The Sun. — London, England, 1830-04-27 00:00:00

SPIRIT•OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Last night Sir M. S. Stewartpresented a petition from the people of Glasgow, against a Bill now in progress through Parliament for extending the royalty of that city. The great number of respec table signatures attached' to that petition (not less than 13,500), and the zeal which the inhabitants have evinced in appointing agents to oppose it, show that they consider the measure as hostile to their best interests, and calculated only to perpetuate or extend those abuses in which the Burgh-administra tion of Scotland is said so much to abound. By those who are supposed to be most acquainted wi the subject, without having any bias to ►mislead their judgment, this Bill is regarded as a magisterial job, intended to perpetuate the system of self-election, and to increase the emoluments of clerks and functionaries. If sueh be its character, we hope that its mischievous tendency will be exposed, and its enactment defeated, by the co-operation of inde pendent members from both sides of the Tweed.— Times. The House of Commons went last night into a Committee on Mr. Slaney's Poor Laws' Amend ment Bill. It is no easy matter to understand what the Country Squires would be at with regard to the poor. It is admitted, for instance, by Mr. Ben nett, that " We had now surplus labourers to a great extent, and we were thus reduced to straits from which be knew not how to escape. The value of labour_ was regulated by the proportion of the supply to the demand, and no law of this de scription would alter it. A pauper with several children could not support himself upon eight shil lings per week, and if he received only that sum in wages, he required eight shillings more from tke parish to support him and his family." There can be no question that were it not for the aid from the parish, the wages would sink to eight shillings a week; but it is not possible to place the labourer in such a situation that he may have the eight shillings as wages, and not out of the rates? Th e eircum- stance which enables the farmer to pay only eight shillings in wages is thesuperabundance of labourers. Now the mi.ichief of this system is, that when once in operation it has a strong tendency to perpetuate itself. For instance, if the rate of wages be eight shillings a week, and so much be allowed by the parish for each child, the single man sees himself worse off than the married man, and he marries ♦without loss of time. The superabundance is thus kept up, which depresses the rate of wages. In order then to raise the condition of the labourers, means must be resorted to for reducing the super abundance, and restoring the equilibrium between the supply and demand in the labour market. One means of effecting this was indicated by Mr. Frank land Lewis—namely, the charging the owners of cottages to the rates. At present the rents of the cottages are paid out of the rates. This would act as an inducement to such owners to pull down the cottages. By this and several other means, the tendency to a superabundance of labourers may be counteracted. But Mr. Benett was opposed to the charging the owners of the tenements with the rates, and talked of the stimulus to agriculture by taking off those obstacles that now existed to the cultiva tion of waste lands. There can be no good reason why any obstacles should be opposed to the cultiva tion of waste lands: but it is pretty clear that the cultivation of waste lands can only be a pal liative at most for the evil caused by a super abundance of labourers. No fact is better established, than that a population will rapidly in crease, if the means of subsistence can be obtained. In all old countries, the population is prevented from increasing as rapidly as in new countries, by the inability to obtain food in equal abundance. We may cultivate our wastes, but we shall still have a superabundance, if we stimulate to marriage by bolding out bounties for families, instead of throw ing difficulties in the way of obtaining cottages. Mr. Benett said, " One reason for the increase of the poor-rates in the South and West of England ' was, that the manufactures of flannel and woollen bad been all removed to the North. He thought, however, that the poor-rates were not an evil, and that the return of prosperity would replace then' in the same condition as before." Poor-rates are un questionably not an evil, but the converting poors' rates into a means of keeping the labourersredun dant, and depressing wages, is an evil, and the de parture of the woollen and flannel manufacturers from the South to the North, will not alone account for the evil. The evil arese, in a great measure, from the excessive powers possessed by Justices of Peace, and the improper use they made of them. " The Magistrates of the South (as was truly stated by Mr. Slaney), in the teeth of the law, and act ing on a mistaken notion of humanity, and benevolence, had apportioned the relief of the poor by the price of bread, and this principle had now been acted on in about sixteen or seventeen counties . . The effect had been in all these situa tione'to degrade the poor, and to render them in different and depending; while in the north of Eng land, where no such practice prevailed, they were still independent, honest, and industrious." A no tion took possession of the leading gentry of the south, about the beginning of the late war, that the poors' rates might be made available as a means for forcing a surplus population, that the nation might never suffer inconvenience in any exigency. Their views are very systematically developed in an octavo volume published by a Magistrate for three counties ;—" If we have found," says this Ma gistrate, ," an actual supply of man and money, but just sufficient to keep us on a level with the enemy, and to withstand his exertions to overwhelm us, have we not just reason to conclude, that with a very little less money, or a very trifling diminution in the number of men, we might not have with stood those exertions ? What gratitude, then, ought we to bear, what merit to ascribe to a system of laws, which, by increasing our population, and by enabling us to perform so many operations at once, has so essentially contributed to our safety, if not to the preservation of our existence ? And we surely shall have no cause to complain of being defrauded of our money's worth, even supposing the sum of money raised upon the people under such circum stances should be found to be considerably increased." Without poor rates, the population would, no doubt, be in most distressed condition, and would gradually become reconciled to a lower and lower state of living. But that is no reason why an effort should not be made to guard against the evil which Mr. Staney's Bill is intended to grapple with.— Morning Chronicle. It will be seen, from our Parliamentary Report, that the expected discussion on Mr. Peel's Forgery Bill was postponed, at the suggestion of Mr. Brougham, and the second reading was afterwards fixed for Monday fortnight. We think the Bill ought to ba combatted, in every step ofits progress, by all those who are sincerely anxious for a vital and effective reform of the criminal law. The reason that Mr. Brougham gave for wishing a postpone ment of the discussion was to give the public an opportunity of stating their sentiments to the House sty petitions against the measure were expected from many parts of the country, We were under the' impression that public opinion had already declared itself in a very strong and decided manner on the subject, and that the parties supposed to : be most interested in the perpetuation of the principle of capital punishment for forgery, had, in numerous instances, appealed to the Legislature ler its total abolition, not only on account of its inefficacy but its positively injurious effects, 'by its tending to in crease that species of depredation which it was in tended to repress. We were led into this supposition by observing that about 100 petitions had already b ee n presented to the'Legislature in favour of the removal of the sanguinary law from the Statute book, while not a single petition had been pro duced on the other side. Surely, with y t g t r ie e s a e t hundred petitions on the /able, signed by numbers of bankers, and the most respectable com mercial people, as well as by clergymen, magistrates, and lawyers, the Members who profess to advocate a refona of the law had sufficient evidence of the feel- , ing of the country to justify au immediate and ener getic opposition to Mr. Peel's Bill for the preserve ' tion of the old barbarous principle, in defiance of the conclusions of practical men ; in contravention of th e dictates of reason, sound policy, and religion ; and in utter contempt of all enlightened public opi nion. It is true we have heard, and have told our readers, that at this moment about 100 petitions more are in progress relative to this question, all, like the former, declaratory of the sense which the country entertains of the cruelty and inefficiency of the existing law; but that it was necessary to put 'off the discussion until those petitions shall have ne,n received, we are not prepared to believe.— Even Mr. Brougham's own statement allowed that there was sufficient reason for at once and decidedly impugning the principle of Mr. Peel's Bill, and resisting its further progress. If Mr. Brougham be still convinced, as he once was, of the mischiev ous error of Mr. Peel's legislation, he ought rather to have given the advantage of his eloquence to the exposure of that error, than avoided it, and he would thereby have stimulated the friends of civilised im provement throughout the country to greater exer tions in the cause of humanity and a rational reform of criminal justice. He stated that " for some time certain classes, and particularly those who were chiefly interested in that branch to which the pre sent law was applicable—he meant paper money— were averse to any mitigation of the punishment. He had now the satisfaction of stating to the House that he had received communications and petitions from various bankers in different parts of the coun try, whieh showed that, pretty generally, this class had reformed their opinion on the subject of capital punishment, and were willing to admit the error under which they had laboured. Within the last few days he had a great deal of correspondence with person, connected with banking establishments. He had also a number of petitions to present— more particularly one—to which he would call the attention of the House, as it was from a part of the country where the trade in paper was chiefly carried on, and he found from those bankers and merchants that they were anxious to conic forward and entreat the Legislature to pause before they en acted anew the punishment of death for forgery, because they viewed this mode of punishment not only as no protection, but quite the contrary. They regard it rather as a means for preventing prosecution and punishment, and as tending to the escape of persons who had been guilty of a serious offence." One would have thought after this statement that the Learned Gentleman had ample inducement for going into the debate at once, instead of cooling down the public feeling by cautiously avoiding for the pre sent a discussion that would probably have the effect of (as we have already intimated) exciting the op ponents of capital punishments to more animated and strenuous exertions. We observed the other day, when Mr. Peel's Bill had been highly eulo gised for its humane alteration of the law, that it only went to abolish the penalty of death in cases where it was not put in execution. The Right Honourable Secretary himself admitted the truth of this observation last night ; for he sad his Bill merely consolidated the Statute-law of the land, omitting those cases where the capital punishment latterly had not been carried into effect. We are convinced that this spurious sort of reform is not only useless, but calculated to be more detrimental to the public interests than leaving the law as it is, in all its indiscriminate and unrelieved ferocity. It may make people think there has been an actual reform and amendment where in reality there is none —for the name and shadow of legal improvement, with the aid of a servile press; have in other in stances gone a great way to delude the public mind, mad to cause a relaxation of exertions corrective of abuse and beneficial to humanity.—Morning Herald. ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION, ANNIVERSARY DINNER. On Saturday the Fifteenth Anniversary of the " General Benevolent Institution for the relief of decayed Artists of the United Kingdom, whosa works have been known and esteemed by the pub lic, and affording assistance to their Widows and Orphans," was celebrated at the Freemasons' Tavern, by a public dinner. Soon after six o'clock, about two hundred gentlemen sat down to table. Lord Grantham presided. Amongst those present we noticed, H. Pusey, Esq., M.P.; Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart. ; Mr. Sheriff Richardson ; Charles Russell, Esq.; - Keightley, Esq. ; J. Neild, Esq., M.P. ; J. Fairley, Esq. ; Jos. Fairley, Esq. ; H. Davidson, Esq.; M. A. Shee, Esq., P.R.A. ; Sir W. Beechey, R.A. ; 'Sir J. Wyat ville, R.A. ; Messrs. Thomas Phillips, R.A.; J. Chantrey, R.A. ; W. Wilkins, R.A.; W. Collins, R.A. ; J. Jackson, R.A. ; P. Biggs, A.R.A. ; J. Beach, A.R.A. ; C. Cockerel], A.R.A.; R. Lane, A.R.A. ; C. Turner, A.R.A. ; Landseer, A.R.A., &c. Scc.. The gallery was nearly filled with ladies. When the cloth had been removed, and Non nobis, Demine, sung by Messrs. Bellamy, Broadhurst, Golding, Horacastle, Fitzwilliam, and Chapman, the CHAIR aI.t..N got up to propose the first toast, " The health of the King." He could assure the company, that nut five minutes before he entered his carriage to come to the dinner, he received information from a perfectly authentic source that his Majesty was de cidedly better.—(Great applause, and every mani festation of satisfaction.) He was sure that they all earnestly desired to hear of the restoration of his Majesty ; and though it was not in his power to contribute to the accomplishment of that much wished-for object, yet he had no doubt they would so express their feelings in drinking the toast as to display the sentiments with which he knew they re garded their monarch.—Drunk with four times four. " God save the King" chorussed with much en thusiasm. The next toast was " The Duke of Clarence,"—three times three : —(Much applause.) , The CHAIRMAN then said , the next mernlier of the Royal Family whose health he had to propose, was " The Duke of Sussex." The Institution was under the deepest obligations to that illustrious personage. He had been amongst their earliest and most effi cient patrons, and it was to be hoped that they would not allow the present opportunity to pass without testifying their gratitude. This toast was very cordially received, and drank with three times three.—This was followed by " The health of the rest of the Royal Family." TL. list of subscriptions was then read. The CHAIRMAN proposed" The Army and Navy." He felt not the slightest doubt that it was a toast which would meet with the warmest reception.— There, national spirit—there, feelings alone—in fact, from that blood-and-thunder feeling which warmed the breasts of all Britons—the toast must be received with enthusiasm ; but, independently of that, in a meeting of Artists, such a toast could not fail to be a powerful source of excitement. The fame and glory of artists derived much of its lustre from the noble subjects which the achievements of the soldier and the sailor furnished. The monuments which a nation's gratitude raised to commemorate the exploits of the service, were to the sculptor the source of emulation and the reward of eminence.— The army and navy, poor fellows! whether living or dead, contributed to the success of the artist, and were entitled to every testimony of sympathy and kindly feeling. The toast was followed by much applause. A further list of subscriptions was then read, pre vious to which the CHAIRMAN said, he hoped the read ing would demand a long silence from the company. The CHAIRMAN next gave "The Artists' Gene ral Benevolent Institution." Had lie been aware he should enjoy the honour of presiding over their fel , - tive meeting, he should have been (sever instructed in his lesson, and better prepared to lay before them the nature and objects of the Society, and enlarge upon its claims to their support. But when he re flected upon the number of years it had endered, , The liberality it had experienced, and the many occa sions upon which most able advocates had put for ward its merits, he the less regretted his inability to do it justice on the present occasion. He had , rh cently required from them a long silence; he hoped that the expres s i on of f e eling with which the toast he had now to give would be received, might bear some proportion to the length of the previous silence imposed upon the company. The toast was then given, and received with the warmest enthusiasm. Sir T. D. ACLAND proposed the health of the Chairman, in the full conviction that it would be received b 3 the company with the utmost cordiality. No Chairman could have stronger claims upon their g•ratitude—at a few hours' notice he had consented to preside over their meeting, in the unavoidable absence of Lord Aberdeen. The toast was drunk with great applause. Lord GRANTHAM said he could with perfect sin cerity assure them that it was no affectation, no pretended humility, which led him to declare that he could not give utterance to the feelings which had been excited in his breast, by the testimony of their respect with which he I ad just been honoured. When he came into that house, be had not the slightest expectation of being called on to do more than contribute his humble mite towards the great object for which they had been assembled. The Noble Lord who was to have presided had been prevented from attending by unforeseen circum stances ; and that absence was much to be regretted. He (Lord G.) had come to their Chair perfectly unprepared, but he came to them with a good heart in their cause, and having once enlisted in their cause —having drawn the sword in their behalf—h e was resolved not to shrink from the maintenance of their interests. They had a long list, not of killed amd wounded, but a list of those who came forward for the relief of the killed and wounded. The Noble Lord then expressed his warm hopes for the conti nued and increased prosperity of the Institution. The patrons of art were interested, not alone that this or that great picture should be painted, but that the great events of our history should be handed down in an imperishable form to posterity, and that men of humble birth and limited fortune should be furnished with opportunities of attaining eminence an] wealth. The Noble Earl who was to have pre sided had the fullest intention of being present, and wou!d certainly have taken the Chair had he not been under the necessity of going down to Oxford under circumstances that precluded the possibility of his returning in time for dinner, and so he was pre- vented from filling a situation which (said the Noble Lord) if his feelings resemble mine—and I have no doubt they do—he would have felt great pleasure in filling.—( Applause.) The next toast was, " The Duke of Wellington and his Majesty's Government."—( Applause.) The CHAIRMAN then gave " The health of Mar tin Archer Shee, Esq., and the Royal Academy." This was a subject upon which he should think it ne cessary to say but very little—that Institution could not but be regarded by artists with reverence and with gratitude; the distinctions which had been con ferred upon Mr. Shee were purely honorary ; but they were not less valuable on that acc)unt ; he would detain them n 1 longer than to propose, that the health of the President and of the Academy be drunk with three times three. The PRESIDENT spoke as follows :—On the part of the Academy I beg to return my most sincere thanks : I fed that it is only in right of my con nection with that distinguished body that I have enjoyed the honour just conferreel upon me. The members of this excellent Institution may rest satis fied that the Royal Academy entertains towards them the most friendly feeling—in proof of which I may call their attention to the many members of the Academy now present. I will not enlarge upon the topics so ably handled by the Noble Lord in the Chair, and by the other gentlemen who have spoken, for I feel that any attempt to follow them would but weaken the effect they have produced. But, gentlemen, it is impossible that on a public occasion like this, when, for the first time, I present myself to you as President of the Royal Academy, I could let such an occasion pass without some allu sion to that celebrated man who has so often filled this place at meetings like the present. I cannot address you without a strong, though inadequate, expression of regret, at the premature fate of the man, whose loss it is impossible to supply. Gcn tlemen, it would be absurd in me to expatiate upon 1 the professional merits of Sir Thomas Lawrence-- whether we regard the efforts of his genius in the Exhibition, the dignity of his deportment in the Council-room, or the discretion and judgment which marked his conduct everywhere—or whether we refer to the eloquence with which, from this place be often advocated the interests of this Institution, we cannot but be sensible cf his superiority —w e cannot but recognise him as an admirable represen tative of the profession. I regret that I are only able imperfectly to attempt to make up by warmth of zeal for power arid capacity to serve you. Any comparison with that great man would be but little calculated to console you for his loss; all, however, that is within my limited means shall be devoted to your service—all that remains to me of life—all within my humble capacity, shall be most cheerfully devoted to promoting the general interests of man— and, as a branch of those interests, to advancing the prosperity of this Institution.—(Great applause.) The CHAIRMAN then gave " the Memory of Sir Thomas Lawrence."—(Drunk in solemn silence.) The healths of the President, Vice-Presidents, and other officers were also drunk ; likewise the Stewards of the present dinner and the Stewards Elect. The gross sum collected on this occasion was 6381., being the largest sum ever obtained. The health of the ladies was given with four times four; and after several rounds of applause, the Chairman and the greater part of the company quitted the Hall. FARRINGDON WITHOUT. A Warclmote was held yesterday at St. Bride's Church, for the election of a Ward Beadle and an lnquestman; Mr. Deputy ROBERTS in the Chair. After the business for which the meeting was called had concluded, Mr. PONTIVEX rose and observed, that he had seen the account of what had transpired at the late disastrous fire in Fetter-lane with considerable re gret, and that he thought it imperative that the meeting should not terminate without expressing its sense of the conduct of the city officers on that oc casion. He said it appeared monstrous, that on an occasion, the most terrible that could happen, and when all exertions ought to have been confined to the preservation of life and property, the officers should have been squabbling with the new police, and that it appeared to him the more unaccountable, inasmuch as the new police, from their numbers being on their coats, and from the responsibility which that cast upon them, were of all others the fittest persons to act upon such an occasion. After some other observations, he concluded by moving a vote of censure on the city police in consequence of their conduct, and also by moving other resolutions thanking the new police for their exertions, and transmitting such thanks to the head police station. Mr. TICKNER objected to the motions, inasmuch as they tended to prejudice the question, which, when there was an inquiry to take place respecting the conduct of the parties, was greatly to be depre cated. Mr. BARRETT also objected on the same ground. Mr. FEARON seconded the resolutions. Mr. PONTIFEX consented to withdraw the first resolution, if the inquiry was to be instituted ; and the other two resolutions were unanimously passed. The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the Deputy. • ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning, as a small boat was proceeding with passengers from Cromarty to Invergordon market, when nearly opposite Ballintraid, the boat was upset by a sudden gale. The number on board is not yet known, but we regret to add that at least three or four persons have found a watery grave. One of those drowned was a poor woman named FERGUSON, sister of a carter in this town. The bodies were picked up by another boat,—,lnverness Courier. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Aram, 26. ANDERDON V. BURROWS AND OTHERS. (Concluded from our Paper of yesterday.) After Mr. DENMAN had been heard at length for the defendants, _ Lord TENTERDEN sad, that the only question which the Jury had , to consider was the amount of damages. Tbe.conduct of Dr. Burrows, in signing a certificate of the plaintiff's insanity, without hav ing sees him, and sending two persons to secure him, was contrary to law. He was sorry to hear it stated that it was usual for medical practitioners to act in that manner. In estimating the amount of damages, it would be necessary for the Jury to con sider whether there was probable cause for suppos ing the plaintiff to have been of unsound mind at the period when the assault was committed. With reference to this point, the plaintiff's singular estrangement, not only from his family but from persons of his own rank, and his extraordinary mode of dressing and living, were circumstances which should not be overlooked. The Jury then retired, and after being absen three quarters of an hour, returned into Court wits a rerdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 500/. ARCHES COURT, ArRxL 26. This being the first day of term, the Court was opened with the usual forms, after prayers. No publ;e business of moment occurred. FREDERICK ROBARTS was admitted of the number of Procurators-General exercent in this Court, by virtue of a rescript freua his Grace the Archbishop. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Aram 24. George Loggan, late a Captain in the 92d regi ment of Foot, was opposed by Mr. WOODROFFE, on behalf of Mr. Martin, a jeweller, at Cheltenham. The insolvent in 1823 sold his commission in the army, and had nothing ever since to subsi,t on but a pension of 1001. a year for wounds, and occasional assistance from the bounty of friends. That assist ance he calculated at about 901. a year, and his pen sion being charged with an annuity of 421. to a Mr. Groves, his whole income, including his friends' bounty, did not exceed 1481. a year, with which he had to support his wife and himself. He bad, since 1823, contracted debts to the amount of 2,4611. 13s. 10d., and he had no assets of any description to meet them. All the debts which he contracted in London, amounting to 8001., he disputed, be cause, being contracted in 1823, they fell under the Act of Parliament 9 Geo. IV. chap. 14, by which Act a person might take advantage of the statute of limitations if he had not given a promise to pay in writing within six years. Having contracted those London debts, he went to Durham and resided there until 1827 or 1828, and he there contracted debts to about the same amount as in London. In May, 1828, he visited Cheltenham, where he became acquainted with a gentleman named Webber, who afterwards married his sister-in-law, and then the new married-couple left Cheltenham for Kelso, where Mr. Webber has a country sear. 'While Mr. Webber was in Cheltenham, the insolvent fre quently rode in his carria g e, and mixed in the most respectable society. Cheltenham he contracted debts to the amount of about 7001. Shortly after his arrival he began to deal with Mr. Martin, his opposing creditor; first he purchased a gold watch for 251., and some trifling articles which he paid for. He then began to run up en account with Mr. Mar tin, and from that time to the beginning of October, when he left that place, he got into Mr. Martin's debt to the extent of 2541., occasionally giving him bills, all of which remained unpaid. Insolvent proceeded to state, that a day or two afterwards he came to London, went thence to Brighton, and afterwards to Worthing, for the be nefit of his wife's health, she being in a very bad state. He took all the plate, and many other ar ticles which he bad got from Mr. Martin, to Lon don, where he pawned all the spoons and forks at different pawnbrokers, none of whose names or re sidences he could recollect. Unfortunately fur him, he said, he nad been obliged to have so much to do with " these people" (the pawnbrokers), that he could not recollect any one in particular. The plate was all afterwards redeemed and sold. Some other articles he pledged, and when in the lock-up-house, he gave up the duplicates to a Mr. Briddie (a silver smith) in discharge of his debt. He admitted that he had made no mention of any part of this property, and the disposition of it, in his schedule. He had run up a bill at the Gloucester Coffee-house, which debt was not in his schedule, because he considered that discharged by the proprietor retaining some boxes containing his goods. Mr. Commissioner lI4RRIS said the case must be adjourned to file an account of all this property which had been concealed from the schedule, and also to insert and serve two creditors who were omitted, viz., Mr. Briddie, and the proprietor of the Gloucester Coffee-house : the latter person might perhaps come to oppose the insolvent. There was no want of fraud in the case as it at present stood, and the insolvent must not expect his imme diate discharge. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. John Thompson, the driver of a hackney-coach, was charged before the LORD MAYOR, by Cope, the Marshal, with having driven through the streets as if his object really was to overturn and destroy every body that appeared before him. The LORD MAYOR ordered the defendant to pay 2/. for the private damage, and 1/. for the offence against the public. BOW-STREET. Two men, named James Drift.ll and 441e.rander Spencer, were charged with having committed a violent assault upon James Carmichael, a private in the 2d Regiment of Foot Guards. The defendants were remanded, in order to pro cure the attendance of a material witness. Robert Gilbert, a man in the dress of a sailor, was brought in custody of Thomas Snell, a police constable of F division, charged upon suspicion of having stolen th!ee sheep, the property of a Mr. Chinnery, who resides at Ipswich. He was re manded. A meanly-dressed man, without hat or shoes, and carrying a huge well-thumbed Bible under his arm, came before Sir R. BIRNIE, and stated that he had just been to the Freemasons' Tavern to attend a meeting for the propagation of Christianity among the Jews. He had obtained an admission ticket, and therefore considered that he was as well en- titled as any person there to address the meeting. " In early life," continued the applicant, " I was an unbeliever of Christianity, having been brought up amongst those who scoffed at its divine precepts, and to me this sacred volume (holding up the Bible) was a sealed book until the light of truth broke in upon me, and by the blessing of God I became—" " My friend," said Sir R. BIRNIE, " your conver sion was, no doubt, a happy circumstance for you, but I have no time to attend to the manner in which it was brought about. What is the object of your ap plication to me ?" " I came for your assistance to recover my hat and shoes," said the applicant, " having been rudely thrust into the streets without them, by a set of men who profess to be Christians, but act even worse than heathens." " How came you to lose your hat and shoes ?" asked the Magistrate. " My hat I of course took off on entering the room," replied the applicant, " and feeling desirous to address the meeting, I drew off my shoes, that I might not dirty the seat or soil the dress of a lady who happened to sit next to me. I then proceeded to address the Chair, but had scarcely spoken three sentences when I was dragged from the room and thrust into the street, barefooted and bareheaded as I was." The applicant then went on to say, that he wished to see but one universal church upon the earth, where the followers of Chris tianity should meet to worship, and was about to read copious extracts from his Bible to prove that this was the Divine intention, when The Magistrate stopped him short, observing that a public office waq no place for a religious disquisi tion, and even if it were, he (Sir Richard) was not sufficiently versed in such matters to enter the arena with a person so well read in theology as the appli cant appeared to be. An officer was then directed to accompany the applicent to the Freemasons' Tavern, with a request :that the poor man might have his shoes and hat re stored to him. HATTON-GARDEN. An elderly woman, of the name of Sarah For rester, a well-known fortune-teller, was yesterday charged before Mr. LAING, under the following cir cumstances:— A young woman, of the name of Carpenter, was charged that morning with stealing a sovereign. Margaret Milton, a witness, deposed, that on Friday last she accompanied the prisoner, Carpenter, to a pawribroket's, where Carpenter purchased a pair of eat-rings and a brooch for Bs. Gd., which she paid for by changing a sovereign. They then went to Forrester's lodgings, on Saffron-hill, and For rester told Carpenter her fortune by cutting a pack of cards; after which the latter gave her ls. and they went away, Carpenter being well pleased with, the idea of soon getting a husband to her liking. Here Mr. LAING ordered one of the officers to bring the fortune-teller before him. When the offi cer returned, he stated that he found Forrester in the midst of half a dozen well-dreseed young fe males, in the act of telling them their fortunes, but the moment he entered and was recognized as an officer, they all fled precipitately, and disappeared in an instant. The sibyl denied the charge, but Mr. LAING corn. witted her for three months to the House of Car. 4. rection. Carpenter was remanded. William Chamberlain, a young man, was charged with cutting a cow belonging to a c-Dw-lieepei of the name of Davis, residing in Green-street, Theobald's road. The prisoner denied the charge, and protested his entire innocence, but Mr. LAING told him he must convince a jury of that, and ordered him to be committed for trial. UNION_HALL. Yesterday a man, named Collins, was brought be fore Mr. HONE, charged with the following daring robbery : Mrs. Frances Hacket stated, that on Sunday night, as she was returning home from a friend's house, in passing the end of Lunt -street, in the Borough, the prisoner spoke to her, requesting permission to escort her home. She desired him to walk on, and at tempted herself to walk on quickly, in order to avoid him, but he kept close at her side, and the prisoner, availing himself of the darkness that pre vailed, in a particular part of the street, seized her round the waist with one hand, and with the otber he grasped at her watch, which was attached to the outside part of her gown, and tore it away from the chain and seals, leaving them behind affixed to the dress. The moment he effected the robbery lie ran t...tty, leaving Mrs. Racket in such a state of terror from the suddenness of the attack, as to be incapable of giving the alarm. Fortunately, however, for the ends of justice, the prisoner was observed by a man on the opposite side of the road, who gave instant pursuit, and th 2 prisoner was ultimately secured, but the watch was not found in his possession. A lan tern was, however, procured, and tile watch was subsequently discovered in the track over which the prisoner ran in the heat of the pursuit.—He was committed. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSAIOUTIT, APRIL 24.—The Cadmus, 10, Commander Sir Thomas Thompson, arrived at Spithead on Tuesday, with a freight of diamonds and silver, value 20,0001. sterling. She had a good run from Pernambuco of thirty-five days only, hav ing sailed from that port on the 17th ult. She left Bahia on the 6th March, and Rio Janeiro on the 12th February ; in the latter port the Warspite, 76, Captain Burgess, and Algerine, 10, Com mander Talbot, were.then lying there. The Volage, 28, Captain Lord Colchester, was going in as the Cadmus came out of the harbour. She brings no political news relative to Brazil; all war quiet there. On the Ist of March the President of Bahia, who is a General Officer, and a great friend of the Em peror, was assassinated in the street, while parading in the evening. It was imagined, however, that the cause was wholly of a private nature. A line-of battle ship of 64 guns, and a frigate, are about to be launched at Bahia. The Lightning, 18, Captain Dickinson, was at Buenos Ayres. In this neigh bourhood, although no positive hostilities existed, yet the spirit of party ran high, and the country was almost impassable, from the numerous prowling bands of robbers. General Quiroga was giving considerable alarm to the Chilian Government, he having crossed the mountains, and, when last heard, of, was advancing to the city of St. Jago. The Thetis frigate was at Valparaiso; the Forte frigate at Callao, waiting for silver, which the Sapphire frigate was to bring from Acapulco and San Blas, and the Alert sloop of war from the intermediate ports. The Tribune frigate sailed for the Pacific on the 6th January, where the Seringapatam had also proceeded. Capt. Hon. W. Waldegrave will command on that station, when Capt. Bingham quits; the Seringapatam will previously, how ever, visit the Society and Friendly Islands. On the 23d of December the Chilian brig of war Achilles, of 20 guns, mutinied against her officers while at anchor at Valparaiso, sent her Admiral and Captain on shore, and was making to sea when the Chilian Authorities re quested Capt. Bingham, in the Thetis, to br)rtg her back. He immediately slipped, and fired a gun to bring her to, when the Chilian brig had the teme rity to return the fire, for which she was severely punished with a cot;ple of broadsides, having lost several of her men. She was brought back and re stored to the Chilian Government. The Algerine sloop of war was lately sent to St. Catherines, to obtain restitution of an English vessel, which had fraudulently been taken from the owners through the illness or derangement other Captain. She was found plundered of her cargo, and about to proceed to sea as a pirate. She was brought into Rio Ja neiro.—The Cadmus spoke the ship Express, from London, to Marseilles, in long. 10. 50. lat. 48. She came into harbour on Thursday to be paid off. Our India squadron on the Ist of December was disposed as follows :—Southampton at Trincomalee; Crocodile at New South Wales; Challenger at Madras, on the point of proceeding to Bombay; Success on her way from Sydney to Ceylon, and to come to England ; Satellite at Calcutta, and after wards to cruise off the coasts of Manahan and Siam; Cruizer and Sulphur at Swan River; Comet at Manilla; Zebra at Van Dieman's Land. The Southampton, Challenger, and Satellite had been on an experimental cruise, in which the South ampton proved to have more speed and to possess more weatherly qualities than the smaller vessels. The Satellite stood better under her canvass than the Challenger. Lieutenants Sicklemore, Mowatt, and Cuppage, with Mr. Ray, surgeon, and Lieut. Griffin, R.M. had invalided, and were to some home in the Success. On Thursday the Childe Harold, Indiaman, ar rived from Bombay, Ceylon, and the Mauritius. At the latter island she loaded sugar. She left Bombay on the 2d November, Ceylon on the Bth December, and Mauritius the 25th January; at the latter place she left the Tweed frigate, and the Jaseur sloop of war. She touched at the Cape, and quitted on the 17th February, leaving there the Maidstone frigate and Falcon sloop of war. We are sorry to learn the total loss of the Lady Holland, Indiaman, at Dassien Island, about sixty miles north of the Cape, all her passengers and crew were, however, saved. The Childe Harold called at St. Helena, and found there the David Scott, Indiaman. At Ascension, from which she sailed on the 10th March, she left the Chanticleer and Primrose sloops of war. The Espoir sloop of war was cruising off St. Helena. Lieutenant Agassiz, late of the Primrose, the Arch deacon of Bombay, Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Smith, Captains Wyllie, Baddely, F. Stather, Stocker, Lieutenant Mills, Ensigns Fenwick and Gi Sims, Assistant-Sur g eo ns S tewart an d G regor , °f the Company's Service, Captain Floyer, 40th it" giment, with part of the Staff Corps from C e ylon, under charge of Lieutenant Bell, of the 58th Reg, rnent, came home passengers in the Childe Hare'"' We have accounts from • Alexandria of a reeet date. They con fi rm t h e report t h at the troops °i t the Pacha had m a d e no movement in furtherance ° i the views of France against Algiers. According to these accounts, a treaty of alliance betwal France and Egypt was on the point of being signet' , and all the conditions were agreed on, b u t er de: s issued from the Cabinet of Windsor put a stop t ° these negociations, in consequence of which 'Weir met Ali has relinquished all idea of making. any eel' tlemeet in one or more of the Barbary RegenctS' Already several Egyptian vessels had their pram' sions on board, and the embarkation of the troop 9 was to have taken place. Nevertheless, man y p er' sons are of opinion, that Mehemet will still pursue his original designs, and that he will not retreat , after having incurred the principal part of the ex' pence necessary for as expedition. Ibrahim Pach" the son of Ali Pacha, is actively superintendingtbe works going on at Alexandria; Osman Bey, Yrk ° is a superintendent over everything naval and mil'• tary, has commences buildine. ' two three decker , to mount 100 guns ; and h e has launched a frig° of 54 guns, built by an Arab (who neither knol l how to read or write), which, from her appearineh , would not discredit the most seientiie co ne t r ucte in Europe. Ali Patents is a most extraordinary ash and the progress he is making in preparing the sinews of war is most astonishing. He has 40,0 0° , troops disciplined after the European mode. He ti constructing an arsenal, has a fleet of about third sail, four large double banked frigates, and expect' ing one from Marseilles, and one from England dailP Ail these preparations are supposed to be indicative of his throwing off his allegiance to the Porte, ' w hen' ever the times are favourable, or he may' feel hire• self strong enough to insure its success.-z-irampshire Telegraph. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF READ. The . highest prise of Bread in the Metropolis is 1034 d. fOs tb i 41b. Loat. There are others who sell from mod. to liAct. that price. PRICE OF SEEDS.—Apn1 96. New F..nglishßed Clover Seed (per Cwt.) 52a. COL foie 11e. SP' Old Ditto Ditto - --B. nue New Foreign Diti Old Ditto --.... 6111: 80s. IfriC V4Cirls• --s. 545. Rue —4. SW' New White Clover. Ws. 764. fine 77-s:lsl6' Old Ditto Ditl New Trefoil Old Ditto Rib Grass tine Ns. ,„ 121 s. 90s. Met 9i14. —a. •-.17. 104. 104. tine 2.51. • g . ; 141. Lie fine .(per Quarter) --- —B. 42*. Sue 435. r; 20e. 335. new 355. 'W; ... 40.. 455. new —4. —o. 385. ABC —4. 4 . 1 7 .-- 8 . fin; , —a. 365. fine —s. 461. —6. —o. —4. fine ..-1* English Carraway Foreign Ditto ... coriander St. Foin Rye Grass Pacey Ditto Linseed, for feeding Ditto, for crushing.... Canary Seed, New.,. Ditto Old White Mustard Seed—...(per --s. Brown Ditto --s. 12s. 13s. Turnip Seeds, Ptounds —a. aa. —a. tine lb' Green and Red Ditto . _ —a. —s. —s. tine Tares, Old —a. 455. 365. fine Ditto New—..„--, —s. —s. fine 4 20 . 4 ` 4 ; Rape Seed, English, fine (per Last) —/. Foreign --1. PRICES OF HOES.-April 26. Kent Pockets - 12s. 61. 10... to 91. O. Sussex Ditto _ 5l. ss. 51. 15...t0 61. 66. llssex Ditto 5l. 125. 62. 6s. to 71. Os. Farnham Ditto, Fine Ol. Os. 8!. Os. to W. 92. Seconds 0!. Os. 71. Os to 8!. Os. U. Cs. 61. es. to 64 156. 4/. 15s. 51. 10s. to 51. 154 51. Os. 51. 15+. to 61. 64 Kent )Zags,,.,, Essex Ditto. Sussex Ditto PRICE OF FOTATOES.—ApriI 26.- Kidneys 41. ss. to 41. 10s. per ton. Scotch Rede 4l. Os. to 01. Os. ditto. Oxnobles and Shaw' 31. 3s. to 31. 10s. ditto. PRICZ OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown , .401. 64. Relined 6 Linseed Oil 23 ° ...J 15 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand Rape Cake, per ton UsIATHEIL • ler . d. u'A Tannest Horse Hides.. 'l6 Spanish Ditto Per doses,_ „, Calf Skins 26 to 441 b. 12 L Ditto 50 to 2 1 r Ditto 70 to 8011,-12 4 't Small Seals. Greenland 20 24 Y MARKET.—ApriI 24. (lover v. OLL to 110 e. ' 45a. Od. to 50a. Od. PRICFO CF Per lb. to 561 b..... 181 191 to 661 b.... 21 , 23 Dressing Hides 14 16 Fine Coach Hides 17 19 Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b. 14 1 Ditto „ 4.5 to 501 b 1411 Ditto lB 19/1 WHITECHAPEI, HA H_►Y 50s. 01. to 80s. 01 Straw. RAW HIDES. Per Stone. s. d. to s.d. Per Stones s. d. to s• Best Heifers & Staers2 10 3 0 Ordinary 1 &. 9 " - ti 4 2 8 Mat ket Ca1f....--...8 oeAch• SHEEP SKINS. Polled 2e. FxL to Ud. Os. Od. tops. 434 ' Downs 2 0 3 0 I 1 3 1 ° ,ET.—April 2t5. Walls Hind Newmarch.... 33/ s `„ l ' Ditto Northumberland 22 „" Ditte Hilda 39 Ditto Peareth.—........ 22 . 1 . Ditto Perkins and C 0.,. 33 • Ditto _ 34 l Ditto Russell's 23 0 Ditto Walker. 35 9 lamhton's Primrose' 22 0, Wallis End Hatton 33 • Walls End 33 9. Walls End Stewart's .6 lb Russell's Hetton'sW,E. SS •, Ditto Russell's Lyon's,- 22 u, s Cuba Trimsarana u Hartley 3 PeanberteriLlsagenneeh 34 0 Liddell's Trader , 0 TantieldTrader 29 0 Hebburn small 17 0 Old Etherley small 18 0 Stobart small , 23 ips sold, 47-Ihuold, 22g. COAL MARK. Adair's Beaumeßt .28 0 Bishop's 26 6 Bast Yerey.- 27 0 Felling 27 3 31 0 Kenton West IR 0 Killingworth 33 0 Orti's Redhugh 36 6 Pontop 38 0 Tanfield Tanfield 27 d Townley 27 7 Willington Walls /Ind Bell and Co. 33 3 Walls End Bewicke*Co. 33 6 Ditto Bell Robson & Co. 32 9 Ditto Bewicke and C 0... 33 6 Ditto Brown's unser.... 31 0 Ditto Clarke and C 0..,, 30 6 Walls End Carr and Co. 30 0 Ditto Craralington........, 27 0 Ditto Callerton 31 9 Ships at market, 75%-211 SCOTCH MARKETS. HADDINGTON CORN MARKET.-Aptl:i3. Barley stands Is. higher on the top, and Id. on 61 average than last market.-179 quarters were sold, and 17 unsold. Oats are down about 4d. on the average, tog as last day-320 quarters sold, 93 unsold and unreturned• Wheat has advanced 2s. on the top, but the average down sd. Pease are up sn. and Beans down 2d. 00 average. Wheat. First 7os 0,1 Second 636 Od Third There were3loqrs.. L Barley. O a t s . P ease. 34 6 Od VS Od sts Od 318 Od 25 8 Od 33 a Od 278 Od 20 8 Od 82 8 Od .of Wheat i n mark et , 4 whereo 31 Unsold.--5 Grey. . 21. 18. 11d. 1.12th8. Beans. Ott 33s 0 ,1 31a Od rare Average DALKEITH CORN MARKEL—ApriI The supply of all kinds of Grain at this d ket was middling ; prices about the same as tin day senniglit. I Wheat. Barley. o a t,. P ease; First...... 74s Ott 364 Od .28a Od 46s Od gecond!... 64s Od 34s Od 265 - Od wt. Od 1121,1:.... 58s Od 30s Od . 23s Od 32 4 oa BIRTHS. -- 1 I em i r" oe of al. , Beasts. g t d i 32s Od On the 26th inst. at Kentish-town, Mrs. G. Hodgkia son, of a dainhter. On the 12th Dec. at Madras, the lady of his Excel!eve , ' Lieutenant-General Sir G. Towashend Walker, G. C.l3•' of a daughter. On the 25th inst. at Camelford•house, Mrs. C. bl►lah of a son. On the 25th inst. at Hastings, the lady of J. Grew Esq. R.N., of a daughter.• MARRIED. On the 20th inst. at Cornwood, Devon, the Rev. J. Hume, Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, to Caro' line, youngest daughter of the Rev. Wm. Oxnam, Vies ( of Cornwood. DIED. On the 25th inst. in Uussell-squire, W. Groom, £s64•' aged 54. _ On the 23d inst. at Colluroptan-house, Kentish..toeva' Sarah Alice, the bel ove d w if e o f Mr. Samoa , / Collar d. aged 59. On the 21st inst. at Albany-terrace, Regent's - W .14 Helen, eldest daughter of th e late W. Sinclair, Esq. °j Breck, Orkney. On the 22d inst. at West')ourn-terraee, Bayswater' Joseph Kirkman, Esq., of Broad -street, Golden-aquas' in his 67th year. On the 24th inst. Miss Brownings Newington-greet ), in her 54th year. On the 23d inst. John William, the only son of J. 6 Ramsden, Esq., M.P. On the 19th of October last, at St. Thomas's Mount , East Indies, Licut. Henry F. Jackson, 9th Regiment NJ' in the 24th year of his age, eon of the late William Jack" son, Esq. barrister. On the 20th inst. in Westminster-road, after a linger' ing illness, Mr. J. B. Fitzpatrick, late Treasurer to th e Royal Amphitheatre, which situation ha held during th e whole of the ti me th a t es t a bli s h ment h as b een . con d u cted by Messrs. Ducrow and West. PAIN'S'S AND PINDLISHID DY MURDO YOUNG, 0 mai Bus farms 114 lbw% Pikllear• ticv pan 1 flu. 'PI DI UT • pA C / t-- ci oet.t! ten/ app son call the 12t stre oth pre his also ticu AS 7fl Cni Fosi Johl Ira! Cap