The Sun. — London, England, 1827-01-11 00:00:00

red bat w orthy mod era ti on o f t em per.• • His 'note - is entirely free fro m any expressions d e mpnstrative of, or calcu lated to produce, angry feelin,gi. ~. • i• We must poistpone our general remarks on the whole subject, until another opportunity. )Lir e9s bi aid lail he sod By the 'proceedings on Tuesday at the Surrey Sea , Eons, it would seem that the Fetc.harn Murders are riot d ea d y e t —th e extravagant expenses incurred in Prosecuting two suspected characters have very justly becom e the subject of consideration, and the bill .of costs will no doubt form a very edifying document for the info rma tiCi n o f Country Gentlemen. It appears that four hundred pounds will not pay the piper, for not bringing the perpetrators of the late murder to justice. But the public wonder need not be excited at this amount, when some of the items are taken into consideration, the most Magnificent of which is a coach andfour; for police officers to travel through the count r y in quest of mendicant murderers ; really, thing s have come to a 'pretty pass, when the subOr, dinate officers of justice must have the equipage of JudgeSlO'eXecute. their business. Not less than 771. was charged for bringing forward witnesses in the.case, arid how the balance will'be' accounted for remains to be seen. One of the Magistrates expressed his de termination to resist 'the - payment . . of such enormous charges, and all agreed that tkeri::Wafi-ttip good reason for instituting a strict inquiry.' Ile same Magistrate mentioned one instance within hie -knowledge where an Union Hall Officer. had charged 801. :fbe. three days' e xpenses, in the case :of a', man who., Was indicted 'for murder. Twenty Pounds a day is worth riding for— but what shall we say for the conscience of the man who could charge it—and the . folly'of those who paid such monstrous imposition ?,—ls it not clear, that if an officer can get Twenty Pounds a day for looking after 4 murderer, the day of his apprehension will come u nexpected—and that it is his manifest interest to • play at the game of hide and seek as long as possible, --for should the culpritescape altOgether for the pre sent crime, it would be no loss to the Officer, whose i ndefatigable exertions are sheWri by the amount of his hill ! The officer has besides this additional consola tion, that the offender will come to book one day as sure aa th e fox returns to his earth—and with aggravated enorm ity, so that there will be more merit in appre hending him,' besides the prospect of double pay—a P ri mary consideration. It would be curious if the , stu n .which offenders cost the p u bli c wer e calculated . before t h ey • are finally brought' to justice, and how much the officers profit by each convicted felon. If they Were to profit by his depredations at the rate of twenty pounds a day; or even one pound, they would f i ve him plenty of li ne t o pl a y upon , an d l et hi m : revel' 14 a prize ox, till he could grow no more, when ihey Would consign him to the slaughter with - . as much Cool , Hess as a publican dismisses a bankrupt customer.' 13.4 t the, idea. of a police offieer dashing -through the Country in a coach and foUr after suspected felons, is re a lly ridiculous. One would suppose that the - thing was done to warn the culprit -- of his . danger; for rooks ‘ta , 2 not more,,alive to the smell:of pOwder than tiegular . rot,ihers. are awake to the. signi`Of tie times, Whin a four rattles along the road. We would not up posed to insinu a t e th at th ere is an underst an ding I in, these things between the pursuer and iliepiirstled, for Soule of th e officers are most active aid unimpeachable, bu t We have been assured that Other officers visit the flash houses t o inform suspected characters, by an understood !go, that they may be wanted,. and had better make t t l . l emselv es scarce. This is good Jockey Ship, for an ar ticle must increase in value in proportion to its scarcity, and the price of capture must be doubled, while the* Pleasures of the hunt are piolonged. Butio be serious, we know —indeed have felt--that the great trouble— waste of time and expense, attendant upon pro - Secuting ° Fenders, are enough to deter people from 'seeking kistice. We know several most respectable persons 1 1 0 have declined prosecutio n , entirely on this ac equnt. Men, however moral, do . not like to pay ' l )on e y out of pocket in addition to the loss already tlstained, merely to vindicate the cause of justice.— people might do something for revenge —but to pay out °f Pocket for the love of correcting the morals of a t h ie f , is no joke. Indeed, we know one gentle man , res iding six or seven miles from town, the mentio n of 1 i lv i h ose name would stamp his public virtue, but who, "fug been robbed to' the amount of about 601., 'Cued to. apply at a police-!9 . because a neigh -onr of his had to pay forty .pounds extra charges °,. officers who had sported a- coach and four looking aft officers some thieves in his • onii vicinity. Justice,- like t. (I, may be bought too dear, and thereby defeat its 'l eo t • If officers h ave th e hardihood to charge the tw tin ty of Sur r ey f ot i r h un dr e d pound's for looking after r° persons, wher e wou ld t h e i r conscience stop with the ttelke,etl:t°f individual 7 If the • officers are paid too their. wagesthemselves be s increased, but let..them not pay rinenalidetroediosteo histlie at- the expance.. of.' individuals,. for services public generally. - It . is enough for a a f t „ property without putting good money ; -bad. W e are really glad that the Surrey . Ma g'strates have been bit, as it will sharpen their acute tnhesossii correcting. an evil which presSes so severely on st who can least help themselVes As matters , stand et p rese, . • ProteCtiol lit the public have' only the show of for the reality —the - shad ow for the substance. , • 'n' T e e Government of ,M cannot b e so much distressed for Y"id, b as has been it is supp osed, -Madr A cons id era bl e sum has recently, een remittefrom M a d r id to Par iS , for the purpose t :of piying the dividends Un the loan of Guebbard. - • The claima of British- subjects on the' Spanish Government are beginning to attract much more attention than heretofore ; a • belief having arisen that our own Government, under the new circumstances of the Peninsula, will be more urgent in its demands for their adjustment. The total amount is not lees •, • than 2,000,000/. sterling, and "11 the claimants, with the excep ; lien of three or four persons, after so long a'delaY, would be glad •• to .' : compromise with the Spanish Government; and, from what We have heard, 103 in the pound would be eagerly taken. The . agent of the' claimants, (Mr. Simon Cock, who has left London for Paris within the last two or three days) wrote a letter to Mr. Canning, relative to the parties who object to receive less than the whole amount of their claims, and-to inquire whether, in the event of an arrangement being completed with the Spanish Corn . inissioners, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs would facilitate the adjustment by entering into a sub -agreement with such parties. Pi _. reply given by M r . C ann i ng i s not distinctly known, but it out 11.Delleveti t o b e extremely favourable, as Mr. Simon Cock' set i mmediately for . the French capital on hie obtaining it. Should Ferdinand be frightened into any such concession by the threats of the British Government, the question arises, how, in the present deplorable condition of the Spanish finances, he will be.enahled to Fq 'd te the claime?—Morning Chronicle. mimmit a THE FUNDS. CITY, (Tuts DAY), Twelve o' Clork. The ; British Securities have evinced a considerable degree of gloom this morning, arid although no important transaction's have taken place, or any intelligence been received by the regular course of post, which could have an effect on Consols, yet they are heavy; the fact is, that in the present state of the political horizon the price is considered, by the reasonable part of the community, as full high, and they are; therefore, unwilling to invest their money in the funds, and the•plenty of money in the City is conside;ed as the only cause of their continuing at the present rate ; the first priee of Consols was 'BOl for account, but they speedily went, to SOi I, at which sate they continue ; India Bonds are 45 '7; and Exchequer Bills, - 25 . 6 pm. The Foreign Fonda seem to sympa thise with the state of the English Market; Mexican and Colom. bian Bonds are both rather lower, the latter being 331 41, and the former, 641 . 5-1 ; Danish are a shade higher, being quoted at 59i 60. Shares are quite a dead letter, and nothing can be re ported favourably of them. Threeper Cent. Consols, ex.,div.;l9; Ditto for account, 801 1; India Bonds, 45 7 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 25 6 pm'. Fonatorc Fusns.--Brazilian, 62 3 ; Buenos Ayres, 59 61 ; Chilian; 37 8 ; Danish, 59i- 60 ; Colombian, 1824, ssi 44 ; Mexican, 5 per Cent., 53 4 ; Ditto, 6 per Cent., 64,1 5.1 ; Pe ruvian, 31 S ; Portuguese, '75 6 ; Greek, 16 17 ; Russian, 86 7 ; spApish, .13. 1 MlNEs.—AngloAlexiean, 27A 2A- die. ; United Mexican, Si 71 die. ; Tlalpuxahua,. 50 60 pm. ; Brazilian, par ; Bolivar, 3 4 pm. ; 171 IS pit. Share ; Potnii, '6O 2 per Share. o' Clo In the absence of real news a variety of reports have been 'in' circulation this ;morning in the City, of the sailing of two men' of war with-sealed orders, that more troops were ordered for Por.- tugal, that serious disturbances had broken out in Spain, and than was obliged to retire for safety to Parnpeluna. a Consols have not had any movement, and continue at 8O fur Account,. and, 7479 fur raonei; Greek Ronde are lower; and are 15i 11i.; Spanish, 13 ; in Shares, 13razils have fellenio 1 dis. par. THREE O' CL 0 CK. Consols for account, 80A., buyers. FOUR o'CLOCKr—CLOSING Consols ' - • Danish Bonds Do. for . Ac.. 803.::' Greek Do. 1825 Brazilian Bonds 62 Mexican Do. 1825, 65 Buenos Ayres Do. Peruvian Do. 32 Chilian Do. 371- Russian Do. 86 1 4 Columbian, 4824; - MI Spanish Do. _ s LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF .CHANCERY. —(THas DAY.) EX-PARTE BUSH.'' - -tl7 THE lIATTER OF CLENIENT, A SUPPOSED LUNATIC. Mr. Hain . appeared to oppose this petition, which was open ed by Mr. Hart yesterday. The petition was presented, he said, by a Mr. John Bush, and two others, relatives of Mr. Clement. —Mr. Clement was a gentleman of seventy-three years of age; the petition alleged imbecility on his part 'from old age, and incapability on that ground to manage his own affairs. The Learned Counsel thought ; that if such a petition was to be granted; no individual Would ever wish to attain to that period of life. He had often' had professionally to stand in the situation he now did, namely, to defend an old man from being the subject of a Commission, on alleged imbecility from age, and from certain motives on •the part of the petitioners; and he felt bound to say, that he had never considered any thing more cruel and im- . proper than to make such ran application from interested and un warrantable motives. It appeared, that in this very case, the pe titioner had wished to form a partnership, with Mr. Clement at the head of it, long subsequent to the period at which the circum stances brought -forward as the grounds of the imbecility took place. : His Loamitir here observed, that he considered it imperious on • Mr. John - Bush to' make an affidavit, explanatory of the. circum-. stances stated in Mn.--ohs.= Cletnent's affidavit against the petition, the latter one biluded'to•lifAlf. Heald forming nog immaterial one. Mr. Haar thought his-Lordship would have called for further . medical evidence, tinter• than that of-the parties interested.;- but the ►ffidavit "requiretTly , the Court should be furnished.. Friday next was then appointed for the matter to• be brought on again. . . . • WRIT OF N EXEAT-REGNO. GRANT V. LUIIO. . . , e . Mr. SHADWILL ap p lied x-parte' fora writ of Ne E.reat .pegno, toyestraip Sir Alexander Grant from leaving this Colin- , try for Amerien,-Kir which Plai.e he was about-to - embark from Portsmouth. .Thi.-4eht ;ought . to be first satisfied - arose upon eel.- ,twin bonds, and:. His LORDSHIP doubted his ability to grant such . an application upon a bond debt. would; however, W:t into the Papers. ,Mr. Sliadtvell h9uled them to the ourt. • ' • COURI OF KING'S BENCH—(This DAY). Before Mr,- Justice BAILZT, and a Special Jury. THE COPYRIGHT OF AUTHORS. The TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM v. PAINR and Foss‘ Mr. PaTTEsor opened the pleadings. . _ The Arroasxy QKNERAI. stated the'case.—This, be observed, was an action brought by the Trustees of the British Museum against the Defendants, who are booksellers, residing in Pall Mall, to recover the mil - of 143/. 121., being the amount of a penalty incurred by .them, for refusing to deliver a copy of the ninth number of a 'publication, called " The Flora Grteca," as re quired by the . Copy-right Act; before the passing of this Act in the Bth year of Queen Ann's reign, the right of authors in their works was uncertain, and as an encouragement to literature, the legislature; in their wisdom, thought proper to give the author an absolute right for 14 years, and a contingent right of 14 more, if he should survive the expiration of the first period,- in all works that he should publish. Asa compensation for this protection; the Legislature deemed it proper, that authors should make some compensation,_ by conferring on the State some homage or tribute, and they required - of them to send 9 copies efeVery publication to the Stationers' Hall to ` - be disposed of as follows :—One to be sent to the Faculty of AdVOCatem in Scotland, and one to each of the Univer:- sities of that kingdom`, makingin all five for Scotland; four for this country, viz„ 'one for Sion College, one for each of the two Univer shies, and "one for the King's Library, alias the British Museum. This Act pasiedafier the Union with Scotland,and why that nation, whiCh seldom lOses by their barg4ins, was considered to be entitled . to more copies than England, he did not-know, unless it-was on. account o f their 'siipnior lit erar y re p u t a ti on , or th e acc id en t o f having more L f niver - sities. After the Union with Ireland, the Le gitlature thought proper to extend the same privilege to that country and accordin g l y an a ct passed requiring 2 copies of every pubpub licati onto be sent to tl ia i ki ng d om, 'on for Trinity College, Dublin - and another for the King's Inns, thus making in all•eleven ; in fro tht passing of this Actil o wn t o t h e present p eriod , no complaint-ha s . been made of this e : ontribution being too heavy a tax on the - me- , ritorioid class - *of authors. The period of 14 , yeats not being deemed a' suffiZieileatiration of 'the Copyright, .an Act.wa.s pealed in 18144 coriferri q on the author-an absolute copyright for 28 Yearis - and a renet'al at the expiration of that period if lie should be.then : alive. It might be expect - EN:Lila - 4 for — thisexterisive - protection the Le gislature would require a proportionate increase of tribute from au thors ; but that was not the case, for though the period of the copy-right was doubled, the onus on the author, instead of being - multiplied, was alleviated; for before the passing of this last Act, the Statute reqUired 11 copies on the best paper, but since, only one of that description, and that,. for. the British Museum: The . Legislature has eitended its protection so far as to prevent the copy right of anEnglish author from being invaded either in Scotland or Ireland, and as it cannot prohibit the work from being published in foreign countries, it has prevented its importation with impunity.. But to come more immediately to the subject, the sth section of the Statute of 1814 requires, that if any book shall be published within the bills of mortality, the same shall be registered in the Stationers' Hall in one month after the publication ; and the publisher shall deliver eleven copies thereof, if demanded, for the purposes above specified. Another section impo ses a penalty of five pounds, and eleven times the price of the work, on the publisher, for refusing to comply with the previsions above-mentioned. The question which the Jury had to try was, whether or not the defendants had subjected themselves to this penalty; lie (the Attorney-General) would shew that the publication in question came within the meaning of the Statute, and he hoped the Jury would give a verdict which would have a tendency to secure, for the use of the public, copies, of publications which it might be otherwise difficult to obtain. Rev. Henry .Harvey Baber, examined by the Sot.tcrroa- Geste RA L-I am. one of . the librarians of the British Museum; I am - keeper of the printed books ; I ordered some numbers of the Flora Gresca. of the defendants, who were booksellers in Pall- Mall, in January, 1825, for the British Museum. The numbers which I ordered were 6,7, 8, and 9; they are published periodi cally in numbers ; I asked the price, and Mr. Foss answered, 12 guineas; I caw -the last part then published on a table in the shop; this reminded me of an order which I received to complete the work. • Mr. Foss told me that No. 10 would be out in Novembey. The defendants sent No. 9 according to my orders. They afterwards trot in a bill to the amount of it,.which wasl2 guineas. • j Cross-examined by Mr. ScARLETT,—In consequence of Sir Joseph Banks's will, the Museum became entitled to the: original part of this work ; I did not know that this 'work was given to subscribers only, for I got the numbers which I required on order ing them; I told the defendants. that I had an order to complete the works that were in progress When Sir Joseph Banks died; I cannot say that copies were published for sale as well as for Sub vribers. I do not know. who were the original publishers ; I do not know that the University of Oxford are the publishers. Re-examined by the SotactTon-Gxxxa4l.--4 was instkucted to apply for this work for the library of the British Muieum. The trustees refused to pay the bill. By the COURT—I communicated to the defendants, in March, the objections of the trustees. The, bill was subsequently Paid. • Edward Thompson, the Attorney for the plaintiffs, examined by Mr. GURNEY.—I gave notice to the defendanti that unleos they sent a copy of the work to the library of the - British Museum, I would commence legal proceedings against them. I searched the Stationers'-hall, and I could not discover that the work in question was entered there. . Robert Durham examined by Mr. GURNEY—I purchased some numbers of the " Flora GraTa," at..the shop of the defendants, for 12s. each-number, ready money; and was not a subscriber. Cross-examined by Mr. SCA RLETT-4 ptirehased then at trade price for the Taylorian . Institutiou; I do„ not believe that they had the original numbers. • . Mr. SCARLETT addressed the Jury for the defendants. He .said thSt the British Museum, instead - of being the promoters of literature in this instance, were taking steps to arrest its progress.. . The Learned Counsel here entered into - the history of the Statute of Queen Anne; which he said "did not reqnire of authors to register their works in the Stationers' Hall ; but, if fiey thought proper to have them registered, in that case they were obliged to . send copies to the public institu tions, otherwise they could not avail themselves' of the benefit of .the Act in case of piracy, that which, by the Statute of Ann, was ',Optional with the author, by the statute of 1814 was made peremp tory.. The 2d section says, - that every vOfurne of every Act, which, after the passing of this 'Act, shall be published, ; now, by the statute of 1814; this action muststand or fall ; and as the work in question was commenced in 1806, he contended that .it did not come within the purview of that statute, which refers only to books that should commence being published subsequently to 1814. The statute - of Anne did not "require a copy to be. sent to the British Museum, only to •the King's Library. Works of this kind did not come within the meaning of either Statute. The history of kwas this--41r. Sibthorpe, repius Pro-. fessor of Botany in the University of axford, died in 1796, having bequeathed his estate, amounting to 220/. a year, to the College, for the purpose of completing the - Flora Graven, which be had previpusly.designed, he directed that it should be published in ten _volumes folio, with 100 coloured plates in each, and that whatever remained of his estate, after completing this work, should go to the establishment of a botanical professorship, the executors found the work to be expensive, that they had not funds enough to complete st without subsCribers, and, accordingly, after exerting themselves to that effect, they succeeded in getting 26 subscribers, and pub lished the first number in 1826, the expenditure from that period up to 1825, amounted to 9251., the. amount of subscription, 3,482/. The expence being so enormous they resolved to pub lish oily three more than they had subscribers for even the Uni versity of Cambridge, which had tke . same right as the British Museum became a subscriber, and that of Oxford the publishers. Thi's was no answer to an Act of 'Parliament, but it was an answer to the propriety of the conduct' of the British Museum ; if they should be obliged to publish efeten more, it would be im possible to do it out of the estate, and the Botanic Professorship would perish. Could this be called encouragement of literature? Independently of all these objections, he would show that the de fendants were not the publishers ; he would show that their duty was only to serve them out to the subscribers. The • University of Oxford and the executors of 'Dr.'Sibthorp were the publishers. The Learned CounseVconcluded an elaborate ad dress, by calling on the Jury to gave a'Verdict for defendants. The following witnesses were then called:— John White, examined by Mr. PLATT—I carried on the busi • nese of bookseller in Fleet-st., in 1806. -The " Flora Grano" was first delivered in my shop ; that now prOdueed is the first number, faseiculus ; .it was brought forwrird by -the subscribers who published the work ; subscribers, names were collecting about a `year ago.; I gave it to none but 'subscribers ; I had no - trade profit for deliiering them ; but I was allowed a commission for eollecting the subscriptions. "There Were three numbers deliver ed at my house; the third number was delivered in 1813 ; 'swo fasciculi make one Volume. • • - ' :Crops-examined by Mr. ScanLETT.-The introduction is in. tatin ; it relates to - Abe whole.4 - oric, not' to each particular number. .:Thomas Platt examined by Mr. ACARLETT,.--LI am one of the executors. named in Dr. Sibthorp's:Will ; this work is published according to the directions contained in that will ; Mr. Hawkins is another.executor; the estate is at present in the 'hands of the University of. Oxford; I receive the rents on account of the Uni ,versty; they average.92o/. a-year ; there are no other fundsbut :this, and the subscriptions to defray. the expences of the 'pnblica tion ; there are 26. subscribera; a copy is given to the editor, Sir J. E. Smith, President of the Linnaean Society, who is named by the executors ; I pay the whole of the expences : The defendants paid no part except putting it into hoards ; they paid neither printer, colourist, nor any artist whatsoever ; the work is neither under their authority, nor control, nor for their benefit, except that they are allowed a commission of .ten per cent. ; there were only one volume and a half or three fasciculi published before the passing of this Act ; the expense of publishing the entire work was about 800/. the amount of the subscriptions was about, ,663/. the expence of the last fasciculus, was 640/. ; the two Universities are subscribers, as are also the two executors, several subscribers have failed, I do not think that the work will be completed within my lifetime. This was the case for the defendant. — Mr. Justice BAILEY obServed, that in his opinion, the defend ants were the publishers within the meaning of the act, but that the act did not give a right to the British Museum, or any of the other public bodies, to claim a copy of a work that commenced, and was in progress before the passing of the act. The Attorney General might take the sense of the Jury on it if he pleased. Afar some desultory observations between the Court, the At torney-General and Mr. Scarlett, Mr. Justice BayLEY told the Jury, that in law the defendants were entitled to their verdict, which the Jury gave accordingly. . The ATTORNEY-GENERAL took exceptions. The points re served for,the opinion of the Judges pre whether the defendants are publishers, and whether each volume of the work consti tutes a book within the meaning of the statute. MILITARY ARRANGEMENTS. It is confidently said in the military circled, that the following are the arrangements about to be made: — It is not yet settled who is to be Commander-id-Chief, but it is generally supposed that the Duke of Wellington will be appointed. His Royal Highness the_Duke of . Cambridge is, it is under stood, to be appointed from the 21 or Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, of which he is at present Colonel, to the Coloneley of the Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, vacant by the 'death of his lamented brother. • His Royal nighties. the Duke of Olnueester to be appointed from the 3d Regiment of Foot Guards, of which he is at present Colonel, to the Colonelcy of 'the 2d or Coldstream Regiment of Foot'Guards, in the room of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, appointed to the Grenitdier Guards. The Marquis of Huntly to lieappainted from the Ist Regiment of Foot, or Royals, of which he is at present at the head, to the Colonelcy of the 3d Regiment of Foot Guards, in the room of. his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, ' appointed to the Coldstream. The Earl of Dalhousie to be appointed from the 26th Regiment of Foot, or • Cameronians, of which he is now Colonel, to the Coloriency of the Ist, or Royals; in the room of the Marquis of Huntly, appointed to the 3d Guards. • Sir Archibald Campbell, at present •in India, and who com mended the British troops in the late Burmese war, to he ap-: pointed to the Colonelcy of the 266 Regiment of Foot, in the room of the Earl of Dalhousie, appointed to the Royals. The 60th Regiment of Foot, of which the de -eased Duke was also Colonel, and the Staflof which is enormously extensive, the regiment having had nine battalions at the close of the late war, it is said, is to be formed into two distinct regiments, and the Staff, as at present existing, to be broken up.— Times. MERCHIESTON CURLING CLUB.—The ice on Friday was in admirable order, and the Merchieston Club, which, we are'told, reckons itself inferior to none in the manly and to play for their annual na tional game of curling, muste:ehderes.ttrhoengglayme,was medal. Merchieston pond, played, was co vered with spectators, who took great interest in the contest, which, owing to the e qually-balanced skill of some of the players, was long and doubtful. It was ultimately gained, however, by Mr. J. T. Sommerville, of Drylaw Mains, a player from the Upper Ward, who recently joined the club. The members after wards spent the evening at the White Hart, Grassmarket—as such evenings are spent by curlers-in the most unbounded good humOui and glee.—Edinburgh FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. WINDS9I2, JAN. 10.—Xesterday 'foremion 'his Royal Highness the Did e of Clarence ' arrived at , the Royal Lodge, on a visit of condolence - to his KA- . JESTY. The visit of 'his Royal HighneSs Was, daily expected ; but, no doubt, was protracted, from his Royal Highness's feelings, as well as those of his MA.. JESTY, upon the late melancholy event. His Royal Highness had a long interview with hiS: - MAJigstv•; after which he took leave, and left the Royal Lodge; for his.residence in Bushy Park. His MAJESTY has not left the Royal Lodge since. his last visit to his late lamented Royal - Brother,- - the Duke of York ; nor has lie received, since this me lancholy event; any visitors, except the tail of Liver- . pool, and their Royal Highnesses the-Duke-of Clarence and Duchess of Gloticester. • DOVER, JAN. 10.—Sailed for Calais, the reign steam packet, Captain Hayward, with his Excellency the Prince Polignac. It has blown hard to-day froM the westward, and the packets from Calais were obliged to' bear away for the Downs. With respect to the Duke of Sussex beingking of England and Hanover, it is not improbable that his son, Colonel D'Este, might succeed him at Hanover, in case of death; as : the marriage of his Royal Highness is valid in Germany though .not in Engiano.--- 7 publin Morning Register. -The sons of the late Benjamin West, President of the Royal Academy, have petitioned the American House of Re presentatives, praying that Congress will purchase the works : of their late father. Demetrius Bozzaris,.the son of the celebrated.Alareo Bonaris, a lad -11 years of age, has arrived at Corfu. The. Ba varian Colonel' Heidegger, who is now in Greece,• -tends him to his MajestythP - Xing . of Bavaria; who will cause him to edu-. cated with the greatest care.— German Paper. We understand that Mr. Hood, the talented au thor of " Whims and Oddities," has now in the press a series of Tales, which are said to be of such rare merit, that in variety of incident, humour and pathos, the reader is reminded of the heal things in Le Sage. They are to be accompanied with illus trations. When, in 1791, the British lay before.the fort 'of Gooty, in the East Indies, it was pronounced at the deliberation of a military council, as it looks, impregnable. This report was delivered to Major Gowdie, commanding. He bluntly replied,, " I have got the order in my pocket to take it ;" and on the morrow he assaulted and carried it.. The Jury Court is not a universal favourite in Edin burgh, and though the Lord Chief Commissioner Adam, is highly respected by all who know him, the party op posed to him in politics say, that the Court was establish ed for his sake, and have the following standing jokes 'on the subject : Q.--Why is the Jury Court like the Garden of Eden ? A. —Beranse it was made to put Adam into it. Q.—Why is it not like the Garden of Eden ? A.— . -Because you cannot get Adam out of it. " If your husband bean ass," said Lord Halifax to his daughter, " do you take care that he is nobody's ass but yours." THEATRICALS.—MiSS Cawse's dress was set on fire by the lamps last Friday, as she was performing in the White Maid, but she was not hurt.—Pasta appears in April..BriOton Paper. LORD NORB IJRY'S LAST.--Lord Norbury was asked, the other day, if he knew Mr. Hayes, one of the principals in the late fatal duel. " Why ! yes!" said his Lordship, " but I thought he was an attorney, and it appears he is only a Brie layer." ETHERIAL CAKES.—At this season, when cakes are so much in requisition, the public will doubtless be gratified to learn of the likelihood of the appearance, in modern times, of an entire new species, resembling the manner of old, and even, in this reputable land of cakes, threatening to throw all. others at once into an•oblivious - shade. A Fife Millie, in reading the.news papers the other day, gravely asked an acquaintance. if. the portable gas is made up in cakes !—Fife Herald. • • CALEDONIAN. THEATRE.--A squabble took place at this theatre a few nights since, in consectnenee of some asper siOns cast upon Mr. _Ryder the manager. - This - gentleman re plied to the attacks' made on him by a Critic, Who signs himself " Acria," in the Edinburgh . 01iseruer, bye 'speneh (intended, we suppose as an agreeable addition to the evening's entertainments) delivered in fullcostume - On the stage. - The scene must have been wondrously entertaining, not to say instructive. ••• BIRTH, PARENTAGE, AND EDUCATION OF A )300K.,—1t may, perhaps, not ,be known to the .. generaltty of readers, that the following 22 occupations are engaged to pio lure a single book :—The author, the designer, the 1-4 -merchant; the paper-maker, the stationer, the type-founder, the press-maker, the ink-maker, the roller-maker, the chase-maker, the reader, the compositor, the pressman, the gatherer, the folder,.the stitcher, the leather-seller, the binder, the coppersmith, the engraver, the copper-plate printer, and the bookseller ! - -- -I ANDEL, w ho was one of the greatest gluttons of the age, frequently ordered a dinner at a tavern for_ five, when only himself was to partake of it. Having once ate so immode rately as to be nearly deprived of all power of respiration, a Phy sician, a friend of his, was called in, who, hoping to alarm him out of his beastly custom, directly told him he . was a dead man. " Are there no hopes ?" said Handel. " None,", replied the friend. " Say you so ?" rejoined the other ; " then I'll make the most of my time," and immediately devoured the remainder of the dish with a voraciousness that must haye killed any other man in the world but himself. DISPATCH.—A pensioner from the neighbour hood of Monea came to our market on Thursday, having-Only buried his wife eight days previous: he met a. young woman in the street, to whom be never spoke before, and addressed-her as follows:—" My dear, I have a neat little farm and two cows, with well furnished house, and all I require to make me happy is a wife. I have fell in love with you to-day—if you consent to be my wife, you will live comfortably, and I will pay the rent of the farm with my pension. Will you have me now or never 9" The young woman hesitated a few moments, and .after reflecting on the consequence of refusal, replied— Yes. The happy pair drove off, were married, and went home the same day.—Ennis killen Reporter. IRISH WIT.—A traveller on horseback,, meeting a Spalpeen, asked him, " Am I half-Way to town ?" " Plase yer wiirtchip !" said the boy, " do I-know where you come from?" ----. Two gentlemen having,lyagered upon the number of characteristic specimens of native brilliancy they ►hould encounter in a rural excursion, one of them dm* addressed a stoneLbreaker on the road :—" My good fellow !-- were the-devil to come now,- which of us two would he carry away ?" After a little hesitation, that savoured of unexpected dulness, the man, modestly lifting his eyes from-his work, answered, 4 '111e,. Sir." Annoyed hy the stolidity of this reply, the wrist pressed him for a reason. Because, yer honour !he would be glad of the op portunity, to catch myself—he could have you at any timer , AL . CONRY.—This gay and elegant sport, in for mer days the favourite amusement of the kings and nobles of our land, has long been known to us but by hearsay, or by such a powerfully descriptive pen as that of the author of the Tales of_ the. Crusaders. We are happy to be enabled to state; that Air. Baird of Newbyth means to bring his hawks to this country, at the time when the Lothian fox-hounds return, and that he will fly them on the . ntermediate days. We shall thus have the itieatis of . enjoying personally a sport which must have raised bright visions of pleasure in the minds of many. We would give a warning, that as these hawks are sometimes lost, they are apt to be shot unless attention Is paid to the belle at their feet, which easily dis tinguish them from wild birds. As Mr. Baird flies his hawks at crows only, the game in the country is not disturbed by thein in any way.—Kelso Mail. QUICK COURTSIIIP.—A gentleman who resides in Manchester, had paid his addresses to a young lady from Liver pool, and came to town on Saturday week, for the purpose of making' preparations for the approaching nuptials._ In the course of the day he entered a glover's shop, to purchase gloves for the wed ding. A young lady was behind the counter. She smiled, as female shopkeepers generally do, when they observe the face of a male customer. The gloves were soon displayed on the counter, and the fair one proceeded to fit a pair on the hand of her new customer. The gentleman first looked at the lady, then at the gloves, and again at the lady. His eye brightened, his bosoui heaved, a sigh escaped. In another moment the poor gentleman was desperately, incurably in love. He forgot her whom he had come hither to marry, and became a faithless lover. He instantly offered his hand to the fair glover. She just hesitated -one mo ment, as ladies generally hesitate when placed in such singular circumstances, and, blushingly, yielded to his soft seduction.-- On Monday last the parties were married, and drove out of town, attended by a splendid cavalcade, to the residence of the _hot and fiery inamorata.—Liverpool Albion. - - OLD BAILEY.—(Ttus ...OLD COURT. . These "Sessions commenced this morning before the Right 'l4On: the Lord Mayor, the Rec. Order, Common Sergeant, Mr. 'Se'rgeant Arabin, the Sheriffs, and several Aldermen. I n (pence of the lamented death of hii Royal: Highness the Duke of York, - they severally appeared in black cloth robes. and weepers. The Learned. Judges in, attendance were,. the Lord Chief Baron Alexander, Mr. Baron Bullock, and Mr. Justice Burrough ; they also wore black robes and .searfs. _ _ _ The offences with which the prisoners stand charged, are for-- Cutting and Maiming; I ; burglary, 14 ; highway robbery, 6 ; sheep-stealing, 1 ; horse-stealing, 2 ; cattle-stealing, I ; em bezzling, 5 ; stealing from the person, 13 ; stealing in the dwel ling-house, 15 ; receiving stolen goods; 5 ; selling counterfeit coin, 2 ; fraud, 1 ; laicenies,.lso.—Total, 216. - Forty-four of this number are female's. The number of offences charged to have been committed in the City are S 6, and the re maining 180 are charged to have been committed in the county of Middlesex. . . Before m r . rtanit,AuLLocic. ROBBERY AT THE kARL OF BELFAST'S. • Honor Baldwyn, an interesting female, respectably dressed in black, and,having an infant'in her arms, was put to the bar, charged with stealing in the dwelling-house of the Earl of Belfast a writing desk, and other articles his property, veined at 10/. The Earl of Belfast, on the 18th of Dec. last, missed from out of 'the library in his house in Pall-mall, a writing-desk ;he saw it next day, it was then open, the lock bad beeri broken. The contents of the desk were various ; there was-a watch among them. The house steward of. his Lordship was desired , by his master to go to a Police-office for an .officer. He saw the desk on the step of the door of • his Lordship's house, on the evening of the robbery ; the door hell rang, and, on witness going to the door, be saw a man whom he asked 'if he had seen any one at the door? Ile said, a wo . ' man; witness soon., after overtook the woman (she was the prisoner), and charged her with leaving the desk at the door, which she denied; witness took her to his Lordship's resi dence, and, in presence,of Lady Belfast, she stated that she went down the area steps to ask one of the servants for the loan of Qs., seeing no person there, she took the desk, and was let out of the - house by the hall porter ; she also confessed to the fact of having pledged the watch for Ms. • , Ann Owen deposed, that on the evening of the robberptitt prisoner requested to see her; witness went to her lodgings in Orchard -street: • The prisoner produced the desk, and said that she found it; witness afterwards went to her uncle's and had the desk broken open, and by the prisoner's desire pledged the watch. The pawnbroker's assistant deposed to having. taken the watch in pledge on the 18th of 'December. The prisoner, in defence, said, with tears in her eyes, that she was in extreme distress ; her husband was out of employ ; her children starving ; she went into the house with the intention of borrowing two shillings, to buy her children some bread; the doors being all open, the temptation was too great, and she WU in duced to commit the crime solely with a view to relieve her starr ing family. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty of stealing to the value of 40s. in a dwelling-house; but strongly recommended the pri rnier to mercy. Earl Bensi also begged to join in * this recommendation. NEW COURT.--(Tms DAY.) Richard Richards was indicted for stealing an umbrella. value two shillings, the property of Mr. John Harvey, an attorney. It appeared in evidence, that for some time past, an immense number of umbrellas have been stolen from the different Courts of Justice in the metropolis, by persons who are constantly on the watch to carry them off as they are put down. On the ll th of hist month, as Baker, a patrol, was on duty in the Vice Chancel lor's Court, he observed the prisoner, after leaving the Court, run across Lincoln's-inn Fields, with an umbrella under his arm. Witness suspecting all was not right, took him into custody, and on searching his person, there were found -no leas than forty du plicates of parasols and umbrellas.—Verdict Guilty: seven years transportation. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS--(Tats DAY. The Court was occupied this morning in bonen parish appeals, none of which possessed any inter( et. EXECUTION OF BURT, AT HORSHAM, FOR MURDER . Burt took leave of his wile con Monday morning, and appeared greatly affected. His behaviniw since his condemnation has been serious, and he appeared deeply impressed with his awful situa tion. -At ten minutes before twelve o'clock, the unfortunate man Was conducted to the scaffold by the persons belonging to the pi -ism', attended by the Rev. Tilr.‘Witherhy, the. Chaplain of the gaol. He then advanced to the- front of the railing, and ad dressed the people to the following effect :—" My friends, I hope you'll take warning from me, and let not your passions get the better of your reason, as mine has done. I own my fault, and am ready and prepared to die, and I hope the Lord stands ready to receive my soul." The last preparations having been made, the drop fell from beneath his feet, and he was launched into eternity. The following letter was sent by Burt to his wife, on Saturday, the day after his condemnation : Horsham, the 6th day of January, A.D. 1827. _ _ _ Air. DEAR WIFE,--4 have now sent you my last. letter that ever you will receive from me. I hope you are in good health and happy in your mind—as lam myself at present much happier than what any person would suppose. I seem not to fear, aor to . dread death. '1 comfort myself by saying in mine beast I shall probably in a few hours have the pleasure of seeing my own dear little baby and your two sisters. Ido not make the least doubt y se hatred m e but what the Lord will make me amends for all my troubles and great losses which I have had in this world. Ido not mean to say that I would chose this diagraceful death rather than life, if I were to have my choice. My dear Harriett, lam very sorry that your poor to p 0 n y . . , n o . e 4 u r your , 0. mind i unfortu nate rt u ...you did not come in to shake hands and bid me farewell. Let towards each other. Remember, the time will come, when you a ar r , ing t7 . co a I m i c e , , , if n r p o h s a s v i bilnee, any amned preva i l " Il i i s will die as well as me, and perhaps when you are on S t l i • e i p th ar your t yo, Ah m ou y t !le e be causen . t e husband, t,lsib death-led , (alni dd, n n‘tv it h se hna mayke you b h e a n a ndaa g d r i e v a ii gr e at tt h.in trouble y nai: do ing. IT - you can reach Horsham gaol before twelve o'clock on Monday—after that time is past, if you would give ter thousand worlds, it would slot be granted unto you. If you should come only one minute before I die, I shall be wry glad to embrace the pleasure of seeing once more her ;Am u m y h eart dearly loveth. I willingly, with all my }wail ' , f org i ve you and your mother, likewise all other persons whq have in any way tried to persuade you to never have made on matters—to be reconciled —and to have lived with me again. Pray come and see me be fore I die. • Farewell * farewell, farewell, . lgy dear and precious wife, . WILLIAM BURT. i .! . &Ws wife saw him in the morning previous to his execution; she shook hands with him, and they heartily forgave each other. They. were both mach affected.—Brighton Paper. "' The letters in italics were erased by Burt, and chew therefore the collected' state of his mind when he wrote. HAY ( . :t ly p. 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( E: n l e C e N E WCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JAN. 8.---The tolling of St. Ni cholas's hell, at eight o'clock this morning, announced the demise of his Royal Highness the Duke of York—an event for which we had some time been prepared. For several days past, the Right Worshipful the Mayor of the town, Archibald Reed, Esq. had,. through the courtesy of the post 7 master, received his letters and papers an hour or two before the general delivery, which enabled him to communicate promptly the distressing intelligence. Tin . ships in th e h ar b our h o i s t e d th e ir colours in mourning etiquette , and the grea t fl ag u p on th e old Castle waved half-staff high .— By command of the Mayor, the guild assembly which was to have taken.idace on Monday next, the 15 th instant, has bee. postponed. The theatre and several great shops have been closed. Thy Nlayor and Sheriff have intimated their intention of declining a l invitations till the royal obsequies are over. lt is more tliai probable that the day fixed for the i nterment of his Royal Hi g i _ ess the Duke of York will he observed with great solemnity ge,