The Sun.
London, England, 1839-06-13 00:00:00

BOW- STREET.

A respectable looking young man named John Are Mon,
was brought up by Goddard the officer, charged on sus•
picion with stealing a quantity of plate value 701. the pro_
properta of Mr. Farquhar of Abingdon-street, West-
minster. _

It appeared that about three months back the prosecu-
tor's mother on leaving town, sent a chest of plate to his
house for security, the list of which had not been examined
until the Bth of last month, when a portion of it was
taken out for present use, and replaced the next day.
On Monday last a quantity was taken out a second time to
entertain a few friendS, and on putting it back
again it was discovered that the original list had been re-
moved and another substituted, in which the entire of the
articles which are missing was not mentioned. The pri-
soner, who was in the service of Mr. Morris, Regent's
Park, a friend of the prosecutor, was employed in aQslsting
to clean the plate on both occasions, and from documents
found upon him, it appears the substituted list is written in
the same handwriting as they are.
The prisoner declared his innocence, and he was re.
mended for a week.

MERCHANT TAILORS' COMPKNY•

Tuesday this corporation entertained at its Hall, in
Threadneedle-street, a numerous .and distinguished as-
sembly of guests, on the occasion of the election of
scholars who have been educated at its school to vacant
scholarships on the foundation of St. John's College,
Oxford. There were four of these valuable endow-
ments, rather an unusual number, vacant this year, and, '
agreeably to the usual course, the four head monitors
(Messrs. West, Parnell, Mansell, and Bernays), after
undergoing examination by the President and two
Senior Fellows of St John's were admitted to them.
After the performance of this, the main business of
the day, several orations, &c., of considerable merit
were delivered. The Master of the Cothpany, John
White, Esq., then delivered to the most meritorious
scholars prizes, consisting, with one exception, of
splendid copies of standard English works. The excep-
tion was a silver medal, of exquisite workmanship, now
presented for the first time, for proficiency in the He-
brew languige. This reward, which is to be annual,
was, founded by Sir Moses Montefiore, on his recent
admission to the freedom of the company.
The banquet, which took place at seven o'clock, was
not only of the most magnificent but of the most excel-
lent description. Amon..b the guests were his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke•of Rut-
land, the Archbishop of Armagh ; the Marquises of
Salisbury, Downshire, and Londonderry ; the Earls of
Winchilsea, Harewood, Denbigh, Lincoln, Hard-
wicke, Da la Warr, Howe, and Eldon ; Viscounts
Ingestrie and Eastnor ; the Bishop of Exeter ;
Lords Kenyon, Teigninouth, Redesdale, Sandys,
Abinger, Ashburton, Colchester and Stanley ; the Lord
Mayor, the Lord Chief Justice Tindal ; Right
Honnurables Sir R. Peel, Bart., Henry Goulburn, J.
C. Herries, Sir: H. Hardinge, Sir J. Grahan. Bart.,
Sir E. Knatchbull, Bart., Sir E. Sugden, Sir H. Jen-
ner, F. Shaw ; Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Justice Cole-
ridge, the Recorder of London , Sirs J. Dodson, F. Pol-
lock, H. Ellis, G. Carroll, C. Wetherell, C. Price, Bart.,
J. L. Lusbington, W. Heygate, Bart., C. S. Hunter,
Bart. ; the Governor of the Bank, the Chairman of the
East India Company, the Deputy Governor of
the Bank, the Deputy-Chairman of the East In-
dia Company, Baron Knesebeck, Major-General
Ds son, Colonel Joins, Colonel Challoner, Major
Wood, M.P., Hon. Captain Perceval, M.P., Cap-
tain Alsager, M. P., Captain Locke, Captain
Shea, Mr. Alderman Lucas ; the Rev. Dr. Wynter,
President of St. John's College, Oxford ; the two
Senior Fellows of St. John's ; the Rev. J. W. Bellamy,
Head Master of Merchant Tailors' School ; the Rev.
J. B. Dean, the Rev. W. Blunt ; the Rev. S. H.
Russell, Master of Merchant Tailors' School ; the Rev.
Dr: Sleath and the Rev. C. Mayo, Examiners of Mer-
ch,rit Tailors' School ; the Rev. Dr. White; J. J.
Ellis, It. Brown, H. Morice, M. Att wood, Esq., M.P.,
H. Kemble, Esq., M.P., F. Hodgson, Esq., M.P., G.
Masterm.m, Esq., C. C. Smith, Esq., C. Barclay, Esq ,
T. Poynder, Esq., J. Peters, Esq., G. Twining, Esq.,
H. Pownatl, Esq., W. Cotton, Esq., &c. &c.

ASSASSINATIONS IN THE STREETS OF
Pits.—Two liberated convicts, both young men, have
just been arremed on suspicion of having committed various
noctin'tial assaults on foot passengers in the Champs
Elpees, en the Quai d'Orsay, and in other parts of the
capital, No doubt exists of their having a few nights ago
attacked and dangerously wounded a man on the Quai
d'Orsay, and having attempted to rob another at the same
spot. The Gazette des Tribunaux says that, from their
known desperate character, much importance is attached
to their capture.

NATIONAL EDucATIoN.—The subject of Na-
tional Education has become one of paramount importance.
Prussia--despotic Prussia—despotic Austria—care for the
education of the people. The Government of Great Bri-
tain has never yet directed attention to the training of the
young mini. In Austria and Prussia—throughout Ger-
many—in Norway and Sweden—throughout the civilised
world, except in England, Ireland, and Scotland, the mind
is an element of power. The mind is felt to be an clement
of power—the chief element of power—in Vienna, in Ber-
lin, in Stockholm, and in St. Petersburgh. It is only in
London where brute force is triumphant. And why may
not our population be educated ? Why may not Eoglish-
men, and Scotsmen, and Irishmen, be as well informed as
Swiss, or French, or Bavarians, or \Vestphalians? Why is it
that the people of the Continent know more of the world and
its affairs—have a clearer idea of man's duty towards the Su-
preme, and towards their fellow-men—than the people
of this country? Simply because there is here a class
of men called clergy who have an interest in the propa-
gation of ignorance, and who have a greater influence in
this country than the same class have on the Continent.
Ministers would endeavour to give the people knowledge.
They would give the people means of thinking for them-
selves. But this the clergy of the Episcopal Church
of England, and we are sorry to say the clergy of the
Church of Scotland, would deny. The people must know
nothiog, according to the Tory view, except as much as
may lead them to shout, like the mob of Birmingham in
Priestley's time against ,any opponent of the Church.
The cry of " Church in danger" is now raised for a poli-
tical purpose; the ministers of the Gospel, or those who
assume the high, the bright, the important character of
ministers of the Gospel—are arrayed against the illumina-
tion of the human mind.—Glasgow Chronicle.
_ _

FRANKFORT, JUNE 7.. L-His Imperial High-
ness the Grand Duke of Russia arrived here at half-past
four in the afternoon, and alighted at the Hotel of the
Russian Legation.—Journal de Frankfort, June 8.
" Mother," said a little fellow one clay, " is there
any harm in breaking egg-shells ?" " Certainly not, my
dear ; but why do you ask ?" " 'Cause I dropped the
basket just now, and see what a mess I'm in with the nasty
yolks I"

A WOUNDED HEART 'AND A WOUNDED
HEAD.—Richard Scotcher, whose case was partly heard
last week, again appeared at the Chelmsford Petty Session,
to answer a charge of having assaulted Wm. Winter, at
Rettendon. Mrs. Scotcher placed herself by the side of
her lord, brimful of eloquence and offended dignity, and it
appeared from the half-uttered sentences and the ferocious
glances of Mr. Scotcher, the earnest story and well-feigned
astonishment of the complainant, and the manner in which
Mrs. Scotcher shook her head at human frailty, and con-
siderately— _ _ _

" Turn'd her beaming eyes away
Lest he should die of rapture,"
that there was a little contraband love, and a spice of
genuine jealousy in the case,—the melting sunbeams of
the lady's countenance had, it was intimated, fallen Cu
Mr. Winter, and though naturally cold, as his name im-
plies, the ice and icicles gradually gave way, and at last
love glided to a harbour in his heart, like Captain
Parry steering his vessel to the North Pole. Chance
flung him by her side, and Mrs. Scotcher alleged that
he ventured to lay hands, tender but profane, upon
her, when Virtue flew into such an outrageous passion,
that Mr. Winter was fain to escape, lest his face
should suffer from her .heated breath, or the Applica-
tion of her pointed finger nails. Mr. Scotcher, to
whom report was duly made, indignant that any one
should dream of trampling down his felicity, was a
few days after quietly trampling down Mr. Winter's
beans—on the principle, we suppose, that " sauce fur
the goose," &c.—and on the owner interfering to save
them, recommended the trespasser to a commodi-
ous footpath thereunto adjacent, and politely in-
viting him to go up to his house and be hand cuffed, he
struck him, leaving an impression as deep on the ext 9.
rior as his lady had done upon the interior man. This
was the complexion which the defendant endeavoured
to give to the case. Mr. Winter, of course, said nothing
about the melting of the ice and icicles beforenarned ; and
the Bench prescribed a half-crown and sundry expenses as
a dressing for the bruises and batteries he had sustained.
Mr. Scotcher then applied for a similar salve for his
wounded honour, but the cure was eventually turned over
to Time, who

" Patches reputations threadbare grown,
Soldiers' old wounds, extracts the sting of grief,"
and doubtless he will allly the wintery storms which have
for the last week agitated the surface of society of Ret-
tendon.

The public who stood before Mr. Westwood's
door, on the day of his interment, were peculiarly struck
by the iron shutters which were in front of the shop.
These shutters, of which, it is stated, that Mr. Westwood
was the patentee, have been adopted by the Duke of Wel-
lington, and the leading gentlemen, bankers, and others in
Lonr!on. It is rather a melancholy reflection to find that
the first inventor of additional means of preventing external
aggression should himself be the first to find its insecurity.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN T.

HOUSE. OF COMMONS, JUNE .12.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at Three o'clock; for
the presentation of petitions.
Petitions were presented by Mr. Alderman Cope.
land, Mr. Pakington, and Sir C. Broke Vere, against
the Government plan of education. Also, by Mr.
Hurst, and Mr. A'Court Holmes, Mr. Boroughs, and
Mr. Fleming. The latter Honourable Member amused
:the. _House- by-- stating -that he had been charged
2/. 19s. for the postage of one rather bulky petition,
which amount would of course be returned to him.

Mr. EASTHOPE presented petitions from the
Leicester Mechanic's Institution, and from Chard, in
favour of a penny postage. Also one from Southamp-
ton, in favour of the Government National Scheme of
Education. The Hon. Member presented a petition from
Israel Coombe, stating that he was a labouring man,
complaining of what he conceived to be a case of
ecclesiastical oppression. The petition stated that no
Easter dues had been demanded of the petitioner for
three years, and that he consequently imagined that
any claim for such dues had been given up, that at the
end of that time..he received a letter, demanding pay-
ment of one shilling for Easter dues ; and also
five shillings for the letter—that not taking
any notice of this demand, he on the 25th of March,
rcceived a citation from Dr. Phillimore, and that
he was cbmpellcd to abandon his work and
walk on foot to Worcester to answer the citation, and
that he was informed by the Proctor, that the costs
amounted to .5 guineas, and that the non-payment of
those costs would cause the petitioner to be thrown into
prison ; that in order to avoid this infliction, the petitioner
had paid the 5 guineas, a great portion of which he was
obliged to borrow, and he prayed the House to adopt
such measures as would protect him and others from
vexations of such a nature.—(Cheers.) He thought
this was a • subject deeply affecting the stability of
the Established Church.

Lord JERMYN presented a petition from Bury,
St. EdTunds, against the plan of national education.
Sir W. MORDAUNT presented petitions in fa-
vour of a penny postage.
Sir P. EGERTON presented petitions from vari-
ous places in Cheshire, against the plan of National
Education.

Mr. E. VIVIAN presented various petitions to the
same effect.

Lord G. LENNOX presented a petition from
Portsmouth, against employing dogs in drawing carts.
Also petitions from various parishes in Sussex, against
the plan of national education.

Mr. WODE HOUSE presented petitions from va-
rious parishes in Norfolk to the same effect.

Sergeant JACKSON presented similar petitions
from places in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and from
the town of Bandon.

Mr. PHILPOTTS presented a petition from Glou-
cester, praying that the House would consent to no
plan of education which did not provide for the educa-
tion of all without any partiality. This petition had been
agreed at a meeting which had been called by the Dio-
cesan Society, for the purpose of petitioning against the
Government plan of education—but the Chairmun of
the meeting finding there was a large assemblage of
Liberals endeavoured to adjourn the meeting, and left
the Chair, when another Chairman was elected.
The SPEAKER said the Hon. Member must con-
fine himself to stating the substance of the petition.
Mr. PHILLPOTS—The Chairman—

Lord SANDON rose to order. After the Speaker
had signified his opinion, the Hon. Member continued his
observations as if no such interruption had taken place.
—(Cheers and laughter.)
Mr. PHILPOTTS was perfectly in order when he
was interrupted. He was merely proceeding to state
that the Chairman—(Order, order)—had signed it on
behalf of the meeting.—(Cheers and laughter from the
Ministerial benches.)
Mr. HALFORD presented petitions from Hinckley
and several other places in the county of Leicester,
against the Government plan of national education ;
also petitions in favour of a uniform rate of penny
postage.

- Mr. W. BARING presented petitions from Stafford-
shire against the Government plan of education.
Mr.DUGDALE presented petitions from Colesby
and other places to the same effect.

General SHARPE presented a petition from Dum-
fries in favour of a universal penny post.
Mr. BELL presented petitions from Northumber-
land against the Government plan of education.
Mr. LUSHINGTON presented a petition from a
parish in Oxfordshire, praying that any grant for educa-
tion might be distributed equally among all denomina-
tions.

Mr. ELLIOT presented petitions from Roxburgh,
praying the House not to sanction any monopoly for
the printine of the Bible.

Sir F. TRENCH presented a petition from Scar-
borough again-t any grant for the College of Nlaynooth,
Sir C. STYLE presented a petition from Scarbo-
rough in favour of the Government plan of education,
and praying that all grants of money for the purposes of
education mi,;lit he distributed equally among all sects.
Lord M A. 11.0 N wished to know how many signatures
there were to the petition?

Sir C. STYLE--Twenty-five.--(Laughter from the
Opposition.)
Mr. ALCOCK presented a petition from Ludlow in
favour of a uniform rate of penny postage.
Captain ALSAGER presented petitions from pa-
rishes in Surrey against the Government plan of edu-
cation.

Mr. PLUMPTRE presented petitions from Mar-
gate to the same effect. Also petitions from the same
place against the delivery of letters on Sundays.
Petitions against the Government scheme of national
education were presented by Sir Edward Filmer, from
seven parishes in the western division of Kent ; by Mr.
Hodges, from two places in Kent ; by Mr. Maun-
sell, from Northampton ; by Lord Mahon, from
Hereford, Yarmouth, and five other places ; by Sir
Charles Grey, from North Shields ; by Lord Ashley,
from seventeen Wesleyan congregations in Yorkshire ;
and in the absence of the Noble Lord the Member for
South Lancashire forty-five petitions to the same
effect, thirty-seven being from Wesleyan congrege-
gations in that county ; by Sir Eardley Wilmot, from
Sraffard, Manchester, and five other places ; by Mr.
Herries, from Northampton ; by Sir Walter James,
from the Isle of Sky ; by Mr. Foley, from Hereford ;
by Lord Powerscourt, from thirteen places in Somerset
and Gloucester, and one against any further grant to
the college of Maynooth ; by Sir John Y. Buller, from
Devonport, and two parishes in Essex ; by Sir A. Dal-
rymple, from five parishes in Sussex ; and by Lord C.
Manners, from nine parishes in Somerset.
Mr. CHALMERS presented a petition from Ross
in favour of a uniform plan of postage.
Sir CHARLES GREY presented a petition from
Tynemouth to the same effect.

Sir 3. YARDLEY BULLER presented two pe-
titions from Safford to the same effect.

Mr. BAINES presented a petition from Leeds,
praying that the Clergy of the Established Church
might not be permitted to controul the education of the
people, and that it might be extended to all parties
without religious di.tinetion.

The LORD ADVOCATE presented two petitions
from Edinburgh. in favour of a further grant to the
Church of Scotland.

DUTY ON COFFEE.

- - - -
Mr. THORNELY having yesterday, at the sum-
gestion of the Right Hon. the President of the Boardc
of Trade, deferred his motion for a reduction of the
duty on Haytian Coffee, now presented petitions from
the grocers and coffee-dealers of Dunfermline, Kelso,
Linlithgow, Alloa, Falkirk, Cupar of Fife, and Bo'ness,
praying for a reduction of the duty on foreign coffee.
The petitioners stated that the supply of coffee from
the British colonies was deficient, and that the revenue
of the country was thereby diminished.--( Hear, hear.)
Lord SANDON presented twelve petitions from
various 'Wesleyan congregations of Yorkshire against
the Government scheme of national education. The
Noble Lord also presented a petition from the Reform
Association of Liverpool in favour of a penny postage.
Mr. ERLE presented three petitions from Oxford in
favour of the Goverornent plan of education.
Mr. HUTT presented a petition from Hull in
favour of a penny postage.
Mr. GREENE presented a petition against the
Government education system.
Mr. HO WARD presented the following petition from
Carlisle in favour ofthe Government education system!:—
" The petition of the undersigned Minister and Congre-
gation of the Wesleyan Methodist Association of Carlisle,
humbly sheweth, that your petitioners being deeply im-
pressed with the importance of extending as widely as
possible, the incalculable benefit of education, have setn
with the greatest satisfaction, plans of national education
laid by-fore Parliment, as approved of by a Committee of
the Privy Conncil, and which it has been proposed to carry
into effect by a grant of public money. That peti-
tioners hail with peculiar pleasure- that part ofc the plan
which extends the benefit of education to all classes and
sects, allowing to each. that which of right belongs to each,
perfect freedom in the choice of religious instructors,
a principle constantly advocated and defended by John
Wesley, the great founder of the religious community to
which your petitioners belong.
Your petitioners, therefore, earnestly pray that ycur
Honourable House will grant such sum or sums of money,
from the public revenue, as may be needful for carrying the
plan into effect, and refuse to give any Clergyman su-
premacy or authority over the schools so to be established.
And your petitioners will ever pray."
The HON. MEMBER also presented a petition from
the Mechanics' Institute, in favour of a penny post.
Mr. ORMSBY GORE presented a petition from
Salop against the Government plan of education.
Lord ELIOT presented a petition from Cornwall
aghast the Government plan of education. Also a
petition from St. Austle, in the same county, in favour
of a penny postage.
Mr. SHEPPARD presented a petition against Sun-
day trading.

Sir C. DIINDAS presented a petition from the
county of Wilts in favour of the Government plan of
education, and praying that the House would grant
Ministers any sum of money they asked.—(Laughter.)