The Sun. — London, England, 1834-11-20 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. and sufficient to our understanding, but not necessary or fit to be herein explained, we have, in our infinite • wisdom, thought it expedient for the present to alter and vary that order of things, and have advised our Sovereign Lord the King to invest us with that pleni tude of power which shall enable us to take our own time and pleasure as to the mode and manner, and as to the person or persons to whom we shall delegate such portions of the • Ministerial functions as we shall see fitting ; and whereas we entertain the most profound respect for our sometime coun • senor and friend, the Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, of Roman Catholic memory—and .it is our •in tention to wait his good pleasure, until he shall have sufficiently disported himself with the arts and graces which he is gathering in Italy, before we determine what shall be the course of Government by which this once free and happy country shall henceforth be ruled. Now know ye, good people of England, that it is our will and pleasure that you remain in ignorance . of the benefits we design for you ; and in the meantime we enjoin you, that you forthwith present to our Gracious Sovereign humble petitions of thanksgiving for this overgracious declaration !" Now, if " His High ness" will, in the performance of his duty as a good subject, make himself thus intelligible to the country, he will find himself overwhelmed with addresses. Gocd God I in the name of common sense and common de cency, are we to'be thus laid prostrate ? Are the people of England to be fooled and dragooned out of their rights, and is Reform to be manacled, because there is one man bold enough to advise his Sovereign to confide in him ?—Morning Chronicle. • We are ready to admit that it would be unfair to I " his Highness, the Dictator," to pronounce him hos tile to all reform in Church and State, merely because tlie Times attributed such hostility to him a month or two ago. In commenting on Mr. Ward's motion, on the 4th of June last, our contemporary observes, " They (the Ministers) moved upon it the previous qtPstion, and carried it by a majority composed of some eighty or ninety Conservatives, who have always been mad when a redress of the Irish grievances was recommended—partly of old stagers, whose avocation is to wait upon the Downing-street providence for whatever offal they can contrive to pick up," &c. ; adding, that " the Advent of a mere Tory Cabinet is a chimaera which can exist only on the confines of a crazed imagination." If we could see. how " his Highness" could, with any regard to consistency, re commend to the Tories of England to support a policy directly at variance with 411 the principles hitherto avowed by them, thereby implying that they had been formerly mad, or were now knaves, we would not tie him down to the opinions expressed by his organ for the time being (the Times). We know, indeed, that he conceded the claims of the Catholics, though he had opposed them to the twelfth hour, and even when he did concede them, avowed that he still re tained his former opinions ; but then, in that case, he appealed to an over-ruling necessity. He was quite horrified at the idea of civil war, and he had no alter native but civil war or concession. But " His High ness" surely would not maintain that there would have been a civil war if he had not taken up his abode at the Home Office, and obtained the superintendance of the Horse Guards ? England never was more prosperous and tranquil. Her numerous workmen were all em ployed, and generally at good wages. He May, indeed, still say that Church reform in Ireland is neces sary to the tranquillity of that country ; but as that reform was promised by the Melbourne Ministry, it would be difficult for " His Highness" to show how it was necessary for him to supplant that Ministry to obtain the reform in question. The Duke, there fore, must not only act in the teeth of all his former opinions, and all the former opinions of the Tories, to concede the various reforms in Church and State, which his organ, the Times, promises in his name to the people of England, but persuade the Tories to dis , play the same unblushing want of principle. And after all, as the Tories could only gain by the deceit by making dupes of others, would they not have their misgivings that, as th e wor ld i s no t yet so bad as to deeem the party who have shown them selves the most reckless in violating former pledges —the most ready in renouncing former opinions —the most likely to adhere to the opinions pro fessed and pledges given for the sake of mere con veniency—that the trick would be seen 'through, and that they would have the credit of intending to deceive, without being able to profit by the deceit? Some of our contemporaries assume that " His High ness " is a sensible man ; and that being .a sensible man, he must see the necessity of conceding an ample measure of Reform in Church and State. But with oat arguing the question as to " His - Higliness's" sense, we have only to say, that they are measuring "'His High ness's" corn by their own bushel. Let Us have his own understanding of what becoines a sensible man. 'We are indebted to an evening contemporary (The Sun) for the following quotation from a speech made by " His Highness " on the 11th of July, 1833, on the Church Temporalities Bill, as reported in the Times, as a proof of his notions on the subject of Irish Church Reform:— " The great object on all these occasions was to support the protestant religion in Ireland. Now, ,if the 'present measure were passed, they would be contented to part from that prin ciple entirely. How was it consistent for -Parliament with the Act of Union, which declared the two churches to be united, fresh in remembrance—to pass such a measure as this ? ( Hear, hear.) On this occasion he only looked to the policy o!' this country from the time of the Reformation, and up to the present period ; another and a more fitting opportunity would arrive, when he would go into the whole question. Besides, his Majesty positively swore to support the Church of England in all its rights, privileges, and immunities. He did not quote the precise words, but the meaning of the oath evidently was that his Majesty was thereby bound to maintain the Protestant Church in its full powers. s g What,' however, he chiefly contended for was, that the coronation oath was another evidence of the policy of this country to preserve the Esta blished Church, and which policy, he would maintain, ought not to be departed from." The very general support which the Duke of Wel lington gave to so many of the measures of Lord Grey's Administration, affords of itself no small ear nest of his abandonment of most of those anti-reform notions which led to his last retirement from office. Indeed there are those who go the length of assuming that the Noble Earl is not altogether unconnected with the changes which are now going on, and that it is even probable that he may be included in the new ar rangements. To this, however, the secession of those members of his family (Mr. Edward Ellice and Sir George Grey) who still held office, is a pretty plain contradiction. It is true that it was understood that the former of these gentlemen was about to retire at any rate ; but, with regard to the latter, it would have been easy enough for the Duke of Wellington to have said to him, " Stay where you are for the present," if there were really any prospect of his uncle, the late Premier, returning to office. Our readers will have ob served that we have at all times expressed what, we trust, may be called a laudable anxiety for Lord Grey's reputa tion, which, we think, might be put to more hazard than it has even heretofore encountered, should the Noble Earl now consent to take office with those who have been through life more or less his political opponents. However they may be found, as we hope they will be, to have come over to his view of things, coalitions at best require a mutual yielding . and concession, which can seldom take place without damaging the repu tation of one party, or of both. Besides, in Lord's Grey's case, it may be truly said—" Non eadem est cetas, non mem." The Noble Earl himself placed his retirement upon that footing ; nor is it at all de sirable that the Nestor of Reform should exhibit the flickerings of that lamp in the same arena around which it has for so long a period shed Eo much bril liance. If any additional reasons were still wanting they would be found in a very unenviable position in which Lord Grey, as a Member of the Duke of Wel lington's Administration, would be placed, as coming in constant collision with the fierce opposition which may be expected to emanate from some, at least, of his late colleagues—to say nothing of the attempt which will, probably, be made by his son-in-law, Lord Durham, to form a party of his own. But, though out of office, Lord Grey may, if he think proper, as sume a very dignified and useful position as a Peer of Parliament. Lord Grey, the father of Reform, is ex actly the person best fitted to watch its progress and its workings ; while his age and station entitle him to check, on the one hand, the too ardent zeal of innova tion, or, on the other, any hostility which may be in clined to defeat the operation of Reform. We make these - observations in a full persuasion that nothing but a Reform Administration can possibly stand. It is a singular circumstance, an instance of remarkable political imbecility (of which even Lord Grey must unfortunately partake), that the Whigs, after having laboured to. obtain the means, leave the accomplish ment and the fruits of their own favourite measure to their rivals. The latter must now carry out the Re form Act in its true spirit ; any attempt to evade it, even were they so inclined, would only involve them in the ignominious fate of their predecessors.—Morn ing Herald. To show how deeply " His Highness" is impressed with the necessity of a thorough Church Reform in Ireland, our evening contemporary has quoted from the report of his speech on the address to the Throne on the sth of February, 1833, as reported in the Times, the following passage : " Ministers were fond of what they called reforms in all de partments ; but he wished that in their zeal to recommend a reform in the Church, they had not made his Majesty say some thing to countenance the notion, that blame was to be attri buted to the clergy. Why was it necessary in the Speech from the Throne to advert to the complaints regarding the collection of tithes? He did not say that such complaints did not exist ; but sure he was that they were trifling in number and amount, and what was said by the King would give encourage ment to a party in the country, whose object was to pull down the Establishment." In fact, we have only to consult an authority which " His Highness" will not now challenge—the file of the Times during the whole period of the Grey and Melbourne Ministries—to find " His Highness" giving the lie to every item of the concessions so lavishly pro mised in his name by that organ on Tuesday last. Thus, for instance, he declared " it was impossible to imagine a greater blunder than the recognition of the independence of Belgium ;" that it was impolitic to open the trade to the East Indies—that the present state of Portugal "was a revolutionary war—a war carried on by means furnished from England, and sup ported by persons who had no earthly interest but that which was derived from the hope of plunder." In short, this new apostle of liberality so contrived to dis guise his sentiments during the two last Ministries, that for the most part they wore as little the appearance of Reform, as if they had been dictated by Metternich himself. There can, therefore, be no mistake with re gard to " His Highness's" notions, and they who profess a readiness to support him as a statesman, from whom efficient reforms in Church and State may rea sonably be expected, must be the blindest of the blind, the most besotted beings that ever laid claim to the character of humanity. We will not libel " His Highness," by supposing that because he can find ready tools, - he will be equally ready to prove himself a knave.—Morning Chronicle. So, then, this is the position in which the affairs of this country are placed. Our Contemporary (the Standard), who is the principal organ of the new order of things, cannot, under the commands of " His Highness," inform us whether we are to have a Govern ment or not. What, is the Duke then not pledged to form a Government? Has he no line of policy which he intends to adopt? It is certain that he has no men to fill the offices of Ministers ; unless, indeed, he orders out a battalion of Guards. Why, what egregious trifling is this with the people of England ! Does the Duke think he has the opinions and feelings of the country on his side ? Let him call County Meetings through the influence of such of his partisans as are bold enough to state what his course of policy is to be, and give us the reasons why he is where lie is, p en o arossina all, and not daring to do anything. H e i s merely doing the duty of a good subject, forsooth ! 'What, does the duty of a good subject consist in taking pos session, in his own single person, of all the ministerial functions, and holding their powers in abeyance until he shall understand what may be the opinion of a man at Milan ! Is it the duty of a good subject to give such advice to his Sovereign, as to present him to the country so careless and indifferent to the welfare of his people, that they are to gaze, and wonder, and specu late, while a gentleman is taking his pleasure in a foreign laud ? Was there ever such an insult offered to a people not slaves ? What was, and is, the dire ful emergency which thus paralyzes all the transac tions of business at home, which disturbs all the foreign diplomacy, which is to hold in suspense all the complicated interests of this mighty empire ? Let " His Highness " make his manifesto—issue his proclamation to his good and faithful lieges : —" Whereas, the Government of this country has heretofore, and until yesterday, been conducted by Ministers placed in the several departments of the State ; and whereas these several departments were yesterday severally occupied by men with whom the Commons of England and th e 'people of the country I were well satisfied ; and whereas, f or some cause good The Morning Chronicle of yesterday renews its ridiculous abuse of the Duke of Wellington for having obeyed his Monarch's commands, and for not assum ing the power which he might of himself exercise. It talks of the people finding out very soon how they are to be governed, and points with malignant folly at the variety of functions which the Duke has to perform — the fact being that he assumes nothing. It is a mat ter of absolute necessity that there should be one Se cretary of State. To meet this positive exigency the Duke of Wellington fills the office. There being, un der the very peculiar circumstances of the case, no other Minister yet appointed, the Duke, as a matter of course, holds the other seals. The Duke of Welling ton assumes nothing ; nay, so completely does he defer to others, that no one arrangement in which it may be supposed his Grace has a voice is to be made till Sir R. Peel arrives in England. Had the Duke hastily made appointments—had he exhibited any feeling but that of loyal and dutiful obedience to the King's orders —had he, in short, ttiken upon himself any act except the laborious duty of the ordinary current business of the different departments, the Chronicle might howl with some show of reason. But the marked absti nence on the part of his Grace from taking any mea sure of himself might with ordinary liberal men secure him from the imputation of conduct superior to which his honour, his integrity, and his greatness soar eagle high. The peculiar character and attributes of the Great Seal render it absolutely necessary that it should immediately pass from its last holder ; its presence and possession of themselves constituting the indi vidual to whom it is delivered the highest law officer of the Crown, and the first lay subject in the land. For the purposes of continuing the business of Chancery, in which the interests of so many of the King's subjects are involved, it is most important that no difficulty should be interposed between the secession of one Chancellor in his judicial character and the no mination of another. On Friday, therefore, the Seal will be received from Lord Brougham and Vaux and delivered to his successor. But, with this unavoid able exception, we repeat nothing—unless perhaps some minor appointments to facilitate the transaction of business—will be done by the Duke of Wellington. Under these circumstances it seems the height of folly or wickedness to attack his Grace upon his anxious assumption of a dictatorial authority ; which, however much it might suit the tastes and characters of some leaders of the opposite party, and conduce to the in crease of their personal consequence, is utterly foreign to the Duke's character and disposition, and, under the circumstances of his glorious career through life, Wholly unworthy of his care or consideration.—illorn ing Post. But for a misrepresentation which has appeared, and been repeated, in contemporary prints, we might not have been called up on to say anything just at present on the subject of the late Ministry, whose retirement from office, for whatever cause, must in some respects, and in so far as some of its members are concerned, inspire all honest advocates of Reform with sincere and lasting regret. The misrepresentatio n which we allude to regards Lord Melbourne, who is by some charged with having made a direct avowal to his .Majesty that it was impossible for his Administration to go on ; and a request that the King would be graciously pleased to commit the Government to the hands of the Duke of Wellington. For those who know anything of Lord Melbourne's character it might be superfluous to no tice this charge, equivalent, under the circumstances, to nothing short of downright treachery and folly against as frank, noble-minded, and discerning a gen tleman as any now in England. But the country generally, no further acquainted with the facts than as they are stated by the newspapers, and with no further THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1834. clue to the principles of Lord Melbourne than from ' such uncontradicted, however fallacious, statements, ought to be disabused by positive contradiction of that which would reflect on him extreme and undeserved, discredit. Had his Lordship so despaired of the efficiency of his Cabinet as to have found it his duty to convey to the Sovereign a persuasion and proposition of the nature above-mentioned, he would assuredly have felt himself called upon to apprize his colleagues before he left London this day se 'might, that he was compelled to do what amounted to a virtual tender of his own resignation, and to a breaking up of the entire Ministry. But the fact is, that his Lordship did no such thing. He waited on the King, if we are not mis informed, to state fairly to his Majesty the various and considerable difficulties entailed upon him by' Lord Sp' ncer's death ; but he went alst prepared to explain and recommend the means of adequately providing for them, and carrying on the Government, though without the aid of Lord Althorp in the House of Commons. These means and these difficulties the Noble Viscount did develope seriatim and in fell de tail to his Majesty. But if the King, upon a calm consideration of all the contingent results which might or, as it appeared to his Majesty, must have flowed from the adoption of any of the proposed alternatives, became conscientiously satisfied that a dissolution of the Cabinet at the present moment would be attended with less serious mischief than at any time during a session of Parliament, who can blame Lord Mel bourne for such an unwished-for termination of his conference with King William ? We are bound to add, in candour, who can blame the King for acting on different, but certainly not unreasona')le, impres sions ? It is not for us to decide upon, nor shall we dispute the correctness of the judgment exercised on this occasion by the King. We shall, however, lay a few 'brief hypotheses before our readers, and leave them to draw their own conclusions from each. Sup pose Lord John Russell had been recommended for his Majesty's approval as Leader of the House of Commons—is there, or is there not, reason to appre herd that his Lords!: 2's pledges, either towards the Dissenters or with regard to the ultimate disposal of Church property in Ireland, or both, might have laid him under the necessity of introducing and enforcing measures of so bold a character, that other Ministers, Lord Lansdowne, for instance, and Mr. Spring Rice, would have taken the opportunity of resigning ? Had the task-of Leader been assigned to Mr. Abercromby, whose opinions on the two points specified are under stood to agree with those of Lord John Russell, the same consequences, it was to be feared, would follow. On the other hand, in the case of Mr. Spring Rice being appointed Leader, although the Right Hon. Gentle man might not have meddled with such dangerous mea sures as those we have referred to, the Whig Radical Opposition must have done so; in which case, no less, we apprehend, than four of the Ministers must have voted against their colleagues, and have then unavoid ably,broken up the Government in the very heat of the Session. We state these things hypothetically. It might not be decorous to present them in a more positive form, and we shall leave all comment upon them, and upon the sound discretion of his Majesty's choice under such perplexity, to the unbiassed judg ment of our readers. There is another point which, from observations very recently occurring to our minds and to those of others, we now approach with compassionate and extreme repugnance. We would thereby indicate the conduct and condition of Lord Brougham. In the presence, therefore, of his colleagues, who will read this . article—of Lord Melbourne, their chief—of William IV., our common Sovereign—we are inclined to add (though it is unnecessary), of the Chancery bar, and of those who have witnessed the proceedings of this fallen Judge and politician during the last week —was it possible for any Cabinet that could have been formed to rely on its own existence for twenty-four hours, while Lord Brougham, in the actual state of (we must speak technically) his nervous system, was a member of it ? We put the question distinctly and emphatically, and more than a dozen persons may well comprehend our meaning—would it have been possible for the necessary, the routine business of the country to go on without convulsion for another week ? Would it have been—we do not say morally, much less figuratively—would it have been legally— would it have been physically, we mean without the application of actual physical coercion, practicable for his Majesty to exercise his most undoubted and most essential prerogative—that of issuing a commission to prorogue the Parliament—had Lord Brougham been left any longer in full possession of those official powers which he enjoyed at the last prorogation in the Li bra 6, of the House of ,Lords ? These questions are not meant for political bravado : they are asked in so berness : they are asked in deliberate defiance of an affirmative answer from any person of sane mind who is competent to give one : they are finally asked in a spirit of justice to the Crown, and of deep commisera tion for one of its late advisers. As for intrigue, or manceuvre, or preconcert in any part of the late transac tion, it is due to his Majesty, and to all his Household, to Lord Melbourne, to his colleagues, to the whole Conservative party, and to the Duke of W e llington, to declare our unfeigned and irremovable conviction, that. no imputation was ever more absolutely false.--Times. Whatever alarm there may be in the present state of politics, that alarm can only be on the impossible point, that of the people of England proving untrue to them selves; and that is a groundless alarm. Of the Duke, sword and all, there is none. Did not the people-- the enlightened people of England—by means of their opinion, calmly and quietly expressed, and with some of the Whigs at least, or, at all events, of the profes sing Whigs, acting as a damper on the spirit of the peo ple—did not they then, in the mere hope of the Reform Bill, drive the Duke, with all those whom he can now call to his assistance, from the administration of pub lic affairs ? And if the people did this in their un represented strength, and it may be with the weight of some longers for the flesh-pots upon their shoulders, is it to be for a moment entertained that now—with a reformed House of Commons, through the medium of which the Duke must, if he conquer the liberties of the people, or one iota of them, conquer the whole people—the very same combination of persons which was worsted in the weaker day of the people, shall be victorious in the day of their strength ? It is utterly impossible. Therefore " union, firmness, and modera tion" be the words ; and the more that the Administra tion is hostile to the people, the more it is in the power of the people—the worse it is in its own intentions— the more have we the power of compelling it to do good. We stand by the people ; and we call on them to do any thing rather than to fear or to despair. The darker the cloud, the rainbow of hope is even the more glori ous ; and the people of this country have only to be true to themselves, and to be the faithful guardians of that which they have already gotten, and the more hostile the Minister, the more good they will com mand. To a friendly Administration the people must concede something ; but with an h ost il e one, i t i s " war to the knife," and war is synonymous with victory. The weakness appears even in the Tory Chief Magistrate. He gets rid of the people's requi sition upon a fictitious point of etiquette; but that only shows that he dares not meet them upon the prin ciple, or rather the want of principle, which he would show if he could. Therefore we say, "be firm, and fcitr nothing."—Morning . Advertiser. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 19. A meeting of Middlesex Magistrates took place yeiterday at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell. Nothing but the ordinary routine business was disposed of. SHOP-LIFTING IN PARIS.—A few days since, two women, named Hurtterer, were arrested, having been disco vered to be regular shop-lifters. Their respectable appearance excited no suspicion, and they contrived while the goods were displayed before them to abstract such as best suited them. M. de Gourlet, Commissary of Police of the quarter of the Observatory, after a long and scrupulous investigation, seized at, their house (in the faubourg St. Honore) a great quantity of articles, of which it would be difficult to give here the complete detail. Amongst the things found in their possession were Cachmere shawls, silks, lace, stockings, shoes, gloves, candles, lamps, c l oc k s , sauc epans, & c. It is said that th e y have; con fessed to the commissary ofpolice the various robberies of which they were accused, and that the owners of many of the nume rous articles stolen have been found. The culprits testified sincere repentance, and added that, at the very moment when they were arrested, it was their intention to leave off this cul pable practice and set up as milliners with the articles which were found at their house. It is to be hoped that arrests of this kind, which have latterly been rather frequent, will at length put an end to the reFeated robberies which have - so much hurt the trade of Pari2c KENNEDY. V. KIRBY. This was an appeal from the Master of the Rolls. The 'plaintiff is, an aged lady, living at Ipswich in Suffolk, and the defendant is an eminent manufacturer of the city of London, who lately filled the office of Sheriff. Some time in 1826 the plaintiff employed an attorney named Bostock, then living in George-street near the Mansion-House, and in extensive practice, to draw up her will. In consequence of being so employed Bostock discovered the amount of her property, and finding that she had 9,000/. in the Three per Cent. Consols, he shortly afterwards proposed to her to in crease her income by authorising him to lend this money on mortgage of real property, at an interest of five per cent. This change, according to his representations, was to make an addition of 180/, a year to her income ; and, seduced by the brightness of his promise, and his assurances of the va lidity of the security, she ultimately gave him a power of at tornov to sell out the stock, and dispose of it according to the plan proposed. The money, as he represented, was accordingly advanced on mortgage in two sums of 6,000/. and 3,0001. No inquiries were, on her part made into the titles or the validity of the securities, and the interest was regularly paid until 1829, when some slight delay took place, and the plaintiff becoming uneasy, directed Bos tock to take measures for calling in her principal. Bostock promised compliance, and it then appeared that the 3,000/. had been lent to a person named White, who was engaged in a building speculation on some land belong ing to Bostock, in the neighbourhood of Kennington. A few days after this desire on the part of Mrs. Kennedy to call in her principal, Bostock proceeded to Ipswich with a deed of assignment, by which Mrs. Kennedy consented to assign her mortgage to him on concrtion of receiving 3,042/. prin cipal and interest. This deed Mrs. Kennedy signed in the presence of witnesses, and she also, as it was alleged, in ig norance of the consequences, wrote her name on the back of the deed in the presence of the same witnesses. Above this signature Bostock, on his return to London, placed a receipt for the payment of the mortgage money, and, having previously become possessed of all the interest which White had in the property, he was then provided with a good title to the estate at Kennington, and shortly afterwards pre vailed on his father-in-law, Mr. Kirby, to lend him the sum of 2,0001. on it, by way of mortgage. Bostock, in the course of a few months, absconded, and was Made a bankrupt. The plaintiff, on discoverinc , the fraud practised on her, filed a bill for the purpose of obtaining a preference - over Kirby in the payment of her mortgage on the property, which she contended to be still in force, as the signature to the pay ment of money on the assignment had been obtained by trickery and fraud. The question was argued before the Master of the Rolls, who declared that the defendant Kirby, although perfectly innocent of all connection with the frauds of Bostock, had yet direct as we'l as constructive notice of the defect in the deed of assignment, and that the plaintiff must, therefore, be: declared to have a priority of claim. Against this decision the defendant now appealed. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL was now heard in support of this decree. Sir E. SUGDEN followed in support of the appeal. The further argumenti are to be heard to-morrow (this day). His Lordship sat until within five minutes of five o'clock. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 19. THE KING V. THE RECTOR AND VESTRYMEN OF ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER. This - ,Tras a question upon the validity of a rate. The Earl of Burlington had been rated as the owner of a house and garden. in Piccadilly, and complained that the rate ha posed upon him by the vestry was too high, as the vestry had proceeded on the principle of calculating the amount to which his property there would be liable if fully built upon. The Noble Earl appealed against the rate ; and two Magistrates, before whom the appeal was heard, decided on reducing the calculation of the value of the premises to the sum of 1,6501., it being stated that about 1,600/. was the highest sum at which they would let to any one person in their present condition. The vestry contended that this rate was too low, and insisted that the Magistrates had no power to reduce it ; and the question was brought before the Court on a motion for a certiorari. Sir J. SCARIATT and Mr. ROGERS contended on behalf of the Earl of Burlington that the Magistrates did possess such a power under the authority of the local Act, 2 Geo. 111. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Mr. CLARKSON, on be half of the parish, contended that to allow two magistrates to reduce a rate regularly imposed by the vestry was to give them a power equal to the Quarter Sessions. The COURT thought that the words of the Act were too clear to have any doubt as to the construction which must be put upon them. The magistrates most clearly had juris diction, and their decision therefore was lawful. Rule for a certiorari discharged. BAIL COURT, Nov. 19. A rule had been obtained to show cause why the pro ceedings in a case to tax costs should not be set aside under the following circumstances : Some disputes had arisen at the late election for North ampton, in which the Rev. Mr. Tarplin was a party, and actions were brought against two individuals nnmed Pack and Russell to try a right of way. These actions were withdrawn, in consideration of the Rev. Gentleman being desirous to preserve the peace of the parish. It was un derstood that there the matter ended, but the Rev. Gen tleman bad, though it was supposed - no costs would be asked, applied three days before the conclusion of Trinity Term to the Court for leave to tax the costs. It was now desired to set aside the rule on the ground that the Rev. Gentleman had consented to waive all right to costs. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE doubted whether the rule could be maintained, but at all events the Learned Coun sel, he said, might take it. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD moved for a mandamus against the Rev. Mr. Lee, vicar of a parish in Cambridge, to com pel him to deliver up certain parish books, which he had obtained from the overseers as chairman of a committee for examining the parish accounts, at which he refused to de liver up. They comprehended the rates from 1818 to 1833.—Rule granted. Mr. AUSTIN moved for a certiorari to remove an indict ment for compounding a penal action, on the ground that a fair and impartial trial could not be had at Norwich, the city where the offence was alleged to be committed. It was stated by the Learned Counsel that bribtry had been alleged at the last election against certain parties. In the present case one of the defendants was aged sixty-five, and is a person of great respectability, and the other is an at torney, equally respectable. Notice of trial had been given at the Sessions. In Norwich political disputes ran very high. The Mayor and many of the Aldermen were warm Partisans, as were the majority of the Common Council ; tl:e prosecutor was an attorney, and member of the Coun cil, and so was his partner ; the Jurors were similarly af fected as respected politics, and were adverse to the de fendants, Messrs. Cozins and Coleman. Placards had been circulated against them, and paragraphs inserted in the newspapers imputing to them that they were extortioners and common informers. Two or three days before the bill of indictment was preferred the party met, and every means was resorted to in order to prejudice the defendants. The case was set down for trial at the next Sessions, and unless the Court granted a certiorari, justice, probably, would not be done. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE directed the Learned Counsel to take a writ. A gentleman in Court, supposed to be the prosecutor, had no wish to oppose the application. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE observed that the rule was a matter of course. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 19. SIMS AND ANOTHER V. SIMPSON. The plaintiffs were the assignees of an insolvent named Barnard, who had leased the Albion Tavern from the de-, fendant. On the 13th of April, 1832, Barnard was arrested and went to gaol. On the following day, the 14th, he made over the fixtures of the tavern to defendant, as part pay ment of rent in arrear, and a short time after petitioned the Insolvent Court for relief. He then, as required by the Insolvent Act, made an assignment of his property to the plaintiffs for the benefit of his creditors, and they brought this action against the defendant to recover the value of the fixtures sold to him by the insolvent. A verdict was fund for the defendant, with leave for plaintiff to move the Court to have the verdict entered up for them. A rule Nisi to that effect was accordingly obtained early in the term. The rule came on to be argued to-day. It was contended for the plaintiffs that the assignment, under the Insolvent Debtors' Act, related back, and took effect from the time the 'insolvent went to prison. For the defendant, it was contended that the assignment under the Insolvent Act had no such relation back. The CouRT was of opinion that the Insolvent Act gave no relation back to the assignment.—Rule discharged. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—Nov. 19. This morning Lord LYNDHURST took his seat on the Bench, with the other Judges of the Court, for the first time since the change in the Ministry has occurred. The Noble and Learned Lord informed the Bar that it was his intention on Thursday and the two following days to hear those cases which had been tried before him, and appointed Friday to hear the arguments for a new trial in the case of Russell v. Cowley, and Parrot v. Crease. At the opening of the Court, the following notice was fixed up :—" After the special paper of Wednesday, the 19th instant, has been disposed of, - the Court will proceed immediately to those rules for new trials, in which the causes were tried before Lord Lyndhurst." GLADWELL V. BLAKE AND OTHERS. The defendants in this cause were constables for the county of Sussex, and a true bill having been found by the Grand Jury against the plaintiff, a Bench warrant was ob tained from Mr. Justice PATTESON and put into their hands to execute. They apprehended the plaintiff, but not within the limits of the county of Sussex. The plaintiff brought his action for assault and false imprisonment, and the jury gave a verdict for the defendants on their plea of justifica tion under the warrant. Mr. Sergeant Bompas had obtained a rule to shew cause why judgment should not be entered for the plaintiff, non obstante veredicto, on the grounds that the defendants were not justified by the warrant under which they acted to step out of their jurisdiction into the county of Sussex. FOLLETT now appeared against the rule.—Rule absolute. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. HATTON-GARDEN. THE CONVERTED JEW.—Yesterday a respectable-look ing man, about forty years of age, entered the office, and, addressing Mr. LAING, said be had been robbed by a man under circumstances of great aggravation. Mr. LAING—IS the party in custody ? Applicant—He is not. He has behaved in a very dishonourable manner, and I wish you to grant me a warrant to apprehend him. Mr. LAING—TITere is no necessity for a waraant. You can give him in charge to a policeman if he has committed felony. Applicant—But if I bring him here shall I have justice done to me ? • Mr. LAlNG—Certainly. I trust justice is administered to every person that has business here. Applicant—But I wish to know— Mr. LAING—No, Sir ; I have told you what to do, and I beg'you will no longer take up my time, as I have other business to dispose of. Applicant—Justice has not been done to me when 1 have been here before. I have been treated as an insane per son, because I have renounced the Jewish persuasion, and I want you to inform me if you intend to treat me as a mad man if I bring the party before you ? Mr. LAING—I can say nothing more upon the subject, and I request you to leave the ogee, or remain silent. Applicant—Supposing the party was here, how would you treat the case ? Mr. LAING—If you choose to bring a person to this office, and charge him with felony, every attention will be paid to your complaint. Officer, call on the next case. A pplican t—Now, Si r Mr. LASNG—And now, Sir, I must insist on your re maining quiet, or I shall put you out. Applicant refusing to go away, and insisting on putting more questions, Mr. Laing ordered him to be ejected. This having been done, the applicant went into the pas sage leading to the justice-room, and created a great dis turbance, complaining of the conduct of the magistrate and officers in behaving so rudely to him. In a few minutes he went to the front of the office, where, in a loud voice he again complained of the treatment he had received, and a number of persons soon collected about the spot. He was several times, by order of Mr. Laing, desired to walk away, but he would not, and Mr. Laing at length sent4Baylis, one of the officers of this establishment, to bring him in. After some more conversation Mr. Laing ordered him to find bail. After he was locked up Mr. Laing asked Mr. Mallett, the chief clerk, if the defendant did not, some few months ago, complain of having been robbed by one of Alderman Harmer's clerks. Mr. Mallett answered in the affirmative, adding that it then appeared Mr. Harmer and his partners were con cerned in some dispute between Mr. Abrahams and hi r s wife, and the defendant wanted to make a charge of felony against the clerk, because he was in possession of some papers connected with the suit. Mr. LAINo—I suppose he is mad. Mr. Mallett said there appeared very little doubt of it. It will most likely be recollected that the defendant was held to bail on two occasions at Queen-square, or threaten ing the life of a Rev. Gentleman, whom he accused of secreting his wife, who had quitted her home. In the course of the afternoon he was handcuffed to a number of other prisoners, and taken to the New Prison. On his way thither he harangued the crowd that followed, stating the number of persecutions be had sustained in con sequence of being a convert from the religion of the Jews. QUEEN-SQUARE. Yesterday a little urchin, bet Ween nine and ten years of age, named Henry MWoughall, was brought before Mr. WHITE by some of the authorities at Chelsea, on the fol lowing singular charge : It appeared from the statement of Mr. Simmons that the boy was in the constant habit of climbing about the old church at Chelsea. 'He Was as nimble as any monkey. He would run up a water-spout like a cat, and there was not a part of the building but what he could get to with the greatest ease. For the last two months they had used every endeavour to catch him but in vain, and by his monkey capers he had loosened a great many slates on the roof. The greatest annoyance, however, to the parishioners was the following trick practised by the boy :—He could with case climb up to the great clock in the church, and he was frequently in the-habit of turning the hands of the clock round, sometimes pUtting the clock an hour or two fast or slow, as it suited his fancy, and if any person called on him to desist he only laughed at them, and skipped about from one part of the church to another, setting every one at de fiance to catch him. Yesterday afternoon he was on the roof playing his antics, and he got the assistance of the police and produced a number of ladders, and after a long chase they completely hemmed him in and took him. Mr. Simmons added that no person would believe the extraor dinary agility of the boy without they bad witnessed it. When he found that he had no chance of escape he called out to the witness, " I say, old fellow, now you've got me, won't you stand a penny ?" Mr. WHITE inquired whether any person knew the boy. —A person said that he lived with his father at Chelsea and a few months ago he was brought to the office charged with stealing some cucumbers out of a gentleman's garden. Mr. WHITE-Why do you go and turn the hands of the clock round? Boy—Please you, Sir, persons gives me a penny to go and do it. Mr. WHITE—Who is it that gives you a penny to do it? Boy—Please you, Sir, its a chap of the name of Howell. Other boys climb about the church as well as me. Mr. WHITE—Don't you know it is very wrong ? Boy— Please you, Sir, I didn't know it was mischief. Mr. WHITE told him that he should detain him until some of his friends came forward and would be answerable for his better conduct. The young monkey was then locked up. LAMBETH-STREET. Yesterday Edward Grant, a tradesman in Stepney, whose age appeared above 60, and whose rotundity of per- son would do honour to a City alderman, was brought be fore Mr. HARDWICK and a County Magistrate on a peace warrant, charging him with threatening to take away the life of his wife, Jane Grant. The complainnt, a tall disagreeable-looking woman, bor dering on 70, with scarcely a tooth in her head, whose lankness of figure formed a strikirg contrast to the portly appearance of her better half, stated that ever since her marriage with Mr. Grant, which took place three weeks ago, he had treated her in a very harsh and improper man ner, though nothing could exceed his kindness and atten tion, and fair promises of future happiness, during their courtship. On Sunday night he used the most threatening language to her, saying that he would be. the death of her some time or other, and she was under strong apprehension that he would carry his threats into execution. MAGISTRATE (t 0 the defendant)—What have you to say to this charge of using improper and threatening language towards your wife ? Defendant—All I have to say, your Worship, is, that I did not mean to do her any harm ; but her temper is so aggravating, that it is impossible for a saint out of heaven to put up with it. MAGISTRATE—I am surprised you did not discover this important fact during your courtship. Pray, did you get any fortune with her ? Defendant—Not a farthing, your Worship. On the contrary, since our marriage I have been obliged to pay 251. ,of her debts, and I don't know how much more I'll have to pay ; in fact, your Worship, I am afraid she will be my ruin. Complainant—Well, you know, you kept following me about, and never gave me a moment's peace until I con sented to have you. Defendant—Yes, and I now see my folly, when it is too late. I had been married for 28 years to my late dear wife, and never had an angry word with her. Complainant--And I 30 years to my late dear, dear husband ; and he never was the man to say, " Jane, you have done wrong." Oh ! I'm sure I'll never have such another. MAGISTRATE — You both appear to have been so happy in your first marriages, that I don't think you will be so in the present. Your dispositions appear to me to be quite unsuited, and I am surprised you had not discovered before marriage that they were not likely to agree. Defendant—lt was unfortunate, your worship ; but these things are frequently, as in the present instance, discovered when it is too late. It was only on Sunday last, while we were at dinner, that my wife here took up a knife, and, brandishing it about, said, " She would plunge it into my guts ;" and on that occasion, all I said to her was, " Mind, Jane, You keep your marriage vow."—(Much laughter.) The complainant was about to enter into a lenthened statement of some further real or imaginary grievances, when the Magistrate cut her short, by saying that the de fendant had not done any thing to justify him (the Magis trate) in calling on Min to put in bail, and if h e proinnti, keep the peace towards his wife, he would discharge Id, The defendant gave the promise, and was discharge MARLBOROUGII-STREET . Two little g i r l s , n ame d illary Anne and Sarah rt 6f of the respe c ti ve ages o f t en and eleven, were cha th i rc . a . police constable with sleeping in the open ai r on eP vious night. , 11/ The officer found the m lyi n g o n the step of a ae ° '' a t:b . thought it would be a charity to take them to the " louse, and he accordingly did so. r _ tbJ In answer to M r . D YER ' S i n t erro gatories, the le c ar then had neither father nor mother, both having be e b 0 er vied off in the same week by the cholera. They w at Bristol, and had an uncle and aunt there. The:Ye cao tte n to town to find out their second uncle, who ha d tb them from Gray's Inn-lane, but on their arri val her :e found that their relative had gone away and the 10 ;b e ing shut up. They knew no other person in ' Loudon , an hungry and fatigued, they sat down, and fell asleePatioo, Mr. DYER commiserated the poor ' c hildren's 5 L to. and gave them a few shillings from his private Par se them towards home. MARYLEBOIVE. ,ter° John Stone, a fellow of ruffianly asp ect, placed at the bar before the sitting Magistrate,outrage tsd LINSON, charged with the following daring rob Mrs. be : ry Ann Clarke, a widow of respectability, Willi:, No. 23, Bridge-row, Paddington, on the previous ecotic about eight o'clock, was crossing Paddington - g rec° ' er o° return home from the City, when she felt sorelit) touch her on the shoulder. She immediately tu r i neu t 0) 14 and beheld the prisoner, to whom she said, " We a l her s want ?" He made no reply, but instantly str ue :O re violent blow on the breast, and seizing hold of beri r , , 9 . , 06 it by force from her bonnet and made off. liaviq' f - e r;o measure recovered her self-possession, althoug s :eri lle frightened, she pursued him, " Stop thie f, ," 111 , e was stopped by a gentleman and given into cus teuY iller value of the veil, which was subsequently found o n t oo sorter, was about 15s. The prisoner, in defence, had been drinking rat h e r freely, and did not know what had occurred. Mr. RAWLINSON, after remarking that it was t ' e 5 0c d Ling robbery that had come under his n otice tme past, ordered him to be fully committed oe' for trial. Rebecca Gillingham, a grisly-looking old w° llla o - '0 brought up by Franklin, an officer of this establislOir, a warrant obtained against her under the following stances : .prca lt ti,, tl Ann Brown, a pretty-looking young woman , Vie family of Mr. Perry, oil and Italian merella't'„-f° 114, Albany-street, Regent's-park, having bee° i"l's(t that an old woman, residing at No. 8, G a fton-e eur "fote dington-street, could make her acquainted with hro destiny, on Wednesday last proceeded there, 3° " Ae ,. a b E t door being opened was introduced into the Parl°„:",.); Or'," she found the prisoner sitting at a table covered the 1 1 1( tea-cups, &c. She made known her errand, o i t i ,: time placing a shilling on the table (as she ha d "' riously told to do) when the prisoner rose ,' 5 1)V,1 " You've shed tears of late." She then tool` to!' earthenware tea-pot from off the bob, and, having ° ; -- jed; ° a few mysterious and unintelligible words, Pr Sh e bc pour out some tea into one of the cups, which s'" s u p° a4er emptied again, and then desired Witness. to ta t k e e : cup, turn it round three :: times, and return it to be jil t° A . ll did so, when the prisoner, looking very earnes t 'Y .0Y said, " Good luck, for the grounds tell me that not be long with your present master, but go to 3 51 : $ 0 0 ° . where a gig is kept, and that you will shortly rua r*l o" bolt A t ier t° AviiihpLenty of, money, for I see him standing j x.-ith.the ring in hiS - hartd." The prisoner then ask e ,,," 't f ar t " 4 111w,w,.,womeri s ishe might know to have tunes told, and - witnes.c'dterwards went away. °ll i' rk i ., morning she again paid the prisoner a visit, wbe r h il a t tion to what she had previously told her, said, would have a family of three children." Sh e a 5 about leaving, when the prisoner asked s for O le it Witness replied that she had not brought any 00t but promised to bring some the next time she call' had not seen the prisoner since. for' l2e'l Mr. Perry (the witness's master) having bee n i :b e 13 1 1 , by his errand boy that his servant had told bit" she visited a " fortune teller," and was going a gain .0 1 " morning instead of repairing to church:detertilibere., watching her movements, which he did, a nd sa, o vf g t h ; ' into the house in which the prisoner resided. F L e r : be if another interview took place some plan wig' NO posed by the old witch to rob him, he the next d a y •ei at this office for a warrant to apprehend her. r:so 0 Webster, one of the officers, here recognised the Ph-,,a as the person whom, some years ago, he frequentlYf pri m custody for creating a disturbance at the resideo Ce° I' l4 Polignac, the French Ambassador. I d the The prisoner, in reply, admitted having t°',lbosin fortune to the best of her abilities, b u t 'dal e ' " manded any money. °4 a. he r e Mr. RAWLINSON, after remarki ng that it , b o , f abominable system of deceiving poor servant giriPwobbel;i often in consequence thrown out of service, an° r d to I ) their money, ordered the prisoner to be cougn itte labour in the House of Correction for six weeks' THAMES POLICE. Yesterlay William Freeman, a ladaged thirtee° le . of; f was brought before Mr. COMM for firalexamii°,4/ E 13 11 aa ' charge of stealing fourteen sovereigns and a ngland note, the property of Stephen Sai i ;7ll), Iright and engineer, in the employ of 'Messrs. 0., of the shot manufactory in the Conlmerel cv id ce' Lambeth. . of The case was attended with very singular circa do The above sum was the savings of a long an s ( ni l b e os ; ej ) life, which the prosecutor had deposited in a derneath a secret drawer in his tool chest, wl'i cb c D 'O' t . i a g li in the factory loft. On the evening of Thursd"Y of"esewic ose c fiog the prosecutor went to his hoard for the pure another sovereign to it, when he was distracted a t to ' r was gone. He communicated the circumstances" age:b Mitchell, an active officer of the Thames Police , "' /, ` t at e : 4 "; tamed that the neighbourhood of Bond-street, ;e3or where the prisoner resided, had been in a state otee', for the last month, arising out of the circumstaneebs, o'gio ing the finding of a 101. note and 14 sovereigns9,,t, tbe / ,‘ti sum lost by the prosecutor. A lad named Fr a Lg'L'ia of a tradesman residing in Bond-street, was e°";,.41P; 0 4 stairs one morning, when he observed the Pris ati ,. o " e a hole, in which he afterwards found a b0%,,'", 111 0 1 thirteen sovereigns, three half-crowns, and a O lin ' Q. se e t r w ith ~, co prisoner returned a few minutes ' afterwards At' other boys, and was amazed at finding the box e l ° t it tents gone. Young Pratt showed the box to s ° ° ' gic e o f men at Clowes's printing-office, who advised hita i ,: n ° cor e fd to his father, and Mr. Pratt had ever since to sfilti3d the money, and delivered it to Mitchell when .it 'a De rc i'd for it. The prosecutor identified the box, and e l V' the never divulged to any person the place whor e bita his savings, and said the prisoner must have seet, o act of depositing the money in his box. I t „" ,; as wbsO about the same time that the box of sovereign,%%De the prisoner's mother changed a 101. note, "ta w " oa before advertised as having been found by her s°°'o3s expended all the money long before the robb ery pot s covered. 10 1 ' i pb e Several witnesses, through whose hands the coo i v had circulated, attended to give evidence ; butl44!„irt of thought there was no occasion to go into that r" case. be d A respectable tradesman, who said the prisoner. ol i ot e in his employ since he left the shot factory , gavetb,llob character, and said that he mentioned finding tw" p to ris h o im ner a . nd others, several weeks ago. -- Mr. COOMBE said the facts were very str ong r , id - Ai de co''' Mr. Flower, solicitor, and partner of o' r ', the 0 0' Harmer, attended for the boy, and pointed a nd tre, flitting statement s m a d e by the lad Pratt, and at oac" 0 1) ther of the boy, although her son was very 510.4er quested the officer to take him into cus todY, “" satisfied of her s on' s innocence. He advised t for trig, to say nothing at present. The prisoner was then committed to Nevvgabe ,f, TiNA a n D,d titt Fags °Nei 4 :kelt 11 : , 11 1 0. hark I T(h,; 11 1) Itv. t, Ar T I ell p hi' k a 0 4 111 kY A t „ ' ll 25t1 ..---....---.....______ BIRTHS. pz Ol' eg ' . Ora the 15th inst., at Eton, the lady of the Re '''" Tor dau g hter. of ~ , On the 17th inst., the lady of Matthew Flower, 4 -"' • I le ( rington-square, of a daughter. f the wife o e, On the 17th inst., at Woodlands, Hants , the VI b°'if Edward Timson, of a son. . csr ge- On the 16th inst., Mrs. John Wood Wafter, West Tarring, Sussex. of a still-born son. MARRIED. dier 1 4 On the 18th inst., at St. Pancras Church, John 1 3 00 4 Esq., of Enfield, Middlesex, to Sophia Stephens 9'' daughter of the late Daniel Chinn Bullock, Esq. Susie On the 15th inst., Reginald, young est son of C. job z to Julia, daughter of-William Tatung , jesty's Service. Esq., late tai: ~ 4 01 DIED. St' s °101; On the 18th inst., at Tittenhanger House, nea r , e Herts, the Right Hon. Philip Earl of Hardwicke, 1".•, e o i the ~, On the 17th ult., at East Farleigh, Agnes, the Wu lo pe R. J. Wilberforce. On the 16th inst., in St. Aubyn-street, Decnol" rt ' .6 pe st, wife of D. Little, Esq., surgeon, aged 71. 50 03 e On the 18th inst., Mrs. Keith, of Cheapside, in her street, l 0, . 4 On the 17th inst. , M rs. Sarah Da y , of Bryanston- _,, ii man-square. On the 16th inst. , the infant son of Frederick Pec t ' itr ov., Great Coram-street , R ussell-s q uare. °I Jo hn Id 'O O On the 16th inst., at Baysw ater, a g ed 30, Mr. e bi ol 01 Critchett, second son of Ben j amin Critchett, ESQ., General Post-office, Loudon. yOV _ fl iCto —_— London: Printed and Published by MURDOe . at The Sun Of f ice, Pro. 112, Strosae