The Sun. — London, England, 1827-11-09 00:00:00

gular if not a very hazardous game, be. teen 'Turkey, France, and Russia—her po• licy one day being in favour of Turkey and next in that of France ; and always in dread of the encroaching spirit of Russia. — Austria, however, as Austria merely, can do nothing of herself : she is weak, nerveless, im• potent as to action, although cunning, cajoling, and dissembling in her diplomacy. It can scarcely be denied that French money, as well as French intrigue, have been employed upon certain dependents of Austria, in the case of Don Miguel, and the sale of her flag in the pro tection of the Turkish fleet ; for, with every al• lowance which human charity can make for such conduct, we can find no other causes reasonably to account for it. Justified it cannot be—and we are rather of opinion that the different European Powers would be as well pleased to compromise their differences, as to take the field in defence of the positions which they have imprudently taken up. It now begins to ap pear pretty plainly, that Russia had deter mined to interfere with Turkey on behalf of the suffering Greeks—and that when France and England were made acquainted with the fact, they determined to act in concert with Rus sia--neither France nor England being willing that Russia should, under the colour of her hu manity, obtain possession of the Archipelago or the Morea—and with it the command of Turkey at the Dardanelles. Thus far, the affair is quiet enough—but for the issue we have . yet to wait with patience,. though certainly not without con siderable apprehension. Turkey has not y e t agreed to the terms of the Allied Powers—and if it be true that the Divan has obtained infor mation of the defeat of the Russian forces by the Persians, their reluctance to consent may be very materially strengthened and confirmed. There can be no question, that the Allied interference is going a considerable way beyond what inter national law generally sanctions ; but if a new case arise, and such new case bears strict analogy to that between Turkey and Greece, then the intervention may be justified upon the ground of an 'overwhelming necessity. Whether it has been taken up on such a principle we cannot un dertake to say—that it could not be decently or justly undertaken on any other, is a position which few, we believe, are prepared to deny. We are far from finding motives to palliate the conduct of the Porte towards her Greek subjects —but it is in human nature that the master does not often like to part voluntarily with a slave who may be profitable to him. Be sides, those who have power seldom like to resign it ; and if they have possessed it for any considerable length of time, they estimate it as their property. We pretend not to, say that such a mode of reasoning IS tenable, or founded upon principles of truth and justice ; hut this we do say, without fear of contradiction, that if the same course now adopted towards urkey, were applied to England, .France, or 1 : 111$61, we should have heard something more about it. Turkey, however, is, and has long been in disrepute—perhaps deservedly ; but if that arise from misgovernment and oppression of the people, Austria, Russia, and France (under a the head of France we of course include Spain), have not much to plead why they should be ex empted from the fate which is now impending over the Porte. We suppose, as a matter of course, that Austria will be called upon to ex plain her singular conduct in allowing the Cres cent to float above the Cross—and, as far as it goes, violating the pre-existing amity with Eng. land, France, and Russia. We never heard of any avowed or secret treaty by which Austria wag bound. to lend the protection of her gag to Turkey—if any such exist, we shall expect it to be so stated, for the information of all Europe. But, as we have just said, Austria does not weigh a single feather in the scale, and can only be said to lend herself to the designs of some other European Power ;—we are unwilling to say whether to those of Russia or of France ; but every circumstance which hae yet transpired seems to fix it on the one or the other. We cer tainly have a decided opinion, which we hope, for the lake of the general peace, may not ultimately he realized into fact. The elements of strife are let loose upon the world—when they may come into conflict, time only can develope. England has done much—too much, perhaps—to settle mat ters without coming to blows ; and it would be melancholy if in the long run she found herself obliged'to resort to them—for self-defence. — Morning Post. Lord Stowell seems to reflect upon Lord Alansfield for so completely overturning the doe -trines of preceding Judges. We are inclined to think that that great man went upon principles more general in their application than precedents of twenty , years standing. Villeinage, which was at one time nearly universal in England, had been abolished in practice so far back as Henry the VIII.'s time, and what remained of the op. pressive tenures connected with it, was abolished by the 12th of Charles IL Clanship in the Highlands of Scotland, the last relict of villein age, though by no means identical with what was so termed in England, was determined by the Act of 1747, for abolishing hereditary jurisdic tions. It was, we presume, from a consideration of these facts, and from a fair interpretation of the 2d and 20th of Edward 111., which give to every man the right " of suing for, and defend ing his rights," and which forbid any one he taken or imprisoned ;" and upon that of the Std of Henry VIII. chap. xvi., which declares, all persons th at come i n t o th e kingdom " to be bounden by its laws," and, of consequence, to be under their protection, that Lord Mansfield's judgment proceeded. The observation of Lord P owe ll, , c that the law takes no notice of a negro," makes not at all against Lord Mans field's views, since the Statutes above quoted were passed previous to the existence of such a thing as an English slave holder ; it might, with quite as much truth, be said,. the law took no notice of a Chinese, and an argu ment be sought thence against the inhabitants of Asia, as Lord Powell sought one against the in habitants of Africa. The recognition of negro slavery by the English Courts does not appear to us to bear on it any more than the silence of the statute book on the question of negro freedom. The recognition is limited to slavery under cer tain conditions, and in certain places, and where the circumstances which qualify the recognition are wanting, it falls to the ground. The whole spirit and working of the English law, both ancient and modern, are favourable to liberty. Angliae jura in oinni casu libertati dant fiavorem. The people of England were at all times to be treated, to use Bacon's words, " as God's peopl e an d the King's subjects." Even when villeme was prevalent, every facility was given by the law, and by the courts, to the eman cipation of the villein. r Not only he be come free from the n retain him when he had fr u! once of his Lord to but he might become e.es . eaped his bounds *mills Lord's inability to bring him back. Let us for a moment exa- mine the doctrine which we are called on to be lieve to be legal, namely, that liberty once ob tained may be defeased. In the first place, no subject cam in this, or in any civilised state, con tract a life service to another subject, even with his own free will, and fora consideration. Such a contract is contrary, not only to the law of England, but of reason. " Il n'est pas permis," says Montesquieu, " qu'un homme libre puisse se vendre." The principle of this rule is very evident. All contracts entered into between man and man must be salvo jurie regis, and if life contracts were allowed, it is obvious that the /ifs regis must suffer. Apply this to the defeasance of freedom. he black man or white man (for West India Slavery is not essentially connected with colour), who becomes free by inhabitancy in England, contracts new duties with his new station : with the privileges he puts on the obli gations of liberty, and the King possesses claims over his service which he possessed not before. Can the person thus emancipated into the duties of an accountable political agent re-divest himself of the engagements he has come under to his So vereign, by any engagement, whether voluntary or compulsory, entered into with a subject ? The authorities say no. " When the title of the King and that of a private person concur, the former' must prevail."—( Woods bast.) Even the Colonists, tenacious as they are of their privileges, do not deny the universality of the law of England. " e acknowledge," says the report presented to the Assembly of Jamaica, on the Slave Registration Bill, in De cember, 1815, " the power of Parliament to make all laws equally affecting the whole empire." It is allowed that no statute can be cited which says in so many words, that a slave landing in Eng land is .free, and shall remain so ; but the com mon law has established the first, and, that esta blished, both from statute and common law, the second rule may he justly inferred. If the retro grading process, which the doctrine of Lord Stowell lays down, really takes place, it would be a curious question to discover its degrees. The flame of freedom, we suppose, begins to decay in brilliance as the weather growS warm, droops in the socket as the latitude diminishes, and expires when the ship crosses the Tropic ! A contem porary satisfies himself by conceiving, that the liberty acquired by the slave, by inhabitancy in England, is of a very peculiar kind, a quasi dicas emancipation, analogous to that which a debtor experiences when safely landed at Calais or Dieppe; and that the manacles re-adjust themselves to the negro on his disembarkation in the colonies, after the same fashion that the Bench or the Fleet opon their doors to the debtor. He forgets, however, that the debtor is free on his return if he keep out of view of his creditor, while the negro, by the doctrine laid down in the judg ment which we are considering, on reaching . the Colony is equally a slave, whether claimed by his master or not. He forgets, too, a pretty broad distinction in the two cases, namely—that the claims which the debtor may be compelled to satisfy must have been previously sanctioned by himself—that he must have contracted to ren der the service which his creditor demands. If any thing like this could be affirmed of the negro there would he an end of the argument. Some of the consequences which might result from the establishment of the principle, that liberty may defease, has been stated by the same contem porary. He imagines an emancipated slave rising to the dignity of Archbishop of Canterbury, and afterwards, by indulging in a thoughtless trip to the land of his masters, having his frock stripped off; and a hoe instead of a crosier put into his hands. He might also have imagined one in a similar predicament rising to the dignity of Governor of some of these islands, and instead of being received with hat in hand, handed over to the parish hangman to receive fortylashes, save one, as a runaway, under the sanction of his own authority. Neither of these cases are, however, very likely to happen; hut there are • sufficient difficulties without them. Some few years ago, seven men landed at a sea-port in the West of England from a Portuguese vessel ; they were told of the privilege which they had purchased by touching the soil of freemen. Th e Captain endeavoured - to win them back with out success, and the whole entered on board a man-ofwar lying on the station, as able seamen. What happened to a Portuguese ves sel, might unquestionably happen to an English one. Now, let the man of war sail to the W est I n di es , and let these men be sent a-shore, the whole might be seized and ie-con- signed to slavery, after they had, by the laws of Great Britain, whose universality is ac knowledged by the Colonial Legislatures them selves, become bound to the King, whose sanction gives to these laws their authority. It is to be noticed, that in the case we here put, the parties would be involuntary agents, they were placed under authority, and must go whither soever that authority commanded. Sharpe tells a story of a monster named Williams, a mulatto, and the heir by will of his father, who, in the begin ning of the 18th century, sold his mother in Jamaica for reproving his extravagance. Had the poor woman been aware of the present doctrine, she might have had the comfort of getting her hope ful son, who was merely emancipated by resi dence in England, disposed of in the same way, and possibly, in that case, she might have re , ceived more mercy from the legal heir. Cases even more likely to occur than those we have stated might be easily put, but we must go on to what we ,consider more important. The female who gave rise to these discussions, we think we are fairly entitled to hold, notwithstanding Lord Stowell's judgment, to tie a free woman. If we consider her as such, then the Crown Lawyers were not authorised, although they doubtless chose what they considered the best method, to sue for her condemnation, under any act passed for the protection of slaves. His Lordship's judgment will probably be reviewed, eve do not think it will be reversed, in the Court of Conde legates, but their decision also, were it already pronounced, does not bear on the real question any more than that of Lord Mansfield or Lord Stowell. That question ought to be settled by an English Jury, and we ap prehend there can be but little difficulty in bring ing it under their notice. The female in ques tion'was not a voluntary agent in the re-imposi tion of her chains ; she was kidnapped ; and a criminal indictment may be as legally preferred against those who seduced her to quit England, as if she had been a white native of this island. If her mistress had told the female that by going . to Antigua she, again became subject to the shackles from which her residence in England had freed her, is it probable—is it credible-- that: she would have accompanied her ? We pretend to no great knowledge of legal forms, but the same process by • which an English woman, were she detained contrary to law in the Weit Indies, would be restored to freedom, will restclre this " mongrel woman," as she is ele gantly designated. Her freedom is not to be detehnined by the tribunals of Antigua, but by those of England, where the Act by which it has been compromised origi nated. If a negro, who is free here, becomes enslaved by returning home, his condition is worse than if he had never been enfranchised.— If he continued a slave in England, he could not be carried back. The Abolition Bill for bids any importation of slaves into the West . Indies, and they are only allowed to be carried from island to island under certain conditions. Had Summersett's case, therefore, never been argued, and had " well made, good tempered negro boys," still continued to be sold in Smith field, as commonly as " chesnut horses and grey mares," still, under the Abolition Acts, the two. legged bargains could not have been imported into the West Indies. And 'surely it cannot be that the exalting a slave into a free agent makes him obnoxious to penalties which he could not incur in his degraded state ? We put the case on a very short issue. \Vas this woman free when she landed in Antigua ? If so, is she not free still ? Was she a slave ? If so, was not her landing an importation which Mr. Brougham's Bill has declared to be a felony? It it said, the slave proprietors would suffer by a contrary judgment to that pronounced by Lord Stowell ; perhaps they might. It ought to be added, that the slaves will suffer, that humanity will suffer by that judgment. There is flesh and blood on one side, and perishable possessions on the other—the cause of liberty and the cause of gold—God and Mammon. Which is best en titled to consideration ?—New Times. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY.—MONDAV, NOY. 12. Duncan, E. and Co., Brecon—Castle, Brecon — Edwards, P., Liverpool—Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool Jones, J., Ynisinarchog„ Breconshire—Bear inn, Llandilo faur ll May and Co., Deal—Tiger, Beverley S Reddish, T., Stockport—Wellington Bridge, Stockport ll Taylor, T., Ludworth—Wellington, Stockport l2 White, W., Moretonhampstead—Golden Lion, Ashburton - 12 INSOLVENTS APPLYIN , Petitions to be heard atPortuE TO RE DISCHARGED, al-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, AT Nom. Free, T., Islington Hunter, T., Wantage Linton, J., Islington Obey, R., Deptford Ord, G., Lambeth Nov, Bartlett, S., Doctors' Commons Baxter, R., Osborn-st., White chapel Bayly, C., George-street, Sloan square Bradley, J., Poplar COUNTRY. —At the Court-hot at Ten Briggs, J., Norwich Elgar, R., Wells Grimes, W., Norwich Hall, W., Norwich Ise, at Norwich, November 1.1, o'clock. IPedgrift, H., Norwich Rice, J., Norwich Stone, F., Norwich THE MARKETS. SOUTHALL MARKET.—Nov. This day's market, which was rather largely supplied, especially with middling and inferior sorts of Sheep and Beasts, each kind of meat met with a very dull sale, at the following prices per stone of 81b. to sink the offals : Beef._—.._,. 3s. fxl. to 4s. Sd. I Veal 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. Mutton --3 8 4 6 Pork 4 6 5 6 The foregoing quotations are Beef from 4d. to 6d., Mutton 241. to 6d., Veal 24., and Pork 24. to 4d. per stone lower than those of this day se'nnight. Much of the stock left the market unsold. HAILSHAM MARKET.—Nov. 7. 4g. Od. to 4s. 6d. VealN. Od. to Os. Od. Mutton-- I 3 8 4 6 Pork -- 0 0 0 0 • _ _ Trade with prime Beef, which was scarce, tolerably brisk, but with that of inferior quality, and Mntton, very dull. Lamb has gone out of season. No Pigs or Calves offered for sale. STEYNING MARKET.—Nov. 5, Beef 4s. Ikl. to Is. 10d. Veal Os.od. to Os. 0 Mutton I 8 4 8 pork Supply rather numerous, and trade dull. ARUNDEL MARKET.—Nor. 6. Beef—,---. 4s. Obi. to 4s. 10d. Os. Pd. to Os. ad. Mutton --- 310 4 8 J Pork-- 4 2 4 G A moderately good supply, and a sluggish trade. CHICHESTER MARKET.—Nov. 7, Beef 34. Sd. to 4s. 6d. Veal ..Os. Od. to Os. Mutton -- 3 6 46( Pork 4 0 4 6 The prices of store stock were about the same as on several preceding market days. Supply moderately good, and trade dull. RUMFORD MARKET.—Nov. 7. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Beef 3 6 4 6 Veal Mutton 3 6 4 6 Pork 4 0 5 4 Stickling Calves from I Is. to 365. ; Quarter old Pi gs IGs to 15s. each. Supply good, and trade dull. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Per Quarter. Blandford Brigg. Chard Huntingdon --- Louth Newark Nottingham --- Peterborough —.— Plymouth ,---..- Pontefraet---- Sherborne--,. Uppingham --- Wisbech York,,,. Wheat. e. to s. 56 40 46 (6 76 44; 49 56 60 50 62 55 61 40 50 56 66 50 (0 . 54 4t4R e 6 50 Barley. a. t 1). S. 29 20 27 32 39 2F• 32 28 32 31 34 31 37 36 42 28 32 37 '33 26 32 28 35 25 32 28 39 Beans. a. to 8. 26 20 26 24 30 22 25 15 18 19 23 27 32 30 40 t 34) S. to S. 51 44 50 45 48 41 47 38 42 44 51 49 72 51 59 25 28 - :32 - 60 28 32 55 56 20 :33 4O 61 20 24 40 42 18 21 56 60 LEEDS CORN MARKET.—Nov. G. There was a good supply of Grain at market ; fine Wheat supported last week's prices, but the demand was not very brisk, in middling and inferior qualities not much doing. Barley was in fair demand, and 'sold at full as good prices. Oats, Shelling, and Beans, continue very dull sale, but there was no material alteration in any of them. No alteration in Rapeseed. t 10 0 . 566 , m 58s : 1 Wheat, Norfolk and Suftblk, &lb. 4 5 York. and Lincoln. 601 b, Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding B eans Oats, Potatoe 32s. to 345. ri —3lealing, Foreign 13d. to 14d....English I2d to 13d. per at Shelling 32s. to 345. per load. Rapeseed, English, 201. to 231. MANCHESTER SMITHFIELD.—Nov. 7. At per lb. sinking the offal. 3,153 Sheep * 4d. to 51d. I 23 5-Id. to Gid. 661 Cattle 5,1 60 Pigs 5 6 19 Lambs at 3d. to 6d. MANCHESTER POTATOE MARKET.—Nov. 3. Potatoes, 4s. Gd., 4s. 9d., and ss. Od. per load of 12 score arid 121bs. ; New ditto, Os. Od., Os. Od., and Os. per ditto; Turnips. Gs. Od., 7s. Od. and Ss. Od. per load of 10 pecks ; Onions, 125. lid., 135., and 14s. Od. per 12 score. MANCHESTER YARN MARKET. No. d. d. Throstle Twist, 20 101 to 118 30 —l2l 13 40 MulecopTwist/ 30 for warp,,, 16' 17 11 12 40..14 15 50.17 19 60 -20 22 70 -24 26 80-28 31 GLASGOW RETAII Beef . ~per lb. Os. sd. toOs. Od. Mutton 0 4 0 6 Veal 0 5 0 9 Hams 0 7 0 9 Lamb ...... perqr 1 6 3 0 Quartern Loaf 0 9 0 0 Hour, per stone '2 0 2 8 Rye Mule Cop Weft.., Weft from waste —Nov. 6. ' 30 101 to 11 40 12 13 50 16 17 60 171 18 71 0_.._ 201 221 80 24 26 100 .—.. 30 32 120 34 36 '0...—. 7 8 11 8 si 18 --.—.. 0 10 24 10 11 Af A RKETS.—Nov. 5. Oatmeal, per st. Is. 6d. to 2s. Od. Peasemeal 2 0 3 6 Pot Barley, cwt 12 0 17 0 Pearl ditto .... 2O 0 24 0 Grey Pease 12 0 0 0 White ditto l3 0 0 0 Blue ditto 14 0 0 0 HOP INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER, Nov. 7.—On Saturday 530 pockets were weighed in our market ; the sale was dull, at a reduction of 3s. to 4s. per cwt. The supply was . larger than the demand. How TO WASH SALADS.—" The idea hav ing been suggested," says a correspondent of the Gardener's Magazine, (just published), " to my master, by Mr. BROWN, of Dalkeith, of having a tub of salt water frOm the sea, and steeping them a few minutes in that : we immediately adopted his advice, and succeeded perfectly in detaching every thing of the animal kind from the leaves. My mistress was so much pleased with the thing, that she has since had every ki n d of salad washed in this way, especially such as grow close on the ground, and are apt to have worms and slugs gathered with them. We have even had small red flies and caterpillars. After the vegetables remain three or four minutes in the salt water cistern, whatever is in them comes out, and is seen writhing and dying in the water, just as worms come out of the ground and die on the surface, after a watering with lime and water. The vegetables are then taken out, and washed with fine fresh water in the usual way. Salt is now so cheap it will cost very little; as the same water will last for weeks, the worms, &c., being strained out o f it. Lynn. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. G UILD HA LL. —.Mr. Reeve, the pawnbroker on Snow hill, appeared before Mr. Alderman Wool) yesterday, upon a second information filed against him, by Thomas Brown, of Stewart's-rents, Great Wild-street, labourer, for taking more than the legal interest upon a pledge. Mr. Harmer attended for the defendant. Elizabeth Watts, of Moor's-yard, Old Fish-street, depo sed that she pledged a coat at the defendant's for 3s. on the sth September, and redeemed it on the following day, when she was charged ld. for interest. Mr. Brown having put the usual questions, to show that Mr. Reeve was a pawnbroker at the place stated in the in formation, observed that Mr. Reeve bad taken interest at the rate of 130 per cent. He was entitled only to three farthings on a loan of 3s. 9d. for a less term than oue month. Mr. Harmer first objected, that the words " at the place last-mentioned," referring to a description "on Snow-hill, in the parish of St. Sepulchre, in the ward of Farringdon-within, in the city of London," could be ap plied only to the " city of London," and not to Snow-hill. Three places were mentioned, and the place last. mentioned was the city. Mr. Alderman Woon, however, decided that the several places named formed but one description, which would be referred to with sufficient certainty by the words used. Mr. Harmer then put a great many questions, to extract from the female that she had an interest in ob taining a conviction, hut he failed upon this ground. He next objected, that the information stated .the pledge was made in the name of " Ann Watts," whereas it was actu ally made in the name of "An WattS," according to the duplicate, and " A. Watts," according to the counterpart. Mr. Alderman Woon, under the advice of the clerks, decided that this was a fatal objection. The informer had corrected the pawnbroker's error in spelling, instead of giving a fac-simile. Mr. Brown turned away, muttering that there was no such a thing as getting justice at all. BOW-STREET--Patrick Henry Martin, the young man who was charged by Mr. Gallway, of York-street, with personating the Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, and drinking three half pints of his raspberry whiskey on the strength of the said personation, was yesterday brought forward to be re-examined. Stevens, an officer, stated, that he had been to No. 7, Titchfield-street, where the prisoner said he lived. He was informed by thepersons in the house, that the prisoner lodged there with an elderly woman, who passed as his wife. They were very troublesome lodgers, and would not gait the house, although considerably in arrear for rent. The evidence against the prisoner was then read over, and he was asked if he had any thing further to say for himself. The prisoner repeated that he was a gentleman of inde pendent means, and he had a witness in court to prove his respectability. He was a nephew, he said, of Col. Martin. Sir R. BIRNIE—How ! do you mean Colonel Martin, the late worthy Member for Galway ?—The prisoner nodded assent. He then called forward an Irish labourer, who corroborated his statement, and said, he lived under the prisoner's father in Ireland, and also held land from himself. Mr. VALLS, after reading the prisoner a very severe lec ture, and cautioning him how he persevered in such dis graceful conduct as that for which he now stood at the bar, told him he must find bail himself in 40/. and two sureties in 201. each, to answer any charge that might be preferred against him next session. The prisoner was locked up for want of the required sureties. We understand that he is son to the steward of Sir John Burke, an Irish baronet. A medical gentleman, residing near the office, accom panied by a respectable housekeeper in the neighbourhood, came in great haste to state that an unfortunate young woman named Emily Blake, residing in Long-acre, had just swallowed a quantity of oxalic acid, which was said to have been administered• to her by a Jew with whom she was co habiting. She was in great agony, and not expected to survive. Sir RICHARD BIRNIE immediately directed an officer to proceed to the house where the parties were, and take the man who was charged with the crime into custody. It afterwards appeared,i however, that the unfortunate young woman had exonerated 'the man from any blame, and acknowledged that she took the poison herself in a fit of jealousy. She remains in a dangerous state, although hopes are entertained of her recovery. Sir R. BIRNIE stated, that she was the daughter of a most respectable man, a solicitor, who some time ago re sided in Broad-court, Drury-lane. Seduction, at first, brought her upon the town, and although every means had been used by her friends to restore her to the world, they weie never able to effect a reformation. A noble Lord and his son, both of whom are distinguished for their cha rity and humanity, endeavoured in vain to save her, by ob taining her admission to an institution for female peni tents; but no treatment could keep her from the town.— She was now not more than 20 'Tars of age, yet so altered was she, that he (Sir R. Birnie) hardly knew her the other day when she applied to him to punish a watchman, by whom she said she was insulted. She was a pretty girl some years ago, and had received the usual education at one of the boarding schools in the neighbourhood, of the metropolis. Sir RICHARD BIRNIE summoned a porter belonging to the White Hart Inn, Fetter-lane, for demanding 2d. for the booking of a parcel containing game, which was sent to him from the country, and the booking of which was paid there. The parcel should have contained two hares, two pheasants, and a brace of partridges, but on opening it, he discovered that one of the hares was missing. Sir Richard stated that he took the business up on public grounds, as he knew it was the custom of those engaged in conveying parcels from the country to charge for booking, although in every case it is paid in the first instance. This imposition he was determined to resist, and he meant also to proceed for the value of the lost hare. On referring to the Act of Parliament, Air. HALLS ascer tained that porters in such cases were not liable, in conse quence of which, a summons was issued against the pro prietor of the coach-office in question. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.---Johnson, and some other informers, attended yesterday at this office, for the purpose of laying informations against publicans, coach pro prietors, &c. Mr. ROE said he would not hear Johnson's information, unless he was compelled to do so by a Mandamus from the Court of King's Bench, as it was well known that Johnson had received money from various persons against whom he had laid informations, instead of their being heard and decided by the Magistrates. An information having been laid by Byers against the proprietor of a Southampton coach, for carrying more than the usual number of passengers, the defendant defeated the informer with his own weapons; for he produced a young man, named George Pruts, who had formerly been in partnership with Byers, and on the day the offence was committed, Pruts happened to#be at Hounslow with Byers, in the latter's pony-chaise, when the coach passed ; and Pruts's evidence completely refuted the informer's statement; and Mr. ROE dismissed the case, observing that if Pruts had sworn falsely, he (Byers) might indict him for perjury. WORSHIP-STREET.—Three young men, named Coates, Jackson, and Jacobs, were charged under the following circumstances : Mr. Jolly, commander of the brig' Lady Emma, from Devonport, was met by a man in Holborn, who familiarly accosted him as an old acquaintance, and they entered a tavern to take some refreshment, when Mr. Jolly was robbed by the man of his pocket-book, containing 501. in bank notes and eleven sovereigns, with which lie escaped. A few days afterwards Mr. Jolly met the same person in Thames-street, and instantly collared him. The man said that an exposure would be his ruin, and requested Mr Jolly would walk with him to his house, and his money should be returned. Mr. Jolly agreed to this proposal ; and when they arrived near Wentworth street, Spitalfields, a number of young men, armed with sticks, rushed upon Mr. Jolly, beat him in a very dreadful manner, and the fel low who had committed the robbery escaped. The prisoners were proved to have assaulted Mr. Jolly, and they were remanded. QUEEN-SQUARE.—THE AGE OF MORALITY. —Mr. Willis, a cheesemonger, residing in Tothill-street, West minster, was charged with assaulting a young Italian lad, named Giovanni Sauni. The boy said that the defendant invited him into the shop, and then dragged him into the parlour, where he beat him severely with a stick, and kicked him until he was black and blue. Mr. Willis, in his defence, said that the boy was in the habit of going about the streets " with the infamous and disgusting image of a Venus reclining," and had actually held one of them op to his wife ; he, therefore struck him, and drove him out of the shop. Mr. GaEcomE said that the images, which Mr. Willis considered so disgusting, were almost in every person's house, and were not considered' indelicate. The assault having been admitted, the defendant must either snake the complainant some compensation, or put in bail. Mr. WHITE said that the fellows who went about with the images were a parcel of vagabonds; and if any of them were brought before him, he would commit them under the Vagrant Act.---The defendant made the lad a compensa tion for his heating. and left the office. MEETING OF SHIP-OWNERS. Yesterday, an adjourned Meeting of Ship-owners, and other persons interested, took place at the City of London Tavern, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of affording additional means of security for ships and vessels navigating the eastern coast—G. LvALL, Esq., in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN stated, that the meeting was con vened at the suggestion of the Corporation of the Trinity-House, for the purpose of ascertaining their opinion as to the expediency of erecting additional lights. He then read three notices which had been circulated amongst the ship-owners for their consi deration : the first recommending a light being placed on St. Catherine's Point, in the Isle of Wight, as a guide to lead vessels to the Nab Light Vessel, when forced to seek shelter at St. Helen's ; and also a light to be placed at the Start Point, should the first light be established ; the second stating, that it had been strongly represented to the Corpo ration that the exhibition of a light near Beachy Head would be attended with great advantages, and very materially conduce to the safety of ship ping navigating the British Channel, and that the Elder Brethren had deemed it their duty to give the subject their most serious consideration, and to take measures for ascertaining whether any situation could be found near that headland, in which a light might be exhibited, without the liability of frequent obscu ration from fog, which has rendered, and will, in all probability, for ever render it tmadvisable to place a light-house on its summit. In the examination and observations made for that purpose, the primary ob ject of the Brethren, it was stated, had been to se lect, if possible, a spot whereon a light-house would be useful to vessels navigating both to the eastward and to the westward of the head; and although the result has not proved fully satisfactory, it had never theless been ascertained that a lighthouse may be erected in a situation to which there is reason to ex pect the objection adverted to will not be found ma terially to apply: the site so selected is at a consi derable elevation above the ocean, and a light thereon would be visible seaward 'in all directions from the south Ward of S. 55 deg. E. round to N. 46 deg. W. by compass. The third notice stated, that in con sequence of an urgent representation that advantages of the most important description would result to the last-mentioned navigation by the establishment and maintenance of one or more floating lights (and if two, the easternmost to be stationed in a situation near the west end of the Swin Middle, and the westernmost near where the Shears Beacon now stands), the Corporatiot had deemed it necessary to call the attention of owners and masters of vessels to this suggestion. The CHAIRMAN said, that he had spoken to seve ral ship-owners on the subject, and although there existed great difference of opinion as to the propriety of erecting all the lights suggested, they were una nimous as to the expediency of erecting a light at Beachy Head : however, it was for the meeting to decide the question. He suggested that the propo sitions be taken into consideration seriatim. Mr. GILLisPIE observed, that the three proposi tions came before the meeting in a very ambiguous shape—that the Corporation of the Trinity did not commit themselves by giving &decided opinion upon the subject—they merely go upon the opinions of others, and put the case hypothetically, and say, " If it is necessary, you pay part of the expence ;" they submitted no statement of the probable ex pence, and the revenue likely to arise; that the coal trade alone would be subject to an additional tax of 1,5001. per year, if those lights were erected. He then moved as an amendment to the first propo sition, " That a light on St. Catherine's Point and at Start or Praul Point, are inexpedient and unne cessary." Mr. URQUHART seconded the amendment, and warmly condemned the mode in which the Corpora tion of the Trinity had applied. If free trade was considered so essential to the welfare of the coun try, why not free institutions ? The Corporation ought to erect those lights, if necessary, at their own expence, and not to call upon the ship-owners. The CHAIRMAN put the amendment, which was carried unanimously. Mr. GREY said, that as to the second proposition as to the propriety of erecting a light at Beachy Head, he had consulted several persons conversant in nautical affairs, and they were all 'of opinion as to the necessity of erecting it. If the Corporation had expressed a decided opinion, more confidence would have been placed in the suggestion. He thought the advantage likely to arise greater than the expence. He read a letter from a Captain Jolly, an experienced seaman, who considered the proposed light of the greatest service to ships coming up and going down the Channel, and recommended that every ship-owner should pay a toll for the support of so desirable an object. Mr. URQUHART did not object to the erection of this. light upon the principle of expense; but when the money is subscribed, he should like to know how it is expended. A Gentleman observed, that, as an experienced man, he had no objection to a light being erected at Beachy-head ; he was sure it would prove highly beneficial. Mr. NicuoLLs said, that in the year 1801, a vessel coming from Smyrna, richly laden, was lost off this point, and that in 1806 several vessels were lost or damaged about this point. He had no doubt but the Corporation of the Trinity would administer the money honourably. Mr. GREY moved the adoption of the second pro position, that a light be erected at Beachy Head; which was seconded. A Ship-owner moved as an amendment, that the light be erected, that the Trinity-house keep a sepa rate account of all the expenses attending it, and that when they are paid, that the duty shall be reduced. Upon this amendment, a desultory discussion took place, in which Messrs. Urquhart, Grey, Chapman, and Fortune, joined, when the original motion was carried. The third proposition was rejected. Mr. CHAPMAN asked the Chairman, if he had had any communication with the Government upon the subject of the shipping interest ? The CHAIRMAN replied in the negative. Mr. CHAPmAN said, that he would move a resolu tion that would et once bring under the eyes of the Government the depressed state of the shipping interest ; and that, unless some assistance is afforded, their prospects would be ultimately destroyed. The Government had sufficient time to collect informa tion, and to have ascertained the deteriorated state of the shipping interest. A Ship-owner observed, that he understood that there exists in some quarter an intention of intro ducing a Bill into Parliament early next Session, for the purpose of depriving Ship-owners of the power to appoint masters to their ships, and that the au thority should be vested in three commissioners es pecially appointed for that purpose. The subject was dropped here, it appearing to be the opinion of the meeting, that it was injudicious to discuss the subject more fully, as the meeting was convened upon another matter. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, who re turned his acknowledgments, and the meeting separated. During the eclipse of the moon on Saturday, an old woman, after attentively observing it some time, was heard to exclaim, Poor thing ! what pain it must be in." ATTEMPTED SUlClDE.—Wednesday morn ing, a little before ten o'clock, as a gentleman was passing over the centre arch of the Southwark-bridge, a well dressed man before him suddenly sprung over the railing into the river. The gentleman instantly called to the boatmen at Bankside, who pushed off, and succeeded in taking up the body in an insensible state, which they conveyed to the George public-house, where every attention humanity could dictate was bestowed, and animation shortly restored, when it was learned that the desperate individual was an eminent wool -stapler, of Great George-street, Bermondsey, and evidently labouring under strong mental derangement. A messenger was forthwith despatched to his house and quickly returned with his son, who conveyed hint away in a coach. 1, MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Nov. F• THE KING V. CROCKFORD. C Mr. ALLEY having moved on a former day' a pe the defendant's recognizances be dischargt.d, Court took time to consider the application' AM A , morning ordered them to be discharged accordinl:' INDECENT PUBLICATIONS. A foreigner named Blond (if we heard correc t ; o hl was indicted fora misdemeanor in selling obse prints, and other indecent publications. stated, l‘l that r. PHILLIPS,his client o Ns a- a p s p e e x ai t ' r e e d m f e o l r y the rr def t e h n : t l had been led into the commi ss i on of this cu"; 11 which he would not now aggrav a t e by offering ' s defence to the prosecution. He was ready t° Po guilty, and give good security for his future ge° f t haviour ; and by allowing him t o d o that, the C Oti ti would better consult the ends of morality, t i t ai dere bringing a case of this kind more to detail ' the public. The CHAIRMAN t hought it certainly ‘,„ better to allow the defendant to gi ve s ecurityi!Le, good behaviour in future, and put a n en d to the t he After some further conversatio n betwee_ . %.o Chairman and Counsel, the defenda n t pleaded gw rt lie and a witness was called to inform the Court c H li to particulars of the case. He stat e d th a t he wen t 1 0 , the defendant's shop, and asked for someben" l /01 4 The defendant took him into , an inner rooln,bes sold him t wo o r th re e pack ages t i e d u p; h e hoe t told the w it ness h e h a d a scarce Frech et which he showed him. The witness bought thr ee' of Thethe Frenc hcards eorboeket they egyanndaodpendpti only appeared discovered aidsrtcdo;;tnerhfroeee; perfectly c p ywo r nuttlrai lei' t t l h ie eir fac o e hs o e f en t i l t ie y m were held up to the light. Several witnesses gave the defendant a good f 1 1:; racter; and the Learned CtiArnat 4N , after dyer upon the great mischief offences of this descrirt were calculated to produce to society, observv-,,,, p t the sentence of the Court was, that the defel!„,":ii, pay a fine of 101. to the King, and give sen o r his h m good a n Thce l hah O epa o i dv / t . aie , olfeuo a niff n dfe d oannr t et i t v . o v o suretiesyearh years. in 501. e ach,. eci p. m a i s i s k a , ul a ti r n e g sp il e i c ai ta i b a le ;a lo u o n k d i e n rs g , man, was t I t s it dic Hr ted m. f al o S r The facts, as stated in evidence ‘ N v v i e th re int s l: o l having ire the pros ha e these eom r who is between 17 and 18 years of age, ' -13 as 1 ers maid, took her up sta i rs to s h ow h er w h a t sbc, to do. He first we nt i nto t h e d raw i ng - roo m, rig ,- he sat down on the so f a , an d di recte d her to sit be t side him, which she did ; h e t h en unpinne":, gown behind, and takin g o ff h er co ll ar , threvr,'". g s the ground, saying she sho u ld not wear s uch as those, but should he clothed throughout by Po. He then became more familiar with her, and loot serving that she came there as his s erva nt, at: to be treated so, he told her that such was 00 ‘, 00 0 intention, as he had fallen in love with her asa as he had seen her, and he intended t o poreln , silk and woollen cloak for her, t a k e h e r to O r t i f e s ton, and pass her there as his daughter. g e did; told her to accompany him up stairs, which she t os and he showed her his bed-room, and said she ,4 to sleep . in the room adjoini ng . A knock 1111 " oi cl come to the hall-door, he wen t d own to open i t 'oot remained below talking to two persons a t the h is for ten minutes or a quarter of an hour. VP °° ,ing return up stairs, he found h er st ill t h ere , she 11 i nv i, been engaged in making the bed w hil s t he was h e Ile and again commenced taking liberties with ber' a do threw her on the bed, but on her exclaiming" f' r i l t hel sake to let hergo," he permitted her to getups mad he then went down stairs together. He tbe ll i ,„ — ( l , k no wing wanted his dinner, and the prosecutrix not "'" i ;d ‘ her. where to find the meat, &c., he accon3P 3 ? — „ d ed into the kitchen, where a cloth was laid, and Pr" to e her to sit down beside him, and partake Of i n g cold beef arid pickles. She, however, defined, be ve a unable to eat after the treatment she had rece i t h e at his hands; another knock was then heard door, and the defendant went to open it, sail 0 , was the new cook. Having accordingly adtn,.„ itt t he young woman, the defendant took her , oP or drawing-roorn, and the prosecutrix t oo k 0 10 ° r' 7,o ati d, tunity of making her escape up the area steps '' pwlaeenet, N to New -road, - oni V t u o s- tbe . defendant's. When s h e arr i ve d there , she stated how she had been treated, and exhibited her dreg h in ad a n d o e t ra h n e g e e n d a s n tautnexilling.v Mr. ALLEY contended that t he p rosecutrix's con' duct throughout the whole trans action, p roved that she part ( y L t ba o u N g V I t a e t r e . e r esd l b passed between her and the defendant. The learn e° e gentleman related an anecdote of a prosecutrix, wha had once brought a similar charge against a man l, the home circuit, and after detailing various lib' which the defendant had taken with her, one Oro another, she was asked by the Judge• w h y s he I, a the prosecutrix seemed to hav permitted him to go on, after his conduct had res eP ., e , a be o f equally familiarity familiar i m m a p id u , de t n h c a e t w sh o e u l l e d ft ea t r h i e y h h o im us . swered, that she was curious to know h f lll° (Laughter.) ow h e r e with intent, acquitted similar feeling of curiosity, iteen act "; wbe° she perceived, as she thought,an,.. wa s a nly so f I ? Vil t h o &c., but found him Guilty of a c° l " that her master _ oo ' 1 ,, ult The CHAIRMAN sentenced The Jurythe defendant lovfehitenhheewsarl'hsecn' assault. 201., with liberty to speak to the of a fi ne him to pay i t n h a e pfirtoosfeejuetalasu. the Ladies Patronesses, till Wednesday The Almack's Balls have been postponed bY Paper. • f ni ROSES.—Perhaamongst the productions - the ps le the vegetable kingdom there is nothing more remarks! ) than a rose recently introduced into Europe from China the Rosa Grevilii, or Grevilli's China Rose. In one We' cimen, near London, the shoot far exceeds any thing of t he kind, having in the Vac° o f a few weeks attained height of eighteen feet, an d it now covers an area of 3 . ..."" one hundred square feet, with more than a hundred tru - , of flowers, some of which have more than fifty buds ' u cluster, so that the a mount of flower buds may be con3e: at three thousand : but the greatest curiosity is the oT te : ing diversity of tints in the buds at first opening---Whd light blush, deeper blush, light red, deeper red, scarlet 10 j a the purple, all on the some cluster. This rose rows manner of the multifiora, but is easily s g distinguisha ble 11 its l ea f; which is much larger and more next.--rig DIED. u. Oq the 30th ult. at Rome, the Rev. • Thomas R . 7; nc e, Spence, eldest eon of the late Thomas Richard S r - Esq. of Hanover-square. On: the 6th inst. at her son's house, in Brighton , 1%51* '..llasquerier, in her 95th year. rrtr On' the 7th inst. James Brandram, Esq. of Great —l o ,oy street; in the 77th year, sincerely regretted by his and friends. At Crosslee, William Stevenson, Esq. aged 65. On the sth inst.' at Shalden Lodge, Han* youngtst daughter of the late Thomas Smith, Esq. °I den Lod ge PAINTED and PUBLIEHRD by M. YOUNG, st SuN-OFrics, No. 112, Strand, NOTICE sirous o des for the use To his Majesty' and Barrack -Dorset,. To his Majesty' tuents and Chi 2e ti t i )1 u e l : e i t r; dr, That . l e . c d aB e - e ri t t ' i , . 3 i ) 11 : e l t o d a zef u 1 a i dD i t i t t '' November ; h i on that day. Propos a l , on each Proi - TTend )4441 r ender p r0r ,,,,._,. fierty engv ri n t: tOrm an , P r i enticedno ' 6 an' "Pres. 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