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trial. There can be no good reason for taking from the productive classes more than is strictly necessarv. If they can better themselves in any way, they are entitled to do so. Every man i. - entitled to procure for himself the greatest pos sible amount of happiness which he can obtain without interfering with the rights or Morning Chronicle. Ever since 1826, 'when, in consequence of the death of King John, two armed political systems began to contend for the mastery it Portugal, we have invariably supported the con stitutional cause, and the rights of the elder branch of the Braganza family, as the true inte rest of England and of the civilized word. It was by British intervention, and to answer enlight ened views of British policy, that the legal se paration took place between the mother country and her great colonial possession of Brazil. It was on our recommendation that the late King dissevered himself from a rising trans-Atlantic. empire, which he had personally occupied and ruled for 13 or 14 years of European troubles, during which we had the chief direction in his ancient hereditary dominions. It was by out mediation, and even by the means of our Am bassador, that the terms of Brazilian indepen dence were settled, and that Don Pedro became Emperor of the new State, without ceasing to be the rightful heir of the Portuguese throne. It was by our influence that the Empe ror's cause—his party—and his Charter, were supported at first against the most fanatical op. position, and. the basest treachery that ever dis. graced the earth—organized and disciplined un• der the patronage of the monks of Spain ane the agents of the Holy Alliance. It was, it short, by the arrival of our troops in the, end of December, 1826, that the absolutist faction, — under the protection of the Court of Madrid, and provided with arms on the Spanish frontier, —were prevented from re-entering their na tive country, a rm e d i n a foreign interest,— overthrowing the treaties to which we were par ties, and completing that usurpation which, un der our very inspection and connivance, has since occasioned so much bloodshed, and perpetrated so many horrors. It requires no laboured argu ment, therefore, to prove that we had identified ourselves from the beginning with the constitu tiortal party, and the supporters of legitimate authority,—in opposition to Spanish influence, arbitrary violence, and perfidious usurpation. The whole energy of our Foreign Minister at home, and- the whole efforts of our diplomats in the Peninsula during the course of 1827,were directed to guide the one party and to check the other. Tile British Ambassador in Lisbon was. in fact, the Cabinet of that Court,—the occur Governor of Portugal. The Portnguese Chambers deliberated indeed on the state of their country, and pretended that thei deliberations were free ; but they were con. trolled, if not ostensibly, yet not the lest really, by the influence of the able l‘liniste! who then represented England at the Court of the Princess Regent. A law could not be passed, --a movement of the troops could not take place,—a foreign despatch could not be written,—a cabinet council could not be changed,—nay, a few Spanish exiles could not even be landed from a Falmouth packet, with. out the acquiescence or the remonstrance of the British Ambassador. Nor do we censure hi, Excellency For the energetic angel vigilant dis charge of his duty on that occasion. We had an army in Portugal for the specific purpose of defending the kingdom against foreign aggres sion, led on by a domestic faction,—and we could not fulfil our object, and secure the safety of our expedition, without exercising a certair influence in the councils of the national parts whom we came to aid. But this is not all. The Emperor of Brazil having abdicated the Crown of Portugal in favour of his daughter, and having appointed his eldest sister as Princess Regent in her infant Majesty's name, never, however, ceased to act as the guardian of his child, and endeavoured repeatedly to interfere in directing the internal policy of her king dom. This inte r f erence was always directed to increrse the power of the young Queen—to promote to posts of honour her faithful ad herents—to support the constitutional party : and to curb the partisans of the future Usur per. his Imperial Majesty even sent orders to Europe for his brother to leave the Court Vienna, and to prcceed to Rio de Janeiro, in. stead of being permitted to return to Portugal. All these orders were resisted, and all these ar rangements baffled, by the influence of the Eng lish Administration, who, with the best inten tions in the world, and naturally with less suspi cion of Don Miguel, thought that the treaty of separation between Portugal and Brazil might safely have its full accomplishment, and that the surest way of protecting the dominions of the Young Queen from civil dissension was to admit her uncle—under whose banners her enemies were ranged—to exercise the regency in her name, under certain solemn engagements to maintain the established rights and institutions of the country. Thus, without adverting to the oaths and engagements to the Charter, which our Ambassador was called to attest at Vienna-- without considering the pledges which we gave to the constitutional party, by inviting their fu ture Regent to pass through the constitutional region of England on his way to Portugal— without recalling the important circumstance that he was escorted to the Tagus by a British squa dron, which thus proclaimed to his new subjects the confidence of the English Government in his promises to respect their liberties—and with eta making that use to which we are entitled, of the extraordinary protection given by our troops to the Usurper, 'when the awakened suspicions of the liberal party Would have hurled him from his throne—without alluding, We Say, to any of those strong facts which Occurred - towards the commencement of the bloody tragedy of the usurpation, we think that we have proved that the constitutional party, as having been misled to Out policy; have at present the most unde niabte 'claim on our sympathy and - aupport, even though their cause were less identified with our own thanit appears tote in the existing crisis. But other considerations - of grave moment concur with our sense of justice and our feelings of sympathy on this occasion. The party of the Ex-Emperor, who, faithful to their engagements, haVe lately rehoisted the standard of legitimacy and freedom at Opor to, are enlighted in their political views, and if successful in their struggle, must be friendly to a more liberal intercourse with enlightened na tions. Our countrymen have joined diem, though our Government has lent them no sup port. They must, therefore, be disposed to a closer alliance with England. Even their abo lition of the wine monopoly of the Douro shows their disposition to promote our trade and their own. On the other hand, General Sebastiani's " Monster," and his monkish upholders, are our implacable enemies, and the sworn foes of free dom and civilization. They have broken open the houses of our countrymen domiciliated in Portugal. They have imprisoned their persons and plundered their estates, In their fanatical umorance and barbar?,uS 'superstition, they are taught to regard the name of an Englishman as equivalent to that of anarchist or infidel. Hence our fellow-subjects are liable to he attacked whenever they are seen without protection, and redress can only he obtained from the bey of Lisbon, as from the bey of Algiers, at the mouth of our cannon. Such a monstrous state of things ought not to continue, if consistently with the honour and neutral 'eligagements of our Government, it can be overthrown. If permitted to last for any considerable time longer Porte gal is ruined, and the interestt merchants are sacrified for many years to come, whatever he the rest It of the contest. The body of brave men Who now support the interests of freedom and of legitimate right at Oporto ) hare long known the bitterness of exile-, and long felt the pressure of want arising from decrees of unjust banishment, and acts of shameless confiscation. They will not, therefore, again relinquish their country, on which they have afresh planted their foot, without a desperate struggle to maintain their ground. They know the cruel tortures,—the midnight masacres,—or the bloody scaffolds, which await their captivity, if unhappily they should be defeated and taken prisoners. They will, therefore, sell their lives dear. Thus a pre paration is laid for one of the most sanguinary tragedies recorded in history, should the fleet of the Usurper be successful in blockading the mouth of the Douro, and his army in forcing the intrenehments of Oporto. In the mean time, English commerce and English property must be sacrificed, either by the continuance of the civil war, or by the calamities of a Miguelite triumph. In the foregoing observations and statements we think we have said enough to induce our ge nerous countrymen,—if we cannot prevail upon our Government,—to concur in some public ex pression of their sentiments towards the Portu guese Constitutionalists, and some declaration of sympathy in their cause. They will thus be able to make some atonement for their past ne glect,—to wipe away some of the stains of righteous blood from our national policy, if not to secure a triumph to the side of freedom. It would, indeed, be disgraceful to the character of Englishmen,—who are justly proud of the courage and magnanimity of their ancestors in fighting against oppressions which, compared to the despotism under which Portugal now groans, were liberty itself, if they did not come forward and make some effort to prevent the horrors of which Oporto may shortly, by our su pineness, become the theatre. Such, we are persuaded, will not be the case ; for we have reason to believe, that a public meeting is about to be convened on the affairs of Portugal, at ..vhich that excellent Prince and ardent lover of freedom, his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, is to preside. We invite our patriotic countrymen to attend the call, and we beseech those who have undertaken the arrangement of the business to indulge hi no delay. Whatever is to be done, let it be done with an earnestness, —a promptitude,—and a zeal, befitting the im portant interests at stake, and the urgency of the crisis which we are anxious to avert. The shout of eager congratulation and exulting tri umph will doubtless be heard from the banks of the Tagus to the walls of St. Petersburgh, Through all the tortuous windings of despotic Courts, should the Usurper be successful. Let it at least be interrupted by the execrations of Englishmen, should it reach this land of free dom.—Since writing the foregoing observations, and making the foregoing appeal to our country men, we have received a letter from our Fal mouth correspondent, containing all the news which he could collect from the A /ban steamer, which had arrived at that port on Monday, with papers and letters from Oporto to he 15th instant. We insert our correspon dent's letter in another column, as well as extracts from the Oporto journals. The in telligence which they contain, though encouraging for the cause o f t h e C onst i tut i ona li sts , spea k s ' of no decisive result. It is certain, that Sari o rius had attacked the squadron of Don Miguel on the 10th and 11th, and that, though not successffil at first, from the smallness of his force, he hoped when he had collected all his ships to give a good account of the enemy. His loss, it would appear from his own despatch, was but rifling. It will require a more decided success over a superior squadron, to regain him such an ascendancy at sea as will enable him to continue, without interruption, the blockade of the two great rivers of Portugal. By one of the accounts, ;he ships of D on Miguel had approached the mouth of the Douro. lithe blockade of Oporto was the object of the expedition from the Tagus, it would seem that its purpose was temporarily accomplished. As the mouth of the river is well fortified, it will be dangerous for the Miguelite squadron to approach the land ; and if Sartorius, by the union of all his naval force, can success fully attack it from without, a most important advantage will be obtained for the constitutional cause. On land, it would seem that the army of Don Pedro, though always more than a match for the enemy in the field, had been hemmed in by superior numbers. Our correspondent's let ter, however, gives all the details which we know on that part of the subject, and it would be needless to repeat them in other words.- Tunes. Some persons, we perceive, are confidently as serting that Parliament will be dissolved imme diately—others that the dissolution cannot take place before Decembcr—and a third that the present Parliament will assemble again for a short Session before any dissolution. Now all these parties, though equally confident in their tone, are, we are persuaded, equally without any good ground for their assertions ; and that • for this' plain reason, that Ministers thetoselves are as yet quite unsettled and uncertain as to th e course which they may ultimately pursue. They have not, as far as we can judge from the past, any greater liking to their Parliamentry labours than theirpredecessors,and would especially rejoice at never meeting the present Parliament again if'they were all of them secure of seats in the next, and the present state of the reformed constituency could justify their appealing to a new election in what must in that case necessarily be the defec- tive state of the registers ii every town and county in the Kingdom. Though reports and assertions are not a little at variance upon the subject, from all that we can gather we should be inclined to think that, were the general election to take place with the several constituencies as they now stand qualified, not more than half the electors throughout the king dom would be found entitled to vote. Whether this be owing to their own fault, or to the con tracted period and arbitrary terms within which the law has circumscribed the attainment of their rights, seems but of little consequence to in quire. The real question is, will the country be satisfied with a Parliament so chosen ? We look to a reformed Parliament, duly chosen, as that which is calculated to effect more good to the country than any event which has occurred in its history; but a Parliament unduly chosen, as this would he, would not, we are persuaded, possess the full confidence of the country, and there fore would, as far as it fell short of that, be witnting hi that share of good which the peo ple a►e entitled to look forward to as the reward of their persevering labours. At the Outset of the Reform Bill, and during the whole of its progress, we uniformly pointed out its machinery as likely, in a &eat degree, to preju dice, if not entirely defeat, its benefits; and events are proving the truth of this augury. Such be ing the case, we do not. see why Ministers need have been ashamed or unwilling to lend a hand in perfecting their o'tvn measure, or at any rate in removing obstacles which, whether they were foreseen or not, cannot be denied to have taken ; and this, unless they are prepared to give us annual Parliaments, which we hope they are not, must, we contend, still be done. The re gister was, we know, a favourite part of the Bill; and it is to perfect this that the preli minary steps of tax-paying, &c., are required to be gone through. Well, keep the register if you please, though we confess we see in it, as we imagine, at least, more inconvenience than advantage ; but then be consistent with yourselves, and let it be perfect, or your own praise of it must fall to the ground. We con fidently contend, then, that Ministers are bound to see the Act amended, to re-open the door which has been prematurely closed, before they can call upon the country to exercise its elective franchise. It is said that they are afraid of ridi cule—that they do not like to venture the chance of a defeat in the Lords. Both these reasons are futile. The Lords, unwise as they have been in part of their career upon the sub ject, would hardly venture any thing so absurd as to deny to give reasonable effect to a tnea .. . sure which has, in spite of their opposition, be come the law of the hind. We do not believe that any such attempt would be made. At any rate, it is the business of Ministers to put them selves in the right, and, at all events, to show the country that it is their intention that it should enjoy Reform, not in name only, but in reality.—Morning Herald. The state of Ireland continues to be most unsatisfactory and disheartening—so dishearten ing, in fact, that we are almost without hope that any thing which may be done for her, how ever important or beneficial, will ever restore her to a state of quietude. She is the prey of in terested and selfish agitators, and the victim i❑ all respects of the vilest system of agitation that was ever witnessed in a civilized or uncivilized country. No sooner is one wound healed than another is opened—let one great grievance be redressed, and another, of a thousand times its magnitude, is sure to start up in its stead. Ad dress themselves to the matter how they may, the Government never gives any satisfaction— never excites any gratitude—never secures any permanent attachment to it. If it yields to the prevalent clamour, the concession forms a new claim for a fresh inroad on its favour—if it re sists, and has recourse to the strong arm of the law, no terms can be found in the English vocabulary to express the hatred which is en tertained towards it, and the tyranny of which it is accused of being guilty. When Ca tholic emancipation was sought for, a pledge may be almost said to have been given, that the people would be satisfied—but what sort of satisfaction has it been ? Has the country been more quiet—has property been more secure —has life been more safe—have the agitators been less busy in keeping the country in a state of fever ? Look also at the fate of I.ord Anglesea. At the time alluded to, he was al most deified ; now, although he has done no thing to forfeit. the good opinion of any party, he is execrated by all ! All these things are the fruits, as we have already hinted, of a sys tem of agitation, of which the end is now ma nifest in the late inflammatory address of Mr. O'Connell, although formerly, such was our simplicity and confidence in the repeated asser tions of that grieavnce (for so we must term him) of Ireland, that it was not even guessed at. In the address in question, he commands that the following pledges be exacted from candi dates :—" 1. To insist upon the total extinc tion of tithes. 2. To call for •an alteration of the Grand Jury law. 3. To demand such a Reform as will make Justices of the Peace eligible by the people. 4. To vote for an address to the Crown to dismiss Lord An glesea, Mr. Stanley, and Mr. Blackburn. 5. Repeal of the Union." Heaven bless the mark ! The people of England are first to be insulted by the concession of everything which the arch agitator may take into his head to propose ; and secondly, they are to be told that it is not fit that Ireland should hold communion with them any longer ! Lord Anglesea must be dismissed, because he has governed the country impartially —Mr. Stanley, because Mr. O'Connell has so often smarted under his scorpion lash—and Mr. Blackburn, because he sides with no party— and then—and then—when this humiliation has_ been submitted to, the Union must be repealed. Need we say a word more in proof of the unset tled and unsatisfactory state of Irish society and its causes ? Is it possible that a country can be quiet or prosper, while it continues to listen to such violent demagogues ?—Morn. Advertiser. During the two years in which they have held office our present Ministers have been rich in promises of measures by which commerce and shipping were to be extended, agriculture im proved, and the colonies tranquillized ; but the result is, that each of these vitally important interests is in a state of unprecedented depression and progressive decay. In turning our attention to .these subjects respectively, that which first demands consideration, and to which we shall for the present confine ourselves, is the state of the shipping interest, which the economists of Downing-street fancy they have so efficiently served, by a reduction of the hemp - duties, and a permission to shipowners to take in provisions for their vessels, above 70 tons burden, clearing out for foreign ports, from the bonded ware houses of Great Britain, no matter in what country those stores are produced. With re spect to the abolition of the hemp duties, the shipowners declare their utter contempt for this Ministerial offering, which the Government itself must have known they would have done, taking it for granted that they understood their own business, and consequently duly appreciated the extent of the advantage. The other regulation may be a boon to the ship owners, but how paltry is the benefit to them when compared to the injury it en tails upon Ireland, the great mart for the pur chase of ships' provisions. But we will not waste time in discussing these pigmy efforts f or the relief of the shipowners, one of which is made at the sacrifice of every principle of sound policy and honour ; because, while he is op pressed by the Reciprocity Acts, aggravated as they have been by the mock liberality of the pre- , sent Cabinet, he can only conduct his business under an embarrassment that must ultimately produce the downfal of the interest to which he belongs. We will not now stop to inquire whether the projectors of those changes which have taken place in the commercial aml navigation codes were justified in acting upon the supposition that Great Britain must inevitably lose so large u portion of the trade she had enjoyed during war at its close, because that inquiry would now be an unprofitable one, and could not be brought to a satisfactory result by any analogy of reason ing that could be produced; for the political and commercial operations of the last forty years are without example in the history of Europe. But giving the disciples of the new system the full benefit of their assertion, that England must at the close of the war be deprived of a large portion of her trade, and consequently must ac commodate herself to circumstances, nothing can justify the gross abuse that has been practised upon the public confidence in the various Re turns and Reports that have been made as to the working of the new system, and particularly in that branch of it now under consideration, that brings the Tonnage Returns into notice which relate to the number and nature of the commercial marine, and the amount of voyages the vessels connected with it have performed.— The decisive and indisputable character of these documents is evident, although, from their ex tensive aggregate amount, they cannot be brought conveniently under public inspection. In other words, they are too extensive and ab struse for general consideration, and conse quently the assertions of the Poulett Thomsons of the day have passed current. We shall have occasion at a future period to give some tables that will fully bear out our assertion that the Tonnage Returns are in favour of the complaint of the shipowners, that their trade has been ruined by the experiments of political economists. The mystification that has been practised with regard to the Tonnage Returns has been, that they have been made use of in argument as representing ships, and not what they really do represent, the quantity of work performed by ships. If this tact had been always fairly stated, the case, we apprehend, would have appeared very differently in the mind of the most casual observer, and the shipowners then would not be charged with madly increasing the amount of their ships in the face of a constantly decreasing commerce, as their enemies have been pleased to infer ; but it would be teen that, whilst exports and imports have been increasing, and their vessels have been performing a greater number of voyages, they have been incurring extensive losses in consequence of the competition of foreigners, and the general want of protection affbrded to them by the Government. We are aware of the anxiety that this subject is exciting in the minds of all reflecting persons, and well it may, for it involves the commercial greatness and the political importance of the British empire, both unhappily dwindling larder Whig mismanagement ; but we are also aware that it is an uninviting :subject to discuss at any length for the general reader, and therefore we shall on the present occasion content our selves with the single observation that the Ton nage Returns make out a complete case for the shipowner, who has never denied his amount of business, but who, with more justice than any other trader (for he is totally unprotected, and left to the mercy of foreign competition in all its extended ramifications), complains he is wot k ing for embarrassment instead of profit. We have now, we hope, in these preliminary re marks placed the question of the shipowners upon its true footing, and prepared it for those details that we shall shortly offer for the purpose of showing the precise position of this great in terest at the close of the Session of 1832. Morning Post. SUMMER ASSIZES. WESTERN CIRCUIT—WELLS, Ace. 20. EXTRAORDINAY CASE. William Gray, described as a jeweller, and to all appearance a respectable man, was placed at the bar, charged with having stolen eight watches, one hundred yards of silk, one hundred yards of satin, three boxes, six waistcoat pieces, twenty lace veils, twenty lockets, and twenty gold chains, the property of John Tanner and Charles Tanner. Mr. GUNNING, having briefly opened the case, called James Lansdowne (porter to the prosecutors, the carriers at Bath) : The prisoner came to the waggon office at Bath about nine in the morning of the 21st of February; he was dressed in a drab great coat; he asked if there were riot three boxes left there in the name of Barnett; he pointed out two of them himself, and said he wished the three to be taken to the Full Moon, as he was going to Bristol as fast as he could ; the boxes were taken to the Full Moon, and left with the prisoner; prisoner took off the direction card from one of the boxes, and gave it to the witness, saying that his residence was on the back of the card; the direction on the boxes was " S. Barnett, Van Office, Bath, to be left till called for." Cross-examined—ls positive it was about nine in the morning • prisoner had on a very d ar k d ra b great coat ; knows him by his features; he had large whiskers on in February; prisoner was brought to Bath by Rutliven, the Bow-street officer, arid was pointed out to witness as being the man; he had never seen him before the 21st of February; witness saw prisoner in London about May. Re-examined—When witness first saw prisoner in London he (prisoner) was not in custody, no more than with the Bow•street officer. Joseph Billings (another porter) gave similar tes timony ; prisoner had not any spectacles on. Joseph Higgs (clerk to prosecutors)—Remem bered a person coming for some boxes - cannot sw ear positively that it was the prisoner; but from his appearance he believes him to be the man; he had on whiskers; he gave witness a receipt for the goods, which he signed " S. Barnett." o S. Barnett—Carried on the business of a silk mercer and jeweller in Conduit -street, Bond-street, Loudon. Seat three boxes to the office of Messrs. Tanner, in Bath, in January last; two of which were sent the early part, arid one the latter end of January ; they contained silk, satin, blond lace, veils, ribbons, and jewellery; there were nine watches in a blue leather case, which he saw at Bristol on 28th or 29th of May, at the George Inn; has known the Prisoner fifteen years ; he had been occasionally at witness's house ;,he had no authority to receive the boxes; had never seen him wearing whiskers. Crross-examined—Always considered prisoner very respectable. By the COURT—The prisoner used to job in the jewellery and silk•mercery trade; the receipt for the goods was not in the prisoner's hand-writing; the value of the property was about 7001. Charles Tanner, one of the prosecutors—Barnett came to him on 28th February, and asked for the boxes ; witness told him a person had fetched them away- Sarah Shuddock—Was waiter at the George Inn, Tem pl e -gate, Bristol, in February ; received a small b o x from the prisoner the latter end of February; he came by a pair-horse coach from Bath ; he had on a dark stuff cloak, lined inside with red ; he brought three boxes with him; he had dark whiskers and s pectacles; witness observed he was a very Jew•looking gentleman, and had a long nose; he told me to keep the .box till he came down by the coach; witnesi - opened the box, it had divisions for six watches; gave it the porter, Richard Sennett ; prisoner left in the afternoon. Cross-examined—The prisoner is the man. Joseph Mayle, street-porter at the Albion, Bris tol—Saw prisoner at the top of Broad -street, Bris tol, the latter end of February, inquiring what time the London coaches left; he took his place by the Old a.mpauy's coach ; saw prisoner nailing a di rection on the boxes at the George, it was " Mr. Williams;" took the boxes to the coach-office; prisoner had on a dark cloak and a pair of spec tacles, which witness thought would not fall off his nose very easily ; he had dark whiskers. Cross-examined—Had not been drinking lately. Wm. Hall, Mayor's officer at Bath—When pri soner was coming from before the Magistrates at Bath, in custody of witness, Barnett shook hands with him, and said—" My dear Gray, I am sorry for you, I don't believe you ever did it : keep up your spirits, and I'll do all I can fur you." George White—Was in the employ of Barnett in February last; had seen the prisoner there several times, and had seen him write ; this receipt he be lieved to be in Gray's hand-writing; had seen him come to Barnett's with whiskers, but never saw him with spectacles. The box was identified as belonging to Barnett. This closed the prosecutor's case. The prisoner, upon being called on for his de fence, read a very long account of himself from a written paper, in which he declared before God that he was innocent ; and stated the evidence which he should bring forward. Mr. JEREMY, with whom was Mr. ERLE, called the prisoner's witnesses. John Jazarus—Was a jeweller, in Duke -street, Manchester-square ; had known the prisoner sixteen or seventeen years ; prisoner's father had carried on business in the Strand ; prisoner had assisted witness in his business; did so in February; he did not miss one day during that month ; prisoner accompanied witness to a club held at the Castle Tavern, Castle -street, Regent-street, on Tuesday, Feb. 21; witness recollected the day from two cir cumstances—first, that his wife had just been con fined, and was averse to his going; and, secondly, that he was president that night, which he had never been at that house any other evening; witness made an engagement for all who were present to meet him at Mr. Gerr's, the Albion Tavern, Duke -street, Grosvenor-square; Gray was there also; witness was chairman, and Gray deputy; in consequence of something the prisoner told witness, he accompa nied him to endeavour to find Ruthven, the Bow street officer; followed him to several places, but at length found him at Bow-street; never knew him to wear dark whiskers; no part of the receipt is in prisoner's hand-writing, or at all resembling it ; he is not of the Jewish persuasion ; never heard any thing derogatory to his character; he was secretary, under Mr. Egerton, to the Theatrizal Fund. Cross-examined—l have been unfortunate in business; saw prisoner in Ilchester gaol; came from London purposely; saw him there again, and also at Wells; is brother-in-law of Barnett ; there was sing ing at the club. Joseph Littlewood—Keeps the Castle Tavern ; recollects Lazarus taking the chair or► the 21st Fe bruary; does not know Gray. Mr. Peace—ls a jeweller in Durham-street, Strand; was at the Castle the same evening as La zarus took the chair; Gray was there; never heard any thing of prisoner but what was perfectly hottest. Cross-examined—Never knew him wear whiskers. James Gerr—Keeps the Albion Tavern ; Gray was at his club on the 21st; entries were made in a book, from which it appeared what officers were present on certain nights; Gray's name was there as vice-president on the 21st February; af►er Gray's name I think the word is Vizard ; it did not appear to him to be like " fined "—it meant Vizsrd, the tyler. Thomas Harrington Wilson, a perfumer and hair dresser, at 7, South Arcade, West Strand, used to cut his hair; never knew him have black whiskers ; whiskers are easily taken off and put on—they are easily detected. William Harrison, in the half-pay o dice—Has known the prisoner eleven or twelve years; always considered him a very honest conscientious man. Robert Badkin—l live at 19, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, and am a boot-maker. I have known prisoner ever since he was born. His cha racter has been as good as that of any man I know in the world. I never heard ofa stain on it in my life, and I have known him placed in situations of trust. His LORDSHIP then proceeded to sum up at very great length; and the Jury, having considered for some time, returned a verdict of Guilty. The pri soner upon hearing the verdict became dreadfully agitated; and upon the officer of the Court asking him what he had to say why the Court shonld not give him judgment, he said—My Lord, as I have before stated, I declare before God I am innocent. I have never been guilty of any crime. My wit rieSSt S, who are all respectable persons, state that I was in London at the time that the robbery was committed. I have a wife and two children who will be deprived of a protector. itmli fonh eneyTtrghocnhyeuaael following ul L uldri epleauapm:frvoanf suppose ur e etr g d hl nateorJni proceedings termspor. T u ictv.e x ;:eii thenpgdhi ry:yiweight ooisstn:eiretni r, addressed you the have prisoner understand ryogs Court avr L ute donor of Justice ot i yieo have uerf ll protestations after the verdict of the Jury, and they would be much better spared. The:Jury have paid a most careful consideration to the evidence on both sides, and their solemn verdict is, that the witnesses on the part of the prosecution have not been mis taken in swearing positively to you, and that there are such improbabilities and strange things in the evidence given by your witnesses, that they cannot give the story they tell implicit credit. It is a very affecting spectacle to see a man of your time of life, who appears to have received a good education, and to have talents that might have served him for better purposes, convicted of such an offence as that of taking upon himself a name that did not belong to him, and, under the pretence of that name, getting possession of boxes which, according to the evidence cf Barnett, contained property of no less value than 6001., or 7001. It must follow, it cannot be otherwise, that from the verdict the Jury have pronounced, they have disbelieved the evidence your witnesses have given: however respectable you may call them, or suppose them to be, there are so many strange mat ters in the account they have given, that the Jury have not been willing to believe that which they have stated. It is impossible for me to say whether you suborned them. (Prisoner—My Lord, I never saw any of them during my confinement.) It ap pears from the evidence of one of your witnesses, that he has seen you no less than three times in the gaol at Ilchester, and twice since you have been at Wells, therefore you had better not make such con tradictions. 1 know not whether you suborned the witnesses, or whether they have come here of their own accord, telling these improbable stories of your having been at two different clubs on two several nights, and that you found Lazarus chairman both nights; all this is not impossible to have hap pened, but coupled with other matters, it possesses such a strong degree of improbability, that the Jury have come to the conclusion that they have not spoken the truth. lam not now charging you with it, I have no right to do so, bnt I am sorry to say, that to the offence of which yon have been convicted, has been superadded the offence of wilful perjury. The judgment of the.Court_ is, that you be transpotted for the term of seven years. Prisonerl am (crying)—Pray,li my Lord, have mer c y upon indeed 1 am not. ot The orisot,er was then removed in a most piteous state of dis,ress. This trial had excited the greatest interest, the Court was crowded during the whole time it last e d ; an d although it commenced at 1 o'clock, it did not con clude till after 9. The general opinion is, that the prisoner did not reap the benefit of the robbery him self, but that he acted for, and was made the dupe of, other parties. Taking all the circumstances HULL MARKET-Aug. 21. Wheat, Old - - - - -:s 5Ss. 60s. —.New --s. 60s. 655. Foreign —s. 50s. 545. In bond....—s. —s, .—s, Oats, Poland ....... —s. 20s. 22s Old —B. —s. 245. Small or Feed.... —s. 18s 20s Foreign —s. 165. 186 --s. --s. --s. Barley, Norf. & Sut ... —s 0.3.3. 365. Linc. & %Vold —s. 36s 3Ss. Foreign —s. -• 6. —s. Beans 335. 365. 283. Foreign —s. 325. 345. Pease, White —s. 385. 40a. Grey —s. —B. —6. Tares —s. —s. —B. Foreign .s. 30s. 365. Rapeseed, in bond none. Free, per last —I. 26!. Os. DUMFRIES MA] S. d. s.d. !tKETS.-Aug. 15. Wheat, Imp. Bush 7 9 tot3o l ßutter, 16oz. Barley ...... Oats ........ 2 2 2 6 Beef, per lb. Flour, 111 b. Oatmeal Potatoes, cwt. B.d. B.d. 0 0 to 0 0 00 00 04 05 04 00 04 05 07 0 9 At Paisley the Reform Jubilee has been sus• pended for a time, partly en account of the prevalence of cholera in this city, and partly owing to the depression of trade in that town. The idea of holding a jubilee at a suitable time is not given up however.—Caledonian Mercury. t o tether, perhaps a more extraordinary trial has sel• dom been heard. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, AUG. 22. James Jordan Gould, an unopposed insolvent, applied to the Court on his petition to be discharged. The insolvent, it appeared, held a situation in a public office, from which he derived a salary of 110/. per an/Wm, and; with no other ostensible dependance than this limited incorhe, contracted debts with va rious tradesmen to the amount of several hundred pounds, most of them within the short perio:l of otie year. Amongst the various items in his schedule are the following :—To a jeweller for various ar ticles of jewellery, 20/. ; to the landlord of the Ship Tavern, Greenwich, 201. ; to a tailor in ItTent street, 50/.; to a hatter, for hats bad within one year, 131.; and to a tailor (again), in Oxford-street,47l. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER observed, that al though the creditors did not appear to oppose the insolvent, he should. The public should be pro tected by the Court ; and availing himself of the power vested in him by the Act of Parliament, to clieck such profligate extravagance as was exhibited in th's case, he should mark the Court's indignation by servericing the insolvent to six months' im prisonment. The insolvent was evidently little prepared for so " untoward" an event. Mrs. Sarah Phillips, late of Bristol, whose debts amounted to 2,5001., was opposed by Mr. WOOD• ROFFE on behaq of a Mr. Davis. The insolvent, who carried on the business of a pawnbroker and silversmith, in Br:stol, became bankrupt in 1830, and unable to pass her last exa mination, consequently did not obtain her certificate. Her creditors were decidedly averse to her bank ruptcy, and 3001. out of the above amount were only proved under it. It having further appeared that she had accepted an accommodation bill, amounting to fill., for her" son, who purchased her business from her assignees, and is now carrying it on, and that she is debtor for the amount, The CHIEF COMmISSIONER stopped the case; and having observed that the insolvent, an uncertificated bank: upt—most uncertificated—had acted unjustly in accepting bills for her son in that state, adjudged her to be sent back to prison, and not again to come before the Court, until she shall have received the eonsent of three-fourths of her creditors. George Graves, described as a wine -merchant, was opposed by Mr. COOKE, on behalf of Messrs. Lloyd and Hoskins, of Cannon-street, wine-mer., chants, for a debt, amounting to upwards of 2321., contratred with them, partly for wines, and partly for money lent. Their original demand on the in solvent, whom they considered to be a respectable young man, amounted to 2384, out of which he only paid .51. some odd shillings, notwithstanding be had disposed of the wines at the enormous profit of 901. and upw.irds per cent. The COURT, in passing judgment, observed that the insolvent had acted with the utmost ingratitude towards Messrs. Lloyd and Haskins ; and that this was one of those cases in which it was painful to see with what rapidi►y notions of common honesty are abandoned by persons finding themselves in pe cuniary difficulties. The insolvent had contracted the debt, if not fraudulently, at least without hav ing any reasonable prospect of paying it; in conse quence of which, the judgment of the Court was, that he be imprisoned for a term of eight months from the date of filing his petition. THE MARKETS. CET.—Aug. 22. Per Ton. 5. & Walls End Hi1da............ 19 6 Walls End Newmarcn.... 19 6 Walls End Riddell's .... 21 3 Bells Primrose«»» 16 9 Lambton's Primrose.... 20 0 Walls End Hetton ....... 21 6 Walls End Lambton 21 3 Walls End Stewart's.... 21 6 Walls End Adelaide --. 20 0 W. E. South Durham... 19 9 Walls End Tees 21 6 Cowpen... 2.1 6 Silkstone Field and CO.. 19 0 ,e last market-day, 37. COAL MAR Per Ton. S. (I. w0....n0www•••••••,........ 18 9 I{olywcll . 19 Ord's Redhugh 17 6 St. Lawrence Main 19 0 South 16 6 ao field 19 6 Townley.,. lB 0 Walls End Callerton 18 0 Ditto Bell, Robson, & Co. 18 6 Ditto Bcwicke and Co.—. 20 6 Walls End Gostorth 20 3 Walls End,M.2o 6 Walls End Hotspur 19 0 Ditto Kiltingworth 2O 6 Ships arrived since co; NTRY C Jt.N DURING IHF. WEEK. Wheat. Barley. I oats. Beans. Per Quarter, s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. 62 81 31 43 22 30 38 Andover...—...—„ 73 80 37 41 23 44 Birmingham--- 56 66 40 44 21 32 -- 52 tlridport ...we 56 74 3'2 36 26 30 54 Cirencester 50 62 26 38 21 25 36 41 54 86 36 411 26 31 46 Guildford 48 74 23 32 26 35 43 54 83 30 35 20 30 40 Hereford 84 92 44 48 52 Highworth 62 80 32 42 28 34 56 Maidenhead 56 68 31 44 22 30 36 37 M0nm0uth....... , 56 61 39 Reading 65 90 31 47 21 27 34 42 SAlisbury.,---. 50 64 30 38 21 ,25 36 54 Southampton 54 58 33 40 28 32 46 Stroud Tewkesbury 65 74 30 42 30 38 44 Uxbridge 48 74 37 40 23 33 —• 46 Wantage 5B 80 27 43 21 30 34 42 Warminster 59 21 22 52 Worcester—..—.. 65 66 44 51 31 31 50 LEWES MAIIKET.—Aug. 21. White Wheat (per quarter).....— A 3 2 0 to A 3 4 0 Bed ditto . 140 1 6 0 Oats, 'Seri 1 0 0 1 1 0 Pease 12 0 0 per thousand. CH ELTEI , III A5l M A RKET.—Aug. 21. Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Per lb. d. to d. Wheat Barley 4 0 5 6 Mutton Oats 4 0 4 3 Veal Beans Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d, Wheat Barley 4 0 5 6 Oats 4O 43 Beans Pease 5 0 7 0 Hay :3/. Ws d. to d. 6 7 6 7 6 7 0 0 0 0 I La , ob .:. to 31. 15s, Od. per ton. BIRTHS. Mary, .. ,, "mersetshire, the l On the 21st inst. the kenw ladyell, of a lso of, the n. ev. W. E. L. Faulkner, Rec- On the 21st inst. at Hammersmith, the l a d y of the Rev. FronciS Thomas Atwood, of a daughter. adOynotfh the 21s t Rev. i inst. . E. a t j ante, Bu ck l o a f n a for of St. John's, Cler d " inst. at St. George's, D Devonshire, by the Rev. St. 0. Attlay, Esq., of East Cliff House, Teignmouth, to Catherine, nAititolabyi,:ou.A..,LoLnlßy.s,oßn Rector of On the 21st ult. at SiGeorge's, Hanover-square, Freeman youngest° nVincent the Bowen,2° (ll t u h tgl Bedfordshire.gihnh tt e r i r i . —. o ea L a t t * R' h e i e 1 I. Ilfracombe, (I.4tereßvoPlij MAR R IE D, 11 E Murray, Esq., son of the late General Murray, to Catherine 6 B Er a lOi c zi o l-i n :tc , e: Es ehli' q ff2'd . 2e , ad' eldest son of Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart., of Raven gnee,s? Hanover-square, ingham Hail, in the county of Norfolk, to Louisa, third daughter of the late William Richardson, Esq., of Rich Hill, in the county' of Armagh. On the 22d inst. at Lougliton, Essex, the Rev, Withal Selwyn, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge,and Rector o f er-square, Edmund Braunston, Leicestershire, eldest son of William Selwyn, Esq., o', Richmond, Surrey, to Juliana Elizabeth, eldest daughter 0 ' George Cooke, Esq., of Carr House, Doncaster. On the 22d inst. at Tooting Church, William Henry Pattissort , Jun., of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., barrister-at-law, to Sarah Frances , only daughter of the late Rees Goring Thomas, Esq., of Tooting Lodge, Surrey. DIED. On the 22d inst. i n Hereford -street, after a long and tedious liness, Lady Lowe, wife of Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe. On the 19th inst. at RaMsgate, Miss Janet Ross, sister to Cap tain Daniel Ross, Marine Surveyor-Generali India. On the 2i. 1 / 4 1 inst. in the 15th year of her age, Harriet Grant North, daughter of William North, Esq., of the Royal Hospitals Chelsea. On the 14th inst. after a few days' illness, at Wade's.terraCe• East India-road, Captain William Wilson. On the 21st inst. at Kingsland, in the 95th year of her age, Mrs. Sarah Bailie, widow of Mr. Brian Jlaillie, formerly of . tt , ..F Bank of England. On the 16th inst. unfortunately drowned, Thomas Tomkyus.! Esq., of Lincoln's-inn-fields. On the 21st inst. at Leyton, Mr. Richard James, in the 77th year of his age. FAINTED AND PUBLISHED BY RDO Y O U NO, AT TUB SUN OFFICE, 112, *VIAND, LONDON•