The Sun. — London, England, 1831-01-18 00:00:00

- SPIRT ' PUBLIC JOURNALS. The bloodless triumph of justice, of which France has given a great example, our rulers—even otn• Whig rulers—have not thought it expedient to imi. tate. Our Statesmen and our Legislators applauded the clemency abroad which they disclaimed at home —they admired the forbearance in others which they have themselves abjured—they gave to the noblest act of magnanimity which has distinguished a na tion in modern times the hollow and barren praise which has not ripened, on their part, into any gene rous rivalry in virtue Yet how much more cul pable were the criminals whose lives were spared in France than those who have just perished, and are about to perish, on the scaffold in England'. The former, rich, powerful, and educated, had no temp tation to crime but that depravity of heart which sacrifices every moral consideration to a guilty am bition—the latter poor, ignorant, deluded, were im pelled by misery, and repeated denials of peaceable redress, into acts of violence and disorder, which, with all their legal guilt, had not the moral aggra vation of being stained by the effusion of blood. How the crimes of these men sink in importance, both in a moral and social point of view, when con nested with those of the Ex-Ministers of France; —the one set of culprits attacking certain novel inventions in machinery as the means of depriving them of their daily bread ; the other subvert ing, in the mere wantonness of power, the very foundations of civil society ; the one respecting life in the very frenzy of their excitement ; the other cutting down or sweeping away musses of their fellow-citizens with the sabre and cannon bulls, and making thousands of wives, widows, rind children fatherless ! It may, indeed, be said that the Ex-Ministers were saved in spite of the French po pulace. We believe, to a certain extent, that is true, and that there were thousands in Paris who thought it only an act of justice that the life of Polignac, the chief of this more than Catiline con spiracy, should atone for his offence ; but who, we ask, were they that preserved the lives of the criminals from the summary vengeance with which they were threatened ? Were they not the people themselves ? Were they not the National Guards—the people of Paris, with amts in their hands, which they used to protect the lives of men against whose ferocious legions they fought in the sanguinary and glorious conflicts of July ? Here are the French people, in their power, setting an example of generous forbearance which the States men and Legislators of England, in their pretensions to superior wisdom and morality, decline to imitate. The French have punished crime, and secured public order, wi:hout shedding blood, and have thereby achieved a moral victory which consecrates with the purest radiance of humanity the glory of their poli tical triumph. The English Government have in deed lost a noble opportunity of preventing this example of civilized justice front being as solitary as it is splendid—an opportunity of which, we may say, the national voice called upon them to take ad vantage; but they have denied mercy to the inter cession of a whole people—they have resorted to the sanguinary enforcement of laws, which, as late as last Session, when the Members of the present Government were in opposition, they loudly and indignantly condemned. Do they mean, now that they possess power, to alter the laws which they then described as cruel and vindictive ? If they do, was it consistent to carry them into sanguinary exe cution on the eve of their abolition ? If they do not, what are we to say of the reality of their avowed principles, and the sincerity of their profes sions ? Since we called the public attention to the subject before, two more wretched men, whose erime was the breaking of machinery in paper-mills, have been left for execution at Aylesbury. The heart sickens at these sacrifices, and particularly under a Libera/Administration. Can no secondary punishment suffice in these cases as a substitute for blood ? or must the noble functions of Justice be still Regraded to the offices of a base expediency ? Morning Paper that, in its " desperate fidelity" to the lute Administration, strenuously advocated the sanguinary Forgery Bill of Sir Robert Peel, last Session, now takes credit to itself, a bile approving of what has been done under the Special Commis sions, of having been " the first to plead for lenity and humanity to the misled and almost frantic oh fenders.' The modesty of this assertion is only to be equalled by its truth. We have been new for some years engaged in advocating, " through evil report and through good report," a substantial and 4Teetive amelioration of the Criminal Laws. Those wino have lately joined the same cause, after lighting :against it, are entitled to whatever praise a late ac knowledgment and .retraction of error deserve, but it is (04 much for them to expect oat In consequence of their recent defee tiDß, end that, too, a partial one, from the colours f baxiiivjsm, they should receive the same des gree of credit for their exertions as those who, un der the most atiVai:e circumstances, led the march .of enlightened jurisprndefice until it gathered power and grew into popularity. We ore not satisted that some of the criminals devoted to death should have been rescued from destruction ;—we would have saved the blood of all, and thereby have gained the Government triumph in consonance with their former principles, and which might be to them here after a source of pure and c'dosPigPtious pleasure. The crime was common, and a commori mercy usonld have been hailed by the country with satis lac4on. It would have rendered the laws more re, zp.eet,ed, the Monarch more popular, and would have mereassd are moral Influence, and consequently strengthened the power of the responsible advisers Pf the Crown. An evening cotemporary (die Star) an article on this subjeci: last night, says— ." Unoler worse Administrations, and eircumsta:ices ;ess venial, we had seen some five or six leaders brought to trial as a warning, and, vengeance being arrested by compassion ; time rest, after due admoni tion, were, without prejudice, ;et at large on bail on their reeognizances. In the present ,ease, we must confess, we have been disappointed, and in making this declaration we are satisfied we echo the feelings of nearly the whole community." This is quite true. We never recollect so strong and gene ral an expression of sympathy in favour of the de luded victims of the law as in the present case; and we deeply regret that statesmen who had often denounced the sanguinary principles of the law ohould have discarded their own doctrines in pray eke, and rejected that national appeal for mercy.— forni4g Herald. Another Proclamation has been issued by die Marquis of Anglesea, and a meeting called by Mr. O'Connell has been dispersed. What the course of the latter will be remains to be seen. That he will cease to agitate, we do not, of course, believe. Our contemporary (tine Standard) observes :—" As to potting down disaffection in Ireland, while that island contains 3,000 Popish priests, and four or five millions of idle paupers, to be preached at by those priests, is a hard task—too hard, we suspect, for the Marquis of Anglesea." True wisdom con sists in making the most of things as they are, and not in running counter to them. These millions of paupers are the great body of the Irish people ; and these 3,000 priests possess their confidence, and are their leaders. Mr. O'Connell must not be looked to as an individual; he is idewilied with the priests. We saw this, and said so from the beginning of the agitation. If uny proof of this were required, it will be found in the alacrity with which the priests have lent themselves to the collection of the O'Con nell tribute in their chapels. We have, from time to time, for some years, looked with some attention at the exertions of the Irish priesthood, and, what soever others may think of them, we consider many of them to possess talents of the first order, both for speculation and action. Who is there of the established clergy, either of England, Ireland, or Scotland, for - instance, to compare with Dr. Doyle ? Compare his evidence on the poor laws Committee with that of Dr. Chalmers, for instance, and his superiority appears immense. The power, therefore, by which Mr. O'Connell is supported is un questionably of a most formidable character, from the talents of some of the leaders, and the decided in fluence they possess over the mass. The Irish have always acted on the principle, that in order to obtain anything from the Government of this country, they must avail themselves of a moment of embarrass ment. They are impressed with the belief that no Ministry of this country is sufficiently strong to dis pose the Aristocracy to concede any vital measure, except under circumstances which create apprehen sion. This is evidently the tact of the Irish Agi tators at this time. They suppose that the English Ministry have so much on their hands at home, tha' the agitation will place them in a dilemma from which profit may be derived. We really do not believe that the repeal of the Union is the object actually aimed at by most of the agitors ; but that, by pre senting the Government of this country with the alternative of Repeal or the destruction of the Esta blished Church, they may obtain the latter. That the Irish Catholics have deeply at heart the anni hilation of the Establishment may easily be believed. They know, too, that the real secret of the opposi tion to Emancipation was the suspicion of the Tories, that the object once carried, the next fight would be for the Church. There is not a Priest in Ireland who has not again and again turned over in his mind how the Church can be attacked with most advantage. There is not a Priest in Ireland who will ever rest till that object is effected. The period is confessedly cr;tical. Still we do not believe that conciliation is impossible. If we wish to pre serve the Union, we must not have the Priests in hostility to the Government.—Norning Chronicle. While the diplomacy of all Europe has been im mersed in questions purely European, and while the King of the Netherlands may have been supposed the most occupied of all the individuals whose in terests they affect, a matter has been for some months past debating at the Hague, under that Mo narch's auspices, of a nature very remote from all those to which his attention might be thought ex clusively devoted. We allude to the American boundary question, left, as will be recollected, some two years since, to the arbitration of King Wil liam. The 20th of this present month was the day to which his Majesty was limited by the terms of the arbitration ; and while the Ambassadors of Eng land and the United States at the Hague fully ex pected the Royal Umpire would, from late circum stances, have demanded an extension of time, they were agreeably surprised a few days ago- by a noti fication that the decision was already formed, ant that it would be delivered to them for the informa. tion of their respet tive Governments on Monday last, the 10th instant. On that day the King ac cordingly handed to Sir Charles Bagot and Mr. Preble duplicates of his award. On a point of such consequence we feel it necessary to speak with cau tion, as the question involved may eventually be come of national importance far greater than that which seems implicated in it now. 13ut if our in formation be correct—and we may almost vouch that it is so—the King of the Netherlands has de cided the points submitted to him in a way that must give ample satisfaction to British intetests, as far as they may be considered involved in the mat ter at issue. We will not at present enter further into the merits of the ca , e than to remind our readers that, in execution of the treaties of peace of Novem ber, 1782, and September, 1783, between England and the United States, which terminated the war, and established American Independence, a line of boundary was drawn as the demarkation of territory between the two countries, extending over nearly twenty degrees of latitude, and ranging over seas, lakes, and mountains, then very imperfectly explored, and scarcely opened to the geographical knowledge of the age. In the progress of discovery and settlement since that time, several questions of boundary between the respective terr►tories have arisen, which have been found of exceedingly diffi cult adjustment. At the close of the last war bu- tween England and the United States, four of these questions pressed themselves on the consideration of the .negotiators of the Treaty of Ghent, but without the means of concluding a definitive ar rangement concerning. them. They were referred to three separate Commissions, consisting of two Commissioners, one appointed by each party, to examine and decide upon their respective claims. In the event of disagreement between the Com missioners, it was provided that they should make Reports to their several Governments, and that the Reports should be finally referred to the decision of a Sovereign, the common friend of both. The de cision of the fourth of these Commissions was made on the :?9th of September, 1827 ; the ap pointment of the King of the Netherlands, as final arbitrator, took plane soon after, and the question is now, it appears, set at rest, it is to be hoped, for ever. It would be, perhaps, premature to state precisely the terms of the decision. That the prin cipal point at issue—the North Eastern boundary of the United Staes,---is decided in favour of English claims, and contrary to American pretensions, tray be enough to satisfy the public. That much may be relied on as the result. To the provinces of New Brunswick and Canada the decision will be deemed of vit4l importance. How it may be re ceived by the Government of die United States we do not undertake to prophecy.— Morning Chronicle. The last (or fourth) Proclamation of Lord Angle sea was a bold and sweepine. stroke : it was de signed, we doubt not, to embrace and cover all de- „ - scriptiops of political meetings, in the state of phrenzied vioience into which M r . Oic onu a anni lig myrmidons have wrought the temper of the Irish mob. Under any but peculiar and unnatural circumstances, this meaiure would be repro- Lated by every subject of Great Britain. To a-- semble and discuss their grievances, with a bone I fide view tQ found on such proceeding a petition to the constituted authorities for iedrezz, iz the birth. right of a free people. But there is no identity, and no analogy, between a right to petition, and a right to intimidate and overawe the Parliament by the excitement of passion and the display of tim bers, uu4 by 4,?.;+; directly leading to commotion, however labelled by the false characters of peace. Mr. O'Connell says he has the people of Ireland with him. Why, then►, toil, sweat, and supplicate, and threaten to gain that public opinion, which he boasts of being already his? When he talks of the people of Ireland, does he mean the people exclusive of the property,—exclusive of all educated, gent, independent tnen,—in one word, of all the gentlemen of the country ? For not one individual of the least distinction, who has been ir,rl()%ll as an independent Irish gentleman from north to south of the whole island, have we yet seen or heard of among Mr. O'Connell's coadjutors, nor any names whatever but those of our own liveried and blustering liNneys, the stock of factotums of vulpr turbulence, who have infested Ire land for these fiftoe4 cr twenty years,—the practised agents of all adventurers who . might spe. culate in sedition. The last number of the Jlorn- ing Register contains an epistle from Mr. O'Connell to Lord Cloncurry, which is merely the most impu dent attempt that ever was imagined to bully that nobleman into a cop4rtnership with the agitator in his plot for the overthrow or the realm. Findinc, that neither gentry nor commercial int eres t, nor' professional men (save only certain of the more thorough-going of the priesthood) will have aught to say to him,—that old Dublin demagogues are but stale wares, and that the rabble are not susceptible of an organization fated for difficult and complex movetnents—he grows desperate, and makes a dying grab at a Lord. Listen to the language in which this mountebank addresses Lord Cioneurry " No man ever before had such a load of national responsibili.'y thrown upon him. Do not disguise it from yourself, if you now desert your u/d co/ours, though it be only for a season, all the evils that may arise from a protracted struggle will be at your door —all the misery —every day of want aml woe— every famishing family, may justly scream out against you, as the continuator, if not the author, of their calamities !" Is this enough ? we ask,—was ever such an outrage on the free agency of any man ? The letter is not written in confidence to the noble Lord as friendly counsel,—not as an exhortation,—not as a warning nor even a grave and reasonable censure ; but it is prin ted in that newspaper which circulates espe cially among the Catholics of Ireland to whom it is announced as a fact, not open to any kind of controversy, that if he, Lord Cloncurry, does not take upon himself the onus of a full parti cipation in Mr. O'Connell's war against the King's Government, he shall answer for it to the people, by being held up, on the authority of the agitator himself, as the author of all their sufferings. W as there ever, again we repeat, in the history of upstart power, such another sample of mixed arrogance and malice ? We shall not quote more, but we will to morrow sacrifice a column to the letter as a charac teristic record of that upright, humane, and gentle discipline, through which an Inquisitor-Gener a l might not blush to bend a feeble heretic's repug nance. If Lord Cloncurry give in to this fraud, — if he do not retort upon the agitator with contempt, —there is at least tile consolation left to his friend and those of the peace of Ireland, that a person ca pable of such pusillanimity, however employed as a momentary tool, can by no accident become the formidable leader of a party. O'Connell would place this poor nobleman in front of the fight, speak behind him till the fire slackens, and then make a footstool of his corpse. But Lord Cloncurry knows him. What, however, are the " miseries" which the poor of Ireland are to charge upon his Lordship's head,unless he consents to play jackal! to Mr. O'Con nell ? Is not hunger likely to be one of them ? In another letter, to be found in the Morning Re gister of the same day, we read the following sen tence from the pen of the learned agitator : " Every succeeding famine becomes more and more desolating, and the famine which threatens us in the year 1831 promises to be more hor ribly afflicting than any that went before it : remember that we anti-Unionists are struggling to apply the only efficacious remedy to all these evils !" So, then, this predicted famine of 1831 is to be cured by a repeal of the Union ; and if Lord Cloncurry does not help to procure that repeal, he is guilty of starving the people. If we remember right, the " only efficacious remedy" for the great famine of 1822 or 1823, was yielded from this country, in the shape of the most munificent chari table subscription that one nation ever furnished to another. Whether the bish dispensers of that noble fund employed it invariably according to the intentions of the donors, it boots not to inquire. But could the wretched creatures have called to us as " fellow-subjects" had the Union then been re pealed ? And how, or with what conscience, 1 . 1 they act as Mr. O'Connell instigates them, can the famishing victims to the famine of 1831 apply to England—the hated, the execrated, the calum niated England—for succour ? Let the famine come, if God so pleases, and the Christian spirit of Enghsh Protestants %% ill still be what it ever has been—alive anti merciful. But let this Mr. O'Con nell beware, for if the people of England think justly on the painful subject, never will one fraction of the smallest mite be contributed for the relief of Ireland from this country until he (the begging patriot) shall have disgorged to the last atom the whole of that enormous sum of poor men's hard earnings sshich has been wrung from the wretched peasantry during the last eighteen months or two years—extorted from them by the tax gatherers, lay and churchmen, in sixpences and twopences, levied from the pauper's hovel and at the chapel-door, under the degrading title of " O'Connell rent," and transferred into his pocket. We say again, when fresh hunger comes upon the peasantry of Ireland, let this man refund the pillage of the poor, or let him, instead of Lord Cloncurry, ha re to answer for their manifold sufferings. For the con dition of Ireland, under the effect of these procla mations, is it for us freemen to rejoice at such cala mities ? God forbid ! Ireland is stripped of her Constitution. By whom ? By Lord Anglesea ? No. By Act of Parliament ? Far from it ; but by those lawless and furious men who aimed at lasting despotism under the forms of law, and forced the Legislature to anticipate them, by inflicting a less perilous violence than their's upon the kingdom. Mild laws are for sober times : if the empire be at tacked by unforeseen engines of destruction, strong means of defence must be resorted to. It has been said that we raise a "No Popery" cry against O'Connell and the ambitious priests, his allies. Not so. But when a cry bursts forth which has "No Protestant" for its object, we answer it by an appeal to the hearts and arms of all who hear the name of Protestant. They have heard us—they are roused —we know it; and we shall SOOll dismiss our appre hensions.—Times. Whatever may have been the character of the po licy heretofore pursued by the different Governments of this country towards Ireland, or whatever may be the course which justice would now dictate as the most proper to be adopted, there can be but one opinion in the minds of all impartial men, respectin g the agitation of the repeal of the Union at the pre sent moment. Who are they who are convulsing the people of Ireland, and destroying their industry 0 and commerce, by urging them to demand a repeal of the Union ? The very men who formerly agi• tated the people respecting Catholic emancipation, and who declared, that when that just measure should be carried, nothing would be wanting to render Ireland tranquil, prosperous, and happy, but tho se improvements and ameliorations which time and le gislative wisdom would accomplish. And how have they kept their word to those ‘vho devoted their time —their talents—and their whole energies —to the car rying of the Catholic question ? Why, by seizing the very first opportunity of disturbing the tranquil lity of the empire —of injuring its trade—sand of re-producing the actual state in which unfortunate Ireland was placed previous to the repeal of the Catholic disabilities. And under what circum stances, and on. what grounds is it, that this new source of embarrassment is produced ? The grounds are that nothing has been done to conciliate the people of Ireland, meaning thereby, to improve their condition; and the circumstances, the forma tion of a Cabinet comprising a great portion of the talent of the country—which fought the battle of Ireland when her hand was against every one, and almost every one's hand against her— which has shown a stronger disposition to pro. mote the. welfare of the country than any of its predecessors, and in whose fulfilment of them there are few, indeed, who have any doubt! The agita tors say that nothing is done to improve Ireland; but they will not even give the men, who have always had her welfare at heart, the time even to put the measures into legislative form which are necessary to regenerate tier ! They blame them for carrying the law into effect against their seditious meetings; and they themselves provoke the proclamations by as sembling to destroy the Constitution, to disturb the public tranquillity, i;nd to spread dissension and ruin among a ll cl a s s e s ! B u t l et t h em b eware . 'I , he Government is not to be intimidated, nor the Lord Lieutenant turned from his purpose of maintaining the law, by their factious proceedings. The law will be found strong enough to reach them, and the Government possessed of sufficient firmness to put it in force; but if the former should fail, the extraor dinary case must he met by extraordinary measures, and no friend to Irel a nd will ie f use to l en d hi s sanction to their enact►nrnt, or his aid in carrying them into r ffect.—Morning Advertiser. On New Year's Day Lord and Lady FA L K LAND and suite arrived at their mansion, Leven Grove, near Hutton Rudby, in the North Hidin g of this county, where they are now spendin g th e honey moon, and we understand are going to reside there fo r some time.—• Yuri' Herald. GREENWICH LATE FIRE. -A meeting of the parish officers and Governors and Directors took place on Friday morning, to investigat e the circumstances of the fire that led to the destruction of the theatre, ad ii Messrs. Wit EAT LE vs', coachm a k ers and propr i etors, 'in extensive ii workshops and store-rooms, when the Board was unanimously of opinion that the theatre was set on fire by some incendiary or incendiaries+, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Yesterday a young man named In lliam Alexander, whose appearance came under the description of " shabby genteel," was placed at the bar, before Sir RICHARD BIRNIE, charged with having sent a threatening letter, with intent to extort money, to Mrs. Ann Chandler, an elderly lady, residing at Church Farm, Pusey, Wilts. The letter was re ceived by Mrs. Chandler on the 11th instant, and the threat contained in it was that unless she for warded a sum of 101. to " X.Y.Z.," at the Nag's Head public house, James-street, Covent-garden, by a given day, her house should be levelled to the ground. " Swing," the incendiary cognomen, was the signature attached to the letter, which so seri ously alarmed Mrs. Chandler, that she without delay, by the recommendation of her friends, wrote to the Chief Magistrate or this office, who advised her to forward a letter containing a shilling, as directed, in order to entrap the writer. This Mrs. Chandler ac cordingly did, and on the afternoon of Thursday last the prisoner called at the Nag's Head, where on pay ing the postage, amounting to 2s. 3d., the letter was delivered to him, and upon his placing it in his pocket he was taken into custody by Dodd, one of the gaolers at this office, who had been on the watch for him some time previously. William Clarke was a serjeant in the 14th regi giment of Light Dragoons, and on the 13th of Ja nuary last he met the prisoner in St. James's Palace yard, and after some conversation agreed to enlist him. Witness took the pi ironer to his quarters at the Prince's Head, Princes -street, and while there the prisoner said that he was expecting a money-!et ter, and on the next morning stated that it had ar rived, but that he had not sufficient change to pay the postage of it. They accordingly walked to the Nag's Ilzad, and on entering the parlour witness gave the prisoner ss. with which he went out to the bar, arid presently returned with a letter in his hand, saying, "It is all right," or " Iv'e got it," at the same time placing a letter in his trousers pocket without opening it. John Malcolm, landlord of the Nag's Head, stated that on the morning of the 14th instant the prisoner called there to ask if a letter had been brought there Ly the postman, directed "X. Y. Z." On being answered in the affirmative he went away, and re turned again at half-past three o'clock in the after noon, accompanied by the soldier, when he paid the amount of the postage, and received the letter, which bore the Pusey post-mark. William Dodd, the gaoler, described the manner in which he apprehended the prisoner, and added that, as he was conveying him to this office, he said that "he knew what it was all about." The wit ness here produced the letter found on the prisoner's person, the seal of which was unbroken. Sir RICHARD BIRNIE directed that the witness should preserve the letter unopened until the pri soner's trial. Mrs. Ann Chandler stated that she had received the letter before alluded to, signed " Swing," and that, in consequence of her fears, she adopted the steps already mentioned. The witness identified the letter produced as that containing the shilling, which she had forwarded as directed by " Swing's" letter. She had no know ledge of the prisoner. Mr. Nathaniel Lowe stated that the prisoner had lived as porter in the employ of Messrs. Savory and Co., silk-manufacturers, in the city, and that the letter received by Mrs. Chandler, signed " Swing," Kai in his handwriting. The prisoner wus then fully committed for trial. MATT ON- GARDEN. Yesterday a respectable-looking young man, of the name of Jonathan Lancaster, accompanied by a child three years old, was brought befOre Mr. LAING and Mr. ROGERS, charged with being drunk and dis orderly, and assanhing police-sonstable Thomas Nicholls, hfo. 35, division G. • The constable abOUi seven o'clock on Sunday night found the defendant in Goswell-street-Load, intoxicated, and surrounded by an immense con course of persons, who were dreadfully alarmed for the safety of the child that now accompanied him, which he was hOiding, with outstretched arms, sus pended by the heels, with its head downwards; and he violently threatened any person who would dare to approach him. Complainant made several at tempts to take the child from him, which appeared to be nearly dead, and to get him home to Parr's place, Goswell-street-road, where he resides ; but, in endeavouring to do so, he was struck repeatedly by him, and knocked into the road. He, however, succeeded at length in securing the child, upon which the defendant became outrageous, and struck at every body around him, and, drawing out a knife, threatened destruction to the constable and all others who had interfered, unless the child were restored to him, and he left to himself. He actu ally stabbed one gentleman slightly in the arm. Complainant was then obliged to strike him with his stair on the knuckles, in order to make him drop the knife, and also, with the assistance of others, to throw him on his back for the purpose of securing him. The child, which appeared to be likewise in toxicated, became excessively ill afterwards, and I vomited. This statement was corroborated by witnesses ; but the gentleman who had been stabbed in the arm did not come forward. The following circumstances were then, detailed by the defendant :—He had dined on Sunday eve ning with a friend at Islington; and after dinner, having taken a walk with the child, which was his own, lie was crossing the road at Islington, and took the child under his arm in a careless manner, when some old woman, fancying that he was run ning away with the child, raised a cry after him, upon which he was followed by at least a hundred persons, who hooted and abused him, and wanted to take the child away front him, so that he was under the necessity, at length, of getting into an omnibus, in which he rode as far as Pentonville- hill, and then came out ; but the crowd still pursued him, and at last the child was torn away from him, which actually roused him to madness, " for who," he asked, " would not make the most desperate efforts in defence of himself and his child ?" He denied that either of them were in the smallest de- gree tipsy. The constable repeated that the child was, in deed, tipsy, and appeared quite senseless. Mr. Dunbar, acting-inspector of G. Divisor, being asked by Mr. LAING what was the condition of the defendant when brought to the watch-house, re plied that he was very drunk. The defendant was then fined 31., which he im mediately paid, and left the office. MAR YLEB ONE. Yesterday Misther Tint Hogan, a withered frag ment of the " Gem," was charged before Mr. RAwuNsoN with begging a►t the Roman Catholic chapel in Manchester-square, on Sunday last. Serjeant Ealing, Division D., stated that he took the prisoner into custody on Sunday last, for beg ging at the Spanish Chapel, in Manchester-square. It is-- " Pm as deaf as a Mk," exclaimed Tim Hogan, applying his dexter hand to his right ear, and endea vouring to catch the seijeant's charue, " I dos'nt know one word he's sayin' agin me." Mr. RAwussns wished persons of the Roman Catholic persuasion would exercise a little discri- mination in dispensing their charity. After Mass they came out and gave indiscriminately to every pauper who surrounded the chapel door. The seljeant had been often called upon to di— perse the crowd of paupers who surrounded the door, but it was perfectly useless, for tkey congre gated in small parties about the square. Mr. RAWLINSON was abort to make an example of Tim Hogan, when Tim pat in a " crakter" from the Knight o f K erry, recommen di ng Misther Ti m Hogan as a " fit and volence of a ll persons hav i ng any l o ose c as h a b out them to di s p ose of. proper" object for the bene- The document was dated " 7th June last," and Mr. RAWLINSON expressed considerable surprise that the Knight, who took his title from Dait's own county, should have given such a document. " God Almighty bless his Honour I" exclaimed Nlisther Tim Hogan, " he was always a friend to the Pour." " I shall discharge you this time," said Mr. ItAw- LIMON ; " but if you are ever brought here again on a similar charge, you sh a ll not get o ff so eas i ly. " Tim only heard - the Magistrate's first threat of committing him ; so when the gaoler was about to remove him from the bar, poor Tim dropped upon his knees, and, with hands clenched, vociferated, " In honour of the gate of Heaven, and your mo ther's sowl, don't be after coulmittin' me to prisin —the threadmill will be the death o' me, for I've got a bad shin !" When it was explained to Tim that he was dis charged, the " bad shin" was forgotten, and he danced out of the office with an agility that won d have done honour to any of the " boys." SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE. Seven o' Clock rHE LONDON GAZETTE OF THIS EVENING. War Office, Jan, 18, 1831. MEMORANDUai•-His Majesty has been pleased to de clare himself Colonel in Chief of the Household Brigade of Cavalry, consisting of the lst and 2d Rigements of Life Guards, and the Royal Rigement of Horse Guards, Dated Jan 14, 1831. War Office, Jan. 18: Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet W. Murray to he Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cosby, promoted; Ensign A. T. Munro, from the 78th Foot, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Murray ; Cornet A. T. Munro to be Adjutant, vice Cushy, promoted, Jan. 18. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. J. B. Morris to be Captain, by purchase, vice Skinner, who retires ; Cornet Hon. W. I). Irby to be Lieutenant. by purchase, vice Morris ; H. D. Sands, Gent, to be Cornet, by pur chase, vice Irby, Jan. 18. 7th Dragoon Guards—NV. Sandilands, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Shirley, appointed to the 7th Light Dragoons, Jan. 18. 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons--Cornet W. Skip_ with to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henderson, pro moted ; L. Dalgleish, Gent, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Skipwith, Jan. IS. 7th Light Dragoons—Cornet A. Shirley, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, vice Cox, who tetirev, Jan. 18. Ist Hegiment of Foot—Quartermaster H. Mair, from the late 2d Royal Veteran Battalion, to be Quartermaster, view L. 111‘Kay, who retires on the half-pay, Jan. 18. 16th Foot—Lieut. H. Coppinger, from the half.pay of the 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Deakins, appointed to the 23d Foot, Jan. 18. 23d Foot—Lieut. J. Deakins, from the 16th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Francis, appointed Adjutant of a Re cruiting District, Jan. 18. 31th Foot—Quartermaster W. Pepperall, from the half-pay of the 32d Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Howe, retired with a commutation allowance, Jan. 18. 42d Foot—L. Macquarie, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Lord Cardross, whose appointment has not taken place, Jan. 18. 54th Foot—A. Herbert, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Nevill, appointed to the Ist Dragoon Guards, Jan. 18. 73d Foot—Ensign W. Dawson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Daly, who retires ; W. B. Fainter, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dawson, Jan. IS. 79th Foot—Lieut. It. Manners, from the 56th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Macdonell, promoted. Jan Is. 84th Foot—L. L. White, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Goslin, promoted, Jan. 18. _ . 91st Foot—Ensign B. Campbell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lloyd, who retiree; A. Campbell, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice B. Campbell, Jan. 18. Ist West India Regimant— Capt. R. Hughes, from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice Fitz-Gerald, who retires, Jan. 18. UNATTACIIED.-Lieut. J. A. Henderson, from the 4tll Light Dragoons, to be Captain of Infantry, by purchase, Jan. 18. BREVET.-Lieut.-Cul. lion. L. Stanhope, on the half pay Unattached, to be Colonel i❑ the Army, he having returned the regulated difference to full• pay of Infanery ; Lieut.-Col. W. Cross, on the half-pay Unattached, to be Colonel in the Army, he having repaid the difference be received on exchanging to half-pay, July 22, 1830. MemonANnA.—The Christian names of Lieutenant Schneider, on the half pay Unattached, are Robert Wilmot. The rank of Surgeon Camilleri, of the Royal Malta Fencibles, is local and temporary in the island of Malta only. Office of Ordnance, Jan. It). Royal Regiment of Artillery. Major-General B. Young to be Colonel-Commandant, vice Seward, deceased, Jan. 8. Crown-office, Jan. 18, 1831. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT r A RLIAMET. BOROUGII 01' BRERALSTON.-David Lyon, of Lower Grosvenor-street, in the couety of Middlesex, Etq. in tht room of Lord Lovaine, now Elrl of Beverley, and one of the Peers of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the Upper House of Parliament. . , BURGHS OF FORFAR, PERTH, DUNDEE, ST. ANDRF.AVS, AND CAP.% R.-The Right Hon. Francis Jeffrey, Lord Advocate of Scotland, the last election of a Burgess :or the said class or district of Burghs having been been de termined to be void. BOROUGH OF BANDON BanicE..—The Right Hon. Francis Bernard, commonly called Lord 'Viscount Bernard, of Castle Bernard, in Ireland, and Connaught-place, Lon. don, in the room of the lion. James Bernard, commonly called Viscount Bei used, who has succeeded to the title of the Earl of Bandon. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. Thomas Blake, Brighton, victualler. BANKRUPTS. James May and Patrick Brodie, ienchurch-street, ta vern-keepers, to surrender Jan. 25, at two, 28, at three, and March 1, at two, at the Court of Commissioners. Winter, Williams, and Fossick, Bedford-row. James Bedwell, London-road, Surrey, bedstead-maker, Jan. 25, 28, at twelve, and Alarch I, at one, ut the Court of Commissioners. Gunner, Great James-street, Bed ford-row. John Benyon, Scarborough, Jan. 25, 28, at nine, and March I, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Ashurst, Newgate-street. George James Hill, Camberwell, oilman, Jan. 25, at tw e lve, Feb. 1, and March 1, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Fyson and Beck, Lothbury. Matthew Skipp, Commercial-road, Middlesex, iron merchant, Jam. 25, Feb. 1, and March 1, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Evitt, Price, and Lucas, Haydon-square. Edwardf Marshall, Liverpool, grocer, Feb. 7,8, and March 1, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. IlLiudsley, Liverpool ; Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row. William Doubleday, Manchester, tea-dealer, Feb. 7,8, and March 1, at two, at the Clarenden-building s , Liver pool. Gandy, Liverpool; Chester, Staple Inn. William Smith, Brick-lane, Spitalfields, baker, Jan. 2S, Feb. 1, and March 1, at one, at the Court of Com missioners. Simpson, Copthall-buildings, Thrognaorton street. Ansehn Shears, Friday-street, Cheapside, silk-ware housemen, Jan. 25, 28, at nine, and March 1, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Lloyd, Thaves-inn, Holborn. John Pearson, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, grocer, Feb. 15, at eleven, at the Head Inn, Duffield, 16, at eleven, and March I, at two, at the King's Arms Inn, Derby. Mous ley and Barber, Derby ; Few, H am ilt on , an d Few, Hen rietta-street, C o v ent - gar d en, London. Henry Cleaver, Market Lavington, Wiltshire, linen draper, Feb. 4,5, and March 1, at twelve, at the Castle Inn, Devizes. Williams, Vernlam-buildings, Gray's-Inn, London ; Wall, Devizes. John E!isha, Williams, Norwich, grocer, Feb. 3, at three, 4, at five, and March 1, at ten, at the White Lion btu, Norwich. Wire, Saint Swithin's-lane, London ; Marston, Norwich. James Cherry, Coventry, painter, Jan. 31, Feb. 1, and March I, at twelve, at the Craven Arms Hotel, Co ventry. Rye, Golden-square, London. - John Wild and Giles Shaw, Oldham, Lancashire, cotton-spinners, Feb. 1,2, at nine, and March 1, at one, at the Palace Inn, Manchester. Hadfield and Grave, Manchester ; Ward and Johnson, Temple, London. George Skinner, Avely, Essex, grocer, Jan. 25, at twelve, Feb. 8, at eleven, and March 1, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Lofty, King-street, Ch ea p s id e . Eatharne 1 Nathan and Vv alter Nathan, Mansell-street, Goodtnan'a-fields, quill .merchants, Jan. 5, at ten, Feb. (--- opporti grri . 1, and March 1, at ektri, at the Court of C0n 311111 1% very lE TAL Spyer, Broad-setvid*Rdiog s . a t , Ll "'James Bucklan4l6 itta: and sen , High-street, v,p"CKET:. Gen-drapers, Jan. fl.), at twelve, Feb. 1, and 3' 'MN at ten, at the Covei,if Commissioners. Hutel4,,°' 6, Cos [meson, Crown-cair Threadneedle-street. bir"ience • excl • ttt z. ).... ...0 fab le nsty - LA S ' INTELLIGENCE. i ts CO UR T OF XING' S BENCH, . 14 'an this 'n Iv!, MURRAY V. MI ASSIGNEES OF fiEAr ii ;in a bf 4 " B This case has inen so often before the S o in : him that the public nag be perfectly aware of theap p i ies - gallY of the proceedings. Mr. Murray empl o Yl 4 Ontri e e : l l u i Heath to execute an engraving, front wi lic l i Mr, aim of tfia 'Letters (I Heath stibsequentl7 retained eight impres ° i ° 'aye on himself, accordinE to an alleged custom g if :, l " 25 to artists, which cutte4m, however, Mr. Murray I t C' i ch facts proper to contetsa ; and eventually, after or t " kingd three trials, succOded in overthrowing hY I t e , Et a ciolitte diet of the last June. The last action was l' h W a t; En g i against the assigta of Mr. William Hea, fr .,Cmiiii A Bl had become a banlaupt, as well as against ''; , iple s , '''? against the latter, for taking the impressO*l.orilearn(- against the former, for exposing thorn to 5 016 ( Letters. they had done at Mr. Southgate's sale t t tentia : amongst other effects of the bankrupt. Thee ---2 -----. ' obtained a verdict against all the parties, IN . former day a rule was obtained to show al; IVOR a verdict s)ould not be entered against 11 01 , r , bli.li for taking the impressions, and why a nonstil t : ) a o w ni ,l l, a not be entered as against the assignees' oanc?,000, ground that exposing pictures taken from t ilec :Atin i t : if ' \ Y ll ' plate could not come within the meanillglar g ,:''',,,' i a' Act of the 17th Geo. 111. contemplated 11 : 'Pop u t ' T ," Sir J. SCARLET; Mr. CAMPBELL, and Vo'tlie Law: appeared to show cause against the rule, ',Stat e E )e : tended that, taking unlawful impressions rciented, jam lawful plate was a piracy in the meaning Lord TENTERDEN (Without hearing the l'fil A l l en. Bat General on the other side) said that it was ilr "Nate-s --, amongst engravers to keep one or two copies ----- engravings, for the purpose of showing to tfr h , Pin t ., might be d es i rous o f emp l oy i ng them ; WO IVIE tice increased, u nt il at last it w a s f ou nd the : t} , CAL prints, which w ere , o f course t h e very beFfl e • . , A 2o ,th of sions, found their stay i nto t h e market, to 0 N / 4NATOI of the proprietor off the pl a t e . Thi s , howeft; StRAV,,°I stituted no case of piracy w i t hi n t h e A c t; SON and BS Act of Parliament Was requisite to put 8 ,„„ N ILLIPS. it, for it was a fraud at common law. v NATuR i therefore, as regarded M r . H eat h, mus t b 4 E raser CON[ hi , absolute. With[ respect to the assignees, t . p r o f — .NlC) a count in trover against them for haviniee P t ; 1 ‘ ,"'or W impressions to Mr. Southgate's. for sale; ci i PWIF count could net be maintained, unless thy s t : 7 ', 1)111 :1 could show that tha impressions were his l/ i 4,,,``, G ,E 1 which in the meant case, he could not de , fE•smo r - i' ll , l paper on which they were worked w a s not: Cii4u. he had no shar . 4 in the labour, which was lA, 14E1 )/ - by Mr. Heath. The rule also, as regarded SON a n d A I, A signers, must, tlierefore, be made absolute , x,'ASPET , "°Ll.‘ , " Lty T Or r: SOSIUU k , otiric . l T,,, 4 G - 1,...11,03612149(Tr' ,f ci U Fu rther niversity. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Zread in the Metropolisria 10 11b. Loaf. There are ethers who sell from I. to that price. PRICX or 17. New English Red Clorxil Seed (per Cwt.) —s. —s. Old Ditto Ditto -41 —s. ( 10 ; New Foreign Ditto 52.5. 70s, Old Ditto New White Clover. Ohl Ditto I)itk New Trefo - e. -L •. .•• , 458. 755. tin; —B. IV' 30s. 506. dO e e fi9; l'hrY 11 • L Ito b e "Y 01 e had of 4 4t of e *llo_ ~ztaC, ----.- Old Ditto Rib Grass English Carraway Foreign Ditto —... Coriander —. 10s. 30s. Ii! —s. --s. ,„be S 'l —B. —s. D."; —S. 275. 1 1 ": —s. 425. On` 9.0 e. 335. ol -----......................—„............... 40s. 455. rseJ Linseed, for feedi» g .........................,_. —. Lus. fii l " I Ditto, for crushing 443, 465. .. 6 ', Canary Seed, New--.............._•--..... —a. 465. fi a- 1 Ditto 01d—.....„... —s. —O. --- White Mustard Seed—.....(per Bushel)--,.. —B. 16s. . 1 * Brown I)itto --.............---... --s. in, P' St. Fain Rye Gras! Quarter), I"cey Ditto ALE I 4, S on ti ted Pittp for — ' l ° 238 ' °6 ' tiateSeed,Pmglish, tine (per last) 32/. 351. Foreile, Turnip Seeds, Rounds, Green and Red Ditto . Tares, Old Ditto New Wh . tt gle T da y 2 WES' various illu p par .rto volur but, 18 '4a offered 11 5' cli s tyle of bin, PRICES OF a n. ~17. 71. 15i. St. Si. t I Si. Ps. Farnham Ditto, Fine 0/. Os. 181. w l Seconds W. Os. 91. Os- - I 31. Os. 84 13.1. 04 Os. 01. Os. t 0 71. Oa 71. 103.„1 - 5 ,i mounced to be Kant Pockei St ssex Dittc Id Duty on PRICE OF OIL. Ripe Oil, brown Os. Refined Linseed Oil Linseed Oil Cake at Rape Cake, per ton Wil FITCH APZL 11AY MA ItKET.—J3rit'i; Od. to 105 . CcL Clover .—.6os. Od. to 3tis. Od. _/ r thousand .-.... ....„. .....___________ r 0 ri PHIC Kidneys c.:2. Scotch Reds—. Marsh Champions—. Oxnobles and Shaw' POTATOES.—Jan. 17. tP 01. Os. to 5/. OS. lf,io 41. IN. to 0/ N. o„' Et h 41. 10s. to 01; Os. 9'ilo -r...."" 91. ss. to 31. 105.:222 RAW HIDES. Per Stone. s. &. to s. d. Per Stone. Rest Hciturs Staere2 10 3 2 Ordinary Aliddlingii., * 2 4 2 8 Mullet SHEEP SKINS. e ' Polled .M.,.....,..., 2s. 6d. to 4 s . Od . 1 Dewn5,—............ 15 ' Welch ............ ls.od. to ls, 4d. ,...... _,./. COAL MARKET.—Jan. 17. Attair's —... :326. 0.1. Walls End Callertoallc, Bishop's Main .....--„ 99 0 Walls End Carr al'.,, Dean's Primrose...—. :12 0 Ditto Cl ar k e a nd ' East PQrey ------- :10 0 Ditto Cranilineton ,- / Heblsurn Main --. :14 6 Walls End 1111da":, Kenton West , ---. 32 6 Ditto Monkseatel , ',;) Killingworth, --............. :14 3 Ditto NottliumL.) . ! . 2 M l Liddell's 411.1.... ...,.......w 3 0 0 Ditto Peareth Long Benton --..... 30 6 Ditto Riddell's .. , •';' . fi l„ Ord's Itedhugh & Beau. Walls End Russel' /1 mont------ 30 0 Walls End Hettoll o il Ord's Itedhugh reship, :0 6 W a ll s E n d I. a iltit°}l Peiaw I q. l '' Percy Relish:nit :13 9 Walls End Stewlvttr South Holy well ~,•..,,.. 98 6 W. E. Russell's b e ,/ lantield :l2 6 Walls End Tees.,:/ West Hartley :10 0 Hartley ..— L... ....::/ ) tVillington . 33 7 Silkstone Walls End Bo un d ary ..• :0 6 Walls Snd SelbY'' ..l . l Ditto Bell Robson & Co . :14 0 Wait's End Elgin'/ Walls End Brown's ...,w.:l* 6 Tan field Tr a der.. , ',/ Ditto Brown's unsc. 3O 0 Wall s E n d small "' ~ Ditto Burraton :13 9 . 0 1 Ships at market, 140%......5h1ps sold, 383a.----' 0 --- _ C' OTt49CHORNAI AMARKETS.ItKE. r.... jsi , HA I)DINSGI'O Barley sold readily at au a d vance of 3s. on the tor',o 0. i,1,, on the average-197 quarters sold. Oats are up t I cli,? . and 3.1. on the average-4962 quarters were sold. a rt' at the last top price ; tin! average is up 9d. Pea se is,e. the average-28 quart ers were sold. Beans are LIP I rage-75 quarters were sold. I . : Wheat. Barley. O a t,. Pease First 6.4s Od 416 lid 31s 64 445 O d d , Second ~ 6os Od 37s Od 26s lid 3 95 o s Third There were 370 qrs. of Wheat in m a rk e t, 2,9 wile „e 45 Usisold.-36 Grey. , i i s. i Average • •------„ fru I)ALKEITH CORN M A ItKET.--J gj ;t 0( ol There was a large supply of Wheat in the nui ri ti ! t which met with a heavy sale, at rather lower Pr of this day se'nnight. s se. Wheat. BA tley. Oats. re age. First ...... 656 Ad m $ Od 306 Od 44s Second... Ala Od 3 , 2 1 Od 26s od 4 0 $ ( ia i Third..... 54s Od 30s Lki 'J9..s Od 3 . 55 y , lett er r4 'd a fir i ttin4 af tot icurs in ti t °Pini( oth,, crii 1\44 h ° Pe tht. l) ; fro n , ? pect flight, a . O f' On the 13th inst. It BIRTHS Beaufort Castle, 10 e if Li' N. 8., the lion. Mrs. F raser o f L ova t, was ° re of a son. be li On the 16th inst. i a T orr i ng t on - squ are, t" R. Daniell, Esq., of a daughter. : 0 On the 16th inst. at the Grove, Ilendouti J. Lane, Esq., of a ( laughter. sl its On the 17th inst. in Somerset-street, PO the lady of A. Salvie7., Esq. of a daughter,' o 'f i' On the 15th inst. a t Clare Priory, the 13a f , Esq. of a daughter. Th. Q i h i tor ';zt t141.1e follo,w in I!" garkl il it ,Z i P- dori of , T, a Ikt Qn sideral GLOM R by 414 4 . Miss V rr Vok„ t t h :: eI t co t :` ) te, k a rn s r rati o „ h . °Ai rtki .`Nsr( of th e 'd d r°l tha t Pert. MARRIED. Mr.: l ; 1 ' On the 15th inst. ;it N ort ha mpton , of Islington, to M rs . S. short, sister of Mullinar, Northampt c n. lei" On the 11th i ns t. a t Ch r i st Church, 3-451,00 11 Adron to Maria, foul th daughter of MO' John's Wood. DIED. On the 17th inst. in Berkeley-square , ~e „ 111 of T. Legh, Esq., M . P. of Lyme-hall, C e P lis iee On the 16th inst. at Linden-grove, Pellatt, Esq., aged 71.. On the 15th inst. a Upton, near No t W. Samwell, Esq. On the 15th inst. i a South 111olton-str eet ' lanes, of New Bond-s treet, aged 38. o f ° On the 15th i ns t. Ai : r. J. Langstos , late Cheapside, aged 46. PRINTED AND PURLI IU D KY MURD° THE SUN OFFIC fr, 112, STRAND) Kent