The Sun. — London, England, 1827-03-12 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Other papers, besides those to which we formerly • alluded, have been intercepted among the rebel baggage in Portugal, and with them fresh and more ample proofs, had such been necessary, of the connection, or we might say incorporation, of interest and plans, between the Court of Spain and the Portuguese insurgents. The traitorous despatch, of which a copy was given a few days ago in this journal, was addressed, as our readers may remember, to the Queen Dowager of Portugal, and contained a direct acknowledgment that the writer had been appointed by . Ferdinand himself, second in command of the rebel army, of which Chaves was, by the same authority, commissioned as Commander-in-Chief. This was no contemptible evi dence of a fact decisiVe against the honour and loyalty of Ferdinand. The papers published on Saturday are three in number—not addressed by one Portuguese to another, and speaking of King Ferdinand in the third person, but letters from a Spaniard in Portugal—a Spanish agent, co operating with the Portuguese insurgents—to three seve ral Spanish authorities, detailing circumstances relative to the insurrection. in which lie was personally engaged. They'all bear date the same clay, viz. the Gth of January, at Lamego.' The first epistle is directed to Brigadier- General Del Pont, Commandant-General of . the Spanish province of Orense, in Gallicia, just beyond the northern frontier of Portugal. In this the worthy Don P. Luis Baci galupi tells his most excellent countryman, that he has not yet-been able to join the army, which was on the right bank of the Mondego, but that a battalion of militia from Telles Jordao's divison had marched in to garrison Lamego; that he bad great respect for the people about him, meaning the Portuguese we presume, and would do every thing in his power for them, " but above all for our august Sove reign." The second despatch from this apostolical soldier, he 'Addresses to " Don T. Hernando Martin, Secretary to our Lord the King ! No. 17, Cale de Leganitos, Madrid." After making a similar statement to that of the preceding letter, in relation to the garrison of Lamego, Don Gallipot, or whatever be his name, refers to "what I had yesterday the honour of writing from Villa - Real, to briag 'to the knowledge of his Majesty." In another paragraph he wished to know whether.his " conduct gives satisfaction to his' Majesty, which is the sole object of his efforts and assidnitieS,? and all this to Secretary of the King him - self. In despatch the third' of this series, the Spanish incendiary describes himself to Don Pablo Sierra, Knight • Pensioner of the Royal Order of Charles 111., Madrid, as " experiencing all the civility and courtesy common to this country, and assuming at the same time the tone which befits my mission." In the concluding sentence he says, " I serve the King with all the fidelity of my heart !" . This really seems enough, and somewhat more. But, in deed, from the speech of Mr. Canning on the Royal Mes 'sage, we must conclude, that the Right Hon. Gentleman was then in possession of proofs incontrovertible touching 'the' treacherous hostility of the Court- of Madrid, though -he concealed what he knew, as the sole means of leaving to Ferdinand the "locuspenitentice." Now this was early in December : and how has Ferdinand employed the oppor tunities of penitence thus afforded him ? Read the inter cepted letters.—Times. The short speech addressed by Lord Lansdown to the ]House of Lords, on withdrawing his notice of motion in favour of the Catholics, was calculated to make a deep impression on every friend of emancipation, though, with regard to the'enemies of that measure, we certainly cannot suppose that any effect would be produced by mortal elo quence or wisdom. There was in the discourse of the noble Marquis, a tone of earnest and dignified regret, a depth of conviction, and a solemnity of warning, beyond what we have on former occasions witnessed from his _Lordship, or indeed from almost any other Statesman. The consequences of the vote on Wednesday morning Were darkly.and:fearfully,shadowed out by the noble Mar .quis ;. and on this-part of .the subject we shall merely say, that no opponent of the Catholic claims has ever vet ventured to look in the face, either of the two simple but vital questions—What will you do with Ireland ?-IVill •ip)7l leave her as she ir?—lbid. _ Mr. Alderman Waithman, finding the Honourable House, on Friday night,. unwilling to listen to unpalate able truths, had recourse to something like finesse. He began to sing out the praises of the landowners, Conticure omues, intentique ora tenebant. " He had much respect for the landed interest ; they were men generally who had a good deal of time upon their hands—who had leisure to do good, and to reflect upon the best mode of doing it. He had always thought that to the - exertions of the landed proprietors this country was greatly indebted for the preservation of its liberty and pri vileges."—(Considerable cheering.)-0 si sic wilts. But the Worthy Alderman having conciliated the benevolence of his hearers by his sugared words, thought he might ven ture to edge in a few profitable truths. " They were men also who saw their own interests pretty clearly; but he must,say that they seemed to have no conception of the difficulties and privations to which Other classes were reduced." The loud 'cries of . " Question," soon: satisfied theWorthv Alderman-that he - had . manoeuvred to. little purpose. It would be as easy to perivade the Common Councilmen of the City of London that the extravagant expendithre•of the' City reveniies , by which so many.. of them have benefitted, and' of which lately we have had some very edifying expositions, is highly censurable, or to persuade Mr. Alderman. Anslie that economy. at a Lord Mayor's Feast is a praiseworthy innovation. Human na ture is pretty much the same in the west end of the town that it is in the east. Even Mr. Brougham, with all his claims on the attention of the House, failed to obtain a fa vourable hearing when he hinted at the benefit of low prices. Mr. Alderman Waithman's speech would have been well received • at the east end of the town. Sir Francis Burdett, who has great tact in suiting him self to his audience, followed the worthy Alderman, and it would have been strange indeed, if, during the delivery of his agree.,:)le speech, the House had shewn the least impatience. "He maintained (he said) what he had stated on a former occasion, that there was no set or class of men more liberal, more virtuous, or more respectable, in every point of view, in this country, or any country in the world, than the class to which he had the honour to belong. That class, indeed, was that which formed the grand distinction of this country among the nations of the civilized World." We remember when Sir Francis, in the speech at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, on May Ist, 1309,. wished to confer a grand distinction on the class to which he has the honour to belong. " Some time a• - 2, o tl ntlemen, it was proposed in Parliament, that every.la bourin; man w h o maintained his family without having re course to , :larish alms, should have a badge of distinction, now I shoula ' like to see a badge of infamy on the bosom of every roan,by political intrigue, and by corrupt practices, betrays ths.' best interests of his country. Such and always are, extorting alms men always have . beet : 2 from every labouring man i - . 71 the nation." But we dispute . the position that that class t 0 which he (Sir Francis) had the honour to belong, was that which formed the grand distinction of this country among the nations of the civi lized world. There are other grand distinctions in this country- We enjoy the grand distinction of being the highest taxed nation in the civilized world—of having, too, more misery and crime among us—a greater number of well-filled prisons—a greater number of victims to Game , Lays. It would seem that it is impossible . to have the one grand distinction without the other grand distinctions. 'We are. by nc means disposed to conclude that there :;re; not. many virtuous individuals in, the class to which Sir Francis 'has the honour to belong. But he will Live us' leave to observe, that the class in question has notwith-i l standing been the cause of all the evils under which we are; - suffering as a nation. All power is in the hands of that, 'class . ; and how has that power been exercised? Inplunging, the country into one war after another; in the creation of all manner of extravagant establishments, in order to have, a pretext for lavishing the money extracted from the people on themselves and their connections. Why is Ireland now the cause of a heavy expenditure to this country ? and, why are the wretched labourers of this country made still, more wretched by the influx of swarms of Irish, for whom ' there is no.employmeot at home ? Why but for the sake of the Hierarchy—that is, in other words, for the sake of the large revenues of the Church, which the Aristocracy share among themselves. It is openly avowed in Parliament, that the reason why such measures as can alone lay a foundation for the improvement of Ireland are not adopted is, that they might, by possibility, endanger the 'Hierarchy, that is, divert from the Aristocracy a part of the large re venues which they now enjoy in their character of Bishops and other Dignitaries. Sir Francis cannot mean that there is any thing in the physical organization of the Landowners of this country,—any thing in the proportions of Norman, Saxon, Dutch, and Jewish blood that flows in their veins, that is the cause of their superiority. He no doubt attri butes their virtues to the peculiar circumstances in which they are placed. They are richer and more powerful than the Landowners of any other country. If they differ from rich men in other countries, in any respect, the dif ference is of course owing to the manner in which their character is influenced by the other classes. Thus, for instance, we see that in Ireland, where there-is no intelli gent middle class to serve as a check - to the Aristocracy, they are reckless, unfeeling,and insolent. In England, on the other hand, where there is a large . Wealthy and Well-in formed middle class, the Aristocracy possess-a milder and more kind and considerate character. We believe Sir Francis would have been more correct if he had said that that to which alone we owe our chief distinction is our middle class, and that to that middle class We are in debted for any superiority which our-higher reeks possess over the higher ranks in other countries. The middle classes then form the grand distinction, and not the higher ranks; because the higher ranks are - nowhere found pos sessed of virtue where there is not a middle class, and a middle class, by controuling and stimulating the higher orders, necessarily elevates their character. A gentleman, with 10,000/. a-year, cannot, in the midst of so enterpris ing a people as the English, pass his time like the imbecile Nobles of Madrid and Lisbon. But we defy any man to point-out in the whole world a class which has pushed to such an extent the art. of robbing the people of the fruits of their labour. They may be liberal and -generous, and all that ; but they avail themselves of their power over the industry of the r!ountry, to supply themselves with the means of eiercising this . liberality and generOsity. All those who have an unlimited command over the means of otherS . are proverbially liberal. The Turk IS the most li beral of men. Highwaymen are seldom stingy. If Sir Francis means to say that the clasi to which he has the honour-to belong spend- freely what they get easily, we believe him. But we do not exactly see why this virtue of spending liberally other's people money is an answer to the complaints of those who wish to preserve their own money-in their own pockets. The complaint is, that the higher ranks have the power to tax us, and that they have used that power most unconscionably - ; and Sir Francis's whole ilife has been a struggle against that power.— illorn big Chronicle. The-practice of holding persons to bail, and committing them to prison in default of it, for very trifling breaches of the peace, has of late_ years become a very serious evil, and one which Mr. Peel will, we trust, be induced to in quire into, and remedy; and the more so as it is princi pally brought into action by those who are under his more immediate control. In addition to this, a novel practice (novel, at least, in its extent), and one still more objec tionable, has risen up—of requiring notice of bail, and committing people to prison till the term of such notice has .expired, though they may have offered unexception able bail in the interim. The avowed reasons for this lat ter practice are, the serious nature of the offences, or the doubtful characters of parties; while the real- motive— we fear too often—is a vindictive wish to inflict punish ment before trial, which any Magistrate who knows his duty ought cautiously to avoid. This latter practice is less excusable where a regular Police Establishment exists than it would be among country Magistrates—those who preside over the former having under their control persons competent to make the necessary inquiries promptly; which they ought to do, instead of confining men to prison, who, in all probability, will—one half of them, at least—never be prosecuted; and that, too, to such wretched, ill-governed gaols as some of those to which such persons are committed. Surely, when a little trouble on the part of those who are so well paid for it would remedy so great a hardship and injustice as this, -the public have a right to expect it will be done. We have been led to notice this subject by seeing it stated that a person, during the late inclement weather, actually died in one of these prisons, who had , been committed not merely in default of bail, but during the 24 , or 48 hours of notice required by the committing Magistrate ; but not, we hope (as we have also seen it stated), after he had actually offered to deposit in hard cash the amount of the required security. Independently of the hardship and frequent in justice of the practice, we exceedingly doubt its legality on many of the occasions on which it is used. We appre hend that Magistrates—and especially those who are paid by the public for a constant attendance at the Rotation Offices—are bound to accept competent bail for bailable offences whenever it is offered ; and that to delay receiving it, and thereby detain a man in gaol a single hour unneces sarily, is an offence, and a dereliction of duty in tile Ma gistrates so acting, which, sooner or later, we trust, they will be all taught to know is such. We have heard of such things as Magistrates being proud of the number of persons they commit to prison ; and being anxious, there fore, to sweil the list of their supposed services. This, if true, must be a very miserable vanity indeed. Even Jack Ketch, we believe, was never known to exult in the num ber of his victims ; though such a boast would not be more preposterous or out of place than the kind of vanity to which we allude. We trust, therefore, that the Coroner's Inquest held lately in Tothill-fields' Prison will not be lost sight of by those who have it in their power to remedy the evil we complain of ; and in the correction of which, it now appears, not only the liberty—but the life—of every man is more or less involved,—Morning Herald.. The public, we dare say, begin by this time to be sa tiated with the affair of Mr. Brougham and Mr. Raikes; and were it merely a squabble between two members of a Club-house, we should say that enough, and more than enough, had been said upon the subject. But we cannot let it entirely drop without stating our opinion, that though apparently 'trivial and uninteresting., it is a topic in which the public are more interested than they may he at first sight aware of. Though the license of speech used by advocates is sometimes abused (not that we think it was at all upon the occasion adverted to), it is much more import ant that even this abuse should be tolerated, than that ad vocates should be deferred from a fearless pursuit of their duty by the dread of personal consequences to themselves. It is the duty of a Judge (to be exercised sparingly, no doubt) to check an advocate, who, from over zeal or bit terness, mixes himself too warmly in the cause of his client; but that an irritated plaintiff or defendant, or even a witness (who is often the person having most reason to complain) should be tolerated in seeking personal satis faction from an advocate for any thing said or done in the discharge of his duty, would destroy the independence of the Bar, and deprive suitors in Courts of Justice of the advanta g es they are entitled to derive from the labours of Counsel. In this respect, the affair of Mr. Brougham and Mr. Raikes becomes important ; and the more so, as far as we can judge, from its forming a violation of the im punity we are contending for, the most groundless and un called for that can possibly be imagined.—lbid.. In their plan for the future regulation of the Corn Trade, our Ministers have been successful beyond the usual lot of rulers. They had two parties to deal with, apparently most opposite in their views, and labouring under an erro neous impression that their respective interests were adverse; and they have been successful in pleasing both. The Ministerial propositions on the Corn Trade have been received with almost equal satisfaction in the manufacturing and the agricultural districts : and this important subject is likely to be settled without producing any acrimony of spirit in the country, or even exciting much keen discus sion in Parliament, In three respects the proposed law is a great improvement on the old system. First, it lowers greatly the price at which foreign .grain is admitted without any, but a nominal duty, into our markets, and is, so far, an approxiniation "to the principles of free intercourse. Whenever the price of Wheat reaches seventy shillings, the trade in corn will, for the future, be practically free ; so that, long before any thing approaching to a scarcity can he felt, we shall lte able to avail ourselves of all the sup plies that can be obtained from other countries. Se condly, under the new system, our ports will never be necessarily or suddenly closed ; and we shall there fore, escape all those fluctuations of price, which are produced by the admission of foreign corn at one time, and the absolute exclusion of it at another. The graduated scale of duties may, according as our home prices are rising or falling, allow the importa tions to increase or operate as a check upon them ; but, in either case, the effect will be produced gra dually, and by successive steps. Thirdly, not only shall we be exempted from that artificial cause of fluctuation which exists at present, in the sudden opening or shutting of our ports, but the state of the foreign trade in corn, instead of being a source of fluctuation, will, to some - ex tent, modify and check those fluctuations which may pro ceed from internal causes. If, for instance, an-unfavour able season, or the possession of more ample means of purchase, by the great body of the consumers, cause the prices to rise, the diminution of the rate of. duty will co operate with the increase of price, in attracting an aug mented importation of grain from neighbouring countries : and this increase of supply will help to keep the markets down: If, on the other hand, from the working of internal causes, there is a tendency in the markets to fall, the higher rate of duty, which will then become payable, as well as the diminution in the price, that can be obtained, will contribute to lessen the amount of importations,and will prevent the fall from taking place as rapidly, and to such an extent, as it otherwise might. Under such a system as that which Mr. Canning proposes, we are inclined to think; that there will be less fluctuation of prices than even if the trade wereperfectly free. Six or seven monthe ago, zealous attempts were made to excite a loud clamour among. the people, for the simple and' unqualified abolition of .all Corn Laws. We then pointed - mit the absurdity :and •eatravag-.once of such a notion. We are- glad 'to find, that there are none who are now impudent enough to avow it. In the course of time, and with the gradual .change of the circumstances of the countryove may come very near to perfect freedom in the corn trade; but the transition to such a state, must be slow and gradual; it must be, not so much affected by law, as prepared by the spontaneous course of events at home. Free trade in Corn is an absurdity, until the usual rate of price among us approaches nearly to a level with the usual rate of price in the adjacent parts of the Con tinent. Even those who have opposed Mr. Canning's propositions, have assented to the principle on which they are founded; and the only difference of opinion, which has been expressed, relates to details. There are three points, which comprise the essential parts of the Mi nisterial scheme;. first; the adoption of a graduated scale of duties; secondly, the amount of those duties; thirdly; the fixing the point, at which a given amount of duty is to be paid. The amendments which have been proposed do not touch either of the first two points; they are con fined entirely to the last. Mr. Bankes would wish the duty of twenty shillings . per quarter to commence, when the average. price is sixty-four shillings, rather than when it is sixty shillings. Mr. Whitmore, on the other hand, would not impose the duty of twenty shillings till the price falls to fifty shillings, and he then adopts a scale of duty graduated to a certain extent, but changing at a given point into a fixed import. We can see a good, or at least a plausible reason why the Ministers commence their scale at sixty shillings, that having been theaverage of the last four years, and also of the last twelve years ; but we can see no reason for fixing the commencement of the ;cale, - either with Mr. Bankes, at sixty-four-shillings, or, with Mr. Whitmore, at fifty shillings ; and still less do we see any reason why we should have a varying duty when the price is under fifty-five shillings, and a fixed import above that point.--Neuf Times. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY.—TituRsDAY, Mt ßol 11 Burchell, W., Ensham—Staple Hall, Witney Dinsclate, G., Middleham—Bishop Blaize, Richmond li Gorle, J., Hales Owen—Royal Hotel, Birmingham ll Jordan, W., Leeds—Court-houst., Leeds. ll Musgrave and Co., Wincanton—White Horse, Wincanton ll Pattinson and CO., Leeds—George, Kingston-upon-Hull Potter, R., East Teienrnouth—Half Exeter l2 Robinson, R., Hill Top --Sun, Bradford l2 Schortield, J., Southowram, Halifax—Swan, Huddersfield Strickland, A., New Malton—Etridge's hotel, Lendall Trehein and Co., Hereford—Greyhound, Hereford ll Warren,• D., Wellington—\Vhite Hart, Wellington ll Wood, T., Horneastle—Black. Horse, llorncastle lO INSOLVENTS APPLYIN( Petitions to be heard at Portuip MARCH 15, Benbow, W., Holborn Brice, J., Bermondsey Burton, R., Lambeth Cornish, J. Wandsworth Garwood, J., Islington Edwards, W., Bermondsey I fare, J., Tamworth I lumphries, J., Margaret-street i TO BE DISCHARGED, 1-street, Lincoln'eann.Fialds, AT NINE. Keen, G., Vanxball Lamt Jermyn-street Lockett, J., Northfleet Low, G, Peckham _ . Lunn, C., Spa-fields souggs, G., Commercial road White, G., Dean-street, Soho • , COUNTRY.—At the Court-house, 'Winchester, March 15. at Ten. A tlee, R., Portsea 1 Griffin, W., Buckland Baker, J., Carisbrook Grossmith, R., Portsea Diaper, P., Gosport Holland, J., Portsea Faulkner, 8., Gosport I Palmer, G., Newport night, J., Winchester Pike, G., Titchfield Fourn:er, 0., Portsea Venn, P., Portsea At Beaumaris, March 16, at Ten. Owen, E., Amleoch, miller At Bury St. Edmund's, March 16, at Ten. Ayes, J., Mildenhall I Kendall, V., Brandon Barrett, J. Newmarket Wells, J., Sudbury Braddock, Bury PORTRAIT of LADY BYRON and her DAUGHTER. —I knew a good deal of Lady B. when she lived at I for get the name of the place now, but it is not far from Bromley— and thought her a woman of masculine understanding, great con versational powers, and strong natural good sense—but not alto gether the wife for Lord Byron. She shewed'her admirable sense of propriety by the seclusion to which she consigned herself, and the dignified silence she inviolably maintained respecting what may he termed " her case." I believe, to her most intimate associates, Lady Byron never breathed her husband's name ; never ..1111cled, in the most casual manner, to her own peculiar situation. On the contrary, she appeared studiously to avoid all reference to the subject. Her daughter, Ada Byron, to whom such a touching interest attaches, strongly resembles her gifted father. There is, in particular, an expression about the mouth—a curl, when she is displeased, in her youthful lip—a fire and fieite in her eye—which those who had ever an opportunity of watching the poet's features, in a moment of irritation, would instantly recognise. The like ness is singularly striking. It is 'hardly fair to judge of her at such tender years ; but I thought I discoveredlerms of talent, and—shall I add--a spice of Lord Byron's disposition—a large leaven of self-indulgence and self-will. Lady Byron was passion. ately attached to her, and paid the most' vigilant attention to those grand essentials in a woman's happiness—temper arid disposition. There was one thing in particular which struck me very forcibly. It is a rule worthy the adoption of every mother. I had dined done with Sir Ralph and herself ; little Ada was with us at tea ; but at its conclusion, Lady Byron rose and said, " You must ex cuse me : I always give an hour to my daughter every night, be fore she goes to bed, when we talk over the events of the day. I find it by far the best hour in the 24 for Affecting and correcting the heart ?" If she was " learned" and " mathematical," most as suredly it never appeared in her conversation. It was that, and that only, of a highly accomplished and very well-informed wo man. An incident occurred—l don't choose to div'lge it—which was perfectly conclusive to my mind that Lady Byron was still fondly attached to him. And from the accounts of others who knew the facts, I am thoroughly satisfied that Lord and Lady Byron might have been living together at this very hors, had his life been spared, but for the intervention of a third person. Lady Noel never could endure him; and the feeling was reciprocal. She Was perpetually haunted by the idea that his Lordship was an unfaithful husband. On the other hand, he never spared her ; unhappily, Lady Noel's temper and un g uar ded expression af fordedscope for the most biting satir e and caustic irony. and, ipie Whatever. his Lordship might have bee n previous to his mar riage, or since the separation, in the particul ar i ns t ance so con tinually quoted, he was grossly m isrepresented. I hare reason to believe, though not from her own lips, that Lady Byron now feels thie,".—. The Living and the Dead. • POLICE INTELLIGENCE. HATTON-GARDEN.-- , On Saturday, John Wilmot, alias Smith, alias Lewis, was charged with the following attempt at fraud :—On Friday night, about eight o'chkk, the prisoner called on Mrs." Mansfield, of Wilstead-street, Somers' Town, and asked if she had not a son in Van Dieman's Land ; and being an swered in the affirmative, he told her that he brought intelligence of him which must only be communicated to herself. The -poor woman asked him in, anxious to hear of her son, gave him some refreshment, anti he announced himself a mate of the Hercules, arrived from Van Dieman's Land, now lying off the Tower. He stated that her son was on hoard their vessel, but could not came on shore until she sent him same clothes and money; adding, that when he came on shore he had 2001. to receive, which could not be paid to any one but himsel£ Under these representations, she exerted herself to procure the required necessaries amongst her neighbours, until one of them, suspecting the trick, advised Mrs. Mansfield to be on her guard, and at least to accompany him on board. Finding himself suspected, the prisoner commenced a volley of abuse, and when threatened with a constable, knocked down Mrs. Mansfield's adviser. and attempted to effect his escape. He was, however, conveyed to the watch-house, after a desperate resistance. The prisoner pleaded intoxication as an excuse; but was or dered to give 24 hours' notice of good bail for the assault, the in tended fraud not having been effected. WORSHIP-STREET;=;- . -A'clerk from Mr. Harmer's office, appeared here on Saturday, to - put in bail for the future appear ance of a person named Hiam Phillips, who,, together with George Green, a hair-dresser, residing in Old-street; bid' been in custody since Friday, on suspicion of having been connected with the commission of a robbery in the house of Mr.- Morley, hair-dresser, of Staple Inn-buildings, Holborn. Phillips was extremely anxious to get out of custody imme diately, and offered to deposit SOW. Mr. Harmer told him that could not he, he must wait. They were accordingly remanded, and on Saturday Phillips was bailed. LAMBETH-STREET.—It may be in the recollection of the reader that on Tuesday last, at the sittings at Guildhall, an action came on for trial in the Court of King's Bench, in which a Hebrew, named Alexander, was plaintiff, and the British Insur ance Company defendants. The action was brought by Alexander for an alleged loss in *tot+, &c., which he had suffered by an accidental fire, and the principal evidence he brought forward in substantiation of his claim was Eliia Levi, a young female of his own persuasion. The testimony she gave on this °conic.% though on the direct examination fair and reconcilable, was, on the cross-examination, particularly when pressed by the Judge, of so prevaricating-and contradictory a description, that Alexander was nonsuited, and she received a severe reprimand. Since. then, reflection has been a torment to - her, and her mind has - been in the most unsettled state. In one of her wanderings, on Friday night, she was met by two gentlemen, who humanely had her con veyed to Whitechapel watchhouse for the sake of security, from thence she was brought before the Magistrate's, Messrs. Wyatt and Mathias, and on being placed before the table, exhibited She most pitiable spectacle that imagination c.:a depict. The following are the facts connected with this melancholy occurrence :—A gentleman of the name of Barnard stated, that on the previous night'he attended at the Watchhouse in the dis charge of . his duty as night constable. About ten-o'clock two gentlemen called upon him, and_told him that his att en d ance 'W as required in Essex-street, to secure a female, who was, to all ap-• pearance, insane; he immediately hastened thither, and found the young woman, then present, surrounded by several persons, whom, after she had broken several shop-windows, he secured, and brought to the watch-house. During the night her manner was so incoherent, as to convince him that she was iu an un sound state of mind. At intervals, however, she became rational, and accounted for her forlorn condition and mental uneasiness, by saying that her late master had, by compulsion, induced, her to commit perjury, remorse for which, on reflection, left her not a moment's peace of mind. Mr. Hales, a headborougb, corroborated the foregoing account, so far as related to the confession of the perjury, and her having perpetrated the offence through compulsion. A person named Hart, who stated himself to be a relation to the wretched girl, here stepped for Ward, and begged that the Ma gistrates Would permit him to explain as much as he knew of the cause of the calamity which led to her being brought before them. His request being acceded to, he went on to state, that the female, Eliza Levi, had lived for several years in the family of a Mr. Alex ander, a printer, carrying on business in Whitechapel-road, who had lately brought an action against the British Fire-office, for losses sustained in stock, &c., in consequence of an alleged acci dental fire that had occurred on his premises.. A few days since the cause came on for trial; and Elim Levi . being his principal witness, she underwent an examination. On being cross ques tioned by the opposing counsel, her confusion became so apparent, and her evidence so conflicting, that the Learned Judge who pre sided nonsuired Alexander, and the unjustifiable conduct of those who brought her forward was quite apparent to the Court. The disgraceful situation in which the deluded girl had been exhibited, preyed! most poignantly on her , Teelings, and in a short time her mind yielded to the bitter reflection of the crime she had been guilty of, and insanity was the consequence. Mr. WYATT—Is she of the Jewish persuasion ? Hart—She is, Sir, and adheres very strictly to its tenets. Mr. `Warr—Whatever creed she may belong to, her contrite feelings do her credit ; it is, perhaps, the best atonement she can offer. The act of perjury appears then to have beet - premeditated ? Hart—So she admits, and I have not a doubt but that she was urged to it by Alexander. Directions were then given that she should be removed to Whitechapel Workhouse, where all care and attention were desired to be paid to her, and positive orders were issued to the parish officers, " that no kind of communication, direct or indirect, should be permitted between her and Alexander." UNION-HALL —Lenny, the prize-fighter, was brought up on Saturday, charged with having assaulted a man named Cross, in a dreadful manner. After Lenny had waited nearly two hours in the office, the complainant not appearing, the warrant was discharged. MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL-MARCH 6. MONTHLY RETURN OF PATIENTS, from Feb. 1 to 28. In-Patients admitted by letters Ditto, Accidents 136 Out-Patients admitted by letters Ditto, Accidents --266 Total In-Patients discharged Remaining in the Ilospital 402 . 120 . 182 LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The demand for British Plantation Sugar has again been limited this week. The sales amount to only 800 hhds. ; prices remain without any alteration. Besides the above, 250 bags fine white Bengal Sugar were taken by' the grocers at 775. per cwt. In Fo reign Sugars and Molasses nothing has been done. 0 * market is getting bare of the ordinary descriptions of Jamaica Coffee, which being wanted by the grocers, brought an advance of 2s. to Bs. per eWt. at the public sale Wednesday last,' whilst the good and fine qualities were taken in at a reduction of 2s. per cwt.—.. Cocoa, Pimento, and Ginger, remain dull. In Rume little doing; prices remain steady. We have had a very steady demand for Cotton throughout the whole of the week, ' and as the late arrivals have been brought ad t it 6 t r. to sp. ; freely upon the market, a considerable business has been done, chiefly in American descriptions. The sales amount to 13,050 bags, consisting of 8,880 Bowed, at 6td. to ' 7 P. l —principally at 64-d. to 6i-d. for middling fair to fair; 1,200 Orleans, at 6id:' to 320 Sea Island, at 11 d. 8-41.—chiefly at 7d. to 70. for middling fair to good fain; 200 Atotolbiilde.at 9d. ; 450 Pernambueco, at to 10/d. ; 530 Maraham, at Bi-d. to 9-id. ; 430 Bahia, at 8 . to ad. ; 40 Mine Nova, at 8141 4 ... ; 860 Egyptian; at 70. to 81d.; and ; 15 Alabama,Stained 30 Carthagena, at sp. ;. 100 Surat, at 5141. to bid. The ar rivals are 25,797 bags. The demand for Tobacco has been animated during the week, both by the trade and on speculation. Stemmed may be con sidered rather higher.--A few lots American Cloverseed have been disposed of at 655. ; 15 tierces French at 595. to 60s. 6d., and 20 bags German at 625. to 6Ss. per cwt.—The sales in Flaxseed are SO hhds. American, (new) at 675. 6d. per bhd.—Tbe de mand for Ashes has been limited this week, and the market dull ; the sales are 250 brls. Canada Pot, at 255. ; 50 old, at 245. ; 59 (brand 1823) at 235. ; 50 Canada Pearl, at 265. to 265. 6d., principally at the former price ; 20 brls. U. S. Pot, at 265. 6d., and 5 brls. seconds, at 235. 6d. per cwt. Nothing done in Madders.—For Madder Roots the demand is very languid, those offered by auction yesterday were withdrawn from want of buyers.—Nothing worth notice has been done in Brimstone.-500 bags Saltpetre, have been disposed of at 265., DIED. On the 1I th inst., Margaret, wife of Mr. Francis Jolit, of Old Broad-street, in her 71st year. On the Bth inst., in King's Bench-walk, Temple, aged 72, Edward Steers, Esq. On the 9th inst., at Greenwich, John Pingo, E sq ., aged 89. On the llth inst., in Burton-crescent , Samuel Garnault, Esq., year nlan of his age.yyearsTeasurer to the New River Company, in theft& Printed. stud Published by M. YOUNG, at, the.. hia4-OpHos, No. 112, Stood. • but a few b a gs of very good have obtainedl2Be. per ewt.-110 tone Valonia have been sold at 1 , 7/. to 171.-10 c per ton. Imported, into Liverpool, from March 8: to March 9; inclusive, by one vessel from Calcutta, one Trinidad, four Demerara, one Nassau, 'six New 'York, seven Savannah, six Charleston, two New . Orleans, one Virginia, one Maranham, one Paraiba, one Smyrna, two Marseilles, one Alicant, five Sicily, one Leghorn, and one St. Michael's : East India Sugar, 2,746 bags ; Trinidad ditto, 33 hhds., 18 tees., 8 brls. ; Demerara ditto. 1,002 hhds., 12 tees., 63 brls. ; Molasses, 766 casks; Runs, 244 puns., 76 hhds. ; Coffee, 44 tees., 13 bags; East India Ginger, 250 bags; American Tar, 200 brls. ; Turpentine, 442 brls. ; Linseed, 150 bags ; East India Cotton, 656 bales ; West India ditto, 1,424 bales; New Orleans and Mobile ditto, 2,122 bales; rest United States ditto, 19,186 bales ; Brazil ditto, 2,409 hales ; Tobacco, 255 hhds. ; East India Rice, 1,125 bags ;' American ditto, 178 tierces, 11 half tierces ; Flour, 435 barrels ; States' Asbea, 23 barrels ; Shumac, 2,753 bags; Brimstone, 40 tons; Barilla, 110 bales; yellow Berries, 86 bales ; Madder, 412 casks ; Madder Roots, 501 bales; Saltpetre, 1,600 bags; Safflower, 15 bales; Flaxseed, 30 tierces ; Munjeet, 1,251 bundles ; Olive Oil, 8 casks; Logwood, 19 tons ; Fustic, 84 tons;, Nica ragua Wood, 12 tons ; Braziletto Wood, 12 tons ; LignumVitee, 66. tons ; Lac Dye, 13 boxes; Indigo, 21 chests; Cochineal, 21 scroll.; • Cream of Tartar, 17 casks ; Lime-juice, 25 casks;. Cow and Ox Hides, 1,263. • The advance demanded by the holders of rough Turpentine has this week been realised, 450 barrels good old having been sold at 13s. 10d. per cwt.; an oar. of 14s. for 2,700 barrels of similar quality has since been refused. The only sale of Tar is 100 barrels Carolina at 14s. 6d. per barrel ; Stockholm is want ed, but very little remains in the market. Rosin is demand at 7s. per cwt. The demand for Ashes continues very limited, and 255. is now the utmost that can be obtained for small parcels of new Montreal Pot, of which about 200 barrels .have been sold at this price, with 50 barrels, Brand 1825, at 245., and 50 barrels, Prand; 1624, at 235. ; the sales of Montreal Pearl are 50 barrels at 269.; to 265: 6d: • In States -Ashes the only business is 25 barrels New York Pot .at 265. 6d. per cwt. The transactions in Dyewoods and other Drysaltery Articles continue unimportint ; of Logwood, the sales are '35 tons Campeachy at 8/. '7s. 6d. to 8/. 12s. 6d. and 17 tons Hon duras and Jamaica mixed at 7/. ss, The only sale . of Nica ragua' W00d : 444, tons good solid at 201. per ton. A smell parcel of good Camivood has brought 17/. ; for Barweiod there is no In quiry. Quercitron. Bark meets a ready'sale, about 50 hogsheads hare been diiPOsed of - at 10.9. 6d. for very inferior, and 14s. for - fine • Philadelphia: 'in : rough'Brimston's 'nothing done. • A few wont: goof Silver Cochineal have been taken at 14s: 6d. t 0.145. 9d. per lb. duty paid, . In - Slurrnac the sales are trifling, 200 bags new Sicily at 11s; 6d.; b - bags - 11taligi at l ls. 6d. - and 30 bags Verona at Bs. is the only business done. A feitr'packages good Naples Red Algol have been.sold at 38s. per cwt. in White nothing done. Three hundred and ninety bales Turkey Madder Roots were offered yesterday by auction, 365. being the highest bidding,. they were withdrawn ; 14 baies Persian Yellow lierries, offered at the same time, were also withdrawn. There is a steady demand for Valonia. About 500 bags Saltpetre have been sold this week, principally of good quality, at 264. and 50 bags fine at 28s. per cwt. The only sale_ of Flax Seed_is_ 30 hogsheads New York for sowing at 675. 6d. per hogshead -; Clover Seed is in good reqnest, and the small supply of 'new - Seed enables the holders of old parcels to effect sales - at better prices; 15 tierces French Red at 595. to 60s. 6d. 20 tierces American at 635. to 655, .and 20 hags German at 625. to 635. per Cwt. (all old), are the sales of the week. The stock of the Olive Oil is now getting into very narrow compass lere ; the . Sales this week are 10 tuns Gallipoli at 47/. to 47/. 10s. and 5 tuns of Sicily at 44/. per tun. Pale - Rape Oil is inquired for, and 2s. 7d. to 2s. Bd. per gallon may now be obtained. Linseed steady. In Fish Oils the sales have been principally confined to Newfoundlind Cod' at 24/..105. to 24/. Iss. per ton. Straw-coloured Seal , -is also. inquired for at 26/. per tun. Palm Oil is in better request, and SO tuns sold at 271- 10e. per tun. 011 - of Turpentine steady at 621. to 64 per tun. The transactions in Hides have been confined to a - parcel of 500 salted,Monte Video Ox and Cow at 64d., and 300 dry salted prazil Ox and Cow at lid. per lb., with 1,400 salted New foundland Seal Skins, good weights at MI. each. The New Ca rolina Rice meets a ready sale ; -about 360 tierces-have been. sold at 225. to 235..; of E. I. the sales are only, 85 bags at 17s. 6d. to 18s. 6d. per cwt. The dCmand for Hemp is still very limited, and prices a trifle lower. Tallowis steady, with limited btisineti. COUNTRY. CORN _MARKETS DURING LAST WEIR. Wheat. Barley. t../..... Dem... I reit., I Per Quarter. s. to a. s. to a. s. to s. s. to s. s. to 6 . Andover.--. 50 60 30 38 28 30 C;arli.le 5B 40 40 --, Hexhain ,. 4B 60 37 43- -24 40 —, Morpeth 46 55 34 38 -24 31 46 50 Newcastle 49 59 38 42 24 36 48 54 50 54 Romsey. - 38 .42 29 38 45 50 50 54 Sunderland.-- i » 5 6 6 0 Winchester 55 38 _ _ _. ..... ... Per Bushel. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d, s. d. s. d. a. 4- Birminghara--,.. 80 84 60 66 56 60 74 84 00 00 Coventry . 7 0 74 56 63 50 60, 7 0 80 00 00 Newcastle (Staff) 94 96 66 70 56 60 90 10 0 00 00 Northallerton Penrith —....., 00 77 00 50 48 00 00 00 00 09 Stafford ~.... -. 90 9 6 7 6 8 0 6 0 7610 0 10 6 0 0 00 Warwick,- _ 70 78 56 • 59 50 60 70 80 00 00 Worcester 72 '7 9 5 2 6 3 4 8 568 11 9 0 9011 0 Per 8011. Barnardcastle— 11 0 16 610 0 11 0 70- 8 0 —,O 15 1 0 0 13 0 Darlington --- 13 9 16 0.10 6 110 70 10 012 0 136 00 130 I Durham ..-.4--- 13 0 15 . 0 9 9 10 7 0 9 010 0 12 0100 11 5tanh0pe.....,...,, 13 0 13 9 00 10 0 70 00 00 -0 0 0 0 00 5t0ekt0n..—........—..13 9 15 0 0.0 'OO 6 8 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Woltinghim „...... 13,0 14 9 10 . 6, 11 0, 7 0 96, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SCOTCH MARKETS_ EDINBURGH 'CH MA CORN M all sorts of to storm. 0 ILKETS. lARKET.—March 7. f Grain to-day, the roads being )at• is, 6d. and Wheat Is. higher. We had a shert supply of : almost blocked up by the late Beans le:. lower. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. Beans. First Second 3os &I 30s Od 29s 6d 28 s o d 288 od Third 2Bs Od 27s Od 27s Od 26.3 6d 26s 6d There were 654 bolls of W eat in market, which sold as under :- 10 at... 335. Od. I 90 at... 31s. 6d. I 164 at... 30s. Od. I 16 at... 28s. Od. 18 16 Gray, o.—Unsold, 0 ..--Average, 30s. 6d. 2.l2ths. PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &C. Beef, per 1b....,...-Os. ssl. to IN. 7d. Fresh Butter, per lb. Od. to Is. 2d. Mutt0n.......—.-- 0 6 0 8 Salt Ditto--............ 10 0 0 Veal— ..,, 0 8 010 Ditto, per ewt.......84a. 0 0 0 Pork _.-- 0 4 0 6 Eggs, per dozen o g 00 .. Lamb, per quarter 10 0 15 0 Oat Straw (kemp.) 0 0 17 0 Tallow, per lb.-- 0 0 0 0 \;'heat Ditt0....,,,,,, 0 0 3 , Quartern Loaf 0 7 0 9 Barley Ditto ---,13 0 14 u Potatoes, per 141 b. 0 6 0 0 Good Hay, per st. 010 011 EDINBURGH MEAI We had a small supply of Oatrnea Per Sack of 2601 b. Imp. First Oat Meal £ 2 Second ditto 2 Barleyrneal Peasemeal I MARKET. - March 6. I, which sold at last week's prices Per Stone of 111 b. Imp. Oatmeal .. . .................. . £o 2 10 Barleytneal Peasemeal 0 2 2 Pot Barley—No. 1, per cwt. 145.--1 GLASGOW CORN Wheat has advanced upon the dearer, but no alteration in Barley. V., neat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. d: British, old 3l 0 to 32 0 -- new 3O 0 32 0 Canada, free 3O 0 32 0 Irish 29 0 31 0 Barley, per 3201 b English 3l. 0 35 0 Scottish Irish.... 2BO 320 204.—Pari ditto 244. MARKET. — March , 7. • -- previous rates; Oats are also rather ' Oats, per 2641 b. s. d. s. d. Irish 280t0310 British — 0 0 Beans, per 2601 b English Scottish Pease, Scottish 27 0 29 0 Oatmeal, per 110Ib 23 0 24 (1 Figur, per 2801 b, HADDINGTON CORN MARKET. There was a small supply of all kinds of Grain. on the average than last week ; Oats were lower, one parcel each of Barley, Pease, and Beans. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. ' Beans, First - 42s Od -58 s - od' 5Ss Ild Second .. —a - 04 Third 578 Od --s Od 376 0d , —s Qd . ...,s 04 There were 101 q uarters of Wheat in .arket, whereof OS so d thus :- 17 at... 62:3. Od. I 28 at... 595. Od. 11 Od .12 at... 575. .I. 00 at ... 00,,, Od 24 - 0 10 Unsold-1 Grey €1..,,,.. Average, 2/. IQs. sd. 0-12th per quarter. —March 9. Wheat and thei pas higher was only MINING INTELLIGENCE. Tons. Cwt. Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Redruth last Thursday Average Produce Quantity of fine Copper 299 9 Amount of Sale, x:21,03010:. &I.—Average Standard, £lO3 12s. Od. BIRTHS. On the 10th inst., in tipperWiinpole-street, the lady of F. H. Mitchell, Esq., of a daughter. On the 9th inst., at Walthamstow, Airs. Muipratt, of a daughter. 15 0 13 0 16 0 19 0 I