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the adoption bf this 1131110 m reallyhave the effect to force any .on, We Elva! - conclude withe to part with, property he m was inclined to reta. ' the following view of are tbriSequences Which 'vould. result from cartying this plan into effect : " Property worth about three Inindred millions, will have been transferred to the fundholders, and aboutfifteen 'millions of taxes will have been repealed. It istlear, therefore ; on the first blush of the matter, that eothing has been lost by this proceeding; but is it not equally clear that a great deal has been gained ? Ily 'enabling fifteen millions a-year .of taxes to be repealed, a reduction would be effected in the !price of a vast number of comr.,odities, add con.sequently in the expence of living ; a rise would, therefore, take place in the rate of profit, and an immediate stop would in conse quence be put to the of lux capital to foreign countries ; the foreign commerce 'of the country would be extended ; and a powerful stimulus 'would be given to all the opera. tions of industry. A portion of the pubic debt being placed to the account of every individual, and made a burden di rectly and exclusively affecting his own fortune, a new spirit of industry and economy would be 'infused into all classes. Every one would be as anxious to discharge his futtnne of the incumbrances entailed upon it, hi conse quence of this measure,' as if they had been contracted di rectly by himself. And if this measure were combined with the repeal of these indirect taxes to which we have al ready called the reader's attention, it inmost probable that in a few years that portion of the capital of individuals which had been taken away by the assessment, would be fully made up by increased frugality and activity."—M on i .. in 9 Chronicle. It appears to us, that on the same principle we entered the Turkish port of Navarin, and destroyed the Turkish squadron there, we might enter the river Plate, and destroy the Brazilian squadron now blockading Buenos Ayres. Wllat, however, should we say if a fleet of ships of the line, frigates; &c.,. were to sail up the ThaMes, and tell the people at the Tower, that if they fired a single shot,. the consequence would be the destruction of all the ships in the Thames, at London-bridge, and elsewhere ?—M. Herald. Victory appears to throw the Ministerial ranks into perplexity and, dismay. The advocates of Administration seem to know just enough of the character of their country to suspect, that even the splendour of success *ill not be sufficient, in the general estimation of Englishmen, to sanc tify injustice. They akcordingly attempt, each in his own peculiar way, to vindicate the justice of the attack upon the Turkish fleet in the phrt of Navarin. The various indications are did i miler, indeed to a degree approaelling the ludi crous. • According to one, the proceeding was quite right, because the destruction which ensued was entirely accidental. According to another, that 'destruction is to be admired and commend ed, because it was not accidental at all, but in tended as an appropriate punishment for the de vastation committed by the Turks in the Morea. Now-Nse are referred to all the original grounds of intervention, and anon to the single circum stance of the first shot having been fired by the Turks. These advocates would do well .to re member, that Sir E. Codrington considered the proceeding as a " disastrous extremity" to wlah he and his confederates had been driven by urkish aggression, and that the Gallant Com mander expressly acknowledges it to have been his duty to refrain f'rom punishing the Turks, not withstanding the devastations they. had commit. ted. The whole merit of .the transaction- hhs been placed by Sir E. Codrington upon the ques tion, as to which party was the immediate aggressor ? It is no less absurd in itself thin disrespectful to that Gallant Officer, to seek to rest it upon other grounds. From the language of the dispatches, as well as from that °Utile pro tocol of conference, we are warranted in con cluding, that if a determined resistance on the part of the Turks had been anticipated, the allied fleet would not have entered the port. It was expected that the Allies would have been per -mated, without opposition, to occupy the port ; or, in other words, that the Turkish Officers would have abdicated their imperative duty. The Turkish Officers could not upon any principle be to blame for the consequences, whether they acted with or without instructions. The honours subsequently showered upon the British Com mander shows conclusively that he was not in fault. It follows that the blame must rest alto bether upon the Government at home. It will ecome necessary upon the meeting of Parlia ment, therefore, that a copy of the instructions under which Sir E. Codrington acted be laid before it, in order that it may be enabled to judge of the degree of criminality which at taches to the Administration on account of the defects, or obscurity, or blunderings in those in structions which have produced 30 lamentable:a . waste of British lives, and so entirely obstructed or circumvented the objects of British diplo niacy.. One of the . Ministerial Journals—that one which may be. supposed to speak the lan guage of Ministers most accurately, since it is the Journal through which they published the Treaty of Intervention, secret articles and all—will have it, that the battle of Nava rin was nothing but an accident, and more over that it was an accident most propitious to the Turks. "In one respect," it says, " this battle is advantageous to the Turks, for we be lieve (query, the we of D o wning-street, or the we of the Printing Office) that if it had not taken place—if the Turks had gone on evading the - demands of the Allies, and they temporised - instead of acting—it would have been difficult to prevent Russia from espousing the cause of Greece singly, and in her own fashion, by passing the Pruth, and marching an army into Euro pean Turkey." This is no doubt the truth, as it respects, not the interests of the Porte, for sooner or later the struggle, with Russia for the existence of the Ottoman Throne, must and, will com e ;—but as it respects the ambitious and selfish designs of Russia, and the weak and hypocritical policy of the English and French Ministers, it is a truth which we have repeatedly proclaimed, but which we. did not yet expect to see. so distinctly acknowledged by the organs of the British, Administration.. Russia is the only one of the Allies who acts upon a determinate and consistent system. Her system is aggran disement, and she will ere long, notwithstanding the cowardly and base policy of other Powers, deYelope her intentions, " by passing the Pruth, and marching an army into European Turkey." —Morning Post. Obstinacy, with some of our contemporaries, continues to prevail over reason, and party views over British feelings. Afflicted at the triumph of our arms, and- deserters of the cause which they once supported as the most just and glori ous on earth, they still dispute the light of Ad miral Codrington to attack the Turkish fleet, and represent the rescue of Greece from exter mination as a puerile or unworthy object. For their "apostacy we shall not call them to account. However it may degrade them in the public eye, they are responsible for it to their own breasts alone t hough we lament their down fall from . - generosity and virtue, and wonder at the change,. we most fullyadmit their liberty of choice, 'even- though it should be to repudiate honour and t te,embrace shame. OE only poi n t to w . ' h selves,le '''sve. shall address ou r. the re •on of their anti . English doctrines ; thoul e rti E the weakness of thsii argurnehts render the task of pulling them down, one in which there is no difficulty to overcome, and no credit to gain. We stated yesterday, that the Turks had placed themselves in the po= sition contemplated by the secret article of the treaty of last July, in refusing all . negotiation after being formally invited to joi❑ in it. That secret article is as follows : " If, within the said tenth of one month, the Porte do not accept the armistice propoSed in the first article of the public treaty, or if the Greeks refuse to execute it, the High Contracting Powers shall declare to that one of the two contending parties which shall wish to continue hos tilities, or both, if such become necessary, -that the said High Contracting Powers intend to exert all the. means which circumstances may sOggest to their prudence to ob. taro the immediate effect of the armistice, the execution of which they desire, by preventing, in as far as may be in their power, all collision between the contending par ties ; and, in fact, imniediately after the aforesaid declara tion, the High Contracting Powers will, conjointly em ploy all their means in the accomplishment of the object thereof, without, however, taking any part in the hostili ties between the two contending parties." The, meaning of: this is ob v i ous ly : I s t. That if the Turks refuse to accept, or the Greeks to execute the armistice when accepted, the Allies will exert all the means which circumstances may render advisable to enforce its execution. 2clly. That if both parties reject the proffered media tion, still the Allies will use those means for the same object, but without connecting themselveS as friends or opponents with either of the belli gerents. In the first place, they will declare their intentions to the party who may wish to continue hoStilities, or to both parties, " of such become necessary!' The obvious interpretation of these words, " if such become necessary," is that they will not make any declaration unless they feel convinced of its necessity. The objec tion of our contemporaries, so far as it turns on the want of a declaration, would, therefore, fall to the ground, even had no declaration been made. But who, without a positive assurance to the contrary, can say, that the letter signed by the three Admirals and sent, to Navarin two days before the battle, and returned to them un opened, was not the very, declaration which our contemporaries require, and which Ibrahim would not peruse, in order that he might pretend ignorance of its having been made ? We see, therefore, that the secret article only says that the Allies will issue a declaration " if such be come necessary," which must, of course, be left to their discretion. We also see that it is more than probable that such a declaration was issued; but suppose due, it was not, it. must be recol lected that the public acts of the Allies . Were 'to be regulated' solely by the articles of the public treaty. Now, does that treaty hold' out to the belligerents any expectation that such a declara tion should come forth before the measures deemed necessary to restore peace in the Levant should be adopted ? The first article is the only one which contains any thing bearing upon the question, and that is, " That there shall be made at the same time e. on the offer of mediation) a demand of an immediate armistice between them (theTurksand G reeks), as a preliminary condition, indispensable to the opening of any negociations." So that here, in the only treaty of which Turkey. or Europe have any right to demand fulfilment, there is not a whisper of any declaration but that implied in the offer of mediation. A declaration was, however, made by the Ambassadors of the Allieat in transmitting the copy of the treaty, when it was distinctly announced that if no answer were returned within a certain limited period, the Allies would in consequence consider themselves placed in the predicament contemplated by the treaty ; that is, they would feel themselves call ed on " to exert all the means which circurn:. stances might suggest to their prudence to obtain the immediate effect of the armistice," which had been declared a necessary preliminary to negocia tion. No further declaration was necessary by any rules of modern diplomacy or of justice. In the case under discussion every delay had been granted, every indulgence had been given, and ' the journals, which now accuse the gallant lea ders of the combined fleets of precipitancy, were then as fbrward in charging them and the Am bassadors with dilatoriness. What was not said of the sailing of the Egyptian fleet ? Was it not argued that the difficulty of final arrangement was mightily enhanced by that event, and that it . ought not to have been permitted ? It was, however, permitted, and why ? Because the Ambassadors were honourably determined to abide by the letter of their proposal, although this junction of the Paella's forces together had virtually absolved them from that obligation. Not content with the refusal of the Porte to treat, which left the Allies no option but the employment of force, the English and French Admirals, following up the plan of modera tion adopted by the . Ambassadors, determined to do what in strictness was not only un called for, but might be deemed irregular. They attempted, since the sovereign power had refused to listen to any terms, to gain the end of the intervention by an arrange ment with the subordinate officer. We 'used the word convention.yesterday as the one which seemed to us most applicable, not that we meant that there had been a formal treaty entered into by Admirals Codrington and De Rigny with Ibrahim ; the • gallant Admirals had no such powers.—That an, agreement was made, and that Ibrahim did pledge himself to an armistice until otherwise ordered by his Court, is matter of no toriety. What were the Allies to conclude -first, from the attempt of the Turkish fleet . to escape ; and, secondly, from the ravages com mitted by Ibrahini on land, but that he had re ceived orders from the Divan not to observe the armistice, or that he was determined not to ob serve it on his own responsibility ? And what declaration was, in either case, required but that which had long before been .formally sent to his master ? It is, we believe, the first time that, on such an occasion, a declaration was asked to be made—not to the Government (that had been made)—but to the commanders of a State against which active measures had been re solved on. It is said that the armistice was li mited to the maritime forces, but where is there a shadow of proof of any such liinitation ? To assert that the object of the Allies was merely a suspension of the maritime warfare between the Turks and Greeks is to accuse them of the low est folly, as well as the basest mockery, in their professions of kindness to the latter. The Greeks needed no protection by sed. With all , the hindrances and disasters which committees. engineers, contractors, winds, waves, and fire had combined to heap upon them, the fleets of the Greeks rode triumphant in the Levant and the Archipelago. The cumbrous and ill-managed vessels of the Turks and of the Pacha were only fitted to resist under the circumstances in which they were placed on the .20th. .At sea, and in • a stiff breeze, a tithe of the exertion, and a fourth • of the force of the Allies, would have annihila ted them. Only their small craft could overtake L. the Greek vessels, and those craft were neither - manned, nor managed, nor fought with so - much skill as their opponents. To say that an r armistice at sea was all that the Admirils demanded in their conference with Ibrahim, or all:that was implied as a preliminaryto the nego elation proposed by the Allies, is to give the lie to all that they have pleaded for, not only since July, but for many months before the treaty. of July was in contemplation. The question of de stroying the Turkish and Egyptian fleets—we repeat what we stated yesterday—was not one of right, but of expediency solely. The refusal of the Porte to treat, even had no communication ever been made to Ibrahim, and had he kept his troops in peace and quietness under the walls of Navarin, instead of spreading devastation far and wide over the Morea, was justification sufficient for all that has been done. The Allies were not, to act in a case of such magnitude and im portance, like children. Having entered on a quarrel, it was requisite that they should bear themselves in such a way as to make those who had so lightly defied their power respect their acts,whatever interpretation they might put on their motives. It is amusing to hear men of sense talk ing of the necessity'of formal observances towards' a horde of barbarians whose only method of an= nouncing war has hitherto been the imprison ment of the' unoffending civilians whom_their neighbours have been so foolish 'as to expos to their brutality ! We grant starting 'room to deer, and deny it to wolves ; yet the, Allies have gone through the ceremony of a declaration to the Sultan, although that is a step which, under similar circumstances, he would have disdained to adopt towards them. Upon the whole we are not sorry to see the Opposition 'Papers ad vocating the atrocities of Mohammedan des potism, and calling down destruction on the heads of our fellow Christians of the Pelopon nesus and the. Isles, and wailing out, in the • in tensity of their kindness for the bigotted and barbarous Turks, their grief that the gallant tars of Old England should have once more glo riOusly proved her claim to the empire of the waves. There wanted but thiS to ,complete their title to the contempt of their countrymen.—New Times. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION- H OUSE. —FLA s HoUSEs. —Yesterday came on a case which depicts, in a very strong manner, the consequence of visiting the infamous flash houses in the neighbourhood of Covent-garden. A young man, of respectable appearance and connexions, named Butcher, was brought before the Loan MAYoa, charged with having embezzled many sums of money, the property of Williams and Co. of Clement's-lane, insurance and ship-agents, in whose employment lie had acted as con fidential clerk for Iwo years. The prisoner seemed to be in the deepest affliction and shaMe. He held his hands over his face from the beginning to the end of the examination. The prisoner was usually employed in collecting the amount of the agency accounts, and it had been lately ascer tained that he bad been appropriating to his own necessi ties and debaucheries various sums olinoney, which he was in the habit of replacing with other sums which he collected upon subsequent occasions from other customers to the con cern ; he of course was obliged, fur the purpose of conceal ing his plans, to make fictitious entries in the books, and be got into his possession by this practice, some hundreds of pounds, which he spent amongst the most profligate charac ters. The firm he had defrauded had not yet been able to say to what extent they had been plundered. It was necessary to select from the vast numbers as acts of embez zlement which he committed two or three palpable cases, upon which to prosecute him. It was proved that he had received 41. 18s. Id. frOm Messrs. Landers and Co. ; 71. from Messrs. Rupp and Co. ; and 61. 19s. bd. from' Mr. Ronalls ; and that he had not accounted for one farthing of those sums to his employers. Those were the only charges on which it was thought necessary to commit Butcher, although these are many others, which were said to be equally clear against him. While the prisoner was at the bar crying bitterly, and totally inattentive to what was going forward, the prose cutor stated that he deeply regretted the necessity of pro ceediug against the unfortunate young man, but lie could not help it. He felt it to be a public duty, under all the circumstances, to do so. He lamented the obligation to prosecute the more, as the prisoner had maintained, up to the period of the detection, a most excellent character, and had conducted himself with the greatest propriety, in the service of a highly respectable house ' for tpwards of six years. At last, however, the unfortunate young man be came connected with some of the 'well-dressed thieves who infest Mother and other flash houses in the neigh ' bourhood of the theatres, and who led him on iu dissipa tiOn until they ruined him. At first he began; as appeared from the investigation into the various acts he had com mitted, by appropriating small sums. His progress was rapid, and no doubt lie would have continued to commit depredations, if not detected, until he had done irreparable mischief. .% • • The Loan MAYOR asked the prisoner whether be wished to say any thing ?—He sobbed aloud, but said not a word. The prisoner was then fully committed for trial. Richmond, the old black pugilist, applied to the Lord Mayor on the subject of a six legged ox. He was attended by Cribb and others of the fighting fancy. Richmond stated, that a person named Hildyard, who is proprietor of the White Bear Inn, in Basinghall-street, and another man named Benson, had unlawfully detained the ox, which was a regular curiosity. The LORD MAYoa asked by what means the ox Caine into the possession of Mr. Hildyard.—ltichniond said, that the ox was a most curious ox, for it had six legs. It had been put up to be raffled for, and he (Richmond) was one of the subscribers, and he sent a man that " throwed" for him, and he " throwed" forty-three the highest number. The Loan MAYOR observed, that the man might•plead that he won for himself not for a stranger. Rictinond said, that could not be the case, for the numbers were re gularly put down at the time, and the highest was put down opposite to his name. The LORD MAYOR still supposed that there might be some rational question as to ownership, and doubted whether the only remedy was not to be found in a. Court of Law. Mr. Holder said, that if that was the case, Lord Tenter den would refuse to try the cause, as the question arose out of a gambling transaction. Richmond said, that it was known to all parties that he had won the ox, and the two persons against whom he sought for redress had offered him a third of the profits, if he consented to put it up for another raffle. It was worth 501.. and he intended to exhibit it for his next benefit, as it was a greater curiosity than the gloves.—(A laugh.). The LORD 'MAYOR thought that if Richmond had won the ox, he ought not. to be deprived of ' it, and, there fore, under all the circumstances, issued summonses to the detaining parties. GUILDHALL.— George Holford, a waggoner in the employ of Mr. Stone, a town carman in Whitechapel, was charged before Sir PETER LAURIE, yesterday, with ob structing and annoying the free passage in Fleet-street, on Wednesday the 7th instant. , Marmaduke Hart, Esq. of Meeklenburgh square, stated that he was riding •in his carriage, accompanied by Mr. Robinson, the Member for Worcester, through Fleet -street, on the day named, when he perceived the horses were stid- , denly checked, and looking through the window, he saw the defendant tugging violently at the horses' heads, and he forced them across the road against a gig, which was in imminent danger of being overturned on the pavement. Mr. Hart's coachman was then sworn. He said the de, fendant tried to keep him from passing, but he found an opportunity to get by. He had not, however, reached so far as the defendant's horses when the attack took place. Sir PE7Elli LAUME.—There was room to pass, and yOu. broke out of the rank because your pace is a trot, and the waggon-horses walk.—Coachman: Yes. Sir P. LAURIE.—We really must check this. From the daring misconduct of the drivers of waggons, and other heavy carriages, it, has become dangerous to go through the city with valuable horses. Gentlemen are on this account compelled to leave their carriages at the west end of the town, and come on in hackney-coaches. I shall inflict the severest penalty in my power, and I shall, therefore, fine you 51._ _ . "Then I must go to prison," said the defendant, mourn fully, and he was removed from the bar. BOW-STREET.—Mrs. Frances Clifton, the keeper of the post-office in Houghton-street, whose detention on a charge of hating abstracted a 51. Bank of England note from a letter, has caused a strong sensation in the neigh bourhood; was brought up again yesterday morning. On re-examination M r . Folkard (Mr. Holmes's clerk) declined, as before, to,swear positively that he had p u t the l e tter in question into that particular office kept by the pri loner; and Mr. Wooler, who attended in her behalf, re ',questing an extension of time, in order to procure evidence respecting the person from whom the note was received, Mr. HALLS, with the consent of the prosecutor, readily rcmanded her till Wednesday next. FURIOUS DRIVING.-Yesterday Richard Harris, the owner and driver of a Brentford stage coach, was Sum moned to answer to a charge preferred by Mr. Jesse, one of the Commissioners. of Hackney Coaches, for furiously driving, and thereby endangering the lives of his Majesty's subjects. . „ Mr. Jesse stated that about a fortnight ago he was coming to town from his country seat, by a stage coach, when he saw the defendant's coach and another, also of Brentford, belonging to Saxton, racing against each other. They both drove at a furioss rate, and the defendant en deavoured to pass his opponent on the wrong side of thz . road. At this moment a gentleman was passing on horse back, and the defendant drove against him and knocked him and his horse down. He fell beneath the coach, and his head must have been crushed by the wheel if he had not happened to raise himself instantly. He wi:.s assisted upon his horse, and rode away, and witness had no oppor tunity of ascertaining his name, but he . thoughiit his duty to punish such flagrant conduct The defendant denied that be drove furiously called two witnesses connected with his coach, who re that the horses were not galloping. The defendant, however, in the. course of some conversation with the Magistrates, boasted that his horses could trot 16 miles an hour. Alis witnesses conducted themselves very impudently. The defendant was fined in the full penalty of 10/. - and costs. He gave notice of appeal. 4 MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-LA very decent -and good-looking young woman, ,who gave her name Mary Holloway, but which is believed not to be her real name, was yesterday brought before • Mr. DYER, the Sitting Magistrate, charged with encumbering the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, with a bastard child, of which she refused to tell the father.. Two months ago she applied to the officers of the above parish, for some casual relief, which they afforded her, and took her into the workhouse, until they could pass her to her own parish, which she stated to be in a , distant part of the country. At that time she had not the slightest appearance of being in a state of pregnancy, but in a day or two some circumstances arose to induce the matron of the workhouse to suspect that she was so, and some questions were accordingly put to her upon the subject, when she positively denied the fact. To the astonishment, however, of the parish officers in one day after this denial she was delivered of a fine little girl. As she was now likely to become a permanent weight upon the parish, unless the father of the child could be discovered, the officers questioned her closely upon this point, when she told them a systematic story about a gentleman at Chertsey. Up on this one of the officers went down to Chertsey, where, however, he soon learned that the whole of her story was a fabrication, for that no such person as she described resided or was known there, and that she herself, who was known there under another name, had not been at the place for five years, when she was delivered there of a child under as mysterious circumstances as the present. After this she gave ether accounts to the officers, which turned out to be equally false, and in the end they were obliged to give up all search after the father of the child, but they were determined to have her punished as the law allowed. Since, however, they threatened thus to punish her she has declared her determination to destroy the child ; and, on Tuesday night last, she actually left the poor little innocent in a cold unfrequented passage of the workhouse, with an evident intention to desert it, had she not been observed by one of the inmate; , before she could get out of the way. The young woman, who still obstinately refused to dis close who the father. of her child was, said that she wished for no further aid from the parish, but only wanted to be let go about her business, and allowed to take her child with her The MAGtszaAn said that, after the horrid threats she had made of destroying the child, aid deserting it, she was not a fit person to have the unrestrained charge of it at present.—Committed for three months to the House of Correction►. MARYLEBONE.—Yesterday George Garbett, a journeyman baker, was charged with robbery and embez zlement. Evidence was given to prove that the prisoner had stolen some split peas, a basket, a roll-tin, some oat meal, and two rasps, from his master, Mr. John Bland, of No. '3, Upper-Park-place, ➢larylebone, and bad sold them to Mr. Charles Butler, of 43, Exeter-street, Lisson-grove; and several of Mr,• Bland's customers stated, that they had paid sums of money to the prisoner on his master's account, which he embezzled. _ _ _ • . The prisoner, who had on a former occasion been chatefl with felony, made no defence, and he was fully committed for trial. HATTON-GARDEN. —John ,Tegg, driver and ow n e r of the hackney-coach, No. 817, was yesterday summoned before Mr. ROGERS by Mr. William Brookes, residing at No. 42, Queen-square, for having, on the sth of November, made an extortionate demand of 16s. for damage which be alleged had been done to his roads. William Cole deposed, that on the sth instant he en. gaged the above coach in the Minories for five persons, to be drives first to Crutchedfriars, thence to Broad-street, St. Giles's, and lastly to Queen-square. He engaged the coach according to the distalice, for which he was to pay 4s. William Bettie, servant to Mr. Brookes, deposed, that when the coach arrived at his master's house, the'driver de manded a sovereign for' fate ind.darnage which he said his coach had sustained. The servant and Cole remonstrated against such an exorbitant demand, and tendered to the dri ver half a sovereign, which he peremptorily refused, and in sisted on his being paid a sovereign, with which the servant accordingly complied. _ _ . . Mr. Roozas (to the driver. )_What is your defence 2 Driver.—Please your worship, When the gentlemen for whom the coach was engaged were about to enter, I perceiv ed they were all in a state of intoxication. When I came to Broad-street, I disburdened the coach of three of the per sons, upon whom the motion - of the coach having operated like an emetic, they filled it with nuisance. They were so excessively intoxicated, that I was obliged to assist in carrying them into the house, and then helping them up stairs to bed. By the time I got to Queeu-square, the two remaining persons had been similarly affected; in conse quence of which, besides the disgust of cleaning, my coach suffered considerable damage. I had it not cleaned until five o'clock in the afternoon of the following day. Ido not think that 16s. would compensate for the injury. ' When I requested those • persons not to abuse my coach, they said they were gentlemen, and would'afford me ample compensation. Mr. Ro9mts—The demand was most extortionate ; and if you conceived pm' coach bad received such serious injury, you knew the law was open to you, to seek and obtain rediess. • The coachman pleaded ignorance of the law, and any other mode of proceeding, when Mr. ROGERS said, ''You shall refund the 16s. ; I shall then award what compensation I think fit. I shall do jus tice to both parties." The driver the? refunded . to the Magistrate the 165., when the Office was ordered to be cleared of strangers. We understood afterwards, that the worthy Magistrate awarded him 4S. for his fire, and 12s. for the injury sustained. Last night, about eight o'clock, just as the Magistrate had retired from this office, a travelling chariot, with three ladies inside, a gentleman on th e box, and two female ser vants, drove up to the door of the Office, where the gen tleman alighted to inform the Magistrate and Police that a robbery bad been committed somewhere between Black friars-road and Goswell-street upon the chariot, of plate to the amount of nearly 4001. The various articles were marked W. C. and had been taken from the boot behind the chariot. A reward of 201. has been offered for the dis covery. UNION-HALL. —John Freebairn, a respectable-look ing man, was brought before the sitting magistrates, T. T. HONE and D. KING, Esqrs., on an information filed against him, charging him midi having been concerned in aiding and assisting in unthipping a large quantity of tobacco, which had been imported into the country without the par went of duty, w hich subjected him to severe penalties. It will be recellected that on board a vessel called the Deception, a large quantity of tobacco was seized near Vauxhall in the month of August last, and two men taken on board were co nvicted and sent on board a vessel of war. One of them was now admitted an evidence against the de fendant, to prove that he had been concerned in running the tobacco in question from a port in Holland to Eng land ; and another witness, named Norris, deposed that the defendant engaged him to navigate the Deception from Wapping to Nine Elms, above Vauxhall •bridge, antecedent to the seizure. Mr. Platt attended on the part of the defendant, and cited a c lause of the 6th Geo. 111., which enacted, that tobacco imported in less quantities than packages of 450 pounds should be forfeited, and the tobacco in question bati n g been imported in packages of 38 pounds, he con tended that the defendant was only liable to the forfeiture of the tobacco. gr. Sheppard, on the part of the Customs, was heard on behalf of the information. The Magistrates decided that the tobacco became for pited, but no further penalty was incurred under the in formation; and the defendant was discharged. LONDON UNIVERSITY. The erection of the buildings and the com pletion of the arrangements of the London Uni verSity are fast advancing. We have hitherto abstained from praising the plan, or predicting the success of this institution, and we shall still abstain froth panegyric or prediction ; but as the public have a right to expect from us a state ment of facts on any topic of general interest, we are prepared in this case to answer the claim with pleasure. The employment of the word " University," though it properly describes the nature of the institution and the extent of the instruction to be communicated, introduces ideas of ;privilege and discipline which have no re ference to the new establishment. It professes to teach all the branches of human knowledge usually taught in universities ; but it neither pre tends to confer degrees nor to superintend private conduct like those institutions which originated in a different age, and are more intimately con nected with the Church and the State. This distinction, which should be constantly kept in mind, accounts for some : apparent inconsistencies, and answers some of the objections which • have been, made to the . plan. In particular, it explains why the London University provides so abuns dandy for instruction in some branches of learn ing, and entirely excludes others ; why, for in stance, it has professors of modern literature, and no professor of biblical criticism or theological dogmas. The new establishment, offers to teach all those sciences or branches of knowledge which people not intended for professions can be desirous to acquire, or which pre , pare professional men • for the attainment of eminence in their separate lines ; but as it cannot of itself open . the doors of . any 'profession, it would be superfluous to establish a chair, which would be attended by few except those aiming at degrees which it could not con fer. If a complete establishment of theological instruction were proposed, the professors must either teach the theological system of the Church of England, or of one of the numerous sects of Dissenters from its creed. If the former, the Dissenters would certainly keep away from the lectures delivered, and object to the expellee in curred ; while the members of the established church, intended for holy orders, would likewise absent himself, preferring to the instructions of the London University the theological education of his alma mater, at which he must graduate before he can offer himself to the Bishop as a candidate for clerical prefennsnt. The fulness of the provision for medical instruc tion is to be defended on the same principle as that which excludes theology. The members of the College of Physicians must graduate in one of the universities, but they would in vain resort to those haunts of learning for ,medical instruc tion. 'They must, therefore, study their pro fession, at a distance from the establishment which confers their. degree ; and it would surely be of advantage for them to find an institution in the metropolis where all the' branches of a medical education were taught in a systematic manner,' an d under convenient arrangements. This course' of reasoning applies more' forcibly to surgeons, • to whom no connexion with any' University is necessary, and who are consequently left free to pursue their studies wherever they find the best professors and the greatest facilities. To them a complete establishment of medical professors under the same roof must be a great con venience, without precluding their voluntary attendance on the prelections or demonstra tions of other able and experienced instructors, who may continue their separate and independent courses at the hospitals or at their own lecture rOoms. Were medical science, like theology, taught at the universities in a sufficient extent, and to sufficient numbers, or had the body of the medical profession, like the clerical order, an established creed, beyond which no inquiry was permitted, and an adherence to which was neces sary for every medical graduate, we should say that the London University, devoid as it is of powers of conferring degrees, would be as use lessly supplied with medical as theological teachers. It is plain, however, from the above statement, that this .is not the case, and that as a school of medicine this new University, may expect to thrive, if proper care is taken in selecting eminent professors. To unprofessional persons of the metropolis, whose desires prompt and whose for tunes enable them to study the various branches of literature and science which the new establish ment professes to teach, it must be agreeable to find an institution which they can attend without changing their residence, or subjecting themselves to college discipline. But, without entering further into the nature of the :establishment as a place for general or professibnal education, we may mention that the Council, as in duty bound, occupy their state, ment with ,an account of the,progress whi c h the erection has made as a commercial speculation. The deed of settlement provided that the capital fund of the University should not exceed 300,0001., divided into shares of 1001. each,; and of this sum, 150,0001., exclusive of don*. tions, has been already subscribed. On thiS capital it is expected that a dividend of four per cent. may be easily raised, after setting aside a considerable portion of the fees for the extension of the library, for increasing a natomical museums, and collections of natural history. • Such being the objects and pretensions of this institution, we are glad. to see that its existence is attracting general attention both at home and abroad, and that its merits and • efficiency are likely soon to be tried. While the exclusive professors of Toryism and intolerance are, doily all they can to render it popular in England, by honguring it with their abuse, we may almost say, Tioin an article in the Austrian Observer written evidently by Mr. Gentz, that it will corn 7 mence its operations under the patronage o! Prince Metternith himself. 'Mr. Gentz, with his usual talent, denounces it to continental probation, as a cosmopolite and philosophical establishment, free from the antique bonds which his master has been long endeavouring to . rivet on German education. We have no doubt that the Council of the University • will be duly sen sible of their good luck in having theirestablish ment advertised under such favourable auspices. —Times. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DTABY.—SATURDAV, Nor. 17. Bowker, J., Bolton—White's, Manchester Branch, J., Manchester—White's, Manchester Smith, S., Hastings—George, Battle INSOLVENTS APPLYING Petitions to be heard at Fertugai Nov. 20, A Broadribb, J., Bristol Carter, J., Barnett Clark, C., Lucas-street, Com mcrcial-road Cowling, J., Essex-stret,White chapel Dorval, W., Sydney-st., C om _ mercial-road Foskett, W., Thomas St. White chapel-road House, W., Kenton-st., Bruns. wielt.square TO RE DISCHARGED, .street, Lincoln's Inn Fields,' T NINE. .:',urnick, G., Norwood Kelly, G., St. Giles's Lesingham, J., Drury-lane Marsh, J., Duke-street, Stam ford-street Marshall, J., Minories Swaine, E., Woolwich Weaver, J., Npvington-csuso. way Wisdom, J., Plumstead Com mon, Kent SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• SWAFFHAM COURSING MEETING. SwArinAlu, Noy. 14.—This great Sporting geet.thi which is secondary only to Newmarket, has brought h'de4, a vast number of the highest sporting characters ; sport, we are happy to add, has been remarkably The Ball last night was attended by all the fashion:o county, nor was the. Dinner at the Crown (patron' or the Club) less numerously attended. The Club fc' r last two or three years- has not been very numerolls' consequence of the death of Lord Rous, Lord 11100,i &c. ; but it has this year eclipsed its former celebritlo the excellence of its sport and the resp ecta bility ( " a members. About 500'members were present at the day's sport, including Mr. 'Gurney, Dl. P. ; Mess rs " n, Shiite,Redhead, Th efirst Edwards, I.s t t d o a n y e s s w pD e r sport y , tnH C :II Erua, teas Wilkinson,Gtg c:a r s tpvTs followsya d s ti s e m, n e , e B : u—um Gordon,k .w . r . 1 y ,. t , Gurney's Asp •.. g Denu's Doe ... E Ist Course —ML. Mr. 2d Course—Mr. Mr. Denu's Exploit ..............•.•' 3d Course—Mr. Gordon's Skylark ..... ... . ... ••• e Mr. Ayton's Pilot ........ : ....... ••• 4th Course—Mr. Carter's Gustavu9 .............. Mr. Buckworth's Bee . ........... ••• sth Course—Ml'. Rust's W00dman'........... • • Mr. Wilkinson's Canova ........ 6th Course—Mr. Redhead's Lynx ............•••• s Mr. Stonehewer's Oddity ........... ' MATCHES. Mr. Tyssen's Fling beat Mr. Shute's Ultra Mr. Rust's William beat Mr. Stonehewer's Oritno Mr. Carter's Gas beat Mr. Young's Gas ,„ 0 0 . 1 4 Mr. Shute's Ursula and Mr. Carter's Gossamene : " — • Mr. Denu's Dinah beat Mr. Tyssen's Fox Mr. •Dentt's Despot beat Mr. Siiute's Ugn Mr. Gurney's Anson beat Mr. Redhead's Lear Mr. Rust's Wasp heat Mr. Duckworth's Bi s hop Mr. Rust's Wildfire beat Mr. Denu's Damsel Mr. Gurney's Agnes beat Mr. Tyssen's Fortune O° Mr. Gurney's Agamemnon and Mr. Edwards's E'er' • , Undecided ly Mr. - Buckworth's Barbara and-Mr. Denu's Dewdrop'," Mr. -Wilkinson's Cxerniebeff agst Mr. Edward's Pr —Ditto Mr. Redhead's Lively and Mr. Ayton's Pearl—Di tto WESTACRE AND gARBOROUGH STAKES 'Fox noG ;r1 Mr. Ayton's Paris beat Mr. Stonehewer's Othello to Cji r Mr. Buckworth's Brickdust beat Mr. Wilkinson's WESTACRE AND HAREOROUGH STAKES FOR • elxs. Mr. GUrney's Anna beat Mr. Wilkinson's Canary 11r. Gordon's Sterling heat Mr. Edwards's Sterl4 o o The hares did not stand well before the dogs o f they were turned, is consequence of the ' ado's ° fit' ) weather, but the courses were in general very fin e ' to the ladies followed on horseback, and gave great i' 4 !_ day'S sport, which was excellent. The wea ther heavy, but dry. • THE M. .RKETS. OF. f.—Nov. 14. 9 5s Walla End Newmarcll 54 g Ditto Peareth 3 1 5 Ditto 1 3 „, Ditto Russell's3 l 5 Ditto Walker 5 1 6 Liddell's Trader.---.-'" :• 5 0 Tanfiel 1 Trader.----"" .. 19 Pelton Main mall -1; e Walls End Newroare lb 6 reshkped 9 3 , Elyth 1 ratter 6 Cowpeu - 9 Marquis Main Si 6 Hartley 4 1 6 Llangenueth 3 .2 inverkeithing Splint Si 6 South Moor Si, 6 Eden Main $2, 0 Fawcett Main Russell's Walls End Hettor l,-- - '2 6 Walls End Lainbtott,' Si 0 Ditto :3 3 I)itto Si,, 6 Ditto Stewart's Russell's Hetton's"," ley ips sold, 75_-_-..Llnsol , , OT " 111 COAL MAR Arlair's 35c. 3i). Beaumont 33 3 Earsdon..-----... :14 0 Heaton Hebburn Main :16 0 Holywell 33 9 Kenton West » 33 6 Killingworth . 35 6 Liddell's Main 3l 6 Ord's Redhugli Percy 3:1 0 31 6 Wallbottle, .: Willington . 37 '0 34 6 Walls End Bell and Co. 33 9 Ditto Bell Robson &Co. 35 .0 Dittoßewiel;e and Co.— 38 9 Ditto. Brown's --.. 35 6 Ditto Clarke and Co. 35 0 Ditto Carr and Co.-- 35 3 Ditto Cramlington 34 0 Ditto Hilda .. 34 3 Ditto Hotspur :it 6 Ditto Jesmond 37 9 Ditto Northumberland 35 0 Ships at market, 175!ii-7--Sil COUNTRY. CORN MARKETS DURlN'ao.i..i• Wheat. Barley. I 03"' •• t° 'Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to 5 : 2 Abingdon------ 54 66 715 42 35 ••••••• a 6 64 24 39 30 48 62 30 31 21 4, 3 6 1 Bridport ----- 52 56 32 39 26 . 2 ., 46 Cirencester 49 60 ti 9 36 26 `a" Faringclom-- 48 56 36 38 24 i 6 0 Guildtbrd . -44 61• 36 45 26 Henley. - 50 66 32 43 26 Hereford 64 66 46 50 42 65 lYhtictenhead 60 68 3 8 49 - ....3f 4 • Newbury — 42 66 28 33 20 ;"" 6' Oakingham Reading - 3 6 Salisbury _ 4B 60 <2B 32, 21 • '.; 6 Southampton Stroud.-- 55 60 36 40 3 2 - 5 1 q. Tewkesbury --. 51 60 40 42 j 33 ? t , Uxbridge Wastage..... . 55 70 33 45 44 31 Warminster...,,...,. 30 63 30 .;; -4 32 Windsor 58 61 3 0 .32 40 W0rce5ter....~..,,..... 62 64 4 " • er BU4 C il li Cl. ELTE s. N d. l4 W A t i'l "; l:l :e l' ef i(Ell;e7lNb7. (14 ' i° Pt Wheat 6 0 5 6 Mutton Barley Oats - 8 0 Lamb -------11'1(,. A. ET CEIELTENHAM A Per Bushel. s. (I. to 7,i IV Beef ...., Wheat 6 0 5 6 Mutton Barley Oats - 4 s . N.O Lamb Beans a 0 S 0 Pork Pease ... 1/. lOs to 5/ per ton. HaY —• ......... ' • f 10' ' At to-day's intrAet New Wheats were dull o 0 0. :LivEiti,ool. CORN EXCHANGE.—Nor. 1 1 . i e . " is. to 2s. per a decline of Id. to 2d. per bushel, and a l a rge lu were Beans, at ' s 1° , 4 /4 it) 1Y left unsold ; Old brought fully previous rates. l i r l exte r " a number of Oat buyers at market, and a toler3l3') 000. sive business was transacted ; but th e qua ptitY P e iittir business /lone is Egyptian OD the market, reduced prices idilp er 451 b. Sol er illy quarter. .No man ge prices of Barley. .;o° l ' g di Is To !: 6 6 3 10 or (/6 10 s „ 0, 0 1 1 ' l O ° 0 : 1/ 0 ; i 0 Os Ss 9f 10 ° 0 "6/ 153 Os 0!, 3 '2 3 O a 5 ! 3 sa ; oOs 0 o O e , o 0 o o o', o' 0r o os 0 3 o o 03 0 • a 3 5,0 ohm , d. s• 0a 8 0 a 7 0 s 0 O 1 0a 7 a Bl 9a 8 0 Oa 8 0a 3 9, 0 a 4 a 0 0 0a 0 6a 4 0 0 a 0 0 0 a 0 0 0 a 3 4 3a 3 4 0 a 67 0 0 a 59 0 0 a 3 4 0 119 0a 3 7, 0 / 1 Ooa -20 a3l 0 O 0a 0 0 46 0 a 48 310 a 36 26 0 a 28 O 0 a 0 O 0a 0 Wheat, English, pe r 8 --- Irish I - , 7 Ditto (white; Canada Foreign (free) --- --- Foreign (in bond) - Barley, English, per 601bs. Irish Scotch Forei Beans, English, per hop. qr. Oats, English, per 451 b. I ris h. Scotch-- Malt, Fine,. per Imp. qr. . Flour, Amer., duty paid, per sour Indian Corn, white, per qr. of 4801 b. red R Pease, English white, per linp. 9 • ye Oatmeal, English, per 2401b5. ------ BIRTHS. Irotig hto Alecklenburgh-square, Mrs. - i ' n i s n t. at Hampstead, T O lis ti m ie o l r 2 ni t n: of Ono n. .. . • rgl V'' ilie I2th inst. at Camberwell, Mrs. HuttoO i of a ( ' ; ' n t'i t ' l . le 13th inst. Mrs. Wm. A l :b it o .s t . t, Ch of a daughter. Coo'' , il' i nons, of a daughter. . 6 01 On the 14th inst. Mrs. • Maplei, of Uppe r . street, Russell-square, of a daughter. . ---- . - 13i # ' MARRIED. r harle e lr On the 13th inst. at Si. Pancras Church , •-".- dalig A choff, Esq. Torrington-sqtiare, to Frances, youtSsoficl'.o ter of the late Woodhouse Crompton, Esq. °1. a ",,, Y el & On the 11 tk inst. at Madron; by the Rel. " -- A l. co/ or oie son, the Rev. William Acworth, son of Willito , '; i ".t of 11 , Esq. of,Nall-house, Luton,' Kent, to Mary , , 5 ., re s ' , P late George Gilbert Currey, Esq. M.D., l'''''' ' .e, 10', mall, London. 0 1 alo' et' On the 14th inst. at the new church in 1. 94 9, 4 ' Alloy by the Lord Bishop of London, the Rev. Ch ar ..: i iiisib Belli, to Frances, second daughter of Williams ' of Cow.hatch, in the county of Essex. it , tet i ' DIED. 5 14 to p. On the 2d inst. at Gothenburg, Mr. Thon, .olairy the 22d year of his age, youngest son of Mr. Dl' iii de of Glocester-terrace, after a short illness of se i¢os , 05, cerely regretted by his family and friends.. ...,„ l i a to 1 11 sic On the 6th inst. Selina, relict of the late nf tbe lst e is te of the Island of Jamaica, Esq. and daughter oi tat hie William Chambers, Knight, Comptroller-GeneriP 0 Majesty's Work, aged 77. Oissi /e f os , tl l s Oa the 10th inst. in the 49th year of her ig , co o the wife of Samuel Elyard, t sq. at his house P lo g Surrey. after a On the 9th inst. at Lambourne,. Berko, 00, illness, Mr. Thomas Jones, aged 53. ~ ha SO On the 11th inst. aged 65, Mary, Wife of j ° ,00 111 Esq. of EburY-street, Pisplico. T oss, '- On the 14th inst. after a long and painful i ' wife of John Breach, of Aldgate. t. the --------- a • - ParrTsn and Pnumsuin by M. YOUN G ' ~. S1.044;111(34 No. 112, Strand' paorcletsoros „cow NOTH siruu cloa for the t To his Nlaje arid Barr DorN To his male mmtg and That the 25th day of sealed up ai he received N ovember • on that day, Prop osals each TprOpo, end er pro p pert y „ ga in the Amoy d ue Perf orm be noticed Pi l ,„ ex r, happentha rth , PS shop a mount of t In the first t 0 him. Particul don at thw:i EUII( IN$ . of ANNui. and OTIIE 10 ) Chatba El)wm i J o b e %M an , j u°ll , 4 sent • Cleme nt Hu ' l ;6 Beat, ~,,4 41 es Bo ~4 0r rias H. G. Harri Paxton `". Ph. Li I‘lANito Auui - TO 13 , Lo m b and 'Mart PHYsicIA A , 1 ,1 11 1 the A itt 3 t he ease ev 4t erl t o, t ijo, 49 PI, 4° YAL E S tv fro to (Sun tt l i tAlll I" 'PtOt St 1111 / 1 1 _o ey •44AhLr, 4 , , e) ) „,_ ATE ALAI() hOLyt] Bangoi LIvERI 11 ANCF lI ILFOI I N -west. 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