The Sun. — London, England, 1830-07-13 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP' THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We have extracted from the French Papers of Saturday as many particulars of the surrender of Algiers (which we mentioned yesterday) as had leached Paris on Friday night. The French Press, of all colours of opinion, seems to have viewed this important success in its true light. The pride of a military people is flattered by the renewed visit of yietory to their standards,—the national honour is viedicated by the punishment of a barbarian despot rrho had insulted it,—humanity is avenged by the destruction of a nest of piratical vultures,—and the fidelity of the army to the Bourbons is strengthened by being again entwined with the laurels gained under their auspices. The glorious news was an -I,ounced at Paris with becoming " pomp and cir cumstance." The cannon of the Invalides told the universal inhabitants of Paris of their happiness ; the Niinister of Finance repeated his telegraphic feu de foie to the jobbers at the Exchange; and the Court called upon the pious to vent their satisfaction in a Te Deum at the Cathedral. All the Journals, both liberal and 'loyalist, join in the chorus of praise; led never, if we might trust declarations, was French gratitude more unanimous in rewarding French prowess. The Ministers are of course over joyed, because they consider the triumph gained orer the Dey of Algiers as a triumph gained over • the Liberals in the Chamber; and the Liberals toss up their caps in the air with delight and defiance, to zenounce that the victorious army is their ally , and '`'lliat they will never permit the confiscation of its dory for the benefit of an Apostolical Cabinet. 'We i “re still without details of the latter days of the war fare, and of the cause of the speedy surrender of the city. It would appear, however, that the French / ,quadron in the bay assisted the army, and that the Dry yielded, both because his fortifications could not withstand a regular siege , and because mutin y land desertion had thinned his ranks. The imme -0 (flute gain to the army in prise money must be con siderable. The shipping of the state, the military .cares in the arsenals, atad the artillery on the forti tieationa, without ifteluding the treasures of the Dey, [and the other effects that must fall into the hands of k the victors, must remind its veterans of the former Iti.iys of glory and plunder under Napoleon. All the talent and seal of the Liberal journals ere directed to show that there is no connexion between the `events in Algiers and the proceedings in the elec toral eolleges,—that the triumph of the army is not the triumph of a party,---and that the Ministers must be defeated in the Chamber, though victorious o ver the Dey. The latter fact is put beyond a doubt by the result of the elections whose proceedings tare already known. Out of 321 returns (including ell those of the two series except three), the opposition have ' obtained lB7, and the Ministry 127. The elections postponed to the 12th and the 19th are expected to confirm, if not to increase, this proportional success. —Times. • - .......___ The last Session of a Parliament is always peni tent, end therefore , we are not to be surprised that Ministers did not find that ready acquiescence in their measures which obedient majorities heretofore • had accustomed them to expect. But the re pentance of an expiring Parliament is seldom pro ductive of any positive good; its exhibition of tardy and reluctant virtue is rather of the negative kind; it is distinguished more by resisting the progress of Leal! measures than promoting any good ones. To the circumstance of representatives who have ne elected or abused their trust being ashamed to meet their constituent*, without performing some act or atoning virtue, we probably owe the effectual oppo sition that was given to that most infelicitous at. tempi at originality of commercial repletion, which the late Sugar Duties Bill unfolded to the ago- Mailed nation- . -a Bill which, from its complicated details, its inequality of operation, and its radical ignorance of the real nature of the interests to which it was meant to apply—seemed intended to prove 1 1 how fur financiel weakness and absurdity could be carried„ under the semblance of official ingenuity. To the seine cause we may ascribe the demolition o f the new seale of stamp duties, which set all Ire sand once more is it state of agitation, and the with drawal of the proposed spirit duties—another mea sure which had no other effect than to produce ex. citement and encourage speculation. Indeed all these financial experiments had no other result than to unhinge for the time the mercantile relations of the Empire; but as they were proposed without wis• doer, SO they were abandoned without grace or dig oity. Though the Government wanted decision in those matters, end dared not persevere, they en deavoured to obtain credit for Armees in obsti il tistely persisting with the Beer Bill—one of the most objectionable measures, both as to the prin. eiple on which it is founded, and its inevitable con sequences, that baa brought discredit on the spirit of modern legislation. On the committal of that Bill in the House of Lords, the reasoning of the Duke of Richmond, not being easily met by argu ment, was only answered by the votes of a silent majority. Silent we call it, because, when the task of defending Ministers from arguments which in volved the serious charges of practising injustice and encouraging immorality was delegated to such a Senator as Lord Ellenborough, the Administration I may be said to have been worse than unite. In fact, on this Bill, which involved the vested inte rests of 50,000 families, and went to break down property to the amount of thirty millionson this Bill, which INSIMOt fail to have a moat demoralizing influence on the habits of the people, the Govern. ment, on that occasion, with the exception of a speech from the President of the Board of Control, amid an interlocutory remark from Cie Duke of Wel lington, were literally dumb. The principle of a free trade in beer we do not object to, although Sir It. facet gave it his determined opposition only two or three years ago; but we do object to opening the trade in that way which must cover the land with low tippling . houses, throwing every danger. sus inducement )r) the way of the peasantry tied the working times to stay away from their families, and prefer the dens of drunkenness, disorder, and riot, to the domestic; enjoyments if any still remain, of their own 'fire-sides. In !'he instance of the rorgery Bill, also, the Govern went have mistaken obstinacy for firmness; they hove persevered without credit, because they knew nest when to yield with dignity. The House of Commons had, with the atingle exception of the for gery of wills, thrown out OA whole of the black catalogue of Sir IL Peel's capita punishments. The Government, culled upon by the petition of 1,000 bankers, and the united voices of commercial men, magistrates, lawyers, clergymen, end other in- i t elligent arid practical members of society, from more I than 200 cities, towns, and districts of the United Kingdom, had a noble opportunity IA doing what would be, at the Rama time, equally wise and popu lar, and sacrificing sanguinary prejudices in deferenc e r tO the authority of enlightened public opieion. But what the House of Commons had done in aid of 4 more humane, a more moral, and more judicious spirit of legislation, the House of Lords have undue. The here& arm Legislators, at the close of the Seg. ~, 'ion of Parliament, had no constituents to meet. 'rig had no ac coun t of their stewardship to ren i,. eer ; and this shows, in the strongest point of view, ; the nsceseity of insisting on a pure and effe c tive re presentation in the other House of the Legislature. We lerpe_the House of. Commons will now throw out, tbi Bill altogether, us it is but a mockery of amendment of the law as it OM kind will proceed' de novo with that work of improved legislation on this subject in the nest Session. As to the promised' i kw reforms, Parliament will he dissolved withom sifeeting sny thing in that restpect, notwithstanding the Speech from the Throtte..—lwar m i ng Our contemporary (the Times) adept that our in formic*, in an article in the Chronicle of gaturday, from his approbation a the ballot in Ptenelt doe. that he Wad favourable to balloting in general, watt unfounded, tilt the circumstances which recom mend the ballot in France do,not odd in. England. . Our contemporary says : " The French electoral system and ours are more remark able for their points of contrast than their features of re semblance. In France there are no municipal bodies with local privileges—no Magistracies elected by the people in dependent of the Crown—no shield interposed between the most obscure election in the most remote hamlet in the kingdom and the power of the general Government. The Prefect, Sub-Prefect, Mayor, and other local officers in each department, derive their authority from the Crown, and being removable at its pleasure, act as one body on the in terests of the single unprotected vater. Nor are they likely to be scrupulous in the mode of exercising their authority, if we may judge front the late circulars issued by all the chiefs of Administrative Boards to their subordinate agents. The clerks in the Post-office, the employla of the Customs, the collectors of the direct taxes in the provinces, the officers of the Tribunals of Justice, even the officers of the army, were all told, in direct terms, that the retention of their commissions, and consequently their means of exist ence, depended upon the nature of their votes. Were the votes of these persons to be given openly, it is inferred, and perhaps justly, by our neighbours, that not one of their bulletins would tell for a liberal candidate. But are the freeholders, citizens, and burgesses of England in this situation when exercising their electoral franchises? Some of the classes above mentioned (such as Revenue Officers) are forbidden to approach the poll-book in England, from a belief that they could not, with our open system, give an independent vote. "But the difference between the situation of the voters in the two countries consists not so much in the institu- tuns which shelter the electors from direct power in the one more than the other, as in the very constitution and numbers of the electoral assemblies themselves.— The whole constituent body in France, created by uniform laws, consists of only about 80,000 per sons, who must be the greatest proprietors in the kingdom, as their qualification is based on property alone. The Electoral Colleges thus often consist of Clubs of Electors, where, according to the opinion of our neighbourp, a Ministerial candidate could not with safety be black-balled without secret ballotting. Accord ingly, in all the directions given to the electors by the con stitutional party, the voter is directed to conceal his bulle tin from the President and Secretaries of the Assembly. In many cases the Liberals bring a large piece of paste boird or a screen to conceal the hand of the elector from the President while writing the name of his favourite can• . . didate, and more than one petition will be presented to the Chamber, at its next meeting, to annul returns, en the ground that the officers of the Colleges inspected the operations of the voter, so as to know the contents of the sealed paper which he threw into the urn. We need scarcely show how different the electoral body of England is in this respect. There are as many persons entitled to the elective franchise in Westminster alone as return the 172 Members for the greater Colleges over the eighty-eix departments of France! tr The arguments against the use of ballot in the elec toral system of this country (into which we cannot now enter) have always appeared to us irresistible ; but our neighbours know best their own situation, and when they assure us that without ballet the great body of French voters could not exercise freely and independently their most sacred franchises, we are not such coxcombs as to pronounce them in the wrong. Eallot with them extends to the Legislative Chamber as well as Electoral College; and, whatever may he thought of the honour of French Deputies, we have been assured that the result of a deli beration, as indicated by the black and white balls thrown into the urns on the President's desk after the rappel no minal, is often very different from that indicated by the number of ayes and noes,' which lie bad counted be fore the scrutiny by the open trial of sitting and standing, or what in England would be called r the show of hands.'" We take our contemporary as an authority for the state of Oa French Electoral system; we will admit " that there are in France no municipal bodies with local privileges-eno Magistracies elected by the people independent of the Crowne.eno shield inter posed between the most obscure elector in the most remote hamlet in the kingdom, and the power of the general Government ;" and we will admit all that he has also stated with respect to England to be perfectly correct. Still we arc ut a loss why the circumstances in which England differs from France constitute irresistible argument against the use of the ballot in the electorial system of this country. The object of our contemporary, we are ready to believe, Ye the same with our own, namely the pro tvetion of the property and persons of the governed. i t i s b e li eve d by our conterrporary, that u Repre sentative Government is the one best calculated to afford such protection. He will admit, also, we imppose, that a Representative Government can only afford a protection to property, if the mass of property be represented. In this country property in the mass is inadequately protected, because the franchise is so distributed that individuals possessing singly large properties, though small compared with the mace of property, are enabled to influence the Elections to their own separate benefit. Our con temporary, on Friday last, expressly stated in answer to Mr. Hume, that property was not pro tected by the English system of representation. , g Will (said he) the lion. Gentlemen (Mr. 'fume) affirm that an English County Election, as at present j conducted, is likely to end in the return of the fittest end most independent Mt:inhere of Parliament ? Let the lion. Gentleman look at the frightful expenses of an election contest, for any, but pia:daily for a large county, and then say that a county is, in general, a less strict mono poly than the closest burgh. if by flip word independent the richest individual be meant, then we agree with Mr. flume tat a County Member will, in nine cases out of ten, be the ricinet person, or rather some one member of the richest family in the county for which he is delegated. Hut is a County Member, so eleet,tel.e-namely, through his fa ' cultyof vending an immense sum of moneyor rather through the affluence of his knot of relatives and friends, the more five for the magnitude of the alliance to which be (twee his return ? We are far from thinking so. Such a mem. )er is generally—we du not allege always --brit the crea. imp of a junta, whose particular interests, prejudipen, and instritoLog be must obey, or be will be abandoned by dient." The evil to be partied labia in England is, then, according to our contetoor4ry, the preventing Members from being the creatures of a junta, whose intereas, prejudices, and instructions be must obey, to the de triment of the public interest. It seems to us then, that it. is !.! distinction without a differ ence to say that in Prancer, the functionaries who constituted the general Government would, if the clectoo were not protected by secrecy, influence the electors to 004 advantage; and that in England there are juntas in each county who influence the electors and force the return of their creature, end in turn compel, through sue!) creature, the ge noel Government to promote their partici,* inte rests and prejudices. In both eases the electors re quire to be Prati!eted against undue influence—in France the undue 4uence of the Government timetionaries, and in England the undue influence of the juntas who compel the Government form tionatioa to promote their separate interests at the relieves of the country. We admit that die English electoral system is full of anomalies; that there are as mew parsons entitled to the electoral franchise in Westminster alone as return • . the 172 Members for the greater Colleges Aver the 86 Departments of France. But what does this psove.?‘ Ater& ly that in Westminster the power of any one family, Ar )(not of families, of influencing voters, either by bribery pr intimidation, must be much more circumscribed than in places where the number of electors is small. If the whelp jcingdom were circumstanced us Westminster is, the use of the ballot wad be less necessary. We allow, also, that in many pluses where the franchise is confined to a small number of poor men, the ballot would be superfluous : there are still many places in England where the ballot would defeat the projects of the jo,a. who return creatures who must obey their particular Iptprests, prejudices, and instructions. Our contemporary haying condemned the system in so far as it enables juntas toptjse their creatures to be returned, must admit that the influencing tenants and others to return the creature of the junta is (Ifi ev4, Under the present system, he allows, that the dupe i seldom able to give a con- scientious vote, " How (said Mr. Windham, in 11is celebrated speech on Mr. Curwints Reform IMO—how, if the sale,of a seat on any commutatio3 of services ponnectO with such an object be gross corruption, can we tolerate the influence which property gives in biassing the minds of tltose who are to give their votes? How a landlord, for instance, should have any more influence over his own tenants, than over those of another man? How a large manufacturer should be able to bring to the poll more of his own workmen, than of those employed in the service of his neighbour? How an opulent man of any description, spending his fortune in a borough town, should be able to talk of his influence among the smaller tradesmen—or be at liberty to hint to his baker or his butcher, that laying out such a sum with them as he does, he expects that they should oblige him by giving a vote to his friend, Mr. Such-a-one, at the next election ? If all this is not corrupt, upon the principles on which we are now arguing, I know not what is. What has money spent with tradesmen, or work given to manufacturers, or farms let to tenants, to do with the independent exercise of their right, and he conscientious discharge of their duty, in the election of a Member to serve them in Parliament? A fine idea, truly, that their decision in the choice of a Representative is to be influenced by the consideration of what is best for their separate and private interest." Let us take a case alluded to by a contemporary (the Globe) on Saturday last. " There is a report of another contest in Westmoreland ; but though Mr. Brougham would have long ago been returned there if the election had rested with unbiassed and bona fide freeholders, yet the unbounded sacrifices of the Lonsdale family, and their connexions, and the number of paper freeholds created have made, we believe, the return of the Lowther candidates, if they choose to persevere in incurring the expence, as certain as that of the patron's candidate in a close borough." If the ballot be a protection to the French electors who would otherwise be afraid of the general Government, it must be a protection to English electors in all cases, where powerful families endeavour to bias their votes in the manner de scribed by our contemporary (the Globe), Ile who wills an end, must will the means condu cive to that end. The ballot, as we have said, would not be efficacious in all cases, but it would undoubtedly be efficacious in the cases which our contemporary (the Times) holds up for animadversion. As far, therefore, as the ballot defeats the object of those who procure the return of creatures bound to promote their separate inte rests at the expence of the general interests, the ballot, is on the principles of our contemporary, en tided to his approbation, except it can be shown by him that the ballot which affords protection to the French voter would not afford protection to the English voter. But this question has been so well put by the Westminster Review, that we cannot do better than quote his words : " All the evils of misgovernment which we suffer, and to which we are liable, cumulated with all the eviler of that horrid immorality which results from the giving and suborning prostitute votes, arise from this, that the people of England do not choose the Members of Parliament ; that the majority of them are chosen by a small number of men. It is so clear as not to admit of being ren dered clearer by argument, that what gives this small number of men the power of choosing is the openness of the voting. It is the openness, therefore, of the voting that corrupts the Government of England, and corrupts the morals of the people of England. That which enables the men who hold the voters in depend- ence to suborn the votes, is their knowing how the vote is given. Reader it impossible for them to know how any vote is given, and their power over it is gone. The power either of rewarding.a prostitute vote, or punishing an ho nest one, is useless, whenever it has been made impossible to be known whether the prostitute or the honest vote has been given. Effect this impossibility ; take away the power of knowing how the man who votes for a Member of Parliament has bestowed his vote, and see the conse quences. You give effectual securities to the public that the affairs of the public will be managed for their interest, not efterificed to the interest of their rulers; and you take away at the same time one of the most terrible engines of moral depravation which ever was wielded for the pollution and degradation of any portion of mankind." Our contemporary, of course waves the argument, that secret voting is an evil, because be admits it to be a good in France, as it leads to n good end. But we contend that he is bound to extend his reasoning to this country, not because the ballot would be efficacious in all cases; but because it would, at all events, be a remedy in the cases of which be com plains, and which cases are of paramount import ance, in giving a character to the Legislature.— Morning Chronicle. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Alderman Wood attended at the Mansion-house, yesterday morning, with Madame Cumuli Rebasei, a very handsome and interesting Spanish lady, with a child in her arms two months old. He stated that she was the daughter of a Spanish exile : her father %vas a rich and distinguished person well known to several of the Spanish Generals now in this coun try. She was educated in Paris; she came from Gibraltar, with one child, about eight months since; her husband arrived since. lie was a merchant at Genoa : he wished to take his wife and two children to Naples. They had been living upon Bs. a week, and had to pay out of that 4s. for rent; they had pawned all their clothes. Lady Cockburn, Mr. Wood, and Mr. Slade's family have assisted them, and will subscribe to assist in sending them to Naples : this will require 60/., as the clothes are Dawned for 20/. The case is very distressing. Mr. Wood will receive subscriptions ut 24, Great George street, or in Southwark; Mr. Slade, at the Irish chamber, Guildhall-yard. ILDIIALL. Yesterday fames While, a miserable-looking ob ject, about 24 years of age, was brought before Alderman COPELAND, in consequence of having been found in the streets inn state of destitution. The Amniotic.; asked White if he had been brought up to any business ?—White ►said that about nine years ago he was bound apprentice to a tailor, at Ramsey, in Hampshire, but after be had ,erved two years of his time his master (lied. He then returned to his parents, but about two years after they also died, and he then went into service as a waiter, at an inn at Southampton, where he re• In:lined for about two years. Since he left that situuticT he supported himself as a farmer's labourer, but be had latterly been unable to obtain employ ment, and bad been reduced to the most poignant distress. He had not been in bed for the last 14 or 15 nights, and it was three days since lie had tasted a morsel of food. Alderman COPELAND asked him if he received any wages while in service at Southampton ? and being answered in the affirmative, told him be had acquired a settlement there, and inquired where he last slept in bed ? White said that fifteen nights ago ke slept in a bed at a lodging•house in George street, St. Giles's, The ALDERMAN desired Mr, Payne to write a letter to the parish officers of St. Giles' s, informing them of the clietimstanees of the cae, and request ing that White might be passed to Southampton. pOW.STREET. Nearly a hundred charges, consisting Wetly of cases of drunkenness and disorderly conduct in the streets on Saturday and Sunday nights, were brought before Mr. I-l Ails and Mr. MINsILULL yesterday, by the now police. Some of the delinquents were fined, and others senterwed tq short terms of imprisonment. The Magistrates were occupie4 in separate rooms from eleven o'clock till four in the disposal of these cases. Mr. HALTS took occasion to observe, in the course of the day, po Mr. Thomas, the superintendent, that it did not appear Plat the new pollee acted at all as • prevention of runkentaeps. Mr. Thomas was afraid it would be hopeless to look for such a power us that of preventing people from getting drunk from any, police force. The evil aas great enough ;dread* when public-houses were under some sort of restriction, buwh#t it would be i when the trade should be thrown open h e svgs of u loss to say. Mr. HALLS --Every other house will then be an alehouse, NO your labours will be at least doubled, Mr. Thomas. ' Mr. Thomas afterwards mated that, in addition to the immense number of charges he had thought it his duty to bring before their Worships, he had had nearly an equal number brought before him, a hick he Irad himself dismissed as fri7olous, and not worth t►oubling their Worships about. George Aladdin!, who has been in custody at this office for some days on a charge of having been con, eerned in the robbery of the Doncaster Subscription Betting-rooms in September last, was brought up and delivered into the custody of Timms, the head constable of Doncaster, who appeared with a war rant issued by the Mayor of Doncaster for his ap prehension. Timms requested to have the prisoner remanded for three or four days, but this the Magistrate re fused to accede to. woltsmp.sTurrr. James Farrell, a decently-dressed man, appa rently about 40 years of age, was yesterday brought before Mr. BROUGHTON, charged on suspicion of having, about eight years ago, murdered a man in Dublin, named Daly, at that time foreman to 'Messrs. Mullins and Co., builders in that city. Rose Daly, the wife of the deceased, resided in Broad-yard, 'Whitecross-street. Her husband was, previous to his death, foreman to Messrs. Mul lins and Co., Government builders in Dublin, who employed some hundreds of labourers, among whom was a man named Farrell. It was in the year after the late King's visit to Dublin, in the month of June, that Farrell, in consequence of disobeying her hus band's orders, was reported to the principals, and ordered to be discharged, which her husband com• municated to him. Farrell then was heard to say he would be revenged on him for it, and on the follow ing day appeared again in the Docks with his shofel to resume his work, when, seeing her husband, he struck him with the shovel on the side of his head, which felled him to the ground. On attempting to get on his legs again, he again struck him on the other side of his head, and knocked him into the Dock and killed him.—( Here the poor woman was convulsed with tears.)—ln the general confusion the murderer escaped. An inquest was afterwards held on the body (which presented a horrid spectacle, the brains protrudingthrough the skin), but she could not recollect what verdict was given. A reward was offered for the discovery of the man, when shortly after a man named Farrell was taken in Wicklow on suspicion, but afterwards discharged. Hearing that the prisoner worked in some lead-mills near Islington, and whose appearance corresponded with the description of the man who killed her husband, she gave information to the police, arid had him taken into custody, and proceeded immediately to Mr. Mullins's son, who is a pupil under Dr. Lawrence, in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, who informed her that his father was at the present time iu town, but she had not as yet been able to see him. Her im pression is that the prisoner is the man. The prisoner, who appeared to labour under illness, declared his innocence, adding that he never saw the woman Daly in his life, or was ever employed by Messrs. Mullins in Dublin. He had been seven years at the lead-works here, where he was taken. Mr. BROUGHTON—Where were you in June 1822 ?—ln the county of Kildare, near Dublin. Garton, the chief officer, said he bad searched the Hue and cry at that time, but could not find any account of the murder. Mr. 131touctrroN despatched Armstrong, the officer, to request the attendance of Mr. Mullins, juu., and also the father, if he could be found. Shortly after the officer returned, and informed the Magis trate that young Mr. Mullins said he recollected his father having a man named Farrell,at the time alluded to, in his employ. He (the officer) had not been able to meet with Mr. Mullins, sen. It appearing that there is other evidence forth. coming of a suspicious nature, Mr. Bnovotrrox told the prisoner that, under all the circumstances, he must detain him at present, and ordered him to be brought before him again to morrow (this day). THAMES POLICE.OFFICE. A very dreadful case of distress presented itself yesterday afternoon, which came before the notice of Mr. BRODEMP, the sitting Magistrate. A poor man, accompanied by his wife and five young children, attired in rags, applied for an order to compel the overseers of St. George's in the East to grant them some relief. The man, who was labouring under severe illness, and appeared to be in a dying state, stated that he belonged to Newport, in Wales, and left that place five years since, for Bordeaux, in France, to work at all iron foundry. The works, however, had lately stopped, and he was thrown out of employment, and being unable to procure work at Bordeaux, his passage-money had b een p a id b y t h e British Consul, and he was last week put ashore at the London Docks, situate in the parish of St. George. Having slept within the Docks two nights, he was entitled to relief from St. George's. The overseers had given him a few shil lings, which was all exhausted, and they refused either to take him into the workhouse or pass him to his legal settlement, although a verbal order to that effect had been given by Mr. BALLANTINE at that office, which they had disregarded. He had been obliged to sell his shoes to procure a lodging; and himself, his wife, and family, were without food, or the means to procure another meal. They had not tasted any thing since the previous day, and he WkIS labouring under such severe illness that be was quite unable to walk about, and he had no money to pay for a lodging. The unfortunate man, while making this statement, was so weak he could scarcely stand ; and his children, who stood around him, complained they were hungry, and cried for some thing to eat. Mr. Baonratto commiserated the situation of the poor man and his family, but said the parish of St. George WWI not within the jurisdiction of that office, and they must apply to the Magistrates of Lambeth street. The poor man had been to Lambeth-street office, but the Magistrates had peremptorily refused to in teller° in his behalf, and, without something was done for his wife and family, they tnust inevitably perish in the streets. The poor man and his wife implored of the Magistrate to provide their family with some food, and the little children cried bitterly for something to eat. Mr. BuonEnw ordered some food to be immedi ately given to the family, and gave the man some silver to procure a lodging. The worthy Magistrate directed an officer to accompany them to Lambeth street office, in order that they might make another application. OLD BAILEY, JULY 12. They Solomon, was indicted for stealing, on the 24th of April, in the Bth year of his late Majesty George IV., a watch of the value of 81., the pro perty of Joseph Armstrong. Lee, the officer, here presented himself in the witness-box, and stated that the prosecutor was now on his voyage to the East Indies; but he had a let ter which stated that he was obliged to go, and that he left P. uglund upon the 17th June. The bill of indictment was found in May Sessions, 1827. Hugh M'Quire—l am well acquainted with Mr. .loseph Armstrong, who lived with me. His house, which was broken in, was at Liverpool, Mr. Serjeant ARAIIIN—Why did yon not repro. sent the ease to me before, Lee, for there is no evi dence ? Witness—l was subpwried here to state that Mr. Armstrong is gone abroad. Mr. Serjeant ARAUlN—Gentlemen, you will acquit the prisoner. The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The third indictment was then called on, when Mr. Pult.t.ws and Mr. C LARKSON objected to the present jury trying the prisoner, for they had already found him guilty; and therefore there must be a prejudice existing in their minds against the prisoner. The Clerk of the Arraigns observed that it was too late for the prisoner to uullie any challenge now, for he had been arraigned, and pleaded not guilty. Mr. Sedeatit ARAM was of opinion that the trial could not be postponed, for the prisoner had let pass the opportunity of challenging the Jury. Mr. Aqi-tpPs—That was done in our absence; for had we been in Cou t t we certa i n l y should have objected to the same Jury trying him twice ; and if we are not allowed to challenge _ the Jury now, I, for my part, will, in eve)* case where there are two indietmonts against a prisoner, challenge the Jury ; and it will, therefore, protract the Sessions to an un• necessary length. A stormy discussion took place between the Court and Counsel, in the course of which Mr. CLARKSON and Mr. PHILLIPS cited the case of Gale; and that they had taken the objection before he was given in charge. The COURT, however, decided that he should be put on his trial. This led to further observations. Mr. Serjeant ARRIUN proceeded to the Old Court to consult the Judges on the subject. Upon the Learned Serj ean t' s return i nto C ourt, Mr. PHILLIPS observed that the prisoner had not had his challenge, and, therefore, he could not be tried. Mr. Wontner—On the first day he was arraigned on the three indictments, and he then had an oppor tunity of challenging the Jury; besides he bad been arraigned before the present Jury. Mr. Serjeant ARABIN observed that, under all the circumstances, he would let the case stand over until the evening; or, if a fresh Jury could be procured, lie would take it us soon as they were sworn. If the prisoner's Counsel did not agree to this arrange ment the trial must go on. The Clerk of the Arraigns—The prisoner was standing at the bar this morning when the prisoners were arraigned. Mr. PHILLIPS contended that the prisoner bad only been arraigned on the first indictment. Some of the Jury stated that they had not sees the prisoner before he was put on his trial. After considerable discussion Mr. Serjeant ARABIN said, that the prisoner had either been ar raigned, or he had not. If lie had not, then let him be arraigned, and at once challenge the Jury. It was at length decided the trial should be post poned till nine o'clock to-morrow (this day.) Eleanor Faulkner, a respectable-lookin g woman , aged 60, was indicted for stealing six tables, value 61.; four beds, value 201.; and four carpets, value 101., the property of Edward Parr, on the 23d of August, in the 59th year of King George 111. Mr. CURWOOD stated the case for the prosecution. The larceny was committed so long back as 1819. lie then gave a further outline of the case, and called Mr. Edward Parr, who stated, that in 1819 he bad a furnished house in St. Mary-axe. The " lady" at the bar had the care of the house to receive money. She had been in his employ three or four years. In August of that year witness was out of town five days. On his return he found the house shut up and empty. He was thrown into the King's Bench prison. While there he offered a reward of 20!. for the apprehension of the prisoner. Witness, at length, found the witness at a lodging-house in Soho-square. Witness asked her what she had done with the fur niture ? She said, " That's an unfair question." As she had been polite enough to take away his furni ture, he went to fetch an officer, but in the meantime she escaped. He did not find her again until last month, in Winslow -street, Oxf9rd-street. The fur niture taken away was worth 1451. By Mr. CLARKSON—The house in St. Mary-axe was a lodging-house --you may call it a bawdy house. Witness was imprisoned for 12 months for keeping a bawdy-house : he paid also 500/. fine to the King. Does not know whether he is separated from his wife.—(A laugh.)—He remembered hav ing signed a deed. The prisoner arrested him for money lie owed her, and sent him to the King's Bench : obtained his discharge under the Insolvent Act, but he disputed the debt in the schedule. Wit ness was in trouble about thirty years ago, and was honourably acquitted in the other Court. It was a charge of stealing some boots. He had also been in trouble for robbing a washerwoman; has been an inmate of Newgate, Giltspur-street Compter, Cold bath-fields, Clerkenwell Prison, Tothill-fields Bride well, and in fact in all the criminal prisons in Lon don. (This evidence produced loud bursts of laughter from a crowded audience.) Juryman—We find the prisoner " Not Guilty," The COURT refused the prosecutor his expences, and ordered the female to be liberated immediately. The verdict appeared to give great satisfaction. Wm. Johnson, a young man, aged 22, was indicted for marrying Martha Blaney, his wife Sarah being then living. WilHari; Doran gave the first bride away at St. James's Church, in Clerkenwell. She did not give witness a treat at night, whatever she might to her husband. She gave both him and the prisoner a glass of rum each, to qualify one to become a hus band, and witness to act as father. Does not know that the first child came within a week after the marriage. Looked at the rum more than at her body. Verdict—Guilty. Mr. Serjeant ARAMS then called the second wife again, who stated that she had discovered that the prisoner was an associate with common thieves. She remonstrated with him, and he ran away from her. The JUDGI: told him he must prepare to leave the country. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. IM PERIAL PARLIAMENT THIS EVENING. HOUSE OF LORDS. Sir ALEXANDER GRANT and others brought up copies of the report of the Select Committee, ap pointed to inquire into the affairs of the East India Company. Mr. SPRING Rice brought up the Madras Re- gistry Bill. - Mr. Crafer presented the Twenty-second Re port of the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry. Lord SKELMERSDALE presented several pe titions against parts of the Administration of Justice Bill, chiefly from Chester and its neighbourhood. Lord GODERICH presented a petition from the Members of the Bar at Galway, against the amend ment in the Galway Franchise Bill. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM presented a similar petition from certain inhabitants of Galway. The Bills on the table were forwarded a stage. The Duke of WELLINGTON laid on the table papers from the Colonial Otlice, relative to Upper and Lower Canada. Lord WHARNCLIFFE gave notice that, after the second reading of the East Retford Disfranchise ment Bill next Monday, he should move a resolu tion for the purpose of removing the franchise from that place to Birmingham. Lord HOLLAND presented several petitions from places in Bucks against the punishment of death in cases of forgery. The Noble Lord depre cated the alterations that had been made in the Forgery Bill, and wished much for its re•oommittai. COURTS OP LAW, Lord WYNFORD rose pursuant to notice to move for returns from the different Courts of Judi cature in Great Britain, as to the actual state of the business of such Courts, The Noble Lord was ad, dressing the House who!) wp left, HOUSE OF COMMONS: Mr. Alderman WOOD moved for a return of the amount of drawbacks allowed on the exportation of nutnufactured silk during the List year ? -..Ordered. fa 41. R moved for a return of the lualuities of tea,coffee, and sugar, upon which duties had beep paid during the last year for home consump tion.--Ordered. Mr. 1.1.1t1il gave notice for next Session of his in- Option to liripg in a Bill for abolishing capital pu nishment for the crimes of eat tle - Steliling arld stealing in dwelling-houses. The Rigistrar of Madras Bill passed through a Committee, and the Report was brought up and agreed to. It was ordered to be engrossed imme diately, and, if finished in time, to be read a third time this evening, which was subsequently, after a few words from Mr. TEANT, done, and the Bill passed. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a report of the Committee appointed to enquire if at Sierra Leone. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL brt Bill to remedy defects and mistakesin ii roused du ring the present Session ofi moved that the standing orders of the dispensed with, so that the Bill might pats all its stages this evening. Mr. BROUGHAM took that opportuni ing some of the Ministers at what period it bable that the New Parliament would Mr. HERRIES was supposed to reply matter was so surrounded with ditEcuitiei was impossible to give any definite answer. . The motion was th en agree d to, and , brought in, read the first and second passed through a Committee. DISTRESS IN IRELAND. Mr. GRATTAN presented several from different parts of Ireland, complaik. great distress under which the populatio country laboured. The Hon. Member Oat the afflicted state of things that et. might be remedied, if Ministers would take the matter in hand. He attributed it pally to absenteeism, but certain it was country in Europe was in such a state of and starvation. Mr. WILMOT HORTON said, measure of enclosing land, as proposed by Member, would relieve the distresses of then the gentlemen of this country were di.graced race of beings that existed on he contended that it would do no such had fought the battle of the laborious country as it were alone in this House, probable that he should not have a vsuing Parliament, he took that sating, that he would fight it even out of the House. Mr. SPRING RICE acknowledb, tude he for one felt for the exertions of Hon. Gentleman. He was however vinced that if the defective state of the was remedied, the enclosure and cultivate lands would tend mod materially to amp condition of the peasantry. After a few words from Mr. Hustossol Lord KILLEEN inquired if Minister' to take any steps to relieve the present way of advance and loan, or any other . Lordship described that distress to be own knowledge most dreadful. Sir ROBERT PEEL said that it was intention of Ministers to propose to Parr.. vote for the relief of the distress which plored. He thought thnt it would be a bad precedent, and tend to check what t be successful—the individual exertions of gentry. If not the legal, it was In the moral duty of those who derived t from the soil, to exert themselves to miseries of their peasantry. He thought the public money was always a dubious unless to public works where the retur The R;ght Hon. Baronet then alluded tk. of emigration, and quoted a passage freen Stirling's despatches, in which he implores ment rather to discourage than encot. tion to that colony, where already they settlers than they knew what to do with. however, had not neglected the question, gentleman every way qualified was tug a survey of the North American for the purpose of ascertaining if the sin, ',llion of the country could, with advantage selves and the public, be transferred there. report might soon be expected, and he that they should be able to carry some of suggested by his Right Hon. Friend into After a few words from Mr. W. it THANT, and other Members, the peL , brought up, read, a nd or d ere d to be pro"' (Lan amnia.) [HE LONDON GA OF THIS EVENING. Earl Marshal's-Office, Whitehall-yard, Juilf A Notice is hereby g i ven to t h e N o bili t y P. tending the solemnity of th e F unera l o f bl• crrd Majesty, that the hour appointed for Windsor Castle is seven o'clock in the - iidh p ocosion will be fo rme d in st. George l e o'clock, and move precisely at nine. NOR FOLIC, BANKRUPTS John Sainthill, Pickle-Herring, Tooley wark, millstone-merchant, to surrender July Aug. 24, at eleven, at the Court of Co( Piercy and Oakley, Three-Crowns-I(l=er Soul Edward Toms, Bicester, Oxfordshire„ Jul: Aug. 24, at the Court of Connitnienere. Cults, Throgrnorton-street. Henry Tickle, Maryport, Cumberland, Aug. 2, at three, 3, and 20, at eleven, at the Maryport. Harrison, Coleman-etret t port- Robert Masters, Nethercote, Warwiskshir July 2i, at six, 23, and Aug. 24, at elevea,at sheaf Inn, Daventry, Northamptonshire. Cox, Red Lion-square, London ; Roche, DA \ Thomas Cooper, East Dereham, Norfoll July 29, at four, 30th, at five, August 24, a t Norfolk Hotel, Norwich. Skipper, NorWx" Milman-street, Bedford-row. Thomas Meakin Barton, Eastwood, Nottinf July 28, 30, at six, and Aug. 24, at eleveA Hotel, Poultry, Nottingham. Buttery/ Walston, Furnivars-inn, Holborn. Joseph Ellis, Chester, brewer, July 27, si* Aug. 24, at eleven, at the Court of Cor pot and Stone, Southampton-street, BlooPs Finehett, Maddock and Son, Chester. James Briggs, Horsham, victualler, July ¢ o e at eleven, and Aug. 24, at ten, at the Court sinners. Palmer, France, and Palmer, Bedfi Thomas Chamberlain, Salisbury, Wil ts ' ' , II August 6,7, and 24, a t t we l ve , at the Star 01 ' atupton. Jones, John-street, Bedford -O W; Southampton. , William Offord, Colchester, cutler, Juif August 20, at ten, at the King's Arms In" Church and Sons, Colchester; Coombe, To!' David Twort, Horamonden, Kent, miller and August 24, at eleven, at the Court of Serle-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields: Jeffel William Nagington, Bilston, Staffordshir e, July 22, 23, and August 24, at one, at the St . Birmingham. Jessop and Scarman, Fortin"' and Goode, Dudley. Walter Turnbull, Upper Grafton.street. music-seller. BIRTHS. On the 12th inst. in Old Burlington-strati 1 Sir W. Heatheote, Bart. M.P., of a am 1 0 1 On the 11th inst. i n liorp4rd-strvtai Lllgt Davis, Esq., of a dqught@r. MARRIED. 1, 0 4 On the 12th inst. by s p ec i a l li c ense, at t h° Tio : i t G.ffard, EN., Portman-square, Sir J. il. i tit Syston Park, Bart. in the county of 1: 111 ,5 ° ;, ° :cA.. Ann, relict of John Dalton, Esq. 41' L '' . jun., o Lancaster. 00: On the Itth inst. at St. Mary's, BryansWr t ,, , ,l o ,o l P. Vaughan, E•q. eldest son of W. Vaughan. ° , l „, je,; Monmouthshire, Esq. to Louisa Elizabeth /11",1 'laughter of J. R o lls, EN., of Bryanst° ll l ll :t . n,' ~,remon having been previoly perforgle" :„ V Edw. Sc y ott, according to the us rites of the no n— '. I Church. A. 41 On the 7th inst. at Durh am p , ' the WY of L IL Seddon, sister to Sir Robert Eden, Batt. ,er io On the 12th inst. in Montagu-place , I "'' f of S. Bolter , Esq., of Darland, near Rochetti 66th year of her age. a 1 I On the 10th it. at 13elsise, llstnp atel 'i nese-square. r vaneed age, Mrs. Mary Roberts Widulf itobeTlv, & sq., of R *ll • sisall On the 11th inst. Mary Louisa, third d4lll "'"t, Cameron, of the Strand. On the 13th inst. at Torquay, Devon, in h islll - 1 Thomas Sandford, eldest eon of the Bev. C" eldest gr an ds on o f th e late Right Rev. Ilis b°l3 of Ellittburgh N llll A s N u p w PoUrlirLiclSZDll27 I 4 Inquire 11101 , ENERAL brow td mistakesin lei- T t Session ofParli :•: orders of tbeil. le Bill might pass • ok that opportunity '1 at what period it ment would assail. upposed to reply t with difficulties y definite answer. agreed to, and t• st and second tee. N IRELAND. esented several eland, complaining t i .311 the populatioa Eton. Member f things that now Ministers would • E , He attributed it A certain it was • such a state of 4 4- tION said, that as proposed by i :he distresses of :,; is country were ;= hat existed on do no such thl . ie laborious cla • • A this House, and not have a s#,,, I„ ook th a t op „ ht it even with • acknowledged ` r 3 exertions of ,t tit was however r..; .3 state of the pr .e and cultivation `tr, tonally to midi: , .‘ • :Nerludi f Ministers rilu s c isso, e the present dist', Dr any other ' distress to be dr said that it WU ;.- )ropose to Faisal e distress which. ;; %4 .: ant it would be to check what 0 4 ual exertions of ' I, it was unquo • rho derived the ir • themselves to nil 4 • He thought ad rays a dubious sd ' here the return VOL G. hen alluded to tie9' ...- I a passage from ••••,, •hich he implores 00. •e than encourage re already they _4 1 .r. , hat to do with. rtil • led the question,', : ualified was nose gat American ning if the surpito with advantage transferred there..,„ cted, and he time. o carry som e of tee Friend into ' Mr. W. HOST bets, the petitiotw; • ed. ✓ed to be pr i nt ed ' rrixa.)r. •14, N GAZE 1 EVENING. i f; ehall-yard, JettlA il o the Nobility siva — ihos Funeral of bi* 114$ appointed for a ssets • :lock in the evechlP se. George's 111/1111 !: nine. NORFOLK, tUPTS, rring, Tooley-stroli ~ • surrender July 110, Court of Coo lol . 4 ' owns-squore r South xfordshire„ July 20, ::onnitnieners. • Cumberland, Oil • at eleven, at the Be in-strett ; ThotuPee t t t Pi' ate, Warwickshire) 24, at eleven, at tbs. amptonshire. m ; Roche, Davi° $ ereham, Norfolk, e, August 24, at t Skipper, Norwich; • tstwood, Nottiaghl lo ;. 24, at Orval, m. Buttery, 14° lborn. er, J uly 2'7, 0 i e sioor curt of Conuns"' • -street, Bloomsbury; ,• Chester. tn, at ictualler, th .111 y g r 1 0s o f s l , d Palmer, Redfo r44? Asbury, Eve, at the Star 1 00 , wt, Redford- 0W; 60 • cu tl e r, July • , ng's Arms ; Co o mbe, Toke n ' e Court ; 1, Kent, m iller, the Court of Co 'nn-fields: Jeffery, )n, Staffordshire, , at one, at the SO' t . 'artnan, Furnifill * Ira vtot itnn. fitreet,