The Sun. — London, England, 1827-09-06 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLICJOURNALS. An e vening paper of yesterday, we find, after sneering and snarling for some time past at our accounts of certain Ministerial proceedings, which have but recently ended in an understand ing satisfactory, we should hope, to all the par ties interested, builds upon the neglect with which we had hitherto treated its intrusive and unprovoked ill-manners, and calls the narratives which we have given of whatever was most im portant in passing events by the name of " flimsy inventions. If that paper had not, within the space of a few months, furnished a tolerably exact measure of the value which it sets on an unsullied character, we might not be unwilling to enter the lists, and compare authorities with it. At present, we flatter ourselves that the res pectable part of the public will excuse us from any such degradation. We shall just hint, that with regard to political intelligence, whether foreign or domestic, it is only the uninformed part of the press who will presume so far on the ignorance of their own readers, ,as to question the truth of facts for which The Times distinctly pledges its veracity ; or else the unprincipled among our cotemporaries, who revenge them selves by paltry calumny for that upright and victorious independence which constitutes the real power of this journal, and is therefore to its discomfited antagonists a bitter fountain of envy and reproach.---Times. Upon the important subject of distress in Ire land we are glad to perceive that the Govern ment has not been inattentive to it ; however we may he inclined to question the wisdom or the plan which has been adopted for that purpose. We are not prepared to admit the great advan tage of emigration, much less of emigration to the very border of the United States-for we know as matter of fact, that the American Go vernment encourages - emigration to Canada. for political .purposes. The emigrants are mere co lonists in Canada, but when they pass their own boundary, and get into America, they soon ob tain the rights of citizenship. Then, we ask., is it political or wise to people Canada, in order that America may drain off the population., and thereby ultimately endanger the safety of the Provinces ? We find, however, that this mode of relief has been strongly recommended by a Committee of the House of Commons, and that a vote was granted in the course of last year in aid of Irisi Emigration. The slightest encou ragement gave the present prospect of bettering the condition of the Irish people ; and we ob serve from the Canada Papers,- that upwards of two thousand poor Irish have arrived in Canada since last June. With respect to the propriety of the Vote for this branch of the Miscellaneous Service, there are two principal considerations — the first is the absolute necessity of doing some thing to relieve the superabundant population of Ireland—the second, the policy of encouraging emigration to Canada, in the measure it has been chosen to effect it. Upon the first of these points, we shall not discuss the opinions enter tained and promulgated by certain writers, that there is no real or actual increase of popula tion, and that all the -reports made upon this subject are either wilfully or ignorantly false. Every man who has the use of his eyes and ears can give point-blank contra diction to- such assertions. It is asked by the persons we have alluded to, whence is it that we see in distant country places the ruins of such immense churches, and• the churches still existing so much too extensive for the present population? Why, the ready answer is, that formerly the population of Eng land was agricultural. It is Wow manufacturing, and has, therefore, emigrated to the places of its demand and employ, such as London, Li verpool, Manchester, and other large towns. — The two great sources of a large population are an active demand for their labour, and the dimi nution of those epidemic diseases, which, in different ages and under different forms, have kept down the increasing number of mankind. At the period in which we happen to live both these causes are in active operation. The de mand for men has been immense for the various purposes of war, commerce, agriculture, and ma nufactures, and the successful introduction of inoculation has removed one of the most dread ful scourges of the human race. From this the obvious inference is, that in Great Britain and her dependencies, as well as in otl er places, where the same causes operate, there has been a prodigiotte increase of their inhabitants. —But, besides these almost self-evident causes, there has ißen another principle at work in Ireland ; the endless subdivi sion of the lands, ;1 0 the easy means of subsistence afforded by the cultivation of po tatoes. Every such sub-division is a species of new nursery ground, where so many new human plants are reared, that in their turn they may, be singly transplanted, and stock a new sub-division. In this manner families are constantly increased, and thus the evil never ceases. Within the last half century Ireland has nearly doubled her po pulation, and is at this moment one of the most wretched—the most populous countries in Eu rope. In England, trade and commerce, keep , ing pace with our increase of population, have taken up the augme ntation of the people, and has employed and fed them. In Ireland no such trade or commerce exist—therefore we see so vast a population without any adequate de mand for their labour. It is clear, also, that the quantity of labour in the market beyond the demand reduces. the wages of labour to the lowest possible point ; and hence again another aggravation to the Wretchedness of the Irish poor. The most obvious remedy for this is to raise the market-price of labour—to ss lieve the market of this excess—;and, by making some provision for t rov hose e wh general condition of o cennot find em- ployment, to improve th the people. So far w e have shown the neces sity of doing something n ext question to relieve the we hpo puave la- Lion of Ireland ; and to remark upon is the policy of encouraging emigration, particularly to Canada. nately it is a topic on ;yllich little need be said — for we are not aware of any solid objection to it which requires any lengthened iirfument. The principal objection to it we have set oat by state ing—and as to the senseless clamour atiopi, re moving these poor wretches from their native soil, and the friends and the associates of their youth—the simple answer is, we do not compel them to go ; but when they cannot find food and work at home, we assist them at very consie ilerahle expense to seek it in another country. But it is asked, what hardships must they not de Undoubtedly they mu st under g o undergo many. L ue let us in our turn ask, from what hardships are th e y not relieved ? The very hardships they • , fly from suffer is part of the price of th eir relief, which they may e ither accept of or de cline. They miser and famine, and are aided to seek refuge at the price of their labour and the endurance of haidsllips inseparable From a new and . nortnern c--Ina-e. It cannot be denied that iL would be better, if we could, to employ our poor at home ; but when the market is already so overstocked, and when it is impos sible to find occupation for them at home, hu manity as well as policy direct us to find it for them abroad. The only question is, whether the chances of relief afforded by emigration be worth the circumstances under which it can only be given—namely, leaving their own country and fixhigln a foreign land. We certainly think, that of the choice of evils, this is decidedly the lesser.—Morning Post. The bond which most firmly coruiects the difFerent parts of an empire, is mutual interest. We often hear of the Protestant ascendancy in :reland being necessary to the connection with England ; that is, that it is necessary to bribe a fraction of the population with the means of op pressing the remainder, in order to keep those from revolting whom the oppression has made discontented. The interest of the population of Ireland is so essentially bound up with the English connection, that nothing but the irrita tion caused by exclusive laws would allow the most crack-brained Irishman who ever spouted as a Demagogue to think even of separation. — Were Ireland to be separated from the rest of the empire, and her sons to he excluded from the field which England and the English. dependen cies offer to their ambition, and their enterprize— were England to be closed to her produce, what suffering and discontent would necessarily follow ! Connected as Ireland is with the larger island, by language, law, habits, and commerce, a dis ruption from it would be as absurd as a dissolu tion of the connection with Scotland and Wales ; or to use the happy expression of the late Mr. Canning, the restoration of the English Heptar chy. It is long since any Scotchman brooded over the idea of the independence of his section _ _ of the island ; and any man, who should propose the quartering a large army in Scotland, to retain the people in obedience, would be set down at once as fit for a residence in Bedlam. But we all know that all classes in Scotland were at one time hostile to the connection with England, and were retained in their allegiance by sheer force. In the secret history of Colonel Hooker's Negociatioli, there is abundant evidence to show that the Jacobites hated the Union from love to the Stuarts ; the Independents, the most dis tinguished of whom was Fletcher of Salton, equally hated it ; and the Presbyterians even were as hostile to it as the others, from a solici tude for their religion, which they thought would be destroyed by uniformity. The Provincial Synods and Presbyterians everywhere declared themselves against the Union, and the General Assembly approved of their proceedings. But commerce and community of interests have ren dered it as impossible to separate Scotland from England, as the countries beyond the Trent from thoLe to the South. It is happily observed in an able article in The London Magazine for September, when speaking of the various under takings in America, for facilitating communica tion by land and water between various parts of the North American Union, that " the political consequences of those enterprises promise to be important. The cheap and rapid communica tion between the different parts of a federation, manifestly amalgamates the people, and lessens the danger of a separation, which some persons have been led very much to exaggerate, either through their hopes or their fears. The advan :taps of free and rapid inter-communications practically felt, the amount of property invested by the i nh abitants of different States in these Common works of utility, and the interchange of transactions which they may create, will all afford motives to continued union, too important to be sacrificed to speculative considerations. Rapidity and facility of intercourse is the remedy for pro vincial animosities, iihich are founded on stupid pride and ignorance. In a country where the inhabitants are active, and the means of commu nication easy, these animosities cannot long exist as a passion ; they may, for a time, subsist as an affectation." • 'Whenever we hear that a large force is necessary to secure the dependency of part of an Empire, we may safely pronounce that the cause is to be found in a vicious system of government. It is so essen tially the interest of the influential people to dis courage whatever tends to disturb the intercom munication, that nothing but some very gross misconduct can be of sufficient power to over come it. It is happily ordered that the pros perity of States is best promoted by allowing the different members of the community to act on their own ideas of their own interests; and the best and most secure Government is that which leaves individuals the most liberty, and only in terferes to secure them from the violence or in justice of each other. Expensive establishments for the purpose of preserving order in a country are ir, themselves a proof that the Government is conducted on false principles. However ob vious these truths may seem, the system of go vernment followed in the Colonies of this coun try is utterly at variance with them. There is necessarily great corruption and great jobbing i n our own Colonies from the feeling of irresponsi bility : but, as far as we can perceive, the chief case of discontent is the interference of the go verning party with the pursuits of individuals. The Governors are, for the most part, military men ; and it ought to be a presumption of un fitness for governing that a man bas been bred a soldier, only to be rebutted by the strongest testimonies of exemption from the vices acquired in a military education. A soldier always con ceives men as part of a machine, and cannot con , ceive how any thing can be done except by regulation and controul. 1.8 has no idea of individuality. Knowing that half a million of men may be put in motion by one man, he conceives that he can direct wi,th equal ease, and to equal advantage ; the inhabitants : of a province or a colony. He cannot shake himself fee of the idea, that he knows the business of every intlivhival better than the individual himself does. It never occurs to him, that the general prosperity is best pro moted by allowing individuals to act on their own ideas of their own advantage. With this vice all Military Governors, with few exceptions, are infected ; and, unfortunately, it is to military men that we are fondest of entrusting power. They ought to be used as mere machines, and placed in subordination to Civil Functionaries. They are not good heads of Police, for what they do in this way }night generally be done in a simple and less expensive W4ppp.. We yesterday alluded to the dis content of Canada, and urged tare necessity o f a reform in our colonial system, which, in proparioo. as it is expensive, is inju rious The to the Colonies . PPPple of England are utterly ignorant of the manne r in which the Colonies are oppressed ; and now that a reduc tion of our expenditure is imperatively required, it:is necessary that we should took the difficulties arising out of our Colonies fairly in the face. It is well observed by the. writer in The West minster Review, to whose article on Canada we yesterday alluded, that " it is continually and peremptorily asserted, that the superintend ing power of England has been, and still is, to her Colonies, the source of happiness and prospe rity, far beyond that which the Colonies without her assistance could possibly obtain. This pro position is daily repeated in a thousand different forms. In Parliament it is on all occasions as- sutned ; and any one who, iii that Assembly, should be so presumptuous as to question it, would be visited with unmeasured scorn and indignation. If we were to ask in what shape the blessings, whose existence is assumed, are usually conferred upon the colony, we should have our trouble for our reward ; all persons in, and most persons out of Parliament, seem as ignorant of the state of our Colonial Government, as of the admini stration of the Khan of Tortoni . . To reform this ignorance, and to dissipate existing illusion, we have endeavoured to lay before our readers a correct statement of the present situation of the Colonial Government, and of the consequences resulting from that Government to the Colony. Among these consequences are :-1. Improvi dent expenditure of the public money ; 2. Check to the progress of education ; 3. Mal-admini stration of justice ; 4. Exciting disgusts and quarrels among the people, and thereby retarding all improvement. These evils we think we have plainly traced to the existing connection with this country; and we have now to ask what be nefits exist in consequence . of that connection, to counterbalance this host of injuries ?"—When a connection is what it ought to be, no one thinks of asking what benefits exist in conse quence of it. They are felt by all.—Morning Chronicle. The British Constitution, if we may rely upon the authority of Whig writers, is one of the most changeable and uncertain things that ever existed. Like the eamelion, it can assume any colour, and, unlike every thing else in na ture, any form or shape. A Morning Paper of yesterday, speaking of the late ministerial ar rangements, says that " it was proved that Lord Goderich had recommended Mr. Herries to the King, not his Majesty to Lord Goderich: the constitutional objection was here overturned in the outset." From these remarks we learn, that it is not only unconstitutional for the King to ap point his own Ministers, unless they are recom mended to him by certain individuals, but that it is also unconstitutional for his Majesty to re commend any gentleman or gentlemen to form part of his Cabinet; so that the utmost autho rity that a King of England possesses in this re- - spect, is that of a mcv veto. Such is the na ture of the Constituti4 which we deduce, and which we think fairly deduce, from this para graph. But what was the doctrine held by the writer of this same paragraph a few weeks ago, when the Administration had to be re•modelled, in consequence of the illness of Lord Liverpool? Was it not the very reverse of that which is now laid down ? We were then told, that the King's will ought to be unfettered as to his choice of Ministers, and the seceding Members of the Cabinet were loaded with all kinds of abuse for not having acquiesced in the appointment of Mr. Canning. It will surely not be argued, that though the King has a right to originate the ap pointment of a Premier, yet he has no right even to recommend-a Chancellor of the Exchequer ! We are aware, indeed, that it may be said, that his Majesty having commanded my Lord Gode rich to form a Ministry, it 'vas unconstitutional in him afterwards to interfere. But this reason ing amounts to the same thing as saying, that a master having ordered- a confidential -servant to execute a certain commission for ' the said master has no right to take any farther interest in the business, much less to tender his advice as to what manner the affair shall be carried into effect. For our part, we do not pretend to know whether his Majesty did actually recommend Mr. Herries to Lord Goderich ; but, if he did, we must say, that the conduct of the Whigs, in raising such an outcry against the King's recom mendation, has been one of the most ungracious, not to say impudent and overbearing acts, we ever recollect to have read or heard of.—Morn ing Herald. If it be true, as we understand it is, that Lord Palmerston was the candidate for the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, and had the sup port of the Whigs in the Cabinet, it throws a new light on the purity and consistency of their prin ciples. It was objected to Mr. Herries, as o ne of the Morning Papers which boasts to be the organ of the Whigs admitted, that his intimacy with Mr. Rothschild might be productive of too close a connection between the secrets of the budget and those of the Stock Exchange ; a nd that at all events, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, if incapable of so grossly abusing his pub lic trust, as to make it subservient to speculations in the funds, ought to be, like Caesar's wife, not only pure, but unsuspected. This is the way, it will be recollected, that the paper in question argued that objection with respect to Mr. Ber ries, of which the public have heard so much. With what show of consistency then, we ask, is it, that they could vote for the appointment of Lord Palmerston to that office, who appears to have had quite as close an intimacy with Mr. John Wilks, of Joint-stock scheme celebrity, as ever Mr. Herries had with Mr. Rothschild. Do these Whig politicians imagine the public have ne i t h er observation or memory ? Do they suppose that public opinion is as flexible as their own principles, and that political li bertinism to be called virtue in them, which would be called corruption in their adversaries ? Do they pretend that familiar association with absurdity, k un tx y ch h an ge ? If a notorious projector of Joint-stock schemes is t h e objection which they more creditable or less dangerous in a Chancel lor of the Exchequer, than an intimacy w i t h the Mr. Brogden prevented they do not assert such ow could e an4 to vote for Lord Pal merstondid to Mr. to take f ? 'Was not tthe e an S from holding the office of Chairman of the Com mittee of Ways and Means in the H ouse o f Commons, on account of his connection with the Directors of the Arig„ , Mining Scheme ? and is not the - Devon, and Cornwall Mining Scheme in as bad odour with the public as ever that project was ? In this we only adopt the line of reasoning with regard to Lord Paliners ton, which the Whigs laid down with regard to Mr. Herries, only that it applies to the former with ten times more force. If Mr. Broaden was rightly s u p erse d e d i n his office of Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, because of his ponppction with one ill-omened scheme, would it not be preposterous to invest any per' son with the far superior • office of Chancellor, of the Exchequer, or, in other words, Master of the Ways, anti Means, who had, and we believe still has, as interested a connect tion with another? We were of opinion at the time that Mr. Brogden was rightly superseded—not on the ground that any knowing participation in the fraud which some parties had committed on the public had been brought home to him, but' because we thought it of dangerous and evil example, as well as degrading to the character of any officer holding a high place cr trust under the Crown or Parliament, to have his name mixed up with such things, and ex posed to the odium of those who concocted them. But we should be cruelly unjust to Mr. Brogden if we could allow in silence that prin ciple to be violated with respect to the appoint ment of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which was enforced in his case. But as to the in timacy between Mr. Herries and Mr. Rothschild, did the Whigs attempt to assert that it ever ex tended to any joint-speculations between those Gentlemen ? They did not presume to say any such thing. Not so, however, the intimacy between Lord Palmerston and Mr. Wilks—that was an embarking of mutual interests in the same bottom of joint-stock adventure. Anti when, besides this, we take into account the superior qualifications of Mr. Herries for the office, we wonder the Whigs are so infatuated as to sup pose the public do not perceive that their af fected moral fastidiousness on this subject was only the cover of a sordid political intrigue ? —lbid. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.--A young man of genteel ap pearance, named George Hague, was charged with hay ing forged a SOL cheque.—The prisoner was remanded. Two drivers of stage coaches were fined 51. each for furi ous driving.—The Loan MAYOR said, that in future he; should fine every stage-coachman 101. who should be con victed of a similar offence. GUILDHALL. —KING'S TRU m ETER. —A gentleman of the name of Rivett applied to Mr. Alderman ANSLEY, yesterday, for his advice under the following circum stances :—ln February last, Mr. Thomas Lister Parker, purchased the office of Serjeant Trumpeter to his Majesty, which is in the gift of the Lord Chamberlain, and ap plicant produced the appointment, which had passed the Great Seal, and which set forth that it was necessary that all trumpeters, drummers, and fifers, should be kept in good order; to which end no person throughout all Eng land should henceforward presume to sound, beat, or blow, the said instruments at any dumb-show, model, public plays, &c. without the licence of the Serjeant Trumpeter to his Majesty, upon pain of forfeiting 12 pence per day for every - day the said trumpet, drum, or fife was used. And if the trumpeters, &c. refuse to pay the fee, or take out a licence, the Lord Chamberlain, in an earnest and friendly manner, entreats and desires the Magistrates of the district to proceed against the offenders as rogues and vagabonds. —Now, all the showmen in Bartholomew Fair, except three, had complied with the demands of the applicant, who had been appointed Deputy to Mr. Parker, and he wished to ask what assistance the Alderman would afford him against the defaulters. For the licence, which runs for one year from the date, the demand was 255. ; and one of the showmen had desired a licence to be drawn up, but when it was taken to him he refused to pay for it, or to pay the customary shilling to him. Mr. Alderman ANSLEY—Do the " Theatres" take your licence? Applicant—For the most part. Mr. Alderman Asrsr.xs - -Do you take money from per sons out of London and the neighbourhood ? Applicant— We have been remiss, but my present principal intends to enforce his rights at most ofthe fairs throughout the country. Mr. Alderman Awstitr —You have taken it before at Bartholomew Fair ? Applicant—Yes, but when we met a refusal we have passed it over. The Alderman remarked to his advisers, that a delicate question was involved here. All the showmen were per , haps liable to be treated as rogues and vagabonds, but the City derived considerable emolument from letting the ground whereon the booths were erected, and SOO/. of it went to the Sheriffs. If the Magistrates now conceded that it was unlawful to perform without the Chamberlain's license, those licenses might at some future time be with held. The City had immunities from paying some fees and fines, and it was questionable whether the Serjeant Trumpeter to the King had authority to demand his fees here. _ _ .11r. Beresford, the Chief Clerk, advised the Magistrate to decline interfering. The City Solicitor was then called in, and the license 6. 10 , elhapormam. 1.....1-tisaieBacial4sonamenit. Upon r;hl7. rh- it,orast grouudsd, -were submitted to his perusal: Mr. Rivett presumed the authority of this appointment would be supported and respected, as well as all other his Majesty's Letters Patent. There was a list of fees in the appointment to be de manded on certain occasions, by the Serjeant Trumpeter, such as 601. upon the coronation ; and other sums upon succession to titles and dignities, temporal and ecclesiasti cal. Them was a fee to be paid by all cities, towns, &c. through which his Majesty might travel ; but here London was specifically exempted from paying tribute, a circum stance which the City Solicitor thought of some weight. And again, although persons exhibiting dumb chews were recited, there was no fee set down against them. He also remarked, that the clause respecting common stage players and minstrels, which appeared in the farmer Vagrant Act, was omitted in the last. He strongly doubted the great trumpeter's right to collect in the city; hut at all events, the Magistrate was - not bound to assist him. Mr. Alderman A Nst,ev therefore declined interfering. BOW-STREET.—John Roe, the driver of the hack ney-coach No. 613, was charged at thi- office with most cruel treatment of a horse. The brutal - x:etch was taken into custody through the exertions of Mr. Owen, an iron monger, in Russell-street, Covent-garden, who witnessed the transaction. Ile stated, that the prisoner was driving his coach that morning near Covent-garden market, and one of the horses began to kick. The prisoner beat the horse most unmercifully, and the animal got his feet over the splinter bar. Many persons were collected on the spot, and offered to assist the prisoner in extricating the horse, but the prisoner, with a horrid oath, said he - would cut off the horse's legs, and he got a thick piece of board, and beat the horse about the head and body till the blood flowed profusely, and the horse groaned dreadfully. When the by-standers interfered, the prisoner offered to fight any one present. Mr. Wade, a tradesman in the same neighbourhood, described the prisoner's conduct as cruel in the extreme. The prisoner was ordered to pay a fine of 40s. and costs; and he was locked up on refusing to pay the money. g charged man, w b h y o had lr . I b ir e e in n . a John traveller G t r o e t a n * Cowley, an ironmonger , residin g at No. 4, Vine-street, Chandos-street, with obtaining from him a large quantity of nails, of the value of upwa r ds of sixt y p ounds, under wholesale pe c t ahbol, house, o waski n pretence that he was clerk to Mr. Thomas Sidaway, nail manufacturer, of Dudley, Worcestershire. ~_ . .. The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and was re. manded. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Mr. Joseph Lancaster, of the Western Steam Packet Office, who was charged by his son with having assaulted him, again attended before the Magistrate for the purpose of charging a little boy, named John Sumpter, with altering a ticket from sixpence to six and sixpence. Mr. Lancaster, jun: appeared on behalf of the prisimer, and contended that it was impossible for his father to sus tain a charge of felony against the boy, as he was not his father's servant, and therefore he could not be accountable to hint for his actions. It was his father's practice to turn all his servants out of doors, because they would not ac count to him for the money they had received. Sir G. FARR/NT inquired whether the boy had re ceived the money for the parcel? Mr. Lancaster, sen. replied that he had not, because the person to whom the parcel was addressed refused to paY it on account of the overcharge. Sir G. FARRINT said, that he could not take cognizance of it, as the offence was not completed, and especially as there was a question of right between the father and _5OO, respecting the possession of the premises. He would re commend them to prefer cross bills of indictmen t a g ainst each other at the Sessions. A long and angry discussion then ensued between the father and son, in the course of which Mr. Lancaster, sen. called his son au infamous fel low ; and the latter retaliated by accusing hi s father of having stolen the lease of the and he (the son) was, therefore, unable to pro duce it, to es t a blish his right t o th e possess i on . orted As the charge against the boy could not be supp, he was discharg e d. premises in Rege nt Circus, WORSHIP-STREET.—SwistnuNG.--Yesterday two iargzp withnd s w G i u n e d s l t in , g s . v e T r e h e b r o o f li t icgeh was a e f e o r r o e w tl e r d . M BE en l;NE n r a r n : e c d h by persons who attended to prefer charges against the prisoners. Mr. W. P. Low, f rom t h e office of Mr. Stafford, of B uc kingham-str eet attended for t h e p rosecu ti on; Mr. Humphries for the d e f ence. The only charge en t ere d i nto yester d a y was one prefer red ley Mr. Low, of Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's , part, who stated, that o n l as t M on d a y wee k, the prisoner r Guest called upon him, and expressed a Wish to take a house, which he (Mr. Low) had to let in Sydney-street, Goswell-street-road. He wished to become the tenant, and referred him to a Mr. Whittingham, who resides in Elizabeth-street, Goswell-street. He accordingly waited upon Mr. Whittingham, who said Mr. Guest was a re spectable man, and he had no doubt would pay the rent. Guest accordingly was allowed to take possession of the house on Monday last, and Sharp at the same time went into the house as Guest's lodger. They had been there, however, but a very short time, when the greater part of the fixtures were removed and sold. In removing them, they had damaged the interior of the house. Mr. Low added, that shortly after Guest had obtained possession of the house, he prevailed upon him (Mr. Low) to make him a suit of black clothes, and said that he wished to appear in them at his child's funeral. The child, however, was alive, and at that time was with a female at the door of the office. _ _ Mr. BENNETT observed, that the fact of the prisoner having left the house so soon after he bad obtained posses sion, was a proof that he had contemplated a felony. He should, therefore, exercise the power invested in him by Mr. Peel's Act, and commit both prisoners for the felony. Mr. Humphries said that the Magistrate would surely not visit the same punishment upon Sharp ; he was the mere lodger of Guest, and there was no evidence to prove that he knew of the fixtures having been removed. Mr. Low observed, that it was• Sharp who, in the first instance, made inquiries about the house, and discovered the name of the landlord. Mr. BENNETT should remand the prisoners until Friday, and directed all parties to attend at that time. UNION-HALL.—Hoasa STRALlNG.—Yesterday, a man named Dwellings, was charged with horse-stealing. Mrs. Ludford, the landlady of the Two Giants public-house, in Bermondsey, said that about a fortnight since, whilst her husband lay on his death-bed, the prisoner called at their house, and hired the horse to go a short distance from 'town. He promised to return the next day, but she had not seen the horse since. When taken into custody, he admitted having hired the horse, but refused to give any account of the manner in which he had disposed of it.— He was remanded. MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL..--SEPT. 4. MONTHLY RETURN OF PATIENTS, From August 1 to Si. In-Patients admitted by letters , '7o Ditto, Accidents -114 Out-Patients admitted by letters 162 Ditto, Accidents 179 -341 In-Patients discharged Remaining in the Hospital Total ''' 455 . 138 1 6 2 MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY.—FRIDAY, Savr. 7.--(At the Court of Commissiowers, Basinghall-street.) Blakie, E., Oxford-street... 11 Bugbv, J., Pall-mall ll Boyce, G., Princes-street, Hopkins, W. Oxford ll Haymarket Brown, S., 01d-street Hooper and Co., Adam-st.,, yard Adelphi ll, COUNTRY DlARY.—Saruanay, SEPT. 8. Fewster, J. jun., Knaresborough—Office of Mr. Anderson, York lO Goodman, H., Kidderminster—White Hart, Hartlebury Robinson, E., Stokesley, Yorkshire—Office of Mr. Ander son, York ll INSOLVENT APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED, COUNTRY..—At the Quarter Sessions, at Brecon, Sept. 10, at Ten o'clock. Price, W., Llanvihangel, farmer In the course of last week, while a Welsh sloop was getting under weigh in Lynn roads, the mate and two of the crew were sent in the boat to heave out a kedge anchor, when the sea running high, and the anchor getting by some means entangled, the boat upset, and the mate was immediately drowned. One of the men . swarn to the sloop, and the other got hold of the side of the boat, which righted again full of water, and drifted with the tide, from the sloop. The sloop hung out a signal of dis tress, and the pilot sloop having come to . her assistance, made sail in quest of the drifting mariner, whom they found after a cruise of three or four hours, on a• sand-bank, with his head half buried in the sand, not far from the water's edge, and to all appearance dead. But on examination some signs of life were perceived, and the pilots humanely did all in iheirvosver tor•sirsw• wlaialitthey u!tlmapely ;;Weeted,ancChrong hiniTo Lynn, Where the Welch 1104 also returned.—Boston Gazette. On Tuesday last an inquest was held at Swim bridge, on the body of an aged man, named John Shap land, who terminated his existence in the following man ner :—Three weeks ago he attempted the fatal act, by first lacerating his arm with a design to bleed himself to death, and afterwards stabbing himself with a shoemaker's knife in the side. Contrary to all human expectation, by the application of medical aid those wounds were nearly healed, when, in the absence of his attendants, he inhu manly stripped off the plaister, and laid them open afresh. Failing by this means to accomplish his purpose, he con trived to get a hammer, with which he violently beat and bruised his forehead, from the veins of which the blood flowed so copiously as to exhaust his little remaining strength, and terminated his life on Monday last. From the time he first attempted this act of self-destrnction, his mind appeared to have been occupied solely on his money, the sight of which afforded him the only gratification he was capable of receiving.—Verdict, Lunacy.-.-Exeter Alfred. James, one of the malefactors executed at the Devon jail, last week, confessed that he had been concerned in twelve burglaries, to the amount of about 2,0001. viz., one at Tiverton, one at Frome, two' at Taunton, two adjoining Bath, one at Bath, and one near Wells—in all these he had but one companion ; .one at Bristol, in which two others besides himself were engaged, and three burgla ries at Bath, in which three companions assisted ; one of these last burglaries was that in the house of Miss Mason, from which they carried off plate to the value-of about 6001. His accomplice in the last named robbery was sen tenced to 14 years' transportation at the late Bridgewater Assizes.—Exeter Gazette. BIRTHS. On the 31st ult. at Edgebaston, near Birmingham, Warwickshire, the lady of Lieutenant W. J. King, of his Majesty's 69th Regiment, of a son. On the 15th ult. the lady of John Maxwell, Esq. of Houghton-hill, Huntingdon, of a still-born son. On the 2d inst. at Holmwood-cottage, near Dorking, the wife of Mr. John Lutwyche, of Skiver-street, of a daughter. • MARRIED. ...... On the 4th inst. at Edmonton Church, Edmund, eldest sou of Edmund Darby, Esq. of Aston, Herts, to Jane, daughter of John Carrick, Esq. of Southgate, Middlesex. On the sth inst. at St. John's, Hackney, by the Rev. Edward Irish, Mr. Henry Clarke, of Hackney, to Emma, second daughter of the late David Bagley, Esq. of the same place. On the sth inst. at St. Dionis Backchurch, London, by the Rev. John Quarrington, 8.D., W. Lockie, Esq. of Balham-terrace, to Margaret Isabella, fourth daughter of Mr. R. Stewart, of Philpot-lane. On the 4th inst, at Weedon, Northamptonshire, by the Rev. J. Hunt, Mr. John Rout, to Martha, only daughter of John Parker, Esq. of Weedon. On the sth inet. at Christ Church, by the Rev. William Goode, 8.A., Mr. Joseph Daw, carpet-manufacturer, only son of Joseph Daw, Esq. of Cheapside, to Ellen, second daughter of the late Joseph Ashmore, Esq. of the former place. On the sth inst. at St. Pancras Church, Mr. J. W. Robinson, of Peckham-rye, to Ann, daughter of the late William Lechie, Esq. of Surinam. At Bath, on the Ist inst. by the Rev. And. Edwards, Richard Venn Edwards, Esq. to Maria Eliza, daughter of John Armstrong, Esq. of Cavendish-place. DIED. and daughter the On the 19th tilt. at Stroud, Gloucestershire , aged 43, Elizabeth, th e w if e o f t h e R ev . John Burder, A.M. On tlie 2d inst.con d Ann ‘ iN v i a a r r d r i s ° t t , o ck, o Vicarf Poplar, ‘ o v f ife th o e f R 3 e i v r . of Ipplepen. On the 31st ult. at Hampstead, William Cleghorn, of Fig-tree -court, Temple, in his 81st year. On the 30th ult. at his house, Highbury, Mr. Richard Fennell, aged 47. On the 3d inst. at Liverpool, of a rapid decline, Miss Rosa Smithers, aged 24. On the 26th ult. at Ramsgate, in the 18th year of his age, Northing, third son of George Snowden, Esq. On the 4th inst. at his father's house, Islington, Fre derick, the sixth son of Mr. William Witherby, of Birchin lane, aged 28. On the Ist inst. at Lymington, aged nine, Sarah, second daughter of Mr. Michell, of Queen-square, Bloomsbury. At Cheltenham, on the 2d inst. in the 63d year of her age, Mary, relict of Thomas Beckley, Esq. of Lymington, Hants. ABUSES in the POLICE of the METROPOLIS. After all that has been said of the Bow-street police, and notwithstanding the high reputation of the officers of tl►e establishment, for pursuing thieves into their most secret holds, the neigh bourhood of Bow-street itself is one of the most dangerous in the whole metropolis. Every night the most revolting scenes of debauchery are re- presented, and robberies are committed there, and still no attempt is made to abate either the danger or the dissipation. To obtain an ade quate idea of the nightly occurrences in the des perate vicinity of Bow-street, it would be neces- sary for a stranger to visit it, under the protec tion of an officer (for the officer is admitted into all the flash houses at all hours) at different pe riods of the night. Immediately before the theatre doors are opened, a gang of thieves assemble at a public-house close to Drury-lane Theatre, and they simultaneously drop their pipes the instant notice is given, and issue forth to plunder the struggling crowd. As soon as the press is over, they return to their f , smoking crib," dispose of their plunder to the landlord, and enjoy them- selves until the performances are concluded. The signal for industry is then repeated : down go the pipes, and off the thieves scamper to levy fresh contributions upon the public. Their plans are arranged by such strict rules, and the beat of each is so accurately ascertained; that when a gentleman happens to miss his - wathit, and gives symptoms of liberality,—for rob beries are now-a-days difficult to be found out without the precursor of a reward, — he has only to say in what part of the househebe lieved the transfer to have taken place, and the " buzz" (pickpocket) can be in most cases found, and the property restored. The loser, at all events, will have the gratification of knowing from the officer whom he employs, that Jack such-a-body had " the thimble," whether it is ever recovered or not. Each of the thieves who thus by constant practice attain a wonderful degree of excellence in transferring watches, pocket-books, shawls, cloaks, handkerchiefs, &c., has what he calls his " pal" or " blowing," to assist him. This " pal" is a girl of the town, as great an adept as her " pal" in the art of prig ging. They sometimes come across a drunken man, and if the female can prevail upon the un fortunate fellow to accompany her to White-hart yard, or Swan-yard, or any other infamous place in which the most dangerous houses of accom modation are kept, a robbery is sure to take place, and fear of exposure is generally calcu lated upon as a security from punishment. At two or three o'clock in. the morning, the flash houses in this hopeful part of the town abound with buzzes, prigs, cracksmen (house-breakers,) and flash dragsmen (coachmen who associate with thieves, and occasionally lend a hand.) There are also to be seen sprinkled about the bars and parlours of the flash houses, watchmen, whose silence is purchased with gin. Those " terrors of the robber" have a little game of their own, but the thieves are never played upon by them. Gentlemen are their aim. If a well dressed man happens to pass along BoW-street, or any of the neighbouring streets, at a late hour, he must not be surprised at receiving a push from a watchman, and then being accused of a however, to tell him that if he behaves I.eret violent breach of the peace. It is necessary, fully to the'vvattchTrumi'Whcr - will not tsctUple to call him a thief, he may be allowed to depart upon a compromise of 55., and that if he r esists his watch, and purse, acid clothes, are in the greatest peril. Flash dragsmen--a very dan gerous sort of gentry—are to be found amongst the coachmen who ply at the corner of Charles street, Covent-garden, every night, ail stand in a crowd at that advantageous post. They are very fond of helping gentlemen into coaches, and paying themselves for their trouble, by " prigging ' a watch or a pocket-book : but their chief amusement is " hustling," an art in which they excel, as they have been known to push a gentleman from one to the other, without letting him fall to the ground, until he has been dispossessed of every thing valuable about him. Their efforts are of course generally confined to lushy coves" (drunken men), as the gentlemen of the whip on that beat have a sort of reputa tion to support, and will not countenance an at- tempt to rob a sober man, inasmuch as he has not been " disgracing himself " with too much " lush." It is as well known, that some of the flash-house keepers not unfrequently join in a little buzzing excursion themselves, as that they treat with contempt the Act of Parliament for the regulation of public-houses, by admitting per sons at all hours to drink and smoke in their houses. All this is well known to the Magis trates, who, however, manifest the greatest in difference upon every occasion on which com plaints are made. It is true, that the licence of one of these thieving dens is sometimes threat ened, and sometimes taken away ; but the in fluence of a large brewer never fails to restore it, and the same iniquity flourishes every night, al though for decency's sake the name of the proprietor may undergo a change. No in spector is appointed to visit the " cribs." The watchmen are the only superintendents, and they are always at the command of the landlord. The patrol will not interfere, for there is no ade quate remuneration upon the side of morals, and there is no order issued by their superiors. It is admitted universally by those best qualified to judge of the cause of the increase of crime, that houses of this description, and the houses of re ceivers of stolen goods, hold out the greatest en couragement to the perpetration of the most des perateand it is well known to the trs ; ates, that an effectual check can v begiven police il t al o agli' b sie both sorts of abominations. kin spactors, with good pay for the performance' of their duty, are appointed to examine and report the public-houses known to harbour the alien. doned, the " cribs" must be knocked up, and if, on"occasions of robbery, a reward was offered for the receiver instead of the thief, Petticoat lane, and Hounsditch, and Whitechapel, and the Jew-streets and alleys in the neighbourhood of the Strandwould no longer be places of refuge and barter for the prosperous ruffian. The prin cipal officers of the police are convinced of the efficacy of such a system , and that robberi es can not be checked without a determine d effort to spoil the busine ss of receivers. Th e gam bli pg , houses at the west end are to be put down, upon the a bove-mentioned plan for clearing flash houses. No respectable man, who saw an of ficer, prowling about th e ne i g hb our h oo d , wou ld venture to enter a h e ll. I n f act , t h ere i s no dreadful evil with w hi c h t h e metropolis abounds that is not c a p a bl e o f b e i ng grea tly abated, if thft magistrates w o uld b u t perform their duty. Pt IVITI) and Nauman by M• YOUNG ) 44 *s SIIN-OPVICA. Ifq7. ne ,StiVkik VICTt ►FIHE Alajest THURSDAY, to receive Te: supply to thi: MEAT, equ 10,000 Navy ensuing Seasc in Tierces, al His Majesty's Plymouth, an after be requi gay of Februi day of May, I out interest, .1 The Con& or by applyir Victualling a Customs at aid to the Si respectively. 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