The Sun. — London, England, 1833-01-31 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It is evidently in the interest of humanity that the present sanguinary civil war s hould be speedily brought to a termination in Portugal : it has now been continued nearly five years, for we must regard the usurpation of Don Mi guel, in the spring of 1828, as the commence ment of the struggle, and the Oporto expedition of the summer of 1832 as a repetition of the Oporto expedition of the summer of 1828. Even before that time, and from the death of King John in 1825, to the arrival of Don Mi guel in 1828, the parties had taken their stand, and the country was agitated with actual insur rection, or threatened commotion. Thus have seven long years passed in a contest to deter mine whether one member of the Braganza family or another shall possess the throne of an impoverished and harassed kingdom. Thus has industry been interrupted, trade destroyed, the country placed under military despotism, the prisons been filled with the victims of despotic oppression, confiscation and robbery been adopted as the system of the Government, the most enlightened part of the nobility, of the army, and of the learned professions, together with a great body of the best citizens, been driven Into exile, and compelled to look for a re turn to their native country only through blood and confusion, in order to resolve the question whether a wretch who was banished from Portugal for rebellion against his own father and who has been called " a monster of a new kind" by a French Minister, should be allowed to usurp a throne which belonged to his niece. Thus has Europe been canvassed from one end to the other, in favour of one or other of the claimants, expeditions been prepared by the exiles wherever they could find generous friends or free-born allies, the northern capital of the Portuguese kingdom held for more than six months by the latter,—much blood been shed on both sides,—and at last the two brothers been brought within sight of each other, and almost into personal conflict. If after a long period of fierce warfare the great Powers of Europe interfered to terminate the struggle in Greece, as a nuisance to modern civilization, the same motives should prompt them to consult the laws of humanity on this occasion. It is quite evident that if the Usurper can make him self master of Oporto, we shall hear of massacres and atrocities which Europe has not witnessed for centuries among the nations of the west. The success of Don Pedro might not be at tended by the same re-action, if he were now to gain a triumph by the desertion of his brother's troops; but if he has to fight his way to Lisbon against a hostile faction, the mutual exasperation of the combatants would be too strong for the control of his better principles of government. Such a long-continued conflict, and such a hopeless prospect of its speedy termination by the innate energies of the parties themselves, would seem to lay the grounds of foreign in terference, without affording any warrant for a meddling officious policy in ordinary cases of domestic dissension. But it is evident that without a military or naval expedition, which England would be reluctant to employ in the quarrel, we can, unaided by other Powers, do nothing. Spain is the next neighbour, and, from family connection, the most intimate ally of the Braganza family. Without the support of the Spanish Court, our remonstrances with Don Miguel would be fruitless,—with the op position of the Spanish Court, our more active interference against him would be a war with the whole Peninsula, and consequently a general struggle in Europe on subjects of poli tical opinion. It was therefore of the utmost consequence to get the concurrence or aid of Ferdinand's Government in settling the Portu guese question ; and the new system of liberal policy adopted by the Regency of the Queen, —the natural sympathy which a similarity of position with respect to the rights of her daughter had created in favour of the young Queen of Portugal,—the additional influence gained by the Court of the Tuileries, and many other circumstances which we need not enume rate, combined to produce a hope that the weight of the Spanish Government would at last be thrown into the scale of Don Pedro. The most zealous exertions of Mr. .Addington, the British Minister, and those of M. Billing, the French Charge d'Affaires at Madrid, were employed, not without success, in the first in stance to prevent Spain from taking an active part against the Constitutionalists, and subsequently in inducing the Spanish Go. vernment to view them with favour. In the former case the diplomatic influence of France and England was more powerful than in the latter. It could master the violent party which in summer and the beginning of autumn directed the Spanish Cabinet ; but it could only exert an uncertain and wavering control over the vacilla ting policy of the Regency, sometimes inclined to support Don Pedro, and sometimes to stand neutral between the two brothers,—sometimes inviting his ships to enter the Spanish ports, and sometimes sending orders for their departure or exclusion. The project of the British and French Cabinets would seem to have been to procure the intervention of Spain to induce Don Miguel to surrender his claim to the Portuguese crown, on their joint engagement to withdraw Don Pedro from the field, and to leave the un contested prize to his daughter, who might pro bably again be led to give her uncle her already betrothed hand. The plan appears almost too fine and smooth to succeed. Each party was to withdraw their man, like two pieces of equal value on a chess-board, without considering the difficulties of the move, or the intricacies of the v,anee. If Don Miguel, who has shown a too eager passion to reign, is sure of success against his brother in Oporto, he, of course, would not obey the simple mandate to withdraw ; and if Don Pedro is equally confident in his prospect of raising the siege,—of advancing upon Lis bon, and of reigning as Regent in the ;lame of his daughter, he would be equally re fractory to the voice of his allies. In short, it is extremely difficult to see a termination of this fatal contest now going on at Oporto without more blood, or such an overwhelming inter ference on the part of the mediating Powers as would make them principals in the war. The foregoing observations were written on the pre fairnption that there was some truth in the re porie Of the French papers, that the mission of Sir Stratford Canning had failed. We have s i nce L ea rnt, on better authority, that these reports are altogether erroneous—that our Am bassador had b ee n most graciously received by the King and a le en on the 15th inst.—th a t h e was to enter on the business of his mission immediately aftervvartis_--rand that he had every prospect of succeeding in the object for which he was sent. Even already the news of his arrival at Madrid is stated to have produced the best effects in Portugal, and to have much lowered the tone of the Miguelites, None will more sincerely rejoice than ourselves at a speedy adjustment of this hazardous Portuguese ques tion, and we have only allowed our foregoing observations to remain in order to show that we still consider it as surrounded with no com mon difficulties, and yet that, previous to our new information, we thought it a subject which warranted, or demanded, the zealous interference of our Government. — Times. We this dayinsert a Proclamation of Governor Hayne, of South Carolina, which we yesterday noticed. We naturally turned to Mr. Stuart's valuable work, which may be deemed a store house of information regarding American affairs, for some account of Governor Hayne. The following is the impression made on our saga cious countryman by this individual, who seems destined to play a prominent part in this unfor tunate struggle. Mr. Stuart was at Washington at the discussion in Congress of the question relative to the disposal of the public lands be longing to the United States, which continued all the time he was there, and for several weeks afterwards:— " The speakers whom I liked best (he says) were Mr. Webster and Mr. Hayne, in Congress; and Mr. Berrien, the present Attorney-General of the United States (since resigned) : and Mr. Wirt, the former Attorney-General. Mr. Hayne is a South Carolinian gen tleman, and, I believe, of considerable fortune. His ap• pearance is very youthful and gentleman-like ; his voice particularly good. If he was in the British House of Commons, and was to speak in the easy, agreeable manner he does here, no one would doubt that he was a well informed country gentleman. There is nothing pro fessional-looking about him. He lately bad a very warm argument with Mr. Webster, in which the friends of each of those gentlemen claimed the victory for him to whom they were politically attached. Neither of them, as I, a spectator, thought, had any reason to regret the conflict. Mr. Webster knew better, as a professional man, how to improve any advantage he gained; but Mr. Hayne was excited, by being opposed to such an adver sary, to make greater exertions than he was previously thought capable of making." It would appear from these observations that Mr. Hayne possesses the qualification of elo quence in an eminent degree—a qualification, without which it is difficult in a democracy to obtain popularity, though neither Washington, nor Jefferson, nor Franklin were orators. Whichever way the dispute is settled—whether by the arbitrament of the sword or by mutual concessions—an instructive lesson will be furnished to the world. It will show how dangerous it is in a Government to trust to any other foundation for its authority than the in terests of the governed. The Southern States have clearly been sacrificed to the manufacturing interests of the Northern States. If the Union escape this danger, we trust it will avoid in all time to come the rock of partial taxation—a rock on which it is in the utmost danger of being wrecked. The Government, in their plan of Tariff, propose very low duties on the articles principally consumed by the Carolinians. This, probably, will, if not pacify the Nullifiers, at least strengthen the Unionists. But the people of New England seem as bent as ever in carry ing through their system. The following extract from the Albany Daily Advertiser expresses, we suspect, the general feeling of the manufac turing States : " We, in the North, have no staples like cotton that can go abroad with a slight duty, and enter any foreign port. Our staples are kept out by injurious restrictions. We depend principally upon the products of our industry for the means of our commerce, and millions of dollars have been invested in good faith, upon the beli f that our Government intended to protect its own industry, as every • other civiliz , d nation does. _ _ " . New England will have far greater cause for nullifi• cation than ever South Carolina had, if she is to be ruined in her last resource. She is not sufficiently agricultural to maintain her own sons at home; these she sends into the luxuriant West. Manufactures are her main depen dence. Shall her happy villages, her contented popula tion, her rising interests, be destroyed for a slave-holding State, that means to make her slaves, and her one staple a match, and more than a match, for northern industry? How unfair—how unjust this would be ! The idea that everything must be brought to a revenue standard is a fallacy, and only intended to cover the concealed envy of a few factious leaders. What are the expenses of Go vernment, and at what rate are they increasing?"--/Horn ing Chronicle. We expected that Lord Althorp would have stated this, as his reason for applying to M. Manners Sutton, something like what was put forth (by authority, no doubt) in the Times of Monday, in order to obtain credit for the masterly stroke of policy by which the appre hended union of the Conservatives and the eco nomists would be defeated. The following is the article in the Times to which we allude : " It was stated some time ago that Mr. Joseph Hume intended to support, nay, to propose, Mr. Manners Sut ton as Speaker of the House of Commons, on the fair and intelligible principle that the re-appointment of the Right Honourable Gentleman would save the country the retiring pension of 4,0001. a year. When Mr. Hume expressed this (we will call it) reasonable intention, there was a rumour afloat of a disunion among the Ministers, who were understood to be divided between the rival and almost equal claims of Messrs. Abercrombie and Littleton. The Conservatives, wh, certainly do not sleep at their posts, and who have numerous spies in the Ministerial camp, were soon acquainted with these discussions, and, with a sagacity extremely unusual to them, hit upon the expedient of beating a divided Cabinet by the proposal of re-appointing a gentleman against whom no very strong opposition could reasonably be made, even by the Minis ters, and whose claims the economists of the House could not fail to favour, based as they were on the principle of a reasonable saving in the public expenditure. Mr. Joseph Hume began to be alarmed at this Conservative' in vasio❑ of his favourite territory of cheap government, and determined to take the lead in this arrangement. At last this notable project, which everybody was talking about, reached by slots- and ' regular approach' the ears of those most concerned—the Ministers themselves ; and we must do them the justice to say, that though they obtained their information somewhat too tardily, they acted upon it with sufficient tact and promp titude. They saw their position correctly, and imme diately throwing aside all selfish considerations and false pride, volunteered in a very handsome manner to place Mr. Sutton in that Chair, which, though he had himself given it up on the ground of a personal conviction that he could no longer properly fill it, every body else thought he would still occupy with dignity and advantage. This aarangement had the advantage of baffling the Conserva tives, and had, besides, the substantial merit of economy ; the Conservatives were mortified, but had the sense to see that they must silently acquiesce. Not so Mr. Joseph Hume ; his pride is piqued ; the ball is taken out of his hands, and, in the rage of disappointed vanity, he is said to be ready to give up his great, and just, and favourite principle of economy, and to propose some other person for the Chair. We will not affront the gentleman by naming him who has been mentioned to us as degraded by Mr. Hume's patronage, but we will venture to predict a signal defeat for one of the absurdest attempts ever yet made by infatuated and factious conceit." It is true that Ministers were divided between the rival claims of Mr. Abercrombie and Mr. Littleton, and it may be true that the Conserva tives calculated on beating a divided Ministry, by proposing a gentleman personally a favourite in the House ; but all the rest of the paragraph is pure invention. Mr. Hume never intimated his intention to propose the re-election of Mr. Manners Sutton as Speaker. Mr. Hume, after the grant of the pension to Mr. M. Sutton, con sidered it next to settled that Mr. Littleton would be the Speaker, and deemed himself en raged to support him, particula►ly after being informed (by letter) in November that Ministers had agreed to support Mr. Littleton as Speaker. The motives assigned to Ministers by the Times are, it is true, not very reconcileable with the statement of Lord Althorp. According to his Lordship, the moment Ministers heard that the late Speaker was in the field. they saw what a valuable acquisition he would he, and lost no time in securing him. Accord ingly they would never have thought of the late Speaker but for the notable project of Mr. Hume, who, jealous of the Conservative inva sion of his favoured territory of cheap govern. ment, had determined to take the lead in pro posing Mr. Sutton. The Times claims for Ministers the merit of throwing aside all false pride, and though somewhat tardily, propos ing a gentleman whom they had not before thought of, merely to baffle the Conservatives and Mr. Hume. No man who knows any thing of Mr. Hume, would for a moment attribute to him the Machiavelian policy,of first proposing Mr. Sutton from motives of economy, and then propos ing Mr. Littleton, because the ball was taken out of his hands. If Ministers really allowed themselves to believe that Mr. Hume was about to try his hand as a party intriguer, and had no better motive for their determination than to out inanceuvre the Honourable Member for Middle sex, they must have a way of reading character peculiar to themselves. If there is one man in the House more than another distinguished for straight-forward conduct and unsuspecting single.- ness of purpose, it is the Member for Middle sex. His very oversights have their origin in this source. It must haVe been some im mensely cunning man—some man so very cun ning, that he discovers deep laid schemes in everything—that first fell upon this intrigue of the Honourable Member for Middlesex. The reason of the animosity borne towards Mr. Home is, that his singleness of purpose and straight-forward conduct are more than a match for the dexterity of intriguers. Nothing discon certs a cunning man so much as straight-forward conduct. The authority which Mr. Hume pos sessess with the people of England cannot be destroyed by sarcasm or inuendo ; it rests on a rooted conviction of his sincerity , and uncom promising honesty. It is, however, nothing more than what is due to Mr. Hume by the Times, to name any one man, woman, or child, to whom he ever stated, that it was his intention to propose Mr. Manners Sutton as Speaker, or that he would support that gentle man by his vote. The whole story is pure in vention.—Morning Chronicle. The hope of the Conservative party is in the disunion of its adversaries. If all whom the lists of the new House of Commons designate as Reformers shall continue to reform upon the same principles—if Lord Althorp shall support Mr. Roebuck's Bills, and Mr. Stanley second Mr. Cobbett's motions—then, indeed, it will be time for argument to be silent, and for reason to retire from the struggle. We should almost re gret to see the wisdom and energy of those by whom our cause has hitherto been maintained exerted in a most idle strife, in which their prowess could have no effect but that of demonstrating how much of persuasion a fool can withstand, how much of virtue a knave can overthrow. But in the manifest dissen sions of its adversaries the Conservative party has hope—hope, not that its leaders may share among their nephews and cousins the spoils of the Plunkets and 'the Greys, but that tits honest and honourable support may enable such of their opponents as are least ena moured of ruin to dispense with the aid of Dr. Carpue, to disband the levies of the Unions, to protect the privileges of the Lords, to establish the prerogative of the Crown, and, finally, to save from destruction those blessings for whose preservation alone the privileges of the Lords and the prerogative of the Crown are valuable — the integrity of our law, and the sanctity of our religion. If any stand is to be made against the onward march of revolution, there must not only be disunion among its friends, there must be union among its enemies. Let the friends of the Constitution be upon their guard against the efforts which will be made to set patriot against patriot, and friend against friend. Un fortunately, most unfortunately, there are many topics which the insidious malice of our ene mies may successfully urge. There are causes of quarrel in our recollection of the past; there are subjects of difference in our anticipation of what is to come. With all the earnest sincerity which this fearful crisis inspires, we entreat all who desire to main tain good order and stable government in Bri tain that they will not, now, in the hour of our most pressing need, sacrifice the land's welfare to their own prejudice or pride—that they will not be remembering bygone dispute, or predict ing future discord, when the mischief which is impending to-day is common to us all. On many matters of foreign and domestic policy the wisest may differ. But while the war is for the insti tutions which our forefathers have bequeathed to us, for the institutions, to whose ex- cellence we attribute our security against foreign conquest and our immunity from internal commotion, we may all contend in the same ranks, for we are all influenced by the same devotion. It is the easier for the chiefs of the Conservative minority to act with cordiality and concert, because it is at this time impossible to contemplate the forma tion of a Tory Cabinet as a prospect of immediate probability. When the various sections of an opposition are expecting to share the duties and responsibilities of office, every petty difference upon minute points becomes an affair of grave importance. To be strong on any question a Ministry must be united on all. It is not so with the leaders of an Opposition, who expect nothing but to remain for many days leaders of an Opposition. Their want of sym pathy on one subject will seldom affect the cor diality of their co-operation on another. The strength which the Conservative party would acquire from a perfect alliance among the illus trious men of whom it is composed is under stood not less distinctly by our adversaries than by ourselves. Hence the daily efforts which are made to create suspicion and distrust in our camp, by rumours which are as ludicrously false as they are wickedly malignant. One of these rumours insinuates that it has been in contem plation to introduce Sir Robert Peel into the Government. We know not how many strange arrangements have been suggested for this pur pose by the wit of ingenious romancers. One schemer sent him to the Home office, an other to the Exchequer; to-day he was embarking for Dublin, to-morrow he was sailing for India : we wonder that he has not been whispered into the Woolsack, nor recommended for the next mitre. The tenour of our argument has led us to notice these idle stories, which otherwise we should have passed over in silence. They are too laughably untrue to deserve a contradiction, but it happens that we are able to contradict them. Neither directly nor indirectly has any commu nication passed between Sir R.Peel and any iVlem- ber of the King's Government having for its object the accession of Sir Robert Peel to the Cabinet. So far we know. If any such com munication should hereafter pass, its result we can only conjecture. We think there are fifty reasons why at this period Sir Robert Peel would refuse office. The first and fairest of them all is this, he can serve his country more effectual l y without it.—Morning Post. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 30. THE KING V. WOODCOCK AND OTHERS. In this case, which was not concluded when we went to press yesterday, the rule was discharged, with costs, against Woodcock, and made absolute against the other two defendants, Johnson and Hedger. THE KING V. WOOLCOMB AND ANOTHER. Thia was a rule for a criminal information against Mr. Woolcomb, an attorney at Devonport, and Mr. Trelawney of that place, for the publication of cer tain libels on Sir Edward Codrington. In June !ast Lord Ebrington enclosed to Sir Edward Cod rington a letter received from Mr. Woolcomb, stating that if Sir Edward thought proper to come forward as a candidate at the then ensuing election for Devonport, he would stand a good chance of success. Sir Edward Codrington accordingly went, and was favourably received. On going again to Devonport, in August, to pursue his canvass, he found that Mr. Leach, Mr. Woolcomb's partner, was a candidate, supported by Mr. Woolcomb. Sir Edward Codrington, in the course of his canvass, had occasion to show to one of the voters Mr. Woolcomb's original letter addressed to Lord Eb rington. Some correspondence afterwards took place between Mr. Woolcomb and Sir Edward Codrington, which ended in Mr. Woolcomb writ ing to Sir Edward Codrington, charging him with having improperly made public a private communi cation. Mr. Woolcomb subsequently published the whole correspondence. To this Sir Edward replied by a placard, charging Woolcomb with making false statements. Shortly afterwards, as Sir Edward Codrington was leaving the town by the mail, he was waited upon by the defendant Trelawney with a challenge, and a threat was given to " post" Sir Edward on his refusal. A placard " posting" him was immediately afterwards circulated throughout Devonport, upon which the application for a criminal information was made. _ The SOLICITOR-GENERAL now showed cause against the rule. Sir J. SCARLETT supported the rule. The COURT made it absolute as against Mr. Woolcomb, but discharged it as against Mr. Tre lawney, he not having been concerned in the publi cation of the libels. THE KING V. DRAKE. The SOLICITOR•GENERAL showed cause against a rule for a criminal information obtained by Sir J Scarlett on the part of Mr. Knight, the Chancery barrister, against Mr. William Walter Drake, for a libel on the former gentleman. Sir J. SCARLETT was about to support the rule, when The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said that the Court were of opinion that the rule should be made ab solute.—Rule absolute. THE KING V. MINSHULL. A rule Nisi for a mandamus had been obtained by M•. POLLOCK against Mr. Minshull, the Magis trate, calling upon him to receive certain evidence on an information laid by Johnson, the informer, against a publican named Williams, for selling spirits without a license. Sir J. SCARLETT now showed cause. Williams, the publican, had applied for a license at the Quarter Sessions, and he received the license, signed by four Magistrates out of six. When the information was laid against him he produced his license, and Mr. Minshull dismissed the case. Mr. F. POLLOCK supported the rule. Rule discharged, with costs. EX PARTE ALLSTON, ESQ. Mr. PLATT moved for a rule Nisi for a criminal information against the printer and publisher of a newspaper, called the County Press for Hertford shire, Bedfordshire, .S.c., for a libel in that paper upon Mr. Allston, a Magistrate of the county of Hertford. The Learned Counsel read the para- graph, which he said was an attack by the Tories, who had been triumphant in that county, upon the Whigs, their fallen enemies, to which party Mr. Allston was said to be attached. The article was in the form of a comment on the conduct of the `Whigs ; and in it Mr. Allston was charged with improper conduct in his station of Magistrate, in the rase of a person named Williams. Rule Nisi granted. THE KING V. BAINES AND OTHERS. This was an application on the part of Mr. Cob bett for a criminal information against Edward Baines, and Edward Baines the younger, publishers of the Leeds Mercury, for a libel, stating that Mr. Cobbett had been disqualified from taking his seat iu the House of Commons for the borough of Old ham. Mr. BAINES, on the part of the defendants, had a fatal objection to make to this rule, which was, that no certificate from the Stamp-office had been produced according to the provisions of the Act of Parliament. The fact of the defendants being the proprietors and publishers appeared only on the affi davits of Mr. Cobbett and his attorney. The COURT thought th e objection well-founded, and discharged the rule. EX PARTE WEATHERHEAD. Sir J. SCARLETT moved for a rule to show cause why a criminal information shoul d not be filed a g ainst William Francis, for a libel. The application was made on an affidavit of Mr. Weatherhead, an opu. lent brewer at Great Marlow, which stated the fol lowing circumstances :—A son of the applicant, a Captain Weatherhead, died a short time ago, at Thigliton, and on the 12th of January a paragraph announcing his death appeared in a Windsor paper. In the same paper appeared a letter to the editor, alluding to an opulent trader at Great Marlow (which the applicant stated to be unquestionably applicable to himself), charging him with a series of misconduct in election and other matters during a long period ; also with improper conduct in endea vouring to influence persons by menaces and bribery. The letter concluded with a reference to the para graph of the death of Captain Weatherhead, and a remark that, " in the words of the Decalogue, the sins of the father had been visited on the son." The Learned Counsel then read the affidavit of the editor of the newspaper, which stated that Mr. William Francis, a schoolmaster of Great Marlow, was in the habit occasionally of supplying articles for the paper ; that the paragraph and letter in question were in his handwriting. The COURT granted a rule Nisi. THE TIMES NEWSPAPER. At the rising of the Court a gentleman addressed their Lordships, stating that he wished to apply for a criminal information against the printer of the Times newsp a p er , f o r a libel contained in the Times of this day week, a copy of which he held in his hand. He said he had applied to the editor, who had at first partly promised, but now refused, to give up the author of the libel. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—It is contrary to the rule of the Court to allow a criminal information to be applied for by any one but a gentleman of the liar. Applicant—Will your Lordship, then, allow m e to have the assistance of Counsel in moving it to morrow ? The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—The rule of the Court does not allow motions for criminal informations on the last day of term, but your Counsel may men tion it to-morrow, arid the Court will then see whe ther it is a case in which they may think fit to relax the rule in your favour. There has been a ridiculous report through town for the last few days that ►he Duke of WELLINGTON was coming over to Ireland as Lord Lieutenant.—Dublin Morning Reg isle r. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, J. 30. 'MORISON AND ANOTHER V. WALLIS. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, Messrs. Morison and Moate, against the defendant, to recover damages for having manufactured and 'old certain boxes and pills as and for pills manu factured by the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs are the manufacturers of pills, which they denominate " Morison's Vegetable Universal Medicine," and which they represent in their advertisements as in fallible specifics for nearly all the diseases to which human nature is subject. In 1831 they employed the defendant, a stationer and newsvender on the Surrey side of the river, as one of their agents for the sale of these pills. A woman of the name of Grainger having been in the habit of using Mori son's pills, called at the defendant's shop, and pur chased two boxes, of the classes No. 1 and No. 2; but having given them to two of her children, and they not having operated as powerfully as former doses, she examined the others more closely, and found that they differed in appearance from those she had been accustomed to purchase; she there fore sent them to Mr. Morison, jun. (son of the plaintiff), who called upon the defendant with her, and charged him with having sold these pills as and for genuine pills of the plaintiff. The defendant admitted having seen the woman, but denied having sold the pills shown to him; an action was then commenced against him, but discontinued ; and afterward, on the sale of the imitation pills being represented to them to be still continued, the pre sent action was instituted. After the case had proceeded for some time, a compromise took place between the parties, through the intervention of their respective Counsel, the de fendant consen:ing to a verdict for ls., on the plain tiff's undertaking to pay their own costs, the defen dant also promising to sell no more medicine in the plaintiff's name. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JAN. 30. ADAMS V. GRANE. Lord LYNDHURST delivered the opinion of the Court in this action, which was brought to recover the value of certain goods seized ❑nder a distress for rent, due from the auctioneer in whose rooms they were deposited. Upon the trial there was a verdict for the defendant, with liberty to move to enter a verdict for the plaintiff for the value of the goods, and the Court granted the rule Nisi, which was opposed on the part of the defendant by Messrs. PLATT, FOLLETT, and CHANNEL, and supported by Messrs. EVANS and JOHN JERVIS. His Lordship said the goods are not liable to a distress: they are as much protected from a distress in the hands of an auctioneer as in the hands of a factor. The rule must be made absolute. Judgment for the plaintiff. COOKE V. STRONGI'TII'ARM, This was an action by the plaintiff, a house-agent in Regent-street, to recover from the defendant . , who is a seal-engraver in Pall-mall, the sum of fif teen guineas, for a compensation for his services in endeavouring to sell two houses of the defendant's. Verdict for the plaintiff—damages 91. I Is. 6d. CO URT OF EXCISE, JAN. 30. THE KING V. WILLIAM ABBOTT. The defendant was charged upon an Excise infor mation with conducting a private still for the unlaw ful manufacture of spirits. The COURT gave judgment against the defendant (who did not appear) in the penalty of 100/. and condemned the still and articles seized to the use of the Crown. This is the third conviction for the like offence that has taken place during the week. THE TRAGICAL OCCURRENCE AT NORTHFLEET. ADJOURNED INQUEST—VERDICT OF WILFUL MURDER AGAINST WILLIAM FARMER. Yesterday morning, at 11 o'clock, Joseph Charles Carttar, Esq., the Coroner for kent, and the Jury reassembled at Wombwell Hall, Northfleet, the re sidence of Thomas Harman, Esq., pursuant to ad journment, touching the death of Sarah Parker, a housemaid in the service of the above-named gentle man, who was shot through the heart by William Farmer, a coachman residing in the same establish ment, who afterwards cut his own throat in a dan gerous and frightful manner. Mr. John Mathews, solicitor, residing at Graves end, attended on behalf of William Farmer. The Coroner read over the evidence of the wit nesses examined on Wednesday last, in order that they might have an opportunity of correcting any errors, or supplying any additional facts. They un derwent a cross-examination by Mr. Mathews, but nothing material was elicited in addition to the evi evidence which was given on Thursday last. On the Coroner's arriving at the evidence of Mr. Russell, the surgeon, that gentleman wished to cor rect that part which stated that the gun was pointed at the deceased, and has inserted instead that the gun appeared to have been pointed towards Sarah Parker. This was accordingly done, and Mr. Ma thews observed that it was a material distinction. Mr. Mathews then said that he understood Mr. Russell to say that very little blood flowed exter nally from the deceased ? Mr. Russell replied in the affirmative. Mr. Mathews inquired whether that would have been the case, if the gun had gone off in a slanting or rising direction. Mr. Russell said that he considered the shot en tered the deceased in an oblique direction, in an ascending line, but in so slight a manner as scarcely to be perceptible. Less blood would flow in conse quence than if the shot had entered in a direct line. The CORONER having inquired if there was any further evidence, and being answered in the negative. Mr. Mathews observed, that he would call only one witness on behalf of the unfortunate roan. He then called Mr. Harman, who gave evidence as follows : —On Monday the 21st of January, at ten o'clock in the morning, Farmer asked his permission to be allowed to shoot on his premises; witness observed that he might go out for half an hour morning and evening down the " Spring," to shoot wild duck, but on no account to neglect his employment. The family that afternoon had been to Gravesend, and at two o'clock Farmer returned with t he carriage. Farmer ate a very hearty dinner, and then took up the gun and flashed it off, for the purpose , as he s aid , of trying it before he went out shootin g . It is my firm opinion the deat h of the housemaid was purely accidental. There were many circumstanc es to lead him to form such an opinion. If the man in tended to have committed such a horrid act, he would not have chosen the kitchen for the perpe tration of the crime, where seven or eight persons were almost constantly in attendance. It was evi dent he neither carried a knife or razor with him to commit suicide, but immediately he discovered the gun was loaded, he seized a knife from the tray, and in despair attemp te d to d estro y himself. He (witness) was no advocate for guilt, more especially when a fellow-creature had lost his life, but he should not be doing his duty were he not to state that it was his decided opinion the occurrence was one of accident. Farmer was an excellent servant, and, iA fact, so were all connected with his esta blishment. Mr. Mathews hoped that he should not be ex ceeding the privilege granted him by the Coroner, in questioning the witnesses, by saying a few wo r d s on behalf of his unfortunate client. He was far from wishing that a full investigation into all the circumstances should not take place. His client also was anxious that his conduct should be thoroughly investigated. Many rumours were afloat to the prejudice of the unfortunate man, but he (Mr. Mathews) considered that the occurrence was purely accidental, and with this view of it, he would ask, in the event of the Jury sending the case to the assizes, as had been stated it was their intention of doing, what was Farmer to be sent there fur ? He was willing that justice should be done to all parties, but be really considered there was no for the Jury to act in such a manner. this kind, he was sorry to say, were too Accidents, by the incautious use of were, indeed, of almost daily occurrei be regretted as much as any person, was no law by which the party so us.l 1 was liable to punishment. But it did In that because an individual thus incautious and death ensued, that the party should guilty of the high crime of murder. Jo dg , . , in giving an opinion upon a case, observe d must be proved there was a degree of nee carelessness, or recklessness, to warrant returning a verdict of manslaughter; bu' M.) could see nothing in the evidence of nesses to charge the man with the highest et had been a good deal of hearsay evident before the Jury, but they must not for rely upon those reports. They were hot only upon the evidence before them; and, not certain that the unfortunate man was • id, accidental cause of the death of the deceas ed would not stand there to advocate his cause lived friendly with all parties, and he bore plary character. It was true, he was with his wife ; but he visited her, and at be on good terms with her. Many had turned from visiting his wife much depret it not natural that he should be so, after wife in London ? Were he not upon the with his wife, was it likely that he shout ther in consequence ? Certainly not. II stated in evidence, that Farmer's gun taken by another servant, who, previot siting it in the place he had taken it from it, but did not inform Farmer that be had but merely stated that he bad been shot his gun. There was no cap upon it, any Farmer do Why, he crossed the kitcht his waistcoat was hanging, to put a cap to flash the gun before going out to sin H. had informed the Jury, Farmer at knowing the gun was loaded. Immed the dreadful occurrence, Farmer declar' present that he did not know the gun A great deal of importance appeared to attached to the " queer thoughts," Farm( had in his head. This arose solely from his having dreamt that he was drowns body eaten up by the fish. He (Mr. have the Jury weigh well the matter thought of sending the man for trial on murder. Mr. Mathews then cited the Judge Hale, Blackstone, &c., on the law cases which constituted the crimes of Man! and Wilful Murder ; and contended that nothing in the present case which cot within the meaning of either. The Jut to be surprised that, if, after somethini the present unfortunate occurrence has ' persons were to rake together certain in order to find a cause. It was evident manner of Farmer and the deceased, that rence was accidental ; for, when Farmer! in his hand, the deceased exclaimed, " you going to shoot us ?" He repli really ;" and the deceased rejoined, " there will be an end of me." Now, inst ping to make this rejoinder, she would hi away, if the manner of the man had in malicious intention towards her. The CORONER observed, that he ha% vious occasion pointed out to the Jury cular parts cited by Mr. Mathews, wl sidered had not taken exactly a right law. The question he (the Coroner) solved itself into two points only, vi Farmer knew the gun was loaded or knew it was loaded, then there was evidL aforethought, and the case was one of ml if he did not know it was loaded, then I accidentally killed must take place. Mi must be put out of the question in this Mr. Mathews considered that there mediate points between accident and w The CORONER repeated his former and the jury-room was cleared of strand The Jury, after a short deliberation, verdict of—Wilful Murder against Will Mr. William Hubble, one of the over parish of Northfleet, was then bound secute Farmer at the next Maidstone A. witnesses were also called in, and bou appear and give evidence. The CORONER issued his warrant aga who, as soon as he is enabled to be rt the residence of Mr. Harman, will be prison. Mr. Russell, the surgeon, dec) be a great deal better, but he was not danger. The Coroner advised that gi send a letter to the Governor of the the circumstances, when the prisoner w , thither, in order that he might have evi paid to him. The dreadful occurrence excites a pai in Northfleet, and for several miles army is about thirty-eight years of age, a lived in the service of Mr. Eagle, tl Gravesend. The state of the colonies generally West Indies, in particular, has been the subj , tion at several of the meetings which have been Alinisters. A few days ago a Parisian spark, struck with the beauty of a young woman, frequently as he passed a milliner's shop in cherat, made inquiries, and was informed tl widow, who lived in a small lodging on th. of a house in the Rue Popincourt. Imagining are less prudish than maidens, and'haviag A husband before his eyes, the inamoralo proceeded dwelling of the object of his pursuit, wht sleeping in her bed, but not alone —as, in truth , not a widow, but married to a fine etcut young who, on hearing the knack at the door, opened : a ' the gay youth seized the hand of his unexpec t A and, before he could discover his mistake, exclailoV o , Mad im ! how great is my delight !" He was I stepped short by the gruff voice of the husba id, blow from his coarser hand, which made tb e v e stagger, and endeavour to effect his escape. , b' however, held by the skirt of his coat, whi c struggle was torn off, aid lift in the hand of th !a e ,' insulted innocence; who, on inspecting the croP 11) ; a ,dni a p gr . e , ,, c d k d e t,h t . zae fi tn ll l e i Ne d wi w p io i eh ll go amorous invse. u prr The theseepcs conqueror, nt s ig p e9u ; e il ra s on ic : ab the P: o e :gi r t ; r t coat will bring it to him, in order to prove that fragment left behind. to VOS BIRTHS. On the 529th inst. the lady of Stephen Flemstei , geon, of Newbury, of a son. „or On the 21st inst. at Marseilles, the lady of Ale/La"tit bull, Esq., his Majesty's Consul at that place, of a dalipf On the 29th inst. the lady of the Rev. Thoma s Eaton-place, of a daughter. On the 27th inst. near Rye, Sussex, the lady of G. W. Tomlin, 11. N., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 28th inst. at Groton, in the county of Se .ol : ‘ ti r i Pochin, Esq., of the above place, and of North Kilo rt ;, e Leicestershire, to Mrs. 'Moffitt, only daughter of t Pearson, Rector of South Kilworth, Leicestershire. On the' .9th inst. at St. Mary's MafTlebqne, he elf Young, A.M , Minister of the Scots Secession C Chapel, Moorsfields, to Elizabeth, youngest dauslit e ' Rev. Alexander Waugh, D.D. lED. On the 29th inst., at 20, Sa vi lle-row, Mrs. R. F. S ir ' ol Ti. P. Smith, Esq. Q. r r On the 30th inst. in Baker-street, Portman-v:1 1,3 Anne Caroline, relict of the late Lieut..Gener 3l Leger. , On the 30th inst. after a severe illness Sarah ll e• ' - Kir P ' Long,„?..cray Mri Wiliam Smith, Printer, of King-street, On the 22d August last, at Calcutta, Robert 1 3 0 jr, Esq , Hon. Company's Civil Service, aged 21 year'ob, cg; Major-General the lion. P. Stuart, and at Edinburgo inst. Angela Theresa, his youngest daughter, ag ed t On the lath inst. at Balham, after a long and I ll', in the 70th year of her age, Elizabeth, wife of lII,' radaile, Esq. On the 29th inst. in the 75th year of her age, Greenwich, Kent. On the 27th inst. in Upper Gower-street, aged "" well, Esq., formerly a Commander in the I - I° India Company's Service. On the 2.ith inst. in Portland-place, Clapham-r oa ' a Arnold, aged 85. On the 29th inst. in Southampton-row, Russell ; 'of Elmslie, Esq., of Woodcote-place, Epsom, former l y and On the 27th inst. at Chase Side, Enfield, Mrs. S'` ftill aged 90. N 6r PRINTED AND PURLISIIED By MURDO YO U • SUN OFFICE, 112, STIAND, Lore t.; J. ll 4l 4 ki i , f orth, ." half v 4 4kur Snui ro„y it 4 l: 4 'l g i 1. 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Frequently as he passed a milliner's shop in the , e st YAL ~,„ cherat, made inquiries, and was informed that ,L ' ot i) , ,Ne A nt HE widow, who lived in a small lodging on the gO ig icl . '404 1 4 1 tees of a house in the But Popincourt. Imagining tha t i . a I ....r ti g e , --1 fr. are less prudish than maidens, and'having DO, a to • A h b Se P' husband before his eyes, the inamoralo procee d oi qt'v t <'S'lt as 9 ktiAt4htt RE dwelling of the object of his pursuit, who II - oe l I 4 lei 84" e the sleeping in her bed, but not alone —as, in truth, fe ilt t h, s to r ,',V to t not a widow, but married to a fine stout yourig ~I i_ raga z .;Feable 't , I. ' .°4 l 'll 'hr e • who, on hearing the knack at the door, opened I , te ' t te tt. . for H the gay youth seized the hand of his unexpeet et' 11 l 11 • ed , and, before he could discover his mistake, exclate 3 bo v ie ti V t t lis mil Mad an ! how great is my delight !" He was lOf stepped short by the gruff voice of the husha id, 0 -0 % j 4A, MA b tki . tt LTA blow from his coarser hand, which made tb e o d e , , 1 1, 11 :A ... /IN IN -- G stagger, and endeavour to effect his escape. b it) Oeth.'t to r , Le however, held by the skirt of his coat, Wh ic , f t) , 'ld h"to I I `u I . de e fe §l 4 Y Il lf tht struggle was torn off, and I,ft in the hand of th , . L most insulted innocence; who, on inspecting the troP ll . o 'o l l t l'c' 6 ( 1, V end a pocket filled with amorous ep sties, and a pur ee t' l,o, ,:,D1 t 2 4 4.r , :rig LI dozen N tpoleons. The conqueror, howev er ' d )4111"tIr Snuff,''' z ee I .6. OF Glared that he will give up these spoils if the e' fii 60 -`• eettn,, per: coat will bring it to him, in order to prove that it 44 4 44 R'' -' fragment left behind. V t6 4 ' c ul ' I 2 ritiv i l kl m 4l ttin, tv , BIRTHS. f ai4 ick' -Ijo N tzo . t ' On the 29th inst. the lady of Stephen liemsted• It "r, Op p , itt,„ geon, of Newbury, of a son. . „der , 4 it 'No e the On the 21st inst. at Marseilles, the lady of A1e% 3 ",hte.,6 ar t , 4 1, ik, % ajp,„, bull, Esq., his Majesty's Consul at that place, of a datiA i ro 14., , , :tr, j. .1 On the 29th inst. the lady of the Rev. ThoniP t o itir, 1 .4 4 'Wes Eaton-place, of a daughter. yil ~.\), oh . , On the 27th inst. near Rye, Sussex, the lady 7 ........, /f P / 4? ' I RO ''. IN bill , G. W. Tomlin, R.N., of a daughter. AN, D U L, MARRIED. 0 lie p I. NI. ; o ill i I) it , k At ILLIN On the 28th inst. at Groton, in the county of Star rt i Pochin, Esq., of the above place, and of North Kilo'; ie f i r' . 4.11 1 :',1‘, SIX, Leicestershire, to Mrs. Moffat, only daughter o f t . 1 , OST r , , Pearson, Rector of South Kilworth, Leicestershire. l ief; ' 4 " s iet, h o .. "K. t On the 29th inst. at St. Mary's, Marllebone, Ilf C h it o f ' ll 4l,,AbiC, bop Young, A.M , Minister of the Scots Secession 01' PA,AI, Ly, Chapel, Moorsfields, to Elizabeth, youngest dauft2 , t , follu,,_ a Rev. Alexander Waugh, D.D. P )10N A _ktY „ti b b .° Pol °4 Bl: ' , E ‘, DIED. cow ' .140. 1 ', b e - ".tt' On the 29th inst., at 20, Saville-row, Mrs. Ti. I r . ' d.b„ qv pl e 1 R. P. Smith, Esq. „re, 0 0 7 Loh l ll ; 4, 1 On the 30th inst. in Baker-street, Portman-scl!' - oli' cilliN W e beral Anne Caroline, relict of the late Lieut.-Genera, i , I , kh t,C A , Leger. ~,e, " 1 4,1 AL L . z An - 4' tilt' , b 'IJ( On the 30th inst. after a severe illness, Sarah ac re. ~ loh • y v., Mri Wiliam Smith, Printer, of King-street, Longilendo' 1314 the p,-e F On the 22d August last, at Calcutta, Robert e idC t r k i t 4, t V.,4p, Esq , lion. Company's Civil Service, aged 21 yea" , ti , o ° ," L . 'Yalol..lq, \ ' Major-General the lion. P. Stuart, and at Edinburgto ) 1 il, wa 41 .4 ~,, rll inst. Angela Theresa, his youngest daughter, aged iriff o P lA' li t qly ~-`',,st I On the 2isth inst. at Balham, after a long and ! Tor' ) D ' flib A kes • in the 70th year of her age, Elizabeth, wife of 1 10-. f N S A ‹.ll , radaile, Esq. APO : hiSt :Ai On the 2ilth inst. in the 75th year of her age. M r'. ft 14 1.tZta—' 4 t Greenwich, Kent. elit t 4 z e Isi , vC pr Ot t . A On the '27th inst. in Upper Gower-street, aged., ..; o riv ij„ 4 . 1., et, _ well, Esq., formerly a Commander in the to _ q t•• . .ear o t, rlo,„ India Company's Service. it. 1 a ll r t 4.1 On the 2.oth inst. in Portland-place, Clapham-reads 4 ,'.Wer ' l te 0 ,. ° Arnold, aged 85. reci •44 ! ,..,.„ lt,._ i 11- 54 1 C P ' ' II CA.„ 9 ' P On toe 29th inst. in Southampton-row, Busse o slo Elmslie, Esq., of Woodcote-place, Epsom, formerly i i All ( 2 and London, merchant, aged 70. QS' nit On the 27th inst. at Chase Side, Enfield, Mrs..— i. aged 90. 1 1 '