The Sun. — London, England, 1831-01-25 00:00:00

rives, node at once to a change in the constitution of Parliament, whereby their own peculiar ad vantages over others of their fellow-subjects with equal pretensions on the score of property rnuet be thenceforth demolished, supposes an amount of political heroism in the English aristocracy of the present day, which assuredly the most vir tuous of their ancestors could never have been vain enough to boast of. The Ministers, we have no doubt, do look for an obstinate and bitter struggle on the part of the old borough interest, to retain the worst features of their system,—that is to say, those of its characteristics which favour most the monopoly of borough patronage. As few, more over, of the County Members are destitute of bo rough interest, or unconnected with those who have it, there is some reason to dread that the spirit of Baste, or clanship, may serve to reinforce the cause of corruption, by procuring for it advocates among Members of Parliament, whose honourable station as representatives for counties or great towns, would help to divert suspicion from their less ostensibly objects, and enable them, under the respected robe of County Members, to indulge, while they con cealed, their contraband propensity to the traffic in rotten boroughs. We have little doubt that the war-hoop will be yelled in many quarters against the spirit of revolution with winch this country has been infected by the Continent, and that a long and strong pull will be risked by the borough oh garchy, as their last stake in the fruitful misgo vernment of England. Now there is but one effectual expedient for defeating this policy of the dealers in old abuses : it is to show them, from the outset, that their cause is desperate,— that the nation are universally leagued with the Government in defence of a measure by which the i itself roust be strengthened, all temptation to corrupt the legislative body he annihilated, and the burdens of the people be essentially and per manently reduced. What are the details of the measure to be proposed by Ministers, we do not undertake to specify. Universal suffrage, however, will undoubtedly have no share in it. Ballot, it is said, will riot form part of the plan as introduced to Parliament, although it would be affectation to deny that the feeling in favour of that important novelty gains ground among most classes of our countrymen, and that if not checked by further inquiry into its me rits, the result may be its adoption, ere long, into the frame of' our Parliamentary constitution.* But again, and earnestly, we pray our countrymen to meet in every part of Great Britain, and honestly to stand by a reforming Administration. It is a rare pheno menon, and let it not be undervalued ; for its pledge is one which deserves the public reverence, arid the perilous difficulty of fulfilling: it demands the sup port of men in whose eyes freedom is something better than a shadow. The pretence that meetings in favour of Reform would but "embarrass" the King's Ministers, has been made use of, invariably, by those who wish to embarrass them, by leaving them at the mercy of the borough-traffickers in Par liament. The Minister himself has called upon the nation to support him,—that is the true reply to all such sham objections. Lastly, let the people ac cept whatever Reform may be offered arid carried through Parliament, be it ever so narrow arid mi nute. We ought to remember at once the difficulty and the value of the first step towards amendment. It must inevitably lead to more ; and, as the har binger of more, be it welcomed.—Times. Having taken an earnest and anxious part in re-1 commending that the lives of the remaining men left for execution under the Special Commissions should be spared, we feel a corresponding satisfac tion at finding that both Lush and Withers, whose awful doom had been pronounced at Salisbury under the most tragical circumstances, have been reprieved, and that respites have been forwarded to Ayles bury, in stay of the execution of Blizzard arid Sarney, with a view to a commutation of punish ment. This is a circumstance gratifying to huma nity, and will make a more salutary and moral im pression on the classes of distressed labourers arid ar tisans, who engaged in the late disturbances, than could have been produced by the effusion of blood. Government deserve credit for at length attending to the voice of public opinion on this subject, and advising the Sovereign to interpose the noblest at tribute of the prerogative between so many victims and the uplifted axe of the stern law. It is well even for a King to be able to say, in that fated crisis to which all must submit, and when the recollection of power, mercifully exercised, administers a balm to the spirit which all the jewels of the crown could not purchase, " The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me." Such blessings ascend not to Heaven in vain ? Of the convict Holdaway we have heard nothing, but presume that he will not now be made a solitary exception to the lenity of the Crown, The taking of a single life in con sequence of the late disturbances is to be re gretted. The laws that confound the offences of rioters arid machine-breakers with the guilt of the deliberate murderer are not to be justified on any sound principle of justice, policy, Dr morals. It is time for legislators to teach the people that life is too sacred to be made a mere po l it i c al sacrifice for offences that imply no heinous depravity of heart— too noble a gift of the Creator to be set at no higher value than the price of a rag-grinding ma chine or a spinning jenny ? It is time to humanise the law of a country which has had the benefit of the civilizing influence of the Gospel for at least twelve hundred years ? While science—while lite rature—while the arts that grace and embellish life have advanced to a high degree of excellence, have our moral faculties been asleep, that justice should, even in the nineteenth century, appear in unnatural alliance with the principles of barbarism. How long shall England possess the disgraceful distinction of having a collection of criminal laws more san guinary than those of any other country in Europe, tvith the exception, perhaps, of Turkey, where life has no more value than the Nvantonn ers s and caprice of a benighted despotism chooses to assign to it, and where the tyrant's will is law ? Until the Le gislature interposes to reform effectually the criminal Jaws of England, we hope they will be, for the fu ture, so administered as to make their practice more consistent with the principles of Christian civiliza tion., and prepare the mind for that judicious and enlightened change which public opinion demands and expects.—Morning Herald. We find, from a letter addressed by Mr. O'Con nell to his constituents (among our Irish extracts), that we were not far wrong when we stated, that the Anti-Unionists acted from various motives, and that the object of many was to frighten the Aris tocracy into concessions, which, except under the dread of separation, they would never make. In this letter Mr. O'Connell says—" In all my Addresses to you before my election, I ventured to prophecy, that the time was fast approaching when th e people of England would join with us in a bud and irresistible demand for a total abolition of the I Tithe System. That salutary cry has commenced 1 in England. It it beginning to be re-echoed in a proper and legal manner in Ireland. The accost. plishment of my prophecy is fast approaching. If I shall be permitted to do my duty in Parliament this Session, I hope that this most important result will be advanced; but, after all, u is only to the repeal of the Union that we can look with 6'er lain& for the total abolition of tithes. This is one' .of the great reasons why I insist upon that repeal. . . But therepeal of the Union terrifies the sordid Aristocratic absentees, and especially the bloated pluralists of the Establish e d Church, who shudder lest we radical Reformees and Anti-Unionists zwould realize our plan of the payment by the State of ail 94 such of the Protestant Clergy really p e rf o rm spiritual functions, in an ample proportionto their real labours,and not payingat all those who do no work." In all countries, and more especially in those aft which the Government is like oaz awn, oligarchical, there are few institutions which are A.-ot perverted from their or i g inal ob j ect, (or the profit a the pos . L or d Taviritnekt in a s peech at the Bedford Reform :Meeting yesterday week s , hinted pretty plearly that the votes of non-resident freesae rould .be abolish!.d sessors of power. Thus, for instance, the object of a religious establishment is professedly the religious instruction of the people. In a pure Monarchy, where the head of the Government is not under the necessity of going to work conscien tiously, a religious establishment is really what it professes to be. But in a country like this, where an oligarchy exercies power through popular forms, the instruction of the people is the last object ' looked to in a religious establishment; the primary object is the enjoyment of the property for which it furnishes a pretext. Were the religious instruc tion of the people of Ireland the object sought to be attained, there would be little difficulty in effect ing a suitable arrangement. But as th e p r i mary object is the enjoyment of property under the pre text of religious instruction, it would be to little purpose to prove that the establishment is not only on a footing which is not adapted to promote its professed object, but even that it is on a footing which directly impedes the realization of the pro fessed object. In vain, too, should we prove that a Protestant sinecure Church Establishment, in the true senseof the word,in the enjoyment of enormous wealth,' must be an object of dislike to the great body of the people, who, though of another religion, are forced to contribute to its support, and that religious ani mosities must retard the progress of industry and improvement. They who profit by the abuse do not consider the welfare of the country, but their own advantage; and so long as they can, they will resist any benefit to the community obtained by the re moval of the abuses from which they profit. The Dublin Evening Post, a paper strongly opposed to the partisans of the repeal, alluding to the destruc tion of a great part of the crops in the western counties of Ireland, has the following remarks : " The consequence is, that even at this early period the markets are advancing, not only in Connaught, but in every other part of the country. In short, we are me naced with a scarcity, which may, if timely efforts be not made to avert the calamity, terminate in a famine. In the face of this statement, which we are afraid cannot with any justice be contradicted, we are assured upon the best authority, that rents, particularly on corn lands, were never more punctually paid ; and indeed we should be sur prised were it otherwise, for agricultural produce is rising in the market, and our corn crops were an average at least, last year. How then will the anomaly be prevented, by a comparatively flourishing agriculture and a starving peasantry ? Thi■ is not new in Ireland ; it is of periodi cal occurrence. It comes at certain cycles as regularly as a parching summer or a wet harvest. In the fa mine of 1822-23, it is notorious, it has been stated in this Journal a thousand times, that cargoes of corn, on account of the landlords, or the farmers, have been shipped off to Liverpool or Glasgow, purchased there by the London Committee, and sent back to feed the famishing wretches of the very districts from which the corn came. Now this is a state of things intolerable, or at least would not be borne in any other country. flow is it to be cured? Why, by making the sustenance of the pauper population compul sory. This is our doctrine generally, but at present we shall confine our remarks to the state of degradation and vice which mendicancy engenders, with a view of showing that the country can never be secure until mendicancy is exterminated—until the ulcer is cut out, and the body politic restored to a wholesome action. If, in pursuit of this course, we offend some of the landlords of Ireland, we really cannot help it. Our object is to ameliorate the general condition of the people, and not to offend, if we can avoid it, any man. But when it is well known— when no man can dispute that the landed proprietory of Ireland were themselves to blame for the present unsettled condition of the country, such of them as have been negli gent or obstinate must not be angry with us, if we some times tread a little too heavily on their—we must call it —misconduct." Now it may almost be demonstrated, that without a provision for the poor, Ireland can never know order and tranquillity. But it is much easier to prove how indispensible a provision for the poor is to Ireland, than to point out the means by which that object is to be effected. Superficial observers only can suppose an English Ministry, however well•disposed, able to give effect to their own re views of what may be necessary to the well-being of a country. The welfare of the people ought to be the object of every Government; but, practically , speaking, the business of Government is to calcu late the relative strength of the different interests in the State, and to propose only such measures as shall not be successfully opposed by any preponder ance of these interests. The Irish landlord will never consent to any provision for the poor of Ire land, which opposes any bar to his draining the last farthing from the wretched beings on his property. In vain The Dublin Evening Post tells us that land lords " are induced to extort the uttermost farthing from the famished peasant, and then to turn him adrift upon the cold charity of the world." The writer adds— " There has been no identity of interests hitherto. Many, taao many, an Irish landlord, never dreams of pro viding employment for the peasant, unless it is to make some improvement on bis estate, and even the peasant re ceives no remuneration but his wages, and too often is it drawn by the landlord as rent. These are the cheap and simple attentions of several of the landlords of Ireland, the natural and necessary results of Dr. Chalmers' politi cal economy." How are we to reach the landholders ? How are we to give them the inducement to consent to the well-being of the peasantry ? We are assured, and we firmly believe, that Ministers really intend re medial measures for Ireland of undoubted value. Mr. O'Connell, indeed, in the letter in question, says— " Mark me well ; recollect my prophecy, you will have the Whigs introduce some delusive measure—some nib bling at the Sub-letting Act—it will, probably, be some aggravation, to be styl, d an amendment. There will be an alteration in the Vestry Bill, that probably will make it worse than it r?t7 is. There will be some little peddling about Corporation monopolies, and a grand ingt.iry, to last three years longer, into tolls and customs—and these mighty boons will be consummated by some law creating a Dictatorship, or something of that kind, in Ireland. Believe me, I shall prove a true prophet." This, we have no hesitation in saying, is far below the intentions of Ministers. But it must riot be forgotten, that the great difficulty, in a country like Ireland, is to give effect to good intentions. The lower classes in both Ireland and England, at the present moment, form a fearful subject of con templation. In England the abuses of the poor laws are no doubt great : but still the poor laws are a security against tue euridity of the rich. The great objects of the Romans, in th.eir agricultural policy, was to secure the cultivation of the ground against the caprieca of the powerful. This is indirectly effected in England through the poor laws. In Ireland 1 there is no check and with the tendency of popu lation to outrun capital, viV.enage would be greatly preferable to what Niebuhr calls the beggarly free dom, of which the only advantage is on the aide of the owner of the soil.—Morning chronicle. We deeply regret to learn ;on undoubted informa- ' : tion, that the fires of the incendiaries, in the agricultu ' rai diat;icts, are certainly extending into parts or the country hitiierto free from their visitation, if not in creasing in number. f)n Monday week the hay :tacks of a Worcestershire faz,;,,, the Wilderness, a few miles from Birmingham, were fired, Wheat and barley.-ricks were fired at two farms in Staffordslire i a few miles from Dudley, and under remarkable cir-' cninstances. Great mystery irwolves the origin of these acts, which have been, in many ecunties, pe culiarly distinct from riots against machinery arid contests for higher wages. But in some districts the conduct of the Magistrates is rashly incentive, gilj encouraging of these lamentable acts of ;giro, ranee &rad niisery. We have been informed that one of the largest hiani,lepwtiers in the midland counties (and a Magistrate), acid,:aTsed a circular to hi s te nants, either directing Of adv:a.in i z them to take down their machines: and that in a co;.:nv where roc single act of an incendiary or riot had occurred,; 'Sach abaJ,:t.i persons, although Justices, should be struck out orthe,cammission,and turned back—not to the " schoolmaster, - i - ,i:t to the elementary in atirua2ion of the infant school of the perish school mistress, W.e, have heard also, that after the tenaliZri of the Great 'pew la:sta,te, in Oxfordshire, had, with the aid of their labourers, succaeul4 , protected their own property and that of the landlord, Mr.Boulton ? try. the threats of the machine-breakers, some Magistrate,,, : 4 ; Mr. Bonito'''s absence at Soho, 'near Birmingham, induced the parishioners to take down or remove the machines. It is reported that Mr. Boulton has, or will take legal proceedings against the Justices; we trust that he will, as a public duty, bring these Shallows before a Jury of their country, even though a great University Head should be the chief noodle. Such Magistrates had better hold mops or statutes for the special and legal destruction of agricultural machinery. It is curious to see Sir E. Wilmot in one county form ing a society to promote improvements in agricul ture, and other Magistrates in an adjoining county, exercising their " Commission of the Peace," by enjoining " Swing" to put an end to the use of ma chines on farms. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge could only reach the brains of such Jackasses with a pickaxe. Among the im provements of the age, we ardently hope to see other motives prevail for nominating Magistrates than dirty intrigues, time-serving meanness, the possession of acres, or sham qualifications to evade Sir Robert Peel's notable principle for securing through property alone the superior performance of the magisterial functions. In the Berkshire Agri cultural Report we find complaints against the mis chievous interference of the Magistracy, to whom are attributed no small share of the late disturb ances, expressed in the strongest language:— " We are sorry to give such an unfavourable statement of the situation of our country, but justice compels us to declare the truth ; and, in faithfully stating our opinion, we are also obliged to confess, that to the very injudicious conduct of some persons who have unfortunately been made Magistrates, is, in a great measure, owing the pre sent state of things. Fur a long time past, by the impro per decisions of these Magistrates, idleness has been en couraged and deceit promoted, while the well-meazing farmer, who endeavoured to frustrate such proceedings, was severely reprimanded and completely discouraged. Some of the Magistrates, almost without an effort, suffered the farmer's machines to he broken, and themselves to be insulted and robbed ; they without hesitation, directed the farmers to advance their labourers wages, and were pro ceeding further, with a high hand, had not Lord Mel bourne's letter arrived just in time to stop the career. Since that time it is quite laughable to see the fallen countenances of these wise keepers of the peace ! and one would think that, after the severe castigation that their ac tions received by Lord Melbourne's letter, and by the ex cellent opening speech of the Judge at the Assize, that some of them at least would resign the Commissions, and let others more fit for the office be appointed. We sin cerely hope that reformation will not he omitted in re spect to the Magistrates, as well as the exorbitant county rates."—Morning Chronicle. We earnestly call attention to the Manifesto of the Poles, containing a moving description of the sufferings of that unfortunate nation under Russian despotism, and of the signal violation of the pledges so solemnly made to them at the Congress of Vienna. The following paragraph affords a striking exempli fication of the sort of freedom which may be expected under a despot—Freedom to hymn his praises; so far so good ; but freedom in any other sense a monstrous evil : " On the meeting of the first Diet of the kingdom, a renewal of the solemn promises that the blessings of a Constitution should be extended to our brethren, who were to be re-united to us, revived extinguished hopes, and caused that moderation to reign in the Chambers which was their only end and object. The freedom of the Press, and the publicity of the proceedings of the Diet, were only tolerated in so far as they gave vent to the hymns and praises of a subjugated people in honour of their all powerful conqueror ; but when, after that Diet was closed, the public journals continued to discuss public affairs, a severe censorship was introduced ; and on the meeting of the following Diet, which proposed to itself the same object as the former, the representatives of the people were persecuted for the opinions they delivered in the Chambers. The Constitutional states of Europe will be astonished when they learn what has been so carefully c.ncealed from them ; when, on the one hand they be hold the wise and moderate use the Poles have made of their liberty, the veneration they have shown for their Sovere;gn, his religion and customs uniformly treated with re-pect, and on the other, the bad faith with which power has bees used, not content with despoiling an un hippy people of their rights, but imputing the horror of these violations to the unbridled exercise of their freedom." May the school of adversity, in which the Poles have so long suffered, steel their arms at the present crisis ! But other nations have duties ! Where was England, with her pretended regard for the balance of power, when the robber-despots thrice partitioned Poland ? Why do not the rich men of this country come forward with their contributions to the Poles at a crisis like the present ? The amount of what our Sybarites of this luxurious me tropolis spend in one entertainment might be of material aid to the Poles. Even one thousand pounds from this, the richest country in the world, might furnish a thousand warriors with the means of destroying their tyrants.—Morning Chronicle. We are glad to perceive that an evening cotem porary has vindicated in a more determined and un hesitating tone than on Thursday last, the legality of the arrest of Mr. O'Connell and his associates.— How any one, who has looked into the Act of Par ' liament which authorized the proclamations, and sanctioned the issuing of the warrants, could pos sibly entertain a doubt on the subject, is to us in comprehensible; for the Act is so widely worded, in every respect, as not only to leave the power of decision respecting what are, and what are not, dangerous associations, wholly within the discretion of the Lord Lieutenant, but, as a consequence re sulting from it, the personal liberty of every one who may have been present at such meetings. That ;he Act itself is a bad Act, and the power given to the Lord Lieutenant by it a dangerous power, and inconsistent with the spirit of the British Constitu tion, we do not mean to deny; but neither Lord Anglesea, or the present Government, made the law, and if a case should arise to meet it they are only answerable for its being duly enforced. That they have not strained it, in order to suit a parti cular emergency, must also be evident to every per son of common sense, who will take the trouble, first to look at the Act itself, and then at the nature of the meetings which have been suppressed, and the avowed intentions of the persons who have been arrested and held to bail. Does any one doubt that, though under different names and devices, these names and devices were mere pretexts for holding continued meetings on the same subject, and to pro mote the same object ? Are there any twelve honest men to be found who would, on their oath, deny such to be the fact ? And, with regard to the persons arrested, will any one be bold enough to aver, in the teeth of their own declarations, that their object in getting up, holding, and attending these meetings, was not agitation, and agitation of a nature to endanger the public tranquillity? Can any one vouch that it was only fair and legitimate discussion, when the very leaders of the faction themselves resorted to threats and menaces, and have even so far succeeded by these threats, as to prevent peaeeable meetings of a different character from being held ? la it pot true that, when their call for a repeal of the Union was met by a flat denial from the respectable and intelligent part of rue community, they resorted to a system of terror which has already sheaved its effects by a partial run upon the tanks—by preventing people from giving expression to their reel opinions—and causing a most deplorable stagnation in the trede of the country ? What was the language of Mr. !lell at the parish meeting of St. Audeon, on the iSrli instant if truly reported he said, " Notwithstanding every effort to the contrary, time cause of ;.tiwrzl is advancing ; and who will tell toe we ought to support time own who are for Continuing the Union? Why should we buy . frout them or sell to them I Why should we not mark out these men ? What I pro, pose to you is this. I was a decided enemy in the Cd, tholic Association to exclusive dealing, it might have a sec tarian yisr7,; but nosy the matter is otherwise, for there are Cath - olies al - 4cup. the foremost in getting up the ad dress in the Chanther of Cotntner:e to Lord Anglesea.— There is a Catholic Bank Dire`ct6C, toe, them. Who made him a Bank Director? I t e ll hi m it'ss/aa 11',0 property —he would have been a slave to this hour if had not, wpiir.ed for hini. Yet that is the man who is 'base enough to pra:se, the administration of the man who persecutes 111 e, and ilfhp sent hs ccminon thief-takers to my hop,, , e to aerest me in the presence of py wife aud also mean to form SPrielp to !fire up Me of all excise:l,k goods—not to consume any thing that pays a tax so long as this Act remains unrepeakd." Was ever such a system of terror allowed to be adopted in a free country? Could the Agitator have transgressed the law of the country even to an equal extent, if he had sent threatening letters to the parties named in the above extract from his speech Again, at another meeting, the same disinterested well-wisher of Ireland is reported to have spoken as follows, of that Lord Anglesea whom, only two short years ago, he preached up as the very acme of perfection —the best friend of Ireland : " Welsh Lord Anglesea," said the Celtic bard, " you sent your thief-takers to my house—the mother of my children stood by, and saw felon bands do violence to my person—for the first time a tear, occasioned by me, fell from her. Lord Anglesea, I row by that virtuous woman's tear—do you know the value of a virtuous woman's tear ?—that, tear I appreciate more dearly than all the gems that ever yet have decked the turbaned head of an Eastern monarch—a virtuous woman's tear, Lord Anglesea. It fell from the mother of the children of my love—it fell from a matron—of one whom it almost be comes me not to speak--of one who has made the cup of life for me one unmixed draught of honey--of one who is spirited, brave, and good, as she is pure and virtuous— one who many and many a time, when I was about in despair to abandon my labours for Ireland, and which an ungrateful aristocracy would have driven me from, still urged me on, with the cheering hope I should succeed— from her has fallen a tear on soy account. You, Lord Anglesea, have caused that tear to be shed. Again I ask you, do you know the value of a virtuous woman's tear ? I tell you that you shall yet know it." Steele, the colleague of the Agitator, is equally eloquent as a terrorist as his chief himself, as will be seen from the following extract from his speech. Alluding to an article in a newspaper, he is reported to have said, " Whoever is the writer of that article is a villain, ac cursed of God and of man. All the dew of Paradise would be unavailing to waoh out the blood-stain with which his soul in incarnadined. I disclaim him as one of our specks ; he is not of human race; or if, indeed, he bear the human form, he is some Ghoul or Vampire, fiend begotte❑ in b.ileful ecstacy, by Burke, the murderer, upon Helen Macdougal, the murderess, in one of their orgies, after the suffocation of an anatomical victim in their ghastly den ! ! !" The above is harmless because it is ridiculows ; but can any one say, that after such a display of the desperate dispositions of those with whom it had to deal, the Government could refrain from acting as it did ? Can any one doubt, that the Act on which the proclamations, the warrants, and the arrests, were founded, were not meant to apply to meetings, persons, and conduct, such as we have now de scribed ? Nay, would not the Government, find ing such an Act in the statute-book, have fairly laid itself open to charges of a very serious character, if it had refrained from putting it in force ?-31orning Advertiser. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-110 USE. A young man, named Cheiplin, wearing a large blue coat, with a white border to it, was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with having gone up to a butcher's stall in Leadenhall-market, and in an instant cut a shoulder from the carcass of a sheep, with the intention to steal it. The case was an ex tremely odd one. The watchman of Mr. Jeffries, the butcher, on the preceding night, saw the prisoner go up to the stall, take hold of a knife, and with great dexterity separate the shoulder from the carcass of a sheep. Witness went up and seieed him, upon which he said he was distressed, and begged to be let go, and not be lodged as a prisoner in the Compter. The job was done better than witness, who had served his time to a butcher, could have done it. The shoul der was regularly severed in cooking order. The prisoner said the witness had made a mis take. He (the prisoner) was passing by the stall, but doing nothing, when the watchman seized him by the collar, and accused him of stealing the mutton. The LORD MAYOR asked the prisoner what he was ?—Prisoner—A sailor, please your Lordship. I knows nothing of butchering. The shoulder of mutton was examined, and it was evident that the hand of a master had been ex ercised upon it, for it had been shaved out of the socket in the neatest possible style at one twist. The LORD MAYOR (to the watchman)—Are you confident that is the man ? Watchman—Not the least doubt of it, my Lord, I couldn't mistake him. I saw him whip off the joint in a trice—never saw such a hand in my life. He'd scarce lifted up one hand, when the meat was bang in the other. The LORD MAYOR—Does any one know him to be a butcher ? Some of the officers looked at him with scrutinizing eyes. They were divided in opi nion. Two or three of them thought he was more like a sailor than a butcher; whilst others fancied his appearance was rather of the butcher cast. The prisoner himself did not let slip the oppor tunity to take advantage of the doubt. He assured his Lordship again and again that he knew nothing about sheep ; and that he had been all his life at sea. To some questions about his nautical excursions, asked by the LORD MAYOR, he, however, gave such answers as convinced his Lordship that the slaughter house had the stronger claim to him. The LORD MAYOR—I am convinced that your object was to steal the meat; but I shall not send you for trial to the Old Bailey : you shall go to Bridewell for a month. Here a man in the crowd behind the prisoner cried, " My Lord, my Lord, he's an innocent man. He is, s'elp me God." The Loin) MAYOR—Come forward, and tell us who you are, and what you know. The man then appeared before the Lord Mayor, and said his name was Palmer, and that he lived at Grovenor. place, Spitalfields. The LORD MAYOR—How do you know that the prisoner is an innocent man 1' Palmer— Because I am the guilty one. It was I that cut away the shoulder. I served my time to a butcher, and I can prove to you that I can use the knife. I know nothing of this poor man, and never saw him before, but I can't let him Le punished for my fault." The crowd in the Justice-room were disposed to applaud this speech, bet The LORD MAYOR called upon the witness be had already examined, and asked whether he had seen Palmer at the time the meat was cut down ? The watchman—Yes, my Lord. He came up to me when I had hold of the prisoner, and said, if any harm was done, he would pay for it, and he begged me not to put the poor man in the watch house. The constable of the night said that the prisoner went down on his knees to the watchman, and begged for mercy, at the same time declaring that it was distress that compelled hints to commit the theft. Paltrier persisted in the truth of his statement that the prisoner knew nothing whatever of the robbery. " I offered to pay for the mutton," said he, " when I saw that an innocent man was charged." The LORD MAYOR —NeII; the prisoner shall have the benefit of your evidence, if you will have the boldness to appear at the Old Bailey for him. I iOended to confine him for a month, but now I shall commit him, and we shall see whether this marFuvre will do before a .judge. I would have you, however take care how you swear, for as save as you were born, if you don't be cautious in g iving your testimony, you will be committed for perjury. Palper then departed, stating that he should ar pear at the .SiesiionsJiOuse in due time, whatever might be the consequence, and the piis9Y9F wag c onsequently committed for trial. 110 W-STREET. Charles Barber, driver of a job-carriage, in the service of a gentleman who resides at No. 52, Harley-strest, was yesterday brought up on a warrant wherein he was charged with having, by negligent and furious driving, kithdced down and considerably injured Colonel Campbell and General Salmon, whereby the lives of both were endangered.. The face and head of the latter gentleman were covered with patches, while the Colonel received so severe an injury in his foot that a lameness for life will be the consequence. The defendant declared it was entirely an acci dent, and said be had done all in his power to avoid it. He pleaded that he had a wife and family de pending for support upon his exertions, and hoped the gentlemen would not press the case against him. The Magistrate observed that, in justice to the public, it was fitting that such conduct as his should be severely visited, and he was therefore fined 50s. for each assault, and in default of payment he was sentenced to four months' imprisonment in the House of Correction, being two months for each assault. The young man who was charged on Saturday night with having sold an order for admission to Co vent-garden theatre to a young foreigner, who was charged at this office with uttering the same, was brought in custody in the course of the morning, when, upon inquiry, it appeared that he is the son of Mr. Ble►vitt, the musical composer. He acknowledged that he had written the order, and said that want of employment had driven him to do it, adding that he had lived apart from his father since the death of his mother. Soon after he had been removed from the bar for further examination, Sir George Smart came for ward in his behalf, and after communicating with the treasurer of the theatre and Mr. Charles Kemble, the latter gentleman consented to forego proceedings against the accused. In the eour,e of the day another person, who it was stated had once been in a respectable situation, was charged with a similar offence, he having writ ten an order for admission in the name of Mr. Bartley, the comedian, and given it to the shopman of a Jew clothes-man in the Strand. As it did not appear, ho;vever, that he had taken money for the order, Mr. C. Kemble consented to his discharge, cautioning him, however, not to re- peat the offence ; and Sir R. BinmE, in discharging him, told him not to appear before him again under similar circumstances, for if he did he would be otherwise treated. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday morning a young man, named John Grey, was brought before Mr. LAING, th• Magis trate, charged under the following extraordinary circumstances : Mr. Wooler attended for the prisoner. Serjeant Grave, of the division G., No. 6, had been for some months on the " look out" for the prisoner, and on last Saturday night he succeeded in apprehending him at the Garrick Theatre, Le man -street, Goodman's-fields, where he was engaged to act the part of Antoine, in the Unconscious Par ricide. He begged leave to remind his Worship, that on the 14th of August last, two young men (William Godie and the prisoner) went to the lodgings of a Mr. Pennarie, 31, Bowling-green-lane, Clerkenwell, and inquired at the door, from a young girl named Cope, " if Mr. Pennarie was at home ?" The girl said, "she believed not." Upon which William Godie and the prisoner said, " We will then go up to his room and wait for him." They accordingly went up stairs to Mr. Pennarie's room (which was opposite to the room occupied by the mother of the girl Cope) and seated themselves, as if to await his return. During their stay there the girl Cope heard a noise, as if caused by the wrench ing of a lock, but took no further notice of it at the time. Shortly afterwards the primmer and Godie left the room, and told the girl, " they could wait no longer, and would call again."— On the return of Mr. Pennarie, he discovered that his drawers had been forced open and robbed of twenty-four sovereigns, a silver snuff-box, and a gold mourning ring. lie (Serjeant Grove) found out the name of the prisoner and Godie, through a boy who knew them, and saw them speak ing to the girl Cope at the door; and, in a day or two after, he traced Godie to the White Conduit House, Ptntonville, where he was engaged in the theatrical line, sad where he apprehended him. Godie was tried at the Old Bailey, convicted, and transported for the offence. The prisoner Grey, hearing of Godie's fate, ever since evaded the hands of justice. The prisoner was remanded until Saturday. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF THIS EVENING. Lord Chamberlain's Office, Jan. 21, 1831. Notice is hereby given, that the Drawing Room to be held at St. James's Palace, on Thursday the 24th of Fe bruary next, being for the celebration of her Majesty's Birth-day, the Knights of the several Orders are to appear in their Collars. Lord Chamberlain's Office, Jan. 21. Notice is hereby given, that the King will hold a Levee at St. James's Palace, on Wednesday the 23d of February next, at two o'clock ; and that his Majesty's Levees in future will be held en every succeeding Wednesday till further orders. WAr-office, Jim. 25. 2d Regiment of Life Guards—Major G. Greenwood to be Major and Lieutenant.colonel, Jan. 2. Ist Regiment of Dragoons—Cornet W. H. Deaborough to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pitman, who retires B. Wodehouse, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Dee borough, Jan. 25. 4th Regiment of Foot—Lieut. T. Darke, from the half pay of the '73d Regiment, to be Lieutenant, repaying the difference to the Half-pay Fund, vice Colthuret, promoted, Jan. 25. 12th Foot—Ensign J. Thompson to be Adjutant, ♦ice Dunn, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, Jan. 25. 33d Foot—Lieut. C. M. Caldwell to be Captain, by purchase, ♦ice Kelly, who retires. Ensign T. U. Gough to be Lieutenant, by purchase, ♦ice Caldwell. J. Hen derson, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gough, Jan. 25. 41st Foot—Lieut. Hon. W. F. O'Callaghan, from the 37th Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Ross, whose ap pointment has taken plane, Jan. 25. 56th Foot—Ensign J. G. Strachey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, rice Manners, appointed to the 79th Regi ment; T. G. R. M`Neill, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, Jan. 25. 61st Foot—Ensign J. Maclean, from the half•pay of the Bahama Garrison Company, to be Eusign, vice Bar• low, whose appointment has not taken place, Jan. 25. 67th Foot—Captain T. Unett, from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice 11. IL Vaughan, who exchange., receiving the difference, Jan. 35. 75th Foot--W. Hore, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Moultrie, promoted, Jan. 25. 86th Foot—Ensign J. Gilchrist, from the 'half-pay of the 6pth Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Gallway, promot e d in the Ceylon Regiment, Jan. 25. Ceylon Regiment.—Ensign J. Gallway, from the 86th Regiment, to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice T. Phelm, dismissed the service, Jan. 25, Commission signed by o t f he Lord Lieutenant of th e C oun t y Middlesex. 0. Yeats, Esq„ to be Deputy Lieutenant. Commissions in the Staffordshire Regiment of 1 eomaitry Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Stafford. Cornet M. Bass to be Lieutenant, vice Worthington, re-- signed, Jan. 12 ; F. Calvert, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Bass, promoted, Jan. 12. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Devon. To be Deputy LiM:tenants. J. Quicke, Esq., W.jliatiod the yoUnger, Eaq., J. Mil ford, Esq., S. White, Esq., J. W. Abbott, Esq., C. Hol man, Esg., G. TruescOtt; Esq., W. Browning, Esq. North Devon Regiment of Militia. 4. ffarris i , pent. to be Ensign ; R. Finley, Pent. to be ditto, March 1830. • South Devon Regiment of Militia. J. Serle theyounger, Gent. to be Lieutenant, April, 1830. East Devon Regiment of Militia. Quicke, Gent, to be Ensign, December, 1850. Ist Devon Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry. A. Smith, jun., Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Crockett, resigned, Dec. 15. J. Sanders, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Duckworth, Bart. protnoted, Dec, •lts. W. C. Baines, Gent. to be Lieutosszt, eke 1 / g worth, Bert. resigned, Dec. 24. North Devon Regiment of Yeomanry. Ca" b p. L. R. Heyaett, Gent. to be Cornet, Dec. 18. North East Devon Troop of Yeomanry Cavell' J. White, Esq. to be Captain.Commandanto G. Rich, Geut, to be Cornet, Jan. 19. East Devon Volunteer Cavalry. P. Mules, Esq. to be Major, Dee. 21. J. Baslaigh, Esq. to be Captain, Dec. 21. W. Rogers, Esq. to be ditto, Dec. 21, C. S. Flood, Gent. to be Lieutenant, Dec. 21 ' P. Mules, jun. Gent. to be ditto, Dec. 2 1 . , W. Woodward, G e nt. t o h e S urgeon, D ec . 2" C. S. Flood, Esq. to be Captain, Jan. 7. H. Bellew, Gent., to be Cornet, Jan. 7. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. Josiah W oo ld r id ge , sea . an d J os i a h W oo ldride Birmingham, brass-founders. g Charles Cousins, Drummond -crescent, Sauer' . carman. Daniel Larter, High-street, Shorsditcb, yiettol ler 'j Daniel Desonneaux, Coles-terrace, White C°l3 fields, chemist. Georg* Russell, Brownlow street, Drury-lane , smith. :11,1,,,, i i . i 0 :::i v c i ,t i fi l ,e i t i l l i eg i r, ri P re iE , ° : 1 CARTER thi s HEARI'II - mode of mak' N,the public, dm L.P. of h ti c , u f t e last a, . min their usi ita '5 trade. —c. :_s,e.t.son of the rruse nt stock coin' use the most tE ROYAL ' the rawing-rr '"'Ver d and V enet stalr-car An assortment e,lt v th eir ' 74 nce, t o an l etters n carts Zvi "'t . 0_ DON puncti w. ii, 4ndute ille said 1 BANKRUPTS. Thomas Webb, Seymour-street, Easton-squir 4 t , maker, to surrender Jan. 28, at twelve, Feb. 4 '1,0 and March 8, at twelve, at the Court of 000" . ----- Brongh, Fleet -street. 0N.,._._._-________ John and William Wilson, Whitehaven, plasterer4o UTICE 3,4, and March 8, at eleven, at the Black Lion, 1,40411 r SULLIVP haven. Falcon, Elm-court, Temple, London; 11 ‘ ) ii : ' L'iratiet!. William Gray, Giltspur-street, victualler : ~ Whitehaven. two, 4, at three, and March 8, at two, at t he . '',..:oTh i l t l i u i t ' t- ttrflen ii , i Commissioners. Yenning and Naylor, coop"' tq d ,ge.wlenlan ; Throgniorton-street. idam .it• arlish of S ri James Leonard Cozens, Bedminster, Somerset , / o'llitif s ''''Ph Va ug i F tb ef'-' : ler, Feb. 17, 18, and March 8, at twelve, Hart Inn, Bath. King and Whitiker, Gray's-10 3 g 11,, ATE and I Whitaker, Frome, Somersetshire. oit 4 4 j: i) . r Parcel o Godfrey Bower Rodwell, James-street, Coveuttl i 1,1., bich I, lt , Piece o linen-draper, Feb. 1,8, and March 8, at eleves , oitli irn uerehy „ wen Court of Commissioners. Hemming, Great Knigh t th,,. ar d, and j n street, Doctors'-Commons. - , 0„t Ad m . ' ( .' r t he surviv Joseph and John Lamb, Liverpool , saddlers, Fe', , r eitl to - „ lni 'trator4 o and March 8, at two, at the Clarendon-roomas, Ll Y `i,tand : ay e and exce Mawdeley, Liverpool ; Adlington, Gregory, and fl u tl ' 4 'Plmnent4), e Cp Bedford-row, London. - o rb, EDIToII Joseph Richardson, Regency-place, Great street, Surrey, currier, Jan. 28, at three, Feb. 1 c t , e Nutice i s h e two, and March 8, at two, at the Court of Comm Ja n ute d by the s ry Drew, Bermondsey. I' b, soil, inst., an William Fox, Great Driffield, York, tanner, P g O ° th e Godfrey, J at six, 18, and March 8, at eleven, at the Blue no? e,P7tence of al 011:1°s:le‘ilitt'll,A)Eelaaperiy,r1 Great Driffield. Williams, Yerularn-buildings, ~ I! e street S go ' °ll ce„ ~,, Inn, London ; Foster, Great Driffield. j AL L,,---uatet Theophilus Nicholson, Burstwick, York, holleV tN, Gy] Feb. 4,5, and March 8, at eleven, at the Kingston v it t ll Kingston-upon-Hull. Walmaley, Keightley and I' . k E Po Chaucery-Lane, London ; Dryden, Hull. : ts l ' , a John Baugh, Middle Wallop, Southampton, v. 4 t - di, be purl Feb. 9, at six, 10, at ten, and March 5, at five, s ,,t,' T hi . Ge..rge lon, Andover. Bousfield, Cliathali'l d 57 was r Blackfriars, London ; Menu, Andover. O N, ril Dedic a Thomas Jackson, Laverick-hall, Saint Bee', ° III' tHE SIE land, miller, Feb. 7,8, and March 8, at two, at thsj, A Lion Inn, Whitehaven. Pearson, Staple Inn, L ao By Sherwen, Whitehaven. .._ ...............titi_____.,,, I REPEAL OF THE UNION-GREAT M INC_ AT CAITLEDERMOT. —A meeting of the parts! of Castledermot was held on Sun d ay last, per . requisition. It took place in the enclosed space 1, of the chapel. So anxious were the people to wit% proceedings, we can positively state that the tree , j surrounded the chapel-yard wore literally crowded I 'l, of the active Milecians who attended. The meetvi, point of rank, talent, respectability, and intelligi surpassed anything of the kind we ever witneog solitary ; there were at least 6,000 persons in att who conducted themselves in the most peace] orderly manner. To accommodate the Protestants', ceedings did not commence until two o'clock. _ Te6oll.liloll was proposed by Wx. CAULFIELD, Eli,' of the most eloquent and pr ac ti ca lly arguu l f speeches we have heard delivered in th e rep& Union..... After the thanks of the meeting had beg ° . . to the Chairman the people separated, after haTi° l three cheer. for O'CONNELL and a rep e el of the v i . _ Sill JOHN IN, In a ‘ ) PULA ME NTA fly 1 1IN T e REFon: I • s for a p I tLier tn" i dgew aY Was pui U. tIE tart., lat p til nY A. J. lie _ ow of the etr (tt Y Colb tlr in. C oop. Thii day HE vpiat(i,:verful (I Carlow Morning Post. A NEW WAY OP OBTAINING A SUMP Cccreuxs.—On Saturday evening last, agreesblY ~° , sf wonted custom, the villagers in the vicinity of ° l i, Toll Bar public-house, near this city, met at tbsV. " A to regale themselves after the labours of the week, ild'i. 14 m ho t . t "rY of i d ou rna i7 Yet en ing potations of the " nut-brown ate," and to die6V political events contained in the "Carel paper." thus enjoying themselves, a private soldier belungill nr,,,t. Henr y Colhn 24th Regiment of Foot, at present stationed it , tP , entered the apartment ; and as he was a native of ' 4 o ,' / Il'ii" -- --------____„ and country-people are partial to the " reed-0 04 1 -"Y Wag p, was made heartily welcome, and the good thinSY, house speedily set down before him. During the ° Fr ) THE F A the soldier fixed his attention upon a young man fre e , r4h , N o . 1, luff, who was witting near him, sad to the gree d V I A) ," of T ax , of the whole company, charged hien with being 1 ' Lg d" ; Ett" ( . l) S and ri and demanded him as a prisoner. The little 'A tnar ', and Lo new became a scene of complete uproar : the P ul :,;, ) Wnf th e L a uttered the strongest protestations of his inne 4o ok, Of ~,°' 2. A F old people confirmed his statements ; and all 10° f$Y, JodASTER soldier that he must be mistaken ; hut it was of 0° , :; 1 n , "41 BEY 11] the military man was firm, positive, and detsroli- t or' /r) L'''''stract s threatening them with the vengeance of the law i'„o . :,j P r r i," Ilegni ai terrupted him in his duty, took the young mall 1 "," 0 .,, ii e 2 '. tody, and carried him eff, with the , tense of rr F ie. W' Cl/ . 3 ' IIY the "' 1 e A uthc 141 i tneorbid ac pre:— . 4 A,- will ing - home to the regiment. The soldier and his r P' O 7 '''''‘GE a , „01 N A proceeded on their journey until they came i" . ,idt' j tn t i % *- The public-house, where the former proposed they. sl' e :br i : A - AVING ' u the night was far advanced, and they would 0 ° . , 0 " P, l A to reach home before morning. Lodgings were e u e - pf; roy al I'RELA cured ; and after the usual precaution on the Pe r ; (el ' l ' 82 rno. soldier, they retired to rest together. The P 42° ,.1 0$ A D I) , fell into a deep slumber, from which he did n e % of d • .41 1 : - t ItO until a late hour in the morning. The transactreol ▪ tit t ,„ !tle4r o preceding night immediately recurred to his nieu t° '„`;V acj, - ; ; ;", n rnent e he was astonished to find that his bed-fellow 1 / 91 ; 0 1 0° And - " e "stree up and gone, but had dressed himself is the 0 0 ) I‘l tt i i : l 'lY he h .nex in clothes, and left his regimental dress behind hint., N A/ bl\ 14 tl quill', it appeared that the soldier had left t' . B l,ir i *fri t ,' ON's very early in the morning, but no one knetr_:, or, in 4 ' 4 ' l rem e d The man waited for a considerable time, and the ° Pi not returning, he was reluctantly compelled to di t ioli li e J tv, stion, I self in the regimental 4: thus nietainorphosed (Pre e : o 4. Nnt 7 ', 4 ,,n , Ca bad imitation of Caleb, in the comedy of ")de '' r ej 'al t h " 'lertu a Soldier,") he returned home to his friends, vfb ° ,l l 0 •`2 s. 9 4 ,1 1 Twal him with feelings of pleasure and delight, 'be% itl, lit ri ls• 6d. little aurprised at the sudden and singular sbl u gie; : l IILLA'Ett' t apparel. The adventure was soon related ; but still In a kh - for I was an inexplicable mystery about the affair , 1 . 4 Use t t "P'rior bodiags as to the result, and it was not until al it ,, tr,,,,, , 4 an a l t , of a relative who had been sent -to Carlisle, 01' 4 4 ~,, ,,:(1 o th, exploded. It then appeared that the soldier lia",ipt 78. 6d t he i,t,r from his regiment at Carlisle; and afraid of de tec , 4 1 41'4V 2 the better to effect his escape, bad hit upoo t }..- or/ 'Th e - ' 11 : 5 trernel DOWI expedient to allay suspicion at the publie-hoo e 'oe procure the necessary apparel to elude his P d r . i th e e a 3 :„ refr "l ad 4 - ,, e t i Carlisle Journal. Pted ( n; en uri ,_ 1 Ac , to,, fr7ract On the 221 inst. at B G IR un T to H n S. -park, in xero l d k V Suffield, of a son. 44 On the 22d inst. the lady of R. D. Manglist et' daughter, e rr ° Os the 23d inst. Mrs. S wgt o n4i ,, a Dern of a daughtir. On the 18th of September, at Kirkee, near A lady of Capt. R. R. Gillespie, of a sou. „err On the 23d inst. in Osnaburgh-street, Ref — the wife of A. Elston, Esq., of a daughter. r • DIED. pi'. 0' On the 22d inst. at Brompton, John Rego, 0, 10) of Craven•street, strand, and Earlee CwlNe, fA g . bo 72d year of his age, deeply regretted by 1 1:1• 0 4/ him. He was brother to William Reeve, brawl composer, and uncle to Jelin Reeve, th e „ r at P On the 23d inst. Amelia, youngest tiang ° i_ ' Pontet, of Pall-mall, aged 18. of tl'e , On the 22d inst. Mary Ann, eldest daughte r a ir ° A Wm. Walker, Esq,, of Bri g hton, and O P., ' o {' Stoke Newington. yo b 'On the Vi.,l inst. at Kensington, Afstila ll ' t ree t t 'l daughter 'of Mr. Morel, of G rea t M a rlboroug h ;o, On the 21st iast. at C ro ft on -pl ace , Orpa J. Burgh, Esq., late of Bartholomew-close . On the 21st inst. the Rev. J. Sewell, f - On the 21st inst. at Hrighton, Melia, 'iced GC. Greenhill, Esq., of M uswe ll-hill, age d ,25• o{ On the 23d i ns t. W m . A. Nesbitt, eldes t •- Whitmore, Eq. g C O6B I On the 23d i n st. H enr y, son o f Mr. B. of Lower Th ames - street , age d 17 mou ths. the St op ) Pa/NTID AND PUBLISHICD BT AIURD° ' .. 701 0 14 ' THY SUN °Fries, 112, SixAso? 14°' Leaal " an ' disagree • N To._ and 2 S it v l attrinC t 1 0 1% .a i rar dl f t eat r '" i t ?de ep s_- odn, _ 81,7 • TlER'ail an en eee ,,, alga a 1"t the irrita tv rI N°4 RIS' ti e :_ r4ll Y th e ' l , f( '' Cor to r 4 r a t . (4 . t itt YLZR . Z e "de d in c, °WEI I n D ot in ve n itee: t , Q r ftl . 4 2 1, und, t o ueef) rne cit" l4l4 lf, 13 U . 1 " P O ai r ed ELt f ar .haeFt)rd } ,, Ti n th P l thin g ac r id t- 0 41ed y 4rtittdr of N /1 Legg thee Tal i