The Sun. — London, England, 1830-04-29 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The last mail from Ireland brought intelligence for which the public ought not to have been unpre pared—namely, that the Lord Lieutenant, on Sa turday last, signed a proclamation for putting down the political society called the "Friends of Ireland." When first we saw the course pursued by the leaders of this new confederation, it appeared to us impos sible that any sane Government should endure to be so bullied and insulted. Our feeling was, and we declared it, that the club, or league, or whatever name it might exult in, must be effectually " put down." Every undertaking ought to be judged of by the object for which, the circumstances under which, and the manner in which, it is conducted. The machinery of the late Catholic Association was doubtless capable of being applied to purpo s es the most malignant and unprincipled. But the fact is, that its professed object wee, for the time, its real one; and that it was not perverted to any services but that of Catholic emancipation. Though in theory, therefore, it might have been difficult to defend the forbearance shown to an institution ex ercising in the teeth of the executive Government so much of that power and ascendancy which, ge nerally speaking, it is best for the people to leave entire in the constituted authorities of the state, still the case required that some novel mode should he resorted to for bringing out and demonstrating the paramount merits of one great political question, obscured in Ireland through the prejudice of faction, and here through that of tradition and of ignorance. We rejoice, therefore, that the Association remained unmolested until its ends were fulfilled, and its further continuance unnecessary. here, however, has been revived the Association, with its old ap paratus, and all its former capabilities, but with no longer any legitimate purpose to attain. It now both avows and aims at objects, the chief of which Can be reached no otherwise than by hallooing on the easy credulity and quick-roused passions of the Irish multitude—not against the abuses (for such there are) of the church, or against thecontemptuous rapacity of landlords, or the profligate misapplication of public money raised under county assessments, or the jobbing of country Justices, or the packing of juries ; but against all these oppressions, and, be sides, for the overthrow of many wholesome laws, which are falsely designated " oppressions;" and, fist and last, against the connection between Great :Britain and Ireland, of which the Act of Union is at once the symbol and bond ; the friends of Ireland being in this respect established on the same prin ciple,—and disguise it as hypocritically as they please—for the same final result as were the United Irishmen of a well-known era ; destined, likewise, we devoutly hope, to a similar catastrophe, so far as the resemblance may be recognized, in the utter an nihilation by the lawful powers of the empire, which, nevertheless, they will not dare to challenge, as did ther predecessors, to open and definite combat.—lt is needless to do more than glance over the proceed ings of this den of arrogance, turbulence, and malig nity, for any reasonable man to be satisfied that it seeks to put down the salutary influence of the Govern ment now existing, and to exasperate the Irish mob into a spirit of irreconcileable enmity against Eng land. Pretend what they will, the effect of a repeal of the Union would be to put Ireland under the feet of another Catholic Association, nicknamed a " Parliament" and legishtting on no higher views than those suggested by the mortified and vindictive selfishness of one or two notorious desperadoes, grown grey in the toils, the manoeuvres, and rest less appetites of faction. There is no reflecting man, and no respectable party in England or in Ireland, who will not applaud the Lord Lieutenant for grappling, as he has done, with this incendiary and offensive body. A late speech of one of its members, which we read in the course of yesterday in last Monday's Register (we forget the man's name), would, if we had room for it, convince all the Tenders of this journal, that it is not without provo cation we, as friends of the public peace, have ex pressed ourselves so strongly against the club or society in question. We have confidence enough in the firmness of the Duke of Northumberland to be as.ured, that his Grace will execute vigorously what he has wisely threatened ; and we only wish that some plain-spoken Member of the House of Commons may think it worth while, from his place in Parliament, to catechise an individual who " knows all about it," on the subject of the modern United-Irish Club.—Tites. The exhausted Terceira Question was again dis cussed in the House of Commons last night, on the RlO6Oll of Mr. C. Grant, who endeavoured to spew that the course adopted by our Government was the result of a determination to uphold the interests of Don Miguel to the prejudice of the young Princess. How such a charge could be made and insisted on with so much pertinacity is to us incom prehensible. Much declamation has been employed in support of it, but we look in vain for even the shadow of an argument. It is clear that had our Govern ment acted otherwise than they did, the profession of neutrality on the part of England would have been nothing but an empty sound ; for we would ask Mr. Grant and the Hon. Members who support his view of the subject, whether a Neutral Power could con sistently with honour or with the law of nations per mit its ports to be made the nucleus of an hostile expedition against one of the belligerents—for the contemptible subterfuge of embarking troops in one vessel and arms in another N unworthy of serious consideration. If neutrality were the proper policy, it was evidently incumbent on England not to suf fer that neutrality to be violated by fraud or strata gem, and upon this obvious principle the expedition which was equipped in, and set e:ad from, an English port was prevented from landing in Terceira. Th e Debate occupied the House to an unusually late hour ; on a division the numbers were 191 to against Mr. Grant's motion.--, corning Post. Lord Mountcashel's promised Motion on the s' jest .of the Revenues of the Church, includ Englanci as well as Ireland, has produced a gr , semation among the wearers of silk aprons, wigs, and shovel hats. The communication betwt Lambeth and St. James's-square has been obser to have been particularly active since the notice given. The great majority of the Clergy have he of the intended inquiry with apathy, as far as ti own interests are concerned; for a>: nothing can taken from them, so nothing, of any valLle, can given to them, in consequence of the great num —not less than five thousand in this country a —who would be candidates for augmentation. this is no argument against regulating the inco of the Bishops. It is quite monstrous, that a tutors and relations of persons possesing pa; alßutary influence, but :laving themselves person..., np chonis on the public patronage, should actually be in the receipt of more money than the Lord Chancellor, the Chief Justices, and all, the other judges both of equity and common law, merely be —cause they happened to be in orders, and were c.l— have been promoted in consequence of having bccn . the tutors, and two because they were brothers of Peers. A calculation of the incomes, the extent of the estates, the number of the palaces and the means, the patronage enjoyed, possessed, and exer cised by these lucky individuals, would present such a total as would excite no less disgust than asto nishment. Lord Mountcasi;el .should include in his measure a revolution of the Ilwrse, fixing the maximum of epi sco p a l revenue , b eyon d w hi c h th e surplus might be employed in a similar rnannzr to (Well Anne's Bounty. It is true, as already sug gested, ail the poor livings film; require improve ment could not be benetitted ; but much good might thus be accomplished, and a great reandal removed. Take, for instance, the see of London. Dr. Blom, field held a very lucrative living, with an enormous population, together with the see of Chester, for the sake of income ; he then gets London, with at least •22,000/. a-year (as admitted by his own officer, Dr. 4.ushington), and gives up his living; but he should now relinquish 17,0007. a-year; 5,000/. a-year, wit!! hcuses found for him, as in his case, being a suffici e nt income for any Bishop; and thus 170 livings in his diocese alone might receive an increase of 1004 a-year from his superflui►_ies. Such a measure, be sides this immediate good effect, would prevent the hateful sight of Bishops amassing fortunes, and leav ing behind them their half millions, like Jew jobbers, loan contractors, and commercial speculators. The next resolution should be against translations. The hope of getting to a richer see, and the servility that becomes necessary to ensure success, make the Bishops often the most worldly characters in the country. Translations are most injurious in a political point of view; but in a religions one they tend to defeat, in a great measure, the utility of the office altogether. Until they get to that step of the ladder upon which they have fixed their ambition, Bishops consider them selves only as birds of passage, and, consequently, are little acquainted with their Dioceses, and take no pains to know anything of their less fortunate brethren. Translations, however, will be abolished with great reluctance; Ministers find in them an easy anode of keeping between thirty and forty votes, at all times, at their command; and thus the spectacle of Bishops dividing against the Govern ment has rarely been exhibited within the last half century. Bishop Watson, indeed, though a power ful pillar and brilliant ornament of the establish ment, had the temerity to act with independence, and, therefore, was suffered to remain all his life in the wretchedly poor Bishopric of Llandaff, which, in his case, was of course not enriched by great Deaneries, as in the instance of more accommodat ing possessors of ir. Lastly, the Resolution should embrace the episcopal patronage. Some of the sees, certainly, have not enough to reward met it— this might easily be remedied by appropriating the Chancellor's church patronage to the different dio ceses in which it may be situated. How Lord Eldon's patronage, during the quarter of u century he exercised it, was disposed of, is pretty well known—but giving a Chancellor credit for a wish to attend to the claims made upon him as con scientiously as he ought ; it is impossible he can do so, with his multifarious engage ments in his numerous ecclesiastical appoint ments ; therefore, every person who in any way contributes to support the Administration, considers himself entitled to demand for his nominee, who ever he may chance to he, whatever the Chancellor may have to dispose of; and this application, first or last, is always granted. It is probable that no objection would be made by the Chancellor himself to such an alteration, as the present system must be a►ike productive to him of trouble and uneasi ness. It would be difficult, ce►tainly, to devise a mode of preventing Bishops from engrossing their preferments; the choppings, the changes, the bar terings, and the truckings exhibited in some dio ceses, for the purpose of loading their own families (all the members of which, in some instances, are • thrust into the profession of the church for this pur pose) with every dignity and benefice that it is pos sible to pile up, have long shocked those who see in the esta'dishment something to be valued besides • its temporalities. The attempt, however, should be • made, though nothing but a strong measure, per haps, can restrain these abominable practices. The public voice has loudly condemned them in vain— and though general obloquy followed lately a vete ran Relate to his tomb, who had disgraced himself by persisting, through his long life, in this conduct, there are not wanting others, who, arc treading in the same steps, and are grasping at all within their reach—satisfied that the thing will last their time ! Nous verrons.—Morning, Chronicle. The Bishop of London last night adverted to the statement of Mr. Baring on Tuesday night, that some of the Bishops (meaning his Lordship, of London) would, in a short time, have 100,000/, n year. He would state (he said), without fear of contradic tion, that the fixed revenues of the see did not amount to one-fourteenth of the sum stated ; and that, including all the casualties and contingencies which may arise, it never has, in any time, amounted to more than one-seventh. Part of the fixed income was derived from an estate, of which the Bishop of London, in conjunction with certain Trustees, was empowered to grant leases for building, which was what he supposed was meant when it was stated the Bishop's revenue would hereafter be so larg,t ; but the Bishops of London had granted leases of that property for upwards of forty years, and the actual amount of the income at present deriv,d from it was 2,7001. a year. The land did not now let as formerly: there was no pro bability, he believed, of its letting better; and there was no 'probability that, in the next thirty yens, it would yield 1000/. additional." The observation of Mr. Baring could not fairly be construed as applying to the present Bishop of London. his Lordship's statement and Mr. Bar• i n ,' s may, therefore, be both true; for his Lord ship may not receive more than he specifies, and yet there may be a certainty that on the falling in of leases, the income of the Bishops of London may be, in a course of years, 100,000/. The question may be considered with more advantage when the income of the Bishops of London is only one seventh of 100,000/., or than when it amounts to the whole of that sum. It will not, surely, be contended, that any Diocesan should have either the whole or half, or even the third part of such a sum. The Standard of last night observed " the affairs of the Church will (thanks to ten of its Bishops among others) now come frequently and periodically before Parliament, as long as there shall be any Church about whose affairs discussion can arise." The Ca tholic Question was, certainly, of inestimable benefit to the Church in staving off all inquiry into its con dition. What a pity that things had come to that pass that it became a question whether we should or nr,...rve this breastwork of the tiow assertutg Luc. _ oe bad policy in a Churchman to consent to the removal of this bone of contention. The great point is, to grant a little to the Jews by way of encouragement lest they should abandon all hope, leaving a suffici ency of grievances as a fund for a lengthened Par liamentary warfare. Something with good manage ment may be made of the Jews. If the late Arch bishop of Canterbury could only have foreseen the carrying of the Catholic Question, he would have, no doubt, reserved the Unitarians to bear the Jews compny. However the most must be made of what remi;ins. We had almost forgotten that the Dissenters' marri4.ge3 are also a source of irritation which it would he impolitic to part with. The Courier, in combating Mr. Baring, has conceded all that. that Gentleman or any other Member of Par liament contends for. " The Churchmen, having lost a life interest in their trust (says our contem porary), no objection could be made to a modifica tion of the appropriation, or to any other specific agreement, with those who may become the suc cessors of the present, trustees or possessors. The whole mass of the church property belongs ex clusively to the Priesthood, aLd is, according to the constitution and reciprocities of society, as much their own for life as the estates of Devon shire or Northumberland are the private property of those Noblemen." Though it would, no doubt, he a great calamity were we to be deprived of the utility of a Pastor of the Church by the calamity , f his income augmenting to 100,0001., still no one could think of interfering with the individual on whom the calamity had befallen. The appropria tion would be entirely prospective. We are glad to find in the Courier, so promising a vein of liberality is the admission amounts to, that the distribution of Church property may be modified with regard to the succession of incumbents ; for there are advo cates of the church who contend that the church must in all times exhibit the extremes of wealth arid poverty, and that Parliament ought not to interfere , with its distribution, though the revenues of a Bishop should exceed those of the King himself. Before we take leave of the subject we place before our readers the following letter, which throws a valuable light on the statements, on Tuesday night of Dr. Lushington and Sir Robert Inglis, and serves to show the reliance which ought to be placed on testimonies to character, volunteered in the House of Commons : " TO SIR ROBERT INGLIS, BART., M. P. FOR TIIE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. " the Morning Chronicle report of last night's debate, I find the following words attributed to you Ile had known the Bishop of Hereford for twenty-seven years, and he had discharged his duties in an exemplary manner.' Sir, I arrived yesterday from the diocese of Hereford, in which I hold the Rectory of Pembridge, one of the best benefices in it, and I do not hesitate to declare that the Episcopal office in that diocese is, and for a long period has been, lamentably deserted and betrayed ; and that the subordinate functionaries are Er from exerting themselves to repair the dereliction of their chief —the Dean hastening to escape from residence at the earliest, if not earlier than the earliest possible legal moment, and the Archdeacon grievously neglecting the important duty of parochial visitation ; and that in consequence the Church of England in that diocese does not stand, as she ought, nobly erect, but lies in a state of great temporal as well as spiritual dilapidation and disgrace. " I have the honour to he, Sir, " Your very obedient humble servant, " MAURICE JAMES, 13. D. " Hatebett's Hotel, April 28, 1830." Morning Chronicle, The Irish Government have commenced a can nonade frost Dublin Castle upon the Friends of Ireland, and threaten with pains and penalties those who shall dare to speak, or preach, or agitate in that city. We have no objection to this, because it will soon put to the test whether the law of the land or the power of the demagogues is the stronger. The agitators have already gained one signal victory over the Wellington Administration, and it yet remains to be seen whether they shall gain another. The laws and liberties of England were trampled upon by the Catholic Association, and now comes the trying point, namely, have Ministers the power to enforce the existing law, so as to completely sup press the society called the Friends of Ireland ? This cannot be decided immediately ; we must wait the course of events, anti the return of the master spirit of agitation. But while we con gratulate the Protestants of Ireland on some thing like a return to the exercise of lawful autho rity on the part of the Government we cannot commend the reluctant and skulking manner in which it has been put forth. How did it happen that the society was tolerated till it be came necessary for Mr. O'Connell to be in England attending his parliamentary duties ? It is poor gallantry to make an attack upon subordinate and non-commissioned officers. It is paltry revenge to fire the great guns of the Castle upon Mr. Tom Cluney and Mr. John Lawless. The Government knew that Mr. O'Connell, at this moment sitting within twenty hats of Mr. Peel, and opposing the Ministers at Westminster, was the projector of this society, the leader of these malcontents, the framer • of their laws, and the promulgator of their decrees. He was on the spot, the aggressor and the chal lenger ; and yet he was tolerated, he was passed by and allowed to leave Ireland without the slightest intimation being made that his glove, which he had thrown down, his panic glove, his run-on-the-bank glove, would be taken up by the Percy in his ab sence. This shyness, this pacific courage, is not very creditable to the Government. It savours of mean ness, feebleness, and fear.—Morning .Journal. It is only the comparatively very few readers of new-papers who may happen ever to have been in what is called " the strangers' gallery" in the House of Commons, who can form the slightest no:ion of the difficulties which exist in reporting the debates in that House. In the Lords the obstacles are still greater, for there the reporters are compelled to stand in the crowd, often with scarcely room to take notes, or even space to breathe in. Yet, in both cases, the persons in question may be considered as furnishing the future historian with his most im portant materials. We are glad, therefore, to per ceive that an Hon. Member, Col. Sibthorp, has an nounced an intention of bringing before the House of Commons a distinct proposition for the better ac commodation of those who report the proceeding s of Parliament. This, we should think, might be effected in one of two very obvious ways—viz., either by assigning a new and distinct situation in the House, wherever the Speaker might ap point, for the reporters, or by railing off a por tion of the centre of the present gallery for their sole accommodation, with readier means of ingress and egress than now exist. In reference to the latter poiffle we cannot help alluding to the miserable state of access which at present exists to the gallery ; and to the disgraceful, not to say dan gerous, scenes which necessarily take place on di visions of the House, when the gallery is full. W e hear of a Board of Works, and of persons possess. ing great architectural skill, who are well paid for their public services. Is there no surveyor compe tent to render the place of meeting of the great na tional Legislature more convenient to its Members and their constituents than it now is ? If not, we can only say that it is one among many proofs how much real utility gives way to a mere taste for sir ierficial decoration. But recurring to the one and only point to which these observations are directed, ve trust that the House of Commons, on die oc tasion of Colonel Sibthorp's motion, will be found to act in unison with the public feeling and the spirit of the age—that we shall hear no nore of the presence of strangers in the gallery be ing unknown to tile House, or of the publication of its debates, which are daily recognised and referred to by Honourable Members themselves, being a breach of privilege. The time is gone by for any such mode of treating the subject. Half a century of freedom on the one hand, and of connivance at east on the other, cannot now end in a renewal of antiquated and exploded restraints; and these, there 'ore, being done away with, there is but one obvious touree for both Houses of Parliament to pursue, which is to furnish the means of doing that accu rately which it is now admitted cannot be dispensed with, and that in a point where correctness is essen tial alike to the character of the Legislature itself and to the interests of the public.—Morning Herald. The increase of duty on British spirits, or rather the equalization of the duties on British and West India spirits, as proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has given rise, as will be seen by an advertisement in another part of our Paper, to no inconsiderable alarm on the part of the corn-dis tillers. They state, and we think with some justice, that if the duties be equalized, the British distillers will have to fight a hard battle, and in all probability lose it, in endeavourin g to compete with their West India brethren; and that the distillation from corn being trade which necessarily benefits the country, by the consumption of a large portion of its home produce, and the employment of no in considerable number of its population, the two species of spirit ought to be placed under a dis criminating duty, and that duty to be in favour of the British manufacturer. In these sentiments we are frank to own that we very cordially concur. They are, we allow, somewhat adverse to the prin ciples of free trade; but these principles, be it rib served, have never as yet been carried so far in this o as to place the production s , e i t h er o f f ore i gn countries, cutr' ' or of our colonies, on an equality with those of our own ; arid therefore we are inclined to say, in the matter of " rum and whisky, as well as of any " other British spirit," that if there be just ground for a difference of duty, that difference ought to be in favour of the British distiller. At the same time we are apt to think that the fears of being under sold, or driven out of the market, which are enter tained by the British distillers, are, in a great measure, groundless, and that, with proper attention to quality, there is no possibility either of their being much undersold, or if undersold, of rum ac• guit•ing a preference over whisky. lhe taste of the people of this country is not in favour of rum, not withstanding the increase which has taken place in its consumption since the diminution of the duty; while, on the other hand, the supply from the West Indies is necessarily limited. The British distillers have, in fact, nothing to fear. They will be backed by tb►e growers of barley in their opposition to the measure; and there is nobody so likely to carry them through, and Prevent an increase of duty on an article manufactured from their own produce, as they_are.--3Torning Advertiser. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. London, a place where, it appeared, she had no con nexions except this uncle of King-street. Mr. MARRIOTT directed the clerk to give her a Milling, and advised her to go towards Tower-hill or Wapping, and inquire amongst the King-streets in that neighbourhood for her uncle ; and, if she did not find him, recommended her to make the best of her way back again to Aberdeen. GUILDHALL. The driver of the Hammersmith omnibus, No. 5,205, appeared, on summons, yesterday before Mr. Alderman ANSLEY, for leaving his coach in the street unattended, whreby the lives of his Majesty's subjects had been endangered. Mr. Alderman ANSLEY, after lecturing the defe ant on the mischief which might have ensued fr leaving his horses in the care of a person who • not sufficiently attentive, fined him ss. and costs 130 W-STREET. Yesterday Mr. Mallard, a gentleman in the cc mission of the peace for the county of Middles who occasionally assists upon the bench at this other of the police-offices, complained to Sir BIRNIE and Mr. HALLS, of a gross assault committ upon him by police-constable, No. 99, of letter division. Mr. Mallard, about half-past five o'clock on Tr day evening, was proceeding along Museum-ate with his son,when he observed a policeman dragg a female along in a very improper manner. I ceiving that the man was not on duty, as he had band on the cuff of his coat, he (Mr. Mallard) minded him of that circumstance, and told him if he had any charge to make against the woman, he had better take her quietly to the watch-house, adding thar there was no occasion to use her so roughly.— The man was very abusive, and asked him (Mr. Mallard) how he dared to interfere. Not wishing to create a mob in the street, he went away, and in a short time he saw the same policeman in Comp ton-street, St. Giles's. From his manner, there was no doubt but he was in a state of intoxication, and as the woeian whom he had had in custody was no longer with him, it was evident he had taken her without sufficient cause. Wishing, therefore, to ascertain his number, he (Mr. Mallard) crossed the street for the purpose, and found that he belonged to division E., and that his number was 99. He had just time to enter this upon the back of a letter, when the fellow seized him by the collar, exclaim ing, " You old —, you shall not take my number for nothing," and was proceeding to drag him along, when he quietly told him not to take him by the collar, and added, " I am in the commission of the peace, and here is my address." This, however, had no other effect than to draw forth another volley of abuse from the man, who however let go his collar, and griping him tightly by the arm, swore he would bring him directly to the watch house. Finding that the fellow was hurrying him in the direction of Oxford-street, he asked him to what watch-house he meant to convey him. "To Eagle-street watch-house, to he sure," answered the man. He (Mr. M.) then observed, that Eagle-street was in a different direction, but the fellow said, " Never mind, you shall go to the watch-house for inter rupting me in my duty." By this time there were at least 200 persons of the lowest description col lected, amongst whom there was not a respectable individual to whom he (Mr. Mallard) could have appealed. The fellow hurried him along Crown street, until they came close to St. Giles's church— " upon seeing which," good humouredly added Mr. Mallard, " I could not but observe upon the oddity of my situation, having but a few hours before sat as a magistrate in petty session in the vestry-room, and being now dragged like a felon within a short dis tarice of the spot." Feeling desirous to extricate himself with as little delay us possible from a situa tion so extremely annoying and unpleasant, Mr. Mallard again proposed to the policeman to take his card, repeating that he was in the commission of the peace, and would, of course, be forthcoming to meet any charge. The policeman, at length, consented to this arrangement, and Mr. Mallard handing him his card, was glad to escape from the awkward pre dicament in which he had been placed by making a precipitate retreat from the region of St. Giles's, whose mercurial inhabitants appeared to take par ticular delight in witnessing the novel exhibition of a magistrate in the clutches of a constable. Sir RICHARD BritsilE and Mr. HALLS expressed the strongest indignation at the conduct of the po liceman, and advised Mr. Mallard to lose no time iu reporting the matter to the Commissioners of Police. Mr. Mallard replied that he had been to the Com missioners already on the subject, and Colonel Rowan, upon hearing his statement, assured him that no time should be lost in punishing the offender, whose conduct had rendered him wholly unfit for his situation. Colonel Rowan added, that he (Mr. Mallard) should not be troubled any further upon the subject. Mr. Mallard said it was his intention to prosecute the policeman at the Sessions for the assault and false imprisonment. He felt that the public had a right to be protected from a repetition of such out rageous conduct. A young ►nan, the driver of a cabriolet, was brought to the office, charged by Sir R. BIRSIE with having attempted to drive over him. Sir Richard and another gentleman were crossing Catherine-street, when the defendant, without culling out or giving them the least notice, continued to drive at a furious rate, and would have ridden over them bad not the Chief Magistrate seized the bridle of the horse, and thus brought the vehicle to a stand still. The driver immediately began to abuse Sir Richard and his friend, and the former seeing a con stable gave him into custody. He was, however, discharged, having received a suitable admonition to be more circumspect in future. Mrs. R. E., t► benevolent contributor to Sir R. I3irnie's box, has forwarded hur usual quarterly donation of 21. QUEEN-SQUARE. Yesterday a young Scotch girl, about 18 years of a pe, was brought before Mr. MARRIOTT, by a pc:tree constable, from the watch•hou , e, where she had been sheltered for the night. The constable stated that he found the girl on the previous evening wandering about the neighbour hood of Spring-gardens, and on questioning her, he found that she had no money or a home to go to, and had only arrived in London that day. The girl, in reply to some questions put by the Magistrate, stated, in a broad Scotch dialect, that she had travelled from Aberdeen to London to find her uncle. The constable said, that was the same story she olcl him when he first spoke to her ; she then burst into tears. Nlr. MARruorr asked her who her uncle was, and where he lived ?—The girl said her uncle's name was George Middleton, and he was the captain of a West Indianian, and lived in King-street. Mr. AlARtuovr—And what is your name ? Girl —Elizabeth Middleion. Mr. MARRIOTT—And what King-street is it your uncle lives ht ? There are a hundred K:ng-streets in London. The girl said she had no other direction but King-street, London. Mr. MARRIOTT expressed his astonishment that any girl could think of travelling from Aberdeen to dergone will not satisfy me, and unless you guineas into the charity-box of this office, besides apologizing to Mrs. Daniel, I shall wait for the at tendance of another Magistrate, and inflict the highest penalty the law empowers me to do. The defendant said that he should pay the two guineas, and also make the necessary apology to the lady whom he had so grossly insulted. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, APRIL 28. This being the first day of term, the LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat at Westminster-hall, with the accustomed formalities. COURT OF' KING'S BENCH, APRIL 28. The Judges took their seats at half-past one, and were engaged for about two hours in hearing mo tions for new trials in cases from the circuit. They afterwards took motions. GILL AND ANOTHER V. WATERHOUSE AND OTHERS. Mr. DENMAN moved for a rule nisi to set aside the verdict for the plaintiffs in this case, and enter a • nonsuit, or for a new trial. The action was brought against Messrs. Waterhouse and Co., the coach proprietors, for not delivering a parcel containing a quantity of gold watches, sent from Coventry by the London ar►d Liverpool mail, to be delivered to the plaintiffs, Messrs. Gill and Son, watch-dealers and jewellers at Aberdeen. The parcel, it appeared, was lost from the coach somewhere between Co ventry and Liverpool. The cause was tried at the last assizes for Warwick, before the Lord Chief Baron, when the plaintiffs had a verdict for 1461., the value of the watches. The principal ground on which the defendants now sought to set aside the verdict was, that the persons who had sent the par cel from Coventry on the plaintiffs' account had had notice that the defendants had limited their respon sibility, and were not liable for parcels above the value of 51., unless paid for as such at the time of booking. The COURT refused to disturb the verdict, observ ing that the proper question had been left to the Jury. Lord TENTERDEN said that coach-proprietors might prevent the difficulty which so often occurred with respect to notice, by telling each person who brought a parcel of the limit to which their respon sibility was confined. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, APR IL 9-R This being the first day of Easter term, the Judges came down to Westminster-hall in proces sion, and took their seats upon the bench at half past one o'clock. Their Lordships were then occu pied with justification of bail for some time, after which they heard a few other motions. SUPPRESSIONOF THE SOCIETY OF THE FRIENDS OF IRELAND. DUBLIN, APRIL 26.—The following Proclamation was agreed to at a Privy Council held at the Castle on Saturday, and was posted in all parts of the city at a very early hour (five o'clock) this morning. The suppression of this body was quite unexpected ; and it is understood that the measure was adopted in consequence of directions to that effect received from Cie Secretary of tore Home Department. Within the last three weeks the Society had received a large accession of members, and its meetings were beginning to be well attended. In every street there ars groups collected reading the Proclamation, which has created a great sensation. In Stephen-street, particularly, where the Society was held, the Proclamation is very extensively placarded. You will observe that it merely prohibits " adjourned, renewed, or other wise cot&nued meetings," and therefore does not interfere with the right of petition or meetings for charitable purposes. You may rely upon it that we shall have agitation in some other shape : " By the Lord Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland ; " A PROCLAMATION. " NOR,THUDIBERLAND, " \Theresa by an Act passed in the tenth year of his present Majesty's reign, intituled, An Act for the Sup pression of dangerous Associations or Assemblies in Ire land,' a power is vested in the Lord Lieutenant, or ether Chief Governor, or Governors of Ireland, by his or their Proclamation or Order, to prohibit or suppress any Asso• ciation or Assembly, or Meeting of persons in Ireland, which he or they shall deem to be dangerous to the public peace or safety, or inconsistent with the due ad mi nistration of the law, or any adjourned, renewed, or other wise continued Meeting of the same, or of any part thereof, under any name, or pretext, ere device whatsoever; " And whereas it bath been made known to us, that an Association, or Assembly, or Meeting of persons hath been formed and exists in the City of Dublin, under the name of The Society of the Friends of Ireland of lel Religious Persuasions ;' "And whereas we deem the existence of the said Asso ciation, Assembly, or Meeting of persona to be dangerous to the public peace; " We, therefore, the Lord Lieutenant General and Ge neral Governor of Ireland, being resolved to suppress the same, do hereby prohibit the Meeting of sail Association, Assembly, or Body of Persons, and all adjourned, renewed, or otherwise continued Meetings of the same, or any part thereof, under any name, pretext, or device whatsoever ; and being determined and resolved stric►ly to enforce the law and the penalties thereof against all persons offending in the premises, do charge and command all Sheriffs, Mayors, Justices of the Peace, and all other Magistrates, Officers, and others whom it may concern, to be aidiug and assisting in the execution of the law, in preventing the Meeting of said Association, Assembly, or Body of Persons, and in the effectual dispersion and suppression of the same, and in the detection and prosecution of those who, after this notice, shall offend in the respects aforesaid. " Given at his Majesty's Castle of Dublin, this 24th day of April, 1830. " By his Grace's Command, " W. GREGORY. " God save the King." UNION-HALL. Yesterday a young man, fashionably attired, named Michael Pickford, was brought before Mr. HONE, charged with having assaulted a lady, named Daniel, under the following circumstances : The complainant stated, that on the preceding evening, as she was walking along Blackfriars-road, accompanied by her sister, the defendant came up, and rudely caught her by the arm, and commenced talking a great deal of absurd nonsense, and, amongst other things, insisted on seeing them home. Com plainant told him she was a married woman, and in order to get rid of his importunities said, that she expected to meet her husband every moment, adding that should he find a stranger annoying her, he would very probably inflict severe chastisement on him. This caution, however, was of little use, for the defendant insisted on accompanying them, and would have been permitted, had he not declared his determination that the complainant should hold his arm. She peremptorily refused to do so, upon TIM MARKETS. COAL MARK Adair's Beaumont 2B 0 Eleb%urn Main 31 0 Killingworth , 31 6 Liddell's Main— 27 0 Ord's Redhugh --... 26 6 Percy Bensham.- .. 30 0 Peiaw 29 6 Pontop Windsor,, —....,, 25 0 Canfield 30 0 Tanfield 27 6 Townley ~ 27 0 Walls End Brown's —,,,. 30 6 Walls End Boundary 28 0 Ditto Clarke and C 0... 30 0 Walls End Carr and Co. 29 0 Ditto Crainlington 27 0 Ditto Callerton 31 0 Ditto Gosforth —.—.. 33 3 Ditto Heaton . Ships at market, 128 lA—Shit ‘ Di a tt l o la ET.—April 26; V Ditto.Hotspur , 31 0 Ditto Peareth—..—.. 20 , 11,3f i1• Ditto Perkins and 5: - 31 oßiddell's 32 ~z u Ditth Russell's 32 " Walls End Hetton Walls End Larabton....., 36 0 Walls End Lyons 38 3 Walls End Stewart's 311 ‘," Russell's Hetton's W.E. 31 Walls End Tees :3l ' l ,, Cowpeu 20 Hartley .30 ‘' Wall's End Elgin 23 (1 ,, Ellison small 21 (' Hebburn small Old Etlierley sm a ll 10 'u Perkins small— l7 -.0 )5 sold, UN—Unsold, t/34' couN ray CORN MARKETS DURING THE WESg!_ Wheat. _Barley. Oats. Beam: —..--.‘ Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to a. 1. ,I,; Abingd0n................ 55 62 32 38 21 32 6'. Andover----. ,r ., . 55 65 22 34 20 23 Birmingham—. 56 66 32 38 28 30 D' Bridport -----. 56 74 32 39 26 30 5 4 Cirencester --. 48 65 20 37 18 23 t Faringdon-- 54 86 36 40 26 38 .",,, Guildford ............ 48 74 24 35 20 30 6'; Henley 54 83 30 35 20 30 ±",.,,, Hereford —..... 64 84 38 45 36 40 0", Highworth —..... 62 80 32 42 28 34 — 7/, Maidenhead 65 84 29 38 22 30 ;,' Oakingham ........ 56 76 30 36 18 32 — i, t 'leading alisbury------... 56 63 27 37 20 28 —5" outhampton ..... 54 78 37 40 29 32 41 troud 'ewkesbury 65 78 40 42 30 38 44 txbridge ............. 48 71 21 32 19 32 49 Vantage 46 73 20 36 16 28 — r, , Varminster .......... 40 74 21 42 24 30 f Vinclsor-----.... 48 84 26 31 15 28 40 Vorcester---. 60 63 32 36 34 26 — 5 !. ...., CHELTENHAM MA RKET.—April 27. Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Per lb. d. to d. Arheat larley )ats leans 4 9 5 6 Lamb 0 0 'ease 5 0 8 0 Pork 5 6 Hay 3l. 10s. to 31. 15s. per ton. LEWES MARKET.—. White Wheat (t,er quarter) X 3 Red ditto 3 Lpril 27. 12 0 to £3 13 0 302 8 0 601 9 0 301 4 0 10 0 2 2 0 0 0 per thousand. Barley Oats, New Beans Oil Cake, New HULL MARKET.—ApriI 27. We have only a moderate supply of farmers' Wheat to day, but more than equal to the demand ; the trade w 3 ' dull, even for the best samples of both English and fo reign, and last week's rates were with difficulty obtained; lower prices would have been submitted to for inferior qualities bad they come forward, but the business done i n Wheat was to a very limited extent. Barley is in sh° rt supply, and real fine malting parcels must be noted le. t° 2e. per quarter dearer; grinding q ua lity i s a l so i n reque st ' at rather more money. Beans fully maintain their vslo e ' there not being many on sale. More business passing i n Oats, and the trade is rat 4 ,er dearer. Wheat, Old —s. 565. 725. New —s. 50s. 6::‘• Foreign —s. 5 Ls. 725. ln bond... —e. —a. - -4 ' Oats, Poland —s. 20s. 245. Old —s. —s. 2 03 ' Small or Feed.... —s. 12s. 18s -a. ---1. 24a ' -- Foreign —s 20s. 235. —s. —s. ---6 ' Barley, Norf. Sr Sot. ... —a. 30s. 365. Linc. & Wold —a . 28e. '"' ' ' Foreign Beans 345. 365. 40s. Foreign .. —s. 305. 38'. Pease, White —s. 345. 38s. Grey --a. Taros —s 30s. 365. Foreign —e. 265. 303. Rapeseed, in bond none. DUMFRIES MA. a. d. a. d. Wheat, Imp. Bush 7 oto 7 6 Butter, I6oz. 3 0 4 0 Eggs, dozen .... ........ . 4 Oats 29 3 4 Beef, per lb. Flour, 141 b. Oatmeal Potatoes, cwt. 2 0:0 0 . to ° 0 0 .d9 Barley . RKETS.-April 21. IRISH M. DUBLIN MARKET N ,RKETS. 561 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 70 Bete —... 17 stone 163 Barley l6 stone 4,000 Oats 12 stone 15,061 Cwt. Flour—. 9 stone 935 Oatmeal 8 stone Sold to Bakers only. 2,681 Cwt. Flour Average price c Receipts of Flour, 9, Sales of Do. 15, From 25 6 13 0 13 6 11 6 8 0 11 9 DAY, April 23. ' To N. r. 40 0 36 15 0 14 17 0 111 16 0 13 9 23 0 0 17 0 14 1 21 1 % ;mit. to 25c tx._. to 21c oa_ to 13i oa. Wheat p t ani 'L9 Second ' — "fhirda, PRICE OF ] , ••••••••• 9 ,0. I I 15 0 24 0 l Flour 535. 4d. per s from 225. NI. 5, from 14i. Ocl. from Bs. Oil. ;READ. 'alf Quartern Wheat, Barley. Oats. Flour, per cwt. per barrel per barrel per barrel 20 stone. lti stone. 14 stone. lst. 2d. s.d. a s.d. s.d. as.d. d. as. (1. s. (1.11.• A 31 6-33 6 12 0-15 0,14 6--15 o'lB 0-22 0 7 0,...113 21 0-28 0 10 0-12 01 89— 9 4 18 0-21 0 0 0-1 5 I 30 0-35 0 13 0-15 0,12 6-14 0 18 0-24 0 10 0-1 5 " .30 0-33 611 6--14 6110 8-12 020 0-25 012 g 26 0-30 0 12 0-19 0 1 10 0-13 020 6-21 0 0 0-- 0 Quartern Loaf. s.d. a s.d.l Cork —l3l 6-33 6, Limerick i2l 0-28 0 Waterfordi3o 0-35 01 Clomnel 30 0-33 6 Carlow 26 0-30 0 Beef, Mutton, Pork, Butter. per lb. per lb. per cwt. Ist. 2d. 3d. -10. 50 4 —....... d. a d. d. a (I. s. d. as. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s• J. Cork --.. 41-6 4 6 16 0--19 0 0 082 072 06 0 ~u Limerick— 4 —5 4 6 23 0-30 0.99 0 9SI 092 OS6 050 " Waterford 3 —si n - 5i 23 0-25 6;98 0 75 0 65 0 53 0 5 0 ii o Clonmel 2#-4f3 —4l 27 0-22 008 060 054 052 0 -- 'i,' Carlow— I -51;0 - 0 00— 0 0178 074064054 0 -. " KILKENNY.—Butter 66i to 68s. per cwt. ; Wheat 28s. to 3 1s ' per barrel ; Flour 18s. to 365. per bag; Oats 9s. to Ils..per bsr: rel; Barley 10s. to 12s. ; Beef 441. to 5%4. per lb. ; Mutton s° . to 4d. ; Potatoes sd. per stone; Coals Is. 2d. per cwt.; Bscono Pigs 21s. to 265. per cwt. A woman named ELIZABETH WENMAg was brought up to Hatton-garden yesterday morning hi a police constable, to wkom she had the previous night told a rambling story of her having drowned her son, a boY' about eight years old. The Magistrate ordered her to be locked up for the present, and directed the officer to make inquiries upon the subject. EXECUTION AT ROSCONIMON.—On Satur day, the 17th instant, EDWARD MORAN was executed in that town. The life of this unfortunate man was no lees acmarkable for depravity and crime, than his end for igno minions singularity. Our readers will recollect, that on the 17th of December last, the Rev. Mr. DAY, the curate of Roscommon, was fuel at by MoßArr. The unfortunate wretch was found guilty, and sentenced to be executed, and the announcement of the sentence spread general satisfaction through the town. The cause of it was, that MORAN had got five men hanged, and 17 transported, from the gaol Of Longford, who, it is now believed, were entirely innocent. A number of other atrocities were attributed to him, and it was confidently asserted that he intended to implicate the parish priest of Roscommon in the attempt to assassi nate Mr. DAY. The latter story could get no credit, 1 0 the two Rev. Gentlemen alluded to were most intimat e friends. The exploits of the wretch in Longford were such as to render him an object of special protection, and, was allowed to carry fir e -arms f o r hi s sa f e ty. Th e cr owd who witnessed his execution was immense, and could not be restrained by clergymen or police from shouting and yelling when he appeared upon the gallows. lie seemed to be indifferent about his fate until a day or two before his execution, when he confessed the enormity of his guilt and became penitent.--Connaught Journal. BIRTHS. On the 27th inst. in lielgrave-square, Mrs. J. A• Smith, of a son. On the 28th inst. in Devonshire-place, the lady of W Clay, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 27th inst. at Petworth, Richard, only son of R. Hasler, Esq. of Bognor, Sussex, to Julia, daughter of the late Hon. W. Wyndham. On the 28th inst. at St. Margaret's, Westminster, G. Durant Cumming, Esq. of Copthall-court, to Charlotte Henrietta, youngest daughter of the lute F. H. Christian, Esq., of Duke-street, Westminster. On the 12th inst. at the British Minister's at Florence► William, eldest son of thu late J. Perry, E.q., to Geral dine, second daughter of the Hon. Lieutenant-Co!onel De Courcy. On the 15th inst. at Nantes, James Grahame, Esq•, advocate, Edinburgh, to Jane A lelaide, daughter of the Rev. John Wilson, Minister of the Gospel at the Protestant church at Nantes. On the 27th inst. at St. James's, Richard Carpenters Esq., to Mary, eldest daughter of the late J. Grimes, Esq. Naval Officer of his Majesty's Yard, Deal. DIED. On the 19th inst. Hugh, third son of Mr. J. M. French, of the Royal Exchange, aged 10 years and sis months. On the 21 - th inst. at Camberwell, Mary, youngest daughter of the late Captain Henry Geary, of the Royal Artillery. On the 28th inst. Mr. William Aforie,m, of Deptford, aged 67. Last week, in Nottingham-street, Brighton, Ann Martin, aged 102 yearq. 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