The Sun. — London, England, 1827-01-12 00:00:00

SilltiT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. II We have before spoken of the state of pauper luna tics in . the county of Middlesex, and of the necessity of providing a practical remedy for their present helpless got liv the establishment of an Asylum. We have pt some documents on the subject, for which we have not at present room, but which we shall take an early op portunity of laying before the public. In the mean time we cannot help expressing our surprise, as well as regri , t, thAt whilst we have infirmaries for local complaints of the body springing up everywhere, no establishment, purely charitable, for the more distressing maladies of the mind is as yet instituted. By " establishments purely cha ritable," we do not mean dependent on voluntary contri bution. We mean an establishment for those who pos sess no funds of their own, but whose support, medical attendance, and moral treatment, shall be fixed upon the firm basis of the laws. We believe that the pauper luna tics in this county, being at present " let out" by their respective parishes, suffer most cruelly; that proper means for their restoration are neglected ; that they are considered as a mere article of trade, and are treated accordingly. Be it observed, they cannot complain. They are not like other paupers ; they cannot call in the aid of the Magistrate : they are, in the most important 'sense of the word, speechless ! This subject, so im portant and so interesting to humanity, has been undertaken by Lord Robert Seymour. We trust his Lordship will receive the support of the MagiStracy of the county—we mean their active, zealous, and energetic support ; for, as to the support of mere assent and approbation, that, no man, whether in or out of the Magistracy, can deny him. But more is necessary.— Times. „, Ire are not sufficiently acquainted with such matters to know whether the Court of King's Bench will interfere to compel Magistrates to bind out poor children to chimney sweepers, when they give apparently valid reasons for not ' doing so ; but we should be inclined to suppose that the Court will not. We are not, however, among the class of those pilling philanthropists who would persuade us that loathsome trades can be abolished, and that the world can go on without dustmen, scavengers, chimney•sweeps, and various other very useful and necessary, but certainly not very desirable, occupations. Where, however, the Legisla ture has assigned a discretion even ip, subordinate authori ties, if that discretion be honestly and fairly, even though mistakenly exercised, without corruption, partiality, or caprice, we do not think that it would be desirable to see its independence and free-agency controlled in the way which was talked of on the occasion to which these observations refer. In this view of the matter we are, however, taking an extreme view of the case, cad are very far from hinting that the Magistrates are mistaken in the course they have pursued. On the contrary (laying even feeling and humanity entirely out of the question), we think that they have offered very valid reasons why orphan children should not be disposed of in the manner pro posed. We were happy to perceive, by the returns lately made to Parliament of the number of children bound to this noisome trade, many of the parishes are stated to abstain altogether from so disposing of any of their poor—an example which we should be glad to see followed, since it has not been set by the most wealthy and important of them.—Morning Herald. This case of Mr. Wellesley and his children was brought yesterday before the Court of Chancery, just before the rising of the Court. Those dread words—the Day of Judginent—Were dinned once more in the Lord Chancel lor's ears, by Mr. Hart; but the Day of Judgment seems like the Indian's sun, to be as far off at the end of the Chace as the beginning. " The papers I have read," said his Lordship, " now amount to such a mass, that I really !don't think I could carry them across the hall."—" I have read the papers," he afterwards observed, "in this Wellesley case, and have forgotten them, and have read them again ; and I ought, of all persons in the world, to be most anxious to finish my part of the business as soon as possible." Still, however, though his Lordship has more affidavits than he can carry either on his broad shoulders or in his capacious head, and though he laments his hard fate in being thus obliged to read and forget, and re- read end re-forget, he is still ready to receive more. When he was told by Mr. Hart, that if he suffered the case to go on as . it 1;31 hitherto gone on, the mass would be twice as great ; he, with a generous forgetfulness of his own sufferings, 'and, indeed, pf the sufferings of all other parties denied justice by the engrossing claims on him of this endless case, exclaimed, " If the parties wished to offer other affidavit!, nothing in the world would prevent his taking them into consideration." No .sooner had he said the l.word, than the Secretary handed up a sealed packet of L Rapets to him, which, having opened, he, with much armth and emphasis, exclaimed, " How am I to give judgment, when this is the case? Here are papers which Lll- _re handed up to me for the first time—affidavits in this case; --1 do say, that a Judge is not fairly treated who is constantly fed with fresh evidence, and as constantly re quired to g i ve jadgment before he has had an opportunity of reading the affidat,l." We think nothing can be more unreasonable, than to ask - bid Lordship for judgment at all, when he honestly tells the parties, that as long as they supply him with affidavits, he will receive and read them; and that should there even be an intermission in the supply of fresh affidavits, lie must begin to re-read the old, which he has forgotten. So long as any party has a desire to avoid the last judgment, he has only to supply fresh affi davits ; and while the means of obtaining affidavits exists, it would be as idle to think of their coming to an end in such a case, as it would be to think of exhausting the hog of Allen. In the case of infants who cannot take cars of themselves, said his Lordship, feelingly, I will refuse no information ; and the subject of the case being the education of these in fants, the time for education on this principle may be gone by when it is decided what education they shall re ceive. As the children in some of Lope do Vega's playa are grey beards before they quit the stage, on this principle, the question, how an infant should be educated, might perhaps be ripe for deci sion when the infant approaches four score. But thus it is to have a perfect Judge and a perfect Court—a Court fit for the glorious days, when men were not hurried with such uncomfortable rapi dity through this wicked, hut very pleasing world. This case certiiinly is of the deepest interest, for it involves the domestic rights of every i'saaily in the kingdom. Admiring, as we do, the great love of justice of the Chancellor, we cannot wonder that a f. her should, at the same time, feel some anxiety to be restored to the natural and legal right of having the care and guardianship of his own children, But we refrain from delivering any opinion pendente lite. There is, however, unc opinion which we must be pardoned for expressing even now, pendente (p en d en t e ) li fe , -klis Lordship is said to have censured the publication of some affidavits which had been made on the part of Mr. Wellcaley. With all submission to the Chancellor, his Lordship might be most respectfully requested to remember that the affidavit, against Mr. Wellesley' were. published, if not litiratini, at least in sub stance, in every paper in London—Dr. Bulkeley's, the woman Scott's, &c. &c. Now, this publication, much more reprehensible, we contend, because it was expnrte, whereas the publication on the othei side - was only in answer to those which. had been pub lished, was not rebuked, nor censured ; and not having been so, there may be some apology' for those who have f a ll en un d er hi s -,` ordship's displeasure. At' any rate (and we do not mean to be the - alogists 'for.Mr. Wellesley), we may safely hope that his Lordship, will find in his own feelings some excuse for any viola tion of the it r ,:rt practice of the Court, in a case which his Lord 4hip himzelfh,l4 l ,rounced to be without precedent, and in which his Lordship's ite e l s c t scd „must lead to the most important conse quences, not only as they will affect the present proceeding , but every future one in which preteitz shall be scught for•depriving a Either of the care - of his own' children .-,0111;r' iry Chronicle. --It would be a very - unprofitable application .. of time to endeavour to conjecture what the resolution may be, which under the combined or alternating influence of bigotry, fear, obstinacy and eaprice, - Ferdi nan d and his Council tors may finally adopt. - The future con d uct o f t h e men who rule at Madrid cannot be inferred either from their declarations or from their interests. Their want of ho nesty is such, .that it would be 'childishness to give the least credittotheir assurances : their stupidity an d t h e i r ig n orance is too extreme, to male it safe to assume, that 61(.1 , will not violate the plainest dictates of commo n sense and common prudence. But though the resolutioni or Ferdinand and his Camarillo depend on elements which defy ail rational calculation, the consequences of those reso !Miens will be beyond the control of apostolical caprice, and . they are of a nature which may be anticipated with no small - eonfiden ee , Suppose him to maintain an aspect ofsull en hos tility. to the Portu gue se Constitution—to muster troops - on 'the Portuguese frontier---and to continue to excite - and assist .the Portuguese rebels —what effect - will these.menaces of his have upon the freedom of his neighbour, except to give it that_ additional degree of strength which a political system always derives from having resisted a hostile as sault ? The 'events in Portugal hare proved that the na tion prefers the new system ; and the conduct both of the higher clergy, and of the nobility, makes us hope that an other scion from the tree of rational and _temperate free dom has been planted in - a soil where it will take firm root and flourish. Though we did not plant it, circumstances have made it our duty to defend it ; our arms will hedge it round, so that the wild boar of the forest shall not tear it up, or trample it in the dust. What, then, can the menaces and frowns of Ferdinand avail, against the free dom of Portugal and the arms of England? His im potent mischief will recoil upon himself; that which he hates will triumph before his eyes; he will sink below even his present degradation ; and the step of liberty in one part of the Peninsula will make his throne tremble be neath him. Even if Portugal and England, satisfied with checking his machinations, abstain from inflicting positive punishment upon him, his danger will be great. His failure in an attempt to extinguish good government in Portugal, will give hopes and courage to thousands of those who groan under his sceptre, looking anxiously for the approach of the day (a day which sooner or later must ewe) which is to give to Spain a chance of emerging from that nothingness to which the insane despotism of Ferdinand has reduced her. The Spaniards who now live are the same generation that existed in 1820, and 1821, and 1822, and 1823; and who can look back to the events of those years without being convinced, that how ever much the general worth of the nation may be de based by the alloy of a corrupt Priesthood, there do exist in Spain energies,and feelings, and principle% which it would require a much more potent hand than that of Ferdinand to annihilate? The Cortes, it is true, did much toruin their country. Their negligence, their folly, their extravagances, their oppreisions, and injustice, their wild speculations, and inca pacity_for all practical business, were enough to make Spaniards weary of their sway. But Ferdinand has made even their era to be regretted, as a period of prosperity ; and he has impressed on the world a deep and universal conviction, that while his absolute authority exists, Spain must continue to be a hideous and disgust ing sore in the European body. The recollection of the French invasion, and the presence of French troops, alone maintain him on his throne. The former will disappear before the more recent impression produced by the triumph of the Portuguese Constitu tion over his implacable hostility, and by the warlike attitude which England has assumed ; and even if the French troops should remain in the Peninsula, they will not be more effectual in repressing the Constitutionalists of Spain, than the vicinity of the armies of Portugal anti England must be in rousing their hopes, their patriotism, and their desire of vengeance, to a resolute struggle to raise their country froin the abyss into which a bigottett despotism has plunged it. Ferdinand will have much to dread, even if the defenders of Portugal remain within their own terri tory. But, if he persist in his evil courses, who can doubt that. we have the clearest right to go beyond strictly defensive opera tions? It is only to defend Portugal that our troops' have been sent to the Peninsula ; and, when the aggression is repelled, it is not incumbent on the injured party forthwith to sit down in in activity, leaving the aggressor at jeisure to collect his strength, and to attempt again, if it shall please him, what he failed to ac complish before. If he makes compensation for his former wrong, anti gives what shall he deemed reasonable security not to offend again, those who took up arms for the purpose of defence, ought not to proceed from defence to attack. But if such compensa tion, and such security, be not given, it is the right of those who have been wantonly assailed to punish the assailant.—New Times. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.-JAN. 11 The odds on the Derby experienced a material alteration ; the two favourites, Web and Tatler, having left off at evens. There was same report about Web having had a sweat, or, in other words, having failed in one ; but it was so ambiguous that we place no reliance on it. For the St. Leger, the only horse which advanced was the colt out of Olivera, which is now second favourite. DERBY. to 1 agst Glenartney 28 to 1 agst Gamelius to 1 agst Tatler SO to 1 agst Augusta to 1 agst Espagnolle 30 to 1 agst Spondee to 1 agst Defence 35 to 1 agst Lord Ailesbury's to 1 agst Trumpeter 35 to 1 agst Cressida to 1 agst Gustavus 35 to 1 agst Chieftain to 1 agst Mameluke 1000 to 15 agst Pandarus* to 1 agst Gaberlunzie ilOOO to 15 agst Hildebrand* to 1 agst Catherine 1000 to 10 agst Spondee for Derby and St. Leger* 650 to 400 on Defence agst Spondee* 11 to 2 agst Maria II to 1 nit Brown Duchess 11 to 1 agst Totteridge 14 to 1 agst Souvenir 16 to I agst Translation 20 to 1 agst Lunacy 25 to I agst Scornful 25 to I t apt Morel SO to I agst Hampden• 30 to I agst Calypso ST. 1 11 to 1 agst Reviewer 18 to 1 agst Olivera 20 to 1 agst 20 to 1 agst Granby 25 to 1 apt Matilda Those marked thl 25 to 1 agst Sancho Paintas 30 to 1 agst Emma 30 to 1 agst Nivalia 45 to 1 agst Pelican° 50 to I agst Miss Emma' us (*) were taken. Last Saturday evening hand-bills were distributed about Knaresborough, announcing the arrival of the celebrated Mr. Mathews, who would be " At Home" in a large public room, in the evening, and favour the inhabitants with his " Trip to America," and other performances. In consequence, a tolerably large company was collected together, who immediately on the gentleman's appearance, detected the imposition, and a re gular row commenced, some insisting on their money being re turned (2a. each), the musicians clamouring in no very sweet ac. cord for their pay, and the impostor ready to jump out of the window, if opportunity had been given him. In the end, he got roughly handled ; all the money received at the doors was .taken from him ; and it was only after a very spirited exertion on the part of the constable, assisted by some gentlemen, who thought he had received punishment enough, that he was not thrown into the river.—Leeds Mercury.. DEATH OF A FEMALE ORANG OUTANG.-At a late Meeting of the Physical Committee of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta, a curious account of a female Orang, of large size, taken cn the south coast of Sumatra, was read, in reference to the lsrge male animal of the same species, which is described in the last volume of the Asiatic Transactions. It appears that a Captain Hull having, whilst at Bencoolen, heard of . the capture of the last mentioned animal at Truman, dispatched a young man to the spot where it was taken, in the hope of his meeting with another Orang of the same kind. After a lapse of several months he re turned to Bencoolen, bringing with him a large female Orang, as the fruit of his enterprise. _ _ On his arrival at Truman, where he was kindly received, he heard various accounts from the natives, of the animal he was in search of, called by them Orang Mawah, Mawi, or Mawy. These animals, they said, resided in the deepest part of a forest, distant from Truman about five or six day's journey, and appeared very averse to undertake any expedition in search of them, stating, that these beings, would assuredly attack any small party, espe cially if a woman should be with them, whom they would endea vour to carry off. Thev arc unwilling also to destroy these animals, from a superstitious belief that they are, animated by the souls of their ancestors, and that they hold dominion over the great forests of Sumatra. After some days' debate, however, and hearing that a Mawah had been s e e n i n th e f ores t, th e young Man collcted a party of twenty persons, armed with muskets, spears, and bam boos, and having marched in an easterly direction for above thirty miles, fell in with the object of Lis search. The Orang was sitting on the summit of one of the highest trees, with - a young one in its arms. The first fire of the party struck off the great toe of the old Orang, who uttered a hideous cry, and immediately lifted up her young one as high as her song arms would reach, and let it go amongst the topmost branches, which appeared tpo weak to sustain herself. During the time the.party were cautiously approaching her, to obtain another shot, the poor animal made rku attempt to escape, 'nit kept a steady watch on their movements, uttering at the time many siogular sounds, and, glancing her eye occasionally towards her young one, seemed to hasten its escape b y wav i n g her hand. The second volley brought her to the ground, a ball having penetrated her breast, but the young one escaped. She measured four feet eleven inches in length, and two feet across the shoulders, and was covered with red hair, It is probable, from the spot where this animal was found being so near to Truman, that she was the mate of the one destroyed by the party from the brig. Her remains, consisting of the skin and ail the bones, were transmitted home by Captain Hull to Sir Stamford Raffles. POLICE LNITILLICI,ENCE. BOW-STREET:— Y11147{9, Stereos, and Goodwin, the three men accuse,' of being concerned in several burglaries in the neigh bourhood of Hounslotv, were yesterday brought forward for a re examination. The ca‘e against Young was considered so decisive, that, from the first 'examination, the Magistrates had determined to commit him. But there being no evidence beyond suspicion to warrant the committal of Stevens and Goodwin, the case was re manded to yesterday for the third time, in o r d er t o g i ve th e agen t s of the prosecution - a further opportunity of bringing forward some specific charge by which those men might also be committed. Accordingly, Ann Collier, a little girl 12 years old, deposed, that on Saturday week (the day before Mr. Burnell's house was entered) she was at Feltham-hill, between four and five o'clock in the afternoon, when she was accosted by two men, of whom - Young, the prisoner, was one. They asked her the name of the place, and also , who lived at a house which they pointed to, be longing to a Mrs. Cameron. She was then asked who lived at the house inhabited by Mr. Burnell, and being answered, they inquired if they could go to it across the fields, to which witness replied they could not unless they went over hedges and ditches. The men then went went down tke road towards Littleton, and witness saw no more of them., Charles Littlewood, a labourer, examined_Was on the road between Hanworth and Hanworth-bridge on the evening of Sun day week. Saw a cart and a grey horse, with four men. Wit ness thought he knew three of the men who rode in the cart.— By their dress and appearance thought they were Young, Stevens, and Steers, but it being dusk at the time, witness could not swear to the men. No further evidence being offered, Mr. HALLS said, that the case against the prisoner Young was quite sufficient to call for his immediate committal. With respect, however, to the prisoners Stevens and Good Win, there was not suf ficient evidence to send them for .trial, although the fact of the former having been seen in the company of Young, on the very day when the robbery at Mr. , Birnell's house was effected, gave room for very strong suspicions. He should, therefore, remand them both until next Monday. Both prisoners were remanded accordingly, and Young was fully committed. QUEEN-SQUARE•—Mr. Quentery, of No. 1, Manor-place, Chelsea, appeared to a summons obtained against him by the driver of the hackney-coach No. 1,027, for refusing to pay him his fare. Mr. GRECORIE.-You must pay the coachman 21. for his fare. " Certainly," said Mr. Quentery, and was putting his band into his pocket— Mr. GREGORM—And ss. for loss of time. Mr. Quentery stopped short, and appeared astonished when the costs were enumerated to him-25. for summons and copy, 4s. for service, Is. 6d. for the hearing--altogether 14s. Mr. Quentery now attempted to argue upon the hardship of the case, when Mr. GELEGORIE ordered the money to be immediately paid, or Mr. Quentery to be committed for 14 days to the House of Cor rection.—The money soon appeared. SURREY SESSIONS, JAN. 11. ROEERT CHARSLEY; ESQ., V. THE TRUSTEES OF ST. MARY, NEW- INOTON. The Court was occupied during the whole of the day in hearing an appeal against the Trustees of the parish of Et. Mary, Newing ton, who, it was alleged, had incur] ed " useless, uncertain, and extravagant expense," in the erection of two new churches in that parish. _ _ _ The COURT quashed the appeal, considering that the parish funds were liable to the expenses incurred. MAIDSTONE WINTER ASSIZES, JAN. 10. James Spratford, Wm. Burden, and Riikard Spratford, were indicted for highway robbery, on the night of the 21st of November list, at Bnrnt Oak-hill, near Ashford, in thisi county, and stealing from the person of Jeremiah Washford, a variety of articles, his prt;?erty. The prisoners were part of a most desperate gang, which had for months past infested the neighbourhood of Tenterden ; on the night in question, the prosecutor, when he had arrived at Burnt Oak, on his return ou horseback from Ashford to Ware horn, where he lived, was, about eight o'clock in the evening, stopped by four men, one of whom seized the bridle of his horse, while the others surrounded him, and, with dreadful menaces, de manded his money. The prosecntor resisted with his stick, when one of the party fired at him with a gun loaded with shot, several of which struck him in the fare. He immediately jumped from his horse, and was instantly knocked down by a blow from another of his assailants. He then declared his willingness to Surrender the property about bins, when from his person were taken ls. 61. in silver, his pocket book, his knife, soma halfpence, his watch, and every description of portable articles about his person. This was effected while lie lay ou fife ground wounded, one man bidding him by the hair, and another stopping his mouth. John Lawrence, an accornpliCe - , proved the participation of all the prisoners with himself in the robbery in question. After a most elaborate summing up on the part of the Learned Judge (Mr. Justice Park), the Jury found the prisoners " Guilty.' There were six other indictments for capital offences against the same prisoners, two of which were afterwards tried, and one,. including a man of the name of Thomas Russell; upon both of which the prisoners were most satisfactorily convicted. The Learned Jona E immediately proceeded to pass upon them the awful sentence of the _ It is believed some, if not all of them, will be left for execution. LEEK.—This town is now in more distress than it has hitherto known, arising from the stoppage of the late firm of Messrs. Badnoll, Spilsbury, and Cruso. It is calculated that more than five hundred hands are out of employ on this account. THE RONIAN LADIES.—We have already ven tured on the assertion, that all the essential traits of the female form are no where met with in greater beauty than in Rome and the Roman territory. Yet this beauty is not transitory ; we have often seen ladies who have had six or eight children, and who might still be taken for virgins. Their masculine strength betrays itself in very many of them in a black downy moustache, which they call Baffi, and which, to their great mortification, sprouts on their white upper lip, hut which, in our opinion, heightens the charm of their dazzling white and red complexion by a black down, which looks like a mere soft shade. The damsels them selves, however, regard it as a great blemish, carefully shade it off at the toilette, and, without very close observation, one Cannot perceiVi the silken stubble. On their bodies the Ro man ladies impose no unjust conditions. Their bosom rises in natural fulness " like the wave under Zephyr," to use the words of Ariosti. Whether it results from. a juster sense of nature, or from the frequent observation of the antique, the Roman wo men have not the Monstrous custom of our young ladies to squeeze up their entire bosom above the shoulder bone.— The Gods, as they had to PelOps, seem to have given them arms and necks of ivory. One should look at the firm shoulders and slender neck of Fernsrina, the friend of Raphael, to perceive what a,nazing beauty and strength resides in this part of the per- , son, which are still never found in such perfection as at Rome. If, indeed the higher the rank, the more splendid the beauty of the person usually is in Rome, yet the vine-dressing women in r p i a nt rt ine icu d la s r tt a .a r t e v n h o a, t t to rn b g e n t i l s e h spi ; 7 e d s , a b n e d an o t fte fo n rt f h ro . rn l u m nd e e n r tthbeeybriolasdve first received satisfactory answers to the question of conscience, " Are you a Christian ? bave you had the holy baptism ?" all is well, and a traveller ought never to fail to make the entertaining vignades. If in the female world, in general, there is but little incident, this is the case in Italy, and in Rome especially. Never Flo they learn even to thrum the guitar, or harp, although their finely-toned throat offers the strongest inducement. Ariosto' and Tasso, they scarcely know as superficially as our ladies do Schil ler and Goethe ; and of the poet of the Inferno, they are as wholly ignorant as our fine ladies are of Klopatock, and yet one rarely meets a lady Who talks foolishly, or expresses herself improperly. Ontla ec :it pt tcim and jesting contrary, even tng humourwomen i oflitel ; ower class are exuberant in roguish and, in addition to this, they speak the purest and most harmonious Italian. They are artful and ingenious in the highest degree, and particularly so in the art of love, which indeed at last they pursue as a trade, and have brought to incredible perfection ; and although love teaches the virgin of all climes unknown tongues, yet the Romans, in this respect, are the most perfect of all linguists. A glance, a gentle movement pf the elegant hand, is equivalent to long periods. In the rapid instant in which perhaps the mother turns aside, the daughter describes a semicircle in the air, and raises two of her exquisite fingers aloft ; yo u ar e a dull-gated fellow, if you do not instantly understand that you are to be in waiting at about the second hour of night, that is; after sun-set--for the semi -circle denbtes the sun's course, and the two fingers the hours. Ex tremely captivating and full of grace is their salutation, or, rather 1 their beck, which is the form of salutation throughout Italy. Above the finger-tops of their upraised hand, which mournfully beckons " farewell !" the brilliant eye beams with silent eloquence. —From Xephalides, a recent German Traveller. THE LONDON MAIL. We copy the following paragraph with much satisfac tion : ' 6 We learn on good authority that the London Mail, conveyed by Woolley, Coldstream, Kelso, &c. to Edinburgh, Will be dis continued at the expiration of the contract in April next. We have also- heard that arrangements are in contemplation for the arrival of the London Mail here (Berwick) at eight o'clock in the morning, three hours earlier than at present. In case one or both of these alterations take place, the coaches will stop here as they formerly did."—Berwick Advertiser. The Berwick paper is on the main point right; and now that the measure has transpired through other chan nels, we may state, that we may have for several weeks been in possession of the fact, that a further acceleration of the mails to Edinburgh and to this city, from London and all places to the south of this, is determined upon, and is to take place in the Spring, and most likely in April next. The major arrangement is fixed. The mail coach is to run at the rate of ten miles per hour through out the journey, by which we shall have our London mail into Glasgow from two to half-past two, p.m.; and Edinburgh, the mail to it, by two p.m. There are many minor arrangements connected with these, and necessarily arising out of them, which are in course of arrangement, and which, when completed, will prove highly advantage ous to the country. The Heads of the General Post Office, when this ar rangement is completed, have, we believe, done every thing that is within the compass of their power at present, and that the state and lines of roads will admit, and it remains for the country at large to do that which can easily be done, and which, when done, will enable the Post Office to send us our Southern Mails at noon of the second day from leaving London; and the third day from leaving Falmouth, as easily as we now receive these at .5 p.m. The distance from London to Carlisle can be shortened about 20 miles, and the distance from Manchester to Carlisle can be shortened about 14 miles, and, in both cases, we believe, there is not above 25 miles of road in each line to make, in order to connect the lines which complete the shortest possible line of communication in the great lines bf'commu nication alluded to. These are most important objects• to look after; but these are more properly the business of the country and of the Government than of the Post Office department. We perceive that things are moving on the line betwixt London and Carlisle, and we trust that the matter will be looked after, and pushed to a conclusion by all the energy and all the activity of which this great com mercial country is capable. Our London Mail once received here at noon, would render it unnecessary for the return mail to leave this for London, till 2 p.m. on the followin g d a y, if s uc h a l ong delay, should be considered necessary. The present is the time for the Gentlemen in the county of Lanark, Stir ling, Perth, and Inverness, to procure a mail coach, to run from the village of Crawford, at the head of this county, by Lanark, Stirling, Crief, and direct through the High land line of road to Inverness. By this conveyance (and the line of road is we believe, every where complete), Stirling could have all its London and Foreign packet correspondence by 3 p.m. Perth by 6 p.m. Inverness by 8 a.m. next morning, and ultimately two hours earlier, when the lines of road in the North of England, to which we have alluded, are completed. The discontinuance of two small mail coaches from London to Edinburgh, will enable the heads of the general poet-office to put on a mail coach from Crawford to Inverness and to Thurso, not only without any additional expellee, but at a considerable say ing from what the mails at present cost, because, while they discontinue a mail coach from London to Edinburgh, 392 miles, they only put on one from Crawford to Inver ness, 190 miles. We know the gentlemen in Lanarkshire are deeply interested in this matter, and we call upon them to bestir themselves on this occasion. If judiciously gone about, their object will be attained. Lanark would then have its London mail by 10 a.m. and ultimately by 8 a.m. —Glasgow Paper. FACT AND FICTION :-FATHM VALENTIO. With the mystery and solution of the celebrated Iron Mask our readers are sufficiently acquainted. The follow ing materials for a story of analogous interest, many of them, however, may not be aware is connected with the fate of one who probably; was never indifferent to the County . of York. The particulars are collected by a gen tleman who himself had visited the scene in question, and having received his information from very respectable cha racters, vouched for the fact here related : In the latter part of the reign of George the First, a Friar, who dwelt in a convent in the interior part of France, and was known by the name of Father Valentin, was on some particular account under the necessity of flying that kingdom. The place he chose for his exile was a country in the North of England, where his virtues, piety, and learning, soon made him conspicuous, and drew respect and admiration from all who knew him. But for tune, who has ever loved to persecute the good, soon altered the scene. As he was one day sitting alone in an apartment of his house, he was suddenly alarmed by the entrance of a number of armed people, who instantly seized him, and, in spite of all resis tance, hurried him away, and conveyed him to Hurst Castle, on the coast of Hampshire, opposite the Isle of Wight. - Here he was Committ e d to the care of the constable or keeper of the cas tle, who permitted with ttilimsese:etroa several persons onust on n n h t the neighbouring sebook : shores. About fourteen years after his confi nemen t , as he was one day walking out, the constable observed, f rom an apartment on the castle, a coach, appa rently armed, at a about a mile distant, ready, as •he conceived, for the Friar to decamp. Alarmed at this extraordinary appear ance, he instantly, with his attendants, went in quest of his pri soner, whom he found, and re-conducted -to the castle. From that period the unfortunate Friar was debarred from ti.e comforts, and almost the common necessaries of life ; was kept a close pri soner in a wretched apartment, in the inmost recesses of the cas tle, where he spent his solitary hours in reading and the contem plation of that supreme being, who alone could give him comfort. From this period, to the time of his death, which happend twenty three years after, he was not permitted to correspond with any person, or see foreigners ; but was allowed, at times, to re ceive the visits of such of the neighb6uring people as curiosity led to see him. Various conjectures were formed as to the real cause of his confinement, but without effect. It was supposed, however, that he was a person of noble birth and family ; but obliged, on some particular reason, to embrace a monastic life. What strength ens this opinion is, that after his death, his remains were carried to France, and there interred with great splendour and pomp, much greater than is usual for Ecclesiastics. What an entertaining work might be ereeted on the above foundation, by one of our present architects of romance !—The influence which the following facts have on the charm of the story the reader will soon discover. The truth is, this supposed Father Valentin, a foreigner, was an English friar, a native of Yorkshire, whose name was Mat thew Atkinson, called in religion Father Paul of St. Francis. Under the penal statute 11th and 12th of William 111. he was condemned to perpetual imprisonment, in the latter end of the 17th century, for having exercised the functions of an ecclesiastic of the church of Rome, on the information of his maid servant, who received the reward, stipulated by the statute, of 1001. for betraying her master. Pursuant to his sentence he was convey ed to Hurst castle, and there confined for life, but he was not taken away either Suddenly or without any form of law, neither was any attempt made to rescue him from confinement. The fact is, the prisoner was indulged in the privilege of walking, at his discretion, on the adjoining strancl, by the warden of the place, by whom he was much respected, and to whom he rendered him. self useful, by teaching his children Latin ; till certain strangers who happened to visit the castle, took offence at this indulgence, which was the occasion of Mr. Atkinson's voluntarily confining himself ever afterwards to his own miserable apartment. Here, however, he Was so resigned and contented as to persist b refus ing the offers made by certain powerful friends to endeavour to procure hii enlargement. Finally, he was not buried in France, as stated in the above-mentioned account; but at the Roman Ca tholic burying-ground contiguous to Winchester. We believe an original painting of this last sufferer under the penal statutes is in the possession of the Clevelands, of Vicar's-hill, in the neighbour hood of Lymingtou. Such is the real history of the friar who was confined in Hurst-castle, and who died there more than one hundred years ago.—Leeds Intelligencer. A bonus, it has been remarked, means, literally, a "good thing ;" and so very good it is supposed, that it has been thought entitled to the honour of appearing always in "the most worthy gender." COMMON COUNCIL. A Court of Consmon Council WAS yesterday' held at Cluildhall, for the purpose of expressing the sense of the Court on the occa sion of the melancholy event of the demise of his Royal Highness the Duke of York. The Court was exceedingly crowded, and the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and all the members, wore mourning. THE LATE Di'l,lE OF YORE. • The LORD MAYOR said, that it was not customary, on occa sions of this k ind, to address the Crown, because of the pain Which would attend the necessity of a reply. But it was usual to pass a resolution expressive of the regret of the Court. The better to manifest their respect for the illustrious deceased, his Lordship suggested that all those matters usually transacted at the first Court after St. Thomas's Day, should be adjourned to a future Court. The several new members having taken the necessary oaths, Mr. OLDHAM (after moving the suspension of the standing order which 'Noires the appointment of the committees to take place at the next Court after St. Thomas's Day) stated that the actions of every public man were regarded with a difference of opinion by many persons; and he admitted that there were many of the late Duke of York's actions on which some of the hest men in the country differed, They must all, however, deplore the death of his Royal Highness as a brother, as a public patron, and as Commander-in-Chief of the forces. Aga brother, the Duke of York had stood high in the affections of every member of the Royal Family. As a public patron, no man wig better entitled to their gratitude. The Worthy member then referred to the occasions of the Royal Duke attending the ceremony of laying the first stone of the new building erected in Christ's Hospital, and of meeting the Corporation in this very room only a year and half ago, from which he accompanied them to lay the first stone of London Bridge. Lastly, as Commander-in-Chief, he received credit from all Europe for raising the character of our army by constantly improving its discipline and promoting the comfort of the soldiers. He would say no more, but propose the following resolution, which he was confident would meet with the unani mous adoption of the Court. (For_ the terms of the resolution, see advertisement.) Mr. FAVELL seconded the resolution, and perhaps be might be allowed just to refer to refer to one instance of his Royal High- ness's condescension which he (Mr. Favell) bad witnessed. It was when, during the mayoralty of the worthy Alderman (Waithman), he went on board the city barge, to view the improvements on the river, and try the practicability of Colonel Trench's plan. Upon that occasion his Royal Highness displayed the greatest affability, and paid the most anxious attention to the minutest details - of the proposed measure: the Duchess of Rutland leaned on his arm all the while, and both he and she were now no more. Mr. Alderman WAITHIZAN highly approved of the judicious manner in which his worthy friend had introduced hie rssolu% tion. Under these circumstances he most cordially supported the resolution. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously, and or dered to be advertised in all the Morning and Evening Papers. —Adjourned. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS MIRING THE WEEK , Wheat. Barley Oats. Beans Per Quarter: Blandford Cambridge .„ Chard --, Huntingdon Louth Lynn.. s. to s. 48 56 56 64, . 52 56 76 6 8 70 48 52 46 57 54 58 51 57 35 59 50 58 32 60 50 56 54 57 50 68 50 CO Newark --- Norwich Nottingham -- Peterborough Plymouth Sherborne.:—..— Uppingham Wisbech York a. to s. 32 38 40 46 33 44 33 36 84 38 3 2 as 38 44 3C 35 38 41 32 Ni 38 • 38 32 38 32 38 36 40 I. to a. 37 Pease. 24 32 26 32 25 30 2-4 30 33 37 26 34 32 30 24 20 28 3 2 30. 36 26 34 22 30 26 34 S. to s. 48 55 - 46 44 48 53 59 53 56 44 48 50 65 41 44 55 60 I. tO S. 0 - 49 . 7 1d - 4.5 $ 64 5n 60 44 48 48 IA I MANCHESTER CORN MARKET. —Jan. The severity of the weather, and the partial stoppage of the interior canals, caused rather more inquiry during the week for all kinds of Grain, ready for delivery ; and in some instances ra ther better prices have been obtained. There was a very indif ferent attendance on 'Change, and although the frost appears on the decrease, there has been a moderate business doing at last week's rates. Customary Bushel. Wheat (701 b.) s. d, to s. d. English, New 9 3 9 '7 8 1 1 9 1 Red..--. 9 7 Irish, 8 11 --- Red 8 4 Canada— 8 10 Foreign 8 4 Barley (601 b.) For grinding.....,..,....,. Oats (451 b.) English and Scotch 0 0 0 0 Welsh 0 0 0 0 Foreign 4 7 4 8 Irish, Kiln-dried 4 7 4 9 4 6 4 8 Per load of 6 Impl. bushel. Malt, New 0 -- 0 0 49 0 Inferior 0 44 0 Pease (Imp. Qr.) a. d. toe. d. . Blue, (Boilers)---- 7 9 8 0 White—(do.) --- 0 0 Beans. 8 7 9 8 8 10 59 8 0 -- English Irish and Foreign-45 0 54 0 Per bag of 28011). Flour, Fine Notts.--45 0 46 0 Yorkshire,line44 0 45 0 -- Irish, fine —46 0 47 0 --- Seconds. 19 0 41 0 Barrel Flour Sweet -- 0 • 0 ------ Sour-29 0 Per load of 2401 b. Oatmeal, t English &e. 41 0 4. 0 Iris —39 0 40 Old (toed) 28 0 0 Tares (Imp. Qr.) -- U 0 0 0 Bran (broad) per 201 b. Is. Yd. a Is. 4d. MANCHESTER NEW SMITHFIELD.—Jan. 10, At per lb. sinking the otral M. to l6 Cale 4 1 1 1140 Pip 2,6 t ig Sheen sd. to 7d, 4 51 MANCHESTER POTATOE MARKET.—Jan. 6. Potatoes, Bs, 6d., 9s. Od., and 10s. Od. per load of 12 score and 12Ibs. ; Carrots, I3s. 6d., 145., and —s. per load of 12 score; Turnips, Os. 6d., 71. and Si. per load of 16 pecks ; Onions, 4`!s. Od.. 24i. and 20a. Od. pee load of 12 score. MANCHESTER YARN MA RKET.— No. d. d. Mule Cop Weft, 'Throstle Twist, 12 to 12i 141 40-- 19 20 Mule eopTwii tl 14 14 for warp " 40--141 17* 19 60-21 22,i 27 80-29 32 •Jan. 9. 30 12k to 13 40..,.....14 14i 50 16 17 60 17k 18j 70 20. k 22 60 .......26 27 100,-- 30 33 120 34 31 I Weft from waite,lo'- 8j 10 14 9 10i 19 -- 10 11 24......11 12, LEEDS CORN MARKET, Jan. 9. There was a fair, supply of Grain to this day's market; Rivers and Canals are now open again —and all kinds of C were sold upon much the same terms as last week. No all tion in Rapeseed. Wheat Norfolk and Suffolk, 601bs. 56 to 5135 - -- Fine ditto 59 to 60s Yorkshire and Lincoln. 601 he 55 to 56s Fine 6olbs. 56 to 58s Barley, New 39 to 41s Grinding 36 to 371 Oats, Potatoe hfealing per stone... ...... 16id to 18d Beans 63lbs. 52 to 545 . , Shelling, per Load 2611hs 41s 42s C Rapeseed (English) per. last 10 Qr ................... 20/. 21 (Foreign) 21/. 22 EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET.-Jan. 9. We had a small supply of Oatmeal at this day's market, which sold heavily, at last week's prices. £2 15 0 2 14 0 20 1 sdat Oatmeal ditto,ea o tm pe p er s t e o r n s ed a oo c . k f o l f 4 2:l m o p e lm t p i er ib i al s s. 0 2 10 2d ditto 0 0 0 Barleymeal per sack of 280 Imperial lbs. Ditto, ditto, per stone of 14 Imperial lbs. Peasemeal per sack of 280 Imperial lbs. Ditto, ditto, per stone of 14 Imperial lbq Pot Barley --I st, per cwt. 145.-2 d, 166.-3 d, 20s.—Pearl do. 245. BIRTHS. On the 11th inst., in Grosvenor-square, Lady Cawdor, of a son. On the 9th inst., at the Rectory, Berwick, Sussex, the Lad) of the Rev. Bernard John Ward, of a son. On the 6th inst. in Little James-street, Fkdford.row, the Lady of James Mansfield, jun., Esq. of a Son. MARRIED. On the 10th inst., at Tingewick, Bucks, by the Rev. William Cotton Risley, A.M. Fellow of New College, John Goodwin Welch, Esq. M.D. of Maidstone, to Diary, second daughter of the Rev. John Risley, Rector of Thornton. At Banff, on the 19th ult., James Bartlet, M.D., of Ben tinek street, Blanchester-squar e , to Mary, eldest daughter 01 Colonel G. G. Robinson. DIED. On the 16th ult., at Gibb's Hotel, Edinburgh, Cmint G. Ir. de St. George, of Changing, in Switzerland, most deeply a n(' universally lamented by all who knew - him. On the 9th inst., at his house, Trinity-street, Rotherilithe, Henry Taylor, Esq. in his 61st year. At Dalston, on the 6th inst., Charles Stubbs, Esq. Mr. Alexander Mitchell. aged 85, of Chapel-street, Grosvenor place, formerly of Halkin-street, upwards of fifty years Riding. Master to the principal part of the Nobility. Printed aul Published by M. YOUNG, at the SUN-Omar, N.. 118, STAMM.