The Sun.
London, England, 1824-04-22 00:00:00

ROBBERIES AT COVENT GARDEN THEATRE

Bow-STREET—(THis DAY.)—Dennii .31‘Car-
MN, a fellow belonging to one of the Most .darin4
gangs of thieves who nightly infest the 'Mains,
and who are supposed to have-been concerned
in tl.e various robberies that have lately been
committed, ,was brought up in custody of Do-
naldson, charged with attempting a felony, laNt
night at the front door of the Theatre. Ile was
committed, at on leaving the bar exclaimed with
a most horrid oath that, he uould do for Lhe
officer.

Accincr4T.—Yrsterday evening, in Greenwich
Park, as a party of young men, with their lasses,
were amusing themselves in running dow n Green-
wick Hill, one of thew, a female about 18 y 4 ars
of age, named Moult', daughter of a resi ectabla
tradesman at Kennington, suddenly fell •*ilia
such considerable force in the descent that she
unfortunately broke her leg in two places. Se•
veral persons instantly tendered their assiatance,.
and speedily carried her to a surgeon's for fprdi.
cal 45sistauce in a state of to►al insensit'Oity.

1407:1)0N 0 LTIVNIVIAS.
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~.E.rtracts from the Morning Papers, April tt.

BRITISH. PRESS.

The Etoile of I:tiPsday attempts to holster up.

:10uebliard's attempted Spanish loan,' and congra-
French nation sou the amelioration of !
_ .itturblic credit in Spain. , We. should ,he.happy to
knOw.,fromllieuite in what .part of Spain this;'
_,:amelioration has taken place, for at this moment:
-we are utterly at a loss to dlscover._:The
attributes the amendinent to the energetic..inea-s_
atopted by the ,wise and faithful Ferdinand,
I—to heal I'hr-wounds et the revolution- and Iran-
..all causes .of. Spain, the
adds, is the cause of Europe;. and this
journal p'red:cts that Guebhard's loan will rank
as high as the Neapolitan, from. the revenues
pledged as a security,and the benign wisdoni .of
the ,SpanWl Monarch already '.alliide4 to:. We
flo not think this long-..depending loan will suc-
`.;csed,,or meet any support in France ; the Con-
tractor was already heoted otr , the :Boursk of

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',Paris.
.The . many individual!. who have brew
-_plundered by the unprincipled dishonesty of the
'Spanish tyrant, and robbe,cl:of the sums invested
them .in securities under the Constitutional
loans, will give- till the opposition they can to a
measure
,of, this description ; nor can we
suppose any capitalists in France or elsewhere
vc ill he found infatuated'. and credulous enough
again to advance their.prOperty, on the faith of a
:perfidions. tyrant, who hasproved'hithselfdesti-
*-Ote of all, principle, and: is uov at the head of a
Government which cannot last in Spain.—The
•-project for the reduction of the French Stock has
-met very strong . opposition in the chamber of
"D.eputies.. After the lengthened Report of M.
Masson on this subject had been read, a violent
-Scene of recriini:n4tion
.arose on determining the
tithe best fitted to bring on the discussion of this
;important?! subjict. 1. Girarditi i:barged the,
-Finance. Minister with robbing the .a.unuitants
‘:)f a third, part of their income. M. de VH-
-141(3 replieti; that the offer •bf'a IQO francs for
Ontes, tlopght, hv toe holders at:fram. 5010. 90,

could not be.called a robbery of thestockholders.
I. Cassimir Perrier, the Paris banker, required
the production of a copy of the agreement enter-
ed into by the Minister of Finance with the great
capitalists wlionegociated the Loan. No answer
-was given to this demand, which roused a strong
sensation through the Chaniber. The discussion,
after a stormy scene, waS fixed: for Saturday the
le4th inst. The project of Ministers will be op-
posed by the extreme left arid extreme right.—
Fifteen Deputies have.insciihed their names to
speak against it; among -them are M. de la
13,ourdonnaye, the leadgr of the rtwmbe-rs on the
extreme right ; formerly 'Minister of

the interior; Genera' Foy ; Ittcassiniir, Perrier
/
and. Others. Fotirteen Ministerial Deputies have
put.down their Barnes in its support. r-fite itoyatigt

Marchangy has again lost his election, mid heeti
expelled th.t4 Chainber from ukdit of qualification,
The last .1.3i,,b0n, Papers contain a long and la•
toured artkle-against-tbe'Brazilian Constitution:
the war of is She, only one the Ultras 01
Portugal can now maintain. These papers con-
tain the account of the reCeption of the. Puke

Villa Hermosa, as ArnbussatiOr-from Spain, with
his speech to the Portuguese Monarch, and the
answer Of the Vacillating Spsliu and
l'Ortugal art.tio..Perfectly on a leyel in point of
political degradation,' and may therefore exchange
AlobtisSadors-Ciri. ti,rrns 'Of 'eV-dirty: but no re-
proaches po:ui.ed out in the .Lisbon Gaeettes. can
restore the parted ascandancy rif eYortugal OVf."l',
the BFRZUS'ai:IIn, This 6ne cOurilf!ry i noyc •
se.
yered fro‘wher.dorninions:Ar ever.
'TiSks%j
'rite expresses frOrn Paris received yesterdy
bring the closing fula of the. French Rentes on
Monday 1,0,2f..9,514.and for the account 103. f, 100.
bit the private -letters. do not bring any intelli-
ge:nce.of the slightest public interest.: Our Funds
•
recovered _yesterday from their slight depression,
and public transfers were made .for.the:,first time
at the Bank sinee., the holidays,--ivhich contri-
buted pei,baps to improve the;prices; ',Consols
for the Account were . the close of business
90,- but
.both, the transactions in the'Britisti
and. I.4'ur.ds were unusually limited,
ana the pric;!'s have in consequence experienced
little Variation.: Tll4.;.N6i',.(..,..olvinbiaii Loan is
still in request, and -the• price- of the Scripi Upon
which the- first instalment—wiis paid yester-
day, has improved .4.premium. Spanish Honda
remain stationary and the other secbritirs clOsed,
without any alteration in the. prices -of the last
few days.—New projects still coutinue.to inun-
date the Royal' Exchange; but Joint Stock COM-
panies, whose objects lie within the grail) 'cif emu,
mop experience, Are not so well calculated-4o
entice speculation as
,Foreign Loans and projects
for gathering gold and diamonds in Ti;riu in-
cognita.

[mouNtitt
Mr. \lartin, the Member fOr Galway., has
given notice of a Motion after the recess, the ob-
Oct'of which is-to raise the salaries:(:).r the (groat,
fficers of St,ate,-and--Of t-he Juilges of ihn
perior courts. The grounds on which. Hon.,
Getitlernan .infends to proceed We die wholly un--
~
n•
riltiler do we aftect taknow.
the“-exact -scOpit and hearing of the aittiration
wfitdl' he prOposeg' to mr11.:(.,...
however, .we nre'-c'ertain, that as a ineastne.,.OT
equitj.- and, :1 revision arid,
or tire salitrirs of 'the •-of the. Lao!.}; ac
cording 'to the Present :sttitidaid of 'value, and
thei•average profik of tlie Adadirig nett at the
Bar? is tib4oltteli bdtii- 'with a vie w
to the character and authority of the Ilenc.ll,
and the due And dignified- administration of.
Justice:. .••it lat'tho same titrie,.appedi'f6 ors
that, this. subject is altogether distinct from the
othscl•iolti.t.• .whil7ll Mr. Altfrtin's motion
seen-to ritix wr with it --;:uatneli,-• the salaries of
the". Great c)f[icers of State. •The situatiOn.
the Jatter;ave splimictrotlietts of • atnbitiorV; and
lead.io t:olUture honours., whil6 they.'
are acCornpaniv4 by "an. udequate-.Portion of
coinitatitpitroriagi; and
rieg ittactied,to'itiretnl9rimock.fiart
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deration•to•their acceptance nor -the least sti-
muldS to the most zealous fulfilment Of the du-
ties thereby imposed. , -We ask, for instance,
would any man decline the -office of a Secretary
of State because its enioluinents were less
than those of hiS profession, whatever the
latter might he.? Both 'sides of the House of
ti Commons will answer for us " No !", In short
prolit and loss, ina.mercantile sense, have no room
in. the minds of persons fitted or -aspiring to be
Statesmen. They may be fond of place, but it
is not for the- mere pelt thus obtained--4o,be
ambitious is not to be sordid•r-and we
,therefore
land and encourage the love of power in public
ammeters, though we should abhor him who
combined with-it the meanness-or avarice. For
this reason. we disapprove •of the incongruous
motion which Mr.: lartin has announced. That
the reduction -of 10-per cent. which was made in
the incomes of all
-_the holders of public offices
about two years back, should be surrendered at
present, we are quite satisfied ; because the ne.
cessity and the Oecunia- ry circumstances of
the country in which the tax originated no
longer exist. This, however, .is a separate
topic from that - which
_we suppose to be. contem-
plated by the Hon. Member for Galway, and
we leave it, to -expreSs our entire concurrence in
any, proposition. which has for its object to raise,
conformably to the- actual state of the profits of
; the legal ProfessionOlie salaries of the Superior
Judges. These situations, with :the exception
.of
the Chancellorship and the
,Chief
Jnsticeship
, of the King's Bench,.gratify no ambitious yearn-
in—advance to no future honours—and confer
but little . additional, dignity or renown- on
the possessors. They are, at thesaMe time,
offices of gyeat trust, imposing, the severest la-
bour, and exacting the most scrupulous exercise
of mature judgment and profound knowledge
in every branch of JnrisprUdence. Is it not,
then, indispensable to the right filling of
these important stations. that in accepting them,
Lawyers should incur no greater loss than the
exaltation will compensate ? If we
.would have
thoe who adMinister justice the saes of the
Law, they must be selected front the foremost
and ablest practitioners' at the. Bar and unless
the emolument of a be equal to
that• of a leading Counsel, can such ,a result be
obtained ? The dignity and authority of our
tribunals, as well as
,the ioterests of the country,
demand that the earnings of Counsel, and the sa-
laries of Judges shoUld be brought more nearly
to approximate ; and so ,far ..-Nir.,Alartirt's motion ;
has our hearty approval.

[MORNING HERALD.]
t will be perceived that the state of Spain is
as deplorable as ever The Serviles are writhing
under the yoke of the French, and, in the via-,
lenCe of their hatred, would, it • appears, make.
common cause with the Constitutionalists.=
hence the :Monks begin to preach union among
Spaniards. Nothing can be more melancholy,
more pitiable, than the situation of the King of
Spain and of his Ministry. The Spanish army,
properly so called, is .but of a very few thou-
sands, yet even these are
,described
,as in a state
of starvation--reeivink no pay. They natu-
rally enough murmur at this, and' the ./.,inister
of War has threatened to•rei.i-7n,
,oint-
p.ortion of the. arrears be laid to keep the sol-
diers' body and soul together. The King has
ordered that the troops should have a priority of
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claim on the Treasury. But the question is,
whether it is not :41t011y -mooks,
populace, and. servile ioluntrs, Continue to
practise acts the . most odious and cruel upon
the Constitu.tionalist's, wbereyer they are Hot
under the i4Unediaie:contrOul of the. French-,--
so far as even to. massacre prisoners in cold
blood. In some placeS • the volunteers have
been disbanded.; in Others; they resist the
order of-the Government ,and the local Autho-
rities. 11 about Money the GoVermrient of Fer-
dinand must soon._. break dO‘.vn. As it is, the
whole power is exercised by: the French ; but
without payment, Ferdinand will hardly find
persons to go through the forms of Court cere-
mony. • &very attempt is made to obtain a' loan;
but with -little success---upon such crazy security.
In the mean tune the King,• of -Spain- and the,
King of Portugal are laviShing' encomiuminpon.
each otheri• th-rOugh-.the-TeSpective Ambassadors
.a:t their Courts, with a' tone of Pomp and gran-
deur approaching to liurlesqoe. • Klr4g Ferdi-
nand talks as if Spain were now what she was en:.
aer•Charlet the Fifth or Philip the Second ,• and
the King of Portugal.ccingratulateoaru'upOu the
happiness which his flight froin Cadiz, and the pre-
sence of the Freneli, 'confer upon the *Spanish
people. It is somewhat curious that the 13rtylilian
Constitution has been published in the Lisbon
Cetizefte—tiOt, however, Without note o'r corn-
[gent. •It is pronounced iicibns tri every respect.
The King of Portugal, hoWeVer,' if 'fie would up-
set the ConslitUtion, and destroy iheindefien-
deuce of Brazil, initst'enPloY same more effectual
resources thati'there: criticism, and quotitions
frucn the Itoritati Nett. •

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[Mott NINO- nci-szeLic:3
Our contelppOrgry of Th'e Aftiv.,7llnss,,spfk-.
ing of the fahle. exhibiting flieuminber of cotn7
e•:f;ciitioti4; &e. during the last 'even
ye'ars, in F,ngland .and Wales generally, and' in
London and Middlesex in particular, dra,wn up
in :the office of the Home Secretary, obs,erves---
‘i 'We lan;esit tO:say,,that'a retrospect of 14 yeays,
exhibits by no inemis *a satisratdry. :viftiv o 1 the
state of morals The nuniber of offt:otlirs cOrn-
initteil for trial has progressively increased from
the yedr 1810, and 'a v4iry sudtlen and 'great
hlreaSe* appears in the yezir:ll7:(th.e period
wheli the effects Of' peace tiny prObably be
considered to have operated), winch increase has,
' sinceCorititined fill "withiii'tEle LISt tiro
I .
iyitnes'ihoUld, increikse this country dos,
not nirprise'us, and can surprise* no one W is
aware of 'the state in which our rural population
flits been placed .Onr surprise is, that there should
liaire*betl,n ti diminution dUrina; the laSt two years.
• Whr..it the particulars 'are before ilie public,:
it 4114 ic,e It'iive no doubt, be fotin.f that the
dirninution is altogyther in the la* towns aid
i 76 diSt,4,
; i• • ,
iilricihiVe in op,eig/i66 112 thatSTO4gb of Dv; ~c),,d
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—the Agricultural Counties, crimes in them can-
not possibly diminish, but must increase in a
.frightful ratio.

VII E -, flytEs.]
An Ex-Sheriff of the other side of the Tweed
seems disposed to encircle his- name with as ho:
nourable. a notoriety as the but too-celebrated
Ex-Sheriff on the banks- of - the Thames. We
have long been aware of the degree of political
animosity which unhappily-inflames the Govern:
• ment and Opposition parties in-Scotland—an ani-
mosity heightened by the sense of public wrongs
on the one side, and the insatiable-avidity of
public plunder on the other : yet there are rules of
war which even
,savages respect ; taut savages are
not generally politicians. A person named Wilson,
it will be recollected, was executed for high trea-
son in Scotland, some time in the year 1820.
Of this person,' Lord A. Hamilton has - been
charged, by the northern Ex-Sheriff, in a letter'
which.. appeared in an evening Paper- .of Satur-
day last, with havitig been the friend. Proofs
of the friendship, it was insinuated, were con-
_ tained in certain letters found by the Ex:She-
riff,' during his
shrievalty, in -Wilson's house.—
The best reply to this base insinuation is that
adapted by Lord Arehibald—namely, the pub-
lication letters, themselves ; and what de-
gree
ofof the
i la i
mac
y pr
friendship
they establish will
be clear to our readers, when we inform them
that one. of the letters informs Wilson, that Lord
-Archibald will, as requested, present a petition
from the town of StrathaVeti, under an assurance
that " the language of the petition -is re
" spectful to the House, and the character of the
" petitioners loyal and peaceable ;" and the other
from-the same to the same, states that his Lord-
ship will also present a Petition against the Corn
Bill!! We never knew an Administration that
would wish- its opponents to be traduced in
.so
outrageons...a -degree as this. The EX-Sheriff
will, therefore, prObably find that he has,offend-
ed thOie`Whom he would make his friends, more
-than- his'enemy, by his excess of zeal.