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soi-disant colonel and his corps beyond that of purveyorhhip of their clothing, and the abolition of ) it is tie' le - ss due' to siMpliCity i4lilfiectness in the framing of Our - army accounts, than to equity in apportioning the professional incomes of men who have fought our battles. We sub join a few passages from the work:— " COLONELS. "If admirals were the first captains of our men•of--war; if their pay increased according to the climate where death thinned their crews, whilst they shared none of their perils; would it not be considered the grettest abuse of patronage and emolument tbat sinecurists ever profited by? " Our generals form a parallel position to this picture. Interest has been frequently exerted to get a regiment quartered in the East or West Indies; and generals of Parliamentary influence have alw is had these preferences within their attainment,—a Ministerial sop to ensure their suffrages. " The system of clerical and military translations has, consequently, the same analogy. Though the colonels have an annual allt , wance, the clothing is oily stnt out to regiments in India once in two years, the light country clothing being more adapted to the climate. As the men purchase the !dame clothing, it prove-. what real tconomy would re.-u tby raising colonial regiments at less pay, and by the Government supplying them. It biennial clothing is sufficient in the east, it is this country, and not the co lonels, that should solely reap the benefit. " Some of the 1% est India regiments, during the war, were not 100 strong (from the difficulty of getting black recruits), but the ufficers were always effective. The economy of draughting one weak regiment into another would have been then a degradation unworthy of the great nation. " Though a black troop was attached to the West India regiments, no horses ever joined their sable riders; the co lonels, however, rode borne, for they pocketed the proceeds of their appointments, realizing 3,0001. or 4,0001. per annum Why should they forego their good fortune aris ing from the War-office mismanagement? Whether the remaining West India regiments have their dragoons 'in buckram,' tacked to their establishment, I cannot decide ; but that they had them I can prove. " By draughting the two West India regiments into the African Corps, and giving so many men per company to the Colonial regiments, (to relieve the British soldier from fatiguing barrack duties,) a judicious disbanding would be effected. " The pay of a Colonel of Dragoons is £l 12 10 " Ditto in lieu of one hautboy per troop, Is. 6d per day, multiplied by six, make " Ditto ditto of one warrant-man per troop Is. 2s. per day, multiplied by six, make 0 7 0 0 0 0 £2 8 10 " Per annum £B9l 4 '2 "The Life Guards and Ist Dragoon Guards have eight troop., the Blues nine, which increase by a fourth the Colonel's profits of these men of straw, the hautboys and warrant men. The regiments in India have nine troops this odd troop should share the fate of the odd company to regiments in India, which has been disbanded. I have only stated an account of the pay, but to which should be added more than as much again for the enormous profit realized by clothing the men and furnishing horse equipage, which fluctuate with the number of tr- opt.. " The allowance for the household troop: exceeds this cal culation. Whether such peculations should cease or flourish I leave to the guardians of the national expenditure. " A Colonel of Infantry has per diem XI 2 6 " Ditto in lieu of two warrant.men for each company 0 10 0 £1 12 6 "'Total per annum £584 15 0 exclusive of the profi's of clothing ten companies, which are nearly doubled if quartered in the east. " I have taken my data from authority—from the Army List. If I have miscalculated, I am confident some Ge neral will contradict me; but until I am refuted by facts, this statement must remain. " It never could be contemplated that a Colonel was to realize a profit by the death of his.men ; or, proh pudor ! to share the profits of army tailors. Shall it be said that Britain's decorated knights and the knights of the thimble partook of mutual emoluments? ! ! Forbid it, glory; if not, forbid it, reform ! " The only equitable mode of paying Generals is to equalize their pay, which should be done by removing all the Get era's from their sinecure colonelships, and giving them the Lull pay of fadr respective rank ; these colonel gtnerdls would then still have 7501. per annum, and a lieutenant-general 650/. per annum ; nor should th e y come under the reduction of a fourtb,which other generals ought to submit to, as I at first proposed, and which would only lessen their incomes proportionably with the civil officers in every department." •` PE&SIONERS AND VETERANS. " It was stated in the House that there were 85,000 pensioners; abou' 3.000 lad, however, commuted their pen.•ion• for land in Canada,—an ,ctual proof trey co u ld work, and might equally perform garrison duties. If these pensioners Lad been formed into veteran hattali. os, they would have cost the country little mote than what as pen sioners they did, and as many regiments c, utel then be dis. banded tantamount to the num . .er embodied. But prodi gality has marked its track in ev ry depattnient. 1 is an undoubted fact that an act of Parliament was passed, by which the veteran cannot be discharged without an addi tional pension : thus the veteran retimenta would he the most expensive soldiers that could be embodied, conse quently they never should be formed ag in ; better by far call out part of the militia. But this extravagant Act might be repealed by another more in conformity to com mon ...ense and frugality. " A garrison battalion at the Cape would produce the toast economical results,—namely, all the men In valided from India and the Mauritius, tit ould be landed at 6 e Cape. The climate being very salubrious, they are more likely to recover their health there than in England. If, after a year, they do not, it would then be time to bring the invalid home; but the greater part would shortly be able to perform rasy duty in a garrison regiment. From the number of sick who annually return from India, one regiment a t th e C.,p e would not lie sufficient; but the ten etaripailies could be augmented to 16, as in the Ceylon Regiment, as itli two lieutenants-colonels, the only instance of economy I can notice in the composition 01 any regiment. " Such of there soldi. ra whose conduct was praise worthy should, after serving a few years, have the choice of settling in Australia; more than half the expenditure would be saved in otherwise bringing Lome the invalids; anti those who preferred colonizing at the Cape would at once exonerate tr e Government from all further expense. The offic.rs and sergeants wculd equally be poem ed from India. A regiment of 12 or 16 companies, together with the Cape corps, and some artillery, would he all the troops required at ihe Cape. " The French have several veteran regiments ; their economy in their military departments is no bad trample." —Times. The propositions of 'Ministers do not seem to be more acceptable to the proprietors of India Stock than to the Court of Directors. Mr. Charles Grant, in his letter of 12th February, 1833, endeavoured to show that it was essential to the good government of India that the pro prietors should be linked and bound in point of interest with the Indian territories----" While (said Mr. Grant) the Government deeply feel the obligation of providing for every fair and just claim that can be preferred on behalf of the proprietors, it is from other and higher con siderations that they are led to attach peculiar valve to that part of their plan which places the proprietors on Indian security. The plan allots to the proprietary body important powers and functions in the administration of Indian affairs ; and, in order to insure their properly exercising such powers and functions, his Majesty's Minis ters deem it essential that they shall be linked and bound in point of interest to the country which they are to assist in governing. The measure, therefore, of connecting them imme diately with the territory of India, is evidently not an incidental or immaterial, but a vital condition of the arrangement; and in propOrtion as this con dition is dispensed with, the advantages of the ar. rangement are sacrificed. if the proprietors are to look to England rather than to India for the security of their dividend, their interest in the goon! government of India, and consequently their fitness as one of the principal or gans of Indian government, will in the same degree be impaired ; and if, according to the suggestion of the Secret Committee, they are at once to be placed on the national stock of this country, it is not easy to see what greater propriety there will be in assigning a share in the a dministration of he Indian empire to them than to any other, . , body of national stockholders." This part of .the Government plan is not, however, very pala table to the Court of Proprietors. Before the Court entered on the discussion of the question. a paper, embodying the reasons for dissent from the propositions of _Government, drawn up by Hr. Tucker, one of'the Directors, was read at full length. The arguments advanced by Mr. Tucker, formed the burden of the different speeches of the Proprietors. In fact, the pro prietors are alarmed, lest, after meeting the various charges on the Indian revenue, there should be nothing left for them. The Indian revenue is the prize to be contended for, by their servants in India and themselves; but they have a shrewd suspicion, that as the servants will be first in order, they may help themselves some what too plentifully, and 'leave little for thei , masters. It would appear that the Pro prietors would prefer being placed on the the footing of national creditors in England, to taking their charce of any saving from India, notwithstanding the interest this must give them in the good government of India. "It was to be considered, in the first place," said Mr. Tucker, "that this annuity charged on the territorial revenues of India exclusively, without a collateral security in this country, could not be an adequate satisfaction to the annuitants." Sir John Malcolm prefaced a series of resolutions by a long speech, in which he favoured the Court with his views on Indian affairs in gene ral. He was one of those who differed from the Court of Directors with regard to the policy pur sued in the case of the China trade. " Ten or twelve years ago," he said, "he wished that British subjects had been permitted to trade to China on an equal footing with the Company. He then felt the growing desire that existed in this country to throw open this trade; and aware that the time must shortly come when the question must be decided, he was anxious that an interest might be raised which must have been either identical with, or friendly to, that of the Company." Aye, but, Sir John, what would in that case have become of the profits of the China trade, and the dividends on India Stock ? The individuals admitted to the benefits of the China trade would have had a very friendly feel ing towards the Company ; but would the India Proprietors, on finding a short coming in of their dividends, have had the same friendly feel ing towards the new China traders? If the Company could dispense with the profits of the China trade then, they can dispense with them now ; and, therefore, Sir John is not very con sistent in first wishing to deprive the Company of the only means hitherto available for the pay ment of their dividends, and telling us, at the same time, that the Indian revenue will not prove a good substitute. " With respect (he said) to the security proposed by his Majesty's Go vernment for the payment of their dividends, he agreed with the Court of Directors, it ought to be better than the territorial revenues, which were still deficient, notwithstanding the reduc tions which had been very properly made." And the resolutions proposed by him were in accord ance with this last view ; for they declared that " the Court are of opinion that it is not reason able that the Company's assets—commercial and territorial, with all their possessions and rights—shall be assigned to the Crown on behalf of the territorial Government of India,' in ex change, as proposed by his Majesty's Govern ment, for an annuity of 14 per cent. for forty years, payable be England out of the territorial revenues, and redeemable at the end of that pe riod, at the rate of 1001. for every 51. ss. of an nuity, except on the following conditions, viz.:-1. That the sum to be set apart, for a guarantee fund be extended to such an amount as, upon reasonable calculation, will be sufficient, with the accumulations during forty years, to re deem the annuity at the expira ion of that term ; and Mat in the event of Indiafailing in any one year to remit sufficient funds to pay the dividend, the deficiency shall be supplied out of the Gua rantee Fund ; any sums which may be taken for that purpose being made good to the fund by subsequent remittances from India." Sir C. Forbes took high ground. " He entered his ptotest against that part of the Resolutions which went to load the natives of India with an annuity to the proprietors of Ea-t. India Stock. The proposed 104,- per cent. to be levied on the natives of India was making the proprietors a direct drag upon their necks for the forty years. He believed that the natives of India would not submit to such injustice, and he even earnestly hoped that, if it was thrust upon them, they would not submit to it." There were some parts of Sir Charles's speech, which, though not leaning directly on the question immediately before the Court, are well deserving of attention If we are to have a free trade to India, why should not the trade be a really free one ? "It was now time for them (he said) to tell the Government that some attention must be paid to the state of India itself—that an Empire so immense ought to be put on a footing with the other Colonies of this country—instead of which, whilst English manufac.ures were poured into that country so cheap as to undersell all home manufactures, England would not receive even the raw produce of India in return." The difficulty of obtaining return cargoes (in conse quence of the restrictive laws of this country) has been the source of great injury to the natives of India, and. the cause of many a bankruptcy among the English exporters. The discussion was adjourned to this day. Hitherto it has been all on one side. However, Government were of course prepared for this; and the Resolutions of. the Court of Proprietors will have little influence on the Legislature.—Morning Chronicle. Lord Althorp's delay in submitting to the House of Commons his financial exposé has been, and still is, attended with most disastrous consequences, not only to trade and commerce, but to contracts of all kinds. The revenue suf fers in an equal degree. No one can buy, no one can sell, because no one can possibly form . any opinion of what may be the relative value of his commodity, influenced as that value must be by the financial operations and money affairs of the Government confirmed by Parliament. This delay ought not to have taken place in this great commercial country. The legislature provided some time since that the financial year should terminate in January, in order that no time should be lost in submitting to Parliament the real state of the national receipt and expenditure. The excuse of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, " that he could give no opinion as to what taxes he could spare," until he• saw the result of the present quarter's revenue (now proved to be de ficient), was perfectly ludicrous—merely a tub to the whale. Why, the Reformed House had on the 18th of February last voted, without observati on , th ree m illi ons to di sc h arge t h e like amount of supplies granted for the year 1832, and 4 Bill • (which received the Royal Assent on the 29th of March last) had already passed in equal silence for raising 1 2,000,0001. by mort gage and anticipation of the current aids and bb 4ta, eta supplies ; thus creating a lieu of 15,000,0001. upon that portion of the taxes for the year ending sth January, 1834, which is under the control of the House of Commons, and which taxes, it was admitted by Mr. Poulett Thomson, amount to 14,000,000/. only. To this we may add, that it is also admitted by the authorised financial statement that upwards of 4,000,0001. are required to make good the deficiency of the Consolidated Fund for the present quarter. Notwithstandi ng thi s i s t h e t rue position of the finances, the people yet loudly demand, and will continue to demand, the reduction of the malt, hops, soap, house, and window taxe ,, . amounting altogether to near 10,000,0001. Now let us ask, in sober sadness, how is Lord Althorp to comply with any, even the smallest part, of those demands ? There are, to be sure, two modes, both equally desperate, which his Lordship might just as well have courageously explained to the House two months since, as to have kept the country in its present state of stag nation and suspense. The one plan is to en deavour to shift (not relieve) the burden from one class of the community to another, by a swingeing property-tax; and the other by in ducing the Bank of England to extend its Issue s so as to be enabled themselves, or to enable the Stock Exchange, to take off such an increased issue of Exchequer bills, as will make up the further deficiency in the ways and means, and the consolidated fund, equal to the amount of the taxes thus only nominally repealed. Relief by a reduction of expenditure to the amount required is all delusion, unless, indeed, the reformed House will unvote the army and navy estimates, and reduce them and the ordnance to the scale of 1792 ; for to this complexion we must come at last, although, perhaps, not until we have passed through all the horror and wretchedness of an unlimited issue of paper money, amid the funding of all outstanding ex chequer bills. But really to conjecture what can or will be done, is both idle and useless. We must have patience—it is a great virtue in these times.—Morning Herald. We can only afford space to direct the atten tion of the public to the important discussion which began yesterday in the General Court 6f Proprietors of East India Stock, and will be resumed this day, on the subject of the Go vernment propositions for the renewal. under certain modifications, of the Company's Charter. The general opinion, so far as any judgment can be formed from the speeches which were de livered at the meeting, and from the character of the resolutions submitted to its acceptance, is, that Ministers are striving to force a hard bargain upon the Company, unattended with the probability of any commensurate advantage, or rather involving the great and imminent risk l i of considerable loss and injury to the community at large, and especially to that of all others the most important part of the community, in re ference to the question under discussion, the immense population of our Indian empire. The British East India Company, it must never be forgotten in t'fit discussion of this subject, stands upon the very highest ground that can be imagined—ground so lofty that, in treating with the British Government even, it may fairly be des cribed as looking down upon its antagonist party in a negotiation which involves any question as to the future distribution of power in the immense empire of which the Company is the creator. The history of the Indian empire under the dominion of the Company, .presents an example of - good and prosperous govern ment, with which the management of no other spot in the vast and varied colonial dominion of Great Britain, of no petty island, however simple its wants and its relations, however in significant the number or tractable the disposi tion of its inhabitants, presents anything that can pretend to sustain a moment's competition. This single consideration will go far in the estimation of all prudent persons to decide any dispute between the Government and the Coin , say as to the future distribution of political power in India, and to decide it unreservedly in favour of the latter. And there can, it is obvious, be no other question connected with the subject equal in importance, so far as the great body of the community are concerned, to those which relate to the distribution of political power. With respect to the subordinate questions in which the interests of the Company as a separate body are more especially concerned—those, for instance, of exclusive privileges of trade, of the application of assets, of the appropriation of revenue to the benefit of the Proprietors or other specified purposes—it is only necessary to remark in general that it would be impossible to imagine anything more disgraceful to the character of the nation than the possibility that it should encourage - or even tolerate any Ad ministration in acting towards a corporation which has rendered services so transcendent in a rapa cious or nzgardly spirit. Tue nation capable of such base ingratinde would plainly not de serve that so splendid an empire as that of India should have been created for its glory and ad vantage, and would afford by this conduct a me lancholy but unerring presage that the magni ficent dominion acquired by the display of qualities and the exercise of arts widely different to those of meanness and chicane is on the eve ofpassing away for ever.—Morning Post. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Yesterday a young woman, named Louisa Jacobs, was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with having robbed her father, a hard-working, honest man, of 1/. 6s. 6d., and, a seller of boiled peas, named Castles, was charged as a particeps criminis. The complainant stated that his unfortunate child was ruined by Castles, who had, about the same time, seduced another girl, and who succeeded in making accomplished thieves of both. The com plainant, after having laboured hard, lay down one evening to take a nap, and his daughter stole all the money he bad out of his pocket, and went off to Greenwich fair along with Castles, and the other girl whom Castles had debauched. After having jotted in the amusements of the fair, the three be took themselves to a house of ill-fame, where they reposed together. Louisa Jacobs declared that Castles had prompted her to rob her father, and that he burnt the bag in which her father's mosey had been deposited, to prevent detection. The girl cried bitterly, and told the LORD MAYOR that Castles was in the habit of exercising an extraordinary power over her. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, Castles, you are a most infamous fellow, not to be satisfied with having •educed this poor young creature. Nothing can be more detestable than your conduct in counselling tier to rob her father. Castles-1 never did anything of the kind, my Lord. I have done nothing wrong, barring the sleeping with the couple, and that was rather fool ish, to be sure; but neither me nor Peg Jackson could help it, for Loo would come, and so we all snoozed together. The LORD MAYOR—You are a heartless ruffian. The cotriplaniant said that the t;alepriso;;;Was in t h e habit of calhog out hot peas in the alley, merely for the purpose of givi ng not i ce to hi s two victims to go to him ; and the power he had over them was the most extraordinary. The female prisoner—lt was all the fault of Castles. I never should have thought of robbing my father but for him. The LORD MAYOR said that the present was one of those cases in which he had to lament the ab sence of adequate testimony. He regretted greatly that the case could not be made so clear in a court of justice as it was to his mind ; but probably in a few days the deficiency would be supplied. The LORD MAYOR then remanded both prisoners. A young man of respectable appearance, named P. C. Chalmers, begged to be permitted to address the Lord Mayor on a subject of very great im portance to himself, in reference to a trial which had taken place at the Old Bailey some time ago. He took the liberty to adopt the present course of application to the Lord Mayor in consequence of what he could not but designate as a most barbarous and atrocious slander, which had been published respecting him in the John Bull newspaper of the 27ih of January last, and copied into other papers. The public interest, too, he considered to be very deeply affected by the monstrous calumny which had been levelled at him by means of tbat organ of the press. He had been charged with forgery, and committed to Newgate for trial. The charge was false. Tne Recorder, who tried the case, saw that it was without foundation, and intimated to the jury his opinion of the innocence of the accused, but that opinion had no weight against the preju dice which hail been raised against him by a report which had originated at the Mansion-house, and which completely poisoned the minds of the jury in coming to their verdict. The LORD MAYOR said that the case was indeed a very odd one. In the first place, it was strange that a verdict had been given against a prisoner in the teeth of the favourab!e opinion of the Recorder; and, in the next, it was strange that such a prjudice should have been raised in the minds of twelve men upon their oaths to do justice. Mr. Chalmers declared that he had, since his con vici ion, had a conversation with some of the jury by whom he had been tried, and they admitted that they would nor have brought in a verdict of guilty if they had not been impressed with the idea that he was a disciple of Carlile. The LORD MAYOR—And so because they supposed you to be a disciple of Cathie they found you guilty of forgery ? I never heard of anything so extraordinary or improbable in my life. Mr. Chalmers.—l have the solemn assurances of some of the jury to that effect, and my cha racter hay b en blasted by the influence of a base and slanderous imputation. The judge, who had such cause to be dissatisfied with the ver (bet, would not, however, do me the injus.ice to inflict any punishment upon me. My case underwent an investigation before the Secre tary of State, and the result was such as might be anticipated—l received an immediate pardon. I afterwards was told by three of the jury that they really considered me to be one of Guide's gang, and I most solemnly declare that they might as well say the same th,ng of the Bishop of London. I never knew anything of Carlile, and am a member of the Church of Scotland. The LORD MAYOR—I am exceedingly glad that the merits of your case were properly investigated, and that the result has been your acquittal; and 1 regret that by one of those extraordinary circum stances, over which human prudence has no control, your character suffered a temporary imputation. Mr. Chalmers returned thanks to the Lord Mayor for having given him an opportunity to wipe away the slander which had been visited upon him, and left the justice-room, after exciting the compassion of those who heard the statement. BOW-STREET. Yesterday Captain Samuel A. Bayntun, one of the Members for the city of York, appeared at this office on a charge of having unlawfully pawned a looking-glass, the property of Mr. Mullett, .an up holsterer in the S und, without his knowledge or consent. The Hon. Member had been twice sum moned to answer the charge, and on Tuesday last a warrant was issued for his apprehension by Sir F. ROE, in consequence of his not having previously at tended. That warrant was placed in the hands of Ledhitter, the officer, who upon calling at the Grecian Coffee-house was informed that Captain B tyntun had left town, and was not expected to re turn for a week. The case was therefore of neces sity deferred. A communication was, however, re ceived by Ledbitter yesterday morning from Captain Baynrun, stating his intention to come forward at two o'clock to meet the charge, and requesting that Me. Mullett and his witnesses might be in attend ance. K., Monett accordingly came forward, ac companid by his solicitor and a person in his employ ment, and Captain lityntun soon after made his ap pr.arance with two fri,nds, and a solicitor whom he had engaged to defend him. Captain Bayntun was not placed at the bar, but stood in front of the bench, close to Mr. Mullett dna the witnesses who appeared for the prosecution. I.edbitter, the officer, handed the warrant which he held against the defendant to the clerk. It charged the defendant with having unlawfully pawned a looking-glass, value 61., the property of James Mullett, he not having been authorized so to do. The prosecutor was then sworn. He stated that his name was James Mullett, and that he was an tiphoNterer, carrying on business at No. 375, in the S rand. He knew the defendant, Captain Bayntun, and in M 1832, that person hired of him a va riety of articles of household furniture. One of those articles was a looking•glass, which was the subject of the present inquiry. He had a list of the articles with him. Sir F. ROE —Are any other articles but the look ing-glass included in this charge ? The solicitor for Mr. Mullett replied, that at present the charge against Captain Baytituu was confined to the look ing-glass only. The signature of Captain Bayou!) was attached to the list of the articles with which he had been furnished, and he should now proceed to prove that the .ignature was in the handwriting of Captain Bayntuti. The defendant, of er looking at the paper had no objection to admit that the articles mentioned therein were furnished to him by Mr. Mullett. The prosecutor then went on to state, that a written agreement was entered into between Captain Bayntun and him, by which he was receive 201. for the use of the articles for six months, and at the ex piration of that time the whole of the property was to be returned to him. Sir F. RoE—And have the articles been so re turned ? Mr. Mullett.—They have not. Sir F. ROE—You say it was understood that the articles were to be returned at the end of six months ; did you give the defendant any authority to lend, or otherwise dispose ot, any part of the property in question, for the whole charge turns upon that r" • *it( Mr. Mullett—C erta i n l y nor; in d ee d I have used every effort, but without effect, to recover m y property from Captain Bayntun. Sir F. ROE—Have you seen the looking-glass alleged to have been pawned ? Mr. Mullett—The looking-glass is here. It is the same the defendant hired of me. The pawnbroker will produce it. Defendant's solicitor—Have you not seen the furniture since you lent it to Captain Bayntun ? Mr. Mullett—l have not seen it myself, but part of it has been seen by a person in my employment. Sir F. ROE—Was there any arrangement between the defendant and you, by which the loan of the pro perty was extended beyond six months? Mr. Mul ler—No such arrangement was entered into between Captain Boynton and me. '[he solicitor for Mr. Mullett was about to enter into the circumstances connected with the rest of the furniture, when Sir F. ROE said, that as the charge before him related solely to the looking-glass, he should confine himself to that, as he did not like to enter into any matter which was not relevant to the subject of in quiry with which he had to deal. The Magistrate then observed, that at present he would not deter mine how he should ultimately dispose of the case, or whether he should be called upon to treat it in P summary way under the Pawnbrokers' Act, or as a felony. Henry Poley, shopman to Mr. Mullet—On the 24th of March, 1832, delivered the whole of the ar ticles named in the list, including the looking•glas.A, at the lodgings of Captain Bayntun, situate at No. 13, Regent -street. Mr. Mullett's solicitor—Was Captain Bayntun present at the time ? Witness—He was ; I saw him in the room to which the goods were taken. Solicitor—Have you seen Captain Bayntun since that time on the subject of the furniture? Witness —About four months ago I met Captain Bayntun at the office of his solicitors, Messrs. Peach and Bow ditch, of Clifford's-inn, and I spoke to him about the furniture, when he assured me on his word and ho nour as a gentleman that they were all perfectly safe with the exception of the looking-glass, which he had lent to his sister at Brighton. The defendant appeared to dissent from this part of the statement, and desired that the witness's words might be taken down. The witness went on to state, that in consequence of information he received, he discovered that the looking-glass had been pawned on the 21st of July last, at the shop of Mr. Hall, a pawnbroker residing in Hieh-street, Marylebone. The glass was now in the office. Mr. Humphrys—Who was present when the conversation took place between you and Captain Bayntun at the office of Messrs. Peach an Bow cinch ? Witness—Mr. Bowditch was present, and I think one of his clerks was there also. Mr. Humphreys—Were you present at the deli very of the furniture ? was. Mr. Humphrys—And a e you quite sure that the glass found at the pawnbroker's is the same that was ao delivered ? Witne.s—l am quite positive it is the same. A young man named Pepperage, shopman to Mr: H.ttl, the pawnbroker, was then sworn. Sr F. ROE—a) you produce the duplicate of the looking-glass in question ? Witness—No. The young man who took in the locking-glass is not living with Mr. Hall now. Sit F.ROE—Aie you enabled to state when the glass was pledged ? Witness—Yes; it was on the 21st of l.'s. July. Sir F ROE—What has become of the duplicate ? Witn , ss—Mi. Hall has it in his own possession. He is at present in the country. In answer to a question by Mr. Humphrys, thr winless said that the glass was not pawned in the name of Captain 134)ntun. Sir F. ROE said, that in the absence of the pawn broker arid the young man who received the pledge, the case must stand over. He could nor, at pi esent, say how he shouhl d•spose of it, but enough had been already proved to show that it was a case in which, as a Magistrate, he had jurisdiction to act. Mr. Humphrys—We are here to answer to a specific charge of unlawfully pawning, I should therefore wish to know if it is intended to prefer any other charge against my client ? Sir F. ROE— I am not going to comma yourclient, Mr. Humphlys. Mr. Humphrys—No, Sir, I suppose not; but it is right we should know the nature of the charge we are to meet. Sir F. ROE-I shall continue to treat the charge as one of unlawfully pawning. After some further conversation it was finally arranged th it the re-hearing of the case should be deferred until Tuesday, the 23d inst., on which day Mr. Hall, the pawnbroker, and hit late assistant, were directed to attend. Mr. Hutnphrys took that opportunity puplicly to sate, on the part of Captain 13.yntun, that he bld a very sufficient answer to the charge. Sir F. ROE—You may be assured, Mr. Hum phrys, that the case w II not be prejudged in any way. The parties then relief. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. An individual of respectable appearanc,, with his face badly cut, preset' ed himself yesterday before Mr. CONANT, the sitting magistrate, and made the following serious complaint against the police : On Saturday last he dined and spent the evening with a friend who keeps a public-house in Adams mews. When he left the house, which was, he be lieved, about 11 o'clock, he ascertained that his money, amounting to 231, was safe. This sum consisted of two 10/. note;, pith he had received that morning at the Bank of England, and had wrapped up in a piece of paper and deposited, with some memorandums, in his fob, two so% ereigns, and about 17.. in silver. While proceeding home wards he was laid hold of by one of the ne w police, who insisted upon taking him to the station house and locking him up for being drunk. Com plainant admitted that he had been drinking freely ; but as he was not so intoxicated as to be ignorant of what he was about, or incapable of taking care of himself, he declined to accompany the policeman, upon which he was dragged along, and on the way received much ill-usage. He was taken to the Vine-street station-house, and given inte custody, having previously been searched, arid all his money and other property taken from him. In the morn ing the inspector discharged him, and handed over to him one 101. note and one sovereign as the whole of the money which had been taken from him over night. Complainant said that his money was deficient one 10/. note, one sovereign, and all his salver; but the inspector produced the charge-book, and showed him that the sum entered as having been found on his person when searched exactly agreed with the sum handed over to him. Complainant, in the presence of the laadlord of the public-house (Mr. Gladden) where he had passed his evening on Saturday, and who had been sent for to the station-house, still asserted that he bad two 101. bank -notes; but no further notice way taken of his complaint, and himself, friend, and policeman, left the station-house and went into a public. house, where they had some wine. Complainant was then sent home in a hack ney-coach, but feeling quite convinced th.t he had either lust his money in the station-house, ur that it had been stolen from him tilt le he was dragged there, he took the esiliest oppt,rtunity of making his statement to a magistrate. Mr. CONANT asked the complainant to give his name, and to state what business lie carried o 1. The complainant said that his name was John Williams, and he was the keeper of a turnpike-gate. Mr. CONANT had always considered the power exercised by the police, of taking persons into cus tody and lucking them up on a charge of drunker+• ness, arid then discharging the parties without bring ing them before a Magistrate, to be of very mis chievous tendency. He had for some time past occasion to notice that when persons of respecta bility who had property about them were thus taken into custody, they were discharged at the staiion. house without paying any fine; while the poorer persons were brought before the Magistrates, and obliged to pay their fines before they were released. The case of the complainant was one which cer tainly requ red investigation, for it appeared that he not only complained of having lost a portion of his money, but that he had been ill-used by the police. The complainant was so dreadfully beaten while on his way to the station-house, that his shirt was saturated with blood, and he had spit blood all day on Sunday. Mr. CONANT adjourned the case to this day, for the purpose of procuring the attendance of the in spector, and al,o of Mr. Gladdell, who the com plainant asserted could corroborate a part of his statement. The Di ury-lane Committee meet to-morrow at three o'clock, to determine upon the most advantageous offer of the candidates for the future lease of that tlie.itre. EQUALITY OF MANKIND.--All civil dis tinctions disppear before a thinking being. He sees the same passions, the same ideas pervade the mind of the peer and the peasant, a gloss only is discernible in the lan guage and appearance of the one, which the other dots not possess. If any difference distinguish them, it is to the ili.advantlge of him who wears a mask. The people show themselves as they are, and they are not amiable; the great know the necessity of disgu . sing themselves; were they to exhibit themselves as they are, they would excite horror.--swift. COURT CIRCULAR• A deputation of the West India mercha nts ploo including Messes. MURRAY, JOHN Won, P S d h ie and Commix, had a conference with Mr. Secretary. LEY yesterday at the Colonial Office. Taa 01/ The New Dutch Minister vis ited Prince ti yesterday. p o . Earl GREY, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Mr. .-_, 1 11 9 THOMSON, v. and Mr. ABERCROMBIE, had interview- Tunbridge Count BJORNSTJERNA, the Swedish Minister, untA ‘ L l T re n i o i a s yesterday, at the Treasury. Ho acted businrss yesterday at the office of the Sectet'" State for Foreign Affairs. eO 4 Mr. Secretary STANLEY arrived on Sunday el h o from Lancashire, and Sir JAMES G RAHAM LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. Ile 9d. 1,0 The highest price of Bread in the Metropa, . 0 NJ., fib. Loaf. There are others who sell frora that price. OldDDitto ..—.....—.........v...M0w verreW. fin e _ ....., NII CW Foreign Ditto---............................... 5. 5 0 5 , bilF„,„?... Old EitntgolishßedPCitlloUveErSOeked' SEEDS. - t.) A 4 ...75 P u.: . : 565 568 " ..... 5. , :ii n e e 6s ,-•'" wl i(1 , : Old Ditto ..........-....,........ . A. .. 605. fin! . ...7,:c1 New White C10ver.....--.........0nr00w* . . f . - ..s ' . 505. fln e e 0 5 Old Ditto Ditto - - tlss, 30.. fin e ...S 0 New Trefoil wver•••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••• s. .....5. fin ... 245. .... Old Ditt o •••••••••••••••••••••••aw*"....0 ,, ........ 155. 2 . 05. 7: 60 1 Rib Grass ......—. .. -..---,--.•-•"'" ...„ 0 , --S. 7 pet,: English Carraway 5eed................-........5. _ 4 , 705... i. r: Foreign Ditto , - - - '''' - " .. ....5. 12 .• fise 5a. , r. Vori a nder ~.....- , 485 fine _ _ St. Foin (per Quarter)...-----. 1 . .• :,.. neW _ 981 , 4 . , !, Rye Gr 44 ass •••••••••ww......*. r ....•••••• 1 . ..! a: F r Pacey Ditto ...--..—......---.--,—.... . . "fri" 4,4 ,, . fie F: Ditto, for crushing ----• L for feeding ... I. ~ ~..4 Or - 455 • 545' . s, 6 0 ,J , _ A. -.5. . 400 Canary Seed, New----........--....—....... --......„ .091 6 0 . • 11t0 old .r.,.......n0wwer.......•••••••••••••••• ,..... _ f: . is. 9 5 , gni, ..1, White Mustard Seed --(per 8u5he1),.... ---. i , 245.' r ip er Brown Ditto. --s. • 86, P 310 . ...... .... .... s. i it l'urnip Seeds, Rounds - . --.• ...„ 8 , Ras. P SA 0 1 Green and Red Ditto . -- 4: As. f in ! b., area, Old D.tto'New i,eseed, is. nirA . ••••• ..nglish, tine (per Last) 24/.= • . nut:Es OF HOra.—Aprills.o,.t. St. ii Kont Pockets,...., '04.0 !Ll' utisex Ditto tresex Ditto , a 0.• 0.. 01. Os. 1 cb.to ip. l• sinliam Ditto, Fine..........,,—........... 01. Os. 12 •.N 011. es. Os. 01 1W ffi 94 at Seconds „............, 01. 1 Os ._ A . - . ,61 les. ,„' os, t 0 v 7„ of or. os. „.. or Oa oi , Kent tdags Sussex Ditto 'ssex I )itt, Pltit'E OF OIL. brown 311. Os. Reu ned , rig 5 Inseed Oil mseed Oil Cake at the Mill, a• thousand per UM tc u:b, OF It' 01' A I'o ES.—April 15..40* Kidneys (York) .. 31. 10s. to 4/. Us l' i l tt p. Scotch Reds. 2l. 15s. to 31 . , ‘ , ss ' ditto. Marsh Champions 3/. 10s. to 41. ~,°'• di tto Oxnobles and Shaws ................... 21. 10:. to 31. "'' 1 -:AP 6115 . 0 5. ° WHITEt.HAPhi. HAY AlAtiKk , ;fay 5.5i.0d. to 80, Od. I I. lover ' 28, lid. to 33 , 0 " J. riot r..a ut t.t..A HElt. Per ID. d. to d. Butts, English 15 93 English Hol'resrel—gbld;lBlw)4ll i.tto, Foreign 14 '2O svinish Ditto 4essing Bides 12 15 l'er dotenLo. 14 0 Ditto i 4 16i Catf Skins...SO to ; ID , 11: 18 0 Ditto, light Ditto 5 0 1° t go. 7 iop Hides, light..... 12 14 Ditto 70 to „ a d' 0 i1tt0—....10 to 45th 13 16 'mail Seals. t-1 1 ''' en ha° SHEEP SKINS. AA. tO'' 0 es. I"- ►0 Best Polled —.7s. Od. to 10s. Od. , 8 I Middling Polled 5 0 7 0 7 PRICE Ol• TALLOV rown 51s. 6d. Yellow Russi.i _ 475. Od. Shite 455. 6d. soap Ditto _ 445. Od. Melted 375. 0(1. oitto lid. ll ' OP , SOAP, Sic. r - Yellow Soap Mottled 18 1 . White ss. lira% es Good Dregs .•••••-- r sto ne of b`w* PRICk. OF ItAVV kAT 'rice of Tallow (as stated by tl e Tailoierkelters) 4,1 e PR ICE 01. CA N PIE& o OPit , The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, to candles, per doz. 7s. od. to Bs. Od. I Moulds, per _ 0. ji .ET.—April 1.„, 0 Per J° 0 'elt•••• • 0 Walls End Nev", fi er io‘• 64 I Oitto Northtl lo ;,...l„, 15 6 nitto Peareth. , .. si tt 0 6 Walls End Veritifl o , .../ 0 1 6 0 Walls End Riddeg,„...• 0 6 Ditto Todd an d 0 walls End Buss v e va tsoa. • 0 6 Walla End Wal k ' s > 0 . 16 6 Bells Primrose.'" o ie 19 0 Lambton's Prilur„ ,„../ 0 0 Walls rnd nett°, 0 6 Ditto (resbirt:.,- 190 Walls End yo e it ig Walls End I.aMPS'i tt oti , l e • W. E. Russell's I . 0 %.0. 19 1 Ditto Russell's 1 4 ° 0,0 4 11 Walls End Stosa, l 2e .„4 0 Walls End Adelsir,„,oll , 0 Walls End Butter , Walls End Gordonn,'', lit Walls End Stoat° W. E south Dt1r15„,,,16 I Walls End Tees 16 C0wpen.........- - " -- ,.,,e; . „1/ Hartleyr Howard'sNetherton,,,, Merthyr CO' 0 6 Merthyr, Guest 3 ,"' 0 6 Walls End Elgi n ",7 0 0, Walls End Hende:,.„,,i l'antield Trader COAL MAR Per Ton. d. %dale's 15 6 Chester Main 14 6 I) ,, an's Primrose 14 9 East l'erey— l5 6 Hehburn Man 16 Holywell 15 9 Howard Main l5 0 Kenton West 16 0 Jrd's ►tedhugh 13 6 Pontop Windsor 15 6 14 6 south Holywe 1.........,.,,. 15 0 T 17 0 T wnley l5 3 West Hartley 16 0 Wallington Wylam Walls End Bell & Brown 16 0 Ditto Bell, Robson, & Co. 16 0 walls End Bewicke & Co. 17 3 Walls End Boundary.... 15 0 Walls End Brown's...—. 15 6 .itto Burraton 15 6 Wall , End Callerton 13 6 Walls End Carr and Co. 15 0 Ditto Clarke and 15 0 Walls End G05f0rth......., 17 9 Walls End Heat0n—........ 16 6 Walls End 16 0 Walls End 15 6 Ditto Jesmond 15 9 Ditto Killingworth 16 6 F Ships arrived since I; I last market-daY, °s6' -40. ~. 0 IS, L NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET—..r - o:4' New. ,s. Whet, Northumberland 40s. 54s ....... .. ,_..... —•- Norfolk and Sniff)lk 50s 60s.•••••• ...47,.:: Berwick and Scotch 4E4 53s•••••" .:4• .4. 0 Foreign —8 —5....... •"".: ~,. 1 Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk als 384..••••• - ... _ Foreign ':32s. :355. ...... 5 4 ,' ..., ..o . , Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffblk 2tis. 328 .••••' .0 4 ,e. Grinding and Feeding 20s. 245..••••• ~.4. a m. lalt, Norfolk and Suffblk sos stis ....... 0.0, • Beans, Small --b ...4 ....... ow, , Tick .-.4 _4. ..... : ,:.:1. 5: Pease, White 358.385.•.•••' Gray 28s 308•••••' Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe 19s 215....•• . Feed l6s 185.....•• Foreign --s. —0....•'' Flour, Fine (per sack) —s. „ d o 10;, PORTSMOUTH, SATORDAY.---13ritl- li itb of 50 of-war on foreign stations.—The Vernon, - t ot ft ig of Vice-Admiral Sir G. Cocxaurol, ar rig ull for ei r deira on the Ist of March, and sailed on the 7of os West Indies; the Spartiate, 74, with the 0 44 ! 1 :4 j 4 00 Admiral Sr M. SEYMOUR, on the 9th, and sal 60 . 00 11th for the Brazils; the Revenge, 76, 00 'h i t fie on the same day for Barbadoes; the Comas, i;s, 26th, and sailed on the 27th of March for Je eel li 10 01 Rover, 18, was at M a lta on the 13th of 314° 0 ' 0 se ' hof a fine run from England of 18 days. Sh e 0 /4170 ')o the following morning for Alexandria. T he sr k ./ car, 46, arrived at Malta on the 21st of Fehr uarY ipbs"ol Alfred, 52, Scy la, 18, and Pelican.lB,o o t he "1,16 1 10 Naiplia. The Algerinc, 10, arrived at St. 00 7 1 /, the 10th of February, from Rio, and returned nil of id The Zebra, 10, arrived at St. Helena on the „ jef ruary from the Cape, and sailed on the sarrle n cension and England. The Hyacinth, 1 8, : r idehrl'iN BLACKWOOD, went out of hat boor on 1 . °1,....4 sailed to-day for a short cruise in the Nort h Larne, 18, Commander SYDNEY SMITH, a rg L at ioNl l ! from Soeerness, which she reached on S P ; for e , where she has been deck. d, after having b ee r Ate! 'ours on the Goodwin Sands, during which ?7,,0tr spars were thrown overboard. A court-ma r" t o 1 , 1 1 „,/ to assemble on Friday, on board the Victorg' o o l '' & ite the circumstances under which she wen t° Hampshire Telegraph. „,i 1 1 I.” . BIRTHS. of ° liii On the 14th inst., at , Mitchani, surrey, the l ady t I ~ .- L. Ramsden, of a son. VST ° '' ' _,,i, fr On the 14th inst., at Circus-cotta g e, St. John' , Jo lt of T. G. Margary, Esq., of a son. of pel lady 10 On the 14th inst., in Devonshire-place, the , CO Arbuthnot, Esq ,of a son. ,Acii." ,41' of Itlir On the 13th inst., at Egharn-park, the lady is Salwey, of a daughter. fritO . On the 24th ult., at Pisa, the lady of the Rev' Nixon, of a son. • I MARRIED. . _ Au Julia tO On the 15th inst., by special license, at 1."',.,„41 13.14 , 1 -• in Grosvenor-square, Sir S. John Brooke Pe.P - 4her . • Hon. Julia Maria, only surviving daughter of .::' 9th oa Lo th rd e 2 P d et ta re s , t a , n a d t nitiaetcteintgodethaen,Dauekarei3ofriNghetroat;::l,,,me oft:l_,l/4.01 Smith, A.M., Master of the Classical ar7ii.etiOr:_nd School, to Emma, daughter of the late F AW . fa id,_lo 9 . Ulverstone, Lancashire. h near i le lei 13e' Sirt On the Ith inst., at Kenlchurc , „. san't.,„ A. i•ta Bentham, Esq., only son of the late Gen. . TlSritham; E...64___ p K.S. G., and nephew of: he late JeremY --' 10 ,4gek . ,154c,° ,ty younge.,t daughter of Sir Harford g and ".1e... 00 LL.D., late Envoy Extraordinary and _o o the Court of Persia. Rev. Abel John Ram, of Clonatio, he Earl of Cour t Jane Stopford, youngest daughter ~ f t On the 15th inst., at St. John'swCehattin rr4d d e l a n d R ", ° , l°,, __-------------- 4i. DIED. d son o f ' On the 14th inst ,of consumption, HerirY, se c- „Ti pl, John Ody, of the Strand, aed 20 for d, ;i. g • a DeP t 1 On the 15th inst., at the Royal Dock -yard, , - - , ei Augustus Markett, R.N., aged 72. r, S' On the 15th inst., Margaret, wife of John-Sope 1 ren's.lodge, Edmonton. Th NC ' On the 15th inst , Anne, eldest daughter of P. tot ii; Esq., Highbury-grove. On the 14th inst., in Cadogan.street, /" Chelsea,,Dr.",l oli.? Viado del Busto, wife of the President of the SuP.er„rte Justice of Valencia, in Spain, during the time or tn ,; re p,, , ~:rO o wn n t bc e o l . : ir tt h, p in h sitip,-lane. - 1 0. B;rn, Esq ., or Norwood,°"' ',I wi li e n of th vv e .IFtt:ipinosctoc,ka,t aGrclehnitrecidte,KnneiagrhtVsbirrgire.Wor, I PAINTDO AND PuBLDDIND" R DODiNt;;' Y h . SIM Vincit,: 1.12; STRANiii L'AiN‘ Eta IRE loi 71,0 Zit " ' Al .A 1 ulti r 7 °P d to Val R, ~~AI '~~D R,6, C t QZ 1 () Ile bv i t N'ts. ib --,..„, bit, 4 4,1 I),; ‘ ) t ° st to the I ttt": 11 etNri