The Sun. — London, England, 1833-09-16 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, It is much to be regretted that public docu ments do not undergo some better revision and severer scrutiny than they appear to do before they obtain the final seal of official announce ment. It is said of lawyers that they are so accustomed to leave a flaw or opening for liti gation in all they do, that even their own wills are not exempt from it. Certainly there never was a public document that so completely stul tified its own apparent intentions, and disap pointed public expectation, as the order lately issued from the Horse Guards on the subject of military flogging. After enumerating three heads of crime to which this barbarous practice is to he confined, and to which it would almost seem that its increased application is invited, we have these few sweeping words added, " or other disgraceful conduct." Words of exemption, of exception, or mitigation, would surely have been more consistent with the pro fessed object of this order than a species of am nium gatherurn of this kind, which literally embraces everything which the spirit of the order, if it be sincere, was meant to exclude ; for what species of offence is there that is not " disgrace ful ?" and what crime, therefore, is there to which the hateful punishment of the lash may not still be applied ? Yet this is the way in which the Commander-in-Chief, through his official organ, the Adjutant-General, gives effect to the " King's command," to the avowed wishes of the nation, and to a vote of the House of Commons, which had well nigh made the total abolition of this national stain imperative. We regret that Parliament is not now assembled, that the country might know what Mr. Ellice, the Secretary at War, and the brother of the Prime Minister, says to this. The friends of Sir John Hobhouse, we remember, were very anxious to have it made known that the Hon. Baronet's principal reason for resigning that office was, that he found himself, while holding it, to be little better than a clerk to the Horse Guards. What does Mr. Ellice say to this ? Is his view of the matter the same ? If it is, is it not a state of official vassalage to which no honourable or independent man ought to sub mit ? The order in question seems to bring that matter to the test. Whose supervision did it undergo ? Did Mr. Ellice see it before it was issued ? If he did, how can he justify its terms, either with reference to his own opinions, or those of the House of Commons ? If he did not, he can hardly be said to be allowed, in this respect, the privilege, or knowledge of a clerk, in a matter so intimately connected with his own peculiar department.—Morning Herald. The Committee on Army and Navy Appoint ments have found that the expenditure of the army cannot be materially diminished. They observe in their Report, " that they cannot close the military branch of their inquiry, with out stating the favourable impression which they have derived from it as to the general eco nomy and management of the army. They would have been happy, if, in the performance of the duty intrusted to them, they could have effected any greater saving to the public; but taking into view the peculiar circumstances of our military service as pointed out in various parts of the evidence, and particularly by the Duke of Wellington, in the memorandum al ready referred to, and taking also into view the fact, that whilst the salaries and emoluments of many branches of the civil service have consi derably increased since 1792, those of the supe rior officers of the army are, with few exceptions, the same as they were a century ago." When we mention the names of the Committee, it will be seen, that if little saving could be ef fected, it was not because there were not on the Committee any men disposed to carry economy as far as possible. The names are Lord Ebrington, Lord John Russell, Sir Robert Peel, Sir Henry Hardinge, Mr. Aber cromby, Sir Ronald Ferguson, Sir Alexander Hope, Mr. Wilbraham, Sir John Wrottesley, the O'Connor Don, Sir John Byng, Mr. Bon ham Carter, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Morgan O'Connell, Nlr. Hedworth Lambton, Sir James Graham, Mr. Ellice, Mr. Williams Wynn, Sir Henry Parnell, Mr. Pendarvis, Mr. Hume, Colonel Davies, Mr. Fazakerly, Colonel Ma berly, Sir John Sebright, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Carew, Admiral Fleming, Mr. Richard Oswald. The Committee divided the sub , jects of their inquiry under four heads-Ist. Ile Garrison Establishments at home and abroad ; 2d. The Pay and allowances of General Officers holding the situations of Colonels of Regiments ; 3d. The Pay and Emoluments of the General and Staff-officers ; and, 4th. The appointments of Vice-Admiral and Rear-Admiral of England, and of the Generals and Colonels of Marines. The Committee under the first head, re commend the putting an end to non-effective Garrison appointments. The Duke of Wel lington, in a memorandum given in th e appendix to their report, bringing briefly but forcibly into view the whole constitution of the British army, had, they say, expressed his opinion in favour of their continuance ; but they " are still of opinion, that upon the principle repeatedly laid down by Parliament, that all sinecure offices ought to be abolished, no garri son appointments should in future be made where no efficient military duty is performed." They do not, however, propose anything against the present occupants. The Committee, how ever, suggest that fifteen thousand pounds be granted to his Majesty for the purpose of mili tary rewards in lieu of the sinecures. The Committee, however, are less tender with respect to the garrison appointments held by per sons altogether unconnected with the army or navy. " From Returns laid before the Com mittee," they say, " it appears that several gar rison appointments are held by persons altoge ther unconnected with either the military or naval service, and in some instances enjoying lucra tive emoluments from civil employments. The Committee consider this a violation of the object for w! ich such appointments were esta blished, and a misapplication of the public money, and they therefore recommend, that wherever garrison appointments are held by such persons, wh et h er res id ent or not, t h e sums voted for their salaries should be omitted in all future estimates unless any special grounds can be st a t e d for their continuan ce on the score of the duties performed, or of the particular circumstances of the individuals holding them." If the con tinuance of pensions to the holders has been advocated on the ground of the parties havin g been taught to calculate on such continuance, much more will it be argued, we fear, that these military sinecures held ;by civilians cannot be abolished without hardship to the present holders. With respect to the colonelcies of regiments, the Committee do not propose to cha n g e this long established system ; but they propose some . reductions, producing an immediate saving of 9,7001. a year, and about 15,5001. more as va- 1 eancies occur. Under the third head, the Coln- mittee propose to abolish fees (now heavy) attached to military appointments, and thus to place, in that respect, the two services on the same footing. By a misapplication of the King's warrant of 1814, authorizing large addi tions to the pay of general officers, those who had been reduced before the last war, or had retired on half-pay before the last war, were admitted to the benefit of this. The warrant was cancelled in 1818, other wise a further charge to the country would hrve been created of 300,0001. But 39 officers are receiving, through the misapplication, no less than 15,6221. beyond what they received before the issue of the warrant. The Committee con demn this payment, arid recommend that it ought now to be discontinued. They propose that the officers in question " should revert again to their former rates of half-pay, subject to such exceptions as the Government, with the assistance of the Commander-in-Chief, may think it just to make, on a due examination and liberal consideration of the circumstances of the parties whose income may be so reduced, or of the efficient services of any of the Generals in cluded in this list ; but that they shall have the option of selling out of the army at the regula tion price of their unattached full-pay commis sions, wherever, in the opinion of the Secretary at War, such sale shall not, from the age or health of the parties, be injurious to the public interest. With respect to the navy and marines, the Committee recommend the continuance of Vice-Admiral and Rear-Admiral of England, but see no reason for keeping up the Generals and Colonels of Marines. The evidence throws light on many points, respecting which the pub lic possess very little information. We shall, from time to time, lay parts of it before our readers. We observe that Sir Willoughby Gor ' don bestows great praise on the composition of the French army. He says that thirty-one years' service in France does not wear a man so much out as twenty-one years with us. We suppose this is because the French do not send their soldiers to distant colonies. The French soldiers, he thinks, are, on the whole, better off than ours. They can march twenty miles a day, carrying the heavy weight that a soldier ought to carry. This, he seems to think, is the result of practising the men to march with weights. He seems to have been struck with the march of the French soldiers to Antwerp. What a strange picture Sir John Sebright gives of the army when he was Lord Amherst's Aide-de-Camp. Every thing was then given to Parliamentary interest.—Morning Chronicle. If any thing can show the folly and madness of those who conduct and uphold the affairs of the little Queen, it is the subjoined paragraph, taken from the Sunday Times of yesterday. Encouraged by the recognition of England and France, we find the holders of Pedroite Stock preparing for a Coronation, when, up to the present hour, the rabble of Lisbon, Oporto, and Faro only have been consulted as to the mode of settling a disputed succession, and the doubt ful fate of Lisbon, as well as the interested views of the father, yet operate as fearful obstacles : _. " CORONATION OF THE QUEEN OF PORTUGAL.-The Coronation of the young Queen, it is expected, will take place shortly. A band of musicians have been engaged in London to accompany her Majesty to Portugal. Mr. Peed, formerly a musician belonging to the First Regiment of Grenadier Guards, had been appointed to engage the musicians. He has engaged thirty-six of the most ap proved musicians, mostly experienced men, who have left the bands of the three regiments of Guards. Their pay is to be a guinea per day eacb, and their clothing found them. The uniform for the musicians is most splendid : a white superfine cloth uniform coat, turned up with red, and decorated with gold lace; worked crimson trousers, braided with gold lace down the sides, and caps to cor respond. Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, all the musicians left London by coaches from Piccadilly for Portsmouth to embark on board the steamers for Lisbon. The men will remain there until after the Coronation, which is to be on the most magnificent scale."—Morning Post. In the programme of the labours of the Holy Alliance Congress, which may now be consi dered as complete by the arrival of the Emperor of Russia, our continental contemporaries have assigned a conspicuous place to that of settling the political distractions of Switzerland. Our Tory journals at home, who seem always glad to echo the opinions of the despotic prints of the continent, even when they do not understand the subject o& discussion, have agreed that the Swiss must be coerced into order and tranquillity by this despotic interference. They hear of dif erences between two sections of the same can- ton, and between different cantons of the same Confederation,—they hear of differences between the inhabitants of the towns and of the country about an equality of civil and political rights, —they hear of changes in the constitution of the cantonal governments, and of a contem plated change in the federal administration, and, without comprehending the bearings of the ques tion, they immediately conclude that all this is dan gerous to the neighbourhood, and proceed to call in the Holy Alliance police. If we were to credit their representations, the shepherds, and moun taineers, and industrious manufacturers, and free burghers of the Alps, who seek only to be the guardians of their own high region, and whose genius and institutions were never calculated for conquest,—to whom even Napoleon allowed a considerable degree of independence, and in sured eleven years of moderated liberty and do mestic prosperity under a free republican con stitution,—whose rights and privileges the allied Sovereigns, in 1813, respected when the power of Napoleon had ceased to be a protection, — who obtained from the same Sovereigns, at the Congress of Vienna, a solemn guarantee for the neutrality and independence of their country, to gether with an accession of territory, which im proved their military means of defence,—who, at the present moment, make a noise, indeed, in their own vallies and defiles, which their enemies would call revolutionary, but which can excite alarm among no people but theta selves,—if, we say, we were to credit the representations of Legitimatists and Conser vatives, this inoffensive race is about to fall, like a democratic avalanche, on the plains below, and it is necessary to take Holy Alliance precautions against the threatened calamity. Now, nothing can be more absurd and foolish than such au alarm, and nothing could be more uncalled for and indefensible than such an interference. In order to demonstrate the truth of this assertion, and to justify a policy of non-interference, we have only to attend to the nature of the political differences which now ferment among the scattered thousand retired vallies of the Alps, the composition and strength of their political parties, the principles by which they are guided, and the objects at which they aim. None of these, it will be seen, has any relation to foreign powers, or offers any thing alarming to the permanent good of the country itself; and, therefore, it will follow that Switzer land may b 2 safely left to itself, without the care or superintendence of our modern Amphy c _ tionic Council. At the Congress of Vienna the Swiss Confederation, as it existed under Napo_ leon, appeared by its deputies, altboUgh Napoleon's act of mediation had been for mally cancelled. Along with the representa tives of the Diet came the representatives of most of the cantons, which had particular privileges to reclaim or to defend. Before the strong hand of the French Reformer had moulded the constitution of the cantons into something like uniformity, and had destroyed the feudal privileges which existed anterior to the Fren c h R evo l u ti on , every sor t o f offensive privilege and social inequality existed between the members of the Confederation anti in the interior of the cantons. Some of the latter had their subject states, which suffered from their oppressive exactions, in others a body of aristo cratic families had held for ages sovereign sway, in others the municipalities oppressed the country districts, and in others the representation of the peo ple was so unequal, that large classes, though not otherwise oppressed, were stripped of their fair share of political influence and power. Buona parte destroy e d mos t o f th ese e x c lusive privi leges, and erected the subject states into an equality with their former masters in the general Diet ; but as soon as the Allies had annulled this compact, and spoke of restorations, each of the old favoured cantons and parties came to the Congress to claim their antiquated rights. Happily the Powers were less timorous at that time than subsequently ; and happily, likewise, the Emperor Alexander, who bad great influence in the settlement of Europe, was represented in the Committee on S w i ss a ff a i r s by Capo d'lstrias, and Baron Stein, who had relations with his old Swiss tutor La Harpe. These Plenipotentiaries resisted the demands either of the sovereign states to recover their subject provinces, or of particu lar classes to domineer over their less favoured brethren. " The agitations of Switzerland," said these two able diplomatists, in the only good memorial submitted to the Swiss Committee (our poor Lord Stewart, now Lord London derry, being the British representative in the settlement of Swiss affairs), " have been the consequence of the reaction of the spirit of independence and of equality against aristocratic institutions of monopoly and subjection—rela tions which wounded the pride and the interests of the majority, and occasioned abuses. These agitations manifested themselves long before the French revolution, but the latter gave to their principles all the force and extent which the example of a great nation enthusiastic and victorious can produce." " The act of mediation was made with a perfect knowledge of the interests of Switzer land. Its influence has been, according to the avowal of nearly the whole of the popu lation (la Presque totalit6 des habitans), beneficial to the nation, and the consequence is, that it has a legal sanction for the last 11 years." On considering these facts the Swiss Committee, in their thirteen conferences on Swiss affairs, resisted the demands of Berne for the re annexation of Argovia, and certain claims on the Pays de Vaud. It likewise resisted the claims of certain other cantons and classes against each other, and stereotliped, with little variation, the previous arrangements of Napoleon, only en larging the boundary of the Confederation by the addition of the Valteline (surrendered by Austria), and the annexation of three new can tons—Geneva, the Pays de Vaud, and the Prin cipality of Neufchatel. In the whole of these negotiations no question was ever made respect ing the constitution of particular cantons, and no model was fixed upon by the Allies for the government either of particular States or the di rection of the general union. Certain differences had occurred in the relations of the several can tons of the Confederation to each other, %% hich it was supposed foreign interference could better arrange than internal arbitration, and the Allies having consulted the interests of all parties, made a declaration of the result of their judgment as the principles on which, if accepted, they were prepared to guarantee the independence and neutrality of the Confederation. The compact proposed in that declaration was accepted, but no promise was either offered or demanded that Switzerland would never make any changes either in the constitution of its several cantons or in the provisions of its general union. During the 15 years which intervened between 1815 and 1830, the Swiss Confederation, though often oppressed or insulted by the Holy Alliance agents, showed no disposition to resent or resist their encroachments. The press of a free people on the top of the Alps was some times controlled by an order from a despot near the North Pole, and we have heard of a liberal professor of law at Lusanne having been dis missed from Switzerland because lie spoke too freely of a monarchical government in address ing his republican pupils. The cantons were, however, obliged to submit in silence to these indignities. But when the French revolution of July, 1830, occurred—when the political discussions which had been adjourned from the Congress of Vienna to that time were again re-opened, an immense political fermentation took place over the whole surface of the con federated cantons. The aristocratic states did not now, as formerly, demand a restoration of their privileges, nor did the municipalities require an extension of their rights over the country; but in nearly every one of the cantons a new and more equal distribution of political power was demanded. For upwards of a year this agitation continued ; constitutional committees were formed in nearly all the cantons, and a more popular distribution of executive offices and of legislative power was generally adopted. The town of Basle resisted the demands of the country even to bloodshed, and the consequence was the establishment of a new cantonal govern. ment at Liest a l. Th e canton o f S c h we i tz was likewise divided into two fractions, and formed fur a short time two separate political establish ments. These differences arose from the claims of the people against the factions of the aristo cracy, or the privileges of the cities, and did not affect the tranquillity o cantons. At the ineetincf; ofoldhthedemo cratic cantons. July,ietinocratc i 1832, all the 22 State s sent' their deputations to Lucerne, and instructed them to declare their sen timents on the necessity of i mprovement in the federal union, as well as on the policy of the changes which had recently occurred. The great majority expressed their app ro b at i on of the latter. Since that time new misunderstandings have arisen between the internal parties in two of the cantons, and between iortio po ns licy of the ca ntons themselves, respecting the ) and the utility of a new federal Government. The consequence has been, that at one time Switz erland not only saw a Basle canton in the city, and a Basle canton ou t o f t h e city — a Sch i weitz nterieztr and a Schtveitz ex terieur—but two Diets, that of Zurich and that of Same!). Thelatter wa s compose d of the Representatives of Aristocratic factions in several of the camons, and has been soon put down. The refractory portions of the schismatic cantons have likewise been overpowered by the energetic proceedings of the General Diet ; and, though the measure of a federal constitution had been lost, it appears by the last accounts which we have received, that every State had sent its De puties to the Diet at Zurich, with the exception of Neufchatel. The latter is subject to the King of Prussia, and was only incorporated with the Confederation in 1815. Upon the threat by the Federal Directory of military occupation, unless it submitted to the Diet like the other cantons, this Swiss principality has likewise for the present yielded to superior authority. Now, we would ask again and again what have the Holy Alliance despots to do with the political quarrels or the new constitutions of these mountaineers ? In 1815, the assembled diplomacy of Europe sancioned in some of the cantons a pure democracy, which has not since been dis turbed, and in others they acknowledged the legality of privileges to which the body of the people have since successfully objected ; but neither in their " final declaration," nor in their previous negotiations, did they insist upon any right to dictate political institutions to the Swiss, or to interfere in their internal disputes. The only ground on which they could presume even to give their advice was, that they had conferred certain advantages on the Confede ration, by giving it a better military boundary, and they had promised to protect its neutrality and independence. This favour and these en gagements were not made to depend upon the perfect political immobility of the Swiss, but upon their willingness to subscribe to the specific arrangement then offered for their acceptance. If they should invite assistance from abroad, or if they should attempt to propagate revolutionary doctrines or principles hostile to the peace of their neighbours, the Powers which signed the treaty of Vienna might withdraw their proctec tion from Swiss independence or neutralitv. l Such a result is the very worst that can be threatened, and nothing has occurred to warrant such a menace. After the changes of 1830, the Swiss D'et again demanded the renewal of the guarantee of their neutrality, and obtained it from all the powers. They have done nothing since to cancel the renewed obligation ; and therefore any attempt of the Holy Alliance conspirators to interfere at present with Swiss independence must be looked upon as an attack on the right of mankind to improve their insti tutions ; and, finally, as a crusade of bayonets against opinions.—Times. INSOLVENT COURT, SEPT. 14. In the case of Samuel Rowland Eustace, which was not concluded when our paper went to press on Friday, the Court adjudged the insolvent to six months' imprisonment, at the same time comment ing, in severe terms on his conduct, and exculpating Mr. Holditch, the respectable coachmaker of Long Acre, from all suspicion. INCREASE OF TAILORS.—George Rumble was opposed by Mr. Cooke, for a creditor named Slack, and was defended by Mr. Woodroffe. The insolvent had been a tailor in Fleet-street for upwards of twenty years. He said when he com menced he was the only one in that street, and when he quitted business there were upwards of a dozen, several of whom had been in his employ. He had been up on two former occasions, and his case stood over for some furniture which he had given to a female named Bridgman, with whom he lived, to be restored to the creditors. This was, however, not done, and the insolvent came up to re ceive judgment. The aid COMMISSIONER said a wire could not keep property against creditors, and why should a woman with whom the insolvent had lived as his wife ? It was monstrous to suppose she could. The insolvent was sentenced to nine months' im prisonment, for a fraudulent disposition of his pro perty. SURREY SESSIONS, SEPT. 14. A NARROW ESCAPE.—lVillianz Field, aged 20, was indicted for stealing a quantity of jewellery, money, and other articles, at Newington, on the 21st of August last, the property of Benjamin Lingham. Anne Lingham deposed that she was the wife of the prosecutor, who is a stage-coach proprietor, and resides at No. 8, Peacock-street, Newington. On the evening of the day named in the indictment, the prisoner accompanied her husband home. Shortly after the prisoner had departed from her residence, she discovered that all the articles enumerated in the indictment had been stolen from a box which was found to be broken open, and having suspicion that the prisoner was the thief, she gave information to a police-officer. The prisoner was apprehend e d, and duplicates of the property, which had been pledged with various pawnbrokers, found upon him at the time of his apprehension. Mr. CHAMBERS cross-examined the witness, from which it was elicited that her husband was con stantly drunk. Mr. CHAMBERS—I reluctantly put the question, but are you a married woman ? Witness (pertly) —That's my business. And it is an important part of my business to come at the fact. Come, answer the question, are you a married woman or not ? That's my busi ness.—(A laugh.) CHAIRMAN--Witness, don't treat the qu es ti on so flippantly and unbecomingly; remember you are under the solemn obligation of an oath, therefore, answer the Learned Counsel, the Court will interfere when improper questions are put to witnesses. Witness—Well, then, I am married. Mr. CHABIBEns—How long pray ? Witness-- (Snappishly)—Six years. When, where, and to whom ? That's my busi ness.—(A laugh.) The COURT again cautioned the witness, and censured her for unbecoming replies to questions which she ought and must.answer. Witness—(Tremulously)—At Ore Church, near Hastings, in Sussex. _ _ Mr.CIIMiII3ERS-1-lave you your marriage certi ficate with you Witness—No, I left it at home. Now, madam, I ask you to answer me, and at the same time remember, you have already sworn you are the lawful wife of the prosecutor. Are you so or not and do, for God's sake, remember your oath, and the situation in which the prisoner stands. Witness—(who stood as rivetted in the box for nearly five minutes, said)—Then I am not married. A burst of indignation ran through the Court. Hr. CHAMBERS—Then how could you presume to swear you were married ? Witness—The truth is this, Sir, six years ago 1 went to Ore Church, near Hastings, to be married, but Benjamin and I quar relled at the church—(A laugh.) Well, what then ?—We left the church in con sequence of the quarrel, and returned home without b e i n g married, but in the course of the afternoon our differences were settled, and we became friends. And since that time have lived together as man and wife. Yes—Now you have got the whole his tory !—(A laugh.) Then the property set forth in the indictment be longs to yourself ? Yes, allexcept a s ea l w hi c h 1 gave to Benjamin Lingham w hil e we k ept company, and before we lived together as man and wife. Cox, a constable, deposed he apprehended the prisoner, and produced a seal which he found upon him, as also several duplicates. The female witness was again interrogated as to the habits of ',lngham. She reluctantly confessed that he was in a continuous state of inebriety, and was also in the habit, either by himself or agent, of pawning his and her property, and it was probe ble he might have employed the prisoner to dispose of the seal as well as the other articles mentioned. The prisoner, in defence, called several respecta ble persons who deposed to knowing him from his birth, and also to his general good character; he had travelled through the greatest part of Italy, and had only just returned from Greece, after an ab sence of nearly four years, and while in that coun try had unfortunately received a wound in the head, which at times affected his intellect. They all deposed to his universal disposition towards honesty. Verdict—Not guilty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. The following are copies of letters received by Messrs. John Bourne and Co., and Mr. Duncan Gibb, of Liverpool, and transmitted to the LORD MAYOR, in evidence of the correctness of the view taken by his Lordship of the correspondence of Mr. Bennett : " 178, Fleet-street, London, April 25, 1833. " Gentlemen,—l am referred to you by a Mr. John Spencer, who has applied for a vacancy in my counting. house. He states having been in your employ fur eighteen months, commencing in the early part of 1830, since which time he has been abroad. A candid statement of his abilities, integrity, and general conduct during the time he was with you will much oblige, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant, " W. H. MORRIS. " Messrs. J. Bourne and Co., Liverpool." " I'7B, Fleet•street, London, April 25, 1833. " Sir,—l am referred to you by Mr. J. Spencer, who has applied for a vacancy in my countinghouse. He states having been in your employ for eighteen months, commencing in the early part of 1830, since which time he has been abroad. A candid statement of his abilities, integrity, and general conduct will oblige, Sir, your obe dient servant, " W. H. MORRIS. " D. Gibb, Esq., Liverpool." To the latter note the following answer, which reminded the LORD MAYOR of a certain passage in the Vicar of Wakefield, was returned : "Liverpool, April 29, 1833. " Si:,—! am with your letter of the 25th instant in quiring after the character of Mr. J. Spencer, who has applied for a situation in your counting-house, and has given my name as a reference, which rather surprised me, for at this moment I cannot recollect such a person in any way about my employ at the period named, and very certain I am that he never held any place in my countinghouse.—l am, &c. (Signed) " DUNCAN GIBE. " W. H. Morris, Esq., 178, Fleet-street, London." His Lordship sent M'Lean, the inspector, to No. 178, Fleet -street, which happens to be Peele's Coffeehouse, to inquire after Mr. Morris, and to re quest that the gentleman would call at the Mansion house in the course of the day. The inspector reported to his Lordship that he had waited upon the proprietor of Peele's Coffee house, and had been informed by him that some shabby-looking person called for letters directed to J. Morris, Esq., which, as they were post paid, and might have been addressed to some gentleman who frequented the coffee-room, were not refused. Nothing more was known, as might very well be supposed at such a house as Peele's, of the corre spondence. The houses in Liverpool were doubt less completely lulled to sleep by the fact that the letters were franked by Members of the House of Commons; that to Messrs. Bourne and Co., by J. Campbell, and that to D. Gibbs, Esq., by G. F. Berkely. The LORD MAYOR hoped that the Members of the Legislative Body would look with caution to the character of the constituents for whom they franked letters.—(Laughter.) TVORSHIP-STREET. CONJUGAL MISERY.—A coachmaker, named Doughty, was charged by his wife Jane with having on the day before ill-used her and threatened her life. The wife who is a respectable looking person age, stated in tears that she had been obliged to leave her husband and take refuge at the house of her friends, in consequence of his continual ill treat ment. On the day before he came to the house of her sister in Bethnal-green, and, because he was refused admittance, he broke several panes of glass, and threw mud upon the windows, which brought together a mob of from 300 to 400 people. Mr. TWYFORD.—Has he ever done so before ? Complainant.—Oh yes, repeatedly. Mr. T%VYFORD (to the prisoner)—What have you to say for yourself, Sir ? Prisoner (impudently)— What have I say ? Why, I'll tell you if y ou w ill give me time. In the first place that woman is a What have you to say to breaking her sister's windows, and threatening her life ?—.My property is there, and I have a right to have it. You must find bail to keep the peace to your wife and all the King's subjects.—Oh, I'll keep the peace if she will give up my property, but not without. You won't? Prisoner (impudently)—No, I won't. Then you must go to prison.—Very well. The prisoner was in consequenee locked up. LAMBETH STREET. EXTENSIVE BURGLARY.—The Magistrates were engaged for some time in investigating the circum stances attending an extensive burglary in the house of a gentleman named Morris, in Assembly-row, Stepney. On Friday night, Mr. and Mrs. Morris, on returning from a party, found that an entrance had been made into their bedroom from an unoccu pied house next door, by boring a large hole through the party wall. Wearing apparel, jewellery, and plate, to the amount of one thousand pounds, was carried off. Suspicion fell on a servant and a young man, who had been observed lurking about the house ; but as there was no direct evidence against the parties, they were remanded. REVIVAL OF TRADE.—The trade of Frome is on the increase. The manufactories are fully em ployed, and the looms generally in active operation. Fewer names are on the extra lists of the poor's books than have been known for a considerable time, and it is confidently reported that the poor's rates will be less in amount this year by one-half than last.—Bath Chron. A dreadful accident happened yesterday evening, between six and seven o'clock, off Turpin's-road, south of Blackfriars•bridge. A wherry, having three gentlemen and three ladies, coming with the tide, came in contact with the barges lying off Turpin's.road, when the boat went down. Unfortunately, two ladies and two gentlemen were drowned, the other gentleman was saved by the praiseworthy exertions of Edward Williams, plying at Blackfriars-bridge. The boat belonged to Messrs. Needham and Judd, of Paul's•wharf. SUICIDES.—On Saturday an inquest was held before Mr. Stirling, at the Bank publi:: house, King -street, Drury-lane, on the body of William Hit.- wood, aged sixty three, the keeper of a chandler's shop in King-street. The deceased having lent a sum of money which was not paid, and meeting with several serious losses in trade, became very despondent. On Thursday afternoon he sent his wife to Chelsea, and on her return she found the deceased suspended by a rope in the cellar. Verdict—Temporary inanity. An inquest was held before the same coroner on the bode of a harness maker, named Duffey, aged forty, residing at 53, Mon mouth•street, About three months ago the deceased's daughter was burnt to death, since which the deceased had been very melancholy. On Friday morning he was found hanging from a beam in the ceiling. Verdict— Temporary insanity. BRUTAL CONDUCT..—It is our painful duty to record a most disgraceful act of cruelty which occurred i❑ this neighbourhood on Tuesday evening last. A respectable female, Mrs. Brown, an inhabitant of the village of Ab Kettleby, had been on some business to Long Clawstone, a distance of four miles, and on her return, a little past seven o'clock, when she had pursued her journey about a mile and a half, she was accosted by two men, wh 3 dragged her nearly a mile, and then brought her back to within eighty or ninety yards of the road from whence they had taken her; they then rifled her pockets of eigh teen pence in silver and threepence in copper, took off her shoes, tied her hands behind her, put a tope round her neck, fastened her to a tree, pulled her hair over her head and face, and in that miserable condition left her. Her son went to meet her o❑ her return, but, not finding her proceeded to Clawstone, where he was informed that she had left that place about seven o'clock ; he then returned immediately to Alt Kettleby, and, not finding her there, some friends accompanied him in search of her ; and from her groans they at length discovered her, quite inton sible, and conveyed her home.—Lincolnshire Chronicle. THE ARMY. (From the Limerick Chronicle of Sept. l I.) o f In order to allay the fears of the numerous friends.o the 50th Regi men t i n this quarter, we have to occlallio them that no d e t ac h ment of that corps was embark": the Anzphitrit e t ransport , f or N ew South Wales, wreck on the coast of Boulogne. Lieut. Goodwi n an d a di v i s i on o f the 10t h or Rapt Hussars have arrived in Carlow. hos Captain Heron's company of the Royal ArtillerY l arrived at Island Bridge barracks, Dublin, from C bsl. wont. The 70th Re g i men t w ill s h ort l y procee d from Butteilsot oth to Cork, p re p ara t ory to t h e i r embarkation for Barbsom, and it is understood will be replaced by the 89th from garrison. bed Capt. Caulfield' s com p any o f t h e 58t h D epot Mar c o from Butt evan t t o Ch ar l ev i lle on the 4th instant, 1/1",00, town it is prob a bl e w ill cont i nue to b e a m i litary g 3tl, Detachment s o f th e 80 t h R eg i ment are statiose°4l Maryborou g h, T r i m, A t h y, C astlecomer, Carlovirr Monastereven. tts On the recommendation of the principal officer on Medical Staff, Sir Hussey Vivian has Ordered the I army to disconti nue wear i ng w hi te trousers during 0 remainder of thi s season . Th e troops here appeare° Monday in cloth trousers. Accounts from hi s M a j esty ' s 62 d Regiment, I r e llo c 1 17th March, m en ti on t h at t h ere h a d b een no fresh 0.. 70 , , cholera on th a t d ay , an d t h at the total number of 0391 ties was 37 European soldiers, 10 European women) 15 children, awl SO camp followers. The detachment of his Majesty's 39th Regiment all f i from New S ou th W a l es, un d er the command of ?!'efil Poole, was ordered from Poonamallee to join the Regi" at Bangalore. Detachments of hi s M a j esty ' s 4 5t h an d 62d R eg .°er o had sailed from Madras for Masulipatam. o • r Major W. Booth, hi s M a j esty ' s 4 1st Regiment, 31 pointed t o comman d P oonamallee, Madras, vice C 0 .41, resigned. The Governor of Jamaica has found it necessary to se P ., for the Bth Regiment from Bermuda, and that core now stationed at Up-Park Camp. to It is said th a t M a j or -G eneral Sir C. Dalhous i e ' g have the vacant Lieut.-Colonelcy of the 16th Dragoons' COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Real* Fer Quarter. a. to s. s. to s. a. to s. 55 29 10 40 49 53 25 29 19 22 Morpeth * 49 53 24 26 18 21 30 Penrith 56 25 18 .••• 57 30 22 4 4 Winchester 45 57 22 26 22 24 42 ,cl , Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s.d. S. d. 8. d. s. d. s• ' 0 Carmarthen........... 6 0 6 6 2 6 2 9 1 4 1 8 0 0 60 Cowbridge— 66 701 2 9 40 26 3C S 6 Newcastle (St a ff.) 80 891 4 6 50 30 34 5 6 0 , 70 93 36 46 3 3 4 0 56 66' ."" 80 86 40 48 30 34 6 0 A - rw 0 Swansea 68 70 36 39 22 Ou Waicic ' 90 110 30 46 20 3 3 56 Per 8011. 9, 0 Barnardcastle......... 12 0 16 6 8 0 8 6 5 0 60 10 Durham r , . I`.o 140 70 80 40 56 7 Richmond 11 0 16 68 6 9 0 5 0 6 4 0 9 5 Stockton 11 6 12 G 9 6 10 0 5 0 5 4 7___,•••• WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-Sept. 13. mig, Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk,,,-s. 455. to 563. fin e 5 60. Lin. and Cam. -s. 40s. to 538. fine 4 4. ----- Yorkshire -s. 375. to 508. fine '134. White -s. 453. to 60s. fine 5 1 0 -- Foreign, Red -s. 435. to 535. fine 6 1s. White -s. 525. to 595. r!n e 55 , 5. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk --- Lincolnshire 2ss. to 275. fin e s's. --- Yorkshire Wold 26s. to 288. Foreign -s, to -s fin e 41P Beans, Old . . - New Oats, Potato - ue Poland s 3 3 7 1 859 g s s, ttt t 0 000 3 3 9 r s s s, fit fine Friezland and Small ! ls -s. 17s. to 20s. finl o pe. Mealing Shelling Ms. to 265. Od. per 01. Malt 355. 395. fine 42s per lAA Wipeseed Per , SCOTCH MARKETS. -- -- ** r ' W heat. Barley Oat*. Beans. 02 .. t . 1 .. / D ~ Aberdeen .-- 24 48 54 23 25 16 20 6 Berwick.--.- 36 37 19 21 12 14 18 Q 3 / Coldstream .. 25 42 18 19 13 14 20 ?,„.. 2 - ..... , Cupar .----- 48 56 26 31 18 22 22 r, .--. / Dundee-- 50 60 30 33 20 25 30 °L ..... / Elgin ---,--.. 40 50 24 26 16 20 3° -; / 1nverne55.......... 36 50 25 26 18 20 27 -,- / Kelso ................ 37 40 19 21 13 14 19 20 .-' 41 Kirkaldy...-- 48 61 23 29 16 20 45 48 43 / Perth .---...... 50 56 23 26 20 22 2` 2 25 V;itit 11,.... The size of the measure var i es th roug hout the EDINBUR We had a large s the sales were heav) Wheat. I First 6ls Od Second Third 44s Od GFi COR ;upply of r y, except t Barley. Od 309 Od 23s Od 4 MARK] lost kinds it - Oats. Oats. 23s 4d 22s Od 20s 01 of Grain ii. to -day , ser o l I 'lO Pease. —s Od —s Od .....9 Od PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &C. Beef, per lb. Os. 41d.t005.6(1, Freshßutter, 1b.05.9 , 1. ti , Mutton 04} 0 6 Salt 0 8 0 u 0 6 0 8 Ditto, per cu t. 70 0 0 ° 0 4 0 6 Eggs, per doz. 0 7 7 6 Lamb, per (ir. 1 0 3 6 OatStraw(kpt.) 7 0 / v Callow, cwt.... 35 0 37 6 Wheat Ditto... 7 0 6 , Quartern Loaf 0 8 0 0 B ar l e y Ditto 0 0 OID Potatoes, 1711 b. 0 6 0 0 Hay,perst..--. 0 8 EDI NBU G H MEAL There was a middling si and the sales were brisk, at an top price. MARKET.—Sept. oret, if Oatmeal at this day's o p Ili ( Ivance of Is. lid. per sack. Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. First Oatmeal Second ditto 1 9 0 Barleymeal 1 5 0 Peasenteal 1 4 0 Pot Barley—No. 1, per cwt. 12 Firs P t e O r a S t t m o n e a e .. of . ... b . . Second ditto ............ 0 1 d ßarleymeal ............... 1.. Peasemea 164.--1 .. ... , .......1.. 1,1 _ . ~.....--- . ' ifil GLASGOW CORN MARET..—Sept. 11. dO The arrivals of Grain continues small; a fair busineSs if , at about the rates of last week. s d• Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. O. O a t s , per 2641b.14 b. •6to , 0 British, old 23 oto2B 6 Irish 15 0 new 23 0 27 0 British Canada, free 2B 0 30 0 Beans, per 2 00 l b ' 0 <0 I/ Irish 16 Barley, per 3201 b. S co tti s h 15 ° 0 English 0 C Pease, Scottish ..- g 4 4 0 Scottish Irish Flour oatme a p i e , pe r 280 r 1 l o b . 1 . b . : . 3 1 , - 3 0 CORNWALL. MARKETS. n ts• l _o'' '' St l.- ' Tatmo—Wheat (average) 225 .—Barley, 10s. Od.---10 3 ..- - ST. AUSTELL-.-Wheat, --S. to 21 , .—Barley, p 3. to th °, 75. to Bs. Od. jOg.''.o' PENZANCE—Wheat, 20s. to 22s.—Barley, N. to od. to Os. to I's. 6d.—Beef and Mutton, Od. to Gd.—Pork , oat h Butter, 9d. per 11). OP LAUNCESTON—Wheat (average) 195.6d.—Barley, 9s•C‘ IP ss. 3d.—Beef, sd.—Mutton, 6d. A d .O ath to 7s. s it i, LiKaaan--Wheat, —s. to 225. o.l.—Barley, L.ri 3. - , 70 Od. OW, Bonmtri—Wheat (avera ) 22s.—Bart r- Od.-- .age) Ley, 10s. f 0 44 HELSTON—Wheat, 21s. od.—Barley, 93 fid. 103" ST. CoLumo—Wheat, 203. to 21s.—B a rl e y, On. to and Mutton, sd. to 6d.—Veal, Od.—Lamb, Od. C °t ' 'OW MINING INTELLIGENCE 0, Quantity of Copper O re so ld atßedruth Last ThurdaY "' Average Produce Quantity of fine Copper— oho • - Amount of Sale, 21,6951.45. Od.—Average Standard. '" O le Byers, the inf ormer , 9 ' 1 ;075 harvest at the exp ense o f t h e hackney-coach Of„"iphefi' have plates on th e i r carr i ages, announcing the 11 , - f i B° letter - passengers th e y are a ll owe d to carry, in lette r gt cient size. we pe At the Sheriff's di nner w hi c h tool'', P o i : t e e e c a' the Guildhall, Bath, on F r id ay, an extraor 3 , ll ? t be occurred on the proposal of the healths of t 6r° 000 r hers for the city." Thi s t oast was received 8 , the 0 1 " deathlike silence, th e soun d o f a pin droppingbee°llis 11 might have been di s ti nct l y h ear d . We have ' 0 ,19 'i , av'e to learn that a si ng l e person present put his %1 90 ) lips. Certain it i s t h at not the slightest toketi vas , 0 gh' was attempted. Th e s i lence at last gape earl y 1, 3 0 ° I subdued titter, whi c h en d e d i n a general and Pef-e,t3t'avy a tbe r A more striking or more unequivocal 010! public feeling never took place in this or l a city.—Bath Chronicle. 1 7. BIRTHS. of pclY f On the 14th inst., at Guildf or d- s t ree t, the 0 Thomson, Esq. of a daughter. pC On the 13th daug inst., at Dulwich, Mrs. G• hter. the 14th inst. l33 °kl) W. Kingdom , c On , Mrs. of a son. 1 0 . 1 MARRIED. §.- On the 12th inst., at Workington, Cum berland' p e t Esq., M. A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, to on daughter the o 7 f th ß. u T i t h . , om at ps c o h n a , t E ha sq . . , of m N i V ra o ffi rk i i e n h g i n, l l eovtia T t l i n f it by the Right Rev. John Lord Bishop of Nova;7 . pee' . o f J. Cunard, to Mary, eldest daughter of T. barrister-at-law. r '‘) C" On the 14th inst., at E s her Church, ' Dlr. Brighton, to Francis Elizabeth, eldest daughter . Northumberland -street, Strand. On the 13th inst., Mr. Walter, of Purley 194 ' ' cila 9 :ii , d 0 on o ,n n st t th h , re e r e B l3y t h t, h i a n gi n s e t sd . t , . 7 a : t .a ß t o r l d v e e a s u t x, Cottage,T T. 0l ed u s t e a g n e e n s ~, : 5. 1 1 . ; :A 'r ec C : °: it P r at- , t ,,,, 4 , , 44. wife of A. Christie, of Baberton, North Britain, ; I. ag t oo On the 13th inst., at Blackheath, T. Rashleigli, : o f 0 0 On the 30th ult., the Rev. It. C. Campbell, vi c3 0 /0 near Doncaster. er, vi ld°vl - A few days s ince, at Plymouth, Mrs. Jo' celebrated Dr. Jenner. PRINTED AND PUOLISIIED Dv b%U R D ° 14 O r h SUN °SWIGS, 112 s STRAND h: l3 , Si r 1 441 arn i !* „,h1 t 4N4t ---,, bit, E„ ha 14 s, 9, c.,,a‘i i„ r k 4 Plp,