The Sun. — London, England, 1827-10-31 00:00:00

1 r 1 `g' ~. • i r ~ (for their baleful influence unhappily prevails in our national councils), imagining as .usual, that all the wisdom of the world resides in their ca pacious heads, have done nothing to satisfy the just and reasonable expectations of the nation. It cannot be questioned for one moment that the Government is beset with difficulties, and that embarrassments not before thought of have lately arisen. Why not then call Parliament together —why not consult the general sense of the na tion—and then act with decision and effect ? Upon the ground of personal convenience, and still more so on that of public policy, such a course ought to be pursued. But no—the Whigs will not do so—they trust to something in the Chapter of Accidents which may turn up to make their crooked ways seem straight. We only hope the public interests may not be seri ously injured, and our character tarnished, in the mean time.—Morning Post. A Meeting of the British Catholics was yes terday held in the Freemasons' Tavern, of the proceedings at which our readers will find an account in this day's paper. From the outset the, proceedings assumed a very discordant cha racter. A Mr. French took an exception to a part of the Minutes of a late Meeting of the General Committee, approving of the conduct of Mr. Canning on Catholic affairs, and vio lently attacked the departed Statesman. This of course led to much warm altercation. Gene ral Meetings, in so large a place as this metro polis, of men, who possess little in common ex cept their religion and a wish to obtain a re moval of the civil disabilities to which it exposes them, are peculiarly liable to the occurrence of scenes like the one in question. A Meeting of the Friends of Reform will be attended, in ge neral, only by those who agree as to its expe diency, though they may differ as to the extent to which it ought to be carried. Wherever men are not influenced by loaves and fishes, there will, no doubt, be disputes and dissensions ; but still they are less likely to occur at a political meeting, strictly so called, than at a meeting of men of all sorts of political creeds, and agreed only as to their religious creed. Catholic, are Tories and Whigs, Aristocrats and Democrats, Liberals and Ultras, Moderate Reformers and Radical Reformers ; and though all these classes of politicians in the Catholic body may be de sirous of the removal of religious disabilities, it is hardly possible that they should not differ toto ado from each other, as to the mode in which the measure should be effected. The Radical Reformer, for instance, may imagine that the hostility to Catholic Emancipation is intimately connected with the abuses in Church and State, and that therefore it can only follow a Radical Reform. A Tory, again, may think that any addition to the influence of the people would only add to the strength of the opposition to Emancipation, and that it can only be carried through the favour of the Government. — Others, again, may deem the opinions of royalty on the question of most importance.' In short, opinion must be infinitely divided as to the best way of promoting the success of the cause. But not only are different individuals of different opi nions as to this point ; we have often seen a wa vering in the same individuals. Thus, for in stance, Mr. O'Connel, the most indefatigable and most influential of the organs of the Catho lics, has at one time placed his hope in Reform ; atinother, in the favour of a Monarch or a Mi nister. At one time religion seemed absorbed in intense political feeling ; at another, political in 'religious feeling. But a useful lesson may be derived from the view of this difficulty of har monizing the Catholics. Those who really ap prehend danger from opening the door of the • Constitution to Catholics, and admitting them to political p o wer, may see how little likelihood there is of Catholics agreeing on any common plan of operations, after the removal of disabili ties, when even the common desire to get rid of the disabilities cannot for a moment keep down their political dissensions. Were the disabili ties removed, the heterogeneous elements, now held together with such difficulty, would follow their natural affinities, and a Catholic Lord and Catholic Radical would hate each other as cordially as any other Lord and Radical. Again, Ministers may see from this a proof of the wis dom of the course recommended by Mr. Can ning, of legislating with regard only to views of national , policy, with regard to Catholic feeling, except in so far as attention to it might be subser vient to national policy. Of all ideas, the most visionary is that of conceiving the possibility of satisfying thetholics. To please all of them is impossible because • that which pleases one class would be sure to displease another. Be sides the Irish (and the Question of Emancipa tion is chiefly of importance with respect to them) are a nation of wranglers, and love dearly to cen sure and eall names. Mr. Birkbeck remarked, in his Notes respecting kmeriea, that where the French have settled any where in the United States the politeness and good nature of that na tion were observable to the tenth generation. It has been remarked, on the other hand, of Irishmen, in France and Spain, that they re main Frondeurs to the second and third generation. The epithets in Gil Bias of Hi bernian Geniuses, were as well understood in the days of Le Sage as they are now. With such a los e - o f speechifying and contradiction —with such a disposition 'to exaggerate—such a cordial hatred of candour and coolness of judgment, the result probably of a combination of causes, physical as well as moral, to produce unanimity in the Irish would be a miracle exceeding any ever wrought by Prince Hohenlohe. Ministers, however, are of operating any such mi. u nder no necessity ra d e . Let them adopt such measures as may allow a conscientious Catholic to place himself on a level with Protestants its the career of busi ness or ambition, and they need not alarm them selves respecting conse q uences. As to. the people of England, we certainly believe that there is a tolerable mass of prejudice yet enter tained by them, in many parts, respectin the g the Catholics ; and we c annot, therefore, go length of Mr. French, who, with a fervour of faith meritorious even in a Catholic, believes that Mr. Cobbett has succeeded in rooting out prejudices against Catholics, in all but Parsons and their creatures. This, we fear, would be giving a very extraordinary extension to the class of creatures, or a power to the eloquence of Mr. Cobbett, surpassing that of St. Francis, who, when an Ass came braying into the midst of an assembly which he was addressing, called out, Be quiet, brother Ass," and the Ass , w e are told, slu n k away with his head between his legs. The Ais which Mr. Cobbett has been address ing will stand proof, we fear, against many an admonition: But when did it yet happen, that the proposition of any change was received with universal approbation? Infact, all history bears witness to the cireu political, as well mstanee of as religious reforms, having uniformly effected through the instrumentality_ oft the been tel ! ligent and educated portion of th e community, against the will of the greatest part of the lower orders. All the writers of credit, for instance, of the period of the time of the Commonwealth, agree in stating that the Parliament had a mi nority in the Nobility and Gentry with them, and a minority of the body of the people. But they had every where the intelligent middle class—the men uninfluenced by others. Just so is it with the Catholics. All those whose opi- _ - !lions are worth a straw approve of Emancipa tion. The Barristers, the cleverest and most influential men of the country, are, as was proved by their petition, with very few exceptions, friendly to emancipation. In the large towns, where men's minds are sharpened by constant collision, emancipation is in favour. It i§ only in the remote towns, and among the tenantry and labourers, that the enemies to emancipation are chiefly to be found.—Morning Chronicle. It would appear from the French and German Papers that the Russians are about to assemble, or are assembling, a very large force on the fron tiers of Turkey. We long since said, that Eng land was reduced to this extremity, so far as respected the Greek and the Turkish question — or, perhaps, it ought to be called the Russian question—that Russia has said as much as this to England, if you do not separate Greece from Turkey, and make Greece an independent State, under the guarantee of Russia, or other Powers, we will. And we further believe, that Mr. Can ning, and the rest of the Cabinet, knowing the measures which were taking place on the part of Russia, to put her threats into execution, gave way to circumstances, and in order to ward off the direct blow aimed by Russia at the Peninsula of which Constantinople is the extreme point, agreed to join Russia and Frame in the Treaty of July 6. As we have all along said, the real enemy that we have to encounter in this Eastern piece of business, is Russia, not Turkey, and like all other weak States—we mean weak in comparison with Russia in a military respect—we have given way to circumstances which could not be avoided, preferring to go hand in hand with an enemy, as long as we could, rather than to op pose hiiii. There can be no doubt in our minds, that the Turks see the matter in the same point of view that we do, and that it is more than probable they will agree to set the Greek affair at rest under the auspices of France and England, in order to ward off the immediate blow of Russia. If Turkey, however, will not agree to such an arrangement, then, as we before have said, it is probable that the Three Powers will slice the greatest part of Greece between them, in which case Austria and the United States would come in for some of the leavings. Not that we think Greece would be of any use to any of the Powers for at least a century or two to come, except in a military or naval respect ; for we understand from those who have been residing in Greece, that it is a country almost ruined, so far as trade and commerce are concerned that its towns for the most part lie in the most deso' late state ; that the common class of people ap pear more miserable, and are worse off than the poorest people in Ireland, and that the richer classes are proverbial for their roguery. It is singular that the four greatest European Powers should have each taken such a fancy for pe ninsulas—we for that of Hindostan, the Rus sians for that, the extreme point of which is Constantinople, France for Spain and Portugal, and Austria for Italy. That Russia will even tually seize the Peninsula belonging to Constan tinople, there canner: be much doubt,, and if she pushes on at the same time towards Ispahan, our peninsula of Hindostan will be in no little danger, and all this while we are lending our money to Russia to enable her the sooner to do these things.--Morning Herald. A weekly contemporary has proposed certain alterations in respect to the mode of granting promotion to officers of the Marines. It would have the Colonelcies bestowed on such officers only ; it recommends the introduction of Second Lieutenancies, as in the Artillery, and that Lieu tenants of 15 years standing should be allowed to retire on the half-pay of Captains ; and lastly it proposes to allow exchanges or purchases into the Line by all Officers of Marines properly qualified. The Times of yesterday takes up the same question, and discovers that the present state of the Marine Officers is disgraceful to Great Britain. This is selon les regles, it being a rule with our contemporary that whatever is or has been in Great Britain must be "disgraceful. We cannot, for our parts, see that the conse quence of regulations which have been often held up as infinitely better than those in use in the Navy and Army should be so accounted. The regulations may he unwise, though neither the Sphynx nor the Times have attempted to show that they are : but if they had done so .con vincingly, where was the disgrace of adhering to rules which up to this moment have never been seriously impugned? There are three methods in the armed force of Great Britain by which promotion is regulated. In the Marines and in the Artillery, officers are promoted by seniority alone ; in the Navy, unless in the case of Post-Captains, by favour, obtained whether by eminent services, or by friends ; in the Line, by purchase and by favour, as in the Navy. At one period, in the Navy, a Midshipman might be made Lieutenant, Commander, and ,Post- Captain, in one day ; now a certain term of ser vice in each rank is requisite. The question which we are called on to determine before we advocate such modifications as those proposed by the Sphynx is, which of these three methods is best for the service and for the empire ; or is there any fourth mode superior to all of them. At first sight we should certainly say that the promotion of officers by seniority was the best. No man, whatever his pretensions, can, by such a method, step in to snatch his reward from the man who relies solely on his own personal me rits and services. The prospect of promotion in such a case is indeed distant, but it is sure. Increasing years bring, with them a slow but certain increase of comfort when comfort is most required, He that once enters in the Marines or Artillery has an heritage which ne cessarily improves by possession. Such are the advantages of the method of seniority. On the other hand, it must be confessed that it acts as a damper to enterprise. Men must be stimulat ed by something more solid than mere fame ; and, where nothing but applause is attainable, extraordinary exertion, unless among a few more sublimated spirits, is hardly to be expected. He who can sleep himself into a fortune will seldom be inclined to work himself into one.— Again — the seniority method is too slow. Men are old ere they rise ,to high offices ; and before they can be entrusted with the command of others are no longer capable of commanding themselves. To the method which obtains in the Navy the same objection does not apply ; and were it con sistent with the nature of things to afford to all officers an equal opportunity of obtaining distinc tion, and to promote none but those that had en joyed such opportunity and improved it, the plan would be perfect. But these are impossible conditions. Many bright and promising geniuses must be content to wither unknown and un noticed there as well as in other departments of life, and must owe their advancement not to what thethselves have done, but to that which, in a modern state of society, is not !Infrequently the best possession, notwithstanding the observa tion of the poet, the qu& non fecimus ipsi. Such then are the disadvantages attending a me thod in which length of service does every thing and favour nothing, and a method in which length of service does nothing and favour every thing ; including of course under the term fa vour, personal merit as well as the interest of friends. The third plan is a modification of the second. Much has been said on the impro priety of setting up commissions to sale, yet we do not know that any very substantial reason has ever been urged against the practice. It may occasionally happen that a poor and deserving officer is passed over by a rich and undeserving one, but this is an accident, not an essential of the plan. The thing sought is to obtain a power of an accessible character, which may balance the power of favour or interest, strictly so called, which, while men are men, must and will con tinue to operate in the Navy and Army as it does every where else. If any thing can be sub stituted for money that will produce the same effect, we should not oppose the substitution, but we must confess we have yet heard of none. With these sentiments it may be concluded, that were it our object to suggest alterations, we should prefer placing all the armed force of the kingdom on the same footing as the Line. This would, however, require great caution, and must of necessity be a work of time.—New Times. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—The parish-officers of Saint Stephen, Coleman-street, waited upon the Loan MAYOR upon a subject of considerable interest. They had with them a very pretty little girl, about nine years of age, whom they have been maintaining these two years at the parish expence, and to claim this child appeared an Irish woman, who seemed to think of nothing else in the world. The statement was to the following effect :—The Irish woman used to carry about the little girl in her arms in the utmost wretchedness, for the purpose of exciting com passion towards herself. She, however, thought proper, with the view of getting rid of an irksome responsibility, to take the child one day to tke Catholic Chapel, Moor fields, and leave her there. The child sat down on the steps, and waited in vain for her old companion, and was at length found by the parish officers in tears, not because she had lost an affectionate friend, but because she was hungry and alone. She was taken to the proper asylum, where she was treated with great tenderness by the direc tion of the parish officers, whose humanity the Lord Mayor did not forget to commend very highly, and appeared to be fully sensible of the kindness she experienced at their hands. She became the adopted child of the parish about two years ago, and the Irish woman never took the least trouble about her until it was reported that 500/. bad been bequeathed to her by some old gentleman who lately died. The Irish woman, as soon as she heard of this bequest, was seized with a sudden fondness for the girl, and ran with open arms to the parish officers, calling - upOn them to de liver up her child to her. The officers gave not the slightest credit to this unexpected story of the girl's parent.. age, and refused to place her under the controul of one whose affections are merely guided by avarice. They, however, bad what is called an ugly customer to deal with in the woman, who violently protested every where that they had robbed her of her child. Under these circum stances, the parish officers determined to submit the case to the Lord Mayor. The Irish woman stood at the bar, and was questioned by the Loan MAYOR, who asked her what proof she had that the girl was her child ?—She replied, " Arrah, then, didn't I suckle her—sure enough she is the babe of my body. Arn't you, Agrah ?" The little girl—No, no ; don't let her take me. Mr. Hobler—lt is probable that yoii did suckle her, bui you might have done that without being her mother. Tho little g irl ac. l 41..4 .I' e rememhored the women. and that the woman used to carry her about begging, and to use her cruelly. The LORD Mairoa was of opinion that the officers ought not to give up the child without very good proof that the woman who claimed her was the mother. Mr. Hoblor for some time questioned the women, who either could not or would not tell the name of the father, or of the child, or of the circumstances• of - the former. In fact, she appeared quite ignorant of any thing relating to the child, except that 500/. had been left to her. The Loan MAYOR advised the officers not to give up the child without some good authority. The woman then made a rush at the child, who drew back with terror from her. " Arrah, then give her to me," said she in a loud voice. The child, to whom, we were given to understand, the abovementioned sum has been bequeathed, was then taken away through the private room of the Mansion-house, and the woman walked off, declaring that she would have "her babby." BOW-STREET.—Belasco, the pugilist, was yesterday summoned by the young woman whom he accused of rob bing him of a Bank note, of which charge she was ac quitted the other day at the Old Bailey, the Jury having declared that they (lid not believe the prosecutor, to show cause why he detained the complainant's clothes, and other property belonging to her. The complainant was accompanied by her sister, a decent looking married woman, who after the acquittal of her sister went to the prosecutor's house for the purpose of demanding her clothes, but Belasco refused to give them up. Mr. Wontner, the Governor of Newgate, told her that if she found any difficulty in obtaining her property, to appear at this office. Sir R. BIRNIR had read a report in the papers of the trial at the Old Bailey, and as the Jury acquitted the pri soner, he could not see upon what grounds the prosecutor could attempt to detain her property. Belase° wished the Magistrate to believe that the girl was acquitted because he had held out an offer of mercy to her, to induce her to confess. The complainant's sister—No, your Worship, the Jury would not believe him upon his oath, and that is the reason she was acquitted. He is a bad man, and his house has been the total ruin of my poor sister We have friends, however, who will see us righted. Sir R. BIRNIE regretted that he had no power to com pel the defendant to give up the property. Her only re medy was by an action at law. Belasco persisted in declaring that lie would not give up the property, because he knew it was purchased with the money which he lost. The complainant might have her own clothes if she wished. Sir R BIRNIE advised the young woman to accede to this proposal. An information was laid against a man named Lambert, who keeps a coffee-shop exactly opposite to this office, for keeping his house open at unseasonable hours. The hear ing was appointed for an early hour of the day, but in consequence of the non-appearance of the informer, it was postponed, and finally dismissed, it being pretty generally understood that the informer was bribed to keep away. The magistrates of this office, however, and the parish authorities, having expressed their determination to a c t i n concert, measures will no doubt be speedily adopted to put down the night houses without the assistance of a common informer. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.—A Jew, who calls himself William Baker, known in the neighbourhood of Oxford street, where he has been accustomed to sell oran ges an d other fruit from a basket, under the name of Daly, was charged with committing a highway- robbery in Hyde Park on Monday night. Richard Luscombe, of No. 1, King-street, Park-street, Grosvenor-square, a servant out of place, stated, that on Monday night, about eight o'clock, as he was crossing the Park from the corner to Grosvenor -gate, the prisoner met him ; he afterwards came up to him as he was pas sing a dirty piece of the road, which had been cut up by gravel carts, and offered to show him a cleaner path ; the prosecutor refused to follow him, and then the prisoner snatched away an umbrella which the prosecutor had in his hand, and ran with it round the barracks of the Life Guards. The prosecutor followed, and when the prisoner had drawn him into an unfrequented spot, he turned round upon him, knocked him down with a blow of his fist, which for a time deprived him of his senses, and rob bed him ; for, when the prosecutor came to himself, be found both pockets of his trousers turned inside out, and missed a purse, which contained four sovereigns and a few shillings. The prosecutor being afraid .to follow the pr i s oner any further, told the keeper of Cumberland-gates what had happened, and requested him to dose them ; at that instant the prisoner came up and attempted to pass, the prosecutor seized him, he again knocked him down and ran away in the direction of Kensington-gardens ; he was pursued by the prosecutor and others, and two privates of the Coldstream Guards, who were coming in a different direction, bend the cry of " Stop thief," and secured him. Mr. GRIFFITH, the Magistrate said in all cases of high way robbery the prisoner ought always to be searched at the instant of his apprehension, particularly when the pro perty taken consisted of money, which cannot be identified ; and blamed the peace-officer into whose custody the soldiers immediately gave him; for not having done so in this instance. HATTON-GARDEN.,--John Bone, a gentleman con nected with the Stock Exchange, brought before the sitting Magistrates, Mr. Serjeant SELLON and Mr. LUNG, James Castree, driver of the hackney-coach 234, under an accu sation of having made an overcharge. Mr. Bone, on the night of the 25th inst., engaged the above coach at the King's Head, opposite to Tottenham court-road, to take him to Holloway. On their arriving in Percy-street, Holloway, the driver demanded 10s. as his legal fare. Mr. Bone tendered him Ss., which the driver peremptorily refused. " The man," raid Mr. Bone, " was too drunk to take any head of my remonstrance, and too stubborn to admit a refusal of his demand." Mr. Serjeant SELLON—What have you to say to this charge? Driver.—l can swear, your Worship, I never drove the gentleman at all; Such was the unequivocating answer of a man who, in truth, had been too drunk to drive himself, and conse quently was obliged to have a substitute. Mr. Serjeant SELLON—Can you recognize the com plainant ? Driver.---I never saw him till I waited on him at the Stock Exchange, in consequence of the summons I got. Here Mr. Bone said he had two gentlemen to prove that he acknowledged in their presence his having demanded and received the 10s. The Magistrates fined him 11. Os. 6d., that is, 10s. for the offence, Ss. 6d., the expence of a summons and warrant, and 2s. overcharge, which sum his master guaranteed the payment of. - - MARLBOROUGH-SiTREET.—A young man, named Thomas Todd, was charged with having assaulted a Mr. , Sharp, residing in Marshall-street, Golden-square, under circumstances of rather a novel description. It appeared from Mr. Sharp's statement, that he holds a confidential situation at Messrs. Hawkes and Mosley's, army accoutre ment-makers, in Piccadilly, and on the preceding evening he met the defendant at a shop in Silver-street, and from the distressing tale he related of his indigent circumstances, he was induced to offer him half his bed, and they accord ingly proceeded to his lodgings, and whilst he was in the devout performance of his religious duties, the defendant commenced a most violent attack upon him, by throwing a glass in his face, which cut his forehead severely ; and thinking that his intention was to commit murder, and then rob the house, he alarmed the lodgers, and the prisoner was secured.—The prisoner was ordered to give notice of bail. LAMBETH-STREET. —Sarah Turner, alias Mee Man, alias Farrant, was brought up for final examination on a charge of bigamy. On the last examination the pri soner was remanded in consequence . of no person being in attendance to identify her as the person who was described in the certificate. Her father would have been the best evidence on that occasion, but he could not be met with ; and Mr. Butler, the attorney, who appeared for the prose cution, called other witnesses. Mr. Scholey, the Parish Clerk of St. Paul, Shadwell, produced the register of marriage between Edward Meeehan and the prisoner, who then passed by the name of Sarah Turner. He could not, however, identify the parties. A conversation here ensued, which ended in the pri soner's being remanded for a week. THAMES POLICE-OFFICE.—Yesterday E. Jen kins, toll-keeper at the Poplar-gate to the Commercial-road Trust, was summoned before Mr. BALL/0411ln, the sitting Magistrate, to answer for having taken more toll than the law entitled him to take. A solicitor, who attended in behalf of the trustees of the tolls, said, that this question had, within the last twenty years, been twice litigated in that office, and on both oc casions it was decided in their favour. The Commercial Trust Act, 44 Geo. 111., cap. 37, sec. 25, entitled them to take a toll once in every day from all and every person or persons driving or attending with any carriage," &c., and also "so often in any one day as any coach or other like carriage travelling for hire shall pass." Its return loaded made no difference. They took the toll as they were en titled when vehicles passed unloaded, and as often as they repassed.—The charge was therefore dismissed. It was conjectured that the clause must be an oversight of the legislature. UNION-HALL.—Yesterday a number of ruffianly looking fellows were placed at the bar, charged on suspicion with having been concerned in committing divers robberies in Southwark. Maisey, an active night constable of St. George's, stated, that of late a number of the most daring robberies had been committed by a gang of thieves, who frequented a public house, called the Flying Horse, in Blackman-street. It was their practice to issue out of this house in gangs, and knock down and rob the passengers. In consequence of these depredations, Maisey proceeded to the Flying Horse on the preceding night, and knowing most of the company in the tap-room to be reputed thieves, he took the whole lot into custody. Mr. CitAstaxas—Well, what can I do with these men ? The Act specifically states that offenders must be " then and there committing felony." Maisey-1 am convinced they are all thieves, and that they are in the habit of rushing out of the house where I took them in custody on passengers. Mr. CHAMBERS directed Mr. Staples, the chief clerk, to make a minute of the Flying Horse in the publican's black book, in order that the house might be indicted as a nui sance.—The prisoners were then discharged. A man of colour, named James Clements, of Jamaica, a most eccentric-looking character, dressed up in the style of a modern European dandy, with , braided coat and fora ging-cap, with broad gold-lace, was placed at the bar, charged with being drunk and disorderly on the preceding night. The offence with which lie was charged having been proved, it was stated that the defendant had been imprisoned some time ago at Brixton, for felony. Mr. CHAMBERS asked him how he had earned a liveli- hood since he came out of prison ? Defendant—Your Worship, lam an artist now. Since I gave up keeping bad company, I make out the cause by taking people's like nesses. Mr. CHAMBERS inquired where he practised his profes sion ?—He was employed by the customers of sundry public-houses in Kent-street and that neighbourhood. Since his reformation, he had lived servant, with the Rev. Mr. Crosby, who, he had no doubt, would give an excellent character of him. The defendant having expressed his de termination of sticking to his " profession" for a livelihood, was then discharged. The gardener of Lady Stapleton, at Grey's Court, Oxon, lately cut a pumpkin, in her lady ship's garden, of the following dimensions ; Girth, five feet five inches ; length, from eye to strig, two feet seven inches and a half; weight ninety-five pounds. NOVEL EXPERIMENT.—BURYING ALIVE. —At Neustrelitz (Prussia), Mr. Counsellor Hesse, in order to prove an apparatus for pre venting injury to persons who may be buried alive, had himself buried two feet under ground in a close coffin, to which two tin tubes were at tached, one for breathing, and another for com municating with his assistants, by means of a bell. He remained two hours in this situation, and was disinterred in good health, except that he was very hot. The thermometer, which stood at twelve (Reaumur) outside, rose to nineteen in the coffin.—French Paper. CANAL EXCAVATION BY THE PLOUGH IN LIEU OF MANUAL LABOUR.—It is remarkable that England, which usually sets the example to all Europe in the application of machinery as a substitute for manual labour, should hare been anticipated by the small State of Wirtemberg. An extensive line of canal having been projected and sanctioned by the Government, an eminent engineer constructed a set of ploughs, of various forms, to suit the nature of the soil to be inter sected, which, by the aid of from eight to twelve horses, excavated the line of canal at less than a fourth of the price which would have been ex pended in manual labour. It is yet more wor thy of notice, that there could be no want of I hands, as this small kingdom possesses a greater population, in proportion to its extent, than any district in Europe. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, OCT. O. WINTER V. LORD ANSON. The question in this case . was, whether the vender of an estate retained a lieu upon it for part of the purchase-money which continued unpaid, under the following circumstances. One Moseley entered into a contract for the sale to Winter of certain lands upon specific terms. The contract was afterivards completed, and a conveyance made to Winter, in which the purchase, amounting to 1,4801. was stated to have been paid. This statement, however, was incorrect; only 4801. were actually paid, and 'the remaining 1,0001. was secured to the vender by the bond of the vendee, payable 12 months after the death of the vendee. Upon this arrangement the ' vendee was let into possession, which he continued to enjoy until 1817, when he became bankrupt: His assignees then sold the estate to Lord Anson, agree ing that he should retain in his hands 1,2001., part of the purchase-money, as an indemnity against any claim that might be made by the vender or his representatives. The vendee died, and the bond became payable; the assignees resisted the pay ment on the ground of the bankruptcy; and on behalf of the vender, it was alleged that the bankruptcy could not controul his lien on the estate. It was, his Lordship said, a general principle of equity, that a vender had a lien on the estate he sold for the amount of the purchase-money, or such part of it as remained unpaid. The plaintiff in this case had done nothing, as it appeared to him, to wave that right. There was nothing either in the transaction itself or in the instruments, which ought to deprive him of the payment of the purchase money, and the circumstance of his having agreed to postpone it until after the vendee's death did not alter this view of the case. His Lordship therefore decreed that the defendant, who stood in the shoes of the vendee, (and it was upon this point that he decided the case), should be decreed to pay the sum reserved. nq ILE CHAMBERS, A BAVERLIPT. Mr. HORNE appeared in support of a petition pre sented by De Begnis, of the Italian Theatre, who stated that he was a creditor under this commission, and that the assignees proposed to open the theatre on their own account. To this, as it would of ne cessity postpone the period at which a dividend might be declared, he objected. It was intended also, he understood, to open much earlier than usual, and therefore this application was made at the first opportunity that occurred. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought there was no reason for taking the petition out of its due course. He intended to proceed with the bankrupt petitions immediately. The present petition was, therefore, ordered to stand over. IN RR SUMMERSETT. Mr. ROSH applied for an order, that a second commission might be ordered in this matter, and di rected to other commissioners. The commissioners, before whom the matter had already been, thought there was not sufficient evidence of trading to justify them in adjudging the bankruptcy. The petitioning creditor was desirous of taking the opinion of other commissioners. The Counsel argued that a commis sion was a writ which any creditor had a right to sue out, and which this petitioner might do, but for an order of the Court, which directed as a matter of practice that the same creditor should not issue a second commission while a former one remained un disposed of. After some conversation with the Lord Chancellor, the second commission was di rected. It was reported that Sir Anthony Hart had se out this morning on his journey to Ireland. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, OCR. SO. BAGLEY V. R. DOWNIE, ESQ., }LP., AND OTHERS. This was an action in which the plaintiff sought to recover 1051. 15s. for his work and labour as a reporter for the British Press. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that of this sum 421. was for the arrears of salary, and 161. 10s. was for travelling expences, and the remainder, 45 guineas, was for salary, at five guineas a week, from the time when the paper was discontinued up to the termination of the year of the plaintiff's engagement, which was a yearly one. Mr. Robert Cannon was called, but Lord TEN TEIWKN said, that as there were so many defendants (there being no less than eleven), the moot proper course would be first to prove the proprietorship of all the defendants. Messrs. Cannon, Evans, and Haines, the publisher and editors of the paper, were accordingly examined on this point, arid proved, that Messrs. Downie, Bolton, Hoggart, M'Killup, Goodrich, Richard Winstanley, M'Donnell, and Sedgwick, (which two last had suffered judgment by default) were pro prietors, but that there was no evidence to show the proprietorship of James and John Strange Winstan ley, who were also defendants, upon which Lord TENTBRDEN directed the plaintiff to be called.—Nonsuit accordingly. [ln this case we were given to understand that an action had been brought in the first instance against three of the present defendants, who put in a plea of abatement, stating that they were jointly liable with the other defendants. The plea in abate ment must declare on oath the names of the other partners who are legally responsible, in common with the party making the declaration. The action is then brought agaiUst all the parties, but the plea in abatement being only proof against the individual making it, it devolves on the plaintiff to adduce evi dence that the other defendants are joint proprietors; and, consequently, legally responsible for the en gagements of the partnership. In the present case, the plaintiff failing in his attetx►pt to adduce legal evidence that John Strange Winstanley and .James Winstanley, whose names were necessarily included in the declaration, were proprietors of the, Journal in question, he was nonsuited.] BROWN V. RICHARD VAUL JODRBLL, ESQ. This was an action to recover 1261. for work and labour.—Verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages 1261. It AY L. WILLS AND ♦ERBELF. This was an action for tavern bill. Mr. TAL POURD opened the pleadings, and Mr. C. PHILLIPS stated the case. The plaintiff (Mr. Kay) was the proprietor of the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street, and was, as probably several o f the jury knew, a most respectable man. The defendant John Wilks, was also a person of whom the jury had probably heard before. When the debt was incurred, he and the other defendant, Mr. Verbeke, w ere i n partner ship together, in the business of attornies. In one of the various public schemes which Mr. Wilks's genius originated, the present action had also its origin ; for in order to celebrate either the birth or the anniversary of one of those schemes, the defen dants called upon the plaintiff an d or d ere d a dinner for 74gentlernen, in which they gave particular direc tions that no expense should be spared. In the plan for this dinner Mr. Wilks certainly struck out an original scheme, for he ordered pink cards to be prepared, and a map of the tables, with the places where the guests were to sit marked in numbers upon it, and to each guest, on his entrance, a ticket, with a corresponding number, was given; on pro ducing which, he was immediately shown to his seat, where he had nothing to do but to realize the scheme laid before him. The bill was certainly large; but when the Jury considered the order that was given, and when they were told what was placed upon the table, they would not deem it un reasonable. The dinner began with mock-turtle — there was a crusade of larks, and an innumerable quantity of other dishes, the whole ending with , a cabinet pudding, intended, no doubt, to represent the place where Mr. Wilke proposed that he should end his schemes. No less a quantity than 116 bottles of the best wines the Continent could pr:+- duce were drank upon the occasion, a band of music was in attendance, and .there was a superabundan4 of all delicacies. The dinner, as might be ex , pected, went off extremely well, and Mr. Wilks and all his guests left the tavern delighted ; tie pleasure of the latter, he hoped had experiencid no drawback, but Mr. Wilks's delight ceased wh l gn the day of reckoning %pie. Tho bill was deliver d, ' and a proposal made to pay by long bills, viPic, would fall due much about the time tha t the pre l Parliament would terminate; but the plaintiff, ing he had waited long enough , broug ht his actl in which Mr. Wilke pleaded that he was a Malty of Parliament, and ought not to be sued in t o same manner in which other attornies were U pay their debts. His plea was, however, overr,,j William Whitelock, the plaintiff's clerk, exalu", by Mr. TALFOURD, proved, that the defendant s i ca to the Albion, and ordered the dinner. Sevet one persons ' dined. Nothing was said a bout Ix peace, but the order was, that the dinner sbouldo, provided w ed a i s handsomest o nt n he ole2lstof January, mannerlr3o2s6.si bleihe dinner was 252/. 15s. st c The defendant's Counsel said a few words/ .which a verdict was taken by consent for the am" MERCHANT NAVAL SERVICE' We have seen a copy of a bill which is jut'esu to be brought into Parliament next session,:o l regulation of masters and seamen in the service. The following are the heads of •... , the many clauses it contains:— of Commissioners to be appointed by the' Council, for the examination of master marigNe No person to act as master of a vessel inn/ mined by the Commissioners and receive . 4 10 certificate that he is duly qualified to perfotol' duties. The Commissioners to be paid two guilloY each certificate, and a copy to be registereu Trinity House, and at the custom-house of th e where such certificate shall be given. '5O Any person acting as master without a cer ti to be subject to a fine not exceeding 500/., 116 - than 1001. Persons in command of vessels previouslt t° passing of the Act, and commanders in w e India service, not subject to such examination' certificate required. Seamen, within 24 hours' after entering uPt discharge of their duties, to enter into contrw iti o writing that they will serve, the contract ei the rate of wages to be paid, and the comrneneP" , and termination of the voyage. Seamen refusing, or without sufficient eau.. e l lecting to proceed on the voyage after sig ll l t ,o contract, or be absent from the ship 24 how% 0 g deemeddeserters; and if they desert abroa d, felt their wages. Seamen to be paid wages within seven days arrival. t if" Governors of Greenwi c h Hospital to apP O - - br sons at different ports to act as agents for seamen, for the recovery of their wages, at nual salary of 501. each, and not to receive 01 from seamen. THE MARKETS. A. 11.a...4 0 , ..... ......, A L., P C COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE V' • Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. 13esj:/ ....,- f• --._-- 1 —....• Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. 4 0 05 Boston— 39 52 26 36 16 24 5 / )1 Grantham ------ 45 60 29 36 22 3 . 48 40 IX Grinasby--.. .... .. .... 46 48 26 28 '22 2 5 il Horlicastle 42 43 26 30 18 2 2 40 (/) Hull ............—..--. 44 54 26 32 20 28 5 4 Lincoln Maidstone .......... 4B 62 30 37 22 25 4 0 )? Spilsby. 44 48 80 T 2 28 2 2 4 , 5tamf0rd.........,.....—.. 33 60 28 34 20 36 IRTS. I ExPOA TP 10'00 f ea4 _.2 1338 N-0 1330 19 '0 469 1,1'6 0 eti,g2l. COTTON WOOL, LIST OF IMPORTS AND MCP 131 PORTED. Same Pe. This riod last year. year. Bags, &c, 454,833 58,386 21,319 Bags, &c. Liverpool 686,892 London 65,361 Glasgow 56,163 Total exported in 1527 _ An explosion of gas took place on Fri the house of the Sieur Bernard, rile du Bei l k i lo' St. Honore, Paris. It was of such force oo le all the shop windows were broken, anti 10, things were burned. Fortunately a youlig g e who happened to b e in the sho p near the pipe, was not wounded. We understand that the Sheriff of Lilirt i t has pronounced a judgment on the se e°llu tion of the Presbytery, finding, in sub stanc Ti Mr. Greig being suspended, has no rigifit;el; exercise the functions of Minister of 1)3 in the Church—and that the public I s ' t p o there can only be performed under the sOc of the P r esbytery.—Caledonian MercurY• e ,! On Monday evening, a bricklayer, Swaile, who was employed by Mr. Wrifrici Great Barlow-street, Marylebone, to rel ) : t lie house in Grotto-passage, at the back 0 1 ,,J , police-office, fell from the scaffold to the gr_,,l l 4' a distance of 25 feet, and received very n ' 3 l , injury. He was taken to Middlesex I-losP' SINGULAR OCCURRENCE. , Ac. PH lA, OCT. 2.—The following singular tre e ' stance occurred at the fire in St';'Joll i vl rs 0 1 `' yesterday morning, at two o'clock. The ' - r es tion Hose Company finding the force 0' Nett. sufficient to play from the fire-plug withooeicez .aid of an engine, was using the water wi th ) plV` in the rear of the building, when the br 3lle 4 ion ,) was suddenly obstructed. Upon exaon-joelif living fish of the perch species, about 6v e . 11 1)0 ' long, was found to be the cause ; it is now session of one of the members. T his fis ' l l) lo ' have been propelled into the Fa ir Mount iot,' passed through the pipes, a nd frc" thence the hose, as above. BI RTH. • the lady o f YoY t On the 27th inst., at —Bight"' gee, Esq., of a daughter. 2,1A.11 MED. A. , t° ril On the 27th inst., James Ward, E sq ., B. Fritche, of Derby On t' t f ie 4 be s oth inst ., at Longliton, Essex, by ; Ca Robert Pope, B. W. Jennings, Esq., of Ductal," mons , to Diary Ann, third daughter of the late D r. ! ' Smith, of Maidstone. .1 0 :b g On the 27th inst., at Roinford. Essex, by the Ile' B ea rblock, Henry H ur ly, of Ilford, near L e wes , 01 4 c ounty of Sussex, E s q., to Louisa, second daughter„°l4, Rev. Henry Cox Mason, late rector of BerrnondSey, On the 24th inst., at Pusey, in the county of .1 36. 7. ! 3 Rev. J. H. Montagu Luxnioore, son of the IS ioop gow Asaph, to Elisabeth Bouverie, eldest daughte r of tbg Philip and Lady Lucy Pusey. f t. On the 27th inst., at St. George's, HanoverAtl-1' Mary Lieut. Rannie, 10 th Infantry, to C,onanerf °r " e ldest daughter of Mrs. Lee, of Bayswater. At St. Martin's Church, W. R. Tryer, third sc' t % co' Tryer, Esq., of Wirnhourne,lDorsetshire, to Sto:__ child of the late'Samuel Sherrin, Esq. DIED. de On the 30th instant, at Hughenden Church, bii,`ipcovo F. Vincent, the Rev. John Bonham, of Dunsbp, Po, shire, to Barbarina, third daughter Of John Norio/ Hughenden House, Buckinghamshire. e l, On the SOth inst., Mary, youngest child 0. th Hon. the Lord Mayor, in the 12th year of her ag'',oeof° On the 29th inst., at Chiswick, the infan t son o' 14" . W. Braude, Esq. C NW! r i ' e ye On the 29th inst., at his house, Beaufort -,e' iii t Mr. Thomas Long closed an active an d useful 1, 67th year of his age. Mar:. syt i 4 On the 16th inst., in Sloane-street , ag ed 14, -, rata Cnrteis, only daughter of Stewart Boone . ." i i, Invetesk, N. 8., Esq., and grand - da u g hter of P• av p teis, Esq., M.P. for Sussex. Ou the 23d inst., in Paris, in the 66th year ~i 1 : 1 1 , ° ,f 0 , , the Right Hon. Francis Earl of Newburgh. P, 5 1)' ship has left two sons and three daughters s urviv W e idt . 0 e bl and is succeeded in his titles and estates by ,to Thomas Viscount Kinnaird. His Lordship , cit tn ,o. title on the death of his cousin the late Earl, i n 1,9 p a ,,,, e ,D and PUBLISHED by M. YOUNG , 11 StN , OrriCit, No. 112, Strand. I )}1 I tEAb 'hgui l .1 4 li, J riex, Poig t t V4e dent 44C V ° o this . ani Po se to gre a t epdbecat pp 1 OD og tle e will h tiECTI