The Sun. — London, England, 1832-10-13 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The extremity which the British Government has so long shown an anxious desire to avert, has now arrived, and the measure which it has evinced such a reluctance to employ, must now be adopted. The King of Holland has proved by his late conduct that he is resolved not to make peace with Belgium on any terms—that he is determined to embroil Europe, if possible, in order to gratify his selfish ambition by a Belgic conquest—and that rather than surrender his ob stinate warlike purposes, he is prepared to bid defiance to all his allies. His caprices have been too long respected ; and the friends of or der cannot farther temporize. A large English and French fleet is, with the full concurrence of the Allies, to be despatched to the coast of Holland, to blockade his ports, and bring him to his senses. When we speak of the reluctance of the English Ministry to take this step till it was proved to be absolutely necessary, and of their determination to act with vigour and promptitude since that necessity has been estab lished, we must not forget to mention, with the most cordial satisfaction, the confidence which their Royal master reposed 'at first in their paci fic disposition, and the readiness with which he has now consented to their indispensable employ ment of a national force, with the efficiency of which he is so well acquainted. " I see clearly," his Majesty is understood to have said, when the resolution of the Cabinet was submitted to him— " I see clearly that it cannot be helped—it must be done." In using these words, expressive at once of his regret at the obstinacy of the Dutch King, and of his firmness in supporting the national honour, his Majesty has acquired an additional claim to our respect and gratitude. We are glad thus to be enabled to assure the public, that the absurd resistance which has been maintained by the King of Holland for the last eighteen months against every reasonable arrangement is on the eve of being terminated by submission, or overcome by force. We have stated the fact so frequently as almost to make us ashamed of another repetition, and have proved it so often as to render further evidence superfluous, that his Dutch Majesty has shown no desire to make peace on any conditions—and that he has been waiting to see what chances might be offered him for the re-subjug ation of Belgium in the chapter of accidents. All the undiplomatic world is now convinced of this, and the London Conference more than all the world. Hence the latter, though they desire to take no undue advantage even of an offensive and dangerous obstinacy, are resolved that the treaty of November, 1831, with its late modifi cations, shall be executed ; and that the peace of Europe shall no longer be threatened by one of its weakest states. We need not go further into the means of compelling an execution of the treaty ; but as the King of Holland long expect ed, and as the Tories in this county always affected to believe, that the three absolute Powers of the Conference would protest against the application of force, we may as well mention, that not only Prussia and Austria, but also Russia, arc entirely consenting parties to this arrangement. In such a state of things, it would be superfluous, and might appear tiresome, to en ter again on the ground which we have so often traversed and examined before, respecting the recent claims and pretensions of Holland. We have seen the nine questions addressed by the Conference to the Dutch Plenipotentiary in London on the 25th and 26th of September last, and we are sure that not one of them could excite the slightest interest in our readers, ex cept that regarding the navi g ation of the Scheldt, to which we have so often adverted. As our Correspondent " Batavus " has foolishly offered to break a lance with us or with the champion of the whole commercial world on this point, we shall make no apology for tran scribing the question of the Conference on this topic, with the Dutch reply regarding it. The former was—" In the treaty which the Nether land Plenipotentiary may be ready to sign with Belgium, would he admit that the navigation of the Scheldt would be free for the vessels of all nations, and that those vessels would not be subjected to any stoppage, to any visit, or to any examination of their cargoes, but only (with out distinction of flags) to a moderate tonnage duty ?" This question, requiring a categorical answer, ended all the bother, and dispelled all the mystification of the Dutch project of June last, which our Correspondent, " Batavus " told us was identical with the treaty of the 15th of November, 1831. What did the Dutch Pleni potentiary reply ? The following are his words :—" The Netherland Plenipotentiary is not authorized to accede to any de finitive arrangement in respect to the naviga tion of the Scheldt, nor even to admit the przn• ciple of such an arrangement ; and to the pro. visional state of things his instructions only war• rant him to adopt the application of the tariff o Mentz." We have already explained e hat this tariff means : we have shown that it had originally no relation to the Scheldt—that it comprehended an amount of duty which would destroy the corn merce of Antwerp—and that in introducing the word " tariff" into the treaty of the 24 articles, in November, 1831, the Conference applied it only to the Rhine and its intermediate waters, and not to the Scheldt, between the sea and Antwerp. The question put to the Dutch Go vernment, through its Ambassador, and the answer returned by the latter, will show the de termination of the trading Powers of Europe to resist the closing of the Scheldt, and the dispo sition of Holland to renew, without their con sent, the treaty of Minister. Such pretensions cannot be listened to for a moment, and a Bri tish expedition to enforce the execution of reasonable terms of peace with Belgium will thus be an expedition to protect British commercial interests. We cannot fail to take some credit to ourselves for the success which has crowned our persevering efforts to enlighten the public on the Belgic question, and for the „steadiness with which we pointed their views to the present re sult. We are now happy to express our full assurance that any warlike means which may be employed—not against the Dutch people, but for the Dutch people against the absurd obsti nacy of their Government—will accomplish their object without occasioning any general explo sion. The shell, if it must be discharged, will sink harmlessly into the fens of Holland, and cannot have a wider range.— Times. The opening a dissenting chapel, at Braintree, on Tuesday last, afforded an occasion for an assembly of the Dissenters. " Au assembly so numerous and respectable (says the Essex In• dependent) of this increasingly influential body has been rarely witnessed in this county." The same Paper remarks, that the Dissenters of Brain tree and Backing are to the friends of the Church in the proportion of five to one ; and that, whilst " both the chapels had been re• peattdly extended, and are now the largest n Essex, the attendance at the churches has gra- dually decreased." At the dinner that followed, the Rev. James Carter, who was in the chair, observed—" If the cause of dissent in Bri tain was worth nothing else, it was worth something as a proof of the soundness of those principles. Our rites were so simple and pure, our laws were so simple and pure—that if we mixed anything of man's with them, we should spoil the whole. We have not the act of uniformity, but we have the uniformity without the act." This, by the bye, is a hard hit against the Church of England, which, in spite of Articles and Canons, has, by means of the mixture of the affairs of this world with those of another, become more divided perhaps than any other Church. If a qualified teacher do approve of the congregational system, he has no motive for saying he does. The same zeal and abilities which would enable him to obtain a congregation of Independents will enable him to obtain a congregation of Baptists or Presbyte rians. But the object in the Church of England is to obtain the living ; and all the traps set by the Bishop of Peterborough, or any other Ar minian Bishop, to ensnare Calvinists, will not prevent Evangelical Preachers from entering the fold. The Rev. Algernon Wells, of Coggis hall, observed— " When he looked around him, and contemplated the various changes which were everywhere taking place, both on the right hand and en the left—when he saw the gene ral advance of society, and that events were indeed casting their shadows before them, he was convinced that nothing could pre-erve the world from disorder and confusion but an efficient Gospel Ministry, and he believed that Protes tant Dissenters were destined to work no mean part in this great undertaking. He had seen the Cathedral of Backing alter its appearance, and now a great change had been effected in the interest at Braintree; but though the buildings changed, he was njoiced to know that the same doctrines were inculcated and the same principles advo cated. All the Dissenters, about thirty years of age, both in Braintree and Bock*, were contained in Mr. Craie's Chapel, small as it then was ; but now they had two fine buildings, and he hoped the day was not f.r distant when these would be too strait for the people, and it would be necessary to build another half way between them.— (Cheers.) He ccnsidered they were now r: aping the re ward of their Sunday Schools and other Religious Institu tions. It was not their duty to try and make people Dis senters, but first to endeavour to make them Christians, and they would be sure to become Dissenters afterwards." Another hard hit at Mother Church ! The Dissenters, it is well known, have always pro moted education, and the Church had the glory of opposing education. All those who first set on foot Sunday Schools were bitterly persecuted by the Clergy of the Church of England. They saw that the Dissenters were never without some education, and they had a presentiment, that were the people to be generally educated, they would, to use Mr. Watt's language, " be sure to become Dissenters." As the twelfth hour ended they became converts to the necessity of education. Of late years they have actually been shamed out of their open opposition to it. The Lord Chancellor stated, that when he first applied to the Clergy, they took no notice of his application ; but that latterly they had in great numbers answered his letters soliciting information with regard to schools. But the Dissenters have the great merit of setting on foot instruction among the people. The erec tion of a Dissenting Chapel is always imme diately followed by the erection of a school. Establishments may be useful to those who wish to profit by the abuses in them ; but it is proved by the case of the Dissenters, that religion and edu cation always succeed better without establish ments than with them. The Dissenters, how. ever, bear no hostility to the members of the Church of England as a sect. They only com plain of the hardship of being obliged to pay their own spiritual instructors and also to support a Church from which they derive no benefit. The members of the church generally admit the jus tice of the objections of the Dissenters. They say there can be no reason why the Dissenters, who support their own clergy and keep their own chapels in repair, should pay our clergy and contribute to the erection and repair of our churches. We are attached to the church ffom principle ; but we do not wish to persecute those who are opposed to it from principle, by making them pay for that which they condemn. The Standard tells us " The Churchmen are the ma jority, whatever the infidel and dissenting writers and speakers (we are sorry to link them, but they have yoked themselves) may say to the contrary—they are quiet, be cause they have hitherto been unmolested ; but let an at tack be made upon that establishment, which has always been the chief, and is now nearly the only object of their regard, and there is evidence in history of the manner in which they will act. Neither Marlborough's glories, nor the known ill designs of the Jacobite expectants of office, could save a Whig Ministry in the seventeenth century, after it had lifted its cloven foot against the Church ; and what hope would such a Ministry have now, should the Dissenters force it into a similar enterprise ? The candidate successors of the present men are pure from the suspicions that justly attached to Harley and St. John ; and a greater than Marlborough, with triumphs far more splen did, is arrayed, not with the Ministers, but upon the side of their opponents. No, no ; the Dissenters are not such fools as to hurry on an experiment which will only bring sttengtb to the Church, disgrace to themselves, and ruin to their patron Administration." The Dissenters are not disposed to attack the establishment ; they wish merely to secure themselves for oppression from the pretended support of an establishment. If the churchmen are the majority, there is the less necessity for that majority opposing the minority by the de mand of a compulsory aid. But waiving the Consideration that the proportions of church men to Dissenters are somewhat different from what they were in the time of Marlborough, when an enumeration made the churchmen 22 to 1 compared with the Dissenters, it is to be borne in mind that the members of the Church are generally favourable to the claims of the Dissenters. Hostility to tithes and church-rates is as general in the Church as out of it. In fact', the most of those who approve of the doctrines of the Church of England are scandalized at the abuses which impair its utility. The Aristocracy, indeed, may be disposed to fight for the ex istence of fat Bishopricks, and Deaneries, and Prebendal Stalls, and rich Rectories of 6,0001 a year, subject only to the deduction of 601. to the poor Curate who does the duty; but the people of England are not such fools as to em bark in any such cause. The people of Eng land know, that if the Church of England were what it ought to be, the Clergy would not be in the ranks of their enemies. They do not con found the Church with its abuses. They know, however, that the present Clergy are attached only to the abuses of the Church. All those who love the Church for itself, must be as much disposed as the Dissenters can be to free it from all that deprives it of the attachment of the peo ple. The evils from which the Dissenters suffer are not beneficial but injurious to the Church itself. We observe that a clergyman has been made a Deputy Lieutenant for Cumberland. A Deputy Lieutenant has an officer's uniform, and may be called on to take the field. This is a new era, indeed—or, rather, we have a re newal of the era of the Baron Bishops, who were more distinguished for shedding blood than for preaching. But this is the oligarchical notion of what becomes a Minister of religion ! Morning Chronicle. We believe we may say that the King of Holland will soon be brought to his sober senses. The state of Belgium, and the com plaints of our own merchants, will no longer allow the French and English Governments to suffer the Sovereign of Holland to insult them with impunity. It is of great importance that the navigation of the Scheldt should no longer be at the mercy of Dutch monopoly, and that the people of Belgium should be allowed to re duce their establishments within the compass of their means. There will be no war. The other Powers may not assist France and England in co ercing the stupid Dutchman; but they are so far pledged to the measures which France and England carry into execution, that they cannot without exhibiting to Europe an utter disregard of all principle, and even decency, oppose themselves to these measures. We hold, then, that the best way to prevent war is to lose no tune in settling Belgium in good earnest. Should this be ne glected, the present discontent of the Belgians might lead to scenes which could hardly fail to embroil Europe. One of the great reasons for our Ministers at all interfering in the case of Belgium was the strong desire of our commer cial men that the Scheldt, so important as an opening to the heart of the Continent, should be opened to our enterprise. The Dutch retain all the narrow spirit of monopoly for which they have been so long distinguished. They would willingly sacrifice Antwerp to Rotterdam ; but they will be defeated in this.—Morii.Chronicle. The Gazette of last night contains the order proroguing Parliament to Tuesday, the 11th of December. From this it is evident that there will be no short session, as was anticipated by some—either for the purpose of making correc tions in the Reform Bill, or of giving effect to any movement against the impracticable Sovereign of Holland. On the contrary, it is probable that, in a week or two, the present Parliament will be dissolved, so that the reformers must " be up and doing," if they intend to avail them selves of the measure which it cost them so much exertion to obtain. The period to which the prorogation extends, coupled with the omission of that significant phrase, which, when a real bona fide meeting of Parliament is intended, always concludes the invitation to meet by telling them, distinctly, it is to be " for the despatch of business"—these circumstances, taken to gether, intimate plainly enough that the present Parliament is destined never to meet again. If the next Parliament be not in fact, as it will be in name, a reformed Parliament, the fault must be with the people, who, having the power in their own hands, are bound in consistency, as well as in justice to their own interests, to show that they prosecuted and achieved Reform for a purpose and not as a whim ; and that, having achieved it, they will employ it for the overthrow of corruption. We have often deprecated that provision of the Act which renders the right of voting contingent upon the payment of taxes. It was peculiarly ungracious, at a time when the people were suffering great privations, to make the exercise of their political rights depend on the performance of any pecuniary conditions ; it was adding disfranchisement to the other conse quences of misfortune. Many persons are of opinion that the disfranchisement thus effected has proceeded to a great . extent, and that this error of Ministers will operate more powerfully than is supposed against that total change of system on the immediate accomplishment of which so much depends at the present crisis. It is to be hoped that such apprehensions will turn out to be exaggerated ; but it is only by the prompt and active exertion of those who have votes that the reformers can hope to make up for those who have none. The Tories are in the field, and they are not only skilful agents of mischief, but interested parties, who derive a profit from doing mischief. Every man, woman, or child, who holds an unmerited pension or a sinecure office, has an interest which can be computed in pounds, shillings, and pence — that interest engaging them to do all possible mischief, and throw all possible impediments in the way of the working of the Reform Act. They, we may be assured of it, will not slum ber on their posts. Let us imitate their activity, that we may counteract their designs, and in the short interval between this and the probable meeting of the new Parliament use every exer tion to find out able and honest men, who will devote themselves in earnest to " the despatch of business," the business of securing to the peo ple the advantages of their own triumph. It will be seen from our report of the meeting al Staines, that Mr. Hume, whose opportunities of intelligence are as great as those of any man not immediately connected with the Cabinet, informed his constituents that he understood the present Parliament was not to meet again.— Morning Herald. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. G UILDHALL. Thomas .211oxey, a shoemaker, was brought be fore Mr. Alderman WILSON yesterday, charged with assaulting his wife. The poor woman stated that this was the fourth time she had been compelled to have him taken into custody. He was continually abusing her, and the assault of which she complained was, that as she was stooping to tie her boot, the prisoner came upon her unawares, and gave her a brutal kick, which forced her half across the room, and from the effects of which she was unable to walk for an hour and a half. He also tore all her stock of clothing into little strips. The prisoner said he had detected his wife in the fact of adultery with a soldier in his own room, and it was impossible not to feel exasperated at it. Brand, the marshalman, said he had told this story before, and from the inquiries he had made upon the subject in the neighbourhood, lie was satisfied it was a delusion upon the prisoner's mind. The MAGISTRATES fined the prisoner 51., in de fault of immediate payment of which he was com mitted to Brideweil for two months. BOW-STREET. William Hudson Davis, who stood charged with stealing two sovereigns from the person of Mr. Phillips, a law-stationer, at Rowbottom's " Finish," some nights ago, came up for final examination, he having been allowed to enter into his own recog nizances to meet the charge. No additional evi dence, however, was produced, and Sir F. ROE ordered his discharge, observing that the case was not aufficiently made out to justify him in sending it to trial. MARLBORO UGH- STREET. Mr. CONANT stated yesterday that the opinion expressed and acted upon by Mr. Ballantine, of the Thames Police-office, of the liability of pawnbrokers to make good losses by fire, had induced him, as he held, in common with his brother Magistrates, the contrary opinion, to look further into a question of such importance to the public. After an attentive perusal of the Pawnbrokers' Act, and a due con sideration of those grounds upon which Magistrates had hitherto acted, in refusing to award compensa tion in such cases, the conclusion he had previously come to, of the non liability of pawnbrokers, was confirmed and strengthened. It had been urged by Mr. Ballantine, as stated in the public papers, that a gun, for which an applicant claimed compensation, was an article not likely to have been consumed by fire, and therefore the pawnbroker ought to make compensation. Now, there were only two clauses in the Pawnbrokers' Act, the 24th and the 14th, which could form the ground for such a decision. The 24th clause placed it in the Magistrate's power to award compensation where the loss or deterioration of the pledge arose either from the default, neglect, or wilful misbehaviour of the pawnbroker. He was at a loss, therefore, to unde , stand how it was possible in justice to consider that a loss by fire, which itself was the act of Providence, and in which calamity the pawnbroker himself participated, could possibly be referrred to either of those three causes under which only the pawnbroker was legally com• pelled to make compensation. A gun might be so injured by the fire as to be of comparatively little value, and it would be a very hard case to call on the pawnbroker to make good its value under such circumstances. He recollected that the question had been raised some years ago as to the liability of pawnbrokers in cases of fire, and he believed it had been decided in the King's Bench that pawnbrokers were not liable, though he was unable to find the case, or speak positively as to the fact. He, how ever, had by him Counsel's opinion, taken in the year 1817, when he was sitting as Magistrate at Worship-street office s on a point exactly similar in principle, and although he was aware the opinion was not a settled authority, yet, coming from an ex• perienced lawyer, it would, in his judgment, have sortie weight in determining a question in which pawnbrokers and the public were so deeply inte rested. It was, however, but fair to state, that the opinion had been obtained by Mr. Williams, who , acted as the legal adviser of the pawnbrokers. (Mr. Conant stated the case on which the opinion was given, which was signed by Mr. Adolphus. It was a case of burglary.) • Mr. CONANT remarked, if such be the law in cases of burglary, there could remain no reasonable doubt of the course Magistrates ought to adopt towards applicants who claimed remuneration for loss by fire, which were more indisputably of the nature of an act of God than that of burglary. MARY LEB ONE. Yesterday Joseph Cowen, was brought before Mr. RAWLINSON, the Sitting Magistrate, charged with stealing two yards and a quarter of superfine blue cloth, the property of Mr. Culverwell, draper, of 53, Great Marylebonc-street. The prosecutor identified the properly produced, and the prisoner, who declined saying anything, was fully committed to Newgate for trial. William Elbon, the driver, and James Leaveland, the conductor of (Ale of the Paddington omnibuses, were summoned before Mr. RAWLINSON by Mrs. Amelia Eliston, of Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, for extorting from her more than the usual fare. As Mri , . Eliston could not swear to the person of the driver, Mr. RAWLINSON would give him the benefit of the doubt, and fined the conductor in the penalty of 40s , for exacting more than his fire, and ordered them both to find bail for their future good beha viour. QUEEN-SQUARE Yesterday Lewis Mendoza, a son of the once celebrated pugilist of that name, was brought up in custody, and placed at the har, before Mr. WHITE, charged with picking the pocket of Mr. Frank Dick ons, a solicitor, of No. 4, Willow-street, Faulkner square, cf a common paper snuff-box, in the pit of the Coburg Theatre, on the previous evening. Mr. WHITE should commit the prisoner for trial at the next Surrey Session, and the parties must be bound over in their own recognizances, in the sum of 201., to prosecute. Mr. Dickons begged that he might not be bound over, as he was going to the continent on Tuesday next on business, and it would be quite impossible for him to attend without great inconvenience to himself. Mr. WHITE observed that the box was of but little value, yet if it had been worth 100/. the prisoner would have done the same. Ile had heard the evi- .., ._ lence, and he had no other alternative but to bind the parties over. Mr. Dickons was then bound over to prosecute, and left the office, declaring that he would sooner forfeit his recognizance than be detained to prosecute fora box not worth a farthing, and have to dance attendance for three or four days at the Sessions, when he had important business to attend to. LAMBETH-STREET. Yesterday, John Johnson, a middle-aged man o respectable appearance, who stated himself to be in the East India Company's employment, was brought before Mr. WALKER and the Rev. D. MATTHIAS, on a charge of assault. Inspector Drew, of the K division of police, stated, that the defendant was brought to the sta tion-house on the preceding night, and charged with a most aggravated case of assault. It appeared that he (the defendant) was in the act of writ ing in conspicuous characters with chalk, " Be ware of bad houses," on the wall of the resi dence of a respectable married female in White horse-lane, whose hu,band was at the present time at sea. A journeyman bricklayer passing by remonstrated with him on the impropriety of his conduct, upon which he instantly struck the man, knocked him down, and used him altogether very badly. His friends, it appeared, had arranged the matter with the complainant in the morning, and he, Drew, was satisfied it was not the intention of the bricklayer to come forward to substantiate the charge. The defendant, in reply, could prove the female in question to be a person of light character. In fact,dhfoiu rmrduring gs he pt eahabnye s t damaoi hide e, payment, absence h,n2 s a eshd:h.e she treated and hanedr herd inveigledgr. nights s i m into in he r a h o u con nexion,s e Nhv ei S t h h c e at ee o dg w roe o l owed hima debt of 225., and whenever he called on her contempt, and slammed the door in his face. Mr. Drew believed the statement made by the defendant to be a gross libel on the character of the female he had alluded to. He, Drew, had known her for some considerable time, and he believed her conduct to have been strictly proper. Her friends and connexions were most respectable, and her husband had been several voyages as first mate of an Indiaman. The defendant repeated his accusations and said they were Just. Mr. WALKER observed, that if they were so, it did not justify him, the defendant, in writing the offensive expressions on her house. His conduct altogether appeared most improper, and he should therefore give good security to keep the peace for the next three months. The required sureties were subsequently entered into, and the defendant liberated. THAMES POLICE-OFFICE. Yesterday Thomas Sinnock, a lighterman and bargemaster, residing in East-row, Limehouse, was brought before the Magistrates, Captain RICHBELL and Mr. BALLANTINE, charged with beating and kicking his wife Jane. The complainant, a loquacious little woman, had been for 17 years the lawful married wife of the prisoner, and though she said it, there was not a more industrious hard-working woman in the world. Mr. BALLANTINE would admit all that, and also that she had a most industrious tongue, but begged her to come to the assault. The complainant said, that her husband was in the constant habit of drinking"to excess, and coming home and beating her dreadfully; in proof of which, she referred the Magistrates to the bruises on her arms and face, and asked if that was tit treatment for a good wife. Last Sunday week he came home intoxicated, and while he held her by the wrists, which were " wrenched out of their places," he kicked and beat her until her body was black and blue. To save her life she was obliged to take re fuge in a lodger's room, and secrete herself under the bed, until her husband's fit of passion was over. Since then he had abused her every day, and one evening knocked her down. The woman then re moved the bandages from her hands, and displayed her wrists, the tendons of which bad been violently strained. The prisoner in reply to the charge said, if a man has a wife who disanies her duty, I think I ought to beat her. Mr. BALLANTINE - But not in that brutal manner. Let us know how she disanies her duty. Please your Worship, said the prisoner, there is a chap of a sailor in my house, and he's always eat ing and drinking with my wife, which I don't like, and I've told her to get rid of him, and she won't. The wife said the sailor was a lodger, and he be haved like a father to her. The fact was, her hus band was a nasty jealous man. Mr. BALLANTINE-But if your husband does not like the sailor in his house, you ought to get rid of him. As a good wife you should obey your bus. band, who is the master of his own house. Wife—Please your Worship, he is such a nice young man, and he lent my husband 51. out of his wages when he was paid off. Mr. BALLANTINE said that men were not so di s• interested as to give their money away for nothing; and the wife was more interested about this young man than she ought to be. Wife—lt's cruel we can't have a friend in the house. My husband is always getting drunk. Husband—l'll be sober, your Worship, if she gets rid of the young man. The very sight of him makes my head ache, and my heart go pit a pat ; and then I flies to the drink. Mr. BALLANTINE—You must get rid of him, woman ; never mind the Si., your husband will settle that. Wife—l can assure you he is such a good young man, and he'll be left destitute if he is tnrned away. The husband, who appeared to be labouring under very excited feelings, here paced the dock, and exclaiming—" Oh I d—n him, he drives me mad," stamped his foot violently. The MAGISTRATES said there would be no peace until the young man was removed, arid when that was done they would decide on the assault. The woman left the office murmuring. TOWN HALL. Mary Dixon, a fine remnant of Irish, about 45 years of age, was placed at the bar, charged with assaulting the shopman of Mr. Newsome, the Over seer of St. Saviour's, and breaking Mr. Newsome's windows. Mr. Newsome said, the prisoner was in the con tinual habit of applying for relief, which, when ob tained, was instantly spent in gin. Prisoner—And is it yourself, Mr. Newsome, that wud be saying the like ? Mr. Newsome—You know it is the truth. Prisoner—Och, Nabochlish ! Mr. Newsome—On this occasion I was from home, and the prisoner, in a state of intoxication, and offended at not receiving the expected relief, took off her shoe and began to batter the windows, which were of plate glass, in consequence of which she was given into custody. Prisoner —Och ! don't say sich a thing, I wts taken away by the beadle. J. Gale (the beadle) stated, in addition to the above evidence, that she had conducted herself vtry violently towards him. Prisoner—Are you going to turn ages me, after we've been such ould pals—troth there's no such thing as friendship in the world. Gale—She is continually pursuing the same conduct. isoner—lt's a lie, saving your Honour's pre. sence. _ Gale—And has been several times at Horse monger Gaol and Brixton. Prisoner—There's a conspiracy agen me. Gale—You know it's true (pulling out his snuff box). Prisoner—Och, good luck to you, gives us a pinch. Gale (complying)—There, I'd give you anything if you'd only be a prudent sober woman. Prisoner—Fait and its thrue for ye—l know I've been wrong, but hope you'l intersede with his honour for me. Mr. Newsome said the injury might be very seri ous to him; his office was a very unthankful one, and if the prisoner escaped unpunished, it would be exposing him to the attacks of all the dissolute paupers in the neighbourhood. Prisoner—The devil burn you, if that's the only good word you have to spake for me. Prisoner was then committed to prison for the assault. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, OCT. 12. Rachael Watkins, a matronly and rather respect able-looking female, somewhat advanced in life, was placed at the bar charged with keeping and maintaining a house of ill fame from June last up to the present time; and on a second count with keep ing a disorderly house. Several witnesses (policemen, as well as many respectable individuals resident in the neighbour hood of the house and premises occupied by the defendant, and situate in Little Dean-street, Soho) deposed to the repeated outrages committed in the house, accompanied by frequent cries of " murder," and to the females inhabiting the house, about 14 in number, some of whom were under the age of 13 years, dancing in a complete state of nudity in the middle of the day with the windows thrown open. The policemen further deposed to a most brutal assault having been committed in the house upon an unfortunate girl, one of the inmates, who had been violently ejected out of the house wel tering in blood. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Const) said the sentence of the Court was, that she be imprisoned in the House of Correction for six months. The Court then adjourned. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) SUGAR.—The Sugar Market has been very firm all the week ; the estimated purchases are 3,500 hhds. and trs. In several instances higher prices have been submit ted to. In the Refined Market there is more business doing, but no improvement in prices. Of the shipping qualities of Refined there have been very few sales tnade this week, and scarcely any alteration in prices has taken place, large Lumps being still obtainable at 61s. a 61s. 6d., and the qualities entitled to the double-refined, at 30s. a 30s. 6d. ; the fine grocery descriptions also are quoted the same. EAST INDIA SUGARS.—East India Sugars remain in the same inactive state, there being no demand whatever. This day's sale 6,653 bags Manilla Sugar, all withdrawn. MAURITIUS SUGARS.—The arrivals since this day week are rather extensive, the total quantity reported here being 24,202 bags. The only public sale of this article since our last took ,place yesterday, consisting of 4,369 bags, mostly middling and good yellow ; the result of which was an advance of about 6i. ; this mry be attributed chiefly to the present firm appearance of the British Ran tation Market. The following were the prices paid : Low foxy brown 495., mid. brown 495. 6d., fine brown 505., low yellow 515., mid. yellow 513. 6d. a 525., good yellow 535., fine yellow 545., low white 545. 6d. At public sale this day 7,513 bags Mauritius, all sold at full prices, 495. a 51s. ; 940 bags for exportation only, low brown 16s. a 225. FOREIGN SUG ItS.-By private contract little or no business has taken place ; and the public sales have been very limited. The arrivals bring only 50 boxes Havannah. COFFEE.—In consequence of the heayy state of the Coffee Market there has been only one public sale brought forward, a small quantity of Brazil and British Plantation, which was all taken in. By private contract 3,500 bags St. Domingo were sold at 555. 6.1. a fair parcel. This day's sales 152 casks 63 barrels British Plantation, of which a large proportion was Berbice, good mid. sold 87s. a 915., full prices; Jamaica, ord. 685., good ord. 725., rather lower, but the quantity was too inconsidetable to be taken as a general reduction of Market prices. 376 casks 284 bags mid. to good mid. Cuba, all taken in 76+. a 801., much above the currency of the Market. Foreign Coffee may be considered Is. a is 6d. lower than last Friday ; British Plantation and East India at nominal quotations, and very heavy. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The Rum M irlcet ' has been very firm, and Leewards scarce and rather higher ; some proofs have been Bola at Is. Bd., Demerara 34 over l at 2s. 6d. In Brandy there is no alteration. Geneva con- tioues scarce, and for the few parcels hare the holders are asking high prices. TALLOW.—The stock of Tallow is about one-third of that of last year ; it is reduced to about one month's con sumption ; and as the wind continues westerly, preventing arrivals, though 16,000 casks are on the passage from Russia, the prices are gradually and firmly advancing. COCOA.—The late public sales of Cocoa have gone off at a further advance of 2s. per cwt. Srfces.—The late public sales of Pimento have been mostly takin in, ord. sd. a 54d. ; light P.:pper 31-d., half heavy up to heavy 44d. a 4-ad. TEA.-The declaration is unexpectedly short of Bobeas, and the inquiries for them having consequently increased, they are at 11d. per lh. premium. There is also a demand fur Congous at id. a 4d. per lb. advance. FRDIT.-There continues to be arrivals of New Fruit from Malaga and Valentia, which is taken off steadily at the opening prices, although at present there is but a li mited demand. In ohl there has been very little done. BlM—Rice continues firm ; no ord. Bengal under 155., cargo 12s. Corrow.—The Cotton Market is steady in price, but there are few sales of any extent. The purchases this week consist of 600 Bengal, fair 5d., good 541. ; 150 Surats, ord. 4id., good fair s:ld. INDIGO.-The result of the East India Company's Sale of Indigo, which commenced on the 2d instant and closed last night. The quantity declared for sale was 4 823 chests, of which 2,060 chests were Company's. The whole presented the following assortment :-55 chests B•ngal, very fine shipping qualities; 555 chests ditto, good to fine ditto ; 2,076 chests ditto, middling to good dirt ; 1,557 chests ditto, good consuming to middling shipping ditto ; 443 chests ditto, ordinary to good consuming qualities. 137 chests Madras. As the above statement shows, the great bulk of the sale was of mid. and ord. quality, and generally much broken and limy. Prices of all descriptions have been very similar to those of the July sale ; an occasional slight depression on the qualities under 4+., and an equal improvement on those above 4s. 6d., especially those in good shape a nd clean pasted, being the only variations. The principal part was taken for exportation ; the hone consumers h a ve bought more freely than in the last sale, but as they still limit their purchases to low-priced Indigoes, and appear unwilling to give more than 3s. 6.1. for any sort, the pro pottion of those kinds in the sale, and indeed iR the market, is too small to enable them to be extensive pur chasers. The quantity of Madras was very small, and sold with spirit at from la,t sale's prices to 31. advance• The total quantity taken in by the proprietors does not exceed 250 chests. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed, from the Returns made in the week ending the 9 th day 01 Oct., 1832, is 265. lid. per Hundred Weight, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Britain. YItICES OF /10M—Oct. 12. 71 Os. Bc. Os. tc P)/. 6/ 10s. 71. 7s. to 8!. 01. Os. 0/. Os. to 0/. 01. 03. 101. 10s. to W. 0/. Os. 91. Os to 101 . 71. Cs. 8/. Os. to W. Sussex Ditto 01. Os. 01. Os. to 01. Essex Ditto O/. Os 01. Os. to 0/. Old Duty laid at 139,0004 Kent Pockets Sussex Di tto 0 r0ww.....e....."••••••••••• F sex Ditto Fair ham Ditto, Seconds PRICE Ok 01L. Rape Oil, brown ............-31/. 65...,...... Refined .......f33 6 Linseed Oil . 24 1 0 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand .....—......... 11 5 0 nape Cake, per ton ..............*..** 5 WHITECH A PEL HAY AltKl:T.—Oct. 11 lay 60, Od. to 755. Od. I 703 Ott. to 95 Od• Od. to 303. OcL Wan Oats. 60 66 43 58 42 58 54 70 51 60 52 66 57 62 52 63 48 60 52 58 56 60 48 5 , 3 40 58 25 30 28 34 26 29 36 38 24 27 20 24 18 26 22 26 16 20 IS 28 20 26 19 26 14 24 22 2 - 2 16 20 16 22 18 26 30 45 28 36 28 40 32 36 39, 38 32 40 24 34 51 60 56 62 24 32 30 38 18 32 23 27 27 24 26 22 26 20 -- 20 2 2 s. d. s. d• 50 56 58 60 52 60 58 72 54 60 s. d. s. d. 79 90 28 36 30 36 35 32 36 s. d. s. d. 50 60 PRICE OF POTATOES.—Oct. 12 2/. Ms. to 3/. 10s. per ton. ttl Uk.s t)t LI..A 1 tiLtt. d. to d. Per lb. d. to 'II 16 :23 English Horse Hides.. 11 14 14 19 Spanish Ditto 19 1:1 14 Per dozen. 13 16/ Calf Skins... 30 to 4t kb. 14 11 Ditto 50 to 701 b. 16 wl t Ditto 70 to 801 b. 19 9 . ," Small Seals, Greenland 16 ;,,' Large 10 l' Per 11), Butts, English ----, Otto, foreign I)ressing Ditto ee,•••••••*•MOVY Ditto, light ---.....— Crop Hides, light 12 131 to 451 b. 13 15. Ditto.. l4 111 RAW HIDES. Per Stone. s, d. to s. d. Per Stone. gd. to s•de k1, , ,t Heifers& Steers 2 4 2 8 Ordinary —................ 0 0 1 1101i11ing5......................1 10 2 0 Market Ca1f................ 6 6 eacij.:,, SHEEP SKI NS. Short Wool Os. Od. to Os. Od. I Lambs Is. 6d. to 23• 5hear1ing5.......,..15. 0,1. to Is. PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. Torun Tallow ............... 48s. (Id. Yellow Soap 6'2 4 . (* nA Yellow Russia 435. Od. Mottled ° •Vhite 435. (Id. Whit ,. _ 7 7 4::: Soap Ditto 425. 6d. Graves .........—............--. 14 1 . 0 5, Melted Stuff 365. Od. Good D. egs ......—........ Ditto R0ugh...................225. Od. -...." PRICE OF CANDLES. ..., The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as follows 1,. Candles, per doz. 7s. Pd. to Bs. Od. I Moulds, per dozen—..92„,."' PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of bib. 8 ,1 , Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Meters) • COAL MAR Per Ton. s. d. Adair's ve.e..wkree... 0w...w00...P00 18 3 17 9 East Percy— 18 0 Felling 19 3 16 6 Hebburn Main 19 9 )rd's itedhugh —.--.. 17 3 Pitt's South 17 0 Shipcote 17 6 fan 18 6 row nlev MO.. 17 9 West Hartley 19 0 Willington Wylam Walls End Bell & Brown 20 0 KET.—Oct. 12. Per Tor, IL d A Walls End Hilda 9 0 Ditto Killingworth r.„ 9 Walls End Newmarch..... 9 Ditto Northumberland.. 11 6 Walls End Riddell's I %'• g Walls End Walker 9 4 9 Bells 1 6 Walls End Hetton F 0 Walls End Lyons 4 , 0 Walls End Lamhton $ W. E. Russell's Helton.. Ditto Russell's Lyon's.-- 6 Walls End Stewart'i....... $ Walls End Stobart's !, 0 Walls End Adelaide IA 9 Walls End (Jordon 6 Walls End Tees " 19 0 Cowpen 19 0 9 1 A I Hartley 111M.1.M....~01000.0 Ilangennech 1" 9 Silkstone Field and 1 9 v l'antleld Trader 0w... wow... e last market-day, 82. Ditto Bell, Robson, & Co. 19 0 Ditto Bewicke and Co.—. 21 3 Walls End 19 0 Walls End Callerton 17 6 Ditto t tarke and Co--, 18 6 Walls End G05f0rth........ 21 3 Walls End Heaton.....--. 21 0 Walls End 19 0 Ships arrived sins THE "Wr,_?://‘. .N MA i Wheat. COUN FRY COR Per Quarter. Aohburn— Basingstoke ---, Bath . - Bridgewater Bristol Chesterfield —... Derby .....••••••••••••••• Dcllizes DOticaster Dorchester*. Hungerford Homey Shaftesbury Shepton Mallet ..., Sherburne faunton Yeovil ...,....,..... . M.,. Per Bushel. Shrewsbury ....... Barley. LEWES .MARKET.—Oct. 9. 8eet................... 3s.od. to 3.3.10 d I Veal .................. Os. - lifutton ...-- 3 8 4 8 I Pork 4 0 'E) i 10 Lamb 4s. 4d. to sa. Od. .' , , Dee d Supply moderately good; trade with prime sooldtp, bkitton somewhat brisk, with other kinds of meat yell A RUMFOItD MARKET—Oct. 10. , ei . a. d. to s. d. . v• . J 3 4 ) Beef 2 8 3' 8 Veal .................. „ iicutton 3 4 4 " 4 Pork .... ............... 4 v / Lamb 3s. Eid. to 4s. Sd. t0 r85. 4 :e Suckling Calves from I4s. to 34s ; Quarter old Pigsl`P. it IND" oi Supply moderately good ; trade with prime silla l b ' a t llr Veal, Pork, Suckling Calves, and Store Pigs, 501110 4 ' with other kinds of meat very dull. • ' od tor SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION,; ‘ ,: e if I ,! PENILE VAGRANGY.--T be Committee of the ov-oefeli, sembled on Thursday, in Sackville-street wh e " ladies, zealous friends of the Charity, were aoa' n the company. The Chairman (Captain B u stagri,', o l‘i f y had the draft of a memorial, which he proposed iweo, presented to the Secretary of State for the gal t he 4 m ent. It set forth the deplorable state in wbict„ eta/grant youth of the metropolis continued, and t'djer,4, tdges that would arise from having a ship at th e . 0 0 ;6 of the Society , in order to educate boys for the 00000 f,, II was agreed that the petition to Viscount Ma pr' should remain at the Mansion House, Lou A4c. fur signatures. The Committee then se p ars c?' 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