The Sun.
London, England, 1826-01-31 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCH.

COURT OF CIIANCERY.--Such is the nature of
the causes before this Court, that the business
is completely at a stand still, in consequence of
the indisposition of the Loan CIIANCELLOR, nei-
ther of the Junior Judges having the power to
dispose of causes part heard.
ROLLS CounT.--The MASTER of the 'ROLLS
will sit in this Court this evening at six o'clock.
The long pending causes of Hamby v. Hunter,
and Law v. Hunter, stand first in the paper for
judgment. There are 14 other causes for bearing,
including the long litigated case of I3ernal v,
Da Costa.

NEW COURT OF KING'S BENcir.—...This
morn-
ing the four Learned Judges took their seats in
the New Court, Westminster Ball, dressed in
scarlet robes. The Court appears to be well ar-
ranged for hearing. The Counsellors' seats con-
sist of seven rows, capable of accommodation
for one hundred Barristers, exclusive of the
King's Counsel seats in front of the Bar. There
are two Galleries, one facing the Bench, and the
other to the right of their Lerdships.—Mr. Jus-
tice BayLEY entered the Court at half-past nine
o'clock, and heard motions through the Bar. His
Lordship also went through the common paper;
and on the other Judges taking their seats, the
Court proceeded on the special list to hear arp
tentative cases.

NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN
SUBSORIPTION ROOM, JAN. 31.

LIVERPOOL, Jam. 20.—Wind S.—Arrived the Bliza Grant,
Salter, from Savannah ; the Hardware, Bboral, from Lisbon ;
the Argo, from Charenti; and the Pik, Stubbs, from
Newfoundland. Sailed the Chariot, Pratt, for Charleston and
Savannah ; Beividera, Howland, for Baltimore ; the Marquis
Wellington, Jones, for Monte Video, &c. ; and. the Libertardo
Jones (steamer), for Colombia. Off. the port at sun-set one
ship and one brig, names unknOwn.

DEAL, J. 30.—Arrived the Trial, Harvey, from Domi.
nice, for London, and proceeded to the River ; Richard and Si-
belle, Hearn, and the Kellingbeck, Sever, from London, for
Jamaica, remain in the Downs.
COWES, Jsx. 5.,-Arrived Friends, Stephens,
from St. Michael's, for London, short of provisions ;
Wallis, from Bengal and Madras, and Cape, left the latter on
the 22d Nov., landed Mr. Robertson and the mails at Ports-
mouth. also Mr. John Lang, and proceeded for London I spoke
on the 23d inst. the Margaret, Richardson, from etenock, for
the Brasils--out eight days; spoke on the 25th inst., off Scilly,
Guillaume Tell, Bore; from St. Domingo, in 30 days, for
Nacre; on the 25th inst. Rockingham, Capt. Beach, was daily
expected at the Cape ; also the Settlers, Hunt, from Madras
and Colombo ; Palinure, Williams, American brig, sailed for
Rotterdam ; Prince of Waterloo, Petrie, 4nglish brig, sidled
for London.

[FROM LLOYD'S.I
DEAL, JAN. 30.—Wind S.S.W—Arrived and sailed for
the River the Trial, ----, from Dominica in 40 days.—
Pis Majesty's ship Cyrene, Capt. Campbell, . bound to the East
Indies, arrived from the River, and remain with the Killing.
beck, sever, Richard and Sibelia, for Jamaica, and the Lady
Arabella.

JAN. 30.—Wind S. to S.S.W,—Arrived
his Majesty's ship Thetis, Sir John Phillimore, from Gibral-
tar, and is under quarantine; Lady Wellington, Fuzard, from
Havre; George the Fourth Hollis, from Waterford.; Desire,
Angot, from lionfleur. Passed by the Isabella, 'Wallis, from
Bengal; Ilygeia, of N. B. • Lamle from St. John's, N. B.
FALSIOUTII, JAN. 29.—Windg.S.W. to S. strong breeze
with a heavy swell.. Arrived the Marchioness of Salisbury
Packet, from the Mediterranean, 15 days fi.orn Gibraltar, and
Active, Banks, from London.
COWES, JAN. 30.—Wind S.W....Arrived the Friends,
Stephens, from royal in 27 days, fur London. The Ameritsn
ship Sally, from Liverpool to New York, sprung a-leak or)411$
18th of November, and was compelled to put into Fayal on the
26th, and was there condemned ; the,chief mate arrived herein
the Friends.

Cour, Jev. 2fi.--Arrived his Majesty's brig Nimrod, from
Sailed the Jupiter transport, aid' troops tar }Jar,

bidoes.

Lavzitrooi, JAN. 29.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrivoti the than
Grant, ---, from Savannah; Kite, Stahl), from Newfound-
land ; Chariot, frock, from Cadiz ;hardware, from
Lisbon ; and the Argo, -, from Charente.

The brig Meritler, was driven on shore at Malta previous
the 22d of Noyetilber, (hiring a strong gale at N. W.

APPREHENSION of a GANG of SUPPOSIZI) FELONS,

(Further particular, from £lu Shtlield Independent.)
An exirnordinary sensution has 'wen creased,
by the apprehenehin of no less a number than 16 persons sus.
pected as the perpetrators of the most atrocious crimes. It may
be remembered that several burglaries and murders have of late
years been committed in our vicinity, which, under till the
exertions of the Magistracy, have hitherto eluded detection.—
Upon the first apprehension of the inclividuale, and the report
of the nature of the evidence which had led to the discovery of
their crimes, a general feeling prevailed, that the most im-
portant results to public Justice would take place. The reeire
derere of' the unfortunate NVastnage, the burglars, who have
several times broken ()pen the house of Mrs. Walker, at
Wastnage, and the long past assassination of a man it
entworth Park, were talked of as atrocities, likely to
be proved and avenged. These expectations, however, ws
are not prepared, to pronounce within probability. We are
in possession of most of the facts which hate been elicited during
the five examinations which have taken place at Rotherham and
Sheffield, and so much as we can give the public, without pre
judicing the individuals under suspicion, or anticipating, and
probably thereby defeating,the ends of justice we purpose to pub-
lish. A boy about 16 years of age, apprenticed to a blacksmith,
at Greasbrook, appears to have been solicited by seine of his
old and known bad connections to assist them in robbing his
master's house of a newly killed pig. Under the influence of
fear, he at first consented, but at last actuated, as he asserts,
by conscientious feelings, ha acquainted the family with the
designs of the robbers, and they were defeated. Some strong ree
ligious feelings were excited on the boy afterwards, by the
members ofa certain class of Dissenters, and he was taken be-
fore the Rev. If. Lucy, and voluntarily' gave such depositions
have led to the apprehension of sixteen persons, fifteen of whom
are new in custody at Rotherham, and Lair. at our Town 11411.
It is extraordinary, that his evidence implicates two of the
nearest of his own relations, and that his account of his first
initiation in blood, is dated so long since as the murder in the
Earl Fitzwilliam's park ; the whole circumstances of which he
relates like a well-learned romance, rather than the difficult re,
collection of facts which occurred a number of years ego. One
of our most active olifeers has been bus:ly engaged during the
week in obtaining corroborative evidence; and we understand
an examination,
at
which, will probably be find, will take lace
our Town flail on Monday. Me, Oxicy d
Mr. Badger,
attorneys at Rotherharn, are employed for the reefunittal and
defence of the suspected pet-sans.

DREAMT 1. Aocintnr.—The following rattan,
choly accident occurred yesterday in Old Cir,tvel..
Inv London Dock.Cotnpany have erected
a temporary bridge across Old Gravel .lane, pre,.
paratory to the erection of a new iron bridge to
cross the entrance to the new dock cart
laden with bricks) and drawn by two hors, was
passing over the bridge, when it gave way, and
the cart, two horses, and driver were precipitated
to the depth of 10 feet ; the-pbor man was jammed
against the wall by the cart, and in this dreadful
situation he remained nearly an hour before be
could be extricated, although every exertion itaS
made by the workmen' on the spot. The poor
fellow was conveyed to the hospital in a most
shocking state. The horses were extricaled with.
out receiving
any material injury,

TUE LONDON JOURNALS.
—.BlBoo—
&tracts from the Morning Papers, Jan. 31, 1826.

[TIIE nerrtesENTATlvz.)
The Frenc 4 Newspapers are
,filled with poll-
' Heal speculations on 'events foreign and domestic.
The different parties, of course, colour both ac-
cording to ,their own views. As for foreign
events, there are, wo all know, two great parties
Oa the Continent, who are contending with one
another, and have been so contending since the
"restoration of the Bourbons, the absolute triumph
of either of which would, in all probability, be

equally detrimental. Tile,violent party of the
legitimates are anxious not only for what every
friend of order and justice is anxious—Monar-
chical rule, 'and settled government, but for the
fstahlishment everywhere of military law, and,
in Catholic countries, of tlcclesiastical domina-
tion. The Jacobins) Carbonell, or whatever
other title they assume, seem desirous of an over.
throw of the existing order of things, without
having any very decided ideas op what is to be
put into their place. Wherever they have ob-
lained, power they have, shewn themselves
, sanguinary and oppressive ; and., by the very
xtatnre of their operations, are doomed, in case of
triUmph, to end in a despotism more oppressive
''anti insulting than any of which they could have
reason to complain. The French Jacobins add
to these general characteristics of the party all
vier the world, an anxious desire 'for an oppor-
tunity of revenging the 'military degradations
which, they underwent at the conclusion of the
last war. It is a bitterreflection in their minds,
that they cannot talk of Austerlitz and Jena,
without being reminded that their days of victory
were wound up by the havoc of Leipsic, and
the runaway rout of Waterloo, and that when
ttsey boast that every Continental capital yield-
ed to their victorious jtrm they must be made
to recollect that their own metropolis was twice
taken, without hope of military recovery. Be-
tween these parties France is inn (hut hardly yet)
may supply a middle one which will be able to
see the distinction between freedom and anarchy,
government and tyranny. Such a party ix spring-
ing up in Germany. The late revolution in Spain
proved that it does not exist there—the Curtis
being as absurd, imbecile, and revengeful when
in power, as the A postolics. At present the ob-
ject that principally occupies the attention of tint
conflicting factions in France is the state of Rus-
sia. Their papers are filled usque adwauseum on
this topic, and xithout information, It is a fact
that the resignation of Conbtantine was known at,
the [lank two days before it gal into any. French,
newspaper.

[MORNING. lII:RALD.I
In Saturday's Gazelle there was no less than
si;ty bankrupts, and six who declared their in-
solvency. It has been remarked, that of late
there has been an norr cedented number of
bankruptcies. 'fills, however, was likely to 114.
the case, from the alteration in the Bankrupt
Law. Formerly it was difficult for a, person to
borotne bankrupt. 1,1 one was insolvent, tie
would, a, a matter of Course, go to his solicitor,
Inform hint of the state of his affairs, and ask how

be should proceed. Tht, solicitor would tell him,
that any contrivance on his part to make himself
A bankrupt would not do—that it was'a crime to
become a
_bankrupt, or to commit an act of bank'.

. •
ruptcy. The consegnence was, that nine times
'out of ten bankruptcies were avoided, but private
aettlements took place. Now, however, to be.
come a bankrupt is easy, for a matt bas only to
declare his insolvency in the Gazette. This al.
teration in the law is the host reason to be given
for the late increased number of bankrupt.
cies, end not the greater distress of the
present time in comparison with what has
occurrkl for the last half century—for, during this
litter period there has been the saute species' or
overLmanorufAli ring, over exporting, and ifepori,
it.g--the same extravagance on the part of people
engaged in trade and cornmeree—the'same prin-
ciple' of earning a shilling, and spending two.
The PIMP folly of trusting ethers, for the snkr
of doing huiinC4S, who ought not to be trusfed.
For our put we congratollto the country oti tins
atteraiion in the laws regarding bankruptcy. It
murb better that insolveneies should be unide
publi,, thau.that I.hey sbonid be hushed up in
the way they have boon. Such documents opn..
rate as warnings to others. Besides, such
(ions tend to check the inordinate desire for doing

so mor.l) oil credit.' l'hore is too mile!) of

the latter. Bankers (particularly the
bankers) have carried this system, anti `the (Us.
counting a bilk, too far. Bills of I:Yxcliatige
have heen tliscoutited at ttro, three, four,
live, six, or even twelve toontha, that
were never originally worth the sta fu p
We attribute to the Scotch Banking system the

_
dreadful crashes' which have lately taken place
in Scotland, and which have NO seriously ;tattled
houses in Loudon. n Scotland it is by no means
unusual for tln bankers to discotint paper at
tWelve and eighteen months. The Scotch banks
do at, for the sake of doing business ; for the
bake of the interest and the commission of a 4
or t. pee cent, ; (Jr the gaining or two or three
Molithe time. And the Rank of England enroll.
raged 16.18 system, by diw,ahhting at, the rate of
4 ppr cent. or 1 per rent. under the rate charged
by the Scotch and other bankers. Here was the
temptation to the trading in the discounting of
01141 in batiaashire, Yorkshire, Warwickshire,
and other 'manufacturing districts, Credit 1)113
been shortened, Where wholesale and retail
dirialers in goods had formerly used to purchase
of four awl tt innpthe crodir, they ;cannot
nose puicimie of a longer credit than two and
three months., "fliis path itiaprudent
trading awl ,xtravagant -We #hould riot
bo if Scotland, in the long run, were
ta adopt the same principle._ het her hunks only
corer tt little More, and we will venture to say
Thin they will coon: to the resolution of ,wt dis-
counting of longer periods titan from two or *rev
triontha. This would destroy an immense
hcti-
tlinurt and serve, the interests of bonajicle.
tratier3: schno time.,ojnen we put forth anopinion

that the ease with which any one could extricate
himself from'his creditors by means of the Bank-
rupt and Insolvent Debtors' Act, would
in the long run cause so many bankrupt.
cies, that credit would be shortened, and
the system of trade become more healthy.

•
[TIIE TIMES.]
A good 'deal .of murmuring was excited a few
weeks ago, by the absence of a document which
some acute critics alleged ought to have held its
place among ,the state papers published on be-
half the. Emperor Nicholas, to justify his occupa-
tion of the throne of Russia. The paper called
for was Constantine's reply to the,dispatches an-
nouncing that he himself had been proclaimed
Emperor. We were not much struck by the force
of the objection, feeling that Constantine hid
already done enough to preclude himself from
profiting, by the hasty acknowledgment at St.
Petersburgh of a right which he had disavow-
ed. The importance, however, of such a docu-
ment, if jihad previously possessed any, was at
once reduced to nothing by the fact, that notwith-
standing the Grand Duke Constantine had heard
of his.Ow.o recognition in the Russian capital; he
obliged•the authorities, civil and military, in that
of Tola,nd, to take the oaths to his brother. A
second; though to our taste, sae confess, an on-
pleasing confirmation of the elder Prince's send-
Monts, discovers itself in a letter addressed by
him to the new Emperor. We say that the com-
position displeases us,—not from its acquieti.
cence.in the sovereignty of Nicholas, or in the
eiclutiion of Constantine, but---because it has
nosily ever fallen to our lot to be so sickened
by a mixture of gratuitous methodism and
mawkish self-prostration as in the reading of
this same letter. We hate to hear a rough
soldier canting so egregiously—we hate to see a
person who, ought to be gentleman licking aeo.
ther's feet. But it has always been the same
among these Muscovites. Religion, such as it is,
must be plenty with them, if we may judge by
their, prodigality in the use of it. Their stale
papers, rescripts, manifestoes, reports, are full of
appeals to the Deity, of reliance on his will, and
of benevolence towards his creatures. Paul's
successor received the Crown from the " decree
of, Providence," not from the daggers or mideight
assassins. Catherine 11. talked just as touch
pietywhen she ascended the throne, after mur-
dering one husband, as after she achieved the
fall.of Warsaw by the butchery of 50,000 Poles.
Thri prostitution of sacred names and feelings is
dreadful when such mere !sumac) interests are
conceined. Constantine's loyalty and zeal to-
wards his brother would be quite as indisputable
without this extravagsnce of his protestation.---
" :Methinks the" Ca3surovitch " swears too
'",much !"

E W TIMES.]
As,the opening of the Parliamentary Session
approaches, rumour is usually busy in announcing
the names of the opener and seconder of the Ad-
dt'ess in each House; and sometimes the selec-
..t.iOn is curious enough. This year, for instance,
Mr. Alexander Baring was fixed upon—a highly
respectable personage no doubt, and very ca-
pable of discharging the task were he so inclined
:but, alas ! he is a Whig—not to mention that he
has for some years ceased to be reckoned among
the, young Members ;
Sand we all know that
a mover and seconder on these occasions is
usually a young Member. The Address in Rite
Commons will be moved by Mr. Stuart Wort-
ley, juit., and seconded by Mr. Green, Mem•
her for Lancaster. In the Lords, the mover
and seconder will be Lord Verulam and
Lord Sheffield. The task which these Noble and
honourable Orators will have to discharge 'may
be deemed comparatively easy. Notwithstand.
log some recent instances of distress, in purlieu,
lur branches of .trade, we have little doubt but
that the King's :Speech will have to announce a
4eratifying state pr .the Finances. Large reduc.
tion3 Of:, taxes took place during the past year;
and it is hot, perhaps, anticipating too much, to
expect that some further relief, may possibly be
given in-the course of next Session. With re-
spec( to the other contents of the King's Speech,
it may be very true, as Moore's iihnunack says,
44 that some event of great importance, as yet
withheld from the public, will he announced
When' Parliament meets "—but we do not think
that, the King's Speech will contain a statement
.that Ferdivand has consented to recognize the
independence of the South American States.

LA4oRNINO CHRONICLE.]
When we noticed the outrages of. watchmen
at our own doors, one of our contemporaries; was,
extremely jocose on the occasion, and discovered
something ridiculous in our throwing the light
-of the Press on the excesses of night constables.
If this moved his innocent mirth, what will he
~now say to a clew scribe who has taken the field
!against the Charlies of Mexico, and put his oph.
Ilion on record that the Mexican watchmen,
No. 11, and No. 68 (we will name or rather
number the rogues, and let them look to it),
should not have interfered with a certain scold
ing match and a love intrigue, seeing that there
was much real work on their hoods. The
state of the Police in Mexico is, indeed, as
the writer observes, ' miserable.' Mrs. Ward
cannot go to evening parties without an escort
of soldiery a ; people re robbed within sight of
the guard.room, which must Ile as blind
as a stone, or as inactive as a watchman ; and on
the.Bth of the month (the world shall have all
the particulars) ‘' the house of Dort Jove Espl.
(104 a, immediately opposite to the English Lego.
tion, was assaulted by four men on horseback."
Think of that, reader ! A house, itsSanited by
four men or horseback ! hilstled and knocked
down, no doubt, aS we:used to, he in OW streets
of London. Alr rogues, however, never' ar-
rived .ut this pitch of barbarity. To do them
justice, they never assaulted the poor unresisting
houses, which can neither run away nor cry
murder when they, are set upon. But at Mexico
these ,things are domi, and the guard-room seeN all
these knock.me.down doings, and stands like a
stock or, otoin looking on, and the rogues make
their eheapes, A, for the ()Ulcers of Palire) the
writcr,in so many words, tells us that they " ride

occasionally on the top of their cotnmission," No
wonder, then, that they do not catch the knaves.
They had better, when in pursuit, ride on the
top of any other conveyance than a commission;
however far the Commission may run. Our Po-
lice Officers, when in pursuit, ride occasionally
on the top of the couch ; these conveniences, to
be sure, are not to be had in Mexico; but, never-
theless, our new-born contemporary is quite right
in endeavouring to take the 'Mexican Charlies off
their high horses, which they ride to so little
purpose, and he will do the New World a great
service by keeping a vigilant eye on its watch-
men.

THE PUULIC LEDOER.I

The Dutch Papers have swelled the list of ex-
traordinary documents,connected with the recent
change on the Russian throne, by presenting us
with a new letter, bearing the signature of Con-
stantine, but without any other mark by which
it could be recognized as the production of a
Prince, whore we are at. a loss as yet to de-
signate as the dupe, or the ready and artful
instrument, of this Court intrigue. "In this
letter, he surpasses all his former assevera-
tions with respect to the expediency, or rather
absolute riropriety, of excluding him from the
throne ; whilst he lIICUICiite3 the doctrine of
passive obedience to the anointed delegate of
Heaven .with a degree of art, that would do credit
to a professed teacher of the jus divinum. lt is
pretty clear that this precious morceuu is not the
work of Constantine, though is name is affixed to
it : whilst it is doubtful whether this political
fraud has had his sanction, or not. In the latter
case, his situation roust be more helpless and de-
pendent, than is usually imagined ; whilst, in the
former, it adds to the strength of the supposi—
Lion, that he is to be indemnified for the sa-
crifice he has made. The indemnity cannot
be procured in Poland, for that country is
irrevocably incorporated with Russia. There-
fore it must be sought out in some other
quarter; and the flash of the Russian artik
'pry must light the adventurer to his prize.
We are assured, however, with all becoming
gravity, that Turkey is not to constitute the
equivalent for the loss which Constantine has
sustained, as such a supposition is wholly inconi-
sistent with the justice of the Russian Cabinet,
and next with the ability of that Power. As to
the aversion of. that -Government to appropriate
to itself what does not of right belong to it, we
may atlduce Pole od and Fiuland as irrefragable
proofs ; whilst its inability to cope with the Ot-
toman Empire is ‘‘rito-n in the history of that
empire in bloody characters, us well as in the
loss of Some of its most valuable provinces.