The Sun. — London, England, 1827-07-05 00:00:00

SPIRIT or THE PUBLIC JOURNALS It will be seen that a Protest has been signed by a round dozen of Peers, against the Bill which has just passed in Parliament, for letting out, under a fixed scale of duties, the foreign corn which may have been warehoused by the Ist instant. It is not for us to discuss the act of these eminent and illustrious persons, of what Lord Grey would call " the order," or what might, perhaps, with more propriety, be denomi nated " the caste,"—the caste par preference. We may, however, venture to defend the late Bill against all attacks,- from whatever quarter, or under whatever form. It is very odd, and very absurd, that the old Corn Bill should now be defended in any writing or conversation, or by any class of men whatever, when not only does there exist against it the east body of op position by which it was always impugned, but when even its authors, and with them all rational men, give it up as untenable, and inapplicable to the present state of the country. What, in fact, can be more wild and extravagant than a law - which continues to prohibit the introduction of foreign wheat till the home-market shall mount to above 80s., when that market has not, in truth, for years approached to that sum, and when the people are starving, with wheat at 605.? What do the land-owners mean by all their blusters, ithat they would shed the last drop of their blood, and spend their last guinea, in the late holy war, when, instead of now sustaining the burden of the debt which they, and they chiefly, were instrumental in contracting through the war, they would drain the last drop of other people's blood to maintain them in their pristine Mate, and leave the burden to crush those on whom it may alight ? It is, however, clear, that both bread and butcher's meat are much dearer to the consumer than the price of corn and cattle will justify ; and the agriculturists will expend their talents, and employ their time, much more usefully in the investigation and cure of these evils, than in foolish and wicked at tempts to circumscribe the bounty of Providence. Wheat is low, it is argued ; there can therefore be no deficiency in the produce, and no need to introduce a large quantity of that wkich is bonded into the market. But if wheat be low, is not the iirpost upon the introduction of bonded wheat high in proportion ? For every single Is. that the price of native wheat sinks below 625., does not the tax upon bonded wheat, on its in troduction into the market, increase in a two fold ratio ? It is mere chicane and trick to say that any portion of bonded wheat was imported at prices lower by one-half than those which were obtained at the same time by the growers of wheat at home ; for, in the first place, the price of sale is no sure test of the cost of production ; and the fact, if it were such, that British corn-growers obtained at any time twice as much for their article as those of other countries, only proves that the former obtained too much. But, in reality, the observation leaves out the important circumstance, that the original purchase-money of foreign grain constitutes but a small portion of its cost to the importer and salesman, and would insi nuate that which is untrue—namely, that there are no evalizing duties. The Bill, therefore, which has passed Parliament with the general approbation, as the best remedy which could be devised on the occasion for the evils to which the people of this country were ex posed,will, we have no doubt, maintain its reputation in the country, now that it comes forward and is to be applied. Those who would send it out with,a bad character will find the intended mischief recoil on themselves. — Triers. ves.— The union of legal knowledge with the saga city which ought to be possessed by the .Legi slator, is seldom to be found on the Bench GI this country ; where, however, the Judges are as much the makers as the interpreters of the law. One Judge was, indeed, distinguished for good sense and liberality, and did much to improve the law ; but that Judge, from political consi derations, was extremely unpopular in his own day, and is hardly yet a favourite with the pub lic—we mean Lord Mansfield. The black-letter men held Lord Mansfield in particular abhor rence, as did all bigots, and all admirers of usages without any other merit than that of their ambiguity to reccommend them. But Lord Mansfield was not a mere lawyer. Pope tells us that the sages of the law shook their heads at Murray as a wit, and Warburton and other emi nent men of his day were frequent guests at his table. This occasionally travelling out of his own profession liberalised his mind, and pre served him from falling into such absurdities as were gravely uttered by Lord Kenyon, respect ing forestalling and Tegrating ; or confounding.; as Lord Eldon did in his judgments respect ing Joint Stock Companies, the driving compe titors out of the field, by being enabled to fur nish commodities cheaper, with the driving them out of the field by means of the monopolies a gainst which ' our forefathers contended, the e fre,q of which was to increase the price of com modiiiies. Mansfield endeavoured to give con fidence to merchants and traders, by placing the law as snitch as possible in harmony with the usages of men of business. His decisions in matters of insurance, in particular, are often al luded to by merchants with warm approbation. On the other hand, merchants, and men of busi ness generally, seem to conceive that most of the present race of Judges have some twist in their understandings which prevents the dictates of common sense from ever finding admission into t hem. The City has been thrown into commo tion ( if we may use so stron g a term), bv a re cent decision of the Court of Common Pleas Foreign Loans ; and more par ticularly pal ticularly by a doubt thrown out by the pre siding Judge respecting the legality of lend ing money to any Foreign Power. If Judges are to follow oli:t their own fanciful anald. gies, instead of attending to the practices of mer chants and traders, they may throw a whole com munity into confusion. The usages of the com mercial world ought alway s t o be attended to, in judging of commercial transactions. One of the principles of law which it is of the greatest Un portance to hold violate is the giving effect to contracts, according to the intentions of parties at the time of entering into them ; and th e un derstood customs of men w ho deal in loans ought necessarily to be taken into account when decid ing with respect to loan transactions. In many countries, it has been deemed expedient to with draw commercial transactions altogether from the civil tribunal-s, from the confusion created by the inference of lawyers with affairs of trade. In Count Verri's valuable Economical History of the Milanese—a country which still fills Jnglish travellers with astonishment, from the proofs . of cultivation with which it a bounds--we are t o ld that one of the chief causes of its decay, ater falling under the Spanish yoke, was the destrie tion of the Commercial Tribunals and the in fluence obtained by lawyers. " The prosperity of our internal commerce," says Count " may he easily accounted- for when our old laws are examined —I mean the old Statutes of Milan, printed ;n 1480. We see them excluding from the Assembly of Merchants the cavilling of Lawyers ; and to pre serve in vigour the simple and summary Consular jurisdiction, no appeal lay from the Consular juris diction to any other Judge :—Nullus possit se intro mittere, nec in ea procedere, nec aliquid agere, nec ab interlocutoria eorum consulum valeat aliquo modo ad alium Judicem appellari. Nullus debitor vel fidejussor alicujus ex causis antedictis, vel ex pretio alicujus rei emptai, vet venditze in civitate vel dis trictu Mediolani possit recusare judicium dictorurn consulum vel se ab eis appellare. These laws, in all that concerns the good faith of contracts, the le ality of commerce, the quickness in giving judg ments, and the protection of indu. , ,try, breathe in every part, in a barbarous Latin, the wisdom of an enlightened Legislator." The picture which Count Verri gives of the system introduced by the Spa niards, and which ruined for a time these fine pro vinces, would seem drawn from the Court of Chan cery under Lord Eldon. We wish, however, we could say that the evil was confined to the Court of Chancery.--Morning Chronicle. We were not at all sorry to see Mr. Brougham, the other day, fall foul of the Magistrates on ac count of the alleged treatment of his coachman by some of the police-officers at the Lord High Admiral's rout ; though it must be confessed that the affair placed both parties in a somewhat ludicrous position. Mr. Brougham.in office is no longer Mr. Brougham of Palace-yard or the hustings ; and of course all carriages and police officers should give way to a t , patent of prece dence." On the other hand, we are glad to see a man of Mr. Brougham's spirit and conse quence interfering with the excessive humbug importance of these police gentlemen and their constables ; the latter of whom are, nine times in ten, a positive abuse instead of convenience, owing to their ignorance of their duty, and the almost moral certainty there is of their miscon duct, however gross, being justified by their em ployers. Considering the enormous expence which it incurs, there is probably nothing so de fective as the police of London and Westmin ster. The expence is included under so many heads, that the public in general have no know ledge or suspicion of its amount. The police offices alone cost, we believe, something like 30,000/. per annum. At these the attendance is frequently irregular, and the treatment such as it requires tolerable nerve to stand. The tax levied by the police-officers themselves is pro bably 10,0001. a year more. Then come the costs of prosecution, which, under their va rious heads, are not less, we should imagine, than 50,000/. more. Then the gaols, the house hold troops, &c. ; while in this calculation the City is altogether excluded. So that probably, were half a million :;et down as the charge to the public on this head, it would not be much, if at all, overrated. Now, if this be so, surely those who contribute to pay this charge (and there is not a man who buys an ounce of tobacco who does not) are entitled, at least, to protection in their persons and property, and, at any rate, to decent and attentive conduct, as well from Police Magistrates as their underlings. It is upon this latter point that Mr. Brougham seems to be at issue with them both ; and we trust he will fol low up the matter. Probably, as far as the mere question between the Learned Gentleman's coachman and the thief-taker goes, there may not be many pins to choose between them. But that is not the question here. The principle of " first come, first served," ought to prevail at Police Offices as well as elsewhere ; but here, when the ' coachman complains against the officer, no redress, or even step towards redress, is to be obtained ; but ' as soon as the parties change places, and the imma culate policeman becomes the complainant, justice is ready enough to lend its aid in support of its own myrmidons. This, we hope, is what the Learned far Winehpliu.. -p-at -whh. - - Of course it would not be a matter worth bringing be fore Parliament, were it sitting, and therefore it cannot be true that it was a petition from his coach man whirl, the Learned Gentleman held in his hand on Monday, ready to present, could the Speaker have made a House. But what we trust is, that as the Seals of the Home Office are about to fall into Whig hands, the better regulation of the Police will not be lost sight of.—Morning Herald. There was one change consequent on the late reconstruction of the Cabinet, which every sound hearted Englishman hailed with satisfaction, and of which the most virulent opponents of the Ministry have not ventured to complain. We mean the revival of the office of Lord High Admiral in the person of the heir presumptive to the throne. The navy viewed in all its rela tions, is a force congenial, not more to the phy sical than to the political character of our island empire. Separated by the surrounding waters from the Continent, without the means of .car rying war into the fields of our neighbours, and equally protected from their hostile irruptions, Great Britain is deprived at once of the neces sity and of the power of competing with the nations of Europe as a military power. The institutions of the country are averse to any such attempt, were it at all practicable. In the his tory of mankind, no nation• has been, for any length of time, at once military, and free : but a navy, as has been justly observed, is an armed force, whose existence is in no respeet injurious to the Constitution that it protects. It is, therefore, matter of high satisfaction, to see the duties and the cares of one who may he called to the throne of Great Britain directed to the regulating and perfecting a description of force, on which, since her earliest annals, she has relied as her best defence, and which has never failed her in the hour ofperil. Although we number in our history more naval heroes than all the world besides; although our honest, simple-hearted sailors have for centuries been as much distinguished for valour a s for skill ; and although in all that respects the manoeuvring of our fleets, oc the management of single vessels, we have attained very near to per fection, it is astonishing how long any thing in the shape of moral discipline, or re gu l ate d com fort, was, in being introduced into what may be called the domestic economy of the navy. Those whose memories can go farther back than our own, must recollect a period, and that not very distant, when the lash was the only monitor of every irregularity committed or indicated ; and when contempt for the sufferings, and disregard o f the life, of the crew of a man of war, were proverbial. It was not, indeed, until the intelli gent Dr. Trotter had shown that the treatment of our seamen was not less inconsistent with prudence than with humanity, that any effectual attempt at reform was made. Since Dr. Trotter wrote, and, more especially, within the last twenty years, the progress of improvement has been rapid. Still there remains much for his Highness to finish. Something, though Royal certainly not too much, was effected for the superior officers by some of the Duke's predecessors, but the petty officers—we mean those below th e midshipmen and mates— have been comparatively neglected. An ad dition to their number was made some y'ears in it C apta i ns o f t h e Fore ago by including castle, Tops, and others, who held only nominal rank before. But though their pay and prize -money were increased, they still re mained, in respect of general treatment, in no better condition than the lowest of their com panions. They are in future, we learn, to receive that attention which is due to their station, and which is essential to give value to their injunctions. They are not to be subject to punishment, unless by sentence of a Court Martial (we have known a master's mate brought to the gangway under what may now be called the old regime), and they are to wear a distinctive uniform ; both of them most ex cellent regulations. The third is equally good; when their vessels are paid off, they are to be received, if they please, on board the nearest flag-ships, where they will continue to enjoy their pay and rank until they are otherwise provided for. We can conceive no thing better adapted to raise the character of the petty oflicers, and, by emulation, to raise the cha racter of the men who are under their more imme- diate superintendance, than such regulations. Were we to suggest any addition, it would be, that these officers should, in future, mess with each other, and not with the men; this might be accomplished by the orders of individual Captains, but a general or der would, we conceive, be better, and carry more weight with it.—New Times. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Jtrix 4. MEREDETH V. WILTON. Mr. SUGDEN, on behalf of the plaintiff, applied for an injunction to prevent the defendant (an attorney) from acting in the capacity of trustee to his estates, and to pray that a receiver might be appointed to the same. The plaintiff's affidavit, on which this application was founded, stated that the defendant was introduced to his acquaintance in the King's Bench Prison, at a time when he, the plaintiff, was in a state of very great pecuniary embarrassment, from which the defendant undertook to relieve him, on condition that he would assign to him the entire of his property, situate in Ireland, for the purpose of selling, with a view to pay off the debts with which it was encumbers J. The defendant undertook, at the same time, to pay the plaintiff 51. a week for his maintenance, besides a daily allowance of wine.— This agreement he afterwards thought fit to break. The Learned Gentleman stated, that when the plain tiff assigned his estates to the defendant, he was not aware that he (the defendant) was in embarrassed circumstances, and that he had lately taken the be nefit of the act for the relief of insolvent debtors. It was further alleged, that he neglected to procure for the plaintiff, according to his promise, the benefit of the rules of the King's Bench prison. Mr. PEPYS, for the defendant, stated the con tents of his affidavit in answer to that filed by the plaintiff; who did not complain that he had ac ted wrongfully, but that another trustee might be ap pointed to carry into effect the provisions of the deed. The defendant denied the allegation, alleging that he was in the receipt of rents which he was appropri ating to his own purposes; so far from that being the fact, he had not received more than 1001. from the plaintiff's estates, and he had been out of pocket considerably more than that sum. With respect to the allegation that the plaintiff was not aware, when he executed the deed, that the defendant was in a state of insolvency, the affidavit of the latter stated, that the fact was well known to the plaintiff. The affidavit also denied that the defendant withheld the allowance of 5/. a week, until proceedings were commenced against him. The VICE-CHANCELLOR said, that the deed was but a voluntary act on the part of the plaintiff, which he had it in his power to recal when he pleased, and Mr. Wilton could find no legal pretext to act for a longer period as trustee to the estates in question than the plaintiff wished him. Under all the cir cumstances of the case, his Honour was of opinion that Mr. Meredeth was entitled to an injunction, and also to have a receiver appointed to his estates. But the defendant might, if he thought fit, go to the Master for an account of all reasonable expences in curred by him in the execution of his trusteeship, and he might claim to be paid out of the first rents of the plaintiff's estates. HUNTER V. BELL. In this case it may be remembered that an in junction wtq moved for to restrain the defendant from endorsing or negocisting a promissory note for a gambling debt contracted at the Doncaster races. His Honour refused the application, on the ground that it was completely ex parte, and that notice should have been served on the defendant. Mr. Pepys now stated that notice had been served ac cording to the directions of the Court, and his Honour granted the injunction accordingly. COURT OF KING'S BENCH.-JULY 4. THE KING AGAINST SUTTON AND OTHERS. Mr. BROUGHAM moved for a writ of certiorari, to remove an indictment which had been found at the Middlesex Sessions against five defendants, one of whom was a Director of the East India Company, into this Court. It was the second prosecution under Mr. Perceval's act, 49 Geo. 111., for preventing the sale of cadetships. Many intricate points of law might arise, and the parties wished to have a special jury.—Rule granted. Mr. BROUGHAM also moved, at the instance of Sir William Brabazon, Sheriff of Mayo, for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be issued against the editor of a newspaper, for a most atrocious libel in the report of a speech, al leged to have been spoken by a Member of Parlia ment, but which libel Sir William felt confident was never spoken, and indeed, Mr. Brougham added, it was not. Mr. Brougham was aware that it was not the practice of the Court to grant a criminal in formation on the last day of Term ; but Sir Wil liam Brabazon was anxious to take the earliest op portunity of showing his indignation at this atrocious libel, which went so far as to imp u te to him the crime of murder. Mr. Justice BAYLEy.--The Court will remember that the matter was mentioned this Term, w hen you again make the application. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JuLy 4. DU VERGIER V. FELLOWES AND OTHERS. This was an argument on a demurrer. The ac tion was to recov er 10,0001. on a-bond giv e n by the defendants to the plaintiff, for certain service which he engaged to do them. The defendants were the proprietors of the Belmont Distillery, and had ob tained a patent for the distillation of brandy fro m potatoes. BA this patent i t wa s expre ssly provided, that no more than five persons should be admitted to a share in the distillery, and that these fi v e persons should not presume to act as a corpo rate body. During' the great - mania for joinT.,however,eveorf, the which raged in 1825, proviso in their pl tent, proposed to dispose of the distillery to a com pany, and for that purpose engaged the plaintif, who undertook to procure 10,000 subscribers fir shares at 50/. each, and for this service he was to ra ceive 10,0001., secured to him by the bond of tie defendants. The plaintiff, in fulfilment of his en gagement, had obtained a great many subscribes, when the panic that had so greatly agitated the ciy and proved so fatal to joint-stock companies, hroie out, and prevented him from the completion of lis undertaking; and it was determined that the Con pany should not be gone on with. The plaintif, however, claimed the 10,0001. on the ground that he should have fulfilled his engagement had fie Company gone on. The defendants refused tlis claim, and the plaintiff now brought his action to recover it.—Judgment deferred. Mr. Sergeant A rule was obt a i ne d i n t hi s case by SCOTT AND WIFE V. CLZVENT. WILDE on Monday last, calling on the plaintiff to show cause why he should not disclose the place of residence of himself and wife. Mr. Sergeant BOSANQUET this morning appeared to show cause against the rule. He stated that the affidavit on - which this rule had been obtained would be found to be one at least quite novel in principle. It stated that the action was brought for the publica tion of certain of in davits, w hich had been filed th e Court of Chancery in the case of "Wellesley Beaufort," in which Susannah Scott, the female plaintiff, was charged with the crimes of theft and adultery. The defendant pleaded a justification to this publication, and stated that it was necessary to his defence that some of his witnesses should have an opportunity of identifying the female plaintiff. The Learned Sergeant then ran over the greater part of the affidavit, and was proceeding to read some parts which imputed motives to the Misses Long, when _ The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE interrupted him, ob serving that if such imputations were in the affidavit, it was exceedingly improper. Mr. Sergeant BOSANQUET then abstained from reading any further extracts from the defendant's affidavit. In the present case, a justification had been pleaded, and the Learned Sergeant contended that it was not, therefore, a case in which the Court could grant such an application, the defendant having taken on himself to prove that the female plaintiff was guilty of the crimes alleged against her in the affidavits which he had published. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—Before you go any further, Brother Bosanquet, would it not be wise in you to let them see this woman ? Mr. Sergeant BOSANQUET—My Lord, she is not in this country. Mr. Sergeant WILDE, in support of the rule, stood only on the justice of the case, and submitted there never was a case in which such a disclosure was so absolutely necessary as in the present. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—Does your affidavit state that it is necessary for your defence ? Mr. Sergeant WILDE.—It does, my Lord. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.—We are anxious not to introduce new rules; and even were this motion granted, you would still be in difficulty. Suppose you settle the matter in this way, Let the plaintiff discover the place of abode, upon the defendant's giving four days' notice of the names of those wit nesses whom he is going to call to prove the charges a gainst the plai n tiff s . After some further conversation, Mr. Sergeant BOSANQUET propos e d to give the place of abode of George Scott, but the wife being in Paris, it was impossible for him to say precisely where she was to be found; but he would undertake to give the nearest direction he could from the date of the last letter the husband might have received, provided he had notice of the witnesses who were to be called to substantiate the charges against her. This proposal was agreed to by Mr. Sergeant WILDE. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE wished it to be under stood that the Court had come to no decision svtnat ever in this case. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JULY 4. EMERY V. EMERY. This was an action in which the plaintiff, who is father to the defendant's wife, sought to recover of the defendant a certain sum of money, claimed by him for the board and lodging of the defendant's wife. Mrs. Emery having left her husband's house in consequence of his violence, took refuge in the house of her father, where she was protected and maintained. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, which verdict the defendant moved the Court to set aside, on the ground that he had given his wife notice to return to his house, and therefore the plaintiff was not justified in maintaining her sub sequently to such notice. Mr. ALEXANDER now prayed the judgment of the Court, upon which Mr. Baron GARROW and Mr. Baron HuLLoCx stated their opinion, that where a husband treated his wife with cruelty or excessive violence ' 'she had a right to quit his protection, and seek for refuge wherever she could procure it ; and those who re ceived and maintained her had a clear claim in law upon the husband for the amount of her support. The LORD CHIEF BARON did not differ with his Learned Brethren as to the law upon the subject ; but doubted that the facts constituted such a case of continued cruelty and violence as warranted this lady in remaining away from her husband's house. The only violence proved, arose from an occasional quarrel, originating in a feeling of jealousy on the part of the husband, in consequence of his thinking that she WE•I3 Orl. Ao.c• man. However, as the majority of the Court were of another opinion, the rule for a new trial must be discharged. IMPROVEMENT at St. BRIDE'S CHURCH. Yesterday a Public Meeting was held at the London Tavern, for the purpose of raising a sub scription to defray the expence of the improvements of St. Bride's Church. Mr. Alderman TuompsoN took the Chair, and briefly mentioned, that a fire having taken place in Fleet-street two years ago, by which some houses that intercepted the view of St. Bride's Church were burnt down,a few gentlemen formed the design of purchasing the ground, to preserve a view to the public of that beautiful building, the work of the great Sir Christopher Wren. A subscription for the purpose was set on foot, and Mr. Blades, of Ludgate hill, became the treasurer, in consequence of which he was at present in advance about 14,6681. 19?.; and it was to wipe away the disgrace of allowing that heavy loss to fall on a public-spirited individual that the present Meeting was called. Mr. Alderman LUCAS inquired how much had been subscribed by the Alderman of the Ward ? Mr. BLADES—Nothing. Mr. Alderman LUCAS then put down his name for five g uin ea s ; and recommen d e d a collection to be made from house to house. Mr. SPOTTISWOODE, M.P., warmly urged the ne cessity of re-imbursing Mr. Blades. A List of Subscribers to the amount of 4501. was read, in which were the names of the Bishop of London arid Mr. Hoare, of Fleet-street, 501. each ; and Samuel Rogers, Esq. 20/. About .50/. were subscribed in the room. Thanks were voted to Mr. Blades, who expressed a hope that he would not be left in the lurch. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, after which th e Meeting separated. AN INFANT JANUS.---A child was l a t e ly born in Paris, which lived f or a quar t er o f an hour, h a vi ng t wo f aces ; an d a ll t h e organs be longing to th em , name ly, t h ose o f taste , s i g ht, and smell, do u bl e . A woman in Warren county, N.Y., o n re turning to her infant, which she h a d left for a sho rt t i me, foun d a l arge bl ack snake co il e d around its neck, which she imm e di a t e ly seized and destroyed. The child was unhurt.— Ame rican Paper. A gentleman who has recently returned from a Journey through Galloway, Dumfries-shire, and great part o f L anar k s hi re, says, t h a t th e promis e o f h arvest, t h roug h out t h e w h o l e o f these di s t r i cts , i s uncommon l y a b un d ant . Wheat in most pl aces was gett i ng i nto ear, an d in Gal loway it was not so deficient as in Dumfries shire and Lanarkshire. Oats and barley looked remarkably well, and gave assurance of abund ancefodder a s well as o f gra in. Hay cutting vv,a of s become ome almost general. The rye grass was strong and luxuriant, but a want of clover in the bottom was complained of. A proof, however, that this deficiency of clover cannot be great, ap pears in the number of large ricks formed on Most of the fields which came under our friend's observation. In one near Whithorn, in the parish of Glasserton, Galloway, the number of ricks of the largest size upon a single acre, amounted to fifteen, and many instances of a similar kind were remarked by him in other parts of the country. The potato crop was ad vancing very rapidly, but few had been dug, ex cepting the earliest kinds in gardens. Sheep and ca ttle were in fine condition, and farmers antici pated good results from their summer's grazing. _Edinburgh Evening Courant. THE LATE BATTLE NEAR ATHENS. (FROM A PRIVATE LETTER.) About the latter end of last month, Lord Cochrane, in the Greek frigate Hellas, accom panied by two or three brigs, and an English schooner—his yacht—put into Port Lione, about five miles from Athens. At the further end of the harbour was the monastery, which was then in possession of about 500 Turks. Generals Church and Karaiskaki having drawn up a force of two or three thousand men, out of musket shot from the monastery, steps were immediately taken to attack it, both by sea and by land.— However, Lord Cochrane, with the guns of his frigate, knocked the whole building down in less than an hour. The Turks beat a parley ; Lord Cochrane sent two men on shore ; they shot one and sent the other back to Lord Cochrane, with their compliments, to tell him what had happened, and they would treat with no one but his Lord ship in person. Lord Cochrane did not go himself, but sent his Secretary with a flag of truce. As soon as the boat came within ran ge of musket shot, they let fly at it, thinking all the time that Lord Cochrane was in the boat ; there was only one of the boat's crew killed. General Church having by this time pre vented all possibility of escape, the Turks agreed to surrender on being allowed to go out with all honours of war, and having their lives gua ranteed. Lord C., who by this time had reached the shore, refused to sign the treaty, unless lie was allowed to embark all the prisoners in his boats. This the Turks objected to, and accord. ingly they agreed to give themselves up on the above-mentioned conditions to Karaiskaki.— These terms were subscribed to on the part of the Greeks by Generals Church and Karaiskaki. The Turks swore that they would sooner part with their lives than with their arms, and it was therefore stipulated that they should retain them. Accordingly the Turks marched out with all the honours of war, the Greeks being drawn up on each side of them. They had not proceeded far, when one of the Greeks, wishing to take a pistol from a Turk, the Turk shot him dead. This was the signal for the most brutal massacre that ever sullied the hands ofman. In open violation of the solemn treaty that had just been concluded, were these wretched prisoners horridly butchered, with the exception of 20 or 30, who escaped. The number of prisoners thus brutally murdered amounted to 250, the remainder of the 500 having been slain in the defence of the monastery. General Church threw up his commission in dis gust, and Colonel Gordon, who may be ranked among the truest and best friends of the Greek cause, has left them. Who will say, after this that the Greeks deserve the name of Christians ? The Government have so successfully cajoled General Church, that he has resumed his commission, and is once more Generalissimo of the Greek cowards. So much for the affair at the monastery. On the 29th ult., 3,000 Greeks were landed in the plain of Athens, to the right of the Phalerum. These men were intended for the relief of the Acropolis. A sufficient number were to relieve the garrison, who were to quit the Acropolis, together with all the women, children, and the non-combatants.— Three hundred men were posted in a wood, to check the advance of the Turks. The Greeks had arrived within hail of the Acropolis, and were actually holding a parley with the garrison, when the Greeks positively refused to go a step far ther, before they had erected little breastworks to defend themselves from the fire of the Turks, in trearfteuarrelt orks_ re are canen y i ss t. iouri. r w he Greeks dug ditches on the inside of tile tambouri. In the mean time the Turks got information of what was going on, 4 and sent a body of cavalry, 1,000 in number, to attack the Greeks. They were a condemned regiment, that is to say, they had, by some crime, forfeited their lives, but had been reprieved, on condition that they should enter the army, and eclipse all other regiments by their valour in the field. Their officers do not en gage in the fight, but stand at a distance and observe them. If they run from an enemy, they are instantly beheaded on their return.— Well, the Greeks had erected fourteen of these tambouri, each at some distance from the other, and had thus separated their forces. The Turks made a furious charge at one of the tambouris, in which were 400 men. Their horses leaped the tambouri with the greatest ease, and came in the midst of the Greeks be fore they were aware of it. The whole of the four hundred men were cut down to a man. This created such a panic, that the Greeks fled in every direction. Fancy a body of undisciplined and half-armed in fantry in the immense plain of Athens, pur sued by 1,000 cavalry, mowing them down by hundreds. The only resistance made was by 500 men, composed of Suliots, and about ten Philhellenes. They were commanded by Cap tain Inglese, a brave Suliot, once in the pay of Lord Byron. They were, with their gallant Commander, cut to pieces. Lord Cochrane had a most narrow escape. He was with his ne phew, Mr. Sutton, behind one of the tam bouris. The Turks galloped towards him, but from some unknown cause, wheeled off to attack another redoubt. By this time Lord Cochrane and Mr. Sutton were the only persons remain ing at their tambouri. Mr. Sutton repeatedly urged Lord Cochrane to flight, but in vain. At length the Turks, getting a sight of his Lordship, t h o e t w h -a e s obliged beach,wi t l o iti r i n er n br i de ai Ttlrksp ca ir t s t u ue i : g clw h o im n , he was obliged to run up to his neck in water, not having time to wait for his boat landing. The Greeks lost 1,500 men in killed only. Karaiskaki is dead ; he was shorin the blad der, the night after the affair at the monastery, and died in one of the boats belonging to the French frigate thlloll, while going off to her. Lord Cochrane told me he never saw men fight more bravely than the Turks, or hares run faster than the Greeks. P.S.—MAY 21—Nothing new. Athens has refused to capitulate on any terms. They sent word to the Seraskier, that if he wanted their arms, he must come and fetch them. Poor Fabvier ! I fear he will be sacrificed. He is a brave man, ana cannot be too highly esteemed. Lord Cochrane and Mavrocordato both told me that they have no hopes of relieving Athens. It is said they have water and corn in the Acro polis for two months, but very little ammuni tion. Would you believe it, Mavrocordato as sured me, that there are 1,500 non-combatants in the Acropolis, 1,000 of whom are women and children ; fighting men, only SOO ? Fabvier has so completely mined the place, that it is said, in the event of being driven to the last ex tremity, they will kill their wives and children, and blow up the Acropolis.. How the Chris tian Powers of E uro p e can remain passive and willing spectators of such an effusion of human blood, is to me as inexplicable as it is disgrace ful. Oh, England ! boast not in future of thy humanity or love of liberty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—WAR. AMONG THE TAILORS.--Yes terday six journeymen tailors, most of them without em ployment, all of them Irishmen, lately imported from Cork and Kerry, were brought to this Office, charged with com•• mitting a number of desperate assaults upon constables and others, and with acting in the most violent manner. It appears that hundreds of journeymen tailors, and many of them recent imports from the Sister Kingdom, are in the habit of frequenting different houses of call daily, where they receive communications from different masters who want the assistance of an additional hand. There are two rival houses of call, one for the " flints"—men who will not work under price—and the other for the " dungs," who work under the trade price. One of these houses is situate in Bear-street, Leicester-square, the sign of the King's Head ; and the other is the Robin Hood, in the same neighbourhood. From twenty to thirty journey men tailors were on Tuesday night at the King's Head, when an equal number came from the rival house, and forced themselves into the King's Head, when each party, " dungs" and " flints," set themselves in battle array, and fought like—tailors. They pulled each other's noses, kicked each other's shins, tore each other's garments, and bunged up each other's eyes. Screaming, hooting, and cries of murder, with calls for assistance, raised the whole neighbourhood ; and two constables who had the courage to enter the house, soon repented of their temerity, for they had no sooner set foot on the stairs than they were saluted with two kettles of boiling water —were beaten, and their staves taken from them. Nixon's party of Bow-street patrol were informed that murder was being committed, and they entered the house with drawn cutlasses, and at that time the battle was at its height. Sir RICHARD BIRNIE asked the patrol to describe the fight ?—The patrol said, there were about twenty-four in a row, and they were engaged man to man. Sir RICHARD Bina; rv..—You mean tailor to tailor, and twenty-four tailors all of a row.—(loud laughter.) The prisoners were the ringleaders, and were captured and taken to the watch-house. Sir RICHARD BIRNIE asked the prisoners what they had to say in defence of such desperate conduct ?—They denied they were concerned in the affray, but they were all identified, and were ordered to find bail. LAMBETII-STREET. —A young'man, named Thomas Emmett, was charged with having attempted to murder his father. One of the Headhoroughs of Stepney stated that on Tuesday night he was sent for to the house of the Prisoner's father, in Globe-fields, where he found the prisoner behaving in a most riotous manner, and flourish ing a large case knife, with which he had made several attempts to murder his father. Witness endeavoured to secure him, but the prisoner used the most blasphemous imprecations, and swore if he approached an inch further he would plunge the knife into his heart. Witness, how ever, endeavoured to close with him, but the prisoner started off to another part of the house and locked himself up in a room. Witness burst open the door, and then found the prisoner suspended by a close line from a beam, and almost choaked. The prisoner said in his defence that his father and him self had quarrelled about supper, when he got into a great passion, and knew not what he did. His father did not appear against him, and he was therefore discharged upon finding sureties for his good behaviour. UNION-HALL.--A man, named Joseph Reding, was charged with having assaulted Mr. Barrymore, the stage manager of Astley's Amphitheatre. The defendant was formerly employed at Drury-lane Theatre; since he was discharged from that establishment he had been in the habit of annoying and threatening Mr. B. because he thought Mr. B. was the occasion of his being discharged from the Theatre. On Tuesday night he met Mr. Barrymore at the stage-door of Astley's Amphitheatre, and seizing hire roughly by the collar, exclaimed that he would serve him out for the injuries he had done him. The complainant ender voured to extricate himself from the defendant's grasp, but in the attempt they both tumbled into the road, and the de fendant rolled the complainant in the dust. The defendant implored forgiveness, saying that he was intoxicated at the time, otherwise he should never have attempted to attack Mr. Barrymore, whom he always considered his friend in• stead of his enemy. Mr. Barrymore thought it a queer way of showing gratitude for past favours ; had this been the first attack, he should have passed it over, knowing the defendant to have a wife and family ; but when he *hewed such a disposition to persevere in his misconduct , it was high time to suppress it if possible. He (Mt.. Barrymore) did not relish the fun of being rolled in the street. The Magistrate held the defendant to bail. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. L.. /43:1014 ..../LY- --T. LIR3 DA Yv JULY 5 . —..(At the Court 0 1 ' Commissioners, Basinghall.street.) Buck, G., Regent-street ... 11 Pearson, T., Mitre-court, Croft, R., and Co., Cheap- Fenchurch-street 0 side l2 Sant and Co., 3.. Martin's- Ernes and Co., Fenchurch- lane lO street Hay, E., Oxford-street ll Stanley, G., Upper Ground- Kirtond., Durham il street Roby, T., Tamworth 9 Thorogood, C., Lis s o n gr ove 1 ° INSOLVENTS APPLYINI Petitions to be heard at Portug JULY 10, Abbott, W. jun., Long Buck ley, Northamptonshire Barker, T., Leicester Collins, E., Fowey Dudley, R., Lambeth Gower., S., Long-acre Jewis, J., Chelsea Knight, It., Carpenter's-build ings, London-wall Levy, S., New-street, Bishops. G TO BE DISCHARGED, ;al-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, AT NINE. Reed, M., Limehouse Richardson, T., Ely Spink, H., Leeds Symes, T., Combe St. Nichols', Cambridgeshire Taylor, T., Dempsey street , Commercial-road Valiance, E., Bow-street White, J., Vauxhall Wilcox, J., Chelsea Willson, A., Camden town Wood, F., Bush-lane, UppV Thames-street gate Lewer, J., Fenehurcli-street Pickering, —, Seymour-place, Bryanstone-square COUNTRY.--At the Court- Ten o' Ashworth, R., Passington Askew, J., Knotty -ash Bardsley, E., Prestwich cum )ouse, at Lancaster, July 9, Sf 'clock! Nelson, T., Bolton Nuttall, T., Birtle Pass, J., Manchester Salter, R. Manchester Sanders Y., Galgate Smith, VV., Manchester Smith, W. Preston Standen, 1 ? ., Preston Tominey, A., Preston Wakefield, T., Evorton Walkden, M., Bolton Woud, J., Blackburn Wright, M., Leigh y 10, at Eleven. Reynolds, J., Merthyr-Tidvil Oldha'in ' - ----- Baxter, J., Bedford Dowbiggin, W., Liverpool Gray, J., Wigan Harrison, D., Manchester Hilton, D., Colne Jones, D., Norwich Layland, R., Pemberton Longworth, J., Manchester Diehard, J., Manchester At Neath, Jul. Butler, T., Cardiff Jonew, J., Merthyr-Tidvil THE MARKETS. COAL MAR Adair's 325. 6(.1. Beaumont M 31 0 Charlotte 32 0 Eighton 29 6 28 6 Gares eld 29 0 Hebburn Main 33 3 Killingworth 33 6 Ord's Itedhugh ...----. 28 6 Tanfield 32 0 Townley ~, . ,, . 3 2 0 Willington WallsEndßewicke&Co. 35 9 Ditto Bell Robson & Co. 34 6 Ditto Brown's 32 6 Ditto Burraten 33 3 Ditto Carr and Co.,- 31 0 Ditto Cramlington, 'll 9 Ditto Hilda 32 3 Ditto Hotspur 32 3 Ditto Northumberland 32 3 Ditto North Percy 30 0 Ships at itbrket, 81N-Sh :ET.—July 4. Walls End Newmarob.. 345. 4 10 ' Ditto 34 6 Ditto Russell's 35 Ditto Walker 35 0 Tanfield Trader..—..... 31 6 Londonderry small 18 0 Lambton small 17 6 Blyth . 27 0 Cowpen 28 0 Hartley 29 0 Real New Golden Vein 35 0 Marquis Main 26 0 Eden Main 33 0 Nesham g Lambton's Primrose 33 Rubsell's I,yoiVs 33 ' is Walls End 36 9 Ditto Lambton , 36 41 Ditto Lyons 34 0 Ditto Stewart'. 37 0 Russell's Hctton's W. E. 35 9 ips sold, 49—Unsold, LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—JuIy 3. Our imports since Tuesday last have been small, but the market has been abundantly supplied with granarY samples, and the price of every article has been on the de cline. To-day's market was numerously attended bY country millers, attracted by the expected release of the Foreign Corn. Some parcels of the finest descriptions of Dantzic Wheat were sold (to deliver so soon as the order is received), at 9s. to 9s. 6d. per 701 h. ; but the general business was very limited, and we reduce our quotation° GOUTY AT on Wheat 2d. to 3d. per 701 b. The Oat trade was e%- ce ssively dull, and fully 11 per 4.51 b. cheaper, with more Or disposition to sell. Barley was offering 6(1. to Bd. lower, . Chei without meetin g b u y ers , though there were many inquirers, With more Beans and P ease mus t a lso be noted 2 s. to 3s. per quarter The istsc/1 cheaper, a n d Fl our an d Oatmeal were dull of sale at ls. e'ul and fe e brifui per sack less money. trated stet, BUTLER' , I''OR RILLIE' ----, wt--hhe sui l i t ch is .the thu y: Rev. Mr. Edwards, _ -- ----_-- MARRIED. 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