The Sun. — London, England, 1827-11-16 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS It may serve as a proof of the diabolical hard ness of heart produced by the practice of gam bling, whether in the hells as they are called, or in the funds ) to state that a policy has been handed about 'Change, giving five guineas to receive .an hundred, if the three Ambassadors' heads Were off at Constantinople by the 15th of the present month ! What wretches ! Money! money ! above all things, money ! This it is to speculators in the funds—time-bargainers. For our own parts, we do not think the Ambassa dors' lives in any danger ; not only because they have done no wrong, but because neither their Governments, nor the naval officers employed by their Governments, have done none ; the battle being evidently accidental, and begun by the Turks themselves. There is also another topic which deserves consideration. The pre sent Sultan is not, like his predecessors, to be considered as the mere tool or instrument of a turbulent and ungovernable army. He has had the power to dissolve that army, and the new military force by which this has been done should also be able to controul any other insurrectionary movement calculated to violate the law of nations and end in bloodshed.— Times. We cannot say that any intelligence yt t eeived from the seat of war, or rather of sh p less confusion, in Catalonia, prOvides us with many sound materials for reasoning upon its re sults. The impression remains pretty generally fixed, that it is a rebellion of the priesthood, and of those among the politicians of the Spanish or French Court who coincide with the Jesuits and Popish Bishops in their taste for despotic power. That Princes nurse: in arbitrary maxims from their birth, should regard with in dulgence at least an ostensible attack on their authority, proceeding from su c h quar t ers , an d directed to such ends, appears no very wild con jecture, where, as in the Royal Family of Spain, and in others which we forbear to specify, there cannot be alleged much predominating wisdom to enlighten the princely advocate for despotism, upon the danger of openly abetting it in such an age as this, and thus to warn him against the chance of overrunning his game by too eagerly and fiercely pursuing it, One thing must be acknowledged—that Ferdinand has been guided by a prudent instinct in hurrying from the in terior of the kingdom, where a public convulsion might too readily have involved him, and betaking himself towards an extremity of Spain. If he has not succeeded in putting down a rebellion which had for its object the strengthening of his own absolute power, he has unquestionably at tained the other and far dearer purpose,—that for which alone, as is said by those who know him, Ferdinand deliberates and watches without ceasing,—we mean a more secure depository for his own person. He is now about entering a Spanish, fortress,, occupied by a numerous French garrison. He has the maritime frontier at his feet, and that of the Pyrenees within twelve hours. He •may therefore look on at his ease, while civil war tears his country. A remarkable order has been issued for disarming allthe Spaniards— those only excepted who are already organised, and under command of the Court. If such an order be more than issued,—if it be carried into execution,—the whole body of Liberals will be at the mercy of their persecutors, and every friend of law and constitution will have .the unsheathed knife at his throat. Were it not, therefore, somewhat hazardous to speculate on any Spanish contingencies, we might be tempted to guess that the execution of the above order would not be quietly accomplished. How far the resistance May succeed, is a different question. But if the constitutional or even moderate men give up those arms, which are more general, perhaps, in Spain than any where else in Europe, the spirit of their enemies leaves little doubt that they will be indiscriminately butchered.—lbid. . We recollect a case in which a great defaulter to the British Government tried, to improve his fortunes by engaging in a plan to restore cast iron to its malleable state. But the scheme failed, and the man was ruined. We wish the Reports -on Emigration conld be re-converted to their primitive rags, and they (the rags) made to emi grate (instead of the poor devils who wear them) to the Morea, to be applied to the wounds of all who have suffered in the battle of Navarin. We weighed one of those Reports, as we informed the public, and found that its weight amounted to five pound s and a half! There is another of about three pounds, and a little make-weight of only a few ounces; and such trash ! Whilst we were sitting last night in total ,despair of any news from Vienna or Constantinople, we tossed over one of these massy volumes. It opened at the evidence of a worthy Baronet, who said that he should like to send certain troublesome sub jects out of a parish belonging wholly to him self. No doubt he would, and so would others in his station ; but as matters stand at present, the poor families have just as great a right to .send the rich away as the rich the poor. How ever, the worthy Baronet is skilled in breeding, and has, we believe, written a book upon that subject ; he therefore sagaciously adds—" pro vided he could prevent the space from being filled up again." Ay, there's the hitch ! You may pump, and pump your heart:out, Sir John, but the water will still make head against you, unless you can stop the little aperture by which it flows in. An amiable man, we believe, but not a good practical philosopher, recommended that ilrocess ;but, some how or other, his scheme failed of being adopted, and so will the emigra tion scheme. If the superfluous wealth of the rich were employed in nothing else but removing the redundant poor, the active exertions of the residue, taking population at its mean level, would continually and for ever replenish the va cuum, unless some dire' calamity, like an earth quake or the plague, came in aid of the emi gration scheme. _ --Ibid. . , The first open Meeting of tne M ag i strates of the County of Middlesex took place yesterday. The subject discussed was one of a very inte resting nature—the proposed erection of a -County Lunatic Asylum. Mr. Serjeant Pell introduced the subject to the Meeting in a rely impressive speech, equally creditable to his head and his heart. He went over the evidence which had been obtained as to the present state of the • receptacles for lunatics in the neighbourhood of the metropoliS, and slibived not only the treat. mem of the wretched inmates of many of them was cruel and injudicious, but that there were no available means for securing a suitable treat ment. The receptacles were under no efficient Supervision ; and, what was still more astonish ing, the discovery pf the grossest misconduct was no bar . to the renewal of the license. One ob jection to the existing system of sending pauper tunatics to private receptacles is, that it is not the interest of the keeper' that his patients should be cured. We would not wish to be understood to say, the great differerice between the number' cured in County Asylums uring the first three months and number cured in private madhouses, is the result of any positive determination in the keepers of the latter to prevent the cure of their patients in order to have their houses well filled ; because, without attributing to them any such fiendish malevolence, the circum stance can be satisfactorily accounted for in the inadequacy of the medical attendance allowed by them. For instance, a medical gentleman at tended 500 patients in one asylum every second day ; for which attendance, arid the medicines furnished by him, he was allowed 5001. a-year. The same medical gentleman attended other asylums of the same description. It was truly observed by Mr. Sergeant Pell, that " the time he was able to affbrd these their unfortunate fel low -creatures, labouring under the most dreadful of human maladies—the deprivation of reason— was not more than would be required to pay to ten persons suffering from any ordinary illness." Without, therefore, saying that the keepers of asylums wished to prevent the cures of patients, that, as their profits depended on numbers, they may lose as few as possible, we may observe that the keepers have an interest in laying as little as possible out on medical attendance and medi cines; the paucity of cures is the result of the inadequate medical care, so that self-interest leads circuitously to the result just as effectually as if the.keepers directly aimed at it. It is dangerous , to place a man's interest at variance with his duty ; and advisable, whenever the thing is practi cable, to reconcile them. Government allow the surgeons who take out convicts to New South Wales half a guinea a-head for each person landed in that colony. We suspect that that small reward has no little effect in securing the attention of the surgeons. At all events, we know the deaths are wonderfully few ; for we are acquainted with one surgeon, who has four times taken out large cargoes of convicts, without losing one. We have rat the least hesitation in saying, that if a sum had to be paid by the various keepers for any difference in the amount of persons remain ing insane in their asylums, compared with the averages in a given number of years in County Asylums, much beyond any thing that could be made by bad treatment, self-interest would soon enlighten them as to the medical attendance and medical skill necessary for the unfortunate per sons consigned to their care. The great argu ment against the erection of a County Asylum is the expence. This has led the parishes of St. Andrew's, Holborn, St. James's, Westmin ster, St. George the Martyr, St. John's, Hack ney, St. Clement Danes, St. Luke's, Stanmore, Whitechapel, Chiswick, &c. to petition against the measure. One. parish alone has petitioned in favour of the measure—St: George's, Hano ver-square—which, being by far the richest, is less influenced by the consideration of expellee. To the necessity for combating the opposition of the parishes, we are probably indebted for the tardy justice which has at length been done to the public, in admitting them to the Meetings in which their money is voted away by Magis trates. Those who favour the erection of if County Asylum, confident in the justice of their cause, feel persuaded that it will gain by publicity, and therefore Court it. " If (said Mr. Sergeant Pell) the object of the present business was the manufacture of a job, would he, and those who supported it, have courted publicity, as he and they had done ? He was of opinion that their proceedings should be public, and that every fa cility and means should be afforded to the public of knowing the grounds on which they were called to pay their money, and the purposes to which it was applied. If the present design were an unworthy one, let the public know it ; and let it be branded with the public contempt. — But he was satisfied that when the public under stood it, as they would through the discussion of that day, they would heartily approve of it."— It was well and truly observed by Hobbes, that no man was against reason, till reason was against him ; and it is not less true, that no man dreads publicity who is not conscious that he would lose from it. The public pay always more cheerfully that which is recommended to them by conclu sive arguments in its favour ; and hence an honest Government, which hares itself to public inspection, can always act more vigorously on great emergencies than one which shrouds it self from inspection. We are warranted, from the bold and manly avowal of the Magistrates, in asserting, that privacy is wished for only when deeds which will not bear the light are in agita tion—that publicity is dreaded when the argu ments for a measure would lose from it ; and hence we may stoutly maintain, with such au thorities to back us, that the Magistrates of the counties which do not, like York and Middlesex, admit the public to their pro ceedings, are jobbers, or would be jobbers —that they dread lest light be let in, either on present jobs, or on jobs which they have in petto. We confess that it appears to us, if ever there was a case made out, it was the one be fore the Meeting. Admittingin its fullest extent the argument that the Magistracy ought to be cautious how they added to the pressure of taxa tion,—keeping steadily in view that the expences occasioned by the administration of criminal law have become enormous—that there are twelve Sessions annually, and eight at the Old Bai ley,—that the already over-burdened rate-payers should have no additional burden thrown on them which is not essentially necessary—the conclusion to which this brings us is, that eco nomy, wherever practicable, should beintro duced into the public expenditure ; but not that objects of paramount importance should be re jected from considerations of expense. Can any thing be more horrid to think of than that hun- dreds of our fellow-creatures should, because they are poor and have none to help them, be con signed over to hard-hearted interested men, who not only subject them to the most cruel and beastly treatment ; but retain, by their want of care—in a condition, compared to which death is a blessing—persons, of whom (as is proved by experience) the great majority, under proper care, would be restored to their reason ? If economy is to prevail against humanity, better at once cut the throats of the poor wretches ; for it would be cheaper to pay for their death, than to pay keepers of private mad houses for retaining them in a life worse than death. We should not lose sight of economy, but neither should we lose sight of humanity ; and those of whom God has left in the possession of our reasoning faculties, should use those faculties in endeavouring to correct the evils that lead to an unnecessary ex penditure, and not in making an unnecessary ex penditure a pretext for refusing that which is necessary. The whole system of criminal juris prudence, and its administration in this country, is rotten at the core, and our Police is as much interested in the increase of crime as the keepers of private madhouses are interested in the increase Of insane patients. Let the axe be laid to the root monopolists,ofthese vicious systems—l e t the vicious w h o fatten on the poverty arid misery of the people, and cover the country with crime, have the prey torn from their fangs — but do not, in the face of heaven, continue evils of so horrible a nature, that the cold-blooded determination to maintain is sufficient to call down divine justice on our heads. We rejoice to find that humanity triumphed in this case— that the amendment was negatived, and the motion of Mr. Sergeant Pell carried, with one dissentient hand.—Morfing Chronicle. The general class of consumers of the three first necessaries of life—bread, meat, and beer, have great reason, apparently, to complain of the prices which they are compelled to pay for each. We hear, on all hands, from the agriculturists, loud,. and seemingly well-grounded complaints of the lowness of prices both of corn and cattle, while the price of bread is far beyond what it ought to be, that of meat still higher, and that of beer (thanks to the monopoly by which it is governed and engrossed), wholly immoveable. Probably there never was, in a community composed of rational beings, any thing half so odious, and ex tensively oppressive as this same monopoly in beer. That the common beverage of the whole community, derived from the natural, if not the almost spontaneous produce of the soil, should be confined to the hands of a few wealth) capitalists, wlio, to foster their own avarice ; deal out poison at their own price, instead of a wholesome liquid at a just one, is beyond all calculation absurd and outrageous in the extreme; while, to crown the folly and injustice of the system, it carries with it the sanction of a grave constituent body, yclept throughout the kingdom " His Majesty's Justices of the Peace." Whe ther this same Worshipful Body throughout the kingdom drink good beer at a cheap rate, we know not ; most of them probably, are either wine, and not beer drinkers, or brew their own— but that under their sanction a deleterious, instead of a wholesome and nutritious liquid, is dealt out to nine-tenths of the community, ad mits of no doubt. And what is worse still (and the point to which we would now more immediately re fer) let the price of the raw material sink to what it may, no fall ever takes place in the commodity which these worthies profess to extract from it. , Let any man who has the means but malt his own barley, and from it brew his own beer, and then compare its cost (to say nothing of the dif ference in the quality) with that which he will obtain from the brewer or the public-house, and he will see that little, if any thing, short of fifty per cent., is added to what actually goes into the Exchequer. In the article of bread, emphati cally and truly called the staff of life, an actual difference of 20 per cent. exists at this time in various shops of the metropolis ; so that the high-priced bakers must be gaining a profit to that, or nearly that amount, over what others find to be a just and reasonable profit. From all the country fairs we hear of the low prices of cattle. Sheep, in particular, were last week, at dime of the largest marts in the 'West of England, ' so unsaleable, that tens of thousands were driven away unsold—yet no reduction takes place in the price of meat ; but the consumer is actually paying as if the farmer were wallowing in wealth, and his prices such as marked the highest periods of agricultural prosperity. Now, though we state these things strongly, let it not be inferred that we would recom mend any interference of the law upon the subject. .On the contrary, it is the law which, in one case—that of beer—causes the greater part of the evil. But the public may do a great deal towards relieving themselves, and that we would recommend them to do. Why are the high-priced butcher and baker encou raged, while they who would sell at a moderate price are sneered at and avoided ? There is a silly idea, that what is dear must be good, and that what is cheap must be inferior. This vulgar error is doubly mischievous, as it defeats coin petitiou, and prevents those who might be served cheaply from having that resource to apply to. if middling and better sort of people, who trust too much to servants, were to look into such matters a little themselves, much of the evil would be lessened. What Sir Robert Walpole said of the landed interests—viz. : that they stood quietly like sheep to he shorn—may be applied to the great body of consumers in the country at this moment ; who, if they were to determine to look out for and encourage those who would furnish them with the necessaries of life at a moderate price, instead of submitting to the high prices they pay without dissent or in quiry, things in general would soon find a more natural level, and dearness and cheapness no longer exist in the same commodities.—Morn ing Herald. We are still withoutany authentic information relative to the present interesting and important state of Turkish affairs. But all the accounts received within the last few day, via Austria, seem to favour the prevailing opinion, that through the influence of the Court of Vienna, the Porte will be induced to yield to the severe and pressing necessities of the moment. lii this event (admitting its probability) the fate of the Ottoman Empire will in a great degree be placed in our hands ; and in such fearful circumstances we must be careful how we act, or suffer others to proceed. Consistently either with true policy or justice, we can never, under any colour or pretence, allow. Russia the full possession of those islands, which would give her the key to the Dardanelles, much less to accomplish her other obvious views of aggrandisement in respect to the Ottoman Empire. In despite of our joi►►t attack and victory over the Turkish fleets, we cannot politically allow her dismemberment. It is one thing to humble her, and impair her strength—it is another to annihilate her. We cannot afford it. The present position of Europe will not allow us to permit it for a mo ment. Whatever may be the ultimate conse quences of the late unjust and unjustifiable pro ceedings on our part, we have already the pain ful certainty that for the present at least they have served to dim our hitherto pleasing prospect of a durable peace, We have wily rivals to deal with—we must not rely too much upon " the word of promise"—our eyes and ears must be open, else most assuredly we shall be taken by surprise. We have much to look to at home— we have many conflicting interests to arrange and balance—and the sooner our foreign engage ments are settled, the better for all parties.— When once the blow is struck, there is no know ingwhere the next may come from. Our victory at Navarin was splendid in the extreme ; it recall to us the days of our greatest glory, when our flag was victoriously flying in every sea in the known world ; but we must not suffer ourselves to be so dazzled by its brilliancy, as to forget the probable results to which it may lead.—Morn ino. Post. HOP INTELLIGENCE. Woßcz ma, Nov. 14.—.0 a Saturday 700 pockets were weighed ; prices 80S. to 90s. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—THE Six-LEGGED Ox.—Yes terday Mr. Benson, one of those who were summoned to answer for the offence of detaining the six-legged ox claimed by Richmond, the black pugilist, appeared before the LORD Maros, in obedience to the order.—Richmond stated, that he had won the six-legged ox fairly at the raffle, although he had not attended, and that Benson, who had possession of the beast, refused to deliver it, contrary to the articles of the same. Benson said, that a mart named Jackson, who threw for Richmond at the raffle, was another resolute claimant of the ox. Jackson, when he threw for Rich mond, threw the highest number, and it was instantly pro claimed that Richmond had won the ox. Jackson, how ever, at that moment, said, " No, no ;it was for myself I threw that time ; I had no authority to throw for Rich mond." Mr. Benson said, that he therefore knew not what to do ; both parties claimed the ox, and both threat ened him with legal proceedings if he gave it up. The Loan MAYOR advised Mr. Benson to give the ox up to Richmond, who was a housekeeper, and who would in demnify Mr. Benson against any proceedings that, might be commenced against him by Jackson. FORGED NOTES.—A master tailor, who resides near Lombard-street, brought to the Justice-room a forged Bank note for 101., which had been taken by a grocer in Fen church-street, on Saturday, from a dashing-looking fellow, who called in a coach and made some purchase, and re ceived the change. The plate is dated 14th April, 1826, and is extremely well executed. There is no water-mark, and the paper is a shade darker than the ordinary Bank paper. There are, it seems, a great number of those notes in circulation, most of which are said to be in course of issue by some of the most daring swindlers in the country. BOW-STREET.—Crr ARGES OF Faaun AND FORGERY. —Fredric D. Jones and his chere =le, Caroline Bell, were yesterday put to the bar, charged on suspicion of being concerned in numerous acts of swindling and forgery. Jones is the individual who was charged with obtaining vast sums of money from the nobility, gentry, and clergy, by falsely pretending to be the Secretary of the North Britons, or Welsh Charitable Institution, and also of other public charities. His former examination on a charge of obtaining the sum of 51. from the Lord Dynevor, under the false pretence that he was " F. H. Jones, Esq., Serjeant at-law, and Secretary of the North Britons' Institution," was reported in this paper of the 9th inst.—The prisoner Caroline Bell has been cohabiting with the prisoner for some time, and it may be recollected that she was charged at this office some time ago with obtaining money from Lord Levison Gower. On that occasion it appeared that she was a tool in the hands of the prisoner Jones, who kept out of their way, and she was set at liberty. On Saturday last Jones and Bell were put to the bar of this office : and Mr. Hayward, the Secretary of the North Britons' Institution, observed, that through the officious interference of the clerks and secretaries of the Mendicity Society, on the former examination, the public had been led to believe that the prisoners had been apprehended, in consequence of the activity of the officers of the Mendieity Society; whereas he (Mr. Hayward) had been, with the assistance of Taunton, jun., for weeks looking after the prisoners, and by great exertions they had succeeded in taking them into custody. Mr. Ha eLs, the Magistrate, on that occasion remarked, that like others, he supposed the Mendicity Society were anxious to obtain popularity. [The reason why we venture the observation of the sitting Magistrate, will be seen in the sequel.] Yesterday Colonel Wood appeared to prefer a charge of fraud against the prisoner Jones ; Mr. Harmer appeared to support the prosecution, and Mr. Humphreys attended on behalf of the prisoners. Colonel Wood stated, that in August last he wai in the country, and he received a letter which he produced, signed " F. H. Jones, Secretary to the Society of North Britons," soliciting a subscription on behalf of the widow of an officer named Williams. In the letter was inclosed a petition, to which were attached the names of several per sons of rank, who appeared to have subscribed. The writer of the letter represented that the widow was in the greatest distress, and was a real object of charity. Witness did not immediately reply to the letter, intending, on his return to town, to inquire personally into the case. On the 7th of September he received another letter, signed as before, re questing an answer to the former letter ; and subsequently he received a third letter, desiring him to return the peti tion if he did not think proper to subscribe. On the receipt of the last letter he sent a draft for - two pounds, drawn on his hankers in London, inclosed in a letter di ,. meted to " F. H. Jones, Esq. Chester-place, Kennington." The draft produced. by Taunton, jun. he identified to be the same.. . _ _ Mrs. Doolittle, the keeper of a receiving house for letters sent by the General Post, in Chester-place, Ken nington, stated, that she knew the prisoners. The prisoner Jones came to her !louse in August last, and told her that, if she received any letters addressed to "F. H. Jones, Esq. Chester-place, Kennington," she would please to keep them till he called for them. He was in the habit of receiving nine or ten letters in the week. He after wards told her that, if letters were addressed to her house in the name of Watts, Esq. or Yates, Esq. to take them in for Mitt and he would call for them. She was rather surprised at his stating that be expected letters in different names, and in reply to her interrogatories on the subject, he said that the gentlemen all belonged to the same ..firm."—(Laughter.) Sir R. Btaxtv—His frauds have been committed by wholesale, and therefore he very properly spoke of the " firm." Witness continued—The prisoner received many letters, addressed to Taunton, jun. stated, that he discovered that the prisoner resided at No. 3, Queen's-row, Kennington, and on pro ceeding thither, he found in a front parlour on the mantle piece, a draft for 21. (which he produced) drawn by Col. Wood. He also found on the person of the prisoner a Bank of England note, No. 10,474, for 5/., and several letters, addressed to -- Watts, Esq. and 'Yates, Esq., Chester-place, Kennington. Maria Francis deposed, that the prisoners had lived as t Theyhouse,No.occupied e 3 c ,Qneen' he rmo, andKennington, wife at since ot August er's las front parlours, which were searched by Taunton, jun., the officer. The prisoners went by the names of Mr. and Mrs. Yates. Mr. Harmer said, that he did not intend to produce further evidence in this case at present; but be should pray for the committal of Jones for a week, to afford him an opportunity of bringing several Noblemen and Gentlemen from the country, who had been defrauded by the prisoner. Mr. Humphreys said, that the charge against his client amounted to a misdemeanour only, . and the Magistrates were bound to accept bail for his appearance, to answer the offence at the sessions. Mr. Harmer observed, that there were numerous other charges, but he was not prepared to go into them, though he was convinced he should be able to bring home to the prisoner several very clear charges of the most flagrant kind. Mr. Humphreys said, that Mr. Harmer was always very sanguine of success ; but not always successful. Mr. Rams said, that he did not know whether the charges, which on a future day would be gone into, might not amount to a felony, and therefore he should not 'accept of bail at present. Mr. Harmer said that although the female prisoner was engaged in destroying papers when the officer appre hended her yet he did not think there was sufficient evi dence to detain her, and he would consent to her being dis charged. Mr. Bodkin, the Barrister and Honorary Secretary of the Mendicity Society, addressed Mr. Halls. He said he was directed by the Mendicity Society to state that they did not wish, by any " officious interference" (which the Society had been charged with), to take the prosecu tion out of the able hands into which it had fallen ; but all the Society wished was, in case of the present charges fail ing (and no one knew better than Mr. Harmer how diffi cult it was to prosecute such cases of fraud to con viction), that they might be allowed to prosecute him on the other charges of fraud, of which the Society possessed the most pregnant proof of his guilt.— The Society were willing to allow Mr. Harmer the use of all the documents they possessed on the subject. Mr. HALLS said that it was very liberal on the part of the Mendicity Society, and be was sure the officers of the Society would not be intimidated by remarks which had appeared in the public press, charging them with " offi cious interference." Mr. Bodkin said that the attack was probably not in tended to injure the Society. Jones was then ordered to be remanded for a week, and the young woman was discharged. Shortly after she was set at liberty, she came to Mr. HALLS, and requested to be allowed to visit Jones in the lock-up room. Mr. HALLS said that he could not comply with her request; she knew that Jones was a married man, with and notwithstanding the warn ing ni ne children ; she had received, on a former occasion, she had con tinued to cohabit with him. She left the Office in tears, and it was observed that she was in an advanced state of pregnancy. THE PRESS AND THE POLICE....A Morning Paper (the Times) has lately published several articles under the head o f " Police Abnsea." Mr. Thomas, a constable in his own right, of th e parish ; Covent-garden, who has been very active in o f St. Paul removing nuisances from the streets since his election to office, yesterday morning came before the Magistrates and handed to Mr. Nails a Times newspaper of the same day. The constable made some observation to the Magistrate, which did not reach our ear. Mr. HALLS read the paper, and said, these attacks upon the Police are false as they are absurd. You, lam sure, will do your duty, Mr. Thomas, in despite of such calum nies. I know that the parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden, was never better regulated than at the present moment, since the reign of Queen Anne. The worthy Magistrate then handed the newspaper to Sir R. Birnie, who read part of the report referred to, and expressed himself with great warmth on the subject of the publication. Thomas, the constable, said that since he had been in office he had removed most of the public nuisances, and the streets were now much more quiet. Sir R. BIRNIE.—AII, ah ! talk of flash-houses, indeed ; what do we know of flash-houses ? we do not know of did: existence ; but the pickpocket who writes those articles of low slang professes to know all about them, and, for aught I know he may. Mr. HALLS and Sir R. BIRNIE again urged the con stable to proceed in the course he had hitherto pursued, re gardless of the misrepresentations in the journal he had laid before them. UNION-HALL.—A young man, late a clerk in the employ of Mr. Muskett, an oil-merchant in Snow's-fields, Bermondsey, was charged with embezzling divers sums of money, the property of his employer. The complainant stated, that the prisoner had been in his employ as a tra veller, at a salary of 1001. per annum. In September he returned to town from a journey, and neglected to account for the sum of 51. which he had received from Mr. Edwards, a glazier, of Ditchley. Mr. Muskett added, that he had other charges of a similar description to prefer against the prisoner. Upon cross-examination by Mr. Harmer, who appeared for the prisoner, Mr. Muskett said that he did not prefer the charge against the prisoner until he had accepted a situ ation in the house of a rival tradesman. The prisoner, in a second account which he drew up of his transactions on his journey, inserted the sum which he had received from Mr. Edwards, and time was given him to go into the country to his friends, to endeavour to procure the amount of the balance due. Under these circumstances, it was contended by Mr Harmer, that the prisoner ought to be discharged, as there was a running account between the parties. The Magistrates, however, ordered the prisoner to find bail, himself in 3001. and two sureties in 2001. for his appearance at the Sessions. This was accordingly ten dered and accepted, and the prisoner was :iberated. THAMES POLICE.—Three persons, named Fitz gerald, Huggins, and Wiltshire, were charged with as saulting Morrice O'Connell. The defendant (Wiltshire) is a labourer employed at the Thames Tunnel. On Satur day evening, when the dinner was given by Mr. Brunel, in the Tunnel, to some of his friends, Wiltshire went up to the complainant to procure a light for his pipe, and said- 4, Paddy, light my pipe—you are an Irishman, and only fit to light a gentleman's pipe." The complainant immediately broke Wiltshire's pipe in two, and then Fitz gerald assaulted him. Wiltshire and Huggins interfered merely to put an end to the disturbance. Wiltshire and Huggins were therefore discharged, and Fitzgerald made the complainant a compensation for the assault. IREL AND. COURT OF CHANCERY. SCHISM BETWEEN TILE LORD CHANCELLOR AND THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS, CONTINUED. At the rising of the Court on Friday, the business of the day having been disposed of, his Lordship intimated his desire to the Six Clerks, that they would meet him in Chamber, where, in reference to the order made by the Master of the Rolls in his Court on the same morning, his Lordship informed them that, should they depart from the usual practice of the court over which he presided, they would do so at their peril. ROLLS' COURT. His Honour the MASTER of the ROLLS, on taking his seat on Saturday, was applied to by Mr. Litton, on the subject of a motion which he had to make in allusion to his Honour's late order. He expressed his delicacy at doing so, as the petition was addressed to the Lord Chancellor. Mr. BALL, one of the Six Clerks, then addressing his Honour, stated to him the Chancellor's deter mination on the subject, as delivered by him in Chamber on the preceding evening, on which The MASTER of the ROLLS read a written decla ration, insisting on his right; as Judge of that Court, to niake whatever order he considered necessary and proper for the regulation of his own Court, and.pro testing against any legal right or authority in the Lord Chancellor to interfere with any order made by him for the regulation of the practice of his (the Master of the Rolls') independent though subordi nate Court. In order, however; that the public business should not be interrupted, and for the con venience of suitors, he would allow his order of the 9th to stand suspended for the present until further notice. The business of the Court then proceeded as usual. His HONOUR, it is said, holds daily consultation with his Counsel, Messrs. Blackburn, Pennefather, and Lefroy, and the question will, in all probability, come before the House of Lords. Mr. SHAW, the gentleman appointed to act as his Honour's Secretary, has, we understand, only accept ed the situation for the purpose of having the ques tion tried through his name. MEETJNGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DlARY.—Tuesosr, Nov. 20.—(At the Court of Commissioners, Basinghall-street.) Anderson, W., Waterloo- Dickinson, J., New Broad place Boucher, R., George-st , Edmonds, T. Stcyning ll Adelphi COUNTRY DIARY.—MoNnikv, Nov. 19. Coupland and Co., Liverpool—George, Liverpool 1 Fogg, J., Bolton—Bridge, Bolton Hammond, G., Strensall—Swan, Goodramgate ll Isaac, N. sen. ' Marshfield—White Hart, Bath Lubbock, W., Leamington Priors—Bcdford hotel, Learning, ton Priors , 2 Martindale, J., Flath—Turf, Newcastle ll TO BE DISCHARGED, ;al-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, AT NINE. Morton, G., Carter's-lane, Doe tors' Commons Munuens, J., Smithfield Padmore, 1., Clifton-street INSOLVENTS APPLYIN' Petitions to be heard at PortuE Nov. 21, Bliss, J., Chertsey. 13rooksoil, J., Bankside Crossman, T., Bristol Howard, J., Cricklade COUNTRY.—At the Court-house, Maidstone, November 20, at Ten o'clock. Antoine, V., Gravesend (Stanton,Patison, W., Tunbridge Miles, J.,Sevenoaks W., Lewisham Clark, ~ Tunbridge At Newcastle, Nov.' 19, at Ten. Atkinson, W., Crutched-friars 'Mew, W., Newport Doeg, H., Newcastle 'Noble, W., North Shields Elwes, W., Tynemouth Patterson, W., Newcastle Giles, N., Durham ' Robinson; J., North'Shields Hamilton, W., Newcastle - • -'' - . On Thursday morning last, Corporal GEORGE BATH, of the 3d Foot Guards, on the recruiting service in this town, went out for the purpose of angling in the river Severn ; not returning that evening, search was made, and the upper part of his rod and line was found in the river near the Horse Boat, about a mile below the town ; and we regret to say, his body was found in the river, near the same spot, on Monday last. From all the circumstan ces, there can be no doubt that the upper part of the rod, with the line, having been thrown from the other part of whilst fishing, he had been endeavouring to regain it when he fell into the water and was drowned. —Salopian Journal. SYMPTOMS OP INSANITY AMONG THE BA KERS.-In our last paper we detailed the death of a foolish baker, who, in a fit of drunken intrepidity, had made an attempt to walk on the cornice of the North Bridge, and naturally enough had his brains dashed out in the market place below. This " melancholy accident," far from serving as a warning to adventurous journeymen and tippling apprentices, has raised a spirit of self-immo lation among them, which threatens to effect a very rapid reduction in their numericaj strength. A day or two after the accident above-mentioned, a whole troop of bakers, who had been discussing the result over sundry bottles of small beer, valorously repaired to the North Bridge, and to the infinite consternation of the fishwomeu in the market, prepared one after another to attempt the same feat which had proved so fatal to their fellow. One of them was actually on the parapet, and, in a minute or two more, would have made his advent among the cods and haddocks, some eighty or a hundred feet below, had not a passer by taken him by the collar, and safely depo sited him in the kennel. We are sure the gentleman, who was at the trouble to save the life of so silly a blockhead, was actuated by a laudable spirit of humanity ; but, for our own , part, we see little damage that could have resulted frora,the madman being allowed to follow the bent of his inclination. Bones he might have broken, but as to any periling of brains, we will risk our editorial fame that none were its danger.—Edinburgh Observer. THE MARKETS. SOUTHALL MARKET.—Nov. 14. jd This day's supply was limited, but the market hiv:i7 been thinly attended by buyers, each kind Of stock 1 :,, with a very dull sale, at the following prices per 5 7 - Mutton -- 3 35. of Sib. to sink the offals : Beef The foregoing quotations are precisely the same as "_... n li 8 6d. to 4 4 3. f3d 6 . I Veal 4s. = 4 4 5. 4c1 6 • to2:i i; this day se'nnight. Much of the supply left the market tu"' LEWES MARKET.—Nov. 13. Beet 4s. Od. to 4s. Bd. I Veal...* Mutton 4 0 4 8 Supply numerous, and trade dull, Od. to`; 0 RUMFOR MA t°' ) a. d. to D s. el. s. d • 4 a 6 1 Beef 3 6 4 6 Veal ..,4 Mutton 3 6 4 6 Pork Suckling Calves from 14e. to 3Ss. ; Quarter old PigslOs to 1 6 •11 ; 11 Supply good; trade with Veal brisk, with other things ______ s o' :}:}TS DURING TH.- w. W .RKET.—Nov. 14. rti COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING' ' Bea ns 1 Wheat. Barley. Oats. ----- Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s ' Blandford 56 30 26 "r A , Brigg 4O 46 20 27 20 26 r g Cambridge — 51 29 16 Chard 56 76 32 38 24 30 Huntingdon., , 30 '33 22' 25 " 40 r, Louth 47 50 30 32 18 20 40 .' Lynn • 56 60 31 34 19 93 ~,` . 0 Newark 49 GO 31 37 21 31 'a .w_..Nottingham Peterborough 40 50 '26 " 32, '24 :10 Plymouth .. 56 66 ~37 - 38 25 28 Pontefract,— 53. 36 32 I; 54 , 1 Sherborne— 52 62 26 32 26 29 40 Uppingham 42 52 28 35 20 33 42 0 Wisbech „, 40 56 25 32 20 24 York _ • LEEDS CORN MARKET.—Non. la 0 0 4 1 There was but a moderate shpply of Grain at to basei yet the demand was only limited, and buyergP rte d Id sparingly. Wheat of good quality scarcely suPP ° ovie week's prices, and other descriptions were rathe of 10 1 Barley was a shade cheaper. In Oats and Shelling little doing, and prices mush the same. Beans net s' slaw sale, but no material alteration in price. nominally the same. , Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b. York. and Lincoln. 601 b- ',. ' 4.53. to a" Barley, Norfolk and Sutlta • 3.ls. to Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding ~,,, Beans 63lb. ' 4 5 8, to u- - : ; Oats, rotatoe —Healing, Foreign 12jd to 13d. Shelling Rapeseed, English, 221: to 244 , MANCHESTER SMITI. At per lb. sinking Mat Sheep 4d. to 54d. 1 29 Calve. 660 Cattle 4 5 72 Pigs -- 19 Lambs - at sd. to 6d MANCHESTER POTATOE MARKET.— ,,, °' :coriv la etiosoi Potatoes, .58. ed., ss. 6d., and 6s. Od. per load of a 7 ; New ditto, Os. Od., Os. Od., and Os. per ditto; 4s. 91, ss. Od. and6s. Od. per load of 16 pecks; 135., and I ts.'Od. per 12 score. MANCHESTER YAR No. ,l. d. "flirostle Twist, 20 101 to 11i 30 —124 13 • 40..,10 17 MulecopTviist} 30 .•..11 12 for warp 40 .•.,1t 15 50..17 19 60 —2O 22 70...24 26 90...28 31 MARK 1 61 3 °8 °7 : O 01: 11 • 1 . y , 2 : ;1 11 24131- ° 1 111111 s 10 14 11 18 A Mule Cop . Weft Weft froin waste GLASGOW BETA I. Beef per lb. Os. sd. to Os. 9d. Mutton 0 4 0 6 Veal 0 5 0 9 Hams 0 7 0 9 Lamb per. qr. 1 6 3 0 Quartern Loaf... 0 9 0 0 Flour, per stone 2 0 2 8 Rye MARKETs.—Nov.I t Ai Oatmeal, per at. Is. r, $ 0 Peasemeal 2 u 6 Pot Barley, cwt 12 u ti Pearl ditto 2O 0 p 0 Grey Pease 12 0 li 0 White ditto l3 u„ Blue ditto 13 u LAW OF LIBEL.—We should hop e . 1" ;0 4 next Session of Parliament, Sir JAMBS ScAO so- Mr. BROUGHAM will try whether they cannot el beneficial alteration in our Law of Libel, by wh ip 14 1 1 eo swindler or a drunkard, by bringing an action, e'r e l obtain a farthing or a shilling for his character, !le o * , a man to the expence, of what the lawyers cat h ot the amount of 2001. or 300/. A Bill ought to u` oo to' in to regulate the amount of costs as well as theosibi, givin to a swindler or a drunkard for the tass 603 0 ratter; for instance, if the Jury thought k i° m ock worth a farthing, then we would give hiss so s on* costs ; if his character obtained one shilling, t e l r . for the law expenses, and so on.—Morning rar",„'lP!' SALE •OF THEATRICAL DRESSES' fiAnteicdtiyoneBtcßoo.rdawys with f it tless as ROBlNS,r m s. otley g r i o n:o e ven at r ' d cleo, 7o4 could be well imagined, at a sale of theatrical dr. — 00 contents of some broken"Up managerial wardrobei l eareel were the proyrietors of the Coburg and Olympic to me e` a theatrical taller named SHAKESPEARE, " tlie 504 all names," who purchased for Elliston, of the the er the conductors of two or three privat e theatres ' ll uorl road, Gray's-Inn-lane, and other parts of the 1:4000 half a dozen amateur Romeos and Mffwals' 49 latter .6 fifty children of the Twelve Tribe .= as 11 1,y fined their speculations chiefly to . sly' The matev A , partly covered with the precious ule u y heterogenS offered for sale were of thevase " motley's your only wear ;" and non-nameables, dresse9f° magistrates,devils , gi l soo fine ladies of the ancient ti° 3e ' • following are a few, as speS, m it Jews, and hermits. 7 e • they brought --$ 11 7;01 - • of the articles and 'the pric es • Peter Teazle suitfor 1/. 25., : s e rf. 11. :11.0,157.1x,staaegams;pRleoc,mbdiaainnnuceibnyr:iaeLeer..,k., deputy bought a Si" t in wo th fr e m s r a s m d e res lo s t es , , ll 9 . B. l 1 , 11 . 7 0 1/ 0 : .1 b s u i t u to rp n e t o •o n a , :drfoesrs,anwyithonael immense pair of jack I lessi eSv • ar ts broidered with silver, 11. 18s. ; an embroider ed Ir dress, the same sum ; Shylock's dress, s s . ; sel f 0 4 —Mr. numberavdge, () o f f ' s th h e ni C ia o r b d u i r .ess g, e b s o h u e gh p t u a re t b u ase nte (l l_, tar jackets, from 15s. to 11. 51. It was remar k b e 0 3 t4 i lit at have some forthcoming monstrous Tartar speetW e i t el erj theatre. 3lr. Scott, of the Olympic, bought '""OrS dress, embroidered with bugles, for 31. I s g. ; danredssiaanbdearkceeounrs; dress, Turk's dress, 21., an d several Tartar an d T u rkifil e rev, meant no doubt f or some i nterest i ng spectac le on , t `lif s ' events at Navari n . Th e ot h er d resses we re princlr chased by the conductor of private theatres. BTH. 10 On the 12th inst. at Hamp lß 110 stead, Mrs. Charles .-- of a daughter. -----''. MARRIED. tY On the 15th inst. nm: a t t a:s: S .tA hi p., re nacti d nc i e t o e rsasr h ing On the 15th inst. at St. Clement's Church , i : 0 00 (1 Strand, Etnile Meqentrier, Esq., of Paris, to Ju lia ' daughter of the late Captain John Howell. Re O wi n in t g h , e to ls A t i h ar i y n , st e . id a o t , Jackson, of Kingsland-rOaAl, to Emma, eldest &ugh.' Edward Douglas, Esq. of Isleworth. llowman, Robert, eldest son of Mr. Palmer, lu er aa sel• Church, Mr. ts°d:nuignhgteCr h of urc lt h i: by ßu t l h lo e c lle k ,:;:sliirt; park Farm, Sonning,l3erks. . h , Sit oßfe o i?vi n noTn t tt h hha e oegmu l: e_ t p h i a:es: .Rauts' Russell-square, l o i T s : l , u are , MichaeltoJoseClara h ' p m aikk te s. l. ,c i bat-at- azi l s a t ; i : sta Mrs. Wallis, of that city. e it N h j , eows e e l p d ci e l s hp t u da irt ;: eooo, t. bl" daughter of Samuel Hamilton, Esq. On the sth inst. at St. Mary's, _lslington , •"'''. ey / Hawkes, of Kingsland, to Ann, eldest daugh te r of G'• bles, Esq. of the Tower . DIED. mii kfl f ft : On the 11th inst. at the Mount, Harrow, SoP","Cer Lately, aA l t s .l ; 3 lri s n a st m . L a e ; garet Ann Campbell, youngest daughter of Colo i or e A bell, of Gatcombe Park, in the Isle of Wight, 5P.,....., (1.- fe h Laura, u relictlat e o s f o t h h o e ..sq iis : . ; so ' ago T h o r u n s t t o h n e , 10 11 ! relict of the late Davidson' Richard Grieve, FA' iher 'r o e' land-house, Northumberland,: in the 80th yea r o- bir. On the 15th inst. in the 34th year of his art ~fie, thony Axmann, of 50, Cannon-street, City. , it s'ir r o i t On the 14th inst. greatly respected, at 10, - ,0 ' Battersea Rise, Clapham Common, Thomas.APP" aged 72. a or I tsrs '' n J t o h h e n T3 P a e n g k g, of o E f nLgiltatlned.Eastcheap, for 1 11 - - r, ; cle il rk ir i . gi On the 14th inst. at the house of her daug Pi d , Gardner, at East Acton, in the 85th year of her eke,P widow of the late John Dilliman Engleheart, FA' o f in the county of Surrey. rbo oll , A On the Bth inst. aged 25, at Berne, in Sw itse , A te, tb ko ir o typhus fever, after seven weeks' illness, Char's — L .oa" daughter of the Rev. William Tyner, Vicar 0 ' PP t and Upsnarden, Sussex. _ ° fttla On the 15th inst. George Medley , Esq. !at* 4, India House. b r S r les t On the 11th inst. at Shalden Lodge, Art-: i j „ o il , scholar of Baliol College, Oxford, and ninth 312 „ 1i ,mg , ,,,. son of the late Thomas Smith , Es q . of Shakiest tstP_ On the 11th inst. at Liiddington-house, Surrel,9," ...„, iro oe, or rifle Grace, youngest daughter of the late w. J yi ' On the 12th inst. of a brain fever, Mr. Job s - No. 15, Aldgate. a t 0;9 P AINITD and Pumusssan by M. YOUNG; . Sox-OFrica, No. 112, Strand , . , _ • ' 328. t 02741 W.—F.4161i I lid. to".o 6 :,rif iSs. to 309; - CIIFIELD.—Nov. 14. Ali, ing the offal. lU Calve; 5(1. TEA ani TEA 'I other LAMP: P Ajetal VENIS HILL VIAN lei s jiit7 o ‘, , l A rt i cles orktnanillip per C ent. and STOVE. OR FIRE IB to be LONDON • , s * SI , lioNl TRE N wh o . e their ad Profou n d ni. tratioo of c ro rn errio, habe a -eilry t 3 Prevai rkiertal a k•glerri N the 'invite = • th , s Y prop %Gioia of Pa Sulatierib eu, shall be Co • " le n tutorttee t o BRANGLtst Iwp ot, CONiRLI DtvllU oIiGE Corot,. GoweiC ItAtt LA ROW IL 1 4p,„ti'uV 1 40 A 11i Piu II ,POLX 8 4 „—,t.LAS ""ON w APFOR' wtLLEST T I ARNC T qUs. DY ‘ , I IOM AS ~- K ORGE AB kOBI NS 4410 tut of Stl J b Whi Cie'oj.7lll' G. Rave 1 -. J. ' j ;r Joh raC Aet Iv ` l ' Lai AAt ~leea~ I b" Th St a F art PY I Rothßight oa henry 41ei Th • k*„ -, 1 011 11/ktbs i 0110 r ' rtr arne (i aLl l 1 41:, Meet h t 44. awl ass Tg H of 4,4 Litt 11 °w Ea. Q. tO G oy rd i ‘i°ll 't W A‘ t l4lll E 1 4 • }la, lon tt,4una,„ *ard d