The Sun. — London, England, 1833-09-12 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The French Ministerial papers of Monday, in continuing their accounts of the Royal progress of Louis Philippe in the western departments, announce an excess of enthusiasm, and a degree of loyal satisfaction, which may or may not be exaggerated in their columns ; and which, if truly depicted by the journalists, may or may not be pretended on the part of the people, the Na tional Guards, and the local authorities. Into the discussion of newspaper exaggeration or of popular hypocrisy we cannot at present enter. We shall only remark, that as every department, —nay, almost every arrondissement,—has its own journal, published at its chef lieu, and as a fair proportion of these journals are in opposi tion, any notorious exaggeration in the official or demi-official papers of the capital would be sure to meet with a keen provincial antagonist. The great body of newspaper readers in France, or the great encouragers of factious discussions, are the Carlists and the Republicans, and both are so opposed to the policy of the Cabinet, or to the popularity of the Court, that nothing could escape them which could degrade or injure either. But there is one thing which neither the Moniteur at Paris, nor the provincial journals in the de partments, can falsify or invent—we mean the speeches of the authorities, civil and military— of the chiefs of the National Guard, of the Mayors and Prefects, of the tribunals of justice, and the Chambers of Commerce—addressed to Louis Philippe, and his Majesty's replies. These are, at least, authentic, though they may not be true ; and they speak a language which, making every allowance or abatement for complimentary flattery on the one hand, or grateful illusion on the other, let us into the most important secret of the improving pros perity and growing industry of France, and particularly of the western departments. The authorities in some places seem to have been very frank with their new-made instrument of royalty, and his Majesty appears to have been equally frank with them. Thus, at Lisieux, the King was reminded of his promises at the revolution of 1830, and a hope was ex pressed that he would never allow the flattery of his courtiers to overpower his engagements to his people. His Majesty replied, that the people had their flatterers as well as princes, " flatterers who overpowered the truth by intimidation, or perverted it by calumny." The speech and the reply show at least that the in tercourse of the citizen King with his western subjects has not always been marked by a rival ship in fulsome compliments. But there is one fact in which they all agree—that the country is flourishing—that the laws are strictly executed— that industry is encouraged—that trade has re sumed more than its wonted activity, and that general prosperity prevails. Thus the Mayor of Cherbourg having reminded the King that on his accession to the throne he had asked some favours for his town, the King replied that he (Louis Philippe) had only accepted the crown to save the State from civil troubles and external war, and added that the nation now reaped the fruits of this determination. " France," he said, " was now prospering in a state of free dom—her public credit had been restored—her commerce had resumed its wonted activity. She could now under the shade of peace - develop all her resources, and the only thing to be guarded against was, that this prosperous career should suffer no interruption.' On the sth inst. his Majesty left Cherbourg for Caen, where he arrived on the 6th, and where he met with the same reception as at Cherbourg, being addressed in a similar style on the state and prospects of the country, and echoing in a similar manner his con viction of its growing prosperity. The first President of the Royal Court tells the King, " that they had seen credit reviving and in creasing, commerce and industry extending with astonishing and almost unexampled rapidity, while the public force insured external peace. " His Majesty replied, " A growing prosperity is everywhere seen, public credit is revived, our commerce is restored to its wonted activity, our workmen have everywhere employment, the French name is respected abroad, and public order is secured at home." The President of the Tribunal of Trade at Bayeux uses the fol lowing language, as applicable to the part of the country with which he is connected :—" Sire, — Here, as elsewhere, commerce is in a growing state of prosperity, and our city is not behind the rest of the kingdom in its progress." In the course of his speech the President alludes to the alliance of France and England as "an al liance with a great people, who first founded the freedom of commerce, and are the powerful auxiliary of civilization." To this speech his Majesty answers--.' You are right in appreciating as you do the good understanding so happily established between France and England, as much for the commercial interests of the two countries as for the general peace of Europe. It is thus that we have been enabled to establish public credit, to restore trade to its former acti vity, and to assure our internal prosperity, at the same time that we maintain respect for the French name abroad." If it were necessary, we might quote many similar passages from the addresses of the authorities, and the answers of his Majesty, accompanied with some statistical evidence of their truth from the provincial pa pers, but the foregoing extracts may appear quite sufficient for our object. In remarking upon this state of things, we need not remind our readers that we have never been the eulogists or apologists of Louis Philippe, and that, on the contrary, we have been compelled to denounce several of the measures of his Government (par ticularly the persecutions of the press and the placing of Paris in a state of siege, after the insurrection of June, 1832, had been over powered) with almost as much warmth and in dignation as the most outraged of his own sub jects ; but we are, nevertheless, very willing to allow that his policy in general has been singu larly useful to France, and that by it the coin meicial disasters al.d the shock to indus trious habits, which follow every poli tical convulsion, have been speedily re paired or compensated. Perhaps no revolu tion in the Government of a great peo ple was ever attended with less . bloodshed, or provoked less reaction, than that of July, 1830. Nobody has, in the course of the three years which have since elapsed, perished on the scaf fold for his political opinions ; and no act of banishment or confiscation has taken place. The laws, with the exception of the libel law, have been exercised with a lenity hitherto unknown, even in ordinary times, and no scrutiny has been made into the private habits or opinions of any political sectarian. By the severe repression of" tumultuous meetings, confidence in the stability of order has been restored ; and by the expressed determination of the Government to support a pacific policy abroad, all fear of an immediate external war has been removed. The conse quence has been seen in the revival of public credit to an extent which has raised the national securities above par, and in the restoration of • the activity of private trade and industry. Capi talists have been relieved from that anxiety and terror which induced them to shut their coffers against the borrower, and are now prepared to offer their stores to promote enterprises of public or private utility. The Chambers have liberally granted the large sum of 4,000,0001. sterling to promote the execution of works of national usefulness, or the completion of public monu ments already begun ; and we believe that at no period, for several years past, have improve ments of all kinds more occupied the invention and industry of the manufacturing population. Whether the pacific policy under which these blessings are enjoyed proceed from the fears or the humanity of Louis Philippe, the result has been equally advantageous to the French nation. The consolidation of its institutions in tranquil lity, the amendment of its laws, the extension of its commerce, and the diffusion of education, are of more value to France than the conquest of the Belgic provinces, or the conversion of the half of Europe to republican doctrines. It is still the interest of the French Government, as well as of the French people, to maintain the same pacific relations with other States, and to cherish the same regard to internal order and industry ; and let not the despotic conspirators of Toplitz, who pretend to be the enemies of anarchy, think that they can gain anything by crossing the path of a mighty people in such an inoffensive and laudable course Times. The Provincial Journals, of the last fortnight, abound with able commentaries on the " Par liamentary Boroughs Incorporation Bill," which is received with great favour. Indeed it could not be otherwise ; because most of the popular, unincorporated, and heretofore unrepresented large towns, have been not only wholly without mu nicipal government, but all of them bereft of even the semblance of municipal constitutions. The Ministerial measure is, therefore, hailed as a great popular gain. The Provincial Press are, therefore, alive to the value of the essential principles of municipal organization, but adven ture much free and independent commentary on some of the defective points of the Bill. All of them, without exception, remonstrate against the election of Aldermen for life. They justly argue, that it is the very worst feature of the existing corporate system—that it is destructive of the principle of responsibility, and offers a premium for malversation and abuse of trust. We shall hereafter give some extracts from the country newspapers, which point out many local inconveniences in the measure, and demonstrate many additional advantages that might be at tained by various alterations of and additions to the Bill. Some veto is also universally claimed in the respect of the Crown appointment of the Recorders, and the reasons for which are unan swerable. Self-government is the great paramount principle of a municipal constitution. If English men cannot now govern themselves, in provin cial legislation and executive control, no Go vernment can be effective ; and the people will evidently submit to no system of police, inde pendent of themselves. The old principle of bail for security of life and local property was admirably adapted for an advanced state of so ciety, and we cannot politically retrograde in the present times. The country municipal system must also be revised. The country will not much longer submit to the aristocratic imposition of enormous rates arbitrarily levied and irresponsi bly expended ; and the days are drawing to a close when flocks of Clerical and Tory Magis trates, nominated by Tory Lord Lieutenants, can job with impunity in roads and bridges, and sit in secret conclave over the municipal go : vernment of populous and wealthy counties. The Tories have had their day; the " fulness of their time" is come, and they will make some small atonement for their past misrule and local tyranny by giving up the ghost with a good grace. The wedge driven in by the past session of Par liament in the approaching aperient and punish ment of close Corporations, will regenerate the public mind of this great nation, and will lead to the rapid formation of new public character. Brighter lights appear above the political horizon, and we congratulate the consistent and perse vering friends of liberal principles on the aspect of the times !—Morning Chronicle. In another column will be found a Circular from the Horse Guards, professing to discou rage the use of corporal punishments in the army : we say professing, because we are fearful that its effects will be the reverse of discourage ment. Those who remember the discussions which took place on this subject during the last session of Parliament, and the admissions con ceded by some of his Majesty's Ministers in the course of debate, will regret that the cause was not permitted to remain as it stood, dis countenanced by the House of Commons and the Ministry (though not so distinctly by the latter as could be wished), rather than made the subject of such a document as the Circular to which we allude. There was a general feel ing, as the question stood before, that Govern ment was anxious to put down flogging, though it did not take the most direct course for that purpose—the omission of the clause in the ' Mutiny Act by which it is authorised. The consequence of such a feeling would be to make commanding officers cautious or using the lash for fear of incurring the displeasure of the ruling Powers. But now that the Circular has enumerated certain heads of offence in which that brutal punishment may be resorted to with the express sanction of Government, the motive to caution is taken away by the explicit declaration that in some, and those not a few, cases, flogging may still be inflicted upon the backs of British soldiers. We do not impute to the Government or to the authorities at the Horse Guards an intention of promoting the increase of corporal punishments by this notification, but such we fear will be the result, for the martinets of the army will put their own interpretation on the document which, taken in one sense gives countenance to an obnoxious law denounced by public opinion. The wording of the ci cular is also objectionable, for its vague and indefinite import. After enumerating the different heads of offence to which corporal punishment may be applied, it concludes with the words "or other disgraceful conduct." Now if this be not calculated to afford a wide latitude of construction, sufficient to embrace almost any , class of off ence , accor di ng t o th e i nc li na ti on of the tribunal, we know not what construction means. The f ac t, we a pp re h en d, w ill prove t h at , with a fate not unusual in the history of halt measures, more mischief will be done by the paltry attempt of the Horse Guards, than if mat ters had been permitted to rest in their former position, undisturbed by any meddling, until the clause could be repealed, or the Ministry could undertake to pledge itself to such a measure. Morning Herald. The moor proprietors and tenantry of Nor thumberland are about to form an association for the sup. pression of poaching, OLD BAILEY, SEPT. 11. THE SENTENCES. Shortly after two o'clock the RECORDER, accom panied by Mr. Alderman WINCHESTER, the Sheriffs, and other corporate officers, entered the Court to pronounce sentence upon the prisoners convicted during the present Sessions who had not already been sentenced. _ _ . The RECORDER, after a most impressive and feel ing address, passed the awful sentence of death upon the following prisoners:— Henry Perry, James Harris, Robert Wright, John Reynolds, and Joseph Steadwell, for robberies from the person ; William Field and George Treagle, for cutting and maiming ; Daniel Clarke, Edmond Pickard, John Williams, John Willis alias Hutton, Thomas Johnson, and William Tilbury, for house breaking ; Lewis King, for stealing and embezzling a letter intrusted to him while in the employ of the General Post-office; George Russell, for burglary; and Charles Reynolds, for maliciously shooting with intent to do some grievous bodily harm. TO BE TRANSPORT ED FOR LlFE.—William Strauss, Elizabeth Wrattan, William Haydon, Henry Cole, Caroline Ann Buckman, Charles Shephard, James Taylor, and David Dundas. On being asked in the usual form what the priso ners had to say why sentence should not be pro nounced according to law, The prisoner Dundas, who stood convicted of forgery, said that he begged the indulgence of the Court for a few moments while he stated a most material injury he had sustained at his trial. In the first place, he had to complain that Mr. Adol phus having accepted a brief to defend him, had not attended and gone on with his case; and lastly, has had to complain that the principal witness against him had committed gross and corrupt perjury, as he could prove by comparing the testimony he had given before the committing magistrate with that which he deposed to on his trial. TKE RECORDER explained to the prisoner that the Court could not now interfere with the verdict pronounced by the jury who had tried the case, and could only entertain matters of law, such as a legal objection to the conviction on the record. The prisoner said he had nothing to offer in those respects. The RECORDER said that if the matters com plained of by the prisoner should be found deserv ing of further mature consideration, the course to be pursued vt as by an application to the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The Learned Judge then pronounced the sentence of transporta tion for life in the usual form. It is worthy of remark that the prisoner Eliza beth Wrattan, who, it will be remembered, was the female who assumed insanity when arraigned on a charge of forgery, was amongst the above-named prisoners; and though there was a degree of vacancy in the eye and wildness in the manner, she pre sented generally a far different appearance and de meanour to that she had manifested during the in vestigation as to her state of mind, and her subse quent trial. To BE TRANSPORTED FOR 14 YEARS.—John Bergin, Ralph Benjamin, George Johnson, William Wythe, William Cleary, Stephen Markwell, George Webb, Lewis Thomas, Thomas Goddard, Olympia Edwards, Sarah Jones, James Hughes, Rchard Herring, William Jewell, John Rees, John Patten, Joseph Leyland, Mary Thompson, Sarah James, James Seymour, John Langley Crowley, and William Smith. The remaining prisoners were disposed of as follows :-45 were sentenced to transportation for seven years, and 53 to various periods of impri sonment, differing from two years to ten days. One juvenile offender was ordered to privately whipped. THE LATE FATAL FlGHT.—Thomas Ready was placed at the bar for judgment, convicted of man slaughter, arising from the pugilistic encounter at Whetstone. The RECORDER, addressing the prisoner, said that he stood convicted of the offence of man slaughter; and in the sentence about to be pro nounced, the Court had given the fullest considera tion to the conduct of the prisoner had pursued when assisting in the illegal transaction which had terminated in the death of a fellow-creature. The Court had found that the conduct of the prisoner had not been marked with those circumstances of aggravation which attached to many men who had assembled on the occasion in question. The Court hoped this would be a sufficient warning to the prisoner not to engage in affrays in which he had now found he could not control the tnisconduct of others; coupled with this, the Court further enter tained a hope that the prisoner would never again be engaged in a similar transaction. It was tinder all these circumstances that the Court was induced to pass a lenient sentence, arid that sentence was, that the prisoner be imprisoned in the House of Cor rection for two calendar months, but without hard labour. The prisoner bowed respectfully and retired. The sentence on Susannah Lee, whose case was reported in the Times of Saturday last, was deferred until next session, in order that she might be given up to her friends on a proper application. The Court then adjourned to Thursday, the 17th of October next. SURREY SESSIONS, SEPT. 11. The Grand Jury handed in the following present ment on their entrance into Court with the re mainder of the bills of indictment found against prisoners : " It was with satisfaction they had to speak of the praiseworthy conduct and great assiduity of the metropolitan police who have had occasion to attend before them, as it appeared many offences would not have been detected had it not been through the instrumentality of the force. They regretted to say that a great many trifling cases had been brought before them, which they thought might have been disposed of by Magistrates themselves, at a great saving of time to the Jury and expense to the county." The CHAIRMAN, in discharging the Grand Jury, agreed with them in opinion as to the efficiency and good conduct of the metropolitan police, who had attended as witnesses in several of the prosecutions. With respect, however, to the allusion named in the presentment us to the number of petty cases sent to the sessions, the fact was the Magistrates had no other alternative, as they were bound to send cases of felony, however trifling, before the Jury, if prosecutors pressed them. There were certainly many cases of this description in the ca lendar, which would put the county to a consider able expense, for in most of them the witnesses had been in attendance already four days ; and, until the law was altered, the expenditure arising from such cause must still continue. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION -HO USE. A gentleman named Rondeau brought a poor wretched-looking almost starved Mahometan to the justice-room, whom he and some other humane per sons had saved from destruction, to request his Lordship's assistance. He stated that the Maho metan got by some means to Gravesend, where he was found in the last extremity. With the aid of a Turkish Pedlar, who happened to be on board the steamer, it was ascertained that the poor man had come over to England in hopes to and his bro ther, whom he believed to be in good circumstan ces. He, however, was quite at a loss for an ad dress. The LORD MAYOR desired that the Turk should be taken to the Society of Foreigners in Distress, who would doubtless relieve him, as it did not ap pear that he had been instrumental in overturning introduced the anymers.taltbolisrihdeead Guaocvceorrndminegn. ly t unfor tunate man to the Society, who at once consented to take him under their protection permanently, al though the act would be at variance with their rules. John Wallace. a young man of respeetah!e ac pearance, was brought before the LORD MAYOR for the following offence : Christopher How, also a young man respectable in his appearance, stated that, between six and seven o'clock on the evening of the sth instant, as he was in Bartholomew-fair, and enjoying the exhi bition before Richardson's booth, the prisoner, who was standing near, explained the various characters to him, and said that he was a Yorkshireman. Wit ness was also a Yorkshireman, and the prisoner spoke in a broad Yorkshire dialect. After they had looked at the surrounding performances, the pri soner told the witness that he had neither had dinner nor tea that day, and proposed to accompany him to two coffee-houses, which he pointed out. Wit ness objected to the appearance of both houses, and said that he was not accustomed to go to such places, but that he could procure tea for the prisoner at his lodging. The prisoner accepted the invitation, and they proceeded t o th e w i tnes s' s lod g i n g s at Mrs. Pickering's, No. 2, Tower Royal, where witness asked the mistress of the house to make some tea. Witness had previously taken tea. While the prisoner was drinking the tea witness was called out of the room to speak to a friend, and was absent about twenty minutes. Upon his return he found the prisoner sitting on the sofa. He then went to a bureau in the room for a key which was kept there. There had been also in the drawer of the bureau two sovereigns, two gold rings, a seal, and two keys, and he at once missed the property. At that moment the prisoner rose, took up his hat, and said he was going; upon which witness accused him of the theft, and seized him to prevent his de parture. The prisoner said, " I'll knock you down," and struggled violently to escape, but was, with the assistance of others, secured. Witness identified the seals, &c. produced as the property which had been taken from the bureau, and entertained no doubt that the two sovereigns had been also taken from the same place. Several other witnesses were examined, whose evidence confirmed that of the prosecutor. The father of the prisoner, a very respectable man, was deeply affected at the dreadful situation of his son. The LORD MAYOR declared that in such a case he could not for a moment hesitate about commit ting the prisoner, observing that if crimes of such a description were not treated rigorously there would be no security for a moment for the peace and hap piness of society. HATT ON- GARDEN. Yesterday Hierom Holmes, who stands charged with having intermarried with Miss Elizabeth Abbott Slee, of Clarence-terrace, Gravesend, his first wife being alive, was brought up for further ex amination, when the utmost interest was manifested, and the office was excessively crowded by respectable individuals, amongst whom were some fashionably attired ladies. At about half-past 12 o'clock, Mis 3 Slee, who was accompanied by her mother and some of her relatives, was intro duced to the Bench by her solicitor, and they were accommodated with seats immediately behind the Magistrates. The young lady, who is rather prepossessing in her appearance, was splendidly attired, and her face and nearly half of her person were concealed by an immense white veil; she was an object of general attraction and curiosity, but she evidently made an effort to avoid as much as possible the gazing spectators, who were over-anxious in their inviries as to " Which was the young lady ?" " Which was Miss Slee?" A professional gentleman attended for the pri soner, who, on being placed at the bar, stood firm and erect before the Magistrate, and gave a look at Miss Slee. He is a smart-looking young man, was genteely dressed, and of good address, but rather effeminate in his voice and manner. Mr. LAING inquired whether the young lady's friends had collected all the necessary evidence to enable them to go through the case? The solictor for the prosecution replied, that with the exception of one witness, whom they hourly expected from Glasgow, who was present at the first marriage, they had all the necessary evidence in at tendance. He suggested that the prisoner should be remanded for a few days or a week, which would insure his attendance beyond doubt. Mr. LAING—Then let the prisoner be remanded for a week, and let Miss Slee and the whole of the witnesses be in attendance. Mr. LAING (to the prisoner)—Were you ever in the 9th Lancers ? Prisoner (carelessly, and looking steadfastly at the Magistrate)—l was. Mr. LAING—Were you ever tried by a court martial ? Prisoner—Yes, and I was discharged from the regiment. Mr. LAING—What was your punishment ? Pri soner, why 200 lashes, which I received. Mr. LAING—That is enough ; take him away. The prisoner, who conducted himself recklessly, stunted from the bar with Waddington, the gaoler, and he was locked up. Miss Slee was then taken from the office. Shortly al erwards the father of the prisoner ap plied to Mr. LAING, for permission to have an in terview with him in the lock-up place. Mr. LAING—Pray what are you ? Applicant--I am a baker. Mr. LAlNG—Where do you live ? Applicant— At Gravesend. Mr. LAING—Is it relative to this charge that you wish to see him ? Applicant—No, your Wor ship ; I only desire to see him and speak to him as his father. Mr. LAING—You may see him and speak to him, but it shall be in the presence of an officer. He then ordered Duke, the officer, to accompany the fa ther, and listen to the discourse between him and the prisoner. Joseph Wilson, the driver of an Islington omnibus, No. 3,927, appeared en a summons before Mr. LAING, charged by Stansbury Stokes, Esq., of Highbury-grove, Islington, with an assault and gross abuse, under the following outrageous circum stances : The prosecutor being sworn, stated that on Sa turday evening last, about five o'clock, he got into the defendant's omnibus, which wss standing at Highbury, Islington. After waiting for a consider able time, under the expectation that it would drive on, he spoke to the defendant, and got out again to enter another omnibus, which was about to proceed on, when he was seized hold of by the fellow by the collar, and his coat and shirt were torn by him. He got from his grasp and took his seat in the other vehicle, and on alighting the defendant, who is a powerful man, accosted him, and asked, in a most impertinent tone, for his fare. Witness refused to pay it, stating that he did not drive on, and he was not entitled to it, on which the prisoner again seized hold of him, called him a " vagabond !" said he was -not a gentleman, and, after using the most horrid and abusive language, he struck him a violent blow on the eye, which stunned him, and was dreadfully swollen and discoloured. The prosecutor added that he gave his card to the prisoner, and told him, if he was aggrieved to summon him. His conduct was exceedingly infamous, and he was determined to prosecute him to the extent of the law. The defendant denied having struck the prosecu tor until he struck him the first blow. Prosecutor —I beg to swear that that is all purely invention, your Worship; I did not lift my hand. William Brunt, the conductor, swore that the prosecutor struck the first blow, and that it was a fair " turn-up" between Mr. Stokes and the de fendant. _ _ _ Mr. LAlNG—lndeed I don't believe you. It was a mos t unwarrantable and infamous offence upon the gentleman, and I fine the defendant 50s. and the costs. Have you any goods and chattels ?—Yes, Sir. Are you a housekeeper ?—I am. Where do you live ?—At No. 20, Earl -street, Paddington. Mr. Mallett asked whether he would pay the money ? If he did not, the expenses would be con siderably more than they at present amounted to. Defendant—l cannot pay ir. Mr. LAING—I can only say, if the fine is not paid, the law shall take its rigorous course. There are already warrants issued against - omnibus drivers, and they shall most certainly be executed upon them. The defendant's employer here stated that Mr. Stokes was bound to pay the 6d. fare, as the wheel of the omnibus went round once after he had taken his seat therein. Mr. Stokes denied this, and said that such a con temptible trick might be practised upon respectable persons, who would be intimidated by such fellows, and be imposed upon with impunity. He would positively swear that the wheel never went round to advance him one foot of his journey, or he would willingly have paid sixpence, which was little ob ject to him. W ORSHIP-STREET. A middle-aged man, named Edward Church, was yesterday charged before Mr. BENETT, the sitting magistrate, with having robbed his father-in-law, Mr. William Hay, of Coronation-place, Hackney, a gentlemen of considerable property and advanced in years. It appeared in evidence that the prisoner, who had formerly been in an extensive way of business as a nurseryman, had been allowed to reside with his family in prosecutor's Muse, free of expense, in consequence of his misfortunes. The prosecuttr, however, finding that during his absence from town property to a considerable amount was from time to time missing, he had determined upon giving the prisoner into custody the next time he robbed him. Finding on returning home the night before, that a copper coal-skuttle, a copper tea-kettle, several blankets, sheets, and table-cloths, were, in addition, missing, he sent for an officer. Mr:BENETT—But how do you know that he took them ? Prosecutor—Why, truly, I did not see him take them away, but his wife gave me the pawn broker's duplicates, and here they are, with the pro perty. Several pawnbrokers produced property, which they swore to having been pledged by the prisoner. Mr. BENETT—Why did you not turn him out of the house when you found he was robbing you ? Prosecutor (bursting into tears)—l know I ought to have done so, but what was to become of his wife ? Inspector Bedford, of the N division, informed the Magistrate that the prisoner would, on the death of the prosecutor, have inherited all his property, had he behaved well. Mr. BENETT (to the prosecutor)—•Do you really wish to prosecute him ? Prosecutor (in tears) —I have no other alternative, I have been robbed to such a serious amount. The prisoner said not a word, and was remanded for further examination. The ancient Cathedral Church of Dornoch is, we understand, to be completely restored and improved. When thus revivified in the spirit and beauty of Gothic architecture, and graced with a statue of the late Duke of Sutherland from the hand of Chantrey, the Cathedral will present a new and interesting feature in the North. Edinburyh Courant. A gentleman of this city, who has just re turned from the West Indies, informs us that a strong desire is manifested among the planters of St. Vincent's, Grenada, and several of the other islands, for a supply of able agricultural labourers from this country, to assist in the cultivation of their estates, and to bring into use a vast quantity of land at present unproductive.—Brisfol Journal. SINGULAR FACT.—On Wednesday last, Some person threw four young kittens into the Tweed, at the Townhead for the purpose of drowning them. Some time after, another person, who had seen them committed to their watery bed, had occasion to go to the place at which they were thrown in, and, to Lis surprise, found the whole of them on dry land, and one of the swans, which beautify this part of the river, watching carefully beside them On his nearer approach, the swan expressed its disapprobation, by various murmurs and cacklings, but at last made off and left them. Being desirous of ascertain ing how the kittens hod got out, he threw them again into the water and retired to a place of concealment. The swan immediately made for them, and, as no doubt it had done before, again pushed them all to the water edge with its bill, except one which got entangled with a bush and was drowned. They were once more thrown into the water, which so much affronted the swan, that it left them to their fate, without making another attempt to save them.—Kelso Chronicle. THE SHAH OF PERSIA'S PLATE.—The Shah of Persia possesses the most magnificent collection of plate in this world. It contists of upwards of 4,000 utensils of gold, most of which are set with precious stones or pearls. Among them are a set of spoons, vases, cups, jugs, basins, dishes, &c. ; some of the cups are so heavy that when filled they cannot be lifted with one hand. Perhaps the most remarkable portion of the collection is a set of spoons, each a foot long. The bowls of these spoons are of wrought gold, and the handles are richly set with rubies, and terminated by large diamonds. The im mense size of these spoons is occasioned by the Oriental custom of eating, seated on the ground. Foreigners are permitted to see this splendid and unique collection of plate, and also the crystal bedstead, lately presented by the Em peror of Russia to the Shalt of Persia. IRON ORE AT CHORLEY—A very impor tant and valuable discovery of an extensive bed of iron ore has recently been made opon the estate of H. Fazakerley, Esq., of Gillibrand Hall, near Choi ley. The veins are strong and four inches thick ; some pieces of the ore have weighed one hundred weight each. The bed runs from 20 yards on the crop to 100 yards deep ; and from the borings already made, it extends over 300 acres. As it is situate amidst an abundance of coal, it will be no less advantageous to the owner than convenient to the great manufacturing county of Lancaster, in which such an im mense quantity of iron is consumed. Yesterday an inquest was held at the King's Arms, Bridge-court, near Westminster Bridge, on the body of John Hendry, who on Friday threw himself over the parapet of Westminster Bridge. The deceased had for many years been a confidential servant in the family of Miss Milner, of Branaton-street, and had accumulated as much as 1001. in a savings' bank, beside some stock he held in the funds. Latterly his health had been much impaired, and his increased infirmities seemed to prey upon his spirits.—Verdict, Temporary Insanity. THE SPANISH EMBASSY.—The Sentinelle des Pyrenees of Bayonne gives the following extract of a letter of the 27th ult. from Madrid :—" We are assured that the recall of Mr. Addington arose out of the follow ing facts :—A few days after the capture of Lisbon, the Spanish Government having sent off despatches for Don Miguel, begged Mr. Addington to give to a Spanish cou rier an English passport, in order that he might not meet with any impediment on his road. The Ambassador, who is accused of Toryism, consented, and the courier departed for his destination. In Portugal he was arrested by some partisans of Don Pedro, but was released as soon as he produced his English passport, and succeeded in delivering his despatches to Don Miguel. This Prince sent off the courier again, and this time be was stopped at the same point by another officer in Don Pedro's service, who, notsvith-tanding his passport, made him show him his despatches. Seeing that they were for our Government, he sent them to Don Pedro, who, after examining their contents, immediately despatched a steamer to London, complaining of the complaisance of the representative of Great Britain at the Court of Spain." A BAD DEBT.—Soine months ago one of the partners of an old and long since dissolved firm, re collected that among the property of the company there was an estate at dr.! South which had been taken, rather than nothing, fur a bad debt; and that it lay somewhere near one of the regions lately lanome so famous for gold. The musty deed was 'Joked upon, and the land examined, when sure enough a mine was discovered upon it, of sur passing richness. As the best means of bringing the property into market, a charter was obtained for a Com pany, and the estate put in at the round sum of five hun dred thousand shares of one hundred dollars etch. Lest half a million should prove an inadequate guess, the stock was chiefly distributed among family friends. Well, the work was commenced, and one stamping machine was feend to produce fifteen hundred dollars per day, with an expenditure of three hundred, leaving a nett profit of 1,200 dollars a day. A startling beginning, 1,200 dollars a day is 370,000 a year, calculating six days to the week, which by the way is the mode of calculating which produces most gold from all mines. Then it is only ne cessary to increase the number of stamping machines in order to doubl, treble, or quadruple the product. Four prAt of twelve s h t u 4 r7d P reld i o u l a l a c r h s i , n i e s s five operatin g thousand at dollars elea a r day, more or less. We state the round numbers, for a few thousands any way are of no consequence in such a concern. Five thousand dollars a day is a million and a half a year. We stop here. Others can calculate the effect of a still greater number of machines, and go on till numbers fail. Suffice to say, the shares are current at five hundred dollars each.—New, York Journal of Commerce, THE MARKETS. COAL MAR' Per Tor:. d. Adair's •••••••••••••............ 14 6 Beaumont l3 3 Chester Main 13 0 Dean's Primrose 13 3 Hebburn Main 15 6 Holywell Ord's Redhugh l3 9 Pontop 13 9 Shipcote . 13 3 farifield....... l6 0 Townley l4 6 Walls End Bewicke & Co. 17 9 W.E. Bell, Robson, & Co. 16 0 Walls End Brown's.... 15 3 Walls End Carr and Co. 15 6 W.E. Clarke and Co—.. 15 6 Walls End Heaton...,., 17 0 • Ships arrived since XT.—Sept.:ll. Per Ton. 3 1 6 Walls End I 9 Walls End Hotspur 1 6 0 Ditto Killingworth 16 0 Ditto Northumberland. , 0 $ Ditto Peareth.........--"r 16 g Walls End Perkins & CO' Walls End Riddell's j 6 ?, Lambton's Primrose Walls End Hetton t Walls End Lyons Walls End Lambton Walls End Stewart's..*. 1 1v. Walls End Adelaide 0 ; Walls End G0rd0n...,." 1 Walls End Tees 1 / Hartley last market-day, 60. CUUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING IHE W Wheat. - Barley. Oats. . 6 Per Quarter. s. t o 0 . s . t o s . a. to s. e• to 62 81 31 43 22 30 2 8 / Andover..----. 50 61 24 28 -" Birrningham—.... 56 58 30 40 16 22 Bridport 56 74 32 36 26 30 -- Cirencester 46 56 21 24 16 20 - 11 - E . aringd0n.......... 54 86 36 40 26 34 Guildford 48 74 23 32 26 35 -- 1 6 54 83 30 35 20 30 -- Hereford 64 68 32 34 22 28 41 Highworth ....... 62 80 32 42 28 34 -- 0' Maidenhead 56 68 34 44 22 30 36 0 M0nm0uth........, 64 68 32 36 24 28 — 4l Reading 40 66 22 . 36 14 26 34 0 Salisbury..„ 48 58 26 30 20 25 36 46 Southampton 54 58 33 40 28 32 -- Stroud 64 78 37 38 22 32 Tewkesbury 65 74 30 42 30 38 -- Uxbridge 48 74 26 34 20 26 41 58 80 27 43 17 23 34 Warminster 48 58 26 28 20 23 3 4 49 59 21 22 0, Worcester.—....... 50 57 30 32 22 23 LEWES MARKET.—Sept. 10. White Wheat (per quarter).......X2 16 0 to £3 4 Red ditto 2 8 0 2 14 Y. Barley 1 2 0 1 7 ; pt. 10. l 6 0 to £3 4, / 8 0 214 v 20 1 7 19 6 1 1 A O 13 0 1 14 v, 0 0 per thousanw . - Oats, New Pease..—.— Oil Cakl CHELTENHAM MARKET.—Sept. 10. J. Per Bushel. a. d. to s. d. Per lb. d. 0 1 Wheat Barley 5 0 6 6 Mutton Oats 4 0 4 3 Veal Beans Pease 5 0 7 0 Lamb 0 Hay 3/. lOs. to 3/. 15s. Od. per ton. _.--, DUMFRIES MARKETS.—Sept. 5. y s. d. s. d. 5. d. fig Wheat, Imp. Bush... 6 6 to 7 6 Butter. I6oz 0 8 t ° l 0 Barley ....... ........... ... 3 1 3 5 Eggs, 22 0 0 9 0 Oats 2 0 2 4 Beef, per score ...... ...S ID DI 9. it Flour, 141 b. Oatmeal 1 6 1 8 Veal 0 4 9 Potatoes, cwt. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS _AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET (From the London Gazette.) TO-MORROW, Sept. 13. 2 0 E. Rawlings, tanner, Bexley S. Notley, chocolate-manufacturer, Newman's-court, 1 0 Cornhill 2 tl J. Burrowes, bookseller, Camberwell-green G. Rounthwaite, hotel-keeper, Bear-street, Leicester- lg square DIVIDEND. Alf C. Stuber, baker, Leader-street, Chelsea 1). Smith, coach-maker, Regent-street ........................••••.. Cto Jim LEICESTER-SQUARE.-This square has be recently recently greatly improved in the centre. The trees °P e i the shrubs, which had been much neglected, and aPP ei b r iie like a wilderness, and almost entirely hid from the P ° 6 4, view the equ es t r i an s t atue o f G eorge 11. , h ave been (0%0 and the statue, which was also much neglected, has the been bronzed, and is now seen to great advantage. , „ p i walks enclosed by th e i ron ra ili ng h ave b een gravelled improved. ' 0 By the clause in the Bill f or t h e b e tter g t o vernment of the boroughs, transferring all local Inatre' l t br a Common Council, to be chosen by the ten.pounderst 0, present Board of Commissioners in Devonport will heef o e extinct. This Board consi s t s o f 156 me mbers, sv' f ,j qualification is the possession of 1,5001. property , ° oi l, who are elected by the rate-payers of 6/. per annum, It upwards. Its jurisdiction is, however, so very lino. bi, that no very important interests will be endanger ed the change. — Devonport Telegraph. The London and Birmingham mails arri v t e i'4 r e at Sheffield on Tuesday at half-past one, agreeab l y to ~ l ' new arrangement, being about two hours earlier than usual time. —Shetlfeld Courant. f the Sr. JAMES'S-PA RK.—Th e exterior o d , new guard-hous e , f ac i ng t h e o ld Bi r d cage - walk, ha s J li o been finished, and presents a very handsome boildiog! b it in every particular suitable for the purposes for tgb le t tt is intended. The whole of the new railing enelosi n g,yl handsome avenue leading from Pimlico-gate to Stor t i,,t gate is nearly erected, and the gr ea t impr o v e ments a t hl' side of St. James's-park do mu c h cr edit to the ta,,`, ‘,O, which it was direct, d. The opposit e side of the G I ; 0 .1 park, as far as Hyde-park-corner, has a very nake" . .„o' desolate appearance compared to the adjacent itlV: t ;ie ments, anti will remain, it is said, in its present 001 until the Palace is finished, when it will be ornail le to r/i with shrubs, which from the irregularity of the g rt ' ot ial, can be planted to great advantage ; and with serPe of gravel walks this Park may be rendered a Pl ac ,, e ,,, e tt i pleasant rural recreation f o r th e public. For ' 1 ; 0 Y evenings past the wild ducks in the water of St. f ' o ple park have been observed with their broods to 10e er ,tP about dusk and take flight in the direction of 13 L A tt 0 6 ,1 , and return in the morning with the tame fowl of tu e lc, species. They had increased so much since th e orre breeding season that it was found necessary t°, i 0 1: several couple of them, th e men a pp o i n ted to the Lest having received instructions to shoot the malards. autumn they performed similar migrations. 15 ill Mr. J., a wealthy merc h an t o f St. De, n tii it s : Paris, aged about thi r ty. seven , h av i ng as certaine d st,, c e young lady to who m he had long paid his addres•sgoe:: more favourably inclined t o one o f hi s p a rtners , i sg i his cabriolet to the Faubourg St. De n is a few da Y - thl ie hastily entered a house, ran up to the fifth storYt t. P o himself into the street, and was kill e d on the 'Pa he I t o had sent away his cabriolet, anti not being know fi 'd is conveyed to the Morgue, where a letter was 105 , pocket, declaring his motive for committing Buie' e ti bliC: l On the 7th instant, the master of a P o tio' r , house in the Fauxbourg de Bourgogne, at Orleac ° : r, e t h Perrault, and his wife, wer e b o th f oun d murder ed ' o '' .o rault was discovered i n th e m orn i ng i n his gard,li, s e , j , four severe wounds fron t a k n if e ; a nd th e body °' t ii lt eoi , was lying in the cellar, stabbed in five ditierene", apparently with the same instrument. A s,ost r o f io e p'oyed by these people, who were known to be i'l e a t ° in ~„ ' cumstances, stated, that when she left the hous e o e- ie n o'clock the preceding evening, there were tvi° t ° , l V, smockfrocks drinking and playing at cards. A t "; r,,iok o'clock, two men, answering her descriPti e ['4o l through the gate leading on to the Quai du alie v , s o ' a bundle, and on being asked by the officer of th e /bag' duties whether they had anything to declare, th e otie y. swered in the negative, at the same time shakiag e j 11 / t oe' dle, which evidently, from the sound, contO t tl' e b of ° These circumstances lead to the conviction tit ° fold murder was committed by these men, :1_ ,.. ' ~ that they may be arrested and brought to justic ....o" of BIRTHS. tidy , On the 9th inst., at S u tt on C our t ney, B er k s , 01 „if °' A. Allnutt, Esq., of a son and heir. t pe'' On the 9th inst., a t Wrexham, Denbighshir e ' 0 0° ' the Rev. W. Nunn, of a s on . tin el,.ll On the 4th inst., the lady o f W a lt er Smythe, f ,, 5 , 1 o ' l ' t , On the 10th inst., at th e L or d s hi p, G rea t Had" - F of H. G. Ward, Esq., M.P., of a daughter. „Ise ° sf , On the 11th inst., at Mabledon-place, Burton.' 0. Edward Lawrence, of a son. l 5clY °f As On the 6th inst., at Bolney Lodge, Sussex, the e helm, Huntley, Esq., of a daughter, ec; o rb oi • / On the sth inst., at Sevenoaks, the wife of Esq., of a daughter. , , c,io 0 t ~„feh On the 11th inst., the lady of P. St. L. Of' - '" 1 ,,1, daughter. t , th e On the 9th inst., at Chawton House, Ila n ' ' 10 Edward Knight, Esq., of a son, stillborn. rc e. o f MARRIED. On the 10th inst., at Week, Hants, Thr:,7: gitcoef 0 10 o f Esq ,of Barnsbury . place , Islington, to Mary ' ' •1 0# '0 , p ? Williamurnet, Es., of Week. On the 10th t inst,, q at Newbury Church, '-'irt;e lets P., Ludgate_street, to Sarah, second daughter of ~,t'icl‘ James Wells. ~,,rto'P o ir T ePh ' Air ' On the 10th inst., at Brighton, the Rev, -°' la - , ( J, to Bridget Margaret, third daughter of the o il' o f of St f.' ,4 '' Macgregor, Bart. Esq , •tis, On the 10th inst., Robert Hunt, jun. , ~- hi , AL to Frances, youngest daughter of the late . 0) e t'' , . the same place. ..------ the fl - 4, re, 0 ) 1,,4 DID. in On the 07th ult., at Bagner E es de Bigorre, be Lord 01 , t ,t o , John Wilson, second son of the Right Rev. t or° . Calcutta, aged 9.6. ~,. WO dsvi Of t % On the Oth inst at his house in t..- ~ rest o 74, poi Leonard Phillipps, Esq., aged 76. On the I lth inst., the Rev. John . Jah lfr ' t: , 3 ., l i e :r i t h'i I Parudon, Essex, and vicar of North Mims, foo l N On the Sth inst., at Dartford, Kent, AI • 11 __ •- .( ',,0 s c Bank of England, aged 46. ; <(i, „ ,-, YOU PRINTED •ND PUBLISHED Bymunt.,., sir. op.icit. lit, STaIiNDI