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cuation of Antwerp du) preliminary to all farther negotiation. We ourselves have maintained the justice of this arrangement, and it will require nothing short of the production of the protocols themselves, to convince us that the Conference could so far forget - their own declarations, and the honour of the Belgic people, as to consent to any change. If the ambition, the pride, or the amour propre of either party is to be con sulted, in the presentstage of the proceedings, it is not surely those of the party which has hitherto threatened its opponent with invasion,—which has resisted the proposals, and braved the me• naces of the Conference,—which has kept all Europe in apprehension of a general war for several months,—and which has rendered neces sary the ruinous expenses of great. military esta blishments among its nei g hh ours .—Si nce wr i t i ng Alie foregoing observations, we have received a letter from Brussels of Tuesday, and the Brussels papers of Wednesday. It is gratifying to find that the confidence of the Belgians in the conti nuance of peace has been increased by the re ,ception of a Belgic Ambassador at the absolute Court of Vienna. Let King Leopold only se• cure the esteem and love of his subiects by main taining their civil rights, and upholding their political independence, and he is sure to acquire the acquiescence of foreign Courts in all his just claims, when prosecuted either before the Con ference of London, or on the frontiers of Holland. —Times. The Duke of Wellington made last night an effort to impress the country with the immense loss it has sustained in being deprived of the high qualities of his Grace as a Statesman.— After dwelling some time on the diminution of stores, the discontinuance of the training of the Militia, and other particulars, by which a reduc tion of expenditure for the present was purchased at the expense of increased future expenditure, his Grace proceeded to the consideration ofthe political prospects of the country. " He con tended that it was the duty of the Government to look to other objects of more importance than the mere balance of income and expenditure. It was necessary to look to what was likely or possible to happen in the circumstances of the s sountry—(Hear, from the Duke of Cumber- Would any man say that the Govern ment, with respect to its finances, was left in the situation in which it ought to be ? The .finances of the country were unprovided for ; although his Majesty's Ministers knew that the next Session would be of a Reformed Parlia ment, and no man could tell what the decision ,of such a Parliament might be on any question, m ore especially on a question of Finance.—( Hear, bear.)" If a Reformed Parliament should take it into their heads to ruin the country, which his Grace seems to anticipate, what is the use of all precautions now ? All that Ministers could do now might be undone in that ominous Parlia ment, to which his Grace looks forward with apprehension. His Grace's admonition is like that given to a man bound to sail on a dan gerous sea, to take care of his life now, as there was no saying what might happen to him when on his voyage. His Grace is an instance that bulls can be made by a phlegmatic as well as lively Irishman. "In the present state of the foreign relations of the . count .ry (added his Grace with becoming gravity), it was possible :hat an occasion might arrive, in which his Ma jesty might be compelled to make an extraordinary exer tion, and to call forth all the resources of the empire._ (Hear, hear.) By the necessary consequence of the state in which the finances of the country were now placed, his Majesty would, in such a case as he had sup posed, be put in the greatest difficulty In tbe manage ment of his financial resources, ao long as the necessity for exertion might continue. Let his Majesty's Ministers look to the condition of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) Could any man conjecture how embarrassing the affairs of that country might become.----(Hear, hear.) Let them look to his Majesty's foreign relations..-let them look particu larly to the Peninsula. They would sea, that in every one of those particulars, his Majesty might, much .74oner than any of their Lordships perhaps expected, be called on to make exertions (or which all the resources of the empire would be necessary. The present, therefore, was not a time to curtail the finances.—(Hear t bear.)" What does all this amount to, but that the political horizon is at present overcast ; and that if we go to war, we shall have occasion for all our resources ? But does diminished expenditure for the present, impair the future resources of the country ? Is not the produce of the in dustry of the country its resources ? and does his Grace mean to say, that whatever favours the development of' the industry of the country im pairs its available resources for war ? If we are forced into war, which we trust in God Ministers will only enter on in the case of absolute neces sity, we know not the country in Europe which could carry on war with more effect than our selves. The long and tedious financial state ment of his Grace told us nothing which was not before known to everybody. We all know that there has been a failing off in the Revenue, and that that falling off indicated considerable privation on the part of the people ; and does his Grace think that those privations constitute ma argument for improving our finances by the imposition of additional burthens on a people suffering from a variety of circumstances, some of them temporary, as the obstructions to in. dustry and commerce caused by the Cholera— to the agitation caused by his own stupid oppo sition to the Reform Bill, &c.? The chief ob ject, however, of his Grace's speech, seemed to be, to aid the cause of Don Miguel, by repre. senting the cause of Don Pedro as hopeless, and to embroil Ministers with Portugal by charging them with violating neutrality in favour of Don Pedro. We must do his Grace the justice of admitting that lie exerted himself with some in genuity and more malice, aided by his local knowledge, to create embarrassment to Ministers in their foreign relations.—Morning Chronicle. From the tone of the debate yesterday in the House of Commons, it appears more than pro. bable that another Session of the present con demned Parliament will be called before the end of the year, for the purpose of patching and cobbling the Reform Bill—that wretched mea sure which by dint of brickbat and bludgeon was forced upon the country against the general sense of the honest and sober-minded portion of the community, and which is now an object of con tempt and det es t at i on among t h ose very classes who, incited by an infamous Press, were ready to commit any excess of crime on its behalf. We have already stated our opinion that, when the mending process once begins, all hope of bring ing the task to a satisfactory completion will speedily vanish. Confusion will become worse confounded, till at last all parties will concur in demanding its total repeal, as the only visible escape from still increasing difficulties. It will be seen by our report that the Reformers of the great town of Manchester, the head-quarters of Radicalism, have already come to a similar conclusion, and that Mr. Hunt yesterday pre sented a petition from them, praying for the re peal of the Bill altogether, with the exception of the disfranchising clauses. Upon this all the Reformers in the House gave vent to their dis appointment at the blundering inconsistencies of the measure. Colonel Evans complained that all the metropolitan districts would be " vir tually disfranchised." Mr. Duncombe declared that one populous parish in Westminster would be entirely disqualified by the manner of word ing the rate clause, which did not apply to the manner of levying the rates in that parish. Mr. Warburton said the respectable parish of St. Clement Danes was in the same predicament, and ridiculed the idea of going to a general election with so "imperfect and mischievous a measure." Joseph Hume, Esq., joined in the general abuse, and started the very pleasant con ceit of there not being Members enough in the next Parliament the validity of whose returns would be unquestioned to form even one Elec tion Committee to try the merits of a petition. This, reader, is the picture of a Reformed Par liament—an Assembly which is to unsettle and remodel all the time-honoured institutions and leading interests of the country, and which we are told by a Reformer will not possess sufficient legal title to try the merits even of an election petition. Sir George Warrender threw a biting sarcasm into the cauldron of discon tent, which Sir Thomas Denman did not seem to be in the humour to relish. He observed that the lawyers were the only persons likely to benefit by the Bill, and for them it would yield a rich harvest. It is to be hoped that the lawyers who drew the Bill will not be allowed to benefit by their own wrong in stuffing it so full of blunders and cross purposes. The Ministers are really to be pitied, driven to a general election with the whole country laughing at them. But if they should find themselves obliged to call a "short Session" before Christmas to their aid, they will be in a still more pitiable plight. Should this actually occur, it is expected that every Minister will ap pear in his place with a handsome fool's cap on his head. And the King's Speech on opening the Session I Could his Ma jesty be expected to preserve the gravity of his features in going through it ? With re spect to the particular clause of the Bill which forms the immediate pretext for calling another Session of the present Parlia ment, we contend that it furnishes no reasonable ground whatever for any such proceeding. It is difficult to decide whether audacity or absur dity is predominant in the charge brought against Ministers of a breach of faith with the people on this point. The Reform Bill was before the country for a year and a half before it finally passed into a law ; and if it be asserted that the people, who were so desperately enamoured " of their darling Bill," did not care, during all that period, to make themselves acquainted with its leading provisions, there are yet circumstances attending this particular clause which render it perfectly impossible that any elector, through out the whole of England at least, should have been ignorant of it. That the rates and taxes due to the sth of April should be paid by the 20th of July, in order to give a qualification to borough voters, was repeated continu ally at the m ee ti ngs o f t h e U n i ons, was pro- I claimed day after day by all the Radical Papers, and in London especially, where the greatest deficiency appears, was placarded in all quarters of the town, and in numberless shop windows besides. Ignorant of the provision, therefore, no elector could be ; and the Radical writers, who are attempting to raise so great an outcry, are thus driven, beyond hope of redemp tion, to one of two humiliating confessions : Either the majority of their winch-vaunted new constituency are proved to be sunk so low in the scale of society as to be without the means of paying the pitiful quota demanded of them ; or that the majority of a people represented as setting a value upon the elective franchise above all other privileges, and eager beyond example for the acquisition of that " great birthright of Englishmen," are in fact wholly and totally in different to it. In either view no plausible case can be made out for an alteration in this clause ; but should this clause, nevertheless, be remo delled in deference to Radical clamour, others must be amended in deference to justice and common sense. Justice must divest the measure of its partiality to Whiggish interests, and com mon sense most endeavourto rectify the blunders from which scarcely one of the constructive clauses of the Bill is free.—Morning Post. There are some passages in a charge delivered from the Bench, by Mr. Baron Gurney, to the Grand Jury at the recent Assizes at Gloucester, touching the increase of crime among the lower classes, and the causes of it, which are deserving of comment. The Learned Judge is reported to have said that " as far as his experience went —indeed it was so on the present circuit—the increase of crime was attributable to intempe rance, the facilities for indulging in which were afforded by the public-houses and beer-shops being kept open all night, which they were in some counties in this circuit, and produced the most lamentable consequences. He hoped, how ever, the proper authorities would check the evil." lithe Learned Judge thinks that the Magistracy can prevent the evil which the Legislature has created, he is very much mistaken. It was very easy for any one of common reflection and sagacity to foresee what would be the conse quences of allowing all persons, without cha racter or property, who could pay a two guinea excise license, to open those dens of low dissipation all over the country, com monly known by the name of " Tom-and- Jerry shops." It was not for want of being forewarned of the mischiefs to which their measure " for relieving the industrious classes" would lead, that the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, and Mr. Goulburn persisted in it. Almost a whole Session of Parliament was oc cupied in discussing a Bill to relieve the distress of the poor by demoralising them—and by plac ing every where around them temptations to waste their scanty wages away from their fami lies, and to qualify themselves for criminal prac tices by drunkenness, destitution, and evil com pany ! Baron Gurney " hopes the proper au thorities would check the evil." The only proper authority in this case is the Legislature, and it can only check the evil by repealing the Bill. With what face can Parliament open a door to crime on the one hand, and call on the Magistracy to shut it on the other ? No—they must undo their own work ; they must repent them of their own folly ; they must abolish their matchless measure of relief, which inflicts bad beer and worse morality on the labouring classes, before they can expect a cessation of its ruinous results. Mr. Baron Gurney followed up his re marks upon the operation of the Beer Bill, by an allusion to the administration of the poor-laws, as having also a tendency to promote the progress of crime. He said that " the great parent of crime was idleness. To give money to the poor without earning it was worse than throwing it away. It was only spent in intemperance, and was, in fact, a reward for demoralisation. Procu.e employment for the poor, and it was the greatest blessing which could be conferred. Let the labourer have a fair remuneration for his labour, without which he was discontented, sulky, idle, intemperate, and at last criminal. It was a mischievous practice to give greater remuneration to the married than the single. Such was calculated to drive the peasantry into ill-judged marriages, which, though the labourer got greater remune ration for his labour, was not calculated to main tain, the mor a l o bli gat i on o f t h e con di t i on. ' That idleness is a source of crime, whether in rich or poor, is a truism which, we presume, no person will attempt to controvert. It is also a bad thing to give money to the poor without their having earned it ; but there is a worse thing than this, and it is to allow the poor to starve when they cannot obtain employment. Yet this is the maxim of our modern race of political economists, than whom heaven never afflicted a land with a more absurd or hard-hearted race of theorists since the world was created. When the Learned Judge says "it is a mischievous practice to give greater remuneration to the married than the single," we ask, does he mean to say that the married pauper, with his wife and famishing children, are to be allowed no more parochial relief than the miserable pittance of 3s. or 4s. per week, on which the single la bourer can barely keep soul and body together ? In that case his children can only live by violat ing the laws of their country, if strong enough to plunder their neighbours, or else die, and be cast out upon the dunghill in Christian Eng land. If the Learned Judge meant that the re lief granted to the single labourers should be made equal in amount to that given to the mar ried with large families, he should have so ex plained it ; for, at present, especially when we connect the observation with the advice about riot giving money to people who have not earned it, his meaning is liable to be mistaken, and might occasion great practical mischief, if country Jus tices of the Peace should be thereby led to act like some of our stipendiary M ag i s t ra t es " i n town, who, by refusing to compel the overseers to give relief to miserable objects, or rather by encouraging them to withhold it, have done more for the office of the coroner, or that of the hang man, than they have for the cause of morality— their decisions leading either to verdicts of " death by starvation," or to crimes against property, which our enlightened and humane law visits with another sort of death—and as the commissioners of the poor laws lately appointed are mostly, if not all, Malthusians, who make population and Providence responsible for all the evils of misgovernment, the matter is not likely to be mended. The fact is, that, while the industry of this country is pressed down by th.it enormous taxation which a profligate and expensive system of government has inflicted upon it, misery and distress must increase, and, with these things, and the beer-shops and game laws, and other causes which we need not enu merate, there must be an increase of demoralisa tion and clime. Low wages is the cause that even employed labourers are compelled to receive a portion of their subsistence out of the poor rates. But high rents, low prices, and heavy taxation together, are the cause of low wages. In spite of the theories of the Malthusians and the political economists, we maintain that Eng land could support a far greater population in comfort and happiness, than now can scarcely subsist upon her surface in misery and vice. Providence lavishes its bounty on our fields, but the poor enjoy it not—the farmer does not profit by it. Is it the work of Providence that we have a peace currency with a war taxation ? Morning Herald. Parliament will this day be prorogued by the King in person, and whether there be or be not another Session previous to the assembling of a new Parliament, in order to enable those voters who have been disfranchised by the rate and tax payment qualification clause, to exert the privi lege which would otherwise have belonged to them, there are certain duties to be discharged by those who have qualified themselves, and to the execution of which they cannot too soon direct their best and most earnest attention. In other words, we must make the best of a bad bargain, and exert ourselves with the more zeal to fulfil the aimr, and objects of the Reform Bill, that there is but a comparatively small portion of us who have it in our power to fight the battle of the many. Instead of despairing of victory, because the constituency has been narrowed be yond its intended limits, every one must exert himself with greater zeal and vigour—be more watchful and wary—more enterprising and determined. The armour, by means of which the Reform Bill was ultimately brought to a successful completion must be again buckled on—no weapon thrown away—no advantages given up ; for the contest is now not about the means of promoting the best interests of the na tion, but about those interests themselves; whe ther the march of economy and Reform shall proceed, or whether the country shall be handed over, bound hand and foot, to a party whose object is retrogression, or at least the conserva tion of all those abuses in Church and State which it is the object of every well-wisher of his country to see removed and extinguished. The next Parliament will, in fact, be the most im portant, in every sense of the word, both as respects the foreign and domestic policy of the country, that ever sat in St. Stephen's. The tithe system—the corn laws—the state of Ireland— our foreign policy—the expenses of our public establishments—the pension list, will all have to be discussed and settled ; and in what way they would be dis cussed and settled should the Tories have the preponderance in the ensuing elections, it would be idle even to hint at. They are known by their works—and what their works have been may be seen in the amount of the national debt —in the pension list—in the corn laws—in the currency—and, let us add, in the struggle which is now going on on the Continent, between the upholders and abettors of despotism, and the friends of freedom and constitutional right. Every one, therefore, who wishes welt to the national cause must put his hand to the plough, and not look behind him to the amount that he may have accomplished, but forward to what either remains to be done, or which he may, by dint of perseverance, succeed in accomplish ing. And for this purpose every one must first of all qualify himself, according to the provi sions of the Reform Act, in order that he may not be taken unawares by an active, vigilant, and enterprisingenemy. Every ho use h o ld er and elec tor who isa Reformer ought to register his vote without the slightest delay ; for after the 20th of this month there will be "no place fur re pentance" to those who neglect this most im portant duty ; and what is more, the Anti-Re formers were never more busy than they now are in performing this duty for themselves, and all those whom they consider friendly to their cause. In the county of Middlesex especially they are most active, and unless the Reformers come for- ward without delay, the worst possible results may be realized in the metropolitan county itself. This is, therefore, the first and most imperative duty of every reforming elector at the present moment, because tine will wait for no one; but there are others which will follow upon its ac• complishment, and to which we shall advert at length in a day or two.—Morning Advertiser•. - - POLICE INTELLIGENCE. QUEEN- S QU A RE. Yesterday, Mr. William Douglas, of St. John's wood road, was charged before Messrs. WHITE and GREGORIE, with violently assaulting George Holt, of No. 1, Bedford -court, Red Lion-square. Mr. WHITE asked the defendant, who wore large mustachios and a bunch of hair on his chin, what profession he was. Mr. Douglas had been a commissioned officer in the array, but was at present out of commission. The complainant, about 11 o'clock last night, was drawing a truck at Knightsbridge, when the de fendant came up to him, and asked him how he dared to make use of such language towards him. He was surprised at such an accusation, and told him that he had never seen or spoken to him in his life; upon which he struck him several blows with a sword-stick which he had in his hand. Surprised at such treatment from a stranger, he called him a Frenchified humbug, which exasperated him more ; and he told witness, that if he had him round the corner, he would do for him. A police constable, who witnessed the assault, came up and took him Into custody. Mr. Douglas, in reply to the charge, was walking with a lady,at Knightsbridge, when the complainant used towards them the most offensive language, which it would be indelicate to express, and which irritated his feelings. Mr. WIIITE asked if the lady was in attendance. Mr. Douglas replied that she was not. He could not offend her delicacy by bringing her forward as a witness. , The complainant most solemnly protested he ; never spoke a word to the defendant. Mr. WHITE said, that it was evident, even if such language had been used, it had been by another person ; but even then, it did not justify him in taking the law into his own hands. The Magistrates having consulted together, ordered Mr. Douglas to pay a fine of 50s. to the King. Mr. Douglas wished to give bail, and take the case to the sessions. Mr. WHITE told him there was no appeal. Mr. Douglas then retired in custody, and sent to his friends, as he declared that his poeket had been picked shortly before the affray took place. WORSHIP-STREET. Mr. BROUGHTON, the sitting Magistrate, was occupied nearly the whole of yesterday with the examinations of Henry Brown, alias Wil liams, &e., William Bekinsale, alias Smith, and Samuel Solomon:, the Jew, who had been several weeks in custody, charged with numerous depreda tions at hotels, taverns, and public offices, in and about the metropolis. A number of cases had already been taken in order to the commitment of Brown and Solomons. Hanley, the officer, now had witnesses present to prove a charge against Brown, of stealing Bank of England notes, and other property, from the Sussex Hotel, in Bouverie-street, Fleet-street. John Nichols, principal waiter at the hotel, de posed, that on the 24th of May two 101. notes and a quantity of wearing apparel, in a carpet-bag, were stolen, the property of a gentleman named Sparks, from Guildford, who was then lodging at the hotel. Witness had seen the property safe at one o'clock on the day mentioned, and missed it about two, upon inquiry made for it by Mr. Sparks. That gentleman had received the notes at a banker's in Fleet-greet, and the numbers being ascertained, a porter was sent to the bank to stop payment the following morning; but they had been already changed. The witness afterwards paid Mr. Sparks 251. 10s., the total amount of his loss. Mr. Palmer, cashier at Messrs. Hoare and Co.'s bank, in Fleet-street, stated that on the 24th of May he paid the two 10/. notes produced, and 14/. 7s. 6d. for a cheque drawn in the name of Charles Hilford, on the part of the New River Company ; but he could not tell to whom he paid them. Mr. Kempser, clerk in the Cashier's-office, Bank of England, produced the two 101. notes in question, Nos. 5,039 and 6,162, dated April the 26th, for which he said he paid 201. in gold on the 24th of May. The notes were paid in by some person who wrote as his address upon the front of each, " John Tebbut, 29, Austin-friars." Mr. Tebbut, of 29, Austin-friars, attorney, stated that the prisoner, who called himself Brown, was a clerk in his employ about three years ago, and lived with him about 18 months. He had frequently seen the prisoner write, and believed the writing upon the notes to be his. Mr. BROUGHTON—Have you any doubt about it ? Witness—Not the least. I can say with confidence that the handwriting upon the produced notes is the prisoner's. He produced a book containing various entries by the prisoner, and corresponding with the writing upon the notes. Mr. Tebbut, in answer to questions put by the Magistrate, said be had di s charged the prisoner for stealing books from his office to the amount of about 121., but did not prosecute on account of the respect he entertained for the prisoner's father, who had also been in his employ, but had since left him, and is now conducting the business of a highly respect ro vdofthla)tyethres-build. able firm in the legal profession. i c a k t I o J r n o ehyn, also Manning, p ingss Mr. Holborn, Freder hand writing upon the produced notes was that of the prisoner, who had been employed by him as clerk since he left Mr. Tebbut. Mr. BROUGHTON asked under what circumstances the prisoner quitted him. Mr. Manning said the prisoner had robbed him of books to a much larger amount than that mentioned by Mr. Tebbut, but he did not know until afterwards of his having robbed the latter. He discharged the prisoner without prosecuting, however, on account of rig father, whom he knew to be a respectable man. Mr, BROUGHTON remarked, that the case seemed perfectly clear as far as it went. The property was stolen from the hotel between one and two o'clock, and the nixes changed at the Bank for gold imme diately afterwards, and, as it appeared, by the pri soner, who was now proved to have written the name and address of his former employer upon them. To complete the evidence, however, they must have Mr. Sparks, who was stated to have received the notes at the banker's. The depositions of the witnesses then present were taken, and a time appointed for Mr. Sparks to attend and give his evidence. Watley, the officer, then produced a barometer found in the possession of Mr. Richard Phillips, of Addle-hill, to whom it had been sold by the pri soner Solomons. It was proved to have been stolen from the George Inn, Smithfield, on the 14th or 15th of May. The depositions were taken, and Solomons com mitted on this charge. Brown was then finally examined for a robbery at Mr. Michie's, the Spread Eagle Tavern, Oxford street. The prisoner was committed upon' this charge, and after some further proceedings, he and the others were again remanded. THAMES POLICE. Mr. Cooper, steward of the Albion steam-vessel, was summoned under very peculiar circumstances, to show cause why he refused to pay the sum of 2/. 195., which Benjamin Blissenden, his fore-cabin steward, claimed as arrears of wages due to him, at the same time complaining that he hind been sud denly dismissed from his situation without previous notice. _ _ Mr. Cooper had received repeated complaints from the passengers of the bad quality of the ale, beer, brandy,aand liquors sold in the fore cabin, though he provided Blissenden with the most supe rior articles, and similar to what he disposed of to the chief cabin passengers. The conduct of his under steward not being so correct as it ought to be, he one day, during his absence, broke open his lockers, and not only discovered that the brandy and liquors had been watered, but the corks had been removed from the bottled ale, stout, and porter, the contents drawn off, and an inferior beverage substituted in lieu of that he supplied him with. On the discovery of this fraud, he instantly dismissed him, and the Company had approved of what he had done. On his sending to Blissenden for a book and other articles he had kept back, he took out a summons for pre tended arrears. He declared that this was an at tempt to extort money; that Blissenden had not a farthing due to him, and that he had paid him vari ous small sums, which he had regularly entered into a memorandum-book in Blissenden's presence. The items were read over, and the complainant was questioned whether he had received them. He at first denied that he had received any of the sums entered, but on being closely pressed, admitted one psyment, and bad some recollection of another. Mr. BRODERIP did not like those prevarications. It was not likely Mr. Cooper would enter sums he had never paid, and he asked Blissenden if he was not told on his dismissal that his lockers had been broken open, and the adulterations detected. The complainant said he had not; and on the question being repeated, he gave the same answer. He was then asked if this was the first he had heard of it, and he swore it was. He was not aware un til that moment that his lockers were broken open, and denied the adulterations.—The cook of the ves sel, and Hart, a waiter to Mr. Cooper, said they were present when the lockers were broken open, and that Blissenden was told by them and others that his adulterations had been detected, and he was fully aware of the cause of his dismissal. Blissenden now said he was aware his lockers were broken open, and he had misunderstood the Magistrate's questions. Mr. BRODERIP said, the questions were too plainly put to be misunderstood, and the complainant had so grossly prevaricated, he could not credit his tes timony. That the liquors had been adulterated he had no doubt, and Mr. Cooper had acted very pro perly in dismissing Blissenden. He should not or der the payment of the arrears claimed, for it was not clear they were owing, and he discharged the summons. 11AT T ON-GARDEN, Patrick O'Keefe was charged with having bitten off the nose of James M'Carthy, and otherwise ill treated him. The prosecutor, a young man, on Monday last was at a public-house in the neighbourhood of Gray's-inn-lane, where his wife and the prisoner's sister quarrelled. He endeavoured to appease them and prevent blows, when the prisoner entered the place and struck him. Witness retreated into the street, when he was followed by the prisoner, who struck him repeatedly, and knocked him down. The prisoner fell upon him, and seizing his nose between his teeth, bit it clean off. Witness at the time, and ever since, had endured the most acute agony, and had been under the care of a doctor. He had taken great pains to find that part of the nose that was bitten off, under the impression that he could have it stuck on, but he could find it no where, and the prisoner had boasted of having swallowed it. The unfortunate man was in great pain, and ex ceedii.gly depressed in consequence of his misfortune. The prisoner, in his defence, said he heard that the prosecutor and his wife were ill using his sister. He did not deny having knocked him down, when his nose came in contact with the curb-stone, but he denied having bitten his nose off. Mr. ROGERS.—Yo u seem to have got the best of it; you don't appear to have got a scratch, and this unfortunate man has lost his nose. O'Keefe.—l didn't bite his nose off, by G—d, your Worship. M'Carthy produced a witness who posi t i ve l y swore that whil e t h e pr i soner had h im on the ground the prosecutor exclaimed, " For God's sake don't bite me if you strike me." He then saw him - with his pose off, and bleeding profusely. He was taken toille hospital. Prosecutor's wife corroborated this. Mr. ROGERS.—You are a savage monster. I never in the whole course of my experience heard of a more brutal or inhuman act. You might have murdered the man, and you ought to be ashamed of yourself. lie was fined 5/., for which he was detained. MARLB OR 0 UGH-STREET. _ - ---- - Mrs. Peggy Costello and Mrs. Norah Tierney, a brace of masculine Irish ladies, came before Mr. CONANT to have their differences adjusted—the main object, however, being to get Mrs. Norah bound over to keep the " pace" with all his Ma jesty's subjects in general, and Mrs. Peggy in particular. The defendant is well known in Covent-garden market as a professor of the art and craft of the " tackle and ticket porters," engaging to carry any thing under three hundred-weight, as basket-wo man; and the complainant, at the corner of a court in St. Giles's, dispenses halfpenny bunches of " in gans" to the " pensive public." Mrs. 'Costello had the advantage, as complainant, of prior speaking, and appeared fully inclined to have kept all the talk to herself, had not Mr. Conant, the Magistrate, checked her manifold ex cursions into extr aneous matter. Eventually it was elicited that several skirmishes had occurred between them, each time commenced by the defendant, who completed the series of assaults on Sunday morning by rushing upon her as she was passing the door, tearing her cap from her head, and inflicting 10 handsome and well-meant scratches down her face with her finger-nails. ch i ‘ p, 11 " e s r a e i ' d s mMersc.apP e a g s g m y, e N p v r e o t d n u es c s plate i n , ga g y u e a r n t N I V ty u r o t- f tatters. " Cap for cap," retorted Mrs. Norah, capering about the office, and shaking the ragged remnants of gauze before the Magistrate. "Be the oath," said Mrs. Peggy, " she was drunk on that morning." "Oa ! it's Mr. Buckland, the beadle, who'll make a liar o' ye, Mishtress Costelloe. He knows I'm never rale dhrunk but twice in my life—once whin I was married, and once whin I waked my husband, whom I'm married to these twinty years." " I've got two wetnesses to take oath of it, yer Wurtchip," said Mrs. Peggy. _ . " Don't let 'em in, yer Honour," said Mrs. Norah, " thim two helped to murther me on Sunday morn ing, and now they want to take away me life agin." " Hold your tongue," said the Magistrate. " And why will I hoult me tongue," said Mrs. Norah, " whin they're going to hang me ?" " Well," said the Magistrate, " let me hear your story ?" " Thin, yer Wurtchip," said Mrs. Norah, " on Sunday morning I came home wid me basket, and as I had'nt time to wash a clime cap, I says to me childer, Biddy,' says I, go and get the loan of the bellows,' for I wanted to cook a few paratees, and may be, my darling,' says I, ' as Mishtress Costilloe has been a t an I r i s h wa k e, she'll be dhrunk, and )e'll borry the sasspan too.' Thin did'nt I hear Biddy cry murther, and says I, Och, they're killing you, me darling, and nobody but meself to save you? Wid that I claps the taste taste of coal, about as big as me two fistes, into the toe of an ould stocking, and may be 1 did'nt give Mishtress Costilloe a nate wipe wid it. But, me Lord, she came wid two fay males, and trew herself on me, and bate the life out of me, and me houlding me head down, bekase I wid'nt get a scraped face. And now, Mishtress Co stilloe,' says I,' I've got the breath into me agin, now I'll have fair play wid ye. So come down into the coort and have it ont, and this is the thing to do it,' says I, showing her me fist. But, yer Von chip, she wid'nt come down, but goes and gets a warrant, and takea me into the prisence." The Magistrate, finding one party almost as much in fault as the ocher, dismissed the warrant, upon the defendant's paying a portion of the costs. BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS. BRUSSELS, Aug. 11.—A courier from Cotnpiegne ar rived at the hotel of the Minister for Foreign Affairs yes. terday evening at 7 o'clock. He had /eft Compiegne in the night. He brought the details of the marriage of his Majesty the King of the Belgians to the eldest daughter of the King of the French. Their Majesties, the King and Queen of the Belgians, will leave Compiegne on Monday morning, the 18th. They will stop for the night at Cambray, will arrive at Tournay on the 14th, in the afternoon, dad reach Laken on the 15th, in the evening. Notice of the . day of the en trance into Brussels will he given. It is affirmed, that on the day when their Majesties make their soletna entry into Brussels, an important resolution will be published relative to our political affairs, which are said to be drawing to a conclusive arrangement. M. Delmoitier, a Belgian Cabinet messenger, arrived here yesterday afternoon from London, with despatches for our Government. If we are well informed, the Government received yesterday morning, the 9th, the outlines of a treaty of which the English Journals have been speaking for some days. It is not a protocol; but the Conference•had drawn up, or rather (to use its own diplomatic expresiion)minuted the plan of a treaty concocted with so much trouble, and has transmitted it to the Belgian and Dutch Governments, asking them " If the Belgian (Dutch) Government will accept the proposed treaty of 4th July, in case the Dutch (Belgian) Government should accept it?" We believe that the Belgian Monarch is resolved to re ject at once the new plan of a treaty.-- Union. Yesterday several journals announced the appearance of a new protocol, the 70th, relative to the evacuation of the whole of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg. We believe that this protocol does not exist any more than the 69th. If we may give credit to letters from London, received yesterday, there has been no act agreed to and signed, but only proposals proceeding from some Members of the Conference, which are to be presented extra-officially. However this may be, we persist in declaring that no pro posals whatever, whether presented officially or otherwise, nin be discussed previously to the evacuation of the territory. —Memorial. LEIPSIC, AUGUST s.—The six resolutions of the Diet at Frankfort have been promulgated by a Royal Decree, of the 29th of July this year, and inserted in the collection of Laws, according to the 89th section of the Constitution. In the conclusion of the Decree his Majesty says, " We could the less object to give our assent to these resolutions, with reference to the rights of the Estates with respect to the granting of the supplies, according to section 96, &c. of the Constitution of Saxony, of September 4; 1831, as no infringement of any of the constitutional rights of the new Estates of the kingdom of Saxony could or shall re sult from them. We, therefore, by these presents, and in conformity with section 89 of the Constitution, promul gate the above resolutions of the Diet, which now become binding in this kingdom. Fully assured of the loyalty and good sense of the Saxon people, we are convinced that their representatives will never go beyond the powers as signed to them by the Constitution, but will rather en deavour to fulfil their honourable missions, by seconding us in our efforts to promote the welfare of the kingdom, so that these resolutions may thus have no influence in the kingdom of Saxony." The Pillau Shipping List of the 27th July, says, " A Captain just arrived here says he saw on the 29th, oW Gothland, a Russian fleet of 23 sail."—Frankfurt Papers, Aug. 8. THE MARKETS. COAL MARKET.—Aug. 15. Per Ton. s. d. 1 Per Ton. s. d. —...—.. 18 6 Walls End Neventareh.... 20 0 w..,..,.18 0 Ditto North um b er l and.. 19 9 ^w lB 6 Walls End Riddell's ....... 21 0 Holywell l9 6 Bells Primr05e................ 17 3 Ord's Redhugh —....—..... 17 6 Walls End Hetton ......... 6 Pontop Windsor ...—......... 186 Walls End Lamhton ........ 22 0 ranfield—. -- 19 6 W. E. Russell's Hetton.. 22 0 Walls End Bell & Brown 20 3 Walls End Stewart's.... 22 0 Ditto Bell, Robson, & Co. 18 9 Walls End Stobart's ..... 17 6 Ditto Bewicke and C 0... 21 0 Walls End Tees .—........ 22 3 Walls End 8r0wn'5........ 19 6 Cowpen l9 0 Walls End Callerton 18 0 New Flockton, Milne, Ditty Clarke and C 0....— 18 9 and Co. • lB 6 Walls End Heaton 21 0 W. E. Preston Grange,,, 1 9 Ditto Killingworth ...... 19 9 Ships arrived since Adair's Bensham Main Garesfield last market-day, 43. COUNTRY CORN MARKEL'S DURING IHE WEEK Wheat. I Barley. Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. s. to s. a. to s. s. to a. a. to a. Abi ngd on 62 81 31 43 22 30 38 Andover 73 80 37 41 23 44 Birmingham-- 56 66 40 44 24 32 52 Bridport 56 74 32 36 26 30 54 Cirencester ........ 50 62 26 38 21 25 36 41 54 86 36 40 26 34 ... 4G Guildford 48 74 23 32 26 35 —. 43 54 83 34) 35 20 30 ,40 Hereford 84 92 44 48 52 Highworth 62 80 32 42 28 34 56 Maidenhead 56 68 34 44 22 30 36 37 Monmouth,—...—.,, 56 61 3.9 Reading,.._ 65 90 31 47 21 27 34 ; 42 Salisbury 50 64 30 38 21 25 36 , 64 Southampton 54 58 33 40 28 3 2 46 Stroud 64 78 37 38 22 32 48 Tewkesbury 65 74 30 42 30 38 44 Uxbridge 48 74 37 40 23 33 46 Wantage 58 80 27 43 21 30 34 42 Warminster 48 64 33 36 22 27 34 46 59 21 22 Woreesterw. 65 66 44 51 31 34 50 Wheat, Old Foreign Oats, Poland Small or Feed Foreign Barley, Norf. & Suf. Foreign Beans Pease, White Tares Rapeseed, in bond JLL MA RK ET—Aug. 14. ~... —8 58s. 60s. Now —a. 60s. 65j. ~... —B. 50s. 545. ln bond... —s. —B. --s. 225 .—5.245. 20s —a. —s. 18s _..ass. 365. Linc. & Wold —s. 36s 38s. 30s. 325. 345. Foreign . ms s . 32, 345. --s. 38s. 40s. Grey -s. —s. Foreign —s. 30s. 3611. none. Free, per last 264 -s. -8. . ••• -8. DUMFRIES MA s. d. s. d. Wheat, Imp. Bush.., 7 9 to 8 0 Butter, 16oz. Barley .., 4 ... Oats 0 2 26 Beef, per lb. Flour, 141 b. Oatmeal 1 9 2 0 Veal Potatoes, cwt........... 1 4 1 6 Quartern Loaf IKETS.-Aug. 8. s. d. s. d. 0 °to° 0 00 00 04 05 04 00 04 05 0?- 09 IRISH MA DUBLIN MARKET NO' LRKET From 231 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 25 0 196 Bere 16 stone 12 0 0 16 stone 0 1,880 Oats 12 stone 9 0 12,551 Cwt. 9 stone 6 0 844 Oatmeal 8 stone 9 0 Sold to Bakers only. 10,782 Cwt. Flour _ 17 0 1 22 0 Average price of Wheat and Flour 48s. 4d. per Firsts, from 2ls Od Receipts of Fleur, R 77R / S econ d s , from Sales of Do. 12,651 s .••••••• 173 .* Od. . Th from 63. Od. PRICE OF EREAD. d. Half Quartern........... )AY, Aug. 10. 'To Average. 36 6 33 10 13 0 12 9 —0 0 11 6 10 4 2 ' 2 0 0 0 13 0 10 6 19 9% ;acic. to 22a ce. to 20a. Od. to Its. Od. Quartern Loaf, ' . tial a f t. Q s uarterrl...... '%. Wheat, Barley. 4a F10ur,0 ......4 per cwt. d per barrel per barrel per barrel , 20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. Ist. 2d. t s. d. as. d. s. d. as. d. s. d. as. d. s. d. as. d. s. d.as. d. Cork 270 32 012 2 124 89 11 417 0 196 60 166 Limerick X 27 6 30 013 0 14 012 0 13 616 0 19 0 0 0 15 0 Waterford 29 0 310 13 0 15 010 0 11 017 0 19 010 0 le, 0 Clonmel —29 4 300 120 160 136 139 17 0 19 0 13 0 16 0 Car10w.,,... 300 32 016 0 170 90 10 020 6 210 00 00 Beef, Mutton, Pork, Butter. per lb. per lb. per cwt. Ist. 2d. 3d. 4th. h. ----- d. a d. d. a d. s. d. a s. d. s. d. s. 6. s. 6. s. d. . 11 1 Cork 4f 5 5 629 0 32 080 0760 70 066 0 0 Limerick.. 3 43i 434 0 35 0,81 0 '77 071 0 65 050 0 Waterford 3 6 3 535 0 36 080076 0 70 06 6 06 0 0 Clonmel 3 4 4 637 0 38 077070 o— 0 9 0 Carlow ...M.4 s}o 0 00 0082070 0 60 0 0 ... 0 1 BIRTHS. On the 4th inst. Mrs. Hesketh Fleetwood, of Rossall Han, of a daughter. On the loth inst. at Membland Hall, Devon, the lady o f R o . bert Robertson, Esq., of a daughter. On the 14th inst., at Stamford. Grove, Upper Clapton; Mrs, William Bromley, of a daughter.. MARRIED. " ja m Miss Fanny Upton, daughter of Mr. Up ton, at Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, ton, surveyor. 28th of April, at the Mauritius, Lieut. George John On the Regiment, to Louisa Catherine, only child of Weir, c ' t— boveton Price, Esq., Colon Department. Frederickel4th inst. at St. Jamse's church, Dover, George Glen, On th a , f Brompton-row, to Sophia, daughter of the late S. Gray. A. O W n r t i h g e hte 3' , l Esq., ;sq., ° of Harley-street. --- 6 . 1 1 the 14th inst. at Farthinghoe, Northamponshire, Michael Hicks Hicks Beach Esq., of Williamstrip Park, Gloucestershire, to Harriet Victoria, s econd daughter of th e l ate J. Stratton,:Esq., of Farthinghoe Lodge, Northamptonshire. On the 9th inst. at Gillingham, H. W. Coultman, Esq., 26 th Regiment, only son of the late Major W. W. Coultman, 53d Re giment, to Louisa, only daughter of the late Major John Stuart Schnell, of the H. C. Bengal Army. On the 14th inst. at Marylebone New Church, Mr. James Beale, of New Bond-street, to Mary, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Marshall, of Wigmore-street. DI. On the I4th i ns t . i n Eaton-p ED lace, after a few days' illness, Harriet Emma, eldest daughter of the Hon. G. Godolphin Os. borne, in the 7th year of her age. yea O r n o t f h h e is ls a t g h e. inst. John Juland Rawlinson, Esq., in the 71st On the 13th inst. at Norwood, Mr. A. F. Wormell, of New gate-street v On the 11th inst. at Notting-hill, the Rev. John Hobson. On the 9th inst. at Plymouth, after a very short illness, in the 71st year of her age, widow of the late William Danson, Esq., of Bristol. On the 7th inst. Mrs. Edith Thorns, aged 42, Pimlico. in Stafford.place, On the 13th inst. at Sonning, Berks, Mrs. Lower Grosvenor-street, aged 52. On the 12th inst. at Rockingham-row, New Kent-road, John Isherwood, Esq., in the 66th year of his age, upwards of 45 years a confidential clerk in the banking-house of Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Co. of Threadneedle -street Duckett, late of PUNTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO YOUNG, AT Tim SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. il