The Sun. — London, England, 1836-10-14 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNAL. " As for Lord Durham," says the Times, in an article in yesterday's number, " we really fear that he is, as he has before been, too much overpowered by the hollow flatteries of the Czar to leave his na tural good sense and love of country room to act with freedom. The press of England, the Times included, has, within the last few months, borne not unfrequent, though sometimes, perhaps, unwilling testimony to the zeal and the firmness with which Lord Durham discharges the arduous and important duties of his mission at St. Petersburg. The benefi cial effect of his services has been kit and acknow ledged by a class of men whose approbation, we dare say; will compensate Lord Durham for the ignorant censure of a party scribe. The Times itself has upon two or three recent occasions published letters of thanks to Lord Durham for his invaluable attention to British interests ; but it is quite true these acknow ledgments proceeded only from British merchants. However worthless the Times maybe disposed to regard such testimony to Lord Durham's diplomatic character, while we continue to have any commercial intercourse with Russia, the people of England will not regard it as altogether valueless. In fact, the merchants of England attach the utmost importance to his Lord ship's mission, for they know that their interests were never before so ably and so zealously attended to by any ambassador in Russia. Did we not feel assured that our interests required the superintendence of a firm and upright representative at St. Petersburgh, we can as sure the Times we should be much better pleased to see Lord Durham in his place in the House of Lords than at the Court of the Czar. May we take the li berty of suggesting to our Contemporary, that instead of engaging himself with unfounded apprehensions that the " naturalgood sense" and " love of country" of Lord Durham may be overpowered by the flatteries of the Czar, it would be much more reasonable to con gratulate the country upon its escape from the inflic tion with which it had been threatened by the Duke of Wellington. If the presence of Lord Durham at St. Petersburgh be an advantage, how much is that advan tage enhanced by the reflection that he fills a mission destined by a 'foxy Government for the Marquis of Londonderry ?—Morning Chronicle. If we wish to insure the just punishment of a felon, to frustrate the persuasive powers of an advocate, the wiles of a pettifogging attorney, the perjured evidence of an alibi witness, the familiar aid of saws, files, vi triolic acid, wigs, moustachios, ladders, jemmies, and accomplices, there is still one resource possessed by the friends of public justice—one which experience proves to be infallible—give the thief "rope enough, ami"—we all know the rest ; and it applies not more iuslv to Old Bailey society than to that which figures in Downing-street. The years 1834 and 1835 were passed by the British nation in serving out "rope" to the Whigs and their accessories of the Movement. The year 1836 has been employed by the compound gang in preparing the work of self-suspension. What we state is a strict truth, known at this moment to every man who makes use of his opportunities for ob serving the state of Gr:etthiLtin generally, or watching the petty transactions of the most obscure village into which politics have eve' ;trade their way. To demon- I steate to the world the absolute unfitness of modern Weias for even the meanest function that belongs to civil government, viz., that of executing the com mand,: of a task master, it was essential at the same time to wove the incapacity of the faction called revolu tienists to dictate such commands without entailing ruin on the countrv. Th:3 Radicals might still in time eyes of some, have been " Imperium &gni, nisi impe ressent ; the - o. 7 higs to others might have seemed " Pares ne , rotiis." But the accession of the first to power. and of the second to place, has at once dis oelled the bright illusion ; both have been tried, and • both found miserably- wanting. The nation is sick of the experiment. We ask any honest man who re members the state of England six years ago, and who secs what it is at present, to answer us plainly—what progress have Whigs and Radicals united, or has either faction separately, if to consider one apart front the other be practicable, made in the esteem or affec tions of their countrymen since the year 1832 They havo held in their hands the monarchy ; they have had carte blanche for the display of their whole magazine of legislation, intellectual as well as moral they have possessed, and they have not spared, that vast machinery by the application of which to the corrupt purchase of opinions which could be no otherwise con ciliated, they used to charge it is a heavy crime to their opponents that the good old times of Toryism were distinguished. The Whigs and Radicals have created a more enormous portion of patronage—mere gross, jobbing, bribing patronage—and have thereby, directly or indirectly, provided for a greater number of merce nary adherents than all their predecessors for 50 years put together. If the coast guard be meant as a nur sery and depot for seamen, sure we are that the corn misioners, registering officers, corporate, police, and parochial functionaries, under the innumerable and in describable denominations which have been invented by these Whig-Radical Reformers to reward the purity of their adherents and to stimulate their zeal, would furnish a dozen nurseries for as many armies, even when war raged loudest. There is nothing like it in the records of' party profligacy, but the day draws near when a full return can be moved for. And what is the result of all ? Are the Whigs with their Ra dical confederates the stronger for it, or likely to be the more long-lived as a Ministry ? Are they not felt to be the scourge of the empire, even by those who hold in derision their genius for aught but evil ? Are they not, we ask in melancholy mortification, are they not looked upon as a sort of Brummagem gilt-copper Government, as a set of Bartholomew fair performers transferred to the boards of the regular drama ? With the State to administer and the Church to protect, they have earned for themselves the reputation of being the bitterest, if not the ablest, enemies by which Church and State were ever assaulted. Their Reform Bill, which gave full swing to the popular impulse, has ruined Whiggery and Radicalism as a whole. The Municipal Bill, which set in motion every local power, and was reckoned on as the sure destroyer of Conser vatism in detail, has raised such an outcry among all the decent classes of the community, in every town and borough where it has been brought into ac tion, the brutal grossness, the rancorous vengeance, the niggard meanness, the scandalous irreverence for things great and holy, the sum total of plebeian, pothouse despotism, Making itself instrumental to the basest purposes of personal selfishness and greediness on behalf of those by whom it is exer cised, has filled the minds of the great bulk of those who honestly within these 18 months believed that a municipal reform, letting into the local administra tion of towns persons who had previously been ex cluded from it, would be a wholesome and beneficial measure, with such utter disappointment and disgust, that if a Godsend from Heaven had been prayed for by the Conservatives, none so prolific of salutary re action throughout society could have been imagined as this grand nostrum mixed up by the public enemy for their ruin. We see on all sides, that among the classes upon whom this medicine has wrought the best effect, the hitherto active and zealous citizens who took habitually a leading part in several parishes and boroughs of the metropolis, have now become resolute in their dislike of the ends to which it was designed to be subservient. Popularity has changed its motives and its objects in many districts of this capital. The mushroom members have become unpalatable to those who at the last election considered them most savoury. Marylebone is fast recovering her distracted senses, and is loudly banishing her feeble and frivolous representa- tive to Brussels, where, however, we have reason to apprehend that his official exile will not be long. Another appeal to the people of England will correct en a striking manner the fallacies of the last, and ad minister to the House of Commons that of which it stands more in need than any former one since the Bare bones' Parliament—a thorou g h p ur ifi ca ti on .—Tim e s. It is impossible that attention can be too often and earnestly directed to the aggressions and designs of :11tussia. On whatever point of her empire we cast our cll.'s we may perceive appalling evidences of her en ciaettchments ; everywhere she has instruments at work, either completing or consolidating the acquisitions already made, or preparing the way for fresh exten sions of usurpation. Yet, with such glaring and un deniable proofs before us of the necessity of an imme diate interference on the part of England, to check the • progress of schemes most vitally affecting the safety of the British empire, we find some of our affected liberal contemporaries, with an air of supreme sagacity, an nouncing that they see no cause for alarm in the con duct of Russia; and others, on whom may be distinctly traced the palpable impression of the cloven foot, endeavouring to disparage and break up our relations with the Ottoman empire, in which consist the best means of averting the common danger. The conduct of the former, we are ready to admit, may arise as much from overweening confidence in the power of England as from impenetrable stupidity or ignorance of the actual position of affairs ; but in the course pur sued by the latter, we plainly recognise that irresistible influence which Russia is accustomed to apply to those who require weightier considerations than justice, sound policy, and argument to engage their advocacy. Of the Tory Press we bear unhesitating testimony, that in respect to Russia, the general tenour of its policy, unless where it indulges in false accusations against the English Ministry, is an honourable excep tion to its general character ; but of the Liberal Jour nals, who, from being liberal, exercise greater influence on public opinion, there is one or two whose observa tions on Russian affairs ,should be received with ex treme caution. In the last number of the Portfolio an article on " The Affairs of Circassia, Russia, and Turkey," exposes with fearful truth the advances of Russia on the territories of these people. The im portant castle of Silgik, on the coast of Circassia, has been lately carried by the assault of twelve thousand Russian troops. Herat is threatened by Persia, and a Russian Minister has volunteered to take command of a regiment in the expedition. Thus, on the one hand, Russia has made an important step towards laying open a free ingress to Persia and Asia Minor ; and, on the other, if she succeed by the instrumentality of Persia in getting pos session of Herat, she will have surmounted one of the chief obstacles to her invasion of India. With such facts before us, shall we be told that there exist no just grounds of alarm ? We pass over for the present her outrages, in conjunction with Austria and Prussia, on the independence of Cracow. Her insolent inter ference between England and the Porte, with regard to the reparation sought for the tyrannical imprison ment of Mr. Churchill—the instigations used by her to detach the chiefs of the Turkish provinces from their allegiance—her numerous intrigues in every Court and country in Europe, these are prolific themes for animadversion ; but we keep them in reserve, and come at once to the consideration of the extent of territory she has actually usurped from surrounding states. In Europe she has appropriated more than one-half of Sweden, the whole of Poland, a large portion of Turkey in Europe, of Turkey in Asia. of Tartary, independently of her acquisitions in Persia and Cir cassia—in all exceeding in extent and importance the entire of her original empire. Taking this in conjunc tion with her present attitude, is it not madness to assert that there is • nothing in her policy to excite tile apprehension of England ? In little more than half a century Russia has advanced her frontier, both on the side of Europe and the East, to the extent of several hundred miles. And we are assured that there is no thing in all this to alarm us ! What does it signify whether these conquests have been achieved by diplo macy or force of arms—the result is the same. Great as arc the military resources of Russia, she is infi nitely more to be dreaded in the cabinet that the field, and it is not by slighting her power in either that we may best prepare to give it effectual opposition. We ' have the fact before us, that with less than half the means which Russia now possesses, she has appro priated territory more extensive than all the other states of Europe together. She may now employ the part which she has subdued, for the subjugation of the re mainder. By means•of the conquered, she may achieve further conquests, and with one half of Europe al ready prostrate before her, what may she not effect a , ainst the other ? Her power is indeed formidable. Through their fears or their hopes, she makes the other despotic Cabinets of Europe parties to her aggran dizement. The Governments of Austria, Prussia, and France, are the ready instruments of her designs, whenever she pleases to employ their agency. Where, then, is England to seek the means of opposing this terrific combination ? Amongst the people of the several States of Europe, who, when the crisis ar rives, whatever may be the conduct of their rulers, will rally round the standard of the general liberty.— Morning Advertiser. The state at which our position with regard to fo reign affairs have arrived, under the management of Lord Palmerston, is both disastrous and disgraceful, whether we look at the kingdoms into which we have been admitted as friends, or from which we have been excluded as the patrons of a political system hostile to firm and well regulated Government. If the attention of the politician be turned to the Peninsular Govern ments, or rather to those confused and frightened de positories of official authority, which ought to be Go vernments, he will there discern what Great Britain has gained for herself, or established for her allies, in countries where there can be no question of the exten sive influence which she has exercised. Whatever may be thought of the honour or honesty of the mode in which the Ministry of Great Britain has in terfered in the affairs of Spain and Portugal, there can be, we presume, no doubt, that it did interfere, and concentrated in those kingdoms the cases for foreign adjustments which in no other European States it would be permitted to exercise. We are by no means disposed to deny to Lord Palmerston and his col leagues all the glory which the present state of the Peninsula may be considered to shed upon those who have contributed to bring about that consumma tion. Whatever advantage Spain, or Portugal, or Great Britain, or the world, enjoys from the condition of the Peninsula at the present moment, the credit of it be longs to Lord Palmerston's policy. We make him a present of it, and wish him much joy of whatever re nown he may be able to extract from it. Well, then, Spain and Portugal having presented to us the brilliant picture of the effects of Lord Palmerston's policy, where he has done something, what lesson do we derive from the state of those European nations when he has done nothing ? What do we find to have hap pend in kingdoms where British influence, though once very powerful, has been wholly annihilated, since that influence has been under the direction of Lord Palmerston ? Is there any one of them in a state of distraction ? Is there any one of them in which revo lution is setting house against house, and family against family—in which Government is this thing one day, and that another, according to the interests of Stock jobbers, or the temper of the troops ? France, Austria, Prussia, all have held aloof from the Palmer stonian policy, and have employed—successfully em ployed—the energies of their respective Statesmen in consolidating the principles of government to which it has pleased Lord Palmerston, in his wisdom, to oppose himself. Each of them has been growing more powerful as a political State—more firmly organised in its internal affairs—more independent—better provided with means of defence. Can Great Britain make the same boast ? Whether she can or not, it is very clear that the kingdoms of the Continent in which her in fluence has been so active cannot. But, above all, what has Russia been doing ? Russia certainly has not paid much respect, either in the form of imitation or applause, to Lord Palmerston's policy ; but she has Euclonerpe o far more to make herself the paramount power in has i3n peddling than ee any other State. While Lord Palmers tonand pokiner and working his Government into - disgrace ;ace in the Peninsula, the states men'' of Russia have been doing all that vast power and ingenuity, impelled by insatiable ambition, can do, to make that empire the head of the political world. Of a ll the States in Europ e it most behoved Great Bri tain Policy, and t o co u n t er act it ; but we nothing this to thi s en d . We have d one worse than nothing ; for while employing our power in havecl to o watch e n mean, underhand, and disgraceful transactions, we have allowed encroachments to take place, which otherwise would in the ordinary course of affairs have been pre vented. The con sequences are now seen i n the tre mendous aspect of 1 Z ussian power and territory—a power which lifts up its head before us iu the north of Europe, and stretches its giant limbs in menacing attitude towards the south of Asia. Lord Palmer ston's obsequious scribes endeavour, with servile imi tation of their patron's manner, to treat all this with THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1836. an air of ridicule. The same persons who justify want of principle in home affairs, by saying that to attend to principles is unstatesmanlike, and that Statesmen should look to facts—these same persons, when the disgraceful state of foreign affairs must be noticed, will not condescend to so common-place a thing as investigation of vulgar facts. They like better to try to ridicule the men who have published those facts to the world. They would have us believe that it is quite absurd to speak of the immense military power of Russia, and that all we have heard is to be ascribed to the puffs of Count Von Bismarck and M. Von Tietz, or other " Russian hirelings." This is rather a harsh epithet for all who dwell upon the military greatness of Russia, against which we ought to be so watchful. Did Lord Palmerston's employ 6 when he used such terms, not remember that a person, rather in his Lordship's good graces, we suppose—namely, one Lieutenant-Colonel e Lacy Evans, has written and published a book on the military power and resources of Russia, which goes quite as far as Von Bismarck or Von Tietz ? If what they say be mere " puffing," what becomes of the veracity of the illustrious leader of the " auxiliary legion ?" Really the certain power, and probable designs of Russia, are not things which should be treated with the flippant sneers of Lord Palmerston's underlings. They may become serious matter for us before long, and the sooner we are pre pared for them the better.—Morning Herald. In the discussions which are now going on, whether in the shape of pamphlets or articles of the daily press, respecting Russia, we think there is one fallacy which pervades them all, namely—the idea that the ambition of that Great Power seeks to extend its dominion more in Europe than in Asia. Now, we meet that opinion with a direct contradiction ; and, with the exception of a communication with the Mediterranean, to which her designs on Turkey are limited, we believe that the plan traced in the archives of St. Petersburgh settles the European boundary as it is, while it contemplates the possession of the eastern and southern coasts of the Black Sea, the whole of Asia Minos, the more re mote though equally desired conquest of Persia, with visionary longings after Hindostan. It is only by the admission of such a principle as this that the European policy of Russia can be understood for the last ten years. We have seen her, in direct violation of her supposed despotic attachments, quietly suffer every revolution to run its course, convinced that within her frontier the constitutional malady could not reach. The overthrow of Charles the Tenth, in 1830—the breach of the Treaty of Vienna and the separation of Belgium from Holland, in 1831—the dethronement of Don Miguel in Por tugal, in 1833—and the establishment of the Queen Regent in Madrid, in 1831—have all, though con trary to the leading policy of the empire, been acqui esced in, as matters unworthy of a serious thought. If anything could have moved the temper of the Czar surely it must have been the banishment of that fa mily for whom the Russian eagle was twice planted on the heights of Montmartre. If anything could have worked upon his affection the spoliation from the fu true kingdom of his sister of one half its territory, and the insult offered to all Europe by the march of a French army against Antwerp, must have touched his heart. And if any subject could carry mor tification with it, it must have been the violation of all national law by England and France in the Yellin sula, and the overthrow of the institutions similar to those on which his own empire stands. But experience has shown that the Emperor of Russia is alike indifferent to all that passes in the West of Europe —or, rather, he is glad to see it agitated in such a manner as may occupy the time of the other Powers, and keep their attention from the enlargement of his colossal dominion in the East. What chance can Russia have of conquest in Europe ? One word from Austria, the kingdom, though deeply leagued with Russia in the preservation of 'Conservative prin ciples, the most jealous at the extension of her views, and which watches with the utmost care the most mi nute tendency towards its enlargement on this side— one word from Austria, and Poland starts into exist ence, a mighty barrier, against which the whole weight of the Russian empire will be exerted in vain, provided that the new Power is sustained by the rest of Europe, and can calculate on the support of Austria and Prussia. There, in a word, is the limit of Russian aggression. " Thus far shalt thou go, and no farther," has Austria more than once pronounced. Prussia has a similar interest ; and, if Nesselrode be an adept in diplomatic intrigue, he has A ncillon to the North and Metternich to the south, equally wise and provident, clearly understand ing the respective position of the three States, and de termined to suffer no encroachment from the giant of the north. With these, as well as with the west of Europe, the integrity of the Turkish empire is an ob ject of the first consideration; and it is with great pain that they see the authority of the Porte daily falling into decay ; and if England and France were wise they would gladly seek an understanding with these nations on the means which are still left of preserving that defence against the designs of Russia on the whole of Asia Minor. It must be remarked that the personal character of the reigning Sovereign affects but in a remote degree the policy of the Russian empire. A more honourable and amiable character does not exist than the Emperor Nicholas. His ambition is erratified to its full extent ; but he is a party nzalgr 'lid to the plan which is traced for the future destinies of the country ; and whether desirous of further con quests or not, he must play the part that has been de signed him in the grand programme, which is laid down on principles we might say almost unerring, so admirably have they been put into operation up to the present hour. A good understanding with Austria is all that is required to insure the west of Europe from any demonstration on the part of that mighty Power which, like, a thunder-cloud in the heavens, fills the beholders with dread. But we must keep an untiring watch over its progress in Asia; and there the possession of the whole eastern coast of the Black Sea, the conquest of Circassia, and the probable occu pation one day of Asia Minor, with the demonstration on the Persian frontier, are enough to fill us with the most lively apprehensions for the future.—Morn. Post. EPHEMERA.—We noticed last week that this town had been visited by myriads of small flies. A scientific writer says they belonged to the class Hemiptera and to the genius Aphis, commonly known by the name of " plant louse," and familiar to all, on the rose trees, as those small wingless insects, which cluster together on the stems, usu ally just beneath the bud or the flowers, and on the larch, apple, and many other fruit trees, as the downy, soft, clammy mites, which abound more or less, according to the prevailing character of the season. There are about one hundred known genera of this pestiferous breed, of which about fifty, we are sorry to say, have found a legi timate place, as indigenous or naturalised (for some of the worst have been imported from America or elsewhere) in Great Britain. Of all classes of insects that of the Aphis presents the most singular and peculiar properties.—Hull Observer. A Mechanics' Institution is about to be established at Woburn, under the patronage of his Grace the Duke of Bedford. On Saturd a y l a st, as a fine boy named Williams, about eight years of age, was flying a kite in a field near Peckham, S urrey , an d w hil e h e was a tt en ti ve ly fi xe d on th e subject of his amusement, he ran against a horse that was grazing, which kicked him so violently in the breast, that he languished till Wednesday morning, when he expired in ap parently great agony. EMPLOYMENT OF NATIVES IN INDIA.—The appointment of the ad op t e d son o f t h e R ammo h un R oy to a writershipis an event in the history of the civil service which may lead to imp or t ant consequences. W e h ave no me ans of estimating the fitness of this individual for such an employment, though he is stated to have conducted himself so well whilst in the Board of Controul as to have secured the favourable notice of Sir John Hobhouse. Suppose this gentleman, in the course of his service, should fill a high judicial office, what a contrast his position and emoluments would afford to those of the next native officer of the same Court. How will he be received by th e serv i ce ? Will his seniors expect him to come into their presence unshod, or will he be voted while from the date of his appointment ? It is singular that at the very moment our Legislators arc handing us over to Sudder Ameens and Moonsiff, the Board of Controul should point out the fit ness o f nat i ves for the highest judicial situations. We congratulate the young gentlemen of the Hindoo College on the prospect opened to their ambition ; let them finish their education in England, and some of us may live to see a Sudder Adawlut that cannot be reproached with ignorance of the language of the country by the most outrageous Calcutta petitioners.—Bengal Hurkaru, May 18. WESTMINSTER GENERAL QUAR- TER SESSIONS.-THURSDAY. Lieut. Tracey, Governor of the Prison, reported the in mates 360 in number, and six children, generally healthy and orderly. There are 26 prisoners for trial. Thomas Williams and John Mace were acquitted on a charge of stealing a coat, value 205., the property of Daniel Bromage. Margaret Dooley, aged 43, and Elizabeth Barry, aged 38, were acquitted (from want of evidence, there being no moral doubt of their guilt), upon an indictment for stealing four quart pots, value 45., the property of John Attwood. John Coleman, aged 40, was convicted of stealing a pint pewter pot, value 10d., from the tap-room of Mr. William Redkison. The COURT sentenced the prisoner to three months' im prisonment. Daniel Macpherson was indicted for stealing a waistcoat, value 55., the property of James Daniel Field, and others. From the evidence of the prosecutor, one of the firm of Reddish and Co, outfitters and haberdashers, of Sidney's alley, Leicester-square, it appeared that on Saturday last the prisoner entered their shop, and requested to be served with a waistcoat, of a pattern similar to an old one pro duced. He was very particular in his choice, and was a troublesome customer. Witness left him for an instant to attend another customer, and then saw him put the waist coat in question in his pocket. He was instantly charged with the theft, but denied it, but on being searched the garment was found in his coat pocket, and he was placed in custody. Mr. ADOLPHUS rose to reply on the case (the first under the Prisoners' Counsel Bill). —The Learned Counsel, as leader at the bar, made some few preliminary remarks on the importance of allowing prisoners' counsel to address the Jury, and the necessity of some rules to restrain gen tlemen at the bar, in reply and cross-examination. Upon the case before the jury, he had to submit the prisoner, who had been in the service of Major Jasper Hall, of Bromley, had taken the waistcoat in mistake. Two witnesses gave the prisoner a good character. Verdict—Guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy. The CHAIRMAN concurred in the preliminary observa tions of Mr. Adolphus. He considered the Prisoners' Counsel Bill a great blessing. The Court sentenced the prisoner to three months' im prisonment. John Williams, aged 18, was indicted for stealing from the person of William Sandford, a handkerchief, his pro perty. Verdict—Guilty, but recommended to mercy on account of his youth. CHAIRMAN—It is an age at which crime is vety pre valent. Lieutenant Tracey, the Governor of the gaol, said the prisoner had hitherto borne a good character, and his fa mily connections were very respectable. The brother of the prisoner said it was his first offence he believed. He had been apprenticed for four years to the Captain of the Hercules, a large ship lying off Ply mouth,%nd the Captain wished to have him back. Lieutenant Tracey said that was the fact ; he had re ceived four applications on the subject. DISTRESS.—Edward Redden, 66, was indicted for steal ing nine pounds of beef from the butcher's shop of Thomas Easdon. The prisoner pleaded age, infirmity, and utter destitution in extenuation of the offence. Lieut. Tracey said, the prisoner had been well-behaved, and of much use in the prison. He had been 39 days in confinement. Verdict—Not Guilty. The Grand Jury returned a true bill against John Wallis for a nuisance, in keeping a common gaming -house. COURT OF- REQUESTS. WESTMINSTER, THURSDAY.—EH—HAW ! MY MUS TACHIOS !-A long, but very lean young gentleman, named Julius Augustus Harrison, wearing a most ferocious-looking pair of mustachios, and whiskers en suite, was yesterday summoned for the consideration of 11s. 6d., by a little yellow barber, named Rogers. " What's it for ?" asked one of the COMMISSIONERS. Little Rogers shrugged up his shoulders, and in something between a whine and a whistle, made the fidlowing ludi crous statement :—" I'll tell your Worships all about it. This 'ear good gentleman comes to my shop in George street, and ashes me says he, 'What shall I give you a week to keep my head in order ?'—(Laughter.) Says I, I s'pose you means your 'air !' Oh,' says he, it's all the same ;' and so with that 1 up and tells him I'd look arter his head for a shillin a week, shaves included.—(Considera ble laughter.) Well, your Worships, I shaves him, and I curls him, and I set his whiskers back.—(Roars of laughter.) A COMMISSIONER—What, Sir, set back his whiskers ? Plaintiff—Yes, Sir ; one on 'em come round just like you'rn, and so I coaxed 'em, and trimmed 'em—(Laughter) —and then I dyed his mustachioes ! they had a nasty look, like as you sees 'em now ; but I turned 'em into regular black 'uns ; in fact, I made him look decent and wholesome for a matter of ten weeks, and now this is the way he sarves me.—(Laughter.) A COMMISSIONER—HOW do you make out I Is. 6d., Mr. Rogers ? Plaintiff—Eighteen pence for dying his musta chioes, Sir.—(The Court was convulsed with laughter.) COMMISSIONER—By what process? Rogers (with a cunning wink)—Ah, Sir, that's a secret ; I karn't think of putting you up to that ! there is such a thing as hoppositioiz you know. COMMISSIONER—Now, Mr. Harrison, what have you to say ? Defendant—Eh ? What have you to say, Sir ?—Hawpon my word, don't know, droll affair, and d—d unpleasant. Have seen the fallow before—certainly did frizzle my hair—believe the man shaved me. As to the mustachios, never was viler stuff put on man's face ; the colour was all gone in six hours.—( More laughter.) You should have "tried Warren's."—(Laughter.) By your own admission it appears you owe the plaintiff the amount sued for—you must pay it forthwith.—Eh—aw— really this is a most rascally decision.—(Laughter.) Plaintiff—l wish your Verships a werry good morning. You're all gentlemen wot is gentlemen—the most agreea blest—pleasantest--and jUstest—unkimmonest— (Here the little tonsor's encomium was cut short by the officer gently handing him out of Court.) COURT OF REQUESTS, KINGS GATE-STREET-(THURSDAY.) MRS. COBBO FROM CONGO.—A squat and remarkably ugly-looking black woman, named Cobbo, summoned a very respectable-looking man, named Smith, for the sum of 11. 15s. for board and lodging,.alleged to have been supplied to Smith's wife by the black woman Cobbo. How is this, Sir? said Mr. Commissioner DUBOIS, ad dressing the defendant ?—Sir (said the defendant, in a very excited manner), I am one of those unfortunate men ruined in the possession of a drunken wife. Although I have tried every means in my power to reclaim her, it has proved una vailing. She strips me of everything she can lay her hand upon, and absconds for whole weeks together with the most dissolute and depraved of characters ; she then runs me into debt, and the law calls upon me to pay. COMMISSIONER—How was this debt contracted, Mrs. Cobbo ? Mrs. Cobbo—Mungee—mungee—Massa. She sleep 'long my daughter, and she eat 'a me up for dis day tree weeks.—(Laughter.) When she get up, den she lay down—walkee, talkee, and me hab no money—(laughter) —so me fetch de Massa here COMMISSIONER—Very explicit, indeed, Madam. Pray what are you, Mrs. Cobbo, and where do you live ? Mrs. Cobbo—Me live at Congo and Ship-yard. Me ladee.—(Laughter.) COMMISSIONER—Ob, oh, you're a lady, are you ? Now tell us how you get your living. Don't you and your daughter walk the streets ? Mrs. Cobbo—Ess, Massa :so does ebbery body dat no ride !—(Laughter.) A Juryman—Don't you live in a bad house, Mrs. Cobbo ? —Mrs. Cobbo—Not a half so bad as dis, Massa. Dis werry ole (old). COMMISSIONER—What time do you and your daughter get to bed, Mrs. Cobbo ? Mrs. Cobbo—Nebber, Massa, nebber. • COMMISSIONER (astonished)—Never go to bed, Mrs. Cobbo ! Pray how do you sleep ? Mrs. Cobbo—On de table, Massa.—(Considerable merriment.) COMMISSIONER—And where does your daughter sleep ? —Mrs. Cobbo—Long Missey Smith. CommissioNEn.—Now stand down, Mrs. Cobbo. Mrs. Smith was then called, and presented a truly wretched personification of gin and depravity. She ad mitted owing the money to Mrs. Cobbo, of Ship-yard, and the Worthy Commissioner observed, with much feeling, that, on the part of the defendant, it was a truly lamentable affair. He advised him to go before a Magistrate forth with, and endeavour to make such arrangements as would prevent such an annoyance in future. The law compelled him, in the present instance, to award the money. Mrs. Cobbo, on hearing this announcement, went into such an extravagant fit of guttural exclamations, that the officers of the Court were compelled to remove her, and in half an hour the sable lady was under the care of the po lice, "rolling drunk." SPECIMEN OF HARD SWEARING.—A Radical Gentle man, belonging to the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, on beinc , sued for a p o t-h ouse score , a sserted loudly and lustily that he had paid it ! " When did you pay it ?" asked the Commissioner. " On the 31st of June," said the worthy. And you'll swear that ?" said the Commissioner. y es , hand us the book."—(Laughter.) " No, you won't, though," replied the Commissioner, " you're too big a fool to be a lucky rogue, and so you must be good enough to day the full amount and costs." " Vy," asked the patriot? " Only because there are but thirty days in June," responded the Commissioner !—Another " cunning Isaac" swore point blank that he had sent in a ton of coal to the parties sued on the Bth of November, 1836, and nothing could beat it out of his head until he was assured that the present hap pened to be the month of October ! POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Yesterday, Mr. Foard, of Fleur-de-lis-court, Fleet street, attended before Mr. Alderman LAINSON, to show cause why he should not repay the sum of .5/. 55., to the Benevolent Loan Society, held at Exeter Hall, being part of a sum of 71. lent to Daniel Lockyer, for the repayment of which Mr. Foard became surety. The Clerk to the Society explained that the Society made small loans of 21. to 151. to deserving objects, which were to be repaid at the rate of Is. in the pound every week. Mr. Foard had signed a paper recommending the borrower, and consenting to become bound with him to re pay the loan by the required weekly instalments. The loan was made, and tha borrower and surety signed a promissory note, agreeing jointly and severally to repay the money at the rate of 7s. per week, such payments to commence from the end of one month. The borrower was arrested and taken to gaol for debt, after repaying 11. 155., and Mr. Foard should have continued the weekly payments from that time, about the end of June, but he wished the whole time for repayment to run out, and the Society had re frained from pressing him. They now sought to recover the whole sum due from him as surety—the last weekly in stalment of 7s. having become payable on the 19th of September. Mr. Foard complained that he had been deceived into this business altogether. The borrower told him he had a second surety, so that he (defendant) would be liable for only half the loan ; but it appeared only one surety had been required or taken. Again, he thought due diligence had not been used to recover from the borrower, who was getting as fat as a pig in prison, while his wife seemed to be living very comfortably out of prison. If the Society turned so readily from the borrower to the surety, the latter would have to pay in nine cases out of ten. Mr. Alderman LAINSON would make an order for pay ment, but he would request the Society not to enforce it for a fortnight. If the 5/.55. were not then paid, he would grant the usual process to recover. BOW-STREET. Yesterday Thomas Perry was brought up for re-exami nation, on the charge of having embezzled between 3001. and 4001., the property of Mr. Gill, a butter-merchant, carrying on business at Axminster, in Devonshire. The prisoner was employed in London as an agent to Mr. Gill's establishment for the sale of butter, and became deficient in his accounts to the amount above mentioned. `When examined on Saturday last, he admitted that he had made use of 2101. of his master's money, and stated that he had lost that sum at a gaming -table, at the west end of the town. It was admitted, however, on the part of the prosecution, that the prisoner was employed on corn sion, and was to receive 2i per cent. upon the amount of goods that he was enabled to dispose of. A solicitor for Mr. Gill said it was not intended to press the charge, inasmuch as Mr. G. had been advised that the transactions having been conducted on the principle of agency, the charge for embezzlement could not be sus tained.—The prisoner was then discharged. Josef Gomez Pelayo, the Spaniard, of whose examina tion on the charge of having put sundry letters containing destructive chemical preparations into the post-office at Liverpool, by the explosion of one of which a clerk named Barnard was dreadfully injured, we gave a full report at the time, was to have been brought up for further hearing yes terday, but the examination was postponed until Saturday' when it is understood he will merely be brought up pro forma, and sent down to Liverpool. QUEEN-SQUARE. Sarah Marchant, the wife of Wm. Marchant, a marine store-dealer, in Friar-street, Blackfriars-road, was brought up for re-examination before Mr. BURRELL, charged by the Queen-square officers with having in her possession property to the amount of nearly 2001., which was strongly suspected. to have been stolen. Dawson, Smith, and Handley, in consequence of secret information that stolen property to a considerable amount bad been deposited at No. 1, Grantham -street, Walworth, had obtained a search warrant, and an immense quantity of lead, brass, copper, and solder had been seized and con veyed to this office by them ; in addition to these articles, two saddles, entirely new, two guns of the first manufac ture, a quantity of shot, and several articles of jewellery, were found upon the premises, and taken away. The pre mises in question were used as a sort of a country-house by the husband of the defendant, and upon the officers enter ing they found the wife there, who exclaimed 44 Oh, my God, we are ruined—we are done." Mr. Humphries, on the part of the defence, stated that this case had stood over in order that owners of the pro perty might be brought forward, and he appealed to the officers to know whether there were any in attendance ; they replied in the negative. He then submitted that his client ought to be discharged. Mr. BURRELL said that there was great suspicion attached to the case. Mr. Humphries—This is a most iniquitous proceeding on the part of the officers. In the first place, they ought to show you that they had full and proper grounds of sus picion ; and, secondly, that the defendant is a married woman, and not responsible. Mr. Humphries then applied for the discharge of the prisoner, urging that the property had been obtained in the due course of business. But Mr. BURRELL said that he was not prepared to adjudi cate then upon the case, and ordered it to stand adjourned for a week, in order that he might take time to dispose of it, in the event of any further evidence being adduced. Tho defendant was then admitted to bail. A poor char-woman, named Thompson, residing at N 0.7, John's -court, Chelsea, applied to Mr. BURRELL for his ad vice and assistance. About eighteen months since a female, who gave her name Humphries, and said that she lived in Leader -street, Chelsea, came to her lodgings and left two children, who were both very handsomely dressed, desiring that they might be taken care of until night. The sister of applicant, considering that the children were known to her, took them in, but the mother had not paid one shilling to wards their support since. Mr. BURRELL—Who has kept- them during that time ? Applicant—Myself and my sister ; but we cannot do it any longer, as we earn our living by our daily labour . Mr. BURRELL—Why not take them to their father ? Applicant—l wish they bad a father. The two children were then brought before the Magis trate, and the poor woman with tears in her eyes said, that after taking care of them so long, she could not turn them out of doors. Mr. BURRELL could not assist the applicant, who left the office with the children, declaring that as long as she had a crust of bread, she would protect them. W 0 R SHIP- STREET. Charles. Paulton, a hawker, apprehended on Saturday last, was placed at the bar before Mr. TWYFORD, the sitting Magistrate, to hear the evidence read over, in order to be committed upon a charge of breaking and entering the Dolphin public-house, in Old-street, and stealing gold and silver moneys to the amount of 241. 14s. 4d., belonging to Wm. Sands. It was stated that the prisoner was tried at Gloucester a few years back, with two women, for robbing his employer. The evidence against him being complete, he was fully committed to Newgate for trial. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. Mr. Westwood, watchmaker and silversmith, Princes street, applied to Mr. CONANT, the sitting Magistrate, under the following circumstances :—About a week or ten days ago a miserable woman, named Moore, who had been found the over night wandering about in a state of destitu tion, and who had been discharged from custody the follow ing morning when brought before the sitting Magistrate at this office, on the same afternoon had committed a felony, with the avowed purpose of being sent to the shelter of a gaol. She had broken a pane of glass in his shop window, and had stolen a watch, value 301., but before she could effect her escape, even had such been her intentions, she was secured, and the watch taken from her possession. For this offence she had been committed to Newgate for trial. The object of Mr. Westwood's application was to ascertain if he could not have the watch, at present in the hands of the policeman, restored to him, so as to enable him to effect the sale of it. The Magistrate told him that in order to ensure It con viction in the case, it was necessary that the article in ques tion should be produced. Mr. Westwood remarked that prosecutors, under si milar circumstances, were placed in a very disadvantageous situation. Here was a woman who had been seen to break the window to possess herself of a valuable watch ; to have that watch taken from her by the person who saw her com mit the offence, and who saw the property owned by the proprietor ; and yet, with all this direct evidence, it was still legally necessary that the stolen article should be pro duced in Court, by which process, from the period of com mitment to the time of trial, the proprietor was debarred from the opportunity of disposing of it. Had the woman stolen a leg of mutton or any other perishable article, the law would not require the production of the property, and it certainly did appear to him not to be exactly consistent with common sense that a, different course should be pur sued in cases apparently similar. The applicant was told that the Bench could give him no relief, as it was in his case only fulfilling the provisions of the law as it stood. Indeed, he was exposed to a further risk ; for if the watch was stolen from the custody of the policeman, the woman would be acquitted, and of course he could have no remedy for the loss of his property. Mr., Westwood then retired. .. THAMES-OFFICE. Yesterday John Wilson, the chief-mate of the ship Val' leyfield, was brought before BALLANTINE and Mr. BR J DE• RIP, charged with severely flogging a boy named ohn Lumsden, an apprentice belonging to the same vessel. The lad said that the ship had lately arrived from the East In dies, and during the whole voyage he had been frequently rope's-ended and knocked down by the mate. On the Magistrates desiring him to state the specific charge on which the warrant had been granted, he said that on Tuesday morning the mate accused him with lea" ing a light in the forecastle on the previous night, which he had not done, and took up a rope, with which he severely flogged him over the back and shoulders. His body was covered with black and blue marks. The mate said that in consequence of the boy's negli gence in leaving the candle burning in the forecastle on Monday night the ship had been fined 101., and he gave the boy a few stripes with the rope. Th. Magistrates said he had no right to lay hands upo n him at any time, and if he had done wrong the captain could have applied to the Magistrates for redress. Th e transaction about the light had given the mate the colour of an excuse to indulge in his propensity for beating the lad. They fined defendant 20s. and costs. NOVEL AND IMPORTANT USE OF AMMONIX OR BRINE. The thanks of the Society of Arts were lately voted to a Mr. Webster, of Ipswich, for a statement of the effec produced on potatoes by immersion in ammoniacal water; or in brine. If potatoes are immersed for four or five daY, in ammoniated water, containing an ounce of the comma? liquor ammonite to a pint of water, they will, on remov ed ? be found to have their vegetable principle greatly checked, or altogether destroyed, so that they may be preserved throughout the year without the least deterioration of the ir general qualities. The temporary action of the am moune in no way affects the potatoe beyond that of destroying It 9. power of growth ; if, however, any change is produced, l, is rather beneficial than otherwise, somewhat improving thin appearance and flavour of inferior potatoes, and giving them_ a mealiness they did not possess. The transient nature o f the application removes any suspicion of injury from the material employed, and it is all lost by evaporation, so the t not a trace remains behind ; nor could the most fastidious ever detect that the potatoes had been immersed in 1 ":: monite, so volatile is its nature, so perfect it s esca pe. I . l ! e ' exportation of potatoes to foreign c li ma t es , chiefly w i thin the tropics, is an object of importance; and for the comfort of sailors there is nothing in the way of diet greater than the luxury of a potatoe with their salt food. As the means of prolonging their enjoyments, and adding to the healthful diet of a sea life, this mode may be adopted with advan" tine. The expense of immersion is very trifling, and the) subsequently require to be spread in airy situation to dryer Potatoes so treated have been used after ten months' keep— ing in a warm kitchen closet, and were found to be perfectly good. If the potatoes, instead of being removed in fire days, are continued in the ammoniacal water for t ) aree weeks, the potatoe becomes tough, and s h r i ve ll e d, Irinile , the liquor, and when dried by exposure to the 'car, a ssume!' quite a new form ; it appears consolidated, an d i ts q uell. ties are greatly lost, for on boiling it assumes the appear` ante of sage, or starch, yet still firm s and retaining I s form ; if used in its dry and uncooked state it has a meal flavour, and the properties of corn. There is no chemical change effected on the potatoe, but merely a mechanical consolidation and extraction of moisture ; for precisely th e same effect may be produced by immersing potatoes nn strong solution of salt and water, taking care to remove by subsequent ablution the whole of the salt, and this require s some time, and repeated changes of water, Differences have for some time existed between the earthenware manufacturers of the rivers Wear and Tyne and their workmen, relative to the amount of remun ere: tion which the latter sh ou ld rece i ve f or t h e i r work. of prices was recently drawn up by the workmen, and sub' mitted to the consideration of the masters of both r ivet. Three of the principal manufacturers of the We a r a greed to these terms. The manufacturers of the Tyne, bowever, being of opinion that this scale was too high, drew up another list of prices, which afforded a lower remuneration that'', what the men were receiving previous to the last advance' of wages. This was, therefore, rejected as inadequate ;iA consequence of which the masters requested a deputation 01 the workmen to meet them for the satisfactory adjustment of this point., The proposition was agreed to ; and tb meeting took place on Monday last, at the Monkwearovut p Shore Motel ; but we regret to say that the conferenc e was unsuccessful, and that the parties have not yet com e to any definite conclusion upon the subject. We under stand that the prices required by the men are precisely those which have been conceded by the Staffordshire facturers.—Sunderland Herald. SHOCKING SUICIDE.---It is our painful duty thi 9 t week to ann ounce th e d eat h o f P h i l i p Scholfi eld, Esq., °A' Metham Hall, near Howden. On Tuesday last he been out shooting, and had killed four brace_ o f birds, 901 ; on his return no unusual depression of spiri',,s was observe d by the servant, who retired to rest about ten o'clock, ing the deceased in the drawing-room. Early on Wednef r day morning, on the housekeeper en'aering the room, s he was appalled by th e shocking spectacle of the wast e,,, ; of the mansion sitting in a ebr Air , qu i te d ea d , w ith gun or fowling-piece betwee-a, nis legs, and a pistol in en e l hand, fi rm ly grasped. ;;,e fatal ball had been discharg, 0 from o ne o f th e p ; .stols, and as it entered near the teml3l4'a his death must !dose been almost instant aneous . He bl ed profusely when discovered. Th e d ecease d was a hie% respectable g en tl eman , i n opu l ent c i rcumstances , a b ou t t years of a ge , an d a b ac h e l or. N o part i cular cause ca n b e assigned for his thus prematurely terminating his existemea He was at Howden fair on Monday, and appeared in spirits ; b u t h e h a d o b serve d to a f r i en d , a b out a mOlll,l previou s , as we are i n f orme d , t h at h e h a d li ved i n t h e 1 0'r till there was nothi ng l e f t th a t a ff or d e d hi m pleasur a, e satisfaction. A n i nques t was h e ld on Wednesday vigbtre, when a verdict of " Temporary Derangement " was turned.—York Herald. A splendid dish of strawberries was gather-A, with in ' the last few day s , i n th e gar d en o f M r . S m i t h , Fi s h e re York. Many others are now in full bloom, awl the frill' ' , expected to be r ip e i n a f or t n i g ht. Th ere are some appl e trees in the neighbourhood of that city, at present beari ter fruit quite ripe, and blossom for another crop. The appears as healthy as if it were the month 01 May Halifax Express. .00010 (ADVERTISEMENT.) 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East India C , Jmpar y' s Cavalry. k C °l6 On the 11th i ns t., a t Wcaersh, Surrey, Thomas Frederic fobs Esq., of Ryd e , I s l e o f Wi g ht, to Emma, youngest daughter of late J. Malden, Esq., of Putney. She irlb On the 12th inst., at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Esq., of Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, eldest son of the late of .1. •VJalter Ater Shairp, Esq., of Bedford-square, to Eliza, youngeFit daughter _t Hardy, Esq., of Woburn-place. ' Wm ate On the 4th inst., at Dalmarnoch House,Gl ' " '''''. il" .. "1"' late Smith, Esq., of Calcutta, to Ann Oliver, daughter of the Fehrszen. oho ( On the 10th ult., at the Parish Church, Prendergas t, f scls Thompson, Esq., second son of th e l a t e Samc,.el Thompse e '',.. u f JO' of Liverpool, banker, to France s C a th er i ne , eld e st daught er Bellairs, Esq., of The Mount, Haverfordwest. I °l On the 10th i ns t., a t St. Mary's Church, Bryans tone-i,. ic to Joseph Gundry, j un .,l7-sq., of Bridport, to Mary C ar oline,. r` W. A. H. Foulds, Esq., of Skerniland, Ayrshire. ~.....--•"*''' . - DIED. taeoo l4 On the sth inst., aged 67, Margaret, relict of the lat ,e ."- Huntington, Esq. p ac li"P On the i pth inst., Mary, relict of J. Halford, Esq., of - je 1 and Laleha.m, Middlesex. Job° On the 12th inst., at Man o r House, D e ptford, ag' to the's:l 1-I°°' Hillman, Esq., many years Surveyor of Shipping East India Company. w Via ° On the 10th inst., at Castle Godwyn, Gloucestershire, Charles Lake, Esq., aged 85. s t i In Bedford-street, Liverpool, aged 75, William Marr iott, I , e ye' .' Deputy Lieutenant, and one of his Majesty's Justices of th e • id° l( for Lancashire. Anne' lo On the 12th inst., at Cambridg e -h ea th, Hackney, 0 . ce , D of r. Walker, of lo nd t -court, Walbrook, age 75. On the llth inst., a Heston, Mrs. White, d of Mont a g ue -Pi h widow of T. White, Esq. , of I " On the 9th inst., Elizabeth, - wife of T. Edmonds, -r•sq'' Wycombe, aged 65. ii ., , , On the 9th inst., at Hadley, James Seton, Esq., ag ec , 1 ., 79. C 14 J; 0 On the 9th inst., at Westhorpe, Notts, the Rev. 10ra;,,, 1. 4 aged 71, Magistrate for Nottinghamshire, and Domestic '-'" At' to the Duke of Grafton. Jo ni 0; • On the 11th inst., in Russell-square, in his 61st year, ~f kinson, Esq. 1 s te' y On the 10th inst , Mrs. Mar Margaret Baynes, of Kew-gr eer '' ,1 ; r Surbiton, aged 90.. g , so M to• On the 9th inst., in the Island of Guernsey, age" ' i O 4 the Right Hon. ord De Saumarez, G. C.B. o f Ble" ' ' On the 6th inst., at Staines, aged 79, Hannah, wi desc Reynolds, Esq., late of the Hampstead-road. i-, 011 , Jow of ()n the Bth inst., at Kentish-town, Mr. Edward r fe. late of Regent-circus- .............„,... 0!. , r_..._ 1 ._._......„.........„._ _ ,______ mr.ramminvommemal,..erear2l.______--.-- -- ......, /I . el _,l London i Printed and Published by M lIRD 0 Y 01.!: ''.' eo u cs ' 112 Strand, at The Suss Office, No. 112, Strandol ' 4l of AliddJesex..--Friday, October 14, 1836. N. • . ! I