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know nothing) be the " King's candidate,' why then Mr. Peel—nay, Mr. Cobbett—might be the ‘, King's candidate;' and those who have to answer with their heads for the course of Bri tish policy at home and abroad, may be alto gether disabled from executing the measures to which they pledge their Sovereign and country, by an enemy lodged, in spite of them, in the very centre of their councils ! The condition of a British Minister so fettered .and betrayed. would be intolerable—the language of the Con stitution, did it authorize such contradictions, would be unintelligible. The Prince who made (but we know not that any Prince of modern times has made or has thought of making) such an open attempt upon the honour and efficiency ' of his servants, would not suffer an usurpation of any known prerogative from their resistance to his arbitrary mandate, but he would be him self committing an act of .usurpation : such a Prince would not have to complain of " dicta tion" in others towards himself, but he would be the dictator. No Englishman possessing the least dignity of.character, or possessed by one spark of zeal for the public service, or of capa city to promote it, could ever submit to such a fatal intrusion of irresponsible and anti-con stitutional power, with the first principles of po litical action under a monarchy, limited by the laws. We have argued this question on grounds afforded by the Tory Journals, and on statements which those journals have thought proper to communicate. For ourselves we have asserted nothing. We do not say—we do not know—that Mr. Herries is the King's candidate : we do not believe that his Majesty, who so well understands the constitution, would, by grasping at a power which is inherent in his sworn servants, so far de scend from his own sacred pre-eminence of station, as to aim at becoming like his servants, a " responsible" public functionary, and annul ling the great constitutional maxim that " the King can do no wrong." Neither do we say, or insinuate, that Mr. Herries is objected to by a single individual in the Cabinet, for any reason beyond that of being a responsible Minister forced on the Government by the only member of it who himself is not responsible. But one most gross as well as despicable falsehood of a Sunday Paper, we are bound to expose, as being also a malignant calumny—to wit,.- that any particle of resistance to the appointment of Mr. Herries has been made or thought of, on the imagination of Mr. Brougham (!) being a candidate against rim : there never, we repeat, was a more con temptible falsehood.—lbid. There have been , periods in all stages of our history, when it has become necessary to refer to the land-marks of the Constitution ; of which none are more important than those which limit and point out the power and prerogatives of the Crown. Blackstone says—" There cannot be a stronger proof of that genuine freedom which is the boast of this age and country, than the rower of examining, with decency and respect, the limits of the King's prerogative—a topic that in some former ages, was thought too delicate and sacred to be profaned by the pen of a sub ject." Though a memorable declaration was some years since made, alleging that the power of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished, the truth we believe is, that what may be denominated the . personal power of the Monarchy has by no means in creased ; and that the proposition, if true at all, may be true to his Ministers, but not as to the King. if rightly and calmly viewed, it will be found, we suspect, that the greater part of the personal power of the Crown has devolved upon etose who have found its application necessary to t i t ‘.e management of their Parliamentary ad herents;" and the Constitutional principle that " the King can do no wrong," has resolved it self, in some Oen's minds, into his possessing little more than ti 7 o power of choosing his Mi nisters; a power itself, by the bye, which Parlia ment has, in some instanOes, virtually assumed. We talk of the King as the foCntain of honour; but the truth is, that those who po s_csess the bo rough influence, are oftener the sources through which honours are distributed, and both .the King and his Ministers, controulled by this spe cies of influence, are compelled to yield both power and obedience to a kind of oligarchy, which the constitution neither knows nor recognises. For an illustration of the truth of this, let any one look to the possessors of most of the dignities of the Church, both in England and Ireland, and' ask himself whether those who possess a large proportion of them owe their rank and for tunes to the Crown, or to the source which we have suggested. An idea has partially got abroad, for the accuracy of which we do not vouch, but which we are inclined to credit, that there is 1 disposition in a High Quarter no longer to surrender the rights of the Monarchy to this kind of assumption. On the other hand, it has long been contended, that no Minister can carry on the affairs of this country without pos sessing the power and influence which by degrees have became almost wholly engrossed by those rdssessing that station. It is a question of vast Constitutional importance, and one which iwe should wish to treat with all the respect -which Mr. Justice Blackstone assigns to it. On the one hand, though the abstract question re mains the same, in practice, and its extent and consequen.ees, it is widely different from what it was when the principle was first broached and established ; and however anxious we may be that the King's just prerogative should not be curtal6d, or the ill-gotten power of the borough 3nongers extended, it becomes quite another question how far other dangers (those of fa vouritism and secret influence, for instance) might riot arise, were the whole patronage of the Crown • to be dispensed by the King himself, independent of his sworn and responsible advisers. I t i s much to be wished that, in the present state of affairs both at home and abroad, and especially in the unsettled state of the Administration, a matter of this moment should ,not at present arise ; 'and we have thrown - cnit these remarks upon it, only as knowing it to be a subject which is at this moment engaging the attention of many, who do not, therefore, expect to see it passed over by a public Journal professing inde pendent and impartial principles.--Morn i ng Herald. The old proverb, that ~ one man may better steal a horse than another look over the hedge, 'was never more applicable to our own case, with regard to what has been said of Mr. Henries. In the Morning Herald of Wednesday appeared the foilowing - paragr, aph, in the shape of a lead ing articl e t....“ I t i s reported that an obstacle has arisen as to placing the finances of the coun try in the hands of one of the present aspirants for office, on account of his alleged connection with a great City speculator." On the subject of the report thus alluded to, we preserved si lence. .In the Marnino• Herald of the follow - b i ng d a y the subject was revived in a City article, in which Mr. Henries was distinctly named ; in behalf of whom it was naively contended, that "as a Member of the Cabinet be would be bound by his oath, as well as by his honour, not to reveal its secrets, while in a subordinate situa tion he would be under no such obligations." Before the appearance of the first of these pa ragraphs, the report of the objection to Mr. Herries, founded on his particular intimacy , with a well-known Capitalist, was in gene ral circulation, both in the City and the Clubs in the West end of the town. We,,however, carefully avoided all allusion to the subject. After, however, the report so generally preva lent, had been taken up, and openly discussed two days in succession, we ventured at last, on Friday, to allude to it. "We should not our selves (we observed) have alluded to the report, or to the inferences which were drawn feom the intimacy in the City, had not our contemporary of the Herald called attention to it ; but with out wishing to injure the good name of Mr. Herries, we have no hesitation in saying, that the high reputation which the Cabinet of this coun try (the only Cabinet in Europe that has never been even touched by rumour) has alweys maintained for the inviolable fidelity of the mem bers towards each other, in all matters requiring strict secresy, ought not to be exposed to ha zard by a questionable nomination," and we of fered, as an argument for this opinion, that were " Mr. Herries to be Chancellor of the Exche quer, though the secrets of the Cabinet might be as secure with him as with the most upright Statesman in the kingdom, the public would not believe that the former friend of the Minister did not still enjoy his unreserved confidence." In the New Times of Saturday appeared the fol lowing copy of a letter from Lord Goderich to Mr. Herries Downing-street, Aug. 24, 1827. My DEAR HEaarEs—ln consequence of what appears in the Morning Chronicle of this day, I owe it to you to state, explicitly, that the grounds assumed in that para graph for the delay in , the appointment of Chancellor of the Exchequer, are totally destitute of foundation, and that they involve an imputation upon you which I shall be pre pared at all times to deny in the most peremptory manner, be they asserted by whom they may.—Ever, my dear Herries, most sincerely yours, GODERICIL The vocabulary of abuse has been ransacked for offensive epithets to characterize the offence of alluding to the report respecting Mr. Herries. " There are some subjects, says, the New Times, which we approach reluctantly, even for the purposes of refuta tion. Such was our feeling when we recently repelled the scandalous insinuation of an infamous Evening Paper,' for that seems to be its name, with respect to Mr, Canning's religious sentiments ; and such is now our feeling when we are called upon to refute another calumny, hardly less odious, though levelled at the living, not the dead." The Courier, for two successive days, was loud against the malignant attack. Other Papers held the same language. If we had invented the report, or had even been the first to give currency to it in print, instead of having merely alluded to it, after it had obtained such notoriety, as even to have given rise to a controversy between the Herald and the Globe, as to the extent of the relative obligations to secrecy of a Chancellor of the Exchequer, and a Secretary of the TreasUry, harsher language could not have been applied to us. The letter of Lord Goderich, though very short, is not altogether free from am biguity. We are not exactly sure whether he , means that the grounds assumed in the paragraph in the Chronicle for the delay in the ap pointment of Chancellor of the Exchequer, con stitute what he shall be prepared at all times to deny ; or, whether his denial extends to the cir cumstances stated in the reports, as the cause of the delay. Our contemporary (The Globe) as sumes that Lord Goderich must have meant to affirm, that there was no foundation for the in ferences drawn from the intimacy or connection of Mr. Herries'with Mr. Rothschild, and, in this view of the case, very fairly contends, that both The Morning Herald and ourselves, instead of injuring, have materially benefitted the former, by calling forth Lord Goderich's guarantee, and enabling Mr. Herries to grapple fairly with what, while circulating merely in the shape of rumour, he might have had no opportunity of meeting, however injurious to him. Nothing so easy, says our contemporary, as for a public. man to disprove the inferences drawn from an alleged in 'racy with the Capitalist, by accounting for the prop rty of which he is in possession. A pu bli c man may be rich, and fairly rich ; but when he dies in debt like Mr. Pitt, or with a pittance like Mr. Canning, suspicion even is disarmed. " We think (says- bur contemporary), both these papers have done a real service to Mr. Tr,T.erries and the Govern ment in plainly noticing these reports, which did not, cer tainly, originate with either of them. " A Paper of this morning puts the mention of a report of this kind on a level with the insinuation aimed against the memory of Mr. Canning, of a want of religion. It is easily shewn that there is a very great difference between the two cases. There is no human power which can search the heat t of man ; the accusation of irreligion, therefore, is incapable of refutation, and should never be made except against a man who professes irreligion. It is much more easy to search the pockets. Nothing is more easy than for a public man to prove to hie colleagues the falsehood of any imputation of corrupt gains. He cap say, ' When I en tered office Iliad - such and such property—my income has been, as you know, so much--I have spent so much yearly, I have gained so much by such and such bequests, and I have now a fortune which will be accounted fvr by the pre vious items. This is a kind of statement which no honest man can be afraid of making when lie is called upon to do so; and it must be conclusive. " On the other hand, rumours of the kind whispered in private against a public man, may influence to his disad vantage those of his colleagues whO have not the courage to investigate them, and, at any rate,, discredit the administra tion of public affairs, while the man accused is the only person ignorant of them. " Mr. Herries would have been more exposed to the in- jury of secret insinuations, because be is hide known as a public man. But Lord Goderich is known, and it is quite sufficient guarantee to the public, that Lord Goderich as serts that the insinuations are unfounded. There is no thing, of course, at all extraordinary in the fact that an official intercourse should take place between a Secretary of the Treasury and a Loan Contractor, who is necessarily consulted as well as einpked by the Government. " The freedom with which report 3 pf this kind (which do not affect a Minister's private life, but whinh are closely connected with the public administration) are mentioned by the public journals, is an important preservation of the purity of the Government, as well as of its reputation tbr purity. If the same freedom prevailed in France, it could hardly happen that Atiuisters would be accused, as they are there, in priv a t e conversat i on ,. With Fpntidence (perhaps with truth, p er h a p s w i t h f a l se h oo d , for it is of the nature of such rumours so circulated, to gather strength, from the impossibility of contradicting them) of having accumulated vast fortunes by jobbing in the public funds. If no Eng lish Minister has ban accuse d i n t h e same way, lt i s be cause the press has been more free. • The freedom of the press not only preserves the purity of Statesmen, but pre serves then, when pure, from unjust accusations." We 'have only ,to add, that it will hardly, we think, be denied that it is of the utmost conse quence that the men who fill our high places should be above suspicion. From the immense importance attached to wealth in England, the desire to obtain it has acquired such force as to create an almost universal disposition to gamble and speculate, and to consider all means of gain ing money equally allowable. • If this general disposition were not to be counteracted i n so me degree by the example of men in conspicuous situations remaining uninfected by avarice, and even living and dying poor, the idea of honour and honesty might come at last to be considered as existing only in romance, like the virtues of the Knights-errant of old.— Morning .Chninicle.. Meetings in honour of the memory Of the de— parted Premier are multiplying. We 'gave the' other day an account of the resolutions passed at Liverpool as a more general declaration date sen , timents of a wealthy and intelligent city : we now lay before our readers a full report of the proceed ings of a meeting at Birmingham, of even a more interesting character. The object of the latter was, to address his Majesty on the occa sion of the great loss sustained by the lamented death of a Minister who, more than most others, might be emphatically styled the choice of the Monarch.and of the country. There was also another object distinctly avowed by the gentle men who had been mainly instrumental in call ing the Meeting. They were desirous, while testifying their unfeigned sorrow for the loss of Mr. Canning, to express their intention of giv ing every support to his honourable and excel lent successor. The way in which the Meeting was planned and assembled is highly creditable to those who called it, and to the sound sense and liberal spirit of the Magistrates, Clergy, and inhabitants of Birmingham. The invita tions were open and universal, and the speeches of the enemies of Mr. Canning were heard with as much patience and good humour as those of his warmest admirers. We are particularly gratified by this last circumstance, and likewise by the fact that there were enemies of Mr. Canning present on the occasion. There will always be some lurking suspicion that all is not right when lie who opposes the sentiments expressed by a meeting is hooted down and refused a hearing. There seems, in such a case, a fear in the majo rity, that the principles which they advocate will not bear investigation. On the contrary, no thing can indicate more completely a sound con viction of their truth, than for a majority to hear its sentiments opposed without losing its temper. This was very finely exemplified at the meeting at Birmingham, where their disregard of argu ment, and utter insignificance in point of number, might not unnaturally have ex posed the dissentients to a different treatment. The dissentients had been summoned for the special purpose, not of passing a set of counter Resolutions, which was thought too bold an at tempt, but of staving off the Resolutions to he proposed, by a motion for an adjournment, They were summoned by a circular, which none but a man whose politics had blinded his un derstanding could have penned, and which re flects utter disgrace on those who obeyed it. But even this, which was calculated to awaken very strong feelings of disgust, did not stimulate the friends of Ministers to pass the bounds of mo deration. The party were allowed to declaim their speeches, to make their motion—their good things were clapped, their foolish things were' laughed at, and the meeting then proceeded to pass its own resolutions as quietly and coolly as if no opposition had been manifested. The whole of the dissidents amounted to a dozen and their leader was Mr. Bird, whose appearance at the table of Mr. Peel we noticed some time ago. The speech of Mr. Bird led to an expla nation, for which we must have been prepared as soon as we heard of the meeting of Friday. The address to Mr. Peel, it now appears, had been completely got up. In every concomitant, it was as opposed to t he Address to his Majesty, as the views and feelings of the party who voted the one, were opposed to those of the party who voted the other. This we state not as warty to the merits or - Mr. Peel; 7 but as sacisCac- torily indicating the feebleness and paucity of the supporters of -the party with which it is the end and aim of such Addresses to iden tify that Right Hon. Gentleman. The meeting at Liverpool, and that at Birmingham, are, we feel persuaded, but the first notes of preparation, and will speedily be followed by every influential city and town in England. In London we know that the wishes of a large majority are anxiously directed towards what, in our free country, is the great and legitimate means of expressing their feelings--a public assemblage of the inhabitants ; and we have no doubt that the meetings of Li verpool and Birmingham will speedily stimulate their natural leaders to give them what they so much desire.—New Times. POLICE INTELLIGENCE• MANSION-HOUSE.—Esi BEZZLEM EN T. —The person who has been several times remanded upon a charge of robbing his employer, Mr. Troup, wholesale watch manu facturer, of Cheapside, of several valuable gold watches, was:: on Saturday again placed at the bar. The prisoner was engaged as traveller, at a salary of 1001. a year, con sequently the greatest: confidence was placed in his inte grity--of that confidence, however, he was now accused of taking advantage, and as well before he started on his journey, and when in the country, pledging the property entrusted to his care. Mr. Humphreys, who appeared for the prosecution, was ready to enter into one case, where lie could bring the pledging in London home to the prisoner, the duplicates of two of the watches being found upon him by the officer who took him into custody. The greater numb er ; o f the watches have,: however, been pledged in the country, and further time being required for the production of evidence, it was, after considerable. con sultation, determined to remand the prisoner for another fortnight. The LORD MAYOR observed, that he should enter into strict inquiries in every case, as the crime of robbing employers had recently arrived at that magnitude, that the Judges bad fully determined, especially in cases like the present, where the prisoner had a liberal salary, to visit it with the severest infliction of punishment the law allowed. THE G.A . muLtwc Honsr.—The Proprietor of the Coffee. house in Throgmorton-street, in which the apparatus 14 gambling was discovered on Thursday night, handed in a written paper to the Lord Mayor, giving notice that he meant to apply for a renewal of hi• license at the n3lt meeting of Magistrates fur that purpose. He did so at the desire of the Deputy and Common Councilmen of the Ward, who were notions to have the matter investigated, and he had no wish to avoid any scrutiny. The LORD MATox desired Mr, nobler to keep the notice, and to acquaint him a day or two previous to the sitting of Magistrates on licenses. His Lordship h a d no doubt that after the discovery of the late proceeding s i n hi s house, the Magistrates would be very cautious before they renewed the license. • • BOW-STREET,-Up SatOF44Y evening, the " Cacique of Poyais," General Gregor Mac Gregor," Was brought before Mr. Mussnur.t, on a warrant, in the custody of Lincoln, a conductor of patrol, and Fagan, an officer, for sending a challenge, tending to provoke a breach, of the peace, to Lieutenant Francis Mellitt S p on g , of the Royal Artillery. A brother-in-law of Lieutenant Spong , d eposed that he received a letter on Saturday morning, from Greg or M ac Gregor, enclosing a challenge for Lieutenant Spong, and requesting him (the brother-in-law) to deliver it. Th e following is a copy of the challenge: Sir,—Mr. Mocatta has informed me that you have used expressions injurious to my character. When a gentleman does so, of course he is prepared to stand the consequence. I have, therefore, to request that you will send your friend to me (through the office), in order to arrange when, and where you will give the explanatiol required.—l have the honour tole, Sir, your obedient and very humble servant, GREGOR MAC GREGOR. 23, Threadneedle-street, Thursday morning. Lieutenant Spong, &c. . . . This letter being shown to Mac Gregor, and acknow ledged by him, Mr. MINSIIULL informed him that he re quired him to enter into sureties, himself in 2,0001., and two respectable housekeepers in 1,000/. each, to keep the peace towards all his Majesty's subjects, and towards Lieut. Spong in particular, fur the term of two years. " General Gregor Mac Gregor" expressed surprise at the magnitude of the bail required, and asked the Magis trate if there was anything particular connected with hied , ,i t stif, or his circumstances, that induced his Worship to k he was able to give such heavy sureties. Iffr: Alnisturit. said he knew nothing of him, or his cir cumstances. lie should not alter his determination to have the' [mil he had required, and moreover, be would have notice of that bail. Mac Gregor said he could give the bail required, but not at that hour of night. He was therefore sent to St. Martin's watchhouse, where lie is to be kept until he gives the bail required. It was with difficulty Mr. Spong was persuaded by his friends to repress his feelings during the examination. The origin of this affair did not transpire, but we under stand that this man, Mac Gregor, has inflicted the deepest injury upon Lieutenant Spong that one man can inflict upon another. The challenge, although dated " Thursday morning," was not delivered at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's .street, the residence of the brother-in-law, until Saturday morning, but immediately upon the receipt of it, the friends of Mr. Spong applied at this office for a warrant against the author, which was readily granted by Sir Richard Birnie and Mr. Minshull, to whom the application was made. The officers, who held the warrant, had much difficulty in finding out the residence of the." Cacique," and only succeeded at last by practising a ruse upon one of " His Highness's Agents" in the City. Having however ascertained it to be at No. 12, Baker-street, in the New-road, they proceeded thither, and after lying in ambush near the house for some hours, they succeeded in capturing " his Highness," ' Nothing was stated publicly in the office as to the cause of the difference between Mr. Spong and Sir Gregor M'Gregor, but upon inquiry in the best quarters, we were informed that the following were the circumstances which gave rise to it :—Fifteen years ago, Mr. Spong married Miss E., the daughter of Sir F. E., the lady Wing then not much past 15 years of age. He settled a jointure upon her of 7001. per annum. They are stated to have lived very happily together, and the lady has been seven times pregnant, but no children are living. Sir Gregor M'Gre gor knew the family of Sir F. E. before the marriage of the daughter ; and it is said, that from the moment of the marriage of the young lady to Mr. Spong, up to a very short time since, he (Sir Gregor M'Gregor) has been unceasing, as far as his other avocations would permit, in his endeavours to induce her to leave her husband. Of these attempts Mr. Spong was not aware until very lately, and, indeed, he had not even a personal acquaint ance with Sir Gregor M'Gregor. Air. Spong bag a seat at Long Ditton, and there for some time past Sir Gre gor M'Gregor had occasionally occupied apartments in an obscure house belonging to a poor widow. About a month ago, Mr. and Mrs. Spong, the Messrs. E. and family, went to the seat a General E. at West Cowes, and had been there a week when urgent business called Mr. Spong to London, where he had been but a few days, when he wrote for his wife to come also to town. To his inexpres sible astonishment, he received a letter from one of her brothers, informing him that she had suddenly disappeared, and no one knew whither she was gone. The state of mind of Mr. Spong, and of the whole family, may easily be con ceived. Inquiries were made in every quarter that could be thought of, but no tidings were obtained of her until a letter was received from the unhappy lady, acknowledging that she had eloped with 11I'Gregor, but expressing her dis gust at the conduct of her seducer, and in language such as has seldom been committed to writing by a female pen, declaring her deep contrition, and imploring forgiveness at the hands of her husband and friends. She did not state the place of her abode, but requested that if she could be received back by any portion of her family, that simply the word " Yes" should be inserted as an advertisement in the public prints. This was done, and the lady returned, and is now under the protection of her brothers. Mr. Spong met Sir 0. M'Gregor on Friday night, inWigmore street, and some words arose, when the latter assaulted Mr. Spong, who thereupon seizing him by the collar dashed his head against the wall. Sir G. M'Gregor was then given in charge to the watch, and conveyed to a watchhouse, where he prevailed upon some man to bail him cn depositing the amount in cash in his hands. Sir G. M'Gregor did Rot appear at Marylebone Office on Saturday morning: He lost his hat and one of his shoes in the scuffle. Lincoln and Fagan were waiting nearly the whole of Saturday at the " Office," in Threadneedle-street, to take Sir 0. M'Gregor into custody, but he did not make his appearance, and it was only by inquiry of one of his agents that they learned that he lived at No. It, Upper Baker-street,: where they apprehended him. MARYLEBONE.—A person, called Major Drum mond, was charged in the watch-house book, on Saturday morning, by Mrs. Phillis Gibson, of 41, Wigmore-street, with refusing to quit her Louie when ordered so to do. - The pintientars' - of the charge:did not transpire L.ltire. Gibson came forward to support. it, but there was no Major Drummond to answer it; and Mr. Edward Eagling, a bout-maker, at No. 6, Adam-street East, in hlarylebone, who had bailed the defendant out of the watch-house, in- formed Mr. HOSKINS that he did not mean to attend—to which Mr. 11. replied, " I tell you, Sir he must attend." Mr. Eagling—He cannot, Sir ; he is in the country. He left town early this morning, on purpose to be out of the way. Mr. Hosicm—You must produce him, or take the con sequence. ,Mr. Eagling—lf I had known his intention, Sir, !would not have been his bail. To which a friend of Mre. Gib son's replied, " You knew his character, and be gave you 18/. to bail him." Mr. nigling—He did no such thing; he paid my fore man 18!. for an account which was owing, because he knew I would not otherwise be bound for him. Mrs. Gibson's friend (to Mr. Hostms)—This fellow, your Worship, makes use of four names, to my knowledge —Major Drummond, Major Gordon, Mr. Grant, and Gregor McGregor, which is his' real name. Mr. liosxlws told Mr. Eagling be would be called upon to pay the amount of his security, 201. ; and the case was dismissed. James ArDougall, a shoemaker, living at: No. 65, Wells -street, was.charged with stealing a bundle of whited brown paper from the shop of Mr. Burgess, a stationer, at No. 11, Berners-street. Webb, a watchman, saw the robbery committed, and the prisoner did not deny it. He was committed to New• gate for trial. A coachman, named Woodford,. was charged with hay. ing furiously driven over a poor old man, by which hi legs were broken, and his life placed in danger. It appeared in evidence, that on Friday evening last the . old man was in conversation with a friend at the corner of James -street, Lisson-grove, when the prisoner, who was driving along at a rapid pace, suddenly turned the corner of the street, and before the injured person had time to get out of the way, he was knocked doivn by the pole of the coach, and the wheels passes{ over both his legs. He was carried to the hospital. The surgeon's certificate was produced, stating that he was in danger, and unable to at tend to give evidence. The prisoner said there were several persons at the.corner of the street, and he tried to pull up the horses. Mr. flosimis—The man ,is in danger, and I must detain you in custody unless you procure good bail to be in attendance, should he be able to attend at some future period. WORSHIP-STREET.—TirxBETMNAL-CREEK GANG. —A young man named Thomas Sorrel was brought up on Saturday on suspicion of having been concerned in a highway. .robbery, committed on Sunday the sth instant. It appeared that about two o'clock that morning, three young men, who were going on a fishing excursion, were attacked in Hare-street Fields, by the brick-field gang, about twenty in number : and one of them, named Single ton, was severely beaten and robbed. They gave intima tion of the outrage at the watch-house, describing the per sons of their assailants; and within the last week Charles Downes, Joseph Wheeler, and Thomas Sorrel, have been apprehended as three of the party. (The prisoner Downes was one of the persons charged. with the robbery of Mr. Fuller, the surgeon, for which James Boyce was executed some montlii back, and Thos. Norton who suffered this morning, Downes and two others were acquitted.) The officers stated that they had apprehended Sorrel as answering the description given of one of the robbers. He did not speak a word, and was remanded for further examination with the other two prisoners. TOWN-HALL.—INFA JIOU S ROBBERY, Taylor, a well-known thief, was charged on Saturday with robbing a lady named White, the wife of a ship-owner at Horsely down. It appeared that Mrs. White left home to make some purchases, having in her reticule a sovereign, and a quantity of silver, and in passing thronli Joiner's-street, she fell down in a fit, and on coming to herself found she had been robbed of five half-crowns. The prisoner, in the confusion occasioned by the distressing situation of the prosecntrix, was seen to pick up several pieces of silver, and make off, when lie was pursued and taken. The prisoner saucily admitted:taking threihalf-crowns, saying lie saw others do the like, and thought he had an equal right to a share in the spoil.—He was committed. NEWPORT, Auc. 25.—We are happy to find that the wheat-harvest is nearly approaching to a close, and that the rain during the last week was not of the least injury to it, but of incalculable benefit to the turnips and pastures, the former of which never, generally, appeared more promising. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 25.—The demand for British Plantation Sugar in the early part of this week Was again limited, and although the market was but scantily supplied, rather lower prices were submitted to in some instances. Yesterday there was more disposition on the part of the Grocers to purchase, and some small parcels were disposed of at prices which could not be obtained for the last fortnight. The total quantity sold is about 550 hhds., besides which 'a small parcel of Bengal Sugar has been sold, good yellow at 695., and fine white at 765. per cwt.: and of Foreign Sugar 35 chests Pernambuco have been sold on board the vessel and unseen, the white at 38s. 6d., and brown at 28s. 6d. per cwt., to be taken off the quay at the purchaser's expense.—Nothing done in Molasses worthy of notice, and the business done in Coffee is confined to a few lots of Jamaica to the trade at former prices. —Pimento is in good request, and very little at market.—Cocoa and Ginger remain dull.—The sales made in Rum are limited ; prices remain steady. Our Cotton market has been dull through out the whole of the past week, and the quo tations of the lower descriptions of American Cotton have scarcely been maintained. The sales amount only to 7860 bags, consisting of 3390 Bowed, si-d. to 74d. chiefly at 6,id to bid. for middling fair to good ; 920 Orleans, 6d. to Sid ; 1810 Mobile and Alabama, sd. to 6/d.; 420 Sea Island, IW-d. to 18d. ;20 Stained ditto, bid. to ; 310 Pernambuco, Sid. to 9.0. ; 260 Maran ham, Bid. to MA ; 180 Bahia, Bd. to 80. ; 300 Egyptian, lid to Bd. ; 110 Demerara, 71(1. to 9id.; 40 Barbadoes, 7d.; 90 Surat, 4jd. to 44d. ; 10 Bengal, 4id.; 1000 American have been taken on speculation. The arrivals are 864 bags. About 1400 Sea Islands are declared for auction on the 31st instant. The Tobacco market remains quite inactive, and the trade have refrained from buying, in consequence of the announcement of a public sale of 150 hhds. Virginia Leaf and Stemmed on the 28th inst. Imported into Liverpool, from the 18th to the 24th of August inclusive :—By I vessel from Barba does, 1 New Orleans, 1 Quebec, 1 Charente, 3 Archangel, 1 St. Petersburgh, 1 Pillau, and I Cronstadt. • Barbadoes Sugar 261 hhds, 29 tees, 1 brl. Ginger 34 bags, 2 brls.; Brandy 174 pieces, 73 hhds.; Tobacco 51 hhds.; West India Cotton 46 bales ;New Orleans ditto 818 bales; Foreign Wheat 1,300 qrs. ; Archangel Tar 798 brls.; Montreal Ashes 10 brls. ; Logwood 12 tons; Tallow 1,349 casks; Linseed 200 qrs. Early in the week there was a good inquiry for Ashes, but holders demanding higher prices pre vented much business being done; the sales are 160 barrels old Montreal Pot at 265. 3d. to 275. 6d., and 70 barrels new ditto, at 28s. 6d. to 295. In Pearls, 115 barrels Montreal, brand 1826, have sold at 28s. Gd. to 295.; States' Ashes being now at the price of Montreal, are taken for home use. 140 barrels New York Pot, brand 1826, have been sold at 275. per cwt. 200 casks fine Philadelphia Quercitron Bark, just landed, were yesterday offered by auction, and 145 casks sold at 15s. 6d. to 15s. 9d. per cwt. Rough Brimstone is lower, a parcel of 45 tons has been sold rather under Si. per ton. In Dyewoods but little has been done, with the exception of 125 tons fine fresh Lima Nicaragua Wood from the quay. at about 19/. per ton. About 30 tons Campeachy Logwood have been taken at Si. 2s. 6d. to Si. 7s. 6d. and some Jamaica at 6/. 15s. per ton, with 10 tons Gaboon Barwood at 6/. 10s. per ton. Sicily Shumac is dull of sale, only 100 bags have been dis posed of at 10s. Gd. to 10s. 9d. In Verona more doing, and 600 bags sold at 6s. Gd. to 6s. 9d. per cwt. Saltpetre has become very scarce; a parcel of 300 bags not landed, has brought 265. 6d. to 285., and 150 bugs in warehouse at '2Bs. to 30s. per cwt. Safflower is still inquired for; about 40 bales middling to good East India have been taken at Cl. ss. to 71. 2s. 6d. per cwt. in bond. In Madders and Madder Roots there is a fair business doing. Valonia little inquired for. The only transaction 3n Flaxseed is a small parcel of 50 quarters Riga, at 40s. per quarter:. The public sales of Indigo advertised for the 30th instant; have suspended the inquiries for this article by private treaty; the market remains very steady. For Cochineal there is no inquiry. —A- few casks American Bees' Wax, of fine quality, have brought 101. 10s. per cwt.—Olive Oil continues in fair de mand ; Gallipoli is rather lower, 6 tuns having been sold at 391. to 401., and 10 tuns Malaga at 351. 10s. per tun. For Pale Rape Oil there is more inquiry, and some sales effected at 2s. 4d. to 2s. sd. per gal lon. Linseed Oil is steady. A further advance has been realised on Seal Oil ; a sale was made early in the week at 23/. for Pale, since which several small parcels have been sold at 23/. 10s. to 24/., and holders are unwilling to make extensive sales at the latter price, the import of Pale not being so large as was expected, Cod Oil is steady at 231. per tun. Palm brings=.26/. 10s. ' with a fair demand. Oil of Turpentine is offered lower. In Carolina Rice little doing; the sales of the week arc only about 80 casks, at 14s. 3d. to 15s. 6d. for ordinary, and 17s. 6d. for good. The business in Hides is very limited, 400 dry salted Brazils at 64d. to 71b. per lb. are the only sales reported. For Hemp there is more inquiry, and sales of Petersburgh clean are ef fected. Tallow meets a steady demand from the quay, at 38s. to 38s. 6d. for yellow Candle. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK. Beans. 1 Wheat, s. to s. 56 64 CO 72 62 70 56 60 57 68 59, 63 - 66 62 72 s. d. s d. 66 74 80 86 72 79 10 0 10 2 96 120 94 00 80 00 70 79 78 80 140 200 n 0 22 0 It 0 ]66 115 6 18 3111 0 o ut the measure varies thri SCOTCH MARKETS. HADDINGTON CORN MARKET.—Aug. 24. A full market of Wheat, prices considerably up ; top 45., and average is. sd. A large Supply of Oats, sales dull in the extreme; 212 quarters offered, 53 only sold ; top price 25., and average 7s. down. Little done in Barley, average down 2s. 61 A parcel of foreign Barley brought 40s. Three quarters of Pease, and 8 quar t ers o f Beans, sold ; average of Pease ls., and of B eans 3 s . 9d. below last day's prices. Oats. Pease. I Wheat. Barley, Beaus. First 6Bs Od 37 Od sg s od 46s Od 46s Od Second 62s Od 35s Od. 30s Od 45s Ott 44s Od Third • 57s Od 33s Od 2 is Od 41s Od 42s Od There were 272qrs. of Wheat m market, 242 whereof were sold. 5 ...at 6Bs. Od. 22 ...at...... 635. Od.i 13 ...at....,. Ws. Od. 15 7 40 ............ 64 0 22. 6O 0 Grey s.—Unsold 30. Average, Si. Is. Ild. 10-12ths per quarter. TH COB DA LKEI' The quantity of was tolerable for ti Wheat. First 6Bs Od Second._ 64s Od Third Od all kinds i MARKS' of Grain he season. Barley. Oats. 358 Od 31s Od Octl { 30s 3os Oct 29s Od 25s Od T.-Aug. 24 at this day , 's market Pease. 4Ss Oct 45s Od 40s Od CORNWALL MARKETS. Beans. 48s Od 455 Od 405 Od TRURO.-Wh eat (average) 255. Od.—Barley, 14s.—Oats, 12s. Oct Her.rrox—Wbeat, Od.—Barley, 178. Od. ST. A UST E Oat 245. to `2 )s 153. to 17s.—Oats, 155.t0165. BonmlN—Wheat (average) 265. Od.—Barley, 15s.—Oats, 16s. Od. I AUNC IiSTON--W 11 eat (average) 255. Od.—Barley,:l3s.tid.—Oats, 10s. Od.—Beef, 60.—Mutton, 6d. ids , c xßD —.Wheat, 245. 9d. to 256.—Barley, 156. 3d.—Oats, —B. to --4. ST. Cocuma--Wheat, 275. to 28s.—Barley, 12s. to 13s.—Beef, and Mutton, 6d. to 7d.—Veal and Lamb, Od to Od. MINING INTELLIGENCE. Tons. Cwt. Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Redruth last Thursday 3,032 0 Average Produce 'l% 0 Quantity of fine Copper 219 3 Amount of bile, 17,1781. Q. N.—Average Standard, 1131. Os. 04. Barley. R. to S. 3-1 39 37 44 38 445 38 41 25 49 35 45 s. d. s. d. 50 56 56 60 44 50 7d 74 00 00 70 76 50 00 46 50 50 00 00 10,0 00 00 Per Quarter. Andover— Carlisle— Morpeth Itomsey Penrith Sheffield Winchester Per Bushel. Birmingham *... Carmarthen Coventry Newcastle (Staff.) Northallerton Stafford Swansea Warwick `Worcester,.....,..✓., Per Roll. Etarnardeastle Darlington Durham Wolsingharn , I* - - The size of s. to s. 30 36 28 3-1 , 37 43 30 at 26 3S 23 27 9.6 :36 s.d. s.d. 39 46 23 29 42 54 I I 5 0 56 I 3 0 34, 00 00 1 30 0 4.3 56 4o 50 110 6 00 S. to a 50 54, 50 52 50 60 60 64 s. d. s. d. 70 78 00 00 74 'BO 90 100 70 76 96 100 00 00 76 80 78 84 80 10 0 0 116 80 10 6 10 0 136 76 90 100 126 86 100 00 00 roughout the country. Oats, MR. CANNING. INTERESTING ANECDOTE.—That Mr. Canning was a man of the highest attainments as a scholar and a Statesman, is beyond all controversy ; and that he was a most humane and benevolent man, we have the most convincing proofs. In the year 1819 the proprietor of this Journal had the heart-rending misfortune of witnessing the departure of his eldest son, who had just graduated in Trinity College, Dub lin, to join, under Col. Eyre, the unhappy expedition to South America. Contradictory of preceding accounts of his death a letter was received in 1820, from a person that knew him when a mere boy, in which it was stated that he was living in Jamaica. This letter determined the present writer to address letters to public characters in Jamaica; and to in sure their safe conveyance, enclosed them in a letter to Mr. Canning—to whom he stated his trouble, and the reason for requesting him to order those letters to be sent with the Government despatches. By return of post, this great and good man, whose time was occupied every moment, condescended to send a reply, in which he assured him that they should be safely conveyed to the persons to whom they were addressed. Mr. Canning's letter was dated in June, 1820. In the following Novem ber Mr. Canning was ill of gout at Ickworth. While there, and in the midst of his illness, he received a large packet from the Colonial Office, which he im mediately forwarded to Cashel. This packet, which contained replies from the high personages to whom the present writer wrote, contained a short note from Mr. Canning, in which he stated, that that moment he received it, and lost not a moment in forwarding it. This packet disclosed the active be nevolence of this excellent Statesman, and placed him in a point of view which at once beat down the unworthy attacks of some of the London Newspapers, which represented him as inaccessible to the claims of humanity. The packet contained an extract of a letter from the Duke of Manchester to Lord Bathurst, respecting the existence of the person stated to be living in Jamaica. This application to the Duke of Manchester- was the sole and unsolicited act of this amiable and accomplished Statesman ; for it never occurred to the writer of this article to address the Governor of Jamaica on the subject. Justice to the exalted personage, whose death has created such in tense interest in the Empire, requires this public testimony to those virtues which distinguished him in private life, as much as those pre-eminent acquire ments, which raised him to the highest office in the State, distinguished him in society, in the Cabinet, and in the great Council of the Nation.—Clonmel Herald. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DI ARY.—WEDNESDAY, AUG. 9.9.--(At the Court of Commissioners, Basinghall-street.) Bolton and Co., Margaret- Allen, \V., London-road ... 10 street Giblr C., Cumberland- tr -or-lane ..- gardens monger -lane Perkins, H., Cheapside COUNTRY DIA RY.—WEDNESDAY, AUG. 29. Barrett, H., Gloucester—Horse and Groom, Gloucester lt) Boughton, 1., Tewkesbury—Anchor, Tewkesbury Rickards, C. Manchester—White's, Manchester Harris, T., -Manchester—White's, Gloucester lO Moneyment, M., Swaffham, Norfolk—Rampant Horse, Norwich AUGUST :30. Andrews, J., Swindon—White Horse, Cricklade ll Barrett, H., Gloucester—Horse and Groom inn, Glou cester Beardmore, W., Levenshuime, near Manchester—Star,Manchester 10 Courtney, J., Bristol—Bush, Bristol i Flewett, J., Hillhampton, Worcestershire—White Hart, Hartlebury Gorle, J., Hales Owen—Royal hotel, Birmingham Hodgson, W., Leeds—Court-house, Leeds 1 Ingledew, W. sen. and jun. Boston—Peacock, Boston l9 Laight, It., Worcester—Shakespeare tavern, Worcester l2 Mellor, J., Micklehuret, Cheshire—Battye and Co., Hod- _ _ deralield ll Percival, W., Leicester—White Hart, Leicester Turner, NV., Whitchurch—Red Lion, Newport ll INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED, COUNTRY.---At the Guildhall, Beaumaris, August 91. at Ten o'clock. 'Williams, 0., Bodlasaw Williams, W., Llangeful INDIAN TORNADOeL—The shades of even ingmosi)here grew suddenly dark, th e h ea t b ecame approached as we reached the ground, and just as the encampment was completed, the ... oppressive, and an unusual stillness presaged the immediate setting in of the monsoon. The whole appearance of ,nature resembled those solemn preludes to earthquakes and hurricanes in the West Indies, from which the East in _general is 'providentially free. We were allowed very little time for conjecture ; iii a rew minutes the heavy clouds burst over us.--(4 witnessed seventeen monsoons in India, but this exceeded them all, in its awful appearance and dreadful effects. Encamped in a low situation, on the borders of a lake formed to collect the surround ing water, we found, ourselves in a few hours in a liquid plain. The tent-pins,giving way, in a loose soil, the tents fell down, and left the whole army to the contending 'elements. It requires a lively imagination to conceive the situation of a hundred thousand human beings of every de scription, with more than two hundred thousand elephants, camels, horses and oxen, suddenly overwhelmed by this dreadful storm, in a strange country, without any knowledge of high low ground ; the whole being covered by an imillense lake, and surrounded by thick darkness, which prevented our distinguishing a single object, ex cept such as a vivid glare of lightning displayed in horrible forms. No language can describe the wreck of a large encampment. thus instanta neously destroyed, and covered with water ; amid the cries of old men and helpless women, terrified by the piercing shrieks of their expiring children, unable to afford them relief. During this dreadful night more than two hundred persons and three edxthousand e da c a s t h tle ock pe in r g i si s i p e t a a c nd le. the — F m o Areo' g dawn s ' Orien tal Memoirs. • BIRTH. On the Bth inst. at Tynewydd, near Bangor, the Right Hon. Lady Maria Anne Saunderson, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 25th inst. at Croydon, by the Rev. O'Key y N o a tin h t ge , s W s t t . .d; C l u a ° g:h y b t , e s e t , r A E oi a l t ‘ r l ' y i 'a e le r l d b a s t o e n J Es e, oh F q n . re o G d f e o ß r oE m E S P . s t4 q p . u a o ' n f t :C ers r S e t o y p d E h o s n i q a .: of Wanstead, to Mary Matilda, daughter of Boswell Mid dleton, Esq. of the same place. On Thursday last, at Little Parndon, Essex, by the Rev. G. Hemming, T. Bland, Esq.. only son of the late Col. Bland, to Maria, second daughter of the Rev. Samuel Hemming, D.D. of Hampton. On'the 25th instant, at Peter's, Oxford, Thomas Wace, Esq. of Wadhurst, to Mrs. Hitchings, of Oxford. On the 22d inst., at Leigh, Mr. Stephen Curtis, of Hackney, to Miss Withington, of Alder. house, Chewbent, Lancashire. DIED. On the 24th inst. after a lingering illness, Al' . Charles Henry Harley, in his 28th Tear ; many years connected with the Morning Chronicle. On the 18th inst. in his plst year, Robert Orine, Esq. of Torrington-square, late solicitor to the Hon. East India Company, and Clerk of the Crown at Madras. On the 17th inst. at Muswell-hill, Mr. Joseph Jackson, aged 36, son of John Jackson, Esq. of Silver-street, Clerkenwell, deeply regretted and sincerely beloved. On the 24th inst. Mrs. Jenner, of Chislehurst, Kent, in the 78th year of her age. On the 22d inst. at Ash, in Kent, Mrs. Newman, aged 72. On the 23d inst. at Wells, aged 19, Henrietta, third daughter of the late John Henry Beaumont, Ecq. On the 11th inst. William Botten, Esq. of the Stock Exchange, aged 32. On Saturday, at the house of her grandfather, Binning ham, after a long illness, Frances Beetenson, eldest daughter of Mr. P. Lloyd, Great Surrey-street. On the 18th inst. Anchorette, wife of Ed. A. Whyt e, Esq. of Torrington-square. Saturday last, at Charlbury, Mr. John Hutching s, aged 42. He sat down in good health to dinner with his f amily, and being seized with a fit of apoplexy, expired in about an hour. Plump and Pumas:tan by M. YOUNG, at the SuzoCorrice, No. 112, Strand. t , ame. The P his behal TH' of ()dub, THE( Course, MAT] CHEF ANA: SUB.( MD'S COM] BOTJ Pupils ei For p; St. Thoi T. 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