The Sun. — London, England, 1833-01-23 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS _ . We learn from an authentic statement that there were left as remonets in the different Law Courts at the close of the last sittings, no less a number than nearly nine • hundred causes, viz., in the King's Bench 700, in the Common Pleas 100, and in the Exchequer 70. Though this enormous arrear in the first of these Courts cannot be the fault of the new Chief Justice, and po'ssibly not of the last, it affords an astound ing instance of the law's delay, and operates, to a considerable extent, as an actual denial of jus tice. Indeed, so strongly is the inconvenience felt, by mercantile men especially, that many, to whom it is of the last importance to have their rights decided by the highest tribunal, are corn pelted to abstain altogether from seeking redress, on the sole around of the impossibility of seeing any reasonable prospect of having their cases decided. Besides which, it can scarcely, fail to he remarked, that this evil works a double wrong ; for while the law's delay is to the ho nest man a source of ruin and vexation, there are but too many to whose dishonest propensities it holds out an inducement of which they are but too ready to avail themselves. Without in quirina into the sources of this evil—a great part of which it would not be difficult to fathom or unravel—we would apply ourselves to the re medy, which we do not conceive is very difficult either. That remedy is, that the Courts should sit unceasingly at Nisi Prins till the whole o the causes in this enormous arrear, as well as those since set down for hearing, are disposed of. This, we are aware, is not compatible with the present arrangements of the three Chiefs going the circuit. This might for once be dis pensed with, and three Sergeants he appointed (as has been heretofore the case) to officiate in their stead. From the 31st instant, to the 12th of April, a period of eleven weeks, or sixty six working days, the three Chief Justices mig ht be wholly employed in this manner, trying t he - whole of the causes indiscriminately ; that is, when the Chiefs of the Common Pleas and Ex chequer have got through their own lists, let them take portions of the King's Bench list, till the whole is got through and disposed of. It there be any technical objection to their so doing, Parliament, which will be sitting, and whose duty it is to aid in the removal of al; grievances, might readily pass a short Act to authenticate the proceeding. But we shall be told, perhaps, that the arrangement we suggest would be impracticable, because the Counsel to be employed in most of the causes will be absent on the circuits at any rate. This, we should say, is arguing from the very abuse itself. Part of the evil we complain of arises from the absurd habit of limiting the practice at the Bar to such few hands. Overloaded as the Bar, like every other profession, now is, there must be very many persons competent to the task, but who have no opportunities of distinguishing themselves on account of the ab surd monopoly of business which is allowed to prevail in all the Courts. At any rate, such a monopoly ought not fora moment to be allowed to stand in the way of the removal of so great a public evil as the denial of justice to the King's subjects. if Counsel expected to be employed in these causes must go to the circuit, let others be instructed in their room; or, if the town practice is more important or profitable than that which is likely to occur on the cir cuits, let them for once leave an opening there for others. In short, the whole thing is both practicable and just ; more than that, it is im perative. If necessary, we trust Parliament will interfere to see it done; though the coun try, we are convinced, would be much bates pleased to see the remedy a voluntary one than the result of any interference whatever.—Morn in Herald. No reflecting person, we believe, ever ques tioned the advantage derivable from the ittflu. net exercised by one class of society over another In fact, it was stated expressly by some of th. ebb st advocates of the Reform nil a►t the time that one of the benefits which might be expected from it would be the making the rich depend 0! the good opinion of their humbler neighbour , and consequently giving them a powerful motile to deserve that opinion. The rich have mot., leisure than the poor, and alone possess th, means of dedicating themselves exeusivel% ti public objects. A man who is strugling t. meet the wants of the day that is passing ove , his head ; or to provide something f..r his widow and children, that they may not be destitute when he is no longer able to work for them, cat at most afford to spare little time for serving th. public. The man in e►tsy circumstances, on the other hand, being without the motive for activiti which necessity gives to the poor, naturally look , for another, in the dedication of his activity tr the public benefit, and looks for a reward in th sympathy anil approbation of that public. We may be sure that a rich man will always be be nefited by being made dependent on public approbation for power. We may he equally sore that a rich man, who deserves it, will alwat; gain the approbation of his inferiors in rank and wealth, and possess great influence among them. We make these remarks by way of meeting an article in the Globe of yesterday, in whicl the writer points out the omission of the writer on ballot, in the Edinburgh, in not treating whe ther it is desirable that the influence of the rich over the poor should be destroyed, but himsel commits the mistake of confounding influent e with the power of compulsion. The ballot, as we shall show on a future day (for we have not space to-day), would not destroy the influence of the rich over the poor ; but it would take from the rich the power of supplying the plan 0 1 compelling the poor to support them, wheelier they deserved it or not.—Morning Chronicle. It is to be regretted that at the meeting of the constituency of London at Guildhall, on Mon day, fhe great practical question of the assessed 1 , taxes was mixed up with the speculative topics of the ballot and triennial Parliaments. As to the ballot, we shall not fail to discuss it when a fitter occasion presenta itself; oily just observing. at the present moment, that publicity of action, whether in legislative proceedings,Courts of Jus tice, or the exercise of any political rights or du ties, is the life and soul of the institutions of a free State, whereas corruption, shrinking from the eye of public opinion, finds its best pro section under the shield of secrecy. A man who dare not be honest while he knows that his c onduct is open to the criticism of mankind, an d responsible to their opinion, will feel the last restraint on knavery removed when the conve nient cloak of darkness shrouds his actions from observation. As to triennial Parliaments, we have more than once expressed our unequivocal condemnation of the Act by which a base and ambitious Administration, in direct violation of common justice and the Bill of Rights, le °- longed a Parliament elected for three years into one of seven, and defrauded all the electors of the kingdom of their elective franchise to the extent in which =they nullified its exer cise. -If 'ever there was a legalised Act that was an unconstitutional one, it was the Septennial Act, which a Whig Ministry nassed, and which tended more to the cor ruption of Parliaments than any thing else, with the exception of the master evil of no mination boroughs. Still it becomes a question whether the excision of the nomination boroughs, and the letting into the elective francise of the intelligent and active middle classes, has not so altered the constitution of Parliament, and pro vided such a vigilant check and control over the representatives of the people, as to neutralize the tendency of long Parliaments to render the Members independent of their constituents. We say this becomes a question ; and it is a question which can only be solved in one way—we mean by experience. If experience proves that the Reform Bill has not established a sufficient con trol over the national representation, and that the majority of those whom the people send into Parliament become fonder of wearing the collar of the Minister, and obeying the whipper-in of the Treasury than of earning the honest appro bation of their country, we shall give our best assistance to the repeal of the Septennial Act, and demand that the duration of Parliament shall be limited to what it was before that Act was passed. At present our wish is to see how the reformed Parliament works, before we de mand any change in its constitution. If it does well, why should we risk a certain good for an imaginary advantage ? If ill, we shill have the irresistible argument of experience in favour of a further alteration, and, if the people be true to t hemgelves, what can then prevent its concession ? We did object originally, and do still object, to the payment of taxes being made a qualification for the exercise of the elective franchise. A ' law to secure political rights should never savour of a Revenue Bill ; but this, besides being bad in principle, is a practical grievance, the mischief and inconvenience of which have been proved. It puts in the hands of tax collectors the means of committing frauds upon the exercise of the elective franchise. It was also the cause of great numbers of persons, otherwise qualified, being pro hae tire disfran chised, previously to the last election. But this brings us to the other question discussed at the Guildhall—that of the assessed taxes. This question of the assessed taxes is, indeed, not a speculative one, like that of the ballot, or trien nial Parliaments ; it is a reap and a pressing grievance, and we know not what question con nected with the internal policy of this realm re quires more immediate attention. When we peak of the assessed taxes, we more imtne- diately allude to those peculiarly oppressive and unequal ones—the window tax and inhabited house tax. As to that portion of the assessed taxes which are laid upon luxuries, we have no wish to disturb them. It is better that the luxuries of the great should be taxed than the industry of the people. The assessed taxes sere laid on as war taxes, and as war taxes only ; :he Government was bound by its,pledge to re- mit them on the return or peace. But, on the return of peace, the landed interest and the bo oughmongers, who had drawn the country into he iniquitous and fool►sh war for the restoration the Bi.tubons, shoved the burden of its ex penses off their own shoulders upon the industry i►f the people. That industry has never been ble to recover itself from that time to this. To assist in pressing the productive energies of the people to the earth, the iniquitous change was made in the currency by " Peel's Bill," xhich, by the alteration in the value of mo ney, added at least one•third more to the taxes. It was a Bill, in fact, to increase the taxation of the producers and the manufac urers of England, while it lowered the prices out of which the taxes were to be paid ! The ihominable inequality with which the house and window taxes are levied has excited just indig union throughout the kingdom. A shopkeeper who pays a larger sum iu those taxes than the Duke of Newcastle or the Marquis of Lans downe may well feel himself aggrieved, and hit k it high time that a mode of taxation whiCh allowed the practice of aristocratic fa vouritism that has lately been expo-ed should continue no longer. If the owners of the great a ist,icratic seats and castles be made to pay up arrears upon the same scale as the payments if the middle classes, from the time of the in- -titution of those taxes, there will be a large find, in hand to apply to the exigencies of the State though those should be immediately re pealed. If a substitute be wanting, tln clues ,ion may arise whether a property tax (not an income tax) might not be the most proper ; but we maintain that, before any tax is substituted, he Government is bound to show that it has nide every retrenchment possible to make in the ,xpenses of the State. By engaging in the Durch war the Government seemed as if it had money enough, and to spare ; it keeps up the army at 8,000 men more than three years ago ; it gave away the sinecure place of Constable of the Round Tower of Windsor the other day; ,nd the Pension List is kept up in all its extra v.tgance. The country wants cheap and good ,;overntnent ; it must have it, or be ruined.— Vl6rning Herald. The Members of the Cabinet are, with but *ew exceptionE, individuals whose abilities we whose honesty we dispute; who neve► rusted each other, whom the people have ceased ,o trust ; to whoni events have given an import wee which their own incapacity is rapidly Aking away. But we find every where a earful and sorrowful conviction that the salva- tion of England from the perils into which these men have guided her depends upon the future course which these men are about to pursue. Cite elections have done what it was intended by the framers of the Reform Act they should do. they have fur a season destroyed the political strength of the united and consistent party by which that Act was opposed, and they have elevated into temporary supremacy the variow and discordant factions by which that Act was supported. The Conservatives, strong as they are throughout the country in their rank, their intelligence, their property, and even in their numbers, are in the House of Commons power less, except as their alliance may give the victor) to one or other of the parties into which their nlversaries will shortly he divided. The inno vators, so lung as they remain banded under a common standard, so long as the timid do not shrink nor the scrupulous hesitate, are omnipotent to do mischief ; England has de livered into their hands whatever she valued or venerated in old time—the integrity of her law and the sanctity of her religion, her Peer's coronet and her King's crown. This is the first result of the adoption of the Reform Act. A second succeeds which its framers never desired, but which its enemies early foretold. The inno vators have already ceased to be thus united. There arc among them sects and schisms as countless as the stars of the firmament or the sands of the sea, the falsehoods of O'Connell or the protocols of Lord Palmerston. Some talk of a final measure; others see but the small end of the wedge; one pronounces, our Reform is complete ; another whispers, our Revolution is hardly begun ; the Whig is satisfied with a septennial visit to the hustings from his fifty , pound tenant ; the Radical will not be happy till he shall see the sooty hand of his chimney sweeper thrust annually into the balloting-box. Not only in our amended representation is amendment proposed, but i n ever y i ns titution which belongs to Church or State changes more or less violent are daily agitated. The fiercer philosopher would tear the gown from the pas tor's shoulders; the feebler would only pluck the mitre from the Bishop's head ; the sturdier rebel would trample on his Sovereign's diadem ; the more moderate would content himself with the appropriation of twp or three of the gems with which it is adorned. Amidst this conflict of vague and dissonant opinions, one thing is certain. As the hold which prescription had over the minds of men becomes more and more relaxed, the voice of the avowed revolutionist becomes louder, and the declared robber with , draws the mask from his face. " Who," said one of the most powerful advocates of the Re form Bill in March, 1831, " who wants to turn the Nobility out of the House of Lords ? Here and there a crazy Radical, whom the boys point at as he walks al ong ." T wo years h ave p a ssed since this exp ress i on was rece i ved w i t h enthu siastic applause by the regenerators of the Con stitution ; and the benches from which that cla morous approbation was expressed have since echoed with yet louder exultation when Lord Ebrington moved the famous resolutions which, if they have not for ever annihi lated, have, at least for a time, suspended the independent authority of the House of Lords. We question whether Mr. Macaulay would now speck thus slightingly of the desperate and dan gerous men by whom the utility of our heredi tary Peerage is doubted or denied. The un settled state of public opinion, which we have thus hastily sketched, invests the intentions of the Cabinet, as we before said, with a fearful in terest. If they shall determine to make a stand on the ground which they have selected for themselves; if they shall redeem the pledges which they made two years ago to their less re solved friends; if, in a word, they shall become Conservative, not of the Constitution as they found it, but of the Constitution as they have made it, there is a hope, a faint perhaps and a feeble hope, but still a hope, that the more insane and terrible excesses of revolu tionary outrage may he spared us ; that the Warburtons and Woods may return to their insignificance, and that the Steels and O'Connells may be once more harmless traitors. But if the King's Government I shall pl ace it se lf i n t hi s cr i s i s at t h e hea d of the party of the Movement, we see no mortal arm by which the ruin which impends over this unfortunate country may be for twelve months averted. " Jack Cade, the clothier, means to dress the Commonwealth, and turn it, and set a new nap upon it." There are some Members of the Administration, holding in it a more or less distinguished station, of whom we anticipate, whatever may be their present pro fes-ions, that they will move onwards with the Agitators and the Unions. We anticipate this of Mr. Poulett Thomson, because we under stand his taste ; of Lord John Russell, because we appreciate his consistency; of Lord Ahhorp, because he has always been a Radical ; of Mr. Charles Grant, because he was once a Tor). There are others, and there is one above all, to hose conduct we look with a more comfortable faith. Of such we shall speak to-morrow. — Morning Post. The necessary subjection of the 501. tenancy to their landlords—their political vassalage, or their certain exposure to ruin at every new elec tion, have often been pointed out in this journal, a=id denounced as a bleaiish of the Reform Bill. In the late election we have heard of many instances in which the tyranny of the bolds of the soil has been exercised with a degree of rigour seldom exemplified in recently-established despotisins; but we have seen no arbitrary interference with electoral rights so glaring and barefaced as that displayed in the following circular to a portion of the electors of East Suffolk:— " Coddenbam, Dee. 10, 1832. Sir —I beg leave to request you will attend at my house on the 1 q day of January next, to pay your half year's rent, et 10 o'clock in the morning, and bring an account of the crops on y'•ur faim in every field. " Yours very rempeetfully, " MANG. CHAPMAN, ("Sir William Middleton's Steward.) " R S.—Sir William (Middleton) reques s the pleasure of seeing you at Stitubland Park, to breakfast, on Friday morning., the 14th, at a quarter hi.fore 8 o'c.ock, on hor.a.back, to proceed to the nomination, without fail." This printed document, extraordinary as it may seem, i•, as we are assured by a corres pondent, perfectly genuine, and must be ad mitted to be a masterpiece of its kind. The steward of Sir William Middleton does not order a levy of his qualified tenants to the poll, a: he would have done a levy of feudal vassals to the field in ancient times : he is too dexterous and cunning for such an exposure of his power in the face of a law which guarantees freedom of choice to ail voters : but how deliberately does le join a summons to the rent-reckoning on the st of January, with au invitation to breakfast on the 14th of December ! ! These things seem in the circular merely forttntous occurrences, but the tenant is expected to have in his mind che connecting link. " Atte n d," says t h e im perious steward, " at ten oclock, on the Ist of January, with your half-year's rent,and bring an account of the crops on your farm in every field." Such is the terrible prospect held out to ,he alarmed farmer in one part of the missive. He is not only to bring the rent due for past occupation, but he is commanded to produce ail account of his peseta produce, that his rent may be raised, or his farm transferred to a higher bidder. But listen to the sontheing postscript, which f ficient to correct all the harshness of the previous command—" Sir William requests the pleasure of seeing you at breakfast on Friday tnornitw, it a quarter before eight o'clock, on horseback, to proceed to the nomination, without fail." What a humane and kind-hearted landlord ! Did Sir William ever expect " to see his tenants at breakfast on horseback before ?" or was it only because they were proceeding to " the nomination" that he asked them to slip in by the way, and breakfaa with him " without fail ?" Suppose they had declined the breakfast invita tion, and the ride to the election, which comes y way of postscript—then how woukl the other meeting, appointed for the Lit of January, have 4 one off? In fact, there could not have been a ,note direct way of saying to any man of com mon sense, come and support my candidate by showing yourself at his nomination on the 14th of December, or bring your arrears of rent and leave my farm in a fortnight afterwards. Such is the cruel alternative in which tenants without leases are placed at every election, and such is the strong additional motive created for tyran nical or ambitious landlords to refuse leases, as a means of securing swarms of political depen dents. Some opportunity must be seized upon between this and a future election to amend this part of the late Act.—Times. Last night a respectable meeting was held at the British Coffee-house, to consider the pro priety of the abolition of the house and window. tax. We sincerely believe that Ministers are anxious to relieve the people of their burdens. The great point is—have they courage enough to execute their intentions ?—will they resist the clamours of fools, who are bawling for the removal of imaginary grievances, and address themselves to the abolition of those imposts which really and substantially affect the pooret classes? Shopkeepers and tradesmen are the principal sufferers, at least in London and the great towns, by the oppressive tax on inhabited houses; they should certainly be relieved. The window-tax is a tax on the health and comfort of the poor, as well as middling Glasses, and ought, for the sake of health alone, to be modi fied or repealed, so far as regards all houses of small rent. That branch of the assessed taxes which merely affects the rich is in the nature of an equitable property-tax, and needs not to be removed. Carriages, armorial bear ings, livery servants, and other ornamental ap pendages of wealth and fashion, are fair objects of taxation, nor did we ever hear any reasonable man complain of them, except in some cases, where the caprice of a Chancellor of the Exche quer had made fantastical alterations, productive of trouble to the individual without advantage to the revenue. At the same time it must be confessed that it would be a great good if the assessed taxes could be repealed altogether, trans ferring that portion of the revenue which is raised on luxury to some other department of taxation ; for it is quite clear, that a system of taxation in which the net revenue does not amount to much more than half the sum col lected is a barbarous imposition, unworthy of any country in an advanced state of political science and civilization.— Times. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION. HOUSE. Dr. Sevin, of the Hampstead-road, was yesterday charged by a Mr. Leech, with a violent assault. The complainant appeared in the Justice-room with a fresh cut under his eye and a broken mouth. The complainant, as he was passing along Cheap side, about half an hour before, met the defendant, and said to him, " Ah, how do you do, Bevill?" Tne answer he received was a punch in the eye, and a dab in the teeth of the most terrific description. As he had done nothing to provoke such treatment, he immediately gave the D.Jctor into the custody of a policeman. The LORD MAYOR—And all you said to him was " How do you do "r" Complainant—Not a word m re, and down he knocked me, and kicked me when I was on he ground. Perhaps I called him a quack, for he is a regular one; hut if he was'ot an exceptionable person, I shotthent have addre'sed him at all. The Doctor, who is an Itisliman, declared that the provocation he received was qoite intolerable. The low fellow waked up to him, and called him not only a quack, but swindler and a rogue. The-e names excited his resentment, especially as they were accompanied by a donee on the chop. Complainant—l assure you that all I said to him waa what I t IA you. The LORD MAYOR—It is evident, if you spoke to him because you desp'se him, that you were not very se'ect in your epithets. Of course he was not, according to law, justified in sir king you, but I think the hest way to end the matter is for me to direct him to cue your eye and mouth. Complainant—Nu, no, my Lord; if I was to put my eye under h's care, he'd soon leave me without an eye. I wish to be protected, not to be sacs ificed to the doc'ot's skill.—(Laughter.) The doctor was willing to give bail, and let the case he (li4pe) , :ed of by a Jury. The LORD MAYOR could have no objection, but he thought it would be much better to settle the mater with a little plaister, as a Jury would not be likely to think the case one for a heavy penalty. GUILDHALL. James Wheatley, an occasional labourer at the Hounslow powde -mills, was brought brfure Mr. Alderman ANSLEY, yesterday, charged with stealing a cln-ck for 81., drawn by a Mr. Jennings on Messrs. Roharts and Co. Mr. Gay, of the Bolt-in-Tun Inn, Fleet-street, sta , el that on Manday afternoon a parcel, addressed to Mr. Holder, of Chertsey, was put into the coach at that inn, and on reaching Chertsey, the coachman missed it. He informed Mr. Holder of the circum stance, and learning that it was supposed to have contained the above check, he, on returning to town yesterday morning, stopped payment of it at the bankers'. About two hours afterward, a boy pre sented the check for payment, and being questioned, he said he had been sent in with itby his father, who was waiting outside, and who was of course appre hended. He was now brought before the Magistrate to account for the possession of the property. The prisoner resided at Walton-on-Thames, and came up to town that morning to see his son, who was apprenticed to a tradesman near Soho--quare. To save the penny he crossed the meadows instead of the ferry, and upon getting into the road about I he middle of Sunbury, he found a letter lying in the road. He put it in his pocket as waste paper, not being able to read ; but showed it to man whom he fell into conversation with at Hounslow. He asked him if it was of any consevenee ? Yes, it is a prize, said the man, who at the same time cut the check our of the letter, and told him if he presented it at Curtis's bmnking-house he would get some thing for it. He had done this accordingly. The prisoner had always lived at 'Walton, and his cha racter would bear the strictest inquiry. The coachman said he never saw the prisoner before. It was possible the parcel might have dropt from the boot at Sunbury. The prisoner Was reminded: MARLBOROUGH-STREET. William Lawler, a master painter and glazier, living to William -street, Lambeth, who has under gone a great many examinations on a charge of hauling sr° en a number of paintings from the pre m•ses of Mr. H. Phillips, auctioneer, New Bond street, was finally brought before Mr. CONANT yeeterday. The discovery of the offence took place owing to a valuable little painting►, by G.-rard Dow. having been offered for sale by a person named Wnite, a house-painter, occasionally employed I.y the pri soner. On being taken into eu.tudy, White gave such evidence as to lead Mr. Philips to believe that depredations of his property for a length of time had been carried on, and that Lawler was con cern. d in thew.—Coininitted. John Fares was ye'terday brought before Mr. DYER, the sitiitig Magistrate, for final examination, uu tme double charge of having a temiord to •ieal a carriage-glass, the p.Opeity of the Honourable Mr. Jerninghain, M. P., and of cutting and maiming a youth named Sharpe, who attempted to secure h,m he was making his e•eape.—Cumatitted. MARYLEBONE. A daring and exte;;;;;;hheiy of 'Are, bank notes, eh. cks, Bco., was comp:m..l in the house of Mr. Robert Hughes MattheWs, surgeon, in Edward street, Portman-square, about two months ago, on which occasion the whole of his servants were ap prehended and examined at this office, when, after I long investigation, they were discharged. Since that time police sergeant Ch dwin of the D has been indefatigable in prosecuting his inquiries after the stolen property, the re•ult of which was, that one of the M. noses, No. 19,622, was traced to Mrs. King, a woman of the town, in the neighbour hood of Burton•crescent. Yesterday Mr. Matthews waited on Mr. HoSKINS the sitting Magistrate, and informed him of the pro gress of the inquiries as far as regarded the 201. note, and requested the worthy Magistrate to compel Mrs. King's attendance at the office, that she might be examined upon oath, in order to discover from whom she had received it. Mr. HOSKINS immediately despatched Sergeant Godwin to H idlo%v-street. He returned to the office with Mrs. K.ng, accompanied by another nymph of the same class. Mrs. King was richly dressed, and adorned with a profusion of trinkets; but in person was fat, coarse, and about 30 years of age. On being sworn, she stated that she got the note in question ftom a gentleman whom she happened to meet with in her way from Cheltenham to town. She had never seen him till she was posting up to London in her carriage, when there came on a vio lent shower of rain, opposite to a farm-house on the roadside, when a gentleman came out of the house and requested that she would have the good. ness to convey him up to town in her carriage; she did so, and he remained two days with her at home, and on parting, made her a present of the 201. note, which she sent by her servant to Mr. "Looks, a butcher, in Leigh -street, who changed it for her. Mr. HOSKINS—Do you not mark your notes when you receive them for the purpose of guarding against forgeries ? Mrs. King—Of what use would that be tome ? 'Tis ten to one if they gave me the right name. I take a better plan. I send the note to one of my tradesmen to get it changed, and if he passes it, then I consider it is a genuine note. I never suspected this note was stolen. Here, Sir, here are some bank-notes which 1 have taken (at the same time producing a handful of bank-notes, some of 1001. each), and you will not find a name at the back of any of them. Mr. HOSKINS—Had you any conversation with the gentleman who gave you the note? Mrs. King—l had as much as females generally have with gentlemen, but when they do the thing that's right, I never trouble my head by inquiring into their histories. He said he was going out to Portugal. Mr. HoSKINs—Now, on your oath, I ask you what the gentleman's name was ? Mrs. King—l can tell you nothing more than I have already done. I get my money honestly, and defy the world. After her friend, Mrs. Sophia Jackson, was exa mined, who threw no light on the mysterious gen ilemala who pve Mrs. King the note, Mr. Hos- KISS sent for the servant, the butcher, and another witness to the transaction, without any better suc cess; and all the parties were allowed to depart on their promise to be forthcoming should they be wanted, hereafter. Mr.. King and her friend then drove off inn a carriage which was waiting for them outside the office. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday Edward Fowler, the driver of the hackney-coach, No. 820, was summoned to this office, before Messrs. SELLON and LAING, charged with having furiously driven his coach against Thomas Fisher, and several other soldiers, belong ing to the 31 regiment of Foot Gu.ads, so as to ndariger their lives. Fisher being sworn, deposed that on Tuesday, the 15 h ;nal., he was proceeding through Broad stree', Sr. Giles's, with the Brrti-h Mus. um guard, in company with his officer and Sergeant Mackaster, in single file. On pa-sing by Piiimtree-stieet itii ilefeudatit drove his horses in a furious miamer, and although called to sever..l times, he did not pull up, but wilfully drove through the line. The pole of the carriage struck witness on the arm, and he must have been knocked down and run over had he not seized hold of the end of the poll to save him-elf. Ttie defendant denied having driven negligen.ly or furiously. The street had a descent, and on be ing called to, he found it impo,sible to stop h:s horses; and the soldiers pricked the horse,' heads with heir bayonets, which alarmed them, and he was obliged to whip them on. Sergeant Macka;ter denied this statement, saying that the soldiers merely held up their fire-locks ,t, keep the horses off. Mr. Serg••ant SELLON said, that soldiers, march. ing in single file through the streets of London, were conducted as prudently as possible, and it wa• he duty of coachmen to suffer the line to pas., and to stop their horses. If the wheels had happene to have passed over the complainant, the defendant would have been placed in an awkward situation. He would now fine him 20s. and cots, and he might consider himself very fortunate that a heavier penalty was not inflicted. S. , rgeatit Mack ister delivered over the moiety of he penally to the office poor-box. UNION-HALL. Yesterday a man named Halligan was brought before Mr. CHAMBERS, on a charge of " gutting a house," the term given to an offence now very pre valent in and about the metropolis. It appeared th it several new houses have been lately erected at Brixton, by a person who became a bankrupt before they were finished. The affairs of the bankrupt were, therefote, placed in the hands of assignees, and their agent had the unfinished houses closed until matters were arranged for com pleting them. In the interval, however, the fixtures of some of the houses were stolen, and from one of them in particular, which was most easy of access, not only were the fixtures carried off, but also the doors of the different rooms, the shelves,the window -hutters, the wood wc,rk of the cupboards, and some even of greatatheap artments. portion artmeo rs o . f theTo such h rin a g o be e l x o t n e g n i t ng ha t d o this system of depredation been carried, that at ieegth a watchman was employed to look after the houses, but all in vain, for it was soon discovered that the empty buildings were entered at the rear, from whence the property must have been taken into some of the adjoining houses. The prisoner, who resides near the spot, was suspected, and a search-warrant having been obtained, his house was examined, and a great portion of the wood work be longing to the gutted house was discovered. Amongst the stolen property found on his premises was the drawing-room door of the unfinished hou , e, and the use he converted it to was a side-board in his par lour. The prisoner, however, had forgotten to erase certain marks before he had converted the door into a piece of fuiniture, and these having been identified, he was fully commited for trial. WINES'S Two YEARS AND A HALF IN THE AMERICAN NAVY.—" Why is it that we have been much amused with ail; production ? It is true that the book is only an,account of a few European post towns; but then they are by a Yankee, and it imports us to know of what these Yankees are made, with what feelings they come to Europe, and in what spirit they report their ex perience. We will in a few words show that this Ame rican citizen bas deserved much of his country, and has impressed us generally with an amiable notion of his class. Let any one recollect the feelings with which he has ap proached, for instance, the remains of a classical ruin—or, fir the first time, his University, or other venerable insti tution, endeared to him by the experience of his ancestors, or the tr ditions of his youth ; he will then clearly compre hend the teeiings of an educated United Statee man on ap. proaching tile ancient shores of Europe."—Spectator. ORIGIN AND SERVICES OF THE COLD. STREAM GUARDS (UNPUBLIS HED).— " Th e histoiy of o ry e these crlebrated soldiers leads u s t hrough many a stirrin g scene, and over many 4 well-fought field, f rom t h e d ay of W e4t a the Cold. tr :,,,,,aWt-r clearly y atl o. The o narrated hy c s o t i nl 111 A CKIN N o N and all vat they p erform ed under King WILLIAM, Boer.,ern Guards tO rds that is MARLBOROUGH, GEORGE the SECOND, and WELLING TON, (I, SCliiied in a way which shows a love of simple and unetnb.ilished trot!'; he cites vod authorities as he pro ceeds, and entitles him.-elf to the praise of a clear, clever, and sensible historian."..../thenteunt. MARttET INTVLIGENCi: LONDON MARKETS. (From the "'London New Price Current" of ydatterd*PL ti ..' SUGAR,.•-•-•The Bales of Muscovad es l as t w ee k were mated at 2,200 hhcls. and trs. ; there was De alter." --11" in the prices. The stork of West India Sugar is Ol e : 22,406 hhds. and trs., which is 5,546 leas than hat The stock of Mauritius is 64;922 hags, being . 2,836 i s° ,7 than last y e ar. Th e d e li very o f W est I n di a Sugar is %II hhds. and trs., b e i ng 1.266 l ess t h an l ast year . • The • °6l ,i livery of. Mauritius 4 784 bags, being 1,601 less Alma ; corresponding week of 1832. This day the Sugar still continued dull; the estimated sales are only 0001 10 r, And trs., including the public sales; the prices are Wet, In Refined there wa s lit t l e var i at i on i n t h e prices, 1011.7;:i Market had a more firm appearance last week. This ternoon the Market has more appearance of an improve' inent ; the inquiries have increased ; Lumps are 61141 Molasses 24a. t.l EAST INDIA SUGARS.—The East India House So d other sales last week amounted to 8,000 bags Beogsi , r; white, fine sold at 265. 6d. a 29 5 ., m id . 24 5 . a 24% Q . 9 low 235. a 235. 6d ; brown, good 21s. 6d. a 22. I,B '. bags Siam and 1,413 bags J ava so ld a l so at f u ll Pric e ' . Ti.is day's public sale, 649 hags Bengal, sold at full prig!: MAURITIUS SUGARS.—About 5.000 bags Maori° sold last week ; the lower descriptions sold 66, per o r l' higher. At public sales this forenoon 4,560 bags Maud tius sold, without spirit, 495. a 555., the brown at forty'; prices, the good 6d. to ls. per cwt. lower. FOREIGN SUGARS.In Foreign Sugars no sales We re, ' reported last week. COFFZE.—There were large sales of Coffee last We which, taking into consideration the season of the year the languid state of trade, sold very well; the prices wE rather lower, a good proportion sold ; 500 bags St. Pf. mingo, 565. a 575. ; 1,621 h ags E as t I n di a , o f whiff' Ceylon sold 53s a 535. 6d. ; Sumatra, 475. 6d. a 48s. 63 : ; 1,968 bags Foreign, of which Brazil partly was taken and partly sold at 51s. ; Havannah, 50s a 555. 6d. parcel of Dominica, being wanted for the home to w ' s is. higher : all other British Plantation descriptio ns sold lower, and were heavy at the decline. There s' ... „e" no public sales of Coff ee thi s f orenoon, and no porch by private contract are reported. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS..—Tbe sales of Ellis ,t are still inconsid e rable ; some l ow J ama i cas have sold 't full prices, and Demerara, 14 over old landed , a , Is. 11d. ; the holders o f R um genera ll y cont i nue Ye/ firm, and are °Acing rather high er p r i ces . I n B ra ndy Geneva there is no alteration. TALLOW.—The Tallow Market continues very steady' INDIGN—This morning t h e S a l e commence d. ' day :-774 chests Company's have passed the Sale. ta cept the ordinary qualities of B enga l. an d Benares, v/13:6 re mostly bought by the hom e consumers at about ' II '.. sale's pri c e s ; th e o th er sorts so ld, w i t h out sp i r i t, at a! average discount of 3d. on the prices of the October 9 0 Prices ruled from 3s. 3d, a ss. 9d. COTTOL—The Cotton Market continues very final, bad ' the purchases are on a limited scale. The destruction 10,000 bags at Liverpool by fire has not affected IbC' market. The sales last week w e r e t oo i ncons id era ble f°' , enumeration. Saurrirraz.—Nearly 3,000 bags were brought ~1 ; ward last week at publi c sa l e ; goo d 31. . a 325. 1. Madras is not in demand ; 29 to 39 refraction, 265. S r/ 27s 6d. Coco&.—Cocoa continues very dull : fair quality W Y zii taken in at 23a. 6d. Rim—Bengal Rice is very heavy ; the common qdr, iity 13, 6d. a 14, 61. This day's p u bli c sa l e , 2, 1 bags Bengal Rioe, IS.. 61. a 14s. 6d., former prices. of li, from scarcity, has been sold at ° 9l, highest quotation. 5..,-im Oil is in demand, and SJ. ~aid for bright W. Common Oils a r e i n goo d d e mi° Se d Oils a e of he ivy sale. TURPENTINE.-The la.t arriv a l s , 1 , 800 b arre l s . ' o id . , sod to •irrive at 12.. 9d., not a n y now on the Market sile. Spirit- are still of dull sale. FRUlT.—There is little doing in Fruit, and no sl t r e f ti"n in the p. area. Fine T ur k ey F igs are inquired 11140t1 Taw —The demand for Bo eas is very limited .t list quoted discount of Id. to 11, per lb. C o ngos 'toying accost prices. Twank ys are to be had at id* - Id per 1.. di.count. Asuss.-•.Hmiers are firm, though but little bill i°l cling. WEB uNTRY CORN DIMINe IHE Wheat. Barley. a. to I. 24 34 36 41 24 a. 25 33 30 39 29 35 30 go 26 31 Oats. Per Quarter. So?ton Gainsborough urantham Horncaatle lAncoln Spilsby S. tO S. a. to s. cv 14 29 41 , -- 18 - yo 17 25 37 40 14 2.2 26 40 12 18 40 40 11 36 14 l 2B 32 21 23 33 1 16 24 3 0 I - 57 53 67 42 58 44, 52 46 60 48 h 4 47 59 52 66 • - NORW 11 H. Jan. 19. Wheat (per qr.) 425. sfis. 595. redllB (per qr.) 265. os. Barley lBs. 28s. 31s. Pease, Os. os. .0, --- 18, 21s. 24s Flour. fine (per sack) 4(._221:,,,' ~ANiIsNLSVttI. Jan. 19 Wheat, white 565. to 6 8. to m 465. to 56. —s. to Barley, Malting 3 1 s to 355. Grinding.. 245. to 7,7, Oats ... 17s. to •24a 2ns. to Fp - Beans 34s to 38s vows., 27,. to Pease 375. to 40s. 325. to_2;?, MANCHESTER, Jan. 19. 9 Wheat, per 70Ib. Ss. 9d. to 93.0 d. Red Barley, per 601 b 5 6 6 0 Oats 38 8 14. "'I : 4 1/ Beans, per Imperial quarter Pease, White, per Imperial bushel 5 0 6 0 Malt, per 6 Imperial bushels 4l 0 .v,,, 0 Flour, per Sack , !•2801b 45 0 a_t!,,,, EX ETER .1 AR K ETS —Jan. 18. 0 Beef (score) Bs. Od. 9 .. ..6d. Wheat (bushel) 7s.Od. ; 8 9 Mutton 5# 0 6 Barley ••••••••••••••••••44 6 Veal and amb—....o 6 0 7 Oats J i.! O P rk 4 0 Beans Geese (each) 0 5 Ducks 'coup 0 5 Fowls 0 4 6 6 Batter 1 0 Eggs (12) 0 Potatoes (peck) ..0 6 11 IRISH MAI DUBLIN MARKET NO' RKETS. ATE.—FRInAY Jan, 11 ver ib 19 0 30 6 2 6 0 12 3 0 -7: ir 12 6 14 0 8 I 8 0 I 12 6 21 0 8 tf; ggi 13 3 10 '.41 2,159 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 16 Bete l6 stone 678 16 stone 3,37:1 Oats 12 stone 14,432 Cwt. Flour 9 stone 784 Oatmeal 8 stone Sold to Bakers only. 11,046 Cwt. Flour A ve rage price of Wheat an, Second Thirds ;ales of Fl po o . ur, 1124:3437821 Firsts, PRICE OF 1. Quartern I H 14 0 I 21 0 I 16 l Flour 41.. &1. per saga. .......... from 18s. od. to 21 1 ' i, .... from 14a. 06. to 11 1 * ~........ from Os. pd. to if* MICA El• lalf Qum Quartern L0af.......„. , .........8qd. Half Quartern— ..-....; . Wheat, Barley. Oat s . Fl our , per:,..., '' per barrel per barrel per b a rrel , 1 ,, 20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. Ist. .......?:}" i i . ------ --- ---- --- ,„p s.d.as.d. s. d. as. d. s.d.as.d. s. d.as. d. s. 0 6, 1 i Cork.-- 150 25 010 6 150, 69 8 7'15 0 176 50 Limerick .234 27 4112 0 14 0 82 —0 16 0 19 0 0 0 I, Waterfordi22 0 25 010 0 13 0. 7 0 8017 0 18 0 10! i Clonmel ....125 0 27 413 0 14 6 7 0 8916 0 17 013 0 t Carlow —125 O s ' 27 012 0 13 0 80 9020 6 21 i 0 0 Beef, Mutton, Pork, liiittti.____4 per lb per lb. per cwt. Ist. 24. 3d. 4th' f ......" ' d. a d. d. a d. s. d. as. il. s. d. s. d. s. d. I. Cork ............ 1 5 6 5 627 0 30 080 076 066 05 7 ,k, 1 Limerick-3i 4i,31. 434 0 35 081 075 069 06 3 ~0 ft Waterford 3 613 533 0 35 0800760 74 0 6d /' Clonmel .. 31 4 6j 32 0 33 077 07011 1 ,", I Car10w...... 4 51 0 i 0U 0 0 0 1 66 r 44.740 64 ' 1 KILKENNY.—Butter 82s to 84s. per cwt. ; I , N , heat 22« ‘; , per barrel ; Flour 20s. to 345. per bag; Oats 7s. to Bs. 1 , 7 1 , , A rel ; Barley 12s. to 138. ; Beef 4d. to 54. per lb.; Mutt. , to NI. ; Potatoes 2d. per stone; Coals Is. 2d. per Cwt.; i Pits 355. to 365. per cwt. ___„,..„...._ SCOTCH MARKETS. HADDINGTON CORN 51 A ISKEP.—Jan. 1 0 . 00 1 Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. First sBs Od 32s 6d 21s 04 25s Od L. 7 19 Second 49s Od 26s Od 186 Od 24s Od ''' fr i - s) l'hird Were were 484 qrs. of Wheat in market, 469 whereof Wel" 15 Uesold.-0 Grey. Average 2l. 9s. 3d. 2.l2ths. _A BIRTH. O On the 19th inst. at Grove-cottage, Walworth, Mrs. Aftl gSi3tm.l:ll‘nßlsaß Life'Es, MA R R I ED. Guards,y a tist( t n o i.s i q r u a a u r c e e , a daughter. Rivers, daughter of Sir Francis Freeling, Bart. E 22 s d q., in i s s t t . a ß t e On the 22d inst. at Trinity Chapel, Sloane-street, Jason „4 Esq., of York-street, Portman-square, to Harriet, eldest S k i of William France, Esq., of Catiogan-place, Sloane-st r Yo one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the co Middlesex. DIED. 0 1 1 Bu O lk n ele th y, e On the 18th inst. at Hastings the Marchioness Doo r j. Londonderry, relict of Robert, first Marquis of Loot i 3 e rr daughter of Charle s , l a t e E ar l C am d en , s i ster o f John r Marquis Camden, K.G., and mother of Charles willi 3 A y quis of Lond on d erry an d E ar l V ane, G . C . 8 ., i n the 8,,u her age. On the 9th inst. at St. Omer's, Major-General rye, I puty Quartermaster-General at Jamaica.tb On the iSth inst. Mrs. Lawrance, aged 76, widow Uf i Rev. George Lawrance, of Islington. On the 21;th inst. of inflammation on the chest, — 0 0 3,/ only child of Mr. Robert Fined, Ludgate-hill, aged nine On the 19th inst. at High.row, Knightsbridge, Franc` , j Smith, widow of the late Joseph 'touchier Smith, Es - On the 20th inst. at Hinwick-house, Bedfordshire , g A I Orlebar, Esq., aged 57. On the Guth inst. in Chapel.street, Grosvenor-places Swift, Esq , aged 73. .00 On the Idth inst. at Marseilles, the infant son of s'f ing Atkinson, E-q., of the 73d Regiment. Dr" On the 2 - 2 d inst. Vivian, son of Willi am Fraser Wilton-crescent, aged 7 months 22 days. PRINTRo AND PUBLIBUBD BY MURDO YOU); g' SUN OPTICS, 112, STRAND, LONDON. , . . ' t 4 f ti IV I E; CO INGt A ,, III%II tEI tido h,,,,z1) 1 TOYOveiti t ock — !ate IR A lat T h ,l i di be Si it 7 dock, I -,pi•inotil topes-% laid c,n t: :,,QUAI Lan -- " 4 "AN) b -st reet. 0 r v, * 0 , 44 r: i : AZ t4 GEM A 0 'aid at th liiPsrtif; 1 t he 10, al si iß Imo g; YE4RB IIREci 1 . . • nd g hat COl th e ANy . 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