The Sun. — London, England, 1833-10-10 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. A Royal ordinance, which appears in the Moniteur of Monday, for calling into active service 35,000 new conscripts, or one-half of the contingent of 70,000 men of the class of 1832, has given occasion to a world of ingenious con jectures, and to much profound political specu lation. The obvious reasons alleged for the measure in the report of the Minister of War, on which the ordinance affects to be founded,— namely, the expediency of supplying the vacan cies to be created by the anticipated discharge of the class of 1825, and by the delivery of unlimited furloughs to other parts of the army— are charitably declared to be mere pretexts to cover some projects of ambition, or some appre hensions of danger which the French Govern ment dare not openly avow. The statement, in fact, is too plain and simple to be trusted by such suspicious and warlike politicians, who, with the Royal ordinance and the conscription lists in their hands, look towards the Rhine or the Pyrenees for the march of French armies of defence or aggression. There can be no doubt that France has prepared, or is preparing, for all contingencies in the latter quarter ; and that if the conscription of 1832 adverted to is ne cessary for completing the ranks of her army for any immediate purpose, the present crisis in Spanish affairs, and the effect which it must produce on the great Powers of Europe, may reaeogibly he assigned as the chief, if not the only, , ,se of this new levy. The Govern ment of Louis Philip, according to the demi official announcement of the Moniteur, and the official declarations to its allies, has recognized the title of the Infant Queen, the daughter of Ferdinand, Isabella II , to the crown of Spain ; and this recognition, which is not of an ordinary kind, the French Monarch is bound, from mo tives of self-preservation, to maintain, as the throne of her Infant Majesty can only be over turned by the triumph of those principles, and the success of that party, which might endanger his own. Though, therefore, we are decided enemies to all foreign interference in the affairs of independent states, either for supporting or changing dynasties or constitutions, we can easily admit that the present Government of France has such a near and direct interest in the events which may lead to a final settlement of the Spa nish succession, as to warrant extensive precau tionary measures, and great military preparations. If Bourmont, having failed in Portugal, should offer his Marshal's baton to Don Carlos, and place himself at the head of the Apostolical fac tion to attack the rights of the young Queen, who does not see that the cause of La Vendee and of the Spanish convents, of the monarchy of the barricades and of the daughter of Ferdi nand, would be identified ? But even though there should be no direct interference of French rebel subjects in Spanish dissensions, the French Government could not remain a calm spectator of a contest in which its own relations with Spain, and the principles of its own exist ence, are so deeply involved. Spain must always be an object of peculiar interest to France, from its geographical position, its poli tical relations, and commercial resources. They have been united for more than a century, under the family compact of their Sovereigns—they have been joined in many defensive and offen sive alliances--they have lost armies and fleets or gained victories in a common cause, and theit trailing intercourse is considerable, with the certainty of an immense increase under a liberal Administration. From their immediate vii inity, the establishment of a Constitutional Govern ment in the one would derive strength from its extension to the other; and the possession of the colony of Algiers by the French (if Algiers is really to he colonized) would render more necessary than ever a facility of communication with the Baleaiic Islands and the Mediterranean coast of the Peninsula. These circumstances, it is true, furnish no justification to France for a direct interference with the present question of the Spanish succession, much less do they war rant any dictation as to changes in the Spanish constitution ; but they place France in a posi tion different from that of all other states, in regard to Spanish affairs. England, if her own views did not correspond with those of her constitutional ally in relation to the present con test, would have a right to remonstrate, as she did in 1822, against any military intervention (which we trust will not be thought necessary, and against which we enter our protest by anti cipation), but the Holy Alliance despots, who compelled Louis XVIII., in 1823, to send the gallant Dauphin with 100,000 French bayonets to overturn the Government of the Cortes, could not find a word to say. If they could authorize an invading force to overthrow an existing Govern ment, they could not consistently object to an expedition for the purpose of maintaining one. But it is most likely that a cordon sanitaire— of the Bourbon kind—on the Pyrenees will pre vent the necessity of passing them, and that Don Carlos, by refusing his rebel commission to Bourmont, will remove the great pretext or justification of French interference. That Don Carlos himself formerly meant, or still intends, to disturb the arrangements of his late brother, and to dispute the succession of his niece, there can be no doubt, from his persevering refusal to take the oath of allegiance to the young Queen, and his lingering stay on the frontiers of Spain, after he had promised to retire into Italy, where his father died. It is difficult, indeed, for one who has been on the very steps of a throne to surrender the chance of mounting it, and we ars not, therefore, surprised at the obstinate ,disloyalty of Don Carlos ; but we own that we have been a good deal struck at hearing that there are persons in this country (not Conservatives) who think his title better than that of his niece, and who on that ground disapprove of the French and English Governments for recog nising the accession of the latter. Prejudice apart, the point would be easily disposed of. By the ancient laws of Spain, by the constitu tl9n of the Spanish monarchy from time imme morial, females were capable of inheriting the Crown as well as males, in the absence of the utter, amon g the children of the deceased So vereign, We need mention no other instance than that of Isabella, the patroness of Columbus, and the grandmothe r of the Emperor Charles V., who brought her husband Ferdinand the dowry of a kingdom. With the Bourbon dynasty the salic law, established in France for the exclusion of females from the succession, passed into Spain. That law continued to exist frum the time of Philip V., who introduced it, to Charles IV., though, from the peculiar cir cumstances of the Royal Family, it was nev er put into execution. The latter Monarch , in 1789, apprehensive that his son Ferdinand might not survive him, and that he might have only daughters to succeed „him, called the Cortes r)i cg a body of the nobility, derg)z and representatives of towns, and procured f;,l',AO ~~~ EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF DEATH I their sanction to a re pe a l of the Belie law. The occurrence of the French revolution, and the birth of other sons, made th s solemn act of less consequence during the lifetime of Charles IV., and it was therefore never formally promulgated. Matters remained in this state till the summer of 1830, when, during the pregnancy of the present Queen Regent, Ferdinand thought it right to secure the succession to the future infant, though it might be a female. He, therefore, in terms of his father's decree, promulgated the abolition of the salic law. The documents recDrding the transactions of 1789, and kept in the Royal archives ever since that period, were published last summer, when Ferdinand, by way of ren dering the deed more solemn, again summoned a body of notables, in the form of the Cortes, to ratify the act, and to swear allegiance to his daughter. Thus the act of the repeal of the imported salic law was at least as solemn, and as authoritative, as its establishment. It ema nated as much from the Sovereign will, and was clothed with as many State formalities. In fact, it could not spring from a higher or a better source, in a country where the power of the Monarch is absolute, and where he requires no consent of no legislative body to sanction his acts. The repeal of the salic law is therefore the annulling by one Bourbon of an Act passed by another. The repeal has been executed with the same formalities as the restriction. So far from being an innovation, it is the restoration of the ancient Spanish law, which Philip V. had no right to change—a law derived from the ear liest periods of the monarchy—a law acted upon in the neighbouring country of Portugal, in Eng land, in Russia, and in European states. In short, so far from being a sudden change, it had been determined upon forty years ago by the grandfather of the present infant Queen, for whose lbenefit it has first operated. But, for our own parts, we must confess that the question of dy nasty would appear to be of little importance, unless it were connected with a question of good government. Unless the two rivals had opposite devices on their banners, it would scarcely be worth while to examine into the legitimacy of their titles ; but when we see that in Carlos is to be personified the reign of arbitrary power, and of ecclesiastical intolerance,—when we see that he is pledged to prolong or enlarge the dominion of darkness and superstition, and to yoke Spain to the car of the Holy Alliance, — and when, on the other hand, we can anticipate the chances of reform, and the establishment of freedom, a new constitution, and liberal alliances under the minority of his neice, we feel grateful for once to Ferdinand that he dug out of the archives of his father the act for enabling him to give the succession to his daughter.—Times. The sycophants of Lord Palmerston are now compelled to acknowledge that, after nearly three years of protocolling, the Belgico-Dutch question is as unsettled as ever. Our readers must recollect how often we met the pompous announcements of " speedy settlement," by the Treasury journals, with scepticism or denial. We saw that our Foreign Minister was either playing into the hands of the Holy Alliance, or had lent himself an unsuspecting victim to the deception practised by diplomatists, who made a sport of his incapacity. The wretched and distracted condition of Belgium, with its mock independence, broken spirit, and failing re sources, presents a picture of the results of our interference of which our Statesmen have no reason to he proud. The Spaniard who prayed to Heaven to deliver him from his friends, did not more poignantly suffer from the consequences of a pernicious and fatal advocacy than the unhappy Belgian, who has been encum bered with the destructive protection of the genius of Lord Palmerston! The Trea sury journals, however, can derive consolation from the present state of things, although the Bebiians cannot. They have all at once disco vered, since the utter failure of British diplomacy, that the Belgians are really in a better condition by being refused a treaty with Holland than if it were granted. This reminds one of the old fable of the baffled fox and the " sour grapes." The treaty cannot be olatained, and therefore it is not worth having ! This should have been thought of beFire we entered into the foolish A nglo- Gallic Convention—before we became a party to the unavailing carnage at Antwerp, and before we sent out a fleet to the coast of Holland, to incur expense and disgrace, in pursuit of an object which, it now turns out, would have been prejudicial rather than advantageous to Belgium, in whose favour we had made those hostile demonstrations. If Ministers had taken the advice which we gave them from the begin ning, to leave Belgium and Holland to fight out their own battle, the question would have been long ago decided, the general peace of Eu rope would have been preserved, and our Mi nisters would have escaped the disgrace of violating, to no good purpose, their own doc trine of non-interference.—Morning Herald. Speaking of the reappointment by the Queen Regent of the late King Ferdinand's Ministers, more particularly that of M. de Zea Bermudez, a Morning Contemporary remarks, " that the only question to be solved, as far as this Mi nister is concerned, is, whether he will avail himself of his position to favour the pretensions of Don Carlos, or whether he will support the throne of the Infant Queen, in consequence of an understanding between the Regent and him self that the new reign shall be conducted as nearly as possible like the old; that is, upon absolute principles." It is a great misfortune that we judge of the affairs of Spain and Portu gal from mere analogy ; but it is a still greater one that we only know and appreciate the poli tical characters most prominent in both coun!ries from the descriptions given of them by the re fugees who have so long resided among us, and whose opinions ought to have been received with the greatest caution. M. de Zea Bermudez is not the only Spanish public functionary respect ing whom erroneous ideas prevail in this country. " That lie is," says our Morning Contemporary, " a decided enemy to liberal opinions, and a stanch supporter of the system of Metternich and the Northern Autocrat, none but a super ficial observer of political character can doubt." This portrait is perfectly' untrue. M. Zea is not a man to receive his notions of the best mode of governing Spain from either St. Petersburg!) or Paris; neither would lie bargain for the re tention of place with either of the competitors for the Castilian throne. By a long residence abroad he acquired those ideas which, when ap plied to his own country, he thought best calcu lated to promote its prosperity; and, as far as o we h a v e b een ena bl e d to j u d ge of h i s conduct n the at the of the occasions in Spanishwhiclt he A d nihasAdministra tion, i b s t e r e a n placed . tion, his leading principles have been —repose at home, avoidance of all quarrels, or onerous en gagements with Foreign Powers, and, above all, not to allow any extieme party to gain the ascendancy, in the full conviction that if any thing of this kind were to happen, Spain would inevitably become the theatre of civil war, which would lead to a repetition of the 1820 scenes, under an aggravated form. Inflexibility of cha racter and firmness of design are the strong features of his public conduct, and, perhaps, sometimes he . : has carried them too far ; but few can, :imagine the great difficulties which he has had to contend with during the few months he has been in office. The perplexities into which he was plunged by contending factions, a disputed succession, a financial emergency, and the return of many disappointed persons, after a long and painful absence abroad, may easily be imagined. If he has not done all that he could, at least he is entitled to credit for what has been the work of his own hands, and if only he has kept Spain from hurrying herself into the vortex of a revolu tion, he has served his country well. No one more than M. de Zea can regret that any seeds of dis union should exist between the members of the royal family of Spain ; but they existed before he came into power. The only course, therefore, left open for him was to prevent those seeds from springing up, ripening, and produc ing the bitter fruits of anarchy. His only care was to prevent his sovereign's pillow from being disturbed during an ominous and protracted illness; and in both these endea• yours he was completely successful. More than this, he combated foreign interference in the affairs of Porsugal, and thus not only consulted the welfare of the Peninsula but also the general interests of Europe. .If, under the recent change, he remains in office, it will not be by a compromise of his former principles. M. de Zea is essentially a Spaniard, fond of his country, jealous of its honour, and anxious for its pro sperity. He has, blended in his policy, many of the old punctilios of the Castilian character, for ages venerated in Europe, in which truth and frankness are prominent features ; and, if he is retained by the Queen, those who know him best are decidedly of opinion that he will endea vour to reconcile the contending parties by in ducing each to sacrifice something on the altar of their common country. At all events, he will object to the interference of Louis Philip in a domestic question, in like manner as he would to that of Russia or England ; and if he has to appeal to the Allied Sovereigns in any emer gency in which Spain may hereafter be placed, it will not be to strengthen his own power, but rather with a view to support a principle, or contend for a right, common to all nations, and as agreed upon at the general settlement of peace. He will guard against the sophisms of Doctrinaire Cabinets, in like manner as he will take care that his restless neighbours on the other side of the Pyrenees do not overreach him in their diplomatic intercourse, nor overawe him by the threat of assembling an army of ob servation near the Spanish frontiers. It is not for us even to guess at what the destinies of Spain are likely to be, our knowledge of the contending parties and the extent of their views being yet imperfect. The Spaniards, however, do nothing with precipitation, and what effect the King's death has had upon the people at large has not been ascertained. Whe ther they will wish the great question to be revived ab initio, or whether they will consider what has been done for the settlement of the succession as valid and binding, no one here can tell ; but the real lover of his country will, by all the means in his power, endeavour to prevent an open collision between the Queenites and Carlists, which, we acknowledge, will be difficult, as we the other day stated, if there is any foreign interference. That the claims and position of the Infante Don Carlos have been misrepresented is a fact, and that a large portion of the Spanish population are not satisfied with what has been done for the settlement of the crown, is equally undeniable ; but these are matters which regard Spaniards alone, and in their discussion no foreign state has a ri g ht to interpose. The friend of his country will seek to arrange conflicting claims, without an appeal to arms. This, it is generally thought, M. de Zea will endeavour to do. The task is arduous, we are well aware. It is difficult to act with such a basis as the population of Spain, unhappily divided into extreme parties, disagreeing besides on many other essential points of great national importance, and still retaining prejudices of various hues, and excited in the effervescence of the moment, which have not been removed by the agency of the Press, or by the other means existing in countries dif ferently organized, and further advanced in in tellectual acquirements. We must, therefore, wait for further information before we offer any decided opinion on the affairs cf Spain, or pre dict the turn they are now likely to take. In the meanwhile we repeat, on the authority of those in this country who know him best, that M. de Zea will avoid being involved in the ex tremes of either party. Should the Queen throw herself into the arms of the anarchists, or, as our Morning Contemporary surmises, make any compromise with her competitor, involving engagements to revive the days of terror (an idea which we deem purely imaginary), we think that M. de Zea is not her man.— Morning Post. The Reverend divine who refused Christian burial to a poor coal-heaver, can have, it is clear, no re spect for dust and ashes. Alluding to the Oporto wines, a recent writer upon the subject says:.--" Five-eighths of the wine brought to England is so coarse, and is such a medley of ill flavoured heterogeneous vine produce, had Portuguese brandy, and other matters, that any ingenious person may increase one pipe to three by the addition of unexciseable articles, without any fresh injury to the stomach of the consumer, or to the appearance of the wine." NEW MODE OF SIIAVING; OR, BARBERS, WE CAN no WITHOUT YE.-A truly ludicrous scene was exhibited some days ago at the mill of Messrs. Hirst and Bramley, in Leeds. A weaver, who had seen a paragraph in the n ewspapers d escr i pt i ve of the efficacy of gas lime in removing all unnecessary hair from the backs of animals and the chins of men, determined to render the discovery a practical benefit to himself. He filet tried the experiment on his arm, and found that the application succeeded to admiration. lie immediately developed his secret to his companions, who, to the number of 24 or upwards, a gr e ed to save the penny which had hitherto been the perquisite of the poor barbers. They covered their chins with a com plete plaster of the lime, anticipating the wonderful results which were to follow. The effect was tremendous; the unfortunate countenances began to swell and blister—the pain became excruciating —some were convulsively washing the parts affected" with cold water —some were literally covering their faces with oil—and some were seen running for turpentine. All application, however, was in vain, unt il t he usual process of healing was completed. One man was absent front his work three days, under medical tr , atinen t ; all the others were more or less sufferers, and many of them have swum th at they would rather give the barber six times his fee than suffer the same agony again. Seriously, however ; the Scotebman who originally pub fished the paragraph which has been the source of all this mischief ought to be severely reprehended. The paragraph has gone the round of al.-nost all the newspapers in the kingdom, and has repeatedly produced effects like those we have just recorded. The skin of our Englishmen can not bear what is harmless to the bide of a stern moun• Express. FROM STARVATION. CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the Crown and Sceptre, Douglas-street, Vauxhall-road, before Mr. HIGGS, on the body of John Bickerton, .aged 77, who died in a wretched hovel, and in a state of squalid destitution. The circumstances of the case were very extra ordinary. The deceased was stated to have been educated at Hertford College, Oxford, but had for years lived in a ruinous building, one of five, in 'l'othill-fields, and known as the " Five Chimneys." To two of these buildings, and a small plot of ground in the rear, together with a small house near by, he claimed a freehold title, alleging that he had given 380/. for them. No papers or deeds were found in his possession at his death, and every thing around him indicated extreme distress, yet he had always pertinaciously refused going to the hospital. Mr. Higgs, the Deputy Coroner, who, from his connexion with the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, and his long residence in the neigh bourhood, is well acquainted with the localities, stated that the " Five Chimneys" is traditionally reported to occupy the site of the pest-houses, erected at the time of the great plague, in 1665, and inhabited by the men employed in burying the dead, which are reported to be buried in large num bers in Tothill-fields. The buildings were after wards deserted, and the neighbourhood, such was the terror of pernicious exhalations, became a wide waste. Some at last were found bold enough to take possession of the " Five Chimneys," and a right of property is alleged to have been acquired by a co.itinuous descent of uninterrupted possession. Much other property in 'Westminster is known to have been acquired in the same way. The deceased, notwithstanding his possession, appears to have accumulated no property—neither furniture nor money has been found. His mode of living was wretched in the extreme : he would eat offal of fish and other animals ; he lived alone till the last fort night of his life, when a young man named David Friend, of 4, Bleeding Hart-yard, Hatton-garden, was in the habit of visiting him night and morning. The following is a brief abstract of the more inte resting parts of the evidence. Charles Rice occupied the tenement next to the deceased's. On Sunday afternoon, hearing ha was dead, he entered the house, the door of which was merely on the latch, and found the deceased lying in a kind of upper room, stretched on a kind of straw mattress, which Mr. M'Carthy had given him. He was alive, but very faint. He had no shirt on. He had, in fact, not worn one for years. A mat, two blankets, and his clothes were spread over him. Witness asked him how he was, and he replied—" As bad as could be to be alive." Wit ness asked him if he would have some tea, and he replied, " Tea! no, I am too far gone for tea or any thing else." Witness brought him some, and told him he must take it. He tried, but got down scarcely two drops, and that came up again, and he then said, " You see I can't now." Mr. Hastings, the surgeon, was sent for, and attended him. On the Sunday afternoon he desired witness to write, immediately after his death, to Mrs. Wood, of Wem, Salop, and inform her he left her " sole successoress of all that he was possessed of." The deceased died the following afternoon, and witness immediately wrote as requested. Mr. Hastings, surgeon, of the Vauxhall-road, de posed to having been sent for to attend the de ceased, whom he found in a state of great exhaus tion and dying; he could discover no symptoms of disease or poison ; witness heard him direct the young man to write to Mrs. Wood ; witness met him about a fortnight previously, and he bad then a crust of bread, which he said a lady was going to give a dog, but that on his applying she kindly gave it him instead ; he said it would last him 24 hours; he was a sober m,,n, and, in the opinion of witness, might have lived longer if supplied with the com mon necessaries arid comforts of life. David Friend had occasionally visited the de ceased during the last fourteen days; the deceased claimed the freehold of a house in Edward-street, Vincent-square, besides two houses in " Five Chimneys." - - Richard Palen Bickerton, of No. 4, Addaide street, St. Martin's, claimed to be related to the de ceased, and to be his next of kin; he had not seen the deceased for years, but believes he is related to him, by the deceased being the brother of witness's grandfather; witness did riot know where the de ceased lived, or that he was in want ; he was willing to be at the expense of the funeral, on condition that he was reimbursed, if he failed of establishing his relationship. The CORONER could say nothing on that subject. The Jury returned a verdict—" That the de ceased died from the want of the common necessaries of life." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEBONE. A WOMAN HATER.—Yesterday, a middle-aged man of respectable appearance, named Win. Nairne, an ornamental painter by trade, was charged under the following circumstances: — A young female, named Anderson, on Saturday evening last, was passing along Osnaburgh-street, when the defendant seized her by the shoulders, and having given her a violent kick in the back, ran away. He was, however, pursued by a policeman, and apprehended. She had given no provocation to the defendant, and could only account for it by his general antipathy to females, for which reason he went by the name of the " woman-hater." A respectable married woman, named Surry, said that she had been frequently kicked in a similar way by the defendant. He always displayed an unac countable aversion to the fair sex when he met an unprotected female. Several unfortunate females gave similar evidence. ~ The defendant, who declared he had neverkicked a respectable woman, was fined 51., and held to bail. B 0 IV- STREET. PLYING FOR HIRE WITHOUT A LICENSE.—TV. Shepherd and Daniel Kettle were charged with plying for hire with a lly, on the preceding evening, without having the neees , ary Stamp-office and other plates affixed to the carriage. Shepherd was fined in the full penalty of 101.; and, in default of payment, was committed to the House of Correction for two months. The other defendant was discharged. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A CAB.--A man named Boxer, charged, on Tuesday last, by Mr. Folkard, the cabriolet proprietor, with being found in possession of a cab and horse, his property, of the value of 1001., without being able to give a good account of the manlier in which he obtained such possession, was again brought up; but, still refus ing to give any further account of himself or the horse and cab, he was remanded for a week. ONE OF THE VICTIMS ON BOARD THE AMPHI TRITE —A young man, named William Hoskins, who still showed the remains of former respectab!. lity, attended on a summons obtained by the parish officers of St. Martin's-in-the•fields, to answer to a complaint that he had neglected to pay the sum of 311. 4.i. 3d., advanced towards the support of his wife Mary, whom he was alleged to have de serted. It appeared from the statement of Earle, one of the parish officers, that on the 19th of September, 1832, the wife and child of the defendant had be come chargeable to the parish, and that since that time h e (defendant) h a d a d vanced nothing towards their maintenance or suppo r t. Th e wife was some t ime since convicted of a petty felony, and sen tenced to be transported to Botany Bay for seven years, and she was on her way out to that colony, together with her child, aged five years, for whom she had obtained permission to accompany her, in the Amphitrite transport, when that vessel was wrecked, and they both petished. The sum of 311. 4s. 3d. was now due from the defendant to the parish for the maintenance of his wife. The defendant was unable to pay the money; he was Very poor, and out of work. H• bad been apprenticed to an oilman in the Strand, with whom he had regularly served his time. Sir F. ROB said that the defendant appeared to be too poor to pay so large an amnunt as that due, and he thought it better that the vestry clerk should be consulted before further steps were taken in the matter. Mr. Hall, one of the overseers, expressed his willingness to follow the suggestion of the worthy Magistrate, and the young man was suffered to de part. The deceased wife of the unfortunate young man, it would appear, was of a very bad disposition, and being a woman of superior strength and size to the defendant, was in the habit of beating him severely, and not unfrequently of throwing him down stairs. The defendant, it appears, was sincerely attached to the child, who, with its unfortunate mother, was lost in the Amphitrite, which circumstance has thrown him into the deepest affliction. THAMES-PO !.ICE. COLLISION WITH A STEAMER.--Yesterday Captain Spicer, of the Rapid steam-vessel, was charged with having wilfully run foul of the Emu lation pleasure yacht, belonging to Mr. Kerrison. Mr. BALLANTINE said the collision appeared to have been accidental, and recommended that the matter should be settled. Mr. Brocklebank, the Managing Director of the General Steam Navigation Company, immediately paid the damage the yacht had received. UNION HALL. Yesterday a man, named Edwardv, was charged with having defrauded an old man, named Prosser, out of .5/. The complainant on the 9th of August, saw an advertisement which stated that a situation of a guinea a•week was vacant. He went to a Registry-office, and was referred to the prisoner, who said the situation was door-keeper and money taker to an exhibition, and Si. would be required as a security for honesty. He was shown a large room, at No. 28, Old Bond-street, where the pri soner said a process for detecting the adulteration of articles of food would be exhibited. The old man deposited 51., and remained five weeks at the room, but no exhibition took place, nor was there any furniture in the place but an old table. He demanded his salary or his 51., but he could get neither. He ultimately accepted a promissory note, which was worth nothing. Mr. TRAILL said it was clear the old man had given up his 5/. on the representation that he was to be put into a situation of a guinea a-week. He should have no hesitatio►► in sending the case before a Jury. He remanded the defendant, in order that a person from the Registry-office might attend and give evidence. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The changes which are about to take place in the affairs of the East and West Indies have drawn more than usual attention to the state of the markets for the produce of these remote and valuable colonial possessions. It is, however, a matter of much spe culation whether the present favourable condition of the markets will be maintained. As regards the produce of the West India colo nies there appears to have been a considerable im provement as compared with the quotations realized at the close of the third quarter of last year. The advance in the finest Jamaica Sugars has been from 555. to 584., the price tealized at this period of last year, to 625. and 675. per cwt., the present quota tions, white brown descriptions are quoted 545. to 58s. per cwt., which at the same period of the pre vious year were sold at from 495. 6d. to 50s. 6d. per cwt., showing an average improvement in Sugars since last year of from ss. to 9s. per cwt. The improvement in the prices of British Planta tion Coffees within the same period has been much more remarkable. The finest Jamaica Coffee a few weeks since was sold as high as 1255. per cwt., but now is quoted at 115 s. to 120 s. per cwr. In the corresponding week of last year purchases of the same qualities were made at from 90s. to 965., and of ordinary qualities at from 70s. to 735. per cwt. The present value of ordinary descriptions is 755. to 8.54. per cwt. As compared with the prices of last year, the finer Coffees are full 245. per cwt. dearer at present, while the lower qualities now command an improvement as to prices over that of last year of from 4s. to ss, per cwr. In Rum the improvement has not been so pro minent ; the present value of the finest Jama i ca being 3s. 4 , 1. to 3s. lOtl, per gallon, and of strong Leewards 3s. to 3s. 3d. per gallon; while at the same period of the previous year the former was sold at 2s. Bd. to 3s. 5d., and the latter at ls. 11d. to 2s. 6d. per gallon. Tne importations of British Plantation Sugars in the first three quarters of the present year show a decrease of about 7,000 hhds., while the imports up to the same period of last year were not less than 13,000 hhds. less than in 1831. There has been a remarkable falling off in the deliveries for home use this year, not less than 20,000 hhds. In the last year, up to the end of the third quarter, the decrease was only 3,000 hhds. This successive decrease in the deliveries is made up by the increased consumption of Mauritius Sugars. The stock of Sugar is about 5,000 hhds. mote than at this time last year, while the stock in October last was, 9000 Mids. less than at the corresponding period of 1831. Not only has there been a deficiency in the sup plies of British Plantation Sugar, but in Coffee al•o the importations have fallen off. The decrease up to the Ist inst. is full 5,000 hhds. The deliveries for home consumption are maintained, and the stock on the Ist inst. was 2,600 hhds. under that at the same period of last year. In the East India Coffees there has been a great decrease in the deliveries this year, amoun ins to :37,000 bags, the demand for export, which last year was nearly double that of the previous year, not having been maintained. The present prices of Ea't India Coffees are, however, from 10s. to 15s. per cwt. higher than the same week, 1832. This year's importations show a decrease of 12,000 bags, and the stock is larger by 10,000 bags than at this time last year. The importations of Sugars from the Mauritius are watched with much anxiety by the holders of property in the West India Colonies. The quality of the Sugar from the Etst shows a yearly improve ment. The imports of Mauritius Sugars in the first three quarters of the present year have been 297,100 bags, and of East India 123,000 bags, &c., being above the arrivals of last year; while there was up to the corresponding period of 1821, a deficiency in the imports of Mauritius Sugars of 112,000 bags. The great increase in the deliveries of these Sugars for home use will be seen by the fact, that in 1829 only 135,000 bags were taken for home use, while in 1832 not less than 262,000 bags were taken for consumption, and this year 263,000 bags have already been delivered. The present price of Mauritius Sugars on the average, is from ss. to 7s. per cwt. higher than at the corres ponding period of last year. The importation of Rum is about 5,000 puncheons more than last year's, and there is rather an increase in the deliveries. Late accounts from Bermuda state that some very severe weather had been experienced there, accom panied by thunder and lightning. One of the barracks occupied by a part of the 71st Regiment was struck, but fortunately the men esc iped injury, but the door was car ried off the hinges, and other damage done. The inhabitants of Shepherd's Bush, near Hammersmith, have been much alarmed within the last week by the appearance of a pestilenrial disease, which commenced in a low swamp called the Islands, on the Latimer estate. Several miserable families located in huts upon this marsh have been suddenly attacked by the disorder, and deprived of existence. The parish authori ties have sent medical aid and food. Private individuals in the neighbourhood have also humanely contributed to wards the relief of the indigent sufferers. This disease, according to the opinion of many persons, is produced by the unhealthy damp habitations or low, hovels which have been suffered to remain too long upon a spot unfit fur the Abode of human being.. THE TRADE TO CHINA. THE TEA TRADE.—Yesterday being the day g?' pointed by the East India Company for the issuing_,: of their declar a ti on f or t h e D ecem b er ta l e o f -tea k" much interest was excited among all persons 0' terested in this important branch of the China trill: to learn the quantity of teas that would be offefei'l As the December sale is the last but one that the Company will make under their old Charter, *fe ar was entertained by the trade that the Director s would force on the market a much greater quantiti of teas than th e su pply requ i re d, i n or d er to sv il d themselves of th e p resen t fi rm state o f t h e trades°, the increasing c o n sum p t i on , w hi c h i s d emons trate' by the very heavy clearances which have taken Pl ate ft , in the last fo r t n i g ht, d ur i ng w hi c h period upvin of one million seven hund re d an d fif ty t h o ussn pounds weight of tea have been taken from out L ) , the warehouses for consumption. The East I . Company's declaration, however, only shows an to` crease of 100,000 lbs. over the quantity sold at the last sale in September. The following is the quantity of the variog f descriptions of teas announced for the Deceolb lr sale:— lbs. Bnheas Congou, Campoi, Pekoe, and Souchong 8,500,0 0 ' Twankay, and Hyson Skin... Hyman Total 8,500,0 0 0L The last sale consi s t e d o f 8,400,000 lb s ., an d tl , increase of 100,000 lbs. in the present declarati ool ; wholly confined to th e secon d d escr i pt i on , of whif 5,400,000 lbs. we re d ec l are d l ast sa l e . Th e 0` „ claration has given much satisfaction to the trade' The last sale to be made by the East India C°l next. There pony und e r t h e p rov i s i ons o f t h e o l d C harter $ 4 be in h e Mrear arech some efforts making in the city t 4 l establish Joint Stock Companies for the purpose? trading to China for t eas , as soon as t h e E an jn4 , Company's monopoly shall cease, in the early, Par of next year ; b u t t h ose b est acquainted with,ll36 China trade are taking no part i n t h e attempt _it"„ form associations of th e d escr i pt i on a ll u d e d to . prospectuses have already been issued for the este i blishment of Companies to obtain s u pplies .°; genuine tea, but subscribers are not to be found present in any number. THE MARKETS. COAL MAR: Per Tort. s. d. Ellison Low Main 14 0 Hebburn Main l7 0 H ilywell Kenton West 16 6 Ord's Hedhugh 14 6 13 5 Pontop Windsor 15 0 14 0 17 0 Townley., . 15 0 14 0 West Hartley 17 6 Wylam W.E. Bell, Hobson, & Co. 17 0 Walls End Bewicke & Co. 19 4 Walls End 16 0 Walls End 16 3 Ships arrived since KET.—Oct. 9. 5 , Per Ton. s. i l Walls End Hi1da......... t - 0 Walls End Hotspur.... , 1 , 1 9 Ditto Killingworth ........ :, 0 Walls End Newrnarch,.... .:4 , 0 Ditto Northumberland.. ! i ' 3 6 , Walls End Riddell's ..... : i Bells Primr05e...—......, A n Walls End Braddyll's.... 11," , 0 . Walls End Hetton ..... Z P Walls End Lyons.... ~ . ,9 5 Walls End Lambton ....... f', , i Walls End Stewart's... 4; 0 Walls End Gordon.... 1 6 W. E South Durham.. :..., 9 Walls End Tees ........ h i 0 Hartley •••••••••••••••••ww.,.. 1. ast market.day, 39. ING THE WEB COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WE' Wheat. I Barley. Oats. Per Quarter. s. t o s . s. t o s. s. to S. 1. to 62 81 31 43 22 30 38 . Andover 50 61 24 28 •- k g Birminghain....—... 56 58 30 40 16 22 P3ridport 56 74 32 36 26 30 56 4 , Cirencester 46 56 25 30 20 23 -- 46 Paringdon....--. 54 86 36 40 26 .34 45 , Guildford 48 74 23 32 26 35 -- • 40' Henley 54 83 30 35 20 30 46 Hereford 64 68 32 34 22 28 -- 56' Highworth 62 80 32 42 28 34 5/. Maidenhead 56 68 34 44 22 30 36 41 68 69 32 36 24 28 -- 56, Reading 40 66 22 36 14 26 54 Salisbury 44 53 26 30 20 24 36 5 4, , Southampton 54 58 33 40 28 32 51 Stroud Tewkesbury 65 74 30 42 30 , 38 • .7 . 40 Uxbridge ~„, Wantage 58 80 27 32 17 ' 46 , Warminster 46 59 26 30 20 25 34 Windsor 59 21 22 Worcester, 5O 57 30 32 24 32 LEWES M A RKET.—Oct 8. White Wheat (per quarter) .£2 14 oto£2 16 0 Red ditto , 210 0 2 12 0 Barley _ 1 2 0 1 9 Oats, - New, —.—. Pease w Oil Cake, New. CHELTENHAM Per Bushel s. d. to s. d. Wheat Barley 3 6 4 0 Oats 26 36 Beans Pease Hay 3[.103 8. J 4 oto L 216 0 10 0 2 12 0 20 1 9 18 6 1 0 13 0 114 v 0 0 per thouraoB• MA RKET.—Oct. B. Per lb. Baef Mutton Veal Pork Lamb to 31. 15s. Od. per ton d. d. t° 61 O 4 O 1 6 f 0 RKETS.—Oct. 2. . a g. d. 7;9 Butter, 16oz 0 8 0 9 I Egg+, 22 0 0 O . Beef, per score BO g Mutton, per 1b..... o' 51 0 I ' ( Veal 0 4 i 0 i .4 artern Loaf .... .. . ... 0- DUMFRIES M s. d. s.d. Wheat, Imp. Bush 6 0 to 7 a 3 3 36, Oats ........ 2 0 2 ti' Hour, 141 b. Oatmeal Potatoes. cwt. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STAW' (From the London Gazelle.) TO-MORROW, Oct. 11. a id, sto 0 W. Ballantyne, bookseller, Battle, Sussex W. Blofield, carpenter, Hosier-lane, Smithfield ..........•• 11 2 , J. Mannerings, builder, Chatham I R. heney, law-bookseller, Fleet-street J. Lucas, timber-merchant City-road ... `,,__ Aut COT T hi , day, CAP of v It PR tifiq• li n e 0 74 c n 't i rri 'ai e( t ) ; di t ; Ca Ptati .on. ; e n a( Uok ,rr tb e AN 11. t ' 0 1 1 LU RTF " n t% fr ce " NV( t o gqh„ P • 11( RA .T A COL oa C 1, 1 a few tiEA fiT A for VI 4 .tr i , 'ell tt o e,utpd 2/. ton d "• LITE / POPULAR NEW WORKS ON ENGLAI'''I Just published, by Richard Bentley, N e w Burling'," street :-1. Great Britain in 1833, by Baron D'ili ti gf or Ex-Minister of Marine under Charles X 2 vole. 1 0141 "0 1 " Verily the Noble author should change hie nan3e, i s call himself Baron de I'rollope."—Times.--2. EngoDl and the English, by E L Bulwer, Esq., M.P., Age,, of " Pelham," " Eugene A.am," &c., 2 vole. p O5l to! (New Edition, just ready)-3. A R e sidence. at the CO. London, by the Hun. Richard Rush, late EnvoyEt i :ies' dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Unitedf;ills 6, Mr. Rush examines our marvels and our contrasoill! rich and the poor, the Lord Mayor's and St. James' , 6o' the philosophy and the good humour o f a p ra ctised ',„11 1 pean. He also shows u s th e s o r t o f lif e Ambit's/640' • leadinz."—Edinburgh Review. 6C°4"4 India, so horribly celebrated by th e sacr i- iP' of its infatuated devotees, is in some districts n° for its weak and extravagant idolatry. In Aho 36l3 "bel hospitals have been erect e d f or th e b ene fi t of apes , "o%; thousands are kept in fancied ease and indulgenex i / o another city, whi c h was t a k en b y G enera l G 04 ' 141 00 1780, upon its surrend e r cont a in e d 40,000 iohab::l It! and as many monkeys. Th e y are even _worshiP,P, o o, the Brahmins, and are raised to the rank 0 ' VI Gorgeous temples are erected, "with pious care s m,, cle, to enshrine!" Mufleus, in his "History of Itlait offr scribes one of great magnificence--it was frootlo , l o portico for receiving victims sacrificed to it, wh ic supported by no less than 700 columns ; and Vo' c iiite r , relates that when the Portuguese plundered one monkey palaces, in the island of Ceylon, they fouf4 l ,, l li ' little gold casket, the tooth of an ape—a relic he1";60r,,, natives in such ven e rati on th at t h ey offered I ' h ' S, P . ; ducats to redeem it. It was , h owever , b u rnt Vf 0V,,,.. Viceroy, to stop th e p rogress o f id o l atry .. MI ancient Egyptians they also seem to have keen,,,: f ot r ,' more than ordinary reverence, or at least to have rank equal to that of the . sacred ibis. They aff r ' them, represented in the sculptures, and their bo2 preserved as mummies.—Naturalist's BIRTH. of On the 2d inst., at Downpatrick, Ireland, the la d Y H. Rimington, Esq , Royal Engineers, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 9th inst., at St. Gregory's church, T. T ho ls ee 1 ' d' of Upper Stamford-street, to Maria, daughter of the ; d. Farran th ce, Esq., of Ludgate-street, and Norwoodou , S' ir ; tr e ereof On e 9th inst., at the Friends' Meeting-ho "' ,48 Edward Gillett, of Nelson-square, Southwark, to Richardson, of Hemel Hempstead, Herts. Ct" .- ivlr. On the 9th inst., at St. Anne's, Westminster , 0 0. . Law, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late Wm. w ilk a off On the Bth inst., at Stanwell, Robert Heath, r.~. 7 'sjoe place, to Isabella, only daughter of the late of Staines. 11,0 DIED. „ e ar), On the 9th inst., at Harleyford.place, Kenn' Knott, Esq., in his 72d year. Ooslosv, v On the Bth inst., in Bedford-place, Arthu r ol d. Sergeant-at.law, in his 75th y ear . t 0 On the Bth inst., Joseph Moffat, Esq., area A 0 strOn eet, Queen-square. the Bth inst., in Mecklenburgh-stre et, Charles S. Hill, Esq., in her 22d year. 1 0 0 # NOr - PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY IMU RDO - aux Onics, 112, thaAxm ~~~:=~