The Sun. — London, England, 1832-10-01 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Mauritius papers from the Bth to the 14th of July, which we received yesterday, describe one of the most singular conditions of things which was perhaps ever exhibited to the world. The I,llite colonists of that conquered plantation have made the rejection of the late Order in Council a question of peace or war, of submis sion or of rebellion, and have accordingly com menced the execution of their projects by resist ance to the Governor and his instructions._ Without any chance of foreign aid, and without any hope of political independence, they have declared against the authority of the King of England's Government, anti have compelled the King's Governor to dismiss the King's Attor ney-General. The new Order in Cbuncil for ameliorating the condition or the slaves, with a view to the ultimate Safe abolition of slavery, had. been transmitted to the Mauritius as well as to our West India Crown colonies. The pro prietors of that colony, who profited so long by an illicit trade in slaves to the opposite African coast, after the slave trade had been declared illegal, and who, after it was effec tually abolished, were unwilling to see their gains curtailed by other rules, saw with alarm the arrival of the new orders, and of Mr. Jeremie, who was appointed to enforce them. Mr. Jere tnie, the author of an admirable account of West India slavery, and of a judicious plan for its ultimate extinction, had been appointed to the office of King's Attorney-General in the colony of Mauritius, purely, we believe, from a sense of his merits, and with no view of reward ing political partisanship. Mr. Jeremie shows himself an enemy of slavery, as every other man who writes upon the subject must do. He never declares for its immediate abolition ; but all his arguments tend to its abolition at no distant slate. Hence he has been assailed by the up holders of the present system ; and hence, being identified with the policy of the Colonial-office, his illegal dismissal has been enforced. It would appear that no sooner had Mr. Jeremie and the new code of instructions arrived, than the planters were thrown into a violent ferment. Ad dresses were sent to the Governor from a great body of the colonists, both of town and country, praying that he would suspend the orders, and dismiss the new Law Officer of the Crown. Sir Charles Colville, who is the Go vernor of the colony, and who appears to us to have made too great concessions to plantation— we shall not say popular, clamour, endeavoured to sooth the colonists without effect. He could not directly refuse obedience to the orders from borne, but he almost furnished an apology to the planters to resist them. Taking into account the conduct of the colonists, there never w2e. anything more unaccountable than the conduct of the Governor. To the numerous addresses made to him against the orders and appointment of the Government at home, he declared, " that according to the knowledge which he had of the leihabitants of the colony, he was persuaded that left to themselves, the colonists would spon taneously take measures of Me most decisive kind for the immediate amelioration and ultimate extinction of slavery, and that these measures would be carried to their ultimate limits without destroying entirely the bond be tween master and slave, a bond which it would be the height of imprudence or madness to de stroy without previous preparation." All this was said in the face of deputations sent to resin the only means hitherto devised for the amelio ration of the slave code ; and in answer to de mands for sending away Mr. Jereinie,---a de mand which his Excellency himself seemed to consider as little short of high treason. All this praise of " spontaneous co-operation" with the Government was lavished on men who were at the very moment in open rebellion against the same Government, and refusing to acknowledge the Royal commission. Sir Charles Colville plainly announces to the colonists, that the dis' missal of Mr. Jeremie by threatened violence, was to compromise not only questions of philan. thropy, but the maintenance of the Royal au thority, and the honour of the British Crown ; that it would tend to destroy all the hope which the colonists entertained of seeing their pre sent Government modified to their advan tage ;—that it would authorize the introduction of an entirely new system, opposed to what they considered their ancient rights, sentiments, and principles—that instead of appearing in the character of petitioners, they were now assuming the attitude of rebels to their King, and traitors to the British Government ;—that they were evinc ing a desire of independence of the British Crown ; and that if thus left to themselves, their situation would be deplorable, without a market for their produce or a protector of their rights. In short, the Governor and Council at first refused to be parties to the dismissal of Mr. Jeremie, and to the suspension of the new orders, though they were at last obliged to yield. In being obliged to yield, therefore, afterwards, we may consider the colony of the Mauritius as at pre sent in open hostility with the King's Govern, tnent,—as determined to resist every attempt to ameliorate the condition of its slave population, and, therefore, as a fit subject for enforcing the laws of humanity by superior power, or for leaving the planters to their own resources. It is quite evident that this colony of the Crown has been enabled to indulge in the horrors of the slave trade, and the abuse of slave labour; since the general peace, only by the admission of its produce to the British markets. It may be easily coerced into obedience, and punished fo rebellion, by means which the Government and the Legislature of Great Britain have at their disposal.— Times. Amongst a great variety of letters which have reached us w ithin the last two days, and which convey information, or propose topics of discus sion, upon the general state of the country, there is one from Bury, in Lancashire, which we have read with sentiments of mingled pain and alarm. If there was one object more than another which wise and good men hoped to see resulting from the Reform Bill, it was the substitution of general free agency for coercion, as the guide and mover of every elector's vote. Probably no occurrences have ever furnished m ore a b un d an t ground of just indignation th an th e attem p ts of the Duke of Newcastle and a few other gran dees, either to extort by menaces from their numerous tenants an unwilling support of cer tain candidates, favoured by the Lord, but ob noxious to the voters, or to punish the refrac tory electors by privation of their leases or other wise. A mode of exercising power no less re volting to upright and generous minds has been Occasionally practised by oppressive Ministers, when they took away offices from the holders, or resisted the pretensions of meritorious claim ants, because of their votes, either as consti tuents or . repre sentat i ves , b e i ng a d verse to t h e wishes of the Government. To obviate the ev il o f such tyrannical abuses the cry for &form was raised, and an honest Minister, after immense difficulties, carried the reform principle into a law. It is, perhaps, too true that the old traffickers in borough property, and advocates of unconstitutional privilege, have laboured hard, even since the Reform Bill was carried, to revive or prolong the grievances for which it had been the anticipated cure. The Duke of Newcastle, and Lord Brovvnlow, the Duke of Beaufort, &c. may have used their landlord influence for purposes of corrupt intimidation, and so far the great end of the Reform till may have been frustrated, by thus preventing qualified electors from exercising their own unbiassed judgment, and voting freely for whatever candidate they might judge proper. But are there none, save Tories and oligarchs, who thus pervert the rights of property, and crush the free enjoyment of constitutional pri vileges by their fellow subjects ? We set out with remarking that a letter from Bury had brought intelligence of a painful and mortifying nature. It states no less than the adoption by " radical" reformers of expedients for carrying elections their own way, not one whit better than the most disgraceful of the means imputed to the Duke of Newcastle and his brethren. We refer and beg attention to a letter signed " R." and to a subjoined copy of a resolution passed by the Political Unions of Rochdale, Bury, Bol ton, Tottington, &c. binding themselves, " indivi dually and collectively, not to expend one halfpenny " with any professional man or trades man, being an elector of Rochdale, " who shall refuse to pledge himself to vote for Mr. James Taylor !!" Did ever a demagogue ridden Irish ruffian faction surpass this precious example of despotism in the affairs of life ? The Duke of Newcastle ! Why he would be ashamed of it. What is freedom, if this be not tyranny the most insolent, barbarous, and insulting ? What right have these domineering fanatics to complain, or had they ever to wag a jaw in remonstrance, at any lawless or selfish compulsion exercised by men in power at the worst periods of our constitutional history ? They will tell us they may give their custom to whom they please. Ay, and so may the Duke of Newcastle let his land and tenements to whom he pleases. Both his Grace and their Majesties, the Union rabble of Rochdale, " may do what they please with their own." But both also must take the consequences of their arbitrary and vexatious proceedings. Little do they un derstand liberty, and still less do they love it with a virtuous or sound affection, who would force their fellow citizens to surrender a constitutional right (for which they, the com pellants, were among the first to clamour), on pain of seeing themselves and their families robbed of all their means of sub sistence. Not a man, no, not one of these re solutionists, these non-purchasers, is better than a rank tyrant in his heart—not a man of them deserves to be trusted with the-slightest share or particle of power in a free community, if that community would preserve its freedom. Mr. James Taylor may be an excellent person, nor do we know or even guess at the name of his opponent ; but it is very clear, that if after get ting into Parliament he speaks the language of such constituents as those men who have signed the resolutions in his favour, the worst Ministers that ever disgraced a limited monarchy, and the basest factions that ever threatened the existence of regular government, would be they who might count most securely on the vote and influence of Mr. James Taylor. But who, again, are these political unionists ? Why do they still torment the country with their restless and into lerant projects. We had understood that the Political Unions were to dissolve themselves in stantly after the passing of the Reform Bill. Some, we believe, have done so. Those who seek to perpetuate a confederacy which ought, in all fairness, to have died with the occasion which engendered it, are open to the suspicion that they have no other aim than to usurp a portion of the prerogatives which are properly inherent in the Government and Legislature—that is, to produce an implacable conflict between the State and a section of her subjects, with insurrection and anarchy for its most successful results. The Reform Bill ought now assuredly to be left to its own fair operation throughout the country. Coercion is more abhorrent to a reformed con stituency than corruption, because the latter ad mits that free agency on which the other tramples. But let us hope that a spirit so repugnant to all political honesty as that which our Bury corre spondent signalizes will suffer itself to be sea sonably checked, since otherwise it is clear as tight that the middle and upper classes through out the kingdom will be forced to retaliate, as they will be able to do with tremendous effect, upon the poorest order of constituents. In one word, this resolution to starve men into a sur render of their undoubted right of free election is not excelled for vindictive harshness by the most cruel practice of the worst of modern times. What an outcry has been raised ere now at the employment of such threats by men of large for tune to their tradesmen !—Times. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. SI lt,—The system of exclusive dealing is now carried on by the low radical party in all. the newly-created ha roughs of this populous county, with the villages in their immediate neighbourhood, to so great an extent that it becomes quite necessary for the press to take the matter up, and use its most strenuous exertions to put down so tyrannical a system. Below I send you a copy of one of a long string of resolutions passed by the Political Union of Rochdale. Similar ones have been adopted at Bury, Bol ton, Tottington, &c. The principle and spirit of the re .olution have been so literally and closely carried into effect in Bury, that a considerable number of our Whig can didate's friends have had but one alternative, viz. either to hoist the radical colour, or suffer a serious diminution of business. The doctrines of universal suffrage, wiping off the na tional debt, the seizure of church property, the adoption .f a republican form of government, and general levelling principles, are so openly advocated, and so much incul cated and insisted upon by the radical demagogues, that they necessarily draw to them a majority of the physical strength of the country. The great engine which their haranguers urge the radi ells to use is the system of exclusive dealing; and unless the press take up arms against it most strenuously and un remittingly, and the mill-owners and manufacturers, and All friends to social order, use the most decisive means in their power to put an end to it, the whole political power of this part of the country will become vested in the Poli tical Unions, which in this neighbourhood are under the entire control and direction cf three or four of the leading Teakars. The great body of the members are machines, mere tools, in the hands of their leaders. As a proof of the extent to which the system is prac tised here, and the regularly organized plan which is adopted, it may be well to state, that at each meeting of the Political Union one or two individual shopkeepers are marked out as objects of particular attack. On the Satur day following, two or three of the radicals station them selves near the marked shops, and if any one attempt to go in, stop hirn, saying, " That's a pink shop, don't go there " (The Whig colour is pink.) The right and fairness of the system is openly asserted by the orators, who, about three times a week, harangue the people in the Political-Union room in speeches of the most violent tendency. I am, Sir, yours very obediently, Bury, Lancashire, Sept. 27. R. COPY OF RESOLUTION. " We publicly declare that we are determined, indivi dually and collectively, without any evasion or mental re mervation, that we will not expend one halfpenny with any medical man, grocer, publican, butcher, baker, flour-dealer, I inkeeper, draper, barber, joiner, builder, or, earpenter, or any other person whatsoever, being an elector of Rochdale, who shall refuse to pledge himself to vote for Mr. James Taylor, and we hereby promise that we will use all our influence with our friends to induce them not to expend one farthing with any elector who shall refuse to pledge himself as aforesaid." The manner in which the inhabitants of the Mauritius have effected their purpose in the case of M. Jeremy, who has been sent back to Eng land, is bold in the extreme, but it does not sur prise us. We were aware that the planters of that island had evinced a determination to suffer no interference with what they deemed their property—that they had threatened to bury themselves under the ruins of their plantations, rather than submit. It may be said, what a lesson this for the other colonies ! We may observe here that Mauritius is a French colony, and that the planters in the French colonies are in general bona fide planters, and not mere managers for English mortgagees. The French planters live constantly on their estates among their slaves, and though they may not allow them more than is allowed to slaves in the English plantations, they behave more kindly to them. There is, therefore, a far better understanding between masters and slaves than in the English colonies. It is this feeling of security which emboldens them to brave the power of the Government of Great Britain. Barbadoes, perhaps, is the one of all our colo nies which most approximates to a French colony, in the number of resident planters, and some other circumstances. But taking the English West India colonies in general, it would be the height of madness in them to think of imitating Mauritius.—Morning Chronicle. A paragraph, taken from the Dublin iliail, is going the round of the London Papers, stating that " the Duke of Richmond, as Postmaster- General, has granted to the Scripture Readers' Society, as well as to the other religious and charitable institutions in Ireland, the privilege of sending and receiving letters at the reduced rate of postage of twopence per letter, provided each letter or packet does not weigh more than an ounce—not containing any matter relative to money—and the sum so to be paid on putting the letters into the respective post-offices." With out meaning to question the proptiety of every thing being done that ca❑ consistently be done to foster and promote the diffusion of religious principles, we must be permitted to doubt where the dispensing power resides which is thus said to be assumed by the Postmaster-General. The same thing has been frequently done in England with quite as little shadow of authority ; and societies, we believe, could be named whose communications have been allowed to pass free of postage altogether, to the great detriment of the revenue, who possess, nevertheless, ample funds wherewith to maintain sleek honorary secretaries, and various other snuggeries with which charity is sometimes accompanied. Be sides, is it not absurd, as in this instance, to talk of the nature ofthe contents ofpeople's letters being the condition upon which they shall pass free ? This imposes either an impossible condition, or a very offensive one, viz. either that the Post-office authorities shall take for granted that every letter with which twopence is tendered shall pass free for ►hat sum, or else that the contents of every let ter be read to discover whether it relates wholly to one of the charities in question, or whether the fatal word " money" is to be found in its (perhaps many) pages. But it is the principle we object to—that any officer at the head of any department shall have the power of dispensing, on his own mere authority, with the payment of any part of the public revenue which it is his duty to collect and account for. The Duke of Richmond, we know, is only following prece dent ; but why may not the Commissioners of Customs or Excise do the same ? The revenues of the Post-office have been for some time de clining, owing to various causes, principally from the fatal decline in the internal trade of the country, but not a little from the abuse of offi cial franking, and such licenses of exemption as those to which we have been alluding. Persons connected with charitable or religious institu tions, though glad enough, of course, to avail themselves of the exemption if it can be obtained, know very well that postage forms a very trifling charge, at most, in their outgoings. At any rate we know of no authority which exists to make the concession ; and public functionaries, how ever amiable and praiseworthy their motives may be, might as well bear in mind the adage which prescribes to them, as well as other people, to be "just before they aregenerous."—Morn.Herald. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Mrs. Every, the wife of a little man who has the mark of a violent cut across the mouth, arid is called " the chubby Apollo" of Bishopsgate, sum moned her husband before the LORD MAYOR for having threatened to murder her. Mrs. Every, a tall fine-looking woman, with dark eyes, stated that she had been five years married to the defendant, the proprietor of an eating-house, irnd that her peace of mind had a few days ago been suddenly broken by the inattention of her husband. She suspected that some nasty woman was at the bottom of the business, and she told her servant maid, who appeared to be shocked, and promised to have a look out for any such under mining hussey. The maid, however, watched in vain ; but the mistress, whose injuries had sharpened her vision, actually caught him and the very girl she had confessed her distress to, poking their noses together over a glass of hot gin arid water in the one-pair back. Upon being upbraided with his in fidelity, the defendant called her a great —, and told he would drive her to the d—l. The LORD MAYOR—Is that what you call a threat to murder you? Complainant—He swore that if I ever interfered with his consarns, he'd do no more but " spifflicate" me at once.—(A laugh.) Defendant—Please you, my Lord, I never said I'd spifflicate her. She knows it's false. It was her as said she'd spifflicate me ; and so I told her I'd see her drived to the d—l before I'd be spifflicated. Mr. Hobler—But, my good Sir, you had no right to insult your wife by taking liberties with her ser vant. Defendant—Never thought of such a thing. I'll tell you how it was. I was rather baddish in the bowels, and I was just having a drop of warm, when the girl comes up ; and so I lays my hand just upon the small of her back, without thinking of any thing wrong, s'elp me G—d. Complainant—The small of her back ! Jem, you know it wan't the small of her back, nor no part of her back at all.--(Laughter.) Defendant—Please your Lordship, if you heard the names she called me you wouldn't wonder at what I done, for to show 1 was a different sort of a hanirnal from the sort she said as I belonged to. — Please you, my Lcrd, begging your pardon, she called me a old bass, and a son of a The LORD MAYOR—I am surprised that you could be offended at words of so nonsensical a descrip tion. Why, if you were the first, it is impossible you could be the last. This assurance gave but little consolation to the defendant, who said that he would sooner give up the eating-house, and indeed eating altogether, than live with his wife again. The complainant seemed as willing to separate for ever, and declared that she would never submit to be " spifflicatee by any man breathing. A re gular deed of separation was then signed by the parties, who both went off, determined not to be " spifflicated." BOW-STREET. ELOPEMENT IN Low LIFE.—Mr. Dunn, a boot and shoemaker, residing in Chapel-street, Grosve nor-square, come before G. R. MINSHULL, Esq., and complained of his wife Mary, who had eloped with one Mr. Sarbutt, and had taken his two infant chil dren with her, on Saturday morning. The com plainant said, that his wife had been very intimate, sub row, with a Mr. Sarbutt, and that morning they eloped together. He had discovered that Mr. Sar butt had taken a certain description of house in Newcastle -court, and he was anxious to get pos session of his elder boy ; he did not care much about the youeger, as he suspected that Mr. Sarbutt or some other person, who had been inti mate with his wife, had more to do with the production of the young one than himself. Mr. MINSHULL directed Cisardiner, the officer, to fetch Mrs. Dunn, and in a short time she and the children made their appearance before the Magistrate. Mr. MINSHULL asked Mrs. Dunn why she did not live with her husband ? She replied, that her husband had not been able to support her and her children, and for some time he had not earned more than 3s. 6d. per week. As a last resource, she had determined to get a living by keeping a certain house ; but she was riot under the protection of her friend Sarbutt, who had lent her 2/. to pay her rent ; and she denied that there was any criminal intimacy between them. Mr. MINSHULL condemned her for taking such a house, and directed her to give up the elder child to her husband. She positively refused to do so, as the child was under five years of age; arid she walked out of the office with the two children in her arms. Mr. MINSHULL told the husband that he had no power to force the children at so early an age from the mother, who was bound to nurture them. The husband left the office very much dejected. MARLBOROUGH STREET. Patrick Cronin, of 9, George•street, Foley-place, was charged with fraudulently obtaining a parrot, the property of Mr. G. Boudry, 2, Frith-street, Soho. It appeared that the parrot had made its es rape from the house of the prosecutor on Tuesday last. Handbills were immediately issued, offering a reward of four sovereigns for its restora:ion. Thus far went the evidence of the prosecutor; but on one of the St. Giles's street-keepers being called, he gave his evidence as follows :—On Wednesday, your Vorship, as I vas a passing towards our Board room, I sees a lot o' boys throwing stones up at a house, and on casting my eye up, what should I see but a parrot on the roof. I obtains permission of the owner, Mr. Wood, and up I goes to the roof, when I throws myself into the gutter, and comes close alongside Poll ; but she flies away, and I loses sight of her until I feels something soft drop plump upon my head. I didn't know what to make o' this, your Vorship, for a time; but on placing my hand on my head, and examining the nature of the thing, I was conwinced it came from the Poll-par rot, and then I knows she couldn't be far off. Sure enough this was the case; for on looking up a bit, there stood Poll on an eminence. In order to se duce it to me, I cries " Poll I pretty Poll ! come Poll !" Poll then says as plain as you would, your Vorship ," What do you want, Sir ?" " Ise got some breakfast for you, Poll," says I; and holding out my hand as if I had something in it, I gammons Poll to come to me, but when she found I had nogrub to give, she croaked and kicked up a rare gibberish.' It further appeared that the witness left the bird in the care of the Governor's lady at the Board room, while he instittred inquiries as to whom it belonged. The handbill shortly met his eye, and exulting in the hope of handling the four sovereigns reward, off he trudged to the prosecutor's house, and told him that he had the bird "safe and sound." His mortifica tion, however, may be imagined when he ascertained, on his return to the Board-room, that a female had obtained the parrot by asserting the bird had flown from her house, and that it belonged to a widow lady, who had left it in her charge during her ab sence abroad. Mr. Boudry was made acquainted with the fact; and this morning the prisoner brought home the bird and demanded the reward. He was given into custody. His wife attended at the office, and appeared in great distress of mind. She ac knowledged that her husband told her to own the parrot, and she, conceiving he bad as much right to it as the beadle, consented. The prisoner did not deny his wife's statement, but added, that although he was now aware he had done wrong, he did not consider so when he sent his wife to claim the bird. Several persons gave him a good character, and the prosecutor not wishing to enter further into the case, the prisoner was discharged, with a reprimand. The reward was given to the beadle. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE.—A young man of highly respectable appearance, whose name was not mentioned publicly, was charged by a fashionably dressed young woman with having stolen her shawl, veil, and locket. Her statement was, that, on the evening of Friday week, the gentleman accosted her in the Haymarket, and requested permission to see her home, to which, after some hesitation, she con sented. They then took some brandy and water together, which had the effect of stupifying her. While in this state the gentleman took her home in a cab, and soon after his leaving her apartment she missed the articles in question. She bad not seen him previously, and did not see him again until Friday evening, in the Haymarket, when she charged him with the robbery. The gentleman, in answer to the charge, said he had never seen the female before. He was the son of a highly respectable professional man, was him self married, and well known to many persons of great respectability. wrchooehsffimhowcepeaalcaeci wouldhoni complainant, n spm t a,asiel‘didvbi immediately t n ree g hlt ysiel a hrad s ot k ii uisetoichddmheaebtrd,yagekefdte(eileni declined bia M nneeft a od g lr veitsaotisre proceedingsatadhtveoe. 131. g oi'egh i rrres i a n totrhhih s nede t e his false accuser.. MAR YLEB ONE. On Saturday William Chandler, driver of Hill's Paddington Omnibus, appeared on a warrant taken out against him by Mr. Shillibeer. David Ross, conductor of one of Shillibeer's om nibuses, stated that on Tuesday last, as he was pro• ceeding up Oxford-street, a lady called his omnibus opposite Bond -street, when the defendant, who fol lows him up and down, drew up his omnibus just behind witness's, when two men, who were on the a a % r r m ay, in ar s id uc v‘ h ,a a s fainted t t e i d l e r s o t e ti p g s i; s m e a iz n e t d ier h t o h ! a d t osfhethne nearly y y obliged to retire into a shop, and sit down for seve ral minutes. In the meantime the defendant refused to drive on, but persisted in waiting for the lady, and on recovering herself, and when the door of Shillibeer's omnibus was opened, and as she was in the act of ascending the steps, the defendant whip ped his horses, and drove the pole of his omnibus with gre at violence about a foot through witness's door; and had the lady not retreated back some dangerous consequences might have ensued. (the lady referred to, and w h o a p peare d to bars. M'Donald, of Chapel-pl ace , Cavendish saul'avtetouring under severe indisp os iti on ), corrobo rated the conductor's statement, and said that had she not drawn herself back she must have been killed. The shock she experienced from the circumstance has since made her very unwell. Mr. Stephen Dann, of 304, Oxfo r d- street , s t a t e d that he heard a g re a t noise in th e street on t h e d ay i n question, and on looking out of his shop observed the defendant drive the pole of his omnibus through Shillibeer's door as the lady was getting in. Mr. Dann added that he felt bound to come fortvard and state the fact, not for the protection of Mr. Shilli beer's property alone, but also for the protection of the public, whose lives are in jeopardy by such pro ceedings. The prisoner, who conducted himself in the mo s t insolent ma nner before the Magistrates, denied that the man on his steps had used the lady as sta t e d, or t hat he injured Shillibeer's omnibus with his pole. He called William 13? ale, who stated that he was riding on the box of Hill's omnibus at the time, and saw no violence committed. Mr. HOSKINS said, that he thought it was a case that ought to be carried to the Sessions; but Mr. Shillibeer begged the Magistrates to convict him in a summary manner under the Stage Coach Act. Mr. Hostuss severely reprimanded the prisoner, and remarked that it was a most audacious thing, on his part, for a lady not to be at liberty to go by what omnibus she pleased, without being subject to such a scandalous outrage. He then fined the prisoner .5/. and costs. Mr. Shillibeer thanked the Magistrate for his pro tection, and directed that half the penalty, which he is entitled to under the Act, should be put into the poor-box. UNION-HALL. DARING AND EXTENSIVE SWINDLING.—Mr. T. Farmer, an extensive hop-merchant, in High -street, Southwark, applied for a warrant against a person name Wallis. On Friday, a man of gentlemanly appearance, who stated his name to be Wm. Wallis, called on Mr. Farmer, and said he wanted fifteen , pockets of hops to export to Hamburg. He di rewed the invoice to be sent to the Sussex Hotel, Bourerie-street, Fleet -street, in the course of the day. When the clerk called with the invoice a' the above hotel, he told him he would call on Mr. Far mer iii the afternoon, and pay for the hop , , which amounted to 1791., before they were carted to the warf for shipping. In the afternoon he called on Mr. Farmer, and tendered him a check for 250/ , drawn on Lloyd and Company, saying that he had not sufficient cash in his possession to pay for the goods, but the check he presented was unexcep tionable—the drawer holding a responsible situation in a public company. Mr. Farmer took the check, and gave him a check for 711. on his own banker, Mr. Weston, of the Borough Bank, for the differ ence. Mr. Farmer afterwards reflected that he had not been sufficiently cautious with a stranger, and as the check could not be presented till next morn ing, he determined to stop the payment. That morning (S iturday), at nine o'clock, he reached the Bank, and five minutes after Mr. Wallis stalked in, but catching a glimpse of Mr. Farmer, he quietly withdrew and made his escape. The check on Messrs. Lloyd was found to be worthless, and it appeared, on inquiry at the Sussex, that he had been living there for the last four days. He had paid his way in cash, a bill having been refused. Of course his return after the above circumstance was not expected. The Magistrates granted the warrant against Wallis, for swindling Mr. F. out of the 711. check. Shortly after Mr. Farmer retired from the office, Mr. Parkes, another hop•merchant, attended for the purpose of making a similar application against a person answering the description of the individual above described. It appeared that " Mr. Wallis" gave Mr. Parkes an order for hops upon the very same day that the above transaction took place, and gave him a check, receiving the diff, rence, 341. 168.6 d. It is needless to state that the check is not worth a farthing. In neither of the cases, fortunately for the merchants, were their hops delivered. GERMAN PAPERS. FRANKFORT, Seri. 17.—We hear that the discussions of the new laws relative to the press are so far advanced that the committee had made its report to the Diet, and that the representatives of the several states have sent it to their respective Governments, in order to receive in structions for their votes. It is again affirmed that the fundamental points of the propo,ed law are drawn up at Berlin. Among the particulars already mentioned in some journals are the following:—all purely scientific works to he exempt from previous censorship ; political publica tions, the contents of which are chiefly political or merely argutnentative, to be liable to censorship, without regard to the number of sheets of which they consist. It is further said that i+ is to be left to the several Governments of the Confederation either to allow the expression of opinions on the affairs of their own States, in journals or other publi cations, without restrictions, or to limit it by the censor ship. The same rule to be applied to the pul,- lication of the debates of the Chambers. All these, however, are statements founded on report, and there fore not to be warranted as authentic. FRANKFORT, SEPT. 21.—Extract from the protocol of the 331 Bitting of the Diet of the Confederation of the 6th of Sept. 1832 :—" §361. Preservation of the rights of authors and publishers against piracy, conformably to the 18th article of the Act of the Confederation. " Resolution. In order, in conformity with Art. 18 of the Act of the German Confederation, to secure the rights of authors, editors, and publishers, of works* of litera ture and art, the sovereign princes and free cities of Ger many agree on the principle that in the applica tion of the legal enactments and me 'sures against li terery piracy, the distinction between subjects of any one state and the subjects of the other states of the Ger man Confederation shall henceforth entirely cease through the whole extent of the Confederation; and that the editors, publishers, and authors of each state shall enjoy in every other state of the Confederation the protection of the existing laws against all piracy of their publications. The several Governments will take the necessary steps for the execution of this resolution, and communicate to the Diet, in two months, in what manner this has been done, and in general what are the laws and ordinances against literary piracy actually in force in the respective states." COBLENTZ, SEPT. 20.—The Duchess of Angouleme is expected here to-day. M. Girardin, formerly Master of the Hunt to King Charles X., has arrived bete to receive her.—Frankfo► t Papers, Sept. 23. HANOVER, SENT. 11.—As far as is known here, the proposals of our Government to the Diet are, that the transit duties on merchandise shall be fixed at a uniform maximum in all Germany, and also the tolls and dues on causeways, high roads, and bridges ; that in the depart ment of the customs as few impediments as possible shall be thrown in the way of trade, and the injury done to goods by the operations of examining them, which in re cent times has been very extensive, shall be avoided. To many persons this proposal will appear to he too limited, yet it appears to us much more practicable and useful than any attempt suddenly to introduce into all Germany a uni form tariff of customs. Experience has shown the diffi culties, and it will be long before the several German States, especially the manufacturing ones, will renounce the advantage which they believe accrues to their finances and the protection of their own manufactures by import duties. What is proposed will be a very great advantage to trade, and we hope that our Government will be able to induce the Diet to carry it into effect.—Nuremburg Correspondent, S-pt. 21. • Meaning books, maps, music, prints, whether engraved on wood, copper, or other material, &c. &c. On Thursday an Inquest was held before ROBERT BARR, Esq., Coroner, at the house of Mrs. LIT TLEWOOD, the Lion and Lamb Inn, Kirkgate, on view of the body . of JOHN GRANT, a little boy about three years of age, the so❑ of a hawker, residing in East-lane, who came to his death in consequence of having, on the pre vious evening, while his mother's back was only momen tarily turned, swallowed a quantity of lotion composed of acetate of morphia, oxyrnuriate of mercury, and distilled water.—Verdict accordingly.—Leeds Intelligencer. A professional gentleman residing in Kilkenny received a few days since, through the post-office, a Rockite notice, threatening him and every member of his family with death in case he should attempt to distrain for rent or send keepers " on any lands in the county of Kil kenny or elsewhere, but to let the farmers cut and sell the corn on honour this year, and act as he thinks proper next year." The figure of a coffin was inscribed at the foot of the notice. EFFECTS OF DARKNESS IN PRODUCING DEFORMITIES.—A Correspondent writes us the following curious fact. There is at present in Paris an artist of the Louvre, an eminent historical painter, of the name of Do - CORNET, who paints with his feet. He was born without arms, of poor parents, at Lille. There are also about the French metropolis a number of beggars, twelve or thirteen of them at least, all deformed in varioul ways, and all born at Lille, in certain dark caverns under the fortifica tions. The effect of these places, from their want of hglit producing rw.lformed births, is so notorious, that the magi strates of Lille have issued strict orders to prohibit the poor from taking up their abode in them. It is added by our correspondent, that he had a conversation with Mr. EDWARDS on the subject, and that gentleman was greatly struck with the confirmation which the above circumstances afford to his views, stated in his work, Sur l'influence des opens physiques sur lu v ie. Mr. E DWARDS ' S expe riments of detaining tadpoles i n darkness, and thus causing them to grow into gigantic and monstrous tadpoles, in stead of being transformed into frogs, are well known.— Medical Gazette. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. s. to s. ;s.to a. s. to S. a. s. Carlisle... 51 28 19 41 56 60 29 33 22 27 51orpeth ---. 48 60 32 34 20 25 34 37 Penrith 59 , 33 22 38 Sliettield f 5 44 22 40 Winchester 54 60 30 36 22 24 42 46 Per Bushel. s. d. s. d. s. d. S. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Carmarthen.....,. 16 0 7 0 3 6 4 0 1 4 1 9 0 0 0 0 Coventry Newcastle (Staff.) 86 90 64 66 36 39 54 59 Northallerton......... 70 93 36 46 33 40 56 60 90 94 56 60 39 40 64 7 0 Swansea 73 79 36 39 20 24 00 0 0 Warwick 90 100 46 50 22 26 73 76 Per 8011. Barnardcastle —l4 0 22 0 9 0 10 0 6 8 7 4 0 0 11 0 Durham 130 200 93 106 53 7 6 10 0 120 Richmond 17 3 21 0 94 10 0 5 8 90 86 90 146 Stockto n lBO 96 100 54 70 00 00 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—Sept. 28. Wheat, Red, Norfolk and SIM - AL.-5. 475. to 545. fine 565. Lin. and Cam. —s. 435. to 525. fine U. ELI) CORN MARKET.—Sept. 28. irfolk and Suffhlk —s. 475. to 545. fine 565. in. and Cam. ...... —s. 435. to 525. fine 545. orkshire —s. 40s. to 51s. fine 545. —s. 50s. to 58s. fine 60s. o n, Red —s. .--s. to 465. fine 545. White —s. —s. to —s. fine 60s. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk `32s. to 345. fine 375. Lincolnshire 374. to 348. fine 40s. Yorkshire Wold 36s. to 395. fine 408. Foreign —s. to —s. fine —s. Beans, Small Tick 3:3s. to 355. fine 36s White Foreig Oats, Potato 2os. to 225. fine 235. -- Poland —s. 19s. to 21s. fine 24r. Friezland and Small —s. 17s. to 20s. fine 21s. -- Healing Shelling 235. to 265. Od. per Load. Malt 348. 435. fine 465. per Load. Rapeseed 221. Os. 241. Os. 231. Os. per Last. COURT CIRCULAR. The Hanoverian Minister and the Swedish Charge d'Affaires transacted business on Saturday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affai►s. Lord NUGENT has left town for Plymouth, where his Lordship will, it is expected, embark this day for the lonian Islands, of which Lord NUGENT has been appointed Lord High Commissioner. Despatches were received yesterday at the Foreign-office from the Earl of MINTO, Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Berlin. Despatches from Sir CHARLES CoLyme, Governor of the Mauritius, were yesterday received at the Colonial office. Arrival.—Count Marosze«•lC, the Russian Minister, at his residence in Curzon•street, yesterday. THEIR MAJESTIES. (From the Windsor Express of Ssturday.) Both the KING and QUEEN, we are happy to say, con tinue in the enjoyment of uninterrupted health, and scarcely a day passes without their riding and driving out in the neighbourhood, or paying a visit to the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER, at Bagshot. The continued delicate state in which the Duchess rennains is, indeed, a source of great solicitude to the Roy al Family. Wednesday morning the QUEEN and the Princess Au- GUSTA visited the Duche►s of GLOUCESTER at Bagshot, and afterwards returned to the Castle to dinner. Thursd iy Baton OSIPTEDA had an interview with the KING, and afterwards h d the honour of dining with their MAJESTIES. Lady BEDINGFIELD, one of the ladies in waiting to the QUEEN, arrived at the Castle. In the a tu - no ,n their MAJESTIES took their accustomed airing, the KING in a phaeton, and the QUEEN on horseback, attended by Prince GEORGE of Cambridge, Colonel BI WATER, Sir ANDREW BARNARD, Mist, JOHNSON, Miss DE Roos, and other members of the suite. Yesterday morn ng their MAJESTIES again visited Bag shot ledge, attended by several members of the Royal su te, and remained with the Duke and Duchess of GLOU CESTER for some hours, returning to Windsor to dinner. This morning, after lunch, the KING and QUEEN, at tended by a numerous suite in carriages and four, pony phaetons, with outriders, &c., visited Virginia•water, where the QUEEN and the greater part of the company embarked on board the Royal barge, and enjoyed an excur sion of several hours, returning to the Castle at half past 6 o'clock to dinner. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. Field Marshal Sir Alured Clarke, G.C.8., Col. 7 F. Lieutenant-Colonel Fetherstone, E. I. Comp. Serv. Southsea. CArranis.—Hughes, 3 F. ; Irving , 28 F. Fermny ; 0 Farrell, Unatt London ; Tripliook, h. p. 59 F. Curk ; 111'Into4h, h. p. 101 y. LIEUTENANTS.—Percy, 17 Lancers, Southampton ; ?Ilion, 27 F. ; Bowie., 83 F. ; Boscawen, R. Eng. Lur gan, Ireland ; Lyne, h. p. 47 F. ; Lloyd, h. p. 84 F. Quarter-Masrer M'Coy, R. Art, Woolwich. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Insp. Gen. Muttlebury, M.D., b. p. Quebec ; Staff-Surg. Sir Everard Home, Bart., b. p. ; Surgeon &Hers, b. p. 58 F.; Vet. Surg. Coward, b. p. R. Art. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.-Dep. Comm. Gen. Damerum, Liverpool. CHAPLAINS' DEPARTMENT.-Rev. B. C. Goodilon, M.A., Cape of Good Hope. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK. SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. Barley Oats. 1 . Beans. Oatme3 —.--• ..—........... Aberdeen ....... 50 58 25 28 17 21 27 2 9 Berwick,...,,. 32 48 20 22 14 18 22 24 34 35 Coldstream 46 50 23 25 16 18 22 23 Cupar .......... 48 70 28 32 20 24 26 29 —•-• Dundee.,,,..,,.,, 54 64 30 33 20 25 30 31 . ..... E1gin............. 60 62 28 30 18 21 23 30 —•-• Inverness—... 57 60 30 32 20 24 23 30 46 Kelso --...... 35 41) 19 21 14 16 23 25 —•-"„ Kirkaldy.—..... 40 45 27 39 25 32 45 48 43 44 Perth —...... 54 57 29 31 21 24 26 30 ]- The size of the measure varies throughout the country. EDINBURGH CORN MARK We had a large supply of all kinds the sales in general were rather heavy. Wheat. Barley. Oats.: Pease. Beaus. First 7os Od 36s 6d 25s 44 33s Od 334 Od Second COs Od 31s Od 22s Od 32s 01 32s Cd Third 42s Od 24s Od 18s 8d 31s Od 3ls Od PRICKS OF PROVISIONS, &C. Beef, per lb. Os. 3id.to Os. 6d. Fresh Butter, lb. s. 10d. to Is. Id. Mutt0n.............. 0 3 0 6 Salt Ditt0,—...... 0 9 010 Veal—. -- 0 5 0 8 Ditto, per ea t. 74 0 80 0 Pork 0 4 0 6 Eggs, per doe. 0 9 0 0 Lamb, per qr. 0 6 2 6 OatStrawtkV.) 7 0 8 6 ° fallow, cwt.... 33 0 40 0 Wheat Ditto.. 7 0 7 Quartern Loaf 0 9 0 0 Barley Ditto ,,. 5 0 6 0 Potatoes. 1711 b. 0 4 0 0 Hay, per 5t...—... 0 8 I ° !:"I'.—Sept. of Grain ►y, and EDINBURGH MEAL The supply of Oatmeal at this heavily; at lower prices. Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. First Oatmeal XI 11 0 Second ditto 1 12 0 Barleymeal llO 0 Peasenieal . 1 6 0 Pot Barley—No. I, per cwt. 13 L. MA ItKET.--Sept. _'s. day's market was large, and SW Per Stone of I.llb. Imp. First Oatmeal £0 1 I,° Second ditto Bar!cynical (5 1 8 Peaseme a l . --2 0. 155.-3d,2os.—Peall Ns. 111 A RKET.—Sept. •36. Ind prices rather lower. Oats, per 2641 b. s. s. d. Irish l3 6to 16 0 British — 0 Beans, per '2601b. English Scottish Pease, Scottish Oatmeal, per 1401 h l5 0 16 0 Flour, per2Bolb 4B () ° GLASGOW CORN Little doing in Grain, Wheat, per 240113. s. d. s. d. British, old 24 0 to 29 0 ---- new Canada, free 27 0 29 0 Irish Barley, per 3201 b. English 0 O Scottish 27 0 2 4 3 0 Irish CORNWALL. MARKETS. Tkooo—Wheat (average) 21s. 6d.—Barley, 128.—Oats, (h 1; ST AusTELL---Wheat, —s. to 22 i.—Barley, —s. to 13s.—° a" o:. to Bs. 3d. „.. „... tl. PENZANCE—Wheat, 21s. to 4 . 3 s.—.Barley, —s. to 1 na N. to 9s. Od.—Beef and Mutton, sd . to 5-o.—Pork, Od. to Butter, 10d. per lb. LAUNCESTA—Wheat (average) 9.15. Okl.—Barley,lls.3,l.--Oa ti. 7s 111.—Beef, 5,1 .-11Iutton, 6(1. LisKEAßD—Wheat, —s. to 2.9.5. 01—Barley, 13s. 61.—.. Cats, Os. to Bs. OW Boom I N—Wheat (average) 9.15. 6d.—Barley, 13s. Od.—Oats, 9 ' HELSTON—Wheat, 2s. Od.—Barley, 113 Gcl. MINING INTELLIGENCE. Tons. 0 4 1 " Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Redruth last Thurday 2 705 Quantity of tine Copper—.-----.—... ' 0-20 1 I Average Pr0duce.,....—....._.. B!4 0 Amount of Sale, 17.068/.195. 6d.—Average Standard. 1111..5. N' ZOHRAB, THE HOSTAGE.—It is not stir:, prising that a new work by the author of " Hajji Bab' should have attracted general curiosity. The interesting, nature of the plot of Mr. Morier's present story is we l c alculated to sust a i n t hi s cur i os i t y to the conclusion of t he narrative. Of his d rama ti s per the author obse rve " the Prince FATTEH Au, who is supposed to be the pre sent King of Persia, the Vizir HAJJI IBRAHIM, the di ve S'AnitEK, belong to history; hut the hump-hacked barber' the ardent ?.ULNA, the officious SIIIR KHAN, ZAiji' RICAN, and the Asterabadis and Turcomans, and other, Lave been created to serve the purposes of my tale. My. object ha s b een t o pl ace b e f ore th e r e ader a succession o. personages, whose manner of speech, whose thoughts an.: actions, and general deportment, are illustrative of Pe rg and the East." MARRIED. On the 9.7 th u. at El by the Philip Durham, Chariest Wilt, Esq., of Spring-Bardens, London, to Caroline, daughte of George Hall, Esq., of the former place. DIED. On the 28th ult. at Wollop, Hnt as, James Blunt, Esq., in the th year of his age. On the 27th ult. at St. Ann's Hill, Wandsworth, at the ad - On age of 85, Hobert Esq , F.R.S. and F.A.S. 3117 formerly for many yoars Solici'or to the Hoard of Ordnance. 5.. ~è On the 28th ult. at Leyton, 'l'. 'l'. Laugher, Esq., in t he year of his age. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MU RDO YOUNG, AT pig SUN OFFICS, 112, STRAND, LONDON.