The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-25 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

EXPORTATION OF WOOL.
3lawsrox-HousE.—Mr. John Ryan, cheesemonger, Grace-
church-street, appeared before the LORD MAYOR and Alder-
man Cox, to answer an information, charging him with having
violated the Act of the 28th of Geo. M. entitled, " An Act to
explain, amend, and reduce into one Act of Parliament several
laws now in being for preventing the exportation of live-sheep
rams' and lambs' wool, woolfels, &e. and other manufactures,
or pretended manufactures, made of wool, slightly wrougfit up,
or otherwise put together, so as the same be reduced to and made
use of as wool again," &c.
The Statute inflicts the penalty of 501. and the forfeiture of
the article attempted to be exported, upon the person conyicted
of an infringement of the law.
A Custom-house officer made the seizure, as the goods, con-
sisting of worsted yarn made of wool, Were about to be shipped
for Ghent. The•value of the yarn was about 14 or 151:'
A 'searcher of the Customs said; that in the performance of his
duty, ,he had discovered that a package delivered to firm by a
packer for exportation„Contained the prohibited article.
The picker stated,. that he had,' in compliance with the de-
fendant's orders, packed a • quiritity of wool to be shipped.—
Witness told the defendant that the exportation of worsted yarn
was prohibited, but the defendant did not countermand the
order.
k The defendant was fined 501. and the yarn was forfeited. He
immediately paid the fine.
WAGES OF AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS.
Uxeox HALL.—Yesterday soon after the Magistrate, L. B.
ALLEN, Esq., had taken his scat on the bench, five men, dressed
in smock frocks, who appeared to be fatigued by a long journey
on foot, presented themselves, and very respectfully requested
the Magistrate would be leased to hear their complaint.
Mr. ALLEN said certainly, and desired them to proceed.
On of the men then stated, that he and his comrades had
just travelled up from Woodchurch, near Tenterden, in Kent,
where they all lived, and had families. They were reduced to
the greatest distress in consequence of an arrangement that had
been entered into by the Overseers and the Farmers ; the former
of whom, when applied to for relief, instead of giving money,
gave the person making the application a ticket, directed to
some farmer, desiring him to employ the bearer for a
number of days mentioned in the ticket at a rate of wages
also mentioned, the amount of which would be deducted from
the farmers' poor rate. The rate of wages so fixed by the
Overseers never exceeded ls. Bd. per day for men with the
largest families; and Is. 4d. was the general rate for married
men, whose families were not considered large by the Over-
seer. The effect of this arrangement was, that no labour-
ing man in Woodchurch could obtain a day's employment
without one of these tickets, and the labourers in general
were reduced to the greatest distress. The complainants
stated, that they had applied to Mr. Forbes, a Magistrate in
the neighbourhood, who said they were very hardly dealt with,
but that he could not interfere in the business. They then de-
termined to state their case to the Magistrates at Union Hall ;
for which purpose they set off on Tuesday with only five-
pence amongst them all, and were obliged to beg their way to
London.
Mr. ALLEN paid the utmost attention to the poor imen's
statement, and expressed his regret at their having come such
a distance, when it was not in his power to rendr them any
assistance, but said their case appeared to be one of very great
hardship. He advised them to return to their families and
work as heretofore, and strongly recommended to them to make
an appeal to the Bench of Magistrates at the next Sessions,
who would probably grant redress.
The poor men were most, grateful for the kindness shewn to
them, and said they should strictly follow the advice.
The Magistrate then directed Mr. Staples,the clerk, to supply
the men with money to bear their expences home, which was
• instantly done, and the poor fellows left the office with the
strongest expressions of gratitude lor the kindness of the advice
and assistance they had received.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday after-
noon, between three and four o'clock, Mr. Tho-
mas Fledgley, a respectable shopkeeper at
Lewisham, Kent, drove up in a light chaise cart
to the door of Messrs. Martin and Henry Cutler,
the cornfactors, in Fleet-market. Having ordered
some corn in the morning, lie called to take it
home with him. Mr. Fledgley was in the act of
putting the horse-bag on the horse's head, when
the aninal suddenly started off, and ran with
alarming speed up Fleet-market and along Bridge-
street, Mr. Fledgley still keeping fast hold of
the shafts of the cart, and endeavouring to check
the career of the infuriated horse. When oppo-
site the house of Mr. Goldsmith, the chymist, in
New Bridge-street, Mr. Fledgley was unfortu-
nately jammed between his own and a town cart
that was coming towards him ; and, shocking to
add, was killed on the spot. Mr. Fledgley has
left a wife and family to bewail his untimely
death. An inquest sat yesterday, and brought
in a verdict of " Accidental Death," and ordered
a deodand of 2s. 6d. on the cart.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

XTILACTS FROM TILE DULY 31011NING PAPERS,
October 25, 1822.

[THE' TIMES.]
A correspondence deeply interesting to that,
great "and respectable body of English merchants
liaS taken place within
.these few days between
the Committee of Lloyd's and the Secretary to
the Lords of the Admiralty. The facts of the
case are of such a nature, that our readers will
be well satisfied to receive them unincurtibered
by any coMments,:and we accordingly submit the
following brief abstract of dates, names, and corn-
.
municatidns ..
,0-4 the 7th of October the of Lloyd's addressed a
Dater to the Admiralty, conveying intelligence that two British
merchantmen, the Vittoria and Industry, had,. on the coast of
the island of,Cuba, been made the, victims of piratical violence
and depredation. •
'OCT. Croker states in reply, that the Lords of the
-had already learned the above intelligence respect..
iog the Vittoria and Industry, threugh a letter from Captain
NV4lcott, of his Majesty's sloop of war-Carnation of the 12th
of AY4gust .;that on that-same day 17 sail of British merchant
Ships-had passed safe by' Cape St. Antonio ;. that Captain Wal-
cot was waiting in that quarter to see the rest safe ; and that
lie' was stationed' there by SirJosia&Rowley, for the general
protenion of the trade. Mr. Croker added farther, that the
Dotterel was also stationed in that neighbourhood for the like
purpose.
On the 'loth of Octoberi a letter was addressed from Mr.
Bennett, of Llo3rd's; to his brother Secretary at the Ad-
miralty, acknowledging the receipt of the former epistle,
and thanking my Lords for their condescension ; but, un-
fortunately, Mr. Bennett was compelled to subjoin,' that he
was directed to lay before their Lordahipi the authenticated
facts That by a letter from Captain -Barclay, of the
Belina,Just arrived from Jamaica in the Downs, that 'ship
had met the Carnation on the 13th of August—not " waiting"
off Cape St. Antonio for the protection of, trade, nor " sta-
tioned' there by orders of Admiral Rowley, but off the Colo-
tidos ; and under what cirtuffistatieta'She had peen to Cham-
Jeactay, and touched at Havannah; and 'wits'then on.her way to
amaica with specie.. Now, the Coloradas lies north of Cape
Sa.4 Aritanio, that is to say, between Havannah and the latter
CaPo,.and in the course 'from Iravannah to JamaiCa. SO that
-the Chatter Stands thus—On the 12th August C4t Walcott had
seen 17 sail of English vessels safe past Cape Antonio : if he
had not seen them and protected them, he or the Admiralty is
guilty off batse" quibble ; for the evident import of the passage
is, that the merchantmen owe their safety to him, and that he
was waiting to do'the same good; turn for others.. Well, then, he
bad,c9nvoyed the merchantmen past the:Cape on the 12th;
and on the 13th he Was met at Color;ados,., a degree or so to
The north of the Cape, and at a point of his voyage from
Ilavannah to Jainaira, antecedent to Cape •St. Antonio. It alp.
pears, therefore, that to make good the Admiralty history, this
ship Carnation must have been sailing backwards, getting fur-
ther every day frbm Jamaica, to which she was conveying her
profitable carg9 of specie ! It is in the above unlucky letter
that the 'Seeretary' to their Lordships describes the .Dotterel to
have been stationed, as well as the Carnation, for the protection
of. trade in the same quarter • but Mr.'Bennet destroys that
fable also 'by ShoWing, from die intelligente. of 'LlOyd's List,
that the Dotterel, "on the 20th of AugUst;'had'-actually arrived
at New :York, :With another' cargo of specie. The Edward
Protherne if moreover appears, had been run on shOre under
Saddle-hill, an plundered, 'making alinal escape in conse-
quence of the'privateer which attacked ber.having flown off in
quest of other prey. -
October 11.. '--A note from Mr. Croker to Lloyd's- presenting
Iris' compliments, and requesting that any two gentlemen of the
.Committee who' might find it convenient would call upon him
'at the Admiralty on 'the following day between one and two
&clock.. _ _ .

October 12. Mr. Ben-nett wrote to Mr. Croker, stating that
as Mr. Marryat and most others of the Committee would be
out of town, (that day being Saturday), he begged that Mr.
Croker would, if' equally' convenient to himself, name Monday
instead of that first mentioned.,

October 13. Mr. Croker. to Mr. Bennett, assents.
On Monday, the 14th; t'heCommittee at Lloyd's met, and
came to a resolution, in substance, that as every tinnier invita-'
tion to attend at the 'Admiralty had been addressed to the'
Chariman in the name and by command of the Lords Corn-:
imisSioners,.it would he'll' bad precedent if they were to wait
upon the Secretary at his mere personal desire. A letter from
'Mr. Bennett accompanied this resolution, assigning, as a rea-
son' of- the Copuritt tee for passing.it; that. Mr. Croker .had not
explained the object of the interview, and that any member of
the "Committee, being ignorant of, and unprepared for it, would.
feel someinconvenience in attending,
The same day, Mr.' Croker, in 'reply, refers to several notes:
Of old and distant datesTrom the Secretary of the Admiralty to
the Chairman of Lloyd's,, addressed in a similar form as his,
of the 'Week preceding:; and as to the suppression-of the imirpose
for whichlis proposed the interview; he says, that as he had a
cointifunication to make, bUt not to receive, there existed no
necessity for a'previous disclosure of its object. . _
On 'the 113 h, a Meeting was held, and resolution& passed by
the Committee.of Lloyd's. After reading all the correspondence:
of theprevious week, and extracts of such of their proceedings a&
were connected with the notes referred to by Mr. Croker, in the
years.,lBo9, 1810, and 1313, a letter was prepared.and.transmit,
ted to -Mr:*Croker, respecting. the construction which he had
placed.tipon the notes in question, proving that in every instance
the communications of former Secretaries-had been in the name

and by order of the Lords ; and that the interviews to which
' Mr. Croker's notes. of reference had led, were with the, Lords in
, person. This. letter went on to explain the essential difference
between attendances on the Lords and on their Secretary—that
the forma- Were 'kirotin by experience to be extremely rare,
while the Secretary might frequently find it more convenient to
laake oral, than written, communications. The letter continued,
that when members of the Committee attertded'the Board of
Admiralty, the Object, tenour, and result of the meeting _were.
stated formally in Writing, and a copy at once made public; but
that the verbal report of a conversation involved a responsibility
which it would be painful to incur. , The letter concluded by
Announcing the design 'of the Committee to abide by their form'er
decision.

A letter from Mr. Croker of the 19th;, in' a manner no

doubt satisfactory to the Admiralty and its Officers, finishes the
whble correspondence. The gist of it was,. that their Lord-
ships, " Seeing in Mr. Bennett's letter such marked- disrespect
to the Board of Adiniralty, and such want of confidence in their
communicationa, had ordered Mr. Croker to decline all further
correspondence With the Subscribers to the. rooms at Lloyd's."
We are not aware in. what particular, On the face of -this cor-
respondence, any disrespect appears towards the ." Board" of
Admiralty ; and as for confidence in such :communications as
had been transmitted by its Secretary=—whosefauhisit, if they
had been received with undissembled distrust ? There is, be-
pond all question, such a tone of wounded arrogance in the last
official letter of .which we have_ presented:an abstract, that we
are sure`Mr. CrOker must have felt-himself humbled when
" my Lords" imposed upon him the ungrateful task of affixing
his signature.to langUage so little like his own.

DIORNING CHRONICLE.]
The dispatch of the Portuguese Ambassador was
Feceived by him yesterday. The seal had evidently
been broken, and part of the contents has been
stolen by, the French Government. We 'are more
and more convinced every day that the getting pos-
session of this Dispatch was the principal if not
the only motive for arresting Mr. I3owring. The
detestible faction, of which Peyronnet is the
organ in the Cabinet, hoped, no doubt, to find in
the dispatch 'matter calculated to inflame the
Congress against the Liberals of Spain and Por-
tugal; and they would stick at no means, how-
ever reprehensible, to effect the object of their
wishes. The faciliny With which ordi►nary
couriers, as well as higher personages, are
too often gained over by those who have
a sufficiency 'of secret service money at their
disposal, might perhaps suggest the propriety
of entrusting important and 'confidential corn-,
municatio►►s at a moment like the present, only
to gentlemen incapable of betraying their trust ;
and the Portuguese Minister no doubt esteemed
himself happy in the opportunity which he had
in the departure of an English gentleman of un-
doubted honour,* to secure hirnseff against the
corrupt practices of an unprincipled Government,
now endeavouring to stir up heaven and earth
against the Peninsula, never suspecting that the

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pretext of carrying a seditious 9 sang or some 1
other equally ridiculous, mould be' alleged as a
justification of the violation of his correspondence.
In better times, a measure of this sort would
have instantly been followed by protests and
remonstrances on the part of the body whose pri-
vileges have been so grossly violated. -

[MORNING POST.]
Cyprus, whose inhabitants had resisted the
contagion of patriotic and independent feeling,
and in the midst of the struggles and successes of
Greece, had maintained unbroken fidelity to the
common despot and oppressor, has been treated
with the same unrelenting cruelty which made
Scio a desert and a grave. This ill-fated island,
with the exception of a particular district, has
been bathed in Christian blood ; its churches

have been given to the flames or turned to the
vilest uses ; its male population slaughtered ;
the married women and young children shut up
for days without food, and then burnt in the
houses 'which had become their prisons ; the
young maidens sold as captives, and the Mi-
nisters of God loaded with the most oppro-
brious insults, and then put to death by the
most exquisite torments. " These are Grecian
exaggerations," the calumniators of Greece would
some time since have exclaimed. We think they
will not now venture to hold such language ; but
if they would, they could not; for these accounts
are not Grecian, but English ; they are given in
a letter from the British Consul at Cyprus. It
is he who declares that " the Christians are
hunted like wild beasts; " that " every hour is
marked by murders in all parts of the island,"
and that," a tract of country 35 leagues in ex-
tent, formerly so remarkable for its high cultiva-
tion and fertility, is now nothing more than a
heap of ashes."

[BRITISH PRESS.]
A long political di4luisition upon the right of
foreign interference in the internal affairs of an
independent country has been published in the
Journal des Debats. The writer appears to in-
cline to the opinion, that if the King of Spain be
not a free agent, but kept in a state of con-
straint and bodily fear, it would justify the in-
terference of the Sovereigns in his case. The
King has sworn to maintain the Constitution,
he has pronounced those of his subjects who are
opposed to it rebels, and has sanctioned the
punishment which, many of them have suffered.
How is it to be ascertained' whether these acts
were extorted from him by fear or not ? Why,
if his subjects kill allow his Majesty to
go to Verona, as the Neapolitans permitted
their King to go to Laybach, he will probably,
like his Royal Brother, hold a very different
language from what he did‘ at home. But is there
no danger of his being under undue influence at
Verona as at Madrid ? if he should not yield
to the persuasion of his Royal and imperial
Brothers, has he resolution to resist their com-
mands ? Whatever restraint he may feel 'at
Madrid, we may rest assured it is not greater
than that which he would feel at Verona. He is
as much a free agent at the one place as at the
other. •

' [MORNING lILRALD.I
The foreign arrivals, up to a late hour yester-;
day, left the accounts from Spain in pretty much
the same state of uncertainty. If eitlier scale
has inclined, it, seems in favour of the Constitu-
tionalists. Even from Bayonne there are ac-'
counts of the defeat of the Insurgents ; and the
fortress of I rati is said to have, been abandoned
by the Insurgent Governor, on the bare approach
of -the troops of the' Government. By way of,
a salvo for his retreat, it is 'said for him, that
he proceeded to take the offensive in another"
quarter. The most important article is one
from Madrid, which states, that three of
the late Ministers have been put under arrest:
Of the truth or falsehood of this news we will
not venture to judge : if true, it will probably
lead to some curious disclosures. The charge
against them is that of a guilty participation, or
connivance, in the late rebellion of thelteyal
Guards at Madrid. The Ministers of State
were locked up in the Council. Chamber, cut
off from all communication, during the explosion,
and until the rebel Guards , were put down by
the citizens and militia alone. Their durance
was suspected of being not forced, but pre-
tended, and traitorously arranged by them-
selves, who had been gained over by foreign influ-
ence. Even were they guilty, we slated regret
the discovery of their guilt. The discOvery of a
traitorous' '
correspondence with foreign powers,
and of the intrigues of the latter, would be fresh
elements of wrath, and protract the state of fer-
ment and disorder in Spain. As to the Congress,
not only is there little known, but even little
said of its intentions. The Courier • solemnly
declares, 'as from authority, that peace and good
will among men and nations are its sole objects;
—thatihe Spaniards will be addressed in a mis-
sive, of advice and_exho-rtation ;—but that there
is no question of enforcing the/ precepts of the
Congress with the sword.

• • NEw TIMES.]
The great. practical question, on, which alone
any considerable difference of 'opinion cati be
imagined likely. to arise at the•COngress, is as to
the conduct to be pursued toward the conflicting
parties in Spain. There are :at present two
distinct Powers in that country, each acting
under the direction of an authority whiCh
the other refuses to recognize. The majority
of the people, seem disposed to obey the Re-
gency at Urge', which acts in the name of the
King, and upon the ancient legal principles of
the Monarchical Government. The minority
acknowledge the authority of certain persons
calling themselves 'the Cortes at Madrid, and
acting under pretence of a Constitution totally
novel to Spain, and purely democratical in prin-
ciple. The heads of this faction keep the King
a prisoner, and compel him to promulgate
sentiments which all the •world knows it' is
utterly, impossible he should entertain. We
are
.clearly of, opinion, that if , the people of
Spain choose to adopt a democratical form of Go,
vernment, neither any other single Power,
the Powers of Europe together, have a right to
prevent them from so doing.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, THURSDAY, OCT. 24.

RAMSDEN AND ANOTHER V. ASHTON AND ANOTHER.

This was an action of debt to recover penalties against the
defendants for letting out post-horses to hire without paying
the proper duties directed by the Statute.
By the Acts for the regulation of this department of the re-
venue, the duty on post-horses let by the day is ls. 9d. ; the
duty on them where hired by distance is 1 yl. a mile, or a fourth
of the sum received for their hire. Hackney-coaches, as sub-
ject to another regulation, are exempt from the operation of
these duties. It has been the practice at funerals conducted at
a distance from London, and for which horses are hired by the
undertakers, to pay only the ls. 9d. a.day, and not to pay by
distance ; and where funerals are conducted near London, to
treat the mourning-coaches as hackney-coaches, and not to pay
for the horses as pest-horses, although four or six shduld draw
each of the coaches. The present action was brought against'
the defendants, who are in the practice of letting a great nen-
ber of horses to conduct funerals, to try the legality of these
practices.
The facts of the plaintiffs' case were established by three un-
dertakers, Mr. Stovell, Mr. Bywater, and Mr. Smith, Who had
been in the habit of hiring horses from the defendants. It ap-
peared that on the occasion of Lady Henldy's funeral, who was
buried near Northampton, there were. four coaches besides the
hearse, and four horses in each; hired of Ashton and Co., which
• were taken for a few days by Stovell : but he did not know the
precise place of burial until the journey .was nearly ended,
when the sons of the deceased met him with further instruc-
tions. So, in the case of Lord Dysart's funeral, which was
conducted from Ham in Surrey to Helmingham in Suffolk,
by Mr. Bywater, there were four sets of six horses engaged
of the defendants for seven or eight days, the duty on which
was paid by the day. In these cases, however, not only the
mere distance of the place of interment was not ascertained, but
the mourning coaches on their arrival in the country were placed
at the controul of the relatives, and went various distances to
convey the mourners. They also frequently went down and
sometimes returned empty, or were employed in conveying va-
rious articles proper for the solemnity. On the 'other part of
the case, it was proved that funerals within five miles of Lon-
don, and also beyond five and within ten, had been attended
by mourning coaches as hackney coaches, drawn by more than
two horses. On such occasions, where the funeral was to take"
place at any distance, a charge was made for the day; so that
whether it was eight or fifteen miles, the expence would be the
same to the - employer ; but where the distance was less, so
that a day was not occupied by the funeral, the price was
various. , • ,
On this evidence two questions arose : firsi,• whether a 'per-
son letting post horses for a distant funeral was bound to pay
for each of them as for an ascertained distance, though they
were nominally taken by the day ; and secondly, whether
mourning coaches drawn within the limits Of the hackney-
coach Acts, by more than two horses, were liable to the duty.
At the suggestion of the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, the Jury
found a verdict for the plaintiff, with nominal damages, sub-
ject to the opinion of the Court on a special case, in order that
the points may be solemnly decided.