The Sun.
London, England, 1826-02-16 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.

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This morning,these Sessions commenced be..
fore the Right Hon. the tont) MAYOR, the
RECORDER, the COMMON SERGEANT, Mr. Ser-
geant ARA nirt,., the Sheriffs, and a Bench of Al-
dermen. The Judges named in the Commission
are Mr. Baron G KARAM, Mr. JOStice. LITTLE-
DALE, and Mr. GAzil.tu, the two former of
which are expected to preside. The calendar,
which only comes down to Monday last, contains
222 prisoners for trial, which considerably ex..
ceeds the number at the corresponding Sessions
last year. The following is a summary itatement
of the offences, with. which the prisoners for trial
severally stand charged, viz.:---
Bur Mary . .
-
llighway Robbery - - , .
. .2
Housebreaking .
. 3
Stealing in a Dwelling-house - - . 16
Forgery
Cutting and Maiming . ' - -
- .
Sheep Stealing - - 1
Cattle Stealing - .- - I
Sending a Threatening Letter, withintent to extort money 1
Embezzling . - - . b
Stealing from the person . . - 24
Receiving stolen goods - . - ..: ' . ' ' 3
Fraud -... , ' , ,- a
-

Conspiracy
Idarcenies

Y.

Of the above 41 are London, and. 181 Aliddkir.x prison:n.l4.
Fo aG Etty.—Francis A.,
and Smith Bilker, aged 16, persons of vpil
spec:table appearance, were indicted lor uttering
as true a forged power of attorney, on the sok
or August last, with intent to defraud the Gover-
nor and Company of Om Hank of England, they
well knowing thu :tame to be forged and cpun-
terfeited.—The indictment contained several
counts varying the form. One of the Jurymen,
being connected with the Bank of England,
withdresV from the panne!, at the request of
the male prisoner.

NEW COURT. . .
ROBBERY EY A CLERK.—W/a. HarriS, a re.,
spectable-looking young man, Was indicted for
stealing a certain warrant for 91. 7s. 2a., the pro.
perty of Messrs. 3. Goreham and Robert Alex.
ander Price, his employers ; he was also charged
with stealing nine sovereigns, the property of the
same prosecutors--'The, prisoner pleaded GuiliN.
Mr. ALLEY, who appeared for the prosecotien,
observed that there was an indictment of a capital
nature against another person (Mr-.Kerridgo),
who had forged upon and defrauded the same
prosecutors. They therefore were not anxious.
to proceed against the prisoner.upon any ether
charge, of which there Were several, as the ends
of justice would he answered by the present.plea,
Mr. Sergeant AnABiN told the prisoner,Abat
he had been dealt with very leniently ; but he
must expect to leave the country, as there were
several indictments for forgery against him-
•.'fhe • prisoner said, the most merciful sentence
which the Court could !miss, upon him,. was to
banish him from his native country. .
The LEARNED JUDGE ordered Mr. Clark to
mark the prisoner clown for. 14 years trans.
portation.

RECORDER'S ItEPoitT.—The REconnen. of
LONDON yesterday made a report to this King in Council of
the prisoners lying under sentence of death in the jail of New,
Tte, namely—John Lowe, aged 36; Samuel Robert;;. 23 ;
hos. Winter Preston, 17; and Thos. Reading, 17; for
housebreaking. Thos. Gismore, 41 i John Welsh, 18 ; Thos.
Johnson, 13 ; Mark Brooker, 18 ; Cornelius Brisnalian, 27 ;
James Edwards, 25 ; John ‘Villiams, 25; and Wm. Dunu, 22,
for stealing in a dwelling-house to the value of 40s. and up..
wards. Michael Davies, 20; Fred. Thelwell, 22 ; and James
Pinket, 18, for burglary. William Williams, 39 ' • James
Hawkins, 24; and Abraham Davis, 26, for being at large in
this country before the expiration of the term for which they
were sentenced to be transported. James Smith, 22 ; 'and
James Hawkins, 43, for coining. John. Jones, 22;
Hunt, 14 i William Nicholson, 19; John Henley, 21 ; and
George Wright, 20, for burglary. William Burke, 18 ; and
Susan Barnett, 32, for highway robbery. William Groves,
alias Cuftree Brooker, 51, for horae-stealtng. Geo. Coallead,
20; Joseph Dolphin, 39; Edmund Waller, 59; Ann Conroy,
24 ; William Kay, 31 ; John 31yatt Shaw, 30 ; and Charles
Pratt, 32, for stealing in & dwelling-house to the value of 40s.
and upwards ; and Edward Cockercll, 29, fir forging a pro,
missory note. His Majesty was graciously pleased to respite,
during his loyal pleasure, all the above-named convicts, es.
cepting John Jones and Edward Cockerell, upon whom the
law is left to take Its course, and they are ordered fm- exectitiO4
on Tuesday neat.

NOII/171 AND SOUTH AMER,ICAN

SUBSCRIPTION ROOM, Fts. 16.

I.lv enroo 14.--Wind calm.—No arrivals or sa:l.
ings. The 'William, Neilson, from New Orleans for this port,
was oft' Holyhead 13th inst., wind S.W., blowing a Iliad gale.
The Factor, from London for Belfast, put into Holyhead 13th
inst., with loss of rudder. Off at sun-set three brigs.
DEAL, FED. 15.—Arrived the Britannia, hic.Grlll, froM St,
John's, New Brunswick, for London, and proceeded to the
River; the Dutch ship Wilhelmina and 31aria, Rocters, froru
the Texel, for Buenos Ayres, and remains in the Downs ; tiitt
American ship Electra, Harris, for Philadelphia, and the ,Co-
lutnbine, Stephenson, for Jamaica, remain in the Dowps.
Sailed the London Packet, Mackay, for Boston ; and several
outward-bound vessels

COWES, Fin. 12.—Arrived the Dutch chip Batavia,
from Batavia 140 days, with joss of bulwarks, &c.

[FROM LLoYD'S.I

ACM., nil. S.S.E.—About Sa. m., the out..
ward bound (except the Indian) got underweigh with the wind
about south, but they made very little way to the southward,
the wind being light; it has however since increased and got
more to she eastward, and they are now (fp p. m.) off the South
Foreland. Arrived the Wilhclmina and Maria, Breton, from
Amsterdam for Buenos Ara; and the Electra, Harris, from
London for Philadelphia, and remain with the Indian.
PotTamonTm, Fan. 15.—Wind S.S.E.—Put back to St.
Helen's the Juliana, Irma, for Madras and Bengal. Sailed
the African Colonial Steam-boat, for the roast of Africa.

Cowra, FEB, S.S.W-.-Arrived the Dutch ship
Batavia, Blair, from Batavia, in 140 days, for Antwerp.
FALMOUTH, FEE. 14.—Wind variable, light airs.—Ar.,
rived from London the following outward bound, viz.:J.4on,
merry, James; Dorothy Forster, Henry; Africanus, Hodp
son ; Burleih, Chancellor; Genoa Packet, Patterson; Naples
Packet, Walsh; Sprightly, Newton; Lady Arabells„ Busk
Fame, Owen, and Eleanor, Stephens. ,Sailed the :Union, limp
king, and Cynthia, Linidater, for London. Put back th.. 6
Coburg, Barrett, for Trieste.
LIVERPOOL, FED. 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Jarntt,
Trewaris, from Terceira; and the Deux Scores, tekieret, for
Havre.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was
held at the East India
House, when the following Commanders took leave of the
Court, previous to departing fur their respective destinations,
viz. :—Captain Henry Andrews Drummond, Castle Hun. ily ;
and Capt. John Small Henry/laser, Marquis of Huritly? for
Madras and China. ' ,

the produce of the preceding year, should be ap-
plied to the service of the present. Me then ac-
quainted the House that he should not move for
a greater supply than ten millions of Exchequer
Bills at that time, and whilst Mr. Hume and
others considered this sum unreasonably great,
Mr.Maberley regarded it as a proof that the Go-
vernment was anxious to withdraw from circulation
too large a quantity of that sort of security. The
Hon. Gentleman also stated that the Bank had
gone in the market yesterday and bought up Ex-
chequer Bills, by which their price had been
raised full twenty shillings, and there had been a
great issue and increase of the circulating me-
dium. Mr. Berries confirmed this important fact,
the occurrence of which we anticipated yester-
day,, and stated that it had taken place with the
privity and bauction of Government. 44 Before
the Bank of England had gone into the market
to purchase, as it had done yesterday, Exchequer
Bills, it had previously been apprized of the
sentiments of Government on that head—so that

Tlll.l LONDON -J 0 UltiV A I.S.
DA 114 Y.
Extracts, front the Morning Pqiers, Feb. 16) 1826.

ITUE PUBLIC .LEDGER.I
We havireceived the Paris papers of Monday,,
with the Eiorile of Tttesdayo On the former day
the Reales sustained another fall to the amount,
of one 'per cent., originating entirely, we pre•
same, in the deplerable state of our own market.
The internal situation of France evidently affords
no clue to it ; and it would be useless to seek it
in her foreign relations, which, with the excep-
tion perhaps of her Spanish connexion, have not
presented so tranquilizing an aspect for the last
ten years. At home every thing seems to go
on prosperensly—her agriculture is thriving ; her
cOmmerce and manufactures were never so
flourishing, whilst the public revenue so far
exceeds the expenditure, that, though an in-
creased provision is to be made for the Clergy,
there is to be a reduction of taxes to the amount
of 15 millions this year. Of this state of things
the French nation has a right to be proud ; and,
fur our own part, so far from envying, we sin-
cerely rejoice at it ; for the French having. once
tasted of the sweets of peace, will learn in time
toippreciate their value justly. In the sharp
access of fever by which our own commerce is
visited at this moment, we have cause to he grate-
ful, that no cause of anxiety is superadded from
abroad, and we may therefore reasonably hope,
seeing the excellent stamina of this country, that
the violence of the disease will subside soon.
Imagination has done, if not all, at least the.
greater part, of the mischief; and if once the,
public mind could be divested of its: imaginary
terrors, the cure would speedily follow. The
distress, occasioned by it is indeed lamentable
but it would betray a gross or wilful ignorance
of the national resources to trace it to any other
cause but overtrading,.aggravated by the vicious
state of the currency. The panic, which'caused
the late run upon the. banks, has already sub-
sided entirely in the metropolis, and, for the
greater part, in the provincial towns. It Is our
firm belief, notwithstanding many disheartening
appearances, that the end of our commercial em-
barrassments likewise, is not 60 far off as malty
seem to imagine ; for tbat.,eare self-preserva-
tion,which non, prevails whilst thellorrit is rag-
ing will shortly give way, or we are wonderfully
mistaken, to feelings more.. becoMing Mercantile
men. The news from St. Petersburgh is to -the
.:10th.ull: up to which, period, the public tranquil-
lity had sustained:DO new shock. At this date,
the Altiliduke Ferdinand d'Este, brother-in-law to
the Emperor of Austria, was expected to arrive
from 4„)11p mottleliVto another. .Not, a wordis said of
disturbances in any other part'of the Empire ; and
to a rotneur„ that oufavourable tidings had been
received from the army in:Bessarabia, there is a flat
contradiction 'it) the Etude, if there. be any value
in this formal thenial„, we, Ittnat treat, the rumour
of part, of the army having crossed the Pruth as
a fabrication. indeedi We are persuaded that it
is nothingelse, as it wealth have been confirmed
before this, thiough more than one channel, had
it been true. The Cirand 1)ul Constantine,
too, dectitS tleterinititql to OVerttalt Mikity ingettiOUS
speculations ; and, as we dealt in them, as Übe-
rally us otlp.rs, es e hasten to make the ermende lw-
norolote:admitting that they were more specious
thatusolid.

in point of fact that measure was attributable to
his Majesty's Ministers." The Honourable
Gentleman then obtained several other necessary
votes, and afterwards brought in the Small Notes
Abolition Bill, which was read a first time, and
was ordered for a second reading to-morrow.

[NEw rrtmEs.]
We perceive, with pleasure, that the public
may expeot from the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, a statement of his opinions on the Usury
Laws. Mr. Peel, who announced this circum-
stance, spoke with due reserve on the general
merits of the question. He seemed unwilling to
anticipate his Right lion. Friend in a matter
falling more particularly within the department
of the latter ; but from the little that escaped him,
we could gather that the sentiments of the Right
Honourable Secretary were rather favourable
than adverse to the removal of the restrictions, on
the interest of money. Still this is a matter of so
much importance in its practical results, that we
are satisfied it will not be disposed of, without
practical evidence. The late circumstance of the
commercial and monied world will probably
afford such evidence. It may be easy to trace

the influence of the existing law, either ns a pro-
tection, or as an incumbrance, to parties involved
in the embarrassments which have so much en-
dtmgered the fabric of public credit. For our
own part, we reserve our judgment on the Usury
Laws till we have the advantage of hearing them
discussed by such high authorities, and on such
substantial grounds. Nothing is easier than to
form a fine spun theory on a subject of this na-
ture, hut to sift anti rxinnine It in all its bearings,
demands the patient and perseverinqpirit which
characterises the official labours of the Chancellor
of the Exchequer.

The Pariti Papers of i‘londay that arrived last
night, are very' uttinteresting. The Joternal
tin authority or its Frankfort Cor-
respondent, states that the Emperor Nicholas is
1091.4 tO tato. ft 14)111. It) MOW() v and thi! southern
oro;i9ces of hi', itinpiov, and afterwterds malie
reconnoislemee of the, armies of the South and
West, His Itorerial MajeFty subsequently in-
tends: to sisit Warsaw,,, and proceed kvith the
Grand Duke Constantine to 13essarahia, from
vrheoce, it' seems, a 'threatening demonstration
will be madaylowards Wallachia and Moldavia,
if the Porte pfrsigts in retaininginillitary,pos,ses•
situ" of tltO4e priticipalitie's. The Quotitifenne
publishes a paragraph from Trieste of the 31st
of 411fIllOry, which is very, sarcastic in its remarks
upon the titatenif”ts,t!mt have lately appeared in
Of" French and German journals, relative to the
l''tdvatttage,i they haveatinonneed that the Greeks
have gained over their. npputienG. `fhe writer
remarks," It is extraordinary that intelligence
front Corfu should reach 'Paris Lnd Augsburgh
before it arrives here." The Cou.riei• Francais
gives a report that the hterines had declared
War iigainsi Spain, By an article from-13russels
Of the Bth inst. it pl►ears that smite difficulties,
have among the c!ervy there about die
religious ceremony to be tried at the intermentof
David, the painter, who had not caned in the
assistance of religion' at. his demit. :These dill'.
calties had however. been removed, and the fune-
ral was to take place on4-the

[MORNING cuttoNto.c.]
A premature discussion took ~phice„.iast night
on the Usury Laws, in the course of which, in
the absence of Abe Chanceller of the .Ex4equer
(from indisposition, it was said), Mr. Peel stated
that the subject would be taken up by•Mirdsters,
and that he believed. the Chancellor of the
Exchequer would 'be. fully prepared to explain
the opinions,:of.,o4
.Government on the second
reading of Mr. Serjeant Onslow's !WV—The.
Right Honourable Gentleman added, that, " No
one, he apprehended, could have the least
doubt as to the principle of the ,Bill which
the Learned Serjeant sought- to amend, and he
felt .bound to say, that:it was with him a very
serious question, whether, in the present state
of society, the operation of the usury laws had
not contributed, in a most unfortunate,degree, to
extend the mischief of the late distress."—We

believe the feeling is now almost universal, among
commercial men, that the, trade in money should
be perfectly free. Some of the Members, be-
longing to the trading world, adduced several
striking instances of mischief occasioned of
late by the restraint imposed by the Usury
C~alVs. The country gent,lemen, however, are
not all of the opinion of the commercial men.
Can they really imagine, that, if the market rate
be above the legal rate, any, one. will either lend
them money on mortgage, or allow money so lent
to continue in their hands, at or pelow the legal
rate, when the resource of annuity is always at
nut, as Mr. Davies observed, the Country
°""kulell, if they have a taste for ruinous ex-
pedients, and dealing uith lenders on annuities,
may have that tasty. gratified by excepting land
from 14, operation of the 11111. it would be hard,
however, if the busy part of the community were
to be exposed to difficulties, on account oral)
apprehension which the Country G entletne it seem
alone to entertaio.

LYI u l N i Nis piniTA
In the if Of Cominims last 1014114 I%lr.
Sergeant ()itilow inoit9sed his uswil Bill•to re-
peal the Intioting agitinit , Varied
opinions vp Pre eXptefisi,ti about this measure, the
dangers of which it li:t!,.be;•11 our annual task to
point out, and our good fortune to be .instru+
mental in proventing. That greatet efforts will
tae requiiell this Session to ' Protect riroperty
against the rapacity of money lenders and' the
recklessness of heirs, fritly be anticip:tted from
the intimation given by Mr. Secretary .Peel- that
hi IVlajesty's Mini,ters may paisibly think it
their duty, to support the Bill, or tit lea,t, sonic
of it. Others prapusra that it should
In. applicahlo 10 traders alone, and that tite
e(I intereA should be ex,rluded fluor its opera-
tion, biy which HI V 311% the measure would become
a nii?re e4ntrictient, on a very limited scale. As
the Chancellor of the FAchetitier.ii to expreO the
V WS of .Governatelit ost the subiect when the
shall he read a e,COI.RI OW, abstain
front making furtherl
oir.,ervations k",„
the extent anti -nature of the alterations
Which the measure may Tt.te n°1"0
went into a COmmittee of ‘VaYs and. Meang, in
which Mr. Ilerries moved th it a surplui of
3,500,000/. remaining in the Exchequer, out of

modity itself of which they are treating shrinks
from their contact, and immediately retrogrades
in value, to an extent which involves hundreds in

[Talc REPRESENTATIVE.]
At this period of, we fear we must say, unex-
ampled distress, it is truly shocking to observe
with what unfeeling levity false reports affecting
the credit of particular houses are every day cir-
culated in the city, and thence over every part
of the Metropolis. Such reports cannot go abroad
at this moment in regard to the most respect-
able establishment without inflicting a posi-
tive injury ; and we could point several in-
stances in which they have produced the
most disastrous consequences..--- We put it
to the feelings 3of every honourable man of
business, whether any thing can be more per-
nicious, and consequently more deserving of re-
probation, than the common practice at which
we have now glanced. We are aware, that in
some instances, these whisperings arise from the
unreflecting thoughtlessness that gives a willing
ear to the floating rumours which amuse the idle or
the imbecile mind ; but in too many cases they
originate, we fear, in a darker and more culpable
source. • They proceed, too frequently, from en-
vious malignity which extracts honied enjoyment
from the bitter spring of human misfortune. There
are, we lament to think, in the mercantile world,
men who look upon a ruined acquaintance as a
competitor removed out of the way. The attack
upon confidence is universal, and it can only be
met at individual points ; and let no man dream
that, while things are in their present condition,
he can take care of himself, while lie is heedless
of his neighbour. We know of only one way in
which the unjust and cruel folly alluded to can
be effectually checked. Let the gentleman who,
in the course of the day, hears any report of the
kind we have mentioned, go nt once boldly and
manfully to the house interested, and tell there
what he had heard, and from whom. We ven-
ture to predict, that the day after this had hap-
pened, every body would be rendered becom-
ingly cautious and circtlmspect.

[Tile TIMES.I
This anxious mission, which removes the Duke
of Wellington to St. Petersburgh at such a season,
and in a state of health so precarious, has doubt-
less been the result of mature consideration, with
regard as well to the objects contemplated us to
means of attaining them. Of these objects there
is a negative and a positive—to prevent, as We
seid'before, the invasion of Turkey, and to se-
cure! the liberty of Greece. We have. :reason to
rely upon the representations made to us, that
the national feeling of the Russians is rather one of
religious Sympathy with their Greek brethren,
and of anxiety to release: them from the :hands
of the infidels, than any eagerness for offensive
measures against the Turks. It is plain, there-
fore, that the natural operation of such a feeling
F would present no obstacles to that mode of ar-
ranging the etrairs of Greece and Turkey which
is sought fors by the western.-nnd southern States
of Christendom—viz. a peaceful settlement,
brought about by amicable negotiation. But it is
likewiSe obvious enough, that the Court of Russia
may be actuated by.a sentiment very different from
that which inspires the Russian people. The
people may be honest in their zeal or fanaticism,
while the Government may be selfish In its em•
bition, so that ,a War, begun In simulated
Ffurs
therance of the • popular wish, may be.prosecuted
in a spirit, and may terminate in results, the most
alien to the professions with which it was under-
taken. We do not say Unit such things will hap-
pen ; but Europe ought ,to be prepared for all
contingencies, nor suffer herself to be sur-
prised at seeing the fraternal eagerness of the
Russian peOple'' on behalf of Greece taken
advantage of by the Cabinet of Saint Peters.
burgh, to forward its own schemes of temporal
aggradizement at the expellee of 'Turkey. If
the Russians have actually passed the. Pruth,
and commenced hestilities, the Duke of Wel-
lington may find himself anticipated and em-
barrassed ; -but still with a powerful game,
within his grasp. In insisting upon nit imme-
diate abandonment of such art, enterprise by
• Russia, his Grace Imo!!! have every Ambassador
from every State in Europe • with him. The
• single point of foreign policy on which France and
England may be presumed to go heartily haunt 'in
hand, is that of leeeping doWn the spirit of rig.
grandizement which has so fearfully illustrated
the reigueof Catherine ff. and of her deceased
grandson. On France, therefore, we mint
seckon with confidence, if her Ministers under-
stand their duty. Austria already sees' the
Muscovites at her gates ; she has them for
her neighbours within a few marches of Vienna,
and they border her territory for, bun-
Diroarmses neitals.} dreds of leagues, until both frontiers are met by
Mr. Baring, iti the course of the late debate that of Turkey. To a partition of Turkey,
on the currency, remerkedi very justly, on the frowned upon by the whole west of Europe,
proneness of Parliament to listen to and be led Austria would hardly lend, herself. That of
away by eloquent men, in preference to the sober Poland has already given the lion's share to her
views, but less Bowery harangues, of practical formidable rivet. With the three great Powers
men of business. The evil is one which is not alluded to unanimous against her attack upon the
confined to Parliament ; but ;has ever been the Porte, Russia, we believe, would hesitate long
bane of this country) us it was that of Conti- befOre she braved. their military opposition. If
nental States ; and fernishes, a striking proof it be said that the army and people of Russia
of the power of tics imagleatiob over the are vehement in their desire to befriend the
understanding, and of Ow, 'readiness with Greeks, and deaf al the same time to the ealeulti•
which mankhol in general are led to con- tionS of prudence, there is an easy way of settling
fide in and .adopt that which- they. edMire.— that favourite point to their satisfaction. England
Persons who are in the habit of serving upon need only say, " I will help to establish the in.
uries seta and feel,: this continually ; and the "dependence of Greece, Austria, will co-operate,
greatest difticolty a Juror has, is to keop his Mind " and France will 'countenance' the' arrangement.
regardless of the " Withdraw
attentively fixed upon facto, your armies, therefore, from the
false or speCiQUI COlOOlll4 5514. h ingenious arid Pruth and Danube; you shall attain your object
eloquent advocates can give to them. No dues- "at a less expellee than that of a wasteful,
Lion perhaps !tag evers been more thoron4bly 144 and, with us for your enemies, a saeguillasy
vestigeted than this one of Ow con eet,l', and pro. " and doubtful invasion." What answer, we beg
trebly none with so little 3UCCeSi. i " seri- to know, Could the court of Russia give, -to an
/thous indoesi doclipe" has been applied to it in address like -this , The end of the Itess;ati
the fullest extent, F Tins tracts, which were put)- people wotdd F be gained ; there Would be no
nt the time of; the' Bullion Report aloneove re preteoee for pleading :the intemperance, of the
sutrecieot to form a moderate library, to say no national spirit, itt exteutiation of hostile move-
thiug of the debates and: discussions, the sub- merits against Moldavia ; or if a negative were re-
ject has undergOrte in various other; Ways. Vet turned to such representations trout, Eitgland, the
what teal light, have eloquence and learning cloven foot of old Catherine would discover
thrown upou . the.. ttobject7'?, Hardly. any two itself, and Europe, taught byre' perience, would
speakers or writers appear to agree upon it ; and be at trot loss how to act. ' he settlement eras
when Parliament tenders the question, the corn. posed for Greece is said to be, that the islands

and peninsula composing bor territory shall be
governed by a constitutional Monarch, not con-
nected immediately with any of the greater
Powers ; but to be under the joint protection of
England, Austria, and Russia, the most contigu-
ous Christian States.