The Sun. — London, England, 1833-11-09 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Franklin tells a story of an Indian, who' accompanying an Albany merchant to church conceived that he was the subject of the preacher's discourse, and left the church. There is one man who beats the Indian hollow—and that is 1"r. Cobbett. In commenting on the resolutions of the proprietors and occupiers of land in the hundred of Gallow, in Norfolk, we observed " that the labourers have been taught that they were indebted to the fires for the im provement of their condition, and their not being reduced to the level of the Irish ; and it is not astonishing that they should, on every occasion of dissatisfaction, have recourse to similar means of intimidation." On this the Honourable and polished Member for Oldham exclaims— " But now, thou sneaking and cowardly cockchafer, what dust thou mean by saying that it is no wonder that the labourers set fires, ' seeing that they have been taught that they were indebted to the fires for not being reduced to the level of the Irish ?' If they ' have been taught,' somebody taught them ; and then, thou base literary pol troon ; thou most wretched of all the tools of the hypocri tical Whigs ; thou dastardly lump of Scotch and German carrion, kneaded up together ; then, I say, why not name that somebody ? It is not for roe to say, and I will not say, whether I do, or do not, think, that the fires pre vented them from being reduced to the infamous level of the Irish ; but this I will say, that, rather than see them reduced to that state, I would see the island sunk to the bottom of the sea; and to prevent them from being reduced to that state, every possible exertion of mine shall be made. " You say, that great pains have been taken to in flame their minds.' Well said, old Instigation ! 'Tis not the heart of their minds, you fool; it is not the cramming of their heads, that produces the mischief, but the keeping of their bodies uncrammeel with falcon and bread. I can no more persuade them that bacon is not bacon, than you can persuade them that cursed potatoes are bacon and bread. Infl ime their minds, indeed ! This puts one in mind of Goodman's Confessions, which the hunting Parson and the busy Magistrates of Sussex got from him: That Mr. Cobbett's lecture did so infl ime my mind.' Oh, no; there is no inflaming it is all hunger, cockchafer ; and th which you suck up out of the taxes, is partly the cause of their hunger." As there is but one great man in the world in the opinion of the Hon. Member for Oldham, and that great man is the Hon. Member himself, he naturally enough supposes that every person is on all occasions full of his prowess. He would even begrudge the devil the share of the mischief for which he commonly receives credit. We know not what influence Mr. Cobbett attributes to himself in producing the incendiarism. We assure him, at the risk, perhaps, of giving him mortal displeasure, that we were not thinking of him when commenting on the resolutions of the Norfolk owners and occupiers of land, but we had in view the evidence before the Committee of the House of Commons. Several witnesses attributed the height of wages to the incendiarism. It was distinctly said, over and over again, that the farmers were intimidated. This lesson has been taught to the labourers, who have long been aware of the prevalency of the belief that they owed to the fires the refusal to employ Irish la bourers, and the general intimidation of the farmers. Before the publication of the evidence,we more than once stated in the Chronicle that the general belief in the country was, that farmers dust not, for the fires, lower the wages of the labourers. We never attributed the fires to Mr. Cobbett, though we are aware that he was prosecuted for using language tending to justify the labourers in their outrages. If he supposes that he is entitled to credit for the incendiarism, we can only say, that we do not believe his capacity to do mis chief so great as he thinks it is. However, if be show us that he has really been instrumental in instructing the labourers to fire ricks as a means of raising their wages, we shall willingly retract our opinion. There has been a fire in Perthshire, on which the Sage of Oldham jumps to the conclusion that the Scotch Labourers share the feeling of the English : " SCOTCH FIRES.-The following, taken florn the Glasgow hronicle, will show that they can set fire in Scotland, as well as in England ; and that the ' heade hashon' does not prevent such things altogether, at any rate. I repeat, that it is the duty of the Parliament to look into the cause ; and that it will be useless, and even mis chievous, to indulge in railing against fire-setters, and to threaten them with the effects of rewards, and with banging. A Scotch farm-yard is a dreadful scene, indeed, when the ricks are on fire. The setting fire to one, sets fire to the whole. It is useless to talk about anonymous letters and malignant motives.. The cause, be it what it may, is one and the same all over the kingdom ; and, until that cause be removed, the farm house is next to a dwelling in the infernal regions- There is one remedy, however, he the cause what it may ; and that is, to keep all the fellows in the parish well crammed with bacon, bread, and beer, anti let them have a bed to lie down upon ; and then I will engage to eat every man that you shall find awake after seven o'clock in the even ing, at this time of the year. Hogs are all asleep as soon as it is dusk, and foxes prowl about all the night ; the first are supplied with plenty of food ; the latter are com pelled to forage for themselves. However, the Govern ment and the Parliament will do as they please; and, of course, they ‘s ill take what comes without complaining." There is certainly some force in the recipe for preventing fires by night, as men crammed with bacon, bread, and beer are more disposed to sleep than to prowl about. It is easier, how ever, to give the receipt than to find the requisite quantity of bread, beer, and bacon.--Morning Chronicle. An apple of discord has been thrown among the Journals by Mr. Poulett Scrope, and a con test has arisen relative to that proposition in his pamphlet which attributes the distress of the English farmer, in a great measure, to the corn petition of the Irish corn grower, who in con sequence of the want of poor-rates in Ireland, is enabled to undersell him in his own markets. There is no doubt that poor rates must keep wages from falling below a certain standard, and, consequently, enhance the cost of production. It is well it is so, or the starving multitudes of poor who could not, in the present unhappy circumstances of the country, be employed, joined to those who found that the wages of employment could not procure them the common necessaries of life, would be driven to despera tion, and the peace and property of the country would he continually endangered. There is no doubt, however, that the farmer pays a heavy tax for the great object of public security of which the poor laws are the bulwark. Mr. Scrope says, " In England a farmer is forced by law to pay from 35. to 10s. an acre poor-rate, while the Irish farmer pays no poor-rate at all. Is it wonderful then that the latter should beat the farmer out of his own markets ?" It is upon t hi s principle that we have opposed our theorists of free trade, who enable the foreian ma nufacturer to beat the English manufacturer in his own markets. Why is he able to do so ? Because the heavy taxation of this coun try enhances the cost of . production_ , so g r eat l y i n comparison with what it is in France and other lightly taxed countries of the Continent, that the foreign manufacturer can afford to undersell his English rival in his own markets, and make a fair profit beside. The state of things brought about by the free-trade speculators in a country whose productive industry is obliged to bear more galling fiscal burdens than that of any com munity on the globe, has considerably increased he other burden of poor-rates. The English manufactuters, in order to counteract the effects of taxation upon human labour, have recourse to every aid that machinery can supply to dis pense with the labour of man. Hence vast numbers are thrown on the poor-rates ; and by the depression of the manufacturing interests those of the agriculturist sustain additional in jury, because the home customers of the farmer are thereby impoverished. They must live more poorly and consume less of his produce. The poverty of the farmer, in its turn, reacts upon the interests of the manufacturer and shop keeper, for lie and his wife and family can afford to purchase less of the goods of the latter, and must dispense with many things upon which they would lay out their money when they go to' a market town, if they had it. Ireland has a free trade in corn and cattle with this country, and being, with regard to poor rates, and some other matters, a less taxed country than Eng land, her produce can be sold cheaper in the English markets than tile produce of the native growers. Another evil, or rather the working of the evil in another way, which we have often noticed, is not too strongly put by Mr. Scrope when lie says, " To make the difference still more galling and unjust, a very large proportion of our heavy poor rates is paid to maintain in idleness the surplus labourers of our parishes, who are deprived of the employment they would otherwise obtain in London, and all the large towns of the kingdom, by the hordes of starving Irish that are driven over here from the want of a poor law in their own country." This is a serious additional burden to that which this country has to bear in the support of its own poor. Who derives the advantage from a state of things which seriously injures the English agriculturist, and reduces the Irish peasantry to the lowest depths of degradation ? Un doubtedly, it is the Irish landlord—it is that class for whose exclusive interests such states men as Mr. Spring Rice, and other Mem bers of the Whig Ministry, have been obstinately resisting the demands of all the clearsighted and disinterested patriots of both England and Ire land for a modified system of poor laws for the latter country during the last three years. We explained and advocated the plan for a com pulsory assessment, to give employment to the Irish poor, which was proposed by Mr. Samuel Robinson, of Clonmel, some time ago, but who received very little encouragement from our " enlightened" statesmen, who have at last burdened the country with the expenses of a Commission to do something just as wise as to ascertain, by sundry interrogatories, whether the law of gravitation, or any other law, operates in Ireland as well as in this country. It may not be inapplicable to the subject on which Mr. Scrope treats to quote a passage from one of the papers circulated by Mr. Robinson on the bene ficial effects of a judicious poor rate for his native country. He says—" A compulsory poor rate, for giving employment, must improve the condi tion of all the labouring classes, and, conse quently, enable them to consume a larger portion of the produce of the country. That produce is now, for the want of home consumers, sold in the British market, at an immense expense in carriage, freight, &c., all which is deducted from the Irish farmers." But in our opinion the English farmers lose still more by this system, as, notwithstanding the freight, car riage, and other expenses of exportation, he is still undersold. Mr. Robinson says the ex penses of exportation come ultimately out of the Irish landlord. In that we cannot agree with him. We believe he flourishes at the expense of the English farmer ; but we are far from going all the length with Mr. Scrope, in be lieving that an Irish poor rate would remove the distress under which the agriculturists of Eng land labour. It would in some degree alleviate it ; but the strongest argument for the establish ment of poor laws in Ireland is the wretched state to which that country is reduced for want of them, by the united operations of misery, agi tation, and agrarian outrage. Amply would the landlords be repaid by the security a poor rate would give their own property. In the words of the writer whom we have already quoted, " They would be no longer under the necessity of fortifying their houses against the attacks of a neglected and consequently distressed pea santry."—Morning Herald. The Ultra-Radical party have now at length a chief and leader. They had long felt the want of one. They had always, it is true, in cluded many men ambitious, and some few able, to undertake the office; but there was none amongst them possessed of that rank and fortune which might enable him to fill that " bad eminence" with a willing crowd of followers. It was not easy to find a Peer to head a crusade against the House of Lords ; it was not easy to find a man of property to advocate principles that tend directly to the unsettlement and in security of all the property in the kingdom. That truly amiable politician, Lord Durham, has now stepped forward to seize the vacant Presi dent's chair. His late speech at Gateshead was undoubtedly a sort of bidding in the Radical market for the leadership, and the tone of the Examiner and the other Papers of that party shows that they are ready to close with his Lordship's offers, and to put themselves under his command. That speech, we must say, awoke us from a very agreeable illusion. We had hoped and believed that Lord Durham, on resigning the Privy Seal and being created an Earl, had finally retired from public life. 'When we heard of his new dignity, our regret at the disgrace to the Peer age, implied by the promotion of one of its most unworthy members, was drowned in our rojoicings that our old British Constitution would be relieved from the attacks of one of her fiercest assailants. We had hoped that Lord Durham (as was once said of Pulteney, when he was made Lord Bath) had "sunk into insignifi cance and an earldom." We had hoped that the castigation of unruly horses—or the disci pline of disobedient servants, quarrels with neigh bours, or prosecutions of newspapers, or other such congenial employments, might henceforth be sufficient to employ his Lordship's active mind. We had, alas . flattered ourselves too soon. The sick Earl, whose feeble grasp was so lately unable to sustain the Privy Seal, is now again in the field, up, stirring, and eager ; and a party in the country which, whatever be its other faults or deficiencies, cannot at all events be accused of wanting energy and courage, is now discip lined and ready to do the bidding of that bold bad man. It seems indeed hardly an exagge ration to say, that the Radical standard has been raised at Newcastle, as much as in times scarcely more critical. A very dif ferent standard was hoisted at Nottingham. The principle s and the party of Lord Durham belong, we fear, to an epoch of which the pre sent but too frequently reminds us—the epoch of Charles the First. In the ranks of the Ultra-Radicals we see A motley assemblage of designing knaves and deluded fools—of btiefless lawyers and hungry adventurers, who use the evil and excited passions of the multi tude as a lever for their own advancement—of iheorists who wish a real Government to move in squares and parallelograms according to some paper projects of their own ; or of the honest but misguided men who were taught to expect great practical benefits from the Reform Bill, and who, disappointed in these, are now told to push onwards and expect these be nefits from a further subversion of established institutions. At the head of all appears the lordly democrat, the proud and arrogant patron of equality, with professions of freedom on his lips, with indictments for libels at his side ; in one hand a new earl's coronet, in the other a cap of liberty ; the supporter of Mr. Canning as sufficiently liberal in 1827, and the contemner of Lord Grey as not sufficiently levelling in 1833. Such are the crew, and such is the captain of the gang ! The views of these men are well known. Happily for us their force, if unassisted, is as contemptible as their designs. But should they ever be backed by the force and influence of Government we will not dis guise from our readers that we should tremble at the probable result. Is then any such " unholy alliance" to be feared ? Were we to look merely at the weakness and compliance which Lord Grey has always manifested towards his favourite son-in-law we should answer " Yes." But will the aspiring genius of a Stanley consent to stoop beneath the dominion of a character and intellect so far inferior to his own ? Will the sagacity of Lord Melbourne, the moderation of Lord Lansdowne, lean upon this broken reed ? And may we not hope that the majority of time Council are far more disposed to rejoice in their emancipation from their late imperious colleague than once more to encounter the out breakings of his fierce :Ind fretful temper ? "Lord Durham," they will say, " may be formidable as an enemy. But may Heaven deliver us at least from his co-operation !" If such be not their feeling, we trust and believe that it will be the feeling of the country. We trust that any such renewed connec tion between Lord Durham and the Adminis tration would at once dissolve another far more important connexion—that which has so unhap pily bound so many even of the industrious and upright and reflecting people of this country to the party of this Administration. They could scarcely gain one adherent from the Ultra-Radicals without losing ten of their own ; and in that paint of view perhaps such a connexion would prove in its results a most happy and auspicious event, as uniting au immense majority of the nation in one firm and powerful bond with the steady and consistent friends of the established Constitution on the side of the Conservatives ! —Morning Post. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 8. HOPE INSURANCE COMPANY V. BARBER BEAUMONT, ESQ., MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE COUNTY FIRE OFFICE. This was an action for libel which has not been promulgated, and being in the incipient stage of in vestigation, the only question was whether the Se cretary of the Company or the Governor should be the parties sued. Counsel was heard on both sides, and the Court admitted the demurrer; consequently the action will commence de novo. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, Nov. 8. RUSSELL V. THURLEIN Mr. Twiss said that this was a case of a most sin gular nature, and more like romance than reality. It arose from a gross and fraudulent suppression of a deed. Mis. Russell, the plaintiff, was the wife of John Russell, and the mother of Emma Broad hurst. The plaintiff had lived in the family of Mr. Burge, an eminent optician in Piccadilly, and when she was about to be married her friends thought it expedient that some money of which she was pos sessed should be settled upon her. The plaintiff was at this time in possession of 1,5001., Navy Five per Cents., and it was resolved that 1,0001. should be transferred to Mat thew Burge for her benefit, and after her death for the benefit of her daughter, the interest to be paid to the plaintiff for her life, and in case of her death it was to go towards the mainte nance and education of the plaintiff's daughter till she would have attained the age of 21, or till she should be married; and if the daughter should die un married the fund should be transferred to such per son as the plaintiff should appoint. Mr. Burge lived but a very short period after the deed had been signed. his death took place in 1819, at a house he had near Tunbridge. He left Mrs. Barge his sole executrix and residuary legatee, and by his will Mrs. Burge came into possession of very consider able property, and amongst the rest several thousand pounds Navy Five per Cent. Stock, including the 1,0001. received from Mrs. Russell. After the death of Mr. Burge it was in vain the plaintiff at tempted to obtain anything from Mrs. Burge. The deed was not forthcoming, and the plaintiff was obliged to receive 251. a-year from Mrs. Burge, doled out by way of favour to the plaintiff, who was Mrs. Burge's niece. In 1823 the widow Burge was married to Mr. Stephen Turley, the defendant, and transferred all her property to him, except 1,260/. Three and a Half per Cent. Navy Stock. During the marriage of Mrs. Burge the 251. was regu larly forthcoming, but the deed was not as yet forth coming. In January, 1832, Mrs. Talley died, and then in a most extraordinary manner the deed made its appearance from the hands of a person of the name of Allen. The mode by which the deed came into Allen's hands would be best explained in his own words as stated in his examination. Allen said he was shopman to Mr. Burge for several years, and was with him at Tun bridge at the time of his death. The day after Mr. Burge's death Allen and Mrs. Burge came up to London, bringing Mr. Burge's keys with them, and in one of the boxes in Mr. Burge's room he (the deponent) found the deed. Mrs. Burge was in the room with him when he discovered the deed. Allen proved the handwriting of Mr. Burge to the deed. As soon as Mrs. Burge saw the deed she imme diately observed, " Why, he has signed it, but it is not witnessed." She then told Allen she had sent the servant out, and she had made a fire for roasting in the kitchen, and told him to take the deed and burn it. Allen prepared to do so, and wrapped the deed up in some brown paper, and went into the kitchen, where he was followed by Mrs. Burge. Allen then threw the brown paper in which the deed was wrapped into the fire, but secreted the deed itself. Mrs. Burge then stirred the fire, and said, " Now lam happy." The deed remained in the possession of Mr. Allen till the death of Mrs. Burge, when he delivered the deed to Mrs. Russell. The deed was now produced; it was executed by most respectable professional men , t h e so li c i tors to the Admiralty; it was signed by Mr. Burge; and all these facts being established, the plaintiff was clearly entitled to a decree. Lord LYNDHURST—The trust deed is under the hand and seal of Mr. Burge, and he admits that the mone y was int rusted to hi m f or part i cu l ar purposes . Wbat answer Is there to this, for it does not appear to admit of any ? Mr. TRESLOYE, for the defendant, admitted that the case was a very singular one; but whatever fraud there might be, the defendant, Mr. Turley, knew nothing of it. Although the deed was signed there was no date, no witness ; it was, in fact, an imperfect deed. The doctrine of this Court was, that if a deed got out of the hands of a party with out his consent the Court could not deal with it, His LORDSHIP Was quite satisfied that - the money ought to be restored to the plaintiff, deducting, how ever, as it was reasonable, the annual payment of 251. made to the plaintiff. He felt bound to express his strong disapprobation of the conduct of Allen in keeping the deed so long concealed, but this was not enough to disprove his evidence. INSOLVENT COURT, Nov. 8. (Before Mr. Commissiuner Bow Ex.) The Court sat at 10 o'clock. This was a rema net slay. Charles Montron, a solicitor, came up to be heard upon his petition. The insolvent had no counsel. He was opposed by Mr. C. Cook, of the firm of Cook and Hunter, solicitors, of New Inn, and also by Mr. T. Smith, and Mr. H. Dixon. Charles Cook examined by the Learned Com missioner—His debt was 20/. advanced to the in solvent by him on a note of hand. At the time the 20/. was advanced Mr. Cook and his partner were solicitors for a Mr. Thurnaway, who had placed 'n their hands 60/. to effect an arrangement with his creditors. The insolvent called upon him (Cook), and said that he wished to bring an action against the Sheriff of Middlesex for an illegal levy, but he had not the means of taking the cause into Court. Mr. Cook lent him 20/. out of the money he had received from Mr. Thurnaway, for which the in solvent had given him a written engagement to pay the money on the 12th of November, independent of the promissory note. The insolvent, besides giving two documentary proofs of the debt, pledged his word of honour as a gentleman and as an honest man that he would pay him the 201. before the pe riod stated in the note of hand, in the event of his obtaining a verdict against the Sheriff of Middlesex. The Learned Counsel—There can be no doubt of the debt, and upon the note-of-hand and the written agreement Mr. Cook had a right to claim his debt of the insolvent. Mr. Cdok—l have no wish whatever to press for a sentence against the insolvent. I merely wish ro have the debt admitted, and, if the Court would consent to it, to become assignee. The insolvent was ordered to be discharged. POLICE IN I'ELLIGENCE. G UILDHALL. Alfred Elliot, a lad, was brought before Sir C. MARSHALL yesterday, charged with stealing about 6!. in ca , 49d some tools and other articles of the value of about 31. more, the property of his master, Mr. Mead, a shoemaker in Shaftesbury-place, Al dersgate-street. The prisoner, who did not deny his guilt, was committed for trial. MARLBORO UGH- STREET. At this office, during the last few days, there has been a most extraordinary diminution in business. Independent of eight or nine charges of drukenness nothing has occurred within the last three days, al!hough the C division includes the extensive pa rishes of St. James, Westminster, and St. George, Hanover-square, with that of St. Anne, and a por tion of St. Martin's. In the experience of the oldest person in the establishment there never was such an extraordinary decrease in crime. I% MAI?Y LEB ONE. THE EXTENSIVE ROBBERY IN GREAT CUMBER LAND-STREET.—A young man named Joseph Blan chard, who had been apprehended on Thursday, on suspicion of being concerned in a most extensive robbery, committed on Monday last at the house of Mr. Dominic Oliviera, No. 4, Great Cumberland street, Oxford -street, %%lien property to the amount of 13,000/., consisting of jewellery, undue bills and promissory notes, Portuguese bonds, &c., was car ried away, underwent an examination yesterday be fore the sitting Magistrates, Messrs. GRIFFITH, HOSKINS, and TUBBS. Mr. Oliviera stated that the prisoner formerly lived in his service as groom, from which situation he was discharged about twelve mouths ago. Since Monday (the day on which the robbery was com mitted) he had been given to understand that the prisoner was keeping company with his housemaid, arid was the associate of thieves and the worst of characters; in consequence of that he caused him to he taken into custody. Mr. HOSKINS (to prisoner)--Just give an account of where you were throughout the day on Monday last ? Prisoner—l left my father's house at Step ney, where I had slept the previous night, and met a young man named Wig!y e by appointment, at ten o'clock, at the servants'-office in Oxford -street, and was about with him till six o'clock, when I went with him to see his sister in Marshall-street, but she not being at home, we went into a public-house, where we sat till ten o'clock ; then we went to sleep at some stables in the Temple. The mother of the prisoner was then called in, who stated that her son slept at home on Sunday night, and left on Monday morning, saying that he was going to meet an acquaintance, who lived near the Temple. Mr. HOSKINS—What account did he give you of Monday ? The witness then related what her son had said he did on that day, which agreed with what he him self had stated, In answer to several questions put by Mr. Oli viera, the witness answered the first she heard of the obbery was on Tuesday night, when about to re tire to bed. Her husband said to the prisoner, " Your late master, Mr. Oliviera, has been robbed to the amount of some thousands;" upon which the prisoner said, " I am very sorry for it, fur I like Mr. Dominic Oliviera much better than I do his bro. ther ;" and then expressed his surprise that they should have been robbed, as they always paid such Meat attention to the doors and fastenings. Her husband said he saw the account of their having been robbed in the newspaper. Her husband held a situation in the Custom-house. Police constable John Legg, D 149, who took the prisoner into custody, said that the last witness told him she had not seen the prisoner since Sun day night. The prisoner was ordered to be brought in again, when, in answer to questions from Mr. HOSKINS, he said that he slept at his mother's on Tuesday night, and that he first knew of the robbery on Wednes day evening,when, being in a coffee-shop, he saw an account of it in an evening paper. Mr. HosKlNs—Then you did not hear it from your father on Tuesday night? Prisoner—No. On Tuesday night he said, " I'd have you keep out of the streets of nights ;" and on my asking him for his reason he said, " Never mind,,keep in." My father spoke about it a few minuses before the officer came in and took me. The police constable here said that the father of the prisoner had received a letter from his brother who lived in the country, saying that he had dreamt his nephew was in custody, and he hoped that it was not true. Prisoner—That letter has been destroyed. Sarah Ann Wheeler,housemaid to the prosecutor, was mxt examined. She was in the house all day on Monday, till a quarter to seven o'clock, when she was sent by Mrs. Oliviera (mother to the pro secutor) as far us New-street, Dorset-square ; from there she went to Oxford-street to purchase a piece of ribbon for herself, and returned home again at twenty minutes past eight, when the door was opened to her by the footman. She immediately went up stairs to put by her bonnet, and th en came down stairs into the kitchen, where she found the cook sitting in a chair with her head lying on a table ; she looked very pale, and witness inquired what was the matter, to which Oft: cook replied, that she was going up stairs, directly after witness had gone out, to sit there till she returned, when she was alarmed by hearing a noise ; that she hastened down stairs and told Joseph (the footman), who went up with a light, but shortly after came down again, saying that he had looked in the different rooms, but could see nobody. In about an hour and a half after that the robbery was discovered by Mrs. Oliviera. Mr. HOSKINS—When you went out that evening were you in company with any one in Oxfold. street ? Witness—No, Sir. I went out alone and ame back alone. Mr. Oliviera—ls not Morris, a follower of the cook's, in the habit of coming to the house to break ' fast every Sunday morning ? Witness—Not ex actly every Sunday, but very generally. Mr. Oliviera—lle used to come every night too ? Witness—l never saw hint er any man in the house of a night ; if he did call of a night, the cook used to speak to him at the door. Henry Morris, porter, in the service of Mr. Petre, No. 2, Upper Brook -street, Grosvenor-square, kept company wrth the cook, but stated nothing that could implicate any one, or elucidate the mystery that hangs over this robbery. Mr. Oliviera was about to make some remark to Mr. Hoskins, when Keys, an officer of this esta blishment, entered and said that Staples, the man who was charged with the robbery on Tuesday, was in attendance, and wished to communicate some thing to the Magistrate, who ordered him to be brought in, when he stated that after he had been discharged from this office on Tuesday evening, he was walking up Oxford-street with his wife, when they looked in at a tobacconist's window, where there was a bill offering a reward of 2001. for the recovery of Mr. Oliviera's property and the appre hension of the thieves. There was another man looking at the bill, whom witness entered into con versation with, in the course of which he (witness) made known that he had been in custody on sus picion, and had been discharged. The stringer then said that he knew Mr. Oliviera's housemaid, and had seen her two or three nights previously walking with a man, from whose appearance lie judged she would not be benefitted by the acquaint ance. He should not know the man again. The housemaid denied the truth of what had been said about herself. Mr. HOSKINS remarked that it was strange he should be so familiar with a stranger, and, after con ferring with Mr. Oliviera, discharged the prisoner Blanchard, at the same time saying that he would be expected to appear when called on. No traces of any of the lost property have been discovered. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday Mr. Beztenzont, the proprietor of a Turkish divan, situate in Myddelton Quadrant, Clerkenwell, near Sadler's Wells Theatre, appeared at this office, before Messrs. ROGERS and LAING, to answer the complaint of Byers, the informer, fur permitting to be sold and consumed on his pre mises coffee after the hours prescribed by law, and suffering gaming at billiards, contrary to the statute of the 3d of William the Fourth, chap. 19. The defendant was convicted in the mitigated penalty of forty shillings and costs. UNION-HALL. SHOPLIFTING —Yesterday Mary Anne Roberts, a respectable-looking middle-aged female, was brough before Mr. TRAILL, charged with stealing two gown-pieces, the property of Mr. Hallengdale, a linen-draper in Bermondsey. The prisoner, in her defence, had unfortunately been prevailed upon to take some liquor on the morning in question, which had such an effect on her as to deprive her of reason, and it was while in that condition that she had committed the offence. She added that she had some young children de pendant on her for support. She was committed. THAMES-POLICE'. EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY IN THE LONDON DOCK.—Yesterday James Tolley, formerly clerk to a brandy merchant, but who has for some time past been jobbing about the London Dock; Thomas Dalton, a carman ; and IVm. Sneasby, a labourer, in the employ of Mr. Charles Bannister,cowkeeper, of No. 46, Colchester-sire. t, Whirechapel, were brought before Mr. BRODERIP arid Mr. Co3ttal for re-examination, charged with being concerned in stealing a hogshead of brandy, worth upwards of 1001., the property of the London Dock Company, from their premises. The robbery, which was ef f,cted with much dexterity, was planned by a man named Michael Bannister, a plumber and glazier, who was not long since convicted at this office for having stolen property in his possession, and who has absconded. Mr. BRODERIP, after hearing evidence, refused to accept of bail for Sneasby, and should remand all the prisoners for a week. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the" London New Price Current" of yesterday.) SucAn.—The Sugar Market has been excessively heavy all the week, and the prices have again declined Is. per cwt. ; brown J smaica 52e., other browns 515., and some very low sold under the last price, but the latter could not be taken as a criterion of market rates. Some coloury Grenada sold at 535., which in the late highest state of the market would have sold at 61s. The general decline from the late highest point may be stated at '7s. and Bs. per cwt. The cause of this excessive heavy market is the great falling off in the weekly deliveries from the West India warehouses compared with previous years, which is now of such a marked character that, though the import of this year is 13,000 hhds. and trs. less than last year, yet the stock here is 9,000 hhds. and trs. more than in 1832 ; the decrease is stated to arise from the Refiners not buying, their trade being checked by Foreig❑ compe tition and the unwise laws of England preventing their operations with Foreign Sugars, which has continued so long that the trade is in a manner ruined, and will not easily recover, even if every measure was resorted to favourable to their future prosperity. In the Refined Market there is a great depression in prices and heaviness, fine crashed is quoted a! 324., but the reports ate that parcels hare been sold at 31s, : good small lumps 665. 6(1. Although there have been a good many inquiries yesterday and this day for the fine descriptions of crashed, the offers have been mostly 6:1. a Is. under the present quotation, and the Refiners at present not appearing willing to accept that reduction, only a limited quantity has been sold ; for the low shipping and fine grocery descriptions there has been very little demand. 31Auttims Sucaa.—The public sales this week, 885 bags, went off lower than last sale, 525. a 535. 6:1. for fine brown, but rather higher than West India Sugars. Easy INDIA SUGAR.—The low qualities of East India Sugar are inquired atter for exportation ; brown and also low white Siam, for the latter 225. is still offered and refused. FOREIGN SUGAR.-There are no sales of Foreign Sugar to report ; about 150 packs were delivered last week fur refining, but this circumstance has as yet no effect in improving the prices or the demand. COFFEE.-There are no sales of Foreign or East Julia Coffee by private contract or public sale, but purchases certainly could be made at lower rates ; very fair quality Brazil Coffee at 604., and sales reported at the latter ; there are plenty of buyers of fine ord. Brazil at 59s ; Demerara and Berbice descriptions have fallen 2s. a 3q. per cwt. ; Jamiica ord. and unclean are rather lower ; the good clean fully support late prices. There were no public sales or private contracts of C free this day; the Market is still very heavy. Rum, BRANDY, AND IioLLANDS. he Government contract for 73,000 gallons of Ruin has had no effect on the Market ; proof Leewards offer at 25., and 2s 9 , 1. is refused for Jamaica 34 over of fair quality. In Brandy or Geneva there is no alteration. TALLOW.—The Tallow Market has assumed a much more firm appearance, and the purchases have been made at higher prices : 183?. 1833. Stock of Tallow on Monday 15,695 33,6 , 3 Delivery last week ]):livery from the Ist June Arrival last week 1,007 2,367 Arrival from the Ist June Price Y. C. o❑ Monday l2l. 91. 445. 6d. Price of Town last Fi iday TOBACCO. —Fine Tobacco has advanced Id. per lb., inferior qualities id. to Id. per lb., in consequence of the report of short crops, and the advanced prices i❑ the United States, and also the small stock reported in Eu rope; the advance has been realized in the fine qualities for the borne trade, bnt the exporters are not buying at present ; no parcels offer under 3il. per lb. SPICES.—Tliere is little alteration in Pepper. but the Market is still very heavy, owing to the arrival of litany entire cargoes at the principal continental ports direct from the place of growth, very ordinary 3d. a 3i1., half beav Sid. a 4d., good half heavy 41.1. a pimento has sold rather higher this week, mid. 4i 1., ord, 4id. a 4i. Cassia Lignea is 3s. a 4s. lower, the sales are 755. 6d. a 751. This day's public sales 200 bags black Pepper, half heavy, s,1:1 at i•rienr, 4ifd. a lid.: 332 l i ose3 C4 i ; sia Lignea, ord. +n a 771., the latter ra lower. Ism Go. —There is no alteration in Indigo. SAFFLOWEIL. —By public sale this day 94 bales bay Safflower, all bought in at 949. • FRUIT.—A small parcel of new red Smyrna '• ° „ty consisting of 71 barrels and 178 drums, were sold by t r , lic sale on Tuesday, at 425. a 435. Of new-pulled ' l . ti key Figs there has be e n ano th er arr i va l, an d the clu l ib l e i being of a b e tt e r d escr ipti on th an th e fi rs t par cels, have been taken off freely at 60 s . Of new Patras ü b - ert rants there are some further arriv a l s , but at presen t t have not been many sales made, and th...! importers d°; ct appear anxious to bring their parcels forward. fo r Valenti t Raisins there is a fair d e ma n d, an d th e price e ° tinues steady. 11 COTTON.—There has been next to nothing d° 4i ,i oi Cotton in our Market thi s w ee k un til t o (lay, when I '4 bales Surat were offered by public sale, about half of 0 " )0 found buyers at A-d. per lb. reduction from the public ' ll ,O of this day week, or 141. a 2d. per lb. below the hig t O point in August last ; th e rema i n d er were c hi e fly boug h ij, at comparatively high rates; about 100 hales very bought in at 44d., were afterwards sold at sd. ; Ink sold at 51(1. ; good fair to good, 6d. a 6Ad. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, col from the Returns made in the week endin g th e sth ''' Oct., 1833, is 325. Id. per Hundred Weight, exclusive _t; Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon o n the ImPt?' thereof into Great Britain. -. FitICES OP HOPS —Nov.B. , New Kent Pockets (per cwt.) —5! ss. 61. 12s. to Choice East Kent ~M. •••••••••W ••••••MIII. 7/. Os. 0!. Os. to 41 : 01. Choice -- 9/. Os. 01. Os. to 1 ( 2; i p New S .ssex Pockets 5l. Os. 01. Os. to . 1 01 Superfine Ditto Farnham (fine) lll. Ils. 01. Os to 121. ' O , Ditto (seconds) Os 0! Os to 111. The'Hop Duty is estimated at 155,000/. PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown Refined ...a..4 Linseed Oil Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand. Rape Cake, per ton PRICE OF POTATOES.—Nov. 8. Shaves. 3/. Os. to 3/. :Os. per ton. Middling O/. Os. to 21. ss. ditto. Marsh Champions 4l. Os. to 41. 10s. ditto. Scotch Reds.- 31. 10s. to 4/. Os. ditto. Chats --- 01. Os. to 2/, Cs. ditto:..../ WH 'TECH A PEL HAY MA RK ET.—Nov. 7. Hay 753. ed. to 983. ed. Clover ........ 82s. Od. to tP.' Straw--*. 31s. Od . to 335. Od. LEATHER. to , Per lb. c i „ . English Horse Hides.. " Spanish Ditto Per dozen. ! 3 Calf Skim... SO to 40Ib. Ditto ....... 40 to 601 b. 13 f Ditto 70 to 901 b. Small Seals, Greenland 1.,' Large PRICES 0 Per lb. d. to d. Butts, English 15 25 Ditto, Foreign 14 21 Dressing 12 15 Ditto 14 17 Ditto, light ~ ••••• Ciop Hides, light— 12 14 Ditto 10 to 501 b 13 18 I>itto l4 20 RICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 81b. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters)-...:26, PRICE OF TALLOW ['own Tallow 4Ss. Od. Yellow Russig 4Bs. Od. White —B. Od. Soap Ditto —s. Od. Melted 375. Od. Ditto Od. ', SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. 1 Yellow 50ap........................."'" Mottled 7' White 7'2Q Graves - sg. ...14jll Good Dregs ...,,,.....,...+ PRICE OF CANDLES. / The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as follot i. Pti; Candies, per doz. 7s. tki. to 83. Od. I Moulds, per dozen....±: COAL MAIL Per Ton. 8. d. ,-- 16 6 .ET.—Nov. 8. St Per Ton. 19 Walk Fnd Adair's Beaumont.— l5 6 Dean's Primrose .. 15 6 Ea! Bells Primr05e...,,.... , ---' 11 0 Eden Main lg -" I 0,,0 Lst Percy--,---.. 16 3 Hebburn Alatn 17 9 11 dywell —.. 16 9 Ord's 15 6 Pontop Windsor 16 0 tan Held 17 5 T0wn1ey.,,...- l5 6 West Hartley 17 0 Wylam 17 0 Walls End Bewicke & Co. 19 6 Walls End Blake 17 6 Ditto Burraton 18 Lambton's Primrose Walls End Braddyll's. ,, Walls End Helton Walls End Lyons Walls End Lambton 420 W. E. Russell's Hetton. , 1 9 Ditto Russell's Lyon's... , ,;(1 tip' is l;na stewart's ,,, ' jb Walls End Urpeth Walls End Adelaide I x on's ButterknowL** 19 NV. E South Durhato , r.,0 Walls End Brown's,,—... 17 0 Walls End Tees W Als End Carr and Co. 17 6 W.E. Clarke and 17 0 Hartley ‘,lO Walls End Gosforth-- 19 6 Merthyr Walls End Heaton 19 0 New Flockton, Milne' 16 Walls End Hilda, l 0 and Walls End Hotspur— 17 6 Walls End Henderson... , " ig Walls End Killingwurth 113 6 Killingmnth Trader l)itto Northumberland . 17 6 Ships arrived since ast market-day, 64. ETS DUR NG THE2LV# 13e3 , .----"" Ai Barley. Oats. 26 25 2 17 Da 1 26 It; 20 18 2( 20 25 17 25 16 20 16 24 16 22 34 38 25 29 26 34 26 28 28 32 28 36 26 36 28 39 26 28 28 34 22 29 - 34 27 30 26 30 26 30 21 28 24 28 30 :6 26 30 s. d. s. d. 40 50 34 .0 as 4 1 , ... :34 4; :36 5 4 3' 2 S , 3'2 4 3 4 t s cl• -/ 0 1 r; 0 17 30 17 23 20 26 20 26 21 23 22 25 IS 23 s. d. s. d. 40 54 41 J o 8, , and for pi r i''‘ ' P ed 'n tillE v with It, 414, an, kh, " !llpri 4 " 41 1 b e sp - c 18 Int h k , i ndfo( SAL] (•; 41i4 :4 1 -pinta . b. 113 y r t „ l A i '‘ p • 3t, D T .414ilig COUNTRY CORN NARK Per Quarter. Ashburn- Basingstoke Bath Bridgewater Chesterfield Derby Doncd4er Exeter.---- "Pew. Gloucester*. Litingerford Leicester— Newbury--. Ilemsey • ' sr...no Shaftesbury Shepton Mallet Sherborne.--,—.. Taunton Yarmouth ---.. Yeovil --. Per Bushel. Shrewsbury ...., Wheat. 52 58 48 58 46 58 53 CO 48 55 46 55 52 57 48 60 48 56 46 54 45 5S 4 0 58 56 6'2 48 54 50 56 48 50 46 57 52 56 s. d. 8. d. 70 84 HULL MARKET.—Nov. 5. ~,, 5 0 : Wheat, Old —s. 545. 565. " New —6. ". P Foreign —s. 508. 545. ln bond... —s• _..-S , ,s Oats, Poland —s. 18s. 20s Old .....g. —s. rg' Small or Feed.... —s. 16s. 183 —B. •' s ' "' Foreign —s. 16s. Ifis ....,• ....4 0 .1-is ",f, Carley, Norf. & Suf. ... —s. 30s. 31s. Linc. & Wold —s• .' ,- - Foreign —s. - -r , --IL ''''''' 0 1 : Beans —s. 3,65. 38s. Foreign Pease, White —s. 425. 465. Grey —B. 3' 2 '; , fares —s. —s. — s. Foreign —s• ":,j.t Rapeseed, in Isond none. J DEVIZES CORN MARKET—Nov. 7. g. 0 Per Sack. s. d. s. d Per Quarter. s. d. & Best Wheat 29 oto3l 0 Barley 26 oto '', Second '24 6 26 6 Oats IS 0 ';% 0 Thirds 2l 0 23 0 Beans (per sack) 17 0 4; 0 1171 Sacks of Wheat sold/ 2 - 7 Flour (per bag).. 40 0 Oj a at the average of Bread (per gall). I 9,.......,' BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET, Nov. 7. ( - 11. Wheat, (H lb. Barley, imperial quarter Do. Grinding, 49 lb. 3 73 45. 4 30 d. 0 3 1 g ; 0 Oats, 391 b Bear '7 Old 66M lb 16 0 1"i • b New ditto l4 6 _, I J 6 New White Boiling Pease, imp. quarter2l 6 V , 0 Ditto Grey ditto lB 0 19 MEETINGS OF CREDITORS 1 , AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET (From the London Gazelle.) ' I 1 ON MONDAY, Nov. 11. Al ° I .1. 'Mazzuchi, merchant, Bow-lane, Cheapside J 0 J. Ing lira, baker, Hampstead t' DIV IDEN D. ,3 F. Oldficld, wine -merchant, Pall Mall .................... . '''' LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, NOV' Although our prices today cannot be quoted loner poi those of yesterday, still they continue very depresseutil / the holders continue to press sales upon the market. 0 , business does not exceed 1,500 bales, of whom 1° 44 common Pernims, at 9,1. ; 400 Boweds ; rem . American, chiefly 741. a Bid. For a few c hoic e 13oweds 9i-d. a 94d. have been refused. BIRTHS. On the 7th inst., in York-street, Portman-square, the Cpl Charles James Brown, Esq., of a daughter. er On the Bth inst., in Welh ec k- s t ree t, C aven di s h-sqUs t lady of the Rev. S. Paynter, of a daughter, still-born. _,. 5 13 1 On the 7th inst., at Weymouth, the lady of R. A. M 4 . l "'" of a daughter. r lf On the Bth inst., in Arlington.street, the lady Marl Ste son, of a son. C On the 6th inst., at Torr-hlll, Devon, Mrs, Willia° t ( cott, of a son. On the 6th inst., at Bohemia, near Hastings, the Wastel Brisco, jun., Esq., of a son. ; 11 MARRIED. o cl° dl) C` On the 7th inst., at St. George's, Ramsgate, Win. - or Esq., of Exeter, to Eliza, the only daughter of O r o /I Bourdillon, Esq., of Ramsgate. 0 1 1 : o t 6 On the Ist inst., at Llandrindod, Mr. Henry Harae r ' o lo Surrey-street, London, to Catherine, eldest surviving o r 0 ), of the late Thomas Whittall, Esq., of Bailey Icon, On the 7th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Stoke S e 'of e o Yl l ' Mr. Lewis Burnam', jun., of Dorset-street, Portmarl - lolcor Sophia Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. Charles Ed o ', On the 7th inst., at Lavington, in Sussex, the rte.; tD Edward Manning, Rector or Lavington, to Cara ° ,t 1 daughter of the late Rev. John Sargent. On the 7th inst., at Cheltenham, the Rev. John i,"O O'Grady, of Kilballyowen, in the county of Litnericer lt. second daughter of John l'eel, Esq., of Burton-upo n- DIED. 01":1 1 On the 4th inst., at her residence in Hart-street? bury, Mary, relict of the late Mr. Thomas Stringfield, %i t° ll ,%' 71st year of her age. t o At Calcutta, on the I:3th May, Sir John Wilm ot ,11 Bart., of the Bengal Military R e ti re d Li s t, and forasaleej 37th Regiment Native Infantry. Sir John is suCoe'.,%. or t‘ it brother, Major, now Sir, Edmund Saunderson On the tith inst., after a few days' illness , 1T,.,01 0 Bacon Frank, elde s t son o f th e l a t e Ri c hard Bacon • aged S. Fawner, Csill HID HT MU RDO YO v• 0 gux Omen, 115{, RAT] , IN( Nts of th tense, 7 ?Arlin' ;4rection o 4 t4 e, th t to e the]] L iStanc e Son t Soci e ty orrns of 7th N o %....... fu, l iZt s Atu k', , 11 ;:r' , th 4 Pot: 1 4cij lt ° t; 40 -4