The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-24 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS

WINDSOR, JAN; 23.--;--This day his MAJESTY
will leave the Royal Lodge, about one o'clock, for the
Pavilion at Brighton, where he will arrive to dinner.
Yesterday nearly the whole of his Majesty's house-
hold domestics left the Royal Lodge for Brighton.
His MAJESTY, notwithstanding his late severe
affliction, and his still dejected state, is as well in
health as can be expected.
The inhabitants of Windsor, as well as those who
came from distant parts to
.view•the procession, were
much disappointed, from the gloomy and sombre man-
ner in which it was conducted, as the light afforded
was inadequate to enable the spectators to view scarcely
any part of the procession. The flambeaux were not
so numerously distributed as reported.
The Life Guards and Foot Guards left here yester-
day morning, on their return to town.

BRIC.4FITON, JAN. 22.—His MAJESTY will be
accompanied by the Duchess of Gloucester. The
Duchess has always been the favourite sister, as the
Duke of York was the favourite brother, of the KING.

Earl Bathurst left town yesterday afternoon, fot
Brighton. •

Lord Bexley arrived in town yesterday, from his
seat, at Foot's Cray, Kent.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer came to town
yesterday morning, from Charlton.
The Chief Justice of the Common Pleas did not
attend the Royal Funeral on Saturday, though stated to have been
present in most of the papers.
The Earl of Howth has not left the Clarendon
Hotel, Bond-street, for Paris, as has been stated, his Lordship
being still there.

The Earl and Countess of Morley and family are
expected in town on Saturday, from their seat, Saltram, Devon-
shire.

The Mayor of Cork waited on Sir George Mur-
ray, at the Royal Hospital, on Thursday, and presented the Gal-
lant General with the freedom of the City in an elegant silver box.
Dr. Hume has been sent for to attend the Duke of
Wellington at Strathfieldsay. His Grace's indisposition, we are
happy to learn, is not of a very serious nature.
ARMY.—The last Division of the Bth Regi-
ment of Foot, arrived on the 14th inst., at Belfast, from Scot-
land. The Head Quarter's Division of the 9th Regiment of In-
fantry has arrived at Plymouth, from Portsmouth.
The Ordnance Office is to be dissolved: the mili-
tary portion to be transferred to the direction of the Commander-
in-Chief, and the naval department to the Admiralty.—Morning
Paper.

The Lords of the Treasury have paid to the Trea-
surer of the countrof Middlesex 1,0001, as a remuneration for the
use of the Guildhall, Westminster, by the Court of King's Beni.la,
during the erecting of the New Court, and for repairs and altera-
tions occasioned thereby. For the repairs and alterations it is fit
the county should he paid ; but why the public should pay for
the use of a public building we do not easily understand.—
Morning Paper.

The Bank of Messrs. Musgrave, Garrett, and Co.,
linen-drapers, at Wincanton, has, we are sorry to hear, suspended
its payments, but there is, we learn, strong confidence in an early
payment of the claims on them, which are far front numerous.--
Sherburne Paper.

Captain Scott, of the Sir Neill Campbell, which
sailed from Sierra Leone so long as the 10th tilt. states, that our
Government had given up the forts of Accra, Anavnaboo, and
Dbccove, and that thegarrisons had arrived at Sierra Leone. The
colony had been sickly for some time, but at his departure it was
perfectly healthy. The Ashantees were quiet.

Mr. Crockford, it is said, has at length compro-
mised the matter with the Officers of the Guards, by paying them
1,000/. towards rebuilding their late club-house.

The rustic lodge for the gatekeeper, at the northern
entrance to his MAJESTY'S cottage in Windsor Park, was on
Monday destroyed by fire, between the hours of one and two
o'clock. It is only within these few weeks past that fire-places
have been added to these little boxes, which are stationed at th.,
different gates. They are composed of the boles of fir trees fixed
together afer the Swiss fashion, and the chimney being placed at
the hack, and terminating with the roof, is supposed to have com-
municated the fire to it.

A. PATHETIC REJOINDER.---A celebrated literary
character in a Northern Metropolis had a black servant, whom he
occasionally employed in beating covers for woodcocks and other
game. On one occasion of intense frost, the native of Afric's
sultry shores was nearly frozen to death by the cold and wet of
the bushes, which sparkled, (but not with fire flies), on which,
pathetically blowing his fingers, he was heard to exclaim, in re-
ply to an observation of his master, that "the woodcocks were
very scarce ;" " Ah, Massa, me wish woodcock never been !"

Some months ago it was proposed to establish a
Magazine in Cork, and the publisher applied to an eminent
literary character for Contributions. The important question of
terms baying been brought on the tapir, the publisher offered
something so inadequate, that the author judged fit to decline the
proposal ; but before taking leave of the bookseller, recommended
him to call his Magazine, The Corkscrew.

THE UNDERTAKER.—A few days ago an under-
taker was observed to shed tears at the interment of a quack. A
friend asked him the cause of it. " Why," said he, " you see I
have just buried one of my best friends."—Liverpool Albion.
A Gentleman of Covent-Garden Theatre, the other
day, was putting on a fine French cloak. - " I bespeak that when
you cast it off," observed a friend.. " I should be very sorry,"
was replied, " to find you taking up my abandoned habits
The Opera Glass.

It is in contemplation to bring forward the Gazza
Ladra again at the King's Theatre; in -order to introduce Made.-
moiselle Ayton; which, however, will not exclude the Pietro ii
Grande of Pacini, -the parts of which are being distributed..
Mademoiselle Sontag appears to be definitively engaged, and the
British public will soon enjoy the fine talente of this singer, who,
it is expected, will greatly raise the reputation of the 'ltalian
Opera.—Le Furet.

Maclaine de Baviere, in her letters, says, that. Cha-
rles the First's widow, Henrietta Maria, made a clandestine mar-
riage with her Chevalier d'Honneur, Lord St. Alban's, who treated
her extremely ill ; so that, whilst she had not a faggot to warm
herself with, he had in his apartment a good lire, and a sumptuous
table. He never gave the Queen a kind, word; and when .she
spoke to-him, he used to say, " gate me vent cetta femme 9"—
What does the woman say ?

THE PATIENT.RENDERED IMPATIENT.---7A gen-
tleman who drank hard, being seized with a fever, had a consul-
tation of physicians, who, while in his bed room, disputed about
the lied method of abating the thirst, and curing the fever.—
" Gentlemen," said the patient, rather petulantly, " permit me to
put in a word, and I'll engage to take half the trouble off your.
hands : do you cure the fever, and I'll abate the thirst myself."—
Licerpool Albion.
The first person who published a map of the world
was Sebastian Cabot, the celebrated navigator, born at; Bristol.
To him also the earliest notice of the variation of the needle it.
ascribed.

On Thursday morning last, at Barnstaple, the tide,
after having ebbed, and left the shipping in the pert all aground
for half an hour, suddenly returned and floated there again. A
tremendous gale of wind came nn .at high water, to which the
sailors attribute the phendmenon.-21(fred.

The rivers and smaller streams of Dartmoor, which
are honoured ' with distinct appellations, amount to 53 ; the
nameless brooks and rivulets cannot be counted ; and the bridges
kept in repair at the county expense, are at least 120; all with
in a district only 20 miles long by 10 wide, which is the compu-
ted extent of the forest and its purlieus.
The recent storm has occasioned immense damage
in different parts of this country as well as in Ireland. At Bolton
part of a factory has been blown down ; at Liverpool the river
was like the sea, and many vessels have been injured ; and at
Leeds a number of buildings have been damaged. At Wexford
and Kilkenny the mischief has been great; Kyle, the seat of Mr.
Harvey, of the former place, is partly destroyed, and trees of a
century standing have been torn up, and many buildings unroofed
at other places.
•

rADVTNIMFITtk-'1:

TO THE EDITOR 'OF THE SUN.

Sts-From a feeling'of high- respeet tersiards Sir Herbert
Taylor, in which I am certain the publinfully-fstrtieipate-, 1 b,6
to state that I shall, for a few dityv-withhold -the. uNiesisio4. of
the " Posthumous Letter of .his Royal Bicknell* the,-Do),

York."
I consider that, placed as Sir Herbert. is, in the painful.and
delicate duty of Executor to his Royal Highnesi, be May Lai.
feared lest the letter should be attributed to himsc:f.
I owe either-an enquiry or an explanation to the public; and
pledge myself, that the Third Edition of the Posthumous Letter
shall appear on Tuesday next, the SOth inst.; Irith full particular a,
such as shall acquit me to the public, as a respectable publisher,
and honourable man.

I am, Sir, your very obed:ent servant,
Jan. 24, 185.7. CLERC SMITH.

MR. FLETCHLR.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sea—Having occasion to visit this maropolie,
.and being a
member and warm friend of the Secession Church of 2'Cotlan4..
felt desirous of ascertaining exactly the situation of the coniregie
tions in connection with that Church in London, as also the'effects
of the deeds of the Scottish Synod, with respect to the Rev. Alex.
Fletcher and his congregation. From my inquiries in this city;
I find that the venerable and learned body, flits United Aseociato
Synod, have been deceived and imposed tilLet by gross mierepre.
sentations and fallacious statements, particularly by an individual
from London. That Envoy stated to the Eccleeiasticel Court,
that unless means were speedily adopted to remove Mr.: Fletcher
from their connection, the cause of the Seceetfee in London would
be destroyed. I myself was like to have been t. ached by. the spell
of powerful contagion.
On arriving in this metropolis, I was determined to see sal
judge for myself. Having investigated the whop of Mr. Fletcher's
case, with evidence for and against, I ant now /elfectly satisfied
that he has been unjustly accused, and that envy r,e his prosperity
has given rise to all the unchristian proceedings Is lee'e have been
instituted against him.
Being satisfied on this point, I proceeded to ascere:in the real
state of the three congregations in London connected v. ith the Se-
cession Church of Scotland, at the same time hoping find.theiu
in circumstances of growing prosperity, particularly
Fletcher had been compelled to separate liintseltfrorn tia.ir'coe-
nection. The following is thuexact result of my olieirvatic'ee; on
the Sabbaths, when I visited the respective chapels in iiLte
public worship
On visiting the mach-famed Albion (Thapel. (now occupied
the Miles lane congregation), which can contain- with'eatee ),NV:
persons, there were present below, 140 ; itt thelallety, 66 rtotal,
206. In Oxendon Chapel- (Rev. Wm.. Broadfoore); which 'holds
with comfort 700 persons, there were present—belowSO ; in.fte
gallery, 60 ; total, 140. In Well-street Chapel (Dr; Wank:),
which contains 1,000, there were present--below, 100 first gal -
lery, 128 ; upper gallery, 4 ; total, 232 persons. Thu (the total
*
number
lof these three congregations at present) is
.enlY .IC7
persons
I went to Finsbury Chapel (Rev. A. Fletcher's), when; to any
astonishment, I found an edifice, of almost unparalleled elegance
and beauty among the sacred and superb structures of -this city,
crowded to excess. There could not he fewer present than 8,000
persons, besides many who were assembled *round the doors, sad
could not get admittance. The numerout and elegantly dressed
assemblage of respectable individuals, wrept up in attention. to
most impressive an truly gospel sermon, preached by.
combined with the uncommon grandeur of the interior of the
building, brilliantly illuininated by a profusion of gas-lights, most
tastefully arranged, certainly formed the most imposing spectacle
I ever witnessed. Thus it appears that the number attending
Finsbury Chapel is about five times greater than the whole num-
ber attending all the. di&rent chapels in London connected wit's
the United Synod. To produce such changes there must have
'been a cause ; and, to Mid out this cause, 1 conversed with sever .1
tnembers of the different congregations, who unanimously and un-
hesitatingly stated, that the falling off of these three-congregations
arose'from the treatment Mr. Fletcher and his congregation: re-
ceived from the Synod ; and that, unless something, wee:
diatelY done by the Synod, to satisfy the minds of the.pe-Oplys.pue
cause in this great city must speedily be extinguished.,
I have thus stated facts notorious to the people.in X.oit4.oia; and
from these facts let every,_Scetsmat Judge
I deeM it a duty incumbent on ine, Sir, 6-ugliest yiani interr-
ing this litter" in your impartial journal,' for the.. infortnation 6t-
both our Ministers and Members In Scotland, and ttroldige.-
Your obedient servant,
A SCOTSMAN.

London, January, 1827.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Six—Your usual impartiality and independence, which gives
a ready insertion to the different arguments adduced on any great
question, lately gave a place in your columns to &letter published
as a "posthumous" letter of his late Royal Highness the Duke of
York. You, at the same time, expiessed a doubt as to ita.au-
thenticity, which I believe is no longer contended for ; indeed,
the letter carries within itself sufficient evidence to render it,- as
it were, Feb de se. Such means are not likely to .be of much
avail in supporting the interest of any cause,; I shall therefore leave
the good taste of the writer, in resorting
,to tfiecr, indthe
merits of the publication, to the diciSion of the public, with
whom you have contribitted" to giie it such' an extensive
circulation. My immediate Object in' addressing you: id' to
enquire,' whether Mr. O'Connell and hir. Shiel,' whO ap-
pear, at present, the prominent . advocates. of -Catholic
Emancipation, are, or are not paid for-their eloquence ands exer-
tions, and if they are paid—by whosnl—The trump_ cf
patriotism, is more frequently 'sounded, flout: pciseial., .than
patriotic motives—the eloquence of the bar. is seldom gra-
tuitously bestowed in aid of aoy cause,, and bar.,
Mr. O'Connell
and Mr. Shiel are sincere in itivocating the cause of the Cathotic6,
their eloquence (if correctly reported) would sometimes induce
rue to exclaim, " Oh ! save mefrommy friends," Bse.

am, Mr. Editor,
Your obedient Servant and constant Reader,
24th January, 1827. • A CATHOLIC.
The writer of the Posthumous Letter may possibly-be able to
answer my enquiry.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LLOYD'S.—(Tate DAT.)

DEAL, JAN. 28.—Wind fine.--Arrived the E4rtg,
Demerara, came down and sailed ; Quebec packet, Atkinson, re-
mains with the Netherlands. brig of war Zwalow.
FALMOUTH,. JAN. 22.—Wind N.E., fresh breeici.:—The
Stanmer packet, for Lisbon, and Eclipse packet, for the Brivils
and Btienos Ayres, have received sailing orders, -but eith'is to
await the arrival of a messenger, with despatches. 'Sailed the
Sarah, Cody, for Chatham. •
PoaTsmorrn, JAN. 23.—Wind N. to N.N. VI" —Arrived the
Hope, Florence, from Leghorn, and is under quarantine; Le Deux
SRUiI, Leger, from- Cherburgh. The Fly, Sutton, from St.
Michael's, sailed the rith inst., and left about SO sad all waiting-
.for cargoes, the fruit season having been very backward this year.
YAnMOUTH, JAN. 23.—A brig of 104. tons, *apposed under
Russian colours, with P. C. N. on her stern, from Riga to Lon-
Ann" passed through the Roadi this morning.
GRAVESEND, JAN. 23.—Arrived the Albion, Cott, from Dun-
kirk ; Dart, 'Maniac, from Ostend. Sailed the Elizsbedb,
for St. Domingo.
The Plicenix; Le Ghent, from Rio JaneWo, has-SONIA:1 off the
Lizard.

CORN-EXCHANGE.—(Tfirs pay.).
There are moderate- supplies of all kinds of Urain fresh in
this week, and the weather continuing toasty, has tended to give
rather more impulse to the sale of some articles in the Corn trade,
hut we cannot yet note any improvement in prices worth notice,
but the quantities of Barley,. Beans, and Oats, for sale are evi •
dentiv diminishing. There is no variation in the Flour trade.

AItRIVAT s.
Wheat. Barley.
v,951i qr.. 3,3501ra

Eng...............
Irish ...............
Forelypi ...............

Oats. Flaw.
tiUO ciirc 6.33,46‘k4

-400 1 12-7400

About eleven o'clOck yesterday fc.-:.i.00n, a v
distressing casualty, which has pr,-)ved fatal to a Mr. Frederiti
Watson, of Poland-street,- Golden-square, occurred in Piccadilly,
near the Haymarket. Mr. Watson was in a gig driving a very
spirited horse, which from the extremely slippery- state of the
road slipped once or twice, and became restive, so much-so, that
'Mr: Watson could not restrain the animal, which, in the effort
to plunge forward, fell, and of course dashed the gig to the ground
Mr. Watson was thrown out with great violence, and fell is a
position with his head nearly under his breast. 11. was imme-
diately lifted up,
shop, and and was, in a state of insensibility, taken,
aid- procured, but without any asal,, alinttot`a
medical
unfortunate gentleman died almost immediately, 'l2 extensive
fracture on the frontal bone of the head having takan.place. air.
Watson was extremely corpulent, and fell againsti theo n the body,cu
rb'at')_ue
of the foot pavement. An inquest will be be
The horse was not injured.

. . . . , . , . .
SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. France should continue as obstinate and as. regardless of . tive duty, imposed upon its by the highest considerations sunned for having his house open at a late hour. It will hereeol- THE MARKETS.
public opinion, it is not at all unlikely that the French of national policy, as well as of national interests, which lected that Schofield, an officer, went to Mr. Spencer's house, to
f a person or felony, when he
Our readers will be amused by the naiveté of a notice King may have similar cause of repentance. in any coon- brings us into collision with Russia, in the way glanced at apprehend was assaulted by several
persons in the house, and turned into the street.-It was then Suet...R.-The Sugar Market last week was languid, the sail
' (From the London New Price Current of Tuesday.)
eonndti'nektahe mhootinfhaenda-stshisetehdoulsrer wsas open..n
hie were inconsiderable, but no general reduction in the .prices e''w,
which has been handed to us as proceeding from the pro. try it is dangerous to brave the general wishes of the by the second branch of the difficulties which we have de-
per officer of the Corporation of Northampton, and ad- people, and still more dangerous when this is done at the scribed as. belonging to this question.- Russia has always
namePdasHt
instigation of a sect to which the whole nation are hostile. viewed, with undisguised jealousy, the ascendancy of
time
staftat-urTheefdaerilsveries from -the West India Warehouses
roreep
dressed to all whom it -. may concern, for purposes therein ness, and a man namedw
Graves, - contradicted I;heencOerffilcer's sbtaute--
If the country were polled, riot oned in
aa hundredd would English influence in the Councils of. Persia. She has not meat, and said that Schofield was intoxicated, and forced his way ponnudeing one of last .yeuagrat.bylaletOweek 'kb:Yale. ed
the
Doe
specified. Now, there is one of the described purposes
side with the Jesuits ; yet their eon uct
Peersprinciples are hesitated to make it matter of formal complaint even, at into the house, and assaulted the Landlady. Mrs. Spencer, how- only an excess of 2,600 casks.' I,oooohcae
e'n thethis morning otron. .
wig,
which seems to us to give the whole people of England a
now openly defended in the Chamber of , and a plan different periods, that the Persian troops are commanded ever; when called upon, contradicted her own witnesses, and made notwithstanding, very languid, owing market
in some 'enmeas reingtO lb.
concern in this invitation from the worshipful worthies of
appears to be in agitation for restoring them to, their former by English Officers, clothed in English uniforms, and an ample apology, exculpating the Officer from all blame in the severe frost preventing the usual supplies for the ceiniutr At I
the aforesaid ancient and very respectable town. TheY.
dignity and power. No wonder they are hostile to Eng- supplied with English arms. A British Officer, Major transaction. She was fisted 40s. - late hour the purchases were estimated at 1,000 casks; there OI
notice is in fact a summons to attend a meeting of Mayor, If they by any means ex-Hart, is Generalissimo of the '
land and anxious for war.
.. could - Bishop, the Bow-street Officer, was censured by the Magistrate no alteration in the prices, but the market appeared to revive cti'r
Bailiffs, Burgesses, Sze., on Mondav, the 15th of January
cite the French against the English, they know that pub- sician of the Crown Prince, Abbas Mirza, Dr. Cormick, for the letter he had written to the Newspapers ; but Bishop said eiderably towards the close.-The Refined market last week li
instant, for (after enumerating several matters of small
lic attention would, in some measure; be withdrawn from is an Englishman. Col. Macdonald Kinnier, the British he was advised by hie friends to take that course. remarkably steady; goods are still scarce, and if any revival int'l
importance) determining whether the sum of 1,000/, shall demand takes place, a considerable advance may be anticlpt
,_A
their selfish aml den erous machinations and Char e d'Affaires was at the date
. g
.. , directed g , , of the last ad vices, with LAMBETH-STREET.-Captain Power, of the sth battalion
be granted towards defraying the expences of " one" of Molasses last week were without any variation.-The ile6sg"
against this country. Frotn all accounts, however, the the King of. Persia, who was then about to proceed to the of the Royal Artillery, at present doing duty in the Tower, ac-
the Candidates at the late election ? Thus it fares with market yesterday had ad languid appearance, and some purchise!„
French in general seem too much alive to their real into- frontiers, to join the Crown Prince. In short, the whole companied by Major Elrington, the resident superintendent of
public money, allotted by charter .almost invariably to
rests to be deceived by such a plan-the Press and the machinery of the Persian Government is put in motion, that fortress, came to this office, and stated, that for some days of Lumps weirs
fraerponrtwe
06dd.8 toinlsfi. lower -; but to. day there.l,l;
charitable or all
heal
uses, and never intended b Jesuits are the only topics of conversation and writing, immediately or remotely, by English agents and by Eng- past the men had been making complaints of the bread furnished loirees emuLesy I
heavy. g L ia9t
hmatlioerreFiosr little esloing.i
.tf/ill'er,
the Crown, or permitted by 'the law of England, to be
and the affairs of Spain and,Portfugal are comparatively lish influence. It may be remarked, too, that, within a them, both as to its quality
h and weight, in consequence of which
is no alteration; a small Public sale of 48 chest! Bralliffestvent JA
squandered in election jobs, for giving a few individuals a forgotten. No measure, perhaps, so avourable to the peace very recent period, alli for.eigners, except the English, were he gave dnirecbetiinonsdtnonet, eitsetrrgaesandtisto hayed a portion of it weighed,
at low prices, but the quality was inferior in bad -condition, all" hold uPon the loaves and fishes of the Treasury, by thev that out of the small
of Europe, could have been adopted p this preposterous ordered to quit
.the ersian territory. These are scircum- which, forms no criterion of our market currency.
return to Parliament of a thorough-going Ministerial hack, number of 14 loaves,g
the deficiency amounted to no less than 6 lbs.
attempt on the of the French Press, The readers stances which disturb the repose of
the Russian Cabinet,COFFEE-The Coffee Market last week was heavy, hut the'
It is said, that the 1,000/. has, on the present occasion, of - liberty - its The bread was here produced i- ,am gas apparently of a very
newspapers and small publications are most numerous in dreams of Eastern policy.
, . .8 felt, must
. • They constitute a
inferior description. was no material alteration in the prices; good ordinary soloeq
been actually voted to pay the expenses of - Sir Robert •n that country, and when the writers of these al '
are almost barrier, wino', i
retattust be overleaped or removed, Brazil was taken in about 50s. ; the incptiries eller Coffee by Pl!'
Gunning's election,-an event which, if. it has actually 1
. their w reprobation of the new law,Al Mr. WYA.TT, after referring to the statute hook, said, that he
taken place, will be apt to terminate in a manner by no unanimous
lib in
followingrer the
. readers at no distant dae
interference dy in the possession of this as- had no jurisdiction, for that the 'only Act which had given him a vats contract are quite' inconsiderable. There *ere no' pub:l:
the example.
by not
instance
long in
the There is, per- cendancy, the slightest of England is viewed sales of Coffee this forenoon, and very few are advertised ;• vie '
means encouraging to other corporate bodies, howeverpower to inflict a penalty, namely, the Bakers'expired two
has, no stance in which people under similar sir- with increased jealousy and alarm; and her mediation is re- not remember a period when the market was more languid ; there
well they may be inclined to imitate their brethren of Nor-years ago. Captain Power was not, however, without a remedv,
cumstances failed to. do so, and it is extremely improbable gamed with suspicion, as proceeding, not from a disinter- for, on
communicating
the circumstances to the Ordnance, that are no inquiries whatever by private contract.
• s
them ton. We rather suspect that there exists some pre-
that the French nation excited as they are and jealous of ested friend but from an intereste I •
e the confidence
~ , . • , . ( partisan. Her suggestions, department might proceed against the contractor for a breach of
.itha Correa-The Cotton Market has been steady, but wlo
cedent for disfranchising corporations which make away
those •
who evidently enjoy the confidence of their Sore- conse nentiv are received with di q ~. . . strust ; not because they are his engagements. briskness; there is no alteration whatever in the prices. I.
with the funds intrusted to them for objects of public •
sales for the week ending last night inclusive, consist of 100 Bel'
of ,„ reign, should form an exception to the general rule. If unfriendly or impolitic, but because
they are met by precon- UNION-HALL.-ADULTERY.-A man named _Henry Ma- gals, 51 i -id ;
44 .a a . 5OO Surat, sd. a sid. ; 200 Madras, sr.
utility. We do not aver that the Corporation ieor-
the Bill ass both Chambers, which we doubt very much, ceivednotions of th • .
thampton has rendered itself amenable, to legal punish- .1) .son, was charged with assaulting a Mr. Lucas. The complain- ..,L3l
the public feeling, pent up and checked by the restraints stances, the difficulties ofany mediation are great, if not insui- ant said, the defendant dragged him into his shop, and without tt , BRANDY,_ and HOLLANDs-The Spirit NI kt is Yi) ,ar e 8
Melt for acts of malversation, because, in the present state imposedout alteration; f
onthe Press, find another outlet much
of the law of libel, even were such a charge incontroverti-off at full prices for the home consumption. Brandy and GO!
.
Russia , nor
1 true, there are Judges on the Bench who might in-
b y of the Throne.-Aforning Chronicle. are unvaried.
from herself the contingency, however remote, by which the Magistrate to the following effect :-" I had as pretty and as .•
struct a Jury to find a verdict against us for publishing a I-lE3re, FLAX, and TAI tow-The Tallow bees el
truth so atrocious. We confine ourselves, therefore, to• • •
We willingly cc place to the following intelligent
'•gi , those projects may operate upon our empire in the East. virtuous a little woman, for my wife, as an -in Christendom, and
y Lucas stepped a very depressed state; the nearest Markethas
the
hoping that Parliament will, without delay, make the con- criticism on some recent remarks in this Paper on the While we continue to hold Persia, as our fast and firm I
was as happy as andy man, in the world,euntil Mr.
.ntimatei of last week was 375. 6d. ; the
Market quotation
es yesterday
towards
andto.dayai,
duct of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgesses of Northamp- military movements in Portugal, evidently from the pen of ally, all danger in that quarter is chimerical • ; but intrigue
fi.ni beetwrlse•enanindel atinvatmedyhrinppasinaessir ii
friend
, wbeericisiotendi
at
tn, terms
house; pears more firm. Is Hemp or Flax therey
is littlye variation.
ton, the subject of a close and rigorous investigation. We a military man. We shall merely observe, that the ob- and open force, without positively increasing the danger,
~. and, in 'fact, so great was my esteem ;or him, that a knife and Satrerrae-There continues to be extensive in nines Pr
subjoin the letter :- servatjon respecting the apparent retrograde movement of may reduce us to the necessity of onerous measures ot fork
the Marquess de Angeja, seems, to be founded on a mis- prevention. A Government like that of Russia, essen- believe it would be an easy matter to make extensive purchsse6l
" January R.ingratiated himself into the good graces of my once-virtuous wife,
conception of the functions of the Marquess, who, being Bally military in all its pripciples, must always have a ten- that he ultimately completed her ruin, and rendered me misers; except a considerable advance was submitted to ; a small Ole
" Sir You are hereby summoned personally to attend an as- conception
of the Province of Minh°, with his head-quarters dens to disturb the pees& relations of other States.- ble. I had my suspicions of my wife's chastity, for some time be- of 50 tons has been sold.
sembly to •be held by the Worshipful Daniel Hewlett, Esq. the
at the Bailiffs, and Burgesses of the town of Northampton, at Braga, only visited the lines on the Tamega on the Frequent wars, of some description or other, are among fore I discovered. the intrigue that was carrying on between her OILS-The market li heat% but there is no reduction in •-•
at their Guildhall, in the said town, on Monday next, the 15th 2l et when he wrote, the immediate command of the two its necessities; they are the conditions of its exist- and the man whom I have "whapped," and who has now brought price.. . .
day of January inst., at three o'clock in the afternoon, • principal positions being entrusted to Colonel Zangallo ence. Hence the difficulty, at all times, of keeping me here to answer for having given him that "whopping." The FRuiT.-There are arrivals of Currantiand a very few Fie
" For determining oa the propriety of cancelling a contract and General Mello. The chief mistake we committed in such a Government within those boundaries •which are manner in which I discovered the business, your Worship, was some parcels mixed large and small of the latter have sold atl°°'
entered into by William Law for the purchase of Mill-holme. the article alluded to, we discovered next day-and that necessary for the tranquillity of surrounding nations.- this : one morning having gone out, and returned unexpectedly, lonic-°.-The Indigo sale went off at still advancing prices h 011914
" For receiving the report of the Committee of Survey on se- was, that General Cla d' in l •
u ino, leaving Oporto, took the England has experienced this difficulty on more ' thanwife sitting on Lucas's ou Friday and yesterday, particularly the on entering parlour, I observed my d
d. latter may be consider,,
vocal matters referred to them. road to Feira and Aveira, whereas he marched directly one recent occasion •; and she will now have again to con-
knee, locked in each other's arms ; I merely es reseed my dissa- the highest prices of any day uring the sale. About 3,200 ellen'
tisfaction on that occasion ; but when, on another, I actually were passed, the -fine may be stated Is. thd. to 2s. above the I.'"
" For determining on the petition of Joseph Cooper for leave • •
. • on Sardao, with a view to join Azeredo, which move- tend with it. It may enter into the calculations of Rus- • kicked him forgave • • • good de
caught them in my bed-room together, I
to purchase a piece of ground near the West-bridge-and the pen-
'tient, according to subsequent accounts, he has since sian Statesmen, influenced by the policy of other Cabinets, nay wife, and threatened to lick him, if ever he Carrie to My house fid• to ls, higher till yesterday, when still higher prices were roll
flan of Alderman Brown for a return of part of the rent of the
warehouses under the Guildhall, lately in lease to bins. completed :- as well at the growing ambition of Russia. herself, during eon. He did come again, your Worship, and actually ran away lised, 10s..heing bid for Ouae and 13s. 44.. fcii the best lot. ''
." For determining on propositions intended to be made on the TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. the, last half century, to exercise a controul over the polities with my wife, and they are now together. ' Lucas passed my ought, however, to be observed, that the BrOlers who have ;
following subjects, viz.:-Granting a sum of money, not exceed- "MONDAY, JAN. 22, 1827. of Western Europe, that the ascendancy of England in house the other day, and having received such injuries at his charge of the Indigo for the Importers are the chief buyers; 4
ing 1,0001., to be applied under the:direction of a committee, " Sot-If you will take in hand a large Map of Portugal, you that quarter is susceptible of check, by playing off against hands, 'I certainly struck him.-The Magistrate observed, that therefore conjectured a considerable portion has been taken io•-rt
-towards paying the ordinary legal expences at the late election of will find that your remarks (though excellent) on the positions her the interests she has at stake in the East. We are as the defendant appeared to have received such aggravation, he The prices this day are still firmly supported, about 3,80 chOi
Doe of the candidates for representing the town in Parliament- of the forces under Azeredo, Chaves, and Villa for, are not en- not prepared to affirm, positively, that
the events now would discharge the complaint. are now gone through, a little More than the half of the sale: •_,I,
Toaaceo•--The purchase* continue confined to small per'
•
-granting an annuity to the daughter of the late Alderman Tres- tirely correct. passing in the Peninsula, are complicated with those which - for the home trade ; there is no alteration in the prices. '
love,-the appointment of a committee to inquire into the nature " My-map is Nantiat's (four sheets), published by Fatten, Jan. are taking place in Persia ; but there are man thin gs VINTRY WARD. s
Stex.-There is rather more doing in Silk, the ' are
prices
awl proceedings of the Town Court,---and to return to the 1610. There you will see that Chaves's movement on Man- which would surprise us mthan to findthe y in'
of
. . ore, power shade higher. ,
ahoie-named Wiliiam Law one-forth part of the money paid by gualda, from Vizeu, was not a retreat, but a side movement in or- R ssiathus u put in motion, as an experiment, to divert our Yesterday morning, the scrutiny was renewed at Cutlers' Hall.
TEe.-Boheas have declined about y. per lb., the other dr
hint as a deposit for the purchase of Mill-hohne. der to-place himself between Azeredo at Tondella, and Villa Flor At ten o'cloek, there' was a full attendance of the friends of the
energies, and intimidate our policy, by those who dreadscriptions are without alteration.
" For electing corporation officers. at Guards. Such seems to have been the position on the 27th of Parties, and the greatest anxiety seemed to prevail as to the issue of
the one, and cordially hate the other. The future, and not 1.),
" For granting loans of Sir Thomas White's money ; December. But we are told in the last despatches of Azeredo, the contest. Numerous case were disposed of ; almost every
" And also for other public business, that on the 29th of December, he had beat some of Chaves's mi- a very distant future, may disclose grave matters connected case was objected to-but the principal ies were that of John COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DERING THE WEEK.
_....
" And take notice, that by the charter you will he subject to a litia, between the rivers Dew) and Mondego. This must have been with this subject.-New Times. Wetherfield, objected to by Dr. Lushiugton, on the part of Mr. • Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beaus. ire."--_,.
fine for non-attendance. his rear-guard, if it be true (as Azeredo states) that the rebels . Wilde, upon the grounds that he had not paid his rates, and bad ------------
Per Quarter. S. to S. .".."."7"'s ."."...
"To -----. " .1. A. ALLISTON, Mace-bearer." were that day at Cea and Pinhaca, two places some distance to POLICE INTELLIGENCE. received certain money within two years, the term prescribed by 805t0n..............---- - 51 Si °I.
,lii to a. .s. to 4ii, s. ~.,
[ Times.] the south of the Mondego, before you ascend the Estrella moun- the Act. A question arose as to whether the money he received Canterbury ...es. 50 60 38 40. 26 34 40 46 49 yi
G ranth am ........-.. 48 57 38 45 26 34 59 59 - ,
• - - tains. Whether the Marquess of Chaves means to attack Villa at A VeTrINT ICE` e• e
~,,,,,,,,,,,-HOL ,e,.-., HE ~EANISH AND ITAT.IAI.4 Rs.. was a charity ; it appeared that at Christmas in every year cer-
- There seems to be a very general belief, authorized by Grimsby .................. 53 55 88 40 32 34 - - - .- ,
Flor 'el or move on Celorico, or take refuge 'ts the Sierra d FUOF.Es.-Yesterday 20/. was sent by some one, who signed his taro UMW are distributed among the poorer householders of Herns!astle-..... 503 fe.3 36 40 .34, 35 as 50 .... ~
the latest accounts from Lisbon that Lord Beresford has Estrella, ye
'no to be seen. It %Could be seetalt he had crossed name Cosmopolite, for the relief of the Refuges's, whose condition the parish, arising out of a bequest, but which is totally unsoli- kitt?Zie •2 g4O •V ri, 35
,i t ;6- 0 been re-appointed to the command of the Portuguese the Mondego at Tahoe, in sight of the enemy, and cannot there- at this season is truly deplorable. Some exertions have been cited by the poor, and the gift of it is solely at the option of the Fpasby --.-- 52 54 36 38 98 -30 foli
56 -- ',...
army. If this is the case, we sincerely regret that such a fore be very weak. several truly benevolent Clergymen in aid of the almost par" officers. Stamfura,....--------, 50 58 37 43 99 38 51 60 --
measure has either been suggested or adopted, from no "As to the province of Minho, there are expressions in the exhiaeustYe-dfunda at the disposal - .
other Motive than because we have ample reason to know, Marquees of Angeja'e letters, which imply that he is straightened Marsh and the Rev. Dr. Midge preached two ser ons for their soliCted it as charity,soil, of fco d' . IRISH MARKETS.
Lim
voting.it.s not o lime, al not disqualify
that his Lordship is extremely unpopular in Portugal. It there, and that the rebels are in great force in the north and relief, at Hampstead, and about 1001. was contributedli on each oc-EtUBLIN MARKET NOTE.-TRIDAY. Jan. 19.
;..s not our duty to inquire how this happens, after the north-east. There is a studied obscurity; but it would seem that :
casion. In one instance the parties went still further in their be- Th
e next case was that of the Rev. Isaac Hill Master of the 1,787 Wheat per barrel 20 atone From
3100 ki, FN
autriber of years his Lordship passed in office and in corn- he first marched on Salumonde and Ruieaees, where his Officer, nevolence, and took upon themselves the labour of dispensing the Mercera' Company's School, which was objected to b Mr. 376 Here ' l6 stone - 171 : is 0 V 0
Zagallo, obtained some success on the 21st December; but we
3ground yh
h 403 Barley ----.-- 16 stone ---- 12 0 21 0 le 10t
„asand among the Portuguese; yet, the fact-of his not beingrelief; a course for which the Committee for appropriating the Wakefield, -1 -
of Nr, irr h
on tle part .. r. inc ester, on the tat e 3,014 Oats ...--__- 14 stone ......... 14 0 ye o is si
find him on the 26th much in the rear of the Tamega, at
popular is undeniable, and his appointment to the corgi- Braga, general fund expressed themselves highly indebted to them. did not pay the rates for which he was rated ; and if so having 6,613 Cwt. F10ur....-.......... 9 stone .....- 8 0 26 0 0 0
sending out Generals Mello, Ozorio, &c. to make reconnoissances 479 Oatmeal -----.. 11 stone ..--- hi 0 23 0 17 4
mend of the army, at this critical moment, must be at- on the roads leading to the line of the Tame a, and to illre Another sermon was preached by a benevolent Clergyman at paid them, he did not do so wtih his own money.
. Sold to Bakers only.
leg • Durington, and the proceeds were transmitted to the Committee,
tended with serious consequences. No one is more dis- He adds that the militia, which crossed the Douro with Chaves, for the benefit of the Refugees last week. Their weekly allow- Mr. WAKEFIELD contended, that Mr. Hill did not bona fide 4,309 Cwt. Flour .......-.-...-- 16 0 2,3 0 17 0
Average price of Wheat and Flour may, 8 . per sack. '
poud than ourselves to acknowledge that Lord Beresford had repassed it ; thatthe Guerillas are almost as numerous as the once has been reduced to hs. Their greatest want is in articles of pay the rate, as the money lie :so paid was returned to him by the
Flour, 11 2(171 Firsts, ......... from 26a. Oct. to 00$.
is a good disciplinarian, and that during the late Peninsu- population, and that almost the whole province of Minho is clothing. - Mercers' Company; consequently, it could not be considered that 1.1
he paid the money out of his own pocket; and that lie only paid it Receipts of
_.. . ~.,. Seconds....... from 16a. oil. to 20a. 0m,...;
Sales of I) 00"-' Thirds,-........ front Si. Oil, to 131. uwi•
,lar war, he organized the Portuguese army in the most threatened, the Spanish forces having approached the frontiers.- ROBBEThree labouring men were charged b a person PRICE OF BREAD.
efficient manner ; yet, as a foreigner, lie then held that dis- I fear it will turn out that the rebels occupy the country to the named Herries, with a highway robbery. This personl
stated, as the agent of the Mercers' Company.
Quartern Loaf, 41h. soz. ........-.13%d I Half-quartern Loaf, 21b. poz, .•4544.
einguished post under a great sacrifice of national honour, north of the Cavado, and to the east of Cabano, having crossed that on the preceding night he was passing down Houndsditele The Loan MAYOR inquired whether it was Mr. Hill or the • Wheat, Barley. bau,
one to which the Portuguese would not again readily sub- the Tamega at Chaves. when he was suddenly set upon by the three prisoners, who threw Mercers' Company that was rated: per barrel per barrel ix! barrel Flour, par "rt.„.,,,i
Lastly, I fear 111agessi and Jaordao have force enough to din- Mr. BRODERICK replied, that it was Mr. Hill. eo stone. 16 stone. is stone 1 bit 2d "I'
mit. Lord Beresford, during the time of the Constitution, " L him down, and, when he was down, rifled his pockets. They --- --. -.-..-. _:...._:._ •
............„„...
Marquess of Chaves if he is really entangled between _ r. WaxErieen offered evidence to show that there wal a
made a snatch at his watch-seals, but the ribbon broke, and the M s.d.actl. s.d. as.d. s.d. a s.d s.d. as.d d d d, idol
had an opportunity of knowing that he had lost the confi-
eAnzgea engage
ede othaen d Villa Flo ' him C0rk....... it 0-27 617 6-19 013 9-16 ' iso-2e •s'
• al.
. • 0""'"O
r, or to enable to push forward, if he watch • •
.
Attire and esteem of the Portuguese, as well as subsequently,
Isis ILimerick 26 0-30 0 17 8-18 0 15
hes along tle Zezen to Abrantes. But there bein no ac- • h
g with t em. He was exceedingly stiipified by the fall, and the repay him the rates. Waterford 26 0-28 61
when General Pamplona desired him to withdraw from Por- ' '
il5O-18 ite 2-15 il 1g till 646 130•-166 100
counts from him, much is necessarily mere conjecture. 1 whole proceeding ; but as soon as he could collect himself, he got The Lost) MAYOR would be :fled to know whether the parish i?itiwaL - 2,,,,t-11,? 16 o_ll. ~
3 15 2-16 4118 0-19 0115 0-16 0 If 0"'111
..,......1 --A a dun e *h. 0,..,....... (I. 1111.11MATIIIG frt A 1............. - . -.

- There seems to be a very general belief, authorized by
the latest accounts from Lisbon, that Lord Beresford has
been re-appointed to the command of the Portuguese
army. If this is the case, we sincerely regret that such a
measure has either been suggested or adopted, from no
other motive than because we have ample reason to know,
that his Lordship is extremely unpopular in Portugal. It
pot our duty to inquire how this happens, after the
lumber of years his Lordship passed in office and in corn-
,nand among the Portuguese; yet, the fact-of his not being
popular is undeniable, and his appointment to the com-
mand of the army, at this critical moment, must be at-
tended with serious consequences. No one is more dis-
posed than ourselves to acknowledge that Lord Beresford
is a good disciplinarian, and that during the late Peninsu-
:ar war, he organized the Portuguese army in the most
efficient manner ; yet, as a foreigner, he then held that dis-
tinguished post under a great sacrifice of national honour,
one to which the Portuguese would not again readily sub-
mit. Lord Beresford, during the time of the Constitution,
had an opportunity of knowing that he had lost the confi-
desire and esteem of the Portuguese, as well as subsequently,
when General Pamplona desired him to withdraw from Por-
tugal, and sent the Countess de Jurumenha to Algarve.
The officers commanding at present in the Portuguese
army, we have no hesitation to say, would be disgusted at
such an appointment. The Marquess de A:Tejo and Count
de Villa Flor, for example—TiCW the pride of the Portn-
game nobility—were once Lord Beresford's Aids-de-
Camp, and in the habit of holding the bridle of his horse,
or the stirrup of his saddle, when his Lordship mounted.
As youths, they then felt the humiliation ; but they are
now in separate commands, and will never be reconciled
to any such new arrangements in the war department.—
The othei' Generals and Colonels who have distinguished
themselves in the present war against the Apostolicals,
svill equally take the alarm, for it must not be forgotten.
that they belong to the same party which would not even
allow Lord Biresford to land in Lisbon when he returned
from Rio de Janeiro. If the Portuguese army is to be re-
orgatized and made spore efficient than it has been for
come years past, let the natives do it themselves. This
is the only means of preserving harmony among them;
and without this, more particularly in a war of opinions
like the present, superior discipline would bis of no avail.
tf such an appointment as the one alluded to were made,
it would be the greatest triumph the Apostolicals have had
_once they crossed the Spanish lines, and old Silveira is
too sagacious not to avail himself of it. If the Portuguese
4re attacked by an external enemy, as auxiliaries, let us
defend their territory, as far as by treaty we are hound to
do, but let us not interfere in their internal concerns, or
attempt an undue ascendancy over them, even in opposi-
tion to' heir prejudices.—Morning Chronicle.
The new law against the, Press, and the discussions
ationt the Jesuits, completely occupy public attention in
France. The Institute, or Royal Academy, some time
ago, resolved to petition the King against the measure—
that of Lyons has imitated the example; and it is pro-.
bable that every learned body wha are independent, and
who prefer the light of the nineteenth century to the
darkness of the middle ages, will act in a similar man-
ner. Party spirit, Court favours, and the well-known in-
tentions
of the King, seem entirely disregarded on the
present occasion. The King and hi Misiistry, however,
:ire inexorable. Men of great learning and talents have
Veen dismissed from their official situations, merely !be-
rate-,:e they expressed their sentiments with candour itnd
-Incerity. Even the well-earned fame of Lacretelle, the
most powerful and animated French writer of the present,
or perhaps any other period, could not protect him against
this mark of Royal displeasure. The result of these mea-
sures of severity does not, however, answer the expec-
tations of the party in power,. From all accounts, they
only excite the sympathy of the people in behalf of men,
who have sacrificed Court favour and self-interest to .the
good of the community, and place them in a somewhat
,similar situation, to that -of the Six Bishops who were
tried and acquitted in the reign of James the Second.—
'fhese Fathers of the Church had ventured to Pre-
sent a petition to the King against an order which
had been transmitted to them and all the other Pre-
lates of England. For this they were sent to :the
Tower, and prosecuted for the seditious libel which it was
pretended they had uttered. The great body of the
people were ranged on the side of the Bishops, and on the
other only a few Court favourites as blind and bigotted as
their Royal master. The result is well known • the king
lived to repent of his rash conduct; and if the Court of

" I remain,
" Your obedient servant and sincere admirer,
[lbid.] " A TRAVELLER IN PORTUGAL."

We stated in the New Times of Saturday, that the dif-
ficulties attending the question between this country and
Persia, might be said to divide themselves into two
branches ; first, as relates to the obligations imposed upon
us by the faith of treaties; secoudly, as relates to the ob-
vious delicacy of our position with regard to Russia. The
former of these difficulties involves principally the follow-
ing consideration :—Was the present war provoked by the
aggressions of Persia or of Russia ? If, as we are strongly
inclined to believe, the whole conduct of the Russian
authorities in Georgia, has been one series of provoca-
tions, tending to excite dissatisfitetion and alarm on the
part of Persia, the mere fact of hostile incursion beyond
a gratuitously assumed line of demarcation, would merge
in the superior consideration of the causes which in-
duced such an incursion. Russia, we know, has as-
serted boldly, that her territories have been invaded by
Persia; and yet, when welook at the comparative power
of the two Empires, to hear the former complaining of
an attack by the latter, is as if a lubberly athletic-fel-
low, six feet high, were to attempt to justify the violent
chastisement of a crippled dwarf, in consequence of having
been assaulted•by him, Persia, on the other hand, alleges.
that she is the aggrieved party; and the object of Mr.
Willock's mission to this country is to- satisfy the British
Government of this fact. The consequence of such proof
would be, the demand for immediate assistance, as guaran-
teed by the treaty to which we have already referred. We'
admit. the difficulty of the proof, and, we are aware of the
manifold considerations which would make us more inclined
to assume the office of a mediator rather than that of a pro-
tector. We are bound to assist Persia in case of invasion ' •
but, as in the question of Portugal, our first efforts will be
to avert the necessity of assistance, by amicable inter-
ference between the belligerents. These efforts have not
been wanting; with what effect they have been, or may
continue to be made, remain as yet undecided. It has
been said, England is not bound to support Persia in any
„war she may choose to provoke by her own conduct. By
the strict interpretatipn of treaties, England certainly is
not bound to the fulfilment of such large and comprehen-
sive obligations; but by considerations of general policy,
she might find it difficult to escape from them. A long
series
of petty provocations, of unfriendly acts, of irritating
circumstances, might be studiously persevered in, to goad
Persia into a specific act of aggression, such act being a
pretext anxiously desired, to give a plausible colour to
meditated schemes of ambition. These provocations, too,
might be so ambiguously contrived and executed, as to
render it extremely difficult of demonstration that they
bore the character of grievances. Lastly, this whole sys-
tem of progressive and increasing injuries, might be
framed with special reference to the relations known
to exist between this country and Persia, so as to
weaken, in the first instance, the claims of the latter,
and paralyze the interposition of the former. This, we
say, is a possible case. But supposing it now to exist,
and in its most complicated shape (which, however, we
are far from admitting), then, we repeat, " the general
policy of the country would step in, to protect Persia
from becoming a province, or Pachalie, as it were of
Russia." No British Minister would passively look on,
and see Persia at the feet of Russia; anti it is this impera-

MANSION-HOITSE.—THE SPANISH AND ITAT.IAN RE-
rucEEs.-Yestertiay 20/. was sent by some one, who signed his
name Cosmopolite, for the relief of the Refugees, whose condition
at this season is truly deplorable. Some exertions have been
made by several truly benevolent Clergymen in aid of the almost
exhausted funds at the disposal of the Committee. The Rev. Mr.
Marsh and the Rev. Dr. Rudge preached two sermons for their
relief, at Hampstead, and about 1001. was contributed on each oc-
casion. In one instance the parties went still further in their be-
nevolence, and took upon themselves the labour of dispensing the
relief; a course for which the Committee for appropriating the
general fund expressed themselves highly indebted to them.
Another sermon was preached by a benevolent Clergyman at
Durington, and the proceeds were transmitted to the Committee,
for the benefit of the Refugees last week. Their weekly allow-
ance has been reduced to In'. Their greatest want is in articles of
clothing.
ROBBERY.-Three labouring men were charged by a person
named Herries, with a highway robbery. This person stated,
that on the preceding night he was passing down Houndsditch,
when he was suddenly set upon by the three prisoners, who threw
him down, and, when he was down, rifled his pockets. They
made a snatch at his watch-seals, hut the ribbon broke, and the
watch remained ; they got the appendagea, however, and ran off
with them. He was exceedingly stnpified by the fall, and the
whole proceeding; but as soon as he could collect himself, lie got
up and spoke to a watchman. The latter pursued the three pri-
soners, and caused them to be apprehended.
Alderman GARILATT, who sat for the Lord Mayor, questioned
the prosecutor as to his sobriety.
The prosecutor admitted that he had taken some liquor, but he
denied that it was enough to intoxicate him, or render him in-
capable of distinguishing clearly. He believed that the prisoners
were the men who robbed him ; 1/. 6s. in silver had been taken
out of his pocket. He could not have fallen from the ground be-
ing slippery.
One of the watchmen of Portsoken Ward deposed, that he saw
the three prisoners standing over the prosecutor, and heard one of
them say, " It's no use trying to get him up, let him lie." They
then walked on. As soon as the prosecutor got up, he declared
the three men had robbed him, and witness apprehended two of
them. One of them ran away. This -witness declared, that the
prosecutor was in a state of intoxication, and that little depend-
ance could be placed on what he said. Nine shillings were found
upon one of the prisoners, but nothing upon the others. Search
Was made for the appendages to the watch, but they were no
where to be found.

The Worthy Alderman carefully examined the night con-
stable, and ether witnesses, and it appeared from their testi-
mony, that the prosecutor was really in the state described by
the first witness, so much intoxicated that he knew not what
he was about. He had, it was stated, complained of having
been robbed before he was knocked down in Petticoat-lane. The
three persons who were now charged with having been guilty of
a highway robbery, were proved to be hard-working meu of
good character, who had found the prosecutor lying upon the
ground, and having endeavoured to raise him, were afterwards
pursued and imprisoned on the capital charge. The Alderman
discharged them.

GUILDHALL—Last week the widow of one John
Preston, a labouring man, was brought up by Mr. Mason, one
of the .Churchwardens of Cripplegate, on suspicion of being
privy to the stealing of the corpse of her recently deceased
husband. _ .

She had promised the Churchwardens that she would bring
forward a man and woman who were thought to have paid her
a suspicious visit on the evening the body disappeared ; but when
she appeared before Mr. Alderman Key she stated that she did
not know the name of the man, nor where to find him imme-
diately ; and as to the woman, she had not asked her to come,
because she had to attend to her family. Mr. Alderman Key
gave her a few days to discover the man, and then bring both
parties to the office. _

Widow Preston now appeared before Mr. Alderman Warm-
MAN, with the Churchwarden, Mr. Mason, who having related
the circumstances,
The Alderman inquired if the man was then present ?
The widow answered, that he was not ; but she had met with
him. His name was Robinson, and he was a labourer in the
India warehouses, in Fenchurch-street, who could not appear
without losing a day's work.
"There is little doubt, Madam," said the Alderman, empha-
tically, " that you sold the body."
" God Almighty forgive you," exclaimed the widow, in -a wild
•-
tone.

Mr. Wm.:Emil) offered evidence to show that there was a
special agreement between the Mercers' C'ompanv and Mr. Hill to
repay him the rates.
The Loan MAYOR would be glad to know whether the parish
were aware of it, or a party to it?
Mr. BRODERICt said, that the parish did not recognize the
Mercers' Company in the transaction.
The LORD MAYOR said, that if Mr. Hill was the person rated,
he was legally liable.
Mr. Crook, one of the former candidates, was objected to by
Mr. Broderick, upon the part of Mr. Wilde, on the grounds
that he had not paid his watch rates : they being only 305.,
2:W whereby it is enacted, " that
refuses, or desires to be excused to
were never demanded but once a year. Mr. Broderick relied on
ethveerlvofttheemofan wGeotio
is disqualified from voting ;" but as no evidence
wpaasY hie
rates,
sed of a legal demand being made, consequently the
Lord Mayor did not conceive that he came within the provision,
of the Act.

The next case was that of John Howis, whose vote was im-
peached by Dr. Lushington, on the part of Mr. Wilde, upon the
grounds that within two years he had received alms. The
Learned Counsel observed, that as much discussion had arisen
as to the meaning of the word alms, he would trouble his Lord-
ship with a few observations. He contended that any person
receiving relief, no matter in what way soever, either in money,
food, fuel, or raiment, it was in the strict sense of the word
charity. In the present case, the alms were given in coals,
which came strictly under the denomination of fuel. The
learned doctor then called evidence to show that Mr. Howis re-
ceived a certain quantity of coals within the last two years.
Mr. WAKEFIELD admitted that Howie had received coals, but
contended that he did not do it in the character of a pauper, but
as a legatee, whose chance residence in the parish, not in affluent
circumstances, made him heir to a certain legacy, bequeathed by
a Mrs. Isabella Hart, in the year 1517, to the Brewers' Com-
pany, to be by them distributed among a certain class of people,
in coals, at Christmas. In the year 1688, the Company, anxious
to get rid of the trust, applied to the Commissioners for Public
Charities, and procured their permission to transfer their former
duties to the churchwardens, and ever since that period the
churchwardens have received certain funds, arising out of certain
rents, ale
itn
rents, with which they purchased coals to be distributed
of
Howie,
in
any
unfortunately, a
gre oe w
testator required, among a certain class of persons,lhecould
n
one whom,ot,
manner,
the word alms only meant parochial relief.
One of the Churchwardens then produced the parish books, in
alms. He contended, that
which a copy of the will of Mrs. Hart was engrossed, also with
with
h the voter, ;
definition but
which re
(Dr. Lusbington) put on the word l really
yis Learned Friend
ofSirPhil, that the
a celebrated Lawyer of that day,
giving
the opinion
it as
Lis opinion, the bequest was not at all to be con-
sidered as charity.
_ . _

20 atone. 10 atone. 14 stone.- i ht. 2d. 14.
—.--- -- .........-.._ -.............—,......- --.-.... , $.
s.d.as.d. a, d. as.d. s. d, *IA. s. d. as.d. s.d.as.d. .6 ,g.l' 0
1126 0-02017
60 113 a O-180
-1 0,800 1
0:7:909
Limerick 26 0-30 017 8-18 015 2_15 518 0-18 6 140.-160 100'10
1
C0rk...... 310-?
2161 0--°-22:3; 66 1517
0-6-11: °
0.1413 o_B-1146 46
Galway -. 28 4-41 3 160.173 15 2-16 4 180-190 150-16 00." 10
Clonmel - 27 6-29 7 is t 5....
18 0 15 2-159 17 0-17 6 14 6-156 106-'log
Trate* --... 00_00..00 00- 00 00- 00 00- 00 00- 0 0 OOH 00
Car10w..... 290.300 16 0-18 0 14 0-16 0 00- 00 17 0-- 00 0 6"" 90
Belfast.._ 28 9-20 0 12 0-20 0 14 0-17 6 240- 0 0 200-- 0 6 17
Beef, Mutton, Veal, 1 Pork, Butter. 'isr. ,„
per lb, per lb. per lb. per cwt. Ist. YALlllr4tll. 2,
MIIMPIMMINI•MiNi.
.............1. •lo....•••••••• ......../. .............. ...... •.. ....... ......- d
d. a d. d, a d, ti, a d. 'a, d. a s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. a. 6 41 0
Cork ........ 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 .24 0-- 28 084 OSO 006 0 513 04 0
Limerick.. 91-0 4 -5 0 -0 22 0-29 085 077 067 0 .57 0 "_, 0
Waterford 0-0 0 - 0 0-o 240-336850 -0- - 1,0
Galway,.,. 0 -0 0 - 0 0-0 28 0-27 4- 0- 0- - - 0
Clonmel ... 3.11 -4 4g - 3 5 -5j31 0-32 682 6- 0 •-• 0 - 0 i'd 0
Carlow 0-00-00-0- 0- 0 0 83 0 76'068 058 0
_.. 0
Tralee 4-54 - 5 sg-6 -0- 0 088 074060 0 -- :11
Belfast ...... 3g -4,9 4 - 0 6 -0 -0- 00-0 - 0 - -
SCOTCH MARKETS.
2 12 4_
91 i 46 .
24
0,2 1 :0 0. .. .
---;it
Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease. Ostu>
-------- .--.. --........- 0
Aberdeen - - - 23 29 25 30 - - - -5!), iyti
Berwick.,-- 36 39 25 26 28 29 - - 36 38 .5- lj
Coldstream - 38 25 26 25 26 - - r 38 -
~,
Cupar 27 30 23 26 94 29 24 29 24 29 -- ~.
Dumfries -76 7 9 4 6 50 40 46 - - - - -
FDKauelkundoireek ....... 303028 W24:)1
282:5
31302
22271
303221
Kirkaldy— 25 29 26 28 26 29 - -..- - --
..,„
Perth 25 97 22 28 26 29 26 27 26 27 ..-- yo
At Dumfries the price is given per Bushel. The other price. aho,,
are per 8011, except Oatmeal at Aberdeen, which is per leek of

Mr. WAKEFIELD concluded hie observations by submitting
what a case of peculiar hardship it would be on Howie, who
was
subjecttohnhe.
his lot, and had paid 'scot,' should he be de-
prived Several
cases were disposed of.iis franchise.

iel• The other price
which ii per Set,k or YIP,

COTTON WOOL.
LIST or lIIPG/ITS AND ZXPoRTt

lIIPORTED. X 111.0ATUP.
011
I,AT/

I .
ThiA tide hilt-
year. year.

Bags, &e. Bags, &c. Bags, &c
Ltrerpool
Lon& n 18,514 13,1:e 143
- Lilnar 49 628 16,0 w
Total exported in 1887 598.

rEe.goio

BIRTHS.
On the 20th inst., at Nettlestead, the lady of the Rev. W•
Cobb, of a son.
On the 22d inst., at Stratford-green, Essex, Mrs. Wlll°l'
Jones, of Gallygynas Denbighshire, of a sou.

MARRIED.
On the 7'.13d inst., at St. John's, Hackney, Mr. W. N. Var
of Bishopsgate-street, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of Thol9
Boyd, Esq., of Skinner-street.
On the 18th inst., at Bromptou, in the County of York, 'al
seat of her father, by the Rev. Thomas Worsley, cr
Downing College, Cambridge, Sarah Philadelphia, fourth daol3 f
ter of Sir George Cayley, Bart., to William Wersley, Esq.,
Hovingham, in the same County.
At Agher Church, W. Humphreys, jim., Esq., of Ballytup
Castle, Cavan, to Anna Maria Winter, eldest daughter of J.
Winter, Esq., of Agher.

Mr•. WILDE and Mr. WricnrsTElt seemed busily engaged the
whole day in bringing up witnesses.—The greatest anxiety seemed
to prevail as to the issue of the contest. The Lord Mayor ad-
journed the Court until Friday next.

But," continued the Worthy Alderman, " the fact, it ap-
pears, cannot be traced at present.
" God Almighty forgive you," again (lied the widow, inter-
rupting him.
" You will, however," resumed the Alderman, " be liable to be
brought here again, should circumstances unfavourable to you
transpire."
Widow Preston, who seems to he about 35 years of age, conti-
nued repeating the same exclamation until she was told sbe was
at liberty to depart, when she retired.

DIED.

•
On the 21st inst., at M 67,aida-hill, Mr. Jacob Knobel, agen.e.
On the 19th inst., at Torquay, Devon, Mr. Edward Pi,"
burn, surgeon, third son of Mr. John Hepburn, of Southwar'
On the 17th inst., the lady of Captain T. D. Burrowes.
On the 22d inst., at Hammersmith, Mrs. Sally Gibson Cli'
widow of John Clark, Esq., in the 65th year of her age. el
On the 19th inst., at Canterbury, Mr. Richard Reed, got
65, formerly a Magistrate, and Deputy Lieutenant for the CO°
of Cornwall.
On the 21st inst., at Borden Parsonage, Mrs. Matson. in
91st year.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. —Mr. Spencer, the Landlord
of the Harp Tavern, in %melt-street, Covent-garden, wgs suin-

EPITAPH.
If drugs and physic could but save
Us morthls from the dreary grave,
'Tis known that I took full enough
Of the apothecary's stuff
To have prolong'd life's busy feast
To a full century at least ;
But spite of all the doctor's skill.
Of daily draught and nightly pill,
Reader, as sure as you're alive, ,
I way !lent here at twenti-fi 770 r.

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