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land. From Liverpool to the Solway Frith, his recernmel•datiwp, were considered necessary passports to all'Tpf)ointitnentsunder Government. He was, perhaps,- the most influential of the whole Tory oligarchy. We find this Tory Chief prosecuting a provincial Journal for a libel upon his character, in his capacity of Governor of the St. Bees School Charity. The writer of the libel was in error, but the error was a very ge neral one, and it afforded Lord Loma. ile In opportunity of setting the public right, with respect to his conduct in connection with the St. Bees estate. There was here no invasion of private life—no system of petty annoyance by malevolent inuendos—nothing, in short, to justify a display of vindictive feeling on the part of his Lordship; yet we find, when,through the blun der of the prosecutor, Mr. Steel, one of the two proprietors of the paper,t.he author of the libel(who did not seek to take advantage of the technical error), was acquitted, the other proprietor, Alr. Jollie, a w idow with five children, was pro ceeded against. The Jury, after remaining out three quarters of an hour, found (reluctanth enough, no doubt) a verdict of guilty, but " recommended her in the strongest terms to mercy." And how has this recommendation been received ? The effect of the recommenda tion on the Court remains to be seen ; perhaps the Court may not, under the circumstances, subject her to an hour's imprisonment ; but Lord Lonsdale has determined, it would seem. that she should be punished by anticipation ; for, having two courses open to him—one to obtain a Judge's warrant to secure the ap• pearance of Mrs. Jollie on the Bth of Ja nuary next, to receive judgment ; the other to arrest her on a writ, which admits of no bail—he has chosen the latter course, and on Wednesday last the Noble Earl actually tore this mother from her children, and lodged her in Carlisle gaol, where she must remain till the Bth of January next. A son of the Noble Earl, Lord Lowther, receives credit for a more than usual sympathy with a certain class of writers, who have liberally availed themselves of the liberty of the press. Under such circum stances, one might have expected that Lord Lowther would have used what influence he possesses with his father to prevent this legal. no doubt, but certainly most harsh exercise of power towards a poor widow. But if Lord Lowther deem it fair to take every advantage which the law allows, surely our Conservative Journalists, who express so much hatred against prosecutions for libel, that they contend in their own cases for the most perfect impunity, will raise their voices against the proceedings of the Earl of Lonsdale. It is one thing to seek reparation for admitted wrong under a bad law, and another to select the most op pressive course which can be adopted under that law, in preference to the ordinary mode of pro ceeding. It was a remark of Mr. Sheridan, that the most expensive of all things was a high character, for so much was constantly expected from the possessor. On this principle, the liberal press no doubt demand from Lord Durham that he should bear patiently all the abuse that falsehood and malignity can invent against him. But the Tory press will not surely contend that Lord Lonsdale has nothing in the way of character to lose, and that therefore he may indulge without fear in such harsh practices as we have described. We are, on the contrary, prepared to hear them extol Lord Lonsdale as dignified by. the possession of every virtue under Heaven, and that therefore he ought not to exhibit himself openly in the face of the country as the persecutor of the widow and fatherless. We close our remarks with the fol lowing communication from a correspondent on the subject of the libel law : TO THE EDITOR. Sir—Your earr-est and acute contemporary, the Examiner, has, upon the occasion of Lord Durham's prosecution of the newspapers, suffered his feelings to mis lead his understanding. His understanding is, however. so vigorous, that I do not at all despair of seeing it yet regain the mastery, when the excitement of his feelings bas a little abated. He is misled by the analogy (or, to speak more pre cisely, being misled by his hatred of the libel law, he takes refuge in the supposed analogy) of this case to that of a prosecution for forgery. But the cases are, as regards the present question, essentially different. A just and humane man would rather endure in silence a great pecuniary in jury than invoke the assistance of a too severe law. But why ? Because having once invoked it, he can neither stop its course nor mitigate its severity ; having once pulled the trigger, he can neither arrest nor moderate the flight of the linnet. The objections to the law of libel, as admi nistered in rriu inal informations, are of a quite different kind, though perhaps they are not less in degrees. They may be all included in this general description—the law of libel permits the prosecutor, if so disposed, to perpe trate gross injustice; but it does not, as the law of forgery does, take the matter out of the prosecutor's hands, and perpetrate the injustice, whether he be willing or not. The question, then, whether Lord Durham can properly we the libel law to punish his calumniators, is only one case of the general question whether a man can properly use, for a purpose he thinks just (I do not say which is just, an instrument which may be used for unjust pur poses? If this question be answered in the negative, the Examiner trust never again take up his powerful pen, or at least trust fling away the acrid and caustic liquor in which he is wont to dip it. But I will furnish him with a better analogy than the one he has selected. Suppose an action is brought against me for a debt of seven years' standing, and that I, having paid it, have lost my vouchers. May I not plead the Statute of Limitations, because another man may, by the same means, defeat a just creditor who has been negligent or indulgent in the assertion of his rights? This analogy is complete, as regards the present ques tion. The cases, indeed, differ widely in another respect, viz., in tespect that the Statute of Limitations is, upon the whole, a good law, the law of libel a very bad one. But this difference can have no effect upon the question before us, unless, indeed, Lord Durham eculd have altered the law of libel, which the Examiner seemed to think. some weeks ago, he might have done as easily as file a criminal information. The libel law must, indeed, be altered, but after calm and mature deliberation, not in baste nor upon the spur of a particular occasion. I am, Sir, yours, DICIEUS. Chester-street, Nov. 25, 1833. --Morning Chronicle. The sensation—we had almost said the com motion—which has been produced in Ireland by Mr. Hill's charge of foul and deliberate trea chery against one of the " forty patriots" who vehemently opposed the Irish Coercion and Martial Law Bill, is equal to anything in the way of an episode to the great plot of national agitation which has occurred within our remem brance. It must he admitted that a baser in stance. of p o li t i ca l di s h onesty cou ld not b e a ll ege d against any p u bli c man than t h at o f w hi c h t h e delinquent Irish Member has been guilty, if Mr. Hill have not be en m i s i n f orme d b y the un known personage to whose authority he has darkly alluded. At the anxiety of the thirty nine who are innocent of the offence, but are, nevertheless, all liable to the suspicion, more especially those among them who took an active and prominent part against the Coercion Bill-- at their anxiety, we say, to relieve them selves from the odious imputation we cannot be astonished ; but, in our opinion, they have not taken the right way to convince the world of their innocence. Why declamatory speeches on this subject ? Why long and elaborate epistles , to public Journals ? Is the purity of a man 'N character to be estimated in proportion to the quantity of noise he makes in attempting his own vindication ? Is the fact of innocence best established by substituting the tropes and figures of rhetoric for the onlyinformation in the nature of evidence that it is possible to adduce ? What is that evidence ? It is what Mr. Hill himself offers—an explicit answer to any Mem ber who addresses a private letter to himself, stating whether he is or is not the individual to whom he referred on the occasion which has given rise to so much excitement in the sister Isle. This is a direct and straightforward de claration. It invites the Irish Members, who are innocent, to avail themselves of the readiest and, at the same time, the quietest mode of exculpating themselves in the eyes of their con stituents and of the public. If the charge be negatived upon Mr. Hills's own avowal as to thirty-nine out of the forty who voted in the minority on the Coercion Bill, and should the fortieth either abstain from writing or conceal the answer %stile') he shall have received, he will become known as inevitably by this process of logical induction, as if he had confessed the fact —always supposing that the authority on which Mr. Hill relies has not led him into error. It has been said, that if any Irish Member has committed the act of baseness attri buted to one of " the forty"—that is, if any one who spoke against the Bill, and voted against it, in every stage, told the Ministers at the same time not to abate m atom of it, because without the whole Bill there would be no such thing as living in Ire land—if any Irish Member has been guilty of .uch baseness, it has been said that his life would be no longer safe in his own country. It is highly probable, but as the case stands at present, the lives of innocent men may be sa crificed who happen to fall under popular suspicion ; and we know that even among the more cool and reflecting people of England, when the imputation of some heinous crime strongly excites the public mind, suspicion is often tantamount to proof. The names of three or four of the more active opponents of the Bill have already been invidiously mentioned, some suspecting one and some another. We abstain from mentioning the names in the absence of proof as to any one, feeling, as we do, that in such a country as Ireland the openly-suspected are hardly better off than the real delinquent would he, if known. It is certainly better for a man to be an absentee than suspected in Ireland of whis pering coercion to the Minister while he shouts for liberty in the ears of the people. We re gret that the secret did not remain locked up where it was deposited, for although such dis honesty deserves exposure, we would not wish to see even a guilty man placed in a situation where he is likely to become, not an example of considerate justice, but a victim of revenge. We presume that Mr. Hill, in the heat of public speaking, did not calculate on the consequences of half revealing this dangerous secret, which exposed so many individuals to the worst sus picion. Having done so, however, and, as we suppose, without premeditation, he now offers the best reparation in his power to those Irish Members to whom suspicion unjustly attaches, and we hope this will put an end to the furious war of speeches and epistles which keep up ex citement and decide nothing.—Morn. Herald. An utter blindness to ascertained results, is manifest in the whole course of the foreign and domestic policy of the Whigs ; but in no part of it is it so conspicuous as in the system upon which they endeavour to govern Ireland. With regard to many of the real or fancied evils of that unhappy country, much difference of opi• nion exists; and, however strong our own con victions may be, we are very sensible of the difficulties with which the subject is surrounded, and very willing to concede the praise of honest. intention to those to whom we are opposed. The denial of seats in Parliament to Roman Catho• lies, the payment of tithe by the Catholic occupier rather than the Protestant landlord, the defects in the Jury Laws, the non-existence of a compulsory provision for the poor, each of these things has seemed to many wise and good men largely contributory to the distresses of Ireland. In the discussion of all these questions we ought to respect the motives of many, by whose arguments we are not convinced ; and we are always sorry, if, in controversy upon such points, we are betrayed into unnecessary personality, or unjustifiable bit terness. But, when we find lessons slighted which are legible to all alike, and prin ciples defined in conduct which are disputed in argument by none, we give to our indignation a readier expression, and even to our resentment a somewhat wider license. There is one man in Ireland whom neither Whig nor Tory loves, or esteems, or trusts. Gifted with powerful talents, he has almost made us forget his talents in the profligacy with which they have been exerted. Possessing extensive influence, he has employed that influence in fomenting the mischief which it ought to have b ee n use d to allay. He has been successively the rancorous enemy of every Administration, the slanderous reviler of every public man. He has made the King and Par liament by turns odious and contemptible ; he has defied their authority and derided their indul gence. He has invented a legal resistance to the law, and organized a system of anarchy. From him the noonday assassin and the midnight in cendiary derive, if not their guilt, at least their impurity. Professing patriotism, lie has made patriotism a profit to himself; professing re ligion, he has made religion a curse to his country. To receive praise from him is degra dation ; to covet support from him is guilt. Strongly as we express ourselves, we write only what all honest men know and feel. Upon the principles and the purposes of the person we describe there is no difference of opinion. Censure is unvaried by one phrase of apology : detestation is unanimous. Lord Grey condemns with the Duke of Wellington, and Mr. Stanley denounces with Sir Rcbert Peel. This man, who, if he cannot be visited with judicial ven geance, ought at least to be distinguished with moral reprobation, the Whigs have courted ever since their accession to office, with a laborious sycophancy which would have been despicable even if it bad not failed. Promotion is offered to his ambition and pay to his cupidity ; the loyal are affronted at his bidding, and the guilty are pardoned at his intercession ; Lord Grey sues for his assistance, and Mr. Littleton invite, him to his table. When we see the offers made which have been rejected, the compliments paid which have been mocked, the favours granted which have been scorned—when we find Noble Lords and Right Hon. Gentlemen labouring to persuade into virtue, or to conciliate into for bearance, one of whose tried depravity they judge as we judge, and speak as we speak—we despair of experience, and think that history has been written in vain. —Morning Post. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. A Mrs. Curtis applied to decide in a case of rather a curious kind which she had occasion to state against a benefit society. The stewards and other officers appeared to resist the application. The complainant said that her relation, Mr. Curtis, had put an end to his existence by poison ; but a day or two before his death he made a will, in which he bequeathed his pecuniary claim upon a benefit society, to which the next of kin would be otherwise entitled, to her, and she had accordingly made application to the proper officers, but there was a hesitation to pay the demand. The solicitor to the benefit society stated that the claim was made under circumstances of so singular a character that the officers very reasonably demurred. The testator had in a fit of derangement, produced by hard drinking, to which he had been extremely addicted, swallowed oil of vitriol on the 14th day of September, and died on the 18th of the same month. In the interval between the day he took the poison and that on which he died he made the will, leaving the property to the complainant ; but a Coroner's Inquest sat upon the body, and delivered a verdict of " Insanity," which he (the solicitor) sub mitted rendered null and void the will. The LORD MAYOR—On what day did the de ceased sign the will which thus bequeathed his property ? The solicitor replied that the will was dated the 16th, but a codicil had been affixed to it subse quently. The LORD MAYOR The Coroner's Inquest found that the man had died in consequence of poison, which he had taken while in a state of in. sanity ; but the man might have recovered between the day he swallowed the draught and that on which he died. I don't see how you can invalidate the will. The solicitor declared that tl►e society would not for a moment think of disputing the validity of the instrument if it did not appear to his Lordship that there were undeniable grounds for questioning its genuineness. The Coroner's Inquest, in his (the solicitor's) opinion, threw doubt enough upon the matter to justify his Lordship in refusing to issue an order for the payment of the money. Mrs. Curtis said that the will was made when the testator was of as sound mind as he had ever been at any former period of his life. Mir. Holmes, the surgeon who had attended him, declared such to be the case, and therefore the society had no right to hesitate. The LORD AlATOR—Suppose the will be set aside, will you, if she as next of kin takes out letters of administration, pay her the money ? Mrs. Curtis begged to inform his Lordship that she was an illegitimate child, and The solicitor expressed a doubt of the legal cha racter of the testament at all. His Lordship really could not see what right the benefit society had to dispute the validity of the will except they could prove that the deceased was in sane when he made it. The evidence of the surgeon should determine him as to the course he should pursue. - Subsequently the solicitor waited upon the Lord Mayor, and told him that he had seen Mr. Holmes, who represented the condition of the mind of the deceased to be such that the society resolved no longer to resist the demand. The complainant was then paid the amount claimed. Messrs. Gould, Wells, and Co., merchants, Sal ford, transmitted to the Lord Mayor a printed letter, which had been addressed to them by a person who called himself " W. King and Co., 25, Wellclose. square, London." The correspondents of his Lord ship suspected that the letter was meant to entrap, and therefore requested that for the benefit of the commercial world the Chief Magistrate would give directions to some of his officers to make the ne cessary inquiries. Mr. Hobler informed his Lordship that copies of the letter had been sent to several commercial houses, and that no doubt it was the project of some of the struggling pupils of the notorious Coster, who had done an infinity of mischief by inspiring people with a confidence in many of his numerous firms. The LORD MAYOR desired Daniel Forrester, the officer, who is particularly skilful in laying traps for swindlers of all descriptions, to call upon Messrs. King and Co. with his Lordship's compliments. Daniel Forrester yesterday reported to his Lord• ship that he had called at the house in Wellelose• square, with a bundle of bills in his hand, and aQked for Mr. King. The servant girl said that Mr. King received parcels and other things at the house, but did not reside there. The officer told her that he was most anxious to see the gentleman, as he had just come from Reading, in Beikshire, with some bills of consequence. The girl then said that King was not the gentleman's real name, but Rutledge, and that he and his wife and child called occasion ally. It was perfectly evident that the letter was sent about to accomplish some swindling villany, and, as some enclosures had been received, there was no doubt of the occasional success of the hum bug. Forrester added that he had frequently gone in search of Messrs. King and Co., which he sup posed comprehended the writer of the letter, and his wife and child, but he could not meet with any of the firm. The LORD MAYOR said that probably more ser vice would be done to commercial men by an ex. posure of the system than could be obtained by any other course which would in such a case be adopted. His Lordship, at the same time, expressed surprise at the idea of being plundered by means of such clumsy work. MARLBORO U G H-STREET. WHOLESALE ROBBERY.— George Lawrence, a man about thirty years of age, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a writing-desk from a perso n named Strickland, in Crown -court, St. James' s , also a ladder from one Jem B urns , an d a p l ane from : a journeyman carpenter. Mr. CHAMBERS committed him for stealing the steps, arid also the desk. MAR YLEB ONE. THE PICKLE TRAVELLER AGAIN.— Thomas Ridge, a man of vinegar aspect, was placed at the bar be fore Mr. Rawlinson, charged as follows It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Edward Martin, pork-butcher and sausage-manufacturer, No. 36, Great James -street, Lisson-grove, that about ten o'clock on Saturday night the prisoner, who appeared to have imbibed a more than sufficient quantity of the doctor, alias gin, came up to the stall-board of his shop, and, after asking the price of some pork chops, desired to be furnished with a! couple of pounds. Witness took them in doors for the purpose of having them weighed, when the Prisoner followed, but in going in at the door he staggered, arid fell with his arm through a pane of glass. Refusing to m a k e goo d t h e damage he had done, be (witness) gave him in charge, Mr. RAWLINSON (to the prisoner) —What are you ? I've a confused notion that we've met before. Prisoner—l'm a traveller in the pickle line, your Lordship. RAWLINSON—I think you travelled here last Monday, for bilking a cabman of his fare ? Pri soner—Exactly so. Mr. RAWLINsON—What have you to say to the charge ? Prisoner—l deny it. I'm very fond of pork chops, and seeing some very nice ones lying on the outside board of the complainant's shop I thought I'd treat myself to some; I accordingly gave an order, when the complainant in taking them in doors ran the dish in were placed against lapliN an L eo s t o .g s l , disbelieving and i broke 31r. tAv sbelieving his assertion, and hinking that the tricks of the pickle traveller should receive a check, ordered him to pay for the value of the glass, and five shillings for being drunk, or find bail. The man of " divers pickles" nut having the " needful" at the moment chose the dernier resort, and was conveyed to the lock-up. WORKING OF TILE SPIRIT.—Sarah Stevens, s young woman of rather decent appearance, was placed at the bar, charged by police constable S 164, who stated that about seven o'clock on Sun day evening he was on duty in Trinity Chapel, New-road, when, after the greater portion of the congregation had assembled, and before the clergy man had arrived, the prisoner who was sitting in one of the pews, got up and exclaimed, in a loud voice, to the astonisment and terror of all present, " It's a pretty thing the parson is not here ; I'm sitting here while he's mugging himself with wine at home, the -- humbug." Witness went forward and seized her, but she still made use of the same sort of language, and continued to do so till they arrived at the station-house. She was very much intoxicated, although she walked well. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, had been out to see some friends, with whom she had some thing to drink ; on her return she thought she would go to chapel, on entering which place she felt very well, and could not in any way account for the strange conduct there exhibited. Mr. RAWLINSON, after commenting on the gross misconduct she had been guilty of, ordered her to pay a fine of five shillings for being drunk, and find bail for her future good behaviour. QUEEIV-SQUARE. PAYING TOO DEAR FOR YOUR RATTLE.—Yes terday a well-known barber about Lambeth, some what advanced in years, named Frank White, for merly one of those official functionaries called parish watchmen, by the vulgar denominated " Old Char. leys," was brought up in custody by one of the new police of the L division, charged with being drunk, and disturbing the neighbourhood. Old Master White, in his young days, was con sidered a first-rate tonsor, but a chance occurred in the parish in which he resided, and for many years he was the presiding dignitary of a watchhouse, which office he filled until the corruption and bribery amongst the old corps called for the adop tion of the new police, and he was of course com pelled to abdicate, and return to his profession as a torturer of beards. He still, however, detained one of his symbols of office, an enormous rattle, with which he used to walk his rounds. It, however, unfortunately happens that Master White has a great propensity for springing his rattle, especially when he has been sacrificing at the shrine of Bac chus, and uttering his vituperations against the new police, and talking of the good old times. On Thursday last Master White was brought be fore the Magistrates for being drunk and disturbing the neighbourhood with his rattle, on which occa sion he was, however, discharged on account of his former services. About one o'clock on Sunday morning a police constable on duty near the Ele pliant and Castle, in the Kent-road, heard a most tremendous shouting and a rattle sprung with great violence. He hurried to the spot, and found the defendant quite drunk and disturbing the whole neighbourhood, in the above-mentioned manner. He took the rattle from him and conveyed him to the station-house, where he had so often presided in the days of his glory. Master White expressed great indignation when at the station-house; and when the Inspector was writing down the charge he exclaimed, in a voice of thunder," Young man, I know you ; I shaved your father's beard before you were born." This being the second offence the MAGISTRATES ordered him to pay ss. Master White, who appeared to perfectly under stand such matters, threw down 55., which he held in his hand, and then requested that the police would deliver to him his rattle, which he believed to be the law. The Magistrates ordered the rattle to be given up, when the defendant looked at it most wistfully, and, with tears in his eyes, said, " This is paying rather too dear for you, and when I get home shall commit you to the flames." The defendant and his rattle then left the office. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday Captain John Jcbb, late of the Guards, who, it is said, was cashiered in consequence of having sent a challenge to Lord Hill to fight a duel, was brought to this office in the custody of Lloyd, the officer, on a peace warrant, granted at the suit of John Holliday, Elq., of Winkfield, near Wind sor, Berks, who exhibited articles of the peace against him in consequence of having sent him threatening letters, by which he went in danger of his life. Mr. Flower, of the firm of Alderman Harmer and Co., attended for the prosecution, and on open ing the proceedings stated that his client was a re spectable gentleman, residing at Winkfield, near Windsor, and the fear which he entertained in con- sequence of the letters which he had received from the defendant induced him to institute the present prosecution. Mr. Holliday, it appeared, was a gentleman who possesses a considerable farm, &c., in the neigh bourhood of Windsor, and the charge originated through a betting transaction on the St. Leger at Doncaster races. Mr. Holliday, being sworn, stated he had received two letters from the defendant, one on the sth of November last, and the other on the 9th, threaten ing him with two separate thrashings unless he immediately forwarded to the defendant 125/, which he alleged that he (Mr. Holliday) had lost with him on the St. Leger at Doncaster races, and which was entirely disputed and disclaimed by him. Mr. LAING inquired the nature of the threats held out ? Mr. Holliday—The first was to inflict upon me horsewhipping, and the next to break his stick over my head unless I sent him 125/. Mr. Flower here produced the first letter to Mr. Laing, which he perused, and the following is a verbatim copy : " Post-office, Islington, per London, Nov. 4, 1833. " Mr. Holliday--Your conduct is that of the worst of men; every person who has heard of it is of that opini on . " _ _ _ If you do not remit me the 1251. I will insult you whenever I meet you. I ay.ain call upon you to pro duce any person who can prove that I have lost a het to them which I have not paid. If you do not I will horsewhip you, after your charging me with it. Yours, &c. " J. JEBB." Directed "Mr. John Holliday, Gregory's Hotel, Ru. pert-street, Coventry•street. " To be forwarded." The prosecutor paid little attention to the letter, but on the 9th instant another litter was sent to him, and which Mr. Flower handed in; it was as o!1ows : " Hampatead•heath, Nov. 9, 1833. 6" Sir--As I have not received the money which I won from you at Doncaster on the St. Leger, 125/., and as you have told me that I owe bets, I again challenge you to produce me the person who can prove that I have lost a bet which I have not paid. I am, Sir, " J. JEBB." " P.S. If you do not produce the person, after having falsely accused me, I will lay my stick over your head. i" J. JEBB." " Mr. Holliday, Winkfield, near Windsor, Berks." The prosecutor returned this letter, and instantly proceeded to his solicitor, Mr. Flower, for advice, and an application was made for a warrant, and the present proceedings adopted. Mr. LAING asked the defendant what he had to say to the charge ? Captain Jebb—Mr. Holliday is a better on the turf. Mr. LAING—WeII, what of that P Captain Jebb—l won of him 12.51., which he refuses to pay me ; and he also reported that I had lost bets on the turf which I had never paid, which irritated me, and I challenged him to the proof. Mr. LAING What have you to say to ti-e charge of having sent those threatening letters P Captain Jebb—l deny the charge. Mr. LAING (to Mr. Holliday) —Will you be con tent, S r, if I bind him over in a good round sum to k e ep the peace towards you ? Mr. Holliday--Cer tainiy not, your Worship. Mr. LAING—If the complainant is not satisfied with your recognizance you must procure bail. Captain Jebb—What bail, your 'Worship P Mr. LAING—Two housekeepers. , The Captain was then led from the bar, and in the possession of Waddington, the gaoler, when %h. Holliday and Mr. Flower quitted the office. The Captain is a powerful man, six feet high. At the evening sitting Captain Jebb and two gentlemen (his sureties) attended, and were bound over, himself in 200/. and they in 100/. each, when he was liberated. THAMES-P 0 LICE. THE CHURCH-RATE. —ASSAULT ON A BROKER• —Yesterday Catherine Lawson, a very respectably attired woman, who appeared in delicate health, was brought before Mr. BALLANTINE and Mr. COMBE, charged with assaulting Richard Thomas Bayley, a broker, in the execution of his duty, in attempting to seize the defendant's goods for the church-rate. The Cemplainant, who had a severe bruise on his eye, accompanied Mr. Scholey, the collector of St. Paul's, Shadwell, to the defendant's house in Shaks peare's-walk on Thursday last, to execute a warrant for the church-rate. The door was opened by a lodger, and they entered the passage, where they waited a considerable time before Mrs. Lawson made her appearance, when she declared that she would pay no church-rates at all, and ordered them out of the house. He endeavoured to execute the warrant, but she resisted with great violence, and endeavoured to push him out of the parlour, and, failing in that, threw a chair at his head. She then ran towards the fireplace, for the purpose of getting the fire-irons, hut he prevented her, and held her hands. She struggled, and had no sooner got her hands at liberty than she struck him a blow in the eye, and made free use of her nails over his face, which was much scratched. But for the prompt interference of Mr. Scholey and his (wit ness's) man he should have suffered more. Mr. George Scholey, collector of the Shadwell church -rate, confirmed the evidence of the broker. Mrs. Lawson said the rate was the one for 1833, and the four quarters were not due until Christmas, She deemed it very hard she should be called upon to pay before the end of the year. Mr. Scholey was authorised to demand it, and pro duced the Magistrate's warrant to enforce payment. Mrs. Lawson, in defence, said she had committed no assault at all; in fact she was in such a state of health that it was impossible for her to have done so. This proceeding originated from a vindictive feeling on the part of the collector, who called on Tuesday, and behaved in a very unfeeling manner towards her. She requested him to allow her a short time longer, when he exclaimed, "If you don't pay I'll seize," and when he got into the street, bawled out in the hearing of her neighbours, " She won't pay the rates." On the same after noon she waited on Mr. Clark, the senior church warden, and complained that Mr. Scholey was very uncivil, and requested him to intercede with the collector to wait until Christmas. Mr. Clark pro mised to do so, and when The collector called on Thursday she asked him if he had seen Mr. Clark, but he refused to hear anything she had to say, and rushed into the parlour with the broker and his man, though she was partially undressed. Mr BALLANTINE had known Mr. Selioley a long time as collector, and he knew ire would •not do any thing but with humanity. Sarah Sextant, a lodger in the house, said the broker was the aggressor. She opened the door to the parties, and Mr Scholey asked for Mrs. Lawson. She told him she was unwell, and he replied-- " Don't talk to me about it; I want my money, and will have it." He then put his hand on the lock of the parlour door, and Mrs. Lawson opened it and said, " Have you seen Mr. Clark ?" He said he would have his money, and Mrs. Lawson requested him to take the broker out of the house. Mr. Scholey refused to do this, and they all rushed into the parlour. Mrs. Lawson endeavoured to prevent them entering, when the broker seized her by the throat, and grasped it so tightly that he nearly choked her. She had threatened to throw some scalding water over him when he seized her, arid was going to the fire for that purpose. Mr. COMBE—Ah, then she intended to scald him ? Witness—l did not see her strike the broker, and I am sure he had only one scratch when be left. Mrs. Sextant heard the screams of Mrs Lawson for assistance, and found the broker had her by the throat, with her cap in his hand. Her daughter was pulling her away. She was certain the broker was not struck. Mr. BALLANTINE—The fat broker must have been in a pretty position among you three women. What is the defendant's husband ? Mr. Scholey— He is foreman to Mr. Brown, a publican and coal ship-owner. Mr. BALLANTINE—Then I am sure he can pay the rare, and there is no excuse for this at all. Mrs. Lawson had no objection to pay the rate, and she told the collector, before he came into her room, that she would pay him, and produced a sovereign.. Mr. Scholey said the money was not produced until the chair was thrown at the broker's head. Mrs. Lawson—l have committed no assault, Sir. Mr. CoSIBE—We can't hear you any longer. I think there is no justification for this assault. You are fined 10s. and the costs, or ten days' impri sonment. The penalty was instantly paid. The case excited a good deal of interest. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATUR DAY.—The cotton market still continues depressed, and the demand being freely met, our holders have submitted to a further decline of id. to Id. per lb. 300 Americans have been taken for exportation. Tric import this week is 10,345 hags, and the sales are 11,880 bags, viz., 210 Sea Island, 12d. to 15d.; 30 stained ditto, 10. W. to 121 d. ; 4,160 Boweds, 611. to 9d. ; 1,970 New Orleans, 64d. to 4.1. ; 2,150 Alabama, 64d. to 840 Pernains, 81d. to 10d. ; 390 Ballias, Bd. to 84d. ; 1,090 Maranh tins, Bd. to 91d. ; 20 Barbadoes, 13d. ; 100 Bahama, &c., Bd. ; 10 Smyrna, Bd. ; 350 Egyptian, Hid. to 112-1. ; and 530 Surat, 4il. to 64d. per lb. To-day there has been a very animated demand for cotton. Tne sales are estimated at 4,000 bags, 1,000 of which have been taken on speculation. In several instances id. per lb. advance has been realised on the prices of yes terday. TITHEs.-011 Wednesday last while Mr Browne was walking on the Mall in this town (Castlebar) he was saluted by a bailiff, and arrested under a decree a r the suit of the Rev. G. V. Hart, rector of Isl indeady, fa the sum of 2/. 7s. 41, amount of tithes under the corn posi tion, alleged to be due out of the lands of Shruane parish of Castlebar. For the last ten years, Mr. Browne has been unceasingly the spirited and uncompromising opponent of tithe, and of every abuse. His high deter ruination not to stoop to the vile obsequiousness required of magistrates now-a-days, his interference in behalf of the persecuted poor, and his advocacy of popul a r i nterests, joined to the fact of his taking the chair last year at a tithe meeting, obtained for him the honour of a dismissal from the magistracy, When the bailiff in reply to Mr. Browne's interrogatories, intimated the nature and amount of his demand, Mr. Browne, exhibitin , a couple of thirty_ •hiliing notes, desired him to do his ditty. Mr. Browne was accordingly conducted to the ordinary domicile of the outcasts of society. His detention Was, however, of short duration, for a r especta bl e friend, after a few minutes, paid the demand outside, and his captors informed him he was at large. Mr. Henry Browne, of Rehins, is a Pro testant gendeman of the bi4hest rank and respectability, and so high is the respect which is justly etrertained for him by the Catholic peasatry, and so great is their attach ment to him, that no Catholic c.iuld be found to execute the parson's decree. A Protestant alone was found to be, even with dffiilence and awe, the instrument on the oc casion. We only ask of the parsons to go on thus.— Castlebar Telegraph. Not many days ago, one of the childre❑ of Israel repaired to a church in this town, there to take unto himself to wife, according to our Gentile custom, a Lair haired daughter of Jap :et-, whose b,auty had smitten nis eyes, end whom lie resolved to make bone of his bone. But alas ! while the priest was preparing for the ceremonial, and the expectant Israelite anxiously awaited the nuptial benediction, a number of " the people" made their appearance, and dashed the cup of bliss from his lip, iy announcing to the minister that this amorous descen dant of Jacob had a:ready a wife, who dwelt among the nations beyond the sea. The parson closed the book, all Denials prove vain, and poor little Moses lust his bri :e— -but saved the teee!—lVottintillant Review. LONDON MARKETS. PRICk.UI olthAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 94 1 : 1 .3 41b. Loaf. There are others who sell from )4(1. to 1)4 0 ' that price. PRICE OF SEEDS. —Nov. 25. New English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) —s. 60s. fine 61X Old Ditto Ditto —s. 50s. fine — Jew Foreign Ditt0.....----......................—........... —S. —s fine --- 4 ' Old Ditto —s. —6. fine - 4 * 60s. 665. fine 68s• New White Clover. Old Ditto Ditto.- New Trefoil „ Rib Grass 225. 26;." —s. —s. fine —; —s. —S. fine — 4 : —s. 84s. 6 0 '! - -s. --s. 835. fine English Carraway Foreign Ditto coriander —.-- St. Foin Rye Grass —s. 14s. fine ~ 6 (per 445. 465. fine 48s• —s. —s. new 40s• —s. —s. new •-• 4 ' --s. 5435. fine 465. 50s. —s. fine —s. —s. CiSs fin` Linseed, for feeding Ditto, for crushing.. Canary Seed, New— "itto —s. Is• White Mustard Seeti—(perßushel).--- —s. Ws. 14s. fin e , Brown Ditto —s. 16s. 18s. fin'it —s. —s. 18s. fineo —s. —s. 18s. til e ti 3s. 6cl. fine 6.'• '' o ol f Turnip Seeds, Rounds. Green and Red Ditto, fares, Old pitto'New 4s. 6d. fine ...,„.- ItaiseSeed, English, fine (per L as t) :211. 261. Foreign PRICES OP HOPS.—Nov. 25. New Kent Pockets (per cwt.) —5l ss. 6/. 12s. to 7 1 . Choice --..—__ 8/. Os. 01. Os. to 9 1 . of, 71. Os. 0/. O s . to 81. 01. 03. 01. 03. to 10 1 . y 51. l's. W. Os. to 5 1 10, 61. Os. 01. Os. to 61 . 11. Its. 01. Os to I'2/. Ditto (seconds)— Os. 01. Os to 111. The Hop Duty is estimated at 151,000/. East Kent Choice ..... New S ,Fsex Superfine Ditto Farnham (fine), PRICE: OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown Refined Linseed Oil 1 . 2 51% Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, par thousand ualie Cake, per ton --_. Shaws PRICE OF POTATOES.—Nov. 25. 31. Os. to 31.Ws. per ton• ...—..-0/. Os. to 21. ss. ditto. minpions - 41. Os. to 41. 10s. ditto. 10i. to 41. Os. ditto. .01. Os. to 21. Os. ditto. Chats WH [TECH A PEI. HAI 51A1tKET —Nov. Z. 04 Hay 655. Od. to 85i. Od. (')over .-- 75. 041. to 95 a* 24.. Od. to 28s. Od. PRICES OF LEATHE R. -- o il Per lb. d. t o d. Per lb. d. t- i Butts, Eng1i5h,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 15 25 I English Horse Hides.. 14 Ditto, Foreign --.. 14 21 Spanish Ditto . .. 1 6 Dressing 1 lides--..... 12 15 Per dozen. Ditto ..—......— 14 17 Calf Skin s .. SO to 4 ( k b . 13 Ditto, light Ditto .......... 40 to 601 b. _ . „/ 8 ;I Clop Hides, 1i g ht.,,.., 12 14 Ditto 70 t o 901 b. ..., IF! Ditto 40 to 50Ib 13 18 Small Seals, Greenland 1 6 g Ditto ~..M.,.,,,,.,.,..,,,,,,.,..,, 14 20 , Large ditto— w ,... I'2/ RICE OF RAW FAT, per stone ot 81b. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters)--...., PRICE OF TALLOW, Town Tallow - .. 48s. Od. —4Bs. Od. —s. Od. .—s. Od. 375. Od. 21s. Od. Yellow ICusii ' vVh it ', SOAP, &c. per 11210. P :I, Yellow Soapw '''''.o4l' Mottled "". 70 , .0 White,. 7 2, 60,1 Graves 148 .04/. Good Dregs ~—......*. d- Sop Ditto Melted Stuff Ditto Rough - CA N 1 bLES. se retail shops, is as follow 4 f Moulds, per duzen.---- 9 j:/ KET.—Nov. For Ton. s Walls End Riddell's 1,3 Lambton's Primro se 6 Walls End Braddyll's,....* 0 Walls End Hetton Walls End Lyons Walls End Larnbton W. E. Russell's Hetton-• Ditto Russell's Lyon's--- 18 3 ;;,, Sall , t, wart's...-. ' 9 Walls End Urpeth 6: 9 6 Walls End Adelaide i 9 $ Walls End (Jordon W. E South Durham , 19 6 Walls End 'Fees 16 0 Barnsley 1 6 6 Cowpen 16 6; Hartley 14 ° Halbeath Q 5 0 Llangeonech Merthyr 0 Stone Coal Creswell o s 0 Stone Coal Shears & Stone Coal James and og 0 Aubrey "7 fast market-day, 113. PIXICE or l'he price of Store Candles, in th Candles, per doz. 7s. Ud. to 88. Od. COAL MAR Per Ton, s. d. Chester Main 15 0 Dean's Primrose 15 9 Hebburn Main 17 6 iiywell OrtPs Redhugh 16 0 Petaw 15 6 18 9 townley. l5 9 West Hartley 16 6 4.\ ylarn 17 6 Walls End Bell & Brown 18 6 WE. Bell, ltubson, & Co. 18 6 t.A alls End I3ewicke bi Co. 19 3 Di to t hirt ai 15 9 W Its End Larr and Co. 16 6 W.E. t larke and Cu—. 17 0 End Gostbrth Walls End Heat0n.,,.„,..,,, 19 0 Walls End Hilda lB 0 Walls End H0t5pur.,,,,,,,,, 17 6 Walls End Killingworth 18 6 Walls End Newmaret4,—. 18 6 luau Northumlierland . 18 0 Walls End Pi areth l6 0 Ships arrived since MEETINGS OF CREDITORS • AT TIIE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET' (From the London Gazelle.) TO-MORROW, Nov. 27. y. DIV IDEN DS. W. B. Moore, b u ild er, C hu rch-strret, Westminster ........ T. Lumley, merchant, Gutter-lane, Cheapside... ......•....... 1 W. Ryan, carpet-dealer, Strand ....................................... W H Humpleby, pl um b er, Borough-market .................. ;2 W. and J. Russell,: up h o l sterers, Southampton ........... ..... ' 1 J. Cochrane, books e ll er , Waterloo.place, NATURAL CURIOSITY..—..-A few days BP' as W. Young, gardener to Mr. Maxfidd, Rawraarsh, 031 pruning the gooseberry trees, he discovered four fine go' e j berries growing on a tree on which neither bud nor had made their appearance.—Sheffield Mercury. On the east and north coasts shell-fish c' f most prodigious dimensions have been seen ; even so la rg e as three f e t i n l engt h, an d we i ghing, shell and all, setr,' two hundr e d p oun d s; a f r i end of mine told me elle, were strong, and no t very pa l ata bl e ; and added thatbi, had seen them even muc h l arger. —Breton ' s Excursion s '- Nov South Wales. A GOOD APPETITE, —UII the sth instant 3 mason of liraunton, known by the cognomen of " Tye Young Maj , w," displayed his powers of mastication to; way certainly " out of the common." Aft e r WI eaten three ordi nar y suppers , at the several hours o f 6 ) and 12 in th e even i ng , h e, f or a trifling wager, (a qua r t of beer) actually gobbled up a pound and quarter of 0 3 fat bacon, wi t h ou t any vegeta bl e assistance, and washed. i ii down with the quart of beer, which was swallowed grand style, at a single draught.—North Devon Ad' vertiser. BIRTHS. On the 23d inst., at Dulwich, 111 re. Francis Tuke, of a O rb ., On the 25th inst., at hi s res id ence, N o. 20, Upper Ber ke% street, Portman-squar e , th e l a d y o f R owland Ronald, Esq. , daughter. On the Md inst., Mrs. H. S. Cafe, of Great Marlboroug h• street, of a daughter. On the 23d inst., at Ealing, Middlesex, the lady of the Sir Herbert Oakley, Bart., of a son. MARRIED. to • On the 25th inst., at St. J o h n ' s, H oxton, Mr. N. Brooker Spital-square, to Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr. T. B. S t 4" bridge, of Hoxton. On the 9th September, at the residence of the Chief Jta ti i , C : of Upper Can a d a , C ap t a i n O gden Creighton (formerly of t"); 81st), to Eleanor Eli za , second daughter of the late ficnr Dyett, Esq., of London. _ . On the '23d inst., at St. P ancras Ch urc h ro t, , Charles James •••- terell, of Warren.squ are , to Isabella Jane, only daughter of t he late James Peters, Esq., of New Milman.street. DIED. Mr s ' On the 25th inst., a t h er h ouse i n Gl oucester-place, Colvin, the widow of the late Alexander Colvin, Esq., of v" cutta, aged 74. On the 24th inst., at Lambourn, aged 16, Mary, the your's daughter of the Rev. Thomas Snell, rector of Windleshatm ic e On the 22d inst., at Hampstead, aged four years, O r " Catherine, youngest daughter of the late Wm. Tate, Esq. rt On the 16th inst., Mr. James Viney, of Folkstone, 16 310. superintendent of the Sunday S c h oo l ; th e teac h ers and c'cir dren (about 200 in numb er ) man if este d their regard for tb departed friend by following his remains. C C, On the 226 inst., at New cas tl e-un d er- L yme, aged 77, Mot relict of John Clews, E sq ., l a t e one of the Aldermen o f t borough. On the 24th inst., at Blackwall, Wm. Henry Nuthall, of the East India Company's Service, aged 42. On the 20th inst., in her 39th year, Jemima, wife of Mr , Gibson, of Ilonierton. On the 23d inst , Thomas Stone, Esq., M.D., of Newirlie place, Surrey. ri el On the 24th inst., in the 77th year of his age, Mr. Cb- A Baglehole, of Walworth. On the 23d inst., Mr s . Bi nyon, o f B e ll' s-buildings, Sails"hod square, aged 43. On the 22d inst., at New Grange, near Leeds, aged Benyon, Esq., for many years a Deputy-Lieutenant and g trate for the West Riding of the county of York. t gri . On the 21st inst., in Ch ar l o tt e-s t reet, Portland.placc, 70' Jane, wife of Lieut.-Colon e l P a t r i c k C amp b ell, C. 8., late 52d Light Infantry. o r, On the 22d inst., at P ar i s , o f th e sma ll pox, Alicia Ca r' eldest daughter ofJames Coppinger, Esq. On the 14th inst., at Bury St Edmund's, on his way -: o r' don, after an illness o f t wo d ays, the Rev. Daniel Pet 000" M.A., of Trinity Coll ege , C am b r id ge, and rector of One'Pl4Otti and Great Finborough, in the county of Suffolk, in hi' year. 'Pr* On the 24th inst., at Saville-row, Anna, fo )1 Richard Bright, aged five years. 0 0 i . On the 19th inst, of scarlet fever, Amelia , age d • 1 „; 1 01 O f only daughter the 21st, Ellen Priscilla, aged 16; andt. the 22d, - - iv° . Elizabeth, aged 19, daughters of Mr. C. 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