The Sun. — London, England, 1827-07-04 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It is expected that the whole of the Mini sterial arrangements, in the completion of whic. some delay occurred during the late Parliamen tary conflict, will now be made in the course of a few days. Mr. Canning, it is reported, will return to the Foreign-office, retaining, however, the dignity and privileges of Premier. The Duke of Portland is thought likely to accede to Mr. Canning's present situation : and the Mar quis of Lansdown takes the Home Department. it is not improbable, also, that Lord Holland may take some office. No change will be made in the Government of Ireland before Christ mas.— Times. The decision in the Court of Common Pleas, in the case of Henning v. Rothschild, has, as will he perceived by our article from the city, created no small surprise in that region. A monied man engages for a certain sum towards a loan for the use of a foreign Power ; he re fuses to pay up the whole of his instalments, till he learns that scrip is at a premium, when his offer to do so is rejected; and he now, by the judgment of the Court, recovers the deposits which he had actually made. The effect of this decision, if it be not reversed, will be, to make it impossible to contract for a loan, except in cases where the contractor himself possesses the whole sum wanted : for if he requires the aid of other monied men, this will be his situa tion respecting them,—that they will make good their instalments if the loan be at a premium, for their own sakes ; but should the loan sink to a discount, they will then refuse to fulfil their engagements, and may reclaim and recover the deposits already made, at their full value. Such a practice as this would involve all great pecuniary transactions in endless confusion. It has been said, that it would be contrary to law and justice that a man should lose 99 per cent. (in his portion of a loan) because he has failed to pay up the remaining one. We an swer, that • this failure of 1 per cent. may force the contractor to violate his engagement, and render him liable to the penalty consequent on such violation. Men undertake to advance a loan on the faith of each other's firmness; if one fails, he may ruin all. Such failure, there fore, more especially if it be voluntary, ought to entail a loss on him who is guilty of it. Besides, the man who advances certain parts of the sum for which he engaged, and then stops, is under no necessity of wholly losing what he has already ad vanced : he may take the rece:pts for his instal ments already paid to market, and sell them for the current price. It would therefore, in our opinion, be a violation of law and justice, if he should wait till the loan were completed, perhaps at a loss, and then reclaim the sum actually paid in by him from the contractor or contractors. The other question (namely, whether any subject, without the express consent and authority of the King, can advance a loan to any foreign Power) was not before the Court. Henning, the plaintiff in the case, never alleged as a reason for desisting from paying up his instalments, that he watt doubtful whether the trans action .between Mr. Rothschild and the Neapolitan Government were a legal one. It is Tqmarkable, therefore, that such a question should have been brought forward.—lbid. _ _ We this day publish a second Letter on the affairs of Portugal, containing some spirited and judicious remarks on the subject of the traitorous correspondence taken from the rebels, which, it will be remembered, had been carried on with Spanish Authorities, and which disappeared, no # one knows how, immediately after it was seized. The writer discusses the rights of Don Pedro to the throne of his ancestors, and contrasts the conduct of the two brothers towards their late father. The object of the writer is evidently to clear up many points grossly misrepresented in tins country, and excite in the British public a more general interest in the affairs of Portugal. Our military protection can be of little avail, un less the Portuguese are allowed to consolidate their new institutions, and defend them by such weapons as a good cause has placed in their hands against all the attacks of their assailants. Our treaties do -not indeed, bind us to do more than aid in the defence of Portugal against any foreign aggression whatsoever ; yet our policy, interests, and friendship, naturally inspire us with a with to see her strong, united, and industrious, and this can never be the case, as long as the Commander of our troops there stands ready to strike a blow, in case a Spanish army crosses the frontiers, and our diplomatic representative in clines to that party which, if they could, would gladly scatter flowers in the path of Ferdinand's myrmidons. In last Oct., at the opening of the Session of the two Chambers, the Princess Regent in her speech addressed to the Peers and Deputies, distinctly declared that she could not omit that oc casion of assurin g the Houses of the friendly sen timents of all the European Nations towards Por tugal. " Bound," added she, " by the faith of treaties, as well as by the most exuberant proofs o f uninterrupted friendship, with one of the greatest of the European Powers, and at peace with all, I rely on the decided support of the former and the good will and amicable disposi tions of the latter. All shall know by experience that the pfesent Representative Government of Portugal is li:st and moderate ; that is, that it does not pretend to disturb other States on ac count of the diversitv of their Institutions, but intending solely to deferi.d with energy and con stancy its • own." At that: time the insidious views of Spain were not know:), or at least their extent was not ascertained. Some bands of traitors had indeed appeared at the time alluded to, but no Spanish force was assembled on the froJitiers. A foreign invasion, therefore was n ot a. the moment dreaded. What, then, was it that the Princess Regent meant by the decided support of one of the greatest European Powers?" on which support she gave a pledge to her coun trymen that she could rely, wHlst explaining to them the nature of the Institutions they had just received from their benefactor and Sovereign? Certainly, it was , a moral support, attended with good wishes for the success of a new system in troduced for the prosperity of Portugal, and tinder which alone could we expect to maintain that footing on which we had hitherto stood in the country. This, at least, the Princess Regent and the Portuguese had a right to expect from us and our functionaries employed among them. A representative, instead of an absolute system, was introduced, when the creation of two oppo site parties was the immediate consequence, and each took the field. Jf, as a nation, and an ally, we had a prayer to offer up for the success of any one of the contending ps4ies, we should think it would be in favour of the onc conten ding for the attainment and security of a govern. ing system similar to our own, and when besides, the triumph of their antagonists would have been followed by our eject ment from the country. If a contest was to take place between the two brothers as to the •suc cession to the throne , we can scarcely think it con sistent for our Government, or its agents, to side with the one who stands in the character of a Pre tender, who committed but the other day, as it were, such acts as those detailed in our Lisbon let ter ; and who besides, if he were now to return and rule over Portugal, would bring vengeance and fa naticism in his train, and render the country unin habitable to any other than slaves and bigots.-- Why, then, is not our policy decided with regard to Portugal ? Or rather, why does our Representa tive there wield the influence he possesses in a man ner so much at variance with the interests of his country, as well as the expectation of the Portu guese, anxious to preserve their allegiance to a law ful Sovereign, and struggling to secure the political benefits conferred on them. If these institutions are satisfactory to the major part of the community for whom they are framed, why should we, or any of our Representatives, directly or indirectly, inter fere to overturn them, because a few titled or privi leged persons are opposed to them? The com plaints against the policy we are pursuing in Por tugal are loud, and are reported in almost every letter from that country. Some facts, stated in the shape of complaints, may, perhaps, be a little exag gerated ; nevertheless, there must be a little founda tion to some of them. As Ministers, therefore, are now relieved from the cares and labours of Parlia ment, we hope that this subject will meet with their serious and early attention.—Morning Chronicle. It is quite abominable to read, as we did in our Bow-street Report a few days since, of the practices carried on in one or both of the Clerk enwell prisons. According to this report, it seemed, that a boy committed there was most oruelly beaten with ropes and leathern straps, and that it was the practice to treat every new-coiner in the same way. We have heard of this prac tice before, and believe the vagabonds call it " goosing ;" and it sometimes, we are told, con sists of making wretches run the gauntlet, while ethers belabour them with handkerchiefs loaded iith stones, lead, or penny-pieces. And all this happens, forsooth, in a metropolis in which there thdsts a Society for the " Improvement of Prison Discipline;" and where a set of persons adminis ter upon their oaths the duties, as they imagine, of Visiting Magistrates of these very prisons ! Are these gentry blind or deaf; or do they think Abuses such as these less worthy of their attention 1 1 ' t lan th e p ro fit a bl e j o bs an d contracts of which t ey have the disposal ? There is no one subject which calls more loudly for the intervention of the secretary of State for the Home Department than the state of these Home Prisons. It is quite clear, fom the state of them all, that neither the Magis trates do their duty, nor is the society in question of tie, smallest use. The present Home Secretary, a rr?ost respectable man, seems to have had as truly an easy birth of it as any locum tenens could possibly wish to have. He is about, we are told, to resign the wand of office into other hands; but in whoso- Ozer hands the duties of this department lie, they will be ill performed if the evils we allude to are not iriquired into, and rectified.—Morning Herald. We believe there no longer remains a doubt that Lord Binning is immediately to' be elevated to the Peerage, or that this is only the first of a series of creations, by which Mr. Canning in t4nds, if possible, to secure his ascendancy in the Ifouse of Lords. We deem it impossible, how ever, that this scheme should succeed ; because ~4. e feel assured that before many steps can have b en taken towards its compl e ti on , th e Ki ng w ill tI ke alarm at the meditated prostitution of hi s prerogative. The King, _we are persuaded, has too fine a sense of the value of those distinctions, vtliieli Burke has beautifully termed the cheap defence of nations, to suffer them to be prodi gially bestowed for so unworthy a purpose as that of propping up a Minister who has shewn him self in repeated instances devoid of all the feel giv.whia, are eel-menial. wick. ch. ;math n. ° ti of lobility. The extravagancies of chivalry have hken the theme of map)/ a satire ; yet these, we i6agine, are insignificant evils'if compared with tie odious and degrading baseness which the spirit of anti-chivalry would produce ; and the age of anti-chivalry must already have arrived, before Mr. Canning can be permitted for his personal ends to new model the British Peerage. The project of the present head of the Admini stration, if successful, would have the direct effect o degrading the Peerage and of weakening the Throne. The Peerage, as now constituted, ii an efficient barrier between the Royal Pre regatives and the encroachments of Democracy. Let the Monarch of England, for any temporary purpose, be prodigal of creations, and the Crown and the Peerage of necessity become identified to the imaginations of the people,'and the latter can be no longer an effectual bulwark of the former. The project of the Premier is thus shown to be one which no honest Minister of the Crown can fOr a moment entertain. But apart from consi derations of permanent policy, there are views of immediate expediency, which will, we imagine, compel the King of England to withstand that contrivance by which his Minister for the time being seeks to possess himself of so large a share of the Royal Prerogative. The Sovereign must naturally be averse to impoverish the Royal Treasury of its most splendid gifts, in order to confer upon any Minister a degree of personal importance, alien to the Constitution, and cal culated to fetter the Royal will in all future timeh. ; and he must be particularly averse to such a course in favour of a Minister whose senti ments upon the most important question of national policy are diametrically opposed to his own. We can suppose it possible that the King may so far yield as to admit of a small addition to the Peerage ; but unless the addition is suffi cient to throw a balance of power into the hands of Mr. Canning, it will do nothing more than attract popular odium. And we are persuaded that the King will not acquiesce in an addi tion so extensive, an addition which would identify the House of Lords with tbe Mi nister of the day, and reduce the Sovereign hi m self to a cipher, or at least to the necessity of counteracting what he had already done by new and l 4 d, And ed 1 , i r f r, b c y an m n e i a n n g s s l h i k o e ul those ab t o_ profuse creations;_ i which we have lish, notwithstanding all the improbabilities, his in fluence in the House of Lords, how, we ask, would he then stand in the House of Commons ? Would not the very expedient to which he had resorted, in order to support himself in one branch of the Legis ture, be fatal to him in the other ? We believe it would. The ancient Nobility of the kingdom can. not be dezraded with impunity by any Minister.— Their voice, if suppressed or overpowered in their own proper Assembly, would be heard but the more loudly elsewhere ; and to their voice would be added that of the most popular Representatives of the People of England, by whom the prerogatives of the Crown and the dignity of the Aristocracy are justly held in the highest estimation.—Morning Post. In a trial " Hemming v. Rothschild," which took place on Monday, Chief Justice Best is said to have declared, that doubts were enter tained by the Court of the legality of loans to a Foreign Power. The Chief Justice admitted, at the same time, that the doubts thus raised had lioth.i4 to do w ith. th e case , as they h a d not been nientioned by Counsel on either side. Looking on the office 'of a Judge as created, not for suggesting, but for settling legal doubts, we would certainly have preferred that Chief Justice Best had kept the benefit of his doubts to himself; but as the irrevocabile verbum has gone forth, we think it were well, that having been duly conjured up, these doubts should be duly laid again. We, of course, pretend to no technical knowledge on the subject, and we should in any case be very careful how we brought our selves, on a legal point in contact with the Chief Justice, to whom, as a profound and able lawyer, we owe every respect. We can only argue the matter in a general way. It will not be pretended that a merchant may not, with perfect legality, entrust goods, of what descrip tion soever, to the natives of any nation with which his own is on terms of amity. It is equally admitted, that h e may entrust—what is but the representative of goods, and derives value only from that circumstance—his money, to any such individuals. It is also allowed, that a merchant may entrust his goods to the Government of any allied or neutral nation without challenge. How then does it come to pass that he cannot, as in the former case, equally entrust to such a Government the representative of his goods ? If those, for instance, who lent money to Spain, had lent goods, would it be said they acted illegally ? How is the case altered by their lending money, which money was employed to purchase goods for the Spanish Government ? A, sends to the Spanish Government a hundred muskets and acts according to law. B, advances a hundred pounds to C, who sends out a hundred mus kets, and B, it is said, acts against law. We can not see the difference of the two cases. If B, might send out the muskets directly, how happens it that he cannot send them out mediately ? We have al ways looked on the rule in such cases to be, that what a man can legally do of himself, he can legally do by another. Perhaps we may be wrong; but we must have something stronger than the doubts even of a Judge, to convince i . us that we are so.—Neu Times. THE ARMY. (From the London Gatette of last night.) War-Office, July 2. Bth Regiment of Light Dragoons--Lieut. Thos. Christ mas, from the 35th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Best, who exchanges. Dated June 21, 1827. 9th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Harry Heron, from the 86th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Browne, promoted in the 40th Foot. June 26, 1827. 16th Ditto—Lieut. John O'Neill, from half-pay 95th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hutchison, promoted. June 26, 1827. 19th Ditto—Ensign Fred. Deacon, from the half-pay, to be Ensign, vice Elliott, promoted in the 10th Foot. June 26, 1827. . 20th Ditto—Ensign Wm. O'Kelly, from the 92d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice O'Brian, deceased. June 21, 1827. J. C. Best, Cent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hous toun, promoted. June 21, 1827. 26th Ditto—Lieut. Lord Albert Conyngham, from the half-pay, to be Lieutenant, vice Croke, appointed to the 66th Foot. June 21, 1827. 32d Ditto—Ensign R. Payne, from half-pay 6th West India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Ross, promoted in the 54th Foot. June 26, 1827. 35th Ditto—Lieutenant J. S. Best, from the 9th - Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Christmas, who exchanges. 4ne 21, 1827 . 40th Ditto—Brevet Lieut.-Col. Win. Balfour to be Lieut.-Colonel. June 25, IS27.—Brevet Major R. Tur tdn to be Major, vice Balfour. June 25, 1827. To be Captains—Lieut. H. Millar. June 25, 1827.-- Captain J. K. Jauncey, from the half- pay, vice Turton. June 26, 1827. To be Lieutenants.—Lieut. J. Pickering, from half pay 96th Foot, June 25, 1827; Lieut. J. Ellis, from half-pay 66th Foot, June 25, 182'7; Lieut. W. Moir, from the 14th Foot, June 25, 1827 ; Lieut. F. Stanford, F-1). Rad fOrd, from half-pay 17th Foot, June 25, 1827 ; A. Slade, from the .54th Foot, June 25, 1827; Lieut. P. iimusay, from the. 87th Foot, June 25, 1827: Elisio:lJ. 111‘Duff, front the 42d Foot, June 26, 1827; Ensign B. Al‘Kenzie, from the 76th Foot, June 26, 1827; Ensign J. IL Browne, from the 9th Foot, June 26, 1827; En sign J. P. Elliott, from the 19th Foot, June 26, 1827 ; E. A. Phibbs, from the 4th Foot, June 26, 1827. To be Ensign—G. Keane, Gent. vice Nicholls, de ceased. June 21, 182 T. 42d Regiment of ,Foot —Ensign Wm. T. Tirane, from the half-pay (Gentleman Cadet from the Royal Military College), to be Ensign, vice M'Duff, promoted in the 40th Foot. June 26, 1827. 44th Ditto—Ensign R. P. Lewis, from the half-pay, to be Ensign, vice Daniell, appointed to the 76th Feot. June 26, 1827. 49th Ditto—Gentleman Cadet Mortimer R. S. Whit more, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Phibbs, promoted in the 40th Foot. June 26, 18e7. 54th Ditto—Ensign Emilius Ross, from the 32d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Slade, appointed to the 40th Foot. 26th June, 1827. 55th Ditto—Capt. Charles Mills, from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice Alexander Gardiner, who e xchanges, re ceiving the difference. June 21. 56th Ditto—Lieut. Wentworth Croke, from the 26th Foot, to be Lieut., vice Finnise, appointed to the 82d Foot. June 21, 1827. Ensign Thos. Alex. Souter, from the 96th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Eager, promoted in the 48th Foot. June 21. 62d Ditto--A. L. Gwynne, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vi ce Binney, promoted. J u ly 3, 1E327. 65 th Ditto—Lieut. E. St. Vincent Digby, from the half - pay, to be Lieut., vice G. T. Parker, who exchanges, receiving the difference. June 21, 1827. 69th Ditto--Capt. I. Downing to be Major, by purchase, vice Peel, promoted in the 53d Foot. June 21, 1827. Capt. J. A. Ingram, from half-pay 101st Foot, to be Captain, v i ce D own i ng . J une 21 , 1827. 71 st Ditto--Capt. W. Osborne, from the half-pay ,to be Capt a i n , vice J. Roberts, who exchanges, receiving th e difference. June 21, 1827. 7 5th Ditto—F. P. Walton, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, ..; e . e O'Hara, promoted. July 3, 1827. 76th Ditto --Ensig n R. A. Daniell, from the 44th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Al'ittnzie, promoted in the 40th Foot. June 26, 1827. 82d Regiment of Foot—Lieut. B. T. Finniss, from the 56th Foot, to be Lieut. vice Donnellan, Promoted. J u ne 21, 1827. Ssth Ditto—S. W. Blackall, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fitzpatrick, promoted. Jane 26, 1827. 86th Ditto—Ensign P. B. de Daubrawa, from half-pay 35th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Heron, appointed to the 9th Foot. June 26, 1827. 89th Ditto--Ensign Al. Pole to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Barrett, promoted in the 86th Foot. June 21, 1827. 92d Ditto—T. Ormsby, Gent, to be Ensign vice O'Kelly, promoted in the 20th Foot. June 21, 182'7• 96th Ditto—Robert S. Murray, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Souter, appointed to the 56th Foot. J une 21, 1827. 97th Ditto—Lieut. Alex. Gordon, front h al f - Pay 34th Foot, to be Lieutenant, repaying the difference he received to the Half-pay Fund, vice T. M‘Donougl, who exchanges. June 21, 1827. Rifle Brigade.—Richard Henry Fitzlierbert, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Culnine, promo ted. 3d July, 1827. Ist West India Regiment.—Lieutenant Hector Downie, froiu half-pay 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Johnston, promoted. 21st June, 1827. Royal Newfoundland Veteran Companies. —Hospital- Assistant Henry Mackesey to be Assistant -Surgeon, vice Strachan, deceased. 12th June, 1827. UNATTACHED. —To be Captains of Infantry, by pur.. chase,—Lieut. E. Hopwood, from the 69th Foot. June 21. Lieut. G. Hutchinson, from the 16th Foot. June 26, Lieut. Hon. G. Warren FAwardes, from the 2d Life Guards. July S, 1827. . To be Lieutenants of Infantry, by purchase-Ensign W. Houston, from the 20th root.--.lttne 21, 1927. Ensign John Wilson Fitzpatrick, from the 85th Foot. July 26•--Ensign Richard Binney, from the 62d Foot. July S.—Ensign G. W. D. O'Hara, from the 75th Foot. July 3 , 1827—Second Lieutenant W Cumine, from the Rifle Brigade. July 3, 1827. STAFF. —Brevet Colonel Sir T. N. Hill, K.C.B. on the half -pay, to be Deputy Adjutant-General to the Forces serving in Canada, vice Sir J. Harvey, appointed an In spector of Army Clothing. June 25, 1827. BREVET.—Lieut. H. Brown, East India Company's Service, attached to the Company's Depot at Chatham, to have the temporary rank of Lieutenant in the Army, vice Jacob. June 21, 1827. MismoaaNnum.—The under-mentioned Officers have been allowed to dispose of their half-pay :—Captain Sir Wm. Boothby, Bart. half-pay 7th Garrison Battalion, June 27, 1827; Capt. James Dent Weatherley, half-pay 60th Foot, July 3, 1827 ; Lieut. Frederick Beaty, half pay 7th Ligbt Dragoons, July 3, 1827; Lieut. Samuel Whalley, Retired List sth Royal Veteran Battalion, July 3, 1827. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 3. THE KING OF SPAIN P. HULLET AND OTHERS. The Court was occupied throughout the day with hearing the arguments of Counsel on a demurrer tiled in this cause. At the conclusion, the Lord Chancellor requested to be furnished with some of the cases, and postponed his decision until a fu ture day.- WARD OF THE COURT. Mr. LYNCH, at the rising of the Court, requested that his Lordship would look over and approve of a draught of a deed of settlement, prepared on the marriage of a ward of the Court. The Master had seen and approved of the draught, but his Lord ship's sanction was also necessary in this case; and as the parties did not wish to make the circumstances or the names public, he had to request his Lordship would hear it in his private room. His Lordship assented, and was followed out of Court by Mr. Lynch. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 3. THE KING V. RIGBY WASON. Mr. BROUGHAM and Mr. ERSKINE showed cause against a rule nisi for a criminal information ob tained by the Attorney-General, in consequence of a letter the defendant wrote to Mr. Dawson, an at torney, abusing him, and challenging him to fight. Mr. Dawson, in his professional character, had called upon the defendant to make inquiries concerning the amount and particulars of his property, that he might afford correct information to a gentleman who was the father of a young lady to whom Mr. Wason was paying his addresses. Mr. Wason now stated that he had been engaged to this lady for five years, and that her father had, after this long courtship, refused him, upon an objection made to his fortune; and he could not help thinking that he had not been fairly dealt with by Mr. Dawson, for that his for tune amounted to 1,2001. a year, anti he had pro fessed his willingness to make a settlement to that amount upon the lady. The defendant also felt hurt at a letter which Mr. Dawson wrote to him, implying a doubt of his title to some land ; and un der the impression that he was not fairly dealt with, he had written the letter complained of. The Learned Counsel would not attempt to justify that letter, but they thought that Mr. Dawson was not entitled to the extraordinary interference of the Court, but should be left to the ordinary remedy. Lord TENTERDEN.—If satisfaction is not made, the rule for the information is to be considered tobe granted. THE KING V. 'MICHAEL STORKS, ESQ. Mr. ALDERSON moved for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against Michael Storks, Esq., a magistrate of Yorkshire. Rule refused. THE KING AGAINST THE CORPORATION OF QUEEN- BOROUGH. Mr. Sergeant MEREWETHER moved to make abso _ an information, in the nature of a..9u0 "vv.. wan the otlieeorMayor of Queenborough, tember, 1825, to September, 1824. from Sep- Lord TENTERDEN.—The rule must be enlarged; and if the prosecution in the quo warrant° against the defendant, as jurat, proves successful, then an information must be granted against him as Mayor. THE ICING D. RICHARD DOWNING RICHARDS. Mr. ADOLPHUS moved the judgment of the Court upon the defendant. Lord TENTERDEN.—This must be put off till to morrow. Why should it not be put off till next term ?—Mr. BROUGHAM.—I have an affidavit to support an application for its standing over until next term. Lord TENTERDEN.—The defendant is in custody? —Mr. BROUGHAM.—He is in custody for a very large sum of money, and also on Crown process. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, he felt some anxiety for the several persons who are exposed weekly to his attacks. He should give some security. Lord TENTERDEN—What can we do ? We are only to pass a judgment upon him. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL expected that judg ment would be of some severity. ! ;7 4:1 TENTERDEN—That m a y be. Is he in Court no The A T TO RNEY -G ENERAL h o p e d that his Lord ship would see that imprisonment alone was not a aafficient punishment. Mr. BROUGHADI—He will give security not to Publish any thi ng i n t h e i n terval against the prose cutors. Lord TENTERDEN—If the prosecutors are satis fied with that. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL —My Lord, I have not the least doubt he can give very good security. Here the matter ended. We understood that the defendant is to come up again to-morrow. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS...-JULY 3. HENDERSON V. LEMAN. Mr. Sergeant WILDE applied to the Court to re strict the plaintiff's right of costs in this case. The defendant's attorney had taken out a summons to stay the proceedings on payment of the debt and tests; but the plaintiff's attorney, or some other person for him, refused to agree to the summons, stating that the plaintiff claimed and was entitled to a larger sum than was proposed to be paid by the defendant. The defendant then paid the money he had offered into Court, when the plaintiff filed a de claration, which he afterwards took out. Under these circumstances, the Court decided that the plaintiff could not recover costs to any amount beyond those incurred up to the time that the summons to stay proceedings wa s ta k en out.— Their Lordships were glad that they had this op portunity of expressing theirlopinion upon the prac tice which h a d b een a d op t e d i n t hi s case, an d which was now become too general. It frequently occurred that when summonses of this kind were taken out, and the parties appeared before the Judge at cham bers, some young person who had very probably been little more than a year in office, would come from the plaintiff, and succ ee d i n discharging the summons, by merely layi ng c l a i m t o a larger sum than was offer e d by th e d e f en d ant . A Judge , !hands were then effectually tied; he could only advise the defendant to pay the money into Court, and when this was done, it frequently happened that it was taken out again, and the defendant was probably saddled with the very amount of costs which the s ole object of his s ummons wa s toget rid of. The practice was gaining ground, but it must be stopped. THWAITES v. F OSTER. In this case a rule was obtained a few days since, c alling on the plaintiff's attorney to show cause why the judgment given in the action should not be set aside, on the ground that he had not given the de fendant proper notice of trial. Mr. Sergeant WILDE this morning showed cause against the rule and produced the affidavits of the attorney and his clerk. Upon the strength of these affidavits, the Court discharged the rule. COURT Or ALDERMEN. The LORD MAYolt held a Court of Aldermen yes terday, at Guildhall, which was fully attended. The Sheriffs presented returns of the state of the several prisons. The Inquest of the Ward of Cordwainer attend ed, and presented some ruinous premises, upon which the Court directed the solicitor to take the measures prescribed by the Act of Parliament. The Inquest of St. Sepulchre made a presentment of persons for carrying on trade, not being free of the city, which was referred to the Chamberlain. The common crier reported his having served notices at the residences of the gentlemen who were elected Sheriffs on the 25th ult. A report was made to the Court, that one of them, Mr. Ladbroke, had paid the fine of 600/. to be excused serving. Mr. Rundell was then called, and not appearing, the Court requested the Lord Mayor would call a Common Hall for the election of two Sheriffs for the ensuing year, in the room of Mr. Ladbroke, who has paid his fine; and Mr. Rundell, who has not appeared to give bond. The Lord Mayor appointed Saturday next for the Common Hall. The Court were occupied till a very late hour, in discussion respecting the Aldermanship of Vintry Ward. INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM. A Meeting was held yesterday` evening, at the City of London Tavern, for the purpose of cstablieh ing an Asylum for the reception and education of Infant Orphans ; GEORGE BYNG, Esq. M. P. Chairman. Mr. BYNG stated the object of the present meet ing, namely, the Institution of a Public Asylum for Infant Orphans, and briefly, but warmly, recom mended the intended establishment to the patronage of the public. The Rev. A. REID, the Secretary to the London Asylum, stated, that he was induced to assemble the meeting for the purpose above-mentioned, by the fact, that his personal experience gave him many opportunities of seeing many infant orphans, whose destitute condition entitled them to relief, rejected from the established Asylums on account of their extreme youth, the admission into them being limited to seven years of age. Re concluded by moving resolutions declaratory of the necessity and of the origin of the institution. The Rev. Dr. STYLES, after expressing his sur prise that none of the Peers or Bishops were present, seconded the resolutions in a neat address. Mr. Byng, the Chairman, was declared President of the Infant Society by universal consent. Mr. BYNG expressed his acknowledgments for the honour conferred on him, and his intention to sub scribe 100 gu i neas f or the support of the Charity. The officers of the institution were then appointed, thanks were voted to the Chairman and the Secre tary, and the meeting, which consisted mainly of decent females, separated. The avenues to the room were crowded with poor women, bearing in their arms infant children, in tended candidates for admission into the proposed asylum. . _ The sum already subscribed was declared to amount to 180 guineas. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY.-SATURDAY, JULY 7 . Bancks, E., Latebrook, Woolstanton—Sarah bailey's, Whis. ton cross Brawley, T., Bristol—Mr. Williams, Bristol. 1 Chantler, T.. Pendleton—White's, Manchester lO child, A. run., waleot—Angel, Bath ll Day and co., Norwich—Norfolk hotel, Norwich 5 Eihs, H., Friston—Hart, Wickham market l2 Fisher, R., Bury—Six Bells, Bury Goodrich, C., Etton—Crown, Beverley l2 Hollins, J., Nether Knutsford—Star, Manchester lO Jothara, W., Bradford—Lion, Bath lO Lambert, T., Chalford—George, Stroud Mansell, J., Birmingham—Royal hotel, Birmingham ...... Teague, I'., Redruth—Mr. Heaven, Bristol 2 Walker, T., North Shields—George, Newcastle ll Weddle, J., Sutton—Dog and Duck, Kingston INSOLVENTS APPLYINI TO BE DISCHARGED, JULY U, AT PANE. Ames, R., Childe °Word, Dori Harding, C., Wellington-street, setshire Bethnal-green Andras, J., Eton Kear, W., Charlton King's, Clarke, W., Bateman's-build- Gloucestershire ings, Soho Middleton, S., Canterbury Couzens, T. jun., Tottenham- Moore, F., Gray's-inn-lane court-road Steel, J., Cleveland-street, Fits- Dickens, S., Gray's-inn-lane roy-square Dovey, ' F., Drury-lane Stubbs, R.,Cheshunt East, J. St. Mark's, Lincoln Stephens, E., Merrion.court, Egan, P., Dean-street Pembrokeshire Farrell, T., Camberwell Try, T., Pimlico Gardiner, G., Kent-road Tuttell, T., Clarence-market, Hunt, E., Fulham Regent's Park _ _ COUNTRY.---At the Te o n u o' Crt-h cloock.use, at Brecon, J u ly 9, a t Morgan, G., Coedycymmer, Vaynor WITCH BURNING IN DUBLIN.—On Saint John's Day, Sunday last, the 24th of June, about four o'clock in the afternoon, an immense crowd of men, women, and children (between 300 and 500 persons), were observed rushing down Marlborough-street, near to Thomas's Church, shouting and yelling, and tossing up something in the air, which was sometimes caught by one, and sometimes by another, and occa sionally fell to the earth, where there was a scram ble for it, and it was again tossed from one to another, amidst the most diabolical yells, which on a nearer approach were distinguished to be " A witch !" " A witch !" " Burn the witch P' " Drown the witch !" She proved to be a very decently-dressed, dwarfish, deformed female, whom these monsters had suddenly seized upon; and whenever she fell to the earth, during their tossings, fiend-like women rushed•upon her with horrid shrieks, tearing her clothes to pieces, all parties crying out, " Now we have her!' " Now we have her " We'll burn or drown her !" and directing their course to the river. At length a young gentleman, apparently about 18, after appealing to several well-dressed spectators to aid him in saving the poor woman from being torn to pieces, which they, from terror of the mob, declined doing—rushed into the midst of these hell-hounds, and courageously bore the help less female under one arm, while with the other he made his way through the crowd, who then directed their vengeance against him; crying out, " The witch's husband " The witch's husband !"—pushing, pulling, and trip ping him, and pelting him with mud, and what ever came to their hands : so that he was be daubed from head to foot. In making his way down Cumberland-street, and Mecklenburgh street, he appealed to three or four soldiers who were looking on, who directly surrounded him, and two gentlemen then aided him, one of them taking one hand, andher rescuer the other of the poor sinking dwarf, and pulling her through the increasing crowd, to the police-office in Henry street, for safety, the new escort came in for their share of mud and abuse. At the Post office a few policemen luckily came up, and were compelled to do ample justice with their sticks on the savage crowd before they got the poor creature into the Police-office. She was not able to speak for some time, from ill usage and terror — an d then returned lively thanks to her de scidamedd liverers ; she gave her name, and said she re at No. —, in w ith r a ce r t el ; at a iv n e d , had been frequently gazed at, so as to distress M ob r s s er that though sh e — ved, ' her feelings, she had never before met with vio lence. She was sent home the back way, after some time, with an escort of police. The tran saction can be borne testimony to by hundreds of persons in the neighbourhood above-men tioned, for the distuibancs was such, that every window was thrown up as the savages approach ed. And this is in the capital of Ireland ! and in the nineteenth century.— Warder. LONDON MAIItETS. (From the London New Price Current of Tuesday.) SUGAR.-The great alteration in the stock which we noticed last week from 2,000 casks more to 4,000 casks less than in the same period in 1826, continued to h a ve great effect on the Market, and the demand was not check ed by the order from Government respecting the admission of Foreign Sugars, the particulars of which we have given : indeed the Foreign at Market is so limited, 3,300 chests of Havannah and Brazil, that no effect was likely to be made, and though the quantity of East India is 48,000 bags, yet a very small proportion is suitable for Refining.---- The admission is generally approved of and the West India Planters only object to it on one principle, which is indeed a serious one—the probable increase of the supply, and the consequent extension of the Slave Trade.--The effect o f all . Sugars coming to England for the supply of Europe is ra ther favourable, as it has always been found that small di- rect supplies to the Continent had more effect in depressing prices than that of entire cargoes arriving in London.--- The sales of Muscovades last week were estimated at 6,000 hhds. the prices Is. higher; strong brown Jamaica 625., and scarcely any Sugars of that Island offering under 61s4' the low brown St. Lucia, nearly dabs, 575. This morning the large deliveries last week (about 4,000 hhds.) and the decrease of the comparative stock, about 1,000 hhds., created some sensation ; we observe the deliveries for last year from about the middle of July were extensive, and as there is no prospect of such supplies this year, we may expect a rapid reduction in the comparative stock after next week, as in addition to the short crops of Sugar in the British Colonies; Cuba turns out to be de ficient in Sugars from a third to a half.—The buyers ; e re early at Market this morning and were rather eager to pur chase, but the supply is still inadequate, and as the holders asked ls. higher than on Friday, the demand was checked ; at the close of the day the sales were estimated at 1,200 hhds., cernly at higher prices than at the close of last week ; and fife sales would have been extensive but for the advance asked.—Last week the purchases of refined' goods were so extensive as to keep the market without adequate supplies ; all parcels offering were immediately taken at a further advance of ls. ; the purchases w e re' general for home consumption, for export, and on specula• tion. Molasses were is. higher. The grocers have lately' purchased more extensively than the shippers, and few goods of any kind are offering for sale this`morning ; no , Lumps offer under 82s. ; fine goods advanced in propor tion.—Molasses 255. to 255. 6d. All descriptions of Foreign Sugars and East India may be stated about 2s per cwt. higher; for yellor Havannah 38a, is asked; Brazil Sugars have realized the advance we have stated; strong dry white selling at 40s. a 428. ; yellow 30s. a 325. ; some white sold at 445. for export, and for fine 455. asked; Siam Sugars also much inquired after; the principal &Iles of Mauritius are yellows from 595. 6d. a 645. Grocers ' are allowed to clear Sugars on the same terms as the refiners. COFFEE.—The public sales of Coffee last week were ex tensive, and the market was not depressed by the result of the very extensive sale in Holland and in Antwerp; on the contrary Foreign Coffee sold with more spirit, and at prices which we think were 6d. to Is. per cwt. higher; fine or dinary St. Domingo realising about 445. ; ordinary 425. 6d.—Brazil 425. a 445. The British Plantation descrip tions were also in more request, and the prices were fully Is. higher. There were no public sales of Coffee this morning, but there is more confidence, and a general opi nion is entertained that the markets have reached the lowest point of depression. """RUIVI, BRANDY, AND Hot.LaNns.—Fine strong Jamaica Rums are still inquired after, and meet a ready sale; all other descriptions of Rum are dull, and rather lower.--. Brandy goes off slowly, but only where the holders accept reduced prices. The Excise sale of Geneva went off about 2s. 6d., and as the market prices for pale are generally Id. to 2d. per gallon higher, but the prices are only a shade higher, as the report of the market is that the Geneva at Excise sale is taken for a particular market, where it meets with some advantage as to duty. • The !him Market looks snore firm this afternoon : the only sale transpired is same Demerara 25 over at 3s. 2d. h fa e v o r u e r p a o b r l t e s ai fr n o ee m t h t e h e im m , o a f n manufacturing C tu o r r i n n g ß d i ; l e ; • tric C rs are not s T o there is, however, much business doih„ but at low prices. The purchases of Cotton here for the week ending last night, inclusive, consist of 1,500 bags; the prices are without alteration. The East India sale on Friday consists of 6,300 bag , Bengal ; 5,300 Surat ; 150 Madras. TEA.—The market generally looks firm ; G r eek and Private Trade Teas continue to bear an advance of Id. !.c. Ist. trccu mold a shade it cuF SALTPETRE.—By public sale last week, about 5,000 bags Saltpetre sold 21s. a 225. chiefly 21s. 6d. Paovzslows.—ln Irish Beef and Pork there is little al teration ; the India Pork is rather higher ; Bacon has not been in so great a request. Sitx.—The high price paid for Silk at the India House produces no effect on Italian Silks; they are heavy. TOBACCO.—The inquiries after Tobacco were conside rable last week, but no purchases to any extent took place. Itintoo.—The accounts from France and from Russia are favourable for Indigo, but they have produced no effect here. There are no purchases to report, and the Market will probably continue in the same nominal state till the commencement of the India House sale on Tuesday next. HEMP, FLAX, AND TALLOW. --The accounts from Russiallsth ult., are favourable for the market; Tallow/ was about 100 rubles ; Exchanges 15-32 and 746.—The favourable statements have no effect on this market, which , is nominal on account of the few sales lately reported, the early arrivals from the Baltic, and the falling off in the deliveries for consumption.—Hemp and Flax are at nominal , prices. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. s. to s. s. to s. 57 50 65 39 45 58 64 39 43 60 63 38 42 58 60 40 44 58 60 55 66 Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. s. to AL R. to 0- 22 55 31 39 44 50 28 36 5" 62 58 60 26 30 60 64 ) 28 36 56 5 8 50 52 Per Quarter. Boston Canterbury Grantham Grimsby Lincoln Maidstone Spilsby 60 (S 2 58 60 EXPORTED. Previous• ly this year. Bags, &C• , 11,208, 20,965 90 42 43 - - - - 23 r iRTS. COTTON WOOL, LIST OF IMPORTS AND Mari IMPORTED. This year. Same pe riod last year. Bags, &c. 268,259 44,798 14,920 Bags, &c, Liverpool 425,530 London 38,576 Glasgow , 32,535 Total exported in 1827 IBaP,&c. 33,051. HOP INTELLIGENCE. MAIDSTONE, JULY 2.—Since our last, the hop-bine9 in our immediate neighbourhood have grown a little from the usual midsummer shoot, and the rains having washed off part of the vermin and filth, they have rather a fresher appearance; but as the lice have been increasing generally, and in most cases rapidly, the blight is the more eonirm ed, and should the present wet weather continue, little doubt can be entertained of the ultimate fate of the crop, —From below the Hill, and the more distailt plantations, the accounts are much worse, and the blight more con firmed. CANTERBURY, Anne 3 0 . ---The ver m i n are on the in crease in the plantations round this city, and unless very favourable weather should take place, there cannot be any thing like half a crop. The honey dew also begins to manifest itself in the hop plantations around this -city; BIRTHS. . On the 3d inst., Mrs. J. Burchett, of Burton-crescent, of a daughter. On Monday, the 2d inst., at Brighton, the Lady Susan Hotham, of a son. On Monday, in Upper Montagu-street, the lady of W. 1 1. Roberts, Esq., of a daughter. On the let inst., Mrs. Henry Young, of Essex-street,. Strand, of a son. On Saturday, Mrs. Arthur Eden, of a son. 11ARRIED. Yesterday, at the District Church of All Souls', Major Henry Dundas, late of the K. R. I. Hussars, only son of the late Rear-Admiral Donald Campbell, to Annie Maria, second daughter — and Sir Henry Willock, K. L. S., late his Maj esty's Charge d'Affaires at the Court of Persia, to Eliza, fourth daughter of the late S. Davis, Esq., of Port land -place. DIED. On Monday last, Mrs. M. A. Hawe, aged 47, wife of Mr. J. Hawe, printer, Princes -street, Stamford-street. On hi s passage from Bengal, William, eldest son of W. C. Hooper, Esq. Kennington. 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