The Sun.
London, England, 1829-06-16 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENC'E-(THIS DAY.) NEW LONDON-131IIDGE APPROACHEY

Flt(); I.I.OYI)'S

I DEAL, JINN 12.1.—Wiod to S.W.—Ar.
I ,
rived from Loudon, tie Svmmetry, Stevens, for the
Mauritius; Brandies, Morrison, for Quebec; Geor-
giana, Warren, for Berbice; harmony, Brown, for
Tenerifre ; and Camerons, Tod, for Berbice. Arrived
the London, from Jamaica; Mary Ann Carter, from
the South Seas; Sandwich, from the West Indies;
and Detnerara packet, from Jamaica.
FALMOUTH, JUNE 14.—Wind variable.—Arrived
the Garland Grove, Pengdly, from Jamaica; and
Especulador, from Madeira.
PLYMOUTH, JUNE 14.—Wind S. W.—Arri ved
the Mary Ann, from Gayon.
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 11—Wind W.S.W.—Ar-
rived the Anacreon, Jones, from Sierra Leone; one
passenger and five seamen dead.

- GREENOCK, JUNE 13.—Arrived the Uxbridge,
Wylie, from the Falkland Islands; Maria, Crawford,
from Grenada; Susannah, Roberts; Hope, Swan;
and Borealis, Wright, from Trinidad.
PENZANCE, JUNE 14.--Arrived the Weser,
Grave, from Baltimore.

ELSINORE, JUNE 9.----The Recovery, Brown,
which left St. Petersburg!) the 27th ult., and arrived
here yesterday, met with a good deal of floating ice
on the passage.
CUXHAVEN., JUNE 11.—Part of the cargo of the
Hodgkinson, Mackelly, from Bristol to Hamburgh,
on shore nit Newark, has been brought here in
fourteen fishing boats.
YARMOUTH, JUNE I.s.—The Unicorn, Gascoyne,
from Liverpool to Hamburgh, is in these roads under
detention, having on board a quantity of machinery
prohibited to be exported.

OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.

George Haynes, a labouring man aged 42, was in-
dicted for committing a rape upon Hannah Harris,
a young girl 14 years of are.
The prosecutrix, an ill-looking girl, stated that
she lived at a hamlet about two miles from Ux-
bridge. On the 13th of April she was standing at
her cousin's door in Uxbridge when the prisoner
came up and invited her to go to the Red Lion
public house with him, to this she assented, and
after drinking some beer they walked together on
the Uxbridge road; after they had got some
distance they had to cross a field, in which
the prisoner threw her down, and began to act very
indelicately. Witness attempted to cry murder,
but the prisoner put his hand on her mouth, and
prevented her. She struggled as much as possible,
and cried murder once, but Po one was within hear-

ing. (The proSecutrix here detailed, minutely, the
prisoner's conduct, which went to prove the capital
part of the charge, and is of course unfit for publi-
cation.)

The -prosecutrix was cross-examined at great
length by the prisoner, who kept continually cau.
tioning her " not to tell a story." He tried hard to
convince the Jury, that he was the seduced, and
not the seducer; he so far succeeded as to show
that they were together for a long time, and that she
did not tell her father or mother what had tran-
spired until the next day. She, however, positively
declared it was against her consent. The prisoner
displayed a great deal of cunning in the manner he
shaped his questions.

James, landlord of the Castle, at Uxbridge,
stated that he saw the prisoner and prosecutor to-
gether on the morning of the 13th of April. It
appeared to him that the girl had been drinking and
held out strong temptations to the prisoner.
Harriet Harris, mother of the prosecutrix, stated
that on the 13th April she sent her daughter to Ux-
bridge about nine o'clock in the morning. She re-
turned about three o'clock. A short distance be-
fore she got to the door she fell down in the road,
and exclaimed several times, " Oh, my mother !
Where is my mother ?" She appeared, very faint
and exhausted, but certainly was not tipsy. She
told -witness that she had been ill•used by George
Haynes,
,but not the particular nature of it until
the next day: Her clothes at the time she came
home were very wet and dirty, and witness advised
her to go.to bed. .
By the prisoner—My husband did not beat the
prosecutrix when she came home, he might have
struck her once, but that was before lie knew what
was the matter.

William Harris—Husband of last witness, gave
similar evidence.

. The prisonet in his defence, put in a long written
statement, which tilled two sheets of foolscap paper,
he did not attempt to deny having had a connexion
with the prosecutrix, but declared it was with her
consent ; he called no witnesses.

Mr. Baron flut.Locx recapitulated the evidence.
The Jury, after a few minutes' consideratiow, re-
Airned a verdict of Not Guilty.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY).

HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusae4.)

ST. JAMES'S.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay -£2 9 to £2 15
en/ Meadow Hay
Useful Meadow Hay 8 15 3 0
Fine Upland Meadow and flye-grass Hay 3 15 4 10
Clover flay 3 10 5 0
Oat straw .£1 16 to XI 181 Wheat Straw... 118 2 2
The best Old Meadow Ilay ss. per load higher than last quoted;
in prices of other kinds of Hay, or of Straw, no altera'ion. Sup-
ply limited, and trade somewhat brisk.

SMITHFIELD.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 0 to X 2 10
New Meadow Hay 2 10 2 15
Useful Meadow Ei.iy 2 17 3 4
Fine Upland Meadow and Itye-grass Hay 3 4 4 0
Clover Hay (extra fine)....£s 0 ... Generally 3 0 4 10
Oat Straw XI 12 to X I 16—Wheat Straw 1 16 2 0
New Meadow Hay ss. per load higher than last quoted; in
prices of other kinds of Hay, with those of Straw, no alteration.
A moderate supply, and a sluggish trade.

The procetdings on this Bill in the Committee
of the House .of Lords during the last week have
been carried on enustnii viirour. The attend-
ance of pc„:, been gitatti rlian kis le en ever
witnessed on a Bill Committee dnr;itg many.
years past. The parties in attendance hate also
been numerous and anxious.
On Saturday week theillarquis of LONDONDERRY
inquired how soot the a:counts ordered by the
House would be ready.
The Duke of WELLINGTON observed, that: if the
accounts already produced were not satisfactory, he
was sure that his fellow-citizens of London (for he
had the honour of being a citizen of London, and
might therefore be said to be one of the parties to
this Bill) would most readily produce every account
that was required.
Lord DURHAM said, it was but justice •to the
parties to state, that hitherto there had been corn.
plete readiness evinced to produce every account
that was called for.
Mr. HARRISON, the leading Counsel for the hill,
said, that the only objection on the part of the Cor-
poration to the production of further accounts was
the inconvenience and delay which it must occasion.
They were so voluminous that it must take consi-
derable time to copy them out. The. Corporation
were ready to produce their records, and place them
on their Lordships' table, but for a standing order
of the House, that all documents given in evidence
should be retained. The utmost inspection that
parties could require should however be given.
On this statement Mr. Barwise, an accountant,
inspected the city accounts nearly during two days,
and he stated what he considered to be a surplus
disposable income beyond what had been repre-
sented on behalf of the Corporation; but that in-
come arose from casual receipts, from the sale of
old materials, which, of course, could not be appli,
cable for the purpose of raising a permanent in-
come. He subsequently stated that it would re-
quire three weeks to inspect the accounts thoroughly.
On Wednesday morning, when the report of the
debate in the Common Council with cloned doors,
on the subject of the accounts, was made public,
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY complained that
their Lordships' Committee had not been treated
with good faith. Accounts were brought forward,
as if the patties were authorized to produce every
thing, when, in fact, it appeared in the report con-
tained in the public papers of that day, of what
took place in the Common Council on the previous
day, that the production of the accounts was tni-
authorized, and had met with censure. Some par-
ties had also taken upon themselves to asperse the
motives of Noble Lords for the opposition they gave
to this Bill.

Lord DURHAM said he had observed that some
remarks had been made upon their Lordships' pro-
eqedings by an individual named Hood, or Wood,
an Alderman, or something of that kind (his Lord-
ship believed) he was; but they were too con-
temptible for the slightest notice.
It was stated in evidence, by Mr. Scott, on the
part of the Corporation, that the amount of money
already raised towards the erection of the new
bridge was 669,508/., of w hich 664,4241. had been
expended. The amount of their resources was
281,722/. The amount of their present clime-
meats was 220,599/., leaving in their hands a sur-
plus of 61,1231., applicable to the .formation of the
approaches, over and above the sum necessary for
the completion of the bridge. The capital debt due
to the orphans of the city of London was annihilated
nine years since. From a calculation which had
been made, it was considered that a tax of 4d. and
6d. per chaldron, on the coals entering the port of
London, would produce sufficient to borrow a mil-
lion of money at four per cent., and that the debt
might be extinguished at the end of 26 years.—
By the sth and 6th of William and Mary, by
which the Orphans' Fund was established, the
sum of 747,0001. was given to the Corporation
for the loss which they had sustained by the shut-
ling of the Exchequer and by the fire of London.---L
The Corporation had contributed 750,0001.- out
of the revenue in respect • for the deficiencies
referred to. They had also paid 596,0004 in re-
spect of various improvements which had been
charged upon that fund on the voluntary continua-
tion of the contribution made by them. Altogether
they had paid 1,346,000/. Amongst other public
improvements charged upon this fund was 210,0004
for building Blackfriars-bridge ; 50,0001. for re-
building Newgate; 10,000/. for repairing the Royal
Exchange; 11,000/. for building a Sessions-house
for the county of Middlesex; 5,000/. for building a
new Sessions-house for the county of Middlesex ;
30,000/. for the purchase of the tolls on London-
bridge; 80,000/. was contributed towards the clear-
ing of the site for the new Post-office ; and the re-
mainder was expended in widening streets and
effecting other great public improvements.• There
vet remained 195,000/. chargeable upon the Orphans'
Fund. The Corporation, in expectation of the
11,500/. contributed annually by them towards what
is still called the Orphans' Fund, reverting to them,
had raised upwards of 200,000/. for improving Fleet•
market, and effecting other public improvements.
The present income of the City, derived
from rents, markets, tolls, sales of
freedom, offices, &c., and casual re-
ceipts, calculated on an average of £
three years, was ......
Of this was expended annually, for Man-
sion-house expences
For the magistracy and police, including
the Borough magistracy
Prison expences, Session-house, and at-

3,692 0 0

9,811 0 0

tendance of witnesses
Conservancy of the River Thames
Salaries and allowances 23,487 0 0
Disbursements to the Court of Common

Council, including allowances to com-
mittees, expellees of the office of hall-
keeper, printer, and sundries
With various other annual charges, mak-
ing the total annual expenditure
Or an excess of expenditure above the
income, upon the average of three
years, of
The opposing Counsel, and several Noble Lords,
praised the manner in which the accounts were
'kept, for its exceeding clearness.
The Counsel, on behalf of certain coal-owners in
the north, against the Bill urged, that it was unbon-
stitutional, and that this instance of such a mode
.of
levying a tax bad ever been considered a blot in le-
gislation. All experience proved how liable such

imposts were to misapplication. The constitutional
course was, to entrust the distribution of such a tax
to Parliamentary Commissioners, who would at all
times be ready in their places to account for the
execution of their trust. It was now proposed to
put the tax in the hands of a corporation, for them
to raise and distribute--a corporation who held
themselves aloof from inspection, whose possible
malversations were not so liable to detection, and
whose members, the administrators of this tax, being
unknown or changeable, were not easily subjected
to investigation or puni6hment. During not less
than 26 years this tax it was proposed should be con-
tinued and levied, and applied by a body who could
not be subjected to investigation ! There was no ade-
quate security in behalf of the public. if the Mi-
nister were hereafter to send his compliments to a
Lord Mayor, and request him to make straight
St. Michael's-Crooked-lane, his Lordship might an-
swer, that means must first be given him, as hi
possessed none; the funds provided by Act of par-
liament being inadequate. All the objections which
applied to the origin of the tax applied to its re-
newal. By the presumptive custom of the city the
Corporatign were the guardians/of the orphans of
citizens, and had accumulated trust funds belonging
to orphans, which were misappropriated by them in
the reign of Charles 11. The occasion of the formation
of what was called the Orphans' Fund, by the Act
of William and Mary, .was thus described -by Bohun,
in his Privilegia Londinii—a book of authority on
city law; 3d edit. p. 386, " King Chaults II ,to
support- the- extravagance of his Court, &c.,