The Sun. — London, England, 1830-10-04 00:00:00

Pinto the-Mit dietinhati BritsatelS, Which dilutes any ilishke or contempt of the Belgic people. In. ileed, We linve stOdiously abstained, in speaking of , the disturbed state of the country, from every irria fitting expression or any angry remat k, as regarded, ether side. We certainly .denied thet the Belgians bad any practical grievance which the. King had shown an unwillingness to redress ; and we did this on the hest authority—t hit of the insurgents there selves. The reports of the deputation both from Brussels and Liege, which we re-published only a few days ago, were our evils nee on thia point. As the better class of citizens professed to take op arms in the first instance only to protect themselves front pillage and conflagration by 'suppressing the rioters who had sacked and burnt the houses of a Mi nister and some private individuals, and as they subsequently pretended to retain them only till cer tain grievances were redressed, it was natural to imagine that when the mob had been deposed, anti the Government brought to terms, the armed citi zens would surrender their banners, ribends, and muskets, leave off military manoeuvres, and return to their usual occupations. It was with idea, which all the professions of the Brussels proeisional tattles. titles perpetually held before usa—it was with the conviction that only a small minion of them would commence a civil war without some reasonable' gtound of complaint,—and with the fact staring uts in the face that the insurgent Regency hull resigned, that the committee of public safety had lied, and that no mats of property or influence was willing to accept of any civil or military command in re fisting the. King's power, that we at first Anticipated suc cess to the attack of Prince Frederick. That this wee our course of reasoning, and that we could not mean to depreciate the character of the Belgians, or to deny the fact of their dislike to the' Dutch, is evident from the following passage of our leading article on Thursday se'nnight (Sept. 23), only a few days before the attack was made;-- " If the Government, supported by the opinion of the States•Cleneral, and calculating on the acquiescence of the other Belgic towns, has decided on employing troops to . . restore order in Brussel!' and Liege, the majority of civic gnarls May not be disposed to sanction the extreme de mantis of their more violent: leaders. We say this without meaning any reflection on their bravery or their patriotism. No nation in the world (with the excep tion of the English) have shown a stronger or a longer attachment to liberty than the people of the Nether lands,—lave clung to their ancient rights with more fondest's, or defended their independence with more cou rage. Their generous principles and high-minded con duct illustrate some of the brightest pages of European history. Whether, under their petty yrinees—lo se parate provinces, or united under the House of Burgundy, or subjected to the Spanish monarchy, or again transferred to the head of the German empire, they have never per mittA-d their rulers to invade their rights nr to trample on their franchises. Hence their early civilization and re markable progress in the arts—hence their commercial wealth, and their unexampled agricultural prosperity. But .is might to be recollected, that before time union of the provinces, the northern or Dutch part of them were the rival* of the south; that afterwards the United Provineei w ere t h e tapes ions of the latter ; that the Dutch have shown greater spirit in defending their independence than army part of time lielgie Netherlands ; and that their prekent King, to fir from wishing to enslave them, has done every thing to consolidate their constitutional fr, Mom. Why, then, should nut the 17 provinces remain united under the House of Orange as well as tinder the sceptre of the Dukes of Burgundy, or of the Emperor Cherie* V. ? The Seven United Provinces, so long an important power in the balance of Europe, are not reudered unworthy of the renewed alliance by their greater wealth, or by the two centuries of glory which they bring as a dowry to the new union. The King has agreed to remove the existing causes of annoyance; be has ditunimaed his obnoxious Nis nister; he has done every thing that he could, as the head emf the Executive, end promises to do every thing that he can, as a branch of the Legislature." The ,first time that the people of Bruesels heard that a separation between Belgium mul Holland had suggested itself to their leader , , WA eight days after the original rising, and not till the'depututions had returned from the .Vague with a matisfactory answer from the King. It is, therefore, most probable that the idea did not oceur to the people at home, but watt the inspiretion of the De ['otters, end the ene mies of the Orange family übroad, who had just time to throw in the Nitric of discord, as the peace was on the eve of condemn. It seemed therefore just,'to imagine that the extreme dementia of the self eoestituted authorities in the Town-hall of Brio eels were not petitions of right, for which the people would hazard their lives and . proper, ties. We are quite aware of the unreasoning anti pithy Of the Belgians to the Ilollanders—stroegest; of course, among the lower orders, who ascribed to the Dutch Government the introduction of machinery and the decay of torle,—and wp never could doubt the power of such a feeling any more than the force of gunpowder to produce an explosion should an in , eendiary .11DeeMed In throwing a spark to kindle it ; but the rising of the Belgian people on their Go s vortment, because their King was a semi* Dutch , man, no more proves that they are promoting the cause of liberty, than the blind fury sometimes di- rected against meelmen and corn-dettlers in a time of scarcity proves that the best way of reducing prices and creating plenty is to burn gra:mice antrto throw provisions into the sea. All that con be said of the Belgic revolution, should it succeed to the utmost, is, that its nuthurs have displayed their national anti pithiest et the expence of their national tranquillity; Chet they have released themselves from the best Onvernment of the Continent,---not excepting even that of France,—in the hope of a barren Mertens deuce; and Shut, at a great sacrifice ; of life, and by e great bisect( property, they will be able to get up some puppet, foreign or domestic, for William of Nassau. Ardent lovers of freedom must regret that the storm has thus passed over Ferdinend of Spain, Miguel of Portugal, and other cereinental despots, to fall upon the King of the'Netherlends, ,But thoir day of retribution must come If Olfcb thing s can be done in the green tree, what shall ,be done in the dry ?" We may add the following,extrect of a pri vate letter from•Vilverde, era the 30th, as confirma tory Odle view which we took of the little resist. mice aspecied by the Royal troops, from the popula , don of :Brussels:— " Ag I suppose your *tinsels correspondent is now in full communication with you, I shall of course avoid telh jag thaserne story, which he has no'doubt empty detailed, The astonishing mismanagement of time attack begears de seription. It is even told 118 by an anthority difficult trr stoups, that the soldiers who first entered the town had but six rourmilt of ball cartridge a MM. It appears incredible. In fact,-Priuce 'Proistriek Kerins , to have been smelly sle reived by the iovitations held out to hint (root the ibughers and moderate party."--- Times., • • We gave a large pOrtien of our Saturday's ptipe to the sub jeet of navel puniAment by dogging.' number of letters, which We now insert, rney serve to indicate the feelings of the'poldie with regard to the infiletiort of the Wane VeCiehi of torture by see. tenet of court,mertiel, am midier.r. The ease of poor Edmonson, of the Grenadier Guards, who was .con. demned some time back to receive WO lashes, and who was :not brought itti for that dreadful punit,h ment until he bad ,already undergone three months' confinement in a primer, hat called forth a great deal of indignation. Now, it would be dealing dishonestly wittethis matter, if we did not broadly awe at Once, that Eilmonsoit deserved a most exemplary - and signal' piiniahment. His crime was one which military die ciltilee mid reason itself have always recognized as of thernOt, heinous nature, because the moot fatally, sloop :root to the existence sk uti army,--we mean that of a sentinel sleeping am his post,- SuPh was rite offense of :this unfortunate individual, Every' man who knoive how much may be at stake, should those soldiers who are set to watch over the safety of perhaps orate hundred thousand men so far lose the *eerie of their awful duty as to give wey to drowsiness, hurl ao l et th e . eatee , ho. Nur . prised,- will admit that none but: the severest ChM.. USefrittfit ought to be assigned to sele.i e d e li s so destructive, That the crime now errear n e e i r eer hi time of peace, as turd by cite of out cotreepon dents, is to us of no importance. The }titbit- of discipline must he rigidly maintained i n , peace t i me, or,- when the - War Coors's upon us, it wilt hu too lari to teach it, The objection, then,--the reesortable ohjectioty—. - Which might be urged against the hat!. tion of punishment in this instance, appears to us tO be more applicable to the description of punish. Anent then to any other of its characteristics. If it were proposed that whether in peace or war the„ ilevping sentinel should actually sutler death, there are perhaps few persons capable of reflection, and not of sickly sensibility, who would not accede to an evil so sanedened by. necessity ; but then it must nut he death by torture. The lash fills the mind of an Englishman with abhorrence : that death should follow its infliction would even ren der it somewhat less appalling. The scourge is infamy, as well as cruelty. It sinks into thu soul of a warrior--it breaks down the man— it is extinction of pride, and hope, and honour. The physical agony is but a small part (however dreadful) of what the wretch end►tres. Shoot him, rather: for mercy, shoot him ! The Articles of W►►r declare that sleeping on his post shall subject u sentinel to death. The culprit was, in the case we are now considering, condemned to 500 lashes : the ►eal amount of such a sentence may be inferred from the fact that less than one-third Of the number of lashes—viz., 155—were more than nature could tiupport ; the poor man fainted under it,and was car ried to the hospital to have his black and putrid body revivedfor a repetition of the torture Such things eatmot go on in England : already they have remained too long. The age is against them, and the, state of the world, the frame of society in this land, may he unhinged by their prolongation. Imprisonment, fa tigue, severe superintendence, shame, mortification —a thousand modes of penaby may be substituted for this degrading torment ; but it—the eat-o'-nine tails--:it is easy to see, will soon be dismiised by the Legislat u re.— Times. A press of matter has hitherto prevented -us from. noticing the pi ocectlings of the Murquii of Exeter at Stamford. Our readers will find in another column an extract from the 6tan!ford News, de-, scribing the steps which had been taken against those: who voted for Mr. Teenyson at Stamford; and an extract from the Stamford Mercury respect ing some recent disturbances in that town. The Howie of Commons have always affected great jealousy as to the interference of the Peerri with the freedom of election. Every Session opens with an alluision to this weighty affair, and when a Peer has been so silly as to write unguardedly on the subject of an election, we have beard long debates in the !louse on the violation of their most important pri vileges. Anti yet we have Dukes, MarqUises, and Lords openly itisulting the people of Englund by tilt-fling adrift all their tenants .who would not vote for the candidate whom they pointed out to them, The Marquis of Exeter dares •to turn the third part of the inhabitants of Stamford out of their houses, anti would, if he could, deprive them of bread I The Marquis has committed the mistake of Hying at game a little too high. for him. In the times in which we live, an Aristocrat ought to content himself with petty oppressions. Ile has here, un fortunately for himself, committed himself with a body whose spirit and respectability will enable them to defeat him. One of their first steps-will be to hold a greet Town's Meeting, with a view to petition Parliament, and they will make a beautiful exposure of the management of the Borough. A cotitempa nary (the E,Ontincr), alluding try the notices served by the Duke of Newcastle on all his tenants who voted for Mr. Serjeant Wilde at the late Newark election, observes that " it is not only the duty of society to protect voters against this tyrannical punishment, for the conscientious exercise of their rights, but it is also the duty of society to protect patrons di( mselves against the irritation which can move their natures to such acts of malignity. When, by so simple an expedient as the ballot, provocation can be avoided, why should men of power be depraved by resentment, or those within the range of iniluence be exposed to suffering or ruin for she honest discharge of their ditties to so ciety ?" Most assuredly there is no class of men who are more injured by the proceedings of the Doke of Newcastle, the Marquis of Exeter, Lout .Iluntingtower, and the like, then Borough patrons in general. Can unytWng tend more to fill a na tion with abhorrence of a system than the seeing the population of large toyins involved in ruin, be cause, forsooth, they will not allow themselves to vote for men whom, in their conscience, they be-, lieve improper persons to represent them in Parka- Merit ? Borough patrons are, in general, more pru dent than these Noblemen. But yet their greater prodence ought not to blind us to the fact, the exer ciee of the elective franchise as it is called in Eng.• land, with a few trifling exceptions, is only not a source of misery when these who possess the fran chise are so corrupt and degradettas to vote as their masters tell them, end so insoisible as not to feel uneasy oil account of their prostitution. The educa tion of the people *mid be a source of misery to theM, were it Merely to open theireyes to their de graded condition, without allowing them the hope of being able to rid themselves of this bondage. Events are working for the people. It is impossible, we think, that tie examples of our day should fail to produce an impression on the much-injured and , insulted • people of England. They cannot much longer suffer themselves to live the tools of Borough mongers. The 'Kent herald of Saturday last, in noticing the communication of a correspondent, observes, "We are glad to find, as our corres, pondent assures us, that musty of the- lubeuring classes understand their . political situation; mid are not unobservant of what i s passing in France. Anti yet, at a time when even the lowest are not tinob s servant of what is posing abroad, several of cur Atistocrats'have the effrontery to attempt to perpeS trate, through the means of law, the g rossest in justice; for the law which gives a landlord :power over land and houses,. never contemplated that it part of: the consideration to be given by the tenant should be the voting for such candidates as are ac ceptable to the landlord. The dew knows nothing , Of this work of iniquity ; and When Borough pa , teens are so imprudent as: to show by wholesale notices to particular classes of voters that they con bid'''. themselves intitled to demand votes as part of the considerution for their lands and house*, they have to thank themselves for the consequences to which such an exposure of the great mystery of iniquity must inevitably lead.—.2ll:orning Chronicle. Though it may be looked upon by some, and per hops jolly, as a great compliment to this country, diet when our neiehhours era in difficultiee they uni formly refer to her for refuge and assistance, it would, tieveitheless, be the height of ,folly ,were she to lend herself to matters in which she neither can. nor ought to have any concern, except, perhaps, as 4 Mediator. The truth is, that such applicelions, however, are seldom or ever made bet' from dire necessity, or the mast interested motives; 'and; as is too often - , the case in private life, the hand whiCh is spurned in - the hour of prosperity, is eagerly clutched for its gold when wait or emergency knocks at the door, Great Britain has already paid ,and is still hourly min, dearly . .for the barren' ,honour of having bean ,the banker of so many of the States of tatrope-,-,though banker we should . hardly call her, for that implies a previous deposit, while her office hag been 'to satisfy inordinate de- Mends, which she might have Met by the. finer answer of -,' no effects." But, supposing money is riot now their Suit, what else is it that they require of this Country ? - Is it that we should embroil ourselves, and waste our physical strength, in quarrels not our own ? U.i g ht br wrong, what is it to.u*, e bstrectedly, whether the King of Belgian' agrees or disagrees with his subjects? I...east of all, does it behove a country boasting, and justly boast ing itself the cradle of freedoM, to:expend either its blood or treasure in an attempt to subdue those who are, either really or apparently, struggling for a share io the same blessing ? - But it is said that we are bound by treaty to guarantee to the King of ifolland the integrity of hittdotnittionS, These who urge' this argetnent cautiously keep tiack the terms of the treaty,. because they know full well that it would not bear them out in their. interpretation of it. The -truth is„ that all treaties must have refe lunge to eXtertud, not to internel causes; and if the King of the Netherlands falls out with his subjects, or his subjects with him, what have his allies to do with that, or what claim can it give him to their interference ? Such a prin ciple once admitted would be a guarantee of des potism wherever it preVailed. A Monarch would have only to exact the most unreasonable demands, or impose the bitterest chains upon his subjects, and on their resisting either the one or the other, call in his allies to assist him in his unrighteous purpose. It was upon this mistaken view of a right in nations to interfere with the internal regula tions and dissensions of each other that'Most fo reign wars have arisen. The melancholy. war of the French Revolution had its rise in this mistaken principle; and with such an example before his eyes, and its consequences still weighing us to the (lard), a British Statesman would be worse than in sane who would venture upon another crusade, either on the one hand to crush the rising liberties of any people, or even, on the other, to curb the despotism of their rulers. The whole is hitherto a domestic matter; and as, in private life, however we may dislike our neighbour's mode of going on, yet, as long as he keeps himself to himself, it is no concern of ours ; so, in the case of natiom, they are entitled to settle or unsettle their internal arrange ments without the interference of the Rusy-Bodies and the Marplott of other States.—Morn. Herold. - - - POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Mr. Ticknor, the CoMtnon'Councilutan, Came to the Justice room on Saturday, 'and requested that the Lottu MAYOR would allow him to say a few words in reference to a statement made to his Lord shipon Friday, according to a report in the Tirnes . newspaper, by Mr. Hunt, avowedly for the purpose . of complainin g of the state of Blackftiars-bridge, but really with • the intention making a calumnious attack upon him. Ile did not know what could be the cause of Mr. Hunt's to him at this par - ticular time, unless it arose from his having felt it his duty to exhort the .Common Council to abstain from interfering in any manner . with -the present. revolutionary proceedings on the Continent, while Mr. Hunt had thought proper to adopt a different course on Kennington Common. He could not otherwise account for his raking up an. affair of four years' standing. Had Mr. Hunt acted in the way that all honourable and candid men would have acted, by giVing him an opportunity to appear be fore his Lordship at the same time that he threw. out the . imputation, or bad previously applied to him for au explanation, it would have been but an act of .ordinary courtesy between man and man, but that would not have answered Mr. Hunt's purpose.-- The short explanation of the affair was, that he had purchased some of the old paving stones of Fleet street, which had been sorted out as unfit to be used again, at the price they had been sold at to M'Adam for breaking up, and they had been used in paving the gateway entrance and channels of his tan-yard in Bermondsey, for which he had pitid 321., and which Mr. Hunt would find accounted for at the Sewers' office. He - could not understand why •he should he precluded from doing what - any other man might fairly do, merely because he was one of _ . the CoMmon Council, and he believed that none Lui such a mind as Mr. Hunt's would be capable ni putting a su•picious construction upon such a cir• cu►nstsnce. The Loiw MAYOR said he had mentioned to Mr. Hunt his conviction'that the conduct of Mr. Tickner was. beyond all censure or suspicion. Mr. Tickner put it to his Lordship and to every candid mind whether,'for the paltry consideration of a• feW old paving stones, a man in his station would forfeit a character, both private anti public, us dear to him as his life. The old material, which he had fairly bought and paid for, could be measured and valued as well now as it could have been on the first day it was laid down, and 'he was quite willing to pay for a survey by any respectable man of Mr. Hunt's selection, and if it was found that he bad given one farthing less than the utmost value, he was content to sustain the whole weight of the imputation it was attempted to fix upon him. This thing had not been done in a corner, all the particulars were known to 5 . 0 persons; the old stones in question lay before his own door for three months, and the affair was known to the whole neighbourhood. But Mr. Hunt had insinuated that the circumstance had an odd appear ance, and he (Mr. Tickner) admitted that some people might be fastidious enough to say, that being in a public station, it was imprudent of him to have purchased any of this old material; but he declared that he had no more consciousness at the time of doing any thing urong than he had at that moment of insulting the Lord Mayor in the seat of justice, or of maliciously maligning the , charaeter of his fellow UM, because of a difference of political opinion. The LORD MAYOR listened to this explanationmi, the most profound attention, and assured Mr. Tick uer that he considered no man more entitled to the good'opinion of his fellow-citizens, or less capable of committing any mean or culpable act. Mr. Tickner then, after expressing a hope that his exculpation would be made as p u blic es the charge had been, retired. GUILDHALL A young man, lamed Wharton, whose counte nance bore u strilting,resemblance to some of the portraits of his late Majesty, attended before Sir PETICR LAURIE on Saturday, to obtain a RUOIIIIOII3 against. Mr. Barry, of No, 10, Trinity-square, for assaulting and falsely imprisoning him a few days since, The applicant had complained on a former day against two constables of Blsckfriars, who had acted tinder Mr. Barry's authority, but the sitting Magistrate on that occa►ion refused to interfere._ t` What are you ?" inquired Sir PE'qjt.—The applicant replied, he was then out of employ, but he had been a servant in his late Mujestes household for 15 years. Mr. Stockdule, jun., the son of the noted book. seller, whit accompanied the complainant, volum. leered, to explain the case. He said he had had an interview with Mr. Barry, and learnt from him, that having had his pocket picked in Fleet.street several times, he went out on the day in question for th e purpose of angling for a pickpocket. tie 'fastened a string round his body and to one end of his:hand kerchief, and allowing. the other to hang half-way out of his pocket as a bait, he walked through Fleet street. Ile did not feel or see it touched, but on looking round, be felt satisfied it had been moved, and seeing the complainant pass him with a bad coat on, he suspected him, and followed hiM to the Times newspupemdlice, where he spoke to the, clerk, seized complainant by the collar, and sent for constables. Mr. Barry assisted in searching him, and examining the papers found upon him, and. having converted the 'Ames office into a police! station, by deteining him there three hours, he then refused to give charge of him, so that the ease might be heard , before a Magistrate. Mr. Barry jiistilisd this conduct, saying th, s t h e was sufficiently' acquainted with the law to know that he had done no more than he might legally do, ac t in g fai the be refit of the publicond not for his own interest only. Sir PHTER LAutue asked whether Mr. Barry actually admitted to Mr. Stockdele that :the appli.! cant had done nothing ?—Mr. Stockdule said he did. " Then," said the Alderman, " the l a‘ 'vwill, give you redress, but not through a police magistraie," lie inquired the nature of, the advertisement about x% Stich the applicant went to the Ti mes , ( are ? " We are about to publish a Memoir George/K" replied. Mr. Stockdnle," and- the complainant having' an interest in n, wished to see the ; advertisement." "'Then this. Memoir is of the private life of the late King," said the Alderman. .Applieasst—Yea. Sir Pwrgu---41aving lived fifteen years its his late Majesty's seesice, you consider you have had quite sufficient experience to write his life ? Applicant— It refefrehiefly to my own Cu'(, as connected with his Majesty.. ' I was educated at Paris, at his Ma jesty's expense, for the particular service about his person. " And why were you diachargettfroM this ser vice r continued the Magistr a t e ...." i t re plied the applicant, " a false charge was brought against me to his Majesty by Sir Richard Birnie, for which I commenced an action against him for defa mation, and on the day set down for the trial, Sir Vim. Knighton gave me a situation in the West Indies, as a compensation for abandoning the case." In reply to some further questions, the applicant stated that he was clerk of the kitchen to George IV., and his father was comptroller .of the kitchen. His family had been employed in the Royal Household since the time of George 11. His character had sur— tained injury from the detention and exposure he had suffered through Mr. Barry, and he could prove special damage from it, but he had not the means to go to low. Sir PETER thought Mr. Stockdale would furnish him with the means out of the proceeds of the sale of these interesting memoirs. He repeated it was n case for a civil Court, for he could conceive that a man's character would be injured by detaining him for hours in custody, to be gazed at by the hun dreds who go to so large an establishment as the Times office. If he were on the Jury in such a case, he should be disposed to give damages. But he wished to he understood as merely pointing out in what course redress was obtainable in such wes, and not us advising the complainant to pursue the remedy in the present instance. Sir PETER then called on another case. DQW.STREET. _ Ott Saturday a female of very decent appenmwe, maned :troy Miro - Id, was charged with maliciously stabbing her husband. Mr. Thomas stated that the prisoner, whilst quar relling with her husband at thecorner of Drury-lane, snatched a clasp-knife froM him, which he had open in his hand, and stabbed him in the shoulder. lie Ordered him to be taken to the hospital, where he now lies in some danger. The planner, who told a pitiful tale of the brutal manner in which she and her children had been treated by her husband, was remanded for further examination. Maria Mins, an old woman in the last stage of poverty, was put to the bar on a charge of endea vouring to obtain relief, &c., from Samuel Richard son, one of the overseers of Layton, Essex, by means of a forged regimental pass, which purported that she was the widow of a'soldier. The charge being fully made out, and the prisoner saying nothing in her defence, she was committed to the House of Correction for three months. An individual, whose name did not transpire, ap peared before Mr. HALLS, to ask his advice under the following circumstances t--The preceding day, he stated, he was about to pass through Waterloo toll-gate with his horse and cart, after having paid the toll, when the collector refused to let him pass, as he was walking by the side of the horse, and compelled him to pay a penny. Mr. HALLS told him. the collector was justified in what he had done. If he had been riding in his cart, the case would have been different. WORSHIP.STIIEET. On Saturday a brewer's servant, named Joseph Kendall, was charged before Mr. TwwoßD with embezzling various sums of money which he had received on account of his employer. Mr. Samuel Betteley, a retail brewer, in White Lion street, Spite Wields, stated that the prisoner had been in his employ as foreman about three years; he had lately discovered that the prisoner had been embezzling various sums of money for the last two yeari, to the amount of upwards of 80/., which he had received from different customers, and not ac counted for. From the time he first commenced business he had been robbed of at least 3,000/. by his servants ; he therefore felt obliged to make an example of the prisoner, particuliuly as he (pri soner) had formerly been in business on his own account. Mr. Humphries attended for the prisoner, who was remanded. till 'numbly next. THAMES POLICE. On Saturday Mr. Langham, a respectable solici tor, of Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn, applied to Capt. Itictintim, the sitting Magistrate, for a sum; mous against Captain Joseph Dudman, the comman der of the Inglis East indiaman, to show cause why he refused to pay the wages of the seven seamen of that vessel who were charged, at St. Helena, with mutiny during the homeward-bound voyage, and afterwards transferred to other vessels, brought home heavily ironed to this country, and, after being confined for 72 days, discharged from custody at' this office, in consequence of no one appearing against them. Captain 14curiELL inquired if the men had signed articles and performed the whole voyage, as they; had agreed to do, and whether they .had made a proper application for their wages. Mr. Longhairs explained, that the ship's company of the Inglis bad been paid off at the East India house on Monday last, 30 days after the arrival of the vessel, although it was usual to pay the crews of the East Indiamen within a few days after their arrival in the port of London Several ships of the China fleet' had been paid off before the Inglis, which arrived many days prevloos. The seven men who had been charged with mutiny at ,St. Helena, and the three who had been held .to bail by Mr. had been peremptorily refused payment of their wages ' for which they brig applied to .Capt. Dudman, to Messrs. Borrodaile; the owners, and also to the Emit India-house. There was upwards ofrle/. due to each of the seven men, on behalf of whom he requested a summon'. They. were Suffer ing great distress on account of their hard-earned wages being withheld from them, and were wander ing about the street dependieg on the precarious bounty of others, and ,were unable to procure an- other ship. The 19th of George 111, cup. 58, cm, powered the Magistrates to order the, payment of seitinen'a wages, where the sum claimed was 201. or under, and on this statute he grounded his application. Captain Riclll3lll , l , thought that the seven men were not entitled to their .wages, as they had not completed the voyage for which they had signed articles. Besides he understood that the prosecu against them was not dropped. '• Mr. Langham replied, that the men bad been prevented from fulfilling their contract by the act of their commander, who took them out of the 'vessel and put them ashore at St. Helena. It had been ruled by the Court of King's Bench, that where a •sailor signed articles fora voyage, and was prevented fulfilling his engagement by the - act of the captain in putting him ashore, or leaving him in any foreign port, ho was entitled to the whole of his wages for that voyage, although he had not actually performed it. He only wanted one summons to be granted, the result of which would decide the cases of the other six men. With respect to a prosecution, they were ready to meet any charge that might•be pre ferred, and were quite unconscious of having emu mitted tiny act to be deprived of their wages. Captain Rictinem ordered one of the seamen to be called in, and .lo Steel answered, and deposed, that he bad applied to Captain thulium] for his wages, but was told that he slid not deserve to be paid, and should not have a farthing. His com mander had even refused to pay hhn anti his ship mates up to the time of their being taken ashore at Sr. Helena. He had since applied to Messrs. nor retied°, the owners of the 144, and to the East I n di a Company, but with no better success. They we're reduced to a state of- great distress for want of t heir money, and had suffered great privations. Captain RICIITIELL observed, that the men could only, expect to be paid up to the time they left the ingiis, and were put ashore at St. Helena, as they ha a done no work afterwards, Mr. Lungham said the sailors had made no de mand for wages beyond that time. After some further conversation, Captain BELL Said, that in order to have the case prop erly investigated, he would grant the summons a in n i c f e r l : r t e f a i i tt n n ti n g v i :l i t d t a ' e d m r :,7v4 o t I r. t t i o a n, 7 l . e g o i t ea : a l t l i n e l d s o e n n e i l l i t!e i, li e s t hhreengdeliariemds by t f Awl ) 11 : i l e i h e a theti on e t a o pt m a l a n k: n for a copy of the leers of the Charles Grant another warrants on and g9H, Comp" . ny's ships, detsined the seven men, and brought them over heavily ironed to this country from St. Helena. Captain RICHBELL said, he was not aware that any documents of the kind were in the possession of himself or colleagues. The depositions taken before the Governor of St. Helena had been transmitted with the men, seven of whom bed been brought before him, and discharged in consequence of no prosecutor appearing. Mr. Lanham said, that without a proper war rant and authority from the authorities of St. Helena, the men had been illegally detained, and he wished for a copy of the documents, as ulte rior proceedings would be commenced on behalf of the poor men. Captain Ricitnnt said, the hearing of the sum mons would take place before Mr. Ballantine, to whom the solicitor had better make his application, which Mr. Longhorn promised to do, and then left the office. EXTRAORDINARY INQUEST AT lIAMP- TON. On Saturday an inquesr, under extraordinary cir cumstances, was held at Hampton, before Mr. STIR LING, to inquire into the causeof the death of Frances Clark and her unborn child. The death took place about two months ago, and a considerable degree of excitation has existed in the neighbourhood, owing to a rumour that her death was caused by the unskilful treatment of Mr. BoWen, a medical gentle man, who attended her in her confinement. A 'great number of medical gentlemen attended to give their opinion on the evidence. The Jury being sworn, proceeded to the church yard; the cam bad been removed froM the grave, and was placed on a neighbouring tomb-stone ! round which a sort of tent of canvass, open at the top, was formed. After the Jury had inspected the body, the medical men drew round it, and it was opened for the purpose of enabling them to form an opinion on the subject. Ihe body was not in such a state of decay as had been expected. The first witness examined was Ann Ellam, who stated that she knew Mrs. Clark, who sent for her between five and six on a Sunday evening, near three Months ago. Witness went to her, and at her desire went for Mrs. Chilman, the midwife. Mrs. Clarke had been taken with labour pains about four o'clock that morning; she was very bad indeed ; all that night: her cries and screams .were dreadful ; to wards morning she was very bad, and said she must , die ; witness went to Hampton for Mr. Davies ; he was from home ; Mr. Bowen is Mr. Davies's as sistant, and witness told him in what state Mrs. Cla! Ic was, and he said he would come to her as soon as possible. Mr. Bowen came about half-pait ten, and staid about half an hour; lie came again about nine in the evening ; he had instruments, which he used; about seven, on Tuesday morning, at Mr. Bowen's desire, they sent for a boot-hook, which :he used. with Mrs. Clark ; at a quarter past ten, on Tuesday morning, Mrs. Clark died ; when wit ness asked Mr. Bowen if he thought there was hope of the labour being over, he said " Yes, very soon." Mr. Taylor was sent for, to which Mr. Bowen did not object, but' he refused to write a note for him ; Mr. Bowen was using the instruments at the time : he used them with ve►y great force, so that the perspiration poured off him ; he placed his feet against the bed, and pulled with great force; Mr. Bowen, when asked how it was going on, said that when he wanted skill he would send for it ; and if they could find out any one that could do more than he could, they might send for him ; he afterwards insisted on assistance being sent for. When the book Mr. Bowen was using gave way there was a sound as if a stick had broken, and the child's arm came off. "Mr. Taylor sent an answer that he would come if Mr. `Bowen would only write a note to him. Mr. Bowen was very cross. 1 never received such rough treatment before. Sarah Chilman stated, that she was a midwife, and had brought 4,000 children into the world, and that was more than any one present had done.—(A laugh.)—She attended Mrs. Clark, and sent for a doctor in proper time; she was glad to get her own neck out of the halter. She proposed to Mr. Bowen to send for Mr. Taylor, but he said if Mr. Taylor came he would leave. The deceased wished to have Mr. Taylor, and said he had been with her before, and brought her through it. Mr. George Jewell, surgeon, and teacher of mid wifery, stated that lie was present at the examination of the body that morning; he considered the re moval of the arms, under the circumstances, per fectly justifiable; the instrument called a blunt-hook might have been very proper to apply, and the boot-hook was a good substitute. (Both hooks were produced, and very newly resembled each other.) Assuming the facts to be as stated in evi dence he conceived that the use of instruments was fully justified. Judging from the appearances and the evidence, he should say that the practice of Mr. Bowen was correct. Mr. George Taylor, surgeon, of Kingston, stated that he never saw Mr. Bowen before that (lay. There was not sufficient evidence to warrant the , assertion that the practice of Mr. Bowen in the case was erroneous; unless under very extraordinary circumstances, witness should not have taken off the arms. Sir A. Halliday, of Hampton Court, physician to their Majesties, stated that he had had a conversa tion with Mr. Bowen on the subject in consequence of the reports he had heard ; and Mr. Bowen had fully satistied,hiin that he was not to blame. One of the medical gentlemen prevent inquired if the Jury desired further evidence? To which there was a general reply in the negative. The CottoNitu called the attention of the. Jury to the evidence given by a professor of the , obstettic art, to the difficulties frequently attending' labour eases; for example, the Princess Cliarlottcof who could command the first advice in the kingdom, fell a victim in such a cart,. The Jury, after consulting for about an hour, re. turned the following vet-diet :--"Died by the vier odor) of God ; and we are, of opinion that the me• dical attendant is not in any respect to blame." INSOLVENT DEBTORS' -- COURT. Joseph Woodrofe, of the parish of St. George in the East, who appeared habited in a pea•green coat, net off with richly gilt buttons of a straw-plat pattern, was opposed on his petition to be dis charged by . a Mr. Wilson, a creditor, in propria personce, whose countenance was a perfect picture . of good humour. On Mr. Wilson's entering the box, the Comm siormt said—Vhat r are you, Mr. WilsOn ? - Mr. .Wilson—l am, Sir, a merchant in the city-; sod a very respectable man in business, too. Mr. Commissioner LAW—State your complaint, Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson---Complaint, Sir I yes, my complaint, Sir, is—this man some tittle back took it house from me—a most capital house, Sir—water always on, and , every other accommoaation—(Laught er )— a t the small reet, including watch-rate,watet-rate,and every other rate, Of 164 ayear. Well, Sir, having occasion to trouble him for my rent, ho wrote me a letter—a very humble letter, indeed—which, Sir, 1 have got here, requesting I woeld,permit him to to aw a y without distraining him, for that he Was going to the next parish, where he expected to coins in for " a good thing." Yes, Sir, these were his very .words.--" a good thing"—(Laughter)—and hers is his letter, dated January, 182.7 Sir, I let him go, and the "goad thing" -he surely got, for, Sir, he holds several livings :-Inspector of Pavements, Street-keeper, Parish Beadle, Overseer, Common Constable, and numerous others—(Laugh ter)--4ceeps a house, Sir, near my own, and quite as good as. my own, where he has published himself " Hairdresser and Perfumer by Profession I" — (Much laughter.) Mr. Commissioner Law inquired of the insolvent if he held all those lucrative . situations? which he answered in the negative. 'Mr. CommissiOper Law-,-You describe yourself in yotir 'schedule as an inspector of pavements. What do you mean by that ? Insolvent-. 4 am a street-keeper, Sir—(Laughter)—and haie to laPic after the pavements. Mr. Wilson said that the insolvent was the map_ he described himself, • and watt receiving more a 1001. a-year from the parish ; yet, continued Wilson, be ,won't pay me a small balance of sit which he still owes me, but goes into prison, sit keeps a locum tenons in his office until he comes out.—(Laughter.)--He is the proudest man in the parish ; and said, when I called on him lately fur my money, " that I might go and be carsed I he was more independent than I was, and I should soon come to the workhouse, and be under h is contrOul,"' (Laughter.)—ln fact, Sir, as beadle of • thiiiitfill, he wears a livery as splendid as the Lord Mayorso state coachman's, with 'the exception of the cocked hat—(Much laughter)—and he struts by my dopri ilimriabing a great cane in.. his hand, with am° determined air, as if he , only wanted the word to knock me down !_(Laughter.) The insolvent denied this, and turning to Mr. Wilson, said, is your name Wilson ?----Yegi my name is Wilson; I never Went by any other.-7° (Laughter.) Mi t solvent--Yes, you not come to me w ith a Miss Houghton, and tel l me she owned t he p roperty, and that you were her solicitor ? Mr. IV"-- I I" i 't"l Miss .Houghlon.—( g Mr. Wilson--That's my wife ! . Insolvent—But you lived with her as IsLlaiu bier.) tslou g I sts 11h ton —(Laughter.) Mr. Wilson—Well ! what of tha t ? I married her, and she is now Mrs. Wilgon. — ( l ' au g hter.)-- Now, Sir, continued Mr. Wilson, a great deal has been said about my wife; but I will la Y" li te" ttle of the insolvent's wife: alto is just live fret inches high, weighs twenty stiie;-(Oteat laughter) —is the biggest woman in the par ish, and twit'sai::.l another within a hundred miles of London." a lli s s u c fn red f rto m rs description, delivered in a moat peculiar totem° , kept the Court in laughter several minutes. Mr. Wilson then applied to the Court to order not consent to, and a sked him if he h ad ' hei T tert of in aecouuts ? He answered that he had not; hot! he wished to become the insolvent's **sire, should.—(Laughter.) ....theuainasuoglhrteourt;s_lilharLlfothr etlgoubreirtwefidotuhlilii . . nitbstoner Law for Ws reac"—(Laugh,rer.) Mr. Commissioner LAIY-•*" Fees! . 00 sothlyeenAtetur arttlesernwdheicalarheedasekn:tillmed!itroAt be mean by fees ? The insolvent exPia'n e "T understood he was entitled to fecal°, his.all4llo in Court. Mr. Commissioner Law 111. 0 1 that the Court allowed no fees,for such her as his; and the Court ended as it beion-;-I°''''"' COUNTRY CORN-MARKETS. .. eso Wheat, thi ts • in Ter Quarter. 315.t0 s. s. to 3 s. 0. to I . TO Carmarthen......; 65 -- 30 a i 52 72 t 3 31 23 60 70 sB 30 ITZ Penrith 71 70 Winchester 48 64 28 37 21 e„ 6 , OH Per Bushel. s. d. a. d. scd. tr. d. "5 641 Coventry 70 90 4 8 ft 4 30 4(' 5 I II Newcastle (Staff:) 0 0 10 9 0 0 00 3 4 0 Northallerton 70 93 38 40 33 4 4 0 Stafford 90943 9 6 2 3 6 ; 10 Swansea 7 6 8 0 4 2 4 8 9 6 30„ 75 IC Warwick 9 0 10 0 4 6 5 0 3 3 4 v Pet- 8011. g 131 liarnardcaatle..... 14 0/ 8 0 8 6 OO 6 6 7 6 tt 0 ) .1 Durham 15 0 189 7 0 90 70 e 0 .„ v 6 111 Richmond 0 59 fi 9 0 9 6 7.0 10 8 0 iv„. 0i 5t0ckt0n.........--. 14 6 1 6 0 9 0 10 0 7 4 . snowtsztm CORN BIAR KET.--0 . 1...! .. .. Oroing WAKEFIELD•CDRN MA. .KT...-Oet. l' iit There was a good supply.. Wheat h ere shill 00, and the millers having p urchased freely hist weekP ° l, bought rather sparingly to-da y; fine 014 Whest tet., supports I ist Friday's, prices, but second i t I secondary and inf 6f l arts are offered upon l ower terms : New 'Wheat L ss. per quarter lo wer, and ordinary and damp o nIP very unsaleable. Good Ne w Oats a scarce sod 311 I! re , dearer, hut middling Old are very doll isle. Barley met! heavy i title, and last Friday's prices are scarcely supporte,,, leancare unaltered in value, but they go off slowly st 11 , advance of last w., week. With .the exception of Tuesilah) which was --;,. t he ..,_ weather has been tolerably fi ne t week, ami the wittort tofthe Altotling Wheat, Ost and Barley, are seim;Pey. au. Wheat. Bed. Norfolk sod Suffnlk.. Ili• r ...Lea. AM Lin. and Cam .. 41g: PA. tO ye- , - , gut '2 Yorkshire ' 555. 57e. to fils. 6 7 4 : -- Whit e ....... ............ ... 58e 60*. lo IS 'l' "a 61s Foreign, Red.....,....."7:5u: iso, ta nts , On! r ,, White ~., . 58 6 , KA 10 KIE l Barley, Norfolk and Sulfa ....."..." - . NU dray ....... . ..... 37 11 - 1 0 ,* 66 . .---- Lincolnshire 554,4 0 - 6 - „,' )r. } X o o r r e k i s g h n i re Hold ........»•...•».• 2 .4. 1. to w 1 7 ,. A " i. " - „ in e t 6 45,, . Beans, ........" ...... . . ".... ............... •••••••••••••• Small 4oe. to 4 3 2; " 6 „, e n. y. Oats, Potato. ............... .. ..... .......... Poland --e. We. to P. ni ' i n - i . _ bleating and Small .............. 04. 122 a• t° '' ..a. - St‘' la. bleating I3d. to 15V. p c ,s; Loid. Shelling malt. ""*”............... ............ ~ 35A. to 314. t• (w e p ot R.pe5ee .... d .......................... ....... 0,. 381. 0,. aii 0, ro 0, BIRMINOHAM CORN MARKZI.--bed. s. 4 / 0 :0 0 Wheat, per 321 b. .. ...... 0000000 0 Barley, per Imperial quarter .............. ....... 32 0. 0 Ma1t............. . Nate l6 0 s 9 Beans, per hag of 10 score gross 3 3 55 0 Oats, k,er 39)b. Fine flour, per sack of 2901 b. ........ 48 0 Seconds. ............. ........................... . coS' Cu M ,RkET on ewewildodtoa:ne g l ti yl aw a bro,htu e be l so.343,3 7 a c i P a i hrorialiedo l: eidw e: ye;t ie .ipt i assiono: . • ( bat 2r ' L i Jeven 6 e. 3 84 3 ' 015 : 41 . . 4 „ 1 , 0 1,::n ep0 kdve l . ;: n o 0 5 0 8 .."*'' r e* oi, 0 a" ° sold er the ad gr. e. the 00P~ peen i Reef et IU . 31 Lunt). per qr. 0 2 6 plistraw(i- t o e s simple O U which hreee i asiM l A 'ad 4ttrPa g: t Wttrn e e'r t ":". l er 6 2 P'Rad t i C.Y.SI T: O6I I: .IISd.r : ° : Ire: T a il Shrile°llC —!! --It. a a MINING INTEWP3iturstal " -- 04 i c Quantity of carver ore add at Itertrof Avergo Produce. .... ....... Quantity of fine Cower ... ..... R.S ... Amount of Bak, 5t1,755C:26. ...... A cer On o th ol e , 2 1e d t i i n n g e t t . 1—vobb"3.013:areTcte):1:1010: of A da ki as i iek tir the . Fi ß t o i th 1;1 lift c in 1 It. I C'hich"tert Ell-, of a daughter. ti tht t Op the 17th W t . at G an hi _hail 4.1000-'-e' X ol of J. T t ho ue r 2 a d , o f t a i sa v rk par y rig Olt A. V MI: MARRILT. On n retpstreet and Hackney, to Rebecch Fear . a t . of da ir tighter awl Holioway. secondatbdeaa2gahit: of t of jGGet:tavirigessittilerl';:Artidolfg6l"::l7::::' o st. Thankes.street. . Robiaaoo, of 0010er-bolos-A— DIED. .. di. On the 2d inst. at leiteorth, tbe seat of the blo aßLtotreeirad!laulgtehLie:a6dHys.°H4OwEjarisad deljW4iralidetearlis' °all 411 : g reir d 6 aildk d Oa the 2d jot. Alexander Inaet, gicl. , On the 29th ult. at Forty-11114E4dt', Mrs. i . in her alit year. Ou the 27th ult. Mn.o Taylor, of Spital-ssen.4 On the 27th alt. in Oloseester-Rlsar J. m i. "' lat. a Director of the llon.'East 'ant conlonti:orl On the SOth ult. at Chelsea, E. Chalinerti' , Middle l'etnide, *pd 70. Pataxan ASP PUSS4IISID sir IVILIWP ;,, _ - ' DOS SUS Orrics, 112, ItisAlivo:4ooo4 I Wheat Barley Oa . .. I :30w - 5 41 .., !: Aberdeen . 56 64 26 31 25„ 09 it; t° Iterwick.--. 34 ~ 23 24 17 ""' Coldstream 37 50 . 19 23 17 66 , Cu par 60 66 36 3$ 31 , 40 Dundee...—. 60 (4 30 ti 0 0 rw. 19 - Ein het 62 20 25 20 60 0 . Inv lg erneas... 52 56 32 ZI „„r 6 4 tg), Kelso 40 50 21 4 Kirkald 66 76 33 38 0 0 2 60 11 r. Olt Perth * 52 64 22 25 90 tr, The sire of the measure varies •-• . o ,da) EIIINBIII4OII COUN 91A1Uvr, , 0000 We bud a rood supply of air kind/ 01 1. the riete i , _ wit h Pr "