The Sun. — London, England, 1834-01-16 00:00:00

[ SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We see some of our contemporaries carping at the appointment of Lord Auckland to the Auditorship of the Exchequer . vacant by the death of Lord Grenville. There may be rea sons for disappointment being felt at this nomi nation, by some parties, who, as we have heard, entertained views of a very different character, and such as the country would certainly not have sanctioned ; but, in our opinion, the Govern ment has most wisely defeated these wishes, and by the appointment they have made, consulted at once the security of the public and the dictates of economy. The principal duties of Auditor of the Exchequer were discharged by Lord Grenville by deputy, under a special Act of Parliament passed for that purpose ; but at his death the power of appointing a deputy ceases, and the responsible duties of Auditor must be performed in person—duties which cannot re main undischarged for a single day. By a Report, however, of the Commission on Public Accounts, made in 1832, the whole establish ment of the Exchequer, with all its dog Latin and antiquated forms—with its numerous officers and their salaries, amounting to between 40 and 50,0001. a year—is recommended for abolition, and in its place the substitution of a simple office, at a public expense of not more than 5,0001. But to effect this an Act of Parlia ment is necessary, which, we understand, was prepared at the end of last Session, and will be, of course, submitted at the opening of the next. As a part of this new establishment, the Audi tor (or Comptroller, as he is called, we believe) is charged with the most responsible duties, and his salary is recommended to be fixed at 2,0001. a year, and accordingly the Treasury who are empowered by an Act passed in 1817 to regulate the salary of the person appointed after the de cease or resignation of the then Auditor Lord Grenville, have assigned to his successor this sa lary. Thus Lord Auckland will, even until the Act of Parliament regulating the whole establishment shall pass, only receive the same amount ofemolu-, ment as he will do afterwards, supposing the re commendation of the Commission to be adopted by Parliament. Nor is this all, for as we under stand, he does not relinquish the other offices he holds at the pleasure of the Crown, until the Act is passed, whilst but one salary is paid by the public for the whole—a saving equal to the whole amount of what Lord Grenville received is for the present made. Of course, when the establishment of the Exchequer is finally regu lated, the duties of Auditor, which are to check and control the executive Government, render ing the possession of any office under it incom patible with the discharge of such high func tions, Lord Auckland will cease to hold anv other.—Morning Chronicle. In reference to the sudden recall of the fleets of England and France from the Archipelago, the Morning Herald contained yesterday the following passage :—" The disgraceful retreat of the two fleets is attempted to be covered, by calling it a retiring into winter quarters ; but it was not necessary to sail so far as Toulon and Malta for that purpose ;—besides it was a very absurd thing to put the country to the expense of sending out considerable reinforcements to the Archipelago, merely to recall them." Last evening the Globe put into something like of ficial form the defence of Ministers, which we anticipated, by making the following announce ment :—" We think it right to remark, that the return of the British squadron in the Mediter ranean to the harbour of Malta, to remain there during the winter months, was not the conse quence of any remonstrance from the Porte, but was simply an arrangement made by the Ad. miralty upon naval grounds, and with a view to keep the squadron in a more complete state of efficiency." It is true our contemporary, who has often taken us to task for questioning the honourable intentions of the Russian Autocrat, or doubting the immediate settlement of the Belgic question, does not make this announce ment " from authority," but it is evident that he means it to be considered as official. As, however, an and a true state ment are not always convertible terms, we take the liberty of questioning the vera city of the above statement, even though it emanated from Downing-street, or was tele graphed from the Admiralty. We are far, indeed, from imputing this political fiction to the lively imagination of our contemporary, who possibly believes it himself, as we presume he did believe the numerous official announcements which he made, from authority, of the speedy settlement of the Belgico-Dutch question, in consequence of the removal of all the difficulties which stood in the way of a final and satisfactory arrangement. What truth there was in those repeated official declarations every body knows. Like the unfinished tower of Babel, the diplo matic edifice of the protocol.architects still stands —a monument of ambitious incapacity, and of much unavailing jargon, and confusion of tongues. When Lord Durham returned from that expen sive, pompous, and still unexplained mission to the Court of the Autocrat, which excited so much political curiosity at the time, the Government papers announced great things for Belgium and Poland as the happy result of his Lordship's ener getic remonstrances with the haughty Czar. Alas! the Poleshave been worse treated than ever, and the debt of gratitude which the Belgians owe the Noble Lord is, unhappily for them, the smallest debt they have got to pay. The same Journals, and i rriong them the Globe, expressed their doubts .of; the existence of the " secret treaty" between Turkey and Russia when we made it known. What confidence, then, can we place in official Or quasi-official statements from such quarters, when it is the interest of Government that truth should be concealed or misrepresented P In the present case we do not wonder that Ministers should be ashamed of the avowal of the truth. They have done that, of which, in the face of all England, they have reason to feel ashamed. They have made a show of resisting the ambi tion of Russia in the East, ainied, as it is, at the annihilation of our political influence and commercial connections in that part of the world. But an energetic remonstrance on the part of the Russianised Government of Turkey has frightened them from their purpose. They have copied the glorious example of that heroic personage whose immortal achievement is cele brated in the well-known couplet— " The King of France, with forty-thousand men, March'd up the bill and so—march'd down again." The conduct indeed of which Ministers have just been guilty is a further proof that the sove reignty of Europe is in the Autocrat, and the duty of vassalage belongs to England. What has happened with regard to the appointment of Sir Stratford Canning as Ambassador, is another instance of our political abasement at the foot stool of the Imperial Calmuc. We now tell the Treasury Journal that the return of the French and British squadrons was not " simply an ar rangement made by the Admiralty upon naval grounds." It would have been very simple of Sir James Graham not to know that our fleet need not sail out of the Archipelago to find commodious winter -quarters. We presume the naval ignorance of the Admiralty is not quite so great. We say the recall of both fleets was, as stated in the Austrian Observer•, the conse quence of « the energetic remonstrances of the Porte, which had the effect of obtaining the withdrawal of those squadrons, although they had of late been considerably reinforced."—Such policy courts contempt.—Morning Herald. The war in Portugal continues ; we cannot say it rages like a fever, but like a cancer, it eats, and if not at once subjected to some powerful remedy, it will destroy a kingdom which under various aspects, and from distant times, has been the most intimate and certain ally from which this country ever drew support to her political preponderance. Portugal, small as is her territory, and little numerous her (not unwarlike) people, has by her dependence on England, and willing connection with her, helped this Government to maintain the west of Europe in equipoise against the Bourbon influence, wield ing, though it has done, the mighty power of the French and Spanish monarchies. Spain has for ages coveted the reconquest of Portu gal. France, under the old Bourbons, gave ready countenance to the wish, which, if realized, was the only thing necessary to isolate Great Britain, and to leave her with out a single resting-place for her commerce or her squadrons between Plymouth and the Straits of Gibraltar. The treaties which have been so long in existence between England and Portugal, whereby, under given cases of danger from in vasion, the latter country was authorised to demand military and naval succour of the British Government, all had a view to that especial case of aggression upon Portugal by the House of Bourbon. It was under the recognized obligation of those treaties that Mr. Canning supplied within these few years, on the appli cation of the Regent acting in the name and on behalf of the present Queen of Portugal, a force of some 5,000 or 6,000 men to repel a real though disguised and treacherous invasion from the Spanish frontier. Had no such treaties ever existed, and no such casus fayleris been established, it becomes a question whether, con sidering the immense amount of British property vested in the Portuguese soil, and of British commerce, the security of which depended on the internal peace of Portugal, the Government of this country would not have been, by reason and equity, fully borne out in a vigorous inter position for the quelling of a disturbance which compromised such important national interests, and in setting an example for that subsequent interference on behalf of Greece, which, for want of such example, its authors were forced to justify on the bolder ground of general principles, since neither the sanction of treaty nor of precedent could he alleged in its defence. The circumstances attending the actual state of Portugal are curious. After an atrocious usurpation on the part of Miguel, backed by the monasteries, by a small portion of the nobility, anti by the gross and degraded boors throughout the kingdom—that is to say, by all the despotism, superstition, and ignorance of the nation—the friends of the Queen, under dis advantages incalculable,collected a force, of which the greater part were Portuguese, and attempted to reseat her on the throne. Donna Maria had been long since recognized by this country, and by the other States of Europe. Miguel himself swore allegiance to her as his Sove reign, and accepted the Regency in trust as her subject. The effort, then, for this resto ration of a Sovereign, whose rights were uni versally admitted six or seven years ago, has been stubbornly resisted by a Prince, to whose acknowledgment of the succession of his niece the King of England had been made a formal party. That man's treason was therefore an outrage upon the British Government. His war against the Sovereign, of whom he was the sworn delegate and subject, has been waged not only against her person, but against English commerce and property, both of which have grievously suffered from this unnatural and de structive contest ; so that the question has long since become a grave one, whether, if that con test were permitted to endure, Portugal would be left in a condition to fulfil the ends, either European or English, of her political and com mercial connexion with this country, and whe. tiler, in the sight of God and man, the King of England would not have been justified in making common cause with his harassed and perse cuted ally. But a fresh series of conse quences has arisen. The Queen has regained possession of her capital, and the recognition of her de facto sovereignty has been in the most formal and authentic mannerrenewed by this Government and others. Is Portugal, therefore, to derive no benefit from these events ? Is she to be reduced to a desert ? And is such to be the fruit of British alliance and protection ? A still further and more curious occurrence has taken place in Portugal. The Usurper has re ceived into the Portuguese territory a pretender to the Spanish Crown, contrary to the will of the lawful Queen of Portugal. In peril of her most serious interests, a foreign traitor has been sheltered within her dominions—not merely sheltered, but enabled to surround himself with troops—to assume an aspect of defiance and menace towards another ally of the British Go vernment, the lawful and acknowledged Queen of Spain—against whom this insurgent Carlos has organized, and directed from within the Portuguese frontier, a rebellion which has burst forth in several piovinces of her kingdom. Now this presence in Portugal of the Spanish Pre tender who has there established his head-quarters is a direct provocation on the part of his protector Miguel to the march of a Spanish army into Portugal. And is that a measure on which England ought to look with indifference ? Ought England, in common prudence, to en courage the precedent, or to permit the practice of foreign, above all of Spanish, operations upon the soil of Portugal ? Ought England to feel no jealousy on such a subject ? But there is more behind. Suppose the Government of the Queen of Portugal should demand in the name of the alliance between these countries military protection against that unprincipled Power— the Power of the Portuguese Usurper —who has by his reception and encouragement of the Spa nish Pretender justified an invasion of the Portuguese territory, and exposed the dominions of the Queen Donna Maria and her subjects to the positive danger of a foreign invasion. Would no casus fcederis be established in this instance, binding Great Britain to defend Portugal, as a whole, from the violation of her territory by a foreign army ? In the case of Mr. Canning's expedition there were many appearances to be arbitrarily (however justly) set aside, and many facts to be assumed. Here there are neither. Carlos has pitched his camp in Portugal. He openly communicates with and directs a large Spanish force in arms against the succession of the Infant Queen of Spain, and scattered over many of her provinces. This, we say, the Queen of Spain has a right to punish as an aggression committed by Donna Maria, Sovereign of Portugal, against her ; and for the sake of delivering herself from such a predicament, we aver that the Queen of Portugal has an undoubted right to call upon her ally the King of England, who, so long as there is reality in treaties, must feel himself bound by honour and good faith to grant her, without de lay, the required and stipulated succour. This is our sincere conviction upon a question of deep importance to the character and welfare of this great country—to the restoration of national prosperity in Portugal—and to the repose and confidence of every part of Europe.— Times. We consider Sir Stratford Canning, and we believe Sir Stratford Canning considers himself, to be a most ill-used person. The position of this diplomatist at the present moment is, to say the least of it, most extraordinary. To-day he is marked out as an object of envy to his pro fession and to every one, by the high honour conferred upon him by his Sovereign ; to-morrow he is looked upon as an object of pity to all the world, from the insult brought upon him by Lord Palmerston. To-day he is officially gazetted as the Ambassador from the King of England to the Court of Russia ; to-morrow it is publicly known that he will not be received at the Court to which he has been accredited. No attempt is made to deny this either upon the part of his friends or of himself. We stated some days back that Sir Stratford Canning had, in conse quence of his own knowledge of this fact, re signed his appointment. We have reason to think that we were premature in this announce ment, and that Sir S. Canning has not re signed his appointment, nor relieved his friends from their difficulty by so doing ; for this course, mast decidedly, would be the only way (if indeed there be any way) to withdraw Lord Palmerston from the ridiculous dilemma in which he stands. We are not surprised that Sir S. Canning should hesitate to do the Noble Lord this favour, considering the manner in which he has been treated by him. Sir S. Canning is held up, through the inconceivable imbecility of our Foreign Secretary, as a Mi nister who has made himself so odious by his conduct that a Sovereign in amity with this country refuses to receive him at his Court. Whatever cause the Emperor of Russia may have for this objection ; it was the bounden duty of Lord Palmerston, in the first instance, to take care that his Sovereign should not be placed in the position in which the King of England is placed at this moment, namely, of having hisgazetted Ambassador publicly rejected. In the second place, it was undoubtedly due to Sir S. Canning that he should have been made acquainted with the very plain hint given by the Russian Ambassador, at the time when the nomination about to be made was first notified to that functionary, and it would then have been for his judgment (if Lord Palmerston's was too obtuse to perceive the alternative) to consider, from this knowledge of his repute at the Court of Russia, if he would place his Sovereign and himself in the position so plainly presented by Prince Lieven. When Sir S. Canning saw himself gazetted, however ill he might have before felt that he stood with the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, he could not, of course, suppose that this step was taken in defiance of the very plainly-expressed disinclination of his Court, upon the part of the Russian Ambassador. No ; Lord Palmerston never mentions a syllable of what had taken place ; and Sir S. Canning is, doubtless, fully justified in feeling greatly irri tated at the insult thus so gratuitously brought upon him. Still we have no doubt that his feelings for himself are altogether secondary to those which he must entertain at the position in which his Sovereign is placed by this specimen of diplomacy. But a fate seems to hang over every thing in which Lord Palmerston is con• cerned. He promotes civil war in the country of one ally, by supplying troops to her ene mies, in defiance of the law of England. He destroys the commerce of another ally by taking her ships, in defiance of the law of nations. He sends the fleets of England to cannonade in the ports of Holland, when they should have been cruising in the Straits of the Dardanelles. We are negotiating a treaty of reciprocity with France, through Mr. Pou lett Thomson, while Russia is negotiating a treaty of reciprocity with the Porte, through Count Nesselrode. Lord Palmerston is writing long letters to our Vice-President in Paris, while Count Nesselrode is addressing short notes to our Ambassador at St. Petersburgh. Lord Pal merston attempts a modification of a tariff— Count Nesselrode effects possession of an em pire. Lord Palmerston tells Count Nesselrode that he will send a fleet to the Dardanelles— Count Nesselrode suggests that it would be better to send them to Malta. Lord Palmerston tells Prince Lieven that he will send Sir S. Canning to St. Petersburgh—Prince Lieven re plies that he might as well send him to Coventry. Lord Palmerston is an able negotiator ! Morning Post. On Sunday evening tile sth inst. the congre gation of St. Leonard's church, in Bridgnorth, were put to great consternation by the following circumstance. As the Rev. H. Dalton (who, it is said, acknowleeges him self to be of Mr. Irving's principles) was delivering his evening lecture, and near its conclusion, when all were paying the most minute attention to the discourse, a per son in the body of the church arose and in a loud voice exclaimed, " The Spirit ! the Spirit ! the Spirit is within —is within !" or words to this effect, as near as could be collected, which expressions were followed by a long deep groan. To convey an accurate idea of the confusion and uproar which ensued would be difficult ; females in every direction swooning away and being removed by their friends, whilst several individuals left the church in dis- gust, although exhorted to the contrary by their pastor. The name of the man who excited this uproar is Crad dock, residing at Wolverhampton ; be is by trade a wood turner, and is the same person who, a short time since, disturbed the congregation in a similar way, when appli cation was made to the Rev. John Storer, principal of cial, by the churchwardens, for his instructions how to act, and they received orders, upon a renewal of such conduct, to take the offending party before the Magistrates. In consequence of this advice, one of the churchwardens instantly proceeded to the pew where the person sat, but permitted him to remain there, in consequence of a gen tleman giving his undertaking for his appearance next morning before the Bailiffs. At the appointed time, Craddock, with the minister, attended, and upon being interrogated as to the cause of his disturbing the congre gation in such an unusual way, Craddock replied, "My mouth was opened by some unknown power within me, not t f my own." On a further question being put to him, as to whether he had premeditated such an occurrence, and done it with the intention of disturbing the congrega- tion, he said, " No, I had no idea or intention, a quarter of a minute before, of doing so, nor do I know how I did it, for I did not do it of myself." No proof having been given of any malicious intent of disturbing the congrega tion, the Magistrates were of opinion the case did not come under their jurisdiction, and be was recommended not to act in the same way in future, as it would subject him to be ejected from the church by any individual present.— ShrewsSitry Chronicle. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. An elderly man, named Boswell, was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged by Mr. Mayhew, M.P. for Colchester, under the following circumstances: — The complainant, who has chambers in Fen church-street-buildings, stated that at about six o'clock on the preceding evening his servant brought him in a petition for money, representing that the appeal was from a family in an awful state of dis tress. Complainant went to the door to see the man, being determined, if he should find that the circumstances detailed were correct, not only to re lieve the sufferers himself, but to obtain the assist ance of other gentlemen. No person, however, was at his door, but he saw at the opposite door the defendant, who in a few moments admitted that he had presented the petition. Complainant made an observation to him, upon which he said, " Do you mean to insult poverty ?" " No," replied the com plainant ; " on the contrary, I am desirous of being of service to you, if what you state is correct." The defendant then consented to go with com plainant, but upon reaching Leadenhall-street re sumed the conversation, and hoped the complainant would not give him in charge to a constable. After a few words more the defendant used some expres sions insinuating that he would bring an action against the complainant for false imprisonment, and was at once put into the custody of an officer. Com plainant then produced a heap of papers which belonged to the defendant. THE LORD MAYOR—What have you to say about this extraordinary proceeding of yours, Mr. Boswell? Defendant—l say that lam the author of all these papers, and that I was going to send them for the relief of a miserable and starving family. The case is one of the severest distress, and I applied to this gentleman for relief, which he would not give. The landlord has made seizure of all the goods in the house, and the greatest starvation follows. The LORD MAYOR —I shall remand you to see whether there is any truth in what you have stated. —Remanded. BOW-STREET. THE DEN IN CHARLES• STREET, DRHRY•LANE.— Yesterday the black man, named Henry Murphy, and his son, who were charged on Monday with keeping an infamous receptacle for children of both sexes, whom they decoyed away from their parents for the purpose of sending them out to beg and steal, were brought up for re-examination, and the office was greatly crowded by persons who had lost children, without being at all able to account for their absence. Davies, the constable of the F division, who took the prisoners into custody on Saturday, was in structed on Monday by Mr. Halls to find out a woman from whose shop some of the children, under the instruction of the young prisoner, had stolen some pork and ham and other articles, and bring her for ward to prosecute, in order that such miscreants might be brought to justice. The constable now said he had been unable to produce the woman, but admitted that he had made but little inquiry upon the subject. Mr. HALLS expressed his astonishment at this conduct, and said it was quite certain the constable had been asleep over the business, and was unfit to be intrusted with an inquiry of so much consequence to society. The woman who had been robbed lived in a street close by the infamous den kept by the prisoners, and yet the constable could not find her. The worthy Magistrate then directed Ellis, the officer of the establishment, to take the inquiry into his own hands, and use his utmost exertions to bring forward such evidence as would satisfy the ends of justice. Ellis then left the office with the necessary wit nesses, and the prisoners were remanded until Mon. day next. It was stated in the office by an inhabitant of Charles-street, that there could be no doubt from the observation of the neighbours that at least 200 children of both sexes had been turned into the streets, as thieves, prostitutes, and beggars, from the house kept by Murphy, within the last twelve months. MARY LEB ONE. HORSE STEALING.—John Cumberland and Thos. Cherry, were charged with stealing a black cart mare, the property of Kenrick Hickman, a farmer at Aldermaston, Berks.—Remanded till Friday. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—John Neighbour was charged with stealing a cloak, value 71. 7s. The prisoner was fully committed to Newgate for trial. Q UEEN-SQ UARE. DANDo THE SECOND.—Yesterday an aspirer for oyster-eating fame, and one who attempted to outdo the piscatory deeds of the celebrated and well known Dando of oyster-eating celebrity, was charged with devouring a large quantity of oysters at the. house of Mr. Stephen Amherst, shell-fish dealer in the Waterloo-road, and refusing to pay for the same, and also with destroying a quantity of the above mentioned luxuries in a most un-Dando-like manner, viz., by throwing about four dczen of opened oysters over a plate of rump-steaks, the greater part of which fell into the dirt. It appeared from the statement of Mr. Amherst that on the previous evening, about ten o'clock, the defendant entered his house, and called for some oysters and bread and butter. Several dozen were opened, which he devoured most voraciously. Mat ters were going on in this manner for some time, when he had some misgivings about payment, and he stopped opening any more oysters, at the nine time requesting payment for what he had devoured. The defendant then assumed the greatest conse quence, and in a voice of thunder exclaimed, " I am Dando the Second, and I will be - if I pay one farthing. Now that my character is known I desire that you will serve me with as many oysters as I may want, or I'll smash you." He (Mr. Amherst) desired him to leave his house and go about his bu siness, and he would forgive him what he owed ; but this was only making matters worse, for he swore he would not stir until he had more oysters. This being refused he swept all the oysters off the counter, broke a decanter, and upset several dozens of oysters which had just been opened for stewing. A policeman was called in, and he was given into custody. Witnesses were called who corroborated the above statement. During the time they were giving evi dence the defendant laughed most heartily. The defendant, in reply to the charge, said that his name was Mr. Horatio Nelson Ramsay. He was very drunk at the time, and had but a partial recol lection of what occurred. Mr. BURRELL ordered him to pay the amount of damage done, which amounted to 3s. Bd. The oysters devoured be made no order about, and the worthy Magistrate told him that he might think himself very lucky that he was not fined ss. for being drunk. HATTON-GARDEN. CHARGE OF POLYGAMY.—Yesterday John Stan field, a smart-looking man, about twenty-two years of age, attired in a fashionable suit of black, was charged by Ann Hattersley, a pretty-looking young Irish girl, with having intermarried with her, he having three other wives living. The prisoner was formerly a waiter at a celebrated eating-house in the City, when he paid his addresses to a young woman named Margaret Wren, whom he ultimately married ; and in a few months after their union he became tired of her, and proposed a separate maintenance of 10s. per week, which she accepted. It was eventually discovered that the prisoner had married another female, when he took the hint, and with the money which he had saved in his situation he thought it wise to start off to the country, and he proceeded to Dover, where he took lodgings at the principal inn, and lived in the style of a gentleman. Mr. Selby, the Vestry Clerk of Clerkenwell, at tended, and stated that they were not prepared with the necessary evidence, and the prisoner was re manded. Edward Steed, a fine-looking lad, about seven teen years of age, and Jane. Large, an elderly respectable-looking woman, were charged by Mr. Edward Seymour, copperplate-engraver, of Quality court, Chancery-lane, the former with having robbed him of 3121 b. weight of copper, and the latter with havin g received the same, knowing it to have been stolen. M lt r a . p N p a e n a g re le d s 'frporminethi p e a l e clerk n e t o e A o l f e s t s h r e s . p A r o ld s e e r e m u t a o n r Harmer and Flow er , atten d ed f or the prosecut i on. that the prisoner Steed was his apprentice, and, although the utmost confidenc e was reposed in him, it had been ascertained that he had b een i n t h e con stant habit of robbing him. He had frequently missed engraved plates worth from ten to fifteen guineas ; and having in the course of the last few days missed one, which he valued, of his own grand father, he began to suspect the prisoner Steed, whom he closely questioned, when he confessed that he had stolen and defaced many of the engraved plates, and had sold them to Mrs. Large at the rate of sixpence per pound, and that - during a com paratively short interval he had received no less than 81. I Is. sd. from her for the articles, and that in the course of the last week he had received 2/. I Is. Gd. On examination of his stock he missed 342 pounds of copper, most of which consisted originally of valued engravings on various subjects. Mr. I.Aura inquired what Mrs. Large was ? Mr. Seymour replied a coppersmith. Mr. LAING—And ought coppersmiths to know the value of such an engraved plate when it was defaced? Mr. Seymour—Certainly, your Worship. Mrs. Large has supplied me with copperplate for ten years past. _ . Mrs. Large denied any knowledge of their being stolen, and she admitted having bought them of the lad. This was confirmed by Mr. Seymour. Mr. LAING inquired what profit she would get if she were to sell them after buying them at 6d. per lb ? Mr. Seymour replied only 25., and seemed more inclined to punish the lad than proceed against Mrs. Large. Mr. LAING, however, remanded both prisoners until Monday next, and Mr. Nangle said he would cause further inquiries between this and then. A person asked Mr. LAING if he would allow bail to be received for Mrs. Large ; he replied, " No." UNION-HALL. GROSS OUTRAGE AND ASSAULT ON A LADY.— Yesterday Henry Vince, a linen-draper, residing at Stockwell; Thomas Collier, his shopman ; George Skinner, Mary Ann Vince, and Charlotte Fryer, were brought before Mr. MURRAY, and Mr. HAWES, M.P., charged with having assaulted Miss Caroline Amelia Newman, a maiden lady, residing at Clapham rise, under the following aggravated circumstances : Miss Newman, who appeared to be in an ex ceedingly delicate state of health, came to the office in her brother's carriage, accompanied by him, and also by Mrs. Newman, her sister-in-law. During the investigation Miss Newman was accornmodwed with a chair, in which she was obliged to be sup ported by her brother and his Lady while giving her evidence. Miss Newman stated as follows :—" I live at Clapham-rise, and on the afternoon of Thursday, the 9th instant, as I was passing the defendant Vince's shop, I saw some articles in the window, and went in to inquire the price and examine the quality. I had been in the shop on former occasion., and when I went in on the present I requested to be shown some lawn handkerchiefs, when Collier, the shopman, produced a piece of lawn, and upon my remarking that it was an inferior quality to that which I had previously seen, and added that they asked two prices, Collier immediately said, " What do you mean by that ?" I repeated the observation, and alluded to the circumstance of my having pur chased lawn at the same shop at a different price. It was then getting dusk, and as I was unwilling to make any purchase after what had taken place I left the shop for the purpose of getting home before it was dark. I had not, however, proceeded far when I heard somebody behind me, and at the same moment was tapped on the shoulder , when, on turning round, I saw it was Collier, the shopman, who then addiessed me, and said, " We have lost a piece of handkerchief from the shop." Surprised at the circumstance and the manner in which I was addressed, I said to him, " Upon my honour, I have not taken it ;" and he then said I must return with him to the shop, and in reply I expressed myself willing if it was necessary. The shopman Collier having said that I must return, and taken me by the arm, I consented. On the way back we were met by Vince and Skinner, the former of whom said, " We have lost a piece of lawn from the shop, and we suspect that you have taken it." When we got to the shop I was shown into an inner apartment, and there were present, Vince, Skinner, a policeman, and the two female defend ants. Vince then said, addressing me, " You must strip." When told that I must strip I said, " I shall not," and I offered, if necessary, to allow him to examine my muff, which I gave to the police man, then my bonnet, and then my cloak. Each of these articles having been examined, Vince said that I must undergo a further search, upon which I expressed my determination not to submit to be stripped in the presence of all in the room. Vince, before leaving the room, said, addressing Skinner, that it was he who had exhibited 'the lawn in the shop ; and the latter, in reply, said that he knew nothing about it. Vince also said, addressing me, " If you had not said that I charged two prices I should not have insisted on your being searched." I was then conducted up stairs to another room by Charlotte Fryer, the servant, and was soon joined by the other female defendant, who put her hand into the front of my gown, adding that I must strip off. I said if it was necessary that I should submit to the dis grace, I should do it myself; I t hen pulled off my dress, the arms of which, and other parts, were examined, to ascertain whether it contained the alleged stolen handkerchiefs. I then pulled my pockets off, which were examined, and also my petticoat, and when I said that surely it was unnecessary to undress any further, the defendant Mary Ann Vince said that it was, and I then unlaced my stays, which also under went a very scrupulous search in consequence of being padded." It further appeared by Miss Newman's evidence that even after she was divested of her stays the female defendants drew out her chimese from her person, and looked down before and behind, so rigid and exact were they in the per formance of the abominable examination to which the unfortunate lady was subjected on the occasion. When she was suffered to dress again she heard a voice at the outside of the door, which she believes to have been Vince's, say, " I don't accuse you of stealing the handkerchiefs, I only suspect you." She then said, addressing the female defendants, " You have now had an opportunity of seeing that I am innocent of the charge which was brought against me," upon which Charlotte Fryer, who is servant in Vince's employ, said, " Oh, but you might have dropped the property. Mr. MURRAY said that, after hearing the evi dence, he and his Hon. Colleague coincided in the opinion that the punishment they were impowered to inflict was not at all adequate to the offence. Therefore they had determined on sending the case before a Jury. The Magistrates then stated that they should call upon Vince to give bail himself in 1001. and find two sureties of 501. each, to answer the charge at the Sessions ; Collier, his shopman, to give bail and Skinner to the same6ol.,andfind a t m w o o u s n u t. Theretiesof two 3ol. femaleeach; defend rants were ordered to give bail, themselves in 201. each, and find two sureties of 101. each to an swer the charge. The complainant, after having given her testi mony,the pr v w a a , s e c r a e r e r m i e wherein t tie arms the m o ag f s l t t r e a r t e brother e i ( t i i e t d o after giving the above decision. They returned into the office, however, soon afterwards, and Mr. MURRAY, having alluded to the very aggravated nature of the assault on Miss Newman, said that in consequence of the delicate state of that lady's health, and the uncertainty that she would be enabled to attend the Sessions to prosecute, induced them (de HULL M A RKET.—Jan. 14. Wheat, Old —B. 40s. 50s. New —s. 445.465. Foreign —s. Ms. Ms. ln bond... —s. —s. —s. Oats, Poland —s. 18s. 20s. Old —s. —s. —r. Small or Feed.... —s. 16s. !Ss -..6. —s. ...8. Foreign —s. 16s. les —B. —B. —f3.. Barley, Norf. & Suf. ... —s. 288. 30s. Linc. & Wold —s. 25s 275. Foreign —s. —S. —e. Beans s 325. 345. Foreign Pease, White —s. 365. 425. Grey —s. 325. 345. Pares —B. —s —s. Foreign —B. ...i. ..5. Rapeseed, in bond none. Free, per last 261. 27/. Os. DUMFRIES M a. d. s.d. a. d. a. d Wheat, Imp. Bush... 5 9 to 6 9 Butter, I6oz 0 Btoo 9 Barley .• 2 9 3 0 Eggs, 22 0 0 1 0 Oats ......... ........... ... 2 0 2 3 Beef, per score 8 0 9 0 Flour, 141 b. Oatmeal 1 6 1 8 Ve a l 0 4 0 4 Potatoes, cwt. RKETS.—Jan. 8. Magistrates), although very much against their in clinations, to reverse their previous decision, and proceed summarily against the defendants. Each of the three male defendants was then fined 51. and in default of payment were adjudged to be com mitted for two months to gaol. The female de fendants were discharged at the particular request of Miss Newman, the Magistrates remarking that it was owing to their having acted under the directions of their employer that such lenity was extended to them. THE MARKETS. ET.—Jan. 15. Per Ton. s. 4. Walls End Killingworth 17 3 Ditto Northumberland.. 16 6 Walls End 16 0 Walls End Riddell's 18 6 Walls End Hetton 21 0 Walls End Springwell 14 0 Walls End Gordon --.. 18 0 Walls End Tees 19 0 Hartley 16 0 COAL MAR Per Ton. s. d. East Percy Holywell _ l6 6 i( a e n n t t i o e n ld 111746 60 Penfield.,.. 0 0r d' s Redhugh West Hartley l6 0 Walls End Bewicke & Co. 18 6 Walls End 8r0wn'5«,,....... 16 6 W.E. Clarke and Co. 14 6 Walls End Hilda 16 0 ShiPs arrived since Newhall '24 0 last market-day, 1. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Beans. r. to 2. 38 48 54 Wheat. 1--- Barley. Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. r. to s. 62 81 31 43 22 30 38 Andover. * 50 6 1 24 28 Birmingham_ 56 58 30 40 16 22 -- 48 Bridport 56 74 32 56 26 30 54 Cirencester 40 56 24 29 18 28 39 aringdon--__ 54 86 36 40 26 34 46 Guildford 48 7744 23 32 26 35 43 H enley— 54 83 30 35 20 30 -- 40 Hereford 64 68 32 34 22 28 46 Highworth 62 80 32 42 28 34 56 Maidenhead 56 68 34 44 22 30 36 37 66 68 32 36 24 28 42 Reading 40 66 22 36 14 26 k 6 42 54 26 29 20 24 36 54 Southampton 54 5 8 33 40 28 32 51 Stroud Tewkesbury 53 37 30 38 4 6 Uxbridge — 48 74 26 34 20 26 48 Wantage 58 80 27 32 17 23 34 44 Warminster 48 58 25 31 2 2 26 34 46 Windsor, — 59 2 1 22 43 Worcester 50 57 30 32 24 32 44 LEWES MARKET.—Jan. 14. White Wheat (per quarter)*.X2 10 oto 14 0 Red ditto 2 4 0 2 11 0 1 7 6 1 10 0 Oats, New 0 18 0 0 19 0 1 16 0 0 0 0 Oil Cake. New l2 10 0 per thousand. LEWES MA RKET.— White Wheat (per quarter)...X2 Red ditto Barley Oats, New Pease....w Oil Cake. New...—. CHELTENHAM M Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Wheat Barley 3 0 3 9 Oats 2 6 3 3 Beans Pease 5 0 7 0 Hay 3l. lOs A RKET.—Jan. 14. Pet lb. d. to d. Beef 6l 7 Mutton Veal Pork j Lamb 0 8 to 31. 15s. Od. per ton HAMBURG MARKETS. BORSEN HALLE, JAN. 16.—HALF-PAST Two, P.M.^ The supply of Wheat this week has been moderate. Holders demanded higher prices, but no business to any extent was transacted. Fur Rye some demand has mani fested itself. In other articles nothing doing. Rix-dollars. Wheat, Anhalt, white ----- red BO to 92 - Marks B2 to 92 - Mecklenburg -- Holstein - Lower Elbe 62 to 72 Rye, Upland 63 to 65 -- Mecklenburgh 59 to 61 . . - - Holstein Barley, Anhalt 5O to 52 - Mecklenburgh 36 to 39 - Lower Elbe 32 to 38 Oats, Mecklenburg 3O to 34 -- Lower Elbe 2O to 26 Malt, Pomeranian 36 to 38 Pease, Upland, yellow 55 to 82 Beans 4O to 48 Tares 52 to 64 Rapeseed 145 to 152 Ditto Cakes Linseed ditto lto to 115 FuNns,—There was but little business doing to-day. Prices manifested an inclination to give way. --•- - Discount 3 per Cent. Anglo-Danish Loan, three per cent End of January 706 , . ~. Anglo-Russian 9834 Russian Inscription, 5 per cent., 1820 924 Ditto, ditto, 1831 91% Ditto, ditto, 1832 9 1% Certificates 92 Polish Bonds ....... ..................... ... .......... Prussian Bonds, 1832 Austrian Bank Shares 1234 Ditto Metalliques 954 Ditto 4 per Cent...... B5 Spanish 3 per Cents. Ditto 4 per Cent 45 Dutch 2, per Cents. Ditto 5 per Cents 924 —Hamburg Reporter. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET. (From the London Gazette.) TO-MORROW, JAN.I7. T. Jordan, wine -merchant, Goodge-street, Tottenham court-road 2 at -- A. Gibson, grocer, Hign-street, Whitechapel 2 1! W. Brown, stone-mason, Suffolk-lane, Ca n n on-s t reet H. James, baker, Star-street, Edgware-road 2 11 T. Bishop, glover, Cheapside 2 1 g J. Garnett, hat-manufacturer, Chimell-street 1 1 W. Sharpe, insurance-broker, Threadneedle-street 1 10 M. ff• DIVIDENDS, NV. Short, cabinet-maker, Henrietta-street, Brunswick square at 10 S. tarter, surgeon, F,rnham it J. Jackson, jeweller, Old City Chambers l2 W. Roberts, merchant, Angel-court l2 J. Heath, linen-draper, Gosport BIRTHS. On the 14th inst., at Empingham Vicarage, Rutlandshire, the lady of the Rev. Lovick Cooper, of a son, still-born. On the 13th inst., the lady of E. de Pentheny, Esq., of a son. At Truro, the lady of the Rev. John Medley, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Helston, the lady of Arundel RogerS, Esq., of a daughter. On the 10th inst., at East Looe, the lady of the late Robert Grigg, Esq., of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at Penzance, the lady of Richard Pearce, Esq., of twill daughters. On the 6th inst., at Penzance, the wife of Captain J. Tre garthen, of a son. MARRIED. On the 13th inst., at All Saints, Southampton, R. G. Hub back, Esq., of Kensington, to Frances, third daughter of the late Lord Charles Beauchamp Kerr, and granddaughter to the late Marquis of Lothian. At Farley, Quintus Vivian, of the Bth Royal Irish Hussars, to Isabella Jane, third daughter of John Houlton, Esq., of Farley Castle, Somersetshire. _ . On the Sth inst., at Clifford, Herefordshire, Rev. Chas. Hard• wick; to Maria, third daughter of the late Thomas Wardell, Esq., and niece of Mrs. Higgins, of Middlewood. On the 7th inst., at St. Peter's Church, Carmarthen, the Rev. John Davies, of Swansea, Wesleyan Minister, to Mr& Rees, widow of the late Rev. Owen Rees, of Carmarthen, . . -....- ....- ..- . On the Bth inst., at Condover, the Rev. WillianTivans, 8.D., Rector of Shepstone.cum-Tidmington, Worcestershire , and late Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, to Katherine, onlf daughter of Thomas Parr, Esq., of Lythwood H a ll , S a l op . On the 7th inst. at Sutton Coldfield, James Johnstone, Mil , of the Square, Birmingham, to Marta Mary Payne, eldest daughter of Joseph Webster, Esq., of Pens. On the 9th inst., at Edgbaston, Mr. W. Ball, London, tO. Mary Ann, second datlghter of Mr. James Brown, Park-field* Edgbaston. _.., DIED. On the 14th inst., at Brighton, Mary, the wife of Thonlas Bish, Esq., M P. R K ec en to t , late Recei ver- G eneral for Berkshire. On On the 13th inst., Blackall Simonds, Esq., of Cava' th inst ., p ts hh l aeamwen,i the C 3 ry ina ye On H. t s pe q. l , l i i n er. h s e q r ua m re th , Byreoamr.pton, Harriet, Gad On the 14th inst., Robert Monypenny, Esq., of Merrington' in the 13th 1 13th inst., at Torquay, Devon, Frances, react O f Charles Pennington, Esq., M.D., late of Nottingham. On the 9th inst., Elizabeth, the wife of Benjamin Sevello Esq., of Bath. On the 13th inst., at Hampstead, James Fenton, Esq., in 80th year. 11, Esq., of Kennington, late of T I w n ne sh s te 7 r e 4 es t h tt b n w y Johna n r es , t7 eartA c w h a S bn e e e t; 0 ystwith, Mary Ann, the wife 0 John Hughes, Esq., Alltlwyd. At the Wayne, Clodock, Herefordshire, in her 72d Ye ll ? Mrs. Sarah Jenkins, widow of Mr. Samuel Jenkins, formerly brewer in Dbptiord. On the 4th inst., in Presteign, Mr. Richard Pollard, at 11$ advanced age of 82. On the 11th inst., Mr. John Morrison, of Westow Cott Norwood, in his 534 year. PRINTED AND pUBLIFIIED BY M U RDO YOUNG,ATO SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND] ~. F