The Sun. — London, England, 1827-05-14 00:00:00

IRIT .OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Sir Thomas Lethbridge, as declared leader of the Tories in the House of Commons, came for ward, on Friday evening, boldly and broad enough, with a fresh ragout of interrogatories to the 11/Mister—a mode of disputation in which philosophers have from Socrates down to his illustrious pupil and lawful representative Sir Thomas. Mr. Peel and other subalterns of the party followed obliquely and less resolutely the hostile footsteps of their chief. Upon the topic of a " provisional Government," which is now first assumed as a fact, though put in the form of a question by the Tories, and then im proved into a matter of crimination, we m a y ob serve, that any Government, whin even for a month should stand betwen the people and the reinstatement of their old oppressors in office, would for that akme demand the zealous assist ance of ever ) , honest and well-judging English man. Let but the old place-hunters be kept' long enough without the means of feeding at our expence, to be fairly starved out and out ; let us only be sure that the breath is once out of ..s.:ue monster's body—that it can no more coil itself up to spring upon and devour us—that not merely is the action of the muscles suspended, but that the seeds of life have perished ; we may then call Mr. Canning and his present colleagues' to account, on the question of Governments fixed or provisional—of common or opposing prin ciples—of collective or discordant measures; but in the name of all that is most precious and im portant to a nation, led no aid or encouragement be given to the effoits of the Ex-Ministers and their partisans, who are looking l''3 . lth the eyes of disappointed vultures to t i ne prey from which they have been so uneixpectedly scared, and be tween whom and 'lsfr. Canning—that is to say, between the "immortality of public abuse and the infancy 01 ; practical and extensive amelioration— there can be nothing intermediate. We under- I stand little of Mr. Canning's position, if he be not henceforth, by infallible necessity (his feelings put wholly out of the question), an undertaker of useful .reforms. But let iss suppose that some eminent situations in the Cabinet are held no longer than until they can conveniently be transferred. - What does this imply, in the nature of blame, to Mr. Canning? Why did the former tenants of these offices leave the King and the Minister without an alterna tive but that of throwing up the game at once, and surrendering the Government and country to hands from which both had already sustained such irreparable evil ; or of filling the vacant seats either pro .ternpore or definitively, with men whose political sentiments might ensure an undisturbed advance in that line of policy which Mr. Canning had, pledged himself before King and people to pursue ? •It is unnecessary to re peat here our concern that Lord Lansdown and his immediate friends do not set the question at repose, by coming frankly forward and putting an end to this clamour about provisional Go vernment ; nor have we yet been informed what advantage is contemplated from the delay of an act, the parties to which have no difference (it is understood) between them respecting the ex pediency of its accomplishment at no distant pe riod. The bond ,fide entrance of the Noble Marquis into the Cabinet would satisfy, the most timorous and fastidious here, as would the in stalment of Lord Plunkett in the office of Chan cellor of Ireland, subdue the distrusts of those who are most prone to entertain them in that country, respecting the principles by which this Government is about to be held together. An other subject of personal reproach has been got up against Mr. Canning, and the public may assume its prima facie value from the depth and purity of the fountains whence it sprung. Lord Londonderry and Sir Thomas Lethbridge con cur in stigmatising the Right Hon. Gentleman for having carried on a negociation with the Whigs, while he formed a part of the last Ca billet, since the illness of Lord Liverpool, and of having concealed from his Tory colleagues the existence of such a negociation.— From beginning to end of this mighty his tory, we consider it to be perfect fudge. It is not true that Mr: Canning treated with the Whigs, collectively or individually, for office. A declaration of sentiments favourable to him per sonally, and of an intention to support him un conditionally, was, it seems, conveyed to Mr, Canning by one Whig member ; but it consti tutes no part of the charge, and we are therefore justified in refusing to admit that the Right Hon. Gentleman either gave any pledge, or adopted any measure in return, before his late colleagues abandoned him. What, then, ought to have been Mr. Canning's conduct, on re ceiving such a gratuitous and unsolicited com munication ? In the first place he was bound by the intentions of the writer or spokesman for the Whigs, and unless it was the declared pur pose of that gentleman that the offer should be made known to the Tories of, the Cabinet, Mr. Canning was not a free agent, and would have broken a confidence, had. he suffered the over ture to reach those for whom it could not, in the nature of things, be intended. In the next place, let us assume that Mr. Canning was not so tied up. What obligation rested upon him to make known such intelligence to the Tories ? Did he consider them as his friends, and therefore did he feel the contingency of his recurrence to the support of the Whigs to be one which was not likely to arise from his existing prospects ? In that case, what imaginable necessity could he perceive for telling any man a fact, which amounted to no more than a voluntary expression of good-will to himself from a party with whom he had no wish nor chance of being politically connected. What was such a promise but a piece of episodical complais ance, without effect and without importance ? For if the Tories were inclined to act with Mr. Canning, and, as he first contemplated, on the principles of the Liverpool Cabinet, this Whig intelligence was simply a dead letter. Bet if Mr. Canning, with this letter in his pocket, or these words upon his tongue, had unfortunately apprized his colleagues of a promise ofsup port to himself (excluding those colleagues) from the. Whigs, would not every club and drawing -room in London have rung with abuse of the Right lion. Gentleman, " who had gone like a, swaggerer to bully the other Ministers, by boasting of his own independent influence,"and of his ability to do with out them, if they dared to' resist his inclinations?" So difficult is it to escape the ingenuity of censure, from those whose business it has been for months to find or make the occasion of it. If, on the other hand, Mr. Canning was convinced that they who had not long before advised, and secretly advised, the Sovereign, to _form an anti;-Catholic Cabinet to his exclusion—if he knew, as he must have known, such men to be his active enemies, what but mad ness could induce him to make them the confidants of whatever assurances he received from those who were his friends ? This charge, therefore, like most others which mortified malice has recently engen dered, we think we may hold to be fairly laid at rest. - With respect to that of a " culpable" ma ll_ Lion between men whose views of the public into. rest entirely correspond on most serious questions, the answer is, that the separation of such mere 1913 the fault—that their failing to unite was the real inconsistency, and their incorporation a measure con ducive, if not indispensable, to the public welfare. 1 Turning from tile Character of—this change, to it, prospects of finally succeeding, we look upon the victory in the House of Commons to be certain as it will be complete. If the Lords should prove re fractory, there is one easy expedient, of no possible extravagance as to the distribution of the honours, and of perfect facility in the execution. Let a few of the eldest sons of Noblemen, who are well dis posed to a liberal Administration, be called up, with out delay, to the House of Peers; and hint to the sixteen Scotchtnen that . there is such a thing as a dissolution of Parliament : there is nothing like energy in the cure of vitiated bile. We have said from the first, that the Kiriglnd his Minister need only be resolute to secure their country's triumph.— Times. It is curious to observe, that while one class of Mr. Canning's opponents are anxious to iden tify themselves with him in opinion, on all sub jects save one,: another class are attacking him vehemently for. the profligacy of his conduct, his levelling designs and projects, both at home and abroad and yet this last class perceive no incon sistency in selecting from the former, as models for admiration, the very individuals, who have so identified themselves with the new Premier. Thus, for instanee,-Mr. Peel is all that is pure in the eyes of the Marquis of Londonderry, Lord Ellenborough, and the Duke of Newcas tle, while Mr. Canning, with whom Mr. Peel wishes closely to identify himself, is, in the eyes of all these worthies, a political profligate and what not All these various classes of oppo nents hate Mr. Canning, and draw either openly or concealedly towards each other (for even Mr. Peel and the Duke of Newcastle have their in terviews); 'but there is no assignable reason for the hatred, which ought not to lead them to hate each other ten times more.—The growling of the Newcastles, the Londonderrys, &c. has, however, an intelligible,- though not a very dig nified cause. The soldier loves war, for peace ruins him. The Orange-man and Borough-hol der loves to see the Government and people op posed to each other; for in proportion as the Government is hard pressed, his aid rises in value. The Duke of Newcastle would willingly see his Sovereign hard _pressed, that he might have the means of demonstrating his loyalty (payment in one -way or another being of course always understood.)—During the last three or four years, Ministers, by acting in a fair and liberal spirit, created the phenomenon of his Majesty's Opposition. In fact, with the-excep tion of . financial extravagance, which is a . sin deeply seated in our system, it was impossible for the Opposition to : find more than trifling faults with Ministers. But the same system which converted the Opposition, by acting in conformity with public opinion, rendered the Government at the same time less,dependent on the . Duke of Newcastle. As the change was tan gibly felt in high quarters -like this, the feeling has broken out into selfish growling. In every one of the cases in which violence of language has been used, it will be found that the cause lies in the grossest and most vulgar self-interest. The interests of a King, and his Administration, and of the People are, that the Government should be so strong, from its hold on publicopinion,as to require as little as pos sible of that which gives importance to such men as the Duke of Newcastle or Marquis of Londonderry. This independent strength, in fact, enables the Go vernment to resist profligate demands, and to make necessary reductions, which secure its hold on public favour. We defy a knot of mere Borough-holders, in an enlightened country like this, to dare, on no other ground than that the prey is not supplied in sufficient abundance to their maw, to league against the Executive in the House of Lords. If the Go vernment steer clear,lor a time,of all points on which John Bull has always been half mad—such as the Papists—and leave the Opposition no lever for raising part of a credulous public in their favour, they have nothing to fear—these violent bawlers will soon be found as cowardly as they are violent.— Morning Chronicle. It is perfectly natural that Mr. Peel should be anxious to separate himself from the factious crew in opposition, but it is obviously difficult for him to open his mouth without identifying himself with them in spirit, and, therefore, while the present little personal irritation prevails, pru dence would impose silence. It is not uncom mon to hear the weaker sex affecting to talk of the extreme delight which something particularly vexatious gives them till they fairly burst into tears, and this is much the way with Mr.'Peel. He speaks of satisfaction in such a sort that one plainly perceives him to be bursting with spleen. Disavowing any disposition to factious opposi tion, he stated, on Friday night : " When I heard from my Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Canning) the principles on which he intended to conduct the Government, I found that he had achieved a signal triumph for my principles, which are the same as his, by the obtaining of the whole Whig Party to their sup port. I heard that Parliamentary Reform was still to be opposed on the same principles on which we had both always resisted it. I was alarmed when I knew that some of those who were about to accept office were prepared to repeal• the Test and Corporation Acts ; but'l found' that my,principles had gained a signal triumph by the accession of the Gentlemen who lately constituted the Opposition— when I heard my Right Hon. Friend declare his resolu tion still to oppose that innovation also. The Catholic Question also remains in the same situation as when I formed part of the Government; for I understand it is not to be brought forward as a Cabinet question. What rancour or personality, then, can I entertain towards my Right Hon. Friend, when I saw those principles, which I main tained in common with him, triumphing by the dexterity with which he has brought over to their support those who have always hitherto been opposed to them." —This is Sir Fretful Plagiary all . over. It is clear that the Hon. Gentleman was never better pleased in his life - than he is at this in stant ; and his friendly disposition to the Admi nistration he so candidly approves is manifested by the particular themes on which he dwells, the insinuated abandonment of the Catholic cause, the hastily pledged opposition of the Premier to the repeal of the Test Act—things, the mention of which will, in Mr. Peel's opinion, serve Mr. Canning with his supporters. Anon, his good will to Mr. Canning breaks out in another shape, but always in the spirit of candour—Mrs. Can dour, that is to say - - "He was never more surprised than to find himself classed by the Noble Lord as one of a factious Opposition. When he first came into Parliament, his Right Honour able Friend, Mr. Canning, did indeed form a part of what he conceived, with great deference, to be a factious Oppo sition. His Right Honourable Friend must know well, from his experience at that time, what a factious Opposi tion really was, of what value was its .support, and the in convenience which resulted from its success." It is very evident what kind of friend Mr. Peel is ; he is possibly a better enemy. Being far, very far, from entertaining any feelings of -ill will to Mr. Peel ; being indeed, on the contrary, interested in the preservation of . a character, to the merits of which we have borne frequent tes timony, we are anxious that he should impose a term of silence upon himself till the season of exacerbation has passed away. And let us fur ther caution him against the folly of applying to himself any mention that may be made of " offi-= vial disappointment or mortified ambition," as he did on Friday night. Joe Miller tells us, that a worthy gentleman, on seeing the sign of a fool's cap dangling over a • door, rang the bell in great heat, and calling out the master of the tenement, pointed to the sign, and sternly asked, " Sir, .do you mean to insult me ?" Now the world of course set down this sensitive person as none of the wisest of his generation; and it will be apt, from a like train of reasoning, to infer, that be. who takes fire and puts himself on, his defence at every allusion to disappointed ambi tion, &c., is not the purest politician—an inference which, we are sure, would be unjust in the case of Mr. Peel, for his passions are more in fault than his principles.— -Ibid. Among the reports which have gained cur rency in political circles within the last few days, is one which we can hardly, credit, and should be slow even to repeat, were it not confidently as serted by those who profess to have access to good authority, and had it not a precedent al ready in an Administration of which the Noble men to whom it alludes formed part. The report in question is, that the Marquis of Lansdowne is forthwith to become a Member of the Cabinet, without taking office. This, should it occur, is exactly one of those unwhiglike actions of the -Whigs, which, by a singular kind of fatality and want of discretion, this sage and consistent body are for ever committing. For the Marquis of Lansdowne's personal and political character, we entertain, in common with the country in general, no inconsiderable share of respect. As a states man, however, his Lordship may , be considered almost as untried. His Lordship, it is true, came into office very early in life, forming a part of that 'mixty-maxty Administration, composed, like the present, of Whigs, Tories. and Radicals, and whose career was soon cut short by a total want of Royal confidence or popular esteem. With a view of balancing conflicting interests in. that Cabinet, a Bill was brought in by Mr. Fox, the great Whig Leader, enabling Lord Grenville to hold the offices of First Lord of the Treasury and Au ditor of his own accounts ; and to give Lord ,Sidmouth a second voice in the Cabinet, the .then -Lord Chief Justice, Lord Ellenborough, was made a Minister. To this proceeding at the time the strongest objections were made. Inde pendently of the manifest inconsistency of mix ing the.judicial office up with objects from which it ought, by its nature, to be kept distinct, it was_ urged with great force that to see an irresponsible: adviser of the Crown, brought forward, too, by the Whigs, the great sticklers for all that was constitutional, was an anomaly which it was hoped the country would never again be called upon to witness. If Mr. Canning's object be, as some. persons suspect it is, first to divide the Whigs as a body, and then to cover them with contempt, .he could not take a more effectual step towards the latter object than the one in question ; while, on the other hand, if the Marquis of Lansdown pos sesses 'one grain of the good sense and judgment the world gives him credit for, he will avoid, either the trap which is thus laid for him, or the following a precedent which he already knows produced, in 1806, ' such general condemnation and disgust. The Cabinet, it is true, consists technically of a Committee of the Privy Council, but has been composed in practice of persons holding those offices in the State through which the Government is administered; thus combining what may be called a joint and separate responsibility. But to call to the Cabinet Council a person, how ever eminent, who holds no office in the Govern ment, is, as far as that individual is concerned, to sink individual responsibility entirely, while it im plies much more; for what stronger proof can there be of the Government being divided among them selves, than the fact that one of its members de clines to hold office with those whom he, notwith standing, consents to join in consultations in the Cabinet ? There may be no truth in this report. We hope there is not. But should such a step be even contemplated, it behoves the independent part of the Press to make it known, as well as to rouse the feelings and good sense of the country against it; and should it, after all, take place, we have no doubt but that it will receive, in both Houses of Parliament, that censure which a measure so unwise and' unconstitutional cannot fail to call forth, from all those who regard either the prerogatives of the Crown or the rights and liberties of the people.— Morning Herald. We have heard much, of late, from certain Noble and Honourable Individuals, of the ve nality of the press. It is a cheap and vulgar mode of attack, -to impute corrupt motives, when we cannot beat down truth. The first observa tion which will naturally occur to those who hear the charges to which we - allude is, how it has happened that this evil, which is now so gross and palpable, has so long escaped notice ? There is an old age which says, " that no one' becomes a rogue all at once." If this be true of indivi duals, it is equally true of systems. Either the press has been utterly corrupted ; or, to use the rather strong than elegant language applied to it, " rotten to the core," for a very considerable time ; or. it is not -at present so unsound as the heated passions of its opponents represent it. The second 'observation, which must strike the most careless, is the sweeping nature of the charge. General accusations are always suspicious, and -almost always untrue. If the Press be rotten to the core, that part of it which opposes the present Ministry -must be as rotten .as that which advocates their cause. The Gen tlemen who vituperate the Press, by their Uncom promising censures, have-'placed themselves, or, at least, their party, in' the condition of a per sonage of old, who said, that 'all the people of his country were liars. Of ' that Gentleman, it was observed, that if, by accident, he spoke truth for once, he must be a liar, by necessary conse quence. And, of those who notoriously sup port one portion of the Press, it may with equal truth be said, that if all the Press be corrupt, they are equally so. But, not to insist on this very obvious argument that the two edged sword, which issues from the mouth of the enemy, smites alike his friends and his foes, we would re mark on the absurdity of these charges against the Press. 'We think we are not at all ex aggerating, when we estimate, at a f a i r market price, the value of the London Newspapers alone, to be upwards of half a million sterling. Where, in the name of wonder, could Mr. Canning find the means, were :: he' seized with the wish, of bribing the London. Press ? And let it for a moment be considered whence the profits on this large ca pital 'arise. We, who live to please, must please to live. Granting even for the sake of argument, that it were possible to , bribe •the • whole of the London Press, to write what the public did not like—what would that be but bribing it, to write what the public would not read ? Such a proceeding would be sowing the -wind, and reaping the whirlwind with a vengeance. And, then, how -easy could such a monstrous combi nation be exposed—a combination made up of elements as conflicting, as those that contended in chaos—". hot, and cold, and moist and dry !" A two-pennypamphlet would break it up in a week. We are here resting our case upon the plain, every where understood, principle of self-interest. It will hardly be-said that the managers and proprietors of newspapers are blind to that motive, however blind they may be in other respects. The press can not be bribed, because bribery will not pay. We may, we are aware, take higher ground. We may ask, who are the, parties most likely to be seduced from the fair and honourable discharge of duty, whether public or private, by the sordid reward of a few paltry pounds, or the expectation of a paltry place ?•We do not wish to recriminate—far from it: but if we reposed any credit in the universal obser vation of mankind, those who look to pension or situation, as the chief motive to duty, are most fre quently found among the men that flutter round Courts and Cabinets. We admit, however, that old " says" must sometimes be unsaid, and that which affixes _dishonesty to courtiers among the rest. We have said thus much, because we feel tha an attack on the Press is an attack on ourselves, come from what quarter it may. We shall never be in duced to join in the coarse and vulgar abuse in which' some of our contemporaries have indulged, in regard to persons for whom we entertain very great respect; but we must say, that if any thing could excuse that abuse, it would be the honesty of the motive, and the violence of the attack, that provoked it.—New Times. LAW - INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF PRIVY COUNCIL. APPEALS. On Saturday the Lords of the Privy Council assembled at the temporary Council Chamber, in Whitehall-place, to hear an appeal from the colonies. There were present the Master of the Rolls, Lord Plunkett, Sir Gore Ouseley, and Mr. Elliot. Some time having been occupied in hearing special motions, their Lordships proceeded with the appeals which had been set down in the paper. The first of which was that of POIGNAUD AND DOODT. This was an appeal from the judgment of the Court Royal of Jersey. The circumstances of the case were as follows : In 1822, Paul Lehman, of Dantzic, freighted at that port the galliot Aurora (of which the respondent is the master) to carry a cargo of wheat to the island of Jersey for the appellant and his partners, who are merchants of consideration in the island. The amount of freight agreed upon was 2851. The - bill of lading contained the usual Condition of safe de livery, with an exception in the case of perils of the sea, tee. It appeared -that, upon the arrival of the ship at Jersey, the Cargo was so much damaged by wet and other causes, that the merchants to whom it had been consigned declined taking possession of it. — A survey of the ship took place, and the surveyors reported that at the time when the cargo was put on hoard at Dantzic, the ship was in so bad a con dition as to render it extremely improbable that she could etTect the safe delivery of the cargo at its destination. It was then agreed between the partierthat the damages should be estimated, and the arbitrators assessed them at 991. 13e. 2d., including as well the actual loss upon the cargo as the expense of kiln-drying and additional cartage. It ' was further agreed that the appellant should advance to the respondent such sums as he might have occasion for, always - taking care to retain as - much of the freight as would be 'sufficient to cover the extent of the damage which the cargo -had suffered. Notwithstanding these agreements, the re spondent on the 3d Jan. brought an action against the ap pellant for the full freight, and an addition of 41. a-day for -derrmrrage - from November 14, when the vessel arrived at Jersey. The appellant appeared in obedience to the pro cess, -and applied to the Court to have the case sent tcyproof (7 - lase en preuve), that he Might have an opportu nity of giving evidence in support of his allegation that the -ship was not seaworthy on quitting the port of Dantzic.— He also pleaded a payment on account. This application was combated by the respondent, on the ground that he, the respondent, had sufficient evidence to prove his own case. This very singular argument the Court of Jersey considered as entirely conclusive. They therefore refused the application of the appellant, and proceeded to hear in support of the action some written' depositions-made before the Court of - Admiralty at Dantzic. - And upon this evi dence of the respondent, without hearing any testimony upon the other side, they ordered the appellant to pay the whole amount of the freight originally agreed upon. Mr. CARTER having been heard in support of the appeal, and Mr. PEMBERTON for the respondent, the Council Chamber was cleared, and their Lordships, after a short consultation, reversed the judgment of the Court Royal of Jersey, and granted a rehearing of the case ; with directions to the Court below to hear suck evidence as the appellant should produce, in reference to the state of the vessel on her quitting the port of Dantzic. THE. GREAT BELL AT RANGOON.—The inscription on the great bell at Rangoon is in the Burman language and character, and is cut in twelve lines round the circumference of the bell. It records, in the usual strain, the virtues of the granter, and the merits of the grant. The bell, from its size, is a curious specimen of the progress made by the Burrnans in the art of fusing and casting metal, as it forms rather an unmanageable mass, being declared to weigh 15,555 vie, or about 56,000 pounds. The great bell of St. Paul's weighs but 11,470 pounds •, and there-ate•few bells ih Europe larger than the Rangoon bell, except the Tsar „Kolohot, or King of Bells, of Moscow, which weighs 430,000 pounds. The Rangoon bell was presente , ', about forty-five yearn ago,- to-the temple of Swe-dagon, b) Senku, the grandson of Shung-plaura, whom Europeans call Atrompa. In the late war it was removed from the temple, and an attempt was made to put it on board ship, but in so doing it fell into the river, whence, after remaining some months, it was again raised, and restored to its former situation. The illustrations aecolupanying the translation afford much new and accu rate information on many points of the Burman religion, and on the history' of the celebrated Swe-dagon Pagoda, the sanctity of which building is derived from its enshrin ing the relics of the four last-Bnclhs. Between ten and eleven o'clock on Friday night last, a fine male child, about two months old, fashion ably dressed, and enveloped in a large silk shawl, was found at the gates of the Foundling' Hospital. From the circum stance that a watchman had but just quitted the spot, it was evident that the helpless innocent had not been deserted above a few seconds before its cries attracted the attention of the porter, who instantly removed it into the lodge, and sent information to the watchhouse. Messengers forthwith were dispatched in every direction, in search of the un natural parent, but without effect. hr the course of the following day, the little unfortunate was conveyed by Hutt, the night constable, to-St. Pancras workhouse, and placed under the care of a nurse. This is the fourth instance of the kind on that spot within the last two months. SHOCKING .MURDER.—=Extract of a letter from Parsonstown, dated Monday last :—" A most brutal murder was committed here on the Ist instant in the open day. An unfortunate man had been summoned to give evidence at the Sessions (which were then going on here) in some trifling civil bill cause ; a little after he left the Court, he was passing through one of the public streets, when some ferocious ruffian gave him two blows on the head with a kind of weapon now common in the country, consisting of a large lump of lead fastened upon the end of some elastic woodbine twigs. The unfortunate victim died during that night, and, I regret to:add, that the•assas sin has yet eluded justice. This waste of human life is said to have-been occasioned by revenge, -arising from the evidence the wretched deceased had given but a few minutes before. It was a melancholy sight to behold a weeping widow and seven orphans lamenting over the corpse on the following day. —Dublin Freeman's Journal. AWFUL VISITATION.—On Saturday an night, an inquest was held by Mr. Caine., at Riclkr's Farm, in the parish of Dalverton, on William Webber, a farmer's servant, aged 21. It appeared from the evidence of Robert Hill, a fellow-servant, that on' the Monday pre ceding, he' was at work with the deceased and several other persons, in a field •called Sanctuary-hill, - where'they were' all employed - in burning the sward—that about three o'clock in the 'afternoon, - .he 'Was at the distance of about three land•-yards from the deceased, when•he heard thun der at a distance, but saw no lightning—that it soon be came dark, a few drops fell, and that he was instantly struck down, but by what means he knew not. Witness then stated, that after recovering his senses, on looking around he saw deceased lying on the ground, naked, and soon dis covered he was dead. • A horse, which had been employed on the spot, was lying near, upon his back. He disco vered that all the other party had left the field, and he then proceeded to the farm-house,. to tell the melancholy tale. On his way, he met with some of the persons, with whom he returned to the place where the awful event had occurred. The sight was truly wonderful. The clothes of the deceased were scattered in countless pieces around him—some driven into the earth, in an aperture of about two feet in diameter, and some much scorched. Deceased bad received a wound on the back part of the head, and three or four on hie feet; there were also some stripes ex tending down the body, and blood was oozing from his ears. Deceased had a watch in his pocket, the enamelled face of which was completely destroyed, and the machinery twisted in a singular manner. He had on a remarkable strong pair of shoes, with large nails in the bottoms, some of which had been forced out, and the upper leathers rent asunder. Near the spot where the horse lay was another aperture, similar. to the one before' described.—. None of the other persons saw any thing of the catastrophe, nor did either of them receive any injury. One of them, who was at a distance of about 50 land-yards from de ceased, stated, that he felt his hat MVO. at the time of a remarkable flash of lightning, and that he and those near him left the field to seek shelter at the farm. Verdict, Died by the visitation of God. The horse continued. in a torpid • state until the following morning, when he was -killed, there being no possible chance of his recovery.-- Taunton Courier. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARY-LA=EONNE OFFICE.—On Saturday Mrs. Fisher, of No. 4, James-street, Oxford -street, applied to Mr. Hosxms for a warrant to apprehend a miscreant, at present unknown, who has been committing assaults of a shocking nature upon several children in the neighbour hoed. Mrs. Fisher stated to the Magistrate, that between three and four o'clock on Thursday afternoon this fellow -enticed her daughter •(Clara Fisher, a fine girl, six years old) into the fields, and kept her until between seven and sight at night, when she returned covered with bruises, the effects of a whipping and beating which he had given her. The child could hardly walk when she was exhibited before the Magistrate, and the appearance of her body pro duced feelings of commiseration and indignation not to be expressed. She said that a man, not tall nor lusty, wear ing a black coat and black pantaloons, with an apron like a shoe-maker's, gave her an orange, and took her with him under pretence of - going to her uncle's. That he first went to a house, but did not go in, because' (he said) no body was at home. He then took her into a lonely place, where there were trees (supposed to be near the Regent's Park), and because she cried and would not let him treat her in a way which she described, he gathered' some twigs (thorn twigs, no doubt, from the 'punctures and scratches they made), and whipped her until she was covered with blood. He afterwards brought her back into the neighbourhood of her home, and left her in the street. Other children have been abused by the same wretch : one of them,- only five years old, is known by Mrs. Fisher ; she received her ill-treatment on the Ist of May, and re= mains ill in consequence of it. Mr. Hosxim granted a warrant, and ordered that the most prompt measures should be taken for the discovery and• apprehension of the offender. THAMES POLICE-OFFICE.—:Cin Saturday IVm. Allen, the fellow who was remanded for further examination about a fortnight ago, charged with robbing a simple Welsh lad of the name of Stevens, on Tower-hill, of 18 sovereigns, was yesterday - brought before the sitting Magistrate.' Mr. BRODEILIP having heard that Stevens' had' gone to America, sent Mitchell, one of the surveyors of this•office, to the North and South American Coffee-house, to the care of the proprietor of which Stevens had been recommended, to ascertain the fact. That gentleman said, that in conse quence of a report of the transaction appearing in The Times, a subscription had been entered into, and a suf ficient sum was collected to send Stevens to his rich uncle in America ; but had he been at all aware that his presence was necessary to prosecute'Allen, he should not have gone ; and as a proof of which he desired Mrs. Ryder, who keeps the Ship public-house, Little Bridge-street, Blackfriars, and where Stevens lodged, (and a lady, who by her volunteer ing humanity, and all her talk about her eleven Children, extracted a sovereign from Mr. Broderip for Stevens's week's support), to eorne to this office-and apprize the Ma gistrates bf Stevens's going to America, Which she did, but never came before the Magistrate, but simply inquired if Allen's confederate had been taken. Mitchell then called upon Mrs. Ryder, and asked her why she did not do as Mr. - Davis had desired her, when she treated the matter quite cavalierly, and said that she had the approbation of Mr. Broderip for what she had done. Mr. Babbeart. said, quite the contrary, for that lady had found her way to his chambers in the Temple ; and on her telling him that a subscription 'had been made, and that Stevens had gone to America, he replied that if that was the case, she had acted most incorrectly in not informing him of it. For his part, be gave her the sovereign to sup ply Stevens for the week, in hopes in the interim he might be able to get something done more permanent for him. Mitchell expressed much indignation at the ingratitude of this lady, and said, that as she got the sovereign for the support of Stevens 'for the week, whereas she only kept him three days, therefore she ought to be made to refund the half Of it. 'Mr. BRODERIP said that it was of no consequence, but he believed her actuated by a far different motive than he at first gave her credit for. He then addressed the pri soner Allen,. and said that he was most reluctantly obliged to discharge him. On leaving the office, Allen thanked his Honour, and seemed highly elated at his miraculous escape. On the outside of the office there were three or four of the frail sisterhood in attendance, who greeted him cn his liberation. Allen' appears to be 'about 25 years of age, 5 feet 10 in height, and seems to pessess muscular Strength enough "for the accomplishment of any desperate prirpose.• He is slightly marked with the small.:pox," has fair hair, and is rather sallow, with a protuberant mouth. UNION-HALL.--On Saturday a young man, named Cole, attended at the office, and stated that on' the previous night, being present in the boxes of the Surrey Theatre when the performances concluded, and as he was about to leave the house, he observed a roll of papers lying on one of the seats, which be took up, and on opening, found to contain a number of Bank-notes, some for 1,0001., others for 100/., and 101. notes innumerable. He was about to place them in his pocket, when a person, who described himself as a constable, came up, and very unceremoniously divested him of the " lob," intimating that he should take better 'care of them for the loser than 'any other person. Applicant was unwilling at first to part with what he con sidered he was entitled to as the finder, 'no person having observed him pick up the prize; notwithstanding which, -he very fairly offered to " go halves" with the constable, who, however, would listen to no arrangement, but 'walked off to the watchhouse. Applicant followed him thither, and having obtained his name, now came forward to ap prize the magistrates of the circumstance for the purpose of having the notes, which amounted to some thousands, de livered up to the right owner. Mr. Cole added, that he hoped be should not go unrewarded for being the chief in strument in the recovery of such a large sum of money to the individual to whom it belonged. The Magistrate, on hearing the story, remarked, that the constable, whoever he was, acted perfectly right in taking forcible possession of the notes from the applicant, who by his own account considered they were his property from the circumstance of his having found them, and would, in all probability, have turned them to his own advantage but for the timely interference of the person in whose possession they now were. The constable, whose name is Hamilton, was now sent for, who, on seeing the applicant, could not refrain from laughter. Upon which the latter said, in a pet, " Ay, Mr. Constable, you must not laugh tne out of the money I found last night ; produce the notes you took from me, and let 'the 'Magistrate see that I have not exaggerated their amount." Hamilton drew out of his pocket a roll of notes which bore the appearance of Bank paper, and having handed them to the Magistrate, said that the whole lot were not worth a groat. the Magistrate, on inspecting them, found the constable's words verified, for the " vast , sum," which the applicant described as having been the fortunate finder of, was nothing but a roll of what are termed " flash notes," 'which are distributed by sundry frizeurs in town to those upon whose heads they operate. 'lt is impossible to describe the chop-fallen countenance of the immaculate Mr. Cole, when the Magistrate pronounced them to be " flash notes," and proceeded to tear them up. The au ditors were convulsed with laughter, while poor Mr. Cole sneaked out of the office, heartily ashamed of the exposure attached to the " humbug" that some knowing wag had played upon him. On Thursday last, immediately after Divine Service, at the parish Church of St. Mary Shan don, in this,City, a Roman Catholic Gentleman read his recantation.—Cork Constitution. A CHANCERY SUIT of 30 YEARS' STAND ,N,G,—There is a cause (Henville v. Whitaker) now before the Master of the Rolls, which has been pending in the Court of Chancery for nearly 30 years. It was a bill filed originally by the creditors of a person of the name of Walter Whitaker, an attorney of Shaftesbury, in Dorset shire, who was the distributor of stamps for the county of Dorset, and who, at his death in the year 1799, was in debted to a great many persons in a large amount. The object of the bill, which was filed against his executors and several other persons interested _under his will, was to obtain a general administration of the assets for the benefit of the creditors. A material question in the cause was one respecting a sum of between 6,0001. and 7,0001. paid to the commissioners of stamps by the testator's executors, for the purpose of preventing an extent being issued at the suit of the Crown, the testator being largely indebted to the stamp commissioners in his capacity of distributor of stamps. This question has been pending for the last 25 or 26 years, and is still undecided. It is now corning on for discussion before Sir John Leach, in the shape of ex ceptions to the Master's, report ; but though his Honour may probably- decide the question, it is not expected that the cause will be finally wound up for several years. Nearly all the persons, both plaintiffs and defendants, who were originally parties in it, are dead. Should there be any assets ultimately to divide, they will go among the repre sentatives of those who were originally creditors of the tes tator, as there are but very few of the creditors themselves now living. The cause has been in the hands of at least a dozen solicitors and three times as many counsel ; and it has, in different shapes, been b rou ght un d e r the notice of, we believe, every-Judge who has presided in the different branches of the Court-of Chancerrduriog the last 24 years. We need hardly add, thit the expence of the proceedings has beta CllOOlOll6. THE MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL. The Anniversary Dinner of the above institution toy place at the Thatched-house Tavern, on Friday last , Grace the Duke of Northumberland in the Chair, was supported by the Bishop of Carlisle, Earl Besboroug: Earl of Southampton, the Hon. Mr. Fitzroy, and ups o: of seventy friends of the charity. In the course of evening his Grace announced his Majesty's accustomed clAg°' nation of one hundred guineas to the Hospital, and Duke himself, on leaving the Chair, presented a ainln, sum, which, with 501. from John Pepys, Esq., and (4 ' 1 ,, contributions, made the addition to the funds during t— evening amount to near 4001. The Company were enter tained with a variety of songs and glees, from Meg'' . Bellamy, Broadhurst, and other professional gentlemen, and parted at a late hour. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL, MAY 12. -Our market being still barely or plied with Grocery Sugar, tbe tiales'this week amount to 01 500 hhds. at steady prices ; besides which, 200 bags 6 5 white Bengal Sugar have been taken by the Grocer' s - 0 rather lower rates. In Foreign Sugar nothing has b ee , done.-About 450 punehs. of West India Molasses " been Sold ; ordinary and good Berbice at 28s. 6d. and 26" and good Demerara at 275. to 28s. per cwt.-The f e " ' 'sales made in Coffee have been of Jamaica for the Ill: trade.-Cocoa, Pimento, and Ginger dull.-The busi ng done in Rum is limited ; prices remain without alteratioe.; There has continued a steady demand for Cotton ti ll week.-The sales (of which about 1500 bags Amer_.i can have been take n on speculation), amounts to 13,330 Dib"' consisting of 5760 BoWed, 6d. to 71d. chiefly at 6id. for middling to good ; 2,550 Orleans, 6d. 6 et s ' chiefly at 6d. to 6ial. for middling to fair ; 2710 Mew' and Alabama, 6id. to 7d. ; 240 Sea Islands at 10d. t ° 16d. ; 100 Pernambuco at 9d. to 9p. ; 250 Marital at 84-d". to Bid. ; 810 Bahia at Bid. to ;80 Par' ° i 71d. ; 960 Egyptian at 6id. to Bd. ; 160 Demerara 8, 7. to ; 100 Carthagena at 53-d. ; 160 Sura t 44-d to Imported at Liverpool, from the sth to the 11th of 19 inclusive--By 1 vessel from Calcutta, 1 St. Lucia , Honduras, 2 Deinerara, 1 Berbice, I St. Vincent, 47 New York, 2 'Virginia, 1 Baltimore, 7 CharleSton , Savannah, 4 New Orleans, I Mobilo, 3 Pernanabec ° ' Maranham, 1 St. juan de Meld-ague, 1 13abia, I ? ell ' '1 Antwerp, 1 Zinte, 'l' SicilY, and 1 Malta. East India Sugar 1,000 bags, St. L uc i a ditto 47 hhds. , 31 tees. 6 brls., Demerara 'ditto 956 hhdS. 46 tees. brls., Berbice ditto 262 hhd s . 19 t ees . 2 b r l s ., St. VT; cent 231 Mids. 30 t ees ., M o l asses 122 casks, Rum 2* ' puns. 95 'hhds:, •East' India Cotton 152 bales, West Indi„ a ditto, 1,600 ditto, N e W O r l eans and Mobile ditto 4, 55 " ditto, Rest United' Stat es 19,171 di tto , B raz il 5,399 dit„ t° ,', Malta - 52 ditto, Tobaceo 154 hhd s ., E ast I n di a Ri c e 1, 4 "" bags, American ditto 95 tees. tt half tees., Coffee 37 te' e : 256 bags, Cocoa 444 bags, Ginger 12' ditto, Currants lj, butts, Nicaragua Wood 112 tons, LOgwood 35 ditto, India Indigo 176 chests 17 serous, Turpentine 2,902 Can; Flaxseed 28 tees., Brimstone 125 tons, Cow an d Ox 3,953. There has been nothing done in Rough T ur p en tine ell ° week, a further import of 2,800 barrels has b een receiv ed. ' the principal part intended for another market. In Air rican Tar no sales effected; small parcels of SteckhOlm - taken by the trade at 19s. per barrel. Rosin ra gin steady at 6s. 6d. per cwt. The demand for 'Pot Ashes continues very , limited ; the sales of the week are about 180 barrels at 225. 'for old, e" or 235. 3d. to 235.. 6d. for new Montreal. A better inquirl Pearl Ashes hai appeared, and about 270 brls. 'Montreal s° , o at 235: 9d. to 245., with a few bar re l s a t 24 5 . 6d. ; elm) barrels - (brand 1824) at 228. 6d. I n St a t es ' A s hes the saL 'are only 30 barrels Pot at 255. 6d; for New York, and gt i i for Boston.-The business in Dyewoodi has been ith'„,, entirely confined to a public sale of about 210 tons Ga up ""; Banvood ' at 5/. 101. to 6/.' 2 s . 6d., an d a f ew toe Pr ev : ously dispoied of at . 71. per ton. In Logwood Is, tv Honduras have been 'sold at 6/. Ws. for ordinary, au' -„ 15s. for fine, with 10 tons Carnpeachy at 8/. per tti; 'Nicaragua Wood is quite negle c t e d. N o thi ng dope. . 1 Fustic or Camwood. Some inquiry h as appeare d for Sr Baiilla, and 60 tons have been sold for 17/. 10s. per tcdn ; Of the recent import of Dutch Oak 'Bark, about 170 OS more have this week been sold at Si. 10 s . t o 61. 73 : 6 • per ton, rating in qualityfrom ordinary to good. I ' l ° ll less inquiry for' Yalonia ; a few tons ordinary Mores o°ll at 'l4/. 7s. per ton.-In Quercitron B a rk no sales.-- -° ,l hundred and twenty tons Rough Brimstone were eff ere , yesterday by auction, 4/. 15s. being the highest bidding, t „, parcel was withdrawn.-Small parcels of Sicily She ol° are effected at 10s. 6d. for old, and Ils for new; Yer ° 7: 'steady at'7s. 6d. to Bs. -The 'sales of Saltpetre a re erli abbut 100 bags at 255. 6d. to 265. 6d. per cwt.---In ders the only sale reported is 12 casks Gamene at per cwt:--Nothing done in Madder Reots.-Small sale: of Ameiican Bees' Wax are e ff ec t e d at I I/. per cwt.- -ig sales of Clover or Flax Seed reported this week. 1 0 A further decline has taken pla c e in Gallipoli Oil, tuns having been sold at 43/. 10s. per tun. Seed Olio - without alteration. In Fish Oils little or nothing d° il l; Palm steady at 27/. ; about' 50 casks Carolina Rice been taken by the Grocers at 19s. to 215., and 40 Ybl East India at 17s. 6d. to 19s. per cwt. The business doe o.l l Hides has again being very trifling, 400 dry-salted 13fs e 'l l at 6id., 100 salted North America at 61d., and a 1 ,81. 0 „ of wormed Valparaiso at Bd. p er lb. are t h e on ly sal. ported. The deMand for 'Hemp continues very trifling' Holders of Tallow evince a disposition to effect .sal he t prices rather und er w h at was d eman d ed at t he c l os e Pi 'W. week, and about 150 casks Odessa have been sold at to 395. 6d. with some Petersburgh Y. C. at 40s. to 4 06 ' 6d., per cwt. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS Oats. DURING LAST WEEK, Wheat. Barley. Per Quarter. I. to s. Andorcr 56 65 64, Hexham 52 ,62 48 55 Newcastle,....*. 51 Al RoMsey 48 56 SuOderlatul—......... 56 60 Winchester 56 .. ' Per Bushel. s• d. t. d. Birmingham.—...— 8 0 8 8 Coventry 7 0 7 6 Newcastle (Staff) , 9 9 10 0 Northallerton 6 9 8 0 Penrith '0 0 8 0 Stafford 19 0 9 9 Warwick —.-- I 7 6 8 0 Woreester.---,....1 7 2 7 9 Per 8011. Barnardcastle .„... Darlinston Durham s. to a. 34 41 35 43 36 38 36 44 40 42 s. d. s. d. 53 59 . 52 5 8 66 70 00 00 00 50 70 80 50 56 52 63 'll 0 16 0' .13 6 J 5 0, 12 0 15 6 12 6 13 9 12 9 13 9 136.150 00 106 106 00 106 00 00 100 00 0v 11 0 n Stanhope Stockton Wolsingham s. to s. 30 34 32 36 25 31 25 32 34 36 s. d. s. d. 3 56 5Y 60 50 56 36 50 4A 00 40 :0 50 59 48 56 80 90 66 70 80 86 70 00 `8 84 90 106 ...m.0..' , 11. t ° „,... .... , ~.. ••• 48 -50 50 d. 'BO , ( 1. g. 74 • 8 0 0 78,0 6 1 1 0 6 00 ! 8 0 00 0 100 ' lB O 76 90 El 30 6 ISO OO 18 6 10 0 00 00 0 0 0 0 00 SCOTCH MARKWTS. HADDINGTON CORN MARKET.--MaY 1 ,. 1 ',,t i WO; . - -We had a good supply, ef Wheat and Oats to-day, wint' e y we (if!' readily. .Of Barley, Pease, and Beans the quantitin, al. only small. All the averages are up, that , of Barley bc' ' most 4s. per quarter. 62s Od 44s Od 39s Od 51s 6d .. 1I , I - ., 0 1 1. Wheat. Barley. 'Oats. Pease. '''- Od First s2g s x. Second ' :i''Ss Od 42s Od 36 s Od 51s Od 50s e 4... ., Third There were 378 qrs. of Wheat in market, whereof 3 42 go .- , 13 ...at 621. Od. 25 ..at s9s. Od. 32 ...at .....• , 50 0 18 100 6O 0 52 - 58 - .0 1 .. ..... .... '''' 25 50 Unsold-16 Grey. ____ GLASGOW CORN MARKET —M 9, .i , Not much business doing in our market • ; b ut littlioes, ration in Wheat, Barley, Beans, or Pease, but Oats are t i , - Wheat, per 240 1 b. s. d. s. d. Oats, per 264 1 b. s• T t ogwo British, old ...... ...Sloto 32 0 lrish.6 1 100 /--- n ew C a nada, free n 0 32 0 -Beans, per nob. , Irish - 0 gl . „ Barley,' per 3201 b. S co tti s h English 35 6 ' 16 0 Pease, Scottish .:. 30 0 0 96 40 e Scottish 34 0 35 6 Oatmeal, per 14010. 2 7,:, n •-- / Irish 32 0 33 0 Flour, per 2801 b.... 4" ..' 1-dl • MINING INTELLIGENCE. Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Redruth last Thursday 2,-- "g I I Average Produce 203 Quantity of fine Copper Amount of Sale, 15,810/. Os. (kl.—Average Standati ----- _ BIRTHS. S. 1 1. On the 11th inst., at Tanner's-end, the lady o. Rickman, Esq. of a son. 01 4 At Chatham-place, Hackney, Mrs. Henry N elson, daughter. MARRIED. d, to Oct the 12th inst. Mr. J. Hughes, of Kingsland-r °s wer iy Of the daughter of the late T. Chapman, Esq., fo r Enfield wash. get, " Same day, Mr. Henry Ancell„ of Oirfoid-4t of Charlotte, only daughter of Malcolm Currie, Regent-street. On the 29th ult., at p hi l s E s p ea . t, Heffleton, Dorge"hite' A. Bain, Esq. 111.'D. BObio lol3' At Stratford, Oscar, .the infant son of M. Esq. of the Tower. ,_ „ e inoEniltentiltsqh Edwards-square, 1 1 i:t e e: Iri a n few g :lalisi'rsil.lnsegess,ifagt, 11 :L iet Of ./., 11r. Scaife, aged 60. • <.: v“' , ; 40 PAINTED and 'Pulttenitn by IUN 1. YOG , a t SUN-Oirics, No. 112, Stria.