The Sun. — London, England, 1827-03-19 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS The two branches of the Portuguese Cortes have been supposed to be actuated by a different spirit; and as the one is an elective assembly, while the members of the biher are indebted for their seats to a certain aristocratic tank, it would not be surprising, were the peculiar cir cumstances under which each is constituted, to give colour to their respective proCeedings. But this distinction is scarcely observable, and we see no reason for supposing that the Peers are less attached to the Constitution than the Deputies. Why should they It secures to them superior privileges and political influence. On Thursday last we inserted the sketch of a debate in the Chamber of Deputies on a proposition for disarming the militia who had been engaged in the rebellion. In the Chamber of Peers, a motion which had also for its object the sup resaion of rebellion and tranquillizing the ccuotry, was tlisenised on the 27th ultimo, and it seemed to be the general impression of the Chamber that the best Itneans of accomplishing this end would be a system of lenity towards that great part of the population which has been misled. There are few, we appre hend, who would object to this eourse, if at the same time energetic measures were adopted against the leaders of the rebellion. The great complaint is, that little or nothing has been done in that way by the Government. With regard to the debate to which we have, alluded, it was brought on by Count da Taipa, whe, has served und er Count Villa Flor against the reb e l s , and was engaged in the battle of Crouches da Beira. He observed, Nit the chiefs of the rebels deserve to be severety punished, but that all the rest ought to be pardoned; for in the three proyinces in which the rebellion prevail;, the people had been deceived and seduced, and remain in arms because they are afraid of being er-,,sed ivy way of reaction, to an Inqidaitorial.seyerir- t° similar to that wineh the country ex ience,l - AST The proceedings instituted by pro- Magistraei against individuals for taking pail in ttic rebellion, has, accoi.l:ng to the statetticrit of the Count, already had a very mischievous effect. It has made mul titndes fly to SVaitt,,o - hence they return and keep up the Insurrection; but the same persons, had they been as sured of being pardoned for their first error, would long Aro have returned peaceably to their homes. Wishing to see the new Portuguese family speedily conciliated and amalgamated by the consolidation of the constitutional charter, he moved that a message should be sent by the Chamber to the Princess Regent, praying that she Would grant an act of benignity or amnesty, The motion was immediately taken into consideration. It was doubted by some of the Peers whither. the Chamber ought to inter. 4re in this matter, as they thought that any step towards granting an ttEahetty ought to come from the Executive. observed, that the provincial magistrates ought hew to be blamed for doing their duty, that they were bound to prosecute for offences, and that to pardon was a prerogative of the Crown, which might be exercised after tonviction. In the course of the debate, the Count de Linhares regretted. that the arrests which had been made led to no result, because it took 100 or perhaps 200 days to bring accused individuals to justice. He had heard of conspiracy, but as yet no person had been tried for it. The Count da Taipa, in support of a charge against the Government, of being too lenient on the one hand, and too severe on the other, stated that the Viscount of Monte Alegre still received the revenues of a commandery which he holds, and that there were imprisoned at Vizeu 32 per sons accused by their enemies, and not yet informed of the hature bt their offence. The lishop of Vizeu, who is Mi hister_ for the Home Department, said—" It is not now for me to say whether or not the Government intends to grant an 'amnesty. I neither affirm nor deny such intention. The greater part of the facts referred to by the Count da Taipa are not unknown to the Government, which will not neglect to take such mea.siirea as may be necessary re specting-then : but whether or not an amnesty is to be tveni cteOnds upon what resolution the whole of the Mitt/try may adopt. It would not be proper for one of the members of the Government to anticipate what its determination on the subject may be." -After some fur ther discussion, a committee of seven was appointed to consider of the motion of Count da Taipa, and to report whether or not the proposed message ought to be sent to the Princess Itigent.—Timcs. The _House of Lords has received the accession of a most flaming Protestant champion in the Earl of Win chelsea. That Noble Lord is quite a Draw-cansir. His zeal indeed is something unusual in a Patrician ; indeed the force of his expression, whatever may be the force of his arguments, is absolutely stunning. His Lordship dis likes the Catholic religion ; so do we ; so far we are agreed With him. We should rejoice as much at the completion tot the Reformation in Ireland as his Lordship, or the bishop of Chester, or Dr. Magee himself. But as the seven years assigned by Dr. Magee for this work can hardly, we fear, be counted on in a literal sense, we are under the painful necessity of putting the possibility of a Reformation out of our calculations, when speaking of the means for tranquillizing Ireland. Allowing, then, that Protestants - are preferable- to Catholics, we humbly contend that well-affected are better than disconted Catholics. If there is any thing noxious in the Catholic religion, that qua lity will certainly be rather neutralized than otherwise, by a measure which unites those who profess it more closely with the Protestants. Lord Winchelsea maintains that the Catho lic religion is unchanged; and that it is as intolerant as ever. Theoretically, Protestants and Catholics are equally intole rant. Practically, the Protestants certainly exhibited, in Europe at least, the first example of toleration ; and the Catholics are gradually following it. Is there no change among the Catholics, when even in Rome itself the Pro testant service is celebrated, and the Protestants are al lowed a burying ground? Nen are seldom willing to ac knowledge distinctly their errors; and we cannot, there fore, expect the Pope to say in so many words, my pre decessors have not really been infallible; they have both said and done many foolish things. But if, without any such acknowledgment, we see in the practice of his Holi ness a virtual departure from many of the abominations of the Catholic Church, we ought to consider that this is as much as, considering the imperfection of human nature, we-can well expect. It is curious to hear his Lordship citing the justification of the use of the sword by Bossuet, 1/3 a proof of the persecuting character of the Catholic Church. Why the great antagonist of Bossuet, the champion of the Protestants, Jurien, equally justified the use of the sword against heretics. In his " History of Papism" he says, " The tongue is of the number of those members, as to which the power of man extends ; and I do not see why a Magistrate should be entitled to prevent me from doing with my hands what I will, and not have the right to prevent me from doing with my tongue what I will. . . If a heretic labours to persuade others, as that corrupts the religious society of which the Magistrate is conservator, the magistrate has undoubtedly the right to chastise him. And even he may be punished for having simply communicated his opinions, without seeking to persuade, if that was prohibited." His Lordship has, we see, only betaken him very recently to the study of history; but after he has been a month or two longer at it;- he will find that the Protestants persecuted on prin ciple as well as the Catholics. The first churchman of this country who advocated toleration was Bishop Taylor; but the Church of England was under persecution when he condemned persecution. Long after that the Church of England persecuted stoutly, when it regained the as cendancy' ; and when toleration in Queen Anne's reign was imposed on the Church of Scotland by Act of. Par liament, that Church, with but few exceptions, was hos tile to the innovation. All the sects have, by turns, been persecutors. In King Charles the Second's reign, when the Dissenting Clergy were suffering in England, they intreated their brethren in America to stay their hand against the Quakers,—not because there was an y thing amiss in knocking Quakers on the head, but because advantag e was taken of the example in Eng l an d against themselves. Such is poor frail human nature. Lord Winchelsea appears from his tone to be really sincere, and we should predicate as much of few that open their mouths on this subje c t. If his Lordship ,e really an enemy to pasecution, he may depend upon t that the hind treatment of the Catholics will forward that object much more than an opposite course can do. In Germany Catholics and Protestants are educated together at the same Universities, and they partake of the same character. Education will produce the same result in this country. An ignorant Laity and an intolerant Priesthood always go together. Enlighten the Laity, and you force the Clergy to become liberal. The Pope as well as the Archbishop of Canterbury I - mist yield to circumstances. In South At:,erica, according to the suppressed work of Hoe, now printed by Mr. Barry, the Priest is seldom so moderate as to be satisfied with one concubine; and it is no unusual thing for him to be surrounded at the Altar by the mothers of three families to him. In Ireland the Priests are models of correct behaviour. This shows how much a religion is influenced by the circumstances in which its members are placed.—Alorrzing Chronicle. We wonder that public men, whose time is so much occupied, should sacrifice any of their precious moments in contending against self , evident propositions. The Chancellor .7of the Exchequer's opposition to Lord Al thorpc's motion for a Committee to inquire into the means of curtailing the enormous expences incurred in county elections- ' is of this description. Nothing so puerile surely ever fell from the lips of a Statesman as the Right Hon. Gentleman's idea that the present system ought to con tinue, that Candidates may continue to be " badgered" by their constituents. If Mr. Richard Martin were in the House when this strange reason was started, we wonder his well-known humanity did nc.t take fire at the idea of thus legalising, as it were, the baiting of Candidates, which he justly considers so wrong when applied to the brute creation. It would have been quite as wise, and much more in character, had•the Right Hon Gentleman objected to any diminution of election expellees, on the ground of the million which a general election—in the extra conslimption of bad Port, beer, and tobacco—is sup posed to contribute to the public revenue. I'he reasons giveu by the Noble Lord, in favour of his motion, render Its propriety—to our minds, at, least—self-evident•and undeniable. That the House of Commons should represent the property of the country cannot he doubted; and that men of large property should he among its Members -is equally desirable. The qualifica tions which the Constitution requires from them in a great degree implies this; but that the fitness of a Member of Parliament should be measured by the length of his purse, or that electors can look for independence from those whose very election has deprived them of it, are propositions alike unreasonable and unwarranted. That whole families, as well as individuals, have been reduced to beggary and ruin by election contests, as they are now conducted, is quite notorious ; and equally notorious is it, as well as natural, that persons so situated have been, and ever will be, glad to repair their broken fortunes by a political subserviency, the very reverse of what they would have practised had they arrived at legislative distinction with their fortune and their honour unimpaired. Any means, therefore, of break ing down a system so vicious and indefensible as the present mode of county elections, ought to be hailed with satis faction by every true lover of his country. It is not by paltry puerile reasons, such as that to which we have alluded, that such a wholesome measure can or ought to be opposed. The motion, therefore, though sneered at, was granted, and we earnestly. hope will be productive of a legislative measure as effectual in practice as the grounds upon which it is called for are beyond the reach of doubt or eontradiction.—Morning Herald. A Meeting of the British Catholics will be held, this day, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, at one o'clock, for, " the purpose of taking into consideration the present state of their affairs." His Grace the Duke of Norfolk will preside. On every occasion, and tinder all circum stances, the conduct of the British Catholics has been such as to conciliate the esteem, and command the respect, of those who are conscientiously opposed to them. They have held out no threats of rebellion—they have bearded us with no insolent menaces of treason—they have not clothed their objects in the language of sedition. We have no British Catholic Convention holding its weekly conclaves in the Metropolis, where brawling Orators out rage all the better feelings of our moral nature, by licen tious buffoonery, cast, in brutal scorn, upon the death bed of a Prince, or tamper with our allegiance, by giving us the theory of insurrection. The British Catholics, to their honour be it spoken, seek relief from what they deem the wrong they lie under, by means which give them every claim to consideration ; and they have perhaps just reason to deplore—we will not say the connexion, but the junta-position, of their case, with that of a class of men whose bullying vulgarity would be sufficient to stifle even a sense of justice in the fierce conflict of indignant passion which they provoke.—New Times. BURNING MR. PLUNKETT IN EFFIGY. The Members of the University carried their intentions into effect, not only of hanging, but of burning their Representative in effigy, on Monday evening last. We regret that they should have had recourse to such an expedient for the expression of their feelings; but " Who can be taSe, amazed, temperate, and furious, " Loyal and neutral, in a moment ?—No man." The following account is from a Correspondent, who was an eye-witness of the transaction : " The Students considering that some honour was due to the Member not representative for the College, for the distinguished part he took at the last discussion, resolved upon giving him a more elevated situation than any he ever beforeflourished in, and that if he would not enlighten the nation, at least he should the College Pat k and Nassau-street. For this purpose the tallest tree neatest Nassau street was selected, on which was raised the effigy of Mr. Plunkett dressed in a full suit of black. He was on this occasion accom modated with both his .faces at once, and least the inhabitants of Nassau-street might be mistaken as to who he was, for he had his best face turned towards them, he had on his breast suspended a broad label, on which was inscribed in large letters, "Plunkett" —while in one hand he held " The Church," and in the other " The Popish Prelates." When the figure was thus arranged, a spark of patriotic fire being applied to his heels, quickly diffused itself in a flame over his whole body. The concourse of students, notwithstanding the wetness of the night, was immense ; and their shouts and the groans which they plenteously lavished on the hot-headed Gentleman so alarmed the heads of the University, that the College engine was ordered out, unjustly in the opinion o f Mr. P--'s admirers, as it might have tended to impede his brilliant career. However, the engine was useless, as the tvital spark had fled before its arrival, and the Right Hon. Member died with his face to the city." His remains continued to dangle " beautifully pendant" for the greater part of yesterday, and attracted vast crowds of the citizens, who expressed their astonishment Pt beholding so extraordinary a spectacle. —Dublin Evening Mail. The following communication, relative to the Mails for the Brazils, will be interesting to the Merchants connected with the trade to that country SIR, General Post-Office, Nrard is, 1927. Having laid before my Lord the Postmaster-General your letter of the 6th instant, transmitting a representation from certain merchants interested i❑ the trade with Bahia, &c., suggesting an alteration in the present mode of transmitting to England the correspondence from that part of Brazil, I am directed by his Lordship to acquaint you, that he has very readily complied with the wishes of the merchants, and has given directions, that when any packets arrive at Rio de Janeiro, via Pernambuco and Bahia, and there shall be a packet at that port under sailing orders for this country, the mails from these places for England, brought by such packets, shall be forwarded by the first packet for Great Britain. My Lord is of opinion, that the arrangement will be made more complete if it were extended to lettere from this country to Bahia and Pernambuco, when the packet proceeds, in the first instance, to Rio de Janeiro ; and the agent at Rio de Janeiro has accord ingly been instructed to forward any mail bags reaching him, un der such circumstances, by the first packet in turn, for Bahia, instead of their remaining at the former port, to be conveyed to their destination by the packets which brought them from Europe ; and I am to express his Lordship's hope that the regulation will prove an accommodation to the merchants engaged in the Brazi Tian trade. I am, &c. &c. (Signed) F. FREELING. To T. March, Esq. Chairman of the Brazilian Committee. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, MARcit 17. EX-PARTE TifORNE, TnE MATTER Or SURD, dC LUNATIC. In this matter a commission of lunacy was taken out in 1820 against the lunatic, who had been a purser in his - Majesty's Navy. His brother was appointed committee of his person and property. His property consisted of '72/. half-pay from the Navy Board an nually, and about 1301. a year from freehold and leasehold houses in Lambeth. Many proceedings had taken place in the lunacy, and several orders of the Court had been made in it. The Master had reported that 701. a-year should be applied in the maintenance and comforts of the lunatic, and that his debts should be paid. Soon after the appointment of the Committee, he re moved the lunatic to Scotland ; but finding that he had done wrong, he brought him back to Newcastle-upon-Tyne that he might be again within the jurisdiction of the Court. To the keepers of the Asylum where the lunatic had been in Scotland, a debt for his maintenance was left owing ; to those who have him now at Newcastle another was due, and the Committee (himself having subsequently come to town) had been arrested, and was now in prison at the suit of Mr. Warburton, for an account also due to him whilst the lunatic had been in his custody; nor had any thing like the account reported for the unfortunate man's main tenance; - been so expended. Until the last term the lunatic the Committee, next of kin, and all parties, had been represented in the Master's office by one solicitor, when Mrs. Thorne, the lunatic's sister, presented a petition, bringing forward all these cir cumstances. The Master had made several reports, ordering large sums for costs to be paid ; and after his Lordship had gone through the papers this morning, he said he should not have had the slightest hesitation to have referred the matter back to the Master to have reviewed the whole of his reports, had the lunatic's property been of any considerable amount, but if he were to make such a reference here, the lunatic would he left wholly unprovided for, A suggestion had been made at the bar, to allow Mr. Carr, the secretary in lunacy, to name a person who would.receive the lunatic's property and apply it as the Court might direct, but an objection had been made on thehther side to Mr. Carr, and the Court itself thought it might be as well for the Secretary to have nothing to do with the pecuniary matters oflunatics. It was, however, clear, t7)at the present Committee could not remain as Committee, and if the parties, between this and when the Court sat again, could not agree upon naming a person, who would take care.. of the lunatic and hiti,PrOP,ertys-, as - - if be. were. a. regularly appointed Committee, instead of trimming the expense of sending it to the Master to appoint a proper person, and for ti,e Master to rcview his reports, the Court itself would do that which it had never done before, namely, name &Itch a pet nn. BROWNE V. DE TASTE?. His Lounsuzr got Counsel to state to him what the excep tions in this case were, that stood for judgment. Of the sixteen exceptions to the Master's report that had been argued, not more than about two or three, that bad been overruled at the time of their having been argued, had yet been disposed of. His Lordship again promised to dispose of the ewe when he next sits. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. LORD MANSFIELD. This matter stood in the paper to be spoken to at the bar, but Counsel agreed, having supplied the Court on both sides with what they considered the order ought to be, that the whole should be left in the hands of the Court, for his Lordship, from the two sets of minutes to ey how all the points in the matter should be disposed of. His LORDSHIP hoped to be able to make an order by the latter end of next week. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, MAncli 17. JURISDICTION OF THE VICE-CHANCELLOR. It will be recollected that some time since it was stated to his Honour by Mr. Sugden, and several other Barristers,• that there existed at the Bar an impression of his Honour having refused to entertain motions for commitment to the Fleet Prison for contempt. The grounds upon which his Honour was supposed to make this de termination, were that the Lord Chancellor had repeatedly de clared his intention not to sign any orders of the Vice Chancellor for commitment, until, by a careful and conscientious perusal of all the affidavits upon which that order was made, he had satis fied hie own mind of its justice. When this declaration of the Lord Chancellor was communi cated to the Vice Chancellor, he expressed great astonishment, and said that he would take care to speak to the Lord Chancellor on the subject. His HONOUR upon coming into Court this morning, address ing the Attorney-General *Ad Mr. Heald, and alluding towhat took place on the former day, said, be wished it to be generally under stood, that he would for the future entertain such motions as should be submitted to him for the commitment of parties in contempt. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Mancti 17. William Benbow applied on Saturday for his discharge, and was opposed by Mr. D. Pollock, in behalf of Mr. Thos. Warburton, Robert Macdonald, and Joseph Smith, and by Mr. Andrew Clark in person. • Mr. Pott.ocx produced a letter of the insolvent's, dated the 12th inst., to Mr. Warburton, in which he expressed his sorrow at learning that Mr. Warburton was to oppose his discharge, and stated that he was not the author, but merely the pub lisher of " The Base Intrigue," described in Mitford's libel, for which Mr. Warburton had obtained a judgment against him, and begged to assure him that he would never publish any thing against him again. Before entering into the merits of the case, Mr. Pottocx, in behalf of Mr. Warburton, begged to observe, that his client was well known as the Governor of the Bethnal-green Lunatic Asylum, and that every person must be aware how easy it was for malicious persons to traduce those who had any con nection with those melancholy Institutions. It was as con nected with the above Institution that his character was attacked in the libel mentioned, as a reparation for which, a Jury of his coun trymen, in order to mark their strong sense of its malignity and false hood,, awarded upwards of 4001 . damages, in July 1824, for which I and the expences he was still a creditor. But the Learned Counsel would not enter further into the matter, but. merely say, that as Mr. Benbow had expressed sorrow for his conduct, his client was quite satisfied and withdrew any further opposition. His object, from the outset, was to establish his character, and not the paltry de sire of obtaining money, which he had sufficiently evinced, in as much as he had never sued out an execution against the Insolvent. Mr. Coox, for the Insolvent, acknowledged gratitude for the handsome conduct of Mr. Warburton. The Insolvent was then examined relative to some property at his late residence in Holborn, and remanded to produce the in ventories. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS announced, that having received a communication from Mr. Commissioner Law, which stated that from a family affliction, it would be impossible for the latter to sit on Monday and Tuesday, the Court would therefore not sit until Wednesday. FLEET-STREET IMPROVEMENTS. A Meeting of the Parishioners of St. Bride's was held on Satur day at the Vestry-room, to receive the Report of the Committee ap pointed to superintend the projected improvements in Fleet-street. Mr. Srarriswoonz having taken the Chair, briefly stated the object of the Meeting, and adverted particularly to the depressed state of funds, which he said it was absolutely necessary should be referuited, as one of the houses forming the avenue to St. Bride's Church, was yet to be erected, and the Committee were in debt already to the amount of 8,0001. The Treasurer's accounts were then read, from which it ap peared that the subscriptions already received did not exceed 1,8001., and that the amount actually expended in ' the improve ments was nearly 22,0001. The property was valued by the architect at 12,0001., so that a sum of 8,000/. actually remained to be raised. The CHAIRMAN said, that nothing now remained hut to com mence an active canvass for subscriptions, and to publish an ad dress. He did not know whether the parish would come forward, but the advantage which was derived by opening the passage to the church was universally acknowledged by the parishioners. One of the Churchwardens Raid he did not know whether the parish would do any thing more than bad already been done by it. They had given up a freehold house, and had lately voted 2501. for a new clock, to be lighted with gas at night, which would form a very interesting as well as a useful object. A Parishioner suggested the propriety of an application to the Treasury for assistance to pay off the large debt which had been incurred. Mr. BLADES thought an application to the Common Council for a second grant, might produce something handsome. The CHAIRMAN concurred in the expediency of both the pro posed applications, and hoped that every• gentleman who wished well to the undertaking would exel t himself amongst his private connections and friends. _ _ A second subscription was then entered into by the few gentle. me and thanks having been voted to the Chair men w n,th h e n m a e t e te t n in dd Meeting adjourned. journed. A short time since, at Henbury Church, nineteen sons and daughters of a farmer named Williams, residing at Law rence Weston, stood sponsors at the baptism of his twentieth child. Mrs. Williams lately lay in a twenty-third time, and all of these " olive-branches" still live. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE,—On Saturday, a person of respectable appearance applied to the Lord Mayor, urged, he said, by extreme distress. He stated that he had been master of a Grammar School, at Cahir, in the Diocese of Waterford, to which he had been appointed by the Bishop of Waterford, on testimonials of character for twenty years. The deed by which he was appoint ed, signed by the Bishop, he produced to the Lord Mayor. He had, however, been illegally deprived of his situation, about four years ago, for having refused to write that he was in possession of a piece of ground bequeathed to the master of the Grammar School, by the late Earl of Glengall. His case was deemed one of such hardship, that a bill was since brought into Parliament, by Lord Carbcrv, to prevent its recurrence. He had, since his ejection from the school, been driven to suffer the severest pri vations ; his wife was at this moment suffering under illness, with out his having the means of procuring her either medicine or nourishment. The Loan MA vox. told him he must apply to the Parish Officers. The applicant replied, that he had no legal claim on the parish, and he knew it was wholly useless to make any application to them. He was willing to undertake the humblest employment by which he might support his poor sick wife, and would consider an appointment to be a night watchman a great favour. The Loan Mayor, said, it was not in his power to appoint him to the situation, and enquired whether he was a member of the Established Church. The applicant replied that he was. The Loan MAYoa ordered him some present relief, but re peated that it was not in his power to assist him in obtaining a situation. The applicant said, it might be in his Lordship's power to serve him in another way : he had, at different times, endeavoured to pro cure some alleviation of his distress by writing short poems. He was the author of the poem called " The Eddystone Lighthouse," and had lately written an Elegy on the Duke of York, under the patronage of Lord Bexley, a copy of which he produced, and if his Lord:ihip would honour him with his patronage, he would undertake to produce, in a few days, an interesting poem on the late storm in Scotland. The Loan 31.%y0x declined any interfrrenee with the Muses, and the applicant left the office. GUILDHALL.—George Cousin, an ostler at the King's ArMs Inn, Holborn-bridge, was charged before Sir P. Latruir., on Saturday, with stealing a small quantity of gin. Mr. Hearne, the proprietor of the yard, said, a hogshead of gin had been brought to his premises fur the purpose of being conveyed into Wiltshire, and the prisoner bad been detected in extracting the contents by a novel though simple piece of machinery. lie produced a squat tin barrel, with a thin pipe, six inches long, at one end, and another pipe, rather larger, but only one-third the length, at the other. Having perforated a hole in the cask, and introduced the long pipe into it, by sucking the short pipe till the'air is exhausted from the tin barrel, the vacuum becomes in stantly filled with the spirit. The long pipe is then withdrawn from the cask, and introduced into the neck of a bottle, where the contents of the barrel are safely discharged. About half a pint of gin was obtained by each operation, and the hogshead was de ficient three quarts, but only half a pint was found on the pri soner.—The above facts being sworn to, the prisoner was commit ted for trial. BOW-STREET.—John Hughes, a Clerk to Mr. Harrison Harrison, a wine-merchant in the Adelphi, was charged with em bezzling various sums of money, the property of his master, and with forging, or causing to be forged, a receipt for one of the sums of money received by him. It appeared that the prisoner received 121. to pay one of his master's creditors, and he paid 101., and applied the other 2/. to his own use. He also received another sum of money from kis master to pay a creditor, and he induced a lad to forge a receipt for the amount. Subsequently his master discovered the fraud and forgery, and gave the prisoner into cus tody.—He was remanded. In consequence of an order from Sir R. Binniz, on Friday, an active clearance was made that night, in Catherine-street, Covent garden, &c., and 58 unfortunate women were brought up, on Satur day morning, from the different watch-houses in the neighbour.. hood, before Mr. MINSH LL. Those of refractory behaviour and known bad habits were sentenced to short periods of imprison ment, but those of usually quiet demeanour were discharged with a caution. Three poor men were hrcught up before Mr. MlNslictt, under a private Act, passed to prevent the foot-paths in the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-fields, from being obstructed. The prisoners had had . some baskets of fruit which they had set down, so that part of the basket rested on -the foot-path, and not having immediately withdrawn them upon being desired so to do, they were taken into custody by the parish beadle. The Worthy Magistrate was inclined to act leniently towards the prisoners, hut one of the parish officers came forward, and re quested in the name of the Churchwardens, that they might be fined. The minimum of fine which the Act has fixed is five shillings, and the poor men not being able to pay that sum, were severally committed for seven days to the House of Correction, that being the minimum of punishment fixed by the Act in case of non-payment of fine. LAMBETH-STREET.—CosrEssioN or PERJVIIV.—In the Daily Papers of last week a case of rather an extraordinary nature appeared in connexion with a girl of the name of Elizabeth Levi, who was brought before the Magistrates of this office in a complete state of insanity, arising from the compunction she felt at having committed the crime of perjury on a late trial in the Court of King's Bench. The Magistrates, on the investigation, desired that the girl should be removed to the workhouse of Whitechapel, and there paid every attention to till the sanity was restored. On Saturday, being recovered from her malady, she appeared before Mr. WYA TT, and made a voluntary confession that what she had sworn on the trial of "Alexander v. the British Fire Office" was false. She did not see the fire; she did not assist in carrying water to extinguish it; nor was the boy William gone to Van D;eman's Land ; all. which she had sworn on the trial. She hoped God would forgive her crime. She was taken back to the Workhouse till some situation can be provided for her. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DI ARY.—Tuasnav MA • "loners, Basic Nash, W., St. Mary Axe 11 Neely, S., Regent-street Proctor, .T., Wardour-st. Sampson, S., Battersea Sharp, H. Kensington ll Stidolph, 'W., Bagnor mill Taylor, J., Cateaton-at lO ,Rcn 20,—(At the Court of Commis righalLitreet.) Thomson, W., Shadwell 1 Tuckett, P., Gloucester Wells, W., Norwi c h lO IWhite, 3., W J., Uckfield aworth . (Youngman, 10 Youngman, P., Witham COUNTRY DlARY.—TticasnAr, Mmtor 22 Bradley, J., Leeds—Court-house, Leeds Browne, T. Wymondham—Nortblk Hotel, Norwich... Elvidge, 1,V., Nottingham—Punch-bowl, Nottingham Hoyle and Co., Baecup—Royal Hotel, Manchester Hyde, T., Portwood—Mr. Potter, Manchester Johnson, J., Congleton—Bull's Head, Congleton II Lane, T., jun., Upton—France and Co., Worcester ll Maud, W., Andover—White Hart, Andover 1 Mouat, M., Weymouth—Luce's Hotel, Weymouth Robinson T., Birkby—Court-house, Leeds . - ... •. " ... • ' Shillito M. Featherstone--Sessions-house, - a •, kefield ll Smith, J., Matlock—Angel, Chesterfield Spear, J., Sheffield—Angel, Sheffield . ................ ..... ... Taylor, G., Aldmondbury—George, Huddersfield Wilkinson, 8., Ktrkheaton—Black Bull, Gomersal. .................... TO BE DISCHARGED, 1-street, Lincoln's•lnn-Fields, AT NINE. Norminton, J., Brentford Nye, C., Manchester Paulton, J., Wciverhampton !Slater, W., Manchester 'Stevens, D., Limehouse Stuchbury, J., Acton Wooten, W., Long Acre ise, Lancaster, Merck 21, at Ten. 'Bothwell, J. Bolton sh awcros , Greenacrea Smith, W., Preston Standen, T., Lancaster Udny, Liverpool 22, at Half-past Nine. Marsden, J., Ashton Morville, J., Bury Pickering, M., Manchester Pickup, J., Whalley Tong Robinson, J., Salford Bothwell, P., Manchester Sunderland, A., Burnley Taylor, H. Manchester Yates, T., 'Leigh web 23, at Ten.' Parris, G., Dover Pem, G., Margate Prebbie, R. Ma a rgate Rowe, R. Margate Solly 1., 'Margate 'Sutton, W., Margate 'Waters, J., Rye LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, We have experienced a little improvement in the demand fur British Plantation Sugar this week ; the sales, however, are still rather limited, viz. 600 hhds. for which full prices were obtained from the grocers ; besides the above, 100 hhds. low brown were brought for export, and 250 bags fine white Bengal Sugar were taken foe home use at 70s. 6d. per cwt. Foreign Sugars are in request, but the stock here is confined to 60 chests of Brazil, just arrived and not yet landed. Two public sales, consisting of 250 casks and 100 bags Demerara Coffee, were brought forward this week, the whole of which were withdrawn, there being no dispo sition to purchase ; 100 casks of Jamaica have, however, beers sold in private at former rates. A small lot of good Barbadoea Ginger has been sold at 60s. per cwt. 'Cocoa and Pimento dull. The few sales in Ruin consist of common Leewards at 2s. 6d. and Jamaica, of good quality, at 3s. 10d. per gallon. Notwithstanding the arrivals of Cotton this week have been unusually large, the demand for American descriptions have con tinued very steady, and the prices of our last quotations arc generally maintained, although in some instances a small de cline has been submitted to. The public sales of Demerara and Berbice yesterday went off heavily at a reduction of about id. per pound ; of 515 bags offered, 310 sold at 114. to 9d. for middling to good ; there were also sold 120 Bahama, at 614. to 7Ad. The sales by private contract consist of 9,200 Bowed 6 to 711 for ordinary to very good, chiefly at W.d. to 60. formiddling fair and fair ; 1,180 Orleans 6211. to 814., and 10 at Sid., chiefly at 74d. to Val. for fur and good fair; 480 Mobile and Alabama at 61d. to 6;d. ; 440 Sea Island at 10d. to 15d. ; 65 Stained ditto at 6 . 4 d. to 744. ; 90 Pernambuco 9d. to 100. ; 390 Maranhana at Sid. to 94d. ; 290 Bahia at ti4d. 9d. ; 20 Para at 7 d. ; 560 Egyptian at 7d. to Bd. ; 200 Cars thagena at sid. to 6d. ; 10 Surat at si-d, ; 10 Bengal at 6d. ; Making a total, including those sold by auction, of about 15,700 ba n s. The arriv a l s are 36,309 b ags . he business done in Tobacco this week has been steady, both by the trade and for Ireland, withaut any alteration in prices.- The sales in Flaxseed are confined to 10 lihds. New York at 681. per cwt. ; and in Clover-seed to 10 uierces American, old, at 55a. per cwt.-Of Turpentine 500 barrels good, recently imported, have been disposed of at 14s. 2d. per csvt., and 200 barrels Tar at 14s. per barrel.-There has been rather more doing this week in Ashes ; the sales are, SO barrels old Montreal Pot, at 245. ; 40 barrels new at 255. ; 95 barrels Montreal Pearl at 245. for old, and 255. for new, and.37o barrels United States Pot, at 265. Sd. to 265. 6d. per cwt., prjneipally at the former price. Imported into Liverpool, from the 10th to the 16th March, 1E127, inclusive, by 1 vessel from Ilavannah, .1 Demerara, 1 Berbice, 2 New York, 1 Philadelphia, 1 Baltimore, 2 Virginia, 10 Charleston, 9 Savannah, 7 New Orleans, 1 Mobile, 2 Macaio, 1 Bahia, 1 Pernambuco, 1 Lima, 1 Valparaiso, 1 Zante, Charente, 1 Odessa, and I Smyrna. llavannah Sugar 115 boxes ; Brazil ditto 60 boxes; Demerara ditto 786 hlls.—Molasses, 204 casks—Rum 80 punchs. be hhds.—Coffee, 23 tes. 1 brl. 2,759 bags—West India Cotton 368 bales ; New Orleans and Mobile ditto 7,282 bales ; Rest United States ditto 23,692 bales ; Brazil ditto 5,982 bales ; Ire land ditto 35 bales—Tubaero 288 hhds.—Flour 1,492 brls. ; Rice 561 tes. 39 half-tees. —Turpentine 408 brls—Brandy 290 casks—Bark 831 scrons 14 casks—Currants 149 butts 8 carrot teels—Valonia 45 tons—Wool 254 bales—lndigo2o serons—Mad der Roots 171 bales—Cow and Ox Hides 15,227. The only transaction in Rough Turpentine this week is a parcel of 500 barrels Of good quality at Ils. 2d. per cwt. for fine parcels of recent import 155. is now demanded.-In Tar there is but little doing, 200 barrels American from the quay brought I4s. per bar rel.-Rosin remains steady. The business doing in Ashes for home use is very limited, about 140 barrels Montreal Pot at 245. for old, and 255. for new; with 100 barrels old Pearls at 245. to 255. are the entire sales of the week ; there has appeared some inquiry for States Pot Ashes for export, awl 580 barrels New York have been -old at 265. Sd. to 265. 6d. per cwt. a few Pearls have also brought 275. per cwt.- But little has been done in Dyewoods, small sales of Logwood - are effected at Si. 10s. fur Campeacby, and IL ss. for Jamaica. An improvement has taken place in Fustic, and there is a better de mand, both for home use and export ; 52 tons Cuba, part ordi nary, brought on Monday by auction from the quay, 9/. 15s. to 111. per tun, Jamaica has also been sold at 8/. ss. and 12 tout Brazil at 81. per ton, with 80 tons Spanish, the exact price of which has not transpired. The sales of Nicaragua Wood are only 10 tons Lima at 23/. and 3 tons solid at 19/. 10s. per ton. In Camwood and. Barwood nothing done. There is less doing in Quercitron Bark, about 20 hogsheads Philadelphia at 13s. to 14e. are the only sales reported. In Brimstone nothing done. About 100 bags good Saltpetre have been sold at '26s. In Shumac the sales are trifling, 150 bags Sicily at 81s. and a small parcel of Malaga at I la.' 6d. is the only business done. Valonia remains steady at 16/. for Morea, and 171. to 191. for S m y rna , as i n qua lity. The only transaction in Clover Seed is a small parcel of old American Red at 555. per cwt. Flax Seed is more inquired for ; 40 casks New York sowing were sold early in the week at 385., and the same price has since been refused fur 408 hogs heads Baltimore, just arrived, which are held for 703. per hogs head. There is a moderate and steady demand for Olive Oil.—ln Seed Oih less doing.—Newfoundland Cod Oil is now held for 25/. to 251. 10s. ; at the former price sales have been effected ; Pale Seal has now become scarce.—Palin Oil is steady at 27/. 10s., but net much business done this week.—The Distillers now ask 655. for Oil of Turpentine.—New Carolina Rise meets a ready sale, about 350 tierces have been disposed of this week at 21s. to 21e. 6d., and a few at 285. per cwt.; a little done in E. I. at 17s. 6d. to 18s. per cwt.—The only transaction in Hides is a parcel of 1,080 salted North American Ox and Cow at 4)fd. to 4id. per lb.—For Hemp there is very little inquiry. —Early in the week there was some improvement in Tallow, and about 400 casks were sold at 40s. 6d. to 41s. for new Petersburgh Y. C., the de mand has since subsided, but prices remain steady. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK. INSOLVENTS APPLYING Petitions to be heard at Portug , MARCH 22., Atwood, W., Mitcham Bateman, M., Vauxhall road Dakin, NV., Chelsea Farrar, 8., Brentford Garry, J., Fetter-lane Girtison, T., Chislehurst Hill, T., Shadwell Ind, J., Tetbury COUNTRY. --At the Court-hom Malloy, H., Manchester Miller and Co., Burnley Parker, J., Leigh Pennington, T., Ashton Priestley, T., Bolton Lancaster, Ma r ch 2 Ashcroft, J. and H., Manchester B ~3 ,stirC hm oo r ar d l en cy h Manchester Fletcher T. Bury Grime, k, Manchester Hopwood, C., Tiviotdale J a rvis, T. jun., Wigan Leach, J., Roada Lightbourne, J., Manchester C Di ara c tre k : en E.l :: At Dover, M I Banks, W., Sevington Barnes, T., Battle Bartlett, C., Ramsgate Brazier, E., Deal Cock, S., Margate Dunkin, C., Margate Lawrence, C., Ramsgate A lad named Sparks was, on Tuesday last, riding a cart horse near the cliff at Purfleet, when the animal took fright, sprung over the hedge, and both were thrown to the bottom of the cliff, a distance of 60 feet. The horse received so little in jury as to be able to run home; but the poor boy was sadly bruised, and lies in a dangerous state. Wheat. Barley Oats. I Beans. Per Quarter. s. to s.' s. to s. 30 38 g. to g. 28 30 s. to s, s. to s . Carlisle. Morpeth Newcastle—. Romsey SunderlancL---- Winchester Per Bushel. Birmingham-- Coventry --- Newcastle (Staff) Northallerton Penrith Stafford Warwick AVorcester— ~ „.., Per Moll. Barnardcastle Darlington Durham 63 - 48 60 37 43 34 36 38 42 31 39 24 40 28 36 24 36 34 42 49 59 48 56 56 60 48 54 54 70 46 50 50 54 08 80 s. d. s. d. 78 84 70 76 98 100 70 80 00 77 96 106 76 8 72 '7 s. d. s. (S 0 6 58 68 76 Ig i 50 56 00 50 70 72 56 5 52 63 !s. d. g. d.i i 3 59 , 56 60 50 601 33 501 46 00, 76 80: 50 60' 48 56 o. d. 78 84 70 SI 96 10( 60 7( 00 0 I 10 0 1H 70 8( 83 9( 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 AO on 00 00 00 00 9 0 11 0 11 0 16 6 13 9 16 0 13 0 15 7 13 0 13 9 133 148 13 6 15 0 100 110' 10 6 11 0 99 106 00 100 00 00 0 801-0 150 00 130 0 10 0112 0 136 00 130 86 9 010 0 12 o'lo 0 11 70 00.00 00 00 00 -. 86 1 00 00 00 00 76 96100 00 00 00 Stanhope Stockton NVoliin - IFT3rn ; to 6 11 0j SCOTCH MAIIKETS. EDINBURGH CORN MARKET.—March 11. We had a fair supply of all sorts of Grain to-day, which met with a ready gale at fully higher prices than last market-day. NN heat. Barley. Oats. Pease. Beans. First Second Third s6s Od 56s Od 55* Od 54s 6d 54, 6d There were 485 qrs. of Wheat in market, 477 of which sold as under :- 37 at... 661. Od. 1 11 at... 635. Od. I 120 at... 60s. Od. 11 at... 57g Od. 23 62 0 68 ...... 59 0 15 56 • 0 3 ----Averagc, 61s. Gray, 0.---Unsolci, 7 PRICES or PROVISIONS, &c. Beef, per Ib. -----Cs• 41d. to 08.8 d. Frc , h Butter, per lb. Od. to Is. 2d Mutt0n............---- oti 0 8 S alt Ditto.. 10 0 0 Vea1....—............----. 2 2 !. 0 Ditto, per cwt.... 845. 0 0 0 Lamb, per quarter Tallow, per Quartern Loaf Pntatoo, per l4lb. - - B 0 13 0 0 0 44 Q 0 n" 0 8 0 Eggs; per dozen »0 8 o 0 Oat Straw (kemp.)l7 0 18 0 Wheat 0 0 14. 0 Barley Ditto 0 14 0 Good Hay, per at- 010 011 EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET.—March 13. W e had a middling supply of Oatmeal, which sold heavily at l as t week's prices : Per Sack of 28011,. Imp. Per Stone of 141 b. Imp. First Oatmeal £2 IS 0 Oatmeal. i 0 2 10 Second ditto 2 13 0 Barleyrneal cal Peasmeal 1 19 0 Pot Earley—No. I, per cwt. 14s. cii, 166 ,....3d, POs.--I'earl ditto 24i. r — ARKET.—March 14. ' a dvance. In other sorts of Grain GLASGOW CORN Wheat has supported last week's no alteration. Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. d. . ._?atr, per 2641 b. s. d. s. d. British, old 3 , n " ' , O 3 26 Iron ....................... 24 0t027 6 ' --- new 3O 0 32 0 British ................. . —.O 0 30 0 32 o Be ans, per 200tta. Irish Canada, free wis) 31 0 English ................. 0 0 Scottish .................. 28 0 90 0 Barley ' per 3201 h. - 34 0 5 3 0 Pease, Scottish.... 27 0 20 0 English 33 e 34 0 Oatme a l , per 1401 b.... 23 0 24 0 Scottis Irish 2B 0 32 0 Flour, p er 200 l b. DIED. On the 4th inst., aged 74, Mr. John Henry Reichard, mer chant, a native of Frankfort-on-the-I%faine, and during 48 years a res ident of Manchester. p r inted and Published by M. YOUNG, at the igx-Orrice, No: 112, Strand. Pease.