The Sun. — London, England, 1830-09-07 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We do not _apprehend that much more,* trans- Aired respecting the progresa or complexion of affairs in the Netherland!, than was communicated in our last publication. The pith of that intelligence, al ways provided it were true - ,.was, that the King had not given a decisive (and therefore not a satisfac tory) answer to the demands of the Commissioners front Brussels; •and, secondly, that a new demand had been forced upon the Prince of Orange, which had formed no part of the ostensible propositions put forth by the, patriots at an earlier period-- , namely, diet Vast, if not - inauspicious desire, for a dissolution of the incorporating; union of the two countries, and the establishment of a Federal Government in its place. Taking all the circumstances of Holland and the Netherlands into account, the unfortunate opposition of feeling at least, if not of interest, which has long prevailed between theM, and which has rather been strengthened than conciliated by their compulsory marriage,—the exasperation of the Netherlanders .at the increase of. taxes, whether great or small, entailed upon them as the first fruit of their subjection to the Dutch King,—the injury o a large class of their manufacturers, produced by the exclusion of their wares from the French market,—and the two important incongruities, that of religion, which has separated them, and of language, which • goes far to disable them from re-uniting es—with, we say, all these serious grounds of alienation, there. does appear to us nothing un mound, though at the same time We greatly regret it, in the solicitude pid—with what truth we know nots—to'have been displayed by the Flem ings far a less intimate incorporation with a race of men to them obnoxious. But if—what do we not wish to see—such an event should occur, how will the Allied Powers contemplate the change ? The " settlement of Europe," the everlasting set tlement of Europe 1 how will its authors face this second outrage on the immortality of that mighty work ? To be sure, the backbone of the " settle ment" was broken, when the successor of Louis XVIII. was ousted from the land of his divine-right succession; but that was a different sort of wound from this, which threatens the Belgic throne.. The restorative properties of the Congress of 1815 were discovered to'be powerless, save only (and that but for a moment) over the materiel of the French ma narchy. The spirit of that monarchy could not be reanimated. It had consisted in a sympathy—un definable, perhaps, and irregular—between the Prince and people, which, down to the year 1785 or .1780, had sufficed to hold together the antiquated machine; but to sympathy antipathy sueeeeded, and produced the revolution ; and since the revolution the people of France had been moving onwards, while the family of their old rulers stood obdurately still. The nation hail outstripped the Court ; and the Allies of 1815, who could neither force the French people to retrograde, nor the House of Bourbon to advance in knowledge, made sad patch work of the restoration, which fell to pieces after 15 years. But it seems as if the creative power of the Allies was reserved for equal misfortune with the restorative, Though reinforced by a sensible and honourable man for sovereign, in the person of the then Prince of Orange, the great courts of Europe failed here also, by meditating only the relations in which the new kingdom of the Netherlands was to stand to other countries, and forgetting the relations which the parts of the new monarchy were to ex hibit towards each other. Mire there was as little sympathy between Rolland and the Netherlands, as in France between the crown and people. So we see a possible termination to the artificial monarchy which the Castlereaghs of that time created, as we have seen already the death by paralysis of the worn-out monarchy which it had cost them 25 years to restore. The great Courts of Europe then, we fear, if the King of the Netherlands should listen favourably to the demands of his people, may tell him it is an illegitimate example, and must not be shown' to mankind. Should a federative connexion be granted to the Belgians, will not Prussia anticipate a similar necessity, some day, for yielding to the demands of her Rhenish subjects, and giving them a representative constitution, with a separate government and tune ? Poland has, indeed, the shadow ofan independent state; but if Belgium, by bully ing, - gains the substance, why should net Poland likewise ? Se, in case of the Prince of Orange on his return reporting to the people of Brussels that the King has acceded to their wishes, how, we beg to ask, are the taxes to be distributed ? Will the Flemings continue voluntarily to pay the interest of the large debts of Holland ? or can they, by any exercise of their volition, compel France to admit their goods across her frontier ? The grievances, therefore,--the main grievances we imagine,—which have really pressed upon the spirits of these Belgians, mutt remain unmitigated, notwithstanding their sacrifice to the proud theory of independence should have been accepted, though it is probable that the anger and distrust of neighbouring States would throw embarrassments in the King's way, too power. ful to be overcome by any wish on his part to in dulge the solicitations of his subjects for a division of the realm. The only other alternative which presents itself being to reject the proposition with which the Prince of Orange is said to have charged himself, every body who has watched the course of the insurrection may judge what must he.the come quence.of bomb a determination in the King,—it civil war, of which no man can see the result. It is right, therefore, that allowances should be made for the great and numerous difficulties which beset the ques tion, and that men's minds should be prepared (though we trust in God they will be disappointed) for the contingency of it prolonged and painful struggle. The march of foreign troops to elitist either party, we deprecate es the most dreadful of ell expedients; for sure we ate, that in such a case there is not a power of the first or second order in Europe whose troops would not soon be in the field, We publish a letter to-day, signed " A Man," against the " Morgue Aristocratique" of the ancient French nobility, anti descriptive of its fatal conse quences. Our correspondent writes with a little of Morgue Democratique, but still his communication at this time deserves attention. it will be perceived that the new Government of France have intro duced a stew mode of address among the Peers of France, and even among the great functionaries o f State. There era to be no more My Lords" among them—no longer Monseigneur, but M. I.e Ministre. Now there is no country in Europe in which the distinction between Peer anti Cotturioner i s so mar k e d as in England ; and that owing to the existence of those absurd tutu even profane addresses " My Lord," as applied to the former; and.. Your Lordship," " your Grace," " noble lords." Foreigners are disgusted with US, On this account; told think that, with the freest institutions, we are the losest people, to suffer such a distinction to exist in daily p ract i c e I No one would or could interfere with a Lord as a Legislator in the Upper House—a member of the House of Lords, if you please; but Lord Grey, for example, or Lord Grenville, would quite as well discharge all the duties of that station, if addressed " Sir ;" " Yes, Sir ;" " no, Sir;" as when called that which they are not, " the Lord " of hint who addresses them. We Ghould like to see this profane and disgusting foolery put an end to in Eng. land. It exists nowhere else. It is not worth the while to inquire how it crept in here; but this is the last country where it ought to tied a place ; and eve have en doubt but that being once branded, it " j il t very won vanish hence. The sooner this takes Pleee the t l i ) .. etter_; ar a . n a tl ; no time - so good as the pre sent.' inectie_ outruns t hen We?, that the servility of ; pout. ,o r e b t o. boo lancl;natlay of the law in this re• titles to the younger di 0 4 11 1 ,1 ) . 1 :k c e::I no l y tt w ritt l i i s t; ' s i t ; or i d t t: l i s tit, C a i g e e or t g . f or, ( l tr- : yet each or these persons in My Lord ! - la° w a My Lord I—a Events thieken on the Conk 0 German correspondents, wh o writes "r ""r the mi ne , an d whose letter will he-ioOrt-ent'it':a°nl" parr of out mcntioes the new toed itepoler:l tent fact that the Cologne landwebr ' which were assembled for the grand review at Coblantz, mani fested symptoms of insubordination. 11. Another cor respondent, who writes from the letter town, states that, on his arrival there, on the morning of the - Ist inst., he found the town in commotion, in con sequence of the intelligence which had been received of disturbances at Aix-la-Chapelle, and the break ing out of a slight tumult at Cologne. The landwehr, our readers need hardly be informed, are a force somewhat resembling our local militia, and includes persons of all conditions in life, who must serve in that body, for a year at least. Our corre spondent says this period has been increased by a recent ordinance in a most oppressive, and, conse quently, unpopular manner. If the source of dissa tisfaction among those troops is to be traced to the ordinance extending the term of service,. and to that alone, the disease can be easily eradicated by the removal of so obvious a cause. If Royal ordinances, of an arbitrary nature, in another 1 kingdom, had not been too obstinately persevered in, after the danger of enforcing them became manifest, history might have been spared the latest page of the deserved calamities of the Bourbon race. If the King of Prussia, who is said to have ex pressed himself in strong terms on the misconduct of Charles X., be as just and as moderate as the sentiments lately ascribed to him would imply, he Will instantly take measures to strengthen his autho rity, not by coercive laws, but by removing from among his subjects all reasonable grounds of discon tent. The world is aware of the promises which he made to his subjects of extending to them the blessings of constitutional liberty, when he excited them to rise against the power of Napoleon. Promptly and nobly did their patriotism respond to his call; but though their devotion and courage rescued their King from vassalage, and their country from a fo reign yoke, the Royal promise remains to this day unfulfilled. If, by performing his part of the com pact to which he became a party at that eventful crisis, he attaches to his throne in the bonds of affectionate loyalty his hereditary dominions, he can the better secure the allegiance of the more recently acquired dependencies of his kingdom. There is, however, a passage in the Courier of last evening, which seems 'to contemplate the possibility of the King of Prussia preferring an armed inter ference with other States to the peaceable reform of Isis own. • That paper, after alluding to the continuance of tranquillity at Ghent, says, " There can be little doubt that, with the whole of Holland against the revolted towns of the Netherlands, the confirmed loyalty of other towns in the latter coun try, and the proximity of the Prussian troops, who aro ready to march on the first application to the King of Prussia, the task of putting down the in surrection by force would not be difficult; but the King of the Netherlands appears disposed to act a more wise and Immune part than Charles the Tenth. He is willing to rule with the law, and his convoca tion of the States-General is an earnest of the sin -1 cerity of the professions which he has so frequently made, of a desire to be regarded only as the head of the State, subject to laws passed by the repre sentatives of the people." Now this passage in. duces us to observe that, if the King of Prussia is once persuaded by the illusions of a heated imagi nation, or the no less dangerous deceptions of flat terers, that he can put down the insurrection in the Netherlands by force, he will most probably attempt, and it is not difficult to foresee that such an at tempt would eventually involve Europe in a ge neral war. We believe the French Govern ment to speak in perfect good faith when they disclaim all intention of hues tering between the Belgians and their King; hut it Prussia once poured in her legions to settle the dispute be tween the House of Orange and the refractory Burghers, we are quite certain that the armies of France would not remain quiet spectators of the con flict ; but we think, from what has already happened on the Rhine, that the King of Prussia will find he has quite enough to do at home, instead of troubling himself with the affairs of his neighbours. The writer in the Courier, however, condescends to con sole us, who are lovers of peace, by the assurance that the King of the Netherlands is more wise and humane than Charles X., and that he is content to govern by the law. If he be sincere in his pacific resolves, and in his preferring constitutional authority to military force, so much the better for himself, because, in that case, we are quite certain that the revolutionary movements in Brussels, and other Belgic towns, will soon lose their revolu tionary character, and end quietly in a wholesome reformation of abuses. The refractory Burghers demand the constitutional privileges of trial by Jury--the liberty of the Press—that it, the actual, not the pretended liberty of the Press—and die re s sponsibility of Ministers. 'there appears to be no thinF either irrational or extravagant in these demands; and if they are enlightened enough to appreciate those advantages of a frets community, they cannot be the besotted slaves of ignorance and priestcraft, as Some writers have stated. At all events they have taken a formidable attitude, and it is right that those who have to cope with the danger should know the extent of it, because Governments, as well as indi viduals, have been lost by presumption, as well as by timidity. The fate of Charles X. is a warning to Kings whose prerogatives come its collision with the rights of their • subjects. If the King of the Netherlands be more moderate and humane than the ex-King of France, he has also the benefit of Isis experience ; and we suppose we need not remind him of the trite adage " Felix quern faeiunt (therm pericaia cautans." Whatever may be the issue of these continental commotion% we trust our own Government will act strictly upon the principle of non-interference. Whether the several stations of the continent prefer despotic risk, limited monarchy, or republicanism, they should be allowed to suit their own taste. It is neither our duty or interest to go on a crusade either for or against the liberties of other people. We have that Const i t tiers which suits us ;—; t was established by a revolution ; and if other realises choose to fol low our example in asserting civil liberty, or if they prefer remaining under despotic rulers, it is no con cern of is people who possess at this moment the best system of rational freedom and the most popu lar King in Europe.—Morning Herald. We received yesterday, by express, the Messages. des Chambres, dated Sunday, and the other Paris Papers of Saturday. Extracts will be found in another column. A good deal of alarm has been occasioned by the war of the working classes against machinery. We have not the smallest doubt that they think they have substantial justice on their side; and recent events have demonstrated, that strength is also on their side. " In ordinary times," says the Standard, " this outbreaking of the spirit of General Loud would not be of much importance, and could be easily repressed; but in the present circumstances of Paris, it must be considered to be very serious." No doubt the system of repression and coercion does not accord well with a time when this mass of the population have hardly yet had time to cool from their exertions in effecting a change in the Government. But oven if repression and coer cion were easy, is it necessary that society should constantly he thus divided into repressors lnd re pressed ? Must the middle classes constantly view the working classes as men who can only be kept in order by their fears ? Anil must the working classes constantly view the middle classes us opposed to their well-being ? We should say in this case, that the Tories and High Churchmen are right, and that the Liberals are wrong. The High ChurAmen say, the educations of the lower orders is an evil, us it indisposes them to that passive obedience, with out which no State can enjoy tranquillity. Know ledge, they say, is power, and if the lower orders are only kept down by fear, why should we, by the conorsimieation of knowledge, add to their power, and thus supply them with the means of overcoming us ? And, in truth, they who believe that the truths of moral and political science cannot be communi cated to the working classes, are exceedingly ineon slava in encouraging the communication to them of ES mote limited degree of instruction. T e interests of the various classes of society are not in reality op posed to each other; but if it is impossible to make the working classes sensible of this, and to free them, from the idea that the various means by whiCh the ; resources of society are so astonishingly augmented, are injurious to them, the more they are held in' : debased state the better. But why must we assume that the working classes cannot be made acquainted with the most essential truths of moral and political science ? There is no other ground as far as we can see, for the assumption, than that the attempt has never fairly been made to instruct them. The ability to read is merely the possession of a key to knowledge; and when we have taught children to read, it cannot be said that we have educated them. In all the ordinary affairs of life we see that there is no mighty difference between one man and another; and as no great exertion is necessary to give to any one the average share of instruction possessed by what are called well-educated men, we hold that a respec• table education may be given to nearly the whole mass of society. 'ln that case we should be in debted for order to conviction, and not to fear; be cause, if the working classes were persuaded that nothing was taken from them by their superiors, but what ought to be taken from them ; that the ad vantages enjoyed by the rich could not be taken from them without making the poor more poor ; and that, for example, machinery, by abridging labour, enables the person who saves something in the purchase of what is produced by the abridged process, to extend his purchases either in that or some other produce of labour, we might count with certainty on their disposition to order. It is consolatory to think that society is susceptible of this grand improvement ; for if we were to assume that society must be eters nally divided, then we give to the ruling class the most powerful of all motives to misgovern, in their knowledge, that whatever evils are inflicted on the middle classes they must be borne, as a concurrence for a redress of grievances with the mass of the people would only end in their common destruction. In the Life of that excellent man, Mr. Richard Baxter, he tells us, that while set tled in Kidder minster a great furtherance of his work was the writings which he wrote and gave among his flock. " I had found (he says) the benefit of reading to be so great, that I could not but think it would be profitable to others ; and it was a great advantage to me that my neigh bours were of such a trade as allowed them time enough to read or talk of holy things. For the town liveth upon the weaving of Kidderminster stuffs ; and as they stand in their looms they can set a book before them, nr edify one another; whereas ploughmen and many others are so wearied or continually employed, either in the labours or the cares of their callings, that it is a great impediment to their salvation ; freeholders and tradesmen are the strength of religion and civility in the land : and gentle men and beggars, and servile tenant', are the strength of iniquity (though among these sorts there are some also that are good and just, as among the other there are many bad.) And their constant converse and traffic with London (loth much promote civility and piety among tradesmen." We quote this passage from the life of a con scientious as well us intelligent man, to show the ease with which knowledge may be communicated to mechanics in general. Few trades exhaust. the muscles to a degree that incapacitates the workman in his leisure from giving attention to books; and the occupation of reading serves as a relief to the ordinary occupation. But, then, all those who have an interest in the continuation of abuses have also an interest that the people should be kept in igno rance. Those, on the other hand, who mean ho. nestly by the nation, ought to endeavour to enlighten the people as much as possible. The borough mongers, if they are consistent, must be opposed to the diffusion of knowledge; because, as Hobbes says, when reason is against a man, he will be against reason, and borough-mongering is irrecon cileable with good government. The High Church Clergy, for the same reason, must bate the instruc tion of the people, because an instructed people would be desirous to reform all abuses, and, among others, the abuses of the Church ; and hence we see the Clergy stoutly fighting in the cause of the horoughmongers,' and advocating the foulest and most abominable corruption at elections, Even Blackwood, in an elaborate article on a new reign in the September number, admits that the Church is rapidly sinking in power...,- " that theclergy have, to to large extent, lost the con fidence of the laity—and that the power of its enc. mica is increasing in all directions." All those who hue an interest in the continuation of abuses—all those who have interests at variance with the inte rests of the community at large, hate the instruc tion of the people, because they found, on the want of such instruction, the division of the different classes of society from their mutual fears. When the news of the French Revolution first reached this country, the countenance of all who are con nected with the aristocracy visibly lengthened. The respect for property, the humanity of the lower or ders, the aversion to the effusion of blood, filled them with horror, for they saw in all this the chance of the termination of that jealousy at home which has secured to them their rule. The intelligence of the crusades against machinery, on the other hand, will till them with inexpressible delight, for it revives their hopes of the continuance of the divisions of the people. In this country, those even who are well-affected towards the people are too often cowards, and love to compass their ends by round-about ways which, after all, deceive no one. Why, for instance, do the So cieties for the diffusion of useful knowledge among the people, shilly-shally with mathematical treatises and books about buttes flies arid the like, when what the people chiefly want are well-written treatises on moral and political subjects. The knowledge of the duties of men towards each other is the knowledge in the diffusion of which society has the deepest interest ; and in this knowledge the great body of the people are greatly deficient. The delay pro ceeds from a silly disposition to conciliate those who never can be conciliated, because their inte rests are hostile to the general interest. It would be far better to be without lukewarm friends, than to paralyse the exertions of real friends. We say, then, that the great object with all men who wish good government and the preservation of order, ought to be the instruction of the people. To this object let them give their utmost efforts; or as the physical force is with the people, where the work ing classes labour under errors on national points, a revolutionary movement can hardly fail, sooner or later, to receive an unfortunate direction from that ignorance. ---Morning Chronicle. The advantages to be derived by a nation from the unsubstantial sceptre of a citizen King, and from authorities created by the fiat of a mob, exhibit themselves in France with continued and increasing clearness and effect, and the value of a Revolu tionary Government becomes daily more conspicuous. It is, for, instance, the barbarous and tyrannical practice, in countries not yet regene ra t e d by the progress of Liberalism, when men violate the law to the danger or injury of their fellow-citizens, that they should be punished by the power and in con formity with the provisions of the law. This in unregenerated countries has been thought the most convenient and effective expedient for causing the laws and the general rights of the community to be respected. But let us not be insensible to the manifest improvement in this respect which immediately ensues, us the first anti most im portant consequence of n popular revolution. In France, the workmen having been taught the secret of their importance and strength, by seeing in the places of power and authority a Government the recent creation of their own hands, rely very , pro , perly and naturally upon their paramount dominion, and upon the infirmity if not the gratitude of the puppets whom they have manufactured and installed. Perceiving or imagining that their interests as a Chita are injured by the employment of machinery in ma nufactures, they resolve to aboli s h its use , an d in stantly the engines of Paris stand still. Several Journals, the loudest and most effective in inciting the Revolution, but which bad nevertheless taken so imperfect a measure of the popular will and the popular strength as to wor k the Press by means of these obnoxious machines, ate compelled to suspend their publication ; others are permitted to publish, on the solemn promise of their proprietors forthwith to abate ,the offence thus committed against the sovereign people. Theworking' hands of, the Re volution, the physical force of Liberalismi achieve in fine a much easier triumph ,over 'mechanical science and manufacturing prosperity than it had previously gained over legitimate governtnent and monarchical authority. This, however, may perhaps be thought an equivocal advantage. The real triumph of Liberalism is to be seen in the im punity with which the laws are violated, in the en lightened forbearance of the officers of justice, in the mildness of expostulation, and the gentleness of the moral reproof, which the suffering and com promising Journals venture to address to the in vaders of their property and rights. How enviable the situation of a community in which individual interests and the harsh dictates of law . bend so easily to the will of the majority of the citizens--min which persons whose avocations are suspended, and whose implements of trade'are broken, by any por tion of the sovereign people, are debarred from all recourse to the rough and vulgar protection of constables or gensdarme, and compelled to betake themselves to the intellectual weapons of philo sophical reasoning and lectures on political eco nomy—in which wrong-doers are to be assailed only by argument, (and coercion to be re. served for the tame and pusillanimous few who possess property and respect the laws which have been framed for its protection I The glory and happi ness of the French Revolution would, however, be incomplete, if all its triumphs were enjoyed by the working population of Paris; nor would. it even suffice that other cities should have equal victories to boast over the rigour of the laws and the invidious and exclusive rights of property. The soldiers of France are citizens like the rest, and why should they not partake the high privileges and valuable immunities which the revolution has conferred upon others of their order ? They would indeed have shewn themselves unworthy of the name of French soldiers had they submitted to en exclusion so hu miliating and unjust. Of , this little apprehension need now be entertained. We see by the French Papers that two regiments of cavalry at Metz have already proved the army to entertain a just sense of the rights of the majority, and to participate fully' in the spirit and prin ciples of the revolution, by cashiering their officers, and insisting upon the appointment of others, possessing in a higher degree their confi dence, affection, and esteem. They will prevail, no doubt, and will enjoy the further advantage of having amusement and instruction administered to them by the revolutionary press, unaided by ma chinery, in the form of ingenious and elaborate articles to prove the duty and necessity of military? subordination. The successful assumption of ille gal power by the workmen of Paris, and the equal success in an enterprize equally illegal of the mili tary at Metz, are in such perfect harmony with the whole spirit and progress of the French Revolution, that the admirers of the latter cannot, we suppose, affect to decry or condemn the former; it is certain at least that they cannot do so without exposing themselves to the general derision of mankind.--s Morning Post. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Henry Montague, a lad about 15 years of age, the son of a horse-keeper at the Swan with Two Necks, Lad•lane, was brought before Mr. Alderman WINCHESTER yesterday, charged with stealing a parcel which was brought from Newbury by a Bristol coach on the 25th tilt., and which contained halves of provincial notes to the amount of 4001. Mr. 'Waterhouse, jun., having stated the nature of the case, the prisoner was remanded till Satur day. He subsequently confessed to Martin, the officer, that he had stolen a third parcel, but de clared he had no accomplice. He had taken care not to steal any parcels for the district on which he was em ploy ed. Upon two young men, named Hollis and Wilson, being charged with attempting to pick pockets in the fair, by Thomas Hobbs, a new policeman. Mr. Alderman 'WINCHESTER asked how he came to be in the fair. Hobbs went to see the fair, and also to apprehend any pickpockets he might meet with. Mr. Alderman WINCHESTER said if he came there as if to a place to duty, he acted improperly. Hobbs thought he had a right to take a thief wherever he might see him. The Chief Clerk said if he came to look for business with a view to the expences, lie would be disappointed, for the case was not of a nature to be sent to the sessions. Mr. Cope said he must have been in the fair seve ral hours. Hobbs admitted this, and asked if a new police man saw a theft committed in the fair, was he to suffer the offender to escape ?—The Chief Clerk said it was improper to argue in this way with the Magistrate. Mr. Alderman WINCHESTER said, if in looking at the fair as other persons might do, he had seized a, pickpocket and handed him over to the city police, nobody could have complained; but when he stationed himself for hours in the fair as a constable, it amounted to an improper interference with the police of the city. Hobbs had a duty to perform in his own dis trict ; and the city of London could and would take care of its own police. He should represent Hobbs's conduct at head-quarters. The prisoners were committed for one month to Bridewell. BOW. STREET. Seventy-six cases, chiefly of a riotous and dis orderly description, were disposed of yesterday by Sir R. BIRNIR and Mr. HALLS. In the course of the morning the former Magistrate observed that he really did not know how the persons whom he was obliged to commit would find accommodation at the prisons to which they would respectively be sent, — He (Sir R. Birnie) had received letters from the Governors of. the three Metropolitan prisons, stating that they could not positively receive more prisoners, as the gaols were so ,crowded that some of the in mates were obliged to sleep in the open air. A prostitute was charged by police constable F., 169, with having been riotous and disorderly, and also with having abused him while in the execution of his duty. The defendant, in answer to the charge, said she was standing at the east side of Temple-bar when the constable invited her to take a walk with bim,and he also offered to treat her with a drop of drink. She accordingly placed herself under his protection, but instead of keeping his promise, like a gentleman, he took her to the watch-house, and locked her up. Sir R. BIRNIE observed, that if such were the case, she certainly had some right to complain of the constable's want of gallantry. The constable explained the matter by stating, that the defendant and ether girls of her class were in the constant habit of annoying him on his beat, between Pickett-street and Temple-bar. It was next to impossible to take them into custody, for when pursued, they would make for the Bar, and, taking refuge at the city side, hold him at defiance. The defendant was very disorderly on the occasion in question, and abused himlikeap r ck u p g e h ck th et e , B a ar nd . when ho pursued her she pepped the Knowing that he ha d ltde dp no thi it a m u e t ev l follow, t l e o ri r y, i e t r y int t eu o teigh,eea nedth s i te he: began This e t e o o m e a e k t e a f g a g ce ra s i, a tt t find ing that he must use a little stratagem, he owned that he " flattered her through the Ilir" and then conveyed her to the *Winn, which was a matter of no small difficulty; as she threw herself upon the go, he s h ou ld pavement, and swore if s h e must isCaorn6s constable did pet eitlstehr. t a nk . e il l i t n er m i g n a ett e i o d a , ci t t h o u r t in th h e reedy right in taking her to the wutch-house, and he was perfectly justified in using his powers of flattery to effect that object, when other means had failed. The defendant was sent for a month to the House of Correction. Wright, the foreman to the British Vi re . o gi ce, applied to the Magistrates for advice and assist ance under these distressing circumstances He had been, he said, a householder for 40 years in St. Martin's parish, and his father, mother, wife, and child, had been interred' iti`the burial• ground attached to it. Having heard that the Commie:. sioners of Woods and Forests had purchased their growl(' from the parish for the purpose of carrying into effect the Charing-cross improvements, and being fearful that in removing the remains of the de ceased to another burial-ground, the bones of his relatives could not be identified, he gave notice of his intention to disinter, at his own expense, the re mains of his mother and child, for the purpose of placing them in a leaden coffin, but was surprised to learn that the remains of his child bad been carried away in a cart, contrary to his expressed desire,and in spite of the notice which he had given. Mr. HALts respected the motives which had in duced the applicant to come forward, but he feared it was a case in which a Magistrate had no power to interfere. The churchwardens of the parish, he conceived, were the proper persons to whom appli cation ought to be made. Wright had applied to Mr: Deville, one of the church a ardens, who referred him to Mr. Robinson, of the Woods and Forests, and upon making known his desire to that gentleman, he gave him an order to remove the remains of his relatives from the ground for the purpose of securing them in a leaden coffin. Sir H. BIRNIE observed, that the matter rested with the parish, and not with the office of Woods and Forests. The Magistrate added, that the pa rish of St. Martin had received, in lieu of the ground which they had given to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests a place in the neighbourhood of Fall-mall, whe re they were now engaged in erect ing catacombs, for the reception of the bodies which they had been obliged to disinter. He was sure that the churchwardens of the parish would pay every attention to the wish of the applicant. Wright had already given notice of his intention, not only to the churchwardens, but to the sexton, and other persons connected with the parish, but it appeared that his application had been wholly dis regarded. He added, that as he could obtain no re dress, he would cause bills to be circulated through the parish, complaining of the manner in which he had been treated. Mr. lIALLs advised him to let his feelings cool before he adopted any rash step. VNION.HA Yesterday three men, named Smith, Driver, and Clark, were brought before Mr. CHAMBERS, charged with breaking into the premises of Mr. Farmer, oil and paint manufacturer, in Lock's-fields.—Com mitted. A young man, named Roberts, was charged with interrupting the service at a dissenting meeting-house in Burdett -street, Wal worth. Some of the congregation, who came up to appear against the defendant, complained that they were continually annoyed by a set of vagabonds, who en tered the chapel for no other purpose than to have what they denominated " a lark," and generally commenced their fun by blowing out the candles, and ridiculing the gestures of the individual who happened to be in the pulpit at the time. On the present occasion the defendant, on entering the chapel, knelt down, it was supposed, witk the view of offering up his adorations to the Creator, bat in stead of doing so, be commenced with a loud voice to sing " God save the King," and the more those who were near the spot endeavoured to dissuade him from such improper conduct in a place of worship, the louder he raised his voice, until it was at length deemed expedient to carry him out by main force, and he was afterwards given into custody. The Magistrate told the defendant that he was liable to a penalty of 201., or in default thereof, to three months' imprisonment, for disturbing a reli gious congregation. Defendant—They are a regular set of " swad• dlers" what go to that there chapel, and none on 'em know what they are about. There is such a terrible kick-up the moment as they begin the ser vice, more like a bear-garden than a church. I don't believe as how they have got a licence for such a place, and I thought there was no harm in joining in the chorus, for they were singing a song ►very like " God save the King" when I went in. In reply to the Magistrate, one of the congrega tion said they called themselves Primitive Methodist., and that their service was performed in a licensed place. The defendant was held to bail to answer the charge at the sessions. An inquert was held at the Phoenix Inn, Mor peth, on the 27th ult., on the view of the body of an Italian, named BAPTISTS Blow Ann, who was one of the attendants on the female elephant which lately performed at the Adelphi. It appeared from the evi4ence, that the man had stabbed the elephant in the trunk with a pitch- fork, about two years ago, while in a state of intoxication, and that, on the Tuesday evening previous to the inquest, the animal caught hold of him with her trunk, and did him so much injury that he died on the succeeding day. Verdict—Died from wounds and bruises received from the trunk of an elephant.—Deoiland ss. A poor Irishwoman, of the name of JANE Mortals, residing in Jones's -court, Bainbridge-street, St. Giles's, whose husband had left her some time time ago in a state of great destitution, was suddenly taken ill with the throes of labour, between four and five o'clock on Sunday morning last. As there was nobody in the house in which she lodged to render her the least assistance, nor any ac commodation in her apartments proper for her condition, the poor creature endeavoured to crawl out, with the view of getting to the workhouse if possible in time, but before she tottered half-way down the court, she felt herself unable to proceed, she sunk upon the p►vement, and in the most violent pangs was delivered of a dead child. Her groans attracted to the spot the policeman who was on duty in Bainbridge -street at the time, Hewsom, No. 94, division E, and he, upon aseertaininglthe real situation the woman was in, ran to the station-house in Church-streetT, and communicated the circumstances to Mr. LINCOLN, the in• Spector, who, taking two or three of his men with him hastened back to where the woman and child were lying, and humanely rendered her all the assistance which the necessity of her circninstauces required. He ordered Mrs. ADAMS, the midwife, to be sent for, and she was promptly in attendance ; but unfortunately it was too late for her to be of any essential service. Mr. LINCOLN sent also to the workhouse of Sr. Giles's pariah, and thence procured a couch, upon which the poor creature was laid in a state of very great exhaustion, and removed to the workhouse. We understand there are but little hopes entertained of her re covery. MYSTERIOUS DEATH OP AN OLD LADY. —A considerable sensation was yesterday morning created in Canterbury-place, Lambeth, in consequence of the sud den dissolution of Mrs. DANCE, an elderly lady of inde pendent fortune, who resided with her daughter at No. 24, at the above place. Mrs. Dance was a widow, and most respectably connected, and for the last four years lived with her dlughter, Miss DANCE, who is about 40 years of age, in the above house. Both mother and daugh ter were remarkably eccentric, and so rarely was any one seen to visit them, that their dwelling seemed deserted and desolate. Yesterday morning a suspicion was excited in the neighbourhood in consequence of the parlour shutters being 'closed, and these suspicions were considerably strengthened upon Mr. Hutson, who occupies the ad joining house, knocking loudly at the door without its be ing opened. A general opinion prevailed that the old lady and her daughter had been murdered, and information hiving been conveyed to the police station-house, the Su perintendent despatched two Constables to the house borne:. diately. Having searched the lower part of the house, they proceeded upstairs, when, on entering the bed-room of the old lady, they, undrawing the curtain, saw her lying on the bed lifeless, and her daughter lying by her side in a state of the deepest lethargy, as if produced 'by some powerful narcotic. Mr. BECK, a surgeon, was in. stantly sent for, and gave it as his opinion that she had been dead some hours. There were several bruises and black marks about her throat, as if she had been strangled in her sleep. On searching the room, a phial, which bad contained laudanum, was found, which led Mr. Baca to believe that the deceased and her daughter had taken some of that poison ; but on drawing off the contents of the stomach from the latter, he saw nothing to warrant that opinion ► as no appearance of laudanum could be traced.— The survivor, who eppeara to be labouring under an aberration of mind, refuses to make any disclosure.. She is still in the house under the care of the police. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is Iod. fOljt2 llid•low 41b. Loaf. There are others who sell from }6d. to that price. PRICE OF SEEDB.«..Sept. New Englishßed Clover Seed (per Cwt.) OW Ditto Ditto - New Foreign Sts. 70s, enetatalw. Old Ditto New White 00s. 70s, Ono .4.1. Old Ditto Ditt0.................... -•-- .. New Trefbil 2oa. il rihr s ' .4 wit. _ Old Ditto . -, 4.4, Rib Grass - - ' . 10s. bOs. Of* English Carraway 5eed.......-.................4., " 4 . r,),..• Apt Foreign Ditto ............................4k ."71 6 .,,_ r.p ... 7 0. 7 . Coriander .................—....................,.... ...4. ....+ll7 , St. Foin ...............(per Quarter)......... --s• 421 .di0, go. 3* OW ~ Rye Grassi ............................................ • 0 Pacey Ditto .............................. 40 .• it . l i ti v,l4'g Linseed, for feeding ........................... --a ... Ditto, for crushing _ ...... -4. .7, ..,.." Emu./ Seed, New - • .....74A 6 E Al 7 Ole .1.46 .4. ". Ditto 01d.............................. ,„„_ ~,0 0 14, me i White Mustard Seed ......(per Bushel)... •••••• 13 ''' ' 7 , 7 4 ,0, Brown Ditto .........1.1.V................6 ..... .. . ri . 11. ."4 Turnip Seeds, Tt0unda......................... ' -4‘ . . 4. 1 oak Green and Red Ditto •100.AP11.0.AP0W11.1.1.051A11 ....4 . ". ... ....., a.m. Tares, Old . ..............00/ ...4, 255. am. WO * Ditto New----,-.-...........-.....-......ff,... 'o, i,,,,,., a .f. -Rape Seed, English, fine (per La____211 . _ . .2 .. .....,." ........00351 .....rO PRICES OF HOPS.—Sept- 1 se ii, Kent Pockets -,. 61. 15s. 71.10410. ~. Sussex Ditto Voltz Ditto... 6l. IN. 74 71its 0k.,. A .' Farnham Ditto, Fine 01. Oi. , W. 04.141itt r s : ----- Seconds ............. 01. Os. 8h OL 0 hp t Os. 61.150.11 i ..' .............0001* 2 ,1 : los, si. ah o, {MT lai Kent Dal Essex Ditto- Sussex Ditto PRICE 07 0 Rape Oil, brown Os. ..A. H 0 aagr !ff, 4l If Linseed Oil ° Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per tl 0 0 per ton PRICE OF POTATOE&I t°l4 New Potatoes.. . 2L 10k 01" r tt WHITECHAPEL HAY MARK 4 ,..0 7 1 1 .7 0 00.0 1 Hay 0 Straw 9t2or . Or 4 •-` RAW HIDE. WA, Per Stone. a. 41. to s. d. If „, . LOA' Mithl Best Helton& s 2 2 6 Steers 2 8 3 0 OrTa r b --3 .....,1 0 1 ,'" ting Wt..' of. cu, toSorodEl shetWitrap,. 11.etto8 ti 1 0 1 LAnthedo"w".... Polled . Downs rkiiit' 4 14 Fo r s F e d HOW P lalk. ° TOO . D uo SP ol 7fted4isolle 18 Coif Ski n "re: 161 ,r, 0 Ditto «or* n swan Soobi & " 00 , oj. WallsEndNOW*ll347.ls Ditto Hotstiut...to 6 Ditto Nortnuninerni- „, Ditto Petitlnsoo4ol 0 Ditto liiildcW 6 onq i so ie 3 Ditto Russslt's.:o-•0',00 0 Ditto Walker..o°4Al 6 Edon in,a6l9Llr so 9 Lar bl nliton*s t&I'W '" 3 0 Walls End Iltttoa os 9 Wag End 1.11010". so 'Walls swrlx-1/4 3 0 9 wall. od 7_lo 9 Ditto Stobaluo.`"-,.,.. 00 3 W. E. Ru 009.. .;T, si 0 9 Dittoßlllyth loeirP2L. „„, DIPTI 51 , Watley u Wall's End 10110,0", 1 llerlite ol 6 Ditto OldrA Ellison MAIL fea'''''e Ol 0 Ooslorth st 0 0 Hetiura Mau fr.." 0 Old Etbelidlinag'..r,, &tonsil's shisli 31* ,ps sold, 112-401,11"-' PRICES 9F, Per lb. d. Butts 50 to 5616... 16 23 Ditt0....,. to 661 b... 25 Dressing Hides 141 18 Fine Cnach Hides ..... 18 18 Crop H ides, 35 to 40Ib. 14 16 Ditt0.........41 to 451 b. 15 171 Ditto l6 18 COA 1. M A R Adair'. Beaumont 31 0 Benham Main (dam.) 27 6 East Percy. 29 6 Heblourn Main 33 6 32 9 Killingworth 33 0 Liddell's 30 Pews' Percy 32 3 Shipcote 3ll 6 Tan i tield Tantield 32 0 Townley.. 3O 9 Killington 34 0 Wylam _ 22 0 Walls End Bell and Co. 34 0 Ditto Bell Robson &Co. 33 9 Ditto Bewleke and C 0... 35=3 Walls End 8r0wn'5...... SI 0 Walls End Boundary ... 31 6 Ditto Burraton 9 Ditto Callerton 30 9 Walls End Carr and Co. 31 0 Ditto Clarke and Co. 31 6 Ditto (c0a5ting).......... 31 6 Ditto tiosforth 35 3 Ditto Hilda 32 6 Ships at market, 16934--Sh SCOTCH Wheat. Barley Oat& 111.1. P A 4 8 Aberdeen.... 56 68 :16 30 5 Berwick—...... 45 47 7.3 25 Pa „ A '" W Coldstream.. 45 48 20 25 .90 n ;,-„ • Cupar 66 66 34 38 31 - Dundee.....,. 60 63 32 35 30 m a' r 56 62 20 OD 9 ' Inverness— 52 56 32 33 2 3 r Kelso 45 413 24 25 23 an— ° Kirkaldy....„ 60 76 33 30 26 mo ld Perth ...-- 56 00 rr The site of the measure varies throu ___—..---:-="-:—:•—•-------- --7--", r, I. d EDINBURGH CORN MAREEF•-•• oil, 0 1 ' Our supply of Wheat and Oats to.day 10 ,k t lict sold heavily. One very fi ne pared o f Whestl:S n f ' a sod' which, for cleanness, might be applor i3 k li lt , t wet , I The top price of Wheat is the same no la" A o pliVl $ average is down 2s. Pease and Beaus a galu riey, teisi last weeks prices. Three parcels or Ne, v/ f l ro a o the l o of finer quality than we were led l a el P e'' rain, sold freely at from Wis. to SSP. .. o . Wheal Barley. I Oats. . 4 - o d First 74s 0 4 1 st-ls Od 95s id v l eA Second Third 'micas or raovtsion s, *I , . al, to , id Beer, per 1b.... tli 31d. to Os.esl.' Fresh Botter,l/.6 V , Aluttun ---. 0 . 3i 0 6 Salt Data ... • V, 8 Veal —............... 0 b 0 S Ditto, per ent.u, 0 0 Pork v.v.' pee doll. : d • ...........—... 0 0 0 0 -..p., \ , ll . Lai r Mb, per qr. 0 6 9 0 Galgtreii (kll/4 a 0 # 6 Tallow, cw .t. -WO 0 30 a Wheat Ride.. 0 0 # 2nartern Loaf 0 9 0 100 Barley Ihtte' 0 6 lalcals I'4lb. 0 6 0 MI. Per ils" .' gi l l o ‘ii° 6' and ge wl .11 i hovirsi tehr t i mee t I a N woi r iatuht U n G ag, lo go l od op ap b: Idhy E a f tef : , 4 1 t: A rro B etr i a l wa El cvat t: 01 : ritisci c t :;0 1 :0 , ' foreign rertl i a e d ye k —al o N f 0 7: 23p. 6 A °I. t Second ditto Barleymeal Peas cravat Perlcwilt. 10004L_Sec°PlIarFel2ralrieteleelYinQgndr:Ste:tasSe....witit41::::-.7.Latu.::«00.::::::;: - - -----f & ei ll4 HADDINOTON CORN AI A111(*--.Cit, go a ilno Oats sold readily at the last day's toet ... c., hug 4 on the average-0 quarters sold. Pa: ' Oleo only 21 quarters were sold--15 ugnot n ibo . t VI Is. 7 d. Three small lots of New Boleti I , op s.' moist ~a 1 IR ~ tars each, brought 389. 355 . 325. - - pow fp; are ee both up aluptdan2s.laaßtd.avoenragthee; a i v i er g a ust r ter!,o l Por:/ rood , 6 quarters of Beans were sold. pads . 40.,,, al Wheat. Barley. Oat'. 4 0. o. IrP 0 , 1 that 731 irki 40a Ott 37* q 4 4 0 Od 08 Second., 63. 0d as. 0d Nit ua as $ sit.' Third There were 252 qrs. of Wheat in inarke4 0 Ussold.-4 Gra*, 9 ,00. ~.. ai. 4i. il. Average... -----:"—::-----r-it?$',,ei,.. DALKEITH CORN MARa- - t o, The supply of Wheat at this "O r n o r ' al- . i ms sales heavy, and the prices rather bl ' this day se'unight. Wheat Barley. Oats' First c_ , 730 N . 36s tht . NU Od „ Se n dp Ms Od 340 1W3 40 Oil 'natl s3s Od 301 Od 31 od i co, :ta v T e w il l a u l t a y E D, S on benefit night rt'" :".l Asti a:11°:165 . :11 ip _n co m pl im e n t. t. ew T cha a_oplLauyiLoeclreuyo....:inAg t :1 soliloquy enacted the second Constantia;m7olo#2: and no;,l,ini fuponanyg her h e I r an,v r og a moi li e e ryo f i drouonnft tholontatooftivlofit..l.clirvi to m e , and make me an honest woman, l'Srfafill never in the universe ! A middy in the 7; t in bos bensi7l:aniier:,ln_iapmnriniieledriliwniaaovitineeilecyyyhlowlus.mft.o,a,rlretti,:elidahhneautirylinpnet,aootreabodeek a:pillyediesetic:orst'pirs..,..olsol7:oo,toolioliih..o:o6ol house, clapped his hands and cried aft ° ° --- 0 ti►P P BIRTHS. . 01 0 0 a ll ' On the sth inst. at Balhatn, the 1 16 1 irbi of a eon. ''.. WI. a : of On the 3d inst. at Richmond , 80lb D ill i wife of Mr. H. Gulehet, late of l'ge o2, daughter. Lie , 0 00i n i 0 4 f •t u h o i r 'i l i r s y t. , 1 2 . 11 1P'14 R.N. to Jane Matilde, only daughter of F a . o . :4 00 1) . /1 ; surgeon. 1 ( ; ) , o the 4th inst. at Derby, Aft. 9 " isto 0 1%1 : th e l E .J. ey o , nly , On the 4th inst. .anetalFaltffileeyi,dsrwrorthbin7llll9oll:lllslh,eiti Rev. A. Fawkes, to Miss Ellen S.toreYl I' S. % 0 1 0 eestereb ire. daughter of 1 , - . 0 , Esq. of I.o4ll'gt° . ? el , DIED. On the lit inst. Mrs. Lembo, o f thlion• Oft ham, aged 68. ill t i) On the 4th inst. at Dover Robert Marsh, 1:1"14 53d age.Yetarhe°4fthhistnst. at Leatni'ngtn! in ° le 5 , 11 1 e 1-r l4lth his age, Mr. R. Hoped , of 'Waterlofrllo°,l s' :frit, ° 4' On • of Ownictiefithuiransetineil, hßiserklib.th Year ' 1 '3r et, 1 vo i On the sth inst. at King's Langley► P art®► Esq. aged 72. - ' ~ n t 01' On the 17th ult. at Florence, 11. 1), Ile t v e j aged '/9, a ft er only six days' illnexe. _--;',, ? n------t) 0w PAINTED AND Pususgsp gy SWIM— iropallh uik SUN Orerca, 112, STaalnh IA