The Sun. — London, England, 1833-09-24 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Having already given all the information which we ourselves received from Lisbon by the last packets, and having found in our Lisbon correspondence no intimation that any proposi tions for a capitulation had been made on the pact of the Usurper, we are not prepared to place much reliance on the reports which have reached us through several of the West of Eng land papers, that negotiations had actually com menced between the two conflicting brothers. But though- we have no evidence that any pro posals of accommodation have been actually made, or that any negotiation had been solicited, with the hopes of a speedy adjustment, may add, that in our opinion, a termination of the present desolating struggle by pacific overtures on the part of Don Miguel, is by no means impro bable, as it would certainly be extremely politic. Everything that we stated at the commencement, and during the continuance of this contest, relative to the character ofthe country, and the strength and composition of the parties engaged, is fully con firmed by the present posture of affairs. We stated, as will be recollected, that there was no public opinion, properly so called, in Portugal ; that there was no diffusion of political informa tion among the great mass of the people ; and, consequently, that they would allow armies to decide the quarrel. We stated that on the side of Don Pedro or of his daughter, the young Queen, were ranged all those who possessed any degree of political knowledge, and any desire for political itnprovement,---that the en i.ghtened part of the population, in the two ,hief cities, were his warm friends,—that those who had composed the Government, the Legis lature, and the authorities of the Cortes in 1820, 1821, and 1822 ; together with the large portion of moderate Constitutionalists in the learned professions, among the mercantile body, and in the ranks of the nobility, who kept aloof from the violent demagogues of that period, but who hailed in 1826 the charter as a security for their political and civil rights, were enlisted on the side of her Most Faithful Majesty, and only awaited an opportunity of displaying their sen timents,—that, to this were to be added all those who had suffered from the despotism of the Usurper for the last five years,—all those whose estates had been confiscated, whose persons had been imprisoned, whose relatives had been per secuted, or whose property had been violated. The necessity of maintaining a large army, while trade had declined and industry had been inter rupted, occasioned extensive discontent, by making excessive exactions on the diminished resources of they country ; and the practice of forced loans, which accustomed the Government to measure the loyalty of individual contributors by the extent of their submission to fiscal rob bery, alienated from the Usurper many of the wealthy capitalists, whose love of absolute go vernment did not lead them to grant him an ab solute disposal of their fortunes. Even some of the more enlightened of the ecclesiastical order were in favour of an improvement in the institu tions of their country, and consequently were hostile to the proceedings of Don Miguel. It was an ecclesiastic who was President of the Chamber of Deputies at its dissolution, and among the persons exiled by Don Miguel we found an archbishop, a dean, several priests, se veral canons, and a whole chapter. That this liberal party was, and is, very powerful, though it could not all at once infuse its own spirit into the popular mass, may be inferred from the cir cumstance that it maintained the charter for more than a year and a half, notwithstanding the machinations of Spain and the rebellion ofChaves, —that it had created an army which it required great art to gain over to the Usurper in 1828 ; and that it was universally believed the reign of I)on Miguel would have been tranquil and secure, had he possessed the good faith and good sense to keep his engagements, and to conduct his government according to its princi ples. On the other hand, we always stated, and now freely admit, that Don Miguel had on his side the great body of the secular and regular clergy, who exercise a great influence over the superstitions of the lower classes ; that he was supported by the great tribe of knaves who sell justice in all the tribunals, from the highest to the lowest ; that a great part of the higher nobi lity, and a majority of the provincialfda/gos, or gentry, were on his side ; in short, that the par tisans of exclusive privileges, the friends of abuses, and the enemies of every species of re form, were attached to him, as the type of a Conservative ruler. The present attitude of parties and posture of affairs are the natural result of the elements and influences which we have just described. By the patriotic zeal and liberal spirit of the inhabitants of the northern capital, Don Pedro was able to maintain him self for more than a whole year at Oporto against the whole forces of his brother, and at the end of that time to seize upon Lisbon, the capital of the kingdom. His cause is en thusiastically embraced and firmly supported in both, because the people are more enlightened and less under the dominion of their priests and oppressors than in the country. On the other hand, Don Miguel, by means of his partisans, and by the aid of the ecclesiastics, may still cal culate on the obedience of a great part of the provinces, where the people take no interest in the result of the struggle. But the acquisitions of the adherents of the Queen are immense, and may be regarded as quite decisive of the contest. Cut off from the two chief seats of Portuguese wealth, trade, and power,—cut off from the cen tral part of the empire, where the Courts of Jus tice, the offices of Government, the palaces of the Nobility, the arsenals and magazines of the State, and t h e R oyal res i dences are situate,—cut off from the possession of the only two rivers of the kingdom through which supplies from abroad can be received, and having no access to the sea, or a single ship to traverse it,—Don Niguel and his army may roam ab out t h e country for some time and live by depredations, but they can never recover their ascendancy: On the other hand, with a fleet and army--with money, trade, and resources—with the good-will a n d the recognition of two powerful allies, the Queen is sure to maintain her present position till her uncle is obliged to abandon his, and till, the cause of disunion being removed, the whole nation submits to her sway. The period of this desir able consummation will, in a great measure, de pend upon the facili t y or obstinacy of the usu r p er , and upon the manner in which his cause is en couraged by foreign despots. It is stated that he has 3,000 friars in his army before Lisbon, and though that may be an exaggeration, as the monks are not so fond of fighting as of good living, it is certain that he can at least have thy , contributions of 500 convents to supply his military chest. Though the country is already impoverished, he might by this and other aids continue a partisan warfare for some time, and annihilate the last remains of a prosperity which I he has so fatally injured. He has passed from Oporto to Lisbon, as through an " unresisting medium," and he may thus, under the guidance of Bourmont, proceed from one province to another for several months, and convert Portugal into a kind of La Vendee; but as this could only forward the objects of robbers and maraud ers, it is to be hoped that he will take counsel rather of his prudence than of his pride, and propose terms of accommodation which can be accepted. To this object the efforts of all the friends of Portugal and of humanity ought to be directed. But if the La Vendee system of bloodthirsty and plundering chivalry be persisted in by Miguel and his French generals, it is quite evident that their career, however protracted, can have but one end, which to themselves will be as fatal as its ignominy will have merited.— Times. We observe by the country papers that the Liberals are everywhere hailing with extraordi nary delight the inquiries into their local corpo rations. Their long and practical experience of the political and magisterial abuses of these worn out and corrupt municipal institutions, naturally excites the deepest interest in the great national question of their pending reformation. A cor responding alarm and a sauve qui pout is ludi crously observable among the fear-stricken cor porators. The self elect of the Tory Corpora tions are in terror for their exclusive power, and smitten with the fear of that legal retribution which they well know they richly merit as the punishment of their manifold sins and offences. They have, moreover, sagacity to discern the hopelessness of their case, and that they can no longer uphold the existing corrupt and close system of secret administration of Corporate power and property. An instinctive apprehen sion of this result led to their virulent opposition to Parliamentary Reform, which they well knew would be their certain death blow. The Com missioners are the undertakers who are arranging their funeral, and the Select, like persons about to be interred alive, are overcome with appre hension. The country Tory press is reduced to the last necessity of the Conservatives—abuse of private character. But the Corporators will not be able to change the venue, or to clear their own character by blackening that of their honest enemies, and publishing foul calumnies against the Commissioners. Extracts of these slan— derous articles would only obtain that circula tion desired by the writers, and our readers would only be disgusted by the perusal. We gave a specimen from the Leicester Herald, a sufficient evidence of vulgarity and personal scurrility. The subject of corporate reform is too important to be lost sight of in unnecessary refutations of local calumnies. Among the con venient modes of defence adopted on the behalf of the Self-Elect, one is die propagation of silly and unfounded alarms about the insecurity of property. This was the hobgoblin argument against the amendment of the representation ; and we were gravely told, during the discussions on the Reform Bills, that the nomination bo roughs and parchment votes of the Scotch county electors rested on the common founda tion of " private property." The Tories always plead the Statute of Limitation as a bar to in quiry, and as the title deed of illegal possessions. Time, in their view, sanctions every abuse, and makes good every wrongful usurpation. But the times are changed, and the constitution of the municipal corporations must die with the Boroughmongers. The Standard once more ventures on their defence, but shrewdly avoids the real merits of the discussion. In a long reply to the Spectator, our cotemporary does not grapple with one single reason in favour of inquiry into and reformation of these odious and obsolete municipal bodies. Does the Standard mean to aver that the English and Welch corporations are perfect ?—that the municipal constituency is sufficiently extensive ? —that the receipts and expenditure of the trust property are made public, and that there are no abuses crying aloud for immediate redress ? In reply to the observations of the Standard las week and its tocsin of property alarm, the Spec. tator truly observes:— " We do not think that this inferences is a just one. The Commissioners may inquire into the state of Corpo ration property, which has been granted for certain pub lic, not private, purposes; and when they find that this property has been made the subject of a corrupt bargai❑ and sale, may recommend—for that is all they are em powered to do—that such bargain be annulled, and the property be applied to the purposes for which it was granted. The Corporation, in granting leases for the benefit of certain individuals, has exceeded its powers. But the Crown had legally the right to make certain grants—that of the Abbey lands of Tavistock to the Duke of Bedford, for instance—for the private purposes of the grantee. To inquire into the title of the Duke would, as it appears to us, be exceeding their powers on the part of the Commissioners ; and if the Legislature were to resume the grants made by Henry the Eighth, it would be a gross interference with the sights of private property." The same Journal ably replies to the Globe, who, in an amiable and somewhat " Conserva tive" spirit, seemed half inclined to take the City Companies under its protection, under the excuse of anxiety for the integrity of private property : " We think that there is no great use in confusing the subject in this manner. What the Commissioners have to ask of the Corporation officers is this—What property have you ? for what purpose was it given to you ? how do you apply it? If, upon inquiry, it appears that it is ap plied to the purposes for which it is granted, all is right; but if ❑ot, then the Legislature will interfere, and very properly, to compel such application. With regard to the chartered Assurance Companies, Government have always a right to inquire whether the terms of the charter are complied with. It is the grant of a charter upon certain conditions which authorises such interference; otherwise the partners in an insurance company ought to be as safe from it as any banking establishment in Lombard-street. " Let those, therefore, who hold property under de fective titles—that is, from parties who have no right to convey it upon the terms on which they have conveyed it— ' look about them ;' but let the Duke of Bedford and others similarly situated rest in peace." The Standard writes a long commentary on these unanswerable arguments of the Spectator; and protrudes the danger of innovation on the assumed fact that it is notorious that all titles to property throughout the country are defective, an assertion altogether untenable. But we will not waste time or paper by reply to such puerilities. The close corporations are now suffering the evils of suffocation, and nothing can .save them from the besom of Reform. Our only fear is that it should be less efficacious than is required. We are under no apprehension that the inquiry should be carried to an extreme ; our only fear is lest the doctrine of individual property should he placed as a screen before the Corporate Bodies.—Morning Chronicle. It will naturally be expected of us to advert to the current reports, and we can call them no thing else, of Don Miguel havin g made pro posals of accommodation to his brother through Lord W. Russell. S u pp orte d as he is, while the l'edroites are shut up in Lisbon and Oporto, we cannot conceive what kind of terms Don Miguel, who has been in due constitution a l form declared the lawful Sovereign of the coun try, could offer or accept from a brother whose title to the throne, and consequently that of his issue, was at the same time pronounced lost and forfeited, particularly when his partisans, including the great body of the population and all the privileged orders (very few instances excepted), would thereby be placed at the mercy of anarchists and foreign adventurers, unless (which is impossible) Lord W. Russell should lend himself as a guarantee. The action of the sth could not have suddenly changed the King's position. Viewed with all its accompanying circumstances, no military man will say that the object of the movement of that day was not successfully attained, and as regards moral effect the Royalists were greatly the gainers. It gave the Pedroites the opportunity of knowing what kind of an enemy they had to deal with. It inch of them that they must fight for every of ground they felt desirous of holding, the ex perience of which fact had greatly dismayed Don Pedro's veterans, and convinced them that they were already engaged in a war of extermination, of which, after all their sacrifices and privations, they must themselves inevitably be the victims. In the interval from the 7th to the llth no occurrence is mentioned calculated to render the situation of Don Miguel's affairs worse. We should think, on the contrary, that the attitude of the Royalists must have materially improved, as their reserve would have come up from Coimbra, and the Aiemtejo army e ntered upon its positions on the southern hank of the Tagus. The combinations for the attack on both sides of the river we have reason to believe are intended to be on a large sc:de, and nothing is to be left to hazard; but all the arrangements contemplated could not be made before the 13th or 15th. In such an attitude, then, what kind of propositions could Bourmont send to Lisbon ? The trial of the sth betokened to him certain success if he only persevered. Military men will laugh at the idea of holding fortified linesspread over a surface of six miles, and in many places commanded and flanked from neighbouring heights, with such a motley force as that at Don Pedro's disposal. The foreign legions and Oporto veterans will doubtless do their duty and fight as heretofore ; but the holiday soldiers, formed out of the shopkeepers and Lisbon rabble, we confidently assert, will never stand bayonet work. This Saldanha and Villa for know, if Don Pedro does not. We therefore feel inclined to treat the propositions reported to have been brought by the Echo as vague and idle rumour. If we mistake not Go vernment know well that matters are far from having arrived at that pitch. In justice, how ever, to Don Miguel—and we have the fact from those who saw him lately—we shall remark that he never speaks of his brother but in terms of the utmost love and respect, often with tears in his eyes. In his presence no one dare to utter a disrespectful word against Don Pedro. His youthful associations were never forgotten. Till the day of Don Pedro's first marriage the two brothers always slept in the same room, and there are causes of endearment between them which time cannot efface from the memory of either. That Colonel Hare or some one else may have availed himself of a mutual feel ing, and suggested some means of stopping the effusion of blood, or that Marshal Bounnont may have sent in a summons which has led to negotiations, we can readily believe, particularly as we understand that it had been determined to give due notice previous to any formal attack. We may add to time above reasons for discredit ing the current reports that, according to our own impressions, no offers connected with an ulterior settlement could be made by the Royal ists in which Spain had not the initiative. — Morning Post. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. THE PIER AT — GRAYESEND.—:Mr. Dridkald, the Common Councilman for Tower Ward, applied to the LORD MAYOR upon the subject of the tempo rary pier at Gravesend. He stated that during the high wind the jetty proved to be a most dangerous obstruction, and he urgently represented the neces sity of obliging the promoters of the Fier Bill t o act in obedience to the Act of Parliament, which was now utterly violated, and violated too to the great injury of numbers of hard-working individuals. A few mornings ago the United Kingdom, from Jamaica, when lying at Nortlifleet, was run on board by the Queen of Scotland steam-boat, which pro ceeded on her way without stopping to attend to the ship. The ship made a vast deal of water, and with great exertion was steered on shore on the Essex side, close on the point opposite to North. fleet, where she swung up and down with the ebb and flood tides. She next morning floated off the north shore, and was taken over to the south shore by the tide, which carried her close to the peer pr o . jection at Gravesend. The consequence was that the passengers by the steamers were obliged to get ashore in boats. If the greatest exertions had not been made, the vessel must have come in direct contact with the projection and carried it away. Mr. Drinkald declared that every day proved how serious an obstruction the projection was to the navigation, and complained that the Act of Parlia ment was transgressed in other respects. The LORD MAYOR stated that the Navigation Committee had gone down to Gravesend to examine the projection, and had given directions calculated to prevent accidents, as far as prevention could be accomplished in the present state of the jetty. His Lordship thought it necessary to state publicly that the Committee had given a recommendation that, unless the Corporation of Gravesend proceeded im mediately with the erection of a pier or jetty he (the Lord Mayor) should take such measures as he might deem most expedient for the removal of the existing pier and of the decked barge moored outside. THE PRIZE RlNG.—Joseph Parish, the pugilist, who some years ago fought the well-known eccentric coalheaver called Jack Scroggins, and was notorious for what is called fighting on the cross (selling a battle), was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with having robbed a Mr. Cookson of his watch, in Thames -street, on Saturday. The pri►oner was committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE.—Thomas William Barnes, a respectable jeweller and goldsmith, re siding in Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square, yester day attended in consequenc e of a warrant obtained against him by the Solicitor of the Lady of Lieut.- Colonel Hampton, of the East India Company's service. Eliza, the wife of Lieut..Colenel Hampton, of 9, Prince's-street, Hanover-square, sworn.—l n July last a female was living with me, named Vicars, as lady's maid, and I received in that month 3501. from my husband, who is abroad. I received a cheque from my agents, Barclay and Co., Lombard- stree t, r a i ti ) ( t l obtained, of h with t others , e in cash f or i t , t h ree 50 1 . (es. Two notes W ere given to A rni e Vicars to pay Madame Foley, my milliner, that being between the 15th and 22d of July, the receipt now produced for 1541. 13s. being the amount of money I owed her, and for which I gave Anne Vicars the two notes to pay the. balance of. Madame Amadine Foley, of 49, Conduit-street, swore that the receipt now produced for the 1541. was not her handwriting, nor had she received any part of that bill. She did not in the month of July last receive a 150/. note from Anne Vicars, nor any other. _ _ Mr. Rothche, clerk to the bankers, proved that .he house to which he belonged paid on the 13th of July a check for 3501., drawn in favour of Mrs. Hampton by the firm of Gregson, Melbourne, and Wright, India agents. The check at their house. was cashed in three. 501. notes, 1,419, 1,448, 1,247 besides other small notes. The note now produced, 1,448, by the mark on it, passed through their house that day. Mr. Thomas Mort iber, of No. 8, Newman-street, Oxford street, jeweller, swore that he received the 501. note, 1,448, now procieved from Miss Fanny Barnes, the sister of the prisoner, on. the 17th or 18th of July last. He received the note in pay merit of a debt of 101. due by Mr. Barnes to him. Mr. Wm. Tufnel, of 116, Regent-street, London —I am an examiner of accounts in the Audit-office. I was at Margate With Mrs. Hampton, and left London on the last day of August, returning last - Friday. On Tuesday evening, the 4th inst., I was desired to open the box of Anne Vicars, who is now in Dover Castle, committed to take her trial for robbery, and in that box I found fifty duplicates and some letters, now produced. On Wednesday morn ing, the 11th instant, Anne Vicars, who had been absent, returned to Margate, and I had her appre hended, when she was remanded until the Saturday, and then committed. On the day she was appre hended I received the letter I now produce, directed " Mrs. Vicars," and marked A ; it came by post, and I opened it. The first part of it is a copy of my letter to Mr. Barnes. The direction of the let ter is not in the same hand as the inside. On Thursday morning the prisoner Barnes came to Mrs. Hampton's house at Margate, as early as seven in the morning, and I then was about to take him into custody. On Saturday, the 14th, Anne Vicars was examined on the charge of felony, but the prisoner, who wanted to be present at that examination, was refused by the Magistrate. The prisoner's solicitor said that allusion was made to Mr. Barnes's letter and the direction, but, it appeared to him to have nothing to do with the charge of receiving a 501. note with a guilty knowledge. Witness resumed—The letter now produced, marked B No. 2, is one which I found in the box of the servant Vicars. A witness proved it to be the hand-writing of the prisoner, together with two others marked C. and D. On the evening of Monday he saw a letter in the hand-writing of Anne Vicars directed to the prisoner in London. A discussion arose amongst the gentlemen as to whether it was evidence. Mr. CHAMBERS said, there was not the least doubt of the connection and intimancy existing be tween the prisoner and Anne Vicars. Mrs. Hampton was recalled, and a long bill for articles of silver and jewellery to an immense amount was placed in her hand. It had been found in the box of Anne Vicars, and was sent from the pri soner. Amongst the other articles were four silver teapots, and the most elegant articles, all of which Mrs. Hampton swore she had never received any account of; nor did she see the present bill until it was found in the box of Anne Vicars. She had not had the teapots, and very few of the articles. The bills of Mrs. Hampton were usually paid by Anne Vicars, her servant. Mr. CHAMBERS —What do you remember of the emerald and brilliant necklace charged 170 sove reigns for ? Mrs. Hampton—l remember that it was brought to my house in London for me to look at, but not at my request. I returned it and the other articles to my servant to convey to the person who brought them for me to look at. They were not in my possession ten minutes. Mr. CHAMBERS -- They were sent up to you ? Witness—Yes, to look at; and I was told that Mr. Barnes was waiting below for them. Mr. CHAMBERS—Did you ever purchase a diamond and emerald necklace of Mr. Barnes ? Mrs. Hamp ton—No, I never did ; nor did I pay him the sums as part of the account marked received on his bills. Mr. CHAMBERS then read over the bills, and reckoned, by Mrs. Hampton's statement, that 31!. 19s. had been received only, instead of 600!. or 700!. worth. Cross-examined—Arme Vicars had been in my service two years. I did not deal with Mr. Barnes before she came in my service. Mr. Tufnel did not lodge at Dover in the same house with me. He was on a visit, and did sleep there occasionally. Anne Vicars usually paid my bills for me. I be lieve gave her 18/. arid 221. to pay the prisoner at different times. I never, with the exception of these and one sovereign more, gave her money or directed her to pay Mr. Barnes. I have directed Anne Vicars to pawn articles for me on one or two occasions. I don't think I have much oftener. I don't think I have a dozen times. I don't know that the ear-rings I now wear were ever pawned. I never sent them to be pawned. I did not direct her to pawn any teapot. I repeat, I swear that I never had a silver teapot of Mr. Barnes. The ar ticles were pawned at Dobree's and at Greaves's. I never directed that things should be pawned at other places. The diamonds which I afterwards sold to Mr. Barnes my servant, without my consent, pawned at Cotterell's. I did keep her in my ser vice afterwards. She did not give me the money at the time she ought for them. I was extremely angry with Mr. Cotterell for taking the diamonds in. I never stated to Mr. Cotterell that whenever she came with things they might take them in for her. 1 have frequently threatened to turn her away. I paid the two 50/. notes to Madame Foley, as I supposed, and the receipt purporting to be Madame Foley's was so badly written that I made some ob servations upon it. The prisoner's Counsel expressed himself willing to meet any case that might be brought forward. Mr. CHAMBERS stated his determination to com mit Mr. Barnes for trial, and said that the propriety of taking bail should be considered this day. Q UEEN- S QUARE. THE GROSVENOR ACT.—A number of the in habitants of the out ward of St. George's were summoned before the Magistrates, to show cause why they refused to pay the rates due for paving, lighting, watching, repairing, and otherwise improv ing Grosvenor-place, and the streets, squares, &c. adjacent. One of the defendants complained of being as sessed for lighting, &c., when there was not a single lamp in the street where he lived. The great squares arid streets in the district were well lighted, and he was called upon to pay part of the expense. Another of the defendants lived in Eaton-lane North, Pimlico ; the place had never been paved at all, and he was obliged to purchase gravel to mend the road himself in front of his house, and he was now called on to pay for paving and lighting. As to the lighting the place, there was but one lamp in the whole lane. The other defendants made similar defences, and ome and all complained of the injustice and oppres sive operation of the Act. They were all ordered to pay. Several of the defendants declared they would not obey, and that they might seize their goods for it. UNION-HALL. Yesterday Janus Richards, an elderly man of re. spectable appearance, was charged with having committed various robberies in and about th e metropolis. The prisoner had carried on a system of robbery for a great length of time, and his appearance and address gave him opportunities, of which he availed himself, as will be perceived by the following account of his examination. It was his practice to peruse the a dvertisements in the newspapers, in order to ascertain where houses were to let; and upon find. ing this he made application to the house agents for cards to view. He generally made a point of calling at houses where the occupiers had not left, and on presenting the house agent's card it was considered considered a sufficient introduction, and he was shown over the premises. In the progress of view ing the dwelling he uniformly expressed a desire to examine all the rooms, and when he entered one in which plate or any valuable article of a portable nature was deposited, he usually requested the per son who accompanied him either to throw up a window, or do something that made a noise and en gaged the attention, while he possessed himself of the property ; and this accomplished, he quitted the house as soon as possible. Miss Farmer, the daughter of a gentleman resid ing at Clapham, stated that on the 2d of July the prisoner called at her father's house, and expressed a wish to view the whole of the premises, as they were to be let on a lease. He then produced one of the house-agent's cards, And, as he was a person of apparent respectability, one of the servants was directed to show him over the house. In doing this it appeared that he expressed a strong inclination to view the whole of the apartments, and agreeable to this wish he was conducted up stairs and examined the different rooms, in the course of which he en tered one of the dressing-rooms, in which a tray containing plate was deposited. Having remained about ten minutes in the house he then took his departure, saying that he should have an interview with the house-agent relative to the terms. In a short time afterwards several silver spoons were missing from the tray in the dressing-room, and as no stran ger but the prisoner had access to it, and the articles being missing soon after he had left the house, the supposition was strong that he was the thief. A lady, the occupier of another house in the neighbourhood of Clapham, stated that about three weeks ago the prisoner called at her house, and producing one of the cards to view, which he said he had been furnished with by Mr. Banting, of Pall mall, expressed a wish to look at the premises. A servant, as in the other case, accompanied the pri soner over the house, in the course of which he was shown into the front drawing-room, where several articles of plate were deposited in an open cupboard. He had not left the house many minutes before four large table spoons were missed from amongst the plate, and as no other person had been there on that day but the prisoner he was suspected of the robbery. Mr. Maberley, a gentleman residing at Clapham, in December, 1831, had a house to let in Russell place, Finsbury-square. The prisoner called to look at it, and in the course of his inspection he managed to pocket a large silver cream ewer, which was not missed until he had gone away. The Magistrates should remand the prisoner until Friday, to give an opportunity for the attendance of other parties who have been plundered of property by the prisoner. DEATH OF " OLD JEMMY." On Saturday evening, the 7th instant, that well known mendicant, James Bradley, better known as " Old Jemmy," met a sudden and violent death ar World's End, a little village near Reading. It appears that he was partially intoxicated, and, in endeavouring to ascend a bank, to avoid a coach which was rapidly passing, fell backwards under the wheels, and was killed almost instantly. The de ceased was a most singular being—one who knew everybody, and whom everybody knew—and gained a livelihood by traversing the country, vending tracts, matches, &c., and occasionally giving speci mens of astrological talent in the way of telling for tunes. Some years since, by these means alone, he had amassed a considerable sum of money, which, for better security, was placed in the hands of a banker at Reading, who shortly afterwards becoming insolvent, the whole was lost. This disastrous event affected him deeply, and led him to the deter mination to be, for the future, his own treasurer: the consequence was frequent intoxication, and, finally, premature destruction. There are, however, several traits in the character of this ill-fated indivi dual which cannot be sufficiently eulogised. His honesty and goodnature were proverbial. In his wanderings he not unfrequently met with half starved and friendless children, who, but for his protection, would probably have perished : his practice was, to make them companions of his travels, call them his apprentices, and feed and clothe them till they could procure employment, or commence " business" for themselves. The ulti mate benefit arising to his proteges from these ap prenticeships might be somewhat questionable ; but it serves to shew that, with all his frailties and his follies (and they may not have been a few), there was much of the "milk of human kindness" under an odd and sometimes truly ludicrous exterior.— Even he had his dependents; he generally sojourned in one spot about a fortnight, and invariably made it a point to discover in the neighbourhood the most destitute and wretched, and share with them the contents of a well-stored wallet, the produce of a day's ramble, chiefly furnished, it may be presumed, as a reward for an abundant promise of " true lovers speedy marriages, and bonny bairns," to the female servants at the " great houses," whose deep curio sity on these interesting topics he well knew how to profit by. An anecdote is related of him which speaks much for his integrity, and must be recorded —" The butler of the late Lord Carnarvon once presented him with a bundle of cast-off wearing- apparel; in the pocket of an old pair of small clothes he shortly afterwards discovered two Bank of England notes of 201. each : these were imme diately returned, and his Lordship, as a reward for his honesty, allowed him a yearly stipend of .5/. during his life."—Salisbury Journal. Annual expenses of Garrisons at home and abroad :-Tower, London, 3,908/ ; Edinburgh, 7641. ; Dublin, 457/. ; Windsor, 1,2944. ; Isle of Wight, 1,660/. ; Portsmouth, 1,2281. ; Cinque Parts, 1,575/. ; Berwick, 8821. ; Plymouth, 1,510/. ; Tilbury, 527/. ; Sheerness, 5711. ; Carlisle, 416/. ; Chester, 3461.; Dumbarton, 352/. ; Stirling, 5441; Tynemouth, 457/. ; Inverness, 84.6/. ; Lantlguard, 567/. ; Hull, 856/. ; Fort William, 4101. ; Pendennis, 371/. ; Portland, 70/. ; Blackness, 2844. ; Calshot, 44/ ; Upnor, 173/. ; Scarborough, 151. ; St. Mawes, 149/. ; Scilly Isle, 173/. ; Belfast, 88/. ; Carrickfergus, 159/. ; Charlesfort, 655/. ; Charlemont, 318/. ; Cork, 572/. ; Duncannon, 550/. ; Galway, 456/. ; Limerick, 449/. ; Londonderry, 88/ ; New Geneva, 159/. ; Ross Castle, 159/. ; Guernsey, 311/. ; Jersey, 255/. ; Canadas, 1,463/. ; Nova S...otia, 1,815/. ; Ber muda, 105/. ; Gibraltar, 1,504/. ; Malta, 474/. ; Cape of Good Hope, 1,108/. ; Heligoland, 500/. ; Sierra Leone, 861. ; Van Diemen's Land, 88/. ANCIENT COlNS.—Saturday, the 17th lilt., a number of ancient silver coins were discovered on Hurkledale, parish of Cummertrees. One of Mr. Makay's servants teas mowing some oats on a piece of moss brought into cultivation this year the first time, when he happened to find an "old sixpence," as he supposed. On turning over the clods a great number of bright silver coins, in remarkably good preservation, were found in a circle not more than a yard in diameter. Not less than 200 were found. There were 10 or 12 varieties discovered ; of these four very fine specimens are now before us. They vary a little in size, the largest being eneb er al about r b t ndti o l ne u imTt t tdhe;hore a e tca s broad shn:o aduna rtthreeon, rndbi gab et right whosset: though thinner, than a sixpence. On each side of all are lafv t vr i a v oagr o smi aet c bsho o l enyb n ey c aee another, alh t br r lei King'sece ms rtdt twelve be tween are the inscriptions. On one side there is in other, with some exceptions, viootgoemfhnu balls p ta s ao hr a e m cd e i ap o on o la s n f. cross dividing four stars at one time monopolised almost the entire trade of Eng land. On one of the specimens we can clearly decipher Alexinder de Gra. round the King's lie.d, before which there is what we conceive to be a sword placed perpendi cuiarly with the belt upwards ; and on the reverse, on which there is a right-angle across dividing from one an other four six-rayed stars are discernable the letters " Rex Scotorutn." It is probably a coin of Alexander 111., who died in 1286, so that it must be five hundred and forty-seven years old. On the three others is the head of one of the Edwards, as we can snake out from the inscriptions, probably Edward I•, judging from the bushy locks. On the reverse the cross and twelve balls, placed as above described ; but on each the inscriptions are different. On one is the inscription "Civitas Dublini ;" on two others " Civitas Cantor." On some of these curious coins is the inscription " Civitas London ;" on the others, " Civitas Eboraci," " Civitas Waterford," ' &c. All belonging to the thirteenth century, and appear coins of Alexander 111. of Scotland, or Edward I. of England. There was found along with them not the slightest vestige of anything that might have contained them ; they had been deposited by their owner at the root of a tree, the mouldering remains of which were visible where they were found,-..Dunifries Journal. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF' BREAD. for O! The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 9.,, d. Vow lib. Loaf. There are others who sell from %d. to 1 N that price. PRICE OF SEEDS_.—Se — pt s ..2 - 3. 5. New English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) —s. ---8. u ne „4. Old Ditto Ditto. -- fine --1. Sew Foreign Ditto _ B, fine: . .... —s• Old Ditto --. New White Clover fine Oldl)itto Ditto New Trefoil .........—.......—...... 253. 28s; fine 31d Ditto --....... — -. —a. —a. finc,.. ,7. Rib Grass s ' Carraway Seed .....g. .—..g. SO , ' e ' . w' Foreign Ditto ............ . ..,........ —s. -a. 78s 1 0 ;..,-‘ ~ Coriander —..— ....--- ........ —s. 14s. flit , im. 4 f i n e 44,4 . v.- St. Foin (per Quarter)............. 425. 445. ... 0...... 4. Rye Grass ..—. _ ___ s—3 ne w .,,,,e.". Pacey Ditto - - -.7.5 . . —sl 11 ' s ''''" --e• Linseed, for feeding ss -a. 48a. fi e f , ' ant, , , e , Ditto, for crushing 44s. 50s. -- - s• 60v-_,,. Canary Seed, New 7 03 e•- - -s. --b.60 ...., ! .1 Ito 01d............ ... —S. --S. .." 6 ' f0e ... , White Mustard Seed —(per Bushel)—,— —s. 12s. 145. 50,15, Brown I)itto . ... —s. ‘2.06. `2 4, * one 1,, Turnip Seeds, Rounds-- . .. —s. —s. IPA. T IC",,r, Green and Ited Ditto _ ..—.......—. —s, —a. 186. A " 1 7 . l'ares, Old . —s. 50. fine 6.:, Iv Ditto New e 3. 51 ' ........ —B. S. fin Ra,,eSeed, English, tine (per Last) 24/. Silt. Foreign ICES OF HOPS.—Sept. 23. as, New Knit Pockets (per cwt.) —4l 10s. 01. Os. to 81, 05 Choice Gs. 01. Os to 6, East 0% Os. 01. 0.. to Choice 71. Os. 0/. Os. to t Kent 'Zags— 41. Cs. 01. Os. to Choice 01. 03. 01. OS tel New Soesex Pockets-- 41. Cs. hi, Os. to Oi Superfine Ditto --6/. Os 01. 0 3 1. The Hop Duty is estimated at 150,000/. PRICE OF OIL. 1 40 Rape Oil, brown Refined Linseed 0i1.,,, .• ••••••••••rvwwww*nne........novameara...... 1:3 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, pgr thousand a l e Cake, per ton WiIITECHAPEL 1-IAI A IiKET.—SePt• .• COs. Od. to 90s. Od. I (lover...—. 80i Od. t ° ..... '26s. Od. to 28i. Od. PRICE OF p TOet. Marsh Champions POTA— , Os. OdES.—S. to 4s. 0 1. per' New Ware ...,............... • 3s. Cd. to 3s. 6d. ditto. Middling Os, Od. to 2s. (St. ditto. Chats ......---- ---. Os. Od. to is. 9d. ditty LEATHER. to tl. Per lb. d„' English Horse Hides , . a' Spanish Ditto Per dozen. 4ni Calf Skins.. :30 to 4(lib. e Ditto 40 to 601 b. 5! Ditto 70 to 901 b. Small Seals, Greenland iv, to Large SKINS. 4s. e' Polled Skins ...„ 3s. Od• 10 5 5 , Downs ....—........... 2 0 _..........," , SO AP, &c. per 1121 b. Yellow vO.! Mottled White lO ,V° Graves , Good Dregs PRICES OF Per lb. d. to d. Butts, 15 25 Ditto, 14 '2l Dressing 11ide5...., 12 15 Ditto l4 16 Ditto, light . Clop Hides, light 12 14 to 50lb. 13 18 14 20 *SHEEP Polled Lambs 3s. M. to 4s. 6,1. 1 Down Lambs 2 6 4 0 1 -. ItICE OF TALLOV Town Tallow 48s. Od. Yellow Russia 48s. Od. s. 01. Soap Ditto s. Od. ',Vetted Stuff., 375. Od. Ditto Rough— ...... —2ls. Od. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of tilb. 'rice of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow blelters)...»•r~' OF CANDLES. The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as toilet . Candles, per doz. is. Od. to Ss. Od. I Moulds, per dusari--.."7-- - - COAL MAR Per Ten. s. d. Adair's 14 6 Beaumont.... l3 3 Chester Main l3 6 Dean's Primrose .—..... 13 6 E rut Percy belling plain 13 6 Hebburn Maus 15 0 Holywell ....ft...N..... 15 9 Ord's ltedhugh 14 0 l'eiaw 15 6 Townley ..--- 14 0 West Hartley . l7 6 Willington 15 6 Wylam IS 0 Walls End Bell dr Brown 13 Ii W.E. Ball, Robson, &Co. 15 0 Walls End Bewicke & Co. 17 Ditto llurraton 15 0 W.E. Clarke and Co l4 9 Walls End 15 0 Ships arrived since CET.—Sept. 23. b 1 Per Ton. 1) 1 Walla End Hotspur.- . ' 0 1 Ditto Killingworth 0 Walls End Newmarch ,s• 1 5 6 Ditto Northumberland' jg Walls End Peareth--- , ;•' 0 Walls End Perkins & C O ' 16 o Walls End Riddell's . 0 ' 16 p Lambton's Primrose 16 .0 Walls End Braddyll's,, 11 6 Walls End Hetton p Walls End Lyons - •-•""' 1 6 0 Walls End Lambton 16 W E. Russell's Hetton" 1 1 i i Walls End Stewart's , ..." 11 0 Walls End Urpeth 13 p Dixon's Butterknowl- , ^" 16 Walls End Gordon..-- , "' 1 6 p vv. El South Durham" 17 p Walls End Tees .--••••"*"... 1 6 , 6 Cowpen ji Hartley last market-day, W. -----.---- 04 , GUILFORD MARKE r._sept. :21. ot . 0 Wheat (Per Load) l3l. to 1(31. Oats (Per Qr.) ..... . ... Ig, , ' - Old 10 19 Beans 36 4J 31 Barley (Per Qr.) 2Ss. 3-Is. Pease MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET' (From the London Gazette.) ot oi TO-MORROW, Sept. tn. J. Bcrenburg , tobacconist, Bloomtield-street, London-Na l 1 , DIVIDENDS. 8 1 L. W. Wright, en g ineer, Wenlock-basin, near Hoxton....' COLBURN'S MODERN NOVELISTS.- 12 1 October number of this cheap and select librarY , ° r iat' best modern fictions, will contain the celebrated' ° Lr entitled, " High Ways, and Bye Ways," 11 1 eta GRATTON, DN. In this unique collection 11014 appeared, " Pelh.un, Devereux, and the Disowne d ' Dl Mr. BULWER " Tremaine and De Vere," by Mr.V"„ " Granby," by Mr. LISTER, ; and " Vivian Grey' l ii Mr. B. DisRAELI. They are published at ato than the Waverly Novels, being 49. per vol., bow morocco, cloth. $ ll No CURE No PAY.—About 20 years ago individual of Bewdley was married, and the ringer'', oi cording to the good old custom in such cases, wisbe°? new-married piir much happiness, intimating at th , e P sio l time that their own would be increased by the 0" fee." But love had not blinded the bridegroom 's. much as to induce him to cross the palms of these WO of bell-metal, without the due cause; he therefo re reP aed that if twenty years hence he did not repent " the :V which that day witnessed," he would rernembersitel ringers. The latter, it may w e ll be supposed , desl e i ive 4 ' of their fee at such a distant day ; but Opel, were dee 100 4 The twenty years recently expired. The hapPY , lb! had during that period experienc e d as much of fills h e Dia" married state as generally falls to the lot of mall; •d e 'l learned, in fact, " how much the wife excels the , h , r i fre port and lie did not forget his promise ;he invited peer Treble, and Co." to his house; gave them a Pr o lib l i sad good ale, and those worthy persons left his " ° ;`,:re ° roof, wishing him and his lidy another twenty Yii`33„fie happiness, adding moreover a sly insinuation that such another dinner would then await the ti g Worcester Journal. ee l ‘ A REAL IRISH BEGGAR.--Last ffe"' genuine Irish beggar, who was employing hien ! ' eltt;' successfully in levying contributions on the " G oe , tians.," was brought to the police-office, Ghisg°,b bad a depository far meal, another for pratieS, a herrings, and so on for every possible kind of not omitting even an utensil for soup , an d a ° :psfe' ' s cooking apparatus. When he was taken int o t ° however, suspicion flashed across the mind of t ue et irT e ll officer, that Paddy h a d b e tt er c l o thi ng tlia3 n the world. He was accondingly eoied of his hat," d contained nearly as much provision as would he° OrIPP " beia ri tch ee o ,', him in a well filled huckster shop ; and on of his ragged dress, " a thing of shreds sdibes be led Paddy was found to wear another suit of Ci e " c 00 6 le His ragged surcoat was discovered to 1 ,8 , ve ; ltt ble" beneath its tattered folds a well made holia 3 / the worse for the wear, while his wide tp0 0 7,11 turned out to be merely the envelop for a pair ° ote" ( Jo , r si able pantaloons ; and his tremendous shoc€4, " Sir U ; over, with upper and sole bound together wit h rope, when taken off, revealed upon his feet a' pd pot b are rope, cellent, unmended, stout made shoes, that fc e ' r e d - disfigurad a drawing-room. He also wore sse prnh e o rs Irish shirt, starched and clean ; and there, d i e r od 1/1 1 of all his rags and bags, the vagrant actually saered°,/,/, the officer a well dressed man ! He was ? s r re shipped, without delay, to "his own, his Glasgow Argus. I' Jl BIRTHS. hire, the On the 20th inst., at Grappenhall Lodge, of James H. Leigh, Esq., of a son. t he On the 22d inst., at Westbrook, Herefor dshir e, Georiana Ryder, of a son. o f th e a, On g the 9.2 d inst., at Acrire, Kent, the la d y 4 ,0 s cel• Bayley, of a son. l3. On the '2d inst., in Berners-street, the la d y 0 0 i° Esq., of Kimbolton, of a daughter. o f O On the 20th inst., in Wimpole-street, the ladY Phillips, of a son. f riP MARRIED. til n %AO C AP On the 19th inst., at West Raynham, Norfolk, , A u derick Loftus, youngest son of the la te Generoa;thejoi Elizabeth Loftus, to Frances, second daughtor chard Phayre, Esq , of Shrewsbury. t a b ' DI. „ VA/ On the 15th inst., at her house ED i n George- ,4 'to c re, het) , 40 07 the Hon. Catherine Duncan, daught er of t b o , c onPe` 1) 15 Lord Viscount Duncan, and sister of the Earl on, On the 2.2 d inst., at Highbury, Wil liam Hor 9Oth year. purse , jevi , grofe °‘ On the 20th inst., at Plymouth, Mr. wm _ Regent-street, aged 33. hatel r l oe eto On the 2lst inst. at her residence Nottb:g R oyal pinto, widow of Colonel Minto , late of tee Artillery. yOU (I ' PRINTED AND P UBLISH ED BY MU 1. L. SON OFFKB, 112, SraANP. ralintAT 7 11 1}1 E CUTE , ;( 4 , AL of ; 4 ITAIN I, • UEsDAY Abe FOrem; T O SAL Lots c , I4 liatiog of 11 1 , Hemp .lall lying .Sups Italoguel3 Yard. EAST 'HE ( UN LAND by 4 :t r ' I t at g i v eet i t le h y e : Modred Tin tSKET %111( cert ain '" ( "ET !antity o f i ttg a t th eat, 13isbni 410 Bou ree,atLi will gi any f - ti ` : ' Ince, , Oa( W TO AN of f ti ( : 4 4,1 4 an a ri Pe°4 on t 1 rkligible It k ti l ci e re d ou ea ii tetj a ; d( E BE Wi t h peri IL a ' ad ° L I ---- -- r ox lit I til e I -EA' ttf u l l pt e „,_, y r P ieto " on i kltt • rB lit of •1 a% it 1 Utte r l y , to th e , ttlt Eaten 'l l W ei th eti at Let ' e p t 'lnb IN kr S{ )n, p R oo entler, do hlhr, ju L a , e "bY c bandl, Pet n g °f , eotri 'uce ti h rh ktent -4 ght in ------ COL. xv T o w°ll K be Pub p - ' n gravi d .., elegy thQEW Beil P u .14 44 1 fr, 4 4 ~rW i 414 4 Z 1-.]-61-i---'-i