The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-01-11 00:00:00

TZ-12.1 LONDON PRESS. GENIUS AND MERIT IN DISTRESS. In this day's Times we have inserted some notice of a• new literary production front the known and much-adini red pen of Mr. Banim, author of Tales of the O'Hara Family, the Nmelans, the Fetches, the Croppy, the Boyne Water, and several dramatic performances of distinguish ed merit, from every one of which the'public has•derived an amount of pleasure, and from some among them of moral improvement, but rarely attributable to works of modern fiction. There is no living author who has ex celled Mr. Banim in 'a striking portraiture of national manners as exhibited in the middle and inferior clases of Irishmen. By no other hand have the powers or infirm ities of Irish nature been more skilfully develbped,no eye has measured with more searching sagacity the deep springs of the most tempestuous movements which char acterize the race and agitate the community, nor have terror, pity, and virtuous sympathy been more success fully employed by any novelist of the existing genera tion towards the practical accomplishment of that most useful erid, the exposure of mischievous errors and the abatement of .national animosities. It grieves us to be compelled to add, that this amiably disposed and highly-gifted writer, who has achieved for his name a distinction so honourable and enduring, and has-established against society a debt which, so far as re gards himself personally, has never been discharged, now lies in a situation too likely to .determine whether his influence over the benevolent sensibilities of English- Men extends beyond the excitement of a cheap commis eration for ideal suffering, or whether among the luxn ries of affluent fortune and fastidious taste *all be num bered that of ministring to a man of worth and genius, broken down by disappointment, visited by The Almigh ty with severe and protracted sickness, commanded by his medical friend, on pain of death,. to abstain from labour, --destitute, helpless, with a wife subdued by long pres sure of calamity, and children crying for the unbought bread. This is no fiction,—this, unhappily, is no novel. More minute particulars we shall not go into, but we have heard enough to justify us in declaring that it is humanity towards our readers which alone restrains us. Every generous heart will feel the single fact which we have stated, of Mr. Banim's present condition, to be a disgrace to the literary and social character of England if it be suffered to continue for another hour. Appeals to individuals, however liberal and beneficent, would,'on such an occasion, be altogether childish. The embarrass ments which imminently endanger the liberty of the sick in a strange country (he is at Boulogne) go at once to the destruction of life. - To literary men—to the patrons of literature—to the rich, and noble, and warm-hearted everywhere, we recommend this case with cordial good wishes, and not without same confidence. Messrs. Hoare, in Fleet-street, and Messrs. Hopkinson, in Regent-street, Waterloo-place, have kindly offered to receive subscrip tions. The lady of Mr. Banim is in town, and will give acknowledgments for the sums contributed, which it is the sincere purpOse of Mr. Banim, if, through a suspen sion of toil and sorrow, his health should be re-establish cad, to repay in fall.—Tinzes. THE FACTORY BILL. It must be fresh in the recollection of all readers of newspapers, that Michael Sadler, the humane and fear less advocate of misery all over the world, was indebted for his rejection from the representation of Leeds, for his zealous support of a bill for shortening the duration of the hours of labour for children in factories. His Toryism and impatience of Reform would have been freely forgiven, but for this unpardonable offence against the mill-tyrants of that pious and slave-emancipating neigh bourhood. His opponent, the son of that zealous abo litionist, who is so indispensible a piece of furniture at anti-slavery meetings, refused to support Mr. Sadler's humane and philanthropical views, and overthrew him upon his own ground. Were those views unreasonable or anti-Christian—or had they been taken up without a due investigation of the subject? Let us see ! The voluminous parliamentary evidence on this most interesting subject, will supply the best answer that can be given to such an inquiry. . Well has it been remarked by the Morning Chronicle, to whose columns we stand indebted for the facts we are about to present to our readers from these documents, that the life of the West India negro is happiness itself, compared with that of the wretched beings for whose special relief Mr. Sadler's bill was designed. The part of the evidence selected by our contemporary, has reference chiefly to Scotch factories; but we can declare, from personal knowledge, that pre cisely the same system prevails both in Leeds and Man chester, as, no doubt, it does in many other manufactur ing districts in England. * We suppose that Mr. Thomas Babington Macaulay (for his assurance is without bounds) will repay his ob ligations to the mill-tyrants of Leeds, by defending, or, at least, extenuating these atrocities. " At what time of the morning did you have to attend your labour there ?—I have been called up by the master, who stood at the door cursing and swearing, at three o'clock in the morn ing. ",How late in the night were you kept at that work ?—We were never kept less than till ten and eieven o'clock at night. " The flogging or strapping is continual." It seems, that this "flogging, or strapping" (we have seen the strap bloody, from its recent contact with the lacerated flesh,) is fined, if carried to an extravagant length. There is an instance on record, in which a girl cited her ruffian DRIVER before a magistrate. His master, however, repaid him the fine, and turned the wretched child into the street. It may be supposed, that after 16 hours' hard labour, in a close and fcalid atmosphere, the miserable little slaves will be in danger of falling asleep. It is the duty of the driver to " strap them continually, to prevent them from dropping asleep!" 'lt was his efforts to abolish this astrocious system, a system that would disgrace a horde of uncivilised - savages, treat precluded Mr. Sadler from the honour of representing thp town of Leeds. It was to his acquiescence in this system that the son of the celebrated slave 7 emancipator, Mr. Babington Macaulay, stood mainly indebted for suc cess. Who shall deny that this is not pre-eminently the age of cant !—(From the Alfred.) THE LATE ELECTION. (PROF THE LIVERPOOL COURIER, JAN. 9.) We have to apologize to the public for again referring to the circumstances of the recent election, because it is neither our wish nor can it be interesting to our readers to have the personalities or the misrepresentations which occured in a state of great excitement brought again un der their notice, when the cause of that excitement has ceased to exist. If the liberal criticisms on the conduct of the Rev. J. Bunting had been confined to this town, they would, as far as•we are concerned, have been per witted to merge 'amongst the numerous mischievous and unnoticed m isrepresentations which have been urged against Lord Sandon , a nd a g ainst the cause we have -ad vocated. It was not till last week that, in consequence of an editorial paragraph in. a , distant publication, we made it cur business to inquire into the facts of the case which has been so industriously disseminated to the pre judice of a gentleman, who will' probably not think the affair worth his own notice; and as one of a series of distorted, highly coloured, ex parte, and unfounded state ments, we wish -to lay before our readers the result of that inquiry. THE LIVER POOT, STANDARD. When men who make their boast of a love of political liberfy ate found the zealous foes of that which is its dearest part, the individual liberty of judgment, we are naturally led to suspect the kind of liberty which they would give us: The celebrity of the name selected for the violation of this principle, whilst it has doubtless in creased the virulence of the attack, has magnified the outrage by its wider diffusion, and since the charge has been reverberated from the London prints, we have been induced to make the following quotation, which we are sorrx'to have met with in one that calls itself the Chris tian Advocate; " Political inconsistency is dishonourable in all men, but chiefly in professors of religion—still more in Christian minis ters. It is, therefore, with extreme regret that we have heard of the conduct of the Reverend Jabez Bunting, a Wesley . an Methodist minister, as an elector at Liverpool. After having stood pledged for many years to the abolition of West India slavery, both in his, private capacity as one of the Methodist Conference—after having-but very recently, together with other Christian ministers in the town of Liverpool, signed a declara tion against thy - system of colonial slavery, earnestly entreating the friends of Christianity, liberty, and peace, to employ their influence in every constitutional way to obtain the speedy re moval of this sinful and injurious system,'—he has actually turned round, and voted in the teeth of his declared and re corded sentiments, thus doing the very opposite of that which he joined in 'earnestly 'entreating the friends of Christianity, liberality, and peace,' to He has 'employed the influence' Which . he possessed as ari elector, in giving a plumper to Lord Sandon, the son of an' ovVner of West India property, and nob) . - riously opposed to the abolition, of that system which he (Mr. Bunting) liad declared ought to be abolished with the least pos sible decay.' rhe other ministers who joined in this declara tion voted for Messrs. Thornely and Ewart, both anti-slavery eandidates." Now it is a fact, that not one of the Wesleyan minis ters who signed the declaration voted either for Mr. Ewart or Mr. Thornely. Mr. Jackson and Mr. Stamp omitted to qualify, and therefore had no votes to give ; Mr. M'Nicoll and .Mr. Stephen Son did not vote at all ; and Mr. Bunting and Mr. fiollingworth " plumped" for Lord Sandon. . _ Into the propriety of the course which Mr. Bunting adopted, or the motives by which he was actuated, it would not be our duty to enter, nor these does it concern us to know ; as an elector, Mr.. Bunting received his -pri vileges subject to no judgment but his own, and we have to be taught a new method of thinking, before we can understand that, as a Christian, or even as a minister, he is to be shut out from that which every Englishman re gards as his inheritance, the right of obeying his own con science. Is it by slandering indiVidual character, and by holding up Ministers of the Gospel to public odium and reproach, that the friends of secret voting wish to prove the beneficial application of that system? They can, without difficulty, we dare say, reconcile the sacrifice of decency in the means to the imperative and inestimable nature of the object, and for the sake of such a vast pub lie good, they have self-denial sufficient to make it a monument to their own disgrace. But the weightiest ground of accusation against Mr. Bunting is, that by voting for Lord Sandon he has falsi fied the anti-slavery declaration to which he has affixed his signature. Were we not convinced of the fact, that it is tie temper of faction, as well as of bigotry, to harden itself against all , evidence, we might be surprised that such a gross delusion should be cherished. But we see how it serves the, purpose of a certain political party to proclaim the individual who should give his suffrage to any candidate professing the principles of Lord Sandon to be a supporter of slay ery. Lord Sandon and slavery are thereby identified, and a political end is answered at the expense of private character. What, however, are the - real- features of the case, which the calumniators of Mr. Bunting, had they not been too idle to investigate, or too blinded to believe, might very easily have become acquainted with ? The words of the declaration upon the subject of slavery are recorded above,. let them be compared with the sentiments avowed in Lord Sandon's address, and we shall need no more to free Mr. - Minting froth the wanton imputations which have been cast upon him. " I see," . says his lordship, " a state of society which must be injurious to 'die moral condition, of the few, while it is de grading to that of the many ; a state of society which cannot and should not long stand. , '" I earnestly hope that we may see, as the result of those investigations, a serious of mea sures ;rounded on a more accurate knowledge of the varying circumstances of different colonies, (and I would fain hope, upon a better Understanding with them,) which shall'comprise within itself the germ of no slow emancipation, together with security for the continued - industry of the slave, and compen sation, where necessary, to the master." Where, then, was the advocate of slavery, or where the faithless deserter of his principles, in voting for a man Nth() ardently desired emancipation as soon as it would not be followed by a greater evil than the slavery which it abolished? With a slight difference on this head, with regard to time, we believe the opinions of Mr. Bunting were perfectly coincident with those of his lordship. On what ground, then; was he to deny bis Suffrage to one'whose political views and whose public conduct he almost entirely approved? Because, says the Christian Advocate, (and say many others, as little deserving of a reply,) he had signed a protest against slavery with his brethren who voted a contrary way. They had a right to do so; but there is no proof that they did it on the constraint of that declaration. If they did, then we answer, that they would have been as safe in voting for Lord Sandon,_ whose sentiments were at least as definite 'as those of Mr. Ewart or Mr. Thornely ; and if they did not, their private motives could not be sup , posed binding upon Mr. Bunting, any more than he had the power to march them in his rear to the bar of Lord Sandon. It is of some consequence, too, to know, that the declaration against slavery was framed and published whilst there were only two candidates in the field; it could not, thetefore, be understood to comprehend any course of conduct respecting Mr. Thornely. After a previous meeting, it was agreed to, we believe, on the 12th of November, with the express understanding and agreement of all the ministers present, that this decla ration was not made, or intended to be used, directly. or in directly, for any political or electioneering purpose what ever. And, in proof of this, we are positively assured 3 . that the re-printing and constantly placarding of the de claration, which was continued up to the very day of the election, was done without the authority and not at the expense of those individuals. Having, then, no politi cal object, it could have no respect to particular candi dates, nor, consequently, intend to lay an embargo upon the judgment of the declarationists. And if, in Lord Sandon, Mr. Bunting had found that which satisfied the prineiples , uponwhich he acceded to the document, what was - there in the subsequent pretensions of Mr. Thornely to induce - Min to renounce his decision in-favour of that gentleman ? Was it a more devoted affection for the es tabliShed institutions of the country ? Was it a higher cast of intellect, knowledge, and comprehension, or a greater capacity for business ? Or was it a superiority in statical, wealth, or individual respectability of character. "And what," says the paper we have already quoted, " was the ostensible motive for this indecent act of tergiversation ? As Mr. Bunting accompanies his vote by an emphatic decla ration, that ' he, for One, was no enemy to the church,' we may suppose that.it was his love of the church which overcame his hatred of slavery." •v• This is a marvellously clever deduction; though pro ceeding upOn the same charitable supposition, that Lord Sandon and V` hatred of slavery" were lA . ie positive and negativepoles. But there is also anoth ~,inference, which bears s t rong ly u p o n the views of ' e'lesiastical polity entertained by the candidates-of the liliesl party. By supposing th a t a love of the church gained'fo. i3unt itig7s vote for Lord Sandon and slavery, they, in fact, tell us, that such a hatred of slavery as would have secured it for them, would have been "overcoming a love of the church." Yet, without caring to conceal this fact, their loud abuses are heaped without measure or decency upon one who is professedly a friend to the church, for de clining to join with them against it! • The charge it self, however, is as false as the motive is unpardona ble. Instead of the reverend gentleman, as has been grossly represented, flourishing up to the hustings with the vaunting parade that "he was no enemy to the church," the case is simply this : on presenting himself at the bar, a question was put to him, relating merely to the registry of his name in the poll-book, "You are a dissenting minister, I presume ?" "That is not," he repli ed, "the designation which I should perhaps give myself. I should prefer to be called a Wesleyan minister : I am a dissenter in The eye of the law, but I am not hostile to the principle of a religious establishment, if connected with perfect liberty to all other sects." Thus we see that the whole of the serious charge that has been laid at his door resolves itself to this pitiful shape, that instead of making an idle and voluntary bluster about the love of the church, in a style better suited to a half crazy seaman, the whole crime of which he has been guilty is that of having returned a direct and pertinent answer to a ques tion respectfully put to him. This may be relied upon as the true state of the case, and surely never were truth and statement more at variance, even in the journals where these distorted and ungenerous statements are found. Mr. Bunting, we understand, had not intended to vote at all, unless in the event of a great emergency, and, consistently with this feeling, he did not vote until near the close of the poll, when he considered the crisis Of principle had arrived. The last offence with which the reverend gentleman is made chargeable, is that of having favoured, in Lord Sandon, " the son of an owner of West India proper ty !" a character in the estimation of many of the mo dern school, inseparably united with all that is unprinci pled and inhuman. With all to whom that venerable nobleman is personally known, and wherever the vittues of his upright mind have• reached, the temerity which could hazard such an assertion as this, will meet that fate it has so justly provoked; and where this may not be the case, there can need no better refutation than the un doubted fact, that Lord Harrowby absolutely holds not the slightest connexion, in one shape or another, with colonial property. Ili the view which we have taken of this question we wish it to be correctly understood, that we have been prompted by no motive but that of doing an act of justice to an individual who, if the sanctity of his office could not shield him from the shafts of party, or from the in sults of the low, might at least demand, as a citizen, the benefit of an lioneSt and candid construction, in commit ting a:great political trust into those hands in which he deemed it might be exercised most efficiently for the good of his country, and the promotion of sound and virtuous principles. I Zit Vr X L' IGENCE. FRANCE, The Paris papers of Sunday bring the debates of the previous day in both Chambers. The Peers were occupied by a report relative to the etat de siege. ._A new law on the subject was pro posed, which limits the right of declaring any town in a state of siege to fortified places or military positions, in case of rebel lion or invasion. No other place can be exposed to military law, unless by virtue of a special order from the Council of Mi nisters, which must be communicated to the Chambers. There was no discussion on the report, in consequence of the absence of Marshal Hoult, who is obliged to accompany the King ou his visit to the north. His Majesty left Paris with his sons on Sa turday evening. The debate in the Deputies referred to the case of the Duchess of Berri, • Innumerable petitions in favour of this injured lady .poured into the Chamber, and the reporter made a longer mi nute analysis of them all. He of course declared that they were unworthy of attention ; but they prove one fact, at least, that the party of the Duchess in France is much stronger than the friends of Louis Philippe wish to persuade us. The Duke of Broglie was obliged to admit in his speech that the enemies of the existing government were not to be counted by hundreds or thousands, but by hundreds of thousands. A precious ad mission, said M. Mauguin, for foreign Cabinets. M. Thiers declared that he could not venture to bring up the Duchess from Blaye, without a force of from 60,000 to 80,1)00 men dispersed along the road. He, as well as the Duc de Broglie insisted that the ministers were not bound to disclose their intentions with respect to the Duchess, and moved the order of the, day, which was carried by a great majority. BELGIUM. ANTWERP, JAN. 2.—1 hear that there was an affair last night between the Belgian troops who have arrived at Doel, and the Dutch. The former, according to report, have had four offi cers killed, and forty men hors de combat. The latter did not push their enterprise, whatever it was for. The attack appears to have been merely a sudden impulse on the part of the Dutch, to welcome their new antagonists with a warm recep tion.—London Standard. ( Private Correspondent.) HOLLAND. REFUSAL OF THE KING OF THE NETHERLANDS.—We re ceived last night Dutch papers of the 4th inst. with a letter from. our correspondent at the Hague. The papers contain but little news, but the following extract from our correspondent's letter, is we think, likely to prove correct, as we know his sources of information to be good : " The British government's steam-boat, Lightning, has ar rived here, with new propositions to the King of the Nether lands, on the part of Lntriand and France. An extraordinary cabinet council is to be held to day (Thursday,) when they are to be taken into consideration, but you may look upon them, before-hand, as rejected. The King will accept no proposals that are•made to him by England and France alone,_ a minority of the powers which formed the conference."—Lon don Standard, (Monday.) THE HAGUE, Saturday Morning, Jan s.—Since the rising of the States-General, and the vote of the supplies for the year, our public men have been obliged to content themselves, in the absence of snore interesting topics of discussion, with idle spe culations on the probability of a war in the spring. The notes interchanged at Frankfort between the English envoy (Mr. Cartwright) and the Austrian and Prussian ministers have been of a character to foster the hopes of our Dutch diplomatists. — Buoyed up with expectations which are never to be realized, the Ring and his irresponsible advisers were occupied the whole of yesterday with the consideration of new propositions submit ted to this government by the parties to the convention of the '22d October. if this statement may be relied on, the new pro positions are much more onerous for Holland than any . thing which had previously been agitated.—The leading article is said to require the free navigation of the Scheldt for all nations, without any toll or peage whatever. If the new propositions are founded on this basis, it is not wonderful, after all that has been said of the assimilation of the condition of .the Scheldt to that of the Rhine, and the other rivers which formed the subject of negotiation at Vienna in 1811, and afterwards of a special treaty at Mentz, that the King of Holland should have hesi tated in acceding to them. it would have been inconsistent with all his previous policy if he had delayed to reject a propo sition of this nature beyond the period that was necessary for its deliberate and respectful consideration. If our information be well founded, the same packet which carries this letter to London will contain, in M. Verstolk Van Soelen's despatches to the Baron Zuyleg de Nyevelt, as well as in the official com munications of the Hon. Mr. Jerningham to Lord Palmerston, a distinct and categorical rejection of this branch at least of the French and British propositions. The other conditions relate to the evacuation of Forts Lillo and Liefkcnshoek, the mutual and simultaneous disarmament of Belgium and Holland, and the payment by this country of the expenses of the war. On these points the answer of M. Verstolk is said to be of a more argumentative nature, but, so far as I have been able to learn, the details have not yet transpired beyond those channels which are either strictly . otticial or at least perfectly confidential in their nature.—lt is somewhat extraordinary, that these inad missible, or at least rejected, .propositions, should have arrived at a moment when for the first time since the commencement of hostilities the usual courtesies of diplomatic intercourse had just been re-opened bet Ween the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the representatives of France and England. PORTUGAL. The Morning Post has published an account of a loss sustain by Don Pedro's troops of 800 men. This information is said have come by the last arrival from °pork . ); by the O s pre which left on the 25th ult. All we know positive on the mad' is, that the letter from the captain of the said vessel, who 0 three days at Oporto, to his owners, does not make any me nti , of the above event, and we do not hear that any other letter b been received.--London Standard, Tuesday. MEXICO. Letters have been received from Mexico, dated the sth 6 , 1 November, stating that at that time the city was surrounded b; the troops of Santa Anna, who prevented the entrance of ar des of subsistence, and had cut off the supply of water, in coo sequence of which the necessaries of life were double the pri, of ordinary periods. The communication with Vera Cruz b, the mails was stopped, and all business suspended. Santa AO sent in a summons to surrender on the Ist of November, air' threatened in case of refusal, to storm the city, but had not swi , sequently made any attempt to carry his threat into executil Meantime it had been officially announced by the Governmel, that General Bustamente was marching from the interior witi 4,000 . men to the relief of the city, so that a decision plu s shortly take place who were to be its masters. The tradiol classes, and the population generally, were in a state of extre° anxiety. The exchange on England was at 39. 3:forizzi,srr. , xca On Thursday night the Duchess of Kent and Prince Victoria honoured Covent-garden theatre with a visit, to s the ballet of M . :manicllo, and the new Christmas pantomime Puss in, Boots. _ _ Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to appoint the Fat s of Denbigh as her chamberlain, in the place of Lord Howe. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence is to succeed Lord • Denbigh 5 ' one of the Lords of the Bedchamber. We believe there is now no doubt of the re .election of li t ' Manners Sutton to the Speaker's chair. BRIGHTON, JAN. 6.—Their Majesties the Princess August e Prince George, and the royal suite and household, heard diviv service this morning in the Palace Chapel. The Lord Chall berlain, the Master of the Horse, and the Earl of Munster were present. Prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Wa, ,, ne r and Dr. Everard othciated at the communion table. The lo c . J. S. Anderson preached amost eloquent sermon, taking for 1 1 text the 3d chapter of St. Peter's epistle, 3d verse. As u su the body of the chapel was crowded with persons of distinctio Yesterday their Majesties took a carriage airing to Stannic , park andback to the Palace.—The Princess Augusta took a aecompanied by Lady Mary Taylor, through variot• parts of the town.—Prince George walked out, accompanied b , his tutor and the Rev. Mr. Hervey.—Vice-Admiral Sir 33 beet Otway, Major-General Sir Howard Douglas, and Lieut• Colonel Drummond, had audience of the King. There has been for some days a rumour, originating probabl , more in the wishes than in the expectations of those who pr ( . mote it, that the present Ministers, after all, will not me, Parliament ; that there is especially a great want of cordialitl beta een Lord Brougham and his colleagues. We give tl' rumour as part of the talk of the day, without professing I know whether any credit ought to be attached to it.—Morns Herald. 1 The heir apparent of the Austrian monarchy, we understa 4 1 is likely to follow his unfortunate nephew, the Duke de Reich ; stadt. Prince Metternich, it must be owned, was born nude a lucky star. The complaint which threatens to cut short pr! , maturely the days of this unfortunate Prince is said to be dr lepsy.—Globe. A 1 0' CONFERENCE AT ASHBURNHAM HOUSE.—On Thurs d ay, twelve o'clock, Dover-street was in a bustle. The AustriP e Prussian, Dutch, and Neapolitan Ministers met the Prince Poo l l di Borgo. The Princess Lieven arrived from Pansanger abou,l the same hour. It is said that his Excellency will remain lie t , a month. This is his third visit ; we recollect his being hereto the year 1810.—Standard. rte ; SECOND DINNER TO Mn. SADLER.--111 consequence o f - tet indisposition of Mr. Sadler, and the New-year's Day eng4 It meats of several gentlemen who were desirous of being prof'', t on the occasion, the second public dinner intended to be giv e t to Mr. Sadler in the Music Hall, has been postponed W t Tuesday to Friday next, when it will take place at five o'clo v t Leeds intelliyencer. MALT CON SUMPTlON.—Thequantity of malt consumed bY t l ' e brewers of London and its vicinity, from the 10th of Octobel I 1831, to the same period, 1832, amounts to 604,477 quarters el bushels. Barclay and Co., porter brewers, and Goding al l l3roadwood, ale brewers, were the greatest consumers. ~,,.. e I UNSTAMPED PIJDLIC - ATIONS.-2VCCOTCHIIg I to 'the state— i contained in our paper of yesterday, of the intention of 11 ,.., , Chambers, the police magistrate, to represent to the corrill.l'; ' sioners of stamps the conduct of Colley and Currie, regarV e the two boys, Cowper and Brown, that gentleman, as we 1 , 0 informed, attended yesterday at the Stamp-office, as did ere witnesses Kinsey, Agar, and Hows, whose depositions tit . . et taken by the Solicitor of stamps with a view to indict ColJ e o and Currie for a conspiracy. It appeared on the inquiry, that these persons, who have always represented themselves as 1 3 el ei employed by the Stamp-office, were not so in reality,—that 0 0 , had applied to the commissioners of stamps for a deputati°oo which had been refused them, and that the only remunerat i o , .they received from the revenue was the sum of £1 for each e e i i , viction, which sum, by the 16th Geo. 11. cap. 26, the corall i t e sioners arc bound to pay to every person producing a certiiir:, from a magistrate that he has, on the information of such I, son, convicted a party charged with selling unstamped publi tions.—Times. ~ fr FORGED STAMPS.—Mr. John Wm. Baird, a stationer y siding in Bishopsgate-street, was tried at the Old Bailey, 1 "" don, on Monday, for selling stamps for bills of exchange, "'; well knowing them to be forged. Lord LYNDHURST, aee u i, ! panied by Mr. Justice ALDERSON, mine down to try the Opt i which was considered the most important that has occurrea l eri some years past. 'rhe Solicitor General, Mr. Scarlett, and i t , Alley, conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Adolphus and.'re C. Phillips the defence. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL stated !If : case to the jury. The prisoner kept a stationer's shop a t e, Bishopsgate-street. On the 24th of December Mr. Botiv„" v "p clerk to the Solicitor of Stamps, called at the prisoner's s','oo and asked for a 3s. Gd. a 2s. Gd. and a Is. 6d. bill stamp. 'of prisoner said he only had the two former, and gave him °n e ar each. Mr. Bouvine, before leaving the shop, told the prise' o e there were several forged stamps about, and inquired if tli 0 3 of the prisoner were genuine. He replied he might &P e , upon them being so, as he had them direct from Sorner .. f/ house. The Stamps, on examination, proved to be forge u .d Mr. C. Pressley, Secretary to the Board of Stamps, dei g) ,,' l r that he went to the prisoners shop early in November, in ir, sequence of information he had received while he was at 13 _ e, Mann's, a stationer, in Coruhill; the prisoner was not at boT., but lie left word for him to call at the Stam office : nex t o si he did call ; he (the witness) said he had a fo p- rged. staulP i. lO possession, which had been purchased at the prisoner' s and brought to the Stamp-office by a person named Burrid le , he had purchased several stamps—the first from Mr. Deat' ° o of George-yard, Lombard-street. He inquired of him Nvle was the discount he had allowed him. Prisoner, said no y, count was allowed on bill stamps. He inquired of whore," had purchased stamps besides Mr. Deacon. The prisoner 14, him that he had bought some from Mr. Lett, Royal ExchiO> and Mr. Somers, who allowed him a discount of 5 per 'V , Witness said he had no doubt the stamps purchased trout ,I,e Somers were forged, in consequence of the discount. 'O l prisoner said he had several bill stamps, and that the disc° j o t of 5 per cent. was not unusal, but 9 per cent, was the reg o " o r 1 discount on receiptstaxops.—Several gentlemen from the St 4 ,1 office were also called, who stated that a great number of fo%i , stamps were in circulation during December, and that the, saner immediately delivered, up all the stamps in hii posses , ; , f ! After the trial had proceeded fur some hours, Lord LyN Wit* (having consulted Mr. Justice Alderson) stopped the case. ,4 Lordship, addressing the jury, said that before they could re''';cr a verdict of guilty, they must be perfectly satisfied that th e pre soner, at the time he sold them, well knew that they•'oit , forged. In his Lordship's and his learned brother's opiuttist the evidence did not amount to any thing like proof of _ cr o fact. It was proved that a vast quantity of forged stamps fat now in circulation, and that they were so well executed., --„r they deceived the best of judges. Now this individual, u_ A of pears, got hold of some of these forgeries which he dispose;ea, in the usual way of business. It ought also to be recolle !'ilij that he had been in the trade only nine months, and they t( ) %ee , There was no attempt at concealment, that much older and more experienced personsoboardnbyeetibi 0.11 ceived. that in the slightest _degree showed a conscious guiltiness. „ri' the gentlemen of the jury w ere of the same opinion, tti0.,50 proved,wei e forge] r i g i e e y r, soner was entitled to an acquittal; but if they had any d .o si' the case must proceed. The Solicitor General said that_i e tj 'e, address to the jury, he had laid particular, stress upon ti.l_ c t cessity of their being convinced that the prisoner at the tut?. they n wereg of t o h f e s o e p stamps inion th at well a t knew d tnhoatt beentliey no wish to press the case further. Government, in this inal'Af d lf isp th o e s had only acted for the public benefit, and could not have 'r t jr feeling towards the individual at the bar. The jury im e 9 3 ` lo 4 ately returned a verdict of— Not Guilty. , Mr: Baird, wh ,rec i, warmly congratulated by his friendi, was instantly discharged f this would ' of the I , that which wart ._thest!ll/4 TIE REVENUE.—There is a small decrease on ; 4 a trilling increase on the year. The increase "ainly attributable to the fact, that it was 23da) be last, o w i n g to the new arrangements of taking I t the income of these days were deducted, the yea: ' l t a deficiency; hut taking it as it is, there is noth th e accounts. Last year was one of. abundant 'was the 17th year of peace, and yet we have a ( i r evenue which has for three years exhibited del Icierkey. The year ending 3an. 5,1832, exhibit( c the preceding one, of £3,984,175; and that en '"1, a decrease of £640,450. The year just ender N than that which closed two years ago, by a su millions. The unlucky Mr. Jeremie had an interview, 1% `s derich at the Colonial-office. Mr. Jeremie em 'youth ago on board a vessel fur the Mauritius 4 3 been detained off the coast b y u nfavourable wi t.tirned to port, owing to stress ()f weather: ,ka inquest was held on Friday last, at Ruch 7qy of General Lewis, of the Royal Marines e, who in a squabble with his drunken housekee dead. The Jury found a verdict " Died by 1 God, of apoplexy produced by excitement." 4t th e old gentleman had been often advised to ( ( ago, but in the exercise of a false benevolence qtseaL kr. Samuel Kay, a very respectable butcher s found murdered, on Thursday evening m Mile from his own house, near East Retford. riding the market at Bawtry, and was on his cart, which the horse brought home withou trderer had cut the throat of his victim, and rifle his watch and money. No clue has yet been fo to the discovery of the assassin • several pets( Prehended on suspicion, but were liberated. 't meeting of landowners and farmers was held ( might, at Ashurst, in Kent, at which a petitic lit against tithes was brought forward by Mr. Sa st Manor-house, and agreed to. It is to be pre: form e d House of Commons, by Messrs. Hodges e county members; and Lord king will be requ t a similar one to the House of Lords. The g tition the Irish Tithe Relief Bill; and it pl.( downers of England may . be placed on the sar ( ise of Ireland. The tithes in the parish of Ashu. Ilvnuopftonra.—A case of this fearful malady tred in this town. The sufferer is a fine girl, ars of age, who was thrown down and severe) le face and other places, on her way home from •i; belonging to J. Furniss, Esq., of Belle-Vue, wl ° (lecithin rabid symptoms. The dog is supposed t reral animals ; it afterwards flew at the child's f farmer-map to Mr. Furniss, and inflicted some sin for e h e could chain it up. The child's woun( "algid; but, on Tuesday afternoon, after an inter 0 months, she became seriously ill, and the mel who were called in pronounced it a decided ct aobi a . She was still lingering on Wednesday u rrifying symptoms of this dreadful disease, withou ;,recovery. 'the dog was destroyed soon after the .tred.—shdfield Courant. AIN - FULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—It is with deep feel at we have to announce the sudden death of M o lverhampton. He was engaged in marking 4 th e burgesses who voted, and on leaving th( key, in Bilston-street, with a party of Mr.l',tencls, he was assailed by a volley of stones, c I,tssed close by his bead, and struck one of th ht'• Hallen was here taken suddenly ill, and could k `r. Hill, the magistrate, kindly lent him his hors( sooner been placed with difficulty upon it, th horse's neck, and when an attempt wad made I 1 1 (4, ach that was passing, it was found that he Was 75 years of age, and, although he had - c ti n weness a, few days before, he appeared in good " I have no doubt.," writes a corresponden I : , rua he felt at the appearance and threats of I ° I , must have been one of the chief causes of 1 DISTRESSING SCENE was witnessed a day ti l. l ißhton. A French goyerness, about 4 44 years of erable personal attractions, was missing from a •4Heide establishment at the west end. Tne first t. that about 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the 4 , -4 the voice of a female was heard in the Ron t i`atiel in High-street, and the sound was so L,fiset the passers-by to the spot. On opening t. ,'lurtunate lady was seen in a state of ()Teat excis 0 rapidly and incoherently; blood was flowing pi mouth, occasioned by her having torn dow Cost into her mouth, and thus forced out three s,fhis condition she was taken away and put to bes " 1 „.• called in, pronounced her insane, and she hs t looved to a lunatic asylum. We under Stand 4, 44- ed some fishermen on the cliff, at six o'clock 1 1 ,g , requesting them to kiss a cross which was sus 1. 1 1 ; fleck, and on their refusing she became very s q at length acceded to her wish, and two or t ;., B !ed the cross, upon which she walked away api b . tistied. She went home about ten o'clock. that °fe at dishabille and left the house again at lever :l l ,f till s h e was ?discovered. By what means she pittan ce to the chapel is not known. Her pare ' lt 's, and are said to be very respectable. • Ras IN WIIITECROSS-STREET PRISON.—L i„as arrested when on a sick bed, in the last stage i o litimption, and remorselessly committed to pr is 0 4 nu Monday last. His wife watched his de 1,,',4-iplary solicitude. The excellent Mr. Barrett, k ftla his accustomed goodness, even offered mom Clt, but the creditor, Robotham, of King's Head dance refused all offers of compromise.. The sub-. 'Lance of a running account: the ruthless credit k ,,!, t fe lli r;t t i o o th n le6 t Pl h .o e o r t e r.l r. Hansard, printer to Parliament, had sent I The debtor was dying; his genero ,!le wretched wife offered on her knees, and with m po a s u sib w l a e s w d a ra t , s a i le i d d tohimp,riasomno, more mgr ltned.his debt to nature, and the ruffian persec p7),,bey he valued more than mercy, and must has f 'lections to begin his year with. The verdict s t : 4 ---"Died by the visitation of God."—London glad to perceive that a subscription is likely i t the widow and family of Lewis Roberts, wh , w 9 arceration fur the sum of 161. proved a sente It atev e r may be said in defence of the Law o e l smaercial country, not a word can be advanced h"l' r4 ceiS so summary as that by which the life lirnescoat. u ta it w as sacrificed. The creditor, we lea written to state that he knew not alth of his debt or , and as we are told, blames t. i i•as not, however, 'the fault of the bailiff that I nau being was torn awa y from his wife and t rifigh in a jail, who, by his willingness to give all Is !Need that poverty and ill-health alone precludes. rsihat he owed. By the way, is there no redre aide in this manner ?—Glote. h• SI E OBERT PEEL —The is, that the ti l t ,a l Secr ß etary has been offered report to Sir Robert Pee er the rescinding of the Order in council, Lc ituld. not well retain the departm en t ; an d .t% t Mr. Stanley's manly avowal of the fears of 4 (1 1 1 f d the necessity of tory support, will get him i serap e with his colleagues, and hinder the con tiOngement which we some months ago notice sd the h, he was to have dthe.ollice. . to Ain .1 we pres fille ume to say .nothing; unit I ) ? to Sir R. Peel's answer, supposing such as I: ‘ ,' l Made; but we think we could venture th e lar lif: t ° ll s can make—their lives, that the reply ,to Jton would be as honourable to Sir . Robert Pei qtr Robert be m oan and sneaking from. the totteriul Robert Peel has, we know, incurred a eharac of principle, because he suddenly changed c it. the odious popery question; but the day . in 4 1i 4 1 Sus i t s iEe a s *t il q: secret shall be known; and it will be found tb ea t the influence of the greatest man of our day, i i e4.l natio l a which could not be suffered to transpi kbilhubert Peel could not refuse to accede to eircumstartces rendered imperative. It mi well if it could have been done), to ht I ,, e t 't,le then which must, now be speedily ) fought, e an su d pi n o o si s t u jo h n s , eg th u a c t nt sti a o c u l , n au o i c s S u i d r , )t e a l as the change of his views upon that vital tl b ," 4 ss actuated . by any but the best,.the,most ho most humane feelings. 'When Sir Robert eilonial Secretary tinder:Lord Grey, we may, pt aif i e rtit opinion of overcome we at present believ9 tt e feelings will those of humanity, the he may pity th e follies of some of the Own k e folpertinence of others, he never will lend. th f "'lc talent and the exalted respectability of hi abaqer to bolster up the pr esen t half-silty haif-ct I lt•—.John Bull.