The Sun. — London, England, 1833-10-21 00:00:00

begun to group the different parties of Constitu tionalists and Apostolicals under different poli tical banners, coincident with their feelings on the question of dynasty. The Carlists have raised the cry not only of " Leng . life to Charles V.," but of " Success to the Inquisition, and " Death to the negros" (or Liberals), — thus showing that they regard all those who op pose their political idol as the enemies of their religious faith. They have called to their aid the ag,graviados, who, several years ago, resisted the late King's authority in Catalonia, and supported the factious altars of the monks against the throne. They have pronounced poor Ferdi nand himself asa heretic, who died in impenitent unbelief, and loaded with mortal sins, notwith standing the number of masses which, by his last will, he ordered to be said for his soul—and all of which will thus be unable to rescue it in any reasonable time from the flames of purgatory. They have likewise denounced the Queen Re gent's Government as an emanation from the Prince of Darkness, and a standing sacrilege on the rights of the church. On the other hand, the only real opposition which they have yet met with is from the Constitutional party whom they have properly selected as their most bitter anta gonists. In the province of Biscay they have therefore massacred some of those whom they styled negros, while in Guipuscoa, where the Liberals have maintained their ascendancy, the latter have recalled from Bayonne the constitu tional chief denominated El Pastor, to place him at their head, notwithstanding his banish ment under the late reign. The exiled Constitu tionalists are thus about to enter their country to support a Government of which they have hitherto been the victims, in order to keep down the apostolical faction, whose fanaticism would in definitely prolong and extend their sacrifices and sufferings. In Vittoria, so marked was this dis tinction, that the liberal party, hearing of the preparations making by the Carlists to attack them, sent a deputation to inform them that they were resolved not to be massacred without resist ance, like their brethren at Bilhoa—that they would fight to the last if assaulted—but that they were willing, in consideration of the inferiority of their numbers, to leave the town in peace, pro vided their lives and property were guaranteed. The capitulation was effected on these terms, and 300 or 400 Constitutional volunteers proceeded from their homes to join the Custom house troops at Miranda, on the Ebro. Thus, whatever attempt Zea Bermudez may make to maintain the Queen's rights by a party neutral in politics,—however the Regent may endeavour to render the dispute between her daughter and the Pretender a mere question of dynasty—it will be found impossible to arrive at any satis factory result without calling in the popularity of' constitutional ameliorations to secure the new line of succession to the throne. If we have been successful in establishing, by a few re marks, this position, it will afford us a safe ground for deciding what ought to he the con duct of foreign Governments, particularly of the English, at this momentous crisis. In ques tions of dynasty, supposing they affected the dis tribution of power in Europe, we might pro perly interfere, but we never can have any right to interfere in questions of internal government or constitutional freedom. Our great object, our sole care ought to be to prevent the intervention either of the French in support of their ideas of a charter, or of the Holy Alliance, to extend or maintain their principles of arbitrary despotism. With the internal question between the monks and the Liberals,—between the Inquisition and the abolition of all tribunals of conscience,— between the unrestricted will of a monarch and the establishment of constitutional checks on its exercise in the Peninsula, we have nothing to do, and it would amount to a species of political insanity to undertake any expedition, or to incur any expense, to determine the Spaniards in their choice on such subjects. France, it is true, is differently situated from ourselves, being, from her immedate vicinity to the Pyrenees, more liable to be affected by occur rences in Spain, but it would require a much stronger case than we can at present conceive, or than comes within the common range of probable events, to warrant even on her part the slightest military demonstration, or the exer cise of any influence beyond the moral influence of diplomatic advice, friendly encouragement, and counsel.— Times. The importance and value of the inquiry which is now going on into the constitution and state of the Municipal Corporations are illus trated by the reports of the investigations of the Commissioners in all the boroughs already vi sited. If the Commission had been conducted in private, public justice would have been defeated, and those Corporations not steeped in corruption would have been confounded in a common character with evil-doing Corporators. The subject of Municipal Reform is not a party question. It is true that the Tories possess, under the system of self-election and the long reign of Toryism, the predominant influence in the majority of Corporations; but there are Whig Corporations equally close in their muni cipal constitution, and which in mismanagement of the public trusts require the same measure of reformation as that demanded by their Conser vative brethren. It is extremely convenient for the Tory Journals to decry the Commission as a ministerial scheme for changing the hands of municipal power and influence from one party to a rival faction ; but Corporate Refoln has been longand loudly demanded, and has been hitherto, as in the Scotch Burghs, resisted by the Tories, because of the intimate relations between close Corporations and close Boroughs. We extract from the Leicester Chronicle of Saturday, a new version of the second visit of the Commis sioners to the Borough of Leicester ; and the following editorial commentary significantly shows that publicity was the dread under which the Leicester Corporators refused their accounts : " Our readers will perceive that the Corporation have persisted in their determination to withhold the documents the lu* requ,red by the Commissioners, and, as a matter of course, pieion which has hitherto prevailed, that all is not as itShould be, iii the managemento f funds intr th e property and nsted to their cars is not diminished by their contumacy, One ground by cross-examination, furnishing these docu ments is, that svitnes w se h s i , ch ycross-examination, may he wade to admit facts tell the whole th ey ought not to admit—in other words, to s t o rutti h rather than a part of it, which, to witnesses havin g inconvtnentitenit7 to conceal, is, as everybody knows, very inconvenient more dou bt than .t b have in That it would r prove so to the C or p oration, w e no to Pu Monday we have that it was felt their resolutions t,f the Common Hall o nnd last, that 4 Mr. He nr y Di g hton proposed, and Mr. Ken.a worthy Walker seconded, a resolution, that the Han ac. counts for twenty y, ars, and the Chamberlains' accounts for ten years, be furnished forthwith.' The same reason that dictated the one course, preacribed the other—namely, a (head of publicity. The fear of the consequences that must ensue to evil-doers, by the exposure of accounts, and n desire to put off the day of retributio n to the guilty of fenders as long as possible, is, it is quite evident, the real ground for not complying with the wish of the Corporate Commissioners ; and this impression, we feel assured, will pervade the public mind despite either the resolutions put orth by the Common Hall—the abuse poured upon the Commissioners by the organ of the Corporate body, or the I defence made in its favour by the correspondents of the Journal. In the private transactions of life, an indi vidual who keeps back documents in the hope of re futing charges alleged against him, by mere assertion, is always suspected. In public transactions, bodies of individuals banded together and doing the same, are liable to the same imputation, especially where, as on Monday last, they hold meetings in secret, and refuse to let their fellow townsmen know that two of their own body—the most independent and respectable of their number—have made a motion to have such documents made public; one of whom (Mr. Fligliton) stated in their presence, that though two Finance Committees bad been formed among themselves to investigate their accounts, the person whose duty it was to call them together had never done so ! We repeat, therefore, that after such reluctance to afford information on matters which their fellow towns men are equally interested with themselves in knowing, the inhabitants are not only justified in putting the very worst construction upon their conduct, but also in with holding from them that confidence and respect which a public body ought, and indeed would command, if merited by their actions. That it may not be said that the cor poration are not allowed to be heard in their defence through our columns, we give the resolutions agreed upon at the Common Hall on Monday, begging our readers to bear in mind, that though Messrs. Highton and Walker's amend ment, already alluded to, was regularly proposed and seconded, and would or ought to be recorded among their corporate proceedings, ❑ot the slightest mention is made of such motion in the resolutions g iven in the journal of yesterday." It thus appears that the Corporators were not unanimous in their disobedience to the Royal Commission. The same local journal contains a curious and instructive account of the ancient constitution of the Corporation of the borough of Leicester. In-1489, the Mayor and muni cipal officers were annually elected by the inha bitants of the town. All the principal grants of fairs and tolls were anciently made to the " Mayor and Burgesses." The public revenues of the Corporation were vested by the same po pular description. The distribution of the borough revenue, in the records of the Town Purse and Town Chamber of Leicester, is shown to have been exclusively devoted to public objects, and that " personal and selfish pur poses" were systematically avoided. In 1592, a petition from the inhabitants, complaining of abuses of the Royal grants, was answered by a promise that the guilty should be dismissed and disfranchised. The ancient municipal records amply prove that all the Corporatio❑ revenues were employed for the use of the town. The Town Clerk made a great parade of his con scientious scruples and oath of office, when, after two days' examination, his accounts were demanded by the Commissioners. The oath of this borough officer, if any, is not given ; but the Chamberlain's oath is a remarkable illustra tion of the principle and legal character of the Corporate trust : " We shall faithful and true officers lie unto our master the Mayor, diligent of attendance at all times, obedient to his commandments, and ready to do his precepts. We shall improve the livelode belonging unto the commonalty of the town of Leicester, to the most behove of the same town ; and also the tenements thereof we shall well and sufficiently repair (luting our office. We shall endeavour also for to improve the Chapman Gilde to the uttermost of our powers. We shall be attendant at the Cornwall on the Saturday during our year, and the same to our powers we shall order; and all traunters that there can be found, we shall present to our master the Mayor ; and all horses and mares that there can be found, we shall cause them to be had from the Cornwall, and out of the Market place. And, moreover, we shall well and truly charge and discharge ourself of all lands and rents belonging to the town, and of the Chapman Gilde, and of all other money as shall come to our bands, belonging unto the commonalty of this town, and thereof a true account shall yield up to the auditors assigned in the end of our year. And all other things lawful that belongeth or pertaineth to our office well and truly to our powers we shall do. So help us God and all Saints." The infamy of the modern doctrine of muni cipal law, assumed by the corporators of Lei cester, that " over all those estates the corpo ration have by law as free and ample dominion as any individual has over his own private property"—a declaration publicly made by a recent Mayor—is too scandalous for serious controversy. It was indeed necessary that such a usurpation should be brought to the test of inquiry and remedial legislation. If this con struction of the municipal trust were really the law of the land, it is high time that the legis lature radically altered such a municipal system. The Scotch corporators have already the ad-' vantage of the popular change, and they will take care not to lose it again. The Burghs are open, and the English, Welsh, and Irish corporations will speedily be visited by a similar measure of municipal reformation. The corpo rators of Leicester have but a short reprieve to comfort themselves with, pending the meeting of Parliament. What respect for the Leicester administrators of justice can the burgesses en tertain towards municipal officers who have given such an example of successful resistance to the Royal authority by which they s ere themselves originally appointed ?—Morning Chronicle. The unfortunate Whigs still continue in that distressed position to which their fraudulent politics first introduced them. They forced themselves upon a reluctant King and a suspi cious country, by renouncing all their Whig principles and by forming an alliance with the Radicals,whose doctrines they had always affected to hold in abhorrence ; and they now wish to maintain themselves in power by throwing to the winds their promises to their allies, and par tially falling back upon Conservative principles. They want, in fact, to steer between the par ties, and to preserve a disgraceful tenure of office by duping each alternately, and playing the one against the other. But the mi,fortune is, that all parties see through this wonderfully clever scheme, and secretly doom its unprin cipled authors to utter destruction at the first convenient opportunity. It did not really suit either Tory or Destructive to turn them out during the last session, and they were therefore barely allowed to float on ; but the reprieve has added nothing to their strength, and taken no thing from their embarrassment. "Few changes e'er can better their affairs, Theirs being an unnatural situation." And whether their final overthrow will be accom plished by a temporary union of different parties, each eager to do justice upon notorious male. factors, or by the Conservatives singly, upon some occasion in which Whig incapacity shall be exhibited in more than usual prominence, may be regarded as a matter of small importance, the fact being sufficiently established that to govern this country for long together is a task beyond their power. They have, in truth, no party worth calculating upon that we can hear of in any town, village, or hamlet throughout the empire ; and we warned them that this would be the case when they were concocting their notable Reform Bill. There are Conservatives and there are Destru c tiv e s ever y w h ere , but who at the present time ever hears of such a politician as a Whig in the ancient and proper sense of the term? We believe the that, out of the family circle of the Greys and immediate connection of the Ministry and their packed we might offer a reward forthe Parliament, discovery o f such a simpleton without much danger of being called upon for payment. The old constitutional Whigs are now Conservatives, and anxious to rectify the absurd blunders which their leaders have committed ; while the active supporters of Ministers are, for the most part, speculative Destructives of various hue, who wish merely to use them as tools for fur ther democratic changes before they are finally cast off. The packed Parliament supports the Whig Ministry of course, and for the best of all possible reasons ; for what would become of the packed Parliament if aril/thine , happened to the Whig Ministry ? We say, then, that the Whigs cannot govern the country, and we point to the still increasing resistance to the payment of taxes as one of many proofs of the fact. They have laid down and acted upon the principle which the Morning Chronicle, by far their ablest or gan, maintains to this hour, that the people are justified in refusinc , to pay taxes if they 'do not happen to like them. It is pure nonsense to attempt to mystify the question by talking of " extreme cases," for who but the individuals themselves are to be the judges of what cases are extreme and what are otherwise ? There is no difference in principle between Earl Fitzwilliam refusing to -pay taxes without Reform, and Wiggins and Figgins refusing to pay them with Reform. Either the individuals composing the community are bound by the legal acts of the constituted authorities, or they are not. The Whigs say they are not so bound in extreme cases. Wiggins and Figgins consider every case as an extreme one, ergo, nobody is bound at all. We defy the utmost ingenuity of the Ministerial scribes to bring their patrons out of the dilemma in which they are placed by having advocated re volutionary doctrines. The Whigs are unable to govern because they have proclaimed, and still proclaim, the principle that nobody is bound to obey any Government at all unless he should happen to think it proper to do so. We, for example, contemplate Earl Grey with inde scribable disgust, and therefore we are exone rated, on the showing of our adversaries, from all obligation to pay any of the taxes which go towards the salary of that profligate politician. One Grey is with us an " extreme case," a fright- • ful " emergency ;" what must twenty such cases be ? It remains to be seen whether the Whigs will follow up these principles by declining to put the penal code in force against the rebel viola tors of the law. If they wink at the offence, what becomes of their official oaths to their King as the First Executive Magistrate ? If, on the other hand, they set themselves to punish the offence, what becomes of their doctrine ? If one law can be disobeyed with impunity, all laws may be disregarded, and the social compact is at an end. According to the Whigs, Westmin ster Hall ought to be shut up, and Capt. Rock has as good a claim upon our allegiance as William the Fourth. Rebellion rages in Ire land and in London, and the men who eat the King's bread, and are sworn to execute the laws invent wretched sophistries to prove that the people have a right to rebel if they like. We cannot wonder that foreign Powers observe the weakness which this revolutionary state of things entails upon the Government, and treat this country with a degree of contempt to which it has never been before subjected. They know that the Whigs cannot go to war because they cannot cajole or bully the omnipotent ten pounders into the payment of taxes, and the consequence is the extinction of British influ ence. Where could Earl Grey get money to buy gunpowder, unless his old friend Place, the tailor, took compassion upon him ? For our own parts, we are in no hurry ; but we put it to reasonable men whether it is likely that the indomitable spirit of a great and free people will tolerate the Whig nuisance much longer. — Morning Post. An instance of the careless disregard, not to say recklessness, with which the property of in dividuals is sometimes treated by persons exer cising judicial power, under the sanction of an oath, occurred at the Clarkenwell sessions last week, on the day appointed for the considera tion of applications of persons requiring licenses for music and dancing. The statement, which we take from the report of a contemporary, is as follows : " The application of Mr. Frampton, of the Chequers Tavern, in Abingdon-street, close to the entrance of the Houses of Parliament, for a renewal of his license, was opposed by Captain Fitzgerald, who stated the house to be frequently kept open till an improper hour at night. " The question was hastily put by the Chairman, and on a show of hands was declared to he lost. " Mr. Alley, on behalf rrf Mr. Frampton, called upon the Court to revise its judgment. " Mr. Frampton stated that no complaint had ever been made against him during the whole time he had kept the house, which was frequented by the principal attendants of the Howes of Parliament. _ . " Mr. lialswell said a Magistrate who lived imme diately opposite, had assured him the house was well conducted. " Captain Fitzgerald, on hearing this, consented to withdraw his opposition, and the license was then unani mously renewed." Here we have a large number of magistrates, upon the mere ipse dixit of one of their own body, which he in the same breath virtually re tracts, dealing, without discussion or considera tion, with the property of an individual and the rational amusement of the public, and pronounc ing a judgment so rash and unjustifiable, that they feel it necessary to reverse it at the very moment it is uttered. The memorable saying of " Strike, but hear," never probably came across the mind of a Middlesex Justice. While adverting to this instance of it, we cannot help offering a word or two upon the tyranny, the dogmatism, the inconsistency, and caprice, which seem to govern this body in their proceed ings upon the whole of this same question of granting licenses for music and dancing. One person is denied a license because he has had the assurance to have a concert in his room without the leave of their Worships; another, because he has had the audacity to put up an organ in his house in anticipation of a license being granted. One learned Theban declares, that he considers music to make a public-house twenty times a greater nuisance than a brothel , while another expects to be thrown from his Ro sinante should the sound of a fiddle assail the ears of the latter, while the master is taking an after noon ride. All this ridiculous nonsense, this absolute trash is talked by persons clothed in the grave garb of magiKracy. From such per sons, or rather from persons of such a cha racter we should expect a more liberal and enlightened view of the subject. We should expect such persons to bear in mind that to their keeping are intrusted the morals and good order of the people, and to know that the sports and pastimes of the people have no small influence in ameliorating or degenerating the national character. Unfortunately for the inhabitants of this vast metropolis, at least the lower and middle classes, they are denied almost the means of taking air and exercise. As out-door sports, h ow or w here be found in a radius of from for athletic or are they to five to ten miles, nearly covered with build ings ? What, then, is the resource but—drink ? And such being their situation, instead of ex pressing surprise at the amount of London drunkenness, it is much more natural to wonder that it is not greater. How, then, under such circumstances, would an enlightened magistracy meet the evil, but by providing every possible counteraction, and, among the zest, by furnish mg for the people every reasonable degree of rational amusement ? "Oh ! but music and dancing !" we think we hear sonic of these sages say, "Do you call these rational amusements fit for the lower classes? Would you have the English people mimic the frivolity with which they have been at all times taught to upbraid their neighbours ?" We really would. We see no reason why an Englishman should not enjoy a song, a dance, or a concert, quite as much as a Frenchman or an Italian ; or why this frivolity, if it must be so called, should not be allowed to supplant, at least to a certain degree, the brutality which too often results from too free a use of gin, porter, and tobacco. A poet tells us what the man is fit for who " has not music in his soul ;" and others, as well as all experience, tell us what are its effects in harmo nising the mind, purifying the heart, and hu manising the affections. That the Middlesex Justices would have the people ripe for " trea sons, plots, conspiracies," we do not believe ; but while they reason so shallowly and act so absurdly upon the subject, we may say of them, in the concluding words of the poet, " Let no such men be trusted." Let Parliament take the matter out of their hands, and while the law provides, by necessary restraints and conditions, for keeping good order in public places, let the owners be allowed to cater for their customers through some other channels than the madden ing means of intoxication.—Morning Herald. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, OCT. 19. Alfred Green, Francis Marryatt, and Jaines Wood were indicted for a burglary in the dwelling house of Isaac Unwin, and stealing therein thirty five snuff-boxes, his property. About four o'clock in the morning of the Bth of September the shop of the prosecutor, who is a tobacconist, residing in Mile End-road, was broken open, and the above articles stolen. The prisoners were observed lurk ing about the spot by two policemen, and subse quently seen standing close to the prosecutor's shop window. The officers then went towards them, upon which they all three ran off in different direc tions, hut were pursued and taken into custody. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. Marryatt, on leaving the dock, said to one of the policemen, " Now, I hope, you have got your re venge." Thomas Russell was indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Alexander Clarke, and stealing therein several articles of wearing ap. pare!. The evidence was by no means conclusive against the prisoner, and the Jury without hesita tion acquitted him. When the prisoner was addressing the Jury in his defence, one of the witnesses contradicted a part of his statement, upon which the prisoner, in a very authoritative tone, said, " Be silent, Sir ; I am in possession of the Court; do not interrupt me." Thomas James Richards, aged fifty-three, was indicted for stealing a gold watch, chain, seals, &c, value 301., the property of Maria Cooke, in the dwelling-house of Susan Elrington. Maria Cooke resided with her sister, Mrs. El rington, in Upper Seymour-street, .Marylebone. The house was to let, in May last. On the 21st of May last the prisoner came to the house, and pre sen;ing one of the agent's cards, asked leave to view the premise. The servant showed bins the rooms in the lower part of the house, and afterwards took him to the dining-room, where he left him alone, and came to inform witness that the gentle man wished to see the bed-rooms. Witness then went to shots' him the tipper part of the house, when she met him coming down stairs; he turned back, and accompanied her servant over the bed rooms. He then said that his name was Phillips ; that his wife was in the neighbourhood, and he would fetch her, in order to have her opinion as to the house, and if she approved of it he would take it at once. He then left in a hurry, in order, as witness supposed, to fetch Mrs. Phillips, but he never returned. Soon after he was gone witness had occasion to go into the drawing-room, when she at once missed a gold watch, with chain, seals, &c., which had been previously hanging over the mantle-piece. She saw no more of the prisoner until he was taken into custody, which was about a month ago. Verdict—Guilty. The prisoner, who was a man of very respectable appearance, has paid many similar visits to other houses. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. QUEEN-SQUARE. DISTURBING A CONGREGATION OF DISSENTERS. —The case of the Rev. Mr. Haslam against Judah Isaac Abrahams again occupied the attention of the Magistrates at this office on Saturday morning. The charge against Mr. Abrahams, who styled himself " a Preacher of the Crucifixion of Christ by the Jews, and a converted Jew," was for inter rupting Mr. Haslam in the middle of his sermon at Z.on Chapel, Waterloo-road, the particulars of which were stated in our Paper of Tuesday last. The defendant was admitted to bail, and having since had an interview with Mr. Haslam that gen tleman consented to stay proceedings provided the defendant would make a public apology before the magistrates. Mr. Abrahams had no objection to comply with Mr. Haslam's request, and the parties on S irurday morning attended before M:ssrs. GREGORIE and WHITE, when the defendant, after sta'ing die nature of his appearance before them, handed to Mr. GREGORIE a document, of which the following is a copy Zion Chapel v. J. I. Abrahams. " To the Magiqratee of Queen-square Police-office. " Gentlemen,—Horrorstruck at the base insinuation which was unintentionally conveyed by my thoughtless ex pression of the word jealous, in my defence on Monday, touching my disorderly and ever.to.be.slamented conduct at Zion Chapel no the day previous, during divine service, I feel it a duty most incumbent on me, as the only repara tion I can make to the Rev. Mr. H alum, the minister of the said chapel, whose moral character and conduct I believe to be in the highest degree respectable; as also my dear wife, whose conduct I know to be most circumspect ; and to her highly respectable family, whose feelings I have thereby deeply outraged, to declare, in the same public manner in which the foul insinuation was unintentionally made, that I neither designed by the word jealous any allusion to the circumspection of my dear wife's conduct, nor the slightest imputation upon the moral character and conduct of her deservedly respected Minister. My only meaning was, that I was jealous or mortified at the Rev. Gentleman's superior influence over the mind of my wife in reference to the literal return of my nation to their own land, Mr. Haslam's public ministry occasionally exhibitin g that return as only inward and spiritual, and other bibicil and doctrinal points. But I now see and regrtt my fully and sin in having so improperly conducted myself. I well knew, before my marriage, that my dear wife had been for many years strongly attached to the ministry of Mr. Haslam, and that, residing in that gentleman's ne ighbourhood, she had availed herself of his and Mrs. Has lam's kindness in conveying her to chapel with his family. I am, Gentlemen, very respectful:y yours, " JUDAH ISAAC ABRAHAMS." M. GREGORIE, under the circumstances, consent ed that the recognizances which the defendant and his bail had en•ered into should be withdrawn, and not returnable to the quarter sessions. The parties then withdrew. HATT ON.GARDEN. CURIOUS LOVE AFFAIR.—Mr. Mirgers, a gen tlemanly-looking young man, agent to a house in the city, was charged with having beep found con cealed in the back part of the house of R. Worman Esq., of No. 1, Queen's-row, Pentonville.7lt ap pears that a few evenings ago the defendant was struck by the charms of Sarah Rain, Mr. Worman's buxom servant, who was standing at the door. Mutual glances were exchanged, the defendant was emboldened to speak, and after a little blushing c on the part of Sarah an appointment was made Friday night. Sarah waited for him in amorous suspense, and at ten o'clock, or thereabouts, the gay Lothario made his appearance. He treated her to a bottle of wine, which they discussed in the kitchen, and by her pressing entreaties he consented to remain with her all night. Their rest was, how ever, disturbed by the unexpected return of Mr. Worman, upon which Sarah told her lover to run up stairs. He did so, and, to render his safety doubly sure, actually got upon the top of the house. There unfortunately he was espied by the police, who considered he was a house breaker, and therefore knocked at. the door, and after a little trouble took him into custody. Mr. Mirgers then unfolded his plain unvarnished tale, but Sarah declared that she had never seen the man before. The defendant was nonplused at this, but he speedily recovered himself, and having pulled off his boots, displayed his bare feet, the socks for which were found in the bed down stairs, as well as Mr. Mirgers' spectacles and snuff-box. These circum stances having been detailed to the Magistrates, Mr. Mirgers was discharged with a caution, and the amorous Sarah, who was present, was informed that she was no longer in Mr. Norman's service. BOW-STREET. John Smith, a " buck" (i. e. a man who drives for the regular cabmen), was charged with wilfully driving the cab No. 6, over an old woman. Wm. Goddard on Friday night, about eleven o'clock, saw the defendant driving a cab in the Strand at a most furious rate. A woman was crossing Bedford-street. The defendant drove up against her and knocked her down, and the wheels of the cab went over her body. The prisoner, though called upon to stop, drove on as if nothing had happened, but was stopped by a policeman arid taken into custody.—Remanded. T 0 IVN-HALL. THEATRICAL QUARREL.—Mr. Hughes, comedian at the New London Bridge Theatre, Tooley-street, was summoned for an assault on Miss Clarissa Frederica Fisher. The fair complainant had commenced her state ment when Mr. Alderman ANSLEY said, " Excuse me, but you twist and twirl about so that I presume you are a figurante in the theatre ?" Miss Clarissa—No, Sir, I lead the principal tragic business. She then stated that on Wednesday evening Mr. Hughes came to her and impertinently asked where his breeches were ? Her blood fired at such an insult, and the only reply she made was, " Out, thou twopenny-halfpenny jumping actor." Upon which Mr. Hughes struck her. Mr. Hughes—Your Worship, when I retired to my dressing-room in order to put on my private clothes I found everything right but my breeches. They were gone—gone. I heard that this fair lady had been seen about my room, and so I quietly said to her, " Where, Miss, are my breeches ?" She took umbrage, and called me names, ❑pon which I pushed her, but that was all. I found my breeches in my room next day. " And your money," anxiously inquired the Al derman, " was it safe ?" " Money, Sir I" replied Mr. Hughes, " Lord, Sir, it was the wrong time of the week."—(Laughter.) The lady was told she might indict. GERMAN PAPERS. FRANKFORT, OCT. 7.—Though it has been asserted in some journals that Frankfort will cease to lie the seat of the Diet, it is not believed true that any such change is in contemplation. It seems, on the contrary, more probable that measures may be expected which will confirm Frank fort in its present prerogative of being the seat of the Diet, and that several steps will be taken to this effect, among perhap., will be seine relative to the garrison. The great maprity of the inhabitants would undoubtedly request a change, and it is difficult to understand what grounds there can be for it, as every thing has been done on the part of Frankfort which the presence of the Diet requires. We hear that the absence of the Presideut of the Diet will he long, and the result of the late negotiations, as far as they concern Germany, will probably not be known till his return. The news of the death of the King of Spain, which we received by express from Paris, has excited new fears in the friends of peace, and it cannot be denied that the poli tical embarrassments will be shortly increased. STUTTGAR. OCT. B.—ln the Chamber of Deputies M. Sehtt asked the Minister of the Interior if he did not think it would be proper, in consequence of the in tended meeting of the German physicians and na turalists at Stuttgard, next year, to ask for a suns of money in order to defray the expenses that might be incurred by psying the due allowance to them. He also thought the ball in which the Chambers meet, should be offered to the learned assembly for its sittings. M. Von Selllayer, Councillor of State, said that the Govern ment would receive these gentlemen with respect and liberality, but that he could not ask for a fixed sum, be cause he did not yet know in what manner it would have to be employed. A short discussion arose ; at length the Chamber agreed to the proposal of M. Schott, to give the Ministry a vote of credit, that it may be able to do what the honour of the country requires.— Nurernburg Correspondent, Oct. 11. TaiEsTE, Ocz. s.—We have news from Scutari to September 10. The troops sent from Janina to the aid of the Governor of the citadel of Scutari, on arriving on the bank of the Drina, found the opposite bank occupied by armed hands, who had got all the boats to their own side, and had made every preparation to Oppose the pas sa,te of the troops. The Pacha of Scutari, being informed of this state of things, sent some hundreds of the Aliri dites whom he had gained over, together with part of the garrison of this citadel, to the Drina, fur the purpose of making a diversion in favour of the auxili try corps, and of facilitating its passage over the river. 'rite engagement took place between the country people of Scutari, on the bank of the Drina, and the Miridites and the detachment of the garrison, which ended in the defeat and total dispersion of the latter. In consequence of this defeat, the chiefs of the Alirdites offered to join the people of Scut u•i, but the magistrates and principal inhattitants declined this offer, adding that they did not want allies, as they meant to prosecute their claims only by legal means, and would not use their URN, uness they were compelled to du so in self defence, and if their personal safety was threiteued. They appear to have had reeson to believe that the Aliridites were not in earnest, and had been instigated by the Paella to make this proposal, that he might have a foundation for complaining to the Porte that the people of Scutari were in a state of insurrection, and were endea vouring to procure allies by propagating it. No answer had been rec ived at Scutari from the Deputation sent to Constantinople. Letters how Constantinople of the 19Th of September say that great dissensions still prevailed in the Turkish Ministry, and that this, with the illness of the Reis Effendi, had caused a complete stagnation in all the nego tiations with respect to Servia, and to the general affairs of Europe. * Mountaineers living near Scutari professing the Latin Ritual. The Town Hall, in the borough of South wark, is about to be enlarged and repaired. BYERS V. STEAM CARRIAGES.—It is said to be the intention of Byers, the informer, to lay infor mations against the proprietors of the steam-carriages recently started, for plying for hire without having the stamp•office pla.es attached to the vehicles. We under stand he intends to lay his informations under the fourth section, chap. 22, of the Hackney Carriage Act ; but how far he will succeed remains to be seen. On Thursday afternoon, about four o'clock, a carter, eviJently in a state of intoxication, was driving a timber carriage, unladen, along Parliament -street, when he stumbled, and fell underneath the shafts, and before he could draw himself out of the way, both the fore and hind wheels pissed over his body, just above the hips. Te the , and,ry seriously sijakin 4 great surprise of a n umber of persons who witnessed the accident, and who naturall y concluded that the man was injured, he directly scram some of the mud from his clothes, set off running after hi s h orses , not h a ving sus ebiltehder on k i his s d le o legs, very sus tained the slightest hurt. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK. • 1 Wheat. Barley. I Oats. S. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to S. 9 . Carlisle 53 28 19 40 Elexham. 48 52 24 28 18 20 Morpeth 49 53 24 26 18 21 uu 68 Penrith 52 27 19 41 Sheffield 52 33 2 44 Winchester 48 57 26 30 22 24 42 Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s. d. s.d. 5. 4 ; bo Carmarthen 60 66 26 29 14 18 00 60 Cowbridge-.. 66 70 29 40 26 30 5 6 63 Newcastle (Staff.) 8 0 8 9 4 6 5 0 3 0 3 4 5 6 6 0 Northallerton 70 93 36 46 33 40 56 6 , 0 80 86 40 48 30 34 6n 0 6 Swansea 6 8 70 36 39 1 9 22 0 60 Warwick 90 11 0 30 46 20 33 5 Per 8011. S 0 Barnardeastle 12 0 16 6 80 86 50 60 10 Durham 120 14 0 70 80 40 56 7 tun Richmond 110 16 6 86 90 50 64 0 Stockton 1 116 126 96 100 50 54 , WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET—Oct. IS. 5 6i. Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk —s. 455. to 535. fin e s v. -- Lin. and Cam. —s. 455. to 525. fine 9 . Yorkshire —s. 445. to 51s. WO White —s. 50s. to 565. firl„ e ,,.s. Foreign, Red —s. —s. to —s. .P lELD CORN MARKET.-Oct. IS. 5 5i. ,rfolk and Suffolk -s. 455. to 535. fine s v, in. and Cam. -s. 455. to 529. fin e 9 . )rkshire -s. 445. to 51s. WO -s. 50s. to 565. fine ~5. _ t, Red -s. -s. to -s. fin`,l. White -s. -s. to --s. nn!,43s. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk - Lincolnshire 3os. to 335. fine 04, - Yorkshire Wold 3ls. to 335. fin e ,s. - Fo r eign -s. to -s. fine 41r Beans, Old -- New 355. to 38s. fin e 04 Oats, Potato l9s. to 22.5. fine - Poland -s. 18s. to 2 ls. fin` O. - Friezland and Small -s. 17s to 20s. firg no e. - Mealing Shelling 0 3s. to 265. Od. per lA's „ab Malt 3ss. 395. fine 425. per 1 , ,..v0, Rapeseed - SCOTCH MARKETS. -- --- 1 0 ,,mc Wheat. Barley Oats. Beans. •: . 3/ 4 0 Aberdeen —... 48 54 23 25 16 20 , Berwick..«.—.. 30 36 17 19 13 15 18 24 ,' / Coldstream 35 42 18 19 13 14 20 :22 '''' / l upar ..,...... 48 56 26 31 18 22 22 26 '''' / Dundee—. 50 60 30 33 20 25 30 31 """ / Elgin ..—...--.. 40 50 24 26 16 20 23 30 ••-; / Inverness— 42 46 25 26 18 20 23 27 1 ' /, Kelso 35 37 19 20 13 14 19 20 •": 4 , Kirka1dy.......... 48 61 29 16 20 45 48 4 ' , Perth ....—...... 50 56 23 26 20 22 22 25 1 "" r i i n'. The size of the measure varies throne/nut the et41,22;.#0 EDINBURGH CORN 51 ARM< —Oct. 16. an We had a large supply of all kinds of Grain to-day, sales were rather better. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. ri e .l First his Od 36s 9d 22s 9d 36s 6d ,; , u; Second 5Rs Od :34s Od 20s Od 34s Od Third sos Cd 26s Od ISs Od 32s Od PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &C. Beef, per lb. Os. 3d. to os.6d. Freshßutter, lb. 5.10,1. to 0' Mutton -,. 0 O i l 0 6 Salt 0 8 Veal 0 5 0 9 Ditto, per es; t. 70 0 ' 0 Pork 0 4 0 6 Eggs, per doz. 010 6F, Lamb, per qr. 1 3 3 6 OatStraw(kp(.) 6 0 Fallow, cwt.... 35 0 37 0 Wheat Ditto. 6 0 5 L!, Quartern Loaf 0 7 0 0 Barley Ditto 4 6 6 Potatoes, 1711 h. 0 4 0 0 Hay, per st.-- L MARKET.--Oct. 15. _ . .40 , t of Oatmeal at this day's at last week's prices. ._,„ a er Oatmeal Stone 0 . 1 . .1 . :1 . 1 . b .. . 1 : or 1 First 01 ; 0 6 Second ditto Barleymeal 0 I • Peasemeal s.-2d, 145.—.3d„ 165.--1'!->10: MA ItKET.—Oet. 16. ur po Arley and Oats barely Oats, per 2641 b. I ."' Irish l4 0 0 iii British l5 Beans, per 2601 b. ai English S co tti s h P ease , S co tti s h 16 u 11 , Oatmeal,perl4olb. 13 0 Flour, per 2801 b 43 0 EDINBURGH MEA: There was a moderate supply and the sales were rather brisk, Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. First Oatmeal £l 10 0 Second ditto 1 9 0 Barleymeal 1 5 0 Peasemeal 1 4 0 Pot Barley—No. 1, per cwt. 12s GLASGOW CORN No alteration in Wheat. B; prices. Beans and Pease dull. Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. d. British, old 26 0 to 28 0 - new 22 0 25 0 Canada, free 2B 0 29 6 Irish Barley, per 3201 b. English 0 Scottish... Irish ..... ..... , 0.1 , CORNWALL MARKETS. Tfunto—Wheat - (average) 206.0.—Barley, N. 0ct.....0!."....' P ST. Atisvm.—Wheat, —s. to 21s.—Barley, Os. to I , A• 0 74. to 7s. 9d. 0 5 PENZANCE—Wheat, 21s. to '22s.—Barley, 9s. to LOsc;4l/ ns. to 7s. 6d.—Beef and Mutton, 51 d. to 6d.—Pork, oa• i i, Butter, boo. per lb. 0,1 0 , ..... LAu NCESTON—Wh eat (average) 19s. 6d.—Barley, 98. 0 , ss. al.—Beef, sd.—Mutton, RI. O a ' LisxEmtn—Wheat, —s. to 2 0s. Od..—Barley, IN. e•- A •... 0,1 to 6s. 6d. BoDMlN—Wheat (average) 21s.—Barley, 10s. W.... Oath 10 HELSTON—Wheat, 21s. 6d.—Barley, Os 6d. ....s ei ST. CoLume—Wheat, 20s. to 21s.—Barley, 9s. to 1 0 °' and Mutton, 59d. to 6d.—Veal, Od.—Lamb, Od. MINING INTELLIGENCR Tong.t o Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Redruth last Thurday ;4454 Average Produce • •••••••••••••••••••ww...ftweNee•••••••••••• •• .71' ]lBl Amount of 5a1e,17,5271. Os. 6d. 5 Quantity of fine e St a ndard. —A ve rag 3§' MEETINGS OF CREDITORS 4, AT THE COURT, BASINGEIALL-STREg's (From the London Gazette.) td• TO-MORROW, Oct. 22. W. Croggan, sen., artificial stone-manufacturer, I3elf -- dere-road .................................................................. 14 J. Wills, tailor, St. James's-place, St James's-street ..•• I : I , J. H. Coles, linen-draper, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy.squa re DIVIDENDS. ,St' S. S F h . e c a r sb os y s , , f l u i v r e n r i y s s i t n a g b - l i e r - o k n e m el o w n r g , e u r, eo H rs ig e. h ya H rd ol , b N o ‘ ro b I ; street .................................................................. ... „ r ,00 5/41 , 0 ANTEDILUVIAN REMAINS.-A s'Tt e r antediluvian forest has been lately discovered by 51 whilst digging sand on the banks of the Salcorn b, 5 0 1 1. 1: 4 from the village of th it name, and about twen t io, from this place. A part of one of the trees SD di' co bide: 4,a% been shown to us ; the heart is still sound, bu t whilst the outer part and the bark are rather soct 99 ," no doubt, from their proximity to the water..-- - / Journal. /' 4 MEMORY OF SIR WALTER SC00 1 ;1 1 , 1 "' tablet, six feet square, is about to be placed i n :to turpla of the New City Hall in Albany. inscribeoi, memory of the great Scottish poet and novelist. , alto relievo, and on the left side represents Gee ing, in the right hand the vital torch, and the left to the medallion of Scott, and directing to li) v and Biography (the figures of which are u nder 1 0 , record the fame of the great poet and author. right of the statue of Genius is the national r rp eO pf l ihistle), and in the back ground the emblem of per; ° ;6 , (the pyramid). It has other appropriate devi,,,Pe( under the whole is a small marble tablet, , ion, " The Citizens of Albany to the Memory ° Scott, 1833."—New York Advertiser. hch hft The premium on Exchequer-bills, c oo l o , been gradually falling for some days past, un cle , r o f further and sudden decline this morning (Friday! 00 c per cent. One of the causes assigned for t b , lg for t , i o report of new issues about to take place shortilitcy compensation to the Irish clergy under the DO / o po r of we rather believe the true reason to be, that the ' e piO e e accommodations given at the Bank during the ' lll : 4 ,el° t% , the books having now expired, the holders of %.- 0 1 , e tt hills find it difficult to borrow on them to the 'ri,gere'ro tent elsewhere, without paying a high-r rate 011 . 1 1 111 1 ( Ya ! 0' and hence many prefer selling altogether and a it d ri selves of the rise in the value of money to emei,heq"Jo profitably. There have also been some sales of . 5% ;, o ° lo l bills for the purpose of making investments in which many, according to the report of the, P o ', of brokers, have been encouraged to do by the Consols, and the confidence they feel in the di 4 Phe ° " the Ministry in favour of pacific views. le h ar' iLl its' part of the day a partial recovery occurred in d eo o o, Exchequer-hills, which left off at 355. to 31 4 ' %DP" The ll,ok Directors have nut shown any ail a de s l iel' press for the immediate repayment of the surf' Re on those securities, but rather the contrary, and f f , - l b , that any reasonable. time that may b e requi r c ii i r h io given. This forbearance has done them c re money market generally, and has been very ge r t oneel l the parties more immediately interested, for th e 10-Is9 s made have been larger on this occasion th 3 , ii ,„,ed!jea a : known for a very long time past. It has by" di(' 4 , . , the o pei o f consequence of this, that the payment of ft e eo t has added less than usual to the abundance „ j yr° great portion of them being applied to the t e r the loans from the Bank.— Times.with the( 0,0 I ,c BIRTHse it, died o On the 17th inst., at Great Missenden, Mg' ft , John Spooner, Esq., of a daughter. ISfr°' On the 19th inst., at Clapham Commo n, Borrodaile, of a daughter, 00 0 ' JeP MARRIED. On B t r e r l i s l e h r - i a n t s - t i , a w at , o G f r t e i a l e t B m a i d d d d o l e n T C e h m ur p e i b e : Esq.,Jphp e hit tice of Saint Lucia, to Janet Bullet), second d a" Jav Stce• WLachlan, Esq , of Baddon Hall, Essex. h re, On the 17th inst., at Pitminster, Somerse"7l Colman Rashleigh, Bart., of Prideaux, Corrigt:g., youngest daughter of the late John Gould, P' Truro, in the same county, ~,,c, Pr DIED. nt of of Depa rtro og On the 10th inst., at Valence, France, Juliana Lucy Baroness Farnham. Wise , sp. 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