The Sun. — London, England, 1833-01-07 00:00:00

minded and dismayed by continued reports that Mr Mowers Sutton will be slain proposed for the Chair; and the Twits are busily 'circulating the scandalous addition, that he will be nominated with the consent of the Government, who fear them ! The Tories no miciate the Speeker of the Reformed Parliament—the Tories, whose utmost mneter cannot number one hun dred and fifty Members! Certain it is, h wever, that this announcement has been authoritively made bv the Conservatives throughout the metropolis; and in one quarter, we are credibly informed, they ae eerted that the Ex- Speaker had been sounded on his wishes, but had not quite made up his mind. Mr. Manners Sutton, who had taken the.most formal and absolute leave of the Speakership which it was possible for man to take, sought by the Whigs f. Every Member of the late Parliament was ready to acknowledge the dignity with which he had presi ded, the technical knowledge he had displayed, the suavity of manners he had evinced—but at the same time every one felt that he was identified with the system now passed away ; that he was following as chief mourner the shadows of the defunct bo roughs, and that his only remaining task was that of consoling their la►e proprietors, and quietly enioying, his retiring pension with such titular marks of the Royal favour as custom might obtain for him. Such must have been the unavoidable conviction of Lord Grey and his colleagues, and also:of all the personal friends of the late Speaker. That the Premier will be guilty of leading Lis enemies against his friends, and refresh his stanchest supporters with gall and vinegar, by placing at the head of a Reforming Par liament a sworn enemy "to all reform, is what no sane man can for one moment credit. These extraordinary rumours are, pro bab:y, the last inventions of the ex-Tory place men, who have been unceasingly attempting to hunt down Lord Grey, and to dig pit-falls for his simplicity and good nature. Mr. Manners Sutton's personal character is not impeached by his political principles ; he was born and educated in the lap of Toryism; his relations, friends, and connections have all been rank Tories; his family have existed for the last century on place and Court favour, and Mr. Manners Sutton himself will feel with how ill ir grace he must preside in a reformed and reforming l'ailiarnent. The timid and timeserving Francis North, Lord Guilford, the last Chancellor of Chas. 11., would not have been guilty of so gross an in consistency. Can any one imagine that Jeffries, wretch as he was, would have earned the additional disgrace of presiding in an assembly that heabhorred? or would William 111. have sanctioned such a no mit-I.6°n, even if his Mitiisiers had been so besotted as to recommend it ? What would the inflexible Maynard or the virtuous Somers have said to such conduct as this ? They would have spurned and trampled upon the recommenders, unless they had sued out a commission of lunacy. Would a Common wealth Parliament ever have been induced to elect ne Speaker a creature of the Stuarts ? Did the Convention Parliament, in 1689, select a Jacobite for their President ? Did the French Deputies, in 1830, send to Holyrood House to ask Charles the Tenth who should be President of the Chambers ? If Mr. Manners Sutton should himself covet or con sent to the appointment—which no man can credit —will the Reformed Parliament become parties to such a solemn mockery ? Is it possible that the Ex• Speaker can represent the opinions, the inten tion•, or the associations of a House of Commons elected under the provisions of the Reform Acts ? If the representatives of the new elective franchise will submit to so gross and flagrant an inconsistency, the hopes of the nation will be prostrate in the dust, and the Administration perpetrating so grievous an outrage on the public opinion of the country will speedily follow. The searing, scorching blaze of public indignation will speedily consume a Ministry that so far lot get its own dignity and the national honour. An act of such inconsistency would now be ruinous to an Administration whose existence de• pends on public opinion. Public opinion, unequivo cally manifested, kept them in office, when Toryism would have driven ►hem from it. To the nation they are indebted for their present possession of the wands of office, and let them remember that they who confer " the Majesty on King.," can and will, if needs be, reduce them to the powerless situation in which they have been placed during the greater part of their political lives. But we cannot credit the Tory rumour that any such " compromise" of Ministerial fears has been made. Nothing would be more palpably offensive to the more decided class of Reformers and new Members of the House of Commons. Even Mr. Hume would pay as little heed to an economy cry of saving two or .three years half-nay of 4,000/. a year (the ex-Speaker's retiring pension), as he did to the Tory humbug about the Dutch loan. The sincere RefOrmers and the independent Coin ty Members of Parliament, will he naturally desirous of electing a Speaker re presenting the liberal opinions of the House of Com mons; nor can Lord Grey believe that he will be suspected of repudiating Mr. Manners Sutton for the despicable purpose of gaining preferment for political friends. Lord Grey need not follow the Tonle: in their jobs and corrupt modes of upholding misgovernment, but he cannot adopt a better rule than the invariable practice of the Tories—to hold political enemies at arms' length, and to surround an Administration with sincere and able friends. The legitimate patronage of Government must be applied to the support of the Administration. Mr. Man ners Sutton was palpably returned—the representa tive of the hot-bed of Toryi-m and High Church principles—for the notorious purpose of being planted as a thorn in the side of the Premier. Will be, like Cleopatra, hug an asp to his bosom ? What must be the sovereign contempt of Mr. Mariners Sutton himself for these base reports —that he could So demean himself as to accept the office of Speaker, pm; that Lord Grey's Whig Administration would propose. as the first act of a reformed Parliament, th , t election of the ex-Tory Speaker! Let Mr. Manners Sutton ascend quietly to the Upper House, ecliere he would be a far less political nuisance to Lord Grey, than if invested wish authority and office as head of the Commonalty of the kingdom. Besides, the new House of Commons will take measures to prevent the Speakership being any longer a national burden upon posterity. We would not have this most responsible and impor tant office so ill recompensed, that no poor mate should venture to undertake it ; but if it is to be treated as so aristocratical a station, select a gentle man of independent property, whom a Peerage will amply compensate, without a lumping pension. It is curious to trace how corruption has penetrated every crevice of the British Governmen'. The Speakership formerly never was connected weh pensions " for lives," or necessarily required thou sands per annum for six months' official dirty. Durit g the last three centuries there have been sixty Speakers ; arid if all of them—their wives and el:ildren unto the third and fourth generations—had NiRP quartered on the public purse, the " National" D bt mi g ht have been prodigiously increased. This monstrous political abuse originated in the selection of legal men for the office. Of later years in the Tory revels of corruption, the Speakers have been only nominally members of the - profession of the law, which afforded a pretext for pensioning them and their progeny, as compensation for supposed professional sacrifices. Country gentlemen of for tune, of sound English sense and e nlightened poli tical opinions, with habits and knowledge : of the forms of public business—and of whom there are rnany-e-will sufficiently fulfil the duties of the Speakership; the new House of Commons will not desire or need 10 be kept in " order" by the Ex- Speaker, Mr. Manners Sutton, Tory representative of the University of Cambridge The very suspicion is disgusting. — Morning Chronicle. The report of the Select Committee for inquiring into the state of the disturbed counties in Ireland has been priuted, and will be found in this day's Times. Although this report he, upon the whole, an nee resting document, it labours under the misfortune attlibutabie to so many of its predecessors, viz', want of depth in the investigations of which is: the re cord and result. Nothing can be more ebvidus than that he who seeks to improve effectually the condi • tion of Ireland must devote much the greater portion of his diligence to an inquiry into the causes, whe ther direct or remote, of the crimes and calamities with which she has been long afflicted. The pre sent report, it may be acknowledged, does not en tirely overlook the necessity of considering how best to check the disposition towards crime ; but the enu meration of its causes is confined to three, viz., Ist, " the di,placing the tenantry of over-peopled estates," without compensation or means of subsistence; 2d, "the prevalence of vagrancy and mendicity," which with all deference, might be very reasonably consi dered a consequence of the preceding evil, rather than in itself a substantive source of crime; and 3d, " the immoderate use of spirituous liquors"—an effect of the most vicious and odious legislation, which has not scrupled to sacrifice for a productive tax the health and morals of millions of people, the secure enjoyment of life and goods, and the peace and well-being of society. Now, it is quite mani fest, that towards the formation of anything Like a sound opinion upon the general causes which have made Ireland a scene of universal and perennial anarchy, something more ought to be taken into ece count than the mere ejection of the tenants on over stocked estates. The fact is, that the terms on which tenants are retained, no less than the melancholy condition of those who are ejected, constitutes an important element in the disorderly state of Ireland. The competition for land hae raised rents to such a pitch, at which it is impossible for the cultivator to derive from his occupancy more than a bare subsistence; hence the small attachment of tenant to landlord, and the coldness of the relations between them; hence, Fkewise, the immense distance in worldly rank be tween the occupier of the soil and the other classes of society,. which enjoy too large a portion of the fruits of the husbandman's labour. The want of a middle order of Irishmen bearing any proportion in numbers to that below, or in power to that above it, creates a contrast in society which destroys all sym pathy, and reduces the high and low of that island to the condition of two hostile camps within the same territory. The report of the Committee seems to us to have been fettered by the old conventional fear of dealing with realities, or stirring up a subject from the bottom. The Committee throughout have put effects for causes, and while a war of prin ciples rages all around them, they recommend a patch here and a plaster there, as if the whole edifice of Irish Government were not crumbling under their feet. We do not mean to deny that the report contains a few lather plausible suggestions. With regard to the displacement of old tenants, the Com mittee first take for granted that the landlord will, in all such cases, be willing to give to the superflu ous tenant a sum of money,"—on which condi 'ion they recommend t bat a sum hearing a certain proportion to the landlord's grant shall be furnished from some public fund, to assist the tenant to emi grate, or to promote his interest in some other way. Upon this head we have simply to remark, that from all we have heard it is by no means common, but the reverse, for Irish landlords to " give sums of money" to the tenantry whom they oust from their farms. On the contrary, it has been described to us as a very rare occurrence, the unhappy tenant with his family being, in most cases, sent about their bu,iness without a shilling of indemnifica tion from _the landlord, but with all their botese hold furniture and moveables about them—to wit, a kettle to boil " the praties," and the rags upon their backs. It follows, therefore, that the above benevolent proposition of the Committee will amount to a mere dead letter, since the condi tion of affording any succour from the Sta'e is, that the landlord should first have contributed something from his own funds. Tee policy and justice of making such a provision from the Treasury is well sustained, so far as impartiality may be concerned, by the fact that Parliament has in many instances produced through its interference a change in the condition of the peasantry unfevourable to their inde pendence and comfort, as compared with former times. Vagrancy and mendicity are to be met by some enactments, not very clearly defined; and the abuse of spirituous liquors to be diminished by reducing the .number of licensed spirit-shops, especially in remote districts, and subjecting all of them during public disturbance to the control of the Magistrates.. But an important anti prominent feature in this report consists of its provisions for the suppre-ssing or punishment of disturbance. These means are chiefly limited to the enlargement of the exist ing apparatus for bringing ctiminals under the prompt and certain visitation of the law,—such as an increase in the number of clerks, offices, &c., a greater frequency in the meeting of quarter sessions, and an authority for nocturnal visits to the houses of suspected persons in troublesome times, with a view to the infliction of some moderate punishment upon those who cannot fairly account for their absence from home at unseasonable hours. Some interesting ex tracts are given from the evidence, and some strking lessons on the duty of obedience to the laws, in the ad tire•ses of the Popish clergy to their flocks; but we look in vain for any particle of advice as to gaining over the general good-will of the people, and thus superseding the necessity of a coercing or penal process. Albeit, without some effective plan for eradicating discontent from the hearts of the people, no solid or permanent step can be gained towards insuring the peace of Ireland.—Times. We publish, in another part of our paper, the usual Quarterly Account of the state of the Reve nue. Such of them as are in the habit of perusing the lucubrations of the Conservative press, and of surrendering their too easy faith to its prognostics of alarm, must feel their minds instantly relieved by the inspection of the official tables. They h a d heard in one paper of a deficiency on the quarter of 500,000/., or of 300,000/. at the very least. How agreeably must they, therefore, be disappointed on futdine that the deficiency on the quarter is exactly 29,473/., while the increase on the who!e year amounts to 546,169/.1! The increase has been chiefly under the head of Customs, and the decrease under that of Excise. The improvement in the for mer branch of revenue amounts on the quarter to 358,553/., and the defalcation in the latter to 299,086/. We have not room at present to enter into any detail of the cause of this difference, but shall take another opportunity of stating some parti culars. In the mean time, the public will see that the state of the revenue furnishes no cause for appre hension or alarm on the productiveness of our taxa tion or the stability of our resources.—Times. It is with regret we hear of the sinecure afire of Constable of the Round Tower of Windsor being filled up by the appointment of Earl Munster to that situation. Is this another proof of the re trenchment which the public were led to expect in the supeifluous expenditure of the S ate—a re trenchment to which Ministers stand solemnly pledged in the face of the people of England ? The salary of this p;ece of antique and useless pageantry is stated to be 1,0001. a-year. It was reported that the delay in filling it up arose from an objection on the part of Lord Minster to accept the office, not because there was nothing to do, but because that nothing was underpaid. lc was said that he would not condescend to accept it without being rewarded for that condescension by an additional 5001. per annum. Whether his demand has been acquiesced in, or any promise given to that effect, we are nor told ; neither is it of much consequence in the point of view in which we look at the question. Our main objection is to the principle of filling up a sinecure office at al, and thus perpetuating, un der the modern system of Reform, one of the most grievous abuses of ancient misrule. It matters not, in our view of the case, whether the salary be 1,000/. or only 500/. a year; the policy of retaining such an office is equally bad, and the principle equally vicious. The act itself is a viola tion of faith on the part of Ministers, who inscribed " retrenchment" on their banners; and it is an in sult to the distresses of the country. We call hardly blame Lord Munster, or any other Cour , favourite, for taking as much as he can get out of the taxes of the country, and doing as little as pot s:ble for it ; the blame belongs to tl►e responsible advisers of the Crown, who are the appointed stewards of the public wealth, raised under the authority of Parliament, and who are not more bound by their solemn assurances of an economical system of Government than by the embarrased state of the resources of the country to throw away none of the money of the people in acts of folly and extravagance. If the resources of the country were even flourishing enough to enable it to feed the vast drain of sinecures without sensible in convenience, the principle is so vicious which takes the money from the industrious bees to throw it to the drones that only suck the produce of the hive to which they do not contribute, that a wise and moral Government will always set its face against such a diversion of any portion of the wealth of a State from its legitimate objects. To bestow what should he the reward of industry, talent, arid public services, upon luxurious idleness, is objec tionable, not merely because it tends to impoverish a State, but because it also tends to demoralize a people. The example has a corrupting influence. But the means of the country are now so circum serlred, that if any man receives out of the ptA►lic money what he does not earn, another is sure to earn what he does not receive. For instance, to keep up the full amount of salary for the sinecure office of Constable of the Round Tower of Windsor, Government must mulct many a hard-working clerk, or other inferior officer, of a portion of the just remuneration for his laborious service. Such has been the case in numerous instances, while the, pampered sinecuriats fatten upon the destitution of their industrious fellow-subjects. No longer did any " vested rights',' stand in the wey of the abolition of the sinecure in question, and yet it is preserved, while the productive industry of the people is crushed to the earth by the weight of intolerable taxation. If the reform of Parliament does not reform the expenditure of the nation, so as to lighten its burdens and relieve its industry by the saving power of cheap government, it will be of no practical ad vantage. Notwithstanding the general election, there is a large deficiency in the quarter's revenue com pared with that of the preceding year, and that under the head of Excise. In the mean time Government is doing all it can by oppressive surcharges upon the assessed taxes to twist the screw of taxation to its highest possible pressure. It the people saw that the enormous sums which the long fingers of fiscal ingenuity take out of their pockets were ac tually applied to the necessities of the State, we believe they would bear the sacrifict s which they are obliged to make, if not with cheerfulness, at least with resignation; but when they see the stagnant reservoir of sinecures fed from the streams of their industry—when they see the sources of their com fort and independence, the means of paying their debts and supporting their families with honesty and credit, dried up by the taxing process, that the for tunes of the children of idleness may be overflow ing, who can wonder that they should not bear the burdens imposed on them by their rulers with all the patience of a people who were convinced that all their sacrifices were for the good of their country ? Herald. Mr. Manners Sutton has accepted the offer of Ministers to secure, as far as their influence in the House of Commons can secure, his election to the Speakership. We see nothing objectionable in this. Mr. Sutton is a gentleman every way fitted for the office of presiding over the debates of a mixed as sembly of disputants : his cour esy checks the petu lant, his firmness controls the impudent, and his good sense, combined with knowledge, ensures an unreluctant acquiescence in all his decisions. Add to this, that his re-appointment will s►ve the retiring salary of 4,0001. a-year, at the same time that it gives to a new Parliament, consisting of at least one-half of new Members, the ad vantage of an experienced master in all those ne cessary forms which govern and prevent " a mob of gentlemen" from committing those extrava gancies which they would, Ike any other mob, corn mit if they were not restrained by rational rules ra tionally enforced; and we really think that a better Speaker could not be chosen. As to any political advantage to the Ministers in securing or not oppo sing his appointment, we are too dull to see them. The Mght Hon. Manners Sutton is " par negotii.s, nec supra," and to dress him up with those extra vagant colours of " formidable talents which the Gtey Ministry could not resist," is to perform that worst office of friendship which injures or degrades the person intended to be served, and which must be peculiarly disagreeable to a gentleman of such correct taste as the late and future Speak,r.—Times. We this day publish the official statement of the proceeds of the revenue for the year and quarter terminating on the .sth of January. It will be seen that there is an increase in the income of the year, compared with that of the year ending on the 5 h of January, 1832, of 546,169/.; and a dirnintrion in the receipts of the Quarter relatively to the re. ceipts of the corresponding Quarter of last year, to the amount of 29,472/. When we look back, however, to the progress and condition of the re venue at the period with which the official compa rison is now made, it will be found that the re sources of the country had then been in a conti nued course of rapid and alarming decay. On' the sth of January last year, the Revenue fell short by nearly four millions, in its annual amount, and by 900,000/. and upwards in its quarterly amount, of the year and quarter which concluded on the 5.h of January, 1831. In the statement now published there certainly does not seem to be any evidence of solid and lasting im provement. There is an increase on the year it is true, but it is so far short of the amount which would have been required to recover our lost ground that we are still three millions and a half behind what we were on the sth of January, 1831; while the state of the Revenue of the last Quarter presents its with the gloomy and ominous fact that the sum of 29,4721. has to be added to the large defalca tion of the corresponding Quarter of last Year, if we could ascertain correctly our financial position by comparison with that in which we stood two years ago. Bur, if the aggregate amount is unfavourable, we see still greater cause for apprehension when we look to the detailed items of the Quarter's Revenue. There is an increase of 358,583/. in the receipt of the Customs duties, with respect to which acci dental circumstances have always an extensive ope ration ; while the Excise, the more accurate index of public prosperity and enjoyment, has fallen off by the amount of 299,086/. It may, upon the whole, be very safely said that the condition of the National Revenue is not such as would have pre senrel to a prudent Administration any temptation Ito incur the expense of an useless and fruitless ex pedition, even had a stronger motive existed, to such an increase of the public expenditure, than the advantage and the honour of co-operating in efnets having for their chief object the " dignity and inte reqs of France."—Morning Post. We give in another column, with the highest satisfaction, the (Zetal statement of the Revenue for the years and quarters ended the sth January, 1832 and 1833. That statement is, unquestion. ably, sufficiently clear ; but not being drawn up in the usual manner, it has been a matter of some dif ficulty with us to extract those portions from it which would enable our readers to comprehend, at a single glance, its bearings and results. The latter, as we have said, are highly satisfactory. The de crease on the quarter just ended amounts to 29,4731. —a very trifle in the national accounts—and the more a trifle in every respect that many of the taxes ate greatly in arrear in point of collection— t h a t the candle duty, which appeared in the correspond ing quarter of 1831, does not, having been abo lished, appear in the quarterly statement of this year, and finally, that an increase of nearly three quarters of a million having °centred in the last quarter, it could scarcely have been very reasonably expected that a similar God-send would appear in that which has just elapsed. There are, in fact, the most satisfactory grounds on which to account fur the deficiency on the present quarter, and none in the world why it should not have occurred. Turning from a comparison of the corresponding quarters of 1832 and 1833, to that of those years, the result is most sa►isfactory—rhe increase being no I , .ss than 546,1691. ! What a choke-throat to the Tories, who have during the last two years been prophesying the decrease of the revenue under a Whig Government, and holding forth their financial arrangements as only fit to be compared with the gambols of Don Quixote, or the solemn reveries of his langhable squire, the Governor of Barrataria As the state of the Revenue for the quarters and years'just mentioned become known in the city, ape culation in Government securities became active, and numerous investments were made. As a na tural consequence of the increased demand, Stocks rose, and some of our Sunday contemporaries have been foolish enough to draw two inferences from the fact, neither of which are very correct. The first is, 'hat money is abundant; the second, that the country has more of it than it can employ in mer cantile and manufacturing interests. The very reverse is the fact. When commerce is pros perous and capital can be profitably employed in it, it never finds its way into the Stocks, except for short periods, which, in consequence, exh.bit but an indifferent price —when, on the other hand, commerce is either comparatively unproduc tive, or its profits h,tzardous, the floating and inde pendent capital of the country is invariably directed in the channel of Government securities, in which, , although the rate of profit upon it be not high, it is deemed to be certain. Tne rise in the price of Storks is, in con:equence, no certain criterion of the profitable state of trade, but rather a cogent surmise that it is less profitable, and the profit upon it less certain than that on Government securities. There are so many tricks, however, employed on the Stock Exchange, that we would not willingly draw an unfavourable augury as to the state of the profits on trade at the present moment, from the rise which took place onlSaturday in the Government securities. . —Morning Advertiser. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. G UILDHALL. William Wilkins was examined again, charged with stealing a pair of pistols and other articles, the property of Henry Lister ; and John Frederick Lumley, upon a charge of receiving the said pis tols, knowing them to have been stolen. The par ties severally'had been employed as officers by Don Pedro, and were to have returned to England by the same vessel. The prosecutor, however, lost his passage, and when the vessel reached England Wilkins took to his own home the luggage belong ing to the complainant. The ques ion the Magi strate had to decide was, whether he did this in tending to steal the property, or whether he intended to take charge of it for Mr. Lister. Mr. Alderman ANSLEY, after hearing a mass of confl;cting statements, and the observations of Mr. rower for the prisoners, and of a solicitor on the other side, came to the conclusion thus there was no ground for the imputation against Mr. Lumley, whom he immediately discharged ; and his opinion upon the conduct of the other prisoner was such that upon giving tip possession of all the property he should discharge him also. An officer accompanied Wilkins home to Peck ham, to see this part of the decision carried into effect forthwith. ROBBERY BY PORTERS AT SALES.—Sartirday three porters, named Johnson, Pearce, and Jones, were charged with stealing seven dozen brushes, value about 21. The prisoners had been employed at a large sale of brushes by Mr. Mason at a wharf in Thames street. After the sale was over they were stopped in the act of carrying off the brushes. Johnson said the brushes were a few overplus ones which had not been put into any lot, and such were generally considered the perquisite of the porters. Mr. Mason said he knew of no such custom. The men were paid ss. 6d. a day for their attendance, and that was ample compensation. He had traced that four Vs had been each deprived of a dozen, and the remainder of the seven dozen now produced had probably been stolen from other lots which had been cleared away by the purchasers.—Remanded. HATiON:GARDEN. Saturday Mr. Irried, the proprietor of the Bull's Head, Wellington -street, Clerken well, appeared to answer the complaint of Murray, the informer, for serving during the hours of divine service. Mr. Wright pleaded a misnomer, on account of tl.e parish having been improperly averred in the summons. The case was dismissed. A-iwher information was laid against Mr. William Winder, a licensed victualler, of the Fox and Pea cock, Gray's alleging a similar offence. Mr. Winder did not deny having served one per.' son, hut he did so under circutrstances which he had no doubt the Magistrw es would view as reproach• able on the part of the informers, who had inveigled him through a trick. Aaron Riwlins, the informer's witness, who re presents himself as a disinterested informer, and formerly a hairdresser " by trade," deposed that on Sunday, the 234 of Dec tuber, he was passing by the defendant's house, when he asked a little girl to go in and get some gin in a mug, and he gave her a shilling. She was admitted by the defendant, who served her, and shortly after she brought the liquor and change. Purton, another witness, corroborated this evidence. Mr. Sergeant SELLON—Are you in the habit of sending children in the way you have described to lead licensed victuallers into an infringement of the law ? Wi , ness--I certainly gave her a shilling to purchase the gin. Mr. Sergeant SELLON said such conduct was highly reprehensible. Mr. Winder—l saw the informers lurking about my premises, your Worship, and I watched their maricelivres until I observed them give a girl a shilling, and direct her to come to my house. I did admit her, and I then went to the informers and told them I would mention their trickery to the Ma gistra e.—The case was dismissed. Robert Bragg, of Elder-walk, Isljngton, appeared to answer the complaint of Johnson, the informer, for suffering the game of dominoes. Mason, the informer's witness, deposed to having went to the house of the defendant on the evening of the 22(1 of December, when he saw persons play ing at dominoes. Some one knew him to be an in former, and the company disused him, beat, kicked, and turned him out. On the Sunday week follow ing (having been confined through the chastisement he received) he attired himself so as to resemble a countryman, and the disguise was so naturally as sumed thut he was admitted during the hours of di vine service, and served with " a pint of yeale.." Mr. Bragg said that the witness entered his house in un impudent manner, and took his seat, and, be ing recognised as a common informer, he certainly was turned out, hut not by him. "Pray, may I ask him a question or two, your Worship ? Mr. Sergeant SELLON—Certainly you may. Mr. Bragg—Did you not call for liquor and offer a bad shilling in payment ? Witness—Yes, I did. Mr. Bragg—You were insolent and turned out ? Wnness—l know I was turned out. Mr. Sergeant SELLON—Then you own that you offered a counterfeit shilling ? Witness—l do, your Woi ship. Mr. Sergeant SELLON —The case is dismissed. Johnson—l have another case against him for serving during the hours of divine service. Mr. Sergeant SELLON—The case cannot be en tertained upon the testimony of the witness. Witness—There's the drinking on the premises and assault. Mr. ser g eant SELLON would not hear either, and the thrashed disappoinied informer quitted the office with his master, quite chagrined. 0 her cases were brought forward, but dismissed, leaving Johnson, Murray, and Co. minus the costs to a considerable amount. Three girls, the eldest, not more than fifteen or bixteen years of age, were charged with havitig corn• mitted a violent assault upon Mary Holder, a pauper in Si. Andrew's workhouse. The prisoners, it appears, were girls of the most refractory and violent conduct, and formed a dislike 1 towards Holder, who had reformed in her conduct so as to become an example to others. While the church service was going forward they would pelt her with cinders and other articles, and being com plained of, they determined on " serving her out;" and, on finding her alone in the ward, they made a furious attack upon her; swore they would take her life, which they would have done had not some of the inmates interfered to prevent further violence. The prisoners laughed, and exhibited the most hardened conduct. They. mere sentenced to four teen days' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. B OW- STREET. Mr. Collins, the proprietor of a Hammersmith omnibus, was summoned by Captain Halswell, who is a county Magistrate, for insolence used by the conductor of the vehicle, under the following cir cumstances :—The Captain got into the omnibus at Knightsbridge, and said, " Drive me to Waterloo place." The conductor made no answer, and on arriving at the Circus, in Piccadilly, he opened the door, and told the Captain that that was the nearest point to Waterloo-place. The complainant, who considered that the conductor had, by his making no answer to what he said on getting into the coach, contracted to take him to Waterloo-place, hesitated to p iy the 6d. fare, upon which the conductor jeered him, and made several offensive observations, such as he had not got a sixpence in his pocket. Mr. Christian, a land-surveyor, of King-street, Covent-garden, on- the part of the defendant, did tint think he had acted with any insolence; and Mr. MINSHULL, under the circumstances, and the doubt ful nature of the alleged contract, advised Copts n Halswell to withdraw his information, which he did. - I.IARLBOROUGH-STREET. DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.—Just as Mr. DYER, jun., had closed the evening sittings, two boys, named Thomas Gatehouse and James Goodall, in the employ of Edward Coxhead, the Greenwich and Blackheath carrier, were brought to the office in custody of policeman No. 10, division C, tinder the following ci cumstances : The policeman stated that about seven o'clock his attention was directed to a crowd of persons in front of a surgeon's in Oxford -street, and on pro ceeding into the shop he ascertained that a respect able female, named Antrim, residing in Titchfield street, Soho, had been ran over by the horse and cart which the prisoners had charge of. Several of the unfortunate woman's ribs were broken, and she was otherwise so grievously injured that the sur geons at the Middlesex Hospital, to which place she was squbsequently conveyed, could give no hope of her recovery. He (policeman), therefore, under the circumstances, took the prisoners into custody. The prisoners said they were very sorry, but the occurrence %.% as entirely accidental. They had twice called to the woman, and she made a stop, and then all at once proceeded forward, when the horse knocked her down arid trampled on her. Mr. DYER said it was highly improper that two such boys should be allowed to have charge of a horse and cart, and he should detain them until fur ther inquiries were instituted. On the application of one of the prisoners a policeman was sent with him to deliver the remain ing parcels in town, after which the boy was to be taken to the station-house, and the horse and cart to the green-yard. MARY LEB ONE. THE UNKNOWN TONGUES.—Mr. H. Jackson, a gentleman of rtspectable appearance was chdrgeo with creating a disturbance in the Rev. Edward Irving's church, in INewman-street. Richard Hall, beadle of the church, said that on Friday evening, while Mr. Irving was delivering a spiritual exhortation to his flock, the church was thrown into a state of great confusion by the de fendant exclaiming aloud, " That does not apply to Witness immediately took him into custody. Mr. RAWLINSON treated the Case es one of a very trivial character, upon which Hall said that the de- fendant's exclamation occasioned much consterna tion and alarm, by throwing the congregation into confusion. Mr. RAWLINSON—The congregation may be thrown into confusion by a Tobbin flying into the church. I have heard that the unknown tongues are spoken in Mr. Irving's church ; do they create confusion ? Hall (with strong emphasis)—Cer. tainly not. Mr. Jackson went into Mr. Irving's church fiom curiosity, and was certainly thrown off his guard by some of the doctrines which that gentleman held forth. Mr. RAWLINSON said that the arrest of the de 0 ,- data was a very harsh arid arbltrdry proceeding. lie then discharged him. Q UEEN SQUARE. ILLEGAL CABRIOLET PLATES.— Robert Taylor, owner of the cabriolet No. 1,191; James Bardell, proprietor of the hackney-carriage No. 4u5 and cabriolet No. 402; and Mr.. Barker, James Sander son, and James Bardell, jun., owners of the cabriolets numbered 713, 899, and 876, were summoned by Seagrave. the officer, for working illegal plates to their respective vehicles. The illegality consisted in the defendants having sliding numbers to the plates, with their names on, which could be removed ar pleasure without taking off the fixed plates. The officer stated that a memorial had been presented by several hackney-coach proprietors to the Commis sioners of Stamps, complaining of the system as one open to considerable abuse on the part of the drivers, who occasionally shifted and exchanged the numbers, and then, by carrying on a series of impositions upon, the public, by extortion and other means, caused the innocent to stiffer for the guilty, inasmuch as the owner of the cab whose number hati been forged was generally summoned and convicted for an offence committed by another. This memorial was handed over to the Magistrate, who entirely coincided with the memorialists that the plates with sliding or shift ing numbers were illegal, and open to great abuse. The defendants assured the Magistrates they were not a. are that such plates were illegal, and pro mised to hive them altered. The Magistrate, under the circumstances, miti gated the penalty to five shillings and costs in each case. THAMES POLICE. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—MUTINY AT SEA.-011 Saturday Mr. Donald, a gentleman connected with the house of Mr. Weedon, merchant and ship owner, in Great Winchester -street, City, appeared to answer a summons issued against Mr. Weedon, at the suit of William Brampton, a seaman, who claimed the sum of 101. for his services as a mariner or, board the Sarah East Indiaman, on a voyage to Bombay, six years ago. Mr. D.inald handed a let ter to Captain Richbell, the Magistrate, to the effect that the complainant ha I forfeited his wages by mutiny and insubordination. Brampton had never joined in any mutiny, though an event which had occurred on the voyage had been construed into mutiny. He only claimed for the outward-bound voyage to India. Captain RICHBELL said the letter was not evi dence, nor could the case be gone into in the absence of the defendant, unless the gentleman who attended for him would abide by his decision. Mr. Donald expressed himself willing to abide by the decision. Brampton went out as ordinary seaman, and one Saturday, when the ship was one degree on this side of the equinoctial line, a man was ordered by the second mate to take a swab and clean the decks; but instead of doing so he passed the order to an other man, and went to the pump, where he was found by the mate, who asked him why his order was not obeyed, and who it was told him to do that. Tne man replied that another had got the swab, on which the mate struck him a violent blow with his clenched fist. A struggle took place in the forecastle, during which the chief mate came up, and they dragged the man aft and put him in irons He remained in confinement until the following Monday morning, whets he was biought on deck 10 be punished, but no orders were given for'all hantb to muster, as is usual on such occasions. The crew, in consequence, signed a " round robin," dr railing a list of their grievances, and humbil requesting that the man might not he flogged. Tbe„ letter was handed to the Captain, who said he woo l° read it after the man was punished. As their olr ject was to save the man from punishment, they e 4 e' quested him to read it then, but he refused, and t he first lash with the cat-o'-nine tails was inflicted 9 ° the man's bare back. The crew on this advance' aft, and the Ciptain instantly drew a line across 1 11 , 6 quarter-deck, and said the first man who crossedl should be shot. A shipmate immediately opese," his waistcoat, and, displaying his bosom, exelainie°' " Fire into the breast of an Englishman : I'm o.°, t afraid of death." The word " fire" was on iP s given by the Captain, and the officers and passer gers fired their pistols at the crew and killed An e man, besides wounding several others, one of whQ' subsequently died. When the ship arrived in 14 0 he and nine others were taken before a Magistrat e, and imprisoned for a weak. In the interval the sb i f sailed, and he was left in the Country. Capt. RICHBELL said it appeared to him,. on 1 11/ man's own t.howing, that he had forfeited his w 4 ° by not obeying his master's lawful commands, i v cording to the articles he had signed. - Brampton said he was picked out as being on the quarter-deck, but he declared he had nee° crossed the chalk line. In fact, there was only o ° l person, a cadet, who had sworn to his having ccosge J the line. oi o osery Sec er ZORR "This i s th e! last its story r li on, ; and its st 1 r: ono of e•"—Qua Ilichar CHEAPEST Thim d ay was p In cloth, uni Driro 11 T"E F from the e : Wen calcula riell.eyi ever and i b ts in y od R;ci,3ra Captain RICHBELL said it was clear that the coo l ; plainant had joined in the mutiny, and had disober orders. Mr. Donald said one material fact was omitte by Brampton. The mutiny was of that nature, 0 the men evinced such a spirit of insubordinati o that the passengers were under the necessity ° keeping armed watches, and the captain was co o' pelled to put into Rio de Janeiro, where the 1%,,, miral of the station said nothing _could justify Or conduct of the men, and allowed a guard of mart, to accompany the Sarah to India. Through 11° , deviation from the ship's tour-e, the owners we" put to an enormous expense. Brampton contended that nothing had been do°, by the crew to justify their being fired upon. Tiir only object was to save the man from being ilogr , with the cat. Captain RICHBELL—What business had you ° send a letter ? THE I This day LIFE ] ,s o . Compri NetY in Cale ie CON TENTS :- , it'---The N L eeend of Bp rai Adieit--The B - -Sketch es and ap'e's Misf o d r e--A Y onne Tile Sick Certif 4 (;raphic •tt t ° Pr w oc e eed reco r to t ra ndi Richard ...........L,..............1. Just pu bli CAUSES Brampton—lt contained a list of our grievance, Mr. Symons, the Chief Clerk, said the mut e was a very serious one, and required all the IWO exercised by the captain to suppress it. The Qd sengers would never have taken up arms against t crew unless they were in a state of revolt. Captain RICIIBELL said there could be no duol:' (though no legal evidence had been off e r e d) thol i mutiny had occurred, and that Brampton was participator. Under these circumstances, and d tiidering the length of time which the complains , , h.td suffered to transpire before he prosecuted 1A claim, he should dismiss the summons. He A A certain that no Court would declare the man e ntill to his wages after having placed a va l ua bl e s hip s calgo in danger. fu; ofA s able histoLow ge htene eh an . x v. g in F .n and th L ene l tl a Lot Just Publiehtql, S KET CH Its_ C ounts of vacelnent of tl v JOll/ st ate :stivius seen forfitfearN eel , a l e n e urte, u a lt s yo o chat ~LitetarY Gazett, Le h ti Lon - P ndhan.°o Bealej' .7-1:'.6.-----22-k-THE CLEI A.Ser,., , COUNTRY CORN MARKETS 2,1 044 71 to DURING LAST WEEK. 1 Wheat. Barley. Oats. , --. -••••••-•-• G ii _ Per Quarter. 'S.to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. / 1 7 , ANTS, T Callisle..--.. ,56 - 25 - 19 - 40 , I "SSELs Hexham.............- 148 GO 28 33 18 2:3 - , " 1 14 • 4 orpeth ....---.. 44 51 28 30 IS 23 29 P ublished Penrith -------. , - 58 - 28 - 19 -- .: sketlield ....----...1 - 59 - 3 - 1 -- 20 - ii T, II kA inchester ..--... ,50 56 24 29 22 24 42 i t.., IL Elt Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s. .1. s.d. s.d. s.d. ,i,d. r 6 Carmarthen Ch v . RECTO: t2oventry ....-....-. 7 0 90 4 8 54 3 6 40 5 6 1,,, ' 4 "ealo, 8,, c , Newcastle (Stall.) 8 0 86 5 6 59 2 9 335 0 6 "'at md e ' Northallerton ....... 7 0 93 3 6 46 3 3 40" i 6 1 11erall of Ad itone---.... 84 90 53 60 32 40 ti 0 0 ahr - Y used in I Swansea -..... 69 72 39 4 2 2 0 22 0 0 Warwick --.......... 9 0 10 0, 4 6 5 0 2 2 2 6 7 3 I 11 O e N nd ed a CC of DISC. Per 8011, I 0 II of T reatment, Bt ßarnardeastle -.... 12 0 17 0 8 0 8 6 5 0 5 6 10 Durham 12 6 14 3 80 90 49 60 100 i t , '?4 the Richmond ...............«17 0i 8 0 El 6 4 6 6 6 9fl I - - Stockton ..................... 111 3123i9610 01 4 0 4 6 0 0 ... ,,) s o " bat ing Infer -- ---- -8; the Royal WAKEFIELD CORN MAKKET.-Jan, 4 40 l'eaded a ! ' • Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Suflblk...-s. 4-Fs. to 555. fi ne, tin ,animatio Lin. and Cam. -s. 425. to 58s fine •",,,, s i o „,' B ‘e. Also, -s. 425. to 525. fi ne -:.,,' ,'-' naters of Chi ------- Yorksliire ------ White -s. 475. to 595. fine 1 ; 1" top, , ~ , ' Uxt on .. ---- Foreign, Red -s. to 445. fine •,„, s , , • . w , o.r, White s. -s. to -s nne ''',,., Ritt u , . e , have not si Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk - Lincolnshire 29s. to 36s tlao.; i i the 1 zi, a third urn - Yorkshire Wold 3ls. to 365. tine 6 _,,' (.1er2,,,,,gY Bountiful - Foreign -s. to -s. fine -- ' ...oliT,'en. and of rils to 355. fine ';','i '• (list a ," a unt the s Beans, Small ---- Tick 32s. to 31s. floe ..!,;" Nid e. "C,%', from in Oats, Potato 2os. to 22e. fine ,;."0. '' , ay ss ,," e cordil - Poland -s. 18s. to 20s fi ne -^* 'l'll'h "age m uc h - Friezland and Small -s 16s to 196' cl od to hi s fi • qtoll "IITI r, - Mealing ~.,- 6, i4t, --;.Ri . c' IV Shelling 2lB. to 265. Od. per 1 , 7 , t ext a ,,,,,,, Malt 335. 425. fine 455. per li 3 „ „. 4 'lo, T "" W. F Rapeseed _____! ......_ o/. O. 22t. Os. 231. Ws. per L . ) , I 0 ~...,..._13...e.8 and,i_ Lon don CORNWA LI MARKETS. a li I NeOso„„,, Tamto-Wheat (average) 215.0.1.-Barley, 118.-Oats, 0';01 ''.‘vDlßL ST AusTELL-Wheat, -8. to 215.-Barley,-s. to Its!" ill/O UT 1 , Os to Ss. 6d. i PENZkNCE-Wheat, 21s. to 2•2 s . -Barley, Hs. to 12.5.-i, ' 4 4%ij) FILLITs 7s. to ss. 0.1.-Beef and Mutton, Cd. to 5d.-Pork, 01 . v ‘e N R --- . Butter, 12d. per ih. di ) AL Sue I .ausiegsTos-Wheat (average) 210. 01-Barley,los. 3,1! I v , 7s Od.-Beef, 5d.-Mutton, 6,1. Eh' q- ''3lEl Ltsiaaan-Wheat, S. to 22 5. Od. - Barley, 10s. fid....0 3 h„ • _,,, '.. 'ICU ‘"' 4l Den ti 7 5 . Est. BonmiN-Wheat (average) 21s. Od.-Parley, I I s. -O a t s , 7 , t tio, A bILLy, , HELSTON-Wheat, 21s. OIL-Barley, 1 Is Od. l. Sr. CoLumu-Wheat, 21s. to -s. -Barl ey , I I s . t o 125... I'AIRO's,BURY and Mutton, sd. to 6 d. - Vea l, 0,1.-Lamb, Od. Pi )1"' ion "AGE v 1 411. e t to poli a. exerti MININC IN TELL' GENCE. Tons. Pub l. s ' beg leav4 Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Redruth last Thurday 3,25! , , izir , \ l iin general Quantity of fine Copper--.........w..................-..... 240 , 1 u ,_ Average Produce 71,1 it 41 )4 .'5 , D ECAY 18,7491. 17s. 6d.-A verage Standard, 1121. , --_ - , riteN"Ite:SAbLIGSHUTC Amount of Sale. . ---___ A distressing scene was witnessed a d . ,l)'' out t i,' PERM per',. •Naat'Y years ' ; two ago in this town (Brighton). A French govel lif allay s tif for "e Most E ahotit twenty four years of age, of considerable attractions, was missing from a most respectable cyst b qtaH ER !s All 1 meat at the west end. The first tidings received of NE EASE l i f MIA in tl were, that about 4 o'ol•.ek in the afternoon of the 1 - Al E: I ' a nd NA] 11l ' I't question the voice of a female was heard in the 1 1 A.Ou tt A Set, w Citholie Chapel in High-street, and that the sound S incl .' CA TION or ? &„ rt 'brari ce of N peculiar as to attract the passers by to the spot. On et -.hW e do xl A c , r every PI ................_All Open ing the Chapel the unfortunate governess was see.- , ..,, , r , ._ - LcATION. stale of great excitement, talking rapidly and incohereo C blood was flowing profusely from her mouth, occas i '' ; 1 CAtinv by her having torn down a hell and thrusting it into , ET MA} t. A distressing scene was witnessed a dal two ago in this town (Brighton). A French gover about twenty four years of age, of considerable per' attractions, was missing from a most respectable map ment at the west end. The first tidings received of were, that about 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the 6 question the voice of a female was heard in the 11° Ctiholic Chapel in High-street, and that the sound peculiar as to attract the passers by to the spot. On ing the Chapel the unfortunate governess was sees state of great excitement, talking rapidly and incobet blood was flowing profusely from her mouth, occa by her having torn down a bell and thrusting it into mouth, and thus forcing out three of her teeth. 1 0 condition she was taken away and pat to bed. A sill being called in pronounced her insane, and she hai l been removed to a lunatic asylum. We tinder:lMO she accosted some fishermen on the Cliff at 6 o'clo g the morning, requesting them to kiss a cross which suspended from her neck ; and on their refusing she came very importunate. They at length acceded S° wish, and two or three of them kissed the cross, which she walked away, apparently well satisfied. went home about 10 o'clock that morning in greed; bale, and lett the house again at 11, remaining out ti ll was discovered. By what means she obtained Mini° to the Chapel is not known. Her parents reside in and are said to he very respectable. bIR. THL e ‘ l l- Nobility a etLsele c t e d S toc l i land, at the C ;Nenh a ll- street 4 ' l ' l l l t o Act of Par' hib! ne ouragement At t 0 produ ce on at d e4tl ! l . s . in sickne ! iv uitt o ,` , lBtead y f b bitt n furniture ad ti t a 7iit oderftl straw mat t Pe a t r hk ********* d _ s erb e ,_, ,, b to fit t . * . 1 , free f r,; t • * ............ Fogr ,stx feather f e ' e ' t , l3t hair mat 81 x best d SiX nd ; a e' l t ...... . iaN4ter .... flock ilt.d4ypoiolte,deitair; LlbiJapatir ......... ne d dres .............. b and diti Thr t°4 4 l : tt °•••••.... ivi e l e fe et .1 1 table . . Th r ~ e ) ? o ra , est kah` o fee t ' v . s ers ....... titz4ally bot ditto 14 to era ° x glass . In i° tatl ......... I)it t e ,pee. Y .... 1 0ittn nj; ...... ....... cA t o.rit i t e o , anc le p s a t n ep t un t so " e" . "••••• t 'lla • eh tes s - fit a bed .. eri k Pap be ristead an tcs;l7i ... '44 h°gat ea! rer, 4 ,14,1 )y . t, silk ( I ra Li : irnitl tin ge Pt ries 4 11 • .......... te atherbe t i *•* Oh BIRTH. On the sth instant, the lady of Charles Barry Baldwor of P...rhament-street, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 3d inst. at Pontefract, Yorkshire, Captain Brotj, nephew of General S ir J o h n D e l ves B roug h ton Eliza, eldest daughter of J o h n P er f ect , E sq ., o f that place' On the 4th inst. at Godm anc h es t er , th e R ev . Masi; liamson, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Head of Westminster School, to Anne, daughter of the BO' Bristol. On the sth inst. at St. Dunstan's, Stepney, Mr. Selby 0 of Grove-house, Woodford, to Julia Susanna, daughter of an d Isabella awkins, 01 Betchworth, Su rey. On the sth inst at Brighton, Thomas Thompson Cattle only son of the late Thomas Cattley, Esq., of Clapham, beth, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Charles Bridger, Be e Albourne and Twineham, Sussex. On the Ist inst. at Romsey, Hants, Mr Thomas Del citor, of Dyer's-buildings, to )Farces, second daughter of Young, hsq., of Moor Court, near Southampton. DIED. On the Ist inst. at Lovelhill, Berks, Major-General George Scott, of the Madras Artillery, aged 06. On the 3d inst. in Stockwell Place, Miss Ann Wood. On the 4th inst. James Vaughan, Esq., of Chester.terr , gent's park, late of the Madras Civil Service. On the 2d inst. in Canterbury-low, Newington, Edwar ter, iu the 32d year of his age. On the 26th ult. Mr. Charles Phillips, of the Bank of 0 aged 68, On the 3d inst. at Doncaster, after a painful illness, Holmes, C. 8., late of the 3d Dragoon Guards. IHTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO YOUNU,' Scut Orrics, 11; STUN P, UNIM To-morrow Iv Ts CnniPr"l • • nE tt and in the ME !ward of th. STELLATIC Riche