The Sun. — London, England, 1830-02-22 00:00:00

ssust punish it for attempting to bring people into contempt, to prevent it from becoming contemptible itself. Troth or falsehood, according to this Prince of reasoners, must not be left to themselves, for it, that case falsehood would always carry the day ; but the Attorney-General, to prevent mischief, must step in to the aid of truth. No reliance whatever is to be placed on the public. The Attorney-Gene ral is infallible, we suppose. 0 no, says Sir James, he appeals to a Jury. "To the tribunal of a Jury (said Sir James triumphantly) he had appealed in these recent prosecutions: they had found the pub lications which he had brought before them to be libels." But in the beginning of his speech, Sir James said " he would commence by assuring his Honourable Friend (Sir Francis Burdett) that there was no act of his professional his on which he looked back with greater satisfaction than that in which he had the distinguished honour of appearing as his (Sir F. Burdett's) defender. This he could at least say, that whether he had done it ably or not, he had done it honestly, zealously, and sincerely ; for he felt at that time, and he felt now, that the pro secution which was instituted against his Hon. Friend was a prosecution which ought never to have been instituted at all." But Sir Francis, as he de scribed himself, is not the less a convicted libeller. A late Chief Justice, now a Peer, charged strongly against him, and a British Jury found a verdict of guilty. The Attorney-General considers a Jury an unerring test when in favour of himself—but repu diates the verdict when against him. It is Sir James Scarlett, then, who is infallible, and not the Jury. Upon his own showing, then, an Attorney- General, Judge, and Jury are not always to be trusted with the' Press; and it is only sir James Scarlett who is to be trusted, and whenever Sir James can obtain a verdict the Press must be in the wrong. It all comes to this issue, that every opi nion Sir James espouses is the opinion that ought not to be combated—that every public man who is connected with Sir James is a man who ought to be protected, that every writer who attacks such a man is a licentious writer. And this sort of twaddle is gravely uttered in the House of Commons. And what is the worst of the business is, that he more than insinuates that these servile opinions are shared by his friend'.—" He was not ashamed to say in public—what all men were ready enough to say in private—that no single individual could now resist the tyranny of the Press." It is impossible that his friends can be so base as to have held such language in private. There never was a time in the history of this country when the Press was so decorous as the present. The man who maintains the contrary, can knew nothing of the periodical literature of his country. It is notorious that in all the Newspapers of the present day, the attempt is always made to gain the reader by argument, and that abuse and decla mation are rather the exception than the rule. Slan der does occasionally defile the columns of a news viper ; but slander is far less frequent than it used to be. During the mild administration of Sir James's predecessor, Lord Lyn'lhurst, the Press never dis played rancour towards towards public men, not withstanding of the leniency shown to it. The in sinuation directed against his former political asso ciates we look on as peculiarly unkind. That man is unworthy of the name of Englishman who holds one language in public regarding the Press, and skulkingly assails it in private as a tyranny which no individual C 211.1 withstand. Sir James Graham and Sir Francis Burdett, at all events we are sure, from the heartiness of their reprobation of the conduct of Sir Jatnes, cannot be of the number of these calum niators of that to which England owes more than to ail her other institutions. It is incumbent on the late political connections of Sir James to wipe off the aspersions attempted to be cast on them. We know it has been said by some of our contempora ries that Mr. Brougham approves of prosecutions for political libels. We said, when the charge was made, that we did not believe there was any foun dation for it, and we are still of that opinion. We cannot believe that the conduct of Sir James has any admirers among any of the liberal-minded men of his late party. They must despise the pitiful pretence, that opposition can only be met by the Attorney-General and a Jury. That cause they know must be bad indeed, which 'cannot stand its ground without the aid of means which are equally at the command of a good and a bad Administra tion, and which oppression may always count upon with tolerable certainty. The verdict of a Jury is not a test of truth ; for in nineteen out of twenty of the prosecutions since the Revolution, against the most distinguished names in our literature, ver dicts of guilty have been obtained. A verdict cb tained by an Attorney-General merely proves that a writer is obnoxious to men in power. If the Press were to be, as the Attorney-General pretends, a tyranny which private individuals cannot withstand, and which but for that Public Officer would be in tolerable, then the Liberty of the Press can only be made palatable to the English people by the kind in terfurelace of Sir James Scarlett. What a libel ! And whet a mind the man has who can utter it!—lbid. A case occurred in the Court of Common Pleas a few days ago, which shows both the folly and inuti lity of one of the forms used in special pleading. It was an action brought by a father against the seducer of his daughter, and in which the Jury gave 5001. damages; but were immediately told that this could not be, because those laid in the declaration were only 3001. Now a declaration, if it is intended to mean any thing, should declare the true grounds of complaint of the plaintiff against the defendant; but, instead of which, it is a mere tissue of deception, mystification, and absurdity, from beginning to the end. Where the action is brought to recover one debt, as must be the case, the declaration avers half a dozen other debts to be due ; though the demand accrued in Lancashire, a declaration makes every de mand to have taken place "in the parish of St. Marylebow, in the ward of Cheap"—it talks of John Roe and Richard Doe as pledges to prosecute, though it is quite clear no pledges can be wanting from these, being mere men in the moon. \Viten the real demand is known, it ends in stating it to be twice or ten times what it is ; and when, as in the else we are alluding . to, no damage can be known, but is en tirely a question for the Jury to ascertain, it states them at less than the Jury assess them—violating, first, the principle that no man should be a Judge in his own cause ; and, secondly, shutting out the proper judges from exercising their free judgment upon the occasion. Well has the poet described this as " a gipsy diction ;" and justly enough has Mr. O'Connell described it as a useless incumbrance of mere technical jargon, which the Courts would do well to disencumber themselves of. But is this likely to take place ? Is there in this enlightened age, as we call it, discernment or self-denial enough to get rid of such a system ? In short, are the image-makers for the great goddess Diana likely to give up so profitable a part of their calling ? We shall see.-ll7orning Herald. It would seem, from Mr. Peel's statement, that the great obstacle to a more cheap arid expeditious mode of recovering small debts consists in the diffi• culty of indemnifying persons who hold offices in the present Courts, the emoluments of which, it is appprehended, would be reduced by the proposed measure. This subject is not new to our readers, and we only regret that there should not long ago have been found courage enough in the proper quar ter to treat the subject at once manfully and justly. If those who take is hand legal or other reforms ate to be deterred frem the straightforward path by every bugbear, and by the cry that, " there is a in t h e vray," their efforts will be marked by more of profession than improvement. We do not mean by this to say that we arc wholly regardless of what are called " vested interests,' or Coat we would, for the sake of any paltry saving, counsel what might be deemed dishonour to the country ; but what we do mean to say is, that these vested interests are often held sacred in proportion to their aetual valuelessness, and that the timid caution with which they are approached often encourages the ra pacity with which the holders ask for an unreason-,, able indemnity. Th e o ff i ce, for instance, of the poorest clerk in a Government establishment is just as much his vested interest as the sinecure office of a Peer or Commoner in a Court of Justice; but while the one is dismissed without ceremony or in demnity, at the claims of the other ho' the Go vernment and Parliament must stand in awe, and no improvement, of ever so great national or individual importance, be allowed to take place, without em bracing a good job in favour of the idle, the titled, or highly-connected, over-paid fee•receiTer. As a proof of this, we need only refer to the fact that the four Cur;itors of Middlesex have already drawn from the country upwards of 6,0001. in the shape of indemnities for fees, which probably would never have amounted in the ..irrie to half that net sum. An office. more especially a sinecure one, depend ing upon fees,must be taken, and ought to be held, subject to contingencies ; and any remuneration asked for it ought to be calculated upon a moderate though a just scale. We will, as an instance of one of these contingencies, imagine an office in a Court of Justice, the emoluments of which shall have been swelled to an immoderate amount by the po• pularity of the Judge inviting crowds of suitors to that Court ; and we will then suppose the case of an unpopular or incompetent Judge driving nearly all the business tit of it, and reducing the fees of the office in question to one-tenth of their former amount. Is it to be borne that this officer shall take the fortuitous high standard as the ground of remu neration, overlooking the low state to which his fees may have dropped, or from which they may have risen ? Besides which, it may be asked, whether the very measure proposed, and for which indemnity is required, is not that very transfer of business from one Court to another, for which, in the shape we have just put it, no one, we believe, has yet had the hardihood to come to Parliament for an indemnity ? The subject is one of vast importance to the com munity, and only wants, we repeat, a sufficient de gree of courage and resolution, tempered by a sense of justice, to bring it to that termination which ought to content the parties interested, and, at the same time, satisfy the country.—Morning Herald. An admirable work on Financial Reform has just been published by Sir Henry Parnell. In the 13th Chapter he examines, in a masterly manner, the subject discussed on Friday in the House of Com mons—namely, our Military Expenditure. " Since 1816 (he observes) no less than 156 millions have been expended on soldiers, sailors, ships, and artil lery, exclusive of the non-effective expenditure, although we have been all the time in profound peace. The only ground on which it is attempted to justify this expenditure, so enormously great in comparison with that of any former peace establish ment, is the expediency of being at all times pre pared for war. But during the last thirteen years, there has been less likelihood of war than at any former period, in consequence of the exhausted con dition of all the powers of Europe after the last war, and the triumphant display of military and naval force which England was able to make at the con clusion of it. If, in 1816, a peace expenditure had been arranged, on a principle of sound economy, having reference only to the real wants of the nation, a very large portion of the 156 millions would have been saved." • • • • • • • " Notwithstanding there is now, in consequence of the peace of Europe being again established, so strong a case in favour of a great reduction in the military expenditure, if the.revenue should keep up there will be but little chance of its taking place; for nothing seems to hare any influence in attract ing public attention to measures of economy but a positive deficiency of the revenue. While. in 1827, and the beginning of 1828, the revenue.was deficient, the necessity of retrenchment was heard on all sides. When, however, the April quarter's account of 1828 showed that the revenue was ra pidly recovering, not a word more was said on the subject. Seeing, therefore, that such is the result of just having revenue enough to go on with from year to year, and that there is no regard to the con sequences of postponing the revision of our financial %ystem, it will perhaps, in the end be for the public good if the revenue-should not only be agaiu deft• cient, but continue so for some time. " The great amount of the non-effective expendi ture in the Army, Navy, and Ordnance shows the profusion, and the want of due consideration for the public interests, with which every thing in the na ture of Pensions, Half-pay, and Retired Allowances has been regulated." In a nate, Sir Henry ob serves 1--" The following amount shows to what an extent the principle has been carried of provid ing for the poorer part of the upper orders out of the public purse : Per Ann. Military Pensions, Half-pay, tre. £4,900,000 Penciling Superannuation Allowance X 6,102,702" Sir Henry examines the evidence before the Fi nance Committee respecting the Army, and ob served, " As 87,000 men will provide all the troops requisite for our foreign possessions, and will allow of the Foot Guards and Cavalry being kept as they now are, and will furnish an army of 38,060 men for Great Britain and Ireland—this force of 87,000 men ought to be considered as quite large enough for all the public services ; but the number voted in 1529 was 102,267, and therefore 15,000 men might be reduced." Colonel Davies moved, as an Amendment, " That the grant for the troops should only be made to the 25th of May, 1830, instead of the 25th of December, 1830, to give time to the House to ascertain the reductions that can be made." On a Division, the Amendment was lost by a majority of 225 to 93. These votes and the speeches of Sir E. Knatchbull and his bre thren are exceedingly instructive. Sir Edward was quite astonished at the extent of the reductions. We shall soon revert to the Work of Sir Henry Parnell ; and we trust its contents will be placed before the people at the County Meetings, that they may see how they aro mocked by their pretended friends, who know better than to support any mea sure for reductions.—lbid. . In returning to the debate of Friday last in the House of Commons, we must, in the first place, correct an error which, in the haste of the moment, crept into our observations upon it on Saturday— we allude to the statement that the whole amount of the proposed reduction of expenditure, if taken off in taxes, would be only a saving of " tenpence a-day" to each inhabitant of the country. We be lieve we need scarcely state that we ought to have said " tenpence a-year"—a sum, if it may be termed a. sum, so utterly paltry and insignificant as to render the magnificent pretensions previously put forth by Ministers on the subject of economy, as ludicrous, as they are now discovered to be un founded. No. It appears that we are to have no economy, and, what is more, no reduc tion of taxes,—the saving of the million, if the revenue during the ensuing year prove equally productive as during the past, is to be entitled surplus revenue, and to go, as for merly, to support that greatest of all delusions, the Sinking Fund—to keep up the price of stocks on Change, and to gull the public with the belief that some time or other the country will be able to pay off what it never can, and never will pay—the na tional debt—the incubus of ei g ht hundred millions which paralyses the industry of the country—pro duces absentees among the middle and higher or ders of society—drives our most skilful workmen abroad—raises up to us rivals in manufacturing in dustry in every quarter of the world—and finally spreads misery and starvation throughout every part of the kingdom, and among all classes whose industry its the source of their livelihood. Is such a scheme as this worthy of the Duke of Wellington ? Or will the country be satisfied with it ? We un hesitatingly allSticer that it is not, and that the country will not, and ought not, to be satisfied. The Chancellor of the Exchequer says that, after paying the interest Of the national debt, and other fixed charges, which cannot be altered without a breach of the national faith, he has only twelve mil- lions • to deal with ; but even twelve millions, ac customed as Ministers have been to talk of millions as if they were only pounds sterling, ought not to he lavished on unnecessary establishments. —What use, let us ask, has the country for 80,000 men in a time of profound peace, and when, according to the Royal Message, we are " receiving assurances of amity" from all foreign Powers ?—What sense is there in paying more than six per cent. for the col lection of taxes which any one would engage to deliver into the Treasury for a third of that sum ? Why also is that grave of English men, Sierra Leone, still kept up ? Why do we expend the resources of the country in main taining establishments in different colonies which ought to pay the whole of their own ex penses, and which, sooner or later, will be wrested from us ? But it is needless to put questions. There must be sweeping economy in every quarter, and in addition to economy a return to paper cur rency, convertible into gold or silver. Without this last measure all the economy that can be practised will be of no avail. Nothing else can relieve the country from the pressure of the debt. To this point, therefore, we say, above all others, let the at tention of the Members of both Houses be e,pe cially directed. Let them insist on economy, but let them also insist on paying that in paper which was contracted in paper. We can assure them that the country is not now to be trifled with, and that if they do not do their duty by it, it will assuredly do its duty by them, when they happen next to present themselves for re-election.-211orning, Advertiser. The motion of the Marquis of Blandford, on Thursday night, for leave to bring in a Bill to new-model the House of Commons, and the debate it occasioned, are chiefly deserving of notice on ac count of the extravagance of the scheme of Re form which the Noble Marquis offered to the us ceptance of the House. The old stagers upon the question—those to whom it cannot be imputed that their convictions or professions respecting it are founded upon a single vote of the House in opposi tion to their views, and who have been goaded into Reformers of the Constitution of Parliament, by the bitter experience that Parliament as it is uni formly left them in a minority—were somewhat scandalized,- and not a little embarrassed, by the wildness and intractibility of their new ally. They implored him earnestly, but in vain, to substitute a vague and general Resolution in favour of Re form, such as for years had been the constant theme of their declamation, for the definitive and tangible pi 'eject upon which he had determined to take the opinion of the House. There eon be no doubt that he was right in this, and that they were wrong. If Reform is insisted on, let us by all means, we say, see what the nature of that Reform is to be. Despising vague and unmeaning generalities, as the Marquis of Bland ford despises them, let each of the reformers in his turn propose his specific plan of Reform. Then it will no doubt be seen, absurd, mischievous, and ridiculous as was the scheme of the Noble Marquis, that yet it was just as safe, as salutary, and us ra tional, as any of the rest. We are not about to repeat the details of a project which has now been dead and buried for above four and twenty hours, but we cannot refrain from the remark, that one part of the Noble Marquis's scheme ought, if Par liament be as venal as some persons pretend to believe, to have secured it a more favorable recep tion than it experienced. The comfortable income of 21. per day for every Borough Member, and of 41. far every Knight of a Shire, which it proposed tsars secure, might to have excited a feeling otgeatitude towards the proposer, -rather than the ungracious sneers with which he was encountered from every side of the House. A House of Commons constituted by the votes of his scot and lot electors, would in this respect at least, we believe, have manifested greater sympathy with the Noble Marquis. In the speech by which this tardy recruit to the standard of Reform introduced his motion, he claimed the right of referring to the ancient Constitution of England as an authority and a mode!, without fixing upon any particular epoch as that at which the several principles which he says are inherent in that Constitution were conjointly in operation. He has a right, he contends, to spurn the question " to what time do you refer when you speak of the British Constitution as the Constitu tion you wish to restore ?" The question, he says is sophistical, and unworthy of an answer. He in sists that he may range from century to century, se lecting from the records of each the good principles, or such as he deems good, then in operation, with out regard to the circumstances of the times, or any other principles or practices with which they were combined. Be it so. Let him exercise this right, and when he has done so he will only have con structed a new Utopia from the materials of British history ; and although he may dignify the offspring of his labour with the name of the British Constitu tion, it will nevertheless he a Constitution, even by his own admission, which has never been actually in operation either in Great Britain or any where else, which has never been subjected to the severe test of experience, and which is in fact at this moment as utterly untried, as any of the thousand and one Constitutions by the fabrication of which theoretic politicians have amused their leisure. The Marquis of Blandford is mistaken if he thinks it possible for any man to acquire political importance in England by advocating general and sweeping changes in the Constitution. It may do very well for young men first entering into Parliament to expatiate in this field, for the trial and exercise of their oratorical powers; but the discreet and sober-minded people of this country are indifferent to the subject. They do not wish for rash and hazardous innovation, and they know that any sudden and extensive innovation in the form and powers of Government would be rash and hazardous. They amuse themselves with it when seen at a distance, but if they saw the least probability of its approach, they would prepare them selves for resistance. And what is still more worthy, perhaps, of the Marquis of Blandford's con sideration, they look upon the advocates of innova tion, upon the most popular of these advocates, only as persons fitted for their amusement ; and expect of all who aspire to the higher and graver taste of Ewing the country, of all who are ambitious of the name of Statesmen, that they should abandon the pursuit of an object which is not odious only because it is to believed to be chimerical.—. Morning Post. It is related of an Irish Lord Lieutenant, whose veracity was not of the least questionable kind, that he once told the chief magistrate of some district to inform his brethren that a certain matter should be done immediately. " Please your Lordship, I cannot tell them it will be done, but I will tell them your Lordship said so," was the reply. Even so is it with the recent statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Those who have informed the public that the Right Honourable Gentleman meant to do anything to lighten the heavy burthen under which a whole people groan and suffer have acted most indiscreetly ; but those who only stated that the Right Honourable Gentleman said lie would do so have taken the more prudent course. Mr. Goulburn holds a si tuation by no means enviable. If he were a man of profound ability—one who could talk a starving mechanic into an idea that his hunger was ap peased, or persuade a ruined agriculturist that his fields were rich with the coming harvest, or lead the benkrupt ship-owner to imagine that the ocean was wafting the wealth of a dozen lands into his stores—he would find it necessary, at the present moment, to put forth all the talent of which he was master. But Mr. Goulburn is a man who can do no such thing, and whose attempts at such a matter would be like the efforts of the ass in the fable to con vince the lord of the forest that he was the most eloquent of brutes. lie must be satisfied with stating facts, and can never expect to prevent those who listen to or hear them from drawing inferences of their own. The country is by this time in possession of the statements made by him in the House of Commons on Friday .night —It has beheld the mountain that was in labour bring forth a mouse—and the people hare passed from laughter to weeping at the prospect he has held forth. The reductions in the public expenditure amount on all the estimates to 1,031,98.514 and if we are to take into the account the saving on the in terest of the Exchequer Bills and in the Revenue Department, we shall be relieved to the extent of 1,300,0001.; that is to say, about a fifty-fifth of our taxation; so that be who now pays to the amount of fifty-five shillings, will, in future, be enabled to satisfy the " tax-eaters" by tendering the sum of fifty-four. Does the Chancellor of the Exchequer, however, conceive for a moment that this statement will satisfy the country as to the wise policy, the good intentions, or the ultimate success of the Ad ministration in which he holds so eminent a place, and in which he takes so prominent a part ? No. Weak and incompetent he may be, but he is not an absolute fool. Many hours will not pass over his head before he is satisfied that he has not misled a single individual, either in or out of the honour able House. Will the Right Hon. Gentleman pre sume to say that nothing more can be done—that no further saving can be effected ? lie will doubtless be asked the question, and that immediately. We shall wait for his answer before we again refer to the subject.—Morning Journal. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Fau. 20. CASH V. TAYLOR. This was an action on a bill of exchange for 68/. ss. purporting to have been accepted by the defendant Thomas Taylor. The defence was, that the acceptance was a forgery. On the part of the plaintiff, who was the endorser of the bill, evidence was given to show that the acceptance in the name of the defendant had been signed by Alfred Tallent, the drawer, with the defendant's authority. It ap peared that Alfred Tallent, who was a brother-in law of the defendant, had, on a former occasion, made use of the defendant's name to a bill in favour of a Mr. Stracey. That bill fell due in December, 1828, and was dishonoured. A prosecution for forgery having beet► threatened, the defendant was applied to to write to Mr. Stracey's attornies to say that the bill would be paid. The defendant upon that application authorized a brother of Alfred Tel lent to write to the attornies, and a letter was ac cordingly written in which it was stated that the de fendant " had long been in the habit of endorsing bills for Mr. Alfred Tallent, and he had also given him due authority to make use of his name in his dealings with London houses, and he (the defen dant) would therefore take up the bill." At the foot of this letter the defendant wrote a memoran dum stating that the letter was written in accord ance with his wishes, and he was ready to take up the bill. This letter was relied on as evidence to show that the bill in question (though dated sub sequently to the letter) had been accepted i❑ the name of the defendant with his authority. The Jury found for the defendant. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEB. 20. BRIGLAND V. ARNOLD. In this case, which was left unfinished when we went to press on Saturday, the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 300/. MAYOR'S COURT, Fzn. O. A Jury was summoned to ascertain the value of the leasehold interest of the claimants, John Walton and John Cochrane Walton, in the preraises No. 14, Fish-street-hill, and the compensation to be made to them as occupiers, for good will, improve ments, tenants' fixtures, and all loss, injury, or damage, to be sustained by them for quitting pos session thereof on account of the execution of the Act of Parliament 10th George IV., for improving the approaches to London-bridge. The claimants in this case are extensive toy dealers, and one fact came out in the course of the trial which will be likely to excite much greater competition in the toy-trade than at present exists. Indeed, it would not be wondered at if the great capitalists would suddenly embark in a business in which such an enormous per centage is received upon the articles, whether sold by whole sale or retail. The claimants sell by wholesale and retail, and after notice was served upon them to quit under the terms of the Act, they sent into the Com mittee a long formal account of their demand. In this they state, that nine years of their lease is yet unexpired,—that since 1822, when they took the premises, which are very extensive and commodious, their trade had trebled, and if they remained where they were, they might calculate upon double their present business before the expiration of the lease ; that they attributed this increase to the situation being a " complete sign facing the Monument ;" that it was impossible, through the whole city of London, to find premises equally capacious, commodious, and commanding; and that to the retail trade of the house a forced removal would be complete annihilation—a trade which produced from 100 to 300 per cent. profit. In illustration of this fact, the claimants instanced one article which they imported from Germany, (not however naming it,) and sold for ready money at from 150 to 250 per cent. profit. The mode of averaging the profits was rather singular. They judge from the sums drawn out of the trade to sup port two large establishments, and the increase of property both in stock and surplus book debts. They state that they are now the most extensive im porters in England, of French, German, and Italian fancy goods ; and they conclude with a list of items of their demand of three years' profit on their re tail, and one year's profit on their wholesale trade, and a particular detail of their dealings with their customers.—The following claims were made on the part of Messrs. Walton : X. B. d. For the goodwill of the wholesale trade— 4,223 3 4 For the goodwill of retail ditto 6,150 9 6 For costs and charges of rem0va1........... 250 0 0 Expenses of valuation,and supporting claim 100 0 0 For the leas 2, £11,423 12 10 40( 0 10 0 Total. „ 12 10 The fixtures to be taken at a valuation. From part of the evidence, it appeared that the Messrs. Walton and their servants were in the habit of travelling about to fairs, in different parts of the country, with toys ; and that it was immaterial in what part of the city the trade was carried on. One witness said the profits were enormous, and that they must amount to 2001. or 3001. per cent. ; this profit was principally upon fancy articles. The house imported very largely, and the business in creased greatly. From chance customers they had taken 400/. or 5001. a•week. During the twelve months from August, 1825, to August, 1826, the returns were 25,000/. or 26,0001., of which one third was in the bill-book, viz., the chance custom described, and what was taken in the retail trade. The trade was likely to suffer by removal, from the small dealers who went round on Saturday night. The Jury, after consulting together, reduced the claitn,which was made at 11,823/.125. 10d. to 2,5501. OLD BAILEY, FEB, 20. Frederick Thomas Allen, aged 20, Richard Rogers,' 20, Moses Magnus, 21, Samuel Ileemare, 24, Sa muel Relf, 27, and Charlotte Lewis, 23, were in dicted for stealing from the person of William Ed wards certain Bank of England notes and promis sory notes, altogether of the value of 501., and cer tain silver and copper coins, his property. The Jury returned a verdict that Allen only was Guilty, and all the other prisoners Not Guilty. JUDGE-.Prisoner, the sentence of the Court is, that you be transported beyond the seas for the term of your natural life. The prisoner then with his fist struck the bar with such violence as to make the Court resound; and when the officer who had restrained him before, requested him to retire, ha again became obstre perous, and the Court for a few seconds was thrown into confusion, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DEVONPORT, FEB. 20.—The Ramillies, 74, in the Downs, is to be broken up. Her place will be supplied by the Talavera, 74, Capt. Pigot. The Onyx, tender to his Majesty's yacht Royal George, which sailed from Spithead, on the 31st October, for Maranham, with nautical instruments far his Majesty's sloop Chanticleer, Captain Foster, arrived at Maranham on the 20th Dec., at which time the Chanticleer had not arrived from the Cape of Good Hope. APPOINTMENTS.--Lieut. the Hon. Henry Kep pel, to the Galatea; Lieut. Willoughby Shortland, to the Ranger; Mr. Henry Stiell, Assistant Surgeon, to the Nimrod. The Echo steamer, Lieut. Bissett, arrived from Portsmouth on Wednesday, with marine artillery for the Druid, 46. The Brazilian frigate Liebe], Captain J. P. Grenfell, was towed into Catwater on Sunday, by the Brunswick steamer, to be repaired. Capt. Shirreff, late of the Warspite, came home in the Princess Elizabeth packet from Rio Janeiro, invalided—Commander S. Burgess, of his Majesty's ship Alert, is promoted to the rank of Captain, and appointed to his Majesty's ship Warspite, vice Shir reff—Lieut. J. C. Fitzgerald, of his Majesty's ship Forte, is promoted to the rank of Commander, and appointed to the Alert, vice Burgess—Mr. J. T. Strong, of the Forte, is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to that ship, vice Fitz gerald—Lieut. J. E. Erskine, of the Barham, is pro moted to the rank of Commander, and appointed to the Arachne, vice Nixon, invalided—Mr. Charles Jenkin, late of the Druid, is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to the Barham, vice Erskine—Lieut. E. 11. Seppings, of the Shannon, is appointed to the Ranger, vice Roche, invalided— Lieut. H. A. Young, of the Barham, is appointed to the Shannon, vice Seppings—Lieut. the Hon. A. W. Monekton, of the Grasshopper, is appointed to the Barham, rice Young—Mr. J. C. Provost, to be Lieutenant of the Grasshopper—Lieutenant W. Louis, of the Ranger, is appointed to the Grass hopper, vice Monckton—Lieut. J. Hookey, of the Speedwell, is appointed to the Magnificent—Mr.W. Chambers, of the Barhatn, is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to the Arachne, vice Rivel, deceased—Mr. R. Gourly is appointed Sur geon of the Shannon, vice Morrice, invalided ; and Mr. B. Veiling, Assistant-Surgeon of the Harpy, is appointed Surgeon of the Victor, vice King, de ceased—Mr.J. Stiell is appointed Assistant-Surgeon of the Nimrod, on the Irish station. Commanders James Galloway (1806) and Wil liam Love (1807), and Lieutenant Robert John Hibbs (1796) are appointed to the Out-Pensions of Greenwich Hospital, vice Commanders Davis and M‘Killop, and Lieutenant Graham, deceased. Mr. John Hay, R.N., Preventive officer at Mil ' brook, on Thursday seised 15 kegs of brandy and Geneva, as contraband, which have been deposited in the Custom-House. '1 he Pandora, 18, Hon. Commander J. P. Gor don, was paid off into Ordinary on Thursday. The Swan cutter, Lieutenant Goldie, arrived from Chatham on Wednesday with supernumeraries for the Ariadne, and returned to Portsmouth on Thursday, in company with the Echo steam vessel, for the same place. Remain in Hamoaze—St. Vincent, Kent, Druid, Ariadne, Royalist, and Reindeer packet. At the Island—Britomart, Bramble, and Leveret. In Catwater—Brazilian frigate Isabella. Sunday last being the anniversary of the battle of St. Vincent, in commemoration of the event, the Earl and Countess of Northesk (her Ladyship being the niece of the late gallant Earl St. Vincent) e tertained the ward-room officers of the Sr. Vincent, flag-ship, to dinner on Monday, at Mount Wise, The festivities on board during the day were also of the most joyous description.—Devonporl Tel. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 20.—The Amity transport, Lieut. Lester, arrived at Cowes, from Barbadoes, yes terday, with the left wing of the 2d battalion of the 60th, under Captain Slyfield. The Lord Cochrane transport, with the right wing of the same corps, it was expected, would follow about the end of Ja nuary. The William Harris was to assist the Mar shal Bennett in removing two Regiments between Barbadoes and the other islands. The 19th Regi ment had suffered from ophthalmia. The islands in general were healthy. His Majesty's ship Mersey was to leave Barbadoes on the 14th ult. for Deme rara, with the Lord Bishop on hoard. The Britomart transport passed this port on Wednesday, with a detachment of Artillery from Barbadoes. The Amphitrite transport, Lieut. Cooley, agent, sailed a few days since for Cork, to take the reserve companies of the 73d Regiment to Devonport, thence the reserve companies of the 94th Regiment to Cork. The Flora transport, from South America, and the Southworth transport, from South America, are daily expected here. The Ann mid Amelia transport, Lieutenant Main, agent, arrived at Spithead yesterday, from Bermuda, last from Cork, where she landed a part of the 74th Regiment. She also brought home sixteen par doned convicts. Extract from a letter received from an officer of his Majesty's ship Rose, dated Halifax, Jan. 11, 1830 :—" The ship Halifax, for Liverpool, sails to morrow. By her our mach esteemed late Captain, Eaton Travers (by his promotion), and Mr. Reed, our late Surgeon (invalided), go home. We part from Capt. Travers with sincere regret, as he is a good officer, as well as a kind-hearted gentleman.— Commander Dewar has taken the command. Mr. Brown, mate of the Hussar, is appointed Acting Lieutenant of this ship, vice Philips, invalided; and Mr. Morrison, Supernumerary Surgeon, vice Reid. An accident happened with us yesterday, which would have terminated in the loss of lives, but for the prompt humanity and intrepidity of our worthy purser (Mr. George Starr). Having a brow along side (as ships always must have that cannot be made perfectly fast), the sentinel came on the inner end of it, to speak to the corporal, when, at the same instant, it fell, and threw both the men overboard. Like a well-trained soldier, the sentinel went down (as he says), with his musket in his arm, and came up with it, in the same position !—went down again, and under the brow, by which time Mr. Starr, hear ing of the accident, jumped overboard, and was thus providentially the meatis,of saving both their lives. The Hussar (Vice -Admiral Sir C. Ogle), and Rose, are wintering here; the Manly, at Newfoundland; the other ships of the squadron at Bermuda. But so extraordinarily mild has the season yet been, that we can hardly consider ourselves at wintering quar ters ; few flakes of snow only have fallen in Nova Scotia. We are, however, experiencing all the hos pitalities of the season, from the invitations of the kind and liberal-hearted principal inhabitants of this place. The Admiral, and Officers of the 34th Re giment have given Balls on the festive occasion. It is understood that Captain Farquhar will be appointed, with a blue pendant, to proceed to Halifax. The Lady Fanshawe, convict-ship, will be at Spithead in a few days, to embark 180 convicts, for Sydney. An intimation has been given to a public office here, that it is the immediate determination of Go vernment to make a reduction of ten per cent, on all civil salaries of 2001. and upwards, and of five per cent. on all salaries of a less amount.—Hanip shire Telegraph. EXTENSION OF TFIE TELEGRAPIL-It was agreed at a meeting in the Underwriters' Committee-room, on Wednesday last, to extend the Telegraph to Tuscar and Cape Clear.—Liverpool Journal. - - THE BLESSED STATE OF MATRIMONY.--., Whatever scoffers may assert about the preponderance of the bitters over the sweets in married life, a forcible in stance that some have the good luck to find it a state of bl'ss, occurred on Friday last, in the parish of Walcot. A purishioner, whose wife was buried at half-past tiaras in the afternoon of that day, sent in, by four o'clock, a notics for the publication, on the following Sunday, of banns be tween himself and another helpmate whom he had selected instantly to replace the dear partner of his joys whom be had just consigned to bet parent earthowl3cith 219rtdd. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oat s . Per Quarter. Is.to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. Carlisle — 58 511 Carmarthen—........ 58 31 --15 -- 96 62 72 33 41 22 t) 50 5 0 Morpeth 50 59 28 32 116 ft 84 9 0 Penrith 60 31 23 -" Sheffield 73 41 Winchester 42 64 33 18 95 42 40 Per Bushel. s. d. s. d. 5. d. c. d. s. d. Ld.s.d. S. d. Coventry 7 0 9 0 4 8 6 4 3 6 4 0 5 6 0 0 Newcastle (Staff.) 9 0 9 6 4 6 5 6 3 4 4 0 5 9 6 0 Northallerton...— 70 93 36 46 23 40 59 8 tl Stafford 9 0 94 fig 62 36 40 72 lil9 Swansea 68 70 44 48 49 96 09 00 Warwick 90 109 46 50 33 40 73 7 6 Per 8011. Barnardcaatle 12 6 180 86 90 56 II 4 96 198 Durham 1120 150 80 90 49 64 96 109 Richmond 120, 16 0 90 106 70 II 611 0 12 0 Stmkton...---- 1 12 6 146 80 901 4 6 76 0 S. to S. 50 5 : 2 84 93 42 , d. R. d. .g. 55 0 60 41': 59 60 59 b tu 74 li ou 00 7q : 6 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-Feb. IV. We have a considerable arrival of grain for this day'a market. In Wheat the trade continues very firm, and though the millers are reluctant buyers, yet last week's rates are fully maintained for best qualities ; but the quan tity offering for second and inferior descriptions bring large, such met dull sales at rather lower prices. Barley r is in very limited demand ; there is no material alteration in heavy sorts, but any other description is scarcely sale able. Oats and Shelling are not so free sale, but no lower. No variation in Beans or other articles. Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Sufiblk 52a. 555. to Ws. fine 614. New .545. 575. to Gls. tine 646. -- White Old .............. s6s. b7s. to 646. Sue trs. --- New 50s. be& to 60s. fine 63a. - Foreign, lied ....... 47s. Mo. to 00s. fine 64a. White ... Ma. 684. to fits. fine E4is. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk 26s. to 324. fine 3401. -- Lincolnshire 24s. to 316. fine S3l. - Yorkshire Wold 256. to 295. fine 30s. - Foreign -e. to -a. fine --s. Beans, Old - New 30s. to 83s. fine SU. Oats, Potato lts. to 256. fine Vs. - • - Poland 20s. 225. to 245. fine 256. - Friesland and Small lss. 20s. to Its. tine 235. - Healing IW. to 12%d. per Stone. Shelling Vs. to 29e. od. per Load. Malt 36s. 30s. fine 41s. per Load. Rapeseed SOUTIIALL MARKET.—Feb. 17. Ia our market of to-day, which exhibited a mode-' rately good supply, and was tolerably well attended by buyers, each kind of meat met with a steady sale, at the following prices per stone of Blb. to sink the offals Reef 3s. Od. to 4s. Od I 4s. eki. to Ss. 9d. Mutton - 3 4 4 4 Pork 3 6 4 6 The foregoing quotations are precisely the same as those of this day se'nnight. But a small proportion of the supply left the market unsold. LEWES MARKET.—Feb. 16. Beef 34. Od. to 38.8 d. Veal is. Ad. to 5,3.. d. Mutton 3 6 4 6 I Pork —.—.. 4 0 4 4 Supply moderately good, and trade rather dull. RUMFORD MARKET.—Feb. 17. s. d. ton. d. •, d. a. d. Beef BlO 810 I Veal Mutton 3 0 4 G Pork Suckling Calves from 14s. to 30s ; Quarter old Pigsl2s te lee. eaeb. A limited supply, and a dull trade. SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. Barley I Oats. I Beaus. 03.unaa , • Aberdeen ....... 46 66 23 28 17 22 ' 28 29 Berwick.-- 36 40 IS 20 14 17 2; 33 % Coldstream .... 36 42 18 20 14 17 20 25 -- , Cupar --..... 44 68 27 28 20 23 24 37 -- Dundee.-- 49 56 77 30 91 24 26 27 -- Elgin...--.-- 50 89 20 25 20 23 19 91 - - Inverness.—... 48 54 21 26 19 21 19 20 40 -- Kelso SS 40 18 90 15 17 24 77 I—. ...... • • Kirkaldy— 60 76 33 38 26 39 30 34 -- Perth 48 70 19 21 19 21 26 t ..... ir} The size of the measure varies throughout the country. • EDINBURGH CORN MARKET.—Feb. 17. - We had a middling supply of all kinds of Grain to-days except Pease and Beans. Wheat sold readily, and was up 2s. on the top. Barley a small supply, and sales dull. There was no return of Oats, except a few pareada for seed, wkich brought from 28s. to 295. 4d. Pease and Beans sold readily, at a shade higher on the top. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. Iloaha. • First 66s Od 34s 6d —s Od 32s ad az, Od Second 65s Od Sts Od —a Od 3ls Cd 31s Od Third slxol 23s Od —a Ott 31a Od Sla od riticga or ritovlstoNs, &e. Beef, per 1b... Os. 30. to Os. 6d. Fresh Dutter,lb.s.ftd. to a. 10d. Mutton...—. 0 4 0 6 Salt 0 '7 0 8 Veal ~....,,,.0 8 010 Ditto, per sis t. 00 S 66 0 Pork. 0 4 0 6 Eggs, per dos. 1 0 0 0 Lamb, per qr. 1 6 2 0 OatStraw(kp%) 6 6 0 0 Tallow, cwt.... 30 0 31 3 Wheat Ditto-. '7 0 8 Quartern Loaf 0 8 0 9 Barley Ditto 0 0 6 6 Potatoes, 1711 b. 0 4 0 0 Hay, per et.... 0 6 0 EDINBURGH MEAL Al A RKET...-Fab. 16. We had a middling supply of Oatmeal at to—day's mar-. ket, which sold heavily at an advance of Is. per sack Oa last week's prices ; retail the same as formerly. Per Sack of 280Ib. Imp. Per Stone of 14th. Imp. , First Oatmeal £l 16 0 First Oatmeal .... ...... .ICO I 10 Second ditto 1 14 0 Second ditto Barleyrdeal 1 8 0 Barleymeal.. „ • 0 1 6 Peas emeal 1 8 0 Peasemeal 0 1 6 Pot Barley—No. 1, per cwt. 128.-2 d. 144.-Bd, 18s.—Peat 1 VAL GLASGOW CORN MARKET.—Fcb. A good deal of business has been done in Grain since our last, at our quotations ; but in the market this day the demand was rather slack. Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. d. Oats, per 3641 b. cd. t. d. British, old 32 oto 0 Irish is IS. -- new 2ll 0 30 0 British l7 0 1410 Canada, free 32 0 33 0 Beans, per 20011). Irish . ... ....... . ... 28 0 20 0 [ English ...!.... Barley, per 3201 b. [Scottish ....- English Scottish Irish 250 270 240 100 220 250 Pease, Oatrn;sl.p Float. per .160 WO 11 l6O 170 b ISO ISO 500 U 0 HADDINGTON CORN MARIt.ET...Feb.I9. The Corn markets appear to be on the rise; all kinds of Grain in this market sold at higher prices than lasi week. Oats in full supply ; 310 quarters sold, and 41 unsold ; top 4s. and average Is. Id. up. Barley stands at last top price, but the average is up about 2d.--71 quar ters sold, 11 unsold. Wheat went off readily; top 4t., and average ls. 4fl. up. Pease are up Is. sd. and Reams ls. 3d. ; 38 quarters of Pease, and 65 of Beans, were sold. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. Ream. First 6t3s Od 308 CO SOs Ott 311 Od 404 Od Second 5Bl Oct 29s Od 24s 8d 29s Od 2ls Od Third There were 368 qrs. of Wheat in market. 25 whereof were sold. 11 Unsold.-30 (3rey. 21. 18s. Od. o.l2ths. Average :I'll Coln all kinds ST MARK! of Grain r higher tl DALKEI The supply of ket was shot t ; pr se'nnight. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First 666 8d 33t Ott Vs 6d Second 6os Od 90s 01 26s Od Third &Os Od 26s Od 94s Od L.—Feb. It ices rat at this day's mar- Jt those of this day Peskso. Beam!. 34s Od Sid Qd 9Us Od tOs Od 291 od 29s Od CORNWALL MARKETS. TILI/110.—Wheat (average) 225. W.—Barley, 121.—Oats, 9s. U. HELJTON—WhCOt, 225. ed.—Barley, 12s. Od. Sr. AusTnu.--Wheat, 209. to 214.—Barley, 103. to 122.—Oats, Ss. to Os. Od. BODMix—Wheat (average) 228. Od.—Barley, 14.—Oats, Ss. Od. LAUNCISSTONW h eat (average) 235. Od.—Barley, 12s, Oil —Oats, 7s. Od.—Beef, &I.—Mutton, sd. PONZANCE—Wheat, 20*. to 21s.—Barley, —a. to 12.,.—0at5• Ss. to 10s. Od.—Beet and Mutton, 4d. to 50.—Pork, NI to Od.-•• Butter, 11d. per lb. LIIMEA RD—Wheat, 225. Cat to 251.—Barley,13s. 10.1. to 11s. Od. Sr. CoLuma--Wheat, 21.. to 23a—Barley, 113. to 13 5 ,....-Beaf, and Mutton, sd. to 50.—Veal and Lamb, Od to 6d. BIRTHS. On the 19th inst. at IS, Lower Belgrave-street, the lady of George Arbuthnot, Esq., of a son. On the ISth inst. in John-street, Berkeley-square, the lady of the Hon. G. Talbot, of a son and heir. On the 19th inst. the lady of G. Anderson, Esq., of Welbeck-street, of a eon. On the 19th inst. Mrs. John Jackson, Borough, of it son, who survived but a few boars. On the 18th inst. in fdyddelton-spare, Po/Avianles Mrs. Belville, of a eon. On the 16th inst. at Hawleigh, Suffolk, the lady of Octaviut llanbury, Esq., of a eon. MARRIED. On the 18th inst. by special licence, at Mrs. Co:lolly% Laura-place, Bath, by the Rev. F. Gardiner, Rector of Coomb Hay, having been previously married by the Rev. T. Brindle, Colonel Augustus Andrews, C.D., of the Hon• East India Company's service, to Maria, d aug ht er o f tits late Charles Conolly, Esq., f Midford Castle, s outers et, and of Lauri-place, Bath. On the 18th inst. at St. George's, Hanover-vinare, the Rev. R. W. Shaw, son of Sir John Shaw, Bart. o f Ken.. ward, Kent, to Sophia, youngest daughter of the Hon* Mrs. Cornwall, of Grosvenor-place. _, 4 On the 18th inst. at G odahn i n g , th e Rev. W. D.D., Vicar of Holy. Rhood, South ampton, to M a rie, daughter of the late Re v. 11. Sunnier. Wiggins,On e t l Esq.,l9th p ic a s er t c . ria a ,sit t ie nSry, to Mary, St. DIED.. Ge o lgo's, H anover - square , .& J. Lwi Req., As eldest daughter of On the 18th inst. in West-square, N. 13. Halbcd, Eitl. at the age of 79. On the 19th inst. Mr. Brennand, one of the chief clerk* of the Bank of England, aged 74. On the 17th inst. at Ware, Hefts, Jonathan Dickinson, Esq., aged 74. On the 18th inst. Ann, wife of W. Clarkam, Esi4i., of Baldock. On the 19th inst. Mr. Huguenin, of the Haymarket, aged 82. 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