The Sun. — London, England, 1827-07-28 00:00:00

thing not at all likely; it is not more likely that they should evacuate Cadiz, than that we should . Gibraltar ; although we admit. there is this dif ference between the .two cases, that our possession of Gibraltar is recognised by treaties, while the French occupation of Cadiz .is . not. The French, English, and Spanish Diplomatists may bring , about matters so That .we,should evacuate Portugal, and there may.;be a profession with respect to the French evacuation of Spain, but we look upon it that the latter will-be like the Austrian evacuation. of Naples-that. is, a thing not to take place except force should accomplish it. The French have hold of Spain, the Aus trians of great part of Italy, and the Russians of Poland, and we look upon it that these three States are to retain possession of these respec ___. . live countries, whether England is. pleased or not. Thus it is that weak States ever fall a prey to their more powerful neighbours, especially whenever the stream of commerce, as it may be termed, has left these weaker States, and travelled into other parts of the world. Three centuries ago Portugal was a powerful kingdom, because it was then, as it were, the emporium of the world, having large possessions in the East 'lndies, as well as extensive settlements in South America. Portugal was then the same sort of mart, only in a minor degree, that England is now. She "has since lost most of her possessions in the East Indies, and in our own.time, those in south Ame rica. Fier commerce being therefore crippled, and comparatively cut off, she ceases to be any longer., a powerful nation ; but, on the contrary, she seems to be gradually hastening to - decay ; and the probability therefore is, that. the French will evebtually, and with.ease, take possession of that country, as they did. of .Spain. It is a strange thing in the .history .of mankind, that whenever _the high road of commerce leaves a nation, such.nation gradually sinks into insigni ficance, sand, torn by consequent discontent, in ternal troubles,and revolutions, falls a prey to its stronger neighbours; and it is also strange to observe, - how. for many ages nations will compa ratively lie in a dormant state, or indeed in a most miserable condition, before they aga i n r i se . We have . seen this strongly exemplified in the countries.whichformerly flourished in the vici- nity of Persia, Greece, and Egypt. They have now lain barren, as it were, compared with their former greatness, for a period of from two to three thousand years. Even to give falling countries Constitutions does not prevent their fall, though it may retard it. So it is with Por tugal.. .We do not think that the Constitution Mr. Canning bestowed upon it, and for which he was so much extolled and eulogized by his w orshippers, and expectants of goo d things in Church and State, will stop her progress to that insignificance in the scale of nations she seems in all probability to be inevitably doomed to in her present comparative dotage.—Morn. Herald. Most of the public papers have alluded, more or less, to 'a supposed difference which is'said to have arisen between Mr. Canning and the Lord Chancellor ; but none appear to have, as yet, as signed any probable reason for it. The facts, as they are represented to us e arise.out of the man ner in which the Learned . Lord endeavoured to bestow the Archdeaconry and a Prebendal Stall. in Rochester Cathedral,- and the manner in which he has disposed of the latter, contrary, it is said, to Mr. Canning's opinion and remon strances. The Archdeaconry in question, with the Stall annexed, have been held together (it is said, by patent) for at least 150 years ; and de volved, on the death of the late Archdeacon, to the then Bishop of Rochester, who destined, them for'hie son ; but, from some accidental cause or other,. the regular nomination was not made out, arid on the Bishop's death soon after, both pieces of preferment lapsed to the Crown. The Lord Chancellor supposing them both to be in his gift (and wholly unconscious, probably, of the accident which had prevented the late 'Bishop froth bestowing them on his son), offered them to a gentleman, who, no doubt, to other recom mendations, added that ofhavingbeen a warm par tizan of Sir John Copley at the Cambridge Election. Mr. Canning, it is said, on the other hand, c l a imed the patronage as his, and was anxious to bestow it as the late Bishop would have done. The Chan cellor, 'howeVer, evinced no disposition to give way, and, of - course, his nominee had as little ; but, in the end, it was discovered that the Arch deaconry was not the Chancellor's to give, though 'the Stall, if severed from it, would be. That severance took place, and the Chancellor's friend holds the Stall, while Mr. Canning hes given the•Arehdeaconry (stripped of its valuable appendage), as they would have both been given had the health of the late Bishop, on the one band, or more eagerness on the part of the sort, on 'the other, for preferment, in preference to at tending the 'sick-bed of his father, permitted. These are the facts, as we have heard them stat ed ; but whether they really have, or are of con sequence enough to have . created any coolness betweeri - the high personages in question, is what we have no means of knowing. Very trifling causes often prccluce very important results. It is not probable, 01 circumstances considered, that the attachment between the parties can be either very warm or lasting. But be this as it may, and leaving to time, the great unra . voner of State secrets, to show whether there is any fouiiw dation for the' report in question, it cannot, we think, be denied that the story , as it is told, tells most in favour of Mr. Canning.— ibid. Suppose a simpleton were to run about the town proclaiming that the Lord Chancellor had been taken to the watch-house for disorderly conduct. Every body would laugh at the•sitn vleton ; . and he, thereupon, growing irate,' an j e alous of his reputation for truth , might say, " I trust the public will rel y u p on this a s-, se ction, until contradicted by the Lord Chancel lor h i mself, whose duty to the King, in whose service ke is, as well as his ditty to himself, requires 'th:lt he should, contradict my state ment if it is false. " Here the laugh ter would be prodigious. That we may not be supposed to have iinagined* an extrava gantly absurd case, we quote the 'following pa rallel from the columns of a junior partner iii the firm of Messrs. Bul l, Post, and Co., patent manufacturers of State secrets and Royal con- versations : " For the SIXTH TIME, we assert that the Dui OF WELLINGTON WAS INVITED---THAT THE INYITAT101; WAS CONVEYED BY LORD RIA RYBOROUGHA ND THAT HIS GRACE REMAINED TWO HOURS AND A HALF WITH THE KING !-and we trust that the public will rely upon this assertion, until contradicted by Lord Maryborougl►, whose duty to the King, in whose service he is, as well as his duty to himself, requires that he should contradict our statement, if it is false."—Wew Tines. The Morning Post, alluding. to certain ad dresses which have been presented to. Mr. Peel, says— " The effects which we venture to anticipate from these addresses, assuming, as we tip, that they will become ge neral, are more immediate and direct. Our auguries are ex p re ssly founded upon the knowledge of individual charac ter, and the aspect of existing circumstances•" Lnfortunately for the tempest *bleb our CPU- .tem (pry conjures up out of a 'little cloud, the ' f ass mption that such addresses will ever become , gen ral has not even the shadow of foundation' to rest on. The chances of Mr. Peel's becOrning Prime Minister are excessively small ; but the chances of addresses, even of-regret at his leaving offige, ever becoming general, or even numerous, is, if possible, still smaller. The auguries of the PoSt, froin its " knowledge of individual' dia. , : rac i r, and the aspect of existing circumstances, " would be quite as likely to be fulfilled, if drawn &oil a knowledge of particular clouds, and the aspTt of the existing weather. There are many thin s in which a footman's information. may be of service, but there are limits even to his know ledge. Mr. Peel might, it seems, have been Prime Minister, if he hail but wished it ; but he was itoo modest. This piece of intelligence,, we suppose, came from the same source as the news of 4 1 1 . r. Sturges Bourne's pension, and Mr. James Brougham's •Commissionership ; a source, greatly to the . diminution of our contem pora;ry s State intelligence, and the amusement of the public, now for ever dried up. Our contem porary very properly reads the Right Hon. Gentleman a lecture on this rather uncommon failing. "He has," he says, " been guilty of a negative injustice to his country, in consequence of Having previously committed a positive in justice" in his estimate of himself." Now we camiot for a moment suppose that Mr. Peel was ever, guilty of the crime here. charged against him,, even inadvertently, and we think he owes little i gratitude to the Post for ,such an awkward attempt at compliment. It is the characteristic of a nan of genius to entertain a low estimate of his Rowers compared with that beau ideal which he. aims at reaching . ; but no man of any talent is igjiorant that he possesses it. He may rate it more highly, but our contemporary• may depend upori t it he will not rate it less highly, than it deserves. The Post is itself a proof of this ; for, while it' says that Mr. Peel refused the Pre mierihip, becanse lie 'thought himself unfit for its du,ities, it adds; that no such unfitness at tachy to him ; thus asserting that its knowledge of what a Prime Minister ought to be is greater than .hat .of the Right Hon. Gentleman. Con, , sidering their different opportunities, and means of lunging, we think a'little more of that criminal mode ty, for which it blames the - Ex-Secretary, woul not be misplaced in our 'contemporary.— We issent, however,, from the Post when it says that Vlr. Peel might have been Premier had - it net iteen for his " modesty.", So long as Mr. Cam ng was in the Cabinet it .was impossible for i lr: Peel to be Prime Minister. We are most ready to acknowledge Mr. Peel's talentS, but we will not insult him by comparing him to Mr. eanning; and we feel assured that he would feel it to be an insult: Why, even supposing that their powers of intellect had been originally on a I.ar, does our contemporary forget that Mr. Canning s have been so much . longer . exercised ? Mr. canning was a Statesman when Mr. Peel was t school-boy. But, says the Post, ." Mr. Peel lis the hope and the model of English Totie, and it is not too much to say, that a prouder station, or a more splendid name, was never ! yet assigned to mortal man." This is prodigious ! It ought to have been given in Llitin by our contemporary's evening com peer. i We almost fear. to say , what Mr. Canning is after such a burst. : Of pane gyric i yet, in our plain way of think ing, to be, as he is, " the hope of England," and not only the hope. of England, but of all that is sound and sober in - Europe, is a yet prouder station, arid a more splendid name than even to be the head of a respectable party, which our cOtemporary and others have laboured very earne ' ly, though, more from lack of wit than will, tern, unsuccessfully, to degrade to a most T conteipptible faction. With respect to our con lemparary's observations about "making expe rimenis on the national mind," and " vague terms 'of liberality,and cloudy notion of inde finite flange, „ we must shelter ourselifes under our modesty, even should it be deemed criminal. We dp not comprehend these fine things. The following piece of information is, we presume, drawn from as high a source as the rest of the State secrets of the Opposition Press : " Hip Royal Highness the Ldrci High Admiral is an excellent Tory, and so is the present Lord‘Chancellor." Wei had some suspicion of the fact ourselves, but we were not prepared for the conclusion that our contemporary seems inclined to deduce from it. When the Ministry, of principle, to which he looks forward, " from his knowledge of in dividual character, and the aspect of existing cir cums_tinces," shall-be formed, these two excel lent Tpries are, it seems, to be sent about their tiuSinel6s without ceremony, and .the Earl of Eldon and my Lord Melville, to be put in their places. Of a truth, our contemporary's libe rality Is very " vague ;" and his notions of changd, rather "cloudy."—lbid. MELANCHOLY COINCIDENCE.— On the 14th instant, inquests were held before Enoch Hand, Gent. of Uttoiceter, on the bodies of Harriet and William Foster, the one three years and the other five months old ; the ' youngest was burnt to death by a lighted stick falling into the cradle, and the eldest by drinking part of a phial of spirits o vitriol : the accident occurred at the same moment, and they died within a short time of each other.--Staf fordshire Gazette. CONSEQUENCES OF A HUMANE ACT.-- The genilemin who lately indicted some watchmen for, an • assault committed upon him, in consequence of his inter ference to protect a woman whom they were dragging along the street in a brutal manner, and ohtained their convictidn and punishment, gives the following detail of his'expences : . The recognizance at Hatton-garden £ 0 2 6 Indictment as prosecutor Subposnis before the grand jury 0 3' 2 Letter Enteiing,the indictment as defendant 0 12 6 Subpoenas before the petit jury 0 3 2 Motion that the recognizance might be respited 0 10 6 Swearing affidavit 0 1 0 Motion that the trial inight be postponed l' 1 0 Entering:indictment the second time 0 12 6 Subpoenas second time . 0 3 2 Prosecutor's costs of the day 1 10 0 Paid the crier for my verdicts, &c. £7 12 6 TfIE, STREAM OF LlFE.—Life bears us on like the stream of a mighty river. Our boat, at first, glides down the narrow channel, through the playful mur murings of the little brook, and the winds of its grassy border. The trees shed their blossoms over our young heads ; the flowers on the brink seem to offer themselves.to our young hands; we are happy in hope, and we grasp eagerly at the beauties around us; but the stream hurries on, and still our hands are empty. Our course in youth and manhood is along a wider and deeper flood, and amid objects more striking and magnificent. We are animated by the moving picture of enjoyment and industry which passes before us; we ate excited by some short-lived suc cess, or depressed and rendered miserable by some equally short-lived disappointment. But our energy and our de pendence Are both in vain. The stream bears us on, and our joys and our griefs alike are left behind us ; we may be shipw'ecked, but we cannot anchor: our voyage may ibe hasten d, but it cannot be dela y ed ; whether rou g h or i smooth, t e river hastens towards its home, till the roar ing of the; ocean is in our ears, and the tossing of his waves is beneath our keel, and the lands lessen from our eyes, and the floods are lifted up around us, and the earth loses sight of us, and we take our last leave of earth and its inhabitants, and of our further voyage there is no witness but the Waite and Eternal !--,Bishop Heber's Sermon. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of Friday.) ,RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-The contract with Government for 100,000 galls. Rum has been taken at 2s. lid. ; the quantity divided among the trade, otherwise, according to the report of the Market, the price would have 'been; still lower. There has been no sale of low Leewards since, and the Market may be. stated rather dull, but not lower. The request for fine Jamaica Rum still continues, and for a parcel 4s. '7d. has been offered and refused. Brandies are heavy, and may he quoted a shade lower. There is no Geneva in any parcels offering for sale, the in quiries are continued and 2s. id.. for pale could be realised with facility. HEmei FLAx, and TALLOW.--The accounts from St. Petersburgh are to the 10th inst. ; the-Exchange was 10 13-32 d. alO '7-16d. ; Tallow 101 to 102 rubles. The market here since Friday last has been gradually improv ing. The extent of the shipments from Russia 60,000 caskS to all parts, which is early and very extensive, yet, being known as the reason for the late decline, and the eagerness on the part of theimporters to sell, has, as usual, a contrary effect to'what was expected ; the advance may be stated at ls. a Is. 6d. per cwt. We have inserted the latest prices obtained for Hemp and Flax, but the quota- tions are nearly nominal. Corrow.:--The Cotton market has been steady. The purchases for the week ending last Hight inclusive, consist of 1,400 Bengal, 41d. a qd. ; 160 Boweds,sld. a 61d. ; 350 Surat, 4d. a sd. ; 1,800 Egyptian, '7d. a Duty hintoo.—There are several lots of Indigo of the last East India sale disposed of at an advance of 4d. and 6d. per lb., but it is only where the Indigo was bought on low terms. The general currency of the Market is the East India House prices; the Market, however, looks rather firm, and 1,500 chests are stated to be cased at the ware house for immediate export. PaovisioNs.—There is no alteration in Beef and Pork, the purchases lately are very limited. Bacon is in some demand. Butters are lower. Hops.—The prices are nominal, where Si. was lately given, about 4/. only could be realized. The accounts from the Hop plantations are favourable ; the estimated duty is now 110,000/. TEA.—The market remains firm. TOBACCO.—The purebaces are confined to small parcels to the trade. There have been rather extensive enquiries for low Virginia Tobacco for export, but no actual sales are yet reported. SALTPETRE•-The demand continues; the large sales are at 249. Otr.s.—Sperrnaceti and Rape Oils are again higher; in the other descriptions there is no alteration. TURPENTINE.—Some sales are reported of rough at 13s. Spirits are also rather higher. SewEs.—Spices are rather heavy and a shade lower.— By public sale this forenoon 427 bags unsifted Pepper sold 3id. a 34d. ; 187 bags sifted taken out. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.—JuIy 26. Hay 814.0 d. to 120 s. Od. Clover —.loos. Od.. to 150 s. Od. straw 40. Od. to 48s. 2d. PRICES OF HOPS (p e r Cwt.)—July 27, 11. Os . 15s. 44 Os, 4!. 15s. to 5!. 5s 4!. Os. to 4/. 4s. 51. 10s. to 41. 16g. Kent. Pockets Sussex Ditto . &sox Ditto Farnham Ditto, Fine Seconds Kent ; Bags-- Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto.. 01. Os. 6/. Os. to 71. Is 0/. Os. 51. Os to 61. Os 31. 10s. 4/. Os. to 41. 103 3/. 3s. 3/. Ws, to 31. 16s 31. Ss. 31. 16s. to 41. 4s Old Duty laid at £ 105,000. PRICE OF POTATOES.—JuIy 27. New Ware 01. N. to 01. Ss. per cwt. Middlings OF. 4s. to 4s. Ed. ditto. PRICES OF Per lb. d. to d. 8utt5...«.—.50 to 561 b.— 19 21 Ditto,—.-60 to 661 b.— 22 23 Dressing 13 16 Fine Coach Hides 16 18 Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b. 14 151 Ditto.., :.....,.45 to 501 b. 15k 17j Ditto 17} 19i LEATHER. Per lb. d. to 41. Tanned Horse Hides— 13 15 Sicoaish Date 15 20 Per dozen. Calf Skins— 36 to 401 b. 18 21 Ditto 50 to 701 b. 21, 21 Ditto 70 to 801 b. 1 Small Seals, ereenland 18 19 UAW HIDES. Per Stone. s. d. to s. d. Per Stone. s. d. to s. d. Best Heifers& Steers 210 3 4 Ordinary..-- 2 0 2 2 Middlings 2 4 2 6 Mai ket Calf-- 7 0 each. Downs SHEEP SKINS. Os. Od. to Os. Od. Lambs--- Is. 4d. to .13.! Od Os. Od. to Os. Od. PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown 30/. Oi. Refined 6 Linseed Oil — 24 0 H 11 5 10 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand Itape Cake, per ton 'PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, Ste. per 1121b.--July 27. Town Tallow —...—.... 435. Od. Yellow Soap .761,. Od. Yellow Ru55ia..,—.....39i.0d. M0tt1ed,..,....- B2s. Od. White —. 3us. 6d. White--.......................—. 86s. Od. Soap Ditto— ......3135. Oct. Graves .....—...... 20s. Od. Melted 5t0tr......—....--...... 345. Od. Good Dreg5..—...........,----. 54. Od. Ditto Rough----.. 21, Oct. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 81b.—July 27. Pries by Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Alelters) 30, PiticE OF-CANDLES. The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as follows : Candles, per doz. '73. Od. to Os. Od. I Moulds, per dozes Ss. 6d COAL MARK Adair's 325. Od. Beaumont----.--. 30 6 Eighton Blain 29 9 Heaton 35 6 Hebburn Main 33 3 Holywelh 32 0 Killingworth 33 6 Liddeli's 30 6 Tanfield 32 6 31 0 Willington Wylam 3l 0 WallsEndßewieke&Co. 36 6 Ditto Bell Robson & Co. 35 0 Ditto 32 9 Ships at market, 57X---Sh 27. Walli End New March— 345. 6d. Ditto Cramlington— 30 9 Ditto Hilda .32 3 Ditto Northumberland 33 6 Ditto Russell's 36 3 Ditto Walker 35 6 Tanfieti Trader.-- 32 0 Hartley 3U 6 Fordel 35 6 Llangenneth Coal 42 0 Eden Main 33 0 Walls End Hetton—.... 38 3 Ditto Dons 34 3 Russell's Hetton'sW. E. 37 6 ips sold, 25%—thoolit, 32, COUNTRY CO: .N ISIARKE TS DURING THE WEEK Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Per. Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to 36 S. t. 6 to s. Ashburn--- 60 67 30 66 Basingstoke --- 57 64 37 43 30 ' 3 4 66 58 Bath Bridgewater 53 36 24 32, 57 Bridpore 56 56 33 .31 '2O 28 51 56 Bristol Chesterfield Derby 64 66 28 35 60 63 • Devizes 50 66 43 28 54 56 66 Doncaster 60 67 31 44 24 34 59 62 Dorchester--,.... 58 67 :38 42 27 35 60 62 Exeter. 6B '72 40 44 3 0 31 52 5 6 Gloucester.-- 56 59 NtS 40 28 36 .`,6 60 Guildford 44 64 35 42 '25 36 46 66 Hungerford 50 62 38 44 30 40 50 62 Ipswich 58 65 36 42 48 51 Leicester'--....... 62 '66 43 46 38 42 63 66 Mansfield 56 60 41 45 31 35 48 50 52 68 37 40 25 39 53 68 Northampton 54 60 35 40 30 39 58 59 .. Reading ---. 58 '7l 42 28 40 69 Salisbury.---.... 55 63 36 40 28 22 60 64 Sandwich .—... 57 65 40 42 29 36 45 48 Shaftesbury 60 40 34 Shepton Mallet 54 58 4.5 48 . 35 38 64 fi° Sleaford 51 56 40 44 32 :35 .54 ~.5 6 Taunton 54 64 40 46 32 39 •—• Uxbridge ---- 57 '7l 34 40 25 39 \Vantage—. 48 66 36 38 /5 3'7 52 58 Warminster ... . 52 61 36 42 30 40 66 70 Yeovil ..—. 56 62 38 40 34 36 56 64 Per Bushel. s. d. s.d. s. d. s.d. s. d. s.d. s.d. s.d. Buckingham-- 6 0 7 6 4 0 5 0 3 6 4 3 60' '7 6 Shrewsbury —,. 94) 10 4 6 0 7 0 7 6 9-0 U6_l2 0 SCOTCH MARKETS. EDINBURGH CORN MARKET.—JuIy 25. Our market continues thinly supplied with all Botts of Grain, particularly Barley, there being only two parcels of very inferior quality. Sales in general flat at last week's prices. • • Wheat. 'Barley. Oats.; Pease. Beads: First 67s Od I 32s Od I :36s Od 54s Od -54 s Ott Second 63s Od 31s Od 31s Od 51s Od 51s Od Third 364 qrs. of Wheat were in market, 342 of which sold as under :- 11 ...at 67s. Od. 67 ...at 635. Odd 14 ...at...... 595. 6d. 11 46 57 Unsold, 6—Grey, 4. PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &C. 16 0 Beef, per 1b..,. Os. 6d. to Os.Bd. Fresh Butter,lb.s.lod. to s. lid Mutton. O6 • 0 7 Salt Ditt0.,....,—. 0 0 0 9 Veal 0 5 0.7 Ditto, per en t. 0 0 80 0 P0rk.....—........ 0 0 0 6 Eggs, per dbl. 0 9 00 • , I f .: i m l o b v , „ , peri,e per lb. 0 1 3 1 6 0 3 4 0 w 0 aitiSetarta Ditto..w( k) 1 1 2 5 0 0 13 0 Quarters Loaf 0 8 0 9 Barley Ditto 0 Potatoes, 141 b. 1 0 1 2 Hay, per 5t.....,.- 010 011 EDINBURGH MEA - We had a small supply of which met with a quick sale at 1 Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. First Oatmeal ... £2 4 0 Second ditto 2 2 0 Barleymeal 1 16 0 Peasemeal I 16 0 Pot Barley—No. 1, per cwt. 14 L MARKET.--July 24. Oatmeal at this day's Markel last week's prices. Per Stime 01 141 b First Oatmeal DI 2 4 Second ditto Barleyrneal 0 2 2 Peasetneal 0 2 0 s.-2d, 165.-3 d. ISs.—Poat I 225. GLASGOW CORN MARKET—JuIy 25. _ . , ?ss done hi Wheat at previous • ; Oats, Beans, and Pease, ra- There has been s fair busine rates ; little alteration in Barle , ther lower. Wheat, per 2401 b. British, old s. d. s. d. Oats, per 611 b. s. d. s. (1. 31 oto3l 6 Irish 2O 0t024 6 300 31 0 British —o —0 29 0 31 0 -Beans, 1 et• 2601 b. 290 31 0 I English Scottish new Canada, free Irish Barley, per 3201 b. English — 0 0 Scottish 0 0 Irish. 250 280 Pease, Scottish ... Oatmeal, pert tOlb. Flour, per 2801 b,... 210 216 200 230 490 500 THE ARMY.--The 73d Regiment, at present quartered in this City, are to sail immediately for Gibraltar, and will be replaced by the 26th Regiment, now quartered in Dublin.— Waterford Chronicle. Fire was repeatedly seen last, and the early part of this week, at the Burning Hill, inclining to the westward and near the sea ; the smoke is to be seen con tinually as usual, also nearer the sea. m .Dorset Chronicle. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—Mr. Baur, a Custom.;house or ship-agent, as he called himself, appeared before the Lord Mayor, to answer the charge of Captain Gregorio Cara taro, of the Spanish vessel Di Zinn. 'lt appeared that the cargo of the vessel in question was consigned to the Spanish Consul, and that upon its arrival in this country an agent of Mr. Baur went on board, and having represented that he was the agent of the Vice-Consul, gave instructions for dismissing the pilot, and took possession of the ship's papers. It was, however, discovered that neither I►lr. Baur nor his agent had received instructions from the Spanish Vice-Consul to act in the manner above stated, and Captain Carataro, therefore, demanded his papers ; but Mr. Baur refused to give them up, insisting that he had upon the ship some demands for having performed the necessary business as a Custom-house agent, and for:money he had paid to the King and to the Trinity House. He had be sides a claim for commission. _ _ In reply to some questions put by the Lord Mayor, Mr. Baur said, that he was a licensed broker, and transacted business very extensively; he had been an eminent mer chant. It was, he considered, a fair mode of transacting business. The LORD MAYOR said that Mr. Baur's conduct was most disgraceful ; and that unless he gave up the papers upon receiving his legal claim, he should ndt be a broker twenty-four hours longer. Mr. Baur said he had done the business properly, and would not give up the papers unless be received his com mission. HATTON-GARDEN.—A young man of fashionable appearance, who gave his name J. A. Robertson, was charged with the following assault : It appeared, that the defendant and another person were observed in the New-road, in a gig, driving at a sharp rate, and cutting at evety thing that came in their way. When they came to Battle-bridge-gate they attempted to pass without paying the toll, but the toll collector seized the horse, and refused to let them pass. The defendant re fused to pay the toll, .and cut the collector with his whip. He also whipped the horse so violently, that the animal reared and plunged in a 'desperate manner; and the shaft of the gig coming in contract with the collector's side, lie was knocked down, and lay some moments in a state of in sensibility. The defendant said at the time that he wished he had a piatol, and he would shoot a few.of the persons who had collected around him. The defendant, in his defence, said, that he was a gen tleman, and at present resided at theGloucester-Coffee-house, Piccadilly, where he had been for the last month. He did not deny, he said, having flogged the fellow, and would do the same to any one attempting to stop his horse for toll, for it was a thing hp never paid. He only wished he had had a pistol, as he would have shewn them a new way of scampering. The defendant was locked up in default of bail, and in the meantime inquiries were made respecting him, when it was discovered that he had lodged for a month at the Gloucester Coffee-house ; that he had lately come into possession of a considerable property, which he squandered away, and that his bills at the Hotel amounted to 20/. or 801. a week. MARY-LA-BONNE.—A Mr. Bull, a respectable ironmonger, in Adam-street, Manchester-square, appeared to show cause why he should not maintain his wife, a young but certainly not very attractive woman, who, having been refused relief by the parish, summoned 'her husband before the Magistrate.—Mr. Bull said, he . would prove beyond a doubt that his wife could have no claim upon him, having eloped from him nine years ago, and since that time she had been living with other men. Mr. Ezekiel Bull, the defendant's brother, stated, that he resided in his brother's house when the complainant eloped with a Mr. Hudson, a tradesman, in Tottenham court-road. On one occasion he remembered going into his brother's apartment, - where he saw Mrs. Bull and Mr. Hudson seated at a table regaling themselves with wine. Me instantly informed his brother of what he had seen, and his brother came into the room and found them together. A constable was sent for, and Hudson was turned out of the house, and the same evening Mrs. Bull eloped from her. husband's house, taking with her all her property ; and she had been cohabiting with Hudson and other persons ever since. Another person who lodged in Mr. 'Bull's house at the period of Mrs. Bull's elopement, stated that about a month_ ago he met Mrs. BUR in Portland-place, arm in arm with a gentleman whom she informed him was a Noble Lord.— And she asked witness why he did not behave more re spectfully and take off his hat to his Lordship? He re plied that his Lordship was nothing to him, and passed on without taking any further notice of her. He subsequently met her iu Battle-bridge, in chlrnpany with a Mr. 'Wheat ley 1, :yid he had likewise seen her repeatedly in company with Hudson. _ Several other witnesses were heard in support of the husband's ease ; and Mr. GRIFFITH, addressing Mrs. Bull, told her she might go and shift for herself as well as she could, for he should not interfere in the matter. , _ Mrs. Bull said she had no home to return to ; and one of the officers advised her to go back to her admirer, Mr. Hudson, who night relieve her.„ MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Yesterday no less than six persons, four women and two men, were brought to this Office by Furzsman, the constable of St. Giles's, charged with coining. - Mr. Powell, solicitor to the Mint, together with Mr. Field, the inspector, attended the examination. The prisoners gave their names Ann . Irvine, alias Wales, Ann Fox, William Johnson, William Roberts, Matilda Roberts, his wife, and Mary Wood, alias Wilson. The two first-named prisoners are well known to the officers of the Mint, having been in custody upon similar charges before. .Roberti, who is a man of rather respectable appearance, had his face covered with blood, from the effect of a cutlass wound he received on the head, from one of the officers, in endeavouring to escape. His hat, which he had on at the time, was literally cut in halves. Furzeman stated that in consequence of private infor- minion, lie went in company with two other officers yester day morning, to a house in Church-street, St. Giles's. Upon going up stairs, he found the door of the first floor back room locked; he instantly broke it open and discovered the six prisoners in the room. Roberts attempted to escape down stairs, when he was compelled to use his cut lass to prevent him. In the room he found the articles produced. On the Person of Irvine, otherwise Wales, he discovered a quantity of sixpences of base metal, and in the bosom of her gown he also found a sixpence half finished, and a piece of the metal from which it had been made. He likewise took from the person of Fox, who was lying in bed, several sixpences of the same base description: Furceman here produced to the Magistrate a variety of coining implements, which were found in the room, amongit which were a variety of plaster of Paris moulds, several of which worn smooth, and the die scarcely legible, from frequent use. A pewter pot, ,with a composition to cast fresh moulds ; a quantity of base metal ; several tobacco pipes, in which the metal had been melted ; and a quantity of colouring used for the purpose of finishing the sixpencees, and giving them the appearance of silver. The other Officers corroborated the statement of Furze man, and deposed to finding base coin upon the persons, or near where the other prisoners stood. Mr. Field pronounced the sixpences produced to be coun terfeit, and fabricated from base, metal. Sir G. FARRANT asked the prisoners if they had any thing to say. Roberts stated that he could prove he was dining at a public-house in the neighbourhood only five minutes before the officers entered the room. That lie was naturally alarmed at seeing the three officers enter with their cut lasses drawn, and made for the door, when he received the wound on his head. He denied that he was a party in the manufacture of the coin, nor was he aware of any thing being made in the room where he was, as he had only called to see a young man named Morgan. Sir G. FARRANT—What are you ?—Roberts—i am a cabinet-maker, Sir. Sir G. FAR RANT—You were in the room at the time the door was locked, and therefore it is to be presumed you were there for no good purpose. However, you will be remanded for a week, to afford time for future inquiry, and you will have the opportunity, on the re-examination, of stating any circumstances in your favour. The other prisoners said nothing, and the whole were remanded for re-examination on Friday next. William Alexander, a man in the employ of Mr. Smallbone, a broker and auctioneer, was charged with violently assaulting the wife of Mr. George Paul, of No. 12, Coburg-street, Euston-square. Mr. Paul stated that he was landlord of the house 12, Coburg-street. A few days ago a person named Maraham hired the two parlours, and brought with him a large quantity of furniture. On Wednesday evening about half past six o'clock, the defendant came, in company with another man, during his (Mr. Paul's) absence from home, broke open the two parlour doors, and took furniture suffi cient to load two vans, alleging that they had a distraint warrant against Marsbam's furniture for rent due to his former landlord. After Alexander had filled the vans they left the house, and the street door was closed, but in a few minutes he'returned, knocked at the door, and said he had left behind 'a looking glass, and pushing Mrs. Paul violently aside, said " He'd be but he'd 'have it." He then struck at Mrs. Paul several times; and even kicked her in the 5t90340, from life. COCO of which ill.uPge she was conGned to bet bed, and Was still unable to attend before the Magistrate. _ . . There was another point upon which the parties com plained, viz.—that the warrant under which the levy had been made was illegal. ' Mr. Roy, the Magistrate, considered it to be so, but at all eieuts, he should order the man to find bail for the assault. SUMMER ASSIZES. HOME CIRCUIT.-HERTFORD, JULY 26: FULLER. V. JAMES. This was an action of assault and - battery. The plaintiff, being an infant five years of age, sued by his next friend. The defendant pleaded :‘ Not guilty." The plaintiff was the child of - a poor cottager at Hoddesdon ; and the defendant practised as a phy sician in the same town. On the Ist of May, the defendant was driving in his carriage through Mod desdon when something was thrown at the, vehicle. At this time there were several little boys playing in the ioad . . The defendant got of the carriage, and desired to know who had thrown stones at his chariot. One of the boys pointed out the plaintiff as the culprit, who immediately ran away, the defendant threatening to chastise him at the first opportunity. On the 3d of May, 'the defendant stopped at. the cottage of the plaintiff's grandfather. The plaintiff, who was playing in the garden, seeing the defendant, took .to flight, and endeavoured to conceal himself in an out-house. The defendant pursued him and brought him forth. He then pulled hint along the road to a pond, some parts of which were very deep, and seizing him by one arm flung him into the water. The child scrambled out ,with some difficulty, and afterwards became exceedingly ill; from the violence he had sustained. These facts were proved by the boy's . grandfather and his mother. The boy him self was exhibited in Court, and he presented a pitiable sight, from his miserable appearance and tender years. Mr. Justice PARK summed up the case for the Jury, who found their verdict for the plaintiff. Damages 45/. CORNWALL V. SIR PETER SOAME, BART. This was an action for a sporting trespass, to which the defendant pleaded " not guilty." The Ju►y (which was special) under the Learned Judge's directions, returned their verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages, One Farthing. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—OxFoRn, has 26. ,This morning, after divine service, .Mr. Baron LITTLEDALE proceeded to the Town Hall, and took his seat on the Crown side, Mr. Baron VAUGHAN presiding on the Civil side. The calendar contains the names of 48 prisoners; and 17 causes are set down for trial, four being Spe cial Jtiry causes. John Kench and Thomas Beecham were indicted, charged with having, on 4he evening. of Sunday, the Ist of July, on the King's highway, in the parish of Cassenton, feloniously stolen from the person of William Burnham, a silver watch, his property. Mr. TALFOURD, for the prosecution, stated that the prosecutor, if he might call him so, was unfor tunately deaf and dumb : he • was not born so, but was reduced to that unfortunate state by a typhus fever, with which he was attacked when ten years of age. Since that period, he had been residing with his sister, and the kindness and attention with which she lied treated him had enabled her by signs and symbols to carry on with them a kind of con versation, by which she could interpret the facts which it would be necessary for them to have detailed in evidence, in order to , bring home the charge to the prisoners. She would be sworn as interpreter, and he had no doubt would establish the charge. The unfortunate complainant was now thirty years of age; he was by trade a plasterer, and, inde pendent of the serious affliction which he (Mr. Tal fourd) had mentioned, was perfectly competent to carry on his business and take'care of himself. The Learned Counsel, after detailing the evidence which he should adduce, concluded by observing, that as the property in question had not been found on the prisoners, it would be for the jury to decide if it was stiffieient to establish the guilt of the prisoners. Elizabeth sßurnham, sister of the prosecutor, Wil liam Burnham, said, that her brother resided with her at Ensham : he was quite deaf, but could speak a little,' so that she could understand him. He was now 30 years of age, and worked as a plasterer. She recollected his going on Sunday, the Ist of July, to Cassenton feast; he had in his pocket a silver hunting watch. He returned between 10 and 11 o'clock at night in great agitation, with his clothes covered with dust. He complained that he had been robbed of his watch, and was very anxious to go in pursuit of the offenders. G,eorge Ward stated, that>lre was at Cassenton feast on the Ist of ; he knew the prosecutor i , and met him as he was going out of the Chequers public-house. He noticed at the time, that Burnham had his watch-riband as usual. After passing Burn ham, he met the prisoners a few yards behind. After they had passed he heard a scuffle : no one else had passed him; and shortly after the two prisoners ran past him, and a few minutes after Burnham followed them : he made a motion as he passed that he had lost his watch. Witness, after that, saw Burnham come up to a crowd of people where the prisoners were, when he instantly seized Kench by the collar. Kench said, " It is .not. me : God bless you, how came you to think it was - me, I have not got your watch ?" It had been mentioned that Burnham had lost his watch. There could be no other person to scuffle with Burnham except the prisoners. The instant he came up he seized Kench. John Eltham confirmed the testimony of the last witness. Thomas Herbert, the constable, proved that when Ward gave his evidence before the Magistrate, Kench fainted away. The Jury found Kench guilty; Beecham not Anthony Webb the elder, Anthony Webb the younger, and William Webb, were indicted, charged with having 'stolen three lambs, the property of Barton Briars.—The Jury found them all guilty. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE declined passing sen tence, as their case, he said, would require con sideration. STEVENS V. DAVENPORT. Mr. TYRWIIITT opened the pleadings. This was an action by the plaintiff, an innkeeper of this city, to recover from the - defendant, lately a tailor resid ing in this town, but now retired to his property at Somers -town, in the vicinity of this city, the sum of 4/. 10s. for wine and spirits supplied to him by the plaintiff. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 465., by which the defendant was fixed with costs. Several other causes were then disposed of, but entirely destitute of public interest. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.-NORTHAMPTON; JULY 26. Thomas Warden, aged 19, was indicted for felo niously assaulting Laverne Coleman, on the 2d of this month, in the parish of Barby. The prisoner, it appeared, was the apprentice of the prosecutrix's father, who is a wheelwright. On the day above mentioned, he followed the prosecutrix; who is just turned of ten years, into a certain out-house, bolted the door, and commenced taking gross liberties with her person. The child screamed out, and her cries brought the housekeeper to the place, who called out " Laverne." The prisoner, however, pressed the child's face against his breast, so as to prevent her from replying, and answered " Laverne is not here, it is me." The housekeeper being somewhat deaf, thought she had been mistaken as to the voice she had heard, and therefore went away; upon which the prisoner again assaulted the child and abused her person. The latter, however, being unable to prove one material ingredient to consti tute the capital offence, The Learned JUDGE stopped the trial, and directed the Jury to acquit the prisoner ; which they did. His Lordship then ordered him to be detained on the minor charge, and the witnesses to be bound over to prpsecute hiin at the Quarter . Sessions. John Quin, who was convicted of robbing Capt. flair, at WSe4Ort borrackli f mcl Michel Cofi9vc4n, convicted of receiving the stolen property from Quin, were brought up for judgment. The Learned JuDGE ordered sentence of death to be recorded against Quin, and sentenced Canovan to be transported for 14 years. The Assizes for this county terminated at two o'clock td-day. WESTERN CIRCUIT, WINCHESTER, JULY 26 THE KING V. RICHARD FRAMPTON. This was an information against the defendant for hang ing out lights to guide smugglers contrary to the statute. John Horner—l, am an officer in the customs, and was on the Bourne station in this county on October last ; I was near there on the evening of the 22d October last ; •saw a light on the cliff at about half after eight; John Edmonds, a boatman, was with me ; I afterwards went to the spot whence the light proceeded ; Edmonds went with me; when I got near the spot, I perceived four or five men ; as I approached, one spoke to me, and asked me if I saw a vessel ; I made no reply, but went on to where the light was ; I found three men there, who appeared to be dressing the light ; one tnan was lying for that purpose close to the edge of the cliff. 1 told Edmonds to take the light and hold it, so that I might see if I knew the man ; Edmonds did so, and I re cognised Steele and Frampton ; after that Frampton called the men, and I could see a great many at a distance, from sixty to seventy; several came round, and 1 drew my sword and kept them off with that ; having discovered who they were, I let the man go, and went away ; about two hun dred yards from the same spot I saw Frampton again, and asked him if he knew that he was liable to be prosecuted for skewing the light ; he said that he knew he was. The CHIEF JUSTICE summed up, and said,' that this offence was punishable by the statute with a fine of 1001., or imprisonment during the pleasure of the Government.— The case appeared to be proved quite clearly, and it would be for the Jury to say whether they did not think so. The Jury instantly found the defendant Guilty. John Batchelor was indicted for having fraudulently and unlawfully obtained 6s. 6d. from Will. Longman, by a pretended note for such payment, from a person with whom Longman had some busisess.• The noteJit. appeared, was delivered, and the mosey paid without distrust. The COURT held that the prisoner had merely told a lie, unaccompanied by any of the circumstances which are legally required to constitute a fraud. The Jury accordingly returned a verdict of Not Guilty, when Mr. Justice BURROUGH observed to the prisoner, " You have had a lucky escape, and if committing a low cunning act of cheating were in the form of this indictment sus tainable, you should have had the punishment which you deserve." Robert Ainsley was found guilty of stealing a mare, the property of Edward Mudie, Esq. There was another in dictment for a similar offence, but he was not tried upon it. John French, a respectable-looking farmer, was in dicted for stealing a brown gelding, the property of .Mr. Thomas Halstead, of Pinstead, Sussex. The circumstances were singular. The horse was lost on the 6th of June, 1826, and was a favourite family one, called Old Arthur, and was never seen by the owner until he met him last May at Wiekham fair. At the time of his apprehension the' prisoner produced four persons, through whose hands in succession the horse had passed at public sales. Under these circumstances, he was acquitted by the Jury, there not appearing to be the slightest ground for the charge of fraudulent or felonious possession. James Stanley was indicted for stealing a mare, the pro perty of George Smith. The prisoner, who was a Gipsy, was suffering dreadfully under the small-pox, which the Judge felt it his duty publicly to announce before he was brought to the bar, to enable all who dreaded the contagion to escape from exposure to its contact. The Jury found him Guilty, and sentence of death was recorded against him. At the close of the day the prisoners Benjamin White and Robert Ainsley, who were capitally convicted of horse- Stealing, were put to the bar, and sentence of death pro nounced upon them by Mr. Justice BURROUGH in a very impressive manner. lie told them to entertain no hope of mercy, for that their days were Aiumbered, and they must soon pass into another life. He deplored that the extraor dinary prevalence of the crime of horse-stealing left the Judge no alternative but.ta direct the execution of the ca pital punishment upon the Offenders. The criminal busineSS has closed, except one unimportant case; and at the Crown side, Mr. Justice Burrough has left for execution the above two prisoners ; and William George and Richard Ashdown, who were convicted of breaking into the toll-house, at Wymering, and stealing therefrom one silver watch, two keys, one seal, some tea spoons, money, and wearing apparel, the property of Wrn. Frost. Frost was 82 . years of age, and his wife 84 ; and orthesecruelly aged reliirye aanssdizwantonlyo people, w beaten finish l t l i , el a ne d r eb e yi h nt a h : ie g re e of the forenoon prisoners. t o to-morrow, toll-bar, ro , r ro werey , and the Judges will proceed to Salisbury to open the com mission in that city on Saturday, where the business of the Wiltshire assizes will commence at eight o'clock en Mon day morning. THE GRATITUDE OF A- JEW.—Many years ago, Mr. 8., then a young man, having just entered into business for himself as a watch-maker, in Cripplegate (upon a borrowed capital of thirty pounds) was applied to by a young Jew to supply him on credit with a few watches. The Jew's father, who had a very bad opinion of his son, hearing of the circumstance, waited on Mr. 8., told him not to trust his son, for he was a very bad young man, had cheated his own father, and would not fail to cheat hint too, if he had any dealings with him. Not Withstanding this admonition, Mr. B. was induced to credit the young Jew with six watches, value fifteen pounds, being the exact half of his whole stock, and was soon after informed that his customer .was in gaol, and could not pay his creditors one farthing. The old Jew, upon this, waited upon Mr. B. upbraided him for not taking his advice, and told him he could never get . Sixpence of his money, as his son had spent every penny, and had even pledged his clothes to support him in gaol ; and that he, the father, had not money to purchaie him a coat and breeches, although his creditors had agreed to let him out of prison. Air. 8., though greatly affected at the loss of half his capital, still felt for the miserable situation of his debtor, and to the surprise of the old man,, immediately bought him an old suit of clothes, which he desired him to carry to his son, that he might be enabled to appear in the world, and again try to get his bread. The old man could not say a word, but departed with tears in his eyes, carrying Mr. B.'s undeserved bounty to his worthless son. The young man being afterwards released from prison, went into the country with a few lemons, and a little tobacco for sale, in a basket, and never after was seen by Mr. B. The trade of the latter, however, soon began' to increase. In less than a week after this transaction, he received an order from a person in Worcester for three watches, which were to be sent to a person in Bishopsgate-street, where he would receive the money on the delivery of the goods ; in a few days more he received another order from Gloucester, to he sent and paid for in the same manner. In fact, scarcely a' week passed in which Mr. B. did not hear of some new customer to such an amount, that his trade soon became very extensive, without his knowing by what means he had been so successful; till, at length, curiosity induced him to ask the gentleman in customers.Bishopsgat The gentleman e-streetwh who was demanded the general autiedo f agw . t for ri: a i l f l his lip recollected that, about two yearligo, a Jew had taken him in for fifteen pounds; and that afterwards, when the man was in goal, lie had generously sent him a suit of old c lothes? Mr. B. said he never h ad ternyoem sellinga u s , a, did (11 rgeoi recollect iil, g„abo itt continuedhe but et the eu e ng sc es is , fir b s u t t in in qui gi ry ati a t m ud o e ng to his Mr. bre S th . le‘e in v me e ln i i ; ent ss t town s w atr iannl ver d y ie e nri n co t et , or. e ren was, Vere you buy your vatches?' when he might be answered ' from such and such a person.' Mine life's vat, you do not know de best and sheepest maker in the varld ! It is Mr. B. of Cripplegate.' " From this cir cunastance, Mr. B.'s business increased to such an extent, as shortly enabled him to retire, with a handsome fortune, and he frequently related the story of the Jew with much pleasantry..—Liverpool Courier. BIRTHS. On the 26th instant, at Westcornbe-house, near Ever creech, Somersetshire, the lady of Henry Equit, Esq., of a son. On the 25th inst., the lady of W. Diamond, Esq., of St. Pancras, of her eighth.son. MARRIED. On the 27th inst., the Rev. Stephen Pope, Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, to Eleanor, daughter of W. Agnew, Esq., of Russell-square. On the 26th inst. at Oxendon, H. R. Rokeby, Esq., Commander R.N., to Caroline, youngest daughter of the Rev. G. Boulton, Rector of Oxendon. DIED. On the 25th inst., in Upper Wimpole-street, at the ad vanced age of 82, Mrs. Humphreys, of Bath, widow of the late A. Humphreys, Esq. On the 26th inst. at Hornsey, Eleanor, daughter of Mr, S. Lobb, qieapsisle. PRINWND 'and PUILISWED by M. YOUNG, at the SUN-Orriciz Q. 112 ; SWami,