The Sun. — London, England, 1832-04-18 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF i HE PUBLIC JOURNALS.. The Duke of Wellington, in his unfortunate protest, has asserted that the Monarchy, inclu ding the Constitution of Parliament, as at pre= sent acting, is best adapted to the wants and wishes of the nation. It is to be observed that his Grace just leaves this proposition as he finds it. He does not deem it worth his while to de termine whether the people are themselves very generally conscious of the excellent adaptation of the existing system, which some call a corrupt and defective system, to their wants, or whether their wishes be favourable to its continuance ; but cer tain it is, that if the people of England be really attached to the working ofthe present system, his Grace's fears of a Reform in Parliament lead ing to revolutionary consequences, must appear not a little absurd. Matter enough, however, supplementary to the Duke of Wellington's protest, may be found in the discourse delivered by Lord Lyndhurst in the debate on the second reading. That Noble and Learned Lord must have felt himself unusually at a loss for solid pre miises whereon to reason, when he had recourse to asseverations so desperate as those with which he interlarded one striking passage of his speech. His Grace of Wellington having stated the fit ness of the unreformed monarchy to the wants of Englishmen, omitted to follow up that dan gerous subject, feeling perhaps that Lord Lynd hurst had already settled it by a declaration that the wishes of the country coincided with the Noble Duke's theory about its wants, and that the "great majority of the thinking and opu lent classes of the community were decidedly hostile to reform." Whither Lord Lyndhurst's judgment had betaken itself when he ran thus a-muck at truth and notoriety, we shall not in quire, but just enumerate the description ofpersons to whom the Learned Lord confines his imputation offriendliness to the Bill. There is, Ist, the "whole Whig party :" this is pretty well for a begin ning. 2. The whole "revolutionary party," who, by the Learned Lord's own showing, must be very nearly innoxious, since there is so immense a preponderancy of intellect and opulence in the adverse scale. 3. The great body of Dissenters, --in themselves one-third of the whole popula tion of England,—a class assuredly not among the least enlightened, or least independently circumstanced, of the nation, and one, we pre sume, as much entitled as any other to have their wishes consulted with regard to the laws which they are to obey. 4. All those (a ma ority, we fear, not of Englishmen only, but of all mankind) who are " dissatisfied with their actual condition :" men in desperate circum. stances often look for change, but it seems that. all men of desperate fortunes do not. 3. " A formidable and active body, to wit, the periodical press, the greater portion of which support this measure for reasons that are sufficiently appa rent. They prosper in agitation, and they think that the carrying the Bill will perpetuate agitation. Besides, looking towhat has occurred inFrance and Belgium, these conductors of the press see a new road opened to their personal ambition. They believe that they will be enabled to take a station in society, and to assume a power which, five or six years ago, never entered their minds." We have quoted these sen tences at length, that our readers may understand our full meaning, when we proceed to comment on them. " Assume a station in society, and a power, which a few years ago they never dreamed of !" What station in society can any class of men hope to arrive at in this country, but such as they are entitled to by their know ledge, talents, and other personal qualifications ? If the learned Lord means mere rank in the state, why should he, of all men, the origin of whose rise through the various stages of society under an established Government, was laid not more in his own talents and acquirements, con siderable as they are, than in the successful exer cise of a liberal art by his immediate and respect able ancestor,—why,vve repeat, should the learned Lord, of all men, take for granted that educated individuals, employing their industry in the acqui sition and preparation of materials for the guid ance of public opinion among their coun trymen, should see no prospect of bettered for tunes but in the subversion of the State ? Does his Lordship imagine that the conductors of the press would be peculiarly exempt from suffering by the overthrow of authority or property, the general decline of confidence, and the stagnation of trade ? The press utters opinions which it seeks to recommend by their reasonableness and usefulness to the judgments of those who sup port it. The conductors of the press are soon made aware that a reflecting and instructed na tion is not to be entertained with absurd or noxious lessons. It is more as a concentrator, than an originator of political feeling, that a journal acts in the service of society. It is un questionable, as Lord Lyndhurst says, that the greater portion of the periodical press supports the Bill of Reform ; and what then ? If the reading portion of the community were not equally favourable to Reform, the press might stand idle, and its conductors starve. We are astonished that so shrewd and observing a person as Lord Lyndhurst should not take for his measure of the relative numbers of Anti-Reformers and favourers of the Bill, the respective amounts of circulation attained to by the Reform and Anti-Reform journals. There can be no surer test ; and what then ? Either there must be an ascendancy of mental power on the side of the liberal journalists, which, where competition is open, it would be foolish to suppose, by way of accounting for the vast excess in the number of their disciples above those of the adverse party; or (which is *the truth) the predisposition of society towards reform principles must far exceed its bias to wards those which are ridiculously called " con servative," and so must furnish a more extensive and successful circulation to the doctrines of the liberal writers. But we are told by Lord Lynd hurst, that the reform journalists look to in creased power, after the passing of this Bill, as their recompense for the services they render to the cause of Reform. His Lordship has ill considered the case on which he pronounces so very erroneous a judgment. What is the power of the press ? Its being the organ of public opinion. And why is that office now of such supreme importance? Manifestly because there exists for public opinion no other adequate organ but the press. The House of Commons has hitherto failed to represent the feelings of the people of England. The press therefore has stepped in, and has become supplemental to"the defects of the borough Parliament. It has be come puissant, as being the real expression of the people's voice, which found no vent through the lips of a nominated House of Commons. Let a free Parliament be once elected, it will freely speak the sentiments of an independent constituency ; and what in that case becomes of the press ? • Why, the whole of the vicarious power it now wields will be transferred to the proper instrument, the representative body. In- ' stead of being promoted to higher rank, tlae press bids fair to be superseded in its actual functions. The nation will be her own mover. The Parliament, instead of the journalist body, will be the focus to concentrate, and afterwards to disperse, the lights of opinion which pour in from the various points of the community ; and instead or the press, or its members, deriving increased influence from the establishment of this great Reform law, they must infallibly surren der to a more direct and natural trustee that which, happily for the people, they have hereto fore been compelled to exercise, from the ac knowledged incapacity of the Ho use of Commons to express and enforce the genuine wishes of those whose representative it was not. Away, then, with such vulgar and ungenerous taunts against the press of England. Let us hear no more of its managers being governed by a sordid and corrupt ambition. By the nature of its functions, and the first law of its prosperity, the press must be national or it will be nothing. A knavish journal is at once detected, like any other rogue who robs by day-light. An idle or imbecile has no better chance. Talents and in tegrity are essential to the performance of its most common duties. How much assiduity, toil, and patience, none but those who have fairly grappled with the business of daily journalists can conceive. The journalist and the borough monger are the only orders of society who bid fair to be swamped by Reform. Which of them, as a whole, for on both sides there are excep tions,—which, we pray, has braved the sacrifices they anticipate with most of manly and devoted virtue ? Times. The West India petition was presented last night in the House of Lords, bythe Earl of Hare wood, and, with the consent of Ministers, a Select Committee for inquiry was afterwards appointed, on the motion of his Lordship. The subject divides itself into two branches : the causes of the distress of the colonies, and the measures adopted and announced for the protection of the slaves. With respect to the former, it may be said to be one attended with little difficulty. The distress of the colonies is caused by the excess of the supply of sugar beyond the consumption of the country, and the inability to produce it as cheap as in Cuba, Brazil,&c. by which means the price obtained for the sugar exported (which de termines the price in Britain), does not remu nerate the planter. Various modes of relief have been suggested : One mode was alluded to by a gentleman at the late meeting—a bounty on the sugar exported, to enable the planters to com pete with the foreign producer, at the expense of the people of Great Britain. This plan the pub lic will not submit to. Another mode of relief is, to lower the duty both on sugar and the commodities chiefly consumed with sugar, as tea, &c., whereby the consump tion might be made equal to the supply. Another mode is, to relieve the planter from the monopolies which render it impossible to cultivate as cheaply as foreigners. With regard to the slaves, there is unquestionably great difficulty. We deem slavery utterly unsusceptible of amelioration. It is ad mitted, we believe, that in the colonies of the least civilized nations of Europe, the slaves are the best treated. Mr. Palsgrave, in his recently published work on the Rise and Progress of the English Commonwealth, has some profound re marks on this subject. Speaking of the Themes, the Servi of Domesday, he observes, " that, like the negro slate, he was a part of the live stock of the land, ranking in use and value with the beasts of the plough ; and it is to be apprehended that the civil institutions of the Anglo-Saxons afforded but slight protection even for his ex istence." But he adds, "It is not likely, how ever, that in practice the Saxon emulated the domestic tyranny of the Romans. Tacitus notices the mildness with which the slaves of the Germans were treated ; and the cruelty even of the Tartar towards his enemy ceases when that enemy becomes his thrall ; the guilt of slavery is always increased by the greedy avarice of civilization." They, therefore, who suppose that it is possible to introduce amelio ration to any extent through the masters, deceive themselves lamentably. We can understand Lord Suffield when he states, " The mere fact that the condition of slavery prevailed in the West India colonies—that one set of men held another set of men under control as a property, as if these latter set of men had been brutes, was quite sufficient to convince him, and those who viewed the matter as he did, that tyranny and cruelty of all kinds prevailed in such a state of society. " As to the Orders in Council, he did most sincerely thank the Government for having made that attempt to ameliorate the condition of the slaves, and ultimately to annihilate the state of slavery. The colonial Legislatures had for a length of time defeated all attempts of this de scription, but he hoped that at length we bad a Govern ment sincerely disposed to ameliorate the condition of the slaves, and to extinguish the condition of slavery, and he trusted that they would not much longer suffer their at tempts to be defeated." We say we can understand his Lordship, for he avows that his object is to put an end to slavery. But then the 'West India colonists do not wish an end to be put to slavery, and they must hate all attempts to diminish their power over the slaves, and to add to the power of the slaves to extort their freedom. Notwithstand ing the testimony borne by the Archbishop of Canterbury to the readiness of the planters to second the views of the Church with regard to schools and churches, we confess we doubt the fact. The planters must, from the very nature of things, be jealous of the growth of intelligence among the blacks; and we firmly believe that the Baptists are hated by the planters so very cordially, merely because they are in earnest with the blacks. We think with Lord Gode rich, that the inquiry will in all probability add to the existing irritation. Mr. Canning's senti ments were quoted. Mr. Canning evidently was not in earnest. He wished to amuse the colonists. The present Government have been honest, and hence the difficulties in which they have involved themselves.—Morn. Chronicle. The anti-reformers are evidently chop-fallen since the morning of the second reading. W e are not surprised - at this. By the second read ing they know that the three great principles have received the sanction of the Upper House, which, besides the other important considerations involved in the question, has now to consult its own consistency in its future proceedings. It was to this regard for its own character that Lord Lyndhurst so pointedly alluded in that memorable debate, when he assured their Lord ships, from what he knew of the House, that if the Bill were to be read a second time, nothing could prevent it from becoming the law of the land. Well, now the Bill has been read a se cond time, and we are happy to agree with Lord Lyndhurs t i n t hi n ki ng that nothing can prevent it from be com i ng t h e law of the land. In saying so we do not shut our eyes to the fact that there are many amongst the opponents of the Bill who, regardless of the obli gat i on i n w hi c h the House is pledged, would gladly avail themselves of any trick to get rid of it, by a s id e - w i n d, in the Committee. But those who would be willing to make such a sacrifice of their order, to their own individual opinions and interests, cannot, we should think, constitute a majority even of anti-Reformers, because it argues a reckless ness of character, as well as of consequences, which ought not to be rashly im puted to any set of men. Our confidence, however, in the success of the Bill, is founded chiefly upon this consideration, that the party who so honourably surrendered their own wishes to the wishes of the people at large, must see the necessity of persevering in the course which they have begun, with a view to the public tranquil lity. Lords Harrowby and Wharncliffe, and all those who take the same view of the subject, must see that a defeat under the present circum stances would be felt as an aggravated calamity by the nation. It is, therefore, impossible to suppose that these Noble Lords can contemplate any propositions to which Lord Grey would be obliged to object ; and as for the attempts that may be made from the other quarter, the same power which defeated them once can defeat them again. That this is the opinion of the Anti- Reformers themselves may be inferred from the panic observable in their ranks since the defeat of Saturday morning. Even the protest of the Duke of Wellington is more in the nature of a forlorn hope to favour their retreat, than an at tempt to rally their forces. A protest is the last resort of disappointment. It is an expedient by which those who have lost every chance of car rying their principles into operation leave a re cord of their existence on the Journals—and sorry should we be to refuse his Grace the bar ren satisfaction, which is, at the same time, a consolation and a proof of his failure.—Morn ing Herald. When his Majesty's Ministers came to the determination of imposing laws upon what are called the Crown Colonies, they seem to have been unaware of the doubtful nature of the authority under which they were acting, and they should, therefore, have used the greatest caution in the exercise of it ; but when they j further, in the plenitude of their legislative am bition, determined to force the same arbitrary decrees upon Jamaica, Barbados, and the other ancient dependencies of Great Britain, whose rights and privileges are guaranteed by a special Act of Parliament, as well as by the spirit of the Constitution, they ought to have seen, before it was too late, that they were trenching upon the most dangerousgrounds; and that some hundred thousand British subjects would not patiently submit to be taxed, by the arbitrary ordinance of a Minister, in violation of their charters. It has been very justly observed that the right of the Crown to legislate for conquered colonies which have not yet been brought within the pale of the Constitution is of a very vague and ano malous nature, and therefore liable to great abuse. There cannot be a stronger instance of this, and of the absolute necessity for submitting every legislative enactment to the full consideration of Parliament before it passes into a law, than the crude and impracticable Order in Council of the 2d November last, which has already created so much mischief in the colonies. Amongst the other provisions of this ruinous decree, those which confer extraordinary powers upon certain persons to be sent out from his country, to be quartered, with enormous salaries, upon the already over-burdened colonists, under the denomination of Protectors and Assistant Protectors of Slaves, seem particularly oppres sive and truly vexatious. By the 11th, 12th, and 13th clauses the slaves may not only absent themselves from their work at any time, under the pretence of resorting to the Protector, but he or his assistants may, at any hour of the day or night, ' 6 from time to time, as often as they or any of them may see occasion, enter into and upon any estate or plantation, cultivated either wholly or in part by the labour of slaves, or into any hut or house wholly inhabited by slaves, for the purpose of communicating with such slaves, and may continue thereupon or therein so long as may be requisite !" And if any person or persons shall by force, menace, or intimidation, or other unlawful means, oppose or obstruct such intrusion or intercourse, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour, and be punished accordingly ! No wonder that the House of Assembly of Jamaica should have de clared that they " will never consent to fix an unmerited stigma on their constituents, by sanc tioning the introduction of spies into the bosom of society, under the name of a Protector of Slaves;" nor submit to the humiliating and unjust conclusion that their magistracy are incapable of discharging honestly and efficiently the duties imposed upon them. " Such an anomaly was never before heard of, in a country having its own laws and legislature, as the introduction of officers from a distant kingdom to keep watch upon the inhabitants, to pry into their actions, and to put thereon whatever construction they please, or rather the construction that may best please the persons that appoint them." Upon any frivolous complaint the Protector or his assistants may summon before them any person however respectable ; may proceed against them in absence ; summon such witnesses as they may think proper ; issue his warrant against them if they refuse to attend, and commit them to gaol if they refuse to be sworn, &c. In short, his powers altogether are such that an ignorant or malicious person may throw a whole commuity into a state of the greatest distress and confusion. IVlanagers of estates are to receive annually a book from the Protector, in which they are to insert, under a penalty, all punishments of what ever nature inflicted during the year, and for the slightest omission they may be severely fined. Slaves are not to marry without a license from the Protector. In short, there is scarcely a single domestic or public transaction in which the Pro tector may not meddle. He is even authorised to interfere with the medical practitioners; and no medical man, however high may be his ac quirements, dare decline to explain and account for the nature of his practice ; or, "if any such medical practitioner shall refuse, neglect, or omit to do or perform any matter or thing" which such medical practitioner is required to do, or "in or about the keeping such journal as aforesaid, or in or about the medical treat noofu r a i n s m suchy en t , o s r l a t v e e rn ; o r s a u r c y h relaxation n o e r f labourtreat ment, e n t is . liable to a very heavy penalty. The consequencethat tthemanagers moaftrhs of these oppressive estateshave in m a ry is, r instances declared they can no longer continue in charge of them. Respectable medical men ac tually decline attendance upon properties where they are liable to such surveillance, and all parties state that a rigid enforcement of the pro visions of this iniquitous Order would be equi valent to the entire forfeiture of colonial estates ! The West India colonists have repeatedly de manded and entreated that a rigid inquiry should be instituted into the actual state and condition of the negroes ; and they confidently affirm that, if witnesses are examined upon oath, such hives- Ligation would disabuse the public mind of the gross calumnies which have been industriously circulated in regard to them. It will be seen by our Parliamentary report that the desired inquiry is at length acceded toby the Government. We anticipate that much good will result from the investigation of the Committee, to the proceed ings of which we shall look with great anxiety, for it now seems very clear that there are other important interests involved in the proper ma nagement of this question, namely, those of the British community at large, whose welfare would be most seriously compromised were our present policy to lead, as it must, if continued, inevitably do, to the destruction and abandonment of these valuable possessions. The able and instructive speech of Lord Seaford last night will be found well worthy of attention.—Morning Post. BAIL-COUT, ARRIL 17. DAVIS V. TILE MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY. The defendant in this case was supported by Mr. POLLOCK; the plaintiff by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Mr. PLATT.—The action, it appeared, was brought by the plaintiff, who is a carpenter, to re cover a sum of 1501. for work and labour done, be ing a balance of a sum of 4501., the amount of an express contract entered into between the parties, by which the plaintiff was to erect a conservatory on certain principles, in the gat den of Rose Villa, Fulham, one of the defendant's country residences. The money was to be paid by ins.alments: part has been liquidated; but the defendant, not satisfied with the manner in which the works have been executed, declined paying the balance until the opi nion . of a surveyor respecting them should be had. The opinions of the plaintiff's and of the defendant's surveyors were consequently had, and both agreed that the works had been under-rated in the price demanded by the plaintiff; the defendant's surveyor finding fault only with some painting which he con sidered might have been better done. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL submitted that the de fects complained of by the Noble Marquess—viz., the inefficient power of the flues to heat the conser vatory—had been caused by an irruption of the Thames into the grounds, which had damaged the works. Mr. Ponocx, on the part of his client, suggested that the works be again subjected to supervision; and stated, should they be found to have been pro perly executed, the defendant's willingness instantly to discharge the plaintiff's demand, together with the costs of this action. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL concurred, and a ver dict for the plaintiff (subject to a reference) was ac cordingly recorded. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANS'ION-HOUSE. A stout young mechanic summoned the over. seers of the pari,li of St. l3otolph, Bishopsgate street, before the LORD MAYOR, for having reduced the weekly allowance he had been receiving from the parish during the winter. Mr. Booker, the assistant-overseer, begged to draw the attention of the Lord Mayor to the case, as it formed one of a particular class which pressed most grievously on the parish. There were between thirty and forty stout healthy young men, who were receiving weekly pensions from the parish, which bad, in the first instance, been granted upon their representation of being out of work during the win ter season. Now the summer was approaching, the parish considered that a portion of this burden upon them ought to be removed, as the necessities of the applicants were not so pressing, and the chances of their obtaining work greatly augmented. The young men, however, resolutely resisted any reduc tion in their allowance, and insisted upon the parish continuing to keep up their pensions. Mr. Booker further remarked that the evil of allowing young men a weekly sum was shown by the fact that they ever afterwards not only continued to hang on the pari,h, but they contracted habits of idleness, and refused to work when employment was found them. Mr. Hobler observed, that though temporary re lief was in some cases absolutely necessary, yet when given to young mechanics, who had only themselves to maintain, the money they received from the parish either made them inveterately indo lent, or was used as the means of underselling the hardworking man in his trade. The LORD MAYOR lamented the existence of the evil, which arose from the anomalous state of the poor laws, and recommended Mr. Booker to exer cise a humane discretion in that course the parish had very properly determined to pursue with these young unburdened paupers. G UILDHALL. A young woman, named Elizabeth Tootall, was finally examined yesterday, before Mr. Alderman BROWN, charged with stealing some silver table spoons and other articles from the premises of her master, Mr. Edkins, a silversmith, in Salisbury square. The prosecutor stated that she had been in his service five years, and since the death of his wife, about a year ago, she had been his housekeeper. Her wages were 101. a year. On Thursday last a circumstance occurred which induced him to suspect her honesty, and he examined an open box under the bed, in which he found a number of duplicates. He immediately called in an officer, and a further number of duplicates were discovered in a drawer in the kitchen, which was under the prisoner's con trol. There were altogether 71 duplicates, 64 of which related to property which belonged to him, but he had not discovered all the property he had missed. Of 44 sheets he had traced only 26, of 34 pillow-cases he had found only 22, of 24 towels only two were recovered, of 44 table-cloths he could trace hut 24. She had raised 201. on the articles she had pledged, but his loss was not less than 100/. The pawnbrokers having produced several ar ticles (some pledged in April, 1831), which Mr. Edkins identified, Mr. Alderman BROWN intimated to the prisoner that if she wished to say any thing in reply to the charge, he was ready to hear her. The prisoner replied that she did not intend to steal the things, but she pawned them to make up her accounts, as ever since she bad the housekeeping book, some how she had been losing money every week. Mr. Edkins said, that as she had adverted to the book, he wished to explain that it was his custom to give her money every week to pay all the trades men. This, however, she had not done, and the bills were now coming in every day. Mr. Alderman BROWN said this case must go for trial, and she was committed accordingly. William Dyne,- was charged with feloniously as saulting, with intent to rob, Mrs. Stevens, of North ampton-square, as she was walking through New gate -street about five o'clock on Monday afternoon. It appeared that the lady was bustled by four or five men, and just before the prisoner attempted to snatch away her reticule, she received a violent blow on the stomach ; but as she could not swear the pri soner struck her, Mr. Alderman BROWN summarily convicted the prisoner as a suspected person frequenting the streets with intent to commit felony, and committed him to Bridewell for three months. An Irish gentleman, whose name we did not catch, attended a summons for refusing to pay Rht. Johnson, the driver of the cabriolet No. 192, the legal fare for the hire of the cab. The defendant, it appeared, got into the cab in Oxford-street, at noon, and alighted about two o'clock on Ludgate-hill, at the end of the Old Bailey, up which street he walked a few yards, to make an inquiry. When he returned he saw a vacant cab standing at the end of the street, and concluding the complainant bad moved round the corner for some reason or other, he jumped in and dallied off to the Castle and Falcon Hotel, where he stopped, giving the driver Is. or Bs. as his fare, with which he seemed perfectly satisfied. The complainant, bower, remained on the spot where he was left, expecting the gentleman to return, till ten o'clock at night, when he gave it up, and he now summoned the defendant for his fare, by time from noon. A street-keeper swore that he saw the cab wait big from two or three o'clock till past seven. The defendant vehemently insisted that there had been a contrivance between the cab-drivers to trick him. He had been served so before. The Magistrate, however, thought that the gen tleman should have protected himself by taking some notice of the number of the cab, or the person of the driver, and adjudged him to pay 12s. Bd. as the fare, 3s. for loss of time, and 2s. expenses. The gentleman paid the amount immediately. WORSHIP. STREET. Yesterday a carter in the employment of Mr. Lyons, a carrier, residing in Studd-street, Islington, appeared before Mr. Twyford, in answer to a sum mons obtained against him by a toll-collector, named Cotton, who is in the service of Mr. Forbes, the lessee under the Metropolitan Trust of Highgate and Hampstead. Both Mr. Forbes and Mr. Lyons were present, in support of their respective servants, and it appeared that the summons was obtained under the General Turnpike Act, 3 Geo. IV., c. 12G, and which inflicts a penalty of 101. for using any forcible opposition to any person employed in the collection of toll. The toll-collector stated, that on last Thursday evening, the 12th instant, about six o'clock, the de fendant, who was driving a cart, came up to the gate, and on being asked for the toll, he attempted to force his way through, when he (witness) seized• the horse by the bridle. The defendant still per severed, and lashed on the animal. 'Witness, how ever, still kept hold of the bridle for a considerable distance after they passed the gate, until at length he succeeded in turning the horse and cart into a gateway; upon which the defendant leaped from the cart, and seizing witness by the breast, with his clenched hand struck him a violent blow on the nose, that had the effect of extracting nearly a pint of blood, and afterwards went away without paying the toll. The Magistrate considered it a very serious charge, and called upon the defendant as to what lie could say in his defence. Mr. Lyons said, that when his servant arrived at the gate, and to satisfy the collector he had previ ously paid the toll, he called out the number of the ticket, 180. The toll-collector positively denied the assertion. Mr. Lyons then said, that the animal was of that spirited kind, he wondered much it did not leap on the collector who seized hold of the bridle. The Magistrate said, that as Mr. Lyons's servant must be aware of that fact, it tended more to ag gravate than mitigate the punishments so justly deserved. Mr. Forbes said, that as the defence set up, and the exemption claimed, were based upon the de fondant's calling out the number of the ticket, he might, for the sake of argument, admit that he did call out, although his servant positively swore to the contrary. Still the calling out of the number could not be set up as a legal defence, for by the Act of the Metropolitan Trust, 7th Geo. IV. c. 142, it is enacted that no person shall be entitled to any ex emption by reason of any previous payment of toll, unless he shall prove such previous payment by pro ducing the ticket. The Magistrate was about to visit the defendant with a penalty of 101. when Mr. Forbes interfered, and said it was not the extent of punishment the law afforded him that he looked for. At the same time he wished to show the supremacy of the law, by timely stopping such outrageous proceedings in future, and Ire trusted Mr. Lyons would take a warning, and profit by his experience that day : and although his servant was grossly and brutally abused, if Mr. Lyons paid the costs, and put a small sum into the poor-box at the office, he would be perfectly satisfied. It was at length agreed that Mr. Lyons would pay the cost., and put 16s. into the poor-box in a fortnight. Mary Brown, a woman of the town, was charged with robbing an elderly man named Baughton; of Gravesend, under the following atrocious circum stances : The prosecutor, who is afflicted with lameness, stated that he arrived the evening before from Gravesend, and was on his road to Cambridgeshire; that about dusk he accidentally met the prisoner in Whitechapel, and seeing she was decently dressed, he asked her if she could inforni him where he could be accommodated with a bed. She said yes, and took him to a house where having ushered him into a room on the first floor, which, from its appear ance, he suspected was not right, he requested to leave; but instead of being allowed quietly to de part, the prisoner knocked him down, knelt upon his breast, put her hand into his pocket, and ex tracted from thence his purse, containing two sove reigns and some loose silver, during which some person entered the room ytho blew out the candle, and, after receiving the purse, walked away, followed by the prisoner, leaving the proscutor on the floor. Sergeant ITWiiliarns, of the H division, stated that having been attracted to the spot by the cry of t " he police," empty he purse there and foun d some silver,thepros‘eveiulitcohr,haadndbaelesno dropped on the stairs. He afterwards apprehended the prisoner, but found nothing upon her. The prosecutor was quite sober. The prisoner denied the charge, and was com mitted to Newgate for trial. MAR YLEB ONE. Yesterday the rioters at the projected cemetery in Kensall-green, Harrow-road, were re-examined on the charge of brutally maltreating John Beach Lyon, on the 9th instant, at which time Mr. Rogers, the surgeon, of Willesden Cottages, Kensall-green, certified that he was lying in a dangerous state, owing to wounds upon his head and body. The sufferer was now so far recovered as to be enabled to prefer his charge; and John Murphy, Charles Burke, and Michael Fleming, were placed at the bar. Complainant, John Beach Lyon, now deposed that on Monday, the 9th instant, whilst he was agreeing for a wheel-barrow at the Tom and Jerry beer-shop, in the Harrow-road, somebody cried out, " Your boy's being murdered !" He immediately went to the spot, when Murphy was pointed out to him as having ill-used the boy (John Lyon), whom he heard moaning, and he asked him (Murphy) where the lad was ? Murphy gave him an unsatisfactory answer, and he struck him, on which his legs were knocked from under him, and he was kicked on all parts of his body. Here some persons, whom he did not know, called out— " Jump his guts out I" He recollected no more after this, till he found himself with his head lolling on a man's knee. Lyon the younga t taid, that there had existed some grudge betwixt the English and Irish on the Sunday; and that on Monday he was running after John Cabe, when Fleming ran after him, Lyon, and Murphy, who came up, jammed him upon the side so dreadfully, that nothing but his pocket-book in,his left side coat pocket could have saved his life, saying, " D—n you, take that." Murphy observed, on hearing this, that riots hap pened on every Sunday. The testimony of the witnesses, Frost, Lovell, and Hope corroborated the principal points; each stating, in addition, that there were by far too many of the Irish for the English ; whilst the policemen (S, 129 and 151) deposed to having had Fleming and Murphy pointed out as injuring Lyon and hi s boy. Samuel Blake deposed to the violence that was inflicted on Hope, whom young Lyon was running to assist, by Murphy. Mr. Chadwick, the undertaker of the cemetery contract, said that certainly he was not upon the ground when the affray took place ; but, upon in quiry, he was inclined to believe that Burke, who had worked with him upwards of ten years, could never have acted so violently as they described him. Burke, on the contrary, had assured him privately that he actually did every thing in his power to pre• vent the row. Mr. HOSKINS.---IS it your opinion, Mr. Chadwick, that if the elder Lyon had not angrily struck Murphy when told about his boy, there would have been an end of it ? Mr. Chadwick —I think so, Sir. Several witnesses were called in Burke's favour. Mr. HosmNs here referred to the notes respect ing Burke. Fleming Burke, and Murphy, were then bound over in their own sureties to answer the assault at the Sessions; and Lyon, whose head is still bound up, seemed to be smsfied with the result. Yesterday the Baron de Laune was brought up for final examination, on a charge of swindling and fraud. No further evidence being adduced, he was' fully committed for trial. There were several tradesmen present who had been duped, but who could not sustain any charges against the prisoner, as he had been cunning enough to get bills of par. : eels from them at the same time that he obtained any goods. There is no doubt that the Baron is connected with several other swindlers, who rept. sent themselves to be merchants, and give an ex. cellent account of his circumstances, when, accord ing to the Baron's reference, applications were made to them. The Baron heard his commitment with the greatest sangfroid. Q UEEN. S QUARE. Yesterday George a journeyman coach• maker, who had been remanded from Friday, was brought up for further examination before Mr. WHITE, on the following charge : It appeared that on last Thursday evening the prisoner was seen by some persons scampering over the tops of the houses in Stamford , street e Blackfriars-road, and he made a stop at the aitid window of Mr. John Edwards, No. 107 in tllM street. That gentleman was immediately informed of the circumstance, and, with assistance, hastened to detect the interloper. The prisoner by some means broke one of the windows; but whether it was that circumstance, or hearing the noise of foot steps, that caused him to retreat, did not appear, but he was soon seen scampering back faster than he came, and enter the attic of an empty house in the street, where he was taken prisoner. The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said that he only went to see the cook, and for several month past he had visited her by a similar method. Mr. WHITE asked him how he came to break the window. The prisoner replied that finding the window fas• tened, and the cook not there, he bezaa to write on the glass something he wished to communicate to her. Mr. WHITE expressed his astonishment at such an extraordinary method of communication; and the prisoner's answers being very unsatisfactory, be was remanded until yesterday, for inquiries to be made about him. Mr. Edwards now attended, and said that from inquiries be had made respecting the prisoner's cha racter, he was quite satisfied that he had no inten tion whatever of injuring his property. Mr. WHITE said that he was very happy to b ear it ; and the prisoner was discharged, with a recom• mendation to send all h;s letters and communications for the future by the Two•penny.post. Sarah Whittle was charged with imposing on the public by pretending to be attacked with the chc• lera. She was observed by a policeman to fall down in several places near Notting-hill and Shepherd's bush, and throw herself into all kinds of contortions This generally caused the by-slanders to relieve her liberally. When she had obtained money in this way she moved to another place. Her impositions met with the greater success as she bad the power of " foaming blood from her mouth." She bad 12s. on her person. The Magistrates committed her to prison in default of bail. HATTON. GARDEN. A labouring man, named Samuel Harrison, was charged under the following circumstances:— On Monday night, Mr. Semple, a surgeon, was sent for, in great haste, to attend the defendant,who was lying at Islington-green, and apparently labour ing under an attack of cholera. Mr. Semple felt his pulse, which was quite regular, and soon die. covered that the prisoner was playing off a trick in orderd, said a o o rdeaxhcteirt track, ku e t mpa and be s o s in d nt o akt heaenn oprisonert obtainthe money. e being Cholera placed He Hos pital, and there put into a hot-bath, after a quart of blood had been taken from him. '1 he prisoner, on hearing this gradually opened his eyes, and uttered a deep sigh. After the truck had proceeded a little way, urged by the fear of losing a quart of blood, he jumped from it, and ran off with great speed. He was pursued and taken into custody. The prisoner, in his defence, said be did not feign the " cholery," but he was seized with a fit. The Magistrates ordered him to find bail. In the list of Noble proprietors of nomination boroughs published yesterday, the name of the Marquess of Cholmondeley appears. This, we are assured, was an error, as his Lordship is not, and never has been, the proprietor of a borough, It is said that the Marquess of Hertford in tends to prolong his residence at Naples until the advance of the summer; so that although his Lordship has placed his proxy at the disposal of the Opposition leaders, it will not again become available until the third reading of the Bill. Great complaints are made of the dryness of law and lawyers, yet they ought certainly to be the wittiest of men, as all their pleadings commence with an invocation-- to wit. Mr. James, the popular author of " Philip Augustus,".'c Darnley," &c. has just produced a work calculated to increase his well-earned reputation, " The Memoirs of Great Military Commanders." Taste and research are united in this produCtion, which tells of the martial achievements of almost all the heroes of Europe, including narratives of the gallant exploits of our own glorious Henry in France, of those of the Regent Bedford, sullied by the brutal sacrifice of the heroic Joan of Arc, of the brilliant successes of Turenne, and the great Conde ; of the wonderful career of the subtle and mys terious Cromwell, and of the romantic incidents in the life of the great Captain Gonzales de Cordova, equal to any invention of the novelist. In more modern times, we are interested by the glorious victories of Marlborough, Prince Eugene, Peter borough, and of the immortal Wolfe. What a catalogue of soul.stirring names: What an imperishable fame have they not earned for themselves ! This work must become popular. We believe that the first instance on record of a Hindoo bringing ass action for damages for a breach of pro mise of marriage, occurred in the Supreme Court on - FridaY last. The action was brought by the mother of the boy against the father of the girl; and evidence was given to show the ex penses that had been incurred by the mother, in the expecta tion of the marriage contract being fulfilled. The plaintiff was nonsuited, the Court being of opinion that the evidence WO not sufficient to entitle her to recover. It was observed .by the Chief Justice, that even if he had felt compelled to give a ver dict to the plaintiff; he should have thought it much better, while the usages of the natives of this country remain so veil different from our own, that all matters connected with their religion and religious ceremonies should be kept oat of the Supreme Court. We omitted to mention, that the marriage of both the contracting parties took place on the day originallf _fixed for the wedding, the bride and bridegroom only being changed.—lndia Gazette. BIRTHS. On the 9th inst. at Bordeaux, the lady of Nathaniel Johnsto o . jun. Esq., of a son. On the 17th inst. of a daughter, the Lady of Sir Robert Pee t, Bart. On the 16th inst. the lady of William Lytton Bulwer, Esq., a son. On the 14th inst. the lady of John Vincent Thompson, V 4° of Belgrave-street, B elgrave-square, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the Bth of October, 1£331, at the New Church Neilgherq Infan Hills, Lieutenant George Burn, 14th Regiment Madras Nati*L try, second son of R. Burn, Esq., late of the East hidl : House, to Vi o l ette, youngest daughter of the late Colonel ander Campbell, of Ballochyl; Argyllshire. ofOjnotiloie INlathshi,usEst. a q t Br o i f qto o n o , br M id r g . e Jo t s v ep o h ils H ;to Na E sh m , i s i ec y, on e d id s e.s o t l l, daughter of Mr . T . H .:Wright, of the Royal Colonnade, in North street. DIED. On the 13th inst. at his resiaence, Vassal-road, 7Camberwell• William Wheatley, Esq., for many years Librarian to the NAVY oard. On the 14th inst. in the 75th year of her age, at her residence , Stork House, near Berkhampstead, Harriet, widow of the Lite James Gordon, Esq.. of Hill-street, Berkeley-square, of moor place, Herts, and Portbury, Somerset : she was elaest daughter of the late Samuel Whitbread, Esq., of Cardington, Beds, raltnY years representative of the town of Bedford in Parliament. On the 14th inst. at the London Fever Hospital, of fever, it 7 the 30th year of his age, John Dill, M.D ., several years res id e ul i medical officer of that nstitution ► : an assiduous, zealous, an d able physician. By his individual exertions the funds of t hat charity were greatly augmented, and the duties of every deP 3 /.; ment allotted to him, in a most efficient and exemplary manD" fulfilled. To his relatives and most intimate friends his lose irreparable. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO YOUNG, AT Vl' , SUN OFFICE, 112, STACIE/. LONDOZT;