The Sun. — London, England, 1833-10-22 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The meagreness and general insignificance of the agricultural report of last session have been already observed upon in this journal. We have no scruple in alleging that any impartial man who reads that report, and has patience to wade through even one half of the mass of evidence annexed to it, will rise from his task impressed with the strong persuasion that the object with which the Committee was got up, but most certainly that the aim of those who directed its inquiries, and who framed the official statement of its opinions, was, through thick and thin, to support the existing corn laws, or one supposed to be of equivalent efficacy, against the importa tion of corn. The error, the gross and fatal error, of the agriculturists with regard to this all-important question, is one which will not be made apparent to themselves until the further progress of embarrassment and misery among the farmers, and the compulsory fall of rents, in spite or by reason of this very corn law, some twenty-five or thirty per cent. lower than their present ratio, shall bring home to the most stupid and obdurate of the landlords the con sciousness that they have for sixteen or eighteen years past been sailing in a wrong direction, and that agriculture in this country did not begin to suffer until after the prohibi tion of 1815 was enacted. The same arguments which have of late been used to justify the con tinuance of the corn monopoly were long put forth in the service of shipping and manufac tures, until it was found that the screw had lost its gripe, for that our monopoly would not stand the retaliation resorted to against it. The protecting duties on foreign manufactures and foreign ships were relaxed, but the success of that equitable measure of Mr. Huskisson has been cramped and rendered incomplete, because an attempt at freedom in general commerce could fully prosper upon no other principle than that of an extension of free trade to the neces saries of human subsistence. A hundred times have we asserted that the first fruit of a relaxed corn law would be a rise in the price of foreign corn, and that so small is the portion of Euro pean soil which, without an immense change in the distribution of capital, could be devoted to corn tillage, beyond that surface from which it is actually raised, as to make it a matter of little less than certainty that the growth of British manufacture would for many years -keep a-head of the increase of Baltic wheat, and thus main tain the relative position of the British grower in respect of the foreigner, with nearly, though not quite, the amount of its exit ing advantages. However, as all the world knows, that is not the most interesting question for a statesman. Whatever enables the general consumer, or, in other words, the bulk of the people, to get food on easier terms than at present, is a paramount benefit, and must not be withheld for the sake of an oligarchy of land lords. A letter upon this subject has been sent to us from Mr. Oswald, M.P., who pledges himself to bring before Parliament the discus sion of the laws which regulate landed property in its possession, transmission, and occupancy, as an essential preliminary to a revisal and amendment of that law which governs the im portation of foreign corn. To any system of measures undertaken for so just and sound a purpose, it is impossible that we should not wish a success commensurate with their aptitude to effect it. If one curse and nuisance could be named more pernicious than another to the well being of this country, it is the artificial impedi ment thrown by the landlords in the way of an easy and cheap supply of bread. It is, in truth, a tax upon every human being in Great Britain, heavier than the income tax, when its pressure was most nearly insupportable.—Times. The case of Spain is simplified into the pro blem, whether absolutism is to have Don Carlo s at its head, or the Queen Regent, ruling in the name of her infant daughter ? In the solution of such a problem we hardly think that the liberal public of England will take any interest. The compromise which, under the advice of the contemptible doctrinaire Government of France has been made between the pseudo-liberals and the party of Zea Bermudez, whereby the new order of succession is to be wedded to the old principles of Government, removes the only circumstance connected with the dispute which could make it interesting to the English mind, viz., the opportunity which it at first seemed to afford to the advancement of constitutional principles. That such a compromise has been entered into causes us neither surprise nor dis appointment. In our observations upon the death of Ferdinand, we anticipated such a case as highly probable, while our contemporaries in general, misled by the melodramatic displays of military preparations by Louis Philip, predicted an immediate French invasion of the peninsula, to establish the throne of the infant Queen on a liberal basis, and surround it with free institutions. We knew the man better—we stated that he dared not do anything that would bring upon his tottering power the serious dis pleasure of Russia. We compared his mili tary displays, on this occasion, to such clap trap spectacles as the unfurling the flags of Ulm, and the ridiculous expedition to Ancona, where the French King, under pretence of checking the Austrian influence in Italy, which is supported by upwards of 85,000 bayonets, sent, to borrow an ancient illustration, some persons with arms in their hands, being too many for an embassa ge , an d t oo f e w for an army. We do not know that Spain is much prejudiced by not having such a " liberal" Go vernment as Louis Philip would give it, if his dread of Russia were not greater than his pas sion for the lowest sort of popularity. It is better, perhaps, that absolutism should not assume in Spain, as it does in France, the mask of liberality. For our part, we con sider the open and undisguised despotism of the Austrian, Prussian, and Russian Courts, ' as sup er i or , i n every respect, to the spurious and h ypocr i t i cal liberalism of the Tuileries. The great Autocrat of the North hates cordially all free institutions, but he avows that hatred honestly— we are in no doubt about his princip les. Louis Philip h ates free dom as sincerely as the Autocrat, but he pre tends to respect tha t which he incessantly la bours to destroy. .His speeches are often even servilely complaisant to the popular feelings of i the French, but his actions ndicatea hankering after the despotic power of the ancient regime. Nicholas prevents the expression of anything like a free sentiment in the Russian press, but that is a more honest and merciful way of pro ceeding than what we see prevails in France, where there is a chartered liberty of the press in theory, but, in practice, a virulent and incessant prosecution of the organs of free opinion. We may, therefore, infer that Spain will be as well off under avowed absolute principles as she could be if governed by the system of Louis Philip. The question of the Spanish succession is now merely a personal one : it has ceased to be a question of principle.—Morning Herald. When Lord Durham determined on the step of prosecuting one of his many traducers, he must have prepared himself for much obloquy; because the same busy spirit which, ever since the extent of his services to the country in the cause of reform became known, has never ceased persecuting him with malicious inventions, would naturally resent the endeavour to arrest its acti vity, and thence exert itself to misrepresent his motives. In truth, the Conservative journals, in full chorus, are now calling out that they are persecuted because they are about to be denied the privilege of retailing all manner of falsehoods against his Lordship. A great deal of ingenuity has been employed in perplexing a very simple question. We are not aware that the most strenuous of the advocates of the liberty of the press ever maintained that that liberty should he extended to the tran• sactions of private life. It is quite impossible that any good could ever result from such an unlimited liberty. The public cannot possibly enter into all the circumstances which determine the actions of men in private life ; and being with out the mean sof arriving at any sound conclusion, they ought to abstain from all interference, leav ing every man to the tribunal of his own conscience, and that of his relations and friends, who can best appreciate his motives, and who best know whether he ought to retain or forfeit their attachment. Whenever the practice of tolerating inroads into private life has prevailed, the consequences have been anything rather than beneficial. The time is not very remote when London swarmed with a set of miscreants, who regularly levied contributions on the public under the name of" making ink." They would pitch on an individual in easy circumstances, embarked in business, to whom it was of importance to stand well with the public—they would institute inquiries into his habits in the neighbourhood— his hours of leaving home, the places he fre quented, &c., and having thus obtained a few materials to serve as a groundwork for their fabrications, they would send a proof sheet of an intended communication to the public, with an intimation, that if a certain sum were not forthcoming, it should appear. There were few men who had the courage to set these miscreants at defiance. A man who long lived by his industry in this nefarious work, and who con trived in consequence to have always a well stocked cellar at the expense of the wine mer chants, and others whom he intimidated, took his departure not many years ago for another world. One shopkeeper in Holborn, who had suffered much from this sort of persecution, at length took courage to face his enemy, and had him brought to justice, when a chapter in the literary history of this metropolis was opened ; one which, for the honour of human nature, it were as well to close for ever. In fact, the same want of principle and the same wants which now impel men to levy money by threatening others with accusing them with infamous vices, impelled them then to make the Press the instrument of their vile purposes. No man will say, for one moment, that such a system should be tolerated. But such a system must be tolerated if a license shall be allowed to drag private life before the tribunal of the public. One exception must occur to every one, namely, when the public conduct of a man is supposed to be biassed by his private rela tions. Thus, for instance, no one would have thought of prying into the private life of the late Duke of York, had not a belief become ge neral in the army that an individual had ac quired an influence over his Royal Highness which was used to the detriment of the public service. In like manner, when ladies with no intelligible title to the public money, but the possession of distinguished beauty, are found to be pensioned highly, it is natural that the public should seek to discover the channel through which the public money was obtained, and should be un charitable enough to connect the distribution of the public money with private favours. Men in office are in so far differently circumstanced from other men, from the manner in which their public life may be influenced by their private, that a little more vigilance may be tolerated respecting them. If, for instance, a Cabinet Minister were seen to gamble notoriously on the Stock Exchange,—if a Treasurer were to be found to play deep at Crockford's,—if a Judge were to be found receiving rich presents,—all these are things which it is not unimportant that the public should know, and the rule of private life could not be strictly applied to them. But even here some regard ought to be had to truth. Because a Judge ought to have pure hands, it does not follow that he is to be accused of bri bery with impunity. Because a Judge ought to be a man of a sober, virtuous life, it does not follow that he may be accused with impunity of being addicted to degading vices. " Lord Brougham (says the Standard) —we write it with grief and shame, that spirit and genius should so sink—Lord Brougham, the Edinburgh Reviewer, and contributor to the Times, it is said, has commenced a prosecution against the conductors of the John Bull, for the heinous offence of charging his Lordship with delicate health and lethargic ha bits." Our contemporary knows very well that, day after day, his Lordship has been charged with weaknesses which would utterly disqualify him as Judge, and Speaker of the House of Peers. These charges have been so distinctly made, with such an air of circumstance, and so often repeated, that other Journals have at length stated the result broadly and unequivocally to the world ; and there is not, we believe, a conductor of a Journal, from the Land's End to the Murray Frith (the ultima Thule of Jour nalism), who, from constantly reading these charges, would not (if he had not access to pri vate sources of information) set down, in his own mind at least, his Lordship as a man not fit to be trusted with the manage ment of his own affairs, to say nothing of those of the public. Will any man, under these circumstances, say that his Lordship's eleycaitelncy, as a servant of the public, is not impaired by the circulation of such a calumny ? Was Lord Eldon ever charged with • any similar vice ? He was often the subject of many a joke on account of his attachment to , money ; but we are not sure that his Lordship, being a north countryman, deemed such an im putation any reproach. He would have felt uneasy under a charge of receivin g bribes ; but no man ever hinted that his attachment to money led him to wish to obtain it by receiving bribes. The failings of his Lordship were a fair subject of animadversion—his dislike, for instance, of deciding causes on principle, and love of escaping from principle into the specu lations of the case—his procrastination even after he had evidently made up his mind as to his decision—all these infirmities were fair sub jects for animadversion. But Lord Brougham is not dealt with as the Whigs and Opposition writers dealt with Lord Eldon. The journal which now fabricates charges against Lord Brougham, injurious to his reputation as a Judge and a Minister, has, be it remarked, ever since it was established, followed his Lord ship into the domestic circle. What is a public man under such circumstances to do ? Many things may be said of a roan which he can not notice without exposing himself to the imputation of excessive- irritability ; and though every man may not like to be the subject of a joke, yet in such a case pru dence prescribes patience. If, for instance, Mr. Cobbett chooses to say that the editor of this journal is a gaunt suspicious-looking fellow, a frequenter of public-houses, a boon companion of Messrs. Rushton and Parkes—were he to produce a certificate of his inches, and weight, and habits, and to challenge Cobbett to a fight, or a day's work at digging, the public would only think him as deficient in sense as Cobbett was in good manners and a regard for truth. But if he were a judge, and were to be charged with vices notoriously disqualifying a man for discharging his functions as he ought, or with bribery, he would not in such a case sit down tamely under the imputation. When Lord ' Lyndhurst was charged with having received money from a certain distinguished lawyer, and having thence been improperly influenced, his Lordship had recourse to a Court of Law ; and we are not aware that he was ever blamed for so doing. People laughed at the Atlas for having allowed his Lordship an opportunity of vindi cating himself at its expense ; but it was never doubted that his Lordship could not do less than prosecute. When the Duke of Wellington prosecuted the Morning Journal, it was justly thought that he was not in the same predica ment—that though the language was intempe rate, yet the charges having reference entirely to the public actions of his Grace, any mode of vindicating himself would have been better than prosecution. The distinction was obvious ; though, for not being able to make it, Sir James Scarlett fell, never to rise again as a public man. And now, with regard to Lord Durham. He was a public man ; but it is now some time since he returned to private life. Why should his Lordship, more than any other private individual, be compelled to submit to all manner of imputations, thrown evidently for the purpose of holding him up as a selfish tyrannical man, and thereby lowering his cha racter with his countrymen ? These imputations are the fruit of invention regularly tasked ; and forbearance under them would only serve to stimulate malice by the prospect of impunity. The Standard, in oppugning the determination of his Lordship, affords the best justification of it, because he shows that even he, familiar as he is with the loose manner in which charges are frequently made, at once acquiesces in the truth of the charges against Lord Durham. " We have read (he says) of a discreditable dispute about a right of way, which, while the high road remains the proverbial type of publicity, cannot be considered a private dispute." Why a discreditable dispute 9 Are all disputes about rights of way discredit- able ? Or are they only discreditable when entertained without cause ? But his Lordship conceives, that in vindicating the right of the public to a way along the sea beach, so far from acting discreditably, he is acting the part which peculiarly becomes a rich man. If his Lordship succeed in establishing the right of the public to way along the beach, and prove that his opponent has endeavoured to wrong the public, then the act, so far from being discre ditable, is highly honourable to his Lordship. The man who would term such an act discre ditable, would be equally ready to term the act of robbing the public creditable. Even if Lord Durham fail, yet the assisting his poorer neigh bours to have the point tried is a noble act. Well, but his Lordship is charged with allowing himself to order the removal of a village, because its inhabitants were wanting in the respect he thought due to himself. And is it nothing to be held up to the community as an overbearing tyrant, utterly regardless of the welfare of a whole village, because some part of its popula tion acted disrespectfully towards him ? There is no charge from which a man of well-consti tuted mind would be more disposed to shrink, than that of his having indulged in such a wanton abuse of power. There may be English noblemen and gentlemen so callous, so cased in selfishness, that they would feel only uneasy under a charge of having on any occasion sympathised with their fellow-creatures. But Lord Durham does not appear to be ambitious of the reputation of living in the hatred of his coun trymen. He does not, probably, wish to trust to fortified castles and guards of Yeomanry Ca valry. What is a man, who sees he is the aim of all manner of invectives calculated to lower him in general estimation, to do ? He must have little penetration, indeed, if he cannot dis cover the source of all this calumny ; and he must be equally devoid of penetration if he do not see that instruments for circulating the ca lumny may always be had, so long as a portion of the press is peculiarly devoted to the reception of such inventions. And here it may be well to remark, when speaking of the licentiousness of the press, that the distinction between Radical papers and Conservative papers is this—the Radical papers are often intemperate, and mix up abuse with argument ; but the abuse injures rather than forwards their cause, and no man cares much for the abuse, as it is so indiscriminate. Cobbett, for instance, abuses by wholesale ; but it is the abuse of a drayman, who thinks he is most effective when he is most copious in vituperative epithets, and the louder he raises his voice. Cobbett does not trouble himself with raking into private life —h e does not even take the trouble of ascer taining what could easily be known. But the Conservative journals, like the Conservative circles, deal most exclusively in defamation. They seldom (our contemporary, the Standard, perhaps, excepted), reason—that would be vulgar ; but they affect to abound in anecdotes —they sneer—they tell falsehoods, or improve on them. The radical papers coarse ly a b us e to day the idol of yesterday —a single deviation from the course they advocate is sufficient to make the idol of yesterday a monster in their eyes to•day. But the - Conservative journals would be ashamed to have it for one moment supposed that they conceived there was in the whole world one human being who was not ac tuated by base and selfish motives ; and they wish to have it thought that they conceive the people are not to be reasoned with, but hum bugged ; and that he is the greatest politician who is the best at deceiving them.—Morning Chronicle. We perceive by an advertisement in yesterday's Advertiser, that a meeting is to be held this evening of as many of the Licensed Victuallers as may think proper to attend, " to rebut the informations laid against them for allowing music to be played in their houses during the holidays of St. Bartholomew fair." Of the course which may be adopted by the meeting—or of the plan which may be determined on for effecting the object in view—it is, of course, impossible for us to form any idea ; but that any magistrate should be found disposed to encourage informers in the laying of such trumpery informations does not appear to us to be very probable. A conti nued performance of music at stated times, and for the purpose of obtaining profit there from, without a license for such purpose, is unquestionably a breach of the law, and as such liable to the punishment which the law has awarded in such cases ; but fair and holiday times have always been deemed to have a license , beyond the mere license of the magistrate, and it would be an insult to the public, as well as a gross act of oppression upon the Licensed Vic tualler, were informers to be encouraged by Ma gistrates in laying informations, and levying fines for such paltry and common transgressions of the law. We trust that the general Bench has more good sense, even if the in formers are desperate enough to try their hand at what we hope will turn out to be an unsuc cessful game to them. While on this subject we may as vvell advert to a subject which has given rise to considerable discussion, but on which, at the same time, the greatest difference of opinion continues to prevail—we mean the granting of licenses to public-houses, for the performance of music. The late extraordinary scenes at the Middlesex Sessions, and else where, where these licenses were granted and refused in a breath—without much considera tion either of the rights of the applicants or of the justice of the case,—were assuredly anything but creditable to the good sense and prudent consideration of the Bench ; and it is unques tionably greatly to be lamented, that any body of men should be allowed to sport so wantonly as the Bench did on that occasion, and as all Benches of Magistrates have always done, with the property of indus trious, well intentioned, and deserving indivi duals ; but where is the remedy, without the chance not only of greater danger to the trade than that which has hitherto accrued from the freaks of Magistrates, but greater danger also to the morals of the community ? It is all very well for those who are unacquainted, at least with one branch of the subject, to say, " Let Parliament take the matter out of their hands, and while the law provides by necessary restraints and conditions for keeping good order in public places, let the owners be allowed to cater for their customers through some other channels, than the maddening means of intoxication ;" but into whose hands is the power so taken away to be deposited ? Into those of the Excise, who have now the management of the beer-shops, and who could only exercise it in the same way that they exercise that with which they are at present intrusted—that is, grant licenses to all those who may, under certain conditions and on certain terms, apply for the same upon the payment of a certain sum of money? Supposing such to be the case, would either the Li censed Victuallers or the public gain by such an arrangement ? Would not beer-shopkeepers have an equal right to a music license as the licensed victuallers, and would not the morals of the public be in danger of greater contami nation than they are now exposed to—not from the permission to have " music and dancing" only—but from the combination of these ex hilarating amusements " with the maddening means of intoxication ?" Far be it from us to attempt to justify either Middlesex or any other magistrates, in all the exercises of the authority with which they are invested—either in the matter of licenses generally, or in regard to those of music in particular. Nothing is farther from our thoughts. We are fully aware of the nume rous oppressions of which they have been guilty, and of the painful uncertainty which rests upon the minds of all respecting their decisions ; but authority must rest somewhere, and if that authority be perverted or abused, the proper remedy is, not its extinction where useful, but the attachment of such punishment to the abuse of it as may prevent its repetition. We would not ,lb pull il ty down, l wn e , as i t n , of fact,a b be e f t o te r r e thew st e ro s e a t w ore b being ro erected on the same ground. Music licenses may be given and withheld—granted and re fused—most capriciously, tyrannically, and un reasonably—they may be taken away in the same manner, and without any better show of reason —and such things are unquestionably as greatly to be condemned as they are in every respect unwor thy of an enlightened and impartial Magistracy ; but the throwing open of the trade in music, if we may be allowed to use the expression, is a remedy which, to those interested, seems to us, at least, worse than the disease.—Morning Advertiser. A Cheshire farmer was lately asked by the minister how it was that when he preached the farmer always fell asleep, but when a stranger preached he was all attention. The farmer replied, " Why, Sir, when ye preaches I know aw's right, but when a stranger comes I canna trust him, and so I keeps a good look out."— Morning Post. NOVEL EFFECT OF OIL ON/WATER.-- The following is a secret worth knowing :—ln rough weather they (the fishermen of the Bosphorus) spread a few drops of oil on the surface, which permits them to see clearly to a great depth. I was aware that oil would calm the surface of the sea, but until recently I did not know that it rendered objects more distinct beneath the surface. A trinket of some value had been dropped out ' of one of the upper windows of our palace into the Bos phorus, which at this placc was ten or twelve feet deep. It was so small, that dragging for it would have beea perfectly fruitless, and it was accordingly given up for lost, when one of the servants proposed to drop a little oil on the surface. This was acceded to, with, however, but faint hopes of success. To our astonishment, the trinket immediately appeared in sight, and was eventually re covered,—Sketches of Turkey. THE CONSTITUTION OF POPE.—Headache was the urgent symptom w hich i Pop e constant l y com plained of, and this he was n the habit of relieving, by inhaling the steam of coffee. It is difficult to conceive on what principle this remedy could alleviate his sufferings; but from the manner in which he aggravated them by improper diet, it is very probable that his remedy was no better than his regimen. It appears that, like all dyspeptic men, he was fond of every thing that was not fit for him. He was too indulgent in his appetite," says his biographer, " he loved meat highly seasoned ; and if he sat down to a variety of dishes, he would oppress his stomach by reple tion ! and though he seemed to be angry when a dram was offered to him, be did not forbear to drink it. His friends, who knew the avenues to his heart, pampered him with presents of luxury, which be did not suffer to stand neglected. We are told by Dr. King, his contemporary and friend, that bis fame of body promised any thing but long health ; but that he certainly hastened his death by feedingpi ritesmddf ucaho owsnfi seasonednhilhlvrmitiesof Genius. dishes, and drinking s OLD BAILEY, OCT. 21 , In the case of Thdomas Cox Savory, the silver smith, of Cornhill, whose trial for uttering forged plate was not concluded yesterday when we went to press, the Jury returned a verdict of—Not Guilty. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, OCT. 21. (Before B. ROTCII, Esq., M.P., and a Bench of Magistrates.) Elizabeth Cunningham was indicted for stealing one sovereign and three half sovereigns from the person of William Anderson, a seafaring man. The prosecutor is a native of Norway, and be- longed to a vessel called the Sarah Bell ; on the day mentioned in the indictment he went to the house of a Mrs. Cummins, who kept a brothel in Ratcl;ff highway, to meet a shipmate, and sent for some rum ; he afterwards fell asleep, and on waking found his waistcoat pocket picked of a sovereign and four half sovereigns. He then charged the people of the house with the robbery, and in return was charged with robbery himself, and a row kicked up. The prisoner, who went into the house to sell oysters, gave him half a sovereign (to prevent, as she said, any more bother), leaving him minus one sovereign and three half sovereigns. She was given in charge of a policeman, and a little girl swore that she saw the prisoner go to the sailor's pocket twice. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and the Court sentenced her to one month's imprisonment. The prosecutor was allowed his expenses. Michael Curtis, a roan of very miserable appear ance, apparently about 45 years of age, was indicted for assaulting Caroline Garratt, under ten years of age, with intent, &c. Another count charged the prisoner with a common assault. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. The COURT, after addressing the prisoner, who is a married man, with a family, on the enormity of his offence, sentenced him to be imprisoned eighteen months in the House of Correction, and kept at hard labour. John Thomas Lewis, a young African negro, was indicted for assaulting his wife, Emma Lewis. From the evidence of his wife, a fair young woman, it appeared that they had been married this day six weeks, but that they had previously co habited together, and she had become enceinte by him, and that since their marriage he bad treated her in a very cruel manner, by beating her and threatening her life. Before their marriage he had behaved kindly to her, but his conduct was since so bad that she had been compelled to fly to her pa rents for protection. The prisoner was an itine rant dealer in hot baked potatoes, which yielded him a profit of five shillings per diem. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and the Court sentenced him to be imprisoned one calendar month, and to enter into his own recognizance in ti :e sum of 201. to keep the peace towards his wife for the space of six calendar months. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. cant and Clarke, two men, charged a few days ago with having conspired with ene King, alias Wicks, to plunder several merchants and tradesmen, were brought up for a second examination. The justice room was crowded during the investigation, it being generally reported that the amount of pro perty of which the accused persons possessed them selves reached 12,0001. The two prisoners had been apprehended in London in the act of applying at a waggon-office for ten firkins of butter which Mr. Freer, a merchant of Bristol, had sent, according to order, to King's warehouse at Taunton, and which had been imme diately afterwards brought to the metropolis, with an immense quantity of other goods, by King or some of his emissaries. Cant and Clarke were re cognised as the shopman and porter of Kmg, and they did not deny that connection. The plan adopted was the common one of dealing with and regularly paying some highly respectable houses, and then referring others to these firms, who of course testified to the pecuniary punctuality of the Taunton concern. In a few days, however, after the last orders were sent in, off went the three persons who represented the principal, the shop man, and the porter. King has not yet been laid hold of. The creditors who were thus defrauded instantly took the necessary measures, and upon coming to town seized their goods • but Cant, not relishing the idea of being apprehended, sent off an intimation of what had taken place to some old creditors of King, who turns out to be an uncertifi cated bankrupt. The property thus becomes sub ject to the claim of the creditors previously on the bankruptcy. Mr. Adolphus applied to the Lord Mayor upon the part of the new creditors of King alias Peter Wicks, to remand the prisoners on the charge of conspiring with that person to defraud them. The solicitor to the assignees of King, who went by the name of Peter Wicks at Maidstone, where he formerly carried on business, expressed a hope that the prisoners would be banded over for exami nation before the Commissioners of Bankruptcy. The LORD MAYOR knew a great deal about this matter privately, but he did not know that he could hold the prisoners to bail on a charge of conspiracy. The question was whether they could be connected sufficiently with King to establish a substantial charge. Mr. Adolphus was convinced of his ability to make out a strong case. It bad been shown that they had been employed in removing the goods for the bankrupt, and that they admitted they had been employed by him. The LORD MAYOR acquiesced in this position. Cant—Didn't I deliver up some of the goods ? The solicitor to the assignees of the bankrupt— It is true you sent for me to give up some of the goods, but you were not actuated by principle. Were you, or were you not, influenced by some un worthy motive ? Cant—l was influenced by re venge. A creditor—He never offered his services to find out for the creditors where the other goods were. Here a quantity of brushes were produced, and it was stated that the bankrupt had received them with the handles fastened. The handles, however, bad been cut off in order that the brushes might lie in a smaller compass, and the brushes were packed up in a cask, with raisins, lump-sugar, salt, and brooms. The solicitor for the prisoners submitted that no case had been made out against them. The LORD MAYOR—A strong presumptive case has been stated, for it has appeared that they were employed by the bankrupt while he did business in the name of Wicks at Maidstone, and in that of King at Taunton. Was not that the case, Cant ? Cant—l would rather decline answering that question. The LORD MAYOR—You certainly need not answer the question if you do not wish it. But this I must say, in a case which I had investigated of a robbery of tea, I would not have committed an unfortunate man to Newgate if his solicitor had not prevented him from saying what he was disposed to say, and what would have exonerated him. My object in deviating from the practice of other Magis trates is that I may acquire an accurate knowledge of each case, and it would give me infinitely more pleasure to be able to discharge a prisoner than to commit him. Your solicitor is, I am sure, too dis creet to let you answer any question the answer to which might be prejudicial to you. Cant—My Lord, I can procure bail for my ap pearance. Th e LORD MAYOR—No, no. I shall remand you until Saturday next. In the interim the Commis sioners of Bankrupts can examine you if the as signees to the bankrupt's estate think proper. Cant had no objection to be remanded. The goods had been procured by a regular commercial transaction. He hoped that the Lord Mayor woukd order some of the money which had been taken from him to be restored, to enable him to defent: himself. He also requested that he and his fellow tilt! prisoner, who had hitherto been separated, 8 0 - be pe - mitted to communicate. • 1.. 1 1 The LORD MAYOR consented, and the po w were both remanded till Saturday next. MARY LEB ONE. 4 0ff FLYING DUSTMEN.—Yesterday John G—ep.o John Burgess, two men from whose visages it w ° of be difficult to tell whether they were sweeps el dustmen, inasmuch as their faces were begr i . n b i e j with an equal mixture of both, but who &gal " themselves as belonging to the latter fraterP" were charged as follows : John Selby, contractor for the dust of the T r y district, Marylehone, stated that about nine oe i T ie , yesterday morning he was passing down Dew° of street, when he saw the prisoners down the d e e . the house, No. 6, taking the dust, which 60' 0 4, putting into a sack. Grigg was holding tha t , ss af d Burgess was filling it. Knowing it to e' llo s infringement on his rights, he called a polic e and gave them both into custody. to Mr. RAWLINSON (to Grigg)—What have 91 I say ? Grigg—Yer Vorship, it's the first to , vas ever in a perdicament like this here; bo w ;(1 0 dever, I'm werry sorry, and vill promise never " s'ch a thing again. , a I °ll Mr. RAWLINSON (to Burgess)—What say ? Burgess—l'll promise the same, yerg°ol The Magistrate then, in order to make po t keep good their promise, fined them ten sb iw r each, which not being able to pay, they We re , moved in custody of the gaoler. Robert Brown, a young man, dressed in the of a groom, %, as yesterday placed at the bar, the behaved exa m Mr.RAwuNsoN,charged with an attempt at rob'? n d T i ff h e e r e pe o ce ne r, throughout who examination, and e an g d r no defence, was fully committed to Newgate fat MATT ON-GARDEN. Joseph Baker was finally examined, charge' Af t stealing twenty-four yards of lawn, the proPe7 his employers, Messrs. Lewellin and Truman, 0 0 sale woollen-drapers, of Wood -street, Cheapsi,,, The prisoner declined to say anything in b'' I fence, and was fully committed. HIGHLAND SOCIETY'S DINNER AT STIRLING. (Abridged from the Inverness Courier of Oct. -ja The chair was taken between five and sis, e ilii by the President, his Grace the Duke of Bac' tlO supported on the right by the Earl of Se Hon. Mr. Stuart, the Very Rev. Principal 11 the Provost of Stirling, and on the left by pa Dalmeny, M.P., the Hon. Admiral Flemingt:t.lo Sir John Hope, Sir Michael Bruce, Sir r li ejlo Murray, Sir J. Riddell, Sir T. Brisbane, 6 1 ,01 General Balfour, &c. Lord Abercromby too bU' chair as Vice-President, supported by the 01 0 0 0 Murray, Mr. Dundas, Hon. Mr. Maule, Adam, M.P., Sir N. Menzies, &c. Principa l o il officiated as chaplain. After the cloth was the Noble Chairman gave " the King." ' l o e ijt proposed " the Queen," " the Royal FP; 0 4 The whole of these toasts were drunk with a l l honours and rapturously received. " The 2 and Navy." (P ° Many appropriate speeches having been 011/ 0, the course of the evening, his Grace left the rid about eleven, amidst the most enthusiastic cb ee d i and was followed by a considerable number edit party. The Hon. Fox Maule was then vo te ') acclamation, to preside ; and among the toot that followed were Major Deuchar, cowrie 00 and the officers of the Royals ; Sir John S. r°4 treasurer ; Mr. Macdonald, of Staffa , secret and honorary office bearers of the Society ij Duke of Gordon and a good meeting at Abet in 1831 ; the meeting at Ayr in 1835. e de noorrn:ktmil‘eownneesde west. Tuesday Tn n d, e g sh h daa t y a c n v tbio i ti r o ievnn l edl e isnae n i t l iesa damage eabebrlieieeinsv:i belonging a r : o ihni, m argrsiat ot: varyinglha 04. sustainedw c t very r the c n trawling ra loss of many nets, &e. Thirty-one have lost their r crafts, fifteen split their sails, and eight obliged to 0 into the Yeilm river. The damage is mingle' upwards of 5001. —Plymouth Journal. il l HORRIBLE REVENGE.— vV15 13 1 If you _ A I crush your enemy to the dust, make his child a p 1. ... ". a whistle, a drum, and a penny trumpet. BIRTHS Se On the 20th inst., Mrs. William Montague Hardy, er if On the 20th inst., Mrs. Henry Powell, of Mc ) / Brunswick-square, of a son. On the 21st inst., in Tilney-street, the lady of John 0 , Esq , of a daughter. WW I On the 19th inst., at Ash Parsonage, Surrey, th C......y Rev. A. L. Lambert, of a son. i ll MARRIED. ' 14 ° 1 On the 21st inst., John Bendyshe, Esq., of Barri.AO Kneesworth, in the same county, to Anne Maria, thi, d ter of Sir Charles Watson, Bart., of Wratting park. sea , On the 16th inst., at Twickenham, Henry Angel o ' it s ; to Mrs. Sarah Sharpe, widow. fop ° .. On the 17th inst., at the parish church, Halifax, 4 O f ier eldest son of Henry Lees Edwards, Esq., of Pye S 'el cl , Elizabeth, second daughter of John Waterhouse, Bsq" head, Halifax. P 8 0 On the 19th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-Cu O P i Peppercorne, Esq., to Elizabeth, daughter of JO / Vr corne, Esq., of Lower Belgrave-street. , J P' On the )9th inst., Francis Ringler Thomson, IcPril, Royal Engineers, to Selina Harriett Cotton, widovi A G. H. Macartney, Esq., and niece of Williatn /,' Brooke, Esq., Chief Judge of Benares. eto f fr i f ' On the 19th inst., at St. James's Church, Mr. r of of Regent.street, to Margaret, youngest daughter IP o r Cartwright, Esq., of Wandsworth-road. Henry Oil On the 19th inst., at St. James's Poole, 401:11, Esq., solicitor, Salisbury, to Emily Susan, eldest " Thomas Salter, Esq., of the same place. oti l , On the 19th inst., at St. James's, Piccadilly, M r. 1 00 Pugh, of Regent-street, to Miss Anne Pedder, of Nei i, Blackfriars-road. 1 si ls ;i l l' On the 18th inst., at Wymering Church, Wil i 0 jt' Esq., of Ashling, Sussex, to Ellen, youngest datlg h ., d t 8 'V, Billett, Esq., of Highfield Lodge, Purbrook, in the 5 ;10 1 . ,,, On the 14th inst., in Northumberland-street , -,,r i r Johnston, Esq., writer in Edinburgh, to Miss Isabetur daughter of the late George Fleming, Esq., follO P , Chester. i r On the 14th inst., at Edinburgh, John Loftus o f V ' • Esq., 3d Bengal Light Cavalry, to Isabella, date .e. t i o ander Gordon, Esq., Great King-street. /47 0 4°! ; 1./ ? On the 15th inst., at St. Nicholas Church, .-e, i dt l Anderson, Esq., Writer to the Signet, to Miss PT, A second daughter of George Carr, Esq., Claverirtk fort( castle. 1,1 1 On the 15th inst., at Brownhill, Dumfries, ~ 0 f as ~ Esq., merchant, London, to Archibella, youngeE" V) 94 , of the late Archibald Brown, Esq., of Brownhal l. On the 10th inst., at Dornock, Bryce Johnston e, o o, o , Kirkcudbright, son of the late Rev. John Johns of Crossmichael, to Thomasina Howie, second , George Lowther, Esq., of Dornock. 1 1" C 0, ap DIED, IWO ( VC On the 16th inst., in her 88th year, Mary, re — 0 Blades, late of Clapham, Surrey. i tli e 0 , On the 17th inst., at Brighton, aged 36, Ewa, .0 William Bishop, Esq., of Balhain-hill, SurreY. ~ ity di On the 19th inst., in Sloane.street, in his 47'. jo,ii: Raymond Stewart, Esq. age /8 ' %I/ On the 19th inst., in Grafton-street East, ,0401,1,/ Brayne, relict of Mr. Thomas Brayne, late ofol On the 17th inst., Mary Katherine, wife of v ‘..00, ,jo l , Little, Esq., and daughter of the late Doctor it c '' ,r -combe House, Wilts. 1 . iti' of the A' Lately, at Wycombe, Charlotte, relict In" General Fisher. John J 1 001 On the 15th inst., at Glasgow, Mr. J0.. 0 0 0 1 aged 2G. Aft Mr o . n Al t e h x e a l n l d t e h r inst ., m,ph a i iiii,Csanenn.,inagg-edstre7eot: forG e eczala of oil chant in Inverness. Egg" On the 13th inst., at Milrig, Wm. Gordon , .. 00 , . 0 40 On the Bth inst., James Haig, Esq., of Lee.",,,e,"4 11P On the 6th inst., at Kingsland, GloucesterenTeoln'tite SOY' 09 1 Esq o ., n i t a h t e e a l2 C ti a , p in ta s i t n ., in at th K e iltnoleytalvturtahgeG,Wuces—bire' ifi George Lionel Fraser, in his 26th year. 0 , 0 01110 .0 On the 3d inst., at Ystradvellte, Mrs. G OOP S ea r aged 103. She enjoyed excellent health and of 9 1 a few days of her death. 5, w oof ao .l On the sth inst., at Exeter, Mrs. Ja ne 0 , e , Johnes, of Hafod. h-s 71st le ts ° On the 30th ult at New Radnor, In ” i i ,Aestl v ~ o°,l , Lilwall, for nearly fifty years one of Ifs "'""" o,' P the Excise. On the 13th inst., at Douglas, in ...d w i fe HeyilP daughter of Mr. J. W. Lloyd, HaY 8 . " _ 0 muel Broadbent, Wesleyan Minister, . t , h , el Isle 1 e t 1 :f 1;1 I PRINTED AND PUBLISHED HT MUU I) 0 SUN OFFIGN, 11% SINANr• U nder 1 44 e, ktli„ e n til ore t Yl ~eas g co r , rn u e : 1)"4,e