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demands. In Tait's Edinburgh MagaziiTe for October, there is an able article under the title of " The Ministry and the People," to which we have this objection, that, admitting all that the writer charges against Ministers to be true, it does not follow that Ministers are to blame.— Nemo tenetur ad impossibile. " The Ministry, we are told, ought to know that the time for party warfare has gone past ; that a greater con test bag now begun ; and that they have been saved by placing themselves at the head of one of the great con tending interests. The people, as a body, are now banded together to obtain good government. They fight not now in the character of partisans of the aristocracy—this ignorant herd for the Whigs, that other equally ignorant for the Tories ; l•ut they fight for themselves. The war is declared between the people on the one hand, and thos.e who maintain old abuses on the other. The result of the contest is certain. The people will triumph ; hut they have a hard battle yet to go through. If the Ministers will frankly put themselves at the head of this national movement, they are safe; let them hesitate or falter but an instant, and their donna is sealed." The Ministers themselves put an end to party warfare by the Reform Bill, which, with the aid of of the nation, they succeeded in making the law of the land. It will not be charged against them, that, circumstanced as they were, they could have carried a larger measure of Reform. By this law the people are made the arbiters of their own destinies. But the people must show, by the returns they make, that they have the power to compel those who administer the affairs of the country to consult only the public good. The whole machinery of Government is still under the direction of the Aristocracy. From the remotest settlement in the Southern Ocean to the Offices in Downing-street, the Aristo cracy and their creatures are in possession of all that is most desirable. It is in the power of the nation to put an end to this state of things, but no Minister can do so without the aid of the nation. The struggle must be in Parliament it self. If men with strong heads and strong hearts are sent in sufficient numbers to Parliament, the war against corruption may be carried on with effect. But it must be manifest that Parliament contains such men. In the meantime it will be borne in mind that Ministers are not chosen by the people, but by the Crown, and that they do not hold their places by the tenure of popular favour, but by the favour of the Crown. They must be governed by majorities, no doubt. But were they to attempt, without the apparent ne cessity of obedience to Parliament, to do many things now which must he done hereafter, it is highly probable they would instantly be obliged to quit their places. No doubt the people might compel their successors to adopt efficient measures ; but it is quite certain that the power of the Crown thrown into the conservative scale would not _have its effect, even under the Reform Ac, of rendering the composition of the next Parliament worse than it would be under a Whig Ministry ? The question between us and these opponents of Ministers is merely one of time. It is, whether Ministers should anticipate or fol. low the votes of a reformed Parliament ? Again, we are told that " the Reform Bill has been sought only as a means, as a step to further re forms ; reforms as well in the frame of our Go vernment, that which is usually termed the Con stitution, as in the various laws which emanate from the Legislature for our general guidance. The first grand object now so constantly insisted on—viz., the Ballot—what does that aim at ? The placing the control of the Legislature completely in the hands of the people ; which signifies (using a converse expression) taking the Government out of the hands of those who now hold it, viz., the Aristocracy." Granted. And therefore it is that we contend the people ought to make it a sine qua non with those whom they return to Parliament to insist on the Ballot, as well as the reform of all abuses and impediments in the way of the general good. Ministers are accused of extravagance. " The 1 Tories never yet, we are told, have made pro fessions as to the purity of their motives—never have pretended that the expenses of the Go vernment could be less than at present. Thus their craving cupidity was not attended with low subterfuge and manifest breach of principle. They boldly declared that such a sum was needed ; and they took it. They made no secret of their favouritism ; they paid their friends highly, and unblushingly avowed and defended their extra vagance. Not so with the Whigs. They make constant professions of a desire to retrench. The moment they in appearance save a sixpence, that moment they claim, and loudly, too, praise for their economy. Lord Althorp, at the com mencement of his career, as a public servant, was profuse in his enumeration of good princi ples. Nohody was to he paid who did not ren der service ; and nobody was to be paid too highly for such service as he might render. These were cheering sounds to the starving multitudes, who believe much of their misery results from over-taxation. But how has this promise been kept ? After the same fashion with those re specting the taxes on knowledge. Between six and seven thousand men are added to the army —six thousand more than were demanded by the imperious Duke of Wellington. Not content with this increased army, they filled up the Yeomanry which Lord Goderich had reduced to four corps ; then came the estimates on a scale of extravagance equal to any that the most pro fuse of the extravagant Tories ever attempted. Not satisfied with the breach of that part of their promise which declared that none shall be paid too highly, they have actually filled up every sinecure that has become vacant. We have be fore us a curious correspondence lately published at Poole, connected with the filling up of a military sinecure. General Hart, Governor of Londonderry, died sonic weeks since, and thus left vacant a sinecure of 1,2001. per annum. The Ministry filled up the vacancy by appointing Sir John Byng. They could not in this case plead inadvertence ; they could not say they were taken by surprise. Lord Althorp had notice, before the place was given to Sir John Byng, that questions respecting the con duct that would be pursued by Ministers as to this sinecure would be publicly put to him in the House. He begged for delay, and said that in a few days he would be ready to give all the information required. The delay was granted. Days passed over, and ilo information came. Remonstrance followed ; still no an. swer ;—when at length Mr. Dawson, a Tory opponent of the Ministers, brought the matter before the House by attacking the Ministers for giving away this sinecure, and thus falsifying their promises. The delay that Lord Althorp demanded, served only to enable the Ministers to give away the place. They had recourse to this subterfuge in order to carry their wishes into effect. Had the thing been mentioned before the post had been disposed of, they could not have avoided abolishing it ; so they employed an unworthy artifice to gain time. This is only one instance out of many ; and is mentioned, because from its attendant circumstances it is pregnant with instruction." And in a note, an extract is given from a letter of Mr. Hume, forming part of a correspondence lately pub lished at Poole, in which, referring to this tran saction, Mr. Hume says—" I make, under their peculiar situation, great allowance for their con tinuing the large army and naval establishments for this year ; and in consideration of what they were doing in the Reform of Parliament, I did not oppose as I ought, and would otherwise have done, the enormous estimates of the year ; but after the Reform Bill was passed, and restraint no longer necessary, I did in the House of Commons charge Lord Althorp and the Ministry with a dereliction of principle, and a direct vio lation of their pledges of economy, particularly in their filling up several of the sinecure Mili tary Governorships which had just fallen vacant." Now, we contend that these Military Sinecure ships ought to be abolished. A new leaf must be turned over in all that relates to economy in this country. All our Functionaries, Civil, Mi litary, and Ecclesiastical, are in the higher grades greatly overpaid. We trust that the good sense of the country will be especially directed to this. It is the penalty we pay for an Aristocracy holstered up by primogeniture, that all the upper officers of the State are paid, not in pro portion to the value of the services done, but the expectations of the parties appointed, formed according to the Aristocratic scale. We contend that the people ought, in sending men to Par liament, to look less to the weight of their purse, and their command of flowery language, than their honesty of purpose, and determination to enforce retrenchment. But it must be seen whe ther the people are prepared to do their duty— whether they have sense enough to return men like Mr. Hume to Parliament, or whether they will send to Parliament men who may make an ad captandurn speech once in a Session, sneer at Mr. Hume's saving knowledge in the matter of the Greek Loan, and deem labour for the public service beneath them. In the meantime, let it not be forgotten that this is yet a Govenment of influence—that Ministers had to make their choice between car rying the Reform Bill by influence, or abandon ing the country to the chances of a Revolution. Nothing has yet been done by Ministers in the way of retrenchment, compared to what ought to he done. The judicial Reforms required remain to be done. But who can tell the difficulties Ministers must have encountered in fighting a greedy Aristocracy ? How many promises they must have given ? We will not blame them for not doing more for the people, till we know that they could have succeeded with doing less for those whose power and influence they were obliged to buy over. The Reform Bill may not answer the expectations we have formed of it; but if it produces what we expect from it, Mi nisters must be economical in spite of them selves. And we contend that it is folly to ex pect of any Ministers that they should be econo mical, till the people show that the Government can be carried on without corruption.—Morning Chronicle. The registering of votes under the Reform Act is becoming, as we feared it would, a source of great expense and hardship to individuals, and of fierce party warfare, by which the Regis tering Barristers are likely to be the only gainers. In some parishes in the metropolis votes have been objected to in the gross, apparently from mere caprice in parish officers, or to protect themselves from some legal quibble ; while in counties, as Berkshire and Northamptonshire, where warm contests have already begun, votes have been objected to, we are assured, without the slightest colour of pretence, merely to make work for, or exhibit the zeal of, law agents. In the mean time a voter thus situated must either be prepared to repair to the county town or re gistering district, and there go through the whole form and expense of exhibiting and prov ing the title to his estate, or else undergo the mortification and injustice of being deprived of his elective franchise. This state of things is certainly in favour of those who have withheld their shillings ; for, in many instances, if not in all, a man had better be without a vote than have to fight his way to its exercise, through all the expense, inconvenience, and brow-beating of a legal trial. If this test were rigidly and uni versally adhered to, the result might be that there would be no freehold voters to be found in the kingdom ; for it is pretty well understood that there is no freehold property the title to which an ingenious lawyer could not, in some way or other, invalidate.—Morning Herald. We have come to a state of things in which human life is accounted of so little value, that scarce a day passes in which one or more human beings are not killed or dreadfully maimed by the reckless competition of the drivers of various vehicles in our streets ; but especially distin guished for a thorough indifference to the lives and limbs of others are the drivers of hired cabriolets, who really seem to exert themselves to establish a reputation as " whips" of the first order, by " running a muck" against every living creature which it is possible for them to knock down or crush ; as if it were an understood thing that the greatest cabriolet-driver of the day is he who can reckon up at night the greatest number of victims who have been slain or mangled by the murderous energy of his charioteership. To interfere with this destructive vehemence of driving in the necessarily-crowded streets of London, is what the political economists de nounce as an interference with the " freedom of trade"—it being, in their opinion, no consequence what destruction of life takes place, if it be only sacrificed to any of the modes of sordid and overstrained speculation which indicate the declining prosperity and increasing cove tousness of the people of this Christian country. The introduction of cabriolets is a comparatively recent speculation, and if con ducted in a proper manner might have been a great public convenience, instead of a public nui sance as it is rapidly becoming. But if the proprietors of cabriolets let out their vehicles to those who drive them at so high a sum as it is impossible for them to realise and make a sub sistence without driving with a fury that has no fear of the law before its eyes, the drivers are not the party most to blame, though many of them are certainly most reckless ruffians ; but, whoever are in fault, the lives and liberties of his Majesty subjects must be protected ; and, in general, those fellows who run over people in the street, or do other mischief from sheer con tempt for the consequences, are treated with too much indulgence and lenity v; hen brought before . our Police Magistrates. So it is in the case of the steam-vessels running against one another on the Thames; which in every case of creating danger and mischief, and of being worked in terrorem populi, should be indicted at common law, instead of being subjected to the despised penalty of a paltry fine. In cases where death ensues from such furious speed of steam-vessels, cabs, or other public conveyances, verdicts of manslaughter and substantial punishment would not be without their effect in abating the nui sance. --Morning Herald. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Yesterday William Reynolds, the person who en deavoured to get into the service of Mr. Wilson, of Devonshire-square, by means of a fictitious charac ter, was brought up for final examination. The justice-room was much crowded during the investi gation, the case having excited greater interest as the particulars of " the hiring system" were de veloped. The prisoner was as bold-faced as usual. He had the assistance of the gentleman who attended on the former examinations, but who declined giving his name. The LORD MAYOR and Ald. WILSON presided. The prosecutor—The prisoner represented him self to me as having been the servant of Captain Foy, of the Bombay Artillery, and stated to me that the character produced, with Captain Foy's signa• lure to it, was written by that gentleman. I am now prepared to prove that there is no truth whatever in the assertion that it is Captain Foy's handwriting. The prisoner's attorney—Did the prisoner say that it was the handwriting of Captain Foy ? The prosecutor (who was upon his oath)—Y es , he certainly did; and I can distinctly prove that it is not. An officer in the Bombay Artillery said that he knew Captain Foy, and had been five years in the service in that corps with him. Witness was well acquainted with Captain Foy's writing, and it was not at all like that in the paper exhibited. Mr. Edward Dodwell, of the Auditor's-offic e in the East India-house, deposed that the certificate of character certainly was not the handwritin g of Captain Foy. Witness had seen Captain Foy write his name, nothing more, in June, 1829. (A book, in which witness stated Captain Foy had written his name upon that occasion, was produced, and there was so great a difference between the style of writing in that book and in the certificate as to cause a laugh amongst those who compared them.) The prisoner's attorney—This evidence ought to have been given on the first day, and it is not fair to bring it forward after having locked up the man for three weeks. The whole case is now built upon this amended evidence. My client (and I think that his solemn denial should go fer something, al though he is at that bar) declares that he never said that the paper was in the handwriting of Captain Foy. The prosecutor—l say that I have proved this not to be the handwriting of Captain Foy, and I press for a conviction. The prisoner's solicitor—The conduct towards the prisoner has been very harsh. Surely the case has not been adjourned from time to time in order to give Mr. Wilson an opportunity of recollecting what to say. Why was not this evidence produced before ? The prosecutor—For a very good reason—because I was not supplied with the necessary materials until the circumstances appeared before the public. I have followed up the case, as I said I would, and I think I have proved it. The prisoner's attorney—lt is an attempt to op press an unfortuna•e man. The prosecutor—l am astonished to hear any gentleman make such an observation. Prove to me that he is a good character, and I will pay all the expenses incurred, and give him 101. Alderman WILSON—So far from attempting to oppress, Mr. Wilson has done himself great honour in proceeding so resolutely and actively in prosecut ing a case of such great public importance —a case which many alter gentlemen would let slip through their fingers. TI e prosecutor—l would much rather than 101. that I had not to attend here to-day. The matter produces nothing but inconvenience, and as for the idea of my wishing to oppress the man, I shall, if you please, call five or six gentlemen, who are here ready to prove that he robbed them. _ . 'I he prisoner's attorney objected instantly to the production of evidence against the prisoner's cha racter. Alderman WILSON—I always give due weight to character in such cases, and if any thing good can be stated of the prisoner, it will be advisable to pro duce it, and I shall be very glad to hear it. The prisoner's attorney said, that there was a clergyman who would give the man an unexcep tionable character, but unfortunately he would not be in town till Christmas, and the prisoner was so poor that he was not able to bear the expense of the gentleman's journey at the present moment. The prosecutor—l have some of the prisoner's former masters in the room ; shall I call them to give him a character ? This offer was rejected, and The LORD MAYOR asked the prisoner whether he wished to say anything. The prisoner then declared, in answer to ques dons put by his own solicitor, that he never said that the writing in the paper was Captain Foy's; that Mr. Wilson never showed him the paper, nor, to the best of his recollection, said a word to him on the subject of it. The prosecutor then called upon Sapwell, the officer who took Reynolds into custody, to state what occurred in his presence. Sap well swore that the prosecutor showed the paper in question to the prisoner, and asked him whether it was Captain Foy's wilting, to which the prisoner replied, " It is." The prisoner said that it ought to be taken into consideration that he said so when Mr. Wilso►► de clared he had no wish to prosecute, and he insi nuated that his object in making such an acknow ledgment was to get out of the trouble of a prose cution. The LORD MAYOR and Alderman WiLsoN then convicted the prisoner in the full penalty, and asked him whether he was able to pay it. Prisoner—No, and if I was I would not pay it, for I don't consi der i! legal. The LORD MAYOR—Then you must go to hard labour for three months. The prisoner was then committed, but was told he might appeal. The conviction gave very great satisfaction to those who witnessed the examination. The act under which the conviction took place was the 32d of George 111., c. SG. s. 2, which says, " that if any person shall offer himself (or herself) as a servant, asserting or pretending that he bath served in any service in which such servant shall not ac!u illy have served, or with a false, forged, or coun terfeit certificate of his character, or shall in anywise add, alter, efface, or erase any word, date, matter, or thing contained in or referred to i❑ any certificate given to him by his lost or former actual master or mistress, he shall, upon conviction, be adjudged to pay a penalty, not excettLng 20/. and not less than 101.: in default of which he shall be imprisoned to hard labour for not more than three months, nor less than one." BO TV-STREET. Ye-terday, the driver of the cabriolet No. 10, was charged by a French Viscount, whose name did not transpire, with attemptin g to extort more than his legal fare, and also with endeavouring to obliterate his number-plate. The complainant stated, that on the night of the 25th of September he hired the defendant's ca briolet at the Strand Theatre, with directions to drive him to his residence in Chapel -street, Soho. On arriving there the driv , T demanded 3s. 6d. as his fare, at which witness expressed his astonish ment, and told the driver that he must be mis taken, as the fare could not be more than Is. 61 HP then offered the driver 25., which he refused, and said, you can take my number if you think 3s. 61 too much, adding that he would give him into custody if he did not pay him his demand. \Vitr:ess then went to the side of the vehicle to take the number, and saw a figure of one only. Perceiving, however, that there was room for another figure, and siispecting that the driver wanted to play him a trick, he put his finger on the plate, and found that it was partly covered with some dark substance. He then called a police constable, but before he could come up, the driver had rubbed the plate with the skirt of his coat, and then the number, 10, became apparent. The wit ne43 added, that although he was fully aware of the imposition attempted to be practised upon him, he was disposed to let the driver off with paying him his legal fare, but the police-constable told him that he must take out a summons against the driver, as it was a new description of offence, and one which ought to be punished, or the public would be liable to the grossest extortion. The — defendant denied that he drove the com plainant on the night in question, arid said that he intrusted the cabriolet to a young man named White, whilst he went to a house in the Haymarket to take his tea. The complainant said he certainly could not swear that the defendant was the person who had attempt ed to impose upon him. Mr. Roe, the proprietor of the cabriolet, said that White, being the driver at the time, was the actual offender. Sir F. ROE—The defendant was your servant, and I shall therefore hold him responsible. Mr. Roe—But the penalty will fall upon me, as this young man will not be able to pay it. This is one of the grievances to which the proprietors of hackney-carriages are liable under the new Act. Sir F. ROE admitted the hardship of punishing the proprietors of hackney-carriages for the mis e , nduct of their drivers ; but, however hard that might be, he would not suffer the public to be im posed on with impunity; for if the practice of ob literating the number-plates of hackney-carriages was to be tolerated there would be no end to the imposition of the drivers, because there would be no means of bringing them to ju3!ice. He knew that it was too much the practice of dri vers to impose on foreigners and females, wader the belief that they might do so with impunity. In this instance the driver had committed two offences ; for in the first instance he attempted to extort consi derably mere than his fare; and, secondly, endea voured to escape detection by defacing the number. He was bound, for the protection of the public, to visit such conduct with the heaviest punishment, and he should therefore fine the defendant 51. which Mr. Roe, as his master, would be obliged to pay. Mr. Roe, after commenting on the hardship of being obliged to pay so heavy a fine, for an act from which he had derived not the slightest advan tage, wrote a check fur the amount of the fine, and ss. 6d. costs, and then claimed his right of pro ceeding against the defendant for the recovery of the penalty. He was sworn accordingly, and, having given the necessary evidence, Sir F. ROE inflicted a penalty of 5/. on the driver, and in default of payment sentenced him to three months' imprisonment in the House of Correction, there to be kept to hard labour. Mr. Roe, however, subsequently interceded with the Magistrate for the liberation of the defendant, on the ground of his previous good character, and Sir F. EOE consented to his discharge. MARLBOROUGH STREET. THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER AND COUSIN JOHN AGAIN.-Mr. Peter Brown made his second ap pearance yesterday, before Mr. CONANT, at the suit of his wife, to answer to a charge of assault committed on her. From what came out on the former occasion it appeared that Mr. Brown, in addition to the misfor tune of having married a wife some 20 years younger than himself, had lately discovered that her " Cousin John," a strapping young life-guardsman, had, for the last six months, quite domesticated himself with him, and that, in fact, his wife cc,m pletely neglected him, to run gadding about with her cousin. A letter from " Cousin John," which accidentally fell into his hands, put such a particu lar complexion on the intimacy between them that he found it necessary to forbid their further ac quaintance. His prohibition, through the kind ness of some of neighbours, Mr. Peter Brown dis covered to be disregarded, for his business requiring him to be absent the greater part of the day, he learnt that, as soon as his back was turned, Airs. Brown dressed herself in all her best, and went off to meet the life-guardsman. This, however, was only a surmise, for although, as Mr. Brown stated, he had paid many a shilling to people to watch her " capers," she always contrived to give them the slip, and, consequently, he was left to conjecture the cause of her absence. At the last Bartholo mew fair she went out in the day-time, and did not make her appearance till two o'clock in the morn ing, quite tipsy, and making no secret of having been to the fair with " Cousin John." He then bestowed on her a good thrashing, for which she took out a warrant against him, and a reconciliation was, with difficulty, effected; he promising on his part to overlook the past, and she, on hers, to give up " Cousin John's" acquaintance. Mrs. Brown now stated that her husband, with no more cause than he had before, was just as jealous as ever—threatening on various occasions to beat her, and putting his threat into execution a few days since, by giving her a " wipe" with the back of his hand on her cheek. " I was aggrawated to do it," said Mr. Brown, whose slender pretensions to beauty were by no means increased by a quantity of lank red hair, and a mouth from ear to ear ;—" she told me to my face she coultent abide carrotty people, and said she could have my betters any day in the week." " Oh ! you wretch," said Mrs. Brown, " you know it was only yesterday morning you knocked my work out of my hand, and stamped on my thimble." " Yes," said Peter, " but you bev a brick at me first, because I would'nt let you mend John's shirt." " And did'nt you fling a cup of tea at me in the afternoon ?" said Mrs. Brown. " You prowoked me," retorted Peter," because you kicked my legs with your pattens when I wanted to prevent you going trollopping arter John. Oh, your Worship, she's so wrapt up in John, that she'll do nothing for me." " It's false !" said Mrs. Brown, sharply, " I've done as much for you as I have for John ; and I defy you to prove I have made any difference." " But, your Worship," said Peter, sorrowfully, " what vexes me most when I think on it is, that we've been married five years, and never had no children, and now she's in the family way. She says she hopes it won't he like me, and really I don't think it Mr. CoNANT advised Mr. Brown to be once more reconciled to his wife. " Oh, no," said Peter, shaking his head," it's of no use ; she's often told rne, if I was angel in Heaven, or even a blessed saint, I could not please her." In this situation of matters the MAGISTRATE, after recommending both parties to live peaceably together for the future, if possible, dismissed the summons. MAR YLEB ONE. Yesterday morning this office was crowded to excess with persons anxious to witness the exami nation of Mary Ann Thompson, a young woman of prepossessing appearance, and James Russell, a young man about 19 years of age, who were brought be fore Mr. RAWIANSON, the Sitting Magistrate, the former charged with uttering a 5/. Bank of England note, knowing it to be forged, and the latter with being her confederate in the crime. Mr. Thomas Saunders, of No. 141, Oxford-street, linen-draper, stated, that about 9 o'clock on the pre vious evening the female prisoner came into his shop and purchased a shawl and two pair of stockings, for which she tendered a 5/. note in payment, which on examination he suspected was a bad one, and sent his shopman to a next-door neighbour to ascer tain the fact, and on his return it was pronounced to be a forgery. While he was gone witness ex pressed his suspicions to the prisoner, who replied, ,r If it is a bad one, I can get it changed by the per son who gave it to my husband." Witness then asked her where her husband lived, and she re plied at No. 18, Windmill -street, Haymarket. Witness offered to accompany her thither, and said, that on receiving payment of the goods he would return her the note. To which she replied, " Oh, there's no occasion for your going ;" and she then quitted the shop, leaving the note and goods in his possession. Witness followed her, but, s previous to this, observi ng a y oung man , whep peared anxiously waiting for the prisoner, on the opposite side of Oxford -street, he desired his shop man to watch him, while he followed the female. On his way up Oxford-street, he met with a police man, to whom he related the circumstance, and who joined witness in pursuit of the prisoner. When they got into Regent -street, the policeman advised witness, if he was sure of her identity, to give her in charge, and witness accordingly went up and again offered to accompany her to her husband; but she refused to allow him to do so, saying, " I've nothing of yours." He then asked her if she had any more of them (alluding to the notes) about her, when she answered in the negative; but on their reaching the Quadrant, she said, " Now I'll tell you the whole of the truth about it. I met with a very nice old gentleman, who came up to me, and caught hold of my shawl, saying, ' Hav'nt you a thicker shawl, more suitable for the season that's coming ?' I told him I had not. He then replied, I'll give you one, but you must not pay mots than 20s. or 255. for it; at the same time taking a purse out of his pocket, and giving me the note. I a;ked him where I should see him again, to return him the change, and he told me he would wait at the end of the Quadrant, or if he was not there, I should find him at the first public-house on the right-hand side of Windmill-street." She said he was a stout gentleman, about fifty years of age, and she should know him again if she saw him. While this con versation was going on the policeman took the male prisoner into custody, and they all proceeded toge ther to the public-house, but they could not find any person answering the description of the female pri soner. The prisoners were then conveyed to the station-house in Marylebone-lane. Alfred Staff, shopman to Mr. Saunders, corro borated the principal part of the prosecutor's evi dence. He had watched the male prisoner. Police-constable Robert Smith, D, 116, took the prisoners into custody, and, on their way to the sta tion-house, Russell denied all knowledge of the fe male prisoner, and said he lived at Bethnal-green, arid had been taking a walk round the Regent's and Hyde-park, and was then proceeding borne. On arriving at the station-house he found on the female prisoner 12s. in silver, and on searching Russell he discovered something bulky in his mouth. Mr. inspector Hornsby desired him to open it, but he refused to do so, and witness got a candle to look down his throat; and after forcing the prisoner's mouth open saw a roll of paper in it, which he sup posed to be forged notes, and on attempting to get it out the prisoner swallowed it. The doctor shortly afterwards came in, when an emetic was ad ministered to him, but it did not produce the de sired effect. Witness then produced the note which was tendered to Mr. Saunders. Mr. Joshua Freeman, an inspector of notes from the Bank of England, stated that the note in ques tion was a forgery, and an exceedingly bad one in all its parts. The female prisoner, when called on for her de fence, st 11 persisted in her story, and said the reason she would not let the prosecutor accompany her to her husband's was that she did not wish to let him know anything about it ; and Russell denied all knowledge of Thompson, or of having any paper in his mouth, but said he was only sucking a hollow tooth, which he was in the habit of doing. Mr. ItAwmiNsoN—Well, Thompson, ►t lies with a Jury to believe your story, and I shall commit you to Newgate for trial, and— Mr. Freeman here interposed, and suggested the propriety of remanding them till a future day, as in all probability they had been guilty of various other offences of the same nature. Mr. RAWLINSON agreed with Mr. Freeman's view of the matter, and they were ordered to be again brought up on Saturday next for further examination. THAMES POLICE OFFICE. Yesterday Mr. Cording appeared again at the Thames Police-office, on a new question of the liabi lity of pawnbrokers to make compensation to the owners of pledges lost by fire. Mr. BALLANTINE has already determined this question in the affirma tive, but on Monday Mr. BRODERIP gave a con trary decision. The present case came before Mr. BALLANTINE on the application of a Mr. Thorney, for the value of a gun which he had pledged with the defendant. On the part of Mr. Cording, a solicitor quoted the clause of the Act of Parliament which has re ference to the liability of pawnbrokers, and observed, that if the Magistrate decided against his client, he would do so in defiance of the common law, which had always held that if the baillee of property had taken common and ordinary care of goods left in his charge, he was not responsible for the same if lost. This rule had been long acted upon. Mr. BALLANTINE said this was not a bailment under the common law, but under an express Act of Parliament, the general tenour of which was, that if a party applies to have his pledge bailed in time, that is, before twelve months had expired, or three months longer, if due notice be given, that it should be given up on tendering the principal and interest, which the owner of the gun proved lie had done : what then did the Act say if the pro perty was lost ? Why, that the Justice should award and allow reasonable satisfaction to the owner. Finally, he adjudged Mr. Cording to pay the sum of 3/. 9,!. to the complainant as compensation for the loss of his gun, and the costs. The defendant's solicitor immediately gave notice of appeal. After the case was disposed of, Mr. BRODERIP, who had listened to it, said that though he had the very highest respect for Mr. Ballantine's decision, he was still of opinion that no Magistrate was em powered to award compensation for losses by an accidental fire. Upon that principle, which had hitherto been acted upon by all Justices except Mr. BAllantine, he should in future be guided, and re fuse as he had done applications for summonses. Soon afterwards several poor men and women, who have lost property by the fire, applied for sum monses against Mr. Cording, and Mr. BALLANTINE said they might have them. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) SUGAR.—The Sugar Market was very du!l last week ; the estimated purchases 2,500 hhds. and trs. ; the prices 6d. a Is. lower, good brown 599, At the close of the Market there viar rather more firmness, and the holders in many instances refused to accede to the reduced price.— There has been no new feature in the Sugar Market this day : the estimated sales are 700 hhds. and trs., at last week's prices; the Market is rather more firm. The stock of West India Sugar is now 49,797 hhds. and tre., which is 11,332 less than last year. The stock of Mauri tius is 44,816 bags, being 80,008 less than last year. The delivery of West India Sugar is 3,052 hhds. and trs., being 293 less than last year. The delivery of Mauritius 4,645 bags, being 3,039 less than the corresponding week of 1831. The demand for fine goods for the home con sumption of the country rather improved last week, and the prices advanced 6d. to Is. per cwt. ; the inferior goods for export were quite neglected, and offers were made at a further reduction ; Lumps at 615., but the holders would not accept the offers. The Market this afternoon is very languid, particularly for export goods, and parcels are reported to be forced off 6d. to Is. under our quotations. EAST INDIA SUGAR.ID East India Sugars no sales are reported.—This day 165 bags Siam Sugar sold at 21s. 6d. a 245. 6d. which was rather lower and heavy. MAURITIUS SUGAR.—There is still a good demand for Mauritius Sugars; they go off freely at full market prices.—This day, at public sale, 272 bags Mauritius sold at full prices, 495. 6d. a 50s. 6d. FOREIGN SUGAR.—A parcel of 600 chests good white Hivannab sold at 355., and 255 cheats damaged sold at good prices by private contract; 316 chests brown Bahia, offered at public sale on Friday, were all taken in. COFFEE.—The British Plantation Coffee last week went off very heavily at late prices ; good ordinary Jamaica, 75 5 . a 775. ; large parcels of Ceylon sold at 51s. 6d. a 535. 6d; superior quality and coloury, 57e. 6d. a 595, 6d. In Brazil or Domingo there were no sales. This day's public sale, I 1 1 casks British Plantation, unclean, good ordinary, 721. ; middling, 84s. ; fine, 955. ; all sold at former prices. The low Coffee may he stated at a further small reduction. RUM, BRANDY, 41i1) HOLLAND,.—The warlike re- ports circulated for some time past, and large fleets repo assembling at Portsmouth f)r the blockade of Holland, the effect of creating more demand for Rum an f the Pt of Leeward. have advanced about id. per gallon, r sold at Is. 71d., and a little over Is. Bd. ; in JO there are few transactions, but the Market is firm. 1 0 is without variation, the Market still looking well. Geneva there is no alteration. TALLOW. —Tbe prices of Tallow gave way yestO fully 6d. per cwt., and the Market was very heavy ti t reduction ; the very favourable report of the Davis St r , fishery was the occasion of the decline. The tter r St. Petersburgb state the advance of Tallow from 0' 125 roubles. IRISH PROVISIONS.-The import of Foreign Butter, the last week was only 2,985 casks, of Irish 4,728 0 % , and of Bacon 834 b a l es . Th e B utter M ar k et h as b een e j sively flat for the last few days, notwithstanding the n arrivals, the weather conticuir.g so unusually mild for, season, and the make so very abundant, together %I r. supply of upwards of 30,000 firkins (b, , ing at presen t the passage from Ireland to this port) ; those ejec t stances have added much to depress the Market, and 0 the cheesemongers to hold off from purchasing, but as I may be actually necessitated ; the prices we nomie , quote are :—for fine Friesland 965. per cwt. at the elli . Cork and Limerick 81s. on board, S3a. a 84s. land' Carlow, 80s. a 84.. on board, 80s. a Hs. landed ; S : terford, 77e. a 801. on board, 78s. a Sts. landed ; 1 fast 795. a 80s. on board, 809. a 82s. landed; Ett; 775. on board, 78s. a 795. landed ; Newry, 749. s ' ' and Sligo 77e. a 78s. on board. Prim, new sioged l con is scarce, such is worth (sizeable) 535. a 54e. latei and for parcels now shipped 50s. on board ; yet at 4 ' on board for next two or three months' shipment there sellers of Waterford, and of Limerick at Is less. — Middles we quote 425. at 455. ; tierce Middles 4 46s.—Bladder Lard 561. a 605., and fine small Litne r Hams 765. a 80s. per cwt. landed.—ln Beef and but little doing, prices are nominally as lasted quoted. , Rick.—ln Rice there is no alteration ; the Marl' still firm. SPICES. —Pimento at public sale last week went oft to id. lower. Hors.—There is more business doing in flops, an , l' late advance in the prices has been maintained. OlLS.—Oils are generally nominal in price, owiq f the success of the Straits' fishery, which (notwi hstand: the loss of four shi ps , i n a ddi t i on to the Shannon , early in the season) it is calculated will produce 10, 1 " to 12,000 tuns of oil; the quotations were readily ol last week f or common R ape and L i nseed Oils, wig; finding sellers; to-day not any buyers. Whale 0 , offered for delivery in a month at 25/. Tu n.rE tiTniit. —Rough Turpentine is steady, 2,000 arrived, 500 sold at 1 Is. 9d., the remainder offered 51 same price. 4,11 TEA.—Boheae have advanced to hi. per lb. prat and Orange Pekoe to 3d. ; the delivery of both del tions since the sue has been immense. Other descrip are in fair demand. COTTON.-The Cotton Market is firm at the late', vance. The sales are, 110 Bengal, fair 5(1., good I/ ; 2,000 Surat', very ord. 41d., good 6d. ; 40 BO: euod 61d., fine 7d. ; 180 Madras, good sid. a sf, 2,050 Surats, public sale, very ord. 4id., good fair COCHINEAL.-A parcel of 25 bags Honduras Cocl just arrived, was put up to public tile, and we nt 6s. 10d. to 7s. sd. per lb. ; tl e/ were a good fair 10r , of silvers, a few bags t o l era bly fi ne , an d so ld qu i te as ", a s was expected in the face of the public sales coming! ward, and the considerable arrivals we have lately 10° a Market dull already; 25 bags Garblings sold 3s. 61 Pe r CASSIA LIGNEA.-This day's public sale 200 cb 83s. a 84s. steady prices. COUNFRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE W. Wheat. f Barley. I Oats. . 13' --• - Per Quarter, s. to s. s, to s. 8. to 8. 1 B. Boston — 49 31 15 34 Gainsborough - 23 -- Grantham _ _ 52 64 34 39 18 26 36 Grimsby lO 6-) 24 32 14 24 40 Horricastle . 50 55 30 35 15 18 40 Lincoln Spilsby . 48 54 28 36 14 is 33 Stamford_ . 52 60 34 38 20 25 33 York— 52 66 36 40 17 24 32 EXETER A It Beef (score) 85. Od. Ps. 6d. btutton (16.) 0 5i 0 6 Veal and i .amb—...o 6 0 7 Pork 0 4 0 6 Geese (each) 0 5 6 Ducks 'couple \-1. 0 5 0 Fowls 3 0 4 0 - et.El' —Sept. 28. Wheat (bushel) —Ss. Oti. Barley 6 Oats 2 3 6 ' Beans 5 6 E l B g u g tt s e ( r l (l 2) l2)—.—..«...._ o l 0 0 Potatoes (peck) 6 " .RKETS oTE.—FRI From 17 0 12 0 12 0 7 3 6 0 S 0 [DAY, Sept. 28. To Ave 29 0 in 6 12 14 6 1, 4 12 0 22 0 13 0 lv In 0 Flour, 22 0 I 0 4d. per i 21s. Od. ;, from 164. (id. —.—... from Cs. Od. IKEA D. Half IRISH MA DUBLIN MARKET NO' 2,173 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 451 Rem l6 stone 103 16 stone 3,2'M Oats M 12 stone 8,838 Cwt. Flour--... 9 stone 908 0atmea1,,,,.,.,,,,,„,.,, 8 stone Sold to 13akers only. 7,61'5 Cwt. Flour Average price Receipts of Flour, 10, Sales of Do. 8, Wheat p ani ',,,,,," s lSeco t n s d Thirds PRICE OF d. to „„„: 4 " to to I Quartern Half Wheat, Barley. Oats. Flour, per c / per barrel per barrel per barrel 20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. Ist. s. d. a s.d. s.d. a s.d. s.d. a s.d. s. d. as. d. s. Cork 150 26 0 13 3 1561 82 12 0 17 0 196 60 IA Limerick 268 28 012 0 13 4 12 0 13 6 16 0 190 0 Waterford 220 24 011 0 120 80 9017 0 18 010 " Clonmel —,22 4 250 90 13 6 13 6 13 9 17 0 19 013 0 Carlow.--423 0240 13 0 140 . 80 86.20 6 210_____0_VI Beef, Mutton, Pork, Butter. per lb. per lb. per cwt. Ist. 2d. 3d. 4b ' — d. a d. d. a d. s. d. as. d. s. d. s. d. s. ti. s. a - Cork 5 6 5 634 0 36 0530790 70 0, Limerick_ 3 431 434 0 35 078074 0 68 0 0 Waterford 3 6 3 5 3.5 0 36 083078 0 70 0 p, Clonmel 3 4 4 5 320 33 080070 0 ° O' Carlow.-- 4 51,0 0 0 0 0080 0 78 068 0 ti KILKENNY.—Butter 78s to 80s. per c w t. ; Wheat S i S;i l° per barrel ; Flour 20s. to 345. p er b ag; O ats B s. to l os. P oo , . rel ; Barley 13s. to 15s. ; Beef 4d. t o 54. per lb. ; M u ! IP to 53. ; Potatoes 2d. per stone; Coals Is. 23. per Oct. , Pigs 325. to 335. per cwt. SCOTCH MARKETS. HA DDINGTON CORN AI A ItKET.—Sept- 1361 t Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. 0 6 First 6os Od 32s Od :30 Od 293 Od a tlf Second 49s Od 29s Od 21s Od —s Od Third "There were 558 qrs. of Wheat in market, 510 whereof wj t 48 Unsold.-0 Grey. gs. r 48 Unsold.-0 Grey. Average 2l. Ss. Gil. 5-12010. DA LKIETH CORN MARKET.—Sept. 04 Wheat. Barley. Oats. rease. ( %i First Oil 33s Od 24s (k 1 34s Od 010 Second Cs Od I 28s Od 22s Od 3ls Od Third 40e Od 24s Od 18s ed 27s Od MEETINGS OF CREDITORSW AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STR— (From the London Gazette.) TO-MORROW, OCT. 4.—DIVIDENDS• l ars ) C. Fortnum and Co., Nun Head-hill, patent brick- 1,13 . W. Finch, Rochester, coal-merchant .......................... F. Wright, Rathbone-plase, upholsterer .................. D. Grant, Kensington, builder ..................................A. . H F l u e n t i h n e g r d a o i n ,d , S c o o u: h m 3 i l ll o b l r t ° o n o k - s,t rHaml e shire, ................... .............. (1 rpOt . At the speci a l assem bl y o f the uorr on Thursday, for th e a p po i n t m ent to the vac ant 0h ; 0, ) South Walsharn, the Commons ch ose the Rev. cox—the Aldermen the Rev. Mr. HERRING• not si t ; holies, after mu c h d e b ate and conference, coul d ° and the vacancy w as not filed up. —Norwich ,-0.041') BIRTHS. ~, c On the 30th ult. at Brompton, Middlesex, Mrs. Nv • "• of a daughter. 0 . 11 On the Ist inst. at Feltharn-hill, the lady of Captail, of a son. , s r C. On the 29th ult. at Milborne Port, the lady of , ' cott, Esq., of a son. Ite l. On the 30th ult. at Aldbury, He l ls, the lady of the Galloway, of a daughter. _ _ MARRIED. C D pi On the Ist inst. at St. Mary's, Marylebone, t ",,,r0„0 , ' Esq. of Upper George-str ee t, B r y ans t one - squ are, law, to Anne, youngest daughter of Thomas Hasa , , Surrey, Esq. aSri On the 2d inst. at St. George-the-Martyr, Quee a Rev. Alfred Cox, 8.A., y o u nges t son o f th e Rev. cl , O Rector of Litton Cheney, Dorsetshire, to Selina, on 'OO of Mrs. Wilkinson, and grand.daughter of \Millar' i j Esq., London-field, Hackney. 10,;• 0 1 On the 2cl inst. at St. Mary's, Islington, Mr. Willian' o f A p of Manchester, eldest son of Thomas Ilickham, F."Pf ham, to Miss Mary Dixon Tebbitt, daughter-in-lavr colne, Esq., of Islington. f ° v e t' On the 27th ult. at Brighton , Lady Ball, wido w ° O O Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Ball, Bart., many Ye 3r selO t o of the island of M a lta and the intimate friend ai Collingwood. H er Ladyship's last illness was occas:, accidental fracture of a limb, which she survived bu t 7 zi gh tt ‘i On the 15th ult. at Woodhall, in Lanarkshire, the In Lady Campbell, wife of Walter Frederick '"i Islay, Es q., N.Y., and eldest daughter of the Ear l ° and March. fer On the 28th ult. at Little Hampton, Sussex, at . 1, 3 of! vanced age, Hannah, widow of the late John Mer l ' borough.house, Middlesex, and mother of Sir Sarn uet of Goodrich-court, in the connty of Hereford, K• 11 '1 On the 30th ult. after twenty years' suffering, ag ed AnnOn , the wife of WilliAm Flicker, of Fulham. wife of t the 3uth ult. at Bishop Stoke, Hants, Mary, TOnarn, Esq. the 12th ult. in Jewry-street, Aldgate, 3ir • CbaTV° bert, aged 33. Hotel, On the 30th ult. at the London University street East, Mrs. Bennet, widow of the late Mr JoseYlr of the Globe Tavern, Titchfield-street, aged €6. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MU RDO YOU" 1 Al I`l a SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON.