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

. 6 SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS• The political dinner at Leeds, to which we alluded on Saturday, (given to the two mem bers of that borough, and to the members for the West Riding of Yorkshire,) assumes a con siderable degree of importance from the parties by whom it was attended, and the sentiments for the expression of which it applied the excite ment or afforded the opportunity. The guests were chiefly the principal manufacturers of that new Parliamentary borough best entitled to speak the opinions of its numerous and weal'hy constituency, because best acquainted with its feelings and identified with its interests. The occasion was a meeting with their representatives to obtain from the latter an account of the exe cution of their trust after the first session of a reformed Parliament, in which the voice of Leeds had been heard for the first time ; and the chief speakers were a young nobleman (Lord Morpeth), respectable for his talents, and respected for the liberal views and enlightened principles common to himself and his family, together with one of our most promising young statesmen, connected with the existing Adminis tration, avowing its principles and defending its policy. The subjects of discussion in such a society, and at such a festival, included, of course, the acts of the last Parliamentary cam paign, the votes of its borough members present, and the conduct and measures of the Reform Government, by whom its policy was directed. Into this latter topic Mr. Macaulay entered at considerable length, with a confident unfaltering spirit ; and few men in England are better able, or entitled, to express an opinion on the character of any administration, or the tendency of any system of public measures, than the writer of the best estimate of the Walpole Administration which we have yet seen, and the author of several of the most brilliant speeches within the last two or three years in support of the Reform Bill and other liberal Acts in the House of Commons. We allude to an admirable article, not less powerful than just, by Mr. Macaulay, in the last number of the Edinburgh Review, on the letters of Lord Orford, and to his late Par liamentary orations, in which his eloquence, though rich and splendid, never overlays his argument, or withdraws attention from the object of his reasoning. Having lately traversed nearly the same ground as Mr. Macaulay, in a series of articles on the ministerial pamphlet published at the beginning of September last, and in cri tical accounts of several of the Acts of last ses sion, we shall not now follow him into that field. We are fully prepared to agree with him in thinking that the first session of the Reformed Parliament has disappointed public expectation, chiefly because it was impossible that public ex pectation, excited as it had been by delusive sti mulants and extravagant promises, could have been fully satisfied. The minds of the great body of the people had been thrown into too vague a state of beatific hope, by the extravagant advocates of Reform—like patients subjected by quacks to the influence of animal magnetism — to be pleased with sober results. They were taught to look for undefined and undefinable advantages, as the immediate fruit of a great and necessary, though slow progress of political amelioration. In the ardour of their anticipa tions—from the employment of a new instru ment of improvement—they could not distin guish between what a government and a legisla ture can do, and what they cannot do—between what is desirable and what is practicable—be tween the wished for result and the necessary means. Suppose every demanded reform had been granted that statutory law can accomplish— suppose no member's liberal nostrum during the session had been opposed—it cannot now be proved to sensible men that our situation would have realized the fond dreams of even the most moderate of fanciful Reformers. Let universal suffrage, let annual Parliaments, and vote by bal lot be established to•morrow, and thus let the House of Commons be a direct emanation from the popular volition, with no restraint from the House of Lords or the Crown, and with no bias, of course, against the people, and what could such a Legislature do to realize the Utopia of universal abundance, order, and happiness, formed in the imaginations of those who now proclaim their disappointment at the insignificant results of last session ? In trying to excuse ourselves for not participating in the extravagant hopes of some Reformers, we by no means wish to insinuate that all that was done in the course of the session was well done—or that a great deal more of w hat was unequivocally right might not have been accomplished. We objected to several measures, and parts of measures, at the ime of their adoption, which we still think objectionable ; and we urged the introduction of others which were adjourned, and may still be postponed. But to whom is the blame of such postponement chiefly to be ascribed ? Why to the over-eager and transcendental advocates for precipitate innovation who now complain that nothing has been done ! By their zeal to dis play their legislative aptitude before their consti tuents, they occupied every avenue to sober legislation, and took up the time of the House by making speeches on all subjects, without advancing any. On the first day of the session notices of motion were given for measures the discussion of which would not have been com pleted in twelve months, and in the last day of the session we have a bill of fare left as a legacy to the ensuing year, which may last for the duration of the Parliament. The following is Mr. .Macaulay's enumeration of the measures which have been accomplished : " Well, gentlemen, the session has passed, and we bring before you, completely executed, several great and importaut measures, any one of which would be sufficient to ilistinguish a session, and of the whole of which I will say" that 110 ten sessions of Parliament since the Re volution Lave ever produced so much real good to the people.—(Chters.) .Slavery extinguished,—China thrown open to English trade, —lndia thrown open to the settle ment of Europeau g, Vestry Cess abolished in Ireland,—Law Reforms of great extent and importance, some passed, others carried forward, and failing, if they faile not from any fault of the Government which in troduced them,—a great inquiry into the municipal government of the towns of England, commenced under Parliamentary suthority,--ietrenchment carried to such a point that the annual expenditure under the control of Parliament has b,,en, since the accession of this Ministry to power, reduced from 15,000,0001. to 12,000,000/. ; and while all this has been takir.g place, public credit still maintained inviolate, public order preserved, peace with foreign Powers continued, and that coun ry which Ministers found in a state of disorder unparalleled, now (in my conwe nee I believe) in a state of returning and advancing prosperity." Mr. Macaulay, after making these remarks, entered on an announcement and an explanation of hisappipions on se veral disputed points,. on which the popularity of a less practised orator, or of 'a less liberal or sincere politician, would have been in danger of ship w reck, but on which he delivered himsel f with so much temper and moderation, and at the same time wit ao much reason or plausibility, as to cosini*d not only the asse nt but the applause of his audience. These vexata questioneB were, the vote by ballot, triennial elections, and the corn laws. The first he thinks the best remedy against intimidation, when inti midation is practised, but he believes that it will become less necessary every day, in proportion as men advance in the knowledge of their re spective rights, and in an enlightened view of the public interests. To triennial Parliaments he objects, that as triennial Parliaments would ge nerally lead to biennial elections, such a fre quent recurrence of appeals to the people would either call forth a too frequent display of their discordant passions, or, by disgusting respectable electors with a burdensome discharge of their duties, would drive them away from the polling booth, and thus leave the nomination of Members exclusively in the hands of small busy, interested, and intriguing juntas of voters, instead of having it decided by the free voice of property, num bers, and character. We have not now room to discuss either of these topics,—a task the less necessary, from our former examina tions of the same subjects ; but we cannot omit some allusion to Mr. Macaulay's de clarations on the corn laws, both because we believe that they express the sentiments of the Ministry on the question, and because we think that, having such approbation, they are more dangerous than any of his opinions about the ballot-box or triennial elections. The learned gentleman announces that he is as hostile to the existing corn laws as Lord Fitzwilliam and Mr. Whitmore, who have moved for their repeal,—a declaration in which we believe him perfectly sincere ; but he thinks that in the reformed House of Commons a motion for their abolition would be one of doubtful success,—that in the House of Lords the Bill would be defeated by a great majority,—and that in a case where the Commons were so equally divided among them selves, where the Lords voted against the measure by so great a majority, and where the two great parties in the state out of doors—the agricul tural and commercial—had taken such opposite views, the Crown would scarcely dare to turn the scale by a new creation of Peers sufficient to carry the measure. Hence he would seem to conclude that nothing could be done in the next session to abolish the most odious and the least defensible of all monopolies. We are not tacti cians enough to dispute the estimate of the an ticipated majorities in either House on the question of the corn trade ; but our inference from the learned gentleman's premises (on the supposition even that they are correct) would be directly at variance with the course recommended by the Ministry and their friends. Convinced of the indefensible iniquities and evident dangers of the existing system, we would call upon the people to exert their influence to procure its repealr Our advice would be, let frequent discussions take place every Session, let Bills be regularly introduced, though they may be rejected, let the two Houses be placed in collision with each other, as in the case of the Catholic Relief Bill, let it be seen by the people that the Peers reject their demands only because the great body of the Upper House are landed proprietors, and that the Commons agree to them because they express more truly the national sentiment, free from partal interests, let the progress of discus sion reach the actual cultivator of the soil, and convince him that " cheap bread is best for the farmer," whatever it may be for his landlord, and we are convinced that the corn laws will not stand the assaults of two successive sessions, that the Lords will yield to justice and common sense or fear, without any further exercise of the Royal prerogative, and that the only display of prero gative which will be necessary will be that of public opinion and popular control, acting on all " the orders" of the state.— Times. The country papers contain copious reports of the proceedings of public meetings, which exhibit the real state of political opinion. In Edinburgh, Leeds, Halifax, and other towns, it is gratifying to notice the real relations esta blished between the representatives and consti tuencies ; and in the public dinners given to the Earl of Durham, a popular connection is also forming between the people and the peerage. In almost all the large newly enfranchised boroughs, the members have met their constitu ents for the avowed and praiseworthy purpose of exchanging their sentiments on the legislative acts of the last session of Parliament, and on the pending questions of immediate and public interest to the community. The best results must arise from this habit, and unquestionable public duty. The representative explains those parts of his political conduct, which may have been unpopular, or occasioned a division of local opinion ; and, on the other hand, informs himself correctly of the wishes and views of the electoral body—consequences most important to both parties. The great preponderance and rapid progress of liberal principles is palpably manifest in these meetings, and it is equally obvious that a change of " measures, not men," was the general object of the reformers through out the empire, in the recent national contest to re-organize the constitution of the House of Commons. In the order of precedence, we direct public attention to the proceedings at the dinner given to Lord Durham at Sunderland, on `Wednesday last, on which occasion his Lordship made some excellent comments on the relative duties of members and their constituents, and which equally prove that, so far as his Lordship was concerned in the preparation of the Reform Bills, he acted on principle and sound views of the spirit and constitution of a representative government. "1 know that you must think deeply of the present state of the country ; and to you, who are now awakened, so far as relates to the exercise of the constituent privilege, to a new-born sense of the duties which are attached to that sacred trust, I would recommend strict attention to all that passes around you. I would press upon you the paramount necessity of continuing a vigilant superintend ence over the conduct of all who are engaged in public life, and especially over those who rule the destinies of the country—in conjunction with whom, I acknowledge, with pride and exultation, the part I took, as alluded t,. by my lion. Friend, in introducing the great measure of Reform.—(Loud cheers.) I impress upon you the nee cessity of devoting your attention to the conduct of your representatives in Parliament; and I trust my Ilon . . Relation will not feel annoyed if I p ress u p on you, his constituents—and I believe the greater port of you are such—the necessity of examining every vote he may give in Parliament ; for be assured, that second only in impor tance to the conduct of their representatives is the conduc , of the constituent body.—(Cheers.) Of what avail is it to confer those privileges upon you which raise you to the rank and dignity of freemen—which enahle you, through your re presentatives, to defend the commercial interests of this port, and of the country at large—of what avail, I ask, are those privileges, if you do not exercise them with reference to the gen, rel good of the country ?—(Cheers.) I exhort you to impress upon your friends and neighbours the absolute nece ss ity o f act i ng u pon public principle, and of increasing vigilance; for if the rights and liberties of the country are not st r i c tly atten d e d to , th e y ma y, in the hour of triumph, be suffered to fall as much into abeyance as they were before.—(Ch eers .) W e li ve i n no ordi n ary times. I repeat that I fear there is a restless spirit abroad ; arid I am sure it can only be allayed by the means to which I alluded on a former occasion—and by wise and good men, like yourselves, who also have property and a stake in the country, demanding those wise and useful reforms which would lead, not to convulsion, but to eecu rity.—(Loud cheers.) We have to contend against those who desire no reformation, and would return to the old days of corruption, and also against those who would in troduce confusion and revolution amongst us.—(Cheers.)" These meetings also have the furtherim portant effect of showing to the people the diffi culties which beset the present Administration in the conduct of public affairs, and of informing them of the impediment opposed by long pre ceding misgovernment, and obstinate party spirit, to a further and more rapid reformation of abuses and political grievances. They further recall public attention to the quantum of good really effected, and thus give unanimity and con fidence to public opinion. Lord Durham hap. pity and forcibly noticed the local gain of the electors of Sunderland in the eventful course of the last few years : " I have been led into this train of reasoning by the considerations that were suggested to me, by the observa tions of my Hon Friend, with regard to tbeglorious events of the year 1820, and by the comparison which necessa rily forced itself upon me, of the state in which I found the county, when I first came into Parliament, and what I trust it now is, after twenty years of anxious devotion to your service, and of unwearied labour for your interests. —(Cheers.) I found it with four representatives. I now see it with ten.—(Loud cheers.) I found it without any of its great commercial towns enjoying the invaluable right of representation ; and I have had the pleasure and hap piness of seeing this great and important town placed in the enjoyment of the privilege which now belongs to it, and which I trust you will ever be found to exercise ac cording to the principle on which it was extended.—. (Cheers. )" Lord Durham, in his recent public speeches in the north of England, has with great dis crimination and effect, drawn the public mind from the contemplation of the acts of the old political parties of the State, to the discussion of principles. " Whig" and " Tory" ought to be obsolete terms in our political vocabulary ; they are now only the cunning and convenient phrases of prejudice and party nickname. But it is not surprising that Lord Durham, who has individually contributed so much to advance popular opinions, should be visited by a corre sponding misrepresentation from the Conservative press. Malevolent, but vapid articles, in the Quarterly Review, and in a Sunday and a morning paper, will not revive the rotten boroughs, or bring back to office Mr. John Wilson Croker ; Mr. Theodore Hook, Mr. Horace Twiss, or Mr. Wm. Holmes; nor will the sharp and vituperative college verses of Mr. Praed set that gentleman in Parliament or the Treasury. The diligent purveyors of the Conservative press will not be long in dis covering that the blackest ink, and the most poisoned pens, will not retard the march of reform, or permanently injure private or public charac ter. Lord Durham has naturally had his share of vulgar abuse and calumny. If he were really the revolutionary " Destructive" portrayed by the " Tories," he would be petted by them, for the Conservatives seem enamoured of any Ultra- Reformers or Political Unions that are occa sionally hostile to the present Government. But Lord Durham's real sin in the eyes of the Ultra Tories is the sensible support he has given to Ministers, and the moderate principles of pro gressive reform which he wisely advocates. He contends for the expediency and necessity of gradual political changes, as the only means of avoiding destructive, sudden, and sweeping organic changes in the constitution and form of Government. Lord Durham acutely argued at the preceding Gateshead dinner, that intelligence, not property, ought to be the ruling and omnipo tent power, a doctrine which has excited the most violent anger in the advocates of the ancien regime. and his Lordship spoke advisedly, because he knows, if they do not, that all that is good in property is included in intelli gence—and that all which may be bad and corrupt in property is excluded from intelligence. Hence proceeds the rancour of his Lordship's political enemies ; but he will survive them, and the country will appreciate his honest and patriotic principles. Not being able to give at length the report of the Leeds dinner, and being unwilling to abridge Mr. Macaulay's speech, we shall to-morrow give the report at some length, and the speech of i\lr. Macaulay in particular, as given in the Leeds Mercury. A more just and consistent estimate of the conduct and value of the present Ministry is evidently gaining ground in the country ; and if they meet next session of Parliament with prepared and popular measures of further reform—if they will rest on the people—they may despise the plots of party faction, and, by the support of public opinion, will overcome the opposition of any supposed majority against them in the House of Lords.— Morning, Chronicle. The Times of Saturday contradicts, or ap pears to wish to contradict, a report, to which we first gave circulation—that of the meditated appointment of Major-General Ellice to the command at Portsmouth. We feel much plea sure in giving insertion to the argument by which the Times proves the impossibility of such an appointment. We have in the first place an admission that the practice of Tory Administra tions with regard to such appointments has been laudable ; and we have in the second place an admission that the appointment of Major-Ge neral Ellice would be an appointment which hat practice of Tory Administrations would net lave sanctioned. With these two admissions, we are for the present contented ; and here they are :—" The practice of the army has usually been to bestow similar governments (and Portsmouth is one of considerable impor. tance), on those officers—and those only, who have rendered themselves the most dis tinguished in the profession by length, or brilliancy, of warlike service. The late Military Report defends the grant of such governments, nay their existence, on that ground alone; and, even under the curtailed emolu ments which it recommends, the expediency of' some conspicuous reward for eminent merit implies that the merit ou g ht to be of the highest and most recognised order. Now such a time at least the public would feel to be extremely ill-chosen for the appointment of Major- General Ellice, the officer hinted at in the newspapers, to the post in question ; and—" Proh hominis impudentiam ! “—the well-known delicacy and honour 0 of Lord Grey would revolt at the suspiciol insinuated by the slanderous Tory prints that General Ellice was hoisted over the shoulders of so many of his older and far more distin guished brethren from no other motive for the partiality than his being a connection of a con nection of the Noble Earl.” These are the terms in which the Times contradicts what we ventured to assert. We have thou g ht ourselves hound to give as much publicity to the con tradiction as we have given to the assertion. Now let it be observed that the Times pro pounds an argument where we state afact ; the Times infers what it thinks to be probable —Nye tell what we know to be true. The observation we have drawn to the i ntention of Lord Grey may induce his Lorthilup to abandon it. In that case we shall lack the means of proving the accuracy of our information. It will not be for the first time that our announcement of a Whig scheme will have hindered its completion. No matter. They who have observed the course we uniformly have followed will know that we do not positively affirm anything for which we have not positive authority. And we positively affirm this, that it is, or has been, in contempla tion to appoint Major-General Ellice to the command at Portsmouth, recently held by Sir Colin Campbell. We of the Morning Post say this is true, upon the authority of an in formant whom we trust.— Valeat quantum. They of the Times say this is false, upon the authority of the well-known delicacy and ho nour of Lord Grey ! Again, valeat quantum ! —Morning Post. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 9. DELFOSSE V. CRANVSHAY. In this case, which was not concluded when we went to press, the LORD CHANCELLOR said he could not disturb the order of the Vice-Chancellor; but as unquestionably the receiver was placed in a situ ation of great hardship, he would, from that, con sideration, and no other, look over the papers, with a view of ascertaining whether he could grant that part of the motion which prayed an inquiry before the Master. WINCHESTER V. LANES. This is the bill filed to recover the fine for the renewal of the lease of the Italian Opera House. The parties on Tuesday consented to raise the money (8,0001.) without farther litigation, and the question of costs then became the subject of contention. His LORDSHIP had now considered that matter, and his opinion was that the executors of Holloway and the lessees under the Crown should pay the costs of the assignees of Chambers and the execu tors of Taylor, subsequent to the filing of the answer. The other costs were to be divided between the executors of Holloway and the representatives of Waters. With respect to the costs of the last mo tion, he made, of course, no order at all. LORD V. KELLET. This was a motion for striking out the name of the plaintiff, who had been made a party to a suit without his consent, and for compelling Mr. Sykes, the solicitor, who made him a party, to pay all the costs. The question was argued on Monday, and stood over for further consideration. The LORD CHANCELLOR now felt he was bound to comply with the terms of the motion, and to compel Mr. Sykes to pay all the costs. His Lord ship gave no costs on account of the present mo tion, as that might seem to cast an imputation on Mr. Sykes, which was very far from his intention. It might, moreover, seem to convey an approbation of the conduct of Mr. Postlethwaite, the attorney for the other side, who had not, in his opinion, g iv e n any good reason for the reluctance he dis played in affording information to Mr. Sykes, which it could not have been any great advantage to him to withhold. His LORDSHIP, in the course of his examination of the evidence, took occasion to animadvert in terms of well-deserved censure on the practice which had grown up among the Masters Extraordinary of the Court in allowing persons to swear to affidavits the statements in which they did not fully comprehend. It was the duty of the Master to have the affidavits read over to those who were to sign them, and to ascertain that they thoroughly understood every statement they contained. The practice, too, of describing persons by the name of gentlemen, when they occupied a very different station in society, was catculated to mislead the Court, and might be prejudicial to the administration of justice. In the affidavits before him, for instance, he found a person described as a gentleman, although he proved to be only a stable-boy, or at best a driver of horses. SHORE V. LEE. This was a motion to compel the defendant, an attorney, of Wakefield, to pay 16,0001. and 2,7001. into Court, the money being the alleged proceed.. of property which he managed as an executor of Mr. Thomas Hardy. His Lordship ordered 2,2504 to be paid in, and took time to consider whether he should extend the amount. Alter examining the affidavits he was of opinion that the 4501. which Mr. Lee claimed for professional services should be also paid in, making the whole 2,7001.; but he saw no reason to require any more. There was another motion for the payment of 1,4001. principal and interest, of bonds for which Mr. Lee was joint security. His Lordship could not agree to this motion if he took the whole an swer as bearing on the case, instead of deciding from a part only. He dismissed that motion therefore with costs. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 9. REX V. ST. MARY, NEIVINGTON. In this case the question was for the opinion of the Court, whether a wrote, by residing in the house of the vicar, but residing there in right of his office, acquired a settlement. Mr. THEssiGER contended that no settlement was acquired ; that the curate did not reside as tenant of the house, but as a separate person, by license of the Bishop, and that the parsonage-house was not to be considered in the occupation of the curate, for it was annexed to the living, and could not be separated from it. _ Mr. BARNEWALL, in supporting the claim of settlement, remarked that the Act said, " occupier or tenant," and that it was clear the curate was an occupier within the meaning of that provision. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE agreed with the ar gument that the curate was an occupier, and thought besides that his occupation was of that beneficial kind which gave him an interest, and enabled him to gain a settlement. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 9. PACK V. ALEXANDER. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a gentleman of fortune, to recover a 501. note. The plaintiff wrote to the defendant, who was his solici tor, to send him a 501. note through the Post-office. The defendant enclosed the note in a letter, and gave it to his clerk to put in the Post-office, instead of which he (the clerk) gave it to the bellman. The note was lost, and the plaintiff brought his action, upon the ground that the defendant had not fol lowed his directions, in not putting the letter into the General Post-office. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. On a former day a rule was ob• tamed to set aside the verdict. Mr. Sergeant COLERIDGE to-day was heard again& the rule, and Mr. Sergeant WILDE in support of it The Court made the rule absolute for a new trial POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO IY- S TREE T. ROBBERY.—On Saturday J. Nestling, a lad aged 14, and Catharine Flood, a decent-looking woman, g h e stolen offi ue charged,were br thegh brought former e ir r r ocustody suspicionof o a r f d i h n a e v r i n t gold ring of the value of three guineas, the pro perty of the Hon. Augustus Villiers, son of Lord Jersey, and the latter for having received the same well knowing it to have been stolen. The prisoner Flood declared her innocence of any participation in the crime, and the boy declined say ing anything in his defence. The prisoners were remanded till this day. MARLBORO UGH- STREET. GAMBLING HOUSES.—In consequence of an ap plication for a warrant to apprehend certain indivi duals connected with a gambling house, No. 5, Pickering-court, St. James's, who had succeeded in P n a lady of a l arge sum o f mone y, she having lid".lg o i h ' tained admission into the house disguised in male attire, the Magistrates on Friday evening granted the warrant on the information of two re spectable housekeepers, which, having been intrusted to the officers of this establishment for the purpose of execution, was put force on Saturday evening; but as the principals had obtained information of the pro ceedings, the officers were unsuccessful. As they were proceeding down St. James's-street, after searching the house in Pickering-court, they met an individual who was pointed out as a person con cerned in the establishment. A chase ensued, and the person was captured near St. James's Palace. He was brought before Messrs. DYIZR, CONANT, and CHAMBERS; and an individual named Linn hav ing positively identified him, at the request of the parish officers of St. James's he was bound over to give evidence on an indictment to be preferred against Thomas Lavender at the ensuing Westmin ster Sessions. The defendant promised, if the pro ceedings were abandoned, to shut up the house, which was described as a very great nuisance to the neighbourhood. The Magistrates said if the house was really closed it would probably have the effect of mitigating the punishment which the Sessions, on a conviction taking place, would be disposed to inflict. The defendant was then required to find two good securities of 401. each, and to enter into his own re cognizance for 801. Q UEEN-SQUARE. HORSE STEALING.—SamueI Daws, a young man, having the appearance of a horse-dealer, was finally examined on a charge of stealing a bay mare, the property of Mr. John Smith, of Mowsley, Leices tershire; and James Griffiths, a hackney-master and dealer in horses, residing at Middlesex Mews, near the Yorkshire Stingo, Paddington, also underwent a final examination, charged with receiving the said mare, knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. GREGORIE, after hearing evidence, said that enough had been adduced to warrant his committing both the prisoners for trial ; Samuel Daws for steal ing, and James Griffiths for receiving, a bay mare, the property of Mr. John Smith. The prisoners were then removed. HA TT ON- GARDEN. John Davis alias Williamson, alias Brown, a flashy-dressed young man, who has had several les sons at the tread-mill, was finally examined on the following charge : About seven o'clock in the evening of the 2d inst. the prisoner was seen to enter the dwelling house of Mr. Jarvis, surgeon, of No. 13, Hart street, Bloomsbury, by picking the lock of the street door. In a few moments he came out with a writing-desk under his arm, when perceiving a po liceman walking towards him he immediately took to his heels. The cry of " Stop thief" being raised, several persons pursued him, and caught him as he was turning the corner of Southampton street. The desk, which contained a quantity of valuable property, had been stolen from Mr. Jar vis's front parlour. The prisoner was committed to Newgate. He was now charged with feloniously entering the premises of Messrs. Rushworth and Jarvis, architects, of No. 52, Regent-street, and stealing therein some plate, two watches, and other property. When the prisoner was taken into custody on the above charge, a very handsome watch was taken from his fob by Sergeant Nichol], 10 E, who, be lieving it had been stolen, proceeded to the diffe rent pawnbrokers' to make inquiries whether they had heard of an article of that description having been lost. The result of the policeman's perseve rance, was a discovery that it belonged to Messrs. Rushworth and Jarvis, whose premises were entered on the morning of the 26th ult., and robbed of the property set forth. The watch having been identified as one of the articles stolen, the prisoner was also committed on this charge. LAMBETH-STREET. A young woman named Phipps, with an infant in her arms, applied for relief. She stated that her husband, a soldier, had deserted her; that during her accouchement she was half starved, and, as soon as she was able, she had endeavoured to support herself by working at the straw trade, but she could not earn sufficient. To add to her distress her infant had entirely lost its sight in consequence of an in flammation in the eyes. She now wished to be passed to her native place, Epsom. Mr. WALKER—WeII, we can do nothing for you hero. - - Applicant—l have been to Queen-sqnare, and was told that as I lived in Whitechapel I should come here. Mr. WALKER—Then you must go to your hus band. Applicant—lt is no use. He jeers me, and makes his comrades laugh at me. lam starving, and have no means of getting food for my child. Mr. WALKER—POOII ! that's all cant. Applicant—Am Ito have no relief ? Am I not to be passed ? Mr. WALKER—No ; go away. The woman here laid the child upon the floor, declaring that as the child was born in Whitechapel, she would leave it there; she would not take it away to starve it to death. Mr. WALKER—If you leave the child here, I will send you to prison. Applicant—Do, Sir ; pray do. I would rather go there. You may send me if you like. Mr. WALKER—Let her go out if she likes. The applicant made another appeal on behalf of her starving child. Mr. WALKER—O, that is all sham, I can see ; you are only trying to impose upon me. Applicant—There is my stone-blind child, and here am I: look at us: there's no sham at all. What am Ito do ? Mr.WALKErt—I am quite satisfied that your case is one of barefaced imposition, and every one present can see it. Some gentlemen here put their hands in their pockets and gave the woman a shilling or two. She was then put out by Mr. Walker's orders, and the beadle carried the child out to her. WORSHIP-STREET. Loa AND FELONY.—A smart young man, aged nineteen years, and of very respectable appearance, was examined under the following circumsoinces : He had been educated at the Blue Coat School, and had subsequently been two voyages to India, and some months since his father fitted him out at great expense for the situation of third mate of an Indiaman ; but when the ship was about to sail he eloped with his chest of clothes, &c., worth about fifty pounds. lie had fallen in love with a young woman, named Caroline Edwards, two years older than himself, with whom he became acquainted while at the Blue Coat School, and about two months ago his father found them living as man and wife in King -street, Finsbury-square. The father, when he went there, found Caroline dressed very gaily, and the apartments cleared for a grand ball to be given that evening. Some time afterwards the landlady discovered that they had been robbing the lodging, but while she was looking for a con , table they got out of the house and made off. Caroline was re taken and committed for trial, and the prisoner was now charged with having been concerned in the robbery. There was no evidence against him, but he was remanded for further inquiries. Among the deaths of the week we have this day to record the demise of the Town Council of Edin burgh. That august body has given up she ghost ;we wish we could say, in the literal sense, paid the debt. The admirers of the Council, however, will be happy to learn that it died game—that its last act was a job, and that it showed no symptoms of that weakness, known by the name of deathbed repentance.—Edinburgh Observer. THE ASSESSED TAXES.—Last night, meeting of the Central Committee, which represents nearly all the Associations for the abolition of the assessed taxes, was held at the British Hotel, Cockspur-street ; Dr. Wade in the chair. Some Members expressed our prize that the King had transmitted no answer to their petition. Mr. Tripp, broker, said it was very currently reported that the King had declared that he would not suffer his people to be oppressed by the harsh exaction of these taxes. Mr. Birch said he believed the report was substantially correct. He was also told that Lord Sid mouth had said, that if the Associations only persevered, the Ministers must give way. The meeting adjourned, after agreeing to a resolution, calling on parishes ti meet on the subject of the assessed taxes. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. I Barley. CZ" Oats. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. Carlisle. 5B 28 19 Hexhamw.. 49 52 25 29 19 92 40 50 25 28 17 22 Penrith 50 19 " 40 Sheffield 51 35 21 •": 44 Winchester 48 54 26 30 22 24 Per Bushel. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. I. d. a. d. o 0 Carmarthen.—..... 60 66 26 29114 18 0 0 e: Cowbridge—..... 6 6 7 0 2 9 4 0 9 6 3 0 '! 5 of, Newcastle (Staff.) 80 89 46 50 30 34 6 0: Northallerton 70 93 38 46 33 40 , 6; 80 86, 4 0 48 30 34 6 " Swansea 68 7 0 3 6 40 20 24 0 96 Warwick 9 0 11 0 3 0 4 8 2 0 3 3 6 " Per Moll. 88 Barnardcastle........ 12 0 15 6 8 0 8 6 5 0 6 0 lu 10 0 Durham 10 6 13 917 0 8 3 4 9 6 6 ? s 10 Richmond 11 0 166 86 90 50 64 9 Stockton 0 126 1 96 10 0 50 54 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-LNoy. d. .555. Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk...-s. 455. to 5.31. One sp. -- Lin. and Cam. a-s. 455. to 521. dn e sp, -- Yorkshire s. 445. to 51s. fine, - White 4,-8. 50s. to 565 . 6n, ,J. - Foreign, Red -s. -s. to -e. en; ,P White -.5. -.13. to ..4. o n e 56i. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk 46. 32.5. to 355. rin*oo , - Lincolnshire.. 3os. to 335. 1in ,, 541. - Yorkshire Wold 3ls. to 335. fin:,‘, - Foreign ..-4. to ..8., fi n': 01 Beans, Old - New 355. to 335. 800 Oals, Potato l9s. to 225. 6 0 :0s. - Poland ..... .....--s. 18s. to 21s. fin' - Friezland and Small :Te' .. .-s. 17s. to 20s. finlor. - Mealing ........ ..... ......... ........ 9d. to 11}4d. per °,`,,sl , Shelling Ms to 261. Od. per ~,jil. Malt ...... 355. 39d. fine 425. per J- - ',4, Rapeseed SCO' Beans. lOst'' --- 21 18 24 20 J 22 93 30 31 ". 23 30 '' 19 'CH BIARKET Wheat. Barley Aberdeen ....,,.. 8erwick............ Coldstream ... Cupar Dundee ..,.. Elgin —,—...., Inverness...—... Oats. 14 20 13 15 13 14 18 22 20 23 16 20 18 4.) 23 27 Kelso ........ 35 40 l9 20 l3 14 19 20 a Kirkaldy— 48 61 23 29 16 20 45 48 4 . Perth .......—. 50 56 23 26 20 22 22 25 •", B ,- The size of the measure varies throughout the wool EDINBURGH CORN MARKkfl.—Nov.6. an We had a large supply of all kinds of Grain to-day, sales were rather heavy. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. I2 t IPI First 6Bs Od 35s Od 23s Od 37s Od 07 ; Second l3BB Od 32s Od 20s Od 34s Od 0.1 Third sos Od 22s Od 17e Od 32s Od ' PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &C. 1 14 ' Beef, per lb. .. Os. :lid. to 00.6 d. Fresh Butter, lb. s. 10d. t 0 Mutton .--. 0 3.1, 0 6 Salt Ditto...—., 0 8 ,0 0 5 0 8 Ditto, per evt.7o 0 '0 Pork 0 4 0 8 Eggs, per dos. 011 Lamb, per qr. 1 0 3 0 OatStraw(kpl.) 6 6 fallow, cwt.... 35 0 37 0 Wheat Ditto... 8 6 6 Quartern Loaf 0 7 0 0 Barley Ditto.. 5 0 0 Potatoes, 1711 b. 0 5 0 0 Hay,perat........0 7 EDINBURGH MEAL There was a good supply of and the sales were rather heavy, Per Sack of 280 lb. Imp I MA RKEI'..--Nov. 5. t rtti Oatmeal at this day's 'lO , at a reduction of Is. pi p t o Per Stone of I4 l b. I '6 First Oatmeal ..... I Second ditto ..... I o Peasemeal ..... ot. 1414.--3 d, 16Z--Ft'2o/ First Oatmeal £l 12 0 Second ditto 1 10 0 Barleymeal 1 5 0 Peas &flea' 1 4 61 Pot Barley—No. 1, per cwt. 12• GLASGOW CORN CORN hi ARKET.—Nov. O. it/ , 10 We have good arrivals of Grain, and a moderate L doing. Barley and Oats arc rather lower. l5 Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. d. I Oats, per 2641 b. 5. °,,', 0 I I British, old 260 to 28 0 ; Irish ....... ............ 1 3. 1 1 --- new Canada, free 2B 0 29 6 , Beans, rev 2601 b. ~ ",p Irish Iv o Barley, per 3201 b. Scottish .. . ... ... 16 'f, 1 1 4 0 English — 0 C Pease, Scottish . ... 16 . 1 Scottish s ill 23 0 24 0 Oatmeal, per 1401 b. 1- 0 Irish 'ow d , CQRNWAI.I MARKETS. Tauao—Wheat - (average):l6s.od.—Barley, 91. 9c1.--Otti:3o' ST; AusTeLL—Wheat, —s. to 21s.—Barley, Oa. to l 0 7*. to Bs. Od. PENZANCE—Wheat, 21s. to 222.—Barley, 9s. to In a V' Os. to 7s. 9d.—Beef and Mutton, 4d. to 61—Pork, ' Butter, 101 d. per lb. LAUNCESTON—Wheat (average) 191.6.1.—8ar1ey, 9 1 0: 41 " '°$ 0, ss. 3d.—Beef, sd.—Mutton, fid. tja LISKEA RD—Wheat, —.a. to 20s. Od.—Barley, 10s. Od.'" ° ' to 6s. 6d. ~ BODMIN—Wheat (average) 20s.—Barley, 10a. Od,..—Clau , 00 4 HELSTON—Wheat, 21s. Od.—Barley, 104 6d. ST. CoLuma--Wheat, 20s. to Vs.—Barley, 9s, to le l .' and Mutton, sed. to 6d.—Veal, Od.—Lamb, Od. MINING INTELLI OENCB. V rl2l. u° Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Redruth last Thurday:3. ol l34 6 Average Produce ........,..... 0 0 Quantity of fine Copper N._ -,-... iw i . Amount of Sale, 17,3751.45. Od.—Average Standard. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS v r r AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL.sTki.c.''' (From the London Gazette.) 0. TO-MORROW, Nov. 12. ti• 06 , 4 E. Whelpdalc victualler, T. Weller, tailor, Lisle.street, Leicester-square J. Q. Rumball, surgeon, Melina-place, St. John's Wood F. Devey, coal-merchant, Phoenix Wharf, Whitcfriars , ; J. C. S. Stead, corn factor, Mark-lane... ....... J. Nickalls, coin-factor, Chatham, Kent DIVIDEND. T. and G. Courtney, clothiers, Old Jewry ........ S. Carter, surgeon, Newbury, Berkshire ........... ..... , C. It Carter, carpet-warehouseman, Cheapside ..... B. Verrinder, coal-merchant, Davies-street, Berkeley- 6 0 if F. Anson, builder, Melcombe-place, Dorset-square ....••• J. B. Baker, tailor, Conduit-street, Bond-street...... ........ ' C. Bennet, smith, Vauxhall-walk, Lambeth rl' MURDER AT PLUMSTEAD.---ATTE , ya-- POISON A FAMILY OP Six Pgasotes......lt is our e v il; duty to record a most diabolical murder in Ploru ° i ts The unfortunate victim is a respectable :f a rmer l o p Bodell, and the person suspected is his own gf s ' i , John Bodell, a young man whose character neighbourhood stands in very bad repute. Os B ! 3 a morning last the supposed murderer went to the r ev :lY, of his grandfather at an early hour, long be f° 'l4 l " servant had arisen, and proffered his servioes I ,° r tl's the deceased's fire, boil the kettle, and clean the I T,, Oi He was desired to go away out, but he would 01'. fl denial. He bad never before made a similar desire', IV placed the coffee-pot upon the fire and quit te house. The deceased and his family, es:insisting o Uo rlif whole of six persons, partook of the coffee, and ° afterwards they became very ill, and retched violendi,',A it ° Butler, a surgeon of Woolwich, was speedily cel'',ol and, on being made acquainted with the B l° o o 4 circumstances, concluded that poison had bees _JO; up with the coffee. An analyzation of the of the coffee-pot confirmed his first impretsi ° lo; be discovered them impregnated with arsenic. o r" withstanding the medical gentleman exerted the . , 0 / skill and every effort to prevent the loss of 11 ',Y grandfather died the following morning, and s" maining portion of the family remain in a fe r, ', o ; carious state. Information of the circuinatancerf', l ,leA municated to Morris and Welsh, constables of and Woolwich, and from inquiries they as eertaise 4 !, the accused had absconded, and directed his 007 wards London. Thither Morris pursued him, 113 ;tif i tured the fugitive near Smithfield. He is now e ° f in Woolwich cage to abide the consequence 170,tfi„ Coroner's Inquest. His father, in speaking of the i ° 6 able occurrence, has been heard to declare his opin, i° ;o,,° it was the intention of the prisoner to make him w i ;ilP, victim. The deceased was in the habit of giving i 'fil, and coffee grounds to a rat-catcher, named Dani e 'd and but for the timely discovery of the admixtur e 6 1 0 ; deadly poison with the coffee•grounds, himself o° o l whole of his family (four in number) would be°, a sacrifice. The deceased was about 80 years of 0% very much respected. BIRTHS. „ P;e, On the 9th in s t., a t M oun t V ernon -pl ace , Edge FTddti pool, the lady of Lieut. Furlong, 30th Regiment, of a g d On the 9th inst., Mrs. Constable, Grove-cottage, 1 5 $' a son, still-born. f On the Sth inst., at Brixton-hill, the lady of Lauf 'ace lips, Esq., of a son. Cf On the Sth inst., at Down-place, Berks, the IA jof' Rev. Wentworth Bowyer*a daughter. On the 9th ult., at Ashwick.grove n the lady ° t Strachy, Esq., of a daughter. On the Bth inst., in Montague-place, the lady AO -- sanquet, Esq., of a son. 9!" ' MARRIED. On the 7th inst., at Hampstead Church, John l;e gad well, Esq., second son of the late Sir John Springkell, Dumfriesshire, to Caroline, sixth datitO o oly i , Hon. Montgomeiie Stewart, and niece to the Earl °/. to On the 9th inst., at Croydon, John Blyth, 110 f , eldest daughter of Henry Buckley, Esq., of SoutO lawn, Surrey. On the 9th inst., at St. Mary's, Newington, Stir re l 4 ll l o ; oel D. Tawell, of Trinity.street, Southwark, surgeon, t ° ~ Blyth, third daughter of Mr. C. Blyth, of LO r ' , - n e Cheapside. of et DIED. e e IP On the Bth inst., at Broadstairs, at the ree,-41, „0 daughter, Lady Grant, of Monymusk, Mrs. M`i- A " . 86th year. o f , I I On the 7th inst., at Woburn-farm, near Che , ' At ti Stirling, Esq., Vice-Admiral of the White, in his 7 ;, < tio On the Bth inst., Mr. George Reynolds, of his 4i2d year. On the 12th ult., Miss Anne Condlyffe, aged 16 ,;bri 6 14' On the 28th ult., at West W ra tti ng P a rk, 0 ;,, o'c' f f aged 30, Charlotte, wife of J. Gibbons, Esq , or dlesex, and daughter of Sir C. Watson, Bart. f th ey On the 31st ult., Captai n Thomas Walsh, Ist° °f giment of Foot. PRINTED AND Pew:gime HY M UnDO Y°'" OVA Ortuag, 11,4i 6 MPaso, 0 ~, ..0 q o , ' 5 d B ic E ee , opt, , I,Zir k i , 4l tqy 9 q t 5 Fr I 4, , t Bh, 11 1 ' 1 , h Op p lie liti4