The Sun.
London, England, 1826-03-15 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTIMLIGENCE.

OXFORD CIRCITIT.—STivroub, ilk nett 13.
'BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.
FEAIE V. WEDGEWO.IIPRCIAT; Juni%
Mr. ()Ross opened the case, He stated the defendant to be a
man possessed of large landed estates, anti large collieries in the
neighbourhood of Neweastle.uhder.line, thli county. The
plaintiff is the daughter.of a gentleman of the munenf (heynne,
who lives in the county of Carnarvon, and she is most respect.
able. She was married once Wit gentleman of the naMe
of
Peake, who carried on the business of a mercer inn most 'ex..
tensive. manner in the town of Newcastle. The fact of,this 111'00 of promise was proved, but beyond this there wits no,
thitfg in the case that deserves particular notice.
Justice PARK summed up, and recommended slue
damages.:
,
The FOREALAN of the Jury said, that the Jury would littera
have some evidence as to the wealth or the defendant; tier he was
!I:tented to be immensely rich. •
Jusike PARE said, that no evidence could be received
after his summing up ; and he earnestly entreated the Jury up
dismiss from their minds every thing they might have heard is
the way et repors respecting either of the parties in this cause,
The Jury'tben consulted tnr a quarter of an hour, etta. think
found for the plaintifr—Dainages, 1,6001, •

CORN EXCHANGE, MAutat 15.
The supplies are very small to' thii'morniiig's market. The
buyers do not seem disposed to Make purcluocs of any kind of
Grain, and so little is doing that prices may be considered no.
minally the same as Monday.
Aunt VACS.-..ETlgnial'WhClittlooo ; Barley, 2,200; Oats,
3,6oo.guarters ; Flour, 2,300 sacks.

COUNTY Dunrari.--We are authorised to nit.
flounce, that Lord 13nAnAzox, the eldest son of
the Earl of MEAra, has returned frei.
nent, and is now in Loott—ir his way to In'.
land, Cur the express purpose or canvassing this
county, preparatory to the coming election,—
(Dublin Paper.)
811.10 If LA 11. PEDESTIIIitIfIOW----Orl Monday evening,
March Q, about eleven o'clock, Al r. Bayley, appraiser and
auctioneer, of Ashford, undertook for a wager of N. to Stan
(blindfold) front North-lane, in Ashford, to nyebrook, across
the field, dishuice nearly a mile, In one hour, which he ac.
complished is thirty-five minutes, having twenty-five minutes
to spare to the disappoititment of his opponents.
An affray took place near Dover on Sunday
afternoon between some soldiers of the 80th ltegi.
meet, who were intoxicated, and some country.
men. Insulting language on both sides gave rise'
to a general pugilititic combat, when one of the
soldiers drew his bayonet, and made several at.
tempts to wound the countrymen, but his extreme
irritation prevented his using it to effect. It was'
apprehended, from the infuriated state of some
of the party, that fatal consequences would ew.4
sue ; however, the affair fortunately terminated,
with Some contusions on the part of the soldiers;
received by their falling or being knocked down.
A TRAP FOR A THlre.—Yesterday a yooort
man named Alexander Burgess was brought bei"'
fore the Sitting Magistrate at Uniun.itaii. chit rgeo
with breaking into the house of a hulls named
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TIIE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
listraotsfrem the Morning Paper s,March 15,18/6.

[BRITISH PItESS.]
The eloquent and impressive speech of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, in bringing in the
Budget, was well calculated to quiet the appre-
hensions which so much pains had been previ-
ously taken to excite as to the financial condition
of the country. His clear and candid statement
contained all that was necessary to satisfy the
public, and to justify the immense majority, both
within and without the walls of Parliament, de-
voted to the principles of his administration.
The firm and dignified tone'in which he repelled
the taunt of Mr. Hume, so frequently thrown out
against himself and his colleagues, of retaining
expensive and useless offices on account of the
patronage annexed to them, was highly ho-
nourable to him as a Minister and as ate an. His
disinterested desire to have every. pblic office
ably and effectively filled is well known; no man
cares to have the best attributes of his character
wrested from him, and to be held up to the re-
proach of the country, where he is most consci-
ous of deserving its confidence and its praise ;
it was therefore with a proper feeling of self-
esteem that he challenged the public appro-
bation, for not suffering the loss of patronage
to act as an impediment to a wise and honest
measure, or to stand in the way of any retrench-
ment which the efficient service of the country de-
mended. The Right Hon. Gentleman'sstatement
on Monday night caused, we believe, no small
surprise to many, who imagined that the late
confusion and embarrassments of trade would
be found to have extended to the finances of the
country. He prefaced the details of hisstate-
ment, by an expose of his financial measures since
he first accepted office, sufficient to soften the
rigour of those even who were most stubbornly
••disposed to sinister anticipations. The relief to
the country from a considerable weight of taxa-
, tion ; the reduction of duties, in order to extend
our commerce, and the fulfilment of his predic-
tions with respect to the result of those measures,
together with numerous proofs of the national
-prosperity which ensued, were all opportunely
recapitulated : in touching on the late revul-
sions, he estimated the loss to the revenue which
might arise from them at about 1,300,0001. We
confess that whether we consider the origin or
extent of those difficulties, they appear to us to
lit-orient a momentary impediment to our progress
.t4.,* shock arising from the sundeu extinction of
a quantity of fictitious capital, which had exist-
ed too short a time to become intimately con-
nected with the industry of the country ; one of
these natural fluctuations in the commercial fora
tune of the nation, which no human prudence
could avert. With respect to the dead weight
.annuities, he stated distinctly that he did not
'think that the arrangement made with the Bank
was quite unobjectionable, but at the same time
he could not understand time force of all the ergo-
rnents used against it. Now, It appears to us,
that, viewed merely as a financial measure, that
arrangement is liable to very little objection, if
to any at all ; and this shall continue to be our
opinion until, at least, it lie sbewn us how an
equal sum might have been raised on terms more
advantageous to the public ; but as far as the
Batik was concerned in it, and induced to ad-
vance money on inconvertible security) we think
it wholly unjustifiable.

r Tllll TIMES.]
A subject of some importance, as well to the
general administration of justice as to the partici'.
tar ioterests of those who pay the rates and as.
sessinents of Middlesex, bus occupied for nearly
two years past the attention of the Magistrates
in this Metropolitan County. The office of the
Perk of the Peace appears, from the repented
reports of a Committee of Magistrates, appointed
t April, 1824, end still continued in the
!,,',,four of investigating certain twitters alleged
#grtinst that office, to Imo long been a scene
of irregularity and confusion, equally discre.
altahle to those concerned, and injurious to
Oh' public at large. it seems that while
shelves end rooms arts crammed with insignifi-
cant papers, even to vagrant orders, constables'
egturns of jurors, calenders of prisotiere, exc., tice,
140 years told, with recognieances anti
rrtents of the reign of Edward V I.! the more
interesting and useful transactions of our own
times !hive, by some strange means or other
•
been made to from among the records of
the county. In fact, the committee above I
alluded to 114.1 appointed to inquire after the
eic,erde of the Middlesex sessions for the
734; i.qo, 1806, 1807, which are said to be
keither mole actor less than lost. If tins were
„ific negligetice, it would reflect.
.10 110 slight
aerie Alpo the. i;lerk of the Peace and the
subalterns in his oince ; but the. Magistrates
ileport very plaioly their Chat it is
not, to remissness but corruption we owe the
rubbery of the public rer.ords. They state, that
large additional salaries have been paid to certain
subordinate functionaries in the above Ace, since
yeer lot; ; pod hint, that it might not be
14g1VrAlent to some parties to have the county
etChilies too closely scrutinized, in a. search for
the authority under which such an increase of
oikisl emolument has been received, at the public
espence. it milli:arm, moreover, that cmtein offices
have Wien enjoyed by one anti the same person, in
violation of an express order and restilntion of
thelnagistretes that gross deceptions have been'
practised upon iedividuals as to the source from
whence they received their incomes; that.peti.
Liana LA the magistrates, complaining of, and de.
irandinit redress for, such deceptious, have " not
boot entered ie the minutes of the proceedings of
d0,c000,0, because they would expose the per.
stooraggiot whom they were
.ditected; that a
atitaance Wks iwito manifested by parties
grt:itree9;toilostiou before the magistrates to
e upon the mewls through which,
threw any lig hirh p 0
üblic ves
O the Poirue9 lurvr
wlsiV 1:3 817 thatarchi infinite
Wee !wen put out of eii; ' I e
toolittrectioti aad delay to public business tav
IsBll4 a torieueuitrom the Union" Of haterQge.