The Sun.
London, England, 1824-04-07 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY—(Tuis DAY.)

These Sessions commenced this morning before
Mr. Justice. BEST, the LORD MAYOR, COIIIION.
SERGEANT, Aldermen, &c.
ROBBEttY IN HARLEY-STREET.— Thomas Fre-
derick Crecy, a teacher of the French language,
and Elizabeth Harriet Cteee, his wife, were put
to the bar on an indictment charging them with
stealing in the dwelling-house of Mrs. Sarah.,
Christiana Keighley, a lady resident in Harley-
street, a diamond cross, various gold, diamond,
and mourning rings, jewellery, watches, bills,
and money to a very large extent, her property.
Mrs. Keigldey, with her son-in-law and a
lady, were accommodated with seats on the
Bench.

Mr. ADOLPHUS conducted the prosecution, and
Mr. Law and Mr. BitonEructi the defence.
The evidence adduced on this occasion Was
precisely similar to that given on the examina-
tion at Bow-street, and which has already fully
appeared in our Police Reports.
Mr. Baguley, one of the pawnhrolier's as-.
sistants, produced a gold watch, and was about
to explain why he did not produce other pro-7
perty.

- Mr. Justice BEST.---GO, Sir, and bring ti 4
whole of the property, or I will commit you.,
We will wait your return.
Mrs. Keighley identiLed the property ; and
the case for the prosecution having closed, Mr.:
Justice BEST summed up the evidence to the
Jury, who found Thomas Frederick Crees,!
Guilty, and acquitted the wife.

CORN EXCHANGE, APRIL 7.
The arrivals of Grain this week are mcdcrate. Prime bay ,
samples of Wheat arc rather dearer; owing to the damp state.
of the weather; other qualities meet with but little demand.
Barley fully supports the advance of Monday. Beans sell well.
Peas are dull at last quotations. Oats of prime quality ratlxr
exceed Monday's terms, but other sorts are not dearer.

THE REV. THOMAS MAUItICE.-This
man died last week after a long and painful illness. He w;,%
well known in the literary world as tce.Author of " dian
Antiquities," and many poetical productions. He wax
cated under the Rev. pr. PARR, and was c3nsidered as one of
his most learned pupils. Mr. MAURICC was, indeed, a marl
i
of great genius, lively, nstpctive, and good-humoured. Ile
was one of the Officers of the British Museum, a situation
which he had held many years.

Yesterday a very numprous and highly respect-
able Meeting of the Southwark Auxiliary Bible society took
place at the Horns Tavern, Kennitom, for the purpose of re-
ceiving the report of the preceding year. It being the 12th
Annual Meeting, at an ei,rly hour the Oreat Room became
crowded, and displayed an appearance of beauty and ft.v.hiort
rarely to be met with. A little after twelve o'clock the Com..
mittee and Secretary entered the room, when CIIARLES BAR.
CLAY, Esq. was unanimously called to the Chair. A satisfac-
tory report was read, several excellent spetchea were made, aid
appr,piitite resolutions were agrees to.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
_Extracts from the Morning Papers, April 7.

[TEE 'mum]
A most singular occurrence took place last
night in the House of Commons. Mr. Wodehouse,
-the Membgr for the county of Norfolk, asked'
his. Right Honourable friend near him (the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer), " whether it would
" riot be practicable to remove some of the re-
" strictions complained of in the mode of collect-
" leg the salt duty, if that duty should be couti-
" nued." Your if has been said to be a peace-
maker ; but in the present instaw, being the
precursor of the of a treaty, we should
apprehend that, without great caution, it might
lead to a war. The total relinquishment of the
salt duty was so solemnly promised last year,
that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Wode-
house's Right lion. Friend, acknowledged and
lamented, in opening the budget for the present
year, that that pledge•could not be violated : yet
dues Mr. Wodehouse now come forward with an
if, upon a subject which the country had thought
so decided and settled. We say this is very sin-
gular ; and if it does not prove a connivance to
relieve the Chancellor of the Exchequer from his
solemn engagement, the affair looks so like a con-
nivance, that a prudent man would have avoided
the appearance. It is conceived, or hinted, that
some other tax more oppressive may be relin-
quished in place of this salt duty, now producing
360,000/. The sincerity of the intention to re-
lieve the people will be best seen when we know
the tax or taxes, the repeal of which is meant to
he substituted for that of the salt tax ; but in the
mean time we must point attention to this side-
wind way of relieving a party bouud by an en-
gagement, from the obligation of fulfilling that
engagement.

[MORNING POST.]
In the House of Lords 'last night -the Silk
Duties Repeal Bill was read a third time and
passed. The silk weavers, who had assembled
in ver_y,considerbble numbers near the House,
received the intelligence with considerable mor-
tificatton ; but though they expressed their dis-
pleasure, they maintained that character for order
which they had hitherto displayed,and dispersed
in a most peaceable manner. In the Commons
Mr. Wodehouse moved for returns of the number
of Excise Prosecutions, and of penalties levied
during the last six years, for offences against the
Salt Duty regulations. This motion was prepa-
ratory to another for the revival of the Old,Salt
Duty, in order to enable his Majesty's Govern-
ment to abolish some other tax pressing more
heavily and immediately upon the people.—
The Returns were granted, and the Chancellor
of the Exchequer stated, that if the Duty
were revived, he trusted he should find
means of relaxing the penalties arising out
of it. Air. George Lamb then applied for leave
sto bring in a Bill to allow persons prosecuted for
felony to defend themselves by Counsel as in''
cases of misdemeanour. Mr. North resisted the
..application on the ground that the remedy pro-
posed would. introduce greater evils than. those it
was destined to remove, and would be detri-
mental to the administration of justice. The At-
torney-General also opposed the proposed altera-
tion in the !aw, as likely to prove injurious to the
prisoner himself; and though supported by Sir
James Mackintosh, Dr.
_Lushington, and Mr.
Denman, the motion was rejected on a division by
a majority of 80 to 50. Mr. Moberly moved for
the appointment of a Select Committee, to take
into consideration the Act relating to the purchase
of the Land Tax, and report thereon to the House,
with a view of applying the savings to theUnfund-
. ed Debt: At the suggestion of the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, however, the-Hon. Gentleman
withdrew his motion with the view of introduc-
ing a Bill containing a specific proposition upon
the subject. -The -House having then resolved
itself into a- Committee on the 43eer Duties, the
. Chancellor of the Exchequer moved several Re-
solutions which were agreed to, the object of
-which was to give a reduction of Duty on, all the
qualities of Beer used- by the- lower classes.

[MORNING lIERAIA).]
Mr. G. Lamb's motion last night for bringing
in a Bill to allow prisoners charged with felony
to address the Jury by 'Couriiel; produced a
debate of more than ordinary interest and spirit,
and called forth some curious observations.—
Dr. Lushington, in the course of his arguinents
in support of the motion, distinctly expressed
his regret that the emoluments of the chief Jus-
ticeship of the Common Pleas were-not suffi-
cient to induce the Attorney-General to accept
of it, and commented upon such a' superiority
of a situation at the Bar over that of a Chief
in one of the Courts, as a dangerous anornaly.—
Mr:Denman, who had entered the House during
the debate, and had, jdst.arrived from the circuit,
dexterously eulogized the defence of 'the persons
charged with riot and conspiracy against the
Lord-Lieutenant, in the Dublin Theatre, by Mr.
North, who led in opposing the motima, and
pointed it out as a striking illustration of the
propriety of allowing Counsel for felons to
address the Jury. The Learned Gentleman
:also .With facility to the Attorney
and 'Solicitor .General, as owing their rise
.at
.the Bar to their defence of a person
(Wat.Son),accused of 1110 Treason. It was ex-
traordinary, too, to see-a- Learned Gentleman of
Mr.. Deunian's.:stAnding and .experience lose the
train of reasoning, .in which he was proceeding
'iery elogitcptt3. lie ',Soon recovered himself,
and wasaltogOter. more successful than we had
ever observed him before. Mr. Lamb introduced
the,much. celebrated, case of Thurtell. Mr.

North commented upon it. Sir J. Mackintosh
characterized him as " the most desperately re-
-solute, , and the most wickedly intrepid Of ruf-
fians," and his defence as unnatural, theatrical,
and injurious.

[MORNING LIONICLE.] •
A Work has just been published by Captain
Basil Ball, of the Navy, consisting of extracts
from a Journal writtett.ou the coasts of Chili,

Peru, and Mexico, in 1820, 21, and 22, which '
contains some striking proofs of the beneficial
effects already produced by the Revolutions
in that part of the world. The inhabitants
are every where alive to the advantages which
they have obtained by the removal of the re-
strictions on industry and commerce, though
they may not always have very correct notions
with respect to political , freedom. A Mexican
peasant, for instance, whose appearance was not
the most promising in the world, was asked by a
Spaniard before Capt. Hall, what he meant by
the free trade, which he had always in his mouth.
" t mean (said the peasant) that I formerly paid•
nine dollars for the cloth of which my shirt is
made, and now I get it for two—that I call free
trade." This is an argument in favour of free
trade, which a peasant must be very stupid in-
deed not to understand. The Miners of Chili
had gained by the change in an equal
degree. From a Table of Prices given by
Captain Hall, it appears that copper, the staple
mineral of Chili, had risen from seven to thirteen
dollars the quintal, while the steel and iron pro-
cured from Europe, and which are necessary for
their mining operations, had fallen, the one from
50 dollars to 16, and the other from 25 dollars
to 8. Captain Hall is of opinion th:lt no Euro-
pean force could possibly replace the quondam
Colonies under Spain. One unequivocal sign of
improvement is mentioned by him, the influence
of the Priests is every where on the decline.

[NSW TIM es.]
Two circumstances condeced to create a satis-
factory impression yesterday on the Money
Market : one was the knowledge that the amount
of Assents to the reduction of the Four per Cent.
Stock amounted to 64 millions ; the other, that
the Financial Accounts exhibited an increase
of 988,6151. on the year ; and of 1,328,4031. on
the quarter. It is true that the increase is de-
rived from the Austrian re-payment of 2,400,0001.;
but against this is to be set the reduction
of Taxes to a much larger amount. Those
branches of the R.evenue on which the re-
peal of Taxes has not much operated, namely,
the Customs, Stamps, and Post-Office,exhibit an
increased produce : the decrease is chiefly on the
Excise and Assessed Taxes, in both of which
the remissions have been so considerable. On
referring to the Excise Accounts, of which we
lay an official statement before our readers, it
will be perceived that Tea and Tobacco, the
luxuries of the lower .classes, have been aug-
mented in consumption (we speak particularly of
the Quarter); the increase on Candles too is a
mark of Increased industry and comfort; and from
the increase on Bricks it may be inferred that new
buildings continue to find employment for the la-
borious, and accommodation for all classes. The
decrease on Malt for theLquarter is so small, not-
withstanding the great reduction of duty, as
plainly to infer an increase in the consumption of
the article. Other views of the Finances are
equally satisfactory. The surplus of the Conso-
lidated Fund is above Three Millions and Three
Quarters ! If we look back to the peace of 1802
we shall find that the relative presuure of taxa-
tion was much greater then than it is now ; not-
withatinding we have in the interval overthrown
the ;most formidable military Power that the
world ever beheld. The Net Revenue of Great
Britain uas at that time above 38 millions ster-
ling, on a population of 10,f millions of souls ; the
Net Revenue now (exclusive of the re-payment
by Austria) is 48 millions sterling on a popula-
tion of above 143,- millions, which affords a consi-
derably less average taxation per head. If such
be the result with reference to the population
merely, it will require little argument to prove
that with reference to the property of the coun-
try the result is quite as favourable ; for, un- '
doubtediy, the wealth of the country has ad-
vanced quite as rapidly as.its numbers.—Consols
closed yesterday at 954 ; the probability that
all the Great Powers will follow the example .of
England in reducing the interest of money leads
to a belief that Consols SA, ill ere long reach par.
No great quantity of business was doue yester-
day in the British Funds ; speculation being
chiefly, active in Colombian, the price of which
had advanced at one time of the day to 91, but
left off'' at 881. All other foreign securities
continued to maintain the preceding day's quo.
tation.

EBILITIS/1 PRE6S.]
The detailed statement of the Quarter's-Re
venue, which will be found in our columns this
morning, is cheering and satisfactory; it gives
the most convincing proofs of the increasing pros-
perify of the country ; and shews also that reduc-:
tion of taxation, wisely applied, far from re-
ducing,has, on the contrary, added to the public
income of the Empire, and, by increasing con-
sumption, has raised the public revenue. This
is and will be the great triumph of Ministers.
It is on such a basis as this their character
and their popularity
will permanently rest.—
With the vast resources Great Britain possesses,
enormous taxation might, as in past years, at the
close of the late war, wring from her landholders,
her manufacturers, and her merchants, monstrous
contributions, unwillingly paid, impoverishing
the entire community, and hringing with it a
pressure, the forerunner of general ruin. Such
was the situation of this country within the last
seven years. From that state of temporary dis-
tress the country gradually has risen through the
energy of her people, the industry of her mer-
chants, and the wisdom of. her Government, to
present `enviable and still rising situation of
prosperity, wealth, and power. For this
great consummation we are mainly indebted
to' the uninterrupted peace that for nearly
nine years has 'dawned over this country
—a tranquillity it has been the policy of
Ministers to maintain, and iu which they
have succeeded, without 'sacrificing an atom •of
the influence of England; and we are every day
now experiencing the invaluable benefits of that
wise policy. The accounts of the last quarter
spew an increase, of the Customs, flowing from
the foreign trade of the country, of more than

78,000/.iwhile the increase in the year amounts
to near 1,080,000/.!sterling. In the Excise it was
natural to look for a serious decrease, from
the many redactions made; and, accordingly, a

deficit of near 263,0001. appears on the face of '
the quarter's accounts in this item, while that for
the year exceeds 1,850,0001. We doubt wire-
tiler Ministers, in justice to themselves, should
place the account in this way before the public,
contrasting the receipts of a year when a number
of articles were heavily taxed, with that in which
the Excise was taken off altogether, and calling
the non-production of repealed imposts de-
crease of revenue. But the prosperity of the
country and the state of our resources speak
for themselves, and the public accounts need
no artificial preparation whatever. There is also
an increase of more than 90,0001. in the single
item of Stamp Duties for the quarter, amounting
to upwards of 254,0001. for the year. The re-
venue of the Post Office, this quarter, also ex-
ceeds that of 1823 by 26,0001. and amounts in
the year to the large sum of 444,0001. The loss
of revenue erected by past reductions, and
felt principally in excisable article, is thus
in a considerable degree made up, and that in
a way that speaks incontestably to the rising
resources, trade, and prosperity of the country.
The net produce of the revenue for the year
closing on the sth of April,lB23, was 49,842,6071.
and that for the present year, ending at the same
period,is 50,812,6721. leaving, with the introduc-
tion of the Austrian loan, an increase in the pre-
sent year of more than
,970,0001. sterling.—
In the exciseable articles we find a sensible
increase on auction duties, on bricks and tiles,
on candles, on glass, on paper, tea, tobacco,
and snuff; all articles of general, consumption,
and bespeaking increased resources and com-
forts among the people ,at large. The great
decrease in the Excise is in the articles of salt,
spirits, printed goods, malt, and other duties,
on which the reduction ,has been very great.
Such a decrease must have been anticipated as a
matter of necessity. In every view we can take
of it, the present state of the country, as to
its situation and resources, is most gratifying,
' while her prosperity, far from diminishing, is
every day on the increase.--We wish we cnuld
see Ireland participating in these great results,
and, in place of imposing a heavy burden on
Great Britain, sharing in her prosperity, and en-
joying that tranquillity and happiness which the
general diffusion of comforts and industry among
her people would be sure to bring in their train.

Front [k• LONDON GAZETTE, dpriT6.

Foreign-Office, April 6, 1824.

The King has been pleased to appoint William Turner,.Esq
to be Secretary to his Majesty's Embassy at the Sublime. Otto.
man Porte.

Whitehall, March 30.

The King has been pleased to present the Rev. Nathaniel
Dodson, Master of Arts, to the Vicarage of Saint Helen, in
Abingdon, and the Chapels of Radley and Drayton, in the
county of Berks and diocese of Salisbury, void by the cession
of the Rev. John Matthias Turner, the last Incumbent.

The King has also been pleaSed. to present the James
Peterson to the Church and Parish of Gordon, in the presby-
tery of Lauder and county of
ißleav_ick, vacant by the trans-
portation of the Rev. David W ooTtlon to e Church and
Pariah
The 71iii;r-1115:::11a..lso been pleased to present the Rev. David
William Gordon to the Church and Parish of EarlstOn, in the
presbytery of Lauder and county of Berwick, vacant by the
death of the Rev. William Shiels, late Minister thee

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
J. Henderson, blickfriars-road, Surrey; draper.
BANKRUPTS.
M. Clark, Newmarket St. Mary, Suffolk, tailor, to surrender
April 14, at six, 15, 'at ten, and May 18, at twelve, at the
Eagle Inn, Cambridge. Attornies, Messrs. Issacsons and Son,
Newmarket ; and Mr. J. Hunt, Surrey-street, Strand.
T. W. Binns, Stockport, Cheshire, cotton-spinner, April
21, 22, 'and May 18, at eleven, at the Stir Inn;-Manchester.
Attornies, Mr. E. Chester, Staple Inn, London ;: and, Messrs.
Binns and Boardman, Manchester.
I. Price, Stepney, Middlesex, undertaker, April JO, 13, and
May 18, at ten, at the Court Of! Commissioners. Attorney;
Mr. H. C. Lichfield, Dolphin-place, High Holborn„London.
W. Parsons, Reading, Berkshire,
plasterer, April 15, 26;
and May 18, at twelve, at the George 'lnn; Leading. Attor..
nies, Messrs. Eyre and Coverdate, Gray's lnn-square, Lon
don ; and Messrs. Briggs and Whatley, Reading: !
G. Anderson, Maiden-lane, London,. warehouseman.), April
io, 17, and May 18, at eleven, at the Court of Commissionersi
Attorney, Mr. 'Taylor,-Bartholomew-close.
DIVIDENDS.
J. Boyes, jun. Waniford, York, carpet-manufacturer, April
27, at eleven, at the, Dog and Duck Tavern, Kingston-uponi
Hull—V. Hodgson. Newgate.street, linen-draper, May at}
one, at the Court of Commissioners--R. Edwards, Morgans.
lane, Tooley-street, brandy merchant, May 1, at twelve, at the!
Court of. Commissioners—S. Sampson, Size lane, auctioneer;
May 1, at one, at the Court ComMissieners—W: Folford;
, April 27, at tWelve, at the-Court of
Heat!,
the
Oak, Stafford, ironmaster,
April,3o, at! eleven, at the Royal :Hotel, • Birmingham—J.
Lcoamclinlainsesieo ,an'earr:houseman
Webster, Tower-street,lnerchant, April 24, at twelve, at .the
C oJohnion, Sarnborn, Warwick,
Sartgt of
harmer 31 Commissioners-_
ay.ltt ll
twelve, at :the Crown. Ipn, Leamington—F.
and R. Willett, Thetford, Norfolk; bankers,!JUne 5, at eleven,
St. Edmund's—R. Runcorn, Man.
ca e
sttl er Angelplumber, I ,1!
48, 71r4y,
chester,—W. Gould and F. Greasley,Maiden-lane, Wood.
the Star Inn, Man.
at' eleven, at
street,, hosiers May 11, at ten, at The Court of Commissioners.

"CERTIFICATES, APRIL 27.
W. Walker,. Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital, ,
haber-
dasher—S. Hobley, James-street, Covent-garden, shoe-maker
—J. Coats, Fore-street, Cripplegate, dealer—P. A. Compton,
Beckenham and Lee, Kent, farmer—ll. Bulcock, Worksop;
Nottingham, innkeeper—G. -Eloslilt, Chesterfield, Derby;
wine-merchant. .