The Sun. — London, England, 1833-09-17 00:00:00

:SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS• It is stated in an article in the Augsburg Gazette, dated from the Prussian frontiers, that the affairs of Portugal are to form a regular subject for the deliberations of the Bohemian Congress, and that the fate of Donna Maria, or of her hopeful uncle, is to be settled by the de cision of the three despots who compose it, but who have neither commercial intercourse nor direct neighbourhood with the Portuguese people. This may be a good piece of pleasantry, but it can scarcely be reckoned a political truth. All the three Powers had already given their adhesion to the title of the young Queen, and had withdrawn their Ambassadors from the Court of the Usurper, on the ground of his perfidy and rebellion. Don Miguel has done nothing since that event to atone for his recent perfidy, or to purge his ancient rebellion. The question of birth or of legitimacy remains, of course, the sameas before in the eyes of a set of po liticians who regarded Louis XVIII. as King of the French at Hartwell. Her IVlost Faithful Ma jesty might surely maintain her title in the opi nions of such people during the short struggle made to place her on the throne. But though neither the Emperor of Russia, nor the Empe ror of Austria, nor the King of Prussia, had originally accredited an ambassador to the Court of Lisbon after the death of King John Vl., though none of them bad sent a representative to the late Regency of the Infanta Isabella Ma ria—though the question of the Charter and of the succession to the throne was still new and undecided, what right could any of those Powers have to sit in judgment on the late events in Portugal, or to take part with either of the Pretenders ? They are all removed from Por tugal by immense distance, or _detached by a total want of sympathy and intercourse. The success of neither cause can effect their stability unless they intend to declare that every preten sion to national independence or national freedom is an encroachment on their sovereign rights. It has no doubt been said, and probably it cannot be denied, that the battle of arbitrary power in Europe has been fought on the soil of Portugal ; but the three allied Courts cannot openly avow such a sentiment. They must pretend to some source of alarm—they must assume the political prophet, and declare that the Constitutionalists, if successful, would at tempt to revolutionize Spain and the world, before they would have any rational pretext for interference. Even then they must send an army to assist the Usurper, because all the moral force of their approbation and encouragement has been already contributed, and has failed in its object. We yesterday endeavoured to show that the Holy Alliance Courts had no right to interfere in the affairs of Switzerland, and it would be still more easy to prove that Portugal is not a portion of their political domain. The only ground on which one nation can ever pretend to offer advice in the affairs of another, is when the power of intervention is permitted by the stipulations of some special treaty, when a direct interest is acknowledged to exist without treaty, or when the relations of vicinity bring the parties so much within the sphere of each other, that conversion may be easily attempted, or direct attack apprehended. None of the sovereigns or ministers assembled, or to be assembled, in Bohemia, can pretend that any of these alterna tives exist to justify their attempt to dictate in the concerns of the Peninsula ; and, therefore, we conclude that they will at least be as reserved in their conduct as they are remote by their interests from the scene of action.—Times. We yesterday alltyled to the high character given by the Quarter-Master-General Sir Wil loughby Gordon, of the French army : " Many people," he says, " told me that the French army are all boys; but I think that the French army is one of the moat effective armies I ever saw. This year they call out 80,000 men—that is, of young men between 18 and 20—and that 80,000 is to replace men that have gone out of the army. Then take the year preceding, and you find the very same thing; so that out of every company the men must be of that age; but they are nevertheless boys.—if so called—that are able to carry the same weight that a soldier carries, of about 561bs. ; and in the flank companies more, as they wear a sword ; and they will march 20 miles a day, and more, for some days consecutively. I examined their packs, and their thing+ in them, with just as much minuteness as I have examined our own, and found them well filled. " Do you mean that they could march that distance in service ?—They did it from Antwerp, and in bad weather. " Had they not a great many carriages ?—Not that I heard of, beyond the proper number. I saw a regiment reviewed, which had been at Algiers and Antwerp. The same regulations prevailed as with other.. They were young, certainly ; but when you talk of a veteran soldier, my notion of a veteran soldier is not at all an old man, but the man who has served some campaigns; he may pos sibly be an old soldier, but no man above five or six and this ty years of age can perform a soldier's duty actively, in my opinion, and carry that weight in the field which he is obliged to carry; he cannot walk with the weight of nearly sixty pounds upon his back for a long time consecu tively. I am speaking in the presence of some officers, seniors to me, and that is my settled opinion ; and there fore I think a man that has served 21 years has given the country the hest of his service. " Nevertheless, after 21 years' service, the British sol dier may be in very good health, though incapable of car rying a heavy weight ?—Unquestionably ; I say, take the strongest coalbeaver in the street, and put that weight upon him, with a soldier's harness, and set him to walk ing, he would probably break down with it at the end of the first twenty miles; it is a thing that the soldier should be made to practise, and without practice he cannot per form that heavy work—the French soldiers do not prac tise it constantly." A curious answer was given to Sir Wil loughby Gordon's inquiries into the Compara• tive comforts of soldiers and labourers in France, " I endeavoured (he says) to inform myself not only of the actual pay that each individual received, but to compare the pay of the military man with the pay of his civil con temporary, his equal in civil life ; and to compare also the pay of the officer with the pay of his equal in civil life. The information I received struck me us being rather remarkable, and I will give it to the Committee in the words in which it was given to me. I mean to put the pay of a soldier in comparison with the pay of a la bourer—nat the pay of an operative or mechanic. These are the words—' Par Met du partage des biens, it n'est Presque pas de paysan qui ne soit proprietaire d'un petit champs et ne vive par consequent dans une espere d'aisanee.' (In consequence of the division of property, there is hardly a peasant who is not proprietor of a small piece of land, and does not live in a sort of comfort.) That did strike me as a remarkable circumstance. The Fay of the French soldier as compared with that of the Eng lish soldier, I should say, is muc h b etter for the man. " As the salvation of Europe is in a great mea sure bound up at present with the French army, it is consolatory to learn from an old experi enced officer that that army is not only the most numerous, but, perhaps, the most efficient o n t h e Continent. If the Sovereigns of the North should so far forget themselves as to abandon their present sulky discontent for . open hostility, we have the satisfaction of knowing, almost to a certainty, that they will be humbled in the dust. Russia is a third rate military power in what regards aggression. We have seen the difficulty' which she had to overcome a handful of Poles, even in the vicinity of her principal resources. The weakness displayed in the campaigns which ended in crossing the Balkan is known to every' one. If a hundred thousand of stupid Mosco the French army of free men, imbued with all the spirit and high feeling of honour which is so characteristic of Frenchmen, would soon give a good account of them. The Prus sian Power is more formidable. We are quite aware that the Prussian army is on an excellent footing, and even the French themselves give the preference to the Prussian military system. Still there is not, we believe, in the Prussian army that cleverness and high mettle which so peculiarly characterise the French. Besides, Prussia is anything but a compact country ; and an army advancing into Germany could soon separate the Northern from the Rhenish provinces. We are supposing that the people of the other German States would remain neuter, and that the Poles would not avail themselves of the first opportunity to re attempt the acquisition of their independence. This is certainly the most unfavourable supposi tion. We put out of consideration also the advance of an allied army into France, because such is the pride of the French, that such an insult would unite men of all parties to resist the foreigners. We have said nothing of Aus tria, which is possessed of a numerous, and, we believe, efficient army. But Austria would, in case of war, have the whole population of Italy on her hands. It would be next to a miracle if Austria were to come out of a general war with out the loss of Italy. In fact, a war at present would be what Mr. Canning anticipated—a war of opinion. There is not a man in Europe, elevated above the condition of a brute, that would not, in his heart, wish for the destruction of the Northern Despots, and would not do all he possibly could to forward the good cause. We think, then, there never was a time when the people of Eu rope had less cause to apprehend danger from the machinations of the Northern Despots. We are lovers of peace, and we trust that the tran quillity of Europe will not be disturbed. Dur ing peace, even under the worst governments, we advance in civilization. The longer we postpone the struggle with despotism, the better we shall be prepared for it. There is a tacit conspiracy throughout all Europe against all power that is not accountable to the people. The cause of the people is, therefore, continually gaining new adherents. But whilst we would postpone the struggle, we know that the struggle must come. Europe is one great family, of which all the members sympathise more or less with each other. No inquisition, no censor ships, can prevent the ideas of one country from penetrating into the other countries. The people of Europe have a common religion, a common philosophy and literature. From the middle ages downwards, all the nations have been occupied with the same projects, the same questions. At present the doctrine that has taken possession of men's minds in every country, is the necessity for responsible Government. The reflecting part of the community every where are persuaded that the peace of Europe demands the abolition of the despotic Governments ; and we may be assured that, should the sword be once more drawn, the object will not be, what Lord Castle reagh said was the object at the conclusion of the last war, the strengthening of the great Mili tary Monarchies of Austria, Russia, and Prus sia. We have often remarked that one principle which has taken deep root will in time go far to put an end to wars in Europe—the principle that every people gains by the prosperity of every other people. All commerce resolves itself in the end into barter. The nation that pro duces nothing can buy nothing. The whole community of nations have, therefore, an interest in the prosperity of each other. The German, the Frenchman, the Englishman can have no motive for making conquests from each other. The conquering nation pays first the expense of overrunning its neighbours, anti then it pays in the expense of keeping the conquest, and in the reaction of the poverty of the neighbour on itself. Even now, after so many centuries, Ireland is a curse to England. The whole of our disposable force is kept in that country. A few vagabond adventurers from time to time were enriched by the confiscations they provoked ; but the discontent produced by that work of iniquity is now punishing us ; anti it will re quire all the skill of a beneficent Government for many years to repair the evil of centuries. But this principle of nations having an interest in the prosperity of each other can only have place under Governments responsible to the people—that is, self-government. The moment you make men the property of a master, a new principle comes into practice. The Emperor Alexander, when Lord Castlereagh pressed him hard on the subject of Poland, turned on his heel, after making him this laconic answer : " My Lord, I have five hundred thousand men under arms." The greater the number of slaves, the greater the monarch thinks himself. The owner of an estate of twenty thousand a year in this kingdom would laugh if he were told, that because this sum is extorted from wretches living in cabins and subsisting on potatoes and water, he was not a being of more consequence than any one of a parish of happy yeomen living in plain abundance and comfort. The lord thinks of the number of his acres, the number of his vassals, the number of his deer, his flocks, &c. In like manner, the despot thinks of the extent of his territory and number of his slaves, and continually wishes to add to both. The principle of conquest is, therefore, inherent in despotism. The free nations of Europe have, theref o r e , an intelligible motive for putting down despotism as antisocial Govern ments, which have , a constant motive for plotting against the general welfare. Another reason for wishing the extension of popular Governments is, the publicity that becomes necessary in them. Where everything must be laid before the public, the other nations have, in this publicity, a gua rantee against improper designs. But what se curity can any man have against the designs of an absolute Monarch ? The only security from his designs is derivable from his want of power. The Czar of Russia, for instance, is a constant nuisance to all the powers of Europe, from there being no restraint on him ; so that if he had the power, he might do as much mischief in the West of Europe as he is constantly doing in the East. We trust, therefore, that when the day of reckoning comes, no mercy will be shown to the European Aristocracy—that they will be hewn down as enemies of the general tranquillity existences vve renro are eot —as ob s t ac l es to t h e we ll-b e i ng o f E urope — as incompatible with the system of go vernment notad which vo i o s atng d i ema t n ii d e ed for b cing by the nations. form of government on any nation ; and if the nations of Europe were not generally desirous of responsible governments, it would be impolitic to craw them down their throats. But the idea has taken root, and sooner or later it will have obtained every. where the ascendancy. It is well, at all events, to know that if we must have war, the war will not be one of Kings,but one for the sake of esta blishing, everywhere, the interests of the people l • I I . .• 117 • but from such a war good must follow.—Morn ing Chronicle. Our ingenious friend of the Globe has, at length, hit upon the mode of bringing the dis pute between Holland and Belgium to that " speedy settlement" which, on the best autho rity, he so often promised his readers in vain. His mode is equally original and simple. It is, therefore, not the mode of the protocols—by which the question has been involved in tenfold complexity—nor is it the Alexandrian mode of cutting the inextricable knot by the sword. Nor is it Dr. Slop's mode, as described by Tristram Shandy, of undoing knots equally delicate and distressing. What, then, is it which goes at once to solve a problem more difficult than the finding the longitude, or squaring the circle ? It is, in fact, the discovery of a new power in dip lomacy, which, we suppose, is about equal to that of steam, as applied to mechanics. Like every invention, it has introduced a new phrase into the language, and our Contemporary calls it the " method of ultimatum." This will puzzle the village politicians for some time to come.:Our Contemporary says—" Indeed the experience of the past must have convinced the Confer ence that there is but one way of dealing with his Netherland Majesty, and that is the me thod of ultimatum." Whether our Foreign Se cretary has hitherto been pursuing the method of penultimatum, or antepenultimatum, we know not ; we only know that, like that much more ancient and crafty diplomatist who was over reached by the wizard Michael Scott, the more he labours at twisting the rope of sand, the more he convinces every one but himself that his la bour is fruitless. The "method of ultimatum" will, however, set all to rights. The author of the invention, for which he should take out a patent, has discovered that " it is a mere farce to go on negotiating with a people who con sider negotiation not as the means of arriving at a settlement, but as the means of avoiding it." This is something, however, to have found out after three years of protocols and a thousand announcements of what a celebrated civic cha racter, were he living, would have called " a speedy settlement and soon." How is the invention of our contemporary to work, it may be asked ? We will answer the question in his own words. He says, " The negotiation, if it be renewed, ought not to be allowed to last a week. Baron Verstolk should have presented to him for choice the fair copy of a treaty ready for signature, and an order for a steam boat ready for Rotterdam." This, as we have observed, is a simple process. A sheet of foolscap and a steam-boat are to do the business in a week, which reams of protocols, aided by an Anglo-Gallican fleet and Dutch em bargo, could not accomplish in three years. What an immense expense might have been saved in the Stationery-office, as well as in the dockyards, if this simple and expeditious mode of solving the Belgico-Batavic problem had been hit upon three years ago ! All the bloodshed at Antwerp, too, might have been saved, if, instead of the logic of cannon balls, called the " ultima ratio regum," the new " method of ultimatum" had been used to reduce the obstinacy of the stub born Dutch King. It must be acknowledged that it is rather a severe cut at Lord Palmer ston's diplomatic character to tell him that a question which the protocols of three years have only perplexed could be settled in three days by the judicious application of a single sheet of paper and a solitary steam-boat ! We would humbly suggest that his Majesty of Holland be obliged to pay for the mountains of paper and oceans of ink which have been expended on this question in vain. It is true the discoverer of this application of steam to diplomacy takes the trouble of showing, very candidly, at the same time, that his invention is altogether unneces sary, inasmuch as " Belgium can go on very well without any treaty with Holland." Nay ,ac cording to him, she can go on better, for " she has the Scheldt open, duty free—she pays no part of the common debt, and she receives the revenues of large districts of country which are ultimately to belong to Holland ;" that is, we presume, if the " method of ultimatum" be put in force. But really if Belgium be so well off, in consequence of not having a settlement of the long-protracted question, we would advise the Belgians to continue as they are—take all th e advantages that the obstinacy of the Dutch King gives them, and, above all, receive the revenues of the large districts which Holland would have if the question were settled. Under these circumstances, we would not advise our Govern. ment to expend even the one sheet of foolscap and the single steam-boat on the question. The Belgians, it appears, make a " good thing" of Dutch obstinacy, and why should they not be allowed to enjoy their good fortune ?—Morning Herald. The appointment of the Marquis Wellesley to the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is an incident which could not be expected to afford satisfaction to the Protestant party in that coun try, and which could hardly fail to yield satis. faction to the Popish or Repeal party. Yet we own that there is upon this occasion a stronger feeling expressed of dissatisfaction on the one side and of satisfaction on the other than we were prepared to expect, considering to whom it is that the Marquis Wellesley is appointed successor. We are not by any means disposed to place our own judgment in conflict with what seems to be the general opinion of the Protest ants of Ireland, as expressed by the faithful and able organs which represent them. We fully concur, indeed, in their sentiment of dislike to the appointment of the Marquis Wellesley. But there is a consolation, nevertheless, which we cannot overlook. If our Protestant Conserva tive friends dread the approach, as they natu rally may, of the Marqui . Wellesley, they ought not to forget that it is the Marquis of Anglesey who makes way for him ; nor in balancing their gain with their loss, when they recollect this can they be wholly inconsolable. Our excellent Evening Contemporary the Standard gives the following veiy natural explanation of the change which is about to take place in Ireland .- 4 , It will be remembered how hard set the Government was to find a successor for Sir J. Hobbouse when the West minster electors gave that worthy Baronet his discharge. At length Mr. Littleton was pitched upon as the one sup porter Ministers bad who could d are t o f ace hi s const i tuents. The experiment was tried, and, by a happy accident, succeeded—Mr. Littleton was re-elected. A Gentleman, who could confer su c h a f avour upon t h e Administration as t o relieve them from the puzzle in which they were placed by the Westminster defeat was entitled to dictate terms ; and Mr. Littleton (who is married to an illegitimate daughter of the Marquis W e ll es l e y) stipu lated for the appointment of his aged father-in-law as the sole condition upon which be would do Ministers the kindness of taking the Irish Secretaryship. I t i s th roug h this respectable channel t h e Irish people receive their Viceroy. This is the Cabinet which c anno t en dure " bark-stairs arrangement" or intrigue of any kind ! The Irish, like the English Government, is to be a family affair : " This we believe to be perfectly correct, so far as it goes. But we have strong reason for be . . _ other and more cogent motives to urge the pro motion of his • father-in-law than filial duty or connubial affection. The coquetry which took place in Parliament between the Irish Secretary immediately after his appointment, and Mr. O'Connell, cannot easily be forgotten. There was a visible approximation, which it was not rash to conclude would in due season produce its suitable results. The fate of the Anglesey Government was, we believe, at this moment sealed. It was quite impossible, however, for Mr. O'Connell, with respect to whose value Mr. Littleton has imbibed all the notions of Earl Grey, to coalesce, after all that had passed, with a Government of which Lord Anglesey re mained even the nominal head ; and as Mr. Littleton had a father-in-law to whom the same objection did not apply, and as, by an anomaly peculiar to a Whig Administration, under the direction of a Reformed Parliament, the Irish Secretary was to have the nomina tion of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, nothing in the world can be conceived more na tural, or more convenient to all the parties concerned, than that the Marquis Wellesley should be the new Lord Lieutenant. The in trigue is not yet, we believe, above half deve loped ; nor will it be understood to its full extent until the name of Mr. O'Connell shall have appeared in the Gazette. Men who are not fortified by a reputation for the solid virtues which command permanent esteem are easily got rid of. The Marquis of Anglesey is gone, and we would advise Lord Plunket to look to himself. In the meanwhile we repine not at the loss of Lord Anglesey, although Lord Wellesley be his successor ; nor should we repine at the loss of Lord Plunket, although we beheld the rough hand of O'Connell wrest the seals from his sordid and selfish grasp. We may be mistaken but we own we cannot perceive in what is now taking place, or what is likely to take place, any great cause for regret or alarm to the Protestants of Ireland. What kind of Lord Lieutenant must be be whose sway shall prove more repugnant to their welfare, or more fatal to their security and their rights, than that of the Marquis :of Anglesey ? What Lord Chan cellor of Ireland can be imagined, from whom the Protestant people of that country have more to fear, and less to hope than from Lord Plunket ? Things, we fear. have been done with respeet to Ireland, which condemn the Protestants of that country to a course of suffering and mortification to which there can apparently be no termination mil some incident shall occur which may effectually arouse from their lethargy or blindness the Pro testant people of England ; and whenever this shall take place, as sooner or later it unquestion ably will, then, but not before, rescue will be near and certain. This, it may be thought, is cold consolation to offer to our Irish brethren, but it is the best we can conscientiously offer. In the meanwhile they may safely, we think, regard it as a matter of indifference whether 'an Anglesey or a Wellesley resides at Phoenix Park —or whether a Littleton or a Hohhouse is to write the letters by which such a Government as that of either of the two Marquises may be expected from time to time to insult and dis courage the Protestant magistracy of Ireland— whether a Plunket or an O'Connell shall be nominally responsible for the due administration of justice, and the honest distribution of the legal patronage of the Crown.—Morning Post. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. W OR SHIP- S TREE T. Yesterday a chubby-faced girl, about fourteen years of age, named Hannah Hutchinson, was placed at the bar before Mr. BROUGHTON, and charged, under very extraordinary circumstances, with stealing a quantity of jewellery and plate from the residence of Mrs. Martha Newbury, of 42, Ferci val-s•reet. The jewellery and greater part of the plate were stated to be the property of the prosecutrix, who is a widow, and the remaining articles the property of Mr. Murch, her uncle, resident in her house, who was formerly an acting inspector in the G divi sion of police, and has since succeeded to the situ ation of Mr. Henry Camp Shepherd, who, it may be remembered, was inhumanly murdered upon the premises of his employers. Messrs. Williams and Co., in Compton-street, Clerkenwell. The prisoner had been taken by Mrs. Newbury out of Sr. Luke's workhouse some time since, and was believed to be an honest, well-disposed girl; but on Sunday the whole of the family went out, leaving only an invalid young lady and the prisoner in the house, and upon their re.urn in the evening they found that the prisoner had absconded, car rying off a small mahogany box, with the jewellery and plate, and about four shillings in cash. Between seven and eight o'clock that evening a gentle knock was heard at the street door, which was immedi ately opened ; but the person who knocked had run away, and on the step was found a basket, con taining three silver tea-spoons, a pair of sil ver sugar-tongs , and one shilling, which appeared t o b e part of the stolen property belonging to Mr. March ; and shortly alerwards one of the family, a little girl, who had been sent out on an errand, reported, that as she was returning home she met the prisoner about 200 yards from the house, and attempted to detain her, but the prisoner being the stronger broke away from her, and ran of ; but information was immediately given, and in about an hour she was taken into custody, with most of the stolen property upon her. Thomas Kelly, police constable 224, G, was at the Bunhill-row station, when Mr. Murch gave in formation of the robbery, and a particular descrip tion of the prisoner, who wore a straw bonnet, and some other articles of clothing belonging to the pa rish, and a red striped apron. About twenty mi nutes past eight o'clock the witness met her in Playhouse-yard, which leads from Golden-lane to Whitecross-street, and believing her from the de scription to be the person he was in search of, he stopped her. She bad in her band a handkerchief, containing a quantity of onions, and under her arm a small mahogany box, the lock of which had evi dently been forced. In her bosom were found a pearl ring and brooch, a penknife, a gold chain, and and some other thimble,arnk oasked knb t dbe vd.ei rsyiif t aat ther onseypa, bitrcaieo:dtavanoino, number sisnerdeooeakchmmrwsi o t things, arid also 2s. Mrs. Newbury identified the various articles pro duced, but she said there were still missing five tea-spoons, a silver cream-ewer, a silver snuff-box, and some other things, and also several letters be longing to her deceased husband,. relating to family affairs, and of considerable importance to her. These bad been kept in the produced mahogany box, to nbnosdaesefunhns c onsef c:oh t higsrioayimh, a niunaodrgei g tu:nhlo i gosib‘sevr a eetoea l oisfs : swdbeitt :halnaoti Sunday gether with the jewellery, &c. n it d Mr. BROUGHTON said it was a most extraordinary cause ?—Mrs. Newbury said none. She had be lievedstbkf ouhintrsocolluncwigoenhiotootnlnvo.shtf she e i e t and nothing had occurred to excite luoefami Iteryiun3efi fscert‘oefvaitoereaeop;rendosfai dhubgbt Wsliaobnedulyliaftdtc coins The prisoner stated, in answer to questions put to her by the Magistrate, that she had been brought up entirely by the palish. Her father was dead, but her mother bad married again and was living at Cow. cross, and she had a cousin living in Co wheel alley, Whitecroes-street. She wept and sobbed so cept her declaration that nobody had instigated her to the robbery. _ Mr. BROUGHTON expressed his belief that she must have been tutored in the transaction by other persons, and he gave directions that every effort should be used to trace the matter. The prisoner was then remanded for a week. MARY LEB ONE. Thomas Harrison was yesterday placed at the bar, charged by his wife under the following circum stances : The complainant, a smart young woman, of mo dest demeanour, who resided at 57, Wimpole-street, where she was employed to take care of the pre mises, said that on the previous evening the prisoner (her husband) entered the house in a state of in toxication, with a knife in his hand, which he sharpened on a steel in the kitchen, and, pacing up and down the passage with it, threatened to murder her before the night was over. In consequence of his violent conduct and diabolical language, she called in a policeman, who succeeded in conveying him to the station-house, fortunately before he had inflicted on her any injury. On former occasions he had conducted himself in the same violent manner: Police constable 31, D, on being called in by the complainant, whose cries of " murder" were loud in the extreme, entered the premises, and found the prisoner in a state of intoxication, and very violent; he searched him, but did not discover in his posses sion a knife or any other deadly weapon. A gentleman here stepped forward, and said that the prisoner was the son of Mr. Harrison, of the Dudley Arms, Paddington-green, and that he had been an eye witness of his ferocity more than once, in addition to which he stated that his father, who had been necessitated to eject him from his house, was in continual danger of his life, ar►d therefore hoped that the magistrate would in flict on him (the prisoner) a severe punishment. Mr. RAWLINSON, who commented in strong terms on the fellow's brutality, then ordered him to find good bail, and advised the wife to prosecute him at the sessions. Not being prepared with the required securities, he was conveyed to the lock-up room. Yesterday Byers, the indefatigable informer, at rended at this office, accompanied by his man Carter as a witness, for the purpose of substantiating about a score of informations against hackney-coach pro prietors, &c., for not having the letters stating the number of persons they are allowed to carry painted an inch in length, as the Act requires. Carter, the informer's witness, had measured the letters on the defendant's vehicles, and found them all deficient in length, and some so small as to be scarcely legible. Mr. RAWLINSON—How did yon measure them— with a rule, I suppose ? Witness—No, Sir, with this card, on which an inch is marked. Mr. RAWLINSON—Let me see the measure. (The card was accordingly handed to the Magistrate.) Mr. RAWLINSON then read with astonishment—. " Sons of Harmony, the favour of your company is requested this evening at —." " What !" said the Magistrate, " are you one of the Sons of Har mony ?" Witness—Yes, your Worship. Mr. RAWLINSON—I always thought that informers produced discord instead of harmony wherever they intruded themselves. Sons of Harmony, indeed ! An intended victim, who stood behind, said, in a whisper, " Sons of would be more appro priate." Mr. RAWLINSON—HOW did you get at the let ters ? Witness—By climbing on to the vehicle. Mr. RAWLINSON—You are a bold man, and I wonder you were not caught by some of the coach men and tossed in a blanket, which would have been only measure for measure. The cases being clearly made out against most of the defendants, they were accordingly fined in miti gated penalties, and the informer and his man re tired apparently well pleased with their day's labour. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE. —Sarah Verrone, a middle-aged woman was placed at the bar under the following circumstances:— Police constable Hardy, D 120, stated that the prisoner was creating a disturbance in High-street, and was very much intoxicated. Witness told her to move off, when she exclaimed, " Oh ! who cares a curse for you ? Mr. Rawlinson is an old ac quaintance of mine, and has often sailed in my ship." —(Laughter.) Mr. RAWLINSON (who could not help joining in the laughter.) What ! often sailed in her ship ! Well, I now think, Mrs. Veralls, you will sail in my van.—(Laughter.) The prisoner said she was very sorry, but being troubled with rheumatics, she had taken too much opium.—(Laughter.) Mr. RAWLINSON—WeII, but how long have I been an acquaintance of yours ? The prisoner said she became acquainted with his Worship last Mon day, having been brought up for being drunk.— (Loud laughter.) Mr. RAWLINSON—WeII, to show you how very impartial I am towards my old friends, I shall com mit you to the House of Correction for a month. Prisoner—Oh, pray don't, my dear Sir, my dear Sir. The gaoler here removed her. UNION-HALL. Mr. Francis Dickins, a solicitor, was brought before Mr. MURRAY and Mr. TRAILL yesterday, charged on suspicion with embezzling a bill of ex change, the property of the Rev. Edward Martin. The rev, complainant stated, that he resides in Regent-street, Kennington-cross, and that he had been lately appointed to the vicarage of Paington, Devon. He became acquainted with the prisoner in the King's Bench, where he was a prisower. The charge which he had to prefer against the ac cused was for having surreptitiously obtained from him a bill for the exact sum of 401., which, to the best of his belief, was drawn on the 1301, but ante dated to the 10th ult. lie gave the bill to the ac cused, who drew upon him, and he accepted it, pay able at 38, Lincoln's Inn-fields. At the time the bill was given the accused said he would get it dis counted by a rich relation. Witness gave him the bill solely for the purpose of getting it discounted, and the arrangement was that the accused was to have had the loan of 101. to procure some furniture for himself. At the time of receiving the bill the accused requested that he might be furnished with a note by the complainant, saying that it would make it appear a matter of business, and he did comply with the suggestion. Mr. Dickins here produaed the letter alluded to; it was addressed to him, and was as follows : " August 10. " My dear Sir,—Enclosed you have my acceptance of your draught for 40/. 6s. Bd. I should most gladly have given cash, but for th e nex t mont h I cannot spare any, 5o having had a sever e ex p ense i n t h e protracted i llness of toy wife. B e fo re thi s bill b ecomes d ue lam certain to receive ing trustee,toa her rid inn near re relative. .o f ILno fact,rd L o f n r s o d m a I e a , whooo /. is b hern g coramunication with his Lordship yesterday by letter, I have no doubt that in the course of ten days I can have this money. However, I know your circumstances are pressing, and therefore cannot hesitate to accept for the sum I owe you. 1 should be glad you would make in quiries about the house you mentioned, as it would suit my friend. You may safely vouch for his being a good tenant, but you will bear in mind that being uncertain in his movements, he does not wish to be tied down by a longer tenure than three months. " Dear Sir, faithfully yours, " EDWARD MARTIN." " You will acknowledge this, directed to my friend Lewis Peacock's, 38, Lincoln's Inn-fields." Upon the perusal of this letter, Mr. Murray said it was a complete answer to the charge on the part of the accused, who also produced the bill enclosed to him on the occasion, to show that he had not negotiated it since it was in his possession. The bill, however, was for 40/. 6g. Bd,, instead of for 40/., as stated by the Reverend Complainant in his evidence. _ _ Mr. Diekins, in reply to the complainant, admitted that he saw him write the above letter, and although it was addressed to him at his residence, and had written on the outside " per favour of the corn • . . , hands by the , person who had then made . the charge against him.' The accused said th a t lie had consented I° r r o , r , ceive the bill for the expenses incurred in bi g iP t he, fessional capacity i n o b ta i n i ng t h e re l e ase o'n: , , complainant from the Ki ng ' s B enc h Prison, sa me`"" anticipation of further expense in accornpanY i t,,ol complainant into Devonshire to take posse° his living. 'hst Mr. MURRAY expressed considerable s urprise e r the complainant should have written such a 7. and under such c i rcums t ances . I, is' The complainant said th a t h e h a d wr itten th e rye ter with the view to expedite the di scoun ting bill, and that, as f ar as h e was concerne d, he h e the most remote conception of acting otherwil e Ait. as an honourable man, and paying it the moreir; became due. He ad m it te d t h at t h e l ette r p ii ° ll by the accused was in hi s handwriting. 1 101 , ip wrote a note to M r . P eacoc k, w hi c h he s e post, respecting the bill. After he was discrot from the King's Bench on the Wednesday, b e !f arrested on the foll ow i ng S atur d a y f or a owlf 1004, which Mr. Peacock settled for bi tli et pi 6/. .10s., and be (c om pl a i nant ) was di s charg o f' the following Tuesday. Th e accuse d ma de fre 4 it, promises that eith er th e money or t h e bill shouti, returned, and when applied to on the s ubjer.,o ferred it from day to day. Witness did antSO him to apply 10/. to his own use, and he "'Pll have returned 30/. Mr. Peacock would have the bill discounted h a d h e ma d e a p p li cat ion to e i • in the first inst ance , th at gent l eman h av i n g ha veral of his bills disc ounte d some fi ve or s ix yee o i ‘ , The accused here proceeded to put the follo o o questions to the Rev, complainant : v. 5107 Will you swear th a t y ou li ve at N o . 100, I.'o-:' street, Kennington-cross ?—I will. •Of . Do you possess the li v i ng o f P a i ngton , in von ?—I do. • r By whom were you presented ?—By Sir 0 , Evelyn. til l Where is the Baron e t a t p rese nt ?-•••••' / n • King's Bench prison. Was he a prisoner th ere on th e 10 t h of A l s llll last ?—I do not think he was. tee' What considerati on did y ou g i ve f or the Pr tation ?—None, so help me God. Mr. MURRAY remarked upon the impropr-Vb a clergyman e sp ec i a lly ma ki ng suc h an a ppee .: was already upon hi s oat h, an d t h ere was no d+ sity whatever fo r a pp ea li ng to th e name o f the P in these proceedings. • 0 0 The complainant apolo g iz e d, an d sa id that It i ti f in his anxiety to show that there was nothing. . proper in his condnct in the transaction. , The accused proc e ed e d t o p ut ot h er quest l° . 4 .- 10 1 the complainant, and asked him what was the it of the living with which he had been presents Complainant—The value is 3,6001. tbt How long have you been in possession of livi Ho n 2—About six ks. , g w many parsons wee has Sir Hugh Eve ly n ti sented to this living ?—Believes one o ther; 0 0 the person to whom it was presented havi n g v "' conducted hims e lf, it was ta k en f rom him bishop, who afterwards presented it. P le Has not the bish o p now possess i on o f the sentation?—He has. By Mr. MURRAY—Is there no questios jpV Sir Hugh Evelyn's r i g h t t o p resent ?--C er 7 not, for he administered to the late property brother, who was a lunatic. Why do you not tak e p ossess i on o f this 0 1116 0 ' living ?—I mean to do so when I can rai se '` money to go down. By the accused.—Where is the presents" this time ?—ln the hands of the bishop. „ IY On your oath have you not placed it ' - oel/ hands of Lord Lonsdale for 1001. ?—No, it WI of in no other hands than those of the bishop a n / V self. Mr. Fife, the coach-maker, advanced money for the stamp to the presentation. What sum were you lately arrested for ' . „ e li one of four bills whi c h were o b ta i ne d f r om "- Hart and his party. of In reply to another questi on th e comp l a inie t „ that Mr. Lewis Peacock, of Lincoln's-tan, WV solicitor, and he had been in the h a bit of dis c " ing his bills. 12 1, The accused contended that the comP. --l c ir had not the slightest grounds for making *V charge against him, and said that he ha d pd , dragged from home and from a sick wife, %? indisposition was increased in consequence o f an eye witness to 'the degradation he had sustoi by being taken into custody by the officers. c b r The complainant said, that had the bill W hl od had given for the sole purpose of discount in g to returned, he would not have been compelle d stitute the proceedings he had done. „pie; Both the MAGISTRATES agreed in tue that the charge against the accused wa g 11- 0 tained ; the production of the letter, which gf t ", mitted to be in the handwriting of the comP i S t : evinced that the bill was enclosed to the acc,ll;9, whom the former had made an admission in Pik that he was in his debt. Under all th e e pis!j stances they should discharge Mr. Dickins , f og ing, at the same time, that the transaction reflect credit on either party. The accused intimated his determination t° 11rilll 0 4 an action for false imprisonment against th ef t e bio,, complainant ; and also threatened to arres iC the event of his not paying the bill vv he came due. , 0 It has been proposed to the Gover" rne o ll t , e place at the four corners of the Pont de Jena ea r JOIP o t wh!ch were sculptured for it previous to the y d e„ oab'llfr' allied tepn e hd y e eit a erß r is i n i pol n efscr w teihNno h etu i o t or e atTper marble, hi which they d hwa r e e vr p ee r represent the cg :nd c e f i l o u ,ce r o h d id: # oo the victory of Jena. NOTARIES.--By fR E ItvhEe the Hotel s H...... in o c te e ßi t yd h t e s fi tih r :e t va ei id tr ec ti ts. ° 4 l o o: ,:if Paper. passed, the Master of the Co i u le r sA t f o r f soem F ve a nt c h u e l y t etto ie s s re, e o ' f ;fel o;b l °f :e e 0,1 0 ' 1 A fe l , 111 P the bishop of Canterbury, on his being satisfied eg ot oil lt pat' mfiatc Courts, at n i uyn e ark s sat s sdfia, o mtr f fi t osta b itand e andi rny p yng e :a r perso n nt o bei n ol rrsvne a ewe s ylh t o h oe the me.expediency solicitor the o f e° o ei t. 0 i s o l i 0 . e oe S ec br w l minster, or any proctor practising in tbe $0 b. l 0 1 he ° it to be a notary public, to act in such distric!derril l e . , no longer necessary, except within 10 wil es ( tbi er iellif Exchange. No notary appointed by virtue o' 0 to r d irl perform nor certify oe / t h e fi .ro ° whatsoever within the above 10 miles, u nd i lACti lti , of being struck off the R o ll s o f th e C o urt °' . 0000 for ever disabled from practising as a not ary ' ..6 a er ie ( ' BIRTHS. v . A 0 0 14 On the 14th inst., the lady of H. Arundel ] , ' o f , ' 0 40 ,- ,:or On the 30th ult., at Sandgate, Mrs. H. Y°l 3 dA I °,o,' On the 14th inst., Lady Caroline Calcraft , ° OW' J r, On the 12th inst., near Stirling, the lady 01.J ' fr A. of a son. f CaP tsin er• On the 7th inst., at Chatham, the lady 0 ~a ug ht ;. I , 45th Regiment Madras Native Infantry, of a . g ool Itl lO g .1. 0 MARRIED. _, „ Aft. a ftP On the 13th inst., at St. Sepulchre's, 1 ,0 °". ° . - '„hter - "o°' of Tottenham-court-road, to Sophia, third aa"' d • V tili Mr, E. Kidder, Gilt-spur-street. • CSI° II On the 2d inst., at Richmond, Yorkshire,rice . 0. op , of Henllys, in the county of Angleses, r t° e yorP. b je, P ft r oO t e only child of T. Panson, Esq., of Prior.hoto_ . ia low .At vg 0 ) 1 On the 4th inst., at the parish Church 01_ P. ... prig' Oi rt tir by the Rev. Francis Chamley, and afterwar,ds;r, 0100' by the Rev. Dr. Coleman, G. V. Josiah t° . , doe Island of St. Croix, to Jana Elizabeth, younP" late C. Taylor, Esq., of Swords. 0 (34 , t 6 pi' of DIED , 0,3 0 : n tt t hh h ee e ll l ss B tt t hh h ij u en l ss t tt . : , : at Bruss el s, G B Er r na u sy s h, s am e F l z s , , ti . J C, a .e rn jf . e cs s ia F pa aj a r iznin e , : pr e t 7 q o;: . lo , ° l; lo, lo : o ::_ l , , hurO lie I to Lincoln's-inn. On the 14th inst., at Benwell Towe r, -- % fer f Ifi . Crawhall, Esq., aged 49. On the 13th inst., H. Brown, Esq., ALI) " o h, °t? street, Pimlico, aged 74. 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