The Sun. — London, England, 1827-12-27 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We have but little to add to the intelligence which we communicated yesterday on the affairs of Turkey, and that little must cnsist, not of new facts, but, of simple discussions and inferences from the old. Diplomatically speaking, the die of war is cast. Yet it should seem' to be an odd resolution on the part of Turkey, to declare that she will make war, which she can carry on in no other way than by calling upon others to beat her." We have been informed that Mr. Canning, when about to quit Constantinople, was conjured, in the most energetic terms, by the Reis Effendi personally, to suspend .his departure; and though the cause assigned for the request was frivolous, yet the request itself was im portant, as indicating an extreme aversion by the Turks to begin the passive warfare. It is probable, however, that our declaration may not linger much longer. If- the Turks will not have peace, they must have war.— Times. • We yesterday offered some observations on what we considered a most mischievous principle, acted on by the Supreme Courts of England, namely, that except corruption could be established against a Magistrate, he should be freed from responsibility, and we noticed a case just decided by the Court of Session in Scotland, where two Justices of Peace were deemed liable in damages to a man, whom, in inflicting a penalty for a breach of the Game Laws, they had charged with offences not connected with the case before, them. "A case which occurred at Marlborough-street office on Friday last, and was again agitated - there yesterday, will serve to illustrate the position which we have laid down. On Friday last a Mr. Wall, d Cirencester-place, Fitzroy square, and an Officer belonging to Marylebone Workhouse, appeared at the Marylebone Police office with a boy about six years old. Wall stated that he had formerly kept a boarding-school at Streatham, but had sold the establishment with the pupils, four months ago, to a Mr. Row croft- ; that on Thursday the child then by his side had been returned on his hands by Mr. Rowcroft, -who, be had imagined, was apprehensive that as the child was illegitimate, and the parent had gone to India, he would not be paid for him. In this case the 'duty. of the. Magistrate was very simple. His authority to act was given to him by the Poor Laws, and he had .merely to ascertain who was chargeable with the maintenance of the boy. On the face of the statement it was obvious that Mr. Rowcroft could not be liable for the maintenance of the bov.— The selling, the boys meant neither more nor less than selling the goodwill of the school, on the prin ciple followed in all other concerns in England. Mis Wall could not sell to Mr. Rowcroft the boys, be cause it did not deperid upon him, but the parents or guardians of the boys, whether they should re main a day with Mr. Rowcrofs; and, on the other Antud, there could be no engagement on the part of Mr. Rowcroft to keep the boys a day or an hour longer than he liked or was paid for. If he was bound to keep them a day, he was bound to keep them twenty years, or a life time. , With Mr. Row. ti-oft it was entirely a matter of cseling prudence, whether he should keep all or any of - them, beyond the period which he might have bargained with Mr. Wall, or the parents or guardians of the children, to keep them. Upon the mere ex-parte statement of Mr. Wall, Mr. irlawlinson, according to the report in the Chronicle, is made to say, " the conduct of the parties towards the little creature had been very ,entiel. and improper. He desired Mr. Wall and the officers to take him back immediately in a hackney coach to Streatham, and tell Mr. Row croft, if he did not receive him, measures would be taken to compel him; and in the mean time, to treat the child with the greatest kindness, and by no means as a pauper." .The Times and New Times have the same report. In the account lathe Morn inglierald, Mr. Rawlinson is made to say, " this was an indictable offence, and desired a summons to he issued against Mr. Rowcroft, in order that he might come and explain the matter;" and he is afterwards made to advise " one of the parish offi cers, who was present, to take the boy down to Streatham, and to tell Mr. Rowcroft that probeed ings would be taken against him, if he refused to take the child back. It was, he said, a most cruel act towards this little creature, to leave him in that way, and he hOped Mr. Rowcroft would receive him into his house again, and behave kindly to him."— We do not say that Mr. Rawlinson used the lan guage here attributed to him; but if we say, that if he did, on a mere ex-parte statement, use language which might go to injure Mr. Rowcroft most materially, by holding him up as a cruel man, he ought, on every principle of justice, to be held responsible to that gentleman. Assuming that he thus pronounced an opinion on the conduct of Mr. Rowcroft (for we do not say that he did state -what is put in his mouth), without hearing him, the least lie could do, when Mr. Rowcroft appeared before him again yesterday was to give him a hear ing. Two places in Scotland (Jedburgh and Cu par) conteed for the hpnour of having first hanged men and then tried them • a measure highly credit able to the economy of the Scotch, as they thereby saved the maintenance of the prisoners. However, they gave them at last a trial--a very fair trial. But 11,7 r. Rawlinson still neither' hear Mr. Rowcroft be fore nor after sentence. Under very excited feel ings, as may easily, be supposed, Mr. Rowcroft wished to explain, that the statement made against him, on which the Magistrate , according t o th e re port, had pronounced so confident ,an opinion, was incorrect; but after waiting in the alike until all the police cases were disposed of, on his rising to speak he was cavalierly stopped short by Mr. Rawlinson. " I have come (he said) to explain conduct. You have thought fit to pronounce an opinion on an ez-parte statement, and will you not hear my refutation ?" No—not a word Would he listen to. Had he listened to the explanation, or looked into the correspondence to which, in justice to Mr. Rowcroft, we have considered ourselves bound to give publication, he would have found that that gentleman was under far leas obligation to maintain the child than he himself was. Mr. Row croft who is a son-of the late much-esteersied Mr. Alderman Rowcroft) has himself a family of nine children. He had already, in the short space of three months, had five failures inshis establishment, and this boy made ;he sixth. lie had Aorresponded with all those from whom any knowledge of the boy could be derived, with a view to obtain some gua rantee for the mere outlay on him, but his efforts • were fruitless. A Mr. Carter, an attorney, at Maid stone, who had been connected with the father of the boy, very kindly advised Mr. Rowcroft to bear the risk, but very prudently shrunk from it hitnaelf. A Clergyman at Roe.hester ' who had been applied to with a view to ascertain the relations of the child by the mother's side, could only inform him that he was born in an inn at Rochester, end that a poor man in the parish of Shona., in whose care the child had once been, - complained that.three pounds were due to him for his maintenance. After in s 4uiring in all directions for two Dr. three months, from a wish, highly creditable to him, to save the poor boy from coming in contact with the parish, without success, he' felt himself bound to apply to the parish, at whose recommendation the boy was taken to Mr. Wall. There are few people who are so cruel as to refuse to be generous at the expence of others. What makes novel-reading so de lightful to sentimental persons is, that they can wet the pages with their tears, without lightening their pockets of a farthing, The generosity is pure and unmixed ; no coming event—such as a clamo rous tradesman's bill, which an sat of liberality Might leave unsatisfied—casts its shadow before. Even an attorney can be generous in theory, for alms. W. Carter, Esq., in the very letter in hich be tells Mr. Rowcroft, " though he feels no anxiety for losing his money," yet " lie cannot afford to add to his responsibility," very humanely observes —" Yon surely would not pursue so harsh and de grading a measure" as to refuse to charge yourself With his board and education. Mr. Carter observes, it is true h®haee ee ry large family hi mself, or "he would cheerfully tat v 4 be boy home ;" but he has no hesitas, tion, without knowing whether Mr. Rowcroft has a large family or not, to pronounce that it would be a harsh measure in him to do what he (Mr. Carter) does himself. Mr. Rawlinson too, is evidently deeply affected by tales of distress, and thinks it very hard that any one should want de Mr. tow croft has a shilling in his pocket. He also, like Mr. Carter is quite above considering the . nine months dependent on Mr. Rowcroft for subsistence. But this the way of world. Tender sentimental attorneys and blubbering Magistrates, who,'were Mr. Rowcroft's family on the streets, would not, perhaps, give them a single sixpence to save them from the gnawings of hunger,. think it cruelty in the extreme, excessive cruelty, that, without knowing any thing of the connections of an illegitimate child, he should not; in addition to the three months' board and edu cation which he has already lost,. continue to feed, clothe, .and educate him at the ;isk of never re ceiving a farthing. If he were to keep the boy for one, two, three years, without receiving a farthing, or seeing a prospect of receiving any, there would still, we doubt not, be sentimental attorneys and magistrates to exclaim, " 0 fie! how cruel ! to turn away the poor boy after having had him so long in his house ;" But we ask, if the .bread of a man striving to maintain by his exertions a large family, and to the success of which exertions public ()Pinion is essential, is to be - taken from him in this albitrary manner by a Magistrate, whose sole title to interfere at all was as an administrator of the poor lavv ? What right or title had he to sit in judg ment on Mr. Rowcroft ? What right has any Ma gistrate to say, on an ex-parte statement, that this or that is cruel? We contend, that if the Supreme Courts do not curb Magistrates—that is, do not punish them when they travel out Of the record, when they pronounce on the character and conduct of men, without being called on so to do—they may ruin and destroy whom they please.— Their duty is to administer the law, - and to say no more than they are called on to say in the cases - before them. If improper persons are thrust into the Magistracy, who -cannot distinguish between what . they ought and what they ought not to do (we do not say that this description applies to Mr. Rawlinson), that is no reason why the public should suffer from their blunders. If the English Judges would only act with the manly independence of the Judges of the Court of Session, Magistrates who could not act. without blundering would, after paying a few penal ties, find out the propriety of leaving the field open to better men. 0 but the Press does all the mis chief! It was the Press that gave currency to the statement of Mr. Wall, and the opinions of Mr. Rawlinson ! There is no harm then hsthe character of a man being attacked by a Magistrate in an open Court, and his reputation being whispered away, without his knowing the enemy who fired at him in the dark. There is in she interesting work, " The TaleS of the O'Hara Family," an interesting case of a young man, who suddenly found every door shut on him, without his being able to ascertain the cause, which turned out to be the secret whispering of a Priest. Why it is the Press that renders the scandal innocuous. An innocent man is thus enabled at once to meet and destroy the effect, of the accu sation, which might otherwise ruin him irretrievably. The Press is the bulwark of the innocent. It is the person who states what is unjustifiable, not the Reporter who is the author of the evil; and the Press, if Magistrates be not screened from responsi bility, would 'arrest, or at.least check the evil, by presenting to the minds of Magistrates that their language will not be lost, and that if they speak unadvisedly they must take the consequences.— Morning Chronicle. People are taught to hand down facts to posterity. Whenever our present unfortunate dispute with Turkey is related, we trust it will not be forgotten that the whole originated, as far as this country is concerned, in the schemes and theories of two sets of people, calling themselves Philhellenists and Greek Bondholders, and in the country having a Minister unstatesmanlike enough to give ear to peo ple's impostures. The history of the world affords few instances of folly equal to this; and if such a practice were to prevail, it would be only necessary for a knot of enthusiasts and jobbers to get together, raise an outcry, and to get part of the Press to se cond them, vo involve dig country in war with one or all of the States of the world. One would think there should be a wisdom somewhere to protect a whole community against such consequences : but on this occasion it has unhappily been wanting 7 and • we are now to be involved in a war with a Power, which it was our interest above all others to be at peace with. It is said, and with some degree of technical truth perhaps, that the measure, right or wrong, was not one of Lord Goderichls Admini stration ' • and that, therefore, the present Ministry may " bark out" of it. We wish Ministers joy of the advocates who do them the honour of adopting such a line ofargument. Considering that they were all the colleagues of that Minister, under whose auspices the Treaty of London was negotiated and signed,`they must all either have had a voice in the matter, or ad mit that they were in his presence mere automata, succumbing to therays of his all-powerful genius. The Ministerial writers, therefore, who resort to this equi vocation, neither serve nor do honour to their patrons by such a course ; and we have a much better opi nion of Lord Goderich's candour and spirit, than to suppose that he will consent, with Macbeth, to ex claim, Never say I did it." Whoever did it, the art luts been a most unwise one, and may, ere long, lead to consequences the most embarrassing. At home, one of its consequences, it would seem, is likely to be an increase of taxation; while in our ex ternal relations it must lead to lessening, if not de stroying, the power of that State whose strength was osir own—to an early jealousy of the views of one, if not both the Powers with whom we have entered into so injudicious an alliance—and to the ultimate aggrandisement of that State, which, how ever sincere and pacific the views of its present Ruler may be, like other despotic Governments, may, whenever it pleases, adopt a policy the very reverse of that which, for the moment, it professes. We confess we do not see how Ministers are to ac quit themselves of having unnecessarily involved the country in these consequences. Here was no invasion of teeriPary or of national rights to resent or to defend, but, at home tg least, only the outcry of a set of people, one half fools and the other knaves, urging on the Government in a way which the very weakest of men ought to have despised. To have swept the sea of pirates, and to have insisted that the dispute between the forte and her Greek subjects should be no longer an annoyance to-the rest of the world, were legitimate objects for the present Allied Powers to have pursued; though, as far as .England was concerned, she could just as well have done her part without an alliance as with it. This would have been very diffssent policy from taking a side, and making war upon a Power merely because it does not choose to yield implicit and prompt obedi ence to orders which those who dictate them had no right upon earth to give. And yet, for objects ille gitimate and groundless like these, Great Britain finds herself invoked in a contest from which she can derive no honour—in which even the splendid services of her navy became-equivocal—and the ul timate consequences of which may be more fatal to her national' welfare and resources than the most Quixotic enterprise in which her Government could have engaged.—Morning Herald. It certainly would be a great improvement in the system of the Church of England, if a decent allow ance were made to that hard-working and class of its Ministers—the Curates; at least that por tion of them whose '° labours in.* vineyard" are unsweetened by any hopes derived from patronage or connection. In the present highly taxed and overburdened state of the country, in consequence of its National Debt, we would hesitate to advise even so just a measure, were it not that we know that the Church Establishment is rich enough to providerespeetably for all its members. The great inequality between the allotted stipends of the dif ferent orders of Clergy has not grown out of the or dinances of Scripture, and cannot be supported on their foundation. The . nomish Church, which overlayed the•pure spirit of Christianity with its Corrupt iaventions, first -introduced that inequality of payment to the Ministers of Religion which is still preserved in our own. The Romish Church first invented Popes, Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishopi, mitred Abbots, and some other dignitaries, with the grandeur, power, and wealth of temporal Princes, while it left inferior orders of the Clergy to struggle with constant poverty, or' enrich them selves by a dishonest, exercise of. their spiritual in fluence. The Romish Church is called by our orthodox Divines Antichrist, and certainly nothing could be more Anti-Christian than to bestow on one class of Clergy all the .means of worldly splendour, poMp, and luxury, and leave otherS, and those the working class, to a miserable pittance, not sufficient for the decent support of life. Before the Reform ation thousands of inferior Clergymen in this country were under the necessity of supporting themselves principally by the " offerings" which they solicited from the public while the Beckets and Wolseys of the then Establishment' were rolling in wealth, and wining with Kings in pride and magnificence. The Reformation preserved too much of thiS part of the Romish system, while it swept away " aurictilar con fession" the " worship of images," and other lucra tive impositions. Thus it happens that the higher order of the Clergy are nearly in as good a situation, in a worldly point of view, as the higher order of the Romish Clergy were; but the inferior class are far worse of. Romish Priests, by means of " au ricular confession," the doctrine of " purgatory," and other profitable superstitions, had -a more secret and, effective influence over :the minds of their flocks than the Curates of the Reformed Church ever can have; and, through that influence, could get more readily at the people's pockets, so as to be able to add to their means by, extra offerings and donations of the weak-minded, the sick, and the dying, beyond the ordinary dueS to which they were entitled. The Citrates of the Church of England have no such profitable machinery of superstition to work with ; they must combine the keeping of a school or the pursuit of private tuition with their other severe duties, if they would at all acquire a respectable livelihood. But if the riches of the Church were a little less unfairly distribtited, there would be resources enough for the liberal mainte nance of the higher Clergy, whose principal duty is to superintend the workmen; and for the respect able support of the more humble and numerous body, who " bear the burden and heat of the day." The Chnrch of England stands very much in need of a reformation of this sort, to complete the former reformation.—Eid. The extract which we subjoin is taken from a letter, addressed by his brother to a gentleman'in Westminster, who has had the goodness to favour us with a perusal of the original. All communica tions from Constantinople possess at the present conjuncture very high interest. Some of the facts which are detailed in the following have been anti cipated by the summary which we gave on Monday of Mr. Stratford Canning!s despatches; but there is one of considerable importance, as indicating the state of the Sultan's feelings, of which we were not then fully aware. The 7lniee of yesterday morning says there is no doubt that the embargo at Constant:- nople had been re-imposed on merchant vessels before the last despatches came away. Our contemporary, who has played his cards very indifferently for these some months past, is wrong in this, as helms been, not unfrequently, in more important particulars. That the embargo had not been re-imposed on the 28th is fully proved from the statement below. The declaration of the Ambassadors that even their withdrawal from Constantinople was not to be considered as a declaration of war, but only as a bieaking off of the negociations, is also important, combined with the opinion of the old residents that the Porte may even yet submit to conditions. This declaration is not given on rumour merely; but seems, from the context, to have made part of the circular sent to the English, French, and Russian inhabitants on the morning of the 20th. 'We are sometimes told of the sagacity and intelligence of Turkey in her diplomatic arrangements, but we are at 'a loss to discover in what they consist. It is quite evident that, with a wise or cunning Govern ment, such a consciousness of weakness as Turkey cannot fail to feel would have prompted any thing rather than the proud and uncompromising tone which it "assumed from the first, and which, up to • the 28th, it appears to have maintained. The fol - lowihg 'is the extract alluded to : CONSTANTINOPLF 28. "We have'now fixed to go to Smyrna by the, N Elizabeth,'(r.: Captain Holmes.. The vessel has all her papers ready, that is, her firma ; she will _sail in one or two days. w e have also our passports, and we put our luggage on board to-morrow. The vessel we go in is consigned to M. La Fontaine's house, a gentleman I have already mentioned as having been particularly kind to us. " I am sorry to say things are not going on well here. The three Ambassadors, in consequence of their confer ences with the Porte not having terminated satiefactOrily, have come to the resolution of demanding their passports ;' with this intimation, however, that their departure is not to be considered as a declaration of war, but only -as a breaking off of negociation. Official intimation of this measure has this morning been given to the resident sub jects of the different powers. It remains to be seen what effect this will produce on the Porte. She must at length be convinced that the Allies are determined to render Greece independent, whether she treat or not. What can she hope from a quarrel, the mostiavourable issue of which would be, that she would obtain after a war what she is offered before it? Those who have resided long here think she will avoid a war, and say, When the Ambassadors are Os board, then will we believe they are to leave.' This may be the case—this ptishing to extremities may be the Turkish policy now, as it has always been still it is doubtful whether prudence will prevail over ignorance, wounded pride, and a better motive—patriotism. I am one of those who believe that the Turks will come to terms. I shall act, however, as if they were not to do so. " It will depend on what the people of Smyrna think whether we go to Alexandria or to the lonian Islands. I saw .Mr. W. to-day, who said he could see no risk in going to Egypt. He has had letters from thence, after the news of Navarin had been known there." —New Times. No further advices from Mr. Stratford Canning had arrived when our Paper was put to press. It must be a source of mortification to every genuine Englishman, to find that the general repose of Europe is at last most seriously threatened ; and it is most disheartening to think, that in a season of such imminent peril, we are left without a.wise, vigorous, or comprehensive Government. Without stopping to speculate upon the causes that led to the present crisis, it is admitted on all hands that our liberal' system abroad and at home has mainly contributed to produce it. We pretend not to question the purity of the motives by which any of its advocates were actuated ; but with all due sub mission to their understandings, we must doubt the prudence or the soundness of the policy on which they have acted. It was the great object of England, until within a very short period, to maintain what was called tho balance of power in Europe, with a view to improve the in ternal condition of the States composing it, and of preventing the aggression of the more powerful over the weaker. To this . end it was that we struggled against the ambition of Na poleon; and having, conjointly with other Powers, effected his total destruction, some half-fledged phi losophers have started up amongst us, and with the usual, though unaccountable success of other charla tans, have for a time persuaded the nation to for sake the paths that led them to glory and prosperity. The nostrums of the quacks were greedily swal lowed, and when the nation's stomach became dosed with them, nausea and bitterness naturally followed. The bitter fruits, it is our unpleasant duty to state, we are now sorely feeling; and in common with all the right-thinking portion of the community, we earnestly entreat our gracious Sovereign to save us from still greater and more calamitous evils. The British nation at all times requires a sensible and prudent, if not an able government; but in cases of 'great emergency,, all those qualities should be united. At the present day, we have neither wis dom abroad, not: prUdenee' it lonie—.every thing seems to be left to chance, or perhaps what is worse, is confided to the stripling care of some 'irrespon sible officer, who is equally ignorant of the duties* of his station, and the obligation he has contracted with the Sovereign and the:Nation in his acceptance of office upon any consideration. The present Minis try has no principle of unity, of congeniality of views or sentiments, to keep. it long together— and fortunate for *the country that • it is so; it is made up• Of shreds' and patches—of every heteroge neous matetial which defies all confidence in their measures, and excludes all hope from their future efforts. They appear to have been completely nut witted by Russia and by France; despite the tripar tite victory of Navdrin, and the consequent breach of faith with one of our most ancient Allies. They have, to say the least, imprudently risked a war, the ultimate result of which no man can now fore see—and their domestic policy. has • been a tissue of petty exactions here, and • hypocritical re ductions therethe former unable to swell a de clining revenue, and the latter in no way calculated to effect its professed object. In fact, the present Government are like men in the dark, who may stumble out of the scrapes in which their precipitancy and want of foresight have involved them ; but it is evident they are not the persons either individually or collectively who can right the helm of the State, and save her from impending storms. We have no thing whatever to do with them in their private ca pacity; but, as public men, they are a species of public property, and cannot take objection at being treated as such. 'We do not. quarrel with them as men—their measures, as official personages, we have a right to watch with care, and to expose with can dour, whenever necessity may demand it. This course we have pursued from a thorough conviction of its propriety, and we shall not deviate from it until we find our cause's of complaint remeditd—if not altogether removed.—Morning Post. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.---Yesterday, the LORD MAYOR issued directions to the proper officers to inquire into the extent of a nuisance which has become so serious of late a to excite apprehensions for the health of numbers of the in habitants of London. It appears that for some time past the authorities at the Tower, in consequence of the overflow of the large ditch round that building, have been obliged to let the contents empty themselves into the river. The governors of the Trinity House expostulated against this practice, as calcu lated to raise impediments in . the river to the prejudice of the navigation, but the evacuations still took place, and they proved to be excessively offensive. In fact, the common sewers emptied themselves into the ditch, from various parts of the metropolis, so copiously, that it often became neces sary to turn the contents into the Thames. The water of the immediate neighbourhood became of course very im pure, on account of the vast accumulation of filth from that very populous part of the town. Some years ago it was the practice of night-men to drive their cart loads into the country to be used as manure. This plan had been, however, in a great measure discontinued, and the night men emptied their carts into the common sewers, s 6 that the Thames was sure to receive all manner of offensive matter. This was quite enough to raise fears for the health of those who drank of water subject to such pollution,—an objection which was certainly much greater than the other, that of the obstruction to time navigation, although the latter was in itself sufficient to demand investigation. The au thorities at the Tower insist upon their right to empty the ditch into the Thames, as the common sewers are emptied into their ditch instead of the ThaMes direct, and they in tend to persevere in this course, in opposition to the Trinity House and the Corporation. His Lordship intimated his belief that the decision upon the right must in all proba bility be decided in a court of law. BOW-STREET.—A young man, of a❑ Herculean frame, named IV/ Iliam Barclay, was yesterday charged by a baker, named Inglis, who resides in Castle -street, Lei cester-square, with knocking him down in St. Martin's court, between twelve and one o'clock on Wednesday morning. Four watchmen, each of whom exhibited either a cut or a bruise, as evidence of the defendant's pugilistic qualities, were also in attendance.„ The complainant stated, that he was passing through St. Martin's-court, between twelve and one o'clock the same morning,when the defendant, who was walking with a lady and gentleman, knocked hint down without any provoca tion, and upon regaining his legs, repeated the assault. The complainant called " watch," and Boyd, one of the wit nesses, ca me to his assistance, but was immediately laid prostrate by the defendant, as were also the other' three witnesses, who, hearing the cry `of "watch," came run iting to the spot. , - Boyd; one of the watchmen, said that daring his ex perience for ten years be never witnessed any thing like the facility with which the defendant brought people to the ground. " This little tap, your Worship," said the wit ness, pointing to a considerable discolouration around one of his eyes, was quite enough for my business." Sir uontrabit: lE iles,g . pyourbaay, whoveall of ‘ a l ta7e' ' o ' f sal tte gentleman's milling and what are you, Mr. Barclay?" ‘. I live with my father, who keeps the Old Drury Tavern, at the corner of Vinegar-yard, in Brydges-street," said the defendant : " I am an assistant in the business." " That is, you are one of the waiters," said the MAGIS TRATE. " No, lam not a waiter," replied Mr. Barclay ; " I attend at the bar, and serve out the gin." The de fendant then stated, that he was passing through St. Mar tin's-court at the hour mentioned, and was perfectly sober, the complainant, without any thing having previously passed between' them, applied to Lim a most abominable name, upon which he certainly knocked him down. The watchman then came running up, and began to belabour him with their sticks, and .in self-dofence he was obliged to knock" them down also. " I shall trouble you to put in bail for the assaults. you have committed," said Sir R. BIRNIE, "and to give 24 hours' notice of the sureties you mean to propose. I hope the parish will prosecute you on the part of thewatchmen, and I shall take care that no compromise be entered into.— Ford, take the defendant away, and see that no attempt is made to settle the matter. MARLBOROOGH-STREET..---This office was yes terday crowded with flash-house keepers, and flash-house frequenters, Including a fellow named Rowbottotn, who holds a den of this description, called the " Finish," in James-street, Covent-garden, attracted to hear an informa tion preferred at the instance of the Magistrates of this Office, agaigst a person named Goodred, the alleged pro prietor of one of these places called the Saloon, in Picca dilly. The information was laid under the 35th of Geo. 111. cap. 113, and charged the defendant with selling wine by retail upon his premises, contrary to the provisions of that Act. . _ _ Ti witness proved-the fact charged, but Mr. Adolphus, who attended for the defendant, contended that the 35th of George DI. was repealed by the 6th of George IV., chap. SI, and that it was under-this last Act that - the informa tion should be laid, if at all, and which can only be done thus by permission of the Board of Excise. The Magistrates, F. A. Rot, H. M. DYER, and J. E. CONANT, Esqrs., seemed of unanimous opinion that the objection was not valid, but they adjourned the case for a week to give the point more consideration. A person named Partrige Staunton Deverin, was finally examined upon a charge of obtaining from a tailor a quantity of clothes upon a bill of exchange which is al leged to be supposititious. The bill is for 50/.; is dated Sackville-street, Dublin, purports to be drawn by a person named Lucius Wilson, in favour of Deverin;"and made payable at the banking house of Messrs. Finlay and Co., in that city; but it ap peared that there is no such person as Wilson residing in Sackville-,street, _nor • are any of the parties known at the Bank. Mr. Adolphus, who appeared for the prisoner, sub mitted, that as the bill had not yet become due, there was no ground for detaining the prisoner longer, and he was discharged. The prisoner, whose speech is mush affected by the loss of the palate, or roof of his mouth, has been lodging at the Ship Hotel in Charing-Bross, where he had the clothes de livered to him; but which he quitted immediately after, and was apprehended in Thanet-place, Temple-bar. Mr. Vourtein, - of Macclesfield-street, Soho, the suffering tailor to the full amount of the bill, expressed his confi dence that be should never get a farthing of his money. It appeared that the prisoner pawned all the clothes except a handsome suit which he then had on. A. man named William _Andrews was committed for one month to the House'of Correction, charged with having b ee n found concealed with intent to commit a felony in the house of Mr. North, a surgeon, No. 66, Upper Berke ley-street. It appeared that Mr. Nut!), on Wednesday week last, iiischarged the prisoner from his service for dishonesty, and on Friday night laat.he•waor seen by Mrs. North mace / il e a behind the kitchen-door about _nine o'clock. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.--Yesterday, a great num ber of charges were brought from Paddington, Paheras, and Marylebone watch-houses ; most of them were occa sioned by the parties having too freely indulged in the fes tivity of the season, and all of them were uninteresting. .Elijah Daniels, aralecent country-looking man, was charged with having committed a burglary at Ditton Marsh in On Monday night, the prisoner was given in charge by a woman, who proi'es to be hie wife and lives in Ernest street, Regent's-park, to John Witherby, a watchman un der the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and she ac cused him of having loitered about her residence with an intention of breaking the peace. This not being sufficient to justify his detention, the watchman was about to let him go, when she informed him that if he would send to Mr. John Daniels, of Clarges-street, Clare-market, he could furnish evidence of felony against him, and he took him to the watch-house. John Daniels, of Clarges-street, Clare-market, is the prisoner's nephew.—Early in the present month, he re ceived a letter from his relatives at Ditton Marsh, which informed him that his uncle Elijah had been attending the market for three weeks with apples. On the Saturday before the letter was written he left the place, as he said, for Bath. After he was gone, it was discovered that his uncle John's house had been broken open, and robbed of a JO/. bank-note, five sovereigns, eight pounds' worth of sil ver, two watches, six silier tea-spoons, wearing apparel, and shoes, The prisoner was suspected, and the print of his shoes in his mother's garde; before he left, correspond ed with a pair stolen, When the prisoner was searched at the watch-house, Witherby, found eight duplicates in his pocket, one of which was for six spoons ; and the prisoner's wife told Witherby they were those lost by her kinsman, for she had seen them at his house. Mr. RAWLINSON asked the prisoner if he wished to say any thing ? " I acknowledge the deed," he replied ;" but there was not so much money.—He was remanded. , Mr. Bradbury, the keeper of Paddington watchhouse, in formed Mr. Rawlinson that James Croft, the young man who was accidentally shot in the fields near Paddington, by a boy on Sunday morning, died yesterday in St. George's Hospital. Mr. RAWLINSON desired Mr. Bradbury to keep the boy in the watchhouse until an inquisition had been held upon the body, and then to bring him to the office. William Brooks the hackney -coachman, and William Parkkam, charged on suspicion with stealing bank-notes of the value of 1001., from the person of John William Edwards, Esq., of Wigmore.street, were brought up for re-examination. Another Bank-note for 201. has been traced through Oxford, and the prisoners were again re manded for a week, that opportunity may be afforded to bring a witness from that city. Mr. Rowcroft, the schoolmaster at Streatham, with some newspapers in his hand, complained that an incorrect state ment.had been made at the office respecting the little boy, Robert Evans, and as it was before the public, his cha racter would be injured, unless he was allowed to give an explanation. kr. RAWLINSON said he was very much pressed then with the night charges, but if he would wait till they were disposed of, he would attend to him. ____ When Mr. RAVLINSON became disengaged, he asked Mr. Rowcroft—" Do you want any process, any warrant, or any business to be done by me as a . Alagistrate?" Mr. Rowcroft.—l have been informed that you have expressed au opinion respecting me which is founded on a wrong statement, and I wish to refute it. Mr. RAWLINSON.—You may have seen an opinion, and whether it is right or wrong lam not able to say. If you have a charge to make against any individual, 1 will hear it ; but Ido not sit here to be answerable for what the newspapers say of me. Mr. Rowcroft.—What lam going to say will be of service to the child. Mr. IlAwuNsoN.—The child is in the hands of Mr. Yates, who has very liberally undertaken the charge of him for 12 months, and lam very glad of it. Mr. Roweroft. Your opinion, Sir, was formed on an ex-parte statement. Mr. RAwunsox declined saying or hearing more on the subject, and Mr. itowcroft said he would seek redress elsewhere. WORSHIP-STREET.—Yesterday John _Rowley, a master baker, James Castles, and William Everis, his journeymen, charged with setting fire to the house, 231, Holywell-street, Shoreditch, were brought up for final exa mination. The prisoners underwent two examinations before Mr. BROUGHTON since their apprehension, when the following evidence was adduced : Mr. Thomas Smith, plumber, stated, that he lived next door to the prisoner Rowley. Between seven and eight o'clock on Sunday evening, the 9th inst., while sitting with a few friends in his dinin g -room, they were annoyed by a strong smell of burning wood. ,Hav in g exa mi ned h is house, ro he discovered , om under the skirting-boards on the ten o'clock, a quantity of smoke coming into his the side adjoining the baker's house, which is only sepa rated, by a nine-inch partition. On going into th e str ee t, and observing a column of smoke issuing from Rowley's first floor window, ha procured a watchman and patrol, who, With several of the neighbours, loudly knocked at the door, but could gain no admission for a considerable time. At length the prisoner Castles, who was inside, came, and said he could not let them in, the foreman (Evens) having gone out, locked the door, and taken the key with him. Having made their way in at one of the back windows, and proceeded up stairs, they found under the top step of the first floor landinpplne, a hole made, and part of the wood-work on fire. The flames being ex tinguished, a bunch of matches, some pieces oflamp-cotton, bundles of wood, and fragments of paper, were discovered placed between the joists of the flooring. The prisoner Castles, all this while, kept walking about with perfect in difference, saying he knew nothing of it, or how it had occurred. When asked where water could be procured, lie coolly replied that he did not know. This evidence was corroborated by a gentleman named Allport, and John Burgess, a watchman, who first entered the house with Mr. Smith; and by Matthew Franklin, foreman of the Union Fire-office, who also stated that Rowley was insured at their office for 500/, Thomas Eagles, an officer of this establishment, produced the combustibles found in the hole under the flooring, and a piece of board torn out of the top raiser of the staircase where the fire had been put in. On examination of the house, a great portion of the furniture seemed to have been removed; the value of the stock and fUrniture on the pre mines not being more than 501. Mr. James Smith, chief clerk of the Union Fire-office, Cornhill, proved that the furniture, fixtures, baking utensils, and stock, were insured in the Union for 5001., and that last Michaelmas it had been increased to 6001., in the joint names of the proprietor of the premises (Mr. Hezni) and Rowley. Mr. John Hems, the landlord, stated, that Rowley had taken the house from a baker in St. Martin's-le-Grand, who held it on a lease. That lease having expired a few months back, he was in treaty with Rowley for a new one ; but not being able to comae to terms, the matter had been delayed from time to time. He insured the building himielf in the Protector, for 1,0001., for seven years; but knew nothing uf the e 5OO a.H /. ehad h insurance eenn the effected inthheoujoseintairataemeete fire, shofß:ndy and um noticed that touch of the furniture and stock had been re cently removed. He had heard that Rowley had taken another shop in the London-road, and noticed that Mrs. Rowley and the children were missing for several months, and that the business in Shoreditch was principally con- - ducted by Everis. Mrs. Sarah Hems, wife of last witness, corroborated the statement made by her husband,' and added, that she had seen a part of the furniture removed in a van from the house in Shoreditch, as far back as May last. Mrs. Sarah Sirett, of No. 5, Tabernacle-walk, a friend of Mrs. Rowley, stated, that Mr. Rowley had another esta blishment in the London-road, and that the house was fur nished (with the exception of one chest of drawers) from the shop is Shoreditch; tWo beds, a mahogany sideboard, a set of parlour chairs, and some other articles of furniture, were taken there since Mr. Rowley had been in custody. Everis, who was admitted as evidence, stated, that he had lived With Rowley about two years and a half, latterly as foreman. In consequence of his employer not being able to come to terms with Mr. Hems about the lease' of the house in Shoreditch, another was taken in the London road about five months ago, the business of which he (wit ness) and Mrs. Rowley conducted for some time. Within the last two months, Mr. Rowley had gone there, and re moved him to Shoreditch. The house in Shoreditch was well-furnished before the removal of the goods to the Lendon-road. Rowley came to see him on the Thursday preceding the fire, which was the last time he saw him till after the fire. He stopped but a very short while, and did not go into the bakehouse. Castles had only been in Row ley's employ about a fortnight, as a supernumertry for the regular hand who was ill, and he believed him to be un known to Rowley. About five o'clock in the afternoon of Sunday, the 9th, he (witness) went out to see a female friend with whom he kept company, leaving the. -;•r Castles (who had to resume his work at 11 o'clock bakehouse, he having begged permission to remain, the evening being wet. He (witness) had not locked the door, but merely pulled itafter him on going out. The Ore was &getter a Inysteryto him; and the more he the more he was puzzled. He had never not under the step where the fire was discovered, might have been there, the house being in a dated state. The first intimation he had of from a woman at a green-ihop near the spot, about half-past eleven; when on 'entering the dragged off to the watch-house, without beii tee in what part the house was set on fire. slept-in the house every night excepting Saturd) day; but he never saw Rowley in conversat or Castles. He was entirely ignorant of the Mr. William Graves,estate-agent, of HI and Stoke Islewington, ho mid that he knew his family for many years as persons of character, stated that on dm 30th of Octobe) ployed by Mr. Rowley to dispose of either of his two , l n i ;lI wI s cshi e o n wr ts ead . s tt ci S ihe r o / on . rew 4001.5, r. to B b e zfowr t sum l h et e yhaseet mi nfeodr therat h the sL b t n ecr e ; el: tf dispose,of, he (prisoner) preferring the house i° ditch. . tte j thsi Mr. Wooler, who attend e d f or R ow l ey , subou, t • hi , not a tittle of the evidence a dd uce d went to iMrs i cat : he client. On the contrary, it had been proved he el wished to continue in Shorediteh ; that he 1 01 „ d 7 1 o' ol on the spot for three days previously, and 4 _l: whe n know the man Castles, who wag on the pten t ' - , 9 ce the fire was discovered. As to the over- 10 ; $1 : s ity °' much talked of, it was the case with the tilsr gat.. tradesmen. He had no doubt, that if the broker,' f oi' thews, was employ e d t o va l ue hi s (M r . Waoler'.%/if, ture, he should b e i n th e same pre di camen t hifn*" eider might be accused in the same w a y, : s h o uld anY ac " occur to his house. ' . Mr. Beouctriost was of a widely different opi3°l, When he saw an insurance so triple the value of the party,—that the goods were removed to another ple c o io: a different county, without the slightest intimation ' f it to the fire-office, and the manner in which the Ar c ae s packed, being, clearly premeditated, he could not but the case to a Jury. The two prisoners were accordingly committel,...„o 'A shOrt stout man, in a bro wn f roc k coa t, was"`".o in custody of Hanley, the officer, before Mr. 1 33 m cG- s che and identified by Henry Tibbs as the third pop% th; with the two Melfords, made the attack u pon I"r°,lb house of Mrs. Norbury, i n Bi rc hi n -l ane, on the slave' November. He was taken in bed at th e ship ' in- e „ /e rd3s public-house, at the back of Guy' s H os pital, , ii . o fthe' morning,:and in his pocket wer e f oun d severa l O r i, on same description as that with whi c h Tibb s vel""lss b e the night of the robbery. H e will in a few — brought up with the other prisoners. ._ ,„ ss o UNION-HALL.—Yesterday Al exan der 11. r • 1 nt" brought up to - this office, charged with having br °l ' e- GO ,l ' and robbed the house of Mr. Lewellyn, No. 6 9, n Suffolk-street, Southwark. Anoth er y ou ng "' to e iof , Thomas Chad, was also e xamin e d, c h arge d, on s"li with having been concerned in the offence. 1 ,, ld The complainant stated,,that on Christmas-JaY 11 0 home, for the purpose of dining with a friend ° loef' in the city, previously having placed a light in theP3rt in order to deter thieves, as all the family were ab' e ' l i n s that day. A number of hous es h av i ng b ee n brok e9 fear in that neighbourhood recently, the complainant, , t bd . that his premises would share the same fate, propose° s he and his friend should walk over to Suffolk see that all was right. Having arrived at the I ;°"' e i the key being applied to the hall door, it was fou ° ,si , the lock was picked, and that the door was barred 0 a , Mr. Llewellyn's friend also observed a light Op st' i r' o ef he immediately ran to the rear of the house wiM ji , into one of the back streets, while the former wate".coje front to prevent the escape of the thieves. The P r ' O • f Tron was seen clambering over the wall at the rear " a , I premises ; he got into the street and ran away, but closely pursued, that he was not lost sight of for a in° l ' s . o , / i and was ultimately secured, when, on searching articles of plate, which were identified by Mr. Li e f together with a bunch of skeleton keys, were folio" in possession. A sovereign and a half in gold were also rC in his potkets. On subsequent examination of the T i e mises, it was discovered that a small box helongie ° se , complainant, containing exactly that sum, was open and robbed of its contents. Although the cv iue'j v el against the other prisoner was of a suspicious natore%.o his defence was so plausible, as to induce the magi' to remand - him for further - examination. a t' The following is a statement of the circumstan ce ',o tending the apprehension of Thomas Chad, who is 3 o i young man :—About the time his fellow-pr'sone!:,.,o taken into custody, Chad walked into a chandler's the neighbourhood where the burglary was connittedi;:co, a pistol in his hand ; he asked to pureha.se som e r io riPf when the shopkeeper perceiving the weapon, an u it hi/ just heard of the robbery that had been committed "of neighbour's house, he detained the young man u ntil stable was sent for, into whose custody he was when the pistol was found in his possessien. we er On being questioned respecting the pistol, the p' bsi declared that his brother, who lives in Westminste r ' d e given it to him on the morning of the day he was 3 1p. -street, e hended, for the purpose of taking care of. Be placeuds his pocket, and having been invited to dine with hi s I `el who resides near Suffolk-street, in the course of the e vo i ing he was sent out to purchase some tobacco. 1-D e tY walked about for a short time in qu e st of a shop W be tl r e d article that he wanted was sold, he at length el ehof, pV t t shop of a chandl er , a nd b e i ng o bli ge d t o t a ke out tol in order to get to the bottom. of his pocket for th e see ipi pence necessary for the purchase,- the shopkeeper , the weapon, sus p ec t e d t h at h e was i mp li ca t e d " t he sc oeli' glary, sent for an offi cer , an d h e was ta k en to t h ou prisoner's assertions w ere con fi rme d bv otse. The Lis br hei and his uncle. _ The latter, in addition, s tated tha a t (n the o l fhi night in question, being surprised at the long nb sel' e e low nephew, whom he had sent out for some t o bacco , itig be ceeded in quest of him, and was astonished on heal bbert, had been apprehended on a charge of burglary an d re ivie g The other pri s oner, Tron, disclaimed airy lm ° De e' whatsoever of the young man suspected of basting implicated in the offence. A further investigation will t a ke place /1 Saturt l3 A respectableelderly woma n , named Mary Jone s, dr Pe el in deep mourning, was charged with shoplifting- „ p et Kingster, a shopman, in the e mploy of Messrs. 0 % al the haberdashers in Bridge-road, Lambeth, stated, tko t tl Monday. the prisoner walked into the shop, and requ'too, to4ookat •some articles of millinery. While the sho p gulfslip a larg e i.er' of riband that was wasshowinghersoryieng o shen the u , servedwasocloiter i tonto her ha it , : The basket was examined, and the article disc overed when an officer was sent for, and she was given into ctis.p The prisoner, who was committed for trial, per sisted; divulging her address, or the residence of her fiends" On n n t t h h e e 24th 24th inst. inst. in i n B cI I : R ir go T e; r s H s T S tp . r::: f 0 . Alex. B , Southampton, . fijiii: of a daughter. lady of John Godfrey, Es q. of a son• I liV °I On the 25th inst, at Haling Park, Surrey, the .a • Henry Bainbridge, Esq. of a daughter, still horn. o il On the 25th inst. the I ,OI Y of Guratt Dillon, Eb'l' daughter. ----7 MARRIED. • ''' I ' • On the 2Sth No v - at Tonley, Aher leenshit F o re`"' , Rev. P. Cheyne , Lieutenant-Colonel J a m es P P : r t, 01) / Leith, of Whitehaugh, to Williamina Helen Ste W "c, te o llll daughter of the l a t e - Lieutenant-Colonel Jame 9 " • .._ o f the 42d Royal Highlanders. bu r i f On the 20th i ns t. a t St. George' s Ch urc h, 1310 0 4 5 0 01 11 by the Rev. W. Armstrong, John Nokes, Esq. °f )" amptou-street, Bloomsbury-square, to Naomi, .), daughter of Francis Lewis Aleuchee, Esq. of Woo ls On the 26th inst. at Croydon, by the Rey. N ';etl it Hale, M.A. the Rev. George Coles, M.A. to 1.,110).0 eldest daughter of Thomas Coles, Esq. of Thornton V On the 25th inst. at St. Sepulchre's Church, 1) Y; / tr , Rev. Mr. Worthington, Mr. Ed ward Prohart, of lie" u ". Ui ton, to Sarah, eldest daughter of Mr. John CrossleP Holborn-bridge, On the 26th in.st. - at •SeigEford Church, by the f .,io Watkin Richards, Charlotte, second daughter of F r r j ., o 4 Eld,. Esq. of Seighford-hall, Staffordshire, to Hyacinth Kirwan, Esq. Captain of the 66th Regime Of • - ~jl the I ALE, fol STO Bread takeho ave s CIAI ofti tan Paid l'strorhn:vrafieeit'Pli:Nuttedlolt aIP4 followingeriod ie heo a way witC asno nd extensi Therdgt ontlu rn' c Ya th e nres • of Sal e , , on the C at alogues m; NVEsi T HE CC , hotie!! BEST 1• ' s e int a. h eld, u gi a nt, at t h P Pa!, on Taxi T ' o l ;,'.4 in th e a r ill 1;" the r oc e t,,, l tb, at w h, ed for the I , tst I nd . CoUHL John ] G rant Charles Allan, E . av, 1 litas BarklF, ~licha 13iand, c°3`.4le Brou-n sa4iuel Colvilc )3 Rot,. tew e 1 )4 7 1 1. Lan , Mildred, B 'tl J u h„ , rl iY D e 'eba rti ee, T),`,Z 4 be v• V04t 1 7 Dane ey k orw 6tith , %z.°tlinghal * o rb, accountable any p assel nn levi the s , l time of th e " ° K', LI rd, , ftid : h . . edat_iy :_ i_ u ea, 6 ribanonnitil. t tuic. thi(ilt, PUBLIC ra l ti t n ll ) (I T RI P i c E j t Ol sss b atk .t, a : \ ; . ° d: o b r i : 1 ::, 1:136°Iat80:oSi: it a n t t t i d e r e , S l i n4y dei , , till ing &BOO; Bread, Br A thol; Oatmeal t a k e attria7„etio°; rels, Raiein Ca latton-gg;: A teposit oi Rowley Notes 'of the II v/ mei° . Lot t • irrePr- e l: a th e tun ( ~. w as , money to I. er he 0 , _ - .. , e Da L;. MO 6 • b""'. DIED. On the 23d inst. at Bayswater, in his 51st year, Colonel William Kinloch, late of the 67th Regimen t ',,, On the 26th Inst. at his house at Woodford , Daniel Mildred, Esq. in the 59th year of his age. l'en ld On the 17th inst. at his seat, St. Bride's brolceshire, Charles Allen Philipps, Esq. of till On the 24th inst. aged 30 }:jars,. Diana, wi f e g as Rev. Edward Moor, of Great 13ealings, Suffolk. , , daughter, sister, friend, w if e , an d mo th er , f e w 1,3 ` - o tti," lived more tenderly beloved, or (lied more deeply lol le d. On the 25th inst. in S e r g e an t s ' Inn, at the hous e vol F. T. Wilde, Esq. Martha, the wife of John Rowlath in her 83d year. 0 ./ On the 18th inst. at her house in Edinburgh, Miss .Sehetley. - - Piti4TED and PuBLIstiED by M. YOUNG ,t Sus OFFiou, No. 112, Strand.