The Sun. — London, England, 1831-11-09 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF TUE PUBLIC JOURNALS. There was no disturbance at White Conduit muse. Alas ! the Tories were disappoiuted of their Godsend. The respectable portico of the Lore!on mechanics and artisans stayed at home, while the ruffians from whom mischief might have been expected were terrified at their forlorn condi tion, and a few mud-balls, pelted at straggling horse men as they passed, were the sum total of the am munition expended on this awful occasion. Now ever, the thing xas not to be thus disposed of. Since a brittle could not be had, and a dr facto re bellion, the Tories have treated us to one de jace, an d i n proof of the terrible situation to which this country, and above all the metropolis, has been re duced by the no-meeting at Pentonville, they have dwelt upon those circumstances which men of more sober brains would have recited as evidence of th e commanding power of the Government, and of the solid foundations on which social peace and order may be justly considered as resting in Great Britain, to show how much people ought to have been frightened—nay, and ought still, at this moment, to be frightened—because of the magnitude of the measure employed for en• suring the public safety ! " 11:eis there no dan ger, when such and such militory precautions were taken ?" we are asked by the borough Prese. " No," is the proper answer, " there was no danger, by reason of those very military precautions, and by reason of the encouraging display of civic zeal and resolution on the part of the several parishes, which induced yea many thousands of sub stantial householders to enrol themselvei as special constables, to the end that there might be no danger." What the better class of householders effected, or largely contributed to accomplish, on that one day, we have, for some time past, been urging them to realize by similar demonstrations, but in a more permanent manner. Had the house holders of London been notoriously and avowedly a body armed for the defence of house and property, the preparations for war by an assemblage of the king's forces, though for the salutary purpose of pre venting war, might on Monday last have been alto gether dispensed with. There are no human beings more desirous than ourselves of supporting, by all reasonable and consistent means, and none more reluctant by any means to embarrass, or ever so slightly to obstruct, the constituted authorities in their efforts for the maintenance of the public peace, and for the establishment of confidence among the people. It is therefore, we need scarcely say, in a spirit of sincere anxiety for the ease of the King's Government, and for the lasting repose of society, that we have thought ourselves justified in urging the defensive armament of every man of property in the realm, be that property great or small, provided it gives him a stable interest in the public welfare. If the fathers and master of families come forward and put themselves in a permanent relation with the Government, as functionaries willing to take charge of the K;lig's peace, under leaders of the King's appointment, we can conceive so human suggestion so calculated in practice to afford strength to the executive power, and as surance of protection to all honest and loyal subjects. This proposal, be it remembered, is not in itself connected, much less identified, with the scheme of " political" unions, although it is manifest that pre sent circumstances are such as to render a combina tion of the two expedients unavoidable. We do not know that the political character of any associa tions which may now take place will survive the just and universal excitement produced by the doubtful issue of the Bill for Reform. That their armed, or guardian, character ought to outlive it, we are well convinced. When did the National Guard of France prove itself dangerous to the laws, institutions, or well-exercised magisterial power of that country ? It is essentially, and invariably, an instrument of peace, and of legitimate authority ; and so would a voluntary enrolment of these classes which, in England, have " something to lose." As for the Political Unions, we believe that most, if not all of them have been formed to support and encourage the existing Government in its laud able endeavours for a demolition of the borough system; and it is clear that the growth of such con federacies has been quickened and extended by 811 impression by no means partial, that the Ministers, however upright in their Reform policy, are not se cure of an easy or speedy triumph. If by a prompt creation of Peers, or some other strong and intrepid measure, bearing directly upon their Lordships' House, which may be regarded as the only garrison in the empire yet standing out against Reform,—if by some bold step against that hostile body th: Administration shows itself no longer afraid, but proud and confident is its position both with Court and country,—the people, too, will immediately re linquish their distrust, and political unions, whether designed as Promoters of the Bill, or . provisions against its second overthrow, will, we apprehend, soon cease to make such rapid accessions to their numerical force. In the mean time, it may be proper to repeat, what we announced some weeks ago, that Parliament will meet for the despatch of business in the first week of December.— Times. In that clever book, the " Tour of a German Prince," to which we alluded on Monday last, there is an observation peculiarly deserving of notice at present. Speaking of the worldly policy in the sense of clever, adroit knaves, of the various weights which have been attached to the wheels of improve ment, that they might revolve slowly and painfully —of the Protestantism, which protest: baclu'rnda, he observes, " ' Au reste' one cannot take it amiss of any man' qu' it preche pour sa paroisse.' To require from an English Archbishop, with 50,000/. a year, that he should be an enlightened man, is as preposterous as to expect from the Shah of Persia that he would transform himself into a constitutional Monarch of his own free will. There are few men who would voluntarily refuse a rich and splendid sinecure, where nothing is required of them but to fling a little dust in the people's eyes, or to be a despot ruling millions with his nod. It is the busi ness of human society, if possible, to put things upon such a footing that none of us, be our good will for it ever so great, can either get such a sinecure or become such a despot." These observations were written without any reference to the struggle which is no going on in this country ; but they seem as if they were. They are, however, of universal and perpetual application. Wherever any body of men have interests distinctly at variance with the interests of the community, they will, with few ex ceptions, strive for their own interests against the community. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the other Bishops, the boroughmongers, haring in terests at variance with the interests of the people, are naturally hostile to good government, which would secure even-handed justice to all. They will never voluntarily consent to Reform. For the first time since the revolution the Bishops have opposed the Ministry, because, for the first time, the Mi nistry were endeavouring to carry a measure calcu lated to secure to the people the blessing of good government in all time coming. All the acts of in justice and oppression proposed by successive Mi nistries—the countenance given to the slave trade— the encouragement of bribery and corruption— have always received the support of the Bench of Bishops; but a measure calculated to cut up corruption by the roots—to destroy the great cause of the debasement of the lowest pint of the population, was wormwood to them ; because, being the children of corruption, they are naturally its champions. We have always been slow to believe the reports of conversions of Bishops and Peers, knowing the strong aversion that these men must have to all measures founded on equal-handed jus tice—and more especially to that crowning measure, a Reform of the Representation. All coaxing —all attempts at persuasion must be thrown away in such a case. The request to Barnardine to come down to be banged was not more unpalatable than to the boroughmongers and Bishops (one and the same), must be the application to consent to a really effi cient Bill of Reform. We know that it is the in terest of these men to affect a disposition towards 'conversion, because it throws their opponents off their guard, and what they want is delay. It is only in hell that the great poet excludes the entrance of hope-. The Anti-Reformers feed themeelves with hopes of re-actions—hopes of deaths—hopes of riots and insurrections which might inspire alarm into men possessed of rroperty. We ourselves are not without alarm, on account of the distress caused by the stage:ation of trade in many parts of the country, In the manufacturing districts, there ate at pre- sent numbers of men out of work and suffering severely; and till the Reform Bill is carried, no improvement is to be hoped for. The Anti- Reformers hope to profit by the calamities of which they are the authors, by the rejection of the Reform Bill. The 7'enies, we observe, shares our suepicions with regard to the alleged conversions of the Anti- Reformers. '‘ That the Peers have not (says our contemporary) ❑sefully rec.onsidered their opinions on the Reform Bilf, so as to ensure a reception for that measure More palatable to the nation than the last, bee within these few days become a matter of widely diffused suspicion. No proof, indeed, of the contrary has yet been adduced, nor any facts which carry much weight or authority on the farce of them. If, therefore, Ministers, once already deceived and disappointed,—once already instrumental, no doubt innocently, in the heavy disappointment of the nation, —if they have not more materials for confidence in the self-reformation of the House of Lords than have yet reached the public eye, and still do ant lend themselves with instant vigour to a re' -adjust ment' of the Peers, the concluding passage of the following extract tray be found to express a feeling by no means confident to the author, who begins with some caustic, though grave, reflections on the Bishops, and on the Scorch and Irish Peers. (Here our contemporary introduces a long quotation from a pamphlet, in the shape of a letter to Earl Grey, on the adjustment of the House of Peers') :"—An efficient Parliamentary Reform must necessarily lead to economy in Church and State, and of this the Bishops and Boroughmongers are well aware. To a Reform which will be attended with such re sults they will never, we fear, consent, except under circumstances which they hope may never occur. In the mean time the vote of the Bishops has at once and for ever alienated from them the regard of the nation. It is one striking sign of the times, that every where on the sth of November last the Bishops were substituted for Guy Faux. North and South, East and West, speak but one language with regard to them. At a meeting of the Barony • ' of Bargy, in the county of \Vexford, on Thursday, the 27th of October last, reported at considerable length in the Wexford Independent, the speakers, many of them Protestants, expressed themselves in peculiarly strong language. Richard Boyse Osborne, Esq., observed— " I have to congratulate you, my friends, on the re formation that has taken place in our ecclesiastical dy nasty. Sortie poor infatuated men have condemned our Bench of Bishops. Not so with me. You know too well how I love the saintly, meek, mild, and poverty-loving Bishops. I am sure you will not doubt my sincerity, when I assure you that I literally adore them, admire their disinterested open-hearted conduct in their lordly jurisdiction. Like Christian men, they have denounced the idolatry of their predecessors, and seen the errors of their ways. No longer will they bow down to the powers that be as heretofore; they have opposed their Royal Master's will—they have opposed the people's prayer ; all, as in conscience bound, they have come forth and written the bill of divorcement between Church and State. They have proved that a State Government can go on without them—nay, with the united energies put together to ley that Government prostrate ; by tripping up its heels, stealing clandestinely behind the Throne, in the sheep's clothing of sacerdotal lawn sleeves, and then, without no. tice, pouring in a general broadside of their opposition votes; thus entering into the ranks of its enemies as de serters and traitorous armies. —(Cheers.) Thank them, I repeat, must every Protestant; for heretofore no such honest Protestant Bishops, atleast since 1688, have betn to be found. The sacred pious boys will no longer Bishop royalty—(Laughter and great cheering)—nor loyalty no longer seek to p:.y the court to mammon, but be separated (I trust), a inensu et thorn, from their unchristian mate, the State ; they will now, it is to he presumed, yoke themselves to that of Christ—cast away their wealth to feed the poor—clothe the naked : they wi:l devote themselves to their God, their country, and their conscience. But these Reverend Heroes may be too mo dest, and wait for the vox populi to support their pious intentions ; no doubt they will, and the people shall give it freely, and without possibility of its Ewing mistaken.— (Cries of "We evil'.") That damnable, idolatrous, un christian piece of Popery, you, my boys, must protest against, in the Parsons' creed—it is called tithes, and in his doctrinal confession of faith you will find it was in vented to uphold those doctrines they have sworn to be damnable and idolatrous. Will you, boys, warrant them in continuing the use of such terms ?—(Cries of " No, no.") Fear not—speak out—resist not the law—pay no no tithe—injure no man in person or property ; the law decrees the tithe, let the law take it, as by law directed. Unite as a body of Quakers—make your stock puree in every parish ; thereout indemnify the tithe sufferers under the law ; persevere ; buyers you will have, for six months or a year ; but rest assured, before another year has paned, so will tithes pass from our political horizon—vanish and be no more. —(Cheers, and cries of " We will take your advice.") But if you are in love with tithe-paying, why, in the name of Heaven, begin and pay tithes to your ore n clergy— _ _ " The Rev. Mr. Barry said they would not accept of ;hem. " Why (said Mr. Osborne)? Because your eyes are opened—you are too enlightened—the day-star of know ledge has risen in your Church.—(Cheers.) Think not I want or wish to injure the many eminent or Christian clergymen in any Church ; God forbid. No ; but if you would befriend them, pluck from the millions of plunder now in lording Bishops' hands--take from the fox-hunting parson his thousands, and give the Christian resident clergyman ample means, not only to provide for his own household, but the wants of all Christians that reside within the precincts of his own Ministry." These are the sentiments that now pervade the country. Reform must ultimately be carried ;of that we have no doubt. But we dread the collision of an angry people and the selfish enemies of the people; and we are suspicious of the alleged con versions of enemies to friends. This we know, that if the people do not bestir themselves in such a manner as to extinguish all hope in the borough mongers of the possibility of resisting Reform, the country may have to wade through blood to the at tainment of that blessing. We know that the bo roughmongers are capable of all wickedness.— Morning Chronicle. The last accounts from Sunderland are calculated to keep up the apprehension that the Indian cholera has made its appearance in that town ; they repre sent the disease as in actual progress, six new cases, two of which proved fatal, having been formally re ported by the Chairman of the Medical Board, and transmitted to the Clerk of the Council in London. We expressed some surprise, after perusing the fir s t communications on this important subject, at the vague and unsatisfactory manner in which it was brought before the public. We thought that, upon an occasion so deeply interesting to every member of the community, no pains should have been spared to ascertain all the facts connected with the cases, in order to form a distinct opinion as to the nature of the malady ; but the good people of Sunderland 'bought otherwise, or acted as if they thought so. 'Well, POW we have an official document from the same quarter. The Medical Board, the pro fessional authorities of Sunderland, have come to the aid of the unlearned correspondents ; but, like the interpreter in The Critic, they are more difficult to be understood than those for whom they pretend to interpret. This document, which will be found in another column, so far from deciding the important question, whether the cases are really cases of Indian cholera or not, never once mentions the word cholera in its state ment. There is a mention of six new cases having occurred; but what they are is left to the imagina tion of the reader, assi s t e d on ly by t h e d ou btf u l glim mering of the first accounts. We are, therefore, still in a state of uncertainty, having nothing but infe rence to guide us in forming an opinion as to whe ther the malady alluded to is that which has so long afflicted various parts of the continent, or whether it is only the ordinary cholera incident to this country and to this season of the year. One thing, however, is cettain, in the midst of this obscurity, and that is tit importance of adopting every precaution against disease, the most obvious of which is cleanliness. We would refer our readers to the report of what took place at Hatton-garden yesterday, with refer ence to the point we have just alluded to. From that it will appear that Saffron-hill and its neigh. bourhood are in a most filthy state. Leather-lane and Gray's Inn-lane are also stated to be in a situ , atlon not only disgraceful to the metropolis, but absolutely dangerous, from the disgusting and fetid nuisances in which they abound. We hope that the parish authorities will be compelled to do their duty at a time like the present, not only in thesis, places, but in many others that could be named. Nor is it the obscure and narrow lanes alone which require the attention of the inhabitants. Even the great thoroughfare of Fleet-street presents an appearance by no means creditable to the persons whose duty it is to superintend, or perform the task of keeping the streets clean. Shoe-lane is still worse. It would be a nauseous process to describe it. But we may ask, what are the scavenge r s about ? Is there no power to compel them to do their duty ? If it be the will of Providence that the affliction which has visited other nations, and is sup posed even already to have made its appearance in : this island, should extend to the metropolis, how can these people answer to themselves for having aggravated, by their negligence, a scourge too fatal under every precaution ? We hope it will not be necessary for us to allude again to this subject, under the awful circumstances which at present exist.—Morning Herald. It seems, from concurrent testimony, that much of the frightful havoc committed during the late riots at Bristol was the act of some of the many Irish with which that place and ite suburbs abound. If such be the case, it constitutes, if we are rightly in formed, another just ground of complaint against the corporation of parochial authorities there, who, instead of passing to their own country the nu merous Irish who arrive at Bristol under the Vagrant Act, neglect to do so, under a false notion of eco nomy—some of whom they set to stone-breaking— suffering others to wander at large—many of them spreading themselves over the adjoining counties, and not a few actually returning to London and other places, from whence they have been conveyed at great expense, on the way back to their own country. These persons, so treated at the end of their land journey, naturally feel indignant at the breach of faith which they thus experienc and, of course, many of them were but too ready to wreak their vengeance upon those who are supposed to be the cause of their detention and renewed vagrancy. We do not say that the operation of the Va1..1-int Act in this respect may not entail a very heavy and apparently unjust burden upon Bristol, in common with Liver pool and a few other outports; but we never beard that the apparent hardship of a law was any excuse for individuals in disobeying it ; still less can it be so for wealthy constituted authorities. If tl e burden be unreasonable or unjust, Parliament should be asked to remedy it. If we are rightly informed as to the fact and the cause on this occasion, they form a serious warning against similar violations of the law, merely because it i 3 onerous or otherwise disagreeable. At any rate it behoves the public authorities of Bristol to look to the matter in future, and not, by warding off a minor evil, expose them selves to such tremendous consequences as have un happily befallen many of the innocent inhabitants of that unfortunate city.—Morning Herald. We have given elsewhere the particulars of a riot which has taken place at Coventry, and which is characterised by an Anti-reform Evening_ Print as a Reform Rebellion." After, however, perusing all the accounts which have appeared on the suhject,we can discover nothing in it which bears the slightest resemblance to " rebellion." The riot appear: to have proceeded from some differences between the masters of the manufactory which was attacked and destroyed, and their workmen---differences arising wholly out of a question of wages, and not having the slightest reference to, or connection with, any political matter. Any riot, however, is now sufficient with the Anti-Reform Press, for the manufacture of a rebellion, just as death, whatever may be its caul.., is now, if it happen near Sunderland, or any other suspected spot, sufficient to warrant a report of another death from cholera. While on this subject, let us earnestly entreat the working classes to refrain from such acts of outrage, as quite as detrimental to themselves and their own interests, as to those of the manufacturer. In no case can they profit from wanton injuries intlcted on others—in no case can they destroy a manufactory from which th ey or others have been receiving employment, without injuring themselves even more than the proprietor of it. The capital of the manufacturer is not only as much his property as the labour of the workman is his, but if the former be de stroyed or diminished in any way, tl:e first ef fect, and by far the most fatal effect, of that destruction is certain to fall upon the misguided workman himself, who loosened the first stone of the building, or applied the first spark of fire to its more inflammable materials. In the case of the manu factory destroyed at Coventry, for example, how many men will not be thrown out of employment— perhaps exposed to the receipt of a miserable pit tance of parish relief—not only for weeks, [tit for months? The manufacturer must be indemnified by the county; but to whom can the workman apply for indemnification for the loss of employment caused by its destruction ? We throw ant these brief hinte, not under the vain imagination that they will persuade the evil-minded to refrain from such deeds of mischief, but in the hope that we may thereby induce the prudent, the virtuous, and the thinking part of the working population, not only to aid and abet the civil power in quelling all such disturbances, but to use their utmost exertions in the way of per suasion, to prevent their commission by their less intelligent brethren. There is nothing so senseless as the destruction of property—nothing which marks more certainly the prevalence of ignorance and bar barism ;—and, let us add, there is nothing which so certainly militates against the right of universal suffrage which is now prayed for by many of them, as such outrages of the law. It is an equally true saying, that those who cannot take care of the pro perty of others, are not fit to be entrusted with their own, as that those who cannot take care of their own, are not fit to be entrusted with that of others. Who, indeed, would trust a vote for a Member of Parliament in the hands of persons, either stained with the blood of their fellow-citizens, or soiled by the destruction of their property.—Morning Adger. PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—It is now (said Vow Wyux) more than two years since in the very pl tee where we stand, I ventured to take one of the most daring shots that ever was hazarded. I had been amusing my self in giving transcendent polish and mirror-like reflection to a pair of hoots, and having left them outside my cottage, proceeded for a few moments to the garden, my wife sit ting in the house near the door, and the children playing about her, when suddenly, though it was mid-day, an enormous lion appeared, came up, and attracted evidently , by the lustre of the boots, for be fixed his glaring eye in tently upon them, laid himself quietly down in the shade, on the very threshold of the door. My wife, either frozen with fear, or aware on the danger attending any attempt to fly, remained motionless in her place, while the children took refuge in her lap. The lion still gazing intently on the hoots. I glided gently by the side of the house up to the window of my chamber, where I knew my loaded gun was standing, which by happy chance I had set in a corner, so that I could reach it with my hand, for the opening is too small, as you may perceive, to admit of my having got in, and still more fortunately the door of the room was open, so that I could see the whole danger of the scene. The lion was beginning to move, perhaps with the intention of maki ng a spr i ng ; there was no time any longer to think ; I called softly to the mother not to be afraid, and invoking the aid of Heaven, fired my piece. The ball passed directly over my boy's head, and lodged in the forehead of the lien immediately above his eyes which shot forth as it were sparks of fire, and stretched him on the wound, so that he never stirred more.—Re collection' of the Cape of Good Hope. ALLEGED CASE OF HORRID MURDER BY BURKIIICG AN ITALIAN BOY. CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, Mr. GELL, the Coroner for Westminster, and a Jury composed of some of the most respectable inhabitants of the parish, assembled at tl , e Unicorn, at the corner of Ifeurietta-street, Covent garden, on view of the body of a boy, unknown, who was supposed to have been murdered, or, as the phrase goes, " Burked" by four persons, named May, Bishop, Sheen, and Williams, now in custody. William Hill, Mr. Partridge, the surron of King's College, and Mr. Beaman, the surgeon, of Covent-garden, gave evidence, the substance of which was contained incur I3ow-street report, and in the account of the post mortem examination which followed. Mr. Beltran and Mr. Partridge both concurred in ascribing the death to external violence. The only additional evidence tending to throw light on this most mysterious transaction was as follows : Mr. Charles Starbuck, a member of the Society of Friends, and a stock-breker, residing at No. 19, Broad street-buildings, City, attended here in consequence of a report he had read in the Morning Chronicle of the exa mination at Bow-street; he had seen the body of file de ceased, and had rri doubt it was that of the boy whom he had often seen about the Royal Exchange and the B ink with white mica ; he was an Italian boy, and witness had sometimes stopped while his brother had conversed with the little fellow in his own language; he saw him, on Thursday evening last, sitting on the pavement near the Bank, with his head nearly on his lap, and a mouse- trap under his arm, attracting notice by his position ; and some boys and other persons about him told him to get up, for the police were coming. Witness said to his bro tner, he thought the boy was ill, but his brother said he had thought for some time that he was a humbug, and was practising , apon the humanity and credulity of pas sengers. Ile thought it his duty to come forward. Dlargaret Peregani, of 11, Parker's-street, Drury-lane, knew the deceased well, and had known him all the sum mer ; be always carried a tortoise and some white mice about for show ; she did not know his name, but knew his person; she saw him last on Tuesday, the lit instant (yesterday week) in Oxford-street, near Hanover-square; he had then a mouse-trap with him. Mr. Douchez, surgeon, thought, from the appearance of the spinal veitelnat, that it was quite possible--and, indeed, it was his opinion—that the boy had been first' stunned by a blow on the head, and his neck afterwards twisted and dislocated like a duck's.—(A thrill of horror here ran round amongst the crowded auditory.) There was a mark of the pressure of a grasp on the wrist, and one mark of a finger distinctly appeared as though the poor boy had been held down by a powerful hand while the mischief teas done Witness had no doubt whatever that death was caused by external violence. Mr. Thomas, the Superintendent of the F Division of Police, on Saturday afternoon last, in consequence of iu formation he had received, sent several officers to the King's College, and four men, named May, Bishop, Sheen, and Williams, were taken into custody. When brought to the station-house, witness asked Bishop where the body came from, and he said from Guy's, adding, "We have been removing it from Guy's to the King's College." Wit ness asked Bishop what lie was, and he said " I am a body-snatcher." Witness had this evening asked the pri soners at Bow street, if they wished to come before the Jury and say anything ? and May said, " Not I—l have nothing to say to it." Bishop's reply was—" The body is mine, and if you mean to keep it, you may find out where it was got, if you can." Sheen said he was merely employed by Bishop to carry the body ; and Williams de clared that he went with the others merely from curiosity to see the King's College. Mr. Cribb, the Foreman of the Jury, stated that it was a well-known fact that the deceased boy had been seen to carry a tortoise about, and it had been this even ing mentioned by Mr. Thomas, that a tortoise, similar to that one, had been found, which was stated to have been sold within a short time before the boy's death. Mr. Thomas this afternoon received a letter, informing him that such a tortoise as the boy had was exhibiting for sale in Middle-row, Holborn ; and he went there and saw the tortoise, which he now produced. He asked the woman of the shop where she got it, and she said her husband bought it in Leadenhall-market, where such things were regularly bought and sold. Joseph Peregani sworn—Has known the deceased twelve months, and well recollects his carrying about a tortoise, and the one now produced is similar to that he so carried. It is very much like it. Mr. Corder, at this period, suggested the proFriety of an adjournment. The case, he said, was one of the deepest importance to society, and as the proceedings of this day would go forth to the public through the Press, other information might by that means be obtained, espe cially as regarded the purchase of the tortoise. The CORONER agreed that it was proper that an ad journment should take place. 311'. Thomas thought it his duty to state to the Jury a fact perfectly astounding, namely, that, since Saturday, eight parents had come to the station-house to view the body, every one of whom had lost a boy about the same age as the deceased, and all within fourteen days! and not one of them could in the remotest way account for the absence of the respective children. Mr. Isaacs, the solicitor, said that a friend of his, a re spectable tradesman in Oxford -street, had lost a fine boy, 14 years of age, in a similar manner. He left home on an errand, and had never since been heard of. He was a boy of superior manners, well educated, extremely steady in his habits and pursuits, and not at all likely to take to wild courses all of a sudden. All exertions had failed in tracing him. The Jury now requested strangers to withdraw for a time, and eventually the inquest was adjourned till to morrow, at fire o'clock in the afternoon. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Edward Cummings was brought before the Loan MAYOR, charged with having endangered the lives of people in the streets by tumbling against therm in his drunkenness. An officer described the conduct of the defendant as very dangerous. As the fellow went along, he shoved some of the passers by through the windows, and others into the middle of the street; at last be reached a nice soft spot, in Gracechurch-street, which the scavengers had just swept together, and down he fell in it upon his hack. Not fancying his conch, however, he started up, and pursued his way to Bishoplate, cleaning himself as he went along by rubbing against the people, so that by the time he reached the church he had contrived to divide the mud with about 50 persons. . . The LORD MAYOR asked him why he got so beastly drunk, and whether he was able to pay for all the damage he had done? The defendant—l could not help getting drunk, my Lord, for I lost my place yesterday morning. The Logo 111Arox—And co, by way of making up for the loss, you thought the least thing you could do was to get drunk ? The defendant—lf I did'nt get drunk I'd have fretted my life out, my Lord; au I got amongst two or three friends, and the liquor overtook me. The Loan MAYOR-.--I dare say your friends were out of place too? The defendant—Two of them were, and the third wanted an excuse for leaving a bad place, ea he stayed out with us. The Loan MAYOK—Then depend upon it you just put him in the way of being on an equality with yourbelf. The defendant believed he had acted like a fool, and he hoped to be forgiven. _ The LORD 111,tvos—I don't see that any one appears against yian but the officer, and he pities you. Now I pity you too, and to prove it to you, I'll fine you for your drunkenness, which disgraced you so much, the sum of five shillings. Defendant—But, my Lord, my drunkeunees prevents me from paying. The Loan Ma.voa—l don't care : if your drunkenness can't pay for you, you must certainly pay for your drunken nees.—(A laugh.) On 'Monday, the 7th instant, a General Assembly of the Academician• was held at the Royal Academy of Arts in Somerset-house, when Mr. WILLIAM WYOli was elected an Associate of that Institution. A TRICK ON QUARANTINE.--One evening smartish th brig eras observedw ye a l s lowflag" coming up the streaming in the wind. The quarantine officers took for granted t h at the pes tilence was on board, and that the honest mast er o f the ship would forthwith proceed to the Lazaretto at St. Mar garet's Hope, to undergo the usual process of aqu a ti c puri fication. The sea was running high at the time, the n i g h t this Firth w rn k, fu a full closing fast, and it would have been extremely dangerous for the Coast Guard to have approached within hail of her. Next morning dawned, when inquiry was made after the plague ship," but no such vessel was to be found any where on the bosom of the Firth. It was subsequently ascertained to have been a smuggler, which, during the night, bad landed some gawsy ankers of mountain dew on the shores of Fife, and the crew of which struck the yellow flag the moment the ship was purified of its " bl ue ruin."-- &NS/WA. PRESENTATION OF THE LORD MAYO TO THE LORD CHANCELLOR. Yesterday Sir John Key went, attended by the Sheriffs, the Recorder, the Common Serjeant, the other City Law Officers, and the Gentlemen of the Household, to the resi dence of the Lerd Chancellor, for the purpose of being presented on his election the second time, to the Mayoralty, for the approbation of his Majesty. The Recorder introduced the Lord Mayor to the Lord Chancellor with a spirited address, " I have the honour," said the Learned Gentleman, " to present to your Lord ship, for the approbation of his Majesty, the Lord Mayor for the year ensuing, who has been elected by the Livery, in Common Hall assembled, which election has been con firmed by the choice of the Court of Aldermen, according to the due course of proceeding on such occasions. The distinguished honour to which this gentleman has be•n raised by being called to fill two successive Mayoralties in proves the high confidence which his fellow citizens repose in him, and the exalted opinion they enter tain of his merits. In such awful times as these, tvli-n the principles of insubordination and of resistance to the est :- Wished regulations for securing the tranquillity of the social system are constantly inculcated by the disaffected—when the enemies of the serial compact are wickedly engaged in destroying the mansions and the properties of his Majesty's subjects, and when other symptoms of an alarming nature manifest themselves, it is to this individual the citizens of London have determined to commi t the guardianship of their city. In that most responsible situation have they again placed him, in the full confidence that he will exert all his energies for the welfare of the community ; and, at such a period of emergency, maintain the peace of the city of London in such a manner as to make it worthy of the imi tation of all other parts of the empire. With respect to the protection of the rights and privileges of his fellow citi zens, those who have appointed hint look to the Lord Mayor with unabated confidence for the performance of every act likely to accomplish an object so near and their to the hearts of his predecessor.. They are convinced that he will maintain the dignity, splendour, and hospitality of the Mayoralty; that the importent objects corrprebended trader that head will suffer no diminution. [Here there was a slight buzz of approbation amongst the other city law officers.] The citizens of London express a firm hop, and I am sure a well-grounded one, that their election will meet with the sanction of his Majesty, through your Lord ship." The LORD CHANCELLOR, in 1 very low tone, addressed the Recorder in the following manner :—" I feel, Mr. Recorder, the greatest satisfaction in assuring you of his Majesty's entire and unequivocal approbation of the choice made be the citizens of London. His Majesty is assured of the propriety of the el e ction, a n d re li es , with most entire confidence, upon the exertions of the Lord M tyor for the preservation of the peace of the metropolis. His Ma jesty also has full confidence that in the second Mayoralty of his Lordship the Magistrates of the city of London wiq *hew an example to the rest of the Magistracy of their de termination to make every effort to prevent even an attempt at a violation of the peace." The Lord Chancellor then entered into familiar conver sation with the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, the Records r, Common Serjeant, and Sir Charles Flower. EXETER. (From the Morning Chronicle.) This city has been in constant alarm for several days past, in consequence of the vast influx of strange ill-loakirg fellows, and as it wag well known to the authorities th it it was the intention of certain parties to burn the effigy of the Bishop, an officious little Tory Alderman, the Bishop's Secretary, and several other obnoxious characters, on the sth of November, it was greatly feared this scene would be taken advantage of by the ill-looking fellows who were lurking about the city in parties of six and eight ; accord ingly the Mayor sent to Plymouth for a regiment of soldiers, but none could be spared. So affrighted were many of tl e wealthy inhabitants, that they removed their plate and ve lualdes, provided themselves with fire-arms, and fortified their houses in every possible way. The long-dreaded sch of November came, and the morning, as usual, was ushered in with a merry peal on the parish bells, firing of cannon, &c. The day passed off quietly, and, in the evening, the usual display of fire-works took place ; but the spectators were comparatively few ; no move was made to burn the effigy of the Bishop, &c., till eleven o'clock at night, when a large body of deter mined fellows made their appearance in the Cathedral ward with the effigy of the poor Bishop, mitred and lawn sleeved, &c., also a large quantity of faggots ; a temporary gallows was soon erected, and the pious scaramouch was soon hoisted upon the gibbet. Its appearance was ridicu lously em!,lematical of this notorious hater of liberty and Reform. The head was composed of a hollow turnip, with a candle in the centre, in which were cut the ra,,e and mouth, but no eyes—showing, that though the head possessed light, the Bishop was blind to the past and present scenes around him. The faggots being adjusted, they were set fire to, and the light soon discovered the vitals, composed of the liver and lights of a sheep, which the flames soon devoured, with the Whew head, mitre, and lawn sleeves, of one of the 21 enemies of Releriti, and withholders of the people's just rights ; all this was doe, in the Cathedral yard, in full sight of the Palter. Had any attempt been made to prevent this innocent ebullition of public indignation, I have no doubt many lives would have been lost, and we should have bad a second Be isttil affair. Much credit is due to the Mayor in perinittin 2 the people to vent their indignant feeling (created by the late blind, obstinate, and wiceed conduct of the Bistelis) on this effigy of a man who can never reel tiro his charact r but by voting for Reform when the Bill is next iirouebt fore the House of Lords. The bonfire and effi , y beite: consumed, the assembled multitude, conipo•ed of many thousands, gave three groans for the bishops Tories, and nine hearty cheers for the cause of Reform. The Bishop's Palace was tilled with armed soldiers, who kept guard all night. Nothing occurred until half-past twelve, when the whole Palace was set in commotion by a few idle boys rolling a burning tar barrel towards the Palace, which was supposed to be the signal for its demo lition ; but it was only done to frighten and make a deeper impression on the mind of the Bishop, of what might the consequence of a second act of hostility towards the people. The boys continued their course down a street towards the river, which soon quenched the ter- barrel, and dissipated the fears of the Bishop, the Tory Lord Rolle, and others assembled in the Palace, to support the drooping spirits of time Holy and Right Rev. Father in God, Whose compunction of conscience they had serious apprehension would urge him to apply one of the loaded muskets to his bead, and blow out the small portion of brains his skull contained. Semi after burning the effigy of the Bishop, the assembled multitude separated, quietly went to their homes, and up to the present titne, Monday morning, there has not been a single committal fur riot or disturbance. I again repeat, much credit is due to the Msyor for fore sight, determination, and coolness, in permitting the effigy to be burnt, which could not have been prevented without. bloodshed. Will the liberty-hating Tories now dare to say there is a re-action in Reform in Devon, and especially in this city, which till lately has been completely under their thraldom? It has thrown off its shackles, and the people are now as free as the air they breathe. An Anti-Reform petition has been hawked about the city for the last week past; and, notwithstanding the Tories have had the mean ness to get upwards of thirty people to sign it under the pretence of its being in favour of Reform, and several other poor creatures at sixpence ahead, still only forty-three in dividuals of the lowest class hare disgraced themselves be signing it. No sooner had the affrighted inhabitants of this city recovered themselves on Sunday, than as alarm was created about two o'clock by the galloping of the Yeomanry Cavalry through the streets to Newton Bushell (a town about 14 m il es f rom E xeter ) , an express hav i ng arrived that the whole town was in flames—this I ant not surprised at, as it is the veriest sink of Toryism in the county. No doubt they have set the town on fire to divert the public attention from Reform. Such is their chagrin at their fallen littleness that they would, like their mad fool hardy leader, Sir Charles Wetherell, sacrifice the lives of thousands of their fellow-creatures to effect their hellish purpose by throwing the county into anarchy and confu sion. Newton Bushell is a town composed of houses which are principally covered with thatch, and nothing can save it if set fire to in two or three places; it is bete the Tories have lately had their meetings and dinners, for they are complet e ly driven out of thi s c ity ; and their numbers have so dwindled that they would be lost in a respectable sized room ; they have breathed their last gasp, and their writhing will avail them nothing—their Le:- tious spirit must expire, and, like an eel out of water, will eventually smother itself in its own slime. CIVIS. MONDAY, EIGHT o'CLocic•—An express has just ar rived, stating that the fire was extinguished before the arrival of the military, and was supposed to have taken place from a chimney having taken fire, the flakes from which fell on the thatch. The damage done does not ex ceed 1001. An unnecessary alarm existel in this case. HIGH RECOMMENDATION.--.A young man advertising in the Morning Herald for a situation as valet, begins by stating that he is six feet Mph. THE WORKING CLASSES. Although the intended meeting of the Working did not take place in White Conduit Fields, up% one thousand of the body assembled in the large th the R stun ht. Toe generality were armed with truncheons, and in•iny of them wore tri-colours ad,s ; a large tri-co , oured flag deo hung over the P r Mr. DLIFFE4 was called to the Chair. , Mr. WATSON rose to propos e th e first res o ; "'That whi'e we are (I, sirous of obtaining our jus t " we are anxious to have them peaceably conceded:, therefore call upon our brethren to abstain froto violent It is not die men, but the system of car; we seek to overthrow; not f or i n di v id ua l b e nefit, b puld c good. We therefore confidently call deal brethren to enrol themselves in Political Voione ° this obj ec t ; t o cast t h e i r petty j ea l ous i es an d couteo or , aside, and to unite with all who will unite against the cetnnion enemy. Let order he th e d o union their motto; equal justice their object ; a n pine-s of all their end."—(Applause.) Din man red more than he did their meeting had not taken place,! no man was mor e con fid ent t h at h a d it iaken,9o it would have p asse d o tT i n peace an d order. ---k a He cared not ab n . ° . responsibility, he c ame no t t o say w h at h e did n°tor or feel; but he h a d no t y e t screwe d up his coo e d the necessity of suffering death. They had been tn a,, their declaration was seditious, and that if they b a ,a, and violence h a d ensue d, t h ey w h o were /Ol d i t' with the trick s o f Governments well knew such a n 1 0 tunity would not have been lost of spihing their , r/ (Great confusion.) T o -d ay th e i r f oes h a d go t the! t ' t , them—(Hear, Lear)—and however they might 131.1'ii the sacrifice which they had made, a little more PaA organization, un inimity, and boldness, and they exhibit thems e lve s i n suc h an att i tu d e—a y e , and a r able attitude too—as would command attention t° oo wants and immediate r e dr e ss.—( L ou d c h ee rs.) 5 0 r had b en det e r m i ne d to h o ld t h e i r meet i ng t h os e cal' l 0 i circumstances had o c cur re d i n B r i sto l, an d had a l , every one poss e -s n, , ;.; one pound's worth o f prop r r Y ; el ( the Press, the vile Press, which had never dared b° ll ,l o l l ' represent the f ee li ngs o f th e wor ki ng c l asses, had ° j et say they had c a ll a ! the meeting to act the Bristol ° . „6: (0 in London, and th a t th e i r on l y o bj ects were t h e ef 4 Crie l litt:uan life and th e sp o li a ti on o f pr i vate property: of r Shame, shame," and the" Times.") Hi' to rv„ with Lord M e lb ourne was t h e fi rst interview betfivt"" with a Lord, a n d h e h o p e d to t h e L or d it d ybr last—(Laughter)—not that he haft any thing l *t :p.t r to complain of respecting Lord ,Me;bourne, but he D o ? Lordship to understand that he might put ( 100 btu terance of opinions, but he could net prevent the n/ held:—(Hear.) Mr. CLEAVE seconded the resolution. Mr. MANsw.supported the motion. 1 1 " Mr. CARPENTER (the Editor of the " ter.") had procured leave of absence from his pri7 0e for one day ; he had but a few mrtments to real o ti: order of L or d Tenterden, which he had in would expire in a quarter of an hour, and then 0 0 0 1 4 return to the circuit of his e.) proceeded to tidy lie fully c their d ee 10 . , and all the sub sequent pr .. their' hods''' . en listing in holdi ng t h e meet' they would ba ge or nothing beyond a publication of their declaration' ° only at the risk of their lives. A resolution was then put and carried. asi A 31E3IBER stated that a meeting had tbst ho f hdd in Beth ua l- green Ch urc h , to f orm a bran c .. el National Politi ca l U n i on . Si m il ar meetings r".-1110 to be held, a n d h e t ruste d t h e wor ki ng ° on the alert. a Mr. LovETT proposed the sec,,nd resolution'. e a 0 as we (the w or ki ng c l asses ) h ave o f ten b een deco)! .00 cajoled by th ose w h o h ave m w i e us t h e too ls of t b e n l o l ll bition, w e h ere by ca ll on our b ret h ren throog h - t United Kingdom to consider whether they (314 0 ,0 longer to ply taxes in money, as well as to take in eo i sideration the withdrawal of their monies now' od Saving.,Bil , l:s and B e nefit S oc i e ti es , or any furt her 1 .0 by which th e y ma y o b ta i n t h e i r r i g h ts ."—(Loud Chee Mr. BENusw secondA the resolution. It was then put and, carried alter which the IA" dissolved the assembly, requesting them to separate 'V The naval tale of " Cavendish, or the 1 1 cian at Sea," is said to be chiefly formed of occurrig which actually took place in the life of a y oun g Nobi now holding a command in his Majesty's service s EDWARD CODRINGTON, among other distinguished ow fi g ures in its pa g es. EXCLUDING AND INCLUDINO.--A Og„ day asked his friend, 4, How many knaves do you 0 , ,r are in this street besides yourself ?" "Besides 01 , replied the other, in a beat, "de you mean to , insu l t t ' " then," said the first, 4, how many do you v excluding yourself ?" 1 The Swabian licrotru announces the . 0 of the reigning Prince of 'floberiziillern-Sig' n° ; ANTHONY A LoYS, on the 17th kcarit, Of 3 6 ` pleay. lie had bees slightly indisposed for se ver bat not sufficiently to create the least alarin• , IWO REPUBLICAN FREEDOM.—A s oot) e. in Rensclear coun , y, N.Y. has been fined 1,000 at'is kissing one of his female pupils ! 111 ) SINGULAR CUSTOM IN THE ISLE OT —lf a single young woman prosecutes a hingle n' y 0 Jurythis t the guilty, t j y ,u Judges Judgeimpanel ei l a ve rj: to i 0 man a rope, a sword, and a ring ; an d she has I r d i chui , e to have him hanged, beheaded, or to 1 0 " Olio. 1:d In a small town of France, there is 01911 , an o!d amateur of the stage, who goes to the 1 1s ' ` t o c night, though he sleeps there from the beginni r g b ea' i end. His servant sits by him and informs hint ° . , 0 0", curtain is dropped. The old gentleman the° er it; " Are they married." " Ye , ," replies the " Veiy well, then, let us 2oto bed," and the (1 3 Y t ;ort, eiii , ys the performance with the same degree of P I jig I•HE CATECHISM OF HEALTI,) little work, announced for immediate pu bliea t :',. o , comprise a body of valuable information re spert l %it ii ' exercise, &e., and we hear, written by an, e i fs medical practi , ioner. Possessed of this usefu l isU lr every person may become his own physician : - C I ; to become more especially useful to families, as i t " 0 t,r, tain numerous facts respecting the nature, treatffie cure of that dreadful malady, the cholera, the fir' ' r es d P tiros of which will be indicated, and the trien u ber cessary for instant adoption, before the arrival ° I • sician, clearly pointed out. 0 3d We regret to hear that the labourers 9 : ham, near Newbury, hare broken ou t i n t o acts o f f l dination. It appears, from the best inforrnatio o hall a been able to obtain, that a farmer of that pari 9li iluced the wages of his l a b o ur er s one shilling P et e m t , „ The labourers, not being satisfied with this ar ' r a ' 6 ce r d , assembled, to the number of forty or fifty, an d Pre -1 to demand of the farmer the reason for this ste'Poui met him at his house and he attempted to escsP e l o f pulled off his horse and severely handled. S Lit4f ringleaders were apprehended, and sworn to to .. . tt eti most desperate of the mob, and have been colt trial at the Sessions. —Berkshire' Chronicle. ply 0 e ,t STATE OF TILE COUNTIIY.—Tne - t he of Galway and Mayo are at present almost under toi limited controul of the " Terry Alts." A Mr. ISI :11e 3 1 of Galway, has been, of late, several times e °ll ' k ; o etv; swear to the paying of certain wages to his sv or has also ha4l his villa wrecked : he is represelite hi humane, good man. The " Terry Alts" are s :o 3 ' everyhas nights glared the whole plundering , for leu co arms n ; t nd their ter', system in a stat e „f„ , o " A numerous meetin g o f th e Magi s trates of "i'St , J I place, in Mayo, on M on d a y last ; the 31arritti s ° to ‘; as Lord Lieutenant, in the chair : the object sv`l, e sider of the best means of restoring and securing of the Barony of Eoris.— Scotsman. - - BIRTHS. tia" On the 7th inst. the lady of A. Cocker, Esq. O f ' ro Soho-square, of a son. 1.• q., On the 6th inst. the lady of .1 - Im.Hyndnian, street, Westminster, of a son. On the Bth inst. prematurely, in Tavistock-cqu a " c, Stutfield, of a son MARRIED. r. 'oe Oil the 3d inst. at Christchurch, Marylebon e, •3 . Cr• of St. John' s W oo d, to J a ne, fifth daughter of Mr.. On the Bth inst. at S. John's, Southwark. J. Di,%°,11. Savage-gardens, to Margaret Newsome, only dauga, Landell, Esq.. of Shooter's-hill. V (' DIED. s l O i n n g the 5 a t h ge i d n s s t 2 . , of brain r N ‘. ev ( ef r , c a e t n ti N c o i d . North a r , Pt a s ° 4 o ll l 4 ; dent of the Editorial Department of the British a., t at , Bible Society, leaving his wife and five infant c bildte" his early removal. On the sth inst. at her father's at Hackney, in the;" ll7t f her age, Ann, youngest daughter of Mr. 'Tomes , c o Inn.tields. On the 7th in Clifford-street, Lient.-Colone. „cc,' of Breetwell-huuse, Oxon, late his Majesty's Cons" Jr East Friesian::. c Al° On the Bth inst. at Woburn-place, Russell -squat , of the late W. J. Reeves, Esq , aged 67. - PHINTED AND PußLisurt, ay M U IWO 4'01314—e Sys OrFICE, 112, Sravro, LotivoN• I OR chic 'HE w tko bond 14, f whet 4t ll • I t; eti v , th e 'eal PO)li • d ellt arid 1.441 , :„ g a rld bu, M„l'41108.. '4 Ou ta:jant ttc 1;67 14 , it n yt 4, tb._ tett f t ' le ^,; ; 1 to, th e Cle te h COIL it (th, r)f N mo st 4 Pi t tpoi blea% tairee...tY-fu,