The Sun. — London, England, 1833-12-13 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. A Tory print has put forth some flippant remarks, where the usual arrogance and ignorance are shown, respecting an inquiry which is making with a view to the more economical management of the civil departments of the army. We have been for some time aware that such an investi gation was in progress, and as no inconvenience can now arise from g iving a publicity to the matter , we may state that a Royal Commission has been issued, appointing the Duke of Richmond, Lord John Russell, the Right lion. Edward Ellice (Secretary at War), Sir James Kempt (Master- General of the Ordnance), and Major-General Sir Robert L. Dundas, K.G.8., members of a Board to examine into the expediency and practicability of consolidating., or in any other way so to arrange the different offices in the civil department of the army, such as the Ordnance, the office of the Secretary at War, and the Paymaster of the Forces, and also the Commissariat-office at the Treasury, as to produce a diminution of expense, hut without lessening the efficiency of those establishments. Sir John Bisset is, we be lieve, the Secretary to the Board, who has had practical experience in the Commissariat Depart ment ; but he receives no remuneration for this service, nor do the members of the Board. Se veral witnesses have been examined for sorre days past, and should the result of the inquiry be a recommendation to consolidate some of the above-mentioned offices, and place them under one head, and thereby to save a considerable sum to the public, without any injury but with benefit to the King's service, whatever may be the lamentations of the Tories, or rather angry vituperation, at this lopping off of patronage,the country will render justice to the exertions of Ministers to accomplish reduction and economy in all the various branches of expenditure. It may be a question whether a commission so constituted as this may have the courage to do its duty, but we are sure that the objects for which the commission was appointed are good and useful.—Times. We have received a feeling and well-written letter from Glasgow, signed " A Hand- loom Weaver," advocating the interests of that class of workmen. Our humble correspondent states a fact with which we were previously well ac quainted,—" That while almost every other me chanic is comparatively well paid, the hand-loom weavers remain in the same poor and starving condition as before." He afterwards proceeds to inform us, that these suffering operatives are at the present moment "endeavouring to form a combination or union, like other trades, for the advancement of their wages," but he adds, that from their scattered situation over the villages of Scotland, they will find a perfect combination difficult, if not impossible. Our correspondent, in speculating on the distressed condition of his own branch of manufacture both in Scot land and England, ascribes its diminished wages to the want of that concert among its members to raise them, which other trades have long established. It is on account of the mistakes in his reasoning on this point, and not by any means with an intention of denying his facts, that we allude to his commu nication, and that we proceed to make a remark or two. w hich may he of advantage or benefit to the class to which he belongs. The wages of hand loom weaving, then, are low and inadequate to the comfortable support of the weaver, not because that class of workmen have neglected to form unions, but because they are opposed by power-loom ma chinery. There cannot be two prices for the same article in the same market, if there be no difference in their quality to create a preference. The purchaser, if he finds as good a fabric made by power-loom machinery as by hand-loom labour, will not pay a farthing more for the latter than for the former. Thus the cost at which machi nery will %Rake the article is the price at which the hand.loom weaver must sell his labour ; and as by the aid of this machinery one man can do the work of three hand-loom weavers, the latter can earn only one third of the wages of the former, deduction being previously made for the interest of the capital invested in the machinery. It is plain, therefbre, that no combination among hand-loom weavers can raise the price of an article which depends for its price not upon the abundance or scarcity of their kind of labour, but upon the cost at which it can be manufac tured by machinery. Accordingly, the hand loom weaving at Blackburn and in the country districts of Lancashire, as well as in Scotland, has long become so unprofitable that the operatives engaged in it cannot earn more than %. or 4s. per week. Hand-loom weaving is likely, therefore, to be discontinued altogether at no distant period, or, if persevered in at all, only to he continued in retired situations, where living is cheap, or where distance from great factories may prevent the immediate competition of its products with those of power loom machinery. The remedy for the workmen engaged in it is not, therefore, to combine to raise their wages, but to leave the manufacture itself for some more lucrative employment as soon as they can, and not to bring up their children to such a waste of their labour. Before the invention of the art of printing, the transcription of manuscripts was a considerable trade, yielding high wages. Sup pose the scribes thus employed had chosen to contiuue in their profession after the use of moveable types, and to run a race with the press driven by a steam-engine, their wages would certainly have fallen to a rate inadequate to sup port existence. No combination or union among the craft of transcribers could then have placed them on a footing with printers in multiplying, copies of books ; they must have died off; not withstanding the most perfect concert among themselves not to work except at the rate of wages common in other trades. We need scarcely ask our Glasgow Correspondent to ap ply the example to hand-loom weaving, as corn pared with the efficiency of power-loom ma chinery, and to abandon the idea of his Trades' Union, in order to raise the rate of his wages. — Times. The subject of Corporation Reform continues to excite an extraordinary public interest throughout the kingdo m , and the disclosures of municipal corruption and defective political organization inulliplY upon us in the reports of the Country papers. The systematic bribery and venality of the freemen of the larger towns, exposed before the Commissioners, far exceeds even the insight afforded by the recent reports of the Election Committees in the last Session of Parliament. Liverpool, Norwich, Bristol, iill'elitistone, are pre-eminent examples of this ihamelOs, debauchery and corruption of the inuniciiml.francliise and Parliamentary constitu ency. need not wonder that the Tories and the 'Conservative Press displayed such alarm and horror at the " illegality" and consequences 40L of the Inquiry. It was indeed high time that a Lit- ) ,}:. thorough change should be effected in the muni, cipal system ; which, as at present constituted, seems to comprehend all the corrupt, and all the accessible to corruption, and to exclude those classes who possess real intelligence and property, And who at least ought to participate in municipal Hower and influence. We should be at a loss to understand how such gross political corruption could thus long continue did we not know that it was carefully preserved by the boroughtnongers is the main spring of their political machinery. If the Government deals with this vital question of municipal reform in a wise and honest spirit the good effects to Miuisters'and the country will be invaluable. The opposition of the Conservatives to the corporation commission is extremely amusing. They assert the purity of he corporators—the perfection of the municipal system—and the integrity of the administration of the public funds ; but they, nevertheless, would deny the means of proving this assumed Perfectibility. An inquiry, authorised by Act of Parliament, it appears would be compara tively unobjectionable ; but a Royal commission is a distressing stretch of the royal prerogative, although a dozen various commissions have originated with Tory Administrations. The 'node, therefore, of inquiry is the plau sible objection ; but this crafty pretence will not conceal the real motives of opposition, viz., a mortal enmity to any substantial measure of municipal reformation. The Tory Journals l i would now have us believe that the liberties of the people, and the freedom of the press, should he vested in their custody and keeping ; but it will be some time before they will succeed in obtaining the necessary leave of the country to assume such a public trust. All their efforts have been recently consolidated to induce the Corporators to disobey the King's Commission, but unavailingly ; and two or three solitary in stances of absurd contumacy appear to be the only product of their superfluous labours. The Corporators have been alternately cajoled and abused by those who have so long used them as political tools ; but the veil is removed—they see the impossibility of resisting the tide of political improvement, and creditably defer to public opt. nion. Among the most palpable and cabalistical modes for exciting a refractory spirit, the " opt nions" of Sir James Scarlett, Mr. Follett, and a Mr.Rennall, have been most sedulously and pomp ously advertised as a justification of opposition to the Commission. We published on Wednes day an able and unanswerable letter on the law and political manifestoes of these barristers, un der the signature of " Civis"—by an intelli gent and eminent city solicitor ; and we direct the attention of our readers to his second letter in the Morning Chronicle of to-day. A more complete expose of legal craft and political per version of facts was never made than in this acute commentary on the opinions of three Counsel "learned in the law." A more paltry or despicable quibble to prove that the Mer chant Tailors' Company is not an integral por tion of the City of London Corporation could not be devised ; and it appears that Sir James Scarlett not long since maintained the very op posite doctrine to his present opinion in respect of this same City Company. We hope that the author of these letters wiil publish them in a more permanent form, as they are most op portune, and should be extensively known to the freemen of the city before St. Thomas's Day. Sir James Scarlett, more crafty as an advocate than a case lawyer, has egregiously committed his legal reputation ; Mr. Follett, by his brevity, has endeavoured to do so as little as possible. Civis grapples with their chicanery, and has placed them in a pillory from whence they will not easily be rescued. In the mean while it is highly creditable to the London Cor poration and the majority of the city com panies that they oppose no obstacles to a public and full inquiry into their constitution and exe cutive management. An active and public spi rited committee of the city freemen and new constituency has been formed to aid the com• mission ; and the citizens we are confident will duly appreciate their own interest in the inquiry. It appears that notice has been given to the corporation and different parties interested of the commencement of the inquiry in the City on Monday next, but the place and course of pro cedure are not stated in the letter of the Se cretary of the Commission to the Lord Mayor. —Morning Chronicle. We understand that there has been a Com• mittee sitting at the Office of Ordnance for some days past, composed of the Duke of Richmond, Lieutenant-General Sir J. Kempt, Mr. Edward Ellice, and Sir R. Dundas, for the purpose of endeavouring to collect a show of evidence sufficient to serve as a pretext for car rying into effect Mr. E. Ellice's new job—the transferring the patronage of that office to the office of the Secretary at War. A more fla grant and manifest job than this, or one likely to be attended with more inconvenience and detri ment to the service, has never yet been at tempted. We suppose the step is merely pre paratory to Mr. E. Ellice's long proposed intro duction into the Cabinet, where this addition to his present office and patronage will give him the weight which Lord Grey considers ought to belong to his son-in•law.— Morning Post. The bronze statue of the late Duke of York is in such a forward state that it is expected the artist will shortly be enabled to place iron the pillar lately:erected to receive it. It will have a tine appearance from the parade in Sr. James's Park. We are glad to learn that Lord Western is recovering from his late severe illness. WHO IS THE TRAITOR ?-This question stands on very tieLlish grounds at present. All the 'fail have after a fashion publicly disclaimed the title; and a few—a very few of them—have been expurgated by Mr. Hill, in a private correspondence, intended for the public eye. We shall not be satisfied until every one of the 40 shall have taken up his character from the Member for Hull in the same way. Were there in this precious Tail any person of independence, or one permitted to exercise his own free will, we should excuse him from the degra dation of this servile proceeding; but with creatures of the kind they have proved themselves to be, we have n o scruples about hurting their feelings; for if they possessed any, they would not submit to do the drudgery of such an overbearing tyrant as O'Connell. It seems their master himself is not satisfied either with their conduct. He declares, " I am not satisfied with the course fol lowed by the Irish Members in reference to the silly assertion of Mr. Hill, of Hull." Why, it was the very course himself ordered. But he goes on to say, "He (Mr. Hill) will not tell us the name of the traitor or of the informer." That is true ; but Mr. Hill has pro mised to tell the traitor himself, if he ask the question ; and it is then for the traitor either to inform the public of the fact, by publishing Mt. Hill's letter, or to leave the public to infer the fact by suppressing it. Every one of th e forty, therefore, Daniel inclusive, must go through the ordeal until the traitor is discovered. But Mr. O'Connell says, ic I, for my part, will not write to him" k Mr. Hill). Then, Daniel, our dear Daniel, suppose the other thirty nine write and receive a clean bill of character in reply, solely the inference must be that you are the traitor your self. At present nobody suspects you ; but the fact is, you must put the whole forty to their purgation, or the public will never be satisfied that either you yourself, or some one by your instigation, is not the culprit. We shall ' watch and publish the names as they appe,r, purified or otherwise, from Mr. Hill's alembic:.—Dublin COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEE. 12. London Sittings at Nisi Priers, before Mr. Justice BOSANQUET.) SOWERS V. LAW. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a dress-maker, against the defendant, a young gentle man of fortune, to recover the amount of seven weeks' board and lodging. Mr. Sergeant WILDE, with whom was Mr. HILL, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant JONES conducted the defence. Miss Colburn, a young lady of prepossessing ap pearance and most intelligent manner, proved that the plaintiff, who now resided at No. 213, Great Surrey-street, Blackfriars, had lived formerly in Sloane-street, Chelsea, and that the defendant came to lodge there at the recommendation of his guar dians on the 14th January last, and continued there until the 4th March following. The agreement made between the plaintiff and defendant was, that when the latter came of age he would pay hand somely for the accommodation. A bed was fitted up expressly for him in the back drawing. room, and he was provided with all his meals, breakfast, lunch, dinner, wine, coffee, and supper.— (A laugh.) The defendant came of age on the 29th of flay last, but had never paid the amount due to the plaintiff, which was calculated at the rate of three guineas and a half per week. The witness, in answer to questions put by Mr. HILL, also proved that the defendant eat a very hearty breakfast, generally disposing of five or six eggs; and his average potations were a bottle of wine per day.—(Loud laughter.) Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant JONES —T h e plaintiff is about 28 years of age, and is still a single woman. Has heard plaintiff say that the defendant was married in July last. Mr. Sergeant JONEI—Was he a pleasant young man ? Witness (with peculiar archness)—Not par icu larly so. Mr. Sergeant JONES—Was he not what you ladies term a nice young man ? Witness—Not particularly so.—(Laughter.) Mr. Sergeant JONES—D;d he always go to the play alone ? Witness—No, Sir, I have gone with him and the plaintiff threg or four times, but not at his expense. Mr. Sergeant JONES—Why, Miss Colburn, do yeu mean to say that he was so ungallant as to let the ladies pay for themselves ? Witness, with great naivete—Oh yes, Sir, he did. . - Mr. Sergea n tJoNEs—l am very sorry to hear it.— (Loud laughter.) But pray now, Miss Colburn, have you never noticed any little flirtation between the plaintiff and the defendant ? Witness (with surprise)—Oh dear, no, S]r,—no thing of the sort. I suspected something of the kind when first Mr. Law came, and I mentioned it to him in a joke.—(Laughter.) Mr. Sergeant JONES—Had you any peculiar ob ject in making that inquiry ? I mean, any object peculiar to yourself. Witness—Oh ! no Sir, most certainly not.—(Loud laughter.) Afin Allen, the plaintiff's female servant, corrobo rated the evidence of the last witness in the main particulars, especially as to the articles and accom modation supplied to the plaintiff. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant JONES— Was the defendant a very pleasant, nice young man ? Witness—Nothing out of the common way. He was passable.—(The tone and manner in which the answer was given elicited a general burst of laughter.) Mr. Sergeant JONES—Did you never suspect that something relative to marriage was going on between your mistress and the defendant ? Witness (with manifest surprise at the question) —Oh, no, Sir ; my mistress had more sense than to think of such a boy as he was.—(Renewed laughter.) Mr. Sergeant JONES—I suppose marriage would be the last thing that would enter your head ? Witness (after some hesitation)—l do not know; I should never think of such a boy as he was.— (Roars of laughter.) Two witnesses (lodging-house-keepers) proved that the amount demanded (three and a half gui neas) a week was a fair and moderate charge for the accommodation supplied. Mr. Sergeant JONES, for the defendant, contended that the plaintiff had never expected to be paid, and that it was a mere speculation by the plaintiff, in the hope of inducing the defendant to marry her. Ann Potter proved that she had lived in the service of the plaintiff while the defendant lodged there, and deposed to the familiar terms on which the parties lived together. They were very agree able with each other, and the plaintiff was very attentive to him. They often went to the theatre together, arid the plaintiff always dined with him. Mr. Baxter, a solicitor, proved that the plaintiff came to him in May last to be paid 151. for money advanced by her to the defendant. She said she had been at great expense in supplying him with necessaries, but she did not mean to make any charge for them, and only wanted to be paid the money she had advanced. This the witness paid, and the plaintiff went away. Mr. Sergeant WILDE replied. He said a more paltry and mean defence he never had heard set up in any court of justice. He contended that the whole facts in the case completely negatived the insinuation raised by the defendant, that it was never intended to charge for the necessaries supplied. Mr. Justice BositscluET then summed up the evidence. The Jury, after a short deliberation, found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 25/. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. 12. (Londo❑ Sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord Chief Justice DEN3tAN and a Common Jury ) WRENCH V. HUDSON. The plaintiff, a mathematical instrument maker, brought his action to recover the balance of an account, originally 1061., for a galvanic battery, several thermometers, a prism, and other scientific instruments, sold and delivered to the defendant at his shops in St. Martin's court, Char ing.cross, and Leadenhall-street. Mr. THESSIGER, for the defendant, said the plaintiff's account had been settled by a bill of exchange for 501., which Mr. Wrench had been paid. Mr.CO3IYN, who was counsel for the plaintiff, said they had giv.n credit for that sum. Mr. TitESSIGER admitted that credit had been given for the amount, but that he considered an ingenious mode of getting mere than the plaintiff was entitled to. He should contend that the SOL bill was given in payment of all the demands which the plaintiff could make on Mr. Hudson. Some of the articles delivered might have been sent to the defendant's father in Leadenhall-street, but the defendant was not liable to ply for them. The Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages 231. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, DEC. 12 William Charles Gledhill, formerly a carpenter and joiner, was oppo.ted by a Mr. Callard, a baker iu person. The claim of CaHard was for 201., for bread and flour esytea he years supplied to his debtor. The insolvent was entitled to a r e versionary interest in 2001 . upon the death of his mo soafida he had mad e ov e r to age, under the will of stepfatherthhiesr,anoltl woman f this if n t 7 eBl one of his daughters , but upon inquiry it ap peared that the making over to the daughter bad been effected Isy a will in which he (the insolvent) had be queathed the reversionary 2001. to the daughter. The Learned Commissioner HARRIS said a making over of this sort was totally inefficacious as against the creditors. The case must be adjourned for the probate of the will of the stepfather to be produced. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, D EC . 12. (Before, B. ROTCU, Esq., Al.P.,_and a full Bench o Magistrates.) THE RADICALS AT VAR.--Stephen Odom, Susan his wife, and Rebecca his daughter, were indicted for assault ing William Benbow, of radical notoriety. The ease ex cited great mirth in C ,urt. Mr. Prendergast conducted the prosecution, and Mr. C. Phillips the defence. The prosecutor proceeded to state, that he and the male defendant had conjointly agreed to take the premises in Theobald's-road, called the Institution of the Workirg Classes, of Mr. Hinton, the owner, a gentleman residing at Kensington, and that they were to pay rent and all expenses between them, and divide the profits. They agreed also to divide the house into separate portions for the occupancy of each. On the llth of September he went there, and understanding that some of his goods had b , en ejected by the male defendant before his arrival, and that Odoin wished to get rid of him, he went into the committee-room, in which there was a desk belonging to him, and determined to remain all night. lie sent home fir a blanket, but the defendants would not admit his wife, who brought it; he then lowered a string from the win dow, to which the blanket was attached, and he drew it up. He then locked the door, immediately after which he heard Odom outside trying to unhinge it with an axe. Witness had jutted it with a piece of wood, but Odom bloke out the upper pannels, and all the three defendants got through the aperture into the room. The witness described the assault in the following terms :—The mother made use—oh !—of the most shocking language. --(Laughter.) The daughter said " -- you," you shall go out.—(Laughter.) The old lady and the daughter both seized me by the collar : I had a " material" in my hand—a piece of wood, with which I could have laid them all low, but I did not use it. The father seized me behind, and the three defendants dragged me over the broken door, which broke the skin of my shin.— (Laughter.) The females pulled me down stairs, Odom pushing behind, and the weight of that young woman (pointing to the daughter) brought me to the bottom on the top of her.—(Laughter.) My lip was cut, my face bruised, and it was a miracle that both our necks were not broken.—(Laughter.) The most serious consequences might have ensued if the old woman had not held the skirts of my coat hehind,which came off in her bands and broke my fall. My hat came off, and I wear a scalp, which came off also. Cross-examined by Mr. PHILLIPS—What are you ? Witness—Do you want a particular and full account of me ? What is your business?—l am a bookseller. I have often sold the "Loves Celestial" and " St. Aubin." Have you ever been in prison ?—Yes, I was confined by the Constitutional Association, and never brought to trial. I was tried in this court and employed you to defend me. I was con fined under the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in 1817. I was once brought up for judgment, when I employed you. Was it not for selling an indecent publi cation ?—Why, the Society for the Suppression of Vice called it so, but the jury acquitted me ; I was found guilty in the Court of King's Bench. The building in Tkeobald's-road was used as a lecture room. I have lectured in it many times, and so has Robert Owen and Robert Taylor. I agreed with Mr. Hinton to take the premises, but I did not sign the agreement, because I had not 20/, to pay as a deposit. I did not lodge a complaint before a magistrate until a week after the affair. I did ❑ot take a broker to the premises; but I took a painter, named White, to be witness whether the de fendants would be as violent with my person as they had been with my goods. I will not swear that White did not break a lock. When the defendants came into the room, I did not say, "Come on, I am ready for you." Will you swear you did not ?—I should rather say no than yes. Mind what you say, or we may indict y0u...-01), you indict, ha! ha! Jane Hutson, a gigantic woman, secretary of the " Fe male Radical Society," and an occasional orator at the building in question, saw the three defendants push the complainant out with great force, so that it was a miracle he did not fall down. Cross-examined—l was in the room with Mr. Ben bow from four until ten o'clock. Wbat business had you there ? Every business if Mr. Benbow thought proper. —(Laughter.) lam frequently absent front my home. Joseph Cannon, of 87, Tottenham-court-road, gave similar evidence. He had attended Benbow's lectures, but could not recollect what they were about. Never heard Taylor, but had heard other lecturers. They lectured on politics, with a little touch of religion now and then. Mr. PHILLIrs, fur the defendants, observed, that if they traced the course pursued by the prosecutor during his entire life, he would leave them to judge what credit should be given to his statement. He should be able to prove that Benbow introduced a pretended broker to frighten the defendants, and that he behaved scandalously, notwithstanding the evidence of that respectable woman, who absented herself from her family ; and that of Can non, who was studying perhaps to be a lecturer himself. They all three used the word miracle ; such little things as that often discovered plots; it was a miracle if they had not concerted together what to say. "It was a miracle he (lid not break his neck !" Indeed it would be lucky if his neck was not reserved to be broken in some other way.—(Laughter.) After Mr. PHILLIPS had adduced evidence the Jury acquitted all the defendants. SURREY SESSIONS, DEC. 12. Henry Price, an intelligent-looking lad, was indicted for stealing 18s. from the person of Richard Walker, a diminutive boy. The prisoner has recently absconded from the house of his parents, since which period be had led a dissolute life. He contrived to become acquainted with the prose cutor, and on the 22d ult., having ascertained that he was sent to receive 18s., he met the boy on the way home, knocked him down, and then took forcible posses sion of the money. CrutrumAx—What is your father? Prisoner—lle holds a situation in the Post-office. CHAIRMAN—Has he been apprised that you were to be tried this day ? Prisoner—l have been only visited by a sister since I have been in gaol; neither father nor mother have been near rne. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. The CHAIRMAN deferred pronouncing sentence until some inquiries were made respecting the family and his conduct previous to the present conviction. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. B TV-S Ti?EE T. An ill-looking feilow, named James Crawley, was yesterday charged before Mr. MINSIIULL with attempting to steal meat from the shop of a butcher named Crick. After bearing evidence, Mr. MlNsitut.i. said he should commit him as a suspected person for three months to the House of Correction. The prisoner, when about to be locked up, was beard by Birchall, the gaoler, to say, that if ever he had a chance, he would stick a knife into some of the policeman. Mr. MlNsitutt. immediately directed the gaoler to bring the yrisoner again before him ; and told him, that in consequence of the threat he had been heard to use, lie would call upon him, at the expiration of his imprison ment, to find bail to keep the peace tuwarda all his Ma jesty's subjects for six months. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A respectably dressed young female was yesterday brought before Mr. CHAMBERS, charged by a gentleman named Johnson with having obtained money from him under fraudulent pretences. Mr. Johnson lived at the Priory, at Kew, and a few weeks ago, the prisoner, an entire stranger, called at his residence and obtained an interview with him. She said she was the niece of Mr. Morison, the proprietor of a re spectable hotel in Dublin, that she had been seduced by an Irish gentleman, who had brought her to London, and h-ft her destitute. She wished to return to her friends there, but being without the means, she had been recommended to apply to him fist assistance, as he was acquainted with her uncle, from having used the hotel in Dublin. The plausibility of the girl's story imposed upon him, and he gave her 55., and promised to send her to Dublin, alter he had made inquiries into the truth of her statement. lie did make inquiries, and found that the whole of her story was a tissue of falsehoods, and having accidentally met her that morning, he stopped her, and accused her of having imposed upon him. She pretended not to recollect him, and threatened to give him into the custody of a po liceman if he persisted in his charge. Finding that she attemptingia,itsa gavetoh r brazen into h i ej a c c o u r at l n u d c y t . o ut, be called a po liceman, nd Mtro. explainCH A 3 hnalaashkeegdott herhepriisivoinnesr.to state her name, and The prisoner prevaricated grea tl y in replies to questions referring to these points, and after stating that her name was Smith, and that she lived in Portland-place, acknow ledged that she went by the name of Butler, and passed as a married woman at her lodgings at the Prince of Wales public-house, Charlotte-street. Mr. CHAMBERS despatched a police-constable to make inquiries into the truth of her last statement. In a short time Sergeant Dewing returned, and in. formed the Magistrate that the prisoner was known there by the name of Butler, and that in searching her room he had found a written character from an individual signing himself John Burke, which might probably lead to some thing connected with her real history. Mr. CHAMBERS questioned the prisoner as to the writer of the character, and after some difficulty the Magistrate extracted the information that the writer of the character was Sir John Burke, and that be was then residing at the Quadrant Hotel, Regent's Quadrant. Mr. CrraatisErts requested Sergeant Dewing to take the prisoner to the Quadrant Hotel, for the purpose of request ing Sir John Thule to attend at the Ace, in ease her statement was correct. The prisoner appeared very reluctant to accompany the police constable; but having been obliged to comply with the Magistrate's order, all parties left the office together. In about half an hour the police constable and the prisoner returned to the office, accompanied by a servant girl be longing to the hotel. . The servant bad a charge to make against the prisoner. A abort time back she called at tke hotel on Sir John Burke, and having established a sort of intimacy with the servants of the hotel, she contrived to obtain from witness 1 Is. and a silver watch, in exchange for the duplicate of what purported to be a flit gold watch. When witness went to the pawnbroker for the purpose of redeeming the article, she was told that the ticket was originally given for a sofa, and that the description of the property had been scratched out, and the words " gold watch" inserted in its stead. She had never set eyes on the prisoner since the cheat had been detected. Sir John Burke having at this stage of the proceedings entered the of Mr. CHAMBERS inquired of him if he knew anything respecting the prisoner? Sir John Burke knew nothing more of the prisoner than that she called on him at the Quadrant Hotel, and related 11 very distressing tale of her seduction, and her desire to return to her uncle, Mr. Morison, an hotel proprietor in Dublin. Mr. CHAMBERS produced the written character found at the lodgings of the prisoner, and inquired if it was his hand-writing. Sir John Burke acknowledged that it was, and in ex planation observed that her story bad so imposed upon him that out of pure humanity he had been induced to give her the fake character for the purpose of helping her to a situation. Mr. CHAMBERS read portions of this character, from which it appeared that the writer recommended in the strongest manner Mary Morison, alleging that she had lived in the service of his sister for a length of time, and that she had left her place with an irreproachable character. Mr. CHAMBERS asked Sir Joh❑ Burke, if the prisoner had ever lived i❑ any capacity in the service of his sister ? Sir J. Burke replied that she had not td his knowledge. The prisoner declared that the " character" was not given her from solicitation. The whole contents of it were pure invention, and emanated from Sir John Burke himself, who told her if she got a situation she might refer to him, and he would give her a character. Mr. CHAMBERS (lid not pursue the inquiry as to the false character any further, but folded up the paper and placed it in the hands of Sir John Burke, with the remark that such a document had much better be in his hands than in the prisoner's. Mr. CHAMBERS then directed that the prisoner should be remanded for the present, as it was not unlikely a case would be made against her from what had been stated by the maid servant at the Quadrant Hotel. MARY LEB ONE. William Brett, driver of the hackney coach No. 9.23, who was brought before the magistrate on Friday last, charged on suspicion of having, on Tuesday the 3d inst., infused a powerful and deleterious narcotic into a glass of brandy and water, and afterwards robbing a young female, residing near Judd -street, Brun.wick-square, who partook of the mixture, of an emerald ring set with diamonds, a gold neck-chain, and other bijouterie, to a considerable amount, while riding in his vehicle from Drury-lane The atre to her abode above named, was placed at the bar yes terday, before Messrs. HosKuss and TUBBS, for re-exami nation. The prosecutrix was accompanied to the office by some gentlemen of gay exterior, and the affair, from its myste rious character, excited much interest. Mr. Phillips, the clerk, read over the depositions previ ously given to the several witnesses in attendance. Mr. HOSKINS (to William Tuck, the pot-boy at the Norfolk Aries, Leigh•street, Burton-crescent)—lt ha■ been sworn that on this lady's arrival at home, her dress was completely drenched with water. Did you take any to the coach ? I did not. Mr. HOSKINS-Did you see any carried out? No. Mr. HOSKINS—Who carried out the spirits ? I took the glass from the bar-maid, and gave it to the coachman, who handed it to the lady inside. Mr. TU885...43 there any place near your house where the coachmen water their horses ? There is, in a street close by. Mr. Chau°, the surgeon, of Leigh-street, was desired to repeat his former evidence, which he did. Mr. Ilosxms—What statement have you to make, Sir, with regard to the contents of the stomach, which you extracted, you say, by means of the pump ?—The contents have been analyzed by a chyrnist of eminence, who ascertained that no poison had been administered. Mr. HOSKINS-Then, in your opinion, the effects pro duced were those of intoxication from the use of spirits only?—I now believe that the stupor in which I found the prosecutrix arose from her having partaken of some quantity of spirits. Mary Ann Wilson resided with the prosecutrix, and was at the theatre with her on the evening in question, when the gentleman, after placing her safely in the vehicle, returned to her, and informed her that he had done so; she, witness, at the termination of the performance, left the house, and arrived at home about 1 o'clock, when she found the prosecutrix in a very alarming state of illness in bed. Mr. HOSKINS —ls the gentleman here who nssisted the lady out of the coach ?—He is not, having been laid up with the scarlet fever caused by the fright, ever since. The prisoner, when asked what he had to say, called a witne-s named— John Greenway, another coachman, who deposed, that on the night of the robbery he spoke to the prisoner at the corner of Wilson-street, Somers Town, at which time he (the prisoner) had set down his fare—it then wanted a quarter to one. Prisoner—This shows, your Worship, that I must have got to the lady's house long before the time the witnesses have sworn to. Mr. Ilostcms (to Greenwa})--Was the prisoner sober when you saw him ?—Much as I have seen him before. I dare say he'd had two or three drops of gin or so. Mr. HOSKINS —Did he say any one bad been taken ill in his coach ? No ; and as to her (meaning the prose cutrix) I've been up to the house meny times in the last five years ; it's nothing but a common brothel. Mr. HOSKINS (to the prisoner)—Have you anything more to say ? Is the person here who took shrub and water to toe coach, as you state ? Prisoner—No, your Worship, be was quite a stranger, and I shouldn't know him a2ain. I know nothing of the robb-ry. Mr. HOSKINS—You are committed to Newgate for trial. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Erz 1, Marshal, from Singapore, and Jean, from Sin. gapore, have arrived in the Downs ; Minerva, from Born• bay, off Liverpool ; Margaret, from the Mauritius, at Liverpool ; and Edward, Green, from the Cape, at Cork. Departures from the Cape.--The Clarence, Sept. 11, and Hero of Matown the 11th, for Bombay ; the Betsy, for Sealing, the 17th ; the Jane, for Bourbon, the 12th; and the Brilliant, for Swan River, the 19th. Arrivals at Singapore.—His 'Majesty's ship Wolf, fiom Anjer ; Frances Charlotte, from Van Diemen's Land and Swan River ; Edward, from Malacca ; Lucile from Bat - via ; Germania from Batavia; Elizabeth, from Calcutta and Penang, June 14 ; Carron, from Bombay, and sailed the 16th for China ; John Bannerman, from Bombay, and sailed the 16th for China ; Charles Forbes, from Bombay, and sailed the 16th for China ; Cornwallis, from Bombay, and sailed the 16th for China ; Catherine, from Penang and Malacca, the 14th ; Sweet, from Malacca, the 15th ; Glenely, from B imbay, the 15th, and sailed on the 16th for China : Sulitnany, from Bombay, the 16th, and sailed the 16th for China ; Pasco t, from Malacca, the 17th ; and Mercury, front China, the 19th. Departures.—The Eleanor, for Penang, 16th June; Gulnare, from Bombay,lBth ; and Clive, kr Malacca,lBth. The Lady Harewood, which put back to Singapore 13th June, has been surveyed and condeinnpd. The cargo has bee❑ landed, and would be transhipped for England ; the ship would be sold. Arrivals at St. Helena.—Janet hat, from Batavia ; Mars, Rand, from Batavia ; and Urania, from the Cape. Departures from Batavia.—. The Universe, 16th July; Emma, 18th; and o:issa, 24th, for Singapore; and John Dunscomb, for the Mauritius, 26th. THE CORPORATION CONIMISSIONERS IN LONDON.—By the annexed letter, addressed by the Com missioners to the Lord Mayor, it will be seen that a pub lic inquiry into the city corporation will be forthwith proceeded upon:— " 12th December. "My Lord,—l am directed by the Commissioners ap pointed by his Majesty to inquire into the existing state of the Municipal Corporations of England and Wales, to inform you that they will commence the public inquiry into the Corporation of the city of London on Monday next, at 11 o'clock precisely. " I ant, your Lordship's most obedient seryao', " JOSEPH PARKES, Secretary. " To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Mansion-house." THE MARKETS. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE Of , BRITISH For the Week ended Dec. 6, 1833, made up from thl of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns it and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. ‘Vheat— 493. Bd. Oats ...,..M.193. 8(1. Barley 295 . 1 10d 1 Rye —.—..34s 3d' Pease...—. IHPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS PRI Wheat—..--. 505. lid.' Oats 193. &LI Rye 345. 84 1 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat..—. 363. Ad. I Oats —18 s. 3d.1 104.1 Rye ISs. 3d.1 COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DER 1 Wheat. I Barley. Oats. B Per Quarter. s. to s. s. s. s. to s. s. Blandford Brigg 4O 58 36 40 15 22 30 Cambridge— 50 29 17 Chard 48 56 24 28 18 22 32 Huntingd0n........... 58 63 25 30 17 22 28 Long Sutton— 56 64 17 22 32 Louth 48 54 28 32 18 22 40 Lynn 5O 60 22 25 16 20 32 Newark 57 60 29 40 16 22 37 Nottingham 48 54 29 36 20 23 37 Peterborough 39 48 25 29 13 21 28 Plymouth 50 64 30 34 20 23 Pontefract—...... 67 43 27 Sleaforti 65 70 36 38 22 28 41 Uppingham 42 47 28 32 22 26 36 48 62 20 33 14 22 30 Wheat, LEEDS CORN MARKET. Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b. York. and Lincoln. 601 b .—Dec. 10. 40s. to 355. to 28s. to 275. to $45. 225. to 235. 21s. to 3.55. 18s. to 225. ng. 9d to 10%41. pert' 225. to 255. per load , 31, to —l. per lam Barley, Norfolk and Suffi, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding Beans 63lb. Oats, Potatoe -Mealing, For. 12d. to 13d Shelling Rapeseed, English, 231. to 27e HULL M A RK ET.—Dee. 10. Wheat, Old ...,3. 403.545. New —f. 444. 5 0 ‘ . Foreign —s. 50s. 545. ln bond... —s. —s. -- 1 . Oats, Poland —s. 18s. 20s. Old —3. —l. -- 4 ' Small or Feed.... —s. 16s. 18s —6. —s. ... 4 . Foreign —s. Ills. 183 —s. —a. — 4 . Barley, Norf. & Suf.... —s. 30s. 31s. Line. & Wold —s. 26s 233. Foreign Beans —s. 225. 345. Foreign —s. —s. --g• Pease, White —s. 428. 465. Grey —s 32s 349. Tares —s. —s. —s. Foreign ...... ... —s. —s. —s. Rapeseed. in bond none. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—Dec. 10. WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. Red Scotch, Welch, and Manx Irish, White 7 0 7 6 Red. 5 ' 6 9 9 _ ... - Foreign 7 6 8 0 OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b 2 g 3 0" - Irish - Foreign BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 33 0 35 0 - Scotch and Irish, per 601bs. - Feeding 3 7 3 8 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 34 0 41 0 - Irish, &c ..... 3O 0 34 0 - Foreign PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 44 0 46 0 - Foreign FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. - Irish l5 0 41 0 OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 24011 is INDIAN CORN, per 4401 h. RYE, per I mperial quarter MALT, ,er Imperial quarter I NI PORT OF GRAIN for the Week ending Dec. 9. Wheat. Oats. I Barley Flour. Oatmea l. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. IForeign, Brls.l Iris h, &c. S&L' Loafsle• 6,653 3,322 1,041 - I 6,393 3,28 HAILSHAM MARKET. —Dec 11. 3s. 4d. to 4s. 10d. 4s. 0,1. to 4s. 4d• Alutton—,—. 4 4 5 4 I Pork 310 4 `2. Supply good, and trade rather brisk. ARUNDEL MARKET —Dec. 10. Beef . 3s. 4d. to 4s. 10c1. Veal 4s. 4d. to 4s. 10J• Mutton —.—. 4 0 5 4 I Por=—, 4 0 4 4 Supply of Beasts moderately good, of small stock rather mited ; trade rather brisk. CHICHESTER M ARK ET.—Dec. 11. Beef 38.4 d. to 4s 4d. 4s. 4d. to 4s. 1 0 , d ' I Mutton 4 0 4 10 Pork Supply moderately good ; trade with prime Beef and Mutter' somewhat brisk, with other meat dull ; in lean stock little W as doing. RUMFORD MARKET.—Dec. 11. tl. s. d. to v. d. c. d. A. 4 B , ef 3 4 4 4 Veal Mutton 4 0 5 0 Pork 3 8 4 -- Suckling Calves, 10s. to 28s. ' • Quarter old Store Pigs, 12s, to f 2 0 ,. Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 101. to 101. A moderate supply, and a sluggish trade. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET. (From the London Gazette.) TO-MORROW, DEC. 14. M. 11. M. Moses, tallow-chandler, likestone, Derbyshire DIVIDENDS. 0. T. Marris and Co., bankers, Barton-upon-Humber ........... .at 3. Strangman, jun. flour-factor, Queen-street, Cheapside... 11 D. N smith, warehouseman, Friday-street J. Plowright and Co., linen-drapers, Great Surrey-street There are three persons now living under one roof, at Brailsford, in this county, whose united ages amount to upwards of 233 years. —Derby Reporter. DEATH OF THOMAS ATKINSON, ESQ. With sincere regret we announce the death of our late en terprising and spirited fellow citizen. He sailed from Li verpool, on the 18th of September last, for Barbadoes, t O seek in a warmer climate the health which was denied him here ; but while upon the passage he fell a victimp° ° the 10th of October last, to the fatal pulmonary cons' plaint with which he was afflicted, and his remain s were committed to the " Deep deep Sea," that had o ften been the theme of his song. During the last few years Mr. Atkinson had peculiarly identified himself with the politics and literature of Glasgow, and acquired no small notoriety in both. The advantages of early education were denied him, but his natural talents, as well as hill zeal, in the acquisition of knowledge, at a more advanced period, enabled him to supply, in a great measure, the►r want. Hence his extreme facility both in writing and speak" ing, without rigid attention to the graces of authorship• His life, it is well known, was one of ceaseless exertio n awl yet, amidst all its bustle, he contrived to write more than many men of untrammelled leisure. It would have been strange indeed if writings flowing from their author in such circumstances did not betray many marks of baste and weakness. He did not confine himself to one species of composition; but in prose and verse he wrote with equal facility, and often with great success. His mind was active and elastic, rather than profound--his imagination susceptible of vivid rather than of vigorous impressions—his temperament ardent an I impatient—and his feelings always linked to liberality, both in politics and letters. Justice was scarcely done to him while be lived among us ; many will now look around and in" quire the cause, when it is too late to make atonement. Our brief estimate of his character is rather impartially than flatteringly drawn. T,,e feeling of all who were personally acquainted with him will subscribe to its ac curacy.—Scots Times. BIRTHS. On the Sth inst., at Dover, the lady of Capt. Smart, of a son. On the 11th inst., in Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park, the lady of William Paynter, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a son. On the 4th inst., at the Vicarage, Gainsburgk, the lady of the Rev. G. Dodds, B. D., vicar of Corringham, of a son. On the Ist inst., at Greetham, the lady of the Rev. H. Baker, of a daughter, still-born. On the i ) .d inst., the lady of Mr. Wood, of Great Claybrook, Northamptonshire, of twins, both girls. Mr. Wood has live children, the eldest of whom does not exceed two years and seven months. MARRIED. On the 12th inst., at St. Pancras New Church, John Pat tullo, Esq., surgeon, of Holloway, to Charlotte Couch, second slaughter of the late Mr. B. C. Danby, of the Temple. On the 12th inst., at Clapton, John Groves, Esq., of Grove- end road, Regent's-park, to Louise Hopkins, youngest daughter of Thomas Bridges, Esq. On the 10th inst., at Doddington, Gloucestershire, HenrY Lannoy Hunter, Esq., jun., of Beach-hill, Berks, to Charlotte Octavia, daughter of Sir C. Bethell Codrington, Bart., and the Hon. Lady Bethell Codrington. DIED. On the Ist inst., at Derby, aged 89, Ann, widow of the late Michael Henley, Esq. At New Harmony, Indiana, in the United States, Mr. Jolla Mather, formerly of London, merchant. _. Yyu"trl‘teovshe recollected with uic't , . . On the 7th inst., Mrs. Beeman, relict of the late John Kee. man, Esq., of River's Hall, Essex, aged 83. On the 9th inst., Ann Eliot, wife of Samuel Eliot, Esq., of Hing-grove, near Southampton. On the Bth inst., at Paris, Henry, the youngest son of the late John Chuter, Esq., of Upper Homerton, in his 320 year. On the 6th inst., at Bank House, Leith, Wm. Hutchinson , Esq., Governor of Annamaboe, and late Member of the Coun cil at Cape Coast Castle, Africa, aged 41. In Belfast, aged 98 years, Mr. Win. Martin. Isabella Drake, in her 820 year. At Braneyfield, in Carolina county, Miss Catherine Rankin,' c i fo ld l\l erness. The wars VI" On the 10th inst., at Little Sharde,eliocretgsei and was bow Western Mountains were agedt.t f , freshly eeeasrht Indians y: v O9 do niri impressed i years.p:rtaeoasstys Royal. dtl 1 . Se built o h l., os e lh : having htev w ei o a drn sfigms the been eii neienosnt nativeroi , dni A ath, M e er p s l h a a c m e , w ll b l e r re s: force the great excitement in Virginia which was caused Ol B ra ddock's defeat ; while the war of the revolution was but a n e v ent of yesterday. She cherished towards England all th : affectionate attachment of the early colonists, and mentio ne 4 it only by the endearin g ep ith e t of" h ome. 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