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,"“ 11 t ..,----.,.--:" - )"* - - , ,i - lz-. ' A . , / ;, ‘,:',_ t_ :---- '.\.,.., - SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. That it i thlele s arYduty of Government to restorestbe ,authoiily- of the laws in Ireland, and to pot; AchitifiliPteign of the Agrarian terro rists who spread death and desolation throughout the country, no rational man can doubt. It may, indeed, be a question whether the existing laws, if firmly and judiciously acted upon under a more capable executive than that to which the destines of the sister island have been for some time past confided, are cot sufficient for the re pression of outrage and the • restoration of the public peace without the introduction of new and anomalous enactments, which, in putting down one evil, create another, making the vio lence of a faction the pretext for striking at the liberties of a whole people, and, in the name of order, sacrificing the most sacred principles of a free Constitution. We say this may be a ques tion, for, as the Government of Lord Anglesea has been exceedingly weak, vacillating, and ap parently without any fixed principle of policy, the existing laws have not had a fair trial. There can be no question, however, that the tranquillity of Ireland must be restored before any measures can be carried into effect by which its condition may be permanently improved. While it is the clear duty of Government to restore the authority of the laws, it is equally its duty to as certain that all fair means have been tried in vain before violent measures are resorted to. A Viceroy of superior intellect—of more steadi ness of purpose—of a higher capacity for civil affairs than the present Chief Governor of Ire land has ever displayed, accompanied by a more popular Chief Secretary than Mr. Stanley, might be worth a'volume of Statutes of terror and ex termination. Ministers can make this experi ment without coming to Parliament for new powers. Why do they not try all the means within their reach before they have recourse to others, which, even when proved to be neces sary for the restoration of the public peace, make wise and good men sad fur the dangerous precedents they establish, and the evils they inflict on humanity ? The state of the manufae. wring districts in the North of England was alarming enough when Lord Castlereagh, under the pretence of being unable to maintain the authority of Government without new pow ers, introduced to Parliament those infamous Six Acts, which the Whigs so vehemently opposed, on the ground that they were as unnecessary as they were violent, and that, if the Government acted honestly and wisely, the peace of the dis turbed districts could be restored by the exercise of the ordinary powers of the Constitution. But, supposing it to be demonstrated that tran quillity in Ireland cannot be restored without investing the Executive with extraordinary powers, we ask why does not Government avail itself of moral means, as well as threats of violent mea sures, to bring back a misguided population to a sense of their duty ? It was to be regretted that in the speech from the throne the language of menace occupied so large a space, while the promise of remedial measures consequent upon the return to tranquillity was, except in re gard to tithes, carefully avoided. The present Ministers are not answerable for all the evils of Ireland ; some of them are the calamitous growth of ages of misrule ; but by taking the Government into their hands they have made themselves responsible for the removal of griev ances wherever they are to be found. Why then not hold out to the people of Ireland a certain promise of remedial measures ? Is it more wise, is it more dignified, to talk everlastingly of coer• cion, than to temper the sternness of authority by that language which inspires well-grounded hopes of just redress? The amendment to the address by Mr. Tennyson which went to pledge the Go vernment to " a close and diligent inquiry into the causes of discontent in Ireland," was surely a fair and reasonable proposition. When the Duke of Wellington refused to listen to the complaints of the distressed agricultural labourers, and refused their reasonable demand of inquiry into the matter of those complaints, we predicted what the consequences would be. Most earnestly do we entreat our present Ministers to recollect his conduct, and its results, that they may take' warning by the melancholy instruction of the ex ample.—Morning Herald. 1 7,: is impossible to take a review of the debate which cOn:inued for four days, on the address to the King, without being struck with the reserve which the Alinisters held respecting their inten tions, either as regards the relief of taxation, re duction of establishments, reform in the church, &c. ; but it is evident that Ireland was to be the chief object, in order to keep the state of Eng land out of view. It must be a sad disappoint. ment to the people in Ireland to learn that the Reformed Parliament, before relieving them from the oppression and misrule they have suffered under the extraordinary powers of the Tithe Act of last aeasion, have resolved by a majority of 333 to give additional powers to Me. Stanley to inflict still deeper wounds on that devoted country. What must be the feelings of that people who were promised last year relief to their sufferings, by a correction of some of their great grievances, to learn that new powers of coercion are to be given without any redrese whatever being afforded ? Mr. Hume, who has been a very 7ealous and steady supporter of the present Administration, ac cused Lord Althorp and his colleagues of a breach of faith to the Irish and English people, and also to the Parliament, in pot having given concurrent relief to Ireland, as he had promised last year, when the King was, by Act of Parliament, named as Tithe Proctor General for all Ireland. Was that charge of Mr. Hume's denied or refuted ? No, it could not ; and he therefore refused his confidence for the future to men who had abused the confi dence placed in them last year respecting Ire land. Surely such proceedings against Ireland, coupled with a perfect silence as regards what is intended for England, must soon rouse suspi cions in the English people ; particularly when the measures of coercion and violence to be used are praised by Sir Robert Peel and all his Conservative friends, who join cordially in sup porting them. What is to be done when Whigs and Tories agree in such a stretch of power will soon be seen, though we confess the coalition an unnatural one, and to be viewed with great jealousy. There was a time when the Reformers rejected the cordial support of the Tories with fear—times are altered, and we fear the country will find that, when factions unite the people suffer. It will be for the constituents of the Members to take their course, and let them know whether the support of coercion and revo lution is to lead to good. — Morning Chronicles The divisions in the new House of Com mons on Friday night have gone far towards relieving the minds of some worthy, if not very sagacious persons, from the fears entertained by them respecting the composition of that as sembly. They dreaded the ascendancy of the mouveme ut faction,—that noise and swagger would bear down the good sense and stanch principle of the national representatives,—and that the most violent or headlong proposal was that which would be surest of commanding a majority against Ministers. Not having been ourselves amongst the alarmists, but having in variably, from the first, maintained, that when the will of the community—the moral and in dependent community,—should be freed from the vile shackles of the borough monopoly, the effect would be a fair representation of the pro perty, intelligence, and independent spirit, or, in other wards, the national mind of England, we are far more gratified than surprised at the re ception which has been given to the King's speech, defective though it may have been in some particulars, and to that inflicted upon the succeesive amendments of Messrs. O'Connell .ind Tennyson. By the debates of the four days, barren and utterly unprofitable as were nine-tenths of the speeches which composed them, three points of great importance may, we believe, be reckoned on. 1. That the course of outrage, pillage, murder, and incipient anarchy, which threatens to overpower all law and government in Ireland, and to lay every innocent man's house and person at the mercy of whatsoever ruffian may think fit to assail them, will not be suffered by the Reformed Parliament to continue. 2. That the Union between Great Britain and Ireland will not he dissolved if the great majority of the United Parliament can frustrate the conspiracy for that disastrous object. 3. That an ample 'measure of remedy will be insisted on by the same Parliament for all the public abuses and grievances of which it can be established that the people of Ireland have reasonable cause to complain, and this last anticipation, from the occurrences of the week just ended, is one which we would anxiously impress upon the lords and gentlemen who are his Majesty's confidential advisers. Mr. O'Connell's amendment would have pledged Parliament to a tolerance of the mur derous and lawless proceedings of the White feet and their kindred savages, leaving the adoption of any remedies for the wretched state of the country, political or otherwise, contingent on a " Parliamentary inquiry,"—that is to say, the continuance of the social disease was at all hazards to be insured, while the application of any and what remedy was to be left altogether doubtful. But an " inquiry" was proposed. Into what facts ? Did the Learned Gentleman disbelieve the perpetration of the mass of mur ders of which the records were to be found in the hands of every Coroner, although unhappily few corresponding proofs of punishment could he extracted from the registers of the Criminal Courts of Ireland, so hermetically sealed have been the lips of witnesses, so paralyzed the nerves and consciences of Jurymen, by the fre quent examples of brutal vengeance inflicted upon, or threatened against, all who might on their oaths contribute to the detection of murder ? The amendment of the Learned Member for Dublin was rejected by a ma jority of more than 10 to 1, there being against it 428, in its favour only 40, of whom 34appear to have been Irish Members, constituting, out of 103, the whole force, we presume, on which Mr. O'Connell can calculate as strictly amena ble to his orders. The English and Scotch auxiliaries are said to have been Cobbett, Att wood, Hume, Faithful, Fie!den (the latter being Cobbett'e colleague), and Kinloch, Mem ber Dundee,—just 6, in addition to the 34 Irishmen. We make no comment on their names ; they are, with one or two exceptions, known enough in this country to afford grounds for a tolerably precise estimate of the weight and influence which they have furnished to the " re peal of the Union" party. But take it that some dozen or two of Repealers have hung back, from sudden terror at the gulph before them, from the madness of attempting an enterprise to the success of which the crown of the United Kingdom has declared that civil war would be a preferable evil. What then ? More than half the Members for Ireland would support the Crown against the O'Connell faction-540 or 550 Members for Great Britain would maintain the integrity of the empire. Then what a miserably forlorn hope to storm such a fortress is the band of 40 Repealers with their contin gent accessories ! The whole project is good for this, and nothing more engages Irish vanity and folly in the pursuit of an ignis fatuus which ca❑ only lead its deluded followers to destruction. It fixes the eye of the multitude on a point which is falsely represented to them to he attainable, but which, though it never can be reached, may still serve as a topic of fanatical and mischievous excitement, as a pretext for turbulence, when all just national objects shall have been fulfilled, and all reasonsble ground of dissatisfaction extinguished. Demagogues may Irive on such unwholesome aliment, ✓ but it is that on which nations perish. Mr. Tennyson's amendment, less directly noxious than that to which it succeeded, was inadmissible for the reason briefly stated by Lord Althorp. It left the dismemberment of the empire an open ques tion, and Ireland, by consequence, exposed to a chronic endurance of this agitation malady. We have not yet seen a complete list of the unfor tunate minority of 60, but from the sample, it would seem to have embraced the Doctrinnaires and other (practical) imbeciles of the House of Commons. Why Mr. Tennyson should set up for the head of a party, it would be difficult to imagine, were it not that Mr. Hume has done so. The two Hon. Gentlemen, whether as rival or associate chieftains, are likely to exercise about an equal influence on the course of public affairs. The repeal of the Union, then, we re gard as a lost battle for the agitators. Likewise we do hope and trust, that the existing laws for the protection of life and fortune will be no longer violated with impunity. These men call out for an " impartial administration of justice." I-Tow, in the name of Heaven, can justice be impartially administered, when neither can wit nesses depose to facts, nor jurors find upon them, without an imminent and notorious risk of being shot, or having their brains knocked out, on leaving the assize town to return to their several habitations ? The protection so loudly insisted on is a protection for crime, and the " equal justice" an unerring impunity for wrongdoers, Without professing any general agreement, but the contrary, with the political sentiments of Mr. Shaw, Recorder of Dublin, we were struck, as was the House of Commons, with his forcible description of the actual state of Ireland, and of the cruel and dreadful preva lence of unpunished atrocity throughout so many counties. It is physically impossible for any king dom to exist under such visitations, if perpetuated. To the speech of Mr. Macaulay we again entreat attention, for a general outline of the argument as to the inconsistency of a repeal of the Union, and the creation of an independent legislature in Ire land, with a long unity of Sovereigns. To Sir it. Peel's we turn with satisfaction for a detailed exposure of the ab s urdity and iniquity of such an experiment upon the wellbeing of millions of men, as also for a clear demonstration of the falsehood of those who allege that Irish local interests have been designedly postponed to English since the abolition of the profligate old native " Parliament of College-green." The absentees are eternally railed against by the O'Connell party, as sinners are apt to lay all their own offences on the Devil. Will any one be pleased to answer Mr. Shaw's pithy and epi grammatic remark, " that absentees are abused in words for not residing, while residents are by acts compelled to become absentees ?" Who, indeed, that has the means of flight at his dis posal will keep his family where, by day and night, they are perpetually in danger of being massacred ? However, we must add a warning to Ministers, that they are not to calculate their future majorities upon all other questions by a reference to those which supported them on the address. No criterion could be more falla cious. They were supported by many not other wise placing much confidence in them-1, be cause the question was an address to His Ma jesty on the speech ; 2, because it was whether there should be law or anarchy in Ireland ; 3, because it was whether the British empire should or should not be dismembered ? Gentlemen who reinforced the Ministers on such questions may consistently, and will most certainly, aban don them on others, where the merits of the case shall be less unequivocal and obvious, — where Ministers may seem to display any vacil lation in giving the English people, or the Irish, an ample measure of remedial justice. If Mi nisters stop short of the fulness of Church Re form, they are lost ; if they attempt to raise disputes between class and nation,—between Crown and nation,—or between Church and nation,—they are lost. They must raise them selves to the level of circumstances, or every hour will sink them in more mortifying and hopeless desertion by those who would else be inclined to serve and aid them. The people do not want the sacrifice of the Church, but they will not be sacrificed for its aggrandizement. Corning to particulars, give the Irish poor laws, and you at once strike off three-fourths from the evil of absentees. A poor-rate will in- statitly assess the absentee like all other property, making great men feel, if for the first time, that the poor have rights and that themselves have duties.— Times. We said that we should to-day make some remarks upon the debate with which the House of Commons during the past week has been oc cupied. Our readers need not fear that we shall invite them to a tedious recapitulation of the arguments used on the one side and the other, or to a profitless criticism upon the tones and attitudes of the many new aspirants for political renown. According to the fashion we have of late constantly followed, we consider this debate with reference to the insight it affords us into the strength and the purpose of political parties, with reference to the signs it affords us whereby to anticipate good or to apprehend evil. We remark in the first place, that the first House of Commons assembled under the Reform Act ap pears to us to comprise less of talent and less of information than any of its predecessors. There never was a debate of such length, and upon matters of such moment, in which there was so frequent an introduction of the lowest per sonality, the vulgarest rant, the merest com mon-place ; in which there was so constant a neglect of all that is reasonable, and practical, and just. From one of our debutants we heard the ferocious diatribes of the Dublin press ; from another the solemn platitudes of the Westminster Review. If in the noisy friend of O'Connell, or in the garrulous disciple of Bentham, we shall ever recognise either a wise or an honest Mem ber of a British Parliament, we will confess that we are very far wrong in the estimate we form of the judgment and integrity of both this day. We observe next that the Ministers of the Crown have no influence at all in this their own House of Commons. Their own friends do not venture to interpret the vote of their supporters upon the address as a vote of confidence in the Cabinet, or as a promise of continued adherence. All who have opportunities of learning the pri vate sentiments of individual Members are well aware of the perilous tenure upon which Lord Grey at this hour holds office. They know that the Treasury official was an accurate painter when he spoke of the temper of the House as wild and wicked." To many speculators it appears a desirable thing that the Administra tion should possess none of that influence over the divisions of Parliament which formerly be longed to their of f icial station—that every parti cular measure, though stamped with the sanction of Downing -street, should be judged upon its intrinsic merits. We have always questioned, for our own part, the possibility of carrying on the business of the country unless there shall be found in Parliament a certain number of indi viduals reposing a general confidence in the system adopted by the Cabinet of the day, and inclined, from that general confidence, to give them an habitual support. The experiment is now to be tried. By a large majority of the present house of Commons the talents of the Ministers are contemned, and their honesty is 'disputed. The Ministers of the Crown have no influence in this their own House of Commons. We express no exultation, we feel no pleasure, at this apparent impotence of the Executive Government. We lament it, because we con tinue in the belief, differing, we are sorry to see, from some of our contemporaries, and from one in particular whose views upon public affairs are ever entitled to the greatest attention—we continue, we say, in the belief that the King's advisers are disposed to pause in their career, and for the present we do not say to coalesce with the Conservatives, but at all events to frustrate and destroy the Levellers. The tone they have used upon the disturbances in Ireland and the proceedings to be adopted for their repression has been strong, almost to in temperance ; and they have as yet said no thing, done nothing, which leads us to sup pose that they cease to consider the Re form Act a final measure. Let us, how ever, give Mr. Stanley a hint upon this point. He gave the other night an explanation of his meaning, which was very superfluous ; and his superfluous explanation was of course immediately misunderstood. His intention has never been at all obscure. He thinks the peo pl e now fully and fairly represented in Par liament. In this sense he calls the Reform Act " a final measure." But he thinks that, by a Parliatnent thus fully and fairly representing the people, many useful improvements in Church and State may be introduced. lln this sense he does not call the Reform Act " a final measure." Was ever any man so subtle a reasoner as to suppose that Mr. Stanley, when he called the Reform Act " a final measure," himself to oppose a rev i s i on o f t h e ) Criminal iiedged Code or the abolition of Select Ves tries ? We turn to the Levellers. As we do not esteem the Ministers strong because their majority was large, we do not fancy the Level lers weak because their minority was small. We make our carculation from such acquain- Lance as we have been able to make with the dispositions of particular sections of the Minis terial force, and from the sentiments put forth by those who took part in the debate upon which we are specially comment ing. The Levellers—we mean all who from wickedness, or from ignorance, or from vanity, are about to support changes which would end in the utter subversion of the present constitution of society—the Levellers are powerful in their numerical force, although, for the present, there is enough of good sense and right feeling left to defeat their plans, if their plans were fully understood ; they are powerful in their talent, for, while we hold the present House of Commons in talent inferior to those which ruled us under the old constitution, we see with regret that whatever of untried talent now finds its way into our Senate ranges itself almost as a matter of course either with the speculative or with the spoliating Levellers ; they are powerful above all in their perfect com prehension of the advantage which Ministers have given to them by the partial profession of opinions which they tremble more intimately to embrace. How terribly has the philosophy of Mr. Macaulay been turned already against himself! " The people," said Mr. Macaulay, upon the Reform Bill, " must love the laws, if they are to obey the laws. You must sa tisfy them because you cannot coerce." How will the political fatalist support the suspension of the Habeas Corpus, or the introduction of military law, for the coercion of Irish treason? We have left ourselves but little space to speak of the part which the Conservatives have played between the Ministry and the Opposition. It has been worthy of them. There has been no petty ovation over the disappointment of the Whigs, no mean co-operation with the factious machinations of the Radicals. There has been no seeking for popular applause, no craving after political power. Seldom has a speech been de livered which produced a greater effect than that delivered by Mr. Shaw. The clearness with which he detailed facts, and the unaffectedly impres sive appeal which he founded upon them, en title him to the hearty gratitude of every Pro testant in Ireland. Sir Robert Peel is said to think little of the praise of journalists. But we must not on that account withhold from him ours. There was in his speech genius of the highest order, art of the most cultivated refine ment ; but there was more. There was what genius sometimes wants—what art can never acquire—genuine nobility of mind.—Morning Post. COURT OF CHANCERY, FEB. 9. KELLY V. DUNCOMBE. Mr. BACON moved for an injunction to restrain the defendant from publishing a spurious version of Miss Kelly's Dramatic Recollections, as performed by her at the Strand Theatre. The entertainment was in manuscript, the copyright of which was vested in the plaintiff. She had not in any man ner authorized the publication by the defendant; but, on the contrary, complained that its effect was injurious to her theatrical performance, and would tend to deprive her of the advantage of publishing her manuscript, if, at any future period, she should think fit to do so. The case was one of clear in fringement of the plaintiff's right. Mr. Mathews had obtained an injunction against the same de fendant for pirating a similar work the property of Mr. Mathews. His LORDSHIP granted the injunction as prayed-for. VICE-CHANCERY COURT, FEB. 9. ATIIENJEUM V. NATIONAL OMNIBUS. Mr. WRIGHT moved, on the part of the plaintiffs, for an injunction to restrain the publication of the last number of the National Omnibus, which con tained piracies from the pages of the Athenceum. It appeared from the statement of the Learned Counsel that the principal portion of the National Omnibus was made out of the columns of the Athenceum. The VICE CrIANCELLOR granted the injunction ; and, on the application of Mr. WRIGHT, extended it to all future numbers of the National Omnibus in which should appear any piracies from the Athenceum. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEB. 9. M‘DONALD, CLERK, v. PIRIE AND ANOTHER. This was an action of trespass, brought by the plaintiff, a clergyman and a gentleman of fortune, against the defendants, as Sheriffs of Middlesex, for seizing furniture alleged to be the property of the plaintiff, under an execution against Sir James Wedderburn. Lady Frances Wedderburn, Lord Waterpark, and other witnesses, were called to establish the plaintiff's case, but as only one side was heard, we forbear to enter into details. The plaintiff was nonsuited. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FEB. 9, MEYER V. JADIS. The SOLICITOR•GENERAL stated, that this was an action on two bills of exchange, dated October, 1830, one for 500/., the other for 2,0001., both drawn by the defendant, accepted by Lord Foley, and indorsed by the defendant to the plaintiff. The defendant was a gentleman of fortune, residing in Bryanston-square, and held a place of 2,0001. a year under Government. He had drawn the bills in order to raise money for Lord Foley, on his Lord ship's own acceptance. The bills had been dis counted by the plaintiff at the request of a Mr. Ri chardson, but upon an express declaration by the defendant that all was right. The bills having been presented for p.tyment arid dishonoured, this action was brought. The handwriting of the parties and the dishonour of the bills were proved. On the bills being read, Sir J. SCARLETT addressed the Jury. His de fence was, that there was usury both in the original concoction of the bills and the transaction with the plaintiff. Neither Lord Foley nor Mr. Jadis, the defendant, had received one farthing for the bills, which were drawn and accepted together with two others, and the whole were handed over to a person of the name of Penel, a picture-dealer in Piccadilly, for the purpose of getting them discounted. Two of them were discounted, but for the bills in ques- Lion some pictures had been received from Penel, which, when offered for sale by Mr. Christie, the auctioneer, were found to be worth only about 250/, The defendant had never received any value for the pictures, and therefore consider e d him se lf not bo un d to pay the amount of these two bills. The July, after hearing evidence, returned a ver dict for the plaintiff, for principal and interest -2,7001. DOYLE V. DOUGLAS. Sir JAMES SCARLETT stated that this was an ac- don on two policies of insurance for 2,500/. on the s hip Triton, of which the plaintiff had been master and o wner. The ship was insured originally for 12 months, from the 28th of October, 1828, and after wards, in consequence of her being detained by blockade at Wine Video, she was again insured for another year, in October, 1829. The destination attic vessel was Buenos Ayres, and she arrived there early in October, 1829, when the captain dis covered that something had happened to her. Alta remaining in the river Plata for a short time she fill e d with water and sank. She was subsequently sold to a ship carpenter at Buenos Ayres for 301. odd, and in a few days after, in consequence of a fall in the height of water in the river, the pur chaser was enabled to raise her, but she was never tit again for active .service, and was soon afterwards broken up. The plaintiff now claimed as for a total loss. The witnesses having proved the facts as stated, Mr. POLLOCK addressed the Jury for the de fendant, who returned a verdict for the plaintiff. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, FEB. 9. EX PARTE ARNSBY IN RE LORD. This petition, which has occupied the Court five whole days, was the petition of three creditors to supersede the fiat, on the ground of its being con celled between the petitioning creditor, the bank rupt, and the solicitor, for their own purposes. Mr. SWANSTON and Mr. MONTAGU for the peti tioners, said that the commission was fraudulent from the beginning to the end. The bankrupt, who was a farmer residing at Long Buckley, a village five miles from Daventry, was, at the death of his father, in December, 1831, in great difficulties, in consequence of his father's as well as his own debts pressing upon him. On the 17th of August, 1832, a sheriff's officer having gone to Mr. Lucas, who was Lord's solicitor, and told him that he had a distress against Lord's goods, they both went to Lord's, and persuaded him to be made a bank rupt, Lucas telling him that he would manage it, and he should come by no harm. Lucas and Lord then went to Cowley, who was a farmer in the neighbourhood, and a creditor of Lord, to invite him to become the petitioning creditor, to which he con sented. It was also arranged that Lord should go home, and be denied to Cowley by his waggoner, in structed for the purpose. This arrangement was acted upon except that Lord:was denied by the sheriff's offi cer instead of by the waggoner. Lord fromlB27 to 1830 had occasionally malted a few quarters of barley for himself and friends, which was the trading under which the commission was to be sued out. On the 20th of August the Commissioners met, when Lucas found that Cowley's debt, which was 1301., for 21 tams bought in March, 1832, by Lord of Cowley, would not do, as the trading did not reach so far down. Lucas therefore, according to Lord's statement, drew a promissory note for 1001. and ante-dated it to make it come within the trading, which Lord signed. Thinking it better not to make use of the act of bankruptcy of the 17th of August, the servant girl of Lord was brought before the Commissioners, who swore that she had often, by his orders, denied Lord to his creditors, and spoke to a certain day when she had denied him to one Norton, a sheriff's officer, who called to see him about a debt. Lord, his mother, and sister, in their affidavits, all swore that he went from home on that day at 10 o'clock in the morning, and did not return till the following day; and the servant had made an affidavit denying the truth of her former statement, and saying she was induced to make it through the importunities of Lucas. In October last a petition having been prepared to supersede the commission, a compromise was set on foot, by which Cowley was to pay 5001. for the damage done to the estate, but under the advice of counsel afterwards broken off. Under these circumstances, Messrs. Montagu and Swanston submitted that the commission ought to be superseded with costs. Mr. WRIGHT, Mr. BACON, and Mr. WHITAIARSII, for the respondents, denied the fabrication of the note, and by the certificate of the Commissioners it appeared that no note whatever had been produced before them. The COURT said the affidavits on both sides were so contradictory, that the case must be laid before the Attorney-General, who would investigate it, and take such steps to prosecute the parties as he should think fit. Fiat superseded, and costs to be reserved till after the investigation. INSOLVENT COURT, FEB, 9. William Beaumont was opposed by Mr. COOKE for a Mr. Ansel ; he was supported by Mr. C. JONES. The insolvent, in December, 1831, had by this Court been appointed assignee of the estate of an insolvent named Cooper, who, having neglected to comply with an order of the Commissioners, was not yet discharged from imprisonment. Cooper had mortgaged sorne property at West Ham to a Nir. Butts for 2,000/. Under his authority, as assignee, Beaumont had endeavoured to collect the rents from the tenants at West Ham; both he and Mr. Butts had served notices to the tenants not to pay. Beau mont put a distress into the premises of a tenart, Mr. Ansel (for whom Mr. Cooke appeared); the result was an action of replevin, in which Beau mont was cast, and considerable legal expenses in curred, and the Learned Counsel now urged the Court to remand Beaumont for his conduct in the business, under the discretionary clause. The COURT observed that• the insolvent must be remanded. With regard to the merits of the case, there was nothing to prevent the insolvent from being discharged forthwith. EXCISE COURT, FEB. 9. THE KING V. MIDDLETON. The defendant, .Tames Middleton, was charged upon an excise information, with unlawfully con ducting a private still for the manufacture of wines and spirits. The defendant appeared (an unusual circum stance) and pleaded " Not Guilty." Witnesses were called who gave him an excellent character. After a long discussion, the Commissioners, con sidering the case doubtful, acquitted the defendant, but condemned the still, apparatus, and liquor seized to the use of the Crown. TILE KING V. JOAN SHAW. The defendant, who did not appear, was charged for being found in the possession of and conducting an illegal factory of glass, thereby defrauding the revenue. The Court remitted the further penalty of 100/., and condemned the goods seized. CORONERS' INQUESTS. On Saturday night an inquest was held at the house of Sir Thomas Acland, Bart., on the body of Mrs. Anne Brogden, aged 57. It appeared that the deceased and her husband were left in charge of the Baronet's house while the family were out of town, and lately the deceased became quite de pressed in spirits, so much so, indeed, that she oc casionally laboured under a delusion that she would be sent to prison on the return of the family for not keeping the house clean. On Wednesday she ter minated her existence, nearly severing her head from her body with a large clasp-knife, which she had previously sharpened upon a stone. The Jury were inclined to believe, from the extent of the wound, that the deceased could riot have committed the act herself, but sufficient proof being ultimately produced of that fact, the Jury returned a verdict of insanity. On Saturday an inquest was held at the Barley Mow Tavern, New Gravel-lane, Shadwell, on the body of Jane Hoskins, a woman of tt:e town, aged 24 years. Marg..ret Wood, a respectable young woman, stated that she was passing over the swivel bridge, at the new lock of the London-dock, on Thursday evening, about eight o'clock, and saw the deceased a t s h e r c o l w cr i o i e s s r s e t i k f b into ri t d h ge, ew t a it t t e e r r . a N t ir i re i t a n d e fuscream, ssl gave an immediate alarm, but it was an hour and u half be fore the body was taken out of the water. Th e keeper of a wretched house in which the deceased lodged stated she was much given to drinking spirits, and was generally either in a state , of intoxi cat i on or melancholy—Verdict " Insanity. ' It was stated that twenty women of the town have drowned themselves in the same place within the last twelve- months. On Saturday an inquest was held at St. Bartho lomew's Hospital, on the body of Mr. John Kinsey, aged 35, late clerk t„q, Mr. Davis, auctioneer. It ap peared by the evidence, that on Tuesday night the deceased went with a friend to the galle e ry of Sad ler's Wells, and rushing down to get a front seat, by a slip of his foot fell head foremost over the rail, from a height of thirty feet, into the pit, where his 8 t C / - 1 h r Qol head came with such astonishing force, as He 8' a seat an inch and a half in thickness. "' e t y lf Ttir, taken up insensible and carried to the hooP I-8 r where it was ascertained that there was no fract u t ,, ll 14 of the skull or any of his hones. He died fronirfrer, turei of the blood vessels of the brain an d 111 Verdict—Accidental Death. 0 51 , On Friday an in ques t was h e ld at the workb° fo, Bromley, before Mr. C. J. Carttar, Cornn er reht Kent, on vi ew o f t h o b o d y o f Willi am Powell. l i r Jury having v i ewe d t h e b o d y , t h e f o llowing e o i dence was adduced :—William Chapman' son be , Mr. Richard Chapman, of Bromley, c arpente r l ing sworn, deposed as follows :—On Monday de on passing by the gravel pit., I observed the to ceased digging sand out of a hole ; he a,ked m b 9 assist him, which I did. I was standing dot I him, and he was i n t h e act o f ta ki ng u p 3 9 'l full, when sudd e nly t h e b an k f e ll i n u p o n bin"' o tl ran for assistance, whi c h was soon i n at t e ndanc e ' bp i he was got out in less than a quarter of an hoar/ was quite dead. Verdict—Accidental Death. Tto / tAS I3 R AN YEAF M 111 , 3 °1 Ii Ry 11 :t Jok L LIA C hire. °ll AS i \T : T G „ WICAs (H JOu v L IAM —, Joifj Sfm JOHZ Witf u f ga l h Ep WIT"' L1A 51 4 ' 1 ( AR] ) _aL t _ S AL I , 'rti4 l, JAN / 4 13don thi i` e t 111) Eit COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK. ---- --- r: 44 ii Bea/ Wheat. I Barley. Oats. .... 4- 4 Per Quarter. ,--.__ ft..........! ......' ,w, 39 40 Ashburn sfi 62 38 44 21 •,,, 0 8 44 Basingstoke -........ 48 60 21 29 16 23 ''., '4 . iii Bridgewater Bath ........... 5 4 2 2 6 5 8 0 25 24 2 3 8 4 1 1 9 8 2 2 4 4 3.1 . " - i ,6 ' ii xt e tta t Z i. .. l 2,d, bi Bristol 48 511 28 32 16 20 40 '.) 411) et "Lee of Chesterfield ............. 46 60 26 38 18 2 6 7 ~-, iotv e4 rtle t 4u 0 '4 The it, Doncaster .--...... 48 60 23 36 12 2 3 0 6 4 0 p„ t Derby ---............ 56 59 31 34 22 24 °..,, -° v Dorchester.,-...-... 44 56 22 31 18 2 1 ..... 4 0 " ( 41,,,„,_ Ea ts Of Exeter-......-..... 44 60 24 34 14 2 0 02 4 0 1, `k at 6,, Gloucester--..... 40 56 20 33 15 22 0 4 4 - -"I-11 ELL 'e Hungerford -.... 46 58 24 31 18 26 ..', ir e't 4 , EI , Leice5ter........... - 55 - 34 - 19 '; ' "a 40,„, ' r ade ~,;, Newbury. 36 61 23 32 14 32 41 14, "Its Homsey -.........- 56 62 30 38 23 27 , 1,: te,„ ear, Shaftesbury -...- 54 - 27 - 17 -' 4' mu. Nu e ' 33 49 klO a Sheldon Mallet ... 44 56 24 32 16 '25 , p . 11. Sherborne--...... 50 56 24 28 20 26 .." ' It 34 0 i QIIE Taunton -. 57 63 32 36 22 '2 4 00 40 tow N Yarmouth ..-........ 48 56 21 32 20 23 3 , 2 4 Wl4, '44 'der Yeovil --..--..-... 54 56 28 34 18 22 d. 4, pi ll. ( It p r Per Bushel. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. •,; 0 0 , "t 11„,, 'Pare, Shrewsbury ..--.... 7 6 8 4 4 3 5 0 4 0 50 i `.......% 1.14, 1 133,„ . touli tLI,EN WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-Feb. 8 .. .51. ,i 001,„ Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk...-s. 445. to 535. .2„?. - 541. ,_' cl u 4,2 as th Lin. and Cam. -s. 395. to 51s. "",,53i1. ' l 4l, '. fil rn i, l -- Yorkshire -s. 365. to 475. .. 1 ,',.6.25 , f ur , All L . ------ White -s. 455. to 575. , a n 55c. 4 41 1 ,,, en i - Foreign, Red -s. -s. to 425. "„ n ".615. ' by th, White - s. -s. to --0. '?":9' t bp., Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk fine -- Lincolnshire o2os. to 275 V. 4t 4 , rtty, -- Yorkshire Wold 245. to 293. ...5. th e F 1 ,41 ----- Foreign o-s 611 '5)5. 11, 'lilt a Y r Beans, Small ' 32s . to ais.. fine : 0 -, at arb aoe --- Tick °Ss. to Ills. fin e 215. t he : e ca,j oo Oats, Potato l7s. to 205. l''''2l o - 10 4 . 'Ne e . ---- Poland -a. 16s. to 195. fin 19 5 „'" tr,,, "Y I -- Friezland and Small -s. 15s. to IBi. Pnii o ne. ,14 I+thj p , -- Healing Shelling 2Os. to 245. Od. per Lail. C'se th `" Malt 32s. 395. fine 425. Pe r , fit. ~, ...se v i 1 ,, en r, Rapeseed 22/. Os. 241. Os. 25/. Os. Pe' th , n'y \ p a dot L Nip!, SCOTCH MARKETS. o , vtf _---,(0 1 Oht t ' L re th, Wheat. Barley Oats. .I Beans. ( 22,../,‘ t, "ue f our ..I----- 0 ile 11/ 00 40 4d , Aberdeen ........ 44 47 23 26 15 17 ! - - 9 6 541 11 1 , ~Nek "Y Berwick-...... 32 35 17 19 12 14 122 24 / I ti n ,as 1, 4 Coldstream - 34 36 19 21 13 15 19 21 "" / uy 4 , h. ou i Cupar ............... 48 70 28 32 20 24 26 29 5 't Tti Y 0,,, g`' Dundee....,.. 50 60 30 33 20 25 :30 3 1 ..., / er ,2 ki l ' an, Elgin ....-.....- 40 49 24 26 16 20 23 : 30 4 6 / ~,q441. Prop (' Inverness- 40 46 24 '27 16 20 22 2 5 ', 4 `.li tt "'kip, of Kelso --...... 34 36 18 19 13 14 23 24 ",„ io ~,, et r ,„ Kirkaldy-.-.... 40 45 27 39 25 32 45 48 .0 .' 1 " •'' IP i0, 1 ,',', 13 1111 Perth ----- 54 57 29 31 21 24 26 :3 0 u ntri' , ott e "Ich 0,, 1:- The size of the measure varies throughout the e d '______ - / 40, 4e l , EDINBURGH CORN M A RI(KI'.-Feb. o - e yes The I It 'the„ a " 1 ' were We had a large supply of all kinds of Grain today , 14, g reatest Barley, and the sales in general were very heavy. Bea n ' . l'? r* ryi Pa Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. -. 91 4 . 411 a n d 3 , 2. L I t , First 6Os Cki 32s Citi 22s Od 32s 0,1 ~,,,,, tv 1,,, te st t h p_ s it . 3t Second Z 'i rt 6r e4t Third 42s Od 22s 6cl 15s 4d 25a 0.1 ll tnihi P" PRICES OF PROVISIONS, Ac. Is 0, , .., Y 164 "'Doers, Beef, per lb. - Os. 4d. touos. 7d. Fresh Butter, lb. s.lo‘ l . t o 01 0 'to" bill ill , tot em ......--.. 0 5 0 7 Salt Ditto-, 0 9 s o 0 , th e 1.1 , & ere ~ Veal ---. 0 6 0 9 Ditto, per cv, t. 70 0 0 1 ' 40, ,te Pork------ 0 4 0 0 Eggs, per doz. 01 0 7 0 ' sty or h , Lamb, per qr. 02 0 3 0 OatStraw(kpl.) 6 0 6 0 day t 1 4g j o th ; Callow, cwt.... 37 0 40 0 Wheat Ditto... 5 0 5 e t , "et,' 4 ' on ce Quartern I.oaf 0 8 0 0 Barley Ditto -5 0 0 i,V .ty fi , Potatoes, 1711 b. 033 0 0 Hay, per st.-.... 0 8 ,-- ---- , rr he llt 1 r it, EDINBURGH AIEA I. MA RKET. -Feb. 5_,,,, , Oa Litl ' ,, 44 , an The supply of Oatmeal at this day's market was go od ' tvt, tit ) , he sale brisk, at last week's prices. l i mp ii If ..'l4to Edo Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. Per Stone of 141 b. - 1 6 t i l RN, ' , 114T I , ° First Oatmeal iecond ditto 1 8 0 Second ditto ............ 4 , 1 .6 4.0re1l Chant c Barley meal 1 4 0 Barleymeal ............... g , 1 , r . , i',;,. an ['easel - Neal 1 3 0 Peasemeal Pot Barley-No. I, per cwt. 123.-2,1, 145.-3 d, le..—Y°• - - - ' I 4 miibl e Ay ik 41 1,,.„ GLASGOW CORN MARKET.-Feb. 6. , d P , ,, ,„ 14 -, an New Wheat is in good supply, and rather lower, 01 ";„: I 1 - iltt "eery N i, E larley and Oats find buyers at the late quotations. B e "' i ' not as Pease remain dull. . 1. '.; .... , ------ 23 Aberdeen ...—. 44 47 I 123 26 15 17 06 50 Berwick....— 32 35 117 19 12 14 122 24 - / Coldstream 34 36 19 21 13 15 19 21 :..., / Cupar ............. 48 70 28 32 20 24 26 29 , Dun d e e --..-- 50 60 30 33 20 25 30 31 4 " . Elgin.-- 40 49 24 26 16 20 23 30 lnverness.- 46 ,40 46 24 27 16 20 22 25 , , Kelso --..... 34 36 18 19 13 14 23 24 , 4 4 Kirkaldy...—.... 40 45 27 39 25 32 45 49 '''', 4 ' Perth ---- 54 57 29 31 21 24 26 30 litti' 1:. The size of the measur e var i es th roughout t h e cd• „- ./ EDINBURGH CORN M A RM.:T.—Feb. 6 . e scd t We had a large supply of a ll ki n d s of Grain today, Barley, and the sales in general were very heavy. Wheat. Barley. Oat s . P ease . 13 2 e . 3l gi , „ First Rs Od 32s 6d 22 s lid 32 s 3 sRI : , ,,,g u. Second Third 42s Od 22s 6el 15s 4d 25s RI '" PRICES OF PR, AC. '2 ll ' ~ Beef, per lb. Os. 4d. touos. 7.I. OVISIONS Fresh Butter, lb. S. 10.1. , ' .--r, O IS lu Nlutton---.. 0 5 0 7 Salt. Ditto—..... 0 9 s 0 o Veal, —.---. 0 6 0 9 Ditto, p er els t. 70 0 0 Pork--- 0 4 0 0 Eggs, per doz. 0 9 7 °,, Lamb, per qr. 2 0 3 0 OatStraw(kpl.) 6 0 6 u Fallacy, cwt.... 37 0 40 0 Wheat Ditto— 5 0 5 e Quartern Loaf 0 8 0 0 Barley Ditto —5 0 010 Potatoes, 1711 b. 033 0 0 H ay, per 5t.—..... (4 9 -- -- EDINBURGH Al EA 1. M A BRET: —Feb. 5 , 3 0 ' The supply of Oatmeal at this d ay ' s mar k et wa s gou— the sale brisk, at last week's prices. . Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. Per Ston e of 141 b. - IreP I 6 First Oatmeal Second ditto 1 8 0 Second ditto ............ ‘, 1 6 Barley meal 1 4 (1 Barleymeal ............... `„ I Peas ern eal 1 3 0 Peasemeal Pot Barley—No. I, per cwt. 123.-2.1. 14s. d, 165.:12!„.. Barley and a Wheat GLASGOW CORNIVABRET:2Feb. 6. , t eSa , ,i Nt.hi Oats eatis in fin d g supply,o b o u d yers a t t h a e n l d . t e rather q : tot a l t o i n s r . , 0 13 1 : 3 : 0 , all i, Pease remain dull. d f,', 0 13 Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. d. O ats, per 26. 1 1 b. 9' - 0 , to 0 0 British, old 2,0 t o 31 0 I r i s h „,. 0 ---. new Canada, free 27 0 30 0 Beans, I,er 2601 b. 0 1$ 22Irish ' Barley, per 3201 b. S co tti s h 13 ° 14 . English — 0 —ll Pease, Scottish ... ,' irs 0 ,4 0 0 45 5 Scottish 2l 6 23 0 Oatmeal, per 14111 b. 1 . 0 Irish P 4to Ax f „ erp ey °ILO ".Iter., CORNWALL. MARKETS. , OJ. , ~• t i, Titotto—Wheat (average) 20s. Od.—Barley, 103.-0a,,• 5 ',0$ ST AUSTELL—Wheat, —s. to als.—Barley, —a. to 1 ••••• Os. to 7s. 6d. ,Oat 6 PENZANCE—Wheat, 20A. to 21s.—Tholey, 9s. to 1 1 % 41' 7s. to Bs. 6,l.—Beef and Mutton, Od. t o 6d.—p or k, 0.1. •, Butter, 12d. per lb. 0 0 i .., LAuNCEwrom—Wheat (average) 19s. 6.l—Barley, 9,4 4 - 54. Bd.—Beef, sd.—Mutton, 6d. _„- Li tS, (/', LisKEAßn—Wheat, —S. to 19s. 5 4 L—B ar l e y, 9s. 6d.- -- to 6s. 3d. , N. BODMIN—Wheat (average)2os.—B ar l e y, 9 a. Cxl.—Oats.- HELs•roN—Wheat, 20s. Barley, Os fid. o' l4 ST. CoLumu—Wheat, 20s. to —s.—Barley, 9s. to 10, , and Mutton, sd. to ad.—Veal, Od.—Lamb, Od. op 4, ep h !, ‘.ißt c:v , k l4 gh,,` t,, r, r, 11. mler ir '4l gro 41 4‘ 1 ' PrN 4ndeenr, fir ing' INCENDIARISM.—O n Wednesday 111-11„ige, about one o'clock, a fire broke ou t on t h e farming Pret-iatJ of G. B. BALLACHEY, Esq., of Edgfi e ld, w hi c h ce°' d QO a barn containing corn, and likewise a corn-stack . jo t Wednesday evening a fire was discovered on the P re r b iret of Mr. H. HICADLY, of Great Shelford, Gambridge'd t he but it was providentially prevented extending heY °ll o titf haulm-stack in whi c h it commence d. A large cl u- fit 1 1 of property was consumed on th e same p rem i se s ab° - months since. —Norfolk Chronicle. VIJ S (Jr, Saturday last a most alarming fire itt le discovered on th e p rem i ses o f Mr. \VILEINSON, of i,O O S'wlford, Norf o lk, w hi c h i n a s h ort t i me destroyed e full of corn, th e ou t-b u ildi ngs, severa l stac k s, an d r ul p. We are sorry to say it is the act of an incendiary 0,0 0 Wit.xtissox had lowered his labourers' wages the pre b morning, and there are at this time in that par' 0' tween 30 and 40 men employed upon the roads, wh ° not earn , more than 4s. a week —County Chronick• PAISLEY.--The shawl trade of this Pl je n e o d uncommonly brisk, and the price of weaving in this b r bs ol is still on the advance. The finer descriptions of b i e b borders are paid Eld. per cover above the table price, W pnt is an advance of one-thi r d on th e w h o l e. There "%sl4 been so much doing i n th e i m it at i n li ne s i nce they 1,414 1824 and 1825 ; and, indeed, the quantity of these gsp made at present is far greater than that of those Y ear l i o 'ol t though the price of weaving is now 4d. per covs ith tbt than was paid at the other periods mentioned. 1Y or t exception of silk gauzy, the prices of weaving every ;oil' fabric manufactured here have risen considerably W ,re these few weeks, and the usual number of workol e . ° it fully employed, whil e i n th a t department the P rl ' , o lti e steadily pressing downwa r d s , an d a very consi'Aefesg: number of the hands ar e s till idl e. F or the last three t 'eer there has been very little doing in this line here, r e' l . ti e during the spring and summer months. So much 'oolls' infallibility of the theory of our free trade s t a testnen'. o it appears, are deter m i ne d at all hazards to persevere t d forcing that theory in the teeth of common sense An perience.—Edinburgh Courant. .0 0 ! IRTH. CP On the 7th inst. at Hamp st ead, Mr S s. Charles Holfou i ! () On the 7th inst. the lady of C. Hewetson Barne" 1 1 OrcOn ha the ird.stth inreet, st o at Orieltonrtman-square P , of a son. . , embrokeshire, the 1,3(1)r of John Owen, Bart., of a daughter. po O st i a i n t s h , e 9th inst. Francis Alexander Foggo, Esq.. t° ,, - ----- H t b MARRIED. oisr i o., Esther Orr, eldest daughter of Mr. 'I hoina S Orr, of ' 1 Greenwich. ols' ' Th g' On the 9th inst. at St. George's, Hanover-square, r y To, Esq., of the Hon. East India Company's I% .„ llliy it igo ' vice, to Marianne, the only child of Richard B. "• 4 90 Esq., of Francis -street, Bedford-square. P" t1 113 "' P P' On the 9th inst. at St. Pancras Church, Captain - ' k - ,- Regiment, to Sarah, widow of the late Samuel B a ker, .'-' of Rochester, Kent. • e e, DIED. ton ° On Friday the Bth inst. at Milton, in Northar" , di , William Earl Fitzwilliam, in the 85th year of his age. , 1 ,1 1, On the 6th inst. at Lansdown-place. Cheltentl 3 t Pi i 7 ,ol ,l ' , widow of the late Philip Wyatt Crowther, Esq , () ''' London, and of Highbury Lodge, Middlesex. „ phri e' ' On the 9th inst. in his 37th year, Mr. Henry 1 1 " -). 4 10' Serle-street, Lincoln's Inn, Solicitor. 13,,,,' in, • e On the Bth inst. at Hows-green, near Woking 1 13 0 ,019 the Rev. George Kemble Whatley, in the 80th year ~° Wal t) ' , On the Bth inst. at Cantley, Yorkshire, the Rev. N , • io n' Childers, vicar of Cantley, and Prebendary of Ely. ~,e r of , On the sth inst , aged 18, Mary None, eldest daukl." 1 ,1 0 , t. 9 Goodford, Esq., of Chilton Cantelo, Somerset. lace, 60 On the 9th inst., of scarlet fever, in Gloucester-plat,, Catherine, eldest slaughter of the Bev. W. He be 1,1 0 Bookharn, Surrey, aged six years. 4 ,''' OP a 10 On the 6th inst. at Abberton, near Colchester, 1 31- -, 1 ,-, e con i of John Bawtree, Esq., and daughter of the late Fraru- o f 1. to Esq., aged 75. , t hoit , On the 9th inst. Jane, the wife of Mr. Thomas ,u Bank of England, aged 35. ' O W 0 A I" PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO YOU I4 ' SUN OFFICE, IN, STRAND, LONDON• (.)h f , t ,',