The Sun.
London, England, 1829-07-08 00:00:00

ANTI-SLAVERY REPORTER.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
8151)--In my family the Anti-Slavery Reporter
has long been received as a publication entitled to
implicit credence respecting all matters occurring
in our Colonies, and of course occurring at many
thousands of miles from the sphere of our own
observation. The number for the last month has,
however, staggered our credulity, by representing a
circumstance which took place in London itself, in
a mariner which is directly at variance with all that
is stated in the daily papers, and also with the
Parliamentary notices. It appears that a Mr. 0.
Cave, who, I believe, is not one of the Select
Vestry in Aldermanbury, undertook to bring forward
some kind of motion or other about negro children,
contrary to the mysterious policy of the Anti-
Slavery Directors, Nlho wished that nothing should
be done this year in Parliament to embarrass the
present negociations for the admission of certain
of their \Vhig friends into power, and who, from
the same mysterious policy, had suddenly superseded
their annual meeting after it was actually fixed for
the 2d of May. It became necessary, therefore,
I presume, to leave Mr. Cave and his motion to
shift for themselves; and at the same time to make
it appear as if his being unsupported were the result
ofaceident, or better still, the fault of the unwelcome
intruder himself, who dared to trespass on the Anti-
Slavery preserves. For this or some equivalent rea-
eon the Anti-Slavery Reporter for June, contrives to
excuse the absence of the veteran leaders of the
Party when Mr. Cave made his motion on the
evening of the 4th of June, by boldly and broadly
stating, that " almost every individual who felt an
interest in the 'question had withdrawn, not even
dreaming that such a thing was within the verge of
possibility!" They were " not even dreaming," it
seems, that Mr. Cave was about to make such a
'notion ; and yet I see that it was for three succes-
sive days inserted in its proper place among the
"ice° of the House of Commons. The notice
being given on the evening of the Ist of June for
2d ;on 2d the motion, I again see, was post-
poned to the 3d; and I copy from the public news-
papers the following account of what occurred on
the 3d:
" Mr. 0. Cave rose for the purpose of bringing forward
a proposition to declare that children born of slave parents
inee his Majesty's Colonies, after a certain period, should be
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" Mr. Brougham, Sir J. Mackintosh, and Mr. F.
Buxton, recommended the Hon. Member to withdraw
his motion under existing circumstances!
" Mr. 0. Cave declared his determination to persevere.
"The gallery was cleared for a division, but none took
place, as on the suggestion of several Hon. Members, Mr.
0. Cave agreed to postpone his motion till to-morrow
(this day), with the understanding that it should Men
positively come on."—Times, June 4.
Here then is a notice of a motion for the
221--on the 2d it is postponed to the 3d—
and the attempt to bring it forward on that
evening gives rise to a discussion between
Mr. a Cave, Mr. Brougham, Sir J. Mackintosh,
and Mr. F. Buxton, which ends in an express un-
gerstanding that this motion shall positively be made
on the evening of the 4th; and yet, suppressing all
these facts, the Anti-Slavery Reporter informs his
readers that on the evening of the 4th almost all
those who felt an interest in the question had with-
drawn, not even dreaming that such a thing as Mr.
vCave's motion was within the verge of possibility !!
any one believe that before those gentlemen
cwithdrew, they did not look round and see Mr.
'e in his place, actually waiting to make this
the
tl,i'dreatned-of motion ? Can any one suppose, after
understanding of the preceding evening, that
they would not have taken the trouble to ask him
wether from any cause he had changed his inten-
, jr
they had even entertained a doubt on the
'h-dJect ? Is h possible that these gentlemen should
aye gone away, not even dreaming that Mr. Cave's
metimi was within the verge of possibility ? Is it
possible that the Anti-Slavery Editor can think that
they d;,l,
this is •
h c Yet this the impression that would
..are been conveyed to my mind by his ingenious
Latatement, if I had possessed no other means of
knowledge besides the Anti-Slavery Reporter ; and
With respect to West Indian affairs I do possess no
Other means. This being the case, Sir, I wish to
know what portion I am in future to believe of other
statements in the same publication, connected with
facts remote from my opportunities of exact infor-
mation, when I see how much is hazarded with re-
spect to occurrences at home ? With this before
,MY eyes, what am I in future to believe of the
"4.=althiness and advantages of Sierra Leone ? All
confidence is at an end.
Jul
1p r,..Y 2, 1829. AN ENQUIRER.
Do look at a remarkable case of Sierra Leone
-15"ey in the Times and Herald, March 4th last.

R ,e Duchess of CLARENCE, the Duchess of
AxE
of IVxmatt, accompanied by the Prince and Princess
Wen/Aa, visited the exhibition of the Brifish Institution
In Pali...mall, yesterday.

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The Duke of SUSSEX and the Princess So-
AfATILDA honoured the exhibition of " Tam
''chanter and Souter Johnny" with their presence.
The Princess AUGUSTA, the Duchess of
and the Princess VICTORIA, the Duchess of GLOU-
eESTRR, and ethers of the Royal Family, partook of a
urn
with Prince LEoroma, yesterday, at Marlborough-
-4°llBe, Pall-mall.
The Duke of CUMBERLAND honoured Sir
Monday,
KNIGIITLEY with his company to dinner on
Monday, at his residence in Upper Brook-street.
The Princess AUGUSTA dined with the Duke
I*Cialtaiqcs on Monday, at his residence in the King's
"lace, St. James's.
The Princess AUGUSTA and the Duchess of
GLOUCESTER honoured the dejeune given by the Mar-
llioncss of Downsmaz on Monday, at Roehampton, with
their presence.
Prince LEOPOLD was present at the public
breakfast given yesterday by the Marquis and Marchioness
of LONDONDERRY,' at Chiswick. The Duke of WEL-
LINGTON and a numerous party of the nobility and gentry,
Were of the party.
The young Queen of PORTUGAL gave a sit-
ting for her portrait on Monday to Sir TnoatAs LAW-
RENCE, at his residence in Russell-square. Her MAJESTY
returned to her residence at Laleham in the afternoon.
Mr. Ruse (formerly Minister from the
United States to this Court), and a number of American
gentlemen, waited on the Duke of WELLINGTON yester-
day morning at the Treasury, to have an interview with
a
Grace. respecting the territory in dispute between our
Government and that of the United States as to the boun-
Ddary of the state of Maine and New Brunswick. The
uke, accompanied by the CHANcer.Loa. of the EXCHE-
QUER and Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS, the Lieutenant-Gover-
nor of New Brunswick (who is here OR leave of absence)
l'l'ceived the deputation. The conference lasted about an
'lout

The Marquis of CIIANDOS and several gen-
Iletoen interested in the West India trade and plantations
a°4l an interview with the Duke of WELLINGTON yester-
gar, at the Treasury.
.t,„ The Earl of ABERDEEN visited the Duke of
"zttrxwroN yesterday.
Prince ESTERHAZY, the Austrian Ambas-
%dor; hal interviews yesterday with the Duke of WEL-
LiksITON and the Earl of ABERDEEN.
Mr. Secretary PEEL and Sir GEORGE COCK-
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1111,11 visited Sir GEORGE MURRAY yesterday at the Co.
I, The" Duchess of WELLINGTON has left town
w her seat at Strathfieldsaye, Hants.
The adjourned discussion of the Finance
ret'emmittee on Mr. M‘DoNNELL's claim for extra rerun-
the4tion fur his services as Catholic agent in London for
hite Association was held on Saturday last at Dublin.
Committee decided that Mr. M‘DoNNELL had Rot
good his claim, but advised an appeal to an Aggre-
"Me Meeting of. the Catholics.
' Twenty years ago none but London porter
im go down in Dublin, but now we see Dublin porter
oounced as a bonne bouche for the Londoners.

CLON ME L, JULY 4, 1829.

(FROAI OUR. COREESPONDENT.)

When last I had the pleasure of addressing you,
I had then thought that Ireland was at rest, and her
people united. Time, that never-failing oracle, has
proved the contrary ; for Ireland is not yet tranquil,
at least so far as regards this county. It never was,
perhaps, in a worse state of irritation than at present.
The people of Tipperary are of rather a warm
temperament, and are consequently the more easily
goaded on to violence. They will not stand harsh
or ungovernable conduct, particularly at the hands of
those who should be their protectors, and when
once a thirst for revenge is aroused within them it '
is no easy matter to crush it. As a proof generally of
the state of this county, I refer you to that watchful
sentinel of the people's rights, the Tipperary Free
Press (a paper which is looked up to by all classes
for its impartiality). Scarcely a day passes that
our ears are not besieged with the recital of some
horrible outrage or murder, in which the police bear
a conspicuous part. The common phrase is, " Why,
the police is going to the d—l with themselves."
Human life at their hands is scarce worth a bauble.
The very semblance of a fight at fair or market is
considered by them, when they meet with any re-
sistance, a sufficient excuse to fire on an unarmed
multitude, and should they, from excessive num-
bers, be forced to retreat, the moment they find
themselves secure they discharge a volley from
the windows of their barracks, and other
safe places in which they take shelter. It cannot
be denied that when one or more persons are shot,
as is usual on such occasions, there is an investiga-
tion the day following, and it some times ends in
the removing of mire party to another station, and
that is considered as a sufficent recompence. What
a recompence this is to a widow woman in Tippe-
rary, whose husband was shot the last fair day
there ! He was a quarter of a mile away from the
scene of action when he received the ball. He has
left six children to deplore his loss. Upwards of
twelve persons have lost their lives, and double that
number have been wounded in this county alone
during the last six weeks, and all this from the un-
discriminating conduct of the police.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE

Yesterday Robert Jones, the young man who was
on Saturday charged before the LORD MAYOR w►th
having committed a. fraud upon the banking-house
of Williams, Deacon, and Co., of Birchin-lane, to
the amount of 1541., by filling up as a cheque a
piece of paper which had the genuine signature of
Mr. Charles Woodward, solicitor, of Broad-street,
attached to it, was brought up for final examination.
The prisoner had been remanded at his own request,
and was attended by Mr. Hobler, jun., as his soli-
citor. One of the firm of Williams, Deacon, and
Co., and Sir William Curtis, and Mr. Gates, the
solicitor to the Committee of Bankers, were present.
The LORD MAYOR asked whether any thing more
was to be done than to sign the depositions
Mr. Gates called upon Mr. Woodward to attend
to the reading of the depositions, and asked that
gentleman whether he recollected where he had been
on the day the forged cheque was presented.
We understood Mr. Woodward to say that he
believed he was in Staffordshire. He recollected
that he was in town on Monday.
Mr. Oates asked whether he did not go to the
banking-house on Monday. He replied in the affir-
mative, and said that his reason for so doing was to
fetch away his book.

Mr. Gates—Were cheques left open by you to be
applied by the prisoner as he should think proper ?
Mr. Woodward—l cannot say.
Mr. Gates—Am I to understand distinctly from
what you state, that cheques with your genuine sig-
nature were not authorized by you to be filled up by
him ? Mr. Woodward—l have already stated before the
Lord Mayor what was the fact. I cannot deviate
from that statement.

The LORD MAYoR-7-The depositions shall be read
over to you, and you can suggest any alteration you
may think necessary.
Mr. Gates—The prisoner stands in so serious a
situation, and my duty is such, that I feel it neces-
sary to press a question which I have asked before
upon the witness. Did you or did you not authorize
the prisoner to fill up this cheque ? Mr. Woodward
—I have already given an answer to that question
in my depositions. I must not deviate from that
statement.

Mr. Gates—You have this day raised a doubt
which, upon the former examination, you did not at
all allude to. I wish to have that doubt explained.
The LORD MAYOR—Is there any part of your
depositions given upon a former day, which you
are disposed to retract upon more deliberation ?
Mr. Hobler (the chief clerk) then read Mr.
Woodward's depositions, and when he came to that
part in which the deponent stated that he had never
authorized the prisoner to fill up cheques, Mr. Wood-
ward desired that that averment should not remain.
He had at the time, he said, a multiplicity of busi-
ness to attend to, and he could not precisely recol-
lect whether the prisoner had been authorized to
fill up cheques by him at any time.
Mr. Gates—lt appears from what you now have
stated, that you intrusted the prisoner with your
signature to blanks which he was at liberty to fill
up. I ask you whether that (showing the cheque in
question) is not one of those with which you so in-
trusted him ?

Mr. Woodward appeared to hesitate about an an-
awe!.; and upon being again questioned, said that
his Lordship must see the necessity of his observing
great caution in a case of the kind.

The LORD MAYOR.—Was the prisoner in the
habit of filling up blank cheques ?—Mr. Woodward.
—No.

Mr. Hobler, jun.—Has he never filled up cheques
to your signature ?—Mr. Woodward—l cannot say
positively that he has not done so, and my reason
for saying so is, that in consequence of the multi-
plicity of business to which I had to attend, at the
period alluded to, from my connexion with the Gas
Company, 1 was obliged to have him to act for me
in my absence. I beg to say, that I wish it to be
stated in my depositions, that the prisoner was
merely in my occasional employment.
Mr. Hobler (the Chief Clerk)—That is of no im-
portance in a case of this kind. It might if the
charge happened to be one of misdemeanour.
Mr. Woodward—l see it stated in the depositions
that I " believe" the signature to be my hand-writ-
ing. Now I wish it to be stated that " I have no
doubt whatever of it." I also see that I am made
to say that the body of the cheque was in the hand-
writing of the prisoner. Now I wish the words "to
the best of my belief" to be introduced here. It is
also mentioned that the prisoner had no authority
from me to fill up cheques. I wish the words to be
that " he had not authority to use the said signature
in a cheque."

Mr. Woodward, in endeavouring to observe the
caution whick he said was so necessary, became ex-
tremely unintelligible sometimes.
Mr. Gates--The young man's situation is a very
perilous one. You must know whether on the 3d
of November, 1827, you did or did not authorize
him to draw 1541. from Williams's bank for you ?
Mr. Hobler, jun., said that Mr. Woodward had
already given his evidence upon that point, and asked
whether his Lordship considered that sufficient had
been shown to justify a committal.
The LORD MAYOR said there was quite enough,
and committed the prisoner to Newgate for trial.
We understand that the prisoner's father was 40
years in the banking-house of Williams and Co., and
was highly respected there.

Letters from several gentlemen who attended
the meeting at Ennis, of the " friends of Mr. VESEY FiTz-
GERALD," have arrived in town this morning, announce
that all intention of contesting the county of Clare with
Mr. O'CONNELL hail been definitely abandoned. A
baronet, largely connected with Clare, stated to the same
effect, in the hall of the courts this day.—Dublin Even-
inu Post.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

Whitehall, July 3, 1829.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed David Tanner
Sweetlove, of Maidstone, in the county of Kent, Gent. to
be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
The Lord Chancellor has als ) appointed John Golds-
worthy Shorter, of Hastitvzs, in the minify of Sussex,
Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of
Chancery.

In the Gazette of the 12th of May last, in the appoint-
ment of his Majesty's Agent and Consul General in the
dominions of the Emperor of Morocco, for Edward A.
W. Drummond Hay; Esq. read Edward William Auriel
Drummond Hay, Esq.