The Sun. — London, England, 1827-01-19 00:00:00

. _ A • OF THE PUBLIC - JOURNALS, ; The last arrivals from North America bring us a con tinuation of the series of diplomatic papers, submitted to Congress by the President. In a long extract of a des patch from Mr. Gallatin to Mr. Clay, on the subject of the • decisive letter from Mr. Canning, of the 11th of last Sep tember,-addrested to. the former of these gentlemen, the American Minister here takes considerable, and perhaps mrght add ostentatious, pains to unravel the alleged complexities and difficulties of the successive English statutes for regulating the commercial intercourse of foreign nations with the British Colonies, which had been enacted by Parliament, from the year 1822 to 1825, inclusive. It will be recollected that when Mr. Gallatin was taxed by Mr. Canning with a serious error in stating the existence of a perfect equality be ' tween the ships of Great Britain, in the po r t s o f the United States, and those of the United States in the British colonies, Mr. Gallatin confessed that he had over • looked a restrictive provision in the laws of the Republic, by which that supposed equality was, in fact, overturned. He further attempted to explain the continuance of the unfriendly clauses which Mr. Canning had described, by expressing a belief that the American Government had been engrossed' by other objects, and had not directed its care to those particular provisions of the law. In the course of examination into the series of English acts of Parliament, which are the subject of Mr. Gallatin's pre sent despatch, there is nothing to complain of on the score of apparent candonr, and as little with regard to the gene ral temper of his observations. It seems to us, however, perfectly dear that the whole despatch was framed with a view to meet the eye and draw the serious attention of Congress, that fair and creditable means might be afford ed for retracing those steps in the legislation of the United States with reference to the British colsmies, which bad, after (we are hound to say) long forbearance on her part, at fast imposed it as a positive duty on Great Britain to interdict the vessels of the American republic from the ports of our West India islands, and to cut off her citi zens from that advantageous commerce with our colonies which had been eagerly accepted by other States, and in a less selfish, monopolizing, and unreasonable spirit. We are led to anticipate some speedy relaxation of the ob .noxious parts of the American commercial code, bearing upon the shipping interest of this country, and -it will -then remain for the British Government to reflect how far the well-being of its own subjects might be affected, by listening on any conditions to the overtures of the Ame rican Minister, for a re-admission of his fellow-citizens to that, colonial trade from which their own laws and the en croaching policy of the Cabinet of Washington have ex• eluded them.—Times. IKnowing that a motion was to be submitted yesterday by Mr. Chambers, at the Meeting of Magistrates of the _County of Middlesex, " That every Court held for the i iless specially i b y u a si do business of . t i bis an C t io t u i nty ia7a h n eotahner motion,open Cour, n in Court, unless the re sult of which the public isdeeply interested, was to follow, namely, " That a Commission be appointed to inquire into the state of the Pauper Lunatics of this County, ' we dis patched a Gentleman belonging to our Establishment, to the Meeting, in the belief that Mr. Chambers's motion would be agreed to. We were aware, from the disclosures respecting some very ugly jobs, which have recently been made, that the Middlesex Magistrates have better reasons, perhaps, than the Magistrates of any other County, for deliberating in private. Allowing them, however, this pre eminen.ce, we still conceived that a great reformation had been effected in the character of the body, since the appoint= ent of Police Magistrates, and that, generally speaking, they were no longer what Mr. Burke described them to be, " notoriously men of such infamous characters, that they were unworthy of any employ whatever"—men whom a gentleman " would not . sit down to dinner with—to whom he would not speak, nor suffer them to enter a room where - he was." Though, therefore, we might not be so romantic as to expect - from the Body the renunciation of that hankering after jobbing, which is to be found even i among men who hold their heads very high in society, We yet expeeted—frer the example set by so many Counties of which the Magistracy never lay under a slur like that of this County, of holding their meetings on public business in presence of the public, and enabling those affected by their resolutions tobecome acquainted with the reasons for adopting them,—that the Magistracy of the County of Middlesex would seek to revive unpleasant recollec tions, and to awaken suspicions, by adopting a course wi t. ich always implies the existence of a consciousness o f \w og, We may safely lay it down as a gene ral rule, - o.'at men only endeavour to shelter their conduct from o bservation, when they are conscious that it will not bear observation. In no country in the world isliueb a rule more applicable than in this, whatever will bear the light is studiously thrust before the public. We confess, therefore, we were not a little surprised when the result was communicated to us, that it was decided by a large majority that the proceedings should continue to be conducted with closed doors, as they have been hitherto. We have been favoured, however, with an account of the debate on the occasion. Mr. Chambers was seconded by that exemplary Magistrate, Sir Peter Lurie, and sup ported by Mr. Allen, of Union Hall, Mr. Ilyng, the County Member, and another Magistrate, whose name is not mentioned. A Mr. Flower alone spoke against the motion, except the observation of Mr. Michael Angelo Taylor, that in the county of ,York the public were not lallowed to be present at County Meetings of the Magi strates (a practice which, with all due deference to so great g lawyer as Mr. M. A. Taylor, it would be well for the Cot:Tity of York to change as well as the County of Mid dlesex; be held equivalent to an unanswerable argument. This Mr. ,Flower (a City Flower, we presume) aspires, it would scent, to . the chara c t er o f faceti ou s ness , but evi dently had not tip remotest conception of the real merits of the question before the meeting. The question was, whether any set of men ought to have the power of laying heavy taxes on the public, without even allowing that pub lic to know the reason for so taxing them—and whether .any set of men ought to be allow e d, w i t h out even t h e c i te & of publicity, to dispose of the sums of money arbi teeki imposed by them I ? Nye have al ways understood, that apte;:rding to all Constitutional analogy, the possession of power Inslolved responsibility, and that the public haven right to observe' the proceedings of those who put their hands in their pocket:: But this facetious gentleman quite lßu tthe ,is;gad for e forgot the public ; for t,&: only , reason he as ing the motion was, "the a ppearance of irenet Paid' (he - gentlemen of the line often had the - effect of preventing men from deli vering their sentiments." added, alluding to the Police Magistrates) could not live without seeing themselves in print," and thin, f' if he were disposed to speak as much as would fill th e large pa g e s o f the Morning Herald, he would be silent if he thought that what he might say would be blazoned before the pub.. , I I r i ew c ne n a s t fodaryw-"isiti should not T ng he b r o e th are w m ha a t ny t r h n e; n sa s y vi a lo nd ha w v h e a 'j t er t y tie g y oo d d o be blazoned before the public; but if Mr. Flower had 'viewed the question with reference to the public benefit, and not se lf grat ification, the suspicion might have come acros s hi s m i n d, t h a t one of the advan tages derivable from publicit y wou ld b e the inducing those a te) remain silent, who have not hi ng to say b u t what they wa zild be unwilling to have bl azone d b e f ore the public nex t ay. We are. far from wishing to insinuate that the pu bli c ei N:ld not gain greatly both by the wit and the eloquence of ..Mr. Flower; and were he to withhold either, from a drea.: l of being blazoned before the public, his modesty would, we fear, be doing-an injury to his merits. But there are two . descriptio ns of Magistrates whose silence the public would not lose much — those who propose what they are ashamed to see blazoned before the public from its wickedness, and tlum e who titter (what we are sure Mr, Flower would never utter) pueri lities and absurdities calculated to lower the character of the Magistrac-i in general estimation, 4nfl to give pain to their friends, if their own insensibility secures th em f rom feeling any. As far as we have observed, publicity has hitherto operated rather beneficially hi the way of repres sion, and it is only in this way, we think, that the elo- queriee . of . Magistrates is susceptible of much improvement. We never heard, at all. events, of any valuable discoveries having been withheld from the public, from the dread of their being blazOned hefore.the public; and we would fain believe, that the Mass of absurdity (not to say wickedness) has been very much diminished, by what Mr. Peel very emphatically called letting in light on such bodies as meet ings of Magistrates.—Morning Chronicle. In politics, as well as in private life, hasty suspicion is very remote from wisdom. Those who, at present, per sist in distrusting the sincerity of France, with respect to the affairs of Spain, speak from apprehensions and doubts, which are not justified by any thing that has occurred hitherto. The conduct of the French Government has, as vet, been in accordance with their words; and the inadness of King Ferdinand has led him into actions which are an insult to them, no less than an injury to us. Can France, with honour to herself, assist or promote the wild freaks of x Sovereign, who rejects her counsels and disregards her remonstrances Of will she degrade herself so far as to confess to the world, that her King, up to the present moment, has been deceiving, not England alone—not merely all the Powers of Europe—hut his own subjects, and his own Legisla ture—his city of Paris,. his Chamber of Deputies, his Peers ? It is one of the blessings conferred by a Repre sentative Constitution on the world, that it gives other nations the strongest possible. pledge for the observance of good faith-towards them. Ministers and Kings, when they have to deal only with each other, often have prac tised, and nsay again practise, a deceitful cunning; but pub lic functionaries, who are obliged to expound their intend ed policy to the Legislature of their own country, must pay homage to candour and sincerity ; they 'Must keep faith towards those bodies by and through whine they gevern, and to whom they are accountable. - Even if the French Cabinet had been inclined to deceive its neigh bours, it could scarcely he inclined to insult the Chamber of Deputies and the Chamber of Peers, by statements al together false. If France had, in truth, given secret en couragement to Ferdinand, or intended to support him in his extravagant course, how could Charles X. ever present himself to those Chambers, to whom he addressed thee speech with which he opened the current Session ? How could M. de Damns dare to open his lips, on any other occasion, --before a Legislature whom he had so grossly deceived? Why should he have spoken in so plain, so unequivocal, so undiplomatic, so unhesitating, a tone, if the real intentions of the Cabinet did not accord with his - words ? We may suppose, no doubt, that he was himself the dupe of some craftier politician ; but where are eon- :lectures and suspicions to end, if so extravagant a notion were to be entertained ? Had France been, in reality, de sirousof supporting Ferdinand in his mad career, we can conceive no reason for her adopting a system of dissimula tion. A bold and direct avowal of her intentions would have given her a much greater chance of success than she can expect from intrigue or french A •deelaration of her hostility to the Portuguese Constitution, and of her reso lution to take part with those who assailed it, would not have placed here in more difficult circumstances, so far as the power of England would be brought into action, and would have infused new courage and obstinacy into the Spanish Apostolicals, as well as elevated the spirits and swelled the numbers of the Portuguese rebels. If France were now to take part with Ferdinand, her interference would be too tardy to produce its full effect. Six weeks earlier, it might have subverted the Portuguese Constitu tion, before the troops of England had touched once more those shores, which call back to them such proud recollec tions of the victories achieved by them, for the liberties of mankind, on the very soil which they are again to defend. Now, all that France could do, would be to endeavour to save him from making atonement for his past offences. The Portuguese Constitution would still, exist ; and, while British banners wave, and British bayonets gleam before it, France knows well, that it is not the feeble arm of Ferdinand, even though upheld by her, which can do it any injury. If France were, by her future conduct, to belie her past declarations, she would cover herself,. her Sovereign, her functionaries, and her Legislature, with dis grace, aever.to he wiped-off. Her name would become a bye-word among nations for falsehood and faithlessness. And she would have been guilty of all this deceit, and in curred all this odium, for a purpose,. which would have been much better accomplished by an open and candid, though anjustifiable policy.—New LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, THURSDAY, Jam. 18. WELLESLEY r. THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT. ((oncluded from our paper of yesterday.) Mr. IloaNE followed upon the same side. The situation in which Mr. Wellesley stood was this—he was the survivor of the parent of those children, on whose character not the slightest im putation had ever been cast. In order to make out the case against Mr. Wellesley, the attention of the Court had been carried hack to a long historical detail of the life of that gentleman, not only subsequently to, but long antecedent to her death. By a combination of both together, his Lordship had been called upon to pronounce that Mr. Wellesley was utterly unworthy to protect his children. The other side in their attacks upon Mr. Wellesley's character, had not gone further hack than the time when Mr. and Mrs. Wellesley first left England. His private circumstances having rendered it necessary that he should go abroad, Mrs. Wel lesley gaye the best proof which a lady of her virtuous character could give, of the affection which they mutually bore each other, by agreeing to go abroad with him. The LoTan CHANCELLOR observed, that when Mr. Wellesley went abroad to escape from his creditors, Mrs. Wellesley did not I go along with him, hnt joined him afterwards with her children. Mr. I - lostszr thanked his Lordship for the observation, as it strengthened the case on behalf of Mr. Wellesley. If be had bee n hying with his wife, it might have been said that she had been persuaded by him to let the children accompany them abroad ; but as he was in a foreign country, and she in England, her volun tarily taking the children to him was a proof of the confidence which she entertained in Isis honour and integrity. The family went to Naples in 1822, and continued to live there in great har mony down to June, 1823, nothing extraordinary having occurred to the family, except the introduction to it of Dr. Bulkeley, on whose conduct he should have occasion to animadvert very se. verely before be sat down. On the 29th of May another family appeared at Naples, that of Captain Bligh and his wife, between 1 whom and Mrs. Wellesley a previous acquaintance had existed. That being the case, we come, in June, to a transaction which Hams. laid as . the foundation of the present application. As 1 Dr. Bulkeley was the witness on Which it principally rested, he must rail his Lordship's attention to his affidavit, and con trast it with that of Mrs. Thigh, who, though site bad been guilty of one unfortunate lapse from virtue, was not on that account to be discredited on her oath in a Court of Justice. Dr. Bulkeley swore that she confessed to him in the month of June, that she was with child bv Mr. Wellesley, in consequence of an improper intercourse which had taken place between them on Mount Vesuvius. Now, Mrs. Bligh denied that she had made any such confession to Dr. Bulkeley, and further swore that she had not been guilty of any act of adultery during her residence at Naples with Mr. Wellesley. Besides, was it probable that Mrs. high should have known early in June that she was pregnant by Mr. Wellesley, when her first acquaintance with bins did not continence till the 29th of May ? The only ground which Dr. Bulkeley could have had at this period, for believing that Mrs. Bligh was pregnant, was the transaction on Mount Vesuvius, which occurred only some days before : he (Mr. Horne) would not insult the Court by asking it to believe a -thing so incredible. He then ad verted to the Doctor's statement, that Mrs. Bligh had sent to consult bins respecting a disorder (which was in fact nothing but the effect of exposure to malaria), and that he told Mr. Wellesley she was a most dangerous woman for a physician to have any thing to do with, and that be (the deponent) in advising her, was treading on a volcano. What, said Mr. Horne, was to be inferred from this? Any thing respecting the nature of the disorder ? But Dr. Bulkeley had not manifested such delicacy on other occasions, even towards Mrs. Bligh herself. Mr. Horne then referred to the Doctor's statements respecting the alleged confessions of Mrs. High, that she was with child, and her request to be furnished with something to cause miscarriage, orate should be ruined ; and to the declaration of Mr. Wellesley, that she had been using (for a considerable time, it was to be presumed) every expedient to cause a miscarriage, by taking pennyroyal tea, &c. ; nay, Mr. Wellesley' was made to assert that Mrs. Bligh had taken that day (on which she had been visited by the it ede y po w n h en ic t h ) " a bottle of laudanum as long as his finger,"-....a ut would have destroyed life ; yet no allegation appeared as to the ef fect of such a dose upon Mrs. Bligh when visited by the Doctor The learned counsel then proceeded to comment upon that part of the Doctor's affidavit which stated that he heard of the elopement of Mrs. Bligh when visiting Mrs. Edward% The Lotto CHANCELLOR inquired whether the date of the elopement appeared ? Mr. ifouNE replied, on the 30th or 31et of July.—ln coati. nuation, the learned counsel observed, that it would he better for the reputation of Dr. Bulkeley, that his evidence should he re jected altogether. Though he stated that Mr. Wellesley spoke to him without reserve of his adulterous connexion with Mrs. Bligh, he (Dr. Buikeley) did not expostulate with him on its criminality : he stated, indeed, that he remonstrated with Mr. 'Wellesley and Mrs. Bligh upon the imprudence and gross indecency of letting their amours be made public, but not upon their infamous crimes He (Mr. Horne) would ask if such a man was to be believed? Would hie Lordship regard one syllable he said, in a case where he came voluntarily forward, and might say as much or as little as he liked ? If I had been the author of this affidavit," said Mr. Horne, " I would rat'ier it should he imputed to me that Iliad been guilty of deliberate perjury, in the strong terms in which such a charge had been conveyed by the A ttorneye General, than that this paragraph sh ou ld he believed : I think I should appear to the public in a better character if such a state ment was not believed. I sincerely believe that Dr. Bulkeiey is less guilty as a perjured man than if he had spoken truth."— The copy of the hostile communication was forthcoming; and it would be proved by the evidence of Dr. Bulkeley, as well as that of Mr. Wellealey, that the latter had refused to give Captain • Bligh satisfaction on the ground alleged in the message; but he said, " Insult me, if you please ; give me any other ground, and I will meet you," All this was actually in the hand-writing of Dr. Bulkeley. The Learned Counsel then read two letters from Mr. Wellesley to Captain Bligh, which stated that the writer could not consent to the wishes ,f the latter, upon the circumstance of the lapse of titnesince the case of offence (two months), the pre sent state of Mrs. Bligh's case, and the prejudice it would occa sion to the writer's reputation ; but that if the Duke of Wellington or Lord Darnley—(here Mr. Wellesley, who sat behind Mr. Hart, observed emphatically, "or Lord Darnley alone")—should consider it, not derogatory to his honour, he would' meet him. The latter of the two letters contained a declaration that Mrs. Bligh was as free frOm guilt with the writer as any woman whatever. It thus ap peared, continued Mr. Horne t that Dr. Bulkeley stood in the peeu liar situation of a person who knew of the criminal conduct of the adulterer and: the adulteress, yet lent his aid to conceal it ; and thought it consisteut with morality,--with humanity,—to be the bearer of a message whi c h mi g ht h ave a dd e d th e mur d er of Captaiu Bligh 'to 'the . . black catalogue of crimes detailed in his affidavit. Dr. Bulkeley, if he heaped affidavit on affidavit— Pelion on Ossa—would not be 'entitled to belief; and he (Mr. Horne) called upon the Courtnnt to suffer the character of Mr. Wellesley, or of any other person, .te be affected by such testi mony. He (Mr. Horne) would presume to ask his Lordship whether, in any similar case, during his 'Ong experience, when the father had solemnly denied the allegations against him, the Court had interfered, unless the facts were proved by evidence amounting to demonstration ? He would also ask his Lordship, whether, in a similar case, the Court had ever sent the question to be decided by a Jury ? The LORD CHANCELLOR—No. Mr. HORNY—.In case of doubt, a jury was the best tribunal, and the present case was most doubtful. It was singular that Dr. Bulkeley, though considering himself an important witness, had - not been put into the box at the trial in a Court of Law. It was another peculiar feature of this case, that this witness could volunteer his evidence in this Court, but not in. a Court of Law. Here he was safe ; hut in a common Law Court he was open to cross-examination. The law suit had set out with the adultery at Naples, but had afterwards been contracted to the Inure decent de tails of that in England. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that he understood that the verdict of the jury was founded chiefly upon a letter which went to prove an act of adultery in England. The ATTORNEr•GE)tERAL remarked, that the grounds of the verdict of the jury could only be known to themselves. Evi. deuce had been, however, offered at the trial as to the adultery at Naples. The LORD CHANCELLOR wished that it should not go forth to the public, that affidavits could he made iu this Court with im punity. He had the power of directing a prosecution for perjury. Mr. HORNE continued.—The other side had endeavoured to produce evidence of the adultery on Mount Vesuvius, and failed. After making several observations on the evidence of Dr. Bulkeley, the learned counsel adverted to the letters of Mrs. Wellesley. He said that if he might judge by the letters of Mrs. Wellesley, that Jady was as eminent for underst*nding as she was for virtue, and that, as was confessed on all hiztds, wai above all panegyric. To impute duplicity.or falsehood to her, or to say that she was a mere tool in the hands of her lusbarid, - and that her husband dic tated these letters to her, was equally ridiculous, and in bad taste. These letters carried with them no inconsiderable im portance, as far as Mr. Wellesley was concerned. The ques tion was not whether Mr. Wellesley had not committed adul tery with Mrs. Bligh—it was whether that adultery had baen carried on in his own house, under the very eves, as it were, -of his wife and family. It had been contended that this was the cases and that this unfortunate degree of family scan dal and publicity had attached to the connexion ; and from that it was contended, -that a man who could be guilty of such gross misconduct, in such, a place, and with such per sons around him, was not entitled to the guardianship of his chil dren. The learned counsel next adverted to that part of the affi davit of Dr. Bulkeley which related to Mr. Wellesley's abstinence from his wife's bed since a certain time, and declared that he (Mr. Horne) believed Dr. Bulkeley had only fixed upon that pe riod in order to make it tally with his alleged commencement of the adultery between Mrs. Bligh and Mr. Wellesley. It had been asserted on his (Mr. Home's) side, that so far from being anxious to have Mrs. Bligh under his own roof, Mr. Wellesley had an entirely contrary feeling. Nothing could be more natural, than that a man possessed of common prudence should have wished to exclude a beautiful, and he (Mr. Horne) dared say, a fascina .• _ _ _ _ . ting woman of this kind from the bosom of his own 'family. He did not wish to be brought into such close contact with her.— butt it appeared that Mrs. Wellesley, who was too pure for sus picion, and in whose mind, as in that of every virtuous female, there was an absence of that process of reasoning which is com mon in that of mea, who vaderstand more of matters of this uature,—it appeared that she (Mrs. Wellesley) resolved of her own accord to admit Mrs. Bligh: to her house. The LORD CHANCELLOR said it was certainly the impression on his mind that Mrs. Wellesley had in her letters stated that she found out the lodgings of Mrs. Bligh without the knowledge of her husband. Mr. HORNE said, that there could be no doubt of it. The Loan CHANCELLOR here interrupted Mr. Horne, and in timated that he must now rise. His Lordship said, that as to morrow was the Seal, the present cause could not be continued, and on Saturday the Court would not sit ; they must, therefore, settle to-morrow when the argument in this case should be resumed. The Court then rose. A much greater crowd than we have witnessed on either of this preceding days assembled to-day to hear the proceedings in this case. After his Lordship had left the Court, the crowd still con tinued, and were evidently waiting to see Mr. Wellesley take his departure. That gentleman, however, left the Court by the pri vate door at the side, and the majority of the persons in the hall had no sooner perceived his disappearance, than they ran round to meet him. Mr. Wellesley was followed across the square by at least a hundred persons —men, women, and children. We heard no symptom of disapprobation expressed as on the preceding day ; the persons who followed him appeared to be actuated rather by curiosity than by any other motive, and the boundary of every body's ambition seemed to be to catch a glance of this natorious person. The most anxious of the crowd were some women, with out bonnets, whose eagerness knew no bounds. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL, JAN. IS. • LALNAGE V. PALMER, Just. This was an action by the plaintift; a bill broker of Dublin, to re;:sver from the defendant, a cattle-dealer residing in Liverpool, the sum of 1,6041., being the amount of nine bills of exchange, of which the Plaintiff was t h e h o ld er, an d w hi c h were d rawn an d accepted by several different persons, but all endorsed by the de fendant. The Jury, without hesitation, found a verdict for the plaintiff Damages, including the plaintiffs commission, 1,61 V. 4s. sd. POLICE INTELLIGENCE MANSION - HOUSE.—John Jenklia was yesterday charged with littering a forged draft on the house of Jones, Lloyd, & Co. and was rennulded for further examination. MARYLETIONE.—B y permission of Mr. Ilawlinson, the 'Magistrate, the prosecution against Mr. Kean, of Portman -street, for an indelicate assault on Isabella Mostyn, his servant, within a short time after she had entered his house, has been withdrawn, the uncle of the girl having represented that Mi. Kean had con sented to make her a pecuniary compensatiOn for the indignity be had offered her, which. he had advised her to accept. Mr. RAWLINSON said th a t,.cousulting the inter es t and feelings' of The young woman, this was the best course to be taken. She had been suddenly thrown out of a situation, in defending her self against the unworthy attack, which had been made upon her by her master, for which she was entitled to some remuneration ; MANCHESTER YAW" No. cf. d. Throttle Twist, 12 to 1n 144 19 20 NfulecopTwisti 30 14 ISf tbr - warp 1 1 4 y).....17 l9 tY) 21 224 70 w, .24 27 im 29 3- 11 ule Cop — n! tx,so -au____ . 16. 20.iiiT to 411: 80 ---. 24. 27 100 30 33 120 34 37 Weft from waste,lo 8e 10 101 18 10 11 24 „„„,11ig . THEATRICAL ANECDOTE.—On Saturday last a ludicrous incident occurred in iir" Roland for an'elliter." was'iss the scene in which the Hon. Alfred Highflyer first sees Sir Mark Chase, believing him to be mad. Sir Mark-has a double-barrel led gun, which he offers to Mr. Highflyer, in order that he may . enjoy a shot. Jones, who performs Highflyer, in order to humour the supposed mad Baronet, takes it, and concluding it to be un loaded, aims at a tame macaw, which is seen hopping about in its cage in a summer-house. The gun ought to go off, but, unfortunately, it only burned priming. Jones tried the other barrel, but with the same result; and the macaw continued hopping about as before. For a minute boils actors stood looking at each other. Jones seemed inclined - to go on as if he had actually shot the macaw, but Murray thought this too palpably absurd; so he said--" Lord bless me ; there must he something wrong about the gun ; let me look at the flints."-After a little delay he turned it, desirin g Jones to try it now--Jones did try it, but nothing ensued, but two more flashes in the pan. The audience was in an uproar ;—some con vulsed with laughter, and others with hisses. The performers were non-plussed. Jones was for dashing right through, and making believe he had fired, hut how could Murray say, "Zotinds ! you have shot my macaw !" when every body saw the bird leaping lip and down just as usual. So, with some embarrassment, he went off the stage for another gun,' and left Jones to do what he could in the meantime. Jones said, " Poor man ! he imagines the gun is loaded," and waited till Sir Mark returned with another gn. - • He did not wait long ; either another or the same gun was put into his hands a third time, and a third time his attempts to make it shoot were equally fruitless ! Murray saw that it was absolutely necessary to make a speech ; he bowed to the audience and said—" Ladies and Gentlemen, you will allow that an occur rence of thiS kind does not often happen in this theatre. This is the first appearance of this gun on any stage; and, as it seems de termined not to go off with applause, I am resolved that it shall be its last." This address restored good humour, and the piece pro:. ceeded ; but the whole affair was sufficiently amusing. It is right, however, to add, that we tell it upon the information of a friend, as we were not ourselves in the house.—Edinburgh Observer. and taking this into consideration, and also, that it would be painful to her to detail the nature of "the insults she had received, in an open Court, he would, on her account only, permit, the natter to be settled without it being taken any farther. It was then, by the consent of all parties, agreed that the trans.. action should be closed, by Mr. Kean making the girl a present of 1 W. THE MARKETS. SOUTHALL MARKET.—Jen. 17. This day's market having been rather scantily supplied, and the buyers in attendance somewhat numerous, each kind of meat, but more particularly good Beef, commanded a ready sale, at the following prices per stone of Bibs. to sink the offals :-- 1 Beef—,--- --36. 10d. to ss. .Pd. Veal , __...-- 44. 4d. to '..:s. tel. Mutton ......---.. 3 2 4 4 Pork 4 2 5 4 The above quotation s are best eef Yd. per stone lower than on this day sennight, prices of other thing: Atationary. Tbc stock was nearly all sold. 8eet...,, Mutton STEYNING MARKF':n.-Jan. 17. 41. Od. to 4s. 10d. Veal Os. Od. to Os. Od. I 2 10 4 8 Pork 4 0 4 6 Supply limited, and trade dull, Boef-- Alutton ARUNDEL M. - 4s. 2d. to 4s. 10d. -40 4 8 Supply tolerably goo CHICHESTER Beet l(ki. to 4s. &I, Mutton 3 8 4 6 hi lean stock nothing was doil RUAIFOR, s. d. u Best 3 10 Mutton 9 8 Suckling Calves from 14s. t( Supply limited, COUNTRY CORN M. Wheat. Per Quarter. Blandford Chard , Huntingdon, Louth Lynn' Newark Norwich R. to P. A 8 56 53 63 64 7d 68 10 6 . 0 64 42 58 Li 68 61 111 Si 59 551 00 SO 66- 58 59 50 8 48 60 Nottingham -- Peterborough Plymouth Sherborne Cppingham --- Wisbech York P. to J. 32 39 40 45 34 44 32 34 84 36 34 38 39 45 312 36 38 45 36 35 33 32 38 98 42 I. to c. s. to s. --. 48 48 42 24 2'2 24 30 25 20 26 13 31 28 26 32 22 36 24 SO 28 38 30 38 2a 34 22 30 26 34 44 48 54 59 48 53 45 48 54) 41 45 58 130 3:, 40 56 62 44 48 49 36 sc. to s. 4rl 12 56 66 'kV 46 - 47 'ARKET.--jan. 16.< . I Veal •Q. Od. to 06.04. - 4...0 4 4 d, and trade rather dull: A RIVET.—Jan. 17. Veal Od. 3 10 .4 4 ig. Supply good, and trade duU, D MA RKET.—Jan. 17. oF. d. s. d. to 6. d. a 0 Veal 4 4 Pork a &U. • Quarter old Pigs 9s. to 144. each. , anetrade somewhat brisk. RKETS Barley. I,TRING THE WEEK. Oats. Beans. Pee. LEEDS CORN MARKET, Jan. 16. There was a good supply of Wheat, hut not much of any other Grain, and the demand was very limited; fine Wheat was Is. per quarter lower, and middling sorts were almost unsaleable. Barley was held at rather more money, but the few sales effected were at last week's prices. In, Oat', Shelling, and- Beans, there was no alteration. There was very little Rapeseed offered, and prices were nominally the same. Wheat Norfolk and Suffolk, 601bs. Fine ditto Yorkshire awl Lincoln. 6011 m Fine 6olbs. Barley, New Grinding Oats, Potatoe 56 to 57s 58 to 59s 55 to 56s 56 to 576 38 to 416 36 to 376 36 to 38s Melding per stone 16id to 18d 631bs. .59. to .54s ..41s 42s Beans. Shelling, per Load itillbs Rapeseed (English) per last 10 Qr (Foreign) -.20/. 2 ....211. 2' LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—JaI At our Corn Exchange to-day there was a smal buyers, and the sales were inconsiderable ; the small, but quite sufficient for the demand. Until t lative to the Corn Laws is decided, we look to li markets. We cannot alter last week's currency fo. OLD. ti. Y. d. 6a 9 2 3a 8 _9 9a S 3 4a 8 8 0 a 0 0 3a 5 9 0 a 0 0 4a 4 6 C a 4 5L4 0 a 4.5 0 6 a 0 a 53 0 0 a 51- 0 0a 0 0 0a 0 0 0 a 0 0 0 a 31 0 0 a 4,3 0 0 a 46 0 Oa— 0 Oa— 0 0 a 70 0 0 a 58 0 0 a 44 0 II attendance of supplies were the question re- Icave inanimate IT any article. NSW. . d. a. d. 8 6 a 8 3 8 6 a 8 9 7 6a S O 0 a 0 0 7 8a 9 3 5 0 a 5 8 8 4a 810 4 5a 4.7 4 3a 4 '6 O 0 a 0 0 5 4a 5 S 51 0a 55 0 49 0 a 52 0 40 0 a 54 0 at 0 a 26 0 O 0a 0 0 Ooa 0 0 O 0a 0 0 Ooa 0 0 41 0a 43 0 39 0 a 40 0 48 0 a 66 0 50 0 a 56 0 38 0 a 42 () Wheat, English, per Scotch ----- - Irish (red) ...ow em0w•••••ww............ Ditto (white—. Foreign (free) Foreign (in bond) Canada (free) Oats, English and Scotch --- 1 1 - WI Barley, Malting, per Imp. qr. Grinding, per 601bs. Beans, English, per Imp. qr. --- - Foreign — Flour, Amer., sweet, (bond), per brl sour.-- - English, tine, per 2801hs. --- - Irish, ditto Oatmeal, English, per 2401 b... Irish----- Malt, per Imp. quarter Pears, English white, per Imp. Rye.— MANCHESTER CORN MARKET.—Jau. The Corn trade during the week has been exceedingly lifeless, and, to haze made sales, lower prices must have been submitted to. There was a fair attendance on 'Change this day, but the business transacted was entirely confined to needy buyers, who purchased rather sparingly. Oats have receded Id. per bushel in value. All other articles remain nominal. Customary Bushel. Wheat (701 h.) s. d. to s. 0. English, New 9 3 9 7 Red-- 8 7 8 10 Irish, White 8 11 9 1 -84 8 7 10 9 6 Foreign 8 4 810 Barley (601 b.) For 5 0 6 0 Oats (451 h.) English and Scotch „ 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 Foreign , 4 7 4 8 Irish, Kiln dried 4 7 4 9 -Undried. 4 6 4 7 Per load of 6 Imp!. bushel. 0 5 4 0 0 0 9 0 - - inferior 0 41 Pease (Imp. Qr.) s. d. tos, d. Blue, '7 9 8 0 Beans U - 0 English ,--56 0 58 0 Irish and Foreign--45 0 53 0 Per bag of 2801 b. Flour, Fine Hotta..- .4( 0 45 0 Yorkshire, fine 44 0 44 0 Irish, tine --44 0 47 0 Seconds 40 0 42 0 Barrel Flour Sweet 0 0 Sour.--20 0 31 0 Per load of 2401 b. Oatmeal, English &c. -11 0 42 0 0 41 (1 ------ Old (teed) 2E3 Tares (Imp. Qr.) 0 0 0 0 Bran :broad) per 201 b. 15.2 d. a 11.4 d. 2,i83 Sheep 458 Cattle MANCHESTER NEW SMITHFIELD.—Jan. 17, At per sinking the otnl, w. to 7d. I 7 C a l ves I IEO Pigs TOE MARIKET.—Jan. 16. 6 d. per load of 12 score and 12/135.; •r load of 12 score; Turnips, W. Od., ~nicns, 26g. 6d. and Ws. per MANCHESTER POTA Potatoes, Ss. 4d., Os. Od., and 9s: Carrots, Oil. Od., Os. tid., and 102. pei Os. and Os. per Load of 16 peeks ; 01 load of 12 score. 50. told. 4f 5i w. 15. DUCHY COURT OF LANCASTER, DFC. IT. This day the Duchy Court of Lancaster sat for theliearing, any determining of matters arising solely within its own juriadic tion. Lord BEXLEY presided in his official situation as Chancel 'or, attended by Mr. Justice PARE and Mr. Baron Ilut.t.orir a Judges. WAKEFIELD'S CASE. IN THE MATTER OF THE SLTRETIFS OF WILLIAM WAKFFIELD. It will be recollected that at the last Lancaster Assizes, the abovenamed Defendant was to have been tried, with his brother for the abduction of Miss Turner; but in comequence of hi: having absconded after the Grand Jury were discharged, the re coguizances of his sureties, Dr. Davies and Mr. Cuthbert, wart estreated into this Court. Mr. PARKS now appeared for the sureties, and took a prelimi nary objection, that this case was not within the jurisdiction ol the Duchy Court of Lancaster. The COURT overruled that objection, and said that its va lidity might be tried by bringing an action of trespass against the Sheriff. Mr. PARKE then submitted, that there was a fatal objection to the entreat, on the ground of informality. The recognizance had bean entered into by the Defendant in the Court of King's Bench, and consequently the entreat ought to have been returned into that Court, in order that it might be handed over to his Majesty's Exchequer, where it would be applied to the general service of the Crown. Instead of this, however, it had been returned into the Duchy Court of Lancaster, where it could only he applied to the King's private personal service in his capacity of Duke of Lancaster. The Learned Counsel submitted, in the second place, the recognizances of the sureties ought not to he estreated at all, because the Defendant, Mr. William Wakefield had literally com plied.-with the terms imposed on him. At the last I.ancaster Assizes he had attended in Court de die in diem, until the G r and Jury had been discharged, and consequently he was there to meet any charge, or answer any 'natters that might be alleged against him. Moreover, be had been actually placed in the Dock, a nd the circumstance of his not having remained there, but having re moved into the body of the Court, behind his Counsel, did not originate with him, and therefore ought not to be alleged ag a inst him as an ohjectidu in a criminal matter. Mr. Justice PA-ax observed, upon this objection, that if it were insisted upon, it would utterly destroy any inclination oa the part of a judge to indulge a prisoner, or aford convenience to bis Counsel. Mr.- PARKE proceeded, at some length to argue the abort points, and referred to flie 33d Henry VIII.; 30th Charles IT., and the case of "the Queen v. Ridpath," in Hawkins's Pleas of the Crown. • The COURT, after mature deliberation decided, that there was no foundation in law for any of the objections taken ; and there fore judgment must be pronounced for the Duke of Lancaster. Mr. PARKE then applied for the indulgence of the Court, and prayed that proceedings might he stayed, and that the amount of the recognizances, which was now paid into Court, might not bet handed over to the Crown, until after th e next Spring Assizes, ' when, he had reason to believe, that the Defendant William Wake-. field would appear and take his trial. If that turned out to be the case, the sureties would have an opportunity of applying to the Crown for its lenient indulgence, and praying for the return of the money now paid into Court. This application was founded upon the affidavit of Mr. Cuthbert and Dr. Davies, the two sure ties, who swore positively that William Wakefield absented him self from Lancaster, at the last Assizes, without their privity, knowledge, or consent, and that they had no expectation what ever: of being indemnified. Mr. : GRANT, OR the part of the Crown, expressed Lis wil lingnm to accede to whatever the Court might Walk to be rea sonable. • . The Corsi then granted the indulgence prayed. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY, M otinay, JAN. 2 . u g g e h , t o N n e , w L e as i v t e l r e p_oo l l l 2. DCBalaallbaerea'antWhd:'NjN.LrlilvtoHenrop,uogoNhi—teossn'llclars.Gtle-ielocluipon-Tyne—Turf Hotel, New castle-upon-Tyne-14 Gibbs, J., Chard, Soniersetshire—Office of Messrs. Livett and Co., Bristol-1 Griffith., W., Carmarthen—Commercial Rooms, Bristol-1 Hooper, A., Worcester—Hopmarket inn, Worcester-10 Hurry and Jones, Liverpool—George, Liverpaol-2 Saunders, J., Nottingham—Punch Bowl, Nottingham—l Windett, J., Norwich—Castle and Lion, Norwich-4 Woods, R., Cambridge—Eagle, Cambridge --2 INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED. Petitions to he heard at Portugal-street, Lincoln'a-hi. Fish we. 23, AT NINE. Arnold, T.,• New-road, Marylehone, baker Badcock, J., City-road, bookseller Barrow, E., Macclesfield, victualler Baylis, T., Old Swinford, victualler Bryant, 8., Aldgate, labourer Burgess, T., Milton Bryant, Bedfordshire, gamek eeper Churchett ,1, Kidderminster, miller Court, R., Skinner-street, bookbinder Gover, D., Drury-lane, carpenter Sear, J., Frome Selwood, clothier Sweeting, IL, Wardour-street, carver Thompson, J., Portpool-lane, bricklayer Tomlinson, W., Stone, near Stafford, victualler • Walbourn, W., Euston Crescent, comedian AGE OUGHT P EOPLE TO CEASE TO Lv e. F I VC : i l ir t a A has been been asked, at wh at age ought people to cease to love. T ln one sense , n ever. In the oth er , nature will tell then; A certain ' t en derness of recoll ect i on, and a sweet and respectful treatmen t of one another, will never forsake those who have o ' k no wn how to love truly. As t o th e rest, there is a great diffe rence in different people. Th ere are men and women both, who see m as if they would never b e o ld. O n t h e other hand, there are so me who appear as if th e y h a d never b een young. We meet eve n w ith youth, w h o h ave the manners and carking thoughts ofi old age ; children perhaps the mse l ves o f old age ; or b orn a nd bred, while their parent s were i n a state of indecent ill-temper, -or solemn nonsense. Di sease and misfortune produce unhealthy children, prematurely oh] i n const i tution ; but not, of necessity, Pe little solemn coxcombs like these, both old and unpleasant. We have known men advanced in life, whom we could fancy making love with far less indecorum than some of twenty and thirty years of age. The reason is, that that the former are young in spirit , and can pay their attentions with a grace, a pertinence, and a viva city, that in rescuing love from the common place of mere animal passion, at once make up for the want of youth, and supply what youth itselfought to bring. To be sure, seta man of this kind against a Romeo, and he will stand no chance; nor ought he to seek it. J(1 bets are not for him, vivacious as be may be. kat set him against a young Shallow or Holofernes, and a Juliet herself would at least sigh over the difference. We sympathize with the immortal gaiety of Anacreon, in spite of his silver hairs. Nay, lie succeeds in making us like them. His candour and ple asantry di sarm us ; we allow his cheeks, blooming with wine instead o f yout h ; an d' agree to think of his white locks against them, as of lilies against roses. Solid objections appear superficial before the magic of his poetry and animal spirits. We think how many minutes be could make precious to one of his beauti es; an d, b y t h e help of his toleration, contrive to put up with the rest, and to fancy little regard for him not so monstrous. We wonder whether ant body ever thought of Anacreon young. What prodigious odes We fancy him to have written then; And yet, perhaps, he wrote at he (lid when old, because he did not begin writing too soon. On the 18th inst., the Lady of John ifeylyn, F.sq. (late 01 Bruges, West FlanderA), of a daughter. MARRIED. lilli‘ent, on l y ( l aug h ter of Bloomsb ury , W. William merchant, t im ( ri le t, or t g o e's 3 , J. S. Lane, Esq., of Jamaica. son, ()r E ' Esc. 4:l;f7lt..honi inst., son', On the 17th inst. at Park-place, Finehley, according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church, and afterwards at the Parish Church, W. W. Dyne, Esq., Li ncoln's-inn -fields, to Elizabeth; daughter of C. 3fais'hood, Esq., Finchley, On the leth, at Edgcott, No rthamptonshire, A. J. Ifamiltoor, Esq. of Dalzell, Lanarkshire, to Ellinor, eldest daughter of tbe late D. Hamilton, Esq. of Gilkerseleugh. On the 15th inst., after a severe and lingering; illness, the Lodi of Sir John Mason, Bart., of Denton Park, YorkAire. On the 17th inst., \V. Dale, Esq. merchant, Cornbill,a - ed Yesterday, at her house in Piccadilly, aged 91, the relict °" P. Vaillant, Esq. On Wednesday, at the Palace, Waterford, deeply regretted) the Hon. Mrs. Bourke, the lady of the Lord Bishop of that Diocese. At Temple Sowerhy, Westmorland, on the 13th inst., after I' short illness. in his 80th year, Joshua Marriott, Esq. formerly of Rusholme, near 'Manchester. Printed and Pablished by M. YOUNG, at the Sim-onas, No: 112. STRAND.