The Sun. — London, England, 1833-05-09 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The proceedings of last night, in the House of Commons, furnish a curious contrast in the way of dealing with the public money. On the presentation of a petition from the watermen of Gravesend, against the Gravesend Pier Bill, Sir Edward Codrington alluded to the hard case of sailors who had been impressed, and passed the best part of their lives in the navy, many of them being disabled, and dismissed without pensions. " One man (said Sir Edward), having come home with him (Sir E. C.) after the battle of Navarin, with the loss of an eye, applied to him for remuneratien ; but, on his ap plying to the Admiralty, he was told that the man who had lost but one eye was not disabled from service, although he had always understood that the loss of an eye entitled a man to compensation as much as the loss of a limb. After that the man lost the other eye, having also had six wounds ; and the only reward he could obtain for the poor fellow was 6d. a day. If that was the way the Admiralty remunerated disabled seamen, he thought it was time to inquire into all other classes of pensions.—(Hear, hear.) If the country was so poor that it could not afford to reward such men, let the same course be adopted with regard to all other persons, and he (Sir E. Codrington) would, for one, if necessary, serve is country for nothing." An inquiry of the kind wished for by Sir Edward Codrington oc curred in the course of the evening. Mr. Hume brought before the House the case of a father anti on, each of them pensioned by the Govern- Went. Alexander, Earl of Home, the father, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Berwick, has, since the year 1792, been in the receipt of 2761. for no services known to any one. He is uncle, we believe, of the Duke of Buccleuch, who has the merit of possessing the largest estate in land in the island, an estate' yielding consi derably upwards of 200,0001. a year, free from all incumbrances. The son of Earl Home, Lord Dunglass, did serve the country for the brief period of a year or two under the Duke of Wellington's Administration as an Under Foreign Secretary. He so far differs from his flither, that he has drawn a year's salary, and subscribed his name to a few papers, whereas his father is guiltless of any services whatever. " Happening (said Mr. Hume), in a Com tnittee up stairs, to make an inquiry as to the disbursements paid out of the Scotch Exche quer, he found out what struck him exceed ingly. It was the sum of 3001. paid to Lord Dun glass as Chamberlain of Ettrick Forest. This sinecure was dated from before the Union, and was originally 81. 10s. Scotch money (14s. 2d. sterling). In a Committee of Inquiry on Sine cures and Pensions, held in the year 1810, a resolution was passed relative to this identical pension. Now what he complained of was, that after that resolution the sinecure should be re newed." The Lord Advocate declared it as his opinion that the grant was illegal, and thought it certainly extraordinary that a salary of 3001. should be given for collecting rents amounting to 2301. This is an improvement on the prac tice of the Catholic church. The clergy origi nally received money front their flocks only in the character of collectors for the poor. By de grees, however, they began, like the collectors, to take a per tentage, and it is remained by a distinguished ecclesiastical historian, that the ex pense of collections was, ere long, raised to 95 per cent. But the Scotch Lord's fees as collec tor is 1301. per cent. But then how could the son of a Lord Lieutenant, the near re lative of the Duke of Buccleuch, conde scend to receive a smaller sum than 300/. ? If the aristocracy of this country wish to retain their influence, they must abandon the disgrace ful modes of pocketing the public money. The poor blind sailor, with six wounds, can only obtain 6d. a day ; but a Lord and his son can, between them, obtain 6001. a year for nothing. Can we wonder that the poor householder, ha rassed to death with surcharges, and whose bed is taken from under him for assessed taxes, should feel incensed at exposures like these ? It is remarked by Niebuhr, the historian of Rome, that the aristocracy of Berne, during the long period of upwards of three hundred years, never made their power subservient to the enriching of themselves. At the commencement of the French Revolution the people were un taxed, and the Government had saved a large sum of money, which was in the English funds. He remarks, that the moment an aristocracy anew selfishness to obtain an ascendancy over them —the moment they avail themselves of their power to invade the property of the people, their power is undermined. What a contrast between the Berne and the British aristocracy Political power in this country seems only to have been valued as it enabled the possessors to obtain pelf. Everything was sacrificed for money ; and are we to wonder that in England the rage for acquisition should not be always content with legitimate means ? When the lower orders . see Lords pocketing the public money without performing any services for it, is not the example calculated to shake their prin ciples ? The clergy tell us, that the example of the great operates powerfully on their infe riors ; and their example in money matters is as likely to be followed as in other cases. Mr. Hume was at pains to show, by examples, the heavy load which sinecures and pensions brought on the Country in the course of years. His examples were these : " The two Chief Justices in Eyre, sinecures before the year 1691, have received, as stated in the returns, 4 5661. a year every year since that time ; and, by a calculation made in 1829 (being fur 126 years), the principal sum and interest amounted to 46 millions within 100,0001. The calculation was made at 5 per cent. interest on the half-yearly payments, and he believed it was quite correct. " The other example was that of Alexander, Earl of Home, who had, by the Scotch pension list on the table, 276/. 101. since the year 1791, being forty-one years, which, at five per cent. interest, and payments halt yearly, the public have paid fir the said Earl Home 36,360/., and it remained to be seen for what service. lie stated those instances to show the absolute necessity of putting an end to pensions altogether, as the amount gra dually accumulated, and contributed mainly to distress the country. " The public are paying, as they have been paying, interest on their debt, and the pa) went of those, and other pensions and sinecures, prevents the liquidation of an equal amount of the debt." Exposure must shame the aristocracy out of these disreputable modes of obtaining money. The times are changed. Reform in Parliament has put an end to the safe indulgence in such practices.— Morning Chronicle. It has always appeared to us most unfortu nate that Ministers should have acted the awk ward part they have done in relation to Irish Church reform. We use the word " awkward" as the best adapted to express the unworkman like manner in which they have proceeded, whether as statesmen, looking to the general interest, or as leaders of a party, feeling their own reputation and power to be staked upon the skilful conduct of their avowed policy. From the time when it was first declared by a Parlia mentary Committee, and confirmed by a Royal speech, that sotre other means of maintaining the clergy than the tithe system must be adopted, it became clear to every man that if the Minis ters understood aught about the state of Ireland, or the sources of their own popularity, the abolition of tithe and the substitution of a less obnoxious and more equitable scheme of church finance must be the most earnest object of their legislative efforts. But what was their course ? Mr. Stanley's first Bill in relation to the Church of Ireland was a Bill prima' facieto perpetuate tithe! The Right Hon. Gentleman took all the pains in the world to show that the real purpose of the Go vernment, whatever might be its professions, was to give universality and endurance to the Tithe Composition Act, an Act of which one well known aim was, instead of getting rid of tithe, to secure and facilitate its collection by the cler gyman, and to root the tithe system more deeply than ever in the soil. What, then, was the next indication of the designs of Ministers on the subject of Irish church reform ? It was this : Lord Althorp last month introduced to the House of Commons " A Bill to alter and amend the Laws relating to the Temporalities of the Church of Ireland." Now, here was a topic which involved the maintenance or abolition of the tithe system, if anything ever did ; and here was a measure which all England would say ought to be taken as the test of what Ministers in their hearts projected for or against the insti tution of tithe, and the progress or stagnation of church reform in its most vital characteristic. Yet read the preamble of that " Alteration and Amendment Bill." Many things are therein talked of,—nay, almost everything in the nature of ecclesiastical grievance or oppression is de clared against, save only tithe itself, which is never so much as glanced at ! The preamble, too, is carefully and dexterously drawn up—nothing can be neater. First fruits, vestry cess, Bishops and Bishops' leases, all the minor, all the subaltern, all the secondary annoyances attending the church of Ireland, are to be found in the Althorp cata logue, with the exception of that, and that alone, Which must settle the question of church or no church, property or no property, in Ireland—of civil war or civil forbearance between the two religious powers in that country—except that single grievance which King, Ministers, and Par liament had all pledged themselves, in the most explicit language, and on occasions almost recent, to redress. This we do not by any means allege to be unprincipled ; there is in it no meditation of dishonesty, no dream of even equivocation. We firmly believe that Lord Grey's Government his the most upright and straightforward views,-- that when they say tithe ought to be abolished, they have an anxious desire to put an end to it. But if this be the true supposition, if Mini sters really mean to annihilate that unlucky expedient 'for the support of the Irish clergy, they are certainly, and in the same proportion, and for that very reason, too, beyond all ques tion, the clumsiest or most eccentric artisans that ever knocked their own brains out against a building which they had undertaken to renovate. Why not say, like men of the least prudence, We are ready to make good our promises, and to abolish tithe at once ; ' or, like bold men, avow at once that thly have decided against the fulfilment of their pledges, and will make tithe (by Act of Parliament) immortal ? It is melan choly for the friends of the Administration to find no weapon but bubble words to fight against the definite and recorded actions of their principals. Their enemies take the natural advantage of all qiis, and represent them to the country as bi goted to the church, and no better, in fact, than go many Tories, in all that relates to the spirit and substance of ecclesiastical reform. We have received letters which prove the fact, viz., that Ministers have furnished a sword against their own bosoms, far sharper and more fatal than any in the armoury of their declared antagonists, by thus putting off, we need not say the exe cution, but so much as the development Of their long protracted measures for the final abolition of tithes. Mr. Mills, who has already corresponded with this journal, sends us a letter addressed to Earl Grey, with the taunting challenge which we have noticed above, calling upon the Noble Earl to point out a single line of the Act before Parliament for adjusting the " temporalities" of the Irish church, wherein the slightest allusion is made to the termination of tithe, or even to its existence. And is there veritably nothing more in preparation ? If otherwise, why not speak the important word, and quiet the whole anti-tithe, though not anti• church, community ? We publish Mr. Mills's letter, as likewise one from another correspon dent, expatiating on an abuse well known to Members of Parliament —namely, the irrespon sible power of the Speaker in first selecting for chaplain to the House of Commons any clergy man who may hit his fancy, without the least re ference to professional merits ; and then, in every instance, availing himself of the prescrip tive courtesy of the House, to get the said chap lain provided for, as if he had been a minister of the highest claims to reward. This, we think, demands, on the part of the Speaker or of the House, a little more circumspection.—Times. The fact which was stated by Sir Edward Codrington in the House of Commons yester day, connected with the ticklish subject of pen sions, and the inference which he drew from it, cannot fail to make some impression on the public mind. It is true that the public feel pretty sensibly already the abuses of the pension list, but the illustration of Sir E. Codrington i still worth something, though it formed a sort of accidental and irregular episode to the Main subject of the Gravesend Pier Bill. We tike the fact and the comment from our report Of this day, which runs as follows :—" One Man, after coming with him (Sir E. Cocking am) from the battle of Navarin, with the loss of an eye, applied to him for remuneration ; but on his applying to the Admiralty, he was told that the man who had lost but an eye was riot disabled from service. After that the man lost the other eye, having also had six wounds, Tid the only reward he could obtain for the poor fellow, was sixpence a day. If that was the way the Admiralty remunerated disabled seamen, he thought it was time to inquire into all other classes of pensions." How the same Ministers, who felt it their duty to refuse more than sixpence a day to a man who had lost his sight, and received half a dozen wounds, could reconcile it to their minds to continue naval and military sinecures, and the disgraceful burden of the pension list, it is not easy to conceive. The inconsis tency of such conduct must have occurred to them ; but they do not seem to have appreciated the importance of avoiding that inconsistency. It is their persistence in errors of this kind, their unblushin g defence of some of the worst teatures of Tory mis-government, which they once deprecat e d as l oudly as they defend them now, and not the mere tardiness of their ad vance towards an improved system, that has affected their popularity, and even threatened their political existence with extinction. We see, however, what rigid economists they can prove upon occasion. If the Gallant Admiral who has put the public in possession of the fact to which we have been alluding, will set about overhauling the pensions and sinecures, and the claims of those who possess them, we can pro mise him that he will not be without support. The public are indignant at the profuse, yet partial distribution of their funds, created, it may be, by former Governments, but con tinued by the present under circumstances which increase their responsibility. A re formed Parliament has, at all events, deli vered Ministers from the inept* of the borough patrons, who were the patrons of every thing ex travagant and corrupt. Ministers have therefore the power, and are wanting only in the will, to introduce a real, not a mock economy—not an economy which would save in one place, for the purpose of spending in another, and that other the very place to which saving ought to be most scrupulously applied. But, however Sir E. Codrington may determine, we are confi dent that the public will not lose sight of the subject. It would be rather a romantic specu lation to expect that our great pensioners and sinecurists would blush to receive their incomes for doing and deserving nothing, when they are told how little can be afforded for the loss of sight, and the reception of accumulated wounds. But it may be hoped that their knowledge of that circumstance, and of the parsimony to which the country is driven, will reconcile them more easily to that visit of reform which no Ministry can long protect them against. Surely if we cannot afford our poor disabled seamen more than 6d. a day to keep them from starving, we cannot afford thousands and tens of thousands a year to noblemen and gentlemen, and ladies (who have done as much as either), to enable them to ride over us in the streets.—Morning Herald. There were three meetings, we believe, held last night for the purpose of whitewashing Sir John Cam Hobhouse ; and at all of which he was present, to declare that his retirement from office was final and definitive ; but wh a t i s t h e use of this after-repentance ? Did he not pledge himself to abide 'by his constituents, and did he not desert them ? However, Westminster has long been a rotten borough, and however its decision against him, at present, might count for something, its decision in his favour will go for nothing, either in behalf of the Go vernment or with the country. Twenty years ago Sir John Cam Hobhouse spoke a very dif ferent language from that to which he now gives utterance ; but then he had not been in office ; he had not tasted its sweets ; 'and what is more, the times are altered ! Heigh oh, Sir John ! Morning Advertiser. One of the largest meetings of the committee of West India planters and merchants which ever took place was yesterday assembled at the Thatched House, their own committee-room not being large enough for the numerous attend ance of members. It was convened to hear the communication of the proposed measures of Government on the West India question. To the extreme dissatisfaction and surprise of all who were present they were informed by the de putation that the Government had not yet pro duced its scheme, and that they had nothing to communicate ; that they had expected to receive it on Friday, and had called a meeting for last Saturday, but they were disappointed ; that, ex pecting to receive it on Tuesday, they had adjourned the meeting till yesterday ; that they entertained this expectation until they received a letter late on Tuesday night acquainting them that the plan was not then ready ; finally, that Mr. Stanley wished to see the deputation on Thurs day, and suggested the adjournment of the meeting until Saturday. A very long discus sion took place, in which Lord Harewood, Sir A. Grant, Mr. Burge, Mr. Carrington, Mr. Irving, and others engaged. Several resolutions were adopted, one of which was that an appli cation should be made by the Chairman, Viscount St. Vincent, to Mr. Stanley, for the postponement of his motion on the West India question, which is at present fixed for Tuesday next, that the West India body may know and have the means of considering his plan. It is quite impossible such an application can be re sisted. To this hour, we are informed, the West India body are entirely unacquainted with the nature of the plan, no communication having been made to any of them. The deputation was appointed with the limited authority to receive any communication, but it was precluded from doing any thing which could bind the West Indian body. The latter refused to delegate to it any such power as that of concluding any thing on behalf of the West Indian proprietors resident in England ; and still less was it empowered to determine any question on behalf of the proprietors re sident in the colonies, or of the local Legis latures by whom they are represented. The measure, therefore, whenever it may be com municated by the Government, has, according to the clear understanding of all parties, to un dergo the examination and discussion of the proprietors here, as well as of the agents of those who are resident in the West Indies, be fore it can be submitted to Parliament. The examination and discussion of such a plan, on such a subject, involving such interests, between Saturday and Tuesday, would manifestly be im possible. It was not thought expedient to sanc tion a longer adjournment of the meeting of the West India body than until Friday next. We shall submit to-morrow some observations upon the extraordinary state in which this important question is suffered to rest, and upon the mon strous duplicity with which the Ministers have defrauded the West Indian proprietors of the poor boon which tyranny can so easily afford to helplessness—a fair hearing.—Morning Post. A few nights ago a young woman named BANTAM JoicE, returning from Logbrea to her residence near New Inn, County of Galway, was met by some savages, who abused her person an d smot h ere d h er i n a pool of water scarcely six inches deep. " There is, at all times, great interest in works on India. The external features of the country alone, its magnificent scenery, the strange h a bi ts o f i ts peop l e , ~,, ,i ~ their singular worship, diversifi d sturne, and the va rieties which their imperfect inc rpo tio n w i t h E uropeans produce, are full of excitein ceeds, he accumulates pi ur que sketch es i n a b un d ance; ts. A t h e traveller pro his accounts of all that e messes are rep l ete w i t h grandeur, and relieved b endless changes. We have, particularly in Major ARCHER'S ' Tours in Upper In dia,' just published, gorgeous processions, and luxuries in lavish profusion; gigantic monuments of ancient splen• dour, snatches of unt smell nature, combats of wild ani mals, tiger shooting, elephant hunting, dancing priests, s i ng i ng girls, pilgrims , town s its ruins, a n d cost ly pa l aces springing up in vast and remote deserts. The grouping of these highly contrasted materials makes up a picture, to which no other country can furnish a parallel. But, interesting as such pictures are at all seasons, they are still more so at a period when every fr a cti on o f informa tion concerning India is seized upon with increased avi dity, in consequence of the position of importance which her affairs have assumed. These volumes will be found to contribute largely to the stock of popular knowledge on the eubject."~Attlas. COURT OF KING'S BENCH,‘MAr 8. LTBEL.—MOORE, GENT., &c., V. TERRELL, GENT., &c. This was an action for libel tried before Mr. Jus tice Parke, at the Dorset Spring Assizes for 1832, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff for 1001. The parties were attorneys, the plaintiff at Bland ford, the defendant at Exeter, and the subject of the action arose from disturbances which occurred at that place during the Dorsetshire election, as well as from certain transactions at the polling for the above election. The plaintiff was charged, in a publication of which Mr. Terrell was the proprietor, with having, on the occasion of the above election, improperly made use of information obtained by him confidentially in his professional capacity to prevent certain persons from voting, as well as with other conduct of a similar nature; and this was the libel for which the action was brought. A rule nisi for a new trial had been obtained on the ground that the Lord Judge in his direction to the jury had not properly drawn their attention to the words " pro fessional confidence."—Rule absolute. THE KING V. GASPY AND OTHERS. This was a rule Nisi for a criminal information against the defendants as proprietors, &c., of the Essex and Herls Herald for a libel, and it was en larged to next Term by consent. THE KING V. HALLS AND OTHERS. This was an indictment against Mr. Halls, the late Sir Richard Birnie, and others, for false impri sonment of the prosecutor, Mr. Carmichael Smith. The jury found the defendants guilty. After the death of Sir R. Thrnie the defendants remained liable to the sentence of the Court. The personal appear ance of Mr. Halls being considered unnecessary, the Court this day, on the motion of Mr. ARCHBOLD, gave judgment. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE said the defendant Halls had acted illegally, but without malice. Taking into consideration all the circumstances of the case, the Court did order and adjudge the defendant Halls to pay to the King a fine of 51., and the other de fendants 1/. each. THE KING V. HARMER AND OTHERS. In this case a rule had been obtained calling on the defendant, the proprietor of the Weekly Dis patch, to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him for a libel on a gen tleman, who had since sailed for India. The libel was a detail of evidence alluding to the gentleman, which had been given before a Magistrate. Some strong remarks were attached to it calculated to in jure the prosecutor on his arrival in India. Mr. POLLOCK was instructed by the defendant to make the most ample apology, and admit that the statement which had been published was incorrect. Sir J. SCARLETT, on the part of the prosecutor, was satisfied with the apology, and the rule waa discharged. WILSON V. HURST. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE gave judgment in this cause. It was an action tried before Mr. Justice Alderson in 1831. The plaintiff sought to recover the balance of a banking account, amounting to 483/. The dispute was, whether the plaintiff was entitled to claim interest at the rate of five or four per cent. A witness named Hurst was called on the part of the defendant, and rejected on the ground that he had an interest arising out of a debt which made him incompetent. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff. The Lord Chief Justice in the present judgment delivered the opinion of the Court, namely, that the witness was competent, and consequently that there ought to be a nets trial. This being the last day of Easter Term, the Judges sat to a late hour to dispose of motions. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAY 8. HARTLEY V. COOK. This action was brought for an alleged assault, but the real question was the right of appointing a parish clerk for the parishes of St. Mildred and St. Mary, and whether such an appointment was vested in the rector, or the parishioners jointly with the rector. The COURT gave judgm -nt, and decided that the Act of Parliament by which the parishes were united gave the joint power of nomination. The rule was accordingly discharged. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF FORGERY.---.Med ford John Spring, a carpenter, residing in Camo mile-street, Bishopsgate, was brought before the LORD MAYOR in the custody of John Forres , er, charged with having forged the acceptance of John Gore to a bill of exchange for 291. 14s. Upon the first examination, a gentleman named Newman, who resides at Brixton, stated, that the bill had been paid over to him by a Mr. Walton, that the accep tance was a forgery, and that the prisoner was an acquaintance of the infamous swindler Coster. The LORD MAYOR—Camomile-street was the street in which one of Coster's rendezvous was held. Is there no such person as John Gore ? Mr. Newman—There is not. There is a James Gore residing at the address, in Camomile -street, but he had nothing to do with the bill. Prisoner—l deny that the bill is forged, and I can bring a person torward to prove the reverse; and I deny that I know anything of Coster. Mr. Newman—l can prove you do know Coster, and that you have been drinking with him. The LORD MAYOR—Prisoner, do you deny that you know Coster? Prisoner—l have worked for a person I now believe to be Coster, but he went under another name. I had no knowledge of the man otherwise, but I know that he owes me a shilling. Mr. Newman—l also charge the prisoner with having cut away the joists of my house, of which he is tenant, in Camomile -street, and thus doing rae injury to the amount of 601. or 701. He also owes me a good deal of rent. Prisoner-I am not able to meet my debts, in consequence of the severe treatment I have received from Mr. Newman ; and I have charges against him. Yesterday, Spring was again brought up. Mr. Flower, of the house of Alderman Harmer and Co., appeared for him; and Mr. Humphreys appeared for the prosecution. _ _ Mr. James Walton, of Old Jamaica-wharf, Black. friars, deposed that the prisoner, with whom he had a dealing, paid to him, for timber, the bill in ques tion, which was aecepted in the name of John Gore, of No. 2, Camomile-street. Prisoner told him at the time that the acceptor was a respectable man; and he heard that the Bill was a good one from another quarter, but not from Mr. Gore himself. He held it till it was due, and sent it to his bankers. He afterwards received 101. on account of the bill from a Mr. Waggoner, and he believed it was for the drawer. The bill was for 291. 145., drawn by Medford John Spring upon John Gore. Mr. Flower—Who brought you here ? Wit ness—Mr. Newman applied to me to come. Mr. Flower—Had you not a guarantee from a Mr. Waggoner ? Witness—He mide me a ver bal promise when he came to pay the 101. that the balance should be forthcoming. Mr. Flower—And Mr. Newman obtained the bill from you ? Witness—He did. Mr. Flower—Exactly so. This is, my Lord, a gross conspiracy against my client. What did Mr. Newman say to you when he came for the bill ? Mr. Humphreys objected to the question, as illegal. The LORD MAYORI have no objection at all to the question. My object is to elicit the truth and aid the ends of justice; nobody can object to give an answer to further such an object. Mr. Humphreys -_.I can have no objection then. Mr. Newman—He gave me an undertaking for my claim. Mr. Flower—Did he say anything about the bill being a forgery ? Witness—Yes, he said it was a forgery. Mr. Flower—And that he would himself prose cute ? Witness—So I understood him. James Gore was then called„ and deposed as fol lows :—I am a butcher, and reside at No. 2, Camo mile-street, where I have lived three years; my name is not John Gore, neither is the writing on the bill my hand-writing; there is no one in the street of the name ; I have brothers, named Thomas and Robert, but no brother John. I was not at home when the bill was presented, neither do know anything of it. _ .. The LORD MAYOR (to Mr. Walton)—When the prisoner gave the bill to you, what did he fay ? Mr. Walton—He said that the acceptor was a re vonsible man, a butcher, and, I understood, the person who has given evidence. The Loup MAYOR (to Mr. Gore)—And you never accepted the bill ? Mr. Gore—Never. Mr. Humphreys thought it was quite unneces sary to detain the Lord Mayor by more evidence, as what had already been stated was quite sufficient for a committal. The LORD MAYOR—I can have no objection to hear the evidence of Mr. Newman. I consider that that gentleman has shown the greatest promptitude in assisting me in my object of ridding the town of swindlers. Mr. George Newman, of No. 28, Brixton-place, deposed as follows :—I am acquainted with the prisoner, who has been my tenant, and I know his handwriting. I certainly should say the writing, " John Gore," on the b 11, is his handwriting. The bill is not drawn by him, but the endorsement is his. The prisoner appeared very anxious to speak; but Mr. Flower desired him to hold his tongue. The LORD MAYOR—I have heard quite enough to justify me in committing the prisoner for the forgery.—Committed for trial. The case excited great curiosity in a crowded Court. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. GROSS ASSAULT.—A young married female, named Caroline Martin, brought John Higgins, a cheesemonger, in Silver -street, Golden-square, be fore Mr DYER and the Rev. T. THLIRSBY, for having committed the following indecent assault upon her : The complainant, who was exceedingly well-look ing, and gave her evidence with great modesty, said she was passing the defendant's shop, accompanied by her husband, on Monday last, when she let go his arm for a moment, and went in to inquire the price of a Dutch cheese. The defendant said he had none of the sort she wanted, and went into a back room, into which he beckoned her. She went in, without having the least suspicion of the de fendant's improper intentions, upon which he shut the door, and taking her in his arms, committed an act of the grossest indecency towards her. He was proceeding to take further liberties, in spite of her struggles, when he was induced to let her go, upon her calling out that her husband was looking through the window. Being released, she ran out of the shop, and acquainted her husband with what had occurred, who insisted upon her taking out a war rant against the defendant. The defendant attempted to insinuate that the charge was got up with a view to obtain money from him ; but he admitted that not one word re specting money had passed between him and the complainant. Mr. DYER, in strong terms, reproved the mode of defence adopted by the defendant. He felt quite convinced, from the propriety of demeanour evinced by the complainant, that the insinuation was to tally unfounded. The defendant then attempted a denial of the charge ; but Mr. DYER said that himself and his brother Ma gistrates had, without a moment's hesitation, agreed in considering the assault completely proved. Mr. Dyer then remarked, that if there was one descrip tion of case over which Magistrates prized their summary jurisdiction more than another, it was in those cases where mode,t females were subjected to indecent insult ; because, by exercising that juris diction, they were enabled to punish the offender, an to spare the feelings of the complainant, by doing away with the necessity of her appearance in a Court of Justice to prove the insult she had sus tained. The offence was of such an abominable cha racter—the complainant having gone in a trades man's shop in the way of trade, and there been in sulted—that they should go as far as the law allowed them, and impose a fine of five pounds, or two months' imprisonment. A RISING GENIUS.—Mike Smith, a ragged young urchin, who, though hardly able to peep over the bar, has been in custody more than a dozen times for petty thefts, was charged by William King, an industrious cobbler and ginger-beer maker, with having stolen a bottle of " ginger pop" from his stall. The prosecutor declared that the neighbourhood of his stall was so infested with " young warmint," that he found it utterly impossible to turn an honest penny by his ginger pop; for if his eyes were off the board for an instant, he was sure to discover that a bottle or two had suddenly vanished. While he was busily employed, on Monday last, he happened to cast his eye where the ginger pop stood, when he was very much surprised to see a bottle move off the board, without any person apparently being within sight. Upon looking out at the door the mystery was explained, for there he saw the young delinquent making a rapid retreat on all-fours, with the ginger pop, the cork of which had flown out, fizzing out of his breeches pocket. After a smart chace he overtook him, and then proceeded to ex amine the contents of his pinafore, which was bun• died round him. This led to the discovery that the young prisoner had been on a most successful forage for a dinner. He had a delicate piece of pickled pork, a couple of eggs, part of a loaf, and a hand some china basin, all of which he admitted was the result of his morning labours. The boy having been already .remanded for a week, Mr; DYER, upon learning that his parents were quite unable to keep him from the streets, ordered that he should be detained until some ar rangement was made with the parish to which he belonged. The boy, when removed to the lock-up room, which familiarity had taught him to regard with in difference, amused himself by giving vent to a poetical inspiration, in the following admonitory distich, which he scratched on the wall:— " Him as prigs wot isn't his'n, When he's cotched vil go to pris'n." We find by the Gazette de Zara that a decree had been put forth by the Greek Regency on the subject of moneys. By this the Regency had ordained th it from the period of two months from tie Ist of Mty all the receipts, &c., of the State which are now paid in piastres and in parse, should be paid in national moneys in dragmes and in leptas. To this degree is affixed a tariff, by which a talari, or Spanish piastre, passes in Greece for six dragmes, and the talari of the Convention at five dragmes 78 leptas. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S SERvarsTs.—Yesterday forenoon about 11 o'clock ; as the Duke of ORLEANS and suite were pro ceeding along High-street, M'hitechapel, on their way to view the East and West India Docks, the horse of one of the outriders, a servant of his MAJESTY, named JOIIN ATKINSON, from the slippery state of the pavement, fell under him, and fractured his left leg a few inches above the aucle. At the time the accident took place, the Royal carriage, in which was the Duke 01 ORLEANS, was driving at a fast pace, and so close to the spot when ATKINSON fell, that it was with some difficulty and con siderable exertion on the part of the postillions, as well as poor ATKINSON himself, that the horses were kept from trampling on him. ATKINSON was, with as little delay as possible, removed to the shop of Mr. AGAR, a surgeon, in High...treet. The Royal Duke, on being made ac quainted with the accident, ordered the carriage to stop, and he, as well as three or four of his suite, got out, and followed the suff-rer into the shop of Mr. AGAR, and expressed the greatest anxiety for what had occurred. Mr. AGAR very prompt!) , set the limb, and put it into splints. While he was engaged in doing so, the Royal Duke, with his attendants, remained in the shop, and expressed much solicitude for the man's recovery, and di rected that no pains, attention, or expense should he spared to insure it. Mr. AGAR, finding that ATKINSON lived at such a distance, recommended his removal to the London Hospital ; but this he objected to, and wished to be taken home to his wife and apartments at the King's mews at Pimlico. A chaise cart was then procured, and, w bed being placed in it, be was removed as he requested. / i LISBON AND OPORTO PAWS. -----...-- A " del LI S BON, APRIL 21.—A despatch from the 00- in{ Lourenco, Lourenco, dated 17th April, annou nces that, accon"l the reports of the inspectors of the military liosP itai l a I sanatory state of the army of operati ons continu e ! perfectly satisfactory. (OFFICIAL') ~ A p_o_ jt,i, " Sir,—l have the honour to inform Yeee r r o iot, that the King our Sovereign has bee n Plee'edt kJ' give the army of operation an agreeable surpr:ool expectedly coming to visit it. His Majesty eretter part of it, and this honour which be ws, 0 skie4 to do them e xcited the most lively enthusiataa. re r troops, whose good appearance and discipline 0 0 1 of A Majesty's approbation. On the whol e route, ever the King showed himself, he was welcomed "'" most lively acclamations. " God preserve your Excellency. „ it • " THE CONDE. DE ST. LOURENtdr4 .g Commander in Chief of the Army of Operatic' " Head Quarters at St. Martnede da Ida° , April 19, 1833. "To his Excellencythe Viscount de SOWN,. hto Aram 24.—Alecounts have been rec eived to.dslep telegraph that our batteries on the sou th of 0, sunk, on the 21st, the Ast u to schooner , beknging IV i? rebels, and that on the 23d they sunk another vesore, A circular letter has been addressed to the of the s- veral quarters of Lisbon, informing o°l/00 his Majesty's pleasure that public subscriptionse made for the relief of th e poor who avy be tt the malidy now prevalent in Lisbon. APRIL 26.—The Governm nt has to-del o , accounts from the city of Braga to the 23d 4 ' 5 ,1: nouncing that his Majesty and the Infanta' " . . t or continued to enjoy good health.—Lisbon Gitzett' April inclusive. t he 01 (These Gazettes contain lists of pronootioos je acknowledgments of patriotic donations for the army, &c.) OroRTO, APRIL 21.—A gr e at number of ot6°`;'ooo4 alterns, and privates have b een admitted let° ° i ll FT, part of whom came ov e r f rom the enemy a d e f:o . % from diferent parts of the kingdom to joio )11 19 , of the cause of the Queen and of liberty. 11,.,..d0e'r the Duke of Bi agiraa, in the name of the 14 ` 1 " b, en I. aced to discharge Dr. J. A. de M a j a tittee ll i t , the office of Secretary of State for the Per ory epi t i nnenureebAtinm publishing Pe: having• Rho Dtfilaontb,gjp: Senor 2,haus4eiser nd.tt e Justice Carvalho a 1 interim,l o is Justice, and Senor Carvalho, Minister of Fj° 1 , 8 : ( 1 eft, io that of Minister of Marine, which office be 7„ 1 1)f i , already Minister of Foreign Affairs, is to take' pd the Department of the Marine. k of . 60 °#' the germs, dismisses Antonio Pereira dos y Ries fre"';„r f the institutions t uc o p t f 4i e or u t no r h e sn eli c fi ai l s :i i i e g n wh n is h e t d i e gc r oh_ l v o i the confidence placed in him, bi gn d l o c to, be tea s edi., au article extracted from a journal ser`lol; ga noble cause of the Queen, and ungenerous to n' 3ll ' i o sn ffi tt.o c c er a s n , dinidow Josehom Ilchaavvieerpldaeceds.mpecroein:de:bee;A::oo)ll(i Iris t A hl n put o hil t .pie l s i e e orp r ni arolefffi:A, for Preventive official leli Majesty dp t t i ah c oy l el s e i De o : f hueik t a l the efaeo above om y s f a vßi m ei r e tamhx d aae a tan t e z,bi l io;l 6 et i :v e :so b ,A0:41,1 to and b l t y h e e Ainl'atreqauttmdie..s's; 5 Pereira dos Reis, for having contributed W ote t tgo public, and enda nge r th e au th or i ty o f the Ge vers ilroa r maliciously publi s hi ng , & c. the above Decre e. .." Chrouica Constitutional of April 27. THE MARKETS. ET.—May S. Per I on., co Walls End Perlthl,P,,,, jS Walls End Riddell: Lambton's Prini r°s ,../ Walls hand Hetton Walls End Lyontlil:„.•ii Walls End Larobtl, Walls E n d Stews' . Walls End Stoc.,, l lbste ° A W. E South mu Walls E1c12.et..., " „ 1 8 Cownen Hartley t, COAL MAR Per Tor, 8. d. Adair's w 15 6 14 6 Charlotte 13 9 Felling plain 14 0 Holy well ...... 15 6 Ord's Itedhugh 13 6 r West Hartley l5 0 Walls End Bewicke& Co. 15 0 Walls End Brown's...—. 13 6 Walls End G05f0rth......., 15 9 Walls End Hilda ............ 14 0 Ditto Northumberland . 14 0 Ships arrived since Ditto Northumberland . 14 0 Ships arrived since last market -day , 36° iw ' 61 $ a COUNTRY CORN MAtthEa's DUitlN— r 1 0$ j ° o f e i a ts. _.................,/ Wheat. 1 Barley. ............„„...-- o . I°, -- --- °' Per Quarter. s. to s. , ' to so s. to s. s• Abingd0n................ 62 81 31 43 2 2 Andover .................. 50 61 24 28 -- 23 , 0 Birmingham—. 56 58 30 40 16 so ..... 0 g 6 0 Bridport .................... 56 74 32 36 26 ..., 0 Cirencester ---. 44 56 21 30 16 4 4 0 karingd0n.............. 54 86 36 40 26 'iS ". Guildford .............. 48 74 23 32 26 , s o ". 0 Hen1ey................. 54 83 30 35 20 03 ". 0 Hereford 64 68 32 34 22 34 5 ... 6 01 Highworth .......... 62 80 3'2 42 28 s o $ Maidenhead ......... 56 68 34 44 22 9 . 8 "i 0 M0nm0uth.......... 64 68 32 36 2 4 96 0 0 Reading , 40 66 22 36 1 4 0 4 0 Salisbury, . 44 54 23 27 18 3 2 ~ 0 Southampton ....... 54 58 33 40 2 8 33 ..„ 0 Stroud .. . 64 78 37 38 2 2 38 , 1 Tewkesbury ... 65 74 30 42 3 0 9,6 jo 0 Uxbridge —. 48 74 26 34 2 0 25 4 t 0 Wantage................ 58 80 27 43 1 7 24 "_; Warminster ........... 44 57 24 31 17 e ; Windsor _ 59 21 2 3 Worcester— 50 57 30 32 2. I. so f .........„../// .... so,-- 1.1 V Eltl'ool. CORN EXCHANGE . 06. t0 I WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. ............... ~6 8 Red Scotch, Welch, and Manx --- Irish, White i 2 9 --- Red s 6 6 Foreign 2 OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b Irish Foreign 2 5 4 BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 2 84 0 4 Scotch and Irish, per Nibs. ' - -^ - Foreign .... ....•. ••• 2 0 0 0 0 OATS, English, We/ lb ... 6 0 - Irish ..., ..... 9 2 9 0 0 6 - Foreign BARLEY, English, 1 .1*.•• 0 4ii Scotch a 4 - m.. ... '-..--'. BEANS, English , Fee....... ~ 8 06 0 °0 0 . dmg per Imperial quarter - Irish, &c. „,, 0 4 0 - Foreign r 4 PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter .42 6 0 0 - Foreign FLOUR, English, per 2801 b 7 , ----.- Irish 19 OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401b5.... INDIAN CORN, per 4401 b. RYE, per Imperial quarter 50 6. bil MALT, per Imperial quarter . _lO9 I T, IMPORT OF GRAIN for the Week ending op Wheat] Oats. 1 Barley Flour. gclt , ' 0, 1 Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. !Foreign, Brls.llrish,* c *,/ g,Oi 1,569 5,326 706 - 0 LEWES MARKET. May i ,. •tO X 9 ,4 0 0 White Wheat (per quarter) .f 2 15 / 1 6 Red ditto-....,- .._. . 2B ° 1 6 6 Barley-- Oats, New Wheat ... ... ........... 113 0 ~ 00° 5' Pease Oil Cake, New w . 12 0 0 Pe' o i ; CHELTENHAM BO B,ef... MARKET.- .......... .... ::........ 616 1 11 ----- - „, v 7. j.g I, Per Bushel. s.d. to s.d. Per 11 1 . .... 1 , Barley 4 0 5 6 Mutton ................ 0 „ Oats 4 0 4 3 Veal ......................... o r Beans Pease 5 0 7 0 Lamb .... ~•••••:,'; ....... Hay 3l. 10s to 31. 15s. 0 , 1. P` : 0 - * 0 3 , NORWICH, May 4. , ......... , ,,05. 4 0, Wheat (per qr.) ... 42s sf , s. 608. Beans (per g r ' 1 _,... , '409•, 8ar1ey......---..-..... 20s. 30s. 31s. I'ease, Grey." - r 0 00 Oats - / . 4, „ to .. ,4 --. 0 16 0 ___l_2o l, CANTERBURY, Mayo ~.."70'.( t . Wheat, white--.. 565. to 61s. .--. 01 ,1 ^. ---- --"' to %,,... red.-.....-....... 465. to 575....... 01d......---': f2';' ,, ' t e, g , Barley, Malting -..- '26s. to 325. ...r. Grind l o l6 ' . f:Os" to. Oats -.........-....--..-,.. 17s. to 225. ....-.. Old- , '"""'"' 049' to/ 8ean5..,..—,-. 26s to 305..,.... 01d.......,""' 300. Pease .-..-----.-.. 30s. to 365...,.... Grey MANCHESTER, May 4. 75.9 •to 0 Wheat, per 701 b. Bs. 6d. to Bs. 10d. Red ***** g o Jy Barley, per 601 b 5 0 5 6 Oats ......35 0 0 Beans, per Imperial quarter ........................5 Pease, White, per Imperial bushel ............... g Q gb Malt, per 6 Imperial bushels ...................... 40 V Flour, per Sack a . 2801 b. .................... ........... Beef (score) Mutton e (e.lal:))-----.,2-------- t# ‘,,, 7 Ducks Vealn(d 'eo t u irn :e ll- 4 0 6 0 . 0 5 7 0 Oats Egs (12) .....„17,0 t: : 840 s -- -, 05edi• ~.641. Wheat 3 EXETER . MA R K ETS --M 3 Y ' 9•~• 4 y (bustle L ..) ' 4 6 0 0 5 6 BBaurtlteey,..----.'"Hib.).,.....:.„..0 6 ::4 Pork —0 4 0 6 Beans _„1 " I Fowls ....... 0 4 0 _Potatoes (Pe"' t „,. „ .1 L a. ,11 DUMFRIES MARKETS • --,lay ' " 0 Ot 11, s. d. s.d.l ..... 0 t) 0' 6 oto 6 6' Butter, 160 2 . ............ „ 4 0 P l 3 3 3 6 Eggs, dozen ••• ... ..... 4-,, , " 20 23 Beef, per lb. .......... u_ 4 0 3 0 3 4 Mutton ................... v o „, , I 8 1 9 Veal ...................... , 16 20 0 arter LOS Wheat, Imp. Bush Barley Oats .•••••• ........ •• ••• O fl a o t t n l a l l 411). Potatoes, cwt. BIRTHS. Ealing, to 1,1 On the Bth inst. at Grove Cottage, Great,,e Charles Ray Eade,Esq., of a son and heir. „tiare, t,' il, tni the Bth inst. at Park street, Grosvenor- si vt o of C. W. Puller, Esq. of a son. rranx / On the sth inst a't Chertsey, the lady of ~ Esq., of a son. ___„..--, , c jero MARRIED. the t C O On the Bth lost., at St. James's Church, ,tober A. Steiky, M. A.,to Marion, daughter of the late •• he r o li o Esq., of Ipswich. On th Bth inst., at St. I%'lary-le-Strand, Gabriel, e of Lambeth, to Ruth, ° p i ty daughter Thurston, Catherine-street, Strand. Mi O n i i i st t e h r e , e British e te On - the 7th inst., at Cheltenham, Anne Bam.irotori't the late George Ballantyne, Esq., of Waltha 1$ o On t t i h , e e Bth inst., , Miss port Yates, an d o_ p f I C . c o e l e , aged 66. eii . ri, 7atuhthionrsto.,fattelVsutoeDls,ll,REneiDev:alSt'mh . Ttior,.pn,rl:l,l!irPeipe•';' 0,( Eliz.ibeth, daughter ef the Rev. John Hort o n , , 4 year noon Lecturer of St. George's, Southwark, ge" months. nasanew.str.Kceeuetri,,ataigroala: ,s),,oilet, SOP f 441° reIINTED_AND PUBLISIILD BY M UKDO YO °s. SUN 01/11C11, 119,c71\1/X 1 g ee Beef ,("ts 4 liatity, 4 4 ' Includi, tate p s.ek '~6 'oh