The Sun. — London, England, 1833-04-08 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE =PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Currency Club politicians, by an extra ordinary hallucination of mind, seem to think that they have established sufficient grounds for depreciating the currency. by a renewed over issue of bank notes, if they can prove that its value has been raised by a restoration of the metallic standard, after having been debased by the Restriction Act. In employing this argu ment they forget two things, which entirely de cide the question. In the first place, they for get that our ancient standard teas the precious metals—that bank notes were only so many pro mises to pay a certain quantity of these metals in the King's coin upon demand—that the Bank Restriction Act of 1797, which was the great original innovation on our currency, was never intended to be permanent, and that the public were repeatedly warned of its repeal by succes sive legislative motions, a nd by two solemn in vestigations. In the second place, they seem to leave entirely out of view that we have already lived thirteen or fourteen years under our restored standard—that all contracts and pecuniary engagements between man and man have adjusted themselves to this new state of the circulation, and that a fresh change from a metallic to a depreciated currency could not possibly effect a compensation between ancient debtors and creditors,—who no longer exist in the same relations to each other,—but would lead to an entirely new derangement of all our money transactions and obligations. It might have been politic in 1819 to have arrested the proposed alteration ; it might have been politic at that time to have changed our standard, or to have reduced the quantity of metal in our coin, so as to suit the acknowledged deprecia tion caused by the iniquitous Restriction Act. Of that we shall say nothing at present, though, with all its hazards, perhaps the best system was to be found in a simple restoration of the standard ; but though we were disposed to admit the principles of the currency people in their full extent, as applied to that time, they can establish no reason for another change in the present. The national creditor, it is true, now receives his dividend in a currency more va luable than that of 1819; but he may have bought the stock which he now possesses with good hard cash, or its equivalent, and may -not be the same person who appeared on the Bank-books some dozen of years ago. Most other pecuniary contracts, engagements, or obligation, have been since changed, either in their conditions, or in the relations of the inte rested parties to each other, so that probably few debtors who were injured by the rise in the value of money in 1819 would be indemnified by the proposed depreciation of 1833. Even ifthe na tional creditors had continued identically the same body, a large portion of them would have suf fered more from the reduction of the interest on their stock from 5 to 3* per cent. than they could have gained by the additional value of the pound sterling, by the restoration of the standard. In admitting that Mr. Attwood and his "school of prophets," in vague terms, predicted national distress from a return to the metallic standard, which we had deserted front 1797, at every time that such a return was seriously proposed or contemplated, we are not awarding any praise which the supporters of a sound currency need envy or refuse. No intelligent man who de manded the security of the ancient coin of the realm denied that a return to the use of gold, which excessive paper issues had entirely dis placed, would be attended with financial diffi culty, and must lead to commercial em barrassment. The question was ' never one of fact, but of degree ; and while we can now laugh at the denunciations of " re volution, anarchy, and death," which we lately quoted from Mr. Attwood's " lamentations, " we are equally free to confess that the wisest men, both in this country and in the United States of America, made too small an allow. ance for tte effect of the change from a currency nearly altogether of paper to a mixed circulation, which at ledst required a third, if not a half, of its amount in the precious metals. By excessive issues in both countries the value of the whole currency, including not only paper but the pre cious metals themselves as part of the circulation, was deteriorated, and therefore the amount of this deterioration could not be measured by the relative distance between gold and paper, its component parts. The following excellent ob. servations of an official report on Bank affairs, made to the American Congress in 1830, will sufficiently explain and support our view : " No proposition is better established than that the value of money, whether it consists of specie or paper, is depreciated in exact proportion to the increase of its quan tity in any given state of the demand for it. If, for ex ample, the banks in 1816 doubled the quantity of the circulating medium by their excessive issues, they pro duced a general degradation of the entire mass of the currency, including gold and silver, proportioned to the redundancy of the issues, and wholly independent of the relative depreciation of bank paper at different places, as compared with specie. The nominal money price of every article was of course 100 per cent. hither than it would have been, but for the duplication of the quantity of the circulating medium. Money is nothing more nor less than the measure by which the relative value of all articles of merchandise is ascertained. If, when the cir culating medium is 50,000,000, an article should cost one dollar, it would certainly cost two if, without any increase of the uses of a circulating medium, its quantity should be iaereaged to 100,000,000. This rise in the price of com modities, or depreciation in the value of money as compared with them, would not be owing to the want of credit in the bank bills, of which the currency happened Lto be composed. It would exist though these bills were of un doubted credit, and convertible into specie at the pleasure of the holder, and would result simply from the redundancy of their quantity." Now, in order to bring back gold, the paper currency was not only diminished below the wants of the country, but a great treasure was collected in the cellars of the Bank, which was withdrawn from the general circulation of the world—and this happened simultaneously with a similar monetary change in the United States. by this new demand for the precious metals their exchangeable value was enhanced among all com mercial nations, whereas our English politicians in 1819 merely calculated on a rise in the value of our currency which would bring it on a par with bullion, then itself reduced in value by the want of our demand. This is a fact which must now be acknowledged both by the friends and the opponents of the measure called Peel's 13111. In this country the difference between paper money and bullion at the enactment of that Bill was only about four per cent. ; it was there fore erroneously argued that the restoration of the metallic standard would only raise the value of our currency, or diminish the rate of our prices by that amount. In America, under their re striction acts (for they had lik ew i se t h e i r re. striction acts), the currency in s ome o f t h e states was at 20 per cent. discount; and, at an average, probably a b ove 10. The res t ora ti on of the standard in both countries produced a much greater effect on the amount of circulation and fill of prices than had been indicated by the previous difference between the value of the bul lion and the value of the paper. In this country, .—thanks to that precipitate, irrational and pas sionate course of proceeding [adopted by fir Bank of England, which diminished the circu lation of paper, and accumulated unnecessarily upwards of 14,000,000/. of specie, or bullion, in their cellars in the course of two or three years (as appears by the examinations before the Committee on the Bank Charter), —prices were depressed, or the currency was raised, in 1822, not only 4 per cent., but 25 per cent.; and in America, from the same cause, the amount of currency with which the country was supplied under the restriction of the different state banks fell from 110,000,000 or 120,000,000 of dollars to 55,000,000 of dol lars, creating a similar commercial embarrass ment and a greater change of prices. In both cases the temporary effect of withdrawing from the rest of the world so much of the pre cious metals as was necessary to supply the currency of two great commercial nations was overlooked, and the insignificant difference be tween their currency and bullion before the new demand occurred was alone attended to. But the results of this monetary revolution are now part of history in both countries ; and instead of warranting new changes, pronounces a solemn warning against all future vacillation. It is not yet proved, as we have before mentioned, that we did wrong in returning to our ancient stan dard in 1819, though the change might have been conducted with more caution, and effected in a more gradual manner ; but it would not only be morally wrong, but monstrously profli gate, with our past experience staring us in the face, to renew the disastrous career of our cur rency revolutions. In the course of 14 years a settlement has been effected by the necessity of circumstances which it would be iniquitous now to disturb, as it is not likely that the same parties—namely, the debtor part of the com munity, who suffered by the rise in the value of our money— would now benefit by the deprecia tion. Let us therefore hope that the currency club gentry will desist from their desperate un dertakings, and allow the King's coin to circu late without obstruction, as in the best days of our history. We conceive the national tran sactions at present as completely accommodated to a metallic standard as if there never had been any departure from our ancient system ; and if such a departure had never taken place, should we not look upon a person who should now propose to revive our industry, or to increase our prosperity, by depreciating our money, as little bettter than a knave or a madman ? Times. It has been often observed, that most of the disputes in the world arise from the want of a proper understanding of terms. This observa tion has been particularly suggested to us by the comments of our contemporary the Standard, on a passage from another contemporary (the Globe). The passage from the Globe is this : " The situation of the Sultan is deplorable in the ex treme, and at this moment the Ottoman empire exhibits one of the most striking proofs ever afforded of t:,e ulti mate of all unprogressive Governments, which never per. ceives the precipice that awaits it until too late; and then, perhaps, only hastens a melancholy catastrophe by It tempting changes all at once which should have been the gradual accomplishment of ages." On this the Standard remarks— " We have a very strong suspicion that the first part of this sentence was written in a perfect forgetfulness that the Turkish Government had been for the best part of half a century the most actively progressive liovernment in the world—that it had changed its discipline, laws, habits, notions, character, and so far advanced in changing its religion, as to have pretty nearly cast off all respect for the ancient faith of Islam ; the truth, indeed, flashes across the writer's mind before the sentence is concluded, and then he is driven to the trite pretence, that if the Turkish was a progressive Government, its progression was so much too late as to do mischief rather than good. " Phis double-barrelled consequence of political pro. gression is extremely convenient for those who would account for the overthrow of all Governments upon one principle. If the fallen Government has been of a conser vative character, then it fell because it was not progres sive ; otherwise, as in the case of Turkey, because its progression was too late. We must, however, submit, with all deference, that all this talk of progressive Go vernments is simple unmeaning cant. We have seen progressive Governments, as those of Joseph in the Nether lands, and Louis XVI. in France, overthrown in a few years—and we have seen them also prosperous, like that of Peter the Great, and that of the United States up to the present time. And we have seen non-progressive Go vernments, such as Austria, for 200 years, and England, during the 18th century, and up to 1812, enjoying per• feet security, and a full share of happiness. Nay, of the stability of which non-progressive Governments admit, Turkey itself may be taken as an example, for doubtless three centuries of undisturbed dominion are a proof of stability not to be shaken by the mere fact that such do minion is not eternal. " Beside the manifest motive which the lovers of change have in amplifying the benefits of progressive Govern ment, there is an obvious delusion in the confusion of cause with effect too tempting not to be taken advantage of by those who find a pleasure in the practice of sophistry. " A change of manners and institutions is the neces sary consequence of any sudden access of prosperity, ;rum whatever cause proceeding; and, on the other hand, an ignorant neglect of the proper guards against 'violent change in the natural effect of a long•continued 'prosperity, and abstinence from innovation ; hence men are taught to believe that prosperity is the consequence, and not the cause of progression —the ruin of governments, the effect of their immutability, not of their supine confi dence. Experience will, however, show that the most durable of all governments is that which, being constantly pressed to innovation, as constantly resists it. Such was the British Government before the unhappy accession of Lord Liverpool—such was the Roman Commonwealth, through its most splendid centuties." The causes of the fall of Turkey are many. In the first place, the IVlahometan population in Europe did not amalgamate with the tributary nations, so that the empire was ill-cemented. Then, during the time that the Christian nations, especially those of the North, were improving rapidly in the arts of war and peace, Turkey remained not only stationary, but absolutely de clined. Russia and Austria were its immediate neighbours, and for more than a century the former has employed her superiority in the arts of war in making conquests from the Sultan, and in creating disaffection throughout all the empire. There is much of accident too in these matters. Peter might have failed in his attempt against the Strelite, and some enterprising Sultan might have conceived the design of introducing the modern improvements in the art of war into Turkey, before his neighbours had availed themselves of their supe,iority to desolate the empire. As it wa, , , the last Sultan was too late. He deprived himself of the Turkish national army, and did not succeed in organizing another before a treacherous enemy, alarmed at the at tempt, fell upon him. Mehemet Ali had no Russia in his neighbourhood to stop him in his career ; and he has been successful in his at tempt to create an army on the most approved European model.—So much with regard to Turkey. As to what is said of progressive and non-progressive Governments, in the first place, our contemporary (the Standard) is out in his facts, if we have any understanding of the meaning of those words. Austria, during the last century, has been one of the most active of all Governments in the way of improvement. The longserie s of reign eign improvements, Maria lleresa was one continued of her son JOS eph was, and that the he greatwish wished d fau t l o t effect too much at once. Any one who reads the instructive work of Count Pietro Verri of the calamities inflicted on Mil an an d the North of Italy in general, by the Spanish sway, will be able to appreciate the benefits derived try the Italians from the sway of Austria. In Hun gary, Gallicia, in Bohemia, in the countries bordering on Turkey, Austria has been con stantly labouring to improve the laws and raise the condition of the people. Religious tolera tion was everywhere introduced, improved codes of law and judicial proceedings framed, the boundary between civil and ecclesiastical autho rity carefully drawn, education extensively dif fused. One of the Austrian Princes (afterwards Emperor)—Leopold —carried the spirit of im provement into Tuscany, and that country still feels the effects of his exertions. Our contem porary has committed the mistake of confounding organical changes with administrative and ju dicial reforms. The Austrians will allow no organical changes, by which the power of the Government may be modified, but it has always been alive to all administrative and judicial reforms. It has generally, however (tho Ugh there are exceptions,when a change was deemed conducive to the strength of the monarchical principle), carefully respected the rights and pri vileges of the various classes of subjects. Neither is it true that England was a non-innovating Go vernment during the last century. During that time Scotland has been subjected to constant changes. At the Union, that country was cut up into feudal jurisdictions, which delivered over the people, bound neck and heel, to their feudal superiors. On the extinction of the last rebel lion, the cause—namely, heritable jurisdictions —was removed, and the people placed imme diately under the Government. The Parliament of Britain, sitting more than one-half of every year, was necessarily innovating in matters of law and administration. Of all countries in Europe, England was that which was constantly experi encing the most rapid changes in its domestic economy. The Parliament had, during a cen tury, materially changed its character, and though the nation was not so unjust as to deny, that with all its imperfections, it had been produc tive of much good, yet a general conviction that certain serious evils could not be remedied with out a material change in the organization of Parliament, at length led to the effort which has been so gloriously successful. But it is ab surd to call England a non-innovating coun try. There is another country in Europe, which, though Christian, might be said to be as hostile to improvement as Turkey—we mean Spain. By refusing to accommodate itself to the demands of the age, it lost its colonies ; and, not withstanding its great natural strength, and the hardy vigour of its brave inhabitants, it cuts a sorry figure among the nations of Europe. Joseph failed in the Netherlands, because he united against himself two powerful bodies—the clergy and the aristocracy. In the hereditary states he had no opposing power to contend with ; in the low countries he had powerful bodies interested in the continuance of abuses. Had some clever Sovereign of Poland two hun dred years ago succeeded in crushing the Polish aristocracy, and in giving unity to the Govern ment, that country might have been now great and powerful. As it was, the attempt to im prove came too late. Russia had in the mean time grown powerful, and, as in the case of Turkey, she determined to seize that country, before any improvements could be effected. Without wasting words about innovation and 1:on-innovation—it is quite clear that a govern ment which does not avail itself of the improve ments of the age, and allows all sorts of vices to pervade the courts of law, and the administra tion, is only accumulating difficulties for suc ceeding governments.—Morning Chronicle. Hopes were entertained that the new powers with which Parliament has armed the Execu tive Government for the repression of crime in Ireland would strike a salutary terror into the minds of the factious and lawless portion of the community, and speedily restore society to a state of comparative security and peace, so that the necessity for the positive application of those un constitutional powers might be averted. We lament to say that the daily accounts which we receive of the conduct of the organized conspira tors against the welfare and safety of society in Ireland are little favourable to this humane, and generous anticipation. There is too much reason, indeed, to fear that impending coercion will not supersede the necessity of that coercion which is immediate, active, and direct. This opinion, which the accounts from Ireland suffi ciently warrant, is confirmed, rather than weak ened by the Ministerial changes which nave re cently taken place in this country. The sub stitution of Sir John Hobhouse for Mr. Stanley, as the individual upon whom the execution of the law is to depend, is not calculated to add any thing to its salutary terrors. The new Irish Secretary has already announced from the hustings his intention to administer the new law in the spirit of conciliation, which all past experience informs us will be to administer it in a spirit of hostility to the Protestants, to regulate whose conduct no new law was required, and of favour and partiality to wards those the repression of whose crimes was the only motive or apology for its enactment. The Whitefeet and their patrons are, we fear, imbued with the conviction that from Sir John Hobhouse they have more to hope than to fear, and that in his hands the coercive measure will be a dormant statute at the least, or that, if called into lively existence at all, it will be employed, not for the, restraint or punishment of the White feet and their patrons, but for the purpose ex clusively of fettering the Protestant and Conser vative party. The appointment of the West minster Baronet as Chief Secretary for Ireland will, we fear, be fatal to that indirect influence which it was hoped the Bill of Coercion would have been found to possess. In the hands of a Minister whose only substantial and effective responsibility is to mobs assembled in front of the hustings at Covent-garden, whose only pe culiarity of character is that of a more eager craving for popularity that his colleagues in office, popularity-hunters though they be, the new powers granted by Parliament may be a subject of dread to the Conservatives of Ireland, but to the associations of Whitefeet and Volunteers, to Captain Rock and Dr. Doyle, those powers must be a theme of derision, if they be not re garded rather as a presage of continued and pro gressive triumph.—Morning Post. CHATHAM.- -Tile Thunder bomb was corn missioned for a surveying vessel en Monday last, by Coin inander RICHARD OWEN ; Lieutenants BIRD, ALLEN, THOMAS, SMITH (D), JAMES, CANNON; Mr. JOHN C. mutt's, purser; EDMUND DUNSTERVILLE, master; and JAMES VVILsON, carpenter, are also appointed to this ship. It is said that the Waterloo, of 120 guns, building here, is to be launched on the 1801 of June next, being the an niversary of the memorable victory after which she is natned. Captain SyMONDS, Surveyor of the Navy, visited Chatham and Sheerness yards on Monday last. The system of watching the dockyards, at present practised, is to be wholly done away; and a corps of police, under similar regulations as the new police of London, is to be established in each dockyard, to whom the charge of watching,. Bte., is to be intrusted, both by day and night. --Kentish Gaz. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Oa Saturday John Henry, a native of India, was brought up on the charge of having attempted to obtain money from Messrs. Coutts and Co. and Messrs. Hammersley and Co., the bankers, by forged checks. The prisoner was taken by John Forrester, after an active search. The LORD MAYOR said, that as other charges might be discovered by publicity, he should remand the prisoner, to obtain further evidence, till Friday. GUILDHALL. On Saturday a young woman, named Jane Cox, was brought before Mr. Alderman WINCHESTER, to account for the possession of a gold wedding-ring. Mr. Hayes, of the firm of Kelday and Hayes, pawnbrokers, Broadway, Blackfriars, said that on Thursday last a boy brought the ring in as a pledge, and his answers were so unsatisfactory when questioned as to how he came by i►, where he lived, &c., that he detained it, and told him to send his mother, by whom he had said he was sent. They watched him in the street and saw him meet the prisoner. After conversing with him she came to the shop anti demanded the restitution of the ring, threatening to break the windows instantly if witness refused to comply. The shopman imme diately recognised her as having within the last few days pawned several wedding-rings, and witness having observed that she passed a bag to the boy be fore she entered the shop, suspected something was amiss, and gave her into custody. He had since ascertained that she had made a sort of trade of cheat ing the pawnbrokers in the following way :—The rings were of good gold, but were purchased by her from Mr. Sirrall, a refiner in Barbican, as old gold, at the market price. She then went about from one end of the town to the other to pledge them; and if the pawnbroker, from being busy or relying on his judgment, guessed at the weight instead of taking the trouble to weigh them, and made a mistake of one or two grains, that mistake gave her a trifling profit on the transaction. He had taken in six of these rings, and weighing them altogether he found she had obtained a profit of ls. 6d. only by these experiments, unless she should sell the duplicates to advantage. He had no charge to make against her now. Mr. Alderman WINCIIESTER admonished and dis. charged her. BOW-STREET. On Saturday Mr. fames Cooper and Mr. William Farnar were charged with having stolen a bill of exchange for 2001. Mr. Cooper, on being called on for an explana tion, stated that this Bill had been accepted by him for the accommodation of Mr. Farnar, and having been subsequently obtained by fraud from that per son, he, under his directions, when it was presented, gave it to him, for the purpose of ascertaining by whom it had been endorsed. Mr. Farnar, in explanation of his part of the busi ness, stated that on the 4th of December last a per son named Horatio Inglis Parnell, who was already indebted to him about 501., came to him in company wish a well-known individual, named Minto Hart, and said that as a return for favours for which he was indebted to him, he then had it in his power to get a bill discounted for him for 2001. within a few hours. In consequence of this representation he drew the bill on his friend Cooper, and having endorsed it, hart picked it up, put it in his pocket., and walked away, saying he would return it or the money within a few hours; from that time to the present, however, he had never seen Hart, but met Parnell, who endeavoured to assist him in the pur suit of Hart, but in vain. Mr. MiNsftuLL, under all the circumstances, did not feel himself justified in entertaining the charge of felony. Mr. Farnar was a respectable man, and would no doubt be forthcoming to answer any pro cess of the law to which he had exposed himself. MARLBOROUGH STREET. On Saturday, after the usual office business was over, an elderly gentleman, who stated his name to be Leveridge, applied to Mr. DYER for a warrant, for the purpose of apprehending the Member for , for attempting to commit a felony. Mr. Leveridge commenced by saying that the ap plication he was about to make was important, in asmuch as it affected the character of a Member of Parliament. Under these circumstances, he should be as delicate as possible in making the charge. He was the holder of a bill of exchange, he was the maker of that bill of exchange, and which b ii con tained the acceptance of a Member of the House of Commons. For the payment of this bill he had made repeated applications to the Hon. Member, who ultimately appointed Wednesday last to see his wife for the purpose of paying the bill. Accord ingly Mrs. Leveridge went to the residence of the Hon. Member, and upon seeing him he said, " Let me see the bill." She replied, " Are you prepared to pay it ?" upon which the Member rejoined, " Let me see the bill first : let me have it, and then I will pay you." Mrs. Leveridge then showed the bill, which was enveloped in a written document relative to the bill, when the Hon. Member sud denly made a snatch at the paper. His wife, how ever, being a remarkably powerful woman, resisted, and succeeded in preventing the M.P. from possess ing himself of the bill. He then made use of very violent language to his wife, and she left the house. He had since been informed by his attorney that the Hon. Member, in endeavouring to steal the bill, had committed a felony. Mr. DYER—Li t he first place, Event you to state the exact nature of the charge. Mr. Leveridge—lt is in endeavouring by force to take away a bona fide bill for 421. from my wife which I hold of the Hon. Member. Mr. DYER—W hat led to the making of thisbill ? Mr. Leveridge—lt was for work and labour done at the commencement of the late general election. I travelled night and day a distance of 140 miles, at the risk of my life, for the purpose of securing the election of the Captain. Mr. DYER—Then, it is for travelling expenses ? Mr. Leveridge—Yes. Mr. DYER—You are applying for a warrant against a Member of Parliament. I want to know who he is, and therefore you must mention his name. Mr. Leveridge—As my application is ex parte, I would rather decline mentioning it at present, but here is the bill. The document was then handed to Mr. Dyer, which was as follows: " £42. " London, January 8, 1833. " Two months after date, pay to my order forty. two pounds, for value received. " SAMUEL LEVERIDGE." T o Elq., M.P." Across the body was written " Accepted," and payable at Messrs. Coutts and Co. Mr. DYER—Your name is Samuel Leveridge, and the acceptor --. Mr. Leveridge--Those are the names. Mr. Fitzpatrick (the chief clerk)—The offence which you charge this gentleman with is attempting to steal this bill from your wife ? Mr. Leveridge— Exactly. The note which you observe is torn, I received a few days bef,re my wife went with the bill, and which was enveloped in it. This note was as follows : " House of Commons, Friday night. Sir,—l have just seen the Member for , who desires me to inform you it is his intention to Inert your demand in a few days, provided he is not annoyed by more letters or visits on the subject. He adds, it would have been arranged ere this but for the persecution he has sus tained from man and woman.—l am, Sir, yours, " THOMAS MATESON. (Received Saturday, March 30.)" Mr. Leveridge—That is only a copy, the original I have sent down to the burgesses of Upon m y going to Coutts's, to present the bill, they laughed, and said there must be some mistake, fur Captain --- had kept no account there for some time. I called a second time, and was satisfied such was the case, for upon Davidson giving up business I have ever since kept my account at Coutts's. Mr. DYER—Are you in any way of business ? Mr. Leveridge—No; I am independent. Mr. DYER—Had you any transactions with this gentleman before? Mr. Leveridge--No; Captain -- was introduced to me by Mr. Duncombe, the late Member for Hertford, and being very well known to the burgesses of —, I went down im mediately. Upon my arrival I convened them to gether, and in 24 hours I obtained 523 signatures, soliciting Captain —to offer himself. I then re turned to London, and waited upon Captain ---, who complied with the requisition. He went down, and was returned. My travelling expenses amounted to 501., but I only received Si. Mr. DYER—Are you an elector? No; but lam very well known to them, otherwise I should not have obtained so many signatures in so short a pe riod. Upon my wife making application for the money in the first instance, the Hon. Member said, " By and by I will pay you." Mr. DYER—You had better let your wife step forward. Mr. Leveridge—She is not present ; I was not aware it would be necessary for her to attend to ob tain the warrant. Mr. DYER—It is very necessary to have her here, for it is impossible for you to state in what manner the attempt was made to obtain the bill, and the actual offence must be stated before any proceedings can be adopted. Mr. Leveridge—She shall certainly attend. The applicant then thanked Mr. DYER, and left the office. This being an ex parte application, we omit the name in the first instance. A poor woman named Barnes, in a state of ex treme agitation and distress, entered the office on Saturday, and addressing Mr. HOSKINS said that she had that morning been deprived of her infant in the following manner : About 11 o'clock she desired her daughter, a girl of 12 years of age, to go on an errand for her, from her house No. 3, Stevens -court, Lisson-grove, to a street a short distance off. She took the child, which was a fine boy of five months old, with her. In New Church-street a respectably-dressed female accosted her, and after bestowing many encomiums on the beauty of the infant, said she would hold it till her return, at the same time giving her a penny and telling her to make haste. The girl un consciously committed her charge to the stranger's care, and proceeded on her errand. She had not been gone more than a few minutes when it suddenly occurred to her that she had acted imprudently, and that all was not right; she accordingly hurried back instantly, and found that the woman and child had disappeared ! The poor creature while making this recital to the magistrate, was labouring under extreme agony of mind, and it was with much difficulty that she could relate the particulars. She further stated, that from inquiries subsequently made in the neighbourhood, a woman respectably attired, about 25 years of age, wearing a straw bonnet, brown cloak, and light brown prunella boots, agreeing in every respect with the gill's description, was seen by two or three persons near the Yorkshire Stingo shortly after the distressing event occurred, the in fant being wrapped round with the cloak it had on when given into the stranger's care, a long white bed-gown, nankeen hat, and a red spotted shawl. Mr. HOSKINS in the kindest manner endeavoured to soothe the half-distracted mother's feelings, hu manely assuring her that she should have every assistance which the officers connected with the establishment could afford, and directed that bills should be printed without loss of time and circulated throughout the metropolis. The poor creature thanked the magistrate and retired, bathed in tears. HATTON-GARDEN. Robert Baker, butler to Mr. Wilbraham, the bar rister, of Torrington-square, W. Gosford, and John Brereton, were brought from St. Giles's station house on Saturday. On Good Friday morning, Mr. Wilbraham and family proceeded to the country, leaving Baker at home. Preparations were then made for a grand rout below stairs, and in the evening a large party assembled. It consisted of Baker, the butler; Mr. Gosford, a singer; and Mr. Brereton, a theatrical gentleman, connected with Drury-lane theatre; the Misses servants to a next-door neighbour; and several other persons of distinction. The tea and the wine were introduced ; and card-playing, which was only interrupted occasionally by songs, duets, and glees, was kept up until about 10 o'clock, when the butler, at the particular request of one of the ladies, proposed finishing the evening with a little gin, and he offered to go and fetch it. On his return he went below-stairs, and while serving out the inspiring beverage, the ladies and gentlemen were involved in the greatest confusion by one of them calling out, " Halloo! do you know your back door is open ?—the house is robbed I" The shrieks were alarming, and, on the butler going tip-stairs, he found the plate-chest rifled of its contents, and the apartments stripped of the portable valuables. The prisoner Gosford professed to be much alarmed, and seizing a poker, he threatened to murder any thief who opposed him. Seveial witnesses deposed to seeing three men answering the description of the prisoners lurking about the back part of the premises, and about half past 8 o'clock the prisoner Gosford made an excuse to leave the party, saying that he had made an ap pointment with a female, but he returned in a short time. The three prisoners strenuously asserte d their in nocence. They were remanded, that further in quiries might be made. W 0 R SHIP,,C TREE7'. Samuel Perring, a grey-headed man, was placed at the bar on Saturday, before Mr. BROUGHTON and Mr. STRETFIELD (the resident Magistrate at Hack ney), for final examination, upon charges of fraudu lently obtaining money from licensed victuallers at Hackney. The prisoner was committed for obtaining 10s. each from Mr. Wicks, of the Mermaid, Mr. Lundalls, of the Peacock, and Mr. Fiddes, of the King's Head. MAR YLEB ONE. SINGULAR CASE OF AFFILIATION. John Logan, of Hampstead, appeared before Mr. HOSKINS, at the instance of the overseers of St. Marylebone, upon an order of affiliation. A very pretty girl, about 20, stated that Mr. Logan was the father of twins, one of which she held in her arms. Mr. Logan admitted that such was the fact. The singularity of this affair is that Mr. Logan, who is a married man, was accompanied to the office by his wife and the mother of the twins, each of the fair ladies carrying a twin, and the wife caressing the little innocents, apparently with as much affec tionas though they were her own. Mr. Logan was ordered to give security to the parish for 6s. per week, 3s. for each child, when the parties left the office in perfect harmony. T 0 WN-HALL. THE RIVAL FRIZEURS.—Edward Hewitt, a hair dresser, residing in Vine-yard, Tooley-street, ap peared by summons to answer the complaint of one Simnel Rand, another tonsor, for an assault. The Justice-room was filled with hair-tormentors, who were anxious to hear the issue of the inquiry. Samuel Rand (the complainant) deposed, that be resided close to defendant, and followed a similar occupation for support. On Monday evening last witness was at the sign of the London Ridge taking s e e some refreshment, when the defendant came up to him, seized him by the collar, and then struck him in the face. He had given no prowocation what n doeftd nd verant•— fol lowed fol lowed him m Several friends of both parties now rushed for ward, some to confirm the statement of the com plainant, and others to confute it. The confusion thus crested by their eagerness excited m u ch laugh ter,in which the Alderman joined. Alderman THoRP (to the defendant)—What have you to say to this char ge ? I suppose i t pro ceeds from rivalry in trade ? Defendant—That is partly the cause, your Worship; but, what is worse, th s here Sam Rand, or Randy Sam, makes my home uncomfortable by raising evil rumours about my wife and a customer of mine, named Strange. l i went and demanded satisfaction, which the corn- • plainer refused to give me; and I pu nched when he run away " like a cock that hd,fl3l;l , tail."—(Laughter.) I am sure InY WI SO played me false, and I have brought MY customer to prove it. Mr. Strange stated that reports had been 1 gated by the complainant highly preju dic domestic interests of the defendant, and in ct which reports Rand had been assisted hair-tormentor, known by the name of t he Barber." Mr. Alderman THORP said the case cob- 4. old adage, that " t wo o f a trade can ne ver "j 4 The complainant had brought punishment up the defendant at the Sessions if he self by raising scandalous reports. Ha t e d b e ) (Alderman Thorp) should discharge the vra", tY The complainant and on hestiPtio his party, , I k e o decision, looked extremely foolish, and s" of the o ffi ce. The defendant and his fries De to the Talbot Inn, and there regaled them s :6o o the defendant declaring he would bring an 8 " defamation of karacture. p,e THAMES POLIC.E. AN IRISH TERMAGANT.—Mary 10 "" 1 .0j Irishwoman of m ost v i o l ent t e mper, "., e jog with abusing and v i o l en tl y assaulting Ma jog Robey, a gentleman residing at Bow' he pi soner is well know n a t t hi s o ffice, where 6 " been repeatedly c o n v i c t e d o f a cts of violence; t l one occasion she cut h er mo ther's head ° P e al ° nearly killed her, for which she was sent to:Del for two months. H er h us b an d, not oh le olisst ' with the temper of his " gentle creature, or her and gone to sea . Th e mome nt she l e . l it at the bar, she b egan , as usua l, to abus er ' gistrates in the most horrible language. ape Mr. Symons, th e Chi e f Cl er k, put the 0 5- , 0 1 9 tion—" What is your nam e ?" Dir il i d re? old bald-pate, why d o y ou as k m y name' - have had it often enough," replied Mary' t i Captain RicHßELL—Don't make so co e woman; answer the question. 4 , 00 Prisoner, putting her arms a-kimbo--tusi answer it, if you can, old Richbell. W hat to that, old chap ? Mr. Robey stat e d th at h e was proceediag t t bum Ratcliff-highway, w h en t h e p r isoner filber t ' and assailed him with the vilest abuse. 0 bt , hausted the vocabulary of Billingsgate lc, V I caused a mob to assemble, and followed Ahltd door to door. He was at length comPel l ea her in charge to the police, when she aP r ";`) do; the officer, and knocked him (complaint - f t' re ) by a violent blow on the head --he "- stunned by the blow. Or Prisoner—Wh a t ma k es you keep -- Sek 116' you big barge? A likely story, a little man like me should knock you down., bee , Mr. BALLANTINE inq u i re d o f Mr. Roo; had incurred th e p r i soner ' s di s pl e asure?d h be: Mr. Robey said, s he a n d h er mother "len' his tenants, and h e was obliged to eject t" disorderly b e havio ur f ro m one of his hou ees ,,l6o Prisoner—Nice places th e y are , you g r f , e- . 0 ? guard: are they big e no u g h t o sw ing a ca" ink The policeman was about to relate sono bio of Mary Wood, when she aimed a blow, which was p arr i e d. Sh e t h en exclaime d ' v ugly varmint, y ou k now no thi ng o f me. lr :d Tnekt o him policeman long to that b eaut if u l M r . P ee l' s force , luc said that Mary Wood co uld and it was as much as half a d , zen of then' to convey her to the station-house. 0 Prisoner—Mo re s h ame f or you to say e ; Ip big blue-coated varmi n t, y ou -- head auto breaking rascals. 'Y ou wante d to twist MY d id break it, as one of your respectable WAY fool f ' poor watchman's leg. Shouldn't I been $ let you do it' ‘ind Orl Captain RICHBELL (to the prisoner) -- tti j e l i be punished for thi s . P r i soner —l knout e ll A five pounder yo u 'll g i ve me , and thtt ra can do ; so tip us no more of your Waal"' couple of —. the full penalty of 51. , and, in default, s ent her old qu arters . td The prisoner no sooner h ear d the sentences 11 she called u p on Old Ni c k f or t h e ve ngeanc e ° be I# upon the M ag i strate , an d was remov ed from t O t hitting away ri g h t an d l e f t at t h e policemen. d poi of them got a black e y e , an d ano ther a blo of before she was locked up. r e l e Captain RICH BELL sentence d e II t he prisoner COUNTRY CORN MARKET DURING LAST WEEK. ............1 .- :) , „ °. / I Wheat. Barley. Oat s. 0 s• ' .1, 8. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to S. S. 40 ...... y Car1i51e—...,........,....... 58 —'j 27 18 D o Hexham....... w . 48 60 26 29 16 20 , , 0 Morpeth ................... 43 52 26 28 17 ';'/ "*". 0 SheffieldPenrith .... w w ... _.— 60 57 _.— 30 26 ..... 1 4 9 :;:k ,1 Winchester 52 59 21 26 2 2 "il '‘o ll ' ' 0 0 1 Per Bushel. s.d. s. d. s. il. s.d. s. a. Si 5 6 1., Carmarthen...,...... 56 60 ,28 29 12 4" 0 30 f: Coventry 70 901 4 8 54 3 6 ,, 5 5 i 6 , 1 Newcastle (Staff.) 8 0 86' 5 6 59 2 AOA 0 0: Northallerton ......... 7 0 93' 3 6 4 6 3 3 A 0 h o 1 1 Stone—.----.. 84 90 , 53 60 32 ri 0 i 9 Swansea .......—........... 6 8 70 36 39 1 8 - 6 t' Warwick 90 10 046 50 2 2 5 0 0 1 1 ' 1 ' Per 8011. 52 I° JO` Rarnardeastle ......... 11 6 16 6 8 0 8 6 4 8 6 0 9 0 0 • Durham 11 6 14 0 70 80 4 6 Richmond .............. 11 0 16 0 6 6 7 0 4 6 4 6 4 0 0 5t0ckt0n.................... 12 0 13 0 9 6 10 0 4 0 „....,/ Per 8011. - 5 • we 1v V 0 I Barnardeastle..... 11 6 16 6 8 0 8 6 4 ,i. 3. 6 0 0 0 0 p Durham 11 6 14 0 70 80 4 u 6 9 0 0 Richmond ........... 11 0 16 0 6 6 7 0 4 6 4 4 Stockton ............ 12 0 13 0 9 6 10 0 4 0 i SCOTCH MARKETS , y l os ge ol. „„ i Wheat. Barley Oats. 'L...../ 0 0 --..—__ —......• ..— .... 0 / Aberdeen 4O 50 20 24 16 20 ---,, 19 ~. / 8erwick.,....., 32 35 17 19 12 13 ~ t , ' 0 / / Coldstream 36 38 18 19 13 14 l ', 2 6 ~ / Cupar ........, 46 51 24 29 16 20 ~„2 ." 31 ~. / Dundee.-- 50 60 30 33 20 25 „ A ''' 3 0 _ 46 / E1gin........... 40 49 24 26 16 20 Z 2.? ..., 4 1 Inverness....,, 40 46 24 27 16 2 0 c ,.1 9.,, 4 3 1 Kelso 35 41 18 20 12 15 / if } Kirkaldy,..... 40 45 27 39 25 32 )"r, 4. 9. 5 to fr Perth 50 56 23 26 20 22 `Thlle" . BZ?.. The sire of the measure varies througho u- ,.,_n p "I rl EDINBURG CORN -`" , 1 We had a middling supply of aII MARKET. kinds of GI ntoi i gailoi EDINBU, We had a middlii * G r n 0 0 , o f $ e ° oll the sales were heavy. Wheat. 1 Barley. 1 Oats. I 09s Od 1 I' ll 2 191 :I I Tl ------1-41- '.-- - a go- ,153. i ' First 6ss 6d 353 6d 28s Od 3 ' 00 Second - 0,; Third 4Bs Od 26s Od 16s Od 2 ' ,, 8 11 ,/ go f U PRICES OF PROVISIONS , *C* Iv.. v Beef, per lb. ~.. Os. 4d. to Os. 68. Freshßutter,lb•s 00 Pork 05 0 7 Salt Ditto,,,--.-n a n 0 0 10 Ditto, per c*L'll : , 6 P0rk.......................... 0 4 0 6 Eggs, per doz. ‘ 4 6 6 il l'a u l a lo rt w ein cw u t... f ..3B o Lamb, per qr. 5 6 8 0 OatStrawoo .) 5 6 , ( 8 ) 39 0 0 9 Barley Wha rotstoes. 1711 b. 0 4 0 0 Hay,perst...... o v O l i t t to to: g 80 EDINBURGH MEAL The supply of Oatmeal at this and the sale heavy, at last week', Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. First Oatmeal £1 9 0 Second ditto 1 7 0 Barleymeal 1 5 0 Peasemeal 1 3 0 Pot Barley—No. 1, per cwt. 12s L MAIIKST-"'A1411"1014aliF but day's market Was IP s prices. th. IP I Per Stone ot 1%.- .AO I ! Fi rst Oatmeal ......... 0 1 ; S econ d ditto ............ p 1 Barleymeal ............ ." 0 1 4 Peasemea' ................ i.-2d, 145.--zw• L"' - ' We have Aii - ri Solt 7 , GLASGOW had betters uCpOp diesl t N of l% I IrishAl t i C Grain,g. - - k,.. da - v d . nest doing, at full prices. 2641 - I L 0 Ot t / Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. d. Oats, Pe r .... ~..0 British, old 25 oto 31 0 Irish ............ - new 25 0 27 0 British ......•••• ...... w .- 1 ' 0 Or Canada, free 27 0 30 0 Beans, Per '0 1 4 .• .4 Irish English Scottish 1 p er 1 47 Irish .- Barley, 0 27 0 SEcnogtititsshhsco.......tiii..:o.......i.b... l o g , ' , Fo P l e ao a tum s r e ,e , ape, r t 0.... -o -c 220 240 200 220 f t lje t BIRTHS. v . r u s the la" 0 1 1 On the sth inst., at the Deanery, e . the Rev. On the sth the Dea inst.n of , in WeDolls, rset-street, of a son. Portman-square'f R a H u oin g n h st bh F oet r h a 5 s at e mh r xi; sz o ic . l ; e di m n a a uN n ge , hw E t e s ri s q r , o o d s t d r a e u eth the lady 0 MARRIED. . API fl On the '2d inst., at the Reformed Church, in,„ner Tatlock, Esq., of Altona, to Dliss Margacet sow" youngest daughter of Patrick Rolland, Esq., lat e :: farshire, Scotland, 0 „f°' PRINT/ID AND PUBLISHED By MURDO YOUII SUN OFFICE, 119, STRAND, LoNpopr. T O T 1 140 Y al. Year, V ote 0 April a / N ,N I V ft l 4t v *. d ! , r ; 5 0 5 6 1 . 66 L , l! ' s 10v 0; th ' l Yo ?, l itt, / ~~ J~~ farshire, Scotlan . 1 . Ire , DIED. 13 04 '° On the 2d inst., suddenly, at D o wnpatrick , Lee, Esq., of Cottage-great'', Camberwell. ~ ulu nt, j On the sth inst., Sarah, widow of the late , •.' . 013! Nether Wallop. young e° s l 9 On the 2d inst., at Dunmow, Alice Eleanor, c o url , 4 o/ ter of the late Thos. Beaumosit, Esq., of Bucklea'F o rren, On the 4th inst.. in Tavistock-square, Chas. P. „„ o r, v e On the ad inst., at her hou se, Cobourne-street, m" sex, Mrs. Sarah Goddard, aged 87. )le ,. r, - MaY 0 0 On the 6th inst., at Islington, Sarah, relict of • late of Great Ormond-street, aged 79. ' Afiss A Tal' OV e ' On the 28th ult., at Marden, near Devixesl, wa rd, r d, ward, only daughter of the late William rs•alci vssl o l Marden, and grand daughter of the late Philip .A 3, aged 61. On the sth inst. , at Whitehead's-grove, Chelsea' w idow of the late Captain Weidman, R.M. ~,, 1 ,,. 0 ° • tasl T O T 1 rr i for W, V ote a i 14n, T T z.,,„, kis.: k k at 1 4 ' 0 111. Of • "' ; Prot 28 No 7 A~ N,,,, : 1 i ve Joi l t "b , .4 t ,','C (A AI 'be, ty a nd Ne; II Y ti (I N dd)