The Sun. — London, England, 1827-07-25 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The intemperance of the rude and puny per; yerters of the facts regarding the interview be tween the King and the Duke of Wellington, does not as yet, in one quarter at least, appear to: have experienced any sensible abatement. The' lowest of this description of persons, thoughl they obviously know nothing at all of the subject upon which they presume to speak and vent their impotent rage, true to their honourable vo 'Cation, continue to deny, in teriiiB to which no gentlentati ever thinks of resorting, the fact ar; toritetly stated by us, and of course to adhere ' to their original unwarrantable assiertibn, that the illustrious Wellington, 'en the occasion alluded! to, was neither invited nor expected by his Ma-' jesty. And all this, without attempting in the: slightest 'degree to disprove any part of the state tnent which we have been enabled to make from 4 Aitarter of high and undoubted authenticity, of to answer any one of the arguments which we: have felt our duty to adduce upon the subject) With such persons, devoid as they prove them= selves to be alike of gentlemanly feeling and of :all sense of shame, we of course have nothing fi_irther to say or to do. But a more.respectable, better informed, and decidedly more favoured ad herent of the Ministry, who tidies upon himself to lay the question at'rest by , inuendos, candidly' admits, from the circumstances mentioned, that the Duke might be considered to have been sent; for ; but that the interview was not of more, thai 'ten minutes or a quarter of an hour's durationi This admission is perhaps as much as could havd been reasonably expected from the leading MO nisterial Advocate ; and forms a striking contrast to the daring assertion of a less scrupulous • Journalist, that the Noble Duke was not only not sent for, but was not even expected. The fact, however, is, that the interview, as we- have . already stated, was quite private and very long and that it tr%;k place by special invitation of tte King.—.)__'lorning Post. In another column our readers will find an account of the Thetford Wool Fair, at which Mr. Coke presided. There was a good deal said about the present low price of wool, and the chances with regard to a rise from the im iorovernent in our manufactures. The proceed-1 lns at this Meeting form altogether a cutting satire on our• Agriculturists, and the baxlers in the two Houses of Parliament ; but more espel cially the House of Lords, who pretend to ati• vocate their interests. " A great deal (said Mr: Fison, a manufacturer we presume) depended upon the varying tastei of the day ; they had heard much of supporting our own growth, to produce higher prices: but he believed MD Waller mild state, that if farmers entered his shop, be never heard one, of them ask for a good stinat cloth of English wool; but if they sans such cloth upon his counter, they would be very likely to say, We shall want some of that cloth for - our workhouse.' For his part, he thought that those narrow prejudices which would inter= pose a barrier between one country and another, should be broken down : and he differed from those who attributed the present low prices t(s the importation .of foreign wool." Mr. Cokei " could not help observing, that it was a mys-4 eery to him why, he should pay the same pric6, -for a coat now, when he got but 30s. for his wool,l as he did when he sold it at SOs." Mr. Wallerl told him in answer, "he could supply . goodi English cloths at fourteen shillings a yard, buti was selling fine Saxony cloths at thirty sind was elvergetl more for them in proporl 'ion, than -for the last seven years." And Mr.l Fison observed, " that if agriculturists wouldi turn their attention to the growth of a differenti wool for combing, they would obtain a higher' price. Till then lie did not see any chance.", If all men were Stoics, and in clothing therei selves looked merely for a covering from the! cold ; if they built houses merely for shelter, midi followed the prescription in Moliere, of " eating? to live, instead of living to eat ;" if women! were as well satisfied with linsey-woolseys as with silks, and would look as kindly on the ineni who supplied them with a piece of dowlas to be: round their necks, as. with the richest mint mented necklaces, British wool would, perhaps be preferred to the wool of Saxony. But, if in i all states of society, from that of the savage , to! the present complicated one of England, all ranks and conditions of men and women seem constantly actuated by a disposition to surpass' each other in the splendour of their mode of living, their dress, taste in houses, &c., it is, hardly reasonable • in British agriculturists to' suppose, that if they have less ingenuity, and: display less industry than the agriculturists of Saxony in proving their wool, a preference will, n otwithstanding, -be given to their coarse com-a modity. If one of the stupid, bawling Lords were asked why•there should be Lords at all, or why there should be any class who are allowed to drink French wines of high price, instead of a beverage made of British corn, to build palaces instead of sheds, and to line their walls with the works of Raphael, Correggio, and Titian, he would answer, that it was proper there should be such objects as Lords for the admiration of the peoj..,-; that distinc tions were essential to well-ordered society ; and that if a Lord had no advantage over a pot-boy in distinction, no- body would deign to look at him or admire him. But there cannot be two principles in society; we cannot both reverence Lords, and admire the splen dour of Lords, and yet remain stoics in every -thing else ; and therefore it is inconsistent in them to seek the admiration of the people, and yet to attempt . to check the operation of the 'principle which leads to that admiration. The man w ho admires a Duke, and the female who admires a Duchess, seek to be admired in turn by their coats of Saxon wool, - and showy shawls ; who looks with an eye of -and the . lady's mai d envy on her mistress , looks superciliously on the -kitchen maid. Our - foreign commerce rests greatly , on the skill of our rniniufacturers, and if we seek by monopolies to cramp the opera tions of the latter,- - ;eveinjure._ our- commerce. Almost all our manufacturers are affected by the operations of foreign manufacturers, and clothiers cannot, therefore, give high prices for inferior British wool, while their competitors abroad can obtain better wool at a lower price. We have observed that a love of finery and dis : - tinction is inherent in man. There are few ar ticles in Commerce that may not be dispensed with ; and . as -bas been observed, perhaps as imuch real happiness was enjoyed by our fore fathers when they slept on skins, as when they slept on splendid bedS. But this. is not the question. We cannot restrain the desires which impel ue everlastingly. to „changes in our modes of living, whiell . We liberally call improvements. In the very amusing and instructive. work of the late . Mr.. Harriot, " Struggles through Life," he tells us that, when .among the North Ameri can savages, he was indebted for the advantage o f b e ing a favoured lover to his having two or three feathers with him, which, in the eyes even of these primitive ladies, outweighed years , of courtship.--Morning Chronicle. For some time past we have observed that the exchange between this country and France has been falling. If it should continue to fall it will soon be at a price under par, and then the sove reigns would fly, and Mr. Peel's Bill, which Mr. Canning said had put the cash payment question to rest for ever, would have to be re pealed; and, until the exchange turned round again in otir favour, one and two-pound notes would have to be substituted for sovereigns.— Should the latter circumstance, however, occur, we should hope that the Ministry will let us have notes of thirty and fifty shillings, for the conve nience of change,. for if gold disappeared, silver would not be long in following it. In a financial respect, it perhaps may be considered fortunate that the late Corn Bill did not pass, for if it had passed—and if, in consequence, a large quantity of corn had been impdrted—and if, as it is very likely would have been the case, the exporters of the corn had insisted on payment in gold or silver, the exchanges would, of course, have fallen with greater rapidity than they have al ready. That the balance of remittances is gra- dually becoming against us,- there does not ap pear to be the least doubt, and the money to be remitted to our summer continental excursionists will increase such balance ; also, the money to be remitted to our troops in Portugal ; and by Mr. Rothschild to the Russian fleet in the Me diterranean ; and by the French to their ships in the Mediterranean, will have an influence on the Exchange. For many years, exchanges regularly rose to be in our favour ; but when they got up to be nearly 26 francs with France, they took a turn, and since then they have been gradually drooping. Should they still further continue to droop, we shall have another panic, which in all probability will bring down the price not only of our Stocks, but all other Stocks. We would, therefore, recommend the stock gamblers, as we some short time since recommended the hop gamblers, to take care what they are about, and not be too bold in their speculations for a rise. —Morning Herald. It is much to be regretted that, at the time the Judges' Salaries were increased, some effectual steps had not been taken to bring about a more equal distribution of their labours. A great deal, weknow,was said about it, but nothing done. At present, nothing can be more unequal than the labours which devolve upon those learned per sons. The Judges of the Court of King's Bench have probably five times more to do than those of the Common Pleas, and ten times the work of the Barons of the Exchequer ; for the latter may be comparatively said to do little or nothing. Lord Tenterden alone, who partakes of nearly all the labours of his brethren, literally goes through more actual work and labour than the eleven other Judges put together. This, we are well aware, is greatly owing to the high reputa tion his Lordship enjoys, not only for the highest degree of legal attainments, but for the superio rity of temper—of manner—and just discrimi nation, with which every thing that comes before him is disposed of. In law, as in every other commodity, customers will naturally flock to the place where they are best served. But still, if attorneys consulted the interests of their clients a little more, they would not crowd all their com mon causes into this one Court, where the utmost labour and assiduity of the most able and indus trious men cannot get through them, but would at leaottake those cases, which any Judge might dis pose of,where they might be more readily dispatch ed. But the great fault, as the Courts in Westmin ster Hall are at present constituted, is the c6m parative inutility of the Court of Exchequer as a Court of Common Pleas. This is principally . owing to its practice being arbitrarily confined to some half dozen privileged attorneys or clerks in Court, through whose hands alone, any com mon law business in it must proceed. This is so obvious a hindrance of justice, and throws so much more labour upon the other Judges than they ought to undergo, that we wonder the Judges themselves do not insist upon its being put 'an end to. if vested interests, as usual, stand in the way, why such vested interests should be purchased and abolished. The great increase of litigation is certainly in some degree owing to the magnitude of the commercial concerns of the country ; but still more, we apprehend, to the great increase of lawyers themselves. Every attorney must have clients, or how could he live? and every attorney has got a barrister ready to agree with him, that such and such an action or suit is prudent and unavoidable. At the same time, if there were but a little more prudence and common sense exercised by mankind in their every day dealings with each other ; and if, instead of consulting his lawyer, a man now and then consulted his friends, there would not be quite so many law-suits to try, either in the Court of King's Bench, or elsewhere.--Ibid. Yesterday, two gentlemen were broug before the sitting Magistrate, at Marlborough street, charged with disorderly conduct. Whei the case came to be examined, it turned out thal all the watchman could charge the gentlemei With, was their calling on him to follow them, which he refused. The gentlemen's story was, that they had ignorantly strayed into George street, St. Giles s, where they were immediately hustled and robbed ; and they called on the watehman to follow; and assist them in seizing the thieves. They were discharged. Another case, exactly similar in its general features, im mediately followed. The parties in the latter case were females, who were said to have been disorderly. They also were discharged. We find it almost invariably thus. The watchmen, with great consideration, allow the offenders to go free, pretty sure that the officers will not miss them, and with a provident view to their em ployment, while they themselves lay hold of the innocent. The only use of watchmen, is to prevent the commission of crimes during the night; and how do they fulfil this object? What crime is ever prevented by their vigilance —what thief scared by their interference ? Were there no fixed guardians of property—were the streets perambulated only - occasionally—we are persuaded that half the burglaries and robberies which cram our gaols, and load our gibbets, would not occur. The thieves would not, in that case, know when to begin. At present, the watchman, to the disturbance of the sick, and the annoyance of the healthy, bawls out, " at chime of clock," the hour of the night, and returns to his lair, afid, in . one. minute, is fast asleep. When his voice is no.longetheard, his interference is no longer. to be-dreaded, and the pannel may be ,sawed, or. the lock picked, with the most perfect ease, and free from all . ,manner of - interruption. The passenger who stands,still to shake harids with has friend, does not watch those moments when Cerberus is slumbering, and is dragged to the watch-house in consequence, as a proof of the activity of these minions of justice.—New Times. LONDON MARKETS. 'From the 'London New Price Current of Tuesday.) "Sudax.-L-The Sugar market was nearly cleafed ofZius covades last week, the purchases exceeded 7,000 hhdS. and such was the firmness of the holders, and the . eager- ness of the buyers to purchase, that the market prices ap peared daily to improve. A great proportion of the Sugar appears to be taken by speculators, who have generallylse lected the good and strong descriptions ; the latter, in con sequence, rate high in proportion to the liner qualities, selling about 705., the finest Jamaica, 725. The deliveries of Sugar and the state of the stock attracted great interest this morning. The deliveries last week were 3,531 casks, ' being 511 less than the corresponding week of last year; there were, however, 2,646 bags Mauritius, 82 chests Havannah, and 77 chests Brazil, delivered during last week for home consumption or for refining. The compa rative stock, as we anticipated, is greatly decreased; it is now 11,404 casks less than last year, yet it must be taken into calculation that 9,300 casks were yesterday reported inwards, and we do not think the comparative stock will alter in any very marked manner till the arrival of the August ships, when the stock will gradually fall off . (com pared with 1826) Rho - hid the advance not check the con sumption, ,of which' considerable fears are entertained.— The buyers were early at market this morning, but from the very deficient supply, few Sugars were on show, and those chiefly of very inferior descriptions : under these cir cumstances the grocers and refiners did not show them selves extensive buyers, and for the same reason the specu lators, on looking over the small show, went off without purchasing. The sales do not exceed 600 hhds. the prices aro fully supported. The Barbadoes sale, 120 Mids. went off 655. 6d. a 745. 6d. ; the Sugars 655. a 68s. very high; fine white 745. 6d. low in proportion. Brown Jainaicas 635., other browns 625. In the refined market last week there was much business at an advance of Is. to 2s. per cwt. Lumps advancing from 83s. a 855., and other goods in proportion. Molasses 274. The Refined Market was not so brisk this afternoon on account of the unfavourable reports from Hamburgh ; brown Lumps a shade lower. The wholesale grocers appear to be extensive buyers for the home consumption. Molasses, 275. brisk. In Foreign Sugars the sales reported by private contract are fine white Havannah 50s. ; fine strong yellow 405., and by public, tale 297 chests good yellow, 395. and 39a. 6d., brown•36s. 6d. ; the latter sold very high, the former at rather lower rates ; 50 chests Brazil 455. and 465., good brown 325. 6d. By public sale 1558 bags Mauritius went off with great briskness 2s. a 3s. above any preceding sale, and fully equal to the market prices by private contract, good brown 60s. a 635., yellow 645. a 675. COFFEE.-The quantity of Coffee sold last week was rather extensive, and generally at advancing prices, parti cularly the coloury descriptions, which appear to be in considerable demand. The Demerara, all qualities above fine ord. 3s. a 4s. Jamaica and ether British Plantation descriptions 2s. a 38. higher. The St. Domingo good quality sold about 465. Good ord. Brazil 435. a 445. 6d. no fine ordinary was offered for sale. There were three public sales of Coffee this forenoon, 161 casks; IS bags British Plantation, 794 bags St. Domingo. The latter good ord. coloury but mixed was taken in, 455. was offered and refused ; the damaged sold at 435. ; the British Planta tion Coffee of the coloury descriptions 625. and upwards, sold at a further advance of 2s. ; all the ordinary and foreign Coffee at last week's prices. IlEstv, FLAX, AND TALLOW.—The market was thrown into some agitation last week by. the adjustment of a time bargain in Tallow to the extent of eleven thousand casks. The contract was between two eminent houses; the par .ticillars did not transpire, but the first impression was that a great quantity would be thrown upon the market, and the prices in consequence declined to 355. The market is since Is. higher, with a much firmer appearance. The ac. counts from St. Petersburgh are to the 6th inst., 600 casks Tallow had been sold at 102 rubles, Exchange 10 11 32d. To all parts 60,000 casks Tallow had been shipped, an unusual large quantity so early in the season. Hemp and Flax remain at nearly nominal quotations. FOR DELIVERY. Tallow, delivered last three months...o 36 6to per Cwt. Shipment on or before Aug. 31 0 35 9 to free on board 29 0 oto per Ton. Hemp, Shipment on or before Aug. SI Itmloo..—The Market since the sale steady, a few small, lots to complete orders where they were bought cheap, have been re •sold from 3d. to 6d. per lb., advance on sale prices; but this is not general. The Market may be stated at the sale prices. Indigo is, however, held with much firmness, and the proprietors appear to have more confidence, than at the close of the sale, when the demand appeared to flag, and the priees lower than at any previows period. The two Pnhlic Sales of Guatemala indigo last week, sold with greater briskness than generally anticipated, sepporting the prices of the former Public Sales. PRovistows.—There is no alteration in Beef and Pork, the purchases lately reported are inconsiderable.—Bacou is in good demand at rather high prices. --Butters are not so brisk, owing to considerable arrivals (about 12,000 casks Irish and Dutch), hut the late prices are nearly maintained. Hors.—The accounts from the Hop districts state the fly is decreasing, and the plant throwing out new and vigo rous shoots.—The estimated Duty is about 90,0001. SALITETNE.—The transactions reported in Saltpetre are rather extensive ; the chief sales are 235. 6d. To-day the request continues, and 21s. is now the quotation. BRANDT, and I-lot,LaNns.—The Market for low Rums has lieen brisk, and the buyers bought freely up to 2s. 3d. 'all parcels offering under that price. The request was checked by the advance, but the Market is still firm ; in other descriptions of Ruin there was no alteration.— Brandies:continue heavy. There is scarcely any Geneva left on sale. COCHINEAL. —There has been some request for Cochineal by private contract. The Public Sale last week was nearly all taken in, no buyers of the fine 13s. 6d. a 14s. 7d. ; a few lots lower quality sold 12s. 6d. a 12s. 9d. CorroN.—The Cotton Market has been steady, the ad vance of id. on the last India House sale was freely given, and the purchases would have been extensive, but the holders demanded an advance of id. per lb., which checked the request, but it was in several instance. realised. The following were the sales for the week ending last night in clusive :-1,000 Bengals 41d. a 41d., 1,320 Surats 4d. 'a bd., 10 Madras 6d., SO Manilla bid. a 6d., 80 Boweds bid. a 6141. TOBACCO.-There are considerable inquiries after low Virginia Tobacco for export, but few purchases to any ex tent are yet reported. There have been a few small parcels taken by the trade. SPICES.—There have been extensive inquiries after Spices. Pepper is id. per pound higher ; unsifted sad. ; sifted Sid. Nutmegs 6d. per lb. higher, sales being . re ported at 3s. 10d. and 3s. 11d., awl for the best 4s. ld. has been paid. -Mace and Cloves are held for an advance of 2d. to 6d. per lb. ; the former improvement has been realised freely. Cassia ss. a 103. higher. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEE Wheat. Per Quarter. s. to s. Boston 60 Canterbury 50 65 Grantham ,so 64 Grimsby 5B 62 Horneastle—, 5Ft 60 Lincoln 56 61 M a idstone 48 65 5'4 60 Stamford 56 56 B a rt ß y. 1 Oats. --..---- s. to s. s. to s. - 26 39 45 SI 39 43 23 35 33 40 40 42 30 94 32 36 35 57 21 22 40 44 23 3.4 Beans, s to s• 56 44 SO - 62 Si 59 SS 60 5 6 609 4 49 54 56 MANCHESTER CORN MARKET.-June 21. Rather more life has been manifested in the trade since this day se'nnight, in consequence of some holders of bonded grain being extremely anxious to reduce their stocks, and, in a few instances, lower prices hare been accepted.— There was a moderate attendance at market this day, and seine extensive sales were made in foreign fresh wheat. Good oats barely support their price ; whilst ordinary de scriptions are almost unsaleable. Barley,- beans, and malt, are dull sale, at last week's -rates. Fresh flour goes off readily, at our quotations. Customary Bushel. Wheat (701 b.) s. d. to s. d. English, Fine White...—. 9 0 9 6 ---- Red _ --- 8 8- 9 3 --- Second Runs -- 8 8 ' 810 Scotch & Welch 3 8 810 Irish, Fine White------.. 8 8 9 2 --- Red......--- S 3 8 9 .---- Inferior ...-......-- 7 6 7 9 Foreign, Free ------- 8 4 9 2 Barley (601 b.) English, Fine ----- Irish --- Inferior for grinding 4 8 Oats (451 b.) English, Fine Poland-- 4 2 Scotch, Potatoe -.....-- 4 2 Irish, for Mealing ----. 3 9 ------ Provender.......-- 3 11 Foreign _ :3 Pease (Imp. Bush.) Blue, e (b jcil l t e t r ol ) — - 0 0 00i -- g -- g 'Beans (Imp. Qr.) a. d. to s. d. (Per Sack 28011 s.) s. d. to a. 8. English, Fine—. 52 0 56 0 }lour, Norfolk and ----- Inferior- 50 0 53 0 Suffolk,Fine 45 0 46 0 Irish, Old.---- 50 0 54 6 -- Yorks.,Fine 44 0 46 0 k'oreign--. 42 0 46 0 ------ Seconds 38 0 89 0 Malt (per load of 6 Imp. Bush.) -- Irish, Fine-. 44 0 45 0 Nottingham, fine... 4'7 0 48 0 ----Superfine 46 0 47 0 Yorkshire -----. 44 0 45 0 --Heated or stale SS 0 40 0 Irish and Inferior.- 36 0 38 0 Per load of 2401 b. per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. OatmeaJ,Engliah- 37 0 38 0 Flour,Notts. Fine 45 0 46 0 —Scotch & Irish 33 0 30 0 , ............... blAp. 46 0 47 0 ............91d(feed).27 0 31 0,; Quar. of 8 Imp. Bush. s. d. to s. d. 56 5 9 0 5 2 t 9 68 65 6 66 60 0 63 62 4 63 62 6 66 58 7 61 54 0 55 60 0 66 ~, 4 4 42 4 4 I' 8 0 4 r 4 .1 o 7 9 6..! 0 • 4 8 4 0 3 11 38 1 41 7i, 34 8 35 9 tt.: 32 6 . 34 S 7 1 31 1 . 32 4 31 1 31 8 4 :. 29 10 30 5 LS 29 2 29 10 F r 28 0 30 5 SUMMER ASSIZES. OXFORD CIRCUIT--ABIN GD ON, JULY 23. The .commission was opened here this day by Mr. Baron VAUGHAN and Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE. The calendar is unusually light : it contains the names of only 18 prisoners, and, with the exception of one case of horse-stealing, none of them are charged with any very serious offences. • CIVIL SIDE. • THE KING V. CHARLES CLAYTON. The defendant, a journeyman printer, residing , at Reading, was . indicted, for assaulting Messrs. Ed ward Hawks and Thomas Lawrance, inhabitants of that borough, in their capacity of churchwardens of the parish of St. Lawrence. A second count charged the defendant with a common assault. Mr. JUSTICE opened the pleadings. Mr. Sergeant LUDLOW stated the case ; and, after detailing the facts, concluded by calling — Mr. Thomas Lawrance, who stated that on the 12th of April last he went in company with Mr. Edward Hawks, as churchwardens of the parish of St. Lawrence, Reading, to the house of the defend ant, for the purpose of collecting a church-rate. On demanding payment, the defendant said " it was a Blue trick." The witness replied, " Bluc or red, the rate must be paid." There had been no appeal against the rate. The defendant was, then behind the counter : he said to the witness, " I am sorry when I met you the other alay, I did not floor you—don't laugh at me now, or I will kick you." That was all that was said before the defendant came round from behind the counter : he then came and caught the witness by the shoulder, and pushed him against Mr. Hawks. He fell against Mr. Hawks, and pushed him to the side of the shop. Witness remonstrated with the defendant for his im proper conduct; he told him such behaviour .would avail him nothing, as they merely Caine .to collect the rate, which must be paid. The defendant then attempted to push Hawks out of the door. He had not previously required them to go out of his house. Hawks being against the door-post the defendant did not succeed. He then took hold of the door, and tried to force Hawks out by squeezing him be tween the door and the post. Hawks could not get either one way or the other. The defendant's wife then interfered ; the defendant opened the door, and witness and Hawks both went out, and proceeded on to collect the rates. Before the defendant pushed witness, no violence had occurred. Mr. TALFOURD, for the defendant, felt some re gret that the first time his friend (the Learned Ser geant) had favoured them with his presence here he had not a case more worthy of his talents. The de fendant was a poor journeyman printer; he had been indicted at the Reading borough sessions for this al leged assault, where a case of this sort would have been best disposed of amongst neighbours. He had been held to bail. The indictment had been re moved to the assizes—a case which would have been a disgrace to the quarter sessions; and what would have been the consequence if they found the defend ant guilty? He would be dragged up to London to receive sentence before the Court of King's Bench, when, after waiting term after . term, till the Court could attend to such an important case, he (Mr. Tal- . fourd) would venture to say that the only sentence. the Court would pronounce would be, that the defendant should pay a fine of Is. and be dis charged, while the unfortunate defendant would be thrown out of bread, and ruined by the de lay. This must be the inevitable consequence if they gave implicit credit to the witnesses.— The Learned Counsel then - proceed to compare the testimony of Hawks and Lawrence and contended that if they were found to differ in the story they had told—if they were found to have been making offensive allusions to the circumstances of the defendant, they had departed from the duty of churchwardens, and taken up the character of partizans; and the defendant was entitled to their , verdict. Unfortunately for him, he could not avail himself of the testimony of his wife, who had wit nessed the whole transaction, while these two gen tlemen might have corroborated each other's state ment. As they had failed in so doing, he hoped the jury would by their verdict not give a triumph to party spirit. He could not conclude without saying that the case reminded him of the account given by Major Sturgeon, in the Mayor of Garrett, where he says, that " as he was returning to town in the, Turnham-green stage, with Ensign Pattypan and four others, they were stopped, robbed, and cruelly beaten, by a single footpad."—(Laughter.) Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE having summed up, the Jury, after a short consultation, found the defendant Not Guilty. • CROWN SIDE. Joseph Duekers, a private of the 17th Lancers, was charged with having stolen from the person of William Caudell, a 51. Reading bank-note, on the 'l7th of May last.. From the evidence of Caudell, it appeared that on the day in question, he was drinking at 'the 'Horse and Groom public-house, White Waltham, when the prisoner and two of his comrades came in ; they drank together, and prisoner introduced himself as the son of a widow residing in the neighbourhood, and agreed to go in the direction of his alleged house with the prosecutor, who, after paying his reckoning, departed in company with him. Shortly after, the prisoner, who it was supposed had seen the 51. note at the time the prosecutor paid his reckoning, availed himself of an opportunity to take it from his pocket. The prosecutor at the time was in a state of inebriety, but taxed him with the robbery. The Learned Judge.having recapitulated the evi dence, the jury found the prisoner Guilty. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN, after remarking that it was impossible for any One who had heard the trial to have a doubt on the subject, sentenced the prisoner to seven years' transportation. MIDLAND CIRCUIT—NORTHAMPTON, JULY 23. The commission Was opened here, on Saturday, by Mr. Justice HOLROYD, and the business com menced before his Lordship, on the Civil Side, this morning. The trials on the Crown Side, will com mence to-morrow. There are thirty-five prisoners For trial...; Lars', V. ISHAM, CLERK. This was an action brought to recover the price of a clock, of the value of 2/. 10s., sold to the de fendant in the early part of 1824. It appeared that the defendant, who is a clergyman of the established -church, residing at Boughton, about three miles from this town, however, occasion for a clock, and wishing to be as -economical in the purchase of it as possible, went in search of a second hand one, and at length succeeded in finding one in the shop of the plaintiff, who is a furniture broker. He agreed to purchase it,upon the plaintiffas suring him that it was a good one, and would go well. It was accordingly sent home to him, and, by his direction, placed outside the female-servants' bedroom-door, in the attics, where, in consequence of the lowness of the ceiling, it could not stand up right until part of the head was knocked off. In a few days afterwards the plaintiff received intimation that the clock would not go. He sent a clock -1 maker to examine it, who found that the crutch 10.' touched the wall, and that that prevented it from going. The clock - maker set it right; it went, and • e came away. In a few days more another mes i... sage arrived from the defendant — " the clock would 11 5 not go." The clock-maker was again despatched to examine it, and found the clock down, because it had not been wound up. He asked the maid servants why they had not wound it up ? and they replied that they would sooner see it at the devil; for that -with its clicking and its striking it disturbed their rest at night. The clock-maker then wound ft up, the clock went, and -the clock-maker came away. In a few days af terwards the plaintiff once more received a mes sage from the defendant—" the cloak would not go, ,and once more ,the clock-maker was despatched to examine it. Upon. this. occasion, as upon the first, he found that the.works. were impeded in con sequence of. the situation -iuto .which - it .had -been forced: He figain..set - it light; the _clock lipin, yrent,. and for the last time—the—clock-maker came away. The plaintiff heard fro more of the clock until a few days subsequently, - when it was brought to his door by a carter. He refused to take it in, and the carter conveyed- it back to Boughton. The - defendant, however, told him to carry it once more to the plain tiff, and if he did not receive it, to leave it in the street. The carter accordingly took it again to the plaintiff; the latter refused to adMit it ; the carter set it down in the street. The Reverend defendant refused to pay for it, and consequently Mr. Capell instructed his attorney, Mr. Sutton, to bring this action. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 2/. 9s. 6d. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS COURT, JULY 24. JUDGMENT.-YULLEIL AND WILLIS This unfortunate case, as it was called by his lloNourt, has been in course of litigation for about 30 years. It has been several times heard, and a decree was made in the case by the late Lord Gifford. It appeared that Mr. Peak Fuller had been the proprietor of an estate in Jamaica, which he mort gaged to Messrs. Willis and Waterhouse. As Mr. Fuller proved to be but an indifferent manager of his own estate, he engaged a person of the name of Queenborough to manage it for him, as his agent. Mr. Fuller dying some time after, Queenborough . continued in the management - of the estate; and as the executors of Mr. Fuller had declitied, or were incapable of acting, Mr. Waterhouse, one of the mortgagees, and the principal creditor of Fuller, ap plied that administration mightbegranted to him and Queenborough, which was accordingly . granted. In the following year, a bill was filed in the Court of Chancery in Jamaica, praying an account of the management of the estates of Mr. Fuller. This suit professed to be instituted for the benefit of Mr. Fuller's family, and was carried on in their name. His Honour, was, however, of opinion that it A a what a Court of Equity calls a fraudulent suit,- and instituted in the view of giving the estate absolutely into the possession of the mortgagee. In 1807, Willis filed a bill of foreclosure; but it appeared that at that time he was not the owner of the mort gage. The Government having at that period made an advance of Exchequer bills to relieve commerce, Willis obtained part of the public relief, and Sir Francis Baring having become his security, received from him an assignment of this mortgage. The effect of the decision of the Court of Chancery in Jamaica was, to give the absolute controul of the estate to the mortgagee, whilst in his accounts he was only answerable to a person who was his own agent. The effect of Lord Gifford's decree was to confirm the proceedings in the Court below, and his Honour felt bound to say, that considering the view which Lord Gifford took of the facts, nothing could be more just than his decision. The other avocations of the Noble Lord had, however, pre vented him from bestowing upon them that atten tion which his Honour had time to give the case. His Honour, therefore, altered the decree made by his predecessor. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, itity 24. CODNER V. BOTHWELL. This was an action by the owner of the Sylph, a vessel of 125 tons burden, again'st the defendant, a merchant of Liverpool, upon a charter-party of r►ffreightment, to recover a balance of 6401. The charter-party was dated the 6th of April, 1825, and was for six months certain, and on certain cone gencies, for a further period not exceeding six months, at 1251. per month. The ship sailed with her cargo on the 28th of August from Liverpool to Smyrna, where she arrived in the beginning of Oc tober, and again set sail on the 31st of October, and came back to. Liverpool on the 14th of February, 1826. The six months from August to February amounted to 750/. The plaintiff had received 1101., and for the balance the action was brought. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 6401. lIEBBLETIMAITE AGAINST ABUD AND ANOTHER. This was an action to recover of the defendants, who are gold refiners, in Clerkenwell, the sum of 2,305/. 75., the price of 598 ounces of gold. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated the case. The plaintiff was a Portuguese merchant, who was in the habit of transmitting bullion to Mr. Thomas Hurst, his known agent. The defendants were very 'inti mate with Hurst, and had frequently purchased of him, as the plaintiff's, agent, bullion whiCh they knew to be the property of the plaintiff. On Satur-• day the 4th of February, 1826, Mr. Hurst sold and delivered to the defendants . the gold in question, which' had been consigned to him by the plaintiff. It was sold for ready money ; but the defendants said that they did not know how they stood at their banker's, and could not then give a cheque for the price,,but promised to send one on the Monday fol lowing. They never sent the cheque, and they now mean to set off a demand they have against Hurst ; but as they knew he was the plaintiff's agent, they cannot do so. HurSt is a bookseller, not a dealer in bullion. The set-off is, that Hurst wag their guaran tee for the amount of certain bills of Messrs. Hurst and Robinson, booksellers, to which they lent their endorsement, and which have been dishonoured. William Jones was clerk of Longman, Hurst, and Co., .booksellers. Thomas Hurst was one of the firm. He used to receive remittances of bullion from the plaintiff, and used to employ witness to dispose of it. In the beginning of last year 598 ounces of l gold arrived. Witness had orders to dispose of it to meet some draughts Hurst had accepted for the plaintiff. On Saturday, Feb. 4; he sold it to the defendants for 2,308/. 7s. A bill on Hurst for 1,500/., which fell diie in the middle of January, had been taken up by a Mr. Duncombe, and witness was to pay him. Witness, at the time of the sale, very pressingly requested to have the money. Mr. William Abud said it was not then convenient, for lie did not know how he stood at his . banker's, but he would positively send a cheque on Monday, at 12. Witness had, in his intercourse with the defendants, frequently mentioned the plaintiff's name, and the defendants knew Hurst was his agent. - 'On the Monday witness sent for the cheque. Becket, the messenger, came without it. Witness went the next day, and pressed William Abud very much for the money. He then said he could not give. it on ac count of the engagements Hurst was under to him. Mr. GURNEY said the defendants conceived they had a right to retain the money from Hurst, who Was certainly the apparent, and they believed the real .owner. - Hurst had applied to the defendants to advance Messrs. Hurst and Robinson 10,000/..; the defendants asked him to .endorse the bills, and they would ; he refused to do this because it. was contrary to his articles with Longman and Co. but gave his guarantee for advances not exceeding 10,0001. The defendants in consequence set their names to four bills for 2,500/. each at different dates, and the first of these was due and dishonour ed at the time of this transaction. The defendants knew nothing of the plaintiff, and their clerks would prove that on the former occasions they al ways thought the gold was Hurst's property. John' Davis S u tcliffe ' clerk of the defendantsge nerally transacted the ge nerally business of the gold with Jones—did so, at least thirty times. Never heard the plaintiff's -name mentioned as the owner. Wit ness proved, that on the 4th of February, two of the bills .mentioned by Mr. Gurney were returned to the defendants. Robert .Sutcliffe proved the guarantee; it •was dated 25th of November, 1825. Duncombe, Jones, and .Mr.• Richardson, the plaintiff's. attorney, came on Wednesday, when Duncomheilennurded the gold as his ...iproperty, and threatened to take wit ness before ,a-magtstrate unless he had, the gold or the: money. The. plaintiff's, name • was not then mentioned. Richardson came again at four o'clock, and then claimed the gold as the plaintiff's property. • Lord TENTERDEN said, the bills of lading proved the gold - to have been •the•property of the plaintiff, and there was• nothing in the defendant's evidence to disprove it. •• .Verdict-for-the plaintiff—Damages, 2,308/. 75. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—George Topling, who strives tt. hackney-coach No. 970, summoned Mr. James an inn-keeper at Richmond, for refusing to pay him six.- pence, in addition to his fare of a shining. The coachman stated that 11r. Blizard took his coach from the end of Sloane-street, Knightsbridge, and orderelt him to drive to Devonshire-house. On arriving within s. short - distance of the tatter place, the .coachman found het could go no farther, the street being broken up for the pur pose of erecting a new sewer. He asked the defendant to. alight, htis he insisted on being driven to Devonshire-how., "If I take you," replied the coachman, " I shall have to drive round by May- fair, and the distance altogether will exceed a mile." " That is- your look out," said Mr. Bli zard ; " you must drive where I desired you." " Very. - well," said the coachman, and Mr. Blizard was accordingly driven to Devonshire-house, by a circuitous route. Here lie alighted, and tendered a shilling for the drive. " Ano ther sixpence, if you please," said the coachman. Mr. Bli zard objected to pay the sixpence, but gave the coachman his address, and the consequence was, that a summons tb attend at this office.was served upon him, at Richmond, to show cause, if be could, why he objected to pay the six pence demanded by the coachman. Mr. Blizard said, he conceived that the coachman was bound to fulfil his agreement to drive him to Devonshire.. house for a shilling. Undoubtedly, he was bound to do so if he could, said Sir Mcnaito BIB:mg ; but it was not he ttiat.oceasionect the breaking up of the street ; and as he very fairly told you, if he took yOu round by May-fair the distancewotikti exceed a mile, I think you are hound to pay him his demand- Three notorious.fellows, who belong to the St. Giles's. gang, named Gibbins,. Cavanagh, and Redding, were. placed ut the bar, charged by Horace Twigs, • Esq., M. P.,. on suspicion of being concerned in snatching from his person, on the night of Sunday last, a gold watch, seals, and chain. Twiss stated, that on Sunday night, about a quartet- past 12 o'clock, he was proceeding towards his home along High-street, St. Giles's, with Mrs. Twiss, when a man, whom he perceived apparently intoxicated, resting against: , the shutters of a shop, made a sudden rush again.* him, and succeeded in snatching his watch and its appendages, with he darted across the street. Mr. Twiss, in pursuing him, heard something. drop, which he picked up, amL it proved to be his ,, :watch-case. The fellow theta darted down a narrow place called Lawrence-lane, at the entrance to which Mr. Twiss observed three fellows, ,who• stood there apparently with a design to cover their corn.-- panioa's retreat, for they made no effort to stop, him. The. lane being in total darkness, Mt. Twigs did not deem it prudent to follow the' robber any farther, but gave a de scription of the fellow's dress and appearance to the watch man. He could not speak to•the appearance of the three men who stood at the top of the lane, but the prisoner, Gibbins, looked very like the man by whom he had been robbed. Sir H. BIRNIE examined the prisoners separately, with a view to ascertain where they were,, and how engaged, when the robbery was effected. Each told a different-story. Furzeman, the watch-house keeper of St. Giles'e, knew them all to be hardened and desperate thieves. They prowled about in parties all night through St. Giles's, anti any respectable person they met was sure to be attacked and robbed. They generally contrived to extine ' mish the gai light in the lanes and passages that abound in that direc tion, in order to effect their escape with greater .facility.--- It was only the night before that a respectable young man was knocked down and robbed of 51. by the same party. The prisoners were remanded until Friday. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY.—SATURDAY, JULY 25. Baird, J., Manchester—Dog, Manchester... Bidinead, W., Cheltenham—lmperial hotel, Cheltenham Barlow, E., Southport—Mr. Hodgson, Liverpool le Close and Co., Manchester—White's, Manchester 9 Hunt, J., Blakenham Parva, Suffolk—Bear and Crown, . . IpsWieh . Matthews, J., St. Philip and Jacob--Office of Mr. Pallin, Bristol Stead, J., Leeds—Court-house, Leeds TO BE DISCHARGED. house, at Stafford, July 11.. ___ ____ 3'clock. Bate, G., Stone Lees, G., Bilston Batteley, W., Lane-end Maddock, (~ Burslem Batkin, E., Handsworth Norton, W., Wednesbury Bayley, J., Newcastle Pemberton, •9 T Staftbrd Buckland, T., Stoke Perry, J., Bilston Coton, S., Tamworth Fonts, J., Bilston Dooley, J., Weston Roberts, NV., Fox-oak Dudley, %V., Wedriesbury Roberts, T., Stoke Eaton, T., Burslem Rogers, S., Burslem Fasola, J., Newcastle Sellers, J., Staftbrd Green, F., Bloxwich . Small, R.,.Bloxwich Hall, T., Stailbrd - ' mith„'T., Penkrolge Harriet, It., Shelton Smith, it., Kingswinford Hargreaves, W., Norton Squire, T., Willenball Hart, T., Clathes Thomas J., Yoxall Hill, T., Derby-end • Winkle .I* * Cobridge, Stoke- Hollins, G., Burslem upon- ? rrent Key, C., Ashley INSOLVENTS APPLYINC COUNTRY.—At the Court.' at Ten c •WHO. SHALL DECIDE WHEN DOCTORS DISAGREE? — In the important appeal of " Duf field and Elwes," which engaged a large portion. of the time of the House •of Lords during the last SeSsion, the Earl of Eldon, in moving their Lordships to give- judgment in the case; stated to the House that upon one occasion the late Lord Chancellor Thurlow had requested the opinion olthe Court of King's Bench upon a certain point. Lord Kenyon, who was at that time the Lord Chief -Justice, transmitted: to the Lord Chancellor the opinion of the Court . upon the point in question. The Chancellor, not satisfied with the opinion which he had received, re quested Lord Kenyon to re-consider it. Lord Kenyon was a little surprised at such a request. He did, - however, re-consider the matter, and the result was, that he delivered a second opi nion directly qposite to the first. " I myself," said Lord Eldon, " did, upon a certain occa sion, request of the Court of King's Bench to give me their opinion as to the nature of the estate which a man took' in certain lands. They certVed unanimously that he took an estate in fee. I was not satisfied - with this, and 'sent the question to the Court of Cominon Pleas, who certified unanimously that he took no estate at all in the lands in question ! I had the imper tinence to think that they were all wrong, and I accordingly made an order directly opposite to the opinions of both the Courts ; and what was not a little extraordinary, the order which I made satisfied all the parties.in the cause: BIRTHS. On the 22d inst., in Upper Harley-street, the lady of W. Hanmer, Esq. of twin sons. On the 23d inst. at Woodford, the lady of A. Stewart, Esq. of a son. - At ofW the Royal ntohrese Artillery, of a son. 22d inst., the lady of Capt. Saun ders,Yesterday, in Tavistoe k- p lace, the lad y of T. Gibbina , iWoolwich, on Esq. of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 23d inst., at Tunbridge Church, by the Rev. Sir Charles Hardinge, Bart., Major Tovey, to Caroline, third daughter of Robert Kirby, Esq., of Meophains Bank, near Tunbridge. Yesterday, by the Rev. C. Festing, A.M. Vicar of Waltham Friary, Captain B. M. Festing, R.N., to Caro line Jane, only daughter of F. B. Wright, Esq. of Hinton Blewett House, Somersetshire. Yesterday, by the Rev. H. B. Chian, 8.A., T. Butler Chinn, Esq., of the Close, Lichfield, to Eliza Tippet, eldest daughter of the late Richard Alexander Nelson, Esq., Se cretary of the Navy. At Paris, at the British Ambassador's Chapel, on the 16th instant, Anne, third daughter of F. Talloch, Esq. to Count Victor de Jocqueville, Lieut.-Colonel in the ser vice of the King of France. DIED. Qu O e e n n- t e h t e re :4:tl i i n t n h s e t a i n l t s , t B y l e r a . r Soar his isi G g e ns , noenllly, surviving v G i v r i e n a g t his wife ten days. At Matlock, on the 21st inst., Adam \Volley, Esq. in the 69th year of his age. On the I9th inst., J. Shaw, Esq., Bernere-street. On the 17th inst., at Tunbridge Wells, aged 63, Eliza beth, relict of the late Thomas Waine, Esq., of Brock dish, Norfolk. On the 21st inst., at St. Georges, Hanover-square, Mr. AlexandeiWylie, of Union-place, New-road, to Har riett, eldest daughter of Alexander Wylie, Esq., of Thames Ditton. On the 19th inst. John Shaw, Esq. surgeon, Berne! s street. - FAMED and PI4%USUED by M. YOUNG, at the • Sux-Ornos, lelo. 112, Stud. ~tY7 Vli pH] '3l THITRSD to receiv , supply t( MEAT, 10,000 ] ensuing in Tierce His Mak Plyrut after fie I thy of F 4 day of 111 out inter The C or by ap Vistualli Customs and to tt espeativ No TE 300 Tiei mitted, at lengtl appoints, by tw o the Patti amount same. 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