The Sun. — London, England, 1822-09-18 00:00:00

TEE LONDON JOURNALS. RIETRACT3 FROM THE DAILY MORNING PAPERS, September 18, 18'22. [nit T134E5.1 The German newspapers, speaking of the in tended Congress, state that no stranger will be admitted within the consecrated walls of Verona, who cannot show a faculty of one sort or another from some Minister or Minister's clerk, or who does not plead ace special protection from one of " the great Powers." What is it that these Sovereigns dread ? Busied, as they no doubt in tend to be, in promoting the general happiness of mankind, what is the meaning of these extreme precautions ? But, whatever of benevolence there may be in the motives, or whatever of intrinsic wisdom in the plans, of these Imperial and Royal personages, we esteem it a severe misfortune that no such proofs of either have been furnished as to satisfy a jealous and uncharitable world, that there is nothing to fear from their resolutions, or that there is anything to hope but from their inability to realize, wl►at they resolve. With the most amiable and disinterested feelings, is it not, we ask, a more than usual cruelty upon the August Members of the holy Al liance, that they should have become the ob jects of inveterate suspicion to the whole political society of Europe, except those few individuals only who are engaged in the immediate service and about the courts of thee exalted personages! The reason of such an universal impression to their disadvantage—an impression which we de cline to justify, but merely seek to explain— appears to he that men wonder what necessity there can exist for so many Monarchs meeting to assist each other in Governing their respective subjects. If the schemes which these high per sonages come together such long and troublesome journeys to ripen, were of a nature to promote the welfare of their several countries, it seems the strangest thing in the world that the authors of them should not state at once to their subjects what it is they propose to do for them ; and this without ever leaving their own places. What resistance, what ill-humour, could they expect from the people, when all that they enjoined was for their good ? But, on the other hand, when half a dozen Mo narchs lay their heads together, having no one interest or concern in common, except that of kingly power, and one to which, considered as an exclusive interest (the light in which they themselves appear, by the secrecy and mystery of their councils, to regard it), that of all the rest of mankind is distinctly and directly opposed, the fact seems to stare all reasonable beings in the face, that the meeting has no other object under Heaven but to push the exclusive interest of these Crowns to the `utmost, and to crush the opposing interest of about 1W millions of their fello-w-creatuxes [NEW TIMES.] We, must again advert to the Liberal General Torrijos, who so candidly announced his inten tion-of executing the Leaders of the troops op posed to him. We intimated our apprehension that he might possibly be disappointed of an opportunity to carry his humane resolves into effect. Our readers will perceive that even the Jacobin papers of Madrid admit that this hero has been forced to run away as far as Lerida. This is tolerably conclusive proof of the trium phant situation of the Royalist cause in Catalonia. Many other indications tend to skew that the Des cam isado faction is almost at its last stake- One of their most desperate schemes is to unitetheSpanish and Portuguese Crowns in the House of Bra ganza, setting aside (by assassination or any other more convenient mode) the Bourbon. family. It will-be seen that a step toward this measure has been taken by a diplomatic Note proposing an alliance offensive and defensive between Spain and Portugal. The discussions which this may lead_ to, it is hoped,, will accustom the people of bath Kingdoms to the idea of an union of the Peninsula. Riego, who behind the curtain- pulls the wires of the present Ministry,, seems not fully to relish this plan.. At least his quondam Aide-de-Camp, San Miguel (who from a News paper Editor has suddenly became a Minister of State), is represented as having rather discour teously repelled the advances of the Portuguese Diplomatist. [MORNING cnitomlctE.l. The interdiction of the Nobility of the Polish Provinces of Russia from travelling in foreign countries, announced in the Continental Papers, is one of those harsh measures which, we may Sttppose, the apprehension of revolt could alone suggest. Whatever may be thought of the danger to Russia from a Polish rebellion,.a re straint of this nature, according to our n ot i ons, 'usust be very unpalateable to those who are sub ject to it. It forms rather a material drawback from the pleasure which the power of trampling at will on their poor .degraded serfs may be thought to afford them. We believe Russia Itas, - in reality, little to dread from Poland. We have less hope of that country than of any other in Europe. The'curse which always, sooner or later, overtakes the nation in which the mass of the population is retained in slavery, has 'fairly overtaken Poland. Grcece has this ad vantage over Poland, that the slavery of the people was only national, the peasants not being individually slaves. The Polish Nobles are in general very amiable men, while nothing can ex- Cecil the ferocity and brutality of the Turks, and yet, however paradoxical it may seem ? the Polish peasants have been more injured by their com paratively humane .'and polished masters, than :the Greeks by the brutes who have sway over them. [nitiTisit ruEss.] A. Treasury Journal of last evening, alluding to the Marriage Act, and the revolting restraints and painftkLionditions which it imposes upon the visitorsof the hymeneal temple, says—" A general law, which ? in its operation, partially presses upon a particular class, way be retained upon principles of sound policy, in spite of individual complaints; but when a whole people cry out for relief, Par liament has nothing. to. do. but to grant it." This Es liberal and constitutional language, and we hope the Print in question will continue to speak in the same good English style. Should it do so, we shall congratulate the country upon one adversary brought over to its cause. The present distress does not in its operation partially press upon a particular class—it presses upon all classes—it pervades the whole country. The whole country cries out against excessive taxation and parliamentary corruption as the causes of this universal distress. The Treasury Journal must, if consistent, in future advocate the cause of economy and reform. We fear it will not redeem the pledge. [MORNING POST.] When the attention of Parliament was first called to the Agricultural Distress, the price of wheat was about sixty shillings the quarter. The average price has recently been given as under forty shillings. If such the fall in wheat, it mig h t be expected that bread would decline in pro portion. But has the price of the quartern loaf been diminished any thing like one-third within the period which we have mentioned ? The truth is, there is a great deal of ma nagement between the mealmen and the bakers to prevent that reduction in the price of bread, which, under existing circumstances, the public have a right to expect. When the Assize was taken away, we 'remember a Committee was to be appointed to regulate the affairs of the Baking Trade. The business of this Committee was to determine at what rate bread should be sent forth to the public. They thus formed a direct conspiracy against that competition which it was the object of the Legislature to excite. Almost the only competition produced, arose from the oc casional introduction of strangers into a neighbour hood. These persons, it can hardly be doubted, were merely paid tools in the hands of the regu lars. The part they had to act was very simple and straight forward. No comedian has his task more completely before him. The actor who was to make his debut as a cheap bread seller, was to enter, and offer the quartern and other loaves for sale enormously under price. These were to be made of all sorts of trash, that the Public might be disgusted with the attempt. lie was to sustain several con victions for short weight, and finally the tool pretended to be ruined, to shew that it was im possible for a Baker to get a living, who failed to exact the price fixed upon by the Committee. The Committee will of course be now on the alert to defeat whatever may have been intended for the general good, in the Act which comes into opera tion before the close of the present month. We trust their operations will be vigilantly attended to in the proper quarter, and that due care will be taken to ensure the public generally the blessing of cheapness in the article of bread, since the Farmer cannot escape the inconveniences of it when parting with his corn. The bounty of Pro vidence, felt as it ought to be by all classes, would produce that largely extended consump tion which must prove one of the most efficient remedies for Agricultural Distress. [MORNING HERALD.] TIIE LORD CIIANCELLOIt. - It is a curious cir cumstance, that the Lord Chancellor left town on Thursday last and proceeded to his residence at Encombe. It is not proof that his Lordship was not very enthusiastic about the new arrange. ments, but such absence has occasioned a good deal of conversation in the " political circles." The late Marquis of Londonderry's succes sor was not at that time positively named ; the successor is not of the, Noble Lord's party in the Cabinet or in Parliament ; and it is remembered that, during the recent Ses sion, each party took notice of the speeches and measures of the other, that by no means led to the belief that they might so soon be found to gether in the same Cabinet.—The Lord Chancellor will remain at Encombe a short time, and proceed thence to Eldon ; so that his Lordship will thus visit both the places from which he derives his titles. There is not the least foundation for the rumour, that it is in contemplation to put the Seals in Com mission, in order that , his Lordship may be en abled to pay more attention to his " Parlia mentary" duties. While his Lordship re tains the Seals, he will personally attend to the executive duties of his high station ; when he is unable, from age or indisposition, to attend to the proceedings in equity, his Lordship will retire, not put " the Seals in Com mission." That there may be rumours to the contrary, that paragraphs may appear, stating that to be about to transpire which it is wished to take place, ought not now to surprise any one. There will be plenty of paragraphs and rumours of " contemplated retirements." There are at present in Br. Ant's fruit and flower gardens, Dairy, strawberries of a second crop, fully formed, and many in the different beds in full blossom. The cider harvest has commenced in Devon shire, and will prove the greaten known for many years ; one farmer at Buckland will make between five and 600 hogsheads. The crops of barley in Sussex prove much More productive than was expected. A crop grown on an acre and a few rods, at Horndean, in that county, when thrashed and cleaned up, measured full nine quarters. A remarkable instance of the fidelity and at tachment of the canine race occurred last creek', in Manchester. A shopkeeper in Church-gate being engaged as a performer in the Oratorios now holding at Preston Guild, set off for that town on Monday last by the coach. his dog, Hector, who generally attended him, followed him to the coach-office, and on his master getting upon the coach, the faithful animal skewed by all the means in his power, placing his fore-legs on the wheel and moaning, his desire of accom panying him. When the coach started Hector followed it a considerable distance ; he after - wards returned to the coach-office, whence it was with difficulty it could be got home- Since that time he has sought his master, at all the places he usually frequented, moaning and howling con tinually and being unable to find him, con 'stantly refused all the fOod set before him. No 'attempts could induce him to eat •;.. and on Friday ..the poor animal died.. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. CONSPIRACY. Yesterday John llPMichael, James Betts, and 'William Leach (the latter not now in custody), were indicted for con spiring together to cheat and defraud John Flint, a pawnbroker, of 5/. This case was very similar in its circumstances to that tried on Friday last, when Combes arid Mance were convicted of the same offence as was now charged against the defendants.— Both M‘Michael and Betts are informers of the commonest de scription, and Leach, their companion, has absconded. The testimony adduced on behalf of the prosecution con sisted of the prosecutor and his shop-boy ; and the facts, as they appeared in evidence, were these :—()n the 2d November last the defendant M'Michael went to the house of the prose cutor in Edgeware-road, and produced a silver watch, which he pledged for 12s. He then whispered to Mr. Flint, who was behind the counter, that he wished to speak with him in pri vate. In consequence, they retired to a more private part of the shop, and then M‘Michael told him that he had several infOrmations against him for charging illegal interest. He added, I suppose you will have no objection to do what other gentlemen have done; you must come down with something. The prosecutor said it was a very hard case upon him, and that he was not aware that he had done any thing illegal.— McMichael then enumerated several from whom he had re ceived large sums on the same account. From Mr. Ross, of Paddington, he had obtained 20/. ; from Mr. Dunmore, of Somers-town, 101.: and a good round sum from Mr. Wad more. The prosecutor, therefore, he thought, should be the last man to object to pay so small a sum as 5/. The prosecu tor still hesitated, and said he did'nt like it. " Oh," said " if you don't pay it, we will have you before a magistrate; how would you like that ?" Mr. Flint, finding himself in this awkward situation, said he would pay it. The defendant showed him a book containing five separate informa tions against him. One of them, he saw, was correct, but he did not take any particular notice of the others. M‘Michael pressed him for the money then, but Mr. Flint wished to be allowed as much time as possible. The payment was agreed to be postponed till next day, and M‘Michael hoped he would not delay, as lie (the defendant) had a great deal ofbusiness on his hands. M-Michael then went away, and called the next day. As soon as he saw the prosecutor he gave him a kind of a nod to remind him of the business he came about.— The prosecutor felt anxious that he should be troubled no more on the business by other informers, and named Colman, Pope, - Combes, and others, who might also come upon him for remuneration. 11Pillichael assured him that if he paid Si. he should hear no more of the matter from any one, and that in his party there were only three, viz. Betts; Leach, and himself. The prosecutor expressed a wish to see both Betts and Leach, and 111‘11lichael agreed that he should see them one by one. M‘Michae.l then went away, and first sent Betts, and then Leach. They both said that they would be satisfied if M‘Michael received the money. 'When Leach came into the shop, the prosecutor recognized him as the man who a few days before had offered to pledge some silver spoons.— Leach asked six shillings for them, and the prosecutor's lad, who was in the shop, would not give six shillings, but offered either five or seven. It seemed that if six shillings had been given, there would have been a fractional computation of the interest, of which he (Leach) might take advantage in case an overcharge were made. Ultimately, the prosecutor paid three sovereigns, and afterwards two more, which together made the Si. charged in the indictment. Mr. WALFORD, who spoke on behalf of the defendants, urged that there was no proof that there was any intention to cheat and defraud the prosecutor. 'Was it to be supposed that any pawnbroker would have been so easily induced to pay five pound's, if there was no ground for the payment ? Would men who were really innocent of the crime of defrauding the public by overcharging interest be persuaded by an informer to pay so large a sum for no earthly purpose ? The fact was, that the prosecutor felt himself placed in a very awkward pre dicament; he had paid a sum much less in amount than that which he would have been compelled to pay if the informa tions were prosecuted ; and he had shown his gratitude by prosecuting his friends for a conspiracy. The CHAIRMAN, in summing •up to the Jury, observed that informers were a very useful set of men, if they prose cuted their informations against those who were found to offend against the laws of the country. It, however, could not be al lowed that they should stop short, and compound with the par ties so accused. The Jury found the defendants—Guilty, and the Court al most immediately passed a sentence upon them of one year's imprisonment in the House of Correction. Thomas Combes and Thomas Mance, who were on Friday convicted of a conspiracy of the same nature, were now brought up to receive the sentence of the Court. Mr. Piiim.ips, in arrest of judgment, took a legal objec tion to the indictment. His principal objection was that the indictment ought to have been under the statute, and not at common law. The Court overruled the objection, and the defendants were ordered to be imprisoned for three months in the House of Correction. FATAL DUEL.—(WEST INDlES.)—Extract of a letter from the island of Nevis, dated August 1, 1822 :—" A fatal duel was lately fought in this island between W. Maynard, Esq. the President, and J. Huggins, Esq. youngest son of one of our principal planters. Some misunderstanding hav ing taken place between the President and the elder Mr. Huggins, on their meeting in the street, warm words passed between them, and the for mer applied to the latter some very severe epithets. In consequence, his son, Mr. John Huggins, addressed a remonstrance to the Presi dent, couched, it is understood, in very temper ate language. The President, in reply, refused to retract the offensive epithets he had applied to the father, but offered to give the son a tneet ing. The consequence was a duel ; the parties fired together, and the President's shot unhappily took effect; the ball entered above the right hip, passed through the body, and came out at the upper part of the left thigh. Mr. Huggins lived about an hour and a half after receiving the fatal wound : he was a young man of amiable cha racter, and has been married only about seven months." A FEMALE SAlLoll.—About a month ago, a young slender looking person, apparently about 19 years of age, made application to the Master of one of the London traders at Dundee to be admitted an apprentice on board this vessel. After some communing, an agreement was entered into, and the apprentice set about his service with great alacrity ; and during the voyage per formed the duties of the ship to: the entire sat's= faction of the Captain, who observed his appren tice possessed rather an effeminate and modest demeanour, and a great lack of " - juvenile beard." On the vessel's arrival at London, the apprentice suddenly disappeared, and after a fruitless search on the part of the crew, she returned minus the apprentice. On the succeeding voyage, a person came on board the vessel, and demanded the clothes of the runaway, who, the person - stated, was of the sex feminine ; and having accom plished her object, was now desirous to quit the hazardous profession she had embarked in. This detail had its full effect on the byestanders, and the " lack of beard," at the same time flash ing over the Captain's mind, he determined tipon visiting the runaway, and was conducted not to the presence of the raw " Queensferry lad " (for such the apprentice in the first instance stated herself to be), but to that of a strapping wench just out of her teens, " dazzling with nature's graces," and arrayed in the attire peculiar to her sex. After some explanation, in the course of which she stated that she belonged to Inverkeithing, and being anxious to get to London,had recourse to the plan she had adopted, it is unnecessary to state that her wardrobe was returned. It is supposed that a love affair had given rise to this I instance of female Quixotism.—(Dundee Paper.) POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Bow STREET.—MR. MARTIN'S NEW ACT.—Yesterday John Ames, a carman in the employment of Mr. Price of the Adelphi, was brought before Sir R. BIRNIE, on a warrant, charged by R. Martin, Esq. M.P. for Galway, with excessive cruelty to a horse. The prisoner, the day after the offence was committed, was served with a summons at the suit of Mr. Martin, but the sight of a mandate of that kind, under the hand an d seal of a Magistrate, had such an effect upon the unfortunate carman, that he instantly absconded from his employer, and was, after a long search, found concealed in his own garret by Godfrey, an officer, who was sent armed with a warrant for his apprehen sion, he having neglected to attend the summons. He was, when brought to the office, absolutely dragged through the passage by the collar, such a horror had he of appearing be fore a Magistrate ; and his sobs, which were quite audible as he approached, augmented to a loud bellow when he presented himself before the bench. While Mr. Martin was giving his evidence, he stood trembling, and crying out occasionally " Oh, dear ! Oh, dear ! pray have mercy upon me !" Had the fel low been on the point of receiving sentence of death, under circumstances which would make it irrevocable, he could not have exhibited a greater degree of weakness. Mr. Martin stated, that he saw the defendant driving " a beautiful bay horse—a noble animal indeed," up one of those narrow avenues leading from the Adelphi to the Strand, and he never in his life saw a horse draw more freely or cheerfully than the one upon which the prisoner had chosen to vent the natural cruelty of his disposition. Without the slightest ap parent cause, the prisoner, with the butt end of his whip, hit the poor animal over the nose, the eyes, the knees, and the points of the shoulders, with his whole strength, and with a ' degree of savage ferocity which could scarcely be equalled. The statement of Mr. Martin was frequently interrupted by the bellowing of the prisoner, and the retort of the Honourable Gentleman, upon each interruption, was at once just and pithy—" Hold your tongue, Sirrah ; it is not you, but the ' horse, that should cry." The prisoner, in his defence, protested that " the Gemman was quite in mistake, for that he loved the horse better than his own self." Mr. Martin remarked, that he had a way of shewing his affec tion for the animal quite peculiar to himself. The prisoner was fined 10s. and costs, and being unable to pay the amount (18s.) he was committed to prison. Mr. Martin afterwards expressed a desire to pay the costs out of his own pocket, as the prisoner would then be more likely soon to obtain his liberty. The Magistrate, however, would not allow this, and Mr. Martin then presented God frey, the officer who served the warrant, with 10s. for his trouble. WORSHIP-STREET.— DISCONTINUANCE OF EDMON TON-FAlR.—Yesterday, in pursuance of the summonses issued on a former day, a Petty Sessions was held at this office, when ROBERT BEVILL, Esq., the Rev. Dr. GAsEIN, the Rev. A. ARMSTRONG, E. R. MonEs, and Wm. Wix, Esquires, Ma gistrates of the County of Middlesex, attended, for the purpose of inquiring into the legality of Edmonton-fair. It was proved by Armstrong, senior, the officer, that the summonses were duly served, and that Edmonton was within ten miles from Temple-bar. Mr. Whittington, the present occupier of the Angel inn, was first examined. He could prove no right or title for the fair. He had kept that inn for sixteen years, and part of the fair was held in the yard, where he understood it had been held in the time of his predecessors. He let out the ground to stall holders at so much per foot, and he had on a former year paid two guineas to the High Constable on account of the fair. He had hired servants at the fair, but he never knew servants to come to be hired, or masters to come to hire them. He had discharged a servant over night, and hired him again the next morning of the fair, just to make a say. There was no mention of the fair in his lease. The next and most material witness was Mr. Harding, an old gentleman, residing at the town of Edmonton. He stated, he was within one month of 80 years of age. He had resided 32 years in Edmonton, and knew the fair, and never missed going to it 20 years before. In 1790, when he took the Angel, it was confined to the Angel-yard, with a few stalls in front of the house, and there was a show-booth on the waste adjoining, but now the fair was held also at the Bell, and along the road, and in Mr. Bigley's field ; and he believes it is fair all the way from Edmonton to London. The crowd attending the fair is now immense, being thousands upon thousands. He was not aware it was held by any charter or title. Mr. Lock kept the Angel twenty-one years before him, and he m ade it an inva riable rule of hiring a servant, and one or two others did so ;1 but it was not a general statute, though it had ever been called, and was now called, Edmonton Statute. When he first knew it, there was no fair in Mr. Bigley's field till the year 1800. At that time Mr. Wright, the butcher, was High Constable, and the witness had dealt with him for ten years ; but right having offended him, he would deal with him no longer. Wright then charged him 21. 10s. a year for the ground in front of his house for the fair, which witness refused to pay. 'Wright then said, "Sir, I'll remove the fair;" and accordingly advertised in two or three newspapers that the fair was removed to Mr. Bigley's field. To counteract this, witness advertised to the contrary, and now produced a printed copy of the advertisement entitled " Edmonton Sta tute." That year, however, the fair was first held in Bigley's field, and has kept increasing ever since, to a wonderful de gree. He had heard the old inhabitants of Edmonton say that the fair had been held at other places before it came there. He had heard a number of persons say that the fair began at the Three Blackbirds, near the church. Edward Tuck being sworn, stated, that he ttendecl as bai liff to Sir William Curtis, L ord: of the Manor of Edmonton. He was directed to say that Sir William set up no claim, and that he should not resist any decision of the magistrates. With respect to himself, he was born on the spot, and there had been a fair ever since he could remember. There were other witnesses examined, but they stated no thing material in addition to the evidence before given. Mr. Bigley next appeared by Ms counsel, Mr. Platt, who contended he was not bound to offer any evidence in favour of the right or title to hold this fair, until some evidence was given to oppugn the legality of the fair. Mr. BEVILL adverted to 3d Geo. IV. c. 55, sec. 17, where power is given to two Justices, on there appearing reason to be lieve that a fair is held without lawful authority, to issue their summons, and therefore the summons itself sufficiently oppugn, ed the legality of the fair, and it was for the party summoned to prove his right and title. Mr. Harding was again examined, and stated most of the evidence he did before. Mr. PLATT said there was evidence of the fair being held for 52 years in the parish, and when a town prescribed for a fair, they were not bound to prove that it was always held in one place. He then proposed his client should enter into a recog nizance. Mr. Bigley accordingly entered into a recognizance of 2001. to appear in the Court of King's Bench on the first day of next term, to answer any information the Attorney-General may ex hibit against him, touching the right and title to such fair. All the parties having withdrawn, Mr. BEVILL observ ed, that if at this fair a statute for hiring servants had been held, it would have been desirable that the same should not have been interrupted ; but still the hiring of servants could not of itself be evidence of a fair. A fair was not a grant of franchise or privilege, but of profit, and ought to have a Court of Piepoudre, and many other incidents which did not belong to Edmonton. The Lord of the Manor, for whose benefit a fair was generally held, abandoned the claim ; and there was no one to give colour to the right, but a man who in his field could admit or shut out whom lie pleased, and who had not even usage to show in his favour. With respect to its being held in the parish, it was clear that it must be held in a place certain, but the fair in question had not always been held at Edmonton. The words of Harding (the witness) were remarkable—" 1 have heard numbers of persons say, that the fair began at the Three Black Birds, near the Church." The Worthy Magistrate said, that taking the whole evidence into consideration, his opinion was decided that the fair was alto gether illegal. All the other Magistrates concurred in the same opinion. Mr. BEVILL then informed the parties, that the Magistrates were of one mind, that the fair was illegal, and that after this year it would be discontinued altogether. It was then ordered, that notices to that effect should be im mediately printed and posted up at Edmonton and in the neigh bourhood. UNION-HALL.—ROBBERY AT THE FIRE IN BERMOND SE Y.—Francis Wheeler, an elderly and respectable-looking man, with blue coat and topped boots, and the exterior of a, wealthy farmer, but who has been known for the last 20 years by the police as one of the most accomplished and successful pickpockets in the metropolis, and many of whose family have been removed, some of them temporarily and others %for ever, from society by the sentence of the law, was yesterday brought before It. J. CHAMBERS Esq., on a charge of having robbed a gentleman of a pocket-book, containing a 201. Bank of England note, and a W. promissory note. Mr. Joseph Wickins, a Commercial Agent, residing at Dept ford, stated, that he was in town on business on Monday, and between eight and nine o'clock he was waiting at the Bricklayers'-an - ns for a coach to return by to his house at Dept ford, when the fire broke out at Bermondsey, and he ran with a multitude to see it. He had not been in the outside of the crowd for many minutes, before he found himself surrounded by four fellows, who hustled him and retained him among st them in spite of his efforts to get away from them . Whilst he was thus situated, a man from behind asked him if he had lost any thing, and told him he had thieves about him. Witness felt at his breast pocket,, and found that his pocket-book was gone,. and a slit in the coat across the pocket and the d i e hanging out. The prisoner was pointed out to witness Si, utill man. Witness seized him, and he struggled violently , Hall and Glennon came up at the moment, and as he kee them, he surrendered quietly. R. Johnson, a broker, residing at No. 2, Trafalgar-P lece ' Walworth, stated that he saw four fellows surround the e a secutor at the fire. The witness knew Wheeler, as b e ma , seen him when before a magistrate on a charge of pickled: the pocket of a lady. Witness therefore was aware of r profession, and watched him and .his companions nar row Witness cautioned the prosecutor, but the gang continua' et follow him closely, and the witness at length saw the prieeL draw from the breast of the prosecutor a pocket-book, and at w e ; instant witness and prosecutor laid hold of him, but the said to his companions " Nap," and under his hand Prtb° the pocket book to them, when if instantly appeared other thieves with it. The prisoner was held until the oel c came by. übsg Mr. HARMER said that he was instructed to state, in eg f of his client, that he went to the fire from motives of hu manly to aid the sufferers in rescuing their property from the 1101 2 and that he was particularly active upon the spot in saving he could. • the Hall and Glennon corroborated the statement made in 4,6 prisoner's defence as to his activity, and said that he wasr;, most active man on the spot in throwing the property f a t gered by the fire out of the windows iuto the streets, seu„ t he the sufferers had, from the respectable appearance of humane gentleman," given him full confidence. Th e : w o nesses, on searching him, found that he had placed his watch and appendages with great caution at the bottom IN , he fob, to guard against other pickpockets. They spoke Tr e . character of the prisoner for the last 20 years, and acke° l l.,.e ed him to be a thief of the first water. They found A key upon him, which they judged to belong to some s e td door, for he was in the habit of paying nocturnal visi ts churches and vestry-rooms. He was remanded for further examination. THE LATE PUBLIC DINNER.—There were ct 11 0 imprisonments in the Police-office," in {ca se ' quence of any thing that occurred at the lat e public dinner. One Gentleman intricated Asp deposited there for about an hour, as a m atter prudence and safety, after his friends had en' deavoured in vain to get him to his lodging / and he was extremely thankful the next morn:, ing for the protection he had received.—(Bec a Commercial Chronicle.)—So much for LaC e " - conduct! COURTS OF LAW.—The passages leading fr u t p the Court of Common Pleas to the rooms on the right ° r ot , stone steps, hitherto appropriated to the Serjeants and theoe ficers attending upon the Judges, have been bricked p at 4 rooms which stood upon the scite intended for the New. 1• of King's Bench are pulled down. The business of 14 s c ere' mas Term will be done in the Common Pleas Court in i ts sent state. After Term it will be enlarged. The liing's'' Grand Jury Room is pulled down. The business of the st chequer Court, which is now under a general repair" transacted in the Duchy Court of Lancaster. St Thursday a select number of the Scholarso Truro Grammar School declaimed for the Medals OIL te given by the Earl of Falmouth. The first was aditimb - n O ff Master Lawrence Polwhele, of St. Newlyn • the dg, Master Bate, of Truro ; and the third to Master SimrOn Truro. Sunday afternoon, between one and two ocliro.os: a large porpoise was seen in the Thameq t opposite Billingsgate, and continued in long time, not going farther than London-bri7ch Its jumping in and out of the water afforded 3.0, amusement to some thousands of persons °P e w bled on the sides of the river, and on LI, It, bridge. On some boats putting off toviar"- - , 9 0, the porpoise went off with increible svill ,t °, o o. diving often, and fi nally escaped from its pars" COURSE OF EXCHANGE, September 17• ....-.. a ..,-... q Amster dam .. 12 C.f . , • ; Ditto, at Sight l4 4 Rotterdam l2 8 Antwerp l4 6 00 1 Hamburgh 5B 0 ;13 1 ' Alt ona Paris, 3 Day's sight Di t t o Bourdeaux, ditto Frank fortou the pain - 158 6 °' cP glr e t fl Madr id 4 , 11/ Cadiz 3ilboa 36 'l5l Barcelona Seville Gibraltar Leghorn Grro.a ...... .... i3i—Venice, Ital. Liv 27 5° Malta 45 -Naples 3RI ,OP Palermo Lisbon Oporto Aa Rio Janeiro Dublin .... 94, Cork 9i pet Cent. _.r 0 BULLION. o r Portugal Gold, i n Coin 11.0 0 a Foreign Gold, in Bars SI7 ' . 6 New Doübloons New Dollars 0 4 ' -, Silver in Bars, Standard 0 0 ° BIRTHS. TA, At Ryde, Isle of Wight, the Lady of the 1 1 ° II. ? A Rodney, R.N., of a son. At Haldon House, the ° Lady of Sir Lawrence irate Bart. 111. P., of a son. hp o °l Yesterday morning, the 17th inst., the Lady of J° Esq., Waltharnstow, of a son. ' Oa MARRIED. ~..1, re e l 0( ..,f. eoFsutrtrheededEela Christmas, ns o yqc t , h t instant, hwoeoff. le at eL7Ldtrihnpoperi.on:l n St.,s Inn-fields, Pancras fiel cis , New to E C m h m u 0 ,-- 7, t 0 r (H i 6 , i 0 _ g, , --... es el. e. B ivi‘il e ° l !; l rstta'all'hltivo,irainstlstastKu.gualtiehe-osrtrerginelets), 111 11 ... ,,,Lc roif i dor, - 0; lane, Esq; e, South Audle-street. of od , s stYesterday,oet;deaayt Streatham. Elizabeth thei7 A tl ll i ciliai:taenldt,es3tldr.auGeghotrgereon ani vilit tiei 0 am the 17th inst., at St. Mary's:, . 7 -2 1 1.btei sf, . T A , beib 1111 f. Medley, of Kennington, to Ann Elizabeth, ou' u o - . IP- Irish, Esq., of the same place. Caite li At Allesley, near Coventry, on the 11th instan_l , t bel lo Of Alsager, of the Hon. the East India C om pany's,sr, h r a ttl Pr , : 100, to Miss E. B. Lloyd, eldest daughter of 1 "*"" Esq., of the former place. DIED. a Sli gi f O p after OA, On the 10th instant, at Newcastle-upon-Tr -1 ;no f it w iliness, aged 62, Mrs. Sarah Hodgson, proprle__, tpr . e meak — til e of the Newcastle Chronicle, a woman as justly e"""hed v i f e be benevolence of her disposition, as she was distinegatho'7oll to e, superiority of her literary attainments. Iler a,,, too,bil verely felt in those charitable institutions of .!:1 :i n i o ~ immediately under female patronage, as the zT„ tredll v , with .which she advocated the cause of htirs,a ni ,fusiv e k,f el times strenuously and etrectually exerted. moues-c'x' r" tw own family, a large ch.cle of friends sincerely yet i it i. 0 whose worth and goodness is but feebly Pou rtrs l a l b , hastily-drawn tribute. inbett 09 On the 30th ult., at the Recto house of St e ub fic „,,a y, Bailiwick of Reinbeck, a dependence of the Seim the 'Se a: r o burgh, the Rev. Frederick William Bruning, I ",bieli r of his age. Exclusive of his clerical functionslng rast:tt; charged with great zeal and ability, the It e g:,4 IP oeta l t ? well known as an able tutor to foreigners in." o f tile ~,ieg (more especially Englishmen), in the attain fic(lLiv t e tongue. By all who had the happiness of li' n ' 'not `,.',: s oc v with him he was justly held in high estimata? f or t ile N rs t• id his attainments as a Divine and a scholar, but toi eete s i ): 0 1 0 ie of those social qualities which impart to life its vie ji.ro b On Wednesday, the 11th instant, at chig f t ,ie late _, w f Wilbraham, of Upper Seymour-street, wit w bire. .v.. - Wilbraham, Esq., of Delamere Lodge, Cn' s -.1;,, ter, P— ,iiil d On the 13th ins,ant, at AVimborne ...-'-' 5 is p- a vs' .tir Isaac Gulliver, Esq., aged `l3th,s long a ri • . parf On Friday morning, the after a sta tio AO ness, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. John Perkins? Alt'"ii. Thames-street aged the b i te gel l On the Nth , inst. Mil li cent , daughter of _.,,. sbaf , , 0 Shaw, Esq., of Bath, and sister to M a j or-Gw' g o at ibe t Office, No. 112, Strand. , by J.- ..'• - Printed and Published fo r the Pitornitacl:fil.ltss,:olts• 4 3e, aft, r 4, fe,ti t e „ Me via r o , n 14 e hoe ' eke 1 4e q„ei q„ a -fr ay " 1 r4 e ',Leo ,t~ Q ~ de'! r 4.21,