The Sun. — London, England, 1832-09-05 00:00:00

not a shadow of a pretence for charging them with a guilty knowledge of the Parisian disturbances in question. As to the Republicans or Con stitutionalists, or whatever they were who fought against the troops, they appeared to have en g,ged in the conflict merely upon the " spur of t occasion," and because of provocation given them by men whose duty it was to protect the peace, and not to commit aggression upon an unoffending mu ltitude, though guilty of the crime of attending the remains of a distinguished soldier and patriot of France to the grave. The trials of the Journalists have, as we observed, thrown more light upon the cause of the :sudden explosion at the funeral of Ge neral Lamarque than it had received from any previous circumstance. The celebrated declaration or protest of the Densities against the principles which guided the Government of Louis Philip, was then in process of signature, and General Lamarque had signed it with his dying hand. The sensation which thin docu ment, so respectably signed, was producing in France, foreboded a storm in the ensuing Ses sion of the Chambers, under which it was ap prehended that the Ministers must retire, and a spirit more worthy of the cause for which the people had bled when they overthrew the abso lute throne of Charles X. be infused into the Government of Louis Philip, which for a long time past had been fashioned too much after the taste of the Holy Alliance. Instead of remov ing the grievances of which the patriotic Depu ties and the people complained, it was thought an easier thing to crush the Opposition by a clever coup d'etat, anti the funeral of Lamarque seemed to offer a favourable opportunity. Who the concocters of the plot were we have no means of knowing. We would fain persuade ourselves that the King and his Ministers were made the dupes of some of those bad men who are always found ready to deceive weak and incapable Governments for their own selfish purposes, and who, with truly satanic adroit ness, first contrive the guilt, and then be come the instruments of executing venge ance on the victims of their artifice. Certain it is, that, whoever concocted the plot, the Police, with Vidocq, the pardoned convict, at their head, were described by several witnesses as having acted in such a manner as does not seem reconcilable with any other supposition , than a preconcerted plan to create a disturbance, which would have the effect of imputing the blame of the most guilty designs to the oppo nents of the system of Administration, and thereby detach from them all persons adverse to violent proceedings. Why else was Vidocq and others of the Police in smock-frocks among the crowd ?—why else, as it was given in evidence, were Police-agents " armed and disguised in the rue de la Vielle Draperie, where they fired upon an inoffensive group ?"—why else was the safety brigade so undi , tinguishable by those who were not in the secret from the insurgents, that a company of the 42d regiment actually levelled their pieces at them, and were only prevented from firing by their crying out, " Don't fire— don't fire ; it is we." Even a Captain of the National Guard deposed, that a man whom be had sent out on a reconnoisance, came back and told him that they had been near firing on the safety brigade, whom they mistook for in surgents ; and Sauvage, a dismissed Police agent, swore to the fact of a bayonet wound hav ing been given by a Police-agent, and that the agents were disguised. It appears also that dis guised Police -agents cried " \rive la Repub lique !" "Down with Louis Philip !" This may explain the mysterious circumstance of the display of the bonnet rouge. If those things were done without the knowledge of the Govern ment, the Police-agents who composed the " safety brigade," and who were so disguised, ought to he put on their trial for creating sedi tion ; or, at all events, should not be allowed any longer to hold an office which they have so grossly abused. Deeply is the character of the Government compromised in the eyes of the people by such disgraceful transactions. Whe ther concocted by men in high station, or by underlings of authority, if allowed to go un punished by the Government, it is not possible to make public opinion acquit the Government of the guilt of the blood which has been shed, of the substitution of martial law for the ordinary Courts of Justice, and the other calamitous con sequences which such proceedings brought upon the country. Louis Philip must choose between public opinion and arbitrary power—that is, between moral and physical force. The tune is coming when he will see it impossible to profess the principles of a patriot King and rule by the policy of a Metternich.—Morning Herald. We observe that there exists in most of the towns in Scotland, a still morn decided feeling, if possible, in favour of the Irish, in their present contest with the Established Church, than in England. On Tuesday week, Mr. Ferguson, of Raid), the popular Candidate for the repre sentation of the Kirkaldy district of burghs, met the Electors of Dysart. Mr. Ferguson having been sharply catechised on the subject of the Corn Laws and the imposition of a Property Tax (which, he was of opinion, could not too speedily he adopted), Mr. Andrew Gray, jun. who put the question respecting the Property Tax, then stated— " That he had still another question to put, and, as it • was MC which considerably agitated the public mind, anti which the state of In land would soon bring before a Re ftsrmed Parliament, he hoped that Mr. Ferguson would shortly at ate his views upon it. The question was, that which respected the equity of taxing a whole nation for the support of one particular religious system. Does net Mr. Ferguson,' asked Mr. Gray, consider that ever religious party ought to be left to the support of its own adherents?' Mr. Ferguson answered by saying, that with respect to Ireland something great must be done, and that speedily. He considered ft unjust to force a Catholic population to uphold a Protestant Church, but was not prepared to say what ought to be done with the Church revenues. Probably they ought to be applied to educa• tional put poses. With respect to England, he was con vinced that the Church Establishment must also undergo some great change. With respect to what he called the simple Church Establishment of Scotland, Mr. Ferguson spoke rather unintelligibly. Mr. Gray, however, who seemed determined not to be put off by mystification, soli cited Mr. Ferguson's attention to the important fact, that throughout the whole nation, Dissenters constituted by tar the majority of the population ; but, even supposing it to be otherwise, he protested against the injustice of com pelling even one individual to pay for the support of a religious system of which he disapproved, and from which he de rived no benefit. Let every man,' said Mr. Gray, ' have what religious system he pleases ; let him have Bishops and Archbishops, and even a Pope, if he will, but let not me to compelled to pay for thein.—(Lout! cheering.)' Mr. Gray was succeeded by another of the electors, who strongly advocated the same views. ' The question to he settled,' said this speaker, ' is not, as Mr. Ferguson seemed to suppose, whether or not Dissenters ought to be relieve.i f rom th e burden of supporting their t sun religion. This they comitler to he no burden. From this they neither se;sls nor ask to have any relief. But the question is, whether or not they ought to he compelled to support the religion of others. This they ronsi ler, and ju-tly consi d,r, to he gross intolerance and oppression. Mr. Fergu son explained, that in principle lie was entirely hostile to church establietments, but he scarcely thought the time yet arrived for proposing their entire abolition." The clergy have always had an instinctive dread of popular suffrage, and the discussion to which it leads ; and we are much mistaken if the result do not prove that they had some cause for their dread. Scotland has never yet had her feelings and opinions represented in the British Parliament, but she will now pay up her arrears. The spirit of Mr. Gray is the Scotch spirit with regard to the Church of England ; and whoever wishes that Church to exalt her mitred front, it will not be the natives of the northern division of the island. Whether the clergy *ill benefit themselves, now that Reform has been obtained, by such exertions as those described by an ex cellent correspondent in another column, which they are now making to throw out Mr. Western in the northern division of Essex, in order to supply his place by Mr. Alexander Baring, who is now (proh pudor !) the great champion of the corn laws, but who is only consistent in one thing—attention to the breeches pocket—we will. not pretend to say. Now, however, that the battle has been won !n spite of the clergy, we are inclined to think that they should imitate the policy of that wise beast—the elephant ; who, after a beating, never can be induced to measure his strength again with his victorious antagonist. —Morning Chronicle. The intelligent portion of the public do not now require to be informed that the continuance in office or the present Ministry is identical with the progress of revolution. Earl Grey being still Minister, anarchy marches, as nOnaparte would say, " at the changing step." The un happy Earl does not indeed purpose all the mischief which he occasions, or intend to en• courage Jacobinism further than is necessary to keep himself and family in their snug places ; but he does not perceive, from sheer want of capacity, that to encourage it at all, at the present juncture, greatly increases its pov;er, and throws into fearful jeopardy ail that is valuable in the institutions of the country. With that quick and decisive perception Ns hich has so often dis tinguished the Princes of his illustrious house, William IV. long since danounced the Political Unions as incompatible with legitimate go vernment, but the Minister shrunk from the duty of extinguishing them. The consequence is that the Unions have gathered strength, and now exist in oven rivalry of the kingly autho rity. We presume that Earl Grey y wdl ulti mately tender his versatile allegiance to the party which he thinks the strongest, but we beg to suggest the importance of a prompt decision, as two Governments in one country are a great hindrance to honest men in the pursuit of their lawful avocations. We have been led to make these remarks by observing the report of a meet ing recently held at Birmingham, at which Messrs. Attwood and Cobbett promulgated, for the edification of the public, their rival schemes for the relief of the national distress. The meet ing we take to he a fair sample of such a Par liament as their Birmingham Majesties would , u , nmon, and the question discussed may be deemed an apt specimen of Reform Legis lation. The simple point in debate was, whether the best mode of national relief would be a forced paper currency, cr a sudden reduction of one-half in all money obli gations throughout the country. Mr. Attwood recommended the former project, that of a forced issue of paper ; and Mr. Cobbett sup ported the latter scheme, which just amounts to this, that no man should be obliged to pay his creditor more than ten shillings in the pound. The Meeting took it for granted, in the true Jacobin style, that one or the other mutt be adopted, and there was a majority in favour of Mr. Attwood's plan. Each projector of course threatened the community with the total de struction of law, order, and property, by means of revolutionary violence, if his par ticular specific were not adopted. Without stopping at present to discuss the main question we shall take the liberty of making two or three general remarks on the subject of this Meeting. ‘Ve remark, first, that the existence of such a Meeting at the present time appears to us at once a consequence and a proof of the miserable imbecility of the present Government. Why was Parliament dismissed without settling the currency and the Bank Charter ? Because Ministers had no principles to guida them, and Ito plan ready upon which they were prepared to act. But to he unprepared upon a subject which has been debated daily for twenty years, surely proves them to be utterly incompetent to the duties of their stations. It is peculiarly the business of a Government possessing the confi dence of the community to lead public opinion upon such a question, involving as it does the principles and the details of all the pecuniary transactions of the first mercantile nation in the world. But Ministers were unable to form even an opinion of their own, and, after collecting information under the seal of confidence, they violate that confidence, and leave the most diffi cult and complex of questions to be debated and decided upon by those unconstitutional Unions upon which they depend for every hour's con tinuance in office. This is mob Government with a vengeance, and we submit that, if we are to be governed by a mob, the Ministers should be dismissed, and the mob should receive their salaries. We remark further, that any inter meddling with the currency under the present incompetent Administration would inevitably lead to the extreme horrors of Jacobin spolia tion. A forced paper currency, Earl Grey being Minister, would be an issue of assignats to all intents and purposes. Twenty millions of Bank notes issued by him would be just worth the paper they were printed on, and hardly that. A thousand per cent, would not measure their depreciation in single week . The operation would be perfectly • useless, unless followed up, as in France, by a law compelling traders to part with their goods for notes at a maximum price ; and this law could only be executed under terror of the guil lotine. It remains to be seen whether the Neckar of the English Revolution will consent to be its Robespierre too. But he should have anticipated all these things before he consented to take office from Jacobin hands. We warned him long since. Our conclusion is, that all par ties who really wish well to the country should unite their efforts to form a truly Conservative Government, upon which public confidencg could repose. It is only by such a Government that the great and vital question of the currency can be fairly discussed and satisfactorily settled. The present Administration exists in open defi ance of the intelligence and property of the country, by attaching itself to a party whose only measures of finance are rapine and spolia tion. A paper currency can only exist as the result of public co n fid ence , t h e , confidence of die holders of property. The Whigs, more over, are pledged against the consideration o f a return to paper ; they are bullionists or nothing. If Mr. Attwood and his Union ists had any consistency, they would vote ex clusively at the next election lot strong Con servative candidates ; for it is only by Con servative men that the Currency Bill stands any chance of being revised, or that its apparent se verity could be in any degree mitigated without demolishing the whole credit of the country. We are astonished that a man of Mr. Attwood's general intelligence should not be aware of this. We protest against the supposition, that be cause a paper currency under the manage ment of a Government essentially con servatit7e afforded the country many com mercial and financial facilities, there fore such a currency under a Government of an opposite description would do the same. The truth is, that it is not paper currency so much as credit and confidence that the country wants ; and these cannot be expected to return without a decided change of system. Political agitation must be put down, and confidence must he re stored by the formation of a competent Go vernment ; and these things must, in the , nature of things, precede all useful anti practical discussions upon currency and finance. That confidence which is the very element of com mercial life, and of which a healthful and secure paper currency is the offspring, not the parent, cannot be created by Acts of Parliament ; it is the slow growth of enlightened opinion, and the just reward of a firm and equitable Govern ment. England possessed it once, when we need not say ; and the world wondered at her unrivalled progress in all that could impart wealth and freedom to an empire. It exists not now ; and hence the unmitigated and almost intolerable distress of the country. We therefore call upon all honest men, of every party, not excepting the Radicals themselves, to forget past animosities, and unite with us in procuring the establishment of such aGovernment as would seek the well being of all classes, by supporting instead of de stroying those sacred and venerable institutions, which are essentially and unalterably identified with the national prosperity.—Morning Post. 'I he Paris papers are again especially barren of intelligence of any domestic interest ; but they supply us, nevertheless, with a highly-interesting article of foreign news—we mean the address of the Hanoverian States, or, in other words, their Protest against the Frankfort decree. Such a document we have never before had under our observation ; nor did Majesty ever receive such a castigation as that which the states of Ha nover have inflicted on their illustrious Sove reign. The Frankfort edict is taken to pieces without mercy, but with an apparent mildness of submission which adds tenfold bitterness to its satire. The states declare themselves "to be aware of the necessity of union throughout Ger, many, and of the strict execution of the finida mental laws of the Confederation for the pre servation of security at home and abroad ;" but then, mark this—" they are convinced that the object can only be attained by preserving the independence and inviolability of the different states of the Confederation, which are also gua ranteed by the fundamental compact !" In other words, the Diet has, by its decree, been endea vouring to infringe upon the inviolability of in ternal 11 - eedom, and the States of Hanover are nct inclined to submit to such ii&ingement. Fur ther on the following diatribe against the King of Hanover is fulminated with very little care as to who may be offended by it. " The re• presentative constitutions," says the document, most justly, " are guaranteed by the funda mental laws of the COnfederation from all changes, except such as have been effected by constitutional means ; and as the States submit voluntarily to what the fundamental laws dwer mined in regard to their right, so they reckon on the justice of their illustrious Sovereign for the maintenance of that principle in its full tenour !" This is a tolerable hint : but more matter of the same stamp follows immediately. " The Legislature of every country," says it, " should have due regard to the decrees of the most illustrious Diet, when coVfined to their proper limits ; but the States of Hanover must declare that the Diet cannot hinder his Majesty from confiding the interior affairs of the king dom to them." In other words, the Diet is declared by the States of Hanover to have no right to interfere with their internal concerns, and has greatly exceeded the limits of its au thority in daring to issue the Frankfort decree. The last touch in the address is, however, the best; for die States, while they declare that they have received with much satisfaction his Majesty's assurances of paternal care, of which they never doubted, " beg the Ministers to assure him, that they hope the Diet is prepared to fulfil the pro mises given to the people by th e 19th article of the Federal Act, and also to grant to Hanover the indemnity due to it for the expenses of the federal contingent." There were only four votes against the address —all the others were for it ; and, in our eyes, it is not only a model of re spect to the Sovereign, but of that firm remon strance against oppression and internal interfer ence, which it would be an honour as well as a duty on the part of the other states to imi tate. We attach great importance to it, and we would fondly entertain hopes that the spirit which has been manifested in Hanover will spread itself over the whole of the independent States of Germany. The people of Poland have been sadly and most barbarously treated ; but never was greater impudence exhibited, or a grosser breach of faith manifested, than in the conduct of the Germanic Diet towards the enlightened subjects of its different states. With the Diet the interests of the Sovereign are every thing— the rights of the people nothing; but the ques tionat issue is that of the few against the many; and if the latter be true to themselves, they must ultimately triumph.—Morn. Advertiser. BRUTAL CONDUCT.—On Wednesday an inquest was held in this city on the body of a chimney sweeper's apprentice, who came by his death on Tuesday, through the unfeeling barbarity of his cruel master, who forced him to ascend a chimney at Tramore, the soot being almost in a state of ignition. The poor little fellow com plained that the linen were absolutely burning, b ut hi s master insisted on the soot being removed at once. The creature had scarcely eominenc, d his work when he found himself utterly unable to proceed. He descended as quickly as lie could, and dropped on the floor in a state almost of insensibility. had medical assistance been then sought, some relief might, perhaps, have been afforded ; but the master, anxious to conceal his brutal behaviour, took the little sufferer on his back, and removed him at once from the premises. On his way to Waterford the child died in the most excruciating torture, the flesh having been ac tually melted on his little limbs. The master then left him in a ditch until the night fell; he then removed the body to his house, procured a coffin, and was making pre. parations for his interment, when the circumstances were made known to the authorities. Immediately constables were dispatched to the residence of the master, whose name is CORBETT, where they found the body as described, in a st,te of preparation for burial. Cons Err was then removed to g ,01, to abide his trial at the ensuing assizes. The verdict given by the inquest was a mere recital of the circumstances above detailed. In order to prevent the cruel treatment to which the unhappy child ren b roug h t up in this miserable way of life are but too frequently subjected, a machine for sweeping chinanies was brought over to this city from London, at the expense of a few benevolent individuals, chiefly of the Society of Friends, about eighteen months since, and placed in the hands of this very CORBETT, who has now been the brutal instru ment of the very melancholy death above mentioned.— 'Waterford Chronicle, SUMMER ASSIZES. NORTHERN CIRCUIT, YORK, Sierr. S. Henry Clam was indicted for having feloniously and maliciously killed a hors-, the property of Eli Clegs, on the 13th of July last. The prosecutor lives at Horton, near Bradford, and on the 13th of July last placed his horse in a field at a shirt distance from his house. The horse was found the following morning quite dead, with its throat cut across, in a lane adjoining to a field. The prisoner was seen late at night going in a direction towards the lane, and, upon being appre hended on the following day, a knife was found in his pocket, on which was a mark of blood. There were al,o some slight stains of blood on the wrist of his hirt, and in his pocket. It appeared that, a short time before, the prosecutor had preferred a bill of indictment against the prisoner at the Wake field sessions, for alleged robbery. The bill \vas thrown our, and the prisoner was set at liberty. A week before the prosecutor's horse was killed, the prisoner, in a conversation which he had with one of the witnesses, made use of some threatening expressions respecting the prosecutor. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. Sir G. LEIViN then moved in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the indictment charged the pri soner with killing a gelding, but did not aver that that gelding was " cattle." Mr. Baron BOLLAND would consider the point before he passed sentence. S',veral cases of horse-stealing were disposed of in this court in the course of the day. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, SEPT. 4. Andrew ilifWermott, formerly a merchant of Li verpool, was opposed by Mr. COOKE, on the part of Mr. Bartholomew Barnwell, of Lloyd's Coffee house. He was supported by Mr. WOODROFFE. lii 1827, the insolvent, who had been in partner ship with Mr. Robert Barnwell, the son of his opposing creditor, dissolved the partnership. It appeared, that at that time the firm of M'Dermott and Barnwell were indebted to Mr. Bartholomew ilarnwell, in the stun of 2,0601. for money lent. It was agreed, that to discharge this debt Nit.. Robert Barnwell should draw eight bills of exchange on M‘Dermott, the first bill to become due at four months, and the other seven bills to become due at intervals of four months from each other; and that these bills should be put into the hands of Mr. Bar tholomew Barnwell, as security for his claim. Six of these bills were paid, but on the nonpayment of the seventh and eighth bills, an action was brought by Mr. Bartholomew Barnwell against nliermott, as acceptor, and a verdict recovered to the amount of 6051.; the costs of the action were 1051. No part of these sums had been paid by the insolvent ; he had been in prison ten months, was at this pre sent time a bankrupt, and had passed his third examination, but had riot yet obtained his cer tificate. He had, however, paid under the commission of bankrupt 18s. 4d. in the pound to ail the creditors who had proved. Mr. Bartho lomew Barnwell had . not proved, and was therefore entitled to oppose his liberation under the Insolvent Act. Mr. Bartholomew Barnwell denied that he had any vindictive feeling in his opposition to the discharge of M‘Dermott. He stated that M`Dermott had written abusive letters to many persons, imputing his insolvency to him and to his son, Robert Barnwell, but that he had been willing to release him from imprisonment on his suit, if he would make a proper apology for so doing. On the part of Mr. M‘Dermott it was contended, that four of the bills given to Bar tholomew Barn well, of which he bad been the acceptor, were to have been paid by Robert Barnwell, and not by him; that, in fact, neither father nor son had any just claim against him. The case occupied the Court the whole of the day; in the course of it the learned Commissioner Bowen observed, he " thought it a question of feel ing rather than justice bet, een the parties, and that it appe,red rather to belong to the Court of Bank ruptcy than to this tribunal." In was in justice to the insolvent that they decreed the case to be ad journed till Friday, for that error to be amended. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO W-STREET. Yesterday, Mr. Conhman, a magistrate for Lin colnshire, appeared before Mr. ROE to prefer a charge of assault against Mrs. Nancy Jqlliy.y, a fashionably-dressed lady-like female, who was ac companied to the office by her sister. Mr. Coultman was proceeding in a cabriolet along Pall-mall East on the preceding evening, about half past seven o'clock, when the defendant came up and forced herself into the vehicle. In the struggle to put her out she tore his coat. The complainant added, that the defendant was in the habit of annoy ing him in the streets, but as he entertained no vin dictive feeling towards her, he merely wished that she should be bound over, to prevent a repetition of such conduct. Mr. ROE—Had you previously done any thing to warrarit her in stopping you ? Had you assaulted her ? Mr. Coultman replied in the negative. Mr. Rom—Have you any witnesses ? Mr. Coultman called forward the driver of the cabriolet, No. 295, who stated that he was driving the complainant at a gentle pace along Pall-mail East, on the previous evening, when the lady called out to him. They exchanged a few words, which the witness did not hear, and the gentleman then bade her good-bye, saying that he was going into the country. The lady then jumped into the ca briolet, and in attempting to put her out she tore the gentleman's coat. Miss Jeffrey, in her defence, denied that she had been guilty of any assault, and said that if the coat had been torn, it was the effect of accident and not design. The truth was, that Mr. Coultman had himself appointed to meet her where the occurrence took place, and she went to the side of the cabriolet for the purpose of reminding him of his promise, when he directed the man to drive on, and in order to prevent her leg from being broken, which would most probably have happened from the situation in which she stood, she threw herself forward into the vehicle, from which the defendant threw her with great violence ; and if some persons in the crowd had not caught her before she fell, she would have been seriously injured. Mr. ROE—You had no business in the cabriolet, and was guilty of trespass in forcing yourself into it. Besides, the complainant has sworn that you tore his coat. Miss Jeffrey—l did not do so designedly, and merely went to meet Mr. Coultman by his own appointment. He promised to bring me some money to pay my expenses, and— Mr. ROE-,-I have nothing to do with that. Have you any witness? Miss Jeffrey said that her sister was present at the time. Miss Caroline Jeffrey was then sworn. She stated that her sister went by appointment to meet Mr. Coultman, who had promised to come to a set tlement with her, after an acquaintance of six years. Mr. ROE—Be good enough to come to the point. Did your sister tear his coat ? Witness—No; she made no attempt to tear his coat. Mr. Rot;—But she had no business in the cabriolet. Witness—She had business with Mr. Coultman, who had pledged his honour as a gentleman to meet her that evening. She merely intended to ask him why he had not come to the settlement be had pro mised, when he pushed her rudely out of the ca briolet, and caused her to be confined all night in the station. Mr. ROE asked the cabriolet driver if the defend ant tore the complainant's coat ? The driver re plied in the affirmative, and said that the gentleman was obliged to get into a hackney-coach. Mr. ROE must call upon the defendant to put in bail. • Miss Jeffrey, unfolding a large bundle of letters, hoped that the Magistrate would allow her to state the circumstances of her connection with Mr. Coult man, who had acted - Mr. ROE would not hear sword upon the subject. He had nothing to do with the private circum stances of parties who came before him on a public charge, nor would he ever consent to hear them. Miss Jeffrey—l suppo. , e, because Mr. Coultman is a Magistrate I am not allowed to speak. Mr. ROE.—You must find bail. Mr. Coultman then waked away, and Miss Jeffrey was locked up in default of bad. In a short time, however, she found the requisite sureties, and ob tained her liberation. WORSHIP- STREET. Henry Brown, alias Peters, &c., TVnr. Beekin sale, alias Smith, and Samuel Solomon, commonly called the " Honest Jew," who had been in cus tody a considerable time, charged with numerous depredations at hotels, and other public places in and about town, were finally examined b: fore Mr. BROUGHTON on Monday. Many cases bad already been taken, in order to the commitment of Brown and Solomons, and several fresh charges were now brought against them; after which they were com mitted to Newgate for trial, upon such cases as had been taken, subject to any detainers that might he lodged against them upon other charges. UNION-HALL. Yesterday, George Hussey, a tall thin man, of dark complexion, and dressed in deep mourning, was brought before Mr. MURRAY, on an alleged charge of attempting to obtain contributions by fraudulent pretences. • Mrs. Cradock, a lady residing at Denmark-hill, Ctunberwell, stated, that on the 17th ult. the pri soner called at her house, and, on presenting his card to the servant, was shown up stairs to the drawing-room. Witness, on being informed that the gentleman who delivered his card was then waiting for an interview, descended from her dressing-room, and on her entrance into the draw ingsroom, saw the prisoner standing near the side board, on which there were several articles of plate. Not at all prepossessed in favour of the appearance of the stranger, Mrs. Cradock asked him the ob ject of his visit, previously having cast her eye over the plate, to see that none was taken. In reply to the question, the prisoner said, that he had taken the liberty of calling upon her to solicit charity, on behalf of the widow of a naval officer, who died of cholera in the Borough Compter. He was about to produce a large packet of papers for Mrs. Cradock's perusal, but that lady, apprehensive that imposition was intended to be practised upon her, declined contributing, unless the application was made by some individual of whom she had some knowledge, and not by a perfect stranger, The prisoner then said that he was a surgeon, and that he attended the husband of the widow on whose behalf he applied for charity, from the time he was first taken ill of the prevailing epidemic until it carried him off. The witness, however, refused to extend her aid on the occasion, upon the grounds al ready stated, and the prisoner left the house reluc tantly, expressing a desire that the documents he had in his possession might be examined, to bear out his statement relative to the distressed condition of the widow. Mrs. Cradock added, that she cau tioned some of the families residing in her immediate neighbourhood subsequently to the application made to her by the prisoner. In reply to the Magistrate, she said that she gave him no money. Mrs. Harby, who resides at Dulwich-hill, stated, that on Monday the prisoner called at her house, during her absence, and left his card, saying that he should do himself the honour of waiting upon her the next day. Mrs. Harby, having been previously informed by the last witness of his visit to her resi dence, gave information of the fact to a policeman, with the view of ascertaining who and what the prisoner really was. Yesterday at the appointed time the prisoner called on Mrs. Harby, and having described himself as a surgeon, said that the object of his visit was to solicit a small contribution for the widow of a Lieutenant Bailey, who died of cho lera in gaol, and whom he attended professionally until his decease. Witness, recollecting the caution she had received from Mrs. Cradock with respect to the prisoner, had him taken into custody. Mrs. Harby added, that the prisoner had called at the houses of several gentlemen in and about Camber well, at some of which she was given to under stand he had received money. In reply to the Magistrate, the witness said, that to the best of her recollection, the prisoner solicited relief for the widow, and also the children of an officer. A policeman took charge of the prisoner, and found the papers now produced in his possession. The MAGISTRATE was ready to hear the prisoner give An account of the party for whom he went about soliciting contributions. Previously, however, he should like to know something about himself. The prisoner was by profession a surgeon, and had called at the Borough Compter during the time Lieutenant Bailey was attacked with cholera, and had died of the disease. This was on the 22d of July, and subsequently to his death, owing to the distressed state of the widow, he (the prisoner) not only inserted an advertisement in a newspaper de scribi rig the condition in which she was left, but he also used his own personal exertions in endeavouring to obtain contributions for her. He only succeeded to a small extent, the advertisement being very un productive, and the other sums received by him being to an inconsiderable amount. Mr. MURRAY asked the prisoner what he had re ceived on behalf of the widow? Prisoner—l can't exactly state, but ail that was received through the medium of the advertisement was one guinea. I received 5/. and some small sums, which are de posited in the bank of Messrs. Martin and Stone, of Lombard -street, who had, undertaken to receive subscriptions on behalf of the widow. " I can as sure you, Mr. Murray," added the prisoner, "that I had no other motive in view than in serving the widow." Mr. MURRAY said that the prisoner seemed well acquainted with his name, and should like to know what means he had of knowing it so well. Prisoner—l merely asked, for the sake of infor mation, who was the Magistrate that I was to be brought before, and was told that you were the gen tleman. Mr. MURRAY asked the prisoner if he had not called at the office of the Ecclesiastical Court in Scotland-yard, some time ago, and in an interview with a high dignitary of the church described him self as a clergyman. He (the Magistrate) recollected having seen the accused at the office in Scotland yard, and also having heard that he called there for a very extraordinary purpose. Prisoner—l am the person who called in Scot land-yard, and had an interview with a dignitary of the church, but I did not state that I was a clergy man; that I certainly must deny. I said that I was a surgeon. Mr. MURRAY said, that the circumstance of the prisoner's admission that he had been at Scotland yard plainly showed that he must have been aware of his name without asking it of the_ policeman. The Magistrate then looked over the papers found in the prisoner's posse,sion, and said that some of them were memorials addressed to different high personages on subjects unconnected altogether with the subscription which he asserted he was receiving on n r the benefit a systematicbenefitofthe widow. This fact (a dded the Magistrate) pl a i n ly i n di ca t e s that he has b een g oin g on the public. The prisoner said that gave her . the whole was in attendance. This drew from the prisoner a very extraordinary remark, namely, that Lieutenant Bailey's wid ow When she entered the office, the : 13 1 - a ae g i°l amount of the collection he had made in her behalf. was his ( prisoner's ) m other-in-law, and that he had concealed the fact until now, owing to reasons which he could not then enter into. Mr. MURRAY said that the admission the prisoner had just made brought him under the operation of the Act for unlawfully attempting to obtain contri butions. Although he described to the ladies upon whom he called that he was the surgeon who attend ed the deceased in gaol, it now turned out that Mr. Wadd, the surgeon of the prison, was the person. dressing her, hoped thpelipuLlsioeofunteelrenvaynin iensytt s l a b : contributions widowt, i ad- When . • • Independently o f thi s fad, he was th e son-in-law of the person on whose behalf he applied, and the • circumstance of other letters beirg found in his pos session, relating to other rransitctions of a similar nature, called upon him (the Magistrate) to tho• roughly investigate the case ; and he considered that be should be guilty of a dereliction of duty to the public if he did not remand him for a further exa mination. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London ..N'ent Price Current of yestorday.) SUGAR. —The Sugar market last week was very steady; the estimated purchases were 3,500 hhds. and tre. ; no alteration in the price can be stated. The stock of West India Sugar is now 38,773 hhds. and trs., which is 11 242 less t' an last year. The stock of Mauritius is 50.296 bags, firing 59,776 less than last year. The delivery of West India Sugar is 4,101 hhds. and trs. being 828 more than last year ; of Mauritius 4,861 bags, being 1,672 less thin the corresponding week of 1831. This day the market has ' been steady ; the estimated sales are only 800 hhds, and trs. ; the prices are unvaried. Towards the close of last \rut]: the Refined M trket b.came particularly heavy, not withstanding the reduced stook: brown Lumps must be stated at a small decline, and small Lumps 61. to Is , lower; fins goods are also at a small reduction, fine crashed 325, and 325. Od. Tils afternoon the market is very dull, and the prices again lower. Lumps are quoted 635. 6d., but there are no buyers. EAST INDIA SUGARS.-There were more inquiries fot Siam and Bengal Sugars last week, but the actual Or chases w< re quite inconsiderable. Maintains SUGARS.-The. business in Mauritius last week %vas confined to small parcels by private contract at very full prices. This day's public tale 776 bags Manri• taus sold at steady Market prices. FOKEIGN SUGARs.-Fard4ri Sugars are still very heavy : some good white savannah by private contract sold for 355., yellow 254. 6d. a 275. By public sale on • Frid iy last 163 chests Bahia, were offered, hut they were all taken in, there be;ng no buyers, and afford no criterion of the rtlarket rates. Average price of Sugar 1/. Be. Old. per cwt. COFFEE.-The accounts from all the Continental Plat kets last week state still lower prices and heavy trade, with increasing stocks ; the consequence hag been nearly a stagnation of demand for export; 2,429 bags good ordi nary Brazil were withdrawn at 60s. ; about 1,900 bags Ceylon taken in at 555. and 545. 6d. ; Havannah, good to fine ordinary 58s. a 60s. The British PI rotation de scriptions went off at a depression of 2s. a 3s. early in last week, but the inquiries have since increased, and the Market is only Is. to 2s. lower than on Tuesday last, good ordinary '76s. a 775. and fine ordinary 78s. a 805• This day's sale 151 casks British Plantation, 801 bags Ceylon Coffee ; the latter sold 535. 6d. and 51s. which is Is. lower; a large proportion of the British Plantation was taken in, the prices must be quoted Is. a Is. 6d. lower, and a v, , ry heavy Market. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS -The Rum Market continues very doll, proof Leewards offer about Is. 7d., few buyers, and in Jamaica there are few sales. Brandy is still firm, and the home consumption is still increasing. Geneva is without inquiry. bust' PRovistoNs.-In the last week the import of Foreign Butter was 5,813 casks-of Irish 2,007 firkins, and of Bacon 1,425 bales. Fine Friesland butter at the quay we may quote 84s. a 86s. per cwt., and the sale for ail descriptions of Irish is very Fruited at the following prices :-Limerick 76e. a 775. on hoard, 795. landed ; Belfast 77-. on hoard, 795. a 80s. landed ; Waterford 745. a 775. on hoard, 745. a 785. landed ; Carlow 78s. a 80 , o❑ hoard, 801. a 82s. landed; Dublin 74a. on board, 765. landed ; andNewry 71s. a 729. on board, 745. landed. There being some speculative operations in Cork Butter the holders are asking 7Ss. on board, and 80s. landed, but very few (if any) sales effecting. Bacon is gradually de clining in value; the primest new singed cannot be quoted over 525. a 51%, nor old over 489. a 50s. landed ; for im mediate shipment there are many sellers of Waterford at 501. on hoard, and for November and December shipment at 41.5. on board. Bale Middles are a heavy sale at 41a a 465., and Tierce Middles at 445. a 475. Bladder lard as to quality we quote 565. a 625., and Hams 565. a 745• as to weight, &c. In 112ef and Pork very little bnsi nes, doing. Hors.-A small parcel of new hops brought to Market sold a , 6/. Hops will be of fine quality, but it is sup posed there will be a deficiency in quantity. The esti mated duty is to-day 145,000/. COTTON.—The Cotton M.rket is very steady ; the pur. chases since our last consist of 600 Madras, sd. a 5 d. ; 3.040 ditto, public sale, 5,1. a 5141. ; 60 Bengal, 41d. ; 900 Bengal, public sale, 4id. a 5d.; 900 Surat, 4id. I ("0. ; 700 ditto, 4i -d. a 444. INDIGO. —There is no alteration in Indigo. Woor..—The stock of Wool in this market is union slly low. We have lately arrivAls from Australia of about 3,000 bales, of which about 1,700 have I itely been mead with great briskness about an average of 20d. per lb. 20/. per bale. It is rather remarkable that within three months ti:e price of Wool has advanced about 15 per cent., and the price of cloth has fallen within the same period about five per cent. SAI TPETRE.—The Market is firm, but there is little business doing-. SPICES There is little variation in the demand for Spice. This day's sale 66 bags Pimento sold rather l o wer. Oms.—Gallipoli, owing to the recent export frog) hence, Liverpool, and Hull, is becoming scarce, though our home demand is dull ; holders generally refuse to sell at present prices. Sperm Oil lamer. Linseed and Rape Oil remain the same as last week. TURPENTINE.—A! rough Turpentine 2,500 barrel* ill this week, and sold at I Is. 6d. TEA.—The sale commenced yesterday. Bobeas in quarter, half, and large chests, have sold at Is. 114 d. so d ; the Congou chests at Is. 11 3 d. a 2s. Congous have begun at 2s. Id. t o 2 s . 21-1, and are shade above last sate. Boheas are Id. per lb. lower thaO in June. This day Boheas in quarter, half, and large chests, have sold at Is. Hd. and Is. 11-d. ; the Congo° chests at is. 1114. a 2s. Congous have begun at 21. id• to 2s. 2: 3 ,- 1., and are a shade above last sale. Bollea* are 1( 1 ' per lb. lower than in June. COUNTRY CORN MARKEL'S DIMING IHE: WEE' Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. I Beant, Per Quarter, i s.to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to 4 • Bo!ton — — 25 19 36 1„ Gainsborough ---..— 61 37 16 —1,, Grantham 5B 61 37 4') 25 27 36 q,: - ; Grimsby 56 70 30 34 24 28 50 ' 4 •" liorncastle--. 6O 63 30 35 18 22 40 44 Lincoln Spilsby Stamford. 4B 60 30 38 20 25 33 3t' Yor;,--., —..--..... 58 72 36 44 17 27 32 4 A ___..... NORWICH, Sept. 1. Wheat (per qr.) —60 s 68s. Beans (per qr.) ...—..— 355. 40G - Barley ---.. 30s. 325, 345. Pease, 0rey................... 365. 4 03 ° Oats ---......... 225. 265. 28s. Flour, fine (per sack) 48s. 50'3' Grey ___. 334. to 378. CANTERBUR'I, Sept. 1. Wheat, white.-- 603. to 68s. „ Old —s. to — 4 . 545. to 635. --- —B. to Barley, Malting—s. to Grinding.. 26L to 32r. Oats «20s. to 225. Old t° 36 '• t° 388* MANCHESTER, set. 1. Wheat, per 701 b. 9s. 9d. to 108.2 d. Red 9 s. 6 4. to Os. Ed' Barley, per 601 b 5 6 6 0 Oats 3 3 3 6 Beans, per Imperial quarter Pease, White, per Imperial bushel 5 0 5 6 Malt, per 6 Imperial bushels 43 0 49 0 Flour, per Sack of :3011.). EX •FTER MAR NI. 9 , 6 d. Reef (wore)-----7; 5 0 Mutton (113.)--- 0 6 0 7 Veal and Larub -- ** 4 0 6 P " 1 " -----w-- 4 0 5 6 Geese (each) i Ducks te " t " 0 5 0 Fowls 3 0 4 0 •••=11011.*••111.421901110112611111 .KETS —Aug. 31. R Wheat (bushel) —Bs. Oct. -'6 64' Barleyo 46 4 5 Oats 3 0 Beans 6 a Butter (lb.) „ I 0 Eggs (12.) 0 0 ‘; Potatoes (peck) —0 6 BIRTHS. e On the 30th nit. in Atholl_cr eseent, Edinburgh, Mrs. Hue D un lop, of a son. d a ughter. , On the 4th inst. at W est End House, Hampstead, M rs.Blest, of a 5011. On the Ist inst. the lady o f J. IL Lloyd, Esq., barrister, °f MARRID. ;On the 30th ti lt . a t St. Swithi ', , London Stone, Capta i n ham Thomp son, : of Camberwell, Surrey, to Maria, widow Matthew David Easum, Esq., of the Grove, Camberwell.., 0 ~ 3 On the 3d i ns t . at Warblington, Hants, the Rev. ' Norris, Rector of Warblington, to Emily, eldest daught . , e d of Charles Short, Es q ., o f W oodlands, i n t h e same county', 3" Great orge-street Westminster. On the 4th inst. at South Hackney, the Rev. Thomas S' vpe t l o of Harleston Norfolk, late of Sid. Suss. College, Cambride4d. Louisa Caroline, third daughter of Joseph Pulley, Esq., kW' s O. On the 4th inst. at St. George's, Bloomsbury, the Rev•,,, F oo Gocdchild, Perpetual C u r a t e of South 111alling, Sussex, on.g i vo, of Thomas Goodchilcl, Esq., of Mecklenburgh-square, to of Torri square.eldestsurviving daughter of Philip I'erring, DIED. On the 4th inst. Mrs. Hollick, the widow of the late Ebel'(ler Hollick, Esq., of Whittlesford Lodge, Cambridgeshire. r 411:. On the 341 inst., of apoplexy, in the 75th year of his ag e, r e- Edward Jeffery, bookseller, Pall-mall, for near 50 year, a dent in that street. fo On the 3d inst. at Mitcham, Miss Emily Frances Clarence-house, Clapham-common. 3f3r l On the 3d inst. in Exmouth-street, Clerkenwell, gra., of Earlom, aged fili, widow of the late Richard Earlom , that place. . , PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO YOUN a, AI SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. I