, renders the winters delightfully mild. ' The rose, the favourite of the eastern poets, and from which so Many of their similes are derived, blossoms luxuriantly even in January. The fertility of the land would be proportional to the mildness of the clime, were there the slightest security to the husbandman, that he who sowed should reap. But the despotism, whose more hateful features are somewhat softened down in the great towns, and their immediate neighbourhood, stalks abroad in the country in all its oppression and deformity, and industry, farther than it is exerted to procure for the day its daily bread, dis appears before it. The facilities which Turkey enjoys for external commerce, are commensurate to the •abundance . of her natural riches.— The extensive shore is every where ideated into harbours, and the central situation of the capital, stretching forth its arms to Europe on the one hand, and to Asia on the other, having the Mediterranean as a channel of communica tion with Africa and the Atlantic, and the Red Sea, and the Arabian Gulf, opening on the Indian Ocean—all these advantages seem to mark out Constantinople as the emporium of th e world. They have,. however, been given to Turkey only .to show how many of the most •exeellent gifts. of Providence may be rendered unavailing by the perversity and incapacity of man. The population of Turkey in Europe is variously stated by different writers. Nothing like a census has ever been allowed by the GoVern metit, or attempted by individuals, and but a very loose approximation can be .expected from calculations founded on false, or, at best, uncer tin data. Exclusiv . e of that portion of its sub jects who, if the. Allies succeed in their object, ' are. now, after nearly four .centuries of bon dage, unexampled in the history of conquests, to be severed from it, we hope for ever, the population of Turkey in Europe has been estimated at ten millions. It probably falls considerably short of that number. The army of Turkey used to be about -125,000, but of these the Yenicheri, it must be remembered, con stituted . nearly two-thirds. Mutinous and dis orderly as those cohorts were, they formed the most valuable portion of the Turkish forces, and there can be no doubt that all the discipline of the new levies will render them but an indifferent substitute.. Of irregular troops the Porte pos sesses about 100,000, which are valuable only, but that is no unimportant consideration, as a nursery of recruits for the Regiments of the Line. In artillery the Turks have always been ex tremely deficient, and the Russians, who have gradually beaten them into the adoption of mo dern tactics, are not in that department the best of masters, it being one in which they themselves have yet much to learn. The Turkish cavalry, which is about 12,000 in number, is generally accounted excellent. The navy of Turkey is ' below contempt, considered as a national force. It has never recovered even its numerical strength since the terrible defeat it sustained in the harbour of Tchesme, from the fire ships of our countryman, Greig, in the war of 1772. - It used to muster 30, ships of the line, and as many frigates, but, according to the latest ac counts, it consists only of 15 sail of the line, 15 frigates, and about 30 of a smaller descrip tion. The Turks are bad sailors every where, but their men-of-war are infinitely worse manned than. their merchant-men ; for the crews of the former are chiefly made up of refuse of society, who are sent thither to expiate their offences on shore.. The numerous bays and harbours, which would, to a commercial nation, be the principal source of its greatness, render Turkey only the more easily assailed by, a maritime enemy. The passage of the Darda nelles is formidable in - appearance only. The western. entrance is nearly three miles wide, and, consequently, the forts on each side, even were their guns well served, can offer but little oppo sition to the passage of a fleet, which can keep the centre of the channel. About one-third of the way up the channel narrows greatly. But there the, forts are completely open to a coup de main from the land side ; and as the strait presents no natural obstacles, with a fair wind vessels of the largest size may safely pass though it at midnight. Arrived in the sea of Marmon', the only difficulty that presents itself to a naval attack is the current which sets through the Bospho rus and the Dardanelles towards the Me diterranean, and which can only be stemmed by a favourable wind. This obstacle, which pre vented Admiral Duckworth from acting , with effect, has, however, since the invention of steam boats, ceased to be one. One of those vessels could not only tow a fleet through the narrows leading to the Propontis, but could anchor it un der the walls of Constantinople, independently of the wind, and in spite of the current. The shore presents ,no danger or difficulty. From very careful surveys, it appearS, that from the castle of the Seven Towers, in the south-west of the Seraglio, in.the south-east point of the city, the depth of water varies from six to thirty fathoms within a few hundred feet of the shore, so that a 74 might lie within a cable's length of the wall, from the one extremity to the other. To blockade or to besiege the capital of the Turks, as the progress of events or the exigen cies of war might require, would therefore be a matter of equal facility. Turkey is not less open to attack by land than by sea., In Asia, gene rally, her uncertain boundaries are exposed to the perpetual .insults of her neighbours. The Arabs trample on her authority in Syria, and in the Pachalics of Bagdad and . of Koordistan, she receives • but a dubious and unwilling homa,ge. In Europ e , Russia has pushed forward her conquests to the Danube, and in Asia her troops press upon the Phasis. Austria, which was, before the peace 'of 1814, separated from Turkey by the mountains of Transylvania, and the waters of the Danube and the Save, has now a free access to Scrvia anti Bosnia, by her ac-; quisitions in Venetian Dalmatia. That, so sur,. rounded, so exposed, and so feeble, Turkey , must one day fall, requires not the gift of pro phecy to foresee, nor is it more difficult to pre dict, that once fallen she will never more lift her head. He who tumbles from the effect of a blow may get up again ; but the case of him who tumbles, not from his enemies' strength, but his own weakness, is desperate. Still the day of the humiliation of Islamism in Europe may be far distant, nor will the interference of the Allies tend t_o hasten it. The erection of the Greeks into an independent state, will, indeed, operate rather to retard that consummation. ' hardly put forth th e i r h a nd to a ssist their' ancient eir' ancient tyrants, b ut t h ey may b e induced, They though the cause is her's, to fight to protect period, attempting to make aggressions . themselves in the event of any Power, at any, futureupon Turkey, which could hardly be done ;hi:l,- Eu) T imes. out bringing - the • t ' zard.--N egrity of Greece into 1.1,11.-1 POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—Yesterday a young female, very respectably attired, arid of most innocent appearance, ap plied to the Lord Mayor, to claim his Lordship's protection against some individuals, who, she said, she was afraid were about to cause her to be incarcerated in a Lunatic Asylum, under the pretence of being insane, which she as sured his Lordship was not the case. The Loan Mirort inquired what cause she had to fear that she would be so treated?----The applicant said, because they had served her so before; and that she had been sent by them to St. Thomas's Hospital, and bad a straight waist coat put on her, although she was perfectly sound in her mind, and they bad now threatened to send her to a mad house. The Loan MAYOR could not for a moment entertain this story, and asked her who and what she was?—She replied that she was at present living in Norfolk-street. H S LORDSHIP asked her what means she had to live upon ?,—She replied • that she had sufficient property to live on, but she was afraid to go about the streets, as she was in expectation that these parties would lay hold of her. His LOansurr said he could not afford her any protec tion, unless she stated same grounds for it ; and again asked her who the parties were that she was afraid of.— The female replied that it was two ladies who were trying to get her confined; and added will not your Lordship grant me protection ? Mr. Cope, the Marshal, asked her if she had not ap plied at the Mansion-house, after the Lord Mayor had left, about a week since.—The applicant replied that she cer tainly had. _ _ . Air. Cope stated that he recollected her applying, and thinking her not in a very sound state of mind, he had di rected an officer to accompany her to where she said she wanted to go for her protection. The young woman then began to talk about the rough usage she bad received from the officer ; but was proceed ing so confusedly, that his Lordship stopped her, and asked her if she had no parents ? to which she replied they were both dead. Mr. Hobler asked her if she had not any,brotheis or sisters. To which she replied, there were some on her father's side, but none by her mother, and those by her father would not notice her. The LORD MAreit—flow old are you, prayoroung wo man? The young woman-4 mu just eighteen. The LORD MAYOR (casting his eye at her left hand) — Then where is your husband, for I see you have a tvedding ring on ? The young woman—Yes, Sir, but I have no husband, that r►ng was given ins about twelve months since by a gentleman, fur whom I have much regard, and therefore it is that I wear it. The LORD MAYOR—Perhaps you will tell us your name? Applicant-My name is C—. The LORD MAYOR—And who was your father; because we must know who you are? Applicant (after much he sitation, and almost shedding tears)-114 father was the late Lord The Loan MAYOR—And did your father die without leaving you any support ? _ _ _ . . . . • - . Applicant—Oh, no, I was left with the others under his will sufficient to support me, and when I left school, I was placed under the protection of a Miss who is an ! d d ., tepl housekeeperea nd y e h n at had fromelderlyesuallgda age b eco m e et in agree,o C e a s d u o ap g ne a rd n a - nl place rel ; dy but athn housekeeper entirely managed her affairs, and she e dil : h n at t d n o e u r t o s l l y e l i d g keeper and some sons of the old lady so annoyed her, and made her so uncomfortable, that it was impossible for her to remain any longer there, and she in consequence left. The reason why they so annoyed her was, because the old lady had given her a bond to allow her some further means of support, and the sons .and the housekeeper wanted to get the bond away from her. A gentleman present, who appeared to know the family of Lord —, asked the applicant several questions, as to different members of the family, to all of which she gave very satisfactory answers. The LORD MAYOR asked her who she received her money from, as being a minor, there was, of course, some guardian appointed for her. The applicant replied that Mr. .Grave, the solicitor, in John-street, Bedford-row, had the management of the affairs. The Loan Mavoa said, of course, then, he was the proper person for her to apply to. The young woman said it was useless to apply to him. The LOAD MAYOR said he knew Mr. Grane to be a very respectable DUD j and therefore what reason had she for objecting to go to him ? The young woman made no partienlar reply ; but the Lord Mayor, considering her not to be in a fit state to be left by herself, asked her if she had any objection to go if he sent one of his officers with her ; and he, was sure, if her story was true,- that Mr. Grane would see whit was necessary should be done for her. After some hesitation she consented ; and Fogg, one of the lifarshalmen, was directed to take her in a coach to Mr. Grane, with his Lordship's compliments, and to inquire into the truth of what she had been stating. She shortly afterwards changed her mind, and said she would rather the officer went by himself, and she would wait his return. The officer accordingly started by himself, and the Lord Mayor directed her to be taken care of in the Marshal's Office until his return. The officer, .however, had not been gone long when she came up stairs again, having refused to wait any longer. She then paced about the outer Hall, talking very incoherently to several persons there, and at length stated that she had to make a call, and she went out for that purpose, saying she would look in on her return. However, his Lordship had left the Justice room for a considerable time, when she had not returned, nor had the officer. The result of the officer's inquiry of Mr. Grane will not, therefore, be known till this day. William Francis, a young man, dressed as Smithfield drovers generally are, was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with having, in conjunction with others, commit ted a highway robbery. Mr. John Stapp, of Snow-hill, cheesemonger, as he was passing along King-street, at the end of George-yard, felt somebody's arm round him, and immediately afterwards he found that he was pinioned. Another person at that mo ment snatched the watch from his fob, and the thieves ran down George-yard. The case of the watch flew off in 'consequence of the jerk, and rolled along. Witness imme diately cried " stop . thief," and ran after the fellow who had snatched the watch, which wits a valuablegold one. When this happened it was about nine o'clock on Saturday night. The thieves escaped. Witness was convinced that the pri soner was the person who pinioned his arms while the other man plundered him of his watch. The prisoner was asked whether he had any thing to say iu his defence. Francis, -who seemed not at all aware of the awful con dition in which he stands, stared at this question, and said, What is against me ? What have I done that I should be here ?" Mr. Hobler told him that he stood accused of having robbed a gentleman of a gold watch, chain, and Seals. The Lunt) MAYOR—Yes, and if you are convicted, have no doubt that you will suffer the extreme penalty o. the law. Prisoner—l have done nothing, why should Ibe here ? Mr. Hobler—The prosecutor not only SWeJli to your identity, bat another gentleman swears that he saw you in George-yard. Prisoner—l don't know where George-yard is. I have done nothing. The LORD MAyon advised the prisoner - to be cautious of making declarations. . Prisoner—l don't know where George-yard is, and I can bring forward persona to prove that I was in bed at the time you say I was there. Mr. Hobler took down those words. The LORD MAYOR—There is quite enough to commit upon in the evidence of Mr. Stapp and Mr. Yarrow, but I shall remand you for another examination. The prisoner repeated his astonishment at the proceeding against him. lie was then taken to the Compter, as in dignant as dejected at the result of the investigation. We understand that there has been seen very frequently, in the neighbourhood of George yard, a Smithfield drover of very bad character, who bears a strong resemblance to the prisoner ii face and person. The dross of one , drover is en like that of another, that there is often a diffi culty in distinguishing between them even in the day. The prisoner Robert Greenidade, confined in the Devon County Gaol under a charge of burglary, and for originating a loospiracy to poison his grandrnotber, at tempted his escape on Friday night last. It appears; from the information we have received, that he provided hint self with two cramps that supported a shelf in the day room, and after he was locked into his cell set to work, and removed several'brieke, making an aperture of about 7 inehee'svide and 16 long, through which he fonnd his way to the roof. He fastened his bedding together, and fixing one end to the slants which joins the roof, lowered himself to within a distance of about eleven feet front the ground, which be dropped. Finding, however, that he could not scale the wall, he concealed himself in a dark cell, in an unfinished part of the gaol, where additions are wow in progress, anti in which he weft discovered the fol lowing morning...—Ezeter Alfred, BIRTHS. On the 26th inst., in Great George-street, the lady ° Major H. G. Broke, of a eon. ' On the 22d instant, in Tavistock-square, Mts. 1). intyre, of a son. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, (WEDNESDAY.) John Thomson, of Great George-street, Bermond sey, land-waiter at the Custom-house, was brought up from llorsemonger-lane gaol, to be discharged. The insolvent is an old man, in a very infirm state of health. Mr. HEATH opposed the discharge on behalf of Mr. Joseph Harvey, one of the creditors. • Mr. Joseph Harvey had advanced to the debtor 1201. at one time, for the express purpose of en abling him to pay off his• debts, which the debtor informed him did not exceed that sum. To secure this he took a Bond and Warrant of Attorney upon the household•goods of the prisoner.. These were afterwards taken in execution by another creditor, and sold for 251. some odd, shillings: What he wished to know was, how the insolvent had dis posed of the . money which he had lent him ? The COURT thought that Mr. Harvey was en titled to this. Mr. COOKE, on behalf of the insolvent, suggested that considering the ill state of health of the insol vent, the best mode of proceeding for all parties would be to assign a portion of the salary to the creditors, and allow the insolvent to be - discharged. It was then agreed that the insolvent should be discharged, on assigning 70/. of his salary for behoof of his creditors—Mr. Harvey to be the assignee. Mesheck Ferris, a butcher and cattle-dealer, May Fair-green, Surrey, was brought up to be discharged, from Horse►nonger-lane. Mr. HEATH opposed the discharge of the insol vent on the part of two creditors, farmers, of the names of Crump and Parnell, who had sold the in solvent some cattle, for which they h►►.d not been paid. The. point of the objection was, that the in solvent had not in his shedule accounted for the produce of various sales made of these cattle, and other things. The COURT was clearly of opinion that the pro :lnce of the sales ought to, be accounted for, before insolvent could be entitled to his discharge, and ;he, case was adjourned generally ; in order to g ive time to the insolvent to amend his schedule. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK• Wlieai. Bailey. Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. a. to s. a. to a. a. to a. P. to Abingdon-- 51 66 35 42 35 42 62 b 6 61 31 - 39 59 36 -- Birmingham —,-- 60 66 4(1 48 41 46 62 Bridport 52 56 32 39, 26 28 56 Cirencester 56 60 36 41 36 42 64 Faringdon--- 48 -54' 36 38 24 46 Guildford 44 tit 36 45 2(3 37 Henley.----- 50 66 32 43 96 31 60 Hereford -- 61 66 46 *0 32 73 Maidenhead 60 68- 38 42 28 39 60 Newbury—.....--.. 42 65 no 81. 18 39 60 Oakingharn 50 tin 30 40 28 - 36 3 3 Reading 58 68 33 S 7 ' 115 36 64 34 38 96 32 64 Southampton 52 56 37 "40 'SO' 32 5 9 Strand 56 60 36 40 . ;42 42 68 Tewkesbury ..-- 5% 60 40 42 33 38 6 6 Barley ..... s6 °o Uxbridge 66 ' 39 31 25 37 5g Wantage--....-- 55 70 39 45 30 40 0 2 Warminster 50 62 31 ?Pi 25 41 6 5 Windsor 34 'Woreester—:--. 62 64 40 -- 32 48 6 ' CHELTENH MARKET.—Sept. 25. Per Bushel. 6. d. to s. d. Per lb. d. to 6- Wheat 6 0 8 0 Beef 6 Oats. 6 f _ a 655 6 31 Mutton 3s 2B CHELTENHAM MARKET Per Bushel. s. d. to 6.4 Wheat 6 0 8 0 Beef Barley ..... ......... S 0 5 6 Mutton Oats ................... 5 6 6 0 Veal Beans 7 9 8 0 Lamb.... Pease 5 0 8 0 Pork = Hay ............... 6 . 106. to 71 6 / 3 81 6 !, per ton. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHAN —GE S . 25 . The imports of Wheat si a b e last Tuesda y .ePt have been light. The market has been bar e ly supplied with New Oats, and of other Grain the arrivals conti nue extr emely small. At this day's market there appeared more firmnei t in holders of New Wheat, and the minus bought to ' 1 moderate extent, at about the prices of this day se'nnight; in Old the transactions were very limited. Oats, o f all qualities, have obtained a free sale~j at as high rate s , but there are scarcely any prime (7ld now in the m ar ket. Grinding Barley moves slowly, but at full prices. Some parcels of Egyptian Beans were sold during the week at a small reduction, but holders are again firm, and the stocks of that article are fast decreasing. OLD. I ,- new. dS. d. E. . •u, c. d. ( O 0 a 0 O i 7 S a 8 4) 0 a 0 01 6 0 a 7 a/ O 0a 0 .0' 6 9a 7 ' g O 0 a 0 0 7 3 a 7 O 0a 0 0 7 9a 8 ', o'oa 0 0 7 Oa 8 ‘;`' O 0 a 0 0 3 0a 3 ' 0 0 a 0 0 3 10 a 4 6 ,e) c a 0 0 2 2 a 3 O 0 a 9 0 4 3 a 4 0 0 a 0 0 a 7 . 4 ', 0 0a 0 05 8 0 a tit ," 4) 0 a 0 0 3 3 a 3 1 O 0 a 0 0 3 2a 3 a ' O 0 a 0 0 3 3a 3 a ' O 0a 0 062 0 a 67 v, O o.a 0 048 0a 5 9 0 u 0 0a 0 032 0a St n O 0 a 0.018 Oa 3 3 ' 0a Canadian. r ........ _ .........t 00a00— 0 a --- " a Indian Corn, white, per nr.of 4801 b. 0 0 a 0 0 •0a 3 0 red ~...........—......,- 0 0 a 0 0— 0 a --"' n Pease, English white, per Imp. qr. 0 0 a 0 046 0 a 46 v Rye ....--.........•••••••,••••••••• 0 0 a 0 034 0 a3O o A Oatmeal, English, per 2401b5. .......», 0 0 a 0 30 0a 3 2 v ii —lrish - ........ 0 0a 0 30 0a 3 1 0 " Scotch •••••••••••••••••••••* 0 o'a 0 0a -- Wheat, English, per 701 b. Irish (rest) Ditto Scotch Canada (free) ..... Foreign (free) ....--.—.- ---- Foreign (in Barley, English, per 601bs. •—. Irish Scotch Foreign ' Beans, English, per Imp. Oats, English, per 46th. Irish Scotch Malt, Fine, per Imp. qr. Middling ~, Flour, Amer., duty paid, per brim. Limner oP GRAIN for the Weea. ending Sept. 24. 1 , Wheal Oats. Barley. I Malt. I Beans. i Pease. Rye. IOW:, Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. I,oj. g a r 7,114 4,969 15 7 5,9 -1,..- Flour, 1,198 sacks, 0 barrels. ___. 111XPORTS. . Wheat, o—lndian Corn, 44 quarters—Flour, 9,503 barrele• THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN ANIV RICA.-11 appears from the Minutes of the last Session o { the General Assembly, that there are now connected wi th that Body, 16 Synods, 89 Presbyteries,' 1,214. Mioistel 218 Licentiates, 229 Candidates for the Ministry, 1, 61 L Churches, and 135,286 Communicants, of whom 12,95 461 dollars, oAcfdselpslaete:mrrhin 9 y:::: ce n7o9" l :o;ot ; were received the last year. Adult baptisms daring th o ch 6 51 3 dollars,B4 cents; and O r year, 2,965 ; infants baptised, 10,229; total, 13,10 The funds reported as collected during the year, ate , for Missionary purposes, 11,053 dollars, 46 cents ; for defray' youth, with a view to the 6fcbG;ymetlane7ricren,eirainabsi General cents (1 ; n 'fro: to the e o n Cl t it e :' ing the travelling expences of g n ftohe e len. r a t e l Assembly , dezu e toTheologicalens (o,fs dollars , ep i s , rnio 9 irei 4 n 7 sia:ir.tieleispi,, iyGot:s,2, Gospel Ministry, 11,869 dollars, 92 cents. Our ineres o of ordained Alinisters, since the last year, h as bee ( . 3 s tc a: h i e n ' u o fr n uc t ° lh i l t m w e se oei under l o yin ' u n s d i t Ei r i n : i c t i oh r i- n n e e g a c s o e af o r o u et f r i oi L ef l i o c t s i e h s 3 i re i e t o s i at e s has been 31 ; o f Car' dilates, 25 ; of Churches reported, 68 ; and of baptisms, 341. The number added to the full COcorn' sive of those which' munion of the Church, in 1826, was 12.171 • and the in; crease, in the additions of this year , " 7 ' The v ati f.. - sc. , ' have stated supplies at present , s ine.— to 700. Most of these are unable singly to support a Par tor, but, by being united, two or throe of them under 0 1 pastoral charge might do it, could the requisite numbe r of faithful and able Minister, be found. —New York Ob' server. MARRIED. On the 25th instant, at Southampton, James Lyon' Esq. of Abshott House, to Frances Harriett, eldest daught e : of the late Major-General Thewles, of Rookvio.sd, On the 25th instant, at Greenwich, by the Rev:" (/' Mathew, A. M., viear, Mr. T. Marchant, of Deptford, t , Frances, only daughter of the late Mr. F. Glossop, of tb` former place. On the 25th instant, at Dodderhill, by the Rev. Joeee Amphlett, M.A., Henry, only surviving son of the lat° Rev. W. Burstein, of Hanbery, to Elizabeth Fiancee, eldest daughter of the Rev. J. Amphlett, D.D., vicar o t Dodderhill, and rector of IlamptOn, Worcestershire. On the 25th instant, at Marylcbone Clim eh, Robed Michael Baxter, Esq. of Somerset-street , Portman-squarer to Jane Emily, second daughter of William Breton, Eger of Mancetter, in the county of Warwick. On the 25th instant, at Cuddesden, Oxfordshire, by the Lord Bishop of Oxford,i Samuel Smith, Esq. of Fenchurch' street, London to • Anna,- eldest daught er o f W . B o i s e Esq. of Cuddesden Park. DIED. On the 252 d instant, at Diddington, Iluntiogclonsbil 6 George Thornhill, Esq. iu the 90th year of his age. o f On the 25th instant, Richard Cartwright, Esq., Hunter-street, Brunswick-square, aged 63. PAnitip and Pffsustut) by M. YOUNG, at t j ' e Sex-Ornor, No. 11w, ttraati, THE T will receil stipulated time be de Hackney-i livered Stamford- gent's c City-road Old-street Hampstea xii D bo it u to rn .. e . 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