The Sun. — London, England, 1833-02-05 00:00:00

The nature of the proceedings in the two Houses this day, ►ill of course be determined by the con- i tents of the speech which his Majesty shall have been advised to deliver. The perfection of a King's speech was declared by the late Mr. Canning to consist in the absence of all definite meaning ; for in the proportion in which it assumed a definite cha racter, it tended to beget controversy. It is confi dently affirmed, that the leading Conservatives mean to propose no amendment to the addresses. As there are but two descriptions of Peers—Minis terialists and Conservatives—the course of the pro ceedings in their Lordships' House may be antici pated with tolerable certainty. But in the Corn rnons there are so many divisions and subdivisions, that it is impossible to form even a conjecture as to the turn things may take. Sometimes the Irish Members have complained that no mention has been made of Ireland in the speech. If we are not misinformed, Ireland is to form a very prominent part in the speech of this day. But we are mis taken if all its announcements will prove equally satisfactory to all the Irish Members. After the usual congratulations on the friendly state of our re lations with most Foreign Powers, the speech,we have heard, will allude to some of the measures which will occupy Parliament during the present Session, as the questions arising out of the expit ation oftheCharters of the East India Company, and the Bank of Eng land. It is, of course, impossible, in a speech, to say anything from which any inference can be drawn as to the views of Government in these im portant questions. We believe his Majesty will ex press his regret that the settlement of the diffe rences between the branches of the House of Bra ganza cannot yet be announced. He will, probably, state, that during the contest, he has maintained a strict neutrality, and confined himself to the protec tion necessary to British subjects trading with Por tugal, and that he will not fail to avail himself of every favourable opportunity for contributing to put an end to t his unfortunate contest. His Majesty will, of course, allude to the Belgian and Dutch question. He will, probably, express a regret that it should have been necessary to have recourse to forcible means to give effect to the determination of the Conference. He will allude to the surrender of the citadel of Antwerp to the army of his ally, the King of the French, and observe that the objects for which the s;ege was undertaken have been pal tiallyef fscted, but the whole of these objects not having been accomplished, he has been under the painful necessity of continuing the embargo on Dutch vessels. But foreign affairs at present, in point of interest, are as nothing compared with our domestic affairs. We have reformed the State, and the Church must fol low. His Majesty will, probably, express an op.- nion, that the time has arrived in which the affairs of the Church must be taken into consideration, with the view of removing the complaints which have been made with regard to the injurious opera tion of the present system of tithes, and the unequal distribution of the Church revenues. His Majesty , will, at the same time, express a hope that the deli berations of Parliament will be directed to the means by which the advancement of religion and the sup port of the Established Church may be most effec tually insured. With regard to the Established Church of Ireland, his Majesty will probably ob serve, that although by the Union it was perma nently united with the Church of England, the pe culiarity of their respective circumstances will render it expedient that they should be sepa rately considered by Parliament. With regard to the revenue, his Majesty will probably ob serve, that although during the past year there have been extraordinary and inevitable expenses, yet that the income has been fully adequate to the current expenses, and that, upon the whole, the state of the revenue is satisfactory. His Majesty will no doubt advert to the measure of last Session for obviating the causes of complaint against tithes in Ireland, and recommend further Reforms to enable landlords to commute the tithes for annual payment. Measures connected with the administra tion of justice (perhaps the changing of the venue), and the local taxation of the country (Grand .Tury jobbing) will also be announced. There can be no question that a reform of the Grand July Laws is loudly called for—the evil of the present system being admitted by all parties. We now come to a point, respecting which a diversity of opinion will probably be manifested. His Majesty will, we be lieve, lament that the spirit of disturbance and outrage, adverted to by him last Session, has increased to a fearful height, rendering life and property insecure, and defying the authority of the law. Under such cir cumstances, his Majesty confidently relies on the loyalty and patriotism of Parliament, to afford him such additional powers as may be deemed necessary for the repression of outrage, and the putting down and punishing of the disturbers of the public peace. With regard to the question so much agitated of late in Ireland—the Repeal of the Union—his Ma jesty, we believe, will express the strongest deter mination to preserve inviolate the Legislative Union of the two countries. Such, we understand, are to be the chief topics of the speech. We have not heard that the question which now agitates both the colonies and this country in no ordinary degree, and which will be keenly agitated in Parliament, if any reliance can be placed in election proceedings — namely, the question of slavery—forms a part of the speech.—Morning Chronicle. We trust that ere long reform will reach the Ecclesiastical Courts of England. Where such a case occurs as that of which our readers will find an account in our Consistory Court report, there can be no reason why it should not go to the ordinary tribunals. The question was simply whether the Rev. Dr. Vivian had the right to remove a poor blind woman from the situation of organist of the united parishes of St. Augustine and St. Faith, which she had filled upwards of twenty years, and for which, as appears from the certificate of Dr. Crotch and others, she was eminently qualified, and to elect another person to succeed her. The parishioners of St. Augustine wish Mrs. Carter, the blind woman, to continue to fill the ofiice. The Ecclesiastical Law must of course be the rule; but there can be no reason why, in order to ascertain the facts and 'apply the law, there should be a different procedure iii ecclesiastical matters from the common law pro- cedure. Dr. Vivian may have a remarkably delicate ear, but in such a case we cannot help thinking it would have been better for him if he had had an ear no better than that of Dr. Crotch ; for in that case he would not have persisted in an attempt to deprive ss poor woman of her subsistence, and thus to shock the feelings of his parishioners. For the sake of a good understanding with those whose spiritual welfare be is bound to promote, it would have been better, per haps, not to have stood on his extreme right, sup posing him to have the right of dismissal.— Morn ing Chronicle. No session of Parliament ever opened with a greater variety of important questions pressing for immediate adjustment than the present, and we believe that at no period of our history was there more reasonable ground for confidence in the dispo sition of those who administered ihe executive go vernment to deal with the nation in a spirit of frank ness and good faith. A reform in the constitution of the House of Commons could never have been accomplished at a time when the value of such a measure was likely to be brought to the test of more s ignal and critical experiment than in the present condition of the public interests, foreign and do mestic. No idle sunbe am p l ays u p on our infant Hercules; he is cradled on the surge, and rocked amid the storm, A.den of nox i ous re pt i l e s have assailed him from his birth; esca pi ng f rom t h ese , toil and difficulty still beset him; but if the early conflict shall have, as we think it promises, a sate and prosperous result, what remains is beyond the reach of evil—the race is virtually won, and the final triumph certain and immortal. The King of England's speech to Parliament, as for merly concocted, used to illustrate to the letter M. Talleyrand's exposition of the use for which lan guage was given to man—it used to be, indeed, an instrument for " concealing the thoughts" of its framers. Generally speaking, " the speech' ) was not more interesting than an " old almanack" in re lation to the past, and about equally full of instruc tion as to the future. But circumstances, we trust, have changed. If a Government which has, for the first time, subjected its policy to the full super intendence of public opinion, were silly enough to attempt a concealment from that public of the views or measures which had been professedly submitted to its control, so prompt and rough a castigation would follow that the error must speedily be cor rected. We are inclined to apprehend no such in consistency on the part of Ministers in the present instance. They doubtless point the public atten tion to what they themselves conceive to be the most important features in the general situation of the country, and intimate at the same time their own sentiments with regard to the best mode of supplying what may be defective, or remedying what may be positively wrong. The state of Ireland must unquestionably form a most pro minent, perhaps the foremost place, among the sub jects both of regret and of resolution on the part of the executive Government. Of the evils which afflict that unfortunate country, those arising out of the actual relation between the Protestant Esta blished Church, and the great Catholic majority of the Irish population, strike every man, and of course his Majesty and his confidential servants, as holding a conspicuous rank. The Established Church of Ireland does not minister to the intellectual, the moral, or religious wants of the people, by which it is, and for which it ought to be, supported. Its functionaries are not listened to by those who want instruction, either as Christians or as members of civil society; both as a religious and a political engine, therefore, the Irish Protestant Church has failed. It is deficient in quality, and in quantity re dundant. Its union with the Church of England is nominal only,—it has neither substance, reality, nor susceptibility of incorporation with a Church which does in truth represent the religious opinions, and may be easily rendered applicable to the social and political benefit of this whole civilized community. The Irish Church, therefore, may be dealt with and modified very differently and far more extensively than it would be wise or safe to proceed towards the Church of England. Nor is the vicious relation be t ween Church and people more manifest in the in adequacy of the Church to its proper objects, than in the system of lawless and brutal outrage, and the frightful insecurity of property and person, for which the state of the Church itself has furnished the mo tive or the pretext. A Reform of the Church must, therefore, be accompanied by the strongest mea sures for repressing popular violence, and for en forcing obedience to the law and the due adminis tration of justice. The tithe system, as it now ex ists in England, will, we should imagine, be de scribed as on the eve of an extensive modification, in consequence of the extreme di,content and murmur ing which it has provoked from all classes of the people. A favourable anticipation is likely to be held forth by his Majesty's Government respecting the improvement of the revenue; and we suppose it will be announced that the estimates will be framed on a scale of the strictest economy compatible with the demands of the public service. No direct pro mise, however, we lament to say, is expected by those who are well informed of a reduction of tax ation. It is difficult to suppose that topics of such grave importance as the renewal of the East India and Bank charters, and, more than either, the serious and complex condition of the West India colonies, would be omitted in this day's speech from the Throne ; but it would argue reprehen sible indiscretion in Ministers to treat them with a needless and embarrassing minuteness. Our French neighbours, who so recently discharged the military duties impesed upon them by their English alliance with a courage as characteristic and admirable as their political obligations have been fulfilled with punctilious and exemplary honour, deserve, and will, we take for granted, receive the compliment justly due to them at the hands of his Britannic Majesty. The negotiations between the Allied Governments and Holland, for the settle ment of the Belgic question, are now presumed to be going on smoothly, and may therefore, it is probable, be represented in the speech under cheering colours, as will, we hope and trust, the progress of the humane efforts which are making fir a pacific and equitable termination of the cruel warfare by which Portugal has long been scourged. It may be seen from this conjectural prospectus of the opening speech, that there is a considerable space to be traversed, and many topics of high intrinsic interest to be brought under the notice of the Legislature. The zeal and dexterity of two well•defined parties will find thus natural employ ment in multiplying the subjects of discussion.— Times. It used to be a great object with Ministers, in former Parliaments, so to frame the King's speech at the opening of the Session as to allow all parties to vote in its favour, without any compromise of their different sentiments. If this did not originate the contrivance, it greatly tended to confirm the practice of saying nothing in the King's speech ; for it was only by rendering that document unin telligible that an appearance of unanimity could be preserved, even for one night, in an Assembly so distracted by contrary objects and impulses. The present Ministers, we believe, entertain but little hope of neutralizing opposition by such an expedient in the reformed Parliament ; and we incline to this opinion, not merely because of the rumours thai have reached us of amendment upon amendment„ intended to be tacked to the address, but because Parliament itself is now so differently constituted from what it used to be, that the want of meaning in a King's speech will no longer be a recom mendation to those who are bound to answer and expected to understand it. Plain speaking is likely to distinguish the present Parliament beyond most of its predecessors, and we shall not be sur prised if the usual compromise at the commencement of a session, which had grown into a sort of eti quette under the old system, should be discarded from the new, as inconsistent with that straight forward plain dealing which men of business ought to adopt. Whether Ministers have resolved to an ticipate the tone of Parliament is more than we can undertake to say ; but it is not very likely that, in the present temper of the different parties, they can steer clear of opposition to the address. The days are gone when the whipper-in could foretell the di vision almost to a single man—when, as if he had a private key to the heart of every Hon. Member, he could unlock the secret of his conviction even before the debate had commenced by which he was sup posed to be persuaded. That this system will die appear may be inferred from the fact that the whipper-in himself has disappeared from Parliament. We cannot say that we regret the political extinc tion either of the function or the functionary. It n•as a farce upon deliberation to see them at work. We hope, therefore, for the credit of the Reform Act, and the benefit of the country, that the inve terate attachment to party which allowed of this sort of computation, and which was in itself a proof of the corruption of the times, will never be revived again. When the distinction of Whigs and Toi ies, or rather of Ins and Outs, absorbed every other consideration, it was a plain proof that pary feelings and party objects superseded the claims of reason and integrity. We hope to see no more of this, or as little more as possible. Parlia ment has great duties to perform—duties which ne ver can he pet formed in the spirit of party or fac tion ; and, though it would be vain to expect that the bare circumstance of having been returned by the popular voice will banish every unworthy mo tive, the fact of being accountable to public opinion will control such motives where they do exist, and avert them where they do not.—Morning Herald. A rumour was circulated yesterday that a serious difference had taken place between Lords Grey and Brougham, upon the subject of the measures to be adopted for the settlement of the slavery question. It was supposed that Lord Grey had been so far scared by the manifestation of opinion which the suggestion of his intentions had called forth as to tall back from the purpose he had half announced, Our respectable contemporary (the Albion) is inclined to agree with the Globe, and to controvert our assumption, that the reduction of the stamp duty on newspapers would be equally beneficial to the Press and the public. We are a little surprised at this, proceeding as it does from a Conservative journal. Any man, we think, must see that all the apprehensions of the Globe have reference to itself alone. It is in agony at the bare idea that its in fluence would be exposed to competition and be thereby divided; and it cannot endure the thought that those " respectable Journals" which have at present the largest circulation, and the greatest hold upon public opinion, should be curtailed of their fair proportions, and sink into third or fourth-rate or gans. This is the whole secret of the opposition of the Globe, and it is worthy of the paper and its party. But how a Conservative should join in this wail, and lament the very thing which after all is the consummation most devoutly to be wished, is extraordinary. Cannot the Albion see that the principles advocated in the Times and the Globe are calculated only for a particular class, and that their whole influence is concentrated in the taverns and pothouses? There is not a Radical in England who would not read a Tory paper if he could have access to it. But this he is denied by the oligarchy of the taverns. The Times must be taken in on account of its advertisements. Every man is more or less interested in these matters, and where the advertisements are there the paper must be, no matter what are its politics—no matter who the Ministers are whom it supports or opposes--no matter whether it is Whig, Tory, or Destructive. Tire consequence of this is, 'that other papers are excluded, not on account of their politics—not because they advocate anti-revolutionary principles, but solely on the score of expense. Mine host declares he can't afford it, and there is an end to the question. Besides, there are more Tory papers bought by individuals than of the other class. Sevenpence a day is a heavy tax — twice this sum is unbearable. Hence is it that there are thousands of persons who would support a Conservative paper who are restrained by the cost, and yet have not the opportunity of seeing them as regularly as they do those journals on whom they set a less value. If the stamp duty were reduced, the increased consumption of the Tunes would be trifling ; that of the Standard, Post, and Albion would be considerable. The ob jection on the score of expense would be removed, and we should see the middle and operative classes as ready to peruse those papers which they rarely see at present, as they are to read those journals which are, in many instances, forced upon them by a class of men much more ignorant than their customers, and who exercise a sort of d e spotic authority over public opinion. Another thing ought to be borne in mind. When the price of a newspaper was raised to sevenpence, this country was in a very different state to what it is at present. Sevenpence then was not more than fourpence is now, and there were no penny publications. The stamp law is now so openly violated, that th ere is no security -whatever for the capital invested in the daily journals. This was not the case formerly. The Literary Gazette and one or two other weekly periodicals, exclusively devoted to literary matters, were the only papers which were allowed to be printed on unstamped paper. We ask, therefore, for nothing but justice. It is hard that newspapers should be subjected to severer exactions than they were twelve years ago, at a time too when the cur rency was depreciated, and when sevenpence was of less value than the amount of the stamp duty is at present. If the price is to be maintained, let us in fairness be protected against cheap publications, and the abominable trash which, under the patronage of Noble arid Learned Lords, is circulated as " useful knowledge."—Guardian. We intended to have alluded again this day to the artiee in the Globe of Saturday last, on which we expatiated at some length yesterday, respecting the taxes on newspapers; but,i n trut h, we are l ot h to eater upon it again, and for two reasons ;—the first, because our contemporary has been already sufficiently punished in a variety of quarters for the inconsistency and Conservative character of his lucubrations ; and, secondly, because it is announced in well-informed quarters that the Government plan of reduction wears a very different character from that which has been ascribed to it. That the re duction of the advertisement duty from 3s. 6d. to Is. would be a great benefit, we are most ready to proclaim. It would be a great boon, to the com mercial world especially, to the public generally, and to the press also; but it would ne vert h e l ess b e an incomplete measure without a corresponding reduction of the stamp duty—a duty trifling in amount, and the revenue arising from which, we are confident, would be greatly increased by a re duction of one-half of its present amount. We shall not be very scrupulous in lendi ng our support to any measure having this double o bj ect i n v i ew , which may emanate from his Majesty's Ministers, because we are aware of the difficulties with which they would have to contend in carrying through this or any other Reform; but we beg to inform them, at the same time, that nothing short of such a re duction will give satisfaction to the public, and that if they adhere to that which has been announced by Charles Steven•, on the 28th of November, 1830, in consequence of having a demand on a person named "%Mahe, a partner in the concern of St. James's-square, called at the house at eleven o'clock at night, and was shown into one of the lower dining rooms, where he sat down. In about five minutes a door opened behind, and the defendant entered. He seized witness by the throat, and kicked him in a brutal manner, dragging him across the floor into the hall. When in the hall the defendant held his head against an iron door, and struck him at least 20 time., breaking the bridge of his nose. He was thrust into the street by the defendant, who used a very dis graceful expression. The Jury found a verdict of Guilty. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEB. 4. PHRENELOGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE HEADS OF TWO OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE BOROUGH OF BRIGHTON. (From Merle's TVeehly Register, of Sunday, Nov. 25.) We have been favoured with a copy of the result of the phrenelogical examination of the heads (0 quam cars capita!) of two of the candidates for the representation of the borough of Brighton. We understand, from those who are well acquainted with the parties, that if any proof had been wanting of the exactness of the science, it would be found in these examinations—for which the public are indebted to Mr. Deville, of the Strand, who is now lec turing at Brighton. Mr. W--y--It was observed at first blush, by the learned Lecturer, that there was an evident disproportion between the anterior and posterior regions of the cranium ; the occiput preponderating considerably over the sinciput. Hence he inferred that it might be predicated generally of Mr. W y, that his physical passions would hold a mastery over the impulses of his moral feelings. At the upper and back part of the head, on each side of the median line, are two bumps or bosses; these are re gions in which the love of approbation resides—a most useful and excellent faculty, when the objects through which it may seek to gratify itself, are excellent in themselves ; but the contrary, when it is exercised on trivial things, such as an inordinate love of dress, which is apt to dege nerate into dandyism. This faculty may induce defects in various ways, for if misdirected, it becomes a very snare, to entrap its unfortunate possessor into all manner of vain glorious and ridiculous displays. The learned lecturer would give an instance of its freaks. There is, said he, a line in Horace, descriptive of the effects of wine in loosing people's tongues, it runs thus : gt Fatcundi Calices quern non fecere desertum." Now self-esteem, or this craving after approbation, will play the fool with a man in the same way, and make him fancy, though he be endowed but with moderate talents, and moderate facundia, that be is little inferior to a Cicero, and that he has only to open his mouth to astonish people with hie wisdom. The lecturer observes, that he had the pleasure of know ing Mr. W-y's father, but that the organ of acqui sitiveness was much less developed in Mr. W y, than it had been in his sire. Mr. G. F--I.—The learned gentleman next pro ceeded to examine the bead of this gentleman. Philoso phers are now pretty generally agreed that a sure estimate of the inward feelings and understanding may be gained from the outward and visible signs manifested on the sur face of the brain-box; and we doubt not but the excellent example set by the Mightonians will be followed through out the kingdom wherever a contested election is likely to take place. Mr. Deville, we hear, has had many ap plications, and we are told that his next professional en gagement is at the special desire of a large body of the electors of Westminster, to ascertain the comparative value of the organ of benevolence, which ought to dictate the feeling of patriotism, and that of acquisitiveness, which gives the impulse of self appropriation as they exist in the head of Sir Joh❑ Cam Hobliouse ; for many of the elec tors begin to suspect they have strangely overvalued the former, or under-rated the latter. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. arid to propose a Committee of Inquiry, or a strong resolution, anything, in short, to stave off • the diffi culty and retain the West India colonies for one Session more. On the other hand it was !stated that Lord Brougham would be satisfied with nothing short of immediate emancipation, the slaves being neither instructed nor coerced, the masters being neither compensated nor protected. The disagree ment between the Noble Lords was said to have produced a very painful altercation, and many anti cipated from the occurrence a speedy change in the construction of the Cabinet. We tell the tale as it was told to us. We pretend to no backstairs approach to the Cabinet, to no treasonable ac quaintance with Ministerial secrets. The story may very possibly be false ; but it may very pro bably be true. The question is one on which it is very likely the Cabinet may be divided. Some Mem bers even of a Whig Administration may, perhaps, see that in abandoning our colonies we abandon some small integral part of our commercial resources and of our military power; others may be blind to every thing but the resolutions of Dissenting So cieties, and the ludicrous romances of the Anti- Slavery Reporter. The former would be supported by an immense majority of those who are in any way connected with our commerce or trade ; the latter would be aided by addresses sent up from all parts of the kingdom, by inflammatory harangues, by libellous pamphlets, by committees, by clubs. if necessary, by the bludgeon and the brickbat. But whatever the theme may be on which those who are disposed to stop will separate from those who are ready to go on, to this crisis we must come, and the first seceders upon any question must ex pect as fierce a storm as they would encounter upon this. The time is one in which it is very likely the Cabinet may be divided. The approach ing Session menaces difficulties which the closest union and concert among official men would barely surmount. How shall Ministers meet these dif ficulties, with admitted distrust of one another on some points, with published contradiction on others ? If Lord Grey is willing now to arm himself in do fence of the peace and property of the empire, it is likely that he will embrace the very earliest oppor tunity of disbanding officers whose skill and resolu tion are far more dangerous to their friends than to their enemies. And, lastly, the two Noble Lords are men between whom it is very likely a dissension may arise. 'When Lord Grey attacked Mr. Can ning's Cabinet, which his Whig brethren supported, Mr. Brougham described his Lordship's motives in language his Lordship cannot forget. When Lord Grey offered to Mr. Brougham an office, which was not the office of Chancellor, Mr. Brougham re pudiated the arrangement with a pertinacity his Lordship cannot forgive. Is Lord Brougham on friendly terms with Lord Grey ? Then may Wel lesley Pole be a favourite with his creditors, Sir John Hobhouse with his constituents, Mr. Hume with honest men.—Morning Post. our two evening contemporaries, of the Globe and Standard, they will play a game against themselves, and in favour of their opponents, which they will deeply regret, when it is perhaps no longer time to retrieve themselves.—Morning Advertiser. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEB. 4. The House met to-day, at 2 o'clock, and proceeded to the swearing in of such Lords as presented themselves. The Marquis of Stafford anti the Marquis of Cleveland were introduced, and sworn in as the Duke of Sutherland and the Duke of Cleveland, by the Dukes of Richmond and Grafton. The Marquis of Conyngham was introduced by the Lords Dacre and Dundas, and sworn in as Baron Minster. Mr. Western was also introduced by the same Noble Lords, as Baron Western. The Hon. Mr. Gray was introduced by Lords Dundas and Kinnaird, and sworn in as Lord Gray of Grohy. Viscount FAkland, by Lords Byron and Dundas, as Baron Hunsdon. Lord Stanley, by Lords King and Auckland, and the Marquis of Tavistock, as Baron Howland. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FEB. 4. THE KING V. THOMAS AND ANOTHER. Mr. Cunwoon: stated that) this was an indictment against Mr. Thomas, who was general inspector of police for Covent-garden, and a person of the name of D'Al maine, for assault and false imprisonment. The prose cutor was Mr. Anthony Finnerty (brother of Mr. Peter Finnerty, a well-known character), and he would call hint to tell his own story. Mr. A. Finnerty was a brother of Mr. Peter Finnerty, who died in May, 1822. He believed that Mr. D'Almaine possessed himself of the property of Peter Finnerty, to which he (witness) had a claim. On the 21st of June, 1831, witness saw D'Almaine coming out of an eating house, in Bedford•street, Covent-garden, and followed him. Witness spoke to a policeman to take him on a charge of felony, upon which D'Almaine charged him (witness) with being disorderly. The policeman said witness's charge was the most important, and took D'Almaine to the station house. When there the defendant Thomas came in, and asked why D'Almaine was in custody, and on being told the charge which witness had made, he said he (witness) must be deranged. D'Almaine then charged witness with being disorderly, and with having insulted him. The witness then described the manner in which lie was taken down into the " black-hole," which, he said, was so offensive that he was made ill by it. He was afterwards taken before Mr. Minshull, by whom he was discharged. He stated in conclusion of his testimony that he should not have been able to prosecute the defendants if he had not been provided with money for the purpose by Mr. Carmichael Smyth. The Jury found a verdict of Not Guilty. THE. KING V. ALDRIDGE AND OTHERS. Mr. HUTCHINSON stated that this was an indictment, on the prosecution of Charles Stevens, against the defen • dant Aldridge and seven others, for keeping a common gambling house at No. 6, St. James's-square. Several witnesses were called, but none appearing, The Jury found a verdict of Not Guilty. THE KING V. ALDRIDGE. This was an indictment fir an assault. VEALE V. ATTWOOD. This was an action in which the plaintiff, who is a farmer, sought to recover back from the defendant, who is an auctioneer and appraiser, the amount of certain al leged overcharges paid in respect of a distress for rent.— Verdict for the plaintiff, damages 451. JONES, GENT., V. ...... JONES, ESQ. This was an action of assault, growing out of an elec tion squabble. The parties met in the street, when the plaintiff, showing the defendant a letter, asked him if he knew anything of it? The defendant said he did not; upon which the defendant replied (according to the plain tiff's witnesses), "You are a liar;" or (according to the defendant's witnesses), " If you sanctioned that state ment, you are guilty of a lie." Three witnesses swore to one of these phrases, and three to the other. Whichever it was, the plaintiff rejoined, " You are a liar ;" on which the defendant struck him a blow on the side of the head, which knocked off his hat. A short scuffle then took place, and the parties were separated. The plaintiff was stated to be only " five feet long," whilst the defendant was sworn to be about 5 feet 10 inches. No hurt or bruise of any kind was inflicted.—Verdict for the plaintiff, damsges 101. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, FEB. 4. ROBINSON V. ➢EBENHAM AND OTHERS. In this case, which was not concluded yesterday when our reporter left the Court, the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 2001. SMALL V. ATTWOOD. Mr. KNIC LIT, for the plaintiff, moved that Phoebe Att wood should be ordered to transfer into Court, within a week, the sum of 192,7661., now standing in the funds in the name of Phoebe Atwood, and also the dividends received on this sum since the injunction issued by this Court, in the case of Small v. Attwood, by which the funds in the case were impounded and restrained. After stating the particulars of the case, Mr. Knight concluded by saying that he hoped his Lordship would consider that the money thus transferred was affected by his Lordship's injunction, and would order that it should be brought into Court. Mr. SIMPKINSON, for the defendant, said that the proper mode to meet this application, if the defendant were in a situation to adopt it, would be to give notice of a motion to dissolve the injunction. No danger could arise from the delay, as the injunction restrained the trans fer of the stock, and Mrs. Attwood was willing to take an order to pay over the dividends as she received them. It was her intention to bring the whole case again before his Lordship, and it was impossible that it could be brought on properly till the answer of John Attwood was obtained, which could not be put in while the action for scandal and impertinence against him was pending. Lord LYNDHURST thought the motion had better stand over till the exceptions were argued. Mr. KNIGHT could not accede to such an arrangement. He hoped his Lordship would consider that Mrs. Attwood was now upwards of 76 years of age, and in the event of her death happening while this transaction was pending, it would occasion great delay and inconvenience. His LORDSHIP would grant the order to pay the funds into Court, and if he should be of opinion, on the re hearing of the case, that the order should not issue, why then the funds might be paid out. CONSISTORY COURT, FEB. 4. THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE PROMOTED BY VIVIAN AGAINST WILLIAMS AND HIBURN. Al tides were in this case exhibited by the Rev. Dr. Vivian, the incumbent of the united parishes of St. Au gustine and Sr. Faith, in the city of London, against Mr. William Williams and Mr. William Hiburn, the church wardens of St. Augustine, for obstructing the organist. The articles now stood for admission. The case was of no public importance, and was or dered to stand over till next Court day. BROWNE V. BROWNE. The libel in this case was admitted, Mr. Browne not obj ,, eting, admitting the marriage, but otherwise contesting the suit negatively. COURT OF EXCISE, FEB. 4. THE ICING V. STAPLES. John Staples, otherwise Stapleton, was charged upon an excise information, containing several counts, varying the offence, for unlawfully manufacturing and illegally removing and concealing soap, with intent to defraud the revenue, and for which offence he had subjected him self to a penalty of 5001. The CommissioNEßs gave judgment against the de fendant (who did not appear when called upon), con demning the whole of the goods seized to the use of the Crown, and inflicting a mitigated penalty of 1251. BRADFORD MARKET.— At this market, last Thursday, there was a great deal of business done i❑ stuff goods. In wool, however, the transactions were not so very large, on account of the very high prices de manded by the woolstaplera.....//u , ifax Express. The Professor acknowledged that the Head now under his manupilation was the most complete poser he had ever met with, owing to the excessive development of some of the most important, but opposing organs. Every one at all acquainted with 11Ir. Deville, know him to be one of the kindest-hearted men in the world, but although always un willing to give the slightest offence, his candour and zeal for the cause of his science, compel him often to tell unplea sant truths. It is usual with him generally to commence with that portion of the head in which the moral feelings re side, and it is rarely he meets with a skull so bad but he finds however some individual organ to praise, and thus, by a man ner peculiar to himself, he wins the affections of those who consult him, before he turns to the posterior region, or that in which the baser propensities dwell. In the present instance he expatiated with peculiar admiration on the extraordinary size of the organ of marvellousness, or that which gives the belief in supernatural existence, but ex pressed great fear that, if it was not kept under very care ful control, instead of assisting, with some other organs which he named, in giving that proper religious feeling which ought to exist in every man, and particularly in a candidate for a seat in Parliament, Mr. Deville expressed great apprehension that it would fit the gentleman's ora torical powers (which he gave him credit for possessing), better for a stand on a barrel head to preach the doctrine of " The Tongues," than for a seat in Parliament. After paying a just compliment to the development of benevolence, and several of the intellectual organs, the Learned Professor heaved a deep sigh, as if deploring the circumstance that nature should allow no human organiza tion to be perfec'. He placed his well-practiced band low down on the back of the head directly on the spot known to be largely developed in the bull, and in which phrene logiqs asstgn the seat of amatory feeling, whispered some thing in the ear of the candidate, who blushed, not as we thought the blush of conscious innocence, and hastily retired. We hope to be favoured with the result of the exami nation of the other two candidates next week. (The Phrenelogieal Examination of the Hem's of the other two Candidates will be given in Merle's Weekly Register on Sunday next.) ILFORD PETTY SESSION, FEB. 2. A WEALTHY PAUPER. Thomas Deasley, an aged man, complained to the Bench that the parish officers of Walthatnstow refused to give him relief. Mr. May, the assistant overseer, said that the applicant and his wife had been receiving parochial relief, from time to time, for upwards of a twelvemonth ; but, in conse quence of their latterly discovering that he had 2001. or 3001. in the Bank, they refused to give him any further aid. Deisley denied the truth of this statement, but on being requested by Mr. May to swear if such was not the fact, and the book being handed to him for that purpose, he declined to take it, and the Chairman and Magistrates in consequence directed that he should not have a penny snore of the parochial funds. Caroline Childs, a young woman, 19 years of age, at tended before a Bench of Magistrates, at the Angel Inn, Ilford, to have her examination taken as to the place of her legal settlement, and to affiliate a child, to which she expects to give birth. On being sworn, she briefly stated, that Mr. William Jenkins, the master of the infant school at Watthamstow was the father. In her cross-examination the witness said she had lived for nine years in the family of Mr. Jenkins, but i❑ March last went to reside at en infant school at Mursley, in Buckinghamshire. During the time she lived with Mr. Jenkins, that gentleman never offered to take the slightest liberties with her, though he had had abundant opportunities to do so. On the 20th of June, Mr. Jenkins, whom the witness thought to be at least 60 years of age, came to the house of Mr. Conyers, where she lived, and on the night of the following day, between the hours of 9 and 10 o'clock, after supper, he came into the parlour, where she was ; the result was her present condition. She thought it very odd that he should have acted so, both from his age, and his never before having offered her the slightest impropriety. Had a sweetheart named Burbridge, a footman, who used to call on her as her lover. She might have represented him as a relation, but he was not so. He called on her in May, and stopped two days, but he never acted improperly with her, nor bad any person but Mr. Jenkins. (The witness here went into fits, and was obliged to be carried out of Court.) The CHaraarax (R. J. Brassey, Eq.) observed, as there would be abundant opportunities to sift the case when an order of affiliation after birth would be sought for, or, if thought necessary, on an appeal at the quarter sessions, it was unnecessary to pursue it any further in the present stage. An attorney, who appeared for the defendant, said his client bad a large family, was 64 , years of age, and had al ways borne the highest character for morality. He was suspended from a lucrative situation till his innocence in this matter should be proved, which he had no doubt would be completely done on a future day.—Essex Mercury. SIGN Or TILE TI M ES.— The Rev. Mr. HALL, Rector of Billinge, near Wigan, Lancashire, no longer able conscientiously to retain his connection with a State Church, has resigned his living, worth GOO/. a year.—Halifax Express. An American Paper, of January, says, Gen. BLAIR, of South Carolina , ha s a g ain dis g raced himsel f by an outrage on the public p eace. Last ni g ht, at the theatre, he fired off a pisto l loaded with ball, a nd the oh ject aimed at was the sta g e, on which an i nteresting s y t o r u u n c g k l t a n d e y, floor l‘lw n j e near feet ON was performing. Th e h a ll of Mr. PALMER, who was on the stage at the same time. I fear t o a dd more , l est I should draw dow n too just indignation against the state of the police in the city of 'Washington. The truth, however, must be told. The ruffim, after parading h's pistols, frightening the ladies, who ran shrieking from the house, and defying the police-officers, actually went home without having been arrested, and has not indeed been taken to this hour. He condescended, however, at the request of his friends, to give up his alms, which consisted of four pistols, two dirks, and a Spanish knife. LIVERPOOL -SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON THE RAILROAD. We have to record a calamitous accident on casioning the loss of three lives, and, in all probabi It appears that, as the second-class train, whi. pool at three o'clock, was proceeding over Parr on the other side of Newton, on Friday afternr tubes which passes longitudinally through the bo. consequence was, that a quantity of water fell into was generated in abundance, and the engir stopped. Several of the passengers alighted ' the matter, and they incautiously got upon tht taken by the trains in going to Liverpool, the on which the disabled engine stood. While situation a train of waggons from Bolton, proceedi pool, came up. The persons who had alighted advancing train, being enveloped in a dense and from the same cause they were by the cot seen. They accordingly came upon them lence ; several were knocked down, and the whi passed over four of them. Three of the unfort' killed on the spot, their bodies being dreadful fourth survived, and was taken forward to tl his recovery is considered hopeless. Two of were elderly persons, apparently in a low star their names yet remain unknown; the third man, named John Scholes, of Barton. He employ of the company as a fireman, was days ago, and we believe was in the a, Manchester, to seek for a reappointment when his errand was so shockingly put an end I married only about three weeks ago. The & removed to the Pear Tree Tavern, Collin's-green. N i vor at the Infirmary is a boy about 14 years of at , and connexions are yet unknown, as he was after the accident, further than to ask for sualty which was the cause of the more serious itself but trifling, as the train went forward'' after a short delay. The latter accident shows passengers attending to the caution so repeate still when the train stops otherwise than at the We cannot refrain from expressing our opinir the persons having the management of the Boi guilty of some want of caution, to say the period of the day at which the accident took be later than 4 o'clock, an hour when there w' day-light to see objects at some distance on tht the persons who had alighted, being envel might not be (and we suppose were not) visible to do neer ; but the circumstance of a large accumulation of being suspended directly over the path of the advancing ought, we think, to have induced him immediately SO to his speed, that he should have acquired complete cote s over the engine by the time it arrived at the spot wh er steam floated. The name of the boy lying at the infia n3 Robert Hilton, 16 years of age; he was proceeding fre ni fast to Halifax, where his parents res id e; and yel i bf hopes are entertained of his recovery. A wheel of one carriages had passed from his thigh down to his foot, an crushed him dreadfully. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD.' The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 91ft, 41b. Loaf. There are others who sell from }id. to 13 , 4 a. that price. le COrn men 7 c t t o pre s' yarn- oc' HO t t h e railWaYeA here Iv b a bility, a fol . 1 1:„ Moist ich leaves The -'r" be iittY L n . arr Moss, 3 0 at moon , One o f fi ye 0 , , boiler burst: • At a n nto the fire,stev. s Quart' igine (the A ' , tend ( .""iona d to see wha t °/ f rail ° TLt L nn le line o V Pe.ej, e contrary to H whi c , they were 1 0 4 , otiee, a u e ,ceeding to Lid. Q ed did not see_..„ ta;Thlri,eLoino cloud of VAl' ' ti° d ' se hat2 .onductor"ST e : of th ua with fearfu l :; 'itacle-yv; at an vheels of the t I have for y tunate part,' go otqllugal, stil l ally crushed cant es e Mouse ic o l the I nfi rrnarle4 rt„eltlireS for f the three P' ,"Ral But th e Cation life, i e t lf or ane °Phor ut y oL was a fine P' ll o -. are g had been in ; h ave mlatei suspends thaitive also act of goia. in e rt an n ,bee a n r u n l to his aituan, for th4 4 ncti - n ns Seholel,' Thxecutio dead bodies "; 431hed that green. The thaejacutaet (t)bi, of age ; his ti l ", the keaty, t h h e Ls unable to 511 again e u o tch water. Th e or Z rn t encc ous result vit priiilurin,' t to Mandl" , , Ves 7, f t° d e roil es the neces sitr i nt bapodfai tedly urged' riZyt_latie ,ted le regular statl. a re ce ion, however,v tha t °,; 4 / 8 to P°Sitj • t t he „. pre s( Bolton train beforeu n't/eus least of it. I yo u• "e aft place coul d 4 or " dee would be suflic,w a rll,roa, le fine. It Is tri:l t °a of the reloped in ster t,olththeZgsuche the el , !Il't:ht,ebe'arn' PRICE OF SEEDS.-Feb. 4. , New Englishßed Clover Seed (per Cwt.) 50s. 60s. fine .... 4 * Old Ditto Ditto --s. -s. fine -• 1 Kew Foreign Ditto _ -s. Ms fine toz‘ , Old Ditto ~........„. -s. 575. fine - 4 ' i New White Clover s2s. 60s. fine 6. 3 .'*1 Old Ditto Ditto -s. 50s. fine _,..- 4 * New Trefoil 31d Ditto .— -s. .-s. fine ... 4 Rib Grass -....--- . 203. 30s. fine 53 ''' ~ English Carraway Seed... -s. -s. 68s. fin, e, Foreign Ditto . -s. -s. 675. a n ' 1 Coriander -.... .. _...e. -s. 12s. fine - 4 ,,' St. Foin .(per Quarter)............. 3Ss. 425, fine 47 ; Rye Grass Pacey Ditto 34s. 365. new •71 Linseed, for feeding -s. 565. fine " - "Z„ e , Ditto, for crushing........-.... 4Bs. 555. --s. 1 1„"e - Canary Seed, New -s. --s. 585 ." l'itto Old fine' -4. —a. .-..8. White Mustard Seed —.(per Bushel),,,, --s. Bs. 9s. fi n e ,,, . B rown Ditto . ......-....................-........... -s. 20s. 255. ... 'curnip Seeds, Rounds -s. -s. ISs. fin e ; Green and Red Ditto . - s . - s . 18s. fine' Tares, Old - a . 4s. .fine si. .. Ditto New -s. ss. fine 6 ' . Rape Seed, English, fine (per Last) 231.25/. ....... Foreigl PRICES OF HOPS.—Feb. 4. , IV' Kent Pockets 6l 10s. 8/. N. to 11 `; 1 0 Sussex Ditto ffssex Ditto. Ol. N. 0!. Os. to 01. ci, Farnham Ditto, Fine 0/. N. 12/. Os. to 13 , 1 ;11 0 Seconds ............ 01. Os. 101. lOs to lA' 9 5 7!. Os. 81. Os. to =",: 0 0 01. Os. 01. Os. to F:,' di 01. Os 01. Os. to :;•, Sussex ditto Essex Ditto., PRICE of OIL. Rape Oil, brown —......--331. Os. ..—...—.. Refined ...... Linseed Oil _ ... Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand ......,..•M Rape Cake, per ton ... ...... ►•RICE OF POT A TOES.—Feb 4. Kidneys (York) Scotch Reds Marsh Champions Oxnobles and Shaw ..............- 3 3 1 ° 0 / 1 1 : : 1 0 . 0 0 ° s s s . ... t t t 01 to 31. 3141 31 4 1 .. .. 1 1 30 s s O s s s .. .. dd d r iiietttLoot..7 i LEATHER. A ti Per lb. English Horse Hides , ; I f i Spanish Ditto Per dozen. ,4 Calf Skins.. SO to 40Ib. Ditto 50 to 701 b. Ditto 70 to 801 b. 16 Small Seals, Greenlan d Large Kent PRICES O. Per lb. Butts, 15 23 Ditto, Foreign.....--- 14 20 Dressing 12 15 Ditto l4 161 Ditto, light --.....— Ctop Hides, light...—. 12 14 Ditto--..-40 to 451 b. 13 16 r);tro... --..... 15 IS SHEEP SKINS. Best Polled 6s. Od. to Ss. Od. Half-bred 5........ 4s. Od. to I Middling Polled 5 0 6 0 3 6__, HAW . Per Stone. s. el. to s. d. H IDES Per Stone. s• d ' l 0 Best Heifers & Steers 2 4 2 8 Ordinary 10 2 0 Market Calf • °I WHITECHAPEL HAY NIA RKET.—Feb 2 .,, ..---,.. 555. Od. to 70s. Od. 1 (lover ........ 60s. Od. to ' - ' lO 5traw...................... 2 25. Od. to 28s. Od. __,....." PRICE OF TALL()V ['own Tallow 51s. 6d. Yellow Rossi , 47s. Od. White __ 455. 6d. Soap Ditto 44s. Od. Melted Stu 375. Od. Ditto 21s. Od. SOAP, &c. per I 12lD• Yellow Mottled White l6 Graves Good Dregs PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as Candles. per doz. 7s. Od. to Bs. Od. I Moulds, per dozer COAL MA: 'Per Tor,. s. d. et dales Chester Main l4 6 Holywell Ord s Redhugh 14 6 f'ontop Windsor 15 0 St. Lawrence Main 16 0 anfield Townley West Hartley Wade's Bensham 14 0 Walls End Bell & Brown 16 6 Walls Endßewicke & Co. 17 6 Wall. End Callerton 15 6 Walls End Carr and Co. 15 9 Walls End Newmarch...— 17 0 Ships arrived since .KET.—Feb. 4. Per Ton. Walls End Riddell's Ditto Walls End Helton ••••••°. Walls End Lambton Walls End Tees Blythe Hartley Howard'sNethertonM al Landshipping,—...w<,„ Llangennech Pember'Merthyr, Guest and C O.,— Silkstone Field and Co., Silkstone Wilson W. E. Preston Grange" last market-clay, '7. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET Z • t s U r l We had a fair supply to-day, and the best W hea s . ee l late prices, but inferior were Is. per quarter lower. n a 1 been in better demand. Malt dull. Fine Rye wanted , doing in Beans and Pease. Oats and Flour unaltered- A Olo' ew. A n 5-` 0 Whet, Northumberland 40 N s 525....... ~,' S ' - Norfolk and Suffblk 525. 62s - i• Berwick and Scotch 445. 50s - 4' „.4 Foreign Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk 3-Is. atid ••••''' Foreign 2a. 358. *- 4' ..) Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk 275. 325. - 4' ,4 Grinding and Feeding °2s. 26s - 4: ,) Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk Ws. 5Ss •-"'' 0 Beans, Small —S. —s ' 2 o' 0 Ti c k _ s _ s ,24 5, ,) Pease, White 365. 40s --s• ..) Gray —s —s .." 4 *,) Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe 144 22s - 4' ,) Feed l6s ISs ''''';' 1 —s. .....4 7.7 4, —£l. —9 Z9.I - Foreign Flour, Fine (per sack) BIRTHS. On the 2d inst. Mrs. Edward Complin, of Charterhou sej of a daughter. On the 31st ult. at Frithmans Woodford, Mrs. Frede# ter, of High-street, Southwark, of a daughter. On the 3d inst. the wife of Mr. Thomas Smith, land s road, of a daughter. MARRIED ,vj Co'' On the 3lst ult. at Carham Church, by the Rev. .7 0 ; for; J. Hodgson, Esq., of Elswick, Northumberland, A L. 'beil,' castle.cm-Tyne, to Isabella, eldest daughter and _, 0,- , 4 11ty the late Anthony Compton, Esq., of Carham-hall, r 4° ' land. 11 ° On the Ist inst., by spec i al l i cence, the Viscount pi r o- Lydia Sophia, dau g ht er of P. L. Story, Esq., of Tusn'" n ' in the county of Oxford. rjb d On the 4th inst. at St. Andrew's Church, Holborn, , ,,,gli lain Emerson, of Si erra L eone, to J em i ma, on ly “" Thomas Grove, of the Branch Bank, Liverpool. CI On the 21st of August last, at Ishapore-park, nea r lee William Dalrympl e Sh aw , E sq ., son o f th e l a te Cha o grj Esq. Ayr, North Britain, to Caroline Anne, only d ':-.oll l f Lieutenant-Colonel Sissmore, of the Hon. East India Service. DIED. moll On the 2d inst. at Old Alresford, Hants, aged ftvc_' ~io Hon. Francis Edward North, youngest son of the 1 ,3 ' ford. Matc h ( On the 3d inst. at Kensington, aged 79, Geo. ot formerly in the Civil Service of the Hon. East India and late of Ashfold Lodge, Sussex. ea r age o , lit t h a e n 2 a d , s in ee st o . nd in daughter Alntagu On the 3d inst. at Jennings, Kent, in the 75th year " IV Lady Twisden, widow of the ate Sir Roger Twisde n ' :1 51 of Bradbourne-park, in the same county, leaviof daughter, married to Thomas Law Hodges, Est], 1%13 . ll ig On the 2d inst. Thomas Jones, Esq., of the Grove , , o.sfqtuhaereilohni ]lion. William isleanitiihnl,:pe, ,o , aged 56. On the 30th ult. Sarah, the wife of Sir. W. B. S--keen, It Wallingford. On the Ist inst. at Pitchcombe, Gloucestershirel,esro year of his age, Edward Stewart, Esq., late of 1) 11 ' 4 4 James's. n i Cr‘ On the 31st ult. at Kingslaud, Mr. John Ray, —0, aged •st, 50. e 2d inst. at Loughborough-ro a d, North pri .„e _.........:,,,. Hawdon, wife of Christoph e r H aw d on , E sq ., solicit" - ~/t " PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MU R D O youl' ia ' SUN OFFICE, 112, STRANP, LONDOSt T %! YoL arra n , uns