The Sun. — London, England, 1832-03-05 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Lord Harrowby declines our challenge. Then the accusation stands, if that deserve the name of accu sation which charges the Noble Earl, and those who act upon his counsels, with a manceuvring, shuffling, and tricky policy, upon a measure involving the highest principles of the Constitution and the most momentous interests of the State. That neither th e Noble Loid's proposals nor his opinions are held in much respect by some of those to whom they have been submitted, and whose sentiments they were chiefly designed to influence, we have strong ground for believing. It was hardly to be assumed that the Duke of Wellington, pledged as he has been, formally, and in the face of the whole coun try, against any change in the representation, could coale-ce with a trimming coterie, who by their votes for the second reading have declared themselves ready to admit the whole principle of the Reform Bill, mo dified only by such nippings and parings as they might be able to filch from it by a system of petty larceny depredation, carried on from day to day, arid with minute adroitness, through all the succeed• ing stages of its course. No. Once admit the principle of the Bill, and sure we are that the Duke of Wel lisigron would be too manly and consistent a legis lator to attack serialinz those clauses in which the principle has been embodied, for the mean purpose of embarrassing a Government which he may not altogether approve of. This has always been our view of the Duke of Wellington's Parliamentary character, and of what was likely to be his policy with regard to the Reform Bill in the House of Peers. Our judgment on this point has of late re ceived powerful confirmation from the abstract of a correspondence between his Grace and Lord Wharncliffe, which we see no reason for suspecting to be inaccurate, and the sum of which is, that rather than make any compromise upon Reform, or he a party to any qualification or patching of the 8 , 11, such as has been the project of Lords Harrowby • and Wharncliffe, the Duke would "not dirty his fingers with it at all," but let the responsibility of the measure as a whole, and of its consequences, fall— where of course it ought—upon the Government which framed, the Parliament which passed, and the people who have eagerly called for it. This is quite straight-forward and direct. It acquits the Duke of Wellington of the heavy blame which might be visited on him for having lent so much as the shadow of his courwance to a measure revolutionary and destructive; for so he considers it in all its parts. And what if it should leave the Noble Duke " alone in his glory." Still, when he shall here after meditate the new condition into which Eng land will no doubt have degenerated, because of the extinction of the old borough supremacy and the growth upon its ruins of that much-dreaded power the nation, his Grace may thank Heaven that "he had nothing to do with it." So deeply are we struck by the steadiness and propriety of this mode of action in a thorough Anti• Reformer, that it is to us inconceivable how Lords Wharncliffe and Harrowby, of whose real hatred of Reform there can be no more doubt than of the Duke of Wel lington's, have not seen how imperiously their honour, as well as his, demands from them a similarly pointed opposition. When it is clear from Lord liar rowhy's own statements, that his determination to vote for the second reading has no other motive than the effectual strangling and death of the Bill, iu spite of such a formal acquiescence in its princi ple, must not all the friends of those Noble Lords be anxious to see them revise their plan of operation, and come openly forward with an agreement to sup port the Duke of Wellington in his sincere and in veterate resistance ? Lord Harrowby will Hever ladeem himself with the country, unless he shows pluck enough to divide against the second reading; nor Lord Wharncliffe, still more certainly, who was the individual Peer that moved to throw out the Bill. Be honest enemies, my Lords, since all the world detests and disdains your hollow friendship. The Duke of Wellington, in the subjoined abstract of the controversy with Lord Wharncliffe, who repeated to his Grace almost verbatim Lord Harrowby's arguments,—the Duke,we , ay, threatens that twenty Peers (himself, of course,amongst the number)" will take their leave of the House altogether" in case of a new creation. If this does not prevail upon Lord Grey to stir himself, we cannot guess what will. The Duke's part, we hear, in the correspondence alluded to, displays no small acrimony of spirit. The follow ing is the abstract to which we have alluded : " There is no real reaction in the country."—Lord Harroteby's Letter. " The Bill is already out of ' fashion.' "—Duke of Wellington. " He believes Lord Grey has a carte blanche to create as many Peers as may be n , c.essary."—Lord Harrowby. " Let them ere ate, and be knows already 20 Peers who will take their leave of the House altogether. The House of Lords will be swamped for ever, and the Ministers will responsible"—Duke of Wellington. - " Neither the Duke of Wellington nor Sir R. Peel will undertake the responsibilily of Government formed on the condition of bringing in a Reform Bill, without which no Government can now exist."—Lord Harrowby. " There is nothing in the state of the country now, or which is at all likely to arise, that this Government or any other Government could not put down with ease, if it had sincerely a mind to do it. Treats all apprehensions on this score with the utmost contempt."—Doke of Wel lington. " After the division on the second reading, he may safely rejoin the 199, and with them enforce such various modifications, which, though they may not take the venom out of t' e will render some of its provisions less noxi , ;us."—Lord Harroxby. " Disputes reasoning, does not anticipate such results. If there is revolution in Ireland, and if the Church of England is overthrown, the King's Government will be responsible."— Duke of Wellington.— Times. The people of England may suppose, from the universality of the resistance to tithes in Ireland, that tithes are levied in that country with a severity unknown in England. So far, however, from this being the case, it appears, from the evidence already printed, that in England the rate is out of all pro portion higher than in Ireland. The Rev. Hans • Hamilton, D.D., Rector of Knocktopher, comprising the parishes of Knocktopher,Aghavider, Kilmagarry, Donemagger, and Derrynahiuch (in which Union and the parish of Graigue the resistance to tithes began), states that the " acreable applotment of the tithe composition is front 6d. to 2s. or 2s. 6d. and may be as high as 30.; that the average value of land to the landlord is from 50s, to 31. an acre." Gerald Fitzgerald, Esq., the resident Magistrate at Cashel, gives the following evidence on the subject : You were understood to say, that though the renta are high in the county of Tipperary, the tithes are not proportionably high ?—I think the tithes are by no means a tenth of the rent ; generally speaking, the landlord tries to get as much as he can. There is a competition for land ; and, in point of fact, the land is too frequently put :ip to the highest bidder. " Can you tell how much per acre is paid under the composition ?—lt varies according to the description of land; and each parish varies in itself according to the quality of the land. Some land pays six shillings ; some two shillings and sixpence. " What amount of rent would those lands pay ?.—I should think the average rent of land in the county of Tipperary would be ranging from thirty-five shillings to two guineas." William Palmer, Esq. an agent who has been e mployed in carrying the Tithe Composition Act into effect in a good m any parishes . , from the corn- we ncement of the system, principally in the Arch dioceses of Dublin and Cashel, gives a general statement of seventeen parishes in the county of Tipperaiy, and diocese of Cislie!, which have com pounded, and of twelve parishes in the county and diocese of Dublin which have compounded. The following observations, which he made at the time, will astonish the English reader : " I have with me (he says) a list of seventeen pa rishes in the county of Tipperary, and diocese of Cashel, and I will take the liberty of reading an observation which I made upon them at the time of the valuation The total composition of these seventeen parishes, is nearly a twelfth part of the valuation or rental as made by me. If the value of the crop was only double this rental, then the clergymen were receiving about the iw,nty-fsuith part of the value, instead of the tenth ; if tiehle, then a 3tith only. hi tin..ter, an acre of pota toes, growing only forty barrels of twenty stone each, the least produce, at 2d. per stone, which is below the medium price, is worth Si. 6s. Bd. the tithe, of course, is 16s. Bd. ; if sixty barrels, the usual produce, the tithe 255. ; and if eighty, very common, the tithe 11. 13s. 4d. ; yet I have never known the tithe in any case to exceed 125., and Bs. is about the medium price. Again, an acre of wheat, seven barrels of twenty stone, the medium produce at 255., a low price, the value 81. 15s. the tithe 17s. 6d.. yet Ss. and 10s. is usual, and 12s. the highest tithe demanded, at least that I have known.' "Is that the annual produce, or is it the produce in a given number of years ?—I speak upon an average ; I say that seven barrels is the medium quantity grown in those 17 parishes." The twelve parishes of the county of Dublin pay a still lower tithe. The number of acres is 8,961, the rental 37,7831. 19s. Id., and the proportion of composition to the rental averages one twenty-fourth. In the north of Ireland the tithe is still lower. John Caillard Erck, Secretary to his Majesty's Commissioners of Ecclesiastical Inquiry, gives the following evidence : " Will you state what is the average rate of composi tion per acre in the north of Ireland ?—The average rate of compreit:on in the north of Ireland, upon the nine counties in Ulster, is 111 d. per acre. " Upon what principle do you assume that ?—I took nine parishes in each of the nine northern counties ; I set down the names of the parishes, the numher of acres in each parish applotted under the Tithe Act to the payment of the composition, the gross amount of tithe composition per acre in each parish : say, for example, if there are 15,312 acres which gives a gross amount of composition to the sum of 1,0151. 7s. Sd , what would one acre give— and I find, proceediag upon that principle, that the average rate of composition in the county of Antrim was about 9id. per acre upon nine parishes, the gross amount of ap plotted acres being 93,423, and the gross amount of corn positica upon the nine parishes 3,9101. 3s. Oi. ...... "I have prepared another table, which is to show what proportion the average acre able rate of composition bears to the average value of the land. I made it upon two calculations, reducing it one fourth according to the fall in the prices of wheat, and one-fifth according to the fall in the prices of oats; and in the case of wheat it was in the ratio of one to twenty for good land—that is, that the composition is a twentieth part of the rent on the value of the land; for medium land it is a twenty-fourth part of the rent; and for infe rior land it is as one to nineteen, or a nineteenth part of the rent ; then, if you make a reduction according to the fall in the prices of oats, which is the grain more gene rally grown in the north of Ireland, it is in the ratio of one to twenty-two for good land, so that the composition is a two-and-twentieth part of the rent, and for medium land the rate of composition is a six-and-twentieth part of the rent ; and for inferior land it is a twentieth part of the rent, or value of the land." Mr. Eick supposes the rent in Ulster may be one-third of the produce, so that the tithe in Ulster is for good land one sixty-sixth, for medium land one seventy-eighth, and for inferior land one-sixtieth part of the produce. In England the tithe is a very different share of the gross produce. There is a work, which may be said to be classical with the divines, we mean the Reverend Dr. Bearblock's treatise, which has run through several editions. Dr. Bearbleck says, that " any sum not exceed ing one-third of the rent may be considered a reasonable payment, in lieu of all tithes arising on a farm ; for this plain reason, viz. that unless the occupier can make the produce of his farm re turn nearer four rents than three, such farm cannot be worth his holding. Whenever farms are noto riously under-rented or under-rated, through con cealment of the rent, then the tithe-holder's as in case of occupiers of their own land, must be regulated not by what is, but by what ought to be, the rent proportionally with the neighbourhood." That in many cases the clergy do not receive one third of the rent, we know ; but in many cases they do. In Kent, the payments for tithes generally average this proportion. We know, for instance, that a gentleman who farms his own lands, between 300 and 400 acres, worth, if let, about thirty shillings an acre, pays by composition eleven shillings per acre for the great tithes, and 4s. 6d. for the small tithes. One-filth of the rent is considered a very low rate of tithes, and that would be one-fifteenth of the produce, if taken at three rents, and one-twentieth, if tatter' at four rents- The amount of tithes, then, being in Ireland a mere trifle compared with what it is in England, the determination to resist it has evidently another cause than the mere burden. According to the Rev. Dr. Hincks, Rector of Killy leagh, whose pamphlet we have already alluded to, things went on well enough so long as the Pro testant clergy contented themselves with merely playing at religion. " Unless the reader (he says) be acquainted with the fearful power which the Romish priests in Ireland passeas over their flocks, he cannot enter into the writer's argument. - . . Of late, these most influential personages have arrayed themselves in declared hostility to the Protestant clergy of Ireland ; they have employed every means in their power to render them odious in the eyes of their parishioners; and the means which experience has shown them to be the most successful is to appeal to the passions of the latter on the subject of tithes. here it may be as well to state (for some would, probably, deem it uncandid if it were not stated) that this enmity has not been unprovoked by the Protestant clergy. Time was, in the days of our grandfathers, and even of our fathers, when no such feeling existed ; when the rector and the parish priest (there were no Catholic rectors' in those days) were on the most friendly footing towards each other ; when the priest would not scruple to command his people from the altar to pay their tithes, cheerfully and honestly, to hir friend the rector ; while the rec tor was always a liberal contributor to the col lections made for his friend the priest at marriages and on other occasions; and when many of the nominal Protestants of the parish, being wholly un instructed in the principles of Protestantism, not only contributed on these occasions along with their rector, but did so with the settled intention of at some future period claiming value for what they gave; of sending for the priest at their last hour; and after living in heresy,for the sake of the good things which in those days heretics alone could enjoy, of dying in the bosom of the Catholic Church. In an evil hour, the Protestant clergy, not con tent with enjoying their incomes on these easy terms, arrayed themselves against the Catholics and Catholic clergy. Forgetting that a Church and State religion may bold the rich, but never can make conversions of the poor, and that every asso ciation of the Catholic Irish must lead him to detest the Protestant Establishment, they thought they had only to join in a crusade at the twelfth hour with a few raving fanatics against the priests, in order to stave off emancipation. The conse quence might have been foreseen. " Whether it be (says Dr. Hincks) from the overflowings of their own hatred, or from a conviction that the best means of preserving their flocks from being tampered with by the Protestant clergyman, is to cut off all friendly intercourse between him and them; certain it is that the priests throughout Ireland have done, and are doing, their utmost to excite against the Protestant incumbents the hatred of their parish ioners. With the fearful influence they possess over their minds, it would be strange, indeed, if they were not in general successful." We are far from saying that the Protestant clergyaien are now as in different as they used to be about religion; but it is too late—say what they will, their zeal will now be placed to the account of their fear for their temporalities. They have allowed the favourable moment to pass by. The only chance for a Pro testant clergy in Ireland would be to allow them to start with nothing, so that in the race of compe tition with the Catholics their motives might not be suspected.—Morning Chronicle. Messrs. Johnston, the respectable news-agents of Dublin, are entitled to much praise for their talent and perseverance in the exposure of a system by which the Clerks of the Roads have contrived to carry on a trade in newspapers to the prejudice of the ordinary dealers in that city, and the great in convenience of the public at large. The Clerks of the Roads are officers connected with the Post -office in Dublin. They had privileges until lately, in con sequence of the connection, by which they were enabled to forward newspapers to their WA n ens comers upon cheaper terms than their competitors in the trade. Of those privileges they have been re cently deprived ; but it seems they still possess op portunities, of which they avail themselves, to anti cipate upon certain occasions, the other agents in the delivery of papers sent by the post. We have not room for the long correspondence of Messrs. Johnston with the Post-office department on this subject, published by order of the House of Com mins ; nor can we give the petition, in which the particulars are well stated and strongly argued by the complainants; but it must strike any one at a single glance that the practice is an application of official powers to purposes for which they could not have keen designed, and that the general tendency of it is, as stated by the Parliamentary Commission ers, " To give the officer a private interest in direct opposition with his public duty." It is not likely that such a practice can continue long under the ac tive superintendence of the Duke of Richmond, especially after the strong opinion pronounced upon it by the Parliamentary Commission. If, however, the subject be brought before Parliament, we have no doubt that an immediate arrangement will be the consequence. The affairs of the Irish Post-office have already cut such an extraordinary figure in the history of jobs, that we cannot be surprised to find some little remnants of abuse still adhering to the system ; but the sooner such remnants are disposed of the better. We hope, not only for the sake of fair play, but of official regularity, that Mr. Johnston's perseverance will be crowned with success.—elforn ing Herald. We are well aware that when irritable feelings upon any subject exist, even the honestest attempt to allay them are rarely, if ever, rightly appreciated; while that which is intended to cool, only increases the heat; the angry man exclaiming, with something like the Frenchman's bad English in the farce, " I will be drowned, nobody shall save me !" We live, it is to be feared, in an age of more than ordinary selfishness—especially as regards public men, the most exemplary of whom, while advocating economy as an abstract principle, deem it no inconsistency to possess in their own persons, and those of their immediate connections, all that they can heap to gether in the way of patronage or place. Now, whether Lord Plunkett be in any respect an instance of this, is asserted on the one side and denied on the other—and that, in both cases, with more warmth than ought to accompany the elucidation of the truth. If the assertions which have been made with regard to Lord Plunkett are untrue or exagge rated, they would be best met by a statement of what the real facts are —not, as Lord London derry suggests, by prosecuting the newspapers for stating that which it is to be presumed they have received upon an authority on which they think they can rely. Besides, a mere mistake or exagge ration is not a libel. To call a man richer than he is, or to state the profits of an office to be higher than they really are, though a blamable error if wil ful, is neither libellous nor actionable in any way. And even if it were, are damages or convictions the best medicament for such a wound? No—no more than anger and recrimination. Falsehood is best met by truth. If it is beneath Lord Plunkett him self to controvert the statements which have been made relative to the places and emoluments in Church and State held by himself and his family, he surely has friends enough who could, if they were so inclined, give the world the real facts of the case. The error, if there be any, in the statements which have gone forth can only be refuted in this man ner. Any thing like anger and resentment, or a general avowal of disinterestedness, goes for little in the eyes of the dispassiooate and well judging. part of mankind.—:horning Herald. A Contemporary, fond of the marvellous and the awful, when discussing Portuguese topics, on Satur day evening indulges his readers with a paragraph couched in these words :—" Accounts from Ma deira, of the 10th ult., state that the late attempt to depose the Miguelite authorities had failed entirely, and that the mo-t horrible atrocities had been perpetrated against those who had taken part in the insurrection. Several of the constitutionalists were murdered by mobs headed by priests, and their bodies were left lying in the streets. About twenty of the insurgents had been sent to Lisbon to take their trial in that capital." So far our Contemporary ; but, as it happens, this is an old story with a new face. Mention is pompously made of accounts from Madeira of the 10th ult., and we made the most diligent inquiries to ascertain whether any such are in town, but have been answered in the negative, the latest being of the 4th. The contents of the above paragraph are indeed too meagre for it to be otherwise, and in order to chew the real state of affairs in the island at that date, we publish in another part of our columns an English letter which does not even mention the " attempt to depose the Afiguelite authorities," which in London has had so many versions, for the very best reasons in the world—firstly, because it was a most ridiculous and insignificant scheme ; and secondly, because it was an old story. An attempt certainly was made a little time ago to excite a mutiny among the soldiers, on the Lisbon plans, and with this view some secret agents, well provided with money, were introduced into the 'eland, who, by bribes and copious libations of rum, supported by a pretty good quantum of idle stories, succeeded in seducing a few dozen sol diers, of whose designs no notice was taken till they were ready to act; that is, till they were about to try their luck by firing on the inhabitants, in order to ascertain whether they had any partisans ; but they were soon overpowered by a common guard, arid very possibly sonic lives were lost in the affray. Thus ended this senseless project, like so many similar ones in Lisbon ; and it would be difficult to say whose situation is the least enviable, that of the employers of these deluded men, or the Pedrite agents in this country, who have endeavoured to give to this drunken frolic an air of importance. The twenty prisoners mentioned, we were told two packets ago, had arrived at Lisbon. As the most erroneous ideas prevail respecting the state of the Azores Islands, and half of the horrors committed upon the poor inhabitants are unknown in England, we also insert in another part of our columns the statement of an eye witness, which will be found deserving of at tention.—elforning Post. Whether it has or has not been determined by his Majesty's Ministers, that the creation of Peers which may be necessary to ensure the successful passage of the Reform Bill through the House of Peers, shall take place previous to, or after, the second reading of the Bill, we think there is no un prejudiced mind, which has carefully attended to the experience of the past or to the evidence of the pre sent time, which can possibly come to any other conclusion than that that creation will take place as soon as circumstances may render it necessary, an d that on no account will a rejection of the Reform Bill be permitted a second time by their Lordship s , What are the circumstances of the case ? Lord Grey and his colleagues came into office, or rathe r were carried into office on the shoulders of the peo ple—with a Reform Bill in their hands—a gracious reception from their Sovereign—and the most ample pledges, on the part of the people, that they would strain every nerve to support them in office. ; and to enable them to carry the Bill in spite of interested avarice, Tory spite, and factious opposition. The Bill passed through the Commons with an overwhelming majority —it was thrust out of the House of Peers by one as pitiful as could possibly be mentioned ; but, even then, Lord Grey told the people not to be disheartened— consoled the Peers by informing them that they could expect no measure of Reform from him less efficient than that which they had rejected—and in w d o ? ld, an d must pass. " u two days afterwards Lord Bro u gham confirmed thes e pledges, by declaring, on the presentation of a peti tion,Have that the s "thee pledges be Bill nshould,belied ie Have any of these promises been unfulfilled ? Has not the Parliament re-assembled, and has not a Reform Bill, identical in principle, and almost identical in its details, with that which was rejected, been proposed to and hitherto successfully carried forward, in the Commons_ and what reason is there, therefore, to suppose that with the continued approbation of the King•to en courage them—and the continued cry of the people for the speedy and safe passage of the Bill to its last stage, his Majesty's Ministers should decline to adopt the only step which is now necessary to to bring their long and anxious labours to a satis factory conclusion, and to restore to the country that quiet and tranquillity of which it stands so much in need ? Were Lord Grey to hesitate for a moment to adopt such a step, or to allow the Reform Bill •to be rejected a second time in the Peers, from a mistaken notion of the importance of his order, or from any other motive, it would not only be a deep blot upon his administration, which the country could not forgive, but a stain upon his hitherto unblemished character, and well-known consistency, which no future conduct could retrieve; and were his colleagues, though, with the exception of Lord Brougham, not so deeply pledged as him self, to give into such conduct, we know of no trans action in the annals of history which would be pro nounced more infamous by the voice of a whole people, or which would so completely, and for ever, seal the fate of the Whigs as a political party, and give stability and importance to another which has been lately acquiring stability and consistency, and which, in the event to which we refer, would an nihilate both Whigs and Tories. But Lord Grey is incapable of such weak and vaciliating policy ; and were he not incapable of it, from a desire not to sully a well-earned reputat;on for politi cal consistency, and from an earnest desire to im plement the solemn pledges by which he is bound to carry the Reform Bill to its last stage,—the daily and hourly attempts which are made to thwart his measures—to defeat the ends of hie policy, and to prevent him from crowning a long life of political virtue by the completion of a measure which must hand down his name to posterity as its brightest be. nefactor—we say, that were he even inclined to hesitate for a moment—such condnct from political adversaries could not fail to urge even a less high temper than his to take a noble revenge, by crush ing their conspiracies, defeating their plots, and by means of a j ud;cious addition of Peers, restoring to the people their long-lost rights. It is our firm con• viction, therefore, that the full permission given by the King to Lord Grey, to create as many new Peers as he may deem to be necessary, will be made use of as soon as the necessity exists ; and that though it may be well for the friends of Reform to act as if there existed a doubt upon the subject, no one need render himself uneasy respecting it.— Mornieg Advertiser. PALACE COURT, MARCH 3. DRINKLIt V. PARKES. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a hair dresser and perfumer, in London-street, Tottenham-court. road, to recover of the defendant, a young lady residing in Frederick-street, Regent's-park, a balance of 51 151. 9d, for dressing her hair, combs, and perfumery. It appeared, from the evidence of the plaintiff's wit nesses, that he had known the defendant from her first ar rival in London from the country; thlt he or his foreman dressed her daily, for which his charge was is. per diem; that he had also supplied her with several expensive combs, pieces of ornamental hair, and some bloom of roses, altogether to the amount of 221. 18s. 9d., of which she had paid IV. 31., leaving a balance of Si. 15s. 9d. due. In cross. examination it appeared that the defendant was a "lady of easy virtue," and that when the demand was made upon her, she said her " friend," a Mr. W., would pay it. The Jury found a verdict for the defendant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION- .11 0 USE. Bridget Carney, an Irishwoman, was charged with having obtained from Mary Edmunds, a young country girl, six shillings, by means of the well-known trick of ring-dropping. Mary Edmunds, on last Valentine's day, was walking along Bishopsgate street, when the prisoner stooped and picked up a purse, which lay on the ground before her, and beckoning her up a gate way, told her to say nothing and she should have half the contents. On opening the purse the prisoner task out what appeared to be a wedding-ring, which she told the simple girl she might have for a few shillings. After some bargaining the prosecutrix handed her over all the money in her pockets, amounting to six shillings, and marched off with her prize, doubtless expecting soon to have the luck to find a husband to match it. Upon show ing it to a friend, the ring was found to be brass, and not worth twopence. O❑ Friday, as she was walking near the same spot, the prisoner, who had forgotten her person, attempted again to play the very same trick. Witness immediately taxed her with her former fraud, when the prisoner was joined by an Irishman, who threatened to do for her if she did not hold her tongue. Witness went away to another part of the town ; and just about dusk the prisoner, who had again forgotten her, actually tried a third time to defraud her with another wedding-ring. Witness then had her taken into custody. The prisoner, who lived in that sink of low Irish debauchery and ini quity, George-yard, Whitechapel, began a whining de nial, which the sitting Magistrate, Sir CHAPMAN MA it 'HALL, said he was compelled totally to disbelieve, as it was evident she was an old and practised offender. She was folly committed for trial. G UILDIIAL L. Thomas Robinson, lately a clerk at the New Inn, Ohl Bailey, was charged with robbing his employers, Mr. Flowers, the Solicitor to the Society for Prosecuting Felons, said that there were several cases against the prisoner, but confined himself to one, in which the pri soner had embezzled a check for 201., which he had received from a Mr. Akeman.— The charge was fully proved ; and the prisoner, who said nothing in his defence, was committed for trial. B 0 TV- STREET. A fine young man, who drives a stage-coach, between Battersea. and Leadenhall-street, appeared before Mr. HALLS, in great distress of mind, and stated that he came to solicit his advice under the following circumstances : He resided at Battersea with his father and family, who had a small property. His father had been in the habit of passing an hour or two every evening at a public house, situated a very short distance from his residence, fur the last twelve years. On Thursday night he went as usual, and )eft at his customary time. He, however, did nut return home, and on inquiries being made, it appeared that about an hour after he had left the public house he was seen in a direction quite opposite to that for reaching his house. He bad not since been heard of, and further intelligence could not be gained of him. Mr. HALLS asked if he had to pass along the bsnks of the river on his way home ? The young man replied in the negative. Mr. HALLS then inquired if any thing had occurred to distress his mind ? The applicant said that his father was in easy circumstances; but he had bee❑ much fretted of late, in consequence of having burst a blood vessel. It certainly was strauge that his father had left his watch at home, as well as his snuff-box. Mr. HALLS said that it was a most distressing circumstance, and ordered one of the officers to assist the young man in taking all possible mea• sures to discover the fate of his father. He is an elderly man, had no money i❑ his pocket, and was not intoxicated when he left the public-house. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. A respectably-dressed man named Joseph _Esser, a native of Germany, was re-examined, on a charge of obtaining 741. from the banking-house of Messrs. Wigney and Co., Brighton, by means of a forged cheque, purporting to be d ra wn by the Countess of Aldborough. The prisoner was lately servant to the Countess, who attended, and stated that the cheque was a forgery. A gentleman connected with the banking-house also attended, and stated that the prisoner was the individual who presented the cheque, and received the amount. The transaction, however, having taken place in Sussex, the prisoner was ordered to be con veyed to Brighton for examination. A lady, named Thorn, residing in Regent-street, was brought to this office on an assault warrant, at the instance of a gentleman named Francis. Both partie s were attended by professional gentlemen and friends and it appeared that for some time past a difference of opinion existed respecting some property. Mr. Francis, a few days since, proceeded to Mrs. Thorns residence, and again broached the subject i n di s pute, when high words ensued, and the lady put an end to the c onversation by reaching down a whip and in flicting sundry blows on the shoulders of Mr, Francis. This was the assault complained of. After argument on bogs sides the lady ent ere d i nto sureti,a to answer any com plaint that might be preferred against her at the sessions. Informationa were heard against the undermentioned publicans for allowing cards to be played in their houses ; v i z. White, of the Rose and Crown, Hertford street; Mr. Clark, Three Crowns, Richmond-street, St. James's ; the Propri e t or o f t h e Castle, Shepherd's-court ; Mr. Payne, Fish and Bell, Charles -street, St. Ann's ; and Mrs. Drysdale, Duke's Head, Pultney-street. The whole. with the exception of the last-named, were fined 10a. and 3s. 6d. costs each. The latter was fined 20s. and costs, and the information was laid at the instigation of the wife of a man who, instead of attending to the wants of his family, was found by his " better half " in the act of turn ing up a knave of clubs as the trump cards. HATTON-GARDEN. James Alfred Butler, who was remanded on Saturday week, on a charge of having knowingly uttered a forged certificate of marriage with a female named Sarah Rowan, now deceased, was brought up for re-examination. The overseer of Islington parish said there was no evidence that the prisoner had uttered the certificate. It could only be proved that Miss Rowan, who passed as his wife, bad shown it to several persons. Be was discharged. MAR YLEB ONE. A French gentleman, named Villegemot, holding a high commission in France, charged Madame Fontaine with detaining his son. He bad two sons, the mother of whom was dead ; he arrived lately in England, and the eldest took the earliest opportunity of running away, and taking up his abode with Madame Fontaine, his grandmother. Madame said that the little fellow did this in consequence of his father's cruelty. The Magistrates could not bring the matter to an amicable adjustment, and therefore de clined interfering. The applicant said he should apply for a Habeas Corpus. UNION-HALL. Crouch, a notorious resurrectionist, was charged with being found in St John's Burial-ground, with intent to steal the body of a female, whose death was pronounced by a medical man to have taken place in consequence of cholera, was interred is the above church-yard. The body-snatchers got wind of the circumstance, and thought to make a good booty; but a man had been set to watch, and he gave an alarm. The policemen arrived, and all escaped but the defendant, who had in his possession the implements used for raising dead bodies. Ho was held to bail to answer the charge. T HAMA'S OFFICE. Jane Brown, a respectable-looking young woman, was charged with smuggling ten costly India silk handkerchiefs, and two valuable China-crape shawls. On Saturday morning a Custom-house officer observed her stepping out of the Waterloo East Indianian, lying off tL2 Blackwell Dock, and noticed that her legs were very thick in pfopor tion to her body. He followed her ashore, when elle said she had swelled legs from cold. He, however, suspected she was smuggling, and she was taken to a house ani searched. The above handkerchiefs were then taken from her; the goods were then sent to the Custom-house. John Osborne, seaman, of the Buckinghamshire Esst Indianian, was charged with having two China shawls, and sixteen Indian combs. The shawls were wrapped round his body, and the combs stuck in various parts of his dress.—These were also sent to the Custom-house. ASSIZES. WINCHESTER, MI RCA 3. On coming into Court this morning, Mr. Justice GAsx- LIE directed the 12 poachers, who bad pleaded guilty of being in an inclosed ground in the night armed for the pur pose of killing game, to be placed at the bar. His Lordship then sentenced Steele and Norman to be transported for seven years, and all the rest for 14 years. Henry Hunt, John Dore, and Thomas Berriman were then brought up. These prisoners, it will be recollected, were found guilty of the crime of arson. His Lordship then pro ceed ed to pass sentence of death upon them, giving them no hopes of mercy. Jamesilzhitcher was then put forward. This prisoner had been convicted with the last-named persons of arson ; but it appearing in the evidence that through his confession the whole was found out, and that before he confessed he had asked the Magistrate's clerk if the prods naation of November, 1830, offering a pardon to the per son confessing was still in force, and that it was under that impression that be had disclosed the facts, his Lordship told him that his life would be spared, even though his Majesty should not be pleased to extend to him a free I anion. This closed the business here, and the Judges left for Salisbury. SALISBURY, MARCH 4. The Learned Judges opened the Commission here yester day. There are 133 prisoners for trial. OXFORD, M 4 ca 2. John Gibbs, aged 32, labourer, was charged with having, on the 12th of February last, set fire to a stack of wheat and other property, the property of Wm. Wing, of Steeple Aston, in this county. The prisoner appeared at the bar in a smockfrock, and was a very good looking man. Mr. William Wing was the son of the prosecutor, who lives at Steeple Aston. He went to bed about nine o'clock, and about eleven o'clock he was alarmed by a cry of fire. He immediately got up, and went to his father's farm-yard, and there he found the wheat-stack, a stack of straw, and two waggons load of straw, on fire. The value of the property destroyed was about 2001. Witness knows the prisoner ; he lived with witness's father some short time before the fire. He saw the prisoner at the fire, working the engine, hut he did it in a careless manner, and only with one hand, Mr. Lechmere, a Magistrate, was also at the file. Witness entered into conversation with him, during which prisoner observed him closely. On the following morning he accompanied Mr. Lechmere to a cottage of a man of the name of Cross, in the village of Steeple Aston, where he found the prisoner. Mr. Lech mere asked prisoner for his shoe, and be gave it. Mr. Lechmere and witness then compared the shoe with shoe tracks in a field adjoining his father's farm, called Morton pits, and near where the fire took place, and they corres ponded. Prisoner was then taken into custody, and brought before Mr. Lechmere ; he made a statement, which was taken down in writing. John Foster, a lad of 13 years of age, upon Sunday, about three o'clock, before the fire, wanted to get into the prosecutor's barn, and went to the door and found it fast ened. He knocked at it, and after some time the prisoner came out. Frederick Plumb proved his meeting the prisoner on the night of the fire coming dow❑ a lane from the prose cutor's house. When witness told prisoner there was a fire, prisoner asked him where, though prisoner mast have seen the fire from where they were. Other evidence was adduced. The prisoner, in his defence, said he was as innocent as the child unborn, Mr. Justice LirnEnALE summed up the evidence, and the Jury found the prisoner Guilty. The Learned Judge pronounced the awful sentence of death upon the prisoner, w h o h ear d i t unmove d. Having shaken hands with hi s f at h er, he sa id t h ey m i g ht hang Lim as soon as they pleased, f or h e was innocent. SATURDAY, MARCH 3. George Lay, aged 19, was charged with having, on the 23d of January l as t, stopped and assaulted Mr. Ed ward Pullen on the Ki ng ' s highway, in the parish of Cul ham, and with h av i ng sto l en from his person fi ve sove reigns, 10s. in silver, and a go ld watc h , hi s property . The prisoner had no Cou nse l, b ut cross-examined the witnesses with a degree of in genu ity not to b e ex p e cted from a person in his station in life, and his firmness and self-possession, during the trial, were such as has been sel dom or ever witnessed. Mr. Juszicx called Mr. Pullen. The appearance of the prosecutor contrasted with that of the prisoner excited no little surprise. Mr. Pullen is a most powerful man, and nearly six fret high, while the prisoner is in appear ance a perfect boy of slender make, and very little over five feet. Mr. Pullen wore a black handkerchief round his head, and on its removal his forehead and round his temples exhibited some severe scars. He has been con fined to his bed since the robbery until within this few days, and the trial was put off t o th e l ast d ay o f th e Assizes, in order that he might be able to attend. He was then examined and deposed as follows :—I live in Sutii ton Courtney. I am a farmer, and have been so for many years. On the 23d of January last I was at the market of Abingdon, a n d a b out h a lf -past s i x o ' c l oc k on t h a t day I left Abingdon t o go home. I had four sovereigns, two half-sovereigns, and 10s. in silver. I had it in a canvas bag, which I had for three years. I tore it down on one side so as to get my hand in more easy. I had also a gold watch. I had it and my money when I left Abingdon. I had a small stick in my hand, the pieces of which I now produce. In my way home I went by the caurway. A few minutes after I got on the causeway, I was joined by a person ; he was not a tall man. When we came as far as Culham-bride, two men passed us ; they wished me good night. I did not see any other person, or hear any footsteps, except those of tile person with me . . We came to the canal-bride ; there is a swampy place, with a few foot stones. I went over this first. The person was close behind me. It was th e sam e person who was with me all the way from Abingdon. I could bear the roar of the waters of Sutton pool. It w ou ld b e i m possible for th e cries of a person in distress to be heard with the noise of the waters. I had not got more than thirty or forty yards from the bridge when I received a violent blow on the side of my head. It knocked me down, my hat fell off. I endeavoured to defend myself with my stick. The second blow was on ray head. It completely felled me to the ground, and I never got up until he left me. I said, " For God's sake, what are you going to do with me ?" He replied, " Your life or your money I will have." I said, " If you will have the money, you must have it." He took the watch. My bead and on Friday at the parish church o f St . Botolph, Aldgate, fur the purpose of electing four constables in th e room of as many persons rem lately o ved. It is difficult precisely to PORTSOKEN WARD. -- A wardmote was h e ld say what was done, as from the commencement to the end of the proceedings the whole was one scene of con tinued uproar. Every attempt of Alderman HUGHEs HUGIIEs to speak was the signal for tumult on each side. Of his address we could only distinguish some snatches , as " If any one interrupts me"--" Since no ot h I have no choi ce ere are You're no Alderman''--" We d on 't bl ame don't attempt to b e th rust upon us, " &c. When, vo lunteered"—" "--" I now declare " — Amidst cries of " We don't know you " — " Go back to that those perso ns proposed by HUGHES be el ec t e d , the show of hands was de cidedlyainst it, in th e proportion of, we should think, w a motion was put) Which t h e meeting believed the friends of Mr. three to one . Mr. TYERS demanded the roll books,yttOliilooocuwobfGoe;ell. v or ldbeE i ru' asgt ‘‘ a 7 order to take the four next names on the list. This was refused, and Alderman HUGHES HUGHES left the meeting with his friends, having, as we understood, declared the four persons proposed to have been duly elected. There were many ladies present, some of whom took a very decided part against Mr. HUGHES HUGHES. Two, who had got into the pulpit, were turned down, by order of the churchwarden, Ms. Mammas', amidst cries of " Shame ! Shame !" from the meeting. ........„,.._______ BIRTHS. On the 2(.1 inst, at Owston, Yorkshire, the Lady Helena Cook e , of a son. On the 2d inst. in Montagu-place, Belford-square, the lady of S. It. Bosanquet, Esq. of a son. On the :29th ult. in Rutland-square, Dublin, the Countess of Longford, of a son. face Were bleeding very much. He stooped down over me to take my money. I raised my head from the ground and endeavoured to bloody his trousers. Did it on pur pose. I have no doubt but it was the same person who was with me from Abingdon. During the time be was with me I observed his voice. The prisoner was brought to my house in about a week after the robbery. The size of the prisoner is about the size of the person who had robbed me. It was about eight o'clock when I got home. I cannot say how long I lay in the moor. Joseph Luker, of Abingdon—On Monday evening, the 23d of January, I was coming along the causeway, from Culham-bridge, towards Abingdon, about from a quarter to half-past six o'clock : I met the prosecutor, and a per son was with him. Passed close to the latter. I knew him well before. Richard Done proved meeting the prisoner on the even ing of the 23d of January, between seven and eight o'clock, between Abingdom and Culham, going towards Abingdon. and going quite fast. Evidence wad then produced to the following facts :-- Of the prisoner's coming to Oxford the morning after the robbery, stopping at the Bell Inn, exhibiting gold, making purchases, and representing himself as the son of a captain of the 32d Regiment, who had been killed at the battle of Waterloo. The Jury almost immediately found him Guilty. The Learned JUDGE, in the most impressive and feeling manner, passed the awful sentence of death on him. The prisoner heard the sentence not unmoved, but with firmness ; and said, " Oh, my Lord, consider my youth ; I have been very badly treated in this case." He was then removed. The trial lasted from eight o'clock in the morn ing until seven o'clock in the evening, during which the court was crowded to excess. AYLESBURY, M 4 CH 2. John Mitchell was indicted for assaulting James Ayres on the King's highway, putting him in fear of his life, and stealing from his person various monies, his property. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and the Learned JUDGE ordered sentence of death to be recorded against him. This was not the first capital offence for which the prisoner had been tried. There have been no fewer than five ire. of farming stork in the neighbourhood of Dunstable in the course of the last week. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. •1 . Burley. Oats. Per Quarter. Carlisle. Hexham. Morpeth Pen ri t h Sheffield Winchester Per Thisbe]. Carmarthen...--. Coventry --... Newcastle (Staff.) Northallerton Swansea Warwick Per 8011. Barnardcastle....... Durham Richmond —...—... Stockton s. to s. I s. to s. 5t 30 56 64 30 35 54 0; 32 36 58 , 35 s. d. 7 0 90 92 93 93 80 10 0 00 36 s. d. s. d. 36 .3 3 9 48 54 60 64 3 6 4 6 56 60 39 40 46 50 114 6 14 0 14 6 14 3 16 6 16 0 18 0 15 0 90 100' 90 100 90 96 96 100' s. to s. 23 40 24 20 25 22 24 s. d. s. d. 14 20 36 40 36 39 33 40 39 40 24 28 22 26 9. s. 41 32 401 53 60 4 6 70 b 0 68 50 70 42 46 s. d. Ir. d. 00 00 56 60 49 50 5 6 6 0 70 80 00 0 0 73 76 00 110 90 100 90 100 00 00 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-March 9.. Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk -s. 52.5. to 58s. fine 61s. Lin. and Cam. -s. 525. to 58s. fine 60s. - Yorkshire -5. Ms. to 58s. fine 60s. --- White -s. 565. to 61s. fine 64r. ---- Foreign, Red -s. 475. to 525. fine 595. White -s. -s. to -s. fine 645. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk -- Lincolnshire 33e. to 371. fine 41s. --- Yorkshire Wold 34s. to 38s. fine 41s. Foreign --s. to --6. fine -I:. Beans, Small Th. to 395. fine 41s. - Tick 325. to 31s. fine 36s Oats, Potato 22.. to 245. fine 255. ---- Poland -s. 9.0.. to 235. fine 248. - Friesland and Small ..-s 18.. to 20s. fine 2.35. --- Healing lod. to 12d. per Stone. Shelling 265. to 2.95. Od. per Load. Malt 32s. 406. fine 445. per Load. Rapeseed 2'2l. 06. 251. Os. 26/. 106. per Last. SCOTCI-1 MARKETS. Wheat. Barley Oats. Beano. Oatmeal. Aberdeen 50 58 25 30 18 22 30 32 38 42 20 23 15 17 22 24 35 38 Coldstream. 40 43 20 22 10 18 30 31 Cupar 44 62 28 32 22 24 26 30 Dundee 48 54 30 33 22 26 26 29 Elgin 52 56 26 32 20 24 20 21 Inverness...,.. 50 56 32 33 21 22 30 34 48 . Kelso .---. 40 44 21 23 17 21 22 26 Kirkaldy—..— 40 45 27 39 25 32 45 48 43 44 Perth ea 64 28 31 24 26 25 29 Vg- The size of the measure varies throughout the country. EDINBURGH CORN MARKET.—Feb. The supply of Oats, and Pease and Beans to-day, is considered to be by far the largest ever seen in our market ; the high price given for Seed Oats, and the quantity unsold, has caused little alteration on the average ; our supply of Wheat and Barley was small, and sales for all kinds rather heavy, except for Barley ; one quarter of Oats sold for 325. Wheat up 2s. on the top, and down sd. on the average. Barley 68 quarters; up Is. 6d. on the top, and ICkl. on the average. Oats 278 quarters ; up 4s. on the top, and down 2d. on the average. Pease and Beans 63 quarters ; down 2s. on the top, and 2s. 3d. on the average. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. First 67s Od 37s 6d 32s Od 36s Od Second 64s Od 36s Od 28s Od 34s 6d Third 55s Od 31s 6d 201 (4 30s Od Beans. :16s Od 341 Od flOs 0.1 PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &C. Beef, peer 1b..,,, Mutton Veal Os. 3d. to Os.6d. O 4 0 6 O 5 0 10 O 4 0 6 1 6 3 O 0 40 0 O 0 0 9 03; 0 0 Fresh Butter, lb. s. 10.1. to Is 2d. Salt 0 10 1 0 Ditto, pet et; t. 80 0 90 0 Eggs, per doz. 0 9 0 0 OatStravqkpl.)l2 0 13 0 Wheat Ditto...lo 0 11 0 Barley Ditto ..10 0 11 0 Hay, per 5t....—. 1 2 1 4 Lamb, per qr. 'Fallow, cwt.... Quartern Loaf Potatoes, 1741 b. EDINBURGH MEAI We had a middling supply of which met with a better sale, at Per Sack of •1801 b. Imp. First Oatmeal £l 18 0 Second ditto 1 16 0 Barleymeal 1 10 0 Pessenteal Pot Barley—No. I, per cwt. 12 L. MARK ET.. —Feb. 28. Oatmeal at this day's market, last week's prices. Per Stone of 141 b. Imp. First Oatmeal £0 2 0 1J 1 1 Barley meal 0 1 8 Peagemeal 0 1 8 .-2(1. 156.-3 d. I%.—Pciat 1 2243. GLASGOW CORN The transactions in our Grain DIA IIKET.—Feb. 29. market have been limited, with little alteration in prices. Wheat, per 2401 b. s, d. s. d. Oats, per 2341 b. s. d. s. d. British, old 25 oto3o 0 Irish l6 oto 18 6 --. new Canada, free........ 27 0 29 0 Beans, ivr 2601 b. Irish Barley, per 3201 b. Scottish English — 0 C Pease, Scottish ... 17 0 19 0 Scottish 26 0 27 6 Oatmeal, per 1401 b. 15 0 17 0 Irish CORNWALL. MARKETS. TiturtO—Wheat (average) _2B. 3d.—Barley, Ils. Cxl.—Oats, 9.. Sr. AvsTem.—Wheat, —s. to 23s.— , Barley, —s. to 11s..—Oats. Os. to Si. Od. _ 11;nstNWheat (average) 235. Od.—Barley, I Is. Od.—Oats, Bs. HELSTON—Wheat, 235. Od.—Barley, Ils 6d. PENZANCE—Wheat, 225. to 24s.—Barley, —s. to 12s.—Oats, Os. to Bs. od.—Beef and Bluttun, sd. to 6 1—Pork, 3&d. to 441. Butter, I2d. per lb. Ltatcesatn--Wheat, —s. 011. to Ms.--Barley, 10s. 111.--Outs, Oe. to 7s. 6d. LA uNcEsToN—Wh eat (average) 275. 0 - I—Barley,l Os. 4.l.—Oats, 7s. 01—Beef, 6d.—Mutton, 6d. ST. Cocumu—Wheat, 225. to 23s.—Barley, Its, to I.—. Beef, and Mutton, 4d. to sd.—Veal, 41.—Lamb, sd. MINING INTELLIGENCE. Tons. Cwt. Quantity of Copper Ore solaat Redruth last Thurday 3,048 ' 0 Quantity of fine C0pper—....,—......,,,............. ---.. 2fit2 3 Average Produce ••••*• , .....ww•0newmwr0.n0w*.e.r...r . ......... 844 0 Amount of Sale, 17,4011. 19.5. Od.—Average Standard, 9 81. V,. ed. MARRIED, On the 3d inst. at Marylebone, the Rev. Joshua Nussey, M.A of the Rectory House, St. John's, NA, est minster, to An n Eli za - . beth, eldest daughter of the late Robert Alexander, Esq. of Sus.ex.place, Regent's Park, and Seamount, near Dublin. DIED. On the lst inst. in Great ter of the Lord Bishop of Br istol George-street, Ha rr i et Gray, (laugh. On the 26th ult. at Edinburgh, Mr. Gilbert Inner, many years Deputy-Governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO YOUNG, A r llfit Su N OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON, Pork.