The Sun.
London, England, 1833-05-04 00:00:00

painful anxiety for the decision of his Majesty's
Ministers—for decide they must, and that on
an early day.—ltibrning Advertiser.
The borough of Westminster is' looking for
a representative. Sir John Cam Hobhouse
and Lieutenant-Colonel Evans are candidates
for the favour of the electors. The first is a
man who has forgotten his principles ; the second
is a man who never had any principles to forget.
The one has fearfully abused his vastly overrated
abilities ; the other may abuse without much
compunction talents which it would be difficult
to underrate. The Baronet has just told the
world that he is unable to discharge the duties
which his friends would impose upon him, and
the world believes him ; the soldier has been
telling the world for a long time past that he is
the only man by whom those duties can be ade-
quately performed, and the world has shaken its
head. These two persons are yet the only
suitors for the smiles of Westminster—a trader
in tropes and a trader in campaigns--an adven-
turer in a red coat and an adventurer in a blue.
We desire to see another candidate in the field,
and we will enumerate in a few words the qua-
lifications by which we think he would be best
recommended. He must not be a Member of
the late Government, for the time is not yet
come when the hones:y and prudence of the Duke
of Wellington's Administration can be appreci-
ated inWestminster; nor a Member of the present
Government, for the time is already come
when Westminster can perceive and detest the
perfidy and imbecility of the Administration of
Lord Grey. He must not be a Lord, for the
shopkeepers of Westminster will dream of dic-
tation and tyranny if they see a coronet on the
carriage that stops at their doorS ; nor a tailor,
for the shopkeepers of Westminster, when they
have chosen their representatives with the worst
conceivable judgment, have certainly selected
them with a very tolerable taste. He must not
be a coward, for he will have against him brick-
bats and bludgeons, assassination and the Times ;
and, above all, he must not be a knave, for he
is to rely upon the steady support of all to whom
knavery is loathsome and contemptible. Let a
man come forward who has not offended the
prejudices of the people by fighting for the
Cornish boroughs, nor mocked their distresses
by praising Lord Althorp's budgets; who is
not so patrician as to be above the sympathies
of his constituents, nor so plebeian as to be
beneath their respect ; who has courage enough
to defy the violence of a mob, and probity
enough to despise the cajoleries of a Minister.
Let such a man come forward, and we are con-
fident that Westminster, knowing by bitter ex-
perience of what poor stuff her patriots are made,
will, at last, intrust the interests of her industrious
population to an advocate who will not betray
them.—]horning Post.

A few evenings ago, Mr. WILSON PATTEN
went into the House of Commons with his brother, who
was to remain under the gallery during the debate. It
chanced that Mr. COEBETT joined the party as they entered
the House—" Do you see old CORBETT ?" said somebody,
in the lobby ; " I hope they'll indict him for a breach of
privilege—he's just gone into the House with a pair of
Pattens."

PRIESTS SOLDIERS SOLDIERS PRIESTS.-
It is no uncommon thing in Russia to unrock a priest and
make a private soldier of him. We have heard of a
Preobazinoki grenadier who was made a priest because he
had a fine voice, and was likely to look well in vestments.
The Ministre des Cultes, it is said, was a subaltern in the
army.—New Court Journal.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF GOOD MINDS.-
The parts and signs of goodness are many. If a man be
gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen
of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from
other lands, but a continent that joins to them. If he be
compa,sionate towards the afflictions of others, it shows
that his heart is like the noble tree that is wounded itself
when it gives the balm. If he easily pardons and remits
offences, it shows that his mind is planted above injuries,
so that he cannot be shot. If he be thankful for small
benefits, it shows that he weighs men's minds, and not
their trash.—Bacon.

A
riTKINS S ELEPHANT.—Mr. ATKINS ex-
hibited his menagerie at Mansfield on Saturday and
Monday. On the latter day it was discovered that his
well-known large elephant, which is universally admired
for his docility and intelligence, was incapable of travelling.
and that to give him a chance of recovery, an immediate
removal to a place of quietness was necessary. He was
accordingly taken to a very commodious barn. On inquiry;
we learn that he bas what is caliel the foot•rot ; he is in-
capable of standing, and appears to suffer intense pain.
His position is changed by means of pullies; and the
quickness he displays in adapting himself, as much as he
can, to give aid to the machinery by which he is removed,
excites great astonishment. Our readers will not be sur-
prised at his having the foot-rot, when they are informed
that he has been confined in caravans for 20 years, with-
out ever setting his foot on terra firma. By the death
of this noble animal (and we think he will not leave
Mansfield till he has " thrown off this mortal coil"),
Mr. ATKINS will sustain a loss of about 1,000/.—Not-
tingham Journal.

LABOUR RATE.—The system of providing
work for those who are capable of doing it, has been
practised at Thaxted, in this county, and appears to have
operated much to the satisfaction of the parishioners. It
is the plan of this parish to obtain a rate for the surplus
labour only; in so doing a 4d. or 6d. rate may be sufficient,
whilst to provide for the aggregate labour would require a 4s.
or ss. rate, which will excite opposition. The question
making a rate causes a great stir at Dedham. On Friday
a public meeting was held in that town, when the Rev.
M. Huatocx moved a resolution that no labour rate for
the parish be acceded to, as such a rate was inapplicable
to the parish. This was seconded by the Rev. Dr. Hi:a-
tom Mr. DOWNES moved as an amendment that there
being a great number of able-bodied men out of employ,
belonging to the parish—to remove serious evils arising
from that circumstance, it was expedient to come to an ar-
rangement made in accordance with an Act of Parlia-
ment, passed in the. 2d William IV., cap. 96, " for the
better employment of labourers in agricultural parishes."
This was seconded by Mr. MASON. On a division the
numbers for the amendment were 44, against it b 2. The
motion of the Rev. Mr. HUALOCK was accordingly car-
ried.—Essex Herald.

KING'S COLLEGE.—On Tuesday, the annual
meeting of the proprietors of shares in the King's College
was held in one of the theatres of the institution, to receive
the annual report. The Marquis of BUTE and Lord
BEXLEY were among those present. The Archbishop of
CANTERBURY took the chair. The report of the com-
mittee adverted to the steady success which had marked
the progress of the College, and to the increase in the num-
ber of students. The total number was 934 ; last year
there were 764. The income from the students, from
Michaelmas 1831 to 1832, had been nearly equal to the
expenses for the same period. The principal topic of
interest was the necessity of raising immediate funds for
completing the river front. 6,339/. had been already sub-
scribed ; but, according to the estimate of Sir B. SAIIRXE,
a further sum of 8,0001. will be required. There were
subscriptions unpaid to the extent of 13,000/. The Com-
mittee had used every means to obtain payment, but only
6851. bad been received. The report was adopted. The
Secretary then read the balance sheet of receipts and ex-
penditure from the Ist of January to the 31st of Decem-
ber, 1832. It stated that the cash balance in hand at the
last meeting was 193/. ; received in donations, 1,095/. ;
by instalments, 1,670/. ; by sale of Exchequer Bills,
5,0171. ; by fees from students, &c., 8,922/. ; which,
with other items, make a total of receipt of 21,493/. ss. 4d.
The principal items of expenditure were these :—For
College buildings, fittings, &c., 6,658/. ; expense on the
river front, 3,2511. ; salaries to professors, masters, &c.,
5,000/. • which, with other items, make a total of expen-
diture of 20,5161. 6s. 5d., leaving a cash balance in hand
of 9761. ISs. 4d., independently of 7,0001. in Exchequer
Bills in the Bank of England. The Auditor's report stated
that attout 14,000/. in subscriptions and donations, re-
in tined unpaid. Several proprietors remarked upon the
necessity there was for the supporters of the College to do
(heir utmost to obtain funds for the completion of the river
front by April, 1834, to which the Council were pledged
to the Government. Thanks were voted to the Chairman,
and the meeting adjourned,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

B OW-STREET.

A decent-looking man, who appeared to have seen
better days, was charged with having attempted to
commit suicide.

It appeared from the statement of a police ser-
geant, of the A division, that be found the defendant,
at three o'clock that morning, lying on the steps
under the piazzas of Covent-garden, leading to the
boxes of that theatre. A rope was tied around his
neck, the other end of which was fastened to the
railings above. The defendant moaned very much,
and appeared• to be nearly insensible. He was con-
veyed to the police station in Bow-street, when he
stated that his name was Collins, and that he lived
at No. 8, Red Lion-passage, Red Lion-square. He
declared that he had no intention of committing sui-
cide, and that he knew not how the rope came round
his neck, having no recollection of anything that
passed until he found himself in the station house.
ft appeared, however, that he was in a slate of great
distress, his landlord having seized his goods for rent.
Sir F. ROE ordered him to be taken to St. Giles's
workhouse, with directions that he should be kindly
treated, and visited by a medical man, in order to as-
certain the state of his mind.
T HAMES-P OL ICE.
_

Yesterday Thomas Scrivens was brought before
Mr. BALLANTINE arid Mr. BRODERIP, for final exa-
mination, charged with defrauding numerous trades-
men of goods to a large amount. During the re-
peated examinations which have taken place before
Mr. Broderip, not less than fifty charges have been
preferred against the prisoner by tradesmen who
had been induced to give the prisoner credit for
goods on obtaining high testimonials of his respect-
ability, integrity, and good character, from a gang of
confederates, named Thomas Whittingham, Thomas
Cornish Broad, Gibbons, Hicks, Bemis, and }llk,
who lived in various decent houses, from which they
disappeared when the period named for payment,
and the bills given as security by the prisoner, and
accepted by them, became due. So adroitly, how-
ever, have the gang carried on their swindling prac-
tices, that the Magistrate has been only enabled to
commit the prisoner for trial on one case—that of
defrauding Mr. Thomas Butt Burford, a paper-
hanger in Ratcliff Highway, of paper-hangings to the
amount of 71. 10s.

Mr. BRODERIP said there was no question as to
the nature of the transactions ; but the.thing hid
been so well managed that no criminal proceedings
could be taken; the prisoner could only be sued for
!he debts. He would now resume the investiga-
tion of the case of forgery, in which Gibbons and
Co., ostensibly, but, in reality, Coster and Smith,
the convicts, were mixed up.
In this case it appeared that Mr W. Wedge, a
grocer in Store-street, Bedford-square, had given
credit to the prisoner, who had represented that he
had opened a shop in Waterloo-street, Hammer-
smith, for goods to the amount of 371. 10s., and re-
ceived a bill payable three months after date, drawn
by Thomas Scrivens and accepted by Messrs. Gib-
bons and Co., No 6, Great St. Helen's. It was
for 501., and previous to Mr. Wedge delivering the
goods he inquired in Great St. Helen's, and dis-
covered there was a firm of that name, though he
could never find them at home.

A witness was sent by Mr. Wedge to the office
of Gibbons and Co., when the bill became due, to
present but they said it was a forgery.
Mary Chapman, a widow, was housekeeper at
the house in Great St. Helen's, and was so in Sep-
tember, 1831, the date of the bill. A gentleman
came with Coster when he took the offices, who
said his name was Gibbons.

Mr. BRODERIP said there was a failure in the
attempt to prove there were no such persons as
Gibbons and Co., and the charge of forgery, in
which he hoped to have sent the prisoner for trial,
had broken down. The law required absolute
proof, but it would be impossible to convince a
jury there were no such persons as Gibbons and
Co., in the absence of legal evidence. He had no
moral doubt Coster was concerned in this shameful
transaction.

Several persons here complained that the witness,
Chapman had told them, before she entered the
office, that Coster was the person who always re-
presented himself as Gibbons.

Mr. BRODERIP said that would not alter the case
The prisoner was committed for trial.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON MARKETS.
(From the " London New Price Current" of yesterday )
•

SUGAR.-We have had a very firm and improving
Sugar market ; the estimated sales this week are 2,800
hhds. and trs. ; the late prices are fully supported. The
Refined market has been very firm ; there are few parcels
of low goods left on sale ; brown Lumps now sell at 61s. 6d.
and 625., and for Crashed 295. 6d. has been refused ; small
Lumps have been taken off extensively at 655. a 675. for
the home consutnirion of the country, the latter are Is.
higher. Although there has not been much business done
this afternoon, the Refiners have been firm in demanding
higher prices, and have succeeded in obtaining a small
advance, 61s. and 61s. 6d. having been given for low,
and 625. for good large Lumps, and there are now scarcely
any offering at the lowest quotation ; the fine qualities,
entitled to the bounty on double refined, are held 295. 6d.
a 305., but there does not appear to have been much busi-
ness done upon those terms; the grocers have been taking
off these descriptions for the home trade mere freely at the
long price.

EAST INDIA Suamt.—.There are few transactions in
East India Sugar to report ; the holders do not appear
inclined to accept the present prices, on account of the
advancing prices of every other description of Sugar.
The Manilla and Siam offered this week have been all
withdrawn.

Alnumnus SUGAii.-The sales have gone off this
week with much briskness, fully recovering the prices of
Friday last, and the market is very firm at the im-
provement.

FOREIGN SUGAR.—Tuesday's public sale 1,617 boxes
Havannah white Sugar ord. to good 255. a 2Ss., uncom-
monly fine was taken at 335. ; the prices may be consi-
dered Is. a Is. 6d. lower than the last public sale, and 2s.
a 2s. 6d. lower than the prices by private contract, or lit
what these Sugars had been previously held. This day's
public sale 65 chests, 102 brls, 13 boxes Brazil Sugar
sold very low, white 225. a 26e.

WEST INDIA MOLASSES.-The prices continue to im-
prove, the late sales were at 21s. and 245. 6d, for fair
quality, and this forenoon 251. has been realised.

COFFEE.—Foreign Coffee is held with much firmness,
and may be quoted Is. to is. 6J. higher than last week,
small sales of Brazil 525. to 541., and St. Domingo 565.
Foreign Coffee still rates very low in proportion to other
descriptions. East India Coffee is about Is. lower, ex-
tensive parcels of Sumatra ord. 465. to 495. 6d., and good
and fine ord. at 50s. to 555. ; Ceylon good ord. 565. and
565. 6d. British Plantation Coffee is without altera-
tion as to prices, but the request has considerably fallen off
this week.

RUM, BRANDY, ♦ND HOLLANDS.The Rum Market
has been very steady ; Leeviards, which were apparently
heavy, have been well supported in price ; it is difficult
to buy proofs under Is. 9d. Jamaica descriptions newly
landed, 15 over, have been sold at 2s. 2d , 28 to 30 over
2s. Bd., fine quality 34 over sold this afternoon at 3s.
Brandy still dull. Geneva unvaried.

TAi.Low.—ln the Tallow Market there has been very
tle alteration.

IRISH PROVISIONS.—The arrivals since Monday have
been, of Foreign Butter about 682 casks, of Irish, 374
firkins, and of Bacon, 4,919 bales. For all articles under
this head, the Market continues in much the same inactive
dull state as represented in our last, with scarcely any va-
riation in prices. Some few sales of prime singed sizeable
'Leon landed have been mole to necessitous buyers at 365.
a 375., and at 385., according to quality and repute of the
shippers, and in a partial instance or two 395. per cwt.
has been obtained for what was considered extra superior.
RlCE.—Rice is very dull, and lower ; very ord. Bengal
has been sold at lOs. 6d., good white 12s. a 13s.

IND/Go.-The Market is very firm, and the speculators
anxious to purchase all parcels that offer at previous prices,
but there are few or no sellers at the former currency.
TEA.—The Market continues in rather a languid state.
COCOA.—The demand for Gacor continues; about 1,000
packages have been sold within a week ; ord. Grenada and
Trinidad 578. 6d. a 593. 6d., good to fine red 61s. a 658.
SALTPETRE.-Saltpetre is again Is. higher, owing to
large orders from the Baltic ; also on account of extensive
speculations arising from the short importations. About
3,000 bags were offered at public sale, 4 to 74 refrac-
tion, sold 344. a 355. ; 17 retraction at 335. 6d., and
40k at 30s.'6d. There are few transactions by private