The Sun. — London, England, 1831-06-11 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURN gig We have to notice the sale of his late Majesty's coronation robes on Thursday. The account will painfully affect many. We hope this may be the last exhibition of the unfeeling e:tttavagance of the feign of George IV. At the time when he went through the operose ceremony of sustaining the ma-s of finery, the hand of death was upon him ; the steds of a mortal disorder were inherent in his then tottering frame:— " Hairet lateri lethalia artnelo." It is inconceivable for how little the " things" sold. Mr. Philips, the auctioneer, should have clothed himself in them, and sold the whole in one lot. The celebrated costly Highland costume, which his Ma jesty wore at the breakfast of OA Duke of Roc clench, in 1822, was knocked down for 40/. Was this the entertainment at which the late Sir William Curtis gave such offence to his Majesty, by contest ing with him the prize of grace and beauty in a cos tume similar ?—Tinges. We are assured by a most respectable corre spondent, who has long been an intimate friend of Mr. Macauley, the gentleman alluded to in a letter signed " A Lover of Justice," in the Chronicle of yesterday, that Mr. M. has not any controul over the Christian Observer ; that he has long since dis posed of that publication to another person ; and that, as to the paragraph to which we objected, it is impossible that he should have had any connection with it, as he has for several weeks been in a very bad state of health, having been confined to his bed with a very dangerous illness, and, on his beginning to revive about four weeks ago, having lost his wife, an event which entirely unfitted him for exertion of any kind. We stated it as our belief, that it was impossible the infamous passage could have been sanctioned by the respected individual, who, in an infirm state of health, has, we regret to find, been visited with so heavy a domestic calamity. We should be sorry to think that the unfounded impu tation of our correspondent has in any manner re tarded the recovery, or added to his distress.— Morning Chronicle. The destruction of human life, in the recent dis turbances at Merthyr, in Wales, calls for the most searching investigation, and we hope it will be in quired into in the ensuing Parliament. The ac counts differ as to the extent of the carnage, but the most recent statement makes the loss of life by the fire of the military to amount to twenty-one killed, and seventy or eighty severely wounded ; but it is probable the whole of the mischief will not be ascettained for some time, as it is likely the tidies of seeml of the sufferers were carried off by their comrades. Some of the soldiers were wounded, but not one killed, and it is said they are now newly recovered, so that their wounds must have been but slight. The firing took place from the windows of the Castle inn, where 100 Highlanders of the 93(1 regiment were posted, each window being occupied by three soldiers. It is stated that the tiring did not commence until the population at tempted to disarm the soldiers placed as a guard at the inn-door. A person who, in the character of an eye-witness, has communicated an account of the dreadful transaction to the Bristol Mercury, says, " I am only surprised that so few appear to have marred from the constant volleys that were fired from eve)) , wiritiox. One man advanced et a time, and took deliberate aim—then the se cond and third—and, by the time the third had discharged his musket, the first was ready to take his place. The dead bodies were conveyed to the stables; some of them had scarcely parted with the last quivering remains of existence." The writer from whose account we have extracted the above passage makes no mention of the Riot Act having been previously read ; but other "accounts state that the Riot Act was read before the mob at tempted to seize the soldiers' arms, and we presume it was so; but, tinder whatever ceremonies of the law this act of military execution took place, it de mands the most serious inquiry by the representa tives of the people. The soldiers, no doubt, acted strictly according to orders, and such orders, if proved, would be their justification at the bar of a Court of Justice, or before the Coroner holding an inquisition of blood. But, the less culpability ate taches to the soldiers or their officers, the more evi dent is the necessity of a legislative inquiry into the eauees which produced the disturbances, and ren dered such orders necessary. There must be something radically wrong in a state of society whete people become so reckless of life as the iron men of Merthyr appear to have been, who, without any means of aermualy annoying one hundred sol diers advantageintsly posted, provoked them to fire, and to continue firing in the manner described by the writer of the Bristol paper until nearly one hundred of their tumultuous mass had fallen either killed or severely wounded. Was this the mere wantonness of riotous temper, or the dreadful frenzy of despair ? The causes should he ascertained, that the recurrence of the evil may be prevented. Low wages, tho op pressive tally system, and the popular hatred borne to the Court of Requests, have been assigned as the causes. That the first attack of popular fury was directed against the Court of Requests is quite certain. The books and papers of that Court were taken, and publicly burnt with the furniture, so that it must have fulleti into great odium. It is right that it should be ascertained whether that odium was deserved or sot. As to the tally system, we do not wonder at the workmen being impoverished and discontented wherever it exists. As to wages, they are but too generally the subject of complaint throughout England, both in agriculture arid menu? factures. The other grievances must be cured by the Legislature, but this can only be remedied by the good sense and good feeling of the employes themselves, who ought to consider it their interest to promote, by liberality and kindness, the ampler sind welfare of their workmen ; for a population who enjoy comfort are riot easily put out of humour with their employers or the Government; while those who are kept in a state of wretchedness and want are always prone to turbulence, and covetous of any change, with the hope that it may better their condition. But when things come to that state that the King's subjects are put to death by the King's troops, though it be in self-defence, it becomes the imperative duty of the Great Council of the nation to in quite into the causes of such Lute natural watfare, and prevent, by wise precautions, the repetition of those appalling scenes of civil slaughter.—Morning Herald. The new Parliament will certainly assetedsla Pi) Tuesday next. After the swearing in of such mete. bets of the House of Commons as may be in atten dance, before the Lord Steward, the House will proceed to the election of a Speaker, whet it is un derstood that the Right Hon. Charles Manseers Sutton will be chosen without opposition. No other business can be transactad that day, as his Majesty's approbation of the vote of the House in this respect is an indispensible preliminary :9 any other proceeding. The royal sanction will be formaity ! when announcedt in the House of Lords on Wednesday, Speaker summon e d by and the other members will be by the Gentleman Usher of the B lescls Rod to the bar of t he House of Peers to hear his 1 Majesty's communi on. - c The Speaker, on his Le. turn, will proce e d to ati already taken the „qred oa th re -swear such members as I'2" before the Lord' St e ward, and administer the a s i a l r be etoall others in s et teridance. This ceremony will andonMonday, continued on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday ; the 20th, the King will go in state to the House of daY ' Lords formally to open the bu s iness of the session by a speech from the t hrone. On the following d:ir it is expected the revolutionary measure will be an-1 no unced for speedy discussione--eal then will come the great and fearful day, big with the tat of Eng land's Constitution, ueal of all that is held iseqat dear and sacred by every true British lieart.-,. Morning Post. We have been much amused by a speech to Mr. M. T. Sadler. at meeting in Leeds on Wednesday Last, for th e . formation of " Leeds True Blue CensllLutioncil Aasosiation--thet is, a .tocieti fo, resisting all attempts to remedy the abuses in the Constitution, and for the continuance of corruption in Church and State—of the proceedings at which meeting an ample report is given in the Leeds Inielligeneer. Mr. Sadler, with a view to cheer the Tories in their present disconsolate state, observes— " Their enemies hail conceived that the great points in dispute were eternally settled by the result of the last elec tion. If our ancestors had thought that those points could have been settl e d by th e r esult of an election, the principle 7hich the meeting intended to defend might not.have been in existence. They recollected that above a century ago the Crown was besieged, as it had lately been, to dissolve the Parliament ; the Parliament was dissolved, and only ten county Members were returned of those who adopted the principles which they (the meeting) supported. Oa that occasion Cambridge rejected, its Newton, and West minster rejected its Boyle ; the most enlightened men were insulted and discarded. Burnet hail recorded the excite ment which prevailed ; but he (Mr. S.) need not remind them that a calm soon succeeded, and that it was to the union then formed by the patriotic party that the friends of the Constitution now owed all that they possessed.— (Cheers.) On the present occasion they would excuse him for observing, that they were rich in principles—nor were they bankrupt in means. He referred with pride and gratification to the result of the elections at those semi naries of sound learning and nurseries of religion—the Universities. All the Universities of the United King dom had repudiated the projected changes, not by doubtful majorities, but by overwhelming numbers." There is a river in Macedon, and there is a river in Wales ; and there was a general erection in 1710, as there has been a general election in 1831 ; but in everything else Macedon and Wales are not more unlike than the two periods. In 1710, the corrupt High Church Clergy, who have always been opposed to all improvement, and leagued with all oppressors, played into the hands of the Tories, who gained greatly at the election. The Clergy threw out Newton from Cambridge in 1710, because he was an honest man, as they would have thrown him out in 1831. In 1831, the Whigs and Reformers have gained in the elections ; and as they have an honest purpose in view, the Clergy were, as usual, opposed to them in 1831, as they were opposed to the Whigs in 1710. As Mr. Sadler has had the want of tact to refer to Burnet, we shall here notice the account which Burnet gives of the predecessors of the Leeds True Blue Association. After the Whig, Ministers had been dismissed, and a dissolu tion of the Parliament had been resolved on, lie ob serves—" In the mean while Sacheverel, being pre sented to a benefice in North Wales, went down to take possession of it ; as he passed through the counties, both going and coming, he was received and followed by such numbers, and entertained with such magnificence, that our Princes, in their pro gresses, have not been more run after than he was. Great fury and violence appeared on many occasions, though care was taken to give his followers no sort of provocation. He was looked on as the Champion of the Church; and he showed as much insolence on that occasion as his party did folly. No notice was taken by the Government of all these riots ; they were rather favoured and encouraged than checker:. The next, and, indeed, the greatest care of the New Ministry was the managing the elections to Parliament. Unheard-of methods were used to secure them in London, and in all the parts of England, but more remarkably in the great cities ; there was a vast concourse of rude multitudes brought together, who behaved themselves in so boisterous a manner that it was not safe, and, in many places, not possible for those who had a right to vote to come and give their votes for a Whig. Open violence was used in several parts; this was so general through the whole kingdom, all at the same time, that it was visible the thing had been for some time concerted, and the proper methods and tools had been prepared for it. The Clergy had a great share in this ; for, besides a course for some months of inflaming sermons, they went about from house to house pressing their people to show, on this great occasion, their zeal for the Church, and now or never to save it. They also told them in what ill hands the Queen had been kept, as in cap tivity, and that it was a charity as well as their duty to free her from the power the late Ministry exer cised over her. While the poll was taken in London, a new commission for the Lieutenancy of the city was sent in, by which a great change was made; Tories wt re put its and Whigs were left out; in a word, the practice and violence used sow in elections went far beyond anything that I had ever known in Eng land; and by such means, above three parts in four of the Members returned to Parliament may, at any time, be packed." No man was more alive than Burnet to the very abuses in Parliament which Mr. Sadler and the Clergy wish to continue, " As long (he says) as elections are set to sale, so long we are under a disease in our vitals, that if it be not reme died in time must ruin us at last, and end in a change of Governmen , , and what that may be, God only knows." Too long have Mr. Sadler and his party succeeded in staving off the Reform, which now excites so much indignation among them; too long were the populace in England, then blind tools, ready, at the instigation of the Clergy, to pull down meeting-houses, to assail liberal and enlightened men, noxious to instruct and enlighten the people, and to enable them to watch over their own lute re•ts. With what pertinacity did they not always labour to retain the lower orders in ignorance ! What obloquy did they not erg on the men who first endeavoured to convey some little instruction to them in Sunday schools As long as they could command Church and King mobs, the citadel of corruption was safe. In the Quarterly Review fur January last, there is an article on a work, which is highly praised by the Reviewer, written by a Quaker, who died in. 1828. The book is Dymond on the Principles of Morality. The Reviewer makes the following fixtraet, apposite to our subject, from Dymond:—" I appeal (he says) to the experience of those philanthropic men Who spend their time either in their own n&ghbourhoods, or in s going about doing good,' whether they do not meet with a greater degree of this recoil from works of philan thropy among t the teachers and members of the State religion than amongst other men,—and whether this recoil is not the strongest amongst diet portion who are reply ed to be the most zealous friends of the Church ? Has not this been your ex perience with re.epeet to the Slave Trade and to slavery,--with respect to the education of the people,—with respect to scientific or literary in, stitutions for the labouring ranks,—with respect to sending preachers to • Pagan countries,—with re spect to the Bible Society ? Is it not familiar to you to be in doubt and apprehension respect ing these members of the Eetabliehmeps, when you have no fear and no doubt of the assistancs. of - other Christians ? Do y ou not call u p on others i a nd invite there cc-operation with confidence ? Do von not call upon i.U..ta 7dlth distrust, and is not that distrust the result of your prewioo experience?" Than is God the efforts of benevolent men have sq far sg.eceeded that the Clergy have no longer the power to writi e - e church and King mob'. The people have attained to a eonyietion, that the great body of the Clergy are their irreedneileehle enemies, and they justly view with suspicion whatever ,s remp mendei cr supported by them. Mr. Beverly—of whose letter t eh:e. Archbishop of York we have now before us the sevepth edition —observes with great force, and not less truth, tires " the Clergy . have ,uniformly ranked themselves on the sit! pi oppressive and arbitrary' measures; and that when : - raver a blow of violent power is to be carried Into execution they can reckon on the Clergy for support, though all the r 6 4t of tb.e world sh old be in arms against them. Ever sines the Church of gli g latid has been invented, the Protestant titlicAekers have been leagued with Government ; their martinis have popstantly tended to oppression wherever an oppor !"'"!Y Lae offered ; they have always preferred in ernes .and severity t.. 3 itietice and mercy ; and never a a:tigle moment' gave they joined the people, p c): - e ceptTg on an occas i on w ' an agonir ef fear fer their own property th ey consente d; by a most opportune eebeili ar r dethron e their lawful Kips James 11. The Clergy ,have aee s er by thir innate iosw of violence and tyr:anny • b ee , diate cause of'' the ruin of the I\forarcl i sy Y. bishop Laud lisenht l'harlee I, to the block, and lived to see bk,th Church and Constitution destroyed, as the reward of his despotic measures. The son 01 this beheaded King was dethroned by the Clergy— and the Clergy would long ago have brought tht kingdom to irretrievable ruin, if the Government had not withdrawn itself in time front the influence of such dangerous allies. The Catholic question was the especial favourite and peculiar pet of the Clergy—and long, far too long, was that act of jtp- Wee withheld merely to please the reverend dis turbers of the public repose . . . Wherever then we turn our eyes, whether to the past time, or to the times within our memory, we find the operations of the church inimical to the repose and prosperity of the kingdom. The Clergy were mis ciiievou4y clamorous in urging the American war ( See Burke's Letters, and the various pamphlets of the day)—they were equally clamorous and mischiev. ous in goading the Government and the people to carry on the war against the first French Revolution; and if they had the slightest chance of success, they would again blow the trumpet of discord to dethrone the King of the French, and to replace on its pedestal the old Dagon of superstition and despotism whose shivered trunk is now mouldering at - Holyrood House. An established Priesthoo d never can bt-: at rest, it matters not to what sect they belong; for whilst they are in power and dignity, whilst they are the select and high-paid Brahmins of the State, whilst they ale a powerful and authorised caste which the Legislature delighteth to honour, then of necessity they must be the enemies of liberty, the chosen champions of despotism, the de termined opposers of the improvement of man kind. If the Established Church were abolished to-morrow; and the sect of Ranters, or the disciplt of Johanna, or the followers of John Wesley, declared to be the dominant sect to whom tithes were due, then in ten years would the new Church be in every respect as corrupt as that under which the kingdom groans at pre•ent. ' Much good, therefore, may it do Mr. Sadler, that the Clergy turned out Newton in 1710, because he was a Whig, and turned out Lord Palmerston and Mr. Cavendish in 1831, because they were also Whigs. The people look beyond this, they see throughout the country the Clergy everywhere, with a few exceptions, arrayed against the people in favour of abuses. In this day's Chronicle our readers will find an account, furnished in obedience to an invitation in a former remark, of the clerical voting in Leicestershire. Even a son of Lord Erskine voted for the boroughmongers. But it is the same everywhere. Do the Clergy suppose that the people are blind to all this—that they will not a•k themselves some pertinent questions one day on this subject ? Do they think the effect will be done away with by the preachments of the Rev. Mr. M(Neile and others of his stamp against Popery ? But sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. We leave the subject for the present.—Morning Chron. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JU :V E 10. MILLER V. TRAVERS. The arguments in this matter, the particulars o which we have formerly reported, were concluded, and the judgment postponed. WRIGHT v. TATHAM. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE of the Court of Com mon Pleas delivered the judgment in this case, which hud been heard before them. The question in dis cuss:jun was whether a new trial should be granted of an issue directed by the Court of Chancery, 'to try whether the late Mr. Marsden, of Hornhycastle, was of sound mind at the time he made a will by which be bequeathed his estates to the plaintiff. The first ground relied upon in support of the motion for a new trial had been, that all the witnesses in whose presence the will was executed had not been ex whined at the trial ; and the second point was, that the verdict was not consistent with the evidence„ and therefore not satisfactory to the Court by which it had been directed. Upon the first point, the Court was of opinion that it was not necessary that all the three witnesses should have been ex amined on the trial. With respect to the second point, the Court considered that, under the circum stances of this case, the verdict of the Jury was as satisfactory as those circumstances made it possible. The defendant had, in the first instance, insisted that upon the trial there was evidence of general incoms petency on the part of Mr. Marsden, and that he was not in such a state of mind as that any will made by him could be a valid disposition of his property to the exclusion of his heir-at-law ; and as a second branch of this part of his case, the de- fendant contended that the testator was a person easily influenced by the authority of persons who were about him ; that such authority was so exer cised in this instance as to amount to coercion ; and that the will being executed while he was in such a state, could not be supported. The Court was of opinion that there was no sufficient evidence of fraud or coercion on di? part of Mr. Wright. Tire ' general incompetency of the testator was, then, the only remaining ground with which the Court had to deal; and there were certain collateral facts in the case which mainly influenced the opinion they were about to pronounce, and these facts might be di vided into three classes. The first consisted of his correspondence with various persons, the second of his acts and conduct on several occasions, and the third of the circumstances attending the prepa ration and execution of his will. The letters had been said to have been written by dic tation of Wright; but this assertion remained without proof. With respect to the acts performed by the testator; he had executed twenty-three deeds, between 1782 and 1819, and some of these were of a very important kind, one of them being a mart gage of his estate for 27,0001., and others of a na ture in which the interests of others parties were involved, and who would hardly have been content to deal with him if there had then been any sus picion that he was not competent to the manage ment of his affairs. The will of the testator had been prepared by Mr. Bleasden, a gentleman of great skill in his profession, and who had at this time retired from practice, though he had formerly been Mr. Marsden's solicitor. He had before made three other wills for him, the instructions for which were given by the testator, and some of them were in his Owl) handwriting. Considering, the weight and bearing of these three heads of collateral evidence upon the ease, the Court was of opinion that a new trial ought not to be granted. The Court however thought that the party making,this motion ought not to be visited with costs. COURT OF .KING'S BENCH, JuNF 10. THE KING V. TIIE LORD MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF LONDON. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL showed cause a gainst a rule obtained pn the part of Mr. Michael Sealei, calling on tl e Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the city of London to show cause why a writ of man damus should not issue, directed to them, to swear Mr. Scales into the office of Alderman of the Ward of PorteAten. The Learned Counsel said that the rule had been obtained en an affulavit, which stated that on a vacancy of Alderman of the Ward cit . Portsoken, the Lord Mayor isined a precept for .the election of an Alderman of that Ward; that an election had taken place i that two persons, ot whom Mr. Scales , Avas one, were ca ndidates ; that Mr. scales was returned, by a majority of votes, to the Court of the Lord Mayor and 4ldertnen; that he thereupon claimed to be sworn in, but that obe jections were taken to his admission, and he had not been sworn in. Mr. Sxales then set forth in his affidavit certain acts of Common Coon., cif, and he also referred to the Act of the 11th Geo. 1., which stated the particular mode of election of an Alderman. It was enough to say that the acts of Common Council recited that in former times the cpttrse *as for four persons to be returned by the Ward, aitd afterwards two ; and ,they set forth 'the various modes of election, in which the Court of the Lord MayOi an ti Aldermen ha d exetelse.d in former times the same jurisdiction on ti , a sulijeet of edinision, I.lr, Saelet also stated an Act of Common Council i n the reign of Queen Anne, which required that only one person should be returned ; and alter his election by the Ward, ht was to be sworn in, when he came before the Court of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen. There were also the affidavits of several persons who state , ' that they were desirous that Mr. Scales should be sworn in, considering him a fit and proper peisath On the other side he (the Attorney-General) hat' the affidavit of Mr. Woodthorpe, the Tewn Clerk, which he believed would be found to be a complete and satisfactory answer to the application. In the first place, it appeared that it was the custom of the city that any person elected to the office of Alder man should be a freeman of the city. Although the precept was in general terms that a fit and proper person should be elected, yet the custom was that the candidate should be free of the corporation; and it appeared upon the affidavits, that Mr. Scales', freedom was questioned by the Court of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, and that the custom as set out was that no person should be bound an appren tice so as to be entitled to his freedom, until he was of the age of fourteen years. It had been proved that Mr. Scales was bound an apprentice before he had attained that age, and it appeared that he bad boasted, in some degree, of his having obtained that advantage. These matters had been fully brought to Mr. Scales's notice at the time he made his appli• cation to be sworn in. Courts had been held on various days. Mr. Scales attended by him Self and ' his Counsel, and had an opportunity of being heard ; and in the result it turned out, that the objection to his being sworn in was, that he was not a freeman of the city. After hearing the statements of Counsel on both sides, Lord TENTERDEN said, he need not be troubled. His Lordship added, I studiously abstain from giv ing any opinion upon the law of the case, or upon any of the questions which have been raised. Ac cording to the ordinary course of proceeding in these cases, the Court of Aldermen, to whom the writ is rected ought to return the mutters upon whie.h they rely as the grounds for not admitting the party, and there will be an opportunity of discussing those matters in a more solemn and proper manner than we can do upon this rule.—Rule absolute. THE KING V. CANNON. The defendant (George Cannon), who had been convicted, on the prosecution of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, of publishing certain obscene books and prints, came up, on the motion of Mr. GURNEY, to receive the judgment of the Court. We stated the particulars of the case very fully in our report of the trial. The defendant put in an affidavit, stating that he was a prisoner in the House of Correction, Tothill fields ; that he had a wife and seven children; anti that this prosecution had reduced him to great pe cuniary distress. He a'so put in the affidavits of two or three of his friends, stating that he was an honest, industrious,and sober man. Mr. GURNEY said; that as the defendant had thought proper toallude to his present imprisonment, he would put in an affidavit to show that he was un dergoing that imprisonment upon a conviction for selli►►g books (of a similar description to those which were the subject of this prosecution) without their having the imprint. The defendant addressed the Court on his behalf, and urged the same topics as those he relied on at the trial. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE said, the sentence was, thikt the defendant be imprisoned in the House of Correction, Tothill-fields, for six calendar months, and at the expiration of that time find security for his good behaviour, for two years ; himself in 50/., and two sureties in 251. each. SECONDARIES' OFFICE, JUNE 10. DES JARDIN V. KENT. This was a writ for the assessment of damages in a case where a French teacher demanded the sum of 1791. Bs. for giving instruction in the French language to the defendant, a lady of respectability. Upon the part of the defendant it was contended that the demand was excessive, and some of the items were questioned. • The Jury assessed the damages at 1791. Bs. FISHER AND PALMER V. THE ASSIGNEES UNDER A BASRUPTC Y. This was a yak for the assessment of damages in a case in which the plaintiff sought 821. as., for the amount of a b►ll for business done as attornies-at-law. The ca , e was of no importance, except as far as regarded a very culpable practice pursued often by attornies' clerks, and sometimes by attornies them selves, that of putting in sha►n pleas of judgment recovered. This practice was strongly alluded to and condemned on this occasion. Damages assesed to the full extent. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. G UILD HALL. John Pichinun:a; elderly man, in respectable at tire, who stated himself to be the keeper of a cheap beer shop, in the vicinity of the New Kent-road, was charged by Whitting, a patrol, with indecently exposing his person at four shop-windows, where females were stooping to look at the goods, in St. Paul's church-yard and Ludgate-street,on the pre ceding evening. Sir P. LAURIE said the evidence was so disgust►ng that he would not render it necessary to have it re peated elsewhere, and therefore committed him to three months' hard labour a% a rogue and vagabond. FRENCH AND IRISH PRESS. (From the Dublin Times.) We heartily rejoice to perceive that the Cowie, Fraricais,a Journal of great influence in the Freud; metropolis, is honourably labouring to imbue the minds of the French people with sentiments of af fection towards England. The Courier wisely tell, the French people that they must not confound with the brave, generous, freedom-loving people of England, that selfish narrow-minded oligarchy whose domestic, and, still more, whose continental policy has lowered the English name in every country in Europe. For upwards of a quarter of a century that oligarchy has possessed almost uninterrupted, and nearly unlimited power in those countries— and what has been the result ? Ruinous arid un principled wars—wars against civil liber•y abroad— wars against freedom of conscience at home—iii short, " they ever warred with freedom and the free." Hence, through the wicked agency of this anti-English party, the very name of tugland has been rendered odious. Nor is this feeling con fined to foreign countries. We have not the slightest hesitation in asserting (and not rashly) that whatever of turbulence, discontent, or if you will disaffection, is any where to be met with in Ire land, is easily and obviously traceable to that long unceasing course of baleful policy which has dis graced the former Governments in Ireland, arid has rendered in the minds of our peasantry the English rule synonymous with galling oppression. And by what means has this intolerable domination been up held ? Simply through the agency of a corrupt and venal Parliament. That system, together with the vile materials by which it was supported, is now crumbling into atoms, and happier days, may there fore be confidently expected. Would to God, our fellow-labourers at the Irish Press would emulate the example of the French journalists, and seek to eradicate from the hearts of our people every particle of an anti-English sentiment, which former injustice may have generated. Let them learn that the people of England were never parties to Irish oppression— and let them constantly be taught, that the illustrious party from whose honoured ranks the present Ad ministration has been taken, have ever been the in dignant and eloquent vindicators of the rights and privileges of the Irish people. This would be true patriotism. For if, indeed, it be true, that there ex ists a community of principles and interests bet ween France and England which invites a close alliance between those countries, how much more cordial an union should we not seek to establ.sh between Eng land and Ireland, countries whose destinies the great Creator of the universe seems to have insepa rably intertwined by geographical position, and the inhabitants of which are bound together by an iden tity of laws and language—the ties of blood—the relations of commerce, and a mutual dependence on each other, so complete in all its par s, that by a sort of secondary law of nature, they must stand or full together. We therefore earnestly implore the genuine friends of liberty in Ireland to come to a thorough agreement upon this essential point, and we may calculate ❑pon the speedy approach of na tional and imperial prosperity. IRELAND. SPECIAL COMMISSION IN CLARE. ENNIS, FOURTH DAY, MONDAY, JUNE 6.—The following prisoners were placed at the bar :—John kl'lnerny, Thomas APlnerny, James ili'lnerny, John allins, James Hough, Patrick Leary, John l i O'Brien, and Edmund Scanlan, charged that they, on the Bth of May las!, at night, at Kilelesheen, did assault the dwelling-house of James M'Mahon, and attempt to compel him to quit his habitation. On the motion of Mr. O'Connell, the prisoners obtained leave to withdraw their plea of not guilty, and to plead guilty.—Sentence defetred. Patrick Donoghue, Patrick Fitzgerald, William Moore, Patrick Hartigan, Edward Allen, John Brody, Patrick Shine, and Peter Donnelly, were, after a long and interesting trial, found guilty of maliciously and feloniously assaulting Patrick Keeffe, with an intent to rob him of fire-arms. The defence, in this case was an alibi, _which failed, and a most remarkable circumstance occurred during the proceedings. To support the alibi in bei half of the prisoners, a witness was called, and on his presenting himself on the table was instantly re cognised as one of the ringleaders of the party on the night in question. He was immediately de tained in custody. William Hayes was given in charge for having administered an unlawful oath to Patrick Hogan, to import that Hogan would deliver a threatening letter to Thomas Lynch. The Jury brought in a verdict of guilty. Sentenced to transportation for life. Thomas Flaherty was indicted for having ad ministered an unlawful oath to Nicholas Robinson, to the import that he had no arms in his house. Guilty. Sentenced to transportation for life. Edward Ryan was convicted for unlawfully ad ministering an illegal oath to Richard Marritt. this case an alibi was attempted to be proved, but failed. The prisoner was sentenced to transporta tion for life. The Court then adjourned. MAR YLEB ONE. Yesterday IV. Cage, a Manchester warehouseman, of Bread-street, in the City, but whose suburban residence is in Gower-place, near the London Uni versity, appealed to an assault warrant from Mr. Witherspoon, jeweller, in Tottenham-court-road, for striking him violently in his own shop on Tuesday afternoon. Defendant, it appared, had struck thecomplainant most violently on his nose; and (strange to say) among no fewer than six policemen, who were ap plied to, not any one ventured to take the com plainant's charge, because, as they said, they had not witnessed the ass wit. Mr. Cage said the complainant had called him his landlady's bully, and that the blow would not have killed a fly perching on his nose. Mr. llosims—Well, Sir, that is your version of the cave, but we are not disposed to deal with it in _ . a summary way; and therefore you must find re• sponsible bail, as Mr. Witherspoon means to prose. cute you. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. Yeiterday tivo girls, who had been found in a destitute state in - the Haymarket, weeping, were brought by two strangers before the Magistrate of this office. It appeared from the girls' statement, that they were natives of Yorkshire, and were the daughters of small farmers. They were repeatedly urged by two labouring men (one a mole-catcher) to come to London with them " to make their for tunes," and after a good deal of persuasion, they picked up all their clothes, and what money they could get, and set off at an early hour on the morn in', of Friday week, with their male friends and admirers. They woo five days on their journey, and one of them was seduced on the road. On ar -o,ino• in London, they were taken to a public-house by their companions, who stole their bundles, and left thew. The girls were turned into the street, having no shelter or protection. Th e M ag i strate g ave them its., to assist them home to Yorkshire. THE LIVES OF THE PLAYERS.—Among the distinguished Actors included in this new work by Mr. GALT, are the following :—BETTERTON, WILE'S, NELL GWYNN, Mrs. BARRY, SAVAGE, Mrw. OLDFIELD, CoLLEY CIBBER, Mrs. CENTuvRE, FARQUHAR, QUIN, GARRICK., FOOTE, MACKLIN, HENDERSON, Mrs. BEL ,Amv, MURPHY, KING, HOLCROFT, G. P. COOKE, Miss FARILEN, TATE WILKINSON, Mrs. BADDELEY, ENIERN, Mrs. JORDAN, J. P. KEMBLE, MrS. SIDDONS, &c. &C.— in reference to such names, how applictWe is the motto c h a n t) by the author, " the best actors in the world, eitht;r fqp tragedy, comedy, histely, pastoral, pusora!- . - ontii:al, Listoricall3qoral !'' NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 7.—The Carron steamer Lieu tenant Lap Age, commander, arrived here 011 Thurs day night last, from Lisbon, having left that place on Saturday, the 28th ult. His Majesty's ketch Vigilant, Lieut. Loney, ar rived on Tuesday evening, from Lisbon, last from Falmouth, where she dropped her mails. She left the Tagus on the 29th May, only a thy later than the Carron steamer, and consequently brings no fur ther intelligence of importance. Miguel was in the country amusing himself, while the French squadron continued capturing every Portuguese merchantman which came in sight. The Endymion, Syrene, and Egle, were the French men-of-war off the Tagus; the rest of the squadron had disappeared. Lisbon was apparently tranquil; and the Portuguese Go vernment did not seem yet to think of making the French the satisfaction they required. His Majesty's ship Revenge, 74, Captain liillyar, went out of harbour on Friday, was paid wages, and sailed for Spithead to join Sir Edward Codrington's squadron on Saturday. His Majesty's ship Pallas, Capt. M. H. Dixon, arrived on Sunday night from her cruise to the chops of the Channel whither she was dispatched to relieve homeward-bound ships detained by the long pre valence of easterly winds. She met with a great number of ships and relieved those in want of pro visions. Some of the ships had been from thirty to f, rty days in soundings. One, a Belgian ship from Batavia, had been - nearly seven months on her passage; the Captain of her was quite ignorvtt of the great political change and separation that had taken place between Holland and Belgium. The Pallas will most probably sail for Bermuda some time next week. The Semiramis, 42, and Speedy tender, were paid off into ordinary yesterday. In Hamoaze—Foudroyant, Windsor Castle, Dub lin, Stag, Pylades, Harpy, Royalist, Leveret, and Echo, Carron, and Confiance steam vessels. A steam- vessel has-been laid down ut Chatham, to be named the Phmnix; she will be propelled by a steam-engine of no less than 250 horse power. The length of 11,r deck will he 137 feet, and her breadth 32 feet; and she is intended to throw shells of ten inches in diameter. Admiral Sir B. Hallowell Carew is to be made an extra G. C. 8., and was to be invested together with Admiral Sir H.Trollope, at the Levee yestei day. ROYAL MARINES.—Brevet Lieut.-Col. Torredr7, M.P., to be Major at Chatham, vice Scriowe,.a at ceased; Brevet Major Wilkinson to be Nicholasiiptai to Plymouth, vice Torrens ; First Lienti..Fiat ' be Captain rl a h t . Lieut. Churchill di- Nicholas; Mr. Byng Payne, son of Capt. vision, vice Payne, R.N.r., to be Second Lieutenant of the Chat ' ham, and Mr —Maltby to be Second L'eatenant llPre°rritrve°dutihrOmv NieVeoNoVlwl'iirtOnt'his I the Porttwouth &vision, MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) Seem:.—The Sugar Market has been steady all tlite week ; the show has been indifferent, where good new Sugars appeared they have sold readily, but at tl:e close of the day the holders are accepting prices they refused last week ; the Market is 6d. to Is. lower. The estimated purchases are 2,400 hhds. and trs, In the Refined Market there has been much heaviness ; the exporters have pur chased on a limited scale, and the wholesale grocers have only taken small parcels for their immediate wants. This ,l a y the business done for shipping has been very partial, and a shade lower prices have in some instances been ac cepted for the low and middling descriptions; the Refiners generally, however, at present do not appear disposed to sell under the quotations, the stock on hand in the Market not bing very large ; in Crashed, also, there has been rather less done; the fine Grocery descriptions are less in quired after, and prices are rather lower. 'EAST INDIA Sucan.—The sale 3 of Mauritius Sugar this week are nearly 13,000 bags, the greater proportion went off at a reduction of 6d. to Is. per cwt. For Ben gal, Manilla, and ether E ist India Sugars, there is little demand. FOREIGN Sucans.—The only sale of Havannah Sugar reported is a parcel of good strong white 35t. a 355. 6d. By public sale there has been offered 90 chests of Rio, 130 chests and 130 barrels of Pernambuco, nearly the whole was taken in ; of the latter there are few sales by private contract, good white 28s. and 295., middling to good white Bahia 264. 6d. to 28s. 6d. This day by pub. lic sale 450 chests 50 barrels Brazil Sugar, the whole were Pernams, and a lar4e propottion damaged ; white sold 20s. a 27A. 6d., brown 15s. and 16s , being Is. a Is. 6d. lower. COFFEE. —The public sales of Coffee have been very limited this week, the prices are tittle varied. By private contract there is little business reported ; small sales of colony Brazil 40s. a 415., and some inquiries for St. Do mingo, but no sales ; also several inquiries after low East India Coffee. By public sale this day 40 bags, 17 casks, 20 brie. British Plantation Coffee, the quantity was too inconsidecalile to firm a market currency ; the whole went off heavily. Rom, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-The Rum Market has been heavy this week ; there are no sellers at the late lowest prices, but the small advance appears to have checked the request. Brandy and Geneva are without variation. HEMP, FLAX, AND TALLOW. —The Tallow Atirket has been steady all the week, but there is still little busi ness doing. In Hemp or Flax there is no alteration. TALLow, ASHES, &c.—This day by public sale 246 casks Trieste Tallow sold 38s. ; 33 tons loose Spanish Ba• rills, 10s. ; 137 brls. New York Pearl Ashes, lats, 30s. 6d. and 31s. ; 2ds., 28s. 9d. a 295. 6d. ; 137 brls. Canada Pot Ashes, late, 281. 6d. a 28s. 9d. IRISH PROVISIONS.--We cannot note any change in price for any article under this head since our last. There is a regular and fair demand for Bacon, but as to Butter the Cheesemongers appear determined not to enter into speculative purchases at any thing like the present prices looked for by the shippers. TEA.-twankays are a little cheaper than last sale, as well as Hyson Skins. Hysons at present maintain their value. Campois sold at 2s. Old. to 2s. 24-d. ; Twanksys, common 2s. lid. a 2 ,. lid., good 2s. 24d. a 2s. Sid., fine 2s. 6d. a 3s. Id. r Hyson Shin, 2s. 3A-d. a 3s. 9Ad. ; Hysons have began at 3s. 9%d. a 4s. 3d. - • WOOL.—There is no alteration in prices, the Market is dull. OILS. —There is rather more firmness in the Oil mar ket, but the purchases reported this week are inconsiderable. COTTON.-The Cotton market continues firm. The purchases this week are-330 Surat 40. a 41d. ; 200 Pernams 74d. a 7,11. ; 100 Egyptian lid; 40 Bowed 5: 1 $1. This day by public sale 536 bags Pernambuco Cotton, fair, nearly all taken in 7d. and lid. in bond ; we believe, about 400 bags are since sold at the with drawing prices. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the week ending June 7, is 255. 2%d. per cwt., exclusive of the duties of customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. PRICES OF HOPS.-June 10. 71 15s. 91. 0:. to 12'. 04. 71 7s. 81. 04. to 81. 10s. 71. 12s. 61. Bs. to 91. 94. 0/. Us. 121. Os. to 181 Os. 01. Os. 71. Os to 121. Os. 31. Os. 61. lOs to 94 0, M. 10s. 71. '74. to 71. 15s. 71. Os. 71. 12s. to 81. 8% Duty laid at 135,000/. PRICE OF OIL. Kent Pockets SVE sex Ditto Lissex Ditto Fatniann Ditto. Fine............-- Seconds ............ Kent Idags. Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto.. R .pe Oil, brown gil. Os. Refined 0 Linseed Oil 22 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand 11 0 Rape Cake, per ton PRICE OF POTATOES.—June 10. 01. Os. to 41. Os. per ton. 31. ss. to 3/. 15s. ditto. 01. Os. to 41. 10s. ditto. 3/. ss. to 31. 10s. ditto. Kidneys - Scotch Reds --. Marsh Oxnobles and Shaws WHFITCHAPEL HAY MARKET.—June 9 . [ay 50, Od. to 80i. Od. lover 0.1. to 110 s. Od. 32a. Od. to 384. od. RAW HIDES. Per Stone. s. d. to s. d. I Per Stone. s. d. to s.d. Best Heifers& Staere2 4 2 6 Ordinary 1 8 2 0 Nliddlings*2 2 2 4 Market Calf 6 6 each. SHEEP SKINS. Long Wool Os. Od. to Os, Od. I Short Wool-- 3s. 6d. to ss. 6d. Lambs......nnwo. W .,, Is. 6U. to 2d. &I. PRICES OF LEATHER. d. to d. Per lb. d. 15111 22 Tanned Horse Hides... 15 17 15 23 Spanish Ditto 19 . 23 14 16 Per dozen. i 7 181 Calf Skins... 36 to 4tob. 16 20 121 la s i Ditto 50 to 701 b. 21 - 24 14 153 Ditto 70 to 80111 19 21 15 .Iti Small Seals, Greenland 21 213 Per Ib. Ditto,., to 661 b.„. Dressing Fine Coach !Aides Ci op Hides, 35 to 40th. to 451 b Ditto PRICE OF RAW F Price of Tallow (as stated by the 'AT, per stone of Bth. e Tallow Melters)..--..... 2s. 4d. _ PRICE OF TALLovi Town Tallow 425. Od. Yellow Itussi,.. 4os Od. 41s. Od. Soap Od. Melted Stuff' 31 Od. Ditto Od. ', SOAP, B,e. pee 1121 b. Yellow 745. Gd. Mottled Od. Gd. Graves Gd. Good Dregs PRICE OF CANDLES. ss. Od. The price of store Candles, in the retail shops, is as follow :-- Candles, per doz. 7s. Od. to Bs. Od. I Moulds, per d0zen...........95. 6d. COAL MAR Bensham Main Os. I'd. ET.—June 10. Walls Entl Newmarch— Ms. Od. Blake's 111iiin 30 0 Holywelirewonr•••• 32 0 Killingworth 32 6 fanlield 26 6 :51 6 Wall's End Bede's—,. 31 0 Ditto Bell liobsoziA Co. 32:0 Ditto Burraton 32 0 Ditto Clarke and C 0... 31 6 Walls End Hilda ...... 31 9 Wall. End not:Tor— 32 6 Ditto Perkins and Co.— 32 0 Walls End Lyons .».... 33 0 Walls End Stewart's 35 U I Ouarrington Main-- 30 0 W. E. Cleveland Helton 30 0 Halbeath.. 22 0 Llangennech Coal 35 0 PembertonLlangennech 30 0 Penmain 25 9 Warde's Llanelly 29 0 Wall's End 26 0 Pelaw Trader 28 8 Pontop Trader 23 0 '29 0 I Townley Trader 29 6 Ditto Walker 34 6 Hotspur Trader ,32 0 ships at market, 37 1 ,4-Ships 6okl. 25%-Unsolo, 11%. CoUNTRY CORN MARK TS DUEING THE WEEK._ Wheat. I Barlev.. Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. Ashburn 72 82 44 47 26 31 40 4 8 Basingstoke 58 74 38 45 24 36 37 48 Bath Briilgewater 58 72 26 a) 22 26 28 3( 60 76 38 42 •22 26 36 : 46 Chesterfield . '74 '7B 20 39 i 26 32 46 52 Derby —.............. 70 13 31 34 42 • 45 Devizes --......... 66 70 130 40 25 33 4U - 48 Doncaster 60 76 25 32 22 33 23 46 Dorchester 54 69 36 40 24 28 40 44 66 80 37 41 24 32 41 G10uce5ter,....,.. , . 52 70 30 43 25 32 42 50 Hungerford 50 75 74 35 45 48 21 32 38 48 44 2 , J Newbury....—..... 46 '76 28 40 24 34 42 4i; ltoinsey f. 6 68 32 36 21 25 36 46 Shaftesbury 65 38 48 Shepton Mallet 64 72 36 44 25 30 40 44 Sherborne---..... 64 70 32 40 22 28 38 46 Taunton 58 72 —3) 2U 38 ••••• Yeovil 58 68 34 3 8 24 28 38 40 Per Bushel. s. 8. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 8 . d. s. A Shrewsbury 11 0 11 6 i 6 0 7 9 6 0 7 6 0 0 0 BIRTHS. On the 9th inst. in Hami lton- p lace, the wife of P. J. MOO, Esq., M.P., of a son, still -born. On the 9th inst. the la d y of S. Lane, Esq., of a son . On the 10th inst. at It. Knight's, Esq., Gro svenor-squa rer Mrs. R King, of a son. On the 4th inst. at Camperdown, Ross-shire, the lady of A' Dio n h ca t n, Esq., Bom ba y :Medical Establishme nt, of a son. , 29th ult. at the Cottage, Albury, Malthus, Esq. of a son. the lady of Sydenhalo MARRIED. On the 9th inst. at Grays, Essex, 'l'. J. Dyer, Esq. of the Hai E as t India Company's service, to Mary Ante, eldest (laugh"' 01 the late It. Ingram, Esq. of Mostord-lodge, Essex. 13 On the i•th inst. at Limehouse, Mr. .1. Sargeant, of the . ' Ken t-road, to Arabella, only daughter of the late Mr. ( . Bit o i ray, of Stepney. 4, On the hili inst. at Brist o l , Wi ll i am, eldest son o f W m. Esso; Esq. of Upper Woburn.i,lace, to Ellen Carew, eldest datighte of the late William Hassell, Esq. of Bristol. D On the 9th in s t. a t Blackwall lE , It. D Frost, Esq., of the East Company's home establishment, aged 42. pf On the 9th inst. aged 62, Jane, wife of Mr. B. Capper, Canterbury.place, Lambeth. as O g n a t g l ed le 4 9 9 th inst. in Union-street, Southwark,. Wm. Palm er' (hi the 10th inst . in arrat-lane, N :rd, the Fsq. of the Clapham -road. a n n g d fo sworth, DR.igNhVt iuo atoel: At Templernichael Glebe, county Longford, Lady Anne Nlaxwell. —oe AND Punuslikm BY MURDO YOUN 0, Ai CFrICA, 1 it?, STRAND, LONDCM TH Ci,ltivat pinying d,penda, —and el a Relined By Prig TH the press Church, Of St. P A SE DISTRI SEMI( or s-par, Pribt Ch►►rch• With II A ,1 with ev garden, over aim tomtit) hired w complet shouts, now in For to the I 1 folk. 1 The This di EN , to he el The Imports for th Animal Arachn hare Ili fully re' the pre The reputati hook of new edi viduAll) tive ani authors The tents, t ernhelliE served i appnba afforded of the s observa Univeri The ushers tained i press prospec The of Map • the win while d part ale Prin Marsha and Cc Cummi ~„ ABER part of but an will b 4 afTorde, bares, partrid - The excelle The where Mimes forty-t Am Sheph Ad voc ARTI TE DILL TROP pi °few tropoli Public sror MINI mendt ration out t 1 allays for m • WHE DISE NE R, PLEI LOU] incum * li KE On tl " I ' anqwe MAS' beat e GOO the S the c 4 Parli4 Mech artid Sock burin: retur ing P the best° , by t 1 the e terior Estal mark no ab fault ebaru ward, 71 L in bo' on th at th and c the I; •••••... to he 'tr ail lengt feet ; dim