The Sun. — London, England, 1827-05-11 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Noble Lords who oppose the Govern ment just formed, if formed it he, are active and strenuous in their new vocation. It may be wise to distrust the depositaries of power in a free state ; but it is also not unwise to wait until experience shall afford us matter f.or something more than distrust, before we venture upon a de termined course of open condemnation and hos tility. The Duke of Newcastle is reported to have declared himself last night an adversary,of Mr. Canning, as " the most profligate Minister that ever was in power." This is nothing strange in his Grace of Newcastle; perh4.l it may be a sign of some improvement on the part of the Noble Duke—Of some sensible advancement in that peculiar species of intellectual faculty and judicial integrity which belong to him-Lthat he now decides, before any evidence has been offered as to the merits of the Minister whom he repro bates ; whereas on a former memorable occasion, when another distinguished and less fortunate personage was under trial, the same scrupulous judge only ventured to condemn when the evi dence was already given, but when he had not heard a word of it. In 1820, the judgment of guilty," is the result of ignorance—in 1827, of prescience. This surely exhibits a powerful " march of intellect" in his Grace, if, as we said before, his language be correctly repoited. How= ever, as some indemnification to Mr. Canning, Lor Spencer declared himself a friend to the Ministry o the Right Hon. Gentleman. So did the Earl o Darlington, we find, whose voice has the privilege of making itself heard pr.:lty loudlyy it is thought,l in the other House of - Parliament. Lord Harewood kicked. a little the term " factious" being applied to the o ;:position. The time has been, wben the ears f'.;r a Lascelles would not have felt any,greati '...fnoyance at such an epithet being chosen to de scribe the Oppositim, side of the House. Lord Grey declared his want of confidence in Mr. Can ning; and therefore, with perfect propriety and jus tice, refused to pledge himself to the support of the present Government. A Government, indeed„ which is said to be no more than. proviSional, does; not come under the most inviting form, to claim the' countenance of experienced and fastidious observers. Questions put to Ministers in either House of Parliament, are, for the most part, answered in terms so vague, as to furnish few materials of useful disc ussion . Fr om one w hi c h w as p u t last night by Lord . Ellenborough to the Secre- . tary for Foreign Affairs, respecting the inten tions of his Majesty's Government as to the pro duction or non-production of papers explanatory of the grounds on which his Majesty had acceded to the demands of Portugal for the aid of Bri fish troops, nothing further was elicited:than - a refusal by Lord Dudley and Ward to lay any papers whatever before Parliament, his Lordship adding merely that " the withdrawal of the Bri " tish troops from Portugal"—a circumstance but slightly hinted at in the speech of the Noble interrogator—" was one of great importance, and " was connected with negotiations which were " still pending," though with what power"pend ing, the Noble Secretary would not say. Cer tainly this is a question of extreme import ance. The British troops were sent to Por tugal as a security to the independence of an allied Sovereign, who had experienced from a foreign Power a series of unprovoked attacks. If the troops be withdrawn before the object in • consideration of which they were despatched to Portugal, viz. the protection of the rights of that kingdom against foreigners, be fully and durably provided for, we condemn our own much-boasted policy, besides leaving our ally to destruction. It is obvious, indeed, that, in lieu of a military force, there may obtained from foreign States a political security for the Portuguese Crown and Constitution. We may find friends among the Powers of Europe willing to engage, in con junction with England, for the safety and inde pendence of our ally. With Ferdinand, whose bonds are " like dicer's oaths," we cannot, of course, venture to form any mutual en gagement. The danger lies on that side : the guarantee, therefore, must be looked" for on some other. Without entering toe minutely into the circumstances of a case so unripe as the present, we riay yet observe, that the questions of withdrawing French troops from Spain, and British troops from Portugal, rest on very opposite grounds. We certainly shonkl be glad if both armies retired; but the army of Charles X. does not perform a si milar office with regard to Spain to that which is fulfilled by the English army on the Tagus. Eng land has sent her force for no purpose but to repel a foreign aggression upon an allied sovereign--France to take part in a civil war : Ferdinand has made positive war upon Portugal, and still continues, by plots and conspiracies, those enterprises which, in a military shape, have been defeated. •It must be the duty of England, therefore, to avert, by force or negotiation, the fatal injuries with which Portugal is-menaced from abroad ; whereas no foreign Power threatens Ferdinand. His Throne is safe, except from his own misdoings. There exists no cause whatever to legitimize the continuance of a foreign army in Spain ; but abundant cause, in the well proved spirit and proCeedings o(the Spanish Go vernment, to authorise and exact an effectual guarantee, either by military power or• by conven tion, on behalf of that of Portugal.—lbid. Earl Grey, in the House of Lords last night, entered into a detailed statement of the reasons which have influenced him in withholding his formal support from the Administration of Mr. Canning, to which, however, he declares it to be his intention not to offer any systematic op position. The Noble Earl does not think that the approximation of opinion between Mr. Can ning and the Whig party is sufficiently close to justify him in forming any political union with Mr.. Canning's Administration. There is no man in the House of Lords—perhaps in either House of Parliament—who has given more con stant and effective support to the principles of civil and religious liberty, than Earl Grey ; there is no man, therefore, whose opinions on all questions concerning them, are e ntitl e d to more respect. But we think it will be evident to those who read his speech, that his judgment on the duties of political parties at the present moment, has been influenced by personal, though very honourable considerations, and has been rather formed by the events of the period in which he took a more active part in Parliamen tary business, than by the events of the present times. The conduct of Mr. Canning during those unfortunate times, in which supposed plots were met by actual invasions of the liberty of the subject, forms a contrast with that of Earl Grey, —a contrast entirely, in our opinion, to the advan tage of the latter. It may be questioned whether the principles which Earl Grey has supported, can gain by perpetuating the' recollections orthose times, or by binding public men to the opinions which they expressed under, the influence of sup posed dangers. It is scarcely worth while to inquire whether Mr. Canning's views on the questions then agitated have changed, when the questions themselves have entirely passed away. If, indeed, we were to make it neces sary that public men should agree, not only on present affairs, and on measures under discus sion, or likely to be diieussed, but on the con duct which should have been pursued in all past time, and in all past discussions, we fear it would be difficult for men ever to form a politi cal party. Earl Grey thinks that Mr, Canning has assumed an undue share of credit for the liberal measures of the past Administration, to which he is only entitled to an equal share with" his remaining and seceding - Colleagues. But the mere assumption of this merit was itself a merit.. He identifies himself with the liberal feelings of the country ; he hailed and encou raged the desire of improvement, which his se cediiis Colleagues (excepting Mr. Peel) never mentioned except to discourage and repress. If the people at large are liable to have been de ceived in attributing to- Mr. Canning opinions favourable to liberty, we cannot but think that the High Tories, who have had the best oppor tunities of observing him, are very competent judges. They have shown the most decided enmity to Mr. Canning ; and it is not to be dis guised, that this very circumstance has been one reason for his popularity. It is, indeed, no bad rule to judge a man as well by the character .of his enemies, as by his associates. When the friends of civil and religious liberty in England see that Mr. Canning is the object of the marked enmity of the Jesuits of France, the Apostoli cals of Spain, and the Lowthers, Newcastles, and others of the same tribe in _ England, they cannot help suspecting that he must have some merit beyond that of brilliant . talents and fair professions. On the question of Catholic Emancipation, for which Earl Grey. has made so many sacrifices, if he asked himself whether the cause which lie has consistently supported is likely to be more advanced by the as cendancy of Mr. Canning, or by the triumph of Mr. Canning's opponents, we- can hardly think that his answer would be different from that which is given by the Catholics themselves. They feel or believe that the ascendancy of Mr. Canning is more bene ficial to them than that of the Earl of Eldon and Mr. Peel. They may, of course, be mistaken; but we cannot see any ground for thinking that they are. It is to be observed, that in the important questions concerning the trade of the country, which have been recently agitated in Parliament, and in which there is an entire accordance of opinion between the Mar quess of Lansdown and his friend, and Lord Gode rich, Mr. Canning, and Mr. Huskisson. Earl Grey, on account, perhaps,of his partial estrangement from public life, has taken, apparently, very little interest. On the Corn Laws he differs, we believe, both from the Marquess of Lansdown and Mr. Canning, and from the great body of the Whigs, and agrees with the members of the New Opposition. This may, and perhaps ought to be a reason for a difference of feeling towards the Ministry between Earl Grey and his friends. The Foreign Policy, the Catholic Question, and the questions of Trade and Naviga tion, including the Corn Laws, are the great prac tical questions of the present time; and we can scarcely think that Earl Grey will stuccoed in per suading the country, that those who agree ought to prepare the success of those who differ from them on all these subjects, by needless altercations on spe culative points, or by recalling controversies on cir cumstances which have ceased to exist.—illorning Chronicle. Last night the discussions on the Ministerial changes were, rather unexpectedly, resumed in ; the House of Lords, which was remarkably full, and around the Throne was amazingly crowded by Commoners, while below the bar was throng ed with strangers—it having got whispered about in the course of the afternoon, that Earl Grey was likely to speak, his Lordship having previ ously remained silent on the subject, though his sentiments bad been anxiously looked for. It will be seen that such expectation was realised. The Duke of Newcastle commenced the discus sion, declaring that he should oppose the pre sent Adminstration, thinking the head of it unfit for the office he held ; and that decisive steps ought to be adopted by their Lordships, which would relieve his Majesty from the unpleasant situation in which he must now be considered as I placed. The Earl of Darlington thought the Administration was well-formed, and that Mr. Canning was a great Statesman ; he should therefore support the Ministers to the utmost of his power. The Earl of Harewood said he knew not who were his Majesty's Ministers, and he thought that their Lordships ought to know such fact, previously to pledging themselves to support the Administration. The real state of things, he maintained, ought to be declared. Lord Falmouth declared, that he had no confi dence in his Majesty's present Ministers; and Lord Ellenborough thought that the Admini ' stration ought to allow those who had quitted office to express their surprise at the state of the Government, especially as it was notorious that it was a " provisional" one. Earl Grey even tually spoke, and at great length. His Lordship expressed his regret that he could not join with those friends withwhom he had acted for so many years, and agree to give general support to the present Go ♦ernment ; but however painful might be the declara tion, he was compelled to say that he saw nothing about the Administration to justify his confidence and to call for his support. His Lordship then ad verted to the foreign policy, &c. of Mr. Canning, observing that many parts of it had been mischie vous, and especially denying that Mr. Canning had (politically) called the New World into existence. The United States had long previously recognised the independence of the South American States. And with respect to Mr. Canning's domestic policy, his Lordship asked what hope was there from him who bad prefaced his career as Premier by avowing that he should resist the repeal of the useless Test Acts, &c.? Earl Grey was listened to with great attention, and he was repeatedly cheered, particu larly by Lord Holland. His Lordship spoke from the Opposition side of the House, 'but from the Bench next to the front Opposition Bench. The discussion, which arose out of the presentation of a petition, closed after Earl Grey's speech. Lord Eldon was in the House, and sat on the cross bench. The House of Commons suddenly adjourned last night after sitting about an hour, without any rea son being assigned for such adjournment. There were several notices of motions on the paper : Mr. W. Horton's, respecting the Cape of Good Hope; Mr. Macqueen's, about the law of settle ment; Lord John Russell's, on the cause of the in crease of crime in England, &c.; but, after the Speaker had called their names several times with out their answering, or any one answering for them, Mr. Herries moved the :adjournment of the House, which adjourned accordingly. None of the Minis ters were present.—Morning Herald. • The defeat of the modest proposal to double the Easter Offerings, and render them compul sory, in the parish of St. Clement Danes, is a subject on which not only the parishioners, but the public at large have reason to congratulate themselves. We were the first to announce that such a design was on foot, and the warning was not in vain. We are surprised that a Clergyman who has borne the respectable character which we have always understood Dr. Gurney to pos sess, should have lent himself to such a purpose. The Rev. Gentleman, in the performance of his duties, must be aware of the diStress and Pauper ism which are now so prevalent—and that he should think of adding to the pressure 'of tex ation which his parishioners feel so heavily, is i what we could not have expected. It appeared, • also, by the proceedings at the Vestry, that..he • , does not contribute to the poor-rates of the pa g rich from which he derives his income, for he is. non-resident.• The perSOns who supported - his demand, stated his income at 4001. per annum, and their proposal was to raise it to 6001., by doubling the Easter Offerings, which they esti mated at 2001.; but when a person got up, and said that in the year 1700 the income of the Rector was stated to be 700/. per annum,.and could hot be less now, none of the friends of the measure gave • him: any answer. It is probable that if the income was 7001. a year so long since, it must be more now, especially, when we take into account the altered value of money, which was then so much greater than it is now. But however this may be, the Rector is better able" to live on his in come than hundreds of industrious .shopkeepers and others, whoSe income such a proposition went to di minish. We do not like to see so eager a love for Mammon among our Clergy ; it seems rather to in crease than lessen of late years; but many circum stances that have happened of late ought to convince our Clergy that there is a spirit and independence of mind among Protestants, which, although it does not prevent them from paying proper respect to Clergymen who respect themselves, will not allow them, like the Roman' Catholic laity, to pay,a blind and ignorant obedience to a covetous or ambitious priesthood. There are many Clergymen of the Church of England who possess the virtues and good feeling that become their station ; but we ad vise those who show in all their ections too much of that worldly-mindedness which they decry in the pulpit, to beware of the plague of avarice, which, along with ambition, brought the Church of Rome to destruction, and has done much to injure the cha racter of the Church of England.--/bid. We do not by any means profess an unhesi tating-approval of the- violent manner-in which some of the more sensitive of the ejected -Ministers have been betrayed by their wounded feelings. On the contrary; we . "are of opinion that both the talents and the understanding of a Statesman are best evinced by the maintenance of a calm dignity under reverse, and the exhibi tion, whether in or out of office—whether pur suing the triumph and partaking the gale of a brilliant colleague, or mourning over the suc cessful manceuvres of an ingenious rival, of that greatest of qualities in the great—moderation. But while we are sufficiently philosophical, in the retirement of our closet, to admit this principle, and heartily to desire that those to whose views and reputation we wish well, • should ever be guided by it, we do say 'that a great deal of allowance is to be made to the ebullition of irritated feelings in men, who not only find themselves deprived of the smile of their Sovereign, and of a station which they occupied with deserved applause, but who have too much reason to believe that they may attribute that deprivation, or to say the least,- the circumstances which neces sarily led to it, to the hollowness of pretended friendship, the inconstancy of a too expert tac tician. The sentiments of the good easy crea ture in the fable, who let into its cave -the adroit porcupine, by whom it found itself in the sequel excluded, could scarcely be expected to have re mained very amicable or calm towards the said porcupine, however agreeably diversified his fretful quills might appear to the less interested bystanders ;—and if it be remembered that iii addition to such personal causes of irritation, the seceding party suddenly saw preparations for making over the country to a set of men to whose every principle they had been fundamentally oppo sed, and who were pledged in particular to a mea sure which they deemed eminently ruinous and unconstitutional—if they saw the seat's, lately their own, filled by a row of political puppets, of which, the strings were to be pulled by the ingenious head-machinist for the amusement of the public, till it suited the convenience or the caprice of the real actors to appear upon the stage—we think that a little departure from the precise phrase of drawing-room courtesy, a little angry showing, may well be pardoned to men placed in such a position. Nay, more—we doubt whe ther an entire self-command, under such circum stances, might not argue a want of that principle and high-minded feeling, from the imputation of which want, these little impolitic bursts at least exculpate them. It is therefore with great dis gust that we see the attempts which are made to put down by coarse ridicule and abuse every endeavour to ascertain the real prin ciples and views of the existing Govern ment, though these ought certainly to be matter of more than :common suspicion to the adherents of the late one. Nothing -can .be more constitutional than the course pursued by Sir Thos. Lethbridge, with a view to -this objeet; -and the same was adapted by Sir-John Newport, upon the occasion of the delay in remodelling the Administra tion in 1812, when he said, " that the House was reduced to the dilemma of either refusing the sup plies, or'granting than without a responsible Mini ster." The old Government were - still in their , places, and it was only expected that they would be removed. If Mr: Canning and his friends now only occupy their places, ad, interim, the name and prin ciples of his successor being unknown, the House of Commons is placed in a similar situation of suspense and ignorance; and Sir Thomas Lethbridge's sug gestion of postponing the Supplies until some satis factory declaration takeiplace, is neither absurd, un reasonable, or unprecedented.-;--Morning Post. One of those irregular debates, which have characterised the proceedings of both Houses of Parliament during the last ten days, took place last night in the House of Lords. With two or three exceptions, however, the language employ ed, and the sentiments expressed, were much less" acrimonious and intemperate, than on for mer occasions. The Duke of Newcastle, in deed, indulged in some epithets - of 'suverlative vituperation ; but hard words are a sorry substi tute for convincing arguments. Earl Grey spoke at some length ; and his Lordship's speech was so far gratifying, that it announced the Noble Earl's intention of not uniting with the Oppo sition, although he was, at present, unable to see his way clearly to the other side of the House. We have an unfeigned respect for conscientious scruples; but we are no great admirers of scruples which are so. elaborately fashioned that they only serve to perplex the choice they should direct. One of the most marked and determined qualities of a vi gorous mind, is the faculty of deciding upon its own impressions. The Noble Earl, however, after the most anxious deliberation, and the most severe scru tiny, could get no further than to resolve upon sit ting where he had sat for upwards of twenty years, with permission from himself to vote according to circumstances.—New Times. We give this day an account of a public meeting held at Liverpool, on Wednesday last, to vote au Address of Thanks and Congratula tion to his Majesty, on the formation of a new Ministry. Liverpool has thus taken the lead in a proceeding which, we doubt not, will be fol lowed by many other towns and cities throughout the empire. The King, in asserting his just right to place whom he pleased at the head of his Government, maintained at the same time an important national right, that of being governed by a Ministry possessing at once the confidence of the Sovereign and of the country. It is pro per, therefore, that, in an exercise of the Royal pre rogative, which involved the assertion of -a public good, the King should find himself supported by his people. With respect to the Liverpool meeting, we cannot say the tone of some of the speeches was exactly to our taste; but, in . a public assembly, it is impossible to prevent the partial intrusion of persons whose absence would be a comfort. The principle of the meeting was good and laudable, anti has our entire approbation.—lbid. . . THE ROYAL WESTMINSTER INFIRMARY FOR THE DISEASES OF THE EYE. This Charity held its Anniversary Dinner at Willis's Rooms yesterday, when about 150 Noble men and Gentlemen sat down to dine. His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence took the Chair. • After the cloth was withdrawn, his Royal High ness in . rising to propose the health of his Majesty, stated, that during the last year, the King had de voted no less than 30,0001. to charitable purposes. His Royal Highness then gave, in a very emphatic manner—" The King, God bless him," with four times four. The ROYAL. CHAIRMAN then begged to offer to the meeting a toast, which he was sure would be appreciated : the " Memory of the Duke of York," which was drunk in respectful silence. His Royal Highness then rose, and said, that after having drunk to the t memory of his late lamen ted brother, who had been st, long at the head of the army, ie could not do better than propose, " The British Army." The toast was drunk With enthusiasm. His Royal Highness then gave, " The British Navy," with three times three. Lord LYNEDOCH then rose, and . proposed the health of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, which was drunk with great enthusiasm. His Royal. Highness then proposed the health of the Duke of Wellington, President of the Charity. which was drunk with. great applause. The health of the Vice Presidents, particularly those at the meeting, was next drunk. Lord BERESFORD returned thanks ; and proposed the health of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Clarence, and the other Ladies Patronesses. This toast was drunk with marked applause. His Royal HighneSs the Duke of CLARENcE felt infinitely obliged to the Company for drinking the health of the Duchess ; and he took that opportu nity of communicating the wish of her Royal High ness, that her name should be put down as an annual subscriber of ten guineas.—( Loud applause.) A number of other toasts were drunk in the course of the evening, and his Royal Highness did not quit the Chair until eleven o'clock, when the company immediately separated. ANNIVERSARY _OF THE SONS OF THE CLERGY. Yesterday, the Anniversary Festival of this laud able charity, which has for its object the apprentic ing the children of necessitous Clergymen, was cele brated with peculiar pomp and solemnity in St. Paul's Cathedral. Messrs. Goulden, Sale, Philips, Hawes, and Horn castle, were selected to perform the solo parts, and the boys from Westminster Abbey, and his Majes ty's Chapel Royal, St. James's, were in attendance in the choir. Mr. Greatorex conducted the music; Mr. Cotton Reeve led the band, consisting of the Members of the Royal Society-of Musicians, and Mr. Attwood presided at the Organ. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, who was to have attendectas proxy for his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge, was not in attendance, from a desire to avoid the fatigue of the day. But at a little before twelve o'clock, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, her Royal Highness the Duchess Of Clarence, and the Misses Fitzclarence, arrived in their carriages; they were immediately conducted by the stewards into the vestry, and shortly after were ushered to seats on the south side of the Cathedral, where their appearance attracted general attention. Soon after twelve o'clock, the Right Honourable thes , Leard - Mayor, arrived in his state carriage, ac companied by the Sword and Mace Bearers, the Recorder, and was followed by Sheriffs Farebrother and Wincheiter, the various Aldermen, attired in their civic habiliments, with their families, in pro cession, preceded by the City Marshals on horse back, the Marshals, and other City Officers. The performance commenced with the -Overture "Esther," Ar,"natiiem ndcr in fulltcltde Chorus. At with or H andel's Grand Co- At about half-past five o'clock between three , and 400 gentlemen sat down to dine ; the Lord Mayor in the Chair. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, who was attired in a Field Marshal's uniform, sat at the right hand of his Lordship, and among the company we noticed the following persons of distinction, viz. Bishops of London, Gloucester, Sodor and Man, Bath and Wells, Oxford, St. Asaph, Chester, Llan daff, Ely, Litchfield, - Coventry, St. David's, and Peterborough ; Archdeacons Durham and Armagh; Judges Park, Bayley, Gaselee, Baron Hullock, and carious Other•persons of eminence. The spacious galleries at each side of the Hall were filled with elegantly dressed ladies. On the removal of the cloth, Non Nobis Domine was sung, after which " The King—God bless him," and other loyal toasts, were drunk with enthu siastic applause. The subscription at the Rehearsal and Perform ance of the Music at St. Paul's Cathedral, and at the Dinner, amounted on the whole to 1,0701. The company separated at'half-past eight o'clock. PENTIYN.—This is a borough and market town in the parish of St. Gluvians, Cornwall ; and is situated on an eminence at the mouth of the river called the King's-road, which runs inte Falmouth harbour. It is three miles from Fal mouth, and 267 from London ; and contains about 300 houses, and about 3,000 inhabitants. Its principal trade is in the pilchard and New foundland fisheries ; besides which, it is consi dered the granary of the south-western part of Cornwall, having considerable warehouses, gene rally well-stored with grain from the Isle of Wight and the southern coast. As a borough it never sent Members to Parliament till the Ist of Mary, and was incorporated by James L in the 18th year of his reign. A new charter was granted by James 11. which vested the election of Mem bers in the magistracy only, but this they refu sed to accept. A custom is said to have pre vailed, for the steward of the Bishop of Exeter, who is lord of the manor, to send his precept to the portreeve or mayor, to return two elizors, or principal men of the place, who were to elect twenty-two more, to make up a Jury upon all law court days, to execute the town business and choose the Members ; but this has long been disused. The Sheriff's precept is still directed to the portreeve, who has for mai iy years been also the mayor. The Corporation consists of a mayor, eleven more aldermen, and twelve burgesses, with power to choose a recorder, steward, town clerk, two constables, and two mace-bearers. The right of election is in the inhabitants at large, who pay scot and lot ; but who have, nevertheless, generally ranged themselves under one or more powerful patrons. In 1784 this borough was under the joint influence of the then Duke of Leeds and Sir Francis Bassett, now Lord de Dunstanville ; but an agreement was said to have been entered into between them not to interfere in each► other's boroughs of Hel stone and Penryn, in consequence Lord de Dun stanville became sole patron of Penryn. His Lordship's interest was, however, disturbed in 1802, and has ever since' been gradually declin ing in favour of Mr. Henry Hase, who pos sesses the real nomination in this and so many other boroughs. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S Bi*H, MAY 10. THY KING AGAINST THE RIM. HENRY BROUGHTON AND BA RLOW. - This was a rule nisi for a criminal information ob tained last term by Mr. Campbell against Mr. Broughton, who is a magistrate of Staffordshire, and also against Barlow, who is a constable, for illegal and oppressive conduct. The appliCation for the rule is reported in our paper of 29th . January. Two children, John Caddie, aged ten, and Julia Caddie,' aged only seven, the children of a poor cottager, were, in the middle of the day of the 12th of Octo ber, seen by Barlow, with part of their clothes off, wading in a pond on a common, catehing or play ing with"some ducks. It appeared that the girl had hold of one duck, which belonged to Barlow, and the boy had hold of two, which we understood be longed to his own parents. Barlow directed a man named Ward to run after the children,who had both run away,which he did, and brought back the boy, whom Barlow took before the magistrate, Mr. Broughton. No charge on oath was made against the boy,who had not hold of Barlow's duck. However, Mr. Brough ton ordered the boy to be detained till the next day, when he directed that the little girl should be brought before him. In the middle of the night, Barlow, who is charged by the affidavits for the information with personal hostility towards the parents of the children, went, with a rope in his hand, to the child, woke him, and threatened to • hang him with the rope, if he did not confess' that his father set him on to steal the duck. The next day, when they at tended before Mr. Broughton, he took the deposi tion of. Barlow apart from the children and their mother, without affording them an opportunity of asking Barlow any questions. The children, on being asked what they had to say for themselves, both said they were fighting the ducks; and the boy, in his affidavit before the Court, swore that he had never stolen any thing in his life, and did not mean to steal the duck. The Magistrate committed both the children to gaol for a felony, to take their trial at the Sessions, where they were both tried and acquitted. The affidavits stated that Mr. Broughton, on the mother's intercession for her children, said he wished he could also send the father and mother to gaol. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Mr. RUSSELL, for the Rev. Mr. Broughton, showed cause against the rule, and Mr. TALFOURD showed cause for Barlow ; after which - Mr. CAMPBELL and Mr. WHATELEY were heard in support of the rule. Lord TENTERDEN. — With respect to making the rule absolute against Mr. Broughton, we are to con sider whether he was acting from a corrupt and ma licious motive, or in a mistaken discharge of his duty. If we think it was from the first cause, we ought to grant the information; but if we think otherwise, or if we doubt, we ought not to grant it, for the Grand Jury is still open for the parties to re sort 'to. Although I see much in Mr. Broughton's conduct that I do not approve of, there is not enough to fix malice upon him ; and he has denied in his affidavit that he was actuated by any such motive. Looking at the whole case against Mr. Broughton, we tliink the rule Should be discharged ; but, never theless, it should be discharged upon his paying costs. With respect to Barlow, we -will either grant the information, or discharge the rule upon his pay ing costs, as the parties may please. Mr. CAMPBELL said, it was the wish of the par ties that the rule Should be made absolute. Lord TENTERDEN.—The rule, then, must be made absolute against Barlow. PORTUGUESE ROADS AND AGItICUL- TURE. Our party had now increased to six, mounted bag and baggage on donkeys and mules, most of them without bridles and stirrups, and furnished only with halters and pack saddles, so high, and large, and round, that even a man of ordinary length of limbs had the utmost difficulty in encompassing them. It is hardly possible to conceive a worse road. By - - the-bye, I may mention that a sum of 35,0001. had been set apart, some Yearaago, for making and re pairing roads in Portugal, but, as too often happens with our Sinking Fund, the Government has always contrived to apply it to other purposes, and the roads continue nearly in the state in which they were hun dreds of years ago. At one place the mules even scramble with difficulty over the rugged stony pave ment, and at another they are up to their knees in mud. The only part where the rider is at all at his ease, is in the open country, where the mules are left to take their own course. In about a mile from Santarem, on one hand, nothing but orange and lemon groves, with fig -trees, pomegranate-trees, and vines are to be seen. At present, the orange-trees are covered, both with fruit and blossom, and the pomegranate tree is in all its glory. On the other hand, there are vines and wheat. The fences consist chiefly of mud walls, raised about two feet high, covered with aloes, generally of an enormous size. In other places they are covered with brambles, myrtles, medlar-trees, honeysuckle, cistus, and plants and flowers of almost every description. llere and there a few ploughs are to be teen—with peasants digging the vine yards,*or weeding corn. Agriculture here is only in its infancy; I don't suppose the plough has un dergone any alteration since the Romans intro duced it first into Lusitania. It has only one handle —the mould board consists of a round piece of wood, attached by a . hook at the one end, to the body of the plough, and the sock:is shod with a small piece of iron. Every part of it is of the most coarse mate rials, and the furrow which it makes is far from a straight line, and as unequal in breadth and depth as a mole track. In some places, however, an improve ment has taken place, particularly where extensive farms are in the hands of some rich individual,_ Near Vallada there is an extensive plain, where I saw twenty ploughs at work, drawn by four oxen each. The soil appeared to be very rich, and was tolerably well cultivated. After leaving the suburbs of Santarem, scarcely any thing is to be seen but groves of olives. The vineyards are neither very extensive nor numerous, and hi general are ill cultivated. Except in one or two villages, there is not an inhabited house—all having been destroyed by the French in their retreat. Pernes bears the same dismal marks of wanton destruction—one half of the houses are without roofs—the people are-poor and miserable, and naked, and seem destitute of any excitement to industry. On seeing such a country, with such a climw, and so many houses tha t could be made habitable; at so little expence, one is only astonished that agricultural companies should have sent out colonies to the deserts of South America, when industrious men could find, so near home, plenty of houses and employment, and be well re warded for their labour. The inhabitants, too, as far as I have had an opportunity of judging, have many excellent qualities—they are affable and Obliging, and if we take our host and his family as specimens, they are not to be surpassed by any people in the world. A dreadful murder was committed last night at eight o'clock, by a man of the name of Shee ney, a wood-chopper, upon his son, a child of four months old. Sheeney has been in the habit of threatening that he would cut the infant's head off, and last night he came home rather in toxicated, and having sent his wife out to get some tea, proceeded to effect his horrible purpose. He cut the head off the little innocent, and placing it upon the table, threw the body under the bed ; he then secured the door and made his escape. The poor mother's feelings may be easily imagined when she and the neighbours succeeded in forcing open the door, and dis covered the mangled remains of her infant. Dalton, fan active officer of the police, at Lam beth-street, was immediately dispatched in pur suit of the murderer. The transaction took place only five doors from the police office, at No. 1, Christopher-court, Lambeth-street.— Sheeney had not been taken at ten o'clock last night. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. HATTON-GARDEN.— Yesterday,. at one o'clock, .Razoland Williams was again placed at the bar of this office before Mr. Sergeant SELLON, and the following lied' charge was exhibited against him :—Mr. John Cording', silversmith, of No. 232, Strand, stated that on the 3lst March the prisoner asked to look at some gold pencil-cases, a tray of which were shown him. On hearing their price, he pretended to dispute their value, and witness weighed several to satisfy him ; after which the prisoner said that his brother was A the door, and he should like him to see them. He then walked to the shop-door, and called " John," two or three times, but did not come in agai",* 'Witness finding he did not return, began to suspect he 1 0 , been robbed ; and on examining the tray, missed a g el " pencib.c.see,' the selling price of which was 50s. The Pa l ' eil-case now produced was the same stolen from his shor,i Martin, the constable who apprehended the prisoner, sa id that he found the pencil-case in his waistcoat-pocket. Th's charge was also taken against the prisoner, and the parties bound over to prosecute.—Williams, whose appearance 15 considerably altered for the worse, made no answer to the, charge, and was again removed, to the New Prison, "') owners having been yet found for the chain, ring, 01 two seals. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY.—MoNDLY, MAY 1'4.--(At the Court of Commissioners, Basinghall-street.) 1/ Clark, W., Newcastle-street, Strand COUNTRY DIARY.—MONDAY, MAY lt. 9 Coombs, J., Ansford—Lamb, Hindon• lO Frost, J., Derby—Black's Head, Nottingham 3 Garton; J., Castle Donnington—Office Mr. Snelson, Castle 3 Donnington lO Holt, T., Manchester—Royal hotel, Manchester .............. Homfray, I'., Hyde—Wheatsheaf, Bewdley Richardson, T., Sowcrby—Court-house, Knaresbrough Roberts, J.; Newport—Red Lion,' Newport' Robinson, W., Salford—Hayward's, Manchester 4 TO BE DISCHARGE D ' al-street, AT NINE. Fearnside, W., Leeds Lloyd, A., Conway-stzect Hart, W., Poplar Martin, J., Sr. Pancras Hedjes T., Birmingham Robinson, A., Hyde-street I Hogg, L, Enfield Robinson, 3., Kingston Jackson, J., Old-street-road Smith, J., Poplar Johnson, .7., Wapping Smith, D., Seymour place Lucas, W., Castle-street, Lei- Whinnery, A., chiselhurst cester.square ' ' :NSOLVENTS APPLYIN( Petitions to be heard at Portug, MAY 15, THE MARKETS. SOUTHALL MARKET.—May 9. or At this day's market, which exhibited a 'united number r d Beasts, but was otherwise moderately supplied, for the timeL year, each kind of meat met with a ready sale, at the follow," prices per stone of Sibs. to sink the offals 6(1. I Beef 4s. 2d. to ss , 2d. 4s.'6d. to 0 Mutton —4 10 5' 10 Pork 4 6 Lamb - ss. 6d. to 6s. Bd. .nd The foregoing quotations arc beef 'and mutton 4d., lamb veal 2d., per stone beyond those of this day se'nnight ; in Pe of pork no alteration. The stock was nearly all sold. HAILSHAM MARKET.—May 9. Beef. 4s. 6d. to ss. Od. 4s. CA. to s s• 414 .* Mutton.w. 4 8 54 I Pork 0 0 4 4 • . Lamb 6s, Od, to tis. Id. Supply good ; trade with mutton and prime lamb rather bri O4 with beef, veal, and inferior lamb, dull. Mutton 4 8 5 6 STEYNING MARKET.—May 7. 0( 1 4s. Bd. to ss. 4d. Veal l o s. 4(1. to 50s 0 Lamb ss. 81. to 6s. Id. A moderate supply, and a briskish I Pork 0 . ARUNDEL MARKET.—May 8 • ()4 5. ' Reef---.. 45.6 d. to ss. 2tl. i Veal Mutton ........... 410 5 4 1 Pork—, 0 0 0 Lamb 6s. Od. to Os. 6d. A fair time of year supply, and a moderatelybriak traces CHICHESTER MARKET.—May 9. i od Beef 4s. 4d. to ss. Od. 4s. 4d. to 4 6 ; p I Mutton 4 6 5 2 Pork— 0 0 Lamh ss. Bd. to 6s. 4d. Couples 325. to 12s. each ; Store Beasts, 2s. 4d. to 3s. per _,,s' at supposed weight'when fattened. Supply moderately goo" , trade a little alive. O RUMF RD toe. • .. d. MARKET.—May 9 e. Beef 4 2 410 I Veal a. d. d. o' 4 ' ', 0 Mutton 4 4 5 4 Pork 4 0 '" Lamb sa. Bd. to 6s. 4d. „ o li Suckling Calves from 14s. to 31s ; Quarter old Pigs 9s. to 14 "i s it. Supply moderately good, and trade, on the whole, rather lir COUNTRY CORN. MARKETS DURING THE W ' Wheat. Barley. Oats. . Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. 8. to 8. 0 . to Mandford 50 • 60 36. 40 30 38 5 t 3 5 , 2 Brigg ' 54 .59 34 39 33 57 47 45 Cambridge 55 36 27 --, 48 45 Chard , 56 • .76 38 44 24 32 4 . bo Huntingdon— 50 55 32 35 25 30 ,A Louth „ 54 59 40 43 30 35 52. •Z-2" Lynn 53 62 .36 43 28 36 t , Newark --- 56 61 38 44 30 35 Norwich . 52 60 29 41 29 32 43 60 Nottingham 57 61 42 45 36 41 56 Peterborough 50 58 33 42 32 36 Plymouth 52 60 38 40 28 32 -- 64 Sherborne 50 56 32 38 30 36 56 64 l.Tppingham 52 61 44 31 35 5 8 Wisbech 50 60 24 31 4 8 60 York 56 62 , 38 4 4 26 36 LEEDS CORN •MARItET, May S. There was a fair supply of Wheat, but only a thin atteneecree sf buyer's, and lather lower prices were submitted to. ..* of c was not much Barley offering, but the malting season , ', 0 . 0 . nearly.oyer, the few, sales effected were on rather lower ,tr p er Oats and Shellings were extremely dull, the former was I h ow stone, and the latter Is. per load cheaper. Beans were 'nu e od same. In Rapeseed there was scarcely any thing doings prices were nominal. Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 6 01 b. s6s to Ols. tel -- York. and Lincoln. 601 b. 435. 1 Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk 425 to - Yorkshire and Lincolnshire G r i n di ng Beans 6311). Oats, Potatoe •36s. to 3 t, F t. Mealing, Foreign I6d. tc 161d....linglish 17d. to le`_ nood• Shelling, 40s. to 41s. V, l a st. Rapeseed, English, 201. to 211. e r EXHUMATION OF FIVE SKELETONS , it o 'f f VAUXHALL.-Within these f e w w ee k s past a numb er labourers have been employed in digging to g a ce rtain ° et ' tent through the Vauxhall-bridge-road, in order to f°r,`", the great new common-sewer from Westminster to .t'o " Thames. In the progress of this undertaking it hand 'gg n e cessary to excavate to a very considerable depth ; t , the excavators advanced from the fields (called the "1"`-,,,, house-fields" which, from their name, and other eircu- I: stances, have, in our history, many melancholy iss°c-iii tiOns coupled with them) towards the road, the soil general become more sandy and soft, and in many P 1 * - 3 they have found many fragments of timber, old buck dl , shoes, and the remains of wearing apparel, which has j n A - , cated that this place, during the melancholy year if l a r t : e l was the general cemetery for many hundreds of the ill-;"he inhabitants of London, who perished:by the plague. Aldo work proceeds, they meet with human bones of eel " A. ,1 and kind, showing that the savages of that eves visitation extended over all ranks, sparing ° ds the aged nor the juvenile. The " Pest-house-6:oe had in their centre a large building, called ...A, Pest-house ;" and it was to this that all who could then,h its portals, before the fatal malady had overpowere d fled for succour ; and as fast as they departed fron l n t 8 world, they were interred in dikes dug for the P ur r; within the vicinity of the house, which has since beet! nominated the " Five Chimnies." Of this house , or g r -- ; of buildings, there are at present considerable ren33lPi and the workmen, in cutting through one of the c lil ' e i g in, day or two since, dug up a large box resembling a vs which they opened, and discovered the skeletonS .;e0 persons in a complete state. The 'teeth in thre e of Sha were perfect, and a solitary tuft of hair upon the he%!i one still remains. As usual, upon - the exhumati9l fo to exposure of the bodies 'to the air, the'bones crunabl ß . e'l dust ; but the skulls and some hones of three we, chased from the laboure rs by Mr. Hastings, the surr i :;o: Vauxhall -bridge - ro ad, in whos e possession they Upon its being known that this exhumation was cons iderable curiosity to see the remains was ext 4 te°,h - ‘4O ye i g hbourhood : but only the five skeletons, to hi' • have alluded have been dug tip in a perfect state. • is irti PRINTED and PUBLISHID by M. Yoa , 81114-Orlicz, No. 112; Strand. nave c ',cm) uug up m a perie , BIRTHS. 0( On the Bth inst., a t Cl a ph a m Rise, Surrey, the MO Geo On e F. Davis, Esq., of a daughter. f Oct rg the 10th inst., in Wimpole-street, the lady 0 vius Wigram, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. fri f " i On the 10th inst., at St. Pancras New Chu rch ' co r Thomas Ager, of Leadenhall-street, to Georgiano► fie daughter of Mr. 'Prycr, of Hampstead-road. v irbeY e e On the Bth inst., at Newbold-on-Avon, Hume, Esq., youngest son of Abraham Hanle, n ' Bilton Grange, Warwickshire, to Lucy, daughte r late Thomas Towers, Esq., of Bilton. DIED. 0f SO' On the Bth inst. , Captain John Luce, R. N. bury-place, Walworth, aged 7 0. On the 10th inst., at Barnsbury-park, Islingt o°, ti" the beloved wife of the Rev. Daniel Wilson, Yir'sr above parish, aged 44. . bid On the 10th inst., in the 54th year of her 3 °' t Isabella Tyas, of Henrietta -street, B runsw ick-sqn s ". ~i t e r dow of the late S. Tyas, Esq., Proctor at York' long and painful illness. • 00" On the 9th inst., at the house of her roothef.- °3 • v Aite il ' street, Sarah, eldest daughter of the late Esq., 11