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LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1832. CHOLERA NIORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT, COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEHALL.—(THIS DAY) DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES. ..., . ..., a , ... ec .-. i 'd c 5' 5 c ''' 5 " :-!, ,m c ' Il 0 c ''' .. ~: Places. 5 . t_i . - 5 . `-' c% u t , t ; .4 -- EL , E c. I. ' i ' I t, ' E ?". 4 3 z 4 x ,°4 ,- , ,, !- - 4,--t: Jan. Sunderland Newcastle l2 67 14 6 16 79 673 210 Gateshead North Shields and TYnemouth South Shields and Westoe l2 1 1 0 0 3 1 R oußhton-le-Spring _and vicinity l2 20 4 1 4 19 99 33 Walker Colliery and Township ll } 4 7 4 5 2 Not stated. 12 il°rPeth addingto n and vi cinity, N.B. ll 4 4 2 0 6 47 18 _ 'fotal 7 -- 157 37 19 28 147 11779 CIS ..........__ No other Reports received. (Signed) WM. MACLEAN, Secretary. The suicide of Colonel BRERETON is one of the most affecting catastrophes we ever remem ber to have read of. The gallant Colonel fell a victim to that high chivalrous sense of honour which is so characteristic of a British officer. He imagined he was disgraced, whereas he was °llly unfortunate, for even had he been fond guilty by the Court-martial, it could only have been of weakness, arising from too quick and keen a sense of humanity. He wished to prevent the effusion of blood ; he was ner vously solicitous to save the lives of his soldiers and his fellow-citizens ; and hisown death has been the consequence of this acute sensibility. Up to the period of his committing suicide, it seems he was wholly absorbed in drawing up Papers in justification, we presume, of his conduct during the Bristol riots, in the hope—so re fined was his sense of honour—that he might be enabled to set himself right with posterity. The loss of such a man cannot but be deplored even by his bitterest ene mies. He was, we are informed, highly res pected in his own immediate neighbourhood, and well known at Bristol for the general bene volence of his disposition. But he was certainly not fitted to take the lead at moments of popular excitement. He had not the requisite sternness and energy of character ; nor was he, from all we can learn, at all calculated, to show a bold front to the malignity of party spirit. Had lie possessed less of the milk of human kindness, and evinced as much consideration for his own interests as he evinced for those of others, he would have been alive at this moment and tri umphant. From the first bursting out of the Bristol riots the gallant Colonel's situation was a peculiarly tryi ng one : in fact, we can imagine none more painful, more full of embarrassments. Had he been a stranger to the city, could he have anticipated the appalling turn that the riots Would take, doubtless he would have acted otherwise • but hampered as he was by his connection with the neighbourhood ; above all, e mbarrassed as he was by the strange conduct of a selfish, bigotted, panic-stricken magistracy, Striving to the utmost to shuffle the load of re -BPonsibility off their own shoulders ; he seems to have caught the infection ; to have hesitated Wher e he should have decided ; to have reflected Where he should have acted ; in a word, to lave been bewildered, compromised, and un done. When the difficulties of his position ar e taken into consideration, we feel convinced that n o reflecting, generous-minded man will l ed aught but pity for the Gallant Colonel. The crisis 'was one which demanded the exercise of first-rate energies ; how few, then, would have conquered, how many would have failed with the lamented suicide ! Let no man condemn him ; for his, we repeat, was one of those trying positions in which even success itself, purchased as it must necessarily have been, in the first instance, by a vast effusion of blood, would almost have brought as much odium with it as defeat. Requiescat in pace ! As the conduct of the military authorities has now been subjected to the severest scrutiny, the people of England have a right to demand, and will demand, that that of the civil powers be scrutinized with equal severity. The blame must not be attached to one, more than to another party ; it must be shared equally by both. Hitherto the civil authorities have been the plaintiffs, we now demand that they be put on their trial as defendants. It seems, that just pre vious to the entrance of Sir CHARLES WE THERALL into Bristol, these sapient autho rities had made the most vigorous preparations, to put down any attempt at disturbance by swearing in vast numbers of special constables, policemen, &c. Thus far their proceedings were unimpeachable. But what we now desire to know is, what became of all these mighty preparations when the season for action had arrived, when it was necessary they should be rendered available ? We find the constabulary force, under the express sanction of the Magis trates, wondrously active in knocking people on the head, before any serious show of dis turbance had presented itself ; and equally le thargic and inefficient when the riots had as sumed a serious character and demanded all their energies. In fact we find them altogether disappear ing as the tumult deepens in atrocity, and nei ther magistrate, special constable, nor policeman daring to show his face. But, say the former, it is the duty of the military now to act. Granted. But is it not, most sapient ma gistrates, is it not, we ask, equally your duty to be on the alert —you who have made such a boast of your preparations —you who have announced your inten tion of achieving deeds which would put even those of your prototype, Sir Hudibras, to the blush ? Because the military power is in active, does that excuse your inactivity ? Yet throughout the disturbances—except indeed at the first onset, when no serious danger is to be apprehended—we find you altogether irresolute, panic-stricken. Not a constable shows his face—not a Magis trate dares to exhibit his honoured form in public. Even the valorous Aldermen turn cravens. And yet all this scandalous negligence is to be visited on the head of one poor individual ! Now we say that this is neither justice nor common sense, and, in the name of the people, we demand fair play. We demand that the lVlagisterial authorities of Bristol be visited with as strict a scrutiny as the late Colonel BRERETON. If the one was guilty, so were the others ; indeed, they were far greater delinquents, for it was from them that all power proceeded. The French Papers contain no news of a political character. The enlargement of the time allowed for the ratification of the Belgian treaty put a period for a week to speculations on that topic. If but one of the parties interested, continue of the same mind as at present, it will afford all the others a pretext for following his example—and we have higher authority, that where there's a will there's a way. German Papers received this morning, con tain a proclamation from the Chief of the Bos nians to that of the Servians, which is conceived in the true Mahometan style of bombast, mock heroism, and contemptuous sarcasm : FRONTIERS OF BOSNIA, DEC. 12.-It is well known that Prince Milosch, of Servia, by command of the Sul tan, addressed a proclamation to the Bosnians, who re fused to submit to the innovations of their Sovereign, call ing on them to obey, and in case of their refusing even threatening them with hostilities. The Bosnians, a Ma hometan race of approved courage, have not been fright ened by the threats ; and the commander of their army, the Chief (or Captain) of Gradachaiez, has given the follow ing characteristic answer to the proclamation : " Though I did not expect any letter or any advice from you, you have however sent me by your messenger, Feiza, a letter in the Turkish language that I might read it myself; I have read it, and I perfectly understand the contents. You are in great error in affirming that we have taken up arms against our Sultan and great Empe ror, and this very assertion proves how incapable you are of comprehending the greatness and nobleness of our enter prise. Know then, and the whole world shall know it, that we have not risen against the Sultan, (which God forbid) we love him as our mighty and law ful Sovereign, with heart and soul. We have it is true marched against Rumelia, not however against him, but to combat our enemies, who, as liars and deceivers, would compel us to lay aside our true Ma hometan faith, and embrace each other. " Know therefore yourself, and others shall know it with you, that this is the cause of our war, and that merely on this account we will not desist from it. We have all bound ourselves rather to die than to trample our faith un der foot ; we will annihilate the liars and deceivers, that the empire may he purified from the pest, and the orthodox Ilahometan religion not endangered. As for what you write, that you have received orders from the Emperor to attack us with your Servians, we know very well that this is your own work, if you can find your own advantage in it. But, my good friend, we are convinced that you have not received this order from the Emperor, hut from those liars and deceivers who value no religion, and in whose eyes nothing is sacred. But, friend, if you mean to attempt any thing against us, do not put it off till to-morrow, but set about it immediately. Only it is necessary that you consider the mat ter well, and consult with your Servians, and then immediately act in the spirit of your proclamation of 25th May, 1831. I tell you plainly that we have troops enough in the field to be secure against every at tack. At home we have still more to defend our families ; and we have altogether sworn not to betray our faith.— As for what you write, that you know all that passes in the empire,—we also know all this, and more that you cannot fathom nor understand ; and, therefore, we need no information from you. We also know, better than you do, the situation of the Pacha of Scutari, of whom you speak as our chief support ; and likewise that of the Pacha of Bagdad, and Ali Pacha of Egypt. We have more just and accurate knowledge of all their intentions, thoughts, and sentiments, respecting our undertakings, than you have. You can, therefore, neither amuse us, nor dissuade us, heroic Bosnians, from our purpose, who have voluntarily risen to defend our true faith. Mean time, friend, act as you see best ; only take care that your dish is not broken,—that you do not lose what you have. I earnestly eishort you not to take it into your head to write to me any more, f or I shall never a ga i n wr i te to you. With respect to your present exhortations and threats, I know we should be very glad if you would attempt something against us. I know how your affair,, stand in your own country and elsewhere. lam well ac quainted with all your ways. But consider all well, anti HAY MA RKETS.—(At per Load of 34i 'Crosses.) CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland MeadOw Hay £2 5 to £2 10 Kew Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 2 1 5 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 4 5 Clover Hay 4 10 5 15 Oat Straw .... . . . . . Best Meadow Hay ss. per loa . cl higher than last quoted i • prices otherwise stationary. A moderate supply , and a steady trade. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to £2 15 New Meadow Hay 2 15 3 10 Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 4 4 Clover Hay (extra fine)....£6 o... Generally 4 0 5 5 Oat Straw £1 10 to £1 121 Wheat Straw 1 14 1 16 A short suuly 4 and a dull trade; prices as last quoted. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Van Dieman's Land Papers to the 28th of August have been received at the North and South American Coffee house. The fleece at Bathurst this year promises to yield an abundant harvest. It is most certainly true that the whole of the Engineer Department is to be abolished as soon as it is practicable. The Lumber Yard, as it is officially called, or the Slumber Yard, as it is called in common, is to be broken up. There are not, we will venture to say, above nine individuals among the 25,000 this island con tains, that will be sorry for the riisban , ing of this useless establishment. On Friday last Edward Broughton and Mathew Macavery, convic'ed of abscwiding from the set tlement of Macquarrie harbour, were executed. The tri-colour floats in our harbour, the symbol of liberty, which is now as much honoured as it was formerly detested. To look at this flag at the mast of the Favou rite rec.lls to our memory times gone by, and the vast change in Europe since the banishment of Napoleon to St. Helena. Yesterday the sale of the Government vessels, the Wil liam the Fourth and Prince Leopold, took place. A more numerous assemblage of individuals were never pre sent at any sale in Van Dieman's Land, and the enormous prices obtained must cause surprise. The William re alized 1,3751. and the Leopold 1,2501. SYDNEY MARKET.—We congratulate our colonists on the brightening prospects of the reception for ,the surplus grain. The Sydney market continued to rise. Wheat 6s. 3d. to 7s. 3d. K s titiCits or THE -- sToc Tt R ank Stock !Per Cent. R e d 54 3 R ,03, 4 ent . R e ,. l -R974 90 !i "r:l ePer Cent. I Per E nt. Ann. 1726 ' . 1 Ptr C ent. 18 99 % 4° l , Long Ann. to cxpwe • 16 11-10 L ., °° 5, 18ro —4 " I° 1859 J an. 5, 1860 J an. 5, 1880 April 5, 1880 J an. 5,187 n 'xicts 0 - rowtiax ruins Ai:stris.. it:sod, ' "eigian B,. a . ,r i p . i 1! i 1 die. 8.:T.. . ail r . p ni ts c." os Ayres Bonds ...... ... an no 1 c,▪ '.n_. n, s ''ntan Bonds — U ..., ttn, h 184 • n i A S . 'e , k Bond • 4) . 18 , ) , . s Gitatirr..:lq. it4 'Xit.tri . .......,... Bonds tr, 1 .... _ 42%• US DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. India Stock - I Ditto Bonds! par 1 pm. South Sea Stock Old Annuitici New Ditto per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, Xl,OOO 9 10 pin. Ditto 500 ...... ...9 10 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial — pm Ditto Advertised ..... pm• Bank for Opening India for Account — Cons. for*Jan. 19 ......i•3", 4 THIS OAT AT • , IZE ''CLOC&. Neapolitan Peruvian Bonds ?ortugttese Bonds "russtan, Old Mt°, New lussian :parish, 1821 ---_ !Ea; wrench Renter, sp. a —t Exchange 3 per cent, Exchange —, —C. Dutch Scrip 4136.1 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. U Nted Mex. Min. Co. (igs. at 21. pm, .--,.._ t PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, SAN. 11. c.,' U k stock —lSt. Patrick ln,ur. (per sk.) o"°e, 3 ner cent. Stock, l'' per cent. S 9 National Ditto Ditto New* 7.. I 4 857.,, 'Patriotic Ditto 1.4 it l ' ec Cent — Hibernian Bank 187, -ov L s • neb. 34 percent.... 84 1 4 Provincial Ditto ol r alCanal Stock cent.... Royal Irish Mine — c, r ," 4 Canal Stock — Imperial Mine — iC,Y, neb. 4 per cent....... Mining Co. of Ireland -,‘ .14 t Office Deb. 4p. c. Commercial Buildings — COURSF OF FACHJ A i n 'sterdarn C.K.12 1 li tt °, at sight '1 18 .cotterdani 2 U 12 11 A n twerp 12 li .t. : 1 1 ,,, 1 , ir g M.11.131 2} 11 1 P,,aris,a day - ' sig ht 25 45 liit- 3 • ' UOS 70 l i ro eaux 0 5 75 4 .1% 1 ! r ank fort on Maine, Ex. M. 152 ete rsborgh, ruble 3 Us. 10 0 \ iehna, effetive ve l d 2M. 10 3 Trieste- do 10 4 )( uri c ' 18 V2 Cathz 3614 Ell x4 34,N N rte ille Lena 36 kr .....„_ Gi brattar 4714 --....__ ?ME YESTERDAY. Leghorn 47% Genoa 5 75 Venice Malta 46 Naples Palermo per oz. 119 Lisbon Oporto 47% Rio Janeiro Bahia 29 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight l;6 1 Cork BULLION, PER OZ. .E. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 10} New Doubloon• 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver bars, standard 0 0 0 Arny m . 2 America o Brazil Buenos Ayres . Carthagena Dublin o Flanders o France 0 Guernsey &Jersey HAILS. Due. Arrived. Due. , 0 0 Hamburg , 0 1 Holland , 0 0 Jamaica. 0 , 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 0 Lisbon 0 , n 0 Malta 0 0 0 Sweden 0 I 1 Waterford „ HIGH WATER AT LOWDO' ""'lhing 0 minutes after o.' n'T BRIDGX TO-MORROW. I Evelung... 9 minutes after O. THE COURT JOURNAL of THIS DAY contains, among other Papers, an article 'n th e New Peerages—Account of the Grand Fete at the 141 .11ie of Rutland's—Scene in a Royal Closet—Club Men Christmas Balls—Windsor Castle—Life of Malibran -11:e Laney Diamond—The Prince de Conde's Will— "'no and Subjects—Fashionable Movements and Gossip °I th e Wetk—Reviews, Theatres, Fine Arts, &c. Office, 19, Catherine-street, Strand. tur 4,6 \N ..Z4 04. , onsult with your couneellms, who would mislead you. Think on the result, then—no delay. " Come on ! I am already prep' ed with 65,000 nosnians, and can assemble far more such heroes tud lions than march with them against Servia, and, if need be, defend myself on another side. This may con vince you my sentiments are unalterable !" HANAU, JAN. s.—This evening riots took place in this town on account of the new tariff of customs. We shall give the particulars to-morrow. FRANKFORT, JAN ti. —Private accounts from Hanau say the Custom-house was attacked on the sth in the morning, and the officers put to flight. There were at th e moment no troops at hand to restrain the violence of the people. SHIPPING IN'T'ELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYDS. DEAL, JAN. 13.-.2WindE.l , il.—Arrived the Eliza beth, Hart, from the South Seas. Remains the Thomas Laurie, Langdon, from Van Diemen's Land. DOVER, JAN. 13.—Arrived off port, the Ant, Page, from St. John's, N- B. Cowes, JAN. 13.—Arrived the Perseverance, Scarlet, from Rio J.neiro ; and Swan, Moore, from Matanzas. BRISTOL, JAN. 3.—Arrived the Nymph, Wailers, from Newfoundland. MARGArE, JAN. 13.—Arrived the Define, Hicks, from Limerick. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 12.—Arrived the Melby, Eden, from Pernambuco ; Mary, Owen, from Charleston ; George the Fourth, Hellver, from Newfoundland ; and 'fiber, Candler, from Odessa. STA NDGATE CREEK, JAN. M.-Arrived the Rich mond, Middleton, from Mazsgan ; Lapwing, Osborne, from Chesme; Lord Nelson, Trist, from Messina; and Thetis, Milchin, from Pillau. TORBAY, JAN. 12.—Arrived the Mary Ann, Tucker, from Cadiz. WATERFORD, JAN. 11.—Arrived the Mary, Hamilton, from Newfoundland. CORK, JAN. 1 I.—Arrived the Zephyr, Harper, from St. John's, N. B. ; and Argyle, Buchanan, from Richehucto. The Brothers, Mosey, front Quebec, has arrived in the Severn. Arrived off the Wight, the Argo, Aspell, from Honduras. The Thane of Fife, Munro, from Banff to London, was on shore, near North Berwick, on Wednesday. The St. Vincent, —, from Demerara, is supposed to be arrived in the Clyde. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. There was a good supply at this morning's market, and the trade was steady. Grapes, Apples, ai,d Pear', considerably dearer than on this day se'nnight ; prices otherwise about sta tionary. s. d. s. d. Potatoes (cwt.) Cabbages (12 heads) 0 0 0 0 Red ditto 3 0 5 0 Savoy ditto 1 0 2 6 Horse Radish picfle) 3 0 6 0 Brocoli 1 0 2 0 Celery Carrots :,12 bunches) 4 6 6 6 Turnips 2 0 3 0 Colcworts or Greens 1 9 2 6 Leeks. 1 ti 2 0 For. Grapes (per lb.).— 1 0 2 0 English, Forced s.d. s.d. Spinage (half-sieve) 0 6to 1 0 Apples 5 0 10 0 Onions (for pickling) 3 0 6 0 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 6 0 10 0 French ditto Spanish tiazienuts French Walnuts 4 0 6 0 Brazilian Nuts 2 0 4 0 Pine Apples (lb.) Sweet Oranges (100) 7 0 14 0 Seville Oranges 8 0 14 0 Lemons lO 0 17 0 Endive (pummel) 0 9 1 0 THE FUNDS. Consols, which left off yesterday at 83j, opened at 838, since which they have improved to 848, and for next account 844, by which it is supposed that the prices come higher from Paris. Belgian Scrip 1 per cent. RALF-PAST ONE. As yet nothing has transpired in regard to an express from Paris in the city, but by the operations in the Funds this morning we should imagine that an express has ar rived to some of the operatives, as the party who sold at the beginning of the week for French Account has been purchasing, which has improved the Funds as well as the jobbers, who have large calls against them, and are al.o purchasing. No political news has yet transpired, there fore, had any event of importance occurred, no doubt we should have bad several expresses from the French capital. Report says that a number of the Anti-Reform Peers in tend resigning should the King make new Peers. Consols have been fluctuating during the morning from 83i to 84, at present they are 84i. Belgian Scrip 1 / per cent. THREE 0 CL OCK Consols for Account, 84k. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols Danish 6SJ ( Ditto for Account 84i i Greek, 1825 Brazilian Bonds.. 441 Mexican, 1825 -- Buenos Ayres. ... Peruvian — Cbilian Ditto .... Russian ...... 99 Columbian, 1824 Spanish l3i OLD LONDON-BRIDGE.—It is well known that PETEA, of Colechurch, the founder of Old London bridge, did not live to witness the completion of the structure, but died in 1205, and was buried in a crypt within the centre pier of the bridge, over which a chapel Was erected, dedicated to St. THOM AS-A-BECKET. Mr. BRAY LEY, in his " Londiniana," wrote, about five years since, that " if due care be taken when the old bridge is pulled down, the hones and ashes of its venerable architect may still be found ;" and, true enough, the bones of old PETER were found on removing the pier about a fortnight since. —Mirror. A meeting of the subscribers to the Liverpool and Birmingham Railway took place on Friday, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. It was numerously and respectably attended. Joine Moss, Esq., was called to the Chair, after which the report was read, detailing the proceedings of the C o mmitt e e. It decided on the rail way commencing at Warrington, where it would vir tually join the Liverpool and Manchester railway, and terminating at Birmingham, such an arrangement being necessary to embrace all the wants of the northern manufacturing towns. The length of the line from War rington to Birmingham will be about 14 miles; from Warrington to Liverpool about 19 ; to Manchester about 21 ; making the total distance fretn Liverpool to Birming ham about 93 miles. —Liverpool Times.—[There is evi dently a gross mistake in this paragraph, which has been copied into all the London Papers. The distance from Warrington to Birmingham only 14 miles! 74 miles would be far more likely.—En. Sun.] A short time previous to our going to press we received intelligence that the dwelling-house, offices, and out-houses of O'REILLY, Esq., of Kildare, brother to the High Sheriff of that county, had been burned to the ground by some law ess and daring incen diaries. The cause assigned for this outrage is, that Mr. O'REILLY paid the amount of tithes demanded from him. Our informant states the loss of property and damage done to be enormous, but we hope, on further inquiry, to find this an exaggeration,._ Carlow Morning Poet. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Cause exceptions. end further directions, involving no questions of the least interest to our readers, occupied his Honour the VICE-CriANcELLos., up to the time of our reporter leaving. BANKRUPTCY. Mr. KNIGHT in the course of the morning mentioned a bankrupt petition to the Court. His Howou obs.rved, that he really did not know what was to he don , . with the bankrupt petitions remaining set down before him. Mr MoNTacu eater!, that he had applied to the Judees in the Court of Bankruptcy this morning, to hear a peti tion get down before the Lord Chancellor, and they had considered they could not hear it without a direction from the Lord Chancellor to do so ; as he Mr, Montagu read the Act, the Lord Chancellor had no power to give any such direction. Mr. KNIGHT thought it was clear the Judges of the new Court could not hear them, and his Honour the Vic e had himself expressed an opinion he could not do so. If his Honour was to hear them there was no person to draw up any orders he might make, and he (Mr. Knight) would he extremely unwilling to place so arduous a duty on the shoulders of the Registrar of this Court. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY,) Nothing of the least public interest occurred in this Court up to the time of our going to press. COURT OF KING'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.) IN THE MATTER Or MR. MICHAEL SCALES. Sir JAMES SCABLETT moved for a rule, calling upon the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London to show cause why they refused to swear in Mr. Michae Scales as Alderman of the Ward of Portsoken, to which he bad been elected. The Learned Counsel referred to the two elections, in both of which Mr. Scales had a consi derable majority of votes over his opponent, and that the Court of Aldermen subsequent to the last election had sworn in Mr. Hughes, who had a much less number of votes. The object of Mr. Scales was to have all the cir cumstances fairly before the Court, with a view of enforc ing what he considered to be a just claim. Their Loansturs granted a rule to show cause. THE KING V. THE JUSTICES OF MIDDLESEX. This was a rule which had been obtained on a former day by the Attorney-General, requesting the Court to grant a writ of mandamus directed to the Justices of the county of Middlesex, commanding them to award com pensation to Sir John Richardson, Knight, and Thomas Ward, Esq., late Sheriffs of Middlesex, in lieu of a cer tain fee of 4s. Bd., which had, before the 55th of Geo. 111. chap. 50, been taken by the Sheriffs on the discharge of each prisoner from their custody, but which fee was by that Statute abolished, and in lieu thereof a power was vested in the Justices at Quarter Sessions to award compensation to the Sheriffs. The Justices of Middlesex having, however, refused to award any compensation, the present applica tion was made. Mr. CAMPBELL showed cause against the rule. The statute of the 55th Geo. 111. abolished certain fees that had been charged to prisoners, and among them was that of 4s. Bd. which bad been paid to the sheriffs for the dis charge of each prisoner ; and it also provided that in lieu thereof, the Justices at Quarter Sessions, with the approval of the Judges of Assize, might award such compensation as they deemed proper, to be paid out of the county rate. Now that statute could not apply to the county of Mid dlesex, because there were no Judge of Assizes in that county. From the affidavit of Mr. Allen, deputy clerk of the peace for the county, it appeared that Sir Thomas Bell and Thomas Thorpe, Esq., at the conclusion of their Shrievalty, in 1817, presented a memorial to the Quarter Sessions, claiming a compensation in lieu of this fee, but upon inquiry by a Select Committee the application was rejected on certain grounds, two of which w ere , that the office of Sheriff of Middlesex was very distinct from that of any other county, and that the legality of the fee had not been fully proved. No application had been since made by any subsequent Sheriffs, until the late Sheriffs, Sir John Richardson and Mr. Ward presented a similar memorial in October last, when it was refused on the grounds similar to the former one. It further appeared that the present claim was in respect of prisoners in White Cross-street prison—a prison which was wholly supported at the cost of the city of London, was divided into four parts, and only one of those parts applied to the confinement of Middlesex prisoners ; and that the Sheriffs received certain annual allowances from the city funds for the discharge of their duties as well as a poundage from the plaintiffs upon the debts for which the prisoners were confined. On these grounds, and also on the inexpediency of burthening the county-rate with this additional charge, Mr. Campbell submitted that the rule ought to be dis charged. The statute only left the question to the discretion of the Justices, and the Justices had exercised that discretion by refusing to compensate the Sheriffs. Mr. BURCHELL, in the absence of the Attorney-General, begged for the indulgence of the Court, while he endea• voured to show that the rule ought to be made absolute. As to the objection that the Act did not apply', to the county of Middlesex, because there were no Judges of Assize in that county, it was wholly groundless for there were Judges of Assize in Middlesex. CHIEF JUSTICE-4 apprehend not. There is a Special Commission of Assize in every other county. Mr. BURCHELL contended that their Lordships were Judges of Assize without having a special commission ; the meaning of a Judge of Assize was, a Judge commissioned to try assizes ; they were Judges of Assize by virtue of their ap pointment as Judges. The assizes were so called, because of the methods of trial called assizee, although now the no tion of assizes was one of the vulgar errors. The LORD Curxr JUSTICE said his appointment as Chief Judge, was by a writ—differing from the appoint ment of other Judges. Mr. BURCHELL quoted several old statutes and law books, with a view of showing that their Lordships were in fact Judges of Assize, and that therefore the ob jection by Mr. Campbell was not supported. As to the payment by the Corporation of London of various sums to the Sheriffs, they were doubtless made only with a view to uphold the splendour and dignity of the office. The Sheriffs of Middlesex were appointed in a different way from those of other counties, but their duties were the same in all. The fee in question was wholly distinct from the charge of supporting the prison ; it was for perform ing a very onerous and disagreeable duty, in seeing that prisoners were detained or discharged legally, from custody, in which, if they did not succeed, they were liable to actions. The question was whether the fee was equitable and just ; that it was so no one could doubt, because fees of that description bad been men tioned in various statutes, which the Learned Counsel quoted. Then the statute of the 55th Geo. 111., in abo lishing that fee, gave a power to Justices to award compensation. They had rejected the application of the Sheriffs without hearing them, and in doing so had exercised a power which did not belong to them, for they were bound to award such compensation as should appear to them reasonable. The Learned Counsel concluded by submitting that the mandamus must issue. The LORD CHIEF Jusrica complimented Mr. Burchell for the able manner in which he had argued the question, and said he had furnished the Court with a good deal of information which they did not know before. It was undoubtedly true that the Judges of the King's Bench and Common Pleas were Judges of Assize, application,f a ptA h n e en d si issue, z t a het Justicesiau of nonrlintimationeAsnsoiuoi therefore dlpwtvt(:he inetree thrown theer t jsx h obuhl. tunJr The bound cuffedhos ground ue, i ot Justices ate would were wrong in rejecting the dt mand ke hkw t ch h aeoei et hmre anel b set being reasonabletnoaog fnhadoe n cpat o i nnulJ expenseiup ousondncmgtoehtmuhoaos the in ch theAwftreirt t w om ou e ld fu b r e th s e p r a d re is t ussion, case t it was agreed to let the matter stand over for a few days, for the Justices to decide whether they would act as stated by his Lordship. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) The business in this Court commenced this morning at the usual hour. As was stated by Sir J. A. Parke, on Wednesday last, Lord Chief Justice TINDAL (who had been presiding over the Commission at Bristol), took his seat on the bench. GWILT V. CR.AWLEY. Mr. Serjeant STORKS, on behalf of the defendant, Peter Crawley, the well-known prize-fighter, and landlord of a public-house in Duke-street, West Smithfield, moved for a rule to show cause why a new trial of this action should not be had. The cause was tried by Sir James Allen Parke, at the sittings in Westminster, after the last term. The plaintiff was a poor milkman, of Harrow-road, and the defendant was returning home in a gig, in compan with another boxer named Macdonald, from a prize-fight, when in the Harrow-road Crawley, who had charge of the horse, drove at a most, furious rate, and the animal be coming unmanageable, the plaintiff, who was crossing the road with his milk-pails, was knocked down, and the wheel of the chaise passing over his thigh, it was dread fully fractured. Several witnesses proved the plaintiff's case, and no Counsel or witness appearing on behalf of the defendant, the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 20/. The Learned Serjeant, in shewing cause for the rule, read an affidavit made by the defendant's solicitor, wherein he deposed that he was constantly in attendance in Court, from November the 26th, (when the cause was first placed on the list for trial) till the 2d of December, when the cause was tried, and that believing the trial would not then be called on, his witnesses, who had also been in attendance, had gone home, and consequently the case went off undefended. The deponent further stated in his affidavit that he considered that he hail a good defence to the action, having so many witnesses to depose to the circum stances of the accident.—The Court refused the rule, inasmuch as the affidavit did not go so far as to prove that the witnesses had been exatnined before coming into Court, or that a brief had been prepared and delivered to Counsel. It would be an act of great injustice to the plaintiff if the rule was allowed, as in that case a defendant's solicitor had only to attend in Court whilst the plaintiff's case was being detailed, and havitir possessed himself of the farts be had to answer, to prepare his brief, and to instruct Counsel to apply for a new trial. Such proceeding would he a gross injustice. In the absence of such proof being given, the rule must be discharged. EXCHEQUER COURT.-(THIS DAY.) ALLEN AND ANOTHER. V. GRIPPER. This action was tried before Lord Lyndhurst at the sitting after last term at Guildhall. The plaintiffs are seedsmen at Twickenham, and the defendant a water carrier to Hertford. The plaintiffs sold a quantity of oil-cake to a person named Pestall at Hertford ; they were sent down the river on the 13th December, and were put on hoard of a lighter belonging to the defendant, who carried them to Hertford, where they arrived on the 17th December, but were not taken out of the vessel till the 20th. On the 19th of the same month the plaintiffs heard of the 11001. vency of Pestall, and on the following day they gave notice to the defendant not to deliver up these goods to Pestall, but to bold them on their account. The defendant had put the whole of the goods into his own warehouse before the arrival of the notice, and then he said he would not give them up to any one, as Pestall was indebted to him, and he wished that there had been double the quantity. At the trial it was proved that Pestall had used the warehouse of the defendant for many years, he warehoused his goods there, and ordered them away WI he wanted them. The Jury found a verdict for the defendant, on the ground that the goods had passed entirely from the custody of the plaintiffs, the warehouse of Gripper being their last destination. This morning Mr. Serjeant JONES applied for a rule to chew cause why there should not be a new trial, on the ground of misdirection by the Learned Judge. The Learned Serjeant said that the real question in the cave was whether the goods were still in transitu on the 20th of December, when the notice was served on the defendant. He contended that they were, and the transit had not ceased so long as the goods were in the possession of the carrier, who had a lieu on them for the carriage. The Court were of opinion that the direction of Lord Lyndhurst was a proper one, and that the transit of the pods had ceased, it being distinctly proved that the ware house of Gripper was, and bad been for years, used by Westall as his own.—Rule refused. WOOLAT V. ♦BBOT. Mr. PRICE presented a petition from the defendant in this case, under the 22d of George 11. chap. 27, com plaining of extortion on the part of a sheriff's officer. The petition stated that the defendant was arrested by an officer named Garrett, a partner with Thomas Selby o( Chancery-lane ; he was taken to Selby's house, from which he was transferred to the custody of another officer named Nathan. After the transfer, and before Selby would release him, a clerk of his demanded of him 1/. 6s; for his arrest, 7s. 6d. for accommodation in the house, and 3s. for search ing the office. All these demands were paid by Nathan, who had been repaid by the present applicant. He after. wards found out that these charges were all illegal, and he went to Thomas Selby who said if the defendant had come to him and stated that be was a poor man he would have given him a sovereign, but as he bad threatened to take leasl advice, he (Selby) would not give him a mag. The Court granted a rule to chew cause in the terms of the petition, which prayed that the Court would order the money to be restored, and that it would punish the officer as directed in the above named Act. BANKRUPTCY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The JUDGES of this Court took their seats at ten o'clock this morning, and proceeded with the swearing in of solicitors. IN THE MATTER OF SAHCIEL ATTLIN, THE YOUNGER. Mr. MoNTAGu in the coerce of the morning made the maiden application to this Court. The Learned Counsel felt himself plac,d in considerable difficulty both in this and other cases, and the present application to their Honours was to relieve him if possible frem it. 'What the petition asked would be granted almost as a matter of course ; but the difficulty which the Learned Counsel felt was, whether their Honours were competent to hear it, the petition being addressed to the Lord Chancellor, and at the present time in his Lordship's paper for hearing. At the present moment there were several cases before the Lord and Vice-Chancellor, which it would be extremely convenient to have beard before their Honours if they bad jurisdiction. ,--- The CHIEF JUDGE wished to know in what terms the order of attendance was conducted. Mr. NIONTAGU stated that the fiat had been omitted to be stated, but the attendance was directed to be as is usual before the Lord Chancellor. The CHx&t JUDGE observed, that a direction to attend before the Lord Chancellor was no direction to attend be fore that Court, and he was therefore of opinion they could not hear the case. Mr. MONTAGU stated, that if the Court thought right, he would apply to the Lord Chancellor for a direction to there Honours to hear the case. The Cuter Junes could not give the Learned Counsel any direction■ as to what course he should pursue. The Court, however, were clearly of opinion they could not bear it in its present shape. Mr. Mosrac u—Then it is your Honour's opinion that you are not rectus curia. Mr. Justice PELL observed that this was necessarily tho first instance of an application of this kind, and he hoped it would be the last. Mr. MoNzaaw, after the lapse of a few minutes, sub mitted that their Honours had jurisdietio■ to hear the case under the second section of the last Bankrupt Act, and he now made a motion to the Court to do so. Mr. Justice ROSE conceived that the proper course to pursue to get rid of the difficulty was perfectly obvious. The consent of the parties to the bearing of the petition before that Court might be obtained, the parties might go before the Lord Chancellor and get his instructions upon it, or they might apply to the proper officer and have the fiat made regular. _ _ Mr. MortrAnu observed that there was a difference of opinion on the subject in the other Courts. The opinion there was that the Lord Chancellor could not refer any pe tition to their Honours. The CHIEF JUSTICE ohierved that when the Learned Counsel got a petition referred to that Court by the Lord Chancellor it would then become the duty of the Court to decide that point. The present Gout did not derive its jurisdiction by virtue of any delegation from the Lord Chancellor, bat by statute. Shortly afterwards their Honours rase. BRIGHTON, JAN. 13. Yesterday his MAJESTY gave audience to his Grace the Duke of DavoNsnzaE and Baron Ourrana. After wards his MAJESTY took an airing in a carriage and four, with two out-riders, to Shoreham, accompanied by Lady SOPHIA SIDNEY. Her Alantszv, although in the enjoyment of excellent health and spirits, did not leave the Palace, but gave audience to Baron OMPTILDA. Lady KENNEDY ERSKINE arrived at the Palace last evening, from London. Mrs. FITZHERBERT has recovered from her late indis position. Yesterday this amiable Lady had the honour of dining with their MAJESTIES. Lord ERROL (for the first time since his illness) took an airing yesterday on the Old Steyne, accompanied by Lady ERROL. His Grace the Duke of DEVONSHIRE, Earl and Countess Of SEFTON, Baron 011IPTEDA, Mrs. FITZIIERBERT, Colonel and Mrs. DAwsoN DAIkIER, the Ladies MOLINEUK, Lord A. HILL, M.P., Hon. Mr. Mommtux, and Mr. BROOKE GRENVILLE, had the honour of being entertained at dinner last evening by their MAJESTIES. Her Majesty's Band attended during the evening. Several of ':he Royal suite were in public during the day. Among the Nobility and Gentry who had the honour of leaving their names at the Palace were, Mr. and Mr, Elphinstone, Lord Fitzherbert, Lord Alvan ley, Lieut.- Colonel and Mrs. Rowley, Mr. Jones Burdett, Mr. P. Thomson, Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson, Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Peehell, and the Countess of St. Germaine. TAXES ON KNOWLISDGIt. in the United States of Amer ea, where the aims of Britain live under laws originally the same as the laws of their forefathers, but altered from time to titno so as to promote the greatest degree of happiness to th e greatest number of the community, there are no stamp dot e , no itniiediments to the diffusion of knowledge. Every child is educated, and every man sufficiently instructed, to know his rights, and to obey the laws. Every man i■ allowed to print what he pleases, and to sell bow he can every kind of publications. No man is imprisoned there for selling cheap publications, unstamped almanacks, or news printed on cloth ; whilst in London our prisons are filled with poor men for seeking to make a few pence, by the sale of cheap publications to keep them from starvation. The laws thus at once prevent the diffu sion of knowledge, and condemn the unfortunate ven ders to starvation. What a contrast in laws be tween the United States of America and Enalend ! awl what a difference is there in the condition of the in dustrious population of both countries. Peace, plenty, and obedience to the laws prevail in every state of Arne= rica, whilst, in every county in England, discontent, want, and a restless disregard of the laws are witnessed. The explanation is simple. In America there are no classes who live in luxury and idleness on the public taxes, at the expence of the industrious, but each man enjoys the profits of his own capital and labour, free from the rapacity of the tax-gatherer. In England a large portion of the Aristocracy live on the public taxes, and at the expense of the working man, exacting, in the shape of taxes and Corn Laws, half his earnings, and leaving him to drag on* a miserable existence in toil and want. Discontent natu rally arises in the minds of Englishmen, and they show that discontent in burning and destroying the property of the rich, who have so long refused attention to their pe- , titions and remonstrances. And to prevent the people from complaining and making known their misery and wretchedness, the public press is shackled in every pos sible way, except where passive oitedienee to the Kin:, and Church are to he preached and published. We have beeu led to make these observations, by having put into our' hands a Parliamentary Paper, printed on the l7tlt of De cember, though delivered only a few days ago, by which it appears, that in London alone, in the course of the last year, there have been seventy-seven persons committed to prison under various pretences and pleas, for selling cheap publications and papers of information. There have been committal—. By the Magistrates at Guildhall, 10—from 7 days to 3 months. By the Lord Mayor and Sir C. Hunter, 3—from 14 days I month, By the Magistrates at the Town-hall, Southwark, s—from 7 td 14 days. By the Magistrates at Bow-street, 10—from 14 days to 3 months. Ditto, Hatton-garden, 3—from 14 days to 1 month. Ditto, Great 111arlborough-street, 35—from 7 days to 3 months. Ditto, Queen-square, I—for 10 days. Ditto, Public Office Union-hall, s—from 14 days to 3 months. Ditto, WhitechapeCoffice, s—from I to 3 months. In this way, at the caprice of the 111;:gi,races, were these persans subjected to a punishment ether of seven days, the smallest, or of three months, toe largest illaprisopirtirnt, although for the same offences. Thus each ..ffiee gwe a different interpretation of the law, and to the riegiee of the offence, although the committals are stated to be under the same acts. Thus at Guildhall, at the Iginsion.bouse, at the Town-hall at Southwark, and at the office, Whitechapel ; the 16th Geo. 11., c. 26, is the Act under which they were committed. Whilst at Bow•street, Hatton-garden, Great Marlborough-street, and Queen .quare the 30th and 38th of Geo.III. were in addition to the 16th of Geo. 11., and, at Union-11111, the 50th of Gto. 11. is brought into play. Thecutitnittlls Grrat M,irl- Borough-street were all for selling unstaniped newspapers And unstamped almanacks ; but all for selling irformation to the people—all as punishment for the d3fTusion of knowledge. Whe❑ are these proceedings and pranks to be put an end to ? COURT CIRCULAR.. The Duke and Duchess of CniwarnLANn entertainrd th e Austrian and French Arablts,adors, the 1 3 :auodau Ali nister, and Baron Bur.ow, and a select party, at (Loner, on Thursday, at their residence at Kew. A Cabinet Council was held ycs.tei day afternoon, at the Foreign.office, which NV:I9 attended by the Lour, CHAN CELLOR, Earl GREY, Lord DURHAM, Vifit:litHit9 MEL- IiOURNE, PALMERSTON, Gonxatcx, and ALTHORF, the Earl of CARLISLE, the Right CM-taus GRANT Lord HOLLAND, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the Duke ~ f R'cg. MOND, and Mr. STANLEY. The Court sat about four hours in deliberation • Prince TALLEVRAND, tl'e French Ambassador, had an interview with Viscount PALMERSTON, after the breaking up of the Council. Mons. MORENO, tl , e Minister from Buenos Ayres, transacted business at the Foreign-office, on TF:ur•day. Prince LtEvEx, the Russian Ambassador, and Princess LIEVEN, left town on Thursday, on a visit to Earl and Countess CowrEa, at their seat, at Pensanger, Herts. The conference of the 'Ministers of the Five Powers on the affairs of Belgium, held at the Forein-office, on Wednesday evening, lasted till two o'clock on Thursday morning. Mr. POULETT TnomrsoN, the Vice-Pre4dent of the Board of Trade, has left town for Brighton. The Saint-Sitnonians are going to send InlS -4ionaries to Lcndon. Poor John Bull ! he has hJai a visit from the cholera morbus already.—Figaro (French.) The game commitments under the new Act, in the county of Hants, have more than doubled those under the old, as appears by the following extracts from a Report presented to the Quarter Sessions last week by Sir THOMAS BAILING. "Exclusive," says this report, "of the twelve men to be tried for murder in the affray at Strathfieldsaye, and several other prisoners to be tried for night-poaching, there have been committed to the Bridewell, from the Ist of September to the 31st of December, 1831, no fewer than 97 persons for offences against the Game Laws, being rather more than double the number of the prisoners com mitted for the same offences, and during the Lime time in the preceding year, which was only 47. Oxford Journal. MILITARY COURT-MARTIAL.--A HU MANE SENTENCE.—A Court-martial has been held at the King's-mews Barracks, Charing-croes, composed of the Officers of the 3d battalion of the Ist Regiment of Gre nadier Guards, to try JOHN PEARCE, a private in the hattalion, belonging to the 4th or Lieutenant-Colonel THORNTON'S company, for absenting himself from his duty, and making away with his regimental necessaries. Lieutenant-Colonel BOLDER() acted as President of the Court-martial. The charge was fully proved against the prisoner, and the Court found him Guilty. Yesterday morning (Friday), after the battalion had mustered at the usual place in the King's-mews, the prisoner was brought out from his place of confinement, and Captain STAN. MOPE, the acting Adjutant of the regiment, read over the minutes of the Court-martial. The sentence of the Court was, that the prisoner be placed in solitary confinement for twenty days in such place as the Commanding-officer may think proper to direct. The prisoner was then taken back to his place of confinement. It is worthy of remark, that not a single soldier belonging to the 3d battalion of the Ist Regiment of Grenadier Guards has been flogged during the last year, an example worthy to be followed. A RELIGIOUS HYPOCRITE.--At the War wickshire Sessions, STEPHEN GEORGE Wimrs was ar raigned on a charge of assault on the person of ELIZA BAILEY, a girl about twelve years old, with intent to commit a rape. Mr. HILL conducted the prosecution, and its briefly stating the case to the Jury, said he believed the prisoner was a preacher of what he called the middle faith. Prisoner—l am High Priest of the United Inde pendent Trinitarian Church. Mr. HlLL—Very good ; but as we are told all faith must be judged of by its works, the prisoner's, he expected, must be submitted to the same test. He should call the prosecutor to prove the assault. The witnesses were then called, and the indecent assault in question proved. When called upon for his dot•nce, the prisoner said--Gentlemen, I was passing through Binning ' ham on my way from the kingdom of Wales to France, after forming many classes and a small church in the new faith, when I happened to go down the street where the little girl lived, distributing tracts and carols, not, how ever, connected with any particular religious creed or sect, but bought indiscriminately at the bookseller's for sale. I knocked at the door where this little girl lived, and she answered me, and I acknowledge to have saluted her, but as to have committed any indecent act, in her presence, I utterly deny it. Now, 1 will ask, can it he imagined that I, who go about to promote virtue, should be the father of vice? I am exceedingly sorry to have been charged under these circumstances, but it is probably ordained by Providence for the wisest and best of purposes. I have been endeavouring to establish a branch of our United In dependent Trinitarian Christian Catholic Church. — (Laughter.)—l must now, gentlemen, leave it e ntirely: to o y f o t u b e s candour otime o r and not generosit yll I might have been slightly inebriated ac the time, r I t t slightest recollection of attempting to commit a , mault e,:nquirod to: which I am charged.—Tbe Jury a few minutes, And returned a verdict of Guilty on both know human nature is weak and frail, but I buys not the nottosasya7thlh. eitt'rsallanni;ogsfsoilli:.Te counts; and the prisoner was sentenced to be kept to hitt Labour t,r one year in the Hausa of Correct ,on.