The Sun. — London, England, 1836-11-24 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We were once not without our alarm for the com merce and manufactures of the country ; but we a re now in a great measure tranquillized, not so much from the favourable report of the Money Market given by our City Correspondent, as from finding that the alarm on account of Popery is again in the as cendant in certain quarters. We have ourselves a tolerable lhorror of Popery ; but some how or other we can only afford to indulge it in a season of tranquility. When bankers wear long faces, and partners from country funs post to London to obtain specie for their pres sing wants, the fear of Popery is a lways at a discount ; and we have generally observed that the most zealous Protestants are more occupied with watching the Money Market, than the intrigues of the Pope and the machinations of priests for the overthrow of the Pro testant Church. As Popery is a chronic evil, and as the country has existed in spite of it for some centuries, we have a lurking suspicion that it is not, after all, the most formidable of evils ; and knowing that a priest can always be kept at due distance much easier than a sheriff's officer, we confess we are never sorry when the greatest danger impending over the country happens to be Popery. In another article we have bestowed some attention on the conspiracy re vealed yesterday to the world by the great luminaries of Printing-house-square, in which Dr. Whately, his Majesty's Ministers, and the Pope are parties. The Archbishop of Dublin is proved by the Times to be in an understanding with the Pope to shut the mouth of a Reverend Mr. Nolan, who, if suffered to preach in the Archdiocese of Dublin, might have charmed the Catholics into an affection for tithes. It is no doubt scandalous in Dr. Whately to betray the inte rests of a Church which pays him so well, merely to ad vance the interests of the Pope ; and it is to be hoped that those who have at heart the interest of tithes without any deduction for the moral and religious instruction of those by whom they are paid, will lose no time in transmitting to this country this burn ing and shining light Mr. Nolan, that the people of England may be able to judge for themselves the value of his services to the third reformation, and whe ther the period be yet arrived for girding on our armour to reduce the Irish Papists to submission. Some cau tious persons may wish to watch the Exchanges for some time longer, and ascertain the full extent of the loss of orders to our manufacturers from the United States, before they venture to abandon all uneasiness on account of commercial matters, and give themselves up in security to the chronic alarm on account of the spread of Popery. We, however, think they may now consider the latter the great danger. And here we must endeavour to solve an apparent enigma in the conduct of the Tories who are most distinguished by their apprehensions from Popery. It has been said how happens it that the Tories are so anxious to sup port the cause of Priestcraft in Spain and Portu gal—to say nothing of their sympathy with the par tipretre in France—and are yet so horror-struck with the evils of Popery in Ireland ? How idle the question ! If it be proved that the Popish supersti tion in old Catholic countries like Spain can be suc cessfully overturned, would not this tend to deaden our apprehension of the evils of Popery at home ? It is of the utmost importance, then, to the good cause at home, that Popery should flourish abroad. What have we to do with the evils of superstition in Spain and Portugal, but to use them as a bugbear to recon cile the people of England to hostility against their Catholic brethren, as men between whom and good Protestants there can be no amity or good understand ing, and whom we can only hope to keep down, and must keep down, by force ? The success of Popery abroad is, therefore, clearly the downfall of Popery at home ; and no surer sign can be given of an enemy to the Protestant Church than an anxiety to enlighten the minds of the inhabitants of Catholic countries as to the errors of their creed, and to imbue them with the love of civil and religious liberty.—Mornino - Chronicle. Every day brings with it some fresh ground of an exultation, in which all good men may unanimously join, at the rapid and gigantic growth of that spirit by which alone Great Britain can be saved, if saved she is to be—a spirit of ardent and affectionate attach ment to the institutions of our forefathers. We have nowhere witnessed a more gratifying proof of the spread and triumph of that wholesome sentiment than in the Conservative meeting at Colchester the day before yesterday. It is true that there may be por tions of the island where the Conservative cause stands more in need of additional succour than the great county of EsSex, which has already so distin guished itself by the great preponderancy of Con servative Members which it has returned to Par liament : but if Essex requires not such accessions of strength for herself, she affords by them au inestimable index of the progress of right prin ciple in other quarters of the realm. The public may depend upon it, that if the numbers of the " Essex and Colchester True Blue Club"—being the title of that great Conservative Association of which we re ported the proceedings in yesterday's Times—the pub lic, we repeat, may depend upon it, that if the mem bers of that Society have increased within one twelve reonth—as is the fact —from one hundred to two hun dred and fifty—that if at the first Municipal Elec tion for Colchester, the populous and flourishing county town of Essex, the burgesses excluded from their Town Council all the Conservative candidates without exception, but that at the registration of the Ist inst., the Conservatives gained a majority of 60 in all the wards ; and if, on the late election of six coun cilmen, every Church of England candidate was at the top, and every political Dissenter at the bottom, of the poll, in all the different wards, the country may depend upon it, that however superfluous to the local prosperity of the Conservative cause in Essex, such facts as these may be considered, they are all important, if taken as they ought to be, for the proof and measure of a like amendment in other towns and counties of the kingdom. It is not to be credited that similar causes should not produce analogous consequences , or that the middle classes in the north, the west, and south of England, should not be affected by the same impa tience and disgust, at the sordid, selfish, and trouble some obtrusiveness of those intriguing Dissenters and other plebeian tyrants whom the earliest stage of muni cipal agitation threw up like froth upon the surface of so many boroughs, as is now made manifest in the state of Colchester, and although, indeed, we have experimental demonstration of this truth in some of the most important towns of Great Britain, still, as a cor roborative circumstance, the rapid and irresistible pro gress of constitutional feeling in Essex, where it was already strong, is in no degree on that account the less valuable. It is always satisfactory to see the " nail hit upon the head." This was done with masterly effect at the Colchester meeting, when the great question now at issue was truly stated as one which involves the exist ence of the Church of England, the stay of the monarchy and of civilized society, the sacred inheritance of the poor and of their children, who, unpossessed of other property, but secure of that, ca n never be wh olly des titute or forlorn. The ablest spe eches made—we mean the nothing invidious, for others w ere ver y able--or amongst the ablest at this meeting, were those Archdeacon Lyall, and the Rev. G. ffnell— of fair samples of that intellectual eminence which, together vvith an exemplary discharge of the manifold duties of their station, has distinguished the present race of English Established Clergymen far above their pre decessors of the two last generations, and has propor tionably assisted in enabling the Church to withstand the persecution of her revolutionary enemies, now fast yielding to the awakened sense and virtue of the people. The question involves a double alternative. Shall we have the Reformed religion represented and promul gated through the ministry of the Established Church? or, failing that, must we have a false religion in Ire land, and in England no religion whatever ? That is the true state of the question or questions now at issue between Conservatives of all denominations, and all denominations of revolutionists, in these coun tries. We ought to consider well. The Dissenters, who push themselves forward, and sputter and bustle about the voluntary principle, are not really champions of religious freedom. They are not (with rare excep tions) religious men, or believers in any Christian doctrine. They are political adventurers, speculative intriguers, dogmatical, intolerant, overbearing, turbu lent, seekers after power for the sake of profit. These to accomplish any good, but, by their stupid obstinacy, in " agitating" that which they could neither direct nor subdue, they have accomplished a great deal of evil. Thus also is it likely to be, in a greater or less degree, with everything they attempt under the name of internal Reform. Reform which is not undertaken for the sake of improvement, but to gra tify the bitter resentment of a faction, can never come to good, and must be resisted by all friends of honest legislation. Probably there are many well-disposed people in England who have been so imposed upon by the perpetual concealment of truth and assertion of falsehood on the part of the Ministerial press that they may be inclined to reply to us in this way : " You have shown why the Whig-Radicals fail, and why they ought to fail, in the schemes which they have undertaken under the name of Reforms ; but if you Conservatives had the Government you would give us no Reforms at all—you were against the Reform Bill, and you will try to repeal that instead of following it up by practical improvements." Such we know is the impression which the continual misrepresentations of the Ministerial journals are calculated to effect ; but we must beg of those who have listened to such untruths to turn to some better authority. From the time the Reform Bill passed, the Conservatives, who had opposed it, became, in conformity with their politi cal principles, obedient to its letter, and its spirit, be cause it had become the law of the land. When Sir R. Peel became Prime Minister his language was this : "After the passing M the Reform Bill I saw that a great change had taken place ; that there had been a complete revolution in the possession of power, and that neces sarily there must be on the part of public men, who mean honestly by their country, a spirit of accommo dation in their public course to the altered circum stances of Government. I, however, cannot say that I intend in power, or as a condition on which to ob tain power, to adopt any course differing in principle from that which I pursued in Opposition, subsequently to the passing of the Bill of Reform." Thus it is plain that the Conservatives, speaking by the mouth of their leader, did adopt the spirit of the Reform Bill, and that not (as has been asserted) for the sake of keeping the Government, when they obtained it, by the spontaneous will of the King, in November, 1834, but at the time that the Reform Bill became, and be cause it had become, the law of the land. It is impossible for language to be more explicit than was the language of Sir Robert Peel respect ing his adoption of the Reform Bill, and his determination to act up to its spirit in the course and conduct of his Government. He said, in his place in Parliament, that the rule of his conduct in office would be that which he had taken for his rule out of office— to make no sacrifice of public principle, but at the s ame time not to stand in fruitless opposition to the operation of changes in our institutions, the making of which he certainly deprecated, but which, when made, he was among the first to recognize as final and irre vocable. Thus it appears that the representations of Ministerialists to the effect that Conservatives are hos tile to Reform are as false as their own attempts to substitute revolution for practical improvements have been futile. And the result of the whole is, that if the public desire a fair and moderate system of im provement to go forward in our institutions, which im provement will be undertaken and received in a friendly spirit, they must look to the Conservative leaders, and ;o them alone, for such a system.—Mo7 fling Post. men are too shrewd for superstition. They are too mercenary and low-minded to be capable of enthu siasm. They are hypocrites wearin g the garb of fa natics. They betray the tyrant in tlleir very petitions for justice. There is in them, however, nothing new. Modified, and that but slightly, by the circumstances of that period, it is the same odious and insufferable tribe that made England, under the long Parliament and its parricide offspring, Cromwell, a den of cupi dity, cruelty, and persecution. It is not liberty these men want, but power. It is not to escape from oppres sion, but to exercise it. Thank Heaven for the Mu nicipal Bill amongst other blessings, for it has made these dissenting nuisances known to their neighbours, and exposed the base hollowness of their pretensions to any spark of public spirit or integrity. With regard to the other branch of the alternative—lrish Popery, and its action upon the public weal of the empire— frequent opportunities have arisen, and others may arise, for the expression of our unalterable sentiments. —Times. Conservative dinners, which but a few weeks since were as plentiful as the blackberries of Falstriff; are now become exceedingly rare, so that when one does come in our way we are enabled to give more of our atten tion to the subject, than we could when dozens of " festivals," or, to speak in Tory phraseology, " ma nifestations," were pressing their claims on us all at once. The latest exhibition of this kind took place al Colchester, on Tuesday. It is stated in the introduc• tory flourish to the report of the proceedings, that 250 sat down to dinner, and that had there been a suffi ciency of room, double the number would have been present. We do not doubt it. The Tories are as na turally attracted to the " Three Cups Hotel," where this feed came off, or to any other hotel where a good dinner is to be had, as the needle is to the loadstone. The plain truth is, that Toryism and gormandizing are but synonymous terms. The Tories are just as fond of a good " guzzle"—the term is a homely, but ex pressive one—as Falstaff was of sack. It is only on the theory of dining well (at the public expense) that any man can rationally account for the existence of that class of politicians. We by no means wish to be supposed that the Tories at Colchester, or at any of the other places where the process of mastication has been lately exhibited on so extensive a scale, dined on those particular occasions at the public expense. Nothing of the kind. We have no doubt that every Conservative, however conservative of his cash in other cases, duly paid his guinea for his ticket, for this plain reason, that no credit is given on such oc casions by country hotel-keepers—they know the Con servative propensities of the Tories too well for that. But the question is, what were the motives that prompted so many of the Tories of late to put them ,' selves to the expense of a guinea per head for a good feed ? First of all, there was the proverbial Tory love of the solids and liquids which graced the table. This is at all times a strong motive with a Tory ; but then it by no means satisfactorily accounts for the hordes of Country Conservatives who recently, like so many locusts, threatened to devour every thing eatable in the land. They could have got their bellies as well filled at half the expense had they gone privately to work. The grand motive was of a compound nature—it was the love of a good dinner, coupled with the hope, that by thus dining at their own expense just now, they were paving the way for the restoration of their party to power, and, by consequence, vastly increasing their own individual chances of being able to dine at the nation's expense afterwards, by bein g helped to some snug Government berth or other. As for any abstract attachment to Tory principles, the thirng is absurd in the highest degree. Convince the Conservatives — which we are confident, obstinate and unteachable as they proverbially arc, the events of the next six months will do—convince the Conservatives that the game is fairly and for ever up with them, and we venture to say that not one of them will stir a foot for Tory principles, for the Constitution, the Church or the State, or for any of those other cant things which are everlastingly in their mouths. Tory dinners would then be a matter of history. A Conservative's prin ciples are always inseparably associated with his per sonal interests. On the speeches delivered at the Col chester festival, it is not necessary that we should be. stow a word. That would be a complete waste of that space which we can always, we hope, occupy with matter of instruction and interest to our readers. The harangues consisted of the usual balderdash. The changes were rung on the old story about preserving the venerable institutions of the country unimpaired— loyalty to the King—glorious Constitution—Church and State—progress of revolution—House of Lords, Sec. Of course, there was the accustomed quantum of cheering ; and the greater the nonsense spoken the louder were the plaudits. It is hardly necessary to add, that there was a tolerable sprinkling of clergymen around the festive board. We understand that the distinction they earned for themselves by the violence of their speeches, was fully equalled by that they had previously acquired in paying their respects to the va rious articles in which the well-furnished table re joiced.—Morning Advertiser. There is one indisputable truth, which furnishes a decisive answer to nine-tenths of the stupid vitupera tion by which the recent policy of the Conservative party is assailed. That truth is, that the Whig-Radi cals are themselves alone to blame for the non-settle ment of the Irish Church question. The Conserva tives have been not only most willing, but most anxious to make some legislative arrangement, which should remove the practical grievances complained of—they even acceded to the leading features of the arrange ment proposed by the Administration, so far as the re moval of those grievances was concerned. Why, then, was not that important matter settled ? The obsti nacy of the Ministers themselves was the cause. They complained that great practical grievances existed, and when the opportunity to remove them was in their hands they twice threw away the opportunity, be cause they would not be allowed to accompany it with the legislative assertion of a principle hostile to the independence of the Church—because they would not be allowed to disfigure useful reform by the intermixture of insult and oppression ! In this important matter, as in every other, we be hold the monstrous evil arising from the business of useful reform being placed in hands which, either from inclination or necessity, are hostile to the very thing which they ought to desire to im prove out of a sentiment of good-will. Conservatives are as well aware as their opponents can be of the anomalous position of the National Church in many parts of the kingdom of Ireland. They see as well as their opponents can see the practical difficulties by which the National Church Establishment in that kingdom is encompassed ; and they are most desirous to do all that the nature of the case will permit to render the position of that Church less anomalous, and to mitigate the practical difficulties which no legisla tion can wholly remove, because no legislation can re form the religious errors of a people, and lead them from the superstitions of Popery into that reformed Church which the State acknowledges and upholds, as professing "the true religion. If, then, the present Ministers, really desired, or were permitted by that au thority to which the necessities' of party compel them to defer, to put the Church Establishment in Ireland upon a better footing—to free it from disturbance— to render it more efficient for teaching the reformed doctrines—to remove the strife and heart-burning which ar i ses f rom collectingthe revenues of the Church f rom poor occup i ers o f the Roman Catholic persuasi on — if these were the objects of the Govern ment, set ab out i n a ki n dl y temper towards the na tional Chur c h, t h ey - would have found very little ob stacle or difficult y of any kind in their accomplishment. The Conservatives certainly would have thrown no dif ficulty in their they chose to set about their reformt, way. But e themselves very worst spirit of tyrannous hostility. w i t h a v i o l ent P op i s h ene my They in leagued d of the national Church. They did all that a careless and insulting temper could devise to exasperate the faithful adherents of the Ch urch, ecclesiastical and civil. They raised up enemies where, by a moderate and judicious policy, they might have had the assis tance of friends. Th e y found the Church Establish ment in Ireland a labyrinth of difficulties ; an d, as if that were not enough, they placed in the midst a dra gon of faction, breathing from its pestilential nostrils the " appropriation clause." The consequence of their bad management is, that they have made matters much worse than they were before. They have utterly failed VOLTAIRE THE INTRODUCER OF SHAKSPEARE INTO FRANCE.—" Voltaire was the first who made Shak speare known in France. The first judgment he pronounced on the English dramatist was, like most of his first judg ments, marked by moderation, taste, and impartiality. In 1730 be thus wrote to Lord Bolingbroke :—‘ With what pleasure have I witnessed in London the performance of your tragedy, .Julius Ccesar, which for a hundred and fifty years has been the admiration of your countrymen.' " Chateanbriand's Sketches of English Literature. THE SUPPLEMENT TO WALPOLE'S CORRES PONDENCE WITH SIR HORACE MANN.—Mr. Colburn's new and cheaper edition of the great body of Horace Wal pole's Correspondence with George Montagu and other distinguished persons, will, by close printing, be included in only three octavo volumes, so as to form a companion to this delightful writer's letters to Sir Horace Mann. But it will contain double the quantity of matter. The pre sent letters extend over a period of twenty-four years (from 1735 to 1759), during which time Walpole was in constant communication with Mr. Montagu, the Hon. H. S. Conway, Lady Hervey, the Poet Gray, Countess of Ailcsbury, Earl of Strafford, Lady Craven, Mrs. Hannah More, and other learned and celebrated characters of the time, with whom he was on habits of the closest intimacy. The present collection has also the advantage of being en riched with valuable notes, now first added, illustrative of the persons mentioned in the correspondence. The work will appear in a few days. BRUTAL ROBBERY.—William Williams, about thirty, was charged at Chester, on Thursday, with a rob bery as singular as it was brutal. Mary Williams (the prosecutrix), one of that class of unfortunate girls that herd in Hanbridge, deposed that she is between eighteen and nineteen. Saturday night, the 29th of October, she was in company with Hannah Lee, at a tavern in Bridge street. The prisoner was there with another man. A few minutes past eleven o'clock a watchman turned them all ' out, and she proceeded towards Hanbridge. The prisoner overtook her, and induced her to accompany him on the Walls. They proceeded round the Castle and over the New Bridge. and passed the toll lodges. They continued to walk together on the highway, and proceeded half-way over the common, when he suddenly seized her wrist, and, exhibiting an open knife, said, " Now, Madam, strip them clothes off, and give them to me, or I'll stick this knife into you." He then pulled her bonnet, cap, and shawl off, and she, in her fright, pulled off her frock, stays, two pet ticoats, shoes, and stockings, leaving nothing on her person but her under garment. This she did under the appre hension of danger from the knife, which ho brandished over her. But, not satisfied with this, he tore her chemise from her body, and, on her shrieking murder, knocked her down and kicked her when on the ground, leaving her in sensible. She remained in that state, on one of the most inclement nights of the season, about an hour, when, re gaining her consciousness, she made her way to a lodging house, kept by Hannah Bradshaw, in Hanbridge, where she was put to bed, but she has been very ill since. Seve ral witnesses corroborated this statement. The prisoner is a native of the neighbourhood, but resided several years in Manchester. He has a wife and family. He was com mitted for trial. TILE MAN WITH Two WI yrs.—Much excite ment, it appears, has for some time past existed amongst the working classes in Braintree, in consequence of its having been discovered that James Wright, a journeyman brush-maker, had taken unto himself a larger portion of "lovely womankind" than the laws of England allow. The very tin kettles and broken saucepans have risen night after night in judgment against the offender, sending forth sounds emblematic of his domestic disquiet, and ram's-horns have been seen stalking from street to street, warning frail man kind of the consequences if they allow their pledged hearts and hands to wander from their plighted loves. Mister Wright, it seems, was wearing away his span of life at Brain tree with Angelina, his apparent lawful wife, when his father, who is a brushmaker at Witham, dropped in one unfortunate day, accompanied by a lady named Fanny, who broadly al leged that the aforesaid Angelina was a usurper of her conju gal rights ; and, moreover, that the identical Mr. James we have named, was the father of the child which she (Mrs. Fanny) carried in her arms—the fact being that she had just come from London to compel him to redeem his pro mise of having and holding her till death did them part. The shock of this domestic earthquake, of course, upset Angelina, but a lady in distress was never yet left unpro tected amongst journeymen brush-makers, and accordingly five of Wright's fellow workmen sallied forth to assert her rights. The first step:was to rescue Angelina and her lord from the parental frown and the conjugal finger-nails,—and the next to hunt and hoot the besiegers of James's domestic hearth from spot to spot, and from public-house to public house, till Fanny really wished herself amidst the hubbub of London, and her paternal guardian making scrubbing brushes at Witham, for indeed the town of Braintree, like Troy of old, appeared likely to be annihilated in a lady's quarrel. Even the unoffending donkey which had brought the wronged and slighted Fanny to Braintree was attacked, the cart upset, and the whole party promised a visit to the bottom of a horse-pond—no very flattering compliment in the month of November, with the glass down to 28. When father, mother, and supposed pseudo wife had been fairly frightened from the town, the double-hearted James Wright was led from his concealment, with Angelina upon his arm, to the George public-house, where a bed-room was engaged for them, and the conquerors left not till the pair had marched off to the realms of old care-soothing Somrius, being fully determined to maintain the supremacy of the Braintree-bride. But then came the turning of the tables. Wright, the father alleged that he had suffered assault and battery, and to-day the five knight-errants, William Smith, and others, were called upon to answer fur the assault.- - The Bench were unanimously of opinion that the chage of assault was proved against all the defendants.—Essex Herald. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1836. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nor. 23. SCOTT V. LATIMER. The plaintiff and defendant entered into a partnership as wine merchants, in Oxford-street, in 1826, the conditions of the partnership being that Latimer, who had an old and well-established business, was to receive from Scott a sum of 1,500/. for a fourth share of that business, and to take at a valuation a fourth part of the stock on hand, which was al ways to be kept up to the amount of 8,0001. The partner ship was to continue for twenty-one years ; but, as Latimer had a large family, it was stipulated that at the expiration of five years he might give notice to Scott to dissolve the partnership ; and that, if a dissolution took place, Scott was to receive a fourth part of the value of the stock, and a sum of 3001. as a bonus, on condition that he did not commence business as a wine merchant within fifteen miles of the city of Oxford ; but if he did so commence busi ness then no bonus was to be paid. It was, moreover, stipulated on the part of Scott that if Latimer dis solved the partnership, then Scott was to receive back a proportion of his 1,500/., paid for good-will, to be calculated on the number of years remaining to make up the twenty one which formed the period of the articles. These conditions were strictly complied with, the money was paid by Scott, and he continued to carry on the business in the name of Latimer and Scott till 1832, when some disagreements arose, and Latimer, who was at Birmingham in the December of that year, wrote a note to Scott, in which he offered him two things—to purchase Latimer 's three-fourths of the business, or to dissolve the partner ship. The matter remained unsettled until the return of Latimer to Oxford, when a circular, signed by both par ties, was sent to their customers, announcing the dissolu tion of partnership, and requiring an immediate settlement of accounts. This good understanding between the par ties ceased, however, as the period for the termination of the partnership approached. Latimer refused to sanction the dissolution, to have the stock valued, or to pay Scott any portion of his premium, and Scott retired from the premises, commenced business iu another house in the vi cinity, and filed a bill in this Court to compel the dissolu tion, and have an account of the partnership property. This bill and a cross bill, filed by Latimer, were heard be fore the Vice-Chancellor in February last, and his Honour pronounced a decree in favour of Scott, and dismissed the cross bill of Latimer with costs. Against this decree Mr. Latimer brought the present appeal. Mr. KNIGHT appeared in support of his Honour's decree. Mr. WRAY was heard for the appellant up to the rising of the Court. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Ifor. 23. THE KING 14 THE GUARDIANS OF THE FOOR OF ST PANCRAS. In this case, which was not concluded yesterday when we went to press, Lord DENMAN said that the Judges would consider the question, and come to a decision before the end of the pre sent Term. Judgment postponed accordingly. EX-PARTE CHARLES LAWRENCE, ESQ., V. THE LIVERPOOL CHRONICLE. Tho ATTORNEY-GENERAL was instructed to apply for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against the proprietors of the Liverpool Chronicle for a libel published in that paper upon Mr. Charles Law rence, who had been for thirty years a West India mer chant, carrying on business at Liverpool, who had been for more than ten years a Magistrate of the county of Lan caster, who had been an Alderman of Liverpool, and Mayor of that city. He remained an Alderman till the passing of the Municipal Corporation Amendment Act, and on the Ist of the present month he had been elected one of the town-councillors of the borough. There had been pub lished in this paper an attack upon his private character, imputing to him a gross fraud, and as the writer himself had said, such a fraud as would disgrace the ward he had been chosen to represent.—The Court granted the rule. THE KING V. JOHN COCK AND WILLIAM CAISTIR. Sir W. FOLLETT moved for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against the de fendants, John Cock, an alderman, and William Caistcr, an auditor of Hythe, for misconduct, with relation to the last election of councillors for that borough. By a decision of the Mayor and assessors of Canterbury, it had been de clared that where a name of a claimant had been put upon the list, with a statement of his qualifications at tached, and where other names claiming in respect of the same qualification had been added, but instead of the state ment of that qualification was repeated at full length the word " d 0.," and a line of dots marked to the end of the page, the names with the qualifications thus marked could not be admitted on the register. The grounds for charging the defendants with improper interference with the lists were, that Mr. Cock was a partner of the present overseer, and Mr. Caister had been the former overseer, and some of the affidavits on which this motion was founded stated that some of the alterations were in the handwriting of the de fendants.—Rule granted. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 23. MEREDITH ir. THE HON. WILLIAM PAGET. Mr. BUTT applied for a rule to show cause why the de fendant should not be discharged out of custody, he being detained upon a capias for a debt of 156/. The Learned Counsel moved for the rule upon the authority of the case of Peto and Drind, and upon the grounds of a want of proclamation ; that the defendant was beyond seas when the exigent was awarded ; that there was no pracipe for the capias; that there having been a former capias issued, the present was irregular, inasmuch as an alias and not a capias should have been taken out. The CIIIEF JUSTICE—You may draw up the rule for the last day of Term, a nd you had better confer with the other party, who may probably say that they are not pre pared to have it come on so soon. ADMIRALTY COURT, Nov. 23. THE CERES.-COLLISION. In this case, which was left unfinished yesterday, when our Reporter quitted the Court, after the Learned Judge had stated the circumstances of the case, twe Elders of the Trinity-House, who were in attendance to assist the Court by their nautical knowledge, were of opinion that the col lision took place in consequence of an attempt made by the Hatfield to cross the head of the Ceres, instead of dropping astern. The COURT decreed accordingly, and dismissed the de fendant, with costs. COURT OF REQUESTS, R" --INGSGATII- STRBET. A Miss Louisa Caroline Franklin summoned a very dandy-looking-young lady, named Susannah Jenkins, for the sum of 1/. 19s. for work and materials supplied to the fair defendant. How will you pay it ? inquired the COMMISSIONER. Defendant—lf you please, Sir, I don't owe it ; she's over charged me. COMMISSIONER—WeII, then, these gentlemen (the Jury) will tax the bill. Hand it up. The reading of the bill excited some facetious remarks from the Commissioner, and the whole Court enjoyed the affair ; among the items were —Making a dress, Bs. ; pad ding and wadding, 2s. 4d. ; bobbin and piping, Is. ; a new shape, Is. 6d. ; a pair of ears, 6s. 6d.: two pair of weepers, Is. ; a pair of whiskers, 4s. 6d. COMMISGIONER—ReaIIy this is a very puzzling affair, and exceedingly difficult to adjudicate upon ; I don't see what I can do in it. Defendant—l wish you to know, Sir, the shape was'nt a fashionable shape ; there was not stuff enough in the whis kers—(laughter)—and I was obliged to give the ears away because they was'nt long enough ; and as to the weepers they're to be got anywhere at half the price—(Laughter) —besides, they wasn't deep enough ; a good-sized weeper ought to be-- CommissioNEß—Pray stop, Miss Susannah Jenkins, we are not sufficient judges of weepers to decide upon the value of them ; as to the whiskers and the ears, why you know the length and colour of them are mere matter of taste. Miss Louisa Caroline Franklin swears you owe her 1/. 195., and you must pay it to her. d , You're a hignorent feller," muttered Miss Susannah Jenkins, as she flirted out of the Court. ~ Poor thing," said Mr. Commissioner DUBOIS, " these whiskers have altogether got the better of her." A CIIANGIU-RINGER DEFRATED.—A very low-look ing fellow summoned a respectable tradesman for 19s, alleged not to have been given in exchange for a sovereign. The knave was very handsomely beaten through the tact of one of the Jurymen and his own blundering ignorance. Where did you get the sovereign, was asked ? Plaintiff —Vy, my Lord, that's the very thing as I can't remem ber ; all I knows is, as I sent him to this here man's shop, and I never got no change, and lost my own shilling - into the bargain. ColimissioNra—You're a clever fellow, and shall have rope enough.—(Laughter.) I'm afraid the sovereign you sent was a very bad one. Plaintiff—Not that I knows it warn't, cos it could'nt be, no how. COMMISSIONER—Indeed ; pray explain. Among a num ber of sovereigns you possibly may be mistaken. Plaintiff— Quite unpossible, my Lord, you're a ltogether wrong this 'ere time (here the plaintiff chuckled at the idea of beat ing the Learned Commissioner), and I can tell yer vy yer wrong—(Laughter) CommissioNEß—Then tell us if you can Sir. Plaintiff—lff I can. Now then I will tell yer. I never had no sovereign at all. 1 only yarns 12 bob a week, and I never sees sich a thing as a sovereign. CommtssioNua—That's enough. You are the most 7^P.-faced blockhead that ever adopted th trade of ha lvery. Quit the Court, Sir, instantly. The plaintiff shuffled out of Court utterly astonished at the awkward effects of his own blunder. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Yesterday a solicitor applied to Sir C. MARSHALL for assistance in a case of a very remarkable kind. The appli cant stated that a client of his, a professional gentleman, of highly respectable connections, being in want of a sum of money, and perceiving in the newspapers an advertisement from a person in the neighbourhood of the Hay-market, stating that the advertiser would cash good bills, he called upon the money-lender, and mentioned to him the amount he required. The a dvertiser required the acceptance of the gentleman, and produced a stamp with the figures 2001. upon the corner of it, and told him that if he would put his name across it, the money should be forthcoming in a short time ; observing at the same time, that the amount being specified, there could be no fear that any thing wrong in that respect could be done. Without looking at the stamp the gentleman wrote his name across the paper, and the advertiser produced a check upon a banking-house, but said that his brother's name was ❑ecessary to be attached to it, and appointed to meet the applicant's client in hall an hour in the city, and he would hand over to him the money. Half an hour arrived, but from that day to the present, and two months had intervened, not a farthing had been forthcoming, and the money-lender never had made his appearance, nor could he be found anywhere. Intima tion was, however, given within the last few days, in a very unpleasant manner, that a bill of the applicant's client, not for 2001., but for 5001. was lying due, and that if it was not taken up proceedings should be instituted. The gen tleman who had been treated in this manner determined that the case should be most rigorously prosecuted. The applicant had called upon the attorney in whose hands the bill lay, and perceived that a piece of paper had been pasted over the 2001., and that immediately under was placed the sum of 500/. Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL said that the transaction was a most infamous one, and that he should do every thing in his power t• aid the applicant to recover the stamp and punish those who were implicated ; he then gave dim ,ons to the police on the subject. BOW-STREET. Yesterday a sturdy, ruffianly-looking fellow, named ,John Daman, was brought before Sir F. Rol: and Mr. H ♦LLs, charged with picking pockets, and also with assaulting Francis Keys, the officer of this establishment. The prisoner denied the charge of picking pockets, and said the officer was the first assailant. Sir F. ROE committed the prisoner for three months to the House of Correction, there to be kept to hard labour. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday Joseph and Emma Scphina Perkins alias Emma Sephina Sandfield, were finally examined, charged by Mr. John Richard Morton, silversmith and jeweller, of 75, Hatton-garden, and Birmingham ; the former with having robbed him of jewellery and other property to the amount of 2001., and the latter with having received the same, knowing it to have been stolen. The whole of the property was produced and identified as having been stolen from the prosecutor's premises in Hatton-garden, and was valued at 2001. Numerous pawnbrokers from the neighbourhood of Lam beth produced articles of jewellery which had been pledged by the female prisoner in the names of Mary and Sarah Perkins, and also Sandfield. Richard Bayliss, the officer, proved having apprehended the prisoners and finding the property produced. The fe male prisoner said that the property found in her posses sion at the Bazaar was purchased at Birmingham. The male prisoner said nothing in his defence, and the female, who was showily attired, and seemed to be consi derably affected, said, " I am innocent." The prisoners were then fully committed to take their trial. It was here stated that the prisoner Joseph Perkins had committed bigamy, and his first wife (a respectable looking woman) was in Court. They were again placed at the bar. Richard Morris, 140 M division, in August 1834, was present at the Guildford Assizes, when the male prisoner was indicted for bigamy and convicted. The female gave evidence as his second wife. The first marriage took place in Birmingham. The whole of the parties were bound over to prosecute. William Wray, John Welsh; and John Rogers, young men, whose appearance indicated the very extreme of mi sery and want, were placed at the bar, charged by Mr. John Burch, gold and silversmith, of No. 82, High Hol born, with having stolen four silver watches. The prose cutor, on Tuesday night last, about ten o'clock, was sitting in his parlour, when he heard a smash of glass in his shop window, and on proceeding to ascertain the cause he found the window broken, and seven silver watches missing. He heard the cry of " Stop thief," and the prisoners were pur sued and taken into custody. Police Constable, 23 E, saw the prisoner Welsh in the mob, and being pointed out as one of the thieves, he went to take him, when he said, " You needn't collar me, I will go with you." He took the watch from his pocket, and handed it to witness, saying, " I'll not hide it from you, distress made me do it." Wit ness apprehended the pri soner Rogers in the crowd, and he also said, " I wish to be transported, I was in distress." A silver watch was found near him. The whole of the p risoners concurred in their declaration that they were driven to the extreme of distress, and that they planned the robbery to get trans ported. They had applied to their parish for relief, and could get none, and they had lain all the night before at the workhouse gate. The Clerk inquired whether they had mentioned the name of the workhouse ? Constable—Marylebone. Mr. ROGERS asked Wray what he had to say ? Wray, who is a strong, but very mild looking young fellow, coolly replied, smiling, " I did it through distress." Mr. ROGERS asked Welsh a similar question. Welsh--I say the same, I don't deny it. They were then fully committed to take their trial. It was stated that the prisoners had stolen a coat in the same neighbourhood, and they were remanded on that charge. The appearance of the prisoners resembled that of va grants—they had scarcely any thing on their persons, were shoeless, and without hats, and had evidently endured con siderable suffering through want. They listened to the evidence with nonchalance, and had clearly made up their minds to the consequences of the charges made against them. Wray appeared about 22, and Welsh and Rogers about 18 or 19, years of age. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Terence a T ; ni;ins, an unsophisticated Patlander, was yesterday brought before Mr. DYER, charged with having been drunk the overnight. Mr. DYER—Now what have you to say to the charge ? Terence—l'm only from Connaught this two days, barring to-day, and yesterday my brother took me to his lodgings, and says he, " Terry, my boy, bad luck to me if I don't make ye welcome."—Wid that he gets a bottle of gin, a bottle of rum, and a bottle of whisky, and we sat down to have a dhrink together. When the gin was done, I got up to go away. " Aisy," says he, " let's have a taste of the rum." We drank the rum, and then I wanted to go away, but he would'nt let me, and so we finished the whisky. After that he gazes the poker, and knocked me down wid the broad end of it. (The defendant turned round and exhibited a severe wound at the back of his head.) Before I got my sinses, my brother took me up, and turned me into the street." Mr. DYErt—A vary brotherly action certainly. Well, since he has got you into this scrape, you must apply to him to help you out of it. I shall fine you ss. for being drunk. The "affectionate " brother, who was outside, paid the fine immediately. UNION-HALL. Yesterday a person of lady-like appearance, named Dent, the owner of a large house, some portion of which she lets out ready furnished, was brought before Mr. WEDGWOOD, charged with stealing a half-sovereign, the property of Mr. John William Wilde. Mr. WEDGWOOD asked the prisoner what she had to say in answer to the charge ?—The prisoner was so violently agitated that she could not give an answer to the question for some time ; when, however, she did, her reply was an acknowledgment of the offence, but trusted that some mercy would be extended to her by the party who made the complaint. She had during her life sustained the cha racter of an honest woman, had brought up a family in re spectability, and that if this offence, the first she had com mitted, was abandoned, she would never again deviate from the paths of rectitude of conduct. Mr. WEDGWOOD committed the prisoner for trial. Sho Was obliged to be carried out of the office by two officers, who placed her in a coach waiting at the door, to convey her to the county gaol. THAMES OFFICE. Yesterday Richard Miles, who has lost his right arm, and has been twice tried at the Old Bailey for committing highway robberies, and who has also been convicted and imprisoned in the House of Correction, was put to the bar with Denis Jamieson, alias Scotty, alias Don Giovanni, another notorious thief and libertine, charged with com mitting a daring burglary at Stratford, in Essex. After hearing evidence, Mr. CLARKSON said he should commit the prisoners for trial for the burglary at Strat ford, and remanded them for a week on the other charge. Yesterday a very decent young Irishwoman, named Mary Driscoll, applied to Mr. BALLANTINE, and requested that he would allow her to make oath, and give her a certificate, that she had not committed adultery. Mr. BALLANTINZ asked the woman her reasons for making such a. singular application to him ? The woman, said that In . r husband had lat , 3ly become very jealous 0:, her, and had accused her of being too familiar with one of her lodgers, named Dennis Collins, a co al -whipper. Mr. BALLANTINE--What is the cause of that ? Nrs. Driscoll—Please your Worship, I have to do for Den nis Collins, and get his meals re ad y ; and my husband say hims:, " I pay more attention to the lo d g er than I do to , and has become so jealous that nothing will satisfy him but making an oath before your W o rship that I and Dennis Collins have not committed adultery, which sure enough I've not any how. Mr. BALLANTINE—No, I don't believe you have, and when you declare you have not he ought to believe you. Mrs. Driscoll—lle won't believe me, your Worship, un less you take my oath of it, and sure that will make us happy for life. Mr. BALLANTINE—What is this jealous husband of yours ? Mrs. Driscoll—A tailor by trade, your 'Worship, and he's the father of my children. Barring that e he's very jealous of this Dennis Collins , and I never gavhim a liberty in my life, and that he threatens me for the same, he's the best husband that ever lived. Mr. BALLANTINE, after the woman had importuned him for some time, ordered one of the officers to call on; 1 jealous tailor, and inform him that the wife had made a de claration of her innocence before him , and that if he ill. used her he would most assuredly punish him. That course might have the effect of allaying the j ealous y of the bus -. band, but he was not very sanguine on the subject. The Governors of Westminster Hospital have re ceived information from the executors of Mrs. Ann Margaret Forster, late of Woburn - place , Bed ford-s q uare, that by her will, bearing date the 9th of September last, she has directed the sum of 1,0001. to be invested in the funds, the dividends of which to be enjoyed during his life by Mr. William Forster, and at his death the principal to pass to the Westminster Hospital. A similar sum is directed by another clause in like manner invested, and the dividends to be paid during life to the same Mr. William Forster, and on his demise the principal t be paid to the Charing-cross Hospita l . The will was proved at Doctors' Commons on the 31st of October, the benevolent lady having died a little more than a month after making her will. Mr. William Forster, the life annuitant, is a gentleman of the advanced age of 70 years. By the concluding clause of the will, the legacy duty on all the bequests is ordered to be paid by the executors out of the general estate. WHALE SHIPS IN THE ICE.—We regret to SaY that as yet no intelligence has been received relative to six vessels which sailed at the beginning of the year to the Davis' Straits Fishery. These vessels are, the w Swan, of Hull ; the Dee, of Aberdeen ; the Grenville Ba y , of Ne castle : the Norfolk, of Berwick ; the Thomas, and the Advice, of Aberdeen.—Hull Observer. ATALA.—" On the appearance of Atal a, I received, a letter from Cambridge, signed G. Gordon, Lord Byron. Lord Byron, at the age of fifteen, was a star that had not yet risen : thousands of letters of censure or congratulatio n overwhelmed me ; twenty secretaries would not have been sufficient to keep pace with this immense correspondence ; I was compelled therefore to throw into the fire three fourths of these letters, and to select only such as it was most incumbent upon me to return thanks for, or to defend myself against. I have some recollect ion, however, that I answered Lord Byron ; but it is also possible that the note of the Cambridge student shared the general fate.".—.Cha teauMand's Sketches of English Literature. g e for MoNs MEG.—On Saturday last a new carria this ancient piece of ordnance, to replace the wooden one , which had become worthless from age, arrived at the Castles and was yesterday placed on the bomb battery, but the Meg has not yet been placed on it. The sarriage is hand some and substantial (being several tons weight), and, in re.. lief, gives a brief outline of the leading points of Megs history, as follows :—" Believed to have been forged a s Mons, A.D. 1486." " At the siege of Norham Castle, A.D. 1497." " Sent to the T ower of London, D. 1754." " Restored . to Scotland by his Majesty Georr IV., A.D. 1829." It also bears the name of Sir 8.. 1 1 ; Vivian, Bart., Master-General of Ordnance.—Edinbu r g h Courant. " THE MERCHANT'S DAUGHTER.”—The Dew novel, under the above title, by the popular author of " Th e Heiress" and " Agnes Serie," will still further increase the reputation of this pleasing writer. The style and tone of her works will recal the mem or y to the beautiful produc tions of Miss Austen. Our contemporary, the Literary Gazette, in bestowing its tribute of approbation upon " Th e Merchant's Daughter," observes, that it is a gracefully-to ld and interesting story, with peculiar sweetness in the delinetr tion of the female character. It will be a favourite with all novel-readers, and the author will now take rank among, the most popular writers in this fascinating department °I literature. THE PRINCE OF CANINO'S MEMOIRS: Theft rst volume of these memoirs, which have just appeared, is e°: pious in interesting information r elative to the politics ' struggles in France. The convulsions which have distur g bed that country the Prince traces to the ri g ht source, a nd iv is es a vivid description of their formidable results. This work a valuable addition to the page of history. Mauro Michaelis, the brave Chief of the MillOteSt who accompanied King Otho to Bavaria, died a few day s ago at Munich, of the cholera, after an illness of 48 helve only. His last agonies were frightful ; his i ro n frame re' sisted the attacks of the disease , and main tained a p owerful conflict with death. The cries of the M inote were like the roarings of a lion expiring from the venom of a p oisoned ar row. In him the King of Greece has lost the bravest of his officers. Recruits are so scarce, that sergeants now give a bonus of ss. to any person bringing an eligible.—Lintc rick Chronicle. Many doubts and scruples were entertained as to wheth er or no l a dies should be allowed to enter the gallel during the sittings of the Cortes. Gallantry, however, de" cided in the affirmative, and the ladies will be permitted to be present. We congratulate the fair sex on this decisiot r ?, as there needs must be a few Deputies up on whom them presence will not be lost, but upon whom , on the control' it will act as a magnetic fluid, and will animate and refine, thei r p a t r iotic inspirations.—El Guardia N acionel Madrid. The following extraordina r y facts have occurred off" lativ e to the late melancholy shipwreck of the Clarendon ° the Isle of Wight. The body of Miss Gourley, one of th a t passengers drowned on that occasion , w as on shore last week, at Southsea, very near the residence of her father , t which she was returning ; and the body of the infs Li o f daughter of Lieut. Shore was found amo n g the rigging the ship, by a person at Cowes who had purchased it. M YSTE RIOUS I—lt is but justice to the rode r before he peruses the following mysterious a nnounce oxe n to say that it is from a corresponden t who has not chesere to favour us with his name :—" Perh a p s y ou are not snit that there took place in this city, ten days ago, a mide l ,g, meeting of the leading Tories fro m all p arts of the 11; dom. took place in the saloon o f the Royal H o tel. to began to assemble at ten o'clock, P.M., and did not sepal till five o'clock next morning. To avoid observation tPor parties came on foot by ones and twos, without carriage! ea attendants of any kind. There were nearly two huenri,a present. Among others, the Marquis of Douro, I J% Stormont, and many more of that rank. The servants ; the house were excluded, Sir George Clerk, Sir J. inhe &c., acting as waiters. The purposes avowed were ° lon most audacious and determined character . Whether t infatuated men will be able to accomplish their purpos , ' . 11 - 1 mains to be seen. The fate of the pres ent Governnieo sealed !"—Scotsman. T. COXSAVdit-Y,Goldsmith, &c., 47, Corn,P4g c il0" London, informs the Public that he h as fitted up THREEcrior ROOMS expressly for the display of a lare assortment of .1',1,00, SIL VElt- ED GED PLATED low but fixed prices, which have been so successful in dravring„,,Vool 4 attention to the WATCH, JEWELLERY, SILVER and FORK and Silver branches of his trade. N.B. A Padooast containing a Detailed List of the Pric es of Plate, Plated de d in Watches, Clocks, &c., may be had gratis, or will be WO': answer to a post-paid application. ______f--- - ---- -- _ B IR 7'II S. -grvricl° On the 21st inst., at Drove, the lady of Colonel George ' ' ham, of a daughter. On the 21st inst., in Audley - sq uare, Mrs. Baillie, of a 519t riar' On the 20th inst., at Leaming ton Priors, the lady o f 0. ston, Esq., of a son. r a soe' On the 16th inst., at Erlvroocl, the Hon. Lady Curie the -- i„ay Of On the 17th inst., at the Rectory, Evrhurst, , 04 the Rev. G. Watts, of a daughter. 0 i gs, On the 13th inst., at Tottenham, the lady of N. L. el'r Esq., of a daughter. f tinea u ' On the 2lit inst., at Tulse-hill , Surrey, Mrs. Chas. I‘J r of a daughter _....... MA li R M Fletc I E , h e On the 22d inst., Mr. Sidn e y J. her, of Grove-p 1 a c ', Ei fo t Brixton, to Mary, youngest dau g hter of Mr. Wm. Were, 0 house, Brixton. froriet Charles Towneley, Esq., of Lancashire, to Lady Caroline K 3 Molyneux, daughter of the Earl of Sefton. DIED. Oft a, r On the 11th inst. , at Newington, Edinburgh, Mr. James i Librarian to the Fa cult y of Advocates. n g C On the 22d ins t., a g ed seven months, Emma Sarah, t he yotl - v e It daughter of K. Groom , Esq ., Henrietta-street, avendish-s(10°. On the 1 9 th inst., Mr. Hunt, of Heathron, M iddlesex, V e t ' On the ISth inst., Miss Vaughan, of Manchester -square. On the 21st inst., Ann Elizabeth, wife of Mr. J. os 4 9 et t t xh i l 11. inst.,ii n n s s t t .. a a t t T o Liverpool,t ten h tor, of Nelson -square, and daughter of the late Mr. Tonalinsen, ° Geo. Campbell, fog' formerly of Kingston, Jamaica. for' 71, Mrs. Anne Cock, Collins, solieji aged 46, Wilkinson,lOient of the 10th of September, at Mallon, 0 0( , ) n nn t tt h ihi e ee E 2: l merly of Richmond, Surrey. am' Fulham, 0f th R e of Avington, Hants, widow of R. Wilkinson, Esq. , 13 reat, South Lambeth. Ole , , at Barnsley, Yorkshire, aged 77, Mrs. aged 70, Mrs. .I‘,T_lit: the Rev. W. Oddie. daugl" On the 21st inst., ter of Mr. J. Thomas •d 04 , age ... • at St. John's, Southwark, Mary, only o. London : Printed and Po-blished by M URDO Y 0 _.tv 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Str and, in tale c of Middlesez.--Thursday, November 24, Inf.