The Sun. — London, England, 1832-11-29 00:00:00

mode would be, to repeal at once a tax at pre sent levied almost exclusively on the metropolis and a few other towns. Mr. Charles Pearson took some pains to show the gross inequality of the taxes complained of. In 1830, the amount of the house tax was 1,185,470/. ; the amount paid by the metropolitan districts, deputations from each of which were then present, was 780,4661., or five-eights of the whole amount of the house tax of the kingdom. He assumed the proportion of the window tax paid by the metropolitan districts to be two-thirds. Some fool at the meeting, on hearing of this inequality, asked if it was not in proportion to their property ? Why, the annual value of real property of England and Wales, as assessed in April, 1815, was nearly 52 millions. The share of that property for Mid dlesex was about five millions and a half. Were the metropolitan districts to pay no more than their share of this tax as determined by property, instead of paying 780,4661. out of 1,185,4701.. they ought not to pay more than 120,0001., or at most 150,000/. There never, in short, was a more distinct proof afforded of systematic in justice. We hardly wonder that Mr. Nicholson, who moved the first resolution, should have hinted that if justice were done, the oligarchs, who, by influencing surveyors and otherwise, have evaded their fair share of .the tax, should now be compelled to pay the sums of which the Exchequer have been defrauded. Really, when one sees the Duke of Newcastle asking from the poor, oppres'ed, tax-paying people of the hundred, 40,0001. wherewith to make good the mansion of Nottingham, while he knew it was not rated at more than 1001. per annum, it does seem hard that a person should be sued, after a number of years, for neglecting to use a two penry stamp, while noblemen like his Grace are suffered to escape. All the Members and Can didates present who were heard condemned the tax. 'I hose who could not obtain a hearing in tended to express the same condemnation. The best thing would be to diminish the expenditure by the amount of the tax repealed ; but if that is impossible (though we cannot see the impos sibility), let some other less oppressive tax be substituted.—Morning Chronicle. The meeting yesterday at the London Tavern professed to be called for a specific purpose, and that a fair and honest one,—viz., the repeal of the house and window-taxes. The attend ance was numerous and respectable, by which we mean, that although of the numbers who occu pied the room several were men of undoubted respectability, others, and among them some of those who are described as most active " getter , up" of the whole business, may be of a caltbre not quite so well defined. A curious peculiarity which marked this assemblage of persons from both extremes of the capital was its congregat ing together a large proportion of the candidates for the county, the two cities, and the metro politan districts. Of the absent, we suspect that there were more than one or two very honest friends to a reduction of the proposed taxes who neither liked the new fashion of tying Mem bers of Parliament neck and heels, and degrad ing them from legislators into lacqueys, not trusted the pledge-brokers, by whom such wholesale fetters are now, as it were, profes sionally forged. Mr. Hutne, who behaved very well in the chair, disavowed all idea of the meeting being designed or calculated to embarrass" those Ministers who had brought forward and carried so glorious a measure as the Reform Bill.' That Mr. Hume may have truly stated his own feelings we believe, because the Hon. Gen tleman would not assert a falsehood, and doubt less those other excellent personages, viz., Messrs. C. Pearson, Scales, and Wakley, were not less exempt than we are really persuaded the Hon. Chairman was from any and every selfish or in triguing motive,—from every latent, every sinister scheme,—and most anxious that Ministers should not be perplexed, or the cause of true and ra tional Reform brought under suspicion, or ob structed. Mr. Hume, with reference to the assessed taxes, vindicated his own consistency. as having for many years condemned them, and striven to prevail with Parliament for their abo litien. For such endeavours we have always felt that the Member for Middlesex had entitled himself to the thanks of his constituents. It is where he steps out of his proper and useful, though limited line, that Mr. Hume forfeits the confidence of his more discerning countrymen. An important fact was affirmed by the Chairman, and one which corroborates the allegations of an hundred letters which we have recently re ceived,—namely, that instead of the assessed taxes being rendered less obnoxious by greater lenity than used to be exercised in their management, the assessors and surveyors are every day acting in the harshest man ner towards the tax-payers every where, and that the number of surcharges have been con siderably increased. As friends to the abolition of this class of imposts, if it be practicable, we are rather gratified at learning that the public disposition to get rid of them is stimulated by this increase of their pressure. It is, in deed, provoking and intolerable that the house tax should be assessed in a way soiniqui tously partial to the higher and more affluent, while the middle—that is, the struggling — classes, are squeezed and screwed up to the highest pitch of torture that the law allows : this at least, this monstrous inequality, so galling because it ingrafts a fraud upon an insult, must be corrected without delay. For the speakers at the meeting, they were numerous, and all, with one or two insignificant exceptions, of the same species—that is, candidates about to come forward for support at the ensuing election. Alderman Waithman declared his sentiment, like the stout and straightforward politician he has ever shown himself : nor do we relish the worthy Alderman the less for the contemp tuous spirit in which he spoke of the pledge practitioners and their system of bullying inter rogatories to gentlemen, some of whom are small enou g h in their notions of self-respect to enter tain such proposals otherwise than by the simple answer, " If you distrust me, look somewhere else for a representative." Mr. Grote hinted at a tax on property (not an income-nx, Mr. Grote) as the fittest substitute for the housearid window taxes. Let us first see if any substi tute be required. Should Mr. flume's calcula tion be correct, and the amount of the above duties not exceed 2,500,0001. of money, there is some possibility that the vacuum may be sup plied from the voluntary practice of further eco nomy by Ministers, rather than by forcing, through increased taxation, every family in th e land to be more frirgal. Mr. (Alderman) Scales appeared to have read the Times of yesterday with attention, and to have been duly' flat tered by the description found therein of ce rtain parties and certain proceedings in which the wor thy Mr. Scales, for reasons with which we do not trouble ourselves, seemed to take some per scnal interest. Mr. Babbage, the ablest man in the room, and one of the most liberal, could with difficulty obtain a hearing from the apostles of free discussion who surrounded him ; nor could Captain Marryat, who, however we may ourselves differ from him on certain opinions, is on all accounts worthy of an attentive hearing. But Messrs. Pearson, Scales, and Wakley were listened to by the meeting, and naturally too, with something like filial reverence—inasmuch as, if not belied, it owed its birth to this illus trious triumvirate, for what purpose, besides that of mooting the repeal of taxes, a key may soon disclose. Now, having reason to believe that the leading Tories are at length awake to the pit pre pared for them by the anarchists of the 19th cen tury, we would just reiterate to them the coun sel which we have before tendered, and entreat hem to watch the nature and ramifications of the plots in which the band of " Destructives" have engaged, before they again attempt the extreme folly of coalescing with men who will have no thing to do with Tories, high or low, no con cern with Whigs, high or low,—none with con stitutional monarchy,—or with sound and steady Government, but to overthrow them all. We fear not the Conservative party, but pity it, and sometimes depise it ; but we do not want to see it annihilated by its new allies, from whom we will save it in spite of its own rash and floun dering absurdity.— Times. We yesterday intimated to our readers the hor rible factthatthe British Government, having very recently been called upon to express its wishes as to the preservation or destruction of the city of Antwerp, the saving or taking away of the 'fives of thousands of its peaceable inhabitants, the rescue of a numerous population from wretchedness and desolation, or the infliction upon them of ruthless ruin, the British Go ,ernment—the peace-loving, liberal, humane Whigs—decided promptly, and almost indeed without the decent appearance of hesitation, in favour of unsparing havoc and unmeasurable bloodshed. We shudder while we write that this disgraceful and appalling fact no longer ad mits of the slightest doubt. The stupidity, the cruelty, and the cowardice of our Whig rulers are about to be engraven in the annals of Europe in characters of blood and fire. It was not enough that the Administration of Great Britain should lend to the Government of France the sanction of its authority and the aid of its co-operation in the attempt to wrest by force of arms from a friendly Sovereign a pos ,ession which is rightly and justly his as much AS the Tower of London is rightly and justly a possession of the King of Great Britain ; it was (lot enough to encourage and assist this attempt, in ignorance or in disregard to the difficulties in the way of its success, or of the means by which hey were to be overcome ; it was not enough to Joint French cannon against the citadel of Ant werp, in contempt of the right of the King of the Netherlands ; all this was not enough of crime and of degradation ; but the further in famy must also be incurred of directing the mili ary force of France to take possession of the city and port of Antwerp, in defiance of the protest and the supplications of its peaceful in• habitants, in derision of the rights of that Bel gian Government and nation to which France And England pretend to have imparted an independent existence, and in contemptuous dis regard of the acknowledged fact that this step is strictly equivalent to the promulga don of a sentence against that great, populous, and commercial city of utter destruction, and against its unoffending inhabitants of indis criminate slaughter. The Sovereign whom France and England have set up in Belgium, and the subjects whom they have given him, reject with unanimous horror the kind of assist ance which it suits the purposes of France to lend towards the assertion of their pretended rights. They had rather be without the aid of France than enjoy it at the expense of the de struction of their chief seat of commerce. This they declare, and they receive for answer from the French allies that they must have French assistance, and British assistance also, and pre cisely such assistance as France and England think fit to give. The dispute is finally referred to the justice, humanity, and wisdom of the British Government, which, in the conspicuous exercise of these qualities, determines briefly that the fate of the town and people of Antwerp is a question merely of military tactics, and that Leopold and his subjects are bound to acquiesce in measures which lead of necessity to the de struction of the town and the slaughter of its inhabitants. This, divested of diplomatic jargon, is a strictly accurate account of the progress and actual position of the affair. What then be comes of the pretence that the French and English Governments were bound to attack Hol land, by the force of obliiations which they had contracted with the King and the people of Bel gium? Are they bound to enforce the rights, real or pretended, of the Belgians with a degree of vigour which the latter feel and declare to be injurious and offensive ? Is it as the ally of the Belgians that, in defiance of their protest, the French army is to expel the troops of the King of Belgium from Antwerp in order to devote that city to certain destruction ? Is there in the Palmerston protocols an authority so supreme over language and sense that their promise to protect implies that aggression will become a duty—that when they stipulate to render assist ance the obligation really contracted is to inflict disgrace, mortification, and ruin ? The Whig Ministers of England pretend to be the friends of peace, and they also pretend to have a high respect for the wishes of the community. Facts, however, show very conclusively that those pretences are equally false. That they have entered upon hostilities against Holland unnecessarily is evident from this : that Russia, Austria, and Prussia, although involved in the same obligations with England, not only refuse to enter with her into this hostile course, but distinctly and emphatically condemn it ; while neither the Whig Ministers nor the most ardent of their partisans have ventured to impute to any of those Powers a violation of good faith. And the evidence is yet, if possible, more com plete of their utter contempt of public opinion. The nation has declared, and is declaring more and more emphatically every day, its abhorrence of th war with Holland ; and, in the midst of this loud and significant expression of the public feeiing upon the subject, an opportunity has oc curred in which the Ministry might have shown their anxiety to withdraw from it, or at least to mitigate its fury and limit its extent. How have they employed this precious opportunity ? To urge the war to its fiercest extremity, to say, let nothing be spared that can be brought within the range of cannon, to show to the world that the rights of the King of the Netherlands and of the King of Belgium are equally the object of their contempt, when the a dmission of either can operate as au impedim en t t o t h e p rogress of destruction. This is what the Whig Ministers have done in the face of the loud anti indignant protestations of the people of England, by re fusing their influence in support of the rights of Leopold, and for the preservation of the town and fort of Antwerp. But perhaps we do them wrong. Perhaps it was in mockery only that the question was referred to them whether Antwerp should be destroyed. Perhaps they knew that they could give only one answer to it without letting the whole world see how little their allies the French really care for their approbation. Perhaps they are reduced to the humble office of sharing re sponsibility without any participation of effec tive power. Perhaps to defy the rights and feelings of the Belgians, as well as those of the Dutch, to consign the town as well as the citadel of Antwerp to destruction,was essential to the paramount object of their new confederacy, " the dignity and welfare of France."—Morn ing Post. Great is the wrath which the myrmidons of power express because Westminster gives indi cations of no longer remaining in the supine lethargy of a nomination borough. Vainly do the polished admirers of the courtly Secretary at War ransack the vocabulary of abuse to find terms coarse or contemptuous enough to convey their feelings of virtuous indignation for the ingratitude displayed by the electors of West minster towards the pledge-hating, tax-loving, place-enjoying, Sir John Hobhouse, the once intemperate orator of the Radical hustings, and now " silent ornament of the Treasury bench." Ingratitude indeed ! Sir John himself knows better than that. It does not require any pain ful process of political arithmetic to show on which side the balance of obligation lies. Sir John may find it convenient to forget what he owes to the electors of Westminster ; but the world knows that if he possesses any political importance, they conferred it on him. They lifted him from obscurity, and gave him a posi tion in the State to which he is more indebted for such distinction as he enjoys, than to any talents or acquirements of his own. We do not underrate his abilities, nor his past services, when we say, that he has derived more advantages from the connection with Westminster, than Westminster has from its , connection with him. But though Sir John has been for a considerable time a representa tive of Westminster, his hatred of pledges is but of recent origin. There was a time when Sir Francis Burdett and himself were as warm advo cates for pledges as they are now against them. The pledges for annual Parliaments and univer sal suffrage was their passport to popular favour. It is too bad that those who originally climbed up the sleeve of the people, by giving pledges on behalf of extreme and impracticable doctrines, should now affect a lofty tone of indignation in denouncing all and every distinct engagement on the part of the Parliamentary candidates to sup port even the most reasonable views and opinions of their constituents. For our own part, we have so often seen the most solemn political pledges violated, that we place very little reliance on them. Time has been when Sir Francis Burdett himself, the pledged advocate of annual Parliaments and universal suffrage, went over to the Treasury Benches, and took his seat behind Mr. Canning, though the banner of " no Re form " waved over the head of the latter— though he defended even the rottenness of Gatton and Old Sarum, and explicitly declared in his place in the House of Commons that he " would never agree to any measure of Reform as long as he had the honour of a seat in Parliament." Time was, also, when Sir Francis Burdett, whose con stitutional hatred of standing armies had formerly assisted in making him the popular idol of the day, forgot that jealousy of the military power under the Wellington Government, and smitten with a new admiration of the civil wisdom of camp-educated politicians, declared in Parliament that " the army was the best school for States men." Is, then, Sir Francis Burdett entitled to feel indignant and to complain of popular in consistency or ingratitude, because the electors of Westminster prefer exercising their own right of choice in the forthcoming election to submit. ting to his nomination of a colleague, as if he had a prescriptive privilege, not unlike that of the departed boroughmongers, to the appoint ment of Members for Westminster, and was re solved to " do what he liked with his own ?" Crouching and spiritless, indeed, would that popular constituency be that could tamely sub mit to the arrogant and dictatorial tone of the Worthy Baronet's letter, though it has had the unqualified praise of the sycophant Jour. nals of the Treasury, whose recent watch-word was "pledges"--their battle-cry at every hustings in the kingdom, and whose invocation of political unions and armed associations was as vehement as their new-born hatred of all such unions and clubs, which Ministers, having used for their purpose, now would cast aside. With all his present hatred to pledges, there is one pledge which we are quite sure Sir John Hobhouse would not refuse to give —we mean a pledge to support the present Ministers ;—he only objects to pledges on behalf of the people. As to pro posing that the Secretary of War should bind himself to take any step for the repeal of the assessed taxes it is monstrous ;—but that only shows that the situation of Secretary At War is perfectly incompatible with the duties of a re presentative for Westminster; for who will say that the Members of the populous and spirited constituency of Westminster ought not to be foremost in demanding the repeal of these un just and intolerable burdens on the industry of the people ? Since Sir John chose to accept the office of Secretary at War, without making terms in favour of any of those principles which his constituents sent him into Parliament to de fend, he is unreasonable to expect that his con stituents will allow the representation of their great and ancient city to become a sinecure, or worse, in compliment to him.—Morn. Herald. Count Funchal has been for some time soli citing the Government of this country to recog nise Donna Maria, especially since the favour able turn which things have lately taken in Spain. The Marquis of Palmella has arrived, with in structions from Don Pedro, to urge the same object on the attention of Ministers, and, it is supposed by those whose sources of information are considerable, with every prospect of success. We hope that the result will justify those expec tations. The fate of Portugal is now in the balance. The influence which that fate may have on the general politics of Europe, on the success of free institutions, and the advancement of civilization and liberty in all quarters of the globe, is too obvious to permit us to be indif terent to the issue of the present contest. Por tugal, even if we had no commercial interests of our own at stake, stands in an attitude so im portant with respect to Europe and the best interests of mankind, at this moment, as to call loudly upon England to do what in consistency she ought to have done before—to acknowledge the rightful Sovereign, now that, she is S ove . reign both de facto and de jure, and by that means give a helping hand to the success of the popu - lar cause. One word from Lord Palmerston at this moment, might be the means of saving tor rents of blood, which otherwise may be shed in the uncertainty of a protracted struggle. We cannot doubt his Lordship's anxiety to interpose the power of his station for such a purpose, but the dread of interference may blind him to worse consequences than those of interference itself, and involve him in a more awful responsibility. But it is not interference to admit the fact that Donna Maria is Queen of Portugal. The ad mission, it is true, by England, would, in all probability, have a strong moral influence on the cause she is now maintaining against the usurper of her country and the tyrant of her people. But that is the very reason why it should be made. The feeling of Don Miguel towards this country is well enough known to discharge us from any overstrained exercise of punctilio towards him, and nothing but an overstrained punctilio can stand between us and the recognition required. The present, however, is no time for hesitation. Let us now show that we are desirous to afford every advantage to the patriot cause in Portugal, by the admission of a truth which no Govern ment can deny, but which a generous Govern ment should proclaim with a thousand tongues in the present circumstances of that country—the truth that Donna Maria is Queen de jure and de facto. It is not the muttering of the Duke of Wellington, nor the quibbling of Lord Aberdeen, that should be permitted to weigh against the sanction and approbation of the liberal throughout Europe.—Morning Herald. The reports in our paper of this day speak out to a very considerable extent on all these subjects; and to their perusal, without comment or ob servation, we commend our readers. We can not, however, pass over, in the same manner, the obscure, but not altogether unintelligible, accu sations put forth against us by a morning con temporary, who has, ingeniously enough indeed, divided the population of the country into Con servatives, Destructives, and Whigs. The Con servatives are well known. They are the enemies of their country under all circumstances —the abettors of war, if war can benefit their party, but in all cases the lovers of pensions and sine cures, and the very persons to tickle the ears of the people, while, as Alderman Scales has expressed it, they are tickling the money out of their pockets. The history of the Whigs is equally well known as the history of those who have always fought on the side of the people,—who have advocated economy and retrenchment—who carried the Reform Bill, and who are determined that that great mean of improvement shall, sooner or later, be produc tive of the important ends for which it was passed ; but of the " Destructives " we really know nothing. Such a party may exist in the country ; but if they do exist, they are by far too limited in number, and too unimportant in all other respects, to deserve the slightest notice. If our contemporary means by the term " De structives" those who are determined to have vote by ballot—shorter Parliaments—a more extended suffrage—the cutting down of pen sions and sinecures—the abolition of useless and unequal taxes, why we must plead guilty to the charge of being classed among them ; but at the same time we beg to observe, that we see nothing more " destructive " in the opinions which we entertain on those subjects than in those which we held on the necessity of a Reform in the representation of the people, which was also very stanchly advocated by our contemporary. The latter would evidently stop short, in the march of improvement, with the mere attainment of the means of effecting it ; we consider the means to be a mere plaything, unless employed to effect its ends ; and for this reason we are advocates for those measures which we fear our contemporary in his general condemnation, classes among those of a " de structive" character. Be they " destructive," however, or not, the Ministry is not wise that opposes their adoption ; for, sooner or later, they will be adopted ; and what will then be thought of those who gave them their determined oppo sition? Lord Grey is not the enemy of such measures ; but a certain portion of his Cabinet is inimical to them. It would be advisable for the latter to lean on the experience of their Chief.—Morning Advertiser. POLICE IN'T'ELLIGENCE. MANSION HO USE. A poor woman, named Hannah Watts, and her nine children appeared, in great distress, yesterday the at justice-room. She had been sent out by the parish officers of Westbury, her parish, to Upper Canada, together with her husband, who was a tailor, and ten children, as emigrants, and they had all encountered great privations and embarrassments. They were at their destination but a few months when her hus band died without having got into any employment, so that the large family was quite helpless and desti tute, the sum they had received from the overseers of the parish (30s. a head) having been expended in a very short time. Luckily, the eldest girl obtained a situation as servant in a family, but the mother and the rest of the children were obliged to get back to England as soon as they could, and here they ar rived without one farthing in the world. The un fortunate woman intimated that her two daughters were ill-treated by the crew of the vessel in which they returned to England. The ship, however, had left the port of London, and the family thought, for several reasons, that it would be advisable not to follow them for the purpose of prosecuting. It appeared from the account given by these wretched emigrants, that no proper regulations have been made for providing for those who are sent off in such shoals from the various parishes in England, and that no agents are appointed to investigate the cases of the poor people who are thus thrown upon a foreign and distant land. The LORD MAYOR directed that the unfortunate family should be sent home to their parish. A man of very respectable appearance and ad dress was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with having committed a robbery in the shop of Mr. Ablett, a linen-draper. The prisoner said that his name was Henry Watson, but refused to give the prosecutor any account of himself. It was stated in evidence that the prisoner went into the shop and looked over goods to the amount of 6/. or 71., which he desired should be put aside for him. He was seen moving his hands towards his pocket, and it was immediately suspected that he had stolen a piece of handkerchiefs which had been lying upon the counter. He was told of the suspicion entertained of him, and he denied that he had the property; but the shopman took it out of his pocket. The policeman that apprehended him said that t he prisoner, upon being pressed to disclose his re sidence, and the names of his relatives, declared th a t ifhega wveaonuY information re l ative to h i msel f , the exposure would destroy three or four persons, and he, therefore, was determined to be silent. The prisoner repeated his objection to the Lord Mayor. The LORD MAYOR-1 never saw a more respec table -looking man in my life at the bar, and it is my wish rather to se, ve than to injure you, and there fore I ask you these questions. -137isonei—I can see plainly that it is your Lord ship's desire to serve me; but to say anything about myself would be to cause extreme distress to two or three individuals. The LORD MAYOR-..-.You had some other object in going into the shop than that of stealing hand kerchiefs. The Policeman—He told me when I took him that he hoped capital punishment would be inflicted upon him. Prisoner—My purpose was not to steal. The LORD MAYOR—I am glad to hear you say so. What then was your purpose ? Prisoner—l am in such a state of mind that I cannot give you an answer. Nothing can be more dreadful than the consequence of my telling it to others. The LORD MAYOR—Why, if you are tried and convicted of this offence, you will be transported for life; and that intelligence must give a greater shock than the circumstance of your examination before me. Prisoner—l beg to decline saying any more. The prosecutor, upon being questioned, stated that the prisoner said, upon ordering the goods, that he was going to the Jerusalem Coffee-house, which, it appears, is an intimation that the person is going abroad. The LORD MAYOR—Is there any officer present who knows this man ? Ledbitter—l think he has been in custody before, and that he has been trans ported. lam quite sure that I have seen him here before. Prisoner—Never ! I was never before a Ma gistrate in my life till now ; neither was I ever im plicated in a disgraceful transaction before. The LORD MAYOR-It is my duty, I find, to send the case before a Jury. Prisoner—l return you many thanks, my Lord, for the disposition you have shown to serve me. The watch and money, amounting to 16s. 3d , found upon the prisoner, were then restored to him, and he was fully committed for trial. QUEEN-SQUARE. Yesterday a young female, named Elizabeth Surgy, alias Sedgewick, alias Diggles, was brought up in custody, and placed at the bar before Mr. WHITE, charged with coining counterfeit money. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Just as the Magistrates, Mr. DYER and Mr. CONANT, were about to quit the Bencb on Tuesday, Sir St. Vincent Cotton, Bart., was brought into the office, in custody of a police-constable, charged with having, about half an hour before ' committed an assault on a livery-servant, named Keinch, in New Bond-street. The complainant, as he was walking down New Bond-street, picked up a piece of paper which he saw lying in the kennel, and proceeded onwards. He had hardly reached the top of the street before he was overtaken by a young man, who demanded the restoration of the paper, which he said was a medical prescription, belonging to Sir St. Vincent Cotton, who had accidently dropped it. While they were speaking the defendant came up, and, in a very angry tone, told him he was a - rascal for not calling after him, for he must have seen the paper had dropped from his pocket ; and he then struck him twice with his fist on his head. Complainant called a poiiceman, and gave him into custody. Sir Sr. Vincent, who appeared rather irritated, in defence said that in pulling out his pocket-handker chief he drew out the paper, which fell on the ground, and was immediately picked up by the com plainant, who was walking behind him. He did not discover his loss until informed, by an assistant of Mr. Grey, chymist, in New Bond -street, that Mrs. Grey had, from an upper window, seen the complainant pick up the paper. Feeling quite assured that the corn plainaat was aware it belonged to him, he certainly did use some warmth, as he considered, had the paper been a bank-note of large value, the conduct of the complainant would have been exactly similar. Mr. DYER, with the concurrence of Mr. Co- NANT, should impose a fine of 20s. on Sir St. Vin cent for the assault. Sir St. Vincent—l'll be if I pay the money. Mt. DYER—I also fine you ss. in addition, for swearing in my presence. This announcement appeared to increase the anger of the Hon. Baronet exceedingly, and he directed some very strong observations towards the Bench, ending with, " I am a Magistrate, and I have sat in that seat myself. 1 know a devilish deal better how to behave myself than you do." Mr. DYER should require Sir St. Vincent to find bail. The Baronet was accordingly removed to the lock-up-cell, in which he had the pleasure of being confined until his bail made their appearance. In the interim it having been intimated to Mr. Dyer that Sir St. Vincent had expressed something like regret at his warmth, the Magistrate directed he should be brought into the Justice-room, and then intimated to him, if he chose to apologise publicly for his improper warmth, he should not require him to find bail. Sir St. Vincent Cotton, however, de clared he would not make any apology, as he con sidered he had not been treated with proper courtesy. Under these circumstances Mr. Dyer said he should requite bail, which was given, and after 20s. fine was paid the Baronet was discharged. The fine for swearing was not insisted upon. A JARVEY'S DEFENCE.—John Seymour, the driver of a hackney-coach, was brought before Mr. DYER for having suffered his horses to remain un attended on the stand, whereby an accident occurred to the shop windows of a tradesman in Piccadilly. The offence was fully proved ; and the coach man, on being called on for his defence, came for ward and presented a capital specimen of the true London Jarvey—short, stiff-built, and bow-legged, enveloped in two or three top-coats, with his chin sunk in the folds of a large red shawl, which he had wound round his neck. Having thrown a proper share of pathos into his phiz, he made a duck to the Magistrate, and said," This here consarn, your Vership, is von o' them 'ere blessed heart-breaking misfortens as ve poor hackney-coachmen's hobli gated to encounter. I only jist vent into the public-house to git half a pint o'beer, vich I drinkt at the bar, and then jist for a hinstant moment of time to the tap-room to light my bakker, ven this ere unfortnight consarn took place. Now, my Lord, vot I looks at is this here. Its the universal custom with every 'spectable hackney-coachman, venever they takes up a lady or gemman, or vatever it might be, to chuck the vatermen, sometimes a halfpenny, and sometimes a penny, jist for looking arter the hosses, and hanging the nose-bags on the poor dumb hanimals. Now, my Lord, its werry hard, vhen the varerman Kits sich a handsome inde pendence out on us, that fie arnt to be made liably 'sponsible for the hosses getting out of the rank, and committing any promiscuous disaster with our we heicles. Howsomever, your Vership, if so be as how your Vership means to con wict, I hopes you'll take my vife and five children into your protection, and not put the extremities of the law on me." The defendant's oratory did not appear to have the desired effect, for the Magistrate fined him 10s. upon the understanding that the damage done to the window, amounting to four guineas, was also paid. On Wednesday morning last about 5 o'clock, th e body of Mr. JAMES CARLAW, surgeon, Marylaill (whose valuable services abd professional skill were so highly ap preciated during the prevalence of cholera there, in March last), was found under his bed-room window, in a shock ingly mangled state. It is supposed the deceased, wl.o was in the habit of rising during s!eep, bad got up, and in the 'act of leaning over the window had fallen out. His melancholy los-4 will be severely felt in the populous district to which he belonged. His father and brother, we un derstand, were subject to the same awful malady.— Scotsm a n. YAWNING EXTRAORDINARY. — Last Sun day afternoon, a Mrs. NEWTON, after she bad come from the afternoon service, at Claypath chapel, in the city of Durham, was seized with a fit of yawning, which con tinued fur a considerable length of time, and caused her to stretch her mouth so wide, that the joints at the extremity of the jaw slipped, so that sbe could not shut it again. Sbe remained in this disagreeable and dangerous situation until Mr. SHAW, surgeon, was sent for, who succeeded in replacing it in its natural position. CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday morning Mr. Baker, the Coroner, and a respectable Jury, assembled in the house of John Burney, Esq., in Kensington-square, to hold an in• quest on the body of Mrs. Burney. Miss Eliza Burney, who was much affected, stated that on Wednesday, Nov. 21, her mother and her self were driving in a one-horse phaeton down the Wellington drive in Hyde Park, and had nearly ar• rived at the bottom when a groom, mounted on one horse, and leading another, rode furiously towards them, and crossed in front of them. The horse upon which he was knocked against their horse, and caused it to start back ; and as soon as he had passed on, their horse set off at full speed, and almost mediately overturned the carriage. Her mother, who was driving, was thrown heavily on the ground, and was taken up insensible. She lingered in g reat pain until Monday evening, when she expired at eleven &clock. Mr. Maitland, of High-street, Kensington, a me dical gentleman, stated the nature of the injuries that Mrs. Burney had received, and gave it as his opinion that they were the cause of her death. - Mr. George - Hurst, of No. .5, Sr. George's-ter• race—As soon as the accident occurred he went uP to the groom and demanded his name, and that of his master; he was evidently much intoxicated, but seemed frightened at the accident, arid after some hesitation gave his name Henry Rainer, and said he was groom to Lord Palmerston. Mr. Hurst then proceeded to Lord Palmerston's house in Stanhope', street, and inquired of the porter if there was a groom on the establishment of the name of Henri Rainer, and if he was out that morning with big master's horses. The answer was in the affirmative. The Jury almost immediately fohnd a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Henry Rainer, and the Coroner issued his warrant for his apprehension. *.,„,* This is the accident the cause of which 5 respectable correspondent erroneously imputed to the groom of the Duke of Wellington, which the police had heard nothing of (!), but which has now become a matter of record in a criminal Court. THE MARKETS. KET,—Nov. 28. Per Ton. s. d . Walls End Newmarch— ‘2.1 " Ditto Perkins and Co 920 6 Walls End Hetton 22 ~ Walls End Lyons 21 W. E. Russell's Hetton... 0 Cannel (per ton)--- 35 0 Culm Walls End Elgin 1 1 ° 6 Fordel Main ----- 2 0 0 %V. E. Preston Grange.., 1 7 0 Scremerstone 16 ice last market-day, 16. COAL MA : Per Ton. s. d. Hol7well 0..114 0,11. 20 0 Ord s Redhugh 17 0 St. Lawrence Main 19 0 lanfield,- 2O 6 Townley l7 6 Wylam Walls End Boundary 18 3 Walls End 19 9 Walls End Callerton 18 0 Ditto Clarke and 19 6 Walls End Heaton-..... 21 6 Walls End Hilda 20 6 Ships arrived sin COUNTRY CORN MARKEL'S DURING 11-le WEEt• i Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Bean& Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. js.to s. r. to s• Abingdon 62 81 31 43 22 30 38 •'" Andover---.. 73 80 37 41 Birmingham..—.... 56 66 40 44 24 32 Bridport 56 74 32 36 26 30 Cirencester 48 60 28 36 19 28 36 V, Naringdon 54 86 36 40 26 34 -- 4° , 4 ; Guildford 48 743 30 23 3•352 2026 2 7,6 Henley 54 8 Hereford 84 92 44 48 Highworth 62 80 32 42 28 34 9 1 2 `' Maidenhead 56 68 34 44 22 30 36 34 58 23 32 17 32 Reading 65 70 31 47 21 27 34 42 Salisbury w 46 54 28 34 20 23 36 64 ,. Southampton 54 58 33 40 28 32 Stroud Tewkesbury 65 74 30 42 30 38 Uxbridge 48 74 37 40 23 33 •"' 58 80 27 43 21 30 34 41 ,, Warminster 44 56 26 36 21 27 34 5 Windsor w 59 21 22 "' W0rce5ter...—....,... 65 66 44 51 31 34 LEWES MARKET.—Nov. 27. LEWES MARKET.—Nov. 27. White Wheat (per quarter) £2 14 0 to £3 0 0 Red ditto 2 10 0 2 13 0 8ar1ey......—....—...................................... 1 10 0 1 12 0 Oats, New ,... 0 17 0 0 18 0 Pease 1 15 0 1 17 0 Oil Cake. New l2 0 0 per thousand. HULL M A RK ET—Nov. i 7. Wheat, Old —B. 50s 60s. New ...... —s. 40s. t Foreign —s. 50s Ms. In bond... —s —L •••• 4 ' Oats, Poland —s. 20s. 225. Old —.8..-4. -- -4 ' Small or Feed.... —s. 14s. 20s ._,,,, —s. - -4 Foreign ............ —s. 15s. 16s .......... ...........„ --s. _..5..—.5. Barley, Norf. & Suf ... —s 345. 365. Line. & Wold —a. 32s 3 41 ' Foreign —s. I. Beans . . . ....11. .. .. 308 32s 34s Foreign —s. 32, 34g. 34 -14 Pease, White —s. 365. 38s. Grey — 30 s faros —s —s. —B. Foreign ....B. 30s. 325. Rapeseed, in isond......none. ..... Free, per last 2.21 234 Os. CHELTENHAM MARKET.—Nov. 27. Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Per lb. d. to d. Wheat Barley 4 0 5 6 Mutton Oats 4 0 4 3 Veal Beans Pease __ 5 0 7 0 Lainb . 31. lOs 'to 31. 15s. nd. per ton. DUMFRIES M A RKETS.—Nov. 21. s. s.d. l Wheat, Imp. Bush 6 0 to 7 6 Butter, 16oz. Barley Oats ........ 2 0 2 6 Bref, per lb. Flour, 141 b. Oatmeal 1 8 1 9 Veal Potatoes, cwt. R . 7 8 s. d. cd," 0 0 , 00toON " 04 0 ! 04 O. 04 0° 07 09 LIVERPOOL MARKETS, Nor. 27. CoTrox-1,000 bales of cotton are the sales of the days chiefly American descriptions, from 60. to Bid. • CORN-At our Corn Exchange this morning there was ° thin attendance of the trade and moderate show of sampla k ,' Holders of wheat were asking Id. advanc e o n price , 01 this day week for both old and new, and in the veil limited business that occurred such was realized. Oat e, too, were flat, and the business confined to a few choice Wicklow at 2s. '7ld., and such as Newry at 2s. 7d. 2s. tiid. Barley for malting and grinding dull, thong not lower; as also malt, beans, pease, and Indian ooel Flour heavy of sale at 435. to 455., as in quality. M e l free sale at 231. to 235. 6d., being scarce. There' nothing done in flour and grain under lock. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS, AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET, (From the London Gazette.) 0 , TO-MORROW, Nov. 30, rt. 11 W J. M. Collins, victualler, Grosvenor-yard ‘ 2 , at ° W. W. Marsh, bookseller, Oxford-street o ,J. Channon, dealer, Hertford House, Picc a dill y • 1 1 B. Powis, merchant, St. Helen's-place W. Geldard, currier, Denmark-street, Soho •l9 A. Wildeboer, merchant, Cr utched-friars 1 0 Id T. North, carpenter, Wootton, Bedfordshire D. Currie, tailor, Regent- s t ree t 1 ~,, A. H. Ayckbown, surgeon, Wendover DIVIDENDS. J. Brown, barge.owner, Sheerness al 11 1 E. and A. Rule, ship-owners, Leadenhall-street T. Scarnell, t avern -k eeper, B r i g h ton J. L. Gard ner , w i ne -merchant, Little Tower-5treet......... 4 li DEATH OF MAJOR MACKEY, OF CH°: ' LERA.—Alajor MACKEY, of the 70th regiment, died 0 N t h Ross, aft er a f ew hours ' illness, on Thursday, at ' Ross, where the disease is raging with great malignancy' He has left a large family.—.Kilkenny Moderator. DETERMINED SUlClDE.—Yesterday an in: quest was held at the George and Dragon, Sh a dsie! H , gh.street, on the body of Mr. ANDREW TEAS, a mato butcher, aged 22. A few months since, the deceased sv h , ° by was a in relative.ver i n d ge This sudden n circumstances,change of was bequeathedfortuneappear bewilder him, and he was always disordered in his asiP_, afterward s . T wo mont h s ago h e commenced bus i ne ss 1 ; a butcher, at 24, Ki ng D av id-l ane, S h adwell ; but on occasions he absented himself for several days without ma ll " ' ing any provision for carrying on the trade in his absen ce ' He was much aff ec t e d at t h e under-selling of other butch „, e ' , to - and he hourly ex p resse d f ears of losing his capital. 'e days ago, Mr. A r th ur , a surgeon, advised his friends ;- place him under res t ra i nt. On Saturday last be found hanging in his slaughter -house. Verdict--ig e " Derangement. BIRTS. On the 27th inst. at Upper Glo uc ester.place, the lady of 84° • Liam of am Gostling, Esq., of a d aug hter.loll -On the 16th ult. at Th erap i a, near Constantinople, the , Charles Simpson Hanson, t.sq., of a son. k of o a n so t , h t e 26th inst. Mrs. J. Freshfield, of New Bank.buildt. 'OR PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO yoUNa.Ar• SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. DIED. vitif On the 26th inst. i n Old Quebec-street, the Dowager ro e Palmer, relict of t h e l ate S i r John Roger Palmer, of Lacken, in the county of Mayo, Baronet. On the 27th in s t. at Wi nchmore-hill, Joseph, son of M r ' ll' Barnes, of the City-road, aged eleven years and four montl' t % On the 27th i nst. i n M ark-lane, Alex. Smyth, Esq., aged i ,..50 On the 28th inst. after a long and severe illness, in her re et , year, Helen, wif e o f M r. S. P. Beeton, l ate of Ig atlinglt i i o ck and eldest daught er o f the l ate M r . Th omas O rchart, o f v' street. &a n' On the 20th inst. a t N ewcas tl e -upon-Ty ne , M ary, e ld es t ter of the late Rev. Nathaniel Ellison, of that town. f,stkt On the 28th i ns t. i n Upper Brook-street, Francis Burton , in the 19th year of his age. him aiei On the 27th inst. a t Greenwich, i n th e 60 t h year o f a p Matthew Salmon Kent, Esq., late surgeon of hi s Mpjesty' yard at Deptford.