The Sun. — London, England, 1832-12-06 00:00:00

•PIRIT OF Tllt PUBLIC JOURNALS. Mr. O'Connell boasts that he has brought about an union among Catholics, Orangemen, Methodists, and Presbyterians ; and it would be difficult at this time to say what he cannot do. At 'the meeting of the National Political Union ire Dublin on Saturday last lie declared that— " Mr. Sheil's conviction, as to the necessity of Repeal, Was produced by the conduct of the British Parliament ; and the Administration of Lord Anglesea, Stanley, and the Attorney-General, showed that, without repeal, it was impossible to do any service to Ireland.--(Hear, and cheers.) He was proud to think that the enemies of Ire land were no longer to be distinguished by their religion, but by their servility.—(Hear, and cheers.) Orange men, Methodists, Presbyterians, can now be ranged amongst the patriots of Ireland ; and he was most proud to be able to state this fact, that the first person who ten dered a vote to his son in Tralee was the Methodist preacher of that town,—(Cheers.)--Amongst the Irish patriots were to be found men of every persuasion, whil, the vilest and most servile, the veriest 'lickspitel —•(i was an unpleasant word to use, and which he should not pronounce in a public assembly, if he could find one equally expressive of the class he was describing)—but that filthy word particularly applied to the Catholic portion of the herd of slaves who were the most bitter and malignant enernie-s of Ireland.—(Hear, and cheers.)" Ministers are now reaping the fi uits of the absurd policy of Mr. Stanley. Their best friends as we yesterday stated, will suffer, precisely be cause they are their friends. Mr. O'Connell makes no secret of his plan of campaign : " The principle," he said, "which they had laid down all along was this—to return Repealers where they could, and if Repealers were not to be procured, then those who were the next hest to Repealers.—(Hear, and cheers.) Why was Mr. Wallace put out of Drogheda? Because the people in Drogheda were able to return a Repealer.— (Cheers.) Why was Mr. Wyse put out of Waterford ? Because the people there were able to return a Repealer, and Mr. Wyse had most unwisely refused to give such a p'edge as the peeple tlesired.—(Hear.) Why would Lord Killeen he put out of Meath ? Because the people to Meath were able to return two Repealers.—(Hear, and cheers.) He (Mr. O'Connell) was then asked why Mr. Evans. upon whom a most undeserved eulogium was pro nounced, was opposed ? He (Mr. O'Connell) would wish to remind Mr. Reynolds of this, that Pierce Mahony's claration was signed by Mr. Evans, and that in doing so. be endeavoured to suppress discussion.—(Hear.) It was not their own opinions the Leinster Declarationist• sonzlat so much to put forward as to suppress the opinions of others.— (Hear.) He (Mr.O'C.) did not understand why such men as Mr. Wallace or Mr. Wyse were at all to be put in the same basket with Mr. Evans. It was at the proclamation time too, that Mr. Evans signed the Leinster declaration ; at the very time when he (Mr. O'Connell) was under prosecution.—(Hear.) Such a man then, as Mr. Evans was not to be compared either to Mr. Wallace or to Mr. Wyse, and he was now opposed in the county Dublin ; because, if there was unpaid agency in the county, the people would certainly be able to return two Repealers.—.(Cheers.) If they could not in Limerick re turn Repealers, be would ask, were they to allow Mr. Pierce Mahony to be returned ?—(Hear.) If two Re pealers could be got for Limerick, they would have his support; and it was only in case that two Rep.-alers could not be procured, that he then took up the next best man to a Repealer, Mr. William Roche, who possessed the public confidence, and prevented the P ossibility of the people being deluded by Mr. Pierce Mahony, who was worse than a Conservative or an Angleseaite.—(Hear, and cheers. )" _ _ In fact, - it appears that the principal difficulty is not to return Repealers, but to obtain them in sufficient numbers. Among the other Members denounced is the Hon. Mr. George Lamb. His vote in the Newtownbarry affair is posted against him. "He would advise the Hon. Gentleman not to let the women of Dungarvan see him, or they might duck him under the bridge.— (Cheers and laughter.)" The people of Youg hal declare they will have none but a Repealer, according to Mr. O'Connell ; and, after lookinp about for a competent one, he could not obtain any. However, the people of Youghal wished his second son, whom he himself considered too young ; but he at length consented ; and, says Mr. Connell— " Although subject to all the abuse and vituperation of the Conservative and Castle Press, who accuse me of turpitude, he will withdraw the moment a Repealer i put forward who has any chance of being returned ; but I will not allow the Duke of Devonshire, or his agent-- more especially a Ponsonby—to control the electors o Youghal. Mr. O'Connell next referred to the Ponsonby family, whose only characteristic was a great ap petite for receiving the public money. I will chal lenge Mr. George Ponsonby to meet my son before the electors of Youghal.—(Cheers.) He has, to be sure, addressed the College as a candidate, and has abandoneo Youehal. He must have entertained a poor opinion o' the electors of the University of Dublin ; he must have thought they had a particular hatred to Ireland, when he hoped he could secure their support by calling the sup porters of repeal insane. I wish I had this Mr. George Ponsonby, who has the absurd folly of designating the advocates of repeal ' insane'—l wish I had him before and public meeting, and I would give him a Jury of Englisb men to decide who was the insane person on this question. Why, it is revolting to witness a driveller of this kind presuming to call those who are in favour of repeal in sane !' This stupid dolt—this specimen of stupidit) personified—this very personification of stupidity—this kind of wig block stuffed, and ready to be wheeler , to the right about face when the wires are pulled, to open his mouth and to shut it when he is commanded— this drivelling dolt has the impudence and folly to call us insane. Why, we would, indeed, be insane, did w. submit to such contumely. The brother of this Mr. George Ponsonby, the Bishop of Derry, has 22,0001. a year. Can't he eat his pudding, the slave, and hold hi tongue ? But this Ponsonby and his friends will all go out. Boyton has his thousands to make the Conservative elec tors, and what a chance Ponsonby has when Boyton has the votes in his pocket. I cautioned the Whigs in the House that they were cutting their own throats by giving an additional member to the University; but that amez inely conning fellow, the Solicitor-General, thought it was all a rnist.ke. He did not understand what my friend Boyron could do.—(A laugh.)" Such is the way in which Mr. O'Connell dis poses of Ireland. We are ready to admit the difficulty of governing a country like Ireland. But Government have absolutely gone out of their way to create difficulties. Mr. Stanley, like a great school-boy, would forsooth enforce a con demned law before proposing his remedy, merely to let it be seen that the law could be enforced. The state of the country, the feelings of the peo ple, the safety of the friends of Ministers at the approaching elections, were all deemed as no thing in comparison with this favourite abstrac tion. We know that Ministers were again and again warned of their danger by some of their most devoted adherents. But Mr. Stanley triumphed.—Morning Chronicle. The summons of Marshal Gerard, which we formerly published, and the three letters in our paper of to-day, together with the final answer of Chasse, which we may expect by our next express, will probably constitute the whole epistolary preli minaries of this great military enterprise. The old Dutchman has, at present, the worst of the argu ment in the correspondence, as he will most proba bly soon find that he has the worst of the battle in the more active conflict. He is asked, in the name of humanity, to save the city,—to consider the space within its walls as neutral ground,—not to endanger or lay in ruins one of the finest cathedrals and some of the most interesting monuments of Europe,— to respect former precedents on this subject, when the defenders of a citadel in a state of siege submitted to those humane conditions, and not to provoke the indignation of posterity as well as to prepare, a summary, though a more disastrous triumph to the besiegers, by a wanton destruction of the lives and property of peace ful, unoffending citizens. The French Gene ral engages, if these terms are accepted, not to fire on the citadel from the fortifications of the town, and thus to surrender all the advantages which he might derive both from the use of such a commanding position and from preparations of at tack which have been made by the Belgians for the last two years : and what does the Dutch com mander answer to this merciful and reasonable pro pohal ? Why, he has given a virtual refusal; for we consider an impossible condition as an indirect re fusal. He demanded not only that the fortifications of the city should not be employed against him, but hat all the detached forts dependent upon it should remain inactive,—that the Tete de Flandres, belonging to him, and even his flotilla on the river, should not be attacked,—and that the navigation of the Scheldt should continue free, to allow him fa cilities for all the supplies and reinforcements of which he might stand in need. It requires little mi 'nary knowledge to perceive that on these conditions the French would have to encounter great losses, and to consume much time in reducing the citadel. It would, in fact, as Marshal Gerard states, be a siege without a blockade." One army and one pink of artillery after another might, by the free navigation of the river, be admitted to defend the citadel against its assailants till Holland tiould not find another man, or another gun, to de -patch on so perilous a service. Such a proposition must, therefore, be considered as inadmissible. It made no part of any former agreement for saving the city from a bombardment. It seems to us nearly about as unreasonable and irrelevant as if Chasse should demand the raising of the Dutch embargo in England, and the return of the French blockading squadron to Brest, as the condition of saving Ant werp from his cannon. As two days had elapsed without any announcement of an answer from Ge neral Chasse, it may be presumed that he has de clined the offer of the besiegers. If, unfortunately for so noble a city, this should be the case, and if the French commander should in consequence take possession of the fortifications of the town, already -upplied with artillery, the operations of the siege may be expected soon to terminate. It is some consolation, likewise, to think that a great portion of the inhabitants have left the town; that the greatest precautions have been taken to remove or 'o protect property ; and that every provision has been made to extinguish fires.—Times. On public grounds we are happy to learn that the prospect of Sir John Hobhouse's return for Westminster amounts almost to certainty. There have been two objections stated by the Ultra-Radi cals to the Right Hon. Baronet :—first, that he would not bolt down the nauseous mess of pledges to which these revolutionists had invited him; second, that he held an important office under the Reform Administration. Upon the subject of pledges our own opinion has frequently been ex pressed, that no independent and upright man would tie up his own deliberative power by accepting them. A pledged Parliament is not " a free Par liament," and as men, either individually or collec ively, are not masters of future events, so can they not anticipate seven, five, or three years, nay one year, beforehand, what changes may take place in the foreign or domestic relations of the country of a nature to affect considerably the reasoning, as to time at least, by which many political questions inight to be decided. A candidate in swallow ing a particular pledge, much more a series of pledges, might easily bind himself to act, when the day of trial came, in the teeth of com mon sense and unanswerable argument. By taking the mob for his preceptors, the pledgee must be conscious that he submits his understanding to those who are profoundly ignorant of all but that which lies upon the surface of even the least complicated inquiry, and that in suffering his mind to be made up for him upon the hustings as to the vote which ne shall give hereafter in the House of Commons, with regard to any serious national interest, he sets ;fie law of Parliament at open defiance, and stultifies • hat ancient, wise, and invaluable arrangement of the public business, which, through the several steps and divisions of each Bill, was established for the security of the state against the effects of head long impulse and precipitancy, which provided that twat Houses of Parliament should not only be al lowedj sufficient time for deliberation between the successive stages of every measure, but should be incapable of dispensing with it, unless by an outrage upon the standing rules of their proceedings. The man who voluntarily puts a gag in his own mouth and a chain upon his own free agency must be an improvident blockhead. He who so manacles himself from eagerness to buy, at any price, the patronage of a set of arrant or designing ,lemagogues, who care as little about the duties of representative as they do for the solid interests of the constituent body,—such a creature is a mean ind sordid slave. The last being on earth who .hould have our vote would he a pledge-bolting candidate ; besides feeling contempt for him, we could never trust him. The manifest absence of principle which induced him to subscribe to un warrantable obligations would fill us with doubt of his intention to fulfil them, and we suspect that if any one would take the trouble to examine the de 'ails of the several elections throughout the king dom, he would find that the amount of pledges de voured by the candidate was very nearly in the in verse ratio of the public estimation in which he was held, and of the political reputation which he had to forfeit by failing to redeem them. We finish with repeating-1. That the candidate pledged chin-deep is the man of all others least to be con fided in by the people; and, next, that the Mem ber of an honest and liberal Government is he who, ill things else being equal, has the best founded claim to preference and support from the people. The " Destructives " may launch their unanimous execration at such maxims,—it troubles us but 'lightly ; they begin to be seen through by the na tion generally, and may howl to the wilderness ere long.—Times. The dissolution of Parliament at the present mo ment constitutes one of the most critical and im portant eras which the history of this country has ever afforded. Had the present - Ministers know ingly and avowedly set their wits to work to preju dice themselves and their friends upon the occasion, they could not have affected that object, either as to time or circumstances, more ingeniously than they have done. They belong to a party, it is true, who have been long famed for the extraor dinary faculty of erecting walls to run their own heads against—a quality in which the Whigs of Lord Grey's time appear determined not to be out done by those of Sheridan and Fox. Still the people have an object to look to quite inde pendent of all personal and party considerations. It is due to the present Ministers that they should remember that to them, at least, we owe the opening of a door %%hich had been locked, barred, and bolted against admission by all former Admi nistrations ; and those who are now about to ho nestly exercise the elective franchise, whether old or acquired, will do well to recollect that those who have hitherto bolted and barred them out still look upon them as intruders, and are anxiously looking about to keep them from stepping one inch farther beyond the threshold than they can pos sibly prevent. As far as what is called the Con servative party succeeds in the ensuing elections, so far there is a danger of that object being at tained and the progress of rational Reform impeded. It is to this one object that they are now directing all their efforts and all their apparent ani mosity ; and it is against these efforts that all honest Reformers should struggle, in spite of the difficulties which Ministers have thrown in their way. Provided we have a Parliament elected upon Reform principles, it matters very little who the futur e Ministers may be ; but should the enemies of Reform, taking advantage of the unwise and unto ward circumstances in which the present i\linisters have placed themselves on the eve of this election, succeed in getting a preponderance in Parliament, the country may readily foresee how very little of the fruits of Reform they would be likely to gather in the midst of such a blighting atmosphere. It behoves, then, we think, every honest sound Re former, in the approaching struggle, to lay out of the question the conduct of Ministers altogether. In fact, he is called upon to choose the very tribunal to which they must render up their account. Look ing steadily at one great object of which the foun dation has been laid, let all minor points, and espe cially all temporary resentments, cease. The very fact, indeed, that by yielding to them he will be playing the enemy's game, ought to deter every /flan of honest intentions from indulging in them for a moment. The next fortnight will be a most mo mentous one for the country. Every effort will be used by a crafty and disappointed faction to re cover, under cover of an ambuscade, the ground from which they have been so nobly aad heroically driven. The public have now got the cards in their own hands. Let them not, we repeat, be prevailed unon to play the game of their enemies.—Morning Herald. It would be idle to speculate to any extent on the result of the elections which are now on the eve of conclu-ion as well as of commencement ; but we cannot refrain from making one or two observa tions which we doubt not will be amply verified. The fact is, that the Tories, or, as they now style themselves, the Conservative party, are wholly bars de combat—they have lost—they have not gained ground. They felt, even at the commencement of their canvass, that no good result would eusue from their endeavours, and in consequence they have em ployed their best exertions, first, to divide the friends of the Ministry, and next, to flatter the Radicals into an opposition to it. They have faded in both. The friends cf the Administration have stood firm to their first faith, and the Radicals have proved themselves too clear-sighted, as well as too honest, to be either cajoled into or won over to, a derelic tion of their principles. The result, we think, will be, that, considering the previous strength of the Tories, they will fall to a lower depth at the termination of the elections than most of their ene mies could have supposed. With respect to the Rtdical party, there is a decided acquisition of strength. The boroughs and cities will present a great addition, and from many of the counties there will be returns of Members whose principles are de cidedly in favour of the people—of short Parlia ments, and of vote by ballot. Measures of an es sentially radical nature will, in consequence, be the order of the day; and for this reason :—the Tories will not refrain from opposition to his Majesty's .Ministers, be the ground of it as frivolous as it can possibly be supposed ; and, on the other hand, the honest and stubborn adherence to principle of the Radicals, will impel them to vote with them on all questions which may not en danger the stability of the present Administration. With regard to the purely Whig party—the friends of moderate Reform, and, in consequence, the friends of the present Administration,—it is a matter of much doubt how it is situated. It has not, un questionably, gained any great accession of strength; but we see no reason to believe that it will lose much by the coming election. It is universally be lieved, even by its opponents, to be most honest and well-minded ; and if it only follow out its disposition by decided acts of ec , inorny, retrenchment, arid re form in Church and State—all power is its own— nay,the country will be ready to worship it. Should it be found to fail in these matters—should it limp instead of walking—its doom is sealed, and without forgiveness. It will unite two parties against it, which, separately, are not sufficient to make head against it, but which, wlien combined, would be more than a match for all its strength. Would not the result be revolution? —Morning Advertiser. When we consider how many questions affect ing the most vital interests of the country are to be virtually decided by the results of the elections which are about immediately to take place, it is impossible to disguise from ourselves the deep importance of the crisis. Conscious how much depends upon their efforts at the present junc ture, and that if now defeated they are overthrown for ever, the innovators and revolutionists ai'e straining every nerve to turn the scale in their favour, and, whether numerous or few, are every where active and on the alert. We appeal, then, earnestly to the leaders of the Conservative party throughout England, and ask them whether They will suffer the cause of good government and the . rights of property to be endangered for want of a little timely exertion ? We ask them why any constituency in the country should he left without a Conservative candidate at the im pending elections ? Ought not justice to be done to the Tory spirit that so extensively prevails among the people ? And will justice be done to those who are animated with zeal for the Constitution and the laws if they are anywhere deprived of the op portunity of expressing their sentiments and making their voice heard ? For the most part, we are re joiced to know, that opportunity will not be denied them, but there are up to the present moment many lamentable examples of a contrary character. Westminster is an egregious instance; and the in activity of the Conservative party in that borough is deeply to be regretted, not less on account of the importance of the constituency than because the division in the revolutionary camp affords a most favourable opening for a candidate of sound constitutional principles. It is not yet too late, and we trust the short time that remains will not be lost. But not in Westminster alone—in every county or borough where the field has till now been left open to the Radicals—the Conservative body are imperiously and in duty called upon to provide themselves with the means of making their strength known. Victory may attend many a contest which has too hastily been abandoned in despair; and, though defeat ensue, these spirited demonstra tions will add a moral force to the Conservative party in Parliament which will prove advantageous to a degree not perhaps at present contemplated.— Alor fling Post. HAMBURG PAPERS. BERLIN, Nov. 26.—1 n our military administra tion, every thing is as still as if we were in the midst of the most profound peace. Prussia is armed and prepared for every event. More care has been taken this time in calling the landwehr together than at the beginning of the Polish revolution, or on the breaking out of the cholera there in the middle of harvest. Fathers of families, heads of manufactories, and land-owners, without discrimination, were included in the levy, by which confusion was caused. The police are, therefore, now busy in the whole kingdom in finding out those who can be best spared, and every one is called upon to state himself the ob stacles which may prevent him from being among the first defenders of the country. This measure is said to originate with the King himself, and does honour to his humanity. There is a report that the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha will cede the province of Lichtenburg to Prussia in exchange for his domains. The negotia tions between Prussia and the Prince in Tlauningen are also said to proceed favourably ; and, unless un foreseen circumstances should intervene, will pro bably be soon concluded. The account of the appointment of General Groll man to the office of Minister of War seems to be confirmed ; and it is supposed that, if war should break out, he will be placed at the head of the staff of the army in the field, still retaining his high office. The chief command, as we learn from good authority, would not be given to Duke Charles of Mecklenburg, out to Prince Augustus, the King's uncle, who is not only higher in point of rank, but has many qualities well calculated to gain the confi dence of the army. His campaigns acquired him a high reputation for judgment as well as for resolution and valour, and be has the praise of having brought the Prussian artillery, at the head of which he has been for many years, to a degree of perfection uni versally acknowledged. His Majesty the Emperor of Russia issued, on the 15th, an Ukase relative to Poland, of which the following is the preamble : " In order the more speedily to bury in oblivion the troubles which in the course of last year dis turbed the Western Governments, his Majesty has thought fit to extend new marks of his imperial clemency to those natives of the country who were not among the ringleaders, but failed in their duty rather through emit and evil suggebtiona than with had designs; and at the same time to take measures to diminish as much as possible the number of causes pending in consequence of the rebellion, and to hasten their decision. It is therefore ordered, &c." The following is the substance of the articles of the Ukase :—" 1. All causes of this description ac wally pending to be continued, but no new matter to be gone into, should such occur in the depositions of witnesses or otherwise, unless it should relate to hitherto unknown ringleaders. 2. All those per sons who, according to their participation in the re ' hellion, belong to the third class of criminals, with out any exception, to be pardoned ; including even those who are already before the tribunals; and all proceedings against them to be quashed, even should any of them happen to have returned after the expiration of the time granted. 3. To refer all proceedings and judgments relative to the second class of the rrbels (except those already sent to the Commander.in-Chief of the first army) to the re spective military Governors in the province of Minsk, where there is no such officer, to the Civil Governor, to be examined and confirmed. 4. To authorize those highest local authorities, when the moral guilt of any criminal of this class is lessened by particular circumstances, to apply to his Im perial Majesty to relieve them from the proceedings against them, and the confiscation of the property, or for the commutation or entire remission of the punishment pronounced against them by the tri bunals." The sth, 6th, 7th, and Bth confirm, with some exceptions, the mode of proceeding hitherto followed, and the judgments already passed and con firmed in the last instance. The Prussian State Gazette, to Nov. 29 inclusive, contains no political news relative to Prussia. COURT OF CHANCERY, DEC. 5. HUGHES V. WYNN. Mr. PEPYS and All. PARKER were heard in support of a petition presented by Miss Emma Wynn, one of the parties to this suit, praying that his Lordship would direc' certain exceptions set down for hearing before the Vice- Chancellor to lie struck out, in order that they may be set down before the Master of the Rolls, who was already ac quainted with the merits of the case, and had other ex ceptions in it set down before him. Mr. KNIGHT opposed the petition, and contended that his Lordship had no such jurisdiction as that prayed for by the petition, the Master of the Rolls being an independent, although an inferior, Judge of the Court of Chancery. Mr. GIRDLESTONE followed on the same side. Mr. PEerS replied, and having entered into the merits, to show that the exceptions in both Courts turned on the same question, he proceeded to argue that the Master of the Rolls was subject to the Lord Chancellor, and that an Act of Parliament, regulating the office, recognised the authority of the Lord Chancellor to interfere with the Master of the Rolls' Court. No decree of his Honour was to have effect until it was signed by the Lord Chancellor. But in this case it was not sought to interfere with the jorisdiction of the Master of the Rolls ; and no question of jurisdiction was, in fact, raised, as the prayer of the peti tion was to have the exceptions struck out of the Vice- Chancellor's paper. The LORD CHANCELLOR asked if there was any decision upon the question of jurisdiction ? COUNSEL on both sides said they were not aware of any case reported on the point. His LORDSHIP thOULTilt the question one of great itn portance, and he would direct a search to be made for precedents, and would also take the cattiest opportunity of speaking to the Master of the Rolls and Vice-Chancellor on the subject of jurisdiction. He desired that the various orders made in the cause be handed to him. ROLLS COURT, DEC. 5. THE ATTORNEY-GENKRAL V. CAWTHORN. Mr. GA RRATT stated that this was an application at he instance of certain persons subscribers to a charitable society, called " The Laudable Institution." The so ciety was established many years since, for the relief of decayed licensed victuallers and their widows. According to the rules and regulations of the society, annual sub scribers of one guinea or upwards, and persons paying five guineas at once, were constituted members. Annual sub scribers for three years were eligible to become annuitants, and the election of such annuitants was vested in the sub scribers generally. Under those regulations the society continued to exist for several years, hut had not flow islivd. There was a sum, however, of 1,9501. Consols, standing in the names of the trustees of the charity; and, as the object of the society had totally failed, it was meant to propose befoze the Master that the hind standing in the names of the trustees of the Laudahle Institution should be transferred to the Licensed Victuallers' Society. The MASTER of the ROLLS could not exercise a power so extensive without explicit authority, and therefore the case must stand over to allow Counsel an opportunity of examining into the cases. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, DEC. DODD V. CREASE. This was an action of slander. Mr. Sergeant BOMPAS stared the case. The plaintiff had been for some years principal clerk to a Mrs. Brook, who carried on the coach-m ,king business. In May, 1831, her affairs became embarrassed, when a meeting at hrr creditors took place, and auditors were appointed to inspect the accounts. The defendant having been ap pointed an auditor, took occasion to impeach the honesty of the plaintiff by saying, in the presence of several per sons, on several occasions, that he robbed the concern, and pocketed the money, to the amount of 1,3001., and other words to the same effect. In consequence of which the plaintiff was discharged. Moses Kipling, an ironmonger in Thames-street, was a creditor of Mrs. Brook. Attended the meetings of cre ditors. Heard the defendant say, in the presence of several others, that the plaintiff had robbed the concern to the amount of 1,5001. or 1,600/, The plaintiff was discharged about a month afterwards. He frequently heard the defendant say that the plaintiff had robbed the estate. Cross-examined by Mr. PLATT—The accounts were kept very irregularly. They were not unravelled up to this day. Witness was not at all satisfied with them. He believed that the defendant thought at the time when he made the charge against the plaintiff that he was stating the truth. Mis. Brook gave evidence to the same effect, respecting the charges made by the defendant against the plaintiff. In her cross-examination she stated her conviction that the defendant, in making such charges, believed that they were well founded, and that he was actuated solely by a desire to serve her and her children. She dismissed the plaintiff because he had kept the books badly, and not on account of what the defendant had said of him. The Jury, having deliberated for a short time, returned a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages, 1501. ARCHES' COURT, DEC. 5. WILCOX V. WHITE. This was an appeal from the decision of the Judge of the Consistory Court in a cause of office promoted by the Rev. Samuel White. perpetual Curate of Hampstead pa rish, against the Rev. John Wilcox, for performing Divine Service in St. John's chapel in the same parish, without license duly obtained. The Judge of the Court below decided that the Rev. Mr. Wilcox had acted con trary to law in performing Divine Service in the chapel alluded to, admonished him to refrain from such conduct for the future , an d condemned him in cos t s. From t his deci ‘as promoted to this Court, on the ground the assignation for th e sen t ence i n th e si C )ifo o ng u r r ai t env b aa e ni : p e o c % e v atl havt was irregular, and was therefore a nullity ; and that the statement that the Rev. Mr. Wilcox was an ordained minister of the Church of England was not fully supported by evidence. Dr. HAGGARD having been heard at great length in support of the appeal, and the King's ADVOCATE, in reply— Sir JOHN Nicium , gave judgment. The sentence was a perfectly right one, the defendant having violated the law. He should, therefore , . pronou nce f or t h e appea l , as far as respects the grievance, and retain the principal cause, and should admonish the defendant to refrain from doing duty in the chapel again without license, and should con • demo the Rev. Mr. Wilcox in 50/. nonznie expensarum for the costs in the Court below, but would give no order respecting the costs on the appeal. STOREY V. STOREY. This was an appeal from the decision of the Judge of the Consistory Court in a case promoted by Mr John Samuel Storey, an eminent solicitor, of St. Albans, for a decree against his wife, on the alleged ground of incestuous adultery. The cause was fully heard in the Court below, and tie Learned Judge pronounc e d f or t h e prayer o f t h e husband, from which decision the wife appealed. The facts of the case, as stated, were briefly these:— Mrs. Storey was on a visit to Mr. Harper, of Common house, Hackney, on the 21st of May, 1831, and slept op • posite the room occupied by Mr. Alexander Harper, the nephew of her husband. In the morning, about 2 o'clock Miss Mary Storey was awakened by a noise, and on pro ceeding to the bed-room of Mrs. Storey, heard, as she thought, Mrs. Storey and Mr. A. Harper speaking in an endearing tone. Miss Mary Storey went to the bedroom of Mr. Harper, and saw that he was not in it, and on Going to Mrs. Storey's room, she found the door locked. On desiring to be admitted, she was let in, and Mrs. Storey denied that she knew where Alexander Harper was. Miss Storey lifted up the valance of the bed, and disco covered Mr. A. Harper lying under the bed, with nothing on but his night-shirt and night-cap. Miss Storey said, " Oh, Mrs. Storey, I pity you from my heart," and left the room. Subsequently this came to the knowledge of Mr. Storey, and he refused to live again with his wife. It was also alleged that in conversation Mrs. Storey admitte I hat it was more her fault than Nlr. Alexander Harper's. Dr. ADAMS, on behalf of the wife, addressed the Court at great length in opposition to the decision of the Court below. He readily admitted that the discovery of a young man under a lady's bed in his night-clothes, at the hour stated, was tantamount to the fact of adultery ; but all the circumstances of the ease must be taken into consideration —there was in this case no indecent familiarities, the pre lude to adultery proved ; and it is highly improbable that the parties would have chosen such a choice place to com mit such a crime, where, according to the evidence, the conversation could be heard in the next room, occupied by Miss Storey. The young man had gone into Mrs. Storey's room to obtain advice respecting his difficulties, be having lost at Epsom ; and, on being alarmed, had, at the suggestion of Mrs. Storey, hid himself under the b-d. The case had been got up with great diligence against this unfortunate lady. Sir JouN NiciroLL said he would hear the conclusion of the Learned Counsel's remarks next Court-day. OLD BAILEY, DEC. 3. About half-put 2 o'clock the trials concluded, and at S the RECORDER proceeded to pass sentence on the prisoners. In the following list the names of those are included who were sentenced at the time of their trials : To BE TRANSPORTED FOR LlFE.—Thomas James Barnes, Peter Charles Chalmers, Richard Hewit, Wil liam Jones, James Carney, Samuel Wilson, Richard Brodrip, James Rutledge, John Craig, John Greig, John Robinson, William George, Eliza Sedgwick, William Lawrence, Bernard M'Namee, John Rance, William Tay lor, John Deakridge, and Mary Law. To BE TRANSPORTED FOR FOURTEEN YEA RS. — Charles Fiske, Francis Fiske, James Woodcock, William Turner, Charles John Fox, Margaret Harty, Anne Jones, Mary Hewit, Anne Owen, Anne Thompson, Mary Jones, Jonathan Thompson (seven years each on two in dictments), Anne Walker, Robert Thompson, John Buck more, James, alias William James Jones, whose trial was reported in The Sun of Tuesday, for stripping Mrs. De Windt's house, in the New-road, of furniture, &c., and who was found guilty on two indictments—seven years on each ; Edward Emston, Elias Levi, and Mary Jones. To BE TRANSPORTED FOR SEVEN YEARS.—Joseph Pricker, Robert Walker, Henry Hepburn, Henry King, James Kirke, William Kelly, Anne Shepherd, Robert Smith, John Harris, John Dine, John Wright, Eliza 111‘Carty, Eloise Boon, Joseph Downing, Eleanor Good rich, Esther Reeve, William Herne, James Neill, North Stevens, John Keith,Thomas Culver, John Collins, George Thompson, Henry Richards, William Edmonds, Eliza Jackson, Thomas Walker, William Bottleridge, Daniel Brown, James Harris, Henry Kennett, Frederick Red stean, Jeremiah Manning, George Medealf, John Payton, Charles Goose, George Stewart, Anthony Arnold,William Cooper, William Hunt, Ann Clark, William Hill, Thomas Jones, Kennith Cimpkell, Henry Watson, Edward Evan son, Thomas Payne, Richard Healy, Thomas Williams, William Tuts, Charles Christian, alias Christy, William Saunders, William Salt, Johis May, Mary Anne Stains, Mary Redding, George Fell, James Macpherson, Richard Bowman, Henry Count, Anne Cooke, Elizabeth Boyer, George Hewson, Richard Hardy, Samuel Jones, Matilda Fince, Martin Moss, William Stanley, Charles Wright, James Sharman, Edward Howell, Thomas E 'wards, Ed ward Blake, Thomas William Fricker, James Reece, James Wilkinson, J. , hn Smith, alias Roon, Henry Hughes, and Mary Smith. TO TWELVE MONTHS' IMFRISONMENT IN THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION, AND HARD LABOUR.. —Thomas Wlllii and Edward Warren. To NINE MONTHS IMPRISONMENT, AND HARD LA. BOUR.-Charles M,,nnering. To Six Moruns' IMPRISONMENT, AND HARD LABOUR. —Mary Wi.kinson, John Jones, George Davenport, John Mortlock, William Reece, Anne Reece, David Redding, Jimes Reeves, and Thomas Norman. To THREE MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT AND HARD LABOUR —Stephen Brandran, Henry Berry, John Wil liams, William Green, Anne R'gers, Thomas Green, Da vid Williams, William Brown, A une Whitehead, George Church, John Green, Ehniel Kay, John D.vies, John Smith, Arthur Owen, Henry Patteson, and Josh. Cobbin. To Two Mownts' IMPRISONMENT AND HARD LA - BOUR.—John Read, alias Reeves. To Six WEEKS' IMPRISONMENT AND HARD LA - BOUR.—Thornas Thomas, Emanuel English, Gm. Wood, Thomas Walker, Michael Conway, James Pearce, and Henry Jones. To ONE MONTH'S IMPRISONMENT AND HARD LA - BOU K.—Thomas Prindle, Witham Bray, and Mary Anne English. Charles Watson to he imprisoned 14 days in Newgate. Judgment was respited in the cases of Eliza Rodway and Charles Siddens. The following prisoners, who had been capitally con victed of housebreaking and robberies, were then placed at the bar, viz., George Blatche, Jo-eph Ireland, Charles Taylor, Joseph Kinsmer, George Wilder, James Carter, and John M'Carty, when— The RECORDER addressed them at considerable length, and with much solemnity, on the duty which the law compelled him to perform, and proceeded to pass sentence of Deal hon each of the prisoner in the usual form. He, however, previously intimated that their lives would be spared. The Sessions were then adjourned till the 3d of Ja nuary next. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. ROBBERY AND ATTEMPT TO MURDER.--.Three young men who, it appears, are brothers, named Thomas, James, and William Berryman, were yesterday charged, before Mr. HALLS, by Ellis and Ledbetter, the officers, with having feloniously entered the dwelling-house of Mr. John Hancox, a farmer, residing in the parish of Bisley, in Gloucestershire, on the 2d of November last, and with having attempted the life of Mr. H. Hancox, son of the prosecutor, by firing a loaded pistol at him. At eight o'clock on the night in question, Mr. Henry Hancox left the dwelling-house, and went across the farm yard toward a shed which stood a short way from the house. He perceived standing at the door of the shed the figure of a man, and called him, demanding his busi ness there. At that moment two other men made their appearance, upon seeing whom Mr. Hancock ran across the yard towards the house, the dcor of which stood ajar. He rushed in, followed by the three men, and ran across the room for the purpose of seizing his gun, which stood at the end of the dresser. He was just in the act of rais ing it, when the taller of the three men fired a pistol at him loaded with large shot, the contents of which lodged in his face. He fell backwards into the arms of his fa ther, who, at that moment, entered the room. The rob • hers then demanded Mr. Hancox, sen.'s money, and he gave them about 701. in gold and notes, begging of them to spare the lives of himself and family. They insisted upon having more money, and on being told that there was no more in the house, they proceeded to rifle the drawers, cupboards, &c., and took possession of nine silver spoons, seven silver ladles, and other property. They the❑ went up stairs to one of the bed-rooms, and a little girl, daughter of Mr. Hancox, who had concealed herself in the yard on the first alarm, perceiving a light in the bed-room window, threw some gravel at it suppos ing that some of the family were in the room. The thieves, alarmed at the noise, ran down stairs and imme diately left the house with their booty. Their faces were partly blackened, but their height and appearance were described by a younger son of Mr. Hancox, a boy about 15 years of age, who had armed himself with a gun, which the fellows took from him. While the robbers continued in the house, Mr. Henry Hancox remained weltering in his blood on the floor, and upon examining his face, it was found that the shot had totally blinded him ! His face also was dreadfully lacerated, and fur some time his life was despaired of. From some circumstances which trans pired suspicion attached to the three prisoners, who are natives of the place. It was known that they were in Lon don, and the task of tracing them to their residence, and finally apprehending them, was intrusted to Ellis, one of the principal officers of this establishment, who, for the last three weeks, has been unremitting in his exertions, both by day and night, to discover the prisoners, and take them into custody. He at length succeeded in obtaining a clue to their residence, and, after adopting a variety of stratagems, and disguising himself in various ways (for the prisoners appeared to be aware that they were watched), Ellis, Ledbetter, and an officer named West, who is at tached to the police at Gloucester, succeeded, yesterday morning, in tracing the three prisoners to the house of their brother-in-law, situate in Goawell-street, where they were taken into custody, and conveyed handcuffed to this wffi ce. The prisoners, on being placed at the bar, were charged eenerally with the burglary and attempt at murder, and the youngest son of Mr. Hancox was brought forward for the purpose of identifying them. Tne lad, having looked attentively at the prisoners, who were ordered to put on their hats, said that, to the best of his belief, the prisoners Thomas and James were two of the men who bad entered the house of his father on the night in question. He knew the prisoner Thomas by his high cheek bone, but they were both differently dressed then. They wore long dark coats. (The prisoners had on light drab outside coats.) Mr. HALLS desired the witness to say why In suspected WilliAm Berryman, the taller of the prisoners. Witness—Because he is so like the man who fired the pistol at my brother. The witness could not identify the third prisoner. The prisoners, upon this evidence, were ordered to be taken dow❑ to Gloucestershire. Mr. Henry Hancox lies in a very precarious state, and the loss of his sight must ensue should he eventually re cover. MANSION-HOUSE. The Treasurer of Bridewell waited upon the LOAD MAYOR yesterday, for the purpose of representing to his Lordship the evil consequences which might result from the practice amongst the City Magistrates of committing offenders to that prison. Bridewell, he said, was at the present so much crowded that it was quite impossible to act upon the system of cla..ification so necessary to he oh .erved with the view of reforming unfortunate culprits. Neither health nor morals were to be improved by asso riating six or seven prisoners together in the same room, an expedient to which the superintendents were obliged to resort. The LORD MAYOR would not give a straw for the au thority of the City Magistrates if they had not the power of committing culprits to Bridewell, the only prison in which the penalty of hard labour could be properly inflicted. How many persons are now confined in Bridewell ? The Treasurer—One hundred and twenty. Suppose your Lordship should go on committing until we have 500 pri soners, what are we to do? We are apprehensive of cholera. and must entreat the aid of the City Magistrates to prevent the spreading of such a disease. The LORD MAYOR—What are your funds —your annual receipts from your estates ? The Treasurer—l cannot answer that question. The Loan MAYOR said it was the duty of the Gover nor of Bi idewell to provide room for additional prisoners. The Treasurer could, if he pleased, apply to the Court of Aldermen on the subject, and represent to them the objec tions he entertained to their practice of committing pri soners to a prison which could so well afford to accomeio date mul• itudes. The Treasurer told his Lordship that, relying upon the e( -)peration of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, he should apply on the next Court day. Q UEEN- S Q UARE. A number of men who had enlisted in the service of Don Pedro, and were re-landed at Portsmouth last week in a destitute state, from the Swallow brig, after an in fl.ctual attempt to land in Oporto (as already described)► applied to the Magistrates at this Office yesterday for re— lief. They hail been assisted, they said, by the parish officers at Portsmouth, and at the various towns they passed through on their walk back to London ; but they were now utterly destitute, for though they had received no pay since the 3d of Novemtier, and were now in a stai ving condition, the agents of Don Pedro in London refu ed to do anything for them. They bad memorislised Lord Melbourne on the subject, and his Lordship referred them to this office. Mr. WHITE, the sitting DlagiStrate, told them, if they were destitute and wanted relief they should apply to the I ,aris'i officers of those districts in which they resided. The men replied that they had already done so, and the parish officers, like the agents of Don Pedro, would do nothing for them. Mr. WHITE said it was very probable that the pariah Aura had acted perfectly right. He cuuld render thew ❑o assistance. THE MARKETS. COAL MA Per Ton. s d. kdair 9 8 wso•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 17 6 Be turnout . 17 9 iienshani Main -- 17 6 E ist Percy,. _ . 17 Forest 18 0 Hebburn Ala --.--... 18 9 18 6 3rd's Itedhugh 16 6 Pontop Windsor .- . 17 6 17 0 Thaekrali 1%1ain„,„„„„,„... 18 6 I at 1 tie 141 19 0 1 ownley Wylarn .. 18 9 Willington 19 6 West Hartley - l7 6 Walls End Bell & Brown 19 6 Ditto (reshipped) 17 3 Ditto 13e11, ltobson, & Co. 19 6 Ditto Bewicke and Co.— 20 3 Walls E d 18 ti Walls End Callerton 16 6 W hs En n r .111 , 1 Co. IS 3 , Ditto 17 9 Ditto rte • —.... IS 6' NVaI a End G05f0rth......... 20 3 Walls End Heaton .... 2J Walls End Hotspur* 18 9 Ships arrived since I.KET.—Dec. 5. Per Ton. s. d. Walls End 19 6 Ditto Johire 16 0 D tto Killingworth 19 6 Walls End Newbiggen » 17 0 Walls End 19 6 Ditto Northuinherland... 19 0 1) tt • Perkins and Co 19 0 Walls End Riddell's 20 0 Wa Is End Walker 20 0 Bells Primrose....... ---.. 16 0 Walls End Hetton 21 3 Walls End Lyons 20 0 Walls End Lamhton 21 0 W. E. Russell's Hetton.... 21 3 W4II, End it, wart'4......... 21 3 Walls End Stobart's ...... 17 0 w..11s End Adelaide 20 0 Walls End 20 0 W. E. 18 6 W. E South Durham « f 3 .'0 0 Walls End Tees 21 18 0 Walls End 17 0 H a rtley . 19 0 Thorpe'sGawber Hall 17 6 Walls End Selby 17 0 Greenwich 16 6 last market-day, 318. COUN ray CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. i Barley. I oats. Bea"' Per Quarter. s. to s. js.to s. s. to s. Abingdon---... 62 81 31 43 22 30 38 Andover----.... 73 80 37 41 Birmingham.--... 56 66 40 44 24 32 liriciport ....----.. 56 74 32 36 26 30 -- Cirencester --... 48 60 28 36 19 28 36 Faringdon--,..-- 54 86 36 40 26 34 -- 6 Guildford --. 48 74 2'3 32 26 35 -- 4 ,„ 3 54 83 30 35 20 30 Hereford 84 92 44 48 —• Highworth ---.. 62 80 32 42 28 34 -- Maidenhead 56 68 34 44 22 30 36 37 34 58 23 32 17 32 Reading 65 70 31 47 21 27 34 41 Salisbury -----.. 46 54 28 34 20 23 36 ' l , a Southampton 54 58 33 40 28 32 Stroud - I'ewkesbnry ._ 65 74 30 42 30 38 4 4 1 Uxbridge 48 74 37 40 23 33 Wantage 5B 60 27 43 21 30 34 Warminsterl -44 56 26 36 21 27 34 gy., 59 21 22 Worcester 65 66 44 51 31 34 LEWES MARKET.—IIec.4. White Wheat (per quarter),,,,..,,.,. £2 15 0 to ..£3 0 0 Red ditto 2 10 0 0 14 0 1 10 0 1 12 0 Oats, New 0 17 0 0 18 0 Pease __ - ll5 0 117 0 Oil Cake. 12 0 (1 per thousand. BULL M A RALT,—D Wheat, Old —s. 50s. 605.. ..... Foreign —s. 50s. 545. L Oats, Poland —s. 205. 2.25. C Small or Feed —s. 14s. 20s - Foreign —s. 155.16 s Barley, Norf. & Sut —s 31s. 365. Line -- Foreign Beans 30s. 325. 345. Forei, Pease, White —s. 365. 38s. Grey Tares —s. —s. —s. Forei, Rapeseed, in bond none. lee. 4. New —s. 40s. 041 s. In bond —s. Old & o rV last t 2 d —s. -1 4 3 1 : s s 3 7 1 ." -7 0 s l s ...... —s. - h. —l 6 p ign ...... 3 4 5• —s 308. 34 5 - ign ...... —s. 30s. 3:28. MA lIKET.—Dee. 4. d. to ti• Per lb. 6 7 Beef Mutton Veal ° Pork Lamb to 31. 15s. Cd. per s d • d d o 0 0 tO 0 0° 00 3 04 to! 0 4 0 0 4 s " ,0 7 " CHELTENHAM Per Bushel. YY s. (1. to s. d. Wheat Barley 4 0 5 6 Oats T 4 0 4 3 Beans Pease 5 0 7 0 Hay 3/. lOs DUMFRIES MARKETS.—Nov. 28. s. d. s. d. I Wheat, Imp. Bush— 7 0 to 7 6,Butter, 16oz. ............ Barley ... Oats .......... 2 0 '2 4 Beef, per lb. Flour, 141 b. Oatmeal 1 8 1 9 Veal Potatoes, cwt. ..... ..... 1 6 2 0 Quartern Loaf MEETINGS OF CREDITORS, AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET• (From the London Gazette.) 3 1. ":". To-MORROW, DEc. 6. oat , D. Boulter, tobacconist, Quadrant, Regent-street E. Bowyer, broker, Martin's-lane, Cannon-street 5 1 J. Proctor, wine -merchant, Gould-squre, Crutched-friars II J. Parker, victualler, Webber-row J. Thorn and Co., surgeons, Sackville-street J. T. Weston, yarn-spinner, Parish-street, Horselyclown 10 W. Reeves and Co. ' jewellers, Ludgate-street ............••• 1 T. M. Knight and Co., boarding-housekeepers, Ham- I 1 mersmith DIVIDENDS. R. Bruce, insurance -broker, Bartholomew-lane ...............• ate; C. Hamerton, paper-manufacturer, Wansford= PRINTED AND PUBLISHED sy MURDO YOUNG, A---Tll. SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON• BIRTH. On the 2d inst. at Tregunter, the lady of Major Gwynne 10- ford, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 4th inst. at Ditton Park, Lord Dunglas, son of the „ t o of Home, to the Hon. Lucy Elizabeth Montagu , el d e st dau6" of Lord Montagu. lED. On the 15th ult. at Glynllif D m ooo on, us the county of Ca _of in the 31st ult., in the 31st year of his age, after a protato and painful illness, the Right Hon. Thomas John Wynn, "'J., Newborough.