The Sun.
London, England, 1830-10-13 00:00:00

degree attached to the cause for which it was in-",
`stituted—the promotion of constitutional Reform.
The dinner was numerously attended--the beat
order prevailed throughout—the speeches were
suited to the occasion, and many converts will, no
doubt, be made to the cause of Parliamentary Re-
form, by the exposition of the principles of the
onion which was given by the able and enlightened
gentleman who presided. All these circumstances
are gratifying; but what is equally agreeable to us,
who are not quite so much admirers of the heroes
of the French revolution as the BirminghaM gen-
tlemen, is, first, that such a Society as the Bir-
mingham Union can exist in this country
without its being in the power of the Govern-
ment to interfere with it, as has been the case,
similar instance, in France during the last
Light ; and, secondly, that instead of seeking
revolution, which is neither wanted or desired
is country, it is only instituted to obtain consti-
.ional reform, and that reform by rational, peace..
tole, and. legal means. The former is a proof of the
practical liberty which reigns throughout the king-
dom—the latter a certain presage that the principles
advocated must ultimately triumph. While on this
subject, we may as well bring to the notice of our
readers .a pamphlet which has just been published,
entitled " A Letter to the Duke of Wellington on
the Expediency of making Parliamentary Reform
a Cabinet Measure." The pamphlet is cleverly
written, and contains some sound and shrewed
ideas; but the writer, in speaking of the Duke of
Wellington carrying Parliamentary Reform as he
carried the Catholic Question, seems to forget that
by the latter the aristocracy had nothing to lose but
their:, former opinions (not much worth), and that
by the former they would lose not only ell the
sources, but all the gains of corrupt and unconstitu-
ional influence.—Morning Advertiser.

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Lewis Lyons, a Jew, was charged before the
LORD MAYog with having forged the Goldsmiths'-
hall mark upon a base metal watch-case, and with
having defrauded a young man of the sum of 41.
Os., by pretending that the case was fine gold.—The
prisoner was remanded.
We have been given to understand that it is very
much the practice, even of respectable families, to
have the Goldsmiths'-hall mark imitated upon the
metal which is substituted for plate at their tables,
and 't hat:pawnbrokers have been sometimes imposed
upon by felloars who commit this sort of forgery.

BONY-STREET.
Yesterday a sallow-faced, sharp-visaged man, of
shabby and rather eccentric appearance, was brought
before Mr. MINSHULL, charged with having swal-
lowed two mugs of coffee, eaten sundry slices of
bread and butter, and feloniously converted to his
own use one mug, of the value of 2d., the property
of Eleanor Sheen, who keeps an open-air establish-
merit for the sale of ready-made coffee, at the corner
of Southampton-street, in the Strand.
It appeared, according to the statement of the
complainant, that the prisoner came to her stall
about a week since, at three o'clock in the morning,
and called for half a pint of coffee, which he ap-
peared to relish so well that he desired to be sup-
plied with another, and devoured besides several
slices of bread and butter. He then asked what
WIN to pay, and although the moderate sum of 4d.
Was all that the complainant demanded, the prisoner
demurred to the charge, and finally ran away with
the mug from which he had been supplied, without
paying anything for his early breakfast. An imme-
diate pursuit was made, to recover possession of the
'rug, but the prisoner was too nimble for his pursu-
ers, and he was not seen again in the neighbourhood
until yesterday, when the complainant caused him
to be taken into custody.
The prisoner, who appeared to treat the charge
with the greatest indifference, said his name was
Abraham Cornell, and that he was of the Jewish
persuasion. As to his having had any intention to
commit a felony, the thing, he said, was too ridicu-
lous to be thought of. The fact was, he had supped
with sonic friends, and was on his return home when

he bethought that a cup of coffee was the best pos-
sible remedy to remove the fumes of wine, and he
accordingly applied to the complainant ; but what
was his surprise to find, instead of the delicious be-
verage which he expected, the most abominable
stuff'--a decoction, he verily believed, of soot and
brick-dust. He was so angry to be thus imposed
upou that he walked away without paying the coin-
phshiant's drmand.
" Hut why did you pocket the mug ?" • demanded
the Magistrate.—" I scorn it, Sir," replied the pri-
soner. " The truth is, the frail vessel dropped upon
the pavement, and was shivered into a thousand
pieces." . .

" And pray," said the Magistrate, " what is your
profession, Mr. Cornell ?"—" I am an accoucheur,
Sir," answered the prisoner, " and have practised
in the city as such for the last twelve years. lum
well known both to Sir Astley Cooper and to Mr.
Abernethy, under whom I have received my medical
education."

Ili; endeavours to exculpate himself were, how-
ever, uncertain, and, the evidence being put in
form by the clerk, the prisoner was fully committed
for trial.

Ford, the gaoler, stated that the prisoner was in
the habit of committing similar depredations upon
poor people, and of assuming an oddity of manner
to assist him in getting out of the many scrapes into
which his habits lead him.