The Sun.
London, England, 1829-02-05 00:00:00

ARRIVALS AT CHELTENHAM.

Honourable Mr. Vaughan, Lieutenant-General Lethbridge,
Colonel Birch, Rev. H. (i. P. Cooke, Rev. P. Cole, Rev. Jos.
Silveira, Rev. W. Moore, Rev. J. Breton, Rev. Mr. Hurd, Rev.
Mr. Maxwell, Captain Stuart, Captain Lowe, Captain Summer-
ville, Captain Fiddler, Mr. and Mrs. Wickham, Jones, I) ,lphin,
Waller ; Messrs. Hale, W. Field, Watson, Boates, Longridge,
Honeywood, Evres, Cuppagc, M. Martyn, ,Prosser and family,
G. ,Paterson, Ilenezet, Lechmere, Hughes, Gregory, Witts,
Duckentiehl, Pettatt ; Mistresses Hope, Hartford, J. Smithson,
Methuen, Ayhnen, &c.

The Duke of Wellington and Mr. Secretary
Peel gave full-dress Parliamentary dinners yesterday even-
ing, at their respective residences—the former to a large
party of Members of the House of Peers, and the latter to
a numerous party of Members of the House of Commons—
in order to, communicate to them the King's Speech on
opening the Session of Parliament this day. •

the party at the Duke of Wellington's was
composed of the Lord Chancellor, the Dukes of Man-
chester and Dorset, the Marquis of Salisbury, Earls
Bathurst, Wicklow, Aberdeen, Shaftesbury, Chester-
field, Viscounts Sidmouth, Beresford, Melville, Sydney,
Lords Ellenborough, Maryborough, Farnborough, Hill,
Bexley, and Wallace.

Among the company assembled at the rest,
dente of Mr. Secretary Peel, in Privy Gardens, were the
Speaker of the House of Commons, the Marquis Gra-
ham, Earl of Brecknock, Earl Mountcharles, Viscount
Lowther, Viscount Clive, Lord Leveson Gower, Lord
Corry, Lord Ashley, Lord Eliot, Lord Fitzroy Somerset,
Sir George Murray, Sir John Nicholl, Sir George Clerk,
Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir George Cockburn, Sir George
Rose, Sir Alexander Grant, Sir W. Clinton, Sir B.
Martin, Sir John Beckett, Sir George F. Hill, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Attorney-General, the
Solicitor-General, Mr. Doherty, the Solicitor-General foe
Ireland, the Right non. J. C. Berries, V. Fitzgerald,
C. Arbuthnot, J. W. Croker, T. P. Courtenay, General
Phipps, Major-General King, Messrs. Caleraft, W. Thin-
du, Dawson, G. Bankes, S. Perceval, Planta, W. Peel,
11. Twiss, Holmes, &c.

At the Sheriff's dinner, given by Earl Ba-
thurst on Tuesday, none of the great Officers of State
were present, all baying sent excuses. Two+ of the
Cabinet Ministers (the Duke of Wellington and the Earl
of Aberdeen) were also prereuted from being present.

The Lords of his Majesty's most Hon. Privy
Council assembled, at half-past three o'clock yesterday
afternoon, in the Privy Council Chamber, Whitehall.
The Lords present were—the Lord President, the Vice-
Chancellor, the Secretary of State for the Colonial De-
partment, the Judge Advocate-General, and the Judge
of the Adthiralty Court. The subject on which their
Lordships assembled was the further consideration of the
petition of Mr. Justice \Valepole Willis, against his dis-
missal from the office of one of the Judges of the Court
of King's Bench in Upper Canada, by the Lieutenant-
Governor, Sir P. Maitland, in June last. Their Lord-
ships remained but a short time in deliberation.
Count de Moltke, the Danish Minister, had
a conference with the Duke of Wellington yesterday, at
the Treasury.

Earl Bathurst and the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer visited the Duke yesterday.

The Duke of Wellington visited Mr. Secretary
Peel yesterday.

'Viscount Itabayana, the Brazilian Minister,
and the Chevalier de Neumann, of the Austrian Embassy,
transacted business with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday,
at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

The young Queen of Portugal continues Con-
lined to her apartments by indisposition.

A Deputation from the Spitaltiehls Weavers
attended by appointment at half-past three o'clock yester-
day afternoon, at the office of the Board of Trade, White-
hall. The Deputation were met by the President and
Vice-President of the Board of Trade, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, and the Master of the Mint. The con-
ference lasted till near six o'clock.

Great reductions in the naval departments are
to be carried into effect. The Navy Board, which at pre-
sent consists of a Comptroller, two Surveyors, and- six
Commissioners, is in future, it is said, to ha formed of the
Comptroller, one Surveyor, and four Commissioners. The
Victualling Board is also, it.is added,. to be reduced, the
present establishment of which is a Chairman, Deputy
Chairman, and five Commissioners ; and in both depart-
ments the distribution of the business is to lie so con-
tracted, that the services of several clerks will be dispensed
with. At the out-ports reductions will also take place.
The Protector, surveying vessel, has been
paid off at Deptford, and re-commissioned by Capt. Hewitt.

ELOPEMENT.—An elopement, attended with
some very peculiar circumstances, took place from this city
in the course of the past week. A lady, well known in
the musical world, and who enjoyed the patronage of some
of the female nobility in Bath, absconded on Tuesday even-
ing with a gallant Major, who recently advertised for a
wife. The frail fair one had been married only a few
weeks to a Reverend gentleman, who, not long after the
ceremony, was arrested for refusing to pay debts previously
contracted by his bride. We understand, however, that
circumstances are expected to come to light,. which Will
remove this disagreeable responsibility to another eufferer.
—Bath Chronicle.

STOPPAGE Olt THE BRIGHTON AND SUS-
sirx BANK.-The bank of Messrs. Lashmar and Mug-
gridge stopped payment on Saturday, on which day the
doors were not opened. The event crested much dismny
and distress among the market-folks, many of whom had
that morning taken of the notes; and by these the tem-
porary inconvenience, should it be no worse, is almost as
severely felt as if it were a total loss. The failure of this
firm excites no astonishment; indeed, the only surprise is
that its door!, were not closed earlier. The Brighton and
Sussex Bank stopped payment (without experiencing a
run) during the panic, and although the bankers paid all
their notes, after the lapse of some little time, they were
nutler the necessity of taking-a considerable period to pay
their large deposits, giving their creditors security on pro-
perty not convertible. hat the same firm should, under
such circumstance", again have partaken of the King's pre-
rogative, and have issued notes, thereby creating to them-
melees a fictitious capital at the expence of the public, was
more calculated to excite astonishment, than their suspen-
sion of payment on the near approach of April. No state-
ment has yet been put forth, showing the posither of affairs,
although the active partner, Mr. John Lashmar, states,
with great confidence, that in a few days all the engage-
ments of the firm will he met. There arc, as we hear, se-
veral large %mounts, which to us is a matter of surprise,
seeing that the tit in has not been in vety great estimation
since its first failure. The other banks, which were prepar-
ed for a run, have not felt any very material inconvenience.
The exchanging of paper for gold bas not been done very,
quietly, although probably to sonic extent, the appearance
of a run being avoided by the previous 'withdrawal of the
I/. notes, the holders of which are generally tile most bois-
terous in their demand. The Idling firm was tine only
house in tine town that continued the issue of small notes.
We bear that there are several cases of dispute with respect
to short hills, •and especial advice!, which, it is to be hoped
will be settled to the satisfaction of the depositors anti to
the credit of the &In.—Brighton Guardian.

" NO TREACHERY AT VARNA."

TO TitE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—Being the only Editor whose Journal pre-
sents a candid statement of affairs in the East, a
portion of the globe in which passing events arc
exciting a more than usual interest, I venture to
trespass again on your columns; and, with reference
to my former letter, which appeared in your Paper
of the 22(1 of November, beg to remark, that the
charge contained in the Cormier, of Varna's " hav-
ing fallen through the treachery of one of the officers
commanding the fortress," has not, in all this in-
terval, been substantiated. On the contrary, not a
Single particle of evidence has been adduced, nor any
argument whatever offered, in support of the asser-
tion. I call upon the Editor of the Courier, there-
fore, as a mail of honour and a gentleman (epithets,
I trust, not inapplicable to him), either to state to
the British public on what his charge is grounded,
or candidly to confess his error. I was glad to read
two letters in that Journal, signed " Moderator,"
wherein the writer implores the Editor not to be
imposed upon by exaggerated reports of Russian
discomfitures, or unfeunded conjectures of Russian
policy. I cannot remember his exact expressions,
but this was the sum and substance of his friendly
hints. Well would it have been for the Editor had
he followed such good and rational advice. Instead
of doing this, however, lie has hailed with joy whicli
he could not conceal, reported victories of the
Turkish army, in spite of roads broken up, and
waters frozen —has detailed a waif are more suceess•
ful on the part of the Ottomans, in spite of wintry
storms, than any German tale ever would produce
in the wildest moments of conception. But the
honour of a gallant soldier, the prowess of a victo-
rious army, the integrity of an upright statesman,
and the sincerity of a crowned head, are not assail-
able by the weakness, credulity, ignorance, or
misrepresentation of any or all the Journalists
of the day. At one time the public press
imputes inordinate ambition and a lust of empire to
the Russian autocrat, supposing him to be the ag-
gressor. At another, when they wish to impress
their readers with the disastrous result of the cam-
paign to Russia, and the inadequacy of her means
to be considered a formidable adversary, they state
the Emperor as haring acted merely on the defen-
sive. These distinct allegations, when made at dif-
ferent times for a different purpose, may hare their
weight with a person not remembering what he
reads from one (lay to another ; but taken together,
and forming one tissue of invective, must surely
prove the inconsistency of the writer. I ask whether
the press of England mean to accuse the Emperor
Nicholas of being the aggressor in the Turkish war
from motives of aggrandizement, to increase his
already too widely extended dominions; or as going
to war in his own &fence, with an ill-appointed
and inefficient army ? It is enough for the gratifi-
cation of John Bull to uphold one of these proposi-
tions, 1 should imagine; but surely he cannot be
so gulled as to be made believe both. The two
charges, in connection, are more untenable, Sir,
than Varna itself was, when no barrier remained to
oppose the entrance of a victorious army. Let not
the British public, then, be deceived by the narrow
and selfish views either of foreign or native writers;
but when assertions are made which tend to lower
the character either of a country or an individual,
let-them, in the spirit of equity and truth, require
some proof in confirmation of their validity. John
Bull, it must be allowed, is a noble animal; but
there is something in the essentials of his character,
which lay him open to acts of sophistry and chicane.
Guileless himself, he suspects no guile in others;
unsuspicious of his nature, he may be made to
trample on his best friends ; few will dare to
take him by the horn, but many will con-
tri ee to circumvent him by insidious approaches.
Do we forget to what a state of violence, and
temporary madness, he has been occasionally goaded ?
Did not the English Government shoot one Ad-
miral, to appease popular clamour ? and did not this
same English Government absolutely bring another
of their Admirals to trial for a victory? 'Tis true
the esteem and respect of his brother officers were
exemplified at the very moment of his degradation;
and after John Bull was a little quieted and mode-
rated in his expectations, the Government sought
by employing him again, to restore him to his
honours; but could they restore him to his peace
of mind and his domestic comforts ? Had not the
infliction of disgrace, however unmerited, brought
desolation and anguish unspeakable to the husband's
bosom ? We can all bear testimony to the high at-
tainments of a Wolfe, a Moore, a Nelson, and a
Collingwood, but how many anxious hours did they
pass, whenever impediments to glory, not human
impediments, but the very elements of nature, the
winds and the waves and the atmosphere, suspended
their career of victory ! Read the history of their
lives, and confess that John Bull was believed by
them to expect impossibilities: not only that they
should conquer their foes, however numerous, but
that they should beat the enemy when he was not
to be found ! Have we not witnessed, also, the
same anxiety to acquit himself to his country, dri-
ving a French Admiral to self-destruction ? He
who received back his sword from the hero of the
Nile, afterwards fell upon it rather than return home
a vanquished officer, though meritorious in the
highest degree, and of courage undisputed! To
adduce .110 further evidence of individuals on th;s
point, is there an officer, either in our navy or army,
who is not thoroughly impressed with the unreason-
able expectations of his countrymen ? They
know that success is too generally the only
criterion of merit. If this be the conviction of
the fighting men of England, if this be the
feeling in moral and civilized States, how can we be
surprised to find it operating in the mind of one
whose master acknowledges no law but his own
savage, untutored will. With the Turkish scimitar
suspended over his devoted head, to fall or not, at
the word of an unjust and barbarous tyrant, can we
wonder that he should prefer the protection and
courtesy of his conqueror, though in a land of
strangers, to certain and pre-ordained death in case
of defeat, in his own country ? Does this alone, un-
supported by any other testimony, convict the
Turkish Officer of treachery? I forbear, Mr. Edi-
tor, to repeat my reasons for believing that it does
not. They are detailed in my former letter, and are
not only unanswered, but unanswerable.
Moreover, I still remain unconvinced of the
reality of any views of aggrandisement imputed to
the Russian Emperor; arid, if they were even
founded in truth, I should not be afraid. I have
been visiting those heights whence'Eegland pre-
sented her front and foreland to a continent, not
many years ago, arrayed in arms against her, whence
may be seen the vain monument of a despot's
threats, as directed to these shores; and I. cannot
forget that, while dictating terms of submission to
other Powers of Europe, in their very Capitals, he,
in alliance with them, was unable to make head
against Britain's single and unassisted efforts—
efforts which, by her magnanimity and perseverance,
terminated at length in the subjection of her foe and
the peace of the' world. I am, Mr. Editor,
Feb. 3, 1829. Your'ss faith
fu,

SPORTING
INTELLIOLNuE.

EXTRAORDINA ICY TROTTING MATCH.

This match, on which 20(1/: to lOW. were bet that a
gentleman named 11Ieloy di,l ie,t find a horse or a male to
trot 100 miles in ten successive hours and a half in liar-
nes;a feat which hod never been done in this country,
was performed on a five-mile piece of wound On Sunbury
Common, on Monday last. The horse chosen on this
occasion was an American by birth, about fourteen hands
high, and twelve years old. The distances were per-
formed thus :

11. M.
First twenty miles
Taken out and in stable
Second twenty miles
Taken out and in stable
Third twenty miles
Taken out and in stable
Fourth twenty mile N
Taken out and in stable
Last ten miles but one
Stopped to wash mouth with gruel, which he
took with good appetite
Last ten miles

10 7
Thus performing the task in 23 minutes within the time
allotted. On being groomed and furnished with a fresh
supply of gruel, the extraordinary animal was as playful,
and seemed to go to work on the hay with as good an ap-
petite, as if he bad been merely performing an ordinary
task.

HUNTING INTELLIGENCE.

APPOINTMENTS FOIL THIS WEEK.

His Majesty's Stag-hounds have not yet resumed the
pleasures of the chase ; they are expected to meet on Mon-
day next, at Ascot Heath.
The Woreestei shire Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Hal •
low; and Friday, at Br-don-hill—at half-past trH.
Mr. Dansey's Hounds, o❑ Monday, at Thruxton ; and
Thursday, at Barrington—at ten.
The Gransden Hounds, on Monday, at Toseland ; and
iday, at Whaddon —at ten.
The Royston [harriers, on Tuesday, at Meldreth ; and
Thursday, at Sandon Cat—at half. past ten.
The Brighton Harriers, on Monday, at Patcham ; Wed.
hesday, near the Race Course ; and Friday., at the Dyke;-
at half-past ten.
The Brookside Harriers will continue to meet every
Monday, at Newmarket ; Wednesday, at the Lewes Race
Course ; and Friday, at Tellescombe Tye—at half-past ten.
The Anglesea Hounds, on Monday, at Nantonag ; and
Wednesday, at Cacrwen Mill—at half- past ten.
The Illaelmoor Vale Hounds, on Tuesday, at Stoutton
Inn ; and Friday, at Stalbridge park—at ten.
Mr. Lester'a Harriers, on Wednesday, at Corfe-hills ;
and Saturday, at Mr. Clapcott's Farm—at half-past ten.
Mr. Pleydell's Roe-buck-hounds, on Tuesday, at High
Wood, near Charborough—at eleven.
Sir John Cope's [hounds, on Monday, at the Black
Worse, Caversham ; Wednesday, at the Blade Bone, Buckle-
bury; and Friday, at Engletield—at half-past ten.
The Craven Bohm's, on Monday, .at Lye Hill-gate ;
Tuesday, at Penclose ; Frid ty, at Stype ; and Saturday,
at I:ravel-hill—at half-past ten.
Lord Anson's Hounds, on Monday, at Princethorpe Vil-
lage ; Wednesday, at Shitchburgh-h ; Thursday, at
Bourton ; and Saturday, at the Black Dog—at half-past ten.
Mr. Meynell's Hounds, on Monday, at Hoareross; Thurs-
day, at Calke Abbey; and Saturday, at Bigot's-park—at
half-past ten.
Sir Richard Sutton's Hounds, nn Monday, at Burton
Kennel ; Tuesday, at Revesliy Village; Wednesday, at
Gatithy Park ; Thursday, at Welton Mill and Swallow-
beck ; and Saturday, at Tothill Wood and Stapleford Moor
—at eleven.

Laid Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday, at Aylesby
Village; Wednesday, at Fox Dales; Friday, at Roston
Wood ; anti Saturday, at Rye-ball—at eleven.
The Shropshire Hounds, on Monday, at Shawbnry
Village; Wednesday, at Pethian's-gate ; Fridity, at the
Fox, Albrighton ; and Saturday, at Attingham—at half-
past ten. -
Lord Scarborough's Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Sand-
beck-park; Wednesday, at Aston-ball ; Friday, at the
Grove; and Saturday, at Langold—at half-past ten.
The Badswor th Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Cusworth ;
Thursday, at Bolton-bridge ; and Saturday, at Notton
Vil-
half-past ten.
General Win. Fitzroy's Hounds, on Monday, at Mr.
Abbott's, Wicken Castle Acre ; Wednesday, at Beetly ;
and Friday, at West Lexham—at eleven.
Dlr. H. Villehois's Harriers, on Tuesday, at Oxburgh
Ferry ; Thursday, at Foulden Common ; and Saturday, at
Swatf ham Race Course—at eleven.

Sir Geo. Sitwell's Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Rollin-
wood. Common ; and Thursday, at Moetiro' Moor—at ten.
The Westacre Stag-hounds, on Monday, at Swaffham
Race Course; and Friday, at Necton Tune—at half-past
ten.

The Quorn Hounds, on Monday, at Steward Hay's
House ; Tuesday, at Cotes-turnpike ; Thursday, at Great
Dalby ; and Friday, at Bunney Park—nt half-past ten.
Earl of Derby's Stag-hounds, on Tuesday, at lily's
Common ; and Friday, at Epsom Down—at ter..
11. Jolliffe, Esq.'s Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Horse
Hilts ; and Saturday, at Kingssrosd•gate—at eleven.
The Surrey Fox-bounds, on Thursday, at Litnpsfield ;
and Sa►turday, at Crown Ash-hill—at half•past ten.
The 11. H. on Tuesday, at Hitoot.; Thursday, at Med •
sted-green ; and Saturday, at Abbotsdon Down—at ten.
The Hambledon Fox-bounds, on Monday, at Berry
Lodge ; Wednesday, at Winter's Hill Common; and Fri-
day, at Owseibury Down—at half-past ten.
Mr. Nicoll's Hounds, on Wednesday, at Picked Post ;
and Friday, at Heathy Dilton.
Mr. Wiekatead's Fox- hounds, on Wednesday, at Heleigh
Castle ; and Saturday, at Seighford—at half-past ten.
The Marquis of Cleveland's Fox-hounds, on Wednesday,
at Scotton ; Friday, at Pepper-hall; and Saturday, at
Norton Conyers—at eleven.
The Lambton Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Shotton ;
'Tuesday, at Herrington; Thursday, at Stone-bridge-house;
and Friday, at Chester-k-street--at ten.
Mr. Assheton Smith's Hounds, on Tuesday, at South-
grove ; and Friday, at Amport-green—at eleven.
The Conock Harriers, on Monday, at Ell Barrow; and
Friday, at Hasking's Penning—at eleven.
The York and Ainsty Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at
Aldwark Wood ; and Saturday, at Hag-bridge—at half-
past ten. .

Sir T. Sykes's Fox-bounds, on Friday, at Burton Agnes
—at ten.

The Idurarorth Fox-hounds, on Friday, at Croft-bridge
—at ten.

The Cleveland Fox-bounds, on Tharaday, at Guisbro'
Park—at nine.

The HoHarness Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at Wood-
hall ; and Saturday, at Nesuriek—at eleven.
The Sinnington Fox-hounds, on Friday, at Helmsley
—at ten.

The Northumberland Fox-hounds, on Friday, at Brandy-
lane-end--at ten.

The Haydon Hounds, on Saturday, at Ellerington
Woods—at nine.

THE RING.

On Tuesday a fight took place in a field near the Red-
house, Battersea, between Bob Coates, the pedestrian, and
George Leach, the baker, tor 101., when, after '7B rounds,
occupying 1 hour and 45 minutes, but not more than 15
minutes' real fighting, Leech's seconds gave in for him.—
Leach need never fight again, and Coates is more likely to
be spoken of as a pedestrian than a pugilist.
Another battle took place near the Maypole, at Epping
Forest, between Jem Field and Bill Clegg, for 20/., which
terminated in favour of the former, after 66 rounds, oc-
cupying an hour and a quarter.—Poor Clegg fought beau-
tifully, but he was over-matched. With all the punish-
ment we have described, and the oppression of the falls as
might be expected, lie was carried out of the ring in a state
of insensibility, leaving Field capering about in tolerable
comfort. Field's head was rather in a (peer state, bat
compared with the other his punishment was trifling.

During one shooting excursion of 18 hours,
the celebrated Colonel Hawker killed, in the neighbour-
hood of Lymington, 101 widgeons, fonr ducks, six
plovers, and one coot, making a total of 112 head of
wild fowl.

WINE AND SPIRIT TRADES.-A Meeting
of the Merchants and others engaged in the Wine and
Spirit. Trades was held at the Commercial Sale-rooms,
Mincing-lane, for the purpose of forming a Permanent
Committee to watch over the interests of the trade. Quarks
Harris, jun., in the Chair. After some discussion, a per-
manent Committee was formed, consisting of seven mer-
chants to represent the Home Wine and Spirit trades ; two
for the Cadiz and Spanish trades ; three for the Bordeaux
and French trade; two for the Madeira trade; one for the
Teneriffe trade ; and two to represent the Brokers. The
Committee were instructed to advise all merchants in the
.trade at the outports to elect a corresponding number, in
order that all grievances might be redressed if possible.
Sabscriptions were entered into, and after thanks had been
returned to the Chairman, the meeting adjourned.

A person culling himself We Stevens, on
Wednesday, the 14th tilt. hired the malting and
premises at Little Waltham, formerly the pro-
perty and residence of Mr. Stephen 1)ow. Ste-
vens was accompanied by a woman he called his
.sister ; the latter paid several visits to Chelms-
ford, where she purchased furniture of Mr. B.
Joscelyne, Mr. Clench, Mr. Elias Wood, and
tr M
bre.
[lnward. Mr. Podinore ; grocery of Mr. Harrison, and
Stevens-,d. Tordericiedsetili,y ''
werew re sacksed ofo
sent in
with the least delay possible, and although the
patty were desirous of buying other articles, un-
der the :luck of economy, they desired to pay
the amount of these orders, which they pro-
mised to do as soon as the goods were deliver-
ed. There was a great shyness on the part of
Stevens when at home ; he was not always to
be seen ; this circumstance created suspicion ill
the mind of Mr. Joscelyne that all was not
right ; he mentioned as much to his man, who
worked in a barn opposite to Stevens's residence,
but to this man StevenF had appeared in the
character of a plain upright tradesman. To be
further satisfied, Mr. Joscelyne
determined to
watch an opportunity to get into Stevens's pre,
scnce, and at last, under the pretence of shownv
him a sample of barley, they came in contact.
The assumed plain civility, and open honesty of
the man, calmed Mr. Joscelyne's fears, for, on
being oll'ered the sample of barley, Stevens said
" No, I will not buy any mcyre at present, I will
wait until I have wet what I have ipt.” Stevens
had been to Braintree market, and gad purchased
nearly 100 quarters, from Mr. Patmore, of
Braintree, Mr. Hutley, of Rivenhall, and Mr,
Pigot, of Thaxted, which had been deliveica,
and payment expected in due course on Wed-
nesday last, but it is now very evident was never
intended. On Tuesday last, Stevens went to
Mr. Jas. Heald, a maltster here, and stated that
Ire had a payment to provide for, which obliged
him to sell some barley ; the sample was pro-
duced, agreed for, and Kirsch, at the Plough,
was engaged to fetch it from Waltham. The
same night Stevens called upon Mr. Heald for
his money, but it turned out that the barley was
inferior to the sample, a part was therefore only
paid, an allowance being readily agreed to, and
a balance left of about forty pounds, which Ste.
yens pressed to have in money, of by a bill
at a short date ; but Mr. Heald vvs.)4l liOt COUa
ply, and it remains in Mr. Heald's hanti• Steal
yens was the same evening observed at SeNTral
houses, and at a late hour had become .".°
much disguised in liquor, that the landlord of the
Red Cow advised him to remain till morning. The
same night Mr. Joscelyne's man, who had ob-
served a van belonging to Stevens to go out very
frequently loaded, and return empty, also be-
came doubtful as to his impression of the honesty
of the man ; he therefore hastened to his master
to express his apprehensions ; and Mr. Joscelyne
on the Wednesday morning went to Stevens's
residence, but no person was to be found ; some
tables and chairs had been placed in a manner to
induce a belief that the furniture remained.
Such proofs of the fraudulent designs of this
man came out on Thursday, as to induce Mr.
Joscelyne to announce Stevens to be a swindler,
and to offer, in the Chelmil'ord Chronicle, a
handsome reward for the recovery of his goods,
at the same time describing the van and Stevens's
person. This met the eye of Mr. Hurd, who
keeps Ungar Poor-house, and who had remarked
a similar van, which invariably passed through
the turnpike at four in the afternoon, and re-
turned at seven in the morning, performing
every journey by night, which excited ;;'s 31-1"
picion. A coal carter also gave a similar ac`
count. On Friday morning, by eleven o'clock,
sufficient evidence, not only of the identity of the
van, but also of the parties accompanying it, and
the place of their retreat, was given ; the latter
proved to be a house near Shelly Bridge, the
property of Mr. Eve, who occupies Shelley Hall.
Mr. Joscelyne, fortified by the justice of his
cause, immediately started, in company with Mr.
Clench, and on arrival at the house they entered
at the front door, where two boys only were to
be found, the one eleven, the other fourteen,
who denied that any person of the name of.
Stevens resided there ; artfully observing, " you
are very much mistaken." Looking a little
further, Mr. Joscelyne observed his goods in an
adjoining room ; encouraged by the statement
of the boys, which the sight of his furniture con.
vinced him was false, he and Mr. Clench pro-
ceeded to remove to an adjoining premises, not
only their own furniture, but as much of that as
could be found, which had been obtained upon
the like terms from their neighbours. To mark
the depravity inculcated in these children, one
circumstance only need be mentioned. Mr.
Joscelyne and Mr. Clench both quitted the house
at the same time : on their return they found the
doors bolted : every means of access were se-
cured against them, and the two boys were seen
through the window defying them to use force.
By this time Mr. Eve had arrived, when, by his
advice, the door was opened. Mr. Joscelyne
then proceeded to search the granary, where he
discovered, shot into bins, 3-1, quarters of barley,
bereath which Mr. Howard's 50 sacks were
secreted. The barley also was removed by as-
sistance which arrived. The van was also secured,
and will remain under lock and key until claimed
by the owner in person.
Sufficient proofs, we think, have already been
adduced to prove Stevens's transactions fraudulent
and swindling ; but what fellows will perhaps be
more conclusive to both Judge and Jury, if ever
these villains hare the temerity to try the ques-
tion. The house was hired of Mr. Eve in the
name of John Allen ; this was no other person
than Stevens's malting man, when at Waltham
—but at Shelley, the case was altered—Stevens
there performed the character of Allen's man.
In the house were four boards, which were affix-
ed to the van in such rotation as best suited their
purposes—upon one was William Stevens, Little
Waltham—on another, John Allen, Shelley,
Essex—another, John Stone, Renton, Herts—
another, John Stone, Hertford—another, John
Stone, Penton, Manta—another, John Stone,
Iver, Bucks. At Romford these parties are
said to be known by the name of Stone ; they
are natives, it seems, of Berkshire. Stevens and
his housekeeper, who is said to be a sister of
Allen's, went to London on Wednesday morn-
ing by French's coach ; they were taken up at
the Butchers' Arms, Margaretting. The boys
we: c on the premises so late as Sunday night ;
and a man, who assumes authority, had arrived,
and has threatened summary proceedings. Allen
was at Epping market on Friday ; he was on
his return home, and again seen going back to
Epping on the same evening, under the pretence
of having forgotten something. He rode a fine
six-year-old bright-coloured blood mare. Those
who have recovered their property will, no doubt,
fully appreciate the spirited conduct of Mr. Jos-
celyne, who is also entitled to the thanks of the
publio.-Essex 'Herald.

SPIRiT OF TIIF LONDON JOURNALS.

king's Speech, to be delivered at two
o'clock this day. (and how memorable hereafter
stair a day and how !) is expected by all eliteees
with an anxiety, or perhaps we ought to say •an
earentees, 'lever equalled within oer personal re-
collection. May that speech be the harbinger
of internal peace in this country, of charity be,
tweeo Cbristims men, of augmented power t
England as a state, and of all the happiness that
can be commueicated to any civilized people, by
a system of legislation framed and executed in
the spirit cif justice, wisdom, and humanity. Tit
n•elet of Wellington, for is be to he ate energy
toes oation is about to owe this new anti ines-
„ . .
trmatoe o„uogetton, will, we believe, ere the even,
in;_ donee, pledge his word for the introdenetian
of st Bill tier abolishing le-hates-ea etill exists in the
nattier: of a penal code against the Catholics of
C= tenet Brion) and Ireland. That mighty object
evltich Mr. Pitt failed to accomplish, eCwhiali Mr.
Fox awl. Lord Grenville,
,jointly, bail not enough
of slow-nem:nee from the Sovereign, mingled with
confidence in themselves, to lay so much as the
1'01111(66(as, that the absolute preventioir or indee
tioite postponement of which was the vital policy
of the: British Government fitnn 1807, when
Pereevai became Minister, to 1827, when
Lord Liverpool ceased to be so—that which in-
directly produced the death of Alr. Canning, and
lay next his heart ashen expired—that, •li
Ina s,
time etruggle Isar Oaiieli was every clay beconting
national in Ireland, threatening revolt on her
side and eventual re-conquest by foot orarias
vii ;slat of England, the Duke of Wellington,
strong only in native firmness, anti contempt for
the paltry 'waist of men who see no greatness
but in the eacritice of truth and conscience to a
eort of partisan consistency, has succeeded in
6iogitig to such a point, that the aini-Catholic
grandees of the kingdom hate, with few and
insignificant exceptions, declared their willing-
nese -to leave its managemeut to his solitary
skill—that the heads of the church have suffered
him to take upon himself their spiritual flute-
tionse and exorcise for them the timid of anti-
Papal terror, by which their episcopal imagina-
tions had been haunted ; and finally,. that the
Court itself, dieelettsed of its traditional •prejtt-
dices, hat euthorised him to affix the su•
prettie and crowning fat to whatever act
the I,ther branches of the Legislature
may • submit for Royal acceptance. This,
we say, is an extraordinary, a wonderfid
triumph, to be achieved by one man, hardly yet
warm in his seat as Minister ; but a triumph
which, when actually cousummated, time Ettglish
nation and the Irish would be at once unwise
and ungrateful ii they did not wish him many
happy years to enjoy. Dismissing, then, such
considerations as attach themselves to the person
from whose hands the promised good may be an-
ticipated, and referring merely to the nature of
the benefit itself, we can state_ with confidence
that a Bill for the removal of Catholic disabili-
ties will at an early moment be brought forward,
anti recommended to Parliament by his Majesty's
offitial advisers ; the said Bill comprehending
the admission of our Catholic fellow-subjects to
eeats in both 'louses of the Legislature. As to
the matter of securities, we have never ceased to
heel that the best security for loyalty is freedom
—the best pledge of devoted allegiance is in
complete protection. It is unlikely
.that the
Duke of Wellington should stoop to require from
Catholics, under the name of .guarantee to the
State, any acts infringing on their religion er
its discipline---either wounding to there pride
al men, or to their sense of duty as Christians.
What is given, let it be given freely and gene-
tiousiy—not betraying suspicion, nor provoking
it. If it should be thought necessary by Mini-
sters to press for a restriction of the elective qua-
lification to individuals possessing a freehold of
104 instead of 40s , we shall, unless better in-
formed on the subject, see cause to lament such
proposal. The extension of such a law to
England would, we presume, encoueter insu-
perable difficulties, and its confinement to Ire-
land would introduce a revolting discrimination
between parts of the same ;calm. The freehold
qualification of Scotland, if different from that
of England, has not been forced upon the
Scotch by any act of the United Parliament.
If' it be intended to correct the abuses of the
1)4 elective franchise, by excluding from the
enjoyment of it all merely fictitious voters, let it
be done without fear or hesitation. No honest
public man can set himself against such a re-
form, and it may be pretty well insured by assi-
milating the Irish law upon that subject to the
law -which regulates forty shilling freeholds
here. But it is a serious thing to sweep
away at one stroke a whole class, and that
the most numerous in the country, who are
actually in time bona fide exercise of a lawful
right, from the pale of the British Constitution.
We are, however, arguing on pure hypothesis ;
thereenay be no such change contemplated in the
nominal qualification of electors, anti it is but
fair to wait. Another point touched upon in
conversation within these few days is the neces-
sity of suppressing the Catholic Association. It
may undoubtedly be politic to throw such a tub
to the Whale, and to smooth down the mortified
'vanity of the BrunsWickets by making a peace-
offering of this much-vituperated bugbear. But
the law which grants emancipation to the Catho-
lics, will impose nothing worse than a sinecure
on the officers who may be charged with dispers-
ing their assemblies. We suspect that most of
thenaare tired enough of the daily task of agi-
tation, and only long for some decent excuse to
put an end to it. After the repeal of time dis-
abling laws, there wilt be a speedy riddance both
of the Association and of the rent ; if one or
the other of them continue 48 hours afterwards,
it will be but " nomiuis umbra." In the mean
time .we trust .that our next number will justify
the cheering anticipations of which-this has been
made. the channel ; and in that hope we for. the
present conclude. Conversions ewe numerous:
we bear of them every hour. Mr. Peel, has, we
believe, written to .Oxford, offering his resigns-,
;ion of a seat which he had accepted tinder such
different eircumstanees.-e-Timd.

The Constitutionnel persists in maintaining
stoutly that the arrival of the Prince de Polignac
was the work of MM. de Metternich and Wel-
lington ; and that the object of these politicians
is, by throwing the torch of discord -among the
French, to prevent France from exercising any
exterior influence, by which means England and
Austria would alone give law to Europe, and
avail themselves of French discords toc fortify
and aggrandise themselves. With all deference
to our French contemporary, lie_ has taken a
world- of pains to avoid seeing what was before
his eyes. Austria is, from a variety. of circum-
stances, the last power` in. Europe liable- tO the
charge of a wish to aggrandise iier-elf. The
object is notoriously to preserve Europe as it is,
without change, from an apprehension that she
might suffer, but mid hardly profit, by change;