The Sun. — London, England, 1831-06-21 00:00:00

ring SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. His Majesty, .who dissolved the last Parliament in person, opens the present with the same form to day. This will be an important Parliament in out hi•tory ; its pro'eedings, therefore, merit every at tention. If the schoolmaster have been abroad,—if instruction be diffused,—let it appear. It has been hitherto usual with public writers to address classes and denominations of men, but we sc orn this prat. tire now. It is the cause of the people which is about to be discussed; it belongs to the people to watch the proceedings. Whoever can read a P ap er in which is contained a report of the Parliamentary debates, let him have it in his hand at least once in the twenty-four hours. If he can be persuaded by reasoning, that the work of legislation were better carried on by the nominees of a few Peers and a few borough-hucksters, and that the people of Eng land have nothing to do with the laws but to obey them, when emanating from so respect able an authority, let him subject his will to that reasoning. But if he thinks that the people have a right really to choose their own r epresentatives,—if he thinks they have any concern in making the laws which they must obey, —then let him observe who would wrest that ri g ht from them, and upon what pretexts. We again, therefore, summon the people to attend to the pro ceedings of this, perhaps an uni-session, Parliament. There has never been a more important era in our history since the time when the last William was ail: anted to the thrcue. It was customary for the Ministers of the Crown to allow the Speech from the Throne to be read at the Cockpit the evening before it was delivered to Parliament. This prac tice has been for many years discontinued ; but WA) is the prominence of the particular events or facts which call for notice in such a document, that we think we can venture to predict the chief topics which it will embrace. It will probably state, that as Parliament was dissolved to take the sense of the country on the all-engrossing subject of Reform, the new Parliament is recommended to consider the best and most effectual mode of effect ing it, preserving the constitutional authority of both Houses, the just prerogatives of the Crown, and the liberties of the people. Adverting to fo reign affairs, the Speech will most probably state, that notwithstanding the civil commotions which have occurred in different parts of Europe, and the great contest carrying on in Poland, his Majesty has a confident hope that peace will he preserved to this country. As the only concluded diplomatic event which has taken place since his Majesty addressed his last Parliament is the transaction by which sa tisfaction was demanded and obtained from the present ruler of Portugal, we need scarcely say that his Majesty's Speech will embrace that topic. It will at the same time announce, that not withstanding this extorted act of justice, his Majesty has not yet seen meet to renew diplomatic relations with the Government of that kingdom.— In looking to our foreign relations at the present erisi, we have not only to guard against the chances of war, but the invasion of disease. The Speech will therefore, no doubt, allude, though in measured and prudent terms, to the precautions taken respect• ing the cholera morbus. On the subject of Belgium his Majesty cannot announce the termination of any arrangement. He will, however, refer to the con ferences now sitting in London for the affairs of that country, and will state the principle by which the conduct of his Government on this occasion has been guided. That principle, adopted by the Con gress, is riot one of intervention in the internal con cern! of other states. It has nothing to do with their mode 9f government, or the election of their Sovereign. The conferences pretend only to inter fere with Belgium to the extent of affording secu rity to other countries, and protecting existing trea ties against violation. Coming from our foreign relations to our domestic condition, his Majesty will describe the disturbances in Ireland, and congratn. bee Parliament that, however much they were to be r egretted, they had been repressed by the rigorous exereiw of the existing law, without the necessity of having recourse to the Legislature for the assistance of new enactments. In introducing the subject of the late distuebances in England, his Majesty will state the well-known fact, that they are in no degree connected with any political discontent, and cannot be ascribed to political causes. The dis tress in Ireland will demand a similar notice, and his Majesty will declare that no means at the disposal of his Government have been neglected to alleviate ita; severe pressure. He will, therefore, re commend the subject to legislative attention, and invite Parliament•to consider it with that mature de liberation which its importance deserves. Such, we believe, are the principal topics which will figure in the spe,ch of the King, addressed to his Parliament assembled on so momentous an occasion, and vigi lantly observed by an attentive but a confiding na tion. When we consider the circumstances in which the last Parliament met, and those which surround us at present, we see so many proofs of the ameliora tion of our condition, both as regards our external relations and our internal state, that we look forward to the commencing session not only wills hope but with confidence.—Times. It is understood that Earl Mansfield is to lead the Opposition of the House of Lords during the present Session, and that he will this day move the Amendment to the Address. Lord Mansfield will be sufficiently zealous in his opposition, we have no doubt ; but it yet remains to be seen whether his abilities correspond to his zeal. In the House of Commons doubts are not unreasonably entertained of the zeal of Sir Robert Peel as an Anti-Reformer. The doubts have their origin in the opinion that he is too sensible a man to continue longer a strurygle egainst the determination of the country. No Gene cal can fight without soldiers ; no politician can struggle without the support of at least a section of the people. But in this case the struggle is between the whole nation arid those who have an interest in plundering that nation. A selfish and interested motive can be assigned without much difficulty to every opponent of the Bill. Sir Robert is young and rich, and ambitious ; and he cannot afford to shelf himself with the incurables, It is very well for Lord Mansfield, of whom few' ever htard out of his own circle, hellue his exhibi tion nn the day of the Prorogation, to acquire a little distinction by an extravagant and fruitless op position ; bat Sir Robert Peel has already earned for himself a reputation for ability az a Statesman; and it would be sheer folly in him to lower himself to the level of the Londonderrys, Mansfields, &e. We some time ago copied an able article front the Scotsman, tracing the want of principle of Sir Robert Pee!, in common with Burke and every public man of note in this country, to our oligarchical ascendancy. No man can be an Englki: Minister under an Imre.- formed Parliament and an honest manat the same dine. It would be unfair to try Sir Robert by a standard different from that by which other public Mi2ii are tried. The fa u l t we h ave hi t h erto f oun d w ith Sir RoLert has of honesty. rat h er a want o f tact or tas t e th a n a want By affecting more sincerity than nieces- Lary when speaki ng against conviction, he in some measure hur t th e ontot!r iwopre of his audience, for this implied a belief The Ho o use zl ofohC:whenCommons a 1, ln their want of penetration. have an expressive inter jection, andlember cants a little be yond the fair allow ance rea sonably on their credulity. draws some w hat un. itY. There is a d ue mea sure in whining as in etythi „ will he tolerated in the House :T.; Thing els e . e i . to deceive the country, but no t if h,m let merelyt y wishesappear goo openly that he thinks h e is also the House. In a eystem lik e ourq, c"- ft v i i- a ng on corruption and rotten nees hi Church i and State, honesty has hitherto bean out of the question. It is in the leanings of & Ilinister, l when he can afford to manifest them, that we ought to look for his character, and we think that the leanings of Sir Rob ert have generally been praist , - worthy. We certainly can discover no sympathy between him and Lords Mansfield and Londonderry, and we shall be sorry to see him lost among theM. Under a Reformed Parliament Sir Robert will make a good Minister; and afrer that measure has bean ' carried, there ought to be some such indulgence• shown by Statesmen towards the errors of each other as is shown by gentlemen in Australia with respect to that part of their respective lives passed in thi. country. 'Where no man could be honest, it is not worth while quarrelling about the degrees of disho nesty. When public men are emancipated from the influences which, under an unreformed Parliament, they cannot venture to disregard, they may dare to do their duty to their fellow-citizens with impunity. —Morning Chronicle. A Monmouthshire Paper undertakes to lecture us for contending that an inquiry ought to take place, before the regular tribunals, relative to the dreadful transactions by which so many lives were lost at Merthyr-Tydvil. The writer, like an advocate of more zeal than discretion, in attempting to show that the fatal events at Merthyr ought to be buried in the silence of that grave in which the victims of civil tumult now find rest, furnishes additional argu ments for inquiry. The first specimen of his logic •s as fellows :—" According to all accounts that have been published of the late riots at Merthyr., there never was a case of civil bloodshed in which less of legal or Parliamentary investigation was re quired. We are not prepared to state officially why the proper officer omitted to hold an inquest on the unfortunate beings who fell in the affray, but we are informed the bodies were all taken away by the friends of the deceased, and bnried in unconsecrated ground. To search for and dig up the bodies might have exasperated the people, and it was therefore a very proper exercise of discretion, on the . part of the Coroner, to let them remain quietly in the graves to which they have been consigned. If the rela tives of the deceased have any complaint to make, let them ask for investigation, and we are quite sure it will he courted by all against whom even the shadow of an accusation can be produced." Now, what is the reason there never was a case of civil bloodshed in which less of legal Parliamentary investigation was requited ? Because, says the writer in the Monmouthshire Paper, " we are not prepared to state officially why the proper officer omitted to hold an inquest on the unfortunate beings who fell in the affray." So because he can give us no official, or, in other words, Ito account which can be relied upon as correct, of the ch eumstances which led to the death of the " unfortunate beings" who perished by the fire of the military, therefore there ought to be neither a legal ❑or a Parliamentary in quiry. From these premises we should have drawn exactly the opposite inference—namely, that such a case was one especially deserving of both legal and Parliamentary investigation. We are quite sure that if half the number of the King's subjects, ac cording to the lowest account of the casualties of this transaction, had fallen by the tire of the military under the Administration of Lord Castlereagh or the Dulne of Wellint - tton, the cry for both legal and Parliamentary inquiry would have resounded from the Land's End to John o'Groat's House. The writer in the Monmouthshire Paper attempts to be facetious on a question which relates to the slaugh• rer of about 20 of his fellow-creatures, and the mangling of about three times that number. We are as little dieposed to envy his feelings as to imitate his exempla. It is quite possible, as Swift aye, to be a " lively animal and a dull roan ;" but we are cut prised that any being who hears a human form, however low his ambition to shine as a wit may be, should euppose lie found matter of merriment in the tragedy of Merthyr- Tydvil. When he condescends to be serious upon so melancholy a subject, the Monmouthshire Editor charges us with not having paid common attention to the " accounts published in our own Paper," by which we " would have seen that, on the day pre -1 ceding the fatal affray, in which so many lives were lost, the Magistrates were unable to prevent the spoliation of Mr. Coffin's house, and the other ac►s of outrage then committed, and, under these circum stances, they were compelled to send for the mili tary." We have published various accounts, and they all differ, both as to tl:e amount of life lost, and the causes in which the fatality originated. It is conse quently necessary that the public should have some authentic account of this sanguinary affair, and how can they have it unless through the medium of a legal or Parliamentary investigation) ? It is only such an investigation that can put the question at rest, both as to the number of the sufferers, and the causes which led to so dreadful a catastrophe. It is said that the friends of the parties do not like the dead bodies to be disturbed, and it might ex asperate them if the Coroner had them disinterred fcr the purpose of inquiry. This is the first occa• sion on which we ever head it gravely stated in England that private feeling was to be a bar to public justice. There is a duty due to the public in all such cases which supersedes every prirate feeling; otherwise even murder would be rarely punished. If the destruction of life at Merthyr-Tydvil was a matter of absolute necessity, surely it can be legally proved. We only call for Mat proof.— Morn. Herald. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JUNE 20. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. WARD. This case arose upon an information filed for an account of the rents of leasehold property, and to have a lease for 500 years given up to be cancelled. Dr. Triplett, by a settlement in December, 1668, vested in trustees the rectory of Hawleigh, in Nor folk, and the advowson and the manor called Fish ponds, &c., to hold upon trust, out of the rents to pay 201. a-year to his sister for life, and after to her children equally, and after their death to pay to the Dean and Chewer of Westminster the said 20/. to maintain four of the most worthy schola , s of West minster at the University, and out of the same rents 'o pay 15/. and 5/. to the poor of two several pa rishes. Two questions were raised. The first whe ther the trusts to pay to the testator's sister and for the other purposes was to be taken as a gift of the whole of the property for charitable pur poses, or only a gift of 201., leaving the residue to other purposes. The second question was, whether the advowson was included, the defen dant contending that an advowson cannot be given for charitable purposes; and if it be not in cluded, that then it was in the testator's heir-at-law. Great difficulty exis'ed as to the point whether an advowson can or cannot be given to charitable purposes. His Lordship agreed, that if it could only be made profitable by means of simoniacal deal ing, it would not pass ; but then that must be shown. He saw that it might be used in two different was without simony. It might be sold, toties quoties, while there was a plenarty as far as the next presen tation; and it might be sold out and out at once, and the monies applied for the purposes of the charity. The authorities, however, pressed his Lordship so much upon this point, that he should abstain from disposing of that part of the question, and he invited the gentlemen of the bar to furnish him with any authorities upon the subject. The opinion he had come to upon the other part of the case was, that there was a gift to the trustees of the whole, not as a tesulting trust, or as it would have been if the case had been slightly different, but for charitable purposes. His Lordship was not one who would strain the meaning of words in favour of charities further than their obvious signification, and against the representatives of the families of the founders. Here the words were, that the gift was to no other use titan that specified. Was there any beneficial interest intended or expressed to the trus tees? Certainly not. Nothing could have surpri-ed Dr. Triplett mote than to hear that John Needham, his trustee, should have made a lease, or rather an alie nation, for although it purported to be a husbandry lea: e, it was fora term of 500 years, to his own son in-law, at the same rent which was payable in 1668, although a great rise had taken place in the value of land. And this was done by Mr. Need ham for his own benefit, because he was bound to pay his son-hi-law 1,2001 , which was released in considerstion of this lease. A more bineefaced breach of trust was never practised. As against the per sons claiming under the trusts it was clearly void, and there was enough in the deed to exclude the heir-at-law, and to admit the rights of the Crown and of the charities. His Lordship then adverted to the cases relating to this branch of the law, and expressing his intention of deciding the point relat ing to the advowson, said the appeal must be dis missed, and the decree of the Master of the Rolls affirmed. OUR7' OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 20. EGIII. V. HARMAN AND ANoTHER. In this case, :viiich Was not concluded yesterday when we went to Arts=, the plaintiff was nonsuited. PERRY • . TIIE MARQUIS 01 , LONDONDERRY. This was an action against the Marquis of Lon dotal:Try to recover 15S1. 4s. l id., the amount of a plasterer's bill, for work clone at his Lordship's house, in Park-lane, several years ago. The plain tiff, after making out and delivering his hill to the defendant, made an assignment of the debt to Messrs. Henning and Co., of Northumberland-street, Strand, and the defendant had notice of the assign ment. The present action was brought in Perry's name, for the benefit of Messrs. Henning. The assignment and notice having been proved, Mr. F. POLLOCK, en the part of the defendant, proposed to refer the question of amount. Mr. KELLY, for the plaintiff, observed, that a re ference had been proposed on the part of the plaintiff, some months ago; but he had no objection to Mr. Pollock's propo-al,provided it were understood there should be no delay. Mr. POLLOCK said there was no desire to protract the payment. Lord TENTERDEN would give a certificate to au thorize the signing of final judgment within ten days after the amount should have been settled by the arbitrator. A verdict was then entered for the plaintiff, sub .jest to a reference. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Juxi: ULLITHORNE V. IRMILTON. This case, which was not concluded yesterday when we went to press, was ordered to be referred to a Gentleman at the Bar. POLICE INTELLIGENCE• MANSION-HO USE. Yesterday, whir Alderman COW:IN was officiating for the Lotd Mayor, Alderman Scales entered the Justice-room, for the purpose of advocating the cause of a coal -meter, whom he considered to be an active, honest, but oppressed man. The case, however, had been postponed to another day, and Alderman Scales, addressing the Sitting Alder man, said that he bad a particular favour to ask, although not at all in the habit of asking favours. Alderman COWAN—Pray in what case can I oblige you ? Alderman Scales—l perceive by the newspapers that some of tha- intelligent and most patriotic body, the Common Councilmen of the City of - London, feel so great an interest in my concerns as to come to the determination to take my disputed case into their hands —(A laugh.) Now it was not my wish at all to be indebted to that most en lightened band of patriots in the settlement of my little difference with the Court of Aldermen, al though perfectly aware of their affectionate regard. —(L;w:hter.) I am, therefore, most anxious to remain in the hands of the Court of Aldermen, and I trust that the matter may lie between them and me, and without the intervention of those worthies, who hove quite enough to look after the good of the rest of mankind. Alderman CowAN—ln what way can I act so as to enable you to effect your object ? I do not think it lies exactly wititin my jurisdiction. Alderman Scales—l wish you to be so good as to represent to the Court of Aldermen tliat I do not desire the aid of those benignant and disinterested gentlemen who :eirim to feel my wrongs so acutely. Alderman CowAN—I do not think that it would be proper in me to make a communication of the kind to them as a body. Alderman Scales—Why, the fact is, that the pa triots are in want of a new committee, in order to give them an opportunity of gratifying their cele brated propensities. All their committees are closed, not even the Royal Entertainment Committee is any longer in existence, and they are as hungry as East India sharks, and long for an inquiry into Alderman scales's affair with the Court of Aldermen, in order to put the city of London to an expellee of another thousand pounds. It is there their kindness and consideration lies. Alderman COWAN felt that, as an individual, be should not be justified in mentioning the request of Alderman Scales to the Court ; but he thought the Court would take due notice of a written communi cation on the subject. Alderman Scales felt thankful for the information in what manner to act under the menaced friend ship of that singularly enlightened and disinterested band of patriots, the Common Councilmen. It is believed that Alderman Scales will write to the C ,, urt of Aldermen on the subject. Mr, 14;chard Taylor has, it is ssid, given notice of a motion in the Court of Common Connell, rela tive to the expence of the proceedings against Al derman Scales, and intends . to move that such ex pence be defrayed by the individuals foro►ing the Court of Aldermen. Tim EAST INDIA COMPANY'S SILK SALE. —Yesterday the periodical sale of Bengal silks, by the East India Company, commenced at the East India-house, and was ve ry fully attended. Of Company's goods there were declared for sale 2,500 bales, and of privileged silks 1,700 bales of China, and 100 hales of Bengal. Before the sale commenced several bales of China raw silk were withdrawn. The Company's Banleah's were first put up, and so inactive was the demand for this description of silk, that nearly the whole of it was scratched, there l:eing no buyers above the taxed price. A few la's were sold at 13 I d per lb. The quality was generally bad, as were the Commereolly's, the principal portion of which were also refused. Sales were made from sd. to 7d. per lb. above the taxed price, which established a decline of from Is. to Cs. per lh. on the rates obtained at the last sale. The principal portion of the Isla'das were also refund. Out of the Company's declaration 1,427 bales passed the sale yesterday. Some of the Santipares realized prices near those given at last sale. The sale is expected to close in a much shorter time than usual. The trade is very dull. The attendance yesterday from the country was pretty numerous. LONDON BRIDGE.—The new bridge is fast approaching to completion. The Committee have det....r mined to widen the approach from the monument front forty-five to fifty-five feet. Some strong objections have been made to the steps at the side-entrance from Thames street, Instead of a spacious place of admission, the steps are so constaueted as to render it exceedingly confined, and, it is apprehernle.i, to subject it to all manner of nui sances. With the exception this defect, every thing ;Sa has been done appears to base be:;n dictated by a very *Timed taste, and the numerous foreigners who have seen it speak of it 39 a first-rate work of art. The gra• nite stone, of which tile ;rester part is made, is from De -1 vonshire, Aberdeen, and Penry.i, in Cornwall, and the greatest possible care has been taken in• selecting the stone. It is iaeli.eved that the old Spiritual Court at tached to St. Saviose'e Church in the Borengh w ill b e t then down. The Bishop of WsNfAjESTBR. has been in formed of the necessity of removing that crumbling piece of antiquity. The great stones for each landing are about to be deposited. They weigh each between 23 and Cl , tons. Every thing veil!. be in readiness, it is expeetcd, by the first of August, when the bridge will certainly be op s r e ed with great magnificence. 'irgmediately after the opening of the bridge, the contractors will b?gin to take down tii,: - . old bridge, and it is supposed that in less than twelve months not a vestige of it will be seen. it will he recollected that some time ego two of the larger arches of old London-bridge were widened, ky breakinz the two neighbouring arches into them. The effect of this was remarkable. The current was so great through the enlarged arches that the water under that on the City side has•ame fourteen feet deeper in a very shoet time than it had been. i4orne apprehensions were entertained reds \tive to the abutments, when the immense power of the current was so unequivocally exhibited ; but the com mittee immediately set all fears to rest, by throwing round the abutments an enormous mass of stones, which they trait ai . 7.he Isle of Dogs. About seventy years ago, when one of the arcii,,a was widened, in order to favour the ntvigatio n of the Thames, similar means were resorted to, and the stones to which the old ciiy gr.tes were attached were dropped down, to prevent the bridge frol,. tumbling in. It is 17elieved that several houses in the line of ap proach to the new London-brid ge , but not included in the list of those in the compensation list, must come down. The committees are, it appears, doing all they can to ii m t, the expenses as much as possible, but consistently prosperity of i n di v id ua l s. ~, . ientirms feeling fur the 1 with g con THE STARVING IRISH. The LORD MAYOR stated that, in order to increase the contributions to the poor famishing Irish, whose privations exceeded on this melancholy occasion any former miseries to which they had been exposed, he should give directions to place charity-boxes before the railing of the Mansion-house, for the reception of pence and halfpence, in aid of the great charity. He felt convinced, from what he had heard, as well as from the suggestions of the Press, which had en tered so cordially and unanimously into the feeling, that thousands of passers-by would drop their loose pence into his poor-box. He shAuld also, he said, take care that in other populous places boxes should he placed, in order to give to those who could not afford to give more than a penny or an halfpenny an opportunity of gratifying their humanity. Care should, he added, be taken that the boxes should be accessible to none but those on whose integrity the greatest reliance could be placed. Mr. Hobler said he felt convinced that thousands would be collected by penny contributions. He knew, perhaps, as well as any man, the effect of an appeal to a British public in behalf of the distressed objects, and there never was known any calamity more dreadful than that which now, when eve:v other country was smiling, ravaged unhappy Ireland. BOW-STREET. Remy Hetherington, printer and publisher, of No. 13, Kingsgate-street, Holborn, appeared yester day before Sir It. BIRNIE, Mr. HALLS, and Dr. RoniNsoN, to answer to informations preferred against him, under the 60th of George 111.. for ex posing for sale certain publications, called The Re publican, or the Sovereignty of the People, and the Poor Man's Guardian, both of which, it was al leged, contained the news of the day, and were pub lished periodic.tlly, and came, therefore, within the description of a newspaper, and ought to be stamped as such. The full penalty in each case is twenty pounds, with a power given to the Magistrates to mitigate it to five pounds ; and the defendant, if convicted, may appeal against the decision, arid have the question re-argued at the Sessions. Mr. ALLEY appeared for the Crown ; and Mr. ARNOLD attended on behalf of the defendant, not, however, as he stated, to defend his writings, but to argue in his behalf upon the construction of the Act of Parliament tinder which he was sought to be convicted. Mr. ALLEY stated that he appeared, by direction of the Attorney-General, in support of four infor mations preferred again•t the defendant by Mr. Timm, Solicitor to the Stamp-office. The defen dant was charged, under the 60th George 111., with having sought to evade the stamp duty on news paper publications in the four ca•es in which pro ceedings had been taken ; but he (Mr. Alley) hoped it would not he necessary to proceed upon all the informations; and he took this opportunity of stating, that while his Majesty's Government were determined to proceed against all parties who, like the defendant, should endeavour to escape the Stamp Acts, they were at the same time disposed to treat the offenders with every possible mildness. The first information charged the defendant with having exposed for sale a newspaper called the Republican, or the Sc. , vercignty of the People, which paper was liable to the usual stamp of 4d., and for which offence the defendant forfeited the sum of 20/. It was then read by the clerk, and the defendant pleaded " Not Guilty." Mr. ALLEY then stated the case, and said that he should not only prove that the defendant was the publisher of the paper in question, but that in every respect the publication came under the description of a newspaper, according to the definition which the Act of Parliament gave of that class of publications. • The defendant, in the paper in question, referred to nearly every topic of the day. He spoke of the theory of the House of Lords, the proceedings ut the Rotunda, where a Mr. Keene and Mr. Gale Jones had held forth, and then he had a slap at his (Mr. Alley's) worthy and mach-persecuted friend Sir Claudius Stephen Hunter, of white horse me mory—(Laughter)—but in the last page of the work he (Mr. Alley) was grieved to see an attack upon his present Majesty, one of the best men that ever sat upon the British throne. The Learned Gentleman, after referring to other parts of the pub lication, observed that the present proceeding was instituted in a spirit of mercy and forbearance, for had the Attorney-General thcught proper, he mi2ht have brought the defendant into the Court of Ex chequer, and sought for heavy penalties, instead of which the present proceeding would fall compara tively light upon him. Mr. James Whole, inspector of stamps, proved that he purchased the number of the Republican now produced from the defendant himself, at his hotre in Kingsgate-streer, on the 6th of June inst. The paper contained the news of the day, and ought to have borne a stamp of td. A long discussion here took place as to whether the whole or part only of the publication ought to be read by the clerk, in order to prove to the Court that to all intents and purposes it was a newspaper. Mr. HALLS decided that enough had been shown to give the Bench jurisdiction in this case, The part which had been read was a complete farrago of nonsense, but there were several passages which proved that the publication was a newspaper. Mr. ARNOLD, at considerable length, proceeded to argue upon the law of the case, contending that no proof whatever had been given that the publication was periodical. It was true that it stated at the end of the last page that it was printed and pub lished every Saturday ; but ho.v did that prove that new and sep nate numbers of the work followed each other in regular succession? Might it not rather he inferred that the present publication was reprinted every Saturday ? In construing a penal Act of Parliament it ought to be done strictly, and he (Mr. Arnold) was ready to admit that he was quite willing to take advantage of any quibble which the law might afford to aid his client. He, therefore, insisted that there was no proof whatever that this publication was brought forth at regular intervals. Dr. ROBINSON-Why the paper itFelf affords evidence of that fact. Mr. ARNOLD denied that such was the fact, and said that, according to Dr. Johnson's explanation of the term periodical, the present publication could not form one of that class. The Learned Gentle man concluded by saying, that if the Magistrates, upon the evidence before them, should find his client guilty, they would press this Act of Parlia ment beyond the limits which its framer, Lord Castlereagh, had assigned to it, anti further than Sir , Thomas Denman himself had declared it ever could be carried. The defendant, in a strain of intemperance, pro ceeded to address the bench, attacking the Govern ment in coarse and virulent language, and designa.. in g the Learned Gentleman who appeared on be half of the prosecution and the Magistrates on the bench as the paid agents of a corrupt Ministry, who were obliged to do the dirty work which was as signed them. The Magistrates having consulted together, agreed in convicting the defendant in the mitigated penalty of 51. and costs. Mr. ALLEY then proceeded upon the other infor mation, in which a conviction was also recorded. The Learned Gentleman then said that he hoped enough had been done to teach the defendant that h e was not to offend so in future, and under that hope he refrained from pressing the remaining formations. The defendant said he scorned to accept of any favour at the hands of the present Ministry ; and he scented anxious to record his martyrdom by going direct to prison instead of paying the penalties, but some friends advised him to put in bail, in order that the question might go to the Sessions on an eppeal, which he at last consented to do, and the neeessary recogn;zinces having been entered into, he retired with his friends. UN/ON-HALL. Yesterday a miserable-looking Italian, with scarcely any covering nu him, was charged with an act of vagrancy. He was found begging in the streets, and ead only arrived in England a fortnight. He could not speak a word of English ; but in his own language, in reply to the Magistrate (Mr. CHAMBERS), stated that he was a naive of Parma, and that owing to the advice of a countryman of his who had visited this country, and who described that a fortune was to be made by begging in Lon don, induced him (defendant) to come here. On landing from the steam-packet at the Tower, he commenced operations at onca ; but soon found by experience that there was more to be had in this way at Naples, Genoa, Milan, Florence, or Pisa, the inhabitants of which cities had more bowels of compassion for the unfortunate than he had found in this capital. The most he ever took in one day since his arrival was Bd., and out of that he had to pay 6d. for his bed ; and as for a morsel of maccaroni or parmesan, he had never tasted either since he took his departure from the continent. He had solicited alms all over the west-end of the town, and finding it an unprofitable speculation, he had ventured over the bridge that day, and met with as little charity as he had done previously, and bad been taken into custody in the bargain. He added, that there were several of his countrymen in London who had come over here owing to the flourishing account given by persons who had deluded them, and there were many as badly off as he was, and at a great dis tance from their homes. • The Magistrate asked him where he slept, and he replied at a house in Laystall-Atreet, Clerkenwell, where numbers of his countrymen lodged, and that he paid 6d. a night. Mr. CiftmßEßs inqu'red what number of men slept in each room ?—The defendant replied 18, and that there were six rooms in the house. Mr. CHAMBERS expressed his astonishment, saying that the very circumstance of such a number of hu man beings huddled together in one apartment at this season of the year was quite enough to engender fever, or some other fatal disease. If there were six rooms in the house, and each contained IS persons nightly, the enormous number of 105 human beings must occupy one tenement, the landlord of which, by charging 6d. a head for sleeping, would average no less a sum than IS guineas per week by the mendi cants who resorted to his house. The defendant said that if he were once at Parma, be would never leave to seek a fortune by begging again. He had not a single farthing in the world, and had no means of getting back again to his own country. When asked why he did not make application to the consul for the Duchy of Parma resident in Lon don, he stated that he had applied at Mr. Roths child's office, but was informed there that he had no funds for such a purpose. He added, that if he could only muster up 10s. to take him to Calais, he would be enabled to travel through France home by a little assistance from his countrymen who lived on the route. Mr. CHAMBERS humanely told him that he should have his passage paid for him to Calais, if promised to quit this country immediately. To this proposition the defendant willingly assented, and he was directed to be taken care dirndl inquiries were made when the next steamer started for France. IRELAND. ROSCOMMON COMMISSION, .TuxF 17. This day Judges Moom: and J Eun entered the Court at an early hour, and swore in the Grand Jury ; the array of rank, as well as of all classes, were most numerous. Edward illoylan was put to the bar, charged with having, on the 2d of November, at Glantane, fired at John White, a serjeant of police, and with aid ing and assisting one Egan in firing at the police. He was also charged with having posted threaten ing notices. William Pearce, John White, and Richard White side, policemen, all concurred in their evidence to the sin a class of facts. First notice called upon the inmates to quit their habitation forthwith, else the vengeance of" Captain Rock" would visit them with some lead balls. Second notice called upon the inmates to quit in six days, or, by " the eternal God," they would get the death of a trooper's horse. Third notice was in substance as the former. All these facts were proved, and the prisoner had no defence to make. The Jury retired. Verdict— Guilty. Bryan Egqn was put to the bar, for the same offence, though differing in some particulars. His verdict was not known up to the hour of post. The prisoners will be sentenced this day. The Rev. Dr. RANDOLPH, Rector of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, died at his residence in the Col lege green, Bristol, on Tuesday, in the 77th year of his age. The rectory is in the gift of the Duke of BF ',roan. The Rev. Doctor also held the vicarage of Banwell, Somerset, which is in the presentation of the Dean and Chapter of Bristol and a prebendal stall in Bristol Cathe dral, in the gift of the LORD CHANCELLOR. A few days ago, a large snake of the adder species, was killed by one of the workmen in Buckingham Gardens, at Pimlico. Near the spot in which it w,is dis covered, a swan, that was nestling her young, first at tracted attention towards it, by her unusual restlessness, and led to the destruction of the unwelcome intruder. Various have been the conjectures as to how it could have obtained ingress, as the gardens are walled round. Ahout five years back one was killed near the same spotond the present is the only one that has been seen in the gardens since that period. NEW BIOGRAPHICAL WORKS.—The kye . and Correspondence of Sir TaomAs MuNno, of w'iicts a new and cheaper edition, with additions, is just published, comprehend a faithful and able development of the present condition of East India affairs, and amusing sketches of character, especially among the Anglo Indisns.—Dr. PARrs's Life of Sir HUMPIIIir DAA'r is now published in Svo. In writing this popular work, the biographer has retorted the effects on science brought about by the discoveries of Sir llumerlaY, and has exhibited to the reader the private passages in his life and the peculiarities of his personal character.—Among much interesting co, responden6e and anecdote contained in the Life of Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE there is a diary written by the painter during a long visit at Claremont, in which will be found many affecting particulars respecting the brief wed ded life of the late Princess CHARLOTTE and Prince LEO POLD.-Mr. K vowl,Es's Memoir of FusEm accompa nies the literary works of that celebrated historical painter and critic ; the memoir is rich in anecdote, and the work contains the inimitable Lectures of FusEr.i, together with his hitherto unpublished Aphorisms and history of the Ita lian Schools of Art. A NEW CURE FOR RATS.—A French sheep's h e ad, pe destrian tourist, l a t e ly t oo k tip his quarters at one of the and de four legs de mutton ; not de four legs principal i nns h ere , an d or d ere d f or di nne r one black tie mutton from the body to de knee, but de four legs from de knee to de terre. The waiters, after some trouble, found out that Monsieur wanted the good old Scotch standard dish, of sheep's heads and trotters. Dinner wa, served to the Frenchman's taste, and loud was he in the praise of the cook. Next morning precious to starting, lie called for his bill, which, for dinner, wine, lodging, &c. &C. amounted to ten shillings. Frenchy swore that de waiter was von great cheat, to charge for von black sheep's head and de lbur legs de mutton, two shilling and sixpence, since he saw von sold de oder day for sixpence ; and refused to pay, demanding to see the landlord. The terrified waiter went to seek his master, followed by the en raged Frenchman. They found him in the li.ack-yard, with all his posse of post-boys, ostlers, &c. armed with pitch forks ; " what is de matter ?'' replied Boniface, "we are sadly pleagned wi' rats." " What viii you give Inc:. if I tell you how to put dent all away ?" " I will frank your bill," said Boniface, smiltn.;y ; " l )one," says Frenchy ; " Den ou viii catch von, and make lion pay de ten sh alms a nd he ytell all de rest, end no ' c ' otie to your . hlm. again ;" for von v o o f n nig w ht's g h tviii ' o e d v g e i r n ins, he flung h is knapsack on Inshark, shouldere o d I y ds umbrella a la militaire, and marched off„ whistling the fi vourite French tune of " Le Grand Empereur," leaviot; Boniface and his men in a state of gaping Perthshire Advertiser. NT!; n A 1.1 DPl' I) BY MURIA) YOUNG, AT .Sltrg OITICE, 112, STRivt), I.ONDov POLAND. EXTRACT OF A rriIVATE LETTER FROM AN Orr iAt THE POLISH AESIT.). " You nee, my dear friend, that I take the earliest op• portnnity of answering your last welcome letter, which found me in the turmoil and confusion of the camp. You mention the art ival of C ; I have not seen him ; nor haie I yet been introduced to the two other English gen tlemen who have joined our army. We thank them for their sympathy and courage, but it would be far better if any generals or superior officerd could be sent to join us. " We have just been fighting a great battle at Ostro lenka. Our army has lost a considerable number of men, but not above half what the Russians lost. Before this battle at Ostrolenka my regiment had been employed in driving the Imperial Guards beyond the frontiers : we were continually falling in with foraging parties, and took a large quantity of baggage. At Lomz awe took spoil to the value of more than a million (40,0001.) Amongst other things the carriage of a General i❑ the Guard. (Bistron), the trunks of all his staff, and all sorts of luxu ries, so that our soldiers are now feasting on tea and coffee, served up in plate: we have, moreover, seized 300 magnificent saddle-horses. It was very great fun to hunt in the trunks of these gentlemen : we found many letters, one in particular, in which one brother writes to another I beg you, my dear brother, to sell me your servsnt ; I will give you between 100 and 200 paper ruble for him. - I hope you have got rid of your valet-de-chambre (who w :s a freeman), and that after six months' trial you are convinced that these free servants are a bore." "At the battle of Ostrolenka two of my brothers had horses killed under them. Have had two killed under me; the second had his belly shot away by a can non-hall, which tore away the sole of my hoot, but I es caped with a very slight contusion. My eldest brother has had a trifl;ng wound in his breast, but otherwise we hive all five of us escaped without injury. " We have now had a week's repose, and the Russians have not dared to attack us, but I hope and expect that we shall march against them in a day or two at any rate; but we have still tough work (do fit a retordre) before it is over. "Good bye, my de tr friend—may God bless you write to rrr., as 1 will to you, if I live." THE DISTRESSED IRISH. Notice was on Sunday given to the congregations at all the Roman Catholic chapels in London, by order of their Bishop, Dr. Bramston, that on Sunday next, after each of the masses, a collection will be made for the relief of the poor people now perishing by famine in Ireland. There are ten Catholic chapels in London, besides others in all the suburban places. The churchwardens of Christchurch, Surrey, paid to the committee for the relief of the distressed Irish the sum of 601. Bs. 11d., received by them after a most appropriate sermon preached on Sunday morning last by the Rev. J. V. Povah, B.A , evening preacher at the 'Magdalen Hos pital, from Isaiah xli. ver. 17. On Sunday, the 19th instant, a collection for the relief of the Irish peasantry was made at St. Andrew's Scotah Church, near Bedford-square, Commercial-road, amount ing to 16/. 3s. 6d. The congregation assembling in Stepney Meeting, mder the care of the Rev. Dr. Fletcher, made collections last Sunday for the relief of the sufferers in Ireland, which amounted to 1251. A collection was made at Holland Chapel, Brixton road, for the benefit of the starving Irish, on Sunday last, after two sermons preached by the Rev. Dr. Styles, when 661. was contributed, and since forwarded to the committee. On Friday evening last an excellent sermon was preached at Radford Church, by the Rev. N. Arms•rong, B.A. of Dublin, when the sum of 47/. was collected for the relief of the suffering Irish. On Wednesday evening the Name clergyman delivered a powerful and affecting appeal in behalf of his famishing countrymen in St. John's church, Derby, when the liberal sum of 701. was collected. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 10d. tot the 41b. Loaf. There are others who sell from X,d. to 13.4 d. below that price. PRICE OF SEEDS.—June 20, . .... New Engiishßed Clover Seed (per Cwt.) —s. 70s. fine -.4.10:'4. Old Ditto Ditto , —s. —s. fine —s. —4. New Foreign Ditto.— ...... 575. 70s fine —s.llW. Old Ditto New White Clover 4os. GOs. fine —s. 70s. Old Ditto Di —s. 50s. fine —s. 655. Vew Trefoil ..--- . —s. 20s. fine —s. 40s. 31d Ditto ,........— —s. 15s. fine —s , 203. Rib Grass -- —10 s. 255. fine 30s. 355. English Carraway Seed s. —s. 50s. fine 565. Foreign Ditto Voriander ........—..... .-----.. —s. 60s. fine —s. 08s. St. Foin 4er Quarter)......... —s. '75.5. tine 80s. 82s. Rye Grass .—.-- --. —s. —s. new 20s, 255. Pacey Ditto —......... „..... 40s. 455. new —a. —s. Linseed, for feeding .-- —s. 50s. fine —s. sfis. Ditto, for crushing. Canary Seed, New. ' 'itto Old 445. 455. —s. fine —s. —s. 70s. fine —s. 955. —s. —s. fine —s. White Mustard Seed —(per Bushel)— —s. Rs; 16s. fine —a. Brown Ditto ----- Turnip Seeds, Round: Green and Red Ditto tares, Old ---- —s. 83. 17s. tint —s. —s. —s. —s. tine 14g. —3. —s. —s. tine 18.3. —s. 255. 3(35. line —s. Dato New —s. —s. fine 425. 4fis. Rape Seed, English, fine (per Last) 3CI. Foreign —l. —t. PRICES OF HOPS.—June2o. Kant t Os. 71. 154. to 11'. Os. Smsex Ditto Fssax Ditto —. 71. Os. 71. 12i. to 9!. Os. Fatttliam Ditto. Seconds —... 0/. Os. 6/. Os to 9!. Os. Kent Bags 3l. Os. 6!. Os. to 81. Ss. Sussex Ditto 5/. 125. 6/. Os. to 6/. ss. Essex Ditto...—. - 6/. Os. 71. Os. to 71. 10s. Duty laid at 1.15,000/. PIZ ICE OF POTATOES.—Jane Kidneys Scotch Red5.......,..._.,.....,,,.,.,, 3/. ss. to 3/. 15s. ditto. Marsh Champions.. Ol. Os. to 4/. liSs. ditto. Oxnobles and Shaws 53. to 3/. 10s. ditto. WHITECHAPEL HAY SIARKET.—June IS. flay 50s. Od. to 843. Od. I Clover Od. to I ICs. Od. 28s. Od. to 365. Od. RAW HIDES. rcr Stone. a. to a. d. Per Stone. s. d. to s.d. 0,3 t Heifers& Steent: 4 2 6 Ordinary 1 8 2 0 0 2: 2 Mallet Calf 6 6 each. SHEEP Long Wool „„. Oi. Otl. to I.,ambs* SKINS. I Short Wool—. 38.6 d. to ss. 6d. le. 6d. to 2s. Nd. PRICES OF Per lb. d. to d. Blitts..---rit) to 5611)." 15 '2l to C611). 15 23 Dressing Hide 5......,..,.... 14 16 Fine Coach 1 tides —... 17 183 Crop Hides, 35 to 40ib. 131 13,3 Ditto---. 40 to .151 b 14 14 Ditto 15 16,3 COAL MARK Felling Main--- 2:3. 3d. Giorestield 29 0 Holy well— 29 0 Kenton West —,— 29 Killingworth 30 0 Newburn ---.. 29 0 reiaw , 26 6 Pontop Windsor 21 9 rantield ?6 0 2il 0 Wiilington 2 , 1 6 Walls lind Ilewieke&Co. 31 6 Walls Eiiill3rown's,— 2) 6 Ditto (unsereewed).-- o; Ditto Burraton :10 0 Ditto Clarke and Co. „ 28 6 I Ileaton 31 6 Walls End Hilda *29 3 ,dopi 3 1 Market, 49—S11i] ET.—June 20 \Valls End llbt,riur«.... 30s. 041. Ditto Northumberland 21.) 9 Ditto Perkins and Co.— 2il 9 Walls End 31 3 Ditto Walker 31 0 Lambton Primrose—. 30 9 Russell's High„—__ 23 ti - Springwell Main--- 25 0 Walls End flettoo 32 0 Walls End Lambton....., 31 9 Walls Elul Stewart's 32 W. E. Russell's fletton 33 0 Norw,cd's Iletton and _ Walls End Tees mix. 30 9 Cowpen 26 0 Hartley 27 Sough t0n.,.,.,, 24 0 Silkatone 2z3 6 38 -Unsold, li. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET.—June IS. We had a large supply of Wheat to-day from the farmers, for which the sale was dull, but with little change on last weeks' prices. The Ship and Oranaried parcels, unless perfectly sweet, are little attended to. In Oats the (Iceland keeps equal to the s upply, _and we note no change o n th a t art i cle. Grinding Bar l e y in moderate demand. Malt, steady sale. Fine l)antzic Rye goes off readily, other descriptions neglected. Little doing in Beans or Pease. Flour steady. ew. Wheat, Northumberland 5Ss N . 74 O.C. ___...— Norf. .Ik and Stilllill• , Bi. 745....... —e. -- Berwick and Scotch 525. SS, Foreign 51s. 70; Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk 3•24 34. Foreign als. 40i Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Stitthlk...-- 5. —3 Grinding and Feeding 1 :1: 4 ( . 3 ):: , ... 4 7 : 2 .2 1! ....,1 Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk Beans, Small ---- Tick l7s. 39, Pease, White 4o s• 44, ---- Gray - Oats, Northumberland, Potattie ---- Feed °Us 2 , 3 s Foreign —s. —s Flour, Fine (per sack) BIRTHS. On the oth inst. in Baker-street, the lz.dy of Lieut.-Colone Talbot, of a son. On the 15th inst. at the Vicarage, Luton, Bedfordshire, the lady of the Rev. T. Sikes, of a son. On the this inst. at Little 111 aplestead, Essex, the wife of the Rev. W. Burkitt,.A.M. of a son. MARRIED. On the 17th inst. at Stradsett, counts of Norfolk, H. Villebeiso Esq., jun., eldest son of IL Villebois, Esq., of Marham-house, in the same county, to Maria, eldest daughter of the late T. F. Bagge, Esq. of Stradsett-hall. On the 1-Ith inst, at the British Ambassador's, Captain Archi bald Douglas, o f t h e Indian Army, Madras Establishment, to' Emu " M oney, eldest dau g ht er of the late Don. M. T. Ilarrlef of the Madras Civil Seto ice. - DIED. At his seat, Yates-court, Kent, George, sixth Viscount Tor rington, Vice-Adrninil of the White, in his h4th year. He 1 4 stiecePded in hi s ti t l e hv his son George, an En Agit iri the WO Itegiment, at Gibraltar. LEATHER. Per lb. d. to d. Tanned Horse Hides.. 15 17 Spanish Ditto Per dozen. Calf Skins,. 36 to 4(bb. 16 20 Ditto 50 to 701 b. 21 24 Ditto 70 to 801 b. 19 21 Small Seals, Greenland 21 21i THIS I _;HAR: - Place at 0, NEXT, the 24th and the rest,of the afford their gratui TO BE 801; At his Rooms, 2 TWELVE P: an nearly He mahogany cases; dozen of Port and several fine Pain Furniture, includi cheffinors, couch steads, with beds reen window curt liers, Instres and LAW INI D AS Iht L'IlD (71 Solicitor-General that solicitors wei riage of commissi often done before cumstance, howei rush in upon thei a practice to be HEARING A The I.OIID Ci arranged that he on - Mondays and must be there, The case of day next, but fo, postponed till the THE The LORD C unlock, for the p fires.; voted by th should return to desirous of I] /12 should reinair SMITING . DEAL, it:NE . the Welcome P PWlTsmdu . .rajestv's ship C PLYMOUTH Russian man of CALMOUTI Sandwich packe Marseilles. STANDGAT Hezze, from P, 'Hampshire, Ar .from Higa. LIVERPOOI 'and William, fr, Draper, Siteppal COWES, Jo 'Bengal, sailed tl I'ORTLANI from Bengal, si ltth of Fehr'um TORBAY J South Wales. HOY LAKE, Oporto. The Itichmor I"tt back to Lir Pettin Island, a THE the °‘r tiradsueliTleiexst eareely a sale ! bey the same Resolved —1: Private Bills.al Resolved • 'Monday, the 41 ROsolved-1 Private Bill of ResoWed-L1 to the House t mittee to exan Rouse, the Ct the said Petiti same purpose, Parliament, a tne dissolution minutes of cvi terred to, whi such Petition, Petition, and plied with, in Resolved= mine, in the Purpo se , an contain the sa such forme r 1 upon any pro Parliament ; gether with taken before 1 e vidence of tl Standing Ord of Private Bi the dissolutio the Standing cued to three Private Bills, dissolution of mittee, be sl Parliament ' Bill Office. Resolved— Parliament ; the Committ on the same Ordered—. FRONT 9 "The King tinder the C United King lionourable body lawfull Clements, of MOMA: JOHN J.A I inen-manu WI LIT A agent, to su two, at the i JOHN D Waller, Jun Court of Co JOHN F] June 23., at I Commission WILLIA Montgomer Bear's Hem buildings, t. JOSEPH innkeeper, of Mr. Flin , Flint, Vito: • EDWAI July 7,8, a ton-upon-F Frost, Hull JOSEPH seven, 8, al stop-upon-] line; Shep J. R. IA Shackleton Shepton 1N! Farnham, court, men H. Sudell, Mancheste merchant, W. Thom' J. Whit Tonbridge street, Bor Blackfriar: street, Co wharf, Cil street, hro; surgeon; gate, jun. Hart 'rav innkeeper Raskelf, carpenter. J. Hard: and snuff grocers ; manufactt F:verard a keepers ; Richar seed-mere '. pvirners ; J. H L. Hurry Gibson, brooke, A tenham , attt street, Bk 11. Jones ; court, me; Crayford, REPO TOWNBARI raunicatin gntry an Saturday, of the mil life, far su other poll, inent whi turday so Police, at Police alit the distrc of this fo; When the Count of tween the the fifteen o at wounded. a ggerated town 3 ,,, 5t garding tl wait with 111g....D4 CO