The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-09 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

to which Mr. Pattison, a gentleman, we believe,
as perfectly unexceptionable as any of his col-
leagues, stands next in rotation, -and according
to the existing practice will, as matter of course,
be elected. It is so far fortunate that the con-
demnation of the system itself, which is in the
mouth of every man of property in the country, mor-
tified and smarting under the late exposure of its con-
sequences, cannot be construed into a personal reflec-
tion in any quarter. Even bank directors themselves,
who have a stake as merchants in the credit and cha-
racter of the city, more valuable to them than the ad-
vantages to be derived from their official situation, and
the prospect of succeeding in turn to the presidency of
bank affairs, are to be found among the most earnest in
deprecating the continuence of the system of rotation.
The remedy is to be found only in the bank directors
and proprietors as a body. Whether any attempt will
be made on this occasion to- change it is extremely
doubtful, but they may be assured that the call for
some change out of doors is universal, and that to ne-
glect the appeal will be to prepare the way for their
own annihilation as a corporate body.—Times.

We extract from the Dundee Chronicle a report of
a public meeting in that populous and wealthy town,
on the interesting and instructive occasion of the pre-
sentation of the freedom of the burgh to Lord Dur-
ham. In the proceedings of this great assemblage of
Scotch Reformers, the country will not fail to discern
the cause of the enmity and calumnies of the Tory
journals against this distinguished and popular noble-
man. Lord Durham, from his entrance into public
life to the present moment, has been the undeviating
and able advocate of the rights of the people. In all
the contests and changes of parties, through all
the vicissitudes of the,.; opular cause, in the House
of Commons, and as-1 British Peer, Lord Dur-
ham has honourably maintained an intrepid and
straightforward course of political conduct. Hence
the public respect so significantly manifested towards
him throughout the kingdom. The Conservative
writers naturally fear the influence and growing power
of such a public man ; and this is the origin of the
gross personalities and libellous attacks constantly le-
velled against him. Public opinion of his political
merits and opinions was distinctly displayed at the
dinner to Lord Grey in Edinburgh. The Reformers
of Glasgow have invited him to a public entertainment
in that city, and the large and intelligent population
of Dundee has now exhibited its appreciation of his
Lordship's labours in the cause of Reform. The
Standard of last night affects to desire that the
electors of the Metropolitan boroughs should
adopt the recommendation of the correspondent
of the Chronicle of yesterday, and give. Lord
Durham some public manifestation of political
gratitude for his acknowledged exertions for the enfran-
chisement of the district boroughs of the metropolis.
We doubt the sincerity of our contemporary : it is
these public demonstrations of the constituencies to'
Lord Durham which are gall and wormwood to the
Tories. The Standard has been lately extremely in-
dustrious in proclaiming a political re-action, and in
falsely describing Lord Durham as a Destructive. If
his Lordship deserved this malediction, we should
augur ill for the nation, as we are sure that there is no
town in the three kingdoms in which he would not
meet with public marks of respect from the great ma-
jority of the inhabitants, simply and purely on account
of his political conduct. Dundee contains a popula-
tion of 46,000, whose opulence surpasses that of almost
any other British town of equal numbers. The self-
elected councils which lately disgraced its municipal go-
vernment, no longer exist, and the local magistracy
which assembled to do honour to Lord Durham, was
recently elected by the wealthy and educated middle
classes of the burgh. Wherein, then, does our credu-
lous contemporary discern the emblems or proofs of
" re-action ?" And in what part of the manly and
patriotic address of the Noble Earl can the Conserva-
tives detect any designs against the institutions of the
country, or the form of its government ? We may also
ask, where are the signs that Lord Durham basely
cultivates the applause of ultra Radicals or Destruc-
tives ? In his eloquent answer to the addresses of the
Town Council and Political Union of Dundee, the
Noble Earl does not hesitate to avow and enforce any
difference of political opinion, even at the risk of his
present popularity. We must, however, content our-
selves with directing the attention of our readers
to the animating account of the honour justly earned
by Lord Durham. He truly contends that the
Whig Ministers have not done too much—that
they ought to do more,---that is to say, to carry
out all the ends of Parliamentary Reform ; and
the people of Dundee responded to those senti-
ments. The Scottish nation, at all events, has amply
testified its political opinions, during the last few
weeks, in the reception of Lord Grey in that part of
the empire. The triumph of the Noble Earl was such
as most patriots would covet ; the profound respect
and generous gratitude of a people emancipated from
self-elected magistracies and a mock representation,
was as honourable to his Lordship as it was to the
Scottish nation. Is it true, then, that any " reaction"
has taken place—that the Reformers " are coming to
their senses," or that the country is less determined to
obtain a reform of all abuses in Church and State ?
In what town of the United Kingdom dare a " Con-
servative " face a public meeting ; and if the Tory
Peers overturned the Ministry, how would the Tories
obtain a " manageable " Parliament, and how would
they control the large towns? Lord MelbOurne can-
not fail to perceive the power of his Government, and
we doubt not that his policy will justify the public con-
fidence.—Morning Chronicle.

We have seen a letter, signed 8., in the Sun of
Tuesday last, on the subject of " military flogging,"
and having especial reference to the case of the poor
fellow Hutchinson, who is now, contrary to all evidence
and justice, if the report of the proceedings on his
trial be correct, undergoing a six months' imprison-
ment, and hard labour to boot. We give our contem-
porary credit for the insertion of the letter, and for
the precise reason that nothing could have appeared in
the columns of any newspaper which could have justi-
fied, to a greater extent, the views entertained by the
Sun and the Advertiser. A more jejune—a more in-
apt—a more contemptible defence of the barbarous
system of flogging was never set up !—a more
abominable attempt to justify a most unjustifiable
and tyrannical proceeding we have never even
heard of ! We would print the letter, if we had
room for it, and for the special purpose of ex-
hibiting its hollowness and ineffiacy ; but our readers
we dare say, will be satisfied with the account given
of it by our contemporary, and we quote it accordingly.
Only think that men and Chiistians deem it to be good
practice to tear the flesh from a man's back until he be-
comes insensible to pain, and that the country is Eng-
land, in which this practice is not only religiously ob-
served, but defended—and what ought to be thought
of us ? Are we not barbarians in deed, if not in
name ? We will not follow our contemporary farther.
The article in his columns, powerful as it is, comes
short to the mark. But of this when Parliament meets.
We may, or we may not fail in procuring the discharge
of the unfortunate and much abused soldier, Hut-
chinson—but military torture shall not, please God
and a Reformed Parliament, have another twelve
month's existence.—Morning Advertiser.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MAR YLEB ONE.

THE LATE EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT SIR CHARLES
FORBES'S.—APPREHENSION AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF
THE DELINQUENT.—CharIes Adam Corbyn, with several
aliases, a fine youth about eighteen years of age, the son
of a captain in the navy, for whose apprehension (for steal-
ing several gold watches, and other valuable property, be-
longing to• Sir Charles Forbes, Bart., No. 9, Fitzroy-square)
a reward of 251. hasbeen offered, was yesterday brought up
in custody of one of the S division of police, and placed at
the bar before the sitting Magistrate, Mr. RAWLINSON,
when the following evidence was adduced :
John Champneys, police constable S 173, about ten
o'clock that morning, was on defy in the Hampstead-road,
when he saw the prisoner pass, who turned round and
looked at him very hard. Witness then carefully surveyed
him, and thinking, from the description given, that he was
the person who had dined with Sir Charles on the day of
the robbery, and the one suspected to, be the thief; he de-
termined on watching him ; he accordingly followed him a
few yards, when the prisoner turned into an old ironmonger's
shop, where having stayed some minutes he came out again ;
witness then entered the shop to ask what he had purchased,
and was informed that he bad agreed for two foils and a
midshipman's dirk. Knowinc, that the person suspected had
been a midshipman, he made sure he was on the right
scent ; he. followed and overtook him, accosting him with,
"Do you know Sir Charles Forbes ? " to which the pri-
soner replied in the affirmative. Witness then asked him if
he would have any objection to accompany him to Sir
Charles's, and he having said " No," they proceeded on
their way thither. Nothing more passed till they arrived
at the door, when the prisoner said, " lam the person you
are looking for ; what does Sir. Charles mean -to do ? "
Witness answered, " L don't know ;." and the door being
opened, they both entered the passage together, when he
let go the-prisoner's arm, who immediately thrust his hand'
into his waistcoat pocket, and drawing out a small phial, swal-
lowed the contents before witness had time to arrest his hand.
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his hand, which witness picked up and saw a label on it
with the words " Laudanum, Poison." A surgeon was
immediately sent for, who administered an emetic, and
the prisoner having vomited for some time, at length re-
covered. Witness then searched him and found in his
trousers pocket four table spoons, and on other parts of his
person three duplicates for plate, one parcel of which, con-
sisting of six dessert-spoons and three tea-spoons, had been
pledged that morning with Mr. Brickell,, a pawnbroker, in
Tottenham-court-road, for the sum of 21: 155., in the name
of " William Dennis, King's College." The prisoner was
then conveyed to the station-house without having seen Sir
Charles, and witness being informed by the prisoner that
his lodgings were at No. 20, Robert-street, Hampstead-
road, proceeded there, and on opening a trunk, the key of
which he found on the prisoner, he discovered a silver
gravy-spoon and a salt ditto, together with a quantity of
wearing apparel and a midshipman's waistcoat, now pro-
duced.

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riffs
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riffs of London,- by what are called " Sessional Din-
ners," is, it seems, to be greatly increased by the four
additional Sessions which will occur under the New
Criminal Courts Act. We see no reason, on the con-
trary, why this expense might not be materially cut
down, if not altogether abolished. If necessary at all,
the expense would be much more reasonably divided
between the City and the several counties which will
be benefitted by the New Act, than by thus allowing
individuals to be taxed for a public benefit, which
ought at least to bear the burden of its new charge.
As far as the Sheriffs are concerned, unless there
be some peculiar exemptions from its operation pre-
served among the gastronomic records of the City
of London, there is, we believe, an old and whole-
some statute, which is acted upon in most other
counties, expressly prohibiting the Sheriff from
‘4 treating " under any circumstances. Besides this
the practice of feasting, which follows the Judges to
the Old Bailey, and which they are at present com-
pelled to practice on the different circuits, might be
more honoured in the breach than the observance. At
the Old Bailey Sessions were a moderate meal, in the
shape of a cold collation, provided, to which the
Judges and officers of the Court could resort as busi-
ness might permit, it would be infinitely preferable,
and far less expensive than the present splendid repasts
which are somewhat at variance with the vice and
wretchedness with which the parties in question are
environed ; nor are the subsequent potations any the
more praiseworthy or desirable, judging especially from
the scenes which they have sometimes produced at the
evening sittings. We are aware that to talk of lessen-
ing the pleasures of the table is little short of treason
within the sound of Bow bell. We must, however,
on this occasion fearlessly brave both the ridicule and
the ire of all lovers of good cheer, when we say that
at the Old Bailey such doings are quite out of place,
and that while temperance societies are recommended
to the humbler classes, there can be no harm if the
means of intemperance are withdrawn from so very un-
seemly a sphere as that of a Court of Criminal Justice.
—Morning Herald.

Inspector Dawkins here said that Mr. Rose, surgeon, 11,
Blackfriar's-road, came to the station-house in Albany-
street, about nine o'clock the previous night, stating that he
had lost a quantity of plate, and while he was describing
the articles his eye caught one of the bills offering a reward
for the prisoner's apprehension, upon which he exclaimed,
" Good God I Corbyn, that's the name of the young man
who dined with me to-day, and who left me, saying that he
was going to visit Sir Charles Forbes. Surely he could not
have stolen my property." He (Mr. Dawkins) said he
strongly suspected that he had, and after some fur-
ther conversation, Mr. Rose went away. The
articles that gentlemon had lost were four desert
forks, six desert spoons, four table ditto, one salt ditto,
three tea ditto, and one gravy spoon, and he had no doubt
that the gravy spoon and salt ditto found in the prisoner's
trunk, together with the four table spoons found on his
person, and the spoons he had that morning pledged, were
the property of Mr. Rose, they all answering the descrip-
tion of being marked with a crest. Mr. Rose had not yet
been informed of the capture of the prisoner.
Sir Charles Forbes was unable to attend, as likewise Miss
Laing, niece of the Magistrate of that name, from whose
house the prisoner stole a box of jewels, while staying there
on a visit.

It was a most mistaken notion, if not the positive
breach of a public duty, on the part of Mr. Commis-
sioner Evans, in the Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday,
when he decided for a private hearing of the applica-
tion for a fiat of bankruptcy against Mr. Richard Mee
Raikes, the late Governor of the Bank of England..
Considering the state of opinion in the City on the
failure first, and then the disappearance of the indivi
dual, all circumstances strongly demanded the fullest
disclosures possible respecting them at the earliest pe-
riod that presented itself, and it was in the power of
Mr. Commissioner Evans, by a better comprehension of
the duties of his office, to have effected an essential ser-
vice to all men of business in the City, perhaps even to
the Bank Directors themselves. These latter are not to
be expected to volunteer any explanation, though in pos-
session of the means, which they would owe, in their own
construction of their duty, to their constituents alone—
the Bank Proprietors—and it is worthy of remark thatno act of personal friendship, either through a private
or public channel, has yet relieved Mr. Raikes from
any of the suspicion which must attach to his conduct
while unexplained. Some light at least must, beyond
all question, have been thrown upon it by the exami-
nation before the Bankruptcy Court, but the presidl
ing Judge, through some unintelligible motives of
delicacy, or some incomprehensible miscarriage in the
discharge of the functions of his office, suffers the
easion to be lost, and the conjectures and suspicions of I
the whole city, of which both Mr. Raikes and his col-
leagues are the objects, to go on unassisted till
the 20th instant, when the first examination of the
bankrupt, for so he is now declared to be, is to
take place. To-morrow is the day fixed for the
election of Mr. Raikes's successor in the Bank chair,

There being at present no further evidence,
Mr. RAWLINSON, addressing the prisoner, said, I need
not tell you that you are accused of numerous robberies ;
but" the parties who prefer these charges not being present
you will be remanded till a future day. Have you anything
to say ? Prisoner (in a firm voice)—l am guilty.
Mr. RAWLINSON—As you have made an attempt upon
your life you will go to the House of Correction till your
next examination, where I shall request you may be under
closeinspection.

Prisoner—Will you allow me, for the sake of my parents,
to he tried in another name ?

Mr. RAwLiNsoN—I am glad to see you have some
feeling for your family, but I am sorry to say your request
cannot be granted ; you are here in your right name, and
in that you must be tried.

The prisoner, who appeared in a very desponding state,
and during the evidence given against him leaned on the
dock with his head on his hand, was then led out, and
shortly after removed in a coach to prison, from whence he
will be brought up in a few days. The prisoner on coming
of age becomes possessed of considerable property, and
large estates abroad.

WORSHIP-STREET.
THE OPERATIVE BUILDERS.—Two journeymen builders,
named Jeremiah Riley and Jacob Thomas, were charged
before Mr. TWYPORD with creating a disturbance on the
preceding night at the Paul's Head publiclhouse, in Cris-
pin-street, Spitalfields, and also with wilfully breaking to
pieces one of the operative builders' subscription boxes.
The prisoners were members of the Builders' Union, now
on the " strike," and had gone into the tap-room of the
Paul's Head, for the purpose of having a steak cooked,
when they met with some Journeymen bricklayers, who had
become " curs," by consenting to sign the declaration of
Ithe master-builders, after holding out for so long a period.
The prisoners were partly inebriated, and asserted that the
other men were a disgrace to the trade, by putting their
signatures to such an arbitrary document. On Mr. Castle,
the landlord, interfering, to endeavour to restore order in
his house, the prisoners were extremely violent, and held
out threats towards him and his wife; and Mr. Castle, find-
ing it quite impossible to quell the disturbance without as.

THE SUN LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1834

sistance, very properly sent for the police, and in the in-
terim the prisoners, out of bravado, went to the bar door
and seized from off a shelf a subscription-box, on the front
of which was printed, in large capital letters, " Subscrip-
tions received here on behalf of the Operative Builders,"
and afterwards stamped on it with their feet, and broke it
all to pieces.
Mr. TWYFORD asked the amount of subscriptions the
box contained?

A witness in the case replied only 3s. sd.
The prisoners said that if they had not been greatly
aggravated by the " knobsticks" there would have been no
disturbance whatever.
Mr. Castle, the landlord of the public-house, said he did
not wish to press the charge against the prisoners. They
were without the means of paying a fine if it was inflicted.
A respectably-dressed mechanic, who was present and
stated himself to belong to the Union, said that the pri-
soners would be sure to be fined 10s. by the Operative
Builders' Committee for misconduct.
Mr. TWYFORD, after severely admonishing.;.the prisoners,
ordered them to be discharged. .

Yesterday Eleanor Lidget, a fine-looking young married
woman, about twenty-eight years of age, was charged before
Mr. BENNETT with having attempted to put an end to her
existence by cutting her throat with a razor.
The fact havinr, been proved, the unfortunate young wo-
man was asked by the magistrate what she had to say in
explanation of such violent conduct ?
The unhappy creature, who had an infant child in her
arms, said that she had been married seven years, and her
husband was continually ill-treating her. She had on one
occasion from his illusage been obliged to go to the hospital.
Mr. BENETT ordered the husband to find bail, and,
after severely reprimanding the poor woman, ordered her
to be discharged, and recommended her friends to cause
her to be placed under restraint, so as she might be pre-
vented from putting her threats into execution. The hus-
band, not being prepared with bail, was locked up.
THE POOR LAW AMENDMENT BlLL.—Yesterday a re-
spectable-looking man, whose name did not transpire, but
who stated himself to be an inhabitant of St. Luke's parish,
applied to Mr. BENETT for his advice and assistance under
the following circumstances :
The applicant, pointing to a man standing at a distant
part of the Office, of the most deplorable appearance, being
almost in a state of nudity, said that he was his brother,
and was without any visible means of subsistence. The
poor fellow, he said, had been wandering about the streets
in an extreme state of destitution for days past, and the
overseers of St. Luke's, to which parish he belonged, had
refused him relief.

The MAGISTr ATE thought the overseers had refused on
the ground that the applicant was capable, and ought to
assist him himself. _ _ _

Applicant—But it is entirely out of my power, for I have
children and grandchildren to maintain, and I am not aware
of a clause in the new Act that compels one brother to as-
sist another.

Mr. BENETT—However, the new Poor Law Amend-
ment Act has taken all the power out of the hands of a
Magistrate. I cannot, therefore, grant an order for relief ;
all I can do is to recommend you to make application
again, and to tell the overseers from me that I consider it
to be an extreme case of necessity. _ _ .

The applicant thanked the Magistrate for his attention,
and then left the Office.

MARLBORO UGH-S TREET.

An elderly person, of respectable appearance, of the
name of Thomas Johnson, was brought before Mr. CHAM-
BERS, charged with stealing the works of H. Kirke White
from the shop window of Mr. Jolly, bookseller, No. 51,
Wardour-street.—Remanded.