The Sun. — London, England, 1833-10-25 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS The London public, particularly the class of tradesmen and shopkeepers, have of late been violently agitated on the subject of the assessed taxes on houses and windows. We ourselves have expressed our objections to these imposts, and our confidence in the conditional engage ment of the Chancellor of the txchequer, that they are soon to be repealed. We make this avowal, because we think that it gives us a bet ter right to declare our opinion of a kind of " repeaters" to whom we must be 38 decidedly opposed as if we had imagined the house and window duties the: most eligible taxes in the whole budget. We can excuse the associations or meetings to urge on the Government the ne cessity of redeeming its pledge. We can for give some intemperance of language in men who are suffering from fiscal exactions, and we can smile at the conceit of those vain and ignorant spouters who, " when two or three are gathered together" for the redress of grievances, are always sure to be "in the midst of them," to exasperate public dissatisihetion, to display their rhetoric at the expense of their judgment, or to cover their selfishness with the cloak of patriotism. But we have no toleration for deliberate breaches of the law, and cannot grant to any individual, or any set of individuals, the power of repealing taxes at their pleasure. Neither the Associa tion of Marylebone, nor the Association of Westminster, nor all the anti-tax associations in the metropolis put together, with all the patriotic pawnbrokers at their head, have the right of erecting themselves into the British Parliament, and dictating what taxes they shall pay, and from what taxes they shall be exempted. This may appear a useless truism, but it is a truism which seems to be denied by the mischievous and arro gant persons who are endeavouring to obtain a " bad eminence" by putting themselves at the head of the present movement. If they claim the privilege of resisting one tax imposed by the authority of Parliament, they destroy the prin ciple of submission to the law, on which every other impost is levied. If they can repeal the house duty by merely refusing to pay it, what is to hinder any other person, or class of persons, from repealing, by a similar process, all the other direct taxes of the State ? But it is super fluous to argue further against the admission of a principle which would conduce directly to the justification of every breach of the law, and lead us, through disobedience to Govern ment on a question of finance, to all the hor rors of civil anarchy. In the proceedings of yesterday, which are recorded in another co lumn, we see the fruits of the disorganizing doctrines lately preached at the anti-tax asso ciations, and an additional reason for activity and firmness on the part of the Government to enforce the execution of the law. Warrants, it would appears, had been issued, after long for bearance, to levy on the goods of certain indi viduals for arrears of assessed taxes. These warrants were directed against the individuals in question, not only because they were the greatest defaulters, but because they had rendered them selves conspicuous in meetings formed for en couraging resistance to taxation. The sheriffs' officers proceeded to execute two of these war rants. In the first case no opposition was shown, and the goods were carried off; but in the scond instance, that of Savage, of Mary lebone, who has been figuring in the anti-tax associations, the goods, after having been car ried off without resistance, were seized by the populace, the waggon in which they were placed was conducted back in triumph to the house of the defaulter, and the property was replaced on his premises. The officer, having reported this illegal proceeding at the Home-office, was directed to return, to obtain the assist. ante of a sufficient police force, and to recover possession of the property. These orders he promptly obeyed, but before he returned the goods had been carried from the premises, and no property was to be found. As more war rants remain to be executed, we trust that a more imposing force will be collected, and that no violations of the law will be permitted. The Sheriff ought, in concert with the Commis sioners of Police, to make such preparations and arrangements as, with the concurrence and countenance of all good and orderly citizens, shall be found to be irresistible. If the question was at all doubtful, humane persons might be disposed to give the defaulters, who excite these disturbances, the benefit of the doubt, and to petition for lenient treatment. If they were unable to pay their taxes, and appealed to the mercy of the collectors or commissioners, we should be the last to advise or sanction dis- traint. But the necessity of submitting to the statute which imposes these duties is no more a subject of doubt than obedience to any other law of the land, enacted by recent Parliaments, or enforced since the days of King Alfred. Nor do the parties distrained upon claim our pity for their hard fate, and supplicate exemption from payment as a relief. Some of them are wealthy, and none of them pretend to poverty ; they are defaulters in the tax books that they may become tax repealers in the eyes of their flatterers ;—they refuse to pay, not from poverty, but from contumacy ;—they plead no inability to fulfil the law, but boldly set it at defiance ;—they repulse the collector from their door, that they may invite a contest with the sheriffs' officers and the police ; and they take advantage of the popularity of fiscal martyrdom, in order to provoke their fellow citizens to rebellion by improving upon their example. We need not say again that such conduct is not to be tolerated for a day,—that the Government must enforce the laws so long as they are allowed to exist, and that no party or individual should be permitted to triumph in a contest with the legal authorities on a point where no legal doubt can exist. — Timis. An endeavour was yesterday made to put the law in force in Marylebone against some of the individuals in arrear of their assessed taxes, who havelat e ly put t h emse l ves m ost prominentlyforward in the associations to resist the payment of them. Whatever may be thought of the justice of con. tinning these ob nox i ous taxes, i t is quite clear that, so long as they are not repealed, the Go vernment must collect them ; and the question whether they shall be resisted or not, is really I whether there shall or shall not be any Govern ment. If men's inclinations are to be the rule of what shall or shall not be paid, and not the law, there is at once an end of law, and a be ginning of anarchy. The goods of one individual had been taken in execution, and conveyed to the place of reception ; but the Sheriff's officer, who afterwards took the goods of Mr. Savage in execution, did not succeed in carrying them off. In a country like England, in which obe dience to the law is habitual, the qu alifications of diligence, honesty, and sobriety, are all that are usually looked for, in those who are employed to put the law in force. We are not very much surprised, therefore, that the sound of a number of ragged lads roaring at the top of their throats, with a small admixture of men, and, as usual, a tolerably large admixture of women, should have so far frightened the officer, that, instead of re sisting this paltry mob, and summoning the force which he knew to be stationed close at hand for his assistance, if necessary, he at once quailed, and abandoned the van to the mob, which this triumph soon swelled to a considerable multi tude. The van was conducted back to the pre mises of Mr. Savage, who prudently refused to receive his goods again. The van was subse quently demolished by the mob. Mr. Sheriff Harmer, who had not been aware of the intended proceedings, the under-sheriff having alone had the superintendence of the business, made his appearance on the spot on learning that a dis turbance had taken place. The multitude was prevailed on to disperse, and the whole ended without any loss of life or personal injury. The result of this first experiment to give effect to the law will not of course have any influence in deterring the Government from doing their duty. At present we understand the arrears of assessed taxes are remarkably low throughout the country in general ; and even in the metro polis, where so large a proportion of them are payable, the arrear is not greater by seven thou sand pounds now than it ever was at this period of the year. The number of individuals who are holding out must therefore be very in considerable. But were Government to allow themselves to he intimidated, and there were a fair prospect that something might be gained by delay, the number of defaulters would no doubt rapidly increase. There is, therefore, a heavy responsibility on the Govern ment at this time. If, through any relxation of vigour, they were to allow a few individuals to beard them, and thereby to afford a demonstra tion that the law was a dead letter, we should hold them guilty of a most serious dereliction of duty. But we have no doubt they are suffi ciently impressed with the necessity of dis charging their duty with firmness and resolu tion. At present that duty is easy, for hitherto no respectable tradesman has been seduced by the invitations of any cf the associations to allow their goods to be taken in execution. The first campaign in Marylebone has not, to be sure, been so successful as it might have been ; but, thank God, the law of England is not to be in abeyance, because an officer has over-delicate nerves. Matters will be better managed another time. Most persons possessed of property will hesitate before they counte nance an attempt to set at defiance the only security for property.—Morning Chronicle. The pertinacity with which the Whig Journals continue to halloo on Lord Durham in prose cuting the Press manifests beyond every thing else the contempt of principle which is induced by a blind subserviency to party. If Lord Dur ham happened to be a Tory Nobleman, taking legal proceedings against a Whig Paper for a libel, the case would be completely changed. Instead of being described as an injured indivi dual seeking redress in a Court of Justice for an injury which was not otherwise to be re paired, he would be represented as a petulant and vindictive individual, incapable of permitting the glance of public opinion to fall upon his actions, and less anxious to repel an unjust im putation than to gratify the passion of revenge. We, who defend the liberty of the Press upon principle, care not whether they are Whigs or Tories who endeavour to take advantage of the existing law of libel. We say that no man, whatever may be his political creed, is qualified for public life who has not the purity of con science and the moral courage which cm enable him to look with indifference upon calumny and to despise detraction. Let it be recollected that, in the case of Lord Durham, we are speaking of one who has assumed the character of a statesman, and affects the libe- rality of a patriot. If such a man have not the hardihood of virtue that can expect to outlive the assaults of vulgar defamation, he is altogether unfit for public life. " I would not wish to live in that state," said the celebrated Timoleon, " where any man was not at liberty to say of me any thing that he pleased." This was the sentiment of a mind truly heroic, anti supported by its own sense of conscious dignity. The public man who has not a character which can live down detraction should never have emerged from the obscurity of domestic life. He wants the elements of true greatness ; whatever may be the extent of his wealth or the splendour of his titles his mind is cast in a petty and vulgar mould. His character trembles before the rough blast of opinion like the frame of an invalid be fore the north wind. It is not to be supposed that any man of noble and exalted ambition would turn aside from his career of elevated fame to ask a Court of penal law for a certificate of character, which, on the principle of truth being a libel, may be obtained by any person whose misdeeds have put him in a situation to require to be so protected.—Morning Herald. From accounts of an authentic character, received direct from Constantinople, we are enable to state that the answer of the Porte, addressed on the 20th of last September to the Ambassadors of England and France, and in reply to a note of their Excellencies dated the 27tt; of the previous August, in the shape of a protest against the treaty concluded between the Ottoman Government and Russia, is in substance confined to the following points :- 1. That the alliance in question, made for the maintenance of repose, has nothing of an ag gressive character in it, and concerns only the interests of the Porte. 2. That the Porte, being and wishing to be independent, is at liberty to conclude such treaties for its own conservation with such friendly powers as may be expedient, and consequently it is not called upon to justify its conduct. 3. That whilst the Porte thought that this alliance would be applauded by all the powers interested in the maintenance of tran quillity, it has not been a little surprised and pained at the communication of the two ambas sadors. 4. That in order to enable them to judge correctly of the real object of the treaty, and allay their inquietude upon this subject, the Porte considers it its duty, and hastens to com municate to them, in a friendly and confidential manner, a copy of the entire treaty, as well in its ostensible part as the separate article referred to therein, hoping that the contents of this paper, coupled with the verbal explanations afforded to the dragomans of England and France, will efface every erroneous supposition and mi s i nterpretat i on on the part of their Excel lencies, and that, on the contrary , these gen tlemen will b e persuaded that there were no grounds for observations such as those which they addressed to the Reis Effendi in the note in question.—Morning Post. Accounts have been received, by way of France, of the acknowledgment of Donna Maria by the Queen of Spain. This might be ex pected, after the important changes which have 'taken place at a Court where M. de Itayneval and Mr. Villiers have gained the ascendancy. The plea alleged will, doubtless, be the asylum given to the Infante Don Carlos within the Portuguese territory. It is melancholy to re flect that the dissensions of the Royal Family of Spain have come to this pass. We were right in supposing that the Infante had not yet quitted Portugal. From all we can learn he left Abrantes soon after he heard officially of his elder bro ther's death, and proceeded through Castello Branco towards the Spanish frontier facing Coria and Placentia ; but whether with his family or not we are unable to state. It may he presumed that he was accompanied by a small escort. We have not, however, heard of his attempting to raise any men in Portugal, nor has it been possible to discover that he had any immediate connection with the parties who had risen in his favour within the Spanish terri tory. His protracted stay in Portugal, it is well known, had given great umbrage to the Spanish Court, and, accordingly, many applications were made for his re moval, which doubtless placed Don Miguel in a state of the most painful perplexity. The King's position, in common justice it must be acknowledged, was most embarrassing. His Royal relatives visited Portugal with the full permission of Kina Ferdinand, and we recollect to have published at the time the letters which passed between the parties before their departure from Madrid. Orders were afterwards issued for the Infante to proceed to Italy, and it will be recollected that when he refused to embark in a Spanish vessel of war an English one was offered to him. Under these circumstances any requi sition forcibly to expel the Royal fugitive family —the Infante being his uncle, the Infanta his own sister, and the family his nephews and nieces, and endeared to other members of the House of Braganza—produced the most trying dilemma in which Don Miguel could be placed. It is unfortunate, we repeat, that dissensions among persons so nearly allied, and who have severally so much at stake, should have assumed so rankled a character. But when we have offered this explanation we do not mean to say where the blame lies, nor do we wish it to be understood that the position of the Infante Don Carlos is at all agreeable. We do not indeed see how he can penetrate into the Spanish pro vinces. On the side of Badajoz the frontiers are guarded by a strong force under General Rodil, and on the side of Salamanca by General Saarsfield, whilst Morillo covers the whole of Galicia. Every precaution will doubtless have been taken, it being evident that the Queen's party are determined to resort to ex treme measures, and thus far the army and its commanders remain faithful to the ruling power. Of the interior of Spain it is scarcely possible to judge correctly, the accounts are so scanty and conflicting; but we very much apprehend that the prospects of that country are extremely gloomy, and will be so for some time to come. It is evident that a large portion of the inhabi tants arc dissatisfied, and there are too many reasons to fear that a war of principles may ensue. The idea alone is melancholy, after what the Peninsula has suffered so recently from invasions and insurrections ; and we cannot refrain from expressing our opinion that foreign interference, whether open or covert, will aggra vate the crisis. We have always argued that the Portuguese ought to be left to settle their own disputes, and we now say the same of the Spaniards.—Morning Post. _ - LONDON ADJOURNED SESSIONS. FALSE SCALES.—Joseph Sharpe, the keeper of a coalshed in the district of Blackfriars, was indicted for a misdemeanor. Three of the inquest jury of the Ward of Far ringdon Within deposed to the following facts : The inquest went to the premises of the defendant, and on examining the scales on which the coals were weighed found that they were unequal, to the ex tent of 31bs. 5 oz. The defendant, when they were proceeding to examine, put his hand to the left side of the scales, and down dropped a weight of 21bs. 7 oz., evidently suspended from the place in which the coals wet e to be weighed, thus constituting an instrument for plundering the poor. The scales, without such an appendage, were nearly a pound deficient on the side of the coal owner. The de fendant, upon being accused of fraud, declared that it was all a rascally conspiracy against him ; that he defied the inquest, and did not care if it cost hitn 1001. to show that fact. Afterwards he begged and prayed for forgiveness. Mr. ADOLPHUS, for the defendant, asked how much coals were weighed at a time in the scales, and was told 501b5., and that coals were at the time 255. per ton. The RECORDER—Such a deficiency is important to those who cannot afford to buy more than 501bs. of coals. A poor woman, named Langton, had been in the habit of dealing for many years with the defendant for coals, but she never could afford to buy more than seven pounds or fourteen pounds at a time. On a certain day she paid him for fourteen pounds, and on her way home she called in at the house of a Mrs. Weston, another coal-seller, who wondered at the small show of the article; and upon weigh. ing the fourteen pounds, found tnat they were minus five pounds five ounces. Witness took the coals back to the defendant, who declared they were right weight, and put them into his scale again, where they certainly appeared to be an honest bargain. The jury found him Guilty. The RECORDER said he should pay a fine of 201. The defendant could not pay the fine, and was immediately committed to prison. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. CHARGE OF FORGERY.—Yesterday a young man, named George Taylor, was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with having forged a draft for 7001. upon the banking-house of Sir John Lub bock and Co. The prisoner was an out-door clerk in the house. A clerk in the banking-house produced a check upo❑ Drummond and Co., purporting to be the order of C. Fuller and Co. upon that house for the sum of 7001., and made payable to H. C. or bearer. The prisoner had, upon his returning from his out door business, made rather an unintelligible entry of the amount of 7001., and, upon examination, it was found to be irreconcileable with the draft which he subsequently produced upon Drummond and Co. There had been no declaration in his entry as to who had paid the check, and suspicion was excited by the incongruity. Sir John Lubbock was in formed of the circumstance, and questioned the prisoner as to an explanation of the matter. The prisoner was silent. " How long," said Sir John, h av e you been carrying on this ?" The prisoner replied that he had been carrying it on for a con siderable time, arid had spent all the money. The LORD MAYOR supposed the draft would have made the prisoner's balance correct, and asked why it had not been sent to the clearing-house, ac cording to the usual arrangement? The witness said the draft was upon a `Vest-end branch of the town-house, and the banking-houses so situatedid not send to the clearing-house in Lombard street, as was the case with the city establishments. With respect to the question whether the check, if the forgery had not been detected, would not have covered the prisoner's balance, he had to answer in the affirmative. The draft would, according to usage, have gone back into the h an d s o f th e pri soner next day. The LORD MAYOR—And he would have to sup ply its place by a fresh forgery. It was an inge nious plan, and no doubt it began in the small way. The solicitor to Sir John Lubbock stated that, in all probability, it began as low as W. The LORD MAYOR—Was this the first discovery of any irregularity in the prisoner's entry ? Wit ness—The first. Mr. William Hayer, a clerk in the house of Drummond and Co., stated that their house had no customers named C. Fuller and Co. The printed cheeks, of which the forgery was one, were easily obtained. The LORD MAYOR—It is a very lamentable case, and God knows where it would have ended, or to what height the forgery would have gone, if the matter had not been detected on this occasion. What have you to say, prisoner, upon this subject ? Prisoner—Nothing. The LORD MAYOR—I shall remand you until Saturday, and then commit you for trial. The wretched young man was then taken to the Compter. BEGGING LETTERS.—Two respectably dressed women, named Muller, a native of GA-many, and Bowditch, an Englishwoman, were brought before the Lord Mayor, charged by Mr. Hubbard, a tobacco merchant in the Minories, under the following cir cumstances : Mr. Hubbard stated that Mrs. Bowditch called upon him and presented an appeal to his compassion on behalf of Mrs. Muller, whom she represented as the widow of a man who had been in the tobacco warehouse. He made a few inquiries of her, and said he had no money about him at that time, but wished her to call again. This was in the pas sage to the counting-house, and Mrs. Bowditch, who seemed to understand her business, without hesitation proposed to him to borrow of some per son in the counting-house.—(A laugh.) He, of course, declined, and suspecting that the story of the distress of the widow, who was represented as hav ing two helpless unprotected children in a foreign land, was a fiction, he made inquiries, the result of which convinced him that the application was part of a system, and he then had the women appre hended. The LORD MAYOR, finding that the appeal to the humanity of the public was earnestly recommended by a gentleman who signed himself Count Wacker barth, and whose large seal was attached, said that the whole affair had symptoms of humbug and de ception about it, which were not to be mistaken. His Lordship asked whether Mrs. Bowditch's hus band was present ? Mrs. Bowditch—My Lord, he has been here all the morning. The LORD MAYOR—But where is he now ? This is the time for him to be present. Mrs. Bowditch —lf he's not here, my Lord, I dare say he is to be found on 'Change.—(Great laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—Aye, I dare say you have a 'Change of your own, where you transact your beg. gi rig business.—(Laughter.) Mrs. Bowditch was induced to make this appli. cation for Mrs. Muller from mere motives of hu manity, and had no idea of deriving the least profi from her interference. His LORDSHIP then directed that Count Wacker barth and Mr. Bowditch should be sent for, and questioned the gentlemen when they attended. Mr. Bowditch said that his circumstances had been once good, but were now much reduced. His wife was not a begging-letter writer, or bearer, and he had himself nothing to do with such things. The LORD MAYOR—Perhaps Count Wacker barth will tell me whether this recommendation of Mrs. Muller to people's charity is his writing ? The Count looked at the writing, and seemed to hesitate. The LORD MAYOR—Is not that in your hand writing, and is not that your seal ? The Count put his finger apon a line and said—Why, yes, this is. The LORD MAYOR —Give the Count a pen arid ink, and let him write, and we'll tell him whether it is or not.—(A laugh.) The Count wrote a few word, and handed the paper to the Lord Mayor. The LORD MAYOR—Why, yes, to be sure it is your writing, evcry word of it. The Count—Yes, my Lord, it is my writing. I met Mrs. Muller at Hamburg, and she wanted vera much money; so I wrote for her. I am a gentleman and literat or. The LORD MAYOR—Exactly so, and she has been handing about your Countship and your mag nificent seal, to make dupes of people. I believe these two women to be guilty.—(here Mrs. Bow ditch said " Oh !" and threw back her head, as if about to faint.) Oh ! don't faint. But Ido not think the case is one on which a conviction could be obtained ; I therefore shall discharge them. See how fast Mrs. Bowditch recovers from her fit.— (Great laughter at the expedition with which the recovery took place.) Mrs. Bowditch was about to relapse, when The LoRD MAYOR said, " You may go away; but, if ever I catch you at this work again, I'll send you as rogues and vagabonds to Bridewell; and, Count Wackerbarth, if you lend your name and fine seal to people of this kind, you'll be taken for one of the parties, and run a chance of the discipline of the tread-mill, although you are a Count."—(Great laughter.) G UILDHALL. A well-dressed middle-aged man was charged yesterday before Mr. Alderman VENABLES with stealing a boa, value 205., from the warehouse of Messrs. Leaf and Co., Wood street.—The prisoner was committed. BUIV-STREET. CURIOUS CASE OF AFFILIATION.—Yesterday Charles Canlan, a lad who stated himself to be 17 . . years of age, but who, from his appearance, seemed little more than 15, attended upon a summons ob tained by the parish officers of St. Martin's-in-the- fields, for the purpose of having an order made on him for the maintenance of a male bastard child, of which it was alleged he was the father. Eliza Coleman, a well-looking girl, aged 18, on the 12th of September last, was delivered of a male illegitimate child, in the workhouse of St. Martin's in-the-fields. The defendant, Charles Canlan, was the father 'of that child, which was now, with her- self, chargeable to the parish of St. Martin's. In cries-examination by Mr. FLOWER, the girl had on one occasion told her mistress, Mrs. Glas- borough, that a young man named John Siggers, was the real father of the child; she had also heard that he had acknowledged that to be the fact. The ..._. _ connexion between herself and the defendant had taken place in December last, in the defendant's own room, whither he had accompanied her, for the purpose of assisting her in carrying a basket of clean linen. She was then in the service of Mr. Wicks, a saddle and harness maker, in Brownlovv-street, Drury-lane, where the defendant was also living as an apprentice. Mr. Wicks, a saddler, residing in Brownlow street, Drury-lane, knew the young man, Siggers; who was in the habit of coming to his house to visit a lodger on the second floor; the defendant was his apprentice; the girl Colman had entered his service on the 26th of November last, and had left in the beginning of the following May ; his rea son for discharging her was, that on one occasion h e di , covered her at night in the defendant's bed-room. In answer to a question put by Mr. FLOWER, the girl admitted having, on more than one occasion, sat on Siggers's knee, but denied that any connec tion had ever taken place between them. Mr. HALLS inquired of the defendant if he had anything to state ►n contradiction to the evidence of the girl ? The defendant replied, that it was en tirely false; and the only time he had had any fami liarity with her, was on a Monday morning in Fe bruary last, before six o'clock, when she entered his bed-room for the purpose of calling him. Mr. HALLS was of opinion tha the defendant was the father of the child, and it was his duty to make the order upon him. He was at liberty, how ever, if not satisfied with his decision, to appeal against the order to the Sessions. The defendant expressed his intention to appeal and the magistrates having signed the order in the regular form, the parties retired. WORSHIP- S TREE T. Yesterday William Stoker and John Robson, aged 18 and 19, were capitally charged with having violated Jane Elliott, aged 16. The complainant became acquainted with the prisoners at a Ranter's meeting, and she had walked with them occasion ally, but no familiarity ever took place. On Sa turday se'nnight she met and walked with them, another female being iti their company. At Bishop Bonner's field, which is beyond Bethnall-green, the prisoners ordered the other girl to go back, which she did ; they then pulled complainant some distance into the field, when they threw her down and held her upon the ground, while each of them in turn perpetrated the offence they were now charged with. Sl)e screamed as well as she court for assistance, but they covered her mouth to prevent her cries from being heard. They afterwards kept her in their company a considerable time, and would nor allow licr to leave them until she drank with them; which she did, she said, being afraid of them. The first of her family to whom she mentioned it was her brother, whom she told of is last Sunday even ing; she had not mentioned it before because her mother was upon her dying bed.—The brother, a decent-looking young man, said his sister was a simple, well-disposed girl.—The prisoners were held to bail. Yesterday ) Joseph Garratt, a young man appa rently about 25 years of age, was charged before the sitting Magistrate, Mr. TWYFORD, with stealing a bag, containing wearing apparel amounting to up wards of 51., the property of Mr. Peak, a tailor in Spitalfields. Thomas Lane, errand-boy to the prosecutor, said that, while passing through Wormwood -street, Bishopsgate-street, between 12 and one o'clock on the day before, with a bag of clothes, consisting of four unmade coats, one made coat, arid large great coat, the prisoner stopped him. He said his master had sent him after him, and having described to him the contents of the bag, told him he must give it to him, as the foreman had sent the wrong things, and in lieu gave witness a large parcel, which he said was right. On arriving at the house where he was to deiliver the things, he found that he had done wrong, and that the parcel contained an old coat not worth a shilling. The prisoner denied the charge, and could prove an alibi. The boy swore most positively that he was the man who robbed him. Three witnesses for the prisoner, one of whom lives at the Swan public-house, declared that on the night before the prisoner slept there, and that he never left the house until three o'clock the follow ing• day. The Magistrate ordered the prisoner to put his hat on, and desired the boy again to examine his person minutely. Boy (emphatically)—He is the man ; I am sure of it. Mr. TwrFonn--As there are the oaths of three persons against this boy's oath, I shall not detain the prisoner, if he will promise to attend again ano ther day. The prisoner promised to do so, and was liberated. THAMES POZICE. Yesterday James Banks,a waterman was brought before Mr. BKODERIP, ch a r ge d un d er the following singular circumstances : Mr. Evans, jun., a surveyor of Thames Police, stated that he was coming down the river that morning about two o'clock, when he heard the voice of a woman calling for assistance. He ordered h's men to row with all possible expedition to Mill stairs, Bermondsey, from whence the noise seemed to proceed, but on reaching the place all was quiet. A man, who was keeping watch on a barge, told him that he had heard a violent screaming and a plunge in the water near the stairs. He landed and traced a man's footsteps and drops of water from Mill-stairs to a house in Sdwb-street, a distance of 200 yards. He listened and heard persons moving about within, but more than five minutes elapsed after he knocked before he was admitted. He traced the next footsteps to a bed-room at the hack of the house, in which the prisoner lodged. He knocked at the door and a woman, whom he afterwards discovered to be the prisoner's wife, said that Mr. Banks lived there, but had gone out about a quarter of an hour ago. He told her some one had gone overboard, and demanded admittance, and after a long pause the woman pre tended to cry, and said she hoped her husband was not drowned. She kept him waiting more than a quarter of an hour, and, on his threatening to break the door open, she screamed, and said, " Oh, yes, my husband is here!" and admitted him. He found the prisoner partially undressed, his shirt and clothes were quite wet. On questioning the prisoner, he said he was in his boat at Mill-stairs, when he heard some one groaning, and was going to see what was the matter, when he slipped, and fell overboard. Witness told him that his conduct was so suspicious he must be taken into custody; on which he replied, " Very well ; I didn't do it." He conveyed him to the police-galley, and proceeded to search about the place, and, on a wharf just below Mill-stairs, he found a girl lying close to the edge of the jetty. She was intoxicated, and quite insensible, and ap peared to have been treated in a most brutal man ner. She was bleeding profusely, her bonnet and clothes were torn, and her hair was dishevelled. He carried her, with the assistance of his men, to the boat, and conveyed her to that office, but she was not able to speak until the last few minutes. Mr. BRODERIP asked if the prisoner had made any excuse for not opening the door when called upon ? Evans—He said his wife put her hand on his mouth, and prevented him from speaking. Ile seemed much agitated when I entered the room. The girl who was found on the top of the wharf was called in; she was in a very deplorable condi tion, and had no shoes on ; her apparel and stock ings appeared to have been torn, and there were marks of violence on her face and arms. In answer to questions from the Magistrate she said she had no recollection of what had happened. The last place she recollected being in was Butcher-row, Whitechapel, where she met the prisoner and two others, who seemed to be watermen, and they took her to a public-house and treated her with gin. She could not tell how she came over the water, or who took her on the top of the wharf. Mr. BRODERIP Ordered the girl to be sworn, and she stated that she got her living by selling ballads. She remained in the public-house five minutes. That was the last place she recollected being in. She knew nothing more. Her name was Mary Ann Holland. Mr. BRODERIP—Has anything particular hap• pened to you ? The girl answered this question by stating that, since she awoke she felt very unwell, and could scarcely move about. Evans said that when he discovered the girl the lower part of her clothes were torn. From further questions put to the girl, and her answers, it appeared her person had been abused. The prisoner, in his defence, said he never saw the girl before, until he saw her in the police galley. Mr. BRODERIP—How came your clothes to get wet ? Prisoner—l had just come from the Tower, where my boat was lying, and while attempting to make it fast to a ring on the piles at Mill-stairs, I fell right into the water. BRODERIP—How came you not to answer ,he officer when he knocked at your door The prisoner made no answer. Evans here stated that the prisoner had admitted hat he had been at the Garrick Theatre on Wed- nesday night, which was nom. Whitechapel. Mr. BRODERIP—Do you recollect any other fe male being in the prisoner's company ? The girl replied, " I do not Sir; I lost my senses after met with the prisoner and the other men." Evans said the general impression was that a female bad been drowned. The girl Holland et only have found her way to the top of the vo7 all the gates of which were shut, but by b e dragged from a boar: Mr. BRODERIP—There were very stron g 61° stances of suspicion against the prisoner, 0 0( I were other circumstances i nvo l ve d i n so mu ch mY tery that he must be detained. e° The prisoner is one o f tho se i rregu lar wat er s ? called " night flappers," who are ge nerally lolteri 01 about the foreign steamers. COURT FOR THE RELIEF OF INS° VENT DEBTORS. The Matters of the Petitions and Schedules of the Fo re soners hereinafter n orned (the same having beep in the Court) a-e a t tpoint e d to b e h ear d a t the `l,:po house, in Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, op. thl day, the 4th of November, 1833, at Nine o'clock Forenoon. • 1/4* Love, Thomas James, late of Whit e - ro w, Spa' plumber, painter, and glazier. sal t Cb. Job, Robert, late of Charlton•street, Somers-town; maker. Whitehead., William, late of Upper Spring-street, Fa" suare, journeyman cabinet-maker. Bishop, Sarah, late of Regent's-quadrant, Regent Picc odilly, spinster. Ide ld" Make, John, late of Dolphin-court, Rave n - ro w, Spiti labourer in the East India Company's service. _ A ett Hine, John, lat e o f J o h n - s t reet , G reat Suffolk -d" keeper of a spring van and cart to let on hire. I ? Murray, Jame s , l a t e o f P ar k- p l ace - cottages , Pe' lieutenant in the Royal Navy, on hallpay. Felthatn, Owen, late of Bermondsey-street, b a ker. t, Noah, George, late of St. James's-place, St. James's-0r Westtninster, tailor. Hecker, James, late of Great Arthur-street, Goswel. baker. Sprang, William Henry, late of Union-street, Novi , causeway, hosier and dealer in gloves. Goodwin, Joseph, late of Church-street, Christcbdi grocer, oilman, dry-salter, and general-dealer. THE MARKETS. sourit ALL MA EL—Oct. 23. e s i o The supply of Sheep, C a l ves , an d P or k ers, was ra ther of Beasts moderately good. The assemblage of both.je and country buyers was rather numerous, but the tr7pil/A. dull, at the following prices per stone of 81b. to sink the 0- r Beef * . 3s. 9.d. to 48.2(1.1 3s. 6d. 1"04,d Mutton -- 3 6 4 8 3 8 &V The foregoing quotations are Veal 4d., and Pork °— stone cheaper than on this day se'nnight. Beasts, 3 18 ;,, e 3,207 ; Calves, a 2 ; Pigs, 00. But a small proportion of til / left the market unsold. LEWES MARKET.—Oct. 22. tO Beet 3s• 4d. to 46. WI. Veal AA 4s. 4 0 1 Mutton .... I 3 10 410 Pork.. 4 4 Supply moderately good throughout ; trade with and Mutton somewhat brisk, but otherwise dull. RUMFORD MARKET.—Oct. 23. s. d. to s. d. Reef 3 0 4 0 I Veal Mutton 3 6 4 6 Pork .......... ....... .. Suckling Calves, l2s. to 3.18. ; Quarter old Store Pigs, A moderate supply, and a sluggish trade. L k o.d• ' 3 8 go i•• 0 F r _% Ck)UNTRY ( O RN MARKETS DURING THE Beol # l Wheat. Barley. Oats. --..—. ---... t o A Per Quarter. S. to s. s. s. s. t o I. .. ra. Blandford ~,,,,,,,M . 54 —. 28 21 , Brigg . 40 58 36 40 15 22 SO g •••• I , Cambridge,........... 51 —. 31 16 Chard ..—. 50 56 2 2 26 18 22 Huntingdon....... 58 63 21 23 14 20 ' Long Sutton...—. 56 64 17 22 39 40 I Louth .................... 48 54 28 32 18 22 Lynn ,.............. 50 60 22 25 16 20 . 3g 16 Newark .......—....... 57 60 29 40 16 22 " 7 i Nottingham 50 60 30 37 21 24 40 i ll SO / A Peterborough 4B 60 30 36 14 22 Plymouth .............. 50 64 30 34 20 2 3 --- r P0ntefract............. 67 43 27 _ „ it 4 4 1 Sleaford .. 65 70 36 38 22 28 - 4 1 Uppingham .......... 50 60 28 36 18 2 6 g o 2 ), - .... Wi5bech.............. 48 62 20 33 14 2.2 LEEDS:CORN MARKET.—Oet.2 4 I Os. to 8s; 1 Wheat, Norfolk and Slifiblk, 601 b. 0 York. and Lincoln. 60Ib. 2B s3.si i: tr o ) : 5 1 : I Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk _Oats, A P i o e t a a i t i o n e g: Yorkshire and Lincolnshire ........ «, .. 22.5. to 20 Grinding 1% . r .. . . ia ... 0 - 1 3,17. : :::. : . 1 . 7 ....... : : . ................... Beans Shelling Rapeseed, English, 2.5/. to 271 ...... Foreign, —l. to —I. r" .................... ............ to 2318 1 : 0 : % tt 00 1 2 ' . 3 . 64 P i g o k t 1 11' LI VERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—Oct. • &id " WHEAT. English, White, per 701 b. 75.94 W 6 Red • Scotch, Welch, and Manx 7 3 - 7 4 Irish, White 7 2 / ) -- Red - 6 3 9 6 For e i gn OATS, English, Welih, anti Scotch, per 451 b 2ki / t Irish Foreign 2 6 0 6 A O 0 ;10 BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. qua rter 2 0 A . Scotch and Irish, per 601bs. Feeding 3 9 0 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 3B 0 : 3 - 6 0 „ Irish, &c. Foreign PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 42 0 4 v Foreign FLoutt, English, per 2801 b. Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401138...„„ 2l 0 .4 A INDIAN CORN, per 4401 b. II vE, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter - o j. IMPORT OF GRAIN for the Week ending Oct.. 041 0 11 Wheat. Oats. I Barley Flour. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. (Foreign. Bris.llrush,&c. SckL 49 0 11,763 7,154 i 1.599 257 I 5,204 MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STRES - - I; (From the London Gazelle.) *ol' TO-MORROW, Oct 26. 1 I W. Austin, builder, Singleton-street, Hoxton ........ ••••". 1 T, Hobson, bookseller, High Holborn ............ - ........... yt $ ll LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT AT BIL—Id . 0 AI WHARF......INTILEPIDITY•••••••OII Tuesday night .n 0 was held at the Cock and Lion, E as t S m ithfield, ° to , body of Captain Williamson, M as t er o f th e Scotch 1/ 0 11 1 f, Trusty. On Saturday evening the deceased irlfOler from his vessel, which was moor e d a l o ngside 00, 1 Wharf, to the jetty, along a shoe (two boards, i ss o together with pieces of wood, formi ng s teps), lib; 0 Or, weight, on his reaching the top, overbalanced t near the ship, and he was precipitated into the off, His brother-in-law, th e mat e of th e s hip, jut0,,,,,1 0/ board, and after diving a bo u t, caug ht hi m by the kb - 0: 1 he was so exh a u s t e d, th a t h e was o bli ge d t o l e t go. 0 0: drags were then procured, but the brother-in- 10 se . not leave the water till hi s re l a ti ve was f o und • eco ofii means was adopted to r e st ore an i ma ti on t o the t ust but without effect. Th e J ur y returne d a ve"'„ 11$ , - Accidental Death, and levi e d a d eo d an d of 205. Shute, which it was proved had been placed fe" curely, and there were no lights on the wharf. e t, WOLVERHAMPTON. —Yesterday 5011 . 0 1 1 after the Magistrates dinner, at which a 4010 large were present, an epergne and four dishes and end," the most massive and elegant description, purclilh r t h public subscription, were presented to the Rev. lie 1 0 e, Leigh, Incumbent of Bilston, as a testimony of t o do ct o opinion entertained by the subscribers of hig 5 01 particularly during the prevalence of the eP h icki i Biiston, Staffordshire, by Mr. Buller, M.P., e r ro 4 . :j, did in an appropriate speech. Mr. Leigh rey grateful acknowledgment s f o r th e h onour thus Esqo.,nstthoeck23wedli,insustr.r,eyth,eofl o4 o6 BIRTHS. a ady daughter, of Frederick stillborn. J , j. oeet er On the 22d inst., at Notting-hill, the lady of I"' „oft Esq., of a daughtes. bo lt O P- On the 23d inst., at Clapham.common, Mrs. Ro be r t !/ of a son. Of MARRIED. ACt° Pt g On the 22d inst., at Chaddesley, Corbett William of t oe Wolverton, Worcestershire, Esq., to Mary, whO vi jot' William Trafford, of Pleremore, in the same coon t lk o perLfie , On the 23d inst., at Wellingborough, the Rev. ratt, of Halifax, to Caroline, fifth daughter of it' — fl) ol " • and ° Esq., of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, Jo e Scotland. e On the 22d inst., at Mambead, Devonshire, th to Sinclair, youngest son 01 the late Earl of Cait hne ; Petronella, third daughter of the late John ChurchL o , _r" se' On the 24th inst., at Marylebone Church, Mr. %sti!nger' estate agent and auctioneer, of Southampton, to _ n d cond daughter of Francis Wright, Esq., of Londen,'" ttoe of by, Dumfries, North Britain. 90 of' At St. John's, Hackney, William Longfield , eli te court-street, Dublin, to Mary Harriet, eldest cla late Matthew Wyatt, Esq., of the Inner Temple. DIED. ro ve ' To On the 23d inst., Jas. Sanders, Esq., of Bru ce 4 ham, in his 70th year. e ° SO On the 23d inst., at Hall-barn.park, Bucks, 217eit,c1ce, Right Hon. Sir Gore Ouseley, Bart., John W'' f aged 76. oug htet ° t o On the 24th inst., Lucy Mary, the infant „ o ur °, Deacon, Esq., of Michael's.grove, „ Ca n, j, On the2lst inst., at Cheshunt, William .... of St. George's, isl a nd o f J a maica, in his 70th Y; .150 5 On the 28th of August, at Falmouth , Ja r°a7s loway, Esq., aged 74. - - , f 0 ---_--- TT 1.10, PatNrEn AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO YL"' SUN ()EPICS ' 112, STRAND.. Itt it - NEL I4I, Tl] -I, f Th e lete, ~r h Y A 1 / 4 411 a lqu' ti 4 i fott : ,li o i nti \_4llblinn 1 11 fa art the 1 1 , de. 4.1 1 , - tlee 41 10. • N Al AI „ t t o hti t !tit,, t kiki t 4, NtPt4l Sh A, 4 1 }r to I t Pti4 tp, cc