The Sun. — London, England, 1827-11-30 00:00:00

, •- : , • .44 , well without brai.:if.4, wi►th the assizAance of a, Clerk, who points out to him the Statutes ap-. plicable to the case before him,• and secures him against the danger of acting on a Statute which 0 has been repealed. The Courts have expressly • declared, again and again, that if corruption cannot be proved, they will protect - him. If he cau do without brains he can do without law ; for •we have heard it stated as the opinion of a Reverent' Magistrate, that a Justice - has nothing to do with law. But an officer must have a head. There are no manuals fOr officers like those for Justices, by turning up the index of which he can find a clue to the unravelling of a knotty case. He is thrown constantly on the resources of his own mind, with no other aid than that with which previous experience has furnished him. The presence of mind, acuteness, and courage necessary to the composi tion of a good officer, are by no means common ; and where these qualities have been shown they ought to be properly remunerated. We under stand the officers .candidly allow that they see many crimes committed which they do not no tice, because the salary they receive is only a sort of retaining fee, which does not relieve them from the necessity of gaining their livelihood by their services to individuals, and because, if they interfere, the consequence is an attendance for five or six days perhaps at the Old Bailey, for an allowance of 3s. (id. a day—a sum utterly in adequate to procure them common refreshments in the public-houses where they are forced to re main till their presence is required. They ap peal to any one who knows what house-rents and taxes are in the neighbourhoods where, for the public convenience, they are forced to reside, whether it is possible to live without their being indemnified by those who requiie their services. The Americans go to work very differently in the case of their public servants. The late Mr. Birkbeck, in his Notes on a Journey in 'Lime- The Custom-house officer was rica, ol:seyves, a gentlemanly youth, without a shade of the dis a„areeable character which prevails among his European brethren. He staid with us several dais, and was succeeded by a second of the same respectable stamp. These officers of reve nue are better paid here than with us ; and are considered as respectable persons employed in honourable service, which they have no tempta tion to abuse. :They receive about 2501. sterling per annum ; and one with a competent salary per forms with fidelity the part of three in England, who are employed as checks upon each other." The Americans know that men like Police officers and Custom-house officers, must be paid either in meal or malt ; and that if they are not enabled to subsist directly, they will contrive to subsist indirectly. They pay men in lower situa tions well, because they have not, like men in exalted stations, ,the applause of the world and the gratifications of an honourable ambition to compensate them for their labours.. They pay those who fill exalted offices poorly, because a higher motive than that of pecuniary reward ought to actuate such inen A distinguished Statesman or a Judge can afford to be poor, and would be in some measure 'disgraced by - wealth. He has already a higher distinction than wealth can 'give : and a virtuous frugality confers a higher lustre on him than the vulgar splendour which wealth can procure. But in England the reverse of all this takes'place. The high in station in Church and State, those who are like lights set on a hill, share among them selves enormous sums of money. They plainly show, by their conduct, that gross .and material advantages are in their estimation „the, only ob jects worthy of 'regard. :Their example of course influences all beneath them.. When the man at the bottom of the scale sees that his su perior grasps at every thing within his reach, and measures every thing by its worth in money, it would be strange indeed were he, who has none of the gratifications derivable from fame or am bition, to act on purer principles.—Hence the ra pacity which runs through all classes in England. The hypocrisy of the rich.does not deceive the poor, they can play the hypocrite in turn. They see as well as their betters that the acquisition of money is the sum and substance of the national morality, and the goodness of the mode of ac quisition is measured by its safety.. Hence the more instruction is diffused in England the greater will be the corruption, because the pro- , fligacy and want of principle of the higher orders will be made manifest to a greater number, whom the example will corrupt ; and, if knowledge ha power, extended knowledge will give increased ' power to gratify increased desires. Parliament is the Sovereign in England, and this Sovereignty is bought and sold like cattle in a market. Money then determines that which determines every thing else. There are at this time as is well-known to Bankers and other sufferers from them, men of education and large property in this very town of London, who notoriously live by plunder. There are large capitalists in this line, and we have heard them named. It is a safe business ; for though they share largely in the plunder of Bankers' parcels, &c., they are too skilful to allow themselves to be reached. These capitalists will, no doubt, in due time become purchasers of Boroughs as well 'as gamblers, and thus tho thieves will be duly represented in the Legislature, and become a recognized body. Our ancient nobility (though nearly all extinct now) were plunderers on the highway (for rob bery was honourable in the middle ages) ; so that this mode of obtaining distinction will be nothing new, but merely a modification of the old practice, suitable to an intellectual age. — Morning Chronicle. The vulgar and ignorant Evening Ministerial Journal (Courier), which, in its present disre putable and degraded state is so indefatigable in its effiarts to be noticed by us, displays every day more and more the extreme desperation of its case. Perhaps we ought to apologise to our readers for intruding upon their attention arty thing emanating from so low and contemptible a source : but still we deem it not improbable that a specimen of the expedients to which our liberal linisterial cotemporary is reduced to resort, may prove not altogether unacceptable to the public. With his accustomed candour, he a ff ec ts to discover a contradiction in the language em ployed by us at different times in speaking of the honours conferred on Admiral Sir Edward Codrington : and nothing, we are sure, e4ll show more clearly how admirably qualified our verita ble opponent is to judge of the consistency of other s than the instance of self contradiction. which he alleges against us upon this subject On Friday l a st we declared our opinion, that the Illustri ees Lord High Admiral was not to blame for th e confusion and embarrassment which existed among our Ministers. On Wed nesday we were enabled to confirm the statement of Friday, by l • art% before our readers an accurate account o f the whole transactio n.— This account, which appeared in our columns ex elusively, none of the m • lnisteria. , Journals have ent u red, or will venture, tocontradiet, in the most MN r > I' • 1111 minute particular. It ascribed the entire blame of the rash proceeding to the irregularity, precipitation, and defective discipline which have of late pre vailed in the office of Secretary of State for the Home Department ; the previous proceeding on the part of the Lord High Admiral being no thing more than what his zeal fbr the glory of the profession, of which he is so properly placed at the head, had naturally prompted him to ; and totally unconnected with the original error of Ministers, which led our brave Officers into the commission of an act which it was found and felt impossible to justify. Now, certainly there can at present be no contradiction between these two articles. But, perhaps, our contemporary is prepared to enter " upon a nice metaphysical discussion," with a view to establish the perso nal identity of his Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral and the 'Under Secretary of the Home Department. When he has completed this task, he will, in his wisdom, be at liberty to charge us with inconsistency upon thegrounds he alleges.—Morning Post. The system of body-stealing is become so pre valent, not only in London, but in every place in Great Britain where there are Schools of Anatomy, that we think the Legislature are loudly called on to adopt some measures not only to protect more eactually our church-yards, but to provide bodies for the use of students. Unless some more ample provision of this kind be made, one of three consequences must be the result—either this church-yard robbery must con tinue, or medical students must study anatomy in foreign countries, or the art of surgery decline in this country. It no doubt is a painful re flection to many, that the (lead bodies of their friends should be carried from their graves, ex posed to the gaze of hundreds, and cut up into a thousand pieces ; but there is no real evil in all this. The ancient Romans—and the practice still exists among many Eastern nations—expos ed the bodies of their dead relatives cm funeral piles, and consumed them by fire. Other na tions cast their dead into rivers, or expose them to be devoured ; and it is the lot of every sailor who dies at sea, whether fighting in his country's cause, or carried off by the diseases of the cli mate, to undergo the same fate. Yet none of these look forward with any more horror to such a grave than the man whose body is to moulder quietly into crust in a church-yard. It is the custom of the country alone which makes many so anxious about the remains of their friends. All must one day say "to corruption, thou art my father ; to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister." Without a proper knowledge of the human frame, many must live in torment for years, or be disfigured for life, or die a premature death ; and though this knowledge may be acquired only by a practical study of anatomy, the state of our laws at present is such, that, if they are obeyed, not more than one body can be procured for per haps ten thousand students. The bodies of murderers alone are given for dissection. On looking at the returns executions at Newgate, it will 'be found that two a-year are beyond the average ; and, besides, these take place often be tween the courses of Lectures, and consequently are of no use except to a few individuals. We have been attracted to this subject by the re- Aated accounts lately received of numerous de predations in church-yards, and by the wonder ful success 'of the thieves. This, of course, will continue so long as .there'iS such a demand, and such a high price paid. It is, in fact, quite like smuggling in thiespect l -that, while so high a premium is obtained- by every - successful adven ture, there will always. be found men sufficiently daring •- to .` undertake -the enterprises, and sufficieptly active to elude the most severe laws. It is of no use, therefore, to attempt to put, down the practice; and, if it. were tieable, the evil to the . community would be incalculable. The superior excellence of French surgeons in general is no doubt owing to the fa cilities afforded in France to the study of ana tomy ; and if the present system be continued much longer in England, their superiority to the English Will become every day greater. The Legislature, therefore, in justice to our own countrymen, and ih duty to the living, ought to take the subject into consideration. No doubt objections might be started to almost every plan for altering the system. We can see none, how ever, so little objectionable as that of allowing the bodies of all persons publicly executed to be given for dissection, as well as the bodies of all convicted of felony, who die either in prison, or when undergoing their , sentence in the hulks. The only evil by adopting such a plan would fall on the friends of the deceased ; but this is only imaginary, and indeed we believe that few fami lies would be at all anxious about the disposal of the remains of a relative, who, by his profli- ' gaey and utter disregard of their feelings . and honour, bad entailed ori them such a lasting and grievous stain. But the matter resolves itself into this—bodies-to a certain amount must and will be procured in one way or another ; and ought the Legislature to consult more the feelings of the virtuous, or the feelings of those—or of the relatives of those,,--who outrage all laws, hu man and divine ? This plan, if carried into effect would not probably be a sufficient remedy ; but other means, on a similar principle, we think might be resorted to, which would make up the deficiency.—Morning Herald, .• We have not for some time taken any notice of the institution designated as the " London U4iversity," because the subscriptions for its erection and endowment being filled, praise, had we felt inclined to bestow it, was unnecessary, and blame would have proved useless. Whether it be a thing to be desired or deprecated, its pro gress is now so decided that its completion is matter of moral certainty. Some of the argu ments which have not unfrequently been urged against the plan have been met, and , we think it but fair to say, with plausibility. It has been said that it does not include any provision for the religious instruction of the students, and this has been the strong point on which its opponents have chiefly insisted. f this it has been an swered, that it is not the intention of the new University to educate men for the Holy Ministry —that there are already ample means provided for that purpose at Oxford and Cambridge—that if the Committee had contemplated such a step, they had no power of giving effect to their t wishes—and that it would have interfered with ' their original plan, which was to include the sons of Dissenters as well as of members of the Established Church. For the purity of their intentions, the advocates of the University moreover appeal to the appointments of teachers already made, and particularly to the fact of the Professor of Latin, Mr. Williams, being. a Clergyman of the Established Church. This, as we have said, constitutes a plausible answer to those who charge the new University with ir! religion. There is, however, a charge to which the wh o l e sc heme lies open, and which , if its patrons are honest, they will not hesitate to avow —we mean Dissenterism. It is true Mr. Wil liams is a member of the Church of England ; but unless we are misinformed, the whole ef his coadjutors .are Dissenters. -Not only are the Professors Dissenters, but even the adjuncts are so ; and the Committee, it does not require to he stated, are in the same predicament. A Cor respondent in an Evening Contemporary ex• pressed a wish, a few days ago, that the Institu tion should be watched, but to what purpose, we cannot very easily perceive. That which has grown to maturity under opposition, is not likely to yield to any plan of surveillance. It is evi dent that if the Church be not content to sit still and behold the great mass of the youth of London drawn away from her tenets, she must exert herself to avert such an evil, by other means than watching and prayer. The new Institution must be met in a more pal pable and earthly way, by an opposition of a more obvious character. Attempts have been made to write it down, and they have failed ; it remains now to be seen if the mischief which it might oc casion may not be neutralised. We wish not to be understood as meaning any thing disrespectful to the Dissenters. They rank among their num bers many good and many learned individuals ; and it is most reasonable that they should have as ample means of education for their children as individuals of the Established Church. This is desirable, indeed, even for the sake of the latter ; for nothing seems so likely to bring Dissenters back to her bosom, nothing so well fitted to shew them the unreasonableness of separating from her on points " of doubtful disputation," as the enlargement of understand ing, which may be naturally expected from extended knowledge. We grant, therefore, the just right of the Dissenters to a separate school of the highest learning, so long as their honest scruples keep them from taking advantage of those that are already provided, but if it be con sidered of importance that they should have that advantage in London, we think it equally hn portant that the adherents of the Established Church in London should have a Seminary, where they also can c, , .iscientiously educate their offspring. While only the Disserters are pro vided with a school, there is great reason to fear that many of the sons of the Church may be induced to take advantage of it, without very carefully attending to its manifest deficiency in so far as they are concerned. And this we think the more likely to happen, because Dissenterism is not ostensibly held forth in the new University —although it must be obvious to the most inat tentive that Dissenterism called it into being, and will continue to be its nursing mother. We have observed a paragraph in an Evening Paper, which states that the heads of a plan for a Lon don University, in which the defects of the pre sent will be supplied, are at present in private circulation. We have not seen these heads, and cannot therefore speak of them ; but, if they are correctly described . , they involve an application to Government for the endowment of the Uni versity proposed. Now we • very much suspect, that if the execution of such a plan depend on a public grant, we have but little chance of seeing it completed. It must be apparent at a glance, that in the present state of things a grant of money for any purpose of which the necessity is not very pressing indeed, is not very likely to be made ; and it is very easy to anticipate the op position which would not fail to be mustered up against it by the enemies of the Church in. and out of Parliament. Nor do we see the slightest reason for such an application. Is it to be supposed that in London and 'Westminster there are not friends enough . . of the Established Church to raise as large a sum as has been already raised by the Dissenters in those cities ? Three hundred thousand pounds, if we recollect right, ,is ths-suax. that _lass been, raised by the patrons Of - the new'llniCersity. - -. One hiindied pounds each, from 3,000 individuals, will make up the sum required for an ample and efficient antidote to the dissidence it tends to • generate.. We should also earnestly recommend the immediate foundation of a Committee of the Bench of Bishops, to whom the Church, in such a case, naturally look up, as her leaders and instructors. There are, in that venerable body, men, not . less distinguished for their piety than for their exten sive learning, and who, apart from their high honours, are better qualified to superintend the erection of a great school, such as that which is now building, than any, or than all, the per sonages who have promoted it.—New Times. e very generally find that those who.are the most clamorous for liberty are the least disposed to allow it to others. An evening contemporary of yesterday furnishes a very fair exemplification of this. We made yesterday a few observations on the New London University, as it is called, certainly not in the spirit of hostility. We ad mitted that the charge of irreligion, which had been brought against it—the only charge of im portance—had been plausibly met by reference to the fact that one of the masters was a clergy man of the Church of England. It appears, that among the number there is another clergy man of the same church. We give to the Uni versity all the advantage derivable from that cir cumstance. We have not watched its opera tions, nor are we even acquainted with the names of all the gentlemen who have received appointments under it. When we said we be lieved them to be Dissenters, we guarded the expression by adding "if we are not misin formed." It appears we have been so, since they are not all Dissenters. The mistake of our informant probably took its rise frOm the cir cumstance of their being mostly from the North. Mr. Pattison is said to be from Glasgow, Dr. Turner from Edinburgh ; the same, we suppose, who figured in the oil and coal gas controversy a few years ago. Mr. M'Culloch, anci en is -rap porteur of the Scotsman, also from the North Country. Mr. Homer, the Secretary, is, we believe, an Edinburgh Writer to the Si gnet . Dr. Cox, the Librarian, is not indeed Scotch, but he is not the more Episcopalon i t v h h a o t i a la c- s ac count. Of the Committee, the lea ding man— he with whom the plan originated, and principally contributed to its success, we mean Mr. Campbell—is an old Glasgow man. The personage next in consequence on the Commit tee is Mr. Joseph Hume. Of this gentleman's religious principles, since we will not praise them, we shall sa y no thing, on the old principle, de mortzus nil nisi bonum. We dare say he is ready to refer their orthodoxy, as he proffered to refer the accuracy of his accounts with the Greeks, to any two honourable inch to decide upon. It was, we have no doubt, the connexion which seemed necessarily to exist between the birth-place and education of these gentlemen which induced our informant to conclude that they were Dissen ters, and led to the statement which our contem politely s t y l es cc a vulgar misrepresen _ Vul gar i t may b e to spea k n o t approv ptotinagrilaoyrn:;n a subject which our contemporary has taken u nder his espec i a l protection ; but the c h arge o f misrepres entat i on we must deny; for, however it may -be attempted- to be smoothed over, or denied, it is notorious, that all the lead ing men connected with the new institution are distinguished for their opposition to the Esta blished Church ; and if their object be not the diffusion of Dissenteiism, which we are willing in charity to believe that it is, it must be the diffusion of something worse. With regard tc the two clergymen whom the masters, it seems, rank among their number, we are utterly at a loss how they can reconcile to their public pro fessions, and to their oaths, the obligation which their appointments lays them under. of abstaining even from the use of the Church's prayers, to say nothing of the incul cation of her doctrines. Our contemporar; says the University is no more dissenting than the Inns of Court or the Schools of iVledicine. So that religion, according to this liberal thinker, has no more connection with the duly regulated education of a boy than it has with the study of " Coke upon Littleton," or the proper method of applying the stomach pump. We are exposed to another charge by our contemporary. We are an anonymous writer. This is rather a singular accusation. Who is our friend ? We look in vain to the top and tail of his article for any name or desig nation. Has he any being, any status, more than ourselves, unless in the columns of a daily journal? Is it by some one else than our con temporary that we arc attacked—some aristocratic member of the Committee, who speaks so _ _ haughtily of anonymous writers, as if he was un conscious of the cloak that hung round his own shoulders ? The writer—the anonymous writer—it must be one of the great men.— Such drivelling nonsense could not fall from our contemporary—the phraseology bespeaks a stranger. To this magniloquent person we must answer, that we seek for no pretence in arguing the propriety of an establishment, where the prayers of the Church of England shall be daily offered up for a blessing on the la bours of the instructors. Nor are we at all de sirous of discouraging public instruction by making two indifferent Universities instead of one. kVe hold it to be a task of great difficulty, that a University, strictly so called, can be made at all, in the way in which the London Univer sity has been made. There are essentials for such an undertaking which even gold will not purchase. But we do think that a great school, such as is proposed for the Dissenters, may be also erected for the Churchmen, and we hope there are sufficient means and sufficient spirit among the Churchmen to erect such a school. Nor do we see why, in advocating its propriety, we should be guilty of either vulgarity or mis representation, all anonymous as we must con fess ourselves to be, because Mr. Hume, or Mr. Brougham, or some other honourable member of the council, happens ex officio, to differ from us in opinion.—lbid. DREADFUL SUICIDE. Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the sign of the Red Lion, St. John's-street-road, Cler kenwell, before Thomas Stirling, Esq., Coroner, on the body of Lucy Morris, aged 19, who poisoned herself. Mr. William Taylor, assistant to Mr. Spencer, surgeon, of 53, St. John-street-road, on Wednesday morning, about four o'clock, was called on to attend the deceased, who, he was informed, had taken lau dantri. On his . arrival he found her in a state of insensibility. He administered active remedies, which were ineffectual, and he resorted to the 'stomach-pump, and extracted , a.quantity of laudanum from the stomach. He . foUnd a phial, which had contained the stuff. He had no doubt but the poison had caused her death. Mr. Richard Ward, cheesemonger, of 85, St. John-street-road, deposed that the deceased had been in his service for the last two months. She was of a gloomy di s p os ition. She . had quarrelled with her mistress, and received warning to quit her situation. On WedneSdaY morning witness was awoke out of his sleep by his sOn, who was unwell, and on proceeding to the chamber-door of the de ceased, vaxer q she usually left her Belt, he. was alarmed by groans, and on entering 'ate room he found her struggling in great agony, and quite in• sensible. In answer to questions put by the Coroner and Jury, he said he could not account for her having taken poison. He knew nothing of the phial found near her bed. Poison was never kept in the house to his knowledge. He was not aware of her con nexion with any young man. She one night return ed home intoxicated, and said she had been with a young man who gave her a glass of rum. Martha Matilda Krew slept with the deceased for two nights previous to her death. On Tuesday night she went out, and retured with a phial, which she put into her pocket, and on going to bed she placed them under the pillow. She sm►led and said that her mistress should suffer for this; she had re fused to let her go out, but she was determined to to: go out shortly. Witness could not tell her meaning when she said so. The Jury returned a verdict—" That the deceased committed the act herself, being at the time in a state of temporary derangement." MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY.--MONDAY, DEC. 3.—At the Court of Commissioners, Basinghall.street. Badnall, R., Le e k, b an k e r ...... . . 11 COUNTRY DI A RY.--MONDAY, DEC. L Alderson, G., Ferrybridge—Angel, Ferrybridge 6 Buck, J., Norwich—White Lion, Norwich 4 Clarke, F., Yarmouth—Bear, Southtown 1 Cooper, W., Cheltenham—Royal hotel, Cheltenham Copley, G., Wakefield—Angel, Ferrybridge 6 Creese, W., Gloucester—Fleece, Gloucester French, J. sen., Frome Selwood—Messrs. Button and Co., Sehvood ll Gibbons, T., Cheltenham—Hummer, Bristol Hales, W., Bilston—Whiston Cross, Salop ll Hughes, J., Cheltenham—Yearsley's, Cheltenham 4 Newmarch, 8., Cheltenham—Royal hotel, Cheltenham 5 INSOLVENTS APPLYINI Petitions to be heard at Portui Dec. 3, at Bear, W., Batty-street, Com- G TO BE DISCHARGED, ;al-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, Fine o'clock. Bertout, J., Chelsea Lucy, J., Paddington Palmer, W., Crescent-place, Pancras Parkinson, W., Greek-street mercial-road . Earwaker,T., Compton-street, St. Gilei's !tint'', J., Charles-street, Kent road COUNTRY.—At the Court-hoi at Ten , ouse, at Liverpool, December 2, o'clock. !Clapham, IL ' Liverpool Clough, R., Sutton Fisher, E., Liverpool Forrest, A., Liverpool Horton, H., Liverpool Hughes, H., Liverpool Jones, J., Liverpool Knowles, M., Liverpool Lineker, J., Liskerd Allin, T., Aughton ♦rden, P., Liverpool Ashburner, E., Liverpool Bagot, W., Liverpool Barber, H., Liverpool Birchall, R., Liverpool Bly, J., Liverpool Bond, J., Liverpool Carruthers, J., Liverpool On Friday afternoon, as Mr. WILSON'S gar dened at Cruickston was going into an outer-house on the banks of the Cart, where he kept tools, his attention was excited by the moaning of a human being, and on looking round the house, be saw a man stretched on his back, on the brink of the river, with his feet and legs.in the water. Mr. WILSON instantly sent to town for a medical gentle. man, who, when he arrived, expressed his belief that no hope could be entertained of resuscitation. Th e b o dy was recognised to be that of poaTaous, late driver of the mail between Glasgow and Greenock, who had been fora few days Past in a despondi n g state of mind. On' Wednesday night, hi s w if e , worn out with watching him had fallen asleep, and he, taking advantage of her heaviness, bad made his escap e , He was seen on Thursday, wander ! ing about Cruickston Castle ; but how or when he reached the spot where he was found, remains a mystery, f or i t can only be approached by crossing the Levern or the Cart, and it is at the bottom of a steep declivity, not easily access ibl e by a person acquainted v - ith it.— Greenock Advertiser. POLICE. INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL—Moses Levi and Aaron Lazarus were brought before Sir PrrEtt LAURIE yesterday, for final ex amination, on suspicion of knowingly receiving a stolen watch. The Alderman decided on committing Lazarus, and admitting Levi a witness, he giving sureties for his ap pearance. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. --Edward Moore, late a groom in the service of the Hon. Mr. Stanley, the Colo nial Secretary, was yesterday brought to this office before F. A. ROE, Esq., the Magistrate, charged with absconding from his master's service, and carrying away a quantity of his (Mr. Stanley's) wearing apparel, &c. The prisoner acknowledged the offence, and Mr. Stan ley's butler, who attended, identified the very boots and hat which the prisoner then wore as belonging to Mr. Stanley. The prisoner was remanded to a future day, for Mr. Stanley's attendance. Valentine, the officer in whose bands the warrant against Miss Emma Carey and her servant was placed, reported that Miss Emma was non est inventus, having bolted from her lodgings the night before, in anticipation of the warrant, leaving the servant behind, but against whom the landlady declined to proceed, as she was only the 'instru ment in the claws of her worthy mistress. MARYLEBONE-OFFlCE.—Yesterday Richard Lus comb, who on the 31st of October was bound over to pro secute William Balder, alias Daly, charged with knocking him down on the evening of the 29th in Hyde Park, and robbing him of four sovereigns and some silver, put into the hands of Mr. Griffith an anonymous letter, bearing the Oxford-street post-mark, and asked,him Whether he ought to notice it, and if the postman brought others they should be refused. Before the prisoner Baker alias Daly was committed to Newgate, he endeavoured to explain away the evidence against him, by charging Richard Luscomb with an unna tural attempt, and with fabricating the accusation of rob bery, because he met, with resistance. The letter was considered by Mr. Griffith to be of a similar tendency. He desired Luscomb not to be intimidated, nor to regard a little expense of postage, but take in all letters which may be offered. The prisoner's wife, accompanied by twe Irishmen, had been twice to Luscomb's lodgings ; they did not see him, but left word they would pay all his expenses, and give him full satisfaction, to be out of the way on the day of trial. UNION-HALL.---.Yesterday having been the day ap pointed for hearing the three separate informations laid against Mr. William Ford, proprietor of the Surrey Ro tunda wine and concert-room, Blackfriars-road, charging him with having performed therein the legitimate drama without a licence, whereby he had incurred a penalty of 501., on conviction of each offence; the office was crowd ed, as on a late occasion, when Mr. Cook, the celebrated equestrian and proprietor of the Circus, against whom in formations had also been exhibited, succeeded in having them dismissed. Mr. Thesiger attended for the prosecu tion, and Mr. Adolphus for the defendant. The first in formation having been read, charging the defendant with having allowed a certain part, called "Sans Swipes," in an entertainment of the stage, named " Exchange no Robbery," to be played in the Rotunda, he pleaded " Not Guilty." Mr. Thesiger, in stating the case, briefly alluded to the informations against the proprietors of the Circus, which had been dismissed on a recent occasion. Mr. Jolly, clerk to Mr. Meymott, the solicitor, on the evening of the 23d Oct. went to the Rotunda, and pur chased a bill of the performances from a person standing inside the portico. He did not pay for admission. The witness here proceeded to describe the interior, which was fitted up with seats and tables. At the end of the plat form, which resembles the pit of a theatre, there•, was a stage. The audience were drinking wine and smoking cigars, with very few exceptions. There were at least between 80 and 90 persons present. He called for a pint of wine, for which be paid 3s. At the time there was singing going forward ; after whiCh a little girl, named Smith, made her appearance. She was dressed as a waiter or pot-boy. Another person came on the stage with her, and a dialogue ensued between them. When Sam Swipes appeared, a person who accom panies him on the stage, commences the dialogue by asking him whether he has any passion for the art. Sam replies, " What are you at?" The other says, " I mean do you draw ?" The reply to this, us well as the witness recol lects was, " Oh yes, I draws like a horse." Jolly then made another bungling attempt to proceed with the dialogue :—" Sam Swipes is asked whether he was brought up to the bar. He replies, " Yes, I was, for I was taught to draw." What conveyances do you draw? The dialogue lasted a quarter of an hour. In reply to Mr. Adolphus, the witness adynitted there was no tumult within, further than ancexp'rOslin. of bation by the :audience contended that the information was not dur i , Eg ; tbe performance. Miss Smith concluded bygiving son g . only raeftdreh, Adolph us evidence to support it quite insufficient. The Magistrates; 141. SWABEY and J. T. Hotta, Esqrs., after having consulted together, observed that there was a variance in their opinions with respect to the case,, of which the defendant should have the benefit. The information was therefore dismissed. The second information against the defendant was for allowing to be performed the character• of Nipperkin, in the Rival Soldiers, to which he also pleaded not guilty. Mr. Jolly, the witness in the former case, stated that on the night of the 9th of October he saw Miss Smith in the character of Nipperkin. The witness here related parts of the dialogue as far as he recollected. After a considerable discussion, the Magistrates were of opinion that the character of Nipperkin, as performed at the Rotunda, was part of a piece called an entertainment of the stage : they therefore convicted the defendant in the penalty of 501. Mr. Thesiger here observed, that the individuals who retained him were willing to withdraw the third informa tion if Mr. Ford would enter into an agreement not to have any more performing or singing at the Rotunda. Mr. Adolphus, with warmth, - remarked, that his client might as well shut up his house at once as accede to a pro position of that kind. " These are," added he; " pretty times for tyrannical puritanism. It is really shocking to endeavour to destroy this man by compelling him to throw up an establishment which is his and h►s family's bread." The Learned Counsel added, that it was a place of amuse ment frequented by respectable people ► and was, he under stood, conducted 'with the greatest regularity. Mr. Ford.--There is a conspiracy against me to bring ruin on me and my family. I shall appeal to the session. The third information was then entered into, and evidence having been adduced that Miss Smith played seven different characters in a comic sketch, called In search of a Wife, or Love in Disguise, the defendant was convicted in another penalty of 501. To which he also declared his in tention of appealing to the General Quarter Sessions. When the cases were concluded, Mr. HONE, addressing the defendant, said, " Mr. Ford, I have been in the habit for the last nine months of passing the door of the Rotunda at night after office-hours, and, in justice to you, I must say, that I never have observed any disorder about the place." The chief constable said, that in his capacity, while visiting the different places of amusement in the district, he had also been at the Rotunda, and every thing was car ried on with great regularity. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LAW INTELLIGtNCE. • ROLLS' COURT, Nov. 29. WELLESLEY V. THE DUKE OF BEA UFORTI, i) : Mr. PEPYS stated, that this was a, pefiti.o. l'l: infant plaintiff, as tenant in. tail of the eta, question in this cause, praying a reference ti :it Master to ascertain the amount of the firsqfi rents and profits of the estate received by I Y lr * , lesley, the father of the petitioner. til l The MASTER of the ROLLS inquired who was tenant for life ? Mr. PEPYS said, the late mother of the Pla, t y was the tenant for life, with remainder to the tioner, as tenant in tail. t il t The MASTER of the Rou nr, s.—Do you .--191,1 reference to. apply to rents and profits wron received by Mr. Wellesley ? Mr. PEPYS.—Yes. f The MASTER of the ROLLS.—Take the order, BROMHEAD V. HUNT. 4,90 This was an application against Mr. Jall l o',--'p a solicitor (celebrated for his colloquies withß fe e Lord Chancellor Eldon), praying that - eili , ‘pfts pers and documents charged for in the ' ii by paid by the petitioner, might be delive. cy Mr. Lowe. dtber Mr. KNIGHT , who appeared in support , ,* t it!' tition, stated the facts as detailed in. the.._... Mr. Lowe had been employed by the P1in,9 4 09( Bromhead, as his solicitor in this cause, ' n ' 7 ssr In September, 1825, an order was 'obtained fa t o tion of Mr. Lowe's bill of costs, amounting t° ltd 9001. After taxation, the bill was paid) 9 %'tli plaintiff having appointed another solicitor 1...:0r place of Mr. Lowe, the latter was required' !untie liver up all the papers is the cause to the pho oli new solicitor. An order for this purpose vO s ,: ffe e tamed on the 16th of July, 1826, arid shortly 'Sp wards a bundle of papers was delivered 1 1 3 , / t ea Lowe, with an affidavit that such bundleiced all the papers in custody belonging to the p i ' On examination it was found that st i ve re L oyiis copies and other papers charged for in Ai r ,* le bill of costs were not contained in this bOuu „ i ,,10 Mr. PEPYS, who appeared on the part;oilo Lowe. to oppose the motion, said it...was beli e he the papers which the plaintiff now required to delivered ,up were lost. th e The MASTER of the Rous—l, canno t' tolf re rs , solicitor's assertion that he has not got .then ° He having been paid his bill of costs, nittlier, what has become of them, and for that purP' must be a reference to the Master. .0 9 The Counsel acquiesced, and the refereilee. directed accordingly. • The circumstance of an application beilitto personally against Mr. Lowe, who h a s.!hilo s JJr often made applications against other solieit.o7,,. peared to excite no little interest. the waTs trial The sittings after term commenced to-'y t LORD BARRINGTON v. DRUMMOND. _,;,„^ • ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated exeu t othiso, of.. I ti t ; Bishop of Durham against Mr. DrurnmoPos. t be banker, for three half years' rent due of C e n Bishopric of Durham, for lands formerly the T he OA actionoUT RTcToo EFO common KlNG'Sjury cases. s BENCH, es. Durham palace and gardens; in the StilTd , filf lands were let on building leases to the Eaf l _,°Eo.l broke and,Montgomery, under an Act of 1 41 authorizing the same, at 4 annual rent. of goY r iil The payments for several years were profet.n. the agents of Mr. Drummond and, the late BO're'ly. Mr. GURNEY took an exception i94le slvoll i. o of the act produced, because in : one part of J A Earl's second title was called a MoPtgou (1 )" . „ Montgoudie." The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE undertook to none no objection, which he did n ot value highly, thought it arose from the mistake of the transcr, in copying out the abbreviation of Montgolof.f, which occurred in the parliamentary r oll OSP 1. Montgomy. verdict must, therefore, be : 0 )41 hick Cv c for the plaintiff, subject to the abjection wto be affirmed or overruled according to th Coineir s tances, when the roll should be before the Verdict for the plaintiff, 279/. % 9 ' '.., n • . ADMIRALTY COURT, TuunsnAY , 'l tiv " 27 ( . 0 1 Lord STOWELL Was unable, through illness.o 0 of a serious nature), to preside in the Court consequently the argument in the slave Cases 0 00. resumed. • Ifi s Dr. JENNER, who was to be heard in repiP '' also absent through indisposition. a l)n si Dr. ARNOLD sat as locum tenens ; but 1 1 - ness of importance occurred. ............A e clg s PORTING EXTRAORDINARy.—SOO?-0,01,0' ago a livery-stable -keeper in Edinburgh betted gl, cover se able sum, that be would make a favourite vigil,' ol'e: A door four feet and a half in height. Th e wager L ; 3 :lo o l;: i and When the pig was brought to the scratcb,,,Li sliw i ; the door, which was that of his Awn s tye,' r"., 0 0) , '" which there was placed a plentiful supply of P r° " eil fine style.—Edinburgh Pape r . lea 13tie As Mr. MORTON, the celebrated u`;,,niesiF author, was passing through one of the dark ° be rs : f tripped up by some T w hen ,IW ing to the Courts of Law at Westminster gni" - do h a : e s e P n a tl s eta g i; person upon him. • 3 IP se most immediately rose and offered assistance t ° fa .. l3° .A which was gratefully accepted . Upon his deptirt"if' ever, Mr. MORTON found that the assistance 1 1 de of had not been gratuitous, as his pocket was 'lli a -- contents, about 61. or '7l. d , BIRTHS. ,vsts ' On Tuesday, the 29th. inst. N rthend, N. —. ~ at o P b° the lady of William Lynch, Esq., of a son. On the 24th inst., at the residence of her fatber)o Ole Saunders, Esq., Downes House, near Southarne lady of Benjamin Kingston, Esq., of a son. COP ° On the 29th inst., at 15, Poland-street, Mrs. - , 4 0 tP" awndhofebll,dwitil arc CL igh, of Dublin, to Harriett, eldest daughter of , William Cunningham, vicar of Harrow. eldest ciauOgnhttehreo2f u., in o i a n ne l: D e E r lE s l q 6 D . t:li H y a e m ar p , s A t l ead iss ce s : a n d_ Pr lam O e n nte th d e 27th inst., t o th e i nex p ress ible gri — f sbitiO., - e me rous family connexions, Mr. Win. Lou'as ariaL .gays, near Manchester,. aged 49 „ years. 111 ,pe r relations of life, as . husband, father, son,, an "„ r- do e r was surpassed by none. His lose will:be long 4 , , felt by an extensive circle of friends. a ` r. On the 24th inst., after a short illnes s, aied JohnsonEdensOr, cotton-broker, of Alancheiter, l;ever and deservedly respected. d On the 20th inst., at Beaufort-lionSe, 'Bath, ag e ;es. Adam Dolmage, Esq., formerly of the island.ofil:thir° On the 16th of August last, at Buenos:Ayres s' attack of nervous apoplexy, in the 37th. year °f his Mr. J. R. Pizey, of the firm of Messrs. G. F. I ' l and Co., of that city, and of Liverpool, mercbantaurojai Oil the 27th inst., at Lady-wood-hou s e , near a 1,5 ham, Lady Essington, relict of the late Vice Adr a ' r William Essington, K.C.B. A ~UOk On the 28th inst., at his father's house, St. road, Mr. James Tringham, of Holborn-bill. Froilo' { On the 28th inst., suddenly, at Clap ton, i O s ' n thel3d year of her age. _A t. ' On the 26th inst., the Rev. Win. Jameson er, .saro" On the 27th inst., after a short illnes9,'olsa eldest daughter of Mrs. Wilthew, of Devonshire-Pl'4ooiii, •On the 23d inst., of apoplexy, aged 57, ac. Esq., late'd Leicester-square. • .cra ° ' On the 28th inst., Mr. Bond, No. 11, Kenoigton .. 1 00 inges, Esq., of Elinfield, near DODC3Stir. , 0 ,O e On the 27th inst., at her house in WocOinaor;„ t On . the 29th . inst . ., Mrs. Sturges, relict of the late • Hon. Mrs. Windham, relict of J. Windhain,EBq" 1„00 At Rodiester, in the United States, Elisabeth aged 95. 10- o • t , On the 27th. i ns t., at Brixton, in the vo i v G e orge.DOMinicus , Esq. , l ate of East Farleigh, id formerly of the East India House. P ainut p and Puminim by AL YOUNG, '4 the Sus-91rice, No. 112, Strand. O Sl s l bo a o c n h, k rn i t eton, of a daughter. oflla ot e of 2k 22rtt h inst ., in L.noindo:f,:h:orliady j....ey.„..,. MARRIED! . On the 28th inst., at Harrow, by th e nes' 1:1, ° 0 01 Cunningham, the Rev. Lundy Foot, of Holly-liar • job LIVERPOOL. Telegraph Office, Liverpool, Nov. 28. Christina, off Holyhead, outward bound, yesterday, al 10. 45. a. m. ; wind S. ; fresh breeze. Yesterday, at 12. 20. a. m. one of the Holyhead Go vernment packets struck on the rocks at the back of the pier, the fog being so extremely dense that the pier light could not be seen. By extraordinary exertions, by the help of casks and balks, she was got off before five a. m. with little damage. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 28.—High water 46 minutes past 7 o'clock. Wind S.E. Arrived the Thomas, Burrows, Dawson; from Tortola and St. Thomas's, with sugar, rum, &c.—Dee, Riseien, from Demerara, with ditto and ditto— Thompson, Ortt, from New York,' with tar, turpentine, &c.—Promise, Shearer, from Quebec, with timber and stares—Royal Edward, Barton, from Pictou, with ditto 13rothers, Jarvis, from Gison, with nuts—Lancashire Witch, Jackman, from Lisbon, with fruit—Dolphin, Simons, from Yarmouth, with grain—Margaretta, Lewis, from London, with sundries—Kingston, Joy, ftom Dun dalk, with ditto—Eclipse, Young, from Bristol, with ditto—Mary and Susan, Mulling, from Poole, with clay— Thomas and Ann, Owen, from . Dublin, with wheat—Ti.: ger, Lambert, from Wexford, with ditto-Airothers, Mac- Olahon, from Newry, with wheat and oats—John, Stag, 4rom Waterford, with wheat and flour—Deht, , Hodg don, from Waterford, with ditto - „Llfercules, Harris, from Waterford, with ditto mm—Comet, Phillips, f rom Dublin -112 wesfrom Boston, off—J o h n an d Th om as, Three ships and thre e b r i gs off at half o'clock. Private signal, Livingstone, Hudson, from D u blin — Amethyst, h Qh y rue s t e e, b, east and Co. Ctrauso OUTWARDS...,-.Th e Palm, Alexander, for t erse y ; John Ormerode, Chapman, for Oporto ; Hi ernia, Johnson, for Savannah ; and Arabian, Wills, for Calcutta. I lfr I, ~; tqPo; c~ GALS for ' ifl TEM HON. PORTR able LAD` ANT. It will be finish elegant Likene with that of VI( Subscribers` nai 4 gritritkg m a ' t ; l oblkoeiler; "GPlCArnhill teriCthe Pri ' a Pft, 21s. ARTlt ict • AI. 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