The Sun. — London, England, 1830-12-09 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF TIIT PUBLIC JOURNALS. We call the attention of our readers to en excel lent circular, in smother column, from Lord Mel• bourne, on the subject or the recent conduct or the Justices of Peace. We have lOng lamented the combination of the Magistracy throughout „U greet pert of Englund, to reducelhe agricultural poor to slavery : and ft gives us, therefore, peculiar satisfac tion to hear a R eeretery of State declare that " Jus tices of the Peace must be aware that they are in vested with no 'general legal authority to settle the amount of the wages of labour ;and any interference in such a manner can only have the effeet'of. exciting expectations which must be diSappointed, and of ul timately piodOcing, in art aggravated degree, a re newed spirit of discontent and insubordination."— Pity it is that when Mr. Burke raised his voice against the Magistrates who, in 179.5, inter fered between the labourer' and his empleyer, the Government ,of dust day had not acted with the same good sense which Lord Melbourne now displays when the consequenees of the - epin, Inflation now threaten to destroy property through out the country. In a communication from Sir Mordaunt Martin, in the 7th volume of "The Bath Society Papers," dated 10th Augnst,,l793, he. obs serves--" An observation from very sensible man (the late Sir John Turner), many years ago, made, a deep impression en my mind. He ridiculed the idea of the poor-rates being originally intended for the comfort of the paupers ; their primary ()Nees being to tix the labourers to 'their parishes ; think we must admit that where they arc enforced ley irdercrted persons, they are calculated to answer ae end with a vengeance / Not to assume any' me sit in what I have felt by'beieg witness to sumo instances of tyranny towardS .miserable objects, which the laws of dint free country fix to a' spot as effectually as a dog is chained to. his kennel, you will admit me to have some feeling on another score, which is, that a 'considerable portion of tiny little property pays - near tett %lasso its the pound to the poop' rate." How early gentlemen began to perceive the use so which the Poor.' Rate - might be applied,' in establishing a doMiniair over the labourers I The Magistrates have been so long acenrtorned to cons eider themselves irresponsible for the exercise of their powert, that we have no, doubt they will be not a little astonished when they find that at length (ensure has ,overtaken them. "1 rem ,commtnded by his Majestrto lose no time in acquainting you that it has been observed with great regret that the Justices of PeaCe and others have in many, ins stances, tinder the, irdluence of threats and intimi det:on, and the apprehension of violence and,. outs, rage„ edvised the establithinent of an uniform rate of wages to be paid fur labour in their respective neighbourhoods," Why, 'they have been in the practice of advising an uniform rate of wages for many a year. The practice is so inveterate, that we have seen a table which must have, been drawn up by certain Magistrates in Oxfordshire, at the very time his Lordship was drawing. up thiS letter. We tee in this censure ,the harbinger of a new state of things, Sir Robert . Peel would have it that the poor had been oppressed,; . but that the upper classes were not to blame. What cant ! They are to blame—they have long been to blame. We are all Anew reaping the fruits of a policy as narrow as it was unjust. But how can we punish poor infatuated wretches for violating the law in breaking:machines, and coMpelling'masteri to advance Wages, when Magistrates—the only, who-, cities; ktiown to theta—sign declarations, recent ! , mending the breaking of machines, and the rOising or "wages I Is not this torching the people :that justice is on their side ? Well is it said in the cir cular, that these machines are as mush entitled to the proteetion of the law as any other description of property, and that the course which has been taken, of preseritrieg or recommending the discontinuance of them, is, iss feet, to connive at, or lather to assist in, the asteblishomut of a tyranny 'of the most presstve ehereeter." Yhe rights' of propevty Must be upheld. A meehihe' is prepetty—labour is pro. perty—the business of the Jotice of Peace is to respect property, and not tit destroy in. The law never contemplated that he should make the con gruel between the farmer and the labourer. This is ant usurpation, a dangerous usurpation, which no length of time can eonseciate.-Motraing Chrnn. An incidents,' discussion arose last night in the House of Louts' op the subject of the dice of Lord Mimeonor. Lord Farnham asked whether a sue. cessor had beets appointed to Sir A. Hart, and seemed to wish that the general rule with regard to Judges wore applied to Chancellors; as, in the pre, sent state of the country, the pensions to retired Chaneellors became peculiarly burdensome. The Lord Chancellor observed, that the question whe thit this Keeper of the Seals should or should not be a permanent Judge was open for discussion; but hitherto It had always been the rule, that political and judicial functions should be united in the case of the Keeper of the Seals. His Lordship concluded with observing, " that all the Chancellors had had retiring pensions but he would say this, that if any alteration, were made (though he would not, state the details) be was sure the arrangements would be meth with the strictest regard to economy in the pecuniary resources of the country..--(Rear, hear.) The salary would be so modified as it had never been before, and In such a manner as to consult the dis. tresses of the public, and though the saving might not he considerable, it would be important, for he was fully convince:; that nothing could be unimpor tant- which went to save one farthing of the public money." So long as Ministers act up to this prin. ciple, they deserve and will receive the support of she nottion...--Morning Chronicle. The procession of the trades yesterday through the metropolis was alluded to by the Doke of Wel lington, who suid that the pructiee processions with flags, fge., if not eontrary to law, was mast dangerous. his Grace is quick in descrying danger. The inconvenience of processions in a trailing city is' more obvious than their danger; though procession~ through the streets 'of particular trades, benefit so. dales Ba. with flags are comm on enough. As far however, as interruption of Ole h ighways is con. earned, there largo tirnes more every day in the year from largo,,oatta loading and unloading in , the daytime in tide most frequented thoroughfarei. Were there alnythirig like grin d order in this metropolis, all these things ‘loultt be Ilmiteti to particular hours its t h e muri d lig , or to night. Every day whole lines of carts and earrisges block up,the wcy for hours, till some grocer tir Other trittketOktti bite disposed o f the ,contotits :of 4.C4rt, which,,remaitts !opposite his door. Lord Melbourne had not been aware till the placards were pasted . .up mt the `trailers to proceed to his Majesty, that more wes ititerided than a deputation ; and upon consulting with the audio-, rities and police, they all reconnnended the allowiog the procetteidit, for which they would be responsible. The Lord Chencellor declared in favour. of, the legality of it.-- Alornini chroniele. We understand that Lord Althorp declared to his constituents on his re-election, that he was favour able to an extensive Parliamentary Reform end to i3KI et, end would vote for the latter ahould it be. tome the suldect of a vote. 'Ha declared els°, that it was with greetreluctance he had accepted 'office, but that lit the present state of the country, he con. ;tittered it his duty not to &dine ,the act aptiutiuts of a situation by whirl) lie might be enabled to promote such measures of Reform. and, Itatrenchment as he deemed essential to its sairny, and. consequently eta. to promote the welfato of his oWn family.-- Aferning Chronicle. A convertedinit 'of 'some interest occurred last . night in the 'louse or Lords, firet, on.tbe subject or the retiring Chancellor of irelsod.:, next, on t he ease of the wretched toratikic who had been appre. , !fended with dangerous weapon* in the giVeMie the now ; end latttly, iot the procesAion of the tira d es to St. Janet's Patatei wheo the 1)olte of w e limpoo showed how a mitOlomally htrotrg • ,„„, be weakened and Onto,' 11,1"Viltill by pel•- •1:011:174 s. S u r t ly if )iii 1.11311' 11,01 tti justify-his prohibition of the Royal proctaion to the city, he could, not, have, appealed to a lest striking proof of his foresight or judgment, than that afforded by the procession of yesterday. Ail immense number of people, with banners and music, paraded the whole length of London, without the slightest, breach of the peace, without creating any r preherAion in any mind, except we are to infer from his (.race's speech that he experienced such a sensation, and without the slightest loconvesienee, except such as a large asiemblage must always pro. duce in the main thoroughfare of a metropolis. The Duke -mid ;be discreetly silent when Minister : perhaps discretion would be equally useful in , his present position. We , speak us friends, not as enemies, to his Grace.---'!rimer, • We insert the circular of the Noble Secretary for the }fume Department, to the Magistrates who have lately, under the influence of threats and intimida tiOU,;" advised the establishment of an 'tidal-in rate of weges, and recommended the diseontinuution of Iricultural machinery. If by yielding to the dicta. Non of the rioters the Magistrates could perma nently better filch , mloition, we might forget the feelings of alarm from which they acted, atul give them , credit for a laudable as well as an easy receipt for terminating outrage and restoring tranquillity. but though their motives may be laudable, their power is limited. They may order the farmer to pay a certain rate of wages to labourers when he employs them, but can they likewise order him to emptily them ? If they cannot, what:is, gained for those labourers whose services are rejected alto. geiliee, but total deprivatiop of employment ? and if they can, what becomes of th e rights of the farmer ? What becomes even of the rights of the other classes of the community'? for the same autho rity which would put a labourer, for whom he has tio Ilse, into a fan tner's barn or field, would put a supernumerary cook into a gentleman's kitchen, or a compositor into our office. All that the magi strate' can legally do is to enforce the laws for re lieving the pauper labourer, without inteifering with the contracts which regulate the price of labour. The just remuneration of labour must depend on the conscience and honour of the employers, and on the terror which the oppressed—by a law of nature, though not of the landure able to indict on their oppressors. Shamefully ' have the poor been treated, and their wrongs ought 'to be re dressed; but : the law has not invested local Magi strates with any power to,comonand such redress.— The recommendation of the Magistrates to discon tinue the use of machinery is liable to still stronger objections. To recommend its disuse, a sanction to destruction, or, in other words, is a judgment of the Magistrate in accordance, with the violence of'the rioter; for in this case disuse is the same thing us destruction, the wood and iron of which the machinery is composed being of little value when its operat'ons or motions are stopped. We have no room at present to extend these remarks further rbut we cannot deny ourselves the pleasure of quoting the folloWing able conlirination of our views from the prefitee of 'Oree Lectures on the Rate of Wages, delivered befoi.e the University of Oxford; by Mr. Senior, late Professor of Patrol! Ecpnomy in that University, We shall, perhaps, recur to that work : _ _ " 13nt have the censequences of the present systeni ever been explained to the labourer? Is not his right to good Wages re-echoed from all parts of the country? Is.he not Dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt beled ?' Does not the lion. Member who has affixed his motto to his week, ;mottle that the fund out of which the labourer is, tic lie fed is practically inexhaustible ? And can words. Inore strongly imply that his sufferings arise from t 6 inii4Stice of h►s superiors? Have not even Mat istratm and landlords recommended the destruction, or What is the same, both in principle and effect, the disuse of the very ma(bio e „ o f w hi c h the object is to render labour more efllcicntit s the production of the articles consumed by the bk , drer—in the production of that very fund on the ex., tent: of which, compared with the number to be. main- Wood, the a►nount: of ,wages depends? And is there any real difference between this condom and the burning o f a rick-ywd ? 'Threshing-machines are the present ob jects of hostility—ploughs will be the next; spades will them be found to diminish employment ; and when it has been niadi penal to give advantage to labour by any tool or instrument whatever, the last step must be to prohibit the use of the right hand.."— , VOW.: We' are' haters Of . all, monopolies, and among others monopoly 'of the elective franchise, by. etsch'is (miscalled) 14form of Parlienie,nt 'as would intro..' dece into the constituent body, by means of univer sal suffrage, the mass, and IVO the mass the.dregs, of the existing repletion. That species of Reform of Parliament would be a monopoly of power, and, consequently, of every thing to the ;appropriation of which unreflecting power could be rendered appli cable, by the numerical majority of the people—in other words, by the mob. We are staunch friends to a broad andfundamental Reform and if enemies to Universal Su ff rage, or to the establishment of a low qualification for the great masa of electors, it is because such a principle would he, in effect, a nor rowing of the representative system, by the virtual exclusion' of all Influence derived from property, and an absolute surrender of• the commonwealth to a single class—a class moved to . frequent warfare against every other, by the extremes of deitittition and desperation acting upon incurable 'giro' wire, prejudice, and distrust. In speaking some days ago, on the 'subject of that Reform which it might be deiirable for the new Administration to execute!, our wish w a s to see such a. plan deve loped at would break. down all artificial and merely ideal barriers between bodies of men whose pretern slOll2 to constitutional power are in reality identified to:grant to the leaseholder and copyholder of equal' income with the qualified freeholder, the same pri vileges which the latter now enjoys exclusively, and thus to incorporate with the Constitution a much larger. proportion of solid property tuit well us of edu cated nutnbers, As for the admission of mere' " numbers" into the state, not qualified or„ guished by any further claims, the .Constitution-of. England .exhibits no such. tendency.. The electors for towns where apprenticeship forme a qualification, have a "rake in the 'country through that skill and that evidence of honest and reputable conduct, both of which constitute !heir property,. and Without which theY could' not have obtained the freedoni of their respective trades, 'or been permitted to earn the wages of art and industry. I,,ven ,the pot l wirk loperohe lowest, meanest, .end trios worthless of elm:tot-s u tras is. constructive interest in the borough, for which he vote., through the period during which he bus.hecn connected with it, and Joes.not counts.: liana°. the principle of naked numbers. ' tr class of electors he desired, less open to corruption than a 'large. majority of thole who now 'possess that privi lege, the standard of qUalification ought to be raised, not reduced. Mr. Fox and Mr. (now Earl) they wore bOth . for that description of Referm; but then property, no matter under what name,' must be ad mitted. If the representetion,is. no, longer to be a Oracle* , end mockery, but aoubstential power and safeguard for 'the state, the close borough*, of even less thati.4o voters, must tit once be ousted from their iniquitous, however long.exercised, usurpa- We'recommend to general attention a paper, in this day's journal, entitled " A Memorandum," re luting to Ilse support, chiefly, of agricultural labourers. It is the work of a thoroughly practical loan who understands hilt subject from., observation, detects and exposes the present system, and what is more, points out one remedy, which being adopted, as it may easily be; will prove effectual in bettering the condition of the Mooring classes, and in restoring' them permanently to what it has been, If the at taching' of small . parcels of land to cottages gives ,trouble, lnes - tbe contiagratitm of egrieidiursl.prodoc tions occasion noire ? Does that visible misery of . the punt M owing classesexcite no pain ? Does their just fury 0 , 040 Oa terror `lfarming labourers of Eogland are not suturally a turbulent or distuttiolled eluss they assemble, and /Open 6414' common wrongs to each other with ditlictilty. It is obvious that they now, may be redressed. The landlord, indulgent .to his- tenantry in - other I. , pect-3; need . wily lower Itis rent by so as is' neetistry k for, the reasd nal,l e remunera tion of a sufficient number of labourers on every farm, and add a little patch of land to every cottage in which there may be an industrious lab utrer : himself will be the ultimate gainer. And why should he not insist upon the full complemern of labourers to every farm ? In how many teasel is it made a condition throughout England, that a flock of sheep shall be kept on each farm ? and if it be allowable to stipulate for the brute herd, for fer tilizing the land, surely it is permissible to require ri sufficient number of well.fed labourers for its culti vation. Is it not lamentable—is it not disgraceful— to us as a Christian people, tp knctw that whatever the labourers gain now, they gain, by their own very dangerous efforts, if any thing can be. dangerous to men in the deepest abyss of misery and wretched ness ? We again recommend the memorandum to attention. The remedies which it proposes to the existing evils are not burdensome,—the maintenance which it recommends to the industrious classes not luxurious.--'Hurst. The development of theaseeret springs of the tragic, but glorious events of which Paris was the theatre last July, is certainly not afforded to the public by any of the depositions of the witnesses, or examinations of the prisoners, whicii have yet transpired. Enough,. however, may be collected from those official minutes of the prelitnieary in quiries, which we have published, to throw consi derable, light upon the parts which some of the principal actors in that most sanguinary and me morable drama performed; yet every disclosure is connected with a reference to some hidden and tray. sterious agency, of which all the guilty parties Would fain makethe world believe they were the reltswnt instruments--distrusting the influence which hurried them on their ruin, but yielding to the imperieue spell of its disastrous and irresistible fascination ! What that dark and secret agency was we cannot pretend to divine; but this we cannot avoid remarking, in reference to the allusions ' Made to ' such an overruling power, that if the crimes of the Ministers of the Crown in a Constitutional Monarchy can be ex cused, or even palliated, on the plea of this sort of political fatalism, there is an end to the responsi bility of such Ministers. Responsibility, indeed, be comes an impertinent fiction, if the Minister can be leoked upon as only passively sanctioning the poli tical document which bean; his signature. The Constitutional doctrine is, that every act of autho rity which Ministers sign must be presumed to ori ginate with themselves. This doctrine is abso lutely necessary to the preservation :of the institu tions °fa free people—end it is not more necessary than just; for the responsible advisers of the Crown are not obliged by any point of honour or duty to sanction measures of which their Consciences disap prove. On the eontrary, a proper sense of duty, as well as feeling of honour, would induce them to re ject and disclaim the dangerous dictation of an irre sponsible power. Ministers of the Crown, in a free State, are' not merely the responsible advisers of the King, they are also trustees of the public in terests, and if - they take upon them to enforce measures which their judgment either doubts or condemns, they abuse most, grossly their. high trnst, and violate their duty to their Sovereign and their country. If the King be pleased to under his_ conti dence from his responsible advisers to others who are not responsible, the indignity and danger leave men of spirit and discretion no alternative but resignation. If they, under such circumstances, piefer retaining their places to taking that step Which a sense of honour and their own security equally require,,they must make up their minds to abide the consequences: If they even carried in their pockets a written indemnity for a deluded King, they could not plead it in bar of, the accuse tiOn,of :a .betrayed people. So much for the great Constitutional principle involved in these inquiries. Ent, in point of fact, there can be no doubt that there are parties who do not appear, or are not untenable to justice, who are, morally speaking, as guilty as, the most culpable of the Ministers; and, of those whose names transpire, the Ex-King and the Dauphin are not the least criminal. ' The ,former indeed, seems to have been kept in ignorance, for some considerable time after the conflicts be tween the people and the troops had become eerioue, of the real state of things in Paris, It would appear he was under the - delusion, whieh certain parties - interested in - deceiving him studiously kept up, that the insurrectionary movements of the Parisians were repressed, or nearly so, at the time when the combat was most general and furious; hut, the delusion must have been dispersed by the despatch of Marshal Marmont, which he received at four o'clock on Wednesday, along with the account of the state of Paris, given by the Aitle-de-Camp who brought it. What alteration did that make in the King's determina tion.? Did it make him advance one step towards repairing the consequences of the fatal errors which had deluifed the streets of his capital in blood'? No. Ite was inexorable to the suggestions of 'prudence, the admonitions of reason, and the cries of humanity. He placed the Martial who had thus afforded him, though late, a locus penitenlia, under the bitter necessity oedisobeying his orders, or preparing new, scenes of carnage This might be culled fit mness by his flatterers, but it certainly was not accompanied with ante( that intrepidity which could inducehim to encounter the least personal danger in defending the Crown ~ w hich was ready to fall from his brow. The Ex-Minister most deserving of pity is - Guernon Rifilville: He, it appears, made a written recla mation to Prince Polignac against the meditated coups tr clad, pointing out their danger and crimi nality, and showing an attachment for the Charter, and a regard for the: principles of political mo rality ; and yet ho signed the ordinances ! He accounts for it on the ground of some dark and, inexplicable necessity, to which, he says, he re, signs himself as a victim. Strange infatuation I In the extimination of Prince Polignac„ he is, very anxious to make it appear that he no longer acted after Paris had been declared in a state of siege, and the command intrusted to Marmont. He asserts that all the movements of the troops, and the events which took place in Paris, were ,without his know ledge. A Most extraordinary statement. And yet it is in the deposition of the witness Dominique At e r, t h a t, when he(Polignac) was inforroed,by a messenger from the Marshal, thet the troops of the line were passing , over to the people, he said, ".Well, then, tire on the troop's. " From that moment 1 became con vinced,,"said the witness," that the Mursinil only commandedin , name, notwithstanding the siege,"— if pougno wished to shift . she blame .of the military proceedings, on Marmont, or any- body else, h e should Nye 'given, in his resignation the moment that he saw the measures of Ins Government could not be carried without the employment of force ; but, as he chose to remain Prime Mini ster up to the. accomplishment of the revolution, wh et h er ho remained active or passive made so dif ference . in his accountability for th ose events 1 at the bar of public justice. As to Mar mont, he really .seems to huve undertakenat his disagreeable Ape with feelings of gre aod to havemade several efforts to induce the King apa his Ministers to stop the effusion of blood. He also tulks of being impelled by a fatal necessity and a point: of honour. A nobler sense of h onour , t h at of devotion to his country, would have induced him would have taken the honest and judielous ad vial of o ar n r v e i s ll t e ; an d i pu t poligni,e and his tt colleagues e' decline Marquis thde eunBd command, ee r ar I v .i n a g ye t :::l 4 1 j P O r t e e : d l o C t e i li y p o i l I t on hip own responsibility, to the King . an d, t h e people, a measure that might have save(' his Master's crown it e s n w s : a n n a d s n th a e de liv b e irn o o a f numbers of glorious name in the history of his country for ever !--hut he is, ii mere soldier, not a hero I We hope the trial of the 14,Mitti gm, wil t be f a i r l y tonducted, without popular hitt midatien on the . one aisics or-political trick. ()tube other. When Justice has prooounced her h nourt int decision, then, if the voice of mercy can ; laid w i t h any effect, let an hottest appeel be 'made to t h e 64, Ingo of a magnanimous nation—but stratagem; in such a case, can chili ° Wimp! those who interpose it between the criminal aa Jitatice.-!-Mprn. Herold Thu Opposition are beginning tco show:their teeth, somewhat prematurely, :we think, in the Lordi as well as the Commons. Lord Ilarnham, for example, favoured Ministers list night with a lecture on the separation of the judicial and Cabinet functions of the Lerd Chancellor, and expressed his hope that Sir Anthony Hart, the Lord' Chancellor of Ireland, would not be removed from his officer but, to use a legal proverb, be took nothing by his motion ; for, as the Lord Chancellor informed him, the Govern• ment had not yet decided the question of his retire , vat, although the usage was, in the occurrence'of all changes of Ministry, that the Lord Chancellor of Ireland should retire from office, as well as the Lord ChlllTellor of Englund. On the score of economy itisO , .--and it is, assuredly no proof either of wisdom nr of economy, that there should be now so many Ex-Chancellors,, either receiving, or about to re ceive, their 4,000/. a year of pension for life -Lord Broughatn held out hopes, that in fu ture the arrangement of retiring allowances would be so managed, as greatly to diminish the burthen - on the country. The Duke of Wellington also, it will be seen, took an opportunity of finding fault with his Majesty's Ministers, for having allowed the Trades' Societies to present an address to the King, accompanied and escorted hy.such a huge body of their constituents,. as were yesterday. to be seen in the tteighbourhoiml of the Palace--and the matter was, no doubt ? extraordinary, as well es 'unusual.— at least during his' Grace's ittlthinistration ; but the proceeding, as Lord Melbourne ieforrned hint, was perfectly legal, and, as the fact heti Proved; equally safe and gratifying. Why, in fact, should his. Majesty's subjects, of all classes, be prevented from enjoying the satisfaction of either congratulat ing him ea his accession to the throne, or of stating their grievances, if they have any ? The King is popular, and his subjects are determined that he shall not be mistaken on the score of their loyalty.—, Morning Advertiser. REPORT OF THE CONVICTS CONVICTED AT THE ADMIRALTY SESSIONS. Yesterday Sir Christopher Robinson made the report to his Majesty of the prisoners capitally convicted at the Admiraky Sessions, viz. James *Donnell, 26 ; Daniel Martin, 41 ; and Fran cisco Jose, alias Morenet, 40, slave dealing ; George James Davis, alias 'George Huntley, `27; William Watts, alias Charles- Williams, 32 ; . Alexander Stevens, alias Telford, 23; and J. Beveridge, alias Anderson, 30, piracy ; all of whom his ,Majesty was graciously pleased to respite dining his Royal pleasure, except George James Davis alias George Ilutilley and William I:Valls alias Charles Williams, who are left for execution at Execution Dock on Thursday next. The above named iprisoners ' Davis, Steiens, Be veridge, and Watts, were tried at the last Admiralty Sessions with a man named Swallow, for stealing the brig Cyprus,. near the coast of Van Diemates Land, on the sth of September, 1829, A man named Pope joy, it will, be recollected, was the principal witness,, The Cyrus was employed to.con*ey convicts from ToWn' to MacqUarrie Harbour ; the prisoners were among them. The ship lay at anchor in Re search Buy, when Popjoy, Lieut. Carew (who had charge of. the vessel), Lieut. Williams, the chief mate, and a soldier went ashore to fish. Shortly after the convicts overpoWeted the soldiers who were on board, and took possession of the ship. They refused to allow the Lieutenant or hisliarty to come on board ; they, at the same 'time - put the Lieutenant's wife and children in a boat and sent them ashore. Swallow, who appeared to take the most active part, was forced to do so by. the con victs, and had scarcely recovered from a severe ill ness. Swallow was acquitted, but the other pri soners, were instantly found guilty. LAW INTELLIGENCE. 'ROLLS' COURT, Dec. 8. BROWN V. BLOUNT. The mother of Sir Charles Blount, the defen dant in this case, had been devisee for life of a cer tain estate in question, with the power of appoint ment to her children.. In 2800 Sir Charles Blount, deing indebted to the plaintiff in a sum of 3004, bad executed a warrant of attorney, to enter up judg ment against him for' that sum, and being also in debted . to Messrs. Everard and CO., bankers; in a sum of from 3,0001 to 4,0001., had mortgaged to them hie contingent interestin the property held by his mother. In 1810, the mother, by a recovery, became possessed of the fee-simple of the property, and having the power of devising it as she pleased,. site gave it by will to certain trustees in trust to sell, to invest the proceeds, and out of the interest to: pay three-fourths into 'the hands of 'Sir Charles Blount :for his matenanee, and the other fourth to Mr. Frederick BlMta. The bill was filed by the plaintiff in order to recover on the judgment of 1800, but Sir C.' Mount being resident on the Continent, and out of the jurisdiction, of the Court, a question arose wliether decreecould be made against the 'tr u st ees an d th e prop er ty in his absence. 'Mr. BICKELSITETII cited a variety of cases to show that . his • Honour might, under theoircum stances of the case, proceed to appoint a receiver in Sir C. Blount's abSenee: Ilia HONOUIt said that Sir C..Bleunt was not a passive party, he was the party whose interests were really and substantially 'affected. It was his, duty -to adhere to the settled principles the Court, and however much disposed, he could not assist the plaintiff. coma OF COMMON PLEAS, Die. H. MILLEIt v. PHILLIPS AND OTHERS. This was an 4cOon brought ,by the plaintiff' against the executors of the late. Mr. Wm. Phillips, to recover the amount or a promissory not• for 6,000/., with interest, alleged to have been drawn by the testator in May, 1825, but stated by the de (umlauts to be a forgery. The facts having been briefly opened by Mr. Serjeant WILD; the, following witnesses were called . _ Henry Hill, who had been an articled clerk in the office of Messrs. Collier and Co:, defendants' atter neYs, and previously the attorneys for the testator, ake'ore that he believed' the riots lit 'question, dated May 29, 18'25, to be in the hand-Writing of the tes tator, as also the following letter : + • .4 Saturday ineraing: 4' MY Dr Alt SIR,—You inform me You cannot obtain 5 per cent. for year money. 1 will allow it. If yeti will bring the old hills for the sum 05,0001, I will add th e • 0 1 :1 0 t 0 f O or 1. 6 y , t oo i o le L n_t me on theu " WM:"PHILLIPS. ;Addressed to Mrd Miller. 13th of Janu ar y, m id g ii o you • The witness further stated his belief that the name 4 Phillips," written on a Rank of England note for 1,0004, was in the testator's hand-writing. -Henry Cromer, clerk in the Twe-penny Post off ice,_ proved that the letter above mentioned hid passed (us appeared by the post-mark) through the T w a.penny Post-office an the 28th , of May, 1826, the day before the date of the note. Jeremiah Shaw, a clerk in Messrs. Ilammeraley's bank, where Mr, Phillips had kept an account, stated his belit,f that the note, the letter, and the name on the Bank of England note, were in the handwriting of the testator. •-fle also proved the handwriting of three f a miliar notes which wore written at different times by the tekitittnr 10 Mr,- Miller. Joseph Lancaster, who had, :been, a clerk ~ M essro . I,tausom and CO. l B, with whom, the teatator had formerly kept a banking account, believed all the documents shaWn to ham to be in, the :hand writing of the testator, , pro l! v i e r.'S th e l l i i t ee t i i t i t e Spprtztrfyor note,th isd ef t tr ie tt t s ee should r , s, the name on the nank-note, and the other documents, were all forgeries. -- Mr. Phillips had died worth' upwards . of.2oo,ooo/., was u Man very 'puoctual in all his accounts, anti had left no trace of the alleged de b t in question;' betides whirls, lie would show that the plaintiff had awed that this claim had origtnat in a loan obtaine4,ol.,lsm by Mr. Phil- B i n i n 1811, whereas 4,0,081. ssiborrowed at that period, had been repaid in the same year and in the year ISHI ;*teri the plaintiff was about to take the be.nefit of the Insolvent Act, his schedule con. tained'no*mention of any claim against the 'testator, which it . must have done had any existed. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to call a' &eat number of witnesses after yvhich, The Jury found averaiet for the plaintiff-LDa mages (principal and intere t) ' ' ' ' FANATI,C. Particulareilrom.a Moining Paper.) The unhappy fanatic who was arrested yesterday near, theentranee to the House of Lords - , immediately in was seized by the police Officer thrust the muzzle 01 his pistol in his right cheek and attempted to die. charge it, but it only flashed in the'pan. It was first intended to bring him to the bar of thelleirze, but under all the circumstances - of the ase; the Black Rod, Sir Thomas. Tyrwhitt, consigned hiM toi the civil power, and he remained fot a long time in a room at the ;Home Office. He will be examined at Bow-street, , on Friday, at twelve ti'oo4. Ifir had been observed about the entrance of the Lords from Friday laSt to the' time of his arrest. He is an athletic powerful man, with prominent and strongly - marked featttrez, aweathet-beaten face, and an expression heavy and morose. By kindness of mannet, he was itutueed to abandon his taciturnity, and a cautious indirect mode of questioning, elicited a good. many ,fac ts. • - 13e••stated that be wtss.a naiiie of Cork, and had. from :Irk infancy studied the miracles of the Old Testament, and every - part of it where the Lord an joined the slaughter ofmankiad for their wickedness., Helhinaseltwas deeply iintiCeieed with the sinfulneis of the world,,anti• the Lord bad appeared to him hi many visions, enjoining Min to 'preach re asst end to tell all men that the-world:lp coming ,g ed tilts at him or put him 'mil 'When he attempted this, people eitheria, „ . listkpTlKM, as had been the, case in America ; and because he had ceased to preach lightcottimeas i; the Lord..had' persecuted hitatriight and day. Ile was now weary 'of life, • and brat tempting to kill. some great man he knew he should teach the world the reality of his mission, and for the sake of which ha was content to die. He said he had sailed in a privateerlor Baltimore and Charleston, hilt' that the Lord lied stopped the vessel; and when he told the Captain of thi s , lie laughed at him ; but the Lord immediately wrought a miracle, by changing the wind, and obliging the Captain to put back. He had seen n man stand in the sun " which had never been seen before since the creation ;" and the Lord having told him that lie would kill for him all his enemies, the vision proved true, for, when he retained to Cork, he found that in his absence nine of those who had dispossessed him, of his property on the ground of his being insane, including the attorney, had died; and whilst he was at Cork. the 'Lord produced an earthquake. The unhappy man's ideas were confined •to such Subjects. Be had no particular wish, he said,. to kill the Duke of Wellington, but he maintained that an the miseries of the poor, the crimes . of war, and particularly the 50,000 souls killed at Waterloo, were owing to the vices of the great people, who were selfish, roguish, and oppressive, and that they ought to 'be killed; and by'his killing - some of them the world would be reformed, and then "come to an end. There was evidently some imposition in his his tories of 'himielf. When, questioned upon the na ture of Charleston harbour, his answers evinced his ignorance of the localities of the place : and, more over, he used several terms respecting his being on ship-board, totally inconsistent with nautical phrase ology : such us putting a sbilf about at anchor. It appears that he had been confined as a lunatic at Bal timore. Although his notions of killing great men were very extensive, he was evidently bent upon one individual, and Seemed sullen and distressed When the subject was alluded to. His pistol was bought in the Minories for,, 75., and which may, pretty well account for its not going off. He wow dressed ail a common labourer, and he Complained' that his companion had, enjoined him to'do What he intendediand bad now deserted him. (ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.) ;The person who first laid hold of the unfortunate man was Mr. Gilbert, one of the Marshals of the HOMO of Lords, at whom he snapped the pistol, but, fortunately, it only flashed in the pan. Another of the persons in attendance then rushed forward to secure him, when he icocked another pistol, and snapped it at that individual also; but this pistol, like the first, fortunately missed fire. The prtsoner was then sent in custody to the Home,' Office, and a messenger was immediately despatched for , Sir Richard Birnie, at Bow -street, before whom the prisoner underwent is very long examination, when it appeared that the' unfortunate man had been in town only eight days, and that he had been, until lately, the mate of a ship trading between Liverpool and Ayr, in SCOIIIIII4. His manner was confused and incoherent, as will appear from the preceding account, and there was some difficulty experienced by the Magistrate, and those who assisted in the examination, to put the , evidence in form. The knife which the prisoner had concealed. on his per son was described as a butcher's' knife, and , the maker of it has been discovered; and will attend at Bow-street on' Friday, to prove that the Flamer purchased it from him. As (Mon as he was liberated from the custody of the officers of the House of Lords, he was handed over to Sir R. Biritie, who immediately consigned him to the Charge of Rutltven and Ellis, two, of the principal Bow *greet officers, by whom he was placed in a one, and sent in custody to the House of ,Correction, Coldbath-fields, from whence, as stated above, he will be, brought to Bowsetreet-ollice on Friday next, to undergo another examination. He had been seen about the entrance to the House of Lords for some days previous, and he was so anxious in his inquiries as to the carriages of the Noble Lords, and particu larly a; to which was the Duke of Wellington's, that on Tuesday night, the person whose duty it is to call the carriages immediately on the brealtingup of the House, omitted, from prudential motives, seeing the prisoner present, to call out the names of the noble owners. On Tuesday Mr. Courtenay, of tho House lof Lords, lied occasion to go into the city, and as soon as his carriage drew tip at the dim` in Abingdon- Street s the prisoner ran forwardand eagerly desired to k now if that carriage belonged to the Duke of Wellington. We have heard from very respectable authority, that soon after the prisoner was taken into custody, three persons, whose appearance be spoke respeetabilily, came for►Vard and offered to buil him, but the proposal, under the circumstances, with of course declined. BERNARD'S RETROSPECTIONS OF THE Ste,o4..—‘4 The present debut is a hit. It revives a hose of pleasant recollections of by-gone time*: it reopens some of the *torn of wit which had been forgotten, and it renews the life of many tt gay companion whom death has long since snatched from the scenes of jest, conviviality, 444 honour. In reading, our enjoyment is often chat tenet! into a deeper tone of feeling, and our laughter at the joke attic* snot checked by &recollection of the fate of him who uttered it. They do not come, like shadows, so depart; but, on the contrary, wjth all the amusement of 4 hook of drollery,.....biographical anecdote, ttc. theta Re tioapections possess a Mailer claim to public tegord.— iierary G'azettc. ECU/4011,1Y A.ND RETRENCIIMIINTe..--We 114 v 0 been &attired that a noted, letter to s certain L)eacon which has been much talked of in " the guile town," wa.. Malosetl (as we learn I. the Honourable Member's custom when he ailibessee these whom he has the honour to represent) in the , envelopenf an old letter turned out, aide in, Poop', hop). reglad thim as a cure proof 'that the sien. Ministry may certainly reckon: upon, the, night Alembitr'..support jn 11104140011 Of economy and retrench. /Wilts WilitteVar, gpriition he may offer to the (motion of Ilefuriu.— Caledonian Mercury. TPA Vrtso WINTEE A§'Sl Zt S. CHELMSFORD, WsutresnAY, DW. 8. John Staines, aged 18, . and James Godfrey,sged were indicted for breaking; into the house of ,Joseph Underwood, in 'ESist - Versea. The ewe Met supported by the cleareit elirrilenee;theprisoiro r being recognised by the. wife of the prosecutor, who had got out of bed to beg them: not tp murder her hulbsild. They were also seen near the Spot about the time the &fence was committed. • This trist furnished an instance of depravity. root often wit• nessed, even in a criminal court. In. the first plea, notwithstanding' the decisive nature of the evidence on the,part of the prosecution, the prisbnei Stainer called his mother, a woman tipparenily between 66 and 70 years of age, - to swear to his InivitigliOrlit home all the night in question, the etli of 'Cktiibstit 'On being questioned as to her recollection of any, 'thing having occurred on the previous or subsequent_ - nights, she could remember inAliiitg,;, her Inernory appeared to be congned,tethat ;light robbery, or h ib e a TT bi h h "leL i bl L earned n prisoner s d ed e f w e n je e rue e n, 641 4 ;t7rn atttf :t ee e ri rl f". l e r n y 6(1"1.. t higtil li en c li ' lt ; iii r igAP S: :: 'Staines, sentenced both to be t r alreportedlisi v life; ' on which Staines, whose conduct tbreughnitti trio'' e w ry a: s a :la m r, pa t n o ied the end of it, addressing tlie Judge,.cried out, "-- your, oltl eyes ; , may e" sit there and be till leinnetack." Thomas -Bateman, jun., sva's-fnalited for Highway 4Y' - ttuelky. The prosecutor, Siennel 'c r ir i:i l e n :t t : lce g iis: ()in ' e if a ig t mane 'and in the course of hist 'tintnenerOn g Ea' oal from home to the' hundreds ,to seek work. return to Great Easton where be usually lived, he called in at ,the pribliaouse Palled the Bell, fordo purpose of taking some refreshment, having at that time 30s. In a leather purse, viz. two half sovereigns , and the rest in silver. While there he honk shirt, for which he paid 35.; and •oii this occa h sion, 'it would seem, he sboWed his 'Money. At house lie was joinesl by the 'idiom - and it insn named -Barker. About half-past eleven at night, , thiry sill three left the house togetlio. The prose* cutor, however, instead of proreeding directly homer deviated from his own road bogie, for the rake of boxilqg Barker company—prisoner going With. them at The instance of Patient himself , he having offered him pint of beer to carry his bundle for him. After going this way for some distance, they wea ' ratecht4he -prosecutor being about two and s ha lf codes from Great Easton. They bad not been goner 1 1 , 1 , 7 renrs,elarlomilv the t e e; minutes otlnti uri t t i v i h h e i fa t c h e e do 7 n s w e l ; ) , :; saw a person coming after bins ; at this moment for what reason he could not say, but most proziiyo the beer he had taken obliged him 10 do O. this in this position he felt the perion's u P " b„,h back :pf . his head, and turning, himself 1 round, ihte. rolled into the ditch, and Patie nt recognize mitts , to be :the person %% Ito tins attackiogt.l I IPteorrehapayirntgicublartitlyofTriornieytel.ie Acircautruinsgtgaiteicetooofkt plfaiteShet,: 'the prosecutor endeavouring to et out for mer dittil;the'pritioner to keep him down ; th ° however succeeded in raising hi s heed just on ye oitetiide of the ditch, and called out,. " 14 0 :1:1 , 11 mosey epon my soul, Bateman, you meat „ he trier, The latter uttered an oath, and sai d„ ar id wrieltyl let him know how teeall him Bateman , a O. Isfaofyleluol3twonirntgivsueiolpgehnriostulytnh,dra,entswdtsi,tsietiaoinlinelp:ivielygnesoehnlol el kic s, i.s ' , The unfu the r termite man's life wits, only preserved by :ft aonot-iwohlincybeyt,haen dtransactionhi head o ccurred be sunk kini ttig the soil without any fatal result ensuing, though the dreadful violence used by the prisoner, 0117.: fore k lie desisted, he had com p letely kicked otnr, left of the unfortuna te ' victim of his brue, 01 1: 1 1 1 Y d The latter lost his senses, and on recovering 1 himself robbed of all hisHmeney. upo.:hitn, assuring him that it • ti n r he execu 9 . d m i : N 4 i l l t! idneefi;e9necsew,lnetl s l ls a . s en i i n t r i e rri d e d? t t e h i y e k )r t i i l u i :1 1 7: 4 1 711111 )' °-. THE:MAkOTS. The Learned .14.17 then pronounced sawnoteunideO • forth 61. 6 " Ic 0 1 l'aritterJ 91 0 1/Itto Northumberland T u lin n.L ol:ol 30 6 Ditto Rutioll's 18 0 Ditto Walker Se i &Be Pit strisll 'l7 0 blapit at market, told, 3V. - . COUNTRY CORN MARK Wheat. ,Pei d Quarter. A And Sritiport Cirencester Hereford Highwrirth Maidfohead Oakingbaus Residing SePthesugtoti Stroud Tewkesbury —...... Uxbridge Watnnrister l'it''D'-'1.11'111;-:0. 1 116 IV Barley. 4 , 10 i• fo O. 4,1 • 4 6 • 43 4 - 0 3 fi bt ) is 32 -at 39' .... io .0 0 au ;a -st 3 9 3 t _ .4 4 0 iti 44 4 5 i 4 90 40 41 40 40 ------ Doe 7. • Of C° • HULL MARKET.-- '....1.. , small . . off The ituPpil of Wheat from the 0099 9 pr , ; no c i e s9: ol . t°rolitulittle is oaring; tlearlY the w, h ,Ol e wsekl, eu i r ilot A ' at 15...t0 2s. per quarter adi *nee on the ' 3 ;• 0 ,1 our ' 4l ' a.,ing• Thirsupply or Rarity was not great, it re 3o 4 _ _, er , ph' tiona.: - In Beans, Pease, and Oats, there is hi t. , 67 ,. 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OO W 0 . . , 0 *heat, tmp.'llusb... 'l 7 ' 3 t 9 0 'll ttott' log-. ....... 00 o . l s Bailey ..4::....d. .. .. .....; , 3 0° 4 I 143sitiolott . ..... - ... 0 4 , Oats flour. 141 b. ..... 1/ 1 0 24' 3 0 Mutton ! . ..! ... ."' .. .. . 0 oO' Oatmleal ' I.O .1 g Veal ........0* - .... .u ' Putat'vge, cat 1 9 2 o.Quartests:Peef or ..... ---0 014 ....,,tit , • a. we a Tu ctiontseocluoefn:neinotfengdoe4tnedi.itnofrobrornica: ache oMonday night, the Guards, both cavalry An" ore 'Vero?rdered, at six o'clock, to keep thernfielYeg in r fte ( Void - none were allowed to g o out . al dirk bat lic that ban r.— Globe BIRTHS. 11) 0 ' On the I tth of October, at Alex a nd, is, Lady Ge° Wolff, of s son. p On the 7th inst. at Miibroek, near SouthamploP, lady of R. J. Webber, Eeq. of a daughter. bIARRIED. II On the ed inst. in the parish church of F.,...cletilll'os,, !he Rev. Streyasharn Master, hI.A., Rector of CW 4 of rldllittra „Newman Kershaw, of fleskin Ilan, in 1 10 , c° J l e v,, of Laoiatter, BEI., so Mary Anne, daughter of " 16 Willis* Yates, M.A., Rector o Geor f E celeatoo• APO On the eth ast. at Sr. ge's, liloonisbult Ai sl 11Pdget, EA+ l , of Clapham, to Eliza, the e ltleel ilsi v ! Qt L. Haniard, Eeq. of Bedford-square., DIED. l i po o Oa the 8.1 inst. iu Upper. Brook.street, Ehoor ~ fourth daughter of J. M. Macleod, of &lacteal, I°l4rd Oa the 7th iruit. at Tunbridge Wells after * yr"totre t he oen, Mrs. Ward., wife of Mr. Wattle, of M IP ti, odsiP Royal, Covent Garden. Oar the 4, th ito.t. Petrich Kilgour, Esq., o' ' 4 ' Aberdeen, aged 73 INTitt) ANI) PUOLOIIIO 016 AIURDO Vt.)l,;\ Mt/ SIII4 Orifice, llt, SCRANDI