The Sun. — London, England, 1833-10-29 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We yesterday inserted a report of the pro ceedings and speeches at a public dinner, given by the Reformers of Gateshead to the Earl of Durham, the political import of which is of peculiar interest. The bold and patriotic senti ments avowed by Lord Durham will enhance the public confidence in his character and poli tical principles ; and they sufficiently denote the cause of the Tory calumnies, lately so systemati cally and wantonly circulated to his prejudice. His Lordship holds no terms with Toryism. He is not a Destructive of the Constitution, as the Conservatives conveniently insinuate ; he considers our mixed form of Government the best adapted to the present state of British society, and that " measures not men " ought to be the bias of its administration. The Con servatives, well informed that Lord Durham was the author of the most pcpular parts of the Reform Bills and their stanch supporter, en tertain towards him a corresponding enmity ; and his Lordship has advisedly confirmed their impressions of his popular opinions and acts. On the other band, a small portion of the Ultra Radicals, misled by Mr. Charles Attwood —a modern Reformer and real advocate of an incontrovertible currency—arrogating to him self an exclusive attachment to the cause of reform—chose this occasion, but unsuccess fully, to excite the spirit of discord. No tactics in politics can be more disgraceful than the unnatural union of the two extremes of opinion, and it invariably indicates their common weakness. Lord Durham resolutely resisted the attempt to degrade himself and his political friends, and had he acted otherwise, the Tory journals would have been louder in their con demnation of his conduct. The Standard mixes up its commentary on the public proceed ings of the dinner with the irrelevant question of the right of the press to calumniate the private character of a public man. No powers of sophistry or casuistry will enable the Standard to defend the infamy of private libels. In proportion to the value of public character is the value of private reputation. We boldly affirm that the liberty of libelling with impunity has been hitherto almost exclusively enjoyed by the Tory journals. The case of Lord Durham is a singular illustration of the fact. In the affair of the right of road in the Isle of Wight, the . force imputed to Lord Durham was on the part of Mr. Ward, who actually sent la bourers forcibly to prevent his Lordship's car riage from passing, and his Lordship's action was only that of resistance to this force. The imputation against Lord Durham of surmount ing the national flag by his own in Cherbourg was utterly false, his Lordship not being in his yacht or cognizant of any such circumstance. The assertion of his vessel sailing into an Eng lish port with a French tri-colour standard is po sitively denied by the master of the yacht. When this and several other calumnies were repeated some days ago by the Standard, we stated that we were not sufficiently acquainted with the cir cumstances to enter on the subject, and we did not wish to injure Lord Durham by any loose assertions. We have since traced the history of one or two of the libels, and by way of exposing a little of the management of these matters, we will give this history. The falsehood, for instance, about the tri-colour flag, appeared in the New castle Journal. The Standard copied it from that journal. The next number of the Newcas tle Journal contained a contradiction from the Captain ; but our Contemporary, the Standard, who so industriously seized on the original statement, some how or other overlooked the con tradiction, and never copied it. In the same manner the Standard copied the false statement respecting Mr. Ward. This statement was con tradicted by the Brighton Guardian and the Morning Chronicle. Our contemporary, so acute in discovering the one statement, is again seized with a dimness of sight in the case of the contradiction, and re-asserts again and again the original statements. Thus the Tory Journals may circulate any convenient rumours, however false, of divisions in the Cabinet—of the assumed political capriciousness of his Majesty, and of the positive formation of Tory Ministries, with which fictions certain Papers periodically amused themselves during the last three years. This being a public matter must be left for the tribu nal of the public ; but the same latitude of wilful lying is not allowable in respect of private cha racter. We defy the Conservative Press to prove any general participation in such wholesale false hood by the Liberal Journals. It is the exclu sive province of Toryism, and especially of the country Tory papers (the origin of these libels), and the personal tone of which is frequently dis gusting and contemptible. But we will not again be seduced to discuss this question in re lation to Lord Durham, whose private character is above the reach of Conservative slander. The public estimation of the Noble Earl has been opportunely proved. As the advocate of a further amendment of the Representation—of Corporation and Church Reform—and of the national education of the people, Lord Durham will be looked up to and confided in when his libellers and the older leaders of political parties are dead and gone. We have the certain and cheering prospect, so boldly and eloquently expressed by his Lordship, that there is " no thing which the intelligence of the country has set its heart upon, and which it ought to possess, that it will not eventually obtain." The Tories have bitterly and fatally experienced the consequences of obstinately resisting the signi ficant demands of public opinion, as the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel doubtless often secretly and unavailingly lament to each other; and Lord Durham is the superior states man, who, in the face of their miserable and destructive policy, publicly avows that " it is the duty of a wise statesman to examine the objects the people have in view, and what they are determined to obtain ; and when he is satis fied of their justice, he should not wait to be forced into the adoption of them. He should not yield them merely upon expediency or com pulsion, but grant them freely and cordially ; for the boon that is granted upon compulsion loses half its grace, and very often all its va lue."—Morning Chronicle. It is to be hoped that the Government prints, which are all in rapture s w i t h L or d D ur h am ' s speech at the Gateshead dinner, will allow its fair share of appl ause to one of its most pro minent and judicious passages. H av i ng a ll u d ed to the spirit of d i scontent which prevails at present, his Lordship went on to observe-- " To allay this spirit, however, I am persuaded there is one mode, and, indeed, only one mode —namely, for the Crown and the Government to go along with the people." His Lordship illustrated this proposition by referring to the power which the people have gained by the Reform Act, upon the strength of which he did not hesitate to assure them of ultimate and complete success. If the Government were seri ously convinced of the important truth contained in the above-quoted passage, we might reason ably look forward to the arrival of better times. The great error of the Government has hitherto been a sort of confused notion that power might he at the same time conferred and disregarded ; or, if regarded, regarded somewhat in this way —as if they had said—" We will enable the people to drag us on, and they shall drag us on, for not one step will we budge without being dragged." Such has been, in effect, the prin ciple adopted by the Government, whatever maxim or theory they may avow. But would it not be as well—it might not be so Whigish— but would it not be as reasonable and as digni fied to show an alacrity in conforming to the just expectations of the people as to show a reluctance, if they really entertained the opinion that the people must ultimately prevail. The constant cry of the ministerial prints has been, consider the difficulties of Ministers. That was all very well when the Reform Bill was in pro gress, but since then their difficulties have been chiefly of their own creation ; they have arisen principally, if not wholly, from the absurd en deavour to counteract the impulse which they had themselves given to public feeling. Ministers will deny this of course ; Ministerial prints will deny it, of course also, for what one says, the other will swear to ; but independent and im partial observers, and they are the authority to which we appeal, will recognise in the past and present difficulties of Ministers only the natural consequence of their own inconsistency. Let us hope, however, that a better era is approach ing, when one of the chief concoctors of the Reform Bill announces to the world and to his former colleagues, that the obvious remedy for the existing discontents is " to go along with the people."—Morning Herald. Up to Friday evening we are assured that no official recognition by Spain of Donna Maria had reached Paris, although no doubt was entertained of this step having been determined upon. Whether the asylum given to the In fante Don Carlos, or the importunities of the French and English envoys at the Madrid Court, had most influence over the Queen Regent's mind, it would be difficult to say ; but, whatever the immediate cause was, a more sudden or immediate change of policy never occurred in any cabinet. The attempt to place Donna Maria upon the throne of Portugal is made by foreigners, contrary to the laws and wishes of the people ; and, when the Ruler of Spain sanctions such a principle of intervention as this with regard to her neighbour and near relation, how ominous must not the event appear to those who recollect what King Ferdi nand's policy was ever since the Portuguese contest commenced.—Morning Post. BANKRUPTCY COURT, OCT. 28. (Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD.) IN RE HENRY SMETIIURST. A meeting of the creditors on this estate was held to-day for the choice of assignees, and an instance of the great confidence reposed by creditors in the officers of this court occurred. A strong difference of opinion existed between two bodies of the credi tors as to whom they should elect to the office of assignee, one body naming one party, and the other strenuously urging the appointment of different per sons to those recommended ; but the dispute at once terminated on its being proposed that Mr. Groom, the official assignee, should also act as sole assignee to the estate, without the interference of any of the creditors. Mr. Groom was accordingly appointed sole and official assignee. No other matter of interest transpired, the bankruptcy being, in other respects, of an ordinary character. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH STREET. A WARNING TO OMNIBUS CONDUCTORS.—Ste phen Flenzmington, conductor of an omnibus run ning from Whitechapel to Hyde Park-corner, was charged with assaulting a youth, and taking his hat from his head. The lad, whose name is Sanderson, rode with two relatives from Whitechapel, but on his arrival in Coventry-street, although the usual fare is 6d., the conductor demanded a shilling. This demand was resisted, when the conductor laid hold of the lad's hat and ran off with it, the omnibus going at a rapid rate. The conductor then flung the hat up to the driver, who failed in catching it, and it fell in the mud. The defendant was then taken into custody. Mr. CONANT fined the defen dant 3/. MARY LEB ONE. William Grace Blakewell and Thomas Ball, two tall athletic men, were charged as follows :—Mr. Richard Robinson, landlord of the Bank of England public-house, South Wharf, Paddington, stated that about nine o'clock on Saturday the prisoners came into his house very drunk, and requested to be served with liquor. Witness, seeing what state they were in, refused to let them have anything, upon which they placed themselves in the doorway, to the great inconvenience of any one passing in or out, and commenced singing songs of a most inde cent description. The prisoners were fined five shillings each for be ing drunk, and ordered to find bail for their future good behaviour. A young man, who gave his name William Pear son, dressed in the first style of fashion, and wear ing an enormous pair of whiskers, the colour of a carrot, was charged by a police constable, who about half-pact twelve o'clock on Sunday night found the defendant standing on a heap of dirt in the Hamp stead-road, preaching to upwards of twenty disor derly characters who had collected round him. Being very drunk, witness conveyed him to the station-house. _ . The defendant was fined five shillings for being drunk, and ordered to find bail for his future good behaviour, himself in 50/. and two sureties in 251. each. A SECOND DANDO.—John Smith, a cadaverous looking being, with a figure well adapted for the part of the " lean apothecary" in Romeo and Juliet, was yesterday charged by- Mr. John Appleford, eat ing-house-keeper, No. 16, Marylebone-lane. About eleven o'clock on the night of Saturday, the defendant took his stand at the shop-window of the complainant, where, having indulged his visual organs for some time by looking at the smoking viands, and inhaled the refreshing odour arising therefrom, he entered the shop, and, taking a sear, de sired to be furnished with some roast veal and bacon, with the et ceteras, and some ale, which he in a short time despatched, as well as a quantity of jam•pudding, for which he seemed to have a parti cular penchant. Having indulged himself eith quarter of an hour's nap after his repast be was about to emerge from the shop, when he was in formed that the reckoning had not been paid; upon which, placing his arms a-kimbo, he made known the astounding fact that his pockets were as empty as his stomach was full. A policeman was then called in, and he was conveyed to the station-house, where he was accommodated with a night's lodging. The defendant, who declared his inability to pay the complainant's demand, was held to bail. QUEEN-SQUARE. UNSTAMYED NEWSPAPERS.—Yesterday one of the most miserable and deplorable objects we ever wit nessed, named John Herbert, was charged with selling the Poor Man's Guardian and other un stamped publications. . - Mr. GREGORIE asked the prisoner what he had to say to the charge ? Herbert did not know he was doing wrong. There vas a Paper called the Police Gazette, which he understood was sanctioned by Government ; he sold that and was not molested, and it contained a great deal more news than the Poor Man's Guardian. He therefore thought that there could be no more harm in selling one paper than the other, particularly as the Guardian sold the best of all the penny Papers. Mr. GREGORIE, after looking at the Police Gazette, thought the defendant was in error as to the Police Gazette being sanctioned by any authority, and he believed there was at present a prosecution pending against it by Government The defendant was committed for one month to the House of Correction. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday the Rev. Mr. Smith, the preacher, of Penzance, was charged with having committed n breach of the peace under the following circum stances:— . _ It appeared from the evidence of sergeant Nesbit, 6 E division, that on Sunday afternoon, about half past two o'clock, he was passing through Totten ham-court-road, when near Whitiield's chapel he saw a sailor carrying a large placard, announcing that the Rev. Mr. Smith, of Penzance, was about to hold a meeting and preach on that spot. A great concourse of persons had assembled, and a temporary pulpit was erected, which the Rev. Gentleman ascended, and commenced by reading a chapter from the New Testament, and then giving out a psalm, which was sung by the mob. He then began to pray, and at three o'clock the carriage-way and foot-pavement were so blocked up that no one could pass. He suffered the Rev. Gentleman to proceed thus far, when he went up to him, and touching him on the arm, intimated to him that he ought to have selected a more proper place to preach in, on which the Rev. Gentleman said he was only acting in accord ance with the commands of Jesus Christ, who had ordered him to preach in the open - air, and that he was determined to do so. He then informed Mr. Smith that it would be his duty to take him into custody if he persisted, and he was ultimately obliged to put his threat into execution, when the temporary pulpit was torn down, and, with the sticks and poles forming its construction, an attack was made by several of the mob, and the utmost riot and confusion prevailed, and with much difficulty the Rev. prisoner, and some of his followers were taken to the station•house. Another witness corroborated thii evidence. Mr. LAING inquired of the defendant what he had to say ? The Rev. Mr. Smith (in a firm, melan choly tone) That I have been most grossly and infamou•ly treated. Mr. LAING—The charge against you is for caus ing a breach of the peace by preaching in tha public streets. Mr. Smith--I preach in the open air by the command of Jesus Christ, and I am determined that nobody shall prevent me doing so. Mr. LAING—Then we will see whether the law or you is the strongest. Mr. Smith—That you may do, but you shall not make me leave it off. It is ordered by Jesus Christ, and communicated through the Scriptures. Mr. Reid, undertaker, of 53, Goodge-street, Tot tenham-court-road, stated that the police caused all the dis . urbance; there was nothing to cause their interference. Mr. LAING—How many persons were there as sembled ? Mr. Reid—l dare say four or five hundred. Mr. LAING—And who caused that mob to as semble ? Mr. Reid—They assembled to hear Mr. Smith. Mr. LAING—Then you have proved the case against him yourself. The Rev. Mr. Smith—lt is really inconsistent with common sense and reason. You will allow the exhibition of " Punch and Judy," and other sense less things, to collect a low mob in your thorough fares,but because a minister of the Gospel of Christ feels disposed to preach in the open air, with the purest of intention, he is to be interfered with by a police force, and rudely dragged through the public street, in the disgraceful manner that I was. I have preached in every part of England, Ire land, &c., and you shall not prevent me doing so again. Mr. LAING—Then you shall find bail. The reverend gentleman was about to address Mr. Laing, when he was ordered to be taken away from the bar; which was done, and he was locked up. A host of persons, his friends, were waiting out side the office, who freely expressed their indig nation. . Mr. LAING, on looking through the front window of the office, inquired what was the cause of the crowd. On being informed that they were Mr. Smith's followers, and that a man was walking about with one of the reverend gentleman's placards announcing a meeting, he ordered the officers to bring any body before him causing a breach of the peace. " We'll see," said Mr. Laing, "if this fel low is to create a diturbance, in defiance of all law." UNION HALL. Herr Cline, the father of the celebrated rope dancer of that name, was brought before the Magis trates by the parish officers of Newington, for the purpose of having an order of affiliation made upon him for the maintenance of an illegitimate child, of which Madame Chabert, the wife of the fire-eater, alleged him to be the father. Madame Chabert attended to give evidence, accompanied by her child, a little boy about five months of age. There appears to be a great dispa rity in the agts of Madame and the defendant ; the former being a buxom well-looking woman, between thirty and forty, while Herr Cline, sen., seems to be fast verging on sixty years of age. Madame Chabert, having been sworn, stated that the defendant was the father of her child, and that in consequence of his refusal to contribute to its support she was obliged to apply for parochial as sistance. The Magistrate inquired whether Monsieur Cha bert was in England or not, and whether he was aware of the improper intimacy which subsisted between his wife and the defendant ? Madame Chabert said that her husband went off to America soon after his last performance at the Argyll Rooms; that he was now exhibiting at that side of the Atlantic, where his extraordinary feats excited the astonishment of the Yankees ; and, although he made a good deal of money, yet he had discarded her, and stopped the remittance which he was in the habit of sending quarterly. Magistrate—Then he is aware of what has hap pened in his absence? Madame Chabert—Yes, some kind friend gave him the information, and the result has been that which I have just mentioned. She then said that Herr Cline was an intimate friend of her husband when he was in this country, and that, after his departure, he (the defendant), had continued his visits to her, and ultimately suc ceeded in effecting his purpose. The Magistrate said that if the defendant was not prepared to pay the amount of the bill of expenses produced by the beadle of the parish, he must, in default thereof, be committed for three months to hard labour to Brixton. Defendant--4 can't help it, Sir; it is impossible for me to pay the money. Committed for three months. In the course of the day Herr Cline raised the amount that he was indebted to the parish officers for the support of the child, and he was then li berated. THAMES POLICE. UNLICENSED THEATRES.—Yesterday afternoon, Mr. John Wheatley, a man of respectable ap pearance and good address, the proprietor and ma nager of the Theatre of Variety, in the Commer cial-road (East), and Was. Andrews,James Howard, Wm. Bannister, Thomas James Palmer, Elizabeth Palmer, and Rosina Christopher, part of his ewps were charged on an i n f ormat i on l o dgrd with performing the d rama i n an un licensedr againstn ati theatre. Mr. Samuel Lew is the son of a gentleman wh o is the owner of many houses in the dist r i ct , res id e d at No. 1, Buross-street, adjoining the Th eatre , w hich them lllc ' he described as a nuisance of the worst kind, and nightly attracted an assemblage of disorderly cha racters. The noise was so great during the per formances that the inmates of the adjoining houses could not hear themselves speak. On Saturday evening he went to the theatre for the purpose of afterwards giving evidence of what he saw. The prices of admission were, to the pit twopence, and the gallery one penny. He paid a penny at an aperture in the passage, behind which was a green grocer's shed, and received a ticket from Mrs. Pal mer which admitted him into the gallery. The per formance announced in printed bills was The Mid night Ghost, which was found to be a condensation of the tragedy of Virginias, with some of the prin• cipal incidents changed. By an anachronism Appius Claudius was made the uncle of Icilius, who was accused of murdering Lucretia.—(Loud laugh ter.) At the moment Appius Claudius was charg ing Icilius with the murder, a bloody dagger falls from under the cloak of the former, with his name marked on it, the ghost of Lucretia at the same instant appears, and the spectre and Appius Clau dius both disappear in a flame of sulphur.—(Roars of laughter.) Siccius Dentatus was made the lover of both Lucretia and Virginia.—(Laughter.) Mr. BALLANTINE could scarcely preserve his gravity at the description, and said, " The Mid night Ghost has murdered ViTinius." He inquired how the house was fitted up. Mr Lewis said it was a shed, and there were a few raised seats, which were called the gallery, and between that and the pit there was a piece of vacant ground, where he stood, in consequence of the gallery being overflowed. Mr. Wheatley had, in spite of repeated warnings, kept the theatre open every night since the 26th of last August. There were two performances every evening. The stage was well fitted up, but the audience was anything but respectable, and consisted of lads and girls, many of whom walked the streets. The language he heard in the theatre was disgusting, and the con duct of the audience was outrageous. Mr. BALLANTINE, on the performers promising not to offend again, discharged them, and ordered Mr. Wheatley to find good bail, liitns,lf in 1001., and two sureties of 50/. each, to answer a charge of keeping open a disorderly and unlicensed theatre at the sessions. PARISH OF MARYLEBONE.-ASSESSED TAXES. As allusion has been made in several of the Sun day papers to the proceedings of the vestry of St. Marylebone, with reference to the late seizures for assessed taxes, perhaps a short report of what took place at the vestry-board on Saturday may not be unacceptable. Mr. WILSON called the attention of the vestry to the subject of the seizures, and said he was fearful they were taking place to an alarming extent, and against persons who were really, from poverty, un able to pay. If it should be so, he thought the representative vestries would not be doing their duty if they did not come forward and induce Go vernment to desist. Mr. KENSETT thought no d& lay ought to take place, as he was credibly informed that several hundred seizures had been made upon really dis tressed housekeepers. He should, therefore, at once move, that a deputation of five vestrymen do i mmediately proceed to the Government, to request a stay of proceedings till the vestry could ascertain whether the parties seized upon are really unable to pay. Mr. JACKSON should be sorry to oppose the mo tion if he could believe that any unnecessary seve rity had been exercised against the poor man ; but he was confident it would turn out that the firm and decisive measures adopted on the preceding day and on that morning had been chiefly, if not wholly, di rected against those who had openly showed a dis position to set the law at defiance. It should be borne in mind that the present Chancellor of the Exchequer has only had granted to him taxes barely to cover the supplies granted, and that Parliament had not done as formerly—granted 5,000,000/. be yond the actual expenditure. This was important to recollect, because the falling off, under these citcum stances, of even two or three hundred thousand af fects credit seriously ; but what would be the con sequence of a falling off to the amount of the assessed taxes at the present moment?—too terrific to contemplate, for are not the dividends paid out of the taxes? He (Mr. Jackson) knew there were some who were silly enough to laugh at the idea of paying these dividends, but it was from pure ig. norance in not knowing how their payment operated upon the comforts and industry of the whole commu nity ; many supposed that the principal holders of money in the Bank were large landed or house pro prietors, otherwise rich people; and therefore the loss of dividends to them would not be of much consequence, but the fact was known to be other wise from an authentic parliamentary document, that showed that the great mass of persons who received dividends from the Bank belong to the middle and humble classes ;# then only see the serious evil you would inflict upon the very persons it is pretended to benefit in resisting taxation unlawfully and uncou siitutionally. Mr. Jackson concluded by expressing a hope that the motion would be withdrawn. Mr. POTTER concurred iu the withdrawal of the motion. After a few words from Mr. Underwood and Mr. Green the motion was withdrawn by Mr. Kensett, who said lie had just received some satisfactory in formation regarding the proceedings of the govern ment officers. The document alluded to shows that in the year 1830 there were 274,823 persons receiving half-yearly payments on dividends as fundholders; of these 83,609 were entitled to dividends not exceeding 5/. ; 42,227, to dividends not exceeding 101. ; 97,307, not exceeding 50/. ; 24,314, not exceeding 1001. ; 15,209, under 2001. ; 4,912, under 300/. ; 3,077, under 500/. ; and 2,166 , exceeding 5001. Thus it will appear that a quarter of a million of people, who are public fundholders, receive each an annual sum not exceeding 100/. per an num from these funds, while not more than 25,000 per sons are entitled to dividends above that sum. Besides these there are depositors in the savings banks throughout the kingdom, amounting to not less than half a million of persons, wholly belonging to the humbler classes, who have about 17,000,0001. invested in the public funds. Then, again, there are the friendly societies, who have their funds invested in Government securities, to the amount of about 500,000/. All these depositors, there fore, have a direct interest in upholding public credit. DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT TO sE r FIRE TO THE HOUSE OF LORD MONTAGU'S BAILIFF, NEAR DATCIIET, BUCKS. On Tuesday, Mr. Scott left home for Brent wood-fair, and no person was left in the house, which was sufficiently secured, in the after noon, and from its peculiar situation it .vas con sidered almost impossible that thieves could ob tain access to it. Tete house is surrounded by a broad moat, and the water it contains is from four to five feet in depth, exclusive of the mud, which is also deep. Across this moat a drawbridge is occa sionally let down, and it appeared fro the evidence of Turton,the gardener, that he drew it tip before he left the house. There is also a causeway across the moat, leading to the house, on the landside of which is the porter's lodge, the keeper of which, whose name is Lipscomb, declared that he locked the gates at 4 o'clock on the day in question, and went to bed at ten, and that no person could have passed that way to the house without his knowledge. There is also a boat-house, which, however, was found locked the next morning, and there was no appearance of any of the boats having been re moved. A charwoman named H,nkin, who has been for some time employed by Mr. Scott, went to the house as usual on Wednesday morn ing, and found the front door fastened on the inside, and on going round to the back part of the house she discovered that a window had been broken, through which it is supposed one of the villains entered and admitted his companions through the back door, and then secured the front entrance. The womAn immediately:went for Lips. comb, the lodge-keeper, who returned with her, and on examining the house they found that every room had been entered, and that all the drawers, cupboards, and chests had been broken open and completely ransacked. On a table in the sitting room was placed a stuffed hawk; and a quantity of ball-cartridges, amounting to about seventy, were taken by the villains from a tin box in one of the rooms, and strewed on the floor under the table, together with a quantity of loose gunpowder; and the plumage of the stuffed bird having been set on fire, it is supposel that the intention of the mis creants was that the flames should communicate to the loose papers which were strewed on the table, and thus ignite the gunpowder, which was Boni cient in quantity to blow up the entire house. Most fortunately, however, the feathers of the bird were not sufficiently combustible to effect the atrocious design, as the hawk was found only partially consumed. It further appeared that the ruffians had lighted a.large fire in the kitchen, in which they tnaliciously consumed a large quantity of the private papers and accounts of Mr. Scott, together with a pair of his shoes, and also the portrait of his deceased wife, the destruction of which could only have been instigated by a spirit of wanton mischief and re venge. It appeared also that the fellows had en tered the larder, and helped themselves to the pro visions which they found there, the scattered frag ments of which were spread upon the kitchen table; and they had also broached a cask of ale in the cellar, the tap of which was mischievously left run ning. It is supposed that the villains had the double object in view of robbing the house, and then setting it on fire; but being disappointed in the booty of money which they hoped to gain, they wreaked their vengeance in every way they could ; and in addition to the acts described, they left be hind them, on a table in Mr. Scott's sitting-room, the most beastly traces of their presence. The house of Mr. Scott is situate close to the village of Datchet, and is only a very short distance from Ditton-park, the residence of Lord Montagu. Information of the outrage having been received at Bow-street, Gardiner was immediately despatched by Sir F. Roe, with a view, if possible, to bring to justice the perpetrators of so atrocious a proceed ing. The village of Datchet abounds with bad characters, but notwithstanding the great exertions that have been used, and the offer of 100 /.reward by Lord Montagu's steward, to bring the offenders to justice, no clue has as yet been discovered to end to their detection. THE SILK TRADE The East India Company's quarterly sale of Ben gal silks, which commenced yesterday week, has concluded, and during each day of the sale was most fully attended by the manufacturers, throwsters, and others interested in the trade. The recent advance by private contract in raw silks was more than maintained, and the result of the sale tends to prove the buoyant state of the silk manufactures of the country, which, in common with woollens, cot tons, &c., have shown such marks of an improved demand. The East India Company's Bengals (rather above 2,800 bales), were all sold at an advance of full 25 per cent. on the prices realized at the last sale, and at about five per cent. above the rates at which silks were sold before the sale commenced in pri vate transactions. Of private trade Bengal silks not more than 68 bales were declared, and all were sold at an improvement of thirty per cent. on the June sale prices. Of private trade China silks 481 bales were de clared, but the greater part was taken in by the pro prietors, the trade feeling indisposed to purchase at the high prices asked by private contract, in antici pation of a more favourable market, owing to the supply of silks which has just reached the port from China, &c. The sales made established an improvement in China silks at full 20 to 25 per cent. The following average will show more correctly the improvement that has taken place in the Com pany's silks : In the sale of June last the finest Bauleahs fetched 12s. I Id. ; Commercolly, 15s. sd. ; White Hani paul, 17s. Bd. ; White Junjypore, 18s. ; White Radnagore, 155.; Sardal;s, Ms. 4d. ; and White Rungpores, 14s. 10d. per lb. At the present sale the tir,.t filatures of Bauleahs averaged 17s. 4d. ; Commercolly, 20s. Id.; Hani paul, 19s. 9d. ; White Junjypore, 20s. Ild. ; White Radnagpore, 18s. sd. ; Sardahs, 19s. 9d.; and Whits Rungores, 18s. 10d. per lb. In the courser filatures nearly an equal rise occurred. The quantity of silk remaining in the East India Company's warehouses for future sale is as follows : Of Bengal, 5,244 bales ; of private trade China, 2,148 bales; and of private trade Bengal, 18 bales; making a total of 7,410 bales. The work on England and America, now on the eve of publication, is likely to excite much discussion both here and on the other side of the Atlantic. Many of the subjects brought under consideration in these vo lumes are of the highest possible interest. Such are the condition of the middle classes in England, the difficulty which parents encounter in placing their children out in the world—the education and forced celibacy of English women—the political prospects of the English—the means of extending the free trade with china, &c. And as re gards America, her social state generally, and the existence of slavery in that country. The work is confidently attributed to an individual who has occupied much of the public attention, and who possesses a mind of great power and originality. MR. ARCHD. CAMPBELL.--The funeral of this well known eitizaa, whose lamented death we noticed in our last, took pl,ce on Sunday last, and the numerous attendance of gentlemen evinced the esteem in which he was held. A tnong those present were, the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council, Principal B tird, and about 400 of the most respectable inhabitants of the city. Mr. Campbell, we understand, came to Edinburgh about the year 1784, from Glenlyon, with whose great families he claimed kindred. He soon entered into public life as a city officer, and, during a momentous period in this metropolis, brought about by the French revolution, had imposed on him services of no mean consideration ; at that period there was no separate police in Edinburgh, all such inte rests of the city rested with the Town Guard, and such assistance as the Old Council Chamber could afford. There is now no man of his station alive with the same local knowledge of Edinburgh, and of the same kind of ac quaintance with the ancient families of Scotland. His knowledge of their varied connexions went far back, even to generations long forgotten. He had also a perfect know ledge of the heads of all the high families now alive, not one of whom thought themselves degraded by recognising him. It had been his custom for several years past, after his health began to droop, to pay a visit to London to wards the end of summer. If Parliament was sitting he was sure to be seen mixing in the lobby of both Houses. On one occasion he had gone to the residence of Earl Grey to obtain a frank. He had not one thought of any other of the name but the Baron of Kinfauns, and when meet ingwas tnhoetPhris LordemierleGavriay ; ngh ” is hu re t s a ide s n e c o e t , s N he ob ex ie c ul la a i n m , e who exclaimed "that ac companied the Peer, explaining matters, the Earl very good naturedly stepped back and wrote the frank. He endured latterly severe affliction, by one death after ano ther, till he was left almost in solitude, after just laying ilia only son in the grave. The situation he held gave him access to s e many cases of distress ; and we understand, on these occasions, he frequently displayed his generosity by inquiring into the case of the distressed debtor, and relieving his embarrassment.— Scotsman. Mr. BULWER'S ENGLAND AND THE ENG LISH.—" This is eminently a thought-stirring book. Every page presents a topic for an essay : it is full of suggestion, penetrating observation, and original reflection. There is much in it that is admirable, and much also from which we dissent ; but all is reasoned and set off with elegance and wit. The range of observation in these two volumes is of great extent, comprehending society, man ners, institution, literature, anti men of letters, science, arts, philosophy, politics. It is wonderful how well the author has brought himself off in provinces so various and marked, every course of speculation with something which makes the reader glad that he entered upon it. Wherever he goes he enriches or opens the ground— opinion cannot slumber in his company ; it is either animated, and strengthened, or provoked to investigation. Indeed " Englan I and the English" is full of rich and elevating thoughts, twat felicitously expresseds".--Exa miner& LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. ~ lb. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 9,611.41011, 41b. Loaf. There are others who sell from 34d. to 136 a. that price. -----------. PRICE OF SEEDS.—Oct. 28. 51-4 * 66, New English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) —s. 60e. fine 6 0s • Old Ditto Ditto —s. 50c. fine •-•••• ....., New Foreign Ditt0...................................,........... _s. —s. fine -..5....j. Old Ditto New White C10ver...... -............... —s. —s. fine -- e• . 4. Old Ditto Ditto —s. —s. fine -- 0 . ,s. New Trefoil 31dDitto .............-.......................................... —s. —s. fine — ~...f, Rib Grass ......... —s. —s. fine-to. English Carraway Seed _ _--..........—. —s. —s. 80s. ft 800. Foreign Ditto Coriander ..--.. —s. 14s. fine - of. St. Foin .......... (per Quarter),..—........ 425. 41s. fine 46± iii, Rye Grass Pacey Ditto —s. —s. new - - I' 608. Linseed, for feeding _ Ditto, for crushing 46s. 50s. --s. '.," - 19 4 Canary Seed, New,........ www , ...a. .--s. 6N "'....11. !litto Old _ —s. —s. —s. fi n e White Mustard Seed—(per 8u5he1)........ —s. IN. 14s. P 1 '7,..5. Brown Ditto.,... —s. 16s. 18 0 . &NOS. Turnip Seeds, Rounds - —s —s 16s. o° o l . Green and Red Ditto -----"" __.. _.. IFts. Ili!! eil• fares, Old Ditto New Rape Seed 35. 6d. fine pd. 4s. 6d, fine Foreign_3/* PRICES OF HOPS.—Oct. 28. ~,, IP New Kent Pockets (per cwt.) ..... 51. ss. 61. 12s. to ' l '; go. ' Choice —...—............ B/. Os. M. Os to 9 ' 0 , East Kent--,...........................—......... 71. Os. 01. Os, to 8 1 p. Choice ,.......,...... IP. Os. 01. Os. to 10 0, New Sussex Pockets.--,....,.....—... 51. Cs. W. Os. to 61 * eh Superfine Ditto Farnham ( fi ne)— 11/. 11s. 0/. Os to ,'", il Ditto (seconds) ..................10/. Os. 01. Os to 11. The Hop Duty is estimated at 155,000/. PRICE OF OIL. g . Rape Oil, brown Refined Linseed Oil . rolorwrwors.....••••••reft...... 0 a Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand 6 r Cape Cake, per ton PRICE OF POTATOES.—Oct. 28. ~,,, 58. to 3/. 15s. per L.- - * 1. Os. to 2/. ss. ditto. r. Os, to 41. 10s. ditto. 10s. to 41. Os. ditto. Os. to 2/. Cs. ditt_c 5haw5.,.......,.....,,,.. Middling ,--...,..... Marsh Champions Scotch Reds—...-... Chats ..--.,,,-..,..- WHITECHAPEL HAY 111ARKET.—Oct. 96 • A ry0 70s. Od. to 90s. Od. I Clover.** 80;. pd. to 264. Od. to 32i. Od. PRICES 0: Per lb. d. to d. Butts, Eng1i5h,.,,,,,,.._ 15 25 Ditto, F0reign.......,...,. 14 21 Dressing Hide 5............. 12 15 Ditto ~....... 14 17 Ditto, light ........ Crop Hides, light..... 12 14 Ditto 40 to 501 b. 13 18 I)itto SHEEP Polled Lambs 3s. Od. to 4s. 6d. ' Down Lambs 2 6 Half-br LEATHER. s ih Per lb. 41 " English Horse Hides.. I. Spanish Ditto I v Per dozen. r j Calf Skins.. 30 to 441 b. Ditto 40 to 601 b. Ditto 70 to 901 b. Small Seals. Greenland I. It Large dit•- __. 19Y SKINS. AA to Polled Skins 5s - 4 .0(1.1 4 0 Downs ...,..,3 0 4s. Cd. to ss. 6d. RICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of Slb• Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters)..—«.#—___,/ PRICE OF TALLOW rown Tallow 483. Od. Yellow 48s. Od. White s. Od. Soap Ditto —s. Od. Melted Stuff: 375. Od. Ditto Od. .....-- A ', SOAP, &c. per 11 21 D fi r, . Yellow Soap.--................ 1 -04 - Mottled ......"'iisl, White................................"'" 145.,), Graves _ ......,,''' ois , Good Dregs —,..........'" PIDCE F CANDLES. The price of Store Candles, in O the retail shops, is as f01105,. //5. 0,,' Candles, per doz. 75. Od. to Bs. Od. I Moulds, per dozelu-S., ET.—Oct. 28. Per Ton. „ 1 9 , Walls End Walls End Newmarch. o " 11 Ditto Northumberlan d. ' Walls End Walker 10' Walls End Lyons ..•••••••' # Rl Walls End Lambton 10. W. E. Russell's Hettoo , lF Dixon's Butterknowl" ' 1 9 Walls End Tees 11 Cowpen Walls End Elgin last market-day, 21. COAL MAR: Per Ton, s. d. Holywell _ 16 6 Pontop Windsor...—. 15 6 rantield Townley _ 15 3 West Hartley . l7 0 Wylam 17 3 WE. Bell, Robson, & Co. 18 :3 Walls End Brown's.... 17 0 Walls End Carr and Co. 17 0 W.E. Clarke and Co—... 16 6 Walls End Heaton.-- 19 0 Ships arrived sine. GUILDFORD MARKE r.—Oet. 26. sal Wheat (Per Load) l3l. to 16/Oats (Per Qr.) ......... - Old 14 16 Beans ....................... Barley (Per Qr.) 28s. 345. Pease .................... MEETINGS OF CREDITORS e r, AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STRrA' (From the London Gazelle.) s• TO-111ORROW, Oct. 30. li W. R. W. King, tin-plate-worker, Hosier.lane ............ in e T r i c i n e in n ti u n m n b lin e s r b o e f en fo p r r g o e d d uc b ti i v l e ls noffseevxercleiazgsese 16:11001 commercial interest, and injurious to a certain exteV mercantile credit, especially in cases where all the 1 " on the bills were not perfectly well known. P l O O l discoveries of the same kind have, it is said, been this morning, and that one house, believed to be suf 6el d il strong, however, to bear the loss, hes had bills lOdg„nottl its possession, as securities, to the amount of 20,v" o st the whole of which are forgeries. All this has ari g : o o l of the late abundance of money, and the eagernes s to employ it in any descriptio n o f di scou nts, for it ' 4 „110 denied that a want of due precaution in inquiring O t s , validity of the bills presented has been evinced in edge where a better system ought to have prevailed• or lesson, though severe, will, without doubt, prove lutary one. • BIRTHS. On the 19th inst., at Charlton Kings, near Chelten lady of A. D. Gordon, Esq., formerly of the Benga l ^"' a son. r On the 24th inst., at Stainton, in Cleveland, the lady Rev. William Gooch, of a daughter, 11 t he 0 • On the 26th inst., in Hertford street, May Fair, Major the Hon. George Keppel, M.P., of a daughter. f or On the 26th inst., the lady of Win. Rothery, Esq* , ° sit street, Buckingham-palace, of a son. tes 3 ' On the 26th inst., at White Hill, Great Berkha o " lady of Astley Paston Cooper, Esq., of a son. /ioer On the 18th inst., at Inverness, the lady of John • 40 0 th e Esq., banker there, of a son. P On the 18th inst., at Herbertshire, the lady of 1 Lieut.-Colonel Abercromby, of a daughter. srefele 4 On the 22d inst., at the residence of Sir Charles 00 , Lower Mount-street, Dublin, the lady of Charles Ve il • of a daughter. tif MARRIED. e t p' li On the 23d inst., at the Collegiate Chureh, Man c o f , h ef , the Rev. John Bamsdale, of Ryly, Mr. James Howie , or ton, to Mary, youngest daughter of the late Mr. JoseP i, 1, of London. sfr a!'" On the 26th inst., at Clapham Church, Surrey, ,:-..," of Bunhill-row, Finsbury, to Ann Maria Armirm i • 0 ; 0 0 , daughter of the late W. S. Armitage, of Clapham. 0 jill s On the 26th inst., at Sidmouth, by the Rev. w in ', o o ?or Commander Alfred Matthews, R.N., third surviving ' O , e . late John Matthews, Esq., of Belmont, in the counli s te ford, to Emily Rosetta, youngest daughter of the t yt , James Bernard, of Sidmouth. RickeS: ili e On the 24th inst., at Cheriton Bishop, W. G. of Southsea, Hants, to Ursula West, second dangth 00 0 V Rev. John Tothill, Rector of Hittisleigh, Devon. e ll 01 01 On the26th inst., at Fulham, by the Rev. Gen os , - 0, 0 ,0 1 Green, A.M., Frederick Green, Esq., of Twicken b is ...... y son of the late Rev. Wm. Green, Vicar of Bexley, ti t° o fOr Anne, eldest daughter of the late Henry Frederick ' O , Esq., his Danish Majesty's Consul-General in London Frederick DIED. 0 04 11 On the 26th inst., at his house in Norfolk -street , 0 f in the 64th year of his age, William Nugent Co Ziff On the 26th inst., in Bath-place, Kensington , Marter, in the 70th year of her age. Mrs. O dPir Of On the 21st inst., at Brigg, Lincolnshire, O4O Spooner, in the 78th year of her age. i.e4►the It On the 27th inst., at Penshurst Rectory, Marti., ...ectt,2y, poe' the Rev. Philip Dodd, Rector of that parish. , C E . q 0 00. 1 :, i t t tnhh h tee e h22e 224.1 5:: hhs tiih i nn n sys s tte t .: . : , rAi no a nf t:hiesiAnne, Salisbury, age. - #g SO . ii r . d 2 w 6t i l f i e ye o a f r, T a h t om hi a s s f (31: : ::, : 1 ey e ; Esq., Member of the Hon. Society of the Middle "A`, Hampstead, Samuel Hoare, jun., Esq. W r O o ly, On the 31st of May, at Bellary, East Indies, 10 , - ' i of cholera, John, eldest son of the Rev. Mr. Hand s ' to " ' at that station. tr On the 26th inst., David Taylor, M.D., of W et fi d el Edge, Gloucestershire. WO to On the 25th inst., Susannah Jemima, relict of d 0 t oe formerly of Basinghall.street, Esq., aged 81. „DO i 0 On the 20th inst., at Beauvais, in France, 0- .10 6 o f England, Charles Mackinnon, Esq., of Grosven° r ' prof 60th year of his age. „ Ja e , ' Of . On the 15th inst., aged 65, Mary, wife of C. n," 4. ' ei, Spalding, and daughter to the late Robert Holdie." y 9 e' place. Oet rit' e l On the 19th inst., at his residence, Cavendish -et t pt ~, Colonel G. Richards, of the Bengal Establishment, , / o r On the 28th ult., the Rev. J. Johnson, L 1 "..,,10f 01 , Welborne and Yaxham, Norfolk. He was the friers oed 11, the poet, and editor of his letters and works. o ris, j. /0 On the 26th inst., at Loughborough, Mr. R. Cle e d 1.24 ,o, On the 18th inst., at Blythe, near Retford, ag jo i o e, waring, Esq. VI• ADO" r , Sir or - p- On the 16th ult., Mr. E. Paley, steward tr , ~ set I A" Bart., M.P., of Ripley Castle, Yorkshire, and 0. ath _ d e dr Lincolnshire. Mr Paley was the youngest 0 0, ,',., D der - j el Paley, Archdeacon of Carlisle, and formerly n" 944 i coin. .—„son , I I ,e On the 21st inst., at his residence, John S."'r r ill 63, of Arnold, Nottinghamshire. s7ll l 3 1 1 141 0 : On the 25th June, at Dorchester, in the - A. - -, d , r age, Mary Ann, wife of Charles Hickman, s c l' o t• P' e :plO r the 7th Dragoon Guards, and youngest (taug ht : r ove' beth Parker, Barker-gate, in this town, 'W in ' I# ll to lament her loss. /I' 0 0/ PRINTED AND PUBLISHED lII' Di U 11 I/ 0 Y ° SUN OFFICE, 119, STRAND. ho t kkz 1 1 . 1 he' ' loon ht ;al I t ite a' Ib e tre 414 (47tee , Q „, t, tiok Att l'etth. I t , lad th e rnati rtepi :11' P e e 'AO I I R