The Sun. — London, England, 1827-09-13 00:00:00

SPIRIT OR vul'Plnittd JOURNALS. We have inserted. a table, exhibiting the Rum her:of Protestants living under - Catholic Princes in Germany, and the numbers, of Catholics un der Protestant Princes. There is little Worth notice in the mere a mou n t of each, or in the circumstance that subjeCts 'should be found in Germany professing a . different mode of worship from their rulers. 'What ought, however;' to amaze even those rimong•Our wise anti-Catholic brethren who may think such facts not wholly incredible, is, that 170,000 defenceless 'Pro testants should exist among ten or a dozen mil lions of 'Austrian Papists, without being burned for hereticS, or converted vi et mills from their faith, as the Irish Papists, being ten to one of the Orange Lords and their adherents, have by authority or connivance of the said Lords been persecuted into Church of England orthodoxy every day during the.last two yearS. What must be - deemed no less extraordinary is, that about one-third of the population of Bavaria, being Protestants, are neither looked upon with hatred nor jealousy 'by the . nialority of their fellow subjects professing the Popish creed, and are not put down, or diseouraged, or insulted by penalties of any 'description on the part of the Governmeat, but are held equally worthy with . Catholics of protection from the iaWs,' and of trust and honour from a Popish SOVereign... In Saxony the mildest and -most paternal of all Go -sernments is established over a Protestant; nation of about a million and an half in number; and administered. by a Popish' Prince—who, with quite as much power to intrigue, and bribe, and encroach upon Protestant rights in Saxony, as Messrs. Side], O'COnnel, and Dr. Doyle to boot, could well be supposed to have at their- com mand, after an entire abolition of the penal code in England—has, never theleas, managed through several reigns to respect his !{people, and .be re spected by them—to love thein s and be beloved. On the other. hand, if si , e.tusts to adifferent leaf, and ask what- becomes . of Catholics , living 'under Priuces of the same religion as the House of Brunswick, what do we there 'discover ? Why, that about half the population of . Wurtemberg are Catholics, where they and the Pro testants, under equal }mut, appear mutually to have forgotten the .necessity :of asking about each other's religious sentiments. In Prussia, where the proportion. of Catholic to Protestant is nearly the same '(one-third) as in the United Kingdom, so crude and barbarous do we kind the notions of state policy, that every function of 'a: citizen in military and 'civil life is exercised indifferently by Protestant and Papist. That enlightened Prince the Sovereign of Hanover, has, proclaimed, even in the face of his illustrious relative, the King,of Great Britain, that he would make no distinction between his Catholic and Protestant subjects. Thus there - live near three millions of Protestants in the CatbOlie States of Germany,. and five mil , lions ands half of Catholics under Protestant rulers, mixed up with majorities of an opposite creed to their and so per4rAe and pro yoking are the friiit49fthiceqiiality, that no Ca thOlic demagogues, asso ciatiOn.s, or conspiracies with 4 Pope s have eeti so much as suspected to exist in Modern Germany ; while, on the other hand, Orangemen, Peelers, and Insurrection Acts, have proved to be no less un called for. ,Thus, likewise, is shoWn, beyond' dispute, the foolish falsehood of two grand maxims 'relied upon by the party of religious ex clUsiOnists; this kingdom. For, Ist, Catho lics, whete 'they have: pdwer; even the most -un limited, do not alcliays persecute their Protestant brethren undei religious, pretexts.; and, 2d; testants dO't ot 'where but, 1 . Englaiid) employ, as an excuse for trampling .nn the n e c k l of a Roman Catholic, the fear onseing assaulted by him the moment he recovers his ;set. The truth of the case is a very simple one, and at once decides it,—our Jaws against Catholics are not the rule of the' C ons titution, but at this time a gross and monstrous deviation fromlt. Though evils in themselves; ,they were , passed as' -securis ties against the possible occurrence of a 'single accident—viz. the accession of a Popish Pre tender to the Crown. The danger was definite, • and specific, and temporary, and perishable. It perished 80 years ago. Ought, then, the pre caution of a dark and tempestuous age, the suit of heavy armour worn by our ancestors in pre paration for an enemy long since defunct, to con tinue to gall their posterity and ours for ever ? Times. The Earl of Darlington his been created Mar quis of Cleveland, and Mr. Stanley (the Mem ber for Preston) succeeds Mr. Wilmot Horton, as Under Secretary for the Colonies. It has been remarked that these fiefs are important, in so far at they ShOw the sense his Majesty enter tains of the services rendered to him by those MemberS of the Whig Party who 'supported the. Government at a period when it was threatened by a combination of the Outs, and as they prove at the same time the harmony prevailing in the Administration, Mr. Stanley, the . ttepresenta., tive of one of "the most powerful Whig families, having been selected : for Under Secretary by a leading Tory Minister. But independently of these considerations, .we are.glad to see Mr. Stanley appointed to the office of Under Secre tary of the Colonies. He is a young man of very considerable promise, and possesses—what cannot fail to enable him to distinguish himself -activity ,of mind and perseverance.. Indeed, whatever may be the faults of the young men of rank of the present day, it must be allowed that they are in general much more ambitious of dis tinguishing themselves by solid. acquirements than those of the last generation. In proportion a t information - is' diff us ed in a country, the ne cessity for exertion on the part.. of -public men is increaad for the respect of :ar well-informed ; people calin ot be obtained by Mere yank and wealth. Mr. Stanl e y has himself visited. someof our ColoAleg, and this circumstance ,could hardly fail to turn his attention to , inquiries which may be of use to him in the situation of Under Secretary for th't Colonies. lie has seen our Colonial system in Operation in one of the most important of our possessions, and hgl at the same time an opportunity of contrasting it with regions, similarly circumstanced with :regard to so il aid climate, and differing only in government. We woulzi fain hope that his judgment will enable him to turn his experience to proper aCCOUnt. : !We are ourselves firmly persuaded, that a great saving : to this Country may be effected, by reforms- in our Colonial EStablishments. The most of our Colonies are perfectly able to support the .ex penees of their Governments.. All outlay beyond what is necessary forthe preservation:of internal traniuillity, may be considered as , expended, not for the benefit of the Colony, but,for some sup posed ne ee "i ty of defence agawst foreign attack, or security against throwing off sour. allegipee. Our .rnaritll4le*periority renders preparation for defence fruziA abroad. suPe illu9lis; and the interests of the Colonists themselve i s., must dis pose thern to seek the connection with us. If their interests and their allegiance be at variance, that is, an argument for an improvement in the system of administration, and not for increasing, the force for compelling allegiance. The cir cumstance of any force being necessary for retaining in allegiance a Colony naturally dis posed from community of origin, of language, and of habits, to a close connection, is alone a proof of the badness of an existing system, and the necessity of recurring to another. Ihe per sons possessed of property in Colonies, as well as mother countries, will always of themselves be sufficiently disposed to pay fOr such establish ments as are necessary for the administration of justice and the preservation of internal tran quillity, and no other establishments are required. It is necessary for us to guard against splitting on the rock which has wrecked nearly all the continental nations. All the advantage we possess as a people, is owing to our having been more left to our own discretion than other nations. Though • our laws be barbarous, and the administration of them clumsy and unsuitable to a civilized age, yet these evils have not been able to counteract the vitality we derive from the absence of a controuling Government. But in our colonies we are departing farther and farther from the principle which has insured to us our prosperity. We are - thus, if we do not take care, laying the foundation for future evils at home.—Morning Chronicle. We are glad to perceive that the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge are making great progress in the publication of their Library. They have now completed ten numbers. The last num ber contains a very interesting account of the novum, organon of that great man Lord Ba con, to. whom we owe so much of what consti tutes the grand distinction of our times. "It was reserved," says the author of this interesting number, " for Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, to break the spell of. the mighty enchanter of Stagira,. and to give a final bloW to the scholastic philosophy ; to make one b arand and general at tempt to deliver men's minds from the bondage of two thousand years ; to assert the right of that reason with which the beneficent Creator has endowed man as above all authority merely human ; and to sketch the outline of one grand and comprehensive plan that should include in it the endless varieties of our knowledge, and guide our inquiries in..every branch." No one will question the justice of this character ; and yet, how humiliating is it to be forced to ac knowledge that the prejudices against which Ba con combated,- exist still in great force in the present day. "In fine," he says, "we perceive, that through the ignorance of certain Divines, the passage to any philosophy, though ever so true, is almost blocked up. For . some are foolishly alarmed lest a deeper inquiry into na ture should trangress the bounds of sobriety ; and they injudiciously wrest what is said in Scripture against those who pry into Divine secrets, and apply it td the hidden things of nature which are nowhere forbidden. Others, with' greater craft, imagine, that if men are kept in ignorance, all things may be the more easily .managed by dexterity of hand, and the divin ing rod, which they think is highly serviceable to'religion : this, however, is nothing else than to aim , at pleasing God by a lie ! Others, again, dread the effect of example, lest any changes and movements in philosophy should fall at last on religion itself. Others are afraid lest, in the in quiry into nature, something should be found which may overturn religion, or at least under mine it, especially among the ignorant. These two latter kinds of fear appear to me altogether to savour of a grovelling wisdom ; as though men, in their secret thoughts, were doubtful and distrustful of the stability of religion," &c. The idea that men are more disposed to adopt falsehood than to adopt truth, when false hood and truth are presented to their minds, is blasphemy against the Deity, and we cannot conceive a more heinous offence against the author of his being, than for any man to Suppose that he is called upon, for the interests of religion, to impose fetters on the minds of his fellow-creatures: The same powers on which he confides for the discovery of truth were given to other men, and he can have no security for hav ing discovered it, which they do not in like man ner possess. That any man, therefore, should conceive that his agency is necessary to prevent mischief from the. exercise of the power which God has given to all men, is a libel on divine wisdom, and an arrogant assumption, which ought to be frowned down by all men who wish well to their species. And yet how widely spread is the error, that inquiry is dangerous, and that men must be placed in a state of pupil lage ? There is not a petty Lord Mayor, who preaches at a Tabernacle, who does not believe that he is doing good, not by encouraging the diffusion of knowledge, but by chaining down. the powers of his.fellow-citizens, and arrogating to himself the power of. judging rightly, which he denies to them,—lbid. Though we are no friends to the existence of arbitrary power in any quarter, it is surprising how much of it must, after all, be submitted to, even under the apparently freest form of Govern ment. With all our own real and boasted liberty, for instance, there can hardly be found, under the most absolute monarchy, any thing partaking more of real tyranny than many of the powers confided to and assumed by our common Justices of the Peace—a body, composed for the most part, no doubt, of honourable and en lightened persons, but who, it cannot be denied, are far from being wholly so. Nothing, per haps, would be more creditable to any honest and sincere reformer of the laW—such, for instance, as we believe Mr. Peel to be—than a review of the present powers exercised by inferior Magis trates ; an evil, if it be one, which comes home to every man's door, and which assails- with double severity the poor and unprotected. We will not disguise our own apparent inconsistency in using these remarks as a prelude, on our own parts, to a proposed increase, in one respect, of these very powers. It too often happens, how ever, that m contending for the shadow the substance is lost sight of ; which is the case, in our estimation at least, with SOME of the powers confided to, and others which are withheld from Magistrates. If there be any topic upon which the ; good sense o f Ma g i st r a t es ( es p ec i a lly o f tho'se, who , besides being men of the world, have been professionally educated) should decide, it tiust be the triflin g , petty disputes arising b e .. twe'gn individuals in the shape of assaults, and othgr minor breaches of the. peace. There the law with an apparent as well Jealousy in favour of the has hitherto4sa libeFty the resigned dislike esign e to d i ti divlnaol. discretion , has Julies to determine upon ; and a mere kick on •the Jshins of one sex, and a torsi cap of the other, which half-a-crown in either case would more than Satisfy, is transferred to the same formal mode of trial, which belongs. t 9 o,e most serious sub ect, or the highest injury a man can receive, eith'er in his property or person. And what has F been the consequence of this unwillingness oh the part of the law to allow Magistrates a summary jurisdiction in such cases ? Why that, in the shape of commitments for' want of sureties, a far greater evil, and a more extensive system of oppression, has arisen than could have been the result of any decision, were that possible, in nine tenths of the cases in question. We have not any exact returns before us, but are sure that we are speaking within the mark, when we say that there are every year sent to prison, in the metropolis alone, above a thou sand persons for no other cause than not being able to find bail at the moment in paltry watch house charges, and still more paltry personal dis putes. It is an ill wind that blows nobody good, and it is no small aggravation of the evil we are alluding to, that it is followed up by fees to Clerks of the .Peace, Clerics of Indictment, and the other small fry of the Courts, which renders its abolition one which these " vested interests" gentry would, .one and all, set their faces against and, we have no doubt, that liberty would be the watch-word which pelf would set afloat upon the occasion. Despising .this, however, and ha zarding the apparent inconsistency on our own , part, which we hare already alluded to, we sub mit it confidently to the good sense of those who are able and willing to reform abuses in the law, whether giving to Magistrates a power of finally adjudicating, by fine or imprisonment, on all cases of minor assaults and breaches of the peace brought before them, would not effect a great convenience and improvement, accompanied, as it would necessarily be, by putting an end to all commitments for want of bail in such cases. — Though we should like to see Magistrates shorn of many of the powers which they do possess — under the Game Laws, their Farmers' Malicious Injury Act, their turning and stopping up roads and footpaths, and the like—yet here, as impar tial arbiters between man and man, a great good would be accomplished, and ,a great evil much diminished, if not entirely done away. For one man imprisoned by their decision, fifty would go at large who are , now consigned indiscrimi• nately to the contamination and ruin of a gaol, for no crime proved or known to have been com mitted, hut for the singular offence of not poS sessing friends in the shape of two substantial householders, ready at the moment to come for ward and incur. a risk of trouble, which even their betters are not always willing to encounter for each other.—Morning Herald. A memorial, we learn from the American Papers, has been drawn up by the Harrisburgh Convention, in Pennsylvania, to be presented to the Congress of the United States, praying for a protecting duty on imported wool and other things. The memorialists disclaim : all partial, or, as they term them, sectional views. Their reasons are founded on what they consider the independence, prosperity, and greatness of the Republic. It is, certainly, but a poor prospect for those who believe in the perfectability of hu man nature, to find amidst a shrewd' business minded race, like our brethren on the other side of the Atlantic, positions taken up which, on this side, every man of common sense is hasten ing to abandon, and, which are only retained where the number and complexity of the interests connected with them render immediate and abso lute abandonment impossible. The poets say, that when the Goddess of Justice forsook the earth, she left the prints of her steps in the West. We do not think, after the above spe cimen of American sense, that the Goddess of Wisdom, should she follow her flight, will set out in the same direction. Among ourselves there- are some who, from ignor a ncei*er-= dice, are inclined to stickle for commercial re strictions ; and there are a few who, from worse motives than ignorance—from a wish by such means to detract, if possible, from the worth of the most enlightened measure& of some of the most enlightened men who ever guided the councils of the country, are content to echo the clamour of their ignorant countrymen. These scribblers have very heroically made a sacrifice of their morality; and therefore we need not wonder that they should throw their understanding into the bar gain. But neither they, nor those whose cry they follow, would, we believe, call fbr the im position of restrictions where none had been im posed before. Had the vineyards which are said to have abounded in England in the Conqueror's time continued to ours, and had we been in the habit of manufacturing bad wine at a sovereign a bottle, we can easily conceive that any attetnpt to reduce the duty on the wines of Portugal or France, which might drive our own from the market, would be resisted with much zeal and much abuse. We do not, however, suppose that any one would be listened to for a moment who should, under present circumstances, ask for the imposition of such a duty as would enable Eng lishmen to brew port instead of porter. This is precisely such a plan as America is anxious to adopt. Happily for herself, the career of im provement lies open before her, without any of those impediments which, in old States, render their progress slow and uncertain ; yet, all uns conscious of her advantages, she Would set about laboriously to create those very obstacles which her recent birth, as an independent commu nity, had fortunately removed out of her way. The politicians of the New World would act like the swift man in the fairy tale—tie theirlegs, lest they should run too rapidly. The folly 'of restrictions on commerce is a hacknied topic; but truth makes so slow a progress, where it goei to disturb established habits, that, if we labour for conviction,it must be impressed again and again. It must be poured into the u nwilling and obdurate ear of prejudice, unt il it wear a channel for admission like water in the stone—Non vi sed saepe cadendo. The c a se which the American economists put may serve as well for illustration as another. They - wish p w r i o si t l ec s t t i l o c is h t a o t t i h u e ty ir i w m o p o o l s le e n d torn foreignadei that is, they woollen goods as shall enable a portion of their capital to be employed in a manufacture which without such a duty will not pay. The British or other European merchant at. present carries cloth to America, we shall say at ten shillings a-yard, which is precisely the sum for wh ch it can be manufactured in America without profit ; and, consequently, none is manufactured. Impose, say the Patriot Pennsylvanians, a duty of a r couple of shillings 'a yard, and by that means we shall drive the foreigner from the market, for we can' manufacture it ourselves ,at eleven shillings. Now this sounds mighty pleasing—to drive the foreigner from the market-to encourage home manufactures. But, in the first place, what takes the foreigner there ? He does hot come to give away his goods, he comes to exchange theM. For every yard of cloth he gives to the American merchant, he takeS ten shillings w orth of Ameri can p ro d uce i n re turn. If, there fore, the : American. merchant •no longer take hi s cloth, he can no longer dispose of the produce with which the cloth is purchased. 0711 He must, therefore, give up, if he be' wise, all that. part of his trade, of 'whatever kind it happened to be, with the produce of which got his European broad cloth ; for it . is very ob vious, that - his countrymen have no occasion for it—that is, - he must change his occupation, and turn cloth-maker for the home market. Sup pose he does, and sells his cloth at eleven -shil lings a yard, who is to pay the additional shil ling-? We suppose America must, for we hardly think any other country will. So this notable scheme of imposing taxes, to encourage home manufactures, is nothing more than a roundabout way of taking out of one pocket to put into an other. But the evil will not stop here. - One of two things must happen—either the whole of the community must wear a smaller quantity of cloth, or they. must relinquish a part of their pre sent enjoyments to purchase the same' ,quantity as before.. The -latter is the more likely conse quence. And as the cloth manufacturer cannot enjoy higher profits than others, the only issue of this wise scheme for augmenting the manu factures of the United' States will be, a diminu tion of profits in all the manufactures they at present possess. Nor is it to be doubted that, the principle of restriction once admitted, the cloth manufacturers will not be the only persons who will pray for its protecting power. Another and another traffic will bring forward their claims to the consideration of the State,,until the whoie commerce of America is bound hand and foot, with those cords from which we are slowly and cautiously endeavouring to disentangle our selves.—New Times. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.---Joseph Afachee, a miserable 'looking man ; a native of" Sardinia, was charged with steab! ing a gold pin . from the shop of Mr. Charles Gibson, a goldsmith in"BishOpsgate-street: 1111. Gibion's sliornan stated that on Taal(lay afternoon the prisoner came into the shop and asked to look at some gold shirt-pins; He had some Shown him, but after a long Altercation about the prices, he left the shop Without pur chasing any. The shopman, however, saw him coaceal one of the pine, and he then followed him out, and in the street charged him with the theft, and he found the pin in his pocket. There was also found on his person l is. in money. The prisoner denied all kpowledge of the pin notwith standing it was found in his pocket; and he was committed to Newgate for trial. John Stebbing, the proprietor• of one of the shOrt stages plying in Leadenhall-street, was charged with haVing ne glected to deliver a parcel that had been entrusted to his care by Messrs. Sanders and Chahaieri; of Leadenhall street, woollen-drapers. Messrs. Sanders' shopman proved that he gave the parcel to the defendant's coachman on Saturday night, Sept. 1, and that it never was delivered as directed. The defendant denied all knowledge of the transaction. He never saw the parcel or even heard of it, so he euppo sed it must have been stolen, 'as a boa-coat' of his Own was lost the same night ; however, he Contended that he 'was not to be heldliable for it, becatise it was not delivered to himself, but to his man, and Awes net regularly booked at the booking-office, and therefore it was very hard if he was to be held accountable for parcels that gentlemen might choose to hand up to his coachmen, and of which no account was taken. The Loan MAYOR told the defendant that he was clearly answerable for the acts of his servant, and as to saying that the parcel bad not been booked, that was no defence for him, as it was not necessary that it should be hooked. His Lordship, however, had no power in 'the business, Messrs. Sanders and Co.'s only remedy being by bringing an action foi the value of the parcel ; however, if the de. Pendant was wise, he would settle it with them,' without being put to that expellee. The defendant declared that he would not, and consi dered it quite hard enough that he had lost his coat. The Loan MA wit told him be was aCtingvery unwisely to incur the heavy expence and trouble of an action, when there could be. no question of his liability to pay; but, however, the complaint must be dismissed, as he had no authority in the business. at. trailiar;;.•....corprOter, and a plumber, named Barry, Ford and Du f fle, were charged with a most extraordinary and ferocious assault upon John Cronin. The prosecutor, who is a very decent Irishman, employed as a light porter in a warehouse, was, it appeared a lodger in a house in Monmouth-street, and the three prisoners slept.in the same room witkhim, there being two beds. When he went home on Monday night he found a stranger in his bed;, of which Barry . bad - before that had a shaft, 'and he objected the intrusion, but finally went to bed. 'He had been in bed, as he supposed, about two hours, when he 'wax awoke by the most excru ciating pain, and found the three'prisoners.and the stranger kneeling round, him, laughing most. immoderately, and Barry and one of the others had got a piece of string, twisted round a part of his person, and were pulling at each end of the string With great force. He screamed with agony, and jumping up, he fought his way through them, and made his way into the street. —The defendants, in answer to the charge, said the complainant came home drunk, and was very troublesome, and would not suffer them to go to bed for a long time. Each denied Wing the per son who actually committed the assault. Mr. Misisitoi.r. said he had never heard of so atrocious an outrage, and ordered the defendants to find good bail far their future appearance. A fellow, named Phz7lips, was committed for trial for having endeavoured to extort money under the threat of charging a person with an infamous offence. Under Mr. Peel's Act, the punishment is transportation for, life. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--Mr. 0' Shaughnessy, the boot-maker,.residing in St. James's-street, was-charged with a contempt of the Court of Requests, in-Vine-street. It appeared that Mr. O'Shauglinessy was summoned a few days ago before the Commissioners for a debt, due to one of his workmen, and the case having been *Wed against him, he flew into a violent passion, and swore that he would not pay the debt for such a-- set of fellows. He at length became 'so outrageous that he was taken into custody. Mr. O'Shaughnessy said, that, under the circumstances of the case, lie wasjustified in applying the insulting language to the CommisSionei - s. Mr. ROE said that he sleould commit the defendant to Tothill Fields for ten days, under, an Act of Parliament which authorized him in pursuing such a course. Mr. O'Shaughnessy was accordingly committed. MARYLEBONE.—A respectable-looking man, named Cooke, charged Mr. Abbott, the auctioneer, of Devonshire street, with assaulting him. The complainant and a friend, named Trant, went into the Three Compasses public-house, in Little Chesterfield -street, on Monday afternoon, where Mr. Abbott and some other persOns were playing it' Basta- . telle. At the request of Mr. Abbott the complainant joined in the game, and ultimately Mr. Abbott lost ten shillings. Some dispute took place about the payment; and Mr. Abbott feeling displeased at some observation made by the complainant, struck him.--Mr. Abbott, in his defence, said, he considered he was . justified in admi nistering chastisement.to Mr. Cooke, when he applied in sulting language to• him. The MAGISTRATE, however, said he had acted very improperly, and ordered him to find bail. ITATT9N-GARDEN.—Mrs. 'key Solomons Was brought np yesterday for examination, when some shawls and a few articles of trifling value were identified. She was remanded for another examination until Thursday (this day) when she will be fully committed to Newgate for trial at the present Old Bailey Sessions. Mr. HUMPHRIES applied that Mrs. Solomons might be allowed to remain at the Clerkenwell prison until the bills shOuld be found. • Mr. Sergeant SELLON • said, he was disposed to give every accommodation to the prisoner ; but be could not ac cede to the proposition now made to him. Mrs. Solonlons will, therefore, .be sent to Newgate this day. John Took • was brought up for re-examination , on a charge of embezzli ng severa l sums o f mone y, from his em ployer, Mr. B eans , o f L ong -l ane , S m ithfi e ld, tobacconist A i reepipt for 11. 46., given by the prisoner to a person ofname n tb ‘ t nuff -maker.of Bunn, at Helton, • near Hounslow, nu the 2d. April last, was p u t i n .. Mr. Berms said, the prisoner slid not account•to him for that hum. The witness who paid the money to the primer, could not recollect in what kind of money she paid the amount of the receipt.. lilt. Hournafts, fur the prisoner, submitted as the wit nos could not, tell in what kind of money the account was paid) that Took could not be sent to trial. Mr. Peel's Act, which oloviatee the neceeeity of particniatising the coin or money paid, did not operate until the Ist of July, and this case occurred three months before. Mr. Sergeant' Szt.t alt admitted that Mr. HumphrieS's objection was fatal to that 'particular case ; and unless the prosecutor could produce some person who could speak to what kind of money was paid to the prisoner previous to the lst of July, when Mr. Peel's Act came into force (and a proper Act it is), the prisoner should be discharged. But if there was any case subsequent to the Ist of July, it would not be necessary to show what kind of money bad been gives. • The prosecutor said, there was one case in which the'ac count was paid on the 22d of July, but the party lived in Hertford, and could not attend for a few days. Mr. Sergeant Szttos• said he should remand the prisoner for a few days, to give the prosecutor time to procure the attendance of his Hertford witness. The prisoner was remanded accordingly. THAMES POLlCE.—Yesterday William Maynard, a powerful-looking coal-heaver, was brought before W. BALLANTYNE, Esq. the sitting Magistrate, charged with ill-treating his wife. A person, who stated himself to be a next-door neigh bour of the prisoner's, deposed that about the hour of eleven o'clock on Tuesday night he had retired to bed, but he was shortly afterwards disturbed by the noise he heard in the prisoner's house ; he was alarmed when he heard the cry of "Murder," as also the crying of the prisoner's children. He immediately put on his clothes and descend ed, and got into the street. The prisoner was then stand ing at his own door, and' his wife, who seemed to have been much ill-used, was crying bitterly, and complained of the ill-treatment she had received. In order to protect her from the further violence of the prisoner, who was very drunk, he called the watchman and gave the prisoner in charge to him. _ _ _ Mr. i3au.s.xrrsE asked if the wife,of the prisoner was in attendance ? The officer said she was, and the wife was then brought before the Magistrate. Mr. BA LLANTYNE asked her if she was the lawful wife of the prisoner ? She replied, that she had the great mis fortune to be the wife of the prisoner, by whom •she had four 'children. Both she and they were frequently subject to the brutal violence of the' prisoner, who but 'too often came to her in a beastly state of intoxication. He spent in drink the money, which he ought to allow her for the support of herself and, her poor children. He beat her frost severely .on Tuesday night. That was what he always did, when she attempted to remonstrate with him, upon the manner. in which he spent his money, thereby leaving his fiunily in want ; and when he was ill-treating her, the children would cry out of fear, and then he.weidd turn to and beat them. Mr. BALLANTYNE asked the pris oner what he had to say in answer to so disgraceful a charge ? The prisoner said, that he did not think he struck his wife. On the night in question. He bad taken some drink,' and they had a few words when be went home, and he might have .struck her in his passion. Mr. BALLAIqYNE asked the officer if he knew any thing about the prisoner's character? The officer , said, he nei. ther knew - any thing good or bad about him. Mr. BALLA NTY.I4I!: then told the prisoner, that from this specimen of his bad conduct towardS his wife, and his ill treatment of her, it was his duty to call upon him to find good securities for hiS future conduct 'towards her and her family: The prisoner was then locked up, until such time as he should tender sufficient securities. UNION,HALL.—A young man respectably dressed, was yesterday brought from Christchurch watch , house, before Maunrcx SWABEY, Esq. in which be had been locked up the preceding night, at the instance of Mr. Carter, an extensive boot and shoe-maker, residing in Blackfriars-road, under the folloWing circumstances The defendant was discovered in Mr. Carter's house on Tuesday evening, and not giving a satisfactory account of himself, was sent to the watch-house. ' Mr. Carter said he had now ascertained that the young man was known to one of his female servants, to whom he was, or , pretended to be, attached.: Not telling his name and'address, when he was first taken. in the dwelling, Mr. Carter thought it right to send him .to.the watch-house. " The public are obliged to yoU, Sir," observed Mr. SIVA BEY. "The yoUng man told me some falsehoods likewise," added the complainant ; " but I now believe that he had no intention of committing a felony." " Sir," said the defendant, addressing Mr. Carter, " you had no right to use me thus ; I was well known to Hester, your servant." " You had never told her your address," rejoined Mr. Carter, " and I do not think your conduct very honourable towards her." " The reason why I did not tell her where I lived," said the young man, " was,,that she might. not be coming to " n l y to mstait*.entire'tottt the defenaant tbas f i e wasnow discharged, .and cautioned himllow . he again entered a house to visit the servants. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The' Cumberland, Steele, from. Cochin Malabar COasf, has arrived in the Downs ; sailed frOm ditto, ---,MI"; from Alipee, May-i ; and St. Helena, July 15. Has brought hatteafrom Quilon'and Alipee. • Tbe,indus; Cook, 'from Batavia, has arrived off Ports mouth ; she sailed from ditto April 27. The Eliza, Benson, from Sumatra, has arrived off Portsmouth ; sailed from ditto May 17 . (f0r Antwerp). The Amelia, Wilson, from the South Seas, • has arrived in the Downs ; sailed from Timor, —, 1827 ; the Cape, June 15 ; and St. Helena, July 2. The Lonach, Driscoll, from Bombay, arrived off Scilly the Bth of September: • .WHALERS.—Thq Nelson, Bews, 1100 barrels 'oil ; Sa rah Ann, Phillips, 800 barrels ditto; and Argonaut, Grif• fin, were off Augrapequena Bay on the 12th of June last. - Sours seoa.Es wurn.—The Marquis of Wellington, Chapman, from LondOn to Bengal, on the 21st of July, in lat. 10. 31. N. long. 24. 8. W. The Rifleman, Haw kins, from Liverpool to the Mauritius, on the 3d of June, in lat. 27. S. long. 23: W. The Sir William Wallace, Brown, from London to Bombay, on the 21st July, in lat. 10. N. long. 25; W. The Maria; Wilson, from Ben gal to London (out 124 days), on the 6th of August, in lat. 25. N. 10ng.,36. W. SAILING rito3l BATAVIA.--.The Sir CliArle9 Forbes, Duthie, for Penang, on the 27th of April, to load for England, . BIRTHS. On the 9th inst., the lady of. Henry Edgeworth. Bick nell, Esq., of a son. On the 7th ult., the lady of Captain Cox, of a son. At Penhurst, the lady of James Coiquhoun, Esq., of, a son. On the Qd inst., at Portsmouth, the lady of Major An- derion; 50th Regiment, ofa daughter: On the 10th inst., Mrs. Abbott, North Bank, Regent's Park, of a daughter. - • . MARRIED. On the 6th inst., at St. G,orge's, Hanover-square, by the Rev. Lill De Burgh, Hubert De Burgh, Esq., of West Drayton, Middlesex, to Marianne, daughter of Admiral and Lady Elizabeth Tollemache. On the 21st ult., at Ros Trevor Church, county 'of Down, by the Rev. James Anderson, Edward Hill Trevor, Esq., to Mary Lucy, daughter of Major Trevor, late of the 77th Regiment. On the' 12th inst., at St. George's Church, Blooms !miry, by the Rev. John Addison, LL.B., Eldred Addison, Esq., to Charlotte Mary, youngest daught er o f t h e l a t e Rai. James Whitchurch, of Silchester, H an t s . On the 11th inst., at St. Peter' s , W orces t er , b y t h e Rev. John Simons, Patrick John s t on , E sq . , o f Doughty street, daughter of th e l a t e Th om a s Glvin to Ea, y neu, Esq lix .,oft o h u e nges former t place. On the 12th inst., at St. James'is Church, by the Rev. W. C. Wigram, Captain Henry Kean, to Miss Richardson, of Craven-street. On the 12th inst., at Fulham, by the Rev. J. Nelson, Joseph Holmes, Esq., surgeon, to Mary Margaret, second daughter of the lat e Ch r i stopher L ove, E sq ., o f Old Bond street. Lately, at Alcester,.W. J. Davis, Esq., of Augusta square, Regent's Park, to 103" Langston, eldest daughter of Ji Langston Esq., of the former place. - VIED. On the 10th inst., William Sampson, Esq., wine and brandy-merchant, St. Mary-at-Hill, 18 years Conimon Coubcilman of the city of London. On the Bth inst., at his house, Streatham Paragon, Britton -hill, George Scott, .Esq., after a short and painful illneis, which be bore with exemplary patience and Chris tian fortitude, deeply regretted and lamented by his sorrow ing wife and num erous friends. ob the 3th'inst., at_WoodforA, James Cratcherode Siggs, the Bth ult., deeply regretted, J. F. aged 21, late brewer at Ratcliffe, eldest son of Mrs. Siggs, Woodford, Essex. • . resident partner of Messrs.. Kerr, Black, and FisAIL, Smyrn a,Eatt" Fishir, of that city. . • 0 the 3d inst., at Wykeliti m, Hants; George MackOzt. ()chi Esq., Lient.-Col.' Corninandent . 'ef the . Hon. East i. Indi Company's sth Regiment of Dative Infantry, in his 48th year. SLADE THE MURDERER. A very copious, and apparently faithful, nar rative of the murder of Mr. Waterhouse, has just appeared, printed at Huntingdon, and published in town by Messrs. Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. The work is " got up" in a very neat style, and is embellished with three admirable lithographic prints, by Hullmandel. We extract the follow ing passage relative to the dissection of the mur derer, and the conduct of his parents :—" On stripping. the body, its muscular strength, and fine proportions, excited the admiration Of the medi cal gentlemen present. He had died in fill health, and appeared much stouter than when alive ; and it is a curious' fact, that the culprit had even grown comparatively fat during the pe riod of his imprisonment. He never ate so heartily, he said, as he did i n gao l ; and through the kindness 'of the Under-Sheriff, he wanted for nothing that might contribute to his norriish , went and support. •On etamining the body,the peculiar conformation of the great toe on each foot, produced considerable sinpnse ; it extended in length about an inch beyond'the others. His countenance seemed a fitting index to the mind of a.murderer--cruel, deliberate, and ferocious. A plaster mould has been cast from the features. On Tuesday morning the brain was dissected in the presence of most of our medical authorities. From deferring the dissection as long as possible, to accommodate a greater' nuniber of young sur geons, the brain had undergone a' considerable' change, and it was therefore almost impossible to elucidate the different parts with that degree of anatomical accuracy which might have been attained at an earlier period. . The investing membrane, called the dura mater, was, how- ever, extremely tense and firm, and in several places inflammation between It and the pia mater, or immediate envelope of the brain, was discovered, and must have existed for some time. Firm ad hesions had in consequence takeii place : but these appearances are, we believe, by no means uncom mon ; few people who have suffered from fever, or severe blows on the head, are without them.— Slade, previously to his execution, confessed that he had at different times received blols upon the head, and described the external situation of two of them, which corresponded 'exactly with the in ternal adhesions. The internal viscera of the chest and of the body were in an extremely healthy state,. not having apparently ever suffered from illness. The conduct of Slade's-relatives during the whole of this trying.affair. has been expoSed to considerable censure. In persons .of their' condition, it would be absurd to expect that acuteness of feeling and .nice sensibility which shed an indescribable charm over the in tercourse of intelligent and refined society ; but. the Shades appear to be . wanting even in common humanity. His sisters were 'not ashamed to attend the races, whilst their brOther.w a s i mmure d i n a solitary cell,. under sentence of death. His mother talks of - JoShua's guilt, and of his vici ous habits, without the. least display of parental feeling .; and hie father was seen trudging home, on' the night before the execution, with a load of wood which he had been plundering from the neighbouring hedges. On Monday the old man came to. Huntingdon, to inquire of Mr.-Cole, keeper of the prison, whether Joshua had left any thing for him —any old' clothes or doctor's bottles, that he might sell. Being answered in the negative, 'Do you know;' added he, what has been done with the body ?' No,' replied Mr. Cole, Ido not: have been told, le joined old Slade, ' . that they only want the heart and two or three other-things - out of VM,: f til speech so which no answer was returned. ° fit this callous, unnatural deportment, may be traced the germ of Joshua's guilt. Yet, who can sell how much' of the apparent insensibility of the Slades may not be 'imputed to ignorance and want, and to the absence of spiritu a l i n st r ucti on peculiar to the village ? Nothing tends aO effec tually to shut up the heart and deaden the feel ings as long-continued poverty." . • . • „.. . • INCREDIBLE STORY OF A HAWIC: I --It1 : 141-: ‘ pened one day, that.abbas Mina, fatigued with . hunting, had sat down on the top of the hill with a favourite hawk on his •hand ; he called for some water, and a cup was brought from a neighbouring spring ; the hawk dashed the cup from the king's hand as he was about to drink ; another was sent for, but the• bird managed to spill it likewise ; a third, and a fourth'Shared the ' 3 same fate. The monarch in a rage killed the hawk. Before he had time to take another cup, one of his attendants noticed that the - water was discoloured. This gave rise to suspicions ; and the spring was found to have been poisoned - with the venom of a snake .or some poisonous plant: Shah Abbas, inconsolable at his rashness,n de stroying the bird which• had saved his life,. built a dome to his rnsmory, and is said to have often visited it.—Sketches of Persia. , • • MORE SEA SERpENTSI-SEA SERPENT WOUNDED.--Ca twin DaVid Thurlo, jun.' of the schooner Lydia, of Deer Isle, when . abOut. sib Jeagues E.S.E. from Mount Desert Rock, . left his vessel on the 24th ult. in•his boat to try foi; mackerel, •when: a monster of the Serpent kii)d appeared, •and came along-side his hoat . i;', he , having a harpoon in his boat, threw it at him, :which took ; affect; and he ran off' with the boat in 'tOw": after running a short distance he stop pe4 and rose his head out of water six' or seven feet : he started again, -the warp parted, and the serpent made off with the'harpoon . ih his body. Captain Thurlo then 'resuming his fishing, When all At once the serpent came up again -very near :, . them ; Captain Thurlo then rowed for his vessel, e which was about three Trifles ; the ser petit then rose his head out of the water as be fort, and continued following them at about the , sanie distance from th e b oa t till t h ey reac h e d t h e ves'sel.' Captain Thurlo thi n k s there were tw o of them, an that the - one he harpooned was not thei one that followed pith to•the 4 /estel. They, wei i e-70 or 80 f e et l ong , d ar k co l ou r e d , a nd h a d . large scales. Captain Thurlo had the most per- • fect view of his head when he rose out of the water,- and states that it resembled'exactly that of a shark.—Boston Courier. ANOTHER SEA SERPENT.—As severaFgen tlemen of Norfolk, (Virginia), were fishing near the;Rip Raps, a huge aquatic animal suddenly thrust its head above water, within a hundred. yards of their . boat. The apparition startled the whcile party.' 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