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London, England, 1833-11-06 00:00:00

EXCHEQUER COURT, Nor. 5.

SOMERS V. MOSELEY.
Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD moved to set aside the
verdict for the plaintiff, and to enter a nonsuit in
this action, or to reduce the two penalties of 501.
recovered to one. It was one of three actions against
the Sheriff of Shropshire, arising out of the same
transaction, viz., the conduct of the defendant's
officer upon the arrest of the plaintiff. On the 22d
of May, Kilsby, the officer, arrested the plaintiff upon
mesne proccs at Bridgenorth, and on the same day
took him to Shiffnal, where they slept, and on the
following
in morning to Shrewsbury, in order tocarry
him to prison there ; but, having learned on his ar-
rival that town that by the Act of 32d George
c. 28, he had no right to take the plaintiff to
prison until 24 hours after the arrest, he agreed to

accept the same bail which he had the day before
refused for insufficiency, and the plaintiff was dis-
charged. At the trial the officer was called upon hi,
subpoena duces tecum,and desired to produce the war-
rant under which the plaintiff was arrested. This he
objected to do without being sworn and examined
as a witness, but after much discussion, the learned
Judge overruled the objection, and the witness was
compelled to produce the warrant without being
sworn or examined, so that the defendant was de-
prived of the opportunity of cross-examining him.
It was a very important point, on which there were
contradictory decisions. There was another ob-
jection. The statute under which the action was
brought being penal, was to be construed strictly;
and it only applied to cases where the party arrested
was actually carried to prison, and here there was
only a beginning to carry.
Mr. Baron VAUGHAN-It is a very important
question whether vou can have a paper put in
without revealing the party producing it, who is
subpoenaed as a witness under an additional obliga-
tion to produce a paper.

Mr. Baron BAYLEY—It is an important question.
You may take a rule on both points.
Mr. Sergeant TALEOURD then moved and obtained
rules for new triais in another action between the
same parties for the conduct of the officer in refus-
ing bail upon the day of the arrest, and also in a
qui tam action of Evans against the same defendant
Moseley upon the statute of Henry VI. forrefusing bail.

EQUITY CHAMBER, Nov. 5.

(Before Lord LYIkZDHURST.)
LORD DIUNCASTER V. TAIIOURDEN.

Some time since an injunction waa obtained in
this court by Lord Muncaster, to restrain the de-
fendant from proceeding in an action at law for the
recovery of the amount of a bill of exchange for
500/. drawn by a person of the name of Alves, and
accepted by his Lordship. Prior to the close of
!he late sittings Mr. Addis having moved for the
dissolution of this injunction,
Mr. SIMPKINSON was now heard in its support,
and stated shortly the facts of the case, after which

Lord LYNDHURST thought that, under any cir-
cumstances, Mr. Tahourden, for a professional man,
appeared, from his own account, to have been very
easily led away, and that the plaintiff had good
ground in equity for filing this bill; but as it was
impossible that the case could be decided without
its going before a jury, he should dissolve the in-
junction, except so far as it stayed execution.

ADMIRALTY COURT, Nov. 6.

THE THETIS.-SALVAGE.

Dr. CURTEIS, on behalf of Captain De Roos and
the officers of his Majesty's ship Algerine, part
salvors of the bullion in the Thetis, sunk off Cape
Frio, applied to the Court to direct their share of
salvage to be paid out of the money in the registry ;
the service performed by the Algerine having been
distinct from that of Captain Dickinson, by whom
an appeal had been made from the judgment of the
late judge, which appeal had no reference to the al-
lotment made in favour of the Algerine.
Sir JOHN NICHOLL said it was desirable that
all the money that could be distributed should be
distributed as speedily us possible. If Captain
Dickinson had reason to think he should suffer in-
jury by the metals not being properly valued, he was
entitled to an appraisement. He (the Learned
Judge) therefore, should let the matter stand over.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Two girls were brought before the LORD MAYOR,
charged with having robbed a gentleman named
Cook, of Stangate-street, Lambeth, of a diamond
pin. The constable of the night, puffed up with
his watchhouse authority, thought proper to lock
up the gentleman who was robbed, as well as the
persons charged with the robbery.
Mr. Cook stated that, at a little after eleven
o'clock, on the preceding night, as he was walking
down the Old Jewry, one of the prisoners took
hold of his arm, while the other seized him in a sort
of embrace, immediately after which he missed his
diamond pin. He called to a patrol and gave the
girls into custody, and went to the watchhouse in
order to give charge there. The constable of the
night of Cheap ward, upon hearing the statement,
said that he would lock up the whole three until
next day, and he did so without caring a straw
about the injury and inconvenience which might be
occasioned to witness.

The LORD MAYOR—At what hour did you know
that you had your pin ? Witness—At six o'clock I
am sure it was in my shirt.
The LORD MAYOR—As that is the case, and the
pin was not found upon the prisoners, the charge
must fall to the ground.
The patrol confirmed the latter part of Mr.
Cook's testimony.
In answer to a question from the LORD MAYOR,
he said that Mr. Cook was perfectly sober and civil
when before the majesty of the watchhouse.
The LORD MAYOR—WeII, Mr. Constable, what
did you mean by imprisoning this gentleman?
William Sharpe (the constable)—He was drunk,
and he would not tell me his address, and so I
locked him up.
Mr.Cook—Upon my honour, I was as sober as Jam
at this moment; and 1 distinctly told him my address.
The Patrol—lle gentleman says what's correct,
my Lord.
The LORD MAYOR (to the constable)—You are
not serving in your own right, I dare say.
Sharpe—No, my Lord, I am a substitute.
Tt,e LORD MAYOR—I see how it is: you wanted
to secure the gentleman as a prosecutor at the Old
Bailey, in order to secure the expenses of attendance
anu witnesses, &c., for yourself. This is an odd
trick, but I did not think it had got into the city,
and we must not allow it to take root here.

Sharpe had no wish of the kind, but he thought
it his duty to lock up both prisoners and prosecutor.
Mr. Cook—He would not have locked me up if
I had not shown a determination to prosecute ; and
then he said, " Well, if you'll make a charge I'll
lock you up.—(Laughter.)
The LORD MAY so. His object was
palpable. He didn't care a pin what you suffered
so that he but succeeded in pocketing hia expenses.
lam ashamed that you should have been treated
in this manner in the City of London; but all I can
do is to mention the case to Mr. Deputy Brook,
who will take care that this man shall never have
an opportunity of offending again.
Mr. Cook said it was a great satisfaction to per-
ceive that the chief authority in the city so benevo-
lently sympathised with him.
A stupid-looking mariner, named Alexander
Smith, was next called upon to give evidence against
a poor drunken woman who, he thought, had robbed
him. The prosecutor was a man of few words.
John Forrester, sen., stated that the defendant
and the complainant were found blind drunk toge- 1
ther and carried into the watchhouse, where they
soon fell asleep before the fire, and alarmed the
neighhourhood with snoring. In the morning the
mariner said, " I've lost my watch ; the woman
robbed me." The unfortunate female, however,
had neither a watch nor anything else, worth a half-
penny about her. _ _

_
The LORD MAYOR—WeII, Mr. Smith, what
countryFnarr are you ? Smith—Scotch.
The LORD MAYOR—How do you know this vvo•
man robbed you ? Smith—l don't know.

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The LORD V -I'm told you weren't sober
last night ? mith—Not a hit.—(Laughter.)
The LOR MAYOR—Which of you was most
drunk ? Smith—l don't know—(to the woman)—
do you ?—(Great laughter.)
Woman—Please you, my Lord, we was both on
us, both me and the Captain, were lumpy; but I
never took no vetch; I arn't; got the walley of a
farden.
The LORD MAYOR—Did you carry any money
about you, Smith ? Smith—No ; left it in the locker.
The LORD MAYOR—Why didn't you leave your
watch along with it ? Smith—Because I was a fool.
The LORD MAYOR—WeII, I can tell you that
your watch will never come back. Smith—No !
The LORD MAYOR—And I advise you to keep
sober. Smith—Yes.
The LORD MAYOR—WiII you promise me not to
get drunk again ? Smith—No.—(Great laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR—Then I can tell you if you
fall in with people of this tlescription you'll be
stripped of every thing you have. Smith—Sure !
The LORD MAYOR—I hope you'll go to your
ship, but I fear you'll go to the gin again. What
day you say ? Smith (smiling)—Can't say.
The LORD MAYOR—If I catch you drunk again
I'll fine you five shillings. Smith—Do; and fine
she too, and I'll pay for both.
Mr. Philip Lee, a man of very respectable ap-
pearance, and possessing the address of a gentle-
man, was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged
with having insulted the churchwardens and other
officers of the parish of All Hallows, Barking.
One of the parish officers stared that the de-
fendant, whose brother had been Sheriff of London
some years ago, contrived to go about town dressed
and living like a gentleman, at the same time that
he sent off his wife and children to the workhouse
to be supported at the expense of the parish. This
was the third time that he had foisted his whole family
upon the parish. But he was not satisfied with in-
flicting such a burden upon the community of All
Hallows. He took it into his bead to go to the;
workhouse t o charge 'the
inhumanityparishto h
authorities with
having and
children, and to load them with abuse.
The defendant produced a bundle of doctor's
certificates to show that his health is such as not to
permit him to labour for the support of his family.
He declared that he had always encountered the
greatest opposition and harshness from the officers,
and no respect was paid to his claims for relief,
for his wife and children met with no kindness or
sympathy.
Parish officer—lt is false to say we treat his
family harshly. We draw no distinctions.
Defendant—Their object now is to bring me, if
they can, under a section of the law by which I may
be committed to prison ; but your Lordship will
not tarnish the high character you have made by an
act of cruelty and injustice. They all know I am
a gentleman; and, as for them, why one of them
was a barber's clerk.—(Laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR was bound to confess that he
took a view of the defendant's conduct different
from that taken by the officers. The defendant
showed by his indignation at the supposed neglect
and ill-treatment of his wife and children that he
had the feeling of a man about him, and his Lord-
ship argued from such premises that he would
struggle to release them from the condition of paupers
G UILDHALL.

Yesterday the drivers of the Royal Exchange
Emerald, and Crown Prince omnibuses were sum
moiled before Sir C. MARSHALL for endangering
the lives and property of his Majesty's subjects, by
racing against each other down Holborn-hill, about
half-past eight o'clock on the evening of the 30th ult.
Sir C. MARSHALL ordered the defendants to pay
a fine of 20s. each and costs, and told the watch-
man to keep a sharp look out for them on Holborn-
bill. The defendants paid the fines.
BO W- S TREE T.

A NIGHT HOUSE.—Yesterdaya very young and
pretty-looking girl, named Elvira Parsons, was
brought before Sir F. ROE, in the custody of a po-
liceman of the F division, charged with fighting in
the streets.
Hobday, the police constable, saw the defend-
ant fighting with another girl at the door of a house
known as Mother H.'s in Brydges-street, Covent-
garden. _ _

Sir F. ROE asked the policeman if he knew who
was the proprietor of the house. Hobday—A per.
son named Smart.
Sir F. ROE desired that he should be fetched,
but a Mrs. Bagnall came in his stead, and said she
had the management of the house for Mr. Smart.
A man, who called himself headwaiter at the
house, was called by Mrs. Bagnall, and swore that
the house was cleared at one o'clock, and that no-
thing in the shape of refreshment was served after
that hour.
Hobday saw at least thirty persons of both sexes
come out of the house after he had taken defendant
Parsons to the watchhouse, and he knew that free
ingress and egress were allowed until past four
o'clock in the morning.
Cleggett, another policeman, corroborated the fore-
going statement.
Slr F. ROE fined Mrs. Bagnall in the full penalty
of 51. and costs, and said that in default she should
be committed to the House of Correction for six
weeks.—The money was then paid.
MARYLEB ONE.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.--Samuel Staples, a young
man about twenty-five years of age, dressed in the
garb of a groom, was charged on suspicion of being
concerned in a most extensive robbery committed at
the house of Mr. Dominic Olivera, No. 4, Great
Cumberland-street, near Cumberland Gate, Oxford-
street.

The prosecutor, on Monday afternoon, about five
o'clock, quitted home, previous to which he had oc-
casion to go to his escrutoire in his bed-room on the
second foot front, which he locked and left perfectly
safe. On his return, about eleven o'clock, he was
alarmed by seeing a policeman in the passage, who
told him that his house had been robbed. He then
went into the parlour, when he was informed by his
mother that, at eight o'clock in the evening, she had
occasion to go into his room, when she heard a
rustling noise; she was alarmed and looked under
the bed, but could see no one, and having looked at
the drawers and seen that they were perfectly safe,
she went down, but on going up again about an hour
afterwards, she found that the escrutoire had been
broken open and plundered of its contents. He
(prosecutor) then sent to the station-house in Mary-
lebone-lane, when Mr. Lazenby, superintendent of
the D division, waited upon him, and asked him if
he suspected any person, upon which witness said
that he had his suspicion of the prisoner, who for-
merly lived in his service as groom, he having once
since his discharge (about two months back) been
brought into the house by Keys, an officer of this
establishment, who had seen him receive a bundle
from one of the servants, which, on opening, was
found to contain a quantity of broken victuals and
bread belonging to him, but, the value of the
things being so trifling in amount, he did no
more than warn the prisoner and send him about
his business. Mr. Lazenby and himself then pro-
ceeded to where he understood the prisoner lodged,
which was No. 42, Adam-street West ; but there
they were told by a man who answered the door
that the prisoner had been absent from town six
weeks. He then went home, and was informed that
morning that the prisoner had been taken into cus-
tody. The property he had lost consisted of a
quantity of splendid Jewellery; a tin cash-box con-
taining 5,0001. worth of Portuguese Bonds for
1823, under bills and promissory notes in favour of
him (prosecutor) to the amount of 5,9481. 129. 11. d.,
about forty sovereigns, and 25/. in aink of Eng..
land notes; together with London peck
for three pipes of Madeira wine, title deed?
sundry papers, of no use to any one buthimself. He
had caused handbills to be distributed, offering a
warrantsd
reward
After further evidence had been heard, the pri-
soner was
discharged, and the names of the perpe-
trators of this robbery still remain involved in mystery.
cjnviction of
of the/ offenders.
the
eovery of the property and

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1833.

The resistance to that odious impost, Church
Rates, is spreading to the most obscure points
of the country. A t Bungay, in Suffolk, the
Dissenters have resolved to be no longer bur-
dened with the expenses of the Church, and
one Mr. Mon Rls , who had previously noti-
fied his intention to pay no longer, suffered the
churchwardens to distrain upon his goods. On
applying for a warrant of distress, to JOHN
GARDEN, Esq., a gentleman whose zeal and
activity are well proportioned to his judgment
and legal skill in the discharge of his magiste-
rial functions, he strenuously advised them to
desist from a proceeding so unjust, to accomplish
the payment of the rate among the members of
the Church, and to strike the names of Dissen-
ters from the assessment. This advice, with a
clear premonition of the flame which would be
kindled, and a warning of the impolicy of their
proposed course, were utterly disregarded. The
distress was levied, the goods were, after much
delay, clandestinely sold to a small tradesman in
the town, at a price which offered a powerful
inducement, and they believed the first effort of
resistance had been signally and effectually put
down. The name of the buyer, however,
soon transpired, and before two days were passed
he had signed a document expressing deep re-
gret for the act he had committed, setting forth
the baits by which he had been entrapped into
the purchase, and requesting, as the most com-
plete reparation in his power, to be allowed to
return the goods to Mr. Moaßis. Accordingly,
on Monday morning, they were, by a large con-
course of people, publicly borne to the house
of that gentleman, when he declared that
he could not, under such circumstances
accept them, and advised that they should
be disposed of for the benefit of the
poor. :They were then paraded in triumph
round the town, with various expressions of
popular feeling near the houses of parties sup-
posed to be interested in either side of the
question. We hope the Church will take warn-
ing by this manifestation of public feeling,
before it is too late, and concede, as an act of
grace, what must eventually be yielded as matter
of necessity.

In another column we have given a letter of
Mr. POULETT SCROPE'a to the Agriculturists
of the West of England, urging them to peti-
tion Parliament for the establishment of Poor
Laws in Ireland. We have long urged the
justice, nay, necessity of framing some law
which should compel the landlords of Ireland to
perform the duty which devolves upon all the
possessors of property of taking care that those
who have no property, should be brought up
and treated as rational beings. It is a duty,
because, unless it be performed, the very insti-
tution of property is endangered. An ignorant,
starving, multitude,-8 tarring because ignorant,
—is no respecter of property. The state of
barbarism in which the greater part of the Irish
peasantry is actually immers ed, is proved
by
the continual accounta:vre: have of their brutal

attacks upon life and property ; their displays of
savage cowardice in attacking helpless indivi-
duals, even in the streets of London ; their
miserable, thoughtless, imprudence. Before
men in such a state can become good, peace-
ful, and happy citizens of a civilised com-
munity, they must be either tamed by star-
vation, like wild beasts, or by proper food, kind
treatment, and instruction, like human beings.
The first is out of the question in the case of
Ireland. The temporary establishment of a
well regulated poor law is what we have long
advocated as the mode by which opportunity
will be gained for making this great change in
the social condition of Ireland. We agree,
therefore, in the conclusion arrived at by Mr.
POULETT SCROPE, but differ from him in his
reasoning. He urges the agriculturists to
petition for poor laws in Ireland, because
the want of them, he says, enables the Irish
farmer to undersell the English, who is therefore
distressed. This is a mistake. The Irish far-
mer derives no benefit in being exempted from
poor rate ; nor is the English farmer injured
by it. The English farmer calculates, or ought
to calculate, what are the total out-goings of a
farm, and see how far they are covered by the
incomings. A diminution of rate, a diminution
in the price of labour, a rise in the price of food,
would do him no permanent good, but his
landlord, whose rent would be increased. So
it is his landlord who now suffers by being
obliged to support English paupers, partly on
account of the influx of Irish labour.
In the same manner, it is not the Irish farmer
who profits by the low rate of wages, and
consequent misery of the Irish labourer, but
his landlord—the landlord who has neglected
all the duties thrown upon him by his position
in society, and who must now adopt the measures
we have pointed out for the comfort and
civilization of his tenantry, or shortly expect to
see a refusal to pay rent, as well as refusal to
pay tithe.

Partly in reference to the above subject, we
may notice a project for making a canal between
the city of Kilkenny and Inistioge, printed in
a parliamentary return now before us. It ap-
pears that the estimated expense of the canal is
102,5271., half of which at least is sought to
be obtained from the public purse. The
advantages of the canal are thus stated in the
surveyor's report :

" The merchants of Kilkenny would be enabled, with.
out difficulty, and at a very moderate expense, to select
the most suitable market for their export produce, and,
which is ofgreat importance in the bacon and butter trade,
to retain those articles in their own warehouses, till the
suitable moment for their export arrives, which cannot be
effected at present, owing to the impossibility of trans-
porting by land a considerable quantity in a very short
time. Independently of the traffic in the commercial ar-
ticles above enumerated, the agriculture of the country
would derive considerable stimulus and advantage from
the cheap rate at which large districts would be enabled
to procure limestone for manure, from the extensive quar-
ries and cliffs of that substance, situated immediately
above Thomastown, and from thence to Kilkenny.
" The country on both banks of the river Nore, to the
eastward and southward of Thomastown, and also of both
banks of the river Barrow, from Graignamanagh to Wa-
terford, contains no limestone; and the industrious inha-
bitants of those extensive districts are at present obliged to
procure their lime from the quarries near to Waterford,
which are worked at considerable expense, where the stone
is sold at a very high rate, and from whence the farmers
have to encounter a great length of land carriage over the
mountain roads.

Were the farmers enabled to procure lime at half the
present cost, I have no doubt that the produce in corn,
throughout a very large district, would be doubled in a few
years ; not so much from the additional extent of land
which would be cultivated, but what is of more importance,
the great increase in the produce of the land now under
cultivation, which at present, owing to the cost of lime, is
only half manured, and, in consequence, yields such scanty
crops as are hardly sufficient to repay the expense of
cultivation."

So that to enable the Kilkenny provision
merchants to pursue their trade with less trouble,
and to benefit the property of the Earl of CAR,.
RICK, and other landowners, on the line of the
intended canal, the public is to be called upon
to pay fifty thousand pounds, or probably twice
as much. No doubt the public at large would
reap some benefit from the undertaking ; but all
experience has proved that works which prima-
rily concern private individuals should be left to
the enterprize of private individuals. The rail-
way between London and Birmingham, or Bristol
is comparably a greater national work than
a Kilkenny canal, but it has been left to
the enterprise of private individuals, and, as the
result proves, properly so. Let there be some
kind of poor law established iii Ireland, let the
landlords of that country have an additional
motive given them for employing the poor, and
we shall speedily see the Kilkenny Canal, and
many other works of national utility and private
emolument, undertaken.

We are glad to hear that the request of the
merchants for the establishment of a direct Post-
office intercourse with Spain, by Corunna, is to
be complied with.

In consequence of the prevalence of stormy
weather, we are without arrivals to-day from
Paris. The papers of Sunday, which arrived
last night, contain no information of interest
from Spain. The Journal des Debats states
that a telegraphic despatch had been received
from Bayonne, announcing that General SAARS-
piELD was, on the 28th ult., marching from
Miranda to Vittoria. The private letters from
Madrid, via France, are not cheering. The
insurgents are said to have gained ground, and
the ferment in Madrid was so great, that the
QUEEN had not ventured for some days to appear
in public.

There is no notice of Don CARLOS. The
last accounts of him received here by our Go-
vernment, and the Spanish Minister, stated that
he was still in Portugal, at a small town about
two leagues from Alcantara.

Our contemporary, the Morning Post, is
very facetious in alluding to the following por-
tion of the last report of Dr. BOWRING to the

Government :

"Pusuc Ornirox BitArrcx.—l consider this a very
important branch. To collect and arrange the expression
of public opinion under the different appropriate heads,
and to preserve, for the purpose of legislation and future
utility, all those suggestions which at present are local and
transitory, a Report Was daily made to the late Prime
Minister of France of the opinions of the newspapers on
all topics of public interest. In a statistical department
all newspapers should be brought together which afford

any means of instruction. Their facts should be distri•
buted to the different branches they concern ; their
opinions should be collected and arranged in the Public
Opinion Branch. I know of no Government which is
not, in some way ot• other) occupied in ascertaining the
state of the public mind ; but the steps taken are for the
most part rude and imperfect, though the elements might
be easily organized, and made in the highest degree in-
structive. The most valuable and accredited newspapers
or periodicals of other countries would, of course, be sub-
jected to the same analysis. No intelligent and benevolent
man can have lived in a civilized foreign land without
grieving over the quantity of valuable matter which is
now lost to his country, but which might have been made
se undoubtedly and extensively useful."

The Post says," Was such nonsense ever before
dreamt of?" and " Mercy on us ! the opinions
of the Times, for instance, or the facts, either
collected and arranged, and distributed to the
different branches they concern."

Would it not have been as well if this face-
tious commentator had attempted something in
the way of argument to substantiate his charge
against Dr. BOWRING cf having written non-
sense ? We think it would. A contemporary,
like the Post, who seems to have such a horror
of (Whig) expenditure and (Whig) jobs might
have seen some utility in the plan proposed
by the Doctor, the adoption of which
would render unnecessary four-fifths of those
expensive Commissions which the Post has
characterized as mere jobs. There are in England
more than three hundred newspapers, the con-
ductors of which are men of education, expe-
rience, and knowledge of the world. Almost
every town of note has its newspaper, some
towns have three or four. Who can be so well
acquainted with local facts, as the conductors of
local papers ?—who so competent to give an
opinion of the state of public opinion, as those
whose property is affected by it at every turn ?
But as to facts ! If the conductors of newspapers
were aware, that instead of being treated with
a contempt bordering on insolence by official
persons, the information which they have it in
their power to communicate on every subject
according to their localities, would be received
with thankfulness and undergo proper conside-
ration from the Government, would not they
make it a point to store their columns with the
practical information necessary for the welfare of
society at large ? What need would there be of
poor law commissions, factory commissions, and
GOD knows how many other commissions, which
are now convenient jobs for the partisans and
dependants of a Government, if Ministers could
in one department concentrate a better kind of
information than that which, by means of com-
missions, they now receive. With this view of the
subject even the Post must, we think, after a
little consideration, coincide.

But mercy on us ! says the Post, only think
of the opinions of the Times being " collected"
and " arranged." And why not ? 'Would not
the opinions of the Post also be " collected"
and " arranged ?" And if it should be found,
on reference to the Stamp returns, that the circu-
lation of the Post was steadily and permanently
five times larger than that of the Times, would
not Ministers be usefully enlightened as to the
state of public opinion thus represented by the
Post? And if the reverse should prove to be
the fact, would not Ministers derive a useful
caution as to the course they should steer, lest,
taking the Post to be the fair representative of
public opinion, they should bring the public
upon their backs while endeavouring to conciliate
their Tory friends ?
The truth is, that Ministers have not paid that
attention to the press, as the organ of public
opinion, which it deserves, and the sooner their
error is amended the better for themselves and
the nation, even though it should rouse the
anger and excite the horror of the Morning Post.

THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK.

Owing to the stormy weather, we are again without
arrivals. The French, Hamburg, Dutch, and Swedish
mails still remain due, as well as that from Lisbon.

THE FUNDS.

The operations in the funds to the present hour are very
languid. Consols opened at the price they left off yester-
day, 881 for the account, with nothing doing as yet.
The Foreign Market is in the same state, but not so
firm, as yesterday : Spanish is, however, done at 23i ;
Portuguese Regent Stock, 61 to ; Dutch, 501
We have no reports.
HALF-PAST ONE.

We still continue without arrivals of foreign mails to
the present time. All we learn is, from good authority,
that the Austrian and Prussian Ambassadors are on their
way to the Court of Brussels.

Console, which were looking up in the early part of
the day, and done at 884 for the Account, have since
receded to 881, with little doing.
The Foreign Securities are ready, with the exception
of Spanish Bonds, which have lowered to 231; Portu-
guese Regent Stock, 611 ; Dutch, SOI to i; Five per
Cents., 94k.
The private letters from Paris are favourable in respect
so Spain.

THREE O'CLOCK
Consols for the Account, 88k.
CLOSING PRICES.—FOUR O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
3 pm Cent. Red B7}
3 pet Cent. Cons ......
31 per Cent. 9.4
3; per Cent. Red 9sj
New 3-1 per Cent 94
4 per Cent 102 i
Long. Ann. to expire
Jan.lB6o 163
0ct.1859 l6;
Jan.lB6o l7i

India 5t0ck........ 2lll
Ditto Bonds. 25 pm.
South Sea Stock o7f
Ditto Old Ann B5l
Ditto New Ann.
Ex. Bills, 1000/ 42 -pm.
Ditto 5001 42 pm.
Ditto Small 43 pm.
Bank St. for Acc. 2_l la
Consols for Opg Bl4
India St. for Opg.
`Zi FUNDS.

FOREIG I
Austrian, 5 per cent
Belgian, 5 per cent.
Brazilian Bonds
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent 22
Chilian, 6 per cen, 23
Columbian, 6 per cent 1
Ditto, 1824 2
Danish 73
Greek, 5 per cent 22
Mexican 5 per Cents, 1825 27i
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1825 34-1
Peruvian 6 per Cent. ...... ... 19

Portuguese, 5 per cent 691
Ditto, Reg. Bonds
Prussian, 5 per cent.
Russian Bonds, 5 per cent lO3
Ditto, Metallic lOOl
Spanish, 5 per cent...
Ditto, 1823
French .5 per Cent 1021. —c
Exchange. ........ 251. 50c.
French per Cent.... 941. 73c.
Dutch, 21 per cent 5Ol
Ditto, 5 per cent 9ll

TRIAL BYJURY.--ACQUITTAL OF TOOKE,
HARDY, AND THELWALL, IN 1798.—The anniversary of
this event wLs celebrated yesterday at Radley's hotel,
Bridge-street, Blackfriars. About 100 gentlemen sat down
to dinner. Mr. Galloway was in the chair, and Mr.
Thelwall on his right hand.

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CHRISTMAS TOYS.—We have just seen a
olever little child's toy entitled the Fantascope, consisting
of a series of pictures, which, by being placed opposite a
looking-glass and whirled rapidly round on a stick with
an ivory nut at the end, display all the movements of life.
Thus in the print of men ringing bells, the spectator sees,
reflected in the glass, the men actually rising up and
down, with their exercise, and the bells swinging to and
fro. It is published by Ackerman and Co., Strand.
A ROYAL GIN-DRINIER.--Don Miguel,
after being entertained by George the Fourth and the
Nobility of this country with the greatest possible hospi-
tality, on reaching Lisbon had the gratitude and good
manners to say there was nothing in England worth
mentioning but the gin. The sincerity of this opinion,
Miss Pardee says, was evinced by his large importation of
that commodity, as well as by his daily appearance.
Hunted from Lisbon, as be has been, if be preserved any
he may now take his gin with bitters,....
f 8 hut favourite,
and
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;to Mercury,

MANCHESTER, Nov. 2.
Wheat, per 701 b. Bs. Od. to Ss. 2d. Red 7s. RI. to Ss. 3d,
Barley, per 601 b 5 0 5 6 Oats 3 2 3 2
Beans, per Imperial quartcr
Pease, White, per Imperial bushel 5 0 5 3
Malt, per 6 Imperial bushels ... 38 0 42 0
Flour, per Sack of 2801 b

ABERGA VENNY.

EXTRAORDINARY APPLICATION.

On Wednesday last, at our Town Hall, a most extra-
ordinary case was brought before the Rev. Wm. Powell,
Chairman, and a bench of Magistrates.
A tolerably good looking woman, genteelly attired, and
whose appearance indicated respectability, appeared by
warrant before the Magistrates to answer the charge of a
man named Brooks. The defendant gave her name Eliza
Rogers, and appeared to be about 28 years of age. Mr.
Brooks, who has a gentlemanly deportment, charged the
said Elisa Rogers with marrying and living with another
man, at the same time knowing him (Brooks), her first
husband, to be in existence. Brooks then told the follow-
ing explanatory tale :—He was a native of London, and
belonged to a regiment of Lancers. About 15 years ago,
the regiment were in barracks at Brecon, when he fell in
love with the prisoner, whose maiden name was Williams.
She was not then quite 15 years of age. He wooed and
won her, and she consented to become his wife. The
proposed match reached the ears of his officer, who issued
to complainant his strict commands against it ; but if
" stoney limits can't hold love out," neither can the com-
mands of an officer enforce obedience from the disciplined
soldier, when love, "with its silken bands," leads its vo-
tary to another shrine. Brooks, like many a great man
before him, found that to he " wise and love exceeds man's
might,"—in short, he married the defendant, and although
immediately afterwards placed in confinement, his solitary
moments were cheered with the blissful thought, that his
Eliza was near and loved him. He looked forward to a
speedy release from his prison house, and hoped, when the
anger of his officer had passed away, he should be returned
to the society of his wife. But, alas ! day rolled on after
day, and yet poor Brooks continued a prisoner. He now
became very desponding, and feared he was destined to be
separated from his Eliza ; he felt with Racine's Britannicus,
that " toujours quelque crainte accompagne l' amour ;" the
soldier's sad forebodings were realised ; orders arrived tor
the instant removal of the regiment to the East Indies!
and the young husband was hurried away, being scarcely
permitted to take a parting kiss from his blooming and
beautiful bride. He embarked at Bristol ; Eliz I with a
heavy heart attended him to the vessel, but she was for-
bidden to accompany him. The separation was affecting,
and Gay's feeling description in his sweet ballad, found a
living illustration in the parting of the young soldier from
his bride :

" The Boatswain gave the dreadful word,
The sails their swelling bosom spread.
No longer must she stay aboard,
They kiss'd, she sigh'd, he hung his head,
Her less'ning boat unwilling rows to land,
Adieu!' she cries, ' Adieu !' and waves her lily hand."

Years passed away; and though Brooks was many
thousand miles from his wife, yet he believed their hearts
were linked in an indissoluble bond of oneness ; he corres-
ponded, and frequently remitted large sums of money to
his wife in England, who duly acknowledged them as to-
kens of his undying love. At length, after an absence of
15 years, Brooks having been awarded a pension of ss. a
day, received his discharge, and returned to his native
land. On his arrival, he flew on the wings of love to seek
hie Eliza; but " 0, woman, thy name is not fidelity ! "
The soldier found her—hut, alas! although he had been
a faithful Ulysses, Eliza Williams bad not proved a con-
stant Penelope. He found her, it is true—but not his
fond, expecting wife, but the matronly helpmate of a
Mr. Eneas Rogers, who lived in Wales, and whom she had
blessed with three children. Brooks was astounded—
what ! his Eliza the wife of another roan, and the mother
of three children ? Still, with such damning proof of her
inconstancy, yet be loved her ; he remonstrated, but in
vain ; he threatened, still in vain ; and he now appeared
before the Rev. Vicar of Ahergavenny and his brother
magistrates, and, in the name of the laws of England,
claimed Eliza as his lawful wife. The magistrates, who
had listened with great attention to the romantic tale of
the soldier, called upon ENNA Brooks to answer the charge
which had been brought against her. The lady pouted,
was sulky, then hung her nether lip, and positively refused
to answer to the name of Brooks. The soldier was now
asked if be would release her from the bonds of holy ma-
trimony? " Not for worlds!" he exclaimed ; " nothing
shall separate us, for I dearly love her." Mr. Eneas Rogers
was in attendance ; both he and Brooks were asked if either
would prefer a charge of Bigamy against her ; but both
declined, for Elisa had evidently built a citadel in the
hearts of Brooks and Eneas Rogers. The magistrates then
decided that she must live with Brooks, and if any persons
attempted to molest or separate them, they enjoined him
to have them taken into custody. To this arrangement
the lady appeared unwilling to accede ; the eyes of Brooks
brightened, and the brow of Rogers wore a gloomy anger.
At length the stream of first love seemed to gush from
Eliza's heart; her eyes glistened and her hand trembled
a moment's struggle, and she gave that hand to the soldier.
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Mrs. Glover is now studying the character of
Falstaff for her benefit on Tuesday next. It will be a
rich treat.

HOPS.—There is no alteration in hops; there
is still some inquiry for the fine pockets, but the buyers
expect to purchase on lower terms. The duty remains
study at 135,0084