The Sun. — London, England, 1832-03-16 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Mr. Hunt moved last night for " A Select Corn mittee, to inquire into the military execution inflicted on a peacable and unarmed multitude, assembled in Manchester to petition fOr a Reform in Parliament, on the 16th of August, 1819." No teureaction it, our times has so much contribeted to alienate the working population from the higher ranks as the Manchester massacre. It is, indeed, hardly possible to conceive a more base and cowardly exereine cf power than the attack on the 16th of August, 1819, by an armed force, on an immeese multitude of men and women assembled for a lawful object, and con ducting themselves is a peaceable manner. On that dark day in our annals, 15 persons were killed, and no fewer than 42-1 maimed and wounded. What ever may be thought of the propriety of meetings of large multitudes in the open air, custom has made them familiar to us in this country ; and from the cool—we would almost nay, apathetic —character of the English people, they almost always terminate without violence or disorder. That the people at Manchester met in the full conviction that by so doing they were violating no law, and thit they contemplated no violent proceedings, may he inferred from their being wally unprepared for the attack, and from the men having brought with I them their wives, sisters, and mistresses, in the i r holiday dresses. In some countries an attack, like that at Manchester, would have perpetuated sem guinary feeds, in which most of the actors would have atoned by their blood for that which they glued, le no country but England would the strong feelbrgs of kindred have been so far sub dued, as to alicev all the acters to escape with im punity. But though, al vas stated by Mr. Hunt, two of the yeomanry, who so wantonly shed the blood of their Erna - m.6m, fellow-citizens, committed saicide on the 16th of August, and many of them were now to be seen waking about the streets of Manchester, objects of a horrid pity, yet we never heard that the vengeance of the sufferer!, the syn... pathy of friends, the excited feelings of surviving relatives, led to one single retaliation on the guilty yeomanry. A better proof could net be afforded of the confirmed and habitual regard of the English people for the law, of the absence of all cause of ap prehension from the assembled multitude at Manches ter, and of the danger of destroying !he peaceful cha racter of the. people by an outrage which offered so rude a shock to all their habits, fc cling., and id, as. It is the tendency of outrage to beget outrage. The English, so peaceful and passive in 1819, were once distinguished for their sanguinary character. It was even the boast of ChancellerForteseue, that " there were more men hanged in England in a year for robbing and manslaughter, than there were hanged in France for ouch cause of clime in seven ears." This charac ter would never have been changed, if men had been allowed to perpetrate with impunity such outrages as that of Manchester. Btr, from a variety of cir cumstances, into which it is not necessary now to enter, the people became imbued with the belief that they might safely leave to the Tribunals the avenging the crimes by which they might stiff, r. It is but fair to say, that if justice in the case of crimes of violence had not been, upon the whole, ad ministered with tolerable impartiality in the case of rich and poor, an Englishman would not have parted with the right to do justice to himself, is e. to avenge his own wrongs, a right which is i!xercised to this day in all countries where jus tice is not to be expected from the Tribunals, as, for instance, in Spain, and many parts of Italy. An other such massacre as that of Manchester would go far to change the character of the nation. As it Is, the 16th of August 1819, still rankles in the minds of the people. The motion was opposed by Mr. Geo. Lamb, who moved th e previous question, which was carried by a n ajority of 206 to 31. The insolent tone of Mr. H lon, of Hutton, the priacipal actor on the 16th of August, and of a Mr. Philips, another magistrate, and a deputy-lieu tenant of Cheshire, in the correspondence with Lord Althorp, which appeared some time ago in the newspapers, affords a sufficient proof of the utter hopelessness of expecting from any Ministry in an unreformed Parliament an inquiry into the disgrace ful proceedings. These two magistrates spoke to Lord Alt horp, a Cabinet Minister, with the con fidence of men who conceived that he was entirely at their mercy. His Lordship's tone, on the other hand, was subdued, nay almost submissive. He wrote under the consciousness that the feel ing of the•existing magistracy of England is so bad towards the people, so thoroughly aristocratical in the worst sense of that word, that to hint at dis approbation of the Manchester massacre was rouzing against himself an implacable enemy. The Magi etracy of England are the creatures of the Lord Lieutenants, who are, e ith few exceptions, the creatures of a succession of Tory Administratiors. These men hate Ministers as a matter of course; they endeavour in every possible way to oppress and annoy all who have supported Ministers; but Mini. s'crs stand in awe of them, and that they well know. NVe were, therefore, prepared for opposition to the motion, Mr. Lamb agreed " with the Hon. Mem ber that the day for obtaining justice against crimes !lever could pass away ;" and he added, " that the Courts of Law were still open ae ever they were to prosecute those who were guilty." This is a some what stale piece of irony. Against a combination of Tory Magistrates, a pretty chance there is of obtaining justice in Courts of Law, for acts for which redress could not be obtained a' the time when the subscriptions of the well.disposed through out the country secured the aid of legal talents and industry. But though justice cannot now be ex pected from the tribunals, for the sufferers, it is not too late to inquire into the circumstances, with a view to a solemn Parliamentary condemnation of the conduct of the Magistracy on the 16th August, 1819, of the conduct of the Ministry who approved of the proceeding., thanked the Magistracy, and recom mended the Rev. Mr. Hay to one of the most valua ble church livings at the disposal of the Crown. Such a condenmatiointhough far from what offended justice demands, would still serve to till up the breach between the higher arid the working classes. It would serve to restore to the people their ancient confidence, that, whatever the abuses in our judicial system, human life is still saved from the wanton attacks of power. It would go a good way to heal the malts. aninzus towards the poor, engendered by the impunity with which this signal disregard of jus tice was followed. We hate those whom we have injured. Ihe conscioesness of the wrong - committed on the 16th of August, 1819, towards the working people, haunts the higher ranks of England; they feel, that in screening the actors on that occasion, they have done that for which they deserve to be hated, and they hate because they deserve to be hated. A condemnation of so striking a deviation from justice would be like the rainbow after the rain —would be a sort of covenant between thehigher ranks and the working classes. Ever since the Manchester massacre the nation has been sepa rating itself more and more into castes, alien in feelings to each other. The old kindliness of feelin g has disappeared. The want of it ma': one day be grievously felt. Sir Robert Peel made a speech in the style of a second-rate Old Bai ley practitioner, imputing inconsistency to Dr. Lush 'nevem), because he had laid down the proposition, that the House at all timee, and under all circum stances, was bound to institute an inquiry where blood had been shed, while the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had allowed the cases of Knocktopher and Merthyr-Tydvil to pass by without Parliamen tary inquiry. Dr. Lushingt on's meaning was suffi c;ently obvious, and it was beneath the Right Hon. Gentleman to quibble about an expression. Leaving Knocktopher to the Irish Members, who best know the facts, there was no prinza.facie case of abuse s ;) ! f authority at Merthyr-Tydvil, whereas facts ui cient notoriety testify against the conduct of the Manchester Magistrate& If we thought that the people had forgotten the Manchester ma.Tprfs.r.: should be the last to revive the recolleotiodolit. But we know that it is not forgotten, and that it will not be forgotten. The transaction has taken e . .. _. . reruch deeper hold of them than some tionourah'e iGentlemen may imagine.—Morning Chronicic. i; The daeger to which the lives of poo r p ersons , I. more especially of farming labourers, is exposed in the rural distrues, where the crime of arson prevail `; by false and malicious charges of that nature, can. not be too strongly impressed upon the public mind. • , Such is the rasa Tor conviction, that the most inno cent reta in humble life, who is once accused, may consider himself exceedingly fortunate if his inno cence avail burn upon trial. In the days when the laws against witchcraft prevailed in this conntry, the sacrifices of human life that were judicially made, upon the accusation of an offence which had no ex istence, but in the imagination, was not the fatal consequence of the ignorance atn credulity of Juries alone; the ermined rifepensers of justice, whose edu cation and habits of reflection ought to have• taught them better, lent themselves to the vulgar prejudice, encouraged the outrageous persecutions of the wretch ed and helpless objects of the popular fury, and dese crated the altars of justice by offering upon them the victims of a benighted and cruel supperstition. One of the most extraordinary circumstances con nected with the trials for witchcraft was, that many of the miserable objects of superstitious ignorance were induced by the excitement of the times to con , fess their participation in a crime which never existed, and to describe even the particulars of that appalling intercourse with demons which ell en lightened persons now admit could never have existed but in the distempered minds of the weakest and most infatuated of human beings. But the crime of arson is not, like that of withcraft, an ima ginary crime; yet we may learn a lesson of caution from what occurred in the prosecution of pr-reens charged with the latter offence. Many suffered, even under Judges of high authority in the English law, the penalty of death for a crime which, it is now admitted, could have no existence, and, conse quently, the evidence to substantiate which must have been wholly false. This surely ought to teach Judges as well as Juries to be very careful how they allow their sober reason to be influenced by an in dignant feeling, and decide the awful question which affects the life of man, not by the calm force of dispassionate conviction, but by the eager and uer,flectieg impulse of excitement. The length to which the effect of mere suspicion has • been carried, with regard to the crime of arson, may be, in some cegree, understood by the circumstance that there were no less than four commitments for this crime in the calendar of-the Cambridge Ass'res, in every case of which au intelligent and considerate Grand Jury found their duty to throw out the Bill. In two of these cases the individuals against whom this charge had been brought, for which there was not a shadow of proof, had been in custody five months! In another case the term of imprisonment was one month, and in the fourth instance four months. What a •tate things have come to in this cwce great and flourishing country, that British sub jects can he for such long periods deprived of their liberty, and treated as felons, although the charge against them is so groundless that a Grand Jury cannot even find a bill! Yet, if these four men, or any of them, had been convicted upon evidence ever so slight, we have reason to think, from what we have seen, that they would have been executed.— Morning Herald. The discussion of last night on the %Vest India ques tion, that part of it, especially which referred to the late apalling events in Jamaica, demands the utmost attention. Mr. Burge, followed by Mr. Baring, by Mr. Douglas, and by Lord Sandon, energetically and unanswerably proved that the moment bad ar rived when a longer perseverance by the Govern ment in its present course of policy towards our in valuable yet grossly misused West India posses sions, must lose to us those colonies for ever, and must involve ourselves in their ruin. In the last Session Lord Howick, with a display of petu lance and menace, announced that he had prepared and was about to promulgate an Order in Council, which each colony should be required,in the teeth of its own constitutional privileges, to adopt, word for word and letter for letter, as internal law, rex piste their' factious obstinacy by the imposition of fiscal penalties. He now appears to be conscious of his error, and ingeniously attempted last night to escape the well-merited rebuke which Mr. Burge administered to him, for conduct so unbecoming a Moister, and so calculated to aggravate, by insult, the deep injuries irfficted on those colonies, by as suring the Hen. and Learned Gentleman and the House that all this menace was no threat at all, but that he had intended to hold out a boon I Again and again we repeat, that unless Ministers, already on the brink of a fearful precipice, abstain from their mad course of colonial policy, and apply themselves not to aggravate as they have hitherto done, but to En al the wounds through which the colonies are bleeding at every pore, those colonies are for ever lost—lost to England, and gained by some rival Powet—and the sun of Britain's commercial pros perity is set for ever.—Morning Post. The most pressing political duty at ibis moment is that which binds the reforming Members of the House of Commons to be, every man of them, at his post, until the Bill shall have been fairly launched into the other House of Parliament. If those " re presentatives of the people," who have any in dependent constituency to represent, be anxious that the passage of the Reform Bill through the House of Lords should be uninterrupted and suc cessful, they will exert themselves industriously to impress upon the minds of their Lordships a faithful image of the feeling entertained by the people of this country generally, as well towards the vices of the old system of representation, as in favour of this great and manly scheme :for its amendment. To effect that object, there is nothing within the com pass of the House of Commons but a large and decisive majority for the third reading of the Bill. No mat ter what may be the composition of the Peers, — whether neutral or hostile towards Reform,—there are but two instruments whereby a certain ascen dency can be obtained in that assembly over the staunch boroughmonger power—the voice of the people, and the King's prerogative. So strong is the enemy, that it is obvious we must draw rein forcements, not from one only, but from both of these auxiliaries. The public cause, we say, de mands that recetitie shall.be had both to the people . . through its representatives, and through its preroga thie to the Crown. But,,. earnest. and solicitous. as we have shown ourselves that his Majesty's Minis ters should perform their part vigorously, and,aid without flinching or hesitation the public-spirited minority of the - House of Peers, by such an exercise of the indisputable rights of the Crown as might secure a victory to the longing people of England; it never could slip from the consideration of any rea sonable man how important it is for the country that the burden of the battle should be lightened as much as possible for the Sovereign and his advisers, by the most strenuous co-operation that the popular branch of the legislature can afford them. So natural, though not absolute, is the operation of one estate of Parliament upon the other, that although we have seen a considerable majority in the Commons fail of inducing the Peers to receive with favour a Bill which had passed the former House, there can be no question that the more or less of opposition in the Lords will bear a certain proportion to that displayed by the Commons ; and hat, even as ennstitutea in the last session,, the Peers would have presented a still more overwhelm ing farce against the Reform Bill, had it been carried in the Lower House by a majority of but 30, in stead of 130. \Vhatever obligation, therefore, may press upon Lord Giey to ensure the socctseul passage of the Bill this time through the Peers, it is the uudoubt..d duty of gentlemen in the House of Commons to facilitate for the Minister the fulfilment of that inevitable but en terprising task, by produ c i ng upon the under standings.. of their Lordship s the strongest possible rouvictiori"olthe .Tnational . unanimity with regard to - ihe - Reform qiiestion, and, therefore, establish iug an influence over the dispoitions of the Lords now actually entitled to vote, independent, thOugkin aid, of the anal effect upon the number of" contents" and " not contents," to be looked for through an ac cession to the Peerage. The larger the majority on the third reading of the Bill in the House of Commons, he fewer Pees is it probable that Lord Grey need reate; .aidsif among tl:e Midsters themselves there h e those who estimate the inexpediency or difficulty of such a measure at a far graver price than we d (tor to us, indeed, it offers little of either), we hold it superfluous to add any thing more as to the urgency with which they should require from their friends an unrelaxed aid indefatigable attendance in Parliament from this hour until that of the third and final reading. The letter of "An Old Reformer" we insert iron an unfeigned desire to let the public hare the benefit of every light which can be thrown upon the prospects of the Reform Bill, even from quarters whence views are opened not quite in har mony with our own. A , the same time let it be recollected, that we du not, as the most stupid of our contemporaries supposes, press for the addition of a single Member to the Peerage, until after the question shall have gone clear through the House of Commons. We object to the avowed policy of suffering repeated defeats in the Lords as the con ditions precedent to the creation of Peers. But in so far as the new creations are to consist of distinguished Members of the House of Commons, it would un doubtedly weaken the cause in that House, and, by consequence, in the House of Peers also, if even so much as an unit %vete to be subtracted from the final majority of • county or other Mem bers on the third reading of the Bill. The same objection, however, applies not to the imme diate cal Eng up or creation of Peers who are to be drawn from other sources than the House of Com mons. A spirited and energetic address to the peo ple of England has been drawn up, and is in the course of active circulation, by the National Politi cal Union, calling upon the people to come forward everywhere, and make such a demonstration of their determined will as shall convince the most obstinate of the Tories, that the day for trifling with millions of freemen is gone, never to return. is too true, that if the These of Lords shall a second time dis appoint the country, " the cause of peaceful Re form" (striking phrase) " will be lost." A hen, in deed, comes that Reform which is not ill-designated as " revolution." And woe to him, or wee to them, whom God and man will hold re-ponsible for such an issue I— Times. Mr. Hunt made his motion last night for an inquiry into the dreadful proceedings which took place at Manchester more than twelve years ago; and the public will see how the question is disposed of. Even now, when passion has, to a degree, subsided, and ardent feeling been cooled by time, our reason awl reflection preserve us in the same opinion which we originally expressed on that atrocious affair. It was a wanton and unnecessary effusion of human blood. It was what we first called it—a massacre. Of the utility of reviving the inquiry now, we are not equally convinced. The effect of the motion, if granted, would have been, to embarrass and dis turb Ministers in the accomplishment of a vast mea sure, which, when completed, will render similar events to that which it was proposed to investigate impossible. Let us, then, seek the greater good, and leave the rest to follow in its train. If it were only meant to give the act which took place on that fatal day at Manchester its proper name, and leave it branded to posterity, that has been done already. The actors are nut all within our reach : the chief, who was not present on the field, hut without whose assured countenance and support the. massacre would never have taken place, is gone to another tribunal. Of the inferior personages, also, many must have since died; the rest who survive—the meaner in struments—live but to see the obloquy which is justly heaped upon their conduct by the uninfluenced and impartial judgment of their countrymer.— Times. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Denis Mahony, an Irish porter, who jobs about Spitil fields' market, Charged George S:purgin, and a respectable salesman, named Johnson, with having committed an assault upon him. " Plase yet Lordship's Honour to rade that," said Dennis, handing in a formidable roll of paper covered with huge hieroglyphics, from which the following particulars were deciphered : " Dennis 11.1ahony to your lordship—cause and how hit happen and how he was insalted an wilently struck wid Tarnob Tops and struck about my bodily and several Blower on his face and bruised Black and Blew—and knock down toothless, and sinseless, having my Baskit of goods on my hed and no gard of tneself—some Jet:detrain in the crowed guve me my goods whin I come round to rneself and was sincelese. " Your Lordship, i act the pris of his goods of George Spurgin. He tould me so and so. I could him I would give him the satne for the paratees. He timid me go and hang myself, hut I would nat go, and ease he to me, dam the pop. You are the pop's Bustard ; and I sase stein, asy nmv. I shall take you foment the presenee— then he hoult of one of the Habit sticks and struk me barkerds. Simon aldridge noding his head at George, and lade !molt and struck me a cross the lines. He come in aqin and lade hould of a guine fowel and .truck me with a Mince of Tarnett Tops, the rest of the Blivards being in• creasing tuk patron wid the head man—geo►ge Crow at me all sorts of Rubbish, gunie rowels giaard, an►l guts, and every other thing they could lea hoult on at l►st. I was kook doun sinee'ess and toothless in a gore of mud-- Elopes your Lord Ship will take my case in his feeling and tinder hart, as I am a wake constitution man, whits got nothing but ten small childer wid my mistress big wid another, and who gos to the parish for Relafe and got none. " Poserib. Tim Brady wrote all the above. Also writes and indices letters and petitions wid grate Ex perition for every body in all parts of the Glob, at a small Expinee on rasanable terms. " N.B. Place ax for Tim in the three pair Back." His LORDSHIP having heard Dennis's story, which was a counterpart of his statement, asked the defendants what they had to say in answer to the complaints? The defen dants having satisfactorily shown they were not the parties who committed the assault in question, his Lordship dis charged the summons, acquinting Dennis he could, if he chose, indict the parties at the Sessions. BOW-STREET. Yesterday a female of respectable appearance came be fore Mr. MisTsituLt., accompanied by a gentleman, who stated that he was a solicitor, for the purpose of swearing to an affidavit, with the view of proving the truth of a published statement which the solicitor handed to the Ma gistrate, together with the affidavit which the Miss Ellen. Courtenay, was anxious to swear. Mr. MINSHULL asked the solicitor to explain the nature of the printed statement, and the object of Miss Courtenay in desiring to be sworn as to its truth, and the Magistrate observed th be did not like the prdctiee of swearing volun tary affidavits. The Solicitor said that Miss. Courtenay charged Mr. O'Connell with having viiiated her person i n I re l an d about fifteen years a g o , an d th e pamphlet contained a nar rative of the subsequent neglect, ill usage, and cruelty which Miss Conrtenay had experienced from Mr. O'Connell. The Clerk asked the solicitor if he meant Mr. Daniel O'Connell, the Member for Kerry. The Solicitor replied is the affirmative. Miss Courtenay then said that she had been just re leased from the Fleet-prison, for a debt of 401. incurred for the maintenance of a child of which Mr. O'Connell was the father, and for whose support she had frequently, but in vain, applied to that gentleman, who had treated her in a cruel and barbarous manner. Mr. Missuutt said that he was ready to hear any charge wLich Miss Courtenay might think proper to prefer against Mr. O'Connell, but he should decline swearing the lady.to a circumstance which occurred fifteen years ago, and in another country. Miss Courtenay—Am 1, then, to have no redress against Mr. O'Connell for one of the most atrocious of fences against morality and law that a man can commit ? Mr. MiNsiartt. repeated his willingness to hear any charge against Mr. O'Connell, but observed, that he could not swear the lady as to the truth of her statement. The Solicitor said, he had already expressed his doubts to Miss Courtenay upon tlytt head, but he was quite sure t h at t h e 1,,,rd Mayor would not refuse the affidavit. Mr. Miristrur.L—As the lady's solicitor, you will, of course, advise her as to the best mode of proceeding. Miss Courtenay and her solicitor then left the oldie.. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Yesterday James Webb, who stands charged with having o bt a i ne d money from a number of individuals, 'Ton whom he had impased gilt sixpences a.s half sove reigns, underwent a re-examination before A;r. DvEit. the sitting Magi rat- , , when eight new charges were lirtirnhr the accusing parties having lea rne d t h e s i tu* . against him, tion of the prisoner -hem the account of his first examina tion, which appeared in our Paper of Wednesday last. Mrs. Pratt, of Walworth, stated, that about a fortnight ago the prisoner called upon her, and requested to see her lodgings. She conducted him into her first floor. Upon seeing the rooms he said he was fearful that the rooms were not large enough for him, as he had a great quantity of furniture. Witness then showed him another room, and he said that the three together would answer his pur pose, and he proposed leaving a deposit in money to in sure his taking the lodgings. He handed to Witti,RS one of his gilt sixpences, saying here is a half.sovereign, keep Is. ti l. and give me the change. Witness gave the pri soner Ss. 61, and he went away, and in a few minutes afterwards she discovered the deception. The other persons who were in attendance made similar complaints, and it was stared that a great many other charges would he preferred against him, if time were given for the attendance of witnesses; he was then rc• mended until Thursday next. Yesterday a pretty and very respectable.looking young woman appeared before Mr. DV ER. and Mr. ROE, for the purl:o•e of affiliating a chill to a gallant Captain, whose name we could not learn. The young woman stated that she had formerly been in service s but having been seduced by the Captain, she lost both her situation and her character, and was now left upon the world almost in a state of destitution. The Captain did not deny that he was the father of the child, and said that be was ready to made any weekly allowance for its support which the Magistrates might deem necessary. Mr. ROE inquired of Mr. Shadwell, the deputy over seer of St. James's, what weekly sum the parish demanded for the support of the child. Mr. Shadwell replied that the parish would be satisfied with an allow,-.we of Sc. per week. The young woman said that it had for some time cost her more than Ss. a wet k. Mr. ROE observed, that as the parish were disposed to support it for a much smaller sum, she had better give it up to them : to this she asseut:4, and an order of 3s. per week was made upon the captain. The next point to be decided was, what sum should be paid by the captain as a remuneration to the parish officer who h. 41 been at the trouble of apprehending him. Mr. Shadwell said that would be an ample remune ration. At which Mr. ROE expressed touch surprise, and ob served that he considered that there was something ex tremely myster ions in Mr. Sbadwell's conduct, for it fre quently Kapp -nett that if a poor mechanic were brought before the magistrate on a charge of the present nature, the parish authorities could not be content with receiving, for their trouble, a smaller sum than hal'-a-gu:nea. Yet here was a gentleman who evidently could afford to pay well for his apprehension, and yet, strange to say, an infinitely smaller demand was made upon him than would be made upon one of the poorest labourers. The magistrates (he added) were ever anxious that the parishes should be in demnified for any expense or trouble which they mieht be at, but so glaring a distinction between poor and rich was a thing that would never be countenanced at this office. Mr. Shadwell replied, that he had very little trouble in apprehending the Captain, and he was instructed to de mand no more than ss. for his expences. An officer attached to this establishment said, that the parish officers, so far from not hai.ing had much trouble in apprehending the gallant Captain, hail actually been employed more than a month in seeking for him. This Mr. Shad well denied, and said that he had only to call at the - Charles-street and Suflolk•street Clubs two or three times. Mr. Ron said that he had no wish to make unpleasant observations; but he could not avoid repeatine, that he thought there was something extremely mysterious in these proceeding.; and as 39. was deemed a sufficient remune ration for the parish officers in the present case, he would take care that no larger sum should be given on any fu ture occasion. The parties then left the office. HATTON-GARDEN. Yeatetday John Dretvitt, Jane Drctvitt,hii wife, ani Jane Reeves, were re-examined. Police con , table Ashton, 119, G, proved having found a quantity of tobacco, 51. 101. of coppers, and five empty bags, on the premises occupied by the prisoners in Grove placc, City-road. Mrs. Elizabeth Kemp, of No 55, Bro,d-street, Blooms bury, deposed that such property produced by Ashton was stolen from her dwelling-huuse on the night of the 3th inst. Thomas Delany, police-c,astable 71, F, deposed, that on the Night of the 4th instant, he saw the mate prisoner in •company with another man lurking about the premises occupied by Mrs. Kemp, for the space of two hours and upwards. When witness saw him the last time he was going his rounds; there was a hackney-coach on the stand a few yards from the prisoner, in which the latter and his companion disappeared ; after which he (witness) be gan to suspect that all was not right, arid on examining the premises of the prosecutrix, he discovered that her back-door had been broken open. He then made an alarm, when it was discovered that the thieves had car ried ff one cwt. of tobacco, with considerable other pro perty, altogether of the value of 701. B. S.imbell, 28, F division, corroborated the evidence of the last witness. Mr. Busain, inspector of the C division of police, de posed that a small crow-bar, which he found on the pre mises occupied by the prisoner, fitted to the marks of vio lence in a desk in the prosecutrix's house, which was broken open on the night in question, and from which the money was taken. The pri.ioners said nothing to this charge. They were fully committed to Neweate for trial, the male prisoner for feloniously entering the dwelling-house of the prose eutrix, and stealing the ab,ve-mentioned property, and the two others for receiving, knowing the same to have been stolen. They were then charged with having broken into the dwelling-house of Mr. George Fitch, glover, of 192, Pic- catiil4, - and stolen property to the amount of 601. Paiiee constable West, 100, G division, proved having found five dozen of gloves, a quantity of braces, one cloak, tw o coats, and three shatvls, in the house sccupied by the prisoner. Mr. George Fitch deposed that such property was his, and was part of that stolen from his premises on the night of the 22d ult. Ills house was entered by the thieves getting down his area, and then forcing open tse door leading into the kitchen. The prisoners, who said nuthing to this charge, were al.° fatly comtnitto-d to Newgate for trial, the male pri soner for stealing, and the others fur receiving such property. Theprisenera were again remanded for a few days, when several other eases will be brought against them. QUEEN-SQUARE. Peter ilorland and Ellen, hie wife, were brought up for final examination, charged with robbing the shop of William Gilbert, a dealer in clothes in World's.end•pas sage, Fulham, and desperately assaulting police-constable Whiddett, of the V division, N. 76. The constable, wl.o bad been unable to attend the first examination from the severe injuries he had received from the thieves, was now in attendance, but still appe treti in a very weak state, and had his head bound up. It appeared, that on Saturday evening, the 3d instant, the prisoners and four others went into Mr. Gilbert's shop, and, after looking at several articles of wearing ap pixel, they went away without purchasing any thing. Same things were missed from off the counter, and the prisoners were pursued and the , property was fowl upon Morlantl. Whiddett, the constable, was about to. take them to the station-house, when he was knocked .down and beat and kicked in the most brutal manner, and -left bleeding and- senseless on the ground. The two werepriso tnheersrestof however, yv e t ve hie r v , e s s e ecn . r e e s d pe b d y . eine other constables, and The prisoners made no answer to the charge, and Mor land was fully committed to Newgate for trial for the robbery, and to be detained for the assault on the consta ble. His wife was discharged. M ARYLEB ONE- OFFICE. Yesterday John Mullins, who had already been thrice remanded from the 20th of February last, was finally exa mined on the charge of throwing his wife Mary Mullins, alias fiandlan, from the first-fbor back-window, of No. S, Barrett's-court, Wigmore-street. Vary or Handlan, was brotteLt from the Mid dlesex Hospital, to give her testimony', and iv s so ill as to be compelled to sit while giving her evidence. She asked for some water, which was given her, when she de posed; that about three weeks ago last Tuesday, she hay. ing miscarried at Christmas, was very ill, and Mullins was looking for work. When he returned home on Monday night, she blamed him for not getting work. Having gone to-bed at eight o'clock, trembling all over, s h e was awoke at midnight by his tryiog to bite her mouth, saying that she smelt of sulphur, and talking quite wildly. In the morning he jumped up, and opened the window to let the smell out, when, per ceiving his purpose, she cried, " Lord have mercy on me! Don't beat me, for I really do nut deserve it." Mullins then continued to walk up and down the apartment till betueen day arid night, when he declared that he would Ise -- hut he would throw ht.r nut of the window. She clung around his neck, begging forgiveness, but how:she yes turned out of the window she n ver knew. Thanking God when daylight came, she hoped be would he more pa- cified. She could recollect nothing but his swearing that ishe smelt .horribly of sulphur, and be would open the :window for her. After they placed her on the shutter, •she might have exclaimed that Mullins had broken her back, but if so, she had forgotten it at the hospital. Mr. HOOZINS—Did Mullins - throw you out of tl:e win dow down into the yard?.---Mary, (sic hing)—Oh yes! Mr. Thomas Edwin, who lived in the parlour next under the apartment of Muffins, heard the window go up, and present:y after the prosecutrix was thrown out, when immediately ran for the pelice to assist her. He rust the policeman 1) 151, who accompanied him up stairs, when he (polie,man first bursting the door open) asked t' e prisoner, who wa.s standieg with nothing but is trousers on at the wirid,w, what, in God's Davie, he had done with his wife ? Mullins then replie:i, " Och and by Jasus, she's n witch, and she took a short cut out of window, man, to feen a kettle of vat, r for herself !" The prisoner avid this with an indifferent air. Another man said he heard the woman cry out, "1.),, pray do, forgive me.'• He immediately saw what he sup • posed to be a bundle of clothes tumbling &ant the window, hut which proved to be Mary Mullins, as she was called. The prisoner, who maintained the same indifference, or rather the same insensioility, as before, and had teen prar tioing the maniac in prison, defended himself by a,s ruing that the devil was in his bed-room, and that lie knew ri , thing at all about the woman's being thrown out of the window, and that she must have taken herself out. _ _ Mullins was committed for trial on the charge of vio lently assaulting tie prosecutrix, and throwing her out oi the window, with int, nt to murder her thereby. DORCHESTER ASSIZES, MARCH 14. LIBEL.NIOORE, GENT, ONE, &C., V. TERRELL AND 0111ERS. Mr. Bansrow upend the pleadings. The plaintiff complained that the defendants had publishtff, in the Western Times, the following libel:— " BLANDFOLUI... , ..We are sorry to find that the town of Blandford has, since- the election, become the scene of violent outrage. Mr. S. Smith, and Mr. Moore, two attornies, advocates for Lord Ash`ey, had, during the examination of the votes, disclosed many confidential communications, which they had acquired professionally. The townsmen, justly annoyed at such conduct, have broken into their offices, taken all their papers, and scattered them about the streets of Blandford. - This is the more to be lamented, as Mr. Smith, we un derstand, was one of the registrars of the diocess ; and we fear the wills intruced to hie - care have shared a similar fate with his private papers. Nothing can he more dis graceful than such conduct as was pursued by those at tornies at the election : but we regret that it should have entailed such serious consequences as we have related." Ts this the defendants had, in several 'pleas, pleaded a justification that the libel was true; and the plaintiff had ri plied, that the publication of the libel was without cause. There was no general is.ne; therefore the dlefendants . carnreened, and after evidence had blen heard, the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Datnagts 1001. HA AIBURG PAPERS. SroextioLst, FEB. 28.—1 t really appears that the per sons he!onging to the Chancery of the kingdom of Norway are preparing to set out for that country on the first notice. M. Sibbetn, Counsellor of State, has preceded his colleagues, and is now at Christiania. The want of snow this winter has prevented the im portation of coals, corn, &c. for the iron and copper-works. Nor could provisions be scut to the northern provinces, where the greatest 'distress prevails, and the inhabitants arc in the most deplorable condition. 11.1. V. Tonic, Bailiff of Jutland, who has resided here ever since the autumn, has now received orders to repair to his post without farther delay, and to send, as soon as possible, a detailed report to the Government. Count Brabl, the Marshal of the Kingdom, is danger ously ill. fhe Royal Swedish Board of Trade, by a Proclam..t:un of this day, 22th February, has declared London, and all ',byes on the Thames to its mouth, to he infected with the cholera. VIENNA, FEB. 22.—We have received news from Con• stantinople by way of Bucharest, stating that the decree of excommunication pronounced by the Sultan against the Pacha of Egypt has appeared, and is conceived in the strongest te, ms. The Pacha, as appeared from his pro clamation in Syria, exerted himself to counteract the ef fects of this weapon of - The Sultan, with what success the sequel will show. At all events this declaration of the Sultan will compel Mehmed Ali to justify his proceedings in the eycs.of the world, and the mystery that has involved the whole atra.ir will be cleared up.. A settlement w the quarrel without baying recourse to arms is not now pos sible. • ST. PETZIISEURGII, FEB. 25.--Thc Austri.in brig IVicolai sailed from Theodosia, bound to Sukrino and Re dute Kale, and was attacked on the voyage by the forty -oared galleys of the Circassian pirates. After an obstinate and sanguinary conflict, one of the , galleys was sunk with the whole crew, and the other two took advantage of the nightfall, to reach the shore.— Hamburg Papers, March 9. HABIBUEG, Martell 9 --Boasts HA LLE, HA LF PAST Two o'cLocx.--Wheat is rather brisker ; several parcels of Mark. awl Mecklenburg having been bought for exportation to Fiance. Rye sustains its price. Weight. Rix-dollars. Wheat, Anhalt, white ll5 to 122 ES to 128 red 117 to 127 114 to 12 Brun :wick l2O to 125., 120 to 128 Mecklenburgh 118 to 124 110 to 130 Holstein, rod 118 to 125 111 to 126 During the week 110 lasts of whe it have been imported, 26 exported, and there remain stock on hand 1,800 lasts. Discount 2 per cent. End of March, Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 6 3'34. Anglo-Russian Loan 94% Hamburg ditto 8 6 14 Russian Inscription, 5 per cent. 86% Ditto, ditto, 1831 85% Polish Bonds llO% Austrian Bank Shares 1125 Ditto Metalliques New Austrian 4 ner Cents 7 6% —Hamburg Reporter. EXCHANGES ,ON LONDON. HAMBURG, MARCH 9.-13 11 ; two months, 12 9%. . CHRISTIANIA, FRB. 2 9.---Three months, S. 6. 32. BREMEN, MARCH 6.--Two months, 611. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH, MARcit 15.—His 111,jesty's sloop Harrier, 18, Commander Vass ill, went from Hamoase to the Sound on Tuesday, and is expected to sail to day or to morrow for the East India stativn. The Romney is ordered to he got ready as fast as possi ble, and will go out of Harbour to morrow, wind and weather permitting. In Humoaze—San Joseph, Echo steno vessel, Diligence naval transport, and Romney troop ship. At the Island—Leveret. In the Sound—Caledonia, Harrier. The Sir David Scott, Indianian, was towed from Turn chapel moorings into the Sound, by the City of London• derry stPanier, on Tuesday, havinl; completed her repairs. His Majesty's ship Gannet sailed from Port-an-Prince 10th Jan. His Majesty's brig •Opessum arrived at Halifax from FAmouth previous to ..Sd Feb. His Macroty's ship Lapwing arrived at Jamaica from Falmouth on the 7th of January, and sailed 10th ditto for Honduras. His Majesty's ship North Star arrived at Jamaica from Carthagena 9th Jan. His Alajesty'a brig Nautilus arrived at Oporto from Cork 21st Feb. His Majesty's steamer African arrived at Gibraltar from Falmouth and Cadiz 16th March, and sailed on the Bth for Malta. His Majesty's packet sloop Goldfinch arrived at Fal mouth, on Wednesday, from Carthagena and Jamaica— left Jamaica 17th January, with the mails and 50,000 dollars on freight. The accounts by her of the disturb ances among the slave population at Jamaica, continue to be distressing in the extreme. His Majesty's packet Duke of York, Lieut. Snell, ar rived on Sunday, at Falmouth, from Bermuda and Hali fax—left Halif a x on 224 February, having experienced severe storms on the coast of America. Much damage had taken place among the British merch,nt vessels on the coast. The Superb steamer sailed from Falmouth, on Friday, with dispatches for Don Pedro, at Terceira, and Portu guese refugee., Messrs. da Catnana, the Souza, da S►lva, ►nd Lieut. Rosenberg, Mr, Hart, and Mr. Chambers, to join the expedition against Portugal. The Fly, Soper, of this port, has arrived at London derry from Alicant. The Azores Packet, Wescott, of this port, arrived at Gravesend from Terceira 9th inst. The Plvm, Davis, of this port, from Liverpool for Con stantinople, was ofd S►rdinia 11th February. The Red Rover, Watkins, of this port, arrived at Constantinople from Liverpool 4th February. The Henry Adolphe, Luters, from this port, arrived at MaLga 15th February. The Ann, Steward, arrived at Messina from Naples, 14th February. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRICAL FUND DINNER. a meeting of the Committee appointed to cosi duet the ceremonies of the Fund Festival, which take phacc on the 28th instant, was held at the FUnd Office. Mr. Egerton, the secretary to the Fond, in the chs;t. He read :he following list of donations :—Duke of Bedford, 501 ; Mrs. Ann Noyes, 101; Marquess of Staffor , i, 101.; Sir Charles Ihbetson, 101. 10s. ; Sir Francis Freeling, B irt.. 51. 5-. ; Franch.. Chantrey, Esq,, Si. ss. ; Samuel Cartwright,. Esq., Si ss. ; E tri Spencer, 5/. ; Hon , General P.,ipps, 51. ; Edward Bainbridge, Esq., Si. The Chairman then read the mines of nearly 100 distinguished p-rsonse,es who had consented to enrol their names se Vice-Presidents. Amongst them were Sir Fergusson, Sir J. Si. Doyle, Sir R. Peel, Sir John Soane, &c. &c. The Chairman also stated that he expected .the Misses In. rerarity, Romer and Sheriff would sing some of their po paleir songs from the gall,ry.- The meeting then pro reisitli to make their private arrangemen:s. WHAT'S IN A NAME ? It appears that, while Manchester is now ac knowledged to be amongst the greatest commer cial towns in Britain, it also boasts a few pecu liarities worthy of remark ; and, by turning over Pigot's new Directory, it will be found to be the seat of royalty, as it contains, at present, no less than 25 Kings, and, although we have no Queens, yet there are 30 Princes, 4 Dukes, 3 Earls, 47 Lords, 21 Barons, an'l 30 Knights. We can also boast of having 2 Bishops, SO Dean:, 21. Proctors, 11 Popes, 3 Priests,- Prophets, and 5 Monks ; still it is lamentable to think that there are only 2 Christians in the whole community. If we take places of worship it would appear that the dissenters are gaining ground very rapidly, as there are only 2 Churches, while th ere are are 15 Chapel's and 17 Kirks. The peculiarities of the seasons are considerable, for we have neither Springs nor Autumns, but, to make up for their loss, we have 13 Summers and 9 Winters ; we have, likewise, Frosts, Snows, Rains, and Foggs.--4 We have plenty of Moons, but no Suns; still we save Roses and Lillies, Oaks and - Ashes ; and plenty of Gardeners, Forresters, and rat. mers. Our scenery ,is also very mtieh diver sified, having 2 Mountains, 100 Hills, and 37 Dales ; and, although we have neither Rivers nor Lakes, but only a few Brooks; yet we have Bridges and Barges, plenty of Fishers, and 0 filir supply of Salmon. And the stranger in Manchester will be surprised to find, perfectly at large, no fewer than 27 Lyons, and lots of .Nightingales, Swans, Peacocks, and Ducks. We have Mr. Law, an attorney; Mr. Jump, a ropv maker ; Wood, a joiner; Corn, a baker ; and Chambers, a house-builder. We are taught, in strong language, the mutability of human affairs, for we find the great Isaac Newton, a painter, in Liverpool-road ; Addison, a joiner, in Task street; Burns, a dyer, in Oldham -street; an 4 Thomas Lawrence (no longer bearing the honour of knighthood), earning his livelihood by weav ing, at No. 5, Quay-street. And is it not a lasting shame, that poor Tommy Moore . should be making, not amorous ditties, but boots and shoes, in Oldham road ? The " Pilot that weathered the storm," is still. pursuing his voca• tion by mending windows in Oak-street ; and his great opponent, Charles Fox, is an artist ui Market-street. Robert Peel is now a labourer in Salford, and Joey Hume, au engraver, in Shudehill. -Horatio Nelson now " fights his battles o'er," at the King's Arms,' Ancoats-lane; and, to crown all, Charlie Stuart is now a mill wright, near St. Peter's. Although Manchester, in point of population, stands second in the British empire, containing upwards of 230,000 inhabitants, among which there are no less than 20 Savages, it is a melancholy reflection that there is only one Wiseman in the whole parish. —Liverpool Albion. THE. MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKh. 7 .I3 DURING TILE - WEEK: Wheat. Bemis. Per Quarter. Blandford Chard s. to 8. 61 50 54 59 54 60 58 67 46 61 50 55 48 60 M 61 57 64 50 C 2 56 65 s. to 8. 41 3i X) Huntingdon Long Sutton—..-.. Louth Lynn 32 36 27. 33 2 8 38 3 2 34 30 32 33 42 36 4`2 28 36 Newark Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Slearonl Uppingham 65 70 4 60 50 60 - 43 41 43 28 40 30 34 Barley. i Oata. 6. 6. - 34 32 36 - 30 32 38 27 34 to 8. 9.4 18 21 18 17 20 16 22 16 21 17 20 16 24 18 30 20 2 15 24 20 23 27 22 28 16 21 18 2'2 27 32 26 32 31 40 29 42 34 38 28 34 36 :3; I 2835 - - LEEDS CORN MARKET.—March 13. Wheat, Norfolk and Stiffhlk, 60113. York. and Lincoln. 601 h. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk -- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire --- Grinding Bens Oats, l'otatoe --Mealing, For. 12d. to 134. Eng. 11 1 4 d. to 13d. per st. • Shelling 31s. to 325. per load. Rapeseed, English, 161. to 241 Foreign, —l. to —l. per 'act. LI VERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—March 13. • At this morning's market the trade relapsed into the same in active state we have of late so frequently had occasion to note; the attendance was limited, and the sales comparatively trifling in every article. Really fine parcels of Irish Wheat were not plentiful, and for such last Tuesday's currency was obtained, but all other descriptions were offered ineffectually on rower terms. The best Oats are held for 3s. ; fair parcels, however, of well-dried West of Ireland may be had at 2s. 11d. No change in the prices of Barley. Flour was Is. per sack and Oatmeal 6d. per load cheaper, and each dull of sale. WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. Red Scotch, Welch, and Manx 8 8 9 0 Irish, White 8 3 8 5 ----. Red 8 1 8 4 Foreign 8 10 9 0 OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b 3 0 3 2 Irish 2 11 3 I Foreign 27 2 0 BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter,,, 36 0 38 0 Scotch and Irish, per 6011. a. . Feeding 3 11 4 3 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 3B 0 40 0 &c. 37 0 38 0 Foreign PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 36 0 38 0 Foreign FLOUR, English, per :,801b. p ol i r i :m p i r e p e n a ol tr i :G q ir u n: a r.rtnier (Foreign, e.ti. he vs. .re. 46 047 . 0 4627 atmea 00 1 - - Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per r "26 0 0 INDIAN CORN, per . 4401 b. fire,xt Q L , s .r . . 1) ° p r e r e i '29 0 31 0 • wheat.' Oats. I Barley. 11,1r3 15,079 1,040 I 6,180 4,136 ;:ert..hin:11,,,...76343.1a5rcc°0kh0.13L0ad.3366 BIRTHS. On the 13th inst. at Shrivenham, Berke, the lady of Hip pisley, Esq., of a son. The Right Hon. Lady Petre, in Mansfield-street, of a son. On the 13th inst. at the Warden's Merton College, Oxford, Lady J. Carmichael Anstruther, of a daughter. On the 3d inst at Flore 2 n i c A e, l C ß a l p E ta n in . Oakes, Royal Navy, se cond son of Orbell Ray Oakes, Esq., of Newton, and Bury 'St. Edmund's, Suffolk, to Caroline, youngest d aug hter of William Bryan, Esq. On the 15th inst. at Marylebone Church, Ellis William Joseph. Esq., eldest son of the late Samuel Joseph, Esq., of Bedford square. to Amelia Hurdis, eldest daughter of the late Robert Orme, Esq., formerly of Madras, Solicitor to the Hon. East India Company. On the 10th inst. at the Temple de l'Oratoire, Paris, Mons. Sebastien Stanislatts Hode, of Rouen, son of Lieutenant:Colonel Hode, Chevalier d e l a Legion d'Honneur, to Eliza, eldest daughter of John Robson, Esq. of Hamilton-place, London. On the 15th inst. at St. Matthew's Church, Brixton, Mr. Josiah (roggon, of Grampound, Cornwall, to Mary Stanings. (laughter of Mr. Croggon, Brixton-place. On the 14th inst. at St. James's, Clerkenwell, Mr. Augustus Faber, of St. Benet's.place, Gractchurch.street, to Mary Anti, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Gillman, of Pentonvllle. On the 14th hist. at Westbourne, George Alexander, Esq., M.D., Hon. East India Company's service, to Elizabeth Cras- Weller, fifth slaughter of the late Juhn Cousens, Esq., of Frinsted lodge, Sussex. DIED. On the 13th: in►t: at .her.., residence in Upper Bedfordplace, Catherine, relict of Edmund Green, Esq.. of lifedlara, in the Isle of Wight, aged 74 years. On, the 11th inst. in Greencck, Mrs. Eullarten," aged 76, On the 13th inst. at Bristol, Charles, the second son of Henry in her 91st Year . Robinson, Esq., of Hyde Park-placl. On the 12th init. at , Wiltbn, in the' 88th year of his age; the Rev. Henri.fretley, 2 114.00 r of Wiltbn i in the county of Wilt?, and of Aldworth, in the county of Bcrks, and one of the Pre; beddaries of Salisbury Cathedral. ' . . On the ltth inst. at Walivorth-terrace, Mrs. Whims, relict of in his 74th year. tls o e n lat t e h p) i b it u h W 4i h st in . a n t , B Esq at4 ., 4il of a ' ce lo , t p tan ec iu khruzi, John skipper. Evv. PRINTZD AND PUBLISPHiD BY D 0 C017(7, Sc ()VMS, 11; STRAND, LONDON,