The Sun. — London, England, 1836-08-30 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. An article in the Times of yesterday is redolent of all the rhetorical flowers with the odour of which that Journal seems to be well pleased. We do not recol lect to have ever before seen, even in the Times, an article so stamped with blackguardism—a coarse phrase —but the only one at our command which could a t a ll express the only op inion which could be formed of the scurrilous diatribe in question. Having characterized this article, it is hardly necessary for us to add that the virus of the writer has been vented upon Mr. Mr. O'Connell, whose name is enough to drive the c onductors of the apostate print, not only out of the tract of decency, but out of their wits. Did our ar rangements permit it, we would transfer the whole ar ticle to our columns, just to enable our readers to esti mate the style of writing which gratifies the feelings and suits the literary taste of the Tory party ; but we are constrained to make selections. Mr. O'Connell -L-having alluded to the conduct of Bazon Lyndhurst —the present god of the Times' idolatry, in a letter (which was published in yesterday's Chronicle) to the secretary of the General Association of Ireland, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman is thus taken to task by the Noble and Learned Baron's utensil :—" Daniel announces this do' to the General Grab Associa tion' in Dublin, in an epistle which we publish in another column, and in which, among other thing s, he tells the Associati on that it will be his duty to tiring, in all its proper bearings, before the public, die hideous details of the life of that unrespectable person Lord Lyndhurst.' Now, what a falling off is here ! There was no blackguardism too foul for that blatant beast to bellow forth against that accomplished and eminent statesman at White Conduit-house and other houses of call for assembled rebels of his own kidney. How then happens it that the false and foul.-mouthed fellow descends to mere unrespectability ?' We strongly suspect that the scars of the fearful castiga tion Lord Lyndhurst bestowed upon this national pauper, afflict him more even than the pain and dis grace he suffered on the occasion of the actual appli cation of the whip at the bar of the House of Lords. Still Daniel cannot screw his courage to the sticking place. Supposing, however, we should be mistaken, it would seem that Daniel will give a history' of Lord Lvndhurst's private as well as of his public life. Of all public men we believe that Lord Lyndhurst has the least reason to shrink from a history of his private life.' But what an un redeemed and unrcdeemhble scoundrel is this O'Con nell, to make such a threat, and at such a time too I" The author of this " blatant beastliness" must be mad; his friends, if any he have, had better look after him. A month or two in St. Luke's would certainly be of use to one so manifestly bereft of reason. For insanity only could impel any man to write anti publish such a farrago of rampant falsehood and rabid abuse as we have extracted. Mr. O'Connell does not even hint an intention to cross the threshold of private life, whenever he shall think fit to atraign .Lord Lynd hurst's conduct. In the entire letter there is not a solitary phrase which could he tortured into a reason for supposing that he has any such intention. Lord Lyndhurst private life may be spotless or impure— that is his concern ; and it is not the fashion with re formers of public abuses to violate the sanctuary of domestic life. Such a system of waTfare they leave to their opponents, woo do not ecroole to practice it, but in general by the aid of soul:: suborned misercmt whose obscurity or whose fame is a certain shield against per sonal consequences. Occasions may, however, pre sent themselves, when either a man's own actions or the misconduct of parasites, may render it an impera tive duty to trench upon the general rule by which so ciety guards the domestic circle from intrusion. Lord Lyndhurst and his utensil might do worse than take the hint. But at present the Noble Lord's public conduct affords ample room and verge enough for criticism ; and to thatlegitimate subject of discussion it is evident, from his letter, that Mr. O'Connell means to confine his pro mised expos. But the Times must uncork its fury and filth, and a rough twist of Mr. O'Conncll's letter has produced the requisite screw. The LearnekWentle man s letter is flagitiously falsified in order to give the colour of a justification for the ruffianly commentary. A forgery is committed, and then the fabrication is made the basis of a ribald invective. In fact there are two glaring falsehoods called into reinforcement by this disgusting libeller of the literature of the country. One of these lies, invented for the occasion, has been pointed out : the other is a repetition of a lie, which we ex posed the day but one after it came from the anvil. We allude to the assertion now unblushingly repeated 'by the reckless scribbler with whom it originated, that Sir. O'Connell was below the bar of the House of lords when Lord Lyndhurst, for g etting the near affinity in tone, temper, an d f ee li ngs between himself and the Roman incendiary, likened the Hon. Member for Kilkenny to Cataline. Mr. O'Connell, as was publicly stated at the time, w as a tt en di ng i n another part of London . a public meeting, and pourtrayin g the character of the Learned Baron, at the very moment when the ex-Chancellor was attacking him in the House of Lords. This fact is well known to the Times—it is even alluded to by that journal in es y 7 • - terday's diatribe ; and yet the falsehood, originally de liberate, is again deliberately published.—Morn.Chron. A very useful letter has been addressed by Mr. W. Hutt to the Hull Reform Association. It is possible that our estimate of the utility of this missive may be very different from that of the writer, or of the persons written to ; still, we are thoroughly convinced, that " useful" is the most appropriate epithet that could be employed with reference to a document so decidedly adverse to the views of its author, and unquestionably calculated to frustrate the very objects which he en deavours to advocate. Our readers will, of course, at once perceive that the opinion of Mr. W. Hutt, or the convictions of the Hull Reform Association, intrinsi cally considered, would not be entitled even to a passini , notice ; but forasmuch as the question of the legisla tive proceedings of the past Session of Parliament is at the present moment prominent in the public mind, we think it not unsuitable to make this letter from Mr. Hutt to th e R a di cals of Hull subservient to the good cause whi c h we h ave strenuously and consistently advo cated. The leading feature of this letter, and indeed of every exhibition, from the goose-cackling of Mr. Hume to the croaking or scribbling of the meanest of the mobocracy, is an attack against the House ofLords. But the particular scribbler in question is distinguished by the scarcely comprehensible peculiarity, that, while attacking the Conservatives, he cannot keep his hands off his patrons, the Wh• Igs• He tells us that he quotes the words of a Minister, when stating that the Lords are co-equal and co-ordinate with the representatives of the nation ; and he immediately fol lows up this statement by a dedu c ti on that the exist ing Ministry is agreeable to the Comm ons , and there fore rejected by the Lords. From this consistent esti mate of the sessional proceedings, the Radical writer goes on to state that he knows no hope for the fu ture, excepting Peerage Refor m . _Now, this is ex pressly the point which we w ish to keep ever present to the popular mind. The persons who pr esume to , prate about practical statesmen tell us, that owing to the passing of the Reform Bill, a permanent opposi tion has arisen between the two Houses of Parliament and that consequently the peerage must be reformed in order to effect that co-operation between the two Houses which they contend is essential to the well being of the Constitution. For our own parts, we, following the opinion of some of the wisest statesmen, are convinced that the mutual control exercised by the two branches of the Legisla ture, constitutes the secret of that unexampled civil government by which the British Constitution is dis tinguished. And never was this great political truth more strikingly e xemp lifi e d than at the present mo ment, when, but for the controlling and guiding influ ence of the House of Peers, the powers of the State would have been perverted to the meanest purposes of party, and the welfare of the empire sacrificed to fur ther the designs of a despicable demagogue. The person whose letter gave rise to these remarks has stated to his brother Radicals, that Lord Grey fell from a wish to conciliate the Lords. Now, whatever may be the general opinion of Lord Grey's Adminis /ration, thus much, we presume, must be conceded— that that Noble person, so far from endeavouring to conciliate the House of Peers, distinguished himself by a threat of enforcing his views by the extreme exercise of the prerogative of the Crown. Then we are told that Lord Melbourne advanced one step fur ther than the supposed position of Lord Grey. This assertion, if it mean anything, must indicate that Lord Melbourne's Administration has advanced one step further towards the realization of Radical objects. This of necessity brings us to a consideration of the composition of the present Government. And, enter ing upon this very simple question, we are reminded, that never was there a more needy combination of po litical speculators under the name of Ministers than the Noble Lordlings and nameless Gentlemen now fill ing high offices under the Crown. But still it cannot be denied that they have as distinct an interest in the preservation of those conventional considerations for which they affect so much indifference as the haughtiest aristocrat can possibly possess. Nay more, we are of opinion that, with the thorough intensity of meanness by which a base and compromising spirit is invariably distinguished, these persons combine the most freez ing assumption with the most degrading truckling— the pretence of the petit-maitre with the crouching of the slave. And are persons of this class to stand forward as the opponents of the Peerage of Eng land ? Are they to talk to us of further " organic changes," by which the very frame of_ our politi cal Constitution is to be shattered, and the strong work of centuries to be utterly destroyed ? To this question the combined voice of England will ever answer "No !" Nor will any class of our fellow subjects join with more sincerity in this response than those who, misled for a moment by the machinations of the factions, have joined in an outcry unnational and disgraceful against the most august assembly in the empire. Be this, however, as it may, we are con vinced that the stern and immoveable determination of these kingdoms will ever be to reject with scorn all attempts at disturbing the ancient recollections of a glorious monarchy, and to spurn the degrading ambi tion of a vile and venal democracy. Of this the Radicals of Hull, and of all other parts of the empire, may have been convinced by the results of each suc cessive election ; and, should a general appeal afford the people an opportunity of constitutionally expressing a decided opinion as to the passing events of the poli tical world, there can be no doubt that the august assemblage of the Peers will be - supported, not only by tlp? wealth, the respectability, but, furthermore, by the nationality and patriotism of the country.—Times. A spirited letter from Mr. Wallace, M.P., to the electors of Greenock, will be found in another column. This is the time of the year when it is usual for Mem bers of Parliament to give to their constituents in the various districts by which they are returned, an account of their stewardship during the preceding Session of Parliament. It is a salutary custom, which deserves to he honoured in the observance ; and that observance is rendered a doubly important event by the gradual compression of the space devoted to the recess between Session and Session ; and by the fact that now the voice of Parliament is dumb, it is the only means by which the nation is able to express its sympathies with the great political questions by which society at large is agitated. Others members are hastening on all sides to the various points of their destination for this important purpose ; and we may expect a series of provincial meetings and dinners for the next three months, which will keep the flame of public opi nion alive—and open the channels cf political con munication throughout the kingdom, which are tem porarily closed within the walls of St. Stephen's. The re-union between the electors and the elected is nothing but a repetition of an ordinary, but salutary custom. Not so the subject matter of the communi cations which must occur between them. That subject matter, thanks to the House of Lords, exhibits an extraordinary dissimilarity to whatever has heretofore occurred on these periodical occasions in this great country. What will be the almost universal character of the interrogatory of the constituent, and the reply of the representative ? It will be a political pheno menon, both in point of its universality and its mo notony. What have you done—will be the question —for us and for the country during the long protracted Session ? What punctuality of attendance have you exhibited? `what good and enlightened measures for the increase of public welfare have you brought for ward or carried into effect ? Let us pause a moment and reflect on what must be, in almost all cases, the response of the representative while rendering an account of his stewardship. The reply will con stitute a bitter censure, and if we mistake not, a still more practical sentence on the House of Lords. —We have laboured—it will be said—as much as, or more, than we have ever done during the past Session,—we have not spared to sacrifice our time, our health, or the energies of our mind, to the paramount duties which we owe to our constitu ents. In attending our place in Parliament during the birth, or the maturity of enlarged or enlightened mea sures for the benefit of the community, we have been, like St. Paul, in season and out of season. In effect, measures as beneficial and as numerous as have cha racterised any session, have been perseveringly carried to completion in the lower House of your representa tives, among whom your choice has placed us. But after stating all this, we are bound to add—that no good, or very little good, has resulted from so much labour, and so much sacrifice of health, energy, and talent. The mighty promise of the harvest has been blighted. The gigantic birth-pangs of the mountain have produced none but the most pigmy results. Measure after measure of the most beneficial descrip tion have been carried elaborately and carefully to maturity in the House of Commons ; but all have been either strangled in their growth, or Barked in their full proportions, by the Upper House of ir responsible and privileged Legislators. Some few, indeed, have passed that aristocratical ordeal, but none have passed it unscathed and unmutilated. Were we to describe the numerous measures which their Lordships have rejected, the long catalogue alone would occupy too wearisome a portion of time. The enumeration would include almost all the business that has been done in the House of Commons during th e p as t S ess i on , an d t h e f rustrat i on of its re sults by the House of Lords. It is a tale of frustratioi and of abortion which we have to tell our con stituents, in giving an account of our stewardship. Neither can we flatter them with hopes of better things for the future. The prospect o f t h e f uture i s as hopeless, as the record of the past is mortifying. The old machine of the Legislative Government of the country has through the pertinacious opposition of the . Lords, come to A dead st.e,nd. Such, we apprehend, must be in all cases the substance of the report of every honest constituent to the representative body which has elected him. It will be for the contituency through out the country to consider next what is to be done. If the crisis do not rouse the clear heads and the sound and unyielding hearts of our countrymen throughout the country to some prompt and effectual means of re medy, we very much mistake their character. What that remedy is must be obvious to the slightest com mon sense. There can be no remedy without reform of the House of Lords. The collision predicted by a l,a ll st sa e g o a m ci e ous statesmen between a reformed House of Commons and an unreformed House of Lords is at Jayed. ...:. .and the settlement cannot longer be de rdther the House of Lords must be reformed or the House of Commons unreformed, and Sarum and Garton mnriedsdtleored. There is no going back, and there i s no course.another more there will h p f o l i r e m d of with, t e h soon l Throughout the country 0 . 1 , 1 , y one party watchword. " Re form l If that demand be not com -re,syDonoswivne more formidable war-cry will be for everthe withrecen t H w o a u r s - o c s r y of of Lords Spanish l_ liberty—" b heard,e r t Morning Advertiser. We have reason to congratulat er3i ourselves and the foreign diplomacy of the c o c ci u the ded treatyTbiet,v between n r t t h h e e free circulation of newspapers announced in the follow ing paragraph as having been Copenhagen ie prospect English and the Danish Post Office. Excheier's , of an increased sale at reduced price s at simultaneously with the Chancellor of the scale for diminishing the stamp revenue here, must be highly gratifying to all the proprietors of the London press. We are only checked in the pleasing antici pation Of a great advantage arising to our own publica tion by the apprehension that the Danes are not so tho roughly acquainted with the English language as they should b e ; t h oug h, b y t h e un i te d e ff orts o f th e P os t Offices, Lord Palmerston's political sagacity, and Mr. Spring Rice's superficial inches, we have no doubt but that they will soon be amended in that respect. It is rumoured that Dr. Bowring is to be employed in getting up a treasury journal in the unknown tongue, and that he is then to have a roving commission through the South Sea Islands to negotiate treaties for its admission among them on the principle of recipro city. Of this we cannot be certain. The adoption of the free trade principle in Denmark is a sufficient con solation for one day : " COPENHAGEN, AUG. 20.—According to a treaty con cluded by our Government with the English Post-office, the English and Danish newspapers (as far as they are authorised to be sent by post) shall be forwarded by both Post-offices without payment of postage, charge for delivery, or any other expense. The price of the English journals will, therefore, be immediately reduced.—Morning Post. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1836 FIVE BOATS SWAMPED. On Sunday, about half-past five o'clock in the afternoon, the following melancholy and dreadful accident took place at Battersea-bridge, attended with the loss of the life of a young gentleman named Thomas Kibble, the occurrence of which threw the company at the Swan Tavern and Tea-gar dens, as well as the pedestrians on the bridge, into the greatest alarm. At about the hour above named, a cutter, manned by four young gentlemen and a coxswain, was seen pulling in the direction of the bridge, and from their ex treme youth it was then thought by several amateurs and watermen who observed them approaching, that they would not be able to shoot the bridge, for the centre arch of which they appeared to be pulling. This idea proved to be but too correct, for just as they had arrived under the arch, their boat was taken by the strong current then running, and dashed with considerable velocity and violence against the piles of the bridge, the concussion of which occasioned the cutter to go to pieces, and the whole of the crew were instantly immersed in the stream. Their cries for assistance was truly heart-rending. A gentleman, who observed their distressing situation, immediately put off in his boat, but so powerful was the current, and his feel : . ings so much excited, that notwithstanding his great expe rience, he lost the controul of his wherry, and it was thrown against the piles and went to pieces. Three other boats, which had also put out, on arriving at the middle arch of the bridge, became unmanageable, and were swamped, and the crews of each were all precipitated into the water. There were between 15 and 20 persons plunging about at one time, all of whom, however, we are happy to state, ma naged to escape death, some by swimming and others by b clinginr , to the piles of the bridge until othr boats came to their relief, with the exception of one of the young gentle men, whose name is above given, and who belonged to the boat to which the accident first occurred, who unfortunately sunk to rise no more. The age of the poor youth who has thus lost his life was about twelve, and indeed those of his companions varied but from twelve to fourteen. Imme diately after the accident men were employed in dragging the river for the body of the deceased, which was found yesterday. It awaits a coroner's inquest. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. FOREIGN CONMERCE. EXCHANGE OF PARIS, AUG. 2G.—There has baen some thing done on London, at very short dates, at tolerably good rates; but Bills at three months have been passed at 25f. 05c. and under. Naples and short Leghorn, Cadiz and Peters burg have been done at the current market quotations. There is a demand for German paper at former rates, and paper above. In bullion and specie no alteration. HAVRE, Arc. 25. COTTONS are less request. G rms.—Gum Senegal has risen. MAHOGANY iS on the decline. POTASHES and PEARLASHES maintain their prices very firmly. CAEN, AUG. 24. The advices as to the fair of Guibray agree in its results being satisfactory. Hides, which arc one of the leading arti cles at this fair, the manufacture of Rouen, and of other prin cipal places, sold advantageously. TRADE OF PETERSBURG. Ships arrived to 20th August, in 1836. 1835. British American . 44 Foreign Ships sailed up to 20th August, in 1836. 1835. British American 33 Foreign Exchange on London, three months, UV- —Silver,3sB— 368. POLITE CORRESPONDENCE. " DEAR " We never stirred film:: the open space where tl , e intYrAeys are, yet we did not see you I " Yours, &c. " DEAR " You do say the most charming things in the world—you never stirred from the monkeys, and yet did not see me. I was looking into the dove.cages, therefore did not see you. " Ever yours, &c." At Antwerp, a few days since, a man having en tered a room where some poison mixed with syrup had been placed to attract and destroy flies, smelt of it, and finding it sweet drank it off. A few minutes after he was seized with violent pains, and expired in extreme agony. Mr. WALLACE.—The Hon. and patriotic Mem ber for Greenock has intimated to the constituency, through the medium of the Advertiser, his intention to render in pub.. lic, as he has hitherto annually done, an account of his Par liamentary stewardship during the last session, and again to resign into their hands and place at their disposal the repre sentative trust.— Greenock Paper. A frightful accident occurred at the Mother-bank on Monday last :—A small boat, containing two young men and a waterman, was proceeding to the ship Fairlie, bound to Van Diemen's Land, when, within a very short distance of the vessel, a sudden squall upset the boat, and the three persons in her were thrown into the water; the situation of the parties being witnessed on board the Fairlie, every effort was instantly made to save the unfortunate persons, two of whom were seen supporting themselves by swimming, and the waterman was upheld by clinging to his boat, bottom upwards. An embar kation ladder had been previously erected alongside the Fairlie, upon which about fifteen persons, several of them fathers of families on board the ship, rushed to afford aid to the persons in the water, by throwing ropes, when, to the horror of all on board, the stage gave way, and in an instant every soul upon it was precipitated into the sea. The dreadful shrieks of wives and children on board the ship rent the air ; several yachts and boats in the neighbourhood did all they could to reach the spot, but being to leeward could not ; ropes were thrown overboard, the quarter boats lowered, and one fine fellow, the third mate of the Fairlie, jumped from the poop, at least 20 feet high, into the sea, to afford aid. Most providentially, although the wind was blowing fresh, with a short sea, every individual was rescued, after being nearly 15 minutes overboard, from a watery grave. The last person ex tricated from his perilous situation was Mr. Marshall, agent of the Emigration Committee, who had that morning arrived from London, to superintend the embarkation of Sir John Franklin and the passengers proceeding by the Fairlie, and was reached by the ship's boat and saved just at the moment he was sinking from exhaustion.—Hampshire Telegraph. As Abraham and George Taylor, and George Pul lin, who had been engaged as musicians at the Benham boat races, were returning to Bristol between 7 and S o'clock in the evening in a boat with eight other persons, it came in con tact with a canal barge, and instantly upset, precipitating the whole party into the water. All the persons but the three above named were rescued from their dangerous situation. The river was innaediately dragged, and the eaxe.;3ed were found lying together in the middle of the stream. At the Coroner's inquest a verdict of " Accidental death," with a deodand of Is. on each boat, was returned. IGNORANCE AND SUPERSTITION.--W e have had occasionally to record instances of the remains of old su perstitions which still linger in some country districts, and par ticularly in the highlands, but would have been slow to credit the possibility of their existence to the extent below stated, had the facts not been placed beyond doubt in the course of the judicial investigation to which they gave rise. It appears that in a parish to the northward of Dunkeld a suspicion had gone abroad lately, that in a particular family, doings of a secret and mysterious character had been going on, the nature of which, however, puzzled the neighbours to divine Some averred that a human skull bad been seen in the house, or in the hands of some of its inmates ; and, in the course of the progress of the story, others supplied the remaining parts of the body, and it was finally conjectured that body-lifting had been practised in the first instance, although for what ulterior purpose could not be discovered. Unpleasant and aggravated reports spread through the district, until the information as sumed a shape which required the personal investigation of the proper authorities, when the following circumstances were elicited :—lt appears that two junior members of the family referred to had been subject to epileptic fits, and the mother, impressed with belief in the virtues of a horrid and barbarous superstition—viz., that food prepared in a human skull was an unfailing remedy for that disease—had, in the absence of her husband, procured one for the purpose of proving its effi cacy. This, it would appear, she had effected through the medium of a medical student, and as it was a principal part of the charm that the mess should be boiled upon fire raised upon the march between two large properties, a fitting oppor tunity having offered, a mess of oatmeal porridge was boiled at the proper hour and at the proper place, a human skull forming the pot I Although the operation was performed with all due secrecy—for the charm was imperfect if the patient was made aware of the circumstances—still some whispers of the fact got abroad, from which the rumours above referred to originated. Both patients, it would appear, had partaken of the mess, unconscious of the mode of its preparation, al though with reluctance by one of them, who expressed dislike of their darkish appearance ; the popular rumour in the neigh bourhood leans, however, to the belief that both have benefited by the charm. It is needless to add, that the result of the in vestigation proved that the case was one which called for the ' strongest pity and commiseration rather than the interposition of the law. -...Glasgow Evening Post. 1 WOOLWICH PETTY SESSIONS. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Mr. Hob - ler—Answer for it ! Why, look at her. Do not her tears and agony answer for it ? Don't you think she has ❑ot suffered enough ?—Miss Cressy remained in flexible ; and Alderman PIRIE directed that the prisoner should be again remanded, and expressed a hope that a few days more of thought upon the part of the complainant, and punishment upon the part of the prisoner, would terminate the disagreeable affair. Yesterday, when the prisoner was put to the bar, Mr. nobler read over the evidence to Alderman Thomas Wood, who asked whether the complainant was in attendance. Miss Cressy immediately stepped forward. Alderman THOMAS Woo D—l have heard your evidence read, and, if you insist upon it, I must, as a Magistrate, perform my duty by committing this unfortunate young woman to Newgate upon this charge ; but I hope you will think better. Come—l think you will agree with me that she has had punishment enough. Miss Cressy intimated a readiness to take the book in her hand. Alderman T. WOOD—Do you really wish me to send her to trial P—Miss Cressy—l do. Alderman T. WOOD—Think of it once more. You ad mit that you had no previous misconduct to accuse her of, and you would be yourself called upon at her trial to give her a good character, and if a conviction should take place, which is impossible in so slight a case, the utmost punish ment• inflicted would be two nr three days' imprisonment. You would then have to reproach yourself with having con signed to the horrible tontamination of a gaol a fellow creature who had not offended before. Will nothing less satisfy you ?—Miss Cressy—l insist upon prosecuting her. Alderman T. WOOD—Then I must commit her for trial. I have no alternative ; but let me say a word to you—(to the complainant, in a lower tone)—you sometimes say the Lord's prayer? Miss Cressy—l do. Alderman T. WOOD—III future, when you pray, pass over the words "forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us." You have nothing to do with those conditions, and can have no claim to pardon. The complainant was affected at this touching address, which /Alderman T. WOOD followed up with a great deal of judgment, by saying that he was convinced she was in fluenced by some motives which appeared to her to be not unworthy in persevering in. She replied that it was not without the greatest suffering that she brought herself to the determination to prosecute ; but she had been goaded to it by the reproaches of the pri soner's relations and friends, who traduced her character, heaped the foulest epithets upon her, and were doing all in their power to ruin her, because she dared to accuse the person who had plundered her. Alderman T. WOOD assured her of the protection of the Magistrates, severely reproved the rash and foolish friends of the prisoner, and told Miss Cressy that the change which bad, as it were in the twinkling of an eye, taken place in her opinions, would be the source of abundant future gra tification to her. The complainant then retired, and the prisoner will be liberated from prison this day. POLICE COMffITTEE, GUILDHALL. THE GAOL OF NEWGATE.-Mr. Cope reported, amongst other matters connected with Newgate, that - Coles, one of the turnkeys, had for some minutes abandoned his post in the capital convicts'-yard, from which Williams, the chimney-sweeper, had made his wonderful escape. The Governor stated that the turnkey about a fort night ago, left the same post, for the purpose of gossipping in another part of the prison, and had been reprimanded for the offence, and upon the repetition of it had been sus pended. _ _ _ The turnkey had only gone as far as the next gate, and during his absence it was impossible that anything could have taken place. He hoped the Committee would take it into consideration that for twenty-one years he had been turnkey in that prison, and that no complaint had ever be fore been made against him by any Governor ; that he had a wife and children ; and that there was no man in the world, except Williams, who was able to escape from that yard. _ Alderman VENABLES-You ought to know that from the moment of a prisoner's entrance into that place, it is always considered to be his business to endeavour to get out, and that dismissal is the first punishment of neglect upon the part of those who have charge of the prisoners confined. Alderman THOMAS WOOD—We may be disposed to re instate you, on account of your long services, and your fa mily, and good character ; but it will be quite impossible to retain you a moment after a third offence. The turnkey was then reinstated. BOW-STREET. After two or three dozen of drunken and disorderly cases had been disposed of, Ann Bailey was charged by Mary Ives with stealing from her shop in Lombard -court, St. Giles's, two pounds and a half of beef, which was taken from under her cloak before she had time to make her escape. The prisoner, who was a miserable-looking old woman, and lame of an arm, said that she was compelled to take the meat through distress. Sir F. ROE said that as she was so afflicted, and inca pable of undergoing hard labour, he would mitigate the punishment to 15 days in the House of Correction. 11 1ARYLEBONE. Yesterday Samuel Peckham, a demure-looking middle aged man, was charged before Mr. Rawlinson, with having plundered his employer, Mr. Robert Richardson, the pro prietor of the Red Boot, Judd -street, New-road, of a num ber of boots and shoes. Mr. Richardson, on being sworn, had from time to time missed a number of boots and shoes from the premises as above, but little suspected the prisoner to be the thief, as he always maintained the most sanctified character and ap pearance. He had, however, been undeceived a few days ago from receiving an intimation that the prisoner had been in the habit of carrying off his goods and disposing of them to a Jew named Lazarus, whom he was to meet that morning by appointment in Titchfield-street, for the pur pose of getting rid of more of the plunder. Prosecutor, on repairing to the spot at the hour mentioned, detected the prisoner in the act of selling one pair of valuable lady's boots and two pair of shoes to the Jew alluded to. The Yesterday a youth named Charles Wright was placed at the bar, charged with having, in the early part of last November, stolen in the house of his master, Gabriel Shaw, Esq., at Lea, a 101. Bank of England note, the property of William Cleave. Morris, constable of Plumstead, apprehended the pri soner as a vagrant on Shooter's-hill on the 25th inst. He was ordered by the Magistrates to take him to his father at Greenwich, and havinehad a description of the young man and an account of the robbery, he asked him if he had stolen a note from his late master's house at Lee. The prisoner admitted the fact. He was fully committed to take his trial at the next sit ting of the Central Criminal Court. A younc , woman named Rebecca Crawley, was brought before Alderman THOMAS WOOD for a third examination, charged with having stolen a silk handkerchief, and em bezzled three shillings, the property of her employer, Miss Cressy, a milliner in Artillery-place, Bishopsgate. The case was one of some interest, and illustrated the danger to be apprehended from the interference of injudicious friends. Miss Cressy had employed the prisoner in needlework for some weeks, and was satisfied with her services and conduct until that she discovered that an embezzlement of three shillings out of nine, which the prisoner had received from a customer, had been committed, and about the same time a handkerchief bad disappeared. When the prisoner was remanded after the first exami nation by Alderman Pixie, who it was evident felt the greatest reluctance to commit to Newgate a young woman whose previous conduct had been irreproachable, for an offence which a conviction would not subject to a punish ment of more than a week's imprisonment, it was expected by those who understand the meaning of remanding persons accused of slight offences that the complainant would not appear upon the day to which the case was postponed, and that as a matter of course the prisoner would be discharged. The moment, however, the prisoner was placed at the bar on the second day the complainant stepped forward and stated her readiness to prosecute. Alderman PIRIE asked the complainant whether she would not take into consideration the awful consequences of the disgrace of a trial at the Old Bailey to a young woman beginning the world, and, who seemed to be for the first time accused of dishonesty, and to be surrounded by re spectable friends ? Miss Cressy had already taken the whole matter into consideration, and was determined to prosecute. One of the friends of the prisoner here addressed a few words to the Alderman, who then asked the complainant whether she had not received the things she had lost ? She replied that it was true they had been sent back to her in a mysterious manner, but she immediately delivered them to the officer, having resolved not to give up her in tion of prosecuting. Alderman PIRIE—What do you want ? You have re ceived all that you complain of having lost ; will nothing but the destructi on o f thi s poor g i r l , wo has already in a great measure lost her character, answer your purpose ? Miss Cressy, whose countenance but ill accorded with the sentiments she uttered, replied that the prisoner had acted ungratefully, and should answer for it. articles having been stolen from his shop, he called a po. liceman and gave him into custody. Mr. Richardson having identified the property, the pri soner was fully committed to Newgate. THE WRONG PIG BY THE EAR.—Yesterday two work ing men, named John Williams and Marmaduke Richard son, were charged with having on the previous (Sunday) morning, seized a pig by the car and tail, in front of St. Mary's Church, Bryanstone-square, which caused the ani mal to squeak so violently as to disturb the congregation there assembled. Police constable No. 150 D, was on duty near the spot, when information was brought to him that the prisoners were having " a lark " with a large pig close to the above church. On proceeding .thither, he saw the two prisoners pulling the animal by the ears and tail, which caused it to squeak most terrifically, to the great annoyance of every one in the neighbourhood. On being desired not to make so much noise, they jocosely replied that it was the pig and not them, that cried out. As they did not desist, he took them into custody. Mr. RAWLINSON—Was the pig's tail soaped ? Con stable—Not that I know, your Worship. The prisoners, in their defence, said they kept a pig, which unfortunately escaped from the sty on Sunday morn ing. The animal being a joint concern, they both pursued it, when seeing one of the swinish multitude very much like it making its way into the church, they seized it by the cars and tail, in order to bring it away ; but unfortunately, on examination, the pig turned out not to be theirs. The po liceman, then, through the mistake, took them into custody. They were both discharged, with a caution not to take the wrong pig by the ear again. HATTON-GARDEN. William Helton, who had formerly been a dispenser of " consola" to the disciples of " Bacchus," was placed at the bar before Mr. LAING, charged with having been found dead drunk on Saturday night in the Gray's Inn-road, sur rounded by thieves. The policeman, upon searching the prisoner, found upon him 2301., a silver watch and appendages, memorandums, and various other papers. The prisoner, who seemed to value his great good luck, was discharged upon the payment of Is. QUEEN-SQUARE. Yesterday a most notorious Westminster smasher, named John Norris, was charged with passing two counterfeit shillings at the shop of Mr. Johnson, a green-grocer, in Tothill-street. He was fully committed for trial, but upon the applica tion of Inspector Barefoot, who said that other charges might be brought against him, he was remanded until Wed nesday for that purpose. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. Two men of sable complexion, dressed half like sailors and half in an oriental style, were placed at the bar, charged with being found on Saturday wandering about at the west end, holding out their hands, receiving whatever passers-by might choose to bestow on them. - The MAGISTRATE inquired what account they gave of themselves, and was told that they were_ unable to speak a single word of English, and had remained for some hours at the station-house, without being understood, until the policeman, 158 E, happened to come in, and addressed them in Hindostanee. He appeared to-day, and stated that they had come from Bombay, as sailors in the good ship the captain Cook, and were to return to India in five days in another vessel. They had on Saturday clandestinely left the vessel, and had advanced into the regions of the west-end, to view the wealth and curiosities of the English King. They were desirous of finding out the residence of their Serang. (boatswain), but were unable to find it. They had held out their hands, after the fashion of their country, to receive whatever might be placed in them, but they had no intention of demanding alms. The Magistrate demanded would they remain quiet at their vessel until the day of sailing, if he let them depart. On the question being asked by the interpreter, one of them placed his hand most sig nificantly under his throat, to intimate that he would give them leave to hang him if he was caught out again. They were placed under the guidance of an officer to conduct them to their ship. LAMBETH_ STREET. Yesterday William Parish, the driver of one of Thorough good's Blackwall omnibuses, appeared before Messrs. COOMBES and TICKELL, to answer the complaint of Mr. Sharp, a gentleman residinc , in the Borough of Southwark, for having refused to take himself and seven friends to town from Blackwall, on the night of Saturday week. From the statement of Mr. Sharp, it appeared that on Saturday week, himself and twenty-two friends dined at Lovegrove's Tavern, at Blackwall, and anxious that they should all get to town by a proper conveyance, he agreed with Rowland Hanson, the driver of one of Thorough ' goOd's omnibuses, to take them. Ranson bargained that he would make arrangements to have those of the party whom his omnibus could not accommodate taken to town by another vehicle, and agreed with the defendant to take seven of the company. The parties in consequence got into defendant's omnibus , but after waiting there a consi derable time, they were told that they could not be taken, unless they paid the defendant a shilling each, though they had paid the driver of the other omnibus which also be longed to Thoroughgood, 235. for the party. They remon strated with him, and told him about the agreement they had entered into, but it was all to no purpose ; he, the de fendant, took the plates, with the numbers off—said that he was engaged to take a private party to town, and positively refused to take them. The result was, that after losing much time, and all the other vehicles on the road having started, the parties were ultimately obliged to walk to town. The defendant, in reply to the charge, said that on the night in question he was engaged to take a private party from Blackwall to Farringdon-street, and his licence only extending to the Royal Exchange, he was compelled to take off his plates, and obtain a post-horse ticket to work as a glass coach. In proof of this he handed in a ticket, pur porting to be a post-horse ticket, which he said he had received. On examining the ticket, Mr. COMBES remarked that it might have passed a dozen of hands, and there was nothing on the face of it to show that it might not have been taken out after the offence was committed, merely to give a co louring to the defendant's conduct. Mr. Sharp, the complainant, and several gentlemen who accompanied him, swore distinctly that the defendant agreed to take them, provided they paid a second shilling, knowing well at the same time that they before paid Hanson. Mr COMBES observed, that it was perfectly evident that the conduct of the defendant in taking off the plates, and afterwards producing a post-horse ticket, was a mere trick resorted to to cover the shameful fraud which he had at tempted on the complainant and his friends. The conduct of the drivers and 'conductors of omnibuses on this road was most disgraceful, so much so, that he (Mr. Combes) never entered Blackwall omnibuses. The defendant was then convicted in the penalty of 25s and costs. THAMES- OFFICE. Ann Grant and Ann Wood, the former a spinster, and the latter describing herself as a " married widow," were brought up before Mr. CLARKSON, the sitting magistrate, in the custody of a policeman, on a charge of robbing a sailor named Elliot of 371., in three 101. Bank of England notes, and seven " golden sovereigns." After hearing the evidence, Mr. CLARKSON discharged Wood, btlt remanded the pri soner Grant till Thursday. UNION-HALL. - -.--• ----- Yesterday the woman Harvey, who attempted to prac tice a gross imposition on a young man named Dawes, by endeavouring to pass as his mother, and by the deception succeeded in obtaining five pounds, to procure Counsel for her, upon a charge of felony, was brought up for re-exami nation. The prisoner was remanded, in consequence of the case against her not being considered sufficiently strong to send her to take her trial for the offence. It appeared that during the interview she had had with the young man, Dawes, in Tothill-fields prison, she related so many facts connected with his birth and her separation from his father abroad, that he was persuaded that she was his mother, and acting under that impression, was induced to pay a solicitor the sum of 5L for the purpose of undertaking her defence on a charge of felony, at the Westminster Sessions. Although she had hinted the necessity of employing Counsel in her case to Dawes, yet she did not obtain th e money f rom hi m herself for th e p urpose ; n either did she mention that he was to pay any specified sum for her, an d un d er these circum stances it was considered that the case of fraudulently ob taining the money had not been so clearly made out as to justify the Magistrates in sending her for trial on that charge. It having been st a t e d , h owever, that the pr i soner had obtained a smaller sum of money from a relative of Dawes, and the Magistrates unwilling that such an offender should escape the punishment so justly her due, sent for the witness, and had the evidence taken with a view of dealing with her under the Vagrant Act. The witness, whose name is Mary Prior, stated that on havingthe occasion of th e pr i soner hav i ng succeeded in making Dawes believe that she was his mother, he sent her (wit ness) to the g ao l to see her, for the purpose o f rendering all the service s h e cou l d i n allev i at i ng h e r afflictions. She (witness) p rocee d e d to the gaol accor di ng to this wish, and during the interview the prisoner m anifested the utmost affection for Dawes, calling him her " dearest son," and evincing all the maternal feelings that a parent could for a child ; so much so, that the witness had no doubt she was the person that she represented herself'. The prisoner then began to complain of the short allowance of provisions in the gaol, and asked the witness for a shilling to buy some to her , tea and sugar, which sum was accordingly given under the impression that she was Dawes' mother. Mr. JEREMY said that in the whole of his experience be never met with a more gross imposter. The Magistrate added that he should comm it th e prisoner for three mo nths to hard labour, unde r th e Vagrant Act—a punishm ent, however, which was sca rce ly a d equate t o th e scandalou s • nature of the offence of w hi c h s h e h a d b een gu ilty. A young woman, n ame d L an d ers , was c h arge d with corn' mitting an assault on h er mo th er -i n -l aw , un d er th e following circumstances : The complainant had been n ew ly marr i e d t o the defF n " dant's father, and o n goi ng t o hi s h ouse to ta k e poss c oon she had all kind s o f o b s t ac l es th rown i n h er wa y by the young lady," who would not acknowledge her as a mother, urging that her father had not the folly of marrying g ai t y The complainant en d eavoure d t o assure h er o f t h e fact exhibiting her " marriage lines," but all would not do; a n she (the mother) was treated more like an interloper on t o e . h premises th an as th e l aw f u l marr i e d w if e o f t h e o wner the the house. A n a lt erca ti on h av i ng occurre d b etwe en 2 parties on the subject alluded to, the result was a solw e ' during which blows were interchanged, and although ° ln : plainant's h us b an d was present , yet h e did not i nter fere, °' try to convince his daughter that she (complainant) was 1115 spouse. The defendant said that the person who had just rea, de r the complaint accuse d h er o f f e l ony, an d ma d e et' e charges against her, for which there was no foundatioe! and that, as she had only been the washerwoman to he r father, she had no idea that he would have degraded by; self by marryi ng a p erson so muc h b eneat h hi m. She ( L t $ daughter) admitted th a t s h e wou ld not ac k now l e d ge mother, and this circumstance had given such offence r. the lady, th a t th ere was no poss ibili ty o f l i v i ng un d e r the same roof with her, as s h e wan t e d to " ru l e t h e roas t" °ye' every body in the place. In reply to the Magistrate, the com pl a i nan t sa id that she had only been mar r i e d to the defendant's father a fortuiP c i adding that even that period appeared an age to her, aa d that she wished the " knot was untied" again, as she b a quite enough of matrimony.—(Laughter.) The husband here stepped forward, and a curious sa ne took place betw een th em , during whi c h s h e accu sed hilP o f keeping her on sllc , rt commons ever since the day they 0 7Z married ; that she expected, when she changed, her et% tion, it would be for the better, but that she was $ 11 7.4 mistaken ; and, i n f ac t, was d epr i ve d o f all those pleaalli— that a marriage life was calculated to create. The husband said that if she was tired of matrimonY , J e l was even more so, and that although they were only rnar ri so • a fortnight, he could do nothing to please her, she was dissatisfied a woman ; and he was agreeable to part if 5 ' was. " Easy," said she, " not quite so fast any man ; you s have a little more of my temper before we part. A 1 1 2 1 .0 your lawful wife to be treated in this manner ? erni „ you shake in your shoes before y ou h ave d one w i t h me ye p my boy." tthe The MAGISTRATE said that it was qu i te ev id e n- daughter-in-law could not live in the house, and as it a ro peared that both were aggres sors , h e should discharge t warrant against the young w oman , b u t a d v i se d h er to leav e her mother-in-law, as they could not agree. The complainant—l'll show them all that lam mist?* and if my h us b an d comes any o f hi s tr i c k s over me , h e 5% soon see that he has not a f oo l t o d ea l w i t h , b ut a wel l ' o , 0 who will st an d u p f or th e r i g ht s o f matr i mony. She tue, cast a piercing l oo k a t h er h us b an d, an d fl ounce d ou t of t b office. ACCIDENT AT CHELTENHAM• Thursday afternoon, about six o'clock, as some w orkme n were placing th e corn i ce on a b u ildi ng i n Clarence - s tmt' a portion of the stone-ashler not having b ee n pro Per banded into the brick-work, separated from the front, e r e o the cornice c o ns i s ti ng o f severa l l arge bl ocks of stone 10 with tremendous violence upon three persons beneath , w it were instantly removed to the Casualty Hospital, wha le was found that Geo rge B a lli nger , a b r i c kl ayer, was clu i ,r dead, and Emm a P oc k e t, a c hild a b out eleven yea rs 11 .. age, wos so dreadf u lly i n j ure d, as to surv i ve on l y two bier John Croker, wh o rece i ve d some b ru i ses a b out t h e shotlie' r , it is expected will recover. A man at work upon the , fold at the time o f th e acc id en t, very narrow l y esca ped ei clinging to a scaffold pole. CORONER'S INQUEST. The Coroner's inquest on the two unfortunate penal George Ballinger and Emma Pocket, was held on Sat% day morning at the house of M r . Ed war d H er b ert Butte before J. Cooke, Esq., Coroner. Richard Prewitt stated--I am a labourer, working j i b !, Mr. Costins, brickl a y er ; th at on T hursday last, about b% past five in the a ft ernoon, I was employed in a culvert_al Clarence-stre e t, w ith J o h n M urphy. George Ballinger w l examining the ground from the house to the culvert, an was standing near ,Mr. Babb's house.. in. Clareec e4 "ii with a carpenter, when the whole of the cornice, with O f exception of one stone, fell off the house, and three or fe ti e t heavy block stones fell on George Ballinger. I was 8130 ,t, 15 yards off at the time, and ran immediately to the sf ai L so when I found him under the stones ; with one stone upon her—l believe her name was E' e n ,. there was a girl t o Pocket. George Ballinger, who was alive when we el ve r up and took the stones off him, said, " 0 Lord," and ne spoke aft er . J o h n M urphy and two masons assisted weiso removing the s t ones o ff hi s head, chest, and loins ; il ve t removed the stones off the girl. Ballinger had blood o b i s his face. I did not notice any particular mark upon g body ; h e was ta k en to t h e h ospital as soon as w eouto get the hu r dl es , b y s i x o f us . Th e g i r l was also tes'e, t; $ll. the ho s pit a l as f ast as poss ibl e. S he d i d not spea k a" 0. I do not know who took her. I did not observe anYP gn e, titular mark about her. William Mills, the master re be was on the scaffold at work at the cornice at the tinii v g stones fell. He did not fall, b u t save d hi mse lf by g to by one of the scaffold poles. The work appeared to ._ 4 o be properly don e , b u t l am no t a su ffi c i ent j u d ge to oi , that. Mills h a d b een a t wor k at t h e corn i ce a ll th e m u g The stones wer e of grea t we i g ht. Th ere was no blow' on the cornice. eY op The Jury having retired to inspect the building, i",;:ielv their return heard th e ev id ence o f S amue l C o lli ns , a , ier ed layer, and Charl es H urse , a s t one - mason, w h o NO" the scaffolding sufficiently strong. atb' 9 The Jury pronounced a verdict of " A cc id en t a l pe a e r with a deodand of 51. upon the sto nes an d scaffold, beater fine pressed their sincere regret they cou ld not i n fli c t ° ea r fine ; and further expressed thei r surpr i se, that t he I' bad sary precaution of boarding in th e f ront o f the buildiag g irl Rot been taken, as had it been so done, the life of ° ha ve Emma Pocket would not, in all human probability , been sacrificed. --- It is said that a chymist at Lyons has discover.; wit means of renderi ng t h e b read given to the army wo'' out increasing the price of the rations. The i nverfO r c ' e of are told, is come to Paris, and has, in the Prese% of Count Boi ss y d'Anglas, Director of th e Administra tit ' o of War and Inspector of Army provisions, caused a Tit oo of bread t o b e ma d e accord i ng to his process, whieboigi being ta s t e d, was f oun d perfectly palatable, an d on addet: analyzed, d ec l are d to b e equa ll y wholesome. I t is (let that the G overnment h as d ec id e d to purchase t h e sc - or inb a very high p r i ce , a grant f or w hi c h w i ll b e app li e d for et, he next sessi o n o f th e Ch am b ers.— G alignan i' s MessenTO FLORICULTURAL and HORTICUL - SOCIETIES.—The Die for a P r i ze M e d a l, beautiful!): c?,' i r os l ! 3 r has been lately cut, w ith a D es i gn su i te d f or e i t h er Floricut jo Horticultural Prizes. The Medals may now be had eithe r a ver, - Bronze, or Whit- Met a l. T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Silversmith, Goldsmi th, Watchmaker, 47,ornhill, London. SO C 4 The whole of the First and Second Floors are fitted up a 5 ROOMS for the Display of Plate, Plated Goods, &C. S;c• f silve r N.B. A pamphl e t, containing a Detailed List of Prices °clocks, Spoons and F or k s , Silver Plate, Plated Goods, Watches , &c., may be had gratis. MARRIED. C•l 3 '' s On the 29th inst., at Dover, Lieutenant-Colonel Bowye r, 'E to Caroline, daughter of Captain Hopkin son , R.N. d oJO '. 4 , On the 29th inst., at St. George's, Ha nover - s quare, f We- Dawkins, Esq., to Mary, only dau g ht er of J. Petre, Esq., ° wick, Norfolk. CM , On the 24th inst., J. A. Ross, Esq., o f Wi n d so r-ter ra' f e 'fit° l- road, to Rose, eldest daughter of .11.1. Alexander, Esq., °f street, City. 5 vae i On the 27th inst., at St. G eorge ' s, Bloomsbury , ThornaGood, o f Esq., of Nassau-street, Cav en di s h -square, to Emma Eliza Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury-square. t 110. 9 At Storney, Somerset, the Rev. William Lewis Gerarclosurrep youngest son of J. C. Gerardot, Esq., of Little 13ookhaimpaiairer' to Catherine Elizabeth, younger daughter g' of the late J. G. Es o q. n , btialerr2is7ttehr- inst. at stlA 9 '• liar of Esq., to Ellen, second daughter of J. G. 'Lam, E s q'' Hili W combe Bucks, Charles • b o th __. High Wycombe. DIED. cl O n n ttlhie ._?Gth inst., Air. Power, music-seller,_ , S f wsttft .ie 24th inst:, aged 65, Jane, the wife 01 Doctors'-commons. "'5 On th e 26 t h i nst., at Queen ' s-place, K enn i ng ton, age— Fenn, Esq. n o°ll' On the 26th inst., at Upper Tooting, on aged 30, Jon aths eldest son o f th e l ate J . Wil son , F'sq rno r Tooting-co'mho' On the 25th i ns t., Willi am , e " eldest son of the late Esq., of Cranford, Middlesex. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YO'd — .: coal" 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, strand, it' of Middlesex. BIRTHS. 1 2.0 4 On the 23d inst., at Lansdowne House, Southampton, the 1 C. E. Deacon, Esq., of a son. the Bed' On the 25th inst. at Knighton Parsonage, the lady of t " e ci J. R. Brown, of a daughter. A wh s• '''' On the 23d inst., at Netley, Shrewsbury, the lady of '''° Hope, Esq 27th inst.,., of a son. tre b° ' On the at Piccadilly, the lady of Crawford A n Esq., of a son. On the 25th inst., at Convamore, Ireland, th e Viscountess 5/iPir more, of a son.