The Sun. — London, England, 1827-04-12 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The. anxiety respecting the formation of the Ministry has increased up to the present moment. There is an expectation which is said to make the heart sick ;" but that is the expectation of an erent, the positive occurrence of which is not certain. As a Ministry, however, must even tually be formed, and any great delay in the for mation of it cannot but be attended with public inconvenience, the expectation in this case, having a term in view which cannot be passed, becomes continually more ardent. We yester day stated, niost accurately and truly, that a re quisition had been made to Mr. Canning to form a Ministry, but with a condition which seemed to render the execution of the task impracticable. To-day, we believe, we may state with equal cer tainty and truth, that the same Right Hon. Gentleman has full and unfettered permission to form a Ministry. Let not the public, however, exult too hastily, on the knowledge of this fact, which yet is grateful and promising. To the completion of the very arduous duty required of Mr. Canning two things are necessary—the will of the Sovereign, already graciously signified ; and a certain disposition in the elements out of which the Ministry is to be formed, to move in unison to that will, expressed through the official organ. A factious and selfish repugnance to fulfil the latter condition may, for a while, retard the execution of the King's intention ; or the Royal wish may be eluded by the intrigues of a party long familiarised to success in intrigue, and his Majesty himself be thus driven to look for sup- 'port from the very men by whom his first de signs and hopes will have been frustrated : but at present Mr. Canning stands charged with the duty of forming a new Ministry. Of the arrangements which he may have it in contemplation to make, we cannot at present speak with any precision. The Lord Chancellor is understood to have tendered his resignation. Of the joy—the public and national joy—as well as professional satisfaction, which will *aced the removal of that " respectable person," as he once called Mr. Canning, from office, we can at present give no adequate account ; but we should be very far from being surprised at a general illumi nation. His Lordship, we know, endeavoured to elude the present situation of affairs, by asking the Duke of Wellington to be Prime Minister, from whom he received a flat refusal. The Seals, we have heard, may possibly be offered to Mr. Scarlett. Upon every principle of general policy (save the emancipation), upon the open system of commerce, wherever it can be carried into effect with reci procity —upon the internal administration of Ire land—and upon 0 , 3 reform of our own legal code, Mr. Peel is agreed with Mr. Canning; so that in his department perhaps no change may be proposed. Mr. Robinson is yet more in unison with the intelli gent part of the late Administration. We should ourselves think it useful to abridge the number of Cabinet Ministers, which has latterly been greatly and needlessly increased. But we will not specu late farther upon a subject which must now soon be known with certainty : we only urge a speedy deci sion. To say that the affairs of the nation need a Ministry, is as superfluous as to say that a waggon needs a driver, or a vessel a helmsman.—Times. We are happy to understand that the interests of the Cape of Good Hope, and of its hitherto unfortunate colonists, have been at length con signed to safe and zealous keeping. Mr. Lombe, the Member for Arundel, has undertaken to bring forward the case of the inhabitants, soon after the Easter recess—to 'present their petition against Lord Charles Somerset, bearing the signature of 1,400 most respectable persons—to state as well their wrongs as their apprehensions, and to prove to the House of Commons, that a Governor did long rulc the' colunT, and but lately - relieved - It of his presence, whose conduct has been so grievous towards the King's subjects, and whose return to the seat of his alleged delinquency is now so dreaded by them, that some strong effort must be made by Parliament to afford the people redress for the past, and a reasonable protection for the future. The individual who has pledged himself to the performance of this ungracious, but honourable and essential duty, is a gentleman, we believe, in whom every confidence may be discreetly placed. Mr. Lombe is represented to us to be a man of industry, steadiness, and talent ; of perfect independence, both as to property and principle, and one, therefore, who is little likely to be corrupted by the Crown, or deterred by the Tory Aristocracy. It may be worth while to remark in passing., how the resolution of the colo nists has gained strength, as their grievances became more intolerable and the sympathy of their friends in the mother country more decided and pronounced. Though, in 1824, when Mr. Grcig was expelled the Cape by an edict of the reigning Bashaw, not more than about 200 of the inhabitants dared to sign a memorial to their Sovereign and his Council, that the British inheritance of a free press might be secured to them and to their children, now, no less, as we have said, than 1,400 of the same people have petitioned against the Governor by whore that blessing was wrung from them, and by whom its ministers and conductors were outraged. It is right and ne cessary to assure our colonial fellow-subjects, that their cause;will not henceforth be lost sight of, nor its prosecution delayed or neglected; but that, if they have themselves becoming sense and spirit to follow up the example of their advocates, and to furnish them with fresh supplies of matter, on which they can confidently proceed before Parliament, every wrong which the colonists have suffered will _ be fully sifted, and every public and private interest guaranteed hereafter, by the warning now about to be imprinted on the minds of all that class of lordly place-holders whose principles are less active than their fears.—lbiti. We are glad to have the high authority of the Lord Chancellor in accordance with the view we have uniformly taken of the Game Question.— In the debate on Friday evening, his Lordship is represented as having stated " the great source of the evil to be, the introduction of battus that to these may be traced the great increase of crime which has taken place in the country ; and that, if these were not put an end to, the Legis lature might as well pass an Act of Parliament to prevent the moon from shining, as to put down poaching." That British Sportsmen of the present day should be so utterly destitute of the spirit and good feeling which used to influ ence their ancestors, as to exchange the real pleasures of the field for the senseless slaughters which are resorted to by their inactive and phleg matic neighbours of the Continent, is both mor tifying and surprising ; and furnishes an instance of plagiarism without cause or apology, and in its effects most mischievous. That its conse quences are so, cannot be better exemplified than we find it set out in a petition of the Magistrates of the Devizes division in Wiltshire, lately pre sented to the House of Commons. This county, as our readers know, has become, above all others, remarkable for its numerous convictions and cemmitments under the Game Laws ; and the Magistrate s themselves, at length saturated and exhausted by their own fruitless warfare against poachers, at last plainly tell the House of Com mons, with reference to these laws, that " under their operation the number of offenders is conti nual), increasing; and tliat now, as has been fre- Hently the case, the numb er. of p r isoners in the " (4 Correctioll fOrWiltMl for offences against the Game La gs, exceeds Ontiotliiia of the Whole number under punishment for all other offences com mitted in the county, there being now 100 poachers out of a total of 232 males; because the petitioners consider that the present system tends to demoralise the people, since they have found that the poachers in general are the most refractory class of prisoners, and notwithstanding great care taken to reform them, by strict discipline, and to improve them by moral and religions instruction, the major part leave the prison vrorse than they entered it, and by asso ciation increase the evil which their punishment was intended to check." This, we imagine, is as striking a proof of the inefficacy, the impolicy, and, we might almost say, the iniquity of these laws, as can be fur nished; wherein we find a body of gentlemen, taken not only from that class for whose profit and recrea tion the laws themselves are maintained, but who have been themselves the judges and executioners of their own sentences, plainly telling the Legisla ture that the laws themselves, are not only wholly unavail ing either as to prevention and punishment, but that they. in fact, only mature men in their original had habits, and initiate them into worse. Whether the measure now before Parliament will pass into a law, or whether, if it does, it will have any effect in reducing the number of offences, and thereby ameliorating the state of society of which car horrid Game Code is at present the fruitful parent, we cannot s.-enture to predict. We have heard it said that " Wretches hang that jurymen may Mina ;" and when we hear of a somewhat similar reason being 3S signed for cutting short the discussion upon this subject elsewhere, we hesitate to augur any very beneficial results from deliberations which can be influenced by motives m little characteristic of right feeling or true patriotism.__ Morning Herald. The Lord Chancellor's manoeuvres with re spect to the reports of - the proceedings of his Court, would be highly amusing to any one who could divest himself of all feeling for the public welfare. Ever since the time that his extraor dinary aversion to decide causes came to be the subject of remark, he has entertained that sort of feeling towards those who report his proceed ings, which servants in a kitchen entertain to wards the tale-bearer who watches them. But it is not his Lordship's policy to proceed straight forward to any object. A hint first escaped him, as if by mere accident, that some change had surely taken place in the law of the country, for he rembered the time when no one durst have reported proceedings in a Court till sen tence was pronounced. This hint he took care to repeat whenever the opportunity was at all favourable, in the confident expectation, no doubt, that it would not be suffered to fall to the ground. He was correct in his antici pations, for it was caught up in due time by parties, and then his Lordship began to feel em boldened to speak in a more decided tone, care fully concealing, however, that his object was to put an end to reporting altogether. No, he only wishes to put a stop to the publication of part of a pending cause. Can any thing be more rea sonable ? It would seem that his Lordship con ceives the time is at length come, when he may speak in a more confident tone than he has hitherto used. "He had only to repeat (he said) what he had already frequently said, that he verily believed that he had had the honour of being placed in that Chair, before he had ever heard of such a thing. Before he entered into the Profession, it was as well understood in West minster Hall, that no one could publish part of a pending case, as any known fact could be under stood. This, therefore, at the present day, either was, or was not law. If it was law, then he knew not how it had been changed ; if it was not law, then the parties published accord ing to law, and he could have nothing to do with it. If, however, the parties acted contrary to .• giirSitii ToVerliiiiiterre re , but a regular complaint ought to he made. Ho mentioned this, because a great deal of time was lost by such useless discus sions; and the complaints were made in such a shape, as that no remedy could be afforded. He did not mean to assert that any such remedy was pos sible ; but it was probable that the whole question might soon come before the House of Lords, upon which the opinion of the twelve Judges would be obtained." So, then, it is probable that the ques tion will soon come before the House of Lords ! We think we shall hardly be accused of drawing a rash inference, when we conclude, from his Lord ship's observation—" with respect to the publica tion of these reports, he would say, that although some benefit might sometimes be derived from them yet there was no question but that they frequently • were highly mischievous ;"—that there is one learn •ed personage who will come to the decision with a mind purified from doubt. Reports are sometimes productive of some benefit, but frequently highly in jurious. There is no mistaking the import of these words. But his Lordship only wishes to prevent the publishing of part of a pending case. 0, if his Lordship could have enjoyed the advantages which he wishes to provide for his successors—part of a pending case ! But when are any cases decided ? As far a:.; we lean understand, the business of the Court of Chancery is jhearin g and re-n ear i ng , ta ki ng h ome a ffid av i ts to read, and calling for further affidavits, fixing days for judgment, and jpostponin g them, fixing and again postponing other days lad infinitum. The sentences are, indeed, like " Angels' visits, few, and far between." In the important cases, no ?knowledge could ever be obtained of the proceedings by the !public. A newspaper cannot travel hack ten or twenty 'years to the commencement of Loper and de Tastet, or ,Brown and de Tastct, and recapitulate all the proceedings had in the interim. The proposition means substantially this—that the door of the Chancery Court should be closed to the public. The question amounts then to this:— " Shall the Lord Chancellor be liberated from the controul of the public ?" Shall we renounce the only efficient means for securing impartiality and purity in a Judge, in the case of the most important of all the Judges, and who, besides, sits as a Judge of appeal on himself in the House of Lords. —Morning Chronicle. A discussion of a somewhat curious nature took place yesterday in the Vice-Chancellor's Court. Mr. Heald and Mr. Montagu had been retained in a cause for the petitioner.— When it was called on, Mr. Heald was speak ing in the Court of Chancery, and Mr. Mon tagu walked out of Court ; and no . one appear ing for the petitioner, the petition was dismissed with costs. Mr. Heald afterwards entered the Court, when he stated that Mr. Montagu had laid it down as a rule, that when he was on the same side with a King's Counsel, he would leave the Court, unless his leading Counsel was present to open the petition and argue the law of the case. Mr. Montagu then observed, that he had stated solemnly on his oath, before the Chancery Commissioners, that nothing could be more injurious to the suitors in these Courts, than that leading Counsel should take fees and not give their attendance, and thus leave their clients' cases to be but feebly got up by junior Counsel. By way of remedy, Mr. Montagu afterwards suggested that extra Counsel should always be retained on the supposition that, per haps, the leading Counsel might be absent when the case was called on. Mr. Sugden contended, that he could not be charged with taking fees and not attending to the duty for which they were paid, because he never took fees without stating distinctly that it might so happen that he should be elsewhere when their case was called on. The Counsel are all, no doubt, in the right; and, any how, we see it is prope r that the client should suffer. There should of course be no limit to the receipt of fees; and nothing received should ever be returned. The only question is, whether it is better that the client should pay for a leading and junior Counsel, and be fobbed off—to use a familiar term with the latter— Qr pay for t:- , or three leadin g Counsel to make sure of one. The client has some such choice as the • - • drummer offered to the person, on whom he was about to officiate with the cat-o'nine-tails—whether he would be hit high or low.—lbid. Yesterday was not without its rumours re specting the new Ministerial arrangements ; and these rumours, like all their predecessors, were circulated upon the very best authority, as a matter of course. The principal one was, that Mr. Canning had received his Majesty's com mands to form a new Ministry, and that the Right Hon. Gentleman had, himself, been ap pointed First Lord of the Treasury, and Chan cellor of the Exchequer. Some persons were so confident that every thing was settled, that they did not hesitate to declare new writs were to be moved for last night, for the re-election of such Members of the Cabinet as were affected by the proposed changes. Among these changes, it was announced that Mr. Robinson was to be called up to the House of Peers, by the style and title of Lord Strathern, (a Scotch Duke dom borne by the late Duke of Kent), while another account transferred that Right Hon. Gentleman to the Foreign Office, to the exclu sion of Viscount Granville, whom a third report had installed as the successor of Mr. Canning. In addition to all this, we are told that two or three members of the present Cabinet intended to resign, or had actually resigned, in consequence of Mr. Canning's ascendancy. Our readers will know how to appreciate this gossip, even though some random guesses, which may be safely ha zarded, should eventually be confirmed. That there are difficulties, and great ones, in the way of reconciling conflicting pretensions, are sufficiently obvious, from the mere fact of the delay which has intervened since the decision was finally adopted of filling up the vacancy occasioned by the illness of the Earl of Liverpool. But when was a Ministry ever formed, without encountering, in its progress, similar difficulties ? In the present instance, we believe, the point which has occasioned the greatest embarrassment has been the position to be assigned to Mr. Canning. His talents are of too comman ding a character, and his consequent influence too powerful, to permit that his personal views should be disregarded. We will not imitate the example of some of our contemporaries, by exasperating party feelings on this question. We believe the country has but one wish upon the subject ; and in that wish we most cordially unite. It is, that, whatever course the arrangements may ultimately take, the nation will have the full benefit of his " master mind." As he is second to none, not merely among his own Col leagues, but among the living Statesmen of Europe, so he owes it to himself to be second to none.— But we do hope, that the tyranny of precedent vll not force him, from a just regard to his own dignity, if precedent must prevail, into official functions, which demand for their adequate discharge energies vastly in; , :rior to those which he can wield ; functions, we will arid, to which, from the whole habits of his political life, he is less adapted than many who are in all other respects greatly below him. It has been said that great opportunities make great men, and, for aught we know, there may be undiscovered, because hitherto untried, talents, capable of conducting, with a vigour equal to his own, the foreign policy of this country. There have been times, too, in which we should he less reluctant to see the experiment tried. But when we look at the pre sent crisis—when we contemplate the many momentous measures which have sprung from him, and which seem to require his presiding genius to bring them to an aus picious maturity, we caneot persuade ourselves that any arrangement which shall leave to another, the completion o f what he began, will be one entirely satisfactory to the country.—New Times. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—A curious case was brought forward in the Justice-room, yesterday, b e f ore Si r Peter Mr. Hudson, a freeman of the city, and the writer of a' great number of comic songs, stated to the Alderman that he had an application to snake upon what he was informed was capable of being remedied, in some measure, by a law of local operation in the city of London, but of very ancient date, and seldom acted upon. He was the author of 500 or 600 comic songs, many of which, whatever might be their merit, had been received by the public with some degree of approbation. Of those songs he was in the habit of making sale, in the first instance, to dramatic performers, and after wards to publishers; and the profit he derived from a great , number of them was considerable, until a sort of piracy was established, which he did not know how to combat with until he heard that he could be assisted by the city authorities. The moment Mr. Clamenti, or any other high musical publisher, sent forth one of the songs to the town, a number of the "two-penny halfpenny " publishers advertised it at a fourth of the price set down by the holder of the copyright. This example was 101- lowed by a still lower order of publishers, who were in the habit of uniting interests with ballad singer., and the song was bawled about the streets in a string with many others until the public were quite disgusted with it.—(A laugh.)—He knew that there was an effectual way of putting an end to this practice if the pirate happened to he respectable, but unfortunately the expellee to which an unhappy author would be subject by a proceeding in equity, or in any of the Courts of Law, was so great, that except the defendant happened to be worth powder and shot, destruction must be the consequence. Under those circumstances, Mr. Hudson requested that, at all events, something might be done to prevent the disho nourable sort of publication alluded to, as those who were in the habit of dealing with him felt considerable hesita tion at the idea of purchasing when they were sure of a comparison with some musical beggar.—(Laughter.) Sir PETER LAURIE said that nothing could give him greater pleasure than the power of protecting the applicant, whom he knew to be a man of great merit. Ho considered that a song was literary property as well as a poem, although the latter description of writing was not, he be lieved, sung about the streets since the days of Homer.— (A laugh.)--If there existed any Act by which service could he rendered to a man of genius under such circum stances, he should certainly resort to it for the benefit of such a person. Mr. HOBLER said, he apprehended that there was no law to prevent the vocal retailing of songs. In the Act for the punishment of rogues and vagabonds, minstrels were not mentioned as coming under that denomination. Par liament seemed to have a special regard for minstrels, and gave them great privileges. A Member even declared in the House of Commons one night that Punch must be pro tected.--(Laughter. ) Mr. Hudson said, that it was too hard that an author's brains should be at the command of any publisher whose circumstances placed him beneath the reach of the law, and who was on the look-out for every thing that was conv_rti ble into pence, however injurious to the proprietor. Mr. Hobler advised that a civil proceeding should be adopted. If one crow were shot, all the other crows would fly to other quarters. Mr. Hudson said the remedy was as bad as the disease. The protection of Chancery would cost him 301. He wall knew the desperate evils of a court of equity or justice. Sir PITER Latium said that there could not be a better judge, if an opinion were to be farmed from the applicant's song, called " Law," which was bawled about the town from morning till night. " I think, Mr. Hudson," said Sir Prrne. LAURIE, " you had better follow your own ad vice, and have nothing to 'do with the law, for those who live best by it will certainly revenge themselves upon yon." Mr. Hudson assured Sir Peter, that the injury he sus tained was moat serious. A Mr. Duncombe had pirated the very song just mentioned, for which Mr. Clementi had paid him (Mr. Hudson) 15 guineas, and as the profits of the purchaser were, of course, greatly diminished, any future effort of the muse (if muse it can be called) must fall in proportion. (A laugh.) Sir PETER Lanais.-I have heard a great number of your songs at public dinners, by Charles Taylor and Fitz william, and I ani only surprised that you do not offer your services to one of the theati- , , particularly as you can get them up, I understand, at the shortest possible notice. An actor who accompanied Mr. Hudson, stated, that since an American manager had established himself, some • thing might be expected, as Mr. Price was endeavouring to cure the stage of its literary abominations, although he came over without any knowledge of the taste of the town. The manager, however, would not be likely to purchase songs, although he might have no objection to pirat e th e m, as he actually had done with respect to some of the appli cant's " infinite variety." Sir Prrxa told Mr. Hudson that he would consult the City Solicitor upon the subject of the ancient law alluded to, and that if there existed any power in the city of London to remedy the evil, that power should certainly be exercised. G IJILD HAL L. —Mazy Ann Jones, a well-dressed female, was chargsrl before Mr. Alderman VENABLES yesterday with. having attempted to commit suicide. It appeared, that about ten o'clock on Tuesday night the prisoner was observed to run swiftly along the pavement of Chatham-place, and down the steps, at the north end of Blackfriars-bridge. Davies, the watchman, bad been cau tioned that unhappy females are continually attempting to drown themselves at that spot, and followed quickly after the prisoner, who stumbled, and fell on coming to the plat form, half way down. He seized her, and she struggled to get away, exclaiming, " Oh, let me go,and I shall be cold in a few minutes ;" but he brought her back, and conveyed her to Bridewell Lodge, where Mr. Osborne, the superin tendent, and a gentleman, who had assisted the watchman, questioned her as to her friends, and the cause Of her despondency. She stated that she is the daughter of a re spectable dissenting minister in Wzdes, that she was cohabit ing with a young law student in Lyon's Inn ; that ;she had two children, the youngest two years old, by her husband, who was an assistant to a druggist near Westminster-bridge; that her husband had deserted her, and enlisted in the East India Company's service, which compelled her to throw herself altogether upon her present supporter; and that the cause of her grief was the parting from her children that day, who had been taken from her by her husband's brother, under an arrangement by which they had 8,0001. secured to them, a Member of Parliament being one of the trustees. She seemed to have a strong feeling of the disgrace attach ing to her present connexion, and was anxious to put an end to it, and obtain some menial situation where shewould be employed with children.' Mr. Alderman VENABLES-What is the name of the gentleman in Lyon's-Inn ? Mr. Osborne said the prisoner was anxious that it should he concealed. He was extremely kind to her, and she was therefore solicitous that he should sustain no injury through her. The ALDERMAN-Yes, no doubt, but you see the result of his kindness. If he is spared the disgrace of disclosure, I hope he will not be the less sensible of the great injury such associations inflict upon society, and upon the female ; and above all, what he would have had to answer for if this unhappy woman had effected her purpose. The Alder man then endeavoured to infuse into the prisoner's -mind a proper view of the crime she had nearly committed, im pressing upon her that there are few situations so desperate that while life "ontinues a hope of amendment may not be cherished; and as regards futurity, in what an awful state she would have been, if she had not been prevented from rushing into eternity unprepared. She seemed awakened to a right view of the matter, and nearly fainted ; and when she recovered a little, fervently declared she would never make such an attempt again. The Alderman asked her where she would go if he dis charged her? She replied, she had a good home, and would be kindly received, bet she would prefer going to some instit where sLe might exchange her finery for apparel suitable to a servant girl, and remain until she could obtain some comfortable situation in a family. Arr. Osborne mentioned a sort of penitentiary at West minster, where common prostitutes were never received ; but only such victims of frailty as the prisoner were at tempted to be reclaimed. It was conducted, he said, with the greatest privacy and care. The Alderman said that in the city there was a society of ladies, who endeavoured to restore females of a more re spectable class than the objects of the Guardian Society, and the same secrecy in the management of them was ob served as in Westminster. He recommended an applica tion to Mrs. Hick of Cheapeide. The manner of disposing of the prisoner was being fur ther. discusssed, when she intimated she should like to take a farewell of her protector. The Alderman thollght this wish sprung from a latent disinclination to being separated from - him, and satisfied she would not repeat the attempt upon her life, directed Mr. Osborne to permit the desired interview, and if the parties were reconciled, to discharge her ;if not, to bring her up again on Saturday. The re sult of the interview was, that the parties walked joyfully away from Bridevrell arm-in-arm. BOW-STREET.—Yesterday, James Nightingale, the man svlio has undergone several examinations at this oflicts, on suspicion of being connected in stealing the Italian mail bag from. the Dover mail-coach, was brought up and fully committed for trial at the next assizes for the county of Kent. James Simphines, a letter-carrier in the service of the General Post-office, and who has for many years been known at this office as a person bringing the "early de -11.e," of letters to. the egtabliahmant, was brought up, charged with stealing a letter containing a M. Bank of England note, and a 1/. note of the Oxford Bank, the pro perty of a lady named Herbert, residing in Jesus' College lane, Oxford. It appeared in evidence, that on the Bth of January last Mrs. Herbert, having an account with a Mr. Thompson, a broker, in Charles-street, Long-acre, remitted by the post a Bank of England note for 51., No. 16,901, and an Oxford 1/. note, No. 15,2t32. The notes were inclosed in a letter, and put into the post-office at Oxford, by Mrs. Her beefs son. Mr. Thompson never received the letter. The prisoner was discharged on the 20th Jan. for misconduct, and when the loss of the letter in question was discovered, he was taken into custody, and Ruthven, the officer, found upon his person the Oxford I/. note, No. 15,282. The prisoner, when asked how he came by the note, said he had received it from a coachman. Re offered no defence, and was remanded for a week, to give time for the productio n of evidence, which it was said would go to fix other charges against the prisoner. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—A woman named E. Fitzgerald was yesterday examified at this office, before Mr. Dyer, the Magistrate, on a charge of fraudulently ob taining dead bodies from the workhous es of different parishes, by clainling them as those of her relatives. It was stated, that on one occasion lately, she claimed, and got possession, of the body of a respectable man, w h o was found drowned in the basin in Hyde park, and on which an inquest was held at the workhouse of St. George's parish, Hanover-squar e . This afterwards turned out to he the body of a gentleman from Bristol, named Morris, whose friends, on hearing of his death, came to London to receive his remains for interment, but were shocked and deeply distressed to learn that the body had already been given up to a total stranger, who no doubt o bt a i ne d it f or the purpose of s a le at some dissecting room. The prisoner was remanded, and a letter addressed to be written to Mr. Morris's friends at Bristol, to apprize them of her being in custody. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.— William Hudson, a de cent-looking man, whose face was covered, with bruises, was charged by Lord Crofton with having assaulted his Lordship, at half-past ten o'clock on Tuesday night, in Seymour place. Lord Crofton stated, that himself and other gentlemen, one of whom was his companion at the office, Mr. Charles Sansom,came upfromWindsor ie a carriage ouTuesday night, and alighted at the house of a friend, No. 15, George-street, Euston-square, with whom they intended to sup. As they left the carriage, a party of men who were coming out of a public-house opposite, hooted at them, and said, " Come over, and we will fight you." "As soon as we had cross ed the street," said his Lordship, " one man shook his fist in Mr. San.som's face, another knocked me down, and others cried, " D—n him, keep him down, kill him." His Lordship farther stated, that as soon as he recovered his legs, he followed and gave charge of the prisoner, who was the man that assaulted him. The prisoner said, in answer to the charge, that as he was coming out of the Feathers public-house on Tuesday night, between 10 and 11 o'clock, with a pint of porter in his hand to carry home, he saw a party of gentlemen in the street, who were very riotous, and said they had been to a fight. " I did not interfere with them, your 'Worship," said Hudson, " but they knocked me about, and when I ran away, that gentleman (Lord Crofton) knocked me down, and sent me to the watchhouse." Mr. Rawtxxsos (to Lord Crofton)—Had yo u been to a fight? Lord Crofton—We had not, and what the man says is nntrue; Mr. Sansom was with mo, and he can say the same. After the oath had been administered to Mr. Sansom, Mr. RArruNsoll said, he would, in the first place, aak him a very plain question, for no other purpose than to as certain the merits of the case. " Were you ail quite sober?" Mr. Sannom, thought there Was one e xception, but that was neither Lord Crofton nor himself. Mr. RA W LINSOX—Did either of your party speak across the street to the men at the publi c -h ouse door ? Mr. Sansom.--I believe Mr. Chichester said something, but I do not know what. Mr. BAWLlNsoli—One thing is quite clear-ifyou had not a ccepted the invitation to fight, but had proceeded to sup with your friend, thi s wou ld not hav e h a pp e ned. It appeared by the ev id e nce of tw o watchme n th at Hudson gave his Lordship in charge first ; and when M r . Rawlinson asked " Why did you not take the first charge?" no s atisfactory answer was given. Mr. Ravvuzisox—l think these gentlemen and his Lord ship have acted indiscreetly. If such invihtions are to be accepted, it is only for a body of thieves to say to a party of gentlemen, " Come over here and fight us," and they more to blame than the mu at the bar; I shall therefore may rob with impunity. I think his L or d s hip i s rather dismiss the charge ; and if his Lordship think differently, he may indict him at the sessions. I think you (addressing the prisoner) have been treated unjustly ; the law is open to you, and you can proceed against his Lordship for damages if you please. Ac he was about to leave the office, Mr. Saneom re quested of Mr. Rawlinson that the case might net appear in the papers ; to which Mr. Rawlinson replied—" It is a matter in which I never interfere. If gentlemen will come here on such occasions, they must take the consequences." After they were gone, the constable of the night said the gentlemen were all tipsy when they came to the watch house. " I wish," answered Mr. RAWLINSON, " you had said so when they were here, and I would have fined theca ss. each." William Gadsby, a chimney-sweeping boy, was com mitted to Newgate for trial, on the charge of stealing mo ney from a till. Mrs. Boyne, a shopkeeper, at _No. 12, Great James-street, Lisson-grove, saw him noon his hands and knees at nine o'clock on Tuesday night behind her counter. The shop was indifferently lighted ; and supposing him to be a dog, she said, " Get out," when, to her astonishment, he in stantly became erect. She screamed, and he was taken into custody. The till was found half open, one shilling and a quantity of copper coin were gone, but only three halfpence were found in his pockets. He was committed under similar circumstances a very few weeks back, and acquitted. William Walbourn, a dancing-master, perhaps better known to the public as Dusty Bob, in Tom and Jerry, at the Adelphi Theatre, was held to bail, himself in 1001., and -zwo sureties of 50/. each, for having disturbed the King's peace, and obstructed sums peace-officers in the per formance of their duty. THAMES POLICE.—CHARGE or MURDER OX HICII SEAS.—Joseph Bragy, Master of the brig Valiant, lying in the East India Dock, was on Tuesday charged with the murder of Francis Williams, a black, who was cook on board the Valiant.—Robert Harris, the principal witness, in whose testimony others of the ,:niw concurred, stated that he had frequently observed acts of the utmost cruelty practised on the deceased by the prisoner; that without any apparent provocation he used to tie deceased with cords, dragging him about the deck, knocking him down the hatchway, beating arid kicking him most severely, and even in one instance applying a red hot poker to his back. These events happened during their voyage to the Isle of France.—The prisoner was remanded, in orr:er that other witnesses might be - brought Ns and examined. LAW INTELLIGENCE, APath 11. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. PRACTICE OF COUNSEL. When the petition, "Ex-parte Wait in the mat ter of Bergh," was called on to be heard, Mr. HART, who appeared for one of the parties, stated that Mr. Montagu, wbo was concerned for the other side, had left the Court on purpose, be cause the leading Counsel with whom he was en gazed happened to be elsewhere. He, therefore, hoped that his Honour would dismiss the petition with costs. The practice of Counsel leaving the Court under such circumstances was highly discre ditable to the Court itself, and it was right that some definite understanding should be come to in order to prevent a repetition of such proceedings. The VICE-CHANCELLOR immediately directed that the petition should be dismissed with costs. Mr. HART observed, that he hoped Mr. Mon tagu would learn by this decision to act with rsore consideration in future. Mr. SUGDEN—But the misery is, that the poor suitors must bear all the expence of such negligence. Mr. lIRALD, whose absence in the Court of Chan cery prevented him from opening the case as lead ing Counsel, addressed the Court in a subsequent part of the day, and said that as the sittings were nearly over for the present, he wished to - ask his Honour's opinion on a circumstance which had taken place in the course of the day, in which the practice of Counsel was concerned. It so happened that he and Mr. Montagu were concerned in the case of a bankrupt petition, which his Honour had dismissed with costs in consequence of the absence of Coun sel. He (Mr. Heald) was not aware that Mr. Mon tagu, who was with him in the case, intended to leave the Court, unless he were present as leading Counsel to open it. A day or two ago, in the case of " Heley v. Thompson," Mr. Montagu thought proper to adopt a similar course, and left the Court because he (Mr. Heald) as leading Counsel, was unavoidably absent. Had Mr. Montagu expres sed his determination to that effect before he put it into practice, then the inconvenience and expence, which must be the inevitable consequence, might have been spared. Two or three years ago he (Mr. Heald) gave notice to all his clients that he could not accept of a brief in bankruptcy unless a junior Counsel were also engaged. In fact, it was quite impossible to get on without such an arrange ment, because it not unfrequently happened that four or five petitions were struck out of the paper at once, in consequence of the parties not appearing to defend them ; so that, suddenly, a petition of great importance might come on during the absence of leading Counsel. It was, th ere f ore, absolutely necessary that junior Counsel should be present to conduct the case, in the event of such absence. Not his trust, he (Mr. Heald) conceiving being aware of the new rule whi c h M r . Montagu had laid down for his guidance, he (M r . Heald) had given him sonic briefs, because his l ega l knowledge in cas e s o f b an k ru pt c y w as en c h as to ren d er his as sistance of grea t i m p or t ance . O n S a t ur day, in the ease of " Heley v. Thomp so n," where Mr. Mon tagu resignedthat wh atever diff erence o f o pi n ion there might be betwe en t h e mem b e rs of the bar upon the subject, the parties who confided their cases to the care of Counsel had no right to be sufferers, told the parties that he was willing to pay the .50/. or 601. expences; but they said no, for hundreds of pounds would not cover the loss which they would suffer from this proceeding. However laudable, therefore, M r. Montagu might conceive his conduct to be, it w as not exactly lair that the interest of his client should be sacrificed to his rule. Under these circumstances, and feeling for the loss and inconvenience which the parties would suffer, he (Mr. Heald) applied to his Honour, who was pleased to hear the petition, after it had been dismissed with costs. In this case it ap peared that the petition, having been called on, and no Counsel having appeared to support. it, an order was made that it should be dismissed with costs. — He (Mr. Heald) had no particular objection to the rule laid down by Mr. Montagu, for he was quite satisfied with the share of busirees which fell to his lot, and work or leisure were equally acce ptable.— found that a li tt l e l e i sure n ow and Indeed, he often then gave a pleasant relief to the labours of his pro fessional studies. The less fees, " The more ease," wss his motto when business grew slack. He dif fered from some of his learned friends, v?ho seemed to think that there WIC nothing like a good fee. He a hope that hi s H onour for loving it too Ge n tl eman w e l o k o n e u c d l 1 d u t l a r ee dy'fee kbeyve e ry xr v e e s ll s , in b g ut was never much.distinguished The Learned his decision, and suffer the petition to be heard. The VICE-CmaNcetwit said, that under the cir cumstances he could have no objection to hear the petition. Mr. MONTAGU said, as his name had been com mented on rather hardly, he begged to be allowed to address the Court with a few words. In the first place, he could not but feel gratified that his Honour had revoked his decision, and allowed the petition of his client to be heard. In the second place, he regretted to differ from his Learned Friend (Mr. Heald), for such he hoped he might still call him. The opinion, however, which he had formed, was founded on mature deliberation, and without reference to the praise or censure of any man. Mr. Heald professed not to be aware of his (Mr. Mon tagu's) determination not to open a bankrupt peti tion in the absence of leading counsel. He was afraid, however, that Mr. Heald could not derive any benefit from the. plea of ignorance, because he must have been well aware of such his determina tion. He considered that the practice of a King' s counsel receiving fees for discharging a certain duty, which duty was thrown upon a junior c ounsel to perform, was one which ought to be. put a stop to. It was not fit that a junior counsel, who had gene- rally enough to do to attend to the minor details or a case, should be placed in the responsible situation of the,* counsel wh6 were selected by his Majesti to sit within the bar. He felt it his duty to resist such a practice, and when examined before tht Chancery commission, he distinctly stated that such a pr ac ti ce was no t on ly i n j ur i ous to t h e i nteres t s o f. the public, but disreputable to the Court where it prevailed. On this occasion he felt considerabie pain to adopt the course which he had taken, but having taken that course, Ise returned all the fee which he had received in the case the moment 110 left the Court, stating to the parties that he felt himself unable to execute that duty which he had been called upon to perform, namely, that of leading counsel instead of junior counsel. Mr. HEALD observed, that Mr. Montagu was 10 error in supposing that he (Mr. Heald) had fallen into a mistake respecting his determination to leave the Court in the absence of leading- Counsel. K e had heard that Mr. Montagu had expressed himself to that eil;_Tt before the Chancery Commission, and he had done him the favour of sending him several of his works, all of which he purposed reading whenever be retired from practice, but at present those works and the report of the Chancery commix' sion lay side by side, and God knew when h e s hould have time to go through them.—(A laugh.) Mr. MosTeex—lf Mr. HEALD will say upon hi honour he never knew that it was my practice to leave the Court unless senior Counsel were present to open a case in which I was engaged, I will be satisfied. Mr. SUGDEN—You have no right to ask him to pledge his honour. Mr. HEALD—I will pledge thy honour that I wio not aware of your intention to quit the Court to-daY- The VIOE-CHANCELLOR—I would much rather that this should not be pursued farther. Mr. SUGDEN—Mr. Montagu stated the other daY a general charge against all the King's Counsel, im puting to them the most base and sordid motive'• That such a charge was perfectly unfounded, he be' lie ved the profession generally would allow, and speaking for himself, he could only say that be treated the imputation with the bitterest contempt. Mr. HEALD—SO do I. Mr. SUGDEN—in public or in private he should repeat what he had said, • and he eared not holy widely his opinion was circulated. The VICE-CIIANCELLOR said that he cave credit to Mr. Montagu for the course which he had for he was sure he acted upon the best motives although the course which he had adopted was 000 from which considerable inconvenience was likely to arise. lie could not but regret that some plan WO not adopted to obviate the inconvenience which moot necessarily result from the circumstance of two C o urt. whose jurisdiction was alike, being engaged in buss' ness at the same time. All, however, that could be expected of Counsel would be, that they should gig ® notice to their colleagues of their absence in another place; and it would be well if a similar notice were served on the parties concerned. Mr. MONTAGU expressed a wish that the practice which prevailed in Ireland, to have several Cow' sel retained in the same cause, where followed in this country. The VICE-CHANCELLOR, in an under -tone, " Ge id forbid." Mr. SHADWELL remarked, that the practice is Ireland arose from the circumstance of the four Cow is of law bring all under the same roof, and the barristers there were in the habit of practising in all the Courts, by which means several Counsel w ere obliged to be employed in the same case to ensure the attendance of some of them. Mr. AGAR observed that no gentleman vvithout the bar had adopted the course pursued by W' Montagu. Thaiseussion then dropped. THE ARMY. Duke iNs c r , f F e io u x j r o TU 7ro HnssAns.--Field M ars h a l the appear in full ma rc hi ng or d er. ington inspects the 7th (the Qu een ' s Own) o n Hounslow-H ea th. Th e Regiment i s or • r E Regiment o f Light Dragoons (Hussars) thi s morn i ng ', 5t u 2d Regim en t o f D ragoon Guards e mbarked on the 9th inst., on b oar d steam vesse l s, a t Li verpool, for Dubli n . daii:Teedh o'clock, 2 huk ivision of the The 2d Division of the 7th Regiment of Dragoon Guarclg arrived yesterday at Liverpool, from Dublin. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DJARY.—Frtio.av, APRIL 11—(At the Court of Oirurnissioners, Basinghall-streeL) Carton, C., Uxbridge COUNTRY DIARY..--SATIJELDAT, Aran, 14. Butter±l..ld, R., Scriren—Elephant and Castle, Knaresbro' Evans, D., Swansea--Bush, Bristol Fortune, I'., Heighington—Spa hotel, Croft Teigninouth—Half M oon , E xeter G reg ory and Co., Manchester —Whit e Bear, Manchester lti Marriott, C., Manchester--White Bear, anehester 6 Taylor,Potter, J., 8., Cudworth—White's, Manchester THE MARKETS. COAL MARI :z 3 33 3 : 7 5 1'. f l ? 1 (3 : (1. Killingworth 3(1 Percy 31 (3 Shi p cate . - ------...„.„.„ 31 9 Tanfield M00r..., 31 3 Townley w 34 0 Willington 37 o Walls Dad Bell and Co. 3{3 6 Ditto Bewickc and Co.. 37 g Ditto Brown's., 36 0 Ditto Carr and Co. 35 0 Ditto Hilda . 35 9 Ships at Market, 4.5%-hi ET.—April 11. Walls End Riddell's—. 375. fd. Ditto S 5 0 Ditto Northumberland 36 0 Ditto Peareth 36 0 Russell's small _ l6 Stobart's small- - .17 Lambton small ---- 18 0 Hartley ---___ 31 0 Welch Coal Stevens-- 60 Walls End Elgin 24; 0 Eden Main— 36 Nesham Main :36 h Walls End Hetton. Ditto 37 f) Ditto Stewart's 3S 9 373 ° i l ps sold, 41 --Unsold, 11 ;XCHANGE.-April 10. LIVERPOOL CORN The supply of — all desariptions of Grain duiing die Pao week has been small, with the exception of Irish, which continues to be abundant ' • the market i s excee di ng l y b a re of fine Wh ea t. There has been a steady demand for both Wheat and Oats, and at full prices. Barley has met a very limited sale, but, being scarce, has commandod quite as high rates. Good Malt has found more buyers, and the fine parcels have brought Is. per quarter advance. The sales in Beans have been chiefly c on fi ne d to E gy ptian and other inferior qualities. IMPOR.T or GRAIN for the Wee& ending April 10. Wheat. Oats. I Barley. Malt. Beans. Pease. Rye. I OatMl• 133 rs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs, Q.rs. Qrs. Qrs. Loads , 17,356 Ica 2,848 1 , 660 31 5 8 18 212 Flour, 3,932 sacks. ExPonTs.—Fl our 1 821 , barrels. BIRTHS. On the 25th March, at Florence, the lady of Sir Hed worth Williamson, Bart., of a son. On the 6th inst., at Baginton Hall, the lady of the Rev. W. Davenport Bromley, of a daughter. On the 10th inst., at Clay-hill, Enfield, the lady Of Edward Harman, Esq., of a son. At knrlyn's-grove, the lady of the Hon. Edward Rod ney, R.N. On the 3d i nst., R o b ert Barbour, Egq., MARRIED. ter, to Miss All an, daughter of the late Th omas Allan, Esq., of Link&ld, near Edinburgh. of Mambas- DIED. 'Sussex, Miss ?Wallin. On the II th inst., in Park-lane, the Lady Hyacinthe Vane, infant daughter of the Marquis and Lady Fanny, the y oung est of Londonderry. Eo n of the late Dr. Newell , On the 10th inst., in Pall Mall, daughter of the Rev. Gerrard Thomas Andrewes, age d eleven months. i x , the County of Gloucester, aged 71 %, On the 7th inst., at Lewes. On the Bth inst., in Millhank-street, 'Westminster , Samuel Hassell Newell, Esq. , inst., in Queen-street, Bath, Thomas W" - , of Colchester. formerly of the County of Durham, a ged 6 6 ' On the sth inst., at Southsea, Elizabeth Vines, the his 90th year. IT t e o l daughterd n ef u t nderbE iiigsi o , of , the i r James lateG o oFdesnoonwiTsi , n Vines, Williams. f k i nOB°la On n 't thelEi eSt3SqtYhh inst., at Adbury House, Hampshire, the re sidence —c was formerly contidentia, physician of. his present Majesty when at Bath - . On the 9th inst in ' h ~ , Mary ... ./ In Lapel-street Grosvenor-sq uare ' t he non. II Yron relict ' and Ft ey '' Rich. Byrdn, aged 78 ., of the late Hon. • al On the 11th ins' in Pied A i. p o inf L inLion-square, Mr. Mr Willie Wright, in the 14th year of his age. ~e j On tae;.. . wet.,, at Charlton-house, near Bristol, 55 years,. 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