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SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It is 'stated in various quarters, that Mr. Can ning is taking the most active measures for the purpose of reduciug the expences . of Govern ment ;—that he has sent orders to the heads of departments to prepare and transmit to him, the most accurate account of the expences of their several establishments, the salaries of of ficers, &c. The Right lion. Gentleman Will, we predict, have a host of selfish opposition to encounter in his endeavours ; for those who did not themselves retrench when they had the power, and when the efficacy of retrenchment could not have been doubted, will of course op pose it in another, when, alas ! it may be doubted whether it does not come too late, at least to operate our relief, solely. However, let us reso lutely retrench and economize first, and then it will be seen what remains to be done.—Times. We are not yet able to present a copy of the Treaty for the preservation of Greece ; but we can state positively that its execution by the high contracting parties is not lingering. The Rus sian fleet has, we are told, already sailed for the Mediterranean, and that, with the fleets of France and England, will' constitute a force, to which it is no mark of exaggerated confidence to say that the Turks can oppose no resistance.: We hope that concord will prevail in the operations of this tri-coloured naval fOrce, and that the Powers who send their several quotas are actuated by the same motives, and pursue strictly the same ob ject. The intercourse between Turkey and Egypt may easily be cut off, and by that measure the Turkish troops will be deprived of their sup plies. Austria, no doubt, objected strongly to an arrangement by which Greece was to be ac knowledged as an independent State, under the protection of the three great Powers. She dreads the encouragement given to revolutionary princi ples, by the example of success in this instance ; and looks with increased anxiety to the dissatis faction which she knows exists in her Italian states. Let her, then, govern them with more l e nity. If she exercises her supremacy like the Turks, she must expect to lose it like them.— She says we have done more for Greece than for the South American Republics, which were merely recognised, whilst the independence of Greece is established and protected. In this' she is right. More has been done for Greece, because Greece required more to be done.-- The American Republics established their own independence, and did not need any aid.—/bich In another part of our paper will be found an account of the proceeding of the Synod of UP ster, abridged from The Belfast Northern Whig. It is particularly deserving of attention. The Rev. William Porter, Clerk to the General Synod of Ulster, .on his examination before the Commissioners of Irish Inquiry (Appendix to fourth Report) made the following statements Will you have the goodness to state whether you area person of Arian or Orthodox princi ples ?—I set out in life with Orthodox senti:. xnents ; but, upon m a:ure reflection, I was led to change those sentimentst and I am what is usually called an Arian. . . • • • • I think more young men of New LigN (Arian) sentiments come from Glasgow College, have known to be reared in the Institution ; I account for this by supposing that Orthodox sentiments being the popular sentiments, and the creed of young men who pass through the Bel fast Seminary being room open to public inspec tion, they are more under a temptation,to avoid the means of imbibing sentiments which may mar their success in life, or to suppress those sentiments if they have formed them. Amongst us, what is called Orthodoxy seems of late to be taking the lead of Arianism. In my opinion, there are more real Arians than professed ones amongst us. Arianism being an unpopular doc trine, I have no hesitation in saying that our Mi nisters, in general, are not fond of avowing it." The Rev. ,Henry Cooke, with whose name the public are familiar, from •his having been exa mined in London by a Committee of the House of Commons, in his then capacity of Moderator of the Synod of Ulster, in his examination before the Commissioners of Education Inquiry (Appendix to 4th Report), made the following statement What is the total number of Ministers belonging to the Synod of Ulster?---1 think, taking in Ministers and As sistants, it would be about 200. " Of that number of 200, what portion should you sup pose sold the Arian doctrines ?-4 have not been able to estimate 40 ; about 35. I think that was the most, upon a special versonal examination of the Sect of the Synod, and very few of those would be willing to acknowledge it ; it is known by defect, rather than declaration. . . . _ " Can you . assign any reason why persons of the rich and upper and better class are more disposed towards Arianism than others ?—I could not give a decided reason ; but I think one reason :has always been, that the Ministers c alled the Old-lights were always most disposed for enforc ing strict Church discipline!' The avowal of Mr. Porter of his being an Arian, was made the ground of a motion for depriving him of his situation of Clerk to the Synod. After a stormy debate of several days, the Synod, by a majority of 31, voted, that while they admitted the honesty and sincerity of Mr. Porter, they felt it their duty to express their disapprobation of his opinions as being erroneous; yet as his removal from the office of Clerk might be construed into persecution, and on account of the able manner in which he has • discharged all the duties of his office, they did not: consider it right to remove him. So much for Mr. Porter. But this discussion was only the prelude to another, which was con tinued during three days. Mr. Cooke made a motion for an orthodox declaration of the reli gious sentiments of the Synod, " that we do most :tirmlyhold and believe the doctrine concerning the nature of God contained in these words of the • Westminster Shorter Catechism ;" viz. " that there are three persons in the Godhead, the rather, Son, and Holy Ghost ; and these three are one God—the same in substance, power, and glerry ; and that we do affix our signatures to the deck ration in the Minutes of Synod." It was agreed that the last clause relative to the affixing of names should be withdrawn, and that the body do declare viva voce, standing up, when answer ing to their names. The votes stood thus -117 Ministers, and 18 Elders, voted I believe the doctrin: Two voted I do not believe,' and four retire.' from the House before the roll -was called—one of those four expressing himself, that he could not thir, - k of remaining to witness such acts as he was afraid were about to be com mitted. These proceedings throw considerable light on some peculiarities in the moral charac ter of the educated classes of these ialands. Here we find it distinctly stated by the individuals best acquainted with the character and opinions o f the Presbyterian Clergy of the Synod of Ulster,' that as Arianism was unpopular, there were more real than a vowed Arians in the body; and that out of two hundred individuals there were from 35 to 40 of the Arians. And yet when a test is proposed, all the Clergy present, with the ex ception of two, do not hesitate to take it. A laumber of these men gave utterance, therefore, lo what they knew to be fain, in order to avert the consequences with which the avowal of Mr. Porter was threatened. Two Clergymen re fused to take the Test. The names are not mentioned in the account; and, therefore, we are in the dark respecting them ; but we think we cannot be far wrong in hazard ing the conjecture that the two individuals who refused to join in the falsehood, pos sessed Congregations in rich neighbourhoods, able and disposed to indemnify them, should their frankness endanger their connection with the Synod. Will any one who knows the ways of thinking and acting of the people of the Three Kingdoms pretend, that, ;n the proceedings of the Synod of Ulster, to which we have alluded, there is any thing peculiar, and that the same falsehood and insincerity would not have been manifested in any part of the United King doms ? There is, indeed, nothing peculiar in the proceedings. From the corrupting circum stances in which the English are formed, their morality, with respect to sincerity and insincerity, is lax in the extreme. No man hesitates to avow any opinions, or to subscribe any oaths or declarations ; and the natural consequence is, that no credit whatever is attached to the avowals of opinions. Mr. Coleridge, in his Biographia Literaria, observes, that " the privilege of free thought, so highly extolled, has at no time been held valid in actual practice," and that the illi terate and the simple only, who were reckless of obloquy, have ventured to speak with sincerity. He observes, that the apparent contradictions in Kant were hints and insinuations referring to ideas which he did not think it prudent to avow ; and that " the expulsion of the first among his disciples who attempted to complete his system from the University of Jena, with the confiscation and prohibition of the obnoxi ous work, by the joint efforts of the Courts of Saxony and Hanover, supplied experimental proof that the venerable old man's caution was not groundless." The corollary which Mr. Coleridge draws from this is, that " questions which cannot be fully answered without exposing the respondent to personal danger are not en titled to a fair answer." Dr. Paley contends, in like manner, for the privilege of telling falsehood. " There are falsehoods (he says) which are not lies ; that is, which are not criminal, as where the person to whom you speak has no right to know the truth, or, more properly, where little or no inconvenience results from the want of confidence in such cases." The Inquisition ceased to become formidable in the Peninsula during the last century, from the inability of any such body to cope with insincerity. The infidels were not such plain simple men as those alluded to by Mr. Coleridge, and they eluded all at tempts to grapple with them. Nay, so far was this carried, that Dr. Doyle states, that he paced the halls of the Inquisition itself with the dis ciples of Voltaire, Diderot, and D'Alembert, and that he hesitated for some time whether he should take his station among the Christians or among the Infidels. The -proceedings in the Synod of Ulster have shown that a Protestant Inquisition is not more efficacious than a Popish one. Men will think for themselves; but it will depend on circumstances whether they will give expression to their thoughts. If placed under the necessity 4 declaring their opinions at the risk to them selves .")f sacrificing their worldly comforts, they will not lie: state to embrace falsehood. In the of Ulster, those Members who case of the 5yn6.7. 1 are - kr ,„ „ will feel no doubt humi liated, even in their own e stimations ; and if this be a satisfaction to the authors of the scene, they no doubt will have it. The subject is a curious one, and we shall return to it.--Mortting Chronicle. A considerable misapprehension still exists as to the actual situation of Mr. Slaney's Poor Bill. The same paper which first misled the public into a belief that this measure had actually passed into a law, in correcting that error has fallen into another equally mischievous, in stating that the Bill has been rejected. The truth, however, is, that the Bill was never intended by its author,to be passed during the last Session ; but was simply introduced, read a first and second time, and ordered to be printed, that it might be circulated throughout the country, and undergo that ordeal it is now receiving. Erro neous, and worse than erroneous, as Mr. Slaney's views upon this important subject are, nothing, we believe, was further from his intention than to take Parliament or the country by surprise ; and though the means which he has chosen for his purpose aro the most objectionable that could have entered the mind of man, yet we feel fully persuaded that his design was good, and that the object he had in view was not only to lessen the amount and misapplication of the poor rates, but to restore, if possible, to the English labourer that independence of character which the manifest and glaring abuses of the Poor Laws have gone nigh to destroy. Mr. Slaney's re medy, however, would be only an aggravation of the disease : and if it did not produce an actual commotion in the country, would lead to a train of moral evils too horrid and frightful to be dwelt upon even in idea. It would be difficult to imagine what rank the author of this notable expedient would be entitled to hold in the esti mation of Mr. Malthus, whose well-known check population theories it tends on the one hand to uphold, and on the other to decry. It tells the marl with a wife and four children, that up to that =punt of family, no relief shall be ob tainable for them from the poor rate under any circumstance ; so far would impose arestraint upon early marriages, if it does not hold out a whil e on the other hand tem ptation to infanticide : assed this mystic it tells the same man that havin^j_P number of four, the greater the n :imber of his offspring there are the better, and the greater will be his demand upon the parochial fun It is no small proof of this gentleman's utter inability and total unfitness to legislate upon this subject, to perceive the entire ignorance which he shows of the real state and situation of the peasantry, to whom its application would al most wholly apply. There is probably no one period in the life of a rural labourer, when, gene rally speaking, he stands more in need of assist ance than that at which this practical philan thropist would deprive him of any—viz. when he has four children, all so young as to require the mother's care, she and they, therefore, contri buting nothing to the general stock. A man with double that number of children is often much better off than the man with lour. In the for mer case some of the children are able to earn their own livelihood, or the boys to assist the fa ther, or the girls the mother. In harvest time such a family often glean corn enough to main tain them for many months, and, in short, bring grist to the mill in many ways, that the four little things are incapable of ; and we repeat, therefore, that there is scarcely any man acquaint ed with country life, who must not be convinced that had Mr. Slaney sought about to fix upon that description of labourer to whom his plan is least justly applicable, what may be called the maximum of his minimum is just that point. Words, in fact, are wasted in exposing the in justice, the absurdity, and utter impracticability of this project, which we regret should be allow ed, even in its present shape, to traverse the country with the imprint of the House of Com mons upon it.—Morning Herald. Among the changes now talked of, are, the intended appointment of the Duke of Gordon to be Commander-in-Chief, and of Sir Herbert Taylor to the Governorship of the Cape. As to any certainty as to the first of these, it must be, we should imagine, premature ; his Grace, we believe, not being yet arrived from Switzerland, where lie was at the time of his father's recent death. Both these arrangements would be ex tremely popular. As Marquis of Huntley, the Duke has seen some service, is himself a soldier, and a soldier's friend at heart, and of that high honourable spirit which begets confidence, and sheds a lustre over all which it undertakes. Than Sir Herbert Taylor, no man in the country justly stands higher for official promptitude, urbanity, and good sense ; and ill as he can be spared at home, there is no one who would carry with him and insure more honour and respect in a distant colony, than a man so different from many of those who have too often tarnished their own and the country's reputation on such missions. —lbid. The latest news from Constantinople informs us, that the Grand Seignior haughtily repels all idea of intervention, on the part of Foreign Powers, between him and his Greek subjects. We should like to know what his Highness can really do to prevent the Allied Cabinets from doing whatever they may have resolved upon ? A criminal who is once safely lodged within the walls of Newgate, might as well protest against being hanged. "It is all very well for you to protest, my fine fellow ; but we shall certainly hang you notwithstanding," would be the reply of his gaolers ; and so it is with respect to Turkey. It is notorious that this Power would be too feeble to cops with any one of those States singly, which are now confederated against her. What has she to do, then, but to sub mit to their will ? She has miscalculated her true position. We will not say her strength, but her existence, as an,European State, has arisen from the rival interests and pretensions, from the conflicting policy, of the great European Poten tates. The question has been, not how she should be subdued, but how she should be pre served—not as to the means by which she might be at once dismembered, but how the spoil should be distributed. There have been, and there are now, statesmen and politicians who consider her existence as a blot upon the face of Christendom—who loudly condemn the as cendancy of those considerations by which that existence is protracted. We can easily under stand how a Government, at once the most in solent and ignorant, should misconstrue this state of things, and fancy that it awes those who are only puzzled to know what to do with it. The solution of the mystery, however, is at hand. Advice, remonstrance, and persuasion, have been exhausted in vain. Inaccessible to reason, she leaves only the alternative of force ; and against that force she is powerless.--Nets lines. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, JULY 9. The Quarter Sessions for the County of Middle sex commenced this morning at the Sessions House, Clericeowell, before Vve.ANcis CoNsy, Esq., and a full Bench of Magistrates. Monsieur Anastasi Robbie, the husband of Ma dame Robine, the dress-maker, of St. James's -street, was indicted for committing a violent assault upon Mr Francis Lloyd, an Irish solicitor. Mr. PHILLIPS stated the case for the prosecution, and Mr. ALLEY for the defence. The facts proved in evidence were these. Mr. Lloyd had been on terms 1 of intimacy with the family of Madame Robine, who had made dresses for his mother, who resides in Ireland. Mr. Lloyd called on Madame Robine, and in the course of conversation he communicated to her that she had been slandered by a Mr. Jarman. Mr. Lloyd paid another visit to Madame Robine in company with his wife, and Monsieur Robine having in the interim made some inquiries relative to the alleged slander of his wife, taxed Mr. Lloyd with having himself originated the slander. Mr. Lloyd said it was false, and Monsieur Robine called him rascal," " villain," and also used other epithets which abound in the French vocabulary. Mr. Lloyd immediately quitted the house with his wife, and they were proceeding along Ryder-street, when the defendant came unobserved behind Mr. Lloyd, and struck him a blow on the back of his neck, kicked him in the seat of honour, and pulled his nose. Mrs. Lloyd was so alarmed that she fell into a fit. The Jury found the defendant Guilty, and the Court sentenced him to pay .51. to the King, and to enter into recognizances to keep the peace for six months towards Mr. Lloyd, himself in 40/., and two sureties in 201. each. William Biddle was indicted for committing a very brutal assault on Ann Croker. The Jury found the defendant Guilty, and he was sentenced to pay a fine of 251. Thomas James Arnold, Esq., was indicted for as saulting James Isaacs, a watchman of the Saffron hill division ; and there . was a cross indictment, charging Isaacs with committing an assault on Mr. Arnold. The Jury Acquitted Mr. Arnold, and found Isaacs Guilty. Johu Watson, George Weaver, and Richard Ayres, also watchmen of Saffron-hill division, were indicted for assaulting H. Bell, Esq.—Mr. Arnold, and Mr. Bell, and other witnesses, proved this case; and a mole unprovoked and wanton case of assault, perhaps, never was committed. The watchmen were dragging a female along the ground to the watch house, and Mr. Bell asked them not to ill-use her, when he was beaten in a most brutal manner, and dragged into the watch-house ; and but for the in terference of the watch-house keeper, he w orld have been thrust into the black hole. • The Jury found all the defendants Guilty; a nd they were sent to the House of Correction, w ith Isaacs, to be brought up on a future day to receive the .; ;Ad g ment of the Court. Jamesnirmingham, the bu tler of Sir Henry _ Wright Wilson, tc2s convicted of committin g two assaults upon the under butiet snd the coachman of the Honourable l3aronet, and was sentenceito pay 101. to the King. Last week, an old woman, at L on g tow n , age d 100, fathered her male child (aged only 70!) upon a man in the neighbourho od.— Car/ide Journal. On Saturday a melancholy accident happened at Mr. Henderson's farm of Haughmuir, near Brechin. A fine boy, between four and five years of age, the son of William Tayl or , f arm servant to Mr.i Henderson, happened to be at play, when one of the horses, going to the stable, suddenly inspired with an unaccountable anti pathy to the child, ran f orwar d a nd struck it on the side of the head, and pressed against the jugular vein with his foot so severely, that the child died almost immediately. It is singular that the horse exhibited no symptoms of rage or restiveness either before or after having struck the child, and appeared to be animated solely by a hatred to the unfortunate object of its ,attack.—Caledonian Mercify. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JULY 9. RUDTORD V. SHAPCOTT. This was an action for slander. Mr. Sergeant WiLDE stated the case. The plain tiff in this action sought to recover compensation for some very gross reflections that had been cast on his character by the defendant. The nature of the imputation was, that Rudford, who had been con nected in business with the defendant, had robbed him of 6004, arid that he was one of the greatest scoundrels in the world. The plaintiff and defen dant were both Sheriff's officers, and the latter had taken a person named Frig :yell into custody, who was acquainted with the plaintiff, and on being ar rested by the defendant, requested to be taken to his (the plaintiff's) house in preference to any other. The defendant then made use of the expressions complained of, which would be proved by Trigwell, whose request he refused. That the imputation was groundless could not be doubted, as the de fendant did not attempt to justify it; but it was such as was likely to prove highly injurious to the plaintiff in his character as a Sheriff's officer. Mr. Sergeant CROSS, for the defendant, contend ed that the words were made use of under circum stances which gave them a very different aspect to that which they now presented ; but the Learned Counsel for the plaintiff had very sedulously pre vented any evidence from being gone into which was calculated to throw the proper and real light on the expressions. On the whole the Learned Ser geant thought it was not a case to call for damages. The Jury immediately returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, one farthing. In the case of " Blake v. Ravenscroft," when Mr. Sergeant LAWES was about to state the facts, The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE interrupted him and said, he had already been made acquainted with the facts from a very improper source—he meant the defendant; and he begged to observe, that if he should ever again receive a statement of facts in a similar manner, he would bring the party before the 'Court, and should have done so in the present case had the defendant been forthcoming. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, JULY 9. Francis Harrison, lately an extensive farmer at Humbleton, in Yorkshire, was brought up for final examination. The insolvent's application was opposed by Mr. CoolE, on behalf of Mr. Wm. Beckwith, a credi tor for 150/. and costs of suit. The insolvent stated, that previous to February last, he rented a farm of 333 acres, which is now possessed by a person of the name of Dunn, his landlord in that month having put in a distress for rent : the rent was what is called " a corn or produce rent," viz, according to the quantity of crops pro duced on the soil. When the distress was put in, there was more than a year's rent due; the distress produced 8051.; some of the furniture on his late premises belonged to his eldest son, and some to his landlord, who occupied part of the house occa sionally. Mr. Hare (the landlord) resides at Hull, but he travels a good deal, and some time since he was going to Italy. There was not the slightest collusion between him, Mr. Hare, and the present tenant (Dunn.) When the valuation was made under the distress, there were 34 acres of wheat sown, which was not valued, as also some dressing of the land. The crop is now growing, and goes against the rent due up to Lady-day. Thomas Wells Pluxton, a fanner, living at Wan sted, in Essex, proved that he went down into Yorkshire with Mr. Beckwith to value some live stock between that gentleman and the insolvent.— At that time the latter had from 2.5 to 30 horses, some of which were entire - horses, of a valuable de scription, and were let out at a particular season of the year; beyond the stallions, there was a brood mare and some coach-horses. Mr. Beckwith, the opposing creditor, stated, that he lives in Chiswell-street, and is a silk-merchant. Witness is grandson and executor to the late Mr. Dobson, of Brand's Burton, Yorkshire. At the death of his* relakv, the insolvent owed him 4001., and a larger sum to anoth er b ranc h o f hi s ( w it ness 's) family. Witness went down to Humbleton in the capacity of executor, to denim] the money, when it was arranged that he should take live stock for a part, and 1501. was to stand over till the following April. The insolvent at that time represented his property to be worth from 2,500/. to 3,000/., and witness had reason to believe, from the judg ment of others, that he did not overrate it. He was therefore at a loss to know why it realised so little. Insolvent also said that he only owed half a year's rent; whereas, by the distress, it appeared that he owed double that sum. Having received informa tion of circumstances different to the statements made by the insolvent, he swerved from his agree ment to wait till Lady-day for the balance, and com menced an action against him, which went to trial. Mr. Wilson, a solicitor, in Lincoln's-inn-fields, produced the proceedings in the action " Beckwith v. Hales," by which it appeared that a verdict was given to the plaintiff—Damages, 157/. ; the costs (including the additional) amounted to 831. The insolvent said that the old gentleman (Mr. Dobson) always said in his life-time that he would so shape his will that he (the insolvent) should pay the money by instalments:. At one time he owed him 1,0001. On being questioned about four valuable horses, he said they belonged to his sons, to whom he had presented them instead of wages. Mr. CooKE contended at the original hearing that there were two points in the case which militated against the insolvent,—lst, he had made away with his property to his sons; 2dly, he had put his creditor to expences by a vexatious defence. Mr. HEATH, on the contrary, observed, that the opposin g creditor was the first offender, inasmuch as he had broken his engagement. The COURT then said, that the distress and con demnation papers ought to be produced, in order that a proper inventory of the property taken might be a matter of record. - ---- - This having been done, the Court expressed its conviction that there was no proof of collusion. Under all the circumstances, therefore, the Court would pronounce the insolvent entitled to his dis charge, and ordered it to issue forthwith. The Guildhall Sessions commence to-morrow, and the Old Bailey on Thursday—at the latter the number of prisoners to be tried is not great. Among the cases are those of Owen Daintry, the Post Office clerk, for embezzling money out of letters, who was remanded last Sessions on account of the absence of a material witness ; Edward Hudson Treadway, committed on a Co roner's warrant for the murder of his wife, Henry Solomons, the father of Ikey, for receiving stolen goods,—and Sheen, the man who was acquitted at the last Sessi ons o f th e murder of his infant child, against wh om ne w bills for the same crime have been found. CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION.—On Thursday, the Aggregate Meeting of the Catholics of Ire land was held in Clarendon-street Chapel, Dub lin, Lord Killeen in the Chair. Mr. O'Connell read a petition praying for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, with which, he said, Ca tholic, Emancipation should be united. He a dded, that the state of the Papists was now one of hope, that they had every right to be satisfied with the friendly intentions of the new Ministry ; that the Marquis of Wellesley was an old woman ; and that, previous to the removal ofthe Tory squad, they had every reason to apprehend a civil war in Ireland. He concluded by proposing that the Catholics should unite themselves with the Eng lish Dissenters, that meetiv should be held on the subject of Emancipation throughout Ire land ; adding, that he had little doubt their claims would be granted by next summer. The m eeting was temperately but spiritedly conduct ed, and separated after a protracted discussion at five o'clock. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF THIS EVENING. BANKRUPTS. John Hoghton Lonsdale, Wigan, Lancaster, tea-dealer, to surrender July 26, 27, at two, and Aug. 21, at eleven, at the George Inn, Dale-street, Liverpool. Milne and Parry, Temple ; and Hopwood, Wigan. Isaac Woolley, Nottingham, laee-manufacturer, July 19, 20, and August 21, at eleven, at the Punch Bowl, Nottingham. Hurst, Nottingham ; and Knowles, New Walter Jessop, Oxford-streeet, Livery-stable-keeper, July 17 24, and Aug. 21, at eleven, at the Court of Commis sioners. Browne and Co., Furnival's-Inn. William Hawes, Royal Harmonic Institution, Regent street, music -seller, July 13, at eleven, and Aug. 20, 21, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Bolton, Austin- friars. Thomas Ellison Collinson, Bread-street, wholesale stationer, July 17, at twelve, 24, and August 21, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Richardson, Ironmonger-. Whitehall, July 9, 1827. The King has been pleased to appoint Vicc-Arlr.ii:.al Sir William Johnstone Hope, G. C.B. ; Vice-Admiral the Right Honourable Sir George Cockburn, G.C.B. ; Wil liam Robert Keith Douglas and John Eveyln Denison, Esqrs. to be Members of the Council of his Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom. Whitehall, July 3. 1827. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Robert Jackson, of Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster, Gent. to be a Mas ter Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Whitehall, Jaly 4, 1827. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Carthew, of Woodbridge, in the county of Suffolk, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Whitehall, June 28, 182'7. The Lord Chancelor has appointed George Ponsford Luke of the City of Exeter, Gent. to be a Master Extra. ordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Whitehall, June 23, 1827. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edward Scott, of Wigan, in the county of Lancaster, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Commissions in the North Shropshire Regiment of Yeo manry Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Salop. John Roger Kynaston, Esq. to be Captain, vice Steward, resigned. Dated May 24, 1827. Samuel Harding, jun., Gent. to be Lieut., vice Peurhyn, resigned. May 24. Wynne, Gent., to be Cornet, May 24. Robert George Kenyon, Gent. to be ditto, vice Thomas Longueville Jones, resigned. May 24. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—A person named Barrow, who de scribed himself as a broker in the city, applied at this office yesterday for a warrant against a man named George Dean, whom he accused of an assault and threatening to take away his life. The complaint was scarcely made when the accused, ac companied by his wife, came forward and charged the com plainant with having indecently exposed his person at his bed-room window in Hammersmith, at which place both parties reside. The wife of the defendant joined in the ac cusation, and said she had witnesses to prove the fact ; and she added, that it was not the second or third time that she had to complain to her husband of similar conduct on the part of Mr. Barrow. Other females, she also averred, had been insulted in _a _Eke manner. The husband then declared that he had suffered a great deal of unhappiness from hearing his wife so repeatedly complain of the in decent exposure she was forced to witness. He denied, however, that he had either assaulted or threatened the complainant, but admitted that he had upbraided him for his scandalous conduct in the open street at Hammersmith. Mr. Barrow solemnly denied the charge of indecently exposing himself, and said he had commenced proceedings at law against the defendant for the slanderous assertion. I He was convinced, he said, that the charge was trumped up in order to extort money from him. He was himself a man of family, having a wife and eight children ; and his domestic happiness was considerably embittered by being charged with a crime of which he felt himself guiltless. The defendant and his wife again vehemently renewed their accusation, of which, however, the Magistrate, Mr. MllisHur.r., said he could take no cognizance, there being no distinct charge before him on that head. With respect to the indecent exposure complained of, the parties ag grieved had their remedy under the Vagrant Act. The defendant was then held to bail for using threaten ing expressions, from which the complainant declared he felt his life in danger. The Magistrate, in holding him to bail, desired it should be distinctly understood that he gave no opinion with respect to the counter-charge of inde cent exposure. MARLBOROUGH- STREET.—Yesterday, a fashion ably dressed young man, named Foster, was brought from the watch-house of St. George's parish, Hanover-square, before Sir GEORGE FARRANT, the sitting Magistrate at this office, under the following curious circumstances : Mr. Pattillo, a tailor residing in Chapel-place, Oxford street, stated, that he had the bad fortune to have had Mr. Foster for a customer, and had been a severe sufferer by himself and some of his acquaintances, who had managed to get into his debt for clathes to. a considerable amount some time ago, but for which they have not as yet been kind enough to give him any remuneration, nor indeed has he been able to trace out their present places of abode. Mr. Foster gave him a bill of exchange a considerable time since, for part of his demand, accepted, as he said, by his mother, and as good as the Bank ; but the bill was, not withstanding, dishonoured, being now upwards of 12 months over due, and he has ever since in vain endeavoured to find out the residence of either the acceptor or of Mr. Foster himself. On Sunday night last, however, he hap pened accidentally to stumble on Mr. Foster in Oxford-street, and very politely asiced him to favour him (Mr. Pattillo) with his address ; but this Mr. Foster positively refused to do, and he (Mr. Pattillo) therefore determined to follow him, and watch where he went to. Mr. Foster, how ever, perceiving his object, walked him about the town a good deal, and led him a dance of about two hours' dura tion; but at last seeing that Mr. Pattillo was a sticker, and the night was waxing late, Mr. Foster thought the safest way would be to lock his pursuer up in the watchhouse, and then wind his uninterrupted way home to his bed ; and in furtherance of this plan he called a watchman, turned round suddenly upon Mr. Pattillo, and gave him into custody on a charge of following and annoying him in the street, although Mr. Pattillo never spoke to him after the first inquiry for his address. When they got to the watch house, and Mr. Foster had given in his charge, and was about to walk away, Mr. Pattillo thought he might as well make a charge too, and so he did, for he had Mr. Foster detained for falsely imprisoning him (Mr. Pattillo), who was soon liberated on bail, but Mr. Foster stayed all night in the watchhouse, and thus the isffair came before the Magistrate. Mr. Foster, in his account of the transaction, acknow ledged that he was indebted to Mr. Pattillo in the a mount of the bill of exchange which he said he would very ho nourable pay when certain monies should come to hand, but he certainly did not wish to let Mr. Pattillo know where he lived, because he was aware that his design was to arrest him for the debt; and he considered that he was perfectly justified in giving Mr. Pattillo into custody for following him through the streets at that hour of the night. Mr. Pattillo said, that he considered he had just as good a right to walk the streets in any direction he thought proper, at any hour of the night, so long as he did not molest anybody, as Mr. Foster had. Mr. Foster said, that it was very unfair that he should have been detained on such a frivolous pretext as the charge of Mr. Pattillo. Mr. Pattillo said, that his grounds of charge were just as substantial as those of Mr. Foster. Sir GEORGX FARRANT said, that neither charge was of a nature to call for his interference, except to discharge them both, which he accordingly did, Mr. Pattillo said, that he was only one of many trades men *bout tom who hid suffered ItYcrOy by Mr. Foster and his associates, nor was this the first time that Mr. Foster had been brought under awkward circumstances to this office. Mr. Foster said, it was true he had been brought to this office once before, about two years ago, hut he was perfectly innocent of what he was then accused of, and the Magistrate discharged him from it. Sir Geo. FARRANT said, that he had now done with the case, and the parties might withdraw. Mr. Foster said, that he was really rather diffident about retiring at that moment, as he had some slight suspicion that Mr. Pattillo had sheriff's officers in waiting for him outside the office-door, to arrest him when he should go out; and if any such attempt were made, lie hoped the Magistrate would protect him. Sir G. FARRANT said, that he could afford him no pro tection against sheriff's officers, but he did nottuppose any one would interfere with him while he remained in the office. Two sheriff's officers, who stood close by the side of Mr. Foster all this time, although he did not know they were so near, now withdrew, and waited outside in the passage until Mr. Foster came out soon after, when they took him into custody, and walked him away. Mr. Foster remonstrated a good deal, and told the officers that they could not arrest him under the Solicitor-General's new Bill, as the debt in this particular case did net amount to 201. The officers, however, assured him that they not only could, but they had, arrested him, and that he was quite mistaken in his law, for that the Bill alluded to was not yet in operation. This Bill, we believe, does not take effect until the let of August. MARYLEBONE-OFFlCE.—Yesterday Robert Har rison, a person of respectable appearance, was charged by Maria Bootle with having assaulted her on Saturday night, and turned her out of her house. Mrs. Bootle having stated to the above effect, answered several questions put by Mr. RAWLINSON with reluctance, and the defendant was called upon to give an explanation, by which it appeared that Mr. Bootle, who occupies a house (No. 40) in Newman-street, is out of town, and that in his absence Mrs. Bootle is gallanting with other men, and selling his furniture. Mr. Harrison produced a letter received by him last week from Mr. Bootle, in which he was requested to call last Saturday night in Newman-street, to pay certain demands then likely to be made, and see to the safety of his property. He called accordingly for these purposes, and finding that Mrs. Bootle had disposed of some of the furniture, he took ad vantage of her absence, and turned the key of the street door against her, for which she gave him in charge, and he was taken to St. Pancras watch-house. Mr. Bootle, after having given Mr. Harrison instructions in his letter to pay his workmen, goes on to regret Maria's misconduct, and to thank him for his services. " You are discharged, Sir," said Mr, RAwmrsoN to the defendant ; " you appear to hare been very unjustly treated." Defendant—l have had a great deal of trouble, I assure your Worship, in this business. Mr. RA WLINSON—I do not doubt it, and it is monstrous hard to be dragged to the watch-house into the bargain. Jonathan Brown and William Rutland were charged with attempting to break into the house No. 34, Windham street, Montague-square. Robert Calloway, who lives at No. 6 in the same street, saw Rutland at a little before 11 o'clock on Saturday night, with his feet upon the rails, and his head within the parlour window of No. 34, but being disturbed, he jumped down and ran away. He was followed, and taken into custody. He (witness) did not see the other prisoner do any thing, but he appeared to be in Rutland's company. Rutland was committed to the House of Correction for two months, and Brown was discharged. Rutland has been repeatedly in custody, and was tried a short time ago at the Old Bailey. John Doyle, a boy of 15, was charged as follows:-- Mrs. Ann Dewrup, of No. 5, Southampton-row, New road, stated that between six and seven o'clock yesterday morning, she caught this boy in her larder : he had cut two holes through the safe, but had not, to her knowledge, taken an y thing. " You little rascal, what business have yott here ?" said Mrs. Dewrup. " Only to get something to eat, Ma'am," replied the boy. - - _ He made the same excuse before Mr. RAWLINSON, who, after remarking that he had not been before him leas that). 20 times, committed him for three months to the House of Correction. A silver tea-pot and other plate were stolen a short time ago from Mrs. Dewrup's house ; but she was not then so fortunate as to detect the thief. WORSHIP-STREET.—THE BETHNAL-GREEI4 GAIN. —Yesterday the witnesses against Thos. Norton, charge(' with robbing Mr. Fuller, on Fleet-street-hill, Bethnal' 'green, on the 11th of last September, attended at the office to have their deposition s t a k en . , Mr. BROUGHTON, on committing the prisoner for trial, mentioned that he had received many communications frous his friends, but they could not avail him in that stage of the proceedings, for he was positively sworn to by the pro secutor, and his case must be laid before a Jury, when it would be in his power to call any witnesses he pleased. " You are aware of the serious natnre of the charge against you," said the Magistrate, " and of the evidence ; it is a matter of life and death, and you will shape your defence accordingly." Mr. Fuller declared that it was the prisoner who took his hat, and who proposed to "give him a rum one." It may be remembered, that on the trial of James Boyce for the same robbery, Mr. Fuller stated that it was by him the robbers were restrained from the committing of personal violence, and on that ground recommended him to the merciful consideration of the Court. Boyce was tried upon a second indictment, however, for the robbery of Mr. and Mrs. Finch, an aged couple, whom he seriously ill treated, and he was executed. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DlARY.—Fathav JULY 13. Birley, J., Bawtry, Yorksh.—Corporation Arms, Rossington Bridge Brimntell, J., Tewkesbury—Hop Pole, Tewkesbury ___. . .. - vat:, .1.Cn.u........./. ••• '' Brockbank, J. jun., Whitehaven—Lion, Whitehaven l ll Davis and Woodnorth, Whitehaven—Black Lion, White haren 1 Dillon, J., Hereford—Greyhound, Hereford Ford, J., Reading—Wheatsheaf, Reading Galles, J., Liverpool—George, Liverpool Howell and Co., Bath—Greyhound, Bath ll Martin, W., Nottingham—Queen's Head, Nottingham ll Morgan, J., Norwich—White Swan, Norwish Nightingale and Co., Manchester—White's, Manchester 0 Peale, J. and Co., Egremont, Cumberland—Black Lion, Whitehaven Sampson, J., Scukoates—Dog and Duck, Kingston ll Stephenson and Hart, Kingston-upon-Flull—George inn, Kingston l9 Wren, T., Preston—Troughton and Co. Preston lO WoffaU, C., Worcester—Golden Lion, Worcester 4 Younge, E., Mundford—Swan, Norwich INSOLVENTS APPLYINI Petitions to be heard at Portug JULY 14, G TO BE DISCHARGED , al-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields , AT NINE. Jarvis, S., Kent-road Parsons, A., Merton Reeve, W., Leatherhead Sadler, W., Charlton Kings Smith, T., Lawrenee-lane Sparres, J., Walton Spencer, J., Skinner-street Stewart, R., Pentonville Williamson, .1., Holborn Yates, J., Minories Bassage, J. Bow Bithrey, W., Snelson Briggs, H., Newington Bullock, G., Falmouth Clark, J., Shoe-lano Deane, T., Britten-Ferry, Gla . morganihire Dexter, J., Northampton Giising, G., Stepney Godden, M., Holloway Horbury, G., Cudworth STATE OF THE COUNTRY.—We refer oUr readers to the accounts received from the county of Tip 'perary, as furnishing an estimate of the state of tranquil' lity which conciliation has produced in Ireland. At no one period since the rebellion of 1798 was crime so daring? or murder so frequent. A rmed parties of undisguised in' rtions of the "Pacificator. measures can preserve the peace 0 1, country.—Dublin Evening mai andstNhuoir st g lin e dlyl . n iestt Nothing rwas p hce a to r ear a i d ea e ontf od t lla active oi lu ert b thu l e i n c ae tx h ee ighway s i n t h e f ace o f days BIRTHS. At Stamford Hall, on the Bth inst. the lady of Georg' Durant, Esq. of a daughter. On the Bth inst. at Spencer Farm, Great Yeldharop Essex, the lady of the Rev. Lewis Way, of a daughter. _. MARRIED. On Thursday, the 4thinst., at St. Pancras New Church , John, eldest son of Charles Broad, Esq., of Oxford-street , to Eliza, eldest daughter of John Brooker, Esq., of South' a mpton-r ow. On Saturday, the 7th inst., at the Church of St. Georg e the Martyr, Queen's - square, by the Rev. J. L. Martin , D.D., the Rev. F. Smyth, eldest son of th e l ate Rev . Joseph Smyth, Vicar of Kirbymoorside, Yorkshir e , to Sophia, youngest daughter of James Osborne, Esq., St. Ives, Hants. DIED. On Monday, the 9th inst., at her house in Montagu' square, Mrs. Mary Bryanna Stephens, relict of the l a te Lewis Stephens, Esq., formerly a Member of the British Factory at Lisbon. On Friday last, the 6th inst., at Totness, universally' respected and regretted, aged 35, Caroline, the beloved w ife wife of William Doidge Taunton, Esq. .01 Pailful) and Pusustan by M. YOUNG, at the Suit-Orrio, No. 11g, ASVand. • Ex( the keel Clllll cept Agei i nst. paid due on DE! 14,t1 E itue TR, tail Witt 170 Ron prie and Jacc wits Ave Cou Edit Rig) Pro the and C. I RE] the Edii RE] PR] and Ste] whi, Fiftl at GE CC the AL spe fee cad ful tin Fit