The Sun.
London, England, 1824-03-03 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS—(fms DAY.)

David Sumner, a distressed-looking man, was
indicted for stealing a silver watch, value 30s. the
property of Mr. Folkard, silversmith, of 142,
Blackfriars'. road. The prisoner, it appeared,
went into the shop, and requested to look at
some watches, which were shown him, and while
Mr.Folkard's attention was occupied, the prisoner
snatched one of the watches, and ran off. He was
pursued, and taken with the property in his posses..
sion. In his defence he said, that he had been se-
veral days without food,and starvation drove him,to
the act for the mere purpose of being transported
for life. He was sentenced to seven years trans-
portation. _

Thomas Jerre and William Burgess were
indicted for stealing a quantity of charcoal, :the
property of their master, Mr. Richard Comer,of
the Borough. The case: being proved, they, were
also sentenced to be transported for 7 years.
Robert Cornwall, was indicted for stealing'a.
till, containing 71. and upwardi, the property Af,
Mr. John Robinson, fruiterer of Croydon4- T.h.q
prisoner entered the shop with the greatest studa-.
city and took the till from behind the counter;
with which he .was leaving the place when 'he
was stopped by the prosecutor. Be said .nothink
in his defence, and he was found guilty. Trans..,
portation for 7 years.

CORN EXCHANGE, Blanch 3.
The arrivals are—English Wheat, 3,100 ; Barley, 1.,700;'
Oats, 7,100 ; Trish Oats, 1,000 quarters ; Flour, 1,000 sacks.'
These quantities are only moderate, but there is not much dis-
position on the part of our millers to purchase Wheat to-day;
the prices therefore remain as last quoted. Barley is' rather
dearer. Beans and Peas are unaltered. The Oat trade re-
mains in much the same state as last reported.

Earl GROSVENOR. has given a piece of ground.
at Pimlico whereon to build a new Church. It has been 6taked
out for some time. The scite is near the intended new squares
which are laid out near the King's-road.
BURGLARY.-011 Saturday Hight, or early on
Sunday morning, the house of Mr. B. DAVENPORT, Chuich.
row, llampstead, was burglariously entered, and robbed
great quantity of plate. The robbery was confined to the :
kitchen, and was not discovered till the servants got up in the •
morning. It is suspected that the villains ,had seen the ser-'
vants cleaning the plate during the day by looking in at the
kitchen window. A reward of 50/. is offered on convictien'of
the offenders.

We understand that the Admiral'a flag
,at
Leith is to be struck on the Ist Mardi, and.that
there is not to be any naval station iii• Scotland at
present.—(Culedoniun Mercury.)

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY•
, _attracts from the Morning Papers, March 3.

[THE TIMES.]
The motion respecting the Lord Chancellor
Eldon is, " take it for all in all," perhaps one of
the most singular occurrences which the domestic
history of the present day will present to the
view of posterity. We have often observed pri-
vately, in how tranquil a manner matters of vast
import in their future consequences have passed,
with respect to cotemporaneous observation : they
have seemed to make but little immediate itnpres-
sion, because, though they have set the reason to
work, they have not much moved the passions.—
Of such a nature is the motion of Mr. Aber-
cromby, and its result. It hardly seems to strike
the people of the present day, that a motion has
been made, the success of which must have been
to bring down the Lord Chancelllor of England
as an apologist for himself,in one humble form or
other, before the assembled majesty of the House
of Commons, and that that motion has only been
defeated by a majority of 151 to 102 !! ! We
choose to mention the prime numbers, rather than
the difference ; because, from that circumstance
arso, a pregnant inference may be drawn—
namely, that a motion of such vast importance,
upon which the honour of the Chancellor of Eng-
land depended, could only draw together a
House of 253 members ! Is this all you are worth,
my Lord, after your boasted labours, your judi-
cial integrity, your unwearied patience, to say
nothing of the patience which you have tried, as
well as that which you have exhibited ? Is this
all you are worth ? Only a House of two hundred
and fifty-three Members ; and of that number
more than one hundred voting in your condem-
nation ? Go now, and complain, as an illustri-
ous female once complained when your name
was mentioned, of the treachery and ingratitude
of mankind ! Nor is this the whole. It will
be observed, that of all the Members who voted
for the Chancellor, not one spoke in justification
of his conduct. They palliated—they evaded—
they excused : they did not defend. One man
said his Lordship abused the paper, the news-
paper which had contained the false report, at
that violent rate ; another pleaded the irritabi-
lity of a temper that was never known to decide
hastily till the present occasion ; a third drew a
distinction between " utter falsehood" and " ex-
tremely erroneous," to the detriment, in fact, of
the person who used the former expression ;
but the act itself of the Chancellor was left
wholly untouched, as it was committed by
Ilis Lordship stated upon the judg-
ment-seat of his Court—of the High Court
of Chancery—that that which a Member of
the House of Commons had said in his place in
that House was an " utter falsehood." In three
words, therefore, we ask, may not we say as
much of any Member whom we suppose to
have committed a falsehold in the House ? And
if we may not, why may we not? May not any
Englishman hereafter say as much ? And if he
may not, why may he not, after the Lord Chan-
cellor of England has set him the example ? Is
the precedent established from this time forth,
that any man out of the House of Commons may
charge one in it with speaking an utter false-
hood in his place? And if the present proceed-
ing does not establish the precedent, what is
meant by it ? What exemption on the score of
mortal frailty, or super-constitutional power,
does the Chancellor plead

[NEW TIMES]
There were no foreign arrivals yesterday from
the Continent of importance ; but the 'Funds
continue steadily to advance, the last price of
Consols for the Account being 944-. So confident
are some parties of their still attaining a higher
price, that policies have been effected at Lloyd's,
upon payment of 50 guineas, to receive 100,
upon Consols reaching 95 during the present Ac-
count, which ends on the 9th of April ; these
were, we understand, concluded previously to
the advance yesterday ; so that a higher premium
would now be expected, from the greater proba-
bility of their reaching that price. In the Foreign
Exchange the purchases in the French Rentes
were made at the high price of 10'2f. and the
Scrip of the last Loan touched at 144 prem.;
Austrian Scrip, 194 ; Mexican Scrip, S;; even
Greek Scrip was done at 4 prem. The Bonds of
Russia, Prussia, and Denmark, remained at the
previous day's prices. Considerable interest
exists in the City to learn the important sub-
ject which has occupied the attention of the
Cabinet Council daily since the arrival of the
Messenger from Madrid. Cuba has been alluded
to, as forming a portion of the matter under de-
liberation, and many absurd reports are circu-
lated by individuals desirous of lowering our
Funds ; but in which object it will be per-
ceived they, entirely fail. Several purchases,
to extraordinarily large amounts, were made
yesterday for parties well experienced in
political matters ; and the letters from
France reiterate assurances of the cordiality
which exists at the present moment between the
two countries. It was asserted that Cuba had
been offered to this country for a ppcuniary con-
sideration, in which the claims of British Mer-
chants for losses in the West Indies was to form
a part of the amount. Such an event, it is con-
sidered, would not only give cause of jealousy to
the European Powers, but also to the United
States.

[MOANING II ER ALD.]
A discussion took place last night in the House
of Commons, on the subject of taxes, which may
be considered of some importance, on account of
a concession which the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer made to the yoke of public opinion,by con-
senting, to make a reduction to the amount of
5200,000/. in the charges on Law proceedings.
It may he recollected that, at the time when
those taxes were imposed, one principal argu-
ment which the Chancellor of the Exchequer ad-
vanced in favour of them was, that they would
tend in some degree to prevent litigation. Whe-
ther he was sincere in that declaration or not, it
is evident that the present Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer professes to entertain adifferent opinion;,

for last night he observed that the prevention of
litigation was not so much a good as the denial
of justice was an evil. That a considerable re-
duction of taxes ought to take place, and that
such reduction would tend greatly to relieve
the people from the pressure under which
they have been long suffering, is a proposition
generally admitted on both sides of the
House ; but a great difference of opinion pre-
vails as to the particular kind of taxes
that ought to be taken off. Some lion. Members
say that the Leather Tax is the most oppressive,
and that of course it should be repealed before
all others ; some cry out against the tax on
malt, and others against those on windows.
Among the latter is Mr. Hobhouse, who brought
forward his promised motion yesterday evening.
It was on this occasion that the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, while he resisted the proposition,
informed the House that it was his intention to
reduce the revenue heretofore derived from the
stamps on legal proceedings in Great Britain and
Ireland, to the amount of 200,0001.; that one
half of this sum should be made good by certain
savings intended to take place in,the expences of
collection, and the other half by a revenue ari-
sing out of the Crown lands, which had hitherto
been diverted to other purposes. This announce-
ment of the Right lion. Gentleman was loudly
cheered in most parts of the House ; and there
are many persons who will consider it as an im-
portant boon to the country.