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• fry, it •v t - ‘4l-. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. A smart - . diScuSsion took place yesterday in the House of Commons on the presenting of a petition by Colonel Evans from the parish of St. Anne, Westminster, ftm; the repeal of the as sessed taxes. 'lt has ever heal our opinion tiUl the most impolitic act committed by the present Ministers has been their obstinate support oldie above-mentioned taxes, persiSted in because of an early declaration somewhat imprudently made. A substitute for these odious imposts mi, z h t easily have been found, and we are satisfied that double the revenue derived from them would not repay Lord Althorp and his colleagues for that alienation of the public feeling from the Govern ment which their pertinacity in maintaining the house and window tax has occasioned. But while the people are everywhere anxious for this most just relief, they are not such stupid gulls as not to see through the Tory policy. Colonel Evans, who is a good simple-minded man, sus pecting no evil, seems to have been cajoled by the Tory promises to behave better than the Whigs ; but the nation understands the hollow trick. We know that there is at bottom, in the pre sent Cabinet, a sincere love and purpose of reform, both in our institutions and our finances, notwith standing the occasional awkward and indiscreet demonstrations of indifference to it in both, owing to want of practical skill. Whereas the whole Tory scheme of government rests on re sistance to popular demands, exhibiting a stub bornness of hostility to all change, and distrust or, or contempt for, all political improvement. With regard to the house tax, such instances of iniquity in the distribution of it as w ere enu merated by Colonel Evans in the course of his address on the petition, ought to have called up a blush in any Minister, instead of an attempt to vindicate them. The false principle was once more assumed by Lord Althorp that houses ought to be assessed according to their rent value in the market, instead of a value measure by their cost, which would be a more accurate as well as twofOld ground whet eon to estimate at once the just tax upon the house and the pecu niary ability of the occupant. In fact, a house tax might be made, and would, if made fairly, constitute a species of property-tax,—an object in itself quite just and politic, but utterly frus trated by the inequality which has always been observed in its assessment. Lord Althorp, we are sorry to observe, gave little hope of satisfac tion to the country on this subject. The country, therefore, through its representatives, must fiEh its own battle.—Tinies. In the House of Commons, yesterday, Colonel Evans pointed out in considerable detail the unequal manner in which the mansions of the nobility and shopkeepers, innkeepers, &c., are rated to the house tax, both in the metropolis and the country. The inhabitants of towns, and the metropolis more especially, are quite aware of the importance of not remaining quiet under their burden; and without having the gift of prophecy, any one may foretel that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with all his imper turbability, will be made to feel the incessant attacks of the sufferers. Neither can the Nobility be quite at ease, while the partiality with which they have been treated-in the mode of rating is continually dwelt on. We observe that Mr. Cobbett charges the Members of the Hon. House with shouting and imitating dogs and jackanapes, in order to prevent his being heard. Sir Harry Verney had charged him with point ing out to the lower orders where the torch of incendiarism should be applied, at a time when he was himself shrouded. Mr. Cobbett said the charge had been made in the Court of King's Bench, but not established, and he complained of the hardship of Members bringing charges against each other in their writings in books. But when a man not merely writes books, but puts his name to them, it is natural to identify him with the' books. When a man is found advocating a measure one day in a book, and the next speaking against it in public, a suspicion of his sincerity is naturally enter tained. People are not fond of being hum bugged too openly. We have no doubt that the grating noise of which the Hon. Member for Oldham complains, is attributable to the above cause. Thus, for instance, yesterday he attempted to throw dust into the eyes of the labouring classes and the nobility at the same time, by holding up universal suffrage as necessary to the protection of the.former, while it would add to the influence of the latter. On presenting a petition from the Cartwright Club, he said, " It was signed by twenty persons, and prayed for universal suffrage and annual Parliaments. They had found the Reform Act do them no good, and they wanted it to be carried further. They began by telling the House that it had no sym pathy with the people. There could be no doubt that it was so—there existed no sympathy be tween the middle classes and the higher, and the nobility of this country made a grievous mistake when they neglected. to take care of the inte rests of the working classes upon the occasion of the passing of the Reform Bill. Those who were she nearest to the nobility in rank naturally envied them, and the man who had money looked upon the ancient parks and castles, and listened to the soui.ding titles of the nobility with a feeling which alienated each class from the other. The tty ;an of money naturally said to himself, why should not Ibe a Lord ? Not so the poor man, he was the ally of the Peer, and the interests of the higher orders would be safer in the hands of the lower than in those of the middle. Again, if they asked the working people, who were alone opable of defending the country from riots at home, or from the chances of war abroad—if they asked those people to stand forward in de fence of the country, they would, of course, ask what country, and in defence of what ? We have no property ; we have nothing but the labour that lies in our carcasses ; we have no shing to defend. But give them their rights, and their language would instantly change. If he were a Lord he-would have a different con stituency than under the Reform Bill." Now gury reader of Cobbett's Register remembers that during the progress of the Reform Bill the non. Member for Oldham wrote a series of very able articles in its favour, in which he . endeavou re d t o p erstia d e ' the advocates sit universal suffrage,.. Oa s t from the depen dent state of th e l a b our i ng c l asses i n t hi s coun try, universal suffrage would be giving undue in fluence to the nobility and other great land holders, and that the suffrag e given by the Re form Bill would be more effectual to preeect the people against the Aristocracy than universal suffrage. It is true that Mr : Hunt was then endeavouring to create a division on the subject of universal suffrage, and that Mr. Cobbett was exceedingly anxious to mortify the then repre sentative of Preston. But that does not prove his sincerity a whit the more. He is now , all for the nobility, and for extending their influ ence over the labouring classes, with a view to the benefit of the latter ; but at the time of the Reform Bill, he conceived the extension of the influence of the Aristocracy would be prejudi cial to all the other classes. No man, whatever his talents, will be allowed in this mariner to blow hot and cold with the same breath. Men naturally resent such clumsy attempts to gull them, and hence it is not difficult to discover why the House should he at times so little dis posed to listen to the Honourable Member for Oldham. Mr. Cobbett, as he waxes in years, grows very thin-skinned. He monopolises the right of abuse, and we cheerfully concede to him the exclusive use of the blacking brush. He is the Fuseli of public writers, and excels in dreams and nightmare. His prophecies are a drug in the market, and we do not think that he even believes them himself. Last night he ap pears, in his evening vehicle, suffused with rabid foam, under the title of " Whig Spite."— " Sir—Did you ever see the picture which represents the famous English Saint—Saint Dunstan, whose name has been retained in our kalendar, and in a parish, bear ing whose name, I am now writing this ; did you ever see tie picture representing this famous S iint taking the devil by tli• nose with a pair of red-hot tongs; did you ever pay ~ttention to the writhings and twistings of the Father of Lies ; to the glare and rolling of his eyes ; to the foam issuing from his distended jaws; to the livid flames going forth mixed with the foam ? If you never did, imagine him now to live in Downing-street, and the good old Saint there to have him by the nose; and then read, in the Morning Chronicle of to-day, his words upon the occasion, manifestly edited by a noisy under strapper, who is trembling for his seat as well as for his pay ; and here the words are"— . _ After extracting our article, he abruptly retires from the combat with the following farewell : " Not another word : this, as Dr. Milner entitles his last book, is, ' the end of controversy.' " I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, " WILLIAM COBBETT." The " Father of Lies" is, however, on a wrong scent, and we do not feel disposed at this time to set him right. No Journal has done justice to the real merits of Mr. Cobbett except the Chronicle ; and as he discards in rotation all his opinions and friends, we could not reasonably expect to continue in favour. When Mr. Cob bett has done hugging the Tories, we may expect a little truth and politeness at his hands. He has smarted too recently under the indictment of the Whigs ever to forget and forgive. When the Tories have given him a second blister, he will desert from their camp ; but we would sin cerely advise him to leave off his old trick of taking a shilling from every political recruiting party. When he sticks to his colours, he is always respectable.—Morning Chronicle. If the Reformed House of Commons me ditate (as we are told every day by certain Jour nals that they do), a collision, or a trial of strength, with the House of Lords, we cannot compliment the former on the skill with which they seem to provide for the coming crisis. It is not enough that they are ready to buckle on the armour of controversy. Desperadoes are always ready to fight. But if the struggle is to be an intellectual one, they would do • well to provide themselves with a small por tion of character, for in all cases, and in theirs more especially, as a Representative Body, character is strength. We are aware that, in the narrow view which was taken of the General Registry Bill the other night, whe❑ the Commons thought proper to throw it out, the impression seemed to be that the country was indifferent to the measure, while the lawyers— an influential class in their respective districts— were violently opposed to it. But this sort of speculation on the indifference or the apathy of mankind is often attended with danger; and when, as in the present case, the motive of parties is clearly seen through, people are apt to rouse themselves under the excitement of indignation, and that rousing is the expression of public opinion in the instance. It is possible, therefore, that the transparency of those selfish considerations which led to the defeat of the Bill may he instrumental in securing the punishment of those by whom it was defeated. The great mass of the people are not interested in the registration of deeds, but they are interested in the character of their con stituents, and in the character of the Reformed Parliament, which will deceive itself greatly if it thinks that it has any character to spare. The advantages of a general system of registration, such as was proposed by the Bill, are manifest in the saving of expense and trouble that would result from it to the community. But this saving of expense and trouble wa., not palatable to the lawyers, whose pockets it would affect ; and upon this latter consideration the House of Commons has decided that the balance of advantages is against the measure; that the lawyers, who are active canvassers at an election, are too important a body to be offended, even for the sake of the public. With what face these men ca❑ challenge the House of Lords upon any vote which they may please to give upon any other occasion, is a question which few will answer in a manner to gratify the self-love of the Reformed House.— Morning Herald. The total failure of the recent efforts of the Whigs to excite public alarm or commiseration upon their anticipated downfal is not among the least instructive of the signs of the times. Three prints only, among the multitude published in the metropolis, remain, so far as we recollect, permanently attached to the Grey Adtnimistra don, and the cries of distress which they sent forth when it was only surmised that the ter rible Tories were coming out in strength were the most bitter and piercing we ever heard. The Times and Chronicle (to say nothing of our cool friend the Globe) screamed and howled, each in its own peculiar vein, in agonizing con cert, and the chorus was so deep and dreadful that several of Mr. Irving's disciples really did believe that the end of the world was come ; and men of grave habits, not given to panic, went to far as to ask one another what it waa all about. But the public at large, the pensive public, was provokingly dull and phlegmatic. The Whig Ministers were said to be going or gone, but somehow or other no one seemed to regret that awful circumstance,and the only general remark that reached our ears was, that they had continued in office a long while for them, and much too long for the country. A 'Tory Ministry was actually formed according to some, and the Duke and Sir Robert Peel at length understood one another. This again, though " gall and wormwood to the enemy," was re ceived with great coldness by many who, but a few months ago, were warm supporters of the Whigs, but who now thought that a change could not make things worse, though it might improve them. The Radicals were aga;n ap pealed to on behalf of the man who had de serted his order, and assured, in no equivocal phrase, that Kings, Queens, Bishops, and Peers, with all resisting corporations, should be gra dually handed over to their tender mercies, by regular instalments punctually paid up, zu:d that the Peers and the Irish Church should be swamped this very session as a beginning, if they would only bring up their Unions once more against the Monarchy ; but no, even Radicalism refued any longer to fight under Whig colours, and resented the application as an affront. Old Cobbett himself, though suffi ciently revolutionary in some of his notions, had enough of the Englishman in him to shrink from a cause polluted by the compa nionship of traitors, and degraded by the ail vocacy of the Times.—Morning Post. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Jura: 20. The 'Woollen Trade Act Repeal Bill and several private Bills ‘a ere brought up from the Commons. The Earl of AIALMESBURY presented a petition from certain tradesmen and inhabitants of the Isle of WiPub against the present standard of measures. The E irl of ELDON presented a petition against the Limitation of Actions Bill. Lord SUFFIELD presented a petition from a parish in Norfolk, praying for a further amelioration of the criminal law. The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from a small body of individuals in his diocese against legislating for the better oliservance of the Lord's Day. He did not agree with the petitioners in their view of the subject; but as he believed that they were sincere in their opinion, he thought it right to present their petition. The Duke of CLEVELAND presented a petition from Stainbridge, praying that a Bill might be immediately passed for the entire abolition of slavery throughout the whole of the British dominions. The NOBLE DUKE also presented a petition from the Protestant Dissenters of Preston, praying for an improve ment in the system of parochial legislation, and that all places devoted to the worship of God should be exempted from taxation. Lord WYNFORD presented a petition from Stock port, complaining of the great burden inflicted on the people of that town by the influx of the Irish poor, anti praying that a system of poor rates should be establish e d in Ireland. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER presented a petition against the Local Courts' Jurisdiction Bill. On the motion of the Earl of HADDINGTON, the Edinburgh Improvement Bid was read the second time. WEST INDIA QUESTION. Mr. STANLEY, and other .Members from the Com mons, appeared at the Bar, and informed their Lordship s that the Commons desired a conference, on a subject o f high importance t o th e p ros p er it y o f hi s M a j esty ' s co l on i possessions. A conference was ordered forthwith. The managers on the part of their Lordships were the Lord Privy Seal, the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Gosford, the Eat! of Wicklow, the Bishop of London, Lt , rd Suffield, and Lord Ly ttleton. On the return of the managers, The Earl of RIPON (Lord Privy Seal) informed their Lordships that they had met the manager, on the part of the Commons, who had communicated to them the reso lutions to which their Lordships' concurrence was de sired respecting the Abolition of Slavery. The NOBLE EARL then moved that the resolutions be printe L—Ordered. The NOBLE EARL then gave notice, that on Tuesday next be should move that these resolutions be take❑ into consideration. The Earl of GOSFORD presented petitions from eleven places against colonial slavery. QUAKERS' AND MORAVIANS' AFFIRMATION BILL. The Duke of RICHMOND moved the second reading of the above Bill. Lord WYNFORD made some observations on the measure, which were very imperfectly heard in the gal lery. We understood him to express an opinion that, from scruples of conscience, the sects who were sought to be relieved by this Bill would dislike to act upon juries in criminal cases. The Bishop of LONDON did not mean to make any observations upon the Bill then before their Lordships; but he wished to offer a few observations on the subject of oaths in general as they were administered in this country. It was a matter of very great importance both in a religious and moral point of view, and he was ex • tremely sorry that the attention of the Legislature had not been more directly called to it. A Bill had been brought in about two years ago by the Lord President of the Council, which in some degree lessened the evil to which he was adverting. He thanked the Noble Lord for that mea,ure, because any measure which tended to diminish the taking of a great number of oaths was a public benefit. He could assure their Lordships that there was a strong feeling on this subject amongst the religious p,rt of the community in this country. He did not think that he was going too far when lie said that there was no country in the world in which this most solemn and sacred obligation was adm nistered with less gravty, with less impressiveness, with less decorousness of manner, than it was in this country. Toe etf-ct of the system had been well and truly described by Dr. Paley, who observed that " the obscure and ehiptical form, together with the levity and frequency with which oaths are administered, have brought about a general inadvertency to the obligation of them." Dr. Paley alluded especially to " the cus•oms, and to the qua lifications of petty officers ; in both these ca.es a man could not proceed without raking half-a-dozen oaths ;" and he contended that " they ought to abstain from calling into tequi•ition the sieved sanction of an oath, except on the most important occasions." There were two species of oaths—assertory oaths and promissory oaths Asser tory oaths were necessary for the discovery and punish tnent of offences ; whilst promissory oaths were not only not necessary, but were, in truth, productive of the worst tffects. To this subject Dr. Paley had called the atten tion of the public more than 40 years age. The Bill bi ought in by the Noble Marquis to whom h.• had before alluded had done away with the necessity for taking 10,000 oaths in a year, but still much of the evil rema n,(l. . - The municipal oaths ought to be revised; nine tenths of them might, he was of opinion, be done away with, and a simple declaration introduced in their place. This very serious question had been pressed on the atten tion of the British people long before the time of Dr. Paley. It bad been forcibly taken up by one of the most virtuous, learned, and eloquent men that ever adorned the Protestant church,—he alluded to Bishop Jeremy Tdylor. It was a subject well worthy of grave consideration, and in the next session of Parliament, if his life were so long spared, be would call the attention of the House to it, unless it were taken up by some Noble Lord more competent than he was to undertake the task. The consideration of this subject ought, in his opinion, to be intrusted to a Select Committee, or to a Royal com mission. He would here refer to another class of oaths, which appeired to him to be liable to great objection--he adverted to the oaths taken in universities and schools. He felt, that to administer an oath to a young man, not of full age, except in cases where truth was judicially sought, was very objectionable. Certainly, proaiissory oaths should not lie exacted from them. He now publicly expressed a hope that, as this subject had been taken up in one of their universities, it would as soon as possible be entertaiNed by the Legislature, who ought to inquire how for it was consistent with sound religion and right princi ples to enforce on young men, not of age, an obligation for the observance of duties the performance of which might be exacted by ea-ier means. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he only spoke the sense of those persons who had turned their attention to this subject, when be expressed his opinion that a thorough revision of the present system ought to take p 1 ice. Far from thinking that the question should be intrusted to other hands, he felt that it could not be taken up by any individual more capable of doing justice to it than the Right Rev. Prelate himself.—(Hear, hear.) There was another description of oaths which, in his opinion, ought to be discouraged : he meant voluntary oaths or affidavits. A penalty should be inflicted for administering such oaths, or a penalty should be levied on the individual taking them, if it appeared that be had been guilty of false swearing. As the law at present stood it did not meet those cases. The Bishop of LONDON said that he had not men tioned the class of oaths noticed by the Noble and Learned Lord, because he had on a former occasion called the attention of their Lordships at some length to that branch of the subject. Lord BEXLEY expressed himself in favour of a dimi nution of the number of oaths which individuals were no e, under a variety of circumst inces, compelled t o t a k e . Toe Duke of RICHMOND, in order to show that the persons intended to be relieved by this Bill would not scruple to do their duty, instanced the case of a Quaker, who, being on a jury, did not hesitate to find a man guilty of felony. Lord SUFFIELD said the Noble and Learned Lord (Wynford) seemed to think that tom some religious scruple a large body of men would violate their affirmation.. Now he thought the parties alluded t o were as i ncapa b le of violating their affirmations as any N o bl e L or d was in capable of violating his o,!,1). Lord WYNFORD denied that he had made any such assertion. He was unwilling to place the Quakers in the situation in which that Bill would place them. Tile Marquis of LONDONDERRY made an observa tion which did not reach the gallery, but it called up The Duke of RICHMOND, who said that the Noble Marquis bad on this, as on other occasions, acted as a skirmisher. If he thought proper to attack him, he was reedy at all times and i❑ all places to answer the Noble Marquis, with the same perfect good humour which be felt at that moment. He would, however, say that if the Noble Marquis at the head of his troop of Hussars had behaved so irregularly as he had done on this occasion, he would not have obtained so much honour and distinction as he had done.--(Hear, hear.) The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said he was no skirmisher, but he would make observations on the pro ceedings of the Noble Duke whenever he thought fit, al though he was a Cabinet Minister. The Noble Duke appeared to have placed himself at the head of a party to whose sentiments he (the Marquis of Londonderry) wary opposed, and therefule he could not hope to escape ani madvet sion. The Duke of RICHMOND—It is very true that I am a Cai,inet Minister ; and I should not be at all surprise I if the Noble Marquis wishes for my place.—(Laughter.) The Bill was then read a second time. LIMITATION OF ACTIONS BILL. The House resolved itself into a Committee on the above Bill. Lord LYNDHURST and Lord WYNFORD, after some conversation, proposed certain amendments. The House then resumed, and the Bill was ordered to be recommitted on Atinclaynext.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 20. Mr. GILLON postponed his notice of motion for leave to bring in a Bill excluding persons holding spiritual offices from enjoying the right r o sit in either House of Parliament, until the 11th of July next. Mr. HEATHCOTE moved for separate returns of the number of persons committed to gaol for horse-stealing, and Also for sheep stealing, from the month of July, 1832, to July, 1833.—Ordered. Mr. BETHEL moved fur a copy of the Memorial of the Bankers and Country Bankers, addressed to the Duke of Welington, on the 9th of June, 1828 ; and also of a similar Memorial addressed to Earl Grey, June 12, 1832, by the same parties. His object in moving (or these papers was to found a motion hereafter upon them, with a view to justify the conduct of these parties, who were now extremely anxious to know in what they bah, as it had been assumed, offended, and what proofs would by possi bility be adduced of their having refused reasonable accom modation to the public in their dealings, or circumscribed the facilities their capital might afford to trade and corn merce.—The copies of the above memorials were ordered. Mr. ABERCROMBY presented petitions from an aggregate congregation of religious Dissenters, and from the Corporation of Hatnmermen of Edinburgh, against the continuance, in any shape, of slavery. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice of his intention to bring in a Bill to regulate the Corporation of the city of Dublin, without naming a day specifically. He moved, also, fur returns of all taxes which had been remitted totally in Ireland since the year 1814 ; and also of all taxes partially remitted in the same period. He also moved for similar returns, as to those taxes either wholly or partially remitted in England during the same period. —Ordered. Mr. HUME, preparatory to bringing in a Bill next session for regulating interments, and restricting them to places without the cities of London and Westminster, moved for returns of the number of burial places in those cities, the spaces by admeasurement allotted to the recep tion of bodies, and the numbers annually deposited therein within the bills of mortality for the three previous years. The Honourable Member obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Act of the 59th of George 111., named the Church Building Act. Mr. STANLEY brought up the report upon the West India resolutions, and moved that a Committee of Ma nagers be appointed to manage the conference with the House of Lords upon this subject. The Committee then proceeded to the Painted Chamber to meet their Lordships; and on their return Mr. STANLEY informed the Speaker they had com municated the resolutions to their Lordships, and prayed their concurrence therein. Mr. CHAPMAN moved for a copy of the correspondence of General Deares with Sir W. Gossett, of Dublin Castle, upon the subject of the military aid afforded by the troops in Ireland in the collection of tithes due on the Ist of May last, and also relative to the billeting of soldiers on persons owing tithes in certain districts.—Ordered. Mr. O'CONNELL moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the expediency and the practicability of a ship canal, to be formed between the port of Kingstown and the city of Dublin, which was agreed to. He t.ok that opportunity of stating that, from opportunities he had within these few days hail, his mind had been altered ma terially as to the propriety of a railway from the mountains adjoining to the part of Kingstown, and he believed it was not improbable the plan might vet be proved to he advisable. The report of the Parochial Exemption from Rates Bill was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on Monday. The Bill for raising 15,752.0001. by Exchequer bills for the service of the present year was read a third time, and passed.—The House then adjourned. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 20. THE KING V. JESSELL. In this case which was an indtctment against the de fendant, charging him wi•h wilful and corrupt perjury, and which was not concluded yesterday when we went to press, the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JUNE 9 0 - DESANCES V. DESVIGNES. This was an action for a breach of contract, an(l fcr work and labour. A Monsieur Desprez having set tip a brandy distillery in the neighbourhood of GAlen-square, which he carried on in partnership with the defendant, the plaintiff, who had previou:ly been a diamond-merchant, in ennsidera tion of a promise from M. Desvignes to obtain a share in the business, took an active part for one or two months in furthering the interests of the concern, and negotiated with a Mr. Loveday for the purchase of certain premises, in which the business has ever since been carried on. No specific contract, however, was made with him as to the share he was to have in the concern, but the defendant subsequently promised to compensate him for his services. Evidence was adduced on the part of the defendant to show that the speculation had turned out an unprofitable one, and that therefore the plaintiff had lost nothing by not having a share in it. Verdict for the plaintiff—Durr:ges 1001. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JUNE 20. ALIVON V. FURNIVAL. The Court was occupied the whole day until seven o'cloek with this case, which was an action of debt by Alivon and Deloustal, provisional syndies (assignees) of the esta'e and effects of Pierre Beuvain the elder, against William Furnival, to recover 209,409 f. 18e., about 8,2001. sterling, upon an award made in France, and confirmed by the courts of that country. 13euvai❑ was the proprietor of certain salt-works at Are, in the Isle of off the western coast of France. In May, 1826, he entered into an agreement with the defendant, by which the defendant agreed to introduce a new mode of manufacturing salt, invented by himself, which would effect a great saving in the process. The defendant was to have a certain proportion of the advan tage, and was to guarantee Beuvain all expenses attend ing the alteration beyond 50,000 francs, awl several stipu lations were made. The agreement contained a clause whereby the parties submitted themselves to the jurisdic tion of the Tribunal of Commerce for the department of the Seine, and in case disputes should arise the parties agreed to refer them to two merchants, to be appointed by the parties, or to two persons to be appointed by the Tri bunal. Disputes did arise, an an arbitrator was named by each party. The two arbitrators made their award, by which they found that the defendant was indebted to Beuvain in 209,409 francs. The defendant appealed to vari ous courts in France, which all confirmed the award, and upon this award and confirmation the action was brought. The Learned JUDGE directed a nonsuit, with leave for the plaintiffs to move to enter a verdict for 8,200/. Nensuit. SECONDARIES' OFFICE, JUNE 20. ASSAULT. ...BROWN V. CANN. This was a writ of inquiry for the assessment of damages in a case of assault, the defendant having suf. fered judgment to go by default. Mr. Charles Phillips was Counsel for the plaintiff, who is in the silk line, in Coleman-street ; and the defendant, an eating house keeper in Broad •strtet, Bloomsbury, appeared in propria persona to defend himself. In December last the defendant, accompanied by two persons, called relative to some bill transaction at the warehouse of the plaintiff, and, aft , .r very little c, remony, struck him across the mouth, and on the side of the head, and knocked him down. To excuse this violence nothing had been done by the plaintiff. The defendant declared that the case had been greatly exaggerated to his prejudice ; that he had received the greatest provocation, and that, notwithstanding that pro vocation, which arose isut of a bill affair in which be bad been wronged, he had done no more than merely draw his hand across the mouth of the man who opposed him. The jury assessed the damages at 501. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, JUNE 20, CURIOUS OBJECTION TO A CREDITOR BEING AN ASSIGNEE. John Casterly, described as of Rotherfield-street, Isling ton, general merchant, whose case had been adjourned over for an inquiry into wearing apparel, &c., which had been stated by the insolvent at his original hearing to be long to his wife under a marriage settlement, and which the Court's broker was specially ordered to see and report upon, was brought up this morning. The insolvent it appeared was bankrupt in 1826, from which time some furniture had been in hie possession, as the property of his wife, and which the assignees were aware of, and the Court said they were not in a condition to say it was not, but an assignee might try the point. Mr. COOKE, who opposed the insolvent's discharge, on account of a Mr. Scott, who is connected with one of the Morning Newspapers, said that he (Mr. Scott) was the representative of Mr. Eugenius Roche, late editor of the Courier newspaper, who now applied to be the assig nee under the insolvent's estate. Mr. JONES, for the insolvent, wished a Mr. Cunliffe to he the assignee, considering that a reporter was not a proper person for that office, being wholly unacquainted with mercanti'e transactions.—(A laugh.) Mr. Commissioner LAW did not see why a reporter was not as capable as any other person for the office of an assignee. Mr. JONES thought he was as much fit for it as for a doctor, and hoped the Court would let it go to a meeting of creditors generally. Mr. CooKE said the assignees would contend that the furniture was the property of the insolvent, who had exercised an ownership over it. The COURT said they saw no reason why Mr. Scott should not he appointed, and confirmed him in that office. Insolvent discharged. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. HATTON GARDEN. Yesterday William Lane, a middle-aged man, was charged by Sarah Finmore, a young woman of interesting appearance, with having intermarried with her, his former wife being still living. It appeared, from the evidence of the prosecutrix, that a short time ago she was in the service of a respectable family residing at Islington, who employed a master painter to paint and decorate their house. The prisoner, while at work there, had opportunities of speaking to her ; and he one day intimated that he had long felt an attachment for her and could not live without her. He represented him. self as being a single man, and proposed marriage. Wit ness did not immediately consent, but the prisoner impor tuned her, vowing lie was deeply in love; and at length she agreed to the proposal, and the bans were published at St. George's Church, Hanover•square, where the cere mony took place on the 27th of May last. She ultimately ascertained that the prisoner resided at No. 14, Camden terrace, Islington, and had a wife and several children living. The witness was very much affected, and shed tears while giving her evidence. Mr. Sergeant SELLON asked her who were present when the ceremony was solemnized ? She produced the marriage certificate, which bore the names of Sarah Shersey and Ezekiel Hudeburgh, as witn e ss es . _ _ Mrs. Mary Lane, the prisoner's first wife, deposed that the prisoner was her husband. She was married to him on the 17th of December, 1817, by bans, and had several children by him. She produced the certificate of her marriage, which was signed by witnesses. Mr. Sergeant SaLLON asked the prisoner whether he wished to say anything for himself. The prisoner (carele,sly)—l only have to say that she (Sarah Finruore) married me in a wrong name; her name is Sarah North, and not Finmore. Mr. Sergeant SCLLON said that was no matter. He remanded the prisoner, and directed Sergeant Holt to pro cure evidence as to both of the marriages by Tuesday next. The prisoner is about 40 years of age, and a good looking man. BO W-STREET. Yesterday a respectable looking man, named James Amnet, was charged with having assaulted in a violent and indelicate mariner two females in the humbler class of life, and also with having assaulted a police constable who came to their assistance. From the statement of Catherine Sanders, one of the complainants, it appeared that at a quarter to 12 o'clock she was proceeding along Holborn towards her home in Cagle-street, Drury-lane, accompanied by a female friend, having been to see her sister, who was on her death bed, when the defendant met them, and without any provoca tio❑ whatever, he pushed his umbrella against her in a most indecent manner. Her friend interferred i❑ her behalf, and the defendant struck her so violently that she was obliged to keep her bed. Police constable Broderick then came up and expostulated with the defendant for his unmanly conduct towards two unprotected women ; the defendant immediately seiz , .cl the constable, tore the collar off his coat, and knocked him down, t wearing that he would Nerve all the police in the same manner. He was finally secured and lodged in the station-house. Mr. MINSHULI. told the defendant that be was charged with three aggravated assaults, and asked him if he had any thing to say in his defence ?—The defendant posi tively denied that he had committed any assault upon the woman, and insinuated that the charge against him was trumped up for the purpose of extorting money. He ad mitted, however, his assault upon the constable. _ _ Mr. MlNsuutt. &sired hitn to state who and what he was. The defendant had lived for several years with Mr. Justice James Parke, and was in the habit of attending Mr. Justice Bosanquct when he went on circuit. He could obtain a good character from either of the learned persons he had named, and could procure bail to any amount that the magistrate might require. Mr. Mitistauu. observed that his conduct towards the females was most violent and unprovoked, and it was his duty to fine him 31. for his assault on Mrs. Sanders, and 40s. for his assault on the constable; and, in default of payment, he was sentenced to he confined in the House of Correction one month for each assault. With respect to the female who was unable to attend, the defendant must remain in custody until a surgeon had certified as to the nature and extent of the injuries she had received. The defendant paid the amount of the fines, and was al.. lowed to remain in custody at the office until the sur geon's certificate should arrive. It is perhaps not generally known to pur chasers of hay at the markets, that the new hay should weigh 41b. per truss more than the old. By an Act passed in the 36th of Geo. 111., it is enacted that all new hay brought into the markets within the hills of mortality, or within 30 miles thereof, from the Ist day of June to the last day ofAugust, shall weigh 601 h. per tints, being 416. more tran tile truss of old hay of 56Ibs. After the end of August, the hay of the present summer's growth is reckoned old, and is rated at 561 b. per truss accordingly. Thus a load of old bay, of 56 trusses, ought to weigh IS cwt., and a load of new bay, within the time above spe cified, 19 cwt. 3211'. Straw is regulated to weigh 36ib. per truss. MARLB OR 0 U GH. S TREET. Yesterday Thomas Warburton, a slaughterman, was brought before Mr. DYER on the following charge;— William Allen Smith, Esq., of 36, St. James's-place, was passing along Grafton -street, about two o'clock on Friday last, when be perceived the defendant driving a beast to the slaughter-house. The animal was proceeding very gently, when the defendant struck it a tremendous blow between the eyes with a thick stick which he car ried. Witness told the man that his conduct was brutal, upon which the man turned on him with the utmost fe rocity, and said, " You —, if you speak tome I'll serve you in the same way." The defendant then struck the animal another heavy blow on the head, and witness having again expressed his indignation at the wanton act, the defendant raised his bludgeon in a menacing manner, and swore, if he interfered again, he would serve him as he had served the bullock. From the undisguised bru tality evinced by the defendant, witness felt no doubt that he would have put his threat in execution had he not been restrained by the manner in which be replied, " Do if you dare," to his threat. Witness added, that his feelings were so kindled at the transaction that had the defendant, who was a most powerful ruffian, assailed him, he should have defended himself with a hatchet which was lying near. John Eaves, a house-painter, was employed on a job at a house in Grafton-street on the day in question, and he witnessed the whole transaction, which was exactly as had been detailed by the complainant. He begged to add, that from his own personal experience he knew that the most shocking brutality was practised amongst the slaughtermeu in that neighbourhood. The defendant was employed to drive the bull from the pound near Newgate.market to the slaughter-house, in order to kill it. The animal smelt the blood and would not go in, so he was obliged to strike it over the head. The master of the defendant, a butcher in Newport market, admitted that the beast was violently struck, and that the defendant had threatened the complainant. " But," said he, "my man only struck the beast on the .reigii - ---- 2 - 0 0 13 0 4 samiy, English, Maltin g , per I mp . quarter 48- 0 - Scotch and Irish, per 601bs. - Feeding 3 7 0 11 0 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 36 0 t, , , a - Irish, &c - Foreign PEASE, Fo r Engl ei ish, per Imperial quarter 4O 0 0 4 0 0 - gn 33 4 4 0 FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. 43 0 4 6 0 ---- Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs 2O 6 0 I INDIAN CORN, per 4401 b. (IN T, per Imperial quarter 32 0 0 MALT, per Imperial quarter IMPORT OF GRAIN for the Week ending June 104 it Wheal Oats. I Barley Flour. ng / Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. ' Foreign, Brls.llrish, &c. Sc- us. i ... 2,110 4,928 , 272 - 1 3,954 BIRTHS. the Ir' o On the 17th inst., at Ashling-house, Sussex, .- /I George Fraser, Esq., of a son. l ook On the 20th inst., at Woburn.place, Mrs. John daughter. ..1 , 1 i Sr MARRIED. TP 0 On the 20th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, .ifo„8 Lennard, Bart, of Bell-house, Essex, M.P. for that co :r o il , Georgina, relict of H. D. Milligan, Esq., and &tigh t ' igls late Sir W. Stirling, Bart., of Faskine, North Britain' 01 0 10 On the 20th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-50 131 1'01 third son of R. Willis, Esq., of Halsnead-hall, Lan e 1 ,1 1 Georgiana Amelia, third daughter of W. Feilden, P i tyo l ‘ ,ol; On the 17th inst., at Dover, R.W. Hawkes, Esq. , ,-, t er, o i , rives, to Ellen, third daughter of Major Petley, ROYt h irtlrde On the 20th inst., at Christ Church, Mr. J. Reid, ,'" o fr W. Reid, Esq., of Peckham-rye, to Miss Margaret gal' it gate-street. , igh p # On the 30th inst., at Paddington Church, Mr. A .'" Pt' of Piccadilly, to Emily, daughter of H. E. ThrUPP' Connaught-terrace. poll Criv On the 20th inst., at St. Giles's, Camberwell, J o s e r, 01 , son of J. Green, Esq., of Denmark.hill, to Jane 133 P r -f, 4 IP daughter of R. Moseley, Esq., of Champion-hill, SO ps,,',.e , On the 19th inst., at Tottenham Church, Middle'rafin' 10 Shuttleworth, Esq., of Tottenham-green, to Miss P u ii i i e oh On the 20th inst., at Bray, Mr. T. Bigg, of Maid' ............„/ 1Y Mary Sarah, eldest daughter of Mr. C. Goldsmith. DIED. Area', /,:boil On the 13th inst., at Edinburgh, the Rev. J. At. cOn i and F.R.S., late Principal of the Hon. East 11 1 °'' 4 41 1. Military Seminary at Addiscombe, aged 60. On the 20th inst., at Rotherhithe, Dr. Gaitskellv 0 it 3" . / On the 16th inst., Mrs . Ann Ryg a te, wife of g r. ,10 e of Purfleet, Essex, aged 3S. SisSg On the 15th inst, at Bedford-place, Kensington , p i.' Sampson. T rn 0 5 1, g On the 16th inst., at Malta, age d 18, Mr. T. s 1 s hipman of his Majesty's ship T. Huskisson, Royal Navy, Cordelia, elde st son 0 A 0 A • PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO YOU' SUN OFFICE, 112, STMANP, 1.414g°14 kr. To SE' ti pt and .ig ' br tie sten( "her 141d 7e .th e r o e o e l edr las.l.^,bel a :f ta : l ntz o h g ebee u i; t „"_ir. Lab 'FORT. ',ARL] ptit the E L HC It'l:4.bed tc °1 Dec, !1' as as Pict 141`14tase foi occ ttt from totkki4es foi i M i nted tha 1, 4, 4 4 41 .6 1: Groa & / "1. Itl 4o- tetr 4ousi I tli t li °l 7 van, 1 1,144 -Mari Cli E i k k l / 4 1 : 04 , 4 e , d j oZ Ii I, nt sec p Ilie; r ) 3C Cl* 'l'l'l;4 ~,lit.lll°llislbßtAell I head and nose, and I don't see how he could , v to it." ace ° • Mr. DYER—I do not exactlyunderstand what 93 9 ti ll DEp, Witness—Why, I always give him orders t° bullocks on the herd; it don't injure the meat. , t he . Mr. DYER—Yes, all you think about is °Oaf: / 1 1 H marketable quality of the meat, and not of the ti)it , 1 t o h f e t r h i e be a , n i im t will al spWoiiltntheses—salWe o h f y h , teh i ce f omu th leda e td; b o e s ae n t d i( I dr ,, : I I 11111 A L i your Worship would not like a piece of beef, ' l , '* r i been injured. I can't see how . harm, by hitting it on the head. to bad i°,,,. t o c( Mr. DYER ask e d M r . S m i t h if t h e b lows W articl es been struck were unnecessary, wanton, and cruel' f ord, viz Mr. Smith replied in the affirmative. ,e IttlU ...... 0 llit t The magistrate th en i n fli c t e d a fi ne o f 301., . E immediately paid. S UGAR, THAMES POLICE. ( 1,10, WINE Yesterday Captain John Wilson, master e' t v gol l ';' 4411 he Henrietta, of Sunderland, lying off Shadwell, 011 yr p t , T h , before Mr. BALLANTINE and Mr. BRODERIrr C fO ol 81 . 4. ' with cruelly flogging John Preston, an apprentice., e,,,„i clitE4 boy, who appeared to be suffering the most O a if ra , A San from the chastisement, stated that on Tuesday w e t , Sat tiples the captain went on shore, and came on board ' l ,o° the N age ten and eleven o'clock, after he and the other aP F ilrl l) ' I)}s iti th a e l i P u . had turned in. In a few minutes the captain d' e , bolt „ The c, but in consequence of his being asleep, he did n t u e i 'le e , him, and the captain came below in a great pas , i ° of ' 1 0 1 the da y ei a thick rope, which he bad doubled in two l'' t ,,,M c 't ar t A„ aroused him. He bad no sooner got out of bed t' ,pill Ever g' captain laid on him as bard as he was able, and ' i . P , r e and be Y ac of his cries for mercy, continued flogging him b ' es i! O f the wards of ten minutes, until he was wealed frau: be , / I, rta pormil, foot. His body was so sore, that he could 1 10 7%0 te clothes to touch it. • l ' tle, fot Mr. BALLANTINE directed the boy to pull off " 0 3 ktt e and let him see the state of his person, that he , i '--- e .-:2....!,.._ judge of the extent of the punishment. T wo F The apprentice did as he was directed, and thee o GA ance of his body caused an involuntary shudder fed Amid a Lai present. His arms, shoublers, and back present e l f ar i d a , mass of bruises, and the marks of the rope, which,,Jii, quite evident, had been applied most heavily, were ' to ! across his loins. The boy said he had received stripes on other parts of his body. Mr. BALLANTINE—What du you mean by thi°, punishment ? The Captain, who was greatly s g: ti , A t th e ~ and could not look at th e b oy ' s b ac k w i t h ou t s'nudu; ko NnA3 00said in a low tone, lam extremely sorry for Wi tt Cc happened." T oi l V Mr. BALLANTINE--Sorry, indeed ! How ea- , 4% nd, fi atone for what you have done, in flogging this psi'. t 0 of t term for ten minutes on his naked person ? What do y OO , y opti on .. by being sorry ? I am sorry that the boy g houl', tp ritir " been so flogged, and that such a case should have' L ot 2. before me. Defendant--I was very drunk, and I °l ttt eiliv. _ know what I did ; the boy has been with me three liep he r ~ t• rcor and I have never flogged him before. '. ''' u nd, h Mr. BRODERIP—Look at your own dreadful , i'°' di L ot ~ you have any feeling about youwou ought to be re j s b , tdj o i nia " sink to the ground. I regret that a man abr' lli C ol i t4 l li tl a es a ; r( l )eu g n been found to act so. Defendant—l have feeling , ' lot 1 1) _ t am indeed sorry, I know lam condemned. ;„ a tid yea t he ' 7. St ten. Mr. BRODERlP—Condemned, indeed ! why 4, a condemns you. o, ' Th e -r nr Mr. BALLANTINE, after a long consultation vi t h . 1 : 41 1 print e colleague, said that on such complete evidence of •,, g 'atra,„, fendant's brutality and want of temper, he would °" 0 1 % -.....2 1 . L" trust the boy with him again than he would D e ° , °Rill child, and the owner of the ship must be sent li . 4 the case was sent to the sessions, and the boy stio ate for sessed those marks he had just displayed, the Court 00 I in the event of a conviction, inflict the heaviest P jp went in their power to award ; but no Engli d !o () would believe, unless they saw the thing with theft sr 4 the Pr eyes, that any man could have been guilty of eu e , e , elty; and as the defendant had power to traverse l' i n Tiff E and afterwards to postpone it, the boy's person s'i ° I bably, by that time, be healed, and the case then , " I° ' 4t k l te4it)tilarca l e r i ( i Dutch itself into a mere common assault, the defend,nt„.,oo, the escape with a slight punishment. Under those -I fel' ~"aLoga „ stinces, the bench would allow the defendant t i ° ,3 pi "raw erse, with the boy, and see what compensation he cou ld f him. After he had done so the magistrates s o° hutch chaff their judgment. s' mo a t The parties then retired, and, in a few mirm teB b ' e 444 , g a r l ham, a land officer, said the captain had offered t t ll h aile i n four pounds. c o 1 ,,e,,a Cycl The magistrates said that would not do ;it h it g condi : ob one half enough. 4 0i ), ertson': The captain eventually gave the boy eight sof' , h?'/ , s, ate The parries were then brought in the office, and ov i i . Hrda, H. Mr. BALLANTINE, addressing the captain, sa id, e , , ] ante, Ra thathear being thatyou th the case, , been w e in sha lI conversationdispos dispose withof this the tio l ftl iT t . eh ; e a n rn u a l summary jurisdiction ; we fine you Is. for the assault I s , T he HO sides all the costs. The boy shall stop here. It r ue effects Mr. BRODERIP—Now take care, Kingham, ths b e had th e boy is not put Ia the power of that fellow again. It reet, •-.....________ The late i THE MARKETS. hit. viSs COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE , t h ) 3, ev t ALE o f i Wheat. Barley. Oats. , Per Quarter. s. to s. s. s. s. to S. 's't° • l' h it hollt r Blandford 49 29 17 ' 7 v i „ . e' Brigg 52 60 36 40 19 2.'2 31 ,' s senate Cambridge — 53 27 1 5 30 h 134 Mon Chard „.... 44 52 22 24 16 20 v 3 : , PPer. ori Huntingdon..—.... 58 63 20 24 12 16 31 la; c - Long 5utt0n....—..., 56 64 17 2 2 3 9 L t , '' ' , Witt Louth 5O 55 27 32 19 9 ; 1 , 5 0 C 4 of chi Lynn..............—.......... 55 60 22 23 14 2,..1 3;1 0 tls ed; ,.. Newark —.—.......... 50 61 33 14 5 / # t], „. I ° l Nottingham .—....... 48 61 24 31 17 2 4 . 0 4 ti o 11 1 tie! Peterborough 46 60 22 31 13 , 23 2 '• ....... 45 P k i m:s, co ll, Plymouth .................. 50 64 30 34 20 Pontetract—...--,.. 67 43 2 7 4 1 o lhea, 9 1 8 1.11 1 Tp f i ° 114 1 a . " rn ............. 40 65 56 " 36 20 2 38 8 2 1 2 6 n .......... .; /vv °° 4 Wed Wisbech—.. a . 40 58 20 33 14 2 0 ' *st k - LEEDS CORN MAR KET.—June 224 1 8 137 ... to oo6 o. oo , oo, l t ie r t , nt l i ' e h ytn u ad ; pia Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b. York. and Lincoln. 601 b. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk - Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding ~ tic Beans Oats, Potatoe ---Alealing, For. 12d. to 13d. Eng. 9d to 101,!,,, IA k t 1,,, be pr Shelling Rapeseed, English, 231. to 241. Foreign, —l. to ••"*.' 4 , ~iely on , 1 6 . *7 he hou LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—Jun- to • v 4 WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. 11 -- Red 7 8 9f A Scotch, Welch, and Manx i 1 ) 1 Elt,V - Irish, White 7 5 . g , ---- Red 7 2 0 iii D a d Art' Foreign 8 6 „Vi 'oble ( OATS, English, Welsh, anti Scotch, per 451 h 2 6 , 4 %Untr Irish Foreign