The Sun. — London, England, 1822-12-04 00:00:00

TIIE LONDON JOURNALS. XXTRACTS FROM THE DAILY MORNING PAPERS December 4, 1822 [MORNING POST.] The Viscount de Montmorency arrived in Paris on Saturday last. with the Declaration of the Congress, and the Duke of Wellington was ex pected on Monday. It was reported that his Grace intended to remain some days i❑ that capital, which created a hope that although his efforts to prevent the Allied Sovereigns from granting a war license to the Ultras, had failed, he still conceived it possible by a direct applica tion to the French "Government to convince it of the impolicy and danger of its course, and to in duce it to suspend or to recal its determination. This, though highly improbable, does not appear impossible, when it is considered that the article in which the Moniteur officially informs the public that the fetters of the Government are broken, and that it' is at liberty to make war upon Spain, does not clearly explain in what manner it is intended to use that liberty.— Never at a moment of great and painful interest was an article written with more studied and mortifying ambiguity. Much exultation is ex pressed at the Confidence reposed by the Allied Powers in the wisdom of the French Govern- Tricia ; but what are the measures determined on by that wisdom is left a matter of doubt and speculation. This may arise from two causes : either it is wish'ed to prevent a sudden and alarming fall in the value of public securities, by only suffering the intentions of the Government to transpire slowly and progressively, or those intentions are themselves still wavering and un settled. And well may the Ultras hesitate be fore they plunge their country into a war which may devour them and the throne which they pre tend to support, in its wide sweep of devastation. [TILE TI M ES.] With respect to a war between France and Spain, and the probability of that event, upon , rvhich so many interests and anxieties are sus pended; the question, as it hangs at present, is in this precise position :—that France has full liberty conceded to her of interfering in the affairs of the Peninsula as she pleases, by peace ful representations or by hostile attack . ; and that she has the inclination to make war ! an inclina tion, we will add, not resulting from a just com putation of public utility, hut precipitated by personal feeling or passion. For of what use is the attack upon Spain to prove ? If it be meant by an hostile inroad to preserve the life of the King, supposing it to be in danger,— which we of this country, who have recently witnessed the destruction of a Royal personage, should be the last to deny,—war is almost the only method by which the King's life cannot be saved. But if it be meant to make the defeated party triumphant in Spain, by means of a foreign force, it is evident that the foreign force which effects this change in the Peninsula must remain there to support that which it has effected ; or, in other words, Spain is to lie occupied by the French ; and what then becomes of our com merce with the Spaniards—the Spaniards who wow offer us with a liberal hand, as one free people offers to another, all the resources ef their own kingdom, and an unfettered import to all the manufactures of ours ? And are we to suffer Spain, under these circum stances, to become a commercial enemy in the hand, of France ? Spain will either triumph over, or succumb under, the unprovoked attack of the Bourbons. If the former, if she defends herself by her own energies (shame be to us !) she will owe us no gratitude ; but if the latter— if, " which Heaven forfend," Spain should be conquered—it is impossible that we should suffer her to remain a province of France : we must then, at our own expence, raise her into inde pendence. It is clear, therefore, that we must, tither sooner or later, go to war for Spain rather than that she should sink under France. At present we still hope strong representations may suffice. [NEW TIMES.I It is very probable that this great body of the French population would willingly remain at peace ; but the leaders of the Royalists see that this is scarcely possible with safety to the Mo barch. The leaders of the Liberals, on the other hand, though they affect to clamour against the war, are secretly desirous that it should take place, hoping that the army will find itself re duced to great straits by invading Spain; and that in the meanwhile a 'rebellion may be excited in France. In these views they are as much misled by their prejudices as they were in their judgment on the Neapolitan campaign. When the Austrian army entered the Abruzzi, Gen. Foy exclaimed in the Chamber of Deputies, "Rs 71C sortiront jamais !"—" they will never get out." In like manner they now say the French army will never get out of Spain. They argue thus—if the great Napoleon, with his invincible legions, found it impossible to conquer Spain, our raw levies con], {handed by inexperieticed . oilicers must a fortiori be beaten and disgraced. Now this is like most of the reasoninpof these gentry, built on a total perversion of facts. The very causes which made Buonaparte fail are those which promise success to the present French army. He entered .a country where people were unanimously against him ; they will have the great majority of the people on their side. Ile had to contend with the Guerillas ; the Guerillas are now carrying 4/11 an active warfare against the Republicans.— lie came to depose King Ferdinand ; they come to restore him to his just rights. [MORNING CHR.ONIICLE.I in reasoning on the queStion of the probability of peace or war, we always kept in view the difficulty of supposing that the French Govern• ment would incur the expense of its immense preparations for war, without an understanding with some of the leading, Continental . Powers, and a determination to avail itself of he permis sion if it should be obtained. he assurances, however, which we received of the determination of the other Powers to preserve the peace of Europe were so positive, and it appeared to us at the same time to be so much the interest of all (with one exception perhaps) to adopt such a de termination, that we believed the French Govern. ment would not be allowed to gratify its warlike inclinations. N ow, however,that the Congress,con trary to expectation, has given to that Government the power of deciding this momentous question for itself, we cannot bring ourselves to think that it mill not avail itself of it. We know that a con trary opinion was yesterday far from uncommon in very respectable quarters; but we confess the arguments we have heard urged in favour of it do not weigh much with us. We think the Ultras have gone too far to be able to recede, even if so inclined. We have not the highest opinion of their understandings, but we think they must at all events be penetrating enough to see that they would incur the contempt even of their own partizans, were they to stop short after having proceeded such lengths. Peace could only be preserved by a change of Ministry, and of this we think there is little chance. We expressed ourselves yesterday guardedly with respect to our own Government; and we do not yet deem the time come for speaking more explicitly on this subject. We shall only remind our readers of the energy our Ministers lately displayed when the object was merely the protection of the Turks. At such a momentous conjuncture as the present they cannot remain neuter, without confessing either that this great and once power ful nation lies prostrate at the feet of the Holy Alliance, or that under the mask of neutrality they are partizans of the Holy Alliance. [BRITISH PR ESS.J The Congress of Verona has not disappointed those who expected neither wisdom nor justice from their deliberations. They have given their sanction to a war against liberty in Spain. This, not unprecedented, act of interference in the in ternal affairs of an independent nation, is as might be expected, veiled over with the grave pretence of proximity of danger and necessary self-defence. If the Congress were to declare war against Spain, it would be an honest avowal of the real object in view, and an open exposure of the principles adopted ; it would be an avowal of the despotic conspiracy formed against representative government, and an exposure of the resolution to repress by foreign bayonets the attempt of any nation to liberalise its institutions. Therefore, that cunning which belongs to mean injustice has devolved upon France the part of declaring the war of despotism, because France can intelli gibly pretend danger to her dynastry from the vicinity of successful resistance to arbitrary government. France can have recourse to the eloquence of Burke, and urge the necessity of guarding against the flames which rage in her neighbour's house. For the sake of this notable pretext, recourse has been had to the unde 'scribable fiction of an European Court of Chancery, from which France, the humble pe titioner, obtains an injunction against the work of political amelioration in Spain. It is marvel lous to us that, in the present age of reading and inquiry, this monstrous fiction should be gravel' circulated through the world. That the Con gress have had recourse to it is far indeed from surprising, but that it should not be at once scouted by the intelligent public of England, does seem strange and almost unaccountable. [MORNING HERALD.] Few events seem to us more calculated to ex, cite deep and painful meditation than the deci sion of the CongreSs. Whatever may be the result of the struggle—(for the Spaniards will struggle, and desperately struggle, before they yield again their bodies and their souls to slavery, and consign that harvest of men of public virtue and public talent, %Odd) has grown up among them, to the dungeon, the torture, and the scaf fold)—whatever, we say, may be the result, what a deplorable and protracted state of bloodshed, suffering; and desolation, will it not produce ? But it will be said, England was dissentient, and has no share in all this.— We can discover here but little matter for conso lation—not even i❑ the fact, which we sincerely believe, that the Government did all in its power, to avert this resolution of the Congress. No British Government, that was not incredibly infatuated, could do otherwise than resist it. Who is the British Minister that would voluntarily unloose the grasp of British power and influence on the Continent, from a leaning to the pretensions of absolute monarchy and passive obedience ? What then is the reflec- tion suggested, on the face of the thing, by the result of these deliberations of the Congress ? Will not many ask themselves whether England has not had the staff of her power on the Conti nent broken ? We do not say that it yet is so. But we would put the question, whether England would have met such a discomfiture, in negocia tion among those Powers of the Continent, thirty years. ago ? Is it the fatal difference of our Na- tional Debt ? Unmindful stipendaries ! it has been contracted, in clothing, feeding, arming, animating, and re-animating them—in sending fleets and armies to, fight their battles—to eman cipate them from bondage, or restore them from hopeless exile. Supposing this alliance of usur pation on the Continent to succeed in bringing the Peninsula within its vortex, what hold has England on the Continent ? It is true they are all our Allies—at least as yet ; but for friends we have none—excepting only the Turks. An alteration of 'some importance has been made in the Post Office at Halifax. The Lon don letters have hitherto been dispatched in the afternoon about four o'clock, but now they are sent by the new Mail, which passes through at two or three o'clock in the morning, and meets the North Mail at 'l'adcaster ; by which means the letters arrive as soon in London as by the old conveyance.—( Leeds illereuu.) NOVEL BATTLE.—On Sunday last two crows were observed playing and gambolling with a sea-gull, on the island in the Lune, at Kirkby Lonsdale. In an instant, and apparently by concert, they both pounced upon the lull, and struck it dead at one blow with their beaks, and immediately proceeded to strip off' the feathers and devour the flesh. From the LONDON GAZ ETTE of Dec. 3 . Whitehall, hee. 3, 1822. The King has been pleased to nominate and appoint the un. dermentioned Officers to be Knights Commanders of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath : Major-General Sir William Keir, Grant. ' Major-General James Campbell, late of the 94th Regiment of Foot. Major-General Lionel Smith, of the 65th Regiment of Foot, Major-General Theophilus Pritzler, of the 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons. Crown-Office, Dec. 3, 1822. MEMBER returned to serve in this present Parliament. University of Cambridge.---Wm. John Bankes, Esq. in the room of John Henry Smyth, Esq. deceased. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. J. Day, Fenchurch-street, merchant, from Nov. 30 to Jan. 13. BANKRUPTS. J. Wheeler, Frome Selwood, Somersetshire, clothier, to sur render Dec. 14, 16, Jan. 14, at the Wheat Sheaves Inn, Frome Selwood. Solicitor, Mr. Ellis, Holborn-court, Gray's-inn. J. Singer, sen., Keyford, Somersetshire, clothier, Dec. 14, 16, Jan. 14, at the Wheat Sheaves Inn, Frome Selwood. So licitors, Messrs. Bridges and Quilter, Red Lion-square. F. Lee, Bocking, Essex, victualler, Dec. 16, 17, Jan. 14, at the Horse and Groom Inn, Backing. Solicitors, Messrs. Tay lor and Roscoe, King's Bench-walk, Temple. I. Ball, Poultry, ironmonger, Dec. 10, 17, Jan. 14, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitor, Mr. James, Bucklersbury. C. Le Roy, Pall-mall, haberdasher, Dec. 7, 14, Jan. 14, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Leigh, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house. J. Bowker, Bolton-le-Moors, grocer, Dec. 21, 27, Jan. 14, at the Bridge Inn, Bolton-le-Moors Solicitors, Messrs. Ad lington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row. • J. South, Cardiff; ironmonger, Dec. 17, 18, Jan. 14, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Solicitor, Messrs. Poole and Greenfield, Gray's Inn-square. i J. Chaplin, Lison-grove, St. Marylebone, bricklayer, Dec. 7, 14, Jan. 14, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Soli citor, Mr. Carlon, High-street, Marylebone. DIVIDENDS. Dec. 14, T. Lynn, Jerusalem Coffeehouse, Cornhill, mer chant—Dec. 14, H. Thompson and T. Moses, Paradise-row, Rotherhithe, wine-merchants—Dec. 7, J. Hassell, Richard_ street, Islington, printseller—Dec. 31, T. Deakin a nd T. D yer , Birmingham, dealers—Jan. 10, W. Kemp, Bath, banker— Dec. 26, J. Knight, Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire, draper—Dec. 28, J. R. Benson, Artillery-place, Finsbury square, merchant—Dec. 7 ; J. Hunter, Barge-yard, Bucklers bury, merchant—Dec. 7, J. Orr, Barge-yard, Bucklersbury, merchant. CERTIFICATES, DEC. 24. J. Johnston, High-street, Wapping, grocer—R. Hibbert, Mansel-street, Goodman's-fields, bricklayer—P. Warren, War ' minster, Wiltshire, mealman. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. S. Hall, I. Cooke, G. Daubeny, and H. Weare, Bristol, wool merchants, so far as regards G. Daubeny—F. Bourdon and J. Barbet, -Worship-street, Finsbury, dyers—R. H. Sommerville and J. Robinson, Liverpool, hosiers—E. Freeman and T. Evans, York, porter-merchants—S. Lo r d an d R. Fenton, Old Clough, Lancashire, cotton-wast e - s pi nners —B. Withington and J. Bruckshaw, Manchester, manufacturers--W. and G. Capel, London, tea-dealers—W. Glassbrook and G. Partington, Man chester, coach-makers—F., W. Sn e ll, B. W. Hi ggs , and A. W. Snell, Exeter, milliners, so far as regard s F. 1-V. Snell—J. and J. Goodall, oventry, grocers—W. Tickle and E. Nar bery, IVood-street, Spa-fields, umbrella-manufacturers. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. 3. SCOTT V. WAITIIMAN AND WILLIAMS, This action was brought against the defendants, who served he Office of Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, to recover a Loss which the Plaintiff sustained by the neglect of the defend ants to take proper securities in a replevin bond. The plaintiff, a broker, was employed to distrain on behalf of a Mrs. Woolfe, the goods of a Mr. Magrath, residing in Welbeck-street. The sum of 221. 7s. was due for rent, and the plaintiff distrained the goods to the value o f 70/. M agrat h sued out a replevin, and the plaintiff having traversed obtained judgment for Mrs. Woolfe. The plaintiff then applied at the Sheriff's Office for delivery of the goods or the bond which the defendants had taken. The defendants handed over the bond, having Mr. Hynes, a tide waiter, at the wages of four shillings per day, and Mr. M a bb er l c y , a coac h ma k er , suret i es in the amount of 1001. The plaintiff refused to take the bond, con sidering the sureties not in a state of solvency, and brought this action. The question was, whether they were good bondSmen. Several witnesses proved that Mabberley's credit was not good after he became security. Mr. AIARRYATT, for the defendant, contended, that the Sheriff's Officer, Gill, who took the bond, had no reason to suppose in 1819, when it was executed, that Mr. Mabberley's credit was had, and therefore he was justified in taking the bond, however the parties might turn out. The LORDCHIEF Jus•rrcC in his charge to the Jury said, if a Sheriff's officer does not use due dilligence in takin g p ro pe r sureties to_ a bond, the Sheriffs a r e liable. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages 70/. THE KING V. BURT. This was an indictment against the defendant for assaulting henry Ortey on the 11th of April last. According to the evi dence, the prosecutor, who had some dealing with the defend ant in the hay and corn line, went to the shop of Burt, in Hol born, where the latter carries on the business of a maker of straw bonnets. He saw him in the back parlour, and said he came to speak to him about his bill, which was not right. The de fendant said, why don't you go to my office and have it set right. The prosecutor said he wanted a proper bill to satisfy his partner that lie had not had bonnets for his children. There was something wrong upon the face of the bill he had received. The defendant, according to the evidence of th e p rosecu ti on , then took him by the collar and drove him violently into the street under the hackney coaches. The prosecutor then got up, went to the door, and said, is .this all I get when I apply 1 for my right ? Upon making that observation the defendant seized him again and struck him repeated blows in various parts of his body. His mouth bled, and he was so much in jured as to be unable to follow his business for seven weeks.— The defendant was described to be as big as Gregson the boxer. The circumstance of the assault were repeated by Jones, a porter at the George and Blue Boar, who saw the transaction. Mr. ANDREWS, for the defendant, addressed the Jury, and contended that his client was justified in what he had done. Elizabeth York, the defendant's servant, proved that Ortey came into the house, in a state of drunkenness, and called Burt a swindler, on which her master turned him out. Garlic, the defendant's shopman, endeavoured to prove that Ortey had made him promise to give a full account of the trans action, saying he would make him a present for so doing. The witness added, that he signed a paper, the contents of which was dictated by Ortey. Ile, however, delared the whole to be false. -The account he called a true account was in justification of the defendant. Ortey being called, deposed that he had never dictated the writing to which the last witness had spoken. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE censured in severe terms the conduct of Garlie, for having put his name to a statement he knew to be false. The Jury found the defendant Guilty. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC. 3.' ELLIOTT V. BROWN. This was an action to recover damages for injury done to the plaintiff's horse, by the negligence of the defendant's servant. The plaintiff's are brewers residing in Pimlico ; the defendant is a cheesemonger living in the neighbourhood of Long-acre. It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses, that the plaintiff's horse and cart were standing opposite a public-house in Long-acre, on the 26th of June last. The defendant's ser vant, with a horse and cart, were passing, and, as was alleged, by the servant's negligence, struck against the plaintiff's horse, knocked him down, and drove the shaft of the cart into his side, by which he was seriously injured, and under the care of a veterinary surgeon for a considerable time. The loss oc casioned by this alone was estimated at sixteen guineas. An offer was made by the plaintiff to settle the matter privately, but the offer was refused by the defendant. The present action was therefore instituted. Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN addressed the jury for Cie de• fendant, and called some witnesses to prove that no blame was to be imputed to the servant, but that the circumstance of the injury was purely accidental. Mr. Sergeant PELL replied, and the jury, after hearing the Learned Judge's summing up, found a verdict for the plaintiff' —Damages IGI. 16s. DAWSON V. ANGERS.—ASSAULT AND FALSE IMPRISON- MEN T. The plaintiff in this case is a journeman carpenter resident in the neighbourhood of Lisson-grove ; the defendant is a green grocer and market gardener, in good business in the same neigh bourhood. According to the statement of Mr. Sergeant Hui - - Lock to the jury, it appeared that on the 19th of March last, as•the plaintiff was quietly walking along near the Rock Ta vern, he was met by Angers, the defendant, who without pro vocation seized him by the collar, and took him prisoner in that manner until he . Came to the police-office, Marylebone. He there gave him in charge to the officer of the day, to be kept until he (defendant) went for the,prOsecutor. Plaintiff was de tained above two hours, and was at length discharged on giving his word for his re-appearance. The only alleged ground for this gross ill treatment was, that the defendant, who is a con stable, had, on a former occasion, called on the plaintiff, in'the King's name, to assist him in keeping the peace , when he was struggling to take a black m an , named Scipio. Such conduct, the Learned Sergeant said, was grossly illegal, and he trusted the Jury would shew,by their verdict, that it was not to escape with impunity. Hill proved, that on the day in question, he met the de fendant holding the plaintiff by the collar, and taking him along in a very rough manner, towards the police-office. Witness remonstrated at this treatment, but defendant threatened to take him into custody also. On his cross-examination, this witness admitted that plain tiff had told him that the defendant had arrested him, because he (plaintiff) had refused, when called upon in the King's name, to assist him in keeping the peace. Another witness who saw the transaction corroborated this evidence, and added, that when the defendant arrived at the police-office with the plaintiff in custody, he was asked for the warrant by which he had arrested him, but he said he had not got a warrant. The officer who was in the office at the time, corroborated the evidence as to the non-production of a warrant. The plain tiff was in custody about two hours. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN, for the defendant admitted that as his client had not had the precaution to prOcure a warrant for the arrest of the plaintiff, a verdict must pass against him. But he submitted that this was not a case where they were called upon to give more than nominal damages. Here was the case ' of a constable acting in the discharge of his duty and in danger of great personal violence ; he called on the plaintiff in the King's name, to assist him in keeping the peace, which he re fused. Now his Lordship would tell them, that a man refus ing to assist when so called upon by a constable, was guilty of a misdemeanour, and might be indicted for it ; and the only error the constable committed was not having procured a war rant for his'arrest. Under the circumstances, he trusted the mis take of this man would not be visited with heavy damageg. Mr. Justice PARK summed up, and the Jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 408. and costs. It appeared from a question put to one of the witnesses, that the plaintiff had been, since the transaction, tried for having refused to assist constable, and acquitted. HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, DEC. 3. ST. JOHN V. LANCE. This was a suit of salvage, to recover compensation for ser vices rendered to a vessel at sea, and in distress. The Right Honourable and Learned Judge was assisted on the Bench by two naval officers of rank. It appeared by the affidavits, and by statements not in ques tion, that the ship John and Thomas, of 450 tons hurthen, and with a cargo of 800 tons of timber on board, was on its way to Liverpool on the 19th of April last, when having taken pilots on board from the Scilly Isles, it was driven by st ress o f weat h er to seek an ancho rage i n the Bay of Penzance. She had lost her rudder, some of her cables, and was leaking considerably. The anchorage that was chosen appeared to several of the witnesses extremely perilous, and Lieutenant St. John, an officer commanding the Fox, Revenue cutter, who was just on the point of leaving the place, offered his services, and, by means of his cutter, towed her to a place of greater security. Several days elapsed before the ship could beeffectually repaired, or enabled to pursue her voyage, during the first part of which the wind increased to a hurricane. The Master, Samuel Baxter, was stated to have contemplated cutting away the masts, and allowing her to drive as a wreck ashore, but to have been dissuaded from that step by the remonstrances of Lieutenant St. John, and another of the witnesses. There was much adverse swearing with regard to the conduct of Mr. St. J o h n .— It appeared he fi rs t as k e d 8001. fora salvage, and then reduced his demand to 5001. On the other side 1001. was tendered. Dr. ADAMS and Dr. GOSLING were heard for the plaintiff; and Dr. LUSHINGTON and Dr. DODSON for the defendant. Lord STOWELL observed, that he had the satisfaction of con curring in opinion with the Professional Gentlemen who sat near him in regarding the salvage in the present case as of a limit ed nature, as not evincing any of that enterprise that could exalt it into heroism ; and as displaying only the requisite de gree of skill and labour for towing the vessel to a safe anchorage. The original claim of 8001. was excessive. It was true on the other hand that might appear a small requital, considering the size of the ship and the bad weather he had encountered; but her cargo was not valued at more than 2,7001. nor was she her self in so disastrous a condition as had been represented. Upon the whole case, he should dismiss the defendant from any fur ther observance after payment of -the 1001. which was first ten dered. He was unwilling to mark it with costs, at least with costs previous to the refusal of the tender. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, DECEMBER 3. John Shearman was indicted for assaulting William Craig; and the latter was himself indicted for assaulting the wife of John Shearman, the defendant. The following were the circumstances which gave rise to these cross-indictments :—The cases were tried together, although one stands number 18, and the other 70, in the list, because both are involved in the same transaction. The prosecutor in the first indictment, W. Craig, it appeared was in possession of some property contiguous to the defendant Shearman ; and the latter, although he had been f requent l y spo k en to, persisted in putting some ladders upon Mr. Craig's premises. On the day when the alleged assault was committed, the defendant came with a ladder and put it upon Mr. Craig's premises. The latter told hint to take his ladder and himself off; but Mr. Shearman refused, and being asked for some payment for the room which the laders had occupied, Mr. Shearman replied, " Yes, I'll pay you," and immediately knocked the prosecutor down with his hst. Mr. Craig had scarcely regained his legs, before he was knocked down a second time. Shearman then told him, that for what he had said to his wife, he would lick him when ever and wherever he m e t hi m . The prosecutor admitted in his cross-examination, that he had had some words with the defendant's wife in the morning, but denied having struck her at all. Mrs. ,Shearman had spit in his face, but he had never spit in hers. Two other witnesses corroborated the prosecu tor's statement with respect to the assault by Mr. Shearman. Win. Craig was then put to the bar to answer to the indict ment against him for assaulting Mrs. Shearman. This lady stated that Mr. Craig came to her house, and demanded some money, which she did not think proper to pay. In conse quence of this refusal, Mr. Craig abused her most grossly, and struck her two blows, one on her stomach, and the other on her breast. She was pregnant at the time, and expected very shortly to lie in. She cried out for help, and some neighbours came to her assistance. She was ill for a fortnight afterwards, and never left the house. The Jury found both Shearman and Craig Guilty, and the Court sentenced them to pay a fine of 6s. Bd., anti to enter into recognizances in 401. each to keep the peace in future. William Parry was indicted for an assault upon a person of the name of Dodsworth. The parties rented a shed together, and a dispute arose as to the power of the prosecutor of remov ing some boards; the defendant grew enraged, and struck the prosecutor a violent blow on the head with a coal shovel. It appeared in the course of investigation, that an action for tres pass against the prosecutor, at the instance of the defendant, is now pending in another Cou r t. The Jury, under the circumstances of the case, returned a verdict--Nut Guilty. LONDON SESSIONS, DEC. 3. The well known Charles Crowder, his wife Mary, and his servant, Martha Jones, were indicted for keeping a most abo minable and dangerous brothel in Union-court, Holborn-hill. At first the defendants pleaded " - Not Guilty," but by the advice of their Solicitor, they retracted that plea, and admitted their guilt. The RECORDER sentenced Crowder to imprisonment for six months, and his wife to imprisonment for two. He drew a distinction in favour of the servant, whom he delivered into the hands of her mother, with an admonition to mother and daugh ter as to the future employment of the latter. QUARRELS FOR PASSENGERS.—James Earl was indicted for an assault upon John Glover. This case arose out of one of those disgraceful contests for passengers which are daily occurring amongst the stage-coach men of the Metropolis. The defendant as well as the plaintiff were in the habit of plying for passengers at the Flower Pot in Bishopsgate-street. A lady and gentleman engaged to go in the prosecutor's coach, but the defendant endeavoured to prevail upon them to prefer another. The prsecutor upon pushing aside the defendant in order to help the lady into the coach was struck by him a most violent blow, the effects of which he felt for some time. This evidence was corroborated by a gentleman, who added, that the prosecutor staggered to a considerable distance from the blow. The defendant said, that he had to work against four of the prosecutor's men, who were in the habit of telling every one that his coach was the wrong one. Besides thi s , th e p rosecutor had often threatened him with the tread-mill, and under such provocation he had shoved the prosecutor, but he struck no blow. A woman, who said she saw the whole transaction, swore that no blow was struck, and that both parties were equally culpable. The RECORDER observed, in summing up, that those who acted as the defendant was said to have acted, took a liberty with the public which was not to be endured. The defendant was found Guilty. The RECORDER said, every one , seemed satisfied with the verdict. The public must be protected in their right to go into any coach they chose. He then sentenced the defendant/ vil i4 had been in prison a considerable time, to be detained the re days longer. SURREY SESSIONS, DEC. 3. Matilda Dunn, a child described in the record as being un d te a er 10 years of age, was indicted for stealing 12 yards of O n i t cotton, the property o f M r . C or i ne l , a linendr a per residing Newington. The circumstan ces o f t hi s case h ave been f u ll y detailed to our Police Reports. It appeared from the evidence, that on n 2, 28th of October, th e pr i soner, accompanied by a younge r sister' _ entered Mr. Conn e l' s s h op, and asked for a quarter of a aj hens she muslin. Whil s t th e s h opman was engaged in serving he n s she rolled up th e co tt on ment i oned in the i n di ctme nt, thrust it into a basket which was carried by her sister. The action was observed, and she was apprehended. she The prisoner, wh en ca ll e d upon f or her d e f ence , said knew nothing about the matter. The Jury immediately found the prisoner Guilty, but realm' mended her to mercy. Thepre prosecutor torb would, it begged e sa d t t d o a a d ff d ord his hriemcogrm eat recommendation satisfaction h if a t of the Jury.prisoner co u ld b e p l ace d i n some benevolent institution ,where she might, if possible, be reformed. He had made inquiries in, a neighbourhood in which the prisoner lived, from which h e " f t, been able to learn that the father of the prisoner was in conflo,:, nient, preparato r y t o b e i ng tr i e d on a charge of rece i v i n g sto:, goods. The child, who was with th e prisoner when she 631 ,t, 'flitted the theft, was in the parish-workhouse. The f au l consisted of five children and th e father, the mother beingdtloi A brother of the prisoner was at present in Brixton-ga• one of the children had been taught to read or write. ei r The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Harrison) observed, that in one NI he was glad to hear of the latter circumstances. the Mr. Cornell said the prisoner had been known to be in 4 practice of st ea li ng i n s h ops f or the last two years . She laid confessed that sh e h a d ro bb e d hi m o f a table-cloth a b o ut a ford night before she committ e d th e t h e f t o f w hi ch she h a d been colt' victed. He understood that she was 13 years of age. risonee , _ The CHAIRM AN sa id, h e was conv i nced that the p t was an experienced thief as soo n as h e h ear d h er d e clare she knew nothing about the matter. Then addressing the,„„p ri i ce soner, he said, " P r i soner , you stan d h ere a drea df u l ins of the effects of vice generared by ignorance. It aPPe ar/ your parents have totally neglected your education, and left i; destitute of instructi on , except , i n d ee d , for wic k e d purPr een for I have reason t o b e li eve t h at one of your parents hlis te the occasion of yo ur b e i ng p l ace d i n your present unfortnn a situation. Your case p resents a great difficulty to the C ° ou which hardly knows how to deal with you for the best. il t b a fo however, consulted with my brother Magistrates, and we 0 , that the mo s t a d v i sa bl e course we can pursue is to d i rec t yo u i t be imprisoned for three month s i n th e H ouse o f Correction r ig Brixton, there t o b e k ept to h ar d l a b our, and to be tw i ce du that period privately whipped. The prisoner was of small stature; the expression de a l countenance was a mixture of shrewdness and depravity to be met with in so young a child. During the trial she mains tamed the mo s t p er f ect i n diff erence, but after the verdict 0, delivered she seemed to weep. TATE OF IRELAND. —The country is traml° l/. The county of Meath is about to adopt the C° 3 ' stabulary Act. Before three months, we SUP' pose it will h e genera l t h roughout I re l a nd! (Dublin Evening Post.) The Governors and Directors of the Bank Ireland have come to the resolution of disc" lifr ing Bills at Ninety-one Days. SHOCKING SLlClDE.—Yesterday afternoon en Inquest was held, before TnomAs SuELIT Esq., Coron er , a t the Committ ee - room of 13e 2 r lem Lunatic Asyl um , on t h e b ody of a PsilFL; named James Parsons, aged forty years, : 1 ; n rrr r had strangl e d hi mse lf. Th e J ury consu ltea at some time, and th en returne d a ver di ct , 44 Ihiglt the deceased st rang l e d hi mse lf , at a time' I"' he laboured under mental derangement." c o : SUPPOSED MURDER NEAR AIITCHAM.---A roner's Inquest was yesterday held, when it iv „ a , p a i i proved that no mur d er h a d b een comm i t t e d, , the verdict of the Jury was as follows : deceased fell into a ditch in a state of int° l ta tion, and was suffocated."—Th e C oroner °P er. it was a proper verdict. We are happy t o h ear f rom Mr. i' .° ll e ll LAMOND, that very f avoura bl e letters have „": 1 k received in town from the Emigrants, Settlement, by the last arrivals from Queb e .,;ll The industri ou s f am ili es h ave succeeded so-"ani that they are abl e t o ass i st th e i r f r i en d s , v v , b o p they invite to j o i n th em next season. TheiL.rre has been very abu n d an t, an d we ll got i n . I n e ts is no difficulty in obtaining land, but emigrants must be able to shew means for the sup p ort es their families until they get the first crop. 1173 - at have been reduced, as many have wrougllt. their trades b e t w i x t t h e ti me o f t h e cro ps bei n ; put into the ground an d h arves t. M aso n's weg es ; 7s. 6d. per day. A letter from the Gove rn " of Canada to Mr. LAMOND says, that he has te r : ceived from Captain MAttstrALL a very far,n he able report of th e genera l prosper ity 0' I . ct settlement at Lanark. They have the first o b J e of their hope, genera l goo d health and abunda nce of food."—(Glasgow Chronicle.) COURSE OF EXCHANGE, December 3. --..w.---- Amstet dam Ditto, at Sight l2 0 Rotterdam l2 4 Antwerp l2 4 1 0 flamburgh 37 7 4 7 Altona 0 Us' Paris, 3 Day's sight 25 ii 50 Ditto 6 113+ Bourdeaux, ditto , moo Frankfort on the Main Madrid ice Cadiz Bilboa ' Barcelona Seville Gibraltar Leghorn Gem /a .... 'n -Venice, Ital. Liv 27 5 0 Malta 45 -Naples 39b 0 ,. Palermo - Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro „ Dublin .'. . 9% Cork 94 pet Cent. t. ' . BULLION. Portugal Gold, in Coin Foreign Gold, in Bars • / .0 0 0 014)* Foreign 17 6 New Doubloons New Dollars 0 4 9 Silver in Bars, Standard 0 4 11i,_....' BIRHS. On the 2d inst., the lady of John S c hneider, Esq., of a 93 ,45 i ? At Birkley, the lady or ,. James Browne, Esq., .M.P.7 laughter, who expired in a few hours. to Grace, MARRIED. Hull, York, the Rev. George Bof St . Alban's, A--e if On Tuesday,. - the 26th ult , at the Holy Trinity Church, Browne of Hull. ,second daughter Of the late Thomas Riddell, Fosfk, DIED. At Mount Mascal, Kent, on the 2d inst., Mrs. At 'son, relict of the late Michael Atkinson, Esq. At Brighton, on Sunday, the Ist inst. aed 25 years, Francis Fearon, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law,. 3111' Fellow of New College, Oxford. 1 , Silo" Monday mdrning, at Rochester, aged 26 years, Ada' s ' mons, wife of Mr. James' Simmons, solicitor, of that place w . n ~ SUDDEN DEATH.—On Sunday se'nnight, 111rs.klarnren,,1 in Ruttington-lane, Canterbury, whilst washing her. h 10°'''''' things she was seized with a fit, and expired immediatel ----.••••=•-r - -- --- : -.- A Printed and Published for the PROPRIETORS, at the S"'' Office, No. 112, Strand, by J. B. CalksTAt6`• ~~ rj Pr e Pri4 v,i 5 4 4) °he'