The Sun. — London, England, 1827-05-29 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. A meeting was to . nvelieci at .Hereford on Fri day last, for the purpose of addressing (compli mentary of course)` Mr. Peel and his colleagues, on their retirement from office. -We never heard the name of any one speaker before, and there fore certainly give our opinion without personal partialities of any kind. Mr. Peel would, per haps, have been more pleased to receive praise from people better known. Sir Edwin Stan hope is Chairman, and opens the discussions. He is very ardent, not to say furious : lie and the next speaker are full of quotations, and therefore We shall give them one, as applicable to Sir Edwin— " Impiger, iracundus, inexorabilie r aces." He strangely bangs the political adversaries of Mr; Pecl, and as strangely pats on the back and chucks under the Chin friends and fellow seceders. But. Mr.' Peel haying, as is said, no natural connection" :With Herefordshire, we can not understand why they have placed him before the Lord Chancellor and the Duke of Welling• ton, .as the object of their homage. To Sir Edwin Stanhope succeeds the Rev. Arthur Mathews, Prebendary and Prselector of the Ca thedral. We should have suspected the Rev. Arthur Mathews, Prebendary and PrEelector, to be a young man, had he not told us that he had seen Mr. Canning by the side of Mr. Pitt two-and-twenty years ago, when himself must, no doubt, have reached the age of observa tion. Mr. Mathews, praising Mr. Peel much, praises Mr. Canning , much more. This was not exactly the purpose of the meeting ! We believe there was, same time ago,—and we should suspect he is not yet dead,—a Presbyteri.tn parson in Lon don who engaged to supply quotations upon any given subject whatever, at eighteen-pence an hun dred, Mr. Mathews must certainly have been liith him, for a speech so crammed' with quotations and allusions we never yet read. He assails his subject with weapons of this kind, more numerous and va ried than any with which Mr. Canning ever attacked the Whigs in days of yore. " One sinks under the weight of a scrites ; another is cut off by an " epigram. This man is tossed on the horns of a " dilemma, and that is tortured by a tale. One turns " pale at a parable; and another is jaundiced by a " jest. Sarcasm rankles in the heart of this man ; " and irony enters into the soul of that. " Quotque ernitsl mane contorsit spicule. Canning, Tot cecidere viri !--(Great applause.)'" After Mr. Mathews, there were but three more sneakers so that the eloquence of the city and county, like the old golden pippin cider, is but in few :hands.— Timer. A numerous meeting took place yesterday, of those individuals who are unfortunate enough to hold the bonds of the Spanish Government, is sued at a period when that Government was termed constitutioal—indeed, when King Fer dinand called himself constitutional King of z -- .;pain, and was recognised •as such by all the Powers of Europe. The purpose of the meet mg was to devise some means of recovering the v:alue of the property - , out of which the bond holders have been manifestly swindled by King Ferdinand ; and assuredly, in the pursuit of all rightful and proper courses for such an object, all the honest part of mankind must wish the, poor sufferers success. An application, it would appear by the resolutions, is to be made to the Spanish :Minister in this country, setting forth the strict and binding nature of the obligations undertaken on the part of the Spanish Govern ment, and the wisdom as well as of necessity of recognising them in the face of the world. In fact, it is clear, that without such an acknowledg ment, Ferdinand and all the Spanish Bourbons may starve before they get another shilling from any canitaliet of the next half century. In so far, therefore, as the bondholciee s confine themselves to direct remonstrances or repre sentations to the Spanish Government, no one can disapprove the act ; mid none can fail to sympathize with. the authors of it. .But if an attempt be made to involve the British Government in any negotiation for such an object, we must tell the bondholders, though with deep concern for their loss, that the King of England is not bound to quarrel with Spain for the sake oft redressing this particular species of griev ance. I here he, as no doubt there are, many hundreds of persons who Dought these Spanish securities, with confidence that they were purchasing a solid property for themselves and fat:lilies, we can merely say that in all such cases cavea t eni filtor ought to be the rule. The regular pursuits of mefehandise must be protected, at every risk, by the negotiaions of regular Governments; and if other means fail, Lejt arms. But loans are not among the ordinary walks of trade : and with what ever cordiality a British Minister ght, in an extra. judicial and inform al manner, strive to recommend the obligation of common honesty to a neighbouring Power, on behalf of his own countrymen, officially we do not see in what shape or mode he could e nforce them.—lbid. • A most important judgment was yesterday de livered in tha Court of King's Bench. We al lude to the case, .Garnett, of the Maische.der Guardian, t:erszts Ferrand, one of the Coroners for Lanceshire. The point at issue was, whe ther Coroners are entitled to exclude the public from their proceedings, and to convert their Courts into secret Tribunals. Lord Tenterden "laid it broadly down, that cc the Court of a Coroner WAS a Court of Record, of which the Coroner was al-ridge; and it was a known geoe ral rule of law, that no action would lie against A Judge of Record for any matter done by him in the exercise of his jedieial functions ; fur on this there were several authorities ; and the Court adverted more particularly to that of Ham mond v. Howell, 2 MOderel Reports. This freedom from liability to an action w9s not so much for the sake of the Judge himself as for the public, in order that the Judge might not be fet tered by any fear of the consequences in the in dependent and honest dischcrge of his duty ; , ri d it was not to be supposed that a Judge ` von la snake an ill use of the power with which he was vested. This protection was extended even to j u ottees of the Peace and other inferior officers, who were not liable to be called upon to answer for an error in judgment, so long as they acted within the bounds of their jurisdic tion ; and this in order that the course of jus tice might not be impeded by any restraint upon the free discharge of the o'fficer's public duty. Corruption was quite another thing ; so also neglect of duty and misconduet."—This deci sion lets u s know more than we wished to know. We find from it, that it depends upon the ,judges of all other Courts as well as Coroners' wheiber they shall be open to the public' or net ; that, le :c:idyl they are not chargeable with cor ruption, R ed do not refuse to hear suitors (which is what is meant by neglect or misconduct), they may do whatever they please in their re spective Courts. The Coroner's is put on the footing of the supreme Courts, and they are put on the footing of that of the Coroner.—The Court has thus decided the case on the broad - . principle of the protection due to all judicial functionaries. It will probably satisfy the Lan cashire Coroner, because it protects him. The public, however, have no great cause to be sa tisfied. In the case e supreme C9urts, the high character of the Judges affords a secu rity against the wanton exercise of the power Which they arrogate to themselves. But the Coroners throughout the country belong to a class of men, country attorneys, most of whom would laugh at those who should suppose them c:Table of being ever actuated by elevated feel ings—of men who, if ever they had any princi ple, have lost it in the pettifogging practices in which they have passed their lives. Were it not that in all cases of violent or sudden deaths there is generally a strong disposition in the Jury to inquire into all the circumstances calcu lated to throw light on them, which disposition generally affords a security to the public against such corrupt attempts to screen murderers as were lately brought to light in a county border ing on Wales, where a Coroner and packed Jury would have allowed a husband who made away with his wife to escape, had not the facts transpired through a Reporter who was present --were it not, we say, for the presence of a Jury, we should say, that the institution of Co roner would be worse than useless.—lt is not denied that in general publicity would be benefi cial, and indeed, when no light can be obtained as to the cause of death which forms the subject of inquiry, it is obvious that the more extensive the publicity, the greater the chance of supplying the deficiency. We are so used to the benefits accru ing from the publicity of Coroner's Inquests in po pulous places in this country, that we are in some degree disqualified from estimating the real value of them. But let us transport ourselves for a moment to the Morgue at Paris, where two or three dead bodies are generally to be found exposed. In this country it very seldom happens that a (loath cannot be accounted for; but in numberless instances, no light is thrown on the manner in which the indi►i duals exposed in the Morgue came by their deaths. Now, is it to be supposed, that if the public atten tion were drawn through such vehicles as Newspa pers to the appearance of the body, the articles found on it, the place where it was found, and a number of other particulars, that the disclosure would not frequently lead to the obtaining further information and to the detection of crime ? No one who reflects a moment can doubt then that pub licity is often of the utmost importance, especially in large overgrown capitals. Lord Tenterden states and states truly, that there are cases in which se crecy is necessary (though secrecy and a Jury sound oddly together) ; that it may be necessary that the suspected person should not, in that early stage, be informed of the suspicions entertained against him; that a discretion must, therefore, be vested in the Coroner to determine whom to exclude and whom to admit. This, however, though it amounts to a protection of the Lancashire Coroi,er, and is pro bably as much as he cares for, by no means justifies the particular act complained of. The Judges say we will protect Coroners in all cases, but they do not say that publicity is in all cases an evil. The Lancashire Coroner, however, wished to have the power of exclusion in all cases, on the ground that publicity in all cases was an evil. It was the cir cumstance of a Reporter being present at all that moved his gall. He did not pretend to say that there were any circumstances in the particular case that demanded secrecy. We fear the decision of the Court of King's Bench will have a tendency to do much mischief, inasmuch as the decision will operate to deteriorate still farther a class of men, who, even in Blackstone's time, had become ob noxious to the country.--Morning Chronicle. The proposition for separating the Bankruptcy cases from the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery resolves itself into this simple question —Whether a harvest of fees amounting to up wards of 30,000/. a-year, with corresponding patronage, is to remain attached to the Court of Chancery or not ? In order to try what it really is that causes the resistance among the lawyers • in Parliament to this proposition, let the fees be abolished, and then it will be seen whether Mr. Michael Angelo Taylor will any longer find it as difficult a matter to sever the bankruptcy cases from the Court of Chancery as to prevent the river Thames from falling into the sea. There ire few barristers of any ambition and success who do not look forward to the possession of the Great Seal at one day or other ; and, therefore, such persons, naturally enough, are adverse to .any plan of reform in the Court that would have the effect of causing a material diminution of the .emoluments mid patronage of office. When the Whigs, indeed, appeared hopeless of ever getting into power, the barristers who had enlisted in their ranks could afford to call for the reform of a system, the " good things" of which did not seem likely ever to fall to their lot ; but now that there is a chance of high judicial situations, and even the Woolsack itself be coming Whig-property, the reforming bar risters consider the system which they repro bated before in the most unmeasured terms, as too sacred a thing to be touched by the profane hands of innovation. But let the fees be swept away, and Mr. Taylor or Mr. Harvey may erect a separate Court for Bankruptcy cases in whatever part of the King's dominions they please, without rueeting with any interruption from the aspirants for the reversion of the Chancellorship. If we would consult for the administration of justice on its purest principles, there ought to be no such thing as fees In Courts of Law. The King's Courts ought to have no officers who were not paid such salaries as might be an adequate remuneration for their services to the public, out of the public money. They ought not to have an interest in litigation and the delays of law. This is not a question as to individuals, but one of principle. Much has been said of the talents of the present Lord Chancellor, and we readily sub scribe to tha most favourable opinion of his abilities, as well as of his intentions; but we would give him credit for powers absolutely superhuman, it we were to suppose it possible that his personal exertions could obviate the detects inherent in the system over which he presides. We would be lendiny ourselves to a fallacy to tell the public that any man was equal to such a task. Our respect for Lord Lyndhurst's character, is, perhaps, more sincere than that of many who flatter him with this notion, but it will be found that nothing but the Legislature can make the Court of Chancery as efficient in its operations, as it is extensive in its power.—Morning Herald. Horned cattle were in high request at the spring fair of l3allinasloe. The show of stock was not so large as on former occasions, but nc,t a single beast remained unsold, and heifers car ried in many instances 81. to 141. a bead. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.— On Saturday last, a young lad, in the village of Laurieston, had a live adder given to him, which he put into a small box, and repeatedly took it out with his bare hand, to exhibit to the curious natives. His caution abating as be grew familiar with his ye- nemous prisoner, he happened at length to lay hold of the reptile rather roughly by the tail, when it bit him between the finger and thumb of his right hand, and, ere it was shaken off, bad sheathed its fangs deeply among the blood-ves sels. Nothing was done for the unfortunate suf ferer till all the usual symptoms of intense pain, and livid and rapid swelling, showed that the poison had spread its virulence to the shoulder, the whole arm exhibiting a monstrous thickness. As the weather has not let been very warm, and the a nimal was not of the largest size, the patient escaped the result that appeared fatally to threa ten his temerity, and is, we understand, gradually reco v er hig,.....calecNnian Mercury, LAW 'INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, MAY 28. THE CORPORATION OF LIVERPOOL V. THE MERSEY ♦ND IRWELL NAVIGATION COMPANY. The ATTORNEY-GINERAL attended the Court this morn ing, for the purpose of moving for a dissolution of an in junction granted against the defendants, restraining them from making further improvements in the navigation of the river :M ersey. Mr. SU...DWELL and Mr. SPENCE followed on the same side. Sir CHAP.LES WETHERELL supported the injunction. The case not having been concluded when the Court row, his Lordship directed it to stand over. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, MAY 2fl MARSACK V. BAILLIR AND ANOTHER. In this case it was agreed that the money should be paid in by the first day of next Michaelmas Term ; that the de fendants should go on with their action at law in the meantime, but not to proceed to execution without the con sent of the Court. EXCEPTIONS TO THE MASTER'S REPORT. His Horroue. stated, incidentally, in the course of the business, that, in some luggestioui which he was prepariug, under the eve of the Lord Chancellor, to submit to the Court, proviJed he lived long enough for that purpose, he should provide for the abolition of the practise with refn-- enee to exceptions to the Master's Report. The present form was productive of unnecessary delay and expence; and instead of tendering exceptions as now, it would he much better that the parties should come at once into Court from the Master's Office, and state their objections. This was a Seal Day, and, being the last day of Term, his Honour sat till five o'clock. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, M ?S. STONE AND ANOTHER V. IfARSH AND OTHERS. This was an issue, directed by the Lord Chancellor, to try whether the plaintiffs could prove, ender a Commission of Bankruptcy against the defendants, the sum of 16,0001. Navy Fives, of which the plaintiffs were, with Henry Fauntleroy, joint trustees ; but which money Mr. Fauntle roy sold out by means of a forged Power of Attorney, pur porting to be executed by himself and his co-trustees, and paid the proceeds in his own name, into the defendants' banking-houta, of which Mr. Fauntleroy was a partner. A verdict was found for the plaintiffs, subject to the opinion of the Court. Upon a former day the case was argued, and the Court took time to consider their judgment. Lord TENTERDEN this day prome,nced the opinion of the Court. His Lordship having detailed the facts of the case, as they have already appeared before the public, ob served, that on the part of the defendant it had been con tended that the plaintiffs' right of action merged in the felony of Mr. Fauntleroy, and that the transfer of the pro perty was a felonious transfer. Upon that point he should observe that Mr. Fauntleroy was not executed for forging the power of attorney under which a transfer of the sum of 16,0001. was made, and that the felony in this ease was the forging of the names, by Mr. F. of his Co. trustees, and not the transferring of the stock. There could be no doubt that the proceeds of the stock were paid into the de fendants' house, and there could be no ground for saying that they, in answer to the plaintiffs' demand, should he at liberty to retain that money in their hands, upon the plea that one of themselves had got possession of it by means of a felony. As the defendants had received the proceeds of the stock, and as the plaintiffs had never signed the in strument by virtue of which the stock was sold oat, the plaintiffs had a clear right to preve the amount under the Commission of Bankruptcy, against the defendants. Postea to the plaintiffs. CRIMINAL INFORMATION. THE KIX V. THOMAS BRADLEY, EBC?. This was a rule obtained by the ATTORNEY GENERAL, calling upon the defendant, Lieut.-Col. Bradley, late of the second West India Regiment, to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him, for having, in a letter inserted in the Morning Chronicle of the sth of March last, and addressed to his Grace the Duke of Wellington, published a false and scandalous libel, imputing to Major-General Fuller, that he, in connexion with Major-General Sir Henry Torrens, and other General Officers, had, in the part taken by him, in the difference between the defendant and Colonel Arthur, respecting the command of the King's troops at Honduras, conducted himself in a manner derogatory to his character as an of ficer and a gentleman. Mr. Jolts SIDNEY TAYLOR, this day, in showing cause against the rule, read the defendant's affidavit, detailing all the facts of the difference between him and Colonel Arthur, from 1919 up to the present period, and stating that the letter in question was written solely for the purpose of in ducing his Grace the Commander-in-Chief to institute an inquiry into the charges preferred by the defendant. The Learned Counsel contended, that it was clear, from the whole conduct of the defendant, that he was not actuated by malice towards General Fuller. The ATTORNEY-GENER AL, in support of the rule, was stopped by Lord TENTER DEN—WC are all of opinion that this rule must he made absolute. This is almost the only course which General Fuller could have adopteu. Rule made absolute. This being the last day of Easter Term, the Court did not rise until half-past six. o'clock. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAT 28. NEWTON V. COWIE. This case was tried at the sittings after last Term, at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice Gaselee, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff. It then appeared that the plain tiff was the proprietor of a periodical work called the London Journal of the Arts and Sciences, in which he had published certain plates, which had afterwards been pirated by the defendant, and transferred into a work published by him, called the Resister of the Arts: and Sciences. The verdict, as above stated, was found for the plaintiff upon several counts, with a shilling damages on each. Several objections were taken at the trial : One was, that the plates had not the name of the proprietor, stating him to be the proprietor, printed on them, as re quired by the Act of Parliament, but merely his name, without any explanation of who he was•; another objec. tion was, that there was no date upon the plates, as required by the Act ; a third was, that the plates were taken from a drawing of a machine, taken from the spe cification of the patent, which was accessible to every body. A nonsuit had since been moved for, a rule to chew cause obtained, and the objections argued. The case was now called on to receive the judgment of the Court. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE delivered it at considerable length, and concluded by over-ruling the whole of the objections, discharging the rule for the nousuit, and confirming the verdict for the plaintiff. FLEET PRISON. Mr. Sergeant WILDE had an application to make on the part of the Warden of the Fleet Prison, who was placed in a very embarrassing situation, and hardly knew what course to pursue. The prison was extremely full, which obliged him to make arrangements which gave rise to com plaints of harsh usage. The embarrassment of his position was increasA by the conduct of one of the prisoners.— The individual to whom he alluded was a clergyman, who had been abandoned by all his friends. This circumstance, added to the natural depression of spirits, arising from his situation, had had such an effect upon him, that the War den was under considerable apprehensions for the safety of the prison. The unfortunate gentleman laid his hands upon every thing lie came near, and, after breaking them ' up, took thcm to his apartment, where he burnt them.— As he had the liberty of the prison, the mischief he might do was incalculable. The Warden was of course desirous to prevent accidents, but he did not like to act uplin his ewn authority ; and as he had no means to extricate him self from his situation, and desirous to discharge his duty with all gentleness and humanity, h, wished the Court to appoint some officer empowered to enquire into the facts of the case. The LORD CIIIIIP JutricE replied, that the Court could not do that. It was the Warden's duty to take care that the prison was not burnt. COURT OF EXCISE, BROAD -STREET, MAT 28. THE KING V. JOLLITT. This was an information exhibited against the defendant, Mr. Henry Jollitt, a retailer of beer in 13rick dane, Spital fields, charging him with having a quantity of sugar-co !ouring (not made from malt) on his premises, for the purpose of darkening the appearance of beer, contrary to the Act of Parliament, whereby he had forfeited the sum of 2001. The defendant pleaded Not Guilty. The Excise-officer, on the 21st February, went to the defendant's house to take his stock, and under the bar, amongst other bottles, discovered one which he suspected contained an illegal mixture ; he asked the defendant what it was, and he said it was treacle ; witness told him he had no right to hare such an article in his house, but that he knew it was colouring, and not, as he said, treacle. On drawing the bung, and dipping his rule into it, he found its contents were as he anticipated—colouring. Mrs. Jol litt came out of the inner bar, at the moment, and said, " Oh, it is that bottle the man left here last night." Wit ness asked her if she know the man? She replied she did, but unfortunately for her she did not know his nano, J. N. P. Cosserat, Torquay, Devon, money -scrivener, June 15, 16, and July 10, at eleven, at the Hotel, Tor quay. Kitson, jun., Torquay ; Bicknell and Co., Lincoln's Inn. J. Jefferys, High-street, Lambeth, ironmonger, June I, 8, and July 10, at one, at the Court of Commissioners. Webb and Tucker, Dean-street, Southwark. W. Morton, Great Carter-lane, Doctors-Commons, plumher, June 1,8, and July 10, at the Court of Commis sioners. Hewitt, Token-House-yard, Lothbury. W. Waters, Luton, Bedford, baker, June 5, 12, and July 10, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Aubrey, Tooks'-court, Chancery-land ; Willis, Luton, Bedford. ' T. Price, St. Clement's-lane, licenced victualler, June 1,8, at ten, and July 10, at eleven, at the Court of Com missioners. Bean, Friar-street, Blackfriars-road. C. Finney, Derby, joiner, June 2,9, at eleven, at the King's Head Inn, Derby, and July 10, at nine, at the King's Head Inn, Duffield. Mousley and Clarke, Derby; and Few, Ashmore, and Hamilton, Covent-garden. although he was in the habit of coming to the house. He seized the bottle and its contents, which he now produced. Mr. MAYHEW, the Solicitor—Was the colouring made from ground malt ? Witness—lt was not—lt was made from sugar. (Here a sample of the liquid was produced ; it was of a vary dark colour and very thick, and the least drop intro duced into a quart of pale beer, will turn. it very brown.) Mr. MA stew to the defendant—Have you any ques tions to ask the officer, Mr. Jollitt ?—Mr. Jollit—No, Sir. I admit that the officer found the bottle in my bar, and although I may appear guilty, I can assure you that I am not. The night before the seizure a man came in, and re quested permission to leave the bottle in my possession for a few minutes : not knowing the contents, I complied with the request, and placed it where found. It was not con cealed by any other bottles, but could he seen by any per son standing in the front of the bar. If I had been so inclined, after the seizure had been made, I could have made away with the bottle and its contents. The COURT-Did you ever see the man who left the bottle before, or since ?—Mr. Jollitt—Yes, Sir ; he called next morning, and on my telling him the bottle had been seized, he seemed very angry, and said he would soon get it back again. The Cot:al.—Did you ask him his:name?-11/r. Jollitt— No, Sir, I did not. The Couar—That is mast singular. Here you are led into a acrapa by a man, whereby yo■ may be fined 2001., and yet you do not ask that man his name. It is a most extraordinary story. The COURT, after a short consultation, convicted the defendant, mitigating the fine of 2001. to bi. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF THIS EVENING. Whitehall, May 28. The King has been pleased to present the Rev. James Home Robertson to the Church and Parish of Co!ding ham, in the presbytery of Churnside and county of Berwick, vacant by the death of the Rev. James Landels. Whitehall, May 14. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Henry Auster, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Crown Office, May 29, 192 r. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMEZsIT. Borough of Aldeburg. Wyndham Lewis, Esq., in the room of John Wilson Croker, Esq., who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, Borough of Knaresborougli. The Right Honourable George Tierney. Borough of Caine. The Right Hon. James Abe.cromby, of New-street, Spring-gardens, in the county of Middlesex. Sir James Macdonald, of Woolmer-lodge, in the county of Hants, Bart. Borough of Newport (Southampton.) Spencer Perceval, of Cornwall-terrace, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., in the room of the Right Honrurable William Lamb, who has accepted the office of Chief Secre tary to the Lord Lieutenant and General Governor of Ire land. Shire of Satherland. The Honourable Francis Leveson Gower, commonly called Lord Francis Leveson Gower. Office of Ordnance, May 28, 1827. Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Second Lieutenant Robert Luard to be First. Lieutenant, vice Spearman, retired on half-pay. Ordnance Medical Department.—James Edmund Wil liams, Gent. to be Second Assistant-surgeon, vice Chis holm, promoted. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the C::unty of Sussex. • ' - Richard Bingham Newland, Esq, to be Deputy Lieute nant. Dated 25th May, 1827. Sussex Militia. Lieutenant Thomas Tourle to be Captain, vice Henry Tredcroft, resigned. Dated 24th May, 1532'7. Commission in the South Shropshire Regiment of Yee manry Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Salop. The Honourable Gustavus Frederick Hamilton to be Cornet. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. 0. Allsup, Holywell, Flintshire, maltster. BANKRUPTS. J. Cleminson, Salford, Lancashire, rope-maker, to sur render June 12, 13, and July 10, at twelve, at Hay ward's Hotel, Manchester. Perkins and Frampton, Gray's Inn-square ; and John Thompson, Manchester. W. Parsons, Alelksharn, Wilts, rope-man ufact , rer, June 12, 13, and July 10, at ten, at the Bear Inn, Melksham. Mottle, Melkshani ; and Frowd and Rose, Lincoln's Inn. F. Haldy, Craven-street, Strand, wine-merchant, June S, at eleven, 15, and July 10, at ten, at the Court of Com missioners. Mr. Isaacs, Bury-streeet, St. Mary-Axe. H. Britten, Oxford-street, woollen-draper, June 12, 15, and July 10, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Phipps, Weavers'-hall, Basinghall-street. C. Hedges, Aldermanbury, warehouseman, June 12 and 15, at nine, and July 10, at ten, at the Court of Com missioners. Thomas and Atkinson, New Basinghall- street. ADMIRALTY SESSIONS. (ROBERT HARRIS'S CROSS-EXAMINATION CONTINUED FROM OUR SECOND PAGE.) The deceased was cook and steward. The crew com plained that the deceased did not cook their victuals well. On one occasion, when the crew were ordered down, they found the flour that had been provided spoiled, and Grove proposed that the next time they found the cook on deck, that they should punish him themselves. A cat was then provided, and several of the crew struck the deceased with the cat. The captain came on deck whilst the crew were heating the deceased, and seizing the cat, which was in witness's hand, he complained that witness did not beat the deceased hard enough, and commenced striking him self. The crew gave the deceased another flogging on the 11th or 12th September, but that flogging could not have hurt the deceased. The deceased was dismissed from be ing cook some days before his death, and was ordered by the master to pick oakum. He was a clean man, and would have done his duty if the master had given him time. The witness never read the paper he signed. Said nothing on the 16th September to prevent the prisoner from ill-treating the deceased. It was often said before, tf Captain, don't ill-treat the poor fellow," but tbii did not induce the captain to desist. Witness signed the paper through fear, but did not make any charge Itgainst the master when the King's Officers came aboard. Re•examined by Mr. MinaEws.—There certainly was cause of complaint against the cook, for the manner in which he dressed the victuals. Examined by the CHIEF JUSTIC4.—It is usual, when any offence is committed by the captain of a merchaat man, to complain when the crew came nest a king's ship. The crew of the Valiant did not adopt this course, be cause they determined to mention the murder when they went ashore. Witness was several times ashore at the Mauritius, and met English soldiers, and English sailors, but never complained to them of the cruel murder of the black man. The person who administered the oath to witness never read over the paper which witness signed. It was sever read to witness that he and the crew were to swear " that the deceased died by the visita tion of God, and not from any accident or abuse which occurred in the ship." Witness did not know that he had sworn to those words, or to any thing else but that the black died in his hammock. By a Juror.—Witness himself had never experienced any ill-treatment from the master. John Holmes, aged 16 years, deposed that he joined the Valiant before her voyage to the Mauritius. The cook's name was Francis Williams. Ile was a young man, and appeared in good health. About a fortnight after the ship sailed from the river, the captain began to quarrel with the cook for being lazy and dirty. The cap tain used to beat him with a stick, which he called Tam Thumb. The cook was afterwards beat by the crew, every man taking the cat and giving a blow. Witness and William Norman were the only persons who did not strike the cook. The captain stood by whilst the punish ment was inflicted, and when the crew were dyne flc7ging, the captain took up a stave, and began striking the cook. Witness remembered the day before the took was found dead. It was a Saturday. Witness first saw the cook bitting on the boom, and the captain flogging him. Wit ness was employed in the cabin, and only saw what was going on occasionally. The cook asked for a drink of water, and the master ordered him a pannakiu of brine, which he made the cook drink. Witness afterwards saw the cook lying under the ballast, which consisted of mud, sand, and small stones. He was afterwards hauled up on deck by a rope round his thigh, and appeared almost dead. The Captain lifted the cook by the gallows, and then let him fall on deck. He called to Wm. Cassan to heat an iron hoop, which Cassan refused to do, and the Captain then put the iron himself ur the fire, and applied it to the cook's head until he singed the hair. Witness then went below, and on coming up again he saw the master and a man named Nutter, lowering the cook into the sea; after a little while he was hauled up again, and being allowed about two minutes to recover his breath, was again lowered into the sea, and was taken up almost dead. Whilst coming up the side of the vessel, his throat caught in the chain-bolt and was hint. The cook then lay almost insensible on the deck, and some of the men asked whether they should not take him below, but the Captain said " (1— the rascal, let him lay there, and I'll take the sulks out of him." Sub sequently the cook was carried below, and his jacket taken off, and he was put into his hammock stark naked. In the course of the night the Captain said to witness. " Boy, Jack, go and see whether the cook is (lead or alive !" Wit ness went and heard the cook groan, but when witness al dressed him, he could not answer. Witness felt his body and know he was naked. In the morning witness went into the Captain and said to the Captain that the cook was dead, and the Captain chan g ed colour, jumped out of bed and went on deck. By order of the Captain the body was then hauled upon deck in the hammock. The Captain said " do you think he died of ill usage !" and Grove made answer, "he did not die of good usage." The Captain then read prayers over the body, and it was thrown into the sea. The crew got grog on that day. Witness heard the Captain and men talking about the paper, but never heard it read nor was asked to sign it. The Captain be haved very well to the crew for the rest of the voyage. He first found fault with the cook because he did not clean the knives and forks, and afterwards because there were com plaints of his bad cooking. On one occasion the cook was tied up with a rope in a most indecent manner, and another time the tormentors were thrust into his breeches, and the soup-ladles and scrubbing-brushes hung round his neck. This was only for a laugh. Cross-examined by Mr. BRODERICK-Witness saw the the crew beat the cook in the absence of the master, and also in his presence. They " cobbed him " with a stave ; the black man did not upset the pannakin of brine in wit ness's presence; witness never heard the Captain tell the crew that they must not punish the cook, but if necessary that he would punish him. Upon the arrival of the vessel in the Mauritius, the Captain went ashore ; there were two King's ships in the harbour ; the crew were all ashore at different times ; witness was a cabin boy on board the ship ; if any one of the crew had been desirous to speak to the officers of the King's ships, they hat; the opportunity; after the de ceased was drawn up from the hold, and before he was lowered into the sea, there was no offensive smell; this was after the cook had drunk the brine. In answer to Chief Justice BEST-The deceased was pulled up from the hold by one leg, his head banging down. The Cook could not have been much hurt by the punish ment the crew gave him. When the crew were beating the Cook, the Captain took the stave out of some one's hand and began to strike himself. - William Capan was a seaman on hoard the Valiant.--. Joined the vessel in August last. Williams (a man of colour) was the cook. Witness did not observe that the master ill-treated him until about a week before William's death. The day before the black man's death the master flogged him with a cat. When the cook asked for a drink of water, the Captain gave him a pannakin of brine. The cook said he had rather not have any, and the Captain said he must, for that it was as good as London porter.... The Captain then began flogging with the cat until the cook drank the brine. The next time witness saw the cook was in the hold, with his head in a bucket, ap parently very ill. Witness let down a rope by order of the Captain, and it was tied round the cook's thigh, and the Captain and another man hauld him up. Soon after, the Captain desired witness to put the poker in the fire, and witness refused, upon which the Captain thrust the poker into the fire himself, and laid across the cook's back when it was red-hot. The cook did not cry out. The Captain ordered brine to be brought a second time, and witness brought it, and some was poured down the cook's throat as he lay on his back. After this, the Captain ordered the cook to be put overboard, and he was kept in the sea for some minutes. He was then handed up and laid on deck for some minutes, and then immersed in the sea again. When he was brought up the second time, he had a cut under his chin from one of the chain-bolts. After lying on the deck some minutes, the cook was then bound into the hold and put into his hammock. He was laid on his hack and had nothing on his per son but the Guernsey frock. Witness was the first that went to look about the cook, and, upon descending into else hold, he found bins dead, in the same position in which he was left the preceding evening. When the Captain came on deck, witness to'.d him the cook was dead, and the Captain said, " Ali ! is he? he is the first black I ever knew to die in the sulks." When the corpse was brought on deck, the Captain asked if there were any marks, and one of • the men said there could be no marks on a black man's hods. After the cook was buried, the Captain eked wit ness to sign a paper to the effect that the deceased died by the visitation of God. Grove said they could not sign such a paper ; but to make all comfortable, they had better sin accidental death. Witness went to the cabin end signed the paper, but did not know exactly what it contained. Does not belive it was ever read to him. C r oss-examined,—Witness was two voyages with the prisoner before, and had no complaint to make against him. Witness never saw the whole crew strike the deceased with staves. Saw one man strike deceased with a stave, and the Captain took the stave from the man's hand, and be gan to use it himself. When the crew went ashore the paper they signed and swore to was read over to them by a gentleman. This was before they went to the Police-office. Harris, the first witness was present. Witness had a quarrel with the Captain in the vessel, when she was in the river. He swore on that occasion that lie would have satisfaction, and would not swear that he did not say lie would be revenged. Witness re membered drinking gin with a man named Andrews, at the sign of the Admiral Blaleney, but never said that he expected to make a good thing by this trial, nor that he did not care a if be could see the prisoner hanged. Other witnesses were examined, who gave the same ge neral description of the circumstances of the case, but va ried in some minor details. . The prisoner, who is a man of gentlemanly appearance, conducted himself with great firmness and composure during the trial. • He was humanely accommodated with a seat in the dock by the orders of the Court. The trial had not concluded at the hour of Povr. • LIFE OF NAPOLFON.—When Sir Walter Scott went to Paris some months ago, all the world thought he had . gone to collect informa tion for his work..—to give his portrait of Napo leon flitting. All the world wa4 wrong 0 ; HOP INTELLIGENCE. 80R01701.6 MAY 28.--The fly baiting increased what was expected even by the most sanguinc, thel4°P Market has been very brisk, at a great advance since our last report. To-day's letters from the planta tions speak of very great increase of fly since Sat urday ; which it is expected will prove fatal to the crop. l ' ell Pockets Si. to 10/. ; Bags 451. 10s.. to 8/. Ss. ; S ussex pockets, 71. to 8/. Bs. In Old Hops but little doing. 0 MAIDSTONF, MAY 24.—About two days after ou r lac ' report we had the appearance of fly in this neighbourh ood, which has ever since generally much increased; in " 11 7 quence, the market has, within the space of the last wee / advanced full 40s. per cwt. ; Bags offered last Thu rsday. at 4/. 103., now selling at 61. 10s. to 'l/. ; Pocket s i" proportion. in price be yond AIEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY.—TItUIteDAN, MAT 31. 9 Hughes and Co., Mobberley—White's, Manchester ......••^" Horstleld, J., Bolton—George, Liverpool— ........................ Howell, It, Ditchcat—George, Castle Cary ........................ ' Holbrook and Adamson, Northwich—Hotel, Newark-uP" pJ - Trent . .................... 6 Hudson, W., Stamford—Crown, Stamford ........................... It Kimber, H., Worcester—Guildhall, Wor6ester ............... ti Kirkland, ~ Ripley—Angel, Alfreton ........................... 0 Osborn and Co., Northampton—Guildball, Northampton ••• ti Reed, G. Newcastle—George, Newcastle ........................... Stroud, T., Bath—Christopher inn, Beth ........................ it Trehern, T., Hereford—Greyhound, Hereford ................ Whitehead, J. and Co., Liverpool—Office of Mr. Wood' , 1 Liverpool Juxm 1. Liverpool—Mr. - Arisou, Liverpool it , ............ i pbelt , Charles, R., Liverpool=-George, Liverpool Hall and Haycock, Shrewsbury—Messrs. Ratcliffe and "' Liverpool . Johnson, T., Birmingham—Royal hotel, Birmingham j i Kimber, 11., Worcester—Guildhall, Worcester l3 Lewis, L., Btidgnorth—Cattle, Bridgnorth... Pearce and Pansy, Nottingham-131ack-moor's Head, 1 " t " tingham Rawling, 8., Leeds—Court-house, Leeds Richmond, R., Leicester—Crowns, Leicester... Stahl), T., Torquay—Commercial rooms, Bristol Watson, W., Leiver Shuckburgh—Craven Arms, South" 11 arnpton .1 ............................................... Wickham, M., Liverpool—Mr. Finlow, Liverpool Williamson, 'l'., Sutton in Holderness—George, Kingstoi r " II upon-Hull eau 1 11, G LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metrodolis is 914 a. og 41b. Loaf. There are others who soil from !id. to g!,icl • that price. PRICE OF SEEDS.—Afity 28. ,q,, §O 4. New English Rod Clo v er s ee d (p e r C w t.) 70 s . 72i. fin. ,-- el;, Old Ditto Ditto New Forein Ditt0,....„......,.......... Old Ditto Ditto. , ~...., `fie, 381. fine 401. 0 . New White Clo ver . si4. Ns. tine 1 19 . .1, , .. Old Ditto __ New_Tretoil 43a. tine 525. - 0 , 295. Ses. tine 3.78. '7s. 225. fine 10s. 245. 29a. finis 321 i. 375. 395, fine -'" 30i. 318, fine e. .25a 'Ws new 39. 4 2 ~ f: Quarter).,. Quarter)„ * .,,..„ fine ; * ?sa. 30s. siew 365. 4 n :Ca. 425. new 401. 4•"' ~ -s. 38s. 40s. tine Us. 38a. tine 510.• (461 . 100 s. fine 115 s. - - s. --s. tine 7: 12s. 146. int Ifs. 208. fine :365. 421. tut , 4-'4. 46a. finc -- 24 . . O r) : f f1uet n 1 202: ... ./ 2s°1:17;4": 6g English Carraway Foreign Ditto Coriander St. coin Rye Grass Pacey Ditto Linseed, for feeding Ditto,for crushing Canary Seed, New., Ditto Old ...... White Mnstard Seed--(per Bushel)„,-- •-•-s Brown Ditto . Turaip Seeds, Rounds-- • Green and Rad Ditto Tares, Old ss. Ditto New Rape Seed, English, tine (per Last) 201. 23/. PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown VI. fa. Refined Linseed Oil Il Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand -- • 1 nape Cake, per ton . WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.—May 84s. Od. to 12W. Od. f 31 gOs. Oct. to 1 . " Straw PRICES OF HOPS (per Cwt.) —May 2S. 91 13'. ' Kent Pockets 5 1 . 108. Si. 109. to ; stale' Ditto 71. Os. 71. 16s. to 6 +. Essex Ditto 71. 7s. 8/. O s , to Si. Farnham Ditto, 0/. Os. 101. 01,0 121 ' (15. Seconds 01. Os. 81. Os to 101. 0 , 8/. 15s. 71. 10s. to 151' lei ~ e/. Bs. 71. 7s to 00. 61.105. 71. 10s. to - lt /60,000.: Kent Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto,,, PRICE OF POTATOES.—May 29. Yorkshire Kidneys 4/. 10s. to 5/. Os. per W l ' Scotch Reds — 6 l. to N. 15s. ditto- I Oxnobles and Shaws 81. Os. to V. 10s. ditto• Marsh 4/. 10s. to 51. Os. Per Stone. s. Best Heifers& Steers 2 Middlings 2 _ RA .--- W HIDES. Per stone. a• 3, d . to , .0 i. to s. d. 9 30 I Ordinary —.,..—..-- I 1 , 1 ; A,c)P 4 2 6 Market Ca1f.........--, 1 `,J.....>---/ Os. Od. t SHEEP SKINS. 2s. Bd. to Be. Od. I Limbs. KET.—May 28. 0J• 3s' & 'Walls End NeWlllare I, ^ Ditto , t i Ditto Russell's Ditto Walker Tanfield Trader.----"" 30 Pelaw Trader 03 lq 6 Londonderry small -.•-• Lambton small 2 9 6 Cowpen U„. Culan Hartley Walls End Elgin Fawcett gi ; Walls End Hetton---- - :3 5 Ditto Lambton 3 6 Ditto Stewart's 9 0 v Ditto Peareth COAL 31Alt1 Adair's Burdon 3O 0 Heaton ---... .. 33 0 Hebburn Main ..---.... 32 0 Holywell.. 3l 3 Killingworth 31 Liddell's Main— 29 9 Percy 30 0 Pontop Windsor 30 0 30 0 Townley 3O 6 33 0 Wylarn — 32 0 Walls Endßewicke&Co. 35 3 Ditto Brown's 21 Ditto CarraudCo. 30 0 Ditto Hilda 3O 0 Ditto H0t5pur.,.,......,.—. 30 9 Ships at Market, 7814 —.UM] sold, 40%-ljtaioW, 314' IRISH MK DUBLIN MARKET NO .RKET S. o /4 )TE.—FluDier, May ';‘, From T 34 0 30 0 9 17 0 18 0 ...- 21 0 0 II 0 16 0 I 20 0 10 0 21 0 I' 18 0 23 0 496 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone' 97 Bere . 16 stone 25 Barley l6 stone S 0 Oats 14 stone 6,303 Cwt. Flour-. 9 stone 222 Oatmeal 11 stone Sold to Bakers only. 4,255 Cwt. Flour .l 17 0 Average price of Wheat and Flour 42, Firsts fro; SR:lcesei(p)fts of hour, r, 161:36 : 1 3. 73 1 1c -''c-F E he o i°r- F n-du: B : lt ' " :Al). ftfr°° i 41b. 9M. I Ilalf-qua, .`26 0 4. 4d. per 6 )M 25g. Od. )m 16i. 6d. )m 101. lid. ,ficic• o ,l ' to t to 0 " 14 1 . o 19' Quartern Loaf, 41b. 9 1 d. I Half-gun - tern, 214. Wheat, Barley. Oats. Ilour, per 04' per barrel per barrel per barrel r -20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone• ht. d 0 s. d. as.d.s.d.as.d.s. et a. d. a a. d. as. d• 06.; 0 Cork :10 0-32 017 0-19 16 8-20 018 0-20 0 l el 0 „ 1 ? 0 Limerick 30 0-31 8 00— 0 0 17 0-17 6 19 0-- 0 0 I , A 0 ,..., 1 ' 0 Waterford 30 0-31 6 00— 0 0 146-16 0 0 0— 0 0 8e1fa5t.,..,,, 30 0-35 0 16 0-18 6 15 9-17 6 17 6-113 0 21 .lbts 0 Cionmel _2B 4-31 815 0-17 616 4-18 115 0-16 6 - 0 a 0 Tralee....— 00— 0 0 00— 0 0 14 0-15 2 0 0-- 0 0 a '" Carlow N 9-310 18 0-20 018 0-19 000— 0 0 Galway 32 0-30 716 0-17 0190—0 0 16 6--l7 Beef, Mutton, Pork, 4 ' per lb. per lb. per cwt. Ist. 2d. . • 51 d. ad. ci. a el. s. d. as. tl. s. d. s. d. 8 . Ili 134. 0 61C Cork_-. o—oo—o 20 0-28 099 0,96 03 4 '1, 7 4 C Limerick— 4, —5 4 —5 :12 0-36 99 0194 (21 84 0„L„, d. I. a d. —0 0 —0 —5 4 5 —0 0 —0 —8 5 8 ; -0 - — 7 ry e —4j4k d. a Cork 0 Limerick—:4 Waterford 0 Belfast 5 Cloornel Tralee—,— 4 Carlow— Galwaym 1. SCOTCH MARKETS. -------teji -• Wheat. Barley. Oats. I B ea "' 1. t .. ) 5 0 ----- --......,-- —,___ -----. ----- 43 yi Aberdeen —2B 32 '2:l 31 25 28 1 — 5 O / 8erwick......... 42 46 20 90 24 27 —, / / Coldstream ..40 42 20 SO 25 29 40 - /* / Ctipar ............... 28 30 27 22 —.— -- / ~ Dumfries 70 79 50 60 40 50 --- ~..- pl Dundee.--- 28 30 26 28 26 33 24 25 ,y 3 „. Falkirk --- 30 32 32 30 24 SO 29 21 ~,... / K e lso ..„..,._.......... 40 44 20 31 21 27 --- , rig Kirkaldy.---., 28 SO 25 31 23 30 32 , ~.. Perth .....--- 27 29 ,28 30 ,v 7 20 128 21 p.' At Dumfries the price is given per blithe!. The othq,so) above are per boll, except Oatmeal, which la per suck ° I . BIRTHS. Di‘ fel fl' On the 28 th inst., at Batterse7, the lady of ..-- 1. • , lar, of a son. ,„_stra e " Yesterday, the lady of S. Mallewn, Esq. of Q uee " ii May-fair, of a son. ° i f l' f -On the 526th inst., in Argyll-street, the 134 a J.' Crombie, Esq., of a daughter. 1 0. On the 27th inst., iu Lower Grotrvenor-etr ect, Hutchinson, of a daughter. _ r oe MARRIED. i i DA, t , On the 28th iust. at Esher, by the Rev. l'' we rie" 0 William Ryves, of Ryves Castle, county o f I ' l fscl'' Sarah, the second daughter of John Turner , tk t) i ° Esher, Surrey. ~ NS T A li i On the 22d inst., at St. Marylebone, ml ri, to Esq., cf George-street, Portman-square, s urgel o oo. f si Maria, the eldest daughter of the late Rev. S ' IoP ° • On Monday, at St. George's, by the Lord . 13 :' 0 1 S ell : 1 .! David's, Wm. Gamier, Eaq. , of Rookeaburi, south 011- eldest daughter of T. Thistlethwayte, Esq. ° f Park, Hampshire. sec ° DIED. ~, p o cl‘ , ~.0 1 4 On Sunday last, aged 83, Mr. John pea t 130 11 son of John Peacock, Esq., of Bruton-street, t. square. iv, ). 0.,1 010°9:dos On the 28th inst., after a long and pa , ~,, Co" r, 28th year of her age, Isabel, the wife of , T • at tbsioi jun. Esq. of Coyfurtha Castle, GlarnorganEblly,, 6 sidence of her brother, W. Thompson, Esq• • teeter-place, Portman-square. • t °. P*Ufwitp and Puar.rauzn by AT. YMTN °, 8 S. 4x-cornea, 1112, 11 2 ) ktri4o' .; _' , . . Pork, B—uttolt • ~..- 0" per cwt. Ist. 2d. ~.7.--11. 1- 4 (1 —.-- ---; g cl• 14 s. d. as. ti. s. d. s. d. 8 . ,', .;,,,, O,L 0 200-28099096084 u 4 4 ort) 32 0 —ll6 0 99 0 94 0 94 0 ...... P ' c 1 210-28 099 0 0-- / „....0'",6 35 0-42 0830— 0 " 0 - C !V) 0— 0 0 86 0 76 0 -- n O l 6 0 61 (3, 22 0-23 098 4820 72-- o . •c —o o 0 90 0 1 80 0 70 0 --- 0 .., —o 00 SI 61— 0"' 0 --