The Sun. — London, England, 1834-04-10 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Mr. Robert Graham, who is now a candi date for the representation of Perthshire, has been appointed one of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, in the room of Ur. Kennedy, who has resigned office, and retired from Par liament, on account of infirm health. Scot land will thus have, as usual, a representative at the Treasury to attend to the fiscal business of that part of the United Kingdom. The Scotch liberal journals and private accounts from Perth shire supply the most favourable assurances of the present success of Mr. Graham's canvass, and afford the most gratifying prognostics of his ultimate triumph. Political parties all over Scotland, and particularly the electors of Perth shire itself, are fully alive to the importance of the contest, and to the extent of the influence which the decision must exercise on public opi nion. It may, in fact, be regarded as a trial of strength between two parties—two systems of government—two sets of political principles— on a great stage, and before an attentive country —deriving additional interest from the nature of the constituency, and the character or connec tions of the candidates. The constituency of Perthshire amounts now to nearly double of the whole constituency of Scotland before the pass ing of the Reform Bill ; but its varied admix ture of persons is more remarkable than its striking increase of numbers. It includes not only a curious proportion of very large and very small proprietors of wealthy farmers and of vil lage freeholders (orfeuars,) but nearly an equal number of Highland and Lowland members. It may thus be regarded as a fair specimen of the whole of the kingdom north of the Tweed. As the farmers entitled to vote hold universally their land on leases, they may be regarded as independent of their landlords, and capable of exercising their elective franchise without being influenced by threats of ejectment or promises of protection. Education is universally diffused among them, and has generally enabled them to . . form their own opinions of the claims for which their support is solicited. So qualified, and in such circumstances, we can scarcely doubt of the result of their choice, when we consider the principles and professions of the rival candi dates. Sir George Murray has been known in the Senate as well as in the field ; but, unfortu nately for his present objects, his last labours (as a legislator) were zealously directed against the Reform Bill—against . that very act which gave the constituency to whom he now addresses himself their title to his attentions. His occupa tion of a place in the Duke'of Wellington's Ca binet, however faithfully he may have discharged its official duties, can be no recommendation to electors who have expressed their dissent from the Duke's principles, and who have obtained their electdral rights only by the overthrow of the Duke's government. `The other candidate is less known in the history of the country, but is known to be an ardent friend of reform, and has engaged to support those liberal measures in which the principle of reform will be developed. Among his claims on the county, besides his personal respectability and talents, may be reckoned the services of his venerable relative, 1 Lord Lynedoch, who represented that county in four parliaments, and to whose estates within its limits he succeeds. But in a case like this the question of the relative merits of the candi dates is of less consequence than the character' of their avowed principles, provided these prin ciples be personified in honourable, able, and unexceptionable individuals. The real trial of strength must lie between the friends and the enemies of a reform government,—between those who would stop the progress of political improve ment and those who would give it an additional impulse,—in short, between the supporters and antagonists of liberal institutions and ex tended freedom. The freeholders of Perthshire saw this at the last general election, and there fore gave their zealous suffrages to Lord Ormelie, to the complete discomfiture of Sir George Murray, his opponent. The struggle was then more arduous, and the chances of failure for the liberal candidate more threatening, than at present. The county had been for a long time ruled by a Tory faction. Sir George Murray was the idol of this faction, while his eminent military services and his previous pos session of the representation were calculated to overawe some of his timid opponents. Now the charm is dissolved ; the Tory junta has been broken up; the county has been opened to liberal principles by the exertions of Lord Or melie and his friends ; and as Mr. Graham will have in his favour all the engines which wrought so powerfully for his noble predecessor, he may calculate on a similar issue. Nobody knows better than Sir G. Murray the influence of one victory in securing a second, provided the same vigilance, activity, and skill are em ployed by the victor. And it would, indeed, be disgraceful to the freeholders of Perthshire to allow themselves to be defeated by a Tory junta, who at the last election could not stand a second day's polling. If anything could add to that disgrace, it would be the fact that they sent to Parliament a representative who, as nominal or paper freehold member for their e.punty in the last Parliament, did all in his over to prevent them from enjoying those glecoral privileges which he has now the modesty to ask them to exert in his favour.— Times, It would seem as if the Queen Regent of I Spain were resolved to justify the salique law ; of succession, by making female government contemptible in the eyes of the Spaniards in the first experiment which has been made of Figeenship since the repeal of that law. The ,wetness of her policy all the world has seen. Her Oitical manifestoes, which disgusted the „Constitutionalists without conciliating the Car lists, showed a want of wisdom as well as of principle ; but her open violations of propriety and decorum are still worse. To few of the rulers of mankind has it pleased the Supreme Being to grant any considerable share of wis dom. But it does not require a very great reach of intellect to understand the value of decorum in those whose lot is cast in the high places of the earth, and upon whose conduct and behaviour the eyes of society are fixed. The Queen Regent of Spain, however, has not that portion of reflection and good sense which would prevent her from throwing away the moral advantages of character and good conduct, while her opponent, Don Carlos, has the reputation, notwithstanding his bigotry, of being one of the most estimable private cha racters in Spain. If the Queen Regent had shown herself more liberal in her policy, and less liberal in some other respects, she would done better. As it is, she is likely not only 4 ,;,:-: t t the small number of Spaniards that ....Zr . have d her cause, but even to en .".q;; 1 / 4 clan - -'S .‘ ughter's throne. The doubts . tr4l.- ' * 4kie iier, nents circulated respecting the le '--. if . 44 ,)), r child cannot but gain strength .... —. 1 ,. ... _...-,- ••,..-.__ , I;qt from her conduct, as publicly reported, since the death of Ferdinand. Our Madrid cor respondent says : " The Queen is young, and still in the freshness of her beauty, and many allowances are to be made for one educated in the Court of Naples, and so many years bound to a brute like the late King ; but it is not so much the breach of morality which the people here complain of as the want of decorum, and the public manifestations of preference given to her favourite. The unkind feeling is also in creased against her by its being generally un derstood that she is opposed to the progress of liberality, and all the delays attending the con vocation of the Cortes, and the full establish ment of the Urban Militia, are attributed to her. I know not how she has been received at Aranjuez, but it was found necessary to send for additional troops, which left Madrid on her requisition." We think that as the first female in whose favour the salique law has been put aside, and as a foreigner, she should have been extremely circumspect in her conduct. The im morality of the Duchess of Berri gave strength to the previous report of the illegitimacy of the Due de Bordeaux. So does the immorality of the Queen Regent of Spain prejudicially affect her daughter's title.—Morning Herald. From the following announcement in the Patriot of laSt night, it will appear that a meeting of representatives of the dissenting body from different parts of the kingdom will take place in the metropolis in the early part of the month of May next. There will thus be some thing like a general assembly in both parts of the island on the subject of ecclesiastical griev ances : " From the information conveyed to us from all quarters, we are prepared advisedly to state, that a mere public meeting of the dissenters of the metro polis is not likely to supersede, and could not answer the purpose of a general assembly, we do not say of commissioners, for no legislation is contemplated, but of representatives of the dissenting body from different parts of the kingdom. We are well aware that our friends in the country have long been ready to answer to the signal ; and we are assured that they will ap preciate the motives which have induced us to defer giving it, till the general feeling appeared to be ripe for the movement. Such a meeting appears to us, to be now indispensable, in order to ascer tain and to demonstrate to the public that unity of sentiment which, we are persuaded, pervades the great mass of the dissenters, and to defeat the base attempts that are made to divide them, or, if that cam not be done, to make them seem divided. We feel assured that our friends in the metropolis would feel greatly relieved and strengthened by the opportunity of concert with their country brethren ; and the early part of the month of May has been looked forward to as a convenient season for inviting them to such a confe rence. Before that period it will probably be found impracticable to make the necessary arrangements, but the present position of affairs, so deeply affecting the dissenters, renders it imperative that not a day should be lost. Should the call be made, we earnestly hope that the response will be unanimous." _ _ _ The same paper furnishes, under the head of "Dissenting Statistics," the relative number of churchmen and dissenters at Hull, of which the population, in 1831, was 54,110. In this great sea-port, the dissenters are only twice the number of churchmen, not thrice, as in Nottingham and some other places. The parish churches contain 4,300 sittings, and have an average attendance on Sundays of 2,400, little more than half the sittings. There are four chapels of ease maintained by voluntary contributions, having 5,500 sittings, with an average attendance of 4,000. The total of episcopalian churches and chapels, 9,800 sittings and 6,400 attendance. The non-conformists have 18,630 sittings, and 12,450 attendance. The children at Sunday schools of the church, 1,200 ; of the dissenters, 2,760. The regular communicants of the church, 768 ; of the dissenters, 4,663. An evening contemporary (The Sun) observes, with reference to the statement from Chichester— " We never doubted that in large towns the various sects of dissenters (including the Methodists) are more numerous than those who are in the regular habit -of attending the established churches. But we should like to know what provision is made in the dissenting chapels for those who cannot afford, or are not inclined, to take sittings in the chapels ? To them the churches are open ; and will it be maintained that the religious instruction the churches afford is of no advantage ? The truth is, that the mass of the people are not suffi ciently alive to the importance of public worship to incur heavy expenses for its support." These observations are plausible ; and we believe most people take nearly the same view of the subject, on first bestowing attention on it. We are not aware whether any provision is made in dissenting chapels for those who cannot af ford, or are not inclined, to take sittings in the chapels, though we suspect that the poor are never turned away merely because they are un able to pay. But the truth is, the mass " who are not sufficiently alive to the importance of public worship to pay for its support," have little taste for the established churches, which they hardly ever enter. The gay and the fa shionable frequent the churches ; the poor, who are not indifferent to religion, prefer paying for its support in Dissenting chapels, to having it for nothing in churches. It is everywhere nearly as in Hull, where, though the churches of the Establishment are only half filled, the Episcopalians, who are not indifferent to reli gion, support clergymen of their own on the voluntary principle. In Edinburgh, where the subject of attendance has been carefully in quired into, it was found that the poor do not avail themselves of gratuitous seats ; and the absurdity of building churches for the poor was proved by this, that the ex isting churches, in which there was plenty 'of room, were abandoned by them. In fact, it will be found that the great merit of the Dis senters and the Wesleyans is, that they have throughout the country, even to the most re mote villages of Cornwall, Devonshire, and Wales, drawn into chapels the poor and the abandoned. The poor man is ruined in his own estimation, and gradually becomes a re spectable member of society. A dissenting chapel soon reforms the neighbourhood where it is reared, and a school uniformly follows in its train. We know of no church so ill-adapted for the purposes of a community as the church of England. In the church of Rome there are means for keeping the parish clergy to their duty, and preventing their neglecting their flocks. Should the parish priest become lazy, a friar of some order instantly appears, and the people flock to him, and the priest's income is reduced by the loss of fees for confessions, &c. The dread of a competitor keeps the priest to his duty. In several parts of England, where there are no dissenting chapels, the constable . is made to aid the church, and drags the reluctant labourers from their houses. We have witnessed this within thirty miles of London, and within these ten years. The truth is, the heart must be reached ; and he who would find his way to the hearts of the poor must not address them in the cold and fashion ably elegant style of the preachers of the esta blishment. Before the preacher has made a couple of pages of his discourse, which is ill adapted for the labouring man, the latter is asleep. A better proof cannot be given of the want of vitality of the Church of England than the small way it makes in the United States, notwithstanding the protection of the Govern ment down to the American war. The Ameri can almanack for 1833 makes the Baptists 2,743,453, the Methodists 2,600,000, the Presbyterians 1,800,000, the Congregationalists 1,260,000, the Roman Catholics 800,000, and the Protestant Episcopal Church only 600,000, just 200,000 more than the German Lutherans. In Scotland, though three-fourths of the land are said to belong to Episcopalians, their num bers are only about 50,000. The Presbyterians l of the North of Ireland, by forming a compact body of about 800,000, may be said to have preserved the Protestant religion in the sister island. fn every country the poor are the many and the rich and fashionable are the few. The Church of England has attractions for the few ; but it will never have attractions for the many. —Morning Chronicle. The disgraceful outrages that have been per petrated in Brussels, under the immediate sur veillance of Leopold, have inspired a strong feeling of disgust and indignation. The fact is now openly admitted that, so weak and powerless is the tenure by which is held together the re volutionary monarchy of Belgium, that the existing authorities dare not attempt to quell riots and give protection to life and property, for fear the sovereignty of the people should again have its sway and endeavour to procure a new dynasty. This order of things must, doubtless, inspire great confidence in those per sons who have something to lose, and the ad mission will not be without its value to the fo reign residents of the Belgian capital. The examples of the species of security to be de rived from the revolutions of France and Belgium are not a little singular and coincident. At the period of the " glorious " struggles against existing institutions, and when the shout of triumph had been raised, we were told that everything was achieved, that happiness was to follow the establishment of new royalties, and the political benefits to accrue from ' the change were to be boundless. But four years have not yet elapsed, and he must be a bold man who can guarantee the existence of the sway of the reigning monarchs for any portion of time, however limited. A pretty stability when the most trivial enzeute either in Paris or Brussels may lead to a complete revolution within a few hours. In respect to the scenes of disorder which have occurred in Brussels, we again repeat that a more atrocious attack upon unoffending individuals was never witnessed in a civilized country. Nobody will be deceived by the false and hollow pretext set up that the riot was a spontaneous emanation a tif feeling against the Orangeists,merely because they thought pre per to prove that they would not participate in the ungrateful conduct pursued by the Exe cutive with the property of the King of the Netherlands. It was evidently got up by the Government, and all accounts agree in stating that Leopold was present at the scenes of de vastation, and never attempted to interfere. It is asserted that he was actually on two occa sions an eyewitness of the lawless and ferocious acts of the mob, and never exercised his royal authority to save the property of those who, whatever may be their political opinions, are called his subjects, and whom he was bound by his oath to protect. An Englishman has like wise been the victim of the attacks sanctioned by royal patronage and presence, and we shall be glad to learn that the British ambassador has at least done his duty, and that our country man may obtain the necessary compensation, which, in fact, ought to come from the pocket of Leopold himself, as the chief actor and con spirator throughout the affair.—Morning Post. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—TORY, APRIL 7. (Before Mr. Justice TAUNTON.) THORNTON V. SEED. This was an action to recover the price of a horse which had been sold by the defendant, who warranted him sound in wind, limbs, and eyes, and also to draw, and for which horse the plaintiff had paid. The jury, after having inspected the animal in the Castle-yard, returned with a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 301. STALEY AND OTHERS V. SKINNER. The plaintiffs were the assignees of a bankrupt named Bagshaw, and the object of the action was to recover the sum of 4001., which it was alleged the bankrupt had fraudulently paid to the defendant. On the part of the plaintiffs a Miss Stringer was called, who stated that she was sister-in-law to the bankrupt. On the 30th of November last she had exchanged for him a number of country notes for notes of the Bank of England and for sovereigns, to the amount of between 4001. and 5001. She then, at his request, accompanied him to the house of the defendant, at Holbeach, about fourteen miles from Sheffield, where she saw the bankrupt pay the defendant the sum of 4001., and give him two re ceipts for the money, in which it was expressed to be for the amount of two sums of money lent by the defendant to the plaintiff in the year 1829. The bankrupt and the defendant then went up stairs together and remained some time alone. Subse quently the bankrupt and the witness returned to Sheffield to his house, and on the 3d of December she accompanied him to Liverpool, where they went intending to sail for America. He was arrested there. Money amounting to 566/. was found upon him, and it was contended that the money paid to the defendant was paid in fraud of the rest of the creditors. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs. — Damages, 4001. The assizes are expected to terminate at an early hour to-morrow. WESTERN CIRCUIT.-TAUNTON, APRIL 7. (Before Mr. Justice BOSANQUET.) Sarah White, committed on the coroner's inquisi tion for killing John Sibley, by striking him with a gathering-hook on the 12th of August last, thereby inflicting a wound five inches deep, was to-day put on her trial. _ Sarah Burnet examined—Was in Easter-close on the 12th of August. Assisted Sarah White in ga thering. Sibley said I did not gather the wheat right. He said I had better learn to work while I was young. He did not speak to me in an angry manner. Sarah White said, " Never grumble with youngsters, you have children of your own, and you don't know what they may come to." He said " I don't grumble with her." He said his were very fine children. She said she had finer children than he ; that she had sons that would beat him for a so vereign. She then went on with her work. After that I saw Sibley strike her on the side of her head and knock off her bonnet and cap. She did not strike him or do anything to him before he struck her. Sh e th en s t r uck him with a hook like this , which she had in her hand, and which is used in gathering.--(Here a gathering-hook was produced.) She struck him three times ; first on the shoulder. Saw no blood then. She then struck him on the breast, then put on her bonnet and cap, and struck him again. She appeared very angry. She said a man ought to be ashamed to strike a woman. After she had struck him she appeared very sorry, parti cularly when she saw the blood. The deceased ap peared to be much injured. She left the hook in his breast. When he pulled it out, he stood for bout a minute and then fell down. Cross-examined by Mr. COCKBURNE—Had been good friends till they quarrelled about her (the wit ness). She did not strike him so hard as she might have done, except the last time. When she began to work again after the first words, he said, " Move on, or I'll cut your legs off." When he came to the end of the field I saw him strike her. _ _ The LEARNED JUDGE Summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter, when, in con sideration of the long imprisonment the prisoner had already undergone, she was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. TUESDAY, APRIL 8. Frederick Trezise, 18, and George Williants, 21, were indicted for assaulting and robbing Edward Loppage, of half a sovereign, and four shillings, his property. _ The jury found the prisoners Guilty. Judgment of death recorded. There has not been anything possessing the slight est public interest on the civil side. CHESTER ASSIZES. James Mason, a young man of ordinary appear ance, was indicted under the 9th George IV., cap. 31, sec. 13, for brutal ill treatment of one Hannah Woodward, at Marple, in this county, on the 16th of June, 1833, with intent to procure a miscarriage, she being then quick with child.' Her deposition was put in, and the portions of it which related to the.present offence were read : " I am 22 years of age, and reside with my father and. step-mother. About seven months ago I be came acquainted with Mason ; he visited me as my sweetheart, and I became pregnant by him. On Saturday, the 15th of June, I was taken by the overseer to Stockport; before the magistrates, to swear my settlement, and an order was granted for my removal from Marple to Matlock, and I was to have gone on the following Monday, the 17th. In the afternoon of Sunday, the 16th, I went out to tea at Samuel Martin's ; his daughter had invited me on the Friday. It was just as the people were going to church and chapel. On the Canal-bridge I saw James Mason among some of his companions. When I got near him he said, Here's my mistress coming.' He stopped me and laid hold of my shawl. I said, Leave loose of me, you dirty rascal.' I told him where I was going, and that if he did not let me go I would turn back. I attempted to turn back, but he would not let me. He said I must come with him, and he dragged me on. People were going to church, and being ashamed of being seen strug gling, I went with him along the canal side a little way. I attempted to turn back, but he dragged me onwards. I told him if he insulted me again, I would have him taken up. He said, Don't be such a stupid fool.' I said, You mean me no good, and I won't go with you another yard.' He dragged me on, and I shouted out for assistance. He took me round the waist and by the right arm, and dragged me into the wood, and threw me down (here follow the details of a struggle unfit to meet the public eye), but I struggled and got up. As soon as he got up, he twisted me round again by the waist and threw me down, and my head hit against something which stunned'me for some time. My strength was nearly gone, from the length of the struggle and the diffi culty of breathing, in consequence of his having stuffed a handkerchief into my mouth, to prevent me from calling out. At length he accomplished his purpose. When I came to myself, he said, " I don't care what thou sayest, I'll have my revenge." He then put his hands—(Here follow the details of the most brutal treatment.) He made me groan with pain, which was so great that I thought I should die under his hand. I told him I would get myself examined when I got back. He said he did not care a —, and said—(Here the prisoner used expressions of the most revolting nature, importing his wish that abortion might ensue.) My clothes were all wet through with blood. I made my way back as well as I could ;he came with me. When we got to the bridge where he first met me, he said, thee, go home and tell thy mother to put thee to bed ; thou art fit for nothing else ; I wish'— (Here the filthy expressions were again repeated.) There were several persons near the bridge. My mother was not at home, but when she came in I told her what had happened, and showed her my clothes, which were very bloody. My mother sent for the doctor, Mr. Hibbert, and he examined me. Several times during the last fortnight I have thought I should not get better ; and from the pain I now suffer, I fear that I shall not recover. This is the truth, as God is my Saviour ; and whether it affects his life or mine, I shall state no other." The greater part of this statement was corrobo rated by a boy named Francis Heron, who saw the parties in the wood together, Hannah Woodward, the stepmother of the woman, and by two other female witnesses. Mr. Hibbert, surgeon, described the nature of the injuries, and the immense hemorrhage that en sued ; but his evidence is unfit for publication. Mr. Wright, another surgeon, who subsequently attended her, deposed that it was only by the greatest care, and by keeping her constantly in a recumbent posture, that he succeeded in preventing premature labour. She went her full time, and was delivered of a live child on the 25th of August. She died (in the opinion of both the medical gen tlemen) of consumption, on the 14th of January fol lowing, accelerated, if not brought on, by the treat ment she had received. She made a declaration in articulo nzortis in sub stance the same as the above. No witnesses were called for the prisoner. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. Mr. Baron GURNEY then proceeded to pass sen tence in these words :—" Prisoner at the bar, un less the great Searcher of all hearts shall make some change in your nature, and in your heart, that nature is too callous, and that heart too deeply seared, for me to make any impression upon it by any thing I could say. The crime of which you have been convicted is one of the blackest and the most atrocious which it has been my misfortune ever to hear proved in a court of justice. Prepare to meet your God very.shortly ; it would be cruelty to society to show any mercy to you." His Lord ship then sentenced the prisoner to be executed in the usual terms, but without naming the day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday a well-dressed and well-educated female named Mullowney was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with having stolen a goose and a teal, in Leadenhall-market. Mrs. Mullowney had been walking through the market in the evening, with her eyes veering from stall to stall, as if she intended to make a bona fide purchase, and the butchers gave her many a pressing invitation "to buy?' After an unsatisfactory exa mination of the numerous birds, she cast her eyes upon a very fine goose, and taking a gin -bottle out of her pocket, she took a swig to enable her to put .her design into execution. She then began to feel the goose, and the moment the poulterer turned his head aside, she whipped it off by the neck, and pro ceeded several paces from the stall. Hearing, how ever, a sort of bustle behind her, she stopped, turned about, and exhibited the goose, as if she meant nothing wrong. It was then discovered that she had contrived to carry off a teal as companion to the goose. The poulterer saw that she was very tipsy, and did not wish to prosecute her, but thought that the least she ought to feel would be a night's lodging in the Compter and a lecture from the Lord Mayor. The Low) MAYOR—This is a very awkward business, Madam. Pray what have you to say about it ? Prisoner—Upon my word, my Lord, I meant nothing but to try the weight of the goose, to be able to tell a friend of mine in Bristol whether it would be more economical to buy geese in London or in Cork, where I am going. Mr. Hobler—But was it necessary to try the weight of the teal Ma'am, in order to ascertain the weight of the goose ?—(A laugh.) Prisoner—l _lon% know how it happened ; but they appeared to be twisted together in such a manner that the one followed the other. Mr. Hobler—l suppose the lady thought it was the young goose following the old one ? Prisoner— I had no intention to take it away, whatever may be thought of the act as it appeared to be. I did not, to my knowledge, move from the stall. The LORD MAYOR—No, I dare say the beverage you took interfered with your knowledge of what actually took place. I am, at all events, willing to believe so. Prisoner—My Lord, my husband is entitled to a large estate, which happens to be hea vily encumbered, and in the possession of a person who has no claim, and I am a great sufferer in con! sequence. The LORD MAYOR—And to reconcile yourself to the disappointment, you drink gin till it makes you act, if not like a fool, like something much worse ? Prisoner—What could I have done with the goose ? I was going off in the coach for Bristol this day, and from thence to Cork, and my object was nothing more than to decide between the Irish and the English geese. The LOAD MAYOR—You say you are going to Cork. Do you intend to return to London ? I see by a paper which has been found upon you that your seat is engaged in the Bristol coach. Prisoner. —I don't suppose it will be necessary, my Lord. The LORD MAYOR—I hope not, Madam ; for I can tell you, that if your propensity to the glass incites you to any more experiments to ascertain the comparative value of English and Irish geese, you may be sent to a greater distance. Prisoner—l thank you, my Lord, for your kindness, but upon my honour all I wanted to know was whether an English goose was a more valuable bird than an Irish one. The LORD MAYOR—I dare say you are satisfied, Madam, that there are plenty of geese in both coun tries.—Prisoner (curtseying)—l wish your Lord ship a very good morning. The LORD MAYOR—Good morning to you, Madam. I wish you a safe journey, and I sincerely hope, for the sake of the English geese, that you will never come back.—(Laughter.) MARYLEBONE. Mary Went . ys, a good-looking young woman, and Archibald M'lntyre, a journeyman tailor, were yes terday placed at the bar before Mr. Rawlinson for final examination, charged with having perpetrated an extensive robbery under the following aggravated circumstances : It appeared from the evidence that the husband of the female prisoner having been unsuccessful in business, was a short time back arrested and con signed to the Fleet Prison. His wife (the prisoner) being thus wholly destitute of support, sought and. readily obtained an asylum in the house of her brother, Mr. Thomas Williams, No. 7, Great Barlow-street, Manchester-square. On Tuesday week, Mr. Williams and his wife proceeded a little way into the country, leaving their sis ter, in whom they placed the most unbounded confi dence, in charge of the house. On their return home they found, greatly to their surprise, that she had eloped with the male prisoner, who lodged in the same house, carrying off with them a mahogany tea-caddy, containing four sovereigns, a quantity of valuable jewellery, consisting of rings, brooches, ear-rings, necklaces, &c., together with a silk cloak, gowns, coats, and various other articles of wearing apparel, not a single portable article of any value being left behind. After a vigilant search, the prisoners were apprehended by Mitchell (an active officer of this establishment) at a house in Totten ham-street, Tottenham-court-road, where they had been living as man and wife. Some of the property had .been pledged, but a great portion of it was found in the possession of the prisoners, as also 3/. ss. in money, and various duplicates. The female prisoner said that she alone was guilty of the rob bery.—They were both fully committed for trial. WORSHIP-STREET. Martha Pickard, William Gigg, William Thomas Pickard, George Drew, George Richardson, and Mary Elliot, who have already undergone several examinations before Mr. BROUGIITON upon various charges of robbery, were again brought up for final examination yesterday. The boy Ware, who it will be recollected was admitted as evidence for the crown, has during the late different examinations exposed such a system of robbery perpetrated by the prisoners as before was never heard of, or known to be planned by so small a gang. The following are the robberies for which the prisoners, with the exception of William Gigg, stand committed : _ 1. For breaking and entering the house of Richard Attenborough, in Crown-street, Shoreditch, and stealing from therein, in the night-time, a quantity of jewellery. The prisoner Martha Pickard was charged as the receiver,. she knowing the same to have been stolen. 2. With burglariously entering the house of Mr. Clark, in the county of Middlesex, and stealing from therein 36 waistcoats, and other property. . . . 3. Stealing from Mr. Emmerson, in Shoreditch, several gold watches and gold ear-rings. 4. Stealing several crape shawls from the shop of Mrs. Allen, in the Curtain-road. 5. Stealing a quantity of wearing apparel from no less than four shops in Shoreditch, belonging to Messrs. Goodburn, Mander, Steeport, and Emery. 6. Stealing shoes and boots from Mr. Jackson, in the city. 7. Stealing a gold watch, value 50/., from the shop of Mr. Conway Joyce, in Lombard-street. The woman, Martha- Pickard, behaved during the different examinations, and while the deposi tions were being taken down, so violently, by inter rupting the proceedings, that the Magistrate was compelled to have her locked up each time, in con sequence of which she was deprived of hearing part of the evidence against her. The Worthy Magistrate told the prisoners, that with the exception of William Gigg, he should com mit them all to Newgate. As respected Gigg, there was no doubt of his guilt, but as none of the valu able property found upon him had been identified, he was entitled 'to his discharge ; " but let this," said the magistrate, "be a caution to you. You have had a lucky escape." The remaining prisoners were all fully committed. THAMES POLICE. Yesterday two women of the town were brought before Mr. BALLANTINE, charged by a policeman of the K division with being drunk and disorderly, and creating a disturbance in Shadwell. The appearance of one of the prisoners excited the notice of everybody present. Her face was dreadfully biuised, and her eyes were blackened and swollen. The injuries appeared to be very recent. The policeman's evidence was, that the prisoners were creating a disturbance at a very late hour, and that, on commanding them to move on, they used the most horrible language, and their conduct was so violent that he was compelled to take them into custody. Mr. BALLANTINE asked the prisoner whose face was bruised how she met with the injuries ? The woman replied, that the policeman threw her on her face with great force and stunned her, and that he used her with very great violence. Mr. BALLANTINE—IS that so ? The policeman hesitated, and, on the question being repeated, admitted that he had pushed the woman on her face. Mr. BALLANTINE-Why did you not mention that before ? You were sworn to speak the whole truth. You have thrown the woman down to some purpose, for her face is in a 0 - Locking state. The policeman here muttered something in a low tone about " he could not help it." Mr. BALLANTINE directed the women to be taken out, and then addressing Mr. Young, the inspector of the K division, said, " I shall not commit those women at all, for I think there has been a great deal of roughness on the part of the policeman. The woman ought not to have been pushed down." The Inspector—Yes ; I think he has used great violence. Two young men of respectable appearance, named Henry Slilley and John King, were next placed at, R bar, charged with obstructing the same police an in the execution of his duty. The policeman—These two men were in com my with the two girls, and they obstructed Ine, id endeavoured to re scue them when I had hol d them. as falie. The fact was that they were returni The prisoners said the assertion of the policeni nne when the girls asked them to treat them wi quor, and more for a frolic than for anything else iey did so. On leaving the public-house th ey ere about to separate, and were bidding the girl iem all in a peremptory manner to go )od by, when the policeman came up, and order,ee me time throwing one of the females with g e e , ,olence on the ground. They begged of the Poit i c er ian not to ill-use the girl, on which he threw ,l hei ri her face a second time and stunned hen , i ,' ied profusely. They remonstrated with him on .e, i usage, and he collared them, and began to °;,. lem with great violence. They offered ek ed walto eely to the station-house, and they aPP,_ ie policeman himself if they attempted to ta ke risoners away. u iei The policeman said the prisoners did walk q ) the station-house. Mr. BALLANTINE investigated thecircunistani leged by the prisoner s,which he found to be ' ld ordered them to be instantly discharged . ten addressed the inspector, and said he had lis investigation in his presence, that he mig ht resent the violence used by the policeman` toii, ommissioners. He expected they would n° l on, at t a t is conduct, and if they did not, he s hould f ee ' is duty to interfere in another way. SOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Argil' e Ge org o e rge Hardy, mHard, .w h— wahsoophpaodseadsboy been know" Mr. Woo( it Messrs. Hathwait and Everest, brewer s ' romley ; by Messrs. Adams and Son, watch ' 1 afacturers, of St. John's-square, Clerkenwel l ,;; y Mr. Binyon, hardwareman, of Bell's-buill" . alisbury-square, in person. He was supPo rte ` Ir. Cooke. The insolvent had formerly taken the b ene6 , ie Insolvent Act, but it was upwards of fi ve 3 :;i 3 ;o. He had, in consequence, a locus stars ti, )urt on the present occasion. It aPP nce his last insolvency he had carried on a vsi l i F trades, and lived in many different places. ad dealt in beer, hats, shoes, watches, tui lbr ` it 'll, ld jewellery ; he had also been a licensed victu le debts in the schedule amounted to 1, 34 ; After full hearing of the case, the learned Co ‘:ti tissioner BOWEN said, the adjudication °I t i !ourt was, that he should not be entitled r , E 3nefit of the act until he should have beeiV l o . l b In eight calendar months from the date of 6° lll * tition at the suit of his opposing creditors, udulently contracting the debts due to theni' care _.e Per Quarter. Ando - ver. THE MARKETS. ET.—April 9. S. Walls End Tevionniareh.... ,11.1 Ditt o Northumberland ll Walls End Perking,,.."" Walls End %,.7 3 Walls End Adelaide Is Walls-End Ciordon.-..*, W. E South Durhain«. Walls End 'fees : 9 Walls End West Hetton ;6 Hartley Neville's 1 4 North Hart1ey.,:.,.......••••• 15 Walls End Walls End , ,n to; ‘L:1!-!/, last market-daY. 68 seo' e. to 38 Birmingham...—. Mrlilport. Cirencester Guildford Henley Hereford Highworth Nlaidenhead Reading ~,,......... Southampton Stroud rewkesbnry Uxbridge Wantage Warminster Windsor-- VVorcester----. pril H. eg j 5 12 0 to •" 2 4 0 1 1 1 10 0 0 / 9 10 0 0 10 0 he 0 0 Per the bar, charged with obstructing the same police- man in the execution of his duty. The policeman—These two men were in com - pany with the two girls, and they obstructed 1 and endeavoured to re scue them when I had hold of them. The prisoners said the assertion of the policeman was falie. The fact was that they were returning home when the girls asked them to treat them with liquor, and more for a froli c th an for anything with they did so. On le av i ng th e public-hous e t I.ey were about to separate, and wer e bidding thegifel,s good by, all wihnean peremptory e em po p li t c o e r m y up,a m n an ca n m er e togo a nd or e!; , ( 0 1 them on, et d "' at same time throwing one of the females with g i r i e c , violence on the ground. They begged of the Po lien man not to ill-use the girl, on which he threw , e ill bled n s a g e, and on her face a second time and stunned her. his profusely.heto _ii, collared They remonstrated them ,and with began him 0 o use them with great violence. They offered eked ic al to freely to the station-house, and they aPP his the policeman himself if th e y a tt em pted to take prisoners away. eti! The policeman said the prisoners did walk q ui to the station-house. tanc ° Mr. BALLANTINE inve s ti ga t e d the - circums to e, alleged by the prisoner s, w hi c h h e f ou nd to be f i e and ordered them to be instantly discharged. ,d, then addres se d th e i ns p ec t or , and said he bad to' re , this investigation in his presence, that he nlig ht t i l t present the violence used by the policeman to tic . Commis s i oners . H e expecte d t h ey would 11 1 - 1 his cond uc t, an d if t h ey did not, h e s h o uld fe e 1 his duty to interfere in another way. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, A rull' George Hardy, who had also been kn" ,1 1 ' 0 1), George MI - lardy, was opposed by M r . W° °- : , 4 for Messrs. Hathwait and Everest, brewer' , Bromley ; by Messrs. Adams and Son, watc h P1 , ' ,1 nufacturers, of St. John's-square, Clerkenvvell ;::ii. by Mr. Binyon, hardwareman, of Bell's-bull° Salisbury-square, in person. He was suPP° rte( Mr. Cooke. 6t The insolvent had formerly taken the b ene ,r , the Insolvent Act, but it was upwards of fiv e ),, ; i iil ago. He had, in consequence, a locus stan(",,f d t"' court on the present occasion. It aPPea - re r V` since his last insolvency he had carried on a va v. of trades, and lived in many different P laces. re llr had dealt in beer, hats, shoes, watches, um allO and jewellery ; he had also been a licensed victu The debts in the schedule amounted to 1, 3 ° 4 ( .0' After full hearing of the case, the learned 1 1 t be missioner B O W EN sa id, th e a dj u dication ° t 1 Court was, that he should not be entitled r , 1 :- benefit of the act until h e s h ou ld have beeo ul iii son eight calendar months from the date of 6 ° ll ' for petition at the suit of his opposing crediOrs' fraudulently contracting the debts due to theP THE MARKETS. • fiq• —. o .—. COAL MARKET.—ApriI 9. a ,r Per Tor,. s. d. Per Ton. „_, 17 kdair's .......- IC) 0 Walls End Newmarei- 1 7 '..,fees,-retroo 15 Hebburn Main ....—.......... 17 0 Ditto Northumberlan • 1 7 H.lywell Ord's Itedhugh ---....... 14 6 Lambton's Prion ~,,,.,.. 1, Picton ...-..—.............. 14 6 Walls End He t `, ° , , -.... ' Pontop Wind50r................ 15 0 Walls End 1..a , ..' - ' I4e'itte-n... 81 I antield -.... l6 0 W. E. Russell', Helton- °o , e p ic: di:a,: , j; West Hartley vrow.nonorewn• 15 6 Walls Ella Wylam —.- 17 0 Walls End Adelal ~,,, 1 7 WE. Bell, Robson, & Co. 17 6 Walls End tiordoti.-; ... 13 Walls End Bewicke ed Co. 18 9 W. E South Walls End 8r0wn'5.......... 17 0 I Walls End W.E. Clarke and Co-.... 16 6 Walls End W e s ,„,,,,.,+ i ', , Walls End G05f0rth......... 18 9 Ilartl .......•••-q;„.„,.... 14 Walls End Heaton-........ 19 6 Neville' ey s Vane' . 1 Walls End Hilda —, . 18 0 North Hartley ••••••"7 .___ ,,, „ 15 Walls End Hotspur... l7 9 Walls End E l g in,• Walls End Killingworth 17 9 - S Ships arrived since last market-daY. 68. —.....-- Tug VIIOS COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DIMINO T.— so , uats. ........•,/,,, . t / Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to . 5 .,; , 36 / i Abingd0n................ 62 81 31 ' 43 22 ''...... .... r Wheat. 1 Barley. 1 And0ver...........--- n i, ... Highworth 6 56 2 Birraingham..--... 56 58 30 40 16 , ~ Briaport M3 74 32 36. 26 0,1, 26 i s '.*-. ''''' 1 Cirencester 40 52 ...' An t•aringtlon......-,,.....„. 54 86 2 0 _ a ',.," 26 35 --- I 1 Guildford ...,.......„, 48 74 .' "" 20 30 i t Henley ~.....,., 54 83 30 . g 54 o Hereford . 84 68 32 42 .8 34 -- f 0 Maidenhead 66 69 :32 36 24 28 Monmouth-- Reading 40 66 22 36 14 26 ~,, 0 4 Salisbury, _ ....'' i ti Southampton 54 58 33 40 28 LI _. ,1 ti Stroud 30 38 .... 0 t, fewkesbury ......... 41 34 ~.,, „ 6 ... 4! Uxbridge 6 8 8 9 3 32 4 44 22 ' 30 30 , 11, Wantage...,..........-.. 58 80 27 32 17 ~.. 3 r i 4 Warminster.......... 48 56 25 29 21 N ... 21 ti 28 Worcester— 49 52 2.6 32 20 4 LEWES MARKET. —April 8. p„ n 15 o al White Wheat (per quarter)...........X2 12 0 to i' 9 1 0 ) 1 Red ditt0..........-............................,...... 24 0 1 11 6 8ar1ey.....,.,. llO 0 OIS 0 tl Oats, New ,.. 0 18 0 __ . :: , 2d $ , Pease - - ........ 110 0 000 - Oil Cake. New.... _ ................. 12 0 0 per 0° ,, , CHELTENHAM IARKET.--April 8 ' ( Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Per l b. • 01 3 , Wheat Barley 3 0 3 9 Mutton ....... .....'''.„ 7 Oats 2 6 3 3 Veal ............. ...•••••',. 6 , ' Beans ... Li Pease 5 0 7 0 Lamb .... .. 2 ....... ....11. c)l, Hay 3l. lOs to 3/. 15s. bd. Per " (1 ~,,, 2• a ti' DUMFRIES MARKETS.—APri I '' ''' io ' W a ri rat ... ,I d i; COAL MAR Per Ton. a. d. Adair's 16 0 Hebburn Main 17 0 FlAywell Ord's Bedbug!) 14 6 14 6 Pontop Windsor 15 0 I West Hartley 15 6 Wylam 17 0 WE. Bell, Hobson, & Co. 17 6 Walls End Bewicke & Co. 18 9 Walls End Brown's.....— 17 0 W.E. Clarke and C 0..... 16 6 Walls End G05f0rth......... 18 9 Walls End Heat0n........ 19 6 Walls End Hilda —,— 18 0 Walls End Hotspur 17 9 Walls End Killingworth 17 9 Ships arrived since OUN fRY CORN MARKETS OURINIr THE WgEl Oats. Wheat. Barley. s. to s. 62 81 50 61 56 58 56 74 40 52 54 86 48 74 3 M 64 68 62 SU 56 6 8 66 69 40 6 6 42 5 4 54 5 8 64 78 s. to 8. 31 43 24 28 so 40 32 36 21 26 20 40 ; 23 a 2 30 35 32 34 32 42 34 44 32 36 22 36 25 29 33 40 37 08 .. to S. 22 ° itj 74 58 80 48 56 2f 3 4 27 32 25 29 49 52 26 32 WES MAI ler quarter, RKET.-AI ),...-....X 2 1 --......- 2 LE White Wheat Red ditto Oats, New Pease.. Oil Cake. 12 ------ 1 - gi CHELTENHAM MA RKET.—AP r Per Bushel. a, d. to s. d. Per lb. • heat ... irley 3 0 3 9 Mutton ........ .. ....... its 2 6 3 3 Veal ............ .. .... ' 0 raps rase 5 0 7 0 Lamb .... _,... ... °lva. Hay 3l. lOs to 31. 15s. bd. be' -~ ~/ - , DUMFRIES MARKETS.—APr iI 9 ' s• . d iA Viric e. d. s.d. . 0 l,l C„ " Wheat, Imp. Bush... 5 9 to 6 0 Butter, 1605....• ********** 0 1 0 Barley .. ... t: '3 0 3 2 Eggi, 22 ................ S ~, (1 iii, t : Oats ......... ......... .... 2 3 2 9 Beef, per score .•.. ''.o •'.' e i i 14 +"t Flour, 141 b. ... " 0 s se ect Oatmeal 1 6 1 8 Veal ....... .. .......... Potatoes. cwt. e - .. ,k ing, tri tra MEETINGS OF CREDIT°II:6O AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL -51 " - Rivi c I: and —................ xvh (From the London Gazette .) l P 4 I TO-MORROW, APRIL 11. ,_ n ej,..'" ',.' l i avert J. H. Lemon, millwright, New-street, Whites mes s .) le ad;, T. Connell, coachmaker, John's-mews, Little Jal n tt gar" , G. Haynes, licensed victualler, Trinity-street, Sr i° .. ..". t ,' ; aces ) , J. Farmer, chemist, Putney ................................. ...•• • all Pi J. Cook, biscuit-baker, Narrow-street, Ratcliff. ..... ',.. t ;ce t ' il ' i giv e J. Thompson, common-brewer, Oki Montague' . to , 1 I of ~ Whitechapel ........................... . ........ - ................. J. Paynton, victualer, Covea-arsten-market, ...... • o r f ' DIVII)ENDS. ~ tree t ';" 1 or it , W. Richardson, merchant, Adam's-court, Bros..' ... ..• .„. 13 111, W. A. Clark, wine-merchant, Bishopsgate-street ' ... .." hi,' ot D. Mardeet, draper , Whitechapel-road .................. 12 : 140 11 , ' v A t', ' th ? 1„ 4. Bearc w ls ith al d w e a li y g s ht c a o ll mmand respec t : . c . o: d' t 1, 1 7: t 1 . , tahnedy on ar e o wlloourua slwornfidte:snnhiLbit arrival,ys i ,ei.e the.;:etea beard d o ae l nt d hht eim waswi nc e oh n iooinefd m o f f hsc ioa Woodman n h f Fs e liF i ced r rfeent o rratan :; e:e d sc. b o ri coa i t ! t :: , if :0 :: t l it ulit L it g rt : o u il i i"llr them.dressedoffi Capece r wc to o those among ~, p „ft I ~,t i e r , , but meeting with Commodore Collier a t do P h o i;V: tume. Being unequal to contend with„oi'vcr, r r,... ,i,e ,„ Ri t , powers, he yielded to the alternative 0 ' i f to " Po 1 4,14, beard, in preference to subjecting hinis e lea sur e ' Oi'' l i . ;:'; sequences of his superior officer's al o tiv e h t 11 , 4 t4i , l l li u ti it when he came back to Fernando Po, W e ...ig t Ilf turned from him with contempt, beli e ll i a ge l ‘ c . e l /i , could not have lost so dignified an aPP e' .........o.ooi Y,„. , °I to - r, ~, , , e , : tl,, . YQL, 4 1 having committed some crime. —Huhn as ro, • BIRTHS. , lobo fss4 t 9, i „' ' ° Ntr On the sth inst., at Bath, the lady of W. • ' , the Th a daughter. ere " ' l' c a d e Lisr r t, On the 6th inst., at Brougham-terrace , .„ope , / ,:l et i, of Mr. John Owen Thompson, of a dauf,shter. g o, r - iNt nap,l On the 9th inst., in New Cavendish-st reet ' . ,4 a son. ' , st Y 4 a h 0 r°'' ti t ' t" , i MARRIED. ,jo A te') i n 1 of fields' , dpi ot' On the 9th inst., at St. Giles's-in-th e- „ it , / o. p te Cl 4 (.; , rl 4 Eici., of Pleasley-hill, Notts, to Martha, W i ", t - t • al e ,P r e 'PC, thaniel Saunders, Esq., and eldest daught er -,, ~arl, Atl i , Stable, Esq., of Bedford-street, Bedford-s ou , 'l :te ° -i f th •se e r r s 01 . ' 11 41 1 ,7 Onithe 9th inst., Mr. Robert Marsh/001w De" I), e St. Paul, Deptford, Kent, to Miss Cha r ' , 131 i 1 i Gorr Veh„i t , I same place. ~,, oillN i ' to ga rY tie - Mm est, On the Bth inst., at St. Leonard's, ..,r-servieei it y,ce , 4, c h, Scott, Esq., Hon. East India CompanY l sq., At° , t . ' , r . , , , and .., Soanes, fourth slaughter of John Soa r eg ' ileln? s t)''' N n ' ! Mile-end. On the Bth inst., at Dartford, Ken" to S 3 f , r- , it ifor'' Ken t ' be Ito r • , I , 0 1 f o f t s • g" r iara _ 0, r Luttman Johnson, of Petworth, Susse x ',, of ,-- Jr' r, i t . second daughter of Thomas Broadley F"'" 8 " sift l te s. Go. ( tll' . e 9 de ' D./ED• „,.hard .-' 0 r, i.. On .. tlie 6th inst., at Norwich, Mrs.. - __ strode , „il tlf 14 '.' "le W t . e h' widow of the' late Lieut.-Colonel Chetbarr. d's-h u'l" o* oe 4 Y''' hill House, Somersetshire. sitepher ~. ye .._ lint N b' On t t h h e e 9th Bth in s t., at N B V p o e o ee d , Hou se, • i t , his age ,O w P g ' v i sex, John Bridge, Esq., of Ludgate- I ' bFir'ederick '' ~4 • 0 Be '''. rkst ,•, co untY• ri r" . ` p ,l v of () bi n s tMhaej2esdtyth'sstD,eipnuthyisL7ieouthtely-I:3nr,t: ?t elo t rner Re yna ' e , e eri Yorkshire. ii rr ol 114 in it Sunderlandwick and Hob-green, Inr y 0•• ..., T BO London : Printed and Published 17127strod. at the Sun Office, N°.