The Sun. — London, England, 1833-04-06 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The accounts from the country state that the introduction of the measure of " local courts' has produced very general satisfaction. The people had begun loudly to complain that their petitions upon this important subject were disre garded. It has long been evident, that the ad ministration of the law could not be suffered to remain in its present state. The enormous ex penses which attend litigation, bear no proportion to the subject matter of the controversy. It often happens that they fall so heavily upon the party who has right on his side, as to r en d er th e remedy more oppressive than the wrong. In onsequence, many wisely submit to injury as he most prudent course ; and hence arises a -irtual denial of justice. It was not probable bat such a state of things with a Reformed Parliament, would any Ipnger be endured. The Afficial returns have shown that one-sixth only of the litigation in all the superior courts originates in causes of action exceeding 50/. ! There is another matter connected with the administra- tion of the law that requires immediate altera tion ; and this measure of " local courts" offers an opportunity of effectuating it in the most convenient manner. The chairmen of quarter sessions should be professional men ; it is im possible that appeals embracing the nicest points of law can ever be properly heard by any others. But since the abolition of capital punishments has so generally taken place, and so much more criminal business thereiore brought before the Justices, involving the highest penal consequences short of death—it has become absolutely necessary, for the security of the subject, that lawyers by education and practice should alone preside in the Crown Courts. Under the present system, the office of chair man is commonly filled by country gentlemen, who seek it as an object of ambition in their respective counties ; but who, with every dis position to do justice, are totally unqualified. Hence contradictory decisions frequently take place, and thus arises that contempt for the administration of the law, as well as a feeling of distrust, not unmixed, in many instances, with reasonable apprehensions of danger, that cry aloud for the removal of the evil. Instead, therefore, of pursuing that plan that has been proposed of forming departments, consisting of several counties, and confining the duties of the local judges to civil business only, let there be one experienced barrister for each of the larger counties (and two, in the case of the smaller ones, might be consolidated for this purpose), who should act as chairman of the quarter-sessions in court, leaving the existing chairmen for the business that is transacted out of court. Let this judge hold his sessions eight times a year. After the session business is concluded, let him proceed with that which is given him by the new judicature. He should ad journ from the county town to the principal places i thin his district. If thebusinessof thelnsolvent Court were added to his duties, it would be a con siderable advantage. It might be computed that his periodical sittings would each require up wards of a month ; thus leaving, at different intervals, about three months, in the whole, for vacation. Great opposition will be made to this measure. There is no doubt but that the interests of Westminster Hall will be arrayed against it,—all of which will be affected. The jealousy of the country gentlemen, too, may also be excited. But these are not times when such considerations must be permitted to pre vail. The Lord Chancellor acted discreetly in postponing his measure till he could announce the sanction of the Common Law Commis sioners—a testimony above all suspicion. The change of the sessions chairman is a step which the bar in a body and the attorneys will pro nounce quite indispensable. We have heard it said that it might be advisable to strip Lord Brougham's plan at once of such parts of it as are not clearly useful, or as may be considered fanciful. The making the local judge an "ar bitrator," is wholly unnecessary. If the parties choose so to decide their differences, they may do so now ; and to a great extent this course is followed. There are no barristers who have provincial practice but have references constantly before them. The Court of " Reconcilement' is in fact a Court of Arbitration under another name ; and it would be difficult to rescue such an institution, in spite of the example of foreign countries, - from the imputation of being rather whimsical. But it should be observed, that ar bitration is an expensive process ; whereas the Judge in the Court of Reconciliation is paid by the public. This compulsory jurisdiction should extend to 501.; and we trust it will ultimately extend to that sum. To save Juries trouble of lengthened attendances, there is no reason why causes, not exceeding 101., should not be decided solely by the award of the Judge. It is difficult to see why time should be lost in making expe riments, and delaying the benefits of this mea sure, which has so universally been required. Such an institution must be adopted ; and amendments in the system of this particular one might from time to time be made, as imperfec tions in its working should be discovered. 11 it was necessarily a final measure to be proposed, a partial trial of it would be desirable; but as that is not so, the withholding immediate relief from all but one or two districts is trifling with the wishes of the nation.—Morning Chronicle. Of the many prognostics which those birds of ill omen, the clingers to the abuses of schedule A, levelled against the great and salutary mea sure of Parliamentary Reform, very few, indeed, have hitherto been, in any respect, realised. Among those few, however, there is one which, owing to the supineness of one class of repre- Fentatives, as compared with the zeal, activity, and intelligence of another, does seem to be in the way of accomplishment. We allude to the advantage which it was likely to give the popu- lation of the towns over that of the rural dis tricts. Every day of meeting in the House of Commons furnishes abundant proofs of the ready access which the complaints of one class of the community find to that House, and of the little which it, comparatively, hears of the far greater misery and privation under which a larg e proportion of the agricultural population are silently suffering. In the one case, the e )(tent of th e ev il, t h ere i s reason to b e li eve , i s, in Some instances, over-stated (as in that of Oldham), w hil e, i n the other, county Members, as if they w ere on l y the representatives of the richer part of their constituents, are wholly silent as to the deplorabl e state of those whose real situation they ought to know, and, knowing it, ought to proclaim to the Legislature. All this is an argument !II favour of th a t f u ll and ex tended inquiry into the real state of th e country which Ministers, backed by the votes of so many of these very county Members, hav e hi therto too effectually resisted. To legislate justly and effectually Parliament must possess a full and comprehensive knowledge of the sub ject which it has to grapple with, which, as far as the agricultural districts are concerned, it is hitherto comparatively in the dark about,. We will take the three neighbouring counties of Kent, Sussex, and Hants, as those where the distress of the farmers and of the la bouring classes, as well as the pressure of the poor rate, are the most rife and to be deplored, and ask, what have the twelve representatives of these counties done towards making known the state of their constituents, compared with any of twelve town Members who might very easily be named ? One of them, a Cabinet Minister, has scarcely opened his lips upon any one subject since the day that Parliament assembled ; and of the rest, the greater part have not only been " most eloquently silent," but have actually aided the Ministers in resisting all inquiry. If we have thus established the point which we set out with asserting, that reform has given the towns an advantage over the country, it by no means follows that it need, still less that it ought, to be so. On the contrary, it should teach country gentlemen of what advantage habits of business are, and how much it becomes them not to be outdone on the score of that local knowledge, as well as the means of imparting it, which are among the first duties of an honest re presentative ; and failing of this in the present race, it will teach the county constituencies to single out in future men of more active habits, who will not sleep over the interests intrusted to their charge, while the town representatives are wide awake. It was the well-known remark of Sir Robert 'Walpole that the landed interest, like silly sheep, stood still to be shorn. The lapse of a whole century does not appear in any degree to have removed the reproach.—Morn ing Herald. His Majesty's Ministers, during the leisure hours which the recess will afford them, will look back with a lively satisfaction to the credit they have earned by the labours of the last few weeks. higism, always loud to promise, always feeble to perform, never promised so much, and never performed so little, as in these latter times, It has testified the utmost readiness to plunder ; but its ignorance has at least deferred the medi tated mischief. It has proclaimed war against rebellion ; but its cowardice has retired from the first encounter. it has cringed to its enemies, and they have laughed ; it has menaced them, and they have laughed the louder. Lord Gode rich had a scheme for the abolition of slavery in the West Indies. It was to be immediate and satisfactory. Its principle had been recognised ; its details had been discussed; its expense had been calculated. Great was the joy of the mis sionaries, and high the rapture of Mr. Fowell Buxton. Merchants looked sadly at their ledgers ; but old ladies triumphed over their tea. Alas ! week after week has glided away ; and , Lord Goderich has succeeded only in the holding of his tongue, and the resignation of his office. Mr. Stanley had a 6clieme for the suppression of agitation. With what a prodigious flourish of trumpets was it announced ! Property was to be secured, loyalty was to be protected ; treason was to be driven from all its fastnesses—from the bogs of Kilkenny and from the parlours of Merrion square. But the Fieldens and the Finns arrayed themselves against the adventurous secretary. The necessary severity was discovered to be unneces sary, and the indispensable clauses were dispensed with. Mr. Stanley, having carefully preserved all that could irritate, and benevolently relin quished all that could coerce, has succeeded only in winning the aversion and the contempt of both parties alike, the loyal and the disloyal, the honest man and the knave, Mr. Boyton and Mr. O'Connell. Lord Althorp had a scheme for the spoliation of the Church. It was the result of long study, the matured production of the political labour of a whole life. It was developed amidst the yells of blasphemers and the sneers of sceptics. Mr. Hume was grateful for its in troduction ; Mr. O'Connell applauded its prin ciple. Twice has Lord Althorp joined battle upon this most favourable ground, and twice has he been driven back to his own position. First he succeeded in discovering that the orders of the House were opposed to his progress, and next lie succeeded in ascertaining that it would be well to reconsider the principle of the measure which, after so much toil, he had framed. We have not space, nor leisure, nor inclination to enumerate all the failures by which the Whigs have proved their hereditary incapa city. They have tried to mediate between Bel giurn and Holland ; and Belgium and Holland, hating each other not less, hate the mediators far more. They have tried to settle the question of the East India Charter ; and the question, diffi cult enough already, has acquired, in their un skilful manipulation, a tenfold difficulty. They have tried to improve the Revenue, and there is an instructive deficiency in the accounts of the quarter. They have tried to be popular with the rabble, and they are abused in the Journals of the Movement so bitterly that they will take our remarks for eulogy. I n o ld ti mes , two or three of these accidents would have destroyed an Administration. But the Whig Cabinet is ac cus omed to calamity ; it is become an adept in humiliation. Nothing can hurt Lord Grey ; he is fearless, like Scribe's unhappy equestrian, in his "grande habitude de tomber.' —Morning Post. From the official statement of the Revenue which appears in another part of our Paper it will be seen that the financial affairs of the coun try are anything but prosperous. The Quarter just ended presents a deficit, as compared with the corresponding Quarter of last year, of 92,420/. ; no very large sum certainly, if it could be considered merely as an occasional fluctuation. What is really alarming, however, in this deficit is, that it is only the latest of a long series of similar defalcations, and below several of its pre decessors in positive amount, only perhaps be cause, having lost so much before, there now remained the less for us to lose. The leak may be as large as ever, although the exhausted vessel runs more slowly. What the country wants is renovation. What it obtains in this financial statement is the melancholy assurance that it is sinking at a rate somewhat less rapid than when its decay began.—Morning Post. Proposals are now circulating for establishing a joint Stock Banking Company at Hull ; the capital to be 800,0001., raised in 8,000 shares of 100/.. each.--New castle Journal. REDUCTION IN DEVONPORT DOCK-YARD. —A very considerable reduction is about to take place in the dock-yard at this port. Out of the 776 shipwrights at present employed, 170 are to be reduced, 30 of whom will be retained in the capacity of joiners, while the re tnainder will he either superannuated or sent elsewhere. The house carpenters also are to be partly superannuated, and the remainder either employed as joiners or lsbouret s; whilst from the smith's department 17, we understand, are to be removed.—Plymouth Journal. A Parliamentary Paper has just been printed, containin g an account of the number of acres of land in Great Britain under the cultivation of hops in 1832, from which it appears that there were 47,101 acres cultivated with hops in that yedr. The duty upon hops of the growth of 1832 amounted to 241,771/. LENT ASSIZES. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.--LAN(msTER, APRIL 2. DOE DEM. TATHAM V. WRIGHT. This cause, which excites a considerable degree of interest throughout the northern part of this country, was called on before a jury specially selected for the purpose, some of whom did not appear to relish the prospect of being obliged to continue their attendance for a week or ten days on the iv casion. Mr. CRESWELL opened the pleadings by briefly stating that the ejectment was brought to recover the manor and lands of Hornby, and also the great and small tithes there; for'the manor of Tatham and land, and great and small tithes there; and for a great quantity of land in the county of Lancaster. The value of the property is understood to be about 7,0001. per annum, and the real object of the action is to try whether the late owner, John Marsden, who resided at Hornby Castle, was competent to make the will by which he had devised it away from the plaintiff, his heir-at-law. Mr. POLLOCK admitted the plaintiff to be the heir-at-law of the deceased. By this course he claimed to address the jury and present his case to their notice first. He began by saying that, on the part of the defendant, it was for him to show that the late John Marsden, of Hornsby Castle, did make a will, and that he was competent to do so. The late Mr. Marsden was born in 1758, and lost his father two or three years after, and his mother subsequently married a Colonel Bayly. He was placed at school first at Lancaster, and subsequently at Kirby Lonsdale, with a clergyman named Crofts. After this be lived at Wennington-hall, with an elder brother, who died in 1780. At that time the family consisted of his mother, an aunt, and a Mrs. Cookson, who acted as housekeeper, and died in 1791. In 1787 he purchased the manor and lands of Hornby, which were the subject of the present action. The purchase was completed in 1789, and the family removed from Wennington-hall to Hornby Castle in 1794, where the testator lived until his death, in July, 1826. In the course of that time he bought, he sold, he mortgaged, he gave and took bonds, exe cuted instruments, and transacted all the usual busi ness of life. He made eight or ten wills, and subsequently he employed Mr. Sharp, a most respectable professional gentleman of Lancaster, and to him instant notice was given of Mr. Marsden's death when it happened. The testator was scarcely cold in his bed before Admiral Tatham, the plaintiff, sent a note to Mr. Sharp to forbid the will being proved. Up to that time plaintiff had never questioned one of the tes tator's acts, but permitted him to sell the paternal estate without one word of remonstrance. Yet the haste with which he interfered after the death showed that he was waiting for an opportunity to dispute the will. Soon after, a bill was filed in Chancery, and an issue directed to be tried. This was done three years ago at York, the trial of which, by singular coincidence, commenced on this very same day of the same month. In that issue, wherein the present defendant was the plaintiff, a verdict was found for him. The Vice-Chancellor was ap plied to, but he professed himself satisfied, and re fused to interfere. It was then carried before the late Chief Baron Alexander, who also thought that there was no reason to interfere. It was not carried further to the House of Lords, and the bill wasfitially dismissed. He now came to show that Mr. Marsden was competent to make a will. It was to be ob served, that though Admiral Tatham claimed as heir at-law, it was not to the paternal estate, but one which Marsden had more especially a right to dis pose of, because he had purchased it himself; and it was now three, four, five, or probably six times the value of the family property. A list had been prepared of all the instruments executed by or to the deceased during the course of a long life. The Learned Gentleman then gave a detail of the deeds, instruments, bonds, contracts, &c., executed by the testator. How could it be said, contended Mr. Pollock, that a man capable of all these solemn acts was not competent to make his will ? The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to produce, and read, and to comment upon, as he went along, the corre spondence of the testator with a variety of persons during his life, some of whom were very distin guished individuals. This part of the case occupied the Learned Counsel till near 7 o'clock, when the Court rose and adjourned till 9 o'clock to-morrow, when he resumes his address to the jury. His ad dress to-day occupied near seven hours. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET."-"-.THURS DAY, APRIL 4.—The sales of cotton are calculated at 2,500 bales, and 9 300 have been sold in the week. TITHE SEIZURES.—The Rev. MATTHIAS CUMMINS is most indefatigable in his exertions to recover his arrears of tithe from the county of Kilkenny. Very lately he drove home 53 cattle in a tithe foray on the bor ders of the county of Carlow, and last Friday he was out again on a similar expedition. He left Kilkenny city at half past four in the morning, accompanied by Mr. GREENE, resident Magistrate, guarded by a subaltern's party of in fantry, 10 of the sth dragoons, with drivers, &c., and proceeded to Killaby, where he was met by Mr. Foam, chief constable, with 40 police. Mr. CUMMINS then di rected the seizures, and effected the capture of 13 head of cattle, which he drove home to Kilkenny to be sold for the arrears. No opposition was given to these seizures by the farmers. REMARKABLE SUICIDE.—( From the Bos ton Daily Advertiser.)—Yesterday morning, about eight o'clock, soon after the lad had opened the store of Messrs. SAMUEL. BRADLEE and Son, No. 142, Washing. ton-street, he found in the first chamber the bodies of Mr. JOHN B. CARTER, aged 23, and Miss MARY BRADLEE, aged about 19, suspended by a silk handkerchief, from a rope which formerly supported a scale.bcam. The ho dTs were cold, their bands clasped, and their faces and lips in contact. They had stood facing each otter, one upon two steps, the other upon a box placed in a chair. Mr. CARTER and Miss BRADLEE were engaged to be married to each other, with the apprAation and consent of their several parents. Four letters were left by them, two in Miss B.'s dressing.rootn, one of which was written by herself, and two were in the room where the bodies were found. These letters were submitted to the Coro• ner's Jury, but contained nothing which could throw any light upon the transaction, except that the act was volun tary with both, and deliberately resolved upon. They did not (as, indeed, the case could not justify their so do ing) convey the slightest reproach to their parents; but bide them adieu in terms like those of aff,ction•tte chil dren upon their death-bed. Miss BRADLEE was of a mild, dutiful, and affectionate disposition, nor, so far as •we can learn, of a romantic turn of mind. Mr. CARTER was of a pleasing disposition, honest and honourable in his dealings, but somewhat remarkable for eccentricity in his manners and conversation. Their parents are among our best and most esteemed citizens, and the con sternation which the strange calamity that has befallen them excited in this community was great in the extreme. EXECUTION OF LORD BALMERINO.— Having concluded his speech, he desired that the hearse in which his coffin was to be placed, might be brought towards the scaffold, and, after looking upon it for a few rnomen t she inquired for the executioner, who, on ap proaching, was about to ask his Lordship's forgiveness, when BALMERINO stopped him by saying, the performance of his duty was commendable. " Friend," continued he, presenting the man with three guineas, " I never had much money; this is all I possess at present." Ile re gretted the Rift was so small, but observed he could add nothing to i texcept his coat and waistcoat, of which he immediately divested himself, and placed them upon his coffin. On taking his last farewell of his friends, he said to one of them, " I am afraid there are some who may think toy hehaviour too bold; but remember, Sir, what I tell you ; it arises from a confidence in GOD, and a clear conscience." He then took the axe in his band, and, having felt the edge, returned it to the executioner, whom he clapped on the shoulder, and, tucking down the collar of his shirt, showed him where to aim, encouraging and requesting him to strike with resolution ; " For in that, Friend," added he, " will consist your mercy." Immedi ately after, without trembling or changing countenance, he knelt down before the block, and exclaimed, with out stretched arms, " 0 LORD ! reward my friends, forgive my enemies, and receive my soul !" Having uttered these words, he gave the precon certe d s i gna l (d ropp i ng hi s h an d s ) for the executioner to strike ; but the latter was so un nerved by the Earl's coolness and intrepidity, or flurried by the unexpected suddenness of the signal, that it was only on the third fall of the axe that BALMERINO was decapi. tated.— Georgian Era. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. EXTRAORDINARY FIGHT.—A traveller to a mer cantile house, named Simpson, charged the driver of a stage coach, on Thursday, with a violent assault. The complainant's head was cut, and one of his eyes was, as it was described, completely " bunged up," notwithstanding which, the crowd in the Justice room was, during the examination, convulsed with laughter. The complainant stated that having been collect ing cash in the neighbourhood of Blackwall, he got into the stage after dinner, upon the understanding that he should pay no more than 10d., but upon reaching London, the driver insisted upon more, and, on being refused, knocked him about in a cruel way, as might be seen. The coachman—Please your Lordship, the gen tleman was pretty well drunk, and when I axed him for the 101, he said, says he, take it out o' that ere, and he fetches me sich a topper, that I couldn't see out of my eyes; so, when I comes to myself, I thought I ought to give the gentleman his change, and so I fetches him a good'un ; for, though I'm a coachman, I don't like to have my head knocked off for nothing.—(A laugh.) Complainant—l never struck him, my Lord; and he knocked out three of my front teeth. Coachman—Please you, my Lord, they wan't his own teeth; for I'm blessed if they wan't fastened together with a bit of copper, and no one's teeth ever growed in that ere way. Besides, my Lord, when they was taken out of the mud, he stuck 'em in his jaw as tight as ever.—(Laughter.) But I've two or three gentlemen here as see'd the whole consarn of it. Come forward, Jem, and tell his Lordship of this here wrangle. Jem (a coach cad, with a wisp of hay in his hand, and an exceedingly dirty face)—" You see, my Lord, this here gentleman as complains of the hinjury to his tooth gets out of the vvehicle_quite beastly drunk, and he comes up alongside of my master, and he makes no more ado but he gives it him right between his chandeliers (eyes), and if I didn't chance to be on the t'other side and cotched him, I'm blowed if he would not have knocked him into Queer-street.—(Great laughter.) . . A gentleman who came up - to town in the coach said that the complainant was intoxicated, and had charged him with a robbery, and evidently was not aware of what he was doing. The complainant declared that he was not tipsy, but acknowledged that he recollected nothing of what took place in the coach. He was, he assured the Lord Mayor, as sober as a judge. Jem— Sober ! 0 Jabus !—Blessed if you want as drunk as a Lord. The LORD MAYOR—How drunk was that ? I don't understand your distinctions. Jem—Why, please you, my Lord, it didn't want the scum of a half quartein to make the gentleman as swipey as a coalheaver of a Sunday morning.—(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—If he was so very drunk, it was cowardly to heat him in such a manner, Coachee—Please you, my Lord, the gentleman as just gived evidence for me was wrong in one par ticular. The gentleman knowed well whet he was a'ter, for he know'd how to pitch it into me, and bless'd if I han't pains all over my body ever since. The LORD MAYOR—I'm afraid, Mr. collector, that you have been collecting something besides cash in your travels. Coachee— We taked care of his property and him, and washed the slush off his flesh. Didn't you, Jem ? Jem—Yes, master; and I hope the gentleman won't forget me. I cleaned him out of sich a stink ing pickle, and no mistake, please you, my Lord.— (Laughter.)—Discharged. MARLBOROUGH STREET. On Thursday evening Mr. CONANT was engaged some time in investigating the complaint of a young woman, of rather prepossessing appearance, who stated her name to he Mary Ann Moore, who had been robbed of nearly 1001. worth of property, in the following heartless manner : The complainant, who appeared to be about 26 years of age, had been living for the last four years in the service of Mr. Gould, hatter, Ludgate-hill. She, however, left his situation last Monday week, under the following circumstances :—During the last four or five years she had kept company with a young man, who said his name was William Palmer, but which she had every reason to believe %vas ficti tious, having since heard it was Farlow. He re presented himself to be a valet to a single gentle man of the name of Williams, and was in the habit of going to the continent; during his absence a re gular correspondence was kept up. Upon his re turn the last time from Paris he proposed they should be married, to which she agreed. He, how ever, objected to have it by bans, as his master, who objected to married met might hear of it, and lie also requested her not to mention a word to her master or mistress, as they might talk about it, and by that means it might reach Mr. Williams's ears; with those requests she complied, and upon leaving she went and took lodgings in Lower Gower-street. On Tuesday was the day appointed for the wedding, which was to take place at St. George's church : he came at the appointed time, and said the upper ser vants of Lord Keith were his most intimate friends, and as his Lordship and family were out of town, they were to spend a few weeks there. Believing the statement to be correct, she packed up several silk dresses, rings, and other valuables, in a band-box, and other things in a handkerchief, leaving the boxes at her lodgings. Just as they were about leaving the house, Palmer went to the drawer and took out 30 sove reigns belonging to her, saying, "My dear, I have to pay a bill of 401. for my ma.s•er to-day, but I for got to bring the money, and as what is yours is mine, it can make no difference in my taking it ; but I will give it back directly I return from my master." She objected to it. He, however, laughed, and said, " You would not like me to leave you after we are married ?" He then took up the band-box, and she the bundle, and they left the house. Upon reaching Bedford-square he said, "My love, I have to deliver a message to Colonel Ellis from my master, but as I am not upon good terms with the footman, in consequence of his saying that I owe him money, which is not the case, I wish you would go and say that my master will meet the Colonel at the Opera at six o'clock this even ing." He then took the bundle from her, and she went to Colonel Ellis's. She was there informed that the Colonel did not know such a gentleman as Mr. Williams. The conviction instantly flashed across her mind that she had been imposed on. She tan back to the spot where she had left Palmer, but he had gone, as well as the entire savings of her whole life. Mr. CONANT—Do you know whether the fellow is a warned or single man ? Applicant—l have heard since he is a married man. Mr. CONANT—Did you never accompany him to an y of his friends ? Witness—No : he only used to come on Sunday evenings, and then we always went to chapel. Mr. CONANT—It is singular you should only go to chapel with him. How did your acquaintance commence? Applicant—We became acquainted at Moorfields' chapel. Mr. CONANT—Do you think he ever intended to marry you? Applicant—Not now there was something repulsive about him, which I did not Eke. Mr. FARRANT (who was on the bench) inquired of the young woman whether Palmer had taken any improper liberties with her while she was in lodg ings. She replied in the negative. M r . CONANT—WouId you prosecute him if he is apprehended ? Applicant—Yes, certainly I would. Mr. CONANT--WhO advised you to come here ? Cheval, one of the officers belonging to the Mendicity Society, informed Mr. Conant that the young woman, being completely destitute, had been taken to the station-house of the E division; upon he inspector's hearing of her distressed situation he sent her to the society, and Mr. Ramsden bad desired him to bring her to Marlborough-street. The society had ever since supported her, and any expense that might accrue in apprehending the fellow would be paid by the institution. The young woman, in reply to a question froth Mr. Conant, said she had been after a situation, but the lady, upon hearing of what had occurred, said she could not think of having in her service a person crossed in love, as her temper must be soured. A warrant was then granted for the apprehen• sion of the fellow. SIR WM. COURTENAY COMMITTED FOR SWINDLING. On Thursday evening Sir William Courtenay, Knight of Malta, was apprehended on a charge of obtaining from Thomas Stroud, the waiter at the Rose Inn, in this •city, various sums of money under false pretences, and after a short examination before the Mayor and Magistrates, was ordered to be brought up at eleven o'clock the following morn ing for further examination. At an early hour on Friday morning the streets became thronged by crowds of people anxious to hear the proceedings, and when, at the time appointed, Sir William was conducted into the Hall, the place wasinstantaneously tilled in every part, and he addressed the assemblage in his accustomed style, denying that he was guilty of the charge, and assuring thetn that he was "one of the most honourable and virtuous men in the city ;" he declared that he would demand a public examination in the body of the Hall, as he could then prove his innocence to them all. On the con stables desiring him to appear before the Mayor (S. Kingsford, Esq.) and Magistrates in the Counci: Chamber, the rush of the crowd was tremendous, and the room was speedily so full, and the demand for an adjournment to the Hall so vociferous, that the Magistrates were compelled to yield the point, and adjourn to the Hall, where the examination was gone into. Mr. T. T. Delasaux, as solicitor for the prosecution, examined Thomas Stroud, the plaintiff, who swore that in or about the month of August last, a person, calling himself Count Rothschin Rothschild, came as a guest to the Rose Inn, and remained there for several months. When he had been there about two months, he applied to exami nant for the loan of .51., telling him that he was Lord Courtenay, of Powderham Castle; he promised him a portion of land, attached to Powderham Castle, and belonging to him ; and he also stated he had 10,0001. worth of bullion in London. Exa minant made several other advances of cash to the said Lord Courtenay, at his request, arid also paid several sums of money for him to various persons in the name of Lord Courtenay, by his direction ; he was induced to make such advances entirely in con sequence of the statements made to him, which examinant believes to be wholly untrue. This was the evidence against the prisoner. Sir Wm. Courtenay, in a long rambling address, gave an account of his residence in London as Squire Thompson, and his arrival in this city as Count Rothschild, and concluded by declaring that he had given Stroud 601., that he owed him 11/. only, that he had 10,000/. in bullion, and that he would give Stroud an estate, though not the Pow derham one About one o'oclock the Magistrates retired, and shortly after made out the commitment of Sr William. The announcement of this circumstance was received by the multitude with the most un qualified disapprobation. It is quite certain that his friends would have rescued him, had he not frequently and most earnestly entreated them not to make any such attempt. Many hundreds followed him to Westgate prison, and it was some time after his arrival there before they would allow him to enter it. In consequence of the committal of Sir William Courtenay, some anonymous letters have been ad dressed to the Magistrates, threatening a second " Bristol affair," owing to which, together with other information received by them on Saturday morning, the Mayor was induced to call a meeting of his brother Magistrates in the afternoon of that day, when it was determined to send for some of the military from Dover. At about ten o'clock a company of the Rifle Brigade, under the command of Captain Gossett, who had a short time before arrived from Dover, was marched into the Guildhall, on which occasion a stone was thrown by some one in the crowd, which struck the gallant Captain on the back of the bead (two others having previously been thrown through the window of the Council-chamber, where the Mayor and Magistrates were sitting in deliberation); immediately on the circumstance being made known, several of the re spectable inhabitants volunteered their services as special constables, which were cheerfully accepted by the Magistrates. In the course of the night the special constables apprehended three or four indi viduals who were most conspicuous in manifesting a desire to create a breach of the peace, and about four o'clock in the morning the streets having be come comparatively clear, the Mayor and Magi strates quitted the hall, having previously dismissed the military; since which time the city has re mained tranquil.—Kent Herald. BRISKNESS OF BUSINESS IN THE PORT OF LoNnox.—The late arrivals of part of the China fleet in the river, with an unusual number of ships from various parts of the globe, together with the fitting out of a great many vessels for the colonies with emigrants, and the commencement of the steam packet season—nume rous steamers having already commenced running to the watering places—has caused a good deal of activity in the port of London during the last few ;lays, and business, particularly in Cie maritime district of the metropolis, hes proportionably incr., seed. NATURE of FLAME.—FIame is gas heated to whiteness, by the heat produced by the combustion of volatile matter. When a candle burns, the tallow or wax of which it is composed is first liquefied, and then drawn upwards through the insterstices of the wick by capillary attraction. As it comes in contact with the source of heat, it is boiled, and converted into vapour; this vapour ascends in a column by reason of its lightness, and is now raised to the temperature which enables it to form a com bination with the oxygen of the surrounding air. This combination instantly and copiously develops heat, which, being communicated to the surrounding current of gas, renders it luminous, and produces the white bright light of the flame. It will be apparent from this, that the light from the flame can only exist on its exterior surface, which is in contact with air. The flame of a candle or lamp is, therefore, so far as regards light, hollow ; or rather it is a column of gas, the exterior surface of which is luminous, while the interior is non-luminous. As the gas in the interior of the flame ascends, it gets into con tact with a fresh portion of the atmosphere, from which it receives a supply of oxygen, by combination with which heat is evolved, which produces light. As the gas ascends from the centre of the flame, it comes successively into contact with the air, and in this manner becomes luminous, until at length the column is reduced to a point. Thus, the flame of a candle or lamp gradually tapers to a point, until all the gas produced from ihe boil ing matter in the wick receives its due complement of oxygen from the air, and passes off. It speedily loses the temperature necessary to render it luminous, and the flame terminates.—Lardner on Heat. ATROCITIES ON BOARD SLAVE SHIPs.— By the villains employed on board of those vessels engaged in the slave trade, life is held to cheap, and their moral turpitude is so excessive, that the most atrocious crimes are perpetrated, and the most diabolical cruelties inflicted on the persons of their unoffending captives, with itn• punity and without compunction. A frightful instance of this occurred on board a vessel taken by the Plumper. One of the female slaves, with a chastity of demeanour above " all Greek, all Roman fame," and a purity of heart that would have done honour to the most refined and exalted state of human society, had long and indignantly repulsed the disgusting advances of the master of the schooner, until at last the iniquitous wretch, finding himself foiled in his execrable attempts on her person, became furious with disappointment, and murdered his unfortunate and unoffending victim with the most savage cruelty, the de tails of which are too horrible to be conceived, far less described. A companion atrocity for this o ccurre d w h en his Majesty's ship Medina, cruising off th e r i ver Galli nas, descried a suspicious sail, and s en t a b oat to exam i nr her, the officer of which found her to be fitted for the reception of slaves, hut without any on board, and con sequently allowed her to proc ee d on h er course. It was be- I d tvo i n s b c ge o ,i, v n e gt r i e ti eo d I,t s o hie m e devi vessel, e n nl e ,l a a d f et thater i w iseh a re r disa:apdpbeyaa Appearance, n e cae o l,e f sal t an h vd e e mo bo knowing n this sin g l e s l ave wou ld con d emn the vessel, resco referees) lashed the wretched creature io hhea a t n in'ie anchor, found,ntchr (h° or,a r nd ordered it to be thrown overboard ! Leonard's Voyage to Western Africa. LONDON MARKETS. __„ o .-- (From the " London New Price Current" of yester-t 4 l ' ) o f [Good Friday a close holyday. Yesterday's or'. the Markets.] di g ) SUGAR. —The prices of brown Muscovades Shia Is. per ewt. on Tuesday last, the fair description". rather higher ; since then the market has been stea I, d?' tke purchases reported in the three days are shoo ! . 0 hhds. and trs. In the Refined Market there !JO change; the prices of low goods are fully su P P Y account of the small supply: fine goods conti nue, are offered at rather lower rates ; Crashed 29t Obt Molasses 225. a 225. 6d. di alteratioS e. EAST INDIA SUGAR. —There is no consequence to notice; the chief purchases are sat eels of Sims at former prices. MAURITIUS SUGA RS. —The market has -- 40 ,01 dull Sugars, and lower, bt the chief asks reported erion are JO which can u not be given as a fair crit market. f 04 :1 FOREIGN SUGAR. —There is little chang e - _Oll- Sugar ; a parcel of 136 b o x es Havannah have kee p , the market prices ; ord. to good white 205. sd• COFFEE.—There has been no alteration in the Coffee this week, but the inquiries appear the small parcels of Havannah and East India ha ve sol d .1 ,01 prices, and we think the Jamaica and other Brit 1, Cation descriptions have gone off with increasing 01 and at rather higher prices, particularly the ord. q and the triage. ltft r Rum, Bit ANDY, AND HOLLANDS._The iar d ' has been appar e ntly h eav y, th e pr i ces are trith °°- ate tion ; proof L eewar d s are very sca rce, and there:o# sellers at Is. 9d. ; very considerable parcels of the i , n at qualities of Jamaica Rum have lately been t el l t - o o di r the marker, 30 over, at 2e. 71 2s. 10d- q u ote a heavy at the late decline. Geneva still at nonue" tions. het TALLOW. —Th e T a ll ow M ar k et con tinues ve r y the price. are again rather lower. 0 1° ,4 IRISH P ROVISIONS . --There is little alteratin!logee, Provisions since Tuesday last; the markets o° ll heavy at declining prices. coc biO: e COCHINEAL AN D L AC D YE —Th e d em and fo r r and Lac Dye has consid era bly i mprove d ; the i°r- g e se", previous prices, on a ccoun t o f t h e ex tensive i ' u o gr' brought lorward f or sa l e ; t h e l atter i s Id. to 2"" higher. 335. has been refused SALTPETRE.— The p , tice TOBACCO.—There is littl e a l tera ti on in Tobet— only sales reported are 90 hhd s . at 4d. a 6ii•ffee cy• OlLS.—There is no a l terat i on i n the co ftrc, s nn of Company Saltpetre 's are. retrfien ed rather fused late prices ar e s u pp or t e d, b ut t h e mar k et i s very dull' COTTON.—The Cott on mar k et i s s teady ; t " chases reported are inconsiderable, the price' tamed : the sales consists of 710 Surat, ord to gj a ;50 Madras, g oo d, 5P. ; 20 Bengal' 16-- m sid. ; 100 Boweds, good, 7id. All in bond. .0 0. :" INDIGO. —The East I n di a H ouse S a le, 16th lent supposed will be abo u t 5,000 c h ests . There i s - Or" derable demand for Indigo; the prices may be CO par at 3d. advance on th e l ast sa l e . Very consideraure-b0 eels are taken off at th e improvement, the P u ate are generally in small p arce l s f or t h e home ott es " ,, of the country. allowances A t j COCOA. —Ti.ere is no a lt era ti on i n Cocoa. ',ear, to a lie l sale ter theo of Trinidad Cocoa yes,tertdraa,yie,, and e dn b 7 kV o L g oe , they refu bidding. Faurr s . ed —About 2,00 b packages of Valenti e l ase have been sold at 40 s . w hi c h i e 2 s . per c wt. /Ov er. in ba kets 375. all SPICES. —ln Spices there is no alteration ; 51111 ' eels continue to be taken off at former prices. del, c PRICE OF SUAR- The Average Price of B rown or Muscovado Suer: gcl rood from the Returns nud e i n th e wee k en ding , i ti ",ive April, 1833, is 2.55. Od. per Hundred Weight, 1c '- joie Duties of Customs p a id or paya bl e t h ereon on t thereof into Great Britain. -------------_ 91, PRICES OF HOPS.—April 5. to 9 1 . Kent Pockets . 1)1 Os. 71. 03 ' to 11. of, Sresex Ditto Essex Ditto ..... 01. Os 0 1 . 43 '' to 151'0 Farnham Ditto. Fine Seconds -- 01. Os. 10/.1 to -........................... 61. Ws. 8 1 . Os to . 04 OP -.....—... OL. Os. 01 . 04..0 0. -.0/. Os 0 1 . °s ' s Kent Bags—. Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto.. PRICE 01 OIL. Os. Refined Rape Oil, brown Linseed Oil Linseed Oil Cake at the Ali Rape Cake, .r thousand per ton - ' -- ---------A ril .toO• vItIC K OF FOT ATO ES. -- ,- .1, - - n; r x - Kidneys (York) los. t°,,. ii . ittO• Scotch Reds 2/. 15s. to ..• 0 0 : dltt°' Marsh Champions Oxnobles and Shaw _ ~ Q ril 4 901, 0 WHITECHAYEL HAY MAI " . tO Fiat Od. to 755. M. I Clover ...""„:. 28s 0d,,t0 _A LEATH English Horrserotdes.. 18 Spanish I) to it rer dozen. 14 I Calf Skins,. SO to 4lib• I 6 4 I Ditto 50 to 701 b. Ditto 70 to OD; Small Seals. arse:llan. li Large ditto. PRICES 0 Per lb. d. to d. !hats, English 15 23 Ditto, Foreign 14 20 Dressing 12 15 Ditto l4 16j Ditto, light --......— Crop Hides, light 12 14 Ditto 40 to 451 b 13 16 Ditto l5 18. SHEEP SKINS. 6 s , Od• 6, Best Polled is. Od. to 10s. Od. Half-breds....' 4 6 I Middling Polled 5 0 7 0 PRICE OF TALLOW, Town 'fallow 51s. 61. Yellow Russia 47s. Od. White .455. 6d. Soap Ditto 445. Od. Melted 375. Od. Ditto Rough 21s. Od. TDID. -(0 SOAP, Sre. per Yellow 01 Mottled It 81 gb White y, Graves Good llregs , _ Ditto Rough —21 s. Od. l os' 1 41 ' PRICE OF RAW FAT per stone 61 Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melter ) e PRICE OF CANDLES (1590 $ The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, ' o a Candles. per doz. 7s. Od. to Bs. Od. 1 Moulds, per COON FRY CORN MARKETS DURING lll 0 0 / Wheat. Barley. Oats' 6 0 Per Quarter. 25 33 4 0 Ashburn 52 58 30 33 93 56 0 Basingstoke 48 58 21 27 1 6 9,4 40 0 Bath 40 56 24 34 1 „. 94 54 44 Bridgewater .......—. 50 66 25 28 90 51 0 Bristol 4B 56 28 32 1 6 94 0 0 41 Chesterfield 44 58 26 32 1. 23 40 Derby 56 63 23 32 18 ‘2 .2 041 Doncaster 48 60 20 33 13 92 0 D0rche5ter.......,......, 48 56 21 26 18 20 Exeter,.,,,,,, 46 62 24 34 14 0 ~, 44 Gloucester., . 40 56 26 33 15 26 yg Hungerford 46 56 24 31 18 19 98 5 1 , 63 -- 3 2 'r e 28 4; Newbury - 4O 60 24 32 90 Remsey 56 62 24 26 17 17 53 44 Shaftesbury 54 27 -- 95 0 4 0 Shepton Mallet 48 54 24 32 „,, 18 96 54 0, Sherborne—,—.. 50 56 24 28 0 9 e Taunton ..,..,.M..,.,. 57 63 32 36 1 59 4,i Yarmouth 56 60 21 32 16 0 Yeovil _ 54 56 28 34 ~d. 0 0 , Per Bushel. s. d. s.d. s. d. s.d. s. u' 5 0 Shrewsbury 7 6 8 8 4 0 49i 4 0 .irt 0I vf oerr n ß tohre A fp N our K r tphoOes purpose no sf luißn e l ect i ngg EL y e A ar N , aro.— whenA I g LL e I: a e a d r 1 3 1 :0_ ,,.: 0 1 col t e rv os ; ..l i C if r i t ‘; Proprietors of Bank Stock was held at the fla n ii - ;p e il,j Governor vnr ,41, _ c ot _ J P , COLVILLE, Esq , was chosen Governor, and.los. jot Esq., Deputy Governor .-- Dublin Freema n ' I SITTING OF COMMITTEES.---""da e-of . li ti April 3. ptv tl' o 'le i Act regulating Election Committees no Cern ne g ; t d e cla_ljd journ but from day to day, except over '''- P7O Christmas-day, without special leave of th e ,, a posi t t , Yesterdaymet, there having been b F e r e i n day n ) o atphpelieLaotinodoonrodaedrrer '-iliefij. to t he ( 4'' before its rising to adjourn over till SaturdeP se , " d 00 re no exception, probably through inadvertenci, s rto 4 Good Fr i day . In order to facilitate oe del) olo ir i i of witnesses from London alter they have been e° ol rle, and to lessen the expenses in taxi g the bills of e" 601 d the Act of the 9th of Geo. IV " , cap. 2 2, " y e a t. o,i Speaker of the House of Commons . bas aut b° ft., 1. , tleman from the Examiner's Office under th e bo th l f such bills of costs and expenses, ' provided ° t o le , I consent thereto, and signify the same in writieg l o tili bills submitted for the taxation. The charge r e f losetifi 101. for a bill where only one wile" i 5 ° 4 and ss. for every witness named in a hn 0 one witness shall be named la,e o o,iika i ii t tg,hs h h e k l .r st.lnst., at the General Post-offic e, • I, l ' la e ell 4 BIRTIIS. N g bridg e, On the 2d inst ,at Horsewell.house, near ---n--fsa. -f shire, the lady of Will Itoope Ilbert, lad) , On the sth inst in Meeklenburgh -s q uar, Kinderley, Esq , ;:f a daughter. ; I On the sth ins . t. in U Stainford-street, the W. .- James Lupton, of ' a sonl.l' e sth inst. at Grove Hill, the Yof Anga st % o f Howard-street, , t , h a e r t s lfi r n e t s at d \ o V i a::l f e li t o o t il c i :la r i n a E , r i eD , l i i i James, Esq., of .thicklersbury, to Mary, only daub Thomas Pearson, of Newington-plae. Susannah , f ortft On the late, Mr. E. H. Martin, to ter of the Mr. William Abernet hie, of flack o Richard t h e u 4th Sainsbury,i.t st.Epsei s f ,NNev,a, uK, oißir,fatgoht_uh:r:t‘rvhe;l"i:::iii';t:l4liti.:sold4lor 4%. ea a DIED. as 'r o, On the 3d inst., at Aylesbury, Mr. T/lenhymry secoo r r ritiNTMO AND PUDLNDED BY MUKDO yoUS-1 SUN OPPICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON' On the 3d inst., in 'yllie, Esq„ aged '25. RISK ok the Plo. 4, ci VA4AI Or i le T il l Ti!l Steil! 111 f.gym I: : i! 1 et nat i , i vvhi o dt%t4l