The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-26 00:00:00

RAMSGATE, SEPT. 24, 1826.

The Races of Margate (which they may be called,
rather than of the Isle of Thanet) passed off gaily.
The last day they were very numerously and even
fashionably attended. They would almost have
vied with the Derby at Epsom, so various were the
vehicles and company assembled ; even bathing-ma-
chines were put in requisition, and one could almost
have fancied that some of the spectators were really in
their bathing dresses. One of the 'horses for the
limiters' Stakes broke down, and the poor rider was
very much injured, so as to cause a report of his
death. The only other unfortunate circumstanee
which took place, was that of a gentleman having his
pocket picked of between 3 and 4001. in one of the
booths, with which the thief got clear off. A well
merited but severe punishment for the folly of carry-
ing so much money to such a place.
The scandalous aspersions which appeared in a
Morning Paper (the Herald) respecting the Plate
won by Sir Godfrey Webster in a sailing match, has
caused him to quit this place. He read the paper at
the Albion Hotel, where he was staying, and on corn-
mg to those epistolary remarks on himself, he pocket-
ed the paper, called for his bill, walked out, and set
sail in his beautiful yacht " instanter." Hs is now
at Dover waiting for the Regatta, which is very shortly
to take place there. The numberless stories prevalent
here about this eccentric Baronet, would fill the entire
of your columns, but it is useless to detail them, as

" Rumour is a pipe
"Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures;
a And of so city and so plain a stop,
" That the blunt monster with uncounted heads,
" The still discordant wavering multitude,
" Can play upon
The Admiralty yacht, and that of the Victualling-
Office, arrived here yesterday, with one or more
of the Commissioners. Sir William Curtis imme-
diately on their arrival, paid them a complimentary
visit on board. The worthy Baronet is looking ex-
ceedingly well, though hitt loco-motive powers seem
rather to misgive him. The visitors of tins place con-
sider themselves extremely ill-used by the General
Steam-Boat Navigation Company, as they have taken
their regular packet, " The City of London," from
this station, to replace the 4( RoNol sovereign" on the
Margate statioti,. which broke 'down last WednestAy4
and yesterday, a heavy over-sea boat, called The.
Lord Afelsalle," was sent in her place, whieh after
making several attempts, managed to get into-the her,
hour and land her passengers, who were not a little
nervous on the occasion. The policy of this Corn-
pany continuing their labours, after so many and such
singular failures, has been questioned by many.
There is a Highland piper here, going about the
town, whom report says is the Colonel IViacd-tt
who has laid a wager of 1,000/. that in six months ha
will return with 100/. in his pocket, out of what he
may receive, after paying all his expellees.
The colours of the Custom-house are hung half
mast high, in. consequence of the death of Mr. Baker,
the Comptroller, who is to be buried on Tuesday next.
lie appears to have been a man much beloved and re-
spected here.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S, Sitrr.

The number of subscribers present yesterday, was lees nume-
rous than might have beep' expected, and fell infinitely abort of
the attendance on the'Epsom settling-day. This, however, is in
part accounted for, by the fact of most, if not all, hats with the
Yorkshire and other North country gentlemen being settled on
the spot, which could not be the case for the Derby and Oaks.
Some few were under an impression, that the cause of many not
being present, was a belief that the new regulation of the Joao',
Club, in the postponement of the settling-day for Epsom to the
Tuesday, applied also to the St. Leger, which le not the ease, the
proper settling-day for the St. Leger being the following deist
Doncaster ; the bets with South country gentleman Imelda to et-
tend there, being payable or receivable (as the ale may be), on
the following, at Tatteriall's. The actual rearron, hoWever, of the
non-attendance yeeterday of many of the higher elaesee, is ari 'un-
derstanding that they attend at Newmarket next week (being the
First October Meeting), rind there pay and receive, (as was the 0111111
last year), till which time many brevy accounts stafttl over.
The business yesterday went off very smoothly, nothing having
transpired of an unpleasant totture. Some few bets, indeed, stood
over with parties present, but who are men of undoubted honour
and goodness. The only levanter of any nate, is the partyso sig-
nificantly alluded to in the Doncaster report of yesterday.
Of course little betting took place; we can only quote the fol-
lowing

GRIM) VI/Kr MICHAEL ANI) ST. Malta STAVES (lezwitastleT).
Problem and Goshawk are the favourites, but there are not as
yet any definite odds.
ntltalr, 1827.
18 to 1 on the field.
tr.. utarst, 1827.
lb to 1 agst Revi►wer 1 20 to 1 apt arty 0011,-
18 to 1 apt Granby

GLAMORGANSIIIRE RACES:LWtom *tapas, Serr. IP.
A gifttpititkes of 5 fIOVII. each, with 55 added. for hoist% heed
in the I'rincipality or Monmouthshire.
Mr. W. Lewis named 1 r h. shilock 6 I 4
) .
Mr. Jones'a b. 1. Lydia ... I 5 7
Mr. Tynte named b. b. gly itt 5 3
Lord Clisrendon avoid SPo!lotosik•••• 4 It dr
t.,,a`' .thrial
M. Rirlardis hr.' e. 1 6 dr
Ilk. Hill's h. M. MO"
Sweepetalte f3J r, 0 04- ,vi. tatb, for haltbred !wrote. Geutternea
A 6 , Hider&

Afr, itichssWi b. g. I
Moggritige's b. g.Matfett *
iFfr.mr, Davies'a b. g. Yeomen
A Plate of tin Dors. free for any horn, Ste,
Mr. Gauntlett', hr. c. Comedian
Mr. Griffithes hr. 1. Spider 3 2
Mr. Pryse's b. h. Capita/1 Puff 2 th,
Lord Clarendon's b. e. brother to Skiff die.

A saver Cup, given by the Town of Cardiff, for brute* sot
thorough-bred, ridden by farmers or &mare won., was won by
Air. Morian's horse, beating three others.

SPIRIT OF THE PL ntle JOURNALS.

Nothing can inure effectually show the tendency of
the present sySterri of ieordinate expenee, and, over-
wheimieg taxation to support it, than the rapid .pro-
gress which the minds of- wen are making towards a
familar consideration of the " justice" of what to us,
appears an act of inexcusable atrocity. We mean an
assault .upon the rights of the fundholder, in the shape
of either a reduction of, his interest, or an equivalent
impost. There is a pamphlet before us, addressed to
Mr. Peel, which, however excursive, or we might
say, desultory in its general execution, points Ito the
above with 'much steadiness of purpose, as an expedient
no less equitable than easy, for relieving the distresses
of the poor,.and restoring the prosperity of our manes
ketoses. The 'answer, we need hardly say, is, that the
proposal, and much inure, the petpetsation, of a deli-
berate crime, is as unworthy the wisdom of a great
people as it would be of their mdral character. We
can imagine no extremity of political guilt or madness
that might not be expected to follow a spoliation of the
English fundholders-sexeept, indeed, certain other
means, mere consistent with virtue and discretion, had
been previously tried, and found unproductive of relief.
The :biology for such desperate nostrums, is the im-
possibility of bearing our present distress, and still more
of providing fends requisite fot the whole of our pre-
sent system of expenditure. Theis, let us-ask, why
not attempt a diminution of SO much of that expense
as. may not be called for by
,gotal faith, or any
other paramount motive. If a gentleman, plagued
with an :: .overgrown household, be, as sometimes
happens, at the same time sinking under the
pressure of debts which have been legally con-
tracted, we apprehend that no upright friend would
advise him to eon:lmnd with his creditors, and leave
half his debts wiped, for, the sake of seeing always the
usual number of pampered menials in his anti-ehamber.
No ; common sense and honesty would alike suggest
to hitn, the diSmissal of the uselesS mouths, and' the
discharge of :his moral Ohligatioei. This is, ;in one
short sentence, our view of the conduit which 'heeomes
umi as. an enlightened people. The property of the
fundholders is not, perhaps one-tenth of it, in the
hands of those who originally purchased it with a paper
money, and at half its present solid amount. Even,if
it'were so, the argument,
.with us, iii worth nothing,
beeause the pledge of the Government was to pay the
interest at sill times, and the principal, whensoever it
might suit the public welfare: to liquidate it, in an
equal nominal amount of the ;currency existing on the
day.of paynient. Bite rho fact:is, that most of the
public fiends' have gradually passed into possession of
those who never had a share ofkanS or contracts, who
were no parties to the predominancy of the paper syS-
tem, who paid gold and silver for the stock transferred
to them, and bbeglit it as property always, ender the
faith of Parliament, producing a rate of interest equal
to that at which it was originally borrowed, and pay-
able in the dissent coin, whatever that might happen to
be. We Should be loth to trouble our readers on this
subject, if our own sentiments with regard to: it hail
not been studiously and impertinently misrepresented,
andsilit did not seem to be taken for granted by some
people that no effectual eflbrt can be made to mitigate
the burdens under which the country is labouring, but
by the sacrifice of honour to prodigality. Sheridan's
:
v
sentinient is even exaggerated by this superfluous
baseness, which mey boast of being equally ungenerous
sand tmjusts—,--Tinies.
A,practite has taken place in two or three instances
at the late Old Bailey Sessions, and frequently of late
years there before, as well as on some of the circuits,
wills:li calls for onimadversion—vve incite that, of at-
Salting vast importance to the examination of wit-
nesses taken by the committing Magistrate's, and pre-
' krring them to the findings of the Grand .fury. This
generally `occurs in cases rip which Counsel are em-
ployed ; thongh sometimes the judge himself will set
the example of this unwise and uneonmaitutional per-
version of justice. 'As soon as the prisener is ar-
raigeed, up starts a 1A4114 Couneellor and says,s-
-" I have, looked, my I into' the deposniens
(which, by the bye, he ought not to have lumen per-
mitted to see), and am of opinion; that gross as the
prisoner's conduct may have been,: the charge cannot
be maintained, and that it is useleiss,to give your Lord-
ship amid the Jury the trouble of trying him." The
Judge (who not imfrequently has had a previous re-
hoses!, in aim under tone, with the 'Learned Counsel)
agrees entirely with him, applauds hiS discretion, and
orders the prisoner's immediate acquittal, to the great
astonishment of time prison'r himself, theprosecutor,
and witnesses, as well as the Jury, who have just be-
fore been sworn tto well and truly try, and a true de-
liveraneermake, and a true verdict give, according to
the imeidence," not one word. of which they ore per-
mhted tO 'bear. the, Counsel this is a very conve-
nient practice ; he has received. his fee, and, of course,
the less trouble he has for it the better. To be sure,
were it possible' for corruption tc reach any thing so
learned and, so honourable aS the liar, such 4 practice
ae this opens a tolerably cowieriieut door for it. But
this is neither here nor there ; and is as impossible as
that, a Judge can be influenced on such an occasion'
by any referenee to his own time or labour. But
the absurdity and injustice of this new practice;
hinge upon a point which, as far as we have oh-
eerveds, does not seem to have occurred either to the
Bar or the: Bench upon : these occasions, Sri& that it
by no Measis follows that the Grand, Jury have in
all cases heard precisely the Wee evidence as was
offered before the Magistrates and returned in the de-
poeitions. It frempiem aly, ha
ppens that new evidence is
discovered between OM time of a prisoner's 'committal
and the period Id his trial—things which were lea un-
.
ceStabb such 44 ilt,,l4itY, lied other important',focts are
cleared up, and halt stalesen witnesses go befOre the
Grand Jury who were never.seen by the Magistrate,
theSSfose,'Sn' 'never have been
or whose evidences,
heard of by the Jilt!pe Yes, litiemsuse .4 timing was
doubtflil the first instii4eo,niots
rontni,nianttefatielentrheoisf
to be taken for granted
the sworn finding of lkinarrq of twenty-throe corn_
petent .persons But wti nolny affarm that. no ,fesgs
Etas a right to do this---that the
_doing it me wisest-,
and an unconstitutional stretch of authority, public
justice demaeds that an accused person Issints Sem to
trial shall be cotivittlsl. Or 41011'144'14 ace9rding: to hews-
that if guilty, he shall lie openly ants,tsuneci.l 64)) or it
to society without that
innocent, that he shall ,return
qualifying =stigma (viz. " however h.rutal, how.
ever groes,"ne " however dishonest" his conduct ma)
have beefs) which generally accompapies this new de,
,
scription 01 ripe examinations before Magi'
strates were never intended to be used for any suet
purposes: as these.; and:if such a practice is to pre
vail, the system of Grand 'Juries—a SysteM'So
daeplJ
interwoven with the, liberties of die country, may as
well be at "cc abolished, and time documentary evis
Equity supersede the oral teas
derive of mir Courts of
ttmony by means of which truth hes 'hitherto been
elicited in our Courts of Justus% Xn time, another

4
step will abolish the Pet-it,jutif also tt and ta;,„.ing into
consideration the enormous powers which are already
Vested in Magistrates, the lives, the liberty, and pros
petty of the King's subjects will soon silently merge
into the keeping of those who are every (lay striving
to make their Courts Star Chambers and, Inquisitions
in all hut the talent ',which presides over them.
Morning Herta,
' Our, readers will see that, yesterday, Isaac Dickson's
Meeting took place. We observe with great pleasure
that Mr. Polhill and Mr. Chainbers have come for-
Ward. That impudent fellow Dickson wanted to
brow-beat Mr. Chambers, but the latter was not to be
hrow-beaten. , A Committee to investigate the heart-
less, impudent Thing is appointed., That Committee,
we should hope, will spare no pains in probing this
Thing to the bottom. It ought to engage a pains-
taking respectable attorney, and a clever respectable ac-
countant---men not to be bribed.. The Committed.
Might to know that Steele is Dickson's bosom friend
---one of the HOhnes's hotel men—one of the junta
Of five, or six, or seven. We hope that Mr. Cham-
bers and Mr. Polhill will proceed in the investigation,
and care not for any impudence or brute threats on the
part of either Dickson or Steele, but set those two
fellows at defiance. The man in the hack gromul—
the paragraph screw man, . did
,not dare to show his
face, lie Was not it the Meeting. We understand that
the Editor of the laritish Press has . shares in the
Thing. Wehave also learned that one of the reporters
of the 'Times and one of the reporters of the Morning
Chronicle had, or have, a share or shares in the Thing.
We call it a Thing because that is the worst `name we
can give it. Mr. Polhill and Mr. Chambers will ob-
serve that neither Dickson nor Steele dared to contra-
'diet or call in question what we put forth yesterday.
.Oh, you two Holmes's Hotel men ! Why did • you
not bring the man in the back ground with you ? His
face would have been delectable to have been looked
at. But we shall be at you again, Isaac, and Thomas,
and Judas.--Ibid.
-The Corn-Law campaign may be said to be now
fairly opened. The landowners,, as. was to he expect-
ed, were first in the field. In East Kent there was a
meeting a week or two ,ago, and if we are correctly
infornied, another meeting has since taken place at
Sittingbourne, in West Kent.. The Andover Meet-
ing was to stir up the Hampshire agriculturists, but
the result did .not correspond with the expectations of
those who called it. - In the north, Sir John Sinclair
has sounded the tocsin of alarm: In a letter addres-
'sed by bins to the Conveners of Counties, he suggests,
that every county of Scotland should appoint a coin-
Inittee; to meet at the Waterloo Hotel,. in Edinburgh,
on Saturday, the "18th of November next. Sir John
`thinks there is a design afloat to punish the Landed
Interest,—
" 1. Fer the manly stand it made against French republican-
ism-4. For having preserved our free trade and admirable Con-
stitution, undtr which a greater number of persons enjoy the
blessings of liberty than under any that ever existed.-. 4. For hav-
ing filled the world with astonishment at our naval and military
achievements..-4. For having elevated the country to a height of
power, beyond any instance recorded in history; and 5. For hav-
ing persevered in the contest until the idol ot Radicalism surren-
dered himself a prisoner, and was prevented from doing farther
mischief, by being immured on the rock of St. Ifelena."
Now, Sir John is determined to die in his last ditch,
rather titan allow hiMself to be spoiled.
" As the proprietor of 4,0 estate," be says, " which I fun bound 1
to protect from folio alwevion, I„ ant not disposed to yield to
`the attacks of this dousestic invader, or to submit without resikt-
aneo to nusontres recommended by that President of the Board of
Trade, who Remo, ittetiood to rtgolato tifo great interests or tbls
country by new-fangled notions, which set experience at defiance.
I should be glad to know, whether his rash experiments have not
already inflicted deadlY wounds on British navigation, trade, and
manufactures? And if the agricultural classes are reduced to the
same miserable state as the commercial, will not the whole frame
of society in this country be broken up, and a revolution become
inevitable r
We fear there arc too many, of the landowners, who,
like Sir John Sinclair, .wish to have all the glory of
the late glorious war (in which, as.the Lord Chancel-
lor happily phrased it, we gained all that we have not
104),but who wish to throw the whole price of that
glory on others.' Now, if the merit of the war belong
exclusively to the landlords, as Sir John says, that is
an argument 'rather for their bearing more than their
full share Of the cost than less, because they have the
glory to compensate for the privations, 'whereas time
poor starving mechanic has nothing to Sweeten his cup
of misery. The landholder, who, intoxicated with the
many glorious victories during the war of his own
seeking, and with the high price of food during the
greatest part of its continuance, counted on the high
rent, the result of high-priced food, as permanent, and
mortgaged his estate for twice as much as he could have
purchased it for previous to the war, on handing over five-
sixths of the present rentto the mortgagee, while he con-
sumes the remaining sixth in a lodging in London, Paris,
Brussels, or Edinburgh,.has.grand recollections, at all
events, to cheer him. This, however, , will not go
down now. We must all bear our share of the bur-
den caused by a series of glorious achievements, ter-
initiating with the dial of Btionaparte at St. Helena.
The war was a very glorious, but els() a very expensive
one. We thought it could not be too expensive, and
we not only apent our present revenues, but mortgaged
the future. Heavy taxes are the consequence, and heavy
taxes must press heavily on ' us. Now the modest re-
quest of the landowners is this—to the burdens borne
by all the other classes, let us add the intolerable
burden caused by a monopolY, of which the object
is to force prices up ,to an amount, which shall more
than indemnify us for our share of the taxation-7-a
monopoly which occasions .a sacrifice to the others
of five times what it put into our .pockets The
landholders do not deny that their , rents have ,qua-
drtipled since the cointheneeinent of the War,
while the wages of the labourers, in most places, are
not risen—while the, price of every thing they con-
sume has experienced a great rise. We caipot have
ene,bet of prices here and ' another
tiCrtti-&;T-
-18.10IIS andnsequent , co ,
without constant revuon the Continent,
Ment. ,'• The landowners must, therefore, make up
tbeirminds to the change which ,-is called for by ill
ranks, and descriptions of persons in the country, them-
iielveS excepted. The Government have, in fact, no
choice; -the thank
i, ..is forced on them .by imperious
circturniumees. 'lf t be, true, as is stated by Sir Jas.
Preimani, that nine-tenths of the landholders of this
country are now merely receivers of rents for others,
the:
fgrlirtoAttPotphalfgoe: And family arrangements during
prices, this is no argiunent for taxing
i ittirni‘mviiii.:enlitya to indemnify.them for the miscalcula-
i4tiou in,
)ri ‘ -merchant or manufacturer, by a revo-
-1 en finds his assets hill short -of his
negate;, faintly traitt!st Pay the penalty of. his
iini,s-
, and there is no reason why lamp.
cxemptc
11°14" 4'"l't I'" ' d fret's the consequences
of vicissitudes n 1 - 1 The
. tore t.tait others. property of
the counpr Pi %tot antiila . ' Ichant
bands. . erchatits, ct 1 404-, tt immere y vefi
o ton-simmer% Wool-staplers,
and Stock-*iihbers, take
.
' c 100 ters. We may
of the deseendanta
of former.. ..erchants aitihd, Isiteei,
rptnark here, in passing,
cthattofebme
babaririairsds lawthe
ownersof primesv
geuiture tends very

land. Younger children must have some prevision
beyond the mere expectancy of places under Govern-
ment, and the establishments are all calculated at the
nominal income of the proprietor, without allowing
for doductions. Hence''every: year, proprietors get
deeper and deeper into debt, and hence the attempts
to bolster up a vicious system by cramping the industry
of the country.---Atorrang aronick.

so that r gentletttans coattnnzn or r age coachman wag liable
to be dragged away instanter for a breach of the law u a carman
'or hackney-coach driver. Singularly enough, the complainant,
and that was most likely to be the party seeing and suffering by
the offence, was disqualified by the act from giving evidence, by
the awarding to him a moiety of the penalty. Mr. Campbell

then called
George Stephens, the driver of the cabriolet, who stated that he
had followed two carts from Newgate-strect, but when near Bow
Church, although his horse's head was within two feet of the tail
of the cart before him, the defendant broke in from the middle of
the street, drove witness's horse upon the pavement, and broke the

rings of his vehicle.
in his defence the coachman urged, that he was forced into the.
Hue by meeting the Lord Mayor's coach, that there was a greater
opening iiiat was represented, and that he had never heard of the
Act of Geo.
Mr. Campbell argued, dud ignorance of a statute was never
admitted to be a plea available to offenders against it.
Sir Jonw, PERRINO said, the public were Mach indebted to
Mr. Campbell for pressing this complaint. Theknowledge that
drivers were liable to apprehension at the moment, by any person
who saw them offending, would do wonders in keeping them in
order, and for the sake of eutnepk, he would fine the defendant
10s., and order him to pay l'Pe. costs.
The defendant's master was fined 10s., for not entering his pre-
sent place of abode in the Sewers.office in the city ; and the owner
of the cabriolet is about to claim Si., for damage done to his
vehicle.

BOW-STREET.—Robert Banks, a man dressed in a smock-
frock, who retail fruit in the neighbourhGod of Covent-garden-
market, was yesterday brought before Mr. MtNstita,L, charged
with assaulting Margaret Sullivan, a child about ten years of age,
with an intent to commit a rape on her person.
The prisoner, a man thout 40 years of age, was loud in pro-
testing his innocence. He admitted that he met the girl as she
stated, and that he had seen her in the streets often before in com-
pany with other children, but he denied in the most solemn manner
the conduct imputed to him.
Mr. MtlrsHum..—Little girl, look again at that man ; he
denies that he is the person who used you ill ; are you sure he is

the same ?
The child said she was quite positiie as to the prisoner's 'iden-
tity, and repeated her story without the slightest prevarication.
A decent-looking young man Caine forward and said, that he had
known the prisoner for tieverul years. He was a striving indus.:
trious man, with a large family, and quite incapable of the con-
duct imputed to him. The charge, he was convinced, was without
foundation. The girl stated outside the office, that the man who
abused her had on a great coat, awl it was well known that the
prisoner always wore a smock-frock, such as he appeared in at

present.
The prisoner again renewed his protestations of innocence. He
said he came forward voluntarily to meet the accusation, and that
it was an attempt to swear away his life.
His wife, accompanied by three young children, came forward
in great distress, declaring her conviction of her husband's inno-
cence ; and the prisoner, taking his youngest child in his arms,
asked the magistrate if it were probable that he who was the father
of that infant, and five more besides, could have contemplated the
commission of such a crime as that with which he was accused?
The Magistrate told him that the charge was distinctly sworn
to, and he should therefore require him to find hail until the ses-
sions, himself in 401. and two sureties in 20/. each.
Sir RICHARD BIRNIE stated, that he had received a letter from
Kidderminster, informing him that a valuable antique gold watch,
and two gold seals, one of which bore the impression of a Baronet's
crest, *ere offered for sale in that place by a woman, and detained
on suspicion of being stolen. The magistrate observed, that in
all probability a notice of the circumstance in the newspapers
would Lind an owner for the property.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--Yesterday three journeymen
knights of the thimble, were brought from St. George's watch-
house, before Sir GIORGI VARIANT, the presiding Magistrate,
charged with assaulting no less a personage than that renowned
pugilistic hero, Mr. Thomas Cribb, the ex-champion of England.
It appeared that Toro was walking along the streets the' night
before, sedately and soberly, as he always does, " saying nothing
to nobody," on his way home to his own "crib," in Penton-
street, Haymarkev,t/hen, as their evil stars would have it, these
three, sous of Snip' came reeling, along, and made a drunken
stumble against him. Torn, 'in the most good-natured manner,
, desired them to mind what they were about, and advised them to
make their way. bout% if they could, and not to be knueking them
selves against peaceable people in the streets. The tailors, not
being acilisiinted with Crihh's person, Rod, moreover, bein,?; a little
put-valiant, were not aware of the awful situation in which they
were placing themselves, and not only began to show fight, but
actually had the temerity to raise their hands against a man who
could, if so minded, with one blow , annihilate a dozen of them ;
but Cribb, although he possesses a giant's strength, has 'no dispo-
sition whatever to use it like a giant against an unequal adversary,
instead of demolishing these tailors at a .blow, he gave them into
the custody of a watchman. When, however, they . got to the
watch-house. Cribb said he did not wish' to have the creatures de-
tained, and positively refused to sign his name to any charge
against them, and in the end the watchman charged and detained
them as drunken and disorderly characters, and Cribb promised
to attend at the office in the morning,' to see bow they should
he disposed of, which he accordingly did. While Cribb was at
the watch-house, where the tailors for the first time learned who
it was they had ventured to aptault, they crept into some corner
or crevice of the watch-house, to avoid even his look.
The Magistrate now asked Cribb if he intended to press any
charge of assault against the prisoners.
" Lord bless your Worship," said Tom, " not I; I don't want
to harm the poor things."
The Magistrate said that Crilee forbearance in not striking the
prisoners in return was creditable to his temper.
" Oh! your Worship," said Cribb, " I would'nt lay a hand
on the creatures, for the world, for fear of doing them any damage."
The prisoners, who seemed not to know whether they were on
their heads or their heels through fright, said, that they were
ready to beg pardon of Mr. Cribb, and of all belonging to him,
and that an future they would ruu 20 miles out of their way to
avoid going near him in the streets. They were then fined hs.
each for being drunk, and discharged.
'HATTON-GARDEN.—A tall, meagre-looking man,
with scarcely any covering; was chargedby Mr. Bowley, land-
lord of the Red Lion, qoppiee,Row, with being found
th
to a
thec t
Hussee.
Mr. L
concealed in the lop 'of his house, between ten and eleven
o'clock on Saturday night,,from wheuee he was dislodged
tl-h oou
with
e.
on
!tilt ab
ordered.le d l l4huilmt Y,
to and
betaken
committedto
Of Correction, for sit weeks.
Two girls, named 7'hoinpxon and Brickficid, who were
some time ago in custody on suspicion of being concerned
in the murder of a male infant found in the water closet
of a house in the Colonnade, were charged with the fol-
lowing fraud :-.-•
A shopman to Mr. Marshall, a butcher, living in Everett-
street, Burton-crescent, said, that yesterday morning the
prisoner Thompson came .to their shop for a leg 'of mut-
ton, producing a note front a customer, named Brown',
living in the Colonnade. She was alloWed to'have the
joint, but suspicion being excited, she was watched, and
,
took a contrary direction to ,Mr. Brown's. She was stop-
ped in Russell•stinare, and give! in • 1 •charge to a constable.
Kerswell, the constable, stated, that he, took the prisoner
in custody, and having received information from his baker,
Mr. Huntsman,that4quartern loaves had been obtained from
him in a similar way on Friday night,he searched the prison-
er's lodgings in St. Giles's, and there found two whole guar-
tern loaves, and a third in Ca, winch, with the prisoner
Thickfield, who was in the room, he brought away, with
him, The loaves were of the baking of Mr. Huntsman,
who could not attend this morning.
They were remanded till Saturday, for Mr. Huntsman
o attend.

maious
~ONT/wvy,RayiEl..-,—tuho'eTunalhitenc:
000frrilotchws:1;:oif}:d:,.1.:en
al!
-tt
srg of the Church of Rome, to
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meet.mei,„micly in '8 month hence in Dtiblin. Whosoever' will
I me to accept this challenge, is requested to have the goocloc.t
P') • . te with W. C. Hogan 11.4 q ' ' 44, y L Dub-
lin,
to count-mow& . .. ~ , Or,street, gtohtfelli:tiiirliteshchel:l)aiplisiiiilat,:h.eanrningldtelia,plttaiitartPii,e,ll:lt:::::,ll:--I::',n,idliathlientriciglteeo.
in order that preliminary arrangementa May be made,
JOSEPH WOULFF
Miti"niry for destine and Persia,' formerly Pupil of the Propaganda at Rome.
I beg leave to second the above 'Cilallettge, and to state, that,
whether the challenge is aceepted or' liOt,
divine blessing, that a public meeting *ball be held in Dublin, at
it is intended, with
which' die points st issue hetween the ilefornied and Rpotan Ca.
tholic Churches will be discussed. Particulars WS WI , time and
place will be announced in due time.
Sept. 16, 1826. RICHARD T. P. POPE.

CORONER'S INQUEST.

An inquisition was'
taken at the Green Man, Little
George-street, Westminster, to inquire into the- death of
Ellen Briggs, commonly known as " Fair Ellen," an un'
fortunate female, apparently about 19 years of age, whrs,
once possessed very attractive features ; un feet the remeias
of beauty appeared evident to the Jury on viewing the
body.---Elizabeth Wetherill deposed—l know the deceased
but had not seen her lately until last Wednesday morning,,
when I found her sitting on the steps of a. door in Great
Peter-street. She told me, in a faint voice, that she had not
tasted food for the last three days, and had been turned
out of her lodgings, kept by a man named Wilson. She
had ever since been wandering about the streets, sleeping
on the steps of doors; she was miserably clad, and looked
extremely emaciated. I could not bear to see her starving
situation, and invited her to my lodings in Perkin's-rents,
Orchard-street. I assisted her to walk, as she was too
feeble to support herself, and gave her breakfast, which
she partook of eagerly. I then asked her to lie down Oil
my bed. She replied" Indeed I will, and thank you too,"
and I helped her into bed. Thinking the poor creature.
required more nourishing food, 1 pledged my shawl and
stockings to provide some broth And a little Port wine,
• which appeared to revive her.—('The witness from the
first seemed to be labouring
.under sonle agitation, fearing
she would be blamed by the parish ; but the Coroner and
least apprehension getting into any. trouble,
Jury kindly assured her that she need be under the
•riust admire her humane and generous eon& ict to the
orlorn and unfortunate deceased.) She was with "'
.hree days and nights. I wished her to go ths' work-
house, where she wonhl be more properly attended to,
and offered on Friday morning to go for a chair to
kr every one
vey her there; but she . said, Do let me stay anoth•er
day," and then begged to haie a Bible brought her.!
she pointed out a chapter, asking me to read it. I di"
so. The deceased afterwards entreated me to come to
hed;and lie by. her side, which I was about to do, when she
expired without a groan. I did not think she was so near
her death. There were marks on the sides of the bc"iY,
'
caused by resting' herself against the edge of the stair
The Coroner here observed to witness, that her &mute
.--
rested conduct reflectesi the highest honour upon her, and
the Jury instantly subscribed a small sum for the girl, which
' was, handed to her by the 'Coroner.—A most singular cir-
cumstance now took place.. It was announced male Jury •;
that the m9ther of the deceased had that moment arriVe
all the way from Manchester, to see her beloved daughter'',
received on hearing of her death,
quite unconscious of hsr illness. The fatigue of travelYng
such a distance, joined with the sadden
shock ber feelinpe •
poor woman, that she rushed into the Yoom, threw herselfte
down on the floor in a paroxysm of grler, imploriref
dearh
Coroner to allow her to see her dear daughr,shhe WC, at
Ellen ! The scene became so distressing that
_sgveral
at length obliged to be carried out of the room.-
the first
other females were examined, fully corroboratilig d
by
the
witness, when the Jury returned a verit' "
Visitation of God." sd far overrwered

MEETINGS OF CREDITOR

LONDON DIARY, Ttrustspay, Szer. %m•
sr.'
(At the Court of Commissioners.)
...
A. Brown and M. Hull, straw-hat-mtnufacturers...••• ..... it
Joiner and Co., Romford, bankers .................... . ....
if
Kent,' Stepney, surveyor .......................... it
W. Mundt, Warwick-place, Whitecross-street• Vuee If
G. Oakley, Upper Baker-street, suerchant.•. ................
11
Ryland and Knight, Itorsleydown, lightermen ............... 11
Wilkinson and Gill, Holborn-bridge, woollen-drapers .•••••

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8.
COUNTRY DIARY, THURSDAY, Sam .
.. ,
Broadribb and Webb, Bristol, at the Commercial Rooms, . 1
Bristol
W. Brookabank, Bradford—Fleece, Bradford ............... 7
Cox and Wills, Nottingham—Lion, Nottingham ............
~0
N.Higginbotham, 111acelesfield—Macelesfield Arms. ....... :1
M. C. and G. Milner, Knartaborough—Horn, Knaresbozongir. 19
.1. Ridgway, Macclesfield—Macclesfitdd Arms
1. Snow, Shipston—Bell, Ha'ford
Squire and Edwards, Norwich—Swan, Norwich ....... .. . ..•